Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 24, 2014

ANSWER: 25thSep’14. This initiation is to make the country a manufacturing hub by attracting foreign companies to set up their manufacturing units

ANSWER: 25thSep’14. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay was a noted philospher, historian and political activist.

ANSWER: 25thSep’14. The objective of this is ‘Work to every hand, Water to every land, Food to everyone’. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is an Indian government sponsored scheme for ten million of the poorest families. It was launched by NDA government in December 2000.

ANSWER: India created space history by successfully placing its Mars spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet (Mars) in its very first attempt, catapulting the country into an elite club of three nations.

ANSWER: Mars orbiter Mission (MOM).

ANSWER: Iranian President. British Prime Minister David Cameron has sought to win cooperation from Iran's President Hassan Rouhani against militants in Syria in the first meeting between the countries' leaders in 35 years. It was the first meeting between a British prime minister and an Iranian president since the 1979 Islamic revolution, and took place at the British mission at the United Nations on the sidelines of the General Assembly.

ANSWER: Lunkaransar in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. Olive cultivation was started in Rajasthan 7 years ago when 1 lakh 12 thousand saplings ware planted in 7 agro climatic zones with the help of Israel. Oil produced from refinery will be marketed with brand name of Raj olive oil.

ANSWER: North East Council. Under the MoU, Alliance Air will provide air services to Shillong, Tezpur, Lilabari, Silchar and Guwahati till 31stMarch 2016.

ANSWER: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ANSWER: Marvan Atapatu.

ANSWER: United States of America. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 24thSep’14 gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Gas hydrates are considered as vast resources of natural gas and are known to occur in marine sediments on continental shelf margins.

ANSWER: 25thSep’14. Officers and Cantonment Boards to undertake “Swachh Shapath” drive on 2nd October 2014 involving all officers and staffs in Directorates as well as offices of DEO’s.

ANSWER: Nepal. The agreement will facilitate and further strengthen cross-border electricity transmission, grid connectivity and power trade between Nepal and India. The document was earlier initialed on 4th September 2014, in accordance with the understanding reached by the two countries, during the Prime Minister`s visit to Nepal in August 2014.

ANSWER: 11 Medals including 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 9 Bronze.

ANSWER: Bodhgaya. The International Buddhist Conclave is one of the initiatives being taken by India as its commitment as the land of origin of Buddhism and to improve the experience of pilgrims as well as tourists wishing to savour the essence of Buddhist heritage, at the Buddhist sites of the country.

ANSWER: 214 Blocks. Supreme Court has left four blocks which were allocated to SAIL, NTPC and two ultra-mega power projects.