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1. Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014?
Answer: Cyrus Mistry
2. The spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community who passed away recently?
Answer: Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
3. The mission newly launched by the Government of India to improve the public health care in the urban areas?
Answer: National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)
4. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways celebrated January 11 to 17 as ………… week?
Answer: Road Safety Week
5. Which legendary Bengali actress who starred in memorable Hindi films like Devdas and Aandhi passed away on January 17?
Answer: Suchitra Sen
6. Who is appointed as India’s new Commerce Secretary?
Answer: Rajeev Kher
7. India’s joint Coast Guard exercise with which country was named Sahayog Kaijin 2014?
Answer: Japan
8. The first women to be appointed as chief of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad?
Answer: Aruna Bahuguna
9. Catherine Samba Panza has been elected as the interim President of which African country?
Answer: Central African Republic
10. The new authority setup by the Government of India to advice the Railway Ministry on fare and freight rates?
Answer: Rail Tariff Authority
11. Who became the youngest person to reach South pole?
Answer: Lewis Clarke
12. Which community has recently been granted minority status by the Union Government?
Answer: Jain
13. Which country won the inaugural title of Hockey World League Final?
Answer: Netherlands
14. Who heads the expert committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India to review the governance of Boards of Banks in India?
Answer: P.J Nayak
15. Which phenomenon is stated to be the reason for the record low temperatures in the United States?
Answer: Polar Vortex
16. What is the name of the private information stealing virus detected in online banking transactions, by the Computer Emergency response Team – India (CERT-In)?
Answer: Dexter
17. Which African nation approved a new constitution in the referendum held on January 14 and 15?
Answer: Egypt
18. Who won FIFA’s Women World Player of the Year Award 2013?
Answer: Nadine Angerer (Germany)
19. The new secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
Answer: Sudhir Gupta
20. Akhilesh Gupta has been re-elected as the president of Which Indian sports body?
Answer: Badminton Association of India (BAI)
21. Who became the first Indian wicket keeper to cross 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals?
Answer: M.S Dhoni
22. Which Indian dairy co-operative launched the country’s first ‘Milk ATM’?
Answer: Amul
23. Which Srilankan cricketer has recently joined the 11000 test runs club?
Answer: Mahela Jayawardhene
24. Hery Rajaonarimampinana has been elected as the new President of which island country?
Answer: Madagascar
25. Which authority has recently launched a programme to set up village level legal service clinics in every taluk in the country?
Answer: National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)
26. National Voters Day was celebrated on:
Answer: January 25
27. Which Indian state won the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Ulysses Award for Innovation in Public Policy and Governance?
Answer: Kerala
28. Which country recently allowed Sikh Military men to wear turbans, head scarves and other religious clothing with their uniform?
Answer: USA
29. Which Russian Martial Arts has been recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia to be included in the Asian Games from 2019?
Answer: Sambo
30. The International Petroleum Conference 2014 has been held in which Indian city?
Answer: New Delhi
31. Which country is presently building a new sanctuary to world’s rarest Javan rhinos?
Answer: Indonesia
32. Which Indian born scientist was awarded 2014 Marconi Society Prize, for developing the theory and application of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas?
Answer: A.J Paulraj
33. Which legendary actor of Telugu cinema and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee (1991) passed away on 22 January?
Answer: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
34. Who heads the panel set up by the Reserve Bank of India to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses?
Answer: Bimal Jalan
35. The World Health Organization has termed which city as the World’s largest reservoir of endemic polio virus?
Answer: Peshawar (Pakistan)
36. Which lake lagoon in India has recently been named ‘Destination Flyways’ by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)?
Answer: Chilka lagoon (Odhisha)
37. National Girl Child Day was observed on:
Answer: January 24
38. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was observed on ………….?
Answer: January 27
39. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to which year?
Answer: 2005
40. Who was chief gust at the 65th Republic Day celebrations at Delhi?
Answer: Shinzo Abe. He is the Prime Minister of Japan.
41. Who headed the expert committee set up to review the institutional framework of Prasar Bharti?
Answer: Sam Pitroda
42. Who won the 2014 Australian Open Men’s Singles title?
Answer: Stanislas Wawrinka
43. Who won the Women’s singles in the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament?
Answer: Saina Nehwal
44. Which Chinese player defeated Domibka Cibulkova of Slovakia to win the 2014 Australian Open Women’s Singles title?
Answer: Li Na
45. Which former Soviet Republic has recently been troubled by anti-government protests?
Answer: Ukraine
46. Who have recently been conferred Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honour?
Answer: R.A Mashelkar and BKS Iyengar
47. Which world renowned physicist has proposed a new theory on Black Holes?
Answer: Stephen Hawking
48. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?
Answer: Harish Rawat (Indian National Congress)
49. India’s first monorail service was inaugurated in which city?
Answer: Mumbai
50. World Wetland Day was celebrated on:
Answer: February 2
51. Which team won the 2014 Renji Trophy cricket tournament?
Answer: Karnataka
52. Who became the first woman to be inducted to be umpire’s panel of International Cricket Council (ICC)?
Answer: Kathy Cross
53. Who was conferred this year’s ICTP Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries?
Answer: Anand Kumar
54. Which person of Indian origin got the prestigious South African Award ‘Amadelakufa’?
Answer: Ela Gandhi
55. World Cancer Day was observed on:
Answer: February 4
56. Which African country has recently recognized Indian Rupee as their legal tender in trade?
Answer: Zimbabwe
57. Which Indian was appointed by the United Nations as special advisor on cyber security?
Answer: Vivek Lall
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