Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 18 2014
Q1. In which state, first ever Mumbai International Film Festival began from 18thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Arunachal Pradesh. This event is being organized by the Film Division of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Department of Information & Public Relation.
Q2. Name the woman that became the first Woman Director of Reliance Industries on 18thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nita Ambani. The appointment of Nita Ambani has helped Reliance to meet a new law that requires one woman in the boardroom of the listed companies.
Q3. In which city, installation of five hundred water ATM’s has been approved on 17thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Delhi. Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has approved the setting up of 500 water ATMs in the national capital.
Q4. Name the river linking project approved on 18thJune’14 by the Madhya Pradesh government?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir Link Project (NMGLP). Before this project, Narmada-Kshipra Link Project was successfully implemented at a total cost of 425 crore rupees which is being used to provide water to villages and cities apart from irrigation.
Q5. Which ministry has launched a nationwide tree plantation drive and public awareness programme to save rivers on 17thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Union Ministry of Water Resources.
Q6. Which city has recorded the highest consumption of cigarettes in India as per the report released by ICICI Lombard Tobacco Consumption Habits 2014 survey on 12th June 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kolkata. The survey was conducted for the persons in 21-40 year age group in five regions (Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Lucknow and Hyderabad) in association with GfK Mode.
Q7. Name the person who became the first Muslim and Arab to hold the post of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the United Nation on 16thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, Prince of Jordan. His tenure as UN high Commissioner for human rights will start on 1st September 2014 as the successor of Navi Pillay of South Africa.
Q8. Who has acquired the Paladion Networks, Bangalore-based information security services company on 17thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan, co-founder of Infosys. Nadathur Holdings had already made an investment in Paladion Networks in 2001.
Q9. Name the Indian bowler who has create the record by taking maximum wicket in One day International match on 17thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Stuart Binny, Medium-pacer bowler. He took 6 wickets for a mere 4 runs against Bangladesh. Before this, Anil Kumble holds this record of 6 wickets for 12 runs against West Indies in 1993.
Q10. Who has appointed as Arbitrator in Vodafone tax case on 17thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: R C Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India.
