Latest Appointment of Governors

President Pranab Mukherjee
appointed Kalyan Singh, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, Ch. Vidyasagar Rao and Mridula Sinha Governors of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa, respectively, on Tuesday.
The President accepted the
resignation of K Sankaranarayanan, who quit as
Maharashtra Governor on Sunday after being abruptly transferred to Mizoram. Manipur Governor
Vinod Kumar Duggal will continue to hold charge of Mizoram. Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit,
meanwhile, joined the list of
Governors appointed by the
previous United Progressive
Alliance government to resign. Mr. Kalyan Singh, a former Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister, had given indications that the Centre had offered him a gubernatorial post. Mr. Vala was elected Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly in 2013. He had held the Finance portfolio in the Gujarat Ministry. Mr. Rao, a lawyer, had served as Union Minister of State for Internal Affairs in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was elected to the 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas from the Karimnagar constituency (now in Telangana) as a BJP candidate.
He had been elected to the
Andhra Pradesh Assembly thrice. Former BJP Mahila Morcha president Mridula Sinha, a renowned writer, had been the Chairperson of the Central Board of Social Welfare.

Some Questions asked in SBI Clerk Exam from 19 July to 16 Aug

150 km missile
launched by DRDO
recently – Prithvi
2015 Commonwealth
Heads of
Government
meeting will be held
in – Malta
24th ASEAN summit
venue – Nay Pyi Taw
A Scheme named
Rajiv Gandhi
Scheme for
Empowerment of
Adolescent Girls is
also known as –
Sabla
A. R. Rahman street
is in which country –
Canada
Accidental prime
minister written by
“SANJAY BARU” and
was published by –
Penguin books
limited
Adult literacy rate in
2011 census – 74.04 %
Amount provided
for developing 100
samrt cities – 7060
crores
Amul related to
which revolution –
White Revolution
Amul set up Dairy
worth 200 crore at
which city – Varanasi
Army Flag day is
observed on – 7th
December
Ashes trophy
played between
countries – Australia
and England
Author of lowland –
Jhumpa Lahari
Azlan Shah who died
recently is a –
Hockey Player
Banks
Nationalization –
1969
Beiji oil refinery
located in – Iraq
Best ranked IIT
among BRICS top
universities 2014 – IIT
Delhi
Bharatiya Mahila
Bank Chairman –
Usha Ananantha
Subramanium
Bharatiya Mahila
Bank inaugurated by
– Manmohan Singh
Book “My Journey :
Transforming into
dreams” written by –
APJ Abdul Kalam
Budget in which
article – Article 112
C.Rangarajan
estimation
percentage of
poverty line – 29.5%
Camel is the official
animal of which
state – Rajasthan
Capital of Argentina
– Buenos Aires
Capital of Bhutan –
Thimphu
Capital of Brazil –
Brasilia
Capital of Canada –
Ottawa
Capital of Ethiopia –
Addis Ababa
Capital of Sweden –
Stockholm
Capro Group has
won the
International
Business of the year
award is owned by –
Lord Swaraj Paul
Casual Vacancy
written by – J K
Rowling
CBS full form – Core
Baking Solution
Chemical and
fertilizer cabinet
minister – Ananth
Kumar
Chinese Currency –
Yuan
Commercial Paper is
issued for how
many days – A
minimum of 7 days
and a maximum of
up to one year from
the date of issue
Commercial Papers
issued in what
multiples – Rs. 5 lakh
or multiples thereof
Committee on
Cauvery water
dispute – B. S.
Chauhan
Committee on
Financial inclusion -
Nachiket Mor
Committee
Constituency of
Nitin Gadkari –
Nagpur
Country having
least global peace
index – Syria
Country having
three top most
companies – USA
CSO full form –
Central Statistical
Organization
Currency of
Afghanistan –
Afghan Afghani
Currency of Italy –
Euro
Currency of Kuwait –
Kuwaiti Dinar
Deen dayal
upadhyaya gram
jyoti yojana is or
which purpose –
power supply to
rural areas
DRDO developed
which indigenous
plane – Tejas
ECB stands for –
External
Commercial
Borrowings
FIBA is related to
which sport – Basket
Ball
FIFA 2014 Mascot –
Fuleco (it is a
portmanteau of the
words
“Futebol” (Football)
and
“Ecologia” (Ecology))
Food processing
industries minister –
Harsimrat Kaur
Badal
Full form of ASCII –
American Standard
Code for
Information
Interchange
Full form of CAG –
Comptroller and
Auditor General
Full form of NVRAM –
Non Volatile Random
Access Memory
Functions of RBI –
Bankers Bank
Gillette cup is
associated with
which sport – Cricket
Head of SIT
Committee – MB
Shah
Headquarters of
Infosys - Bengaluru
Highest rural
population state as
per Census 2011 –
Uttar Pradesh
Highest Urban
Population of which
state – Maharashtra
How many
languages are there
in Indian Currency
note – 15 languages
Human rights day is
observed on – 10th
December
IBSA full form – India,
Brazil, South Africa
In Lok Sabha
elections if any
candidates win two
seats (like our PM)
so in what duration
of time he has to
leave one seat – 14
days
Indian currency
notes bear a
signature of – RBI
Governor
Indian oil
corporation is going
to set up a biggest
oil refinery at -
paradip (Orissa)
Indian Overseas
minister – Sushma
Swaraj
Institute for
Development &
Research in Banking
Technology (IDRBT)
run by – RBI
International Day for
Old Persons
observed on – 1st
October
Iraq currency – Dinar
Japan has sea-
conflict with which
country – China
Kanyakumary
formerly known as –
Cape Comorin
Kaveri river water
ddispute between
which states –
Karnataka &
Tamilnadu
KVP is the Acronym
for – Kisan Vikas
Patra(Reintroduced
in Budget 2014 for
small savings)
Lok Sabha
Constituency of
Sushma Swaraj –
Vidisha
Malaysia currency –
Ringgit
Mario Gotze is a
famous – German
Football player
Minister of Social
Justice and
empowerment –
Thawar Chand
Gehlot
Myanmar capital –
Naypyidaw
Nevia first plant in
India – Sanand,
Gujarat
New India
assurance and
which bank
developed a
scheme related to
Women – Bharatiya
mahila bank
Nilgiris is located in
which state – Tamil
Nadu
Official Currency of
Indonesia –
Indonesian Rupaiah
OPEC has how much
percentage of total
oil – 81%
Playing to win was
written by - Saina
Nehwal
Press freedom day –
3rd May
Proposed money for
“BRICS BANK” is – 100
Billion dollars
Ramoji Film city is at
– Hyderabad, India
RBI Adjust Liquidity
by which tool – LAF
(Liquidity
Adjustment Facility)
RBI does open
market operations
for the purpose of –
Regulate the
liquidity in the
economy
RBI established in –
1935
Recently Hindustan
Motor Car plant
shut down at –
Uttarpara plant in
West Bengal
Recently in which
state Solar Thermal
Power plant
installed – Rajasthan
Recently India
banned China milk
products. What was
the reason – Due to
presence of
melamine, used for
making plastics and
fertilizer
Recently Navaratna
status given to
which organization –
National Building
Construction
Corporation &
Engineers India Ltd
(EIL)
Recently PM
Inaugurated a hydro
power plant at
which place – Uri
(Jammu & Kashmir)
Recipient of 49th
Jnanapeth Award –
Kedar Nath Singh
Regulatory
authorities of
Cooperative banks
& RRBs – NABARD
Reliance company
head name – Neeta
Ambani
RIL & Network 18
Deal (in crores) –
4000 crores
Sachin Tendulkar
coins were
sponsored by which
company – East
India Company
Sahara the Untold
story written by –
Tamal
Bandyopadhyayy
Salarjung Museum
located in which
state – T elangana
(Hyderabad)
Satyajit ray film and
television institute
is located at –
Kolkata
Sign on 1 Rupee
Currency Note –
Finance Secretary
SMSME cabinet
minister – Kalraj
Mishra
State with highest
per capita milk
availability – Punjab
Study of kidney
disease comes
under which branch
– Nephrology
Tata group joined
which airlines – Air
Asia
The disease Night
blindness is due to
the deficiency of
which vitamin –
Vitamin A
The Surface to air
missile developed
by DRDO – Akash
Thomas cup and
uber cup in 206 will
be held at –Kunshan,
china
Vijay Hazare trophy
is related to which
sport – Cricket
Vijay Sheshadri won
Pulitzer prize for – 3
Sections
Water resources
minister – Uma
Bharti
What is windows
vista – Operating
System
Where is CRISIL
Head Quarters –
Mumbai
Which award is
given to Leander
Paes, Ruskin Bond –
Padma Bhushan
award
Which card is issued
by NPCI – RuPay
Card
Which country
started first plastic
notes – Australia
Which device is
used to measure
Blood Pressure -
Sphygmomanometer
Which of the
following activities is
not done by RBI –
Trading in
commodities
Which of the
following is not a
bank bank - IRDA
Which of the
following is not an
indirect tax – 10%
surcharge on
income
Which of the
following is related
to Financial inclusion
– BSBDA
Which of the
following is the
example of plastic
money – Debit Card
Which of the
following is/are the
Credit rating
agencies (They
gave options as
(a)ICRA (b)CIBIL
(c)CRISIL) - All the
above
Which of the
following related to
social economic
development
agency – OECD
Which organization
collect and publish
Financial data –
National Sample
Survey Organization
Which state doesn’t
shares the border
with Telangana –
Jharkhand
Who among the
following is new
deputy governor of
RBI – Urjit Patel
Who control the
Monetary Policy –
Reserve Bank of
India
Who did first hat
trick goal in food
ball world cup –
Thomas Muller
(Germany)
Who is a not
member of security
advisory council – In
given option “Prime
Minister” is the
answer (Members
are National
Security Advisor
(NSA), the Defence
minister, External
Affairs minister ,
Home minister,
Finance Minister,
Deputy Chairman of
the Planning
Commission)
Who is Health
Minister – Dr. Harsh
Vardhan
Who is Richest
player in FIFA –
Cristiano Ronaldo
Who is the current
Food & Consumer
Affairs Minister –
Ram Vilas Paswan
Who is the current
road, transport,
highways and
shipping minister –
Nitin Gadkari
Who is the current
SBI Chairman –
Arundati
Bhattacharya
Who provides
assistance to small
industries – SIDBI
Who regulate
Monetary Policy – RBI
Who was recently
hono9red with the
Dadasaheb Phalke
Acamedy Award for
Best Singer (Female)
– Sunidhi Chauhan
Who won 3 medals
in ISSF world cup in
Munich – Jitu Rai
WIMBLEDON
championship is
related to which
game – Lawn Tennis
Winner of Australian
Grand Prix – Nico
Rosberg
World AIDS Day
observed on – 1st
December
World Autism day
observed on – 2nd
April
World economic
forum held at –
Abuja (Nigeria)
World Population
day is observed on –
11th July
World Tourism Day
is celebrated on –
27th September
York University,
Canada gave award
to – Ratan Tata
Yuan is the
currency for which
of the following
countries – China

Some questions asked in IDBI Manipal PO Exam

World cancer day?
Total no. Of
commercial banks
on 31 march?
One life is not
enough is written
by?
Accidental prime
minister is written
by?
How much amount %
is necessary for
agriculture loan?
next chogam
meeting?
Total medal in cwg
by india?
Neft min & max
limit?
.before rbi deputy
governor mundra
was cmd of?
If bank not maintain
slr then how much
extra fine?
how much cpi target
in 2015?
assets which can
not be touched?
How much loan on
shares can be
given?
Hypothecation is
related to?
Which tennis player
is unesco brand
ambassador?
ATM full form?
IFSC full form?
Who can operate
banks micro
branch?
why kyc?
Demand draft
validity?
rbi changes
defination of bulk
transactions what's
new limit?
who is vishal sikka?
who acquired
skype?
Meeting on money
laundering held at?
One question on NIA
act?
which of following is
public sector
insurance
company?
Which is not a
money market
instrument?
Which is not a
financial regulatory
in india?
which of following
can not be in speed
mode?
if a customer did
not get money from
atm then when a
bank have to
refund it?
currency of brazil?
one ques on
capital?
Bsbda max amount
limit?
which of follwing not
come under
companies act?
if a company got
some loan from
bank and liquidate it
into market then
what relation b/w
bank & company?
Rate of interest in pf
account?
vikramaditya is
imported from?
New chief of staff
committee?
head of isro?
one ques related to
stock exchange?
data losses due to
connectivity or
electricity etc come
under which risk
according to bessel
norms?
New bank starting
amount required?

List of Indian Missiles

1. Prithvi-I (SS-150)(Range: 150 km,
Payload: 1000 kg, User: Army)
2. Prithvi-II (SS-250)(Range: 250
km - 350 km, Payload: 500 kg -
1000 kg, User: Air Force, Army)
3. Prithvi-III (SS-350)(Range: 350
km - 600 km, Payload: 250 kg - 500
kg, User: Army, Air Force, Navy)
4. Agni-I(Range: 700 – 1,200 km,
Type: MRBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
5. Agni-II(Range: 2,000 – 2,500 km,
Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
6. Agni-III(Range: 3,000 – 5,000
km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
7. Agni-IV(Range: 2,500 – 3,700
km, Type: IRBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
8. Agni-V(Range: 5,000 – 8,000
km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
9. Agni-VI(Range: 8,000 – 10,000
km, Type: ICBM, User: Army, Air
Force)
10. K-15(Range: 750 km, Weight: 10
tonne, Warhead: 1 tonne, length:
10 m)
11. K-4(Range: 3,500-5,000 km,
Weight: 17 tonnes, Warhead: 1
tonne - 2.5 tonnes, length: 10 m)
12. K-5(Range: 6,000 km, Weight:
Unspecified, Warhead: 1 tonne,
length: Unspecified)
13. BrahMos(Type: Supersonic,
Range: 290 km, Status: Inducted)
14. Shaurya (Type: Hypersonic,
Range: 1000-1800 Km, Status:
Inducted)
15. SRSAM (Type: Hypersonic,
Range: 15 Km, Status: Inducted)
16. Pinaka (Range: 40 km, Status:
Inducted)
17. Nag (Range: 4km, Status:
Induction)
18. Akash (Range: 30 Km , Status:
Inducted)
19. Phase-I:(Status: Development
completed)
20. MRSAM(Range: 70 km, Used:
Air force)
Some other Indian Missiles that
are either in development phase
or in testing phase are :
1. BrahMos-2(Type: Hypersonic,
Range: 290 km, Status: In
development)
2. Long-Range Cruise Missile
(LRCM) (Type: Supersonic, Range:
1000 km, Status: In development)
3. Pinaka 2 (Range: 120 km,
Status: Design Phase)
4. Nag 2(Range: 7 km, Status: In
development)
5. Akash MK2(Range: 45 -50 KM,
Status: In development)
6. Astra missile Mk2(Range:
100-120 km, Status: Design Phase)
7. Phase-II(Status: In design
Phase)
8. Prahaar(Range: 150 KM, Status:
In Test Phase)
9. Astra(Range: 80 km, Status: In
Trail Phase)
10. Helina(Range: 7Km, Status: In
Test Phase)
11. LRSAM (Range: 70 Km, Status:
testing phase)
12. Trishul (Range: 8-12 Km,
Status: Closed)

List of Heads of Important Indian Organizations

1. Chief Economic Advisor -
Siddharth Tiwari
2. Chief Election Commissionor -
V.S.Sampath
3. RBI - Raghu Ram Rajan
4. RAW - Alok Joshi
5. SBI - Arundhyuti Bhattyacharya
6. SEBI - U.K. Sinha
7. IB - Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim
8. IBPS - Mr.Anup Sankar
Bhattacharya
9. IRDA - T.S.Vijayan
10. ISRO - Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
11. NABARD - Dr. Harsh Kumar
Bhanwala
12. NASSCOM - R. Chandrasekhar
13. SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya
14. TRAI - Rahul Khullar
15. UGC - Ved Prakash
16. UPSC - Smt. Rajni Razdan
17. DRDO - Avinash Chander
18. FICCI - Sidharth Birla
19. ASSOCHAM - Rana Kapoor
20. CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma
21. CBDT - K.V. Chaudhary
22. CBI - Ranjeet Sinha
23. CCI - Ashok Chawla
24. National Commission for
women - Mamta Sharma
25. National Innovation
Commission - Sam Pitroda
26. National Security Advisor -
Ajit Kumar Doval
27. Press Trust of India - K N
Shanth Kumar
28. Attorney General of India -
Mukul Rohatgi
29. Bombay Stock Exchange -
Ashish Kr. Chauhan
29. National Stock Exchange -
Chitra Ramkrishna
30. Press Council of India -
Marandey Katju

APRIL 2014 Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL
1) In which country the Multilateral
Humanitarian Assistance / disaster
relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO
was conducted from March 28th to
3 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Indonesia
2) What is the name of the biblical
epic movie which was banned by
Malaysia and Indonesia on 7 April
2014 for its visual depiction of the
prophet?
Ans:-  ‘Noah’
3) Which country Parliament on 8
April 2014 voted to reject the
request by the Catalan authorities
to hold a referendum on
independence on 9 November
2014 ?
Ans:- Spain
4) Which country on 9 April 2014
taking a novel approach to
protecting doctors from growing
levels of violence from angry
patients: volunteer “Guardian
Angels” ?
Ans:- China
5) A comprehensive legislation on
Internet privacy for both service
providers and Internet Users was
on 23 April 2014 passed by which
country ?
Ans:- Brazil
INDIA & WORLD
1) Recently, India and which country
have reached an agreement to
include a new cross-boundary
landscape in the Hindu Kush
Himalayan Region ?
Ans:- Nepal and Bhutan
2) As per the latest data released
by SIPRI, country with highest
military expenditure in 2013 is —— ?
Ans:- USA
3) Which country and India on 22
April 2014 signed an agreement for
the development of joint
hydropower projects in a bid to
further strengthen their bilateral
strategic partnership ?
Ans:- Bhutan
4) Which country was rated lowest
for average internet speed in the
Asia Pacific region in a recently
conducted study done by US firm
Akamai?
Ans:-  India
5) Which country President and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe on 25 April 2014 issued a Joint
Statement emphasizing robust
trilateral relation with India ?
Ans:- US
NATIONAL
1) Government on 13 April 2014
sanctions the recruitment of
women as combat officers in
———– ?
Ans:-  Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
2) Name the programme was
launched by Election Commission of
India (ECI) on 15 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Election VIsitors Programme
(EVP) 2014
3) Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on
2 April 2014 approved the Tata and
Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint
venture called?
Ans:- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd
4) The Election Commission has
launched on 17 April its own
internet-based media arm called
——– ?
Ans:-  ‘ Voter Education Channel ‘
STATES
1) Which North-eastern state capital
on 7 April 2014 became the second
in the region to have rail-
connectivity?
Ans:- Itanagar, the capital of
Arunachal Pradesh
2) Recently the Union Ministry of
Environment and Forest accorded
environmental clearance (with
some conditions) to the expansion
of Bhubaneshwari opencast project
in which state ?
Ans:- Odisha
3) Name the stone-age tribes of
Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands
who for the first time casted their
votes in Great Nicobar on 10 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Shompens
4) Which state has achieved the
highest rate of increase in the
number of electors in the country in
the past five years as stated in the
electoral data released early this
year?
Ans:-  Tamil Nadu
5) Which state has recorded the
highest growth rate of milk
production and per capita
availability during the five year
period of 2006-10, according to
Assocham study ?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh
CONFERENCES
1) In which country the International
Hindi Conference was held from 25
– 27 April 2014 ?
Ans:- US
AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Renowned poet-lyricist and
filmmaker Gulzar was on 12 April
2014 selected for the prestigious
Dada Saheb Phalke award for
2013.What is the real name of
Gulzar?
Ans:-  Sampooran Singh Kalra
2) Which film was selected as the
Best Film for 61st National Film
Awards announced on 16 April 2014?
Ans:-  Ship of Theseus
3) Who won special jury award of
Times Now NRI Awards 2014?
Ans:- Zubin Mehta
4) ) Randstad Awards 2014 for most
attractive employer in India goes to
——- for the 4th consecutive
year ?
Ans:- Microsoft
5) The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-2014
has been awarded to Donna Tartt,
for her novel ——— ?
Ans:- The Goldfinch
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who won the India Super Series
Badminton tournament women’s
Singles title on 6 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Shixian Wang (China)
2) Which team won the 4th Hockey
India Junior Men National
Championship 2014 (Division A) on 6
April 2014 ?
Ans:- Punjab
3) Which country on 6 April 2014
won the T20 cricket world cup
2014 ?
Ans:- Sri Lanka
4) Which English Premier League
club was denied the permission to
change its name by the Football
Association Council (FAC) on 9 April
2014?
Ans:- Hull City
5) Which team won the National T20
title for the Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy on 14 April 2014?
Ans:-  Baroda
ECONOMY
1) The Reserve Bank of India on 2
April 2014 granted in-principle
approval of bank licences to which
two entitites?
Ans:- IDFC Limited and Bandhan
Financial Services Private Limited
2) What is the proposed additional
tax on those earning over Rs 1
crore through dividend income in
the draft of the Direct Taxes Code
(DTC), which was released on 1 April
2014?
Ans:-  10%
3) Reserve Bank of India on 1 April
2014 adopted which index as the
key measure of Inflation?
Ans :- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
4) Which firm became the first
Indian retail e-commerce to file for
an initial public offering (IPO) on
NASDAQ and to be listed on this US
stock exchange?
Ans:- HomeShop18
5) India retained the top spot in the
world in foreign exchange
remittances from its migratory
workforce during 2013. How much
remittance was received by India
during the year?
Ans:-  $70 billion
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) A vast liquid ocean was found on
which moon of Saturn by NASA’s
Cassini probe as published by
‘Science’ magazine on 3 April 2014?
Ans:-  Enceladus
2) After its ten and half years
service in orbit, on 1st April 2014
ISRO decommissioned which
Communication Satellite?
Ans:- INSAT-3E
3) What is the name of the deadly
virus for which the Computer
Emergency Response Team of India
(CERT-In) issued an advisory on 11
April 2014 to all Internet users in the
country?
Ans:- Heartbleed
4) Name the professor at Stanford
University alongwith his students,
invents a dirt cheap microscope
named ‘ Foldscope ‘ on 15 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Manu Prakash
5) Which country Scientists on 17
April 2014 created a 3D model of the
human malaria parasite genome
for the first time ?
Ans:- US
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was named as the captain of
the ICC World T20 team on 7 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Name the Indian-American was
on 5 April 2014 nominated by
President Barack Obama to a key
post as US Alternate Executive
Director at the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
Ans:- Sunil Sabharwal
B)RESIGNS
1) Which country Prime Minister
Serik Akhmetov, has announced his
resignation on 2 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Kazakhstan
C) DEATHS
1) Name the Nobel prize-winning
Colombian author died on 17 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2) Name the Former Liberian
President, who led a peacetime
government after two ruinous
back-to-back civil wars, died on 16
April 2014 ?
Ans:-  Gyude Bryant
D) VISITORS
1) Name the Namibian Prime Minister
visited China on 8 – 9 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Hage Geingob
E) MISCELLANEOUS
Which two former Popes were
declared Saints by the Pope Francis
at the Vatican on 27 April 2014?
Ans:-  John XXIII and John Paul II
PLACES IN NEWS
1) In the month of April
Archaeologists discovered a 3500-
year-old inscription on a stone
block in which country and claimed
that it is the oldest weather report
of the world ?
Ans:- Egypt
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of ‘ IRNSS ‘ ?
Ans:- Indian Regional Navigational
Satellite System
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the title of the book
written by former Coal Secretary
P.C. Parakh in which he claimed that
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s
inability to take on vested interests
led to the coal block row?
Ans:- “Crusader or Conspirator :
Coalgate and other truths”
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who is the Chairman of the
committee appointed by Supreme
Court on 22 April 2014 to monitor
the steps taken by the centre and
state government to ensure road
safety and curb growing number of
accidents ?
Ans:- Justice Radhakrishnan
DAYS & DATES
1) World Malaria Day (WMD) was
observed on ——– across the
world ? (Ans:- 25 April 2014 )

INDIA'S Only

Ø India’s Only coal museum
——- Margherita, Assam
Ø India’s Only glass mosque
——- Shillong, Meghalaya
Ø India’s Only active volcano
——- Barren Island, Andaman and
Nicobar Island
Ø India’s Only Floating National
Park
——- Keibul Lamjao National Park,
Manipur
Ø India’s Only Floating Lake
——- Loktak Lake, Manipur
Ø India’s Only Symphony Orchestra
——- Symphony Orchestra of India,
Mumbai
Ø India’s Only Female Wildlife
Photographer
——- Vasudha Chakravathi
Ø India’s Only two F1 Driver
——- Narain Karthikeyan and Karun
Chandhok
Ø India’s Only Aircraft carries
——- INS Viraat
Ø India’s Only overseas Military
Base
——- Farkhor  Air Base, Tajikistan
Ø India’s Only licenced production
and
supply Unit for National Flag
——- Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga
Samyukta Sangha
Ø India’s Only Satellite Launch
Center
——- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Ø India’s Only River Island
——- Majuli, Assam
Ø India’s Only Stadium with Student
Gallery
——- Green Park Stadium, Kanpur,
UP
Ø India’s Only Handwritten
Newspaper
——- The Musalman
Ø India’s Only district borders with
four States
——- Sonbhadra District, UP
Ø India’s only tobacco free village
——- Shankarpura, Haryana
Ø India’s Only Cattle Fair
——- Sonepur Mela, Bihar