Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 09,10 2014
Q1. Name the Indian company that won the $211 million road contract in Yemen?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Punj Lloyd. It has won a 211 million dollar road contract in Yemen.
Q2. Who won the International Business of the Year Award 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Caparo Group. It was founded by the NRI industrialist Lord Swaraj Paul.
Q3. Name the book that has been launched by the Indian Railways on 9thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘India Junction- A Window to the Nation’.
Q4. Who is the author of the book ‘SUBALTERNITY, EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA’ that has released on 9th May’14 by the Vice President of India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: This book is co-edited by Shri Ashok K. Pankaj, Professor at Council for Social Development, New Delhi and Shri Ajit K. Pandey, Professor at BHU, Varanasi. This book focused on the need for adopting an integrated approach to understand the concepts of subalternity, exclusion and social change in India. It also explores the dynamic relations among these three concepts, instead of treating them as unconnected and discrete social facts.
Q5. National Technology Day’2014 has been observed in India on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 9thMay’14. This day was observed by the Technology Development Board.
Q6. Name the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who has passed away on 9thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: N. Janardhan Reddy. He was acted as Chief Minister during Dec’1990 to Oct’1992.
Q7. What amount of money is given as relief assistance to Afghanistan by India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: $ 1 Million, as Afghanistan faced heavy landslides and many of its citizens were killed and missing.
Q8. In how many polling booths in Telangana and Seemandhara regions of Andhra Pradesh re-polling is announced by the Election Commission?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 29 Polling Booths. Chief Electoral Officer, Bhanwar Lal said in Hyderabad that repolling will be held in these polling stations on 13thMay’14.
Q9. Who has developed the world’s first Wireless Pacemaker?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vivek Reddy, an Indian origin Scientist. At present he is the director at Mount Sinnai Hospital in the United States.
Q10. Who won the 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mitul Kadakia, an Indian-American.
Q11. Name the documentary film that won the three awards at 2014 New York Festivals International TV and film awards?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Silent Screams-India’s Fight against Rape. This film was directed by the Pria Somiah.
Q12. Who has appointed as the President of Costa Rica?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Luis Guillermo Solis.
Q13. In which country Statue of Gandhiji would be installed?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Irving, Texas. A life-size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed in Irving in America's Texas state. The 7-foot tall and 30-inch wide bronze statue of Gandhi, which was cast in Andhra Pradesh, would be installed on a 6-foot tall pedestal.
Q14. In whose name of United Nations has established a medal for “exceptional courage”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Captain Mbaye Diagne. “The Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal” for exceptional charge to be awarded to United Nation military, police, civilians and associated personnel, who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger.
