Current Affairs Questions and answers - July 06, 2014
Q1. Name the Gujarat Governor transferred to Mizoram on 6thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Kamala Beniwal. She replaces Vakkom Purushothaman, who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland
Q2. Name the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh whose 113th birth anniversary has been observed on 6th July’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. He served as a Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
Q3. Name the railway station inaugurated in Assam on 6thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: New Haflong Station. The new station will replace Lower Haflong station which is 10 km away after the conversion work is complete. The 221-km Lumding-Silchar broad-gauge project will be completed by March 31, 2015.
Q4. Name the person appointed as the Information Officer in Prime Minister’s Office?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sharat Chander, an Indian Information Service Officer.
Q5.Who has been re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for another two years?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Harun Rashid Khan, re-appointed on 3rdJuly’14.
Q6. Name the Indian badminton player who has maintained his position in the top10 player list in the latest world rankings published on 5thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Saina Nehwal. She acquired seventh position in the list.
Q7. Name the women tennis player who has won the Wimbledon Title on 5thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Petra Kvitova, defeating Eugenie Bouchard.
Q8. Name the player won the men’s title of Wimbledon Championship on 6thJuly’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Novak Djokovic, defeating Roger Federer.
Q9. Name the two additional Director appointed at IFCI Board on 5thJuly’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Prof N Balakrishnan and S.N. Ananthasubramanian.
Q10. Name the bank that has achieved award from Andhra Pradesh State Level Bankers Committee for Promoting National Language?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Central Bank. This award was presented at 184th Committee Meeting.
Q11. According to the latest report by Pricewaterhouse Cooper, which country will become the third largest economy by the year 2030?
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