Current Affairs 2014

Question 11

Mixed Doubles trophy of US Open was won by ____.

a) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares

b) Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez

c) Cara Black and Leander Paes

d) Abigail Spears and Santiago González

Answer : a) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares

Question 12

Author of the book "Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann and Philidor" is ____.

a) Yashwardhan Shukla

b) Partap Sharma

c) Parimarjan Negi

d) Tuhin Sinha

Answer : c) Parimarjan Negi

Question 13

US Open was won by Serena Williams for ____ consecutive time.

a) Fifth

b) Third

c) Sixth

d) Fourth

Answer : b) Third

Question 14

China Book Award was given to ____.

a) Abhijit Roy

b) Vaishali Pai

c) Yasmin Wankhede

d) Priyadarsi Mukherji

Answer : d) Priyadarsi Mukherji
Note : He is a Professor at JNU & was honoured for his long-term contribution to the translation and publication of Chinese works.

Question 15

India's First Coral Garden is to be set in ____ by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL).

a) Odisha

b) Kerala

c) Gujarat

d) Goa

Answer : c) Gujarat

Current Affairs 2014

Question 1

First Indian State to launch Health Adalat is _____.

a) Karnataka

b) Punjab

c) Rajasthan

d) Bihar

Answer : a) Karnataka

Question 2

A method called RT-LAMP, developed by Japan researchers to detect _____.

a) Rabies virus

b) Ebola Virus

c) Measles virus

d) Hepatitis virus

Answer : b) Ebola Virus

Question 3

Former Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam was appointed as the new Governor of _____.

a) Goa

b) Bihar

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Kerala

Answer : d) Kerala
Note : He is the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post of a Governor of a State.

Question 4

Eight Commemorative Postage Stamps was released by President on ____.

a) Indian Sportman

b) Indian Actors

c) Indian Musicians

d) Indian Crafts Persons

Answer : c) Indian Musicians
Note : The musicians are Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, D.K. Pattammal, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Question 5

In Asian Games 2014, Indian Women's Hockey team will lead by ____.

a) Surinder Kaur

b) Ritu Rani

c) Rajani Etimarpu

d) Jaspreet Kaur

Answer : b) Ritu Rani

Current Affairs 2014

Question 11

Cardless Cash Withdrawal service is launched by ____.

a) Axis

b) SBI

c) PNB

d) ICICI

Answer : d) ICICI

Question 12

The new MD & CEO of Tata Technologies is ____.

a) Patrick McGoldrick

b) Warren Harris

c) N Chandrasekaran

d) OP Bhatt

Answer : b) Warren Harris

Question 13

The youngest sailor at the Asian Games 2014 is _____.

a) Sandip Jain

b) Pankaj Kumar

c) Brijraj Verma

d) Chitresh Tatha

Answer : d) Chitresh Tatha

Question 14

Rays Power to set up 50 MW solar park in _____.

a) Tamilnadu

b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Kerala

Answer : c) Andhra Pradesh

Question 15

Bangladesh and Timor-Leste honoured with Excellence in Public Health by _____.

a) WHO

b) UNICEF

c) UNESCO

d) UNO

Answer : a) WHO

Current Affairs 2014

Question 1

Union Science and Technology Minister launched ____ with 3-D feature.

a) Telescope

b) Microscope

c) Stereoscope

d) Stroboscope

Answer : b) Microscope

Question 2

Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics was won by _____.

a) Isamu Akasaki

b) Hiroshi Amano

c) Shuji Nakamura

d) All the above

Answer : d) All the above

Note : They got nobel prize for inventing efficient blue Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Lamps.

Question 3

World Habitat Day observed on ____.

a) Oct 3

b) Oct 5

c) Oct 6

d) Oct 8

Answer : c) Oct 6

Note : The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is Voices from Slums.

Question 4

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 was awarded to ____.

a) Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai

b) Smt.Tessy Thomas

c) Smt. Aruna Roy

d) Dr. E. Sreedharan

Answer : a) Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai

Question 5

The website launched by Union government to monitor attendance of staff is ____.

a) attendance.gov

b) attendance.in

c) attendance.gov.com

d) attendance.gov.in

Answer : d) attendance.gov.in

Current Affairs 2014

Question 1

The new Chief Economic Advisor to Union government is _____.

a) Arvind Subramanian

b) Kaushik Basu

c) Raghuram Rajan

d) None of these

Answer : a) Arvind Subramanian

Question 2

World Food Day was observed on ____.

a) Oct 12

b) Oct 14

c) Oct 16

d) Oct 18

Answer : c) Oct 16

Question 3

The scheme launched for creating conducive environment for industrial development & doing business with ease is _____.

a) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

b) Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram

c) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

d) Pooled Finance Development Fund Scheme

Answer : b) Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram

Question 4

World Food Prize 2014 was won by ____.

a) Dr Robert Fraley

b) Dr Daniel Hillel

c) Dr Philip E. Nelson

d) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

Answer : d) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

Question 5

International Poverty Eradication Day was observed on _____.

a) Oct 13

b) Oct 15

c) Oct 17

d) Oct 18

Answer : c) Oct 17

Current Affairs 2014

Question 1

India agreed to cooperate in hydrocarbon with _____.

a) Russia

b) England

c) Japan

d) Saudi Arabia

Answer : d) Saudi Arabia

Question 2

World Economic Forum (WEF) released the _____ Report.

a) Global Gender Gap

b) Economic Growth in 2014

c) Health and Survival

d) None of these

Answer : a) Global Gender Gap

Question 3

Flying Squirrel, an endangered species captured in ______.

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Jharkhand

c) Uttranchal

d) Assam

Answer : b) Jharkhand

Question 4

Author of the book Half Girl Friend is _____.

a) Esther David

b) Jayshankar Prasad

c) Manoj Singh

d) Chetan Bhagat

Answer : d) Chetan Bhagat

Question 5

Theme for 18th SAARC Summit is _____.

a) Building Bridges

b) Climate Change

c) Deeper integration for peace and prosperity

d) None of these

Answer : c) Deeper integration for peace and prosperity

Question 6

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Integration Day was observed on ______.

a) Oct 25

b) Oct 28

c) Oct 31

d) Nov 2

Answer : c) Oct 31

Question 7

Gujarat CM laid foundation stone for World's tallest statue of _____.

a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

b) Mahatama Gandhi

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Indira Gandhi

Answer : a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Question 8

The new Chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations _____.

a) Karan Singh

b) Lalit Mansingh

c) Lokesh Chandra

d) Suresh Goel

Answer : c) Lokesh Chandra