29 June 2014 Current Affairs Updates

1) Saina Nehwal wins Australian Open Super Series title: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the $750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolina Marin in the summit clash on 29 June 2014. The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Grand Prix Gold earlier this year, prevailed 21-18, 21-11 in a 43-minute contest which left her richer by $56,000. The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-to-head record against Marin going into Sunday's match, logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 5-2 lead in the opening game.

2) French foreign minister arriving on two-day visit, to meet Modi:French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will be on a two-day official visit to India from Monday to establish the first high-level contact with the Narendra Modi government. Fabius will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The French minister and Sushma Swaraj will discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. A number of other engagements are envisaged during the visit, said an official statement.

3) Netherlands, Costa Rica Advance to World Cup Quarterfinals: Costa Rica and the Netherlands, both in dramatic fashion, have reached the quarterfinals of football's World Cup in Brazil. Already beating the odds by advancing out of one of the most difficult first round groups, Costa Rica shocked Greece in a penalty kick shootout Sunday in Recife. The teams ended regulation and in extra time tied a 1-1, and Costa Rica made all five of its kicks from the penalty spot to prevail 5-3. Earlier Sunday in Fortaleza, the Netherlands stunned Mexico with two late goals in a 2-1 victory. This is the first time Costa Rica has reached the World Cup quarterfinals.

4) Rahul Dravid Named Batting Consultant for England Tour: Rahul Dravid will assist chief coach Duncan Fletcher as Team India's batting consultant on the current tour of England. Dravid was the only successful Indian batsman when MS Dhoni's team were drubbed four-nil in the last Test series in England in 2011. Dravid, who is the coach of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, is regarded as a master tactician and his presence in a dressing room full of young players will come in handy. India play a five-Test series starting July 9. He will be with the team till the beginning of the first Test.

5) Pankaj Advani creates history in Egypt: Indian cueist Pankaj Advani Sunday created history by becoming the first player in the world to win world titles in the long and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker by pocketing the IBSF World 6-Red snooker Championship, in Sharm El-Shiekh, Eygpt.

Advani, India’s poster boy of cue sports, defeated Kacper Flilpiak of Poland in the final that lasted barely an hour to win his maiden 6-Red world title and ninth overall. He has now won both World snooker titles on debut — the IBSF World Snooker Championship, China and this one, the IBSF 6-Red World Snooker Championship in Egypt.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 28 June 2014

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 4:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a one-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir July 4, his first to the state after assuming office, official sources said. The prime minister will arrive in Jammu and then proceed to nearby Katra town to inaugurate the Katra-Udhampur train that would cover a 25-km distance between the two places, the sources told.

2) Sachin Tendulkar enjoyed Nadal match at Wimbledon: Sachin Tendulkar on 28 June 2014 took some time off to enjoy an afternoon at the Wimbledon watching Rafael Nadal in action. Tendulkar was seated in the Royal Box of the Centre Court where he watched the match between Rafael Nadal and Mikhail Kukushkin. Looking dapper in an ink blue suit with sky blue tie, Tendulkar sat alongside former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss while former football captain David Beckham sat just a row in-front.

3) Brazil and Colombia entered quarter finals of FIFA World Cup 2014: Hosts Brazil qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday after beating Chile 3-2 in a nail-biting penalty shootout. Paris Saint Germain bound David Luiz sent the home fans crazy on 18 minutes when he bundled in from close range for the opener – although Chile’s Gonzalo Jara appeared to get the final touch. In the last eight Brazil will meet Colombia after James Rodriguez scored twice to hand his nation a 2-0 win over Uruguay. Rodriguez sensationally fired Colombia into the lead on 28 minutes with arguably the finest goal of the tournament so far. The Monaco man controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and then hammered in a left-footed dipping volley from 20 yards out.

4) Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on China visit: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday left on a five-day visit to China where he will hold bilateral discussions with his counterpart Li Yuanchao and attend events to mark the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel agreement. This is the first visit of an Indian leader to China after the Narendra Modi government took over last month. It is also Ansari's first visit to China, and the first by an Indian Vice President since 1994. Then Vice President K R Narayanan had visited China in 1994.

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Quiz on Current Affairs: 26 and 27 June 2014

1) Luis Suarez who has been banned from nine international matches andall football activities for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in a world cup group match, is the player from which country?

(A) France

(B) Argentina

(C) Iran

(D) Uruguay

2) Mustafa Kamal who has been elected as the new ICC President on 26 June 2014 is from which country?

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Bangladesh

(C) South Africa

(D) UAE

3) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed every year on?

(A) June 26

(B) June 27

(C) June 24

(D) June 29

4) Wroclaw city which has been named 2016 World Book Capital by UNESCO is in which country?

(A) Japan

(B) Chile

(C) Poland

(D) Malaysia

5) Which country has recently (June 2014) decided to honour Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with the 'Legion of France', one of its highest civilian awards?

(A) UK

(B) Australia

(C) South Korea

(D) France

6) Indian-origin judge V.K. Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of which among the following countries on 26 June 2014?

(A) USA

(B) Indonesia

(C) Singapore

(D) Bhutan

7) 35th edition of the National Games (biggest national sporting event) will be held in which state from January 31 to February 14 in 2015 as announced recently?

(A) Kerala

(B) Punjab

(C) Assam

(D) Madhya Pradesh

8) In a move that is both open minded and adhering to Supreme court’s ruling on April 15 which among the following colleges has included the option of choosing “transgender” in its application forms for academic programmes beginning this year?

(A) Maharaja's College, Kochi

(B) Fergusson College, Pune

(C) Loyola College, Chennai

(D) University Maharani's College, Jaipur

9) Which city/state has been formally declared by the Central Government as permanent venue for the prestigious annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) recently?

(A) Goa

(B) Thiruvananthapuram

(C) Delhi

(D) Pune

10) Who was formally appointed the first Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in its Annual Conference held at Melbourne, Australia on 26 June 2014?

(A) Haroon Logard

(B) Alan Isaac

(C) N Srinivasan

(B) Mustafa Kamal

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Uruguay

2) Ans. (B) Bangladesh

3) Ans. (A) June 26

4) Ans. (C) Poland

5) Ans. (D) France

6) Ans. (C) Singapore

7) Ans. (A) Kerala

8) Ans. (B) Fergusson College, Pune

9) Ans. (A) Goa

10) Ans. (C) N Srinivasan

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24 & 25 June: Current Affairs Questions & Answers for Exams

1) Which among the following has joined the Star Alliance group of airlines on 24 June 2014?

(A) Air India

(B) Spice Jet

(C) Indigo

(D) Kingfisher

2) Dinesh Singh who resigned on 24 June 2014 in the midst of a raging controversy over the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) was the Vice Chancellor of?

(A) IGNOU

(B) Sikkim-Manipal University

(C) Nalanda University

(D) Delhi University

3) Uruguay has knocked out which among the following former champions from FIFA World Cup on 24 June 2014?

(A) Italy

(B) France

(C) England

(D) Spain

4) Which among the following state has announced 33% quota for women in police force on 24 June 2014?

(A) Kerala

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Gujarat

(D) Tamil Nadu

5) Veteran Director-Producer Ramanarayanan who passed away recently was from which language?

(A) Hindi

(B) Tamil

(C) Telugu

(D) Bengali

6) Myanmar made its entry onto the World Heritage List with the inscription of its first site recently (June 2014). The World Heritage Committee meeting was held in?

(A) London, UK

(B) Brussels, Belgium

(C) New Delhi, India

(D) Doha, Qatar

7) President Pranab Mukherjee on 25 June 2014 appointed three new judges to Supreme Court. Who among the following was not included in it?

(A) Rohinton Nariman

(B) Gopal Subramaniam

(C) Adarsh Kumar Goel

(D) Arun Mishra

8) Ashwani Kumar who resigned on 25 June 2014 was the Governor of?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharshtra

(C) Nagaland

(D) Karnataka

9) External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj started her first foreign visit to which country on 25 June 2014?

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(C) Myanmar

(D) Bangladesh

10) Four passengers were killed and several others injured when a dozen bogies of Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed close to Golden Ganj railway station near Chapra in which state on 25 June 2014?

(A) Bihar

(B) Jharkhand

(C) Chattisgarh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Air India

2) Ans. (D) Delhi University

3) Ans. (A) Italy

4) Ans. (C) Gujarat

5) Ans. (B) Tamil

6) Ans. (D) Doha, Qatar

7) Ans. (B) Gopal Subramaniam

8) Ans. (C) Nagaland

9) Ans. (D) Bangladesh

10) Ans. (A) Bihar

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Current Affairs for SBI Clerk Exam 2014

Current Affairs Questions useful for all competitive Exams

1) Modi-led NDA Government will present its first general Budget on ..........?

(A) July 10

(B) July 9

(C) July 8

(D) July 6

2) Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) which was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status on 23 June 2014 is in which state?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Bihar

(C) Sikkim

(D) Himachal Pradesh

3) Moving to a time-defined process, the Reserve Bank of India, on 23 June 2014, fixed schedules for various regulatory approvals. Accordingly, an applicant for private bank licence should be given in-principle approval within ...... days after receipt of report from the independent external advisory committee?

(A) 30

(B) 45

(C) 90

(D) 21

4) Name the initiative conceptualized by the Indian government's Department of Electronics and Information Technology which has been awarded a United Nations public service award on 23 June 2014?

(A) Mobile Seva

(D) iMobile

(C) M-Pesa

(D) e-Seva

5) President of India Pranab Mukherjee released first Encyclopedia on which religion on 23 June 2014?

(A) Hinduism

(B) Jainism

(D) Buddhism

(D) None of the above

6) Name the bollywood actor who has been championining the cause of social issues and on 23 June 2014 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

(A) Salman Khan

(B) Aamir Khan

(C) Amitabh Bachhan

(D) Sharukh Khan

7) East India Company has issued an exclusive legal tender gold coin worth 12,000 pound sterling in honour of which cricket legend on 23 June 2014?

(A) Don Bardman

(B) Brain Lara

(C) Vivian Richards

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

8) Name the India-born plant scientist who has been named the winner of the $250,000 World Food Prize on 18 June 2014?

(A) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

(B) Dr Dharmendra Kumar

(C) Dr Kasturi Rangan

(D) Dr Akshay Khanna

9) Name the defending champions of FIFA World Cup who were knocked out of FIFA World Cup 2014 on 18 June 2014?

(A) Argentina

(B) Spain

(C) Italy

(D) Brazil

10) Former Norwegian premier Gro Harlem Brundtland was named recently as the first recipient of which prize, which is touted as Asia's version of the Nobels?

(A) Abel Prize

(B) Pen Pinter Prize

(C) Ramon Magsasay Prize

(D) Tang Prize

Answers

1) Ans. (A) July 10

2) Ans. (D) Himachal Pradesh

3) Ans. (C) 90 days

4) Ans. (A) Mobile Seva

5) Ans. (A) Hinduism

6) Ans. (A) Salman Khan

7) Ans. (D) Sachin Tendulkar

8) Ans. (A) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

9) Ans. (B) Spain

10) Ans. (D) Tang Prize

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 23 June 2014

1) Modi Govt’s first general Budget on July 10: The Modi-led Government will present its first general Budget on July 10. This full-fledged Budget — to be presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley — will come at a time when expectations are high that the new dispensation will give a booster dose to the sagging Indian economy. While the Rail Budget will be presented on July 8, the Economic Survey will be tabled in the Lower House on July 9. The Budget session of Parliament will begin on July 7 and end on August 14. In all, the Budget session will have a total of 28 sittings over a month-long period.

2) Himachal park is now a World Heritage Site: The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status on Monday. The Unesco World Heritage Site Committee at Doha in Qatar granted the status to the park under the criteria of “exceptional natural beauty and conservation of biological diversity.”The GHNP has now come in the league of Indian World Heritage Sites (WHS) such as the Taj Mahal, Ellora, Kaziranga National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Manas National Park, Nandadevi Biosphere Reserve and the Sunderbans.

3) RBI fixed timelines for regulatory approvals: Moving to a time-defined process, the Reserve Bank of India, on Monday, fixed schedules for various regulatory approvals, including grant of private bank licence, and also released a citizens’ charter for its various services such as clearing of transactions. The release of ‘Timelines for Regulatory Approvals’ and ’Citizens’ Charter’ for delivery of services on the RBI’s website is a part of implementation of non-legislative recommendations of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC), the central bank said in a notification. With regards to timeline for regulatory approvals, the RBI said, an applicant for private bank licence should be given in-principle approval within 90 days after receipt of report from the independent external advisory committee.

4) India's Mobile Seva Initiative Wins UN Public Service Award: An initiative conceptualised by the Indian government's Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) to enable delivery of public services electronically through the mobile platform has been awarded a United Nations public service award. 'Mobile Seva', a nationwide initiative conceptualized, funded and implemented by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, is among the second place winners of the 2014 UN Public Service Awards, along with Bahrain, Brazil, Cameroon, Republic of Korea and Spain. The vision of Mobile Seva is to mainstream mobile governance in India as a new paradigm for e-delivery of public services through mobile devices.

5) President released first Encyclopedia on Hinduism: The basic tenet of Hinduism is happiness, health and enlightenment for everyone, and suffering, pain and agony for none, President Pranab Mukherjee said as he received the first copy of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism on 23 June 2014. Speaking at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President complimented Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji of the Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh, the founder-chairman of India Heritage Research Foundation (IHRF) for undertaking the effort to bring out the encyclopedia.

6) Aamir Khan meets Narendra Modi, discusses social issues: Bollywood star Aamir Khan, who has been championining the cause of social issues, on 23 June 2014 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi herein New Delhi to discuss the problems which he highlights in his TV programme ‘Satyamev Jayate’. The 49-year-old actor and director later said the Prime Minister assured him that he would look into the issues raised by him.

7) Sachin Tendulkar honoured with exclusive gold coin issued by East India Company: Britain’s premium luxury goods brand East India Company has issued an exclusive legal tender gold coin worth 12,000 pound sterling in honour of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. The rare coin has been issued in honour of Tendulkar’s remarkable career spanning 24 years. “Only 210 gold coins, each weighing precisely 200g, are being issued to pay tribute to Tendulkar at a global level. Only very few will ever see this coin in the flesh, making them exceptionally rare and precious amongst thousands of fans who yearn to own a piece of the superstar’s legacy,” the London-based firm said in a statement.

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Current Affairs Questions :20 to 22 June 2014 for exams including SBI Clerk 2014

1) Who has defeated Lewis Hamilton to win Austrian Grand Prix on 22 June 2014?

(A) Valtteri Bottas

(B) Sebastian Vettel

(C) Kimi Raikonnen

(D) Nico Rosberg

2) Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) which has been inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 22 June 2014 is in which state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Gujarat

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Haryana

3) Name the Union Commerce and Industry Minister who has filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh on 21 June 2014?

(A) Smriti Irani

(B) Najma Heptulla

(C) Nirmala Sitharaman

(D) Uma Bharati

4) Who has replaced Virat Kohli at the top of the latest International Cricket Council One Day International rankings issued on 23 June 2014?

(A) Hashim Amla

(B) M S Dhoni

(C) Kumar Sangakkara

(D) AB de Villiers

5) Kodela Siva Prasada Rao on 20 June 2014 was elected as the first Assembly speaker of?

(A) Telangana

(B) Seemandhara

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) None of these

6) World Refugee Day was observed across the world on?

(A) 20 Jun 2014

(B) 21 Jun 2014

(C) 22 Jun 2014

(D) 23 Jun 2014

7) Kedarnath Singh who was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 on 20 June 2014 is the noted poet in which language?

(A) Bengali

(B) Hindi

(C) Urdu

(D) Malayalam

8) The government has increased railway passenger fare by ....... per cent and freight charges by 6.5 per cent on 20 June 2014?

(A) 14.2

(B) 14.5

(C) 4.2

(D) 11.6

9) Noted writer Salman Rushdie recently won which among the following prize?

(A) Tang Prize

(B) Abel Prize

(C) World Food Prize

(D) PEN Pinter prize

10) What was India's rank in Global Peace Index among 162 countries in the data released on 18 June 2014?

(A) 20

(B) 101

(C) 143

(D) 151

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Nico Rosberg

2) Ans. (B) Gujarat

3) Ans. (C) Nirmala Sitharaman

4) Ans. (D) AB de Villiers

5) Ans. (C) Andhra Pradesh

6) Ans. (A) 20 Jun 2014

7) Ans. (B) Hindi

8) Ans. (A) 14.2

9) Ans. (D) PEN Pinter prize

10) Ans. (C) 143

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