Current Affairs February 2014 Questions and Answers for preparing PSC | SSC | UPSC | Civil Services | Bank | RRB and all other Competitive Examinations. 1. Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014? Answer: Cyrus Mistry 2. The spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community who passed away recently? Answer: Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin 3. The mission newly launched by the Government of India to improve the public health care in the urban areas? Answer: National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) 4. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways celebrated January 11 to 17 as ………… week? Answer: Road Safety Week 5. Which legendary Bengali actress who starred in memorable Hindi films like Devdas and Aandhi passed away on January 17? Answer: Suchitra Sen 6. Who is appointed as India’s new Commerce Secretary? Answer: Rajeev Kher 7. India’s joint Coast Guard exercise with which country was named Sahayog Kaijin 2014? Answer: Japan 8. The first women to be appointed as chief of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad? Answer: Aruna Bahuguna 9. Catherine Samba Panza has been elected as the interim President of which African country? Answer: Central African Republic 10. The new authority setup by the Government of India to advice the Railway Ministry on fare and freight rates? Answer: Rail Tariff Authority 11. Who became the youngest person to reach South pole? Answer: Lewis Clarke 12. Which community has recently been granted minority status by the Union Government? Answer: Jain 13. Which country won the inaugural title of Hockey World League Final? Answer: Netherlands 14. Who heads the expert committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India to review the governance of Boards of Banks in India? Answer: P.J Nayak 15. Which phenomenon is stated to be the reason for the record low temperatures in the United States? Answer: Polar Vortex 16. What is the name of the private information stealing virus detected in online banking transactions, by the Computer Emergency response Team – India (CERT-In)? Answer: Dexter 17. Which African nation approved a new constitution in the referendum held on January 14 and 15? Answer: Egypt 18. Who won FIFA’s Women World Player of the Year Award 2013? Answer: Nadine Angerer (Germany) 19. The new secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)? Answer: Sudhir Gupta 20. Akhilesh Gupta has been re-elected as the president of Which Indian sports body? Answer: Badminton Association of India (BAI) 21. Who became the first Indian wicket keeper to cross 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals? Answer: M.S Dhoni 22. Which Indian dairy co-operative launched the country’s first ‘Milk ATM’? Answer: Amul 23. Which Srilankan cricketer has recently joined the 11000 test runs club? Answer: Mahela Jayawardhene 24. Hery Rajaonarimampinana has been elected as the new President of which island country? Answer: Madagascar 25. Which authority has recently launched a programme to set up village level legal service clinics in every taluk in the country? Answer: National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) 26. National Voters Day was celebrated on: Answer: January 25 27. Which Indian state won the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Ulysses Award for Innovation in Public Policy and Governance? Answer: Kerala 28. Which country recently allowed Sikh Military men to wear turbans, head scarves and other religious clothing with their uniform? Answer: USA 29. Which Russian Martial Arts has been recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia to be included in the Asian Games from 2019? Answer: Sambo 30. The International Petroleum Conference 2014 has been held in which Indian city? Answer: New Delhi 31. Which country is presently building a new sanctuary to world’s rarest Javan rhinos? Answer: Indonesia 32. Which Indian born scientist was awarded 2014 Marconi Society Prize, for developing the theory and application of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas? Answer: A.J Paulraj 33. Which legendary actor of Telugu cinema and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee (1991) passed away on 22 January? Answer: Akkineni Nageswara Rao 34. Who heads the panel set up by the Reserve Bank of India to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses? Answer: Bimal Jalan 35. The World Health Organization has termed which city as the World’s largest reservoir of endemic polio virus? Answer: Peshawar (Pakistan) 36. Which lake lagoon in India has recently been named ‘Destination Flyways’ by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)? Answer: Chilka lagoon (Odhisha) 37. National Girl Child Day was observed on: Answer: January 24 38. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was observed on ………….? Answer: January 27 39. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to which year? Answer: 2005 40. Who was chief gust at the 65th Republic Day celebrations at Delhi? Answer: Shinzo Abe. He is the Prime Minister of Japan. 41. Who headed the expert committee set up to review the institutional framework of Prasar Bharti? Answer: Sam Pitroda 42. Who won the 2014 Australian Open Men’s Singles title? Answer: Stanislas Wawrinka 43. Who won the Women’s singles in the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament? Answer: Saina Nehwal 44. Which Chinese player defeated Domibka Cibulkova of Slovakia to win the 2014 Australian Open Women’s Singles title? Answer: Li Na 45. Which former Soviet Republic has recently been troubled by anti-government protests? Answer: Ukraine 46. Who have recently been conferred Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honour? Answer: R.A Mashelkar and BKS Iyengar 47. Which world renowned physicist has proposed a new theory on Black Holes? Answer: Stephen Hawking 48. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? Answer: Harish Rawat (Indian National Congress) 49. India’s first monorail service was inaugurated in which city? Answer: Mumbai 50. World Wetland Day was celebrated on: Answer: February 2 51. Which team won the 2014 Renji Trophy cricket tournament? Answer: Karnataka 52. Who became the first woman to be inducted to be umpire’s panel of International Cricket Council (ICC)? Answer: Kathy Cross 53. Who was conferred this year’s ICTP Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries? Answer: Anand Kumar 54. Which person of Indian origin got the prestigious South African Award ‘Amadelakufa’? Answer: Ela Gandhi 55. World Cancer Day was observed on: Answer: February 4 56. Which African country has recently recognized Indian Rupee as their legal tender in trade? Answer: Zimbabwe 57. Which Indian was appointed by the United Nations as special advisor on cyber security? Answer: Vivek Lall
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