Current Affairs (Mar'14)

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INTERNATIONAL

1) Which country announced on 11 March 2014 a plan to lease Himalayan peaks to private companies to ease traffic onMount Everest and to boost tourism ?Ans :- Nepal

2) The Supreme Court of - on 9 March 2014 sacked the Election Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek and his deputyAhmad Fayaz ?Ans :- Maldives

3) Who won the El Salvadors presidential election on 17 March 2014 ? Ans :- Salvador Sanchez Ceren

4) Which country Forces on 17 March 2014 handed over its two important military bases in southern Helmand province toAfghan security forces and closed down another base ?Ans:- B r i tain

5) Which country and New Zealand announced a landmark deal on 18 March 2014 that allows the direct trading of the twocountries currencies ?Ans:- China

INDIA & WORLD

1) India, Sri Lanka and Maldives on 6 March 2014 held national security advisor-level meet on maritime securitycooperation in - ?Ans :- New Delhi

2) According to the latest data from the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) released on 5 March 2014, which country haturned out to be the third most dangerous country in the world in terms of bomb blasts cases (per year) only ?Ans:- Ind ia

3) What was Indias rank in the recently released report of the global anti-money laundering body Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) pertaining to progress in combating money laundering in the world ? Ans :- 34

4) Which country was recenlty ranked fourth in a Microsoft report in the list of the countries sending out spam e-mails ?Ans:- Ind ia

5) Which country and India have signed on 18 March 2014 an agreement to work together in software, informationtechnology and infrastructure ?Ans:- China

NATIONAL

1) The Union government has on 4 March 2014 launched the Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme a health scheme for ____?Ans:- Minority Students

2) Recently, Union government has launched a nation-wide campaign awareness campaign to curb the spread of denguedisease.The campaign has been named as?Ans :- U and ME against Dengue

3) Election Commission on 5 March 2014 announced the dates for Lok Sabha polls. Over 814 million voters constitutinthe biggest electorate in the world will exercise their franchise to elect 543 members to the 16 th Lok Sabha in howmany phases?Ans:- 9

4) The Government of India (GoI) recently announced to build how many low cost airports in the next 20 years ?Ans :- 200


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3) Name the Indian shuttler won the German Open Grand Prix Mens singles title on 2 March 2014 ? Ans:- Arv ind Bhat

4) Which country won the Asia Cup 2014 title after defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the final at the Shere BanglaNational Stadium Mirpur, Bangladesh on 8 March 2014 ?Ans:- Sr i Lanka

5) Which country won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014 ?Ans:- South Afr ica

ECONOMY

1) Who is the Worlds top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazines 28th AnnualWorld billionaires list released on 3 March 2014?Ans :- Bi l l Gates

2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13 March 2014 hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh petransaction.What was the reason for this increase?Ans:- Increase in the num ber of transact ions handled by exchange houses

3) Bharti Airtel and which international telecom giant signed a pact on 4 March 2014 to set up a multi-service regional

network infrastructure node in India?Ans :- Etisalat

4) Government of India on 4 March 2014 hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit scheme that is offered by post offices byup to - percent?Ans :- 0.2 %

5) Which state scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for urban areas in the recentlyreleased ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)?Ans :- Haryana

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) In the month of March 2014 World Longest aircraft Airlander or HAV304 was unveiled at - ?Ans:- Card ington in Bedfords hi re , Br i tain

2) Name the Indian-American scientist on 6 March 2014 developed the first 3D model of a human fingerprint calledPhantom ?Ans:- Ani l Ja in

3) Scientists in the - community discovered a way to rebuild ears and noses using stem cells from body fat on 4 Marc2014 ?Ans:- Br i t ish

4) Which seemingly impoverished country recently made a surprising entry into the high-tech world with its own

manufactured Android tablet named Surtab?Ans :- Hait i

5) Name the student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 17 March 2014 developed a robot that can swimlike fish ?Ans:- Andrew Marchese

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS


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1) Who assumed charge as the new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARCon 3 March 2014?Ans:- Ar jun B ahadur Thapa

2) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) on 11 March 2014 ?Ans :- Justice (Retd.) BN Srikr ishn a

B)RESIGNS

1) Nandan Nilekani on 13 March 2014 resigned as Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).When hetook charge as the first Chairman of UIDAI?Ans :- In 2007

C) DEATHS

1) Name the the author of the Fatal Vision died on 10 March 2014 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester,Massachusetts, US ?Ans:- Joe McGinniss

D) VISITORS

1) Name the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President visited India from 1922 March 2014 ?Ans: - John Ashe

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Misao Okawa, the oldest woman in the world, turned 116 on 6 March 2014. She is from which country?Ans :- Japan

PLACES IN NEWS

1) What is the name of the proposed 70-storey temple, billed to be the tallest shrine in the world, which was inaugurated

16 March 2014 at Vrindavan in UP?Ans :- Vrindavan Chandro daya Mandir

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the full form of IBRD ?Ans:- In ternat ional Bank for Reconstruct ion and Development

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) What is the name of another book written by Wendy Doniger, whose publisher on 10 March 2014 announced it will noreprint this book until an acceptable resolution pertaining to the alleged controversies in this book are found?

Ans:- On Hinduism

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which committee has recently recommended an anti-discrimination law for Muslims on lines of SC/ST law?Ans:- Ami tabh Kundu Comm it tee

DAYS & DATES

1) World Water Day was observed on - ?Ans :- 22 March


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