Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 03, 2014
Q1. World Press Freedom Day has been observed across the world on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3rdMay’14. The theme of 2014 year is: Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the post-2015 Development Agenda.
Q2. Name the Indians who won the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition Awards ‘2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Amrita Saigal, Saurabh Mahajan, Mira Mehta and Pritar Kumar for their new and innovative business and social impact start-ups.
Q3. Name the Indian who has appointed as the Deputy Chief Information Officer in the United States Department of Treasury?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Jawahar Kalaini, Indian-American.
Q4. In which country approx. 4000 people were killed due to a landslide occurred on 2ndMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Afghanistan. The Afghan government has declared a day of national mourning for hundreds of people killed when a mudslide engulfed their village on 2ndMay’14.
Q5. Who won the Portugal Open Women’s Double Title’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sania Mirza and Cara Black defeating Eva Hrdinova and Valeria Solovyeva in the final of the WTA Portugal Open on 3rdMay’14.
Q6. Who won the Leadership in Animal Welfare Award for approving ban on animal testing for cosmetics and also for recommending a ban on import of such products?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 18- member board of the Drug Technical Advisory Board of India. This award was conferred by the Human Society International – India.
