Current Affairs Questions 2 May 2014

1) World's highest railway tunnel was opened in which country on 2 May 2014?

(A) Japan

(B) China

(C) South Korea

(D) Russia

2) Which former captain was recently appointed as the coach of Pakistan Cricket team?

(A) Inzamam ul haq

(B) Rashid Latif

(C) Wasim Akram

(D) Waqar Younis

3)  Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was introduced in India recently in which state? (Note: Election queue management system helped voters to find out the level of crowd in the polling booths)

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) West Bengal

(D) Haryana

4) What was India's rank in the global rankings for freedom of the press released on 2 May 2014?

(A) 35

(B) 78

(C) 104

(D) 7

5) Deadline for switching to new format bank cheques under CTS ended on 30 April 2014. Expand CTS?

(A) Cheque Truncation System

(B) Cheque Time System

(C) Cheque Tearing System

(D) Cheque Transaction System

6) Which Airline from India is all set to join the world's largest airline grouping company— Star Alliance in July 2014?

(A) Indian Airlines

(B) Spcie Jet

(C) Indigo Airlines

(D) Air India

7) Who was recently sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India?

(A) P Sathasivam

(B0 K G Balakrishnan

(C) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(D) R M Lodha

8) Viktor Orban was recently re-elected as Prime Minister of which country?

(A) Cuba

(B) Yemen

(C) Hungary

(D) Egypt

9) Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from “Mona Lisa” to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit, who died recently was from which country?

(A) USA

(B) Britain

(C) Japan

(D) China

10) Nokia appointed India born .............as its new President and CEO of the company recently?

(A) Rajeev Suri

(B) Satya Nadella

(C) Satyedranath

(D) Sundar Pichai

Answers

1) Ans. (B) China

2) Ans. (D) Waqar Younis

3) Ans. (C) West Bengal

4) Ans. (B) 78

5) Ans. (A) Cheque Truncation System

6) Ans.  (D) Air India

7) Ans. (D) R M Lodha

8) Ans. (C) Hungary

9) Ans. (B) Britain

10) Ans. (A) Rajeev Suri

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Latest Current Affairs Questions: 01 May 2014 for Exams

Friends..after a short gap due to the requests from many, we are starting the Daily Current Affairs Quiz Question series which will be helpful for all competitive Exams. 

1) May 1 was celebrated every year as?

(A) World Diabetes Day

(B) International Labour Day

(C) International Children's Day

(D) World Heart Day

2) Which IIT from India was ranked at the 87th position among the top 100 world universities, under 50 years of age, published by London-based Times Higher Eductaion (THE) magazine recently?

(A) IIT Madras

(B) IIT Bhubaneswar

(C) IIT Indore

(D) IIT Guwahati

3) Who has quit as MD and CEO of MCX on 1 May 2014?

(A) Thomas Mathew T

(B) Saurabh Sarkar

(C) Manoj Vaish

(D) Ashima Goyal

4) What was the ranking of India in the ICC Test rankings annual updated list issued on 1 May 2014?

(A) 2nd

(B) 6th

(C) 4th

(D) 5th

5) Which team is at No.1 position in the latest T20 rankings released by ICC?

(A) Srilanka

(B) India

(C) Pakistan

(D) Australia

6) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme was launched on 1 May 2014 in which foreign country?

(A) UAE

(B) Oman

(C) Britain

(D) USA

7)  A woman was killed and at least 14 people were injured in two "low-intensity" explosions that took place on which railway station on 1 May 2014?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bengaluru

(C) Chennai

(D) Pune

8) UAE leg of IPL 2014 ended on 30 April 2014 with which IPL team winning all of its matches played at UAE?

(A) Bangalore Royal Challengers

(B) Rajasthan Royals

(C) Chennai Super Kings

(D) Kings XI Punjab

9) Which player has broken Lionel Messi's all-time record for the most goals in a single Champions League season after notching his 15th score recently?

(A) Luis Suarez

(B) David Villa

(C) Cristiano Ronaldo

(D) Frank Ribery

10) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has signed an agreement with which country for setting up solar photovoltaic (PV)-based power plants in that country?

(A) Yemen

(B) Libya

(C) Cuba

(D) Brazil

Answers

1) Ans. (B) International Labour Day

2) Ans. (D) IIT Guwahati

3) Ans. (C) Manoj Vaish

4) Ans. (D) 5th

5) Ans. (B) India

6) Ans. (A) UAE

7) Ans. (C) Chennai

8) Ans. (D) Kings XI Punjab

9) Ans. (C) Cristiano Ronaldo

10) Ans. (A) Yemen

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Daily Current Affairs 05 May 2014

1) Government appointed R V Verma as Whole-Time Member (Finance) in Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority: The government has appointed R V Verma as a member of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). Verma has been appointed as Whole-Time Member (Finance) in the PFRDA, the Finance Ministry said in a notification. He at present is Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank, the regulator for housing finance companies. Verma is the first Whole-Time Member to be appointed by the government after PFRDA Act was notified last year. The government is yet to decide on the appointment of PFRDA Chairman, a post which has been lying vacant since November last year. The PFRDA consists of a chairperson and at least three whole-time members.

2) Dipika Pallikal back in top-10 after Texas Open high:  A final appearance at the Texas Open last month has pushed India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal back to the top-10 of the world rankings. Pallikal gained two places to be number 10 in the Women's Squash Association (WSA) rankings, the spot she has reached for the first time in December 2012.

3) China won Table Tennis World Championships: This year's world champion titles in table tennis have gone to both China men's and women's teams. Germany's men made it to the final round, but were unable to make strong gains on the defending champions. Both the men's and women's teams from China swept the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Monday. Germany's men lost out in the final to the favorites China at the event being held in Tokyo, with the record champions proving formidable opponents. China won 3-1 against Germany.

4) Vodafone, Airtel, Idea resume 3G services: Telecom operators Vodafone and Idea Cellular on Monday said they will resume 3G services in circles where they don't have spectrum through intra-circle roaming (ICR) pacts with other operators. Bharti Airtel has also announced resumption of its 3G services in circles where it don't have spectrum. This announcement by the operators comes post the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) ruling last week. The TDSAT bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam has said 3G ICR agreement signed by Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular was not violative of licence agreement.

5) Honda recalls 31,226 Amaze, Brio cars to check faulty brake:  Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Monday recalled 31,226 units of select variants of the Amaze compact sedan and Brio hatchback to inspect them for a possible defect in the brake system. Prepared by:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

6) Ratan Tata awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire: Ratan Tata on Monday became the first Indian to be awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) since India became a Republic in 1950. British high commissioner to India, Sir James Bevan conducted the honours for Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. The high commissioner presented Tata with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

7) Ahmed Maiteeg elected New PM of Libya: Businessman Ahmed Maiteeg was elected on Sunday as Libya’s new prime minister after receiving 121 votes in parliament.

8) Juan Carlos Varela to be new President of  Panama: The opposition leader Juan Carlos Varela has won the Presidential election in Panama with almost 40 percent of the votes.

9) ING Vysya Life renamed as Exide Life Insurance: More than a year after the ING Group exited the life insurance business in India by selling its 26 per cent stake to Exide Industries, the name of ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited has been changed to Exide Life Insurance Company Limited (Exide Life Insurance) with immediate effect. The company received approvals from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs last week.

10) Ahmet Sik won UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014: Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

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Odisha Circle PA/SA Exam English Section Answer Key

Friends..Here is the answers to English Section of PA/SA Exam held in Odisha Postal Circle 2014. These answers have been prepared by us based on the feedback and discussion had with our friends via e-mail & facebook page. This may not be treated as the final answer key and we are not stating that the answers given below are completely correct. If anybody feels that the answers to any question are different, you are welcome to comment your part below as comment with valid points. Hope this helps. Open discussion is welcome...

Question Paper typed and shared by our friend Roshandip Satpathy. Contact us at Currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com

PART (C)– ENGLISH

51. Analogies for :

BOTANY : PLANTS ::

(A)Geology : Earth

(B)Stars : Astronomy

(C)Teacher : Class

(D)Disease : Ethilogy

Ans. (A)Geology : Earth

52.  Analogies for :

BUCKET : WATER ::

(A)Milk : quart

(B)Eggs : Dozen

(C)Shaker : salt

(d)River : ocean

Ans. (C)Shaker:Salt

53. Choose the option that describes the meaning of the following idioms and phrases :

To smell a rat :

(a)To suspect foul dealings

(b)To be in a bad mood

(c)Bad smell

(d)Sings of plague epidemic

Ans. (a)To suspect foul dealings

54.  Choose the option that describes the meaning of the following idioms and phrases :

Above board :

(a)Friendly

(b)Able to face difficulties

(c)Honestly

(d)Hard working

Ans. (c)Honestly

55. Fill in the blank with appropriate given option :

…………… lion is the beast of prey.

(a)A  (B)an   (C)the (D)that

Ans. (C)the

56.Fill in the blank with appropriate given option :

My uncle is ……………. S.D.O.

(a)A     (B)an     (C)the    (D)that

Ans.  (B)an 

57. Choose the most suitable preposition :

He is a slur ……………. his family.

(A)On     (B)for    (C)into    (D)at

Ans. (A)On

58.Find out the error part of the following sentence :

Ajay is the most (A)/succeeded for all (B)/ the businessmen (C)/ in this city today. (D)

Ans. (B)succeeded of/among all

59. Complete the sentence with one of the word or phrase.

…………………. he came to the desert, night had fallen and he found himself alone.

(A)Everywhere   (B)Anywhere   (C)Whenever    (D)By the time

Ans.  (D)By the time

60. On the basis of the given sentence pick out the correct sentence converted in Negative from the given options :

You wasted your time

(A)You not wasted your time

(B)You did not waste your time

(C)You wasted not your time

(D)You do not waste your time

Ans. (B)You did not waste your time

61. On the basis of the given sentences pick out the correct sentence converted in Negative from the given options :

A dog barks at a stranger.

(A)A dog will not bark at a stranger

(B)A dog does not bark at a stranger

(C)A dog shall bark at a stranger

(D)Dog is not barking at a stranger

Ans. (B)A dog does not bark at a stranger

62.Antonym for :

HURRY

(A)Worry    (B)amble   (C)sorry   (D)enable

Ans. (B)amble

63. Antonym for :

ACCEPTED

(A) Indisputable   (B)controversial   (C)accede    (D)axiomatic

Ans. (B)controversial

64. Find the synonym of :

FALSE

(A)Defective     (B)Untrue   (C)incorrect    (D)inaccurate

Ans.  (C)incorrect

65. Find the synonym of :

MINIMUM

(A)Little    (B)Lowest    (C)Minimal    (D)Meager

Ans. (C)Minimal

66. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is (D)

The famous Dr. Chandra (A)/ is only dentist (B)/ in our village. (C)/ No error (D)

Ans. (B)is the

67. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is (D)

This is not the (A)/ sense which (B)/ concerns us here. (C)/ No error (D)

Ans. (C)Concern us

68. Choose the most suitable preposition :

No one can hinder him …………….. doing this

(A)Into     (B)from     (C)for    (D)of

Ans. (B)from

69. Choose the most suitable preposition :

He took the man ………… hospital.

(A)For    (B)towards     (C)to      (D)at

Ans. (C)to

70. Find out the error part of the following sentence :

It was most (A)/ unfortunate that he (B)/ died at (C)/ early age of 41. (D)

Ans. (D)

71. Find out the error part of the following sentence :

In spite of toiling (A)/ very hardly he (B)/ realized that he had (C)/ not earned anything substantial.(D)

Ans. (B)Very hard

72. Fill in the blank with appropriate conjunction.

………………… six tables in the room.

(A)There is     (B)it is      (C)they are    (D)there are

Ans.  (D)there are

73. Fill in the blank with appropriate conjunction.

I …………………………. my sister for breakfast next week.

(A)Meet    (B)will meet    (C)will have met    (D)am meeting

Ans. (B)will meet

74. In the following question identify the correct sentence/s.

(I) I don’t like recorded music, I prefer the real thing.

(II) These items are the genuine articles.

(III) You can give a wide summery of something.

(IV) You can describe something in a minute detail.

(A)I and III    (B)I and II   (C)II and IV    (D)III only

Ans. (D)III only

75. In the following question identify the correct sentence/s.

(I) Since 1996, it has been regularly been winning GM’s “Supplier of the Year” award.

(II) It is on the urging of GM that SFL set up its China operations in may 2004 in Hainan province.

(III) A presence aboard means easier reaches to new markets.

(IV) This explains why TVS group has also set up a motorcycle plant in China.

(A)I and III     (B)I, III and IV     (C)III and IV     (D)I and IV

Ans. (C)III and IV    

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 04 May 2014

1) Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed in Raigad in Maharashtra: Eighteen passengers were killed and nearly 100 injured when the engine and four coaches of a Sawantwadi-bound passenger train derailed near Nidi station, about 135 km away from Mumbai. The train derailed outside the Bhise tunnel, near Medha village between Nagothane and Roha stations at 9.25am. Severity of the accident increased as two coaches along with engine were capsized in derailment, while rest two coaches were tilted.

2) India successfully test fired Astra: India successfully test-fired its first indigenously-developed air-to-air missile Astra from a Su-30 combat aircraft over a firing range in the western sector. “The indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile ‘ASTRA’ was successfully test fired by the Air Force from a naval range in the western sector meeting all the mission objectives,” a DRDO release said. Astra is India’s first BVR air-to-air missile indigenously designed and developed by DRDO and is an all-weather weapon system.

3) Kedarnath Temple Reopened Almost a Year After Uttarakhand Floods: Sacred portals of the Kedarnath temple were reopened to devotees amid elaborate rituals on Sunday morning, about a year after the Himalayan shrine was marred by flash floods that had left hundreds of people dead and many others stranded.

4)   Sania, Cara won WTA Portugal Open women's doubles title: The Indo-Zimbabwean tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black has won the WTA Portugal Open women's doubles title. In the final at Oeirason Sunday, the pair recorded a hard-fought 6-4, 6-3 win over the Czech-Russian team of Eva Hrdinova and Valeria Solovyeva.

5) Shooter Manavjit Sandhu rises to World No.3: Veteran trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday jumped to third spot in the world rankings, courtesy his gold winning performance at the ISSF World Cup in Tucson, USA, last month. Manavjit was earlier ranked 16th in the men's trap category. The 37-year-old has 1228 rating points and is behind leader Russian Alexey Alipov (1437) and Italian Giovanni Pellielo (1298).

6) Kamal Chawla wins bronze in Asian Snooker Championship:  Indian cueist Kamal Chawla settled for a bronze medal after losing his semifinal match to Chuan Leong Thor of Malaysia in the Asian Snooker Championship being held in Al Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. Chawla struggled against his Malaysian opponent and lost 2-6 in the semifinals, after a fine run in the tournament. The Indian somehow managed to win two frames in the best of 11 semifinal but that was not enough for him to advance further.

7) After UN award, Bihar woman gets Florence Nightingale award: After being honoured with the United Nations Foundation award, a Bihar health official has now been selected for the National Florence Nightingale Award 2014 for her extraordinary work to eradicate polio, officials here said on Sunday. "I am happy that the president will honour me for my work in polio immunization campaign," Martha Dodray, a tribal native of Palamu district of neighbouring Jharkhand, said. Dodray, in her mid-40s, is a midwife posted at Kusheshwarsthan primary health centre in the state's Darbhanga district.

8) Amar Chitra Katha makes digital debut: People can now read comics on personalities such as Akbar, Chanakya, Jawaharlal Nehru and JRD Tata on smartphones and tablets, as Amar Chitra Katha has made the digital debut. Amar Chitra Katha has launched ACK Comics, its official digital store app for across platforms — Windows 8, iOS and Android — giving users access to over 300 of its titles. The app has been developed by App9 Digital Studio, the digital division of Ninestars Information Technologies.

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Daily Current Affairs: 03 May 2014

1) President presented 61st National Film Awards 2014: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday gave away trophies to the winners of National Film Awards including the best film for Anand Gandhi's 'Ship of Theseus' and most popular film to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'.

Best Actress award winner Geetanjali Thapa (L), and joint winners for Best Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu (C) and Raj Kumar (R) 

'Ship of Theseus', a complex and philosophical film about an unusual photographer, a Jain monk and a stock broker, was given the best picture award which carries a Swarna Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 2,50,000. Hansal Mehta and Rajkumar Rao were given the award for the best director (Swarna Kamal and Rs 250,000) and best actor (Rajat Kamal and Rs 50,000) for their biopic "Shahid" (Hindi) on slain lawyer-activist Shahid Azmi. Rao shared the best actor trophy with Suraj Venjaramoodu for Malayalam film 'Perariyathavar' which also won the award for being the best film on environment conservation. Actress Geetanjali Thapa was conferred the best actress trophy for her role in Hindi film 'Liar's Dice'.

2) Gulzar received Dadasaheb Phalke Award, overwhelmed: Veteran lyricist Gulzar received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema at the 61st National Awards ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday. The 77-year-old was overwhelmed and thanked a string of "gurus" and musical geniuses of the past and current generation for contributing to his success story.

Clad in his trademark white kurta pyjama, Gulzar turned towards the audience to take a bow before he approached the stage to receive the Swarna Kamal, Rs.1 million and a shawl, conferred upon him by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Vigyan Bhavan.

3) 350 dead, hundreds missing in Afghan landslide: More than 300 people were killed and hundreds of others feared dead after a landslide buried an Afghan village, officials said, as rescue teams on Saturday rushed to the scene in the hope of finding any survivors.

4) US sprint champion Tyson Gay suspended for a year for doping: Former world double sprint champion Tyson Gay has been suspended for one year after testing positive in 2013 for a banned anabolic steroid, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Friday. Gay has also returned the silver medal he won with the U.S. 4x100 metres relay team at the 2012 London Olympics but will be eligible to return to competition as early as next month after admitting his offence and co-operating with investigators.

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