Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 05, 2014
Q1. Name the country that has summoned the United States ambassador after a man was arrested on suspicion of US spying?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Which state has become surplus state in growing saplings of fruit bearing trees?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Odisha. It was announced on 5thJuly’14 by the Director of Horticulture.
Q3. In which state, Union Minister for Food Processing Industry has announced on 5thJuly to create Mini Food Parks in different parts of the state?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Punjab. This move will extend the processing of local procedure.
Q4. Who has signed a preliminary agreement to invest over 1.1 billion dollars in Iran?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: US Company. The rare joint commercial project will help turn rubbish and human waste into electricity and will create 600 to 700 jobs.
Q5. Name the four Indian-Americans who were honored on the eve of US Independence Day on 4thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Satya Nadella (CEO Microsoft Corporation), Subra Suresh (President of Carnegie Mellon University), Aasif Mandvi (Carnegie Mellon University president), Beheruz Sethna (former president of the University of West Georgia).
Q6. With which organization, NABARD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 4thJuly’14 for the development of small Farm Producers?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
Q7. Name the advertising technology company that was acquired by social networking giant Facebook?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: LiveRail, that offers a platform for online video publishers that help them and find and serve the best ads possible.
Q8. As per the latest details published by the Bureau of labor Statistics, how many jobs were added in the United States in June’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2,88,000. The Unemployment rate dropped to 6.1% in June, which is the lowest unemployment rate since September 2008.
Q9. Name the hurricane that hit the coast of North Carolina on 4thJuly’2014 and made landfall on the southern end of the barrier island with a speed of 100 miles per hour?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hurricane Arthur.
Q10. Name the protocol for which India has refused to ratify at World Trade Organization meet at Geneva on 4thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Trade Felicitation Protocol. India said that it will support the TF agreement only if there is progress in Geneva on mechanisms for ensuring permanent protection of the government’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) against the WTO’s subsidy caps.
Q11. Name the militant group that has taken responsibility of setting fire to 200 fuel trucks that were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan on 5thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. In which state, 127th Edition of Durand Cup will be played during Oct-Nov’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Goa. It is the first time the prestigious football tournament is being organised outside Delhi. The tournament was started in 1888 in Shimla and shifted to Delhi in 1940.
