Current Affairs (November 23-30) Bit Bank

1. As per internet users which of the following cities are having more users?

a) Mumbai

b) Hyderabad

c) Bangalore

d) New Delhi

2. Philip Hughes of Australia died after by hit with a bouncer, name the bowler?

a) Mitchell Johnson

b) Smith

c) Sean Abhott

d) None

3. 18th South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Summit was held from 26th Nov 2014- 27 Nov 2014 in

a) Jhimpu of Bhutan

b) Islamabad of Pakistan

c) Khatmandu of Nepal

d) Dhaka of Bangladesh

4. New Secretary General of the Lok Sabha-

a) Arvind Mishra

b) Subramanian

c) Radha Kanthe

d) Anoop Mishra

5. Indian appointed as UN women good will ambassador for South Asia?

a) Aishwarya Roy

b) Rekha

c) Sania Mirza

d) Farhan Akthar

6. International day for the elimination of violence against women was recently observed across the world was observed on?

a) Nov 23

b) Nov 24

c) Nov 25

d) Nov 26

7. DHFL on 20th November appointed whom as its brand ambassador?

a) Mahesh Babu

b) Chian Vikram

c) Amitabh Bachhan

d) Shah Rukh Khan

8. Magnus Carlson won the FIDE world chess championship by defeating Viswanathan Anand held at?

a) Berlin

b) Chennai

c) Sochi

d) Moscow

9. By defeating France which country won the 1st ever Davis Cup of tennis on 23 Noverber 2014?

a) Brazil

b) Pakistan

c) Switzerland

d) Serbia

10. New chairperson of the Press Council of India-

a) Ravichndran

b) Chandra Mouli \

c) Rajendra Kumar

d) Ramesh Tiwari

11. Winner of 2014 Macaw grand prix gold badminton title?

a) P.V. Sindhu

b) Saina Nehwal

c) Gutta Jwala

d) None

12. Newly nominated director on the central board of directors of RBI-

a) Dipankar Gupta

b) G.M. Rao

c) Ela Bhatt

d) Rajiv Mehrishi

13. Author of the book your dreams are mine now, she showed him what love was

a) Ravinder Singh

b) Arvind Adige

c) Subransh Sharma

d) Chetan Bhagath

14. Union Govt on 27th November 2014 launched electronic travel authorization scheme or e-visa to how many Countries?

a) 41

b) 53

c) 51

d) 43

15. Manoj Kumar on 26th November 2014 received the prestigious Arjuna award is famous in-

a) boxing

b) wrestling

c) hockey

d) shooting

16. National Milk Day was celebrated to mark 93rd birth anniversary of Varghese kurien?

a) Nov 24th

b) Nov 25th

c) Nov 26th

d) Nov 27th

17. Namsai on 25th November 2014 officially became the 18th district of which state?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Assam

c) Telangana

d) Uttarakhand

18. Shariah equity fund was announced by which of the following banks?

a) Andhra Bank

b) SBI

c) Canara Bank

d) UCO Bank

19. Legendary dancer Sitara Devi passed away in Mumbai is famous in which?

a) kathakali

b) bharat Natyam

c) Kuchipudi

d) Kathak

20. Male Athlete of 2014 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards

a) Usain Bolt

b) Michael Phelps

c) Hamilton

d) None

21. U.S. Defence Secretary who resigned on 24th November 2014?

a) Chuck Hagel

b) Joycee

c) Kanye

d) Limplicale

22. On 25th November 2014 which of the organizations celebrated 50th anniversary of its 1st mission mariner 4?

a) ISRO

b) CNES

c) NASA

d) ESA

23. Major General Gadi Eizenkot appointed as 21st chief of staff-

a) Srilankan Defence Agency

b) Israel Defence Forces

c) South Korea Defence

d) Australian Defence Forces

24. Which city on 28th Novemeber 2014 banned smoking in all indoor public places like workplaces and public transport?

a) Beijing

b) Berlin

c) Budapest

d) Bangkok

25. Jhuma Lahiri & writer critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqhi were short listed for which award -

a) Pulitzer

b) Booker Prize

c) D.S.C. Prize

d) Gnanpeeth

26. The film Leviathan has been awarded the golden peacock award at the 45th IFFI belongs to which country?

a) Iran

b) France

c) Nepali

d) Russia

27. Life time achievement award at IFFI was honoured to-

a) Saritn Larry

b) Wong-Kar- Wai

c) Alina Rodriguez

d) Nadav Lapid

28. In which of the following states Sangai festival was held on 30th November 2014?

a) Meghalaya

b) Manipur

c) Mizoram

d) Arunachal Pradesh

29. Women who lead the salt march in Utkal region of Orissa?

a) Sarojini Naidu

b) Durgabhai Deshmukh

c) Rama Devi

d) Atulya Bhai

30. Coir Boardo has been awarded gold medal for best display and demonstration under category of public sector undertakings given by-

a) Commodity boards

b) Nationalized banks

c) Export Promotion Council

d) All of the above

31. 25th World Road Congress-2015, is going to be held in-

a) Islamabad

b) Istanbul

c) Damascus

d) Seoul

32. On 25th November 2014 bus transportation was started from Indian side to which of the following cities-

a) Dhaka

b) Lahore

c) Islamabad

d) Thimpu

33. Indian women boxer(s) Sarjubala Devi and Saweety contend with the silver medals in the women’s boxing Championships held in

a) South Korea

b) Australia

c) India

d) Iran

34. Which of the following are true regarding Deepak Gupta?

a) Is the 1st non-UPSC member to be appointed as UPSC Chairman

b) He replaced Rajani Rajdani

c) Both

d) None

35. New Tiger reserve statues was given the Guru Ghasidas national park is in-

a) Chattisgarh

b) Jharkhand

c) Bihar

d) Uttarakhand

36. Which of the following are true regarding guru ghasidas jigger reserve?

a) The park lies between two important Tiger reserves –Bandargarh (MP) & Pakanaw (Jharkhand)

b) It is also contiguous with the Sanjay Dubri Tiger reserve

c) a & b

d) None

37. Kiran Gurrala is appointed as the CEO of ------- metropolitan development authority.

a) Chennai

b) Mumbai

c) Hyderabad

d) New Delhi

38. Truth regarding Swachha Bharat kosh-

a) To build toilets in schools of rural and urban areas

b) PM himself will acknowledge contributions of over 1 crore given by individuals and of over 20 crore by Corporation

c) a & b

d) None

39. The only country to object the three major agreements proposed on the 1st day of the 18th SAARC summit at Khatmandu-

a) Pakistan

b) India

c) Bangladesh

d) Nepal

40. Mr. Shakir-ur-Rahman, the owner of Pakistan biggest media group along with Veena Malik and her husband Basher were sentenced for

26years?

a) Geo TV

b) Jang

c) a& b

d) None

41. Crime Novelist PD James who penned more than 20 novels died, the books written by her-

a) The children of men

b) The murder room

c) Pride and prejudice spin off death comes to Pemberley

d) All the above

42. Which e-commerce trade chief visited India on 27th Nov 2014?

a) Amazon

b) Alibaba

c) Flipkart

d) None

43. 24×7 all India security helpline 1800-111-322 has been operational, launched by the ministry of -

a) Women empowerment

b) Social justice

c) Railway

d) Home affairs

44. Asian Development Bank will provide $ 100 million loan to improve job prospects of higher, secondary education and under graduate

students in the state of-

a) Karnataka

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Kerala

d) Andhra Pradesh

45. First passenger train to which state was launched from Assam was flagged by PM. Modi-

a) Meghalaya

b) Manipur

c) Tripura

d) Sikkim

46. Parliament of a country on 28th November 2014 voted to ban commercial surrogacy? Name the country whose parliament passed the bill?

a) Thailand

b) Pakistan

c) India

d) Switzerland

47. Roberto Gómez Bolaños also known as Chespirito dies on 28th November 2014, who was he?

a) American Comedian

b) An Italian Director

c) Franch Army Chief

d) None of the above

48. Shakti Bhatt first book prize recipient?

a) Jumpa Lahiri

b) Arundhati Roy

c) Bilal Tanweer

d) None of these

49. At Track Asia Cup 2014, Indian cyclist who clinched four gold medals-

a) Deborah

b) Pankaj Advani

c) Nina Misra

d) Ramesh Atul

Answers

1) a 2) c 3) c 4) d 5) c 6) c 7) d 8) c

9) c 10) b 11) a 12) d 13) a 14) d 15) a 16) c

17) a 18) b 19) d 20) b 21) a 22) c 23) b 24) a

25) c 26) d 27) b 28) b 29) c 30) d 31) d 32) a

33) a 34) c 35) a 36) c 37) a 38) c 39) a 40) a

41) d 42) b 43) c 44) c 45) a 46) a 47) a 48) c

49) a