Current Affairs Questions and answers - Aug 9, 2014
Q1. National Day of Singapore is observed on ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. What special Day will soon be declared by the Government to highlight the increasing cases of hypertension?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: National Hypertension Day. At the 23rd Annual Conference of the Hypertension Society of India in New Delhi, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is need for declaring a certain day of each year as 'National Hypertension Day'.
Q3. Quit India Movement observed its 72nd Anniversary on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 9thAug’2014. On this day in 1942, Indian National Congress gave the clarion call asking the British to quit India.
Q4. To which country, India is to give a grant of 1 million US Dollar for construction of a cricket stadium?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Afghanistan. The stadium is set to come up in Aino Mina, a northern suburb of Kandahar city on land donated to the Afghanistan Cricket Board in 2012.
Q5. According to Malaysia's Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein , what type of missile was used to shoot down Airlner MH17 over Ukraine?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Surface-to-Air Missile.
Q6. Name the organization which has welcomed the agreement reached between the two Afghan presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah-Adbullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on 8thAug’14 to break the electoral impasse in Afghanistan?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Q7. Name the State and its Chief Minister who has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for further improvement in relations with Bangladesh for better connectivity and development of the state on 9thAug’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. Tripura was seamlessly connected to India through Bangladesh by road, rail and waterways which needs to be restored.
Q8. On which company, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of 13 crore rupees for alleged irregularities in issuance of warrants by the company to its promoters?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Reliance Industries Limited.
Q9. After how many years the National Stadium in New Delhi witnessed the lighting of the torch on 9thAug’14 for the 17thASIAD to be held at Incheon, South Korea?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 63 Years. The National Stadium in New Delhi was the venue of the first Asian Games in 1951.
Q10. Which state has constituted the committee on 8thAug’14 to conduct a detailed survey of the industries using silica dust in the state?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the payment system for which RBI has issued draft guidelines for implementation that enables the customers to pay the bills anytime, anywhere?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
Q12. By what amount, India’s Forex Reserves were decreased for the week ended 1stAug’14 released by RBI?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India’s Forex Reserves were decreased by USD 573.5 million to 319.99 billion.
