Current Affairs Questions and answers - March 20, 2014
Q1. As of Mar’2014, when was the last time RBI gave banking licenses to Banks?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2003-04. RBI issued license to YES Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank and today (19th Mar’2014) Election Commission has allowed the RBI for issuing new banking licenses.
Q2. How many seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes in 2009 LokSabha Elections?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 84 seats were reserved for SCs out of total 543 seats of Lok Sabha.
Q3. Name the country which is launching a new online effort to warn the public about the dangers of climate change on 19th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United States of America. The White House is unveiling a new website www.climate.data.gov today (19th Mar’14).
Q4. What amount of money will be raised by launching Exchange Traded Funds of Central Public Sector Enterprises for disinvestment plan by Government on 19th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3000 Crore Rupees.
Q5.In which state, the State Election Commission has decided to webcast live voting from 500 polling booths on 19th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Punjab. The live telecast will be available on Election Commission Website.
Q6. In which state, India is setting up a second Nuclear Fuel Complex?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kota, Rajasthan. This proposal was cleared by Cabinet Committee on Security in March’2014.
Q7. Between which countries Accession Pact is signed on March’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Russia and Crimea. President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia. Recently, more than 90 percent of Crimea’s residents voted in a referendum on 16thMar’2014 for splitting from Ukraine and rejoining Russia.
Q8. With which country India signed a memorandum of understanding on IT cooperation?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: China. On 18th March’2014 both countries signed a MoU on IT cooperation.
Q9. Name the Indian cricketer who imposed 100 Crore penalty on two reputed News Channels?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: M S Dhoni. He lodge a complaint against News Nation Channel and Zee Group for damaging his reputation by airing destructive reports that linked him to the match-fixing.
Q10. What is the position of India in the world for sending out spam e-mails with malicious content?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 4th Rank. On 19th Mar’2014 Microsoft published a report in which India stands 4th and US stands 1st in the world for sending out spam e-mails with malicious content like; advertisement for pharma products and sexually explicit material.
Q11. Name the country which is suspended from G-8 Countries?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Russia. The other seven members of the group had already suspended preparations for a G8 summit that Russia is scheduled to host in June’2014 in Sochi.
Q12. Which state have highest percentage of woman practices head/face covering in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rajasthan. NCAER (National Council for Applied Economic Research) releases latest India Human Development Survey (IHDS) and found that 96% of women from Rajasthan practices head/face covering.
Q13. What is the percentage of women who were get married before age 18?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. Name the Australian journalist who published an exhaustive operational review of the India-China war over both western and eastern sectors?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Neville Maxwell, a former correspondent of The Times of London who reported on the war from New Delhi. He authored ‘India’s China War’ – a path-breaking in 1970.
Q15. Name the Russia’s Most Wanted Man who declared dead by the officials of Russia on 18th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Doku Umarov. His forces have claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks, including suicide bombings that killed 37 people at a Moscow airport in 2011 and 40 on the Moscow subway in 2010.
