28 AUGUST- -2014

28 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 The retirement fund body EPFO's trustees decided to retain interest payment on provident fund deposits for 2014-15 at ________recently.
Answer:- ) 8.75 per cent

Ques. : 2 Which of the following countries has announced the ‘Dadabhai Naoroji Awards’ which will be given annually to individuals promoting partnership between India and that country in domains like commerce, education and culture?
Answer:- ) Britain

Ques. : 3 The govt notified increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to _______through approval route in the defence sector.
Answer:- ) 49 per cent

Ques. : 4 The govt has launched a new domain which will be in Devanagari script and will cover several Indian languages including Hindi. Identify the new domain.
Answer:- ) .Bharat

Ques. : 5 The govt notified the liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the Railways, permitting FDI through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains up to
1 Answer:- ) 100 per cent

Ques. : 6 The Supreme Court in its recent verdict said that Prime Minister and Chief Ministers should desist from appointing who among the following as ministers in their cabinet?
Answer:- ) People with criminal antecedents

Ques. : 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which hamper governance. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the new committee?
1) On the basis of committee’s recommendations a bill will be introduced in Parliament in the winter session. 
2) The committee will examine "Acts and Rules which may have become obsolete within the last 10 to 15 years".
3) The Committee will be chaired by R Ramanujam and VK Bhasin will be its other member. 
4) All the above

 Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 8 The name of Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?
Answer:- ) Badminton

Ques. : 9 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased norms to refinance ECBs recently. What does ECB stand for?
Answer:- ) External Commercial Borrowing

Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries inaugurated its first environment friendly industrial zone Achchuveli Industrial Zone recently?
Answer:- ) Sri Lanka