This document contains 68 questions and their answers about current events. The questions cover topics like the acquisition of Mojang by Microsoft, elections in Sweden, a new dinosaur discovery in Tanzania, and agreements signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India. 16 agreements were signed between India and China, including giving sister city status to Shanghai-Mumbai and Guangzhou-Ahmedabad.
18. Question-9Question-9
Which country has stepped
closer to the European
Union's membership; ratifies
political and
trade agreement done with
EU in parliament?
20. Question-10Question-10
Paying toll to get easier in the
country; centre to roll out
Electronic Toll Collection
(ETC) program under which
brand name?
29. Answer of Q.14Answer of Q.14
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
will head the expert panel set
up to recommend
best technologies for
'Swachh Bharat' national
sanitation campaign.
33. Answer of Q.16Answer of Q.16
National AYUSH Mission (NAM).
AYUSH stands for 'Ayurveda', 'Yoga and
naturopathy', 'Unani', 'Siddha' and
'Homoeopathy'.
It will address the gaps in health services
through supporting the efforts of State/UT
for providing AYUSH health
services/education in the country,
particularly in vulnerable and far-flung
areas.
36. Question-18Question-18
Chinese President Xi Jinping on 17
September 2014 commenced his
three-day state visit to India from
Gujarat – the home state of Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Before him, who was the last
Chinese President to visit India?
38. Question-19Question-19
Which Indian Institute of
Management (IIM) of the country
on 17 September 2014 launched
www.iboughtproperty.com, a
crowdsourcing portal, with the
objective of promoting
transparency in the real estate
sector?
42. Question-21Question-21
Which country recorded the
highest number of neonatal
deaths in the world during 2012
as revealed in the report
released by the United Nations
on 16 September 2014?
44. Question-22Question-22
A major pharma company announced on 15
September 2014 that it would sell Sovaldi,
the so-called wonder drug for Hepatitis C,
in India for about $1800 (around 1.1 lakh)
for a 24-week treatment regimen. The same
drug costs $84,000 (around Rs. 50.5 lakh)
in the U.S. for the same regimen. What is
the name of the company which holds
patent for this drug and made this
announcement?
46. Question-23Question-23
Not a single Indian university found a
place in the Quacquarelli Symonds
(QS) World University Rankings’ Top
200 list that was released on 16
September 2014. Which international
university topped this list, which is
considered as the most rigorous of its
type?
48. Question-24Question-24
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
suffered a major setback in the
assembly by-polls held in the states
of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Gujarat on 11 September 2014. It
was able to win how many seats
out of total 24 assembly seats in
these three states?
50. Question-25Question-25
The BJP opened its account in
West Bengal assembly by
winning a seat in the
assembly by-elections in the
state. Which seat was won by
the party?
58. Question-29Question-29
India lost by 2-3 to Serbia in the World
Group play-off tie after India lost the
deciding final tie on 15 September 2014 at
Bangalore. With this Serbia reclaimed its
place in the elite World Group while India
would has to again fight it out in
Asia/Oceania zone in the 2015 season. In
which year India last made it to Davis
Cup’s World Group?
64. Question-32Question-32
Which bank claimed first spot
in the mobile banking
segment in the country, as
reported in the latest data
released by the RBI on 15
September 2014?
99. Answer of Q.49Answer of Q.49
Voreqe Bainimarama, military
leader of Fiji, is set to extend
his grip over the country
with imminent victory in
general election.
100. Question-50Question-50
India is to join the world's
biggest industrial fair
namely _________as
'partner country' for the
April 2015 event.
102. Question-51Question-51
17th
Asian Games gets underway
at the South Korean city of
Incheon from 19 September
2014. Who will be the flag-
bearer of the Indian contingent
at Games’ opening ceremony?
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106. Question-53Question-53
The 16 agreements signed between
India and China included giving
the status of sister cities to
Shanghai and Mumbai. Which
Chinese city was given the status
of the sister city of Ahmedabad on
17 September 2014?
110. Question-55Question-55
China agreed to allow the conduct of
the annual Kailash Manasarovar
Yatra through Nathula Pass in
Sikkim. This is in addition to the
existing route which is perceived
hazardous and difficult to
undertake. The existing route is
through which pass?
112. Question-56Question-56
The Hyderabad Metro project has reportedly
run into serious troubles after the company
involved in developing the project
reportedly threatened to walk out of it due
to it becoming less viable. The company
mentioned adverse economic conditions
after the creation of Telangana and the
change in the status of Hyderabad for this.
Which company is this?
114. Question-57Question-57
The largest-ever counter-terrorism raids
in Australia were conducted on 18
September 2014 in which a plot by
Islamic State (IS) jihadists to conduct
“demonstration killings” was foiled by
the security agencies. This biggest
operation of its kind was undertaken
primarily in which two cities of the
country?
116. Question-58Question-58
Former Italian national football
legend and World Cup winner
Alessandro del Piero arrived in
India on 18 September 2014 to
be part of the inaugural Indian
Super League (ISL). He will
play for which team in the ISL?
125. Answer of Q.62Answer of Q.62
Reefer Vehicles
who handles much of the
transportation of perishable goods,
mostly food items.
126. Question-63Question-63
Scientist have unearthed first the
largest ever dinosaur (probably) and
then we get the news of discovery of a
whole new species of the same.
Ohio University scientists have dug
out a new species of which type of
dinosaur in Tanzania?
137. Answer of Q.68Answer of Q.68
Kamal Bawa, noted scientist
and green-activist, is one of
the three recipients of 3rd
biennial Midori Prize for
biodiversity 2014.
146. Question-73Question-73
X is a Meghalaya boy who has
done the country proud by
scoring a bronze medal at
the World Kickboxing
Championships 2014 held in
Italy. What is his name?
186. Question-93Question-93
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
during September 2014 closed
down six Urban Cooperative
Banks (UCBs), the conduct of
whom was found suspicious. What
was the main charge against these
UCBs?
188. Question-94Question-94
What is the name of the latest
operating system programme
launched by Google for its
Android-based phone OS, that
is being unveiled by the
company on 15 September
2014 in India?
190. Question-95Question-95The extremists of Islamic State (IS) on
14 September 2014 released a video
showing the beheading of a British aid
worker who was abducted in Syria
during 2013. What is the name of this
aid worker who became the third
western citizen to be beheaded by the
IS?
192. Question-96Question-96
The West Bengal has decided to
transfer its shareholding in the
troubled Haldia Petrochemicals
Ltd (HPL) in favour of which
New York-based group led by
an Indian entrepreneur?
194. Question-97Question-97
What is the name of the young
Indian badminton player who
won the Indonesian Masters
Grand Prix Gold, the maiden
Grand Prix title of his career
on 14 September 2014?
196. Question-98Question-98
According to UNICEF’s latest report on
South-Asia, India had the second-
highest number of child marriages and
the highest number of unregistered
children under age five between 2000
and 2012. Which country had the
highest rate of child marriages in the
region during the corresponding years?
198. Question-99Question-99
Drugs manufactured at the Indian plant of a
huge Canadian generic drug company came
under fire from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (USFDA) for serious
quality-related deficiencies. This created a
huge furore in Canada. Which drug
company is this who’s Bangalore plant
came under fire?
200. Question-100Question-100
The Assembly polls in the
states of Maharashtra and
Haryana will be held on
which date as announced by
the Election Commission on
12 September 2014?
201. Answer of Q. 100Answer of Q. 100
15 October 2014
202. Question-101Question-101
The Supreme Court on 12 September 2014 allowed
Massimiliano Latorre, the Italian marine detained
for the 2012 killing of two Kerala fishermen, to fly
home on medical grounds. The permission was
given after a written underwriting by the Italian
ambassador that the marine will return to India in
four months. Latorre and fellow marine Salvatore
Girone are living at which place while facing their
criminal prosecution in India?