Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 15, 2014
Q1. Name the person who has been conferred with the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Social Activist. The President Shri Pranab Mukhurjee presented the Gandhi Peace Prize on 15thJuly’2014. The Chipko movement was started by Bhatt in the year 1973.
Q2. Which state government has given its assent to Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee Bill?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Haryana Government. The management committee comprising 40 members will be elected for a five-year term by Sikh voters of Haryana.
Q3. Name the state government that will implement the National Food Security Act, NFSA in the state from 1st Sep’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. Name the country that broke global trade rules by slapping import duties on Indian steel products?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United States. India filed its complaint at the WTO in 2012, after Washington imposed duties of nearly 300 per cent on imports of products including steel pipes.
Q5. Name the Brazilian Football team Coach who resigned after Brazil failed to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Luis Felipe Scolari. He has resigned on 14thJuly’14.
Q6. In which city National Centre for Research & Development in Bulk Drugs (NCRDBD) will be set up as announced by Union Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers decided on 14 July’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hyderabad. The total cost of setting up centre will be more than 52Crore rupees and will have an operating cost of over 37Crore rupees for 5 years.
Q7. Name the whistleblower IAS officer from Haryana State Service, whose request for a central deputation has been approved by the Civil Services Board on 15thJuly’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ashok Khemka. He had cancelled the mutation Robert Vadra’s Land Deal.
Q8. Which market regulator has barred famous Satyam Computer’s founder B Ramlinga Raju and four others from markets for 14years today (15thJuly’14)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: SEBI. SEBI has also asked them to return 1849 Crores worth of unlawful gains with interest of 12% per annum w.e.f 7th Jan’2009.
Q9. Name the bill that has been passed on 14thJuly’14 which enables Nripendra Misra’s appointment as the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Telecom Regulatory Authority (Amendment) bill.
Q10. Name the company that will develop a ‘smart contact lens’ in collaboration with Google?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Novartis, Swiss Drug Developer.
Q11. Name the IT Capital of Andhra Pradesh as proposed by the IT Minister on 15thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. With which company IBM has entered into a six-year agreement to transform its business and technology capabilities as announced on 15thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS) with India-based micro finance provider.
