Current Affairs 19th November 2014
1) Nanavati Commission of Enquiry which
probed the 2002 post-Godhra riots submitted its final report to Gujarat Chief
Minister Anandiben Patel on 18 November 2014. Twelve years after it was
constituted, how many extensions were given to the commission to submit its
final report?
(A) 24
(B) 12
(C) 5
(D) 10
Answer : (A) 24
2) Sutirtha Bhattacharya was on 18 November
2014 appointed as the new chairman and managing director of?
(A) Steel Authority of India Limited
(B) Coal India limited
(C) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(D) None of these
Answer : (B) Coal India limited
3) Filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai was on 18
November 2014 selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 45th
edition of International Film Festival of India, Goa. He is from which country?
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Hong Kong
Answer : (D) Hong Kong
4) Which city will host the 2019 athletics
world championships as announced on 18 November 2014?
(A) London
(B) Beijing
(C) Tokyo
(D) Doha
Answer : (D) Doha
5) Terry Walsh was on 18 November 2014
resigned as the head coach of?
(A) Indian Cricket Team
(B) Indian Volleyball Team
(C) Indian Hockey Team
(D) Indian Shooting Team
Answer : (C) Indian Hockey Team
6) Who among the following has been chosen
for the BCCI’s Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013-14 on 18
November 2014?
(A) Kapil Dev
(B) Dilip Vengsarkar
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) VVS Laxman
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| Answer : (B) Dilip Vengsarkar |
7) Government on 18 November 2014
relaunched the Kisan Vikas Patras, to tap household savings for funding
infrastructure development in the country. To begin with, KVP will be sold
through?
(A) Post Offices
(B) Nationalized Banks
(C) LIC
(D) All of these
Answer : (A) Post Offices
8) A committed headed by former Cabinet
Secretary TSR Subramanian, set up to review environmental laws, has submitted
its report on 18 November 2014 to Environment Minister?
(A) Ravi Sankar Prasad
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) Harsh Vardhan
(D) Prakash Javadekar
Answer : (D) Prakash Javadekar
9) 12th ASEAN-India Summit was recently
held at?
(A) Brisbane, Australia
(C) Kathmandu, Nepal
(C) Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
(D) Hanoi, Vietnam
Answer : (C) Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
10) International Buddhist Conference was
recently held at?
(A) Lumbini, Nepal
(B) New Delhi, India
(C) Colombo, Srilanka
(D) None of these
Answer : (A) Lumbini, Nepal
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