Current Affairs Question and Answer 15 October 2014

1. According to the 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released on 13 October 2014 by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), India ranked at ___________ position.

A. 5th
B. 25th
C. 55th
D. 75th

C. 55th

The 2014 GHI was calculated for 120 developing countries and countries in transition, 55 of which have a serious or worse hunger situation.

2. Who was chosen as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of India’s Incheon Asian Games campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by contingent sponsors, Samsung India ?

A. Seema Punia
B. Yogeshwar Dutt
C. Men's squash team
D. MC Mary Kom

D. MC Mary Kom

3. Which Indian badminton player won 50000 dollar Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament 2014 ?

A. Ajay Jayaram
B. Aditya Joshi
C. Saurabh Varma
D. Sameer Verma

A. Ajay Jayaram

This was maiden GP title for Jayaram and with this win, he also became the first Indian to win badminton Grand Prix tournament under the new 11x5 scoring system.

4.In October 2014 Khaled Bahah appointed as Prime Minister of_____________.

A. Turkmenistan
B. Yemen
C. Switzerland
D. Italy

B. Yemen

5. Lok Sabha MP Kapil Krishna Thakur died on 13 October 2014, he was representative of which Loksabha constituency ?

A. North 24 Parganas
B. Machilipatnam
C. Tezpur
D. Bhagalpur

A. North 24 Parganas

6. US Online store Amazon on 12 October 2014 signed a deal with which Indian retailer to jointly sell goods over the internet ?

A. Future Group
B. Flipkart
C. WS Retail
D. Big bazar

A. Future Group

7. NASA successfully installed its first Earth-observing instrument ___________________ on the ISS.

A. ISS-RapidScat
B. NASA Earth
C. Earth Map
D. Spy Sat

A. ISS-RapidScat

8. India signed the Minamata Convention on 30 September 2014. This Convection is related to ?

A. CFC
B. Forests
C. Mercury
D. Ozone

C. Mercury

The convention is named after the Japanese city Minamata that has become synonymous with deadly mercury contamination since 1950.

The Minamata Convention gives five years time to India to control and reduce emissions from new power plants and 10 years time for the already existing power plants.

9. Recently powerful typhoon Vongfong stuck ____________.

A. India
B. Japan
C. Indonesia
D. Philippines

B. Japan

10. Cyclone Hudhud struck coastal areas of which Indian states ?

A. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
B. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
C. Tamilnadu and Keral
D. Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh

B. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha