Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 21, 2014
Q1. Name the project launched by Ministry of Culture to an international audience at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee at Doha, Qatar on 20thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘Mausam’. One of the main deliverables of this project is nomination of maritime cultural landscapes across the Indian Ocean as a trans-national property on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Q2. What is ‘Mausam’ Project?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Project ‘Mausam’ is an exciting, multi-disciplinary project that rekindles long-lost ties across nations of the Indian Ocean ‘world’ and forges new avenues of cooperation and exchange. The project, launched by India in partnership with member states, will enable a significant step in recording and celebrating this important phase of world history from the African, Arab and Asian-world perspectives.
Q3. 6thAsian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in ______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangkok. Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs will lead an Indian delegation to the Conference. The five-day conference is being hosted by the Government of Thailand in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction from June 22-26, 2014.
Q4. Which country will Indian External Affairs Minister visit on 25thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangladesh. Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister will hold talks with the top leadership of Bangladesh on a host of issues of bilateral and international interest.
Q5. How many leaders from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagm (DMK) Party were suspended on 21stJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 33 senior leaders, including former union minister S S Palanimanickam.
Q6. What growth rate has been observed by the World Bank for the year 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 5.5%. The World Bank report said that India's growth would accelerate to 6.3 per cent in 2015-16, and 6.6 per cent in 2016-17.
Q7. Name the player who has topped the list of batsman in ODI and Test format cricket as per the ICC Rankings?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A B Devilliers, South Africa. ICC released ranking on 21stJune’2014.
Q8. Name the company that has launched ‘Job Search’ a new application for job seekers on 21st June’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: LinkedIn. The new Job Search app for iOS is available in the US only for now and can be downloaded from the Apple app store.
Q9. Name the exchange that has introduced the India’s first international Brent crude oil and light sweet crude oil futures contracts on 20thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX).
Q10. Which country has the second largest LinkedIn user base?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. At around 26 million users, India is the second largest user base for professional networking site LinkedIn.
Q11. Name the person who has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kedarnath Singh, Hindi Poet. He is the 10thHindi writer to receive the honour. ‘Abhi bilkul abhi’ and ‘Yahan se dekho’ are among his prominent works.
Q12. Name the Chennai’s first taxi service driven by women for women passengers?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ13.Who was elected as the first Assembly speaker of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation on 20thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kodela Siva Prasada Rao. He belongs to Telugu Desam Party.
