Current Affairs Multiple Choice Questions: 08 December 2014

1) India's latest communication satellite GSAT-16 was launched successfully on 07 December 2014. GSAT-16 was launched using which foreign rocket?

(A) Intercosmos

(B) Ariane

(C) Vostok

(D) Delta

2) India defeated which country to win Blind Cricket World Cup on 7 December 2014?

(A) Pakistan

(B) South Africa

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Australia

3) India on 7 December 2014 set a new world record for the largest human flag, formed by over 50,000 volunteers, beating the previous record held by Pakistan. In which city the event was held?

(A) Ahmedabad

(B) Kochi

(C) Kolkata

(D) Chennai

4) Typhoon Hagupit has recently hit which country?

(A) Japan

(B) Maldives

(C) Malaysia

(D) Philippines

5) First World Soil Day was recently observed on?

(A) 3 December 2014

(B) 1 December 2014

(D) 5 December 2014

(D) None of these

6) Mohammad Hafeez who was on 7 December 2014 suspended by the ICC after his bowling action was found to be illegal in bio-mechanic tests, is the cricket player from which country?

(A) West Indies

(B) Pakistan

(C) Bangladesh

(D) South Africa

7) Which was the other satellite launched along with GSAT-16 from space port of Kourou in French Guiana on 7 December 2014?

(A) SROSS-C2

(B) RESOURCESAT-14

(C) DIRECTV-14

(D) CARTOSAT-2A

8) A committee constituted in which year to design future currency notes, as disclosed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 5 December 2014, recommended that no other national leader’s image should be put on banknotes except Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) 2010

(B) 2013

(C) 2005

(D) 2014

9) The Book “The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years”, which is set to be published on 11 December 2014 is written by?

(A) Dr Manmohan Singh

(B) Sonia Gandhi

(C) Pranab Mukherjee

(D) A K Antony

10) Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 kicked off in India on 6 December 2014. How many times India has won Hockey Champions Trophy in the past?

(A) Twice

(B) Four Times

(C) Once

(D) None

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Ariane

2) Ans. (A) Pakistan

3) Ans. (D) Chennai

4) Ans. (D) Philippines

5) Ans. (D) 5 December 2014

6) Ans. (B) Pakistan

7) Ans. (C) DIRECTV-14

8) Ans. (A) 2010

9) Ans. (C) Pranab Mukherjee

10) Ans. (D) None

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Current Affairs Question Bank: November 2014 (PDF Download)

Friends.. As you know we are daily updating the Current Affairs Quiz Questions in this blog and we are also very happy to hear from you that it helps in your competitive exam preparations. Of late, it has been a suggestion/request from many of you that it will be more useful if we could compile all daily Quiz Questions into a monthly PDF. And hence this post. Here we have compiled all the Current Affairs Questions from the month of November 2014. You can download this as PDF from the below link. This is truly going to be a handy reference for upcoming exams. Do comment your suggestions/views. Thank you and all the best :)

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Employment News: 06th December 2014 - 12th December 2014

1. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Name of Post- Constable (Technical & Tradesmen)

No. of Post-3021

Last Date-20.12.2014

2. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Name of Post- Sportsman Against Sports Quota

No. of Post-176

Last Date-22.01.2015

3. Prathama Bank Moradabad

Name of Post- Officers & Office Assistant

No. of Post-274

Last Date-20.12.2014

4. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

Name of Post- Dy. Manager.

No. of Post-12

Last Date- 16.12.2014

5. Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India

Name of Post- General Manager, Manager etc.

No. of Post-36

Last Date- 15.12.14

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 07 December 2014

1) India's communication satellite GSAT-16 launched successfully: After its launch was deferred twice due to bad weather, India's latest communication satellite GSAT-16 was placed in orbit by Ariane 5 rocket in the early hours on 7 December 2014 from the space port of Kourou in French Guiana. The European launcher blasted off at 2.10am (IST) and hurled the GSAT-16, designed to augment the national space capacity to boost communication services, into space in a flawless flight. GSAT-16 was launched into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Isro's master control facility at Hassan in Karnataka has taken over the command and control of GSAT-16. GSAT-16, with a designated on orbit operational life of 12 years, will boost public and private tv and radio services, large-scale Internet and telephone operations. India's rockets PSLV and the present GSLV do not have the capability to launch satellites of more than two tonne class, prompting Isro to opt for an outside launch. Isro is developing the next big launcher, GSLV-MkIII, which can put satellites of up to 4 tonnes in orbit.

2) Dineshwar Sharma tipped to become next IB Chief: Special Director Dineshwar Sharma is tipped to be the next chief of Intelligence Bureau. The name of Sharma, a 1979-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, has been sent to the Prime Minister's office for final clearance, official sources said. Sharma, who hails from Bihar, will succeed Syed Asif Ibrahim whose tenure ends on December 31. 

3) India defeated Pakistan to win Blind Cricket World Cup: India defeated defending champions Pakistan to win the 4th Cricket World Cup for the Blind played at Cape Town, South Africa. In reply to Pakistan's 389, India scored 392 with two balls to spare. South Africa won the inaugural edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup in 1998, but the game has been in decline since then due to a lack of support from most national cricketing authorities, a fact lamented by Indian captain Shekar Naik.

4) India sets new World Record for largest human flag: India on 7 December 2014 set a new world record for the largest human flag, formed by over 50,000 volunteers, beating the previous record held by Pakistan. The event saw about 1.5 lakh volunteers, mainly youth, turn up for the event at YMCA Grounds in Chennai even as 50,000 of them formed the tricolour, Governor of Rotary 3230, organiser of the 'My Flag My India' campaign, ISAK Nazar, told reporters in Chennai. The Guinness World Record for the largest human flag was previously held by the Sports Club of Lahore with 28,957 people forming the flag.

5) First World Soil Day observed: First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 5 December 2014. On eve of the first World Soil Day, UNFAO along with Global Soil Parternership (GSP) declared the year of 2015 as UN International Year of Soils.

6) Hafeez suspended for illegal bowling action: In a massive blow to Pakistan cricket, all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez was on 7 December 2014 suspended by the ICC after his bowling action was found to be illegal in bio-mechanic tests. It is a major embarrassment for Pakistan cricket given that one of its most celebrated spinners Saeed Ajmal is also under suspension for a similar reason and working to modify his action.

7) Most CMs favour restructuring of Planning Commission: There was no consensus among Chief Ministers at a meeting specially convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the nature of the body that should replace the Planning Commission. At Sunday’s meeting, Congress Chief Ministers questioned the Government’s approval to scrap the Planning Commission, which was announced by the Prime Minister on August 15. Instead, they demanded that the Centre reinvent the plan panel rather than scrapping it and replacing it with a new body.

8) Philippine typhoon weakened after landfall: Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power in entire coastal provinces of Philippines, mowed down trees and sent more than 650,000 people into shelters, but no major damage or casualties have been reported as the storm weakened on Sunday.

9) Roger Federer shows his magic on India debut at IPTL: Thousands of lucky tennis fans experienced a lifetime moment on 7 December 2014 when they watched global icon Roger Federer play on Indian soil for the first time at the Delhi leg of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). The Federer-represented Indian Aces defeated Singapore Slammers 26-16. It was a perfect India debut for Federer, who along with Sania Mirza blanked Bruno Soares and Daniela Hantuchova 6-0 before winning his men's singles against Tomas Berdych and men's doubles with Rohan Bopanna.

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Latest Current Affairs Questions & Answers: 07 December 2014

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on 5 December 2014 named 'Asian of the Year' by which country's daily named 'The Straits Times'?

(A) China

(B) Malaysia

(C) Singapore

(D) Japan

2) Which space agency on 5 December 2014 launched 'Orion spacecraft' on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars?

(A) NASA

(B) European Union

(C) ISRO

(D) CNSA

3) International Volunteer Day was observed every year on?

(A) 2 December

(B) 3 December

(C) 4 December

(D) 5 December

4) Which country was recently hit by acute water crisis after a fire broke out in the country's water treatment plant, causing extensive damage leading to disconnection of water supply?

(A) Fiji

(B) Maldives

(C) Indonesia

(D) Philippines

5) Subsidiary of the investment banking arm of which bank recently launched an online Will creation service, the first of its kind in the country?

(A) Punjab National Bank

(B) ICICI

(C) State Bank of India

(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

6) Ajit Seth was on 5 December 2014 given a six-month extension in service for which post?

(A) Cabinet secretary

(B) National Security Advisor

(C) CBI Director

(D) RBI Governor

7) "Mahaparinirvana Diwas" was observed across the country on 6 December 2014 to remember whose death anniversary?

(A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Rajiv Gandhi

(D) BR Ambedkar 

8) Champions trophy Hockey Tournament started on 6 Decmber 2014. Which city is hosting the event?

(A) Auckland, New Zealand

(B) Bhubaneswar, India

(C) Melbourne, Australia

(D) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

9) In an NGO sponsored medical camp in Gurdaspur district of which state, around 60 people lost their eyesight recently?

(A) Chattisgarh

(B) Gujarat

(C) Bihar

(D) Punjab

10) Name the Union Power and Coal Minister who on 6 December 2014 announced that consumers will soon be able to choose their power supply company?

(A) Piyush Goyal

(B) Harsh Vardhan

(C) Jual Oram

(D) Prakash Javadekar

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Singapore

2) Ans. (A) NASA

3) Ans. (D) 5 December

4) Ans. (B) Maldives

5) Ans. (C) State Bank of India ( SBICap Trustee is the name of the subsidiary)

6) Ans. (A) Cabinet secretary

7) Ans. (D) BR Ambedkar

8) Ans. (B) Bhubaneswar, India

9) Ans. (D) Punjab

10) Ans. (A) Piyush Goyal

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Important Shortcuts in Excel for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014

Friends.. As you know in the IBPS Clerk Exam held on 6 & 7 December 2014, many questions were asked relating to shortcuts used in Microsoft Excel. Hence in this post, we are providing you the important shortcuts used in excel, which will be useful for those having exams in coming days.

1. Create a new workbook - Ctrl+N

2. Open an existing workbook - Ctrl+O

3. Save the active workbook- Ctrl+S

4. Save the active workbook under a new name, displays the Save as dialog box - F12

5. Close the active workbook - CTRL+W

6. Copy the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard - Ctrl+C

7. Cut the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard - Ctrl+X

8. Insert the contents of the Clipboard into the selected cell(s) - Ctrl+V

9. Undo your last action - Ctrl+Z

10. Open the "Print" dialog - Ctrl+P

11. Ctrl+1 is used for - Open the "Format Cells" dialog.

12. Display the "Find" dialog box - CTRL+F

13. Move to the beginning of a worksheet - Ctrl+Home

14. Move to the last used cell of the current worksheet - Ctrl+End

15. Switch to the next worksheet - Ctrl+PgDown

16. Edit the current cell - F2

17. Select the entire worksheet - Ctrl+A

18. Select the entire row - Shift+Space

19. Select the entire column - Ctrl+Space

20. Repeat (Redo) the last action - CTRL+Y

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Daily Current Affairs: 06 December 2014

1) Nation paid tributes to Ambedkar on his death anniversary: President Pranab Mukherjee, VP Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 December 2014 paid rich tributes to the architect of the Constitution Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 58th death anniversary which is also being observed as "Mahaparinirvana Diwas". "On his Mahaparinirvana Diwas, I bow to the venerable Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. His contribution to the nation is eternal and invaluable," Modi tweeted. The Prime Minister, who paid floral tributes at Ambedkar's portrait in Parliament, said, "Dr Ambedkar was a man ahead of his time and we remember his efforts to eradicate social evils and the importance he gave to education."

2) India lose to Germany in Champions trophy starter: In the first match of the Champion's trophy, Indian men's were defeated by Germany 0-1. The Men's team has never won the Champions Trophy since its inaugural edition in 1978. Yet, the team is being seen as a side which has the best chance of staging upsets and emerging on top with triumphs. Germany on the other hand, have won the tournament on nine occasions. India goalkeeper Sreejesh is adjudged man of the match. India will play Argentina on Sunday evening and would look to take the many positives from this match. This year's Champions trophy is being player at Bhubaneswar, India.

3) Aussies to wear No 408 on their jerseys for the Adelaide Test: In a tribute to late Phillip Hughes, the Australian cricket team has decided to wear number 408, the Test debut number of the late batsman, under its national emblem during the first Test against India. Hughes, who passed away after being hit by a Sean Abbott bouncer in a domestic game, has become an international cricket hero and Michael Clarke and Co will seek to honour his memory. Usually, players have their own individual Test playing numbers embroidered on their shirts but on Tuesday, every Australian will wear Hughes’ Test cap number.

4) Consumers to soon get choice to select power distribution company: Piyush Goyal: Consumers will soon be able to choose their power supply company as the government is making necessary amendments to the Electricity Act to enable this provision which is aimed at encouraging greater competition in the distribution sector. Shifting focus from generation, the government plans to fix electricity distribution which is often described as the achilles heel of the power sector. Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said the provision allowing the end-user to choose its distribution company is in the works.

5) Lok Adalat settled 1.25 cr. cases in a day: The Second National Lok Adalat held across the country on Saturday amicably settled about 1.25 crore pending and pre-litigation cases and brought financial relief of over Rs. 3,000 crore to ordinary litigants in a single day. The Adalat held over the day and organised by the National Legal Service Authority (NALSA) has reduced backlog by about nine percent in all the States.

6) Punjab CM ordered probe into eye camp tragedy: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on 6 December 2014 ordered a high level probe into an NGO sponsored medical camp in Gurdaspur district in which 60 people lost their eyesight. Badal has asked Principal Secretary Health Vinnie Mahajan to personally conduct an inquiry into all the aspects of this unfortunate incident, an official spokesman said in Chandigarh.

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IBPS Clerk Exam Questions: 7th December 2014 (Evening Shift)

Friends..In this post we are sharing with you the GA and Computer questions asked in today's (07 Dec 2014) IBPS Clerk Exam- Evening Shift. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Thank you. 

Courtesy for the below questions for sharing with us: Neethu Ranjan, Krishna Kumar and Arundati Mrinal

General Awareness and Computer Questions

1. Capital of Fiji? - Suva

2. Full form of NEFT? - National Electronic Funds Transfer

3. Currency of New Zealand? - New Zealand dollar

4. Name the Union Minister for Rural Development? - Chaudhary Birender Singh

5. Asian Games 2018 will be held in? - Jakarta, Indonesia

6. Sardar Singh is related to which sports? - Hockey

7. World Standards Day is observed on? - October 14

8. Nobel Prize in economics for 2014 was won by? - Jean Tirole

9. IRNSS-1C staellite belongs to which country? - India

10. Kisan Vikas Patra is what type of scheme? - Savings Scheme

11. Headquarters of Asian Development Bank? - Manila, Philippines

12. Full form of ISDN? - Integrated Services Digital Network

13. Full form of WAN? - Wide Area Network

14. WHO headquarters? - Geneva

15. Full form of html? - Hypertext Markup Language

16. Function og Cntrl+ 2 in excel? - Make Bold

17. Which Indian Film was selected for OSCAR 2015 in foreign film category? - Liar's Dice

18. Linux is a? - Open Source Operating System

19. GST full form? - Goods and Services Tax

20. Head of 14th Finance Commission? - Y V Reddy

21. Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority? - Prime Minister

22. Hudhud operation name? - Operation Lehar

23. SDR Full form? - Special Drawing Rights

24. Aim of Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna? - Financial Inclusion

25. BCSBI code is by whom? - RBI

26. Typhoon VongFong recently stuck which country? - Japan

27. Kalraj Mishra, who is the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is from which constituency? - Deoria constituency
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Questions from 7 December 2014 IBPS Clerk Exam- Morning Shift

Friends.. Here is today's (7 Dec 2014) Morning shift GA & Computer Questions from IBPS Clerk Online Exam 2014. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Thank you.

Courtesy for the below questions for sharing with us: Aravind Das & Veena Krishnan

General Awareness & Computer Questions

1. Full form of GDP? - Gross domestic product

2. Who is the present Union Environment Minister? - Prakash Javadekar

3. Shortcut to make bold in MS Office? - Cntrl+B

4. Capital of Malaysia? - Kuala Lumpur

5. Headquarters of UNICEF? - New York City

6. Full form of DVD? - Digital Versatile Disc

7. Who was named captain of ICC ODI Team of the year recently? - MS Dhoni

8. Ritu Rani is related to which sports? - Hockey

9. National Education Day was observed on? - 11 November

10. Incheon has recently hosted which games? - Asian Games 2014

11. Currency of Japan? - Japanese yen

12. One byte has how many bits? - 8 bits

13. EPROM full form? - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

14. Non-Banking Financial Companies are regulated by? -RBI

15. VDU full form? - Video Display Unit

16. GUI Full form? - Graphical user interface

17. Which country is the largest flower producer in the world? - China

18. Regional rural banks are sponsored by how many commercial banks? - 5

19. Gaofen-2 staellite belongs to which country? - China

20. Deadline given by Government for UIDAI to generate 100 crore Aadhaar numbers? - 2015

21. ARSAT satellite which was launched recently is the first satellite of which country? - Argentina

22. Which symbol entered in excel cell is considered to be formula? - = (equal to)

23. PNG full form? - Portable Network Graphics

24. Java is a ___ language? - Programming

25. MS DOS is what? - Command line interface

26. Madisen Square Guard Stadium is at? - New York, USA

27. Vikram Sarabhai Space Center is at? - Tiruvanathapuram, Kerala

28. KIRAN scheme is made for? - Women Scientists

29. Operation “Megh Rahat “ is related to? - Jammu and kAshmir Floods

30. Former CJI P.Satha sivam was recently appointed as a Governor to which State? - Kerala

31.  International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 won by which Indian? - Neha Gupta

32. In a Network, Data transmitted generally in the form of? - Packets

33. Hardware from given options? - Mouse

34. Sending & Receiving is performed by? - MODEM

35. If our system gets hanged which key combination we press to activate Task Manager? - Ctrl+Alt+Del

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 06 December 2014

1) Supreme Court on 3 December 2014 set up a special 'Social Justice Bench' to exclusively hear cases concerning social issues particularly those related to women, children and underprivileged. The bench will assemble every week on?

(A) Monday

(B) Wednesday

(C) Friday

(D) Tuesday

2) Which country topped the global corruption index rating released recently?

(A) Denmark

(B) Singapore

(C) Maldives

(D) Canada 

3) Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti who was in news recently, for controversial communal remarks in an election rally in Delhi, is the Union Minister state for?

(A) Food processing industries

(B) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

(C) Agriculture

(D) Tribal Affairs

4) RBI recently doubled the Pre-Paid Card limit to Rs......?

(A) 5 lakhs

(B) 10 lakhs

(C) 2 lakhs

(D) 1 lakh

5) Birth anniversary of which former president was observed on 3 December 2014?

(A) V V Giri

(B) K R Narayanan

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) S Radhakrishnan

6) International Day of People with Disability was recently observed across the world on?

(A) 1 December 2014

(B) 3 December 2014

(C) 2 December 2014

(D) 4 December 2014

7) Name the only Indian umpire who was on 3 December 2014 named in a 25-member list of match officials for next year's ICC ODI World Cup in Australia and New Zealand?

(A) S Venkataraghavan

(B) Shavir Tarapore

(C) Sudhir Asnani

(D) S. Ravi

8) Which team won the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament 2014 on 4 December 2014?

(A) West Zone

(B) East Zone

(C) North Zone

(D) South Zone

9) Eminent jurist V R Krishna Iyer who passed away on 4 December 2014 belongs to which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Karnataka

10) Reserve Bank of India, on 4 December 2014, asked banks to make the registration process for which banking service easy?

(A) Net Banking

(B) ATM Card

(C) Mobile Banking

(D) Cardless Transactions

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Friday

2) Ans. (A) Denmark

3) Ans. (A) Food processing industries

4) Ans. (D) 1 lakh

5) Ans. (C) Rajendra Prasad

6) Ans. (B) 3 December 2014

7) Ans. (D) S. Ravi

8) Ans. (B) East Zone

9) Ans. (A) Kerala

10) Ans. (C) Mobile Banking

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