current affairs 2014

CURRENT AFFAIRSByChanakya

IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS PERSON?

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTHI

2) MICHAEL JACKSON AND SANTANA HOLD THE RECORD FOR MOST NO OF AWARDS(8) WON IN A SINGLE YEAR. IDENTIFY THE AWARD?

THE GRAMMYS

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH?

KATHY CROSS IS THE FIRST WOMAN UMPIRE.SHE IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

RELATE PARIS, PRINCE AND BLANKET

CHILDREN OF MICHAEL JACKSON

RELATE THE FOLLOWING ACTORS

THEY ARE THE ACTORS WHO HAVE ENACTED AS THE BATMAN

MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE KING OF POP.WHO IS CONSIDERED AS THE QUEEN OF POP?

MADONNA

Name the Oscar-winning American actor who died at the age of 46 due to drug overdose on 2 February 2014 at his flat in New York at the age of 46?

A.Philip Seymour HoffmanB.Gabourey SidibeC.Carey MulliganD.Jennifer Lawrence

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

INDIA ON 5 FEBRUARY 2014 EXTENDED THE FACILITY OF VISA-ON-ARRIVAL FOR THE TOURISTS OF HOW MANY NATIONS?

A.167B.175C.25D.180

A PARLIAMENTARY PANEL ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE ON 6 FEBRUARY 2014 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT ON THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (CAA) OF INDIA BILL, 2013 TO PARLIAMENT AND HAS ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO COME OUT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE BILL AFTER REVISITING THE AIRCRAFT ACT 1934. WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE PANEL?

A. P. J. KURIENB. SITARAM YECHURYC. ARUN JAITELYD. KC VENUGOPAL

K C VENUGOPAL

THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE VYAS SAMMAN WERE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY. IN THIS CONTEXT WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN THE VYAS SAMMAN AWARD?

A.DR. SHIV PRASAD SINGHB.DR. RAM VILAS SHARMAC.GIRIJA KUMAR MATHURD.DR. DHARMVIR BHARTI

RAM VILAS SHARMA

NAME THE HINDI WRITER, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS VYAS SAMMAN FOR THE YEAR 2013?

A.CHITRA MUDGAL FOR ANWAN

B.MANNU BHANDARI FOR EK KAHANI YAH BHI

C.VISHWANATH PRASAD TIWARI FOR PHIR BHI KUCH RAH JAYEGA

D.VISHWANATH TRIPATHI FOR VYOMKESH DARVESH

VISWANATH TRIPATHI

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM (SIT) HAS BEEN CONSTITUTED BY THE DELHI POLICE TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF NIDO TANIA, THE STUDENT FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH, WHO DIED AFTER BEING ALLEGEDLY BEATEN UP BY SOME SHOPKEEPERS IN SOUTH DELHI IN JANUARY 2014. UNDER WHOSE DIRECT SUPERVISION THE SIT WILL WORK?

A. P KARUNAKARAN B. BHIM SAIN BASSI C. ARUN BHAGAT D. Y.S. DADWAL

P KARUNAKARAN

THE WORLD CANCER DAY WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE WORLD ON?

A. 3 FEBRUARY B. 4 FEBRUARY C. 5 FEBRUARY D. 6 FEBRUARY

NAME THE HEALTH MINISTER OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR ON 7 FEBRUARY 2014 WHO RESIGNED FROM THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR?

A. ABDUL RAHIM RATHERB. PEERZADA MOHAMMAD SAYEEDC. TARA CHANDD. SHABIR KHAN

SHE IS CAT DEELEY.NAME THE FAMOUS TELEVISION SHOW SHE HOSTS?

POLICE OF WHICH PLACE ON 7 FEBRUARY 2014 SUCCESSFULLY DISMANTLED THE LARGEST EVER FIND OF WORLD WAR II BOMB?

A. BRAZILB. INDONESIAC. ASSAMD. HONG KONG

HONG KONG

DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A DEVICE TO TRACK DOWN MAOISTS IN NAXAL-HIT STATES INCLUDING JHARKHAND AND CHHATTISGARH. NAME THE DEVICE?

A. SUPER CAVITATIONS TECHNOLOGYB. UNMANNED ARIAL VEHICLESC. MINIATURE SAR & ISAR TECHNOLOGIESD. PULSE POWER NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES

UNMANNED ARIAL VEHICLES

KUMAR SANGAKKARA, THE CRICKETER OF SRI LANKAN NATIONAL TEAM ON 7 FEBRUARY 2014 BECAME THE SECOND PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF CRICKET TO SCORE A TRIPLE CENTURY AND A CENTURY IN THE SAME TEST MATCH. NAME THE FIRST PERSON ON WHOSE NAME THIS RARE RECORD IS REGISTERED

A. BRAIN LARAB. ANDREW GREENWOODC. GRAHAM GOOCHD. CHUCK FLEETWOOD-SMITH

GRAHAM GOOCH

NAME THE INSTITUTION THAT ON 7 FEBRUARY 2014 ISSUED A BAN ON THE PROCESS OF BURNING OF TYRES AT PUBLIC PLACES LIKE ROADS AND AREAS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS?

A. NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNALB. SUPREME COURT OF INDIAC. HIGH COURT OF MUMBAID. NONE OF THE ABOVE

SHE WAS THE FAVOURITE OF MAHATMA GANDHI, JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU AND INDIRA GANDHI. SHE EVEN SANG BHAJANS ON ALL INDIA RADIO. SHE WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ADHUNIK MEERA AFTER MEERA BAI. SHE DIED RECENTLY AT THE AGE OF 93 IN KOLKOTA. THE PERSON IN THE REFERENCE IS

A. KAMAL DASGUPTAB. JHUTIKA ROYC. ARUNDHATI ROYD. SURAIYAA

WHO WAS GIVEN THE AMAZING INDIAN AWARD ON 6 FEBRUARY 2014 BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA, M HAMID ANSARI, FOR SCALING MOUNT EVEREST DESPITE BEING PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED?

A. SANTOSH KUMARB. BACHENDRI PALC. ARUNIMA SINHAD. DEEPIKA ROY

UNION CABINET RECENTLY GAVE THE APPROVAL FOR A FDI PROPOSAL TOTALING 10141 CRORE RUPEES FLOATED BY A COMPANY TO ACQUIRE 100 PERCENT STAKE IN ITS INDIAN SUBSIDIARY. NAME THE COMPANY

A. BHARTI AIRTELB. VODAFONEC. MTSD. SYSTEMA MOBILES

IDENTIFY THE FAMOUS CARTOON SERIAL?

CABINET COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (CCEA) APPROVED 5 PORT PROJECTS WORTH 17630 CRORE RUPEES ON 5 FEBRUARY 2014. THE PROJECTS ARE AIMED AT AUGMENTING THE CAPACITY OF MAJOR PORTS BY ABOUT 151 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM (MTPA). WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE 5 PORTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT?

A. KANDLA PORTB. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU PORT TRUSTC. TUTICORIN PORT TRUSTD. ENNORE PORT

THE PARLIAMENT OF WHICH COUNTRY RECENTLY JOINED THE GROUP OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE PASSED SAME SEX MARRIAGE LAWS?

A. FINLANDB. NETHERLANDSC. USAD. SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

ELA GANDHI, THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MAHATMA GANDHI WAS AWARDED IN SOUTH AFRICA ON 26 JANUARY 2014 FOR HER LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN SOUTH AFRICA. SHE RECEIVED WHICH AWARD FROM THE SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT?

A. AMADELKUFAB. UMKHONTO WE SIZWEC. SPEAR OF THE NATIOND. NONE OF THE ABOVE

AMADELKUFA

WHICH SONG WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE BEST SONG NOMINATION CATEGORY BY THE OSCAR ACADEMY ON 30 JANUARY 2014?

A. ALONE YET NOT ALONEB. VARIETY NOTEDC. THE GODFATHERD. I AM NOT A MAN

UNION CABINET APPROVED THE SECOND PHASE OF THE BANGALORE METRO RAIL PROJECT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE CITY ON 30 JANUARY 2014. THE NAME OF THE BANGALORE METRO IS

A. AMMA METROB. NAMMA METROC. BENGALURU METROD. DAKSHIN METRO

WHICH INDIAN SHOOTER'S SCORE SET IN MUNICH SHOOTING WORLD CUP IN NOVEMBER 2013 WAS RECENTLY RECOGNISED AS THE WORLD RECORD BY THE INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FEDERATION (ISSF)?

A.ANJALI BHAGWATB.RANJAN SINGH SODHIC.ANU RAJ SINGHD.HEENA SANDHU

HEENA SANDHU

IDENTIFY THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE ROLE “THE MASK”

JIM CARREY

HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW “SARAVANAN SIVAKUMAR ”

SARAVANAN SIVAKUMAR’S REEL NAME IS

SURIYA

NAME THE ANTONYM AWARD OF OSCAR?

GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARD

RELATE THE FOLLOWING MOVIES.EXCEPT THE FACT THAT AMITABH PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN ALL THE THREE

AMITABH RECEIVED NATIONAL AWARD FOR THESE MOVIES.

RELATE THE FOLLOWING MOVIES. EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE MADE IN HOLLYWOOD.

THE ACTORS WHO PLAYED THE LEAD ROLES IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOVIES ACT IN A SERIAL “SHERLOCK”