1) Who took over as the 24th chief of the
Indian Air Force, succeeding Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne on 31 Dec 2013?
Ans. Arup Raha
2) Which Union Minister was named as the
Person of the Year by the animal rights body PETA – India for taking steps to
advance animal protection?
Ans. Sashi Tharoor
3) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 4
January 2014 laid foundation stone for world's largest corporate learning and
development centre by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Where it will be
constructed?
Ans. Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
4) Who was appointed as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Internet Giant Microsoft by the Board of Directors of
Microsoft on 4 February 2014?
Ans. Satya Nadella
5) Kumar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri
Lankan national team on 7 February 2014 became the second person in the history
of Cricket to score a triple century and a century in the same test match. Who
was the first?
Ans. Graham Gooch
6) Who has been awarded the Amazing Indian
Award on 6 February 2014 by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari?
Ans. Arunima Sinha
Note: Amazing Indian Award was instituted
by Times Now channel in September 2012. Sinha is the first Indian amputee to
conquer Mount Everest on 21 may 2013.
7) Which Indian player on 9 March 2014
reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen?
Ans. Virat Kohli
8) Election Commission of India on 5 March
2014 announced that the …….th Lok Sabha elections will be held from 7 April
2014 to 12 May 2014 and the counting will take place on 16 May 2014?
Ans. 16th
9) Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1
March to 4 March 2014 at?
Ans. Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar.
10) Name the South African cricket team
Captain who on 4 March 2014 announced his retirement from international
cricket?
Ans. Graeme Smith
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