Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 08, 2014
Q1. Who has been selected this year (2014) by the Business Initiative Directives Group (BIDG), Madrid (Spain) for the International Arch of Europe Award for quality and technology in Gold Category?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Indian Aviation Academy (IAA).
Q2. Name the Asia’s first Nobel laureate in the field of literature whose birthday is observed on 8thMay?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
Q3. Name the country who has honoured with the New Frontiers Award 2014 by Arabian Travel Mart?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India. It was awarded for rebuilding physical infrastructure and appreciating rural tourism economy after the June’13 floods, landslides in Uttarakhand.
Q4. Name the ballistic missile successfully tested by Pakistan on 8thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hataf-III Ghaznavi.
Q5. What type of races is banned across the country by the Supreme Court?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bullock-Cart races and also banned use of bulls for bull fighting events. This decision was taken on 7thMay’14.
Q6. Which country’s teenage school girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists groups?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Nigeria. 270 teenage school girls were kidnapped by the group. Now the world powers including US and China have joined in the search operation for girls. The Nigerian government announced 3 lakh dollars for information leading to the rescue of the girls.
Q7. What major relief was announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 May 2014 for takers of housing, auto and personal loans?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It directed all the commercial banks not to levy any penalty on pre-payment of loans under floating rate scheme that cover housing, auto as well as personal loans.
Q8. How many times YouTube a video sharing website has been banned in Pakistan?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Three times. Pakistan’s National Assembly on 6 May 2014 again approved a resolution to lift a ban on video-sharing website YouTube.
Q9. Name the company that topped the Forbes 11th annual Global 2000 list released on 7 May 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China (Banking). 5 Chinese companies are listed under top 10.
Q10. How many Indian Companies are listed in the Forbes 11th annual Global 2000 list?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 54 Companies. Among which Reliance Industries (rank 135) leads among Indian Companies.
