Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 15, 2014
Q1. Which anniversary of Independence Day is celebrated across India on 15thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. What is the objective of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: To help poor by opening their bank accounts, which will come with the facility of the debit card and insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh.
Q3. What was the Wholesale Inflation observed in the month of July’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Name the scheme that has been re-launched by the government for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana.
Q5. Who has won the inaugural World Team Billiards Championships title on 15thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India-B Team. The Pankaj Advani-led India B team, comprising Advani, Rupesh Shah, Devendra Joshi and Ashok Shandilya accounted for the Gold.
Q6. Who has become the first member of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees to reach the 150-Test mark?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ranjan Madugalle, former Sri Lanka Captain. He achieved this landmark when he took the field to officiate in the fifth and final game between India and England at the Oval, London, on 15thAug’14.
Q7. Name the person who has been posthumously conferred with the nation’s highest peacetime gallantry medal, Ashok Chakra on 15thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Major Mukund Vardarajan.
Q8. How many Gallantry medals were approved by President of India on the occasion of 68thIndependence Day?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 55 Gallantry Medals. These include one Ashoka Chakra, 12 Shaurya Chakras, 39 Gallantry Sena Medal, one Gallantry Nao Sena Medal and two Gallantry Vayu Sena Medal.
Q9. Name the Indian FMCG company that launched the e-cigarette?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. In which region, China has launched its second railway line in Tibet on 15thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Close to Indian border in Sikkim, enhancing mobility of its military in the remote and strategic Himalayan region.
