Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 10, 2014
Q1. Name the bank that has held UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% during its monetary policy announcement on 10thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Between which two countries FIFA World Cup final will be played?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Argentina and Germany.
Q3. In terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), what is the position of the India among the rest countries in the world?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 10th. According to the latest report published by the World Bank, India is now the tenth biggest economy in the world.
Q4. What amount of money has allocated for the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana’ and ‘Safety & welfare of Women’ by the Finance Minister during Budget Speech on 10thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 100 Crore Rupees.
Q5. Name the Padma Vibhushan awardee actress passed away on 10thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Zohra Sehgal. She was at the age of 102.
Q6. By what percent FDI limit in the Defence Sector has increased?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 49%. Previously it was 26%.
Q7. As per the announcement made in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, what is the new annual ceiling in the Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 1.5 lakh rupees per annum, Annual ceiling will be enhanced to 1.5 lakh rupees per annum from1 lakh rupees at present.
Q8. As per the announcement made by Finance Minister in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, how many new Debt Recovery Tribunals to be set up in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ9. As per the announcement made by Finance Minister in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, name the scheme announced for integrated project based infrastructure in the rural areas in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shyama Prasad Mukherji Urban Mission.
Q10. As per the announcement made by Finance Minister in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, name the scheme that will provide the provision of bank loan for women SHGs at 4% to be extended to another 100 districts?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. As per the announcement made by Finance Minister in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, name the scheme which give impetus to watershed development in the country with an initial outlay of 2142 crores rupees?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. As per the announcement made by Finance Minister in the Union Budget on 10thJuly’2014, name the scheme to be launched for encouraging rural youth to take up local entrepreneurship programs with an outlay of 100 Crore rupees?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘Start Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme’.
Q13. In which state, Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanities will be set up?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. In which states, Agricultural Research Institute of excellence will be set up with an initial sum of 100 crore rupees?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Assam and Jharkhand.
Q15. How many Mobile Soil Testing Laboratories to be set up across the country with an outlay of 56 crores rupees?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ16. Who has been sworn-in as Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur on 10thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Justice Laxmikanta Mohapatra.
Q17. Name the new 24x7 channel that will launch soon, as announced by the Finance Minister in his budget speech to promote cultural identities and creating greater awareness of the richness of the diversity of the North East region?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 24x7 channel "Arun Prabha".
