2 June 2014 Current Affairs

1) At the stroke of midnight, as the date changed from 1 June to 2 June 2014, India’s newest state Telangana was born amidst celebrations erupting all across the state. Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhara Rao, the supremo of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) became the first Chief Minister of Telangana as he took oath on 2 June 2014 at around 8:20 am at Hyderabad. Who became the first Governor of Telangana, who first took oath as state’s Governor before administering the oath of office of secrecy to Rao? – E.S.L. Narasimhan (Narasimhan will serve as the Governor of both Telangana and the residual Andhra Pradesh, out of which Telangana has been carved out. Telangana became the 29th state of the Union of India) …………………………………………………. 2) India’s newest state Telangana comprises of how many districts? – Ten (These include Adilabad, Hyderabad (capital), Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy and Warangal) …………………………………………………. 3) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the 2014 title of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 1 June 2014 with a magnificent win over first- time finalists Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. KKR won the high- scoring match by 3 wickets and chasing Kings XI’s 199 for four, scored 200 for seven in 19.3 overs to win the title. With this win KKR has won the IPL title for how many times? – Two (KKR first won the title in 2012. Rajasthan Royals was the first winner of IPL and won the maiden title in 2008. The other title winners are Deccan Chargers (2009), Chennai Super Kings (2010 and 2011) and Mumbai Indians (2013)) …………………………………………………. 4) Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2014 for scoring highest number of runs? – Robin Uthappa (KKR’s Uthappa scored 660 runs and became the highest run scorer in any edition of IPL. He was followed by D. Smith of CSK (566 runs), G. Maxwell of Kings XI (552 runs), David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad (528 runs) and Suresh Raina of CSK (523 runs)) …………………………………………………. 5) Who won the Purple Cap in IPL 2014 for taking highest number of wickets? – Mohit Sharma of CSK (Mohit Sharma took 23 wickets in the tournament. He was followed by Sunil Naraine of KKR (21 wickets), Bhubaneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad (20 wickets), Ravindra Jadeja of CSK (19 wickets) and Sandeep Sharma of Kings XI (18 wickets)) …………………………………………………. 6) India’s first clinic for technology de- addiction was opened in which city around a month ago? – Bangalore (The clinic has been opened by India’s premier mental health hospital, the National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS). The clinic provides treatment and consultancy for people with obsession for social networking and instant chatting sites, texting and mobile games. Technology addiction or internet addiction is recognised by mental health professionals as akin to addictive disorders concerning drugs or alcohol. It is the propensity to excessively engage in activities involving the cellphone, internet and social networking sites to the detriment of one’s health, social life or mental state) …………………………………………………. 7) What is the name of the village in Nagaland which was declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village” on 31 May 2014 on the occasion of ‘No-tobacco Day’? – Gariphema (The declaration was made by Nagaland’s Principal Secretary R Benchilo Thong at the Gariphema Village Council hall near Kohima. A resolution was taken at the village that whoever sells alcohol and tobacco or whoever gets drunk and disturbs peace would be imposed a fine of Rs. 1000 while those consuming alcohol, ‘bidi’, ‘paan’, betel nut or smokeless tobacco on the street and public places would be fined Rs. 500) …………………………………………………. 8) What is the name of India’s first luxury superfast train which completed 85 years of its operations on 1 June 2014? – Deccan Queen (This famous train runs between Mumbai and Pune and was started as a weekend train on 1 June 1930 for the British during their rule in India. It is one of the longest running trains of Indian Railways and has never ran on steam power. From the very beginning, Deccan Queen has been running on electricity. Now it is a second home for thousands of passengers who commute between Pune-Mumbai on daily basis)