Current Affairs Question and Answer 7 October 2014

1.The famous book "50 years of man in space:" authored by______________ ?

A. Dr. Noel W. Hinners
B. Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher
C. Stephen Hawking
D. Neil Armstron


B. Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher

The book was in news because Stephen Hawking wrote that the Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become metastable at energies above 100bn gigaelectronvolts (GeV) in foreword of the book.

2. Who became the first Indian to visit to the stratosphere, the second layer of the Earth’s atmosphere ?

A. TN Suresh Kumar
B. Krishna Reddy
C. Santosh Yadav
D. Anirudhdha Goel

 

A. TN Suresh Kumar

3. International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer observed on 16 September with a theme Ozone Layer Protection: ________________.

A. Ozone: For future
B. Protect it Secure it
C. The Mission Goes On
D. Save Ozone layer

 

C. The Mission Goes On

4. National Hindi Divas or Hindi Day was observed across India on _______________.

A. 4 September
B. 14 September
C. 24 September
D. 4 October

B. 14 September

5. Who elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?

A. Narendra Ambwani
B. Naredra Ambani
C. Rajat Gupta
D. Rajni Sinha

A. Narendra Ambwani

6. Who was appointed as the Executive Director in World Bank for a tenure of three years ?

A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. Sheelkant Sharma
C. Neelkant Sharma
D. Kaushik Basu

 

A. Subhash Chandra Garg

7. Which committee reported that most of the deemed universities are not fit for being a university ?

A. H Devaraj Committee
B. Aruvand Mayaram Committee
C. Yashpal Committee
D. Jadhav Committee

 

A. H Devaraj Committee

8. Who became first non-European law lecturer at Cambridge ?

A. Antara Haldar
B. Suresh Prabhu
C. Molly Easo Smith
D. Chandrashekhar Khare

 

A. Antara Haldar

9.In September 2014, Who sworn–in as the Governor of Manipur?

A. Narinder Nath Vohra
B. Dr. Krishan Kant Paul
C. E. S. L. Narasimhan
D. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

B. Dr. Krishan Kant Paul

10. The G-20 Labour and Employment Ministerial meet was held at ____________ on 10 September 2014 to 11 September 2014.

A. Osaka, Japan
B. Melbourne, Australia
C. Cairo, Egypt
D. Buenos Aires, Argentina

B. Melbourne, Australia