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1. What is the GDP growth rate of India during the first quarter (April-June) of 2014-15 according to the 
data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which is the best growth rate in around ten quarters? 
Ans. 5.7% 
2. Prof. Bipan Chandra, who passed away on 30 August 2014, who was a famous ________? 
Ans. Historian 
Note: He was one of among 2010 PadhmaBhushan Winners who born in Himachal Pradesh. He 
wrote several authentic books on modern Indian history including 
‘The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism’, 
‘In the Name of Democracy: The JP Movement and the Emergency’, 
‘Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India’ and 
‘The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi’. 
3. Narendra Modi arrived at which country on 30 August 2014 on his first bilateral foreign visit outside 
South Asia after becoming Prime Minister? 
Ans. Japan 
21st - World Badminton Championships 2014 
Note: Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
arrived at Tokyo on his five-day official Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark. 
visit to Japan. The two countries Modi 
Men's Singles Champion - Chen Long (China) 
visited before Japan are Bhutan and 
Men's Singles Runner Up - Lee Chong Wei 
Nepal. This Japan visit is expected to 
(Malaysia) 
boost bilateral relations in several key 
Men's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Viktor Axelsen 
fields such as defence, civil nuclear and 
(Denmark), Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) 
infrastructure besides commerce. 
Women's Singles - Carolina MarĂ­n (Spain) 
4. During his visit to Japan, Prime Women's Singles Runner Up - Carolina MarĂ­n 
Minister Narendra Modi signed a deal to 
(Spain) 
convert which Indian city into a 'smart 
Women's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Minatsu 
heritage city' on the Kyoto model ? Mitani (Japan), P V Sindhu (India) 
Ans. Varanasi 
Note: There are a few similarities between Kyoto and Varanasi. Varanasi is also called the temple 
town owing to the many temples and ghats that decorate the city. Meanwhile, Kyoto is called the 
city of 10,000 shrines (holy or sacred place). 
5. First Indian to clinch two medals at the World 
Badminton Championships? 
Ans. P.V. Sindhu 
Note: She won bronze medal in women’s singles 
event at the recently held World Badminton 
Championships at Copenhagen and also clinched 
the bronze last year in Guangzhou. 
6. The city of Chennai celebrated its landmark 
anniversary during August 2014. What landmark 
anniversary is this? 
th 
Ans. 375 
Note: The city was established on 22 August 
1639 as on this date the East India Company 
acquired a small piece of land from the king of 
Chandragiri (Peda Venkata Raya) for 
establishing Fort St. George. This event laid the 
foundation of the modern city of Madras. 
7) Union Ministry of Human Resource 
Development (HRD) on 3 August 2014 set up a 
four member committee to review the present status 
of Universities Grants Commission’s (UGC). Who 
will head the committee? 
Ans. Hari Gautam, the former UGC chairman. 
8) Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service 
Broadcaster on 5 August 2014 signed a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ....... 
for distribution of Doordarshan’s overseas India 
channel, DD India on a DTH platform?
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Ans. Deutsche Welle, the German public service 
broadcaster. 
9) Union cabinet on 6 August 2014 approved the 
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) 
Bill, 2014 to amend which act? 
Ans. Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000 
10) A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and 
Gursharan published on 5 August 2014 was 
authored by? 
Ans. Daman Singh 
Note: Book is the untold story of Manmohan 
Singh, India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, and his 
wife. 
11) Name the Spanish midfielder who on 5 August 
2014 announced his retirement from International 
football? 
Ans. Xavi Hernandez 
12) Indian cricket team on 7 August 2014 equaled 
the world record of maximum number of 6 ducks 
(zero runs) in a Test innings playing against which 
country? 
Ans. England 
13) Cabinet on 6 August 2014 cleared amendments 
to Juvenile Justice Act, paving way for harsher 
punishment for juveniles above 16 years. In which 
year Juvenile Justice Act was passed? 
2000 
14) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 allowed 
foreign investment in the Railways for the first time 
and it is now at .......%? 
100% 
15) According to a recent report by a market 
research firm, which mobile manufacturer has 
replaced Samsung to become the leading mobile 
phone vendor in India? 
Micromax 
16) Which bank has recently (August 2014) 
launched a travel card for students going abroad for 
studies? 
ICICI Bank 
17) 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and 
China) ministerial meeting which began on August 
7 is hosted by which country? 
New Delhi, India 
18) Construction work of the world’s tallest railway 
bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which 
state on India? 
Manipur 
19) Government has recently launched a scheme for 
providing interest subsidy on educational loans for 
overseas studies for students belonging to the 
notified minority communities. Name that scheme? 
Padho Pardesh 
20) Kamla Beniwal who was recently sacked from 
her post was the Governor of? 
Mizoram 
21) Who among the following was appointed as 
deputy National Security Adviser of India on 4 
August 2014? 
Arvind Gupta 
22) Who recently took charge as Vice Chief of 
Indian Army? 
Philip Campose 
23) Justice Manjula Chellur on 5 August 2014 took 
oath as first women chief justice of which High 
Court? 
Calcutta High Court 
24) Government on 4 August 2014 suspended S K 
Jain as Chairman and Managing Director of which 
Bank, two days after CBI arrested him for allegedly 
accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh? Syndicate Bank 
25) Reserve Bank of India in its bi-monthly 
monetary policy statement released on 5 August 
2014 made Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) cut by 
0.50% to ..... to unlock banking funds? 
22% 
26) Xavi Hernandez who recently announced his
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retirement from International Football was from? 
Spain 
27) Name the second-largest private sector bank in 
India which opened its branch in Dubai in the first 
week of August 2014? 
HDFC Bank 
28) Margaret Alva has recently completed her term 
as Governor of? 
29) In July 2014, who became the most popular 
person on Facebook with over a 100 million ‘likes’, 
the most for any public figure? 
Shakira 
30) What is the current Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)? 
4% 
31) The Book 'One Life is Not Enough' which has 
been in news and debate recently is the 
autobiography of which political leader? 
K Natwar Singh 
32) Who among the following was recently 
selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana 
Award 2014? 
Muzaffar Ali 
33) Who among the following recently scripted 
history by becoming the first Indian woman 
gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth 
Games? 
Dipa Karmakar 
34) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two 
day visit to Nepal in the first week of August 2014, 
thus becoming the first PM in 17 years to visit 
Nepal. Who was the last PM to visit Nepal in 1997? 
I K Gujral 
35) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games 
concluded on 3 August 2014. Which city will host 
21st Commonwealth Games in 2018? 
Gold Coast, Australia 
36) Parupalli Kashyap on 3 Aug 2014 became the 
1st Indian in ...... years to win men's singles gold in 
Badminton at Commonwealth Games? 
32 
37) Which country topped the medals tally in the 
recently concluded Commonwealth Games? 
England 
38) What was India's position the commonwealth 
games 2014? 
5th 
39) Which country defeated India to win Gold in 
the men's hockey event at Commonwealth Games 
2014? 
Australia 
40) Recently which company has become the first 
Indian company to exceed Rs 5 lakh crore in market 
capitalisation? 
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 
41) Where was the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 
2014 held from 23 July to 3 August 2014? 
Ans. Glasgow, Scotland 
42) Where will the 21st Commonwealth Games be 
held in 2018? 
Ans. Gold Coast in Australia 
43) What was India's position in the Common 
Wealth Games 2014? 
Ans. Fifth position 
Note: India finished with a total of 64 medals (15 
Gold, 30 silver and 19 Bronze). 
44) In the closing ceremony of CWG 2014 who was 
the Indian contingent’s flag bearer? 
Ans. Seema Punia 
Note: She won won Silver in women's discus 
throw. 
45) Who was the torch bearer for India in the 
opening ceremony of CWG 2014? 
Ans. Shooter Vijay Kumar
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46) Who became the first Indian woman gymnast 
and second person of the country (after Ashish 
Kumar, male who won in the 2010 Delhi 
Commonwealth Games) to win a medal at the 
Commonwealth Games? 
Ans. Dipa Karmakar 
47) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the first week 
of August 2014 visited which neighboring country? 
Ans. Nepal 
Note: This was the first visit of an Indian Prime 
Minister to Nepal in 17 years. In 1997, then Prime 
Minister I K Gujral had visited Nepal. 
48) Who on 3 August 2014 became the third Indian 
to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth 
Games (CWG)? 
Ans. Parupalli Kashyap 
Note: He defeated Derek Wong of Singapore in 
the final. Prakash Padukone won Gold for India 
in 1978 and Syed Modi in 1982. 
49) Who was appointed as Deputy National 
Security Adviser (NSA) on 4 August 2014? 
Ans. Arvind Gupta 
Note: Post of Deputy National Security Adviser 
fell vacant after the resignation of Nehchal 
Sandhu. 
51) Name the eminent cartoonist who created the 
comic book character like Chacha Chaudhary and 
Sabu who died on 6 August 2014? 
Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma 
52) Name the anytime anywhere bill payment 
system for which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 
August 2014 issued draft guidelines? 
Ans. Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS) 
53) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on 7 
August 2014 appointed a committee under the 
chairmanship of former home secretary .......... to 
review Parliament security? 
Ans. RK Singh 
54) World Health Organization (WHO) has 
declared which disease as Global Health Emergency 
on 6 August 2014? 
Ans. Ebola 
55) Who was selected as the Chairperson of the 
Arjuna Awards Selection Committee on 7 August 
2014? 
Ans. Kapil Dev 
Note: This Committees will have 15 members 
which includes12 sportspersons and 3 officials. 
56) The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for 
year 2014 was announced on 31 July 2014. Name 
the winners? 
Ans. Hu Shuli (Chinese investigative journalist), 
Saur Marlina Manurung, Omara Khan Masoudi 
from Afghanistan, The Citizens Foundation 
from Pakistan, Wang Canfa from China and 
Randy Halasan for Emergent Leadership from 
the Philippines. 
57) Union Government granted Navratna Status to 
which company on 23 July 2014? 
Ans. Container Corporation of India Limited 
(CONCOR) 
Note: It is the 17th Central Public Sector 
Enterprise (CPSE) to achieve Navratna Status. 
58) Name the Chairperson of the National 
Commission for Women (NCW) who demitted 
office on 1 August 2014? 
Ans. Mamta Sharma 
59) Which bank bagged the Core Banking System 
Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian 
Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 
2014? 
Ans. Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd 
60) World Health Organization (WHO) on 8 
August 2014 declared which disease as international 
health emergency? 
Ans. Ebola 
61. India celebrates National Sports Day on: 
Answer: August 29 
62) Who was selected as the Chairman of the 
Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 
August 2014?
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Ans. Ajitpal Singh. He is a three-time Olympian 
and former Hockey Captain. 
63) Philips India has recently roped in whom as its 
brand ambassador for its beauty business? 
Ans. Alia Bhatt 
64) Didier Drogba who has announced his 
retirement from international football on 8 August 
2014 is from which country? 
Ans. Ivory Coast 
65) Who was confirmed as BJP President at party’s 
National Council meeting held on 9 August 
2014? 
Ans. Amit Shah 
66) Who was presented the ‘Business Leader of the 
Year’ award in AIMA Managing India 
Awards 2014 recently? 
Ans. Adi Godrej 
67) Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed 
on 10 August 2014 near which airport? 
Ans. Mehrabad airport 
68) Haider al-Abadi was recently named as the new 
prime minister of? 
Ans. Iraq 
69) India women's recurve team recently won gold 
in Archery World Cup Stage IV held at? 
Ans. Poland 
70) According to latest energy efficiency ranking, 
which among the following countries has been 
ranked no.1? 
Ans. Germany. India placed at No.11. 
71) Name the famous cartoonist and creator of the 
lovable comic character Chacha Chaudhary who 
died on 6 August 2014? 
Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma 
72) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 raised the 
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence 
sector from ...... percent to 49 percent? 
Ans. 26 
73) Defence procurements from which Italian 
company were put on hold by the Union 
Government on 5 August 2014? 
Ans. Finmeccanica 
74) The construction work of the world’s tallest 
railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney 
in which state? 
Ans. Manipur 
75) Name the senior advocate and former Solicitor- 
General who on 4 August 2014 withdrew as amicus 
curiae in Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case?Ans. 
Gopal Subramanium 
Note: The report on the condition of the temple 
and its assets in Thiruvananthapuram had created 
a storm. 
76) Which country launched construction work of a 
new Suez Canal on 6 August 2014? 
Ans. Egypt 
77) Name the Governor of Mizoram who was 
removed from the post on 6 August 2014 by 
President of India? 
Ans. Kamla Beniwal 
78) Who took oath as the first woman Chief Justice 
of Calcutta High Court on 5 August 2014? 
Ans. Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur 
79) Who was selected as the Chairman of the 
Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 
August 2014? 
Ans. Ajitpal Singh 
Note: He was a three-time Olympian and former 
Hockey Captain 
80) Who was given AIMA Business Leader of the 
Year’ Award 2014 on 6 August 2014? 
Ans. Adi Godrej, Godrej group Chairman 
81) Name the Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum- 
Managing Director (CMD) who was suspended by
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Union government on 4 August 2014 after he was 
arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) 
on 2 August 2014 for accepting bribe? 
Ans. SK Jain 
82. 2nd Summer Youth Olympics concluded at 
China’s Nanjing city on 28 August 2014. Which 
country topped the medals tally at these games? 
Ans. China 
Note: Hosts China won 38 gold, 13 silver and 14 
bronze medals to top the medals tally with a total 
of 65 medals. Russia was second with 27 gold 
medals and the United States was third with 10 
gold medals. The first-ever Summer Youth 
Olympic Game was held in 2010 at Vancouver 
(Canada). 
83. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) 
constituted a high-level committee to scrutinize all 
income tax cases arising out of the retrospective tax 
amendment. Which govt. official heads this 
committee? 
Ans. The Joint Secretary of the Foreign Tax and 
Tax Research Unit -1 of CBDT 
Note: The announcement about this mechanism 
was announced by Finance Minister Arun 
Jaitley in his Budget 2014-15 speech on 10 July 
2014. According to the terms of reference for the 
new committee, it would decide on such 
retrospective cases within of 60 days of receiving 
them from the Assessing Officer. Retrospective 
tax is the tax rate levied by income tax 
department which is perceived higher by the 
company being assessed, charged higher due to 
some unknown reasons. 
84. The USB Implementers Forum (UIF) has come 
up with the specifications for a new USB standard. 
What is the name of this new upcoming USB 
standard? 
Ans. USB 3.1 
Note: This standard would make it sure that 
there’s a new universal port where it doesn’t 
matter which side faces upwards or which end of 
the cable is used. The first USB standard was 1.0 
which was introduced in January 1996. The USB 
3.1 is will be an update of USB 3.0 which was 
released in November 2008. USB 3.1 is 
compatible with up to 10Gbps data transfer 
rates. 
85. What is the name of the U.S. citizen who came 
to limelight for being the first American reported to 
die fighting for the Islamic State Syria (ISIS)? 
Ans. Douglas McAuthur McCain 
86. Sheila Dikshit submitted her resignation as the 
Governor of which state? 
Ans. Kerala 
Note: Ex Chief Justice P.Sathasivam is 
appointed as new Kerala Governor. 
87. New Governor of Rajasthan? 
Ans. Kalyan Singh 
Note: He is former Chief Minister of Uttar 
Pradesh. 
88. New Governor of Maharashtra? 
Ans. C. Vidyasagar Rao 
89. New Governor of Karnataka? 
Ans. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala 
90. New Governor of Goa? 
Ans. Mridula Sinha 
Note: She is a renowned Hindi writer and is a 
former BJP Mahila Morcha president. 
91. Palghar became the 36th and the newest district 
of Maharashtra was splited from which district? 
Ans. Thane 
Note: Thane was India’s most populous district. 
With the formation of new distict ‘North Twenty 
Four Parganas’ in West Bengal got that status. 
92. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? 
Ans. K.V. Chowdary 
93. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014 
(22nd edition) Winner? 
Ans. Muzaffar Ali 
Note: Muzaffar Ali is known for directing the 
classic Bollywood film ‘Umrao Jaan’. The award 
carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh apart from a
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94. Who is the first Indian player in 32 years and 
the third overall to win the men’s badminton 
singles’ title in Commonwealth Games. 
Ans. Parupalli Kashyap (P. Kashyap) 
Note: The two players who had won the title in 
the past for India were Prakash Padukone won 
the men’s singles gold medal at the 1978 
Commonwealth Games in Edmonton (Canada), 
Syed Modi retained it for India in 1982 at 
Brisbane (Australia) 
95. S.K. Jain, who was arrested by the CBI on 
charges of allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh 
to enhance the credit limit of some companies, was 
the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of 
which public-sector bank? 
Ans. Syndicate Bank 
96. According to RBI’s bi-monthly policy 
review on 5 August 2014 What is the new 
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)? 
Ans. 22.0% 
Note: It was reduced by 50 basis points 
from 22.5% to 22.0%. Repo, Reserve Repo, 
Cash reserve ratio unchanged. Estimates 
GDP growth at 5.5% for current fiscal, 
Targets 8% CPI inflation by January 2015, 
6% by Jan 2016. 
97. The Securities Laws (amendment) Bill, 2014 
was approved unanimously by Lok Sabha on? 
Ans. 6 August 2014. 
Note: This Bill empowers the SEBI with 
powers to take back the money from 
fraudulent companies and schemes. SEBI has 
issued disgorgement orders only in two cases 
in over two decades of its formation they are 
IPO irregularities issue of 2006 and the 
Satyam Computer scandal. 
98. Which country during August 2014 held a 
special tribute named ‘Lights Out’ to pay tribute 
to all those who died in the First World War? 
Ans. Britain 
Note: The project named ‘Lights Out’ was held 
on the occasion of the 100 years of the First 
World War. Under this lights were turned-off 
all over Britain on 4 August 2014 to pay tribute 
to all those who died in this War. 
99. RBI issued guidelines for asset reconstruction 
companies to increase their investments in 
security receipts (SRs) with the objective of 
strengthening the asset recovery sector. What is 
the minimum prescribed percentage of funds that 
ARCs would now have to invest in SRs as 
directed in this RBI guideline? 
Ans. 15% (5% at present) 
100. Facebook acquired which cyber-security 
startup firm to boost its huge server network? 
Ans. PrivateCore 
Note: PrivateCore is a California-based cyber-security 
startup firm that was launched in 2012. 
101. Which African country has witnessed military 
coup recently 
Ans. Lesotho 
102. God of Anatarctica" Novel has been written by 
Ans. Yashwardhan Shukla 
103. Who has been appointed as Interlocutor for 
Naga peace talks 
Ans. RN Ravi 
Note: He has been appointed as new chief of 
Joint Intelligence committee 
104. ONGC Board has approved 5219 crore rupees 
investment in which of the gas field 
Ans. Daman Gas field 
105. Who is the Vice Chancellor of Nalanda 
University 
Ans. Gopa Shabarwal 
106. Which team has won inaugural title of Pro 
kabaddi league 
Ans. Jaipur Pink Panthers 
107. Which country became 7th country to develop 
"Fast Breeder Reactor"? 
Ans. India
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108. U.S. Postal service recently released postal 
stamp in honour of which indian actor? 
Ans. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 
109. Where will be the first "Thorium" based 
nulcear power commissioned next year? 
Ans. Kalpakkam 
Throrium power plant are 3rd stage power 
plant. They need "Fast Breeder Reactor" 
110. Supreme court recently ruled that all coal 
allocation from below year are illegal? 
Ans. 1993 
111. Which part of United Kingdom (U.K.) is 
planning to hold referendum to get independence 
as a country? 
Ans. Scotland 
112. Ice Bucket Challange has been started to raise 
awareness about which disease 
Ans. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) 
disease. (Lou Gehrig’s disease) 
113. Tata Value Homes has signed agreement with 
which comapny to sell homes online 
Ans. Snap Deal 
114. Which company got outsourcing contract of 
Decaan Odyssey for five years 
Ans. Cox &Kings 
115. Which committee has been set up by Prime 
Minister to identify obsolete laws 
Ans. R Ramanujam Committee 
116. Who has been appointed as Ambassador of 
Turn Back Crime Camapaign of Interpol 
Ans. Shah Rukh Khan 
117. Who has been sworn in as 12th President of 
Turkey 
Ans. Recep Tayyip Erdogan 
118. Recently India signed "Health Pact" with 
which country? 
Ans. Japan 
119.Who became the youngest player to win a 
match at US Open tournament? 
Ans. Cici Bellis 
Fifteen-year-old American wild card Cici 
Bellis stunned Australian Open finalist 
Dominika Cibulkova in the biggest upset of the 
US Open so far. 
120. Indian government recently allowed which 
domain name in website address? 
Ans. .bharat (in devnagri ) 
In keeping with its goal of Internet access to all, 
the government has launched the Dot Bharat 
domain name in eight Indian languages. 
121. Which of the Indian origin person has been 
appointed as Shadow Minister in UK 
Ans. Seema Malhotra 
122. Which Company is going to build Knowledge 
Vault to store information 
Ans. Google 
123.Which of the Security Force Personnel has 
won Limca Book of Record by planting sapling at 
all its locations 
Ans. BSF 
124. Who has authored a book titled as "Not Just an 
Accountant" 
Ans. Vinod Rai 
125. "Swach Bharat Mission" is 
targetted to complete by 2019. It plan to 
celebrate 150th anniversary of whom ? 
Ans. Mahatma Gandhi 
126. Avia Indra 2014 " is Air force excercise with 
which country? 
Russia 
127. Which year will be observed as "Water 
conservation year" in India? 
Ans. 2015
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128. Which government scheme planned to give 
"Debit Card" to poor households? 
Ans. Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana 
129. Which e-commerce company signed 
pact with Ministry of Textile to provide 
online marketing platform for handloom 
sector products? 
Ans. Flipkart 
130. Which internet company is working on project 
"Global Brain"? 
Ans. Google 
Note: "Global Brain" is project to accumulate 
all internet based knowledge 
131. Which film related to Indira Gandhi 
assasination is recently banned by 
Government? 
Ans. Kaum de here 
132. Which State announced proposal to 
clamp complete prohibition on liquor in 
various phases? 
Ans. Kerala 
133.U.R. Ananthamurthy was known for his literary 
work in which language? 
Ans. Kannada (He was the pioneer of the 
‘Navya’ movement.) 
134. Name the India's first Naval Vessel with 
all weapon systems built indigenously for the 
Indian Navy? 
Ans. INS Kamorta 
135.Who is the new Chairman of ublic Accounts 
Committee (PAC)? 
Ans. K V Thomas 
136. 5 Indian Companies were listed as the 
"World's 100 Most Innovative Compnaies" in 
Forbe's List? 
Ans. Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consultancy 
Services (TCS), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), 
Sun Pharma Industries and Bajaj Auto.

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Current affairs complete august-2014

  • 1. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 1. What is the GDP growth rate of India during the first quarter (April-June) of 2014-15 according to the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which is the best growth rate in around ten quarters? Ans. 5.7% 2. Prof. Bipan Chandra, who passed away on 30 August 2014, who was a famous ________? Ans. Historian Note: He was one of among 2010 PadhmaBhushan Winners who born in Himachal Pradesh. He wrote several authentic books on modern Indian history including ‘The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism’, ‘In the Name of Democracy: The JP Movement and the Emergency’, ‘Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India’ and ‘The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi’. 3. Narendra Modi arrived at which country on 30 August 2014 on his first bilateral foreign visit outside South Asia after becoming Prime Minister? Ans. Japan 21st - World Badminton Championships 2014 Note: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Tokyo on his five-day official Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark. visit to Japan. The two countries Modi Men's Singles Champion - Chen Long (China) visited before Japan are Bhutan and Men's Singles Runner Up - Lee Chong Wei Nepal. This Japan visit is expected to (Malaysia) boost bilateral relations in several key Men's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Viktor Axelsen fields such as defence, civil nuclear and (Denmark), Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) infrastructure besides commerce. Women's Singles - Carolina MarĂ­n (Spain) 4. During his visit to Japan, Prime Women's Singles Runner Up - Carolina MarĂ­n Minister Narendra Modi signed a deal to (Spain) convert which Indian city into a 'smart Women's Singles 2nd Runners Up - Minatsu heritage city' on the Kyoto model ? Mitani (Japan), P V Sindhu (India) Ans. Varanasi Note: There are a few similarities between Kyoto and Varanasi. Varanasi is also called the temple town owing to the many temples and ghats that decorate the city. Meanwhile, Kyoto is called the city of 10,000 shrines (holy or sacred place). 5. First Indian to clinch two medals at the World Badminton Championships? Ans. P.V. Sindhu Note: She won bronze medal in women’s singles event at the recently held World Badminton Championships at Copenhagen and also clinched the bronze last year in Guangzhou. 6. The city of Chennai celebrated its landmark anniversary during August 2014. What landmark anniversary is this? th Ans. 375 Note: The city was established on 22 August 1639 as on this date the East India Company acquired a small piece of land from the king of Chandragiri (Peda Venkata Raya) for establishing Fort St. George. This event laid the foundation of the modern city of Madras. 7) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on 3 August 2014 set up a four member committee to review the present status of Universities Grants Commission’s (UGC). Who will head the committee? Ans. Hari Gautam, the former UGC chairman. 8) Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service Broadcaster on 5 August 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ....... for distribution of Doordarshan’s overseas India channel, DD India on a DTH platform?
  • 2. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 Ans. Deutsche Welle, the German public service broadcaster. 9) Union cabinet on 6 August 2014 approved the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 to amend which act? Ans. Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000 10) A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan published on 5 August 2014 was authored by? Ans. Daman Singh Note: Book is the untold story of Manmohan Singh, India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, and his wife. 11) Name the Spanish midfielder who on 5 August 2014 announced his retirement from International football? Ans. Xavi Hernandez 12) Indian cricket team on 7 August 2014 equaled the world record of maximum number of 6 ducks (zero runs) in a Test innings playing against which country? Ans. England 13) Cabinet on 6 August 2014 cleared amendments to Juvenile Justice Act, paving way for harsher punishment for juveniles above 16 years. In which year Juvenile Justice Act was passed? 2000 14) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 allowed foreign investment in the Railways for the first time and it is now at .......%? 100% 15) According to a recent report by a market research firm, which mobile manufacturer has replaced Samsung to become the leading mobile phone vendor in India? Micromax 16) Which bank has recently (August 2014) launched a travel card for students going abroad for studies? ICICI Bank 17) 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial meeting which began on August 7 is hosted by which country? New Delhi, India 18) Construction work of the world’s tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which state on India? Manipur 19) Government has recently launched a scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the notified minority communities. Name that scheme? Padho Pardesh 20) Kamla Beniwal who was recently sacked from her post was the Governor of? Mizoram 21) Who among the following was appointed as deputy National Security Adviser of India on 4 August 2014? Arvind Gupta 22) Who recently took charge as Vice Chief of Indian Army? Philip Campose 23) Justice Manjula Chellur on 5 August 2014 took oath as first women chief justice of which High Court? Calcutta High Court 24) Government on 4 August 2014 suspended S K Jain as Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank, two days after CBI arrested him for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh? Syndicate Bank 25) Reserve Bank of India in its bi-monthly monetary policy statement released on 5 August 2014 made Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) cut by 0.50% to ..... to unlock banking funds? 22% 26) Xavi Hernandez who recently announced his
  • 3. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 retirement from International Football was from? Spain 27) Name the second-largest private sector bank in India which opened its branch in Dubai in the first week of August 2014? HDFC Bank 28) Margaret Alva has recently completed her term as Governor of? 29) In July 2014, who became the most popular person on Facebook with over a 100 million ‘likes’, the most for any public figure? Shakira 30) What is the current Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)? 4% 31) The Book 'One Life is Not Enough' which has been in news and debate recently is the autobiography of which political leader? K Natwar Singh 32) Who among the following was recently selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014? Muzaffar Ali 33) Who among the following recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games? Dipa Karmakar 34) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two day visit to Nepal in the first week of August 2014, thus becoming the first PM in 17 years to visit Nepal. Who was the last PM to visit Nepal in 1997? I K Gujral 35) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded on 3 August 2014. Which city will host 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018? Gold Coast, Australia 36) Parupalli Kashyap on 3 Aug 2014 became the 1st Indian in ...... years to win men's singles gold in Badminton at Commonwealth Games? 32 37) Which country topped the medals tally in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games? England 38) What was India's position the commonwealth games 2014? 5th 39) Which country defeated India to win Gold in the men's hockey event at Commonwealth Games 2014? Australia 40) Recently which company has become the first Indian company to exceed Rs 5 lakh crore in market capitalisation? Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 41) Where was the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 held from 23 July to 3 August 2014? Ans. Glasgow, Scotland 42) Where will the 21st Commonwealth Games be held in 2018? Ans. Gold Coast in Australia 43) What was India's position in the Common Wealth Games 2014? Ans. Fifth position Note: India finished with a total of 64 medals (15 Gold, 30 silver and 19 Bronze). 44) In the closing ceremony of CWG 2014 who was the Indian contingent’s flag bearer? Ans. Seema Punia Note: She won won Silver in women's discus throw. 45) Who was the torch bearer for India in the opening ceremony of CWG 2014? Ans. Shooter Vijay Kumar
  • 4. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 46) Who became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country (after Ashish Kumar, male who won in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games) to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games? Ans. Dipa Karmakar 47) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the first week of August 2014 visited which neighboring country? Ans. Nepal Note: This was the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Nepal in 17 years. In 1997, then Prime Minister I K Gujral had visited Nepal. 48) Who on 3 August 2014 became the third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games (CWG)? Ans. Parupalli Kashyap Note: He defeated Derek Wong of Singapore in the final. Prakash Padukone won Gold for India in 1978 and Syed Modi in 1982. 49) Who was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) on 4 August 2014? Ans. Arvind Gupta Note: Post of Deputy National Security Adviser fell vacant after the resignation of Nehchal Sandhu. 51) Name the eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu who died on 6 August 2014? Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma 52) Name the anytime anywhere bill payment system for which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 August 2014 issued draft guidelines? Ans. Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS) 53) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on 7 August 2014 appointed a committee under the chairmanship of former home secretary .......... to review Parliament security? Ans. RK Singh 54) World Health Organization (WHO) has declared which disease as Global Health Emergency on 6 August 2014? Ans. Ebola 55) Who was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee on 7 August 2014? Ans. Kapil Dev Note: This Committees will have 15 members which includes12 sportspersons and 3 officials. 56) The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced on 31 July 2014. Name the winners? Ans. Hu Shuli (Chinese investigative journalist), Saur Marlina Manurung, Omara Khan Masoudi from Afghanistan, The Citizens Foundation from Pakistan, Wang Canfa from China and Randy Halasan for Emergent Leadership from the Philippines. 57) Union Government granted Navratna Status to which company on 23 July 2014? Ans. Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) Note: It is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to achieve Navratna Status. 58) Name the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) who demitted office on 1 August 2014? Ans. Mamta Sharma 59) Which bank bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 2014? Ans. Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd 60) World Health Organization (WHO) on 8 August 2014 declared which disease as international health emergency? Ans. Ebola 61. India celebrates National Sports Day on: Answer: August 29 62) Who was selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 August 2014?
  • 5. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 Ans. Ajitpal Singh. He is a three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain. 63) Philips India has recently roped in whom as its brand ambassador for its beauty business? Ans. Alia Bhatt 64) Didier Drogba who has announced his retirement from international football on 8 August 2014 is from which country? Ans. Ivory Coast 65) Who was confirmed as BJP President at party’s National Council meeting held on 9 August 2014? Ans. Amit Shah 66) Who was presented the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ award in AIMA Managing India Awards 2014 recently? Ans. Adi Godrej 67) Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed on 10 August 2014 near which airport? Ans. Mehrabad airport 68) Haider al-Abadi was recently named as the new prime minister of? Ans. Iraq 69) India women's recurve team recently won gold in Archery World Cup Stage IV held at? Ans. Poland 70) According to latest energy efficiency ranking, which among the following countries has been ranked no.1? Ans. Germany. India placed at No.11. 71) Name the famous cartoonist and creator of the lovable comic character Chacha Chaudhary who died on 6 August 2014? Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma 72) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from ...... percent to 49 percent? Ans. 26 73) Defence procurements from which Italian company were put on hold by the Union Government on 5 August 2014? Ans. Finmeccanica 74) The construction work of the world’s tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which state? Ans. Manipur 75) Name the senior advocate and former Solicitor- General who on 4 August 2014 withdrew as amicus curiae in Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case?Ans. Gopal Subramanium Note: The report on the condition of the temple and its assets in Thiruvananthapuram had created a storm. 76) Which country launched construction work of a new Suez Canal on 6 August 2014? Ans. Egypt 77) Name the Governor of Mizoram who was removed from the post on 6 August 2014 by President of India? Ans. Kamla Beniwal 78) Who took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 5 August 2014? Ans. Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur 79) Who was selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 August 2014? Ans. Ajitpal Singh Note: He was a three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain 80) Who was given AIMA Business Leader of the Year’ Award 2014 on 6 August 2014? Ans. Adi Godrej, Godrej group Chairman 81) Name the Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum- Managing Director (CMD) who was suspended by
  • 6. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 Union government on 4 August 2014 after he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 2 August 2014 for accepting bribe? Ans. SK Jain 82. 2nd Summer Youth Olympics concluded at China’s Nanjing city on 28 August 2014. Which country topped the medals tally at these games? Ans. China Note: Hosts China won 38 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze medals to top the medals tally with a total of 65 medals. Russia was second with 27 gold medals and the United States was third with 10 gold medals. The first-ever Summer Youth Olympic Game was held in 2010 at Vancouver (Canada). 83. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) constituted a high-level committee to scrutinize all income tax cases arising out of the retrospective tax amendment. Which govt. official heads this committee? Ans. The Joint Secretary of the Foreign Tax and Tax Research Unit -1 of CBDT Note: The announcement about this mechanism was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget 2014-15 speech on 10 July 2014. According to the terms of reference for the new committee, it would decide on such retrospective cases within of 60 days of receiving them from the Assessing Officer. Retrospective tax is the tax rate levied by income tax department which is perceived higher by the company being assessed, charged higher due to some unknown reasons. 84. The USB Implementers Forum (UIF) has come up with the specifications for a new USB standard. What is the name of this new upcoming USB standard? Ans. USB 3.1 Note: This standard would make it sure that there’s a new universal port where it doesn’t matter which side faces upwards or which end of the cable is used. The first USB standard was 1.0 which was introduced in January 1996. The USB 3.1 is will be an update of USB 3.0 which was released in November 2008. USB 3.1 is compatible with up to 10Gbps data transfer rates. 85. What is the name of the U.S. citizen who came to limelight for being the first American reported to die fighting for the Islamic State Syria (ISIS)? Ans. Douglas McAuthur McCain 86. Sheila Dikshit submitted her resignation as the Governor of which state? Ans. Kerala Note: Ex Chief Justice P.Sathasivam is appointed as new Kerala Governor. 87. New Governor of Rajasthan? Ans. Kalyan Singh Note: He is former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. 88. New Governor of Maharashtra? Ans. C. Vidyasagar Rao 89. New Governor of Karnataka? Ans. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala 90. New Governor of Goa? Ans. Mridula Sinha Note: She is a renowned Hindi writer and is a former BJP Mahila Morcha president. 91. Palghar became the 36th and the newest district of Maharashtra was splited from which district? Ans. Thane Note: Thane was India’s most populous district. With the formation of new distict ‘North Twenty Four Parganas’ in West Bengal got that status. 92. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? Ans. K.V. Chowdary 93. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014 (22nd edition) Winner? Ans. Muzaffar Ali Note: Muzaffar Ali is known for directing the classic Bollywood film ‘Umrao Jaan’. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh apart from a
  • 7. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 citation. 94. Who is the first Indian player in 32 years and the third overall to win the men’s badminton singles’ title in Commonwealth Games. Ans. Parupalli Kashyap (P. Kashyap) Note: The two players who had won the title in the past for India were Prakash Padukone won the men’s singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton (Canada), Syed Modi retained it for India in 1982 at Brisbane (Australia) 95. S.K. Jain, who was arrested by the CBI on charges of allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to enhance the credit limit of some companies, was the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which public-sector bank? Ans. Syndicate Bank 96. According to RBI’s bi-monthly policy review on 5 August 2014 What is the new Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)? Ans. 22.0% Note: It was reduced by 50 basis points from 22.5% to 22.0%. Repo, Reserve Repo, Cash reserve ratio unchanged. Estimates GDP growth at 5.5% for current fiscal, Targets 8% CPI inflation by January 2015, 6% by Jan 2016. 97. The Securities Laws (amendment) Bill, 2014 was approved unanimously by Lok Sabha on? Ans. 6 August 2014. Note: This Bill empowers the SEBI with powers to take back the money from fraudulent companies and schemes. SEBI has issued disgorgement orders only in two cases in over two decades of its formation they are IPO irregularities issue of 2006 and the Satyam Computer scandal. 98. Which country during August 2014 held a special tribute named ‘Lights Out’ to pay tribute to all those who died in the First World War? Ans. Britain Note: The project named ‘Lights Out’ was held on the occasion of the 100 years of the First World War. Under this lights were turned-off all over Britain on 4 August 2014 to pay tribute to all those who died in this War. 99. RBI issued guidelines for asset reconstruction companies to increase their investments in security receipts (SRs) with the objective of strengthening the asset recovery sector. What is the minimum prescribed percentage of funds that ARCs would now have to invest in SRs as directed in this RBI guideline? Ans. 15% (5% at present) 100. Facebook acquired which cyber-security startup firm to boost its huge server network? Ans. PrivateCore Note: PrivateCore is a California-based cyber-security startup firm that was launched in 2012. 101. Which African country has witnessed military coup recently Ans. Lesotho 102. God of Anatarctica" Novel has been written by Ans. Yashwardhan Shukla 103. Who has been appointed as Interlocutor for Naga peace talks Ans. RN Ravi Note: He has been appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence committee 104. ONGC Board has approved 5219 crore rupees investment in which of the gas field Ans. Daman Gas field 105. Who is the Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University Ans. Gopa Shabarwal 106. Which team has won inaugural title of Pro kabaddi league Ans. Jaipur Pink Panthers 107. Which country became 7th country to develop "Fast Breeder Reactor"? Ans. India
  • 8. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 108. U.S. Postal service recently released postal stamp in honour of which indian actor? Ans. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 109. Where will be the first "Thorium" based nulcear power commissioned next year? Ans. Kalpakkam Throrium power plant are 3rd stage power plant. They need "Fast Breeder Reactor" 110. Supreme court recently ruled that all coal allocation from below year are illegal? Ans. 1993 111. Which part of United Kingdom (U.K.) is planning to hold referendum to get independence as a country? Ans. Scotland 112. Ice Bucket Challange has been started to raise awareness about which disease Ans. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. (Lou Gehrig’s disease) 113. Tata Value Homes has signed agreement with which comapny to sell homes online Ans. Snap Deal 114. Which company got outsourcing contract of Decaan Odyssey for five years Ans. Cox &Kings 115. Which committee has been set up by Prime Minister to identify obsolete laws Ans. R Ramanujam Committee 116. Who has been appointed as Ambassador of Turn Back Crime Camapaign of Interpol Ans. Shah Rukh Khan 117. Who has been sworn in as 12th President of Turkey Ans. Recep Tayyip Erdogan 118. Recently India signed "Health Pact" with which country? Ans. Japan 119.Who became the youngest player to win a match at US Open tournament? Ans. Cici Bellis Fifteen-year-old American wild card Cici Bellis stunned Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova in the biggest upset of the US Open so far. 120. Indian government recently allowed which domain name in website address? Ans. .bharat (in devnagri ) In keeping with its goal of Internet access to all, the government has launched the Dot Bharat domain name in eight Indian languages. 121. Which of the Indian origin person has been appointed as Shadow Minister in UK Ans. Seema Malhotra 122. Which Company is going to build Knowledge Vault to store information Ans. Google 123.Which of the Security Force Personnel has won Limca Book of Record by planting sapling at all its locations Ans. BSF 124. Who has authored a book titled as "Not Just an Accountant" Ans. Vinod Rai 125. "Swach Bharat Mission" is targetted to complete by 2019. It plan to celebrate 150th anniversary of whom ? Ans. Mahatma Gandhi 126. Avia Indra 2014 " is Air force excercise with which country? Russia 127. Which year will be observed as "Water conservation year" in India? Ans. 2015
  • 9. Wisdom Eduventure 0761-4043579/09300504325 By Amit Talreja Ekta Nagar, MR-4 Road, Jabalpur, M.P. Current Affair: August 2014 128. Which government scheme planned to give "Debit Card" to poor households? Ans. Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana 129. Which e-commerce company signed pact with Ministry of Textile to provide online marketing platform for handloom sector products? Ans. Flipkart 130. Which internet company is working on project "Global Brain"? Ans. Google Note: "Global Brain" is project to accumulate all internet based knowledge 131. Which film related to Indira Gandhi assasination is recently banned by Government? Ans. Kaum de here 132. Which State announced proposal to clamp complete prohibition on liquor in various phases? Ans. Kerala 133.U.R. Ananthamurthy was known for his literary work in which language? Ans. Kannada (He was the pioneer of the ‘Navya’ movement.) 134. Name the India's first Naval Vessel with all weapon systems built indigenously for the Indian Navy? Ans. INS Kamorta 135.Who is the new Chairman of ublic Accounts Committee (PAC)? Ans. K V Thomas 136. 5 Indian Companies were listed as the "World's 100 Most Innovative Compnaies" in Forbe's List? Ans. Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Sun Pharma Industries and Bajaj Auto.