Current Affairs (July 15 to 21) Bit bank.pdf

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1. Who has been selected as India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony

of the 20th Commonwealth Games?

1) Vijay Kumar 2) Gagan Narang

3) Yogeshwar Dutt 4) Abhinav Bindra

2. After a gap of 15 years, National Carrier Air India has resumed air

service to which of the following cities in July 2014?

1) Beijing 2) Moscow 3) Dhaka 4) New York

3. Steven Gerard announced his retirement from international football

on July 21, 2014. He is the Captain of -

1) Australia 2) Franc 3) England 4) USA

4. Who won the German Grand Prix Formula One championship on

July 20, 2014?

1) Nico Rosberg 2) Sebastian Vettel

3) Lewis Hamilton 4) Fernando Alonso

5. Who was presented the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 on July

15, 2014?

1) Ela Gandhi 2) Ela Bhatt

3) Chandi Prasad Bhatt 4) Medha Patkar

6. Bharti Enterprises had sold majority state in the wholly-owned

subsidiary Beetel Teletech to Brightstar which is based in -

1) UK 2) France 3) Canada 4) USA

7. Durand Cup will be held in which of the following states between

October 28 and November 9 this year?

1) Goa 2) Kerala 3) West Bengal 4) Delhi

8. The 6th

BRICS Summit was held in which of the following countries?

1) South Africa 2) Russia 3) Brazil 4) China


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9. The New Development Bank will be established in -

1) Beijing 2) Shanghai 3) Moscow 4) Fortaleza

10. Which Indian film legend's ancestral home in Bangladesh will be

turned into a museum?

1) Suchitra Sen 2) Guru Dutt 3) Geeta Dutt 4) Satyajit Ray

11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed which Country as “our

country’s greatest friend”?

1) Brazil 2) South Africa 3) Russia 4) Bangladesh

12. Which world leader became a part in the vast mid-day meal

programme in Rajasthan when he visited Jaipur on July 16, 2014?

1) Tony Blair 2) Bill Clinton

3) George Bush 4) Gordon Brown

13. The 13th

annual Indo-Russia summit will be held in December 2014

in which of the following cities?

1) Moscow 2) Mumbai 3) New Delhi 4) Sochi

14. India signed agreements on cooperation in the field of environment

and remote sensing with which of the following countries on the

sidelines of the sixth BRICS Summit on July 16, 2014?

1) Brazil 2) Russia 3) China 4) South Africa

15. Which of the following agencies is mandated to investigate offences

under the prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Foreign

Exchange Management Act?

1) CBI 2) IB 3) ED 4) RAW

16. Bashar al-Assad was sworn in as the president of which of the

following countries for a new seven – year term on July 16, 2014?

1) Iran 2) Syria 3) Traq 4) Yemen

17. Chandi Prasad Bhatt is associated with which of the following

movements?

1) Narmada Bachao Andolan


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2) Anti - corruption movement

3) Chipko movement

4) None of these

18. Gursimran ‘Sim’ Bhullar is associated with which of the following

sports?

1) Shooting 2) Golf 2) Sailing 4) Basket ball

19. Which former Indian Cricketer became the 47th

member of the

Laureus World Sports Academy in July 2014?

1) Sourav Ganguly 2) Rahul Dravid

3) V.V.S. Laxman 4) Sachin Tendulkar

20. MH 17 passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on July

17, 2014. This passenger jet belonged to -

1) Ukraine 2) Russia 3) Mauritius 4) Malaysia

21. Which country will host the IBSA Summit in 2015?

1) India 2) Brazil 3) South Africa 4) Australia

22. The Reserve Bank of India has set a minimum paid – up capital of

how many crore rupees for those who wish to set up payments and

small banks?

1) Rs. 40 Crore 2) Rs. 50 Crore

3) Rs. 100 Crore 4) Rs. 500 Crore

23. Which country became the first ration to legalise child labour from

age 10?

1) Paraguay 2) Bolivia 3) Uruguay 4) Argentina

24. Nikesh Arora resigned as the chief Business Officer of which of the

following companies on July 18, 2014?

1) Nokia 2) Microsoft 3) Facebook 4) Google

25. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded India’s economic

growth forecast to what percent in 2015 -16?

1) 6.5 2) 7.3 3) 6.3 4) 7.5


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26. Philipp Lahm quit international soccer on July 18, 2014. He was the

captain of which of the following football teams?

1) Brazil 2) Germany 3) Spain 4) Netherlands

27. Which city hosted a first ever yoga festival in July 2014?

1) Beijing 2) Dhaka 3) Moscow 4) Madrid

28. The world famous Jaipur Foot will launch a centre in which of the

following countries?

1) Japan 2) Sri Lanka 2) Maldives 4) Mauritius

29. Which of the following parties has ended its alliance with congress?

1) Rashtriya Janata Dal 2) National Conference

3) Nationalist Congress Party 4) Janata Dal (Secular)

30. Who has been chosen for this year’s Sangita Kalanidhi Award of the

Music Academy?

1) T.V. Gopalakrishnan 2) A.R. Rahman

3) Ilayaraja 4) Sivamani

31. Who has been selected for the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for

political reporting?

1) Neena Vyas 2) Meera Srinivasan

3) Smita Gupta 4) B. Muralidhar Reddy

32. The Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental and

development reporting has gone to -

1) Nitin sethi 2) P. Sainath

3) Neerja chowdary 4) N. Ravi

33. Which of the following is the commodity markets regulator?

1) IKDA 2) SEBI 3) FMC 4) TRAI

34. Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. (FTIL) sold 15 percent stake in

which of the following to Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.?

1) MCX 2) BSE 3) NSE 4) USE


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35. Who won the first British Open Golf title of his career on July 20,

2014?

1) Rory McIlroy 2) Rickie Fowler

3) Sergio Garcia 4) Adam Scott

36. Who won the Girls Under – 19 title at the third Gautam Thakkar

Memorial all – India Junior Badminton Tournament in Mumbai on

July 20, 2014?

1) Shikha Gautam 2) Ruthvika shirani

3) Mahima Aggarwal 4) Sudha Kalyani

37. Who won the bet – at – home open tennis title in Hamburg on July

20, 2014?

1) David Ferrer 2) Roger Federer

3) Leonardo Mayer 4) Carlos Mayo

38. Which women’s tennis player won the Istanbul WTA TEB BNP

Paribas Cup on July 20, 2014?

1) Caroline Wozniacki 2) Roberta Vinci

3) Mona Barthel 4) Venus Williams

39. Narayan Rana resigned from which of the following cabinets on July

21, 2014?

1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Karnataka 4) Maharashtra

40. India won the second test cricket match at Lord’s against England in

July 2014. India’s previous test victory at Lord’s came in-

1) 1983 2) 1986 3) 1984 4) 1990

Answers

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1 5) 3 6) 4 7) 1

8) 3 9) 2 10) 1 11) 3 12) 2 13) 3 14) 1

15) 3 16) 2 17) 3 18) 4 19) 2 20) 4 21) 1

22) 3 23) 2 24) 4 25) 3 26) 2 27) 1 28) 4

29) 2 30) 1 31) 3 32) 1 33) 3 34) 1 35) 1

36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 4 40) 2


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Explanatory Notes

1. Vijay Kumar is a shooter from Himachal Pradesh. He won the silver

medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 Summer

Olympics in London.

3. England Captain Steven Gerrard retired from international football after

making 114 appearances for his country. Gerrard frails only Peter Shilton

(125) and David Beckham (115) on England’s all – time caps list.

4. Nico Rosberg is a German racing driver for the Mercedes Formula one

team.

5. Gandhi Peace Prize was launched by t he Government of India on theoccasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 1995. The

first recipient was Julius Nyerere, the former president of Tanzania.

2013 winner is Chandi preased Bhatt, environmentalist and Gandhian. He

is the pioneer of Chipko movement.

7. The 127th edition of the Durand Cup football tournament is to be

conducted in Goa from October 28 to November 9. The winner gets Rs.

50 lakh. The tournament was first played in 1888 and is the Asia’s oldestfootball tournament.

8. The 6th BRICS Summit was held in Fortaleza Brazil on July 14 and 15.

BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. A

decision was taken to create the New Development Bank (NDB) with

headquarters in Shanghai, China. Authorized capital is $ 100 billion. The

first president of the bank will be from India. A $ 100 billion Contingent

Reserve Arrangement (CRA) was also created.

25. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located in Manila, the capital of

Philippines. It Projected 5.5% growth for India In this financial year i.e.

2014 -15.

26. Philipp Lahm led Germany to the 2014 FIFA world cup before retiring

from international football. He had scored five goals in 113 appearances.

33. IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority

SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India


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FMC – Forward Markets Commission

TRAI – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

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