Current Affairs Quiz 2014

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister? 

1) RK Mathur 2) Ajit Doval 3) Anil Goswami 4) Arun Ramanathan 5) Nripendra Mishra

Ques. : 2 Judge MB Shah is the chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe black money. Who among the following is its Vice Chairman? 

1) Arijit Pasayat 2) Maninder Singh 3) Mohan Parasaran 4) Ranjit Kumar 5) Mukul Rohatgi

Ques. : 3 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on 

1) May 22 2) May 23 3) May 25 4) May 29 5) May 31

Ques. : 4 Pakistan has said to grant India the status of NDMA to facilitate enhanced bilateral trade. What does NDMA stands for? 

1) Non-Discursive Market Access 2) Non-Discriminatory Market Access 3) National Direct Market Access 4) Non-Divisive Market Access 5) None of these

Ques. : 5 The govt has proposed to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector to 100 per cent. As of now what per cent FDI is permitted in the defence sector? 

1) 10 per cent 2) 15 per cent 3) 20 per cent 4) 26 per cent 5) 49 per cent

Ques. : 6 The first session of the newly constituted 16th Lok Sabha will be held from _________. 

1) 4th Jun to 11th Jun 2) 5th Jun to 13th Jun 3) 6th Jun to 14th Jun 4) 7th Jun to 15th Jun 5) None of these

Ques. : 7 Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory bagging over 96 per cent votes in the presidential polls in which of the following countries, recently? 

1) Thailand 2) Philippines 3) Egypt 4) Libya 5) None of these

Ques. : 8 Which of the following state govts is all set to appoint nearly 1.70 lakh Shiksha Mitras as regular primary teachers? 

1) Tripura 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) Rajasthan 5) West Bengal

Ques. : 9 The Indian economy expanded at what per cent during the period 2013-14 as per the official data released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) 

1) 4.3 per cent 2) 4.5 per cent 3) 4.7 per cent 4) 4.9 per cent 5) None of these

Ques. : 10 The Union govt declared Polavaram project a national project paving the way for transfer of 136 villages from Telangana to 

1) Seemandhra (Successor of Andhra Pradesh) 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Odisha 5) None of these

****** ANSWER ****** 
1. 2) Ajit Doval 
2. 1) Arijit Pasayat
3. 5) May 31 
4. 2) Non-Discriminatory Market Access 
5. 4) 26 per cent 
6. 1) 4th Jun to 12th Jun 
7. 3) Egypt 
8. 2) Uttar Pradesh 
9. 3) 4.7 per cent 
10. 1) Seemandhra (Successor of Andhra Pradesh)

SOME IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA & THEIR FOUNDERS

1. ARYA SAMAJ - SWAMI DAYANAND SARASWATI 
2. BRAHMA SAMAJ - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 
3. SARVODAYA MOVEMENT - JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN 
4. SREERAMA KRISHNA MISSION - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 
5. BOODHANA MOVEMENT - ACHARYA VINOBHA BHAVE 
6. KHILAFAT MOVEMENT - ALI BROTHERS 
7. SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY - GOPALA KRISHNA GOKHALE 
8. PRARTHANA SAMAJ - ATMARAM PANDURANG 
9. THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - ANNIE BESANT 
10. ALIGARH MOVEMENT - SIR SYED AHMED KHAN 
11. SWATHANTRA PARTY - C. RAJAGOPALACHARI 
12. VANAMAHOTSAV - K. M. MUNSHI 
13. CHIPCO MOVEMENT - SUNDARLAL BAHUGUNA 
14. CHINMAYA MISSION - SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA 
15. ABHINAV BHARAT - V. D. SAVARKAR 
16. GADDAR PARTY - LALA HARDAYAL 
17. VISWABHARATI - RABINDRANATH TAGORE
18. RED SHIRT - KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN 
19. BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY - MADAN MOHAN MALAVYA 
20. SATYA SHODAK SAMAJ - JYOTHI RAO PULE 
21. ATMIYA SABHA - RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 
22. PEOPLES EDUCATION SOCIETY - B. R. AMBEDKAR 
23. HOME RULE MOVEMENT -BALAGANGADHAR TILAK, ANNIE BESANT 
24. INDIAN BRAHMA SAMAJ - KESAVA CHANDRA SEN 
25. INDIAN ASSOCIATION - SURENDRANATH BANNERJEE

Current Affairs Questions

Ques. : 1 The leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) group took part in the swearing in ceremony of the new PM Narendra Modi, recently. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the group? 

1) Pakistan 
2) Afghanistan 
3) Bhutan 
4) Nepal 
5) Mauritius

 Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been sworn in as the Minister of Human Resource Development? He/She is the youngest minister of the new Union Cabinet as of now? 

1) Radha Mohan Singh 
2) Harsimrat Kaur Badal 
3) Ananth Kumar 
4) Smriti Zubin Irani 
5) Sushma Swaraj 

Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, recently? 

1) Justice NP Singh 
2) Justice P Sathasivam 
3) Justice MB Shah 
4) Justice BS Chauhan 
5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Who has authored the book ‘Redesigning the Aeroplane While Flying: Reforming Institutions’? 

1) Pallavi Aiyar 
2) Mihir Shah 
3) Arun Maira 
4) Sam Pitroda 
5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 

Ques. : 5 As announced by the US President Barack Obama, the US military will be completely pulled out of Afghanistan by the end of 

1) 2015 
2) 2016 
3) 2017 
4) 2018 
5) 2020