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January 2014 Current Affairs Bit Bank

INTERNATIONAL

1) The Health Ministry of Japan on 1 January 2014 estimated that a quarter of the population is currently aged over

65 and the figure is expected to reach nearly 40 percent by ?

Ans:- 2060

2) Which government recently announced to build a new sanctuary to save Worlds rarest Javan rhinos?

Ans:- Indonesia

3) Parliamentary elections in North Korea, creating the 13th Supreme Peoples Assembly, will be held on -

?

Ans:- 9 March 2014

4) The Parliament of Europe on 14 January 2014 signed a new carbon dioxide restriction treaty which seeks to

slash emissions for a segment of transport across the European Union (EU) by 28% from year 2020. The treaty

focuses on which transport segment?

Ans:- Commercial Vans

5) The term Euromaidan came to news recently, which stands for a huge spat of civil unrest and anti-government

protests in a country.Which country is associated with these protests?

Ans:- Ukraine

INDIA & WORLD

1) India on 1 January 2014 decided to send a team of senior officials to assess the political and security situation

in - ?

Ans:- South Sudan

2)Which country and India on 2 January 2014 signed an agreement on labour cooperation for domestic service

workers recruitment ?

Ans:- Saudi Arabia

3) Which country and India on 13 January 2014 signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for co-operation in Iron and Steel

Sector ?

Ans:- Canada

4) Which country decided to be one of the partners in the proposed National Investment and Manufacturing Zones

(NIMZ) in Andhra Pradesh on 6 January 2014?

Ans:- China

5) Which country and India on on 18 January 2014 agreed to promote cooperation in renewable energy, especially

in areas of solar energy and wind power ?Ans:- United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NATIONAL

1) Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 1 January 2014 gave his assent to which bill which aims at

regulating corruption in public domain?

Ans:- Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013

2) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for construction of a 220kV

Transmission system from on 2 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Alusteng (Srinagar) to Leh

3) The Government of India on 10 January 2014 notified the new natural gas pricing formula.This new price

mechanism would come into effect from which date?

Ans:- From 1 April 2014

4) Name the programme for young persons of Overseas Indians introduced by Government of India in Pravasi
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Bharatiya Divas (PBD) on 8 January 2014?

Ans:- Know India programme

5) Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched LPG Connection Portability Scheme across the country

on 22 January 2014. Name the present Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas?

Ans:- M Veerappa Moily

STATES

1) Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) officially launched the North Eastern RegionCommunity Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) at on 6 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh )

2) Which state will launch its adult vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) from 22 February 2014 ?

Ans:- Assam

3) Which state Government on 15 January 2014 decided to increase the reservation of Other Backward Classes

(OBC) from 19.5 percent to 27 percent ?

Ans:- Goa

4) Which state on 9 January 2014 became the first State in India to provide Universal Health Coverage to its

population ?Ans:- Karnataka

5) The pilot project of Amuls first Any Time Milk (ATM) vending machine to dispense milk on 24X7 basis was on

19 January 2014 installed at - ?

Ans:- Anand, Gujarat

CONFERENCES

1) International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) was held from 12th 15th January 2014 at which

place ?

Ans:- New Delhi

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Which film has been adjudged Best Motion Picture at 71st annual Golden Globe Awards ?

Ans:- 12 Years a Slave

2) Who has won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer on 18

January 2014?

Ans:- Cyrus Mistry

3) Name the Indian Noted author and journalist has been awarded a Fellowship of Kings College London, the

British institutions highest honour on 16 January 2014 ? Ans:- Khushwant Singh

4) Which state bagged 3rd Krishi Karman Award for 2012-13 for being the best performing state in overall

agricultural production in the country on 18 January 2014?

Ans:- West Bengal

5) Name the Indian born Scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University on 21 January 2014 was

awarded with prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for developing the theory and application of MIMO

(Multiple Input Multiple Output) antennas ?

Ans:- Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Corey Anderson ,who hit the fastest century in one-day international history on 1 January 2014 , belongs towhich country ?

Ans:- New Zealand

2) Which player was awarded the Order of Prince Henry, one of the Portugals highest honours, by the Portugals

president office on 3 January 2014?


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Ans:- Cristiano Ronaldo

3) Who won the Sydney International Tennis Tournament Womens singles t itle on 10 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria

4) Who retained the Volvo Golf Champions title at the Durban Country Club held on 12 January 2014?

Ans:- South Africas Louis Oosthuizen

5) Which Australian cricketer won the coveted Allan Border medal 2014 on 20 January 2014?

Ans:- Mitchell Johnson

ECONOMY

1) Which entity was on 6 January 2014 selected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as a local operating

unit for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India?

Ans:- The Clearing Corporation of India Limited CCIL

2) According to data provided by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) and Seafood

Exporters Association of India on 9 January 2014, which country has recently overtaken South East Asia as the

largest market for Indian seafood exports?

Ans:- The United States

3) POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant on 10 January 2014 received environment clearance from the

Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in which state ?

Ans:- Odisha

4) What is the name of world first Bitcoin storage service that insures deposits of the digital currency against

hackers and accidental loss, which was opened on London on 12 January 2013?

Ans:- Elliptic Vault

5) Which state became the first state to withdraw FDI in Multibrand Retail on 13 January 2013?

Ans:- Delhi

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY1) Name the software to predict weather developed by researchers from National Autonomous University of

Mexico (UNAM) recently?

Ans:- Monitoring Climate Change (Moclic)

2) Which Meteorological Data Processing System was dedicated to the nation on 15 January 2014 on the

occasion of 139th Foundation Day of India Meteorological Department (IMD)?

Ans:- INSAT 3D

3) What is the name of Indias satellite-based flight navigation system which has been certified by aviation

regulator DGCA, recently ?

Ans:- GAGAN

4) Which country has recently carried out another successful test of its advanced missile defense system named

Arrow 3 designed to intercept long range missiles ?

Ans:- Israel

5) Name Indias supercomputer rated 1st in India, 9th in the Asia Pacific Region and 44th in the world among the

most power efficient computer systems as per the Green500 List?

Ans:- Param Yuva-II

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS1) Who has been elected as the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly on 3 January 2014?

Ans:- M.S. Dhir

2) Who was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uninor on 8 January 2014 ?


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Ans:- Morten Karlsen Sorby

3) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of private insurer Future

Generali India Life Insurance on 7 January 2014?

Ans:- Munish Sharda

B)RESIGNS

1) Garry Kenneth Toomey on 16 January 2014 resigned as the CEO of a prominent Indian airline company.Which

airline is this?Ans:- Jet Airways

C) DEATHS

1) Namdeo Dhasal, the firebrand writer and fierce fighter for Dalit rights who passed away on 15 January 2014 was

a famous poet in which language?

Ans:- Marathi

D) VISITORS

1) Name the South Korean President visited India from 15 18 January 2014 ?

Ans:- Park Geun-Hye

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Who retired as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 January 2014?

Ans:- Anand Sinha

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Which Indian railway stations platform number one has become the worlds longest platform as announced by

Limca Book of Records on 11 January 2014?

Ans:- Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the full form of NASSCOM ?

Ans:- National Association of Software and Services Companies

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) Driven, a book released recently, has been written by a former a Civil Servant Turned Entrepreneur. Who is

he?

Ans:- Jagdish Khattar

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Who was the head of RBIs committee on strengthening monetary policy framework, which in its

recommendations has suggested that the target for inflation should be set at 4% with a band of +/- 2% around it ?

Ans:- Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor of the RBI

DAYS & DATES

1) National Girl Child Day is observed on ?

Ans:- January24

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