LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS

January 9 NRI Day 
January 10 World Laughter Day 
January 12 National Youth Day 
January 15 Army Day 
January 26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day 
January 30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day 
2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day 
February 24 Central Excise Day 
February 28 National Science Day Second Monday March Commonwealth Day 
March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day 
March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day 
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India) 
March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Day for Water 
March 23 World Meteorological Day 
March 24 World TB Day 
April 5 National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day 
April 17 World Haemophilia Day 
April 18 World Heritage Day 
April 21 Secretaries' Day 
April 22 Earth Day 
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day 
May 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day) 
May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day 
May 2nd Sunday Mother's Day 
May 4 Coal Miners' Day 
May 8 World Red Cross Day 
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day 
May 11 National Technology Day 
May 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15 International Day of the Family 
May 17 World Telecommunication Day 
May 24 Commonwealth Day 
May 31 Anti-tobacco Day 
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 
June 5 World Environment Day 
June 3rd Sunday Father's Day 
June 14 World Blood Donor Day 
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 
July 1 Doctor's Day 
July 6 World Zoo-noses Day 
July 11 World Population Day 
August 3 International Friendship Day 
August 6 Hiroshima Day 
August 8 World Senior Citizen's Day 
August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day 
August 15 Indian Independence Day 
August 18 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 
August 19 Photography Day 
August 29 National Sports Day 
August 19 Photography Day 
August 29 National Sports Day 
September 2 Coconut Day 
September 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day 
September 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO) 
September 15 Engineers' Day 
September 16 World Ozone Day 
September 21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN) 
September 26 Day of the Deaf 
September 27 World Tourism Day 
October 1 International Day for the Elderly 
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi 
October 3 World Habitat Day 
October 4 World Animal Welfare Day 
October 8 Indian Air Force Day 
October 9 World Post Office Day 
October 10 National Post Day 
October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day 
October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 
October 14 World Standards Day 
October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) 
October 16 World Food Day 
October 24 UN Day; World Development Information Day 
October 30 World Thrift Day
November 9 Legal Services Day 
November 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day 
November 17 National Epilepsy Day 
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day 
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People 
December 1 World AIDS Day 
December 3 World Day of the Handicapped 
December 4 Indian Navy Day 
December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day 
December 10 Human Rights Day 
December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India) 
December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)

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