Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 1, 2014
Q1. What measures has been suggested by PM Narendra Modi for minimum use of affidavits in a bid to save the common man from hassles?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Self- Certification of Documents. All ministries and departments at the Centre and in states have been asked to make a provision for self-certification of documents in place of affidavits and the requirement of attestation by gazetted officers is sought to be replaced by self-certification by the citizen.
Q2. How many political parties have given notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for referring Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to Select Committee?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 9 Political Parties. These parties include Congress, CPI(M), CPI, SP, BSP, DMK, JD(U), Trinamool Congress and RJD.
Q3. To which country PM Narendra Modi will pay a two day visit from 3rdAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Name the organization of Afghanistan that has welcomed the deployment of professional international observers and UN experts for the comprehensive audit of the results of the Presidential election run-off held on the 14th of June?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Q5. Who is the author of the book ‘One Life Is Not Enough ’?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kunwar Natwar Singh. The book was released on 1stAugust. It is an autobiography of the former External Affairs Minister and senior Congress Party leader Natwar Singh.
Q6. Farmers of which state in India have been given a proposal by Government of Ghana that offered a fertile farmland on a long term lease for farm activities?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Punjab. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on 31 July 2014 agreed to Ghana’s proposal of land to Punjab farmers.
Q7. Name the institute that organized the International Conference on Natural Fibres at Kolkata on 1stAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8.Who inaugurated the new building of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology (GKCIET) on 1st Aug’ 2014 at Narayanpur, Malda?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, The President of India.
Q9. As per the 2011 Census population, what are the numbers of person eligible for subsidized food grains under TPDS?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 81.35 Crore people. This information was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 1stAug’14.
Q10. At which place Jaguar fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on 1stAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bhuj. The pilot, who was airborne from Bhuj, was on a flying training mission and ejected safely.
Q11. India’s first Sub-Surface Ocean Moored Observatory is located in which region?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Arctic Ocean. The country’s first multi-sensor moored observatory in the Kongsfjorden fjord of the Arctic, roughly half way between Norway and the North Pole deployed on 23rdJuly’14.
Q12. Name the mission to be launched soon to provide all households in the country with the banking services?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sampoorn Vittiya Samaveshan Mission.
Q13. Name the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dipa Karmakar. She won the Bronze medal.
Q14. What are the medal standings of India at the end of 9th Day in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 5th Rank with 13 Gold, 23 Silver and 15 Bronze Medals.
Q15. Who has earned the Assocham Innovation Excellence Award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kirloskar Brothers Limited.
Q16. Asia’s first Design Studio is located in____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Gujarat. Bathroom solutions provider Duravit India on 31stJuly’14 opened the Asia’s first design studio of the Germany-based multinational company.
