Current Affairs about India for Postal Assistant Examination 2014

Q1. Manmohan Singh elected as Rajya Sabha Member from Assam for the
(a) 3rd term                                                     (b) 5th term
(c) 2nd term                                                     (d) 7th term
Answer : B

Q2. Who is recently appointed as Union Railway Minister
(a) CP Joshi                                                       (b) Mamata Banerjee
(c) Mallikarjun Kharge                                    (d) Mukul Roy
Answer : C

Q3. Who is appointed as Chairman of AirAsia India
(a) S Ramadorai                                               (b) Ratan Tata
(c) NR Narayan Murthy                                   (d) Indra Nooyi
Answer :  A
    
Q4. First Indian origin to be appointed as editor of UK national paper, The Independent
(a) Amol Ranjan                                                (b) Anish Kapoor
(c) Rajiv Shah                                                    (d) Bobby Jindal
Answer :  A  

Q5. Which player win Men's Singles in French Open, 2013
(a) Roger Federer                                            (b) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(c) Novak Djokovic                                           (d) Rafael Nadal
Answer : D
     
Q6. Which player win Women's Singles in French Open, 2013
(a) Venus Williams                                           (b) Serena Williams
(c) Maria Sharapova                                        (d) Ana Ivanovic
Answer :  B
    
Q7. Who is recently appointed as the chairman of Life Insurance Corporation
(a) Anil Dev Singh                                            (b) Vijay Kumar
(c) Vinod Rai                                                     (d) SK Roy
Answer :  D

Q8. In which district of Chhattisgarh, naxal attack the 'Parivartan Yatra' of Congress
(a) Bilaspur                                                       (b) Dantewada
(c) Bastar                                                           (d) Raigarh
Answer :  C

Q9. Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(a) Vinod Rai                                                     (b) A K Roy
(c) V N Kaul                                                       (d) Shashi Kant Sharma
Answer : D
      
Q10. Which team win the IPL-6 Championship
(a) Rajasthan Royals                                        (b) Mumbai Indians
(c) Kolkata Knight Riders                                (d) Delhi Daredevils
Answer : B

Q11. With which country India signed extradition treaty in May, 2013
(a) Japan                                                            (b) UAE
(c) Malaysia                                                       (d) Thailand
Answer :  D  
 
Q12. Which Indian player declare as 'Man of the Series' in Champions Trophy, 2013
(a) Ravindra Jadeja                                           (b) Sikhar Dhawan
(c) MS Dhoni                                                      (d) Rohit Sharma
Answer :   B

Q13. Which state become first in India to implement electronic GPF in March, 2013
(a) Madhya Pradesh                                          (b) Punjab
(c) Arunachal Pradesh                                      (d) Mizoram
Answer : C   
 
Q14. Which team wins the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2013held in Malaysia
(a) Australia                                                       (b) Malaysia
(c) Holland                                                         (d) Germany
Answer :   A
    
Q15. Who is elected as new President of China in March,2013
(a) Li Yuanchao                                                 (b) Li Keqiang
(c) Hu Jinato                                                       (d) Xi Jinping
Answer :   D    

Q16. What is the name of the new 266th Pope of Vatican City
(a) Pope Benedict                                              (b) Jorge Bergoglio
(c) Pope John Paul II                                         (d) Saint Peter
Answer :   B    

Q17. Who is elected as 68th Secretary of State of the United States in March, 2013
(a) John Kerry                                                    (b) Hilary Cilton
(c) John McCain                                                  (d) Joe Biden
Answer :   A    

Q18. Who was the Chief Guest of India as Republic Day function, 2013
(a) Yingluck Shinawatra                                    (b) Girija Prasad Koirala
(c) Jigme Khesar N Wangchuck                        (d) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Answer :  C
   
Q19. Who is appointed as the director of CBI in December, 2013
(a) Amar Pratap Singh                                       (b) Ranjit Sinha
(c) Vijay Shanker Tiwari                                    (d) T N Mishra
Answer : B
       
Q20. Who is appointed as the chairman of NASSCOM recently
(a) Krishna Kumar Natrajan                             (b) Rita Soni
(c) Kiran Karnik                                                  (d) None of the above
Answer : A
       
Q21. The 39th G8 summit, 2013 was held in
(a) Finland                                                           (b) Germany
(c) Switzerland                                                    (d) Northern Ireland
Answer : D
     
Q22. Who is appointed as new Australian Prime Minister after resignation of Julia Gillard
(a) John Howard                                                 (b) Kevin Rudd
(c) Tony Abbott                                                   (d) Wayne Swan
Answer : B
     
Q23. US President Barack Obama belongs to which political party
(a) Democratic Party                                          (b) Republican Party
(c) Independent                                                  (d) None of the above
Answer : A
 
Q24. Which player win the 'golden bat' award in Champions Trophy, 2013
(a) MS Dhoni                                                       (b) Ravindra Jadeja
(c) Virat Kohli                                                      (d) Sikhar Dhawan
Answer : D
     

Q25. Which player win the 'golden ball' award in Champions Trophy, 2013
(a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar                                    (b) Ravindra Jadeja
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin                                   (d) Ishant Sharma

Answer: B