Current
affairs December 2014
Set 1
1) Who
was appointed as the new CBI Director on 2 December 2014?
Ans.
Anil Kumar Sinha
2) 26th
World AIDS Day was observed across the world on 1 December 2014
with the
theme?
Ans.
Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free generation
3)
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi was on 5 December 2014 named
as the
Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times. 'The Straits Times' is the
leading
newspaper in which country?
Ans.
Singapore
4)
Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on 6 December 2014 on the
death
anniversary of?
Ans.
Dr B R Ambedkar
5) Who
became the first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian Football
Confederation
(AFC) Hall of Fame Award on 30 November 2014?
Ans.
Baichung Bhutia
6) Which
film won the Golden Peacock Award at the 45th International Film
Festival
of India (IFFI) which concluded in Goa recently?
Ans.
Leviathan, Russian Film
7) Name
the mascot for the 2016 European football championship announced
recently?
Ans.
Super Victor
8) As
decided recently, the birthday of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee
on the 25 December will be observed as?
Ans.
National Good Governance Day
9)
United Nations General Assembly on 5 December 2014 declared which year as
the
International Year of Soils?
Ans.
2015
10) Who
was nominated as the next defence secretary of US Department of
Defence
by the President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014?
Ans.
Ashton Carter
Note:
He will replace Chuck Hagel as US Defence Secretary, who resigned in
November
2014.
11)
Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on
earth's
lower mantle known as?
Ans.
Bridgmanite
12)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 November 2014 flagged off first
passenger
train to which north-eastern state?
Ans. Meghalaya
Note:
The move has put Meghalaya on India's railway map for the first time.
13)
Which country on 30 November 2014 launched National Day song in Tamil
language
to celebrate 50 years of its independence in 2015?
Ans.
Singapore
Note:
Tamil is the fourth official language of Singapore.
14) Who
became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International
(ODI) on
30 November 2014?
Ans.
Khurram Khan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain
Note:
He scored the century against Afghanistan in Dubai. He achieved the feat
at an
age of 43 years and 162 days thus breaking the record held in the name of
Sanath
Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.
15)
Which country launched the new generation navigation satellite GLONASSK
on 30
November 2014?
Ans.
Russia
16) Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on 2 December 2014 announced ...... bi-Monthly
Monetary
Policy Statement?
Ans.
fifth
Note:
The rates have been kept unchanged. (Repo rate: 8 percent, Reverse repo
rate:
7 percent)
17)
Nuclear capable missile Agni-IV was test fired on 2 December 2014 from?
Ans.
Integrated Test Range in Wheeler Island, Odisha.
18)
Nation on 3 December 2014 remembered the Bhopal gas tragedy that
happened
30 years back on?
Ans. 3
December 1984
19) UN
observed International Volunteer Day (IVD) on?
Ans. 5
December
20)
International Criminal Court (ICC) on 5 December 2014 withdrew the case
against
President of which African country?
Ans.
Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta
21)
Which state government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps
without
prior approval of district civil surgeons?
Ans.
Punjab
22) Name
the multi-level global campaign to highlight importance of girls’
education
launched by Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto
in New
Delhi on 29 November 2014?
Ans.
Girl Rising
23) Who
won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay on 30 November 2014?
Ans.
Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas
24)
Maoists killed more than dozen CRPF personnel in an attack in Chintagufa
area of
Sukma district of which state on 1 December 2014?
Ans.
Chhattisgarh
25)
Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated its .....th Raising day on 1 December
2014?
Ans.
49th
26)
State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 villages of
which
district as completely or partially scarcity-affected?
Ans.
Kutch
27) Who
won the 2014 US Player of the Year award on 5 December 2014?
Ans.
US football team goalkeeper Tim Howard
28) Who
was appointed as the Director General of National Disaster Response
Force
(NDRF) on 1 December 2014?
Ans.
OP Singh
29)
Credit Rating Agency ICRA Limited on 5 December 2014 appointed whom as
non-executive
Chairman after he was elected unilaterally by the ICRA Board?
Ans.
Arun Duggal
30)
First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and
Agriculture
Organization (FAO) on?
Ans. 5
December 2014
31)
Egypt court on 29 November 2014 dropped charges against its former
President?
Ans.
Hosni Mubarak
32) The
book "2014: The Election That Changed India" that was released on 1
November
2014 was penned by?
Ans.
Rajdeep Sardesai
33) India
recently joined the elite group of countries to build the largest telescope
in the
world at?
Ans.
Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
34)
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed by the United
Nations
on?
Ans.
December 2
35)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 November 2014 coined the acronym
SMART
for police forces across the country in the 49th annual conference of
India
DGPs and IGPs. What does SMART stands for?
Ans. S
for strict but sensitive, M for modern and mobile, A for alert and
accountable,
R for reliable and responsive, T for techno-savvy and trained
36)
Researchers led by Professor Gene K Beare recently developed world’s fastest
2D
camera at which University?
Ans.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Washington
University.
Set 2
1) Who
was named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014 on 10 December 2014
by the
TIME’s magazine?
Ans.
Ebola fighters
2)
Indian Blind Cricket team on 7 December 2014 won the fourth edition of the
Blind
Cricket World Cup (BCWC) 2014 by defeating which country in the final?
Ans.
Pakistan
Note:
The final held at Wally Wilson Cricket Ground in Cape Town, South
Africa.
The captain of the Indian team was Shekar Naik.
3) India
on 7 December 2014 set the Guinness Record for largest human
formation
of a national flag in the world. Where was this event held?
Ans.
Chennai
4) Which
US-based taxi service was in news recently as Delhi Government
banned
its services in the national capital?
Ans.
Uber taxi service
5) Who
recently became the first Indian-American to be appointed as US
Ambassador
to India?
Ans.
Richard Rahul Verma
6) Human
Rights Day was observed globally on 10 December 2014 with the
theme?
Ans.
Human Rights 365
7)
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize for the
year
2014 on 10 December 2014. Where was the award ceremony held?
Ans.
Oslo, Norway
8) Union
Home Ministry on 10 December 2014 removed which section of Indian
Penal
Code (IPC) decriminalizing attempt to suicide?
Ans.
Section 309
9) Which
bank recently launched India’s first credit card with a unique
transparent
design and a distinctive look, in association with American Express?
Ans.
ICCI Bank
10)
Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 was on 7 December 2014 launched
successfully
from?
Ans.
Kourou space port in French Guiana
Note:
GSAT-16 carries a total of 48 communication transponders, the largest by
a
communication satellite developed by the ISRO so far.
11)
International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 December 2014 suspended which
Pakistani
player from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect for
illegal
bowling action?
Ans.
Mohammad Hafeez
12)
Andhra Pradesh Government on 8 December 2014 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding
(MoU) with which country for the development of its new capital
that is
set to come up near Vijawayada region?
Ans.
Singapore
13)
World’s first handcrafted herbal Holy Quran was unveiled on 8 December
2014 in?
Ans.
Dubai
14)
State Bank of India (SBI) on 9 December 2014 launched two indices namely
the SBI
Monthly Composite Index and the SBI Yearly Composite Index. What is
the aim
of these indices?
Ans.
To primarily track manufacturing and services activity to determine
contraction
and expansion of the Indian economy.
15)
Advanced version of Mark-II Pinaka Rocket was successfully test fired on 9
December
2014 from?
Ans.
Chandipur, Odisha
16)
Which Nobel Laureate was in news recently because he auctioned his Nobel
Prize
medal for 4.8 million US dollars, thus becoming the first living recipient to
auction
the Nobel Prize medal?
Ans.
James D Watson
Note:
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA
in
1962.
17)
Which Australian Cricketer player on 12 December 2014 completed 1000 Test
runs in
2014, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year
since
England skipper Alastair Cook in 2012?
Ans.
David Warner
18)
Which former South African cricketer was on 5 December 2014 appointed as
the
mentor and batting consultant for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata
Knight
Rider (KKR)?
Ans.
Jacques Kallis
19)
Nation remembered and paid homage to martyrs of Parliament attack on
......th
anniversary of Parliament attack on 13 December 2014?
Ans.
13th
20)
Delhi High Court on 10 December 2014 banned which chinese handset maker
to sell
phones in India over patent issue with Ericsson?
Ans.
Xiaomi
21)
International Anti-Corruption Day was observed by the United Nations on?
Ans. 9
December
22)
Which state government on 8 December 2014 launched the 'M One app' that
will
provide a platform for m-governance in the State?
Ans.
Karnataka
23) Who
was awarded Swiss Ambassador's Award in Mumbai on 3 December
2014?
Ans.
Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman
24)
Which Indian playback singer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement
Award at
the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) held in Dubai on 10
December
2014?
Ans.
Asha Bhosle
25)
Which Indian won Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014 at Beirut, Lebanon
on 10
December 2014?
Ans.
Ruhi Singh
26)
First Arabic translation of Indian Constitution was launched on 9 December
2014 at?
Ans.
Cairo, Egypt.
27) 15th
Indo-Russian Bilateral Annual Summit was recently held at?
Ans.
New Delhi
Note:
President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited India to hold the summit on
the
invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
28) Name
the Indian who was appointed as an honorary member of the
International
Olympic Committee (IOC) recently?
Ans.
Randhir Singh
29)
Olympian Grihanandan Singh who died on 7 December 2014 in New Delhi
was
famous in which sport?
Ans.
Hockey
30) The
Committee on Leveraging the Post Office Network on 4 December 2014
submitted
its report to the Union Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology.
Who headed the committee?
Ans.
Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian
31)
Armed Forces Flag Day was observed recently across the nation on?
Ans. 7
December
Set 3
1) Who
was crowned Miss World 2014?
Ans.
Rolene Strauss
Note:
She was Miss South Africa. The final of the beauty pageant was held in
London,
UK. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was the runner-up and Miss United
States,
Elizabeth Safrit, came third.
2) Which
country won Hockey’s Champions Trophy 2014?
Ans.
Germany
Note:
In the final match played at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha,
Olympic Champions Germany defeated Pakistan by 2-0 margin.
3) Who
became longest serving Chief Minister of India on 12 December 2014?
Ans.
Pawan Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister
Note:
He completed his 20 years in the office on 12 December 2014. Earlier, the
longest
serving CM was late Communist leader Jyoti Basu who was chief
minister
of West Bengal.
4) Who
was appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on 13 December
2014?
Ans.
Dineshwar Sharma
5) Which
bank on 16 December 2014 launched its mobile banking facility named
Bank Aap
Ki Muththi Mein?
Ans.
HDFC Bank
6) Which
terrorist group on 16 December 2014 carried out a massacre in the
Army-run
school in Peshawar, Pakistan?
Ans.
Tehreek-e-Taliban
7)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 December 2014 increased RTGS (real time
gross
settlement) business hours from 7.30 hours to 12 hours. What is the revised
timing
now?
Ans. 8
am to 8 pm on weekdays.
Note:
Earlier it was 9 am to 4.30 pm.
8)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India’s
heaviest
rocket named ___ carrying Crew module Atmospheric Reentry
Experiment
(CARE) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on 18 December 2014?
Ans.
GSLV Mark-III-X
9) Book
tittled "Born Again on the Mountain" which was released by Prime
Minister
Narendra Modi on 12 December 2014 was written by?
Ans.
Arunima Sinha
Note:
She is the first Indian amputee and first female amputee to climb Mount
Everest.
10)
World Diamond Conference was recently held at?
Ans.
New Delhi
11) Name
the Indian-American physician who was on 15 December 2014
appointed
as the 19th Surgeon General of America?
Ans.
Vivek Hallegere Murthy
12) 14th
Finance Commission headed by whom submitted its report to the
President
of India on 15 December 2014?
Ans.
YV Reddy, former RBI governor
13)
International Boxing Association (AIBA) on 17 December 2014 banned the
which
Indian boxer for one year for not accepting her bronze medal at Asian
Games
2014 medal ceremony?
Ans.
Sarita Devi
14)
Minorities Rights Day was observed across the world to create awareness on
rights
of minorities on?
Ans.
18 December
15) Name
the Japanese Prime Minister who was on 14 December 2014 re-elected
for
another four-year term?
Ans.
Shinzo Abe
16) Rio
2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games mascot have been recently
named
respectively as?
Ans.
Vinicius and Tom
17)
Google on 15 December 2014 released its annual Year in Search (YIS) Report
2014.
What was the top trending search during 2014?
Ans.
Elections 2014
18) Who
became the world’s first twin and sibling to climb the highest peaks of
the
seven continents on 16 December 2014?
Ans.
Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik
19)
Union Government on 16 December 2014 banned which terror group under
Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act?
Ans.
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
20)
Which Indian film was nominated on 13 December 2014 for Oscar 2015 in
categories
Best Picture and Best Original Score?
Ans.
Jal
21) Who
was appointed as Mauritius Prime Minister by the President Purryag on
14
December 2014?
Ans.
Anerood Jugnauth
22)
National Energy Conservation Day was observed on?
Ans.
14 December
23)
Which Indian player on 15 December 2014 won his maiden London Classic
Chess
title?
Ans.
Viswanathan Anand
24) Name
the Japanese teens who became youngest table tennis champions on 13
December
2014 in table tennis World Grand Finals?
Ans.
Mima Ito and Miu Hirano
25)
Vijay Diwas was observed across the country on?
Ans.
16 December
26)
Which country on 19 December 2014 became Associate Member State of
CERN
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)?
Ans.
Pakistan
Set 4
1) Union
Government observed 25 December 2014 as Good Governance Day on
the
birthday of?
Ans.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2) Who
was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 23 December
2014?
Ans.
Amitabh Bachchan
3) India
on 20 December 2014 won the Men and Women title of Kabaddi World
Cup
2014. Where was the event held?
Ans.
Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
4) Who
was elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce
& Industry (FICCI) on 20 December 2014?
Ans.
Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels
5) Who
was recently appointed as the ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015?
Ans.
Sachin Tendulkar
6) Who
was on 19 December 2014 appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted
Indian
Banks’ Association committee on Member Private Sector Banks for 2014-
15?
Ans.
Shyam Srinivasan
Note:
He is the CEO of Federal Bank.
7) Which
section of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was in news recently as Union
Home
Ministry decided to remove this Section, thus decriminalizing attempt to
suicide?
Ans.
Section 309
8)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 December 2014 extended the deadline for
exchanging
pre-2005 of various denominations to?
Ans.
30 June 2015
9)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan
Mohan
Malaviya (posthumously) were selected for Bharat Ratna recently. In
which
year Bharat Ratna was instituted?
Ans.
1954
10)
National Consumers Right Day was observed across India on? - 24
December
11)
National Mathematics Day was celebrated on 22 December every year on
whose
birthday?
Ans.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
12)
India on 20 December 2014 exported CGS Barracuda offshore patrol vessel
(OPV) to
which country?
Ans.
Mauritius
Note:
This is the first warship ordered by a foreign country from shipyard of
India.
13) Name
the Mission launched by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
on 25
December 2014 to achieve full immunization coverage for all children by
2020?
Ans.
Indradhanush
14)
Which country recently successfully test-launched Angara-A5 rocket?
Ans.
Russia
15)
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) on 22 December 2014 bagged a 16.96 million
Euro
contract for a thermal power project in which country?
Ans.
Turkey
16)
Union Government recently released Calendar for the year 2015 with the
theme?
Ans.
Clean India Green India
17)
Which was named as the most important scientific Breakthrough of the Year
2014 by
Science journal recently?
Ans.
European space mission Rosetta
18)
Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 23 December 2014 set up a committee to
examine
the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for
reinvestigation
of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. Who will head the committe?
Ans.
former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retired) G.P. Mathur.
19) Who
was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal
India
Ltd (CIL) on 23 December 2014?
Ans. S
Bhattacharya
20)
Which country won Gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad on 22
December
2014?
Ans.
India
Note:
Event was held at Gyor, Hungary.
21)
Union Cabinet on 23 December 2014 approved promulgation of an Ordinance
to hike
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to?
Ans.
49 percent
22)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 December 2014 licensed which subsidiary
of Ford
Motor Credit Company to operate as a non-banking financial company
(NBFC)
in India?
Ans.
Ford Credit India
23)
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on 19 December 2014 has partnered with
which
company to transform Surat into a smart city?
Ans.
Microsoft India
24) Book
titled Why I Assassinated Gandhi written by Nathuram Godse and
Gopal
Godse was in news in during December 2014 for what?
Ans.
First revised edition of book was published by Delhi-based Farsight
Publishers
and Distributors.
25)
Which country on 23 December 2014 launched its largest ever missile
warship
named Tuo Chiang?
Ans.
Taiwan
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