Current Affairs Questions and answers - Sep 3, 2014
Q1. Name the Australian Prime Minister who will be on a two day visit to India from 4thSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. Name the Al-Qaeda chief who has announced the creation of a new branch of the terrorist outfit to carry out militancy in South Asia?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ayman al-Zawahiri. In a 55 minute video posted online, Zawahiri said the new branch "Qaedat al-Jihad" will take the fight to India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Q3. Which country has banned the broadcasts of the privately owned Rabaa channel and Qatari-owned Al Jazeera from 3rdSep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Egypt. Egypt's State Council has banned the broadcasts of channels on Egypt’s satellite operator NileSat.
Q4. Name the country which is suspending the delivery of a hulking warship to Russia amid security concerns about Moscow's actions in neighboring Ukraine on 3rd Sep’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: France. The announcement comes a day before the start of a NATO summit and after months of pressure on France from allies to suspend the sale amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Q5. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Kerala?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Palaniswamy Sathasivam, former Chief justice of India. Before this appointment, Governor of Kerala was Smt. Sheila Dixit.
Q6. The 19thLivestock Census was released in which year?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2014. The 19thLivestock Census was released by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New Delhi on 3rdSep’14.
Q7. By what percent the livestock population in the country has declined compared to the previous census of the year 2007?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3%. Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Punjab, Bihar and Chhattisgarh are among the states which have shown an increase in their livestock population.
Q8. Name the committee that has recommended Maharashtra Government to enforce a complete ban on dance bars and frame a policy to check vulgarity on social networking sites such as Facebook?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Justice CS Dharmadhikari Committee.
Q9. Name the foundation who has signed the 5 years agreement with BCCI to train the players?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. Name the present Director of MRF Foundation?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Which city’s passport Office has created National record for issuing maximum passports?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hyderabad Passport Office issued 84,752 passports.
Q12. On which vegetable import norms are relaxed by Union Government?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ13. Name the method that has been developed by Japan researchers to detect Ebola Virus?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: RT-LAMP. This method will detect Ebola Virus in 30 minutes. The RT-LAMP (reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification) technique by synthesising and amplifying the DNA of the Ebola virus detected the Ebola virus.
Q14. Name the state that has become first in India to launch Health Adalat?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Karnataka. The Health Adalat was launched by the State Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader in Gulbarga, Karnataka on 2ndSeptember 2014.
Q15. Name the committee set up by Bombay High Court on 2nd Sep’14 to conduct forensic audit of NSEL?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: V V Daga Committee.
