Current Affairs March 2014

1. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation to impose President Rule in which state on 1st March 2014?

Ans. Andhra Pradesh

Note: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned on 19 February 2014 over Telangana issue.

2. Union Cabinet on 2 March 2014 cleared reservation for which community under the central list of OBC (other backward castes quota) category in nine northern states?

Ans. Jat community

3. Government of India on 4 March 2014 hiked the interest rates on fixed deposit scheme that is offered by post offices by up to ..... percent?

Ans. 0.2

4. Which state on 4 March 2014 became the first state in India to observe State Child Protection Day?

Ans. Assam

5. World Dentist Day was observed across the world on?

Ans. 6 March 2014

6. Name the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Apple Inc who announced his retirement on 4 March 2014?

Ans. Peter Oppenheimer

7. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 3 March 2014 declared which body as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India?

Ans. Hockey India

8. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 8 March 2014 conferred Stree Shakti Puruskar 2013 to how many womens in recognition of their achievements?

Ans. Six

9. Saudi Arabia on 7 March 2014 declared which group as a Terrorist Group?

Ans. Muslim Brotherhood

10. Technology firm Avaya on 6 March 2014 appointed whom as Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations?

Ans. Priyadarshi Mohapatra

11. Which teams won the Federation Cup Volleyball titles in mens and womens category respectively on 5 March 2014?

Ans. Tamil Nadu and Railways

12. Name the new health scheme launched on 6 March 2014 by North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for women?

Ans. Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna

13. 64th National Basketball Championship concluded on 5 March 201 . Where was the event held?

Ans. New Delhi

Note: Chhattisgarh won the women's title beating Indian Railways 81-77. The men's title was won by Tamil Nadu.

14. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on 5 March 2014 inaugurated the Sports Authority of India National Cycling Academy (SAI NCA) at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Who is the present sports Minister?

Ans. Jitendra Singh

15. Which team won the 68th senior National football championship of Santosh Trophy by defeating Railways 3-0 in the final match played at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal on 9 March 2014?

Ans. Mizoram

16. Which country emerged as the largest non oil trading partner for Dubai in 2013-14 as per report released by Dubai Department of Economic Development on 10 March 2014?

Ans. India

17. International Women Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2014. What was the theme for the day for 2014?

Ans. Equality for Women is Progress for all

18. Name the exclusive health insurance cover for girl child announced on 7 March 2014 by Public sector general insurer New India Assurance?

Ans. Asha Kiran

19. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta Resources on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Tom Albanese

20. Which country replaced India at the number two position in the Test team rankings of cricket released on 5 March 2014?

Ans. Australia

21. Which Indian player on 9 March 2014 reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen?

Ans. Virat Kohli

22. Election Commission of India on 5 March 2014 announced that the …….th LokSabha elections will be held from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 and the counting will take place on 16 May 2014?

Ans. 16th

23. Election Commission has alos announced that Assembly elections to which states will be held simultaneously with the LS polls 2014?

Ans. Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

24. Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 at?

Ans. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

25. Name the South African cricket team Captain who on 4 March 2014 announced his retirement from international cricket?

Ans. Graeme Smith

26. Name the former chief minister of Delhi who was appointed as the 22nd Governor of Kerala on 4 March 2014?

Ans. Sheila Dikshit

27. Who is the World’s top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars according to Forbes magazine’s 28th Annual World billionaires list released on 3 March 2014?

Ans. Bill Gates

28. Which country won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014?

Ans. South Africa

Note: They have defeated two-time former champions Pakistan by six wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 1 March 2014.

29. Which film won the best picture award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014 announced on 2nd March 2014?

Ans. 12 Years A Slave

• Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
• Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

30. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee Signed the Telangana Bill to carve out Telengana state on 1 March 2014. It will become the ..... state of India?

Ans. 29th

31. Who won 2 Gold and 1 Silver in the 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship held on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Ragala Venkat

32. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet appointed whom as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 4 March 2014?

Ans. R.Neelakantan

33. Name the latest released book by Jaswant Singh, former minister in the NDA government recently?

Ans. India at Risk

34. Who won singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship by defeating Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4,6-3 in the final?

Ans. Roger Federer

35. Who won the men’s singles German Open Grand Prix title against Danish Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 24-22 19-21 21-11 in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 3 March 2014?

Ans. Arvind Bhat

36. Bharti Airtel and which international telecom giant signed a pact on 4 March 2014 to set up a multi-service regional network infrastructure node in India?

Ans. Etisalat

37. Which Indian writer on 9 March 2014 won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category?

Ans. Pankaj Mishra

38. Name the 13-year old Indian-American student on 9 March 2014 who won the National Spelling Bee Competition in the US in a verbal duel at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri?

Ans. Kush Sharma

39. Which autonomous republic in the southeastern region of Ukraine Voted to become a part of the Russian Federation on 6 March 2014?

Ans. Crimea

40. India has nominated which sites for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status for 2014?

Ans. Rani-ki-Vav located in Patan, Gujarat and the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh

41. Who has been selected for the 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 for his debut film as a director, The Good Road in Gujarati?

Ans. Gyan Correa

42. Who was unanimously elected as the first women President of Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA) in London?

Ans. Aditi Khanna

43. Name the former Brazilian international footballer who died on 21 March 2014?

Ans. Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini

44. Which country announced to lift state of emergency on 18 March 2014?

Ans. Thailand

45. Who was appointed as the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by the Supreme Court on 28 March 2014?

Ans. Sunil Gavaskar

Note: He was appointed as acting president of BCCI replaced the present BCCI chief N Srinivasan.

46. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the timeline for full implementation of the Basel III capital regulations. Now the banks are required to comply with the Basel III norms by?

Ans. 31 March 2019

47. World Health Organisation (WHO) on 27 March 2014 certified India as free from which disease?

Ans. Polio

Note: This action of WHO made India one of the 11 countries of South-East Region to be free from polio virus.

48. Who won cricket's Deodhar Trophy 2014?

Ans. West Zone

49. Which state became the first state in the country to declare all election booths as No Smoking Areas in Lok Sabha elections 2014?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

50. Third Nuclear Security Summit was held from 24 to 25 March 2014 at?

Ans. The Hague, Netherlands

51. World Water Day was observed on 22 March 2014 with the theme?

Ans. Water and Energy

52. Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013?

Ans. Rajesh Gopakumar

53. Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who resigned on 20 March 2014, three months ahead of the completion of his term?

Ans. Dr KC Chakrabarty

54. Name the Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared in the South China Sea on 8 March 2014?

Ans. MH370

55. Name the renowned author and journalist who died on 20 March 2014 at the age of 99 at his home in Sujan Singh Park in Delhi?

Ans. Khushwant Singh

56. Which team won the Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy 2013-14 by defeating Railways by four wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16 March 2014?

Ans. Karnataka

57. Which country is the world’s largest arms importer as per report published by as Swedish Think Tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 17 March 2014?

Ans. India

58. Government of India divested its 9 percent stake in which private bank on on 21 March 2014?

Ans. Axis Bank

Note: The divestment resulted into generation of 5500 crore rupees.

59. Which day was was observed across the world on 21 March 2014 to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities?

Ans. World Poetry Day

60. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued notice to banks on 19 March 2014 to take measures to counter the threat expected to arise from discontinuation of Windows XP. From which date Windows will withdraw support for XP?

Ans. 8 April 2014