Current Affairs Questions and answers - June 26, 2014
Q1. Which state government has rose retirement age of its employees from 58 years to 60 years on 25thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Odisha Government. This decision of the government will benefit about 5 lakh government employees of the State.
Q2. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 26thJune’2014. The Theme of World Drug Day 2014 is "A message of hope: Drug use disorders are preventable and treatable".
Q3. Name the person appointed as the Chairman of Coal India Limited on 25thJune’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A.K. Dubey. He was the Additional Secretary of CIL.
Q4. Who has beem appointed as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council on 26thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: N Srinivasan. He is the ICC's first chairman after constitutional changes to the governing body were passed at the annual conference in Melbourne.
Q5. Name the player who has been banned for nine matches & four months from any football related activity after alleged ‘biting’ accident in the FIFA World Cup’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Luis Suarez, Uruguay. He is accused of sinking his teeth into the left shoulder of the Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini.
Q6. In which state of India, 35thNational Games will be held in the year 2015?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kerala. The National Games will be played during 31st January to 14thFeb’2015.
Q7. Between which route DMRC started a Metro Service on 26thJune’14 for the public?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mandi House to Central Secretariat. The 3.2 km-long underground metro section from Central Secretariat to Mandi House is part of the 9.37 km long Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate line, which is an extension of the Badarpur corridor (22 km) of Phase two.
Q8. Name the World’s first Nuclear Plant that turned Sixty years on 26thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The Obninsk Plant. On 26thJune’1954 Soviet scientists connected the world's first nuclear power plant here to an electricity grid.
Q9. Between which two countries Panchsheel Treaty was signed in the year 1954?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India and China. On 26thJune’2014, Hamid Ansari, Vice President started his five day visit to China to attend events marking the 60thAnniversary of Panchsheel Treaty.
Q10. Which state government has come up with an innovative step to provide medicines at a lower price that will provide a 10% discount on Maximum Retail Price?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa inaugurated ’Amma Pharmacies’ medical shop at suburban Nanganallur Co operative Store on 26thJune’14.
Q11. Upto which year, India hopes to end preventable child and maternal deaths?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2035. This was announced by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in Washington at the meeting on "Acting on the Call, Ending preventable child and maternal deaths".
Q12. Name the person appointed as the 8th Attorney General of Singapore on 25thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: V K Rajah, Indian-Origin Judge.
Q13. Name the companies that have received the Navratna Status by Union Government on 24thJune’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Engineers India Limited (EIL) and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC).
Q14. Name the company that is set to buy Beetel Company?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Brightstar Corporation, largest distributors of Mobile Devices in the World. Beetel is a part of India’s Bharti Group.
