Current Affairs Questions/Answers: 19 October 2014
1)
Richard Flanagan won the Man Booker prize 2014 for his book?
(A) How to be Both
(B) The Lives of Others
(C) The Narrow Road to the Deep North
(D) To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
2) Which bank on 16 October 2014 launched
Facebook-based funds transfer platform KayPay?
(A) Axis Bank
(B) Federal Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) Who was recently appointed as the new
Finance Secretary?
(A) Rajiv Mehrishi
(B) Arvind Mayaram
(C) Arvind Subramanian
(D) Ajith Seth
4)
ISRO on 16 October 2014 successfully launched IRNSS 1C, the third member
of the seven satellite constellation of the Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS) using?
(A) PSLV C-25
(B) PSLV C-28
(C) PSLV C-26
(D) GSLV G-6
5) Which country on 16 October 2014
launched its first-ever domestically built satellite named ARSAT-1?
(A) Brazil
(B) Uruguay
(C) Spain
(D) Argentina
6)
Which cricket team recently pulled out of India tour following a
protracted payment structure dispute between the players and its board?
(A) Srilanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) West Indies
(D) Kenya
7) What is the name of India’s
nuclear-capable cruise missile developed with indigenous technology that was
successfully test fired on 17 October 2014?
(A) Akash II
(B) Nirbheek
(C) Nirbhay
(D) Prithvi
8)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on?
(A) October 16
(B) October 17
(C) October 18
(D) October 19
9) India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram was
recently awarded with?
(A) World Food Prize
(B) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(C) Abel Prize
(D) None of the above
10) Which among the following country is in
the list of newly elected non-permanent members of United Nations Security
Council (UNSC)?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Spain
(C) Malaysia
(D) All the above
Answers
1) Ans. (C) The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2) Ans. (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) Ans. (A) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Ans. (C) PSLV C-26
5) Ans. (D) Argentina
6) Ans. (C) West Indies
7) Ans. (C) Nirbhay
8) Ans. (B) October 17
9) Ans. (A) World Food Prize
10) Ans. (D) All the above
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