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Page 1: October Current affairs 2014 - inteliclass.com · (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) 24. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 14 years? (Pakistan) October Current affairs
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1. Yudh Abhyas 2014 is the military exercise between?(India and US)

2. Who was appointed as president of Passenger Vehicle Division by Tata Motors?(Mayank Pareek)

3. Who released the Living Planet Report 2014?(World Wildlife Fund (WWF))

4. What was the theme of the Living Planet Report 2014?(Species and Spaces, People and Places)

5. What is the name of the social network belonging to search engine Google whose operations were closed from 30 September 2014?(Orkut)

6. Who is the Director of film Liar's Dice, which is india's official entry to Oscar?(Geetu Mohandas)

7. Which Foreign Embassy has organised Ehsaas-e-kashmir concert for raising fund for flood victims?(German Embassy)

8. Which Panel has been appointed for restructuring of Indian Railway Board?(Bibek Debroy Panel)

9. "Make in India" campaign has been launched for making India in to?(Manufacturing Hub)

10. Third Global Citizen Festival held in?(New York)

11. Who has been appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism?(Hardeep Singh Puri)

12. Which Place has been declared as SAARC cultural capital for 2015?(Bamiyan)

13. World Animal Day is observed on?(4 October)

14. Who won Champios League Twenty20 title 2014?(Chennai superkings)

15. Who was conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014?(Saiyid Hamid)

16. Who signed MoU to establish thermal power plants to generate 6000 MW of electricity in Telangana?(TS GENCO and BHEL)

17. "Swachch Bharat Abhiyan" was started on birthday of which personality?(Mahatma Gandhi)

18. Andhra Pradesh government has signed Digital Andhra Pradesh Project with which company?(Google)

19. Who was nominated as the next U.S. Ambassador to India recently?(Richard Rahul Verma)

20. The 17th Asian Games concluded at Incheon (South Korea) on 4 October 2014 with a glittering closing ceremony. The next edition of Asian Games would be held in which city?(Jakarta (Indonesia))

21. Who won the Japanese F1 Grand Prix on 5 October 2014?(Lewis Hamilton)

22. Who on 4 October 2014 won the PGTI Eagleburg Masters held in Bangalore?(Rashid Khan)

23. Who became the co-owner of the Indian Super League franchise Chennaiyin FC?(Mahendra Singh Dhoni)

24. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 14 years?(Pakistan)

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25. International Day of Non Violence Day is celebrated on?(2 October)

26. Who announced that it will launch a new constellation of marine surveillance satellites by 2019?(China)

27. Who won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award?(Anoop Jain)

28. Who has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways?(Cramer Ball)

29. When was World Habitat Day celebrated?(6 October 2014)

30. Name the committee which framed guidelines to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers' money?(NR Madhava Menon committee)

31. When was World Post Day observed across the world?(9 October)

32. Who has been appointed as the first Hindu priest at Georgetown University?(Pratima Dharm)

33. Who authored the book titled Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age?(Alexander Bard)

34. Which Missile of Range 10000km has been tested by China?(Dongfeng-31B)

35. M.V. Kamath who passed away at the age of 93 on 9 October 2014 was associated with which field?(Journalism)

36. Who has been granted honorary Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth?(Michael Bloomberg)

37. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature as announced by the Swedish Academy on 9 October 2014?(Patrick Modiano)

38. Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia?(Aamir Khan)

39. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2014?(Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi)

40. Who was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)?(Kalpana Morparia)

41. Post Sachar Evaluation Committee is headed by?(Amitabh Kundu)

42. Which city is being developed as cultural capital of Gujarat?(Vadodara)

43. When was International Day of the Girl Child observed?(11 october 2014)

44. Who has won F1 Russian Grand Prix 2014?(Lewis Hamilton)

45. Who won Shanghai Masters to bag his 81st career title 2014?(Roger Federer)

46. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics?(Jean Tirole)

47. Who will host first leg of Asia Cup Archery Tournament in Delhi in January 2015?(India)

48. Who successfully installed its first Earth-observing instrument ISS-RapidScat?(NASA)

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49. Who has resigned from the post of Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi?(Leela Samson)

50. Book titled "A man and A motorcycle" is written on life of which personality?(Hamid Karzai)

51. When was Global Handwashing Day observed across the world?(15 October)

52. Who was appointed as the new Managing Director of CPCL?(Gautham Roy)

53. Who won Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.?(Richard Flanagan)

54. Who was honoured with Asia-Pacific Excellence Award?(poet-diplomat Abhay K)

55. Who was appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen?(Khaled Bahah)

56. Kunal Bahl is the founder of which of the E-commerce company?(SnapDeal)

57. Which Earth observing Instrument has been installed by NASA on International Space Station?(ISS-RapidScat)

58. Who has won Dutch Open Grand Prix Badminton Tournament?(Ajaya Jayaram)

59. Who has been honoured with National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13?(Sameer)

60. First Leg of Asian Archery Tournament 2015 will be held in?(Delhi)

61. Harbin Ice festival is celebrated in....(Hong Kong)

62. Which Platform has been launched by Kotak Mahindra for Facebook fund Transfer?(Kay Pay)

63. "The Narrow Road to The Deep North" Book has been written by..(Richard Flanagan)

64. "Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar" Book has been written by...(Dilip D' Souza)

65. "Untold Story of Indian Public Sector" book has been written by(U D Choubey)

66. Who has been appointed as a new DUAC(Delhi Urban Art Commission) chairman?(Dr.P.S.N Rao)

67. India recently went into final of Johor cup. Johor cup is related to which sport?(Hockey)

68. What is name of World's first "Dual screen" smartphone?(YotaPhone)

69. Recently PSLV-C26 launched IRNSS 1C satellite into space. What was purpose of this satellite?(For Navigation system)

70. Who was appointed as the next Chief Economic Adviser on 16 October 2014?(Arvind Subramanian)

71. Stock Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred which company recently from securities markets for three years?(DLF)

72. India will host first leg of Asia Cup Archery Tournament in which city in January 2015?(Kolkata)

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73. Which country is going to host first leg of Asia Cup Archery Tournament in the beginning of 2015?(India)

74. Recently Central Government has launched.................Promotion Programme (P-3) on 8 October 2014?(Public)

75. Recently "Hudhud" was in news. What it is?(Cyclonic storm)

76. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day was observed on......(21 October)

77. IAF (Indian Air Force) recently banned which Mobile phone brand for its officers?(Xiomi)

78. What is the name of the new e-mail service launched by Google on 22 October 2014 ?(Inbox)

79. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WalMart India on 24 October 2014?(Murali Lanka)

80. S.S. Rajendran, who passed away on 24 October 2014 at Chennai at the age of 85, was associated with which field?(Films)

81. What is the name of the China-backed Asian infrastructure bank that was launched on 24 October 2014 and is seen as a challenge to the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)?(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB))

82. Which Indian player won the World Billiards Championship 2014 on 24 October 2014 that was held in Leeds (UK)?(Pankaj Advani)

83. Who was selected as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) recently?(Kaushal Srivastava)

84. Who won 2014 Panda Award for her film on a Kakapo parrot?(Ashwika Kapur)

85. Who won 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge?(Sahil Doshi)

86. When was Police Commemoration Day observed in New Delhi?(22 October 2014)

87. Who was recently elected as Brazil president?(Dilma Rousseff)

88. Who became the first Indian women to win WTA final title?(Sania Mirza)

89. Which was the first corporate takeover by the Indian government?(Satyam)

90. With which country, India recemtly signed $2bn deal for "Hanoi Highway Project"?(Vietnam)

91. "SoftBank" which plan to invest $10 billion in India belong to which country?(Japan)

92. Who is elected as new chief minister of Maharashtra?(Devendra Fadanvis)

93. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the Prasar Bharti Board on 28 October 2014?(A. Surya Prakash)

94. What was India's rank in World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index that was released on 27 October 2014?

th(114 )

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95. Which company will build "Statue of Unity" ?(Larson and Turbo)

96. Anirban Lahiri who won Macau Open title belong to which sport?(Golf)

97. When was World Polio Day observed across the world?(24 october)

98. Who was elected Vice-President (VP) of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Macau?(Jawhar Sircar)

99. Who was named as the as best-performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review (HBR)?(Jeff Bezos)

100. Who was honoured Czech Republic's Order of the White Lion?(Sir Nicholas Winton)

101. Recently, India offered to help which Polio affected country ?(Pakistan)

102. The Defence Acquisition Council approved defence deals worth :(INR 78,000 crore)

103. Which Petroleum product was de-regulated in India recently?(Diesel)

104. Govt of India is rolling out Pentavalent vaccination from November. "Pentavalent" Vaccine does NOT cover which of the following disease?(Measle)

105. Who won the 2014 World's Children Prize on 29 October 2014?(Malala Yousafzai)

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