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– Fact file 4 IBPS PO 1. India-Japan Annual Summit 2014 was held at? Ans. Tokyo, Japan Note: The
Summit was held during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi five-day visit to Japan from 30 August - 3
September 2014. 2. Which team won the inaugural title of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League
concluded recently? Ans. Jaipur Pink Panther Note: It is owned by Abhisek Bachchan. They defeated
U Mumbai 35-24 in the final at the NSCI Stadium in Mumbai. 3. Who recently set a world record in
the womens hammer throw at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) Berlin Athletics meet at
Berlin's Olympic stadium in Germany? Ans. Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland) Note: She broke the three
year old world record of 79.42 meters set by Betty Heidler of Germany in May 2011 in Halle,
Germany 4. Which Indian firm’s 2 drugs received Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) status
by US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) recently? Ans. Wockhardt State / UT Governor / Lt.
Governor Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan Tripura Padmanabha Acharya Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli
Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Goa Mridula Sinha Karnataka Vajubhai
Rudabhai Vala Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao Kerala P Sathasivam Manipur
Krishan Kant Paul Mizoram Krishan Kant Paul Puducherry A. K. Singh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Ashish
Kundra 5. The revived Nalanda University on 1 September 2014 started its first session with 15
students in Daman and Diu Ashish Kundra classes for the School of Ecology and Environmental
Studies and the School of Historical Studies at which place? Ans. Rajgir, Patna. Note: Nalanda
University Chairman - Amartya Sen, Vice-Chancellor - Gopa Sabharwal Nalanda University was
established in the fifth century during the Gupta dynasty. It was destroyed in 1197 by Turkish army
chief Bakhtiyar Khilji 6. Which parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as the Prime Minister on 1
September 2014? Ans. Libya Letz Talk => A Complete Current Affairs Solution
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World Badminton Championship on 31 August 2014? Ans. Carolina Marin Note: The World
Badminton Championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Carolina won women’s singles titles by
defeating world number one Li Xuerui of china. 8. Who won gold in Men’s category of World
Badminton Championship concluded recently? Ans. Chen Long (China). Note: He defeated Lee Chong
Wei of Malaysia. 9. Which country on 31 August 2014 defeated Australia for the first time in 31 years
in the one-day match played at the Harare Sports Club recently? Ans. Zimbabwe Note: They
previously defeated Australia in 1983 ICC World Cup in Trent Bridge. India lifts the World Cup same
year. 10. Which Indian shuttler got Bronze medal in Women's Singles category of World Badminton
Championship along with Minatsu Mitani of Japan ? Ans. P.V. Sindhu 11. Which state high court
banned animal sacrifice at any place of public religious worship on 1 September 2014? Ans.
Himachal Pradesh 12. Which state Assembly recently amended Reservation Act 2004 which provides
5% reservation in jobs to Pahari-speaking people of the state? Ans. Jammu and Kashmir 13. Who
recently became the first Indian actor to be honored with a postage stamp by the US Post Service
(USPS)? Ans. Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Note: The stamp will be issued on the
birth anniversary of Nageshwara Rao that is on 20 September 2014 in Dallas Texas. 14. According to
KPMG-FICCI study India ranked among top 3 medical tourism destinations in Asia. Which are the

2. other 2 nations? Ans. Thailand and Singapore 15. Veteran dancer Maya Rao passed away recently.
She was specialized in which dance form? Ans. Kathak 16. Saina Nehwal decided to train under new
coach? Ans. Vimal Kumar Note: She decided to split with the national head coach Pullela Gopichand.
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Kingfisher Airlines and its owner Vijay Mallya as wilful defaulters? Ans. United Bank of India 18.
Which scheme of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) came into effect from 1 September
2014? Ans. Employees Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) Note: Which has minimum monthly pension
of Rs. 1,000 and a higher wage ceiling of Rs. 15,000 for social security scheme run by EPFO. 19.
Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the new Governor of which
state on 3 September 2014? Ans. Kerala 20. President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 September 2014
cleared the appointment of whom as the 42nd Chief Justice of India? Ans. Justice H L Dattu Note:
Justice Dattu will become the Chief Justice of India after the retirement of CJI R.M. Lodha on 27
September 2014. He would hold the post until his retirement on 2 December 2015. 21. Who was
named Junior Men Player of the Year by Asian Hockey Federation on 31 August 2014? Ans.
Manpreet Singh 22. Name the former Attorney General of India who died of a heart attack in
Mumbai on 2 September 2014? Ans. Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 23. Name the Indo-Nepal joint military
exercise which was concluded on 31 August 2014 at Pithoragarh? Ans. Surya Kiran-VII 24. Union
Government on 4 September 2014 approved ....... percent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to
Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners? Ans. 7 % 25. The President
of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 3 September 2014 released a set of eight Commemorative Postage
Stamps on? Ans. Indian Musicians 26. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 3 September 2014
constituted a panel under whom to assess the amount of unclaimed deposits in the PPF accounts
and Post Office saving schemes? Ans. H R Khan Note: H R Khan is the Deputy Governor of RBI Letz
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Lakshminarayana died recently. He was popularly known as ‘Bapu’. He won the Padma Shri award in
which year? Ans. 2013 Note: He also won 2 National Film Awards 28. Which player was selected to
lead Indian women's hockey team in Asian Games 2014? Ans. Ritu Rani 29. India won the 5-match
One-Day International (ODI) series played against England by 3-1 recently. Who was adjudged the
Man-of-the-Series? Ans. Suresh Raina 30. Who was appointed as first women chairperson of Indian
Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) on 4 September 2014? Ans. Chandrakala Padia 31. Sania Mirza and
along with which player on 5 September 2014 won the Mixed Doubles trophy of the US Open Tennis
2014? Ans. Bruno Soares of Brazil 32. Name India's largest naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV) which
was commissioned into Indian Navy on 4 September 2014? Ans. INS Sumitra 33. Name the first
Women directors in IIT council? Ans. Tessy Thomas and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Note: IIT Council
is the apex body of 16 IITs. Tessy Thomas is the Project Director for Agni -IV missile in Defence
Research and Development Organisation. 34. Union Government on 2 September 2014 constituted a
high-level committee to review five environment laws. Who will head the committee? Ans. Cabinet
Secretary T S R Subramanian 35. Which state became the first State in the country to launch a Health
Adalat? Ans. Karnataka 36. Which country recently unveiled plans to issue world’s first digital
currency? Ans. Ecuador 37. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 4 September
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time at the IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark recently? Ans.
Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant 39. Who won the Men’s Singles title of the US Open of
Tennis 2014 on 8 September 2014? Ans. Marin Cilic 40. World Literacy Day was observed across the
world on 8 September 2014. What was the theme of the day this year? Ans. Literacy and Sustainable
Development 41. State Bank of India (SBI) on 13 September 2014 celebrated 150 years of its
operations in which country? Ans. Sri Lanka 42. Which bank launched a Cardless Cash Withdrawal
service on 10 September 2014? Ans. ICICI Bank 43. International Cricket Council (ICC) on 9
September 2014 suspended which Pakistani off-spinner from bowling in international cricket with
immediate effect for illegal bowling action? Ans. Saeed Ajmal 44. Who became the first Indian to
visit to the stratosphere, the second layer of the Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 2014? Ans. TN
Suresh Kumar Note: He traveled to an altitude of 17100 meters in MIG-29 from Sokol Airbase near
Nizhny Novgorod in Russia 45. Name the Prime Minister of Australia who visited India from 4 to 5
September 2014? Ans. Tony Abbott 46. Who won the women’s Singles title of the US Open of Tennis
2014? Ans. Serena Williams Note: This was her third consecutive Tennis US Open trophy. She
defeated Caroline Wozniazki of Denmark in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. With this, Williams joined the
Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam titles. 47. Supreme Court on 12
September 2014 ruled ...... percent quota for disabled persons in all government jobs, including
Indian Administrative Services (IAS), and promotions? Ans. 3% 48. Reserve Bank of India on 9
September 2014 decided to fix the upper age limit at ..... years for Managing Directors (M.D) and
Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in private sector banks? Ans. 70 years Letz Talk => A Complete Current
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technology company Tata Technologies Ltd on 9 September 2014 appointed whom as Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of the company? Ans. Warren Harris 50. Which
committee on 8 September 2014 reported that most of the deemed universities are not fit for being
a university? Ans. H Devaraj Committee 51. Uttarakhand Government officially declared which day
as Himalaya Diwas? Ans. 9 September 52. Who was elected as Chairman of the Advertising
Standards Council of India (ASCI) on 12 September 2014? Ans. Narendra Ambwani 53. Who became
the youngest sailor to represent India at the 2014 Asian Games? Ans. Chitresh Tatha, 12 years 54.
Union government on 11 September 2014 decided to wind up which famous watch factory in a
phased manner? Ans. HMT watches 55. Name the Indian who on 6 September 2014 won bronze at
the women Grand Prix chess at the Asian Games? Ans. Harika Dronavalli 56. Which Indian player
announced retirement from the professional snooker tour on 5 September 2014? Ans. Pankaj Advani
57. Name the Union Civil Aviation Minister who on 9 September 2014 announced that the Union
Government has identified five locations for development of no-frills airports in India? Ans. Pusapati
Ashok Gajapathi Raju 58. Who was appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of World Bank on 10
September 2014? Ans. Subhash Chandra Garg Note: He is a Senior IAS officer. 59. Who won the
men’s doubles titles of the US Open 2014? Ans. American twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan 60. Unit
5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station on 6 September 2014 became the ........ longest running
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Asian Games opening ceremony held on 19 September 2014? Ans. Sardar Singh Note: Sardar Singh is

4. the captain of Indian Hockey team. 62. Name the Mandolin maestro who died on 19 September
2014 in Chennai? Ans. Uppalapu Srinivas 63. Name Asia's first women Grand Slam winner who on 19
September 2014 announced her retirement from Tennis at the age of 32? Ans. Li Na 64. Who was
appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW) recently? Ans. Lalitha
Kumaramangalam 65. International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16
September 2014. What was the theme this year? Ans. Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On
66. National Hindi Divas (Hindi Day) was observed across India on 14 September 2014. Why was
Hindi Diwas celebrated on this day? Ans. Hindi Day is observed because on 14 September 1949, the
Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the Official Language of
the Union. 67. Which country on 19 September 2014 rejected the historic referendum for
independence from United Kingdom through public voting? Ans. Scotland 68. 17th Asian Games also
known as XVII Asiad commenced at Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea on 19 September
2104. What is the theme of Asian Games 2014? Ans. Meet Asia’s Future 69. What was the slogan of
Asian Games 2014? Ans. "Diversity Shines Here" 70. Union Sports Ministry on 17 September 2014
agreed to honour which Boxer with Arjuna Award? Ans. Manoj Kumar Note: Ministry admitted in the
court that Manoj was initially not considered for the award by the committee as they mistakenly
believed that he was involved in a doping case. 71. US President Barack Obama on 18 September
2014 nominated which Indian-American as the next US Ambassador to India? Ans. Richard Rahul
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state to ratify the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014? Ans. Rajasthan Note:
The Bill seeks to end the two-decade-old collegium system of appointments and transfers of judges
to higher judiciary. 73. Which place became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of
India (IFFI) as decided by Union Government recently? Ans. Goa 74. Bollywood actor Naseeruddin
Shah on 12 September 2014 released his autobiography named? Ans. And then One Day: A Memoir
75. Who won the Miss America pageant on 14 September 2014? Ans. Miss Kira Kazantsev 76. Which
country won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia on 14 September 2014? Ans. USA
77. Name the young Indian shuttler won Indonesian Badminton Masters Grand Prix Gold on 14
September 2014? Ans. HS Prannoy 78. US Senate on 19 September 2014 passed a bipartisan
resolution declaring which day as US-India Partnership Day? Ans. 30 September 2014 79. Name the
Co-founder and leader of Oracle Corp who on 18 September 2014 stepped down as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)? Ans. Larry Ellison Note: Larry Ellison will now be the chairman of Oracle’s board and
the Chief Technology Officer of the company. 80. Who became the first transgender television news
anchor in India recently? Ans. Padmini Prakash Note: On the eve of Independence Day on 15 August
2014, she for the first time read out the day’s headlines from a teleprompter for the Lotus News
Channel based in Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu. 81. President Pranab Mukherjee was on a
visit to which foreign country from 14 to 17 September 2014? Ans. Socialist Republic of Vietnam Letz
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September 2014 appointed whom as China's new Ambassador to India? Ans. Le Yucheng 83. Name
the former Director General of Police of Assam who committed suicide on 17 September 2014? Ans.
Sanker Baruah Note: His suicide came after CBI raided his residence during the course of
investigation of multi-crore Saradha chit fund case. 84. Who was appointed as United Nations
Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change on 16 September 2014? Ans. Actor

5. Leonardo DiCaprio 85. International Economic Association (IEA) on 16 September 2014 appointed
whom as president-elect of the association beginning September 2014? Ans. Kaushik Basu 86. Which
firm on 18 September 2014 launched equity index linked green bond? Ans. BNP Paribas Note: It was
launched in collaboration with the World Bank which will help raise funds for products seeking to
mitigate climate change. It is the first equity index linked with green bond. 87. Which state police on
16 September 2014 decided to launch its first e-police station to deal exclusively with vehicle thefts?
Ans. Delhi Police 88. The 20th Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship was held from 12 to
16 September 2014 at? Ans. Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai 89. Who has been
appointed as the head of "Quality Council of India" by the current Government to aid the "Make in
India" objective? Ans. Adil Zainulbhai 90. Name the campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on 25 September 2014 to make India a manufacturing hub? Ans. Make In India Campaign
Note: The campaign is aimed to attract foreign companies to set up their manufacturing units in
India and to seek greater foreign investment. 91. Which tech giant on 22 September 2014
announced to launch a nationwide contest to develop a mobile app for Prime Minister’s office
(PMO)? Ans. Google Letz Talk => A Complete Current Affairs Solution [www.facebook.com/4krrish]
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official entry in the 2015 Oscars Awards on 23 September 2014? Ans. Liar's Dice Note: The hindi film
is directed by Geethu Mohandas. The 87th Oscar Awards event will take place in the US on 22
February 2015. The movie stars national award winning actors Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin
Siddiqui. 93. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, Manglayaan successfully entered the Martian orbit on?
Ans. 24 September 2014 Note: By achieving this fete, India created the history of becoming the first
country to insert the spacecraft of the mission around the Mars in first attempt. 94. Name the
scheme launched by Union Government on 25 September 2014 aims at alleviating urban and rural
poverty through enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development and other
means? Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana 95. Name the rescue operation undertaken
by Indian Army during Jammu and Kashmir floods recently? Ans. Operation Megh Rahat 96. Name
the Chief Minister of Maharashtra who has resigned on 26 September 2014 after his government
was reduced to a minority? Ans. Prithviraj Chavan Note: His resignation came in the backdrop of
withdrawal of the support of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that supported Congress for the
last 15 years. 97. Name the new name of Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP) which
was launched by Union government on 25 September 2014? Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kaushalya Yojana 98. Which cricketers were recently selected as Bradman Honouree 2014? Ans.
Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh 99. Which banks allowed kids to operate bank accounts
independently on 24 September 2014? Ans. SBI and ICICI Note: The bank account is available for all
kids above 10 who can sign uniformly. On 5 September 2014, SBI had launched new accounts Pehla
Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids. ICICI Bank has launched Smart Stars account and Federal Bank
Limited has Young Champ Account for minors. 100. Who was appointed as the head coach of the
national team of Srilanka on 24 September 2014? Ans. Marvan Atapattu, the former national cricket
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(BCCI) Working Committee on 26 September 2014 extended Ravi Shastri’s tenure as Director of
Indian Cricket team till? Ans. End of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup 102. Argentina was fined by FIFA for
putting up a banner, in a friendly match in the World Cup, laying claim to which island? Ans. Falkland
Islands 103. Union Government recently declared which day as Antyodya Diwas? Ans. 25 September

6. Note: Antyodya diwas was observed to mark the 98th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was the noted philosopher, historian and political activist.
104. Name the renowned Hindi author was given the Saraswati Samman 2013 in New Delhi on 23
September 2014? Ans. Govind Mishra Note: He was given the Samman by Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh for his novel Dhool Paudhon Par that was published in 2008. Govind Mishra is the
second Hindi author to be conferred with this honour after Harivansh Rai Bachchan in 1991. 105.
Who was appointed as the new head of the Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on
22 September 2014? Ans. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar 106. CSIR on 26 September 2014
announced the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2014 for ten persons in recognition of their work.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards is given in which field? Ans. Science 107. Who are the winners of
Right Livelihood Award 2014? Ans. Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger Note: The first one is
former U.S. spy agency contractor and the other is the editor of The Guardian. The Right Livelihood
Award is also known as Alternative Nobel prize of Sweden. 108. Who was selected for the JC Daniel
Award for lifetime achievement for the year 2013 given by State Government of Kerala? Ans. Noted
writer and filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair 109. UN Climate Change Summit 2014 was held at? Ans.
New York 110. The Forbes India magazine released The 100 Richest Indian List 2014 on 25
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September 2014 approved the appointment of whom as Managing Director (MD) and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Kerala-based South Indian Bank Ltd? Ans. V.G. Mathew 112. Who was
appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015
on 24 September 2014 ? Ans. Rajat Sharma Note: He is India TV chairman and editor-in-chief. 113.
Union Ministry of Sports Sarbananda Sonowal on 22 September 2014 inaugurated National Academy
for Athletics and National Golf Academy at? Ans. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 114. Internet major
Yahoo! Inc. on 21 September 2014 acquired which Bangalore-based start-up firm for over 8 million
US dollars? Ans. BookPad Inc 115. Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a
third term on 21 September 2014? Ans. John Key 116. AP Government on 23 September 2014 issued
an order enhancing the upper age limit for direct recruitment in government service from 34 to?
Ans. 40 Years 117. Who was unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)
for the year 2014-15 on 22 September 2014? Ans. Amit Mathew Note: He is the resident editor and
director of Malyala Manorama. 118. Ancient Nalanda University (NU) was formally inaugurated after
800 years on 19 September 2014 by Union External Affairs Minister ________? Ans. Sushma Swaraj
119. Who has sworn in as new Prime Minister of Fiji on 22 September 2014? Ans. Voreqe
Bainimarama 120. Which city will host ICC World Cricket League Division 3 from 23 to 30 October
2014? Ans. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 121. Who won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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September 2014 released which report on Capacity Building in banks and non-banks? Ans.
Gopalakrishna Committee report 123. Who was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual Summit 2014 on 23 September 2014? Ans. Suresh Prabhu 124. 3.
Which of the following option/s is/are correct around the Visa Liberalisation Scheme of the SAARC
nations? Ans. Both a & b a. The number of persons who would be provided the SAARC visa has been

7. increased to 50 from 25 b. The scheme would be implemented only after standardisation of logistics
requirements in all the eight countries 125. The third meeting of SAARC Cultural Ministers will be
held in: Ans. New Delhi, India 126. 'Yudh Abhyas 2014' is a military training exercise beteen India and
which other nation: Ans. United States 127. Who has been appointed Chairperson of the Lok Sabha
Ethics Committee? Ans. LK Advani 128. Kireet Joshi has died, he was associated with which field Ans.
Educationist 129. The G20 "Head of States" meeting for the year 2014 is going to be held in? Ans.
Brisbane, Australia 130. T. Suvarna Raju has been appointed as the Chairman of which organization?
Ans. HAL 131. Justice Dharmadhikari committee report is related to? Ans. Ban on Dance Bar in
Mumbai 132. Which city is planning to use "White-Fi" technology to provide wi-fi access to all? Ans.
Hyderabad 133. Where is 14th summit of SCO (Shangai Cooperation organization) held recently?
Ans. Dushanbe (capital and largest city of Tajikistan) Note: India is one of the observer member of
SCO. 134. 14th World Nobel Summit will be held in? Ans. Cape Town Letz Talk => A Complete
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was associated with which field Ans. Freedom Fighter Note: He brought out Tripura’s first Bengali
daily Jagaran in 1954 136. Recently which industry major announced that it will accept Bit coins
henceforth? Ans. Paypal 137. Which Panel has been appointed for restructuring of Indian Railway
Board? Ans. Bibek Debroy Panel 138. West Bengal cabinet cleared a farmer-friendly project Sech-
Bandhu Prakalpa which aims ? Ans. Better Irrigation Note: The project aimed to offer 46000 new
pump sets with power connectivity to the farmers to boost irrigation 139. Which Country has won
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 ? Ans. United States Note: Defeats – Serbia, Host nation - Spain 140.
Who has become first non European law lecturer at Cambridge Ans. Antara Haldar 141. Which site is
getting popular as "Anti-Facebook" by removing ads? Ans. Ello 142. Who has sworn-in as Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu ? Ans. O Pannersevlam Note: Former CM Jayalalithaa jailed for 4 years in
disproportionate assets case and fined Rs 100 crore. 143. What is name of new operating system
announced by Microsoft? Ans. Windows 10 Note: It will be released in late 2015. Previous edition
was Windows 8.1 Released in August, 2013 144. Wildli fe Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals
Limited (TCL) in first week of September 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set
up India’s first of its kind Coral Garden in which state? Ans. Gujarat 145. Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 15 September 2014 approved 4754.42 crore rupees Comprehensive
Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Systems (CSST&DS) in two north-eastern
states of India. Name them? Ans. Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim 146. How much distance
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September 2014 launched a Unicode based mobile app for android phones to promote the language
spoken in the State? Ans. Karnataka 148. Recently Union government launched FASTag. What is
FASTag? Ans. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) program launched by Government 149. Parliament of
Iraq on 8 September 2014 approved a new government headed by a person as Prime Minister.
Name the person, who will head the government as Prime Minister? Ans. Haider al -Abadi 150. What
is the Name of Al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel group that in August 2014 captured 45 Fijian UN
Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) Personnel and released them on 11 September 2014? Ans.
Jabhat al-Nusra Front 151. Sendai nuclear plant that on 10 September 2014 got the permission to
restart its two reactors is located in which country? Ans. Japan 152. Police of which state recently

8. launched its first e-police station to deal with vehicle thefts? Ans. New Delhi 153. Name the
youngest Indian sailor who will represent India in 17th Asian Games 2014? Ans. Chitresh Tatha 154.
In 17th Asian Games 2014 China bagged all 10 gold medals in which item? Ans. Diving 155. Who was
the women boxer who refused to accept 60 Kg Boxing Bronze Medal In 17th Asian Games after Semi
final issue with South Korean boxer Park Ji Na? Ans. Sarita Devi 156. Which Country won First Gold
medal in Asian games 2014? Ans. China in Shooting 157. Who won India’s first Medal in Asian games
2014? Ans. Shewta Chaudhary in 10m Air Pistol 158. Who won India’s first Gold Medal in Asian
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