Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 08, 2014
Q1. Rail Budget for the year 2014-15 was presented in the 16th Lok Sabha on ______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Under which act, all business transactions by consumers, whether online or otherwise are covered?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Complainants can approach various Consumer Forum i.e. District Consumer Forum, State Commission and National Commission for resolution of their grievances. This information was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 8thJuly’14.
Q3. What is the total length of the International Border of Rajasthan state with Pakistan?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has replied to Shri HK Dua in Rajya Sabha on 8thJuly’14 that “release of the Report on the India-China war, fully or partially or disclosure of any information related to this report would not be in national interest”. Name the report based on the India-China War?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Henderson Brooks Report, is a Top Secret document based on the India-China War.
Q5. Who has released the biennial report “India State of Forest Report (ISFR)” on 8thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests & Climate Change. The India State of Forest Report 2013 is 13th report in the series.
Q6. What amount of money has been allocated under National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) to various States/UTs during 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rs. 180 Crores. The five States receiving the highest allocation are Uttar Pradesh (Rs. 16.43 crores), Maharashtra (Rs. 13.36 crores), Rajasthan (Rs. 11.84 crores), Madhya Pradesh (Rs. 11.40 crores) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs. 11.38 crores).
Q7. On 8thJuly’2014, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, has formed a core group to plan a detailed plan of action to eradicate the dreaded vector-borne disease Kala Azar by 2015. What is the other name of Kala Azar?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Visceral Leishmaniasis, a zoonotic infection whose carrier is the sand fly found in the eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, usually strikes during the monsoon months. It is the second deadliest vector borne disease after Malaria.
Q8. What was the total number of estimated incidence of cancer cases in India during the year 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 10, 86,783. In the year 2012, it was 10, 57,204.
Q9. Who has inaugurated the new MFPnet portal of Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) on 8thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Jual Oram, the Minister for Tribal Affairs. The MFPnet portal is designed to act as an adjunct and a catalyst for implementing the scheme of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP). This portal provides information about TRIFED, MFP trade in India, marketing prospects for MFPs, MSP for MFP, its current status, MFP development training beside its retail marketing activities.
Q10. How many new trains will be introduced as per the announcement made on the Rail Budget for the year 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 58 New Trains, that includes five Jansadharan Trains, five Premium Trains, six AC Express Trains, 27 Express Trains, eight Passenger Trains, two MEMU services and five DEMU trains.
Q11. What is the estimated amount to be earned by Railways in the year 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rs. 1.64 lakh Crore.
Q12. Name the supersonic cruise missile successfully test-fired from Chandipur-on-Sea off Odisha coast on 8th July 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: BrahMos, an advanced version of the 290-km range supersonic missile. BrahMos is one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world has a top speed of Mach 2.8 and can be launched from ships, aircrafts and submarines.
Q13. Who will be the new President of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Amit Shah, a close aide of Shri Narendra Modi.
Q14. With which country, bilateral trade of India has crossed 18 billion dollars mark in the year 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kuwait. It is one of the leading suppliers of crude oil and LPG to India and both countries have longstanding ties in the area of energy security.
