Current Affairs Questions 3 November 2014

Daily Current Affairs Quiz-24 

1. Who was appointed as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in Department of Justice (DoJ) of US ?

A. Vanita Gupta
B. Tulsi Gupta
C. Vaishali Gupta
D. Saroj Gupta

A. Vanita Gupta

2. Oscar de la Renta died in October 2014. He was a renowned _____________.

A. author
B. scientist
C. actor
D. fashion designer

D. fashion designer

He made his name in the 1960s by dressing one of the major fashion icons the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.He died after a 10-year battle with cancer.

3. Which country announced the inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Awards to honour individuals who have worked to strengthen the India relationship with this nation over the years ?

A. USA
B. UK
C. Germany
D. Russia

B. UK

The three winners included UK India Business Council chair Patricia Hewitt in the commerce category, Dame Asha Khemka for services in the field of education and actor Madhav Sharma for culture

4.Along with which country India launched "Shiksha Maitri Karyakam" ?

A. Bhutan
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Bangladesh

C. Nepal

5. Which country has been ranked the best country to do business for a ninth consecutive year, according to an annual survey by the World Bank ?

A. India
B. USA
C. Japan
D. Singapore

D. Singapore

New Zealand came second and Hong Kong third in the lender's 'Doing Business' report which rates 189 nations by the ease in which firms can operate there.

6. Which Android co-founder recently left Google to lead a new startup named 'Incubator' ?

A. Sudar Pichai
B. Erick Tseng
C. Andy Rubin
D. James Kuffner

C. Andy Rubin

James Kuffner will take over as head of the division.Rubin is leaving Google to build an incubator for startups to build tech hardware.

7. Amir Quashem Ali,a top leader of Bangladesh's main religious party, _______________, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971.

A. Lashkar-e-Taiba
B. Jamaat-e-Bangla
C. Jamaat-e-Islami
D. Bangladesh Awami League

C. Jamaat-e-Islami

8. Tropical Storm Trudy struck which nation in October 2014 ?

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

C. Mexico

9. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was observed across the world on ______________.

A. 2 October
B. 12 October
C. 20 October
D. 27 October

D. 27 October

10. Which space tourism craft exploded over California's Mojave Desert shortly after it being released from its mother ship WhiteKnightTwo ?

A. SpaceShipOne
B. SpaceShipTwo
C. Virgin Galactic
D. Atlantis

B. SpaceShipTwo
Hundreds of people had already reserved seats and paid a deposit on the 2,50,000 dollars ticket price for a minutes-long sub-orbital flight on SpaceShipTwo, which can carry six passengers.The death of a pilot marks a major blow for the project and its billionaire founder, Sir Richard Branson.The company name is Virgin Galactic.