Current Affairs Questions and answers - March 18, 2014
Q1. Name the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award’2013 winner?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gyan Correa, the debutant director of Gujarati movie ‘The Good Road’. The award has been instituted in memory of Late. Gollapudi Srinivasa, who died while directing his first film Prema Pustakam in 1992. 'The Good Road' is the first ever Gujarati film selected to represent India at the Oscars.
Q2. Name the players who won the Women’s Doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China), defeating Sania Mirza(India) and Cara Black(Zimbabwe).
Q3. Name the Indian who is the third richest family in Britain?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hinduja Brothers have a combined wealth of 10 billion dollar. This research report was published by Anti-Poverty Charity Oxfam in Mar’2014.
Q4. Name the sites nominated by India for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status for 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Great Himalayan National Park (Himachal Pradesh) and Rani-Ki-Vav (Gujarat). World Heritage Committee will take a final decision in June’2014.
Q5. Name the country who manufactured the ‘Surtab’ Android Tablet in year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Haiti. Haiti is a least developed country and made a surprisingly entry into the High-Tech world with its Android Tablet.
Q6. Who won the Green Crusader in the IAA Olive Crown Awards 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. Who won the Gold award in the category of ‘Green Agency of the Year’ in the IAA Olive Crown Awards 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mc Cann Erickson (I) Pvt Ltd.
Q8. Who the Gold award for the category ‘Green Advertiser of the Year’ in the IAA Olive Crown Awards 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: BBMP (Karnataka State Government).
Q9. From which city Thailand is set to lift the state of Emergency?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangkok. Thailand will lift a nearly two-month-old state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas following an easing of political protests in the capital.
Q10. Name the city which tops the most polluted city in the world estimated in Mar’2014?
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