Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 13,14 2014
Q1. With which country India has signed the agreement for the development of river basin and on the study of ground water resources on 13thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Cambodia. The agreement on the study of ground water resources in Kampong Spue province is for the establishment of hydrograph network stations.
Q2. Name the Indian correspondents expelled by the Pakistan from its country without assigning any reason?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Snehesh Alex Philip and Meena Menon of The Hindu. Pakistan has asked the journalists to leave the country within seven days.
Q3. Name the woman who has became the first woman additional director in CBI?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Archana Ramsundaram. She was suspended from the post of DGP-Rank by the Tamil Nadu as she joined the Central Service without the TN Govt. relieving order.
Q4. Name the Maruti’s car that becomes the second model from the company’s portfolio to cross the 25lakh unit sales mark in the domestic market?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Alto, Maruti Suzuki India on 13thMay’2014 announced this news. Before this Maruti-800 was the very first car that achieved this record.
Q5. Who has been appointed as the next chief of the Army Staff with effect from 31st July’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh. At present he is the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
Q6. As per the report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on 11 May 2014, how many jobs were globally provided by Renewable Energy industry in 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Approx. 6.5 million people were given job in the renewable energy industry worldwide in 2013.
Q7.On 13thMay’14, which country’s former Prime Minister was sentenced to imprisonment for corrupt practices in real estate projects?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Israel. The Tel Aviv District Court of Israel sentenced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for corrupt practices in real estate projects.
Q8. Name the woman who became the first-ever woman to head a United Nation Peacekeeping Force?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kristin Lund, Norway. She was appointed as the Force Commander of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on 12 May 2014 to mark its 50th anniversary in 2014.
Q9. Name the Indian-American who became the first person of Asian region to serve as the federal judge in Massachusetts?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Indira Talwani. On 13thMay’14 United States Senate approved the name of her.
Q10. In which state, on 12th May’14 the High Court ordered to its state government to revise the electoral rolls in its two cities?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Bombay High Court on 12thMay 2014 ordered the Maharashtra government to revise the electoral rolls in Mumbai and Pune. This decision came after the five PILs challenged deletion of half a million names in the voters list in Mumbai and Pune. The court made it clear that such revision shall have no relation with the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2014.
Q11. Name the person whose names have been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for the post of Judges in the Supreme Court?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gopal Subramaniam and RF Nariman. This recommendation was announced on 13th may’14
Q12. How much capital is required by the state-run banks by March’2018 as they migrate to the capital intensive Basel-III framework?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 5.87 trillion rupees. On 14thMay’14 RBI has said on its report that capital needs of public sector banks, increasing because of loan loss provisions, could begin to affect the fiscal health unless an overhaul of bank governance can lead to better management of public sector banks.
Q13. Which Indian state has signed an agreement with the TiE Silicon Valley as part of its efforts to develop the state as an IT hub and attract US investment?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Odisha. Under the agreement, the Odisha government would have a professional stationed at Tie Silicon Valley headquarters in Santa Clara, California, thus making it the first Indian State to do so.
Q14. Which bill has been passed by the President of India for the protection of Whistle Blowers in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Whistle Blowers Protection Bill 2011. After the approval from the president, this bill became the “Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011” law on 13th May.
Q15. How many Indian institutes got the place in the Top 50 QS Asian University ranking released on May’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Only two. IIT, Delhi and IIT, Bombay.
Q16. On 14thMay, RBI allows the bank to sell the products outside India. What are the products?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Structured Financial and Derivative Products. This move would help to Banks in improving their income.
