Current Affairs Question 11 October 2014

1. Who amongst following won the Nobel peace prize 2014 ?

A. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and UNICEF
B. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
C. European Union and CRY
D. CRY and Kailash Satyarthi



B. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi


Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi on 10 0ctober 2014 won the Nobel Peace Prize 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.

Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children's rights activist born in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. He has been active in the Indian movement against child labour since the 1990s.

Malala In early 2009, at the age of 11–12 Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban occupation, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls in the Swat Valley. Since then, she had been an outspoken advocate for girl education. She was critically injured on 9 October 2012 when a gunman shot her in the head while she was riding home on a school bus in the city of Mingora. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

2. Which cyclone is in news because it is expected to cross north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Odisha coast?

A. Hudhud
B. Phailin
C. Matmo
D. Soulik

A. Hudhud

Hudhud name derives from the Hoopoe bird, a colorful bird found across Afro-Eurasia suggested by Oman.

A very severe cyclonic storm Phailin with wind speed of more than 210 kmph had hit Odisha coast at Gopalpur caused extensive damage in 2013.

Typhoon Matmo struck east of Taiwan on 22 July 2014. Matmo, with a wind gust of 173 kilometres per hour, was the first tropical storm of 2014 to make landfall on Taiwan.

3. World Post Day observed globally on ____________.

A. 10 October
B. 9 October
C. 8 October
D. 7 October

B. 9 October

4. Kailash Satyarthi is connected with which organisation ?

A. CRY
B. Swaraj
C. India's future
D. Bachpan Bachao Andolan

D. Bachpan Bachao Andolan


His organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan has freed over 80000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful reintegration, rehabilitation and education of them.

5. Who amongst following recently resigned as Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson ?

A. Leela Samson
B. Sharmila Tagore
C. Anupam Kher
D. Vijay Anand

A. Leela Samson

6. Madhav Vittal Kamath recently died. He was well known as _____________.

A. Hotel owner
B. Journalist
C. RTI Activist
D. Actor

B. Journalist

7. Recently, which Bollywood actor, director and producer was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia ?

A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Aamir Khan
C. Salman Khan
D. Imran khan

B. Aamir Khan

8.Indian Air Force celebrated 82nd Air Force Day on ______________.

A. October 4
B. October 8
C. October 10
D. October 2

B. October 8

9. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 is awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for the invention of _________________________________.

A. theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles- Boson
B. efficient blue light-emitting diodes used in energy-saving lights.
C. discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae.
D. experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.

B. efficient blue light-emitting diodes used in energy-saving lights.

10. The Nobel Prize in Literature-2014 is awarded to ___________ historical author and novelist Patrick Modiano.

A. French
B. English
C. American
D. African

A. French