www.currentaffairs4examz.com Current Affairs PDF September 2014Complete Join our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/currentaffairs4examzwww.currentaffairs4examz.com First Week 1) Former ChiefJustice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the new Governor of which state on 3 September 2014? Ans. Kerala 2) PresidentPranabMukherjee on 3 September 2014 cleared the appointmentof whom as the 42nd Chief Justice of India? Ans. Justice H L DattuNote: Justice Dattu will become the Chief Justice of India after the retirement of CJIR.M.Lodhaon27September2014.Hewouldholdthepostuntilhis retirement on 2 December 2015. 3) Which team won the inaugural title of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League on 31 August 2014? Ans. Jaipur Pink Panther (JPP)Note:ItisownedbyAbhisekBachchan.TheydefeatedUMumba35-24inthe final at the NSCI Stadium in Mumbai. 4) Who recently became the first Indian actor to be honored with a postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS)? Ans. Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao.Note: The stamp will be issued on the birth anniversary of Nageshwara Rao that is on 20 September 2014 in Dallas Texas. 5) Who became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship on 31 August 2014? Ans. Carolina Marin www.currentaffairs4examz.com Note:TheWorldBadmintonChampionshipwasheldinCopenhagen,Denmark. Carolina won womens singles titles by defeating world number one Li Xuerui of china. 6)WhowasnamedJuniorMenPlayeroftheYearbyAsianHockeyFederation on 31 August 2014? Ans. Manpreet Singh 7)NametheformerAttorneyGeneralofIndiawhodiedofaheartattackin Mumbai on 2 September 2014? Ans. Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 8)NametheIndo-Nepaljointmilitaryexercisewhichwasconcludedon31 August 2014 at Pithoragarh? Ans. Surya Kiran-VII 9)UnionGovernmenton4September2014approved.......percenthikein DearnessAllowance(DA)toCentralGovernmentemployeesandDearness Relief (DR) to pensioners? Ans. 7 % 10) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 3 September 2014 released a set of eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on? Ans. Indian Musicians 11) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 3 September 2014 constituted apanel under whom to assess the amount of unclaimed deposits in the PPF accounts and Post Office saving schemes? www.currentaffairs4examz.com Ans. H R Khan Note: H R Khan is the Deputy Governor of RBI. 12)SaniaMirzaandalongwithwhichplayeron5September2014wonthe Mixed Doubles trophy of the US Open Tennis 2014? Ans. Bruno Soares of Brazil 13)NameIndia'slargestnavaloffshorepatrolvessel(NOPV)whichwas commissioned into Indian Navy on 4 September 2014? Ans. INS Sumitra 14)Whichcountryon31August2014defeatedAustraliaforthefirsttimein31 years in the one-day match played at the Harare Sports Club recently? Ans. Zimbabwe 15) Name the first Women directors in IIT council? Ans. Tessy Thomas and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Note: They were appointed on 1 September 2014. IIT Council is the apex body of 16IITs.TessyThomasistheProjectDirectorforAgni-IVmissileinDefence Research and Development Organisation. 16)UnionGovernmenton2September2014constitutedahigh-levelcommittee to review five environment laws. Who will head the committee? Ans. Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramanian 17) India-Japan Annual Summit 2014 was held at? Ans. Tokyo, Japan Note:TheSummitwasheldduringthePrimeMinisterNarendraModifive-day visit to Japan from 30 August - 3 September 2014. www.currentaffairs4examz.com 18)WhichplayerwasselectedtoleadIndianwomen'shockeyteaminAsian Games 2014? Ans. Ritu Rani 19)Indiawonthe5-matchOne-DayInternational(ODI)seriesplayedagainst England by 3-1 recently. Who was adjudged the Man-of-the-Series? Ans. Suresh Raina 20)WhowasappointedasfirstwomenchairpersonofIndianInstituteof Advanced Study (IIAS) on 4 September 2014? Ans. Chandrakala Padia 21) The revived Nalanda University on 1 September 2014 started its first session with 15 students in its makeshift campus at which place? Ans. Buddhist pilgrim town of Rajgir, about 100 km from Patna. 22) Which parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as the Prime Minister on 1 September 2014? Ans. Libya 23) Which state became the first State in the country to launch a Health Adalat? Ans. Karnataka 24)NametherenownedTelugufilmmakernicknamedBapuwhodiedon31 August 2014 in Chennai? Ans. Sattiraju Lakshminarayana www.currentaffairs4examz.com 25)Whichstatehighcourtbannedanimalsacrificeatanyplaceofpublic religious worship on 1 September 2014? Ans. Himachal Pradesh. 26) Saina Nehwal on 1 September 2014 decided to train under new coach? Ans. Vimal Kumar Note: She decided to split with the national head coach Pullela Gopichand. 27) Which country recently unveiled plans to issue worlds first digital currency? Ans. Ecuador 28)Whorecentlysetaworldrecordinthewomenshammerthrowatthe InternationalesStadionfest(ISTAF)BerlinAthleticsmeetatBerlin'sOlympic stadium in Germany? Ans. Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland 29) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 4 September 2014 formally announced that the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as? Ans. Vijayawada 30)WhowonthegoldmedalforthethirdtimeattheIWFWorldMasters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark recently? Ans. Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant www.currentaffairs4examz.com Second Week 1)WhowontheMensSinglestitleoftheUSOpenofTennis2014on8 September 2014? Ans. Marin Cilic 2) World Literacy Day was observed across the world on 8 September 2014. What was the theme of the day this year? Ans. Literacy and Sustainable Development 3)StateBankofIndia(SBI)on13September2014celebrated150yearsofits operations in which country? Ans. Sri Lanka. 4)WhichbanklaunchedaCardlessCashWithdrawalserviceon10September 2014? Ans. ICICI Bank 5)InternationalCricketCouncil(ICC)on9September2014suspendedwhich Pakistani off-spinner from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect for illegal bowling action? Ans. Saeed Ajmal 6) Who became the first Indian to visit to the stratosphere, the second layer of the Earths atmosphere on 15 August 2014? Ans. TN Suresh Kumar www.currentaffairs4examz.com Note:Hetraveledtoanaltitudeof17100metersinMIG-29fromSokolAirbase near Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. 7) Name the Prime Minister of Australia who visited India from 4 to 5 September 2014? Ans. Tony Abbott 8) Who won the womens Singles title of the US Open of Tennis 2014? Ans. Serena Williams Note:ThiswasherthirdconsecutiveTennisUSOpentrophy.Shedefeated CarolineWozniazkiofDenmarkinstraightsets,6-3,6-3.Withthis,Williams joined the Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam titles. 9)SupremeCourton12September2014ruled......percentquotafordisabled personsinallgovernmentjobs,includingIndianAdministrativeServices(IAS), and promotions? Ans.3% 10) Reserve Bank of India on 9 September 2014 decided to fix the upper age limit at ..... years for Managing Directors (M.D) and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in private sector banks? Ans. 70 years 11) Engineering and information technology company Tata Technologies Ltd on 9September2014appointedwhomasChiefExecutiveOfficer(CEO)and Managing Director (MD) of the company? Ans. Warren Harris www.currentaffairs4examz.com 12)Whichcommitteeon8September2014reportedthatmostofthedeemed universities are not fit for being a university? Ans. H Devaraj Committee 13) Uttarakhand Government officially declared which day as Himalaya Diwas? Ans. 9 September 14) Who was elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on 12 September 2014? Ans. Narendra Ambwani 15) Who became the youngest sailor to represent India at the 2014 Asian Games? Ans. Chitresh Tatha, 12 years 16) Union government on 11 September 2014 decided to wind up which famous watch factory in a phased manner? Ans. HMT watches 17) Name the Indian who on 6 September 2014 won bronze at the women Grand Prix chess at the Asian Games? Ans. Harika Dronavalli 18)WhichIndianplayerannouncedretirementfromtheprofessionalsnooker tour on 5 September 2014? Ans. Pankaj Advani www.currentaffairs4examz.com 19)NametheUnionCivilAviationMinisterwhoon9September2014 announcedthattheUnionGovernmenthasidentifiedfivelocationsfor development of no-frills airports in India? Ans. Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju 20)WhowasappointedastheExecutiveDirector(ED)ofWorldBankon10 September 2014? Ans. Subhash Chandra GargNote: He is a Senior IAS officer. 21) Who won the mens doubles titles of the US Open 2014? Ans. American twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan 22)Unit5oftheRajasthanAtomicPowerStationon6September2014became the ........ longest running reactor in the world? Ans. Second Third Week 1)WhowasIndia'sflagbearerat17thAsianGamesopeningceremonyheldon 19 September 2014? Ans. Sardar SinghNote: Sardar Singh is the captain of Indian Hockey team. 2) Name the Mandolin maestro who died on 19 September 2014 in Chennai? Ans. Uppalapu Srinivas www.currentaffairs4examz.com 3)NameAsia'sfirstwomenGrandSlamwinnerwhoon19September2014 announced her retirement from Tennis at the age of 32? Ans. Li Na 4)WhowasappointedaschairpersonofNationalCommissionforWomen (NCW) recently? Ans. Lalitha Kumaramangalam 5) International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September 2014. What was the theme this year? Ans. Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On. 6) National Hindi Divas (Hindi Day) was observed across India on 14 September 2014. Why was Hindi Diwas celebrated on this day? Ans.HindiDayisobservedbecauseon14September1949,theConstituent AssemblyofIndiaadoptedHindiwritteninDevanagariscriptastheOfficial Language of the Union. 7)Whichcountryon19September2014rejectedthehistoricreferendumfor independence from United Kingdom through public voting? Ans. Scotland 8)17thAsianGamesalsoknownasXVIIAsiadcommencedatAsiadMain StadiuminIncheon,SouthKoreaon19September2104.Whatisthethemeof Asian Games 2014? Ans.Meet Asias Future www.currentaffairs4examz.com 9) What was the slogan of Asian Games 2014? Ans. "Diversity Shines Here" 10)UnionSportsMinistryon17September2014agreedtohonourwhichBoxer with Arjuna Award? Ans. Manoj KumarNote: Ministry admitted in the court that Manoj was initially not considered for the award by the committee as they mistakenly believed that he was involved in a doping case. 11) US President Barack Obama on 18 September 2014 nominated which Indian-American as the next US Ambassador to India? Ans. Richard Rahul Verma 12)WhichstatebecamethefirstIndianstatetoratifytheNationalJudicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014? Ans. Rajasthan Note:TheBillseekstoendthetwo-decade-oldcollegiumsystemof appointments and transfers of judges to higher judiciary. 13) Which place became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as decided by Union Government recently? Ans. Goa 14)BollywoodactorNaseeruddinShahon12September2014releasedhis autobiography named? Ans. And then One Day: A Memoir. www.currentaffairs4examz.com 15) Who won the Miss America pageant on 14 September 2014? Ans. Miss Kira Kazantsev 16) Which country won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia on 14 September 2014? Ans. USA 17) Namethe young Indian shuttler won Indonesian Badminton MastersGrand Prix Gold on 14 September 2014? Ans. HS Prannoy 18)USSenateon19September2014passedabipartisanresolutiondeclaring which day as US-India Partnership Day? Ans. 30 September 2014 19) Name the Co-founder and leader of Oracle Corp who on 18 September 2014 stepped down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)? Ans. Larry Ellison Note:LarryEllisonwillnowbethechairmanofOraclesboardandtheChief Technology Officer of the company. 20) Who became the first transgender television news anchor in India recently? Ans. Padmini Prakash Note:OntheeveofIndependenceDayon15August2014,sheforthefirsttime readoutthedaysheadlinesfromateleprompterfortheLotusNewsChannel Studios. www.currentaffairs4examz.com 21) President Pranab Mukherjee was on a visit to which foreign country from 14 to 17 September 2014? Ans. Socialist Republic of Vietnam 22)ChinesePresidentXiJinpingon16September2014appointedwhomas China's new Ambassador to India? Ans. Le Yucheng 23) Name the former Director General of Police of Assam who committed suicide on 17 September 2014? Ans. Sanker BaruahNote:HissuicidecameafterCBIraidedhisresidenceduringthecourseof investigation of multi-crore Saradha chit fund case. 24)WhowasappointedasUnitedNationsMessengerofPeacewithaspecial focus on climate change on 16 September 2014? Ans. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio 25)InternationalEconomicAssociation(IEA)on16September2014appointed whom as president-elect of the association beginning September 2014? Ans. Kaushik Basu 26) Which firm on 18 September 2014 launched equity index linked green bond? Ans. BNP Paribas Note:ItwaslaunchedincollaborationwiththeWorldBankwhichwillhelp raise funds for products seeking to mitigate climate change. It is the first equity index linked with green bond. www.currentaffairs4examz.com 27)Whichstatepoliceon16September2014decidedtolaunchitsfirste-police station to deal exclusively with vehicle thefts? Ans. Delhi Police 28)The20thAsianJunior&CadetTableTennisChampionshipwasheldfrom 12 to 16 September 2014 at? Ans. Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai 29) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI) on 17 September 2014? Ans. Adil Zainulbhai Fourth Week 1)NamethecampaignlaunchedbyPrimeMinisterNarendraModion25 September 2014 to make India a manufacturing hub? Ans. Make In India Campaign Note:Thecampaignisaimedtoattractforeigncompaniestosetuptheir manufacturing units in India and to seek greater foreign investment. 2) Name the scheme launched by Union Government on 25 September 2014 aims atalleviatingurbanandruralpovertythroughenhancementoflivelihood opportunities through skill development and other means? Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana 3) Which film was selected as Indias official entry in the 2015 Oscars Awards on 23 September 2014? Ans. Liar's Dice www.currentaffairs4examz.com Note:ThehindifilmisdirectedbyGeethuMohandas.The87thOscarAwards eventwilltakeplaceintheUSon22February2015.Themoviestarsnational award winning actors Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. 4)IndiasMarsOrbiterMission,ManglayaansuccessfullyenteredtheMartian orbit on? Ans. 24 September 2014 Note:Byachievingthisfete,Indiacreatedthehistoryofbecomingthefirst country to insert the spacecraft of the mission around the Mars in first attempt. 5)Whichtechgianton22September2014announcedtolaunchanationwide contest to develop a mobile app for Prime Ministers office (PMO)? Ans. Google 6)NametherescueoperationundertakenbyIndianArmyduringJammuand Kashmir floods recently? Ans. Operation Megh Rahat 7)NametheChiefMinisterofMaharashtrawhohasresignedon26September 2014 after his government was reduced to a minority? Ans. Prithviraj Chavan Note: His resignation came in the backdrop of withdrawal of the support of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that supported Congress for the last 15 years. 8)NamethenewnameofAajeevikaSkillsDevelopmentProgramme(ASDP) which was launched by Union government on 25 September 2014? Ans. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana 9) Which cricketers were recently selected as Bradman Honouree 2014? www.currentaffairs4examz.com Ans. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh 10)Whichbanksallowedkidstooperatebankaccountsindependentlyon24 September 2014? Ans. SBI and ICICI Note:Thebankaccountisavailableforallkidsabove10whocansign uniformly.On5September2014,SBIhadlaunchednewaccountsPehlaKadam andPehliUdaanforkids.ICICIBankhaslaunchedSmartStarsaccountand Federal Bank Limited has Young Champ Account for minors. 11) Who was appointed as the head coach of the national team of Srilanka on 24 September 2014? Ans. Marvan Atapattu, the former national cricket team captain 12)BoardofCricketforControlinIndia(BCCI)WorkingCommitteeon26 September 2014 extended Ravi Shastris tenure as Director of Indian Cricket team till? Ans. End of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup 13) Union Government recently declared which day as Antyodya Diwas? Ans. 25 September Note:Antyodyadiwaswasobservedtomarkthe98thbirthanniversaryof PanditDeendayalUpadhyay.PanditDeendayalUpadhyaywasthenoted philosopher, historian and political activist. 14) Name the renowned Hindi author was given the Saraswati Samman 2013 in New Delhi on 23 September 2014? Ans. Govind Mishra www.currentaffairs4examz.com Note: He was given the Samman by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for his novelDhoolPaudhonParthatwaspublishedin2008.GovindMishraisthe secondHindiauthortobeconferredwiththishonourafterHarivanshRai Bachchan in 1991. 15)WhowasappointedasthenewheadofthePakistansspyagencyInter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on 22 September 2014? Ans. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar 16) CSIR on 26 September 2014 announced the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2014fortenpersonsinrecognitionoftheirwork.ShantiSwarupBhatnagar Awards is given in which field? Ans. Science 17) Who are the winners of Right Livelihood Award 2014? Ans. Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger Note:ThefirstoneisformerU.S.spyagencycontractorandtheotheristhe editorofTheGuardian.TheRightLivelihoodAwardisalsoknownas Alternative Nobel prize of Sweden. 18)WhowasselectedfortheJCDanielAwardforlifetimeachievementforthe year 2013 given by State Government of Kerala? Ans. Noted writer and filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair 19) UN Climate Change Summit 2014 was held at? Ans. New York www.currentaffairs4examz.com 20) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 September 2014 approved the appointment ofwhomasManagingDirector(MD)andChiefExecutiveOfficer(CEO)of Kerala-based South Indian Bank Ltd? Ans. V.G. Mathew 21)TheForbesIndiamagazinereleasedThe100RichestIndianList2014on25 September 2014. Who has topped the list? Ans. Mukesh Ambani 22)WhowasappointedasthenewpresidentoftheNewsBroadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015 on 24 September 2014 ? Ans. Rajat Sharma Note: He is India TV chairman and editor-in-chief. 23)UnionMinistryofSportsSarbanandaSonowalon22September2014inaugurated National Academy for Athletics and National Golf Academy at? Ans. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 24)InternetmajorYahoo!Inc.on21September2014acquiredwhichBangalore-based start-up firm for over 8 million US dollars? Ans. BookPad Inc 25) Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term on 21 September 2014? Ans. John Key www.currentaffairs4examz.com 26) AP Governmenton 23 September 2014 issued an order enhancing the upper age limit for direct recruitment in government service from 34 to? Ans. 40 Years 27) Who was unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2014-15 on 22 September 2014? Ans. Amit MathewNote:He is the resident editor and director of Malyala Manorama. 28)AncientNalandaUniversity(NU)wasformallyinauguratedafter800years on 19 September 2014 by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at? Ans. Rajgir near Nalanda, Bihar. 29) Who has sworn in as new Prime Minister of Fiji on 22 September 2014? Ans. Voreqe Bainimarama 30)WhichcitywillhostICCWorldCricketLeagueDivision3from23to30 October 2014? Ans. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 31) Who won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award on 24 September 2014? Ans. Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel 32)ReserveBankofIndiaon24September2014releasedwhichreporton Capacity Building in banks and non-banks? Ans. Gopalakrishna Committee report www.currentaffairs4examz.com 33)WhowasappointedasPrimeMinisterNarendraModisSherpaforthe Group of 20 annual Summit 2014 on 23 September 2014? Ans. Suresh Prabhu Join our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/currentaffairs4examz Useful Books for upcoming exams 1. 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