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Current Affairs August 2014
- Current Affairs 29th August 2014 - Important Points
- Governor of Manipur Mr. Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned
- Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
- 13 year old, a school boy of Delhi, Yashwardhan Shukla pens "Gods of Antarctica"
- On 29 August, National Sports Day was celebrated in memory of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand
- JIC chief RN Ravi appointed as Naga interlocutor by PMO
- Current Affairs 29th August 2014 - Details
Governor of Manipur Mr. Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned
On 28th August, Manipur Governor Mr. Vinod Kumar resigned. He was appointed as the Governor of the state on 23rd Dec 2013. Well this was the ninth resignation of the Governor since the new NDA Government has came to power.
Do you Know ?Mr. Vinod Kumar who is 1968 batch IAS officer has also served as Home Secretary from 2005-2007. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
On 28th August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana which is supposed to be a mega financial inclusion plan. RuPaydebit cards with insurance cover of 1 lakh rupees will be provided to crores of people across the country who have no formal access to banking facilities.With a basic aim of bringing financially poor people into the banking system this had a great start but still has a long way to go.It has a target to bring more than 7.5 crore un-banking families into banking system of India.13 year old, a school boy of Delhi, Yashwardhan Shukla pens "Gods of Antarctica"
13 year old, a school boy of Delhi, Yashwardhan Shukla authored a novel, name of the novel is "Gods of Antarctica". Printed by Readers Paradise publishers this a fictional book based on tale of Gods and monsters.This novel is based on a school kid whose name is David. David lands up accidentally in Antarctica after losing his entire family to a monster attack.On 29 August, National Sports Day was celebrated in memory of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand
On 29th August 2014, National Sports Day was celebrated across the country. Every year 29th August is observed as the National Sports Day in honour of Hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
At Dhyan Chand National stadium friendly hockey matches were played as a tribute to Hockey legend.Major Dhyan Chand who is India's greatest hockey player has earned this name by scoring more than 1000 goals between 1926 and 1948.
JIC chief RN Ravi appointed as Naga interlocutor by PMO
On 29th August 2014, chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) RN Ravi was appointed as Naga interlocutor. He will be representing Govt of India in Naga peace talks. Mr Ravi has already having expertise in Northeast affairs so he was selected.General Awarness Practice MCQs For All Bank Exams
2. Who decides on the quantity of coins to be minted?
(1) the Government of India(2) RBI(3) Either 1 or 2(4) All of the above(5) None of the above
3. Who can invest in a Commercial Paper?
(1) Individuals(2) Banking companies(3) Corporate bodies registered or incorporated in India and unincorporated bodies, Non- resident Indians (NRIs) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FIIs)(4) All of the above(5) None of the above
4. Who among the following has not won the Gold medal in the recently concluded 2014 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Apurvi Chandela(2) Pinki Rani
(3) Amit Kumar(4) Sukhen Dey
(5) Vinesh Phogat
5. Recently Ebola has outbreak in four West African countries and 932 people were killed by this virus. Which among the following countries is not the centre of outbreak?
(1) Liberia (2) Sierra Leone (3) Nigeria(4) Guinea (5) Namibia- 6. Nhava Sheva is the largest container port in India. It is situated in which of the following States?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Odisha
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka
(5) Gujarat - 7. Who among the following is not a Padma Bhushan award winner in 2014?
(1) Leander Paes
(2) P.Gopichand
(3) K. Radhakrishnan
(4) Ruskin Bond(5) B.K.S. Iyengar - 8. Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy Cricket for the seventh time by defeating which of the following teams in the final in January 2014?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Punjab (3) Kerala
(4) Mumbai (5) Baroda - 9. How many languages in India have got classical language status at present?
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 6(4) 4 (5) 5 - 10. What is India's rank at the 2014 Environmental Performance Index?
(1) 77 (2) 155 (3) 118
(4) 73 (5) 148 - 11. Recently Union Government granted Navratna Status to which company ?(1) Power Grid corporation of India(2) Nuclear power corporation of India(3) NALCO(4) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- 12. Who won the Golden glove award in 2014 Fifa World cup ?(1) Manuel Neuer
(2) Lionel Messi
(3) Ochua(4) Micheal Kameani
(5) James Rodriguez
13. A advisory group of the RBI recommended creating BBPS to facilitate single window to pay all bills. What does BBPS stands for?
(1) Bank-Based Payment Services(2) Broad-Based Payment Services(3) Bharat Bill Provisioning Services(4) Bharat Bill Provisioning Services(5) Bharat Bill Payment System
14. FDI Cap in Defence sector has been raised from 26 percent to:
(1) 34 percent (2) 41 percent (3) 46 percent(4) 49 percent (5) 74 percent
15. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on?
(1) July 14 (2) July 18 (3) 25 July(4) July 22 (5) July 26Answers
1) 2; 2) 1; 3) 4; 4) 2; 5) 5; 6) 3; 7) 5; 8) 1; 9) 3; 10) 2;11) 5; 12) 1; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 5;
On 26th August 2014, Mr. C S Verma, Chairman of SAIL was elected as the first President of the Indian Steel Association. Indian Steel Association is a association of Major domestic steel producers of India. 
