Current Affairs Compendium 2: January 2014 (2nd Set- 119 MCQ)

1. Park Geun-hye visited India in Jan 2014. He is President of which Asian Country?

A)    China

B)    South Korea

C)    Taiwan

D)    Malaysia

2. Which golfer won the Sony Open golf tournament held in Hawaii in Jan 2014?

A)    Tiger Woods

B)    Chris Kirk

C)    Jimmy Walker

D)    None of These

3. “National Tourism Day” is observed on?

A)    25-Jan

B)    21-Jan

C)    24-Jan

D)    10-Jan

4. Gary Kenneth Toomey resigned with immediate effect in Jan 2014 just three months after taking over as the CEO of which Indian Airlines Company?

A)    Indigo Airlines

B)    Spice Jet

C)    Jet Airways

D)    Go Air

5. Who was re-elected as President of the Badminton Association of India in Jan 2014?

A)    Akhilesh Das Gupta

B)    Vijai Sinha

C)    Abdul Bari Siddique

D)    Vishwapati Trivedi

6. Who was named coach of the year by FIFA in January 2014 after leading Bayern Munich to an unprecedented treble last season?

A)    Alex Ferguson

B)    Jürgen Klopp

C)    Jupp Heynckes

D)    Football team manager

7. Yushi was awarded with the Thiruvalluvar award by the Tamil Nadu government in Chennai on the occasion of Thiruvalluvar Day of 15th January 2014. He is from which country?

A)    Thailand

B)    South Korea

C)    Taiwan

D)    Malaysia

8. Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was known as the _______ of Bengali cinema, passed away in Jan 2014.

A)    Joan Crawford

B)    Jean Harlow

C)    Greta Garbo

D)    Audrey Hepburn

9. The spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community 52nd Dai-al-Mutlaq __________ passed away in Mumbai in Jan 2014.

A)    Mufaddal Saifuddin

B)    Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin

C)    Khuzaima Qutbuddin

D)    None of These

10. Who won the “Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” award in the 71st annual Golden Globes Awards presented in January 2014?

A)    Amy Adams

B)    Cate Blanchett

C)    Jennifer Lawrence

D)    None of These

11. Which country won Hockey World League held in New Delhi in jan 2014?

A)    New Zealand

B)    England

C)    Netherlands

D)    Australia

12. India has agreed to cooperate in the field of renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and wind power with which country and signed a MoU for this in Jan 2014?

A)    UAE

B)    Saudi Arabia

C)    Iran

D)    Afghanistan

13. Which famous playwright and journalist won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014 (announced in Jan 2014) for the book “The Chronicle of the Corpse Bearer”?

A)    Arshia Sattar

B)    Cyrus Mistry

C)    Antara Dev Sen

D)    Jeet Thayil

14. Which famous actor has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha on a Trinamool Congress ticket (announced his nomination in Jan 2014)?

A)    Amitabh Bachchan

B)    Shahrukh Khan

C)    Kamal Hasan

D)    Mithun Chakraborty

15. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the ________ overall to effect 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals in Jan 2014.

A)    Third

B)    Fourth

C)    Fifth

D)    Second

16. Who has been appointed Member (Finance), Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Commissions in Jan 2014?

A)    Sudarsanam Srinivasan

B)    A P Joshi

C)    Alok Sinha

D)    Shailendra Singh

17. Which country is likely to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) within the next three months (announed in Jan 2014)?

A)    Afghanistan

B)    Iran

C)    Iraq

D)    North Korea

18. China’s economy grew by ________ in the last year 2013, maintaining its slowest growth in more than a decade (announced in Jan 2014).

A)    7.5%

B)    7.2%

C)    7.7%

D)    7.9%

19. India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile ____________, with a strike range of about 4,000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast in Jan 2014.

A)    Brahmos

B)    Agni-IV

C)    Agni-V

D)    Trishul

20. National Urban Health Mission was launched in Bangalore In Jan 2014. The programme aims to provide health security to urban poor and it envisages creation of necessary health check up infrastructure and the manpower requirement. Central Government will share 80% of the cost to implement the programme. This comes under which ministry?

A)    Ministry for Human Resource Development

B)    Ministry for Health and Family Welfare

C)    Ministry for Rural Development

D)    Ministry for Minority Affairs

21. Which Indian state has been selected for ‘Krishi Karman’ Award for 2012-13 as the best performing state in overall agricultural production in the country (announced in Jan 2014)?

A)    Andhra Pradesh

B)    West Bengal

C)    Maharashtra

D)    Uttar Pradesh

22. Telecom regulator TRAI has appointed whom as its new secretary in Jan 2014, ahead of it releasing the final guidelines of spectrum trading and auction of CDMA radiowaves?

A)    S S Garbyal

B)    K Jude Sekhar

C)    Sudhir Gupta

D)    Shailendra Singh

23. “International Customs Day” is observed on?

A)    25-Jan

B)    21-Jan

C)    24-Jan

D)    26-Jan

E)     The Central Government has granted minority status to the Jain Community in Jan 2014. With this announcement, Jains became the ______ community to have minority status.

A)    Third

B)    Fourth

C)    Fifth

D)    Sixth

24. Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has appointed whom as its chief executive officer and managing director in Jan 2014?

A)    Saurabh Sarkar

B)    Sudhir Gupta

C)    S N Goel

D)    Joseph Massey

25. Government has appointed which IPS officer as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the country in Jan 2014?

A)    Aruna Bahuguna

B)    Subhas Goswami

C)    Ajay Chadha

D)    K Vijay Kumar

26. The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, __________ retired in Jan 2014.

A)    K.C. Chakrabarty

B)    Anand Sinha

C)    H.R. Khan

D)    Urjit Patel

27. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted an expert committee to review governance of boards of banks in Jan 2014 headed by __________. The expert panel is expected to submit its report within a period three months from the date of its first meeting.

A)    Nachiket Mor

B)    Urijit Patel

C)    Usha Thorat

D)    P. J. Nayak

28. POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant has received environment clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in Jan 2014 for a steel plant of Rs 52000 crore in which state with an annual production capacity of 12 million tones?

A)    Jharkhand

B)    Madhya Pradesh

C)    Odisha

D)    Chattisgarh

29. Who won the “Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama” award in the 71st annual Golden Globes Awards presented in January 2014?

A)    Amy Adams

B)    Cate Blanchett

C)    Jennifer Lawrence

D)    None of These

30. Which global tech company acquired Bengaluru based Impermium for USD 9 million in Jan 2014?

A)    Microsoft

B)    Google

C)    Facebook

D)    Apple

31. As per data published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Jan 2014, India’s economic growth is expected to be ______ this financial year and the growth may improve to 5.4% in the next financial year 2014-15.

A)    4.8%

B)    5.1%

C)    4.6%

D)    4.3%

32. The annual World Economic Forum 2014 held in which city in Jan 2014 in which business and political leaders gathered to discuss about the strength of the global economic recovery?

A)    Davos

B)    Geneva

C)    Paris

D)    London

33. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of __________. paid official visit to New Delhi from January 25-27, 2014 and was the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day celebrations.

A)    Thailand

B)    South Korea

C)    Japan

D)    Taiwan

34. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in Jan 2014?

A)    Amrita Patel

B)    T. Nanda Kumar

C)    A Vijayanand

D)    S R Rao

35. The Reserve Bank of India has advised in Jan 2014 that after 31st March this year it will completely withdraw from circulation all banknotes issued prior to ___________.

A)    2001

B)    2006

C)    2004

D)    2005

36. An expert committee, headed by _______ has suggested that the apex bank should adopt the new CPI (consumer price index) as the measure of the nominal anchor for policy communication in Jan 2014. The nominal anchor or the target for inflation should be set at 4% with a band of +/- 2 per cent around it.

A)    Nachiket Mor

B)    Deepak Sinha

C)    Urjit R. Patel

D)    Narayanan Vaghul

37. Which area in India has been named ‘destination flyways’ by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Jan 2014 after its inclusion in a list of eight such sites worldwide?

A)    Pushkar Lake

B)    Dal lake

C)    Chilika lagoon

D)    Hussian Sagar

38. Which Indian American scientist has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize in jan 2014? He is the only India-born scientist to receive both the Marconi Prize and the Bell Medal, two top global IT technology awards.

A)    Aravind Joshi

B)    Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj

C)    Shwetak Patel

D)    Avinash Kak

39. Famous _______ actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, also known as ANR, passed away in Jan 2014.

A)    Malaylam

B)    Tamil

C)    Telegu

D)    Kannada

40. Which state tourism has been conferred the United Nations Award for creating innovative initiatives for sustainable tourism in Jan 2014, the first time India has ever won the recognition?

A)    Gujarat Tourism

B)    Kerala Tourism

C)    Maharashtra Tourism

D)    Karnataka Tourism

41. Who has been appointed as Joint Secretary with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), under Ministry of Commerce in Jan 2014?

A)    Anjali Prasad

B)    A P Joshi

C)    Alok Sinha

D)    Shailendra Singh

42. Which Indian-origin academician has been appointed dean of the prestigious Harvard College in jan 2014 and will take over his new role in July?

A)    Marti G. Subrahmanyam

B)    C.K. Prahalad

C)    Rakesh Khurana

D)    Avinash Kamalakar Dixit

43. India’s Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal dropped a place to be at ______ position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking published in Jan 2014.

A)    9th

B)    8th

C)    11th

D)    13th

44. UNWTO awarded __________ with the 2013 UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jan 2014 in recognition of his work as a business journalist reporting on the tourism industry?

A)    Hala Gorani

B)    Richard Quest

C)    Christiane Amanpou

D)    Isha Sesay

45. Which global PC/Laptop maker agreed to acquire IBM’s low-end server business for USD 2.3 billion in Jan 2014?

A)    Acer

B)    HP

C)    Dell

D)    Lenovo

46. FIFA have named a track “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by _________ as the official anthem in Jan 2014 for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

A)    Pitbull and Christina Aguilera

B)    Pitbull and Mariah Carey

C)    Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez

D)    Justic Timberlake and Christina Aguilera

47. Latvia has formally joined the euro zone in Jan 2014, becoming the _______ member of the group of EU states which uses the euro as its currency.

A)    17th

B)    18th

C)    23rd

D)    28th

48. Who won the Australian Open women’s doubles title held in Jan 2014?

A)    Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci

B)    Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina

C)    Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai

D)    None of These

49. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on _________ across India.

A)    29-Jan

B)    26-Jan

C)    24-Jan

D)    17-Jan

50. Tamil Nadu’s political party DMK suspended Whom from being a member of the party and also relieved him of the party posts in Jan 2014?

A)    Stalin

B)    Alagiri

C)    Dayanidhi Maran

D)    Kanimozhi

51. Who has been appointed as Director General (Forests) and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests in Jan 2014?

A)    S S Garbyal

B)    K Jude Sekhar

C)    A Vijayanand

D)    V S Madan

52. Which Indian bank  strengthened its social media presence with the launch of its channel on popular video sharing website Youtube in Jan 2014?

A)    State Bank of India

B)    HDFC Bank

C)    Punjab National Bank

D)    Bank of Baroda

53. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Jan 2014, he has been given additional charge of the new post?

A)    Sudarsanam Srinivasan

B)    V P Agarwal

C)    Alok Sinha

D)    Anjali Prasad

54. Who has taken charge as Executive Director of Central Bank of India in Jan 2014, taking total number of EDs of Central Bank of India to three?

A)    Mushtaq Ahmad

B)    S.R. Bansal

C)    B K Divakara

D)    Sushil Muhnot

55. Who has been named winner of the 2014 Othmer Gold Medal, a top award of the US-based Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Jan 2014?

A)    Yusuf Hamied

B)    Kallam Anji Reddy

C)    Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

D)    Devi Shetty

56. Who won the women’s singles title at the Australian Open Tennis Championships held in jan 2014?

A)    Dominika Cibulkova

B)    Li Na

C)    Serena Williams

D)    Maria Sharapova

57. The Election Commission of India celebrated the 4th National voters Day on ___________ across the nation to commemorate the foundation day of the Election Commission of India and also to enhance the participation of the voters.

A)    25-Jan

B)    26-Jan

C)    24-Jan

D)    17-Jan

58. Who has been awarded with the National Communal Harmony Award in jan 2014 for work done in the field of Peace and Harmony?

A)    N Radhakrishnan

B)    Dr. Mohinder Singh

C)    Both of them

D)    None of These

59. Which Global tech company has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, for USD 400 million in Jan 2014?

A)    Microsoft

B)    Google

C)    Facebook

D)    Apple

60. Who won the Australian Open Men’s single title held in Jan 2014?

A)    Rafael Nadal

B)    Roger Federar

C)    Stanislas Wawrinka

D)    Andy Murray

61. Who won the Men’s title in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship held in Jan 2014?

A)    Xue Song

B)    Srikanth K

C)    Aditya Joshi

D)    Chetan Anand

62. Karl Slym, the managing director of_________  passed away in Jan 2014 after falling from 22nd floor of the Shangri-La Hotel to the fourth floor in Bangkok.

A)    GM India

B)    Mahindra and Mahindra

C)    Tata Motors

D)    JLR

63. Which Indian shuttler won the Women’s Singles title at Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship held in Jan 2014?

A)    Saina Nehwal

B)    PV Sindhu

C)    Jwala Gutta

D)    Aditi Mutatkar

64. Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni became the first captain to be played in _______ tied One Day International matches when India tied third ODI match against New Zealand on 25th January 2014.

A)    Five

B)    Three

C)    Four

D)    Six

65. Which country secured No 1 rank in the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) issued by Yale University in Jan 2014?

A)    Singapore

B)    Switzerland

C)    Australia

D)    Luxembourg

66. Which Rapper-turned-actress will be honoured by the New York Women in Communications with its 2014 Matrix Award (announced in Jan 2014), which honours females who change the world?

A)    Dolly Parton

B)    Queen Latifah

C)    MC Lyte

D)    Whoopi Goldberg

67. The UK economy grew by _______in 2013 which the highest growth rate since 2007, as per the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced in Jan 2014.

A)    2.3%

B)    1.9%

C)    2.1%

D)    1.6%

68. India ranks at ______ out of 178 countries in the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) issued by Yale University in Jan 2014

A)    135th

B)    155th

C)    121st

D)    138th

69. ______________ Minister Kumari Selja has quit Union Council of Ministers in Jan 2014 to work for the Congress party.

A)    Rural Development

B)    Human Resource and Development

C)    Social Justice and Empowerment

D)    Environment and Forest

70. Who has been appointed as the Secretary Security in the Cabinet Secretariat in Jan 2014?

A)    H C Meena

B)    Mahboob Alam

C)    Ajay Chadha

D)    K Vijay Kumar

71. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the repo rate to ________ during its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy review.

A)    8%

B)    7.75%

C)    7.25%

D)    7%

72. Which country received the highest (28.5%) overall score in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index released by the US Chamber of Commerce in Jan 2014?

A)    France

B)    UK

C)    United States

D)    Canada

73. Who won the Australian open mixed doubles title held in Jan 2014?

A)    Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor

B)    Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak

C)    Sania Mirza and Horia Tecau

D)    None of These

74. The ICC Board has approved the introduction of an International Women’s Championship in Jan 2014. The Competing countries will play the others in a series of matches between mid-2014 and the end of 2016. The top teams will qualify automatically for the ICC Women’s World Cup to be held in 2017 in _________.

A)    Australia

B)    England

C)    South Africa

D)    New Zealand

75. FDI flows into India stood as _________ in 2013 as per the latest United Nations report published in Jan 2014.

A)    USD 28 billion

B)    USD 42 billion

C)    USD 21 billion

D)    USD 32 billion

76. Bharti Airtel has appointed whom as MD of Bharti Enterprises of all non-telecom businesses of the group retail insurance, food and agriculture, realty and other businesses of the group in Jan 2014?

A)    Akhil Gupta

B)    Manoj Kohli

C)    DS Rawat

D)    Gopal Vittal

77. Which Tech company acquired Google Inc’s Motorola handset division for USD 2.91 billion in Jan 2014?

A)    Microsoft

B)    Lenovo

C)    Samsung

D)    Apple

78. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the Reverse Repo rate to ________ during its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy review.

A)    6.75%

B)    7.75%

C)    7.25%

D)    7%

79. The US economic growth stood at ________ in the final quarter of 2013 compared to same quarter last year (announced in Jan 2013).

A)    3.6%

B)    2.8%

C)    3.2%

D)    2.1%

80. Kathy Cross became the first woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires’ panel when she was elected as an Associate and Affiliate International official in Jan 2014. She is from which country?

A)    New Zealand

B)    Australia

C)    England

D)    South Africa

81. The Indian government raised quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to ________ per household in a year from the current 9 in Jan 2014. The hike will be effective from 1st of April.

A)    14 cylinders

B)    15 cylinders

C)    12 cylinders

D)    None of These

82. Anand Kumar, a mathematician and founder of _______classes was awarded with the 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award in Rajkot in Jan 2014.

A)    Spectacular30

B)    Super40

C)    Super30

D)    Great25

83. Who assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a navratna public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, in Jan 2014?

A)    P. Madhusudan

B)    A.P Choudhury

C)    Arun Kumar Gupta

D)    S.K. Sharma

84. US auto major, Ford has appointed whom as President of its Indian business in Jan 2014?

A)    Nigel Harris

B)    Joginder Singh

C)    Morten Karlsen Sorby

D)    Sigve Brekke

85. Which state in the list became First state to withdraw Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in Multibrand Retail in Jan 2014 after it had agreed earlier?

A)    Karnataka

B)    Uttar Pradesh

C)    Delhi

D)    Maharashtra

86. Raymond Weil, the pioneer of _________ passed away in Jan 2014.

A)    Italian Fasion

B)    Swiss watch

C)    German Auto

D)    None of These

87. Who has been chosen for prestigious journalism Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Jan 2014?

A)    Mammen Mathew

B)    V. K. Hamzah Abbas

C)    Shireen Bhan

D)    Swapan Dasgupta

88. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy review.

A)    5%

B)    4.5%

C)    4.25%

D)    4%

89. Who was declared as the new President of Madagascar in Jan 2014?

A)    Hery Rajaonarimampianina

B)    Jean-Louis Robinson

C)    Omer Beriziky

D)    Andry Rajoelina

90. ____________ film actor Uday Kiran passed away in Jan 2014.

A)    Malaylam

B)    Tamil

C)    Telegu

D)    Kannada

91. Who scored the fastest-ever ODI century (in 36 balls) in Cricket History in Jan 2014?

A)    Jesse Ryder

B)    Brendon McCullum

C)    Ross Taylor

D)    Corey Anderson

92. Seventh Global Insurance Summit was held at which Indian City in January 2014?

A)    Bangalore

B)    New Delhi

C)    Hyderabad

D)    Chennai

93. World Hindi Day observed on _____________.

A)    21-Jan

B)    20-Jan

C)    12-Jan

D)    10-Jan

94. Who was elected as the President of The Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) in Jan 2014?

A)    Sirajuddin Qureshi

B)    Safdar H. Khan

C)    Qamar Ahmad

D)    Abrar Ahmed

95. Which football club lifted the 35th Football Federation Cup in Jan 2014?

A)    Sporting Club de Goa

B)    East Bengal

C)    Churchill Brothers

D)    Mohan Bagan

96. India overtook which country in Jan 2014 to become the third largest crude oil importer in the World?

A)    Japan

B)    England

C)    Germany

D)    China

97. India’s first gun for women, _________ was launched in January 2014. The Gun has been manufactured by the Indian Ordnance Factory, Kanpur and is also the smallest revolver made in India.

A)    Sahas

B)    Nirbhay

C)    Nirbheek

D)    Himmat

98. The Petroleum Conservation Research Association under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has selected Which state for the award of best performing State amongst the big states for the oil and gas conservation programmes in jan 2014?

A)    Madhya Pradesh

B)    Andhra Pradesh

C)    Rajashthan

D)    Gujarat

99. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the Marginal Standing Facility to ________ during its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy review.

A)    9%

B)    9.5%

C)    9.25%

D)    8.75%

100. Which company/brand launched “Any Time Milk” vending machines for Milk in Jan 2014?

A)    Amul

B)    Mother Dairy

C)    Nestle

D)    Danone

101. First Climate Change theatre was opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in ___________ in Jan 2014. The theatre will educate people on climate change.

A)    Kapurthala

B)    Ludhiana

C)    Chandigarh

D)    New Delhi

102. Which European football club retained the title of the world’s richest soccer club in 2013 in the annual Football Money League compiled by accountants Deloitte and published in Jan 2014?

A)    Bayern Munich

B)    Barcelona

C)    Manchester United

D)    Real Madrid

103. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Which country as the country with the best overall cricket development programme in Africa in Jan 2014?

A)    Nigeria

B)    Zambia

C)    Kenya

D)    None of These

104. Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh inaugurated National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) that is a new Central Public Sector Enterprise in New Delhi in January 2014 and it will remain under which ministry?

A)    Ministry of Minority Affairs

B)    Ministry of Human Resource and Development

C)    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

D)    None of These

105. The Ministry of Railways announced to set up a Rail coach factory at Kolar in Jan 2014. Kolar is in which state?

A)    Karnataka

B)    Maharashtra

C)    Andhra Pradesh

D)    Kerala

106. Which Indian two wheeler company, unveiled a 150cc hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT at the auto expo in Jan 2014?

A)    Honda Motors

B)    Hero MotoCorp

C)    Bajaj Auto

D)    TVS Auto

107. The 22nd African Union summit was held in which City on Jan 30-31 2014?

A)    Lusaka

B)    Addis Ababa

C)    Nairobi

D)    Johannesburg

108. Which country has the lowest unemployment rate among euro zone countries at 4.8% (announced in Jan 2014).

A)    Germany

B)    Austria

C)    Greece

D)    Switzerland

109. Who was named women’s player of the year by FIFA in Jan 2014?

A)    Silvia Neid

B)    Abby Wambach

C)    Nadine Angerer

D)    Kerstin Garefrekes

110. Which country was runners up in the Hockey World League held in New Delhi in jan 2014?

A)    New Zealand

B)    England

C)    Netherlands

D)    Australia

111. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the SLR unchanged at ________ during its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy review.

A)    25%

B)    24%

C)    23%

D)    22%

112. As per the UN report published in Jan 2014, India was ranked ________ among the top 20 global economies receiving the most FDI.

A)    20th

B)    16th

C)    12th

D)    15th

113. Which US states has become the first one to legalise selling of Marijuana in Jan 2014?

A)    Illinois

B)    Nevada

C)    Colorado

D)    Texas

114. Which Indian state launched free CFL bulbs scheme for hut dwellers in Jan 2014?

A)    Tamil Nadu

B)    Karnataka

C)    Haryana

D)    Gujarat

115. World’s first Bitcoin storage service that insures deposits of the digital currency was launched in which city in Jan 2014?

A)    Paris

B)    New York

C)    Geneva

D)    London

116. Which country was ranked as No 1 in the FIFA ranking published in Jan 2014?

A)    Spain

B)    Germany

C)    Argentina

D)    Italy

117. India’s only and first hospital for fish will be set up in which city (announced in Jan 2014)?

A)    Puducherry

B)    Chennai

C)    Kochi

D)    Panaji

118. India’s largest software services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced to set up the world’s largest corporate learning and development centre in __________ in Jan 2014.

A)    Thiruvananthapuram,

B)    Kochin

C)    Mysore

D)    Mangalore

ANSWERS

1. South Korea
2. Jimmy Walker
3. 25-Jan
4. Jet Airways
5. Akhilesh Das Gupta
6. Jupp Heynckes
7. Taiwan
8. Greta Garbo
9. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
10. Amy Adams
11. Netherlands
12. UAE
13. Cyrus Mistry
14. Mithun Chakraborty
15. Fourth
16. Sudarsanam Srinivasan
17. Afghanistan
18. 7.7%
19. Agni-IV
20. Ministry for Health and Family Welfare
21. West Bengal
22. Sudhir Gupta
23. Sixth
24. S N Goel
25. Aruna Bahuguna ( first woman to head National Police Academy)
26. Anand Sinha
27. P. J. Nayak
28. Odisha
29. Cate Blanchett
30. Google
31. 4.6%
32. Davos
33. Japan
34. T. Nanda Kumar
35. 2005
36. Urjit R. Patel
37. Chilika lagoon
38. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj
39. Telegu
40. Kerala Tourism
41. Shailendra Singh
42. Rakesh Khurana
43. 9th
44. Richard Quest
45. Lenovo
46. Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez
47. 26-Jan
48. 18th
49. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
50. 24-Jan
51. Alagiri
52. S S Garbyal
53. State Bank of India
54. Alok Sinha
55. B K Divakara
56. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
57. Li Na
58. 25-Jan
59. Dr. Mohinder Singh and N Radhakrishnan
60. Google
61. Stanislas Wawrinka
62. Xue Song
63. Tata Motors
64. Saina Nehwal
65. Four
66. Switzerland
67. Queen Latifah
68. 1.9%
69. 155th
70. Social Justice and Empowerment
71. H C Meena
72. 8%
73. United States
74. Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor
75. England
76. USD 28 billion
77. Manoj Kohli
78. Lenovo
79. 7%
80. 3.2%
81. New Zealand
82. 12 cylinders
83. Super30
84. Arun Kumar Gupta
85. Nigel Harris
86. Delhi
87. Swiss watch
88. Mammen Mathew
89. 4%
90. Hery Rajaonarimampianina
91. Telegu
92. Corey Anderson
93. Hyderabad
94. 10-Jan
95. Sirajuddin Qureshi
96. Churchill Brothers
97. Japan
98. Nirbheek
99. Andhra Pradesh
100. 9%
101. Amul
102. Kapurthala
103. Real Madrid
104. Zambia
105. Ministry of Minority Affairs
106. Karnataka
107. Hero MotoCorp
108. Addis Ababa
109. Austria
110. Nadine Angerer
111. New Zealand
112. 23%
113. 16th
114. Colorado
115. Tamil Nadu
116. London
117. Spain
118. Kochi
119. Thiruvananthapuram