Oct 14, 2014

Current Affairs Quiz 12 October 2014

1. Three Japanese-born researchers Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize for __________.nobel-physics-2014

A. Physics
B. Chemistry
C. Medicine
D. Economics

 
A. Physics

They were honoured for inventing efficient blue Light-Emitting Diodes (LED) lamps that worked as a bright and energy-saving white light source.
2. Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed across the world on _______________. International-Day-of-the-Girl-Child

A. 11 October 2014
B. 11 September 2014
C. 11 August 2014
D. 11 July 2014

 
A. 11 October 2014

The theme was Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence.
3. Who was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) ? Kalpana-Morparia

A. Kalpana Morparia
B. Chanda Kochhar
C. Indra Nooyi
D. Arundhati Bhattacharya

A. Kalpana Morparia

She was appointed as Director so as to meet the deadline set under the sub-section (1) of the Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Kalpana Morparia is serving as chief executive officer (CEO) of J.P. Morgan India. Now, she was inducted as an independent director on its board.
4. Recently which panel submitted its report with guidelines on government advertisements ?

A. Madhav Sharma
B. Madhav Kelkar
C. Madhava Menon
D. Madhav Gadgil

 
C. Madhava Menon

The Supreme Court appointed high-powered committee headed by Professor NR Madhava Menon submitted its report to the court on 6 October 2014. The committee in its report has framed guidelines to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers' money.
5. Who won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award ?

A. Anoop Jain
B. Aroop Jain
C. Anuj Jain
D. Ashok Jain

A. Anoop Jain

He was awarded for his exemplified values of a Global Citizen through his work in founding Humanure Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011 that builds community sanitation facilities in rural India.
6. World Habitat Day observed globally on __________. World-Habitat-Day

A. 2 October
B. 6 October
C. 8 October
D. 10 October

 
B. 6 October

The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day.

The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is Voices from Slums.
7. The month-long ritual Akashdeep (skylight) started in ______________ on 10 October 2014 to honour the soldiers who laid down their lives for the motherland since Independence in 1947.

A. Gandhinagar, Gujrat
B. Jodhpur, Rajsthan
C. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
D. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

 
C. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
8. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was celebrated on ___________ across the country to share the need and importance of the blood in the life of an individual.

A. 1 October 2014
B. 5 October 2014
C. 7 October 2014
D. 10 October 2014

 
A. 1 October 2014
9. Justice HL Dattu sworn-in as the ____ Chief Justice of India.

A. 40th
B. 41st
C. 42nd
D. 43rd

 
C. 42nd
10. Who was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on September 2014 ?

A. O. Panneerselvam
B. J. Jayalalithaa
C. K. Rosaiah
D. Thiru Natham R.Viswanathan

 A. O. Panneerselvam 

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