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QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JANUARY 2014
1. Which of the following countries recently
added the Indian rupee to its basket of
currencies to be circulated in the country ?
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) South Africa
(c) China
(d) Indonesia

7. Tableau of which of the following States

was awarded the Best Tableau Award at the
Republic Day Celebrations 2014?
(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka

2. Who of the following has been awarded

the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for
the year 2014?
(a) Kiran Desai
(b) Arvinda Adiga
(c) Jeet Thayil
(d) Cyrus Mistry

8. With the successful launch of GSLV-D5

India became the _______ nation to launch
rockets with indigenously manufactured
cryogenic engines.
(a) Fourth
(b) Fifth
(c) Sixth
(d) Seventh

3. Which of the following is/are true in

respect of Stanislas Wawrinka?
A. He won the Chennai Open in January
2014.
B. He lost to Rafal Nadal in the Australian
Open Mens Singles finals in January 2014
(a) Both A and B
(b) Only A
(c) Only B
(d) Neither A nor B
4. In which state is Gorakhpur, the place at
where foundation stone of Indias largest
2800 mw nuclear power plant was laid by
the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh in January
2014, located?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Haryana
(d) Rajasthan
5. Which of the following companies
recently launched Edison, an SD card sized
computer powered by a dual-core Quark
SOC with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
connectivity?
(a) Hewlett Packard (b) Apple
(c) Compaq
(d) Intel
6. Which of the following films bagged the
Best Film Award at the 59th Filmfare Awards
in January 2014?
(a) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
(b) Paan Singh Tomar
(c) The Lunchbox
(d) Chennai Express

9. Who of the following players won the

Australian Open Womens Singles Title
2014?
(a) Dominika Cibulkova
(b) Venus Williams
(c) Li Na
(d) Victoria Azarenka
10. Sambo, the form of martial art which
has been recognised by the Olympic Council
of Asia and included in the Asian Games
2019 belongs to (a) Russia
(b) Myanmar
(c) China
(d) Japan
11. Which of the following is the correct list
of countries in the Fragile Five, currently in
news?
(a) India, Brazil, China, South Africa, Turkey
(b) India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey,
Indonesia
(c)India, South Africa, Turkey, Indonesia,
Russia
(d) Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, China,
Russia
12. Why was Lewis Clarke, a British
teenager in news recently?
(a) He is the youngest to win a F1 Motor
Racing title.
(b) He defeated Chess champion Viswanathan Anand.

(c) He became the youngest person to go

into space
(d) He became the youngest person to
reach South Pole
13. Who of the following has been awarded
the 2013 FIFA Ballon dOr award?
(a) Cristiano Ronaldo (b) Franck Ribery
(c) Lionel Messi
(d) Didier Drogba
14. Sheikh Hasina, who won the recent
elections in Bangladesh belongs to which of
the following parties ?
(a) Awami League
(b) Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(c) Jatiya Party
(d) Jamaat-e-Islami
15. With Lativia joining the Eurozone (the
countries which use the Euro as their
currency), the number of countries in the
Eurozone is now
(a) 28
(b) 18
(c) 16
(d) 24
16. In the normal course what is the
maximum number of persons who can be
conferred the Arjuna Awards in a year?
(a) 12
(b) 21
(c) 15
(d) 18
17. Which of the following organizations has
been chosen for the National Communal
Harmony Award 2013 in the organization
category?
(a) Foundation for Amity and national
Solidarity, Delhi
(b) Centre for Human Right and Social
Welfare, Rajasthan
(c) Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Mumbai
(d) Centre for Study of Society and
Secularism, Mumbai
18. Who of the following was the Chief
Guest at the Republic Day celebrations
2014?
(a) Mr. Sinzo Abe, PM of Japan
(b) Mrs. Sheikh Hasina, PM of Bangladesh
(c) Mrs. Yingluck Shinawatra, PM of
Thailand
(d) Mrs. Park Geun-hye, President of South
Korea

19. Corey Anderson, who hit the fastest

century off 36 deliveries, in one-day
internationals belongs to which country?
(a) England
(b) South Africa
(c) New Zealand
(d) West Indies
20. Who was the captain of the Indian team
which defeated Pakistan in the finals to win
Under 19 Asia Cup?
(a) Sanju Samson
(b) Vijay Zol
(c) Deepak Hooda
(d) Ankush Bains
21. Which of the following is/are true in
respect of the directive issued by RBI
relating to currency notes?
A. All notes printed prior to 2005 will be
withdrawn from circulation in a phased
manner.
B. Currency notes printed prior to 2005 do
not have the year of printing on them.
C. Proof of identity and address will be
required after 01 April 2014 only for 500
and 1000 rupee notes, if more than 10
notes are taken for exchange to a bank.
(a) Only A
(b) Only A and B
(c) Only B and C
(d) All the three
22. At which of the following places is the
Krishi Vasant, a national level agriculture
fair-cum-exhibition, scheduled to be held
from February 9 to 13, 2014?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Panipat
(c) Vadodara
(d) Mysore
23. Which of the following States has been
selected as the Best State for providing self
employment to urban poor under SJGRY (
Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rajgar Yojana) 201213?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Rajasthan
24. Which of the following places was the
venue of the Third Lusofonia Games which
involved athletes from Portuguese speaking
countries?
(a) Rio-de-Janeiro
(b) Goa
(c) Lisbon
(d) Caracas

25. Groupe Lactalis SA, one of the largest

dairy companies of the world which entered
the Indian market has purchased which of
the following companies?
(a) Tirumala Milk Products
(b) Mother Dairy
(c) Heritage Food Products
(d) Modern Dairies

26. Which of the following marching

contingents has been awarded the best
marching contingent trophy at the Republic
Day celebrations 2014?
(a) Indian Air Force
(b) CRPF
(c) Sikh Light Infantry
(d) Indian Navy

ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (a)
14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (c)