New Appointments of 2014

In view of the upcoming exams, today we are presenting to you the list of New Appointments of 2014. In
this list, we covered all important National and International Appointments which occurred in the past 4
months of the year 2014 (January, February, March and first 3 weeks of April). This list will be helpful for
your upcoming Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants, SBI PO and SSC CGL Exams. Hope you like the
post.


1. A L Banerjee - New DGP (UP)
2. Aditi Khanna - First Woman President of Indian Journalists Association (IJA), London
3. Ajoy Misra - MD & CEO, Tata Global Beverages Limited
4. Akhilesh Das Gupta - President (Re-Elected), Badminton Association of India (BAI)
5. Akhilesh Gupta - President of Indian Meteorological Society
6. Amitabh Kant - Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
7. Arvind Mayaram - New Finance Secretary
8. Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Interim Prime Minister of Ukraine
9. Arun Kumar Gupta - CMD, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)
10. Ashraf Jehan - First female judge, Pakistans National Sharia Court
11. Chetan Tamboli - Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western Region
12. Devendra Kumar Pathak - Special DG, Border Security Force
13. Dinesh Sarraf - CMD of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
14. Edward Snowden - New Rector of the University of Glasgow
15. Glen Attewell - New CEO to Tesco HSC
16. G. Rohini First Woman Chief Justice, Delhi High Court
17. H C Meena - Secretary Security, Cabinet Secretariat
18. Harish Rawat - CM of Uttrarakhand.
19. Ibrahim Mahlab - New PM of Egypt
20. Jamila Bayaz - First Women Police Chief, Afghanistan
21. Janet Yellen Head of US Federal Reserve (1st Woman)
22. Jatinder Bir Singh - Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB)
23. John Thompson - Chairman of Microsoft
24. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission
25. Justice B.S. Chauhan - Judge of the Supreme Court
26. Kailash Meghwal - Speaker, Rajasthan Assembly
27. Kalyan Singh - Vice President of BJP
28. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chairperson, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B)
29. Lt Gen P R Kumar - Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Indian Army
30. M Teresa Kho - ADB's (Asian Development Bank) new country director for India
31. Malala Yousafzai - World Children's Prize, Sweden
32. Manoj Vaish - MD and CEO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX)
33. Marco Lambertini - Director-General of the WWF International
34. Matteo Renzi - Italy's youngest PM
35. Mukul Mudgal - Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)
36. Narendra Kothari New Chairman, NMDC
37. N P Singh - CEO, Multi Screen Media
38. N. Ramachandran - President, Indian Olympic Association
39. N. Srinivasan - Chairman of the International Cricket Council
40. Oleksandr Turchynov - Interim President of Ukraine
41. P. Madhusudan - CMD, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL)
42. Poonam Khetrapal Singh - Regional Director of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region
43. Pradeep Kumar Saxena - GM, South Western Railway
44. Priyadarshni Mohapatra - MD Avaya's India and SAARC Operations
45. R. Chandrashekhar - President, NASCOM
46. R Gandhi - Deputy Governor of RBI
47. R.K. Tiwari - Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
48. R.M. Lodha - New Chief Justice of India
49. R.K. Dhowan - New Navy Chief
50. Rajeev Kher - Secretary in Department of Commerce
51. Rajiv Takru - New Revenue Secretary
52. Rakesh Maria - Mumbai Police Commissioner
53. Ravi Chauhan - MD, SAP India
54. S.K. Sharma - CMD of Bharat Electronics Ltd.
55. Sanjay Kirloskar - Deputy Chairman of CII, Western Region
56. Satya Nadella - CEO of Microsoft
57. Saurabh Chandra - Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
58. Shankar Venkateswaran - Chief, Tata Sustainability Group
59. Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of Bangladesh (Third Time)
60. Shikar Dhawan - Brand Ambassador to Canara Bank
61. Soma Mondel - First Woman Director of National Aluminium Company Ltd.
62. B.N. Sri Krishna - Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB)
63. Sudhir Gupta - Secretary, TRAI
64. Sunil Kumar Sood - General Manager, Central Railway
65. Sushil Koirala - PM of Nepal
66. T. Nanda Kumar - Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
67. Uday Sareen - Deputy CEO, ING Vysya Bank
68. V.Kannan - CMD of Vijaya Bank
69. Vinod Sawhney - CEO of Reliance Communication (RCom)
70. Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD of Export-Import Bank of India


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General Awareness Questions for SBI PO 2014 Exam
1. Recently Ship of Theseus' named the best film in National Film Awards. Who among the following is
the director of the film?
(1) Saurabh Shukla
(2) Anand Gandhi
(3) Aida El-Kashef
(4) Hansal Mehta
(5) None of the above


<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Recently Book Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths is
in news. Who among the following is the author of the book?
(1) Sanjay Baru
(2) Rajiv Pillai
(3) PC Parekh
(4) Yashwant Sinha
(5) Pullock Chatterjee

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->According to RBI Guidelines, what fractions of the branches are
mandatory to opened in rural areas by newly licensed banks?
(1) 15 (2) 25
(3) 35 (4) 45
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Lee Kun-hee, who is facing an arrest warrant in a 4.1million dollar
cheating case is chairman of ____?
(1) Nokia (2) Samsung
(3) LG (4) IBM
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Consider the following statements with respect to the recently granted
banking license by the Reserve Bank of India?
(A) RBI grant banking license to infrastructure financier IDFC Ltd and micro lender Bandhan Financial
Services Ltd to start new banks.
(B) This approval will be valid for 18 months, during which the two companies will have to comply with
rules stipulated by RBI.
(C) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is the Chairman of IDFC Ltd and Rajiv B Lall is the Chairman of Bandhan
Financial Services Ltd

Which of the above statements is/are correct in this context?
(1) Only A & B
(2) Only B & C
(3) Only A & C
(4) All the above
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->Recently who among the following has been appointed as the new
Finance Secretary?
(1) Sumit Bose
(2) Vijay Seshadri
(3) Arvind Mayaram
(4) V.K. Murthy
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->Vijay Seshadri wins the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his work ____?
(1) 2 states
(2) The Goldfinch,
(3) 3 Sections
(4) 11 Attacks
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->Which of the following countries was formally accepted as a new
member by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a ministerial conference held in Bali recently?
(1) Uganda
(2) Yemen
(3) Romania
(4) South Sudan
(5) None of these
<!--[if !supportLists]-->9. <!--[endif]-->Examine the following with respect to Exchange Earners Foreign
Currency Account (EEFC):
(A) It is a facility provided to the foreign exchange earner (individual or company)
(B) The account holders are entitled to get only 50 percent of their foreign exchange earnings credited to
the account
(C) It can be held only in the form of a current with no interest payable ion it

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(1) All the above
(2) Only A
(3) Only B
(4) Only A & C
(5) Only B & C

<!--[if !supportLists]-->10. <!--[endif]-->A bank draft can be issued by a bank accepting cash provided the
amount does not exceed?
(1) Rs 25,000
(2) Rs 50,000
(3) Rs 75,000
(4) Rs 10,000
(5) None of these

<!--[if !supportLists]-->11. <!--[endif]-->Banks have strict regulations to protect themselves as well as their
customers and if these regulations are violated, banks levy penalty on the violator. Which one of the
following will not be considered a bad money practice?
(1) Frequent ATM pin request
(2) Not updating change in personal and residential details
(3) Using Non-bank ATM machines more frequently
(4) Withdrawing over the minimum balance limit
(5) All the above

<!--[if !supportLists]-->12. <!--[endif]-->Consider the following with respect to the much talked about health
insurance cover, Obamacare, which came into effect recently in the US.
(A) Under the scheme, it is now compulsory for the people who have health cover
(B) Those who cannot afford the cover will get help from the state
(C) Those who remain without any insurance will be fined
Which of the above statements is true?
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Only A & B
(5) All A, B & C



Answers:
1 2 7 3
2 3 8 2
3 2 9 4
4 2 10 2
5 1 11 5
6 3 12 5



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