Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 17, 2014
Q1. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave his resignation to the President of India on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. The Chief Minister if which state resigned from his post on 17thMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bihar. Nitish Kumar resigned a day after his party JDU was routed in the general elections.
Q3. What will be the number of women representatives in the 16th Lok Sabha?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 61. The 16thLok Sabha will have the highest number. In the 15th Lok Sabha Elections 59 MPs were elected to the 543 member house.
Q4. Who will be the new Chief Minister of Nagaland?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: T.R. Zeliang, Minister of Planning and Coordination. He was formally declared as the new Leader of the Naga Peoples' Front led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland Legislature party in Kohima on 17thMay’2014.
Q5. Name the Petroleum Company that has signed contracts on 17thMay’2014 to import over 7 million tonnes of Crude Oil from Kuwait and UAE?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).
Q6. Which country has won the Third South Asian Basketball Association Tournament on 17thMay2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India, defeating Maldives. India have now qualified for the much tougher Asia Cup to be held in Wuhan, China.
Q7. Name the personality to become the first Indian to feature on the cover page of the business magazine Forbes Middle East?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8. Name the Milk brand company that has announced to setup a dairy processing plant in Varanasi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Amul. It will process 5 lakh litres/day with the capacity to double the production.
Q9. Name the former chairman of Tata Steel who passed away on 16thMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Russi Mody. He died at the age of 96.
Q10. How many parties scored zero in the 16thLok Sabha Elections?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 1652. At present there are 1687 registered political parties in the country.
