Current Affairs 2014

Question 11

Suresh Prabhu selected as PM’s Sherpa for _____.

a) SAARC

b) G20 Summit

c) BARC

d) None of these

Answer : b) G20 Summit

Question 12

Swachh Bharat Mission is launched for _____.

a) Rural areas

b) Urban areas

c) Tier I Cities

d) Tier II Cities

Answer : b) Urban areas

Question 13

The 3rd meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture was held in New Delhi from ____.

a) 20 Sep to 25 Sep

b) 23 Sep to 27 Sep

c) 24 Sep to 25 Sep

d) 24 Sep to 28 Sep

Answer : c) 24 Sep to 25 Sep

Question 14

Union Minister Nitin Katkari launched ______ yojana for rural development.

a) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya

b) Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan

c) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar

d) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima

Answer : a) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
Note : Earlier this Yojana was known as Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP)

Question 15

According to Forbes India, first position in 100 richest Indian is _____.

a) Pallonji Mistry

b) Lakshmi Mittal

c) Mukesh Ambani

d) Kumar Birla

Answer : c) Mukesh Ambani

Question 16

Asian CSR Leadership Award was won by _____.

a) Aditya Birla Group

b) Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel

c) Reliance

d) None of these

Answer : b) Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel

Question 17

SBI signed with Korea Exim Bank for _____ dollars.

a) 200 million

b) 500 million

c) 400 million

d) 250 million

Answer : b) 500 million

Question 18

BCCI extended Ravi Shastri’s tenure as Director of Indian Cricket team till end of 2015 ____.

a) ICC World Cup

b) ODI

c) Test Cricket with Australia

d) ODI with South Africa

Answer : a) ICC World Cup

Question 19

Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis was won by ____.

a) Jamie Murray and John Peers

b) M Matosevic and N Kyrgios

c) F Krajinovic and J Benneteau

d) Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski

Answer : d) Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski

Question 20

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India Food Park in _____.

a) Coimbatore in Tamilnadu

b) Tumkur in Karnataka

c) Agra in Uttar Pradesh

d) Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh

Answer : b) Tumkur in Karnataka