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Current Affairs Quiz: October 2014

Expected Current Affairs Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014- Part 7

1) Which legendary Bengali actress who starred in memorable Hindi films like Devdas and Aandhi passed away on January 17?

Ans. Suchitra Sen

2) The first women to be appointed as chief of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad?

Ans. Aruna Bahuguna

3) The new authority setup by the Government of India to advice the Railway Ministry on fare and freight rates?

Ans. Rail Tariff Authority

4) Who became the youngest person to reach South pole in February 2014?

Ans. Lewis Clarke

5) Which community has recently been granted minority status by the Union Government?

Ans. Jain

6) Which country won the inaugural title of Hockey World League Final?

Ans. Netherlands

7) Who won FIFA’s Women World Player of the Year Award 2013?

Ans. Nadine Angerer (Germany)

8) Who became the first Indian wicket keeper to cross 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals?

Ans. M.S Dhoni

9) Which Indian dairy co-operative launched the country’s first ‘Milk ATM’?

Ans. Amul

10) Which Indian state won the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Ulysses Award for Innovation in Public Policy and Governance?

Ans. Kerala

Current Affairs Expected Questions for Postal/Sorting Asstt. Exam - Part 6

1. Which is the first Indian private sector Bank to set up a branch in China recently ?

Ans : Axis Bank

2. Which state clinched the best state award for implementing Rural Tourism Project in the National Tourism Award 2012-13, presented on 18 February 2014?

Ans : Sikkim

3. Union Cabinet finally cleared "Equal Opportunities Commission" (EOC) as per the recommendation of which Committee recently in February?

Ans : Justice Sachar Committee

4. Footballer Wayne Rooney recently signed a contract extension with which club?

Ans : Manchester United

5. India’s first Minority Cyber Village was inaugurated by the Minister for Minority Affairs K Rehman Khan recently in February in Chandoli in Alwar district of?

Ans : Rajasthan

6. Senior IAS officer Yaduvendra Mathur has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of which bank recently in February?

Ans : Exim Bank

7. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who arrived in New Delhi recently in February. He was the King of?

Ans : Bahrain

8. Which famous writer decided to publish his/her latest book 'The Silkworm' in June 2014 ?

Ans : J K Rowling

9. Government in the interim Rail budget 2014 announced proposal to set up Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management at which place?

Ans : Secunderabad

10. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) proposed to introduce Unique identity code having ............ digits for hallmarked jewels as announced recently in February ?

Ans : 9

11. Who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh resigned recently in February ?

Ans : Kiran Kumar Reddy

12. Which express train will become the first train in India to be attached with a Braille-embedded AC coach for visually-challenged passengers as announced recently in February?

Ans : Purushottam Express

Expected Current Affairs Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014- Part 5

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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Expected Current Affairs Questions (March 2014): Part 4

1) The seventh Central Pay Commission has been constituted under the chairmanship of …………..?

Answer: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

2) Who succeeded Bill Gates as the new chairman of Microsoft?

Answer: John Thompson

3) Which Srilankan batsman has scored a triple century and a century in the same test recently?

Answer: Kumar Sangakkara

4) Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal?

Answer: Sushil Koirala

5) Who has become the first woman to be appointed as the Additional Director of the CBI?

Answer: Archana Ramasundaram

6) Enrico Letta, who resigned recently, was the Prime Minster of ………..?

Answer: Italy

7) Footlights, which was published recently was the only novel ever written by which movie legend?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

8) Which language has recently got Classical Status?

Answer: Odia

9) As per the bill passed by the Lok Sabha, the Telengana state will have how many districts?

Answer: Ten

10) Who are the winners of the recently held Hockey India League 2014?

Answer: Delhi Waveriders

Expected Current Affairs Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014: Part 3

1) Which state has become India's first state with 100 percent sanitation coverage, according to a report of the drinking water and sanitation ministry released on 10 Feb 2014?

(A) Assam

(B) Sikkim

(C) Gujarat

(D) Kerala

Ans. (B) Sikkim

2) Who among the following has been named top US philanthropist for 2013 recently (Feb 2014)?

(A) Bill Gates

(B) Warren Buffett

(C) Mark Zuckerberg

(D) Ted Turner

Ans. (C) Mark Zuckerberg

3) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) proposed to introduce Unique identity code having ............ digits for hallmarked jewels as announced on 20 Feb 2014?

(A) 10

(B) 11

(C) 9

(D) 14

Ans. (C) 9

4) Which famous writer decided to publish his/her latest book 'The Silkworm' under the pseudonym, Robert Galbraith in June 2014?

(A) Arvind Adiga

(B) Alice Munro

(C) J K Rowling

(D) Eleanor Catton

Ans. (C) J K Rowling

5) Which team won the Ranji Trophy for 2014 on 2 February 2014?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Delhi

Ans. (B) Karnataka

6) The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India was launched on 26 February 2014 at which state?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Gujarat

Ans. (C) Madhya Pradesh

7) Which among the following countries is hosting the T20 World Cup 2014?

(A) India

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Pakistan

(D) Bangladesh

Ans. (D) Bangladesh

8)  First phase of the IPL 2014 starting on April 16 is scheduled in which country?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) UAE

(C) India

(D) South Africa

Ans. (B) UAE

9) Which telecom company is in talks to buy out Mumbai-based Loop Mobile in a deal that will give the telecom major about three million customers as announced on 16 Jan 2014?

(A) Bharati Airtel

(B) Vodafone India

(C) Tata Docomo

(D) Reliance

Ans.  (A) Bharati Airtel

10. Hong Kong and Macau, the two Special Administrative Regions of which country were included in the sensitive list of countries by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 Jan 2014?

(A) Japan

(B) Thailand

(C) Bhutan

(D) China

Ans. (D) China

Daily Current Affairs Capsule: 01 April 2014

>> RBI kept key policy rates unchanged in the first bi-monthly monetary policy.

>> The Supreme Court on declined to review its February 18 ruling in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, commuting the death sentence of three convicts — Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan.

>> Finance Ministry has rejected the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on raising the income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh. 

>> Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the rating list released by FIDE on 1 April 2014. 

>>  Communications satellite INSAT-3E has completed its life and gone out of service.

>> Manuel Valls named as New French Prime Minister. 

Courtesy: http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/2014/04/current-affairs-daily-update-01-april.html

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

Expected Current Affairs Questions for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam 2014

1) Name the cricketer who cracked the fastest century in one-day international history, reaching three figures in just 36 deliveries against the West Indies on Wednesday, 1st January 2014?

(A) Jessy Ryder

(B) Corey Anderson

(C) James Anderson

(D) Charles Cowentry

Ans. (B) Corey Anderson

2) Which film has won best film (drama) at the 71st Golden Globe awards 2014?

(A) Dallas Buyers Club

(B) Gravity

(C) Blue Jasmine

(D) 12 Years a Slave

Ans. (D) 12 Years a Slave

3) Taiwanese poet Yushi conferred on the Thiruvalluvar award for his contribution to Tamil language on 15 January 2014. He is the ...th foreigner to receive this award?

(A) Second

(B)Third

(C) Fourth

(D) First

Ans. (D) First

4) Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh laid the foundation for 2800 MWe (4x700) Nuclear Power Project in Fatehabad district of which state on 13 January 2014, which would be completed by 2020-21 at a cost of over Rs 21,000 crore?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Punjab

(C) Haryana

(D) Gujarat

Ans. (C) Haryana

5)  Aditya Joshi, a young shuttler on 5 January 2014 became the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world. He is from which state?

(A) Goa

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Haryana

Ans. (C) Madhya Pradesh

6) Which state/UT in India had hosted the 3rd Lusofonia Games (Portuguese Commonwealth Games) from January 18 to 29, 2014?

(A) Puducherry

(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(C) Goa

(D) Delhi

Ans. (C) Goa

7) India’s first monorail service was inaugurated at which city on 1 February 2014?

(A) Chennai

(B) Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Bangalore

Ans. (C) Mumbai

8) India has joined the elite group of nations when the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) was commissioned into the Indian Navy at INS Hansa on 01 Feb 2014 in which among the following states?

(A) Kerala

(B) Goa

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Odisha

Ans. (B) Goa

9) What was the motto of Sochi Winter Olympics 2014?

(A) Citius, Altius, Fortius

(B) Hot. Cool. Yours

(C) True Spirit

(D) Inspire a generation

Ans. (B) Hot. Cool. Yours

10) Which team lifted 2nd edition of Hockey India League cup on 23 February 2014?

(A) Mumbai Magicians

(B) Delhi Wave Riders

(C) Ranchi Rhinos

(D) Punjab Warriors

Ans. (B) Delhi Wave Riders