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GK & Current Affairs: August 9, 10, 2014

2014- 08- 18 11:08:49 GKToday
1. Recent ly, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won t he f irst direct president ial
elect ion of which count ry?
[A]Turkey
[B]Kenya
[C]Zimbabwe
[D]Holland
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Turkey
Turkish Prime Minist er Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won f irst direct president ial
elect ion of Turkey. Mr Erdogan secured about 52% of t he vot e, t o avoid any
run-of f . Mr Erdogan has been Prime Minist er since 2003 and was barred f rom
st anding f or anot her t erm.
2. The name of Indias f irst ever indigenously built research ship is __?
[A]Sindhu Sadhna
[B]Raksha Kavach
[C]Sindhu Darshini
[D]Indra Sadhna
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Sindhu Sadhna
Indias f irst ever indigenously built research ship Sindhu Sadhna was
launched and dedicat ed t o t he nat ion. Sindhu Sadhna is a mult i-disciplinary
research vessel equipped wit h number of laborat ories f or dat a collect ion,
echo sounders, acoust ic Doppler, prof iler, aut onomous weat her st at ion and
air qualit y monit ors.
3. As of August 2014, t he largest privat e power producer in India is ___?
[A]Adani Power
[B]Tat a Power
[C]Reliance Power
[D]Welspun Energy
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Adani Power
Adani Power limit ed is Indias largest t hermal power producer wit h capacit y of
7920WM and also it is t he largest solar power producer wit h capacit y of 40MW.
4. Which among t he f ollowing women judges of India have not served as judge
in Supreme Court ?
[A]Just ice Sujat ha V Manohar
[B]Just ice Fat hima Beevi
[C]Just ice Janaki Amma
[D]Just ice Ruma Pal
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Janaki Amma
In August , 2014, Just ice R Banumat hi became t he f irst woman judge f rom
Tamil Nadu t o be elevat ed t o t he Supreme Court . As of 2014, she is t he only
sixt h woman judge of t he SC since in Independence. The ot her women judges
of t he court were Just ice M Fat hima Beevi, Just ice Sujat ha V Manohar,
Just ice Ruma Pal, Just ice Gyana Sudha Sharma and Just ice Ranjana Prakash
Desai. Just ice M. Fat hima Beevi was t he f irst f emale judge t o be appoint ed t o
t he Supreme Court of India. Kindly not e t hat no woman has served so f ar as
Chief Just ice of Supreme Court of India.
5. Who among t he f ollowing has recent ly become t he f irst person t o be
elect ed as Deput y Speaker of t he Lok Sabha f or t wo t imes?
[A]K. Ashok Kumar
[B]Anbumani Ramadoss
[C]R. P. Marut harajaa
[D]Munisamy Thambidurai
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Munisamy Thambidurai
Munisamy Thambidurai, a f ive t erm MP f rom AIADMK in t he Lok Sabha, was
unanimously elect ed as Deput y Speaker of t he Lok Sabha. He became t he
f irst person t o hold t he post t wice. Earlier he was elect ed as Deput y Speaker
in t he Eight h Lok Sabha.
6. Recent ly, t he minist ry of Healt h and Family Welf are, launched a new mass
media campaign called Sunit a t o creat e awareness about ____?
[A]Family Planning
[B]Healt h harms of using t obacco
[C]Promot e girl child
[D]Malnut rit ion
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Health harms of using tobacco
The Minist ry of Healt h and Family Welf are of India launched a powerf ul new
ant i-t obacco campaign called Sunit a, designed t o warn people about
devast at ing healt h harms of using smokeless t obacco. The 30 second
advert isement has been t ranslat ed int o 17 languages and will run f or f ive
weeks nat ionally on all government s and privat e TV and radio channels in
every st at e.
7. Who among t he f ollowing has been recent ly (August 2014) appoint ed as
chairman of newly f ormed "Expendit ure Management Commission"?
[A]Sumit Bose
[B]Subir Gokarn
[C]Bimal Jalan
[D]Karan Singh
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Bimal Jalan
Prime Minist er Narendra Modi has approved t he const it ut ion of an Expendit ure
Management Commission t o be headed by Bimal Jalan. The commission will
have f ormer f inance secret ary Sumit Bose and f ormer RBI deput y governor
Subir Gokarn as members. The commission is expect ed t o give an int erim
report bef ore t he Budget of 2015-16 and it s f inal report bef ore t he Budget of
2016-17.
8. Which among t he f ollowing drug has been recent ly approved by WHO t o
t arget Ebola virus?
[A]ZMapp
[B]TPlus
[C]Mbio
[D]XMapp
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Zmapp
9. The major object ive of newly announced Pradhanmant ri Jan-Dhan Yojana
is _?
[A]To provide a bank account t o every poor in t he count ry
[B]To provide int erest f ree loan t o small f armers
[C]To provide f inancial assist ance t o t ribal communit ies
[D]To provide f ree medical f acilit y t o minorit y people
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To provide a bank account to every poor in the country
Prime Minist er Narendra Modi has announced a new f inancial scheme Pradhan
Mant ri Jan Dhan yojana t o help t he poor open bank account s which will come
bundled wit h a debit card and lif e insurance cover. The scheme aims t o
provide a bank account t o every poor in t he count ry, and t he account holder
will be provided a debit card and a lif e insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh.
10. The Parliament has recent ly cleared a const it ut ion amendment bill t hat will
f acilit at e set t ing up of Nat ional Judicial Appoint ment Commission (NJAC) f or
appoint ment of judges. The NJAC will comprise of how many members?
[A]Four
[B]Six
[C]Eight
[D]Seven
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Six
The Nat ional Judicial Appoint ment Commission will comprise of six members
and Chief Just ice of India will head t he NJAC. Besides t he CJI, t he judiciary
would be represent ed by t wo senior judges of t he Supreme Court . Two
eminent personalit ies and t he Law minist er will be t he ot her members of t he
proposed body.