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First Week

1) Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the

new Governor of which state on 3 September 2014?

Ans. Kerala

2) President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 September 2014 cleared the appointment of

whom as the 42nd Chief Justice of India?

Ans. Justice H L Dattu

Note: Justice Dattu will become the Chief Justice of India after the retirement of

CJI R.M. Lodha on 27 September 2014. He would hold the post until his

retirement on 2 December 2015.

3) Which team won the inaugural title of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League on

31 August 2014?

Ans. Jaipur Pink Panther (JPP)

Note: It is owned by Abhisek Bachchan. They defeated U Mumba 35-24 in the

final at the NSCI Stadium in Mumbai.

4) Who recently became the first Indian actor to be honored with a postage stamp

by the US Post Service (USPS)?

Ans. Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

Note: The stamp will be issued on the birth anniversary of Nageshwara Rao that

is on 20 September 2014 in Dallas Texas.

5) Who became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship on 31

August 2014?

Ans. Carolina Marin


Note: The World Badminton Championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Carolina won women’s singles titles by defeating world number one Li Xuerui of

china.

6) Who was named Junior Men Player of the Year by Asian Hockey Federation

on 31 August 2014?

Ans. Manpreet Singh

7) Name the former Attorney General of India who died of a heart attack in

Mumbai on 2 September 2014?

Ans. Goolam Essaji Vahanvati

8) Name the Indo-Nepal joint military exercise which was concluded on 31

August 2014 at Pithoragarh?

Ans. Surya Kiran-VII

9) Union Government on 4 September 2014 approved ....... percent hike in

Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness

Relief (DR) to pensioners?

Ans. 7 %

10) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 3 September 2014 released a set

of eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on?

Ans. Indian Musicians

11) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 3 September 2014 constituted a panel

under whom to assess the amount of unclaimed deposits in the PPF accounts and

Post Office saving schemes?


Ans. H R Khan

Note: H R Khan is the Deputy Governor of RBI.

12) Sania Mirza and along with which player on 5 September 2014 won the

Mixed Doubles trophy of the US Open Tennis 2014?

Ans. Bruno Soares of Brazil

13) Name India's largest naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV) which was

commissioned into Indian Navy on 4 September 2014?

Ans. INS Sumitra

14) Which country on 31 August 2014 defeated Australia for the first time in 31

years in the one-day match played at the Harare Sports Club recently?

Ans. Zimbabwe

15) Name the first Women directors in IIT council?

Ans. Tessy Thomas and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath

Note: They were appointed on 1 September 2014. IIT Council is the apex body of

16 IITs. Tessy Thomas is the Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence

Research and Development Organisation.

16) Union Government on 2 September 2014 constituted a high-level committee

to review five environment laws. Who will head the committee?

Ans. Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramanian

17) India-Japan Annual Summit 2014 was held at?

Ans. Tokyo, Japan

Note: The Summit was held during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi five-day

visit to Japan from 30 August - 3 September 2014.


18) Which player was selected to lead Indian women's hockey team in Asian

Games 2014?

Ans. Ritu Rani

19) India won the 5-match One-Day International (ODI) series played against

England by 3-1 recently. Who was adjudged the Man-of-the-Series?

Ans. Suresh Raina

20) Who was appointed as first women chairperson of Indian Institute of

Advanced Study (IIAS) on 4 September 2014?

Ans. Chandrakala Padia

21) The revived Nalanda University on 1 September 2014 started its first session

with 15 students in its makeshift campus at which place?

Ans. Buddhist pilgrim town of Rajgir, about 100 km from Patna.

22) Which parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as the Prime Minister on 1

September 2014?

Ans. Libya

23) Which state became the first State in the country to launch a Health Adalat?

Ans. Karnataka

24) Name the renowned Telugu filmmaker nicknamed Bapu who died on 31

August 2014 in Chennai?

Ans. Sattiraju Lakshminarayana


25) Which state high court banned animal sacrifice at any place of public

religious worship on 1 September 2014?

Ans. Himachal Pradesh.

26) Saina Nehwal on 1 September 2014 decided to train under new coach?

Ans. Vimal Kumar

Note: She decided to split with the national head coach Pullela Gopichand.

27) Which country recently unveiled plans to issue world’s first digital currency?

Ans. Ecuador

28) Who recently set a world record in the womens hammer throw at the

Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) Berlin Athletics meet at Berlin's Olympic

stadium in Germany?

Ans. Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland

29) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 4 September 2014

formally announced that the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as?

Ans. Vijayawada

30) Who won the gold medal for the third time at the IWF World Masters

Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark recently?

Ans. Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant


Second Week

1) Who won the Men’s Singles title of the US Open of Tennis 2014 on 8

September 2014?

Ans. Marin Cilic

2) World Literacy Day was observed across the world on 8 September 2014. What

was the theme of the day this year?

Ans. Literacy and Sustainable Development

3) State Bank of India (SBI) on 13 September 2014 celebrated 150 years of its

operations in which country?

Ans. Sri Lanka.

4) Which bank launched a Cardless Cash Withdrawal service on 10 September

2014?

Ans. ICICI Bank

5) International Cricket Council (ICC) on 9 September 2014 suspended which

Pakistani off-spinner from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect

for illegal bowling action?

Ans. Saeed Ajmal

6) Who became the first Indian to visit to the stratosphere, the second layer of the

Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 2014?

Ans. TN Suresh Kumar


Note: He traveled to an altitude of 17100 meters in MIG-29 from Sokol Airbase

near Nizhny Novgorod in Russia.

7) Name the Prime Minister of Australia who visited India from 4 to 5 September

2014?

Ans. Tony Abbott

8) Who won the women’s Singles title of the US Open of Tennis 2014?

Ans. Serena Williams

Note: This was her third consecutive Tennis US Open trophy. She defeated

Caroline Wozniazki of Denmark in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. With this, Williams

joined the Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam

titles.

9) Supreme Court on 12 September 2014 ruled ...... percent quota for disabled

persons in all government jobs, including Indian Administrative Services (IAS),

and promotions?

Ans. 3%

10) Reserve Bank of India on 9 September 2014 decided to fix the upper age limit

at ..... years for Managing Directors (M.D) and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in

private sector banks?

Ans. 70 years

11) Engineering and information technology company Tata Technologies Ltd on

9 September 2014 appointed whom as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and

Managing Director (MD) of the company?

Ans. Warren Harris


12) Which committee on 8 September 2014 reported that most of the deemed

universities are not fit for being a university?

Ans. H Devaraj Committee

13) Uttarakhand Government officially declared which day as Himalaya Diwas?

Ans. 9 September

14) Who was elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India

(ASCI) on 12 September 2014?

Ans. Narendra Ambwani

15) Who became the youngest sailor to represent India at the 2014 Asian Games?

Ans. Chitresh Tatha, 12 years

16) Union government on 11 September 2014 decided to wind up which famous

watch factory in a phased manner?

Ans. HMT watches

17) Name the Indian who on 6 September 2014 won bronze at the women Grand

Prix chess at the Asian Games?

Ans. Harika Dronavalli

18) Which Indian player announced retirement from the professional snooker

tour on 5 September 2014?

Ans. Pankaj Advani


19) Name the Union Civil Aviation Minister who on 9 September 2014

announced that the Union Government has identified five locations for

development of no-frills airports in India?

Ans. Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju

20) Who was appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of World Bank on 10

September 2014?

Ans. Subhash Chandra Garg

Note: He is a Senior IAS officer.

21) Who won the men’s doubles titles of the US Open 2014?

Ans. American twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan

22) Unit 5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station on 6 September 2014 became

the ........ longest running reactor in the world?

Ans. Second

Third Week

1) Who was India's flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony held on

19 September 2014?

Ans. Sardar Singh

Note: Sardar Singh is the captain of Indian Hockey team.

2) Name the Mandolin maestro who died on 19 September 2014 in Chennai?

Ans. Uppalapu Srinivas


3) Name Asia's first women Grand Slam winner who on 19 September 2014

announced her retirement from Tennis at the age of 32?

Ans. Li Na

4) Who was appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women

(NCW) recently?

Ans. Lalitha Kumaramangalam

5) International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16

September 2014. What was the theme this year?

Ans. Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On.

6) National Hindi Divas (Hindi Day) was observed across India on 14 September

2014. Why was Hindi Diwas celebrated on this day?

Ans. Hindi Day is observed because on 14 September 1949, the Constituent

Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the Official

Language of the Union.

7) Which country on 19 September 2014 rejected the historic referendum for

independence from United Kingdom through public voting?

Ans. Scotland

8) 17th Asian Games also known as XVII Asiad commenced at Asiad Main

Stadium in Incheon, South Korea on 19 September 2104. What is the theme of

Asian Games 2014?

Ans. Meet Asia’s Future


9) What was the slogan of Asian Games 2014?

Ans. "Diversity Shines Here"

10) Union Sports Ministry on 17 September 2014 agreed to honour which Boxer

with Arjuna Award?

Ans. Manoj Kumar

Note: Ministry admitted in the court that Manoj was initially not considered for

the award by the committee as they mistakenly believed that he was involved in

a doping case.

11) US President Barack Obama on 18 September 2014 nominated which Indian-

American as the next US Ambassador to India?

Ans. Richard Rahul Verma

12) Which state became the first Indian state to ratify the National Judicial

Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014?

Ans. Rajasthan

Note: The Bill seeks to end the two-decade-old collegium system of

appointments and transfers of judges to higher judiciary.

13) Which place became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of

India (IFFI) as decided by Union Government recently?

Ans. Goa

14) Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on 12 September 2014 released his

autobiography named?

Ans. And then One Day: A Memoir.


15) Who won the Miss America pageant on 14 September 2014?

Ans. Miss Kira Kazantsev

16) Which country won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia on

14 September 2014?

Ans. USA

17) Name the young Indian shuttler won Indonesian Badminton Masters Grand

Prix Gold on 14 September 2014?

Ans. HS Prannoy

18) US Senate on 19 September 2014 passed a bipartisan resolution declaring

which day as US-India Partnership Day?

Ans. 30 September 2014

19) Name the Co-founder and leader of Oracle Corp who on 18 September 2014

stepped down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?

Ans. Larry Ellison

Note: Larry Ellison will now be the chairman of Oracle’s board and the Chief

Technology Officer of the company.

20) Who became the first transgender television news anchor in India recently?

Ans. Padmini Prakash

Note: On the eve of Independence Day on 15 August 2014, she for the first time

read out the day’s headlines from a teleprompter for the Lotus News Channel

Studios.


21) President Pranab Mukherjee was on a visit to which foreign country from 14

to 17 September 2014?

Ans. Socialist Republic of Vietnam

22) Chinese President Xi Jinping on 16 September 2014 appointed whom as

China's new Ambassador to India?

Ans. Le Yucheng

23) Name the former Director General of Police of Assam who committed suicide

on 17 September 2014?

Ans. Sanker Baruah

Note: His suicide came after CBI raided his residence during the course of

investigation of multi-crore Saradha chit fund case.

24) Who was appointed as United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special

focus on climate change on 16 September 2014?

Ans. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio

25) International Economic Association (IEA) on 16 September 2014 appointed

whom as president-elect of the association beginning September 2014?

Ans. Kaushik Basu

26) Which firm on 18 September 2014 launched equity index linked green bond?

Ans. BNP Paribas

Note: It was launched in collaboration with the World Bank which will help

raise funds for products seeking to mitigate climate change. It is the first equity

index linked with green bond.


27) Which state police on 16 September 2014 decided to launch its first e-police

station to deal exclusively with vehicle thefts?

Ans. Delhi Police

28) The 20th Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship was held from

12 to 16 September 2014 at?

Ans. Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai

29) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI) on 17

September 2014?

Ans. Adil Zainulbhai

Fourth Week

1) Name the campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25

September 2014 to make India a manufacturing hub?

Ans. Make In India Campaign

Note: The campaign is aimed to attract foreign companies to set up their

manufacturing units in India and to seek greater foreign investment.

2) Name the scheme launched by Union Government on 25 September 2014 aims

at alleviating urban and rural poverty through enhancement of livelihood

opportunities through skill development and other means?

Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana

3) Which film was selected as India’s official entry in the 2015 Oscars Awards on

23 September 2014?

Ans. Liar's Dice


Note: The hindi film is directed by Geethu Mohandas. The 87th Oscar Awards

event will take place in the US on 22 February 2015. The movie stars national

award winning actors Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

4) India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, Manglayaan successfully entered the Martian

orbit on?

Ans. 24 September 2014

Note: By achieving this fete, India created the history of becoming the first

country to insert the spacecraft of the mission around the Mars in first attempt.

5) Which tech giant on 22 September 2014 announced to launch a nationwide

contest to develop a mobile app for Prime Minister’s office (PMO)?

Ans. Google

6) Name the rescue operation undertaken by Indian Army during Jammu and

Kashmir floods recently?

Ans. Operation Megh Rahat

7) Name the Chief Minister of Maharashtra who has resigned on 26 September

2014 after his government was reduced to a minority?

Ans. Prithviraj Chavan

Note: His resignation came in the backdrop of withdrawal of the support of the

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that supported Congress for the last 15 years.

8) Name the new name of Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP)

which was launched by Union government on 25 September 2014?

Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

9) Which cricketers were recently selected as Bradman Honouree 2014?


Ans. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

10) Which banks allowed kids to operate bank accounts independently on 24

September 2014?

Ans. SBI and ICICI

Note: The bank account is available for all kids above 10 who can sign

uniformly. On 5 September 2014, SBI had launched new accounts Pehla Kadam

and Pehli Udaan for kids. ICICI Bank has launched Smart Stars account and

Federal Bank Limited has Young Champ Account for minors.

11) Who was appointed as the head coach of the national team of Srilanka on 24

September 2014?

Ans. Marvan Atapattu, the former national cricket team captain

12) Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) Working Committee on 26

September 2014 extended Ravi Shastri’s tenure as Director of Indian Cricket team

till?

Ans. End of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

13) Union Government recently declared which day as Antyodya Diwas?

Ans. 25 September

Note: Antyodya diwas was observed to mark the 98th birth anniversary of

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was the noted

philosopher, historian and political activist.

14) Name the renowned Hindi author was given the Saraswati Samman 2013 in

New Delhi on 23 September 2014?

Ans. Govind Mishra


Note: He was given the Samman by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for his

novel Dhool Paudhon Par that was published in 2008. Govind Mishra is the

second Hindi author to be conferred with this honour after Harivansh Rai

Bachchan in 1991.

15) Who was appointed as the new head of the Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-

Services Intelligence (ISI) on 22 September 2014?

Ans. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar

16) CSIR on 26 September 2014 announced the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards

2014 for ten persons in recognition of their work. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

Awards is given in which field?

Ans. Science

17) Who are the winners of Right Livelihood Award 2014?

Ans. Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger

Note: The first one is former U.S. spy agency contractor and the other is the

editor of The Guardian. The Right Livelihood Award is also known as

Alternative Nobel prize of Sweden.

18) Who was selected for the JC Daniel Award for lifetime achievement for the

year 2013 given by State Government of Kerala?

Ans. Noted writer and filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair

19) UN Climate Change Summit 2014 was held at?

Ans. New York


20) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 September 2014 approved the appointment

of whom as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Kerala-based South Indian Bank Ltd?

Ans. V.G. Mathew

21) The Forbes India magazine released The 100 Richest Indian List 2014 on 25

September 2014. Who has topped the list?

Ans. Mukesh Ambani

22) Who was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting

Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015 on 24 September 2014 ?

Ans. Rajat Sharma

Note: He is India TV chairman and editor-in-chief.

23) Union Ministry of Sports Sarbananda Sonowal on 22 September 2014

inaugurated National Academy for Athletics and National Golf Academy at?

Ans. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

24) Internet major Yahoo! Inc. on 21 September 2014 acquired which Bangalore-

based start-up firm for over 8 million US dollars?

Ans. BookPad Inc

25) Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term on

21 September 2014?

Ans. John Key


26) AP Government on 23 September 2014 issued an order enhancing the upper

age limit for direct recruitment in government service from 34 to?

Ans. 40 Years

27) Who was unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations

(ABC) for the year 2014-15 on 22 September 2014?

Ans. Amit Mathew

Note: He is the resident editor and director of Malyala Manorama.

28) Ancient Nalanda University (NU) was formally inaugurated after 800 years

on 19 September 2014 by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at?

Ans. Rajgir near Nalanda, Bihar.

29) Who has sworn in as new Prime Minister of Fiji on 22 September 2014?

Ans. Voreqe Bainimarama

30) Which city will host ICC World Cricket League Division 3 from 23 to 30

October 2014?

Ans. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

31) Who won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award

on 24 September 2014?

Ans. Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel

32) Reserve Bank of India on 24 September 2014 released which report on

Capacity Building in banks and non-banks?

Ans. Gopalakrishna Committee report


33) Who was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the

Group of 20 annual Summit 2014 on 23 September 2014?

Ans. Suresh Prabhu

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