Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Dec 14 & 15, 2014
Q1. Who has won the Champions Trophy Hockey title on 14th Dec’14 in Bhubaneshwar?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Germany. Germany defeated Pakistan by a convincing 2-Nil margin. Earlier, India lost to Australia 1-2 in a hard-fought bronze medal play-off match of the eight-nation tournament.
Q2. Name the Pakistani Hockey players suspended by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) from playing in the Champions Trophy final?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Amjad Ali and Mohammad Tousiq. The action came after the two players were found guilty of making obscene gestures towards spectators following their semi-final win against India in Bhubaneswar on 13th Dec’14.
Q3. Name the players who have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during Day 4 of the first Cricket Test at Adelaide, which concluded on 13th Dec’14 with Australia as winners?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: India's stand-in Skipper Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Aussie David Warner.
Q4. Name the first Japanese skater to win the title back to back in the men's division of Grand Prix Final held in Barcelona, Spain on 13th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese Olympic and world Champion.
Q5. What amount of money has been pumped into stocks so far in 2014 calendar year?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Over One-Lakh Crore Rupees. The FIIs had made a net infusion of 1.1 lakh crore rupees into equity markets during 2013, while a record high amount of 1.3 lakh crore rupees was pumped in the year 2010. This would be the fourth time in history that net FII inflows for a year would cross 1 lakh crore rupees mark.
Q6. Which country has broken the world record for the longest graffiti wall in its most populous city?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: United Arab Emirates. While graffiti artists can be arrested here for defacing walls, streets or public buildings, hundreds have been invited from around the world to create the record-breaking piece of art to celebrate the UAE's 43rd National Day.
Q7. Birth Anniversary of Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar is observed on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ8. Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau with effect from 2015?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dineshwar Sharma. He is a special director in the Intelligence Bureau.
Q9. Who has won the Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014 title held at Beirut in Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ruhi Singh. She becomes the first Indian to win this pageant.
Q10. Name the activity declared by the Maharashtra Government as an adventurous sport to make it a safe sport?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the first Bengal Cabinet Minister to be arrested by the CBI in connection with the Saradha Chit fund scam?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Madan Mitra, Transport Minister of West Bengal.
Q12. Who has been crowned with Miss World 2014 at the contest’s glitzy final in London on 14th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Rolene Strauss. She is Miss South Africa and 22 year old. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was judged the runner-up and Miss United States, Elizabeth Safrit, came third in the 64th annual competition, contested by women from 121 countries.
Q13. Name the celebrity ranked first in the Forbes India list of the year 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Salman Khan. His total earnings is Rs. 244.50 Crores. Second Place occupied by Amitabh Bachchan with Rs. 196.75 Crores and third position is achieved by Shahrukh Khan.
Q14. 64th Death Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is being observed on _____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 15th December 2014. Born on October 31, 1875, Sardar Patel played a vital role in the country's struggle for independence.
Q15. At which place several scientists from SAARC countries will come together on 15th Dec’14 for a five-day workshop that aims to throw light on the impact of climate change on coral reefs and protection of the environment?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The workshop has been organised by India's leading scientific institute National Institute of Oceanography, NIO for SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre.
Q16. Name the warship manufactured in India that would become the first to be exported by the country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: CGS Barracuda. It is designed and developed by the Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders.
Q17. Which natural disaster is recently added into a new category to the list of notified disasters eligible for assistance from national and state disaster relief funds?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lightning. India observed an average 400 deaths due to lightning every year.
Q18. Name the person who laid stress on ‘Make for India’ instead of ‘Make in India’ on the occasion of the Bharat Ram Memorial Seminar on 12th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Raghuram Rajan, RBI Governor. He spoke at Seminar on ‘India’s Growth Trajectory in a Fractured World Economy: Opportunities and Challenges’, organised by FICCI in Delhi.
Q19. Who has received the SIES-Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Eminence award on 13th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ram Naik, Uttar Pradesh Governor and Ilayaraaja, Noted Music Composer. The awards were instituted by the South Indian Education Society in 1998 in memory of Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati, the late seer of Kanchi.
Q20. Name the person who retained the House of Representatives majority in parliamentary elections held in Japan as the result declared on 14th Dec’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister. The LDP will govern with the Buddhist-backed Komeito party after the parties won 325 seats out of 475.
Q21. National Energy Conservation day was observed in India on ______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 14th December’2014. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in an ambitious programme to reach out to school children across the country launched a web portal called ‘’Energy Savers’’ ( www.energysavers.co.in) on 14th dec’14.