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)

Current Affairs Questions With Answers

Current Affairs Questions With Answers

Question 1
When did India successfully test fired Akash missile from Chandipur?
a) 1 May 2014
b) 2 May 2014
c) 29 April 2014
d) 15 April 2014
Answer : b) 2 May 2014

Question 2
In India, Election Queue Management System was introduced during Lok Sabha election 2014 in ______
a) Puri, Odisha
b) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
c) Bijapur, Karnataka
d) Budwan, West Bengal
Answer: d) Budwan, West Bengal

Question 3
Find the number of Indians who won Harvard Business School New Venture Competition awards.
a) Four
b) Five
c) Three
d) Six
Answer : a) Four

Question 4
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on ______.
a) 1 May
b) 3 May
c) 7 May
d) 11 May
Answer : b) 3 May

Question 5
When did Royal Nay Submarine Service has appointed first female submariners?
a) 5 May 2014
b) 6 May 2014
c) 7 April 2014
d) 5 April 2014
Answer : a) 5 May 2014

Question 6
RBI sanctioned to open Savings bank accounts for the minors of age above ____ years.
a) 15
b) 12
c) 10
d) 13
Answer : c) 10

CURRENT AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS


1)Who is chosen for "Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013" ?
 ➖ Gulzar
2)Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest ?
 ➖ Koyal Rana
3)Union Minister K. Sambasiva Rao was holding which portfolio? 
➖ Union Textiles Minister
4)Indian woman who won the "International Women of Courage Award 2014"? 
➖ Ms. Laxmi
5)Till now (2014) how many Bharat Ratna\'s have been awarded? 
➖ 43
6)Who was appointed as new Commerce Secretary on 15 Jan 2014? 
➖ Rajeev Kher
7)Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakaram program of Indian Govt targets which age group?
 ➖ 10-19 years
8)Football player-Eusebio known as "Black Panther" belonged to which country? 
➖ Portugal
9)New Fossil National Park is proposed in which state?
 ➖ Uttrakhand
10)Which state in India has proposed new Time Zone ? 
➖ Assam

Current Affairs 2014

► Latest Current Affairs 2014 for  Various Exams ◄

 Narendra Kothari Appointed As new Chairman of NMDC(National Mineral Development Corporation Limited on 17 April
• Admiral Robin K Dhowan on 17 April took over as the 22nd Chief of Indian Navy
• State Bank of India (SBI) launched Tablet (Tab) Banking service for opening Savings Bank accounts
• The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment on 15th April 2014, created the “third gender” status for transgenders.
• India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize.
• Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary on 15 April.
• Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy title after defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final match by three runs on 14 April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
• ‘ The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh ‘ written by Dr. Sanjaya Baru.
• Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013.
• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) .
• Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK’s highest civilian awards.
• R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman.
• Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
• Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Lowland” has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman.
• Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.
• Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the pageant.
• Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013.
• The government has appointed R Gandhi as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 April.
• Union Government appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF).
• The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2014.