Current Affairs Questions and answers - March 27, 2014
Q1. On which company, has Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a fine of Rs.1Crore?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Google. On 27th March’2014 Director General of CCI took the decision.
Q2. In order to facilitate the payment of taxes before the end of 2013-14 financial year, the RBI has decided to open the Banks on which dates of this month?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 29, 30 and 31st March’ 2014, Banks and Income tax offices will remain open. This step was taken by RBI on the request of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
Q3. Which country has been given ‘Polio Free’ Status Certificate by WHO on 27th March’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. The Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad received the official certificate on behalf of India.
Q4. Which country won the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship Title?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India, defeating Pakistan in the final at Genesis Global School in Noida.
Q5. Name the country that has set the Guinness World Record in chorus National Anthem singing?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangladesh. 254,681 volunteers from the Bangladesh Army, educational institutions and the general public sang the national anthem in chorus at about 11:00 a.m. local time on the country’s Independence Day today (27th Mar’2014).
Q6. What is a FATCA compliance norm?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance norms will be released by SEBI in the fiscal year 2014-15. FATCA is a law that aims to check and impose withholding tax on illicit activities.
Q7. Who has been appointed as the new coach of India’s Senior Men National Hockey Team on 26th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Jude Felix, Former India Captain.
Q8. Which country’s Mangoes and some vegetables are banned by European Union from May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. This step is taken due to concerns over the presence of pests and insects in consignments arriving from India.
Q9. Name the German bishop who has resigned on 26th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Franz-Peter Terbartz-van Elst also known as Bling Bishop, resigned after the allegations on his luxurious lifestyle.
Q10. Which country’s Chemical weapons are scheduled for destruction ahead of United Nations deadline?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Syria. It has to be believed that 49% of the raw materials for Syria’s poison gas and nerve agent program scheduled for destruction have been shipped overseas in March’2014.
Q11. Which state in India became the first state to show “No Smoking Area” in Elections Booths for Lok Sabha Election’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12.Who topped the Forbes annual list of hundred best venture investors with the ‘Midas’ touch on 26th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Jim Goetz, who has backed WhatsApp (acquired by Facebook for $19 billion), Nimble Storage and Palo Alto Networks among others.
Q13. Whose name was proposed by the Supreme Court as a replacement for BCCI president N.Srinivasan in its order on 27 March 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. Name the company which recently received RBI’s approval to set up a minimum of 9,000 white label ATMs (WLAs) in the next three years in rural India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd.
