Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 29, 2014
Q1. Name the company that has announced the acquisition of Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd on 29th May’14,?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
Q2. Name the company that is launching a service through which Europeans can ask for web pages relating to their personal life to be removed from search results?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Google. European Union Court of Justice ruled on 13th May that links to irrelevant and outdated data on search engines should be erased on request, which gave people the right to be forgotten.
Q3. Which LokSabha seat has been vacated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vadodara Parliamentary seat. Shri Narendra Modi was elected from both the Varanasi and Vadodara parliamentary constituencies in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Q4. For which program the loan Agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance of US$ 1006.20 million has been signed between the Government of India and the World Bank on 29th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the largest ongoing Education for All (EFA) program in the world. The overall goals of the program include universal access and retention, reducing gender and social category gaps in elementary education and enhancement of learning levels of children.
Q5. Under which scheme, Rural Development Minister announced that a punishable provision will be added for delay in payment to rural job seekers?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: MGNREGA. This announcement was made on 29thMay’14.
Q6. On which date Goa will observe its 27th Statehood Day?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 30thMay’2014. On this day in 1987, Goa became the 25th State of the Indian Union.
Q7. Who has been appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hiroshi Naka, Japan. The appointment was announced by the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on 23 May 2014.
Q8. Name the supersonic Air Defense missile successfully tested by Indian Air Force on 28th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Aakash. The three Akash missiles were launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore, off the coast of Odisha.
Q9. Name the company that will be acquired by the Apple Company?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Beat Electronics. Apple announced on 28th May’2014 that it would pay $2.6 billion in cash and $400 million in equity for Beats Electronics.
Q10. What date has been set by the AirAsia India to operate commercial flights in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the Infosys President who has quit the company on 28th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B G Srinivas, President and Member of Board in Infosys.
