1)
AIMA Managing India Awards 2014 awards announced
on?
Ans) 06-08-2014
AIMA – All India Management Association
2) SHERLOC is one
of the seven payloads to be carried by the Mars 2020 rover mission for
________________ (give the purpose)
SHERLOC -- Scanning Habitable
Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals
SHERLOC is the first UV Raman spectrometer that will fly in
the surface of Mars, the Red Planet.
3) Who is
the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee 2014?
Ajitpal Singh -- Three-time Olympian and former Hockey
Captain
In 2013, the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee was headed
by Mountaineer HPS Ahluwalia.
4) In
2013, Dronacharya Award Selection Committee headed by?
Ans) Mountaineer HPS Ahluwalia
5) Who is the chair person of Arjuna Awards
Selection Committee 2014?
Ans) Kapil Dev Nikhanj
Kapil Dev Nikhanj -- Former
Indian cricketer
In
2013, the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee was headed by four-time world
billiards champion Michael Ferreira.
6) Which of the following
viral disease has been declared as Global Health Emergency by World
Health Organization (WHO)?
Ans) Ebola
Ebola affected West African nations, including Libera, Guinea
and Sierra Leone.
Ebola Virus was formerly known by the name Ebola haemorrhagic
fever.
The virus spreads through contact with an infected animal
mainly Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family.
Professor Peter Piot of London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 from a blood sample of a
dying Catholic nun in Congo.
7) During first week of August 2014 Russian
Hackers used ________ to hack 1.2 billion internet passwords.
Ans) botnets
This was discovered in the first week of August 2014 by Hold
Security LLC, a Milwaukee-based company.
Botnets are networks of zombie computers that have been
infected with a computer virus.
8) Which of the Labour
reform bill introduced in August 2014 allow women to work at night between 7
PM and 6 AM, provided their work places have sufficient amenities and ensure
their safety?
Ans) The two bills are The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2014 and the
Apprentices (Amendment) Bill 2014.
Introduced
by Union Labour and Employment Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
9) Who constituted Parliament Security Panel?
Ans) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan
Chairman
-- Former home secretary RK Singh
10) Draft Guidelines
for Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS) issued by ____
Ans) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
anytime
anywhere bill payment system.
BPPS is intended for the implementation of a unified bill
payment system across the country.
11) Union Cabinet
raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from ___ %
to _____ %.
Ans) 26% to 49 %
The investment will be cleared by the Foreign Investment
Promotion Board (FIPB).
