Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 26, 2014
Q1. Name the newly constituted five member BJP's Advisory Board that includes senior party leaders of BJP L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi etc?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: "Margdarshak Mandal".
Q2. What the interest rate has been decided by Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on 26thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8.75%.(EPFO) has decided to retain interest rate on provident fund at 8.75 percent for the current fiscal. It will benefit over five crore subscribers across the country.
Q3.Wheen will President Pranab Mukherjee be present the Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2010 and 2011 at Rashtrapati Bhawan?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 27thAugust’2014. Fourteen scholars will receive this award in different categories every year for their contribution in the field of Hindi language and literature. Hindi Sevi Samman scheme was initiated by Central Hindi Institute, Agra in 1989.
Q4. From which day the Government has decided to launch National Sanitation Awareness Week to improve sanitation facilities in the rural areas of the country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 26th September and continue till 2nd October’2014. Minister of Rural Development and Sanitation, Nitin Gadkari announced this while addressing National Workshop on Technology for water quality and sanitation in rural India in New Delhi on 26th Aug’14.
Q5. Who will be the new Governor of Goa?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mrs. Mridula Sinha.
Q6. Name the programme that has been launched by the Government on 26thAug’14 to improve school education in the country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Padhe Bharat, Badhe Bharat" programme.
Q7. In which city, the three-day long vagabonds and street children mela has began on 26thAug’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kolkata. The fair has been organised with an aim to bring vagabonds and street children into the mainstream of life and to make them self sufficient. The State Child Development and Social Welfare Minister, Dr. Sashi Panja inaugurated the Mela in the City.
Q8. What will be new policy name suggested by Sushma Swaraj which will replace India's over two decade-old “Look East Policy”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Act East Policy. Ms. Sushma Swaraj, who is in Hanoi on a bilateral visit, has stressed on the need for an Act East Policy that she said should replace India's over two decade-old Look East Policy.
Q9. Name the organisation that has called for a range of tough regulations restricting the use of e-cigarettes?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: World Health Organization.
Q10. When and where is the First Pension Conclave 2014 held?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 26thAug’14 in New Delhi. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released the first annual report of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority,PFRDA and launched website during the function.
Q11. Who will be appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan as announced by the President of India on 26thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Kalyan Singh.
Q12. Who will be appointed as the Governor of Karnataka as announced by the President of India on 26thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala.
Q13. Who will be appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra as announced by the President of India on 26thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Chenneamaneni Vidyasagar Rao.
Q14. Who is the author of the books “Life and achievements of Syed Abid Hussain” and “Adab and Qaumi Zindagi” released on 26th Aug’14 by the Vice-President of India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Khawar Hashmi.
Q15. In which town, Agriculture Minister laid foundation stone of Krishi Vigyan Kendra on 26th Aug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ramgarh, Jharkhand.
Q16. Name the multinational IT consultant obtained the contract to build an IT platform for crowd funding Statue of Unity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project on 25 August 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Accenture. The motive behind this move of Gujarat state government is to raise funds for the project through internet.
Q17. Name the temple that faces demolition in Pakistan?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maharishi Walmeck Sawami Jee Temple popularly known as Balaknash Temple of Rawalpindi.
Q18. On the basis of which model, the central government decided to fence over Bangladesh waters?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Skid Marine Hedge model of Singapore.
Q19. Name the person appointed as the CRPF Special Director-General on 25thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ramesh Chand Tayal.
