Thursday 3 April 2014

Expected Current Affairs Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014: Part 2

1) Election Commission of India (ECI) on 5 March 2014 announced the election schedule for General Elections of 2014. State assembly elections to 03 states, except which state, would also be held simultaneously?
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) Sikkim
Ans. (A) Kerala

2) Which country won the Asia Cup cricket title 2014?
(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
Ans. (B) Sri Lanka

3) Pranab Mukherjee approved Telangana Bill for creation of 29th state of India on 1 March 2014. How many districts Telengana state will be having?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 14
Ans. (C) 10

4) Which country won the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2014 on 1 March 2014?
(A) Pakistan
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) Australia
Ans. (B) South Africa

5)  World Braille Day celebrated every year on 4th January to commemorate the Birthday of which famous person?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Louis Braille
(C) Socratis
(D) George Braille
Ans. (B) Louis Braille

6) National Girl Child Day was observed across the nation on 24 Jan 2014. It commemorates the day when Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the first woman prime minister of the country on January 24 in which year?
(A) 1965
(B) 1966
(C) 1971
(D) 1975
Ans. (B) 1966

7) Who among the following won the Australian Open 2014 women’s singles title on 25 January 2014?
(A) Serena Williams
(B) Victoria Azarenka
(C) Dominika Cibulkova
(D) Li Na
Ans. (D) Li Na

8) Google is set to sell Motorola's smartphone business to which company, the world's largest maker of personal computers for $2.9 billion, as announced on 30 Jan 2014?
(A) Wipro
(B) Lenovo
(C) Samsung
(D) Acer
Ans. (B) Lenovo

9) Which country won the  inaugural Hero Hockey World League 2014, which was held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, on 18 January 2014?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Netherlands
(C) Australia
(D) England
Ans. (B) Netherlands

10) Who among the following has won men’s Chennai Open Tennis Trophy 2014?
(A) Somdev Burman
(B) Roger Vasselin
(C) Stanislas Wawrika
(D) David Federer

Ans. (C) Stanislas Wawrika

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