current affairs complete august-2014

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Current Affair: August 2014

1. What is the GDP growth rate of India during the first quarter (April-June) of 2014-15 according to the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which is the best growth rate in around ten quarters? Ans. 5.7%

2. Prof. Bipan Chandra, who passed away on 30 August 2014, who was a famous ________? Ans. Historian Note: He was one of among 2010 PadhmaBhushan Winners who born in Himachal Pradesh. He wrote several authentic books on modern Indian history including

‘The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism’, ‘In the Name of Democracy: The JP Movement and the Emergency’, ‘Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India’ and ‘The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi’.

3. Narendra Modi arrived at which country on 30 August 2014 on his first bilateral foreign visit outside South Asia after becoming Prime Minister? Ans. Japan

21 st - World Badminton Championships 2014 Note: Prime Minister Narendra Modiarrived at Tokyo on his five-day official Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark.

visit to Japan. The two countries Modi Men's Singles Champion - Chen Long (China)visited before Japan are Bhutan and Men's Singles Runner Up - Lee Chong WeiNepal. This Japan visit is expected to (Malaysia)boost bilateral relations in several key

Men's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Viktor Axelsenfields such as defence, civil nuclear and

(Denmark), Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia)infrastructure besides commerce.Women's Singles - Carolina Marín (Spain)

4. During his visit to Japan, Prime Women's Singles Runner Up - Carolina Marín

Minister Narendra Modi signed a deal to (Spain)

convert which Indian city into a 'smart Women's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Minatsuheritage city' on the Kyoto model ? Mitani (Japan), P V Sindhu (India)Ans. VaranasiNote: There are a few similarities between Kyoto and Varanasi. Varanasi is also called the temple town owing to the many temples and ghats that decorate the city. Meanwhile, Kyoto is called the city of 10,000 shrines (holy or sacred place).

5. First Indian to clinch two medals at the World Badminton Championships?Ans. P.V. SindhuNote: She won bronze medal in women’s singles event at the recently held World BadmintonChampionships at Copenhagen and also clinched the bronze last year in Guangzhou.6. The city of Chennai celebrated its landmark anniversary during August 2014. What landmark anniversary is this?Ans. 375th

Note: The city was established on 22 August 1639 as on this date the East India Company acquired a small piece of land from the king of Chandragiri (Peda Venkata Raya) for

establishing Fort St. George. This event laid the foundation of the modern city of Madras.

7) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on 3 August 2014 set up a four member committee to review the present status of Universities Grants Commission’s (UGC). Who will head the committee? Ans. Hari Gautam, the former UGC chairman.

8) Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service Broadcaster on 5 August 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ....... for distribution of Doordarshan’s overseas India channel, DD India on a DTH platform?



Ans. Deutsche Welle, the German public service broadcaster.

9) Union cabinet on 6 August 2014 approved the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 to amend which act? Ans. Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000

10) A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan published on 5 August 2014 was authored by? Ans. Daman Singh Note: Book is the untold story of Manmohan Singh, India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, and his wife.

11) Name the Spanish midfielder who on 5 August 2014 announced his retirement from International football? Ans. Xavi Hernandez

12) Indian cricket team on 7 August 2014 equaled the world record of maximum number of 6 ducks (zero runs) in a Test innings playing against which country? Ans. England

13) Cabinet on 6 August 2014 cleared amendments to Juvenile Justice Act, paving way for harsher punishment for juveniles above 16 years. In which year Juvenile Justice Act was passed? 2000

14) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 allowed foreign investment in the Railways for the first time and it is now at .......%? 100%

15) According to a recent report by a market research firm, which mobile manufacturer has replaced Samsung to become the leading mobile phone vendor in India? Micromax16) Which bank has recently (August 2014) launched a travel card for students going abroad for studies? ICICI Bank

17) 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial meeting which began on August 7 is hosted by which country?

New Delhi, India

18) Construction work of the world’s tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which state on India? Manipur

19) Government has recently launched a scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the notified minority communities. Name that scheme? Padho Pardesh

20) Kamla Beniwal who was recently sacked from her post was the Governor of?

Mizoram

21) Who among the following was appointed as deputy National Security Adviser of India on 4 August 2014? Arvind Gupta

22) Who recently took charge as Vice Chief of Indian Army?

Philip Campose

23) Justice Manjula Chellur on 5 August 2014 took oath as first women chief justice of which High Court? Calcutta High Court

24) Government on 4 August 2014 suspended S K Jain as Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank, two days after CBI arrested him for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh? Syndicate Bank

25) Reserve Bank of India in its bi-monthly monetary policy statement released on 5 August 2014 made Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) cut by 0.50% to ..... to unlock banking funds? 22%

26) Xavi Hernandez who recently announced his retirement from International Football was from? Spain

27) Name the second-largest private sector bank in India which opened its branch in Dubai in the first week of August 2014? HDFC Bank



28) Margaret Alva has recently completed her term as Governor of?

29) In July 2014, who became the most popular person on Facebook with over a 100 million ‘likes’, the most for any public figure? Shakira

30) What is the current Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)? 4%

31) The Book 'One Life is Not Enough' which has been in news and debate recently is the autobiography of which political leader? K Natwar Singh

32) Who among the following was recently selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014? Muzaffar Ali

33) Who among the following recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games? Dipa Karmakar

34) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two day visit to Nepal in the first week of August 2014, thus becoming the first PM in 17 years to visit Nepal. Who was the last PM to visit Nepal in 1997? I K Gujral

35) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded on 3 August 2014. Which city will host 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018? Gold Coast, Australia

36) Parupalli Kashyap on 3 Aug 2014 became the 1st Indian in ...... years to win men's singles gold in Badminton at Commonwealth Games? 32

37) Which country topped the medals tally in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games? England

38) What was India's position the commonwealth games 2014?

5th

39) Which country defeated India to win Gold in the men's hockey event at Commonwealth Games 2014? Australia

40) Recently which company has become the first Indian company to exceed Rs 5 lakh crore in market capitalisation? Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 41) Where was the Commonwealth Games (CWG)

2014 held from 23 July to 3 August 2014? Ans. Glasgow, Scotland

42) Where will the 21st Commonwealth Games be held in 2018?

Ans. Gold Coast in Australia

43) What was India's position in the Common Wealth Games 2014?

Ans. Fifth position Note: India finished with a total of 64 medals (15 Gold, 30 silver and 19 Bronze).

44) In the closing ceremony of CWG 2014 who was the Indian contingent’s flag bearer?

Ans. Seema Punia Note: She won won Silver in women's discus throw.

45) Who was the torch bearer for India in the opening ceremony of CWG 2014?

Ans. Shooter Vijay Kumar

46) Who became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country (after Ashish Kumar, male who won in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games) to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games? Ans. Dipa Karmakar

47) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the first week of August 2014 visited which neighboring country? Ans. Nepal Note: This was the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Nepal in 17 years. In 1997, then Prime Minister I K Gujral had visited Nepal.



48) Who on 3 August 2014 became the third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games (CWG)? Ans. Parupalli Kashyap Note: He defeated Derek Wong of Singapore in the final. Prakash Padukone won Gold for India in 1978 and Syed Modi in 1982.

49) Who was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) on 4 August 2014?

Ans. Arvind GuptaNote: Post of Deputy National Security Adviser fell vacant after the resignation of NehchalSandhu.51) Name the eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu who died on 6 August 2014? Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma

52) Name the anytime anywhere bill payment system for which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 August 2014 issued draft guidelines? Ans. Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS)

53) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on 7 August 2014 appointed a committee under the chairmanship of former home secretary .......... to review Parliament security? Ans. RK Singh

54) World Health Organization (WHO) has declared which disease as Global Health Emergency on 6 August 2014? Ans. Ebola

55) Who was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee on 7 August 2014? Ans. Kapil Dev Note: This Committees will have 15 members which includes12 sportspersons and 3 officials.

56) The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced on 31 July 2014. Name the winners? Ans. Hu Shuli (Chinese investigative journalist), Saur Marlina Manurung, Omara Khan Masoudi from Afghanistan, The Citizens Foundation from Pakistan, Wang Canfa from China and

Randy Halasan for Emergent Leadership from the Philippines.

57) Union Government granted Navratna Status to which company on 23 July 2014?

Ans. Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR)Note: It is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to achieve Navratna Status.

58) Name the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) who demitted office on 1 August 2014? Ans. Mamta Sharma

59) Which bank bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 2014? Ans. Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd

60) World Health Organization (WHO) on 8 August 2014 declared which disease as international health emergency? Ans. Ebola

61. India celebrates National Sports Day on:Answer: August 29

62) Who was selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 August 2014?Ans. Ajitpal Singh. He is a three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain.

63) Philips India has recently roped in whom as its brand ambassador for its beauty business?

Ans. Alia Bhatt

64) Didier Drogba who has announced his retirement from international football on 8 August 2014 is from which country? Ans. Ivory Coast

65) Who was confirmed as BJP President at party’s National Council meeting held on 9 August2014?Ans. Amit Shah

66) Who was presented the ‘Business Leader of the



Year’ award in AIMA Managing IndiaAwards 2014 recently?Ans. Adi Godrej

67) Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed on 10 August 2014 near which airport?

Ans. Mehrabad airport

68) Haider al-Abadi was recently named as the new prime minister of?

Ans. Iraq

69) India women's recurve team recently won gold in Archery World Cup Stage IV held at?

Ans. Poland

70) According to latest energy efficiency ranking, which among the following countries has been ranked no.1? Ans. Germany. India placed at No.11.

71) Name the famous cartoonist and creator of the lovable comic character Chacha Chaudhary who died on 6 August 2014? Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma

72) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from ...... percent to 49 percent? Ans. 26

73) Defence procurements from which Italian company were put on hold by the Union Government on 5 August 2014? Ans. Finmeccanica

74) The construction work of the world’s tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which state?Ans. Manipur

75) Name the senior advocate and former Solicitor-General who on 4 August 2014 withdrew as amicus curiae in Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case?Ans. Gopal SubramaniumNote: The report on the condition of the temple and its assets in Thiruvananthapuram had created a storm.

76) Which country launched construction work of a

new Suez Canal on 6 August 2014? Ans. Egypt

77) Name the Governor of Mizoram who was removed from the post on 6 August 2014 by President of India? Ans. Kamla Beniwal

78) Who took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 5 August 2014?

Ans. Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur

79) Who was selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 August 2014? Ans. Ajitpal Singh Note: He was a three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain

80) Who was given AIMA Business Leader of the Year’ Award 2014 on 6 August 2014?Ans. Adi Godrej, Godrej group Chairman

81) Name the Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) who was suspended by Union government on 4 August 2014 after he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 2 August 2014 for accepting bribe?Ans. SK Jain

82. 2nd Summer Youth Olympics concluded at China’s Nanjing city on 28 August 2014. Which country topped the medals tally at these games? Ans. China Note: Hosts China won 38 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze medals to top the medals tally with a total of 65 medals. Russia was second with 27 gold medals and the United States was third with 10 gold medals. The first-ever Summer Youth Olympic Game was held in 2010 at Vancouver (Canada).

83. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) constituted a high-level committee to scrutinize all income tax cases arising out of the retrospective tax amendment. Which govt. official heads this committee? Ans. The Joint Secretary of the Foreign Tax and Tax Research Unit -1 of CBDT Note: The announcement about this mechanism



was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget 2014-15 speech on 10 July 2014. According to the terms of reference for the new committee, it would decide on such retrospective cases within of 60 days of receiving them from the Assessing Officer. Retrospective tax is the tax rate levied by income tax department which is perceived higher by the company being assessed, charged higher due to some unknown reasons.

84. The USB Implementers Forum (UIF) has come up with the specifications for a new USB standard. What is the name of this new upcoming USB standard? Ans. USB 3.1 Note: This standard would make it sure that there’s a new universal port where it doesn’t matter which side faces upwards or which end of the cable is used. The first USB standard was 1.0 which was introduced in January 1996. The USB 3.1 is will be an update of USB 3.0 which was released in November 2008. USB 3.1 is compatible with up to 10Gbps data transfer rates.

85. What is the name of the U.S. citizen who came to limelight for being the first American reported to die fighting for the Islamic State Syria (ISIS)? Ans. Douglas McAuthur McCain

86. Sheila Dikshit submitted her resignation as the Governor of which state?

Ans. KeralaNote: Ex Chief Justice P.Sathasivam is appointed as new Kerala Governor.

87. New Governor of Rajasthan? Ans. Kalyan Singh Note: He is former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

88. New Governor of Maharashtra? Ans. C. Vidyasagar Rao

89. New Governor of Karnataka?Ans. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala

90. New Governor of Goa? Ans. Mridula Sinha

Note: She is a renowned Hindi writer and is a former BJP Mahila Morcha president.

91. Palghar became the 36th and the newest district of Maharashtra was splited from which district? Ans. Thane Note: Thane was India’s most populous district. With the formation of new distict ‘North Twenty Four Parganas’ in West Bengal got that status.

92. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

Ans. K.V. Chowdary

93. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014 (22nd edition) Winner?

Ans. Muzaffar AliNote: Muzaffar Ali is known for directing the classic Bollywood film ‘Umrao Jaan’. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh apart from a citation.

94. Who is the first Indian player in 32 years and the third overall to win the men’s badminton singles’ title in Commonwealth Games.Ans. Parupalli Kashyap (P. Kashyap)Note: The two players who had won the title in the past for India were Prakash Padukone won the men’s singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton (Canada),Syed Modi retained it for India in 1982 at Brisbane (Australia)95. S.K. Jain, who was arrested by the CBI on charges of allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to enhance the credit limit of some companies, was the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which public-sector bank? Ans. Syndicate Bank

96. According to RBI’s bi-monthly policy review on 5 August 2014 What is the new Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)? Ans. 22.0% Note: It was reduced by 50 basis points from 22.5% to 22.0%. Repo, Reserve Repo, Cash reserve ratio unchanged. Estimates GDP growth at 5.5% for current fiscal, Targets 8% CPI inflation by January 2015, 6% by Jan 2016.



97. The Securities Laws (amendment) Bill, 2014 was approved unanimously by Lok Sabha on?

Ans. 6 August 2014. Note: This Bill empowers the SEBI with powers to take back the money from fraudulent companies and schemes. SEBI has issued disgorgement orders only in two cases in over two decades of its formation they are IPO irregularities issue of 2006 and the Satyam Computer scandal.

98. Which country during August 2014 held a special tribute named ‘Lights Out’ to pay tribute to all those who died in the First World War? Ans. Britain Note: The project named ‘Lights Out’ was held on the occasion of the 100 years of the FirstWorld War. Under this lights were turned-off all over Britain on 4 August 2014 to pay tribute to all those who died in this War.

99. RBI issued guidelines for asset reconstruction companies to increase their investments in security receipts (SRs) with the objective of strengthening the asset recovery sector. What is the minimum prescribed percentage of funds that ARCs would now have to invest in SRs as directed in this RBI guideline? Ans. 15% (5% at present)

100. Facebook acquired which cyber-security startup firm to boost its huge server network?

Ans. PrivateCore Note: PrivateCore is a California-based cyber-security startup firm that was launched in 2012.

101. Which African country has witnessed military coup recently

Ans. Lesotho

102. God of Anatarctica" Novel has been written by Ans. Yashwardhan Shukla

103. Who has been appointed as Interlocutor for Naga peace talks

Ans. RN Ravi Note: He has been appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence committee

104. ONGC Board has approved 5219 crore rupees

investment in which of the gas field Ans. Daman Gas field

105. Who is the Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University

Ans. Gopa Shabarwal

106. Which team has won inaugural title of Pro kabaddi league

Ans. Jaipur Pink Panthers

107. Which country became 7th country to develop "Fast Breeder Reactor"?

Ans. India

108. U.S. Postal service recently released postal stamp in honour of which indian actor?

Ans. Akkineni Nageswara Rao

109. Where will be the first "Thorium" based nulcear power commissioned next year?

Ans. Kalpakkam Throrium power plant are 3rd stage power plant. They need "Fast Breeder Reactor"

110. Supreme court recently ruled that all coal allocation from below year are illegal?

Ans. 1993

111. Which part of United Kingdom (U.K.) is planning to hold referendum to get independence as a country? Ans. Scotland

112. Ice Bucket Challange has been started to raise awareness about which disease

Ans. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

113. Tata Value Homes has signed agreement with which comapny to sell homes online

Ans. Snap Deal

114. Which company got outsourcing contract of Decaan Odyssey for five years

Ans. Cox &Kings

115. Which committee has been set up by Prime Minister to identify obsolete laws



Ans. R Ramanujam Committee

116. Who has been appointed as Ambassador of Turn Back Crime Camapaign of Interpol

Ans. Shah Rukh Khan

117. Who has been sworn in as 12th President of Turkey

Ans. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

118. Recently India signed "Health Pact" with which country?Ans. Japan

119.Who became the youngest player to win a match at US Open tournament?Ans. Cici BellisFifteen-year-old American wild card Cici Bellis stunned Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova in the biggest upset of the US Open so far.

120. Indian government recently allowed which domain name in website address?

Ans. .bharat (in devnagri ) In keeping with its goal of Internet access to all, the government has launched the Dot Bharat domain name in eight Indian languages.

121. Which of the Indian origin person has been appointed as Shadow Minister in UK

Ans. Seema Malhotra

122. Which Company is going to build Knowledge Vault to store informationAns. Google

123.Which of the Security Force Personnel has won Limca Book of Record by planting sapling at all its locationsAns. BSF

124. Who has authored a book titled as "Not Just an Accountant"

Ans. Vinod Rai

125. "Swach Bharat Mission" is targetted to complete by 2019. It plan to celebrate 150th anniversary of whom ? Ans. Mahatma Gandhi

126. Avia Indra 2014 " is Air force excercise with which country?

Russia

127. Which year will be observed as "Water conservation year" in India?

Ans. 2015

128. Which government scheme planned to give "Debit Card" to poor households?

Ans. Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana

129. Which e-commerce company signed pact with Ministry of Textile to provide online marketing platform for handloom sector products? Ans. Flipkart

130. Which internet company is working on project "Global Brain"?

Ans. GoogleNote: "Global Brain" is project to accumulate all internet based knowledge

131. Which film related to Indira Gandhi assasination is recently banned by Government?

Ans. Kaum de here

132. Which State announced proposal to clamp complete prohibition on liquor in various phases? Ans. Kerala

133.U.R. Ananthamurthy was known for his literary work in which language?Ans. Kannada (He was the pioneer of the ‘Navya’ movement.)

134. Name the India's first Naval Vessel with all weapon systems built indigenously for the Indian Navy?Ans. INS Kamorta

135.Who is the new Chairman of ublic Accounts Committee (PAC)?Ans. K V Thomas



136. 5 Indian Companies were listed as the "World's 100 Most Innovative Compnaies" in Forbe's List?

Ans. Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Sun Pharma Industries and Bajaj Auto.

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