National & International Current Affairs Practice Paper for Coming Competitive Exams

National & International Current Affairs Practice Paper

1) Who among the following was appointed as the secretary of the Civil Aviation on August 2014 ?

1. Ashok Lavasa
2. Sunil Arora
3. V. Somasundaran
4. G. Mohan Kumar

2) The BJP's national executive member, Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for Women. She belongs to the state of 

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Rajasthan
4. Panjab

3) President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the appointment of Justice H.L. Dattu, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court as the _______Chief Justice of India.

1. 42 nd
2. 44 th
3. 32 nd
4. 45 th

4) India and Australia signed a civil nuclear deal on September 2014 in New Delhi. Which of the following countries India has not yet signed civil nuclear deals ?

1. Russia
2. Pakistan
3. China
4. Nepal

5) Which of the following components is/are part of Digital India programme, launched on August 2014?

1. Broadband in 250,000 villages, universal phone connectivity, Net Zero imports by 2020.
2. 400,000 Public Internet Access Points along with public cloud facilities
3. Wi-fi in 250,000 lakh schools, all universities
4. All the above

6) Which of the following schemes and steps were announced/taken by the Narendra Modi Government at Centre within the first 100 days ?

1. Clean Ganga Project and toilets in schools
2. Make in India; Zero defect, Zero effect
3. Banking for the poorest
4. All the above

7) Which of the following highways was/were declared as the National highways in 2014?

1. NH-11 : Narnaul - Rewari and NH-248 A Nuh-Gurgaon
2. NH - 54: Dabwali - Hanumangarh - Goluwala
3. NH - 344 B Sonepat - Jhajjar -Joharu
4. All the above

8) Who among the following was made brand ambassador of Delhi by the Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung ?

1. Amit Dahiya
2. Sushil Kumar
3. Pankaj Advani
4. Rajiv Singh

9) According to the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office. Which of the following states registered a growth of 10.73 percent during 2012-2013 ?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Karnataka
3. Bihar
4. Delhi

10) Which of the following became the first state in country to launch a Health Adalat on September 2014 ?

1. Karnataka
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttar Pradesh

11) Vinod Kumar Duggal on August 2014 resigned from the post of Governor of 

1. Mizoram
2. Manipur
3. Jammu&Kashmir
4. Telangana

12) The former Ireland Prime Minister Albert Reynolds passed away on August 2014. The current Prime Minister of Ireland is 

1. Enda Kenny
2. John Kirby
3. Steve Jakson
4. John Kenny

13) Who among the following was elected as the new President of the European Council by the European Union leaders on August 2014 ?

1. Federal Mogherini
2. Stephane Cure
3. Donald Tusk
4. Dr. John Funeral

14) According to a report released in September 2014 which country spent highest amount on defence in 2013 ?

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Japan
4. North Korea

15) According to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2015. China's economy will grow in 2014 at the rate of 

1. 8.8 %
2. 7.7 %
3. 7.5%
4. 8.5%

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