Current Affairs 21 May 2014 Question and Answer

Current Affairs Quiz–21 May 2014

1. As per 16th Lok Sabha Election 2014 results declared on 16 May 014, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections by securing _________ seats (out of 543 seats).
A. 242
B. 282 (ANS)
C. 313
D. 344

2. As per results declared by Election Commission which political party won maximum seats in Assembly elections 2014 of Seemandra ? 

A. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 

B. Telangana Rastra Samithi 

C. Telugu Desam (ANS) 

D. Bharatiya Janata Party

3. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on 16 May 2014 announced the results of the 2014 assembly elections of Arunachal Pradesh. Which political party won maximum seats in Assembly elections of the state ?
A. Independent
B. Indian National Congress (ANS)
C. People's Party of Arunachal
D. Bharatiya Janata Party

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4. Which foreign University recently awarded former President APJ Abdul Kalam with honorary degree by for his contribution to science and technology and his commitment to helping transform India into a developed nation by 2020 ?

 A. Edinburgh University  (ANS)

 B. Columbia University 

 C. Oxford University 

 D. Seoul National University 

5. As per results declared by Election Commission which political party won maximum seats in Assembly elections 2014 of Telangana ?

 A. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 

 B. Telangana Rastra Samithi  (ANS)

 C. Telugu Desam 

 D. Bharatiya Janata Party 

6. In Sikkim Assembly elections 2014 which political party secured win on maximum seats ? 

 A. Sikkim Democratic Front (ANS)

 B. Bharatiya Janata Party 

 C. Biju Janata Dal 

 D. Indian National Congress 

7. In Odisha Assembly elections 2014 which political party emerged as winner ?

 A. The All India Trinamool Congress

 B. Bharatiya Janata Party 

 C. Biju Janata Dal (ANS)

 D. Indian National Congress 

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8. Which Indian actor was recently features on the cover page of magazine Forbes Middle East ?

 A. Amir Khan 

 B. Shah Rukh Khan (ANS)

 C. Salman Khan 

 D. Hritik Roshan 

9. Which Constitutional Scholar of Indian Origin was appointed as Dean of UC Berkeley Law School ? 

 A. Sujit Patel 

 B. Sujit Singh Barnala 

 C. Sujit Chakraborty 

 D. Sujit Choudhry 

10. Grant Flower named as Pakistan batting coach, he was former batsman from _______ .

 A. New Zealand 

 B. South Africa 

 C. Zimbabwe (ANS)

 D. England 

11. Recently, Astra, India's first indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile was successfully test-fired from a _________ at a naval range in the Western Sector, marking a major step in missile-aircraft integration. 

 A. HAL Tejas 

 B. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 

 C. Sukhoi-30 MKI (ANS)

 D. SEPECAT Jaguar 

12. Which Indian scientist in Britain, has been granted a prestigious fellowship worth 1,068,000 pounds by a top British agency which funds research in engineering and the physical sciences ? 

 A. Ravinder Dahiya (ANS)

 B. Jagadeesh Moodera 

 C. Abhay Ashtekar 

 D. Akhil Amar 

13. Which company acquired the strategic Dhamra port in Odisha on the east coast of India for an enterprise value of Rs 5500 crore ? 

 A. SKIL Infrastructure 

 B. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (ANS)

 C. Tata Steel 

 D. Larsen & Toubro 

14. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, Plastic currency notes will be launched in ________ after field trial which is likely to be conducted in the latter half of 2014. 

 A. 2015 (ANS)

 B. 2016 

 C. 2017 

 D. 2018 

15. Who won sworn in as 41st Chief Justice of India ? 

A. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan 

 B. Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha (ANS)

 C. Justice P. Sathasivam 

 D. Justice Dr.H.L. Dattu