Current Affairs 27 October 2014 :Objective Type

Daily Current Affairs Quiz-18

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1. Who won 2014 Panda Award for her film on a Kakapo parrot?

A. Vandana Shiva
B. Ashwika Kapur
C. Aparajita Gogoi
D. Sampat Pal Devi

 

B. Ashwika Kapur

She became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award. She won the coveted wildlife photography award in best newcomer category for her film, Sirocco - how a dud became a stud.

Previous winners from India include wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Mike Pandey, the Bedi Brothers (Ajay and Vijay) and Dusty Foot Productions.

2. Jagdish Sharan Pande died after prolonged illness on 23 October 2014 in Almora, Uttarakhand. He was a noted ______________.

A. reporter
B. freedom fighter
C. film actor
D. Environmentalist

 

B. freedom fighter

3. Who won World Billiards Point Format Championship 2014 ?

A. Peter Gilchrist
B. Sourav Kothari
C. Pankaj Advani
D. Geet Sethi

 

C. Pankaj Advani

Three titles won by Advani in 2014 are
• IBSF World 6-Red Snooker title
• World Team Billiards title
• World Billiards Championship (point format)

4. Which Indian-American student won the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge ?

A. Sahil Doshi
B. Sahil Khan
C. Satish Pradhan
D. Priyanka Sharma

 

A. Sahil Doshi

He was awarded for his innovative design of an eco-friendly battery that could help lower harmful greenhouse gases.

5. Recently who broke world altitude record for a parachute jump ?

A. Alan Eustace
B. Felix Baumgartner.
C. Bette Davis
D. Frank McHugh

 

A. Alan Eustace

Alan Eustace, a senior Google vice-president on 24 October 2014 broke the world altitude record for highest free-fall parachute jump.
Eustace broke the world altitude record of parachute jump set by Austrian Felix Baumgartner.

57-year-old Eustace jumped in a specially designed space suit from an altitude of 135908-foot. Baumgartner created a world record of jumping from 128000 feet on 12 October 2012.

This dive was part of a project led by Paragon Space Development Corporation.

6. On 22 October 2014, International Boxing Association (AIBA) provisionally suspended which Indian boxer for protesting against a controversial verdict, at 2014 Incheon Asian Games ?

A. MC Mary Kom
B. Pinki Rani
C. Laishram Sarita Devi
D. Vijender Singh

 

C. Laishram Sarita Devi

AIBA also provisionally suspended Sarita's coaches, Messrs Gurbakhsh Singh Sandhu, Blas Iglesias Fernandez and Sagar Mal Dhayal as well as Indian chef-de-mission in the Incheon Asiad, Adille J. Sumariwalla.

These people will also not be allowed to participate in the 2014 AIBA women's world boxing championships to be held in Jeju Islands, Korea.

7.On 20 October 2014,The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared which country as Ebola free?

A. Mali
B. Nigeria
C. Senegal
D. Liberia

 

B. Nigeria

It was declared Ebola free after no new cases were reported within the 42 day period stipulated by the WHO for a country to be declared Ebola free.

With this Nigeria became the second country in West Africa to be declared Ebola free. On 17 October 2014, the UN health agency declared Senegal free of Ebola after it passed the 42 day landmark.

8. Recently, Parliament of which country lifted ban on facial coverings in public areas?

A. Malaysia
B. France
C. Australia
D. Canada

 

C. Australia

9. The first border haat facility on zero line on the Indo-Bangla international border was inaugurated in which state ?

A. Tripura
B. Nagaland
C. Mizoram
D. Manipur

A. Tripura

The first border haat facility on zero line on the Indo-Bangla international border at Srinagar in South Tripura district was inaugurated.

10. Which Jail Authority was in news for setting up an e-library for women inmates in jail ?

A. Tihar Jail
B. Arthur Road Jail
C. Alipore Jail
D. Sabarmati Central Jail

 

A. Tihar Jail