General Knowledge august 9th Q and A

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)

Ans) Purpose: to determine fine-scale mineralogy and detect organic compounds

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?

Ans) Ajitpal Singh

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).