Daily Current Affairs: 15 March 2014

1) Lok Sabha polls: Narendra Modi to contest from Varanasi: The BJP confirmed on Saturday evening that its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would contest from Varanasi in the Lok Sabha elections. The Gujarat CM's candidature from Varansi is significance because of AAP's reported plan to pit Arvind Kejriwal against Modi if he chooses to contest from anywhere outside Gujarat. The decision to have Modi contest from Varanasi has been driven by BJP's calculation that his presence in the state arena will be a force multiplier for the party's comeback bid in UP. The largest state, with its share of 80 seats in Lok Sabha, is crucial for Modi's plans to become PM. Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, whose home Lok Sabha constituency is Varanasi will vacate it for Modi and will instead contest from Kanpur.

2) New Sachin Tendulkar silver coins released: A new lot of silver coins bearing retired cricket great Sachin Tendulkar's face embossed on them along with the number of Tests (200) he had played was launched by Valuemart Gold & Jewels, in association with Diamond India on Friday.

3) Second and Third phase of Lok Sabha elections notification issued: President issued notification regarding second and third phase of Lok Sabha elections. According this notification Lok Sabha elections will be held on 9th April 2014 and 10th April 2014 in which 93 constituencies spread across 18 states which includes Delhi.  On 9th April elections will be held in 7 constitutions in 5 states. On 10th April 2014, election will be held in 86 constituencies in 13 states including 7 in Delhi.

4) 10th Young Indians summit begins: Young Indians (Yi), an integral part of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised the 10th Yi National Summit on the theme ‘India - The Future is Now,’ in New Delhi. Rajeev Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, inaugurated the summit and delivered the keynote address.

5) World T20 kicks off on Sunday: The fifth edition of ICC World Twenty20 will kick off in Bangladesh on Sunday. Bangladesh meets Afghanistan in Dhaka while Nepal takes on Hong Kong at Chittagong in first round matches.

6) 11 hours for voting in Lok Sabha polls: Voters across India, barring the northeast, will be given 11 hours - from 7 am to 6 pm - to cast their ballot for the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said Saturday. In the most of the northeast region, people will get 10 hours - between 7 a.m. and 5 pm - to vote, while in Manipur and Nagaland - where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is in force - polling would take place till 4 pm due to security reasons. The general election will be held in nine phases - starting April 7 and ending May 12. Counting of votes will take place May 16.

7) President extends greetings to citizens ahead of Holi:  President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday extended his greetings and felicitations to fellow country ahead of Holi, which will celebrated across the country on March 17. "On the happy occasion of Holi, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens," Mukherjee said in a statement.

8) Mitchell Johnson ruled out of World Twenty20: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will miss cricket's World Twenty20 tournament because of a toe infection.

9) Sindhu, Kashyap lose in semis, Saina out in quarters:  Hours after causing the biggest upset of the tournament, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu crashed out of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold losing to fast rising Chinese youngster Yu Sun 21-18 , 12-21 , 19-21. Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap joined the casualty list thereby ending Indian campaign at Basel.

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PA/SA Exam 2014: Paid the fees, but payment status not updated even after 04-05 days. What to do?

Friends.. this for the help of those candidates:

>> Who have applied for PA/SA Exam 2014.

>> Paid the fees in a ePayment Post Offices.

>> But payment status not updated yet even after 04-05 days and hence cannot print the registration slip.

As per the information available in pasadrexam2014.in website, those candidates whose payment status not updated even after paying the fees 04-05 days before has to do the following.

1. Send a mail to feehelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com along with scanned copies of following:

a. Print Challan (Candidate's copy) for fee payment.

b. Receipt issued by Post Office.

c. Also mention PIN CODE of Post Office where you have paid the FEE.

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 03 & 04 March 2014

1) Alfonso Cuaron won the Best director award in Oscars 2014 for which movie?

(A) Gravity

(B) 12 Years a Slave

(C) Dallas Buyers Club

(D) Blue Jasmine

2) The Reserve Bank of India has extended the date for exchanging the banknotes issued before ........... to January 01, 2015 recently (March 2014)?

(A) 2003

(B) 2006

(C) 2005

(D) 2000

3) Union Government of India on 28 February 2014 raised the number of workdays under MNREGA in Tribal areas from 100 days to ..... days?

(A) 125

(B) 150

(C) 175

(D) 200

4) BIMSTEC Summit (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) was recently(March 2014) held at?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Colombo

(C) Dhaka

(D) Myanmar

5) Name the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister who rejoined BJP on 3 March 2014 and was appointed as the national vice-president?

(A) Sriramulu

(B) Kalyan Singh

(C) Yedurappa

(D) Jaswant Singh

6) Name the former Delhi chief minister who was appointed as the Governor of Kerala on 4 March 2014?

(A) Najeeb Jung

(B) Nikhil Kumar

(C) H R Bharatwaj

(D) Shiela Dikshit

7) Name the South African cricketer who has announced his retirement from international cricket on 4 March 2014?

(A) Graeme Smith

(B) J P Duminy

(C) Dale Steyn

(D) Jacques Kallis

8) Government on 4 March 2014 decided to hike interest rates on fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices by up to ..... per cent?

(A) 1

(B) 0.5

(C) 0.2

(D) 1.5

9) Centre has fixed which date as the formation day for Telangana, the country’s 29th state recently?

(A) November 1, 2014

(B) July 15, 2014

(C) April 1, 2014

(D) June 2, 2014

10) Who has been declared as most richest man of the world in the Forbes’s world’s billionaires list released on 4 March 2014?

(A) Warren Buffett

(B) Carlos Slim Helu

(C) Amancio Ortega

(D) Bill Gates

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Gravity

2) Ans. (C) 2005

3) Ans. (B) 150

4) Ans.  (D) Myanmar

5) Ans. (B) Kalyan Singh

6) Ans. (D) Shiela Dikshit

7) Ans. (A) Graeme Smith

8) Ans. (C) 0.2

9) Ans. (D) June 2, 2014

10) Ans. (D) Bill Gates

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Daily Current Affairs Updates:14 March 2014

1) Sachin Tendulkar voted Cricketer of the Generation: One of the greatest batsmen of all time, the iconic Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday voted Cricketer of the Generation as he staved off stiff competition from spin legend Shane Warne and all-rounder par excellence Jacques Kallis at the ESPNcricinfo awards function. The award is meant to honour the most outstanding cricketer between the years 1993 and 2013, and the occasion also marked the 20th anniversary celebrations for the cricket website. Tendulkar has been the most successful batsman of his generation, having set innumerable records in both Tests and ODIs.

2) India Launched Operation "Search Light": Even as the 6th day came to an end there is no sign where the illfated Malaysian Airlines aircraft could have gone. Meanwhile, the Indian Navy has launched operation "Search Light" on a large scale. It is believed that that the aircraft turned towards the Andaman & Nicobar Islands after disappearing from the radar. On this basis, the search is being done in the Andaman sea. The search will be directed in an area of about 90,000 square kilometers. The Malaysian authorities too have started to believe this plane was hijacked and are working based on this theory. MH-370 went misssing from the radar on 7th March and search team from China, Malaysia, Vietnam are still not able to locate any wreckage of it.

3) Tomas Halik won Templeton Prize 2014: Tomas Halik, the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014. The award was announced by the John Templeton Foundation on 13 March 2014 and under the award he will receive 1.1 million Euro. Tomas Halik (65) is a person, whose work is aimed at seekers, the segment of those asking questions about religious and spiritual issues but unaffiliated with religion or atheism. Templeton Prize was established in 1972 by the late Sir John Templeton. The Prize is a monetary award of 1.1 million Euros and is the largest annual award in terms of cash in the world.

4) ONGC, OIL buy 10% govt stake in IOC: State-owned ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL) on Friday bought 10 percent government stake in Indian Oil Corp (IOC) for Rs 5,340 crore. The stake sale has doubled government's disinvestment proceeds for the current fiscal to Rs 10,434 crore. In off-market transactions, Oil and Natural Gas Corp and OIL bought 5 percent stake each at Rs 220 per share. ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesk K Sarraf confirmed his company's buying 12.135 crore government shares in IOC at Rs 220 per share. OIL head S K Srivastava said his firm paid Rs 2,670 crore for the 5 percent shares in IOC.

5) GK Pillai resigned as Chairman of MCX-SX: GK Pillai resigned as Chairman of MCX-SX on 14 March 2014. Consequently, current Vice Chairman and former LIC Chairman, Thomas Mathew T was elected as new Chairman and Ashima Goyal was elected as Vice Chairperson by the Board members.  The exchange also announced that MCX and FTIL had been reclassified as Public Shareholder from Promoter Shareholder. Incidentally, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began its probe on 13 March 2014 against the stock exchange’s founder Jignesh Shah and former Chairman of SEBI C.B. Bhave. The probe will also investigate the alleged irregularities in the sanctioning of MCX-SX along with the subsequent recognition renewals of exchange in 2009, 2010.

6) Sriramulu rejoined BJP: The former Minister and BSR Congress founder B. Sriramulu rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday to pave the way for the party to nominate him as its candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Bellary.

7) World’s first solar-powered toilet set for India launch: A revolutionary waterless toilet powered by the sun, developed to help some of the 2.5 billion people lacking safe and sustainable sanitation around the world, will be unveiled in India this month. Designed and built using a $777,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the self-contained, waterless toilet with its innovative technology converts human waste to biochar, a highly porous charcoal. It aims to provide an eco-friendly solution to help some of the 2.5 billion people around the world lacking safe sanitation.

8) Team India left for Bangladesh to play ICC World T20 Ch'ship: Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian cricket team left for Bangladesh on Friday to compete in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship scheduled from March 16. The former champions would open their campaign against Pakistan on the 21st March at Mirpur in a Super 10 game and then take on the West Indies on the 23rd March at the same venue.

9) Economy will grow at 5.5% in Q4: Rangarajan- Country’s economy is likely to grow at 5.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal on higher agriculture output and pick up in the manufacturing activities, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) chairman C Rangarajan said on Friday.

10) SBI first to start up ePay facility: For the first time a state run bank State bank of India is starting up the facility of payment gateway. SBI is setting up its payment gateway – SBI ePay. SBI ePay basically is an online aggregator service. In order to facilitate its customers with easier access in making payments SBI has come up with this facility.

Know its use?- Through this facility merchants and customers will be able to make payments through online banking, mobile banking, and credit cards. SBIePay is also in the process rolling out an electronic bill presentment and payment platform (EBPP) and IVRS phone payment. This facility will also the merchants and with the facility to access all the business related information regarding all the transactions.

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SSC CGL Exam 2014 Postponed

Friends.. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has officially confirmed that the SSC CGL 2014 has been postponed. Notice to this effect dated 14 March 2014 has been published in the SSC Website. According to the notice, the Combine Graduate Level Exam (CGL) of the year 2014, which was scheduled to be held on 27th April 2014 and 4th May 2014 is postponed. The reason put forth by SSC read as follows:

In view of the General Elections announced by Government during the month of April and May 2014 and also the re-examination of Combined Graduate Level examination 2013 at seven centres (cities), all the applicants are hereny informed that the Cobined Graduate Level Examination 2014 stands postponed. CGLE 2014 is tentatively scheduled in the second half of the current year. The new date will be intimated in due course.

View official notification released by SSC about the postponement of CGL 2014 exam : Click Here

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General Knowledge Questions for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam 2014

1) When did Goa become a state?

(A) 26 January 1986

(B) 30 May 1987

(C) 11 July 1992

(D) 19 December 1997

Ans. (B) 30 May 1987

2) Who is the first President of the United States of America?

(A) George Washington

(B) Thomas Jefferson

(C) James Monroe

(D) John Adams

Ans. (A) George Washington

3) Who won the Football World Cup in 1982?

(A) Brazil

(B) Argentina

(C) Germany

(D) Italy

Ans. (D) Italy

4) Which country has 11 official languages?

(A) India

(B) USA

(C) Canada

(D) South Africa

Ans. (D) South Africa

5) Who won the Olympic Gold Medal for hockey in 1980 Moscow Olympics?

(A) India

(B) UK

(C) USA

(D) USSR

Ans. (A) India

6) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?

(A) Nainital

(B) Darjeeling

(C) Simla

(D) Ooty

Ans. (C) Simla

7) Lok Saha is the news paper of

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Uttar Parades

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Rajasthan

Ans. (C) Maharashtra

8) ‘Duesch Mark’ is the currency of?

(A) Poland

(B) Netherlands

(C) Germany

(D) Ghana

Ans. (C) Germany

9) Who was the first Prime Minister of India to head a minority government?

((A) Morarji Desai

((B) Rajiv Gandhi

((C) Chaudhury Charan Singh

((D) H.D. Deve Gowda

Ans. (C) Chaudhury Charan Singh

10) Which of the following is known as plastic money?

(A) bearer cheques

(B) credit cards

(C) demand drafts

(D) gift cheques

Ans. (B) credit cards

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March 2014 Current Affairs Questions (First Week): PDF Download

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Q1. Which Indian player on 9 March 2014 reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen?

Ans. Virat Kohli

Note: He is followed by South African ODI captain AB de Villers, who was at the first position before the Asia Cup.

Q2. Election Commission of India on 5 March 2014 announced that the …….th Lok Sabha elections will be held from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 and the counting will take place on 16 May 2014?

Ans. 16^th

Q3. Election Commission has alos announced that Assembly elections to which states will be  held simultaneously with the LS polls 2014?

Ans. Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

Q4. Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 at?

Ans. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

Q5. Name the South African cricket team Captain who on 4 March 2014 announced his retirement from international cricket?

Ans. Graeme Smith

Q6. Name the former chief minister of Delhi who was appointed as the 22nd Governor of Kerala on 4 March 2014?

Ans. Sheila Dikshit

Q7. 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?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Bill Gates

Q8. Which country won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014?

Ans. South Africa

Note: They have defeated two-time former champions Pakistan by six wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 1 March 2014.

Q9. Which film won the best picture award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014 announced on 2 March 2014?

Ans. 12 Years A Slave

>> Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

>> Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

>> Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Q10. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee Signed the Telangana Bill to carve out Telengana state on 1 March 2014. It will become the ..... state of India?

Ans. 29^th

Q11. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation to impose President Rule in which state on 1 March 2014?

Ans. Andhra Pradesh

Note: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned on 19 February 2014 over Telangana issue.

Q12. Union Cabinet on 2 March 2014 cleared reservation for which community under the central list of OBC (other backward castes quota) category in nine northern states?

Ans.  Jat community

Q13. 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

Q14. Which state on 4 March 2014 became the first state in India to observe State Child Protection Day?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Assam

Q15. Which team won the 68th senior National football championship of Santosh Trophy by defeating Railways 3-0 in the final match played at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal on 9 March 2014?

Ans. Mizoram

Q16. Which country emerged as the largest non oil trading partner for Dubai in 2013-14 as per report released by Dubai Department of Economic Development on 10 March 2014?

Ans. India

Q17. International Women Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2014. What was the theme for the day for 2014?

Ans. Equality for Women is Progress for all

Q18. Name the exclusive health insurance cover for girl child announced on 7 March 2014 by Public sector general insurer New India Assurance?

Ans. Asha Kiran

Q19. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta Resources on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Tom Albanese

Q20. Which country replaced India at the number two position in the Test team rankings of cricket released on 5 March 2014?

Ans. Australia

Q21. Which teams won the Federation Cup Volleyball titles in mens and womens category respectively on 5 March 2014?

Ans. Tamil Nadu and Railways

Q22. Name the new health scheme launched on 6 March 2014 by North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for women?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna

Q23. 64th National Basketball Championship concluded on 5 March 201 . Where was the event held?

Ans. New Delhi

Note: Chhattisgarh won the women's title beating Indian Railways 81-77. The men's title was won by Tamil Nadu.

Q24. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on 5 March 2014 inaugurated the Sports Authority of India National Cycling Academy (SAI NCA) at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Who is the present sports Minister?

Ans. Jitendra Singh

Q25. World Dentist Day was observed across the world on?

Ans. 6 March 2014

Q26. Name the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Apple Inc who announced his retirement on 4 March 2014?

Ans. Peter Oppenheimer

Q27. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 3 March 2014 declared which body as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India?

Ans. Hockey India

Q28. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 8 March 2014 conferred Stree Shakti Puruskar 2013 to how many womens in recognition of their achievements?

Ans. Six

Q29. Saudi Arabia on 7 March 2014 declared which group as a Terrorist Group?

Ans. Muslim Brotherhood

Q30. Technology firm Avaya on 6 March 2014 appointed whom as Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Priyadarshi Mohapatra

Q31. Who won 2 Gold and 1 Silver in the 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship held on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Ragala Venkat

Q32. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet appointed whom as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 4 March 2014?

Ans. R.Neelakantan

Q33. Name the latest released book by Jaswant Singh, former minister in the NDA government recently?

Ans. India at Risk

Q34. Who won singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship by defeating Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4,6-3 in the final?

Ans. Roger Federer

Q35. Who won the men’s singles German Open Grand Prix title against Danish Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 24-22 19-21 21-11  in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 3 March 2014?

Ans. Arvind Bhat

Q36. 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

Q37. Which Indian writer on 9 March 2014 won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Pankaj Mishra

Q38. Name the 13-year old Indian-American student on 9 March 2014 who won the National Spelling Bee Competition in the US in a verbal duel at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri?

Ans. Kush Sharma

Q39. Which autonomous republic in the southeastern region of Ukraine Voted to become a part of the Russian Federation on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Crimea

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SSC Combined Higher Secondary Examination 2013 (CHSL) Result Declared

Friends... Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has declared the written exam result of Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination 2013.

>> Staff Selection Commission conducted the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination, 2013 on 20th & 27th October and 10th November, 2013 for recruitment to the post of Data Entry Operators and Lower Division Clerks at various centres all over country. A total of 22,24,981 candidates appeared in the said examination.

>> The lists of 14374 candidates qualified provisionally for typing test for LDC and 9960 candidates for skill test for Data Entry Operator in the written part of the examination and are thus eligible to be called for Type Test/Data Entry Tests subject to their fulfilling all eligibility conditions and also correctness of the information furnished by them in their application has been published.

>> Preferences of the candidates have been taken from the data received from Regional Offices.

>> Marks of qualified & Non-qualified candidates will be made available on the Commissions website shortly.

SSC CHSL 2013 Result:

Result of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs): Click Here

Result of Data Entry Operator: Click Here

Cutoffs and other details of SSC CHSL Exam 2013: Click Here

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Statistics of PA/SA Applications received till 15 March 2014 05:00 Hrs

Friends..Here is the stats of PA/SA Applications received till 15.03.2014 morning. Total applications now stands at 13,77,693. Those who are yet to apply may visit www.pasadrexam2014.in and register soon as last date is 27 March 2014. 

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