Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 7, 2014
Q1. Who has constituted a committee to review and suggest measures for further strengthening the security of Parliament House?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sumitra Mahajan, Lok Sabha Speaker. The committee will give its suggestions on training, adequacy of manpower and other relevant issues.
Q2. Name the Mizoram Governor who has been removed from the post of Governor on 7thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kamla Beniwal. The decision to remove Kamla Beniwal was taken because of she has misused the Governor’s Office of Gujarat to make several unauthorized air travels to her home at the expense of the state exchequer.
Q3. Name the Governor who has been given additional charge of Goa government?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Om Prakash Kohli, Gujarat Governor. He has assumed the charge as Governor of Goa on 7thAug’14.
Q4. In which city, the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation (NOTTO) will be set up for scientific collection of organs and tissues from donors?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New Delhi. As per the announcement made Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, he has said that the organisation will be located at Safdargunj Hospital and will facilitate distribution of vital organs like kidney, heart and cornea to patients-in-need at minimum cost.
Q5. What will be the criteria to provide a diesel subsidy for irrigation in the states?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: States where rainfall deficiency is more than 50% as on 15thJuly. Government has also raised the subsidy ceiling to 50% on seeds to partially compensate the cost of resowing for farmer.
Q6. Name the bodies directed by the Sports Ministry to place detailed information of all their spendings and regulations in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on their respective websites by the 20th Aug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the National Sports Federations (NSFs).
Q7. Name the cricket committee that wants to start a uniform programme for all member countries, including India, to develop their communication skills?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: International Cricket Council (ICC).
Q8. With which country Pakistan has resolved to strengthen cooperation in countering terrorism and transnational crime at the Fourth round of political consultations in Islamabad?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sri Lanka. The meeting of Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Mr. Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mrs. Kshenuka Seneviratne held in Islamabad.
Q9. Which state has been given a notice by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for alleged irregularities in the Indira Awas Yojana and Rehabilitation of rescued bonded child laborers?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. Name the NATO chief who urged Russia to step back from the brink during a visit to Kiev?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He has vowed support for Ukraine as fears mounted that Moscow was preparing to send troops into the conflict-torn east of the country.
Q11. Who has written the book “Munger Through the Ages”?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Late Shri D.P.Yadav. The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book on 7th Aug’14.
Q12. What is ‘Padho Pardesh’ Scheme?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Government has launched a scheme ‘Padho Pardesh’ to provide interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the minority communities and economically weaker sections so that they can get the opportunities for higher education in foreign countries.
Q13. Name the Emami Group Director who has been nominated and appointed as the Vice-President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Aditya Vardhan Agarwal.
Q14. Name the person who has received the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award from the All India management Association (AIMA)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, CMD of Bandhan.
Q15. Name the country that has declared state of Emergency over the outbreak of Ebola Virus on 6thAug’14?
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