Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 14 2014
Q1. Name the India’s largest warship dedicated to the country by PM Narendra Modi on 14thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: INS Vikramaditya.
Q2. Name the person selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for the year 2013 on 13 June 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C Radhakrishnan. He has been selected for his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram.
Q3. World Blood Donor Day has been observed on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 14thJune. The theme for the year 2014 is “Safe Blood for Saving Mothers”.
Q4. Name the India’s largest textile Machine manufacturer that has opened a new plant in China on 12thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW), Coimbatore based Textile Company.
Q5. From which country more than 300 citizens have signed up for space travel at a starting price of 60 Lakhs for just six minutes in space after a European Company launched ‘Private Expeditions’ on 12thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: China. Private Expedition will start in the year 2015. Within just one day of the programme's launch, 305 Chinese had purchased trips from the Dutch Space Expedition Corporation.
Q6. Name the person who has been banned by FIFA from any football-related activity at any level for 90 days on 13thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Franz Beckanbauer, German Football Legend. This step has been taken by FIFA after he refused to speak to an inquiry into allegations that Qatar paid bribes to secure votes for its 2022 World Cup bid.
Q7. Name the person who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-based business association on 13thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lord Swaraj Paul, NRI Industrial.
