A GOOD QUIZ TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE

1. CURRENTCURRENT
AFFAIRS 2014AFFAIRS 2014
BY – PRAGYAN YADAV

2. Question-1Question-1
What is the name of the social
network belonging to search
engine Google whose
operations were closed from
30 September 2014?

3. Answer of Q.1Answer of Q.1
Orkut

4. Question-2Question-2
Which country is witnessing a
civil disobedience movement
named ‘Occupy Central’
demanding electoral reforms
in the country?

5. Answer of Q.2Answer of Q.2
Hong Kong

6. Question-3Question-3
What was the name of the 14-
day India-US military
exercise held in Uttarakhand
that concluded on 30
September 2014?

7. Answer of Q.3Answer of Q.3
“Yudh Abhyas 2014″

8. Question-4Question-4
What are the names of two Indian
referees scripted Indian football history
when they officiated in the Asian
Games women’s semifinal match
featuring Women’s World Champions
Japan in Incheon on 30 September
2014?

9. Answer of Q.4Answer of Q.4
Maria Rebello Piedade and Uvena
Fernandes

10. Question-5Question-5
Which Indian pharmaceutical
company has emerged the
world’s largest manufacturer of
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
vaccine as announced by the
company on 30 September
2014?

11. Answer of Q.5Answer of Q.5
Indian Immunologicals Ltd
(IIL)

12. Question-6Question-6
Which region of Spain was on its
way to hold a referendum for its
independence from the country,
which was suspended by
Spain’s constitutional court on
29 September 2014?

13. Answer of Q.6Answer of Q.6
Catalonia

14. Question-7Question-7
On 29 September 2014
Australian airline Qantas made
flying history by starting the
world’s longest flight on
world’s largest passenger
aircraft, the superjumbo A380.
This flight lasting almost 16
hours is between which cities?

15. Answer of Q.7Answer of Q.7
Sydney and Dallas/ Fort
Worth

16. Question-8Question-8
The famous Komagata Maru
episode associated with the
Indian national freedom
movement completed how
many years on 27 September
2014?

17. Answer of Q.8Answer of Q.8
100 years

18. Question-9Question-9
Who won the first gold medal
for India from an athletic
event on 29 September 2014
at the 17th
Asian Games?

19. Answer of Q.9Answer of Q.9
Seema Punia (in women’s
Discus throw)

20. Question-10Question-10
The Union Govt. on 29 September
2014 cancelled approvals of nine
special economic zones (SEZs).
This included proposed SEZs of
Adani Group, Essar Group and
Hindalco. What is the reason for
cancelling these SEZs?

21. Answer of Q.10Answer of Q.10
No satisfactory progress
being made in developing
these projects

22. Question-11Question-11
Union Govt. has proposed to
repeal how many outdated laws
in the upcoming Winter Session
of Parliament as stated by the
Union Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad on 29
September 2014?

23. Answer of Q.11Answer of Q.11
287

24. Question-12Question-12
How much per cent reduction in
salt intake was recommended
by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) in an
official communiqué to all
countries released on the
occasion of World Heart Day
(29 September)?

25. Answer of Q.12Answer of Q.12
30%

26. Question-13Question-13
Yogeshwar Dutt on 28 September 2014
became the first Indian wrestler in last 28
years to win a gold medal at Asian Games
after he won the gold medal in men’s 65 kg
freestyle event at 17th
Asian Games
(Incheon). He defeated Zalimkhan Yusupov
of Tajikistan to expectedly pick the gold.
Who was the last Indian wrestler before him
to win a gold medal at Asian Games?

27. Answer of Q.13Answer of Q.13
Kartar Singh

28. Question-14Question-14
Who on 28 September 2014
became the first woman from
India to win a medal in 20km
Race Walking at Asian
Games?

29. Answer of Q.14Answer of Q.14
Khushbir Kaur

30. Question-15Question-15
Justice H.L. Dattu, who took
the oath as the new Chief
Justice of India on 28
September 2014, is the
…………. Chief Justice of
India?

31. Answer of Q.15Answer of Q.15
42nd

32. Question-16Question-16
On 28 September 2014 O. Panneerselvam was
chosen as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
to take place of the convicted AIADMK chief J.
Jayalalithaa. He was elected as the leader of
AIADMK legislature party held at Chennai. This
would be the second time that Panneerselvam
would take place of Jayalalithaa in almost similar
circumstances. In which year he first took
Jayalalithaa’s place as Tamil Nadu chief minister?
–

33. Answer of Q.16Answer of Q.16
In 2001

34. Question-17Question-17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 September
2014 made his first address to the United Nations
(UN) General Assembly. In his address he made a
global call for cooperation on terrorism, calling for
the world body to speedily adopt a comprehensive
international convention of terror, so that no
country could differentiate between “good
terrorism and bad terrorism.” His one hour speech
was in Hindi and he thus became the second
person to address the UN General Assembly in
Hindi. Who was the first?

35. Answer of Q.17Answer of Q.17
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

36. Question-18Question-18
A Special Court Bangalore on 27 September 2014
convicted and sentenced Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister J. Jayalalithaa to four years in prison and
a fine of 100 crore, in the disproportionate assets
case. The conviction led to her immediate
disqualification as an MLA and she ceases to be
state’s Chief Minister. What is the name of the
Judge of this Special Court who delivered the
judgment which changed the politics in Tamil
Nadu?

37. Answer of Q.18Answer of Q.18
John Michael Cunha

38. Question-19Question-19
The disproportionate assets case,
in which Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister J. Jayalalithaa was
convicted on 27 September
2014, is almost 18 years old.
Who had filed the complaint
against her in this case in 1996?

39. Answer of Q.19Answer of Q.19
Dr. Subramanian Swamy

40. Question-20Question-20
Which railway station of India
on 26 September 2014
became the first one to offer
free Wi-Fi Internet access?

41. Answer of Q.20Answer of Q.20
Chennai Central

42. Question-21Question-21
International ratings agency
Standard & Poor’s (S&P’s) revised
the rating outlooks on 11 Indian
banks and financial institutions to
stable from negative. However, the
outlook was still kept negative for
two banks. Which two banks are
these?

43. Answer of Q.21Answer of Q.21
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)
and Syndicate Bank

44. Question-22Question-22
Which city replaced Hong Kong
as the most expensive city for
companies to locate employees,
according to a study done by
Savills plc., a global real estate
services provider?

45. Answer of Q.22Answer of Q.22
London

46. Question-23Question-23
What is the name of the
Japanese volcano that started
erupting on 27 September
2014 resulting in diversions
of numerous flights and
injuries to some people?

47. Answer of Q.23Answer of Q.23
Mt. Ontake

48. Question-24Question-24
Which act associated with
setting up of a tribunal was
struck down by the Supreme
Court through its order
delivered on 25 September
2014?

49. Answer of Q.24Answer of Q.24
National Tax Tribunal Act

50. Question-25Question-25
Which former Union Home
Secretary took over as the
Chairman of Tata
International, the global
trading and distribution arm
of the Tata Group?

51. Answer of Q.25Answer of Q.25
GK Pillai

52. Question-26Question-26
Which West Bengal based
plant of Dunlop India
Limited was re-opened after
around 3 years on 25
September 2014?

53. Answer of Q.26Answer of Q.26
Sahaganj plant

54. Question-27+Question-27+
Which international rating agency on 26
September 2014 revised its outlook on
India to stable from negative following
which a spurt in share prices was
registered in all major stock exchanges
of the country?

55. Answer of Q.27Answer of Q.27
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
(S&P)

56. Question-28Question-28
Which player became the first
one to fail the dope test at the
ongoing 17th
Asian Games
(Incheon, South Korea)
following which he was banned
from all sporting activity for 30
days?

57. Answer of Q.28Answer of Q.28
Khurshed Beknazarov, the
football player of Tajikistan