Current Affairs First Week June 2014 with Answers

Current Affairs June First Week with Answers


Q.1) Name the team that won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 on 1 June 2014?

A. Chennai Super Kings
B. Kings XI Punjab
C. Rajasthan Royals
D. Kolkata Knight Riders (Answer)

Q.2) Who was adjudged as the man of the match in the final of IPL 2014?

A. Wriddhiman Saha
B. Manish Pandey (Answer)
C. Glenn Maxwell
D. Robin Uthappa

Q.3) Who was recently named as the India’s Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?

A. Arun Jaitely (Answer)
B. P Chidambaram
C. Arvind Mayaram
D. Raghuram Rajan

Q.4) The bilateral air exercise Garurda V that started in Jodhpur on 2 June 2014 was conducted between which two countries?

A. India and France (Answer)
B. India and Russia
C. India and USA
D. India and Singapore

Q.5) Global Day of Parents was observed on

A. 1 June (Answer)
B. 2 June
C. 3 June
D. 4 June

Q.6) Name the Indian-American, who was recently appointed as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council by US President.

A. Shefali Razdan Duggal (Answer)
B. Vijay Gandhi
C. Leslie Ann Bassett
D. Ami Bera

Q.7) World Environment Day is observed on

A. 2 June
B. 3 June
C. 4 June
D. 5 June (Answer)

Q.8) What is the theme for 2014 World Environment Day?

A. Small islands and climate change (Answer)
B. Think, Eat, Save
C. Green Economy: Does it include you?
D. Many Species. One Planet. One Future.

Q.9) Name the person, who was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation on 4 June 2014 after the demise of Gopinath Munde on 3 June 2014?

A. Sushma Swaraj
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Venkaiah Naidu
D. Nitin Gadkari (Answer)

Q.10) The last Navajo code talker Chester Nez died on 4 June 2014 in his home at Albuquerque, New Mexico. This unbreakable Navajo code was first used in?

A. World War I
B. World War II (Answer)
C. Korean War
D. Afghanistan War

Q.11) Name the anti-tobacco advertisement released by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in June 2014 to highlight the health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption?

A. It doesn’t Kill Only You
B. Consume Me and Call Danger
C. The Price We Pay (Answer)
D. Is it Your Choice?

Q.12) Name the firm which on 5 June 2014 salvaged the INS Sindhurakshak that sank in Arabian Sea on 14 August 2013?

A. Resolve Marine (Answer)
B. Titan Salvage
C. SMIT Salvage
D. None of the above

Q.13) Name the person, who was recently appointed as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan by State government of Madhya Pradesh?

A. Mary Kom
B. Madhuri Dixit (Answer)
C. Hema Malini
D. Gauri Khan

Q.14) Name the nation that formed National Unity Government on 2 June 2014?

A. Syria
B. Palestine (Answer)
C. Egypt
D. Vietnam

Q.15) Palestinian National Unity Government formed on 2 June 2014 will be headed by

A. Mahmoud Abbas
B. Ismael Haniyeh
C. Rami Hamadallah (Answer)
D. Ahmad Maiteeq

Q.16) Name the country that recently proposed a 1 billion dollar security plan for Eastern Europe amid an East-West showdown over Ukraine?

A. Britain
B. France
C. Germany
D. US (Answer)

Q.17) Name the former guerrilla commander who became the President of El Salvador on 1 June 2014?

A. Salvador Sanchez Ceren (Answer)
B. Francisco Flores
C. Norman Quijano
D. Mauricio Funes

Q.18) India on 3 June 2014 made arrangements for evacuation of its nationals, especially students, from Lugansk region. Lugansk is located in which country?

A. Palestine
B. Ukraine (Answer)
C. Syria
D. Egypt

Q.19) Name the Canadian province that on 5 June 2014 became the first to adopt Right-to-Die legislation which allows terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor’s help?

A. Ottawa
B. Stadacona
C. Yukon
D. Quebec (Answer)

Q.20) Telangana became the 29th State of Union India on

A. 1 June 2014
B. 2 June 2014 (Answer)
C. 3 June 2014
D. 4 June 2014

Q.21) Who became the first chief minister of Telangana?

A. Chandrababu Naidu
B. Jagan Mohan Reddy
C. YS Vijaymala
D. Chandrasekhar Rao (Answer)

Q.22) How long will Hyderabad act as a joint-capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh?

A. 5 Years
B. 7 years
C. 10 years (Answer)
D. 15 years

Q.23) What is Impulse 2 which made its inaugural flight in the first week of June 2014?

A. A Robot sent to MARS
B. A Solar Plane (Answer)
C. An Army Operation
D. None of the above

Q.24) Indian Air Force in recently explored an unclimbed peak of Mt Gorichen at a height of 5587 meters. Name the State where Mt Gorichen is located?

A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Uttarakhand
C. Sikkim
D. Arunachal Pradesh (Answer)

Q.25) Name the State that recently established women helpline in each district

A. Delhi
B. Uttar Pradesh (Answer)
C. Bihar
D. Haryana

Q.26) A University recently signed a MoU with ICAR to open 638th Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Baksa district. Name the University?

A. Junagadh Agricultural University
B. Assam Agricultural University (Answer)
C. Rajendra Agricultural University
D. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Q.27) Name the Indian organisation that in May 2014 entered into a pact with Afghanistan to provide Artificial Limbs to people in the country?

A. Bhagwan Buddha Viklang Sahayta Samiti
B. Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (Answer)
C. Bhagwan Valmiki Viklang Sahayta Samiti
D. Mehta Viklang Sahayta Samiti

Q.28) Rafael Nadal of Spain on 8 June 2014 won the French Open 2014 for record

A. Seventh time
B. Eighth time
C. Ninth time (Answer)
D. Tenth time

Q.29) The women singles title of French Open 2014 was won by

A. Simona Halep of Romania
B. Maria Sharapova of Russia (Answer)
C. Serena Williams of USA
D. Sara Errani of Italy

Q.30) Which nuclear power plant on 8 June 2014 became the first nuclear power plant to generate 1000 MWe?

A. Kalpakkam
B. Kundankulam (Answer)
C. Narora
D. Kaiga