Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 10, 2014
Q1. In which city, the President of India will inaugurate FDI Annual World Dental Congress scheduled to be held on 11thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Q2. In which edition of five year plan, “Integrated Coffee Development Project” approved the implementation of the project?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 12th Five year Plan. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the proposal for implementation of the Integrated Coffee Development Project of the Coffee Board during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17).
Q3. Name the first Intellectual Property Office in the world to introduce Real Time Transparency?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Indian Patent Office.
Q4. In which region of Jammu & Kashmir, Union Government has approved 28 road projects on 10thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ5. First National Anti-TB Drug Resistance Survey of India launched on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. Name the person appointed as the Executive Director in World Bank on 10thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Subhash Chandra Garg, Senior IAS Officer.
Q7. Name the India’s private bank that has announced its ‘Cardless Cash Withdrawal’ service?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ICICI Bank. This allows customers to transfer money from their account to anyone even without a banking account and only with a mobile number in India
Q8. Name the MP of BJP to whom Election Commission has issued notice for violation of the Model Code of Conduct on 10thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Yogi Aditya Nath.
Q9. Name the state which is the fastest growing state as per the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Bihar. Bihar’s GDP grew 10.73% during 2012-13, that is the only state that reached a double-digit growth rate during the year. Madhya Pradesh is the second best performing state.
Q10. Name the state which is the worst state in terms of Gross State Domestic Product as per the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tamil Nadu. It has recorded the slowest growth rate 3.39% slower than the national average of 4.5% in 2012-13.
Q11. Name the writer whose novel ‘The Lives of Others’ has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014 in its debut as a global literary award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Neel Mukherjee, Kolkata Born British Author.
Q12. Name the Polish Prime Minister who has gave his resignation because he was appointed to the post of the President of the European Council?
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