INTERNATIONAL
1) Pakistan’s National Assembly on 6 May 2014 approved a resolution to lift a ban on video-sharing website YouTube.YouTube has been banned in Pakistan for how many times? Ans:- Three times 2) Which country President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar on 9 May 2014 agreed on a peace deal that proposes to end five months of conflict ? Ans:- South Sudan 3) Which Afro-Arabian country on 1 May 2014 adopted a landmark new electoral law, which requires party lists for legislative elections to be half women and half men?
Ans:- Tunisia 4) China on 19 May 2014 set up a 1.6 billion dollars (10 billion Yuan) fund that will support projects related to ------? Ans:- Maritime Silk Road development of China 5) Which country on 22 May 2014 suspended the 12th bull fight festival after matadors got injured by bulls ? Ans:- Spain
INDIA & WORLD
1) The new protocol “Declaration on Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters” on tax data exchanges has been signed on 6 May 2014 in -----? Ans:- Paris 2) Recently, which country has imposed ban on import of chilli pepper from India? Ans:- Saudi Arabia 3) Which country has topped the list of World Mothers Index-2014? Ans:- Finland 4) To pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema, which country on 5 May 2014 released two postage stamps designed by an Indian graphic designer ? Ans:- Brazil
NATIONAL
1) The Union Cabinet on 1 May 2014 approved the proposal for setting up of the ------------ ? Ans:- Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) 2) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 issued guidelines to operastors for ----------- ? Ans:- Real Time Tracking of Aircrafts 3) The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on 6 May 2014 upheld the Constitutional validity of the --------- ? Ans:- Right to Education (RTE) Act 4) Revised norms of National Capital Region (NCR) Planning Board on 14 May 2014 restricted tourism in -------- in NCR ? Ans:- Green Zones 5) The Union Home Ministry on 14 May 2014 extended the ban imposed on the ----------- in India for five more years ? Ans:- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
STATES
1) The Supreme Court on 6 May 2014 held that the government cannot impose mother tongue on linguistic minority for imparting primary education. A bench of the apex court gave this order while hearing the government orders of which state pertaining to this issue? Ans:- Karnataka 2) Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was introduced in India recently in which state? Ans:- West Bengal 3) BHEL commissions first of the two unit of 600 MW capacity for Jindal Thermal Power Project at Angul in which state ? Ans:- Odisha 4) According to latest report, which state has reported highest tiger mortality rate in the country? Ans:- Tamil Nadu
CONFERENCES
1) Group of 77 developing countries plus China (G77+China) summit to be held on 14 and 15 June 2014 in ----------- ? Ans:- Santa Cruz ( Bolivia )
AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Which film was on 3 May 2014 given award for the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in National Film Awards 2014 ? Ans:- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 2) Name the Indian american cardiologist was recently won Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award 2014 ? Ans:- Mitul Kadakia 3) Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham on 9 May 2014. This group is founded by which industrialist of Indian origin? Ans:- Lord Swaraj Paul 4) Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 12 May 2014 conferred ----------- on 35 nursing personnel from across the country for their meritorious services ? Ans:- National Florence Nighangle Awards 2014 5) Arabian travel Market (ATM) awarded India with --------- on 8 May 2014 ? Ans:- New Frontiers Award 2014
SPORTS & GAMES
1) 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held from 16th to 28th August 2014 in ---------- ? Ans:- Nanjing, China 2) What was the ranking of India in the ICC Test rankings annual updated list issued on 1 May 2014? Ans:- 5th 3) Who won the women’s doubles title at the WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Portugal on 3 May 2014 ? Ans:- Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe 4) Who was crowned World Snooker’s Player of the Year at the sport's annual awards ceremony in London on 8 may 2014 ? Ans:- Ronnie O’Sullivan 5) Which team on 12 May 2014 won the 20th Senior National Women’s Football Championships title at the Golaghat Stadium in Assam ? Ans:- Manipur
ECONOMY
1) Which airline became the newest to have won an operating permit for airline services in India? Ans:- AirAsia India 2) India’s Adani Group got approval for a $15.46 billion coal mine development project in which state of Australia recently? Ans:- Queensland 3) IPL franchisee Delhi Daredevils recently launched a co-branded cricket credit card in partnership with which commercial bank? Ans:- The Ratnakar Bank Ltd 4) According to the Sunday Times Rich List published on 11 May 2014, who edged out steel-baron Lakshmi Niwas Mittal to emerge the richest people in the United Kingdom? Ans:- Hinduja Brothers 5) Which country was ranked as the cheapest among the major world economies in a latest report by Germany’s Deutsche Bank? Ans:- India
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) Recently Indian scientists have found 14 new species of ‘Dancing Frogs’ in the ---------- ? Ans:- Western Ghats 2) Researchers at The -------------- have succeeded in replicating deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which contained artificially inserted synthetic pair of DNA “letters,” or bases, not found in nature ? Ans:- Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) 3) What is the name of World’s first ever electric aircraft that has successfully taken its maiden voyage on 12 May 2014 ? Ans:- E-Fan 4) Astronomers led Dr Mark Vogelsberger of MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on 8 May 2014 created the first realistic virtual Universe using a computer simulation called -------- ? Ans:- Illustris 5) Which country Scientists had recently developed Silver nanowires-based nanoscale fingerprints ? Ans:- South Korea
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who becomes the Wholetime Member (Finance) of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) ? Ans:- RV Verma 2) Who was elected as the President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) on 6 May 2014? Ans:- Lalit Modi 3) Who was appointed as the President of International Technology Law Association on 14 May 2014 ? Ans:- Sajai singh
B) RESIGNS
1) Who was resigned as MD and CEO of MCX on 1 May 2014 ? Ans:- Manoj Vaish
C) DEATHS
1) Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from “Mona Lisa” to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit, who died recently was from which country ? Ans:- Britain
D) VISITORS
1) Name the Turkmenistan President visited China from 11 - 14 May 2014 ? Ans:- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) What is the name of the first-ever woman Additional Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who was restrained from discharging her duties by the Supreme Court on 9 May 2014? Ans:- Archana Ramasundaram
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Archaeologists have recently discovered a granary with walls of mud-bricks during just-concluded excavation at Rakhigarhi village a Harappan civilisation site, in which state ? Ans:- Haryana
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of ' UNESCO ' ? Ans:- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) A book entitled A Stamp is Born authored by ------ was released on 6 May 2014 by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari ? Ans:- C. R. Pakrashi
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) A high-level committee recommended recasting of the Index of Industrial Production and (IIP) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with an objective to present a more realistic picture of the economy. Who is heading this high-level committee which recently submitted its report? Ans:- Saumitra Chaudhuri
DAYS & DATES
1) World Press Freedom Day was observed on ----- ? Ans:- 3 May 2014