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JANUARY

INTERNATIONAL

1) The Health Ministry of Japan on 1 January 2014 estimated that a quarter of the population is currently

aged over 65 and the figure is expected to reach nearly 40 percent by ? Ans:- 2060

2) Which government recently announced to build a new sanctuary to save Worlds rarest Javan rhinos? Ans:- Indonesia

3) Parliamentary elections in North Korea, creating the 13th Supreme Peoples Assembly, will be held on - ? Ans:- 9 March 2014

4) The Parliament of Europe on 14 January 2014 signed a new carbon dioxide restriction treaty which

seeks to slash emissions for a segment of transport across the European Union (EU) by 28% from year

2020. The treaty focuses on which transport segment?

Ans:- Commercial Vans

5) The term Euromaidan came to news recently, which stands for a huge spat of civil unrest and anti-government protests in a country.Which country is associated with these protests?

Ans:- Ukraine

INDIA & WORLD

1) India on 1 January 2014 decided to send a team of senior officials to assess the political and security

situation in - ? Ans:- South Sudan

2)Which country and India on 2 January 2014 signed an agreement on labour cooperation for domestic

service workers recruitment ?

Ans:- Saudi Arabia

3) Which country and India on 13 January 2014 signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for co-operation in Iron

and Steel Sector ?

Ans:- Canada

4) Which country decided to be one of the partners in the proposed National Investment and

Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) in Andhra Pradesh on 6 January 2014?

Ans:- China

5) Which country and India on on 18 January 2014 agreed to promote cooperation in renewable energy,

especially in areas of solar energy and wind power ?

Ans:- United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NATIONAL

1) Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 1 January 2014 gave his assent to which bill which aims at

regulating corruption in public domain?

Ans:- Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013

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2) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for construction of a 220kV

Transmission system from on 2 January 2014 ? Ans:- Alusteng (Srinagar) to Leh

3) The Government of India on 10 January 2014 notified the new natural gas pricing formula.This new

price mechanism would come into effect from which date?

Ans:- From 1 April 2014

4) Name the programme for young persons of Overseas Indians introduced by Government of India in

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) on 8 January 2014?

Ans:- Know India programme

5) Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched LPG Connection Portability Scheme across the

country on 22 January 2014. Name the present Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas?

Ans:- M Veerappa Moily

STATES

1) Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) officially launched the North

Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) at on 6 January 2014 ? Ans:- Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh )

2) Which state will launch its adult vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) from 22 February

2014 ?

Ans:- Assam

3) Which state Government on 15 January 2014 decided to increase the reservation of Other Backward

Classes (OBC) from 19.5 percent to 27 percent ?

Ans:- Goa

4) Which state on 9 January 2014 became the first State in India to provide Universal Health Coverage to

its population ?

Ans:- Karnataka

5) The pilot project of Amuls first Any Time Milk (ATM) vending machine to dispense milk on 24X7 basis was on 19 January 2014 installed at - ? Ans:- Anand, Gujarat

CONFERENCES

1) International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) was held from 12th 15th January 2014 at which place ?

Ans:- New Delhi

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which film has been adjudged Best Motion Picture at 71st annual Golden Globe Awards ? Ans:- 12 Years a Slave

2) Who has won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer

on 18 January 2014?

Ans:- Cyrus Mistry

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3) Name the Indian Noted author and journalist has been awarded a Fellowship of Kings College London, the British institutions highest honour on 16 January 2014 ? Ans:- Khushwant Singh

4) Which state bagged 3rd Krishi Karman Award for 2012-13 for being the best performing state in

overall agricultural production in the country on 18 January 2014?

Ans:- West Bengal

5) Name the Indian born Scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University on 21 January 2014

was awarded with prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for developing the theory and application of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) antennas ?

Ans:- Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Corey Anderson ,who hit the fastest century in one-day international history on 1 January 2014 ,

belongs to which country ?

Ans:- New Zealand

2) Which player was awarded the Order of Prince Henry, one of the Portugals highest honours, by the Portugals president office on 3 January 2014? Ans:- Cristiano Ronaldo

3) Who won the Sydney International Tennis Tournament Womens singles title on 10 January 2014 ? Ans:- Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria

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

Ans:- South Africas Louis Oosthuizen

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

Ans:- Mitchell Johnson

ECONOMY

1) Which entity was on 6 January 2014 selected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as a local

operating unit for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India?

Ans:- The Clearing Corporation of India Limited CCIL

2) According to data provided by the Marine 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 for Indian seafood exports?

Ans:- The United States

3) POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant on 10 January 2014 received environment clearance from

the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

4) What is the name of world first Bitcoin storage service that insures deposits of the digital currency against hackers and accidental loss, which was opened on London on 12 January 2013?

Ans:- Elliptic Vault

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

Ans:- Delhi

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Name the software to predict weather developed by researchers from National Autonomous University

of Mexico (UNAM) recently?

Ans:- Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic)

2) Which Meteorological Data Processing System was dedicated to the nation on 15 January 2014 on the

occasion of 139th Foundation Day of India Meteorological Department (IMD)?

Ans:- INSAT 3D

3) What is the name of Indias satellite-based flight navigation system which has been certified by aviation regulator DGCA, recently ?

Ans:- GAGAN

4) Which country has recently carried out another successful test of its advanced missile defense system

named Arrow 3 designed to intercept long range missiles ? Ans:- Israel

5) Name Indias supercomputer rated 1st in India, 9th in the Asia Pacific Region and 44th in the world among the most power efficient computer systems as per the Green500 List?

Ans:- Param Yuva-II

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who has been elected as the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly on 3 January 2014?

Ans:- M.S. Dhir

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

Ans:- Morten Karlsen Sorby

3) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of private insurer

Future Generali India Life Insurance on 7 January 2014?

Ans:- Munish Sharda

B)RESIGNS

1) Garry Kenneth Toomey on 16 January 2014 resigned as the CEO of a prominent Indian airline

company.Which airline is this?

Ans:- Jet Airways

C) DEATHS

1) Namdeo Dhasal, the firebrand writer and fierce fighter for Dalit rights who passed away on 15 January

2014 was a famous poet in which language?

Ans:- Marathi

D) VISITORS

1) Name the South Korean President visited India from 15 18 January 2014 ? Ans:- Park Geun-Hye

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E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Who retired as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 January 2014?

Ans:- Anand Sinha

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which Indian railway stations platform number one has become the worlds longest platform as announced by Limca Book of Records on 11 January 2014?

Ans:- Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Driven, a book released recently, has been written by a former a Civil Servant Turned Entrepreneur. Who is he?

Ans:- Jagdish Khattar

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Who was the head of RBIs committee on strengthening monetary policy framework, which in its recommendations has suggested that the target for inflation should 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 is observed on ? Ans:- January24

FEBRUARY

INTERNATIONAL

1) Which two countries have on 5 February 2014 agreed to hold reunions of families separated since the

Korean War ?

Ans:- North Korea and South Korea

2) Which country has topped in terms of intellectual property (IP) environment in the list of 25 countries

released recently?

Ans:- US

3) In the month of February 2014 South African president Jacob Zuma announced the general elections

will be held on - ? Ans:- 2014 May 7

4) In the month of February 2014 which country has agreed to develop biggest cargo airport in

Afghanistan on Herat airport that is located in Western part of the country ?

Ans:- Italy

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5) Which countrys Parliament on 19 February 2014 passed a law that made it mandatory to put graphic warning on cigarette packs?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

INDIA & WORLD

1) Which two countries have signed two umbrella agreements for financial and technical co-operation on

5 February 2014 ?

Ans:- India and Germany

2) Which country and India on 11 February 2014 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as part

of their efforts to intensify bilateral cooperation in the area of renewable energy ?

Ans:- Netherlands

3) India was ranked in the list of ten countries in terms of digital governance on 11 February 2014 ? Ans:- 8th

4) Which insurgent group from India ranked fourth among the top ten most active non-state armed groups

in 2013, according to the IHS Janes latest Global Terrorism and Insurgency Attack Index, a major defence and business risk think-tank?

Ans:- The Communist Party of India

5) What was Indias rank among 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2014 released on 12 February 2014?

Ans:- 140

NATIONAL

1) On 7 February 2014 the Supreme Court of India upheld recommendations made by the Justice Majithia

wage board. The Majithia wage board is related to hiking salaries for ____?

Ans:- Journalists and non-journalists

2) Indias anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) completed how many years of its establishment on 11 February 2014?

Ans:- 50 years

3) Which railway on 9 February 2014 launched a new android-based smartphone app named HYLITES, which is claimed to be the first of its kind of app on Indian Railways offering most of the enquiry needs of

city-based passengers?

Ans:- South Central Railway SCR

4) India Post (Dept. of Posts) on 13 February 2014 launched electronic Indian Postal Order (e-IPO) for

Indian Citizens living in India. e-IPO facilitates paying online fee for which purpose?

Ans:- For seeking information under the RTI

5) Which major port of the country was renamed Kamarajar Port as announced by the Union Government

on 20 February 2014?

Ans:- Ennore Port in Chennai

STATES

1) Indias first monorail Mumbai Monorail was opened for the general public on 2 February 2014 after being inaugurated on 1 February.Which authority owns and operates this monorail project?

Ans:- Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)

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2) Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications & Information Technology on 4 February 2014 launched

a special service of the Speed Post for booking and delivery of Notices/ Summons of which High Court

with Proof of Delivery (PoD) facility? Ans:- Delhi High Court

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

nationals in distress ?

Ans:- Delhi

4) Union Cabinet approved the Telangana Bill on 7 February 2014. As per the bill which will be the joint

capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh?

Ans:- Hyderabad

5) The Union Ministry of Urban Development gave an in-principle approval to the Phase I of the - Metro Rail Project on 12 February 2014 ?

Ans:- Pune

CONFERENCES

1) The 2014 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting was held from 22-23 February

2014 at - ? Ans:- Sydney, Australia

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Name the director of Research Centre Imarat (RCI), the avionics hub of DRDOs missile complex, on 3 February 2014 received Indian Science Congress Associations Homi J. Bhabha Memorial Award for 2013-14 ?

Ans:- G. Satheesh Reddy

2) Who was conferred Award of Honour by Ron Burton, President of Rotary International on 11 February

2014 in New Delhi ?

Ans:- President Pranab Mukherjee

3) Malala Yousafzai has been nominated for the World Childrens Prize on 7 February 2014. In which year World Childrens Prize, also known as the Childrens Nobel Prize was founded? Ans:- 2000

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

Ans:- Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang

SPORTS & GAMES

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

Ans:- Indias Squash player Joshna Chinappa

2) Who became the youngest Russian athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics 2014 at Sochi,

Russia on 9 February 2014 in free skating in the team figure skating competition ?

Ans:- Yulia Lipnitskaya

3) International Olympic Committee (IOC) revoked ban on Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after how

many months on 11 February 2014?

Ans:- 14 months

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4) The 2014 Winter Olympics was held from 7 23 February 2014 at ? Ans:- Sochi, Russia

5) Which player came out as the most expensive player for the 7th edition of IPL, auction for which was

held on 12 February 2014?

Ans:- Yuvraj Singh

ECONOMY

1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 6 February 2014 approved 100% FDI in which

mobile company thus making it the countrys first telecom player to be fully owned by a foreign company?

Ans:- Vodafone

2) Which two Northeastern states are set to come on rail map as part of Railways extension of network in the Northeastern States as announced in the interim Railway Budget for 2014-15, which was presented in

the Lok Sabha on 12 February 2014?

Ans:- Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh

3) What is the name of Indias first public sector unit (PSU), the revival plan for which was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 13 February 2014?

Ans:- ITI Limited

4) Reserve Bank on 4 February 2014 has issued certificate of authorisation to four non-bank entities to set up White Label ATMs (WLAs) in the country. Which among the following was not in that list of non-

bank entities?

Ans:- Varkeys Ventures

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) What is the name of the supersonic cruise missile was successfully fired on 6 February 2014 from a

naval warship INS Trikand in salvo mode in the Arabian Sea ?

Ans:- BrahMos

2) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched third-line drug therapy for people living with

on 12 February 2014 ? Ans:- HIV/AIDS

3) Which country scientist have recently discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be at the root of

acute myeloid leukemia ?

Ans:- Canada

4) Indias 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 Development Banks new Country Director for India on 3 February 2014? Ans:- Teresa Kho

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2) Who was appointed as the new CEO and Managing Director of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), the

countrys newest full-fledged stock exchange on 2 February 2014? Ans:- Saurabh Sarkar

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

Ans:- Microsoft )

4) Who was selected as the new President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on 7

February 2014?

Ans:- R Sridharan

B)RESIGNS

1) Who resigned as the Director General of Cricket in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on 15 February

2014?

Ans:- Javed Miandad

C) DEATHS

1) Balu Mahendra, who passed away on 13 February 2014 at Chennai , was associated with which field?

Ans:- Films

D) VISITORS

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

Ans:- Erlan Abdyldaev

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Which cricketer joined hands with an NGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti to roll out a campaign named

Cancer Mukt Purvi Dilli focussing on awareness, education and early detection of the disease on 10 February 2014?

Ans:- Yuvraj Singh

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which country on 14 February 2014 announced a plan to build the longest underwater tunnel of the

World ?

Ans:- China

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the full form of PFRDA ? Ans:- PFRDA Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the name of second book written by celebrated writer JK Rowling under pseudonym which

will be released during June 2014?

Ans:- The Silkworm

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COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) The committee which investigated allegations of spot-fixing and betting in the Indian Premier League

(IPL) submitted its report to the Supreme Court on 10 February 2014.Who headed this committee?

Ans:- Justice Mukul Mudgal

DAYS & DATES

1) International Mother Language Day (Bhasha Divas) was observed on- ? Ans:- 21 February 2014

MARCH

INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country announced on 11 March 2014 a plan to lease Himalayan peaks to private companies to

ease traffic on Mount Everest and to boost tourism ?

Ans:- Nepal

2) The Supreme Court of - on 9 March 2014 sacked the Election Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek and his deputy Ahmad Fayaz ?

Ans:- Maldives

3) Who won the El Salvadors presidential election on 17 March 2014 ? Ans:- Salvador Sanchez Ceren

4) Which country Forces on 17 March 2014 handed over its two important military bases in southern

Helmand province to Afghan security forces and closed down another base ?

Ans:- Britain

5) Which country and New Zealand announced a landmark deal on 18 March 2014 that allows the direct

trading of the two countries currencies ? Ans:- China

INDIA & WORLD

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

security cooperation in - ? Ans:- New Delhi

2) According to the latest data from the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) released on 5 March 2014,

which country has turned out to be the third most dangerous country in the world in terms of bomb blasts

cases (per year) only ?

Ans:- India

3) What was Indias rank in the recently released report of the global anti-money laundering body Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pertaining to progress in combating money laundering in the world ?

Ans:- 34

4) Which country was recenlty ranked fourth in a Microsoft report in the list of the countries sending out

spam e-mails ?

Ans:- India

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5) Which country and India have signed on 18 March 2014 an agreement to work together in software,

information technology and infrastructure ?

Ans:- China

NATIONAL

1) The Union government has on 4 March 2014 launched the Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme a health scheme for ____?

Ans:- Minority Students

2) Recently, Union government has launched a nation-wide campaign awareness campaign to curb the

spread of dengue disease.The campaign has been named as ? Ans:- U and ME against Dengue

3) Election Commission on 5 March 2014 announced the dates for Lok Sabha polls. Over 814 million

voters constituting the biggest electorate in the world will exercise their franchise to elect 543 members to the 16 th Lok Sabha in how many phases?

Ans:- 9

4) The Government of India (GoI) recently announced to build how many low cost airports in the next 20

years ?

Ans:- 200

5) In the month of March 2014 government has approved to set up countrys second nuclear f uel complex to reprocess atomic fuel in ? Ans:- Rajasthan

STATES

1) The government has recently approved the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem

(NMSHE) to sustain the Himalayan ecosystem, continuously assess it s health status.The NMSHE covers

how many states of India?

Ans:- Twelve

2) Name the new health scheme launched on 6 March 2014 by North Delhi Municipal Corporation

(NDMC) for women?

Ans:- Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna

3) Which state government on 3 March 2014 launched a novel scheme Dial a doctor which will enable the public to seek health-related advice over phone round-the-clock from doctors by dialling a toll-free

number ?

Ans:- Kerala

4) Which state approved the Backward Class (BC) status for the Jat and Jat Sikhs of the State on 5 March

2014 ?

Ans:- Punjab

5) For how many years, Hyderabad is envisaged as the common capital for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

as per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014?

Ans:- 10 years

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CONFERENCES

1) The 3rd Summit meet of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

(BIMSTEC) was held from 1 4 March 2014 at ? Ans:- Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Alfonso Cuaron won the Best director award 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 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 for his debut film as a

director, The Good Road in Gujarati ?

Ans:- Gyan Correa

4) What is the name of the Indian journalist who won the prestigious Google Digital Activism Award for

2014 beating likes of Edward Snowden?

Ans:- Shubhranshu Choudhary

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

Ans:- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)-Tata Water Policy Programme

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship doubles title on 1 March 2014 ?

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

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

Ans:- Manchester City

3) Name the Indian shuttler won the German Open Grand Prix Mens singles title on 2 March 2014 ? Ans:- Arvind Bhat

4) Which country won the Asia Cup 2014 title after defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the final at the

Shere Bangla National Stadium Mirpur, Bangladesh on 8 March 2014 ?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

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

Ans:- South Africa

ECONOMY

1) Who is the Worlds top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazines 28th Annual World billionaires list released on 3 March 2014? Ans:- Bill Gates

2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13 March 2014 hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs. 2 lakh

to Rs. 5 lakh per transaction.What was the reason for this increase?

Ans:- Increase in the number of transactions handled by exchange houses

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3) Bharti Airtel and which international telecom giant signed a pact on 4 March 2014 to set up a multi-

service regional network infrastructure node in India?

Ans:- Etisalat

4) Government of India on 4 March 2014 hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit scheme that is offered

by post offices by up to - percent? Ans:- 0.2 %

5) Which state scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for urban areas in

the recently released ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)?

Ans:- Haryana

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) In the month of March 2014 World Longest aircraft Airlander or HAV304 was unveiled at - ? Ans:- Cardington in Bedfordshire, Britain

2) Name the Indian-American scientist on 6 March 2014 developed the first 3D model of a human

fingerprint called Phantom ?

Ans:- Anil Jain

3) Scientists in the - community discovered a way to rebuild ears and noses using stem cells from body fat on 4 March 2014 ?

Ans:- British

4) Which seemingly impoverished country recently made a surprising entry into the high-tech world with

its own manufactured Android tablet named Surtab?

Ans:- Haiti

5) Name the student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 17 March 2014 developed a robot

that can swim like fish ?

Ans:- Andrew Marchese

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who assumed charge as the new Secretary 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 of Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) on 11 March

2014 ?

Ans:- Justice (Retd.) BN Srikrishna

B)RESIGNS

1) Nandan Nilekani on 13 March 2014 resigned as Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India

(UIDAI).When he took charge as the first Chairman of UIDAI?

Ans:- In 2007

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C) DEATHS

1) Name the the author of the Fatal Vision died on 10 March 2014 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in

Worcester, Massachusetts, US ?

Ans:- Joe McGinniss

D) VISITORS

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

Ans:- John Ashe

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Misao Okawa, the oldest woman in the world, turned 116 on 6 March 2014. She is from which

country?

Ans:- Japan

PLACES IN NEWS

1) What is the name of the proposed 70-storey temple, billed to be the tallest shrine in the world, which

was inaugurated on 16 March 2014 at Vrindavan in UP?

Ans:- Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the name of another book written by Wendy Doniger, whose publisher on 10 March 2014

announced it will not reprint this book until an acceptable resolution pertaining to the alleged

controversies in this book are found?

Ans:- On Hinduism

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which committee has recently recommended an anti-discrimination law for Muslims on lines of SC/ST

law?

Ans:- Amitabh Kundu Committee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Water Day was observed on - ? Ans:- 22 March

APRIL

INTERNATIONAL

1) In which country the Multilateral Humanitarian Assistance / disaster relief (HA/DR) Exercise,

KOMODO was conducted from March 28th to 3 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Indonesia

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2) What is the name of the biblical epic movie which was banned by Malaysia and Indonesia on 7 April

2014 for its visual depiction of the prophet?

Ans:- Noah

3) Which country Parliament on 8 April 2014 voted to reject the request by the Catalan authorities to hold

a referendum on independence on 9 November 2014 ?

Ans:- Spain

4) Which country on 9 April 2014 taking a novel approach to protecting doctors from growing levels of

violence from angry patients: volunteer Guardian Angels ? Ans:- China

5) A comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy for both service providers and Internet Users was on

23 April 2014 passed by which country ?

Ans:- Brazil

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India and which country have reached an agreement to include a new cross-boundary

landscape in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region ?

Ans:- Nepal and Bhutan

2) As per the latest data released by SIPRI, country with highest military expenditure in 2013 is ? Ans:- USA

3) Which country and India on 22 April 2014 signed an agreement for the development of joint

hydropower projects in a bid to further strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership ?

Ans:- Bhutan

4) Which country was rated lowest for average internet speed in the Asia Pacific region in a recently

conducted study done by US firm Akamai?

Ans:- India

5) Which country President and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 25 April 2014 issued a Joint

Statement emphasizing robust trilateral relation with India ?

Ans:- US

NATIONAL

1) Government on 13 April 2014 sanctions the recruitment of women as combat officers in ? Ans:- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

2) Name the programme was launched by Election Commission of India (ECI) on 15 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Election VIsitors Programme (EVP) 2014

3) Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on 2 April 2014 approved the Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint

venture called?

Ans:- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

4) The Election Commission has launched on 17 April its own internet-based media arm called ? Ans:- Voter Education Channel

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STATES

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

connectivity?

Ans:- Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh

2) Recently the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest accorded environmental clearance (with some

conditions) to the expansion of Bhubaneshwari opencast project in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

3) Name the stone-age tribes of Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands who for the first time casted their

votes in Great Nicobar on 10 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Shompens

4) Which state has achieved the highest rate of increase in the number of electors in the country in the past

five years as stated in the electoral data released early this year?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

5) Which state has recorded the highest growth rate of milk production and per capita availability during

the five year period of 2006-10, according to Assocham study ?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

CONFERENCES

1) In which country the International Hindi Conference was held from 25 27 April 2014 ? Ans:- US

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Renowned poet-lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar was on 12 April 2014 selected for the prestigious Dada

Saheb Phalke award for 2013.What is the real name of Gulzar?

Ans:- Sampooran Singh Kalra

2) Which film was selected as the Best Film for 61st National Film Awards announced on 16 April 2014?

Ans:- Ship of Theseus

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

Ans:- Zubin Mehta

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

Ans:- Microsoft

5) The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-2014 has been awarded to Donna Tartt, for her novel ? Ans:- The Goldfinch

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the India Super Series Badminton tournament womens Singles title on 6 April 2014 ? Ans:- Shixian Wang (China)

2) Which team won the 4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) on 6

April 2014 ?

Ans:- Punjab

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3) Which country on 6 April 2014 won the T20 cricket world cup 2014 ?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

4) Which English Premier League club was denied the permission to change its name by the Football

Association Council (FAC) on 9 April 2014?

Ans:- Hull City

5) Which team won the National T20 title for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 14 April 2014?

Ans:- Baroda

ECONOMY

1) The Reserve Bank of India on 2 April 2014 granted in-principle approval of bank licences to which two

entitites?

Ans:- IDFC Limited and Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited

2) What is the proposed additional tax on those earning over Rs 1 crore through dividend income in the

draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which was released on 1 April 2014?

Ans:- 10%

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

Ans :- Consumer Price Index (CPI)

4) Which firm became the first Indian retail e-commerce to file for an initial public offering (IPO) on

NASDAQ and to be listed on this US stock exchange?

Ans:- HomeShop18

5) India retained the top spot in the world in foreign exchange remittances from its migratory workforce

during 2013. How much remittance was received by India during the year?

Ans:- $70 billion

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) A vast liquid ocean was found on which moon of Saturn by NASAs Cassini probe as published by Science magazine on 3 April 2014? Ans:- Enceladus

2) After its ten and half years service in orbit, on 1st April 2014 ISRO decommissioned which

Communication Satellite?

Ans:- INSAT-3E

3) What is the name of the deadly virus for which the Computer Emergency Response Team of India

(CERT-In) issued an advisory on 11 April 2014 to all Internet users in the country?

Ans:- Heartbleed

4) Name the professor at Stanford University alongwith his students, invents a dirt cheap microscope

named Foldscope on 15 April 2014 ? Ans:- Manu Prakash

5) Which country Scientists on 17 April 2014 created a 3D model of the human malaria parasite genome

for the first time ?

Ans:- US

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PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

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

Ans:- Mahendra Singh Dhoni

2) Name the Indian-American was on 5 April 2014 nominated by President Barack Obama to a key post

as US Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?

Ans:- Sunil Sabharwal

B)RESIGNS

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

Ans:- Kazakhstan

C) DEATHS

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

Ans:- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2) Name the Former Liberian President, who led a peacetime government after two ruinous back-to-back

civil wars, died on 16 April 2014 ?

Ans:- Gyude Bryant

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Namibian Prime Minister visited China on 8 9 April 2014 ? Ans:- Hage Geingob

E) MISCELLANEOUS

Which two former Popes were declared Saints by the Pope Francis at the Vatican on 27 April 2014?

Ans:- John XXIII and John Paul II

PLACES IN NEWS

1) In the month of April Archaeologists discovered a 3500-year-old inscription on a stone block in which

country and claimed that it is the oldest weather report of the world ?

Ans:- Egypt

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the title of the book written by former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh in which he claimed that

Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs inability to take on vested interests led to the coal block row? Ans:- Crusader or Conspirator : Coalgate and other truths

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

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1) Who is the Chairman of the committee appointed by Supreme Court on 22 April 2014 to monitor the

steps taken by the centre and state government to ensure road safety and curb growing number of

accidents ?

Ans:- Justice Radhakrishnan

DAYS & DATES

1) World Malaria Day (WMD) was observed on across the world ? (Ans:- 25 April 2014 )

MAY

INTERNATIONAL

1) Pakistans National Assembly on 6 May 2014 approved a resolution to lift a ban on video-sharing website YouTube.YouTube has been banned in Pakistan for how many times?

Ans:- Three times

2) Which country President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar on 9 May 2014 agreed on a peace

deal that proposes to end five months of conflict ?

Ans:- South Sudan

3) Which Afro-Arabian country on 1 May 2014 adopted a landmark new electoral law, which requires

party lists for legislative elections to be half women and half men?

Ans:- Tunisia

4) China on 19 May 2014 set up a 1.6 billion dollars (10 billion Yuan) fund that will support projects

related to ? Ans:- Maritime Silk Road development of China

5) Which country on 22 May 2014 suspended the 12th bull fight festival after matadors got injured by

bulls ?

Ans:- Spain

INDIA & WORLD

1) The new protocol Declaration on Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters on tax data exchanges has been signed on 6 May 2014 in ? Ans:- Paris

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

Ans:- Saudi Arabia

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

Ans:- Finland

4) To pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema, which country on 5 May 2014 released two postage

stamps designed by an Indian graphic designer ?

Ans:- Brazil

NATIONAL

1) The Union Cabinet on 1 May 2014 approved the proposal for setting up of the ? Ans:- Polavaram Project Authority (PPA)

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2) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 issued guidelines to operastors for ? Ans:- Real Time Tracking of Aircrafts

3) The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on 6 May 2014 upheld the Constitutional validity of

the ? Ans:- Right to Education (RTE) Act

4) Revised norms of National Capital Region (NCR) Planning Board on 14 May 2014 restricted tourism in

in NCR ? Ans:- Green Zones

5) The Union Home Ministry on 14 May 2014 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 held that the government cannot impose mother tongue on

linguistic minority for imparting primary education. A bench of the apex court gave this order while

hearing the government orders of which state pertaining to this issue?

Ans:- Karnataka

2) Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was introduced in India recently in

which state?

Ans:- West Bengal

3) BHEL commissions first of the two unit of 600 MW capacity for Jindal Thermal Power Project at

Angul in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

4) According to latest report, which state has reported highest tiger mortality rate in the country?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

CONFERENCES

1) Group of 77 developing countries plus China (G77+China) summit to be held on 14 and 15 June 2014

in ? Ans:- Santa Cruz ( Bolivia )

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which film was on 3 May 2014 given award for the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome

Entertainment in National Film Awards 2014 ?

Ans:- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

2) Name the Indian american cardiologist was recently won Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year

Award 2014 ?

Ans:- Mitul Kadakia

3) Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards

Midlands in Birmingham on 9 May 2014. This group is founded by which industrialist of Indian origin?

Ans:- Lord Swaraj Paul

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4) Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 12 May 2014 conferred on 35 nursing personnel from across the country for their meritorious services ?

Ans:- National Florence Nighangle Awards 2014

5) Arabian travel Market (ATM) awarded India with on 8 May 2014 ? Ans:- New Frontiers Award 2014

SPORTS & GAMES

1) 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held from 16th to 28th August 2014 in - ? Ans:- Nanjing, China

2) What was the ranking of India in the ICC Test rankings annual updated list issued on 1 May 2014?

Ans:- 5th

3) Who won the womens doubles title at the WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Portugal on 3 May 2014 ? Ans:- Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe

4) Who was crowned World Snookers Player of the Year at the sports annual awards ceremony in London on 8 may 2014 ?

Ans:- Ronnie OSullivan

5) Which team on 12 May 2014 won the 20th Senior National Womens Football Championships title at the Golaghat Stadium in Assam ?

Ans:- Manipur

ECONOMY

1) Which airline became the newest to have won an operating permit for airline services in India?

Ans:- AirAsia India

2) Indias Adani Group got approval for a $15.46 billion coal mine development project in which state of Australia recently?

Ans:- Queensland

3) IPL franchisee Delhi Daredevils recently launched a co-branded cricket credit card in partnership with

which commercial bank?

Ans:- The Ratnakar Bank Ltd

4) According to the Sunday Times Rich List published on 11 May 2014, who edged out steel-baron

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal to emerge the richest people in the United Kingdom?

Ans:- Hinduja Brothers

5) Which country was ranked as the cheapest among the major world economies in a latest report by

Germanys Deutsche Bank? Ans:- India

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Recently Indian scientists have found 14 new species of Dancing Frogs in the - ? Ans:- Western Ghats

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2) Researchers at The have succeeded in replicating deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which contained artificially inserted synthetic pair of DNA letters, or bases, not found in nature ? Ans:- Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)

3) What is the name of Worlds first ever electric aircraft that has successfully taken its maiden voyage on 12 May 2014 ?

Ans:- E-Fan

4) Astronomers led Dr Mark Vogelsberger of MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on 8

May 2014 created the first realistic virtual Universe using a computer simulation called ? Ans:- Illustris

5) Which country Scientists had recently developed Silver nanowires-based nanoscale fingerprints ?

Ans:- South Korea

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who becomes the Wholetime Member (Finance) of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development

Authority (PFRDA) ?

Ans:- RV Verma

2) Who was elected as the President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) on 6 May 2014?

Ans:- Lalit Modi

3) Who was appointed as the President of International Technology Law Association on 14 May 2014 ?

Ans:- Sajai singh

B) RESIGNS

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

Ans:- Manoj Vaish

C) DEATHS

1) Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from Mona Lisa to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, who died recently was from which country ?

Ans:- Britain

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Turkmenistan President visited China from 11 14 May 2014 ? Ans:- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) What is the name of the first-ever woman Additional Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation

(CBI), who was restrained from discharging her duties by the Supreme Court on 9 May 2014?

Ans:- Archana Ramasundaram

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PLACES IN NEWS

1) Archaeologists have recently discovered a granary with walls of mud-bricks during just-concluded

excavation at Rakhigarhi village a Harappan civilisation site, in which state ?

Ans:- Haryana

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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 Born authored by was released on 6 May 2014 by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari ?

Ans:- C. R. Pakrashi

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) A high-level committee recommended recasting of the Index of Industrial Production and (IIP)

Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with an objective to present a more realistic picture of the economy. Who is

heading this high-level committee which recently submitted its report?

Ans:- Saumitra Chaudhuri

DAYS & DATES

1) World Press Freedom Day was observed on ? Ans:- 3 May 2014

JUNE

INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country on 2 June 2014 announced a series of resolutions against the new Palestinian Unity

government ?

Ans:- Israel

2) Quebec province of which country on 5 June 2014 adopted legislation Right-to-Die that allows

terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctors help ? Ans:- Canada

3) Which country Queen on 5 June 2014 announced to introduce a new legislation bill Recall of Member

of Parliament (M.P.) Bill ?

Ans:- Britain

4) Who was elected as the new Prime Minister of Finland on 14 June 2014 to replace outgoing Prime

Minister Jyrki Katainen?

Ans:- Alexander Stubb

5) What is the name given to a major operation started by the Pakistani military from 15 June 2014 to

flush insurgents out of the volatile region of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan?

Ans:- Zarb-e-Azb

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INDIA & WORLD

1) Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (BMVSS) will provide Jaipur Foot to 1000 amputees in

which country free of cost ?

Ans:- Afghanistan

2) Last US Prisoner of War in Afghanistan Bowe Bergdahl was freed on 1 June 2014 in swap deal with ? Ans:- Taliban

3) Which state Government on 10 June 2014 announced that it will donate one crore rupees for restoration

of Tolstoy Farm in South Africa, the place where Mahatma Gandhi first began his Satyagraha ?

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

4) Which country on 13 June 2014 became a permanent signatory to Washington Accord ?

Ans:- India

5) Recently which country has been elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the

Intangible Cultural Heritage for the next four years (2014-18) ?

Ans:- India

NATIONAL

1) Central Information Commission on 4 June 2014 ruled that the private schools which were governed by

a law such as the Delhi Education Act come under the provisions 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 on 17 June 2014 gave consent for setting up of the Regional

Institute of Paramedical Sciences in - ? Ans:- AIIMS Bhopal

4) Project Seabird Phase II in - on 9 June 2014 got environment clearance by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests ?

Ans:- Karwar, Karnataka

5) Name the Union Water Resources Minister was on 17 June 2014 launched a nationwide tree plantation

drive and public awareness programme to save rivers ?

Ans:- Uma Bharti

STATES

1) Which state Government on 5 June 2014 notified to provide 12 percent horizontal reservation for below

poverty line (BPL) candidates in all state government jobs and posts in public sector undertakings ?

Ans:- Sikkim

2) Which project was in news due to its approval by the Delhis Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on 11 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)

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3) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 13 June 2014 commissioned 68 MW Unit at the Rampur

Hydro Electric Project in - ? Ans:- Himachal Pradesh

4) Which state government on 12 June 2014 clears Bill to put a complete ban on dance bars across the

State ?

Ans:- Maharashtra

5) Which two state governments have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure

identification and repatriation of women and 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 2014 announced an award in honour of ? Ans:- Nelson Mandela

2) Who was conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for 2013 by the Aeronautical

Society of India (ASI) on 9 June 2014?

Ans:- Somasundaram of Airports Authority of India (AAI)

3) Name the leading NRI industrial was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-based

business association on 13 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Lord Swraj Paul

4) Name the Indian-origin businessman has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II on 14 June 2014 ?

Ans:- Hari Dutt Seth

5) Which Airport recently won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award by Airport Council International

(ACI) in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region ?

Ans:- Kolkata Airport

SPORTS & GAMES

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

Ans:- Robin Uthappa

2) Which city would host the World Chess Championship rematch between Indian chess veteran

Viswanathan Anand and title-holder Magnus Carlsen (Norway) during November 2014?

Ans:- Sochi, Russia

3) India ended its campaign at the FIH Hockey World Cup on 14 June 2014 by playing their last

classification match. India finished at which place in this World Cup? Ans:- Ninth

4) The goal-line technology, introduced for the first time in the FIFA World Cup, awarded the first

international goal in its history on 15 June 2014.This goal was awarded to which country?

Ans:- France

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5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 June 2014 released commemorative postage stamps on the 2014

FIFA World Cup.What is the slogan of FIFA World Cup 2014?

Ans:- All In One Rhytm

ECONOMY

1) Which mobile phone operator signed a two-year agreement with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) to

deploy its enterprise mobility platform to companys LPG customers? Ans:- Idea Cellular

2) In its second bi monthly policy review on 3 June 2014, RBI has slashed Statutory Liquidity Ratio by

basis points to make it 22.5 per cent of deposits? Ans:- 50bps

3) The World Bank lowered its growth forecast for developing countries during 2014 in its Global

Economic Prospects (GEP) report which was released on 11 June 2014. The growth forecast was lowered

from the January estimate of 5.3% to ? Ans:- 4.8%

4) With over 3 lakh employees Indian IT company TCS has become the worlds third largest employer in the technology sector. Which is the leading employer in this segment?

Ans:- IBM

5) The railway passenger fare was increased by 14.2% in all classes while freight charge was hiked by

6.5% on 20 June 2014 by the union govt.This hike comes into effect from which date ?

Ans:- 25 June 2014, i.e., post midnight of 24 June 2014

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) What is the name of NASAs Spectrograph launched recently to study birthplace of stars? Ans:- CHESS

2) What is the name of the Worlds first supersonic car which can run at 1,609 kmph (1,000 mph), which was unveiled on 13 June 2014 in Bristol (UK)?

Ans:- Bloodhound SSC

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

Ans:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi

4) New titanium Oxide tiles were recently developed 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 25 June 2014 appointed as 8th Attorney-General of Singapore ?

Ans:- V K Rajah

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B) RESIGNS

1) Renowned journalist Shekhar Gupta was heading which newspaper as its Editor-in-Chief, from which

he officially resigned on 15 June 2014?

Ans:- Indian Express

C) DEATHS

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

Ans:- Godfather of ecstasy

D) VISITORS

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

Ans:- Dmitry O Rogozin

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) According to the latest survey report released by a US travel website whichairline.com, which airline emerged as the cheapest in the World?

Ans:- Firefly of Malaysia

PLACES IN NEWS

1) What is the name assigned to a tropical cyclone which initiated in the east-central Arabian Sea on 11

June 2014?

Ans:- Nanauk

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Name the autobiography of iconic Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar has been released in Mumbai on 10 May 2014 ?

Ans:- The Substance and the Shadow

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which former Indian cricketer joined the Supreme Court-appointed Mudgal committee as a member on

8 June 2014?

Ans:- Sourav Ganguly

DAYS & DATES

1) World Blood Donor Day was observed across the world on -? Ans:- 14 June

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JULY

INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country has recently banned use of Burqa in the country ?

Ans:- France

2) Recently, which country has launched the Operation Barkhane a counter terrorism operation in against Islamist militant in Northern Africa?

Ans:- France

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

Ans:- Resolution 2165

4) Which country on 17 July 2014 became worlds first developed nation to repeal carbon laws that put a price on greenhouse-gas emissions?

Ans:- Australia

5) Diplomats from Iran and five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) on

18 July 2014 reached an agreement to extend the Iran nuclear talks till which date?

Ans:- 24 November 2014

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India has been developing Maitri missile programme with which country ? Ans:- France

2) Recently, India and which country has signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of environment?

Ans:- Brazil

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

Ans:- UK

4) Which country has recently decided to Honour Mahatma Gandhis memory with Statue in front of its Parliament?

Ans:- UK

5) Which country was placed at first place in a list of countries with the highest prevalence of child

marriages in the world released by the UNICEF on 22 July 2014?

Ans:- Niger

NATIONAL

1) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 2 July 2014 approved the inclusion of onion and

potato under the purview of Essential Commodities Act, - ? Ans:- 1955

2) Recently, the union government has given in-principle approval for the creation of two new tiger

reserves at ? Ans:- Ratapani and Sunabeda

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

speed in the country has been raised to kilo bytes per second (kbps)? Ans:- 512 kbps

4) Air India on 11 July 2014 formally joined the airline group Star Alliance as its member? Ans:- 27th

5) In the month of July 2014 Nagoya Protocol has received necessary ratifications, it is related to ? Ans:- Conservation of Biodiversity

STATES

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

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

2) The Jayaprakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanities, that was proposed in the

Union Budget 2014-15, would be established in which state? Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

3) Which state has decided to setup 320 Mahila Suraksha Dals for women safety on 14 July 2014?

Ans:- Delhi

4) Parliament has passed a bill related to Polavaram Project on 14 July 2014.On which of the following

rivers Polavaram Project is established ?

Ans:- Godavari

5) Recently, it was reported in the newspaper that over 670 large dams across the country fall under high-

intensit y seismic zones.Which state has highest number of dams falls under high-intensity seismic 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

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

Ans:- Chandi Prasad Bhatt

3) Name the Eminent Carnatic musician and acclaimed mridangam exponent has been chosen for the

Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy for 2014?

Ans:- T V Gopalakrishnan

4) Who has won Prem Bhatia Award for 2014 ?

Ans:- Smita Gupta

5) Name the Rajya Sabha MP has been felicitated with One of the Best Indian in the World for a Social cause award at the Global Excellence Summit held in London recently? Ans:- K D Singh

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SPORTS & GAMES

1) Name the Germanys football team captain has announced his retirement on 18 July 2014 ? Ans:- Philipp Lahm

2) Who has won German Grand Prix 2014 ?

Ans:- Nico Rosberg of Germany

3) Name the two new technologies used for 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 the all-time leading scorer in the history of FIFA World Cup -

2014 with 16 goals is from which country?

Ans:- Germany

5) Who won the first gold medal for India at the 20th Commonwealth Games being held at Glasgow,

Scotland?

Ans:- K. Sanjita Chanu, woman weightlifter

ECONOMY

1) The minimum export price (MEP) on onion was raised to $500 per tonne on 2 July 2014 as the price of

onion in the domestic market continues to rise. What was the present MEP on onion which was announced

by the Union Govt. on 17 June 2014?

Ans:- $300 per tonne

2) Which bank on 1 July 2014 introduced mobile banking service for its customers, to commemorate 50

years of its journey in the Indian financial sector? Ans:- IDBI Bank

3) What is the name given to the ambitious high speed rail network that has been proposed in the Rail

Budget of 2014-15?

Ans:- Diamond Quadrilateral

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

Ans:- Nine

5) What is the proposed name of a new 24X7 channel for northeast region that was announced in the

Union Budget 2014-15?

Ans:- Arun Prabha

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) What is the measure of the smallest force detected by researchers with the Lawrence Berkely National

Laboratoary and the University of California Berkely, using a combination of lasers and a unique optical

trapping system?

Ans:- 42 yoctonewtons

2) Recently, NASA has launched worlds first flying observatory SOFIA to study ____? Ans:- Stars

3) Name the countrys first indigenously built warship, that has been handed over to the Indian Army, on 12 July 2014 ?

Ans:- INS Kamorta

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4) INS Kamrota has been handed over to Navy 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 Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the Indias largest oil firm on 17 July 2014?

Ans:- B Ashok

2) Which former Indian sportsman has been elected as the newest member of Laureus World Sports

Academy, becoming the 47th member of the elite panel?

Ans:- Rahul Dravid

B) RESIGNS

1) Vakkom B. Purushothaman, who resigned on 11 July 2014, was the Governor of which state?

Ans:- Mizoram

C) DEATHS

1) Eduard Shevardnadze, the last Foreign Minister of the erstwhile Soviet Union (USSR), who passed

away on 7 July 2014, was the former President of which former Soviet Republic?

Ans:- Georgia

D) VISITORS

1) Name the Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) visited India from 1 5 July 2014 ? Ans:- Sheryl Sandberg

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Name the Taiwanese poet who translated 1330 couplets of Tirukkural (one of the collection of sangam

literature) and the poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi in Mandarin recently?

Ans:- Yushi

PLACES IN NEWS

1) An Air Algerie passenger aircraft en-route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers crashed on

24 July 2014 killing 116 people on-board. This crash took place in deserts of which country?

Ans:- Mali

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

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

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BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Who is the author of the book Economic Nightmare of India? Ans:- Charan Singh

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) The revival of the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) was announced in the Union Budget 2014-15 on 10 July

2014.The KVP was discontinued from November 2011 on the recommendation of which committees recommendations?

Ans:- The Shyamala Gopinath Committee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Population Day was observed across the world on ? Ans:- 11 July