Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-33 of Archives: September, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: September 17, 18, 2014

1. Who among the following has been recently awarded Saraswati Samman for his book “Dhool Paudhon Par”? [A]Sunil Gangopadhyay [B]Govind Mishra [C]Narendra Kohli [D]Amar Kanth Govind Mishra Govind...

September 27, 2014

Saraswati Samman

The Saraswati Samman (सरस्वती सम्मान) is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of...

September 27, 2014

Sailoz Mukherjea

Sailoz Mukherjea was an Indian Painter who got the honor of featuring on the 1979 list of Nine Masters of Archaeological Survey of India. His works were influenced by...

September 27, 2014

Nicholas Roerich

Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on October 9, 1874. He was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. He was deeply influenced by the whole...

September 27, 2014

Apple Festival begins in Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh State Tourism Department has launched an Apple Festival to showcase and promote locally produced apples and apple made products among tourist. The Tourism Departments also...

September 26, 2014

Railway Ministry launches trial run of e-catering service

The Minister of Railways has launched a trial run of its e-catering service on six trains without pantries that run in the Delhi-Amritsar section. The trial run will...

September 26, 2014

Telangana decides for all-women police station in Cyberabad

Cyberabad, the IT (information technology) corridor that houses some of the biggest IT companies, will have a police station staffed entirely by women. The police station will be...

September 26, 2014

Former CAG Vinod Rai stresses on Collegium System for CAG Selection

Former CAG Vinod Rai has stressed that there is a need for selection of CAG under a collegium system on the lines of the selection process employed for...

September 26, 2014

Bamiyan finalized as SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16, Dhaka for 2016-17

Bamiyan in Afghanistan is best known for two 6th century colossal statues of Buddhas , belonging to ancient Gandhara School of Art.  These colossal buddha images were destroyed...

September 26, 2014

India approves $12 mn assistance to UN to fight Ebola in Africa

India will contribute $10 mn to the UN Secretary-General’s Fund for Ebola, and an additional $2 mn is being allocated towards purchase of protective gear to tackle the...

September 26, 2014

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi