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Current Affairs 14 August 2024,
Current affairs are essential to competitive exams, which generally include 10 to 25 questions. Here, you’ll find daily updates on current affairs in English, which is important for all government exams.
Today we will cover the 14 August 2024 current affairs in English, which is helpful for central and state government exams:-
➼ Maharashtra Government’s Cultural Department has announced the Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2024. Who is the recipient?
(A) Anuradha Paudwal
(B) Uttara Kelkar
(C) Bela Shende
(D) Ketaki Mategaonkar
Ans-(A) Anuradha Paudwal
(Q2) Who has been announced as the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 by the Maharashtra Government?
(A) Mahesh Kale
(B) Vijay Deshpande
(C) Aarti Ankalikar
(D) Vaishali Samant
Ans-(C) Aarti Ankalikar
(Q3) Who has been announced as the recipient of the Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award 2024?
(A) Arvind Sawant
(B) Prakash Budhisagar
(C) Milind Patankar
(D) Ajay Pohankar
Ans-(B) Prakash Budhisagar
(Q4) Who has been announced as the recipient of the Maharashtra Government’s Dnyanoba Tukaram Award 2024?
(A) Ramrao Maharaj Dhok
(B) Mauli Maharaj Pathade
(C) Purushottam Maharaj Patil
(D) Sanjay Maharaj Pachpor
Ans-(D) Sanjay Maharaj Pachpor
(Q5) The honorarium for the Lifetime Achievement Award, given annually by the Cultural Affairs Directorate of the Maharashtra Government, has been increased from five lakhs to how many lakhs?
(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 9
Ans-(C) 10
(Q6) From which state’s coastline did India successfully test the LRGB glide bomb capable of long-range strikes?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Odisha
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans-(B) Odisha
(Q7) Who successfully tested the LRGB glide bomb capable of long-range strikes from the Odisha coastline?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) NASA
(D) NIA
Ans-(A) DRDO
(Q8) Where will the first Ahilya Bhavan in India be established?
(A) Pune
(B) Nashik
(C) Ahmednagar
(D) Mankhurd, Mumbai
Ans-(D) Mankhurd, Mumbai
(Q9) What is India’s direct tax collection amount in lakh crores in the current financial year?
(A) 5.67
(B) 6.93
(C) 7.89
(D) 8.90
Ans-(B) 6.93
(Q10) The Maharashtra Government’s cabinet has decided to increase the term of the president of the municipal council to how many years?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 5
Ans-(D) 5
(Q11) The Maharashtra Government has decided to extend the term of the president of the municipal council from how many years to 5 years?
(A) 1.5
(B) 3.0
(C) 2.5
(D) 3.5
Ans-(C) 2.5
(Q12) In which year did the Maharashtra Government amend the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, and Industrial Township Act to extend the term of the municipal council president?
(A) 1965
(B) 1967
(C) 1960
(D) 1964
Ans-(A) 1965
(Q13) Who has been announced as the recipient of the Maharashtra Government’s Tamasha Queen Vithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award 2024?
(A) Kunda Patil
(B) Mograbai Phule
(C) Raghuveer Khedkar
(D) Janardhan Vaydande
Ans-(D) Janardhan Vaydande
(Q14) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC)?
(A) Vinod Agrawal
(B) Rajkumar Chaudhary
(C) Milind Ingale
(D) Ravindra Gandhi
Ans-(B) Rajkumar Chaudhary
(Q15) Under which scheme did Union Minister Jitendra Singh launch the Amrit Gyan Kosh and Faculty Development Portal?
(A) Mission Karmayogi
(B) Mission Shiksha
(C) Mission Swachhata
(D) Mission Samvidhan
Ans-(A) Mission Karmayogi
(Q16) During which period is the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign being conducted in the country?
(A) 08 to 15 August
(B) 07 to 15 August
(C) 09 to 15 August
(D) 10 to 15 August
Ans-(C) 09 to 15 August
(Q17) For how many months has the International Badminton Federation suspended Pramod Bhagat?
(A) 17
(B) 18
(C) 19
(D) 15
Ans-(B) 18
(Q18) Pramod Bhagat is associated with which sport?
(A) Tennis
(B) Hockey
(C) Badminton
(D) Wrestling
Ans-(C) Badminton
(Q19) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee set up to review the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024?
(A) Jagdambika Pal
(B) Om Birla
(C) Gaurav Gogoi
(D) Arvind Sawant
Ans-(A) Jagdambika Pal
(Q20) Out of the total 31 members, how many members from the Rajya Sabha are included in the Joint Parliamentary Committee set up to review the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024?
(A) 13
(B) 15
(C) 11
(D) 10
Ans-(A) 13
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