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1) Who was appointed as the new Chief
Information Commissioner (CIC) of India on 22 May 2014?
Ans.
Rajiv Mathur
Note: He is the former
Intelligence Bureau Chief. Mathur succeeded Sushma Singh who demitted the post
of CIC on 21 May 2014. She was the fifth CIC of the Central Information
Commission.
2) Who has was sworn-in as the first woman
Chief Minister of Gujarat on 22 May 2014?
Ans.
Anandiben Patel
Note: She became CM
after Narendra Modi resigned the Post of Gujarat CM to become the Prime
Minister of India.
3) Who has sworn-in as the Chief Minister
of Odisha for fourth consecutive term on 21 May 2014?
Ans.
Naveen Patnaik
Note: Governor S C Jamir
administered oath of office and secrecy to Naveen Patnaik and 21 other
ministers.
4) Who has sworn-in as the Chief Minister
of Sikkim on 21 May 2014 for a record fifth consecutive time?
Ans.
Pawan Chamling
Note: Governor of
Sikkim, Shriniwas Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chamling
and his 11 ministers at Raj Bhawan in Gangtok.
5) Who has sworn-in as the new Chief
Minister of Bihar on 20 May 2014?
Ans.
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Note: His oath of the
office and secrecy was administered by the Governor of Bihar, DY Patil at the
Raj Bhavan in Patna. He succeeded Janata Dal – United (JD-U) leader, Nitish
Kumar who resigned from the post of Chief Minister on 17 May 2014 after the
debacle of the party in the 16th Lok Sabha election.
6) Who has sworn-in as the eighth Chief
Minister of Arunachal Pradesh at the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar on 18 May 2014?
Ans.
Nabam Tuki
7) 16th Lok Sabha Election 2014 results
were declared on 16 May 2014 for which elections were conducted in 543
constituencies across India in April-May 2014. What is the number of seats
obtained by each party?
Ans.
Bharatiya
Janata Party: 282
Indian
National Congress: 44
All
India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 37
All
India Trinamool Congress: 34
Biju
Janata Dal: 20
Shivsena:
18
Communist
Party of India (Marxist): 9
Nationalist
Congress Party: 6
Samajwadi
Party: 5
Aam
Aadmi Party: 4
Others:
84
8) Name the project under Department of
Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on 21 May 2014 won second rank
in the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award?Prepared by:www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans.
Mobile Seva Project
9) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 May
2014 directed all banks to install disabled friendly new Automated Teller
Machines (ATMs). It also directed that all the new ATMs that are installed
after which date needs to provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to
customers?
Ans.
1 July 2014
10) Who was appointed as new Director
General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir on 21 May 2014?
Ans.
K Rajendra Kumar
11) Who was selected as Managing Director
of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on 21 May
2014?
Ans.
Narendra Kumar Verma
12) Narendra Modi on 21 May 2014 resigned
as the Gujarat Chief Minister to take over as the Prime Minister of India. He
served as the CM of Gujarat for a continous period of?
Ans.
Nearly 14 years. From 7 October 2001 to 21 May 2014.
13) Which constituency in India registered
the highest voter turnout in the General Election 2014?
Ans.
Dhubri Parliamentary constituency in Assam
Note: Dhubri
constituency registered a voter turnout of 88.22 percent
14) Which constituency in India registered
the lowest voter turnout in the General Election 2014?
Ans.
Srinagar
Note: It registered a
voter turnout of only 25.86 percent.
15) Name the Deputy Chairman of Planning
Commission of India who resigned from his office on 17 May 2014?
Ans.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
16) Which country honoured 100 years of
Indian cinema by releasing two postage stamps in May 2014? Prepared by:www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans.
Brazil
17) Name the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory
Council (PMEAC) Chairman who resigned on 19 May 2014?
Ans.
C Rangarajan
18) Who won the men's Italian Tennis Open
2014 held in Rome, Italy on 18 May 2014?
Ans.
Novak Djokovic
19) Who won the Women's Italian Tennis Open
2014 on 18 May 2014?
Ans.
Serena Williams
20) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
dissolved the 15th Lok Sabha on?
Ans.
18 May 2014
21) World Turtle Day 2014 was observed
across the world on?
Ans.
23 May 2014
22) Indian Navy (IN) and Republic of
Singapore Navy (RSN) on 22 May 2014 started the 2014 edition of annual
bilateral naval exercises named?
Ans.
SIMBEX 14
23) Palaeontologists on 16 May 2014
discovered the fossil of the world largest dinosaur fossils in which country?
Ans.
Argentina
24) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 May
2014 eased the gold import norms under which scheme? Prepared by:www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans.
20: 80 Scheme
Note: Under the 20:80
Scheme, an importer has to ensure that at least 20 percent of every lot of
imported gold is exclusively made available for exports as finished good and
the balance for domestic use.
25) Name the veteran nuclear scientist and
Padma Bhushan recipient who died on 18 May 2014?
Ans.
N Srinivasan
26) International Museum Day was celebrated
across the world on?
Ans.
18 May 2014
27) Which country on 22 May 2014 suspended
its 12th national bull fight festival after matadors got injured by bulls?
Ans.
Spain
28) Name India's distance runner who on 22
May 2014 bagged Silver Medal in boys’ 3000 meter race in the 2014 Youth
Olympics Games Qualification event for Asia region?
Ans.
Kisan Tadvi
29) International Day for Biological
Diversity 2014 was observed across the world on?
Ans.
22 May 2014
Note: The day was
celebrated with the aim of spreading awareness on biodiversity and the
importance of preserving it in villages and islands.
30) Name the Indian-American student who
won the National Geographic Bee championship in Washington, USA on 21 May 2014?
Ans.
Akhil Rekulapelli
31) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government
on 21 May 2014 scrapped the New Recruitment Policy, 2011. What was the highlight
of this policy?
Ans.
Under the policy for non-gazetted posts, the appointees were paid a stipend
instead of salary for the first five years.
32) Former President APJ Abdul Kalam was
awarded with honorary degree by which foreign University in May 2014?
Ans.
Edinburgh University in Scotland
33) How many medals India won at the Archery
World Cup Stage 2 held at Medellin, US?
Ans.
Two medals. One Silver and one Bronze medal.
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