Current Affairs based on "The Hindu"

1) Name the former Janata Dal MLA who died after a month-long hunger strike to demand a stronger and independent Lokayukta in Rajasthan and a State-wide ban on liquor?
Answer. Gurusharan Chabbra

2) Name the country where the Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s was going for a trip but his trip was delayed after a volcanic eruption?
Answer. Indonesia

3) Name the Uber cab driver who was sentenced to imprisonment for his whole life, for sexually assaulting a woman executive last year.

Answer. Shiv Kumar 

4) Nestle said government approved labs have found the newly manufactured samples of instant noodles Maggi safe and the company will start retail sales of the popular snack this month. Nestle is a company of which country?
Answer. Switzerland

5) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government, in the coming days, will list out the exemptions to be phased out as part of its plans to gradually bring down  corporate tax rate to how much percent?
Answer. 25%

6) Name the Romanian Prime Minister who announced the resignation of his government following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people.
Answer. Victor Ponta

7) Who is sworn as the new Prime Minister of Canada?
Answer. Justin Trudeau

8) Which language has emerged as the largest spoken Indian language in the United States, with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it, according to the latest Census data?
Answer. Hindi

9) Name the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed Washington to invade Iraq in 2003 with discredited information on Saddam Hussein’s military capabilities, died of an apparent heart attack?
Answer. Ahmed Chalabi

10) Which country declared state of emergency for a period of 30 days recently, after arms and explosives were found at the country’s capital as well as at an island resort?
Answer. Maldives