Saturday, December 27, 2014

Current Affairs for New India Assurance/ United India Insurance AO & Assistant Exam 2014-15

1) The 1st International Sanskrit Conference was recently held in which state? - Uttarakhand
2) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is facilitated to people for their outstanding contributions to which field? - Science and Technology
3) United Nations Day is observed every year on? - October 24
4) National Unity Day was observed on October 31 on the birth anniversary of? - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
5) Who has sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Haryana recently? - Manohar Lal Khattar
6) United Nations has recently decided to observe which day as ‘International Yoga Day’? - June 21
7) Joko Widodo has been sworn in as the new President of which country recently? - Indonesia
8) Global Handwashing Day was observed on? - 15 October
9) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor recently? - Arvind Subramanian
10) International Day of Older Persons was observed on? - October 1
11) Author Richard Flanagan won Man Booker Prize 2014 for his book? - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
12) What is India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index, 2014? - 55
13) The Colombo-Jaffna railway line which was recently reopened after 24 years, is in which country? - SriLanka
14) Powerful typhoon Vongfong hit which of country recently? - Japan
15) Who among the following has won the 2014 Nobel economics prize? - Jean Tirole
16) Govt launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of who among the following leader recently? - Jayaprakash Narayan
17) World Rabies Day is observed across the world every year on? - 28 September
18) Name the NGO related to 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi? - Bachpan Bachao Aandolan
19) Who was awarded with the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature? - Patrick Modiano
20) Which country recently won the South Asian women's football championship 2014? - India
21) Who recently became the all-time highest scorer in the history of La Liga – the Spanish Football League? - Lionel Messi
22) Who will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations 2015? - Barack Obama
23) World's first White Tiger Safari is set to come up in which state of India? - Madhya Pradesh
24) World Television Day was celebrated on? - 21 November

25) World Fisheries Day was observed on? - 21 November

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