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1) Who was unanimously elected as Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha on 6 June 2014?

Ans. Sumitra Mahajan

Note: She replaced Meria Kumar and became the second women presiding officer of the Lok Sabha. She was elected after a motion moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was adopted by voice vote called by pro tem Speaker Kamal Nath. Sumitra Mahajan, BJP Party leader from Indore constituency, is the longest serving woman Member of Parliament (MP) and this is her eighth terms as MP.

2) World Environment Day (WED) was observed across the world on 5 June 2014 with the theme?

Ans. Small islands and climate change and slogan raise your voice not the Sea level

3) Which state became the 29th State of India with Hyderabad as its capital on 2 June 2014?

Ans. Telangana

4) Where is the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 scheduled to be held from 23 July to 3 August 2014?

Ans. Glasgow, Scotland

5) Who was sworn-in as the pro tem Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha on 4 June 2014?

Ans. Kamal Nath

6) Who was given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation on 4 June 2014?

Ans. Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Note: Additional charges were given to him due to the death of Gopinath Munde who was holding the above ministries. Nithin Gadkari is already Union Minister for Surface Transport & Shipping.

7) Which state government on 3 June 2014 announced the enhancement of the retirement age of government employees from 58 to 60 years?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

8) Who was appointed as new test captain of South African cricket team on 3 June 2014?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Hashim Amla

9) Who has topped the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in the world?

Ans. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

10) Who has sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of Telengana, which became the 29th state of Indian Union?

Ans. Chandrashekhar Rao

11) What is the name of World’s first humanoid robot that can communicate and read emotions which was unveiled in Japan on 5 June 2014 by a mobile phone company Softbank Corp?

Ans. Pepper

12) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at .................. won the Roll of Excellence award, given by Airport Council International (ACI) in Seoul, South Korea on 27 May 2014?

Ans. Hyderabad

13) India has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge as the world's second largest textile exporter behind which country?

Ans China

14) 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held from 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014 at?

Ans. Brussels

Note: Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federation's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format instead.

15) Which country will become the 19th country to adopt Euro as a Single currency from 1 January 2015?

Ans. Lithuania

16) Which country on 5 June 2014 announced to introduce a new legislation bill Recall of Member of Parliament (M.P.) Bill, which will allow voters to sack misbehaving MPs?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Britain

17) Who won the Presidential election for the third time in Syria recently?

Ans. President Bashar al-Assad

18) Who became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal on 29 May 2014?

Ans. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand G Mahindra

19) State government of Madhya Pradesh recently appointed whom as the brand ambassador of its maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan?

Ans. Madhuri Dixit

20) Who took over the charge of Western Naval Command (WNC) as Commander-in-Chief on 6 June 2014?

Ans. Vice Admiral Anil Chopra

21) Who was appointed as Micromax Chairman on 5 June 2014?

Ans. Sanjay Kapoor

Note: Sanjay Kapoor was a former CEO of Bharti Airtel.

22) Who was sworn-in as the President of El Salvador on 1 June 2014?

Ans. Salvador Sanchez Ceren

23) Who was sworn-in as President of Malawi on 31 May 2014?

Ans. Peter Mutharika

24) Which Indian was on 5 June 2014 appointed as member of a UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in UN peacekeeping?

Ans. Lieutenant General (retired) Abhijit Guha

25) What is India's position in the ICC ODI team rankings released on 4 June 2014?

Ans. 3rd

Note: Australia at 1st position and Sri Lanka at second position.

26) Which Airport in India was ranked as second best airport in the world in service quality among airports that handle 25 to 40 million passengers per annum (MPPA)?

Ans. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) of Delhi

27) Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in first week of June 2014 launched a new four-minute video titled .................. to highlight the health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption?

Ans. The Price We Pay

28) State government of Uttar Pradesh on 6 June 2014 constituted a four-member Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the Badaun gang rape and murder case. Who will head it?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Circle Officer of Ujhaini, Mukesh Saxena

29) Who won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction on 4 June 2014 for her first novel A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing?

Ans. Irish author Eimear McBride

30) Global Day of Parents was observed across the world on?

Ans. 1 June 2014

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FIFA World Cup 2014 Quiz Questions

1. Simple one to start with. Name the mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and what type of an animal is it.

2. Apart from Brazil, which has done it five times, which two European sides have taken the champion’s trophy at least thrice?

3. India made it to the 1950 Finals but could not participate because of an ‘official’ reason. What was the reason?

4. How is the name of Italy’s Silvio Gazzaniga indelibly linked to the competition, even though he did not compete as a player?

5. Whose goal has been dubbed the ‘Hand of God’ goal?

6. What is the slogan for this year’s fiesta in Brazil?

7. Apart from the right to be called World Champion and the trophy, how much prize money will the triumphant team get this year?

8. To prevent any controversy about a goal, what innovation is being introduced in Brazil?

9. If it was Telstar in 1970 and Jabulani four years ago, what is it for 2014?

10. Netting one goal in a Finals match is an achievement. Name the legend, and two-time winner, who has done it a record 15 times.

11. How is the iconic Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho lovingly called by football fans?

12. Which team is making its debut this year?

13. What enviable record do Brazil’s Mario Zagallo and Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer share?

14. Which African teams at this year’s competition have the nicknames ‘The Indomitable Lions’ and ‘Les Elephants’?

15. What will best player of the final competition, chosen on the basis of a vote, get?

Answers:

1. Fuleco is a Brazilian three-banded armadillo; 2. Italy and Germany (including West Germany); 3. FIFA said players could not compete barefoot. There have been theories that India did not take part because of issues at home also; 4. He designed the lovely 36-centimetre tall FIFA World Cup trophy; 5. Diego Maradona’s contentious goal in the match against England in 1986; 6. ‘All In One Rhythm’ (‘Juntos num so ritmo’) in Portuguese; 7. $35 million; 8. Goal-line technology; 9. Brazuca. They are the names of the official match ball made by Adidas; 10. Ronaldo; 11. The Maracana; 12. Bosnia and Herzegovina; 13. They are the only two to have won the trophy both as a player and coach; 14. Cameroon and Ivory Coast; 15. Golden Ball.

Credits: The Hindu Young World Quiz

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 09 June 2014

1) Arun Jaitley becomes the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad Leader of the Opposition: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Monday named as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, while Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad was declared the Leader of the Opposition. Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari made the announcement on the first day's sitting of the Upper House after the Lok Sabha elections. Jaitley (61), a senior BJP member was earlier Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha during UPA government, while Azad (65) was Union Health Minister. Both Jaitley and Azad lost elections from Amritsar in Punjab and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir respectively in this Lok Sabha polls but the tenure of their Rajya Sabha membership still remains. Jaitley had lost to Amarinder Singh of Congress while Azad lost the Lok Sabha polls to BJP's Jitendra Singh, who is now Minister of State in PMO. While Jaitley is a member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, Congress leader Azad is a member from Jammu and Kashmir.

2) BrahMos missile test-fired from warship INS Kolkata: India on Monday successfully test- fired the 290 km-range BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from the country's largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. The Mazagon Dockyards Limited-built INS Kolkata is yet to be formally inducted into the Navy and will have the capability to launch 16 BrahMos missiles in one go when it enters operational service. The missile was test-fired from INS Kolkata, which is a new ship under Project 15-Alpha series, off the coast of Karwar on Monday morning and all the parameters were met during the test, defence officials told PTI.

3) Sourav Ganguly joins Mudgal panel: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday joined the Supreme Court-appointed Mudgal committee, which is probing the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal, as an expert on cricketing affairs. The panel is headed by Retd Justice Mukul Mudgal and includes advocates L. Nageswara Rao, Niloy Dutta and senior IPS officer B.B. Mishra. “We had requested Sourav Ganguly to join the IPL probe panel and he has agreed to join us in the investigations. I had telephoned Sourav and he confirmed me about coming on board. We haven’t yet decided on the day when we will meet,” Justice Mudgal told PTI.

4) Kudankulam becomes India’s first nuclear plant to generate 1,000MW power: The Unit 1 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) has reached full capacity generation of 1,000MW on Saturday. The Russian-designed Voda Voda Energo Reactor (VVER) achieved the final milestone nearly eight months after power generated at the plant was connected to the grid. This is the first nuclear power plant in the country to touch 1,000MW of power generation.

5) Kathleen Stephens takes charge as US interim Ambassador: Kathleen Stephens, the new US interim Ambassador, took charge of the American Embassy in New Delhi and said she was looking forward to working with India for strengthening and broadening the Indo-US partnership. She will head the US mission until a new permanent ambassador is nominated and confirmed by the US Senate. A career foreign service officer, Stephens was US ambassador to South Korea from 2008 to 2011 and previously served in senior positions in Washington, Asia and Europe.

6) Pradeep Chandra's 'Aamir Khan: Actor, Activist, Achiever' book launched: Dalip Tahil, Pritish Nandy, Prahlad Kakar and many others were spotted at the launch of Pradeep Chandra`s Coffee table book `Aamir Khan: Actor, Activist, Achiever` in Mumbai. Speaking at the event, Pritish Nandy said, "Aamir is a great actor, famous activist; he has done some remarkable movies. And he is a remarkable man. But this book is more about a man who has paid tribute to Aamir Khan ." The book published by Niyogi Books is a pictorial biography that contains rare pictures of the actor.

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Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win record ninth French Open title

>> Rafael Nadal clinched his ninth French Open and 14th career Grand Slam title on Sunday with a brutal 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 victory over a battling Novak Djokovic.

>> The world number one also became the first man to win five Roland Garros crowns in succession as the 28-year-old took his record at the tournament to 66 wins against just one defeat.

>> His tally of 14 majors equals the mark of Pete Sampras and puts him just three behind the all-time record of Roger Federer who is almost five years older.

>> Defeat was cruel for world number two Djokovic, the 2012 runner-up, who still needs a French Open title to become just the eighth man to complete the career Grand Slam. The Serb dominated the early stages of Sunday's final, the pair's 42nd meeting, seemingly immune to the sweltering 30-degree heat on Philippe Chatrier court.

>> But Nadal, playing in his 20th Grand Slam final to Djokovic's 13th, grew stronger as the final wore on as he ended a four-match losing streak against his old rival. The 3hr 31min duel ended on a sour note when Djokovic double-faulted on match point, shaken by a shout from the crowd.

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Bihar Postal Circle PA/SA Exam Question Paper held on 08 June 2014

Question Paper of

Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

Held on 08 June 2014 in

Bihar Postal Circle

Friends..Here is the Question Paper of PA/SA Exam 2014 held in Bihar Postal Circle on 08 June 2014. This will be useful reference. You can download the questions as PDF from the link below.

Question Paper shared by our friend: Shubham Kumar

Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

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Current Affairs PDF May 2014 (Second Week)

Current Affairs PDF

May 2014- Second Week

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1) Who was appointed as the 28th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on 13 May 2014?

Ans. Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag

Note: He will assume the charge on 31 July 2014 the date on which General Bikram Singh retires. General Suhag will serve as the COAS for 29 month till 31 December 2016.

2) Hockey India (HI) honoured heroes of 1975 World Cup team on 14 May 2014. The 1975 World Cup team was felicitated on the eve of World Cup 2014. Which country is hosting Hockey World Cup 2014?

Ans. The Hague, Netherlands

3) Which Bollywood actor on 13 May 2014 became the first Indian to feature on the cover page of the business magazine Forbes Middle East?

Ans. Shah Rukh Khan

4) Who has resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar on 17 May 2014?

Ans. Nitish Kumar

5) Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh tendered his resignation to the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on?

Ans. 17 May 2014

6) Asia's biggest milk brand Amul on 14 May 2014 announced to set up a dairy processing plant at?

Ans. Varanasi

7) Who was named as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team for two years on 15 May 2014?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Grant Flower

8) Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 May 2014 announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in India by which year after field trials?

Ans. 2015

Note: Modern plastic currency notes were first developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), CSIRO and The University of Melbourne to safeguard counterfeiting the currency. They were first issued as currency in Australia in 1988. In 1996 Australia switched completely to plastic currency notes.

9) Which mobile service provider announced on 14 May 2014 that it will provide free Wi-Fi in Gurgaon Rapid Metro Rail for six months?

Ans. MTS

10) Who led the Indian delegation at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival inaugurated in Cannes, France on 14 May 2014?

Ans. Kamal Haasan

11) Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) on 14 May 2014?

Ans. Justice BS Chauhan

12) Supreme Court Collegium on 13 May 2014 recommended the names of whom to be elevated as judges of the Supreme Court?

Ans. Gopal Subramaniam and RF Nariman

13) Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 12 May 2014 gave his assent to the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2011. With this assent, the Whistleblowers Bill, 2011 became?

Ans. Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011

14) Name the World’s first Electric plane successfully completed its first flight on 9 May 2014?

Ans. E-Fan

15) International Nurses Day was observed across the world on?

Ans. 12 May 2014

16) Who won Cricket Club of India (CCI) Classic Billiards and Snooker tournament on 14 May 2014?

Ans. Pankaj Advani

17) Name the founder of Leela Group of Hotels who died on 17 May 2014 in Mumbai?

Ans. Capitan Krishnan Nair

18) Supreme Court of India on 16 May 2014 appointed three-member panel headed by whom to further probe the IPL spot fixing scandal involving N Srinivasan and 12 others?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal

19) World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was observed across the world on?

Ans. 10 – 11 May 2014

20) Which Indian – American was on 13 May 2014 confirmed by US Senate as the federal judge in Massachusetts?

Ans. Indira Talwani

21) Who recently (in May 2014) became the first-ever woman to head a UN Peacekeeping Force in its entire history?

Ans. Major General Kristin Lund of Norway

Note: United Nations Peacekeeping Force helps countries torn by conflict to create conditions for lasting peace.

22) Which team won the 20th Senior National Women’s Football Championships title at the Golaghat Stadium in Assam on 12 May 2014?

Ans. Manipur

23) Who won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Tennis Open final on 11 May 2014?

Ans. Rafael Nadal

24) Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Water Commission & ex-officio Secretary of the Government of India on 15 May 2014?

Ans. Ashwin B. Pandya

25) Who was appointed as President of International Technology Law Association in May 2014?

Ans. Sajai Singh

26) Who was appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of Volvo Buses India on 14 May 2014 by Volvo Bus Corporation?

Ans. VRV Sriprasad

27) Who won Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title in women's singles category?

Ans. Maria Sharapova

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Maria Sharapova wins French Open 2014

>> Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years at Roland Garros on Saturday, defeating Romania's Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in a gripping final, the first to go the full distance in Paris in 13 years and the second longest on record.

>> It was the 27-year-old Russian's fifth Grand Slam title, bringing her level with Martina Hingis on the all-time list and it came 10 years after she won her first major at Wimbledon 2004.

>> Sharapova, who completed a career sweep of all four Grand Slam titles in Paris in 2012 before losing to Serena Williams last year, also moved to number two on the all-time prize money earnings, with only the American ahead of her.

>> But it took all her legendary grit and resolve to recover from the loss of the second set on a tie-break after she had stood just two points away from the title at 5/3.

>> "It's the toughest Grand Slam final I have ever played," said Sharapova. "I can't believe that at 27 I have won the French Open more times than any other Grand Slam."

>> The consolation for Halep, whose meteoric rise to the top bracket in women's tennis over the last 18 months has projected her as a potential champion, was that she will climb to a career-high third in the world rankings.

>> Fourth-seeded Halep did not drop a single set in her six matches, while seventh-seed Sharapova needed to battle back from first set losses in her three previous outings. But experience was massively on the Russian's side. This was her ninth Grand Slam final dating back 10 years, while Halep was playing in her first at the age of 22.

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Current Affairs Questions & Answers: 03 June 2014

1) Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan kept the key policy repo rate unchanged at ....... per cent in its second bi monthly policy review on 3 June 2014?

(A) 8%

(B) 6.5%

(C) 5%

(D) 7%

2) In its second bi monthly policy review on 3 June 2014, RBI has slashed Statutory Liquidity Ratio by ...... basis points to make it 22.5 per cent of deposits?

(A) 25bps

(B) 50bps

(C) 75 bps

(D) 100bps

3) Union Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi on 3 June 2014. He was holding which among the foloowing portfolio in Modi lead cabinet?

(A) Minority Affairs

(B) Urban Development

(C) Water Resources

(D) Rural Development

4) Who was named as the new South African Test cricket Captain on 3 June 2014?

(A) AB de Villers

(B) J P Duminy

(C) Hashim Amla

(D) Faf du plessis

5) Yousuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah who was on a visit to India recently was the foreign minister of?

(A) Kuwait

(B) Oman

(C) Saudi Arabia

(D) Iran

6) Which state Government on 3 June 2014 raised the retirement age of its employees from 58 to 60?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Kerala

(C) Karnataka

(D) Maharashtra

7) Which state recently ordered establishment of women helpline in each district of State?

(A) Kerala

(B) TamilNadu

(C) Bihar

(D) Uttar Pradesh

8) Who among the following was recently(June 2014) appointed the new Secretary at Department of Posts?

(A) P Gopinath

(B) Kalpana Tiwari

(C) Kavery Banerjee

(D) Radhika Doraiswamy

9) Name the Indo-French bilateral air exercise which began at the Jodhpur Air Base on 2 June 2014?

(A) SIMPEX

(B) INDFRA

(C) GARUDA

(D) ASTRA

 

10) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on 2 June 2014 appointed on the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB). Where is the headquarters of ADB?

(A) Manila

(B) Kuala Lumpur

(C) Jakarta

(D) Thimphu

Answers

1) Ans. (A) 8%

2) Ans. (B) 50bps

3) Ans. (D) Rural Development

4) Ans. (C) Hashim Amla

5) Ans. (B) Oman

6) Ans. (A) Jammu and Kashmir

7) Ans. (D) Uttar Pradesh

8) Ans. (C) Kavery Banerjee

9) Ans. (C) GARUDA

10) Ans. (A) Manila

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