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QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 2014

1. With which musical instrument was U 8. With which of the following sports is Manoj Srinivas, who passed away recently, associated? Kumar, who was belatedly conferred the Arjuna (a) Santoor (b) Mandolin Award in September, associated? (c) Mrudangam (d) Veena (a) Athletics (b) Badminton 2. With whom did partner in the US (c) Boxing (d) Shooting Open to win the mixed doubles title? 9. Which of the following has been chosen to be (a) (b) Horia Tecau the SAARC Cultural Capital for a year beginning (c) (d) April 2015? 3. Ms Lalitha Kumaramangalam is the new (a) Dhaka (b) Colombo chairperson of – (c) Bamiyan (d) Thimpu (a) National Commission for Women 10. What name was given to the operation (b) National Commission for Minorities launched by the Indian Army to provide relief to (c) National Commission for Protection of Child flood affected people of Jammu and Kashmir? Rights (a) Operation Megh Rahat (d) Central Board of Film Censors (b) Operation Meghdoot 4. Yudh Abhyas 2014 was a joint military (c) Operation Baad Rahat training exercise conducted in Uttarakhand by (d) Operation Pawan the armies of and – 11. Esplanade House, which was recently (a) France (b) Sri Lanka awarded UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award is (c) USA (d) Philippines the former residence of – 5. Which of the following films has been chosen (a) Homi J Bhabha (b) Jamshetji Tata to be India’s official entry at the Academy (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Mahatma Gandhi Awards 2014? 12. Who of the following has been conferred (a) Haider (b) Kochadaiiyaan the 2014 Right Livelihood Honorary Award? (c) Finding Fanny (d) Liar’s Dice (a) Malala Yousafzai (b) Asma Jahangir 6. Who of the following was the flag-bearer of (c) Aung San Suu Kyi (d) Edward Snowden the Indian contingent at the Asian Games 2014? 13. Which of the following railway stations has (a) Saina Nehwal (b) Sania Mirza become the first in the country to provide free (c) Sardar Singh (d) Mary Kom wi-fi service? 7. Who of the following is the founder of (a) Chennai Central (b) Mumbai Central Alibaba group which recently became the (c) City (d) New Delhi biggest US listed IPO in history? 14. Which Indian player was recently awarded (a) Jimmy Wales (b) Jack Ma the Commitment Award by the (c) Edward Snowden (d) Jackie Chan International Federation?

(a) (b) Sania Mirza (a) (b) (c) (d) Mahesh Bhupathi (c) (d) Marin Cilic 15. Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam 18. Mr. John Key has recently been elected for has taken over as the Governor of which of the the third term as the Prime Minister of – following states? (a) New Zealand (b) Australia (a) (b) Kerala (c) England (d) Canada (c) Meghalaya (d) Rajasthan 19. Which country has set a new record of 16. Who of the following has been named afforestation by planting 3.2 million saplings in Young Leader of Tomorrow by Time magazine one hour, breaking the previous record of 1.9 for designing flood-proof houses for slum million trees set by India in 2011? dwellers? (a) Indonesia (b) Sri Lanka (a) Manjulatha Kalanidhi (c) Philippines (d) China (b) Anand Kumar 20. The volcano, Mt Ontake, which suddenly (c) Alok Shetty erupted in the last week of September 2014, (d) Ramesh Agarwal killing several people is located in – 17. Who of the following has won the US Open (a) Indonesia (b) Haiti Men’s Singles title for 2014? (c) Iceland (d) Japan

Answers

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a)

11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (d)