IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS BY BRILLIANT ACADEMY OF LEARNING) 51. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia? Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar 52. Who has been selected K.R. Narayanan award for his services to the nation? Ans- Eminent Jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer 53. Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile tested by India named? Ans- Dhanush 54.Who has been named the Cricketer of the Year, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year By ICC? Ans- Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson 55. Who was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year by ICC? Ans- Englands Gary Ballance 56. Who has been selected as ODI Cricketer of the Year by ICC? Ans- South Africas AB de Villiers 57. 2014 G-20 Australia summit stated at.....? Ans- Brisbane Note- it is 9th G-20 summit 58. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world? Ans - 12 November 59. Who launched a social gamified collaboration platform called SloPho? Ans - Kapil Dev 60. Who was the winner of the ICC Peoples Choice award ? Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar 61. Who will host Modis event Allphones Arena Sydney? Ans-Miss India Australia Rashi Kapoor 62. Who scored Highest runs in ODIs? Ans- Rohit Sharma 264 runs 63. Who was the winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year? Ans- Rajinikanth 64. 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summitheld at? Ans- Beijing, China 65. India Economic Summit was held at...? Ans- New Delhi 66. Who become the First Indian PM who travels 8 countries in six months? Ans- Narendra Modi 67. Which State will hold Global Investors Meet in May 2015? Ans- Tamil Nadu 68. The Seventh Summit on the Global Agenda was held at.......? Ans- UAE 69. Recently which state became Indias first state to make Voting compulsory in Local body elections? Ans- Gujarat 70. US and ....... sign agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases? Ans- China 71. National Education Day was observed on? Ans- 11 November 72. Who was appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza? Ans- K C Reddy 73. Who tops the Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful People 2014? Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia 74. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014? Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh 75. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board? Ans- Surya Prakash 76. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award? Ans- Ashwika Kapur 77. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons? Ans-Shah Rukh Khan 78. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)? Ans- Lokesh Chandra 79. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery? Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment 80. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on? Ans- 2019 81.Who won Durand Cup 2014 ? Ans- Salgaocar FC 82. Who acquired Cricbuzz com? Ans- Times Internet Ltd 83. Sixth World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held at .......? Ans- New Delhi with theme Health Challenges and Ayurveda. 84.What is the name of the missile co-developed by India and Israel? Ans- Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) Barak 8 missile 85.Which country lifts ban on social networking websites like Face book, Twitter for reporters? Ans- China 86. Who was Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian? Ans- Noted scholar and JNU professor 87. Who was re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI) ? Ans- Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran 88. Jnanpith Award 2013 was given to.......? Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature. 89.Who was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner UP? Ans- Jawed Usmani 90. Which countries sign energy cooperation agreement? Ans- China and Russia 91. Who tops Forbes list of most powerful women in Indian business? Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson of State Bank of India 92. Who is new Railway Minister? Ans- Shri Suresh Prabhu 93. Who is appointed as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention? Ans- GS Sandhu 94. Which was selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014? Ans- The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park 95. Who won the 10th India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award? Ans- Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust 96. Who was been appointed as Advocate General (AG) of haryana? Ans- Baldev Raj Mahajan 97. Who is new health Minister? Ans- Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda 98. Which cricketer score 6000 thousand runs quickest? Ans- virat kohli 99. Who presented Telanganas First budget? Ans- Finance Minister Rajinder 100. Which company acquired mobile manufacturer Motorola? Ans- Lenovo brilliantacademyoflearning
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