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CURRENT AFFAIRS

JANUARY 2014 CURRENT AFFAIRS BITBANK

INTERNATIONAL

1) The Health Ministry of Japan on 1January 2014 estimated that a quarter ofthe population is currently aged over 65and the figure is expected to reach nearly40 percent by ——– ?

Ans:- 2060

2) Which government recently announcedto build a new sanctuary to save World‘srarest Javan rhinos?

Ans:- Indonesia

3) Parliamentary elections in North Korea,creating the 13th Supreme People‘s

Assembly, will be held on ———- ? Ans:- 9 March 2014

4) The Parliament of Europe on 14January 2014 signed a new carbon dioxiderestriction treaty which seeks to slashemissions for a segment of transportacross the European Union (EU) by 28%from year 2020. The treaty focuses onwhich transport segment?

Ans:- Commercial Vans

5) The term ‗Euromaidan‘ came to newsrecently, which stands for a huge spat of

civil unrest and anti-government protests ina country.Which country is associated withthese protests?

Ans:- Ukraine

INDIA & WORLD1) India on 1 January 2014 decided tosend a team of senior officials to assessthe political and security situation in ————- ?

Ans:- South Sudan

2)Which country and India on 2 January2014 signed an agreement on labour

cooperation for domestic service workersrecruitment ? Ans:- Saudi Arabia

3) Which country and India on 13 January2014 signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for co-operation in Iron and Steel Sector ?

Ans:- Canada

4) Which country decided to be one of thepartners in the proposed NationalInvestment and Manufacturing Zones(NIMZ) in Andhra Pradesh on 6 January

2014? Ans:- China

5) Which country and India on on 18January 2014 agreed to promotecooperation in renewable energy,especially in areas of solar energy andwind power ?

Ans:- United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NATIONAL

1) Pranab Mukherjee, the President ofIndia on 1 January 2014 gave his assent towhich bill which aims at regulatingcorruption in public domain?

Ans:- Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013

2) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal forconstruction of a 220kV Transmissionsystem from ——— on 2 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Alusteng (Srinagar) to Leh

3) The Government of India on 10 January2014 notified the new natural gas pricingformula.This new price mechanism wouldcome into effect from which date?

Ans:- From 1 April 2014

4) Name the programme for young personsof Overseas Indians introduced byGovernment of India in Pravasi BharatiyaDivas (PBD) on 8 January 2014?

Ans:- Know India programme

5) Union Ministry of Petroleum & NaturalGas launched LPG Connection PortabilityScheme across the country on 22 January2014. Name the present Union Minister forPetroleum & Natural Gas?

Ans:- M Veerappa Moily

STATES

1) Union Ministry of Development of NorthEastern Region (DoNER) officiallylaunched the North Eastern RegionCommunity Resource Management Project

(NERCORMP) at —— on 6 January 2014? Ans:- Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh )

2) Which state will launch its adultvaccination drive against JapaneseEncephalitis (JE) from 22 February 2014 ?

Ans:- Assam

3) Which state Government on 15 January2014 decided to increase the reservation ofOther Backward Classes (OBC) from 19.5percent to 27 percent ?

Ans:- Goa

4) Which state on 9 January 2014 becamethe first State in India to provide UniversalHealth Coverage to its population ?

Ans:- Karnataka

5) The pilot project of Amul‘s first ―AnyTime Milk‖ (ATM) vending machine todispense milk on 24X7 basis was on 19

January 2014 installed at ——- ? Ans:- Anand, Gujarat

CONFERENCES

1) International Petroleum Conference2014 (PETROTECH-2014) was held from12th – 15th January 2014 at which place ?

Ans:- New Delhi

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which film has been adjudged ―Best

Motion Picture ‖ at 71st annual GoldenGlobe Awards ? Ans:- 12 Years a Slave

2) Who has won the DSC prize 2014 forSouth Asian literature for his bookChronicles of a Corpse Bearer on 18January 2014?

Ans:- Cyrus Mistry

3) Name the Indian Noted author and journalist has been awarded a Fellowshipof King‘s College London, the Britishinstitution‘s highest honour on 16 January

2014 ? Ans:- Khushwant Singh

4) Which state bagged 3rd Krishi Karman Award for 2012-13 for being the bestperforming state in overall agriculturalproduction in the country on 18 January2014?

Ans:- West Bengal

5) Name the Indian born Scientist andProfessor (Emeritus) at Stanford Universityon 21 January 2014 was awarded withprestigious ‗ 2014 Marconi Society Prize ‗for developing the theory and application o

MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)antennas ? Ans:- Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Corey Anderson ,who hit the fastestcentury in one-day international history on1 January 2014 , belongs to which country?

Ans:- New Zealand

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2) Which player was awarded the Order ofPrince Henry, one of the Portugal‘s highesthonours, by the Portugal‘s president officeon 3 January 2014?

Ans:- Cristiano Ronaldo

3) Who won the Sydney InternationalTennis Tournament Women‘s singles title

on 10 January 2014 ? Ans:- Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria

4) Who retained the Volvo Golf Championstitle at the Durban Country Club held on 12January 2014?

Ans:- South Africa‘s Louis Oosthuizen

5) Which Australian cricketer won thecoveted Allan Border medal 2014 on 20January 2014?

Ans:- Mitchell Johnson

ECONOMY

1) Which entity was on 6 January 2014selected by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to act as a local operating unit forissuing globally compatible Legal EntityIdentifiers (LEIs) in India?

Ans:- The Clearing Corporation of IndiaLimited – CCIL

2) According to data provided by theMarine Products Export Development

Authority (MPEDA) and Seafood Exporters Association of India on 9 January 2014,which country has recently overtaken

South – East Asia as the largest market forIndian seafood exports?

Ans:- The United States

3) POSCO, the South Korean steel makergiant on 10 January 2014 receivedenvironment clearance from the UnionMinistry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

4) What is the name of world‘ first Bitcoinstorage service that insures deposits of thedigital currency against hackers and

accidental loss, which was opened onLondon on 12 January 2013?

Ans:- ‗Elliptic Vault‘

5) Which state became the first state towithdraw FDI in Multibrand Retail on 13January 2013?

Ans:- Delhi

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Name the software to predict weatherdeveloped by researchers from National

Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)recently?

Ans:- Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic)

2) Which Meteorological Data ProcessingSystem was dedicated to the nation on 15January 2014 on the occasion of 139thFoundation Day of India Meteorological

Department (IMD)? Ans:- INSAT 3D

3) What is the name of India‘s satellite-based flight navigation system which hasbeen certified by aviation regulator DGCA,recently ?

Ans:- GAGAN

4) Which country has recently carried outanother successful test of its advancedmissile defense system named ‗ Arrow 3 ‗designed to intercept long – range missiles?

Ans:- Israel

5) Name India‘s supercomputer rated 1st inIndia, 9th in the Asia Pacific Region and44th in the world among the most powerefficient computer systems as per theGreen500 List?

Ans:- Param Yuva-II

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who has been elected as the Speakerof the Delhi Assembly on 3 January 2014? Ans:- M.S. Dhir

2) Who was appointed as the new ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO) of Uninor on 8January 2014 ?

Ans:- Morten Karlsen Sorby

3) Who has been appointed as theManaging Director and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of private insurer Future GeneraliIndia Life Insurance on 7 January 2014?

Ans:- Munish Sharda

B)RESIGNS

1) Garry Kenneth Toomey on 16 January2014 resigned as the CEO of a prominentIndian airline company.Which airline isthis?

Ans:- Jet Airways

C) DEATHS

1) Namdeo Dhasal, the firebrand writer andfierce fighter for Dalit rights who passed

away on 15 January 2014 was a famouspoet in which language?

Ans:- Marathi

D) VISITORS

1) Name the South Korean Presidentvisited India from 15 – 18 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Park Geun-Hye

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Who retired as Deputy Governor of theReserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 January2014?

Ans:- Anand Sinha

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which Indian railway station‘s platformnumber one has become the world‘s

longest platform as announced by LimcaBook of Records on 11 January 2014?

Ans:- Gorakhpur railway station, UttarPradesh

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the full form of ‗ NASSCOM ‗ ? Ans:- National Association of Software andServices Companies

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) ‗Driven‘, a book released recently, hasbeen written by a former a Civil ServantTurned Entrepreneur. Who is he?

Ans:- Jagdish Khattar

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Who was the head of RBI‘s committeeon strengthening monetary policyframework, which in its recommendationshas suggested that the target for inflationshould be set at 4% with a band of +/- 2%around it ?

Ans:- Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor of the

RBI

DAYS & DATES

1) ‗ National Girl Child Day ‗ isobserved on ———— ?

Ans:- January24

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1) Which two countries have on 5 February2014 agreed to hold reunions of familiesseparated since the Korean War ?

Ans:- North Korea and South Korea

2) Which country has topped in terms ofintellectual property (IP) environment in thelist of 25 countries released recently?

Ans:- US

3) In the month of February 2014 South African president Jacob Zuma announcedthe general elections will be held on ————- ?

Ans:- 2014 May 7

4) In the month of February 2014 whichcountry has agreed to develop biggestcargo airport in Afghanistan on Heratairport that is located in Western part of thecountry ?

Ans:- Italy

5) Which country‘s Parliament on 19February 2014 passed a law that made itmandatory to put graphic warning oncigarette packs?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

INDIA & WORLD

1) Which two countries have signed twoumbrella agreements for financial andtechnical co-operation on 5 February 2014?

Ans:- India and Germany

2) Which country and India on 11 February2014 signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) as part of their effortsto intensify bilateral cooperation in the areaof renewable energy ?

Ans:- Netherlands

3) India was ranked —— in the list of tencountries in terms of digital governance on11 February 2014 ?

Ans:- 8th

4) Which insurgent group from Indiaranked fourth among the top ten mostactive non-state armed groups in 2013,according to the IHS Jane‘s latest ‗GlobalTerrorism and Insurgency Attack Index,‘ – a major defence and business risk think-tank?

Ans:- The Communist Party of India

5) What was India‘s rank among 180countries in the World Press FreedomIndex 2014 released on 12 February 2014?

Ans:- 140

NATIONAL

1) On 7 February 2014 the Supreme Courtof India upheld recommendations made bythe Justice Majithia wage board. TheMajithia wage board is related to hikingsalaries for ____?

Ans:- Journalists and non-journalists

2) India‘s anti-corruption watchdog CentralVigilance Commission (CVC) completedhow many years of its establishment on 11February 2014?

Ans:- 50 years

3) Which railway on 9 February 2014launched a new android-basedsmartphone app named ‗HYLITES‘, whichis claimed to be the first of its kind of appon Indian Railways offering most of theenquiry needs of city-based passengers?

Ans:- South Central Railway – SCR

4) India Post (Dept. of Posts) on 13February 2014 launched electronic IndianPostal Order (e-IPO) for Indian Citizensliving in India. e-IPO facilitates payingonline fee for which purpose?

Ans:- For seeking information under theRTI

5) Which major port of the country wasrenamed Kamarajar Port as announced bythe Union Government on 20 February2014?

Ans:- Ennore Port in Chennai

STATES

1) India‘s first monorail – Mumbai Monorailwas opened for the general public on 2February 2014 after being inaugurated on1 February.Which authority owns andoperates this monorail project?

Ans:- Mumbai Metropolitan RegionDevelopment Authority (MMRDA)

2) Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister ofCommunications & Information Technologyon 4 February 2014 launched a special

service of the Speed Post for booking anddelivery of Notices/ Summons of whichHigh Court with ‗Proof of Delivery‘ (PoD)facility?

Ans:- Delhi High Court

3) Which State Police on 6 February 2014launched a helpline number +91-8750871111 for foreign nationals indistress ?

Ans:- Delhi

4) Union Cabinet approved the TelanganaBill on 7 February 2014. As per the billwhich will be the joint capital of Telanganaand Andhra Pradesh?

Ans:- Hyderabad

5) The Union Ministry of UrbanDevelopment gave an in-principle approval

to the Phase – I of the —- Metro RailProject on 12 February 2014 ?

Ans:- Pune

CONFERENCES

1) The 2014 G20 Finance Ministers andCentral Bank Governors meeting was heldfrom 22-23 February 2014 at ———- ?

Ans:- Sydney, Australia

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Name the director of Research CentreImarat (RCI), the avionics hub of DRDO‘smissile complex, on 3 February 2014received Indian Science Congress

Association‘s Homi J. Bhabha Memorial Award for 2013-14 ? Ans:- G. Satheesh Reddy

2) Who was conferred Award of Honour byRon Burton, President of RotaryInternational on 11 February 2014 in NewDelhi ?

Ans:- President Pranab Mukherjee

3) Malala Yousafzai has been nominatedfor the World Children‘s Prize on 7February 2014. In which year WorldChildren‘s Prize, also known as the‗Children‘s Nobel Prize‘ was founded?

Ans:- 2000

4) Who were received the InternationalGandhi Award for the year 2013 on 15February 2014 ?

Ans:- Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre andProf. Guocheng Zhang

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Winnipeg Winter ClubOpen trophy on 3 February 2014 ?

Ans:- India‘s Squash player JoshnaChinappa

2) Who became the youngest Russianathlete to win a gold medal at the WinterOlympics 2014 at Sochi, Russia on 9February 2014 in free skating in the teamfigure skating competition ?

Ans:- Yulia Lipnitskaya


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3) International Olympic Committee (IOC)revoked ban on Indian Olympic Association(IOA) after how many months on 11February 2014?

Ans:- 14 months

4) The 2014 Winter Olympics was heldfrom 7 – 23 February 2014 at ——— ?

Ans:- Sochi, Russia

5) Which player came out as the mostexpensive player for the 7th edition of IPL,auction for which was held on 12 February2014?

Ans:- Yuvraj Singh

ECONOMY

1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) on 6 February 2014 approved100% FDI in which mobile company thusmaking it the country‘s first telecom playerto be fully owned by a foreign company?

Ans:- Vodafone

2) Which two Northeastern states are setto come on rail map as part of Railways‘extension of network in the NortheasternStates as announced in the interim RailwayBudget for 2014-15, which was presentedin the Lok Sabha on 12 February 2014?

Ans:- Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh

3) What is the name of India‘s first publicsector unit (PSU), the revival plan for whichwas approved by the Cabinet Committee

on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 13February 2014?

Ans:- ITI Limited

4) Reserve Bank on 4 February 2014 hasissued ‗certificate of authorisation‘ to fournon-bank entities to set up White Label

ATMs (WLAs) in the country. Which amongthe following was not in that list of non-bank entities?

Ans:- Varkeys Ventures


1) What is the name of the supersoniccruise missile was successfully fired on 6February 2014 from a naval warship INSTrikand in salvo mode in the Arabian Sea ?

Ans:- BrahMos

2) Union Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare launched third-line drug therapyfor people living with ——— on 12February 2014 ?

Ans:- HIV/AIDS

3) Which country scientist have recentlydiscovered a pre-leukemic stem cell thatmay be at the root of acute myeloidleukemia ?

Ans:- Canada

4) India‘s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),also called Mangalyaan, completed 100

days in space on ————- ? Ans:- 12 February 2014

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who took over as Asian DevelopmentBank‘s new Country Director for India on 3February 2014?

Ans:- Teresa Kho

2) Who was appointed as the new CEO

and Managing Director of MCX StockExchange (MCX-SX), the country‘s newestfull-fledged stock exchange on 2 February2014?

Ans:- Saurabh Sarkar

3) John Thompson was appointed as theChairman of which tech giant on 5February 2014?

Ans:- Microsoft )

4) Who was selected as the new Presidentof the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia (ICSI) on 7 February 2014?

Ans:- R Sridharan

B)RESIGNS

1) Who resigned as the Director Generalof Cricket in the Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) on 15 February 2014?

Ans:- Javed Miandad

C) DEATHS

1) Balu Mahendra, who passed away on13 February 2014 at Chennai , wasassociated with which field?

Ans:- Films

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Foreign Minister of KyrgyzRepublic visited India from 13 to 15February 2014 ?

Ans:- Erlan Abdyldaev

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Which cricketer joined hands with anNGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti to roll out acampaign named ―Cancer Mukt Purvi Dilli‖focussing on awareness, education andearly detection of the disease on 10February 2014?

Ans:- Yuvraj Singh

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which country on 14 February 2014announced a plan to build the longestunderwater tunnel of the World ?

Ans:- China


1) What is the full form of ‗PFRDA‘ ? Ans:- PFRDA – Pension Fund Regulatoryand Development Authority

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the name of second bookwritten by celebrated writer JK Rowlingunder pseudonym which will be releasedduring June 2014?

Ans:- ―The Silkworm‖

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) The committee which investigatedallegations of spot-fixing and betting in theIndian Premier League (IPL) submitted itsreport to the Supreme Court on 10

February 2014.Who headed thiscommittee?

Ans:- Justice Mukul Mudgal

DAYS & DATES

1) International Mother Language Day(Bhasha Divas) was observed on—- ?

Ans:- 21 February 2014

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country announced on 11 March2014 a plan to lease Himalayan peaks toprivate companies to ease traffic on MountEverest and to boost tourism ?

Ans:- Nepal

2) The Supreme Court of ——- on 9 March2014 sacked the Election CommissionerFuwad Thowfeek and his deputy AhmadFayaz ?

Ans:- Maldives

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3) Who won the El Salvador‘s presidentialelection on 17 March 2014 ?

Ans:- Salvador Sanchez Ceren

4) Which country Forces on 17 March 2014handed over its two important militarybases in southern Helmand province to

Afghan security forces and closed down

another base ? Ans:- Britain

5) Which country and New Zealandannounced a landmark deal on 18 March2014 that allows the direct trading of thetwo countries‘ currencies ?

Ans:- China

INDIA & WORLD

1) India, Sri Lanka and Maldives on 6March 2014 held national security advisor-level meet on maritime securitycooperation in ——- ?

Ans:- New Delhi

2) According to the latest data from theNational Bomb Data Centre (NBDC)released on 5 March 2014, which countryhas turned out to be the third mostdangerous country in the world in terms ofbomb blasts cases (per year) only ?

Ans:- India

3) What was India‘s rank in the recentlyreleased report of the global anti-moneylaundering body Financial Action Task

Force (FATF) pertaining to progress incombating money laundering in the world ?

Ans:- 34

4) Which country was recenlty rankedfourth in a Microsoft report in the list of thecountries sending out spam e-mails ?

Ans:- India

5) Which country and India have signed on18 March 2014 an agreement to worktogether in software, informationtechnology and infrastructure ?

Ans:- China

NATIONAL

1) The Union government has on 4 March2014 launched the ―Maulana Azad SehatScheme‖ a health scheme for ____?

Ans:- Minority Student‘s

2) Recently, Union government haslaunched a nation-wide campaignawareness campaign to curb the spread ofdengue disease.The campaign has been

named as—– ? Ans:- U and ME against Dengue

3) Election Commission on 5 March 2014announced the dates for Lok Sabha polls.Over 814 million voters — constituting thebiggest electorate in the world — willexercise their franchise to elect 543

members to the 16 th Lok Sabha in howmany phases?

Ans:- 9

4) The Government of India (GoI) recentlyannounced to build how many low costairports in the next 20 years ?

Ans:- 200

5) In the month of March 2014 governmenthas approved to set up country‘s secondnuclear f uel complex to reprocess atomicfuel in —— ?

Ans:- Rajasthan

STATES

1) The government has recently approvedthe National Mission for Sustaining theHimalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) to sustainthe Himalayan ecosystem, continuouslyassess it s health status.The NMSHEcovers how many states of India?

Ans:- Twelve

2) Name the new health scheme launchedon 6 March 2014 by North Delhi MunicipalCorporation (NDMC) for women?

Ans:- Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna

3) Which state government on 3 March2014 launched a novel scheme ‖ Dial adoctor‖ which will enable the public to seekhealth-related advice over phone round-the-clock from doctors by dialling a toll-freenumber ?

Ans:- Kerala

4) Which state approved the BackwardClass (BC) status for the Jat and Jat Sikhsof the State on 5 March 2014 ?

Ans:- Punjab

5) For how many years, Hyderabad isenvisaged as the common capital for

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014? Ans:- 10 years

CONFERENCES

1) The 3rd Summit meet of BengalInitiative for Multi-sectoral Technical andEconomic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was

held from 1 – 4 March 2014 at — ? Ans:- Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Alfonso Cuaron won the Best directoraward in Oscars 2014 for which movie?

Ans:- Gravity

2) Who won the 2014 Templeton Prize ? Ans:- Tomas Halik

3) Who has been selected for the 17thGollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 forhis debut film as a director, The GoodRoad in Gujarati ?

Ans:- Gyan Correa

4) What is the name of the Indian journalistwho won the prestigious Google Digital

Activism Award for 2014 beating likes of

Edward Snowden? Ans:- Shubhranshu Choudhary

5) Which water-based initiative from Indiawon the 2014 UN-Water ―Water for Life‖Best Practices Award as announced on 21March 2014?

Ans:- International Water ManagementInstitute (IWMI)-Tata Water PolicyProgramme

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis

Championship doubles title on 1 March2014 ?

Ans:- Indo-Pak duo Rohan Bopanna and Aihsan ul Haq Qureshi

2) Which club won the Capital One footballCup in the final held at Wembley on 2March 2014 ?

Ans:- Manchester City

3) Name the Indian shuttler won theGerman Open Grand Prix Men‘s singlestitle on 2 March 2014 ?

Ans:- Arvind Bhat

4) Which country won the Asia Cup 2014title after defeated Pakistan by five wicketsin the final at the Shere Bangla NationalStadium Mirpur, Bangladesh on 8 March2014 ?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

5) Which country won the ICC Under-19Cricket World Cup 2014 ?

Ans:- South Africa

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1) Who is the World‘s top richest Billionairewith worth of 76 billion dollars according toForbes magazine‘s 28th Annual Worldbillionaires list released on 3 March 2014?

Ans:- Bill Gates

2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13March 2014 hiked the trade related

remittance limit from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5lakh per transaction.What was the reasonfor this increase?

Ans:- Increase in the number oftransactions handled by exchange houses

3) Bharti Airtel and which internationaltelecom giant signed a pact on 4 March2014 to set up a multi-service regionalnetwork infrastructure node in India?

Ans:- Etisalat

4) Government of India on 4 March 2014hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit

scheme that is offered by post offices byup to —- percent?

Ans:- 0.2 %

5) Which state scored the highest inmonthly per capita consumer expenditure(MPCE) for urban areas in the recentlyreleased ranking by the by the NationalSample Survey Organisation (NSSO)?

Ans:- Haryana


1) In the month of March 2014 World

Longest aircraft Airlander or HAV304 wasunveiled at ———- ?

Ans:- Cardington in Bedfordshire, Britain

2) Name the Indian-American scientist on 6March 2014 developed the first 3D modelof a human fingerprint called Phantom ?

Ans:- Anil Jain

3) Scientists in the ——- communitydiscovered a way to rebuild ears andnoses using stem cells from body fat on 4March 2014 ?

Ans:- British

4) Which seemingly impoverished countryrecently made a surprising entry into thehigh-tech world with its own manufactured

Android tablet named Surtab? Ans:- Haiti

5) Name the student of MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) on 17 March2014 developed a robot that can swim likefish ?

Ans:- Andrew Marchese

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who assumed charge as the newSecretary General of the South Asian

Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) on 3 March 2014?

Ans:- Arjun Bahadur Thapa

2) Who was appointed as the Chairman ofFinancial Planning Standards Board India(FPSB) on 11 March 2014 ?

Ans:- Justice (Retd.) BN Srikrishna

B)RESIGNS

1) Nandan Nilekani on 13 March 2014resigned as Chairman of UniqueIdentification Authority of India(UIDAI).When he took charge as the first

Chairman of UIDAI? Ans:- In 2007

C) DEATHS

1) Name the the author of the Fatal Visiondied on 10 March 2014 at UMass MemorialMedical Center in Worcester,Massachusetts, US ?

Ans:- Joe McGinniss

D) VISITORS

1) Name the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President visited Indiafrom 19 – 22 March 2014 ?

Ans:- John Ashe

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Misao Okawa, the oldest woman in theworld, turned 116 on 6 March 2014. She isfrom which country?

Ans:- Japan

PLACES IN NEWS

1) What is the name of the proposed 70-storey temple, billed to be the tallest shrinein the world, which was inaugurated on 16March 2014 at Vrindavan in UP?

Ans:- Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir


1) What is the full form of ‗ IBRD ‗ ? Ans:- International Bank for Reconstructionand Development

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the name of another bookwritten by Wendy Doniger, whosepublisher on 10 March 2014 announced itwill not reprint this book until an acceptableresolution pertaining to the allegedcontroversies in this book are found?

Ans:- ― On Hinduism ‖

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which committee has recentlyrecommended an anti-discrimination lawfor Muslims on lines of SC/ST law?

Ans:- Amitabh Kundu Committee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Water Day was observedon ——- ?

Ans:- 22 March

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INTERNATIONAL

1) In which country the MultilateralHumanitarian Assistance / disaster relief(HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO wasconducted from March 28th to 3 April 2014?

Ans:- Indonesia

2) What is the name of the biblical epicmovie which was banned by Malaysia andIndonesia on 7 April 2014 for its visual

depiction of the prophet? Ans:- ‗Noah‘

3) Which country Parliament on 8 April2014 voted to reject the request by theCatalan authorities to hold a referendumon independence on 9 November 2014 ?

Ans:- Spain

4) Which country on 9 April 2014 taking anovel approach to protecting doctors fromgrowing levels of violence from angrypatients: volunteer ―Guardian Angels‖ ?

Ans:- China

5) A comprehensive legislation on Internetprivacy for both service providers andInternet Users was on 23 April 2014passed by which country ?

Ans:- Brazil

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India and which country havereached an agreement to include a newcross-boundary landscape in the Hindu

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Kush Himalayan Region ? Ans:- Nepal and Bhutan

2) As per the latest data released bySIPRI, country with highest militaryexpenditure in 2013 is —— ?

Ans:- USA

3) Which country and India on 22 April2014 signed an agreement for thedevelopment of joint hydropower projectsin a bid to further strengthen their bilateralstrategic partnership ?

Ans:- Bhutan

4) Which country was rated lowest foraverage internet speed in the Asia Pacificregion in a recently conducted study doneby US firm Akamai?

Ans:- India

5) Which country President and JapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abe on 25 April2014 issued a Joint Statementemphasizing robust trilateral relation withIndia ?

Ans:- US

NATIONAL

1) Government on 13 April 2014 sanctionsthe recruitment of women as combatofficers in ———– ?

Ans:- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

2) Name the programme was launched byElection Commission of India (ECI) on 15 April 2014 ? Ans:- Election VIsitors Programme (EVP)2014

3) Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on 2 April2014 approved the Tata and Singapore

Airlines (SIA) joint venture called? Ans:- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

4) The Election Commission has launchedon 17 April its own internet-based mediaarm called ——– ?

Ans:- ‗ Voter Education Channel ‗

STATES

1) Which North-eastern state capital on 7 April 2014 became the second in theregion to have rail-connectivity?

Ans:- Itanagar, the capital of ArunachalPradesh

2) Recently the Union Ministry ofEnvironment and Forest accordedenvironmental clearance (with some

conditions) to the expansion ofBhubaneshwari opencast project in whichstate ?

Ans:- Odisha

3) Name the stone-age tribes of Andaman& Nicobar (A&N) islands who for the firsttime casted their votes in Great Nicobar on

10 April 2014 ? Ans:- Shompens

4) Which state has achieved the highestrate of increase in the number of electorsin the country in the past five years asstated in the electoral data released earlythis year?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

5) Which state has recorded the highestgrowth rate of milk production and percapita availability during the five yearperiod of 2006-10, according to Assocham

study ? Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

CONFERENCES

1) In which country the International HindiConference was held from 25 – 27 April2014 ?

Ans:- US

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Renowned poet-lyricist and filmmaker

Gulzar was on 12 April 2014 selected forthe prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke awardfor 2013.What is the real name of Gulzar?

Ans:- Sampooran Singh Kalra

2) Which film was selected as the BestFilm for 61st National Film Awardsannounced on 16 April 2014?

Ans:- Ship of Theseus

3) Who won special jury award of TimesNow NRI Awards 2014?

Ans:- Zubin Mehta

4) ) Randstad Awards 2014 for mostattractive employer in India goes to ——-for the 4th consecutive year ?

Ans:- Microsoft

5) The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-2014 hasbeen awarded to Donna Tartt, for her novel——— ?

Ans:- The Goldfinch

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the India Super SeriesBadminton tournament women‘s Singlestitle on 6 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Shixian Wang (China)

2) Which team won the 4th Hockey IndiaJunior Men National Championship 2014(Division A) on 6 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Punjab

3) Which country on 6 April 2014 won theT20 cricket world cup 2014 ?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

4) Which English Premier League club wasdenied the permission to change its nameby the Football Association Council (FAC)on 9 April 2014?

Ans:- Hull City

5) Which team won the National T20 titlefor the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 14

April 2014? Ans:- Baroda

ECONOMY

1) The Reserve Bank of India on 2 April2014 granted in-principle approval of banklicences to which two entitites?

Ans:- IDFC Limited and BandhanFinancial Services Private Limited

2) What is the proposed additional tax onthose earning over Rs 1 crore through

dividend income in the draft of the DirectTaxes Code (DTC), which was released on1 April 2014?

Ans:- 10%

3) Reserve Bank of India on 1 April 2014adopted which index as the key measureof Inflation?

Ans :- Consumer Price Index (CPI)

4) Which firm became the first Indian retaile-commerce to file for an initial publicoffering (IPO) on NASDAQ and to be listedon this US stock exchange?

Ans:- HomeShop18

5) India retained the top spot in the world inforeign exchange remittances from itsmigratory workforce during 2013. Howmuch remittance was received by Indiaduring the year?

Ans:- $70 billion


1) A vast liquid ocean was found on whichmoon of Saturn by NASA‘s Cassini probe


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as published by ‗Science‘ magazine on 3 April 2014? Ans:- Enceladus

2) After its ten and half years service inorbit, on 1st April 2014 ISROdecommissioned which CommunicationSatellite?

Ans:- INSAT-3E

3) What is the name of the deadly virus forwhich the Computer Emergency ResponseTeam of India (CERT-In) issued anadvisory on 11 April 2014 to all Internetusers in the country?

Ans:- Heartbleed

4) Name the professor at StanfordUniversity alongwith his students, invents adirt cheap microscope named ‗ Foldscope ‗on 15 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Manu Prakash

5) Which country Scientists on 17 April2014 created a 3D model of the humanmalaria parasite genome for the first time ?

Ans:- US

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who was named as the captain of theICC World T20 team on 7 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Mahendra Singh Dhoni

2) Name the Indian-American was on 5 April 2014 nominated by President BarackObama to a key post as US AlternateExecutive Director at the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) ?

Ans:- Sunil Sabharwal

B)RESIGNS

1) Which country Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, has announced his resignationon 2 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Kazakhstan

C) DEATHS

1) Name the Nobel prize-winningColombian author died on 17 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2) Name the Former Liberian President,who led a peacetime government after tworuinous back-to-back civil wars, died on 16

April 2014 ? Ans:- Gyude Bryant

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Namibian Prime Ministervisited China on 8 – 9 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Hage Geingob

E) MISCELLANEOUS

Which two former Popes were declaredSaints by the Pope Francis at the Vaticanon 27 April 2014?

Ans:- John XXIII and John Paul II

PLACES IN NEWS

1) In the month of April Archaeologistsdiscovered a 3500-year-old inscription on astone block in which country and claimedthat it is the oldest weather report of theworld ?

Ans:- Egypt


1) What is the full form of ‗ IRNSS ‗ ? Ans:- Indian Regional Navigational SatelliteSystem

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the title of the book written byformer Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh inwhich he claimed that Prime MinisterManmohan Singh‘s inability to take onvested interests led to the coal block row?

Ans:- ―Crusader or Conspirator : Coalgateand other truths‖

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Who is the Chairman of the committeeappointed by Supreme Court on 22 April2014 to monitor the steps taken by thecentre and state government to ensureroad safety and curb growing number ofaccidents ?

Ans:- Justice Radhakrishnan

DAYS & DATES

1) World Malaria Day (WMD) wasobserved on ——– across the world ?(Ans:- 25 April 2014 )

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Pakistan‘s National Assembly on 6 May2014 approved a resolution to lift a ban on

video-sharing website YouTube.YouTubehas been banned in Pakistan for how manytimes?

Ans:- Three times

2) Which country President Salva Kiir andrebel leader Riek Machar on 9 May 2014agreed on a peace deal that proposes to

end five months of conflict ? Ans:- South Sudan

3) Which Afro-Arabian country on 1 May2014 adopted a landmark new electorallaw, which requires party l ists for legislativeelections to be half women and half men?

Ans:- Tunisia

4) China on 19 May 2014 set up a 1.6billion dollars (10 billion Yuan) fund that wilsupport projects related to ——?

Ans:- Maritime Silk Road development ofChina

5) Which country on 22 May 2014suspended the 12th bull fight festival aftermatadors got injured by bulls ?

Ans:- Spain

INDIA & WORLD

1) The new protocol ―Declaration on Automatic Exchange of Information in TaxMatters‖ on tax data exchanges has beensigned on 6 May 2014 in —–?

Ans:- Paris

2) Recently, which country has imposedban on import of chilli pepper from India?

Ans:- Saudi Arabia

3) Which country has topped the list ofWorld Mothers Index-2014?

Ans:- Finland

4) To pay tribute to the 100 years of Indiancinema, which country on 5 May 2014released two postage stamps designed byan Indian graphic designer ?

Ans:- Brazil

NATIONAL

1) The Union Cabinet on 1 May 2014approved the proposal for setting up of the———— ?

Ans:- Polavaram Project Authority (PPA)

2) Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) on 7 May 2014 issued guidelinesto operastors for ———– ?

Ans:- Real Time Tracking of Aircrafts

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3) The Constitution Bench of SupremeCourt of India on 6 May 2014 upheld theConstitutional validity of the ——— ?

Ans:- Right to Education (RTE) Act

4) Revised norms of National CapitalRegion (NCR) Planning Board on 14 May2014 restricted tourism in ——– in NCR ?

Ans:- Green Zones

5) The Union Home Ministry on 14 May2014 extended the ban imposed on the ———– in India for five more years ?

Ans:- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE)

STATES

1) The Supreme Court on 6 May 2014 heldthat the government cannot impose mothertongue on linguistic minority for impartingprimary education. A bench of the apexcourt gave this order while hearing thegovernment orders of which statepertaining to this issue?

Ans:- Karnataka

2) Election Queue Management System, afirst of its kind initiative was introduced inIndia recently in which state?

Ans:- West Bengal

3) BHEL commissions first of the two unitof 600 MW capacity for Jindal ThermalPower Project at Angul in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

4) According to latest report, which statehas reported highest tiger mortality rate inthe country?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

CONFERENCES

1) Group of 77 developing countries plusChina (G77+China) summit to be held on14 and 15 June 2014 in ———– ?

Ans:- Santa Cruz ( Bolivia )

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which film was on 3 May 2014 givenaward for the Best Popular Film ProvidingWholesome Entertainment in National Film

Awards 2014 ? Ans:- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

2) Name the Indian american cardiologistwas recently won Gregory BradebMemorial Fellow of the Year Award 2014 ?

Ans:- Mitul Kadakia

3) Caparo Group won the InternationalBusiness of the Year award 2014 at the

Asian Business Awards Midlands inBirmingham on 9 May 2014. This group isfounded by which industrialist of Indianorigin?

Ans:- Lord Swaraj Paul

4) Pranab Mukherjee, the President ofIndia on 12 May 2014 conferred ———– on 35 nursing personnel from across thecountry for their meritorious services ?

Ans:- National Florence Nighangle Awards2014

5) Arabian travel Market (ATM) awardedIndia with ——— on 8 May 2014 ?

Ans:- New Frontiers Award 2014

SPORTS & GAMES

1) 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games areto be held from 16th to 28th August 2014 in———- ?

Ans:- Nanjing, China

2) What was the ranking of India in the ICCTest rankings annual updated list issuedon 1 May 2014?

Ans:- 5th

3) Who won the women‘s doubles title atthe WTA Portugal Open 2014 held inPortugal on 3 May 2014 ?

Ans:- Sania Mirza of India and Cara Blackof Zimbabwe

4) Who was crowned World Snooker‘sPlayer of the Year at the sport‘s annualawards ceremony in London on 8 may2014 ?

Ans:- Ronnie O‘Sullivan

5) Which team on 12 May 2014 won the20th Senior National Women‘s FootballChampionships title at the GolaghatStadium in Assam ?

Ans:- Manipur

ECONOMY

1) Which airline became the newest tohave won an operating permit for airlineservices in India?

Ans:- AirAsia India

2) India‘s Adani Group got approval for a$15.46 billion coal mine developmentproject in which state of Australia recently?

Ans:- Queensland

3) IPL franchisee Delhi Daredevils recentlylaunched a co-branded cricket credit cardin partnership with which commercialbank?

Ans:- The Ratnakar Bank Ltd

4) According to the Sunday Times Rich Lispublished on 11 May 2014, who edged out

steel-baron Lakshmi Niwas Mittal toemerge the richest people in the UnitedKingdom?

Ans:- Hinduja Brothers

5) Which country was ranked as thecheapest among the major worldeconomies in a latest report by Germany‘sDeutsche Bank?

Ans:- India


1) Recently Indian scientists have found 14new species of ‗Dancing Frogs‘ in the ———- ?

Ans:- Western Ghats

2) Researchers at The ————– havesucceeded in replicating deoxyribonucleicacid (DNA) which contained artificiallyinserted synthetic pair of DNA ―letters,‖ orbases, not found in nature ?

Ans:- Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)

3) What is the name of World‘s first everelectric aircraft that has successfully takenits maiden voyage on 12 May 2014 ?

Ans:- E-Fan

4) Astronomers led Dr Mark Vogelsbergerof MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for

Astrophysics on 8 May 2014 created thefirst realistic virtual Universe using acomputer simulation called ——– ?

Ans:- Illustris

5) Which country Scientists had recentlydeveloped Silver nanowires-basednanoscale fingerprints ?

Ans:- South Korea

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who becomes the Wholetime Member(Finance) of the Pension Fund Regulatoryand Development Authority (PFRDA) ?

Ans:- RV Verma

2) Who was elected as the President of theRajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) on 6


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May 2014? Ans:- Lalit Modi

3) Who was appointed as the President ofInternational Technology Law Associationon 14 May 2014 ?

Ans:- Sajai singh

B) RESIGNS

1) Who was resigned as MD and CEO ofMCX on 1 May 2014 ?

Ans:- Manoj Vaish

C) DEATHS

1) Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied careerranged from ―Mona Lisa‖ to ―Who FramedRoger Rabbit, who died recently was fromwhich country ?

Ans:- Britain

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Turkmenistan Presidentvisited China from 11 – 14 May 2014 ?

Ans:- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) What is the name of the first-everwoman Additional Director of the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI), who wasrestrained from discharging her duties bythe Supreme Court on 9 May 2014?

Ans:- Archana Ramasundaram

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Archaeologists have recently discovereda granary with walls of mud-bricks during

just-concluded excavation at Rakhigarhivillage a Harappan civilisation site, in whichstate ?

Ans:- Haryana


1) What is the full form of ‗ UNESCO ‗ ? Ans:- United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) A book entitled A Stamp is Bornauthored by —— was released on 6 May2014 by Vice President of India, M Hamid

Ansari ? Ans:- C. R. Pakrashi

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) A high-level committee recommendedrecasting of the Index of IndustrialProduction and (IIP) Wholesale Price Index(WPI) with an objective to present a morerealistic picture of the economy. Who isheading this high-level committee whichrecently submitted its report?

Ans:- Saumitra Chaudhuri

DAYS & DATES

1) World Press Freedom Day wasobserved on —– ?

Ans:- 3 May 2014

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country on 2 June 2014

announced a series of resolutions againstthe new Palestinian Unity government ? Ans:- Israel

2) Quebec province of which country on 5June 2014 adopted legislation Right-to-Diethat allows terminally ill patients to killthemselves with a doctor‘s help ? Ans:-Canada

3) Which country Queen on 5 June 2014announced to introduce a new legislationbill Recall of Member of Parliament (M.P.)Bill ?

Ans:- Britain

4) Who was elected as the new PrimeMinister of Finland on 14 June 2014 toreplace outgoing Prime Minister JyrkiKatainen?

Ans:- Alexander Stubb

5) What is the name given to a majoroperation started by the Pakistani militaryfrom 15 June 2014 to flush insurgents outof the volatile region of North Waziristanbordering Afghanistan?

Ans:- Zarb-e-Azb

INDIA & WORLD

1) Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang SahaytaSamiti (BMVSS) will provide Jaipur Foot to1000 amputees in which country free ofcost ?

Ans:- Afghanistan

2) Last US Prisoner of War in AfghanistanBowe Bergdahl was freed on 1 June 2014in swap deal with ——— ?

Ans:- Taliban

3) Which state Government on 10 June2014 announced that it will donate onecrore rupees for restoration of TolstoyFarm in South Africa, the place whereMahatma Gandhi first began hisSatyagraha ?

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

4) Which country on 13 June 2014 becamea permanent signatory to Washington

Accord ? Ans:- India

5) Recently which country has beenelected to the IntergovernmentalCommittee for Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage for the nextfour years (2014-18) ?

Ans:- India

NATIONAL

1) Central Information Commission on 4June 2014 ruled that the private schoolswhich were governed by a law such as theDelhi Education Act come under theprovisions of ———— ?

Ans:- Right to Information (RTI) Act

2) Name the Portal was launched by Indian Army on 5 June 2014 ? Ans:- Army Veterans Grievance Handling(AVGH)

3) Union Health Minister Harshvardhan on17 June 2014 gave consent for setting up

of the Regional Institute of ParamedicalSciences in ———- ?

Ans:- AIIMS Bhopal

4) Project Seabird Phase II in ———- on 9June 2014 got environment clearance bythe Union Ministry of Environment andForests ?

Ans:- Karwar, Karnataka

5) Name the Union Water ResourcesMinister was on 17 June 2014 launched anationwide tree plantation drive and publicawareness programme to save rivers ?

Ans:- Uma Bharti

STATES

1) Which state Government on 5 June2014 notified to provide 12 percenthorizontal reservation for below povertyline (BPL) candidates in all stategovernment jobs and posts in public sectorundertakings ?

Ans:- Sikkim

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2) Which project was in news due to itsapproval by the Delhi‘s Lt. GovernorNajeeb Jung on 11 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Regional Rapid Transit System(RRTS)

3) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)on 13 June 2014 commissioned 68 MW

Unit at the Rampur Hydro Electric Projectin ——- ?

Ans:- Himachal Pradesh

4) Which state government on 12 June2014 clears Bill to put a complete ban ondance bars across the State ?

Ans:- Maharashtra

5) Which two state governments haverecently signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) to ensureidentification and repatriation of womenand children who are victims of trafficking ?

Ans:- West Bengal and Maharashtra

CONFERENCES

1) The 18th SAARC Summit will be held at——- in November 2014 ?

Ans:- Kathmandu, Nepal

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) UN General Assembly on 7 June 2014announced an award in honour of ——– ?

Ans:- Nelson Mandela

2) Who was conferred with the prestigiousBharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for 2013 bythe Aeronautical Society of India (ASI) on 9June 2014?

Ans:- Somasundaram of Airports Authorityof India (AAI)

3) Name the leading NRI industrial washonoured with the Lifetime Achievement

Award by a UK-based businessassociation on 13 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Lord Swraj Paul

4) Name the Indian-origin businessmanhas been honoured by Queen Elizabeth IIon 14 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Hari Dutt Seth

5) Which Airport recently won the AirportService Quality (ASQ) Award by AirportCouncil International (ACI) in the categoryof the best improved airport in Asia PacificRegion ?

Ans:- Kolkata Airport

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2014for scoring highest number of runs?

Ans:- Robin Uthappa

2) Which city would host the World ChessChampionship rematch between Indianchess veteran Viswanathan Anand andtitle-holder Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

during November 2014? Ans:- Sochi, Russia

3) India ended its campaign at the FIHHockey World Cup on 14 June 2014 byplaying their last classification match. Indiafinished at which place in this World Cup?

Ans:- Ninth

4) The goal-line technology, introduced forthe first time in the FIFA World Cup,awarded the first international goal in itshistory on 15 June 2014.This goal wasawarded to which country?

Ans:- France

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12June 2014 released commemorativepostage stamps on the 2014 FIFA WorldCup.What is the slogan of FIFA World Cup2014?

Ans:- All In One Rhytm

ECONOMY

1) Which mobile phone operator signed atwo-year agreement with Indian OilCorporation Ltd (IOC) to deploy its

enterprise mobility platform to company‘sLPG customers?

Ans:- Idea Cellular

2) In its second bi monthly policy review on3 June 2014, RBI has slashed StatutoryLiquidity Ratio by …… basis points tomake it 22.5 per cent of deposits? Ans:-50bps

3) The World Bank lowered its growthforecast for developing countries during2014 in its Global Economic Prospects(GEP) report which was released on 11

June 2014. The growth forecast waslowered from the January estimate of 5.3%to – ?

Ans:- 4.8%

4) With over 3 lakh employees Indian ITcompany TCS has become the world‘sthird largest employer in the technologysector. Which is the leading employer inthis segment?

Ans:- IBM

5) The railway passenger fare wasincreased by 14.2% in all classes whilefreight charge was hiked by 6.5% on 20June 2014 by the union govt.This hikecomes into effect from which date ?

Ans:- 25 June 2014, i.e., post midnight of24 June 2014


1) What is the name of NASA‘sSpectrograph launched recently to studybirthplace of stars?

Ans:- CHESS

2) What is the name of the World‘s firstsupersonic car which can run at 1,609kmph (1,000 mph), which was unveiled on13 June 2014 in Bristol (UK)?

Ans:- Bloodhound SSC

3) Who was on 14 June 2014 dedicatedINS Vikramaditya to the nation ?

Ans:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi

4) New titanium Oxide tiles were recentlydeveloped by the research team from ———- to fight against Air Pollution ?

Ans:- University of California

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who took over the charge of Western

Naval Command (WNC) as Commander-in-Chief on 6 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Vice Admiral Anil Chopra

2) Name the Indian-origin judge was on 25June 2014 appointed as 8th Attorney-General of Singapore ?

Ans:- V K Rajah

B) RESIGNS

1) Renowned journalist Shekhar Guptawas heading which newspaper as itsEditor-in-Chief, from which he officiallyresigned on 15 June 2014?

Ans:- ‗Indian Express‘

C) DEATHS

1) Alexander Shulgin, who passed awayrecently, was popularly known as_____?

Ans:- Godfather of ecstasy

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1) Name the Deputy Prime Minister ofRussia visited India from 18 June to 19June 2014 ?

Ans:- Dmitry O Rogozin

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) According to the latest survey reportreleased by a US travel website‗whichairline.com‘, which airline emergedas the cheapest in the World?

Ans:- ‗Firefly‘ of Malaysia

PLACES IN NEWS

1) What is the name assigned to a tropicalcyclone which initiated in the east-central

Arabian Sea on 11 June 2014? Ans:- Nanauk


1) What is the full form of …… ‗ FIPB ‗ ? Ans:- Foreign Investment Promotion Board

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Name the autobiography of iconicBollywood actor Dilip Kumar – has beenreleased in Mumbai on 10 May 2014 ?

Ans:- The Substance and the Shadow

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which former Indian cricketer joined theSupreme Court-appointed Mudgalcommittee as a member on 8 June 2014?

Ans:- Sourav Ganguly

DAYS & DATES

1) World Blood Donor Day was observedacross the world on ——-?

Ans:- 14 June

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country has recently banned useof Burqa in the country ?

Ans:- France

2) Recently, which country has launchedthe ―Operation Barkhane‖ a counterterrorism operation in against Islamistmilitant in Northern Africa?

Ans:- France

3) 15-member United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) uanimously adopted the—— in New York on 14 July 2014?

Ans:- Resolution 2165

4) Which country on 17 July 2014 becameworld‘s first developed nation to repealcarbon laws that put a price on

greenhouse-gas emissions? Ans:- Australia

5) Diplomats from Iran and five permanentmembers of the UN Security Council plusGermany (P5+1) on 18 July 2014 reachedan agreement to extend the Iran nucleartalks till which date?

Ans:- 24 November 2014

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India has been developing―Maitri missile programme‖ with whichcountry ?

Ans:- France

2) Recently, India and which country hassigned an agreement on cooperation in thefield of environment?

Ans:- Brazil

3) Which country and India on 8 July 2014decided to launch negotiations for civilnuclear cooperation ?

Ans:- UK

4) Which country has recently decided to―Honour ‗Mahatma Gandhi‘s memory withStatue‘ in front of i ts Parliament?

Ans:- UK

5) Which country was placed at first placein a l ist of countries with the highestprevalence of child marriages in the worldreleased by the UNICEF on 22 July 2014?

Ans:- Niger

NATIONAL

1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

(CCEA) on 2 July 2014 approved theinclusion of onion and potato under thepurview of Essential Commodities Act, —-?

Ans:- 1955

2) Recently, the union government hasgiven in-principle approval for the creationof two new tiger reserves at—– ?

Ans:- Ratapani and Sunabeda

3) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) has recently notified that the

minimum broadband speed in the countryhas been raised to —– kilo bit per second(kbps)?

Ans:- 512 kbps

4) Air India on 11 July 2014 formally joinedthe airline group Star Alliance as its —— member?

Ans:- 27th

5) In the month of July 2014 NagoyaProtocol has received necessaryratifications, it is related to —— ?

Ans:- Conservation of Biodiversity

STATES

1) According to State of Forest report-2013, which state has lost maximum forestcover in the country?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

2) The Jayaprakash Narayan NationalCentre for Excellence in Humanities, thatwas proposed in the Union Budget 2014-15, would be established in which state?

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

3) Which state has decided to setup 320Mahila Suraksha Dals for women safety on14 July 2014?

Ans:- Delhi

4) Parliament has passed a bill related toPolavaram Project on 14 July 2014.On

which of the following rivers PolavaramProject is established ? Ans:- Godavari

5) Recently, it was reported in thenewspaper that over 670 large damsacross the country fall under high-intensit yseismic zones.Which state has highestnumber of dams falls under high-intensityseismic zone?

Ans:- Gujarat

CONFERENCES

1) 7th India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA)summit will be held in —— in 2015?

Ans:- New Delhi, India

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which Bank was conferred ―Best Bank – Public Sector‖ award in BFSI Awards-2014 by World HRD Congress recently?

Ans:- Bank of Maharashtra

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2) Who has been honoured with GandhiPeace Prize 2013 on 15 July 2014 ?

Ans:- Chandi Prasad Bhatt

3) Name the Eminent Carnatic musicianand acclaimed mridangam exponent hasbeen chosen for the Sangita Kalanidhiaward of the Music Academy for 2014?

Ans:- T V Gopalakrishnan

4) Who has won Prem Bhatia Award for2014 ?

Ans:- Smita Gupta

5) Name the Rajya Sabha MP has beenfelicitated with ‗One of the Best Indian inthe World for a Social cause‘ award at theGlobal Excellence Summit held in Londonrecently?

Ans:- K D Singh

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Name the Germany‘s football teamcaptain has announced his retirement on18 July 2014 ?

Ans:- Philipp Lahm

2) Who has won German Grand Prix 2014?

Ans:- Nico Rosberg of Germany

3) Name the two new technologies usedfor the first time at a World Cup in 2014?

Ans:- Goal-line technology and vanishing

foam for free kicks

4) Miroslav Klose who recently became theall-time leading scorer in the history ofFIFA World Cup -2014 with 16 goals isfrom which country?

Ans:- Germany

5) Who won the first gold medal for India atthe 20th Commonwealth Games beingheld at Glasgow, Scotland?

Ans:- K. Sanjita Chanu, woman weightlifter

ECONOMY

1) The minimum export price (MEP) ononion was raised to $500 per tonne on 2July 2014 as the price of onion in thedomestic market continues to rise. Whatwas the present MEP on onion which wasannounced by the Union Govt. on 17 June2014?

Ans:- $300 per tonne

2) Which bank on 1 July 2014 introducedmobile banking service for its customers, to

commemorate 50 years of its journey in theIndian financial sector? Ans:- IDBI Bank

3) What is the name given to the ambitioushigh speed rail network that has beenproposed in the Rail Budget of 2014-15?

Ans:- Diamond Quadrilateral

4) How many sectors for proposed high-speed trains were proposed in the RailBudget 2014-15?

Ans:- Nine

5) What is the proposed name of a new24X7 channel for northeast region that wasannounced in the Union Budget 2014-15?

Ans:- ―Arun Prabha‖


1) What is the measure of the smallest

force detected by researchers with theLawrence Berkely National Laboratoaryand the University of California Berkely,using a combination of lasers and a uniqueoptical trapping system?

Ans:- 42 yoctonewtons

2) Recently, NASA has launched world‘sfirst flying observatory ―SOFIA‖ to study

____? Ans:- Stars

3) Name the country‘s first indigenouslybuilt warship, that has been handed over to

the Indian Army, on 12 July 2014 ? Ans:- INS Kamorta

4) ―INS Kamrota‖ has been handed over toNavy on 12 July 2014, it is a ——— ?

Ans:- Anti-Submarine Warship (ASW

5) Recently, NASA has launched Ship- Aircraft Bio-Optical Research (SABOR)experiment to probe ____?

Ans:- Ocean Ecology and Carbon Cycle

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who took charge as Chairman of IndianOil Corporation (IOC), the India‘s largest oilfirm on 17 July 2014?

Ans:- B Ashok

2) Which former Indian sportsman hasbeen elected as the newest member ofLaureus World Sports Academy, becomingthe 47th member of the elite panel?

Ans:- Rahul Dravid

B) RESIGNS

1) Vakkom B. Purushothaman, whoresigned on 11 July 2014, was theGovernor of which state?

Ans:- Mizoram

C) DEATHS

1) Eduard Shevardnadze, the last ForeignMinister of the erstwhile Soviet Union(USSR), who passed away on 7 July 2014was the former President of which formerSoviet Republic?

Ans:- Georgia

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Facebook Chief OperatingOfficer (COO) visited India from 1 – 5 July2014 ?

Ans:- Sheryl Sandberg

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Name the Taiwanese poet whotranslated 1330 couplets of Tirukkural (oneof the collection of sangam literature) andthe poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi inMandarin recently?

Ans:- Yushi

PLACES IN NEWS

1) An Air Algerie passenger aircraft en-route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Fasoto Algiers crashed on 24 July 2014 killing116 people on-board. This crash tookplace in deserts of which country?

Ans:- Mali


1) What is the fullform of ‗ CRAC ‗ ? Ans:- Cyber Regulation Advisory Council

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Who is the author of the book ‗EconomicNightmare of India‘?

Ans:- Charan Singh

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) The revival of the Kisan Vikas Patra(KVP) was announced in the Union Budget2014-15 on 10 July 2014.The KVP wasdiscontinued from November 2011 on therecommendation of which committee‘srecommendations?

Ans:- The Shyamala Gopinath Committee


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DAYS & DATES

1) World Population Day was observedacross the world on ——?

Ans:- 11 July

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INTERNATIONAL

1) The World Health Organisation (WHO)has issued an International HealthEmergency on 8 August 2014 over Ebolaoutbreak. Ebola virus was first discoveredin which country?

Ans:- Democratic Republic of Congo(1976)

2) Which Project has been unveild inBritain on 4 August 2014 to commemorate

100 years of first World War ? Ans:- Lights Out

3) Mexico‘s Congress on 6 August 2014gave final approval to a historic reform thatwould open up an important state-controlled sector to foreign investment forthe first time since 1938. Which sector isthis?

Ans:- Energy Sector (comprising of oil andnatural gas)

4) Which country has destroyed Syrianchemical weapons on 7 August 2014?

Ans:- UK

5) What is the name of the newlyconstituted act which was signed into lawby the U.S. President Barack Obama on 8

August 2014 and which authorises thePresident to appoint a Special Envoy in thenear East and South Central Asia?

Ans:- ‗Near East and South Central AsiaReligious Freedom Act‘

INDIA & WORLD

1) Defence procurements from which

Italian company were put on hold by theUnion Government on 5 August 2014?

Ans:- Finmeccanica

2) Recently, India has agreed to lend $69million grant to supply iodated salt to curbiodine deficiency disease in which country?

Ans:- Nepal

3) Recently India rejected World TradeOrganization (WTO) offer. What was itrelated with?

Ans:- signing Trade Facilitation Agreement(TFA)

4) Which country and India on 19 August2014 signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) on technicalcooperation in railway sector ?

Ans:- Czech Republic

5) According to Renewables 2014 GlobalStatus Report, India ranked 5th among topten wind power producers in world. Whichcountry is the leading wind power producerin world ?

Ans:- China

NATIONAL

1) The Union government has recentlylaunched a new scheme‖ Padho Pardesh‖to provide interest subsidy on educationalloans for overseas studies for studentbelongs to ____?

Ans:- Minority communities

2) Indian Railways recently launched acontact-less smart card enablingpassengers to pay for reserved as well asunreserved travelling train tickets as part ofa pilot project. What is the name of thissmart card with lifetime validity?

Ans ‗Go-India‘

3) The Parliament has recently cleared aconstitution amendment bill that willfacilitate setting up of National Judicial

Appointment Commission (NJAC) forappointment of judges. The NJAC willcomprise of how many members?

Ans:- Six

4) The major objective of newly announced―Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana‖ is _?(Ans:- To provide a bank account to everypoor in the country )

5) ―Swach Bharat Mission‖ is targetted tocomplete by 2019. It plan to celebrate150th anniversary of whom ?

Ans:- Mahatma Gandhi

STATES

1) Palghar became the 36th and thenewest district of Maharashtra on 1 August2014. It was carved out from which district,which was India‘s most populous district?

Ans:- Thane

2) What is the name of the 45 megawatthydro-electricity project in J&K that was

dedicated to the nation by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on 12 August 2014?

Ans:- Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Project

3) What is the name of the controversialsurvey conducted by the TelanganaGovernment throughout the state on 19

August 2014 and due to which various

sections of the state were scared andapprehensive?

Ans:- ―Samagra Kutumbh Survey‖ or―Intensive Household Survey‖

4) Which state government on 21 August2014 announced proposal to clampcomplete prohibition on liquor in variousphases?

Ans:- Kerala

5) What is the name of the new initiative byIDBI and UNICEF in Uttar Pradesh toprovide safe drinking water,sanitation and

hygiene ? Ans:- WASH – Water, Sanitation andHygiene

CONFERENCES

1) The 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa,India and China) Ministerial Meeting onClimate Change was held on 7-8 August2014 in—?

Ans:- New Delhi, India

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) 55 gallantry awards (peacetime) wereannounced on the eve of 68thIndependence Day on 14 August 2014.Who was conferred the lone AshokChakra, India‘s highest peacetime gallantryaward?

Ans:- Late Maj. Mukund Varadarajan

2) Which Iranian-born professor becamethe first woman ever to win the FieldsMedal of the International MathematicalUnion (IMU), which is considered the topprize in the field of mathematics?

Ans:- Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani

3) Name the Carnatic vocalist has beenchosen for the fifth Indira SivasailamEndowment Medal and Concert on 25

August 2014 ? Ans:- T. M. Krishna

4) Who was honoured on 25 August 2014with ‗Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia (ICSI) Life Time Achievement Award2013′ for Excellence in CorporateGovernance?

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Ans:- Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman,HCL

5) 19th Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were announcedby the Union Government on 26 August2014. Which organisation has won thehighest prize under this Award category?

Ans:- Rail Wheel factory (Ministry ofRailways), Bangalore

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Which was the venue of the closingceremony of 20th Commonwealth Gamesheld on 3 August 2014?

Ans:- Hampden Park

2) What was the motto of 20thCommonwealth Games ?

Ans:- People, Place, Passion

3)Which batsman on 9 August 2014 brokecricketing-great Sir Don Bradman‘s 66-year-old record for most scores of 190plus?

Ans:- Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka

4) Jacques Kallis, who announced hisretirement from all formats of internationalcricket recently, is a greatest all rounder ofall times, belongs to which country?

Ans:- South Africa

5) The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Gameswas held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in —-?

Ans:- Nanjing, China

ECONOMY

1) Name the anytime anywhere billpayment system for which Reserve Bankof India (RBI) on 7 August 2014 issueddraft guidelines?

Ans:- Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS)

2) Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines jointventure on 11 August 2014 unveiled thebrand name of its new airline as —-?

Ans:- Vistara

3) Which international finance entitylaunched a $2.5-billion onshore Indianrupee bond programme on 20 August 2014so as to strengthen the capital market andsupport infrastructure development inIndia?

Ans:- International Finance Corporation(IFC)

4) How many Indian companies were listedamong Forbes‘ list of the ‗World‘s 100 MostInnovative Companies‘ released on 20

August 2014? Ans:- Five

5) Which of the India Company willimplement the Eastern India Energy

Highway ? Ans:- Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)


1) What is the name of NASA‘s vintagespacecraft which successfully completed areturn visit to the earth-moon systemduring August 2014?

Ans:- ISEE-3

2) Recently, it was reported in newspaperthat use of antibiotics in poultry industrymight be strongly linked to growingantibiotic resistance in Indians. Whatpurpose antibiotics have been used inpoultry industry?

Ans:- Growth promotion

3) Recently, the Rosetta spacecraft madehistory as it became the first probe torendezvous with a comet on it s journeyaround the sun.Rosetta spacecraftwas launched by ____?

Ans:- European Space Agency

4) Under the Stockholm Convention onPersistent Organic Pollutants, India had

agreed to phase out use of Endosulfan bythe year — ?

Ans:- 2017

5) Recently, which country has launched amission to map the Arctic seabed tosupport it s bid to extend it s territory up tothe North Pole?

Ans:- Canada

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Vishal Sikka, who took charge as CEOand MD of Infosys on 1 August 2014, is the——-head of the company?

Ans:- Fifth

2) Who took charge as the fourth DeputyGovernor of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) recently?

Ans:- Subhash Sheoratan Mundra

3) Who was assumed charge as the newExecutive Director of Bharatiya Mahila

Bank Ltd on 14 August 2014? Ans:- SM Swathi

4) Who was was appointed as Chairman ofPublic Accounts Committee (PAC) on 20

August 2014? Ans:- Senior Congress leader KV Thomas

B) RESIGNS

1) Sheila Dikshit tendered her resignationon 26 August 2014 as the Governor ofwhich state?

Ans:- Kerala

C) DEATHS

1) Actor Richard Attenborough died on 24 August 2014.How is related to India? Ans:- Director and Producer for GandhiMovie

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Britain Deputy Prime Ministervisited India from 25 – 27 August 2014?

Ans:- Nick Clegg

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Which country has announced 3 yearresidence for Edward Snowden on 7

August 2014 ? Ans:- Russia

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which of the China‘s province has beenaffected by earthquake of magnitude 6.1 ?

Ans:- Yunnan


1) What is the fullform of ‗ ICBM ‗ ? Ans:- Inter Continental Ballistic Missile

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) ‖ Munger Through The Ages ‖ book hasbeen written by –?

Ans:- Devendra Prasad Yadav

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 18 August 2014 constituted a 15-memberinter-regulatory committee to monitor thegrowing phenomenon of shadow banking.Who has been appointed as the Chairmanof this committee?


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Ans:- P. Vijaya Bhaskar (ExecutiveDirector, RBI)

DAYS & DATES

1) World Humanitarian Day was observedacross the world on –?

Ans:- 19 August 2014

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Which parliament reappointed Abdullahal-Thinni as the Prime Minister on 1September 2014?

Ans:- Libya

2) Boko Haram-the deadly terror group inNigeria has recently declared an Islamic

Caliphate in a small town in the countrywhich has been wrestled backby the armedforces. What is the name of the place?

Ans:- Gwoza town

3) Which country Parliament on 16September 2014 approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing jihadists fromtravelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere byconfiscating their passports?

Ans:- French

4) Which country has decided to haveReferendum for changing its National Flag

on 21 September 2014? Ans:- New Zealand

5) How much per cent reduction in saltintake was recommended by the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO) in an officialcommuniqué to all countries released onthe occasion of World Heart Day (29September)?

Ans:- 30%

INDIA & WORLD

1) What is the name of a new branch of Al-Qaeda that was announced by the groupon 4 September 2014 to wage jihad in theIndian subcontinent?

Ans:- ―Qaedat al-Jihad in the IndianSubcontinent‖

2) According to recent WHO report, Whichcountry reported highest suicides in world?

Ans:- India

3) India and Vietnam has signed MOU onexploration of oil fields in which sea?

Ans:- South China Sea

4) What was the percentage drop inmortality rates for children under-five yearsworldwide as stated in the pertaining reportreleased by the United NationsOrganisation on 16 September 2014?

Ans:- 49%

5) Which country would be the partner

nation for the Delhi International Book Fair2016?

Ans:- China

NATIONAL

1) Government of India has named a newprogramme ―Neeranchal‖ with an initialoutlay of Rs.2142 crores. What does theprogramme aim to achieve?

Ans:- To give impetus to watersheddevelopment

2) According to a recent Supreme Courtverdict what quota has been alloted todisabled persons in all government jobs?

Ans:- 3%

3) Under which brand name UnionGovernment is going to launch ElectronicToll Collection in India?

Ans:- FASTag

4) Which act associated with setting up ofa tribunal was struck down by the SupremeCourt through its order delivered on 25September 2014?

Ans:- National Tax Tribunal Act – NTTA

5) The Indian Railways has begun the trialrun of booking meals through phone orSMS also known as ―E-Catering‖ on howmany trains?

Ans:- Six

STATES

1) An indigenously made nuclear plant unitof India recently made history by runningcontinuously for a period 765 days, or alittle over two years. This unit is associated

with which power plant of India? Ans:- Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant inRajasthan

2) Recently, which state has launchedneed based development plan forvillagers?

Ans:- Delhi

3) The integration of Border Security Force(BSF) with which state level geo-informatics agency of Gujarat was done on11 September 2014?

Ans:- Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo informatics (BISAG)

4) The new project Sech-Bandhu Prakalpalaunched by the Government of WestBengal is a great gift to farmers in the statewhich will increase yields.What does theproject provide to farmers?

Ans:- Better irrigation

5) Which railway station of India on 26September 2014 became the first one tooffer free Wi-Fi Internet access?

Ans:- Chennai Central

CONFERENCES

1) The 13th edition of the PravasiBharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held fromJanuary 7-9 January 2015 at –?

Ans:- Gandhinagar, Gujarat

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Mumbai‘s Esplanade House, whichrecently bagged the UNESCO Asia PacificHeritage Awards, once served asresidence of –?

Ans:- Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

2) Which two countries have beenhonoured on 10 September 2014 by WorldHealth Organisation (WHO) for excellencein public health?

Ans:- Bangladesh and Timor Leste

3) Which Organistaion has received IndiraGandhi Rajbhasha Award on 14September 2014?

Ans:- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL

4) Which film was selected as India‘sofficial entry for OSCAR film awards 2015?

Ans:- ‗Liar‘s Dice‘

5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award isgiven in the field of –?

Ans:- Science

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Italian F1 Grand Prix on 7September 2014?

Ans:- Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes team

2) Which doubles duo created history byclaiming their 100th doubles title after theywon the U.S. Open men‘s doubles title on7 September 2014?

Ans:- Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan

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3) Which Indian player has been selectedby International Tennis Federation forDavis Cup Commitment Award?

Ans:- Rohan Bopanna

4) The 2018 Asian Games will be the 18thstaging of the regional, multi-sport event tobe hosted by —?

Ans:- Jakarta, Indonesia

5) Which Indian snooker player hasrecently announced his retirement fromprofessional snooker ?

Ans:- Pankaj Advani

ECONOMY

1) Nifty, the 50-scrip benchmark index ofthe National Stock Exchange (NSE)crossed which milestone mark for the firsttime on 1 September 2014?

Ans:- 8,000 mark

2) Recently which industry majorannounced that it will accept Bitcoinshenceforth?

Ans:- Paypal

3) What was India‘s rank in the latestCreative Productivity Index prepared by

Asian Development Bank in collaborationwith Economist Intelligence Unit?

Ans:- 14 out of 24 countries

4) What amount did Chinese e-commerce

giant Alibaba‘s IPO fetch to make it theworld‘s largest such event? Ans:- 25 Billion USD

5) What is the new name of MCX StockExchange (MCX-SX) that was approved bycapital market regulator Securities andExchange Board of India (SEBI) recently?

Ans:- Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India(MSXI))


1) Which method has been developed on 2

September 2014 by Japan Researchers todetect Ebola virus in 30 minutes?

Ans:- RT-LAMP

2) ‖ Scientific Assessment of OzoneDepletion 2014 ‖ report has been releasedon 10 September 2014 by whichOrganisation?

Ans:- United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) and WorldMeteorological Organization (WMO) )

3) Recently scientist gave ―Ikrandracoavatar‖ name to an ancient creature. It isinspired from which movie?

Ans:- Avatar

4) World‘s first water -based nuclear batterywas developed by Jae W. Kwon‘s researchgroup at the —?

Ans:- University of Missouri (MU)

5) What is the name of the recentlydiscovered dinosaur who is now said to bemore aquatic than terrestrial?

Ans:- Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who was elected as the new Chairmanof the Advertising Standards Council of

India (ASCI) on 12 September 2014? Ans:- Narendra Ambwani

2) Who was appointed as the first womenChairperson of Indian Institute of AdvancedStudy (IIAS) on 4 September 2014?

Ans:- Chandrakala Padia

B) RESIGNS

1) Name the Co-founder and leader ofOracle Corporation on 18 September 2014stepped down as Chief Executive Officer(CEO)?

Ans:- Larry Ellison

C) DEATHS

1) International Personality Bala Thampoehas died on 1 September 2014, he wasassociated with which field?

Ans:- Trade Unionist

D) VISITORS

1) Name the German Foreign Ministervisited India from 6-8 September 2014?

Ans:- Frank-Walter Steinmeier

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) The leader associated with scotlandindependence movement was ?

Ans:- Alex Salmond

PLACES IN NEWS

1) The revived Nalanda University on 1September 2014 started its first sessionwith 15 students in its makeshift campus at

which place? Ans:- Buddhist pilgrim town of Rajgir, abou100 km from Patna


1) What is the full form of NATO ? Ans:- North Atlantic Treaty Organization

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on12 September 2014 released hisautobiography.What is the name of thisbook?

Ans:- And then One Day: A Memoir

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which committee was on 8 September2014 submitted its report on the status of

deemed universities in India? Ans:- H Devaraj Committee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Tourism Day (WTD) wasobserved on?

Ans:- 27 September

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INTERNATIONAL

1) USA has lifted 40 year ban on arm salesto which country for boosting defence insouth china sea?

Ans:- Vietnam

2) As per the World Health Organization(WHO), which country accounts for 80%for polio cases globally?

Ans:- Pakistan

3) Srilankan President Mahinda Rajapaksaon 13 October 2014 flagged off which trainfrom Palai after 25 years?

Ans:- Yal Devi Express

4) What is the name of the Syrian townwhich has become the centre of the SyrianCivil War, with the ongoing siege betweenthe militants of Islamic State (IS) andSyrian Kurds?

Ans:- Kobani

5) Recently state emergency was declaredin ―Sinai Peninsula‖. In which country it islocated?

Ans:- Egypt

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INDIA & WORLD

1) India has launched Container Service on7 October 2014 with which country toincrease trade?

Ans:- Myanmar

2) Which country on 12 October 2014pledged 4 million US dollar aid forreconstruction of Gaza Strip that wasdestroyed during the Palestine and Israelconflict which started in June 2014?

Ans:- India

3) Which country has launched the GandhiInspired Tourist Attraction project on 18October 2014?

Ans:- South Africa

4) Which country has agreed to provide 4million Euros and se

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