General Awareness Question - Current Affair (September) 2014

[1] Where was the 3rd meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture held?

Ans - New Delhi

[2] Who were selected as Bradman Honouree 2014?

Ans - Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia 

[3] Who was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual Summit?

Ans - Suresh Prabhu

[4] Name the banks allowed kids to operate bank accounts independently?

Ans - State Bank of India (SBI) and Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) 

[5] Who has been selected for the JC Daniel Award for lifetime achievement for the year 2013?

Ans - MT Vasudevan Nair

[6] Who will host Global Investors Summit 2014 in October at Indore?

Ans - Madhya Pradesh

[7] Who was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association,NBA?

Ans - Rajat Sharma

[8] Who will host ICC World Cricket League Division 3?

Ans - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[9] Who has been appointed as the head coach of Sri Lankan cricket team?

Ans - Marvan Atapattu 

[10] Where was the UN Climate Change Summit 2014 held?

Ans - UN headquarters in New York

[11] INS Sindhurakshak has been decommissioned by Indian Navy, it was a?

Ans: Submarine

[12] Which Movie has been chosen from india for OSCARS( Academy Awards)

Ans: Liar's Dice

[13] Who has been appointed as chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations?

Ans: Amit Mathew

[14] Project Sech Bandhu of West Bengal provides

Ans: Better Irrigation

[15] Which Indian Nationalised Bank has completed 150 years of operation in Sri Lanka recently?

Ans: SBI

[16] Who has been appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism?

Ans:  Hardeep Singh Puri

[17] The recent Madras High Court's order on applicants requiring to put reasons for information sought under RTI is in conflict with:

Ans:  Section 6(2) of the RTI

[18] What amount did Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's IPO fetch to make it the world's largest such event?

Ans: 25 Billion USD

[19] Who will be chairing the panel of experts to facilitate the restructuring of the Railway Board?

Ans:  Bibek Debroy

[20] Who has been declared as President-elect of Afghanistan

Ans: Ashraf Ghani