May 2014 Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL

1) Pakistan’s 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)

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

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 women’s 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 Snooker’s Player of the Year at the sport’s annual awards ceremony in London on 8 may 2014 ?
Ans:- Ronnie O’Sullivan

5) Which team on 12 May 2014  won the 20th Senior National Women’s 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) India’s 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 Germany’s Deutsche Bank?
Ans:-  India

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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 World’s 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

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

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April 2014 Current Affairs

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

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 ‘

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 women’s 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

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 NASA’s 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

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 Singh’s inability to take on vested interests led to the coal block row?
Ans:-  “Crusader or Conspirator : Coalgate and other truths”

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

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 )

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March 2014 Current Affairs

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 Salvador’s 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 India’s 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

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 Student’s

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 country’s 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

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 Men’s 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 World’s top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine’s 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

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

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

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GK QUESTIONS

[1] Who launched EMI (equated monthly installments) facility on debit cards?
Ans - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank

[2] Who authored the book the book titled 'Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi'.?
Ans - Faraz Ahmad

[3] When was World Humanitarian Day celebrated?
Ans - 19 August

[4] Who will become the youngest Formula One (F1) driver in the F1 history when he will compete for the 2015 season?
Ans - Max Verstappen of Netherlands

[5] Name the Indian neuroscientist in the United States, was awarded Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to map the human brain?
Ans - Partha Mitra

[6] Who will host Football Federation Cup in August 2015?
Ans - Jammu and Kashmir

[7] Who has announced to spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign?
Ans - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bharti Foundation

[8] Who won Pataudi Trophy test-series?
Ans - England

[9] Who has been appointed as the Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games?
Ans - Adille Sumariwala, President of Athletics Federation of India (AFI)

[10] Who has been appointed as the Director of Indian Cricket Team?
Ans - Ravi Shastri

[11] Who won the Cincinnati Tennis Open title?
Ans - Roger Federer

[12] Name the Sri Lankan batsman and a former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team who retired from the test cricket?
Ans - Mahela Jayawardene

[13] Who became the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission?
Ans - Rajni Razdan

[14] Who bagged the telecast rights of the first-ever Champions Tennis League (CTL)?
Ans - Sony Six

[15] Who unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng – 41 (DF-41)?
Ans - China

[16] Who was presented the 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana award?
Ans - Muzaffar Ali, renowned filmmaker and poet

[17] Name the World’s first eco-temple which was opened in United Kingdom that feature solar panels & rainwater harvesting system?
Ans - Shree Swaminarayan Mandir

[18] Who was appointed as Public Accounts Commission Chairman?
Ans - Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas, Senior Congress MP of Ernakulum Constituency, Kerala

[19] Which bank launched EMI (equated monthly installments) facility on debit cards?
Ans - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank

[20] Name the World-renowned yoga guru who died recently?
Ans - Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar

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February 2014 Current Affairs

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

5) Which country’s 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 Jane’s latest ‘Global Terrorism and Insurgency Attack Index,’ – a major defence and business risk think-tank?
Ans:-  The Communist Party of India

5) What was India’s 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) India’s 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) India’s 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)

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 DRDO’s missile complex, on 3 February 2014 received Indian Science Congress Association’s 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 Children’s Prize on 7 February 2014. In which year World Children’s Prize, also known as the ‘Children’s 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:- India’s 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

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 country’s 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 India’s 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) India’s 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 Bank’s new Country Director for India on 3 February 2014?
Ans:-  Teresa Kho

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

 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

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