February - March: Current Affairs ************************** 1. Santosh Trophy 2014 of football was won by? a) Manipur b) Mizoram c) Railways d) West Bengal 2. Name the 13-year old Indian-American student who won the National Spelling Bee Competition of the US held at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri? a) Sophia Hoffman b) Kush Sharma c) Arvind Mahankali d) Ila Sinha 3. Malaysian Airlines flight that vanished from the radar screens over the South China Sea was coded as? a) MH 777-200ER b) MH370 c) MA377 d) MA370 4. Name the person who recently won the singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship? a) Tomas Berdych b) Roger Federer c) Novak Djokovic d) Andy Murray 5. Who won the doubles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship? a) Rohan Bopanna and Aihsan ul Haq Qureshi b) Daniel Nestor and N. Zimonjic c) Bautista Agut and Istomin d) Tomasz Bednarek and Lukas Dlouhy 6. Union Cabinet on 2 March 2014 cleared the Ordinance for reservation for which community under the central list of OBC category in nine northern states? a) Jats b) Oraon c) Bheel d) Muslims 7. Name the batsman of Indian cricket team who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Gujarat State Election Commission recently? a) Virat Kohli b) MS Dhoni c) Shikhar Dhawan d) Cheteshwar Pujara 8. Who has been named as the interim President of Ukraine after the impeachment of President Viktor Yanukovych a) Volodymyr Vynnychenko b) Oleksandr Turchynov, c) Symon Petliura d) Mykhailo Hrushevskyi 9. Name the team which emerged as the champions of the Hero Hockey India League 2014 after defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi? a) Delhi Waveriders b) Ranchi Rhinos c) Mumbai Magicians d) Kalinga Lancers 10. Domestic content requirement of Indias solar mission on 10 February 2014 was challenged by which country by alleging it as discriminatory and against international norms including the laws of WTO? a) United States b) China c) Britain d) Japan 11. Foundation named YouWeCan joined its hand with an NGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti on 10 February 2014 to roll out a campaign named Cancer Mukt Purvi Dilli. Name the founder of the foundation YouWeCan? a) Manisha Koirala b) Yuvraj Singh c) Lisa Ray d) Anurag Basu 12. Name the country that on 13 February 2014 legalised death to terminally ill children of any age? a) Belgium b) Netherlands c) Luxembourg d) Switzerland 13. Olympic torch was recently lit atop the highest peak of Europe and also Russia. The name of the highest peak is a) Mount Elbrus b) North Pole c) Siberia’s Baikal Lake d) None of the above 14. Which one of the following does not form the part of the 4 Special Route designated for the Olympic torch relay undertaken for 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi? a) International Space Station, North Pole, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Mount Elbrus b) Centre of Pacific Ocean, North Pole, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Black Sea c) International Space Station, Black Sea, Siberia’s Baikal Lake and Mount Elbrus d) International Space Station, North Pole, Centre of Pacific Ocean and Mount Elbrus 15 . Name the body that on 3 February 2014 announced that the tea production of India has gone up by 6.5 percent in the year 2013. a) Indian Tea Research Association b) Indian Tea Association c) Tea Board India d) None of the above For answers, staying up to date and to ensure your success in competitive exams LIKE and follow us.
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