Current Affairs - 2014

1. Name the Worlds first 3D-printer, manufactured 14. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General
by the USA based company Stratasys, which can of National Human Rights Commission?
produce multi-colour, multi-material objects at the Ans. Parvinder Sohi Behuria
same time. 15. Which countrys National Assembly has given the
Ans. Objet500 Connex3 final approval of special powers to its President
2. Name the official ball, which has been Nicolas Madura?
manufactured by Adidas for 2014 FIFA World Cup Ans. Venezuela
match. 16. Name the first football player who won the
Ans. Brazuka European Golden Shoe award three times.
3. Which country became the first country in the Ans. Cristiano Ronald
world to legalise marijuana for recreational use? 17. Who has been appointed as the new Chief of
Ans. Uruguay Army Staff of Pakistan
4. Which country has won Kabaddi World Cup 2013 Ans. Lt Gen Raheel Sharif
held in Ludhiana, Punjab? 18. North Atlantic Treaty Organization has launched
Ans. India cyber defense exercise Cyber Coalition 2013,
5. Who has been selected for the BCCIs prestigious the largest ever exercise of its kind, in:
Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for Ans. Estonia
the year 2013? 19. Who is the current Chairman of Indian Atomic
Ans. Rahul Dravid Energy Commission?
6. Who has been awarded Itihas Ratna by Asiatic Ans. Ratan Kumar Sinha
Society of Bihar for enriching the technique of 20. Union Government has decided to constitute a
secular and scientific writing of history? committee to define FDI and FII under:
Ans. Bipan Chandra Ans. Arvind Mayaram
7. Who has been elected as the German chancellor 21. Arundhati Bhattacharya took charges as first
by the German Parliament-Bundestag? woman Chairperson of:
Ans. Angela Merkel Ans. SBI
8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 22. Shaktiman mega Food Park has been inaugurated
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural at:
Development (Nabard)? Ans. Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Ans. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 23. Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature
9. Who has been administered the oath of office as and became the first _____ woman to take the
Chief Information Commissioner of India by the Nobel Prize since its launch in 1901.
President Pranab Mukherjee? Ans. Canadian
Ans. Sushma Singh 24. Who was has been awarded with Indira Gandhi
10. Who has taken the charge as the President of Award for National Integration for the year 2012?
FICCI? Ans. M S Swaminathan
Ans. Sidharth Birla 25. Name the New Zealand author, who won the
11. Vinod Kumar Duggal, has been appointed the new Man Booker prize 2013 for her second novel
Governor of: entitled The Luminaries.
Ans. Manipur Ans. Eleano Catton
12. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson and 26. According to the Global Slavery Index 2013, which
Managing Director of public sector Bharatiya country has the highest number of people
Mahila Bank by Union Government? enslaved
Ans. Usha Ananthasubramanian Ans. India
13. Who is the current President of Tajikistan?
Ans. Imomali Rakhmon
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27. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Ans. Sugatha Kumara
the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission 41. Who has been chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi
(CERC) by Union Government of India? National Sadhbhavna Award?
Ans. Gireesh B. Pradhan Ans. Amjad Ali Khan
28. Who is the fastest century scorer (in 52 balls) of 42. Who has been honoured recently with Bharat
India in One day International (ODI)? Bharti Samman, the highest literary honour of
Ans. Virat Kohli Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2012?
29. Who has been awarded 3rd Hridaynath Ans. Gopaldas Neeraj
Mangeshkar award for his/her contribution to the 43. Which of the following submarines was damaged
film industry? in a fire incident in Mumbai?
Ans. Amitabh Bachchan Ans. INS Sindhurakshak
30. Worlds first underwater rail link that connects 44. Who among the following has been recommended
two continents Asia and Europe was opened in: for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2013?
Ans. Turkey Ans. Ronjan Sodhi
31. Twenty-three years after being awarded Sakharov 45. Who is the current Director General of Central
Prize for Freedom of Thought, who has collected Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
the award in Strasbourg, France? Ans. Dilip Trivedi
Ans. Aung Suu Kyi 46. Who is the first winner of the Mahathir Award for
32. Who is the current governor of the Reserve Bank Global Peace under the Lifetime Campaigner for
of India? Peace and Freedom category?
Ans. Raghuram Rajan Ans. Nelson Mandela
33. Who has been conferred Tagore Award for 47. Who has been awarded Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna
Cultural Harmony 2013 by President of India Award 2013?
Pranab Mukherjee? Ans. Ranjon Sodhi
Ans. Zubin Mehta 48. Who has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife
34. Who is the current Director-General of World Conservation Award 2009?
Trade Organization? Ans. S.P. Yadav
Ans. Roberto Azevedo 49. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the
35. Who among the following has been conferred 7th Pay Commission?
with the Indira Gandhi Prize 2012 for Peace, Ans. Former Supreme Court Justice Ashok Kumar
Disarmament and Development by the President Mathur
of India, Pranab Mukherjee? 50. Name the person selected as the new Chairman
Ans. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of ICC for a period of 2 years to succeed Alan
36. Tony Abbott has sworn in as the new Prime Raymond Isaac
Minister of: Ans. Narayanswamy Srinivasan
Ans. Australia 51. Name the environmentalist and social activist who
37. Who is the winner of womens table tennis World has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for
Cup 2013? the year 2013
Ans. Liu Shiwen Ans. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
38. Who is the current Chairperson of the National 52. Name the first Indian shuttler who won the
Human Rights Commission? German Open Grand Prix title.
Ans. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Ans. Arivnd Bhat
39. Who has sworn in as the new President of Iran? 53. Indias first post office savings bank ATM facility
Ans. Hassan Rohani has been inaugurated in:
40. Who has been conferred 22nd Saraswati Samman Ans. Chennai
2012?
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54. Which day has been designated as Zero 69. Indias first monorail service has been inaugurated
Discrimination Day? in:
Ans. March 1, 2014 Ans. Mumbai
55. Which country won under-19 Cricket World Cup 70. Which motorcycle company has unveiled a 150cc
2014? hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT?
Ans. South Africa Ans. Hero MotoCorp
56. Which state has become the first state in India to 71. Name the first woman who has been sworn in as
observe State Child Protection Day? the Chairperson of the US central bank, the
Ans. Assam Federal Reserve.
57. Name the first woman who took over as the Ans. Janet Yellen
Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan 72. Who is the current Managing Director and Chief
Petroleum Corporation (HPCL)? Executive Officer of Multi Commodity Exchange
Ans. Nishi Vasudeva of India Ltd. (MCX)?
58. Which film won the best picture Oscar award at Ans. Manoj Vaish
the 86th Annual Academy Awards? 73. Name the first woman who has been appointed in
Ans. 12 Years a Slave an ICC umpires panel as an Associate and Affiliate
59. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of panel of International umpires.
Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB)? Ans. Kathy Cross
Ans. B.N. Srikrishna 74. Name the first State of India which has achieved
60. Name the first Indian private sector bank which 100 percent sanitation coverage under the Nirmal
has set up a branch in China. Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme.
Ans. Axis Bank Ans. Sikkim
61. Who has been sworn-in as the President of Chile? 75. Who is the current President of Indian Olympic
Ans. Michelle Bachelet Association (IOA)?
62. Who is the winner of Templeton Prize 2014? Ans. Narayna Ramachandra
Ans. Tomas Halik 76. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of the
63. Name the Indian writer who won Windham International Cricket Council (ICC)?
Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction Ans. Narayanswamy Srinivasan
category recently. 77. Vishwanath Tripathi, the eminent Hindi writer has
Ans. Pankaj Mishra been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman
64. Who has been conferred Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang 2013 for which book:
Award for the year 2013? Ans. Vyomkesh Darvesh
Ans. Vartika Nanda 78. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and
65. Name the India-American engineer who Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB)?
developed Zero Pressure tyres for the US military. Ans. Jatinder Bir Singh
Ans. Abraham Pannikottu 79. Name the Indian-origin American scientist who
66. Which countries king has ordered jail terms has successfully converted plastic shopping bags
ranging 3 to 30 years for its citizens fighting into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum
outside the country? products
Ans. Saudi Arabia Ans. Brajendra Kumar Sharma
67. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 80. Name the first state which has legally banned
7th Pay Commission? consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco
Ans. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur including pan masala containing tobacco and
68. Which team won the Ranji Trophy 2014? nicotine
Ans. Karnataka Ans. Assam

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81. Who has become the first New Zealand cricket 95. Which stations platform has entered into the
player to score a Test triple century after making Limca Book of Records as longest rail platform in
302 against India? the world?
Ans. Brendon McCullum Ans. Gorakhpur railway station
82. Who has been appointed as the Pakistan High 96. Who among the following has won the DSC prize
Commissioner to India? 2014 for South Asian literature for his book
Ans. Abdul Basit Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer?
83. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Ans. Cyrus Mistry
Managing Director of the Export Import Bank of 97. Catherline Samba-Panza has been elected as the
India (Exim Bank)? first woman interim President of which country?
Ans. Yaduvendra Mathur Ans. Cental African Republic (CAR)
84. Who among the following has resigned taking 98. Aruna Bahuguna is the first woman to be
moral responsibility of the accident on INS appointed as the chief of ______
Sindhuratna? Ans. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police
Ans. Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi Academy (SVPNPA)
85. Dinesh Sarraf has been appointed as next 99. Name the cricketer to be voted as the Cricketer
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of: of the Generation.
Ans. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ans. Sachin Tendulkar
86. Ibrahim Mahlab has sworn in as the new Prime 100. Name the first women to be elected as the
Minister of: President of Indian Journalists Association (IJA) in
Ans. Egypt London.
87. Which Union Minister has written the songs of an Ans. Aditi Khanna
album for which the music has been composed by 101. Who has been appointed as the first women Chief
A R Rahman? Justice of Delhi High Court?
Ans. Kapil Sibal Ans. Justice G Rohini
88. Which country became the 18th member of the 102. The book entitled The Accidental Prime Minister:
Euro zone? the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh is
Ans. Lativa written by
89. Shri S.K. Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Ans. Sanjay Baru
Managing Director of: 103. Which countrys Parliament rejected referendum
Ans. Bharath Electronics Limited. on Catalonian independence?
90. World Braille Day was observed on: Ans. Spain
Ans. Jan 4 104. President of India on April 11, 2014 appointed
91. Who has been appointed as the new President of Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha as Next Chief Justice
National Association of Software and Service of India. He will be the _____ Chief Justice of India
Companies (NASSCOM)? Ans. 41st
Ans. R. Chandrashekhar 105. Which cricket team has won the Womens World
92. Who won the FIFA Ballon dOr award for 2013? Twenty 20 Cup 2014 cup?
Ans. Cristiano Ronaldo Ans. Australia
93. Which state became the first state to withdraw 106. Who has won the 51st edition of the Femina Miss
the Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in India 2014 Crown?
Multibrand Retail? Ans. Koyal Rana
Ans. Delhi 107. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has been acquired by:
94. In the list of the Worlds most admired people by Ans. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
YouGov, who find the first rank? 108. Who has been appointed as the new Prime
Ans. Bill Gates Minister of Kazakhstan?
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Ans. Karim Massimov
109. Which among the following Navratna Companies
has received the Most Efficient Navratna Award
for the year 2013?
Ans. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
110. Who is the current Director General of Border
Security Force?
Ans. D. K. Pathak
111. Name the Japanese Architect who won the
Pritzker Architecture Price 2014.
Ans. Shigeru Ban
112. Who has been awarded Indira Gandhi Paryavaran
Puraskar (IGPP) 2013, Instituted by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests?
Ans. N. Ramesh
113. Who has been appointed as the next Secretary
General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(NATO)?
Ans. Jens Stoltenberg
114. Govind Mishra, Second Hindi author who has
been selected for Sarawasti Samman 2013 for
which book:
Ans. Dhool Paudho Par
115. Which among the following won the Vijay Hazare
trophy 2013 14?
Ans. Karnataka
116. Name the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of
India, who resigned from the office.
Ans. K.C. Chakrabarty
117. Worth Sparrow Day is observed on:
Ans. March 20
118. Name the Indian writer who won Windham
Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction
category.
Ans. Pankaj Mishra
119. Name the Indian American scientist who has
developed the first 3D model of a human
fingerprint called Phantom
Ans. Anil Jain
120. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General
of the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC)?
Ans. Arjun Bahadur Thapa
121. Who became Czech Republics first directly
elected President as per the Czech Republic
Presidential election results ?
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Ans. Milos Zeman
122. Name the renowned playback singer who refused
to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan?
Ans. Sreeramamurthy Janaki
123. Who is the Indian-origin woman to become the
9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament by
replacing Michael Palmer?
Ans. Halimah Yacob
124. Who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace, Disarmament and Development Award
2011 by the President of India - Pranab
Mukherjee?
Ans. Ela Ramesh Bhatt
125. Who was the former LIC chief to take over as the
Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority (IRDA)?
Ans. T. S.Vijayan
126. Name the Venezuelan President who died due to
cancer at Caracas.
Ans. Hugo Chavez
127. Name the person who sworn-in as the Chief
Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by
taking oath as 26th Chief Minister of the state.
Ans. Mukul Manda Sangma
128. Who was the Political leader of Naga Peoples
Front (NPF) to sworn in as the Chief Minister of
Nagaland for the third straight term?
Ans. Neiphiu Rio
129. Name the Former CBI Director to be appointed
as Governor of Nagaland.
Ans. Ashwani Kumar
130. Who was the winner of the 2012 Man Asian
Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of
Evening Mists?
Ans. Tan Twan Eng
131. Name the co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman
of Infosys, who was elected as the President of the
industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14.
Ans. S Gopalakrishnan
132. Name the Person who was appointed as the new
chairman of the NASSCOM for its Executive
Council for 2013-14.
Ans. Krishnakumar Natarajan
133. Who was the Legendary Actor to be awarded
with Bollywoods Highest Honour Dada Saheb
Phalke Award?
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Ans. Pran
134. Name the Person who was declared the winner of
Venezuela's presidential election.
Ans. Nicolas Maduro
135. Name the person who was appointed as the Head
of the World Trade Organisation.
Ans. Roberto Azevedo
136. Who was the Saudi woman to make history by
reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest
mountain ?
Ans. Raha Moharrak
137. Name the Person who became the first Pakistani
woman to scale Mount Everest.
Ans. Samina Baig
138. Who was reelected as the Chairman of Indian
Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure?
Ans. K.R. Kamath
139. Name the Indian-origin sculptor who was
honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of
Britain by Queen Elizabeth II.
Ans. Anish Kapoor
140. Name the former head of the Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS), who was appointed as the
Chairman of Air Asia India in 2013.
Ans. Subramanian Ramadorai
141. Name the person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai
to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by
Manmohan Singh.
Ans. Sujata Singh
142. Name the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
University who was appointed as the 20th Lt
Governor of Delhi.
Ans. Najeeb Jung
143. Name the U.S. inventor who was known as the
father of the computer mouse. He died on 3 July
2013 at the age of 88.
Ans. Douglas Engelbart
144. Name the former Secretary, Department of
Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed
as the President of NASSCOM.
Ans. R. Chandrasekhar
145. Name the Leading liberal opposition leader who
was named as Egypt's new Prime Minister.
Ans. Mohamed ElBaradei
146. Name former Delhi Police Chief, who took over
as the new Governor of Meghalaya.
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Ans. K. K. Paul
147. Name the Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
who was appointed as the new Chairman of GST
Panel.
Ans. Abdul Rahim Rather
148. Name the person who was recommended as next
ONGC chief by the Public Enterprises Selection
Board.
Ans. Dinesh K Sarraf
149. Who is the new Prime Minister of Australia?
Ans. Tony Abbott
150. Who is the new President of International
Olympic Committee?
Ans. Thomas Bach
151. Who received the fifth Deutsche Bank Prize
award ?
Ans. Raghuram Rajan
152. Name the British biochemist who is the only
person to win Nobel Prize two times for
Chemistry.
Ans. Frederick Sanger
153. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd appointed
a new chairman to MCXs board. Who was
appointed as MCX chairman?
Ans. Satyananda Mishra
154. Nelson Mandela, the antiapartheid revolutionary
of South Africa died on 5 November 2013. He
was also known as
Ans. Madiba in South Africa
155. Name the Indian cricketer and a Rising Test
batsman who bagged the Emerging Cricketer of
the Year trophy at the ICC Annual awards
announced in Dubai.
Ans. Cheteshwar Pujara
156. The Bengaluru International Airport will be
renamed after.
Ans. Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, who founded
Bengaluru in 16th century
157. Name the New Zealands player who has made
world record by his name by blasting the fastest
century in One Day International.
Ans. Corey Anderson
158. Parliament of which country has amended an
article of the penal code that allowed rapists of
underage girls to avoid prosecution by marrying
their victims?
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Ans. Morocco
159. Who was the chief guest of India on the occasion
of the republic Day Parade on 26th Jan 2014?
Ans. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan
160. Manoj Vaish took charge as the Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer of which organisation?
Ans. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.
(MCX)
161. Name the state which became country's first state
to enact a law for creation of a Lokayukta to
probe corruption charges against public
functionaries, including Chief Minister and other
ministers?
Ans. Odisha
162. Name the Zoological Park that has been selected
by Central Zoo Authority for creation of a
conservation breeding center for the endangered
wild dog Dhole?
Ans. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park,
Visakhapatnam
163. Indias first Minority Cyber Village has been
inaugurated in which district of Rajasthan?
Ans. Alwar
164. Name the famous Hindi writer who received the
45th Jnanpith Award in 2009 and also won Sahitya
Akademi Award for his novel?
Ans. Amar Kant
165. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India has
released a book entitled Public Issues Before
Parliament written by:
Ans. Vijay J Darda
166. The country that has announced to build the
longest underwater tunnel of the World is _____.
Ans. China
167. Name the Prime Minister of Italy who resigned
after party withdraws support recently?
Ans. Enrico Letta
168. Researchers of which IIT college has developed
ready-to-eat food paste for malnourished children?
Ans. IIT Kharagpur
169. Name the Express train which will become the
first train in India to be attached with a Braille-
embedded AC coach for visually-challenged
passengers
Ans. Purushottam Express
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170. Name the person who has been appointed as the
current Mumbai Police Commissioner, after
Satyapal Singh resigned?
Ans. Rakesh Maria
171. Name the Indian shot putter who won the gold
medal in the 6th Asian indoor athletics
championships in China?
Ans. Om Prakash Singh Karhana
172. Name the lady who has become Saudi Arabia's
first female editor-in-chief?
Ans. Somayya Jabarti
173. The Chinese film which has won the Golden Bear
for best picture at the 64th Berlin International
film festival is _____.
Ans. Black Coal, Thin Ice
174. Name the person who has been appointed as the
Pakistan High Commissioner to India
Ans. Abdul Basit
175. The Marathi film that has bagged Crystal Bear
award at 64th Berlin International Film Festival is
______.
Ans. Killa
176. Which State has been declared as the best State in
the implementation of rural tourism project?
Ans. Sikkim
177. Which language has been declared as classical
language by Union Cabinet on February 20, 2014?
Ans. Odia
178. Name the person who has been appointed as the
Chairman and Managing Director of the Export
Import Bank of India ((Exim Bank)
Ans. Yaduvendra Mathur
179. SC has asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal
Committee to further investigate _______.
Ans. IPL 2013 spot fixing and betting scandal
180. Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has sworn-in as the
______ Chief Justice of India.
Ans. 41st
181. Who has imposed a ban on the import of Indian
mangoes Alphonso?
Ans. EU
182. India has test-fired an exo-atmospheric
interceptor missile. What is it called?
Ans. Prithvi Defence Vehicle
183. The 15th IIFA awards were held in
Ans. Florida
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184. World Malaria Day was observed on
Ans. April 25
185. Vic Gundotra has resigned from the Internet
Company Google. He was working as a head of
____
Ans. Google+
186. Supreme Court has ordered special audit of
properties of which temple under the supervision
of Vinod Rai?
Ans. Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple
187. Who has been appointed as the First Ambassador
to the separate Indian Mission to Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) & East Asia
Summit?
Ans. Suresh Kumar Reddy
188. Which company has launched a series of films
under the name of Brazuca for the 2014 FIFA
World Cup Brazil?
Ans. ADIDAS
189. Ghazanvi is a short range ballistic missile of which
country?
Ans. Pakistan
190. Which company has announced to change its
name to Mondelez India Foods Limited?
Ans. Cadbury India
191. Chitra Magimairaj is associated with which of the
sports?
Ans. Snooker
192. It has been decided to slash the price of the
widely-used fever and pain-relief pill Crocin
Advance by 50%. Crocin is manufactured by
_____
Ans. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
193. Which IT services provider of India has joined the
league of top 10 global IT services companies?
Ans. Tata Consultancy Services
194. Hero MotoCorp has done a joint venture with
Nitol Niloy. Nitol Niloy belongs to which country?
Ans. Bangladesh
195. The world observed International Mother Earth
Day on ______.
Ans. April 22
196. Who is the writer of Hard Choices scheduled to
be released on June 10, 2014?
Ans. Hillary Clinton
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197. Which of the banks set a record for Blood
collection in a single day recently?
Ans. HDFC
198. Which company has been ranked 1 among top
406 defaulters against whom banks have initiated
legal actions?
Ans. Kingfisher Airlines
199. As per the data released by the International
Comparison Program, hosted by the
Development Data Group at the World Bank
Group, which country is the third largest economy
of the world?
Ans. India
200. A 16.3 km long tunnel, located on the worlds
altitude has been opened for high-speed train in
which country?
Ans. China
201. Name the winner of The Hindu-MetroPlus
Playwright Award 2014.
Ans. Anshuman Acharya
202. World Press Freedom Day is observed on:
Ans. May 3
203. King Bhumibol, who celebrated 40th anniversary
of his reign and thus becoming the worlds
longest-reigning monarch belongs to
Ans. Thailand
204. Archeologists have unearthed a granary with walls
of mud-bricks at Rakhigarhi village, a Harappan
civilization which is located in
Ans. Haryana
205. Who is the winner of UNESCO Guillermo Cano
World Press Freedom Prize 2014?
Ans. Ahmet Sik
206. Name the First indigenously developed air-to-air
missile Astra successfully test fired on May 4, 2014
from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian
Sea off Goa.
Ans. Astra
207. Name the Dornier light-weight aircraft which has
been handed over to the Defence Research and
Development Organization (DRDO) by State-run
aerospace firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL).
Ans. Nabhrathna
208. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana
(MGPSY) has been launched in which county?
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Ans. UAE and independent States. Donetsk and Luhansk
209. India finds a place in the world's top 100 university belongs to which country?
rankings for the first time with inclusion of which Ans. Ukraine
Institute? 221. Who has been appointed as the first Woman
Ans. IIT, Guwahati Additional Director of Central Bureau of
210. In the latest world chess ranking list, effective Investigation (CBI)?
from May 1, who topped the list? Ans. Archana Ramasundaram
Ans. Magnus Carlsen 222. BHEL has successfully commissioned 126 MW Gas
211. According to the latest rankings, who is the Turbine Generating unit at Qarn Alam-3 power
number one golf player of the world? project in:
Ans. Tiger Woods Ans. Oman
212. For setting up solar photovoltaic (PV)-based 223. Who has been named snooker's Player of the Year
power plants, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. at the sport's annual awards ceremony in London
(BHEL) has signed recently an agreement with on May 8, 2014?
which country? Ans. Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ans. Yemen 224. Caparo Group won the International Business of
213. The International Monetary Fund board has the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards
approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package for: Midlands in Birmingham. Caparo Group is founded
Ans. Ukraine by:
214. Shivaji, the Real Hero, a pictorial book on Ans. Lord Swraj Paul
Maratha warrior Shivaji, containing 100 paintings 225. Which Indian documentary film has bagged three
by an Indian tribal artist, has been released in the awards at 2014 New York Festivals International
parliament of: TV and Film Awards?
Ans. UK Ans. Silent Screams
215. Who has been named as Federal Judge in Illinois 226. Who is the winner of womens singles Mutua
by US senate recently? Madrid Open Tennis title 2014?
Ans. Manish S. Shah Ans. Maria Sharapova
216. Name the Minister of Slovenia who resigned on 227. Pranab Mukherjee has conferred National
May 5, 2014 and was the first women Prime Florence Nightingale Awards 2014 on 35 nursing
Minister of Slovenia? personnel from across the country for their
Ans. Alenka Bratusek meritorious services. The award is conferred
217. Which pharmaceutical company has recalled every year on:
29790 packs of an allergy-relief drug manufactured Ans. May 12
by Ohm Labs plant in New Jersey in the US, due 228. Which state is the winner of the Senior National
to defective packaging? Womens Football Championships title at Golaghat
Ans. Ranbaxy Stadium in Assam?
218. SC has banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or Ans. Manipur
bullock-cart races across the country. Jallikattu is a 229. Imperial War Museum has launched an ambitious
bull taming sport played in: online database of the World War-I(WW-I). This
Ans. Tamilnadu Museum is located in:
219. Name the Indian - American who has been Ans. United Kingdom
confirmed as a federal judge in Massachusetts by 230. Name the worlds first battery-powered plane
US Senate. that has successfully completed its first flight.
Ans. Indira Talwani Ans. E-Fan
220. Leaders of Donetsk and Luhansk on 12 May 2014
declared Donetsk and Luhansk region as sovereign
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231. Mumbai based Indsur Group has acquired a
leading thermal engineering company CDA
Contracts Ltd. CDA Contracts Ltd is based in:
Ans. Britain
232. Name the former Prime Minister of Israel who has
been sentenced to six years in prison for corrupt
practices in real estate projects by a Court.
Ans. Ehud Olmert
233. Who has been appointed as the 26th Chief of
Army Staff (COAS) by Union Government on May
13, 2014?
Ans. Dalbir Singh Suhag
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234. Who has become the first woman in UN history
to be appointed as Force Commander in the
United Nations peacekeeping operation?
Ans. Kristin Lund
235. Which Indian Pharma major has announced to
invest in US based Chase Pharmaceuticals to
develop Alzheimer's drug?
Ans. Cipla
236. Which state government has signed an agreement
with the TiE Silicon Valley as a part of effort to
develop IT hub in the state and attract US
investment?
Ans. Odisha