Current Affairs Questions with Answers: 01-03 August 2014

1) The Book 'One Life is Not Enough' which has been in news and debate recently is the autobiography of which political leader?

(A) S M Krishna

(B) K Natwar Singh

(C) L K Advani

(D) Shashi Tharoor

2) Who among the following was recently selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014?

(A) N Radhakrishnan

(B) D. R. Mehta

(C) Amjad Ali Khan

(D) Muzaffar Ali

3) Who among the following recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?

(A) Dipa Karmakar

(B) P V Sindhu

(C) Tintu Luka

(D) Elsabeth Black

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two day visit to Nepal in the first week of August 2014, thus becoming the first PM in 17 years to visit Nepal. Who was the last PM to visit Nepal in 1997?

(A) Rajiv Gandhi

(B) A B Vajpayee

(C) I K Gujral

(D) P V Narasimha Rao

5) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded on 3 August 2014. Which city will host 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018?

(A) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(B) London, UK

(C) New Delhi, India

(D) Gold Coast, Australia

6) Parupalli Kashyap on 3 Aug 2014 became the 1st Indian in ...... years to win men's singles gold in Badminton at Commonwealth Games?

(A) 32

(B) 16

(C) 25

(D) 41

7) Which country topped the medals tally in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games?

(A) Australia

(B) Scotland

(C) England

(D) Canada

8) What was India's position the commonwealth games 2014?

(A) 1st

(B) 5th

(C) 3rd

(D) 9th

9) Which country defeated India to win Gold in the men's hockey event at Commonwealth Games 2014?

(A) Australia

(B) Netherlands

(C) England

(D) Pakistan

10) Recently which company has become the first Indian company to exceed Rs 5 lakh crore in market capitalisation?

(A) SBI Life

(B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

(C) Relaince Industries

(D) Infosys

Answers

1) Ans. (B) K Natwar Singh

2) Ans. (D) Muzaffar Ali

3) Ans. (A) Dipa Karmakar

4) Ans. (C) I K Gujral

5) Ans. (D) Gold Coast, Australia

6) Ans. (A) 32

7) Ans. (C) England

8) Ans. (B) 5th

9) Ans. (A) Australia

10) Ans. (B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

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Current Affairs daily Updates: 02 and 03 August 2014

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal; Addressed Nepal Parliament: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to Nepal on Sunday, addressed the nation's Constituent Assembly. India's relation with Nepal is as old as the Himalayas and the Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday addressing Nepalese parliament. Annoucing a slew of measures to help Nepal in its development, Modi said, "border should be a bridge not a barrier between the two neighbours." Modi thus became the first Prime Minister to visit Nepal in 17 years. I K Gujral was the last Indian prime minister to visit Nepal in 1997.

2) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded: 20th Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 concluded at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland on 3 August 2014 at. The game that saw 17 sports in a competition of 11 days was held from 23 July to 3 August 2014. The Glasgow 2014 CWG was declared closed in presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and vice patron of Commonwealth Games Federation. The 21st Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast in Australia. England topped the medals tally while Australia got the second position. Canada was third followed by Scotland.

3) India finished 5th with 64 medals in Commonwealth Games 2014: India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland stood at the fifth position in the rankings after closing its account with total 64 medals (15 Gold, 30 silver and 19 Bronze). This was third highest medal haul after 2010 Delhi CWG (101 medals) and 2002 Manchester CWG (69 medals).

4) P Kashyap bags gold for India after 32 years in men’s singles in badminton: Kashyap became the 1st Indian in 32 years to win men's singles gold after he defeated Wong 21-14 11-21 21-19. Rewriting Commonwealth Games' badminton history, Parupalli Kashyap won India's third men's singles gold in CWG 2014 but Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to defend their women's doubles title they won four years ago at home. Second seed Kashyap emulated former champions Prakash Padukone (1978) and Syed Modi (1982) to clinch his first major championship by defeating Singaporean sixth seed Zi Liang Derek Wong to turn the bronze he won four years ago in New Delhi into a gold. The 27-year-old won 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 in just over an hour at the Emirates Arena.

5) CWG: India men’s hockey team settle for silver: India’s quest for a Commonwealth Games hockey gold remained unfulfilled as they went down tamely 0-4 to title holders and world champions Australia in the final at the National Hockey Centre, in Glasgow on Sunday. Even though the two teams are class apart, it was an ideal opportunity for eight-time Olympic champions India to avenge their 0-8 thrashing at the hands of mighty Australia in the 2010 edition of the Games in New Delhi. But it was not to be as Australia produced a clinical performance and completely dominated the match by scoring two goals in each half to secure their fifth consecutive Commonwealth Games title since the introduction of hockey in the quadrennial event in 1998.

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Current Affairs MCQs from 31 July 2014 for competitive Exams

1)  Who has taken over as new Army chief of India on 31 July 2014?

(A) Gen Bikram Singh

(B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

(C) Gen V K Singh

(D) Gen Deepak Kapoor

2) Nehchal Sandhu on 31 July 2014 resigned from which among the following post citing "personal reasons"?

(A) National Security Advisor

(B) Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

(C) Economic Advisor to PM

(D) Deputy National Security Advisor

3) Name the US secretary of state who was on a visit to India recently?

(A) Penny Pritzker

(B) Condolisa Rice

(C) Hillary Clinton

(D) John Kerry

4) India lose third test against England by 266 runs recently. Who was declared the Man of the Match?

(A) Moeen Ali

(B) Alastair Cook

(C) James Anderson

(D) Ajinkya Rahane

5) Who among the following was recently (July 2014) appointed as the RBI deputy governor?

(A) S S Mundra

(B) K C Chakrabarty

(C) H R Khan

(D) M K Gandhi

6) Which city will host the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, IAFS-III, on the 4th of December 2014?

(A) Johannesburg

(B) New Delhi

(C) Durban

(D) Ahemedabad

7) World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2014 with the theme?

(A) Time for Change

(B) Drink Pure Water

(C) Healthy Diet Stay Healthy

(D) Think Again

8) Union Government of India on 28 July 2014 launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promote conservation and developments of which animal?

(A) Cows

(B) Elephant

(C) Tiger

(D) Dogs

9) Who won Hungarian Grand Prix F1 racing 2014?

(A) Daniel Ricciardo

(B) Nico Rosberg

(C) Sebastian Vettel

(D) Lewis Hamilton

10) Who was named Maharashtra's horticulture ambassador in last week of July 2014?

(A) Salman Khan

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Vidya Balan

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

2) Ans. (D) Deputy National Security Advisor

3) Ans. (D) John Kerry

4) Ans. (C) James Anderson

5) Ans. (A) S S Mundra

6) Ans.  (B) New Delhi

7) Ans. (D) Think Again

8) Ans. (A) Cows

9) Ans. (A) Daniel Ricciardo

10) Ans. (C) Amitabh Bachchan

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Current Affairs July 2014 PDF (Fourth Week)

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1) Who was appointment as Brand Ambassador of Telangana state on 22 July 2014?

Ans. Sania Mirza

Note: The letter of appointment and a cheque of one crore rupees was handed over to Sania Mirza by the Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao in Hyderabad.

2) Which company on 23 July 2014 became the first Indian company to achieve a market capitalization of 5 lakh crore rupees?

Ans. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Note: In terms of market capitalisation, TCS is followed by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at 3.5 lakh crore rupees and Reliance Industries at 3.3 lakh crore rupees.

3) 20th Commonwealth Games 2014 started on 23 July 2014 at?

Ans. Glasgow in Scotland

4) Union Cabinet on 24 July 2014 gave its approval to ....... percent foreign investment in insurance companies?

Ans. 49 %

5) Which will be the nodal ministry for implementing Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign announced in Union Budget 2014?

Ans. Union Ministry of Women and Child Development

Note: It will be assisted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

6) Name the Comptroller & Auditor General of India who on 25 July 2014 assumed office as Member of the United Nations Board of Auditors for a term of six year upto June 2020?

Ans. Shashi Kant Sharma

7) 15th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across India on?

Ans. 26 July 2014

8) Who was appointed as the Governor of Haryana by President Pranab Mukhejee on 25 July 2014?

Ans. Kaptan Singh Solanki

9) Name the Olympic Gold medalist who on 25 July 2014 won the Gold medal in Men’s 10-m Air Rifle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?

Ans. Abhinav Bindra

10) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 24 July 2014 inaugurated the President’s Estate Branch of which bank and Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office in their new buildings?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. United Bank of India

Note: Bank and Post Office were relocated from a heritage building as part of measures to implement the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the President’s Estate. Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office caters to the needs of President’s Secretariat as well as residents of the President’s Estate.

11) Who was sworn in as 22nd Governor of West Bengal on 24 July 2014?

Ans. Keshari Nath Tripathi

12) Who was sworn in as 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on 22 July 2014?

Ans. Ram Naik

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on 21 July 2014. Where is BARC situated at?

Ans. Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra

14) Who won the German Grand Prix racing 2014 on 20 July 2014?

Ans. Nico Rosberg

15) Union Government recently allocated ...... crore rupees to NABARD for setting up of Mega Food Parks to promote food processing industry in the country?

Ans. 200 crore

16) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) recently?

Ans. Y Sudharshan Rao

17) Name the World Bank President who on 21 July 2014 arrived in India on a three-day visit?

Ans. Jim Yong Kim

18) Which state was selected for a pilot project under a sponsored programme of the Union Government to train Principals and Headmasters of government schools on 23 July 2014?

Ans. Himachal Pradesh

19) Internet search engine giant Google on 22 July 2014 announced to launch its which language version of Google Maps?

Ans. Hindi

20) Name the classical music reality show of Doordarshan which will be featured in Limca Book of Records shortly?

Ans. Naad Bhed-The Mystery of Sound

Note: The reality show will be featured under Television Chapter in Limca Book of Records for being the first ever National level reality show on Classical Music.

21) Name the exercise which started on 24 July 2014 in the Pacific Ocean featuring Indian, Japanese and US Navy?

Ans. Malabar Naval Exercise

23) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 July 2014 suggested certain qualitative changes in the functioning of Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF). Suggested changes will target the selection of beneficiaries and will give priority to?

Ans. The poor and children

24) Union Government in the third week of July 2014 notified Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014. This was notified in line with which Act?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.

Note: As per the Public Servants Rules 2014, it has been made mandatory for all Government employees to file declarations of their assets and liabilities and those of their spouses and dependent children.

25) Who won the Indonesian presidential elections on 22 July 2014?

Ans. Joko Widodo

Note: He was presently the governor of Jakarta and he won the election with 53 percent of the vote casted in favour of him.

26) Who is the present Union Civil Aviation Minister?

Ans. Ashok Gajapathi Raju

27) National Geographic on 22 July 2014 launched a special edition of ...... magazines for schoolchildren in India?

Ans. Explorer magazines

28) Name the Air Algerie plane which went missing over Gao in Mali in Africa on 24 July 2014?

Ans. Boeing MD-83

29) Supreme Court on 25 July 2014 appointed whom as the Special Public Prosecutor for trial in coal blocks allocation scam?

Ans. R S Cheema

30) Name the veteran Journalist who died on 19 July 2014?

Ans. Sundaram Sankaran

31) Name the typhoon which the struck east of Taiwan on 22 July 2014?

Ans. Typhoon Matmo

32) Indian Contingent won five medals in 45th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014) held from 13 July to 21 July 2014 at?

Ans. Astana, Kazakhstan

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 01 August 2014

1) Muzaffar Ali to get Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award: Noted filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, who had directed the Bollywood classic “Umrao Jaan”, has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill. It carries a citation and cash award of Rs 5 lakh. The decision to honour the 69-year-old film maker, social worker and sufi poet was taken at a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. This will be the 22nd edition of the Sadbhavana award, which will be presented at a special ceremony at Jawahar Bhavan on August 20, the birthday of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been presenting the award ever since it was constituted.

2) Dipa Karmakar wins historic bronze in gymnastics at 2014 Commonwealth Games: Young Dipa Karmarkar scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games after she bagged a bronze in the vault event on 31 July 2014. The 20-year-old from Tripura collected 14.366 points to finish third in the women`s vault final at the SSE Hydro. The gold went to England`s Claudia Fragapane who got 14.633 points while Elsabeth Black was second with 14.433 points. In the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Ashish Kumar became the first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the CWG by winning a silver in vault and bronze in floor events.

3) Book 'One Life is Not Enough' written by Natwar Singh released: One Life is Not Enough: An Autobiography written by Kunwar Natwar Singh was published on 1 August 2014. The book is an autobiography of the former External Affairs Minister and senior Congress Party leader Natwar Singh. This autobiography has been in news and debate since past few days because it reveals much information about Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party. The book has been published by Rupa. See details and buy from here. 

4) K V Chowdary appointed as new CBDT Chairman: Senior IRS officer K V Chowdary has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the top policy making body of the Income Tax department. Mr. Chowdary, a 1978-batch officer, on Friday took charge of his office in North block in the Finance Ministry. He will have tenure of three months. The officer was till now working as the Member (Investigations) of the direct taxes revenue collection board. Incumbent Chairman R K Tewari retired on Thursday after being at the helm for five months.

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Latest Current Affairs Questions: 29 & 30 July 2014

1) Name the veteran South Africa cricketer who on 30 July 2014 announced his retirement from all formats of cricket?

(A) Hashim Amla

(B) Jacques Kallis

(C) Herschelle Gibbs

(D) Graeme Smith

2) At least 20 persons were crushed to death and 126 others trapped under debris on 30 July 2014, after a landslide triggered by the relentless rain hit the remote tribal village of Malin in?

(A) Pune

(B) Jharkhand

(C) Chennai

(D) Mumbai

3) IAF chief ......... on 30 July 2014 took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staffs Committee from incumbent Gen Bikram Singh on 30 July 2014?

(A) R.K. Dhowan

(B) Dalbir Singh Suhag

(C) Arup Raha

(D) DK Joshi

4) Fuad Masum was recently (July 2014) elected as the president of?

(A) Iraq

(B) Israel

(C) Afghanistan

(D) Syria

5) Who among the following is tipped to be the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the Income Tax Department?

(A) R K Tewari

(B) Nripendra Mishra

(C) M Gandhi

(D) K V Chowdary

6) NASA's which space vehicle has now clocked more miles on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body as announced by NASA on 30 July 2014?

(A) Opportunity

(B) Curiosity

(C) Magalyaan

(D) Lunokhod 2

7) International Tiger Day 2014 was observed across the world on?

(A) 29 July

(B) 30 July

(C) 28 July

(D) 27 July

8) Name the london-based indian writer whose recently published novel, The Lives of Others, which won rave reviews, has been long-listed for the Man Booker prize 2014 on 29 Jul 2014?

(A) Aravind Adiga

(B) Ali Smith

(C) Neel Mukherjee

(D) David Mitchell

9) Which company on 29 July 2014 announced that it has raised $1 billion (Rs 6,000 crore), the largest ever fund-raising by an Indian internet company?

(A) Amazon

(B) Myntra

(C) Flipkart

(D) eBay

10) Moeen Ali who has been recently banned by ICC from wearing wristbands featuring the slogans "Save Gaza" and "Free Palestine", is the cricketer from?

(A) Pakistan

(B) South Africa

(C) England

(D) Bangladesh

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Jacques Kallis

2) Ans. (A) Pune

3) Ans. (C) Arup Raha

4) Ans. (A) Iraq

5) Ans. (D) K V Chowdary

6) Ans. (A) Opportunity. It surpassed the previous record, held by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 2 rover, which landed on the Moon in 1973.

7) Ans. (A) 29 July

8) Ans. (C) Neel Mukherjee

9) Ans. (C) Flipkart

10) Ans. (C) England

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 31 July 2014

1) Dalbir Singh Suhag takes over as new Army chief:  Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag has taken over as the head of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army, succeeding General Bikram Singh. Suhag, whose appointment had kicked up a row, was designated as Army chief in May by the outgoing UPA government ignoring protests from his predecessor Gen VK Singh and BJP. 

59-year-old Lt Gen Suhag, a Gurkha officer who had participated in the 1987 Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) operation in Sri Lanka, is currently the Vice Chief of Army Staff. He will have a tenure of 30 months as the 26th Chief of the armed forces.

2) Deputy NSA Nehchal Sandhu resigned:  Deputy national security advisor Nehchal Sandhu on 31 July 2014 resigned from his post citing "personal reasons". The former Intelligence Bureau chief had tendered his resignation on Wednesday which was accepted by the government on Thursday. A statement from the PMO said, "The resignation has been accepted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with regret." Sources, however, said the deputy NSA had been nudged by the government to relinquish his post just as several governors and other retired officials holding important positions resigned recently after getting signal from the government.

3) John Kerry meets Narendra Modi in prelude to Washington summit: President Barack Obama is looking forward to a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September to set an "ambitious new agenda" to chart a new course in the bilateral ties, top US functionaries John Kerry and Penny Pritzker said on Friday. Kerry, US secretary of state, and Pritzker, secretary of commerce, conveyed this during a meeting here with Modi who said the two countries should prepare for concrete outcomes during the summit to take the relationship to "an entirely new level on the basis of vision, strategy and action plan."

4) India lose third test against England by 266 runs: England ended a run of 10 Tests without a win by beating India by 266 runs in the third Test at Southampton on Thursday, a result that levelled the five-match series at 1-1. India, resuming on their overnight 112 for four, were bowled out in under 25 overs Thursday for 178 before lunch on the final day in pursuit of what would have been a new fourth innings record winning total of 445. Victory saw England end a winless Test sequence stretching back nearly a year to their defeat of Australia at Durham in August 2013. Off-spinner Moeen Ali did the bulk of the damage with Test-best figures of six for 67, including a spell of four for 17 in 22 balls on Thursday, the all-rounder ending the match by bowling India last man Pankaj Singh.

5) Mundra appointed RBI deputy governor: The government has appointed S S Mundra, chairman and managing director of Bank of Baroda (BoB), a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Mundra (60), who will assume charge on Thursday, has been given a three-year term. Mundra took charge as chairman and managing director of BoB in January 2013. Prior to his elevation, he was the executive director of Union Bank of India. One post of RBI deputy governor fell vacant after K C Chakrabarty retired nearly three months before schedule, in the last week of April. Of the four deputy governors, two are selected from outside RBI, while the other two are from within. Of the two outsiders, one is a commercial banker and the other an economist.  Earlier in July, RBI extended Deputy Governor H R Khan's term by two years.

6) New Delhi to host 3rd India-Africa Summit this year: New Delhi will host the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, IAFS-III, on the 4th of December this year. This follows the decision taken at its Second Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 2011. Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj said preparations for the IAFS-III have begun in consultation with the African Union.

7) Petrol price cut by Rs 1.09 a litre, diesel price hiked by 50 paise per litre:  Petrol price was on Friday cut by Rs 1.09 per litre, the second reduction in three-and-half-months, while diesel rates were hiked by 56 paise a litre. Petrol price was reduced following drop in international oil rates and rupee depreciation against US dollar, making imports cheaper.

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