Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 12, 2014
Q1. The Sixth BRICS Summit is being held in which country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Brazil. The sixth BRICS Summit is being held in Fortaleza and Brasilia on July 15th and 16thJuly. The Summit will focus on social inclusion and sustainable development.
Q2. Name the council that has agreed to restore 6,387 medical seats in government colleges which were cancelled earlier this year?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Medical Council of India.
Q3. When did Ministry of Railway launch the Social Media Platform for Indian Railways?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 7thJuly’2014. With this, customers can connect with the Railways through Facebook and Twitter. Besides, all the important announcements of Railways starting with Rail Budget 2014-15 will be available to the customers on 24×7 basis.
Q4. Name the IT platform that will be launched by 31st Dec’2014 to integrate the services for Central Government Departments and Ministries?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘e-Biz’ -a single window IT platform.
Q5. Name the three cities that come under Master planning of 3 new smart cities in the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor region as announced on the Union Budget 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ponneri in Tamil Nadu, Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tumkur in Karnataka to be completed.
Q6. Name the programme to be launched to skill the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills as announced on the Union Budget 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. What amount of Budget is provided to set up a Trade Facilitation Centre and a Crafts Museum to develop and promote handloom products and carry forward the rich tradition of handlooms of Varanasi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8. Name the programme 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.
Q9. Name the programme launched to be taken up nationwide for incubation of new ideas and necessary support for accelerating entrepreneurship?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “District level Incubation and Accelerator Programme”.
Q10. What position has been clinched by Netherland in the FIFA World Cup 2014?
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