Current Affairs November 2014 (First Week) PDF Download

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1) Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on 3 November 2014 received the Japan’s top national award named?

Ans. The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014.

2) Name Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography which was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai?

Ans. Playing It My Way

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 November 2014 adopted which village in Varanasi (his constituency) under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)?

Ans. Jayapur Village

4) Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People 2014 was released on 5 November 2014. Who topped the list?

Ans. Vladimir Putin, the Russian President.

Note: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his debut in the world's most powerful people list ranked 15th.

5) Who was on 5 November 2014 appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the Income-Tax Department?

Ans. Anita Kapur, the senior IRS officer

6) Which team won the 2014-15 Duleep Trophy cricket tournament on 2 November 2014?

Ans. Central Zone

Note: They won by defeating South Zone in the finals played at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi with 9 runs.

7) Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee on 3 November 2014 submitted its final report on IPL Spot fixing to?

Ans. Supreme Court of India

8) Which car's from India on 3 November 2014 failed the crash tests and got zero stars in safety rating for their adult occupant protection under the Global New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)?

Ans. Maruti’s Swift and Nissan’s Datsun GO

9) Who won LG People’s Choice Award 2014 on 5 November 2014?

Ans. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Note: He is the third Indian player to win the coveted prize and overall fourth cricketer to win this prize.

10) Name the Italian physicist who was on 4 November 2014 appointed as first woman chief of CERN particle physics research centre?

Ans. Fabiola Gianotti

Note: She became the first woman to be put in charge of a top global scientific institution in the field.

11) Which city in India recorded the largest number of internet users in 2014 as per a study conducted by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and released on 4 November 2014?

Ans. Mumbai

12) Who was named as the captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014 recently?

Ans. Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

13) Who was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014 on 5 November 2014?

Ans. Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lankan cricket captain

14) Which tech giant on 3 November 2014 announced launch of Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA) in partnership with various content providers?

Ans. Google India

15) Which company recently became the first listed Indian company among the 30 SENSEX firms to have more than 75 percent shareholding by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)?

Ans. HDFC

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16) Commemorative Postage stamp on Liver Transplantation in India was released on 4 November 2014 by the Department of Posts. In which year the first successful liver transplantation in India was done?

Ans. 1998

17) Which company completed the acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google on 30 October 2014?

Ans. Lenovo, the Chinese PC maker

18) Which player received his 2013-14 European Golden Boot award on 5 November 2014?

Ans. Cristiano Ronaldo

Note: Portuguese star was awarded for being joint top-goal scorer last season in Europe along with Luis Suarez, having hit 31 goals.

19) Largest wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy on 6 November 2014 installed the world’s tallest hybrid wind generator turbine at?

Ans. Kutch, Gujarat

20) Union Cabinet on 4 November 2014 approved dissolution of legislative assembly of which state?

Ans. Delhi

21) Which telecom company on 5 November 2014 called off the 700 crore rupees deal with Loop Mobile?

Ans. Airtel

22) India and which country on 7 November 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Nalanda University in Bihar as an international centre of excellence?

Ans. Bhutan

23) Who was on 5 November 2014 appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of e-retailer Flipkart?

Ans. Sanjay Baweja

24) National Cancer Awareness Day was recently observed on?

Ans. 7 November 2014

25) Which airlines on 6 November 2014 banned shipment of shark fins and committed to protect marine ecosystem?

Ans. Jet Airways

26) Who has resigned from the post of Goa Chief Minister on 8 November 2014?

Ans. Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar

27) Name the Veteran Bollywood actor who died on 3 November 2014 at Mumbai?

Ans. Sadashiv Amrapurkar

28) Name the Hockey India President who on 2 November 2014 became a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Executive Board?

Ans. Narinder Batra

29) Name the tallest building in the US which was reopened for business thirteen years after the original twin towers were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attack?

Ans. World Trade Center

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21 November 2014 Current Affairs Questions & Answers for exams

1) Which actor was bestowed with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the opening ceremony of the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on 20 November 2014?

(A) Kamal Hassan

(B) Rajinikanth

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Mammootty

2) Which racing team on 20 November 2014 relaunched their Formula One ambition by roping in Sebastian Vettel on a three-year deal starting 2015 season?

(A) Redbull

(B) Mercedes

(C) Lotus-Renault

(D) Ferrari

3) Government on 20 November 2014 approved Rs 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural electrification. The scheme was earlier known as?

(A) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

(B) Indira Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

(D) Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

4) International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014 was inaugurated on 20 November 2014. It is hosted by which state, which is the permanent venue for hosting the IFFI?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Goa

(D) Gujarat

5) Name the CBI chief who was removed from 2G scam probe by Supreme Court on 20 November 2014?

(A) Amar Pratap Singh

(B) Ashwani Kumar

(C) Vijay Shanker Tiwari

(D) Ranjit Sinha

6) In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, which Ministry is planning to come up with a ‘Think in India’ drive to encourage students and researchers to come up with innovations and new ideas, as announced recently?

(A) Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

(B) Ministry of Science and Technology

(C) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(D) All of these 

7) Which private bank has on 20 November 2014 announced its plan to acquire ING Vysya Bank?

(A) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) Axis Bank

(D) Federal Bank

8) Which country retained its number one spot in the latest Reliance ODI team rankings released on 20 November 2014?

(A) South Africa

(B) Australia

(C) India

(D) Pakistan

9) Who among the following was the chief guest at the opening ceremony of International Film Festival of India held on 20 November 2014?

(A) Amitabh Bachchan

(B) Jackie Chan

(C) Arnold Schwarzenegger

(D) Aamir Khan

10) The controversial ‘godman’ Sant Rampal was arrested on 19 November 2014 from his besieged ‘Satlok Ashram’ in Barwala, Hisar in which state?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Punjab

(C) Bihar

(D) Haryana

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Rajinikanth

2) Ans. (D) Ferrari

3) Ans. (A) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

4) Ans. (C) Goa

5) Ans. (D) Ranjit Sinha

6) Ans. (C) Ministry of Human Resource Development

7) Ans. (A) Kotak Mahindra Bank

8) Ans. (C) India

9) Ans. (A) Amitabh Bachchan

10) Ans. (D) Haryana

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 20 November 2014

1) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana - Govt's new rural electrification scheme: Government on 20 November 2014 approved Rs 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). The scheme includes aseparate agriculture and non agriculture feeders facilitating judicious rostering of supply to agricultural and non-agricultural consumers in rural areas. The scheme also includes strengthening and augmentation of sub transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural areas, including metering of distribution transformers and feeders. The estimated cost of the scheme for above two components is Rs 43,033 crore which includes the requirement of budgetary support of Rs 33,453 crore from the government over the entire implementation period.

2) CBI chief Ranjit Sinha removed from 2G scam probe by Supreme Court: In a major embarrassment for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Supreme Court on 20 Nov 2014 asked the agency chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse himself from the ongoing probe into the multi-crore 2G spectrum allocation scam. "We direct Ranjit Sinha not to interfere in the 2G probe," the apex court said, adding that his subordinate could take over the investigation into alleged illegal allocations of second-generation airwaves for mobile connectivity by the previous UPA government.

3) 45th International Film Festival of India began at Goa: The 45th International Film Festival of India began at Goa on 20 November 2014.Mega-star of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan was the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony. The 11-day cinematic extravaganza will screen 178 foreign films in various categories. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Minister of State for I&B, Rajyavardhan Rathore were present at the function held at Dr Shamaprasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao village. The festival opened with Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film 'The President', about a dictator who comes face to face with the people he previously subjugated. 

4) Rajinikanth conferred Centenary Award at IFFI: South Indian cinema’s superstar Rajinikanth was bestowed with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the opening ceremony of the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Union Minister Arun Jaitley and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, who was the chief guest, presented the award, which consists of a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs, a certificate and the Silver Peacock Medal. It was instituted last year to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema.

5) An Integrated Power Development Scheme launched: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval to launch "Integrated Power Development Scheme" (IPDS) with the objectives of: 1. Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network in the urban areas; 2. Metering of distribution transformers /feeders / consumers in the urban areas. 3. IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network as per CCEA approval dated 21.06.2013 for completion of targets laid down under Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) for 12th and 13th Plans by carrying forward the approved outlay for RAPDRP to IPDS.

6) HRD Ministry planning ‘Think in India’ drive: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, the HRD Ministry is planning to come up with a ‘Think in India’ drive to encourage students and researchers to come up with innovations and new ideas and to keep the talent back home from leaving abroad. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani said this at an event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

7) Kotak Mahindra Bank to acquire ING Vysya Bank: The board of Kotak Mahindra Bank has approved a merger with ING Vysya Bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank are private sector banks, offering a wide range of financial services. The combined entity will have over 1,200 branches across the country and a market value of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore. In an all-share transaction, shareholders of ING Vysya Bank will get 725 shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank for every 1,000 shares held. This will increase Kotak's branches to 1,214 from 641 now. Kotak has a 68 per cent presence in the west and north while ING Vysya is strong in the south, especially Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. Kotak will gain 2 million customers from this merger.

8) India continue to top ODI team table, Kohli at number 2: India retained the numero uno spot in the latest Reliance ODI team rankings while Virat Kohli maintained the number two position with skipper MS Dhoni static at the seventh place in the batting chart released on 20 Nov 2014.

9) Sebastian Vettel joins Ferrari after Alonso's exit: Fallen Italian giants Ferrari relaunched their Formula One world title ambitions by confirming Sebastian Vettel on a three-year deal on 20 Nov 2014 that will see the German team up with Kimi Raikkonen from next year. Ferrari's announcement came minutes after confirmation of Fernando Alonso's departure from the team after a five-year spell in which the Spaniard ultimately failed to deliver a world championship title.

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October 2014: Complete Current Affairs PDF Download

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IBPS PO IV Results Out

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Question Papers: Railway(RRC) Group D Exam 16 November 2014

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Current Affairs QUIZ: 20 November 2014

1) Which among the following organization has won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2014 on 19 November 2014?

(A) IPCC

(B) Bachpan Bachao Andolan

(C) ISRO

(D) Red Cross 

2) Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd (BMB) on 19 November 2014 launched its internet banking facility by the name?

(A) BMBOnline

(B) BMBBanking

(C) OnlineBMB

(D) BMBSmartBanking

3) World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed across the world on?

(A) 19 November

(B) 18 November

(C) 21 November

(D) 20 November

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi who visited Fiji on 19 November announced a 75 million of credit for Fiji for a co-generation power plant and upgrading the sugar industry ans also pitched for stronger ties. Who was the last Indian PM before Modi to visit Fiji?

(A) A B Vajpayee

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Rajiv Gandhi

(D) Charan Singh

5) Which English word was chosen as Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year for 2014 on 19 November 2014?

(A) Gagnam Style

(B) Selfie

(C) Whatsapp

(D) Vape

6) Kisan Vikas Patra which was re-launched by Union Government on 18 November 2014 has a maturity period of?

(A) 5 Years and 6 Months

(B) 2 Years

(C) 8 Years and 4 Months

(B) 7 Years and 3 Months

7) Name the Indian-American student who on 19 November 2014 has won the 2014 International Children's Peace Prize Award for her exceptional work to raise money for underprivileged children around the world?

(A) Tanushi Sharma

(B) Neha Gupta

(C) Sruthi Menon

(D) Arya Krishna

8) Which tech giant has launched a new e-mail application named 'Verse', for businesses that integrates social media, file sharing and analytics to learn a user's behavior and predict interactions with coworkers on 19 November 2014?

(A) Google

(B) Yahoo

(C) Accenture

(D) IBM

9) Nation remembered Indira Gandhi on her ....... birth anniversary on 19 November 2014?

(A) 97th

(B) 125th

(C) 90th

(D) 101st

10) According to a recent study, number of people online in India is forecast to touch 302 million by end of this year, overtaking which country as the second-largest Internet market in the world?

(A) China

(B) USA

(C) UK

(D) Saudi Arabia

Answers

1) Ans. (C) ISRO

2) Ans. (D) BMBSmartBanking

3) Ans. (A) 19 November

4) Ans. (B) Indira Gandhi

5) Ans. (D) Vape

6) Ans. (C) 8 Years and 4 Months

7) Ans. (B) Neha Gupta

8) Ans. (D) IBM

9) Ans. (A) 97th

10) Ans. (B) USA

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IBPS Clerk 2014 Computer Knowledge Questions for practice

1) If we connect personal computers together, we can form a ……….

(A) network

(B) supercomputer

(C) server

(D) none of these

2) What is the function of output devices?

(A) Store data

(B) View or print data

(C) scan data

(D) input data

3) Which of the following are the most common input devices?

(A) Digital camera, speakers

(B) Keyboard, mouse

(C) Microphone, printer

(D) Scanner, monitor

4) Which of the following performs simple mathematics for the CPU?

(A) BUS

(B) DIMM

(C) Register

(D) ALU

5) Which of the following is the connection to the internet using a phone and a modem?

(A) digital

(B) broadband

(C) dial up

(D) dish

6) If we want to reload a webpage which button do we use?

(A) F2

(B) F5

(C) F10

(D) F12

7) What is the name of a website's main page?

(A) Browser page

(B) Home page

(C) Bookmark page

(D) Search page

8) If you want to enter the current date in a cell, which button do you use?

(A) CTRL + F10

(B) CTRL + F11

(C) CTRL + ;(semicolon)

(D) CTRL + : (colon)

9) Where you will find the HELP menu?

(A) Start

(B) End

(C) Turnoff

(D) Restart

10) If you want to change the selected text to all capital letters, which key(s) will you press?

(A) Caps Lock

(B) ctrl + shift + A

(C) ctrl + alt + C

(D) none of these

Answers

1) Ans. (A) network

2) Ans. (B) View or print data

3) Ans. (B) keyboard, mouse

4) Ans. (D) ALU

5) Ans. (C) dial up

6) Ans. (B) F5

7) Ans. (B) Home page

8) Ans. (C) CTRL + ;(semicolon)

9) Ans. (A) Start

10) Ans. (B) ctrl + shift + A

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19 November 2014 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) ISRO chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament 2014: Indian space agency ISRO will be conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 in recognition of its contribution in strengthening international cooperation in peaceful use of outer space. The award jury, chaired by Vice President Hamid Ansari, made the announcement 0n 19 November 2014. "The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is awarded to the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in recognition of its path-breaking achievement, culminating in the Mars orbiter mission, its significant contribution in strengthening international cooperation in peaceful use of outer space," a statement said.

2) Nation remembered Indira Gandhi on her 97th birth anniversary: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and top leaders paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 97th birth anniversary. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were among the Congress leaders who paid floral tributes to the departed leader at her memorial Shakti Sthal on the banks of river Yamuna.

3) 'Vape' chosen as Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year for 2014: Vape, a verb meaning to inhale or exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette has been named as the word of the year 2014 by Oxford Dictionaries. The title is usually given to a word whose usage has increased exponentially during the year to date. The winning word should "reflect the ethos, mood or preoccupations of that particular year and to have lasting potential as a word of cultural significance".

4) India's Internet user-base to cross 300 million by December-end: Buoyed by strong growth in Internet consumption on mobile devices, the number of people online in India is forecast to touch 302 million by end of this year, overtaking the US as the second-largest Internet market in the world. According to a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, the number of Internet users in India is expected to grow 32 per cent to 302 million this year from 213 million at the end of December last year.

5) China in focus at 45th IFFI: China will be the country in focus at the 45th International Film Festival in Goa. A variety of films will be showcased. The films in this section are 'American Dreams in China', 'Beijing Blues', ' Caught In The Web', 'Christmas Rose', 'Feng Shui', 'Finding Mr. Right', ''The Great Hypnotist', 'Out Of Inferno' and 'Silent Witness'.

6) World Toilet Day observed on 19 November: The World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed across the world on 19 November 2014. In 2001 WTO declared 19 November World Toilet Day (WTD).  The World Toilet Organization created World Toilet Day to raise global awareness of the struggle 2.5 billion face every day without access to proper, clean sanitation.

7) Indian-American student wins 2014 International Children's Peace Prize: Indian-American student Neha Gupta has won the 2014 International Children's Peace Prize Award for her exceptional work to raise money for underprivileged children around the world. Netherlands King Willem-Alexander, former archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai presented Gupta with her award during a ceremony at The Hague, Netherlands on 19 November 2014.

8) Twitter opened up search engine to access every tweet ever: Twitter has re-designed its search engine so that it displays all tweets ever sent through the service — allowing users to watch historical events as they unfolded on social media, as well as to find embarrassing posts that had previously been lost to the mists of time.

9) Bharatiya Mahila Bank launches net banking: Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd (BMB) on Wednesday launched its internet banking facility by the name ‘BMBSmartBanking’. This facility was launched at the hands of Usha Ananthasubramanian, Chairman and Managing Director, BMB. A newly designed website of the bank was also launched. Currently, this women focused bank has branch network of 33 branches and all of them on core banking solutions with onsite ATMs.

10) IBM launched new email service Verse: International Business Machine Corp has launched a new e-mail application for businesses that integrates social media, file sharing and analytics to learn a user's behavior and predict interactions with coworkers. The application is part of IBM's attempt to shift its focus to cloud computing and data analytics from the hardware services that had long been the company's bread and butter. The new e-mail service, known as IBM Verse, includes a built-in personal assistant that can learn from a user's behavior and draft responses to e-mails based on similar previous interactions.

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Result of SBI Clerk Exam 2014 Published

Friends.. State Bank of India has today (20 November 2014) published the results of its clerical cadre recruitment Online Exam held during July & August 2014. Result contains the Roll Numbers of Candidates Shortlisted for Interview. As per the write up in results, Interviews will commence from 08-12-2014. Eligible candidates can download Call-Letter for Interview and Bio-Data Form from 25 November 2014 from website of SBI. You can check SBI Clerk Exam 2014 results from the below link. Congratulations to all the selected candidates!!

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