Important Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk 2014 Exam: IBPS Clerical exam 2014 is going to start in 3 days. Due to the vast applicants the exam is scheduled on different dates in December Month. Hope applicants are well prepared for the exam. Each and every section in IBPS Clerk Exam is important as there is individual cut off for each section. If we keep aside the individual cut offs importance General Awareness section and Computer Knowledge section are two important and easy sections where candidates can score high. With good preparation candidates can even sweep the sections.
Let us talk about the importance of General Awareness section in this article. General Awareness section is very important for candidates to prepare with. This section is mainly focused on current affairs part, banking awareness part. Almost 80% of the paper is designed with the questions from these areas and rest 20% is with the traditional general awareness section. Candidates should prepare for this part carefully in a systematic way. It will be very easy for candidate to score in this part with little efforts from the first day of the preparation.
Preparing with this section is also very advantageous for candidates to score high on the exam day. Questions in this section are straight and candidates can answer the questions within seconds if they are prepared. Totally if candidate know all the answers this section can be answered just in 15 minutes. As this is the section that can be scored high with in less time we are stressing and suggesting the candidates in every article to prepare with this section well.
Apart from this preparation with general awareness part also help the candidates to impress the interviewer in personal interview session. So, fellas prepare for this section carefully.
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1. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics on 13 October 2014?
Ans. French economist Jean Tirole
2. Who won the Man Booker Prize 2014 on 14 October 2014?
Ans. Australian author Richard Flanagan (He won the Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. This was the first year that the Man Booker prize was open to all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality)
3. ISRO on 16 October 2014 successfully launched third navigation satellite in IRNSS series named?
Ans. IRNSS 1C
4. World Food Day was observed across the world on 16 October 2014 with the theme?
Ans. Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth.
5. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed across the world on and its theme?
Ans. 17 October 2014, The theme for the day was Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
6. Global Hand washing Day (GHD) was observed across the world on?
Ans. 15 October 2014 (Theme for 2014 is “Clean Hands Save Lives”)
7. 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 was held in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014. Name the Slogan of the Asian Games Incheon 2014?
Ans. Diversity Shines Here
8. Which city will host the next Asian Games in 2018?
Ans. Jakarta, Indonesia
9. Who was appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen on 13 October 2014?
Ans. Khaled Bahah
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
(SAGY) on the birth anniversary of whom on 11 October 2014?
Ans. Jai Prakash Narayan
11. Union Home Ministry on 17 October 2014 announced to rename 12 cities and towns of which state?
Ans. Karnataka
12. Who was appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) on 14 October 2014?
Ans. Gautham Roy
13. Who was conferred with Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014 in Washington 10 October 2014?
Ans. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor of Reserve Bank of India
14. Who was appointment as the Union Finance Secretary?
Ans. Rajiv Mehrishi replaced Arvind Mayaram, who was appointed as the
Union Tourism Secretary
15. Which Bollywood actor on 4 October 2014 received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?
Ans. Shah Rukh Khan
16. Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated 82nd Air Force Day in New Delhi on?
Ans. 8 October 2014
17. World Post Day was observed on?
Ans. 9 October 2014
18. Who was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) on 9 October 2014?
Ans. Kalpana Morparia
19. World’s first womb-transplant baby was born to a 36-year-old woman from which country recently?
Ans. Sweden
20. World Animal Day was observed across the world on?
Ans. 4 October 2014
21. World Tourism Day (WTD) was observed across the world on 27 September 2014 with the theme?
Ans. Tourism and Community Development
22. Which bollywood actor was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia?
Ans. Aamir Khan
23. Name the winners of Nobel Peace Prize 2014?
Ans. Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indianchild rights activist Kailash Satyarthi
24. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was celebrated on?
Ans. 1 October 2014
25. World Health Organisation (WHO) on 20 October 2014 declared which country as Ebola free?
Ans. Nigeria
26. Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed across the world on 11 October 2014 with the theme?
Ans. Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence.
27. Who became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games on 1 October 2014?
Ans. MC Mary Kom
28. Who won World Billiards Point Format Championship on 24 October 2014?
Ans. Pankaj Advani
29. Who became the first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award on 24 October 2014?
Ans. Ashwika Kapur
30. Who won World Billiards Point Format Championship on 24 October 2014?
Ans. Pankaj Advani
