Current Affairs 2014

Question 11

Nobel Prize 2014 for literature was won by _____.

a) Patrick Modiano

b) Alice Munro

c) Mo Yan

d) Orhan Pamuk

Answer : a) Patrick Modiano

Question 12

Nobel Prize 2014 for peace was won by _____.

a) Leymah Gbowee & Tawakkul Karman

b) European Union

c) Kailash Satyarthi & Malala Yousafzai

d) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Answer : c) Kailash Satyarthi & Malala Yousafzai

Question 13

UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia is _____.

a) Sharukh Khan

b) Rajinikanth

c) Mohanlal

d) Aamir Khan

Answer : d) Aamir Khan

Question 14

International Day of the Girl Child was observed on _____.

a) Oct 5

b) Oct 9

c) Oct 11

d) Oct 13

Answer : c) Oct 11

Question 15

Future Groups signed a deal with _____ to sell goods over the internet.

a) Flipkart

b) Amazon

c) Snapdeal

d) Infibeam

Answer : b) Amazon

Question 16

Nobel Prize 2014 for Economics was won by ____.

a) Robert J. Shiller

b) Lars Peter Hansen

c) Jean Tirole

d) Eugene F. Fama

Answer : c) Jean Tirole

Question 17

Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament was won by _____.

a) Ajay Jayaram

b) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa

c) Mumbaikar

d) Rajiv Ouseph

Answer : a) Ajay Jayaram

Question 18

Man Booker Prize 2014 was won by _____.

a) Karen Joy Fowler

b) Ali Smith

c) Howard Jacobson

d) Richard Flanagan

Answer : d) Richard Flanagan

Question 19

The new Managing Director (MD) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) is _____.

a) Gautham Roy

b) A S Basu

c) S Venkataramana

d) None of these

Answer : a) Gautham Roy

Question 20

Global Handwashing Day (GHD) was observed on ____.

a) Oct 8

b) Oct 11

c) Oct 13

d) Oct 15

Answer : d) Oct 15