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1 . Eart h Day is obs e rve d on-
1) April 21 2) April 22 3) April 23 4) April 24

2 . Eart h Day was for t he firs t t ime obs e rve d in whic h of t he following
ye ars ?
1) 1960 2) 1970 3) 1975 4) 1980

3 . The Unit e d St at e s vic e pre s ide nt has ac c us e d Rus s ia of t rying t o bre akup
Ukraine . Name him?
1) Ben Bernanke 2) John Kerry 3) Joe Biden 4) Chuck Hagel

4 . Whic h c ount ry c onduc t e d a s uc c e s s ful t raining launc h of t he s hort range
s urfac e -t o-s urfac e ballis t ic mis s ile HalfIII (Ghaznavi) on April 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Iran 2) Syria 3) Israel 4) Pakistan

5 . India s igne d an agre e me nt wit h whic h of t he following c ount rie s for t he
de ve lopme nt of joint hydro powe r proje c t s on April 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Bhutan 2) Nepal 3) Sri Lanka 4) Pakistan

6 . Who broke he r own nat ional re c ord in t he girls 5 , 0 0 0 m rac e walk at t he
1 1
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Nat ional yout h At hle t ic s c hampions hips in Goa on April 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Vandana Patel 2) K.T. Neena 3) Ravina 4) Jeeva Rani

7 . Who won t he s e niors t it le at t he WLBSA world ladie s s nooke r
c hampions hip in Le e ds England on April 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Chitra Magiamairaj 2) R. Umadevi
3) Alena Asmolova 4) Jenny Poulter

8 . Who won t he Bos t on Marat hon in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Meb Keflezighi 2) Jeff Glasbrenner
3) Wesley Korir 4) Geoffrey Mutai
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9 . Who re c e ive d t he 2 3
rd
Yudhvir me morial award, give n by Yudhvir
foundat ion in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Saina Nehwal 2) Suriaya Hassan Bose
3) Pullela Gopichand 4) Shanta Sinha

1 0 . Malabar is t he name of t he naval e xe rc is e be t we e n t he Unit e d St at e s
and India. Whic h is t he ot he r c ount ry t hat want e d t o join Malabar
e xe rc is e re c e nt ly?
1) China 2) Australia 3) Japan 4) Vietnam

1 1 . Lupin has e nt e re d int o a joint ve nt ure wit h Yos hindo, a
pharmac e ut ic als c ompany t hat be longs t o-
1) China 2) South Korea 3) Japan 4) South Africa

1 2 . Who has be e n re t aine d as t he t e s t and one -day c apt ain of t he Sri
Lankan c ric ke t t e am?
1) Dinesh Chandimal 2) Angelo Mathews
3) Lasith Malinga 4) Lahiru Thirimanne

1 3 . Hollywood ac t re s s Lupit a NyongO has be e n de c lare d as t he mos t
be aut iful woman by pe ople magazine . She won t he be s t s upport ing
ac t re s s Os c ar for he r role in?
1) 12 years a slave 2) Blue Jasmine
3) Gravity 4) Dallas Buyers Club

1 4 . The 1 5
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Int e rnat ional Indian Film Ac ade my (IIFA) Awards func t ion was
he ld in April 2 0 1 4 in Tampa Bay in?
1) China 2) USA 3) UK 4) Philippines

1 5 . The t e nure of t he c hairman of t he Indian Spac e Re s e arc h Organis at ion
(ISRO) has be e n e xt e nde d from Augus t 2 9 t o De c e mbe r 3 1 , 2 0 1 4 . The
pre s e nt c hairman of ISRO is -
1) M.Y.S. Prasad 2) U.K. Sinha
3) K. Radhakrishnan 4) K. Kasturi Rangan
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1 6 . Saurav Ghos al has be e n c hos e n for t he Dat o Ale x Le e award for be ing
t he out s t anding As ian me ns playe r of 2 0 1 3 in?
1) Chess 2) Snooker 3) Golf 4) Squash

17. Which of the following Hindi films was chosen as the best films at the Beijing
film festival in April 2014?
1) Chennai Express 2) Shahid 3) Siddharth 4) Ship of Theseus

1 8 . Whic h of t he following c ount rie s has t ake n t he Unit e d St at e s and e ight
ot he r nuc le ar arme d c ount rie s t o t he Int e rnat ional Court of Jus t ic e for
failing t o halt t he nuc le ar arms rac e ?
1) Micronesia 2) Marshall Islands 3) Tonga 4) Tuvalu

1 9 . Who won a bronze me dal in t he s ingle s e ve nt of t he As ian badmint on
c hampions hip in Gimc he on, Kore a in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) R.M.V. Gurusaidatta 2) P. Kashyap
3) P.V. Sindhu 4) Saina Nehwal

2 0 . On April 2 4 , 2 0 1 4 Vic Gundot ra re s igne d as t he he ad of-
1) Twitter 2) Google+ 3) Facebook 4) WhatsApp

2 1 . Who made in t o t he TIMEs lis t of t he worlds 1 0 0 mos t influe nt ial
pe ople from India?
1) Arvind Kejriwal 2) Narendra Modi
3) Arundhati Roy 4) All the above

2 2 . The Indian Air Forc e s uc c e s s fully t e s t fire d t wo Akas h mis s ile s on April
2 6 , 2 0 1 4 . Akas h is a-
1) Surface to Surface Missile 2) Surface to Air Missile
3) Air to Air Missile 4) None of these

2 3 . Whic h c ount ry c e le brat e d it s firs t e ve r Kings day in honour of Wille m
Ale xande r on April 2 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) UK 2) Thailand 3) Belgium 4) Netherlands
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2 4 . Pre s ide nt Pranab Mukharje e pre s e nt e d Padmas ri award t o Mallika
Srinivas an on April 2 6 2 0 1 4 . She is t he c hairpe rs on of-
1) TAFE 2) Britannia 3) TVS motors 4) Hero group

2 5 . Whic h Indian Grand Mas t e r c linc he d a s ilve r me dal in t he As ian
Cont ine nt al Che s s Champions hip in Sharjah on April 2 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) B. Adhiban 2) Parimarjan negi
3) S.P. Sethuraman 4) Krishnan Sasikiran

2 6 . Whic h one of t he following s port s pe rs ons re c e ive d Padma Bhus han
award on April 2 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Anjum Chopra 2) Yuvaraj Singh
3) Boniface Prabhu 4) Leander Pace

2 7 . Who among t he following is a Padma Vibhus han award winne r?
1) Justice Dalveer Bhandari 2) K. Radhakrishnan
3) Ruskin Bond 4) B.K.S. Iyengar

2 8 . In 2 0 1 4 , World Malaria Day was obs e rve d on?
1) April 24 2) April 25 3) April 22 4) April 23

2 9 . Chung Hung-won re s igne d on April 2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ove r t he s inking of a
pas s e nge r fe rry t hat le ft more t han 3 0 0 pe ople de ad. He was t he Prime
Minis t e r of-
1) China 2) Vietnam 3) North Korea 4) South Korea

3 0 . Who was s worn in as t he 4 1
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Chie f Jus t ic e of India on April 2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Jistice N.V. Ramana 2) Justice Gyansudha Mistra
3) Justice R.M. Lodha 4) Justice P. Sathashivam

3 1 . Arat i De vi has be e n nominat e d for t he Rajiv Gandhi le ade rs hip award
2 0 1 4 ? She is a Sarpanc h in Ganjam dis t ric t of-
1) Bihar 2) Odisha 3) Jharkhand 4) Chattisgarh
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3 2 . Who was / we re proc laime d as s aint s on April 2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Pope John XXIII 2) Pope John Paul II
3) Pope Benedict XVI 4) Both 1 and 2

3 3 . Whic h c ount ry marke d t wo de c ade s of mult irac ial de moc rac y on April
2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Tunisia 2) Kenya 3) South Africa 4) Zimbabwe

34. Who won the Indonesian masters golf in Jakarta on April 27, 2014?
1) Anirban lahiri 2) Jyoti Randhawa
3) Arjun Atwal 4) S.S.P. Chowrasia

3 5 . Who won he r t hird s t raight Pors c he grand prix t e nnis t it le in St ut t gart
on April 2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Maria Sharapova 2) Ana Ivanovic
3) Serena Williams 4) Li na

36. Which Indian environment activist won the prestigious Goldman
Environmental Prize, also known as the Green Nobel, in April 2014?
1) Medha Patkar 2) Sundarlal Bahuguna
3) Ramesh Agrawal 4) Chandi Prasad Bhat

3 7 . Who won Englands profe s s ional foot balle rs as s oc iat ions playe r of t he
ye ar award in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Luis Saurez 2) Daniel Sturridge
3) Steven Gerrard 4) Adam Lallana

3 8 . Whic h foot balle r was name d t he PFA Young Playe r of t he ye ar on April
2 7 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Eden Hazard 2) Petr Cecz 3) Luke Shaw 4) Gary Cahill

3 9 . Whic h of t he following films won t he be s t pic t ure award at t he 1 5
t h

IIFA awards in April 2 0 1 4 ?
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1) Chennai Express 2) Bhaag Milka Bhaag
3) Aashiqui-2 4) Jolly LLB

4 0 . Who won t he be s t ac t or award at t he 1 5
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IIFA awards in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Hrithik Roshan 2) Ranbir Kapoor
3) Sushant Singh Rajput 4) Fahan Akhtar

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