Current Affairs for Secretariate Assistant Exam 2015

1.       What is the name of the official match ball of FIFA 2014 world cup held in Brazil? 

            Brazuca

2.       Who was selected for the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2013? 

         M S Swaminadhan

3.       Where was the first branch of Bharathiya Mahila bank inaugurated?

        Mumbai

4.       Who is the current chairman of the Indian Premier League? 

        Ranjib Biswal

5.       ________ was named as the ‘Word of the year 2013’ by the Oxford English Dictionary? 

       Selfie

6.       The first customized pin code in the country was allotted to__________? 

       Supreme court

7.       Who has been named UNICEF’s brand ambassador for South Asia? 

       Sachin Tendulkar

8.       Who won Miss Universe 2013 title?

     

       Gabreila Isler

9.       Which district has been declared as the first district in India with ‘Zero Landless citizens’? 

       Kannur

10.   Which Indian playback singer,Dadasaheb Phalke award winner 2007, was passed away recently? 

       Manna Dey

11.   Where was the commonwealth summit 2013 held? 

       Colombo

12.   The new president of the Maldives? 

       Abdulla Yameen

13.   Which nation won the 2013 Women’s  Kabadi World Cup?

       India

14.   Human rights day was observed on? 

       December 10

15.   Auto biography of Mary Com? 

       Unbreakable

16.   Vijay Divas was observed across the country on? 

       December 16

17.   Who was sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh? 

       Shivraj Singh Chouhan

18.   Who is the chairman of NABARD? 

        Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

19.   The bill aimed at preventing communal violence in the country is named…………? 

        Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill, 2013

20.   International Mountain Day was observed on? 

       December 11

21.   Which Indian film was selected as India’s entry for the best foreign film to the 86^th Academy awards? 

      The good road

22.   Who won mens hockey gold in 35^th National Games? 

       Services

23.   Official motto of National Games Kerala? 

       Get Set Play

24.   Which country won the 2013 Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup, held in New Delhi? 

       Germany

25.   Who received the first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award? 

       Lata Mangeshkar

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General Awareness Questions II - Secretariate Assistant Exam 2015

Who became the youngest medal winner in National Games 2015?

Saloni Dalal

‘Clean India’ campaign launched on?

2^nd October 2014

Who is the Arjuna award winner in shooting?

Heena Sidhu

Who is the governor of Rajasthan?

Kalyan Singh

Jose Jacob won Dronacharya award for his life time achievements in?

Rowing

Name the indigenously designed warship, which is dedicated to nation by Narendra Modi on 16^th August 2014 ?

 INS Kolkata

36^th National Games will be held at which state?

Goa

Pran Kumar Sinha died recently, who is a famous _______?

Cartoonist

Prime Minister launched ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ on ?

28^th August 2014

Nobel peace prize winner 2014, Kailash Satyarthi is a/an?

Activist for children’s rights and children’s education

Name the Kerala volley ball player, who won Arjuna award 2014?

Tom Joseph

Who is the governor of Goa?

Mridula Sinha

Who won the prestigious award Fields medal 2014, known as Nobel Prize in mathematics?

Manjul Bhargava

The Mascot of the 35^th National Games was?

Great Indian Hornbill

UPSC Chairman?

Deepak Gupta

The 47^th ASEAN foreign ministers meeting held at?

Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)

‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana’ announced on? 

19^th August 2014

Who is appointed as new governor of Karnataka?

Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala

Who is the union minister for Information Technology?

Ravi Shankar Prasad (Communications and Information Technology)

Who is the prime minister of China?

Li Keqiang

Who won the Booker prize 2014?

Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)

Who was the good will ambassador of 35^th National Games held in Kerala?

Sachin Tendulkar

Name the Nobel Prize winners for Physics in 2014?

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Winner of 2014 is________?

 ISRO

India’s MOM, Mangalyaan launched on?

 5^th November 2013

General Awareness Questions - Secretariate Assistant Exam 2015

Deodhar Trophy is related to which sports event?

Cricket
The World Health Organisation has recently declared that India and 10 other    Asian countries are free of which disease?

Polio
World Autism Awareness Day was observed on ……………

April 2

India’s navigational satellite recently launched from Sriharikota

IRNSS -1D
Which two U.S newspapers shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service this year, for their articles on the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance activities based on the leaks of Edward Snowden?

The Washington Post and The Guardian
Which Indian born poet won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category?

Vijay Seshadri
Which Indian businessman was honoured by ‘Knight Grand Cross’, one of UK’s highest civilian awards?

Ratan Tata
The book Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths is written by …………….?

P.C Parekh
World Haemophilia Day was observed on …………….

April 17
Who is the author of the book, and former US secretary of State, titled Hard Choices?

Hillary Rodham Clinton
India’s first double decker flyover was inaugurated in which city?

Mumbai
Which American company bought Titan Aerospace, a maker of high altitude solar powered drones, to bring internet access to remote parts?

Google
What is the name of the text to speech (TTS) software application jointly developed by IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram and C-DAC Mumbai for the benefit of farmers?

Sandesh Pathak
India successfully tested the first indigenous air-to-air Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile named …………..?

Astra
Who is appointed as the Chief of the Indian Army?

Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
Who is sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat?

Anandiben Patel
Who is sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fourth term in a row?

Naveen Patnaik
Which country won women’s Asian Football Cup (AFC) 2014?

Japan
Who became the youngest female mountaineer to scale the Mount Everest?

Malavath Purna (13) from Andhra Pradesh
Who is appointed as the new Attorney General of India (AGI)?

Mukul Rohatgi
Anti Terrorism Day observed throughout the nation on: ?

May 21

Which Indian environmentalist is among the six people around the world to be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, often called ‘The Green Nobel’?

Ramesh Agrawal

Who has been appointed as India’s first Ambassador to ASEAN? 

Suresh K Reddy 

Who is the new prime minister of Iraq? 

Haider Al-Abadi 

Who is the newly appointed governor of Maharashtra? 

Vidyasagar Rao