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May 20, 2014 
1) Who was named as Indian captain for Hockey World Cup 2014 to be held in the Hague, Netherlands from 31 May to 15 June 2014? – Sardar Singh (The 18-member India squad was announced by Hockey India (HI) on 14 May 2014. Rupinder Pal Singh was named Indian team’s vice captain. The selection trials for national team were held on May 5-6 at Delhi’s Major Dhyanchand National Hockey Stadium. Terry Walsh is team’s Head Coach while Roelant Oltmans is the high performance director) 2) Four West African countries on 17 May 2014 agreed to club together to wage war on Nigeria’s Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. The decision was made during a summit hosted by French President Francois Hollande in Paris, in which the US, France, and the UK vowed to help Nigeria with intelligence. Which four West African countries are these? – Cameroon, Niger, Chad, and Benin (These four countries vowed to wage war on the Islamist militant group, which they say now has links to Al-Qaeda. Boko Haram abducted 223 schoolgirls, Muslims and Christians, from their hostel in northeast Nigeria in April 2014) 3) The Supreme Court on 17 May 2014 constituted a new bench comprising of two judges to hear the Sahara case. This was done after Justice J.S. Khehar rescued himself from hearing the matter while the other judge Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan retired. Who are the two judges who constitute this new bench? – Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice A.K. Sikri (The previous bench had upheld its order jailing Subrata Roy) 4) Sir Jack Brabham, who passed away on 19 May 2014 at the age of 88, was a legend of which sports? – Formula One (F1) car racing(Jack Brabham, an Australian F1 driver, won world championships in 1959, 1960 and 1966. During a F1 career that stretched from 1955 to 1970 Brabham competed in 126 grands prix, winning 14. He is the only man to have won the Formula One drivers’ title in a car bearing his name) 5) Which telecom and communications company is to acquire DirecTV, the top U.S. satellite TV operator, for $48.5 billion, as announced on 18 May 2014? – AT&T (AT&T has planned this acquisition in a bid for growth beyond an increasingly competitive cellular market) 6) An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted on 19 May 2014 in a trial that is expected to provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago. What is the name of this convict? – Mustafa Kamel Mustafa alias Abu Hamza (Abu Hamza was found guilty in federal court in Manhattan. Attorney General Eric Holder championed that verdict as a triumph for civil courts. Mustafa was accused of providing material support to terrorist organisations by enabling hostage takers in the Yemen kidnapping to speak on a satellite phone, by sending men to establish an al-Qaeda training camp in Bly, Oregon, and by sending at least one man to training camps in Afghanistan) May 21-22, 2014 
1) For the first time, administration will be standstill in Andhra Pradesh for about a week from 25 May to 1 June 2014, during which a ‘Zero Week’ would be observed in the state. Why is this ‘Zero Week’ being observed? –To facilitate the formation of two states of Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) and Telangana on 2 June 2014 (There would be no transactions of any kind at the State secretariat and there would be neither clearance of bills nor any administrative decisions across the State. The salaries of the state-government employees in both the regions would be paid on 24 May itself. In the secretariat, employees will be shifting to their respective blocks allotted for the two States. On 2 June 2, the two separate administrations will swing into action) 2) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 May 2014 eased gold import norms which were imposed during July 2013. This was done following representations from jewellers, bullion dealers, banks, and trade bodies. What’s the main provision announced under this? –Select trading houses, in addition to already permitted banks, have been allowed to import gold (The RBI in July last year had imposed severe restrictions on gold imports in order to check the burgeoning current account deficit and sliding rupee. Now Star trading houses/premier trading houses (STH/PTH) have been allowed to import gold under 20:80 gold import scheme) 3) Chief Minister of which North-Eastern state of India is on the way to become the longest serving Chief Minister in the country? –Pawan Kumar Chamling, the Chief Minister of Sikkim (Chamling-led Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won a record mandate in the assembly elections, results for which were announced on 16 May 2014. SDF won 22 out of total 32 assembly seats in the state. Pawan Kumar Chamling has been state’s Chief Minister since 12 December 1994. He has won his fifth consecutive term and would surpass Jyoti Basu’s record of 23 years as Chief Minister of West Bengal if he completes his term. He was administered the oath of office on 21 May 2014 for his fifth term) 4) Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar on 20 May 2014? – Jitan Ram Manjhi (Manjhi was chosen as the successor of Nitish Kumar as he had resigned from his post on 17 May 2014 owning moral responsibility of his party Janata Dal (United)’s debacle in the Lok Sabha Elections. JD(U) had won just 2 seats from a total of 40 seats in the state. The combine led by BJP had won 32 seats) 5) Who was selected as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat on 21 May 2014 as Prime Minister (designate) Narendra Modi resigned as state’s Chief Minister? – Anandiben Patel (Anandiben Patel is presently Revenue Minister of Gujarat and will replace Narendra Modi, who takes over as India’s new Prime Minister on 26 May. She would thus become the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat. Anandiben was first elected as an MLA from Mandal constituency in Ahmedabad district in 1998) 6) In an important development Russia and China on 21 May 2014 signed a 30-year gas deal in which China would purchase natural gas of Russia. What is the total estimated value of this huge deal? – $400 billion (Under the deal Russia’ Gazprom will supply 38 billion cubic metres of gas annually to China National Petroleum Corp. The deal was signed on the occasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day state visit to China) 7) The RBI on 21 May 2014 permitted banks to give exporters long-term export advance up to a maximum period of 10 years. This would be subject to exporters with a minimum of three years satisfactory track record. Banks were currently allowed to provide loans to exporters for what duration of time? – One year May 23, 2014 
1) Indian women’s badminton team scripted history on 22 May 2014 by reaching the semifinals of the Uber Cup tournament for the first time. Indian team defeated which country by 3-0 in the quarterfinals to achieve this milestone? – Indonesia(Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal led India’s charge with a 21-17, 21-10 win over Lindaweni Fanetri. Before that P V won a hard-fought 21-16, 10-21, 25-23 victory over Bellaetrix Manuputty. Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa then sealed the tie in India’s favour with a 21-18, 21-18 win over Polii Greysia and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari in the first doubles) 2) Who took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC) on 22 May 2014? – Rajiv Mathur (Rajiv Mathur is a former chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He succeeded Sushma Singh, who retired on 21 May. Mathur, who was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, is the 6th chief of CIC) 3) Which south-eastern Asian country witnessed a military coup with an objective of seizing power on 22 May 2014? – Thailand (Thai military launched the coup in the country and was formally announced by General Prayuth Chanocha, the head of the Thai Army. The coup came after the introduction of martial law a day before on 21 May and follows the long history of military coups in Thailand. All cabinet ministers were asked to report to a military base in capital Bangkok. The last coup in Thailand was in 2006 and had been followed by more than a year of military rule) 4) Anandiben Patel, who took over as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat on 21 May 2014, is ……………Chief Minister of the state? –15th (She also became the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was selected after Narendra Modi resigned from CM’s post on 21 May) 5) India’s largest online retail company Flipkart.com on 22 May 2014 announced acquisition of which fashion e-retailer? – Myntra.com(Flipkart.com announced acquisition of Myntra.com in the largest deal in country’s e-commerce space. Thought the two Bangalore-based companies did not disclose the merger amount, estimates of leading analysts suggest the cash-and-stock deal to be worth more than $330 million. This acquisition is also being seen as an early phase of consolidation in the Rs. 62,000-crore e-commerce market. Flipkart.com was set up in 2007 by two ex-Amazon employees as an online book retailing site) 6) The 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia summit started on 22 May 2014 at – Manila, the Philippines (Hundreds of government, business and academic leaders gathered in the Philippines on 22 May to discuss East Asia’s economic prospects amid tensions in the South China Sea and political instability in some countries in the region. The summit was held for the first time in Manila) 7) Which restive region of China was targeted with serial explosions killing 31 people and injuring over 100 in a violent terrorist attack on 22 May 2014? – Xinjiang (A busy marketplace in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, was targeted with a series of explosions. Xinjiang’s capital was the site of ethnic riots in 2009 that left at least 197 people killed and more than a thousand injured as ethnic Uighurs clashed with majority Han Chinese. The attacks were thought to be carried out by Uighur Islamist groups) May 24, 2014 
1) Indian Consulate situated in which province of Afghanistan was attacked on 23 May 2014 by heavily armed gunmen who were later killed in operation by security forces? –Herat (Four gunmen armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades opened fire on the consulate early in the morning on 23 May. The retaliatory operation was conducted by Afghan security forces and the jawans of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Later all four gunmen were killed while no casualty was reported from the Indian Consulate. Herat is situated around 800 km west of Afghan capital Kabul) 2) Which Lok Sabha constituency recorded the highest voter turnout in the General Elections 2014? – Dhubri, Assam (According to the data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Assam’s Dhubri recorded the highest voter turnout of 88.22% in the elections. Dhubri was followed by Nagaland (87.82%), Tamlik, West Bengal (87.59%), Bishnupur, West Bengal (86.72%) and Lakshadweep (86.61%). The average voter turnout of the country was 66.4%) 3) Which Lok Sabha constituency recorded the lowest voter turnout in the General Elections 2014? – Srinagar, J&K (Srinagar’s voter turnout stood at just 25.86% while state’s Anantnag (28.84%) and Baramulla (39.13%) followed it. Maharashtra’s Kalyan was at the fourth place as far as lowest voting percentage is concerned with 42.88% voting and was followed by Bihar’s Patna Sahib constituency with 45.33% voting) 4) Who was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland following the resignation of Neiphiu Rio from the post on 22 May 2014? – T R Zeliang (Zeliang is a senior leader of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) and had staked claim to form the new government consequent upon the resignation of incumbent Chief Minister Rio, who won the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland on an NPF ticket with a margin of over 4 lakh votes. Zeliang had been holding the charge of Minister for Planning and Coordination and other departments in the Rio government. Rio is expected to take a prominent role in central politics) 5) Which team ended China’s decade-long Thomas Cup reign on 23 May 2014 by defeating it the semi-finals and made its maiden entry into final of this prestigious tournament? – Japan (Japan pulled off a huge upset with a 3-0 victory in the semi-final of the men’s team event being played at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex. It will now meet Malaysia in its maiden final. Malaysia comprehensively defeated Indonesia 3-0 to march into the finals. Thomas Cup is the most prestigious men’s team badminton championship) 6) Which teams on 23 May 2014 entered the finals of Uber Cup 2014 being played at Delhi’s Siri Fort Indoor Stadium? – China and Japan(Japan defeating India 3-2 in a close tie to make its entry into the finals. Thus India won the bronze medal in Uber Cup for the first time. China on the other hand defeated South Korea by 3-0 to enter finals. Uber Cup is the most prestigious women’s team badminton championship) 7) Madhav Mantri, who passed away on 23 May 2014 at the age of 92, was a doyen of which sports? – Cricket (Mantri represented India in four test matches and played 95 first-class matches. He was a wicket-keeper batsman. But more than cricket he was known for his incredible knowledge of Indian cricket and was often called ‘a walking compendium on Indian cricket’. He was also a maternal uncle of India’s batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar) May 25-26, 2014 
1) What is the name of the 13-year old Indian girl, who on 25 May 2014 created history by becoming the youngest ever woman to scale the Mount Everest? – Malavath Poorna(She successfully scaled world’s highest peak at 6 am on 25 May. Poorna, a dalit girl coming from Telangana’s Nizamabad district was accompanied by 16-year old Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar, a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. What makes their feat extra significant is that both come from rural and economically backward families, and are students of state-run educational institutions in what will soon be the state of Telangana) 2) The iconic Ambassador car of India is almost on its way to become history as its owner company the C.K. Birla Group-promoted Hindustan Motors (HM) on 24 May 2014 suspended work at its oldest factory near Kolkota. Where is this famous factory situated? –Uttarpara (The work was suspended due to almost negligible demand for Ambassador car, which was once the lifeline of whole India. Around 2,500 workers working in the Uttarpara plant are facing the risk of losing their jobs. Ambassador was the first car to be completely made in India some 6 decades back) 3) The name of a famous mango cultivator from the famed mango belt of Malihabad (Uttar Pradesh) came to limelight after he developed a new variety of mango and named it “Namo aam” after Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. What is the name of this veteran mango cultivator, who is also popularly known as the “Mango King”? –Kalimullah Khan (Kalimullah Khan named a new hybrid variety of name after Narendra Modi on 23 May 2014. He had earlier earned global acknowledgement by developing 300 different variants of the fruit on one tree. He has also been awarded the Padma Shree, India’s fourth highest civilian honour) 4) Which country won the 2014 edition of badminton’s Thomas Cup on 25 May 2014? – Japan (Japan defeated Malaysia 3-2 in the finals of the championship played at Delhi. Japan had earlier done a sensational 3-0 rout of five-time defending champions China on 23 May to enter the finals. This was Japan’s maiden Thomas Cup title. Malaysia, who won the last of their five Thomas Cup titles in 1992, had also lost in the final in 1994, 1998 and 2002. Thomas Cup is the premier title for men’s team badminton) 5) Badminton’s Uber Cup 2014 was won by which country on 25 May 2014? – China (China successfully defended its title by scoring an emphatic 3-1 win over Japan. It was China’s 13th Uber Cup title, the most by any team. Uber Cup is often known as the World team championship for women’s badminton) 6) Who won the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix title for 2014 on 25 May 2014? – Nico Rosberg (Germany) for his Mercedes team (His teammate Lewis Hamilton (UK) was second and third place in the winning podium was taken by Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo for Red Bull team. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) claimed the fifth place to get 10 points. With this win Rosberg again took the lead over Hamilton in the 2014 F1 season, which has been completely dominated by Mercedes team) 7) Which team won the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League title on 24 May 2014? – Real Madrid (Spain’s premier football club defeated Atletico Madrid by 4-1 to win its 10th UEFA Champions League title, which is a record by any team. This win also ended Real Madrid’s driest Champions League spell having last won the title in 2001-02) May 27, 2014 
1) Narendra Damodardas Modi took oath as 15th Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan and President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and his council of ministers. How many cabinet ministers took oath along with Narendra Modi? – Twenty three (23 cabinet ministers, 10 Ministers of State (MoS) with independent charge and 12 MoS took oath. With this Narendra Modi’s council of ministers presently comprises of 45 ministers) 2) Arun Jaitley has been given charge of the Finance Ministry. He has been also given additional charge of which important ministry? –Defence Ministry 3) Ravi Shankar Prasad was given charge of the Law and Justice Ministry. Which other charge was also given to him? – Telecom Ministry 4) Who is the youngest Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet? – Smriti Zubin Irani, who is 38 years old and was given the important charge of Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) 5) Who is the oldest Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet? –Dr. Najma A. Heptullah, who is 74 years old and was given the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs 6) How many women ministers were inducted in Narendra Modi’s council of Ministers? – Seven (Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharati, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Smriti Zubin Irani, Dr. Najma A. Heptullah and Nirmala Sitaramam. Of these Nirmala Sitaramam was inducted as Minister of State with independent charge while other six were inducted as cabinet ministers) 7) What is the average age of Narendra Modi’s council of ministers (including him)? – 60 years 8) Which is the only Muslim to be inducted into Narendra Modi’s council of ministers? – Dr. Najma A. Heptullah (She is a Rajya Sabha member of the BJP) 9) Which is the only Buddhist to be inducted into Narendra Modi’s council of ministers? – Kiren Rijuju (He has been elected as a Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha from Arunachal West constituency of Arunachal Pradesh on BJP ticket) 10) Following are the portfolios all 23 Cabinet Ministers – - Rajnath Singh – Home Minster - Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs - Arun Jaitley – Finance Corporate Affairs & Defence - M. Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs - Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways Shipping - D.V. Sadananda Gowda – Railways - Uma Bharati – Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation - Dr. Najma A. Heptullah – Minority Affairs - Gopinathrao Munde – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation - Ramvilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution - Kalraj Mishra – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Maneka Gandhi – Women and Child Development - Ananthkumar – Chemicals and Fertilizers - Ravi Shankar Prasad – Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice - Ashok Gajapathi Raju – Civil Aviation - Anant Geete – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises - Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Industries - Narendra Singh Tomar – Mines & Steel Labour and Employment - Jual Oram – Tribal Affairs - Radha Mohan Singh – Agriculture - Thaawar Chand Gehlot – Social Justice and Empowerment - Smriti Zubin Irani – Human Resource Development - Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Health and Family Welfare May 28, 2014 
1) In its first major decision the newly inducted Narendra Modi government on 27 May 2014 approved the constitution of Special Investigating Team (SIT) to investigate large amounts of money stashed abroad by evading taxes or generated through unlawful activities. This SIT was formed to implement the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of India. Who has been appointed as the chairman of this SIT? – Justice M.B. Shah, former Judge of the Supreme Court (Justice Arijit Pasayat, former Judge of the Supreme Court was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the SIT. There are 11 other members in the SIT. SIT will prepare a comprehensive action plan including creation of necessary institutional structure that could enable the country to fight the battle against unaccounted money) 2) Which PSU company accorded with the Navratna status suffered losses for the third year in a row and its Navratna status is in the danger of being taken back? – Shipping Corporation of India – SCI(SCI is the country’s largest shipping company. The Navratna status, which provides the company more autonomy in capital expenditure, investments, formation of joint ventures and other corporate decisions, was conferred on SCI in 2008. Hit by the bearish freight market, SCI reported a loss of Rs. 274.66 crore for the year ended March 31, 2014. This is against the loss of Rs. 114 crore in 2012-13 and Rs. 428 crore reported the previous year. According to the Navratna norms, the company has to report profits for continuous three years to be eligible for the covetous status) 3) U.S. President Barack Obama on 27 May 2014 announced plans for greatly reducing U.S. forces in Afghanistan by the end of the year. He also reiterated his commitment about U.S. military’s complete pull-out by the end of which year? – 2016 (Obama’s blueprint calls for cutting the current U.S. force of 32,000 to 9,800 by the start of next year and complete pull-out by 2016) 4) RBI Deputy Governor R Gandhi recently said that the bank is proposing to permit opening of small bank accounts by merely filling up a form without any document for address or identity proof. This is being proposed in a bid to increase access to banking services. However, these proposed small accounts would come with some limitations. What are these limitations? These accounts will have limitations on credit/debit balances Will be available only at core banking solution-enabled branches No foreign remittances will be permitted Will be available only for 12 months — further extension on application for officially valid document The aggregate of all credits in a financial year cannot exceed Rs. 1 lakh 5) What is the name of the the CEO of Amway India who was arrested on 27 May 2014 on the charge of cheating and other financial fraud? – William Scott Pinckney (In his capacity, as the CEO of Amway India, Pinckney, figured as the second accused in a case that was registered at Two Town Police Station in Kurnool city (AP) in 2013 in response to a complaint by an advocate Jagannatha Reddy. Amway India however protested against his arrest) Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> downloads -> 2014 uploads -> Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to the Conference Proceedings uploads -> Medical Radiography Program uploads -> Ihbb asian Championships 2014 middle school bowl Round 4 First Quarter uploads -> Ihbb european Championships 2014 Bowl Round 4 First Quarter 2014 -> September 1, 2014 downloads -> Annual report downloads -> Timeline and Chronology of Events and Issues Insurance Information Institute I. Timeline downloads -> Capeatlanticmcl org September 2010 Commandant: Ed O’Flynn downloads -> Official minutes downloads -> The automobile association of kenya Download 224.2 Kb. Share with your friends:
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