21 ministers were inducted into the Narendra Modi Cabinet on 9 November 2014 with which the total strength of the Union Council of Ministers reached 66. How many new Cabinet ministers were inducted?
- Four
The four cabinet ministers inducted included include former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu, Haryana leader Birendra Singh and BJP General Secretary J.P. Nadda. Three ministers of state (independent charge) and 14 ministers of state (MoS) were also inducted. The three ministers of state (independent charge) included Bandaru Dattatreya, Dr. Mahesh Sharma and Rajiv Pratap Rudy. 14 ministers of state included Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Ramshankar Katheria, Vijay Sampla, Babul Supriyo, Ram Kripal Yadav, Sanwar Lal Jat, Giriraj Singh, Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Jayant Sinha, Y.S. Chowdary, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary.Following are the portfolios of 4 new Cabinet MinistersManohar Parrikar – Defence Minister(Arun Jaitley relieved of his Defence Ministry portfolio)Suresh Prabhu – Rail Minister(DV Sadananda Gowda shifted to the Law and Justice Ministry , relieving Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from this additional charge.)J P Nadda – Health and Family Welfare Minister(Harsh Vardhan has been shifted to the Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ministry)Birender Singh – Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister(This charge was held by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari till now after the demise of Gopinath Munde)
Who became the new Chief Minister of Goa on 8 November 2014?
- Laxmikant Parsekar
Laxmikant Parsekar was elected the leader of the Goa BJP Legislative Party on 8 November and was administered the oath of office on the same day. He replaced Manohar Parrikar, who took oath as Union Cabinet Minister on 9 November. Three-time legislator Laxmikant Parsekar was Health Minister till now and became the 11th Chief Minister of the state. Francisco D’Souza, who had earlier voiced discontent for choosing Parsekar as the new chief minister, was inducted into Cabinet along-with Dayanand Mandrekar, Ramesh Tawadkar, Mahadev Naik, Dilip Parulekar, Milind Naik, Alina Saldanha (all BJP), Ramkrishna Dhavlikar and Deepak Dhavlikar (both MGP).
Which Shiv Sena leader came to highlight for formally joining the BJP before being sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the first expansion of the Narendra Modi government on 9 November 2014?
- Suresh Prabhu
Prabhu was a cabinet minister in the erstwhile Atal Bihari Vajpayee Govt. of 1999-2004. He received the party’s primary membership on 9 November and was welcomed by senior party leaders. He is expected to assist Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the upcoming G20 Summit in Brisbane. However, Suresh Prabhu’s walkover to the BJP was ridiculed by the Shiv Sena for being opportunist.
Which anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was observed on 9 November 2014?
- 25th
The infamous Berlin Wall, that was used to separate West Berlin from the portion of Berlin under the possession of the erstwhile East Germany, was erected in 1961 by East Germany to protect the population of East Germany from fleeing to the affluent West Germany. It was often called the “Wall of Shame” or the “Iron Curtain” which restricted the freedom of movement. On 9 November 1989 the East German government announced that all East German citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. This not just led to the dismantling of this wall but also to unification of Germany in 1990.
In a major breakthrough The West Bengal Police arrested Sajid, the mastermind of the Burdwan blast case, on 8 November 2014. He is said to be associated with which Bangladesh-based terror group which was allegedly planning to assassinate Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina?
- Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
Sajid alias Sheikh Rahmatullah, is a member of JMB and is also a member of Majlis-e-Sura which is the central committee of JMB. He was the chief of the Burdwan module of JMB. This case is associated with the blasts took place on 2 October 2014 in a house in the Khagragarh locality of Burdwan. Later during investigations over 50 explosive devices were recovered from the house. The case was handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which unearthed the various complexities of the case and associated it with suspected plots to assassinate Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia.
Who was named as the most-powerful woman in business in India by ‘Fortune Magazine in a list released on 8 November 2014?
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of SBI
Arundhati Bhattacharya is heading India’s largest banking group – the State Bank of India (SBI). Bhattacharya made to number one spot due to her relentless fight against bad loans. Since she took over a year or so ago, she has improved assets quality, cut costs and recapitalised SBI. ICICI Bank’s Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank follow Bhattacharya at the second and the third place respectively. The other women who figure in the top 10 are Zia Mody Co-founder AZB Partners; Mallika Srinivasan CEO of TAFE and Aruna Jayanthi CEO of Capgemini India; Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospital Enterprise; Kiran Mazumdar Shaw chairperson and MD at Biocon and Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson, HT Media.
The Bangladesh High Court on 9 November 2014 questioned the legality of the 16th amendment of the country’s Constitution. The notice came on a writ petition filed by nine Supreme Court lawyers seeking to overturn the amendment two months after the parliament amended the Constitution. This amendment is associated with which issue?
- Empowering Parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct
The parliament, led by ruling Awami League, had passed the amendment bill on 17 September 2014 17 restoring an old provision allowing it to impeach Supreme Court judges for “misconduct and incapacity”. Following the amendment, a Supreme Court judge could be removed by adopting a resolution with a two-third majority in parliament on the basis of a government probe. The judiciary of the country fears that the amendment might have been done with a mala fide intention and that the judges might feel at risk to pass an order against a lawmaker.
What is the name of the Badminton’s top-ranked male player who was temporarily suspended on 8 November 2014 after he failed a doping test?
- Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei is a Malaysian player of Chinese origin and is presently ranked No.1 in men’s badminton. A badminton official of Malaysia confirmed that it was the sample of Lee Chong Wei which had failed during this year’s World Championships. This sample test was carried out on 5 November at Oslo (Norway) and concluded that the banned steroid dexamethasone was taken. However, Chong Wei denied cheating or relying on banned substances despite this result.
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS
- 1. In the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, India has been ranked?
1) 114
2) 101
3) 136
4) 124
5) 121 - 2. Which country topped the Global Gender Gap Report 2014?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Denmark - 3. Michael Sata died in London on October 28, 2014. He was the President of?
1) Somalia
2) Sudan
3) Zambia
4) Tanzania
5) Lesotho - 4. Who assumed office as the Chief Minister of Haryana on October 26, 2014?
1) Ram Bilas Sharma
2) Anil Vij
3) Narbir Singh
4) Manohar Lal Khattar
5) Abhimanyu - 5. Who was/were inducted into Don Bradman Hall of Fame on October 29, 2014?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Steve Waugh
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 - 6. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution proposed by?
1) South Korea
2) Philippines
3) China
4) India
5) Japan - 7. How many countries signed an agreement to become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
1) 20
2) 21
3) 24
4) 25
5) 28 - 8. The gender gap index was first introduced in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary fund
3) World Economic Forum
4) UN Women
5) United Nations Organization - 9. Who is the author of the book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them'?
1) Carlotta Gall
2) J.K. Rowling
3) Eimear McBride
4) Wendy Doniger
5) None of these - 10. T.R. Zeliang was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following States on May 24, 2014?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Tripura
3) Nagaland
4) Assam
5) Manipur - 11. The Central Vigilance Commissioner is appointed by the?
1) Prime Minister
2) Home Minister
3) President
4) Vice President
5) Lok Sabha Speaker - 12. Which of the following is the name of Advanced Light Helicopter?
1) Rudra
2) Cheetah
3) Chetak
4) Dhruv
5) Tejas - 13. Who is the current Chairman of the Competition Commission of India?
1) Ashok Chawla
2) M.L. Tayal
3) S.L. Bunker
4) Sudhir Mittal
5) U.C. Nahta - 14. Who is the first Indian scientist to reach the h-index of 100?
1) CNR Rao
2) CV Raman
3) APJ Abdul Kalam
4) A. Shivathanu Pillai
5) None of these - 15. Lingaraja Temple is located in which of the following cities?
1) Kanchipuram
2) Bhubaneswar
3) Kolkata
4) Bhopal
5) Patna - 16. 'Inclusive Growth' is a phrase used in India's?
1) 11th Plan
2) 12th Plan
3) 10th Plan
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 - 17. Whose best known works are 'The Golden Notebook', Memoirs of a Survivor' and 'The Summer Before the Dark'?
1) Alice Munro
2) Hilary Mantel
3) Doris Lessing
4) Herta Muller
5) Eleanor Catton - 18. Classification of an enterprise into public or private sector is based on?
1) Number of employees in the enterprise
2) Ownership of assets of the enterprise
3) Employment conditions for workers in the enterprise
4) Nature of products manufactured by the enterprise
5) None of these - 19. The Internal Security Academy was established under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India at?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mount Abu
3) Nasik
4) Dehradun
5) Pune - 20. Dul Hasti hydroelectric power plant is located in?
1) Assam
2) West Bengal
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh - 21. Dalia Grybauskaite was reelected as the President of which of the following countries in May
2014?
1) Lithuania
2) Latvia
3) Slovenia
4) Costa Rica
5) Slovakia - 22. Which country won the Uber Cup women's badminton title in New Delhi on May 24, 2014?
1) Japan
2) China
3) India
4) Malaysia
5) South Korea - 23. Kristin Lund is the first-ever woman to serve as the head of a UN peace keeping operation. She belongs to?
1) Denmark
2) Latvia
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) Netherlands - 24. India won a bronze medal for the first time in which of the following tournaments in May 2014?
1) Thomas Cup
2) Uber Cup
3) Sudirman Cup
4) Fed Cup
5) None of these - 25. Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on?
1) May 16, 2014
2) May 20, 2014
3) May 26, 2014
4) June 2, 2014
5) May 13, 2014 - 26. Jose Mario Vaz assumed office as the President of which of the following African countries on June 23, 2014?
1) Liberia
2) South Sudan
3) Sierra Leone
4) Guinea-Bissau
5) Lesotho - 27. Donna Vekic won the 2014 Malaysian Open tennis title. She belongs to?
1) Slovakia
2) Czech Republic
3) Serbia
4) Uzbekistan
5) Croatia - 28. The 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize was won by Ahmet Sik, an investigative journalist from?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Turkey
5) Kuwait - 29. The 24th ASEAN Summit was held in which of the following cities in May 2014?
1) Singapore
2) Jakarta
3) Manila
4) Bandar Seri Begawan
5) Nay Pyi Taw - 30. A two-day conference on nuclear test ban for Southeast Asia and Pacific Far East regions was held in May 2014 in?
1) Burma
2) Japan
3) Indonesia
4) South Korea
5) Philippines - 31. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is headquartered in?
1) France
2) UK
3) Canada
4) Sweden
5) Switzerland - 32. Who decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not?
1) Union Finance Minister
2) President
3) Prime Minister
4) Lok Sabha Speaker
5) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister - 33. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Assam
5) Karnataka - 34. The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities will
be held in?
1) Dublin, Ireland
2) Toronto, Canada
3) Shanghai, China
4) Los Angeles, USA
5) Frankfurt, Germany - 35. Naveen Patnaik has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the?
1) Second consecutive term
2) Third consecutive term
3) Fourth consecutive term
4) Fifth consecutive term
5) None of these - 36. Who assumed office as the President of Panama on July 1, 2014?
1) Isabel Saint Malo
2) Ricardo Martinelli
3) Samuel Lewis Navarro
4) Juan Carlos Varela
5) None of these - 37. In which of the following states the ruling party is Biju Janata Dal?
1) Bihar
2) Tripura
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) Karnataka - 38. Mark Selby and John Astley are associated with?
1) Snooker
2) Golf
3) Chess
4) Table Tennis
5) Athletics - 39. Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison for bribery. He is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Syria
2) Israel
3) Yemen
4) Lebanon
5) Libya - 40. Which of the following is the currency of Argentina?
1) Real
2) Riel
3) Shekel
4) Peso
5) Franc - ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 1 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 2 10) 3
11) 3 12) 4 13) 1 14) 1 15) 2 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 19) 2 20) 3
21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 2 25) 3 26) 4 27) 5 28) 4 29) 5 30) 3
31) 5 32) 4 33) 3 34) 4 35) 3 36) 4 37) 3 38) 1 39) 2 40) 4
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