Current Affairs 2014

Question 1

Union Science and Technology Minister launched ____ with 3-D feature.

a) Telescope

b) Microscope

c) Stereoscope

d) Stroboscope

Answer : b) Microscope

Question 2

Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics was won by _____.

a) Isamu Akasaki

b) Hiroshi Amano

c) Shuji Nakamura

d) All the above

Answer : d) All the above

Note : They got nobel prize for inventing efficient blue Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Lamps.

Question 3

World Habitat Day observed on ____.

a) Oct 3

b) Oct 5

c) Oct 6

d) Oct 8

Answer : c) Oct 6

Note : The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is Voices from Slums.

Question 4

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 was awarded to ____.

a) Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai

b) Smt.Tessy Thomas

c) Smt. Aruna Roy

d) Dr. E. Sreedharan

Answer : a) Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai

Question 5

The website launched by Union government to monitor attendance of staff is ____.

a) attendance.gov

b) attendance.in

c) attendance.gov.com

d) attendance.gov.in

Answer : d) attendance.gov.in

Question 6

Cramer Ball appointment as CEO of ____ was approved by Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA).

a) Spice Jet

b) Jet Airways

c) Indian Airlines

d) King Fisher Airlines

Answer : b) Jet Airways

Question 7

82nd Air Force Day was celebrated by Indian Air Force on ____.

a) Oct 5

b) Oct 7

c) Oct 8

d) Oct 12

Answer : c) Oct 8

Question 8

Nobel Prize 2014 for Chemistry was won by ____ for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

a) Eric Betzig

b) Stefan W Hell

c) William E. Moerner

d) All the above

Answer : d) All the above

Question 9

Union Government decided to sell LED bulbs to households at ____ rupees.

a) 5

b) 10

c) 15

d) 20

Answer : b) 10

Question 10

World Post Day was observed on ____.

a) Oct 4

b) Oct 6

c) Oct 9

d) Oct 12

Answer : c) Oct 9