Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 07, 2014
Q1. On which day, the President of India will dedicate ‘RuPay’ India’s own card payment network to the nation?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8th May’14. The RuPay card is accepted at all the ATMs (1,60,000+), 95% of PoS terminals (9,45,000+) and most of the eCom merchants (10,000+) in the country. A variant of the card called ‘Kisan Card’ is now being issued by all the Public Sector banks in addition to the mainstream debit card which has been issued by 43 banks.
Q2. In view of the difficulties faced in search and rescue operations after an aircraft goes missing or meets with an accident, the DGCA, India has issued guidelines to all operators. Regarding what the guidelines has issued?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The DGCA has issued guidelines to all operators, in the form of Air Safety Circular, for real time tracking of aircrafts engaged in carrying passengers and cargo from departure to arrival.
Q3. Name the dam for which Kerala government is set to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s verdict on the dam issue?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mullaperiyar Dam. The apex court held that the Mullaperiyar Dam is safe and allowed the Tamil Nadu government to raise the water level to 142 feet and ultimately to 152 feet after completion of strengthening measures on the dam.
Q4. Who has appointed as the Coach of the Pakistan Cricket team?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Waqar Younis. His first assignment is a home series against Australia in the UAE in October’14, comprising one-off Twenty20, three ODIs and two Tests.
Q5. To which company DGCA has granted license on 7thMay’14 to starts its operations in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: AirAsia India, which is a joint venture between AirAsia and TataGroup. AirAsia plans to operate a fleet of Airbus A320-200 aircraft, initially with 4-5 planes and quickly expand to 10 in a year.
Q6. Name the India’s biggest cultural festival that has started on 7thMay’14 in China?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Glimpses of India”. The festival will be held in top 12 cities of China including Tibet's provincial capital, Lhasa. It would showcase a wide range of events including Indian performing arts, visual and photographic exhibitions, modern art, food, films as well as events involving eminent Indian and Chinese scholars and writers
Q7. Name the most polluted city in the world according to the report released on 7thMay’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Delhi. WHO said that the national capital has the highest concentration of particulate matters less than 2.5 microns which is considered most serious. The 2014 version of the Ambient Air Pollution database contains results of outdoor air pollution monitoring from almost 1600 cities in 91 countries.
Q8. Who has appointed as the new ICRISAT Ambassador?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Nigel Poole. ICRISAT stands for International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics.
Q9. In which country, United States gets the military base after signing a deal for 20-year lease?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dijbouti, that borders the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. It has announced by Obama Administration on 5thMay’14. The deal reflects the small country’s outsize strategic importance in helping the U.S. and other Western allies combat terrorists, pirates and smugglers in the region.
