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1 . Whic h t e am won t he Sye d Mus ht aq Ali T2 0 c ric ke t Trophy on April 1 4 ,
2 0 1 4 ?
1) Baroda 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Haryana 4) Rajasthan

2 . Mous s a Mora as s ume d offic e as t he Prime Minis t e r of whic h of t he
following Afric an c ount rie s in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Burkina Faso 2) Mali 3) Zambia 4) Mozambique

3 . Who won t he me ns t rap gold in t he s hot gun world c up in Tue s on, USA
on April 1 1 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Mansher Singh 2) Ranjan Sodhi
3) Manavjit Singh Sandhu 4) Vijay Kumar

4 . Abdullah al-Thani re s igne d on April 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 as t he Prime Minis t e r of?
1) Tunisia 2) Egypt 3) Sudan 4) Libya

5 . Who won t he me ns London Marat hon on April 1 3 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2) Stanley Biwatt (Kenya)
3) Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4) Mo Farah (Britain)

6 . Whic h t e am e me rge d as ove rall c hampions of t he s ixt h mini nat ional
(unde r-1 4 ) arc he ry Champions hip in Vijayawada in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Jharkhand 4) Assam

7 . Whic h of t he following films won t he movie of t he ye ar award at MTV
Movie Awards on April 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) The Hunger games 2) 12 Years a Slave
3) American Hustle 4) The Wolf of the Wall Street


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8 . Who re gaine d t he mas t e rs Golf t it le at Augus t a Nat ional on April 1 3 ,
2 0 1 4 ?
1) Jordan Spieth 2) Bubba Watson
3) Lee Westwood 4) Miguel Angel Jimenez

9 . Whic h of t he following banks has be e n c onfe rre d t he be s t PSU Bank by
Dalal St re e t Inve s t me nt Journal?
1) Bank of Baroda 2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) Bank of India 4) United Bank of India

1 0 . Sue Towns e nd, t he c re at or of Adrian mole c harac t e r, pas s e d away on
April 1 0 , 2 0 1 4 . She was an aut hor from?
1) USA 2) Australia 3) U.K. 4) Germany

1 1 . Whic h e mine nt banke r was appoint e d as s pe c ial advis or t o Sunil
Gavas kar, int e rim pre s ide nt , BCCI for Pe ps i IPL-7 in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) K.V. Kamath 2) K.R. Kamath
3) Aditya Puri 4) Deepak Parekh

1 2 . Who was c hos e n for t he pre s t igious Dada Sahe b Phalke Award, t he
highe s t film award in India in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Dharmendra 2) Gulzar
3) Javed Akhtar 4) A.R. Rehman

1 3 . The Supre me Court is s ue d not ic e t o t he Union Minis t ry of yout h Affairs
and s port s on de nial of Arjuna Award t o?
1) Abhijeet Gupta 2) Rupesh shah
3) Ranjit Maheshwary 4) Devender Dalal

1 4 . The worlds large s t s warm of ge ne t ic ally modifie d mos quit oe s has be e n
re le as e d in whic h of t he following c ount rie s t o c ombat de ngue fe ve r?
1) South Africa 2) Brazil
3) Ethiopia 4) Paraguay
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1 5 . Whic h gove rnme nt has t oppe d t he lis t of global gove rnme nt as king for
c e ns ors hip of c ont e nt on s oc ial ne t work Fac e book?
1) Indian 2) Chinese
3) Russian 4) Japanese
1 6 . Whic h of t he following awards was not give n t o ve t e ran film lyric is t and
dire c t or?
1) Padma Bhusan 2) Grammy 3) Oscar 4) Jnanpith

17. Who adorned the covers of the 151
st
edition of the Wisden Cricketers Almanac
that was released in April 2014?
1) Virat Kohli 2) Sunil Gavaskar
3) Richord Hadlee 4) Sachin Tendulkar

1 8 . Lal Bahadur Shas t ri le s s ons in Ls e ade rs hip is a book writ t e n by-
1) Raj Mohan Gandhi 2) Ramchandra Guha
3) Bipin Chandra 4) Anil Shastri & Pavan Choudary

1 9 . Forme r 1 0 0 m world re c ord holde r As afa Powe ll was banne d for 1 8
mont hs aft e r he t e s t e d pos it ive for a banne d s ubs t anc e . Powe ll be longs
t o whic h c ount ry -
1) Kenya 2) Jamaica 3) UK 4) Canada

2 0 . INS Shivalik, Indias naval s t e alt h frigat e part ic ipat e d in an
int e rnat ional fle e t re vie w and marit ime e xe rc is e in April 2 0 1 4 whic h was
hos t e d by t he -
1) Chinese Navy 2) Indonesian Navy
3) South Korean Navy 4) Australian Navy

2 1 . Who is t he aut hor of t he book Ac c ide nt al Prime Minis t e r-Making and
unmaking of Manmohan Singh?
1) Prabhu Chawla 2) Arun Poorie
3) Sanjay Baru 4) Arun Jaitley

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2 2 . In it s firs t t rial, t he Agni I s urfac e -t o-s urfac e nuc le ar-c apable ballis t ic
mis s ile was t e s t fire d from t he whe e le r is land off t he Odis ha c oas t on
April 1 1 , 2 0 1 4 . It s range is -
1) 700 km 2) 290km 3) 350km 4) 1000km

2 3 . Who is t he pre s e nt Sc ie nt ific Advis e r t o t he De fe nc e Minis t e r?
1) V.G. Sekaran 2) C.N.R. Rao
3) V.K. Saraswat 4) Avinash Chander

2 4 . Kat hle e n Se be lius re s igne d on April 1 0 , 2 0 1 4 . She is t he Unit e d St at e s -
1) Secretary of state 2) Treasury Secretary
3) Agriculture Secretary 4) Health and Human services secretary

2 5 . The Dabbawalas , t he famous food de live ry workforc e in t he me t ropolis ,
have joine d hands wit h whic h of t he following organis at ions t o promot e
aware ne s s about malaria, de ngue and c hikungunya among mumbaikars ?
1) UNICEF 2) UNESCO 3) FAO 4) WHO

2 6 . Indian Navy s old whic h of t he following s hips t o IB c omme rc ial privat e
Lt d, a s hip-bre aking c ompany in Mumbai, in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) INS Vikrant 2) INS Shivalik
3) INS Vijay 4) INS Sindhurakshak

2 7 . Fac e book has c ros s e d 1 0 0 million ac t ive us e rs in whic h of t he following
c ount rie s , it s large s t bas e out s ide t he Unit e d St at e s of Ame ric a?
1) China 2) India 3) Germany 4) Russia

2 8 . Ac c ording t o whic h of t he following Ins t it ut ions Indias growt h is
e xpe c t e d t o re c ove r t o 5 . 4 pe rc e nt in 2 0 1 4 ?
1) World Bank 2) ADB 3) IMF 4) WTO

2 9 . Who is t he c apt ain of t he Sri Lankan c ric ke t t e am t hat won t he t we nt y-
2 0 world c up in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Kurmar Sangakkara 2) Lasith Malinga
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3) Angelo Mathews 4) Mahela Jayawardane

3 0 . India will me e t whic h of t he following c ount rie s in t he Davis Cup Te nnis
world Group play- off t o be playe d in India from Se pt e mbe r 1 2 t o 1 4 ,
2 0 1 4 ?
1) Serbia 2) Switzerland 3) Czech Republic 4) Australia

3 1 . Shyam Saran Ne gi has vot e d in e ve ry ge ne ral e le c t ion s inc e 1 9 5 1 . He is
from-
1) Punjab 2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Uttar Pradesh

3 2 . Twin c ar bombs kille d 2 5 pe ople in Homs in April 2 0 1 4 . Homs is a c it y
in-
1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Pakistan 4) Syria

3 3 . World Ec onomic Out look is a s urve y c onduc t e d and publis he d by t he -
1) World Economic forum 2) World Trade Organisation
3) World Bank 4) International Monetary Fund

34. V. Kannan is the chairman and managing director of which of the following
nationalised banks?
1) Vijaya Bank 2) Canara Bank 3) Indian Bank 4) Andhra Bank

3 5 . Maria Mille r re s igne d ove r parliame nt ary e xpe ns e s s c andal in April 2 0 1 4 .
She was t he c ult ure s e c re t ary of whic h of t he following c ount rie s ?
1) Canada 2) Latria 3) UK 4) USA

36. Who was appointed as the chairman of the National Association of Software
and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2014-15?
1) S.D. Shibulal 2) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
3) N.R. Narayana Murthy 4) R. Chandrasekaran

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3 7 . World Bank proje c t e d an e c onomic growt h rat e of what pe rc e nt is fis c al
ye ar 2 0 1 4 for India?
1) 4.4% 2) 5.7% 3) 4.8% 4) 5.5

3 8 . World Yout h Boxing Champions hip was he ld in April 2 0 1 4 in whic h c it y?
1) Sofia, Bulgaria 2) Ankara, Turkey
3) Sochi, Russia 4) New Delhi, India

3 9 . Who was name d as t he ic on of Mumbai Indians IPL t e am?
1) Rahul Dravid 2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Ricky Ponting 4) Adam Gilchrist

4 0 . Whic h Indian bat s man was name d one of t he five c ric ke t e rs of t he ye ar
by wis dom magazine for his pe rformanc e in 2 0 1 3 ?
1) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Virat Kohli
3) Cheteshwar Pujara 4) Rohit Sharma

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