2. Question-1Question-1
On 8th October 2014, _______ Programme
was launched by Union Government at
Dehairing Plant Complex, Skalzangling,
Leh. Union Minister of State for Textiles
Santosh Kumar Gangwar launched this
programme with an aim to increase
production of ______in a time bound
manner.
3. Answer of Q.1Answer of Q.1
• Pashmina Promotion
Programme (P3)
• Pashmina wool
16. Question-8Question-8
12 October 2014 etched its name in India’s
footballing history as Indian Super League
(ISL) – country’s first real professional
football league featuring some top
international names, got underway on this
day. ISL will be second major football
league in India after I-League. Which are
the two entities who have main stake in
ISL?
17. Answer of Q.8Answer of Q.8
Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) and International
Management Group (IMG)
18. Question-9Question-9
India’s strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 ‘Hudhud’
made its landfall near Vishakhapatnam in Andhra
Pradesh (AP) on 12 October 2014 with peak wind
speeds of up to 175 km/hr. It lashed the coast of
AP as well as Odisha bringing in heavy rains
spread over a widespread area. ‘Hudhud’ however
lost its intensity and its speed was reduced to up to
100-110 kmph after crossing the coastline. The
name of this cyclone ‘Hudhud’ was suggested by
which country?
20. Question-10Question-10
Which is the only Indian-owned
entity to have its brand in an
elite annual club of world’s 100
most valuable brands list for
2014 compiled by leading
brand consultancy Interbrand?
22. Question-11Question-11
Who scored the first goal of
Indian Super League (ISL)
for football, the inaugural
season of which started from
12 October 2014?
24. Question-12Question-12
Russian Grand Prix became part
of the Formula One (F1) World
Championship with the
conclusion of the F1 race on the
Russian circuit on 12 October
2014. Russian Grand Prix is
staged in which city?
30. Question-15Question-15
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 October
2014 launched the ambitious “Saansad
Adarsh Gram Yojana” (SAGY) on the
occasion of the birth anniversary of
renowned socialist leader Jai Prakash
Narayan. What is the primary aim of
SAGY?
31. Answer of Q.15Answer of Q.15
Every MP of Indian Parliament to take
responsibility to develop 3 villages of the
country by 2019
32. Question-16Question-16
India’s first ever mental health
policy was launched on 10 October
2014 with the primary objective of
providing access to good quality
treatment to mentally ill people.
What is the name of an action plan
which is backing this policy?
34. Question-17Question-17
India has deferred the India-Africa
Forum Summit 2014, which was
proposed to be held on 4 December
2014. What was the reason for
deferring this summit in which 54
African nations were set to
participate?
36. Question-18Question-18
What are the names of the two children of
Mukesh Ambani – the chairman of Reliance
Industries Limited (RIL), who on 11
October 2014 were appointed to the boards
of the company’s telecoms and retail
businesses?
38. Question-19Question-19
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?
42. Question-21Question-21
What is the name of the breakaway
faction of Pakistan Taliban, whose
militants had fired bullets into
Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner
Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and which
has now criticised awarding her with
this prestigious prize?
44. Question-22Question-22
Indian child-rights activist Kailash Satyarthi
and Pakistani teenager Malala Yusoufzai
were announced as the joint winners of the
prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 by
the Nobel jury on 10 October 2014. They
were awarded for promoting child rights in
the Indian sub-continent. What is the name
of the movement started by Satyarthi to
fight Child labour?
47. Answer of Q.23Answer of Q.23
–She became the youngest ever winner of
Nobel Prize and the first Pakistani to get
this award
48. Question-24Question-24
On 8 October 2014 who became the first-ever
serving head of state to appear before the
International Court of Justice (ICC)?
52. Question-26Question-26
Which country of the middle-east witnessed
massive suicide bombings on 9 October
2014 after newly appointed Prime Minister
of the country was forced to step down due
to political crisis?
54. Question-27+Question-27+
Facebook founder Mark Zukerberg came to
India on 9 October 2014 on two day visit.
The big reason for his visit is giving a push
to his dream project that aims to bring
affordable Internet access to everybody.
What is the name of this project?
56. Question-28Question-28
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?
