Commonwealth Games 2014 Quiz

Commonwealth Games 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Which was the opening date of Commonwealth Games 2014?
23 July 2014

2. Where were Commonwealth Games 2014 held?
Glasgow

3. Who declared Commonwealth Games 2014 open?
Elizabeth II

4. Who won gold medal in women’s 48 kg weightlifting in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Sanjta Chanu Khumukcham

5. Who won gold medal in women’s triathlon in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Jodie Stimpson

6. Who won five gold medals and one bronze medal in women’s rhythmic gymnastics in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Patricia Bezzoubenko

7. Who won gold medal in men’s marathon in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Michael Shelley

8. Who won gold medal in women’s marathon in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Filomena Daniel

9. Who won gold medal in men’s 200m butterfly in swimming in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Chad le Clos

10. Who won gold medal in men’s 50m pistol shooting in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Jitu Rai

11. Who won gold medal in women’s 48 kg wrestling in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Vinesh Phogat

12. Who won gold medal in men’s 100m race in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Kemar Bailey-Cole

13. Who won gold medal in women’s 100m race in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Blessing Okagbare

14. Who won gold medal in men’s discus throw in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Vikas Gowda

15. Who won gold medal in women’s vault in gymnastics in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Claudia Fragapane

16. Who got gold medal in women’s 53 kg weightlifting after Nigeria’s Chika Amalaha was disqualified for failing dope test in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Dika Toua

17. Who won gold medal in women’s doubles in squash in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinnappa

18. Who won gold medal in women’s 100m hurdles in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Sally Pearson

19. Who won gold medal in men’s singles in table tennis in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Jian Zhan

20. Who won gold medal in women’s singles in badminton in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Michelle Li

21. Who won gold medal in women’s cycle road race in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Elizabeth Mary Armitstead

22. Who won gold medal in men’s cycle road race in Commonwealth Games 2014?
Geraint Thomas

23. Who won gold medal in men’s triple jump in Commonwealth Games 2014?
 Khotso Mokoena

24. Who won gold medal in men’s singles in badminton in Commonwealth Games 2014?

 Parupalli Kashyap

25. Which was the closing date of Commonwealth Games 2014?
 3 August 2014

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1) Which was the venue of the opening ceremony of 20^th Commonwealth Games held at Glasgow (Scotland)? – Celtic Park (The opening ceremony was held on on 23 July 2014)
2) Which was the venue of the closing ceremony of 20^th Commonwealth Games held on 3 August 2014? – Hampden Park
3) What was the motto of these Games? – People, Place, Passion
4) What was the name of the official mascot of 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Clyde
5) Clyde, the mascot of 20^th Commonwealth Games, represented what? – The Clyde River, that flows through Glasgow
6) With the successful completion of 20^th Commonwealth Games, Scotland has now hosted these Games for how many times? – Three (Scotland hosted its first Commonwealth Games in 1970 in Edinburgh and then in 1986 also in Edinburgh)
7) Which city would host the next Commonwealth Games to be held in 2018? – Gold Coast City, Australia (The 21^st Commonwealth Games would be held at Gold Coast City during April 2018)
8) Which country topped the medals tally in the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – England
9) Which are the top 10 countries in the medals tally of 20^th Commonwealth Games? – England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Jamaica
10) How many countries took part in the Games? – Seventy One (71)
11) How many countries won medals in the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – 37
12) Which two athletes won 6 gold medals each at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – P. Bezzoubenko of Canada (in Rhythmic Gymnastics) and E. McKon of Australia (in Swimming)
13) Who were the fastest athletes of 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) was the fastest male athlete and Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) was the fastest woman athlete of the Games
14) Who was the only Gold medal winner in these games to be caught for doping charges? – Chika Amalaha (The women weightlifter of Nigeria who won gold in women’s 53 kg weightlifting event. Her gold medal was consequentially taken back)
15) Which tiny Pacific island nation won it’s first-ever medal in Commonwealth Games in form of a Gold Medal? – Kiribati (David Katoatau won Gold medal for his country Kiribati in 105 Kg men’s weightlifting event)
16) Which country did not participated in the 20^th Commonwealth Games as it withdrew its membership of Commonwealth in 2013? – Gambia (Gambia withdrew as the member of Commonwealth countries on 7 October 2013 and hence did not send its contingent to these games)
17) What was India’s rank in 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Fifth
18) India won many medals overall in 20^th Commonwealth Games? – 64
19) India won how many gold medals in 20^th Commonwealth Games? – 15 (It won 30 silver medals and 19 bronze medals to take its overall tally to 64)
20) India won largest number of gold medals in which sports at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Wrestling (It won 5 gold medals in wrestling through Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Kumari, Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat)
21) India won how many gold medals in Shooting at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Four (Four gold medal winners for India in Shooting are – Abhinav Bindra, Apurvi Chandela, Jitu Rai and Rahi Sarnobat)
22) India won how many gold medals in Weightlifting at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Three (India’s three gold winners in weightlifting are – Satish Sivalingam, K Sanjita Chanu and Sukhen Dey)
23) Who is India’s only gold medal winner in athletics events at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Vikas Shive Gowda (He won gold medal in men’s discus throw event with a throw of 63.64 metres)
24) Who won the gold medal in women’s squash doubles event at the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa (It was India’s first gold medal win in squash event at any Commonwealth Games)
25) Who won India’s lone gold medal in Badminton event in the 20^th Commonwealth Games? – P. Kashyap (He defeated Singapore’s Derek Wong by 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 to become the first Indian man to win badminton gold at the Games for 32 years)

SBI Associated Bank PO Vacancy Sep-2014

 SBI Associated Bank PO Vacancy Sep-2014

STATE BANK Of INDIA (SBI)


Recruitment of 2986 Probationary Officer (PO) in Associate Banks State Bank of India (SBI)

Central Recruitment & Promotion Department, State Bank of India (SBI), Corporate Centre, Mumbai invites Online applications from Indian citizens for appointment of 2986 Probationary Officers posts in State Bank of India Associate Banks (State Bank of Travancore  SBT, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur SBBJ, State Bank of Hyderabad SBH, State Bank of Mysore SBM, State Bank of Patiala SBP etc.) upto  18/09/2014  :

    Probationary Officer (PO) : 2986 posts in various states in India (SBBJ-350, SBH-900, SBM-500, SBP-100, SBT-1136) (see detailed advt. for detailed Bank-wise, State-wise and Category-wise vacancies) , Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700/-, Qualification : Graduation in any discipline, Age : 21-30 years as on 01/09/2014. Age relaxation as per Govt. rules.

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    Last date of Online submission of Application : 18/09/2014
    Date of Written Examination : November 2014 tentatively

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