Current Affairs Questions and answers - May 30, 2014
Q1. Name the person appointed as the National Security Adviser on 30thMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Ajit Doval, Retired IPS Officer.
Q2. Name the Minister who has launched ‘@CimGOI’ the official Twitter handle of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on 30thMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Commerce & Industry.
Q3. For which project, India signs Credit agreement worth US$ 121.20 Million with World Bank on 30th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Uttarakhand Decentralised Watershed Development Project (UDWDP). The Objective of the project is to increase the efficiency of natural resource use and productivity of rain fed agriculture by participating communities in selected micro watersheds of the State of Uttarakhand.
Q4. For which project (that has to be implemented in Maharashtra), India has signed Credit agreement worth US $165 Million with World Bank on 30thMay’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program. The Objective of the program is to improve the performance of Maharashtra`s sector institutions in planning, implementation and monitoring of its Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program and to improve access to quality and sustainable services in peri-urban villages, and in water-stressed and water quality-affected areas.
Q5. To mark an important event, the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan flagged off rally of nearly 300 school students in Delhi on 30thMay’2014. Name the event?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘World No Tobacco Day’, which will be observed on 31stMay’2014.
Q6. Over which country the US Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance Global Hawk drones over the past week?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Japan. Drones will monitor the nuclear activities in North Korea and Chinese naval operations will remain there until October’2014.
Q7. About what percent the Indian government has proposed to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 100%. The proposal to raise FDI cap from 26 to 100 per cent is aimed at giving a boost to manufacturing activities. However, portfolio investors including Foreign Institutional Investors will be allowed to invest only upto 49 per cent.
Q8. Name the country that has announced to grant the status of Non-Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) to India for facilitating enhanced bilateral trade between them?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ9. Name the two Indian-Americans who scripted history by becoming co-champions of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee on 30th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sriram J Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe. This is the seventh consecutive year that Indian- Americans have retained the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Q10. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers has been observed across the world on ___.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 29th May’2014. The theme of year 2014: UN PEACEKEEPING: A Force for Peace. A Force for Change. A Force for the Future.
Q11. Name the Hindi writer who was awarded with the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013 on 29th May’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vishwanath Tripathi.
