Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 29, 2014
Q1. Which country will PM Narendra Modi visit from 30thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Name the suspended senior congress leader who has formally joined BJP on 29thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Choudhary Birender Singh. Birender Singh was suspended from Congress for indiscipline as he had continuously criticized the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda for poll setback in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Q3. What is the minimum monthly pension decided by the Government which will come into effect from 1stSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. How many games will be contested at the ASEAN Para Games 2015 in Singapore?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 15 Games. The sports offered include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, five-a-side football, seven-a-side football, power lifting, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, goalball, tenpin bowling, wheelchair basketball and chess.
Q5. What is the GDP rate recorded in the first quarter of the current fiscal year?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 5.7%. It is the highest growth recorded during the last nine quarters.
Q6. National Sports Day is celebrated in India on ____
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. For which project, India has signed a Credit Agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance of US$ 107 million on 29thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mizoram State Roads Project (MSRP II).
Q8. Under which ministry, National Consultative Workshop on “Industry-Career Centre-ITI collaboration” was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 29thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ministry of Labor & Employment.
Q9. Name the different awards has been conferred by the President of India on the occasion of National Sports Awards-2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: DronacharyaAwards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, Tenzing Norgay Awards 2013 and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2013-14.
Q10. Name the cricket player who has awarded with the Arjuna Awards by the President of India on 29thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the players who were awarded with the Dhyan Chand Awards 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Gurmail Singh (Hockey), Shri K.P. Thakkar (Swimming -Diving), Shri Zeeshan Ali (Tennis).
Q12. Who has won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Punjabi University, Patiala.
Q13. Name the person who has been awarded with the Tenzing Norgay Awards 2013 in the disciple of Life Time Achievement?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Wing Commander (Retd) Amit Chowdhury.
Q14. Name the players awarded with the Dronacharya Awards 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Mahabir Prasad (Wrestling), Shri N. Lingappa (Athletics – Lifetime), Shri G. Manoharan (Boxing – Lifetime), Shri Gurcharan Singh Gogi (Judo – Lifetime), Shri Jose Jacob (Rowing – Lifetime).
Q15. Name the centuries old Mosque in Jabaliya in Gaza which got destroyed in Israel-Gaza conflict?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Omari Mosque. The mosque is the part of rich cultural heritage of Gaza and was built in seventh century AD.
Q16. Which state cabinet on 28thAug’14 approved the formation of Transgender Welfare Board?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. Name the novel that has been authored by 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan Shukla?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gods of Antarctica. The book is fictional tale of Gods and Monsters.