HPPSC Judicial Services Preliminary Exam Current Affairs Question 2014

UPSC IAS Current Affairs / SSC Common Graduate Level Current Affairs / IBPS GK / Administrative Combined Competitive Exam Questions                                  

Question 1. Who among the following has become the first Indian to receive Haward Medal?
a) APJ Kalam
b) Anand Mahindra
c) Ratan Tata
d) Mukesh Ambani

Question 2. Where was the 40th G-7 Summit held on June 4-5, 2014?
a) Brussels

b) Sydney
c) New York
d) Formosa

Question 3. Who has been appointed as first Chief Minister of Telangana, as the 29th state of the Indian Union?
a) Chandershekhar Rao
b) Chandrababu Naidu
c) ESL Narasimhan
d) None of the above

Question 4. Recently OSCE-Japan Conference was held in Tokyo to Discuss issues like counter terrorism, security and communication etc. What OSCE stands for
a) Organisation  for Security and Cooperation in Europe
b) Organisation for Security and Communication in Europe
c) Objective Structured Clinical Examination
d) None of the  above

Question 5. Where was 6th International Nuclear energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 was held from June 9-11, 2014?
a) Moscow
b) Washington
c) Geneva
d) Brussels

Question 6. Naveen Patnaik, on May 21, 2014, has been sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term. He belongs to which Political Party?
a) Bhartiya Janta Party
b)Indian National Congress
c) Communist Party of India
d) Biju Janta Dal

Question 7. India and which one of the following countries has come together to conduct a joint naval exercise titled 'SIMBEX-14'?
a) Australia
b) Russia
c) Singapore
d) Netherlands

Question 8. UN-Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, on May 29, 2014, awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold medal to the eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations in 2013. The Dag Hammarskjold Medal was established in which year?
a) 2000            b) 2001
c) 2002            d) 2003

Answer Keys - 
1(B), 2(A), 3(A), 4(A), 5(A), 6(D), 7(C), 8(A)