Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 11, 2014
Q1. Name the Indian who has emerged to be the richest in the United Kingdom in the year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hinduja Brothers- Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja are at the top, having a fortune of 11.9 billion pounds - up by 1.3 billion pounds in the past year. On 11thMay’14, ‘Super Rich List’ was published.
Q2. What is India’s position out of 178 countries, in the state of the World’s Mothers’ Index of the year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 137th position. Bangladesh rose by 6 spots to 130. State of the World's Mothers' Index is a report that London-based aid agency 'Save the Children' puts out annually to rank the best and worst places in the world to be a mother.
Q4. What is the record high achieved by Sensex as of now (11thMay’14)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 23,048. On 9thMay’14 the BSE Sensex surged over 700 points to a record high of 23,048 on Friday, while the broader Nifty also hit an all-time high of 6,871, rising over 200 points.
Q5. For which nuclear power plant in India, Activists marks the 1000th day of their protest against the nuclear power plant?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant. On 11thMay’14, Activists promise to step up agitation until Kundankulam Project is stopped.
Q6. Who has won the English Premier League’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Manchester United defeating Liverpool.
Q7. At which port in India, new container terminal facility is set to operate from 11thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: V.O. Chidambaranar Port. The facility is expected to ease congestion in the port and also boost exports encourage economic growth of the region.
Q8. Name the Airline that has become the fourth global airline to introduce the world’s newest passenger plane Boeing 787 on 10thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Air India. It is the first of the 27 planes ordered by the airliner and marked an end to India's four-long-year wait to add the next generation planes to its charter.
