Current General Knowledge

General Awareness 08.09.2014
[1] Name the panel constituted to
assess unclaimed deposits in the
PPF accounts?
Ans – H R Khan panel
[2] What is the rank of India in the
global competitiveness list of
World Economic Forum?
Ans – 71
[3] Who will become the 42nd
Chief Justice of India after the
retirement of CJI R.M. Lodha on
27 September 2014?
Ans – Justice Handyala
Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu
[4] Which state became the first
State to launch a Health Adalat?
Ans – Karnataka
[5] Name the committee set up to
conduct forensic audit of NSEL?
Ans – V V Daga Committee
[6] Who has been selected for G K
Reddy Memorial Award 2014?
Ans – Vinod Mehta
[7] Who unveiled plans to issue
world’s first digital currency?
Ans – Ecuador
[8] Name the Former foreign
secretary who died recently?
Ans – AP Venkateshwaran
[9] Who became first Women
directors in IIT council?
Ans – Tessy Thomas and V.
Ravindranath
[10] Who was named Junior Men
Player of the Year by Asian Hockey
Federation?
Ans – Hockey Player Manpreet
Singh
[11] Name the Veteran Kathak
dancer who died on 1 September
2014 following a massive cardiac
arrest on 31 August 2014?
Ans – Maya Rao
[12] Who has been appointed as
the Prime Minister of Libya?
Ans – Abdullah al-Thinni
[13] Who amended Reservation Act
2004 to provide reservation to the
Pahari-speaking people?
Ana – Jammu and
KashmirAssembly
[14] Who announced to invest
5219 crore rupees for the
production of Daman gas fields in
the Arabian Sea?
Ans – ONGC
[15] Name the Noted Historian who
died recently?
Ans – Bipan Chandra