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Ques. : 1 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the
recommendations made by the expert committee headed by PJ Nayak recently?
2) The govt should repeal the Bank
1) The Govt should reduce its holding in
Nationalisation Acts of the 1970 and 1980,
public sector banks to below 50 per cent.
together with the SBI Act and the SBI
(Subsidiary Banks) Act.
3) The Committee also recommended
expanding single investor shareholding cap
4) All the above
to up to 30 per cent in banks without
regulatory approval.
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan announced to launch much
awaited plastic currency notes of Rs 10 denomination in five cities in _____.
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2018
5) 2019
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 3 The state Co-operative Bank of which of the following states became the first
Cooperative Bank of the country to have its own 'Ru-Pay' ATM cum Debit Card launched
recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 4 The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of the National Sports Code capping
age and tenure of office bearers in sports bodies recently. The Code framed by the govt,
barred more than _______of tenure for presidents.
1) 5 years
2) 8 years
3) 12 years
4) 15 years
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 5 Who among the following is the author of the book titled An Undocumented
Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election?
1) Anirudh Bhattacharyya
2) Narendra Jadhav
3) Arunava Sinha
5) None of these
4) SY Quraishi
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 6 The Prime Minister of which of the following countries called for a new
interpretation of the constitution, recently, which could pave the way for the military to
fight overseas? The country's constitution bans acts of war and the threat or use of force to
settle international disputes.
1) South Korea
2) Vietnam
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 7 The Union Home Ministry extended the ban imposed on which of the following
terror groups for five years recently? The group was banned after the assassination of Rajiv
Gandhi in 1991.
1) SIMI
2) Indian Mujahideen
3) LeT
4) LTTE
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 8 Delhi Universitys professor GN Saibaba, a vociferous opponent of Operation
Greenhunt, was arrested recently. The Operation Greenhunt is associated with which of the
following?
2) Counter-insurgency operations against the
1) Hunt for minerals in forest areas
Maoists
3) Displacing tribal population from
4) A deforestation drive to increase cultivable
national reserves
land acreage
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 9 The name of Shiv Chowrasia is associated with which of the following games?
1) Billiards
2) Squash
3) Golf
4) Polo
5) Bowling
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 10 The first Scorpene submarine is scheduled to be commissioned in 2016 by the
Indian Navy. These submarines are being supplied by which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) Russia
3) US
4) Germany
5) France
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 11 Who among the following candidates created a new record in the history of
General Elections in India by winning the election with a margin of 5.7 lakh votes?
1) Darshana Jardosh, Surat
2) CR Patil, Navsari
3) VK Singh, Ghaziabad
4) Narendra Modi, Vadodara
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 12 Which of the following automakers in the US will pay a record $35 mn fine
over faulty ignition switches? The US govts investigated the company for recall of 2.59
mn small cars with the above issue.
1) General Motors
2) Toyota
3) Ford
4) Renault
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 13 The veteran hotelier Capt CP Krishnan Nair, who died recently, was associated
with which of the following hotel chains?
1) Clarks
2) Oberoi
3) Trident
4) Leela Palace
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 14 Project-75India is associated with which of the following armed forces?
1) Indian Navy
2) Indian Army
3) Indian Air Force
4) BSF
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 15 Name the Hollywood star was conferred with a special honour, Most Popular
All Time International Star in India, at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)
awards recently?
1) Uma Thurman
2) John Travolta
3) Bruce Willis
4) Tom Cruise
5) Nicolas Cage
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 16 Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank functioning in
India?
1) Indusind
2) Kotak Mahindra
3) Yes
4) Tata
5) Federal
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 17 Many a time we come across a term GDR. What is the expanded form of the
same in the context of banking/economy?
1) Gross Depository Revenue
2) Global Depository Receipt
3) Gross Domestic Revenue
4) Global Depository Revenue
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 18 Which of the following stock exchanges will cease to exist from May 30 after
it failed to adhere to several new regulatory requirements outlined by markets regulator
Sebi? It was a 76-year-old stock exchange.
1) Jaipur Stock Exchange
2) Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange
3) Bangalore Stock Exchange
4) Madras Stock Exchange
5) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 19 A new political party that meets the 4% criterion in a particular state is
recognised as a 'state party' in that state. To gain recognition as a national party, a party
must be recognised as a state party in at least ________states.
1) two
2) three
3) four
4) five
5) six
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 20 Which of the following islands became the first island in the world fully
energy self-sufficient through combined water and wind power recently?
1) El Hierro
2) Mindanao
3) Hokkaido
4) Sakhalin
5) Banks Island
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 21 The expert committee headed by former Axis Bank Chairman, PJ Nayak,
constituted to review the governance of Boards of Banks in India, submitted its report
recently. Which of the following is NOT recommended by the Committee?
2) A Bank Investment Company
1) Banks should not be incorporated under the
should be constituted where the govt
Companies Act.
holding in all the banks should be
transferred.
3) If a bank is identified as distressed, private
4) There should be a minimum fiveequity and sovereign wealth funds should be
year tenure for bank chairmen and
permitted to take a controlling stake of up to 40 per minimum three year tenure for
cent.
executive directors.
5) Constraints like applicability of the Right to

Information Act should be rapidly eliminated or
significantly reduced in order to avoid erosion of
competitiveness.
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 22 The BJP became the first political party in India to get a majority in the
General Election on its own since _______when the Indian National Congress had done so.
1) 1952
2) 1962
3) 1971
4) 1984
5) 1989
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 23 Name the footballer who agreed to sign a new contract with Barcelona making
him the best paid player in the world recently?
1) Lionel Messi
2) Cristiano Ronaldo
3) Neymar
4) Gareth Bale
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 24 Who among the following topped the list of UK billionaires made public in
London recently?
1) Lord Swraj Paul
2) Lakshmi N Mittal
3) Prakash Lohia
4) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja
5) Anil Agarwal
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 25 The sixteenth Lok Sabha election has created a situation when no single party
qualify for a Leader of the Opposition post as the rules mandated that the LoP should be
from a party whose members constitute at least ________of the total strength of the House.
1) 5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 15 per cent
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 26 Russi Mody, who passed away, recently, was former chief of which of the
following companies?
1) Tisco (now Tata Steel)
2) Telco (now Tata Motors)
3) Balco
4) Nalco
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 27 Citizens of which of the following counties rejected adopting worlds highest
minimum wage (25 dollars an hour) in a referendum held there recently?

1) Switzerland
2) Norway
3) South Korea
4) US
5) France
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 28 India suffered loss to Malaysia in Thomas Cup held in New Delhi recently.
Thomas Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Womens tennis
2) Mens tennis
3) Mens badminton
4) Womens badminton
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 29 Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following
states after the assembly poll held there recently?
1) Mizoram
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 30 The RBI is all set to launch one billion plastic notes of Rs 10 denomination in
a field trial in five cities selected for their geographical and climatic diversity. Which of the
following cities is NOT among them?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Jaipur
3) Mysore
4) Kochi
5) Chennai
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 31 Which of the following countries approved a new tax regime, recently, under
which those with annual net income of over USD 333,000 will be subject to a 45 per cent
income tax rate?
1) Taiwan (Republic of China)
2) South Korea
3) Singapore
4) Philippines
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 32 Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
is a multi-national forum for peace, security and stability in Asia. The fourth CICA summit
was held in which of the following cities recently?
1) Istanbul
2) Astana
3) Shanghai
4) Ankara
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 33 Sir Jack Brabham, who passed away, recently, was three-time _______ world
champion.
1) Badminton
2) Chess
3) Squash
4) Formula One
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 34 The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), an Indian NGO
manufacturing the world famous Jaipur Foot, signed an agreement with which of the
following countries to supply artificial limbs to some 1000 people free of cost recently?
1) Iraq
2) Syria
3) Libya
4) Afghanistan
5) Turkey
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 35 Biju Janata Dal won the recent assembly polls in Odisha. Who among the
following is all set to become the next Chief Minister of the state?
1) Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
2) Srikant Kumar Jena
3) Baijayant Panda
4) Pyarimohan Mohapatra
5) Naveen Patnaik
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 36 Who among the following won womens singles title at the Rome Masters
tennis tournament recently?
1) Sara Errani
2) Serena Williams
3) Victoria Azarenka
4) Maria Sharapova
5) Venus Williams
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 37 According to the advance estimates released by the Govt, the foodgrains
production is likely to cross ______million tonnes in 2013-14 in the country. It will be the
highest ever production of food grains in the country.
1) 257
2) 264
3) 271
4) 288
5) 295
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 38 Balkan countries are scrambling to rescue victims and battling landslides as the
worst floods hit the area since modern recording began 120 years ago. Which of the
following is NOT a Balkan country?
1) Bulgaria
2) Albania
3) Herzegovina
5) None of these
4) Bosnia
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 39 The Defence Minister of Laos, Douangchay Phichit, and others were killed in a
plane crash in the country recently. Which of the following is the capital city of Laos?
1) Phuket
2) Pattaya
3) Vientiane
4) Hanoi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 40 Pawan Chamling has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the
following states recently?
1) Tripura
2) Manipur
3) Mizoram
4) Sikkim
5) Meghalaya
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 41 The military of which of the following countries imposed martial law in the
country amid a political crisis recently?
1) Afghanistan
2) Libya
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 42 The Supreme Court banned jallikattu (bull fighting) and bullock cart racing
in which of the following states recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 43 In a breakthrough, scientists have for the first time discovered a revolutionary
technique to turn light into matter. The idea was first theorised by scientists _________in
1934.
1) Gregory Breit and John Wheeler
2) Albert Einstein
3) Max Bom and Wemer Heisenberg
4) Paul Dirac and John Bardeen
5) Michael Faraday
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 44 China lashed out at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for
backing Vietnam over tensions in the South China Sea recently. Who among the following
is the Secretary General of ASEAN at present?
1) Phung Quang Thanh

3) Marty Natalegawa
5) Le Luong Minh
2) Ong Keng Yong

4) Nguyen Tan Dung
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 45 In its recent verdict, the of Supreme Court ordered interim stay on iron ore
mining in which of the following states by companies whose leases have expired and
directed the state govt to consider and dispose of all renewal applications within six
months?
1) Karnataka
2) Goa
3) Jharkhand
4) Odisha
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 46 Paleontologists have discovered fossils of the largest dinosaur ever to roam the
earth in which of the following countries recently? The creature is believed to be a new
species of Titanosaur.
1) Egypt
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) Bolivia
5) Paraguay
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 47 As announced by the Russian President, the country is all set to sign a major
gas deal with which of the following countries in order to diversifying gas supply
destinations amid tension in ties with the West over Ukraine?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 48 The ace player Rakesh Kumar, who emerged as the top money earner in a
recent auction for a league, is associated with which of the following games?
1) Kho-kho
2) Kabaddi
3) Hockey
4) Badminton
5) Football
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 49 The term of members of which of the following institutions is co-terminus with
the union govt and all its members submit their resignation after the general elections?
1) Election Commission
2) Central Vigilance Commission
3) Planning Commission
4) Finance Commission
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 50 Who among the following was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar
recently?
1) Ramai Ram
2) Jitan Ram Manjhi
3) Basistha Narayan Singh
4) Narendra Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 51 Who among the following succeeded Narendra Modi as the new Chief
Minister of Gujarat state?
1) Nitinbhai Patel
2) Parsottambhai Rupala
3) Amit Shah
4) Anandiben Patel
5) Ramanlal Vora
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 52 The RBI governor announced that the central bank is planning to issue bank
licences with restrictions and encourage payment banks. As he mentioned, what will be the
function(s) of such banks? Payment banks
2) will offer payment and
1) will not take deposits.
remittance services.
3) will be constrained to invest all its funds in safe
4) All the above
instruments such as govt securities.
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 53 The World Free Zones Organization (WFZO), aimed at providing a platform
for boosting cooperation among free zones globally, was launched with its headquarters in
_____recently.
1) Dubai
2) New Delhi
3) Shanghai
4) Ottawa
5) Manila
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 54 The US announced to never use a vaccine campaign again in counterterrorism
operations, recently. It had used such campaign in which of the following major
operations?
1) Operation Neptune Spear
2) Operation Odyssey Dawn
3) Operation Geronimo
4) Operation Desert Storm
5) Operation Eagle Claw
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 55 A new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that
forced labour worldwide generates illegal profits of at least USD 150 bn a year. The ILO is
headquartered at
1) Geneva
2) Wellington
3) Perth
4) Hague
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 56 A US court convicted cleric Abu Hamza for supporting terrorism, recently. He
was extradited to the US from _______in 2012 after an eight year legal battle.
1) Jordon
2) UAE
3) UK
4) Saudi Arabia
5) France
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 57 Name the chief minister who is all set to surpass the record of former West
Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu of being the longest serving chief minister of the country?
1) Naveen Patnaik
2) Pawan Chamling
3) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
4) Nabam Tuki
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 58 The PJ Nayak Committee, which has submitted its report to the RBI, has
mention about the dual regulation of public sector banks (PSBs) as they are regulated by
the RBI as well as the________.
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3) Ministry of Law
4) Ministry of Home Affairs
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 59 An expert group of the Planning Commission has estimated that India needs to
invest _________for lower emissions by 2030.
1) USD 400 bn
2) USD 634 bn
3) USD 750 bn
4) USD 834 bn
5) USD 900 bn
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 60 Morgan Stanley predicted that India will emerge from stagflation over next
few quarters. Which of the following are the features of the stagflation in a countrys
economy?
1) Persistent high inflation
2) High unemployment
3) Stagnant demand
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 61 With the youngest state of India, Telangana, set to come into being on Jun 2,
which of the following banks is expected to manage the general banking and debt account
of the State?
1) State Bank of India
2) Indian Bank
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Central Bank of India
5) Reserve Bank of India
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 62 Which of the following telecommunication companies working in India raised
nearly $2 bn from the sale of dual currency USD and EUR bonds, recently? It is said to be
the largest debt issuance by a domestic firm till date.
1) Idea
2) Bharti Airtel
3) Reliance Communication
4) Reliance Jio Infocomm
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 63 Muslim representation hit the worst tally in the history of Indian Parliament in
16th Lok Sabha election held recently. It stood at just
1) 22
2) 23
3) 49
4) 52
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 64 What is total number to public sector banks (PSBs) operating in India at
present?
1) 22
2) 23
3) 25
4) 26
5) 29
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 65 Indias Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan is associated with which of the following
games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Table tennis
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 66 Which of the following autonomous regions of China witnessed a terrorist
attack, recently, which left at least 31 people killed and 94 injured?
1) Guangxi
2) Ningxia
3) Xinjiang
4) Inner Mongolia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 67 The Supreme Court, in its recent decision, held that hiding information can
lead to elected candidates unseating. As per the SC, disclosing which of the following
information is mandatory?
1) Their criminal antecedents
2) Their educational qualifications
3) Assets and liabilities of their spouse and dependent
4) All the above
children
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 68 Consider the following statements in the context of the 16th Lok Sabha
election and identify the correct statement(s):
2) Average election turnout was around
1) It was the second largest election in the
66.38%, the highest ever in the history of
world.
Indian general elections.
3) The BJP registered second best tally in
Uttar Pradesh only behind INS which had won 4) All the above
83 out of 85 seats in 1984.
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 69 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed banks to provide loans with tenures
of up to _______to exporters to help them ensure capital flows to fulfill long-term
contracts, recently. Existing norms allow banks to give loans for up to one year only.
1) 2 years
2) 4 years
3) 5 years
4) 7 years
5) 10 years
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 70 The ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to _______in
prison after found guilty of embezzling public funds, recently?
1) one year
2) two years
3) three years
4) four years
5) seven years
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 71 The state-owned power equipment maker Bhel has commissioned all the four
units of the 520 MW Parbati underground hydro electricity project in the state of
_________, recently.
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Uttarakhand
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 72 Name the Indian-American student who won the prestigious 2014 National
Geographic Bee contest carrying a 50,000 US dollars college scholarship recently?
1) Ameya Mujumdar
2) Akhil Rekulapelli
3) Krish Patel
4) Sathwik Karnik
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 73 The govt has ordered Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to pay a record
_________ in subsidy to help state-owned fuel retailers cover part of the losses they
incurred on diesel and cooking fuel in 2013-14.
1) Rs 49,421 cr
2) Rs 56,384 cr
3) Rs 67,021 cr
4) Rs 70,772 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 74 Indian Consulate in which of the following provinces in Afghanistan was
attacked by heavily armed gunmen, recently, which security personnel rebutted and all the
Indian staff remain unhurt?
1) Kandahar
2) Ghor
3) Herat
4) Bamyan
5) Badakhshan
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 75 The Reserve Bank eased gold import norms recently. Earlier, the central bank
had prescribed a formula under which at least _______of every lot of imported gold had to
be exclusively used for exports.
1) 10 per cent
2) 20 per cent
3) 25 per cent
4) 30 per cent
5) 40 per cent
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 76 Veteran Madhav Mantri, who died recently, was Indias oldest player of
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Tennis
4) Cricket
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 77 In which of the following countries, recently, the army seized power in a
bloodless coup, suspended the Constitution and declared night curfew after months of antigovt protests that left the country in limbo?
1) Vietnam
3) Philippines
5) None of these
2) Thailand
4) Cambodia
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 78 The results of 16th Lok Sabha election indicate that no party qualify as the
Opposition and this could affect appointments to key offices that mandate that the govt
consult the LoP. These offices are
1) Lokpal
2) Chief of armed forces
3) Central Vigilance Commissioner
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 79 The Committee headed by PJ Nayak, which submitted its report, recently,
pointed out that all PSBs violate Sebi listing norms. The Sebi regulation for listed
companies mandates that __________of directors must be independent.
1) 20 per cent
2) 25 per cent
3) 40 per cent
4) 50 per cent
5) 60 per cent
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 80 Negotiations between India and South African Customs Union (SACU) are in
progress. Which of the following is NOT a member of SACU?
1) Namibia
2) South Africa
3) Swaziland
4) Lesotho
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 81 India lost to which of the following countries and settled for a historic bronze
in Uber Cup womens badminton tournament recently?
1) Denmark
2) Japan
3) Indonesia
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 82 In 1969, in the fourth Lok Sabha, who among the following became the first
person to be formally recognised and given the status of leader of the opposition?
1) Ram Subhag Singh
2) GV Mavalankar
3) Jagjivan Ram
4) CM Stephen
5) YB Chavan
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 83 Who among the following has been temporarily appointed as the US
ambassador to India after Nancy Powell resigned from the post recently?
1) Tara Sonenshine
2) Stephen W Bosworth
3) Christopher R Hill
4) Kathleen Stephens
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 84 Who among the following took over as the new Chief Information
Commissioner in the Central Information Commission recently?
1) Syed Asif Ibrahim
2) Rajiv Mathur
3) N Sandhu
4) PC Haldar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 85 TR Zeliang has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the
following states?
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 86 Which of the following teams has lifted Thomas Cup mens badminton
championship recently?
1) Indonesia
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Japan
5) India
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 87 Which of the following teams won the Women's Asian Cup Football
1) Japan
2) Australia
3) Vietnam
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 88 Narendra Modi sworn-in on 26 May as the ________Prime Minister of India.
1) thirteenth
2) fourteenth
3) fifteenth
4) sixteenth
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 89 ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has signed a deal with Rosneft to jointly explore
hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic. Rosneft is the largest oil and gas producer of
1) US
3) China
5) None of these
2) Russia
4) Uzbekistan
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 90 Who among the following has won the recent Presidential election in Ukraine?
1) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
2) Sergei Tigipko
3) Petro Poroshenko
4) Yulia Tymoshenko
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 91 Who among the following has been sworn in as new External Affairs Minister,
the first woman to get External Affairs portfolio?
1) Najma A Heptulla
2) Sushma Swaraj
3) Smriti Zubin Irani
4) Maneka Gandhi
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 92 Who among the following has been appointed as the new principal secretary to
the Prime Minister of India?
1) Nripendra Mishra
2) RK Mathur
3) Anil Goswami
4) Arun Ramanathan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 93 The movie Frozen has become the fifth highest-grossing film in box office
history across the world. Which of the following movies is the highest grosser?
1) Avatar
2) Titanic
3) The Avengers
4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 94 Which of the following currencies has been the best performing currency in
Asia-Pacific region against the US dollar so far in 2014?
1) Indian Rupee
2) Malaysian Ringgit
3) South Korean Won
4) Japanese Yen
5) New Zealand dollar
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 95 Which of the following cities has been awarded the rights to host the inaugural
European Games to be held in 2015?
1) Minsk, Belarus
2) Zagreb, Croatia
3) Sofia, Bulgaria
5) None of these
4) Baku, Azerbaijan
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 96 Who among the following has won the 2014 Monaco Formula One Grand
Prix?
1) Nico Rosberg
2) Jenson Button
3) Fernando Alonso
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Lewis Hamilton
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 97 Which of the following movies has won the prestigious Palme d'Or award, the
festival's highest honour, at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival?
1) Foxcatcher
2) Mr Turner
3) Maps to the Stars
4) The Wonders
5) Winter Sleep
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 98 As informed by the Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during has recent
India visit, which of the following terrorist groups was responsible for attack on the Indian
consulate in Afghanistans Herat province?
1) Lashkar-e-Omar
2) Jaish-e-Mohammed
3) Lashkar-e-Taiba
4) Al-Qaeda
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 99 Name the coup leader who overthrown the govt in Thailand recently?
1) Jatuporn Prompan
2) Prem Tinsulanonda
3) Anupong Paochinda
4) Prayuth Chan-ocha
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 100 William Pinckney, who was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police, recently,
is the Chairman and CEO which of the following companies?
1) Nestle India
2) Amway India
3) Nokia India
4) Hindustan Unilever
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 101 As announced by the US President Barack Obama, the US military will be
completely pulled out of Afghanistan by the end of
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2018
5) 2020
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 102 Which of the following teams won the Sub-Junior Girls National
Championship title recently?
1) Hockey Haryana
2) Chandigarh Olympic Association
3) Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA)
4) Jharkhand
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 103 During his recent visit to India, the head of which of the following countries
said to have decided to provide automatic exchange of tax related information with India?
1) Maldives
2) Mauritius
3) Fiji
4) Switzerland
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 104 In the first decision after assuming office, the Narendra Modi govt constituted
a special investigative team (SIT) to unearth black money. Which of the following is NOT
correct about the new SIT?
1) It will be headed by former
2) It will include Revenue Secretary, CBI and IB
Supreme Court judge Mukul
directors, Enforcement Directorate official, CBDT
Mudgal.
Chairman and RBI deputy governor.
3) Former Supreme Court judge 4) It has been charged with the responsibility and duties
Arijit Pasayat will be the viceof investigation, initiation of proceedings and
chairman of the panel.
prosecution in cases involving unaccounted money.
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 105 The leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) group took part in the swearing in ceremony of the new PM Narendra Modi,
recently. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the group?
1) China
2) Afghanistan
3) Bhutan
4) Nepal
5) Mauritius
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 106 Who among the following has been sworn in as the Minister of Human
Resource Development? He/She is the youngest minister of the new Union Cabinet as of
now?
1) Radha Mohan Singh
2) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
3) Ananth Kumar
4) Smriti Zubin Irani
5) Sushma Swaraj
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 107 The SEBI wants the govt to pare its holdings in PSUs to ensure what per cent
public share holding which the regulator has successfully implemented for private
companies?
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 40 per cent
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 108 Designated by the UN General Assembly, the annual International Day to
End Obstetric Fistula is observe on
1) May 21
2) May 23
3) May 27
4) May 29
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 109 Who among the following has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery
Water Disputes Tribunal, recently?
1) Justice NP Singh
2) Justice P Sathasivam
3) Justice MB Shah
4) Justice BS Chauhan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 110 Who has authored the book Redesigning the Aeroplane While Flying:
Reforming Institutions?
1) Pallavi Aiyar
2) Mihir Shah
3) Arun Maira
4) Sam Pitroda
5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 111 The international hockey suffered a big setback as the Sultan of Perak, Sultan
Azlan Shah passed away recently. He was a father figure for hockey in which of the
following countries?
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Yemen
4) Pakistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 112 Indian Cricket team for upcoming Bangladesh tour for ODI series was
announced recently. Who among the following will lead the team?
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Suresh Raina
3) Gautam Gambhir
4) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 113 Punjab govt has given in-principle approval for setting up a Rs 150-cr mega
food park at which of the following cities to promote food processing industry in the state,
recently?
1) Ludhiana
2) Patiala
3) Amritsar
4) Mohali
5) Jalandhar
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 114 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared purchase of a 50 per
cent stake in Tata Group firm Trent Hypermarket by which of the following global retail
firms? It is the first FDI transaction in multi-brand retail since the sector was opened up in
2012.
1) Carrefour
2) Walmart
3) Kroger
4) Tesco
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 115 Name the Andhra Pradesh Governor who has been given the additional
charge of Telangana, the youngest state of the country which will come into existence on 2
Jun.
1) MC Bhandare
2) Hansraj Bhardwaj
3) ESL Narasimhan
4) Konijeti Rosaiah
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 116 In a specialty hospital for patients suffering from dementia and palsy in which
of the following countries, at least 20 patients and a nurse were killed in a fire, recently?
1) Singapore
2) Japan
3) Thailand
4) South Korea
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 117 Who among the following has been named the Protem Speaker of the Lok
Sabha to conduct oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MPs?
1) Venkiah Naidu
2) Murli Manohar Joshi
3) Kamal Nath
4) Lal Krishna Advani
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 118 Who among the following has been named to be the next Attorney General
(AG) of India?
1) Mukul Rohatgi
3) Mohan Parasaran
5) None of these
2) Maninder Singh
4) Ranjit Kumar
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 119 Nripendra Misra has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
through an ordinance as his previous appointment as the chairman of which of the
following regulators prohibited him to take the post?
1) SEBI
2) CCI
3) TRAI
4) IRDA
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 120 Who among the following is the present chairman of the Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO)?
1) VK Saraswat
2) Tessy Thomas
3) RK Tyagi
4) Avinash Chander
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 121 Name the Chinese Foreign Minister who is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi
on Jun 8 as a special envoy of his govt to formally establish contacts with the new govt in
India.
1) Li Yuanchao
2) Wang Yi
3) Hong Lei
4) Yang Jiechi
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 122 Who among the following has been appointed the new Solicitor General?
1) Mukul Rohatgi
2) Maninder Singh
3) Mohan Parasaran
4) Ranjit Kumar
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 123 In the biggest ever deal in the Indian media sector, Reliance Industries Ltd
(RIL) will acquire control in which of the following media houses for Rs 4,000 cr?
1) India TV
2) TV Today Network
3) Network 18 Group
4) NDTV
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 124 According to the information provided by Sri Lanka govt, which of the
following countries has emerged as its biggest importing source nation as of now?
1) UK
2) US
3) Singapore
4) China
5) India
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 125 BG Srinivas resigned as the president of which of the following leading
Indian software exporters, recently?
1) TCS
2) Infosys
3) HCL
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 126 Maya Angelou, who died recently, was one of the greatest poets and writers
of
1) US
2) UK
3) Italy
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 127 Seen as Russias answer to the European Union, an agreement was signed to
set up Eurasian Union in the Kazakhstans capital Astana, recently. Which of the following
statements is/are NOT correct in this regard?
1) Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have agreed to 2) The Eurasian Economic Union will
set up the full-fledged economic bloc.
come into force on Jan 1, 2015.
3) It will create a market of 170 mn people, with 4) Ukraine, the second largest economy
a combined annual GDP of $2.7 tn and a quarter of the erstwhile Soviet Union, too has
of the world energy resources.
agreed to join the bloc.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 128 The Protem Speaker performs the duties of the office of the Speaker from the
commencement of the first sitting of the Lok Sabha till
1) the next session
2) the election of the Speaker
3) the govt proves its majority in the lower house
4) the opposition supports him
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 129 National Development Council (NDC) is the highest body in India to approve
1) the Union Budget
2) the Five Year Plan
3) withdrawal from the contingency fund
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 130 The theory of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is associated with
1) exchange rate
2) interest rate
3) bank rate
4) wage rate
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 131 Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor
(NSA) to the Prime Minister?
1) RK Mathur
2) Ajit Doval
3) Anil Goswami
4) Arun Ramanathan
5) Nripendra Mishra
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 132 Judge MB Shah is the chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set
up to probe black money. Who among the following is its Vice Chairman?
1) Arijit Pasayat
2) Maninder Singh
3) Mohan Parasaran
4) Ranjit Kumar
5) Mukul Rohatgi
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 133 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on
1) May 22
2) May 23
3) May 25
4) May 29
5) May 31
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 134 Pakistan has said to grant India the status of NDMA to facilitate enhanced
bilateral trade. What does NDMA stands for?
1) Non-Discursive Market Access
2) Non-Discriminatory Market Access
3) National Direct Market Access
4) Non-Divisive Market Access
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 135 The govt has proposed to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence
sector to 100 per cent. As of now what per cent FDI is permitted in the defence sector?
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent
4) 26 per cent
5) 49 per cent
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 136 The first session of the newly constituted 16th Lok Sabha will be held from
_________.
1) 4th Jun to 12th Jun
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 137 Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory bagging over 96 per cent votes in
the presidential polls in which of the following countries, recently?
1) Thailand
2) Philippines
3) Egypt
4) Libya
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 138 Which of the following state govts is all set to appoint nearly 1.70 lakh
Shiksha Mitras as regular primary teachers?
1) Tripura
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan
5) West Bengal
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 139 The Indian economy expanded at what per cent during the period 2013-14 as
per the official data released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO)
1) 4.3 per cent
2) 4.5 per cent
3) 4.7 per cent
4) 4.9 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 140 The Union govt declared Polavaram project a national project paving the way
for transfer of 136 villages from Telangana to
1) Seemandhra (Successor of Andhra Pradesh)
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Odisha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 141 Who among the following is the present president of the industry body
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Sidharth Birla
3) Rana Kapoor
4) Rajkumar Dhoot
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 142 Who among the following is all set to be sworn in as the first Chief Minister
of the newly formed 29th state of the country, Telangana?
1) Vijayashanti
2) YS Jaganmohan Reddy
3) T Harish Rao
4) N Chandrababu Naidu
5) K Chandrashekar Rao
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 143 Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as the new President in which of the
following countries, recently?
1) Zambia
2) Mozambique
3) Malawi
4) Angola
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 144 Budaun district, which has been in news for gang-rape and murder of two
young girls, is situated in which of the following states?
1) Haryana
2) Maharashtra
3) West Bengal
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Bihar
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 145 What is the number of Rajya Sabha members allotted to the newly created
state of Telangana?
1) 7
2) 11
3) 12
4) 18
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 146 Which of the following technology firms unveiled a prototype driverless car,
recently?
1) Microsoft
2) Intel
3) Google
4) IBM
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 147 Which of the following Internet giants come up with right to be forgotten
option, recently, for the people who opt for removal of results about them?
1) Google
2) Facebook
3) LinkedIn
4) Whatsapp
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 148 Which of the following television channels is all set to air Amitabh
Bachchan's television debut in the fiction show named Yudh?
1) Colors
2) Sony
3) Zee TV
4) Star TV
5) Life OK
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 149 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corp (REC)
rescued Reliance Infrastructures power distribution companies in Delhi by disbursing a
combined ________to clear the dues of NTPC, recently?
1) Rs 400 cr
2) Rs 600 cr
3) Rs 800 cr
4) Rs 1000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 150 Which of the following teams won the seventh season of the Indian Premier
League (IPL), recently?
1) Kings XI Punjab
2) Mumbai Indians
3) Chennai Super Kings
4) Kolkata Knight Riders
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 151 The 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown in China, when
soldiers brutally ended student-led protests in 1989, is observed on ________.
1) 1 Jun
2) 2 Jun
3) 3 Jun
4) 4 Jun
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 152 As the trends show, households in India put two-thirds of their savings in
________in 2012-13.
1) pension and insurance funds
2) physical assets
3) bonds
4) banks deposits
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 153 In its efforts to contain inflation in the country, the RBI announced to suck
out excess liquidity, recently. The central bank uses which of the following tools to suck
excess liquidity?
1) Reverse repo
2) Repo
3) CRR
4) SLR
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 154 The promoters of the Kotak Mahindra Bank reduced their stake in the lender
as per the directions from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI had asked the bank to
cut its promoter holding to ________ by Sep 2014.
1) 60%
2) 40%
3) 20%
4) 10%
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 155 The celebrated Indian sportsperson Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with which
of the following games?
1) Wrestling
2) Boxing
3) Badminton
4) Short put
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 156 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the amount of foreign exchange that
individuals can take out of the country to __________ in a fiscal year, recently.
1) $75,000
2) $100,000
3) $125,000
4) $200,000
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 157 Output of the country's eight core industries rose by 4.2 per cent in Apr 2014
compared to the same month last year. Which of the following is NOT a core industry in
India?
1) Steel
2) Coal
3) Cement
4) Fertiliser
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 158 Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident, recently, was serving as
___________in the present Union Cabinet.
1) Rural Development Minister
2) Agriculture Minister
3) Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister
4) Railways Minister
5) Road Transport and Highways, Shipping Minister
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 159 King Juan Carlos is the present king of which of the following countries? The
cabinet of the country is to discuss his abdication and the accession of his son, Crown
Prince Felipe.
1) Norway
2) Spain
3) Argentina
5) None of these
4) Poland
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 160 Who among the following has been given the charge as Chairman of the
nation's largest company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)?
1) PK Goyal
2) AMK Sinha
3) RS Butola
4) RK Malhotra
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 161 Which of the following statements is/are NOT correct with respect to a recent
decision taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) related to currency?
1) Non-resident Indians (NRIs) who were so far not
2) The citizens of Pakistan and
allowed to take any Indian currency notes out of the
Bangladesh will be allowed to take
country have been allowed to take out up to Rs
only Rs 10,000 out of India.
25,000.
3) Indian residents who were so far only allowed to
take out Rs 10,000 have also been allowed a higher
4) All the above
limit of Rs 25,000.
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 162 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the availability of funds under
the export credit refinance (ECR) window from 50 per cent of export credit outstanding to
________with immediate effect.
1) 40 per cent
2) 36 per cent
3) 32 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 163 Which of the following statements is correct with respect to Arihant? It is
1) Indias first indigenously built nuclear
2) Indias first fighter jet armed with nuclear
submarine
warheads
3) Indias first indigenously built nuclear
4) Indias first indigenously built aircraft
reactor
carrier
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 164 Sania-Cara pair bows out of French Open tennis tournament, recently. The
pair succeeded to reach up to ________.
1) first round
2) quarterfinals
3) semifinals
4) final
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 165 The first solar plane which is able to fly day and night without fuel or
polluting emissions, Solar Impulse 2, was successfully tested in which of the following
countries recently?
1) US
2) Switzerland
3) France
4) China
5) Japan
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 166 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been appointed on the Board of Governors
of Asian Development Bank (ADB). Founded in 1966, the multi-lateral funding agency
aims to improve people's lives in Asia and the Pacific and is headquartered at
1) Manila
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) Tokyo
4) Jakarta
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 167 The Reserve Bank of India announced its bimonthly policy review on 3rd
Jun. Which of the following is correct in this regard?
2) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4 per
1) Repo rate 8 per cent
cent
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 23 per cent 4) Only 1) and 2)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 168 India has emerged as the second largest textile exporter in the world. Which
of the following countries is the largest exporter of textiles as of now?
1) US
2) China
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 169 Which of the following countries has announced to start a USD 5-bn antiterrorism partnership fund to be used to help train other countries to take on rising
extremism?
1) Russia
2) China
3) Japan
4) US
5) Germany
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 170 The term double fault is associated with which of the following games?
1) Cricket
3) Tennis
5) Chess
2) Football
4) Badminton
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 171 Who among the following is all set to be the next Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
1) Sumitra Mahajan
2) Kamal Nath
4) Karia Munda
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 172 In a breakthrough, scientists have found that a Martian volcano may have
been home to one of the most recent habitable environments. This volcano is situated at
1) Jupiter
2) Mars
3) Mercury
4) Venus
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 173 The 2014 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in
1) Los Angeles
2) Rio
3) PyeongChang
4) Glasgow
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 174 Who among the following has won the presidential election held in Syria,
recently?
1) Maher Hajjar
2) Hassan al-Nouri
3) Jihad Lahan
4) Bashar Assad
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 175 Who among the following is all set to be sworn in as the first Chief Minister
of the successor state Andhra Pradesh post bifurcation?
1) Kiran Kumar Reddy
3) YS Jaganmohan Reddy
4) K Chandrashekar Rao
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 176 Defence Minister Arun Jaitley plans to visit aircraft carrier INS Viraat. Which
of the following is correct about INS Viraat?
1) It is the aircraft carrier procured from
2) It is a retired aircraft carrier of the
Russia, recently.
Indian Navy.
3) It is one of the two operational aircraft

carriers with the Indian Navy as of now.
5) None of these
4) It is a fast attack vessel commissioned

by the Indian Navy, recently.
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 177 World Environment Day is observed on which of the following dates every
year?
1) 4 Jun
2) 5 Jun
3) 8 Jun
4) 10 Jun
5) 12 Jun
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 178 As found by the researchers, the first direct evidence that potentially deadly
Middle East respiratory virus (MERS) jumped directly from which of the following
animals to humans?
1) Horses
2) Camels
3) Dogs
4) Cats
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 179 The market regulator Sebi is likely to tweak IPO norms to boost retail
participation. As per the current regulation, a company has to divest at least __________of
its stake if its valuation is below Rs 4,000 cr.
1) 50 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 30 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) 15 per cent
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 180 What is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) at present?
1) 24 per cent
2) 23.5 per cent
3) 22 per cent
4) 22.5 per cent
5) 22.25 per cent
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 181 The EU has signed controversial Horizon 2020 Project with which of the
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) Israel
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 182 Which of the following armed forces in India has launched a portal as an
initiative that would enable the veterans and their dependents to take up their grievances
with the concerned agencies at the click of a button?

1) Indian Army
2) Indian Navy
3) Indian Air Force
4) Border Security Force
5) Central Reserve Police Force
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 183 Who among the following has authored the book titled The Wrong Enemy:
America in Afghanistan, 2001-14?
1) Roshen Dalal
2) Carlotta Gall
3) Jo Nesbo
4) Donna Tartt
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 184 The sixth BRICS summit is scheduled to be held in which of the following
countries in Jul which will be the first overseas multilateral visit for the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Brazil
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 185 What per cent FDI is allowed in online retail companies that own inventory
and sell directly to consumers?
1) 100 per cent
2) 74 per cent
3) 49 per cent
4) 26 per cent
5) FDI Not allowed
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 186 The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired his first FSDC meet, recently.
What is the full form of FSDC?
1) Financial Stability and Development
2) Financial Suitability and Development
Council
Council
3) Financial Steering and Development
4) Financial Stability and Diversification
Council
Council
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 187 Which of the following is NOT decided by the RBI?
1) Bank rate
2) Base rate
3) Repo rate
4) Reverse repo rate
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 188 Which of the following is NOT an instrument of money market?

1) Certificate of deposit
2) Treasury bill
3) Call money
4) Share
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 189 Amnesty International is closely associated with
1) protecting human rights
2) promoting inclusive growth worldwide
3) making earth a better abode for future 4) protecting the world from the dangers of any
generations
nuclear war
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 190 Who among the following has become the first Indian to be honoured with
Harvard Medal, recently?
1) Azim Premji
2) Anand Mahindra
3) Sunil Bharti Mittal
4) Adi Godrej
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 191 The World Environment Day marks the anniversary of United Nations
Conference on Human Environment which was held in Stolkholm in the year _______.
1) 1965
2) 1969
3) 1972
4) 1973
5) 1981
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 192 The UN General Assembly has established a Prize in the name of which of
the following world leaders as a tribute to his achievements and contributions, recently?
1) Desmond Tutu
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Mother Teresa
4) Mahatma Gandhi
5) Martin Luther King
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 193 An amendment to the Representation of the People Act (RP Act) limited the
candidates contesting elections to contest form a maximum of _______seats in one
election.
1) two
2) three
3) four
4) five
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 194 India is among 29 nations that sought access to Vodafones network to
intercept calls, text messages and e-mails as announced by the firm which is based in
________.
1) US
2) UK
3) Germany
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 195 As announced by the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, Zeid al Hussein
has been appointed as the new high commissioner for human rights. Hussein is present
ambassador of which of the following countries to the UN?
1) Jordan
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Pakistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 196 The Govt is considering which of the following measures to help sugar mill
owners in the country?
2) It is looking at hiking sugar import
1) It is considering extra Rs 4,400-cr interest-free
duty from 15 per cent to 100 per cent to
loans to sugar mills.
curb cheap imports.
3) It is considering increasing ethanol blending in
petrol to 10 per cent as an effort to improve the 4) All the above
liquidity of mills.
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 197 Abdullah Abdullah, who survived bomb attacks targeted at his convoy,
recently, is the front-runner presidential candidate in which of the following countries?
1) Syria
2) Libya
3) Afghanistan
4) Mali
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 198 India has been elected to UNESCO body for conserving cultural heritage for
the next four years from 2014 to 2018. The UNESCO is headquartered at
1) New York
2) Frankfurt
3) Washington DC
4) Paris
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 199 The superintendent of police (SP) Nityananda Goswami, along with his and
his guard, was killed by the militants in Karbi Anglong district of which of the following
states, recently?
1) West Bengal
3) Assam
5) None of these
2) Odisha
4) Maharashtra
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 200 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit which of the following
countries in his first foreign visit?
1) China
2) Pakistan
3) Brazil
4) US
5) Bhutan
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 201 Who among the following has won the mens singles title of the French open
tennis tournament, recently?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Roger Federer
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Andy Murray
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 202 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has simplified KYC norms for opening of
bank accounts, recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct in this regard?
2) Customers may submit either
1) A bank account can be opened with just one
current or permanent while opening
address proof.
a bank account or while undergoing
periodic updation.
3) In cases where customer is not able to furnish local
proof of address, the bank may take a declaration of
4) All the above
the local address on which all correspondence will be
made by the bank with the customer.
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 203 Industry body SIAM is associated with which of the following industries? It
released the data, recently, which shows an increase in the sales in the industry which was
facing slowdown for a long time.
1) Software
2) Automobiles
3) Textiles
4) Shipping
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 204 Militants attacked which of the following international airports in Pakistan,
recently, which left as much 40 people dead?
1) Peshawar
3) Islamabad
5) None of these
2) Lahore
4) Karachi
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 205 One of the first foreign visitors to the Modi govt, Wang Yi, is the foreign
minister of which of the following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Japan
3) Singapore
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 206 . The mens hockey team of which of the following countries created history
by entering hockey World Cup semifinals for the first time, recently?
1) Argentina
2) Netherlands
3) Germany
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 207 At least 24 students of an engineering college in Hyderabad drowned after
strong currents in river Beas in Mandi district in ___________washed them away.
1) Uttarakhand
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 208 What is the expanded form of SFIO?
1) Systematic Fraud Investigation Office 2) Securities Fraud Investigation Office
3) Severe Fraud Investigation Office
4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 209 Who among the following has won the Canadian Grand Prix Formula One
championship, recently?
1) Nico Rosberg
2) Daniel Ricciardo
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Lewis Hamilton
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 210 Who among the following has authored the book titled A Song of Ice and
Fire?
1) Roshen Dalal
2) RR Martin
3) Jo Nesbo
5) Carlotta Gall
4) Donna Tartt
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 211 What is the theme of the World Environment Day 2014?
1) Forests-Nature At Your Service
2) Small Islands and Climate Change
3) Green Economy: Does it include you? 4) Think.Eat.Save
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 212 Which of the following is NOT a banking/Finance related term?
1) CAR
2) Bank rate
3) SAR
4) SLR
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 213 The HidroAysen project, which was rejected by the govt, recently, was to be
built in which of the following countries, recently?
1) Chile
2) Bolivia
3) Argentina
4) Spain
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 214 The United States opened a new commercial office in which of the following
cities in India, recently?
1) Bangalore
2) Chennai
3) Ahmedabad
4) Jaipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 215 In which of the following countries, a powerful Congressional committee has
sought a classified briefing on technologies that are currently being considered for transfer
or export to India from that country?
1) Russia
2) France
3) US
4) UK
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 216 In which of the following countries, a state of emergency has been declared
after jihadist militants captured the city of Mosul? It has called upon the UN, Arab League,
EU and others to support its stand on fighting terrorism.
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Afghanistan
4) Libya
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 217 Who among the following has been awarded with the prestigious Bharat
Ratna JRD Tata award, recently?
1) Avinash Chander
2) SR Srinivasa Varadhan
3) CR Rao
4) V Somasundaram
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 218 Salva Kiir is the present president of which of the following countries? He
and rebel chief Riek Machar have agreed to end fighting and form a transitional govt in the
country within 60 days.
1) Sudan
2) South Sudan
3) Ethiopia
4) Nigeria
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 219 ELN is the second largest rebel group of which of the following countries?
The country announced to start a peace negotiation with it, recently
1) Venezuela
2) Ecuador
3) Guatemala
4) Colombia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 220 Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the French
Open tennis tournament, recently?
1) Shimona Halep
2) Serena Williams
3) Maria Sharapova
4) Li Na
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 221 Who among the following has won the mens doubles title of the French
1) Spain Marcel Granollers and Marc
2) Julien Benneteau and Edouard RogerLopez
Vasselin
3) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut
4) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 222 The Chinese govt has published a white paper on Hong Kong that stresses its
authority over the territory. Hong Kong was handed over to China on 1 Jul 1997 by
1) UK
2) Germany
3) Russia
5) None of these
4) France
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 223 Which of the following gulf countries has introduced a new law requiring
compulsory military service for adult males, recently?
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Kuwait
4) United Arab Emirates
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 224 The term Roland Garros is associated with which of the following grand slam
tennis tournaments?
1) Wimbledon
2) French Open
3) US Open
4) Australia Open
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 225 The US Justice Department is finalising a lawsuit against which of the
following banks over its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities?
1) Citigroup
2) Standard Chartered
3) Morgan Stanley
4) Barclays
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 226 Vishal Sikka was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of which of
the following leading software exporters in India, recently?
1) Wipro
2) Infosys
3) TCS
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 227 An industrial accident took place in SAILs steel plant killing six persons and
affecting several others in which of the following cities, recently? Possibly a composition
of deadly methane and carbon monoxide leaked from the plant causing the fatal accident.
1) Jamshedpur
2) Paradeep
3) Bhilai
4) Rourkela
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 228 Who among the following has been appointed as the new revenue secretary,
recently?
1) RP Wattal
2) Ravi Mathur
3) GS Sandhu
5) None of these
4) Shaktikanta Das
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 229 Who among the following has topped the civil services examination this year
as announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), recently?
1) Bharti Dixit
2) Rachit Raj
3) Munish Sharma
4) Gaurav Agrawal
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 230 Who among the following has won the womens doubles title of the French
1) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
2) Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai
4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 231 A person who wins from two seats in election will have to submit his/her
resignation before taking oath. He/She generally submits his/her resignation to who among
the following?
1) President
2) Prime Minister designate
3) Protem speaker
4) Vice president
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 232 Sam Kutesa has been elected president of the UN General Assembly,
recently. He was erstwhile the foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Chile
2) Uganda
3) Jordan
4) South Korea
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 233 The air exercise Garuda-V concluded successfully, recently. India
conducted this exercise with which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) France
3) US
4) Israel
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 234 India became permanent member of Washington Accord (WA), recently. WA
is an international agreement among prominent nations of the world, with the charter of
promoting mobility and quality assurance of _________across international boundaries.
1) Engineers
3) Nurses
5) None of these
2) Doctors
4) Software developers
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 235 Name the Ugandan writer who won the overall Commonwealth Writers Short
Story Prize for Let's Tell This Story Properly, recently.
1) Thomas Piketty
2) Damon Galgut
3) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4) Ranjit Hoskote
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 236 As per the recent list published by the Forbes, who among the following has
been declared the richest cricketer in the world for the third year running?
1) Graeme Craig Smith
2) Kevin Pietersen
3) Alastair Cook
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 237 Name the South Korea President who went on revamping his/her Cabinet in
response to intense criticism over his/her administrations handling of the ferry disaster in
Apr this year.
1) Chong Jong-Sup
2) Hyun Oh-Seok
3) Choi Kyoung-Hwan
4) Park Geun-Hye
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 238 India has established ATS Message Handling System (AMHS) connectivity
with which of the following countries, recently? It is a part of Indias commitment to the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
1) Sri Lanka
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 239 Which of the following pairs of leading IT services companies and their
present CEOs is NOT matched correctly?
1) TCS N Chandrasekaran
2) Wipro TK Kurien
3) Cognizant Francisco Dsouza
4) iGate Ashok Vemuri
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 240 Indias largest warship INS Vikramaditya was dedicated to the nation by the
PM Narendra Modi, recently. Which of the following is correct about INS Vikramaditya?
2) It has been acquired from Russia for over
1) It is a 44,500-tonne aircraft carrier with an
Rs 15,000 cr and the deal for the aircraft
overall length of about 284 metres and a
carrier was signed during the previous NDA
maximum beam of about 60 metres.
regime in 2004.
3) Various naval aircraft, including MiG 29K,
Sea Harriers, P 8I and IL-38SD along with
4) All the above
Kamov and Sea King helicopters will operate
from it.
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 241 Rana Kapoor is all set to be re-appointed as MD & CEO of which of the
following private sector banks operating in India?
1) YES Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 242 Infrastructure finance company IDFC plans to start bank operations by Oct
2015. IDFC bagged a commercial banking licence along with which of the following
financial institutions, recently?
1) India Post
2) Reliance Capital
3) Bandhan
4) Mahindra Finance
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 243 The visiting Indian cricket team won a three match ODI series against which
of the following countries, recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 244 Which of the following teams has won the women's World Cup hockey title,
recently?
1) Australia
2) Netherlands
3) USA
4) Argentina
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 245 Dmitry O Rogozin, who visited India, recently, is the deputy Prime Minister
of which of the following countries?
1) Uzbekistan
3) Turkmenistan
5) Russia
2) Kyrgyzstan
4) Ukraine
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 246 Which of the following teams has won the men's World Cup hockey title,
recently?
1) Australia
2) Germany
3) Netherlands
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 247 Andhra Pradesh is considering taking help from space agencies ISRO and
NASA to trace the 17 missing engineering students after sudden release of water from a
reservoir in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The incident took place in which of the following
rivers?
1) Sutlej
2) Ganges
3) Chenab
4) Beas
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 248 Militant separatist group ISIS is in news for its activities in which of the
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Libya
4) Nigeria
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 249 Which of the following countries lay thrust on 'Gross National Happiness
rather than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the parameters for measuring its economic
development?
1) Bangladesh
2) Thailand
3) Bhutan
4) Singapore
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 250 The govt is mulling Centre of National Excellence status for the institutions
FTII, SRFTI as announced by the Information and Broadcasting Minister _________,
recently.
1) Ramvilas Paswan
2) Prakash Javadekar
3) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
4) M Venkaiah Naidu
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 251 Felipe VI took oath as the new king of which of the following countries,
recently?
1) Norway
2) Netherlands
3) Spain
4) Peru
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 252 Name the plant scientist who has won the USD 250,000 World Food Prize for
his contribution in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 mn tonnes in the
years following the Green Revolution?
1) Gebisa Ejeta
2) Daniel Hillel
3) Robert Fraley
4) Sanjaya Rajaram
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 253 The state govt of which of the following states has passed a law to ban dance
bars across the state, recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Goa
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 254 The public sector thermal and hydro power generation company NTPC has
sought lifting of embargo on Lata Tapovan project work. The project was to come up in
which of the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Sikkim
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Uttarakhand
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 255 Juan Manuel Santos has been elected to a second term as President in which
of the following countries, recently?
1) Venezuela
2) Ecuador
3) El Salvador
4) Colombia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 256 India finished 6th in overall medals tally with 2 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze in the
Asian Junior Athletics Championships held in Chinese Taipei recently. Which of the
following countries finished on top?
1) China
2) Qatar
3) Japan
5) None of these
4) Malaysia
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 257 The Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure has won the arbitration proceedings
initiated against the Govt of which of the following countries after the latter unilaterally
cancelled the $500-mn contract given to GMR?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Myanmar
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 258 Which of the following leading Indian software exporters has become the
worlds third largest employer of people in the IT sector, with over 3 lakh employees? At
the present pace it is all set to become the second largest employer in IT sector this year.
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 259 A panel headed by Parthasarathi Shome submitted its recommendations,
recently. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to these recommendations?
1) The post of revenue secretary should be 2) The Central Board of Direct Taxes and the
abolished as part of needed reforms in the
Central Board of Excise & Customs should
tax administration.
be merged to achieve efficiencies.
3) A separate budget allocation to ensure
4) Develop PAN as a common business
time-bound tax refund and a passbook
identification number, to be used by other
scheme for Tax Deduction at Source.
govt departments also.
5) The retrospective amendments to tax laws
Ans.) 5
should be adopted to avoid tax losses.
Ques. : 260 Banks park excess liquidity with the Reserve Bank of India through which of
the following tools?
1) Term repo
2) Reverse term repo
3) Bank rate
4) LAF
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 261 Which of the following industrial groups in India has announced to invest Rs
1.8 lakh cr ($30 bn) across businesses over the next three years to break into the Fortune 50
club?
1) Tata Group
2) RIL
3) Bharati Airtel
5) None of these
4) Essar Group
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 262 What is Indias ranking in the latest annual ranking of the Global Peace
Index?
1) 161st
2) 154th
3) 143rd
4) 134th
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 263 Sri Lankan parliament has overwhelmingly voted not to allow which of the
following recently?
2) The foreign assistance in building
1) Voting rights to the minority Tamil community. infrastructure in devastated Tamil
majority areas.
3) The UNHRC team into the country to investigate 4) Opening up different sectors of
alleged human rights abuses during the last phase of countrys economy to the foreign
the civil war against the LTTE.
direct investment (FDI).
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 264 Name the defending champion of the FIFA World Cup which made a shock
early exit from the 2014 World Cup after a disappointing 0-2 loss against Chile?
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) France
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 265 Shekhar Dutt resigned as the governor of which of the following states
recently?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Kerala
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 266 According to a paper published recently in the journal Climate Dynamics, the
Indus basin is projected to warm with average temperatures set to increase by around
_______by 2080.
1) 0.5 degree C
2) 1 degree C
3) 2 degree C
4) 3 degree C
5) 4 degree C
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 267 Which of the following leading online retailers has entered smartphone war
with launch of 3D phone Fire recently?
1) Amazon
2) ebay
3) Flipcart
4) Sanpdeal
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 268 Who among the following bagged the FIDE World Rapid Chess
Championship title in Dubai recently?
1) Teimour Radjabov
2) Magnus Carlsen
3) Aremian Fabiani Caruana
4) Vishwanathan Anand
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 269 Which of the following plants has become the single largest power generating
unit in the country?
1) Kakrapar
2) Tarapur
3) Mundra
4) Kudankulam
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 270 The capital markets regulator SEBI cleared a slew of reforms recently. Which
of the following NOT among the reforms cleared?
1) It has made it mandatory for all listed
2) It proposed easing of the Offer For Sale
PSUs to have at least 25 per cent public
(OFS) norms wherein retail investors would be
shareholding within three years.
provided with 10 per cent reservation.
3) Non-promoters with more than 10 per 4) It approved NOT sharing of KYC (Know
cent stake in the company would be
your Client) information with entities regulated
allowed to tap the OFS route.
by other financial sector watchdogs.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 271 Hindustan Zinc has inked a pact with which of the following state govts to
build 30,000 toilets rural toilets for families below poverty line under 'Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan'?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Odisha
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 272 The World Bank has lowered India's GDP growth forecast for 2014-15 to
what per cent? Earlier it has forecasted of 5.7 per cent GDP growth.
1) 4.5 per cent
2) 4.8 per cent
3) 5.1 per cent
4) 5.5 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 273 In her first stand-alone visit abroad as the External Affairs Minister, Sushma
Swaraj is scheduled to visit which of the following countries on June 25-27?
1) Pakistan
2) Myanmar
3) Maldives
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 274 As per the latest data released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerlands
central banking authority, Indian money in Swiss banks has risen to over
1) Rs 14,000 cr
2) Rs 19,000 cr
3) Rs 22,000 cr
4) Rs 34,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 275 Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award
for 2013? He will be the recipient of the 49th Jnanpith award.
1) Vinod Kumar Shukla
2) Manglesh Dabral
3) Ashok Vajpeyi
4) Kedarnath Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 276 Which of the following pairs won the women's doubles title at the Tri-Nation
squash doubles tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently?
1) Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa
2) Saumya Karki and Dipika Pallikal
3) Joshana Chinappa and Saumya Karki
4) Vaidehi Reddy and Saumya Karki
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 277 The central govt announced to launch a campaign to ensure 100 per cent
immunization of children in states hit by encephalitis outbreak. This deadly disease is
transmitted by
1) Flies
2) Cats
3) Mosquitoes
4) Rats
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 278 We often read about Jaipur Foot in newspapers. What is Jaipur Foot?
1) A deadly disease that affect camels 2) A literary fest organised in Jaipur every year
3) A rubber-based prosthetic leg
4) A special shoe made exclusively in Jaipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 279 Who among the following has topped the Indian Institutes of TechnologyJoint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) Advanced 2014?
1) Chitraang Murdia
2) Srajan Garg
3) Aditi
4) Mayank Bansal
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 280 The NDA govt has decided to bring broad changes in MNREGA scheme.
Which of the following are the changes proposed?
2) Emphasis on addressing the issues
1) Bringing focus on agriculture with at least
including poor asset quality, absence of
Rs 25,000 cr of investment into this sector
adequate technical staff and lack of
alone.
outcome orientation.
3) Strengthening of social audits by
identifying, training and equipping rural youth
4) All the above
in overseeing implementation of the
programme.
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 281 Mandovi river water has been declared unsafe for swimming and fishing due
to presence of high level of coliform bacteria in it. This river is situated in which of the
following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Goa
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kanrataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 282 China has signed business deals worth about USD 5 bn during Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang's recent visit to the country? Deals signed covers areas including
exports and ship building.
1) Greece
2) Bulgaria
3) Turkey
4) Georgia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 283 The Andean Road System built by the Inca Empire has been granted World
Heritage status recently. Which of the following agencies of the United Nations grant
World Heritage status to cultural and natural sites in the world?
1) WMO
2) UNESCO
3) WB
4) WIPO
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 284 Name the Brazilian President who has been officially endorsed by the
governing Workers Party, recently, to run for re-election to be held in Oct?
1) Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2) Fernando Collor de Mello
3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
4) Dilma Rousseff
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 285 Kiren Rijiju led the Indian delegation to 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on
Disaster Reduction held in Bangkok recently. He is the Minister of State for _________at
present.
1) Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth
2) Culture and Tourism
Affairs and Sports
4) Planning, Statistics and Programme
3) Home Affairs
Implementation
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 286 Which of the following sites in India has got World Heritage site tag
recently?
1) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
2) Rani-ki-Vav
3) Red Fort Complex
4) Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 287 The govt has decided to raise the import duty on sugar from 15 per cent to
what per cent recently?
1) 20 per cent
2) 30 per cent
3) 40 per cent
4) 50 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 288 India has ratified an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) recently. What will be its impact on Indias civil nuclear
programme?
1) It will clear the decks for large imports of
2) It will cover only those facilities which
nuclear technology.
are monitored by the IAEA.
3) India will not be able to set up any new

nuclear facility for a period of ten years.
5) Only 1) and 2)
4) All the above

Ans.) 5
Ques. : 289 Popular film director-producer Ramanarayanan passed away recently. He was
associated with ___________films.
1) Telugu
2) Tamil
3) Kannada
4) Bengali
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 290 According to a UNICEF report, at present only ________of rural Indian
population has access to good toilet and sanitation facilities.
1) 48 per cent
2) 36 per cent
3) 24 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 291 Which of the following countries has announced that it is preparing a list of
Indians suspected to have un-taxed money parked there?
1) UK
2) Switzerland
3) Mauritius
4) Norway
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 292 Fuleco is/was official mascot of which of the following sports events?
1) 2014 FIFA World Cup
2) 2014 Commonwealth Games
3) 2015 European Games
4) 2014 Sochi Olympic
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 293 Which of the following real estate firms in India has become the country's
first real estate developer to get ISO 9001:2008 quality certification for development of
housing and commercial projects recently?
1) DLF
2) Parsvnath
3) Indiabulls Real
4) Omaxe
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 294 As announced by the concerned state govt, recently, which of the following
cities has become the first 'kerosene-free city' in the country?
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Bangalore
5) None of these
4) Delhi
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 295 Name the Indian-origin physicist who has been accorded an honorary
knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for his achievements in science recently?
1) Abhas Mitra
2) Madhu Sudan
3) Tejinder Virdee
4) MGK Menon
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 296 A one stop crisis centre 'Gauravi' for women who are victims of violence has
been set up for the first time in which of the following cities in India recently?
1) Lucknow
2) Bhopal
3) Hyderabad
4) Pune
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 297 Who among the following has won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula One
1) Daniel Ricciardo
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Nico Hulkenberg
4) Nico Rosberg
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 298 Which of the following pairs of countries and their aircraft carriers is NOT
matched correctly?
1) India: INS Viraat
2) China: Liaoning
3) Italy: Nimitz
4) Russia: Kuznetsov
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 299 Which of the following Indians has/have won the Global Economy Prize so
far? Indian entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has won this prize in 2014 recently.
1) Sunil Bharti Mittal
2) Baba N Kalyani
3) Amartya Sen
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 300 The UNESCO announced to inscribe some sites as the World Heritage Sites
recently. Which of the following site is NOT among them?
1) Rani-ki-Vav
2) Namhansaneong
3) Grand Canal
4) Great Himalayan National Park
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 301 Which of the following initiatives conceptualised by Indian govt to enable
delivery of public services electronically has been awarded a United Nations public service
award recently?
1) Mobile Seva
2) e-Govt
3) e-Post
4) IMPS
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 302 The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan left on a five-day visit in his first
official tour abroad to which of the following countries recently?
1) UK
2) Russia
3) US
4) Germany
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 303 The Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) provides plan support for
modernization of which of the following industries?
1) Textiles
2) Tourism
3) Telecommunication
4) Fishing
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 304 The RBI started issuing its credit policy bi-monthly on the recommendation
of which of the following committees?
1) Shome Committee
2) Urjit Patel Committee
3) HR Khan Committee
4) KC Chakrabarty Committee
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 305 Which of the following banks in India organised 'The Banking and
Economics Conclave 2014' for the first time in the country recently?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) NABARD
3) Punjab National Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 306 Recently commissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was originally
named as
1) Baku
2) Kremlin
3) Plan
4) Mahan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 307 Recently unveiled 600 Megawatt Kholongchu Hydropower Project is located
in which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) Bhutan
4) Myanmar
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 308 Which of the following sportswomen is NOT associated with archery?
1) Dola Banerjee
2) Jayanta Talukdar
3) Bombayla Devi Laishram
4) Deepika Kumari
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 309 The Sardar Sarovar Dam is the second largest concrete gravity dam (by
volume) in the world and is situated on the river
1) Narmada
2) Chenab
3) Sabarmati
4) Sutlej
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 310 Eminent folk singer Khagen Mahanta died recently. He was associated with
which of the following languages?
1) Bengali
2) Assamese
3) Tamil
4) Kannada
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 311 According to a study on world insurance in 2013 by the Global re-insurer
Swiss Re, India stood at _____position in the world in terms of premium volume.
1) 20th
2) 18th
3) 16th
4) 15th
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 312 Who among the following has been formally appointed the first chairman of
the ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial revamp of the bodys
administrative structure recently?
1) Shashank Manohar
2) Jagmohan Dalmiya
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) N Srinivasan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 313 According to the commerce ministry data, the trade deficit of India with
China stood at __________ in 2012-13.
1) USD 40.78 billion
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 314 The Union Cabinet approved industrial parks to be set up in India by China
recently. During the fifth India-China strategic dialogue in Aug 2013, both sides had
identified five states to set up parks. Which of the following states in NOT among these
five states?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 315 With lack of transmission infrastructure hurting electricity availability, the
power ministry approved a ____________ package for development of nine high capacity
transmission projects recently.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 12,500 cr
3) Rs 14,000 cr
4) Rs 15,500 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 316 The govt plans to impose an additional penalty of USD 578 million on which
of the following companies for producing less-than-targeted natural gas from its eastern
offshore KG-D6 block in 2013-14?
1) Reliance Industries
2) Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
3) Essar Oil
4) Cairn India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 317 The govt imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of __________on potatoes
to augment domestic supply of the vegetable?
1) USD 300 per tonne
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 318 The govt has decided to rope in World Bank, IMF and USOTA for seeking
assistance for the establishment of three out of the four task forces envisaged under the
recommendation of the FSLRC. Which of the following is NOT among those to be set up?
1) Public Debt office
2) Financial Data Management Centre
3) Resolution Corporation
4) Financial Sector Appellate Tribunal
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 319 Which of the following state govts has decided to provide 16 per cent
reservation to Marathas and five per cent to the Muslim communities in jobs and education
recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 320 The state govts have been given three months to implement the Food Security
Act. The deadline for implementing the National Food Security Act was on ______.
1) Jul 1
2) Jul 4
3) Jul 14
4) Jul 31
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 321 The 35th National Games will be held in which of the following states from
31st of Jan to 14th Feb in 2015?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) West Bengal
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 322 Vice President Hamid Ansari visited which of the following countries on a
five-day official visit recently? He attended a trilateral summit to mark the 60th anniversary
of the Panchsheel there.
1) China
2) Russia
3) France
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 323 Who among the following is the present Prime Minister of Nepal? He has
been diagnosed with lung cancer recently.
1) Ram Baran Yadav
2) Sher Bahadur Deuba
3) Girija Prasad Koirala
4) Sushil Koirala
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 324 NASA had sent Curiosity rover to which of the following planets/moon? The
rover is travelling through ancient glaciers on the planet/moon at present.
1) Mercury
2) Moon
3) Jupiter
4) Mars
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 325 The Samajwadi Pension Scheme has been launched in which of the following
states in India? It is being touted as the biggest social welfare scheme to be funded by any
state govt solely out of its own resources.
1) West Bengal
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 326 The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed
on
1) Jun 18
2) Jun 20
3) Jun 21
4) Jun 23
5) Jun 26
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 327 Project 636 is the name of submarine programme of which of the following
countries? A new submarine Rostov-na-Donu joined its navy under this programme
recently.
1) France
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) Iran
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 328 The security forces in which of the following countries are dealing with rising
attacks by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) now a days?
1) Iran
2) Indonesia
3) Malaysia
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 329 The Disaster Management Act, 2005 has been implemented by all the states
and Union Territories except one state. Identify that state.
1) Uttarakhand
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 330 The term ITIR is associated with which of the following sectors?
1) Textiles
2) Information Technology
3) Tourism
4) Integrated Township
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 331 Who among the following won IBSF 6-Red World Snooker title in Egypt
recently and created history by becoming the first player in the world to win world titles in
the long and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker?
1) Kacper Flilpiak
2) Pankaj Advani
3) Shaun Murphy
4) Aditya Mehta
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 332 Which of the following Islamist groups has proclaimed establishment of
Caliphate across areas under their control in Iraq and Syria recently?
1) ISIL
2) al-Queda
3) Muslim Brotherhood
4) Tehreek-e-Taliban
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 333 At least 15 people were killed and others injured in a fire following a blast in
a gas pipeline belonging to GAIL in the East Godavari district of which of the following
states recently?
1) Telangana
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 334 Who among the following has won the Liberty Medal from the National
Constitution Centre in Philadelphia recently?
1) Edward Snowden
2) Christina Lamb
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Malala Yousafzai
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 335 The European Union signed a landmark pact with which of the following
countries recently? The 1200-page Association Agreement defines the political and trade
terms between the two sides.
1) Latvia
2) Ukraine
3) Romania
4) Lithuania
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 336 Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the Australian
Super Series badminton tournament recently?
1) Nichaon Jindapon
2) Kirsty Gilmour
3) Carolina Marin
4) Saina Nehwal
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 337 China announced an award and scholarships to groups and individuals who
have contributed to the promotion of Panchsheel. The five principles of Panchsheel are
associated to which of the following?
1) Unipolar world
2) Peaceful coexistence
3) Bipolar world
4) Emergence of Asia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 338 PSLV C23 lifted off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying five
satellites of different countries including an Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7. SPOT-7
belongs to
1) Germany
2) Japan
3) France
4) Canada
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 339 In economics, capitalism refers to which of the following?
1) The use of markets
2) Govt ownership of capital goods
3) Private ownership of capital goods 4) Joint ownership of capital goods
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 340 The agricultural price support program is an example of which of the
following?
1) A price ceiling
2) A price floor
3) Equilibrium pricing
4) Minimum price on which products can be exported
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 341 Which of the following countries has announced a one billion Euros credit
line over the next three years to India to take initiates in the climate control area recently?
1) UK
2) Germany
3) Switzerland
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 342 India and which of the following countries released the first encyclopedia on
their age-old cultural contacts recently?
1) Japan
2) Bangladesh
3) China
4) Bhutan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 343 During the recent visit of Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari to China, both
the countries signed three key MoUs. Which of the following is NOT among them?
2) Flood data sharing of
1) Setting up Chinese industrial parks in India
Brahmaputra river
3) Establishing a framework for regular interactions
4) No incursion across LAC
between administrative officials
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 344 Who among the following is the present Vice President of China? His name
was in news during the recent visit of Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari to China.
1) Li Yuanchao
2) Zhang Dejiang
3) Wang Yang
4) Wang Qishan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 345 Google has announced to shut which of the following services by Sep this
year recently?
1) YouTube
2) Google+
3) Orkut
4) Blogger
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 346 The Ease of Doing Business report is compiled by which of the following
organisations?
1) IMF
2) World Bank
3) UN
4) ADB
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 347 According to an Assocham report, which of the following states is emerging
as a key manufacturing centre as the state accounted for one of the highest shares in some
key product segments during 2004-12?
1) Jharkhand
3) Maharashtra
5) None of these
2) Karnataka
4) Gujarat
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 348 Who among the following is the chairman of the seven-member advisory
panel set up by the Union Power Ministry for integrated development of sector recently?
1) Partha S Bhattacharyya
2) Suresh Prabhu
3) Anil Baijal
4) Pratyush Sinha
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 349 MK Narayanan resigned as the governor of which of the following states
recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Bihar
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 350 Who among the following has been elected as the new President of the
European Union recently?
1) Alexander Stubb
2) Jean-Claude Juncker
3) Viktor Orban
4) Herman Van Rompuy
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 351 According to the latest data released by NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden, the US National Security Agency (NSA) received official permission to covertly
spy upon which of the following political parties in India?
1) Indian National Congress (INS)
2) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
3) Samajwadi Party (SP)
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 352 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed the life ban imposed on
batsman Lou Vincent who has confessed to match-fixing charges. He belongs to which of
the following teams?
1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) England
4) West Indies
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 353 Name the general insurer which has introduced an "insurance on wheels"
concept for faster renewal of policies recently.

1) National Insurance Company
2) ICICI Lombard
3) Bajaj Allianz
4) Oriental Insurance Company
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 354 Vyapam recruitment scam has surfaced in which of the following states
recently?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 355 The European Court of Human Rights upheld the law of which of the
following countries banning face-covering Muslim veils from the streets recently? The
country had passed the law in 2010.
1) UK
2) France
3) Germany
4) Spain
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 356 K Shanmugam, who visited India on an official visit, recently, is the present
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law of which of the following countries?
1) Mauritius
2) Fiji
3) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Singapore
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 357 Bor Wildlife Sanctuary will be the country's 47th Tiger Reserve as the
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar approved the proposal for the same recently. The
wildlife sanctuary is located in which of the following states?
1) Odisha
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 358 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim
member economies that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation. Which of
the following countries is NOT a member of APEC as of now?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 359 In which of the following countries, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former
president to be taken into formal custody as he was detained for questioning in an
influence-peddling probe recently?
1) Spain
2) France
3) Norway
4) Canada
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 360 The United States has named a mountain in Antarctia in honour of an eminent
Indian-American scientist related to biological research recently. Name the scientist.
1) Ashok Gadgil
2) EC George Sudarshan
3) Akhouri Sinha
4) Narendra Karmarkar
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 361 Laurent Fabius, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign
minister of which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) Singapore
3) France
4) Spain
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 362 As per a recent UNESCO report, though India has managed to reduce the
number of out-of-school children in the past decade, yet more than __________ children
were out of school in 2011.
1) 1 million
2) 2 million
3) 3 million
4) 5 million
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 363 The worlds largest multination naval exercise, 24th Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) exercise, was conducted with 22 nations and six observer nations recently.
Which of the following nations was NOT a participant in this years exercise?
1) Japan
2) Indonesia
3) India
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 364 Internet giant Google announced its Android One programme recently. This
programme is aimed at which of the following?
1) Driver-less cars
2) Operating system for PCs
3) An e-commerce application
5) None of these
4) Low-cost devices
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 365 Which of the following airlines in India is all set to become the first Indian
airline to officially join the Star Alliance, a global airline alliance?
1) SpiceJet
2) Air India
3) IndiGo
4) Jet Airways
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 366 In which of the following states, the govt has launched Amma Pharmacy to
sell medicines at a fair price recently?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 367 The ban on the import of milk and milk products from which of the following
countries has been extended for one more year till Jun 2015 recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 368 Which of the following two PSUs have been conferred the coveted Navratna
status, recently, which would give these firms more financial and operational autonomy?
2) National Buildings Construction Corporation
1) Engineers India Limited (EIL)
(NBCC)
3) Antrix Corporation Limited
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 369 An Indian-origin judge Justice VK Rajah has been appointed as the new
attorney general of which of the following countries recently?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) US
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 370 General Bikram Singh visited which of the following countries, recently?
This is the first official visit by an Indian Army Chief to this country in nine years.
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Japan
5) None of these
4) Brazil
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 371 Sheryl Sandberg, who visited India, recently, is the present Chief Operating
Officer of which of the following social media firms?
1) Twitter
2) LinkedIn
3) Yahoo
4) Facebook
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 372 NASA launched first of its kind OCO-2 satellite, recently, which is dedicated
to studying
1) atmospheric carbon dioxide
2) depletion of ozone layer
3) extent of pollution due to jet exhaust
4) presence of harmful bacteria in outer space
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 373 The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area has been approved
for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list recently. It is located in
1) Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
2) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
3) Samba, Jammu and Kashmir
4) Garhwal, Uttarakhand
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 374 Which of the following Indian cricketers has been honoured with exclusive
gold coin worth 12,000 pound sterling issued by Britains premium luxury goods brand
East India Company?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Kapil Dev
3) Sachin Tendulkar
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 375 Google's Project Loon, which completed its one-year anniversary, recently,
is associated with which of the following?
1) Bringing internet access through balloons
2) Transporting people to moon
3) Transporting people to mars
4) Real time mobile tracking system
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 376 The World Vitiligo Day is celebrated every year on which of the following
dates?
1) Jun 20
2) Jun 21
3) Jun 23
5) None of these
4) Jun 25
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 377 Which of the following state govts has announced a 33 per cent reservation
for women in state police force recently?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 378 The first nuclear power plant in the world was commissioned in Obninsk city
in which of the following countries? The plant completed sixty years recently.
1) US
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Russia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 379 France honoured which of the following Bollywood actors with Officier de
la Legion d'Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), its highest distinction - civilian or
military?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Aamir Khan
3) Salman Khan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 380 Salar Jung Museum celebrated the 125th birth anniversary of the founder
collector Salar Jung III recently. The museum that holds the coveted crown of being one of
the largest one-man collections of the World, is located in
1) Chennai
2) Mangalore
3) Hyderabad
4) Guntur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 381 Which of the following countries has adopted a comprehensive anti-terror law
recently, giving security forces unbridled powers, including shoot-at-sight suspects? It will
remain in force for two years.
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iraq
4) Syria
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 382 The govt has announced the introduction of four new vaccines as part of the
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) Rotavirus vaccine
2) Rubella vaccine
3) Polio (injectable) vaccine
4) An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 383 The govt has re-appointed who among the following RBI Deputy Governors
for a further period of two years with effect from Jul 4 2014 recently?
1) HR Khan
2) R Gandhi
3) Anand Sinha
4) Urjit R Patel
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 384 The Indian veteran Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek lost
their men's doubles semi-final in Wimbledon against which of the following pairs recently?
1) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut 2) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock
3) Mike and Bob Bryan
4) Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 385 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II
Hydro Electric Project (HEP) located in which of the following states recently?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 386 Vishal Sikka has become the highest paid professional CEO of an Indian
company with Rs 30-cr pay package. He is the current CEO of
1) Wipro
2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3) Infosys
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 387 Dadi Balsara, who died recently, was associated with which of the following
leading packaged mineral water brands?
1) Himalayan
2) Kinley
3) Bisleri
4) Aquafina
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 388 Magnus Carlsen became the first man to hold the Chess Triple Crown by
holding the World Blitz, Rapid, and Classic titles consecutively. Who among the following
was the first chess player in the world to hold all three world titles in a row?
1) Susan Polgar
2) Antoaneta Stefanova
3) Alexandra Kosteniuk
4) Judit Polgar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 389 The Govt accepted Mayaram panel report on definitions of FDI, FII recently.
Now, a foreign investment of ________ or more in a listed company will be treated as FDI.
1) 10 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent
4) 25 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 390 The World Refugee Day is observed across the globe on which of the
following dates?
1) Jun 14
2) Jun 16
3) Jun 18
4) Jun 20
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 391 Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the
Wimbledon tennis tournament recently?
1) Petra Kvitova
2) Eugenie Bouchard
3) Simona Halep
4) Svetlana Kuznetsova
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 392 With a stable and reform-oriented govt at the Centre, overseas investors have
pumped in a staggering over ________into the Indian market in the first half of 2014.
1) USD 18 bn
2) USD 20 bn
3) USD 25 bn
4) USD 32 bn
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 393 Leading online retailer Flipkart merged which of the following online fashion
retailers recently? The combined entity is eyeing 65 per cent market share in India in the
online fashion segment.
1) Jabong
2) Myntra
3) Yep Me
4) Junglee
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 394 The World Public Service Day is observed across the globe on which of the
following dates?
1) Jun 20
2) Jun 22
3) Jun 23
4) Jun 26
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 395 The autobiography of who among the following titled Substance and
Shadow was released recently?
1) Javed Akhtar
2) Dilip Kumar
3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Aamir Khan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 396 Reuven Rivlin has been elected 10th President of which of the following
countries recently?
1) Canada
2) Israel
3) Spain
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 397 Which of the following space agencies has built world's first flying
observatory fitted with an infrared telescope called Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared
Astronomy (SOFIA)? This mobile observatory can stay airborne for over 12 hours.
1) DLR (Germany)
2) CNES (France)
3) NASA (US)
4) ISRO (India)
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 398 The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) succeeded in cloning another
female buffalo calf named Lalima recently. NDRI is situated in which of the following
cities?
1) Lucknow
2) Ahmedabad
3) Karnal
4) Hyderabad
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 399 Who among the following has topped the Forbes list of the world's 100 most
powerful women released recently?
1) Dilma Rousseff
2) Melinda Gates
3) Janet Yellen
4) Angela Merkel
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 400 As per the recommendations of the Arvind Mayaram committee, an overseas
investment equal to 10 per cent and above in a listed firm will be treated as FDI and the
investments below 10 per cent will be treated as
1) Foreign Public Investment
2) Foreign Qualified Investment
3) Foreign Preliminary Investment
4) Foreign Portfolio Investment
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 401 Who among the following has won the mens singles title of the Wimbledon
1) Stan Wawrinka
2) Roger Federer
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Novak Djokovic
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 402 The panel headed by who among the following presented new formula to
estimate poverty in India recently? As per the panel estimates three out of 10 in India are
poor.
1) Suresh Tendulkar
2) C Rangarajan
3) KC Chakrabarty
4) Bimal Jalan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 403 The RBI increased the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for non-scheduled urban cooperative banks (UCBs) to what per cent of their total demand and time liabilities recently?
Effective Jul 12, the increase will bring them on par with scheduled primary (urban) cooperative Banks.
1) 3 per cent
2) 4 per cent
3) 4.5 per cent
4) 4.75 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 404 Which of the following banks has become the biggest employer in the private
banking space with more than 72,000 employees in 2013-14?
1) ICICI
2) HDFC
4) Axis Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 405 Which of the following state govts has announced 12 per cent reservation in
all state govt jobs and posts in public sector undertakings for candidates living below
poverty line (BPL) recently?

1) Mizoram
3) Sikkim
5) None of these
2) Tripura
4) Nagaland
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 406 Indian Navy's ambitious naval infrastructure project, Seabird in Karwar
(Phase-II), has got environment clearance. One of the largest naval bases of India which
will house warships including INS Vikramaditya, it is located in the state of
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Gujarat
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 407 Name the Indian scientist who has been elected to UN entity, the Commission
on the Limits of Continental Shelf (CLCS) recently?
1) Rasik Ravindra
2) Rajan Sivaramakrishnan
3) Jayant Narlikar
4) Anil Kakodkar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 408 Five Indian women have featured in 2014 Forbes 100 most powerful women
in the world list. Who among the following is NOT among these five women?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kocchar
3) Padamshree Warrior
4) Sushma Swaraj
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 409 Who among the following has been conferred with the Baileys Women's
Prize for Fiction for her novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing recently?
1) Eimear McBride
2) Donna Tartt
3) Eleanor Catton
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 410 The Day of the Seafarer is observed across the world on
1) 20 Jun
2) 23 Jun
3) 25 Jun
4) 26 Jun
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 411 The C Rangarajan panel presented new formula to estimate poverty in India
recently. As per the panel who among the following have been defined as poor?
1) Anyone spending below Rs 47 per day in 2) Anyone spending below Rs 43 per day in
cities and Rs 32 in villages
3) Anyone spending below Rs 36 per day in 4) Anyone spending below Rs 33 per day in
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 412 Three new judges assumed charge as Supreme Court judges recently taking
its strength to 27. What is the sanctioned strength of judges in the apex court, including the
Chief Justice?
1) 27
2) 29
3) 31
4) 33
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 413 The first bill of the new BJP govt, the National Institute of Design Bill 2013,
was passed in the Rajya Sabha recently. Now, declared an institution of national
importance, the National Institute of Design is situated at
1) Bhopal
2) Pune
3) Ahmedabad
4) Lucknow
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 414 As mentioned by the Union Railways Minister Sadananda Gowda in the
recent Railway Budget, what is the operating surplus of the Indian Railways as of now?
1) 5 per cent
2) 6 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 11 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 415 India has now formally become the 19th permanent member of the UN
renewable agency, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This agency is
based in
1) Doha
2) Manila
3) Kuala Lumpur
4) Abu Dhabi
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 416 As per the recent notification issued by the telecom sector regulator Trai, the
minimum broadband speed has been raised from the earlier 256 kbps to
1) 512 kbps
2) 768 kbps
3) 1024 kbps
5) None of these
4) 1280 kbps
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 417 Who among the following has won the Afghanistan's presidential election as
per the preliminary results released recently?
1) Abdul Qayum Karzai
2) Daud Sultanzoy
3) Abdullah Abdullah
4) Ashraf Ghani
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 418 What minimum pension has been approved by the govt under Employees
Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) run by the EPFO recently?
1) Rs 1,000
2) Rs 1,500
3) Rs 2,000
4) Rs 2,500
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 419 The 6th BRICS summit will be held in Brazil on 15-16 Jul. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of the BRICS group?
1) South Africa
2) China
3) Russia
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 420 Presenting his maiden Railways Budget, the Union Railways Minister
Sadananda Gowda proposed to start Bullet train in which of the following sectors?
1) Delhi-Chandigarh
2) Mumbai-Ahmedabad
3) Jaynagar-Mumbai
4) Delhi-Agra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 421 Brazil's dream of winning the World Cup on home soil was shattered when it
suffered a humiliating 7-1 defeat to which of the following teams in the semifinals
recently?
1) Argentina
2) Germany
3) Netherlands
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 422 As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley in Parliament, the Indian economy is likely to grow in the range of _________in
2014-15.
1) 7 to 8 per cent
3) 5.4 to 5.9 per cent
5) None of these

Ans.) 3
Jaitley in Parliament, which of the following PSUs emerged as the highest profit-making
PSU of the country during 2012-13?
1) BHEL
2) NTPC
3) BSNL
4) ONGC
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 424 The Finance Minister stressed on the need of sharp fiscal correction and new
FRBM Act with 'teeth' while presenting Economic Surtey for FY 2013-14 recently. What
does FRBM stands for?
1) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
2) Fiscal Rationing and Budget
Management
Management
3) Fiscal Representation and Budget
4) Fiscal Reciprocity and Budget
Management
Management
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 425 Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda, in his maiden Railway Budget,
has presented a slew of measures to improve the Railways online services. Which of the
following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per
2) As much as 1.2 lakh users can log in
minute
simultaneously
3) Ticket-booking through mobile phones, post
4) Online platform for unreserved tickets
offices to be popularised
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 426 The FIFA World Cup 2018 will be hosted by which of the following
countries?
1) Russia
2) Germany
3) Italy
4) Argentina
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 427 Who of the following Finance Ministers of India has presented the Union
Budget ten times, the most by any Finance Minister so far?
1) Morarji Desai
2) Manmohan Singh
3) Pranab Mukherjee
5) None of these
4) Yashwant Sinha
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 428 As per the recent Economic Survey, India has the second fastest growing
services sector. Which of the following countries tops in this regard?
1) Malaysia
2) Philippines
3) Thailand
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 429 Who among the following presented the first Union budget of independent
India on 26 Nov 1949?
1) Chidambaram Subramaniam
2) TT Krishnamachari
3) RK Shanmukham Chetty
4) John Mathai
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Jaitley in Parliament, The current account deficit (CAD) may be contained to around
_________of GDP in the FY15.
1) 3.2 per cent
2) 2.8 per cent
3) 2.1 per cent
4) 1.6 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 431 In a relief to the depositors, the Finance Minister announced in the Union
Budget for FY15 that the PPF (Public Provident Fund) deposit ceiling will be raised from
the existing Rs 1 lakh to
1) Rs 1.5 lakh
2) Rs 2 lakh
3) Rs 2.5 lakh
4) Rs 3 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 432 The exemption limit on housing loans interest on self-occupied property has
been increased from Rs 1.5 lakh to _______in the Union Budget for FY15.
1) Rs 2 lakh
2) Rs 3 lakh
3) Rs 4 lakh
4) Rs 5 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 433 The Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes to bring the basic customs duty
down on certain items. Which of the following is correct in this regard?
1) Colour picture tubes exempted from basic

customs duty to make cathode ray TVs cheaper and
more affordable to weaker sections.
3) The basic customs duty on mobile phones with
screens below 3 inches reduced to Nil.
5) Only 1) and 2)
2) The basic customs duty on LCD

and LED TVs below 19 inches
reduced from 10 per cent to Nil.
4) All the above
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 434 What amount has been set aside in the Union Budget for FY15 to erect the
Statue of Unity, the giant statue of Sardar Vallabh Patel in Gujarat?
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 150 cr
3) Rs 200 cr
4) Rs 250 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 435 In the Union Budget for 2014-15, a _______tax holiday has been extended to
undertakings which begin generation, distribution and transmission of power by Mar 31,
2017.
1) 5-year
2) 10-year
3) 15-year
4) 20-year
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 436 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the proposals
made in the Union Budget for the financial year 2014-15 regarding taxation?
2) Education cess for all tax payers
1) Investment limit under 80C raised from Rs 1
including corporates will continue at 3
lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.
per cent.
3) Personal tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2.5
4) Income tax exemption limit for senior
lakh from current Rs 2 lakh for taxpayers below
citizens has been raised to Rs 3 lakh.
60 years.
5) All the above
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 437 Which of the following figures is/are correct with respect to data provided in
the proposed Union Budget presented in the Parliament for the financial year 2014-15
recently?
1) Plan expenditure Rs 5,55,043 cr
2) Non-Plan expenditure Rs 12,19,849 cr
3) Total expenditure Rs 17,94,892 cr
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 438 State APMC laws are hurdle to modernisation of good economy as per the
Economic Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament.
APMC stands for
1) Agricultural Produce Management
2) Agricultural Produce Marketing
Committee
Committee
3) Agricultural Produce Moderating
4) Agricultural Produce Monitoring
Committee
Committee
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 439 As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14, what is Indias share in world
services exports in 2013?
1) 0.6 pc
2) 1.1 pc
3) 2.2 pc
4) 3.3 pc
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Jaitley in Parliament, which of the following PSUs emerged as the highest loss-making
PSU of the country during 2012-13?
1) BHEL
2) NTPC
3) BSNL
4) ONGC
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 441 Delhi is now the worlds second most populous city with 25 million
inhabitants. Which of the following cities is the most populous in the world as of now?
1) New York
2) Shanghai
3) Beijing
4) Tokyo
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 442 Which of the following Indian airlines formally joined the global airline
group Star Alliance on 12 Jul? It has become the only Indian airline which is now member
of the 27 airlines club operating in 192 countries.
1) Air India
2) Jet Airways
3) IndiGo
4) AirAsia India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 443 The World Population Day is observed every year on
1) 8 Jul
2) 11 Jul
3) 12 Jul
4) 14 Jul
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 444 Grand old lady Zohra Sehgal died at the age of 102 years recently. A Padma
Shri and Padma Vibhshan awardee, she was a noted
1) novelist
2) singer
3) actress
4) industrialist
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 445 Which of the following is NOT a new scheme announced in the Union
Budget for 2014-15 recently?
1) Namami Ganga
2) Atal Jyoti Yojana
3) Shyama Prassad Mukherjee Rozgar mission 4) Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojna
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 446 The Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes to develop 100 new cities and a fund
of ________has been set aside for the purpose.
1) Rs 5,080 cr
2) Rs 6,550 cr
3) Rs 7,060 cr
4) Rs 8,020 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 447 The Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes REITS for infrastructure projects to
reduce pressure on banking system. REITS stands for
1) Real Estate Investment Trusts
2) Real Estate Innovation Trusts
3) Real Estate Infrastructure Trusts
4) Real Estate Industrial Trusts
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 448 Which of the following is correct with respect to proposals in the Union
Budget for FY15 regarding women?
1) Women SHGs bank loan scheme to be
2) Rs 1500 cr on new scheme to improve
extended to other districts.
safety of women in big cities.
3) Beti bacahao, beti padahao scheme to be
4) All the above
launched with Rs 100 cr allocation.
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 449 What is the budget allocation for the rural housing scheme in the Union
Budget for FY15?
1) Rs 6000 cr
2) Rs 8000 cr
3) Rs 10000 cr
5) None of these
4) Rs 12000 cr
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 450 As proposed in the Union Budget for FY15, the Centre would restructure
BRGF, currently implemented in 272 backward districts in 27 States. What is the expanded
form of BRGF?
1) Backward Regions Grant Facility
2) Backward Regions Ground Facility
3) Backward Regions Grant Fund
4) Backward Regions Green Fund
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 451 Which of the following teams won the FIFA World Cup 2014 held in Brazil
recently?
1) Argentina
2) Holland
3) Germany
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 452 Which of the following state assemblies passed a bill to set up a new separate
committee (SGPC) for the management of Gurudwaras in the state recently?
1) Rajasthan
2) Haryana
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 453 The MP Bezbaruah committee submitted its report to the govt recently. This
Committee was set up to look into which of the following matters related to North Eastern
(NE) region?
1) Availability of medical facilities in
2) Concerns of people from the NE region living
the NE region.
in different parts of the country
3) Feasibility to link all the seven NE
4) Measures to increase employment
states through railways.
opportunities in the NE region
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 454 Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the proposals made in
the Union Budget for the FY15?
1) Rs 5000 cr for rehabilitation of
2) Allocation of Rs 500 cr for rural
displaced Kashmiri migrants
electrification
4) New scheme for skill development called
3) Sanitation in every household by 2019
Skill India to be launched
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 455 The MSME Ministry launched a job portal recently. Which is of the
following statements is/are correct with respect to this new initiative?
2) The portal is developed by the
1) The portal www.niesbudnaukri.com
National Institute for Entrepreneurship
provides a common platform to both the trained
and Small Business Development
persons and the prospective employers.
(NIESBUD).
3) It is armed with the facility of free-of-cost
online registration for employment in more than 4) Only 1) and 2)
150 job categories.
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 456 Presenting the Budget 2014-15 proposals in Parliament, the Union Finance
Minister has announced to set up a _____________ venture capital fund for the MSME
sector.
1) Rs 5,000-cr
2) Rs 10,000-cr
3) Rs 15,000-cr
4) Rs 20,000-cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 457 Examine the following with respect to the proposals of the Union Budget for
FY15 and identify the one which is NOT correct?
1) New Watershed programme with
2) New teachers training scheme to be launched
outlay of Rs 2000 cr
with the allocation of Rs 500 cr
3) Rs 3600 cr for national rural
4) National Centre of Humanities would be set up
drinking water programme
in Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 458 The first indigenously built anti-submarine warship (ASW) was handed over
to the Indian Navy in Kolkata recently. It is first in its class of four ASW corvettes being
built under Project-28 for the Navy and is named
1) INS Kolkata
2) INS Maysore
3) INS Kamorta
4) INS Tarkash
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 459 Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the proposals made in
the Union Railway budget for the FY15 recently?
1) FDI in railway projects including
2) CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring
operations
cleanliness
4) Women RPF Constables to escort ladies

3) Battery operated cars for differentlycoaches; 4,000 women constables to be
abled and senior citizens at major stations
inducted
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 460 As proposed in the Union Budget for FY15, four more AIIMS will be set up
in the country with current allocation of Rs 500 cr. Which of the following are the
states/regions where these institutes will come up?
1) West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,
2) Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
Purvanchal and Vidharbha
Telangana and Vidharbha
3) Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal
4) Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
Pradesh and Vidharbha
and Vidharbha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 461 Which of the following countries has emerged as the worlds largest
consumer of antibiotics according to a new study Global Trends in Antibiotic
Consumption, 2000-2010 released recently?
1) India
2) US
3) China
4) Russia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 462 Pakistan has declared the ancestral home of which of the following Indian
personalities situated in the country as a national heritage recently?
1) Lal Krishna Advani
2) Dilip Kumar
3) Yash Chopra
4) Shekhar Kapur
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 463 Which of the following teams secured the third place in the recently
concluded FIFA World Cup held in Brazil?
1) Netherlands
2) Brazil
3) Argentina
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 464 We read about a term DONER in newspapers. This term is related to which of
the following?
2) It is a NGO active in the North Eastern
1) It is a textile brand.
region.
3) It is the group of nuclear supplier
4) It is a Union Ministry for the North Eastern
countries.
5) None of these
region.
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 465 The govt has proposed an integrated programme for the conservation of river
Ganga with an outlay of over __________in the Union Budget for FY15. The Conservation
Mission will be called Namami Gange.
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 2,000 cr
3) Rs 3,000 cr
4) Rs 4,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 466 The Law Commission of India has submitted its report Manpower Planning
in Judiciary to guide the Govt in overcoming the shortage of judges in the judiciary. Who
among the following is the current chairman of the Law Commission?
1) Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam
2) Justice KG Balakrishnan
3) Justice Mukul Mudgal
4) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 467 The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 shows that there is an
increase of 5871 sq km in the forest cover of the country compared to the previous report.
The ISFR is released at what intervals?
1) Annually
2) Biennially
3) After every three years
4) After every five years
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 468 India launched the indigenously built ship Sindhu Sadhna recently. Fitted
with latest world-class equipments, this is a
1) research ship
2) fast attack ship
3) nuclear powered patrol ship
4) naval training ship
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 469 The govt has allocated what amount for the Prime Ministers Employment
Generation Programme (PMEGP) to create over 27 lakh jobs in the 12th Plan period ending
Mar 2017?
1) Rs 4,000 cr
2) Rs 6,080 cr
3) Rs 8,060 cr
4) Rs 10,040 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 470 The govt announced appointment of new governors for various states
recently. Which of the following pairs is NOT matched correctly in this regard?
1) Ram Naik Uttar Pradesh
2) OP Kohli Gujarat
3) Keshari Nath Tripathi West Bengal
4) Padmanabha Acharya Nagaland
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 471 As ruled by the World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel, recently,
which of the following countries has broken global trade rules by slapping import duties on
Indian steel products?
1) China
2) Bangladesh
3) US
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 472 The govt has slapped an additional penalty of USD 579 mn on which of the
following oil companies for producing less than targeted natural gas from its KG-D6 block?
1) Essar Oil
3) Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
4) Cairn India
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 473 The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace prize for 2013
to who among the following recently?
1) Ela Bhatt
2) Govind Mishra
3) Shekhar Pathak
4) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 474 The long-awaited BRICS Bank will be headquartered in which of the
following cities?
1) Fortaleza, Brazil
2) Shanghai, China
3) New Delhi, India
4) Johannesburg, South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 475 The TRAI (Amendment) Bill has been cleared by both the houses of the
Parliament. Why was this amendment Bill brought by the govt?
1) The existing law allows a former TRAI
2) The existing law bars a former TRAI
Chairman to take up private job two years after Chairman from taking up a govt job ever
retirement.
in life.
3) It was required to bring the telecom regulator 4) It was required to deal with the 2G
on par with international regulators.

5) None of these
scam effectively.
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 476 The Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague has announced it verdict
that 19,467 sq km out of the total 25,602 sq km disputed area with India in the Bay of
Bengal will be handed over to
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Thailand
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 477 Brazil hosted the sixth BRICS summit recently. The group was originally
formed as BRIC and became BRICS with the inclusion of South Africa in _________.
1) 2008
2) 2009
3) 2010
4) 2011
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 478 The BRICS group is playing an increasingly important role in the world
economy. Examine the following facts about the group and choose the statement which is
NOT correct.
1) At Goldman Sachs, Jim O Neil first
2) The theme of the sixth BRICS summit was
coined the term BRIC in 2001.
Inclusive Growth; Sustainable Development.
3) The Sixth BRICS Summit was held in 4) BRICS make up 40 per cent of the worlds
Fortaleza and Brasilia in Brazil on 15-16 population and 25 per cent of the worlds
Jul 2014.
landmass.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 479 World Population Day is observed on 11 Jul annually. Which of the following
facts is NOT correct in the context of the present global population?
1) As of 1 Jan 2014, the worlds population was
2) Vatican City and Nauru are the
estimated to be 9,137,661,030.
states with the lowest populations.
3) China, India, USA, Indonesia, Pakistan and
4) Every seventh person in the world is
Brazil account for half the worlds people.
an Indian.
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 480 Examine the following facts with respect to the Railway Budget for FY15 and
identify the only incorrect statement.
1) Railways university for technical 2) Loss per passenger per KM up from 10 per cent
and non-technical subjects
in 2000-01 to 33 per cent in 2012-13
3) Highest ever plan outlay of Rs

65,455 cr for 2014-15
5) None of these
4) Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs 149,176 cr.

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 481 Who won the Golden Ball award at the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil
recently?
1) Arjen Robben
2) James Rodriguez
3) Thomas Muller
4) Lionel Messi
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 482 What will be the initial authorised capital of the proposed BRICS bank?
1) USD 100 bn
2) USD 200 bn
3) USD 300 bn
4) USD 500 bn
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 483 The first chair of the Board of Governors of the proposed BRICS bank will be
from which of the following countries?
1) India
2) Brazil
3) Russia
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 484 Who among the following has been appointed the Chairman of the Indian
Council of Historical Research (ICHR) recently?
1) Y Sudarshan Rao
2) Ramachandra Guha
3) Udai Prakash Arora
4) Ram Narayan Rawat
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 485 As per the recently released UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
report 2014, what portion of the worlds 1.2 billion extremely poor population is residing in
India at present?
1) half
2) one third
3) one fourth
4) one fifth
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 486 What is Indias ranking in the recently released Ease of Doing Business
report by the World Bank?
1) 134
2) 131
3) 112
5) None of these
4) 89
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 487 Which of the following member countries will hold the presidency of the
proposed BRICS bank initially for 6 years?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) Russia
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 488 Following the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff, the two countries signed three agreements. Which of the
following is NOT among them?
2) Implementing arrangement establishing cooperation in
1) MoU on cooperation in
augmentation of a Brazilian earth station for receiving and
the field of environment
processing data from Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Satellites
3) MoU on cooperation in
4) MoU on establishing a branch of Indian Institute of
the field of mobility and
Technology (IIT) in Fortaleza
consular issues
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 489 Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the Wimbledon
1) Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington
2) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock
3) Marcelo Demoliner and Purav Raja
4) Bob and Mike Bryan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 490 Which of the following countries will host the seventh BRICS summit in
2015?
1) Russia
2) South Africa
3) China
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 491 What amount has been allocated for the Defence Ministry in the Budget for
the FY15? There has been an increase of around 12.5 per cent from the last fiscal.
1) Rs 3.20 lakh cr
2) Rs 2.82 lakh cr
3) Rs 2.29 lakh cr
4) Rs 2.03 lakh cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 492 The Reserve Bank of India has notified that home loans up to _______in
metros and _______in non-metros, given by banks from the proceeds of long-term bonds
(of minimum 7 yrs maturity), will qualify as affordable housing loans.
1) Rs 45 lakh, Rs 35 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 493 The market regulator, SEBI, asked Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga
Raju and others to return their unlawful gains of Rs 1,849 cr along with an interest of Rs
1,200 cr and barred them from accessing the capital market for _______, recently.
1) 10 years
2) 14 years
3) 20 years
4) life time
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 494 The 2015 BRICS Summit will be held in Russia in which of the following
cities?
1) Sochi
2) Saint-Petersburg
3) Ufa
4) Moscow
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 495 Typhoon Rammasun hit which of the following countries, recently, which
paralysed the normal life and has claimed at least 38 lives so far?
1) Philippines
2) Singapore
3) Colombia
4) Chile
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 496 Who won the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil recently?
1) Arjen Robben
2) James Rodriguez
3) Thomas Muller
4) Lionel Messi
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 497 Who among the following is the goodwill ambassador of the 35th National
Games to be held in seven cities in Kerala in 2015?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Leander Paes
4) Sania Mirza
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 498 Who among the following has authored the book titled Strangers Across the
Border: Indian Encounters In Boomtown China?
1) Reshma Patil
2) Saba Imtiaz
3) Carlotta Gall
4) Prashant Jha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 499 Lt General Ajay Kumar Singh has been sworn in as Lt Governor of which of
the following Union Territories?
1) Puducherry
2) Chandigarh
3) Andaman & Nicobar
4) Lakshadweep
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 500 The Indian womens cricket team led by Mithali Raj is all set to play a fourday Test match with which of the following teams after a gap of eight long years?
1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) England
4) West Indies
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 501 Which of the following has become the first country to legalise child labour
recently? Now, children as young as ten years old are allowed to work.
1) Bolivia
2) Cambodia
3) Nigeria
4) Kenya
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 502 Nagoya Protocol will come into force from October this year. This
international agreement is related to which of the following issues?
1) Access to civilian nuclear
2) Easy access for poor countries to patented life
technology for all
saving drugs
3) Access and benefit sharing of
4) Global resource sharing for the wellbeing of
genetic resources
handicapped people
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 503 The naval exercise INDRA 2014 was conducted between India and which of
the following countries recently?
1) Japan
2) China
3) France
4) Russia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 504 The Finance Minister cleared the way for the Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) in his budget speech recently. Which of the following is correct with respect to
REITs?
1) These are vehicles that hold and manage large
2) The REITs manager should have a
commercial rent-earning properties on behalf of
net worth Rs 5 cr and the sponsor Rs
investors.
20 cr.
3) A REIT can hold multiple properties and can go
for a public offering if properties are worth more than 4) All the above
Rs 1,000 cr.
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 505 What is Indias ranking in the annual Global Innovation Index (GII) survey
for 2014?
1) 53rd
2) 61st
3) 66th
4) 76th
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 506 A passenger plane of which of the following countries was allegedly shot
down in eastern Ukraine recently killing all 295 people aboard?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Israel
4) Iran
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 507 The Signature Bridge is being constructed across river Yamuna in which of
the following cities in India?
1) Agra
2) Delhi
3) Mathura
4) Allahabad
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 508 Renowned scholar Granville Austin died recently. Awarded a Padma Shri, he
was a scholar of Indian
1) Constitution
2) History
3) Geography
4) Philosophy
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 509 The military operation Operation Protective Edge is being conducted by
1) Israel against Hamas in Palestine
2) US against Syrian regime
3) Ukraine govt against pro-Russian rebels
4) US against ISIS militants in Iraq
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 510 Which of the following states in India has the highest percentage of poor
(47.9 per cent) in the country as per C Rangarajan panel report?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 511 The World Bank president is all set to visit New Delh on a three-day visit to
meet PM Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Who among the following is
the current President of the World Bank group?
1) Robert Zoellick
2) Paul Farmer
3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Christine Lagarde
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 512 As per the Employment Exchange Statistics 2013, which is of the following
states tops in terms of providing jobs through employment exchanges?
1) Maharashtra
2) Kerala
3) Gujarat
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 513 Germany has topped the recently released FIFA world rankings. What is
Indias position in the ranking?
1) 144th
2) 151th
3) 154th
4) 158th
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 514 The annual naval engagement Malabar exercise is to be conducted soon. This
exercise will be a trilateral engagement and will be participated by
1) India, Japan, Vietnam
2) India, South Korea, Japan
3) India, US, Japan
4) India, South Korea, US
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 515 Who won the 2014 German Grand Prix recently?
1) Felipe Massa
2) Valtteri Bottas
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Nico Rosberg
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 516 Internet giant Google revealed that it would be launching Project Zero
programme soon. This project is aimed at
2) running advertisement of new startups for
1) finding software bugs online
free
3) eliminating rivals from search engine
4) inviting volunteers to work with Google
platform
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 517 Which of the following is the most urbansied state of the country with
62.17% as urban population?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Goa
4) Mizoram
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 518 As per the C Rangarajan panel report, which of the following states in India is
the most prosperous state as it has least proportion (6.3 per cent) of poor population?
1) Goa
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Sikkim
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 519 Which of the following countries has topped the Global Innovation Index
(GII) 2014? The GII is jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for 143 economies around the world.
1) Finland
2) Switzerland
3) Sweden
4) United Kingdom
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 520 India hosted the Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad in Oct 2012, and the next CoP is to be held in
____________in Oct this year.
1) Pyeongchang, South Korea
2) Buenos Aires, Argentina
3) Tokyo, Japan
4) Brasilia, Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 521 The Central govt has allocated what amount for ultra large solar power
projects and solar parks in the Union Budget for FY15?
1) Rs 1000 cr
2) Rs 2000 cr
3) Rs 5000 cr
4) Rs 10000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 522 Which of the following countries removed restrictions on foreign ownership
of banks in the country recently under a new law that allows 100 per cent foreign control?
1) China
2) Thailand
3) Philippines
4) Singapore
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 523 A ultra mega solar power project is to be set up in Sambhar, Rajasthan for
which a MoU has been signed recently. What will be the cumulative capacity of the plant
which will be achieved in phases?
1) 1000 MW
2) 2000 MW
3) 3000 MW
4) 4000 MW
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 524 The authorities in Switzerland have revealed that the quantum of fake Indian
rupee notes in their country is the third highest for any foreign currency. Which of the
following currencies tops in this regard?
1) Chinese yuan
2) US dollar
3) Euro
4) Canadian dollar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 525 India will soon sign bilateral APAs with a clutch of Japanese companies for
the first time. APA stands for
1) Advance-Pricing Agreement
2) Advance-Policy Agreement
3) Advance-Priority Agreement
4) Advance-Pricing Assessment
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 526 The Finance Minister has confided that the revenue collection is expected to
exceed targets this fiscal. What is the budget estimate for the revenue collection during
2014-15?
1) Rs 11.58 lakh cr
3) Rs 13.64 lakh cr
5) None of these
2) Rs 12.35 lakh cr
4) Rs 14.44 lakh cr
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 527 Legendary actor James Garner died recently. Best known for playing a
detective in crime series Rockford Files, he belonged to
1) US
2) UK
3) France
4) Colombia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 528 Who among the following is the president of the Eleventh Conference of
Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
1) Nobuteru Ishihara
3) Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani
4) Yoon Seong-kyu
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 529 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has
unveiled automatic info exchange framework to curb black money internationally. The
headquarters of OECD is situated in
1) London
2) Frankfurt
3) Rome
4) Paris
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 530 As per the C Rangarajan panel report, which of the following states in India
has the highest incidence of urban poverty (50.8 per cent) in the country?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Jharkhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 531 The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that direct tax
collection would exceed budget target of _________in the current financial year.
1) Rs 8.11 lakh cr
2) Rs 7.86 lakh cr
3) Rs 7.36 lakh cr
4) Rs 7.13 lakh cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 532 2014 Commonwealth Games begun in Glasgow in which of the following
countries recently?
1) New Zealand
3) Holland
5) None of these
2) Scotland
4) Poland
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 533 The current installed power generation capacity of the country is about
__________.
1) 2,25,000 MW
2) 2,50,000 MW
3) 2,70,000 MW
4) 2,95,000 MW
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 534 The 95th Garo Labour Corps Day was observed on 16 Jul in which of the
following states saluting heroes of WW-I?
1) Assam
2) Meghalaya
3) Mizoram
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 535 In a major relief to citizens, the govt has decided to promote self-attestation
of domcument. Earlier, it was necessary to get documents attested by _________for govtrelated work.
1) a notary
2) a gazetted officer
3) any govt employee
4) Any one of the above
5) Either 1) or 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 536 The RBI has exempted long-term bonds (at least 7 yrs) from the mandatory
regulatory norms such as the CRR, SLR and PSL if the money raised is used for
1) long-term projects in infrastructure sub-sectors
2) affordable housing
3) agricultural loans
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 537 Indian corporate sector has to migrate to IFRS from the home-grown Indian
Accounting Standards by the financial year 2016-17. IFRS stands for
1) International Forward Reporting
2) International Fair Reporting Standards
Standards
4) International Financial Reporting
3) International Fast Reporting Standards
Standards
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 538 The govt asked UN Military Observer Group to vacate rent-free office in
Delhi recently. This UN body has been overseeing Indias military activity _________for
last 40 years.
1) against Maoist insurgents
2) in Jammu & Kashmir
3) in Arabian Sea
4) in Bay of Bengal
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 539 The Nobel Prize and Booker Prize awardee and one of the literary worlds
most powerful voices against apartheid, Nadine Gordimer, died recently. She belonged to
1) Nigeria
2) South Africa
3) Cambodia
4) Azerbaijan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 540 Sim Bhullar is associated with which of the following games? He is the first
player of Indian origin to be drafted into the national team of the game in the US.
1) Rugby
2) Basketball
3) Football
4) Tennis
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 541 At present, India does not enjoy trade surplus with which of the following
SAARC countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Maldives
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 542 The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj went on a three-day official
visit to which of the following countries recently? She attended the two nations Joint
Commission Meeting which took place after a gap of 23 years.
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 543 Nick Clegg, who is scheduled to visit India in Aug, is the current Deputy
Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) US
2) UK
3) Canada
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 544 A plane making a landing attempt in stormy weather crashed at an airport in
which of the following countries recently killing 51 people and injuring seven other? The
country was battered by Typhoon Matmo causing heavy rain there.
1) Taiwan
2) South Korea
3) Indonesia
4) Iran
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 545 The 7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit in 2015 will be hosted by
which of the following cities?
1) Brasilia
2) Fortaleza
3) New Delhi
4) Copenhagen
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 546 The RBI issued draft norms for small banks recently. Such banks can be set
up with a minimum capital of _______.
1) Rs 50 cr
2) Rs 100 cr
3) Rs 200 cr
4) Rs 500 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 547 The B20 Australia Summit was held in which of the following cities on 18
Jul? It is a forum through which the private sector produces policy recommendations for
the annual meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders.
1) Melbourne
2) Sydney
3) Brisbane
4) Perth
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 548 Philipp Lahm, who retired from international football, recently, was erstwhile
captain of which of the following teams?
1) Argentina
2) Brazil
3) Germany
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 549 The CBDT has constituted a six-member committee to recommend steps to
reduce litigations. What is full form of CBDT?
1) Central Bureau of Direct Taxes
2) Central Bureau of Distinct Taxes
3) Central Board of Distinct Taxes
4) Central Board of Direct Taxes
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 550 The book titled The Gypsy Goddess has been authored by who among the
following?
1) Mahesh Rao
2) Meena Kandasamy
3) Sipra Das
4) Reshma Patil
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 551 Which of the following is a banking/finance related term?
1) Amortisation
2) Constellation
3) Amphibious
4) Abacus
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 552 The book titled A Tale of Two Drops has been authored by who among the
following?
1) APJ Abdul Kalam
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Gulam Nabi Azad
4) Harsh Vardhan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 553 Which of the following companies has become the most valued company by
market capitalisation in India?
1) Tata Consultancy Services
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 554 The govt approved sale of what quantity of wheat from FCI stock in the open
market in order to boost domestic supply and check prices? The reserve price has been
fixed at Rs 1,500 per quintal plus other charges.
1) 5 mn tonne
2) 8 mn tonne
3) 10 mn tonne
4) 12 mn tonne
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 555 What is Indias position in Human Development Index 2014 released
recently?
1) 131
2) 133
3) 135
4) 138
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 556 What is govts disinvestment target for the current financial year?
1) Rs 25,500 cr
2) Rs 35,625 cr
3) Rs 36,925 cr
4) Rs 58,425 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 557 Who among the following has been appointed the ambassador of the newly
created state Telangana recently?
1) R Ashwin
2) Sania Mirza
3) Jwala Gutta
4) Leander Paes
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 558 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the foreign institutional investors'
(FIIs') sub-limit in govt bonds recently. What is the overall limit for FII investment in govt
bonds?
1) USD 20 bn
2) USD 25 bn
3) USD 30 bn
4) USD 35 bn
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 559 Who among the following has been appointed a United Nations Goodwill
Ambassador by UN Women recently?
1) Madhuri Dixit
2) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
3) Sandra Bullock
4) Emma Watson
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 560 Which of the following countries holds the chairmanship of the G-20 group at
present?
1) India
2) China
3) Australia
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 561 India is on course to complete the worlds highest railway bridge in Jammu &
Kashmir by 2016. The bridge is being built over ________river.
1) Chenab
2) Jhelum
3) Indus
4) Ravi
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 562 The central govt has notified rules under the Lokpal Act recently. The Lokpal
and Lokayuktas Act provides for the establishment of a Lokpal for the Union and
________for the states.
1) Lokayuktas
2) Loksewaka
3) Lok Prahari
4) Lok Pradhan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 563 The Cabinet cleared the Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill recently to
empower the market regulator Sebi to deal with which of the following?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Microfinance institutions
3) Pension funds
4) Urban Cooperative Banks
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 564 Which of the following is the most valued IT services company in the world
as of now?
1) Infosys
2) Accenture
3) IBM
4) TCS
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 565 Who among the following has been elected as the new President of Iraq
recently?
1) Jalal Talabani
2) Mohammed Fuad Masoum
3) Ayad Allawi
4) Nouri al-Maliki
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 566 The Govt has approved the sale of its residual stakes in which of the
following PSUs recently?
1) BALCO
2) Hindustan Zinc
3) BPCL
4) All the above
5) Both 1) and 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 567 Nelson Mandela International Day is observed every year on

1) 2 Jul
2) 8 Jul
3) 11 Jul
4) 18 Jul
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 568 Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of which
of the following countries recently?
1) Canada
2) Italy
3) Sweden
4) Ukraine
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 569 Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu won gold medals in the 20th
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland recently in which of the following games?
1) Weightlifting
2) Archery
3) Discus throw
4) Wrestling
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 570 What is the minimum capital requirement for setting up a normal commercial
bank as per the RBI guidelines?
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 200 cr
3) Rs 400 cr
4) Rs 500 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 571 Who among the following won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2014 recently?
1) Fernando Alonso
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Nico Rosberg
4) Daniel Ricciardo
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 572 The Govt has revised investment target for Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
from Rs 27,000 cr to
1) Rs 60,000 cr
2) Rs 80,000 cr
3) Rs 100,000 cr
4) Rs 120,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 573 The Exim Bank has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase its
leverage ratio. Currently, the RBI allows the Exim Bank to leverage only _______of its
net-owned funds.
1) 10 times
3) 25 times
5) None of these
2) 15 times
4) 50 times
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 574 Sam Kutesa, who visited New Delhi recently, is the current Foreign Affairs
Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Lebanon
3) Uganda
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 575 India refused to ratify the WTO promoted TFA pact without resolving food
security issue at Geneva recently. What does TFA stands for?
1) Trade Facility Agreement
2) Trade Facilitation Agreement
3) Trade Fostering Agreement
4) Trade Favour Agreement
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 576 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit which of the following countries
on a two-day official visit from 3rd Aug? It will be the first visit by an Indian Premier in
over 17 years as the late Prime Minister I K Gujral had visited the country in 1997.
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 577 Which of the following companies has announced to acquire all the three
hydroelectric power plants of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd?
1) Tata Power
2) Reliance Power
3) Essar Power
4) Adani Power
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 578 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a website that aims to help
citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues.
Name the website.
1) MyIndia
2) MyYuva
3) MySarkar
4) MyGov
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 579 Which of the following is the only country in the BRICS grouping that has
avoided the recent growth downgrade by International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Its economic
expansion forecast at 5.4 per cent for the current fiscal has been retained by the IMF.
1) India
2) China
3) Brazil
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 580 Apurvi Chandela and Rahi Sanorbat clinched a gold medal each in which of
the following games for India at the 20th Commonwealth Games?
1) Weightlifting
2) Archery
3) Shooting
4) Wrestling
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 581 The World Hepatitis Day is observed on which of the following dates?
1) 22 Jul
2) 26 Jul
3) 28 Jul
4) 29 Jul
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 582 The Law Commission Chairperson AP Shah has recommended three changes
to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Law in his report submitted recently. Which of
the following is NOT among them?
1) Same retirement age of 65 for
2) A three-year cooling off period for retired
Supreme Court and High Court
judges before the take up positions offered by the
judges.
govt.
3) A fixed tenure for Chief Justice of 4) Executive takeover of judicial appointment
India.
system.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 583 As revealed by the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, recently, which of
the following countries is the largest client for the World Bank Group? The WB committed
a total of $6.4 bn to the country during its last fiscal year.
1) China
2) India
3) Brazil
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 584 Which of the following e-commerce websites has announced to have raised $
1bn (Rs 6,000 cr) in fund recently? This is the largest ever fund-raising by an Indian
Internet company.
1) Snapdeal
3) Flipkart
5) None of these
2) Shopclues
4) Homeshop18
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 585 Name unmanned vehicle developed by NASA which has made a record
clocking highest distance by any man-made vehicle on a celestial body other than earth
recently. The solar-powered robot has journeyed 40 KM on mars so far.
1) Opportunity
2) Discovery
3) Path Finder
4) Lunokhod 2
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 586 While addressing a gathering of scientists in New Delhi, the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi called for Blue Revolution. The blue revolution is associated with
1) Crude oil production
2) Bio-dieses production
3) Plastic industry
4) Fisheries sector
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 587 Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat won gold medals for India in which of the
following games in the 20th Commonwealth Games recently?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Wrestling
4) Weightlifting
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 588 During the recent visit of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to Nepal, both
sides stressed the need to complete necessary formalities for BIPPA. Expand the term
BIPPA.
1) Bilateral Investment Protection and
2) Bilateral Investment Provisioning and
Preference Agreement
Promotion Agreement
Promotion Agreement
Provision Agreement
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 589 The book titled The Gypsy Goddess has been authored by who among the
following?
1) Meena Kandasamy
2) Ranjit Hoskote
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Dayanita Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 590 Who among the following is the present Chairman of the Railway Board?
1) VK Gupta
2) Arunendra Kumar
3) Alok Johri
4) Kul Bhushan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 591 India opposed the current WTO norms limiting the value of food subsidies
calculated at the prices in the base year 1986. What per cent of the total value of food grain
production is allowed as food subsidy as per current WTO norms?
1) 5 per cent
2) 8 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 592 The World Tiger Day is observed on
1) 22 Jul
2) 25 Jul
3) 27 Jul
4) 29 Jul
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 593 Who is the author of the book titled One Life is Not Enough?
1) Natwar Singh
2) Sushma Swaraj
3) Brajesh Mishra
4) Shivraj Patil
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 594 Cricketer Jacques Kallis, who announced retirement from all formats of
international cricket, recently, played for which of the following countries?
1) England
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 595 Which of the following states has introduced a new Bill seeking to prohibit
private persons from setting up of law colleges in the State?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 596 Indias ace player Satyawart Kadian is associated with which of the following
games?
1) Weightlifting
3) Squash
5) None of these
2) Wrestling
4) Boxing
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 597 Who among the following has taken over as the new Chief of Army Staff? He
will have a tenure of 30 months as the 26th Chief of the armed forces.
1) Deepak Kapoor
2) Joginder Jaswant Singh
3) Dalbir Singh Suhag
4) Vijay Kumar Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 598 The govt has proposed to formulate a new education policy to meet new
challenges. The previous National Policy on Education was adopted by the Parliament in
1) 1968
2) 1976
3) 1984
4) 1986
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 599 Which of the following terms is used in the game of cricket?
1) Punch
2) Leg Bye
3) Trump
4) Deuce
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 600 Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Kumari won gold medals in mens and womens
categories of which of the following games at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?
1) Weightlifting
2) Boxing
3) Wrestling
4) Shot put
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 601 The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) lab study found residues of
antibiotics in 40 per cent of the samples of which of the following food items in the Delhi
NCR region recently?
1) Milk
2) Chicken
3) Vegetables
4) Ghee
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 602 The Prime Minister will launch the govt's campaign for financial inclusion on
the eve of Independence Day. Which of the following is NOT correct in this respect?
1) The new scheme will ensure banking
2) The 600000-odd houses in the country
service to 7.5 cr households in the country by will be split into small service areas
15 Aug 2018.
assigned to banks.
3) One fixed banking point on 1000-1500
4) It will be insured that each adult member
households.
of each household have a bank account.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 603 Who among the following has scripted history by becoming the first Indian
woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games after she bagged a bronze in
the vault event?
1) Krishna Poonia
2) Soma Biswas
3) Harwant Kaur
4) Dipa Karmakar
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 604 People across the world can now view images from 76 heritage sites located
in India. With the support of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which of the
following technology firms has made it possible?
1) Microsoft
2) IBM
3) Google
4) Yahoo
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 605 Which of the following is the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty?
This is a treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are visually
impaired.
1) China
2) US
3) India
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 606 Vikas Gowda gave India its first athletics gold of the 20th Commonwealth
Games in which of the following games?
1) Discuss throw
2) Long jump
3) Shot put
4) Triple jump
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 607 After Flipkarts announcement of raising $1 bn, which of the following eretailers has announced to invest $2 bn in India?
1) ebay
2) Amazon
3) Walmart
5) None of these
4) Carrefour
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 608 A committee formed to look into the possibilities of bringing changes in
pattern of civil services examination among others submitted its report to the govt recently.
Who among the following headed the Committee?
1) RK Gupta
2) Arvind Varma
3) PK Das
4) Rakesh Agrawal
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 609 Who among the following has won the Golden Glove award at 2014 FIFA
World Cup?
1) James Rodriguez
2) Lionel Messi
3) Mario Goetze
4) Manuel Neuer
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 610 The govt has appointed who among the following as a deputy governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently?
1) MD Mallya
2) SS Mundra
3) Adarsh Kishore
4) BA Prabhakar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 611 The World Trade Organization (WTO) failed to reach a consensus on the
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) recently. Who among the following is the current
President of the WTO?
1) Guy Ryder
2) Roberto Azevedo
3) Pascal Lamy
4) Gita Wirjawan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 612 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a trade
agreement being negotiated between the European Union and which of the following
countries?
1) US
2) Ukraine
3) China
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 613 Sierra Leone announced health emergency in the country due to nationwide
outbreak of which of the following diseases recently?

1) Malaria
2) Swine Flu
3) Plague
4) Ebola
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 614 The book No Country has been authored by
1) Ranjit Hoskote
2) Sankarshan Thakur
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Dayanita Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 615 Who among the following has been appointed the Chairman of the Central
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently?
1) KV Chowdary
2) Praveen Mahajan
3) Shobha L Chary
4) JM Shanti Sundharam
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 616 Which of the following offices looks after the indirect taxes in India?
1) CBDT
2) CBIT
3) CBEC
4) CVC
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 617 Nigeria and three other countries have pledged to speed up the creation of a
2,800-strong regional force to tackle militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Which of the
following countries is NOT among them?
1) Chad
2) Cameroon
3) Kenya
4) Chad
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 618 The Third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-III) in 2014 will be hosted by
which of the following cities?
1) Addis Ababa
2) New Delhi
3) Nairobi
4) Windhoek
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 619 The provisional results of the Sixth Economic Survey of India were released
recently. When was the first Economic Survey conducted?
1) 1977
3) 1990
5) None of these
2) 1980
4) 2004
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 620 Which of the following Union Territories/State celebrated its 61st libration
Day on 2nd Aug?
1) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
2) Goa
3) Pondicherry
4) Andaman and Nicobar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 621 Dutee Chand was disqualified from the 2014 Commonwealth Games after
failing a gender test that showed that her testosterone levels were above the range
considered normal for female athletes. She is a professional
1) discus throw player
2) pugilist
3) weightlifter
4) sprinter
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 622 Which of the following revolutions and the areas they are related to is NOT
matched correctly?
1) Yellow revolution Oil seed production
2) Blue revolution Fisheries
3) White revolution Milk production
4) Silver revolution Jute production
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 623 Who among the following is current Revenue Secretary of India?
1) Shaktikanta Das
2) Sumit Bose
3) RS Gujral
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 624 Aadi Perukku festival, which is thanksgiving festival by farmers to River
Cauvery, is celebrated in which of the following states?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 625 The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is scheduled to
take place in ____________from Sep 19 Oct 4, 2014.
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Incheon, South Korea
3) Manila, Philippines
5) None of these
4) New Delhi, India

Ans.) 2
Ques. : 626 The govt is pushing for the early passing of the much awaited Insurance
Amendment Bill. The Bill mandates raising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the
Insurance Sector from the existing 26 per cent to
1) 49 per cent
2) 51 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 100 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 627 The Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has
given green signal to the redevelopment project of the Sasoon Dock. This historic dock is
located in which of the following cities?
1) Kandla
2) Cochin
3) Mumbai
4) Visakhapatnam
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 628 The tourism department of which of the following states has signed an
agreement with UNESCO for promoting and protecting the ancient Spice Route which
once connected 31 countries?
1) Goa
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 629 Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa created history by winning the firstever gold medal in which of the following games in the 20th Commonwealth Games
recently?
1) Squash
2) Table tennis
3) Badminton
4) Netball
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 630 SK Jain, who arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the
charges of bribery, recently, is the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the
following Public Sector Banks (PSBs)?
1) Indian Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 631 The Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded recently. With 64 medals
India stood at which of the following positions in the Games?
1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Sixth
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 632 India succeeded in clinching silver medal in hockey in Glasgow
Commonwealth Games. Which of the following teams defeated India to win the gold?
1) Australia
2) Pakistan
3) England
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 633 Who among the following made history by becoming the first Indian male
shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?
1) Gurusai Datt
2) Parupalli Kashyap
3) Ajay Jayaram
4) Srikanth Kidambi
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 634 Which of the following provinces of China was devastated by a strong 6.5magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 400 people recently?
1) Yunnan
2) Hainan
3) Sichuan
4) Shandong
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 635 Indian Banks Association (IBA) has a common networking system for
sharing the ATM facilities located in Mumbai, which is known as
1) Indian Clearing House
2) Cash Network
3) ATM network
4) Shared Payment System Network
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 636 Consortium Advances refer to
1) Multiple advances
2) Concurrent borrowing
3) Financing of consignment business 4) Joint financing by more than one bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 637 We often read about NDTL of banks in the financial newspapers. What is the
full form of NDTL?
1) Net Dividend and Time Liabilities
2) Net Demand and Transfer Liabilities
3) Net Demand and Time Liabilities
4) Net Discount and Time Liabilities
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 638 The book Single Man has been authored by
1) Sankarshan Thakur
2) Ranjit Hoskote
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Dayanita Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 639 A short term govt security paper is called
1) Share
2) Debenture
3) Mutual fund
4) Treasury bill
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 640 The book Hard Choices has been authored by
1) Kris Manjapra
2) Robert Gaibraith
3) Hilary Rodham Clinton
4) Bill Clinton
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 641 We often read that govt is concerned about the rising CAD. What does letter
A denotes in the term CAD?
1) Account
2) Adequacy
3) Advance
4) Adjustment
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 642 The SEBI Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha recently. Which of the
following is NOT correct about the Bill?
2) New provisions to provide for minimum
1) The capital markets watchdog will have to
penalties ranging from Rs one lakh to Rs
seek permission from special courts to conduct
10 lakh, depending on the nature of the
search and seizure operations.
case.
3) The new bill, called the Securities Laws
4) It gives SEBI authority to act against all
(Amendment) Bill, 2014, contains as many as illegal money-pooling schemes involving
57 clauses for amending various provisions.
Rs 100 cr or more.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 643 The govt is all set to announce Indias foreign trade policy (FTP) for the
period _________as it seeks to boost manufacturing and exports, among other things.
1) 2014-19
2) 2014-16
3) 2014-18
4) 2015-20
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 644 The RBI, in its recent bimonthly policy review, slashed statutory liquidity
ratio (SLR) by 0.5 per cent to unlock about Rs 40,000 cr into the system. What is the new
SLR?
1) 21.5 per cent
2) 22 per cent
3) 22.5 per cent
4) 23 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 645 The World Bank has pledged USD 200 mn in emergency funding to help
West African countries contain spread of deadly ______infections and improve public
health systems.
1) MERS
2) Plague
3) Ebola
4) AIDS
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 646 As the RBI kept interest rates unchanged in its recent policy review, EMIs
paid on home, automobile and other loans would remain unchanged. What is the expanded
form of EMI?
1) Equal monthly installments
2) Established monthly installments
3) Estimated monthly installments
4) Equated monthly installments
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 647 The State broadcaster Doordarshan's international channel is all set to become
available to viewers in Europe, Africa and even Australia after Prasar Bharati entered into
an agreement in that regard with
1) Deutsche Welle (DW)
2) BBC
3) Voice of America
4) News Corp
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 648 After their safe evacuation form war-torn Iraq, 44 Keralite nurses were
evacuated from which of the following strife-torn countries recently.
1) Tunisia
3) Syria
5) None of these
2) Libya
4) Liberia
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 649 Justice Manjula Chellur was sworn in as the Chief Justice of which of the
following High courts recently?
1) Madras High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) High Court of Punjab and Haryana
4) Calcutta High Court
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 650 Currently, what is the Bank Rate as specified by the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)?
1) 7 per cent
2) 8 per cent
3) 9 per cent
4) 9.5 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 651 Who among the following has written the book Half Girlfriend?
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Ravinder Singh
4) Durjoy Datta
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 652 The Hiroshima day was observed recently on which of the following dates?
On this day in 1945, an atom bomb was dropped by the US on Hiroshima in one of the final
chapters of World War II.
1) Aug 6
2) Aug 7
3) Aug 9
4) Aug 10
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 653 The 41st Chess Olympiad was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Tromso, Norway
2) Belgrade, Serbia
3) Sofia, Bulgaria
4) Havana, Cuba
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 654 The RBI announced its bimonthly policy review on 5 Aug 2014. Which of the
following is NOT correct in the light of the policy review?
1) Repo rate 7 per cent
2) Cash Reserve Ratio 4 per cent
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio 22 per cent

5) None of these
4) Marginal Standing Facility 9 per cent

Ans.) 1
Ques. : 655 Pran Kumar Sharma, who died, recently, was an eminent
1) novelist
2) guitarist
3) cartoonist
4) historian
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 656 Nirmala Sitharaman is holding which of the following Union Ministries as of
now? Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
2) Ministry of Skill Development,
1) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports
3) Ministry of Planning, Statistics and
4) Ministry for Development of North Eastern
Programme Implementation
Region
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 657 India has put on hold all defence procurements from the Finmeccannica
company and its affiliate firms in the wake of an alleged chopper scam. This company is
based in
1) France
2) Italy
3) Israel
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 658 The 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting was held in which of the following
cities recently? The Environment Ministers of BASIC countries met to discuss important
issues relating to current United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) negotiations.
1) Cape Town
2) Beijing
3) New Delhi
4) Brasilia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 659 A massive landslide took place in Nepal after an artificial lake was created in
Sunkoshi river near Nepal-Tibet. This also poses serious flood threat to several districts of
Bihar as Sunkoshi flows across the border into Bihar as the
1) Gandak River
2) Kosi River
3) Punpun River
4) Sone River
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 660 As per the recent report of the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Indian economy is expected to grow by
_______in current fiscal.
1) 5 per cent
2) 5.5 per cent
3) 6 per cent
4) 6.5 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 661 In order to check rising Current Account Deficit (CAD), the govt had raised
import duties on the yellow metal to ________.
1) 5 per cent
2) 8 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 662 Which of the following countries has launched construction of a new Suez
Canal that aims to speed up traffic along the existing waterway and boost the country's
battered economy?
1) Egypt
2) Syria
3) Israel
4) Iran
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 663 Chuck Hagel, who visited New Delhi, recently, is currently the
____________.
1) US Defence Secretary
2) US Secretary of State
3) US Secretary of Treasury
4) US Secretary of Transportation
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 664 In his recent review, the RBI governor stressed that SLR and PSL process
should be made more effective. While SLR stands for Statutory Liquidity Ratio, PSL stands
for
1) Priority Social Lending
2) Priority Sector Lending
3) Preferred Sector Lending
4) Priority Sector Leverage
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 665 The veteran actress Smita Talwalkar died recently. She was a film and theatre
actress of _________cinema.
1) Tamil
2) Marathi
3) Kannada
5) None of these
4) Bengali
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 666 The govt sacked Governor Kamla Beniwal recently for alleged misuse of govt
fund. She was erstwhile governor of
1) Assam
2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya
4) Mizoram
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 667 The two-day 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting was held recently. Which of
the following is NOT a member of BASIC group?
1) China
2) Indonesia
3) South Africa
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 668 The US President Barack Obama announced a commitment of USD 33 bn to
support development across _________recently in a meeting with the representatives of the
region.
1) Gulf region
2) African region
3) Asia continent
4) North America region
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 669 India is opting to acquire the Apache attack and Chinook heavy-lift
helicopters from which of the following countries at present?
1) US
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 670 The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of which of the
following diseases in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that
requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread?
1) Ebola
2) MERS
3) Swine Flu
4) Japanese Encephalitis
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 671 The govt has increased the clean energy cess on coal from Rs 50 per ton to
______, recently, to raise more revenue for clean energy and cross subsidising solar and
other renewable energy.

1) Rs 100
3) Rs 200
5) None of these
2) Rs 150
4) Rs 250
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 672 Which of the following states has no Regional Rural Bank (RRB)?
1) Maharashtra
2) Goa
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 673 Miihier Singh is all set to represent India at the 48th Asian Championship of
_________ in Macau in China.
1) Bodybuilding
2) Chess
3) Weightlifting
4) Wrestling
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 674 Deepika Kumari is associated with which of the following games?
1) Shooting
2) Boxing
3) Archery
4) Badminton
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 675 Who among the following is the Union Environment, Forest and Climate
Change Minister of India at present? He addressed the 18th BASIC ministerial meeting on
climate change in New Delhi recently.
1) Ananth Kumar
2) Inderjit Singh Rao
4) Dharmendra Pradhan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 676 Which of the following countries has launched a mission to map Arctic
seabed to support its bid to extend its territory in the region? The region is believed to
include large oil and gas reserves.
1) Russia
2) Canada
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 677 Sushma Swaraj visited Myanmar to participate in ASEAN-India Ministerial
meeting recently. Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar?

1) Yangon
2) Mandalay
3) Mergui
4) Nay Pyi Taw
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 678 Name the Speaker of the US House of Representatives who has invited Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the US Congress at a date convenient
to him during his upcoming US visit.
1) Mitch McConnell
2) John Boehner
3) Nancy Pelosi
4) Eric Cantor
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 679 The visiting Indian Mens Hockey team thrashed which of the following
countries 5-1 in their second match to clinch the three-match test series recently?
1) Japan
2) Malaysia
3) South Korea
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 680 The17th Asian Games (Asiad) is scheduled to be held at Incheon, South
Korea from Sep 19 to Oct 4. The first Asian Games where held in which of the following
cities in 1951?
1) New Delhi
2) Manila
3) Tokyo
4) Jakarta
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 681 The Cenral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary
enquiry against Kingfisher Airlines and which of the following banks in connection with
the Rs 900 cr that the bank had given as a loan to the Airlines?
1) Syndicate Bank
3) IDBI Bank
4) Bank of India
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 682 Samba is a variety of which of the following grains grown in Sri Lanka and
some parts of India (mainly in Tamil Nadu)?
1) Maize
2) Rice
3) Wheat
4) Cane
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 683 Manik Sarkar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for further
improvement in relations with Bangladesh for better connectivity and development of the
North-East region. He is the present Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1) Manipur
3) Mizoram
4) Tripura
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 684 In the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland, Indian women's
team has won gold medal. Who among the following is NOT a member of the womens
archery team of India?
1) Lakshmi Rani Manji
2) Bombayala Devi Lashram
3) Deepika Kumari
4) Babita Kumari
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 685 The Nation remembered which of the following movements on its 72nd
anniversary recently? It was launched in 1942 by the Indian National Congress.
1) Quit India Movement
2) Civil Disobedience Movement
3) Salt March
4) Khilafat Movement
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 686 Recep Tayyip Erdogan won recent presidential polls in which of the
following countries? He is set to become Turkeys first elected President.
1) Turkey
2) Cambodia
3) Egypt
4) Syria
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 687 China has excluded which of the following electronics manufacturer from the
list of products that can be bought with public money, recently, citing security concerns?
The exclusion makes it the fourth major foreign company to face hurdles in the Chinese
market.
1) Samsung
2) Apple
3) HTC
4) Blackberry
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 688 Which of the following countries has become the new Chair of the ASEAN
group?
1) Bangladesh
3) Malaysia
5) None of these
2) Myanmar
4) Indonesia
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 689 In her address at the 12th India-ASEAN meeting, recently, the External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj referred to 5Ts of govt of India. Which of the following
is NOT among them?
1) Tradition
2) Talent
3) Tourism
4) Trade
5) Telecommunication
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 690 China is pushing for a BCIM corridor to bolster the economy of the region.
Which of the following countries is/are also part of the corridor?
1) Brazil
2) Indonesia
3) Myanmar
4) Maldives
5) All the above
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 691 The Mettur Dam is one of the largest and oldest dams in India which was
built in 1934. It is situated on which of the following rivers?
1) Cauvery
2) Krishna
3) Godavari
4) Narmada
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 692 Which of the following is a banking/economy related word?
1) Apartheid
2) Apprehension
3) Undermine
4) Appropriation
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 693 Who among the following won the men's singles of the Rogers Cup 2014
recently?
1) Andy Murray
2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Roger Federer
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 694 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation two hydel power
projects, the 44 MW Chutak hydro-electric project and the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in
which of the following states recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu and Kashmir
5) None of these
4) Uttarakhand
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 695 Islamist militants forced to flee thousands of members of the Yazidi religious
minority and have reportedly killed at least 500 people of the community in which of the
following countries recently?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Kenya
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 696 During his recent visit to India the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel
offered to co-produce and co-develop the next generation Javelin ___________guided
missiles.
1) anti-tank
2) anti-aircraft
3) torpedo destroyer
4) anti-ballistic
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 697 India and the 10-nation ASEAN group are likely to sign the long-delayed free
trade agreement in services and investments soon. Which of the following is NOT an
ASEAN member country?
1) Singapore
2) Indonesia
3) Brunei
4) Cambodia
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 698 Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the Indian Tricolour for the first time at which of the
following places during the Quit India Movement?
1) Jaliawala Bagh, Amritsar
2) Chittagong (now in Bangladesh)
3) Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai
4) Bardoli, Gujarat
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 699 The market regulator SEBI has cleared REIT, InvIT norms to tap Rs 1-tn
fund inflows from foreign and domestic investors. While REIT stands for Real Estate
Investment Trust, what does InvIT stand for?
1) Information Technology Investment
2) Infrastructure Investment Trusts
Trusts
3) Infrastructure Innovation Trusts
4) Information Technology Innovation Trusts
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 700 The selection committee has recommended 15 names for Arjuna awards
though no sports person has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
this year. Who among the following was the chairman of the selection committee?
1) Kapil Dev
2) Sunil Gavaskar
3) Ravi Shastri
4) Baichung Bhutia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 701 In which of the following states, the state assembly has unanimously passed a
bill enforcing the dress code and banning entry of persons wearing dhoti in public places as
a cognizable offense punishable with jail term?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Telangana
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 702 The International Youth Day is celebrated on which of the following dates?
1) Aug 8
2) Aug 10
3) Aug 12
4) Aug 13
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 703 The CBI is soon to file charge sheet in Aircel-Maxis deal involving a former
telecom minister. Name the former telecom minister who allegedly forced promoter C
Sivasankaran to sell the stake in Aircel to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006?
1) Dayanidhi Maran
2) Kalanithi Maran
3) Kanimozhi
4) A Raja
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 704 The Oscar-winning actor-comedian Robin Williams allegedly committed
suicide recently. He is best known for his role in
1) Star Wars
2) Good Will Hunting
3) Gladiator
4) Godzilla
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 705 The book titled Half Mother has been authored by
1) Shahnaz Bashir
2) Harris Irfan
3) Deepti Kapoor
4) Robert Gaibraith
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 706 M Thambidurai is all set to be elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Lok
Sabha. He belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) TRS
2) TDP
3) INS
4) AIADMK
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 707 Who among the following are the Parliamentarians who has/have been
conferred the Outstanding Parliamentary award by the President Pranab Mukherjee
recently?
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Sharad Yadav
3) Karan Singh
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 708 Tony Abbott, who is scheduled to visit India in September, is the present
Prime Minster of which of the following countries?
1) Italy
2) UK
3) Australia
4) Norway
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 709 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package for building of
roads in Jammu and Kashmir during his recent visit to the state. What is the size of the
package?
1) Rs 6,000 cr
2) Rs 8,000 cr
3) Rs 10,000 cr
4) Rs 12,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 710 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on need to bring a saffron
revolution with respect to which of the following states recently during his visit to the
state?
1) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 711 Name the player who has become the first Indian to reach semifinals of
World Junior Squash in Namibia recently?
1) Tushar Kothari
3) Shashi Pandey
5) None of these
2) Kush Kumar
4) Javed Mohammad
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 712 Which of the following is NOT an award given in the field of sports in India?
1) Dronacharya award
2) Arjuna Award
3) Dhyan Chand Award
4) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 713 The Centre has urged all the states to provide 33 per cent reservation for
women in their police forces to effectively deal with cases of sexual violence and crime
against women. Which of the following states is the first to do so?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 714 Which of the following state govts celebrated Kanyasree Divas on 14 Aug
throughout the state with an aim to improve the status and well being of girl child?
1) Gujarat
2) West Bengal
3) Maharashtra
4) Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 715 Which of the following countries will try to insert its spacecraft into the
Martian orbit on Sep 24, 2014 and if successful, it will be the first Asian country to orbit a
spacecraft around planet Mars?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Malaysia
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 716 The Judicial Appointment Commissions Bill has been cleared by the Lok
Sabha. The Bill brought to scrap the collegium system will establish a _______body for
appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
1) three-member
2) four-member
3) five-member
4) six-member
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 717 Indias women's archery recurve team won gold in the Archery World Cup
Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland recently. The team defeated which of the following
countries?
1) Georgia
2) Russia
3) Mexico
4) Poland
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 718 Which of the following states has become the most favoured destination of
foreign tourists among the north-eastern states of the country as per the latest data?
1) Manipur
2) Assam
4) Sikkim
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 719 Which of the following facts is NOT correct with respect to India-ASEAN
relations?
1) The members of ASEAN group include Brunei, 2) India and the ASEAN are set to sign
Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore,
a free trade agreement in services and
Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam.
investments.
3) The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
4) The target has been set at USD 100
was signed in Aug 2009 and it came into force on 1
bn by 2015 for ASEAN-India trade.
Jan 2010.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 720 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned three Ps as the assets of
Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to the state recently. Which of the following is NOT
among these three Ps?
1) Prakash (solar light)
2) Prayawaran (environment)
3) Paryatan (tourism)
4) Pashmina (goat)
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 721 The Lok Sabha cleared the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill,
2014 recently. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to this Bill?
1) The Chief Justice of India will head 2) The NJAC will comprise two senior judges of
the NJAC.
the Supreme Court.
3) Two eminent personalities and the
4) One of the eminent persons will be nominated
Law Minister will be the members of
from among the persons belonging to the SCs,
the proposed body.
STs, OBCs, minorities or women.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 722 Name the Indian-origin academician who has won Fields Medal known as the
Nobel Prize of mathematics.
1) Maryam Mirzakhani
2) Subhash Khot
3) Manjul Bhargava
4) Sanjeev Arora
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 723 The telecom regulator TRAI suggested restriction on political bodies and
corporates entering the television and newspaper business recently. Who among the
following is the present Chairman of TRAI?
1) Rahul Khullar
2) Alok Joshi
3) Shashi Kant Sharma
4) Pulok Chatterji
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 724 Who among the following is the current Union Railway Minister? He
launched the next generation e-ticketing system developed by Centre for Railway
information Systems (CRIS) recently.
1) Jagadish Shettar
2) Nitin Gadkari
3) Ananth Kumar
4) Sadananda Gowda
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 725 The Govt has slashed the borrowing target for Apr-Sep by Rs. 16,000 cr with
the objective to provide more liquidity in the system. Now what is the govts borrowing
target for the first half of the current financial year?
1) Rs 5.97 lakh cr
2) Rs 4.57 lakh cr
3) Rs 3.68 lakh cr
4) Rs 3.52 lakh cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 726 The govt has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana for the benefit
of citizens aged 60 years and above. The Scheme will be administrated by the
1) ICICI Prudential
2) LIC of India
3) Bajaj Allianz
4) SBI Life
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 727 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a new limit on ATM
transactions per month. Now customers will avail _________free transactions from ATMs
of other banks in six metropolitan cities.
1) two
2) three
3) four
5) None of these
4) five
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 728 India celebrated its Independence Day on 15 Aug. This was Indias
______Independence Day.
1) 66th
2) 67th
3) 68th
4) 69th
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 729 Which other countries celebrate their independence day on 15 Aug along with
India?
1) South Korea
2) Congo
3) Liechtenstein
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 730 On the occasion of Independence Day, who among the following was
posthumously conferred with the nations highest peacetime gallantry medal, Ashok
Chakra?
1) Captain Vikram Batra
2) Yogendra Singh Yadav
3) Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
4) Major Mukund Vardarajan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 731 Who among the following has become the first woman to win the Fields
Medal known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics recently?
1) Maria Chudnovsky
2) Maryam Mirzakhani
3) Farinaz Koushanfar
4) Sophie Morel
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 732 The Indian Railways launched its next-generation e-ticketing system recently.
Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the new system?
1) The system is developed by Centre for Railway 2) It would allow booking of 7200
information Systems (CRIS) with an estimated
tickets per minute against 2000 tickets
cost of Rs 180 cr.
in the old system.
3) With the launch of the system, now 40,000
4) Train tickets can now be booked
concurrent users can book e-tickets
through Go-India smart card without
simultaneously.
cash transaction.
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 733 The govt is in process to set up National Judicial Appointment Commission
(NJAC) through which of the following constitution amendment bills?
1) 120th
2) 121st
3) 122nd
4) 123rd
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 734 The cash-strapped and delayed TAPI gas pipeline project has found a new
backer in TOTAL (France) to help take off the project. TAPI gas pipeline originates in
which of the following countries?
1) Turkmenistan
2) Tajikistan
3) Tunisia
4) Turkey
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 735 The name of Mithali Raj has been suggested for Padma Shri award. She is
associated with which of the following games?
1) Badminton
2) Cricket
3) Shooting
4) Archery
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 736 The PM Naredra Modi announced a new scheme to promote financial
inclusion in the country on the eve of Independence Day. What is the name of the scheme?
1) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
2) Pradhan Mantri Jan Jan Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Jan Kalyan Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Jan Samriddhi Yojana
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 737 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to issue banknotes of which
of the following denominations with inset letter R in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005
which will bear year of printing 2014 on the reverse?
1) Rs 100
2) Rs 500
3) Rs 1,000
4) Rs 5,000
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 738 From the ramparts of historic Red Fort, PM Narendra Modi called for a 10year moratorium on which of the following on the eve of Independence Day?
1) Caste and communal violence
2) Child marriage
3) Girl child genocide
4) Farmers suicide
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 739 Who among the following has been appointed the next Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) chairman?
1) DP Agrawal
2) Dinesh Singh
3) Rajni Razdan
4) Ved Prakash
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 740 The book titled The Brave has been authored by who among the following?
It is the chronicle of the heroism of the 21 men awarded Indias highest military decoration,
the Param Vir Chakra.
1) Meena Kandasamy
2) Robert Gaibraith
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Rachna Bisht Rawat
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 741 Which of the following state govts launched the Bhamashah scheme on the
eve of Independence Day? Under the scheme bank accounts in the name of women of 1.5
crore families will be opened to transfer benefits directly to their accounts.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Chhattisgarh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 742 The Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 banknotes, which contain some additional
or new security features as compared to the previous MG series notes, are issued in the
denomination of
1) Rs 10
2) Rs 20
3) Rs 50
4) All the above
5) Only Rs 500
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 743 Examine the following with respect to the two-phase financial inclusion
scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and identify the only incorrect statement.
1) The person who will open bank
account will get a RuPay debit card and 2) Bank accounts will be opened for 15 crore poor
the family will get Rs 1 lakh insurance persons with an overdraft facility of Rs 5,000.
cover.
3) It seeks to provide two accounts to 4) The minimum monthly renumeration of Rs
7.5 crore identified households by Aug 5,000 to business correspondents who will provide
2018.
the last link between the account holders and the
5) None of these
bank.
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 744 Which of the following states will host the 2015 paragliding World Cup?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttarakhand
3) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 745 Resham Lal Jangde, who died recently, was
1) the first finance minister of independent India 2) the fist Indian governor of the RBI
3) the first president of FICCI
4) the member of Indias first Lok Sabha
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 746 Who among the following is NOT a winner of the Roma Magsaysay Award
for 2014 announced recently?
1) Hu Shuli (China)
2) Saur Marlina Manurung (Indonesia)
3) Omara Khan Masoudi (Afghanistan)
4) The Citizens Foundation (Pakistan)
5) Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 747 Chinas smog-plagued capital Beijing has announced plans to ban the use of
coal by the end of which of the following years?
1) 2016
2) 2018
3) 2020
4) 2022
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 748 The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has been shifted from
Environment Ministry to Water Resources Ministry. The govt of India gave River Ganga
the status of a national river and constituted NGRBA in
1) Jan 2007
2) Mar 2008
3) Feb 2009
4) Dec 2010
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 749 The govt has set up a committee to provide a blueprint for restructuring the
higher education regulator University Grant Commission (UGC). Who among the
following is the chairman of the Commission?
1) Hari Gautam
2) Kapil Kapoor
3) CM Jariwala
4) Makarand Paranjape
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 750 The Ramon Magsaysay Award established in 1957 is Asias highest honour.
The award celebrates memory and leadership example of the third president of which of the
following Asian countries?
1) Thailand
2) Philippines
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 751 While the Indian men's cricket team has disappointed with their spineless
performance against England, the womens cricket team beat which of the following teams
by six wickets recently in their first Test match after a eight-year hiatus?
1) Bangladesh
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) England
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 752 The name of Julian Assange is associated with which of the following?
1) Kaspersky lab
2) US NSA whistle blowing
3) Wikipedia
4) WikiLeaks
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 753 Imran Khan called for 'civil disobedience movement' in Pakistan to oust
Nawaz Sharif-led govt recently and arranged 'Azadi March' to Islamabad. He leads which
of the following parties?
1) Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT)
2) Pakistan Muslim League
3) Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI)
4) Pakistan Peoples Party
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 754 India called off Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan after its High
Commissioner in India held talks with Kashmiri separatists. Who is the current High
Commissioner of Pakistan in India?
1) Syed Akbaruddin
2) Aizaz Chaudhry
3) Abdul Basit
4) Sartaj Aziz
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 755 Which of the following extensions of the given acronyms is NOT correct?
1) LAF: Liquidity Adjustment Facility
2) MSF: Marginal Standing Facility
3) CAR: Current Adequacy Ratio

5) None of these
4) GST: Goods and Services Tax

Ans.) 3
Ques. : 756 Riel is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Cuba
2) Cameroon
3) Cambodia
4) Canada
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 757 Mahela Jayawardene, who bade adieu to Test Cricket, recently, was a
batsman of which of the following teams?
1) Sri Lanka
2) West Indies
3) England
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 758 Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the constitution of an Expenditure
Management Commission (EMC) announced in the Budget for FY15. Who among the
following will head the Commission?
1) Sumit Bose
2) Bimal Jalan
3) Subir Gokarn
4) Deepak Parekh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 759 The Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines joint venture is all set to launch their
airline soon. What will be the brand name of its new airline?
1) Pushpak
2) Udaan
3) Vayudoot
4) Vistara
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 760 Two ancient Maya cities, Lagunita and Tamchen, have been discovered by
the archaeologist in which of the following countries recently?
1) Argentina
2) Colombia
3) Mexico
4) Chile
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 761 China slapped USD 201 mn fines on 12 auto makers from which of the
following countries recently for anti-monopoly norms violations?
1) US
2) France
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 762 As notified by the govt recently, now we can invest up to what amount
annually in our Public Provident Fund (PPF) accounts?
1) Rs 1 lakh
2) Rs 1.5 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 2.5 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 763 The US space agency NASA's Opportunity rover broke out-of-this-world
distance record clocking 40 km on mars recently. Earlier record was held by Lunokhod 2
rover which belonged to
1) EU
2) Japan
3) Germany
4) Russian Federation
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 764 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated NTPC's super thermal power station
at Mouda in which of the following states recently?
1) Maharashtra
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 765 Rakesh Kumar, who has been arrested by the CBI on the charges of bribery,
is the chief executive of which of the following institutions?
1) Central Vigilance Commission
2) Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
3) Central Information Commission
4) National Intelligence Agency
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 766 After the dismal performance by the India cricket team against England in the
Test series, the BCCI has appointed who among the following as the Team Director
recently?
1) Kapil Dev
2) Sunil Gavaskar
3) Ravi Shastri
4) Madan Lal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 767 The Govt ordered forensic audit on which of the following state-run banks in
a fixed deposits scam recently? The PSBs are alleged to have siphoned crores from their
fixed deposits customers.
1) Dena Bank
3) Indian Bank
5) Only 1) and 2)
2) OBC
4) All the above
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 768 Padma Shree, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee BKS Iyengar
passed away recently. He was a world renowned
1) musician
2) spiritual preacher
3) dancer
4) yoga exponent
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 769 A Hindu temple, claimed to be the world's first 'eco-temple' featuring solar
panels and a rainwater harvesting system, has been opened in which of the following
countries recently?
1) UK
2) US
3) Singapore
4) Mauritius
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 770 The worlds first smartphone completed 20 years recently. The phone with a
battery life of one hour was developed by the American cellular company BelSelf and
which of the following companies in 1994?
1) Apple
2) IBM
3) Sony
4) Motorola
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 771 Who among the following has been conferred with this years prestigious
SAARCs Best Law Teacher Award recently?
1) Lalit Bhasin
2) NR Madhav
3) Faizan Mustafa
4) Shashi Bhushan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 772 Indian-origin academic Leila Patel has won the annual Women in Science
Awards hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology in which of the following
counties recently?
1) US
2) UK
3) South Africa
4) Canada
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 773 Which of the following regulators proposed to appoint a Chief Operating
Officer (COO) and its Board approved the proposal recently?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) IRDA
4) PFRDA
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 774 China inaugurated its second railway line in Tibet which links Tibet's
provincial capital Lhasa with
1) Qinghai
2) Nyingchi
3) Xigaze
4) Gyirong
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 775 Name the tennis player who has become the first man to win 300 matches at
the ATP Masters 1000 level, beating Vasek Pospisil recently?
1) Andy Murray
2) Roger Federer
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Novak Djokovic
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 776 After media reports of alarming sex ratio in Una district (less than 500 female
infants born against 1000 males during the last two years), the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to
1) Haryana
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 777 Russia has sought to import fruits, vegetables form which of the following
countries recently after economic sanctions imposed by the Western world? The country
currently exports agricultural commodities worth USD 100 mn yearly to Russia.
1) China
2) India
3) Thailand
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 778 The Govt set up a high level committee to give recommendations on
restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI). Who among the following is heading the
committee?
1) C Viswanath
2) Ashish Nanda
3) Archana Shukla
4) Shanta Kumar
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 779 Following an order of a local court, human rights crusader Irom Sharmila
Chanu was released recently. She has been on fast since Nov, 2000 demanding repeal of
AFSPA imposed on
1) Manipur
2) Nagaland
3) Meghalaya
4) Mizoram
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 780 Who among the following has been appointed the brand ambassador of Delhi
state recently?
1) Yogeshwar Dutt
2) Shushil Kumar
3) Deepika Kumari
4) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 781 The RBI is all set to introduce a fifth Deputy Governor in the top
management of the central bank. The fifth Dy Governor will be designated as
1) Chief Operating Officer (COO)
2) Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
3) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
4) Chief Advisory Officer (CAO)
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 782 Which of the following private sector banks has introduced EMI facility for
debit card holders for the first time in India recently?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 783 Which of the following brands has been ranked as Indias most valuable
brand with a brand value of USD 9.4 bn in a recent survey for top 50 brands in the country?
1) State Bank of India (SBI)
2) Bharti Airtel
3) ICICI Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 784 Which of the following is the countrys largest private sector bank as of now?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 785 To improve the quality of corporate disclosures, stock market regulator SEBI
has said that all price-sensitive information has to be disclosed by listed companies within
_______of occurrence of the event.
1) one day
2) one week
3) one month
4) three months
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 786 As per the recent report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and
Industry of India (Assocham), which state in India has emerged on top in attracting
investment in hotels and tourism industry during 2012-13?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 787 Lok Sabha Speraker Sumitra Mahajan cleared that she was not in a position to
give the Leader of Opposition status to Congress recently. What minimum number of seats
is required for staking claim to the post in the present Lok Sabha?
1) 45
2) 50
3) 54
4) 55
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 788 The recently released book Assasination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?
has been written by who among the following?
1) Vinod Mehta
2) Faraz Ahmad
3) KN Govindacharya
4) Daman Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 789 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new irrigation scheme Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana to meet the irrigation needs of all farmers across the
country. What amount has been set aside for the scheme in the Union Budget for FY15?
1) Rs 1,000
2) Rs 1,500
3) Rs 2,000
4) Rs 5,000
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 790 Which of the following states has announced a liquor policy to make state
liquor free in a decade recently?
1) Maharashtra
3) Kerala
5) None of these
2) Tamil Nadu
4) Madhya Pradesh
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 791 Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India's first medal of the second Youth Olympic
Games in Nanjing, China recently. He is a
1) weightlifter
2) pugilist
3) long jumper
4) triple jumper
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 792 Oscar-winning Director Richard Attenborough died at 90 recently. He is
known for his film
1) Titanic
2) Gandhi
3) Jurassic Park
4) Terminator
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 793 The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited which of the following
countries on a three-day visit recently? India has robust economic relations with the country
with bilateral trade of 8 billion dollars.
1) Cambodia
2) Vietnam
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 794 Prof Jitendra Narayan Dash has been selected for the prestigious Central
Sahitya Akademis Bal Puraskar for this year. He is a noted
1) Bengali writer
2) English writer
3) Hindi writer
4) Odia writer
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 795 The State ministers in-charge of drinking water and sanitation met in New
Delhi to evolve a strategy for the speedy implementation of Prime Minister Narendra
Modis mission of Swachh Bharat. The mission is to be completed by
1) 2015
2) 2017
3) 2019
4) 2021
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 796 The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended
the fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane for the 2015-16 season at
1) Rs 210 per quintal
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 797 Jnanpith award winner UR Ananthamurthy died recently. He was a noted
writer of ________literature and his famous literary works include Samskara (ritual).
1) Kannada
2) Tamil
3) Telugu
4) Malayalam
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 798 The Govt has announced to spend about what amount initially on various IT
and telecom projects under the 'Digital India' programme?
1) Rs 49,500 cr
2) Rs 59,500 cr
3) Rs 69,500 cr
4) Rs 79,500 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 799 The sports ministry approved the names of the athletes recommended by
Kapil Dev-led panel for Arjuna Award 2014. Who among the following is NOT included in
the list?
1) Renubala Chanu (Weightlifting)
2) Heena Sidhu (Shooting)
3) Anirban Lahiri (Golf)
4) Ravichandran Ashwin (Cricket)
5) Manoj Kumar (Boxing)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 800 Which of the following is the minimum price that sugarcane farmers are
legally guaranteed by the govt?
1) MEP
2) MSP
3) FRP
4) MRP
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 801 The sports ministry approved the names of the athletes recommended by
Kapil Dev-led panel for Sports Awards 2014. Who among the following is NOT included
in the list?
2) Mahabir Prasad (Wrestling)
1) Mamta Pujari (Kabaddi) Arjuna Award
Dronacharya Award
3) Gurcharan Singh Gogi (Judo - Lifetime)
4) Gurmail Singh (Hockey) Dhyan
Dronacharya Award
Chand Award
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 802 The RBI, in its annual report for FY2013-14, pointed out that about 36 per
cent of the overall 4.1 per cent bad assets in system have been created by six sectors of the
economy which have only 30 per cent of the credit share. Which of the following is NOT
among these six sectors?
1) Mining
2) Automobiles
3) Chemicals
4) Textiles
5) Infrastructure
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 803 The Textiles Ministry has signed MoU with which of the following ecommerce firms for providing marketing platform to handloom weavers in the country?
1) Snapdeal
2) Amazon
3) ebay
4) Flipkart
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 804 Noted actor Chemancherry Narayanan Nair passed away recently. He was
associated with ___________cinema.
1) Malayalam
2) Kannada
3) Tamil
4) Telugu
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 805 The United Nations Human Rights Chief has accused ISIS militants in Iraq of
waging a campaign of ethnic and religious cleansing. Who among the following is UNHRC
chief at present?
1) Silvia Cartwright
2) Navi Pillay
3) Louise Arbour
4) Asma Jahangir
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 806 In its biggest-ever crackdown on illicit money pooling scheme (estimated at
nearly Rs 50,000 cr), regulator Sebi ordered immediate closure of unauthorised collective
investment schemes run by which of the following firms and refund of investors' money
within three months?
1) Saradha Group
2) KWIL
3) PACL Ltd
4) Wasankar Wealth Management
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 807 Name the Thailand's army chief, who seized power in a military coup three
months ago and became the country's prime minister recently?
1) Suchinda Kraprayoon
2) Prayuth Chan-ocha
3) Anupong Paochinda
4) Suthep Thaugsuban
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 808 The Supreme Court cancelled allocation of all the coal blocks since _______
observing that the allocation done by screening committee was "not fair and transparent".
1) 2011
2) 1999
3) 1997
4) 1993
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 809 India and which of the following countries conducted their maiden aerial
exercise, Avia Indra-2014, to boost cooperation between their air forces recently?
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) US
4) Israel
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 810 What is the expanded form of CACP? It is a statutory body that advises the
govt on the pricing policy for major farm produce?
1) Commission for Agricultural Crops and 2) Commission for Agricultural Crops and
Prices
Production
3) Commission for Agricultural Costs and
4) Commission for Agricultural Costs and
Production
Prices
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 811 The sports ministry approved the name of who among the following for the
highest sports award in the country, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, for 2014?
1) Vikas Gowda
2) Mithali Raj
3) Parupalli Kashyap
4) Deepika Kumari
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 812 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the
implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS). The BPPS system is based on a
report submitted by the GIRO (Govt Internal Revenue Order) Advisory Group set up under
the chairmanship of
1) Umesh Bellur
3) CB Bhave
5) None of these
4) UK Sinha
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 813 IDBI Bank has revealed that the bank is looking to raise Rs 5,000 cr by
paring down the govt of India stake in it from 76.5 per cent to 58 per cent or 51 per cent.
Who among the following is the chairman and managing director (CMD) of IDBI bank?
1) VR Iyer
2) MS Raghavan
3) TM Bhasin
4) JP Dua
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 814 A consortium of banks which has lent money to the beleaguered Kingfisher
Airlines, has declared the airline a wilful defaulter. The country's top loan defaulter owes a
staggering _________to banks.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 6,000 cr
3) Rs 7,000 cr
4) Rs 9,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 815 The govt has proposed to set up a Telecom Finance Corporation (TFC) to
boost the telecom sector. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) The TFC will be set in the 12th
2) It will be registered as a non-banking and nonFive Year Plan period (2012-17).
deposit infrastructure finance company.
3) The time frame to set up proposed 4) The main sources of funds for TFC shall be
TFC is up to Mar 31, 2017.
through issue of taxable and tax-free bonds.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 816 Insurance sale and services through a common service centre (CSC) was
launched by TS Vijayan, chairman of IRDA recently. The CSCs were set-up under
__________ scheme.
1) MGNREGA
2) Digital India
3) National e-Governance
4) Bharat Nirman
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 817 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a combined
penalty of more than Rs 2,500 cr on 14 companies related to which of the following sectors
for unfair business practices recently?
1) Textiles
2) E-commerce
3) Automobiles
4) Steel
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 818 The Govt finalised Governors for some states recently. Which of the
following pairs is NOT correct in this regard?
1) Rajasthan Kalyan Singh
2) Karnataka Vajubhai Vala
3) Goa Mridula Sinha
4) Maharashtra C Vidyasagar Rao
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 819 Sheila Dikshit resigned as Governor of which of the following states
recently?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 820 The retirement fund body EPFO's trustees decided to retain interest payment
on provident fund deposits for 2014-15 at ________recently.
1) 8 per cent
2) 8.50 per cent
3) 8.75 per cent
4) 9 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 821 Which of the following countries has announced the Dadabhai Naoroji
Awards which will be given annually to individuals promoting partnership between India
and that country in domains like commerce, education and culture?
1) US
2) Britain
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 822 The govt notified increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to
_______through approval route in the defence sector.
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 100 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 823 The govt has launched a new domain which will be in Devanagari script and
will cover several Indian languages including Hindi. Identify the new domain.
1) .Bharat
2) .IN
3) .NIC
4) .India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 824 The govt notified the liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the
Railways, permitting FDI through automatic route in several areas, including high speed
trains up to
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 100 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 825 The Supreme Court in its recent verdict said that Prime Minister and Chief
Ministers should desist from appointing who among the following as ministers in their
cabinet?
1) Kin of PM and CMs
2) Illiterates
3) People of foreign origin
4) People with criminal antecedents
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 826 Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws
which hamper governance. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the new
committee?
1) On the basis of committees
2) The committee will examine "Acts and
recommendations a bill will be introduced in Rules which may have become obsolete
Parliament in the winter session.
within the last 10 to 15 years".
3) The Committee will be chaired by R
Ramanujam and VK Bhasin will be its other 4) All the above
member.
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 827 The name of Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Table tennis
3) Badminton
4) Billiards
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 828 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased norms to refinance ECBs recently.
What does ECB stand for?
1) External Commercial Borrowing
2) External Contractual Borrowing
3) Economic Commercial Borrowing
4) External Commercial Bargaining
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 829 Which of the following countries inaugurated its first environment friendly
industrial zone Achchuveli Industrial Zone recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 830 We often come across a term DIPP in connection with foreign direct
investment. What is the full form of DIPP?
1) Department of Industrial Priority and
2) Department of Infrastructure Policy and
Promotion
Promotion
3) Department of Industrial Policy and
4) Department of Infrastructural Priority and
Promotion
Promotion
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 831 In a recent conversation with ADB President, PM Narendra Modi asked the
Bank to give priority to regional connectivity projects which will help the entire region.
Who among the following is the present President of ADB?
1) Takehiko Nakao
2) Masaaki Shirakawa
3) Roberto Azevedo
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 832 The Supreme Court has ordered which of the following real estate majors to
deposit Rs 630 cr fine slapped on it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for
allegedly resorting to unfair business practices?
1) Omaxe
2) Unitech
3) Parsvnath
4) DLF
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 833 Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned as Governor of which of the following states
recently?
1) Mizoram
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
4) Assam
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 834 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious financial inclusion
scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' on 28 Aug. Which of the following is NOT a
key feature of the scheme?
1) Record 1.5 cr bank accounts were opened 2) At least 7.5 crore households will get basic
via almost 80,000 camps in rural and urban

areas on the first day.
3) Upon satisfactory operation of the
account for six months, the account holder
will get a Rs 5000 overdraft facility.
5) Account holder will have to maintain a
minimum balance of Rs 200 in their
accounts.
bank accounts by Jan 25, 2015.

4) All those who open accounts by Jan will
get Rs 30,000 life insurance over and above
the Rs 100,000 accident insurance.
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 835 Which of the following leading electronic manufacturers has bagged the title
sponsorship for Indian cricket team for 2014-15 for an approximate fee of Rs 18 cr
recently?
1) Micromax
2) Samsung
3) Karbonn
4) Lava
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 836 Which of the following is the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament
played each year?
1) Wimbledon
2) French Open
3) Australian Open
4) US Open
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 837 Which of the following states has made it mandatory to wear helmet for
women recently? The rule will be applicable to all except Sikh women.
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Delhi
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 838 Who among the following has won the Belgian Grand Prix formula one
1) Fernando Alonso
2) Daniel Ricciardo
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Nico Rosberg
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 839 The book titled Not Just an Accountant has been authored by who among
the following?
1) Gopal Subramaniam
2) Ranjit Sinha
3) Vinod Rai
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 840 National Sports Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of hockey legend
Dhyan Chand which falls on
1) 22 Aug
2) 25 Aug
3) 27 Aug
4) 29 Aug
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 841 The Committee set up by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe against ICC
President N Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal
filed its report recently. The committee was named
1) Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee
2) Justice RM Lodha Committee
3) Justice P Sathasivam Committee
4) Justice Altamas Kabir Committee
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 842 The Defence Ministry scrapped Rs 6000-cr scam-tainted tender for purchase
of light utility helicopters from which of the following firms recently?
1) Saab
2) Agusta Westland
3) BAE Systems
4) Dassault Aviation
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 843 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced
the launch its $7-bn Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift, exploration class rocket
under development, by Nov 2018 to
1) Moon
2) Venus
3) Jupiter
4) Mars
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 844 Murali Karthikeyan was in news for his performance in which of the
following sports recently?
1) Squash
2) Badminton
3) Chess
4) Table tennis
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 845 Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as the president of which of the
1) Spain
2) Georgia
3) Cambodia
5) None of these
4) Turkey
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 846 Who among the following has been appointed the ambassador of Interpols
Turn Back Crime campaign recently? He has become the first Indian actor to be roped in
by the Interpol.
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Shah Rukh Khan
3) Salman Khan
4) Hrithik Roshan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 847 Tavurvur, an active volcano which erupted recently, is located in which of the
1) Indonesia
2) Italy
3) Japan
4) Papua New Guinea
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 848 A Delhi court has fixed Dec 9 for hearing the complaint case against
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others. The issue is related to which
of the following dailies published by Associated Journals Limited?
1) Delhi Herald
2) National Herald
3) The Statesman
4) Deccan Herald
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 849 A three-member Committee has been set up by the govt to look into the
functioning of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from 2006. Who among
the following is the current Vice Chancellor of IGNOU?
1) VN Rajasekharan Pillai
2) M Aslam
3) Goverdhan Mehta
4) Dinesh Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 850 Who among the following has taken over as the new chairman of Parliament's
public accounts committee (PAC)?
1) KV Thomas
3) Anita Pratap
4) PC Chacko
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 851 In a step towards conservation of natural heritage sites in Asia and the Pacific
region, the foundation stone of the worlds first Natural World Heritage Centre was laid at
the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), in _______ recently.
1) Dehradun
2) Nainital
3) Shimla
4) Darjeeling
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 852 To make new exploration and production activities viable, a committee has
recommended market-linked pricing for domestic natural gas. Name the committee.
1) Kapila Vatsyayan
2) Vijay Kelkar
3) Y Venugopal Reddy
4) C Rangarajan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 853 Name the Indian shuttler who has won a bronze medal at the World
Badminton Championship recently? She has become the first badminton player to win two
bronze medals at the World Championship.
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Jwala Gutta
4) PV Sindhu
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 854 Email turned 32 on 30 Aug 2014. Name the Indian American who invented
this quick method of message transfer when he was just 14?
1) Fran Drescher
2) VA Shiva Ayyadurai
3) Samir K Brahmachari
4) Sabeer Bhatia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 855 Who among the following has been appointed as new governor of Goa
recently?
1) Mridula Sinha
2) Sudha Yadav
3) Satyanarayan Jatiya
4) MJ Akbar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 856 Bipin Chandra, who passed away, recently, was a noted
1) novelist
2) constitutionalist
3) social worker
4) historian
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 857 During the recent Japan visit of PM Narendra Modi, India has signed a MoU
to develop Varanasi on the model of which of the following Japanese cities?
1) Tokyo
2) Nagoya
3) Kyoto
4) Yokohama
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 858 Indias Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at what per cent during Apr-Jun
quarter, the highest in the last 10 quarters?
1) 5.3 per cent
2) 5.7 per cent
3) 6.1 per cent
4) 6.5 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 859 Which of the following countries has agreed to work with India in developing
a treatment for the Sickle Cell Anaemia recently? The deadly disease is common among
tribals in India.
1) US
2) Singapore
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 860 Vidyasagar Rao has been sworn in as Governor of which of the following
states recently?
1) Rajasthan
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 861 Who among the following has won the womens World Badminton
Championships title recently in Copenhagen?
1) Li Xuerei
2) Carolina Marin
3) Wang Shixian
4) Saina Nehwal
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 862 The Parliament of which of the following countries has renamed the outgoing
premier Abdullah al-Thinni as the countrys new Prime Minister?
1) Afghanistan
2) Yemen
3) Lebanon
4) Libya
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 863 Who among the following has been appointed as the first chairwoman of
BBC Trust, the body overseeing the world famous news corporation?
1) Rona Fairhead
2) Denise Coates
3) Dido Harding
4) Dame Helen Alexander
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 864 India will get what amount from Japan over the next five years for different
infrastructure projects across the country as finalised during the recent visit of PM
Narendra Modi to Japan?
1) USD 25 bn
2) USD 30 bn
3) USD 35 bn
4) USD 40 bn
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 865 The Govt of India and the World Bank signed a $107-mn credit agreement for
the road linkage of which of the following states with Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar?
1) Mizoram
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
4) Nagaland
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 866 Retail investors can now have bigger share in the PSU stake sale as the govt
has decided to double the quota under the Offer For Sale (OFS) route for them. What will
be the new quota for retail investors under OFS route?
1) 10 per cent
2) 20 per cent
3) 30 per cent
4) 40 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 867 As revealed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the banking system detected
the highest number of counterfeit notes of which of the following denominations in FY14?
1) Rs 50
2) Rs 100
3) Rs 500
4) Rs 1,000
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 868 The system that operates outside the regular banking system and financial
intermediation activities are undertaken with less transparency and regulation than the
conventional banking, is called
1) Shadow banking
2) Universal banking
3) Unitary banking
4) Social banking
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 869 The retail investor quota in FPO in the disinvestments of PSUs is 30 per cent.
What does FPO stands for?
1) Follow on Public Offer
2) Follow on Priority Offer
3) Follow on Private Offer
4) Follow on PSU Offer
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 870 Academic activities began at Nalanda University at Rajgir in Bihar recently.
More than eight centuries ago (1193), the ancient university was destroyed by _______
invaders.
1) Turkish
2) Mongolian
3) Portugal
4) Spanish
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 871 The world's largest duty-free shop (DFS) opened in which of the following
countries recently? Spread in 72,000 square meters, it will house more than 300
international brands.
1) Japan
2) China
3) Singapore
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 872 Norman Gordon, the oldest surviving Test cricketer passed away at 103
recently. He was a fast bowler of which of the following countries?
1) England
2) Australia
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 873 A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled regarding death
convicts recently. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
2) All condemned prisoners, whose review pleas
1) The review plea of death convicts
have already been decided, have been allowed to
will be heard in an open court by at
approach the SC within a month for re-opening of
least a three-judge bench.
their cases.
3) A death convict whose curative
4) Earlier, in most cases, review petitions were
petition has been decided cannot
decided in judges' chambers and the parties were not
approach for re-opening of his review
allowed to be present.
plea.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 874 The Narendra Modi govt completed it 100 days recently. Which of the
following is NOT a major initiative taken by the govt in this period?
1) Panel to locate the 'black money'
2) The previous govt's Groups of Ministers
supposed to have been stashed away in tax (GOMs) and Empowered Groups of Ministers
havens abroad.
(EGOMs) scrapped.
3) The Planning Commission that existed 4) Collegium system for making appointments
for 50 years scrapped.
to the higher judiciary introduced.
5) Ambitious financial inclusion scheme,
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana,
Ans.) 4
launched.
Ques. : 875 Soon to be released book, titled 'Playing It My Way', is the autobiography of
which of the following cricketing legends?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 876 Goolam E Vahanvati, who passed away, recently, was the former
1) Attorney General of India
2) Solicitor General of India
3) Advocate General of Maharashtra
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 877 The Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan attended the 9th Annual Meeting of
Women Speakers of Parliament in which of the following cities recently?
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) London, UK
3) New York, US
4) Tokyo, Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 878 The govt has decided to establish the National Cancer Institute at which of the
following places?
1) Patiala, Punjab
2) Jhajjar, Haryana
3) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
4) Hisar, Haryana
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 879 What is Indias position in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15,
recently released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum?

1) 71st
2) 72nd
3) 74th
4) 81st
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 880 Justice Dharmadhikari Committee submitted its report to Maharashtra govt
recently. The Committee has recommended which of the following?
2) Keeping record of youths heading to Iraq and
1) Complete ban on dance bars
Syria
3) Complete ban on Dahi Handi festival 4) New drainage system for the city
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 881 The govt wishes to pass new Motor Vehicles Bill in winter session of the
Parliament. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the proposed Bill?
1) Repeated violations of traffic rules will 2) Centralising data to check misuse of driving
result in cancellation of driving license.
licences.
3) Installing CCTV cameras at all traffic
4) Driving licence must for all even those
signals.
driving battery operated low speed vehicles.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 882 The govt has requested the Supreme Court not to cancel the permits for how
many coal blocks that were functioning or were about to start production? The Supreme
Court has ruled that the Centres allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2010 was
illegal.
1) 32
2) 46
3) 56
4) 61
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 883 The United Bank of India (UBI) has declared Kingfisher Airlines and its
owner Vijay Mallya as wilful defaulters. According to the RBI, a wilful default is deemed
to have occurred in which of the following four circumstances?
1) When there is a default in repayment
2) The funds are not utilized for the
obligations by the unit to the lender even when specific purpose for which finance was
it has the capacity to honour the said
availed but have been diverted for other
obligations.
purposes.
3) When the asset bought by the lenders funds
has been sold off without the knowledge of the 4) All the above
bank/lender.
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 884 A two-day summit of NATO heads of states was organised in the Ireland
capital Wales recently. What is the expanded form of NATO?
1) North America Treaty Organization
2) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
3) North Alliance Treaty Organization
4) North Africa Treaty Organization
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 885 The former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam has been appointed the new
governor of which of the following states?
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 886 The name of Ritu Rani is associated with which of the following games? She
is all set to play an important role in Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Badminton
2) Tennis
3) Basketball
4) Hockey
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 887 India won the recent ODI series against England which makes Mahendra
Singh Dhoni the most successful Indian ODI captain till date. Name the India batsman
whose maiden ODI century was instrumental in this win?
1) Shikhar Dhawan
2) Ajinkya Rahane
3) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 888 Who among the following is all set to become the next Chief Justice of India
after the present CJI RM Lodha retires?
1) VN Khare
2) GB Patnaik
3) HL Dattu
4) AM Ahmadi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 889 The govt has set-up a Committee to examine the un-claimed amount in PPF,
Post Office and Savings Schemes. The seven member committee, which will submit its
reports by 31st Dec, is being headed by
1) HR Khan
2) Urjit Patel
3) Subir Gokarn
4) Anand Sinha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 890 Which of the following cities will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as
announced by the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently?
1) Guntur
2) Nellore
3) Visakhapatnam
4) Vijayawada
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 891 India has been ranked the lowest among BRICS countries in the recently
released Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 which is topped by
1) China
2) United States
3) Singapore
4) Switzerland
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 892 The govt has announced to introduce Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill in
coming Parliamentary session. India accounts for more than 10 per cent of the total road
fatalities across the world which is about ________road accidents annually.
1) 1.2 lakh
2) 1.4 lakh
3) 1.8 lakh
4) 2.1 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 893 According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), penal measures are applicable
to a defaulter with an outstanding balance of over
1) Rs 20 lakh
2) Rs 25 lakh
3) Rs 50 lakh
4) Rs 75 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 894 Sparing the leaders of SAARC nations, who attended the swearing in
ceremony of PM Narendra Modi, who among the following is the first Head of Govt to
visit India after the new govt came in centre?
1) Shinzo Abe
2) Xi Jinping
3) Tony Abbott
4) David Cameron
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 895 The five-day official visit of PM Narendra Modi to Japan concluded recently.
Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the visit?
1) Japan promised to give 3.5 tn Yen (USD 35 2) The two countries signed five pacts
bn or 2,10,000 cr) to India over the next five

covering variety of areas.
years for infrastructure projects.
3) Japan lifted ban on six Indian entities
4) It was Modis third bilateral meet
including HAL which had been imposed in the outside the Indian subcontinent since
aftermath of 1998 nuclear tests.
becoming Prime Minister in May.
5) A pact was signed to develop Varanasi on the
pattern of 'smart city' Kyoto with the help of
Ans.) 4
Japan.
Ques. : 896 INS Sumitra was commissioned into the Indian Navy recently. One of the
biggest ships of its kind, it is a
1) Surveillance ship
2) Anti-submarine ship
3) Helicopter carrier
4) Fast attack ship
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 897 India has emerged as the second largest grower of flowers around the world.
Which of the following countries is ahead of India in this field?
1) Malaysia
2) Japan
3) China
4) US
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 898 Which of the following firms has become Indias largest private power
producer?
1) Jindal Steel & Power
2) Tata Power
3) Adani Power
4) Reliance Power
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 899 Who among the following has won the FIDE Womens Chess Grand Prix
championship in Sharjah recently?
1) Harika Dronavalli
2) Ju Wenjun
3) Koneru Humpy
4) Hou Yifan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 900 Name the Indian weightlifter who completed a hat trick of titles after
clinching the gold medal for the third time at the IWF World Masters Weightlifting
Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark recently?
1) Satish Sivalingam
2) Sudhakar Jayant
3) Sukhen Dey
4) Ravi Kumar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 901 Onam celebrations began in which of the following states recently? It is the
biggest festival of the state and marks the homecoming of legendary King Mahabali.
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 902 Which of the following pairs won the mixed doubles title of the US Open
1) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
2) Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez
3) Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi
4) Sania Mirza and Horea Tecau
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 903 Which of the following states in India has the longest coastline?
1) Gujarat
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 904 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the present president of which of the
following countries? He has been named in a bribery case in the country recently.
1) Malaysia
2) Vietnam
3) Indonesia
4) Cambodia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 905 India inked a significant civil nuclear agreement with which of the following
countries recently? The deal will allow the second party to supply uranium to the energystarved India.
1) US
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 906 Which of the following is NOT an action faced by a person or a firm if one is
labelled a wilful defaulter?
2) A wilful defaulter is not permitted to float any
1) No additional lending facility is
new business for a period of five years from the
available from any bank or institution.
date of being declared a wilful defaulter.
3) Lenders are expected to initiate legal

process against the
borrowers/guarantors.
5) None of these
4) Banks and institutions have been given the right

to change the management of wilfully defaulting
company.
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 907 For providing inputs like quality seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, the agency
present at the Village Panchayat Samiti Level is
1) NABARD
2) Nationalised Banks
3) Cooperative Society
4) Insurance Companies
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 908 The model code of conduct for Political parties and candidates to be followed
during election is:
1) laid down in the constitution of 2) specified in the representation of the People Act.
India
1951
4) a voluntary agreement among recognized political
3) ordered by the Supreme Court
parties
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 909 The talks for CECA, also known as free trade agreement (FTA), between
India and Australia were started in 2011 and are expected to conclude by 2016. The tern
CECA stands for
1) Contemporary Economic Cooperation
2) Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Agreement
Agreement
3) Compulsive Economic Cooperation
4) Comprehensive Economic Cohesion
Agreement
Agreement
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 910 Who among the following won the women's singles title of the US Open
1) Peng Shuai
2) Ekaterina Makarova
3) Caroline Wozniacki
4) Serena Williams
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 911 During the recent visit of Australian PM Tony Abbott to India, four pacts
were signed between the two countries. Which of the following is NOT among them?
2) Cooperation in Technical Vocational Education and
1) Civil nuclear deal
Training (TVET) pact
3) Water Resources Management 4) Agreement to develop Mumbai on the lines of Sydney

agreement
with Australian assistance
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 912 The e-commerce major Alibaba is planning a historic US initial public
offering (IPO) that might also claim the global record. This e-commerce firm is based in
1) US
2) Russia
3) China
4) South Korea
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 913 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the present king of which of the following gulf
countries? Indias foreign affairs minister Sushma Swaraj visited the country recently.
1) Bahrain
2) Qatar
3) UAE
4) Kuwait
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 914 Ahmet Davutoglu is the new Prime Minister of which of the following
countries?
1) Turkey
2) Libya
3) Iraq
4) Georgia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 915 The Union Environment and Forest minister Prakash Javedekar announced,
recently, that a special Rhino Protection Force will be set up to prevent poaching of Rhinos.
Which of the following national parks is known for Rhinos?
1) Kishtwar
2) Manas
3) Namdapha
4) Kaziranga
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 916 As mentioned in the Indian Constitution, there should not be more than sixmonths gap between two sessions of the Lok Sabha and it must meet at least
1) twice a year
2) thrice a year
3) four times a year
4) There is no such restriction
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 917 The much-awaited merger of telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, is likely to
take place by Jul 2015. At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country while MTNL
provides telecom services in

1) Delhi and Mumbai
3) Delhi and Chennai
5) None of these
2) Delhi and Kolkata

4) Delhi and Bangalore
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 918 Which of the following is NOT matched correctly?

1) NH1 Delhi - Amritsar
2) NH2 Delhi - Kolkata
3) NH3 Mumbai - Agra
4) NH4 Mumbai - Chennai
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 919 The Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Cricket
2) Hockey
3) Football
4) Basketball
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 920 As per an annual study by the World Economic Forum (WEF), what is
Indias ranking in the global list in terms of favouritism shown by govt officials to
influential corporates?
1) 49th
2) 50th
3) 65th
4) 93rd
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 921 The Centre has announced to set up a Central Tribal University in which of
the following states? This Tribal University will help in study and research of culture and
traditions of tribes.
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 922 The Law Ministry opined, recently, that the Govt of India has all the powers
to print currency notes of which of the following denominations?
1) Re 1
2) Rs 2
3) Rs 5
4) Rs 10
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 923 Who among the following is the new United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights?
1) Hashem bin Al Abdullah
3) Navi Pillay
5) None of these
2) John William Ashe

4) Zeid Raad Zeid al-Hussein
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 924 Legendary actress Joan Rivers died recently. She was known for her role as a
1) villain
2) stand-up comedian
3) action star
4) dancer
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 925 Name the Indian movie which bagged the Lion of the Future award, the best
debut award at Venice Film Fest recently? It also bagged the Orizzonti Award for Best
Film in the festival.
1) Court
2) Lunchbox
3) Finding Fanny
4) Mardaani
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 926 Name the Indian scientist who has won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity
for his research, including in climate change in the Himalayas?
1) Nalini Nadkarni
2) K Ullas Karanth
3) KN Ganeshaiah
4) Sandesh Kadur
5) Kamaljit S Bawa
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 927 The President Pranab Mukherjee urged to bring literacy rate on par with
worlds leading societies recently. What is the approximate literacy rate of India as per
2011 census?
1) 74 per cent
2) 80 per cent
3) 84 per cent
4) 86 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 928 Who among the following is the new United Nations envoy for Syria?
1) Staffan de Mistura
2) Giampaolo Di Paola
3) Kai Eide
4) Emma Bonino
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 929 Who among the following won the mens singles title of the US Open tennis
tournament recently?
1) Kei Nishikori
3) Grigor Dimitrov
5) None of these
2) Marin Cilic
4) Novak Djokovic
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 930 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does not have the authority to issue bank
notes of which of the following denominational values?
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 5,000
3) Rs 1,000
4) Rs 500
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 931 The Centre has extended the deadline for Central govt employees to file the
details of their assets and liabilities along with that of their spouses and dependent children
as mandated by the Lokpal Act. What is the new deadline?
1) 30 Nov, 2014
2) 31 Dec, 2014
3) 31 Jan, 2015
4) 31 Mar, 2015
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 932 The Uttarakhand govt has declared which of the following dates as Himalaya
Diwas, a day which would be celebrated across the state to spread the message of
conservation of the Himalayan ecosystems.
1) 1 Sep
2) 5 Sep
3) 9 Sep
4) 11 Sep
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 933 Jitu Rai is associated with which of the following games? He qualified for
2016 Rio Olympics after winning silver medal in the game at the World Championships
recently.
1) Shooting
2) Archery
3) Discus throw
4) Triple jump
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 934 Datuk Seri G Palanivel, who visited India, recently, is the present Natural
Resources Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Vietnam
4) Cambodia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 935 The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended off spin bowler Saeed
Ajmal for illegal action. Ajmal plays for which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) England
3) Pakistan
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 936 The govt cleared a 679-member squad to participate in 28 disciplines in the
2014 Asiad to be held in Incheon, South Korea. The 2010 Asiad was held in which of the
following cities?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Guangzhou, China
3) Bangkok, Thailand
4) Doha, Qatar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 937 India signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in services and investment with
which of the following groupings recently?
1) SAARC
2) SCO
3) EU
4) ASEAN
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 938 Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited New Delhi from Sep 6 to 8, 2014. He is the
present foreign minister of
1) Spain
2) France
3) Germany
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 939 Which of the following have the sole right to mint coins of all denominations
in India?
1) Govt of India
2) RBI
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 940 Operation Megh Rahat is the name of relief operations carried out by the
military and NDRF in
1) Uttarakhand after flash floods
2) Jammu & Kashmir after flash floods
3) Himachal Pradesh after cloud burst
4) Maharashtra after massive land slide
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 941 Which of the following banks in India has launched Cardless Cash
Withdrawal at ATMs facility recently? Under the facility, an account holder with the bank
can transfer money to a mobile phone user in the country even without the latter having an
account with any bank.
1) HDFC bank
2) Axis bank
3) ICICI
4) Kotak Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 942 The 60th National School Games will be organised in Nov in which of the
following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 943 FILA is the international body responsible for supervising which of the
following games?
1) Weightlifting
2) Wrestling
3) Archery
4) Football
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 944 Which of the following regulators regulates money market in India?
1) FMC
2) SEBI
3) RBI
4) NABARD
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 945 Which of the following countries is all set to hold a referendum to break out
from the United Kingdom?
1) Scotland
2) Iceland
3) Wales
4) Ireland
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 946 The Govt approved the sale of shares in which of the following PSUs to
garner a combined Rs 43,000 cr recently?
1) NHPC
2) ONGC
3) CIL
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 947 Ajit Doval visited China to finalise the arrangements for Chinese President Xi
Jinping's visit to India. Doval is __________in Govt of India.
1) Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
2) Finance Secretary
3) Chief Economic Adviser
4) National Security Advisor
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 948 India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for enhanced
cooperation in the fields of traditional medicine like Ayurveda and Unani with which of the
1) Bangladesh
2) Iran
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 949 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for implementing a comprehensive
Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region recently. The proposal entails an
estimated cost of over
1) Rs 2,000 cr
2) Rs 3,000 cr
3) Rs 5,000 cr
4) Rs 8,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 950 The WHO has honoured which of the following countries for their excellent
contributions in public health? They have been awarded with the newly instituted WHO
South East Asia Regional Award for Excellence in Public Health.
1) Timor-Leste
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 951 The Govt has approved Phase -V of UIDAI project which entails generation
of 100 crore Aadhaar numbers by
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2018
4) 2020
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 952 The CCEA has cleared stake dilution in CIL, ONGC and NHPC through the
Offer For Sale (OFS) route. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) The 10 per cent stake sale in Coal
2) The 5 per cent stake sale in ONGC will garner
India will garner Rs 23,000 cr

3) The 11.36 per cent stake sale in
NHPC will garner Rs 2,800 cr
5) None of these
Rs 18,000 cr
4) It will help the govt meet its disinvestment
target of Rs 43,425 cr for this fiscal.
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 953 Firoza Begum died, recently, at the age of 84. She was an eminent
_________Nazrul Sangeet singer.
1) Afghan
2) Pakistani
3) Bangladeshi
4) Indian
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 954 BARC scientists have developed Ocu-Prosta seed using which of the
following isotopes of Iodine to treat some rare forms of eye cancers?
1) I-125
2) I-126
3) I-127
4) I-144
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 955 The fifth unit at Rawatbhatta atomic power plant ran continuously for 765
days at its full capacity of 220 Mwe which is the second highest operating record in the
world. This plant is located in
1) Rajasthan
2) Maharashtra
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 956 The Bardarbunga volcano was in news as it erupted recently. This volcano is
situated in which of the following countries?
1) Iceland
2) Norway
3) Canada
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 957 Which of the following countries has launched Gaofen-2 satellite which is a
high-definition Earth observation satellite? It is able to see a one-meter-long object in full
color.
1) Israel
2) France
3) China
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 958 The govt approved the much awaited Ken-Betwa river link which will benefit
two states in terms of meeting irrigation, drinking water and electricity needs of people.
Which are these two states?
1) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
3) Rajasthan and Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 959 As per the present norms, the central govt is authorised for minting of coin of
denomination not higher than
1) Rs 10
2) Rs 50
3) Rs 100
4) Rs 1,000
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 960 Which of the following state govts has decided to impose one rupee cess on
purchase of every packet of cigarette and bottle of liquor and the revenue collected from
this will be used to establish an Urban Transport Fund to promote public transport?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Delhi
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 961 According to a UN report, India has second-highest number of child
marriages. Which of the following countries has the highest rate of child marriage?
1) Afghanistan
2) Nepal
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 962 As forecasted in the UNCTAD Trade and Development report 2015, Indias
economy is poised to grow at _______during 2014.
1) 5.1 per cent
2) 5.3 per cent
3) 5.6 per cent
4) 5.9 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 963 Oscar Pistorius, the gold medalist in London Olympics in 2012 who has been
tried for killing his girlfriend, is a handicapped athlete of
1) South Africa
2) England
3) Australia
4) US
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 964 As announced by the Election Commission recently, state assembly poll in
Haryana and Maharashtra will be held on
1) 11 Oct
2) 13 Oct
3) 15 Oct
4) 19 Oct
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 965 The upper age limit for managing directors (MDs) and chief executive
officers (CEOs) and other whole-time director of banks in the private sector has been fixed
by the RBI, recently, at
1) 60 years
2) 63 years
3) 65 years
4) 70 years
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 966 The Chinese President Xi Jinping, during his visit to India, will present
Friendship awards to the family of who among the following for his service in China during
the Sino-Japanese war?
1) Dwarkanath Kotnis
2) BR Deepak
3) Rewi Alley
4) Ma Haide
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 967 The Science and Technology Ministry has announced a special promotion
scheme KIRAN. This scheme is aimed at eliminating parity in the field of science and
technology by promoting
1) handicapped
2) women scientists
3) tribals
4) scientists from all SAARC countries
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 968 Who among the following has been appointed as Executive Director in World
Bank recently? The Executive Directors are responsible for the conduct of the general
operations of the World Bank and exercise all the powers delegated to them by the Boards
of Governors.
1) Subhash Chandra Garg
2) C Rangarajan
3) Pranab Bardhan
4) Kaushik Basu
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 969 Who among the following won the mens singles title of the Indonesian
Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently?

1) Firman Abdul Kholik
2) HS Prannoy
3) Srikanth Kidambi
4) Sourabh Varma
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 970 The new Road Safety and Transport Bill 2014 was released recently for
comments from the public. Which of the following is NOT correct about the proposals of
the Bill?
2) The repeat drunk driving offender will be
1) Inebriated school bus drivers will be
fined with Rs 1 lakh or imprisonment up to
fined Rs 50,000 with imprisonment for
three years or both besides a life time license
three years for the first offence.
cancellation.
3) The red light jumping will be fined with 4) The Bill proposes new 'golden hour' policy to
Rs 15,000 for the third offence along with provide immediate relief to accident victims
cancellation of the driving licence.
and help save lakhs of lives.
5) To ensure offenders are tracked down
and prosecuted, the Bill suggests a singleAns.) 2
window automated driving licence
systems.
Ques. : 971 The soon to be released book And Then One Day is the autobiography of
who among the following?
1) Naseeruddin Shah
2) Anupam Kher
3) Om Puri
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 972 Who among the following has been chosen to lead US-led global coalition
against ISIS militants active in Syria and Iraq?
1) James Mattis
2) David Petraeus
3) Paula Broadwell
4) John Allen
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 973 The World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on
which of the following dates every year?
1) 8 Sep
2) 10 Sep
3) 12 Sep
4) 14 Sep
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 974 Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the 2014 US
Open tennis tournament?
1) Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez
2) Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan
3) Jurgen Melzer and Marc Lopez
4) Roger Federer and Marcel Granollers
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 975 China has been objecting Indias presence in South China Sea. India is
engaged with Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea in which of the following
activities?
1) Oil exploration
2) Military exercise
3) Port development
4) Air base development
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 976 Davis Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Snooker
4) Hockey
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 977 What is Indias ranking in the list of 24 economies on Creative Productivity
Index, released by the Asian Development Bank and Economist Intelligence Unit recently?
1) 13th
2) 14th
3) 15th
4) 19th
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 978 Hindi Diwas is celebrated in India to show the importance of Hindi language
in the country on
1) 05 Sep
2) 14 Sep
3) 15 Sep
4) 19 Sep
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 979 The International Literacy Day is celebrated on
1) 8 Sep
2) 10 Sep
3) 12 Sep
4) 16 Sep
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 980 Which of the following states will host the Global Agro meet in Nov this
year? This event will be participated by eight countries?

1) Gujarat
5) None of these
2) Sikkim
4) Kerala
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 981 Krishan Kant Paul was sworn-in as the new governor of Manipur state
recently. Who among the following is the present chief minister of the state?
1) Radhabinod Koijam
2) Okram Ibobi Singh
3) Rishang Keishing
4) Neiphiu Rio
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 982 Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary on 15 Sep every year. This public
service broadcaster was set up in which of the following years?
1) 1953
2) 1959
3) 1975
4) 1981
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 983 The honourable President Pranab Mukherjee urged to bring literacy rate of
the country on par with worlds leading societies recently. What is the average adult
(people aged 15 and above) literacy rate of the world?
1) 84 per cent
2) 80 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 64 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 984 The patent office of which of the following countries has become the first
among intellectual property offices across the world to achieve ultimate transparency as the
work happening in this office is being thrown open to the world?
1) India
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 985 The prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards were announced for
the year 2012 recently. Which of the following is the winner of Best of All Awards?
1) Rail Wheel factory, Bangalore
2) Tata Business Support Services, Hyderabad
3) Sakthi Masala, Erode, Tamil Nadu
4) Elin Appliances, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 986 As per the data of the 6th Economic Census Report 2013, which of the
following Indian states has the highest proportion of hired workers among all states
including in sectors like education and health?
1) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Karnataka
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 987 A professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is among 10 award
winners of the 8th Special Book Award of China. Name the professor who has translated a
number of literary works from Chinese into Bengali, Hindi and English over the last 25
years.
1) Geeta Kochhar
2) Devendra Rawat
3) Priyadarsi Mukherji
4) Manik Lal Bhattacharya
5) Sabaree Mitra
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 988 Indias first coral garden will come up at Mithapur coast in which of the
following states? The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)
have signed a MoU in this regard with the state.
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 989 Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the Hong
Kong Open tennis tournament recently?
1) Sabine Lisicki
2) Karolina Pliskova
3) Karin Knapp
4) Donna Vekic
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 990 The country's first e-cabinet meet was held in which of the following states
recently? In this state cabinet meet I-pads and power point presentation replaced the papers.
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 991 Indian space agency ISRO is all set to insert Mangalyaan into the Martian
orbit on 24 Sep. Which of the following space agencies in the world has/have succeeded in
similar attempts so far?
1) European Space Agency
2) Russian Federal Space Agency
3) NASA
5) Only 2) and 3)
4) All the above

Ans.) 4
Ques. : 992 India and Vietnam inked seven pacts during the recent visit of the President
Pranab Mukherjee to Vietnam. Which of the following is NOT one among these seven
pacts?
1) A Letter of Intent (LoI) signed between 2) Pact for extending a dollar credit line
the OVL and Vietnam Oil
between Vietnam and EXIM Bank of India
3) Agreement on jointly dealing with
4) MoU on setting up of Pangasius breeding
aggression in South China Sea
and farming in India
5) MoU on operating and jointly
Ans.) 3
promoting direct air services
Ques. : 993 Who among the following is the new chairman of Indian Banks Association
(IBA)?
1) Chanda Kochhar
2) Arun Kaul
3) KR Kamath
4) TM Bhasin
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 994 Edward Mawthoh won bronze at World Championships recently. He is
associated with which of the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Netball
3) Discuss throw
4) Kickboxing
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 995 The third phase of the Norochcholai power plant was dedicated to nation in
Sri Lanka recently. This power plant has been build with assistance from which of the
1) Canada
2) Germany
3) China
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 996 The sixth meeting of SAARC Home ministers to focus on human trafficking
was held in headquarters of the grouping in __________recently.
1) Dhaka
2) Kathmandu
3) New Delhi
4) Colombo
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 997 The Road Transport and Highways Ministry decided to roll out a new
programme named FASTag across the country. This new programme is aimed at
1) measuring speed and load of vehicles
2) nabbing drunk drivers electronically
electronically
4) payment of highway tolls
3) tracing vehicle on highways electronically
electronically
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 998 The Govt issued draft guidelines for E-rickshaws recently. Which of the
following statements is NOT true in this regard?
2) It can carry a maximum of four
1) It will have top speed of 35 kmph.
passengers excluding the driver.
3) Driving licence and periodic fitness
4) E rickshaws will be added as a
certificates mandatory for e-rickshaws.
separate vehicle category.
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 999 The FIFA Under-17 World Cup is slated to take place in which of the
following countries in 2017?
1) Brazil
2) China
3) Japan
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1000 According to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014, what is
Indias position in terms of the number of billionaires in the country?
1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Sixth
4) Seventh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1001 Mayon volcano, which erupted recently, is situated in which of the
following countries? The 2,460-metre volcano is famed for its near-perfect cone and has a
long history of deadly eruptions.
1) Philippines
2) Thailand
3) Indonesia
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1002 The govt approved launching of National Ayush Mission (NAM) to address
gaps in health services in vulnerable and far-flung areas of the country. This mission will
include which of the following systems of medicine?
1) Homoeopathy
2) Siddha
3) Ayurveda
4) Naturopathy
5) All the above
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1003 India is all set to get its first overseas port in the form of Chabahar port in
which of the following countries? The Union Cabinet is expected to clear the long-delayed
project soon.
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Vietnam
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1004 Google launched Android One-powered smartphones in India which is the
first country to receive these devices. These devices are initially being offered by
1) Micromax
2) Spice Mobiles
3) Karbonn
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1005 The International sports body FIBA regulates which of the following sports?
It allowed the players to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial
basis recently.
1) Football
2) Basketball
3) Badminton
4) Boxing
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1006 Which of the following countries has the highest foreign exchange reserves
(just shy of $4tn) in the world?
1) US
2) Japan
3) India
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1007 According to the HSBC Trade Forecast Report, India may become fifth
largest exporter by 2030. What is Indias position in terms of export of goods by value at
present?
1) 9th
2) 11th
3) 13th
4) 14th
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1008 Name the Indian boxer who was denied Arjuna award this year and now he
has won a court battle against govt to get the coveted sports award.
1) Sumit Sangwan
2) Shiva Thapa
3) Manoj Kumar
4) Vikas Krishan Yadav
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1009 The BJP Govt wants to revamp the Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) and give
it a fresh impetus. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to RMK?
1) It was set up in 1993 under the Societies
2) Currently RMK provides loans to
Registration Act for the socio-economic
NGO-MFIs which further lend to self-help
empowerment of women.
groups of women.
4) The govt plans to take RMK to the
3) It extends micro-credit to women in the
women beneficiaries in the six lakh
informal sector against collateral.
villages of the country.
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1010 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of the
National Commission for Women (NCW)?
1) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
2) Meenakshi Lekhi
3) Kishori Sinha
4) Tamilisai Soundarrajan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1011 The Central govt is working with states to initiate Nirbhaya Centres across
the country. The Nirbhaya Centres will act as hubs for ________at district level.
1) improving sex ratio
2) promoting womens education
3) protecting women
4) eliminating child marriage
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1012 The book titled At Home in India: The Muslim Saga has been written by
1) Salman Khurshid
2) MJ Akbar
3) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
4) Najma Heptulla
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1013 Which of the following dates is celebrated every year in India as Engineers
Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir M Visvesvaraya?
1) 11 Sep
3) 17 Sep
5) None of these
2) 15 Sep
4) 19 Sep
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1014 Which of the following universities topped the QS World University
Rankings released recently? It is regarded as the most rigorous of its type of ranking.
1) Oxford
2) MIT
3) Harvard
4) Cambridge
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1015 India and China signed three-Gujarat specific pacts during the Chinese
President Xi Jinpings three-day visit to India. Which of the following is NOT among
them?
1) Making Guangzhou city in China and Ahmedabad as 2) Setting up of industrial parks in
sister cities
this state
3) Agreement between Guangdong province and the
4) MoU on feasibility study to
Gujarat govt for development of cultural and social ties develop small ports across the
between the two provinces
Gujarat coastline
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1016 The worlds largest ultra mega solar power park to generate 2,500 MW is
being established in which of the following Indian states as announced by the Union
Minister of Power and Coal, Piyush Goyal recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1017 The name Peng Liyuan was doing round in the media during the recent visit
of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India. She is
2) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
1) a renowned businesswomen of China
China
3) personal assistant of Xi Jinping
4) the first lady of China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1018 Indias domestic airlines IndiGo inked a $2.6 bn aircraft finance deal with
which of the following banks recently?
1) Bank of Japan
2) ICBC
3) Bank of America
4) Deutsche Bundesbank
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1019 Richard Rahul Verma has been appointed as the new ambassador of which
of the following countries to India recently?
1) US
2) UK
3) France
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1020 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chinese
ambassador to India recently?
1) Wei Wei
2) Le Yucheng
3) Luo Zhaohui
4) Hong Lei
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1021 Shanghai and which of the following Indian cities will be sister cities as per
the MoU signed during the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India?
1) Ahmedabad
2) New Delhi
3) Chennai
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1022 Chinese President committed investments worth what amount in India over
the next five years during his recent visit the country?
1) USD 20 bn
2) USD 30 bn
3) USD 25 bn
4) USD 100 bn
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1023 The Indian Air Force has gifted a vintage Dakota aircraft from its museum
to the Air Force of which of the following countries recently?
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1024 The three govt-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) started earning a
small profit of 35p a litre on diesel recently for the first time in 12 years. What is the
petroleum subsidy burden that the govt bore last year?
1) Rs 23,000 cr
2) Rs 34,000 cr
3) Rs 42,000 cr
4) Rs 63,000 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1025 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked who among the following to head
the Quality Council of India that promotes high standards in areas like education,
healthcare, environment, infrastructure, governance and social sectors?
1) Mihir Shah
2) Arun Maira
3) Adil Zainulbhai
4) Sam Pitroda
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1026 Shankar Barua, who allegedly shot himself dead at his residence, was former
Director General of Police (DGP) of which of the following states? His name was linked
with infamous Saradha scam and was questioned by CBI recently.
1) Assam
2) West Bengal
3) Sikkim
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1027 The Finance Minister has decided to set aside Rs 50 cr from Social Security
Fund (SSF) for payment of premium towards life insurance cover under Jan Dhan scheme.
The SSF was set up in 1988-89 for providing social security and is managed by
1) LIC
2) GIC
3) NIC
4) RBI
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1028 In the recent time, the govt has diluted several green norms to facilitate
faster clearance for the projects? Which of the following is NOT among them?
1) Wildlife Board nod delinked from forest clearance 2) States powers to put additional
for areas around wildlife zones
safeguards done away with
3) Forests can be cut before final clearance for linear 4) Miners not in compliance for over
projects such as roads and irrigation canals
five years to get approvals
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1029 Jitu Rai won the first gold medal for India in 17th Asian Games in South
Korea recently. He won gold in
1) badminton
2) shooting
3) archery
4) wrestling
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1030 Which of the following pairs won the womens doubles title of the WTA
Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament recently?
1) Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro
2) Sania Mirza and Cara Black
3) Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1031 The nations first ever memorial in honour of the recipients of the Armed
Forces highest gallantry award Param Veer Chakra has been inaugurated in
1) New Delhi
2) Port Blair
3) Chandigarh
4) Kargil
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1032 Who among the following won India its first Olympic archery medal, a
bronze, at the Youth Olympic Games at Nanjing, China?
1) Sanjay Boro
2) Dhaniram Basumatary
3) Atul Verma
4) Govindas Singh
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1033 Who among the following has been elected the new head of newly
constituted boxing body Boxing India?
1) JCD Prabhakar
2) Akhilesh Das Gupta
3) Anil Khanna
4) Sandeep Jajodia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1034 Who among the following was the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at
17th Asian Games opening ceremony in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Sania Mirza
2) Saurav Ghosal
3) Sardar Singh
4) Dipika Pallikal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1035 The Govt launched an action plan, India Newborn Action Plan (INAP),
aimed at reducing newborn deaths from 29 per thousand live births to single digit by
1) 2020
2) 2024
3) 2030
4) 2036
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1036 The three-day Global Investors Summit, Invest Madhya Pradesh, is
scheduled to be held in which of the following cities from Oct 8-10?
1) Gwalior
2) Bhopal
3) Jabalpur
4) Indore
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1037 John Key has won an emphatic victory in the recently held general elections
and is all set to lead which of the following countries for the third term?
1) Zimbabwe
2) New Zealand
3) Spain
4) Norway
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1038 We often read about the term gold ETF in the financial newspapers. What
does letter T denote in the term ETF?
1) Traded
2) Transferable
3) Transaction
4) Termination
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1039 Who among the following has become the first Indian to enter the Asian
Games squash final recently?
1) Siddharth Suchde
2) Sourav Ghoshal
3) Ritwik Bhattacharya
4) Mahesh Mangaonkar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1040 Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to
kick start State Road Safety Policy-2014? Expertise and cooperation from New Zealand
police department and World Bank transport cell are incorporated in this new Policy.
1) Delhi
2) Gujarat
3) Kerala
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1041 The Hannover Messe is one of the world's biggest industrial fairs organised
in which of the following countries? India has inked an agreement on its participation as the
partner country of the Hannover Messe (Fair) 2015.
1) Germany
2) South Korea
3) France
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1042 The unmanned Maven spacecraft arrived on the red planet after a 10 month
journey recently. This spacecraft was launched by which of the following space agencies?
1) China National Space Administration
2) NASA
3) European Space Agency (ESA)
4) Roscosmos
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1043 Who among the following has been appointed as the new head of the
Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) recently?
1) Rizwan Akhtar
2) Zaheerul Islam
3) Raheel Sharif
4) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1044 The State Bank of India (SBI) and its five associate banks would raise about
Rs 33,000 cr capital to meet Basel III norms in the next five years. Which of the following
is NOT an associate bank of the SBI of now?
1) State Bank of Saurashtra
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1045 Who among the following is all set to become the next President of
Afghanistan after the rivals sign a power-sharing deal recently?
1) Hamid Karzai
2) Ahmad Yousaf Nuristani
3) Ashraf Ghani
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1046 Voreqe Bainimarama was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which of
the following countries recently?
1) Mozambique
2) Madagascar
3) Fiji
4) Angola
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1047 Which of the following countries exceeded the European Union in terms of
per capita emission for the first time recently?
1) China
2) Russia
3) India
4) Iran
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1048 Who among the following is NOT a woman shooter of India?
1) Heena Sidhu
2) Anisa Sayyed
3) Rahi Sarnobat
4) Jitu Rai
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1049 The Shia Houthi rebels got hold of Sanaa city, recently, which is the capital
city of
1) Yemen
2) Tunisia
3) Nigeria
4) Angola
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1050 As per the new official data from the 68th round of the National Sample
Survey (NSS), ________of rural households and just under ______of urban households in
India do not have access to a toilet.
1) 80 per cent, 20 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1051 The next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (13th edition of the PBD), the world's
largest annual gathering of the Indian diaspora, will be held in which of the following cities
in Jan 2015?
1) Mumabai
2) Ahmedabad
3) Pune
4) Gandhinagar
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1052 Who among the following won the Saraswati Samman 2013, recognised as
the highest literary award in India? He has been awarded for his novel Dhool Paudhon
Par.
1) Subodh Sarkar
2) Govind Mishra
3) Chitra Mudgal
4) Mridula Garg
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1053 Yumnam Sanathoi Devi and Narender Grewal won bronze medals for the
country in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon in which of the following games?
1) Handball
2) Paul vault
3) Wushu
4) Netball
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1054 India has become the first country in the world to enter the Mars orbit on a
maiden mission on 24 Sep. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to Indias
mars mission?
1) India is the first Asian country and ISRO 2) Except India, only European, US and
the fourth space agency to send a satellite Russian probes to mars have been successful
to the Red Planet.
so far.
3) Indias mars mission was launched on 4 4) The spacecraft carried with it five scientific
Nov 2013 called Mangalyaan, also known payloads including a camera, two
as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).
spectrometers, a radiometer and a photometer.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1055 Which of the following is NOT an objective of the Indias mars mission
which entered into the mars orbit successfully recently?
1) It will help develop the technologies required for 2) Deep space communication,
design, planning, management and operations of an navigation, mission planning and
interplanetary mission.
management.
3) Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology,
4) Study the atmosphere of Mars,
mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous
using a methane gas sniffer.
scientific instruments.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1056 Which of the following movies has been selected to be the official entry of
India to the best foreign film category at the 87th edition of Oscar awards in 2015?
1) Yellow
2) Queen
3) Shahid
4) Mary Kom
5) Liars Dice
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1057 The former Finance Minister Chidambaram's role in Aircel-Maxis deal
approving USD 800 mn (approx Rs 3,500 cr) investment is being probed by the CBI. As
per the CBI, the then Finance Minister was vested with power to give FIPB approval of
only up to
1) Rs 600 cr
2) Rs 800 cr
3) Rs 1000 cr
4) Rs 1500 cr
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1058 According to a UN-led analysis published, recently, the World population
may hit ________by 2100.
1) 9 bn
3) 11 bn
5) None of these
2) 10 bn
4) 12 bn
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1059 The NPPA withdrawn its order to fix prices of drugs, which are not under
the list of essential medicines recently. What does NPPA stands for?
1) National Popular Pricing Authority
2) National Practical Pricing Authority
3) National Pharmaceutical Priority
4) National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority
Authority
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1060 As announced by the ICC, the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3
will be hosted by which city from 23rd to 30th Oct? The six teams competing in the event
are Bermuda, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Uganda and the USA.
1) Kuala Lumpur
2) Singapore
3) Lancaster
4) Kampala
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1061 The Sports Minister Sarbhanand Sonowal inaugurated the National
Academy of Athletics in Kariavattom in which of the following states recently? The
Academy is the first of its kind in the country.
1) Maharashtra
2) Manipur
3) Kerala
4) Goa
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1062 The Supreme Court has quashed allocation of coal blocks which were
allotted to various companies since 1993. What is the number of coal blocks quashed by the
SC?
1) 211
2) 213
3) 214
4) 218
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1063 The book titled The Lives of Others has been authored by who among the
following? The book has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014.
1) Amit Chaudhuri
2) Neel Mukherjee
3) HM Naqvi
4) Tania James
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1064 The world-class integrated food processing facility in Tumkur was
inaugurated by the PM Narendra Modi, recently, in which of the following states?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1065 Dushyant Chauhan won a bronze medal in which of the following games in
the 17th Asian Games in Incheon?
1) Rowing
2) Boxing
3) Pole vault
4) Discus throw
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1066 The Govt gave its nod to the Swachh Bharat programme recently. Which
of the following is NOT correct about the programme?
1) The programme is aimed at eliminating 2) The urban component of the Mission is
open defecation and construction of
proposed to be implemented over 5 years
individual and community toilets across the starting from Oct 2, 2014 in all 4041 statutory
country.
towns.
3) The total expected cost of the programme 4) The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) will
is Rs 62,009 cr, out of which the proposed continue in urban areas and will be
central assistance will be of Rs 14,623 cr. implemented separately.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1067 Which of the following is NOT a moon of planet mars?
1) Europa
2) Phobos
3) Deimos
4) Both 1) and 3)
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1068 India conducted the military exercise named Yudh Abhyas 2014 with which
of the following countries recently?
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) Vietnam
4) US
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1069 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his pet Make in India
campaign on 25 Sep to put India prominently on the global manufacturing map. This
campaign focuses on ________identified growth sectors of the Indian economy.

1) 21
2) 22
3) 25
4) 30
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1070 Year 2016-17 has been declared as the SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage
and ________ has to be SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16.
1) Bamiyan, Afghanistan
2) Karachi, Pakistan
3) Dhaka, Bangladesh
4) Varanasi, India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1071 Indias youngest state Telangana conducted a household survey to map the
socio-economic profiles of households in the state. Which of the following is NOT correct
about the state?
1) As per the surveys findings so far, Telanganas
2) The new state consists of 10
population is estimated to cross 40 mn.
districts.
3) It is the 12th biggest in the country in terms of
4) It is the 12th biggest in the
geographical area.
country in terms of population.
5) Vijayawada is all set to be the new capital of the
Ans.) 5
state.
Ques. : 1072 The State govt of Bihar formally placed which of the following communities
in annexure II (the backward class) recently? Doing this it has joined only few states who
has recognised this community.
1) Handicapped
2) Nat
3) Orphan
4) Transgenders
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1073 Which of the following state assemblies is the first to ratified National
Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill? The Constitution Amendment Bill passed
by the Parliament required endorsement of at least 50 per cent of state Assemblies.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1074 What is the name of the joint military exercise involving the armies of India
and Nepal which was conducted at the Pithoragarh military station recently?
1) INDRA
2) Surya Kiran VII
3) Yudh Abhyas 2014

5) None of these
4) Malabar 2014
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1075 Indian languages finally get their due in the web world as Indian domain
names made their debut with the extension .Bharat covering eight Indian languages. Which
of the following is NOT among them?
1) Sindhi
2) Nepali
3) Marathi
4) Konkani
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1076 The IRDA launched a pilot project, making it mandatory for all life insurers
to convert a minimum of __________of the total individual policies issued into demat
format.
1) 5,000 or five per cent
4) 500 or five per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1077 In a recent notification, the RBI said that govt cheques would be cleared
through CTS based on their electronic images. What does CTS stand for?
1) Cheque Transfer System
2) Cheque Termination System
3) Cheque Transaction System
4) Cheque Truncation System
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1078 Indias leading automaker Mahindra & Mahindra launched a new version of
its popular SUV Scorpio on which of the following online marketplace, recently, for the
first time?
1) Flipkart
2) ebay
3) Snapdeal
4) Amazon
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1079 Which of the following states has announced Amma Cement Scheme
recently? Under the scheme the state govt will procure cement from private manufacturers
and sell them at Rs 190 per bag.
1) West Bengal
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1080 The Supreme Court declared which of the following tribunals as
unconstitutional recently? The apex court said that the Act passed by Parliament in 2005
encroaches upon the power of higher judiciary.
2) Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate
1) National Tax Tribunal
Tribunal
3) Securities Appellate Tribunal
4) Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1081 The govt launched Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana recently. Which of the
following is NOT correct about this scheme?
1) It is aimed at upliftment of rural
and urban poor through skill
2) The govt has allocated Rs 1,000 cr for the Yojana.
development.
4) The govt has decided to observe 25th Sep as
3) The 50 per cent of the fund will
Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth
be spent on skill development.
anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1082 What amount has been contributed by India to the UN to tackle Ebola?
1) USD 10 mn
2) USD 12 mn
3) USD 18 mn
4) USD 20 mn
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1083 Which of the following countries has successfully test fired short range
surface-to-surface missile Hatf IX (NASR) recently?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Pakistan
4) Syria
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1084 The US President Barack Obama has announced to create the world's largest
marine sanctuary in the ________in a bid to protect sea life from climate change.
1) Pacific Ocean
2) Atlantic Ocean
3) Arctic Ocean
4) Indian Ocean
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1085 The UN Security Council unanimously approved a binding resolution on
which of the following issues recently?
1) Increase in carbon dioxide emission in the
2) The flow of foreign jihadists to Iraq
atmosphere
and Syria
4) Forcing people to refuge from Iraq and
3) Enrichment of Uranium for nuclear warheads
Syria
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1086 Name the deadly serious computer bug discovered recently which affects
systems like Linux and Apple's Mac operating system which uses a software component
called Bash.
1) Morris
2) Heartbleed
3) Shellshock
4) Backdoor
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1087 The 3rd Meeting of the Culture Ministers of the South Asian Association
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) group was held in which of the following cities recently?
1) Kabul
2) New Delhi
3) Islamabad
4) Kathmandu
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1088 The 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders'
Meeting will be held from Nov 10 to 11 in which of the following cities?
1) Beijing
2) Sydney
3) Toronto
4) Tokyo
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1089 The 4th SAARC culture ministers meeting will be held in which of the
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Maldives
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1090 The 1st International Sanskrit Conference was held, recently, in which of the
following states? Sanskrit scholars from India and eight foreign countries deliberated on
methods to revive the glory of the ancient language.
1) Uttarakhand
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1091 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu?
1) Edappadi K Palaniswami
2) R Vaithilingam
3) Natham R Viswanathan
4) O Panneerselvam
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1092 The central govt imposed president rule in which of the following states
after its chief minister resigned as his party went into minority after its split with its ally
recently?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Maharashtra
4) Haryana
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1093 Who among the following is the first chief minister of an Indian state who
was convicted and sent to jail during holding the office?
1) Lalu Prasad Yadav
2) J Jayalalithaa
3) Mayawati
4) Mulayam Singh Yadav
5) BS Yeddyurappa
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1094 PM Narendra Modi promised to merge PIO and OCI schemes to facilitate
their hassle-free travel to India. While PIO stands for Person of Indian Origin, OCI stands
for
1) Other Citizenship of India
2) Overseas Countrymen of India
3) Overseas Citizenship of India
4) Other Countrymen of India
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1095 The prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize was announced recently.
This prize is facilitated to people for their outstanding contributions to field of
1) science and technology
2) art and literature
3) sports
4) music
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1096 Justice HL Dattu was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India. Who was
the first Chief Justice of India after the independence?
1) Mehr Chand Mahajan
2) M Patanjali Sastri
3) HJ Kania
4) Sudhi Ranjan Das
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1097 PM Narendra Modi met with Nobel laureate and famous Professor Harold
Varmus during his US visit recently. Prof Varmus is a noted
1) environmentalist
2) biologist
3) cyber security expert
4) cancer specialist
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1098 Who among the following has/have won gold medal for India in the 17th
Asian Games in Incheon?
1) Yogeshwar Dutt
2) Jitu Rai
3) Seema Punia
4) All the above
5) None of the above
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1099 The prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize was announced recently.
Who among the following is NOT a winner of the prize this year?
1) PS Ahuja
2) Roop Mallik
3) Sadiqali Abbas Rangwala
4) Anurag Agrawal
5) S Venkata Mohan
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1100 India's Vikas Gowda bagged silver medal in the mens event of which of the
following games in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Sailing
2) Boxing
3) Discus throw
4) Archery
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1101 In its annual report, the United Nation Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has estimated that the Indian economy will grow at
________in the current fiscal.
1) 5.1 per cent
2) 5.5 per cent
3) 5.9 per cent
4) 6.1 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1102 The RBI relaxed KYC norms for opening bank accounts recently. Which of
the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) It has asked banks to allow self-certified copy 2) Banks have not to seek fresh
of the document by mail, or post for opening an documents, if a KYC compliant customer
account.
desires to open another account in the
bank.
3) If the customers are unable to comply within a
reasonable period of time, partial freezing may
be introduced for KYC non-compliant
customers.
5) None of these
4) Under partial freezing, only debits

would be allowed in such accounts, but
credits would not be allowed.
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1103 Ryder Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Golf
2) Squash
3) Billiards
4) Badminton
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1104 A new mission named Resolute Support focusing on training and
supporting the local army and police has been initiated in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Iraq
2) Syria
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1105 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new president of
Afghanistan in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the ouster of Taliban
from power?
2) Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
3) Hamid Karzai
4) Abdul Rashid Dostum
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1106 The RBI announced its bi-monthly policy review on 30th Sep. Which of the
following is NOT matched correctly as per the latest announcement?
1) The short-term lending rate (repo) 8
2) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4 per cent
per cent
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
4) The projected GDP growth rate in 2015-16
22.5 per cent
fiscal 6.3 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1107 Which of the following technology firms is planning to start testing its
internet-carrying solar-powered drones in 2015 aimed at getting two-thirds of the global
population online?
1) ZTE
2) Microsoft
3) Google
5) None of these
4) Facebook
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1108 The 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China took
place recently. The PR China was founded on ________1949.
1) 25 Sep
2) 29 Sep
3) 30 Sep
4) 1 Oct
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1109 The PM Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat mission on 2 Oct. Which
of the following is NOT correct with respect to the new mission?
2) The logo of the campaign is Gandhi's
1) The country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive is
spectacles and the slogan Ek Kadam
expected to cost nearly Rs 5 lakh cr.
Swachhata Ki Or.
3) As per a WHO estimate, a person in India
4) The govt has decided to merge the
loses about Rs 6,500 per annum due to illness and 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan', a campaign for
poor health as he is unable to perform day-to-day rural sanitation with Swachh Bharat
duties.
Mission.
5) The urban component of the Mission is
proposed to be implemented over 5 years starting Ans.) 1
from 2 Oct 2014 in all 4,041 statutory towns.
Ques. : 1110 In its recently bi-monthly policy review, the RBI maintained that the GDP
growth in the current fiscal will be
1) 5 per cent
2) 5.5 per cent
3) 6 per cent
4) 6.5 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1111 The book titled Kutsa Pakhha [Those Who Slander] has been authored by
1) Mamata Banerjee
2) J Jayalalithaa
4) Sasikala Natarajan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1112 The Indian women's kabaddi team notched up its second successive gold
medal at the 17th Asian Games beating which of the following teams in the summit clash?
1) Iran
2) Nepal
3) Pakistan
4) Indonesia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1113 Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the Malaysian
Open 2014?
1) Jamie Murray and John Peers
2) Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski
3) Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram
4) Mahesh Bhupati and Marc Lopez
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1114 At least 32 people were killed and several others injured in a stampede that
broke out after the end of the Dussehra celebrations in a field filled with huge crowds in
_______recently.
1) Kolkata
2) Lucknow
3) Patna
4) Bhubaneswar
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1115 India won the hockey gold at the 17th Asian Games after 16 years recently.
It defeated which of the following teams?
1) South Korea
2) Malaysia
3) Pakistan
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1116 Which of the following teams won the gold medal of the Mens Kabaddi at
the 17th Asian Games recently? It is the winner of gold medal in the last six editions since
the sport made its debut in Beijing in 1990.
1) Iran
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1117 The Centre has accorded in-principle approval for setting up six more STPIs
in Odisha. The STPIs are set up for which of the following purposes?
1) Sewage treatment
2) Skill training of youth
3) Schedule tribes development
4) Promote software exports
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1118 Jeffrey P Bezos, who visited India, recently, and also met the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following
multination giants?
1) Amazon
2) ebay
3) Walmart
5) None of these
4) Dell
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1119 Which of the following teams has won the Champions League T20 2014?
1) Kolkata Knight Riders
2) Chennai Super Kings
3) Mumbai Indians
4) Northern Knights
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1120 Name the US's biggest bank which revealed, recently, that it suffered a
massive cyber attack on 76 mn private and seven mn business customers in the country?
1) Citi Bank
2) Standard Chartered
3) Bank of America
4) JP Morgan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1121 The XI World Metropolis Congress was held in which of the following
Indian cities recently? The Congress provides a forum to deliberate upon various themes
including urban governance, equity, management, challenge of migrations, and
infrastructure development.
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1122 Indian companies are planning to raise money through FCCBs as an
appreciating rupee and a bullish stock market again make these bonds attractive. What does
FCCB stand for?
1) Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
2) Foreign Country Convertible Bond
3) Foreign Currency Concessional Bond
4) Foreign Country Concessional Bond
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1123 The govt is considering a proposal to merge the Forward Markets
Commission (FMC) with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). While Sebi is the
capital market regulator, the FMC regulates _________in India.
1) commodity futures market
2) money market
3) foreign exchange
4) virtual currency
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1124 While the Indian mens hockey team won gold medal after a long break, the
women's hockey team managed to win _________ medal at the Incheon Asian Games
recently.
1) a gold
2) a silver
3) a bronze
4) no
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1125 The 38th Parallel is the international boundary line between which of the
following two nations?
1) US and Canada
2) North and South Korea
3) China and Vietnam
4) China and Russia
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1126 We often read about the term BYOD in newspapers. What does BYOD
stands for?
1) Buy Your Own Device
2) Bring Your Own Device
3) Bring Your Official Device
4) Bring Your Original Device
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1127 Who among the following has/have won the 2014 Right Livelihood
honorary award, promoted as the "Alternative Nobel Prize"? It is awarded by the Swedish
charity the Right Livelihood Award Foundation.
1) Alan Rusbridger
2) Edward Snowden
3) Julian Assange
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1128 What is the RBIs model for rating of Indian banks is called?
1) CAMEL
2) CAMELS
3) CRISIL
4) CARE
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1129 Who among the following has been granted the post of Special DirectorGeneral at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently?
1) Radha Vinod Raju
2) TKA Nair
3) DR Karthikeyan
4) NR Wasan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1130 The ISRO postponed launch of IRNSS-1C, the third of the seven satellites
planned for a series, by a week recently. IRNSS stands for
2) Indian Regional Navigational Satellite
1) Indian Regional National Satellite System
Series
Synchronization
System
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1131 Which of the following countries topped the second annual Global Age
Watch Index 2014? It means this is the best place for older folks.
1) Bolivia
2) Norway
3) Australia
4) Japan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1132 Who among the following has/have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine 2014?
1) May-Britt Moser
2) Edvard Moser
3) John O'Keefe
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1133 Which of the following is NOT a statutory body in India? A statutory body
is an entity created by an Act of Parliament or state legislatures.
1) National Development Council
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) Forward Market Commission
4) PFRDA
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1134 The book titled Gods of Antarctica has been penned by
1) Yashwardhan Shukla
2) Kalyan Ray
3) Pankaj Sekhsaria
4) Ziauddin Sardar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1135 The Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched Reefer Vehicle
Call-In Centre (RVC) in New Delhi recently. The RVC will facilitate smooth transportation
of
1) perishable goods
2) patients
3) cattle and poultry
4) fertilizers
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1136 India is all set to launch Project Mausam for countering Chinas growing
influence in the
1) oil exploration in South China Sea
2) manufacturing sector
3) maritime routes of Indian Ocean region
4) Latin American region
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1137 Which of the following countries awarded the GMR Infrastructure a Rs
8,500 cr hydropower project, recently, which will be this countrys biggest inward foreign
direct investment so far?
1) Maldives
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1138 The International Day of Democracy is observed on
1) 1 Sep
2) 15 Sep
3) 30 Sep
4) 7 Oct
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1139 The 17th Asian Games concluded recently. India finished at which of the
following positions in the medals table with a total haul of 57 medals, comprising of 11
gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze?
1) Fifth
2) Sixth
3) Seventh
4) Eighth
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1140 Who among the following has won the 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen
Award? He has won the prestigious prize for his work to build community sanitation
facilities.
1) Swapnil Chaturvedi
2) Anoop Jain
3) Harish Hande
4) Bindeshwar Pathak
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1141 China sharply reacted to India and the US expressing concern over the South
China Sea. China has disputes with which of the following countries along the South China
Sea?
1) Brunei
2) Malaysia
3) Philippines
5) All the above
4) Vietnam
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1142 Uhuru Kenyatta became the first sitting president to appear before the
International Criminal Court to face charges for crimes against humanity. He is the present
president of
1) Kenya
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Kiribati
4) Kazakhstan
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1143 The 82nd Air Force Day was observed recently. The Indian Air Force was
officially established on ________1932 when it was created as an auxiliary air force of the
Indian Empire.
1) 1 Oct
2) 3 Oct
3) 6 Oct
4) 8 Oct
5) 9 Oct
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1144 The Cyclonic Storm Hudhud originated, recently, in
1) Arabian Sea
2) North Andaman Sea
3) Bay of Bengal
4) South China Sea
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1145 Who among the following has/have won 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry for
developing new methods that let microscopes see finer details than they could before?
1) Stefan Hell
2) William Moerner
3) Eric Betzig
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1146 Who among the following has/have won 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for the
invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LED)?
1) Shuji Nakamura
2) Hiroshi Amano
3) Isamu Akasaki
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1147 Who among the following is the present president of the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA)? He formally closed the 17th Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea
recently.
1) Narayana Ramachandran
3) Kim Youngsoo
5) None of these
2) Thomas Bach
4) Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1148 Which of the following countries topped the medal table with 342 medals
including 151 gold at the 17th Asian Games which concluded in Incheon, South Korea
recently?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) China
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1149 Who among the following won the Samsung award for the Most Valuable
Player at the 17th Asian Games which concluded recently?
1) Kosuke Hagino
2) Om Yun Chol
3) Femi Ogunode
4) Mary Kom
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1150 The 17th Asian Games concluded in Incheon, South Korea recently. The
next Asian Games will be held in 2018 in
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Jakarta, Indonesia
3) Tehran, Iran
4) Astana, Kazakhstan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1151 In a survey conducted among Metro commuters across the globe, the Delhi
Metro came second among 18 international Metro systems in terms of overall customer
satisfaction. Which of the following is ranked first?
1) Singapore SMRT
2) Paris RATP
3) Hong Kong MTR
4) London DLR
5) Metro De Madrid
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1152 The PM Narendra Modi connected with the countrymen sharing his Man Ki
Baat through which of the following media on 3 Oct?
1) Television
2) Radio
3) Internet
4) Print
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1153 The World Rabies Day is observed across the world every year on
1) 21 Sep
3) 27 Sep
5) None of these
2) 26 Sep
4) 28 Sep
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1154 Michael Steiner has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ambitious
Clean India campaign and Ganga rejuvenation plan while extending his countrys full
support to the missions. He is the present ambassador to India of
1) Italy
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1155 The Centre has fixed a new deadline for state govts to implement the
landmark Food Security Act for which the extended deadline ended on 4 Oct. What is the
new deadline?
1) 4 Mar
2) 31 Mar
3) 4 Apr
4) 30 Apr
5) 4 May
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1156 The Padma Bhushan awardee MV Kamath, who passed away, recently, was
a veteran
1) historian
2) film director
3) author
4) journalist
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1157 The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came to India on his first visit to the
country and extended his support to ________ programme of the govt of India.
1) Clean India
2) Make in India
3) Incredible India
4) Digital India
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1158 Who among the following has been awarded with the 2014 Nobel Prize in
literature?
1) Jean Echenoz
2) Patrick Modiano
3) Pascal Quignard
4) Annie Ernaux
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1159 Which of the following states is poised to achieve total primary education by
18 Apr 2015 under the programme titled Athulyam?

1) Tripura
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Nagaland
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1160 The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim launched the GIF, recently, which
is aimed at mobilising the private sector to help tackle the massive infrastructure deficit
faced by developing countries. Expand the term GIF.
1) General Infrastructure Facility
2) Geographic Infrastructure Facility
3) Global Infrastructure Fund
4) Global Infrastructure Facility
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1161 The Teachers Day is celebrated in India on 5 Sep which commemorates the
birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan, while the World Teachers Day is celebrated on
1) 1 Oct
2) 5 Oct
3) 9 Oct
4) 11 Oct
5) 13 Oct
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1162 The Punjab and Haryana High Court disqualified five MLAs of which of the
following parties in Haryana recently? These MLAs had factioned out and supported
Congress to form govt in 2009.
1) HJC
2) INLD
3) BJP
4) BSP
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1163 The10-week tournament, Indian Super League, will commence on 12 Oct
with much funfair aiming to lift the moribund standard of which of the following sports in
the country?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Tennis
4) Badminton
5) Kabaddi
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1164 The govt is soon to launch which of the following programmes to ensure
housing for all by 2022?
1) Mahatma Gandhi National Housing
2) Jaiprakash Narayan National Housing
Mission
Mission
3) Sardar Patel National Housing Mission 4) Deendayal Upadhyaya National Housing
5) None of these
Mission
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1165 Leela Samson resigned as the chairperson of which of the following
institutions recently?
1) National School of Drama
2) Film and Television Institute of India
3) Central Board of Film Certification
4) Sangeet Natak Akademi
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1166 The 108th birth anniversary of famous writer RK Narayan was observed on
10 Oct. Which of the following is his renowned work published in 1943?
1) Malgudi Days
2) Untouchable
3) Fasting, Fisting
4) Coolie
5) Train to Pakistan
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1167 The Gujarat govt has set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to promote
which of the following cities as the state's cultural capital and encourage tourism in the
city?
1) Porbandar
2) Vadodara
3) Anand
4) Surat
5) Rajkot
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1168 Indias Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistans Malala Yousafzai has jointly won
2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Kailash Satyarthi is associated with which of the following NGOs
in India?
1) Magic Bus
2) Save the Children
3) Bachpan Bachao Aandolan
4) Association for Democratic Reforms
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1169 Which of the following days is celebrated on 10 Oct across the world every
year?
1) World Mental Health Day
2) United Nations Day
3) World Food Day
4) International Day for Disaster Reduction
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1170 What does term CPR stands for? It is an emergency procedure performed to
restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
1) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
3) Cardiopulmonary Recharge
5) None of these
2) Cardiopulmonary Restoration
4) Cardiopulmonary Redressal
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1171 As revealed by the UN, it owes the highest amount to which of the following
countries for the troop contribution to the UN peacekeeping missions? The UN owes India
USD 110 mn, the second highest outstanding payment to any country for the same.
1) France
2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan
4) Ethiopia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1172 The UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold informal consultations on a
draft resolution titled International Day of Yoga. The idea for Yoga Day was floated by
who among the following in his address to the 193-member world body recently.
1) Nawaz Sharif
2) Narendra Modi
3) Barack Obama
4) Sushil Koirala
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1173 The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) plays a key role in
relief operation in cases of natural calamities in India. Who among the following is the
chairman of the NDMA?
1) Muzaffar Ahmad
2) M Shashidhar Reddy
3) Rajnath Singh
4) Narendra Modi
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1174 The soon-to-be-operational semi-high speed train that proposes to reduce
travelling time between Delhi and Agra to 105 minutes will be named
1) Gatimaan Express
2) Pawan Express
3) Tej Express
4) Druta Express
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1175 The govt launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth
anniversary of who among the following recently? Under the scheme MPs from both
Houses of the Parliament will identify and develop one village from their constituencies as
a model village by 2016, and two more by 2019.
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri
3) Jayaprakash Narayan
4) Deendayal Upadhyay
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1176 President Pranab Mukherjee went on an official visit to which of the
following countries on 12 Oct? He is the first Indian President to visit the country.
1) Finland
2) Norway
3) Italy
4) Spain
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1177 Which of the following is the only Indian-owned brand in the annual list of
worlds top 100 brands compiled by leading brand consultancy Interbrand?
1) Land Rover
2) Airtel
3) Reliance
4) TCS
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1178 Who among the following won the mens singles title of the 2014 Shanghai
Masters tennis tournament?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Leonardo Mayer
4) Gilles Simon
5) Roger Federer
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1179 In an apparent bid to end its standoff with the BCCI, which of the following
cricket associations has removed former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi as its President?
1) Rajasthan Cricket Association
2) Maharashtra Cricket Association
3) Gujarat Cricket Association
4) Karnataka State Cricket Association
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1180 The Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of which of the following
telecom service providers and found that it is not liable to pay an income tax demand of
3,200 crore rupees in a case relating to transfer pricing?
1) MTS
2) Vodafone
3) Telenor
4) Maxis
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1181 The annual Haj pilgrimage concluded in Saudi Arabia with stoning of devil.
What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?
1) Dinar
2) Riyal
3) Ringgit
4) Dirham
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1182 One of the seven emirates of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a
new initiative called, Happiness Meter to monitor the happiness and satisfaction of its
population on a daily basis. Identify the emirate.
1) Ajman
2) Sharjah
3) Dubai
4) Abu Dhabi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1183 The UN-sponsored International Donors Conference on Reconstruction of
Gaza was held in which of the following cities where donors pledged $5.4 bn to rebuild
Gaza?
1) Cairo
2) Manama
3) Doha
4) Riyad
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1184 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a blueprint for the Saansad
Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on Jayaprakash Narayans birth anniversary (11 Oct). Which
of the following is NOT correct about the scheme?
1) It encourages MPs (of both the Houses) to identify
2) There is no criterion for the
and develop one village from their constituency as a
selection of villages.
model village by 2016, and two more by 2019.
3) MPs have to facilitate a village development plan 4) The activities will cover broad
using the Rs 5-cr MPLAD fund besides mobilising
development areas such as health,
additional resources especially from CSR.
nutrition and education.
5) There will be real-time web-based monitoring and a
first review after five months by an independent
Ans.) 2
agency.
Ques. : 1185 Which of the following brands has bagged the top slot with nearly USD 119
bn valuation in the annual list of worlds top 100 brands compiled by leading brand
consultancy Interbrand?
1) Pepsi
2) Microsoft
3) Google
4) Apple
5) Land Rover
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1186 Who among the following has won the 2014 Nobel economics prize? He has
won the prize for research on market power and regulation.
1) Roger Myerson
3) Eric Maskin
5) Drew Fudenberg
2) Oliver Hart
4) Jean Tirole
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1187 Who among the following won the mens singles title of the Dutch Open
Grand Prix badminton tournament at Almere (The Netherlands) recently?
1) Chun Hei Tam
2) Ajay Jayaram
3) Rajiv Ouseph
4) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1188 The powerful typhoon Vongfong hit which of the following countries
recently?
1) Thailand
2) Myanmar
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1189 According to the UNICEF, which of the following countries has the highest
number of underweight children under five in the world at present?
1) China
2) Indonesia
3) Mexico
4) India
5) Bangladesh
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1190 The West Asia regions largest innovative technology show, GITEX
Technology Week was organised in _________recently.
1) Dubai
2) Manama
3) Manama
4) Doha
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1191 Colombo-Jaffna railway line has reopened after 24 years in Sri Lanka.
Which of the following countries has constructed the rail link on a subsidized line of credit
of USD 800 mn to Sri Lanka?
1) Japan
2) India
3) China
4) US
5) UK
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1192 Ajit Koujalgi, who passed away, recently, was
1) a campaigner against black magic 2) the man behind silver revolution
3) a environmentalist
5) None of these
4) a heritage conservation campaigner

Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1193 India is seeking to engage with which of the following countries for tech
cooperation to boost manufacturing as it is known for its knowledge-based economy and
clean technology? President Pranab Mukherjee visited this country recently.
1) Spain
2) Finland
3) New Zealand
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1194 The market regulator Sebi has barred which of the following realty majors
from securities markets for three years, after finding the company guilty of active and
deliberate suppression of material information at the time of its public offer?
1) Supertech
2) Unitech
3) DLF
4) Omaxe
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1195 During the recent visit of the President Pranab Mukherjee to Norway, the
two countries signed 13 agreements. Who among the following is the present Prime
Minister of Norway?
1) Jonas Gahr Store
2) Erna Solberg
3) Borge Brende
4) Siv Jensen
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1196 What is Indias ranking in the Global Hunger Index, 2014 released by
International Food Policy Research Institute recently?
1) 57th
2) 55th
3) 44th
4) 39th
5) 33rd
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1197 Which of the following cities has set a new Guinness World record for
maximum number of free blood cholesterol readings recorded in eight hours at a single
venue under the Lets Beat It campaign?
1) New York
2) Tokyo
3) London
4) Dubai
5) Manila
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1198 Khaled Bahah is the new Prime Minister of which of the following
countries?
1) Yemen
2) Oman
3) Bahrain
4) Qatar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1199 As many as 13 agreements were signed between Indian and Norwegian
entities during the recent visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to Norway. Which of the
following is NOT among them?
1) A statement of intent between the DRDO and 2) Setting up a state-of-the-art fish
the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. farming unit outside Delhi.
3) IIT, Kanpur, Hyderabad University and others 4) Oslo would open a new consulate in
reaching accord with their Norwegian
Mumbai to enhance its business outreach
counterparts.
in India.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1200 The Govt has modified the timeline for Cable TV Digitisation Phase III and
Phase IV. As Phase I was the digitization of metro cities, Phase II was digitisation of
1) rural area
2) small towns
3) cities with a population of more than 1 million people
4) the entire urban area
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1201 India is represented at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by an
Executive Director. Who among the following is the current Executive Director of India at
IMF?
1) Rakesh Mohan
2) Usha Thorat
3) Y Venugopal Reddy
4) Shankar Acharya
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1202 India is negotiating a trade and investment agreement between India and the
four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Which of the following in NOT a
member country of the EFTA?
1) Norway
2) Switzerland
3) Liechtenstein
4) Iceland
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1203 India is represented at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by an
Executive Director who also represents three other countries in addition to India. Which of
the following is NOT among these three countries?

1) Bhutan
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1204 The World Standards Day is observed on
1) 1 Oct
2) 8 Oct
3) 11 Oct
4) 12 Oct
5) 14 Oct
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1205 Who among the following won the 2014 Man Booker Prize?
1) Neel Mukherjee
2) Ali Smith
3) Richard Flanagan
4) Howard Jacobson
5) David Mitchell
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1206 The Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Cricket
4) Basketball
5) Volleyball
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1207 Which of the following buildings has won Guinness World Records title for
being the highest man-made vantage point on earth?
1) Canton Tower, Guangzhou (China)
2) Petronas Towers, Malaysia
3) CN Tower, Canada
4) Burj Khalifa, Dubai
5) Tokyo Skytree, Japan
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1208 India and which of the following countries have signed an agreement for
cooperation in the field of nuclear and radiation safety regulation? This agreement was
signed in the presence of Presidents of both the countries.
1) France
2) UK
3) Finland
4) Norway
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1209 Author Richard Flanagan won Man Booker Prize 2014 for his book
1) The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2) How to be Both
3) Luminaries
4) The Lowland
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1210 The International Day of Older Persons is observed on

1) 1 Oct
2) 3 Oct
3) 6 Oct
4) 9 Oct
5) 12 Oct
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1211 Rajiv Mehrishi has been appointed as ___________Secretary in the govt of
India.
1) Financial Services
2) Revenue
3) Expenditure
4) Economic Affairs
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1212 The Prime Minster Narendra Modi launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
Shramev Jayate Karyakram on 16 Oct. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the
scheme?
1) A unified Labour Identification Number (LIN) 2) Portability through Universal
for simplifying business regulations and securing Account Number (UAN) for
transparency.
Employees' Provident Fund members.
3) An Apprentice Protsahan Yojana flagged off
4) The revamped Rashtriya Swasthya
under which 50 per cent support for training in
Bima Yojana (RSBY) for workers in
MSMEs will be provided by the labour ministry. the unorganised sector launched.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1213 Name the satellite that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is
planning to launch which will be dedicated to solar coronal studies?
1) Suraj-1
2) Aditya-1
3) Corona-1
4) Divya-1
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1214 Which of the following states has started the countrys first olive refinery
and expressed hope that it would be able to fulfill the countrys demand of olive oil in
coming years?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1215 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chief Economic
Adviser of the govt of India?
1) Jagdish Bhagwati
2) Arvind Panagariya
3) Eswar Prasad
4) Arvind Subramanian
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1216 Several people were killed and many displaced by clashes in Bangui
recently. Bangui is the capital city of
1) Nigeria
2) Democratic Republic of Congo
3) Central African Republic
4) Yemen
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1217 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) in the Afghanistan govt, a post which is equal to that of Prime Minister?
2) Ashraf Ghani
3) Gul Agha Sherzai
4) Zalmai Rassoul
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1218 The Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on
1) 13 Oct
2) 14 Oct
3) 15 Oct
4) 17 Oct
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1219 India, Finland have decided to double bilateral trade to USD 2 bn over the
next three years. Who among the following is the current president of Finland?
1) Sauli Niinisto
2) Tarja Halonen
3) Pekka Haavisto
4) Jenni Haukio
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1220 Internet giant Google unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating
system Android. Name the latest version.
1) Lollipop
2) Lilly
3) Cream ball
4) Strawberry
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1221 Which of the following leading mobile handset makers decided to shut down
its Chennai plant in Tamil Nadu recently?

1) Samsung
3) Nokia
5) None of these
2) LG
4) HTC
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1222 India successfully test-fired its long-range indigenously developed cruise
missile, which can hit a target more than 1,000 km away and carry nuclear warhead. Name
the missile.
1) Prithvi
2) Agni
3) Brahmos
4) Nirbhay
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1223 Indian cricket team defeated which of the following teams in five-match
ODI series played in India recently 2-1?
1) New Zealand
2) Sri Lanka
3) West Indies
4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1224 According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which of the following
countries accounts for nearly 80 per cent of polio cases globally as of now as the country
has 206 new polio cases this year?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1225 An European Union court struck down, recently, the 2006 sanctions slapped
on which of the following terrorist groups by the EU aimed at combating terrorism?
1) al Qaeda
2) Boko Haram
3) Lashkar-e-Taiba
4) LTTE
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1226 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch GSLV Mk III
launch-vehicle soon as announced by the Chairman of the Indian space agency. Who is the
present chairman of ISRO?
1) Subbiah Arunan
2) K Radhakrishnan
3) K Kasturirangan
4) M Annadurai
5) G Madhavan Nair
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1227 The Indian-origin Tamil poet and writer KTM Iqbal will be awarded
Cultural Medallion, the country's highest cultural award in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Singapore
2) US
3) UK
4) France
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1228 The Govt has finalised SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy
Cooperation. Which of the following is NOT a member country of SAARC group?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Afghanistan
4) Philippines
5) Bhutan
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1229 The govt has decided to import which of the following commodities for the
first time to augment domestic availability and to check rising prices of the kitchen staple?
1) Potato
2) Wheat
3) Rice
4) Maize
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1230 The tropical storm Trudy hit which of the following countries, recently,
killing several people and prompting evacuations?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Mexico
4) Canada
5) Japan
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1231 The tourism department of which of the following countries has launched a
new "Gandhi- Inspired Tourist Attraction" project that identifies 13 places related to MK
Gandhi?
1) UK
2) US
3) South Africa
4) Turkey
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1232 The govt has approved raising natural gas price to _________from Nov 1.
1) USD 8.4 per mmBtu
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1233 The govt of India has deregulated which of the following fuels in the
country so far. Deregulation means the retail rates of the fuel will reflect international
movement in oil prices.
1) Petrol
2) LPG
3) Diesel
4) Kerosene
5) Both 1) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1234 Which of the following countries has won the Sultan of Johor Cup U-21
hockey title?
1) Pakistan
2) Germany
3) India
4) Malaysia
5) Great Britain
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1235 According to IMF's latest world economic outlook, India set to become USD
2 trillion-economy this year. What is India's current ranking in terms of worlds largest
economies?
1) Third
2) Fifth
3) Seventh
4) Ninth
5) Tenth
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1236 The comet Siding Spring made a rare close pass by which of the following
planets recently?
1) Earth
2) Mars
3) Mercury
4) Jupiter
5) Venus
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1237 Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to address the gallery
of the member of parliamentarians and leaders at a special joint sitting in Nov in which of
the following countries?
1) Australia
2) US
3) UK
4) Germany
5) Canada
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1238 Which of the following is the worlds largest economy while measured on
"current prices" basis in US dollar with a size of USD 17.42 trillion?
1) China
2) US
3) Japan
5) UK
4) Germany
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1239 Christophe de Margerie, who was killed in an airplane collision with a snow
plough at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport, recently, was the CEO of which of the
following leading oil giants?
1) Total
2) Mobil
3) Shell
4) BP
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1240 Goa Legislative Assembly has ratified the National Judicial Appointments
Commission Bill 2014 passed by Parliament. The Bill needs to be endorsed by at least
____states before it can be sent for Presidential assent and brought into effect.
1) 5 States
2) 8 States
3) 10 States
4) 12 States
5) 15 States
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1241 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria officially
Ebola-free, after 42 days without any new confirmed cases of the deadly virus. Which of
the following is the capital city of Nigeria?
1) Windhoek
2) Luanda
3) Lusaka
4) Abuja
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1242 Which of the following is NOT a part of the public debt of India?
1) Multilateral borrowings
2) National Savings Certificate
3) Provident Fund
4) Insurance policies
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1243 Which of the following Indian airlines has placed orders for 250 latest
Airbus A-320 NEO planes worth USD 25.5 bn (Rs 1.55 lakh cr), making it the European
manufacturer's biggest ever contract in terms of aircraft numbers?
1) IndiGo
2) Spicejet
3) Jet Airways
4) AirAsia India
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1244 In a major move towards energy sector reforms, the Cabinet recommended
promulgation of an Ordinance related to coal block allocation. Which of the following is

correct in this regard?
1) It will facilitate e-auction of coal blocks for
2) It will facilitate allotment of coal
private companies for captive use.
mines directly to state and central PSUs.
3) The amount received through the e-auction of
4) All the above
blocks will be given to the concerned states.
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1245 Joko Widodo has been sworn in as the new President of which of the
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Philippines
4) Thailand
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1246 The govt has allowed private companies in the defence sector to sell
equipment to state-run entities without prior approval of the defence ministry. At present,
what is the FDI cap allowed in the defence sector?
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 51 per cent
4) 74 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1247 John Baird, who visited India, recently, is the current foreign minister of
which of the following countries?
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Canada
4) South Korea
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1248 The Boko Haram militants have reached an ceasefire agreement with which
of the following countries and have agreed to free more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls?
1) Kenya
2) Nigeria
3) Angola
4) Mozambique
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1249 Terry Walsh resigned as the chief coach of Indian national team of which of
the following sports recently?
1) Cricket
2) Hockey
3) Kabaddi
4) Football
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1250 India has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council
(UNHRC) for the period of ________.
1) 2015-2016
2) 2015-2017
3) 2015-2018
4) 2015-2019
5) 2015-2020
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1251 Indias BCCI has suspended all bilateral cricket tours with which of the
following teams and decided to initiate legal proceedings against its board for abruptly
cancelling its tour of India recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) New Zealand
3) Australia
4) England
5) West Indies
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1252 Which of the following firms has agreed to buy three operational power
units of JP Group recently? Earlier, JP Group's arrangement with Reliance Power for the
sale of these units had collapsed.
1) JSW Energy
2) Tata Power
3) Adani Power
4) Essar Group
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1253 As per the Carbon Disclosure Report (CDR) 2014 released on 15 Oct, five
Indian companies are among the top global companies that did business in the most
sustainable manner in 2013. Which of the following is NOT among them?
1) Wipro
2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3) Larsen & Toubro
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1254 Which of the following associate banks has/have been merged with the State
Bank of India (SBI) so far?
1) State Bank of Mysore
2) State Bank of Indore
3) State Bank of Saurashtra
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1255 What is the expanded form of the term GDR as used in banking/finance
world?
1) Gold Depositary Receipt

3) Global Derivatives Receipt
5) Govt Depositary Receipt
2) Gold Dispensing Receipt

4) Global Depositary Receipt
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1256 India is expected to join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new
multilateral lending institution being created at China's behest. Which of the following is
NOT correct in this regard?
1) India will join as the second largest shareholder with 2) China will command 42 per
around 19 per cent voting rights.
cent voting rights in the bank.
3) The bank is expected to start with an authorized capital
4) It will rival the Asian
of USD 50 bn and will boost infrastructure financing in
Development Bank (ADB).
the region.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1257 Which of the following PSBs has proposed to provide unlimited usage of its
own ATM network for the customers maintaining an average monthly balance of Rs 25,000
and above? Starting from Nov 1, the banks will limit ATM usage at their own ATMs and
third party ATMs to 5 and 3 respectively.
1) Canara Bank
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Central Bank of India
5) Bank of India
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1258 Which of the following banks has launched kids accounts named 'Pehla
Kadam' and 'Pehli Udaan' for school-going children as young as 10 years?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) Axis Bank
4) HDFC
5) Kotak Mahindra
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1259 On the eve of Diwali, PM Narendra Modi visited which of the following
states devastated by the natural calamity?
2) Odisha
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Assam
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1260 India has initiated efforts to commemorate which of the following days each
year as the 'International Day of Yoga' at the United Nations?
1) 20 Jun
2) 21 Jun
3) 23 Jun
4) 27 Jun
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1261 Who among the following is all set to be sworn in as the new Chief Minister
of Haryana after the recent assembly elections?
1) Dinesh Sharma
2) Manohar Lal Khattar
3) Kamal Gupta
4) Kuldeep Bishnoi
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1262 India and 20 other countries have set up Asian Infra Investment Bank
(AIIB). The new bank will be headquartered in
1) Manila
2) Dhaka
3) Beijing
4) New Delhi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1263 China has announced to open new route for Kailash Manasorvar in Tibet by
2015. This new route will pass through which of the following states?
1) Sikkim
2) West Bengal
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1264 Who among the following has been appointed the first Secretary General of
newly formed Asian Infra Investment Bank (AIIB)?
1) Lou Jiwei
2) Danny Yong
3) Gao Xiqing
4) Jin Liqun
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1265 The govt has decided to observe Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on Oct 31 on the
birth anniversary of who among the following every year?
1) Bhagat Singh
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri
3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4) Subhas Chandra Bose
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1266 The United Nations Day is observed every year on
1) 20 Oct
2) 21 Oct
3) 24 Oct
4) 25 Oct
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1267 Which of the following countries has/have been elected to the 47-nation UN
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) along with India recently?
1) Indonesia
2) Qatar
3) Bangladesh
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1268 Who among the following headed the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission (FSLRC) that had recommended setting up FSAT to hear appeals related to
financial sector?
1) Dhirendra Swarup
2) Sujata Manohar
3) Vinod Kumar Duggal
4) BN Srikrishna
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1269 India along with 20 other countries has signed an agreement to become
founding members of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Which of the following countries is NOT among its founding members?
1) Vietnam
2) Malaysia
3) Philippines
4) Singapore
5) Japan
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1270 The govt plans to import 25 thousand tonnes of which of the following
commodities to boost supply and contain rising prices of the commodity?
1) Onion
2) Potatoes
3) Oil seed
4) Gram
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1271 Nguyen Tan Dung, who paid a 2-day visit to India, recently, is the present
Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Thailand
2) Norway
3) Spain
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1272 The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended
which of the following India female boxers for her protest at the Asian Games at Incheon?
1) Mary Kom
2) Sarita Devi
3) Pooja Rani
4) Monica Saun
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1273 As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which of the following
satellites launched by ISRO played an important role in tracking Cyclone Hudhud
accurately which hit Indias east coast on 12 Oct?
1) GSAT-14
2) INSAT-3D
3) IRNSS-1B
4) IRNSS-1C
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1274 Madhya Pradesh govts prestigious National Kalidas Samman for the year
2012-13 will be given to who among the following?
1) AA Manavalan
2) Kanhailal
3) Sugathakumari
4) Govind Mishra
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1275 Name the Indian-origin student who has won the 2014 Discovery Education
3M Young Scientist Challenge for his innovative, eco-friendly battery design that could
help lower harmful greenhouse gases.
1) Mythri Ambatipudi
2) Jai Kumar
3) Sahil Doshi
4) Ansun Sujoe
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1276 Name Indias first long-range subsonic cruise missile test-fired on 17 Oct
which is capable of flying at a tree-top altitude for over 1,000 km?
1) BrahMos
2) Trishul
3) Nirbhay
4) Agni-VI
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1277 The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) headquartered
in Beijing is expected to begin operations in
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2018
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1278 The United Nations has launched a $2.2 billion appeal to help 5.2 million
people of which of the following countries who need protection and assistance in the
conflict-torn.
1) Iraq
3) Yemen
5) None of these
2) Afghanistan
4) Nigeria
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1279 Through its Make in India campaign, the goal the Modi govt has set is to
make India break into the top 50 in the World Banks ease of business index ranking from
the current ________ position.
1) 131st
2) 132nd
3) 133rd
4) 134th
5) 135th
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1280 We often read about ARCs in financial newspapers. What does the term
ARC stands for?
1) Asset Reconstruction Company
2) Asset Recapitalisation Company
3) Asset Reinsurance Company
4) Asset Recovery Company
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1281 Who among the following has been re-elected as the new President of Brazil
after the recently held elections?
1) Aecio Neves
2) Dilma Rousseff
3) Aecio Neves
4) Marina Silva
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1282 Which of the following pairs won the womens doubles titles of the WTA
Finals?
1) Sania Mirza and Cara Black
2) Su-Wei Hseih and Shuai Peng
3) Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1283 According to a recent verdict by the Supreme Court, those govt employees
cannot ask for promotion at a later stage whose
1) promotions have been cancelled owing to
2) appointment have been made on the
their refusal to accept it
basis of reservation
4) appointments have been made without
3) performance has not been satisfactory
written exam
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1284 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide 500 million dollar loan
for urban services management in which of the following states? The loan will help finance
creation of a new corporate-style state body to oversee urban services development.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1285 Ghulam Azam died at 91 recently. He was the former head of Jamaat-eIslami, the largest Islamist party, of which of the following countries?
1) Pakistan
2) Iran
3) Bangladesh
4) Turkey
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1286 The European Union leaders have reached a landmark deal at a summit in
Brussels to cut greenhouse emissions by __________by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.
1) 20 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 50 per cent
4) 60 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1287 A lone gunman named Zehaf-Bibeau stormed into Parliament of which of
the following countries on 22 Oct? He shot dead a soldier guarding the national war
memorial before being gunned down.
1) Spain
2) Canada
3) France
4) UK
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1288 The US President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-American Azita
Raji as the US Ambassador to ________ recently.
1) Sweden
2) Japan
3) China
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1289 The high-powered committee constituted by the govt on DRISHTI
(Driving Information System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) has submitted its report to the
finance ministry. The committee was headed by
1) TV Mohandas Pai
2) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
3) Girish Paranjpe
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) NR Narayana Murthy
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1290 The govt launched Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojana recently. Which
1) Under the scheme the CSIR (Council for Scientific 2) There will be active participation
& Industrial Research) will identify thousand villages of local farmers and owners of the
in J&K for the growth of aromatic plants.
land in the scheme.
3) The govt will initially spend over Rs 25 cr on this
scheme in addition to technical support by a team of 4) All the above
CSIR scientists.
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1291 The countrys first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set
to come up in which of the following cities by mid-2015?
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Kolkata
4) Kochi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1292 The European Union (EU) has appointed Christos Stylianides as coordinator
of the blocs fight against
1) Ebola
2) ISIS
3) AIDS
4) Tuberculosis
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1293 Which of the following countries has launched an unmanned spacecraft to
fly around the moon and return back to Earth in order to test technologies to be used in its
Change-5 satellite?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) China
4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1294 As per the advisory issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD),
the Gujarat govt prepared to face which of the following cyclonic storms in the Arabian Sea
recently?
1) Lehar
2) Gonu
3) Nilofar
4) Phyan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1295 The Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) issued by banks is
offered to which of the following customers?
1) Farmers
2) Daily wage earners
3) Self Help Group members
4) Students
5) All the customers
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1296 An individual can have how many Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts
in one bank?
1) Only one
2) Only two
3) Only three
4) Only five
5) Any number of accounts
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1297 The central govt is pressing to implement GST to accelerate the growth of
the economy. Expand the term GST?
1) Goods and Sovereign Tax
2) Gross Services Tax
3) Graded Services Tax
4) Goods and Services Tax
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1298 The Gujarat govt has issued work order of Rs 2,979 cr for constructing
worlds tallest statue, The Statue of Unity, to which of the following leading engineering
firms?
1) GMR Infrastructure
2) L&T
3) Reliance Infrastructure Limited
4) Lanco Infratech
5) Jaiprakash Associates
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1299 The high-powered committee constituted by the govt on DRISHTI
(Driving Information System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) has submitted its report to the
finance ministry. The committee was headed by
1) TV Mohandas Pai
2) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
3) Girish Paranjpe
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) NR Narayana Murthy
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1300 The govt launched Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojana recently. Which
1) Under the scheme the CSIR (Council for Scientific 2) There will be active participation
& Industrial Research) will identify thousand villages of local farmers and owners of the
in J&K for the growth of aromatic plants.
land in the scheme.
3) The govt will initially spend over Rs 25 cr on this

scheme in addition to technical support by a team of 4) All the above
CSIR scientists.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1301 The countrys first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set
to come up in which of the following cities by mid-2015?
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Kolkata
4) Kochi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1302 The European Union (EU) has appointed Christos Stylianides as coordinator
of the blocs fight against
1) Ebola
2) ISIS
3) AIDS
4) Tuberculosis
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1303 Which of the following countries has launched an unmanned spacecraft to
fly around the moon and return back to Earth in order to test technologies to be used in its
Change-5 satellite?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) China
4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1304 As per the advisory issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD),
the Gujarat govt prepared to face which of the following cyclonic storms in the Arabian Sea
recently?
1) Lehar
2) Gonu
3) Nilofar
4) Phyan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1305 The committee constituted by the govt on DRISHTI (Driving Information
System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) has submitted its report to the finance ministry. Which
of the following is NOT a recommendation made by it?
1) Creation of National Taxpayer Services
2) Leveraging Service Oriented Architecture
Directorate
for IT Applications
3) Merging different Customs IT
4) Enabling Mobility solutions in Business
Applications into a Single System
Workflows
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1306 The Statue of Unity which will be double the size of 'Statue of Liberty,' US
and four times that of 'Christ the Redeemer,' Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be built on the
Sadhu island in the _______district of Gujarat.
1) Narmada
2) Jamnagar
3) Bhavnagar
4) Bharuch
5) Ahmedabad
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1307 An individual having a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account with a bank
cannot have which of the following accounts in that bank?
1) Recurring Deposit
2) Term/Fixed Deposit
3) Savings
4) Loan
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1308 The Gujarat govt has issued work order for constructing worlds tallest
statue, The Statue of Unity. Which of the following is NOT correct about the project?
2) The statue will be made out of
1) The work order has been issued to L&T.
iron collected from farmers across
India.
3) The total height of the statue from the base (or
4) The project is to be completed by
reduce level) will be 240 meters, which includes base
2018.
level of 58 meters.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1309 The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) named the cyclonic storm
arisen in the Arabian Sea recently as Nilofar. The name 'Nilofar' was suggested by which of
the following countries?
1) Thailand
2) Myanmar
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Pakistan
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1310 India and Mexico held the sixth session of the Joint Commission Meeting
recently. Which of the following is NOT a major item exported by India to Mexico?
1) Crude oil
2) Vehicles and auto parts
3) Electrical machinery and equipment
4) Pharmaceuticals
5) Textiles and garments
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1311 What is Indias ranking in the World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap
index?
1) 142nd
2) 126th
3) 114th
4) 101st
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1312 Due to uncertainty over oil supplies from West Asia, India is keen to
diversify its imports and planning to buy crude from which of the following countries as
announced by the Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan?
1) US
2) Russia
3) Mexico
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1313 Name the chairman of the committee constituted by the govt to assess
compensation for coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court recently?
1) Chitra Ramkrishna
2) Pratyush Sinha
4) M Damodaran
5) CB Bhave
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1314 Which of the following pairs of agencies and their heads is NOT matched
correctly?
1) NIA Sharad Kumar
2) NSG Jayanta Choudhury
3) BSF DK Pathak
4) CBI Ranjit Sinha
5) RAW Ajit Doval
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1315 How many withdrawals (through all channels including ATM) are allowed
in a month in the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across
the country?
1) Three
2) Four
3) Five
4) Ten
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1316 Which of the following is NOT a priority sector as stipulated by the RBI
with respect to lending by the banks?
1) Agriculture
2) Automobiles
3) Education
4) Housing
5) Export Credit
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1317 Identify the country which is accused by rights groups of carrying out
world's largest number of executions every year and is now planning to cut down death
penalty for nine crimes including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials?
1) North Korea
2) Japan
3) US
4) China
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1318 Sharath Gayakwad has scripted history at the 2014 Asian Para-Games in
Incheon, South Korea by winning six medals. He is a
1) Para-swimmer
2) Para-sprinter
3) Para-Archer
4) Para-judoka
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1319 What is the total target for priority sector for domestic commercial banks
and foreign banks with 20 and above branches (as per cent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent
of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure)?
1) 50 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 32 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1320 India has decided to ramp up defence and security ties with which of the
following countries and presently is in process to supply four naval patrol vessels to it
under a USD 100 mn Line of Credit?
1) Thailand
2) Vietnam
3) Philippines
4) Myanmar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1321 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Mauritius to
participate in an international conference from Nov 2 to commemorate the arrival of first
Indians in this country 180 years back. The capital city of Mauritius is
1) Manila
2) Hanoi
3) Port Luis
4) Ebene
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1322 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of
Maharashtra?
1) Uddhav Thackeray
3) Devendra Fadnavis
5) None of these
2) Nitin Gadkari
4) Pankaja Munde
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1323 The winter session of Parliament will start from _____ and conclude on
_____ during which a heavy legislative agenda is on the cards.
1) 20 Nov, 19 Dec
2) 21 Nov, 20 Dec
3) 22 Nov, 21 Dec
4) 24 Nov, 23 Dec
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1324 Ali Bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, who paid a visit to India, recently, is the
Commerce and Industry Minister of which of the following gulf countries?
1) Bahrain
2) Kuwait
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Oman
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1325 Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has announced to invest USD 627 million
(about Rs 3,762 crore) in which of the following online marketplace companies in India?
This is the largest investment made by a single investor in an e-commerce company in
India.
1) Snapdeal
2) Flipkart
3) Paytm
4) Shopclues
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1326 Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has announced to invest USD 627 million
(about Rs 3,762 crore) in which of the following online marketplace companies in India?
This is the largest investment made by a single investor in an e-commerce company in
India.
1) Snapdeal
2) Flipkart
3) Paytm
4) Shopclues
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1327 Duleep Trophy is associated with which of the following games?
1) Football
2) Hockey
3) Cricket
4) Badminton
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1328 Karnataka celebrated the state formation Day or Rajyotsava on 1 Nov as on
this day in 1956, the Kannada speaking regions came together to form this state. Who
among the following is current chief minister of Karnataka?
1) Jagadish Shettar
2) Mallikarjun Kharge
3) HD Kumaraswamy
4) Siddaramaiah
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1329 Who among the following has won the 2014 World Billiards
Championship?
1) Peter Gilchrist
2) Pankaj Advani
3) Robert Hall
4) Balachandra Bhaskar
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1330 The 18th SAARC summit is scheduled to take place from 22nd to the 27th
of Nov in which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) India
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1331 Jack Ma has become the richest man in China with a fortune of 19.5 billion
dollar. He is the founder of which of the following leading Internet startups?
1) Alibaba
2) Amazon
3) ebay
4) WeChat
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1332 Nicholas Winton has been awarded, recently, with the Czech Republic's
highest state honour called Order of the White Lion for which of the following causes?
1) Saving children from Talibans
2) Saving children from Boko Haram
3) Saving children from Hezbollah
4) Saving children from Nazis
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1333 The govt has declared the birth anniversary (31 Oct) of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel as
1) National Integration Day
2) National Unity Day
3) National Equality Day
4) National Martyr Day
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1334 The govt has launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana for comprehensive
development of
1) tribals
2) Maoists (who surrender)
3) landless labourers
4) migrants from Tibet
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1335 Name the Prasar Bharati CEO who has been elected as the Vice President of
world's largest TV and Radio body, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) recently.
1) Prabhu Chawla
2) Swapan Dasgupta
3) Jawhar Sircar
4) A Surya Prakash
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1336 Warren Anderson, who died recently, was wanted in connection with which
of the following major industrial accidents?
1) Bhopal gas tragedy
2) Chernobyl disaster
3) The Windscale fire
4) The Halifax explosion
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1337 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of Prasar
Bharati Board recently?
1) A Surya Prakash
2) Jawhar Sircar
3) Mrinal Pande
4) Markandey Katju
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1338 As informed by India to the United Nations Security Council, recently, it
would contribute an all Female Form Police Unit for the United Nations Mission in
1) Liberia
2) Nigeria
3) Syria
4) Iraq
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1339 India has been re-elected to 18-member UN ECOSOC Council to serve a
three-year term beginning Jan 1, 2015. The UN body ECOSOC is associated with
1) ecosystem and its effect on society
2) ecosystem and social issues
3) e-commerce and social sites
4) economic and social issues
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1340 What is Indias current ranking among 189 countries in the latest "Ease of
Doing Business" report released by the World Bank?
1) 90th
2) 99th
3) 108th
4) 140th
5) 142nd
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1341 Targeting an annual bilateral commerce of USD 15 billion by 2020, India
has offered a USD 300 million credit line to which of the following countries for trade
diversification?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Thailand
4) Myanmar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1342 The govt has enhanced the compensation paid to civilian victims of
communal, terrorist or naxal violence from Rs 3 lakh to ________recently.
1) Rs 4 lakh
2) Rs 5 lakh
3) Rs 7 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1343 At least 200 people were buried alive in a massive landslide caused by
heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda region in which of the following countries recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Maldives
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1344 What is the theme of the 18th SAARC summit scheduled to be hosted by
Kathmandu, Nepal?
1) Suppression of terrorism and drug trafficking 2) Food, shelter and education for all
3) Deeper integration for peace, prosperity
4) Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1345 The government has raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat to
________per quintal. It is aimed at encouraging farmers to cover more area under the crop
in the current Rabi season.
1) Rs 1,450
2) Rs 1,500
3) Rs 1,550
4) Rs 1,600
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1346 The US has fined which of the following automakers to pay $ 100m for
overstating the fuel economy of their cars recently?
1) Hyundai and Kia
2) Volkswagen
3) SsangYong and Mahindra
4) Toyota
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1347 The govt has appointed who among the following as the new Financial
Services Secretary recently?
1) Rajiv Nayan Choubey
2) Balvender Kumar
3) GS Sandhu
4) Hasmukh Adhia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1348 As announced by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the companies in India
are expected to pump in as much as ______ for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
activities in 2014-15.
1) Rs 10,000 cr
2) Rs 14,000 cr
3) Rs 20,000 cr
4) Rs 22,000 cr
5) Rs 24,000 cr
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1349 Which of the following committees submitted its final probe report against
N Srinivasan and 12 other cricketers in IPL-6 betting and spot-fixing scandal to the
Supreme Court recently?
1) Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee
2) P Sathasivam Committee
3) Mukul Mudgal Committee
4) Altamas Kabir Committee
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1350 The new tower of World Trade Center re-opened in New York after 13 years
as terrorist attacks of 9/11 had destroyed it. Which of the following is NOT correct about
the new tower?
2) It took eight years to build the $
1) It is a 104-storey building in New York.
3.84-billion skyscraper.
3) Now, known as One World Trade Center, it is
4) Both 1) and 2)
the tallest building in the world.
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1351 The Centre has set up a review committee to look into restructuring of the
All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). The committee will be headed by
1) Subramanian Swamy
2) MK Kaw
3) Mukul Mudgal
4) Altamas Kabir
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1352 Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who passed away, recently, was a famous
1) actor
2) singer
3) music director
4) cartoonist
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1353 Under pressure from different sections, the military of Burkina Faso country
has promised to hand power to a "consensus" leader. Which of the following is the capital
city of Burkina Faso?
1) Lome
2) Accra
3) Porto-Novo
4) Ouagadougou
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1354 The govt has relaxed FDI norms for construction and real estate sector.
Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) It has decided to reduce the minimum 2) It has brought down the minimum capital
floor area to 20,000 sq mt from the earlier requirement to USD 5 million from USD 10
50,000 sq mt.
million.
4) In townships, housing and built-up
3) In case of development of serviced
infrastructure and construction developments
plots, the condition of minimum land of 10
100 per cent FDI is allowed with certain
hectares has been completely removed.
conditions.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1355 Who among the following is the 14th and current Attorney General of India?
1) Mukul Rohatgi
2) Gopal Subramaniam
3) Ashwani Kumar
4) Mohan Parasaran
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1356 Which of the following cities in India is known for its world-famous cattle
fair? The fair of 2014 began on Nov 5.
1) Vaishali
2) Kushinagar
3) Sonepur
4) Kanpur
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1357 Which of the following telecom majors has called off Rs 700 cr deal to
acquire Loop Mobile based in Mumbai? The Department of Telecom has yet to clear the
deal.
1) Vodafone
2) Idea
3) Tata teleservices
4) Bharti Airtel
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1358 The youngest state of the country, Telangana, presented its maiden budget
with an outlay of over ________in the Assembly on 05 Nov- 5.
1) Rs 80k crore
2) Rs 1 lakh crore
3) Rs 1.5 lakh crore
4) Rs 2 lakh crore
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1359 Durand Cup is associated with which of the following games?
1) Football
2) Basketball
3) Cricket
4) Hockey
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1360 During the 20th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental
Commission, recently, the Russian side raised concerns of a Russian telecom giant
operating in India. Identify the Russian telecom company?
1) MTS
2) Sistema
3) Vodafone
4) DOCOMO
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1361 The recently revealed book titled 'Playing it My Way' is the autobiography
of
1) Rahul Dravid
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Sourav Ganguly
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1362 Which of the following state govts has launched ambitious Samajwadi
Pension Scheme under which 500 rupees each will be given monthly to nearly 40 lakh poor
families in the state?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these
4) West Bengal
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1363 The 2014 list of 72 most-powerful people in the world was revealed by
Forbes magazine recently. Who among the following has been ranked on the top of the list?
1) Xi Jinping
2) Barack Obama
3) Vladimir Putin
4) Narendra Modi
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1364 Indian Navy's sailing ship INS Sudarshini is set to sail from Kochi to which
of the following countries to mark the golden jubilee of bilateral ties between India and the
island nation?
1) Indonesia
2) Singapore
3) Maldives
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1365 Who among the following Indian politicians has received the Japan's Grand
Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers award, the top Japanese award?
1) P Chidambaram
2) Manmohan Singh
3) Narendra Modi
4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1366 Which of the following pairs of meetings and their venues is NOT matched
correctly with respect to some key international meetings scheduled to be held in Nov and
Dec, 2014?
1) ASEAN Myanmar
2) East Asia Summit Fiji
3) G-20 Australia
4) APEC China
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1367 Which of the following countries will host the international conference on
climate change on the theme Mountain People Adapting to Change from Nov 9 to 12?
1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) Afghanistan
4) India
5) China
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1368 The modified direct cash subsidy transfer for LPG consumers will be
launched in 54 districts from 15th Nov. The same scheme will be launched all over the
country from
1) 30th Nov
3) 15th Dec
5) 1st Jan
2) 1st Dec
4) 31st Dec
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1369 The Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will start his first visit
to which of the following countries from 12 Nov during which he will be conferred the title
of honorary rank of General of that countrys Army?
1) Bhutan
2) Sri Lanka
3) Vietnam
4) Nepal
5) Japan
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1370 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his debut among the world's
most powerful people on the Forbes list of 2014 released recently. He has been ranked at
which of the following positions?
1) 64th
2) 57th
3) 36th
4) 21st
5) 15th
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1371 Ahead of the SAARC summit, the Vice President Hamid Ansari has pitched
for creation of the South Asian group SAEU. Expand the term SAEU.
1) South Asian Exclusive Union
2) South Asian Export Union
3) South Asian Economic Union
4) South Asian Energy Union
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1372 The UP govt launched Samajwadi Pension Scheme to benefit poor families
in the state. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the scheme?
1) The scheme has an annual budget of 2) The amount of pension will be hiked by 50
2,424 crore rupees.
rupees per year up to a maximum limit of Rs 750.
3) The scheme, however, has riders
4) The beneficiaries will receive the pension
relating to health, education and
amount directly in their bank account.
literacy.
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1373 The Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan handed over the second attack craft
INS Tarasa to which of the following island nations during his recent visit? It will join her
sister ship SCG Topaz as part of the Indian Navy's assistance to the country.
1) Seychelles
2) Maldives
3) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
4) Thailand
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1374 Shimon Peres, who visited New Delhi recently and met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, is the former president of
1) Spain
2) Israel
3) Sweden
4) Italy
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1375 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Fiji after attending
the G-20 summit in Australia. Which of the following is the capital city of Fiji?
1) Luanda
2) Port Louis
3) Suva
4) Libreville
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1376 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit which of the following states
on Dec one in his first visit after becoming the Prime Minister for the Hornbill Festival and
Statehood celebration?
1) Nagaland
2) Mizoram
3) Tripura
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1377 The Supreme Court of which of the following countries has nullified the
internationally recognised incumbent elected govt? The parliament of the country has
rejected the court ruling.
1) Yemen
2) Syria
3) Libya
4) Lebanon
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1378 Who among the following is NOT a deputy governor of the RBI at present?
1) HR Khan
2) Anand Sinha
3) SS Mundra
4) R Gandhi
5) Urjit R Patel
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1379 As announced by the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan at the 6th
Ayurveda Congress in New Delhi, the govt has allocated ________under AYUSH Mission
for promoting traditional methods of treatment in the country.
1) Rs 2,000
3) Rs 8,000
5) Rs 12,000
2) Rs 5,000
4) Rs 10,000
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1380 The President Pranab Mukherjee visited which of the following countries
starting 7 Nov on a two-day state visit recently? It was the first visit by any Indian head of
state in 26 years.
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Myanmar
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1381 Intra-regional trade in South Asia has doubled since the region implemented
the Agreement on SAFTA. What is the expanded form of SAFTA?
1) South Asian Free Transport Area
2) South Asian Free Technology Area
3) South Asian Free Tourism Area
4) South Asian Free Trade Area
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1382 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has adopted which of the following
villages in his parliamentary constituency under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?
1) Jayapur
2) Baragaon
3) Cholapur
4) Pindara
5) Sewapuri
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1383 What is the border between India and China called?
1) Radcliffe Line
2) Macmohan Line
3) Durand Line
4) 49th parallel
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1384 India won how many gold medals in the Incheon Asian Games 2014?
1) 8
2) 9
3) 11
4) 13
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1385 khayal aapka is the tagline of which of the following banks in India?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
5) Federal Bank
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1386 The Indian currency notes upto which of the following denominations are
legal tender in Nepal and Bhutan?
1) Upto Rs 50
2) Upto Rs 100
3) Upto Rs 500
4) Upto Rs 1000
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1387 MV Raghavan, who died recently, was a prominent communist leader based
in
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Tripura
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1388 The 2-seater Tejas PV6 aircraft made its maiden flight on 8 Nov. It is a
1) aircraft carrier version of Tejas
2) vertical takeoff jet
3) trainer jet
4) in-air fuel tanker jet
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1389 India beat which of the following teams by 6 wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi
International Stadium in Hyderabad in the 3rd ODI of the five-match ODI series and won
the series?
1) West Indies
2) England
3) New Zealand
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1390 India successfully test-fired its medium-range nuclear-capable missile which
has a strike range of more than 2000 km from the Wheeler Island off Odisha on 9 Nov.
Name the surface-to-surface missile.
1) Agni-II
2) Trishul
3) Nirbhay
4) Prithvi-III
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1391 The World Diabetes Day (WDD) is observed on
1) 6 Nov
2) 10 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 14 Nov
5) 16 Nov
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1392 The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited which of the following
countries on his first bilateral visit recently?
1) Afghanistan
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) Israel
5) France
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1393 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new chief minister of
Goa?
1) Francis DSouza
2) Laxmikant Parsekar
3) Alina Saldanha
4) Rajendra Arlekar
5) Ramakant Khalap
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1394 The first expansion of the Union Cabinet took place on 9 Nov as 21 new
ministers took oath. Who among the following is NOT among the newly inducted
ministers?
1) Shahnawaz Hussain
2) Bandaru Dattatreya
3) Birender Singh
4) JP Nadda
5) Suresh Prabhu
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1395 Indias mens hockey team defeated which of the following teams in a fourmatch series 3-1 after loosing the opening match 0-4 recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Malaysia
3) Japan
4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1396 As informed by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
recently, Indias milk production has touched _______in 2014.
1) 100 million tones
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1397 The govt is planning to legalise all Indian currency notes in which of the
following two countries?
1) US, UK
2) US, Canada
3) Afghanistan, Sri Lanka
4) Nepal, Bhutan
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1398 The representative from the 21 member countries of Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) met in Beijing on Nov 10-11. Which of the following is NOT a
member of APEC group?
1) Russia
2) India
3) Japan
4) Canada
5) Australia
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1399 Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in
1989. The wall was built in ______after Germanys defeat in World War II.
1) 1961
2) 1971
3) 1977
4) 1989
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1400 Which of the following states has the largest chunk of the total SC
population in the country as per 2011 census?
1) West Bengal
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Andhra Pradesh
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1401 Which of the following state/UTs has/have no scheduled castes (SCs)
among their population as per 2011 census?
1) Andaman and Nicobar islands
2) Lakshwadeep
3) Nagaland
4) All the above
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1402 Which of the following govts has launched a financial assistance scheme for
the aged and the physically handicapped persons named Aasara?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Haryana
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1403 Who among the following is sworn in as the new defence minister?
1) Manohar Parrikar
2) Suresh Prabhu
3) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
5) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1404 The Interpol General Assembly was held at which of the following places
from Nov 3 to 7? The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh represented India in the meet.
1) Port Louis
2) Paramaribo
3) Monaco
4) French Guiana
5) Tel Aviv
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1405 Which of the following is NOT correct about Agni-II missile which was
successfully test fired recently?
1) It is an Intermediate Range Ballistic
2) It has not been inducted into the services so
Missile (IRBM).
far.
4) It has a launch weight of 17 tonnes and can
3) The 20-metre long missile is a twocarry a payload of 1000 kg over a distance of
stage, solid-propelled ballistic missile.
more than 2,000 km.
5) Agni-III has a 3,000 km range, Agni-IV
4000 km and Agni-V more than 5,000 km Ans.) 2
range.
Ques. : 1406 The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed on which of the following
days? On this day in 1947, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi visited the studio of All
India Radio, Delhi for the first and last time to address the people.
1) 9 Nov
2) 11 Nov
3) 12 Nov
4) 15 Nov
5) 16 Nov
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1407 In which of the following countries 47 students have been killed in a suicide
attack at a school Assembly in the north-east town of Potiskum recently? Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has condemned the blast.
1) Nigeria
2) Yemen
3) Iraq
4) Kenya
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1408 Several newly inducted ministers took charge of their Ministries recently.
Which of the following is NOT matched correctly in this regard?
1) Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Parliamentary Affairs

(State Minister)
3) Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health & Family
Welfare
5) Ram Kripal Yadav: Drinking Water &
Sanitation (State Minister)
2) Harsh Vardhan: Science and

Technology, Earth Sciences
4) DV Sadananda Gowda: Railways
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1409 Justice Shyamal Sen commission submitted its report to the govt recently.
This Commission was set up to probe
1) Saradha Scam
2) 2G Scam
3) Coal Scam
4) Black Money Scam
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1410 The govt has declared the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) a
militant outfit. This outfit operates in
1) Assam
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1411 India concluded the fourth edition of the biennial 20-day drill named
IBSAMAR recently. This drill is participated by which of the following three nations?
1) India, Brazil and South Africa
2) India, Bangladesh and South Africa
3) India, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
4) India, Brazil and South Korea
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1412 The rate at which a central bank is prepared to lend money to its domestic
banking system is called bank rate. What is the current bank rate?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 8.5 per cent
5) 9 per cent
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1413 Lee Chong Wei has been suspended due to an apparent anti-doping
regulation violation recently. He is world no. 1 in
1) Badminton
2) Tennis
3) Table Tennis
4) Billiards
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1414 Which of the following state assemblies has passed the Local Authorities
Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014 under which persons not having toilets in their homes will
no longer be eligible to contest a local civic body poll in the state?
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Bihar
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1415 Which of the following states has become the first state in the country with
bank accounts for all families?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Goa
4) Tripura
5) Sikkim
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1416 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held at Yanqi
Lake, about 50 km north east of Beijing. This was ________APEC summit.
1) 11th
2) 12th
3) 21st
4) 22nd
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1417 The RBI has announced a new set of norms for NBFCs mandating a huge
increase in the minimum net owned fund requirement from earlier Rs 25 lakh to
______by 2017 in a phased manner.
1) Rs 50 lakh
2) Rs 75 lakh
3) Rs 1 cr
4) Rs 2 cr
5) Rs 5 cr
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1418 The SFIO submitted the final report on Saradha scam to the Corporate
Affairs Ministry recently. Expand the term SFIO.
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office
2) Scam and Fraud Investigation Office
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
4) Serious Fraud Investigation Organisation
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1419 The first ever state of the art institute of livestock management and
entrepreneurship of North East is being set up in which of the following states?
1) Assam
3) Mizoram
4) Tripura
5) Manipur
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1420 The PM Narendra Modi invited ASEAN nations to invest in India while
interacting with them on the sidelines of ASEAN summit in Myanmar. ASEAN is a bloc of
_____ small and medium economies.
1) 9
2) 10
3) 12
4) 21
5) 22
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1421 The National Education Day in observed on the birth anniversary of Mulana
Abul Kalam Azad which falls on
1) 6 Nov
2) 10 Nov
3) 11 Nov
4) 14 Nov
5) 16 Nov
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1422 The 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will begin in Goa from
20 Nov. Which of the following countries will be the focus country of this year?
1) Japan
2) Germany
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) Australia
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1423 The Minister of Minority Affairs launched the Maulana Azad National
Academy for Skills (MANAS) in New Delhi, on the 125th birth Anniversary of Mulana
Abul Kalam Azad. Who among the following is the Minority Affairs Minister at present?
1) MJ Akbar
3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
4) Najma Heptulla
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1424 India and which of the following countries have successfully test-fired a
jointly developed long range surface to air missile (LRSAM) recently? The multi-role
missile has a range of 70 km and has sea-skimming capability and could take on anti-ship
function too.
1) US
2) Brazil
3) Japan
4) Israel
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1425 Who among the following has been elected as the Speaker of the
Maharashtra Assembly?
1) Ganpatrao Deshmukh
3) Jiva Pandu Gavit
5) Eknath Shinde
2) Haribhau Bagde
4) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1426 Who among the following Indian cricketers has become the quickest
cricketer in history to reach 6000 runs in ODI?
1) Yuvraj Singh
2) Suresh Raina
3) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1427 Who among the following batsmen has become the worlds only cricketer to
hit two double centuries as of now?
1) Ravindra Jadeja
2) Shikhar Dhawan
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Virat Kohli
5) Suresh Raina
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1428 Name the spacecraft launched by the EU Space Agency which has
successfully landed on a comet for the first time in space history.
1) Discovery
2) Philae
3) Curiosity
4) Phoenix
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1429 Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar? It hosted ASEAN
Summit recently.
1) Naypyidaw
2) Manila
3) Hanoi
4) Beirut
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1430 After 'Make In India' campaign, the govt is all set to launch 'Served from
India' campaign. The services sector constitutes __________share of the country's GDP as
of now.
1) 37 per cent
2) 43 per cent
3) 57 per cent
4) 63 per cent
5) 77 per cent
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1431 After RBIs approval, banks like SBI, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank have
started charging customers for using home ATMs more than five times a month with effect
from 1 Nov. It is NOT applicable in which of the following cities?

1) Kolkata
2) Chennai
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1432 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmars President on 11 Nov on
the sidelines of ASEAN summit. Who among the following is the current president of
Myanmar?
1) Min Aung Hlaing
2) Thein Sein
3) Shwe Mann
4) Than Shwe
5) Aung San Suu Kyi
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1433 The govt has launched GIS based decision support system to expedite forest
clearance for development projects in New Delhi. GIS stands for
1) Geographical Information System
2) Geological Information System
3) Graphical Information System
4) Geothermal Information System
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1434 Who among the following is NOT among the 19 Americans who will on 24
Nov receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, the countrys highest civilian honour for their
extraordinary contributions?
1) Meryl Streep
2) Stephen Sondheim
3) Tom Brokaw
4) Stevie Wonder
5) None of these
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1435 According to current regulations for banks, an asset is classified as nonperforming when it remains overdue for how many days?
1) 30
2) 60
3) 90
4) 120
5) 180
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 1436 Which of the following fighter aircrafts grounded following a crash in Pune
has been cleared for flying recently?
1) Sukhoi-30s
2) Mirage 2000
3) MiG-29M
4) Jaguar
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1437 Six infrastructure projects in India figure among the 100 most innovative
infrastructure investments in the world. Which of the following is one among them?
1) Delhi Metro
2) Yamuna Expressway
3) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) 4) Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project
5) All the above
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1438 One out of three companies that raised funds via QIP route in the recent past
have seen their stocks underperform the markets. Expand the term QIP.
1) Qualified Institutional Placement
2) Qualified Institutional Package
3) Quantitative Institutional Placement
4) Qualitative Institutional Placement
5) None of these
Ans.) 1
Ques. : 1439 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the longpending proposal of which of the following banks to hike foreign holding in the bank to 74
per cent recently?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1440 The names disclosed by the Supreme Court in connection with the IPL
match fixing probe includes who among the following? The Mudgal Committee submitted
its report in this case recently.
1) Sunder Raman
2) N Srinivasan
3) Gurunath Meiyappan
4) Only 2) and 3)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 1441 Which of the following state govts has made voting compulsory in elections
to local bodies recently attracting widespread controversy?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 1442 CRY is an international organisation associated with
1) animal rights
2) child rights
3) climate change
4) citizens rights
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1443 As revealed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently, India
is the third largest passport issuing country in the world. Which of the following countries
holds the top position in this regard?
1) Japan
2) China
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Philippines
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1444 India is expected to become world's second largest producer of crude steel in
the world soon. Currently, India is the _______ largest producer.
1) 3rd
2) 4th
3) 5th
4) 6th
5) 8th
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 1445 What is the currency of Myanmar?
1) Peso
2) Rupiah
3) Kyat
4) Ringgit
5) Baht
Ans.) 3

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Important G.A. Questions of the Days

5) Constraints like applicability of the Right to

minimum wage (25 dollars an hour) in a referendum held there recently?

1) Phung Quang Thanh

2) Ong Keng Yong

3) It is one of the two operational aircraft

4) It is a fast attack vessel commissioned

with the concerned agencies at the click of a button?

Ques. : 188 Which of the following is NOT an instrument of money market?

3) India will not be able to set up any new

4) All the above

concept for faster renewal of policies recently.

poverty line (BPL) recently?

2) 6.5 to 5.9 per cent

1) Colour picture tubes exempted from basic

2) The basic customs duty on LCD

4) Women RPF Constables to escort ladies

on par with international regulators.

3) Highest ever plan outlay of Rs

4) Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs 149,176 cr.

Ques. : 567 Nelson Mandela International Day is observed every year on

outbreak of which of the following diseases recently?

4) New Delhi, India

3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio 22 per cent

4) Marginal Standing Facility 9 per cent

other renewable energy.

meeting recently. Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar?

3) CAR: Current Adequacy Ratio

4) GST: Goods and Services Tax

Ques. : 756 Riel is the currency of which of the following countries?

via almost 80,000 camps in rural and urban

bank accounts by Jan 25, 2015.

recently released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum?

bn or 2,10,000 cr) to India over the next five

3) Lenders are expected to initiate legal

4) Banks and institutions have been given the right

3) Water Resources Management 4) Agreement to develop Mumbai on the lines of Sydney

provides telecom services in

2) Delhi and Kolkata

Ques. : 918 Which of the following is NOT matched correctly?

2) John William Ashe

India will garner Rs 23,000 cr

Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently?

year? This event will be participated by eight countries?

4) All the above

campaign focuses on ________identified growth sectors of the Indian economy.

3) Yudh Abhyas 2014

4) Under partial freezing, only debits

18 Apr 2015 under the programme titled Athulyam?

4) a heritage conservation campaigner

the following is NOT among these three countries?

Ques. : 1210 The International Day of Older Persons is observed on

its Chennai plant in Tamil Nadu recently?

promulgation of an Ordinance related to coal block allocation. Which of the following is

1) Gold Depositary Receipt

2) Gold Dispensing Receipt

3) The govt will initially spend over Rs 25 cr on this

1) Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Parliamentary Affairs

2) Harsh Vardhan: Science and

from 1 Nov. It is NOT applicable in which of the following cities?