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2014 Current Affairs - General Knowledge

Questions about current events from 2014 covering politics, economics, science, sports, and awards

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, the government of which state reduced the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Haryana
  3. Gujarat
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Karnataka
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to the South Asia Economic Focus Report released by the World Bank, the region’s economy will expand by ____ percent in 2015.

  1. 6
  2. 6.4
  3. 5.9
  4. 5.4
  5. 5
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following topped the list of 100 global thinkers released by Foreign Policy Magazine of America in November 2014?

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Barack Obama
  3. Matteo Renzl
  4. Narendra Modi
  5. Tony Abott
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who has written the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. M. K. Gandhi
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. L. K. Advani
  5. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, who among the following was selected to replace Justice Markenday Katju as the Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)?

  1. H. S. Bedi
  2. A. K. Ganguly
  3. C. K. Prasad
  4. R. V. Raveendran
  5. J. M. Panchal
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In November 2014, Iran and P5 + 1 Countries agreed to extend the deadline on Iran Nuclear Deal by

  1. 9 months
  2. 3 months
  3. 5 months
  4. 7 months
  5. 11 months
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following companies replaced Google as Firefox's Default Search Engine?

  1. Yandex
  2. Yahoo
  3. Baidu
  4. Facebook
  5. Tencent
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which space agency does the Rosetta mission belong to?

  1. China National Space Administration
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  3. Indian Space Research Organisation
  4. European Space Agency
  5. Russian Federal Space Agency
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following countries was Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) launched in April 2014?

  1. Australia
  2. England
  3. France
  4. UAE
  5. Canada
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was honoured with the centenary award for Indian Film Personality of the year 2014 at the International Film Festival of India?

  1. Rajinikanth
  2. Amitabh Bachchan
  3. Salman Khan
  4. Shah Rukh Khan
  5. Nagarjuna Akkineni
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cricketers received the Arjuna Award in 2014?

  1. Suresh Raina
  2. Virat Kohli
  3. Ravichandran Ashwin
  4. Shikhar Dhawan
  5. Rohit Sharma
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following persons succeeded Arvind Mayaram as the Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance in 2014?

  1. Ratan P. Watal
  2. Rajiv Mehrishi
  3. Gurdial Singh Sandhu
  4. Shaktikanta Das
  5. Aradhana Johri
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following persons won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics?

  1. Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland
  2. Saul Perlmutter, Adam G. Riess and Brian Schmidt
  3. Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs
  4. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
  5. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign was launched on ___ birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

  1. 140th
  2. 142nd
  3. 150th
  4. 147th
  5. 149th
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