World Current Affairs Important Question / Answer

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 14 April 2014 released the Trends in world military expenditure, 2013. According to this the world military expenditure in

Real terms has declined since 2012 by_______

A. 1.9 percent

B. 2.9 percent

C. 2.5 percent

D. 3.0 percent

India born poet Vijay Seshadri on 14 April 2014 won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems published in 2013. Name the collection of the poems for which he was awarded

A. The Goldfinch

B. Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

C. The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virgini

D. 3 Sections

Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgment of 15 April 2014 recognized transgender as the third category of sex. In its judgment the Apex Court claimed transgender as socially and economically backward. The decision came while hearing PIL (Public Interest Litigation) in which case

A. Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr Vs Union of India & Ors

B. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Vs Union of India & Ors

C. Champakam Dorairajan Vs State of Madras

D. S.R. Bommai Vs Union of India

Who won the Women's Champion Fiberglass Texas Open squash tournament held at

Houston, United States on 14 April 2014

A. Charlotte Fish

B. Jan Koukal

C. Nour El Sherbini

D. Svante Sandell

Along which coast of India a 45-day long ban on fishing was imposed from the midnight on 14 April 2014

A. East Coast

B. West coast

C. Along the coast of A & N Islands

D. Both (a) & (b)

A state Government has refused to repatriate all the Bru refugees lodged in six Tripura

relief camps within three months. Name the state that has refused to repatriate the Bru

Refugees within 3 months______.

A. Assam

B. Sikkim

C. Manipur

D. Mizoram

Name the report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has highlighted that Arab countries will have to come up with bold economic policy reforms for economic stability and job creation

A. Towards New Horizons-Arab Economic Transformation amid Political Transitions

B. Arab Economic Transformation amid Political Transitions - the new Horizons

C. New Horizons-Arab Economic Transformation amid Political Transitions

D. None of the above

Who won the Millennium Technology Prize 2014 given in the second week of April 2014?

A. Physicist Saul Perlmutter

B. Chemist Roger S Goody

C. Physicist Stuart Parkin

D. None of the above

Name the renowned cinematographer and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee, which died on 7 April 2014 at his residence in Shankarapuram?

A. B. N. Sircar

B. V K Murthy

C. Pankaj Mullick

D. Raichand Boral

Which country won the T20 Women Cricket World Cup 2014?

A. England

B. Australia

C. New Zealand

D. South Africa

Recently Iran and Pakistan conducted a Joint Military Exercise to promote the military

cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad. Where was the exercise held?

A. Tehran

B. Lahore

C. Strait of Hormuz

D. Aligoodarz

Who won the Singapore Open 2014 of badminton on 13 April 2014?

A. Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia

B. Saina Nehwal, India

C. P V Sidhu, India

D. Simon Santoso, Indonesia

Which Indian industrialist on 10 April 2014 was appointed as a member of the Board of

Forum for Asia (BFA).

A. Mukesh Ambani

B. N Narayan Murthy

C. Ratan Tata

D. Gautam Adani

Who has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary on 8 April 2014 for a consecutive second term.

A. Attila Mesterhazy

B. Viktor Orban

C. Gordon Bajnai

D. Peter Medgyessy

Ernesto Gainza on 7 April 2014 set a new Guinness record for skydiving using the world's smallest parachute. He belongs to which country?

A. UAE

B. UK

C. USA

D. Saudi Arabia

What is the name of the battery unveiled by an Israeli startup on 8 April 2014 that charges a Smartphone in less than 30 seconds?

A. MamoDot

B. SpeedoDot

C. Nanodots

D. Bulletdots

Name the first Indian cricketer, who has featured on the cover page of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack published in London.

A. Sunil Gavaskar

B. Kapil Dev

C. Virat Kohli

D. Sachin Tendulkar

World Bank on 9 April 2014 projected that the economic growth rate of India for the fiscal year 2014-2015 will be.

A. 5.5%

B. 5.7%

C. 6.1%

D. 6.6%

The lawmakers of Spain on 8 April 2014 voted to reject the request by the authorities of a region to hold a referendum on independence on 9 November 2014. Name the region whose authorities have sent the referendum proposal

A. Cantabria

B. La Rioja

C. Navarre

D. Catalonia

Name the city which on 7 April 2014 received its first passenger train?

A. Dispur, the capital of Assam

B. Itanagar the capital of Arunachal Pradesh

C. Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram

D. Agartala, the capital of Tripura

Name the novel of Indian American novelist, Jhumpa Lahiri's that has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction on 8 April 2014?

A. Americanah

B. The Undertaking

C. Burial Rites

D. Lowland

lwao Hakamada, the Japanese boxer was recently awarded with an honorary championship belt by World Boxing Council (WBC). Hakamada was freed from death row on 27 March 2014 after how many years in prison following a murder conviction

A. 28

B. 36

C. 48

D. 52

Name the team that won the 4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014

(Division A) by defeating Odisha 6-2 in the finals at Chennai, Tamil Nadu?

A. Punjab

B. Jharkhand

C. West Bengal

D. Haryana

Who was recently crowned as the fbb Femina Miss India 2014?

A. Navneer Kaur Dhillion

B. Koyal Rana

C. Jhataleka Malhotra

D. Gail Nicole Da'Silva

India was defeated by Sri Lanka in the ICC Twenty World Cup 2014 final match at Shere Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Dhaka. Who captained the Sri Lankan side in the final?

A. Lasith Malinga

B. Mahela Jayawardena

C. Kumar Sangakkara

D. Lahiru Thirimanne

Sari Lanka on 6 April 2014 won the ICC Twenty World Cup 2014 title after defeating India by six wickets in the final match at Shere Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Dhaka. Who was adjudged as the Man of the series of the tournament?

A. Lasith Malinga

B. Virant Kohli

C. Kumar Sangakkara

D. MS Dhoni

Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix on 7 April 2014?

A. Nico Rosberg

B. Vettel

C. Lewis Hamilton

D. Nico Hulkenberg

Ebola detected recently in Guinea of African Continent is caused by_____.

A. Anopheles mosquito

B. Fungi

C. Bacteria

D. Virus

Who discovered the non-insulin drug candidate for diabetic patients in the second week of April 2014?

A. William Bayliss

B. Murray Gell-Mann

C. Arnab De

D. Paul Dirac

Name the footballer who was named as the Professional Footballers€™ Association

Player of the Year at an award ceremony on 28 April 2014 in London?

A. Luis Suarez of Liverpool

B. Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United

C. Eden Hazard of Chelsea

D. None of these

Name the recipient of the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award_______.

A. Deepak

B. Ratan Tata

C. NR Narayana Murthy

D. Sam Pitroda

Supreme Court of India on 29 April 2014 rule designated an authority person to record

statement of rape victims within 24 hours instead of police officials. Name the authority

A. Judicial Magistrate

B. Judge of a High Court

C. Collector of the District

D. None of the above

National Basketball Association (NBA) on 1 May 2014 banned Los Angeles Clippers owner for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over an alleged racist remark on African-American spectators in the stand. Name the owner________.

A. Michael Jordon

B. Donald Sterling

C. Bruce Levenson

D. Michael Gearon

Name the Indian-American whose name was confirmed by US Senate as the federal judge in Illinois

A. Vijay Gandhi

B. Ami Bera

C. Vijay K Nambiar

D. Manish Shah

Name the city that on 1 May 2014 agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in

form of a full-fledged Gurudwara in the city

A. Johannesburg

B. Cape Town

C. Accra

D. Kisumu

Which film got the highest awards in different categories in the IIFA Awards 2014?

A. Chennai Express

B. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

C. Shaadi ke Sideeffects

D. Aashiqui 2

The US Green Building Council released the list of LEED outside United States, what is the rank of India______

A. Rank 1

B. Rank 5

C. Rank 3

D. Rank 7

Who is the President and CEO of the Nokia______

A. Satya Nadella

B. Rakesh Agrawal

C. S. D. Shibulal

D. Rajeev Suri

Who won the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2014?

A. Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan

B. Adhiban of India

C. Yu Yangyi of China

D. Abhijeet Gupta of India

Sania and Cara Black of Zimbabwe together how many titles they won along with WTA

Portugal Open 2014

A. 3 titles

B. 5 titles

C. 1 title

D. 4 titles

Who won the women's doubles title at the WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Portugal on 3 May 2014

A. Eva Hrdinova of Cezech and Valeria Solovyeva of Russia

B. Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe

C. Vera Dushevina of Russia and Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain

D. Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei and Liezel Huber of US

Name the Indian veteran trap shooter who on 2 May 2014 jumped to the third spot in the world rankings. He achieved the rank after winning gold at the ISSF World Cup in Tucson, USA, in March 2014_________

A. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

B. Abhinav Bindra

C. Heena Sindhu

D. Manavjit Singh Sandhu

President of India on 2 May 2014 conferred Gallantry Awards on 55 personnel for their

distinguished service and bravery at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Who of the following is not the recipient of Kriti Chakras___

A. Balwinder Singh

B. Bhrigu Nandan Choudhary

C. Lohit Sonowal

D. Bhupal Singh Chhantel Magar

Archaeologists have discovered a granary with walls of mud-bricks during just-concluded excavation at a Harappan civilization site. The excavation work was done from January to April 2014. Name the place where the granary was discovered

A. Dholavira

B. Lothal

C. Rakhigarhi

D. Ganweriwala

Name the African country that will use India-made Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the countries Presidential Election, scheduled in November 2014_______

A. Namibia

B. Mauritius

C. Burundi

D. Nigeria

Name the person who stepped down from his role as UN's Messenger of Peace amid the reports of his engagement with a human Rights lawyer

A. Tom Hanks

B. George Clooney

C. Will Smith

D. Bradley Cooper

Name the sports authority that on 29 April 2014 announced an increase of 10.8 percent in the total prize amount for the year________

A. International Cricket Association

B. World Archery Federation

C. Wimbledon

D. Federation International de Football Association

Name the Indian who on 28 April 2014 won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for the year 2014 that is commonly called as the Green Nobel_________

A. Helen Holden

B. Ramesh Agrawal

C. Rudi Putra

D. Suren Gazaryan

Name the company that on 26 April 2014 completed the acquisition of Nokia's mobile

handset business__________

A. SAP based in Germany

B. Adobe Systems based in the US

C. Oracle based in the US

D. Microsoft based in the US

Name the former American middleweight boxer, who died on 20 April 2014 following a

battle with prostate cancer_________

A. Tommy Morrison

B. Rubin Hurricane Carter

C. Ultimate Warrior

D. Earl Weaver

Name the publisher that will publish a book Hard Choices of Hillary Rodham Clinton______

A. Bloomsbury Publishing

B. Simon & Shuster

C. Harper Collins P

D. Penguin Random House

The Supreme Court of India has directed that woman employee of the central government can get an uninterrupted leave for ________ years for childcare and it includes needs like examination and sickness

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

Hero MotoCorp on 21 April 2014 announced that it has entered Bangladesh in two wheeler segment through a joint venture of 55:45 with a Bangladesh firm. Name it________

A. Tagaz

B. Aftab Automobiles

C. Nitol Niloy

D. Walton Hi-Tech Industries

The Chariman of Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari in April 2014 administered oath to four members as Rajya Sabha member on four vacant seats of Odisha in his Chamber in Parliament House. One of the four members who took the oath of the Upper House of the Parliament is also a Chairman of IPL, name him________

A. AU Singh Deo

B. Kalpataru Das

C. Sarojini Hembram

D. Ranjib Biswal

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on 23 April 2014 asked private telecom company to immediately withdraw its controversial advertisement on Pashmina Shawls.Name the company who has been asked_______

A. Idea Cellular

B. Vodafone

C. Reliance

D. Airtel

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 22 April 2014 launched the AIFF Academy Certification to set a standard of youth development in the country, through certification model. Which of the following is not a part of the Criteria of certification under which the academies will be assessed and certified________

A. Coaching staff and qualifications

B. Facilities

C. Training schedule, training sessions

D. None of the above

What is the theme of the 2014 International Mother Earth Day?

A. Green Cities

B. Stand-Up For Mother Earth

C. Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature

D. None of the above

Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on 17 April 2014 in Mexico. In which field he received Nobel price in 1982_________

A. Economy

B. Chemistry

C. Literature

D. Physics

Who won inaugural Richmond Open 2014 of Squash?

A. Rachael Grinham

B. Susan Devoy

C. Tania Bailey

D. Joshna Chinappa

Recently, European Parliament on 15 April 2014 approved the Banking Union reforms. The banking reforms will provide a set of rules to supervise the euro zone banks and deal with any Future failures. What was the name given to the set of the rules?

A. Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)

B. Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM)

C. Mechanism for the banking norms

D. European banking standards