Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 6, 2014
Q1. Where will the 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting be held on 7th – 8th August 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New Delhi. The 17th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in Hanzghou, China on 28 and 29 Oct. 2013.
Q2. What is ‘Campus Connect’?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Ministry of Human Resource Development is planning a new programme called Campus Connect. Under these programme 21,000 colleges, 20 classrooms will be made Wi-Fi enabled.
Q3. Name the famous cartoonist who created comic characters Chacha Chaudhary and his friend Sabu, has passed away on 6thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pran Kumar Sharma. Some other famous cartoon characters created by him are Pinki, Bablu, Shrimati ji.
Q4. Name the Veteran Marathi film actress who passed away on 6thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Smita Talwalkar. She was 59 years and suffered from ovarian cancer.
Q5. How many FDI Proposals were approved by the Government on 6th Aug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 14 FDI proposals worth Rs. 1528.38 Crore Rupees.
Q6. Against which team, Indian Men’s Hockey Team has to play 3-match series starting from 6thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bangladesh. India has won the first match by 2-1 against Bangladesh.
Q7. Name the project unveiled in Britain to commemorate 100 years of First World War?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Light Out Project. Under this project, lights were turned-off for an hour to play tribute to all those who died in World War-I.
Q8. Name the country that has launched the construction work of New Suez Canal to speed up the traffic along the existing waterway on 6thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ9. Which country has announced to ban use of Coal in its capital city and other five districts by the end of 2020?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: China, owing to the high pollution level caused by coal.
Q10. Name the firm that has been put on hold by the Union Government for all defence procurements in the wake of an alleged chopper scam?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Finmeccannica, Italian Company.
