Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - 25 Aug 2014

1. Whose story written by K. Giriprakash was published by Penguin Books Ltd in 2014?
[Category: CAT Exams Current Affairs]
[A]Vijay Mallya
[B]Ajay Piramal
[C]Kishore Biyani
[D]Subrata Roy


2. The RBI on 28th July, 2014 cancelled the certificate of registration of ______ non banking financial companies.
[Category: CTET Exams Current Affairs]
[A]6
[B]10
[C]4
[D]5


3. Recently, the union government has announced a nationwide scheme “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” to ___________________________.
[Category: IFSC Exams Current Affairs]
[A]Develop high milk yielding cow breeds
[B]Curb slaugtering of cattle
[C]Eliminate foot and mouth disease
[D]Protect the indigenous breed of cows


4. The Union government has planned to launch new schemes like “Ustaad”, “Hamari Dharohar” and “Nai Manzil” for the welfare of _______________.
[Category: MAT Exams Current Affairs]
[A]Tribal communities
[B]Other backward classes
[C]Minorities
[D]SC/ST communities


5. Which day was observed across the world on 29th July, 2014?
[Category: CIET Exams Current Affairs]
[A]World Hepatitis Day
[B]International Tiger Day
[C]World Hemophilia Day
[D]International Day for Biological Diversity