Current Affairs Questions and answers - March 28, 2014
Q1. Which is the largest parliamentary constituency in terms of number of electors in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh having 29,53,915 electors as of March’2014.
Q2. Which is the smallest parliamentary constituency in terms of number of electors in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lakshadweep having 47, 972 electors as of March’2014.
Q3. At which location C-130J Hercules Cargo Aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed on 28th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 72 miles west of Gwalior Airbase.
Q4. Who was the first President of Indian Institute of Public Administration Society?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru as Prime Minister . At present (Mar’2014) President of the IIPA Society is Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the Vice-President of India. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of IIPA Society will be held on 30th Mar’2014.
Q5. Name the person who is believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Iwao Hakamada, Japan.
Q6. For what purpose has National Highway Authority of India launched Mobile Based Application?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It will help commuters to locate all toll plazas on a stretch and the charges payable for each category of vehicle - car, jeep, truck or bus. The App will provide details of all toll plazas within 100 Km range.
Q7. Name the missile tested successfully from a military base in Odisha on 28th March’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prithvi II. India successfully test-fired its nuclear capable Prithvi II indigenously developed ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km.
Q8. Who has been elected as the President of CII for 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ajay S. Shriram. At present he is the Chairman and Sr. Managing Director of DCM Shriram Ltd.
Q9. Name the Malayalam director who has passed away on 28th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: P Ramdas. He was a veteran director and introduced the neo realistic wave in Malayalam Cinema during the 1950s with his “Newspaper Boy” movie.
Q10. What is the new timeline given to banks by RBI for full implementation of BASEL III Norms?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the Indian origin student who won the UK Twitter Prize on 27th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gopal Rao, student at the University of Cambridge.
Q12. Who has been named the National Ambassador of the Earth Hour’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Arjun Kapoor, Bollywood Actor.
