Showing posts with label Current Affair Of July 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current Affair Of July 2014. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 31 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 31, 2014

1. Which Indian IFS officer has been appointed as the new Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will succeed Vikram Misri, who is going to Spain as Ambassador from India. ?
(A) Hardeep Singh
(B) Sanjeev Kumar Singla
(C) S. Suresh Kumar
(D) Dharmendra Gaura
(E) Non of these

2. According to the latest data released by the National Health Survey people of which age group are most vulnerable to commit suicide in India as this age period is the most stressful period in the life of most people more ever in the year 2012, 1,899 people committed suicide in Delhi due to various reasons and out of them 1,030 were in this age group of ?
(A) 15-29 years
(B) 16-30 years
(C) 17-31 years
(D) 18-32 years
(E) Non of these

3. Indian government has cleared a defence procurement budget of how much worth and also okayed a project for the production of transport aircraft and the tender for which is open only to Indian private sector companies ?
(A) Rs 19,000 crore
(B) Rs 22,000 crore
(C) Rs 21,000 crore
(D) Rs 22,000 crore
(E) Non of these

4. In order to strengthen the electricity conditions in Uttar Pradesh the chief secretary AlokRanjan has issued directions for arrangement of required transformers and other necessary equipment needed, with immediate effect and CS also issued orders for the electrification of how many habitations in the state by September 2016 ?
(A) 1.45 lakh habitations
(B) 1.55 lakh habitations
(C) 1.65 lakh habitations
(D) 1.75 lakh habitations
(E) Non of these

5. In an amazing news the world's longest poop of an unidentified dinosaur is set to go up for auction in Los Angeles July 22 and is expected to fetch how many dollar, imagine how much your poop can fetch !
(A) $7,000-$9,000
(B) $8,000-$10,000
(C) $9,000-$11,000
(D) $10,000-$12,000
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(B)
2.(A)
3.(C)
4.(D)
5.(B)


Sunday, 20 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 18/19/20 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 18/19/20, 2014

1. Which Lieutenant General took over as the next Chief of Army Staff here on Thursday, succeeding outgoing Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh, present post holding Lieutenant General once had participated in the 1987 Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) operation in Sri Lanka,is going to assume office on August 1,2014. ?
(A) Dalbir Singh Suhag
(B) Sanjeev Kumar Singla
(C) S. Suresh Kumar
(D) Dharmendra Gaura
(E) Non of these

2. which South Africa's professional all-rounder players has retired from all formats of the cricket game.?
(A) David Richardson
(B) Hashim Amla
(C) Jacob Smith
(D) Jacques Kallis
(E) Non of these

3. India's largest ultra mega solar power plant (UMSPP) will be established in which state of India and this plant will produce 700 MW of electricity, would require an investment of Rs 4,000 crore ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Assam
(E) Non of these

4. In order to strengthen the electricity conditions in Uttar Pradesh the chief secretary AlokRanjan has issued directions for arrangement of required transformers and other necessary equipment needed, with immediate effect and CS also issued orders for the electrification of how many habitations in the state by September 2016 ?
(A) 1.45 lakh habitations
(B) 1.55 lakh habitations
(C) 1.65 lakh habitations
(D) 1.75 lakh habitations
(E) Non of these

5. In an amazing news the world's longest poop of an unidentified dinosaur is set to go up for auction in Los Angeles July 22 and is expected to fetch how many dollar, imagine how much your poop can fetch !
(A) $7,000-$9,000
(B) $8,000-$10,000
(C) $9,000-$11,000
(D) $10,000-$12,000
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(A)
2.(D)
3.(C)
4.(D)
5.(B)


Wednesday, 16 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 15/16 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 15/16, 2014

1. Which international airline has bagged the tittle of the world's best carrier at the Farnborough International Airshow for year 2014, this is the Hong Kong-based firm and get his first tittle since 2009 ?
(A) Saudi Arabian
(B) Emirates
(C) Cathay Pacific
(D) ANA Japan
(E) Non of these

2. According to the anti-virus software firm McAfee which superherolinks are the most lethal out of all superhero links on Internet as superhero links counts to at least three quarters of all unidentified matter available online and has a 16.5 percent chance that superhero links lead to viruses, spyware, spam or other malware on internet ?
(A) Superman
(B) Black Widow and Ghost Rider
(C) Green Lantern
(D) Spiderman
(E) Non of these

3. As per the report by IT Minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy the government’s new IT policy would be announced in 10 days to attract large-scale investments in the state and as government is planning which city to be the Andhra pradesh new IT capital ?
(A) Tirupati
(B) Visakhapatnam
(C) Vijayawada
(D) Kakinada
(E) Non of these

4. World Disney has found its new Mowgli in which 10-year-old Indian-American boy for its live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale about a boy who is raised by animals in 'The Jungle Book' this New York-born boy will be the only actor to appear onscreen in the first project which is a combination of live-action and animation, said the Hollywood Reporter as Jon Favreau is directing a new concept film from a script by Justin Marks for a release in 3D on October 9, 2015 ?
(A) Jeck Patel
(B) Demy smith
(C) Somy beth
(D) Neel Sethi
(E) Non of these

5. Which state archaeology and culture department is planing to seek help from Nasa and Isro for research on 10,000-year-old rock paintings depicting aliens and UFOs in Charama region in Kanker district in tribal region ?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Odisha
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(C)
2.(A)
3.(B)
4.(D)
5.(B)


Monday, 14 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 14 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 14, 2014

1. The honourable President Pranab Mukherjee today appointed new governors for Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Nagaland ,Ram Naik appointed as governor of Uttar Pradesh, Keshari Nath Tripathi appointed as governor of West Bengal,Balramji Dass Tandon appointed as governor of Chhattisgarh, and Om Prakash Kohli appointed as governor of Gujarat, so who is appointed as the governor of Nagaland ?
(A) Ramnath Manon
(B) Ajeet Nath Gowaray
(C) Vikram Damorta
(D) Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
(E) Non of these

2. Germany defeated Argentina by a goal in FIFA world cup 2014 with midfielder Mario Goetze scoring the game's only goal in the 113th minute to guide his side to victory, now the next FIFA world cup will held in which country in the year 2018 ?
(A) Japan
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) Argentina
(E) Non of these

3. A new bill to remove all legal hurdles in the appointment of Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to the Prime Minister was passed in Lok Sabha, today with Congress, RJD, AAP and RSP opposing it and Trinamool Congress making a volte-face on the issue, Mr. Mishra hold which position in his previous appointment ?
(A) Union secretary
(B) TRAI chief
(C) Foreign secretary
(D) CAG director
(E) Non of these

4. Indian government has imposed an additional penalty of around $579 million on Reliance Industries for producing less than the targeted natural gas from its KG-D6 block with this, the total penalty on Reliance Industries for missing the target in four fiscal years beginning April 1, 2010 now stands at a cumulative total of around ?
(A) USD 2.376 billion
(B) USD 3.376 billion
(C) USD 4.376 billion
(D) USD 5.376 billion
(E) Non of these

5. Indian government is planning to raise the minimum wage days under its The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) rural employment guarantee scheme to 150 from its existing limit of how many days in case the country faces a drought ?
(A) 105 days
(B) 100 days
(C) 950 days
(D) 90 days
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(D)
2.(C)
3.(B)
4.(A)
5.(B)


Sunday, 13 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 11/12/13 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 11/12/13,2014

1. The India’s first indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare corvette built by Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), was handed over to Indian Navy today this warship is being built with indigenously developed special grade high-tensile (DMR249A) steel produced by SAIL (Steel Authority of India) and is known as ?
(A) INS Mamorta
(B) INS Kamorta
(C) INS Damorta
(D) INS Samorta
(E) Non of these

2. Indian Railways will introduce new daily train service from New Delhi to Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine it will depart from New Delhi station at 5:30 pm daily and arrive at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra station at 5:10 am the next day, the name of this train is ?
(A) Shri Shakti Express
(B) Shri Dham Express
(C) Shri Mata Express
(D) Shri Shakti Express
(E) Non of these

3. Indian engineers are about to build toiling in the Himalayas to build the world's highest railway bridge in the Himalayas which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by the year 2016.This arch-shaped steel structure is being constructed over the river Chenab to link sections of the spectacular mountainous region of Jammu and Kashmir (JK) after the completion the bridge is expected to how many meters high and will surpass the world's current tallest railway bridge over the Beipanjiang river in China's Guizhou province, which stands at 275 metres high ?
(A) 339 metres
(B) 349 metres
(C) 359 metres
(D) 369 metres
(E) Non of these

4. India's financial budget see a 12.5 per cent hike in defence budget taking the military spending for the year 2014-15 to Rs 2.29 lakh crore (USD 38 billion), India still remains far below the Chinese allocation of how many dollars ?
(A) USD 102 billion
(B) USD 112 billion
(C) USD 122 billion
(D) USD 132 billion
(E) Non of these

5. India's Oil explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited(ONGC)again emerged as the highest profit-making PSU of the country during the year 2012-13 while which company turned out to be the biggest loss-making enterprise, says the Economic Survey of India ?
(A) BSNL
(B) FCI
(C) MTNL
(D) Coal India
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(B)
2.(A)
3.(C)
4.(D)
5.(A)


Thursday, 10 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 9,10 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 9/10,2014

1. The US Open prize pool is hiked by a record 11 percent, which will allow the singles winners to walk away with three million dollars as reward if they win an official announcement made by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), USTA Chairman Dave Haggerty announced that the total US Open purse will now be how much dollars ?
(A) 36.3 million dollars
(B) 37.3 million dollars
(C) 38.3 million dollars
(D) 39.3 million dollars
(E) Non of these

2. AS salaried class employes has got something to cheer with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as tax exemption limit has been rised to how much from Rs. 2 lakh for the financial year 2014-2015 ?
(A) Rupees 2.5 lakh
(B) Rupees 3.0 lakh
(C) Rupees 3.5 lakh
(D) Rupees 4.0 lakh
(E) Non of these

3. In the Budget for the year 2014-2015 proposal has been give to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to how much percent so that industry can see a fund inflow of USD 10—15 billion conservatively and it might be double in the coming year and will help all those new and mid to small companies who are struggling for growth ?
(A) 52 per cent
(B) 51 per cent
(C) 50 per cent
(D) 49 per cent
(E) Non of these

4. In today Union Budget government is giving Maharashtra its first IIM (Indian Institute of Management) and AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) along with this state Bihar, Odisha, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh will too get the same , so how many total IIM and IIT are being given to all these state ?
(A) Seven
(B) Five
(C) Eight
(D) Ten
(E) Non of these

5. Name the first team which entered the FIFA world cup final 2014 in Brazil ?
(A) Uruguay
(B) Germany
(C) Argentina
(D) Netherlands
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(C)
2.(A)
3.(D)
4.(B)
5.(C)


Tuesday, 8 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 7,8 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 7/8,2014

1. With the use of handsets for trading in India's leading stocks has gained popularity as about how many 1.30 lakh investors transacted on leading bourse NSE through the mobile applications in the first quarter of 2014-15 — more than double in the same period of last fiscal in India ?
(A) Rupees 1.30 Lakh
(B) Rupees 1.40 Lakh
(C) Rupees 1.50 Lakh
(D) Rupees 1.60 Lakh
(E) Non of these

2. How much money Indian Railways is going to borrow from market through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2014-15 ?
(A) Rupees 11,690 crore
(B) Rupees 11,790 crore
(C) Rupees 11,890 crore
(D) Rupees 11,990 crore
(E) Non of these

3. Which country Meteorological Agency has set his country on alert after winds of 198 kilometers (123 miles) per hour and gusts up to 270 kph (168 mph)is heading towards its southern later this Tuesday ?
(A) Philippines
(B) Mauritius
(C) Japan
(D) Fiji
(E) Non of these

4. How many rape crisis centres will be established across all over the country and named as "Nirbhaya centres" as a tribute to the victim of December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape case ?
(A) 700 centres
(B) 690 centres
(C) 680 centres
(D) 660 centres
(E) Non of these

5. Which computer manufacturing giant is planning to build first carbon computer by 2020 and would reach a feature size of four nanometers , which is three generations from the current 22 nanometers ?
(A) Microsoft
(B) IBM
(C) Apple
(D) HCL
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(A)
2.(B)
3.(C)
4.(D)
5.(B)


Sunday, 6 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 5,6 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 5/6,2014

current affairs 5,6 july 2014 at http://gkawaaz.blogspot.in
1. Gujarat present Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal is transferred to this state for the remainder of her term while the working Governor of that state Vakkom Purushothaman was shifted as Governor of Nagaland ?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Mizoram
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) Non of these

2. As per the panel headed by former PMEAC Chairman C. Rangarajan has dismissed the Tendulkar Committee report on estimating poverty and said that the number of poor in country was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5 per cent of the population, which says out of every 10 people _ are poor in India ?
(A) Three people
(B) Two people
(C) Four people
(D) Five people
(E) Non of these




Friday, 4 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 4 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 4,2014

1. The Governor name "Bharat Vir Wanchoo" who was questioned by a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Raj Bhavan as witness in AgustaWestland Chopper deal scam has forwarded his resignation to the President of India, he was the Governor of which state ?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Goa
(E) Non of these




Thursday, 3 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 3 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 3,2014

1. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched India's first 3D mobile game in a bid to attract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force what is the name of this mobile game ?
(A) Guardians of the Skies(GOTS)
(B) Defender of the skies(DOTS)
(C) Fantum of the skies(FOTS)
(D) Warriors of the skies(WOTS)
(E) Non of these

2. Name the captain of Indian hockey team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games that would be held in Glasgow, July 23-August 3,2014 ?
(A) Vishal Sikka
(B) Sardar Singh
(C) Gurbaj Singh
(D) Akashdeep Singh
(E) Non of these

3. What is India's Prime Narendra Modi position on micro blogging site Twitter after U.S. President Barack Obama and the Pope under the flag of most followed world leaders ?
(A) Fourth position
(B) Second position
(C) Third position
(D) Fifth position
(E) Non of these

4. How many rape crisis centres will be established across all over the country and named as "Nirbhaya centres" as a tribute to the victim of December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape case ?
(A) 700 centres
(B) 690 centres
(C) 680 centres
(D) 660 centres
(E) Non of these

5. Which computer manufacturing giant is planning to build first carbon computer by 2020 and would reach a feature size of four nanometers , which is three generations from the current 22 nanometers ?
(A) Microsoft
(B) IBM
(C) Apple
(D) HCL
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(A)
2.(B)
3.(C)
4.(D)
5.(B)


Wednesday, 2 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 2 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 2,2014

1. According to Researchers at MacEwan University in Canada who did the studied on African Cichlids (Labidochromis caeruleus) revelled that fish have a memory span of more then 30 seconds as believed earlier , scientists have found that a popular aquarium species can remember the location of tasty treats up to a period of how many days later ?
(A) 09 days later
(B) 07 days later
(C) 12 days later
(D) 15 days later
(E) Non of these

2. Who will replace S.D. Shibulal as the new CEO of Infosys on August 1,2014 and will draw an annual salary of Rs. 34 crore also he will be the first non-founder CEO of the IT major ?
(A) Vishal Sikka
(B) Rajat Arora
(C) Vishal Aggarwal
(D) Ajeet Pushkar
(E) Non of these

3. Chief of Indian Army General Bikram Singh visited China on a three day visit he will be the first Indian Army Chief to visit China after a period of how many years to talk on most comprehensive agenda yet for defence exercises and exchanges set to take place in coming months ?
(A) Ten years
(B) Nine years
(C) Eleven years
(D) Fifteen years
(E) Non of these

4. Which global software major company has became the world's first IT firm to file a sustainability report based on the latest global reporting initiative (GRI) framework ?
(A) Tech Mahindra
(B) Wipro
(C) TCS
(D) Infosys
(E) Non of these

5. India's Defence Ministry has suggested raising the cap in FDI in defence sector to how much per cent from 26 per cent now in order to help in developing partnerships between Indian and foreign military hardware manufacturing firms ?
(A) 47 per cent
(B) 48 per cent
(C) 49 per cent
(D) 50 per cent
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(C)
2.(A)
3.(B)
4.(D)
5.(C)


Tuesday, 1 July 2014

MCQ GK Current Affairs On 1 July 2014

MCQ ON GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS:July 1,2014

1. With 27% increase in crimes against women propelled overall crime in India to its highest level in three years, as per National Crime Records Bureau which state has been named as the new "rape capital" of India ?
(A) Delhi
(B) Uttar pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) West Bengal
(E) Non of these

2. Which bank has launched six digital branches across the country as part of its programme to offer next generation banking solutions to the growing mobile phone and internet savvy customer base in India ?
(A) Punjab National Bank
(B) Union Bank of India
(C) Bank of India
(D) Allahabad Bank
(E) Non of these

3. Name which Indian scholar will take charge of the University of California (UC) Berkeley's Boalt Hall, one of the top law schools in America.?
(A) Sujit Choudhry
(B) Rajat Mohan
(C) Kapil sharma
(D) Mukul Anand
(E) Non of these

4. Which country is reopening its embassy in Somalia some 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war ?
(A) London
(B) Myanmar
(C) India
(D) China
(E) Non of these

5. India will build a broadband highway in order to connect certain panchayats across the country in the next three years to provide a host of public services, union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Tuesday in a report this panchayats will contribue ?
(A) 6.5 Lakh
(B) 3.5 Lakh
(C) 2.5 Lakh
(D) 5.5 Lakh
(E) Non of these



Answer keys
1.(A)
2.(E) State Bank of India
3.(A)
4.(D)
5.(C)