IMP. CURRENT AFFAIRS
IMP. CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Rolene
Strauss, who won the Miss World 2014, is related to which of the following
countries?
a)
Hungary b) USA c) Honduras d) South Africa e) None of these
2. Who
of the following actors was recently honoured with the centenary award for
Indian Film Personality of the year 2014 at the 45th International
Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
a)
Kamal Hassan b)
Rajinikanth c)
Amitabh Bachchan
d)
Mammootty e) None of these
3. Sutirtha
Bhattacharya was appointed the new chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following companies?
a)
Steel Authority of India Limited
b)
Hindustan Petroleum corporation Limited
c) Coal India Limited
d)
Bharat Petroleum Limited
e)
None of these
4. Who
of the following was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s
Peace Prize 2014 for her work to help orphans in India and other vulnerable
children?
a)
Tanushi Sharma b) Arya Krishna c)
SruthiMenon
d) Neha Gupta e)
None of these
5. Who
of the following was/were recently nominated the Director/s on the Central Board
of Directors of the Reserve bank of India (RBI)?
a)
Rajiv Mehrishi b) Dr. Hasmukh Adhia c)
Gurdial Singh Sandhu
d) Both a) and b) e)
None of these
6. Who
of the following was appointed the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
a) Dineshwar Sharma b)
Ashok Prasad c)
Divya Prakash
d)
Arvind Saxena e) None of these
7. Which
of the following organizations has won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development for the year 2014?
a)
IPCC b)
Bachpan Bachao Andolan c)
ISRO
d)
Red Cross e) None of these
8. Keshari
Nath Tripathi was given the additional charge of Governor of Bihar. He is presently the Governor of which of the following
states?
a) West Bengal b) Assam c) Madhya
Pradesh d) Jharkhand e) None of these
9. Who
of the following actors was appointed by Housing finance company DHFL as its
brand ambassador?
a)
Aamir Khan b) Salman Khan c) Shah Rukh Khan
d)
Amitabh Bachchan e) None of these
10. Who of the following was appointed the
new chairman of the Press council of India (PCI)?
a) Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad
b)
Justice Mukul Mudgal
c)
Justice KG Balakrishnan
d)
Justice HL Dattu
e)
None of these
11. Renowned
classical dancer Sitara Devi, who recently passed away, was an exponent of
which of the following classical dance forms?
a)
Kathakali b) Mohiniyattam c) Kuchipudi d) Kathak e) None of these
12. Who
of the following was recently appointed the new chairman of Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC)?
a)
Rajni Razdan b) Amar Pratap Singh c)
Manbir Singh
d) Deepak Gupta e) None
of these
13. Who
of the following was appointed the new Director of Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)?
a)
Mallikarjun Kharge b)
Anil Kumar Sinha c) Ranjit Sinha
d)
Rajiv Mathur e) None of these
14. Name
the Prime Minister of Taiwan who has resigned after his party had a heavy loss
in local election?
a)
Jose Mujica b) Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas c)
Jiang Yi-huah
d)
Wu Den-Yih e) None of these
15. Who
of the following was appointed the Director General of National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF)?
a)
Ashok Prasad b) Arvind Saxena c) OP Singh
d)
Rajinder Khanna e) None of these
16. Tabare
Ramon Vazquez Rosas was recently elected the President of which of the
following countries?
a)
Taiwan b) Uruguay c) South Korea d) Malaysia e)
None of these
17. Who
of the following was recently named the ‘TIME’s Person of the Year 2014’?
a) Ebola Fighters b)
Ferguson Protesters c) Vladimir Putin
d)
Narendra Modi e) None of these
18. Who
of the following was recently appointed the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the
South Asian region by UN the International Day to End Violence against Woman?
a)
Saina Nehwal b) M C Mary Kom c)
P V Sindhu
d) Sania Mirza e)
None of these
19. Warren
buffet has recently become second richest person in the world replacing Carlos
Slim, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Who of the following is the world richest
person?
a)
Amancio Ortega b)
Bill Gates c)
Larry Ellison
d)
Jim Walton e) None of these
20. After
the appeal of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United Nations has declared
the World Yoga Day on which of the following dates?
a)
15 June b) 21 June c) 20 November d)
2 December e) None of these
21. Who of the following has become the
first Indian-American to be appointed the US Ambassador to India?
a) Richard Rahul Verma b)
Preet Bharara c) Sunita Williams
d)
Nikki Haley e) None of these
22. Which of the following NGOs has won
the United Nations Lighthouse Activities award 2014?
a)
Bachpan Bachao b) Aranyak c) Deshaj d)
Vidhivat e) None of these
23. Anerood
Jugnauth was recently elected the Prime Minister of which of the following
countries?
a)
Nepal b)
Vietnam c) Mauritius d) Uganda e)
None of these
24. Shinzo
Abe was recently re-elected the Prime Minister of which of the following
countries?
a)
Taiwan b) Malaysia c) Japan d) South Korea e) None of these
25. Aishwarya
Rai was recently felicitated at Miss World 2014 for her commitment to “beauty
with a purpose”. In which year did
Aishwarya Rai win the Miss World title?
a)
1991 b) 1994 c)
1996 d) 1999 e)
None of these
26. Time
Magazine has recently released list of 25 Best Inventions 2014. Which of the following invention/s are
related to Indians?
a)
Blue Room b) Osmo c)
Mangalyan d)
All of these e) None of these
27. Who
of the following will be the chief guest at 66th India’s Republic
Day celebrations 2015?
a) Barack Obama, President of USA
b)
Shinzo Abe, PM of Japan
c)
Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan
d)
Jigme Khesare Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
e)
None of these
28. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi signed which of the following SAARC agreement at the 18th
SAARC summit held in Katmandu, Nepal?
1)
Regional Railways Agreement (RRA)
2)
Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation
(Electricity)
3)
Motor Vehicles Agreement
a)
Only 1 and 2 b) Only 2 and 3 c)
Only 1 and 3
d) All 1, 2 and 3 e)
None of these
29. Which
of the following states has recently announced a Home-Stay scheme for tourists
visiting the state?
a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan c)
Karnataka d) West Bengal e) None of these
30. Union
Government has recently approved launch of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
Yojana (DUGJY) to provide access of electricity to rural households across the
country. Which of the following schemes
merged with this scheme?
a) Rajiv Gandhi Grammen Vidyuthikaran
Yojana
b)
Indira Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana
c)
Jawaharlal Nehru Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana
d)
Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana
e)
None of these
31. The Union Government has recently
re-launched Kisan Vikas Patra scheme (KVP) to encourage the habit of small
savings among the citizens. KVP has a
maturity period of how many years?
a)
5 years and 6 months b) 10 years c) 8 years and 4 months
d)
7 years and 3 months e)
None of these
32. India has signed five pacts on social
security, transfer of sentenced prisoners, combating narcotics trade, tourism,
and Arts and Culture with which of the following countries?
a)
Japan b) Australia c) Nepal
d) Bhutan e) None of these
33. India
and which of the following countries has recently signed an MoU to facilitate
technical cooperation in Railway sector between the two countries?
a)
Japan b)
Nepal c) Republic of Korea d) China e) None of these
34. In
line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, which of the
following Ministries is planning to come up with a ‘Think in India’ drive to
encourage students and researchers to come up with innovations and new ideas
and to keep the talent back home from leaving abroad?
a)
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
b)
Ministry of Science and Technology
c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
d)
All of these
e)
None of these
35. According to a recent study, number of
people online in India is forecast to touch 302 million by end of this year,
overtaking which of the following countries as the second-largest Internet
market in the world?
a)
China b) USA c)
UK d)
Saudi Arabia e) None of these
36. Vrindavan
Chandrodaya Mandir, the proposed tallest temple in the world, the foundation
stone of which was recently laid by the President Pranab Mukherjee, is in which
of the following states?
a)
Gujarat b)
Arunachal Pradesh c)
Uttar Pradesh
d)
West Bengal e) None of these
37. Sachin
tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha MP, has adopted Puttamrajuvari Kandrika village under
the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ programme.
This village is situated in which of the following states?
a)
Maharashtra b) West Bengal c)
Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh e)
None of these
38. Which
of the following states has reversed the retirement age of government employees
from 60 to 58 years?
a)
Gujarat b) Haryana c) Andhra Pradesh d)
West Bengal e) None of these
39. Which of the following global organizations
has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end open defection
in India?
1)
WTO 2)
WASTE 3)
FINISH
a)
1 and 2 b)
1 and 3 c) 2 and 3 d)
1, 2 and 3 e) None of these
40.Which of the following states has
launched the Women Entrepreneurship Scheme 2014-15 to empower women and ensure
their participation in the process of industrialization?
a) Uttar Pradesh b)
Madhya Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh
d) West Bengal e)
None of these
41.Which of the following states has
recently bagged India’s Best Project-2014 award for implementation of skill
generation in the state for the benefit of youth?
a)
Kerala b)
Rajasthan c)
Arunachal Pradesh d) Sikkim e) None of these
42. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
coined the acronym for police forces across the country. What is that acronym?
a) SMART b) START c) MASTER d) FAST e) None of these
43. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
flagged off first passenger train from Assam to which of the following states
making that state on India’s railway map for the first time?
a) Meghalaya b) Mizoram c) Sikkim d)
Arunachal Pradesh e) None of above
44. Which of the following states has
signed of MoU with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)
to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in state?
a) Andhra Pradesh b)
Madhya Pradesh c) West Bengal
d) Gujarat e)
None of these
45. India has recently signed an MoU for
cooperation in Oil and Gas sector for a period of five years with which of the
following countries?
a)
Japan b)
Thailand c) Mozambique d)
China e) None of these
46. Government has recently decided to
decriminalize ‘attempt to suicide’ by scrapping it from the Indian Penal
Code. Under which section of the IPC
does this comes?
a)
Section 350 b) Section 315 c)
Section 314 d)
Section 309 e) None of these
47. The trial run of the Guwahati-
Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was recently flagged off. Dhaka is the capital of which of the
following countries?
a)
Pakistan b)
Nepal c) Bhutan d)
Bangladesh e) None of these
48. The Union Cabinet has approved
Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013.
This Bill seeks to amend which of the following act?
a)
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1975
b) Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1976
c)
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1979
d)
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1980
e)
None of these
49. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved the creation of the intra
state transmission system in which of the following states?
a)
Gujarat b)
Maharashtra c) Bihar d)
Tamil Nadu e) None of these
50. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has
launched a book titled “Born Again on the Mountain” authored by whom of the
followings?
a)
Tintu Luka b) Arunima
Sinha c)
Anirban Lahiri
d)
Aravind Adiga e) None of these
51. Pakistan has signed a defence and
military Cooperation agreement aimed at bringing peace and stability in the
region with which of the following countries?
a)
China b) Russia c) Japan d) Bangladesh e) None
of these
52. Which
of the following countries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on
bilateral Antarctic cooperation?
a) China and Australia b)
Russia and Australia c) China
and Russia
d) China and
Vietnam e) None of these
53. China will play host to the Group of
Twenty (G20) Summit of the emerging economies in 2016. Which of the following countries will host
this G20 summit in 2015?
a)
Australia b) Turkey c) Japan d) Russia e)
None of these
54. Maldives
has recently signed an MoU for a preliminary study of a proposed bridge
connecting the international airport to Maldives capital Male with which of the
following countries?
a)
Australia b) Japan c) China d) Russia e)
None of these
55.Which of the following countries has
announced to adopt the Euro VI emission standards for petrol vehicles from
2017?
a)
China b)
Malaysia c) Singapore d)
Japan e) None of these
56. Which of the following countries has
recently launched the new generation navigation satellite GLONASS-K?
a) Russia b) Japan c)
China d) Australia e) None of these
57. First bio-Fuel powered bus has
recently become operational in which of the following countries?
a)
Russia b)
US c) UK d) China e) None of
these
58. Which of the following cities of China
has banned smoking in all indoor public spaces like workplaces and public
transport vehicles?
a) Beijing b) Shanghai c)
Hangzhou d) Guangzhou e)
None of these
59. Which of the following countries has
voted to ban commercial surrogacy?
a)
New Zealand b) Australia c)
Thailand d) France e)
None of these
60. Which terrorist organizations of
Pakistan has recently stormed the premises of the Army Public School in
Peshawar and shot dead about 141 people, 132 of them students?
a)
Lashkar-e-Omar (LeO) b) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
c)
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) d)
Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP)
e)
None of these
61. Which of the following banks has
recently won Custodian of the Year 2014 award?
a)
Standard Chartered bank b) Deutsche Bank c) Industrial &
Commercial Bank
d)
Royal Bank Canada e) None of these
62. Securities Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) has de-recognized which of the following exchanges on the allegations of
serious irregularities in its functioning?
a)
Bombay Stock Exchange b)
Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE)
c)
Bangalore Stock Exchange d) Chennai Stock Exchange
e)
None of these
63. Indian Renewable Energy Development
Agency Ltd (IREDA) has signed an MoU with respect to cooperation on clean
energy investment with which of the following countries’ Export-Import (Exim)
Bank?
a) US b) UK c) Japan d) Russia e) None of these
64. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased
RTGS (real time gross settlement) business hours on weekdays from 7.30 hours to
how many hours?
a)
8.30 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12 e) None of these
65. RBI has asked banks to inform their
customers about a fall in minimum balance well in advance. The guidelines with respect to levying of
penal charges for non-maintenance of minimum balance will be effective from?
a)
December 1, 2014 b) January 1, 2015 c)
February 28, 2015
d) April 1, 2015 e)
None of these
66. Which of the following private sector
banks has announced its plan to acquire ING Vysya Bank?
a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b)
ICICI Bank c) Axis Bank
d)
Federal bank e) None of these
67. Which of the following tech giants has
launched a new e-mail application named ‘Verse’ for businesses that integrate
social media, file sharing and analytics to learn a user’s behavior and predict
interactions with co-workers?
a)
Google b)
Yahoo c) Accenture d)
IBM e) None of these
68. Which of the following states, apart
from Kerala, has achieved 100% banking inclusion under the Pradhan Mantri
Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) according to the Union Finance Ministry?
a)
Mizoram b) Goa c) Delhi d)
Jammu & Kashmir e) None of these
69. SEBI has allowed how many entities to
set up Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), a newly created class of pooled-in
investment vehicles for real estate, private equity and hedge funds- in less
than two-and-half years?
a)
120 b) 121 c) 122 d) 123 e) None of these
70. Which of the following company was
named India’s biggest company according to Fortune 500 list of Indian companies
for 2014 released recently?
a)
Reliance Industries b) Steel Authority of India c) Bharat Petroleum
d) Indian Oil Corporation e) None of these
71. RBI has decided to sell how many crore
rupees government bonds through Open Market Operations (OMOs) to squeeze the
liquidity in the market?
a)
1200 crore b) 1500 crore c)
1800 crore d)
2000 crore e) None of these
72. Nippon Life Insurance has recently
announced to hike its stake in Anil Ambani-led Reliance Capital Asset
Management (RCAM) from 26 percent to 49 percent. Nippon Life Insurance is based in which of
the following countries?
a) Japan b) China c)
US d)
UK e)
None of these
73. Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Industries
Limited(RIL) has announced to sell 49% stake in its iconic textile brand ‘Vimal’
to which of the following Chinese textile companies?
a)
Bosideng b) Metersbonwe c)
Shandong Ruyi d) Youngor e) None of these
74. Delhi High Court has restrained which
of the following Chinese mobile companies from importing and selling its mobile
phones in India due to charges of patent infringement?
a)
Lenovo b)
Huawei c) Xiaomi d) Ericsson e) None of
these
75. YouTube has recently added an option
to watch videos even when users are offline through its mobile
application. You Tube is owned by which
of the following companies?
a) Google b) Microsoft c) IBM d)
Yahoo e) None of these
76. Which of the following states has
increased Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by 4 percent?
a)
Andhra Pradesh b)
Madhya Pradesh c) Gujarat d) Karnataka e) None of these
77. Which of the following banks has
launched mobile banking facility ‘Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein’ an initiative which
turns a mobile phone into a bank branch?
a)
ICICI b) HDFC c) SBI d) Axis Bank e)
None of these
78. Which of the following telecom
companies has sold over 1100 telecom towers in Zambia and Rwanda to HIS
Holding?
a) Bharti Airtel b) Vodafone c) Idea d)
Reliance Infocomm e) None of these
79. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed
monetary penalty on which of the following banks for violation of its
instructions regarding norms on Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money
Laundering (AML)?
a)
ICICI Bank b) Bank of Baroda c) Axis Bank d) Both a and b e) None
of these
80.
Which of the following companies has announced selling its multiplex
business ‘BIG Cinemas’ to South India based carnival Group?
a)
Aditya Birla Group b) Bharati Airtel c) Tata
Group
d) Reliance Group e)
None of these
81. Which of the following countries has
won the 2014 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship held
in Pakistan?
a)
Nepal b) India c) Pakistan d)
Bangladesh e) None of these
82. Who of the following was the co-owner
of the Uttar Pradesh Wizards franchise in the Hero Hockey India League (HHIL)?
a)
Virat Kohli b) Suresh Raina c)
Rohit Sharma d) MS Dohni e) None of these
83. Who of the following has won 2014 ATP
World Tour finals held in UK, after Roger Federer withdrew from the title clash
due to a back injury?
a)
Rafael Nadal b) Andy Murray c)
Stanslas Wawrinka
d) Novak Djokovic e)
None of these
84. Saina Nehwal has won the women’s
singles title of China Open Badminton championship 2014, who of the following
Indian has won the men’s single title of this tournament?
a) Kidambi Srikanth b)
Parupalli Kashyap c) Sourabh Verma
d)
R. M. V. Gurusaidutt e) None
of these
85. Which of the following cities has won
the right to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships?
a)
London b)
Beijing c) Tokyo d)
Doha e) None of these
86. Who of the following Indian cricketer
has recently received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Colonel C K Nayudu
Lifetime achievement award?
a)
Kapil Dev b)
Dilip Vengsarkar c) Rahul Dravid
d)
VVS Laxman e) None of these
87. Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, which
investigated the allegations of spot fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of
the Indian Premier League (IPL), has given a clean chit to whom of the
following?
a)
Gurunath Meiyappan b) Raj Kundra c) S
Sreeshanth
d) N. Srinivasan e)
None of these
88. Indian Cyclist Deborah has won four
gold medals at the Track Asia Cup cycling Championship 2014 held in which of
the following cities of India?
a)
Pune b) Delhi c) Mumbai d)
Bangalore e) None of these
89. Magnus Carlsen has won FIDE World
Chess Championship 2014 held at Sochi, Russia.
He is related to which of the following countries?
a) Norway b) Indonesia c) Japan d) South
Korea e) None of these
90. Indian Women Boxers Sarjubala Devi and
Saweety have recently won Silver medals at the 8th World Women’s
Boxing Championships 2014 held in which of the following countries?
a)
Japan b) South Korea c) Indonesia d)
Nepal e) None of these
91. Who of the following has recently won
the Formula One world championship 2014?
a)
Sebastian Vettel b) Nico Rosberg c) Lewis Hamilton
d)
Fernando Alonso e) None of these
92. Which of the following countries has
recently won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2014?
a) Germany b) Pakistan c)
Australia d) India e)
None of these
93. Renaud Lavillenie and Olympic shot put
champion Valerie Adams were recently named World Athletes of the Year 2014 at
an IAAF World Athletics gala held in Monaco.
Renaud Lavillenie is related to which of the following sports?
a)
Shot Put b)
Triple Jump c) Marathon Running
d) Pole Vault e)
None of these
94. Who of the following has become the
first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian football Confederation (AFC)
Hall of Fame Award?
a) Baichung Bhutia b)
Sunil Chetri c) Mahesh Gawli
d)
I.M.Vijayan e) None of these
95. Who of the following has won 2014
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title?
a) PV Sindhu b)
Sania Nehwal c) Prakash Padukone
d)
Jwala Gutta e) None of these
96. Who of the following Boxer has
received his Arjuna Award from Sports Minister after winning a High Court case?
a)
Vijendar Singh b)
Manoj Kumar c) Akhil Kumar
d)
Jitender Kumar e) None of these
97. Who of the following has been chosen
the new head coach of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians?
a)
Mathew Hayden b) Adam Gilchrist c) Ricky Ponting
d)
Michael Beven e) None of these
98. Boxer Sarita Devi has finally received
her Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused at controversial
circumstances where were the Asian Games 2014 held at?
a)
Sochi, Russia b) New Delhi, India c) Incheon, South Korea
d)
Beijing, China e) None of these
99. Ding Junhui has becomes the first
Asian player to take the world number one snooker ranking. He is related from which of the following
countries?
a)
South Korea b) Japan c)
Thailand d) China e) None of
these
100. Virat Kohli has become only the
second player in the history of Test Match cricket to score twin centuries on
captaincy debut with his knocks of 115 and 141 in the two innings of first Test
against Australia. Who of the following
was the first player?
a)
Vivian Richards b) Sunil Gavaskar c) Greg chappell
d)
Rahul Dravid e) None of these
Answer
1. d 2.b 3.c 4.c 5.d 6.a 7.c 8.a 9.c 10.a 11.d 12.d
13.b 14.c 15.c 16.b 17.a 18.d 19.b 20.b 21.a 22.b 23.c 24.c
25.b 26.d 27.a 28.d 29.a 30.a 31.c 32.b 33.c 34.c 35.b 36.c
37.d 38.b 39.d 40.a 41.c 42.a 43.a 44.a 45.c 46.d 47.d 48.b
49.d 50.b 51.b 52.a 53.b 54.c 55.c 56.a 57.c 58.a 59.c 60.b
61.b 62.b 63.a 64.d 65.d 66.a 67.d 68.b 69.d 70.d 71.d 72.a
73.c 74.c 75.a 76.b 77.b 78.a 79.d 80.d 81.b 82.b 83.d 84.a
85.d 86.b 87.d 88.b 89.a 90.b 91.c 92.a 93.d 94.a 95.a 96.b
97.c 98.c 99.d 100.c
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