1) Where was the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 held from 23 July to 3 August 2014? Ans. Glasgow, Scotland 2) Where will the 21st Commonwealth Games be held in 2018? Ans. Gold Coast in Australia 3) What was Indias 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). # BellTheIBPSPOIV 4) In the closing ceremony of CWG 2014 who was the Indian contingent’s flag bearer? Ans. Seema Punia Note: She won won Silver in womens discus throw. 5) Who was the torch bearer for India in the opening ceremony of CWG 2014? Ans. Shooter Vijay Kumar 6) Which countries finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in CWG 2014? Ans. 1st- England with 58 Gold 2nd- Australia with 49 Gold 3rd- Canada with 32 Gold. Note: Host Scotland finished 4th with 19 Gold. 7) 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? #BellTheIBPSPOIV Ans. Dipa Karmakar 8) 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. 9) 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. 10) 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. 11) Name the eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu who died on 6 August 2014? #BellTheIBPSPOIV Ans. Pran Kumar Sharma 12) 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) 13) 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 14) World Health Organization (WHO) has declared which disease as Global Health Emergency on 6 August 2014? Ans. Ebola 15) Who was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee on 7 August 2014? Ans. Kapil Dev #BellTheIBPSPOIV Note: This Committees will have 15 members which includes 12 sportspersons and 3 officials. 16) 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. 17) 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. 18) Name the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) who demitted office on 1 August 2014? Ans. Mamta Sharma
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