INTERNATIONAL

1) Name the group declared as a terrorist organization by the Egypt Court recently?
Ans:- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
2) Which country and Maldives on 2 December 2014 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for a preliminary study of a proposed bridge connecting the
international airport to Maldives capital Male?
Ans:- China
3) Which country was recently hit by acute water crisis after a fire broke out in the countrys
water treatment plant, causing extensive damage leading to disconnection of water supply?
Ans:- Maldives
4) Name the Kenyan President on whom the International Criminal Court has withdrawn
charges against humanity?
Ans:- Uhuru Kenyatta
5) Name the country that has become most dangerous country in the world as per the report
published on 9 December 2014 by Intel Center, a Washington-based company working for
intelligence agencies?
Ans:- Iraq

INDIA & WORLD

1) Recently, India was re-elected to ECOSOC along with 13 other new members. ECOSOC
is a primary organ of __?
Ans:- United Nations
2) The recently announced Newton-Bhabha Fund is a collaboration between India and
which country?
Ans:- United Kingdom
3) Which country and Russia on 5 December 2014 signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement
for designing, developing and producing the Multi Role Fighter Aircraft?
Ans:- India
4) United Nations Organisation (UNO) on 11 December 2014 declared which day as World
Yoga Day?
Ans:- June 21
5) The theme of the 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index is?
Ans:- Reducing Barriers to Economic Growth and Job Creation

NATIONAL
1) Supreme Court on 3 December 2014 set up a special Social Justice Bench to exclusively
hear cases concerning social issues particularly those related to women, children and
underprivileged.The bench will assemble every week on?
Ans:- Friday

2) Round the clock all India Security helpline 1800-111-322 was recently launched by?
Ans:- Indian Railways
3) Which leaders birthday was observed as National Good Governance Day on 25
November 2014?
Ans:- Atal Behari Vajpayee
4) The Supreme Court on 3 December 2014 directed the Union to complete prosecution of
black money hoarders abroad under the Income Tax Act, 1961 by ?
Ans:- 31 March 2015
5) What is the lock-in period in the revamped Kisan Vikas Patra scheme?
Ans:- 2.5 years

STATES
1) The recently banned militant outfit Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) operates in
__?
Ans:- West Bengal and Assam
2) Name the village adopted by the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in his
parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on 3 December 2014 under Sansad
Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY)?
Ans:- Jagdishpur Village
3) Union Cabinet on 5 December 2014 relaxed norms for e-rickshaw drivers in which state?
Ans:- Delhi
4) Name the district of Uttar Pradesh whose name has changed to Bhadohi by U.P. Cabinet
on 6 December 2014?
Ans:- Sant Ravidas Nagar
5) Name the Indias first e-governance project launched by the President of India on 8
December 2014?
Ans:- Karnataka Mobile One

CONFERENCES
1) Who will host the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
summit in 2016?
Ans:- Islamabad ,Pakistan
2) Where was the World Diamond Conference 2014 held on 11 December 2014?
Ans:- New Delhi

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which movie has won top honours at the New York Film Critics awards on 1 December
2014?
Ans:- Boyhood

2) The 2014 Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award has been given to __?
Ans:- Rubber Board
3) Name the film artist who has won 2014 Turner Prize for a video that reflects on African art
and includes a dance sequence inspired by Karl Marx?
Ans:- Duncan Campbell
4) Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan on 10 December 2014
received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. At which city of Norway, Nobel Peace Prize is
presented?
Ans:- Oslo
5) Who was named Time Magazines Person of the Year for 2014 on 10 December 2014?
Ans:- Ebola Fighters

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International (ODI)
cricket?
Ans:- Khurram Khan, UAE Captain
2) Which state recently won the 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014, for the
third time in a row?
Ans:- Kerala
3) What are the name of mascots of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games?
Ans:- Vinicius and Tom
4) Name the chess player who won his maiden London Classic title after defeating British
Grandmaster Michael Adams on 15 December 2014?
Ans:- Vishwananthan Anand
5) The 2014 Mens Champions Trophy was held on 6 14 December 2014 in Odishas
capital Bhubaneswar.This is which edition of Champions Trophy?
Ans:- 35th
6) Name the Sri Lanka batsman on 3 December 2014 became the fourth batsman to
complete 13000 One-Day Internationals (ODI) runs?
Ans:- Kumar Sangakkara

ECONOMY
1) World e-commerce leader Amazon was in news for its plan to acquire which Indian ecommerce player?
Ans:- Jabong
2) RBI recently doubled the Pre-Paid Card limit to Rs-?
Ans:- 1 lakh
3) According to the SEBI, what is the minimum asset size for a Real Estate Investment Trust
(REIT)___?
Ans:- Rs.500 Crore

4) Subsidiary of the investment banking arm of which bank recently launched an online Will
creation service, the first of its kind in the country?
Ans:- State Bank of India ( SBICap Trustee is the name of the subsidiary) )
5) Reserve Bank of India, on 4 December 2014, asked banks to make the registration
process for which banking service easy?
Ans:- Mobile Banking
6) According to the recently released Global Wealth Databook 2014 by Swiss banking
entity Credit Suisse, how much of Indias wealth is held by countrys 10% rich people?
Ans:- Around 75%

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Indias Drug Technical Advisory Committee has recently waived-off the clinical tests of two
drugs Aflibercept and Trastuzumab emtansine.These drugs are used for the treatment of
__?
Ans:- Cancer
2) The 67P/ ChuryumovGerasimenko, which was recently making news is a __?
Ans:- Comet
3) Which nations have agreed to build a new-generation rocket to maintain their lead in the
market for satellite launches as per the agreement made on 3 December 2014?
Ans:- European Nations
4) How many frames per second can be captured by worlds fastest 2D camera developed
by the researchers?
Ans:- 100 billion frames per second
5) Name the mission set to launch on 4 December 2014 postponed by the NASA due to
some technical issues?
Ans:- Orion Mars capsule test mission

PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who took charge as the new Director of CBI on 3 December 2014?
Ans:- Anil Kumar Sinha
2) Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau ( IB ), India?
Ans:- Dineshwar Sharma

B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Prime Minister of Haiti who resigned on 13 December 2014 following antigovernment protests over delayed elections and calls for elections?
Ans:- Laurent Lamothe

C) DEATHS
1) Name the Former Union minister and Maharashtras first Muslim Chief Minister was died
on 2 December 2014 in Mumbai?
Ans:- AR Antulay
2) Eminent jurist V R Krishna Iyer who passed away on 4 December 2014 belongs to which
state?
Ans:- Kerala

D) VISITORS
1) Which northeastern state signed agreement with a Russian power company for
collaborating in hydropower projects in the state on the sidelines of Russian President
Vladimir Putins visit to India during December 2014?
Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh

E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Which university was ranked no.1 in Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging
Economies Rankings 2015, covering 18 countries, that was released on 4 December 2014?
Ans:- Peking University, China

PLACES IN NEWS
1) The recent nuclear power plant accident took place at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
It is situated in which country? (Ans:- Ukraine )

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the fullform of ECIL? (Ans:- Electronics Corporation of India Limited)

BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai (18871951) was released recently. Who is the author of the book?
Ans:- Rajmohan Gandhi

COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) What is NOT a purpose of Bank Transaction Tax proposed on cash withdrawals by
Shome committe?
Ans:- Increase financial inclusion

DAYS & DATES

1) World Aids Day was observed on ?
Ans:- December 1

INTERNATIONAL
1) Under the new NATO mission Resolute Support, US Army will give training and support to
which countrys army to fight extremism?
Ans:- Afghanistan
2) Which Country formally ends 13 year War in Afghanistan?
Ans:- Britain
3) Which nation was in news for scrapping a much controversial proposed legislation to
introduce Internet Tax?
Ans:- Hungary
4) Which countrys parliament has passed a law on 4 November 2014 that could block the
release of Palestinian prisoners convicted for murder, in any future peace negotiations?
Ans:- Israel
5) Which country and Australia on 18 November 2014 signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) on bilateral Antarctic cooperation?
Ans:- China

INDIA & WORLD

1) Indias first Bio-refinery is to be established with the support of ?
Ans:- Norway
2) The Trilateral Coast Guard exercise Dosti-XII involved which three nations?
Ans:- India, Maldives, Srilanka
3) UNESCO recently collaborated with Ministry of Urban Development for which scheme?
Ans:- Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
4) With which country, the Union Cabinet gave its approval for cooperation in the field of oil
and gas for a period of five years?
Ans:- Mozambique
5) Name the country that has banned its senior government officials from higher studies in
mainland China, citing national security reasons?
Ans:- Taiwan

NATIONAL
1) Saksham and Pragati are newly launched initiatives of the Ministry of HRD. What kind
of schemes are they?
Ans:- Scholarship Scheme
2) Union Health Minister has launched a new mission in line with governments vision to
eliminate Tuberculosis from India. What is the name of mission?
Ans:- TB-Mission 2020
3) Government on 18 November 2014 relaunched the Kisan Vikas Patras, to tap household
savings for funding infrastructure development in the country. To begin with, KVP will be sold

through?
Ans:- Post Offices
4) What is purpose of recently launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana?
Ans:- Welfare of Tribals
5) The Rajya Sabha on 27 November 2014 passed the Delhi Special Police Establishment
(Amendment) Act.It is concerned with the appointment process of?
Ans:- CBI Director

STATES
1) Name the company that bagged the work order recently by Gujarat government for
construction of the 182-metre-tall Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
Ans:- Larsen &Toubro Company
2) Namsai on 25 November 2014 became the 18th district of which state?
Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh
3) Union Cabinet on 4 November 2014 approved dissolution of legislative assembly of which
state?
Ans:- Delhi
4) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was on 13 November 2014 elected unopposed to
Rajya Sabha from which state?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
5) The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held on 20 30 November 2014 at Goa,
which is the permanent venue for hosting the IFFI. This is which edition of IFFI?
Ans:- 45th

CONFERENCES
1) In which country the 83rd INTERPOL General Assembly was held from 3 7 November
2014?
Ans:- Monaco
2) 6th World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo was held from 6-9 November 2014 in -?
Ans:- New Delhi
3) Which country will host the G-20 Summit in 2015?
Ans:- Turkey

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Who was formally conferred the title of Honorary Professor by the Peking University, one
of the oldest Chinese universities on 5 November 2014?
Ans:- Former President of India Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam
2) Name the Indian NGO won United Nations Lighthouse Activities award for the year 2014
on 25 November 2014?
Ans:- Aaranyak

3) Who has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2014 for Biological Science?
Ans:- Roop Mallik
4) Name the child has been selected for the first-ever bravery award given by Assam
government on 17 November 2014?
Ans:- Gunjan Sharma
5) Name the Boxer was received the Arjuna Award on 26 November 2014?
Ans:- Manoj Kumar

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Where the Commonwealth Games 2018 are going to be held?
Ans:- The Gold Coast, Australia
2) Which player received his 2013-14 European Golden Boot award on 5 November 2014?
Ans:- Cristiano Ronaldo
3) Which football player on 22 November 2014 became the all-time highest scorer in the
history of La Liga the Spanish Football League?
Ans:- Lionel Messi
4) Who won this years ATP World Tour finals on 16 November 2014 after Roger Federer
withdrew from the title clash due to a back injury?
Ans:- Novak Djokovic
5) The World Chess Championship 2014 was held from 7 28 November 2014 at ?
Ans:- Sochi, Russia

ECONOMY
1) Which bank became the first Listed Indian Company in the list of 30 companies having
more than 75% shareholding by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)?
Ans:- HDFC
2) Which private-sector bank got the RBI approval on 25 November 2014 to form a
subsidiary to enter the General Insurance business?
Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB)
3) Which private bank has on 20 November 2014 announced its plan to acquire ING Vysya
Bank?
Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd (BMB) on 19 November 2014 launched its internet banking
facility by the name?
Ans:- BMBSmartBanking
5) From which date are RBI guidelines pertaining to levying of penal charges for nonmaintenance of minimum balance coming into effect?
Ans:- 1 April 2015

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Name the Institute of India that became the first to be made a full member of the CMS
collaboration of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research?
Ans:- IIT Madras
2) The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being jointly developed by India and which
other nation ?
Ans:- Russia
3) The first zero gravity 3D printer has been installed by?
Ans:- NASA
4) Name the Migratory Bird whose route has been tracked for the first time by the scientists?
Ans:- Amur Falcon
5) What proportion of the Global Greenhouse gas burden does India emit?
Ans:- 6%

PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was appointed as the new Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention
(NCWA) on 3 November 2014?
Ans:- GS Sandhu
2) Name the Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary was appointed as new Secretary General
of the 16th Lok Sabhaon 26 November 2014?
Ans:- Anoop Mishra

B) RESIGNS
1) What is the full name of Manohar Parikar who resigned as CM of Goa and became
Defence Minister on 9 November 2014?
Ans:- Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar
2) Name the US Defence Secretary was resigned from his post on 24 November 2014?
Ans:- Chuck Hagel

C) DEATHS
1) What was the real name of noted Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar who passed
away on 3 November 2014?
Ans:- Ganesh Kumar Narwode
2) M.S.S. Pandian passed away on 10 November 2014. He was a famous ?
Ans:- Social Scientist

D) VISITORS
1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited in which country on 19 November 2014?
Ans:- Fiji

E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Currently, Tianhe-2 is fastest supercomputer in world. It belongs to which country?
Ans:- China
2) Which magazine has been named Mangalyaan among the 25 best inventions of 2014?
Ans:- Times Magazine

PLACES IN NEWS
1) Ashtamudi Estuarys short neck clam fishery on 5 Nov 2014 became the first Marine
Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fishery in India. It is in which state?
Ans:- Kerala
2) Name the tallest building in the US which was reopened for business thirteen years after
the original twin towers were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attack?
Ans:- World Trade Center

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the Full form of CDRI ?
Ans:- Central Drug Research Institute
2) What is the Full form of AAFI ?
Ans:- Amateur Athletics Federation of India

BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Who is the author of the Book Art & Railways A Bangalore Saga, launched on 4
November 2014?
Ans:- Mr.S.Mani & Ms.Lily Pandeya, Railway Officers
2) The book titled Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 was released on 23
November 2014.Who is the author of the book?
Ans:- Sandeep Unnithan

COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) The Goverment set up a committee to assess compensation for Coal Blocks that were
running or ready to produce from April 2015.It is headed by ?
Ans:- Pratyush Sinha
2) Recently, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has set up a 14-member committee to ?
Ans:- Review peacekeeping operations worldwide

DAYS & DATES

1) National Education Day (NED) was observed on -?
Ans:- 11 November 2014

INTERNATIONAL
1) USA has lifted 40 year ban on arm sales to which country for boosting defence in south
china sea?
Ans:- Vietnam
2) As per the World Health Organization (WHO), which country accounts for 80% for polio
cases globally?
Ans:- Pakistan
3) Srilankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 13 October 2014 flagged off which train from
Palai after 25 years?
Ans:- Yal Devi Express
4) What is the name of the Syrian town which has become the centre of the Syrian Civil War,
with the ongoing siege between the militants of Islamic State (IS) and Syrian Kurds?
Ans:- Kobani
5) Recently state emergency was declared in Sinai Peninsula. In which country it is
located?
Ans:- Egypt

INDIA & WORLD

1) India has launched Container Service on 7 October 2014 with which country to increase
trade?
Ans:- Myanmar
2) Which country on 12 October 2014 pledged 4 million US dollar aid for reconstruction of
Gaza Strip that was destroyed during the Palestine and Israel conflict which started in June
2014?
Ans:- India
3) Which country has launched the Gandhi Inspired Tourist Attraction project on 18 October
2014?
Ans:- South Africa
4) Which country has agreed to provide 4 million Euros and services of international experts
to help in effective implementation of sanitation programmes in urban areas of India?
Ans:- Germany
5) Recently, India offered to help which Polio affected country?
Ans:- Pakistan

NATIONAL
1) What is the minimum monthly pension notified recently by Labour Ministry for subscribers
of the Employees Pension Scheme?
Ans:- Rs.1000

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 October 2014 addressed the nation over radio for the
first time in his programme named?
Ans:- Mann Ki Baat
3) Under which government scheme the power ministry has decided to provide bulbs using
LED technology to households?
Ans:- Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
4) Name the website launched by Union Government on 7 October 2014 to monitor
attendance of government employees in real time?
Ans:- attendance.gov.in
5) By what percent Union Government has increased the fellowship amount of research
scholars?
Ans:- Up to 50%

STATES
1) Which party opened its account in Maharashtra Assembly by winning two seats for the
first time?
Ans:- The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
2) Recently, Which state Chief Minister has declared year 2015 as the Tourism Year in the
State?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
3) In which state the Arogya Gram Yojna Organic Farming scheme was launched on 18
October 2014?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
4) Which state government has decided recently to set up a commission on the line of Right
to Information Commission, to ensure time bound delivery of public services to citizen?
Ans:- West Bengal
5) Manipur and Nagaland were cut-off from the rest of the country from 27 October 2014 due
to the 1000-hour district blockade called in a district of Assam from 5 am. Which district is
this?
Ans:- Karbi Along district

CONFERENCES
1) The state govt. of Madhya Pradesh on 9 October 2014 organised Global Investors
Summit 2014 (GIS 2014), a huge summit of top corporate houses. This meet is held at which
city of MP?
Ans:- Indore

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Who was conferred with Euromoneys Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014 in
Washington 10 October 2014?
Ans:- RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

2) Who has been awarded with Americas Top Young Scientist award on 22 October 2014
for his innovative design of an eco-friendly device that will reduce carbon footprint while
offering power for household usage?
Ans:- Sahil Doshi
3) Name the ministry that has been awarded with the ISO 9001:2008 certificate on 22
October 2014?
Ans:- Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
4) Who became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award on 24
October 2014?
Ans:- Ashwika Kapur
5) Who was honoured with the National Kishore Kumar Award for the year 2012-13?
Ans:- Noted lyricist Sameer

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Which Indian player refused to accept Medal at the podium to protest the loss of semifinals at Incheon Asian Games?
Ans:- Sarita Devi
2) Who was chosen as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Indias Incheon Asian Games
campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by contingent sponsors, Samsung India on
13 October 2014?
Ans:- MC Mary Kom
3) International Cricket Council (ICC) on 10 October 2014 awarded the global broadcast
agreement rights for ICC Events from 2015 to 2023 to?
Ans:- Star India and Star Middle East
4) Sania Mirza along with Cara Black clinched the WTA finals doubles title on 26 October
2014. Cara Black is from which country?
Ans:- Zimbabwe
5) Name the Indian Boxer was suspended by International Boxing Association (AIBA) for
protesting at ASIAN GAMES 2014?
Ans:- Sarita Devi

ECONOMY
1) What is the name of the new global service launched by the World Bank on 9 October
2014 which aims at mobilising the private sector to help tackle the massive infrastructure
deficit facing developing countries?
Ans:- Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF)
2) Which is the only Indian-owned entity to have its brand in an elite annual club of worlds
100 most valuable brands list for 2014 compiled by leading brand consultancy Interbrand?
Ans:- Tata Group
3) What is the new price of domestically produced natural gas fixed by the Union
Government as announced on 18 October 2014?
Ans:- $5.61 a unit

4) Which bank on 14 October 2014 launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform

KayPay?
Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB)
5) Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd changed the name of its Alipay
financial services unit as announced on 16 October 2014. What is the new name of this
financial services unit?
Ans:- Ant Financial Services Group

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Which Earth observing Instrument has been installed on 1 October 2014 by NASA on
International Space Station (ISS)?
Ans:- ISS-RapidScat (ISS Rapid Scatterometer)
2) India on 7 October launched an Indigenous Microscope that uses peacocks feather
technology.What are the features of microscope?
Ans:- It generates 3D Images of Objects
3) How many pollutants the recently launched National Air Quality Index will track?
Ans:- 8
4) Worlds first womb-transplant baby was born to a 36-year-old woman from which country
recently?
Ans:- Sweden
5) What is the theme of the Living Planet Report 2014 released by World Wildlife Fund
(WWF)?
Ans:- Species and Spaces, People and Places

PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed has first Hindu Priest of GeorgeTown University USA on 1
October 2014?
Ans:- Pratima Dharm
2) Who has been appointed as the head of Future Earth Engagement Committee a global
research platform panel on sustainable development on 26 October 2014?
Ans:- Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh)

B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan on 20 October 2014 resigned
from her position following the allegations that her support groups misused political funds?
Ans:- Yuko Obuchi

C) DEATHS

1) Benjamin Bradlee died recently. He was associated with which of the following
newspapers?
Ans:- The Washington Post

D) VISITORS
1) Name the Vietnam Prime Minister visited India on 27-28 October 2014?
Ans:- Nguyen Tan Dung

E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) What is the name of the revamped version of Googles Android software that was
unveiled by the company on 15 October 2014?
Ans:- Lollipop

PLACES IN NEWS
1) Indias largest ferris wheel was inaugurated on 2 October 2014 at Kalindi Kunj in Delhi.
What is the name given to this giant wheel?
Ans:- Delhi Eye

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the fullform of WIPO ?
Ans:- World Intellectual Property Organisation

BOOKS IN NEWS
1) A book titled Syntheism Creating God in The Internet Age authored by ?
Ans:- Alexander Bard

COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released which report on Capacity Building in banks
and non-banks?
Ans:- Gopalakrishna Committee report

DAYS & DATES

1) World Food Day was observed across the world on ?
Ans:- 16 October

INTERNATIONAL
1) Which parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as the Prime Minister on 1 September
2014?
Ans:- Libya
2) Boko Haram-the deadly terror group in Nigeria has recently declared an Islamic Caliphate
in a small town in the country which has been wrestled back by the armed forces. What is
the name of the place?
Ans:- Gwoza town
3) Which country Parliament on 16 September 2014 approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at
preventing jihadists from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere by confiscating their
passports?
Ans:- French
4) Which country has decided to have Referendum for changing its National Flag on 21
September 2014?
Ans:- New Zealand
5) How much per cent reduction in salt intake was recommended by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) in an official communiqu to all countries released on the occasion of
World Heart Day (29 September)?
Ans:- 30%

INDIA & WORLD

1) What is the name of a new branch of Al-Qaeda that was announced by the group on 4
September 2014 to wage jihad in the Indian subcontinent?
Ans:- Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent
2) According to recent WHO report, Which country reported highest suicides in world?
Ans:- India
3) India and Vietnam has signed MOU on exploration of oil fields in which sea?
Ans:- South China Sea
4) What was the percentage drop in mortality rates for children under-five years worldwide
as stated in the pertaining report released by the United Nations Organisation on 16
September 2014?
Ans:- 49%
5) Which country would be the partner nation for the Delhi International Book Fair 2016?
Ans:- China

NATIONAL
1) Government of India has named a new programme Neeranchal with an initial outlay of
Rs.2142 crores. What does the programme aim to achieve?
Ans:- To give impetus to watershed development

2) According to a recent Supreme Court verdict what quota has been alloted to disabled
persons in all government jobs?
Ans:- 3%
3) Under which brand name Union Government is going to launch Electronic Toll Collection
in India?
Ans:- FASTag
4) Which act associated with setting up of a tribunal was struck down by the Supreme Court
through its order delivered on 25 September 2014?
Ans:- National Tax Tribunal Act NTTA
5) The Indian Railways has begun the trial run of booking meals through phone or SMS also
known as E-Catering on how many trains?
Ans:- Six

STATES
1) An indigenously made nuclear plant unit of India recently made history by running
continuously for a period 765 days, or a little over two years. This unit is associated with
which power plant of India?
Ans:- Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant in Rajasthan
2) Recently, which state has launched need based development plan for villagers?
Ans:- Delhi
3) The integration of Border Security Force (BSF) with which state level geo-informatics
agency of Gujarat was done on 11 September 2014?
Ans:- Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo informatics (BISAG)
4) The new project Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa launched by the Government of West Bengal is a
great gift to farmers in the state which will increase yields.What does the project provide to
farmers?
Ans:- Better irrigation
5) Which railway station of India on 26 September 2014 became the first one to offer free
Wi-Fi Internet access?
Ans:- Chennai Central

CONFERENCES
1) The 13th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held from January 7-9
January 2015 at ?
Ans:- Gandhinagar, Gujarat

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Mumbais Esplanade House, which recently bagged the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage
Awards, once served as residence of?
Ans:- Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

2) Which two countries have been honoured on 10 September 2014 by World Health
Organisation (WHO) for excellence in public health?
Ans:- Bangladesh and Timor Leste
3) Which Organistaion has received Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award on 14 September
2014?
Ans:- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
4) Which film was selected as Indias official entry for OSCAR film awards 2015?
Ans:- Liars Dice
5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given in the field of?
Ans:- Science

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who won the Italian F1 Grand Prix on 7 September 2014?
Ans:- Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes team
2) Which doubles duo created history by claiming their 100th doubles title after they won the
U.S. Open mens doubles title on 7 September 2014?
Ans:- Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan
3) Which Indian player has been selected by International Tennis Federation for Davis Cup
Commitment Award?
Ans:- Rohan Bopanna
4) The 2018 Asian Games will be the 18th staging of the regional, multi-sport event to be
hosted by ?
Ans:- Jakarta, Indonesia
5) Which Indian snooker player has recently announced his retirement from professional
snooker ?
Ans:- Pankaj Advani

ECONOMY
1) Nifty, the 50-scrip benchmark index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) crossed which
milestone mark for the first time on 1 September 2014?
Ans:- 8,000 mark
2) Recently which industry major announced that it will accept Bitcoins henceforth?
Ans:- Paypal
3) What was Indias rank in the latest Creative Productivity Index prepared by Asian
Development Bank in collaboration with Economist Intelligence Unit?
Ans:- 14 out of 24 countries
4) What amount did Chinese e-commerce giant Alibabas IPO fetch to make it the worlds
largest such event?
Ans:- 25 Billion USD

5) What is the new name of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) that was approved by capital
market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently?
Ans:- Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSXI))

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) Which method has been developed on 2 September 2014 by Japan Researchers to
detect Ebola virus in 30 minutes?
Ans:- RT-LAMP
2) Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014 report has been released on 10
September 2014 by which Organisation?
Ans:- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) )
3) Recently scientist gave Ikrandraco avatar name to an ancient creature. It is inspired from
which movie?
Ans:- Avatar
4) Worlds first water-based nuclear battery was developed by Jae W. Kwons research
group at the ?
Ans:- University of Missouri (MU)
5) What is the name of the recently discovered dinosaur who is now said to be more aquatic
than terrestrial?
Ans:- Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was elected as the new Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India
(ASCI) on 12 September 2014?
Ans:- Narendra Ambwani
2) Who was appointed as the first women Chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study
(IIAS) on 4 September 2014?
Ans:- Chandrakala Padia

B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Co-founder and leader of Oracle Corporation on 18 September 2014 stepped
down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?
Ans:- Larry Ellison

C) DEATHS
1) International Personality Bala Thampoe has died on 1 September 2014, he was
associated with which field?
Ans:- Trade Unionist

D) VISITORS
1) Name the German Foreign Minister visited India from 6-8 September 2014?
Ans:- Frank-Walter Steinmeier

E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) The leader associated with scotland independence movement was ?
Ans:- Alex Salmond

PLACES IN NEWS
1) The revived Nalanda University on 1 September 2014 started its first session with 15
students in its makeshift campus at which place?
Ans:- Buddhist pilgrim town of Rajgir, about 100 km from Patna

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of NATO ?
Ans:- North Atlantic Treaty Organization

BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on 12 September 2014 released his
autobiography.What is the name of this book?
Ans:- And then One Day: A Memoir

COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Which committee was on 8 September 2014 submitted its report on the status of deemed
universities in India?
Ans:- H Devaraj Committee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Tourism Day (WTD) was observed on?
Ans:- 27 September