QUIZQUIZBY – PRAGYAN YADAV

Question-1Question-1On 8th October 2014, _______ Programme

was launched by Union Government at Dehairing Plant Complex, Skalzangling, Leh.  Union Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar launched this programme with an aim to increase production of ______in a time bound manner.

Answer of Answer of Q.1Q.1• Pashmina Promotion

Programme (P3) • Pashmina wool

Question-2Question-2Book titled "Syntheism:

Creating God in The Internet Age" authored by ------- was released.

Answer of Answer of Q.2Q.2Alexander Bard

Question-3Question-3At Georgetown University,

who is appointed as first Hindu priest?

Answer of Answer of Q.3Q.3Pratima Dharm

Question-4Question-4Identify him?

Answer of Answer of Q.4Q.4Nobel prize in Literature

2014 was bagged by Patrick Modiano

Question-5Question-5Identify him?

Answer of Answer of Q.5Q.5Veteran journalist Madhav

Vittal Kamath passed away at 93

Question-6Question-6Identify him?

Answer of Answer of Q.6Q.6Facebook founder Mark

Zuckerberg's India Visit

Question-7Question-7Identify him?

Answer of Answer of Q.7Q.7Kailash Satyarthi wins Nobel

Peace Prize

Question-8Question-812 October 2014 etched its name in India’s

footballing history as Indian Super League (ISL) – country’s first real professional football league featuring some top international names, got underway on this day. ISL will be second major football league in India after I-League. Which are the two entities who have main stake in ISL?

Answer of Answer of Q.8Q.8Reliance Industries Limited

(RIL) and International Management Group (IMG)

Question-9Question-9India’s strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 ‘Hudhud’

made its landfall near Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh (AP) on 12 October 2014 with peak wind speeds of up to 175 km/hr. It lashed the coast of AP as well as Odisha bringing in heavy rains spread over a widespread area. ‘Hudhud’ however lost its intensity and its speed was reduced to up to 100-110 kmph after crossing the coastline. The name of this cyclone ‘Hudhud’ was suggested by which country?

Answer of Answer of Q.9Q.9Oman

Question-10Question-10Which is the only Indian-owned

entity to have its brand in an elite annual club of world’s 100 most valuable brands list for 2014 compiled by leading brand consultancy Interbrand?

Answer of Answer of Q.10Q.10Tata Group

Question-11Question-11Who scored the first goal of

Indian Super League (ISL) for football, the inaugural season of which started from 12 October 2014?

Answer of Answer of Q.11Q.11Fikru Lemessa

Question-12Question-12Russian Grand Prix became part of

the Formula One (F1) World Championship with the conclusion of the F1 race on the Russian circuit on 12 October 2014. Russian Grand Prix is staged in which city?

Answer of Answer of Q.12Q.12Sochi

Question-13Question-13Who won the first edition of

Russian F1 Grand Prix on 12 October 2014?

Answer of Answer of Q.13Q.13Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes

Question-14Question-14What is the name of the

autobiography of former England batsman Kevin Pietersen, which was released during October 2014?

Answer of Answer of Q.14Q.14‘KP’

Question-15Question-15Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 October

2014 launched the ambitious “Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana” (SAGY) on the occasion of the birth anniversary of renowned socialist leader Jai Prakash Narayan. What is the primary aim of SAGY?

Answer of Answer of Q.15Q.15Every MP of Indian Parliament to take

responsibility to develop 3 villages of the country by 2019

Question-16Question-16India’s first ever mental health

policy was launched on 10 October 2014 with the primary objective of providing access to good quality treatment to mentally ill people. What is the name of an action plan which is backing this policy?

Answer of Answer of Q.16Q.16“Mental Health Action Plan

365”

Question-17Question-17India has deferred the India-Africa

Forum Summit 2014, which was proposed to be held on 4 December 2014. What was the reason for deferring this summit in which 54 African nations were set to participate?

Answer of Answer of Q.17Q.17Ebola scare

Question-18Question-18What are the names of the two children of

Mukesh Ambani – the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), who on 11 October 2014 were appointed to the boards of the company’s telecoms and retail businesses?

Answer of Answer of Q.18Q.18Isha and Akash Ambani

Question-19Question-19What is the name of the Syrian

town which has become the centre of the Syrian Civil War, with the ongoing siege between the militants of Islamic State (IS) and Syrian Kurds?

Answer of Answer of Q.19Q.19 Kobani

Question-20Question-20Which country shocked 2014 FIFA World

Cup champions Germany with a convincing 2-0 win in a Euro 2016 qualifying match held on 11 October 2014?

Answer of Answer of Q.20Q.20Poland

Question-21Question-21What is the name of the breakaway

faction of Pakistan Taliban, whose militants had fired bullets into Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and which has now criticised awarding her with this prestigious prize?

Answer of Answer of Q.21Q.21Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Question-22Question-22Indian child-rights activist Kailash Satyarthi

and Pakistani teenager Malala Yusoufzai were announced as the joint winners of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 by the Nobel jury on 10 October 2014. They were awarded for promoting child rights in the Indian sub-continent. What is the name of the movement started by Satyarthi to fight Child labour?

Answer of Answer of Q.22Q.22‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’

Question-23Question-23Malala Yusoufzai achieved which two major

distinctions after being jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 with Indian child activist Kailash Satyarthi?

Answer of Answer of Q.23Q.23–She became the youngest ever winner of

Nobel Prize and the first Pakistani to get this award

Question-24Question-24On 8 October 2014 who became the first-ever

serving head of state to appear before the International Court of Justice (ICC)?

Answer of Answer of Q.24Q.24Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of Kenya

Question-25Question-25Who recently resigned as the

chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA)?

Answer of Answer of Q.25Q.25Leela Samson

Question-26Question-26Which country of the middle-east witnessed

massive suicide bombings on 9 October 2014 after newly appointed Prime Minister of the country was forced to step down due to political crisis?

Answer of Answer of Q.26Q.26Yemen

Question-Question-27+27+Facebook founder Mark Zukerberg came to

India on 9 October 2014 on two day visit. The big reason for his visit is giving a push to his dream project that aims to bring affordable Internet access to everybody. What is the name of this project?

Answer of Answer of Q.27Q.27Internet.org

Question-28Question-28The state govt. of Madhya Pradesh on 9

October 2014 organised Global Investors Summit 2014 (GIS 2014), a huge summit of top corporate houses. This meet is held at which city of MP?

Answer of Answer of Q.28Q.28Indore

Question-29Question-29M.V. Kamath who passed away at the age

of 93 on 9 October 2014 was associated with which field?

Answer of Answer of Q.29Q.29Journalism