GK Update 2014 (January to June) Contents Analysis.............................................................................................................................................. 1 Topic Wise Distribution Of Questions Asked In Previous SBI Bank Clerk Exams ................................... 2 India Launches Five Foreign Satellites ................................................................................................ 3 SBI To Open Digital Bank In Malls ....................................................................................................... 4 Cabinet Ministers............................................................................................................................... 5 Facts About General Elections 2014 ................................................................................................... 6 Important Appointments ................................................................................................................... 6 List Of Awards .................................................................................................................................... 7 86th Academy Awards (Osacrs) .......................................................................................................... 9 67 th Cannes Film Festival .................................................................................................................... 9 67 th National Films Awards................................................................................................................. 9 ORGANIZATION AND THERE HEADQUARTERS. ................................................................................. 10 IMPORTANT DAYS ........................................................................................................................... 10 Chief Ministers - Governors Of States/UT ......................................................................................... 12 Current Affairs Q & A- January 2014................................................................................................. 14 Current Affairs Q & A- February 2014 ............................................................................................... 25 Current Affairs Q & A- March 2014................................................................................................... 38 Current Affairs Q & A- April 2014 ..................................................................................................... 49 Current Affairs Q & A- May 2014 ...................................................................................................... 61 Current Affairs Q & A- June 2014 ..................................................................................................... 73 Memory Based Questions Asked In SBI PO 2014 .............................................................................. 83 Key: ................................................................................................................................................. 89
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India's space agency launched five foreign satellites, reflecting its ambition to get a bigger cut of the world's $300 billion annual space business.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle takes off during its launch from Sriharikota, India.
The launch also became a vehicle for India's new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to promote his regional political agenda--namely, to resuscitate India's influence as a regional power and to project himself as a champion for neighboring countries, where China has expanded its footprint. In a speech praising the launch, Mr. Modi called on Indian scientists to develop a satellite that would be shared with neighboring nations "as a gift from India."
The space shot's main cargo was Spot-7, a high-resolution earth-observation satellite belonging to Airbus Defence & Space Co. of Europe. It also carried four other smaller satellites: AISAT from the German Aerospace Center; NLS7.1 and NLS7.2 from Canada's University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies' Space Flight Laboratory; and VELOX-1 from Nangyang Technological University, Singapore.
The Indian Space Research Organization's launch reflects the South Asian nation's growing presence as a low-cost alternative for sending satellites into orbit. It follows the November launch of a spacecraft to Mars, the first such attempt at interplanetary exploration by an Asian country.
The launch of the spacecraft, known as Polar Solar Launch Vehicle-C23, or PSLV-C23, took place from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and marked the 27th PSLV flight. The launcher in September 2012 successfully placed the Spot-6 satellite ofAirbus in orbit.
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India's space program began in the 1960s, setting up its first launchpad in the southern state of Kerala and using a local church as the office for its space scientists. The country launched its first satellite in 1975 using a launch vehicle of the Soviet Union. In 1999 India started offering to launch foreign satellites, and so far has launched 40.
India spends 68 billion rupees ($1.1 billion) a year on its space program. It currently has 20 satellites in Earth orbit for communication and remote sensing. The global space market was pegged at $304.31 billion in 2012, the latest available data, according to Space Foundation, a U.S. based research group.
Some critics say India, a country where more than 300 million people live on less than $1.25 a day, should concentrate on terrestrial issues rather than a space program.
Mr. Modi ‘s view are “developing space technology can help India and its neighbors in their collective fight against poverty and spur development. He also urged India's space community "to enlarge the footprints" of the country's satellite-based navigation system to cover all of South Asia.
India "must share the fruits of our technological advancement with those who don't enjoy the same—the developing world and our neighbors in particular".
His call for satellite to be shared with other countries in the region would make India "a part of the welfare" of countries that are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, which includes Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
The cost of launching the five satellites wasn't revealed. India's Mars satellite, dubbed Mangalyaan, or Mars craft, in Hindi, cost $73 million. Speaking at the launch, Mr. Modi noted that amount is less than what it took to produce "Gravity," the blockbuster Hollywood movie about space. "Gravity" cost about $100 million to make.
India has used its space program in part to project its technological advancement and to offer benefits such as improved weather forecasting. But in August last year, the country launched its first dedicated military satellite, Rukmini, for gathering naval intelligence amid concerns of a growing Chinese presence in waters nearby.
SBI to open digital bank in malls
The 208-year-old State Bank of India (SBI) is creating a digital bank within the institution in a bid to stay relevant to a generation that's grown on social networks and demands instant gratification. The new electronic banking outlets will be situated in malls and will open accounts, issue cards and sanction loans across the counter.
With a network of 13,000 branches, the country's largest bank has held on to market share as it continued to grow its network. But new private banks are gaining valuations disproportionate to their size as investors expect them to grow more efficiently than public sector banks. "To continue to remain the market leader we have to periodically reinvent ourselves.
Banking today has to be sold, which is why we have decided to be in the malls," said Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairman, SBI.
She added that the bank had looked at successful models across the world, including a Portuguese bank and an Irish bank. SBI's digital banking initiative is an outcome of SBI's mandate to Accenture four months ago. The consultancy firm was roped in to create a sub-brand that would provide new-age consumers a completely different banking experience.
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The turnkey contract included everything from conception to design as well as staff training.
The consultancy firm has roped in designers from UK to suggest the look for the branches as well as staff uniforms.
The first lot comprising of seven pilot digital branches will be opened largely in high street malls in various cities on Tuesday. The banking stores are supported by self-service touch devices, which enable instant account opening with an instant debit card. Customers will have access to remote experts through high definition videos.
According to Mudeita Patrao, MD (financial services), Accenture, to deliver its mandate within 16 weeks, the firm brought in experts around the globe and at one point of time there were parallel teams across UK, France, US and multiple centers in India.
Cabinet Ministers Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of Atomic Energy
Minister of Space Rajnath Singh
Minister of Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Arun Jaitley
Minister of Finance
Minister of Corporate Affairs
Minister of Defence Venkaiah Naidu
Mnister of Urban Development
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Shipping
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Drinking water and Sanitation D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Railways Uma Bharti
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Najma Heptullah
Minister of Minority Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Maneka Gandhi
Minister of Women and Child Development Ananth Kumar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Ashok Gajapati Raju
Minister of Civil Aviation Anant Geete
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur
Minister of Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Mines
Minister of Steel
Minister of Labour and Employment Jual Oram
Minister of Tribal Affairs Thawar Chand Gehlot
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Kalraj Mishra
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Radha Mohan Singh
Minister of Agriculture Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Smriti Irani
Minister of Human Resource Development Ministersof State (Independent Charges) General (Retd) V.K. Singh
Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
Inderjit Singh Rao Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and
Programme Implementation (Independent Charges), Defence (Minister of State)
Santosh Kumar Gangwar Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs, Water
Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation (Independent Charge)
Shripad Yasso Naik
Culture, Tourism Dharmendra Pradhan
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Sarbananda Sonowal
Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports
Prakash Javadekar
Information and Broadcasting, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Parliamentary Affairs
Piyush Goyal
Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Dr. Jitendra Singh
Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space
Nirmala Sitharaman
Commerce and Industry, Finance, Corporate Affairs
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Sumitra Mahajan
Facts about General Elections 2014 Biggest constituencie—Ladhak Smallest constituencie— Chandni Chowk (Delhi) Highest Voting-- Dhubri (Assam) Lowest Voting—Srinagar
Important Appointments
Dinesh Sarraf - ONGC chief
Arseny Yatseniuk - Ukraine’s new prime minister
Rashid Latif - Pakistan Cricket chief selector
Bappi Lahiri - Goodwill Ambassador in Nepal
E Sreedharan - Uttar Pradesh government’s chief adviser for Lucknow metro rail project.
Cheteshwar Pujara - Brand Ambassador of the Gujarat state Election Commission
Justice Mukul Mudgal - Chief of BCCI
Siddharth Das - Flipkart Chief Operating Officer of its online payment solution PayZippy
Rakesh Maria - Mumbai Police Commissioner
Vallabhaneni Venkateshwara Rao - Member of Censor Board
Ibrahim Mahlab – Prime Minister of Egypt
Matteo Renzi - PM of Italy
Edward Snowden - Rector of University of Glasgow
Abdul Basit – Pakistan High Commissioner of Pakistan
Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance Communications
Jatinder Bir Singh - CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank
R.K.Tiwari – Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)
N Ramachandran - President of IOA (Indian Olympic Association)
Marco Lambertini - Director-General of WWF International
Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
M Teresa Kho – Country Director of ADB (Asian Development Bank)
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Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – head 7th Central Pay Commission
Poonam Khetrapal Singh – Regional Director of South-East Asia Region(SEARO)
Manoj Vaish – MD & CEO of MCX
Michel S. Rogers – Director of National Security Agency(NSA)
Arun Gupta – CMD of Shipping Corporation of India
Ajoy Misra – the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited
Manoj Kohli – MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises
Gopal vittal – MD&CEO of Bharti Airtel
Egypt’s Army Chief Fattah al-Sisi -Field Marshal
Professor Rakesh Khurana – Dean of Harvard College
Aruna Bahuguna - First woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy
Catherline Samba-Panza-Central African Republic's(CAR’s) Interim President (first woman to be elected as the interim president)
Sirajuddin Qureshi – President of Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC)
Morten Sorby –New Uninor CEO
R Chandrashekhar – President of NASSCOM
Raj Jain – CEO of Bharti Retail
S.K.Sharma – Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL)
Ashraf Jehan-first female judge in Pak’s National Sharia Court
Devendra Kumar Pathak – Special DG, BSF
J.N.Chaudhary – Head of National Security Guard(NSG)
Arvind Ranjan – Chief of CISF
Ashok Lavasa – New Civil Aviation Secretary
Siddarth Birla – President of FICCI
Usha Sangwan – First woman Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation.
P.H. Parekh – President of Supreme Court Bar Association
S B Nayar - Chairman and Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Corp Limited
Puneet Kumar – Secretary General of AEPC
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala - Chairman of NABARD
Krishna Iyer – CEO of Wal-Mart India
List of Awards • Abhishikta S Shetty - Miss South India 2014 • Ahmet Sik (Turkish journalist) - UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014 • Amitabh Bachchan - India's Global Icon of the Year • Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High Performance Brand Award 2013 • Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014 • Anees Salim - The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 • Angela Merkel - Israel's highest civilian honour (the "Medal of Distinction") • APJ Abdul Kalam - honorary degree from University of Edinburgh • Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj - 2014 Marconi Society Prize
• Assamese Film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River Flows) - Audience choice award in North Carolina film festival • Bharat Gupta - Youth Achievers Award • Bipan Chandra - Itihas Ratna Award 2014 • Caparo Group - International Business of the Year award 2014 • Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Gandhi Peace Prize (2013) • Cristiano Ronaldo - world's best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA) • Cyrus Mistry - DSC prize for South Asian literature • Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Fiction) • Dr Sumeet Chugh - Simon Dack Award
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• Dr. Tej Vir Singh - UNWTO Ulysses Prize for Excellence 2013 in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge • Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013 • Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho Par) - Sarawasti Samman (2013) • Gulzar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 • Gyan Correa - Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) - Navaratna award • ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund - Morningstar India‘s best fund house award in the debt • Iwao Hakamada - WBC honorary Championship Belt • Javed Aktar - Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 • Jeev Milkha Singh (for the book Lava) - Asian Tour‘s Player of the Decade • Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book Lowland) - Baileys Prize 2014(Shortlisted) • Kapil Dev - C. K. Naidu Award • Kathy Cross - First woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires' panel • Kerala Tourism - United Nations Award • Killa (a Marathi film) - Crystal Bear (Glasernen Bar)Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. • Koyal Rana - 51st Femina Miss India • Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International Women of Courage Award, US • Lewis Hamilton - Chinese F1 Grand Prix • Lingaiah Nagarapu - STF Best Scientist Award • Luis Suarez - PFA Player of the year • Madan Babu - Protein Science Young Investigator Award 2014 • Malala Yousafzai - Children’s Nobel Prize (Nominated) • Mathangi Sathyamurthy - M S Subbulakshmi Award • Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win the Boston Marathon • Meera Chandrasekhar - Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching 2014 • Mitchell Johnson - Allan Border medal • Mitul Kadakia - Gregory Braden Memorial Fellow of the Year Award 2014 • MS Dhoni - UK’s 2014 Asian Award • N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys) - Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award 2014
• Nadine Angerer - Best women's football player in the world (2013) • Nirendranath Chakraborty - Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2012) • Pankaj Mishra - Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction) • Pope Francis - Time Person of the year 2013 • Pranab Mukherjee - Award of Honor from Rotary International • Prof C N R Rao - Bharat Ratna • Prof Stuart Parkin - Millennium technology Prize 2014 • Queen Latifah - 2014 Matrix Award • Rajesh Gopakumar - 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research (2013) • Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Sword of Honour award • Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Prize • Ratan Tata - UK's highest civilian award (Knight Grand Cross) • Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement 2013 • Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna • Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer of Generation Award • Sankha Ghosh - Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2013) • Shigeru Ban - Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 • Shikhar Dhawan - Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year • Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism award • Sikkim - National Tourism Award • Silent Screams : India's Fight Against Rape (documentary) - New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2014 • Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by BESU • Sriprakash KS - Asia Pacific Academy Award • Stanislas Wawrinka - Monte Carlo Masters Title • Swraj Paul - International Business of the Year award 2014 • TCS - Top Employer in Europe • Tomas Halik - Templeton Prize 2014 • Vijay Seshadri - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Poetry) • Vishwanath Tripathi - Vyas Samman 2013 • Yakov Grigorevich Sinai - Abel Prize 2014 • Yushi (Taiwanese poet) - Thiruvalluvar award
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86th Academy Awards (Osacrs) Best film - 12 Years A Slave Best Director- Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) Best Actor- Matthew Mcconaughey In “Dallas
Buyers Club” Best Actress- Cate Blanchett In “Blue Jasmine” Best Original Screenplay- “Her” – Written By Spike
Jonze Best Supporting Actor- Jared Leto In “Dallas Buyers
Club” Best Supporting Actress- Lupita Nyong’o In “12
Years A Slave” Best Animated Film- Frozen Best Cinematography- “Gravity” By Emmanuel
Lubezki Best Costume Design- “The Great Gatsby” By
Catherine Martin Best Documentary Feature- 20 Feet From Stardom Best Documentary Short Subject- The Lady In
Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Best Film Editing- Alfonso Cuarón And Mark Sanger
For “Gravity” Best Foreign Language Film- “The Great Beauty”
Italy Best Animated Short Film- Mr. Hublot
67thCannes Film Festival Palme d’Or- “Winter Sleep” Grand Prize- “Le Meraviglie” (The Wonders) Best Director- Bennett Miller for “Foxcatcher” Jury Prize- Mommy & Goodbye To Language Best Screenplay- Andrey Zvyagintsev for “Oleg
Negin” Best Actress Julianne Moore for “Maps To The
Stars” Best Actor- Timothy Spall for “Mr Turner” Camera d’Or- “Party Girl” by Marie Amachoukeli,
Claire Burger, Samuel Theis Short Film- “Leid”
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67th National Films Awards Best Hindi Film- Jolly LLB Best Actor- Rajkummar Rao for Shahid (Hindi),
Best Actress- Geetanjali Thapa for Liar's Dice (Hindi)
Best Feature Film- Ship Of Theseus Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome
Entertainment- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Best Director- Hansal Mehta for Shahid Best Supporting Actor- Saurabh Shukla for Jolly LLB Best Supporting Actress- Amruta Subhash for
Astu&Aida El Kashef for Ship Of Theseus Best English Film- The Coffin Maker Best Choreography- Ganesh Acharya for Maston
Ka Jhund, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Best Songs- Kabir Suman -Jaatishwar Best Lyrics- Na. Muthukumar for Thanga Meengal
(Tamil)
Best Playback Singer (Male)- Rupankar Bagchi for Jaatishwar(Bengali)
Best Playback Singer (Female)- Bela Shende for Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)
Best Editing- V.J. Sabu Joseph for Vallinam (Tamil) Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a
Director- Fandry (Marathi) Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on
National Integration- Thalaimuraigal (Tamil) Best Film on Social Issues- Tuhya Dharma Koncha
Best Children's Film- Kaphal (Hindi) Best Non Feature Film- Rangbhoomi (Hindi) Best Non Feature Film on Social Issues- Gulabi
Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhand) Special Jury Awards- Yellow (Marathi)&Miss Lovely
(Hindi)
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Best Cinematography- Rajeev Ravi forLiar's Dice, Hindi
ORGANIZATION AND THERE HEADQUARTERS. 1. UNO - New York
2. UNICEF - New York
3. UNESCO – Paris
4. UNIDO – Vienna
5. WHO – Geneva
6. UNFPA - New York
7. ILO – Geneva
8. IMF - Washington DC
9. WTO – Geneva
10. International Court Of Justice - The Hague
11. International Atomic Energy Agency – Vienna
12. World Bank - Washington D.C.
13. International Committee of the Red Cross –Geneva
14. International Maritime Organisation – London
15. Universal Postal Union – Berne
16. Food and Agricultural Organisation – Rome
17. World Meteorological Organisation – Geneva
18. SAARC – Kathmandu
19. Amnesty International – London
20. Transparency International – Berlin
21. World Intellectual Property Organization – Geneva
22. International Renewable Energy Agency - Abu Dhabi (UAE) (Interim HQs)
23. Commonwealth of Nations – London
24. International StandardsOrganisation – Geneva
IMPORTANT DAYS JANUARY:- Jan 1 ---- Army Medical Corps Establishment Day Jan 8 ---- African National Congress Foundation Day Jan 9 ---- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Jan 10 ---- World Laughter Day Jan 11 ----Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri Jan 12 ---- National youth Day (Birth Day of SwamiVivekanand) Jan 15 ---- Army Day Jan 23 ---- Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth anniversary Jan 25 ---- India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day Jan 26 ---- Republic Day Jan 28 ---- Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai Jan 30 ---- Martyr's day, World Leprosy Eradication Day Jan 31 ---- World Leprosy Eradication Day
FEBRUARY:-
Feb 2 ---- World Wetlands Day Feb 13 ---- Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary Feb 14 ---- St. Valentine's Day Feb 24 ---- Central Day Excise Feb 28 ---- National Science Day
MARCH:-
Mar 3 ---- National Defence Day Mar 4 ---- National Security Day Mar 8 ---- International Women's Day Mar 12 ---- Central Industrial Security Force Day Mar 15 ---- World Consumer Day Mar 16 ---- National Vaccination Day Mar 21 ---- World Forestry Day Mar 22 ---- World Day of Water Mar 23 ---- World Meterological Day Mar 24 ---- World TB Day Mar 26 ---- Bangladesh Liberation Day
APRIL:-
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April 1 ---- Odisha Day April 5 ---- National Meritime Day April 7 ---- World Health Day April 14 ---- B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day April 18 ---- World Heritage Day April 22 ---- World Earth Day MAY:-
May 1 ---- International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day May 3 ---- International Energy Day May 8 ---- International Red Cross Day May 11 ---- National Technology Day May 17 ---- World Telecom Day May 24 ---- Commonwealth Day May 31 ---- World No Tobacco Day JUNE:-
June 5 ---- World Environment Day June 8 ---- World Oceans Day June 23 --- United nation public service day JULY:- July 1 ---- Doctor's Day July 4 ---- American Independence Day July 26 ---- Kargil Victory Day
AUGUST:- Aug 6 ---- Hiroshima Day Aug 9 ---- Quit India Movement Day Aug 12 ---- International youth Day Aug 15 ---- India's Independence Day Aug 20 ---- Sadbhavana Diwas Aug 29 ---- Sports Day (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
SEPTEMBER:- Sept 5 ---- Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day) Sept 8 ---- International Literacy Day Sept 14 ---- Hindi day,World First Aid Day Sept 16 ---- World Ozone Day Sept 25 ---- Social Justice Day
Sept 27 ---- World Tourism Day OCTOBER:- Oct 1 ---- International Day for the Elderly (UN) Oct 2 ---- Gandhi Jayanti Oct 3 ---- World Nature Day, World Habitat Day Oct 4 ---- World Animal Day Oct 5 ---- World Teacher's Day Oct 6 ---- World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day Oct 8 ---- Indian Airforce day Oct 9 ---- World Postal Day Oct 10 ---- World Mental Health day; National Post Day Oct 12 ---- World Sight day Oct 13 ---- World Calamity Control Day(UN) Oct 15 ---- World White cane day(guiding the blind) Oct 24 ---- United Nations Day Oct 31 ---- National Integration Day (In memory of Idira Gandhi) NOVEMBER:- Nov 7 ---- Infant Protection day; World Cancer Awareness Day Nov 9 ---- Legal Service Day Nov 10 ---- Transport Day Nov 14 ---- Children's day/ World Diabetics day Nov 17 ---- Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniverrsary Nov 26 ---- Law Day
DECEMBER:- Dec1 ---- World AIDS Day Dec 3 ---- World Disability Day Dec 4 ---- Navy Day Dec 7 ---- Armed Force Flag Day Dec 10 ---- Human Rights day Dec 11 ---- UNICEF Day Dec 14 ---- National Energy Conservation Day Dec 19 ---- Goa's Liberation day Dec 23 ---- Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)
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Chief Ministers Governors of States/UT
S. NO State Chief Minister Governor
1 Andhra Pradesh N.Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan
2 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Nirbhay Sharma
3 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
4 Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi DY Patil
5 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Shri Shekhar Dutt (resigned)
6 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Shri Bharat Vir Wanchoo
12. Russia and China conducted their first ever naval war games from February 1, 2014 in: (1) Mediterranean Sea (2) Bering Sea (3) South China Sea
(4) Arabian Sea (5) Red Sea
13. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Security Guard?
(1) Arvind Ranjan (2) R K Medhekar (3) Subhash joshi
(4) Jayanto Narayan Choudhury (5) Ajay Chadha
14. Which of the following ministries has launched the Multi Sectoral Nutrition Programme? (1) Ministry of Women and Child
Development (2) Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports
(3) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (4) Ministry of food Processing Industries (5) Ministry of food Rural Development
15. Deepika Padukone won the Best Actress award at 59th Idea Filmfare Awards for her film:
(1) ‘Chennai Express’ (2) 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram leela' (3) ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’
(4) ‘Bombay Talkies’ (5) ’Holiday’
16. Name the Managing Director of Tata Motors who recently died after falling from hotel building in Bangkok?
(1) Ravi Kant (2) Ralf Speth (3) Karl J. Slym
(4) Tim Leverton (5) N. Chandrashekran
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17. Who won the men’s singles Australian Open 2014?
(1) Rafael Nadal (2) Stanislas Wawrinka (3) Novak Djokovic
(4) David Ferrer (5) Andy Mure
18. Name the first state in India which has been conferred the United Nations Award for creating innovative initiatives for sustainable tourism.
(1) Rajasthan (2) Goa (3) Kerala
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Gujarat
19. Union Finance Ministry has approved a proposal to provide minimum monthly pension of ` ___ to workers in organised sector, under the Employees Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95.)
(1) 1500 (2) 1000 (3) 3000
(4) 2500 (5) 3500
20. The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned a Fast Patrol Vessel in Kochi under the name of:
(1) ANUGRAH (2) ABHINAV (3) UPYUKTA
(4) BAAJ (5) Vikrant
21. Namdeo Dhasal, the famous poet, writer and social activist died in this week. He is associated to which language?
(1) Konkani (2) Gujarati (3) Marathi
(4) Kannad (5) Hindi
22. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included which of the following in the sensitive list of countries along with Pakistan and China on 15 January 2014?
(1) Hong Kong (2) Macau (3) Thailand
(4) Both a and b (5) None of the above
23. Jamila Bayaz recently became the first woman to be appointed as police chief of an entire district in which of the following countries?
(1) Singapore (2) Bangladesh (3) Pakistan
(4) Afghanistan (5) UAE
24. One of the first anthropomorphic figure of pre-historic rock arts of the world has been discovered in which of the following districts?
(1) Wayanad district of Kerala (2) Thrissur the Cultural Capital of Kerala (3) Palampur, Kangra district of Himachal
Pradesh
(4) Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh (5) Tagboi district of Assam
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25. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued new coins bearing images of Goddess Vaishno Devi in denomination of
(1) 1 rupee and 2 rupees (2) 5 rupees and 10 rupees (3) 2 rupees and 5 rupees (4) 10 rupees and 50 rupees (5) 1 rupee and 5 rupees
26. A book entitled ‘Sangharsh ke safar ka nayak ______’ written by Omveer Tomar was released by the Vice
President of India. Fill in the blank with correct options given below: (1) Arvind Kejriwal (2) Anna Hajare (3) Mulayam
(4) Jai Prakash Narayan (5) Manmohan Singh
27. Which of the following has unveiled a smart contact lens that can help diabetics to measure their glucose
level in tears? (1) Microsoft Research Lab (MRL) (2) Google X Lab (3) IBM Humanoid cell
(4) Celera Genomics (5) CISCO
28. US scientists have genetically engineered which of the following plats to produce eugenol?
(1) Tulasi (2) Neem (3) Amla
(4) Aloe Vera (5) None of the above
29. The third Lusofonia Games, for the first time in India was held in:
(1) Kerala (2) Goa (3) Puduchchery
(4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Maharashtra
30. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) , which of the following cities had the largest number of
polio cases in the world in 2013? (1) Dhaka in Bangladesh (2) Peshwar in Pakistan (3) Kabul in Afghanistan
(4) Kathmandu in Nepal (5) Cairo in Egypt
31. Which of the following states inaugurated 15th Express Technology Sabha on 17 January 2014?
(1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu (5) Gujarat
32. Which of the following countries has won the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 7-2
in New Delhi? (1) Germany (2) Australia (3) Netherlands
(4) France (5) India
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33. Supreme Court has directed “the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)” to verify the
authenticity of ST status of which of the following states’ Chief Minister? (1) Meghalaya (2) Nagaland (3) Manipur
(4) Arunachal Pradesh (5) Nagaland
34. United Nations withdrew the invitation for which of the following countries to join the peace conference on
Syrian crisis? (1) China (2) Russia (3) Iran
(4) Pakistan (5) Ukraine
35. Catherline Samba-Panza has been elected as the first woman interim President of which country?
(1) Kenya (2) Somalia (3) Zimbabwe
(4) Central African Republic (CAR) (5) Libya
36. According to the report “Working for the Few”, bottom half of the world’s population owns the same as the
richest 85 people in the world. This report was released by (1) World Poverty Forum (2) Poor in the Next World (3) UN Poverty Index
(4) Oxfam (5) WHO
37. World’s second and Asia’s first Climate Change theatre has been opened at
46. The South Korean steel maker POSCO has received environment clearance from MoEF (Ministry of
Environment Forest) for a steel plant worth 52000 crore rupees to be established in: (1) Karnataka (2) Jharkhand (3) Odisha
(4) Chhattisgarh (5) Gujarat
47. To suggest ways to enhance Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in insurance intermediaries (other than
insurance companies and Third party administrators (TPA) , the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has formed a new committee under the chairmanship of:
(1) D K Mittal (2) Suresh Mathur (3) G C Chaturvedi
(4) Sumit Bose (5) Mukul Mudgal
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48. Israel’s former Prime Minister who was in coma since 4 January 2006 and recently died is:
(1) Benjamin Netanyahu (2) Ariel Sharon (3) Shimon Peres
(4) Ehud Olmert (5) Dan Shechtman
49. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation of 2,800 Megawatt nuclear power plant named as ‘Anu
Vidyut Pariyojna’ recently in which of the following States? (1) Haryana (2) Uttarakhand (3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Rajasthan (5) Kerala
50. Name the India's 23rd geostationary communication satellite which entered its orbital recently:
(1) GSAT-14 (2) GSAT-10 (3) GSAT-11
(4) GSAT-13 (5) PSLV-20
51. The Supreme Court of India has directed the Government of India to place the report of Justice Shah
Commission on: (1) the deaths of children at
Mujaffarnagar relief camps (2) Illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand
(3) black money deposited with Swiss banks
(4) incidents of wild life poaching (5) None of the above
52. Who among the following players won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013?
(1) Lionel Messi (2) Manuel Neuer (3) Daniel Alves
(4) Cristiano Ronaldo (5) Wayne Rooney
53. Which of the following became the first state to withdraw the Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in
63. The Wimbledon Foundation has decided to launch ‘The Road to Wimbledon’ event, first ever Wimbledon tennis event to be hosted outside the UK in which of the following countries?
(1) France (2) Australia (3) USA
(4) India (5) England
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64. To show an improvement in financial improvement in India, a “Financial Inclusix Index 2013” has been launched by
(1) CRISIL (2) S&P (3) FinIncX
(4) Fitch (5) NASDAC
65. After the allegation of sexual misconduct against a law intern, Justice (retd.) AK Ganguly, resigned from
(1) the post of the Chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) (2) the post of the honorary professor of the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) (3) the post of Chairman of National Law Commission (4) the post of Chairman of National Judicial Academy (5) None of the above
66. India has announced a new rule to vaccinate against polio to the travellers from which of the following
countries? (1) Pakistan (2) Sri Lanka (3) Bangladesh
(4) Maldives (5) Thailand
67. Shri S. K. Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of:
(1) SAIL (2) GAIL (3) BHEL
(4) BEL (5) HPCL
68. World Braille Day was observed on:
(1) Jan 1 (2) Jan 2 (3) Jan 3
(4) Jan 4 (5) Jan 5
69. Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh launched the total E-literacy project in:
(1) Kerala (2) Haryana (3) Delhi
(4) Himachal Pradesh (5) Rajasthan
70. To which of the following foreign Embassy India has asked not to screen any movies without obtaining a
licence? (1) the US Embassy (2) Pakistan Embassy (3) Afghanistan Embassy
(4) UAE Embassy (5) UK Embassy
71. TCS has decided to set up the world's largest corporate learning and development centre in which of the
following City? (1) Chandigarh (2) Hyderabad (3) Bengaluru
(4) Thiruvananthapuram (5) Guwahati
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72. Who among the following has been appointed as the new President of National Association of Software and
Service Companies (NASSCOM)? (1) D. Shivakumar (2) Cris Gopalan (3) R. Chandrashekhar
(4) R. Ramakumar (5) R. Ramaduraie
73. Government of India has allowed British retailer Tesco to invest in brownfield entities in India. What is
brown filed investment? (1) investment by a parent company to start a new venture in a foreign country (2) investment in a venture which has been abandoned (3) investment in a company which has declared itself as bankrupt (4) Investment in an existing asset or company (5) Start-up of new company
74. Who among the following shuttlers became the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked
top in the world? (1) Rupinder Pal Singh (2) Aditya Joshi (3) Hemanagandra
(4) Shyam Prasad (5) Rahul Singh
75. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has placed communication satellite GSAT-14 into the orbit by
which of the following rockets? (1) GSLV-D5 (2) PSLV C-25 (3) GSLV D-10
(4) PSLV D-20 (5) None of the above
76. Which of the following is the first Indian solo circumnavigator to participate in the Cape2Rio Yachting Race
2014? (1) INS VishwaBharti (2) INS Shakti (3) INS Parakram
(4) INS Mhadei (5) INS Vikramaditya
77. A tropical storm which recently hit Sri Lanka was: (1) One (2) Fihan (3) Sohil
(4) Jinx (5) Katrina
78. Which of the following parties secured an absolute majority in the recent Parliamentary elections held in
Bangladesh? (1) BNP (2) Bangladesh Jamhuriyat Party (3) Awami League
(4) Jatiya Party (5) Jyto Dal
79. Which of the following districts of Assam has been recently declared tobacco-free district?
(1) Karimganj (2) Golaghat (3) Jorhat
(4) Lakhimpur (5) Guwahati
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80. In which one of following states the per capita availability of Milk is the highest in the country? (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Punjab (3) Haryana
(4) Tamil Nadu (5) Kerala
81. Recently, which among the following states has rolled out “Jeevan Amrut Yojana (blood-on-call) scheme,
which is first of its kind in the country? (1) Maharashtra (2) Haryana (3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat (5) Madhya Pradesh
82. Park Geun-hye, who visited India recently, is a president of which of the following country?
(1) South Korea (2) South Africa (3) North Korea
(4) Singapore (5) Bhutan
83. MINT is a newly developed acronym for group of countries which are promising investment destination.
Which of the following correctly represents MINT countries? (1) Myanmar, India, Nepal and Thailand (2) Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey (3) Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Thailand (4) Mexico, India, Nepal and Turkey (5) None of the above
84. The Reserve Bank of India has power to print currency notes of up to Rs ____?
(1) 2,000 (2) 1,000 (3) 5,000
(4) 10,000 (5) 15,000
85. Recently, which among the following countries has overtaken India to become the largest contributor of FDI
to Nepal? (1) China (2) Russia (3) USA
(4) Sri Lanka (5) Indonesia
86. Who among the following is the chairman of the recently constituted 7th Pay Commission?
(1) Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur (2) Dr Rathin Roy (3) Justice B.N.Srikrishna
(4) Justice C. Rangarajan (5) None of the above
87. Kethy Cross, became the first woman umpire on ICC panel, belongs to which of the following country?
(1) Australia (2) New Zealand (3) England
(4) South Africa (5) USA
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88. According United Nation’s latest report, which country has by far the largest population of illiterate adults in the world?
(1) China (2) India (3) Pakistan
(4) Indonesia (5) Japan
89. World Cancer Day is observed every year on _____?
(1) January 26 (2) January 31 (3) February 1
(4) February 4 (5) February 6
Current Affairs Q & A- February 2014
1. Which of the following NGOs filed the Public Interest Litigation sought to declare dying with dignity a fundamental right for terminally ill patients?
(1) Live with Dignity (2) Common Cause (3) Smile
(4) Life (5) Immortal lives
2. The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India was launched on February 26, 2014 in which of the following districts of Madhya Pradesh?
(1) Mandsaur (2) Neemuch (3) Ujjain
(4) Ratlam (5) Indore
3. Who among the following has resigned taking moral responsibility of the accident on INS Sindhuratna?
4. Union Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for $ 300 million US dollar
loan to improve road connectivity along key corridors in the State of: (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Jharkhand
(4) Bihar (5) Maharashtra
5. Dinesh Sarraf has been appointed as next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following
PSUs? (1) Indian Oil (2) Oil India (3) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC)
(4) BHEL (5) BEL
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6. Name the Indian scientist who won the Protein Society’s Protein Science Young Investigator Award for 2014
at Cambridge? (1) John Kuriyan (2) Tarun M. Kapoor (3) Vijay Pandy
(4) Madan Babu (5) C N Rao
7. Sukhdarshan Singh Gill, a Sikh bus driver, has won a year-long legal battle with his employer to wear a turban
at work in which among the following countries? (1) Finland (2) Norway (3) France
(4) Sweden (5) China
8. Name the Ugandan President who signed anti-gay bill that imposes tough penalties for homosexual acts: (1) Idi Amin Dada (2) Yoweri-Museveni (3) Yusuf Kironde Lule
(4) Milton Obote (5) Matto Renzi
9. Name the unmanned aerial system (UAS) which has been developed by Thales for the British army.
(1) The Watchkeeper (2) MQ-9 Reaper (3) RS-5 Keeper
(4) RQ-7 Shadow (5) MQ-1 Predator
10. Name the Indian-American scientist who has developed a cheap, simple, paper test that can detect cancer.
(1) Sangeeta Bhatia (2) C N Rao (3) Krishna Saraswat
(4) Ishwar Kanwar Puri (5) Anirvan Ghosh
11. NTPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Kajra thermal Power Project located in:
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) Uttarakhand
(4) Maharashtra (5) Jammu & Kashmir
12. Which country has rejected draft report of Navi Pillai that calls for an international inquiry into alleged
human rights violations in Sri Lanka? (1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar (3) Iran
(4) Syria (5) Egypt
13. Which of the following teams won the 2nd edition of Hockey India League cup 2014?
14. A Five-day Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF) was concluded in which of the following state? (1) Kerala (2) Gujarat (3) Assam
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Himachal Pradesh
15. The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of who among the following his failure to appear before it in a case
arising out of non refund of 24000 crore rupees to investors by two of his companies? (1) Kingfisher chief Vijay Malya (2) the Sahara chief Subrata Roy (3) Anil Ambani
(4) Ratan Tata (5) Robert Vadhera
16. Who among the following won the National Billiard Championships held in Lucknow on 26 February 2014?
18. Which among the following states become country's first state to enact a law for creation of a Lokayukta to
probe corruption charges against public functionaries, including chief minister and other ministers? (1) Odisha (2) Uttarkhand (3) Gujarat
(4) Goa (5) Madhya Pradesh
19. Which among the following Zoological Parks has been selected by Central Zoo Authority for creation of a
conservation breeding center for the endangered wild dog ‘Dhole’? (1) Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam (2) Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad (3) Kanha National Park , Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune (5) Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar
20. India’s first Minority Cyber Village has been inaugurated in which of the following districts of Rajasthan?
(1) Jhunjhunu (2) Alwar (3) Jhalawar
(4) Jhajjar (5) None of the above
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21. Name the famous Hindi writer who received the 45th Jnanpith Award in 2009 and also won Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, and has died recently?
62. Who among the following Bollywood women actors has been voted the world’s fourth most beautiful
woman in a recent poll conducted by online magazine Hollywood Buzz? (1) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2) Katrina Kaif (3) Sushmita Sen
(4) Priyanka Chopra (5) Kareena Kapoor Khan
63. Who is the current Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft?
(1) Sundar Pichai (2) Steve Ballmer (3) Satya Nadella
(4) Sanjay Jha (5) Vishal Sikka
64. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy 2014? (1) Maharashtra (2) Karnataka (3) Punjab
(4) Goa (5) Uttar Pradesh
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65. India’s first monorail service has been inaugurated in:
(1) Bengaluru (2) Chennai (3) Kolkata
(4) Mumbai (5) Pune
66. Which of the following Indian women shooters’ score of 203. 8 in 10 m Air Pistol set at the Munich World Cup has been recognized as World record in January 30, 2014?
72. Name the American actor, who won Oscar Award for "Capote." And was recently found dead in New York. (1) Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (2) Philip Seymour Hoffman (3) Jeffrey Wright
(4) Alan Michael Ritchson (5) Jhony Deep
73. Who is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.
(MCX)? (1) P. Ramanathan (2) Shreekant Javalgekar (3) Manoj Vaish
(4) Rajesh V Bagwe (5) Mukul Mehta
74. According to the Lokpal & Lokayukta Act 2013, who among the following is not a part of the selection
committee for choosing the Lokpal chairperson? (1) Prime Minister (2) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha (3) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(4) Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha (5) None of the above
75. Recently, with which one of the following countries, India has signed agreement on “green energy
corridors”? (1) Russia (2) Germany (3) South Korea
(4) Japan (5) USA
76. Who among the following has been recently appointed as brand ambassador for Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) ? (1) Saina Nehwal (2) P V Sindhu (3) Mary Kom
(4) Salman Khan (5) Sachin Tendulkar
77. Recently, the union government has set up a committee to suggest suitable and corrective measures to
address concern regarding security of people from North East. The chairman of the committee is __? (1) M P Bezbaruah (2) H W T Syeim (3) Tape Bagra
(4) P Bharat Singh (5) Mukul Mudgal
78. Vishwanath Tripathi, who has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman award for the year 2013, is a famous writer of __?
(1) Kannada (2) Hindi (3) Telugu
(4) Bengali (5) Marathi
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79. Recently, RBI has released a draft report on enabling PKI in payment system application. What does PKI stands for___?
(1) Public Key Infrastructure (2) Primary Key Infrastructure (3) Primary Key Institute
(4) Public Kiosk Infrastructure (5) None of the above
80. What is the name of the only novel written by Charlie Chaplin, that is being made public for the first time? (1) Limelight (2) The Comedian (3) Footlight
(4) A Memory Never Fade (5) A Song of Wind and Fire
81. Tungabhadra Multipurpose project is an interstate project between which of the following states? (1) Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh (2) Karnataka & Maharastra (3) Karnataka, Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh (4) Karnataka & Goa (5) Kerla & Karnataka
82. Shiron Peres, who set a new Guinness world record by delivering the largest online civic class in the world, is
currently the president of which of the following countries? (1) Sweden (2) Israel (3) Denmark
(4) Nigeria (5) Nepal
83. Who among the following was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal in January 2014? (1) Sunil Narayan (2) Ramanarayan Bhandari (3) Sushil Koirala
(4) Rajkumar Koirala (5) None of the above
84. The government has cleared creation of Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC), to check discrimination
against the _____: (1) Tribals (2) Minorities (3) Poor People
(4) Physically Challenged persons (5) States
85. The Discount and Finance House of India is a subsidiary of ___?
(1) RBI (2) SBI (3) NABARD
(4) ICICI (5) SEBI
86. Recently, India’s largest solar power plant has been launched in which of the following states?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu (5) Kerala
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87. World Bank funded India Development Marketplace (DM), a competitive grant-based programme for profit and non-profit organisations working in the area of delivering services to the poor in north-eastern states of ___?
1. Govind Mishra is the second Hindi author who got selected for Sarawasti Samman 2013 for his book: (1) Dhool Paudho Par (2) Paanch Anangano Wala Ghar (3) Lal Peeli Zameen
(4) Kohre Mein Kaid Rang (5) Manalezhuthu
2. Recently in which of the following countries over a dozen of citizens started a march of 2400 km to protest
against the construction of ‘Myitsone dam’ (1) Myanmar (2) Thailand (3) China
(4) India (5) Pakistan
3. Which among the following Bollywood actors has been named as the brand ambassador of the Earth hour
27. India has nominated Rani-ki-Vav and the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) for UNESCO’s World
Heritage Site Status for 201d. Rani-ki-Vav located in: (1) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (2) Jaipur, Rajasthan (3) Patan, Gujarat
(4) Bhavnagar, Gujarat (5) Udaipur, Rajasthan
28. Which among the following won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14?
(1) Railways (2) Karnataka (3) Jharkhand
(4) Gujarat (5) Maharashtra
29. Which private sector bank has launched portable hand-held machines (or portable POS machines) to avoid
inconvenience around entering secret PIN number for card transactions in hotels? (1) Axis Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) ICICI Bank
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank (5) Yes Bank
30. Who won women’s doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open 2014?
(1) Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai (2) Sania Mirza and Cara Black (3) Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina
(4) Hsieh Su-Wei and Sania Mirza (5) Hsieh Su-Wei and Cara Black
31. Which among the following public sector Banks has announced to cricket player Shikhar Dhawan as its brand
ambassador? (1) State Bank of India (2) Bank of Baroda (3) Canara Bank
(4) Punjab National Bank (5) Bank of India
32. Japanese electronics firm Panasonic announced to pay a pollution premium to its workers / employees who
are working in: (1) China (2) Indonesia (3) India
(4) Sri Lanka (5) USA
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33. Who claimed the number one position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen (March 2014)? (1) George Bailey (2) AB de Villers (3) Virat Kohli
(4) Hashim Amla (5) Shikhar Dhawan
34. Who among the following has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Allahabad
Bank? (1) Shubhalakshmi Panse (2) Rakesh Sethi (3) J. P. Dua
(4) Bhuneshwar Shukla (5) Vishal Sikka
35. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB)?
(1) Dhirendra Swarup (2) Shailesh Haribhakti (3) Ranjeet S Mudholkar
(4) BN Srikrishna (5) Y V Reddy
36. Name the first Indian private sector bank to set up branch in China:
(1) Yes Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) ICICI Bank
(4) IDBI Bank Ltd (5) HDFC Bank
37. Name the third state of India where ICICI Bank has expanded its ‘Branch on Wheels’ network after
Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh (1) Odisha (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka (5) Assam
38. Who has been sworn-in as the President of Chile?
(1) Sebastian Pinera (2) Michelle Bachelet (3) Evelyn Matthei
(4) Andres Zaldívar Larraín (5) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
39. Name the American golfer who became the youngest winner of a World Golf Championship
(1) Brett Wetterich (2) Gerry Lester Watson (3) Patrick Reed
(4) Tiger Woods (5) Steven Stricker
40. Which amongst the following teams won the 68th National Football Championship of the Santosh Trophy 2014?
(1) Railways (2) Mizoram (3) Services
(4) Punjab (5) Kerala
41. International Women Day was observed across the world on
(1) March 9 (2) March 12 (3) March 8
(4) March 6 (5) March 10
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42. Which among the following countries has declared Muslim Brotherhood, al-Nusra Front, Hezbollah and the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group as Terrorist Groups? (1) Afghanistan (2) Turkey (3) Iran
(4) Saudi Arabia (5) USA
43. Name the Indian-American scientist who has developed the first 3D model of a human fingerprint called
45. Who among the following environmentalist and social activist has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize
for the year 2013? (1) Chandi Prasad Bhatt (2) Sunita Narain (3) Medha Patkar
(4) Rajendra Pachauri (5) Sumitra Mahajan
46. Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme has been launched by: (1) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2) The Ministry of Rural Development (3) The Ministry of Minority Affairs (4) The Ministry of Women and Child Development (5) The Ministry of Finance
47. According to Forbes magazine’s 28th Annual World billionaires list released on March 3, 2014, who is the World’s top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars?
(1) Bill Gates (2) Carlos Slim Helu (3) Amancio Ortega
(4) Warren Buffett (5) Mark Zakerburg
48. Name the first Indian shuttler who won the German Open Grand Prix title. (1) Pullela Gopichand (2) Arvind Bhat (3) P Kashyap
(4) Jwala Gutta (5) Sina Nehwal
49. Sheila Dikshit has been appointed as the Governor of: (1) Kerala (2) Bihar (3) Nagaland
(4) Karnataka (5) Punjab
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50. RBI has extended date for exchange of pre-2005 banknotes to:
(1) January 1, 2015 (2) December 31, 2014 (3) March 31, 2015
(4) April 31, 2014 (5) April 31, 2015
51. India’s first post office savings bank ATM facility has been inaugurated in:
(1) New Delhi (2) Chennai (3) Lucknow
(4) Kolkata (5) Mumbai
52. The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari released a book Ambedkar Awakening India’s Social Conscience.
The book has been authored by: (1) Veena Sikri (2) K.N. Pannikar (3) Indu Anand
(4) Narendra Jadhav (5) Amish Tripathi
53. Which country won the under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014?
(1) India (2) South Africa (3) Pakistan
(4) Australia (5) England
54. Union Cabinet has cleared reservation for Jat community under the central list of OBC category in how many
states? (1) Nine (2) Ten (3) Seven
(4) Six (5) Four
55. Who won the men’s single 2014 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships?
(1) Tomas Berdych (2) Novak Djokovic (3) Roger Federer
(4) Philip Kohlschreiber (5) Andy Muray
56. Union Cabinet has approved the Mission document on the National Mission for sustaining the Himalayan
Ecosystem which will cover ______ Himalayan states. (1) 12 (2) 10 (3) 8
(4) 11 (5) 5
57. Which among the following states become the first state in India to observe State Child Protection Day?
(1) Assam (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Sikkim
(4) Kerala (5) Maharashtra
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58. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways R. Ramalinga Reddy (Before Elections) inaugurated on electric passenger bus with zero emission level in:
(1) Bengaluru (2) Chennai (3) Hyderabad
(4) Panaji (5) Guwahati
59. Government of India has constituted an expert committee to study and examine demand of a separate
Bodoland state that will be carved out from Assam under the chairmanship of: (1) Madhukar Gupta (2) V. K. Duggal (3) G K Pillai
(4) N. Gopalaswami (5) A K Antony
60. Name the first woman who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum
61. Which among the following films won the best picture Oscar award at the 86th annual Academy Awards?
(1) ‘Life of Riley’ (2) ‘12 Years a Slave’ (3) ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
(4) ‘Gravity’ (5) ‘Aurgo’
62. Government has increased the number of workdays from 100 days to 150 days under the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Programme (MGNREGA) for __: (1) SCs and STs (2) Tribals with Forest Rights (3) Below Poverty Rural Households
(4) All those who are enrolled in the scheme
(5) None of the above
63. The duration of President’s rule in a State in the first instance is ____? (1) Twelve Months (2) Six Months (3) Nine Months
(4) One Year (5) Three Months
64. Currently, India is the world’s largest producer of which of the following fruits?
1. Mango 2. Papaya 3. Banana 4. Pomegranate Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Only 1 & 2 (2) Only 2 & 3 (3) Only 1 & 4
(4) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5) None of the above
65. At present, India imports largest amount of coal from ___?
(1) Australia (2) Indonesia (3) Netherlands
(4) Japan (5) China
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66. The “Gulabi Gang” is a group of women vigilantes and activists originally from which states? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Haryana
(4) Punjab (5) Bihar
67. What can be the maximum number of candidates in a constituency, for which elections can be conducted via
the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in India? (1) 16 (2) 32 (3) 64
(4) 72 (5) 90
68. Approximately what fraction of India's GDP is shared by MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
segment? (1) 3% (2) 5% (3) 8%
(4) 10% (5) 12%
69. In March 2014, the India-Pakistan International Trade Fair was organized at __?
(1) Faridabad (2) Jalandhar (3) New Delhi
(4) Amritsar (5) Noida
70. Recently, which among the following committees made news with respect to its sweeping recommendation
on inflation targeting? (1) C Rangarajan Committee (2) Urjit Patel Committee (3) Nachiket Mor Committee
(4) Rakesh Mohan Committee (5) N Chandrashekran Committee
71. According to the Annual Health Survey (2012-13) released by the Office of Registrar General & Census
Commissioner, which among the following states of India has the highest IMR (Infant Mortality Rate)? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) West Bengal
(4) Bihar (5) Kerala
72. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is a venture of ___? (1) HDFC (2) HSBC (3) ICICI
(4) EXIM Bank of India (5) Axis Bank
73. The Hutti and Uti mines in India are famous for __? (1) Uranium (2) Gold (3) Bauxite
(4) Coal (5) Iorn
74. Which among the following sectors contributes maximum excise revenue to Indian exchequer? (1) Oil and Gas (2) Steel Industry (3) Cement Industry
(4) Automobiles (5) Electronics Industry
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75. Which among the following are Rabi crops?
1. Wheat 2. Paddy 3. Barley 4. Gram Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Only 1, 2 & 3 (2) Only 1, 2 & 4 (3) Only 1, 3 & 4
(4) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5) All of above
76. Which among the following is the longest National Waterways of India?
(1) Allahabad to Haldia (2) Sadia to Kottapuram (3) Kollam to Kottapuram
(4) Bhadrachalam to Vijayawada (5) Delhi to Varanasi
77. Which of the following banks has become the country’s first bank to set up payment gateway?
(1) State Bank of India (2) ICICI Bank (3) Axis Bank
(4) Canara Bank (5) HDFC Bank
78. For how many years, Hyderabad is envisaged as the common capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as
per Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014? (1) 5 years (2) 7 years (3) 10 years
(4) 12 years (5) 15 years
79. Recently, RBI has proposed setting up of a trade Receivables and credit exchange (TCE) for financing ____?
(1) Regional Rural Banks (2) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (3) Public Sector Banks
(4) Non Banking Financial Corporations (5) None of the above
80. Apart from a Chief Election commissioner, the Election Commission of India has how many election
commissioners? (1) Two (2) Three (3) Four
(4) Five (5) Zero
81. Who among the following is the ex-officio chairman of National Integration Council?
(1) President (2) Prime Minister (3) Home Minister
(4) Vice-President (5) Finance Minister
82. India has recently developed indigenous artillery gun which is said to be improved and indigenous version of
the Swedish Bofors. The name of the gun is ___? (1) Akash (2) Dhanush (3) Indra
(4) Tejas (5) Nirbheek
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83. Which among the following companies emerged as the only Indian entity in the 2014 list of World’s most ethical companies?
(1) Wipro and Infosys (2) Infosys and Tata Power (3) Wipro and Tata Power
(4) TCS and Infosys (5) Reliance Power and Tata Power
84. Which among the following finance companies has received RBI approvals to set up a minimum of 9,000
white label ATMs (WLAs) in the next three years in rural India? (1) CMS Finvest Ltd. (2) SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd (3) Reliance Capital Ltd
(4) Tokyo Finance Ltd (5) Tata Capital Ltd
85. Apart from India, which of the following South Asian countries have been declared Polio free by WHO,
recently? 1. Bangladesh 2. Pakistan 3. Nepal 4. Bhutan Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Only 1 & 2 (2) Only 2 & 3 (3) Only 1, 3 & 4
(4) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (5) All of above
86. Which of the following is the largest bank of the world in terms of market capitalization?
(1) China Construction Bank (2) Industrial & Commercial Bank of
China
(3) Wells Fargo & Co. (4) Bank of America (5) HSBC
87. President of India cleared an ordinance of the SEBI law. The ordinance empowers the SEBI chairman to order
searches and seizures on ___? (1) Illegal Trade (2) Ponzi Schemes (3) Inside Trading
(4) Foreign Direct Investments (5) All of the above
88. Recently, which bank became the first state-run lender to allow withdrawal of funds to individuals from ATM’s without an account in the bank?
(1) United Bank of India (2) State Bank of India (3) Bank of India
(4) Corporation Bank (5) Punjab National Bank
89. Which among the following recently became the first new generation private sector bank to launch an electronic Kisan Card on the RuPay platform?
(1) Axis Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) ICICI
(4) City Bank (5) Yes Bank
90. The revised Direct Tax Code proposes to introduce tax slab for individuals earning more than Rs10 crore a year by taxing them at ____?
(1) 15% (2) 20% (3) 35%
(4) 40% (5) 40%
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91. Which of the following entities has been recently granted banking license by the Reserve Bank of India?
(1) Bajaj Finance and IFCI (2) Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd and IDFC (3) India Infoline and INMAC (4) JM Finance and LIC Housing Finance (5) None of the above
92. According to RBI guidelines, what fraction of the branches are mandatory to be opened in rural areas by
newly licensed banks? (1) 15 (2) 25 (3) 35
(4) 45 (5) 50
93. Author of the book "Accidental Prime Minister: The making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh” is ___?
(1) Yashwat Sinha (2) Sachin Pilot (3) Sanjaya Baru
(4) Rajiv Pillai (5) Amish Tripathi
Current Affairs Q & A- April 2014
1. SC has asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to further investigate (1) IPL 2013 spot fixing and betting
scandal (2) Insider trading
(3) scandal related with money laundering
(4) 2G spectrum scam (5) Commonwealth Scam
2. Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has sworn-in as the ______ Chief Justice of India. (1) 40th (2) 41st (3) 42nd
(4) 43rd (5) 45th
3. Who among the following has imposed a ban on the import of Indian mangoes Alphonso? (1) WTO (2) USA (3) EU
(4) IMF (5) UNESCO
4. India has test-fired an exo-atmospheric interceptor missile, called
(1) India Defence Vehicle (2) India Defence Sysytem (3) Agni Wall
(4) Prithvi Defence Vehicle (5) AGNI 5
5. The 15th IIFA awards were held in
(1) New York (2) Moscow (3) London
(4) Florida (5) Thailand
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6. Which of the following players won the Italian Tennis Open 2014 in men's singles category?
(1) Roger Federer
(2) Novak Djokovic
(3) Rafael Nadal (4) David Ferrer
7. Vic Gundotra has resigned from the Internet Company Google. He was working as a head of
(1) Google+ (2) Google chrome (3) Google android system
(4) Motorola mobility (5) Google Maps
8. Supreme Court has ordered special audit of properties which of the following temples of under the
supervision of Vinod Rai? (1) Ma Vaisno Devi (2) Golden temple (3) Tirupati Balaji
(4) Sai Baba Temple (5) Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple
9. Who has been appointed as the First Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN)& East Asia Summit? (1) Suresh Kumar Reddy (2) Amitabh Kant (3) Kamal Nath
(4) Nitya Nand Mishra (5) R M Lodha
10. Which of the following has launched a series of films under the name of Brazuca for the 2014 FIFA World
Cup Brazil? (1) Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
Brazil (2) FIFA
(3) ADIDAS (4) NIKE (5) Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
11. Rafael Nadal is currently tied for the most number of French Open titles with
(1) Rod Laver
(2) Roy Emerson
(3) Pete Sampras
(4) Max Decugis
12. Which of the following has announced to change its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited?
(1) Nestle India (2) Heinz foods (3) Cadbury India
(4) Frito-lay (5) Kit Kat India
13. Chitra Magimairaj is associated with which of the following sports? (1) Badminton (2) Wrestling (3) Snooker
(4) Kabaddi (5) Hockey
14. Which of the following rivers is also known as 'Karnali'?
(1) Indus
(2) Ghaghra
(3) Betwa
(4) Chambal
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15. Which of the following is not one of the only three peninsular rivers flowing from east to west in India?
(1) Godavari (2) Tapti
(3) Marmada
(4) Mahi
16. Which of the following is not among the G4 nations? (1) Japan
(2) USA
(3) Germany
(4) India
17. Who among the following was the runner up in the 2014 French Open women's singles? (1) Sara Errani (2) SimonaHalep
(3) Caroline Wozniacki (4) Victoria Azarenka
18. Who is the writer of ‘Hard Choices’ scheduled released on June 10, 2014?
(1) Bill Clinton (2) Hillary Clinton (3) John Kerry
(4) Barack Obama (5) George W Bush
19. Which of the following banks set a record for Blood collection in a single day recently?
(1) ICICI (2) HDFC (3) Citi Bank
(4) Yes Bank (5) Axis Bank
20. Who is the Indian activist, awarded as the Goldman environmental foundation?
41. Heartbleed was in news recently. What is Heartbleed?
(1) A new type of virus responsible Ebola virus disease (EVD) (2) A new type of typhoon which created havoc in Chilie. (3) A new version US drones deployed in Ukraine against Russia. (4) A new security threat which adversely impacts the online safety of internet users worldwide. (5) A new type of Heart Attack controle device.
42. A documentary entitled Gulabi Gang will be screened at the 14th New York Indian Film Festival. The
documentary is based on the life of (1) Phoolan Devi (2) Chameli Devi (3) Sampat Devi
(4) Rabdi Devi (5) Archana Devi
43. 13. Name the underwater drone which has been sent down for the first time to hunting for clues to the fate
of flight MH370. (1) Bluefin-21 (2) Titan- 21 (3) Lakshya-14
(4) Ocean- 14 (5) Ocean- 13
44. Who has been appointed as the first women Chief Justice of Delhi High Court?
45. Name the Kenyan racer who won the 34th London Marathon on April 13, 20014
(1) Stanley Biwott (2) Tsegaye Kebede (3) Wilson Kipsang
(4) Geoffrey Mutai (5) Stanis Stark
46. Name the upgraded solar-powered plane which can fly around the world for five consecutive days without
using any fuel, has been unveiled on April 13, 2014 at Payerne Air Force Base of Switzerland. (1) Solar Impulse 2 (2) Solar Pulse 3 (3) Solar Sat 5
(4) Solar Eagle (5) Solar Pulse 2
47. Recently who among the following businessman has been awarded the Knight Grand Cross (GBE) award,
one of the highest civilian honour of Britain, given by Queen Elizabeth II on April 11, 2014? (1) Mukesh Ambani (2) Srichand Hinduja (3) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
(4) Ratan Tata (5) Aditya Birla
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48. Who among the following recently won the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship title? (1) ViswanathanAnand (2) Magnus Carlsen
(3) Alexander Grischuk (4) LevonAronian
49. Which private bank has announced to launch of ‘Asha Home Loan’, a 30-year home loan product for first
time home buyers in the lower income segment, seeking affordable EMIs? (1) HDFC Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(4) YES Bank (5) ICICI Bank
50. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2014, formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand
Prix? (1) Sebastian Vettel (2) Nico Rosberg (3) Lewis Hamilton
(4) Fernando Alonso (5) Michle Schumakar
51. Name the Indian- American Cardiologist who has been chosen for the Prestigious Simon Dack Award for
61. Famous festival of Gangaur is celebrated in which of the following states?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Punjab (3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Gujarat (5) Assam
62. Magnus Carlsen won the Chess Triple Crown recently. Who among the following was the first player to do so?
(1) Susan Polgar (2) Magnus Carlsen
(3) VishwanathanAnand (4) Gary Kasparov
63. Ancient PyuCitieswere inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage Site List recently. They are located in
(1) Myanmar (2) Bhutan
(3) China (4) India
64. Which of the following countries are world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases?
(1) India and China (2) US and China (3) US and Russia
(4) China and Russia (5) Indian and US
65. Approximately what fraction of India's GDP is shared by Fuel Subsidy?
(1) 2% (2) 4% (3) 10%
(4) 5% (5) Less than 1%
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66. Which of the following players recently equalled the record of all time most FIFA World Cup goals?
(1) Wayne Rooney (2) MiroslavKlose
(3) Cristiano Ronaldo (4) Luis Suarez
67. Which among the following two cities have been chosen by Indian Railway for creation of "Green Curtains"?
(1) Delhi and Mumbai (2) Agra and Jaipur (3) Delhi and Aagra
(4) Bangalore and Mysore (5) Surat and Ahmadabad
68. The term "garden of southern India" is used for __?
(1) Western Ghats (2) Cardamom Hills (3) Cauvery Delta
(4) Nilgiris (5) Himalayas
69. “Twenty Years in a Decade” is an autobiography of __?
(1) Shah Rukh Khan (2) Aamir Khan (3) Amitabh Bachchan
(4) Mukesh Ambani (5) Ratan Tata
70. Brazil is one of the only two countries to win two consecutive FIFA World Cups, viz: 1958 and 1962. Which of
the following is the other one? (1) Italy (2) France
(3) Argentina (4) Uruguay
71. Which among the following diseases is often called as “Polio of Agriculture”?
(1) Wheat Rust (2) Panama Wilt (3) Citrus Canker
(4) Leaf Blight (5) None of the Above
72. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is associated with __?
(1) Football (2) Tennis (3) Cricket
(4) Hockey (5) Badminton
73. Who among the following has been named Chef-de-Mission of India’s Common Wealth Game contingent?
(1) S Ranganathan (2) Raja K Sidhu (3) Raj Singh
(4) K Murugan (5) N Ramachandran
74. According to Indian laws, a building has to be at least ___ years old to be considered heritage. Fill the blank with correct option?
(1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 75
(4) 200 (5) 150
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75. According to new companies act, the Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) have to invest what fraction
of their resources in government bonds. (1) Twenty percent (2) Ten percent (3) Fifteen percent
(4) Thirty percent (5) Five Percent
76. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-2014 has been awarded to Donna Tartt, for her novel ___?
(1) The Son (2) The Woman Who Lost Her Soul (3) The Goldfinch
(4) The Secret History (5) The Storm of Swards
77. Who among the following is the chairman of the Airports Authority of India?
(1) AlokSinha (2) V. Somasundaram
(3) S. Suresh (4) S. Raheja
78. Which among the following two states together account for about half of the total mangoes being produced
in India? (1) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (2) Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh (3) Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (4) Karnataka and Maharashtra (5) Maharashtra and Gujarat
79. Due to lack of funds, which among the following countries has withdrawn as the host of the 2019 Asian
Games? (1) Sri Lanka (2) Vietnam (3) Cambodia
(4) Thailand (5) Malaysia
80. Approximately, what fraction of Post Offices in India are in rural areas?
(1) 70% (2) 80% (3) 90%
(4) 95% (5) 65%
81. ATLAST was in news recently. ATLAST is going to be the world's most powerful
(1) diesel engine (2) petrol engine
(3) telescope (4) aircraft
82. With which one of the following countries India has recently concluded an agreement under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to combat tax evasion?
(1) USA (2) Russia (3) Switzerland
(4) Netherland (5) UK
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83. Recently, an RBI working panel has recommended setting up a Financial Resolution Authority (FRA) to effectively deal with failing financial institution and ensure stability in the system. The chairman of the panel is ___?
(1) Anand Sinha (2) Arvind Mayaram (3) K C Chakrabharty
(4) Kaushik Basu (5) P C Curion
84. Which among the following is not PKI-enabled electronic payments system introduced by RBI? (1) CBLO (2) Forex Clearing (3) MICR
(4) CTS (5) None of the above
85. The Chairman of National Water Resource Council of India is ___?
(1) Prime Minister (2) Home Minister (3) Minister of Agriculture
(4) Minister of water resource (5) Minister of Rural Development
86. The ASBA (Application Supported by Blocked Amount) platform to facilitate smooth participation in the
initial public offering market was introduced by ___? (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) BSE
(4) NSE (5) Government of India
87. Which among the following cities holds the sobriquets the “city of itar (perfume)”?
(1) Lucknow (2) Kannauj (3) Varanasi
(4) Bhopal (5) Hydrabad
88. Which of the following is not caused by a virus?
(1) Measles (2) Mumps
(3) Botulism (4) Poliomyelitis
89. Who among the following was recently elected as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council
(ICC)? (1) N Srinivasan (2) Ray Mali (3) David Morgan (4) Percy Sonn
90. Recently, which of the following committee has submitted its report suggesting a mechanism for centralised
bills payment system in the country? (1) Ramesh Chandra Committee (2) Umesh Bellur Committee (3) Satyajith Ray Committee
91. Which of the following players was banned for 4 months recently from all footballing activities after being found guilty of biting an opponent during a match in 2014 FIFA World Cup?
(1) Wayne Rooney (2) Patrice Evra
(3) Eric Cantona (4) Luis Suarez
92. According to the recent World Bank Report of power sector reforms in India, India’s annual per capita power
sector consumption is around (1) 200 kWh (2) 800 kWh
(3) 1500 kWh (4) 2000 kWh
93. Recently, which one of the following international groupings has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso
Mango and four vegetables from India on poor quality issue? (1) SACU (2) European Union (3) MERCOSUR
(4) OPEC (5) ASEAN
94. Recently, which of the following firm has acquired Nokia handset business in India?
(1) Microsoft (2) Google (3) Facebook
(4) Motorola (5) Whats App
95. Approximately, what fraction of India's GDP is generated by Tourism?
(1) 3% (2) 2% (3) 7%
(4) 10% (5) 12%
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Current Affairs Q & A- May 2014
1. Which country won the AFC Women's Asian Football Cup 2014? (1) Japan (2) Australia (3) South Korea
(4) China (5) North Korea
2. Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libya?
(1) Nuri Abu Sahmain (2) Ahmed Maitiq (3) Abdullah al-Thinni
(4) Khalifa Haftar (5) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
3. Who has won the Presidential Election of Ukraine recently?
(1) Dmitry Yarosh (2) Oleg Tyagnibok (3) Petro Poroshenko
(4) Abdullah al-Thinni (5) Oleksandr Turchynov
4. Which film has been honoured with Palme d Or award recently at Cannes Film Festival 2014?
(1) “Mommy” (2) “Winter Sleep” (3) “Heartbeats”
(4) 12 Years a Slave (5) “Tom at the Farm”
5. Name the Iron Lady of Lithuania, who won the Presidential elections of Lithuania on May 25, 2014.
(1) Zigmantas Balcytis (2) Zilvinas Silenas (3) Tomas Janeliunas
(4) Dalia Grybauskaite (5) Oleg Tyagnibok
6. Who among the following is the first woman External Affairs Minister of India?
26. Which of the following players recently bettered Anil Kumble's record of best bowling figures by an Indian in ODIs?
(1) Stuart Binny (2) Praveen Kumar
(3) Ishant Sharma (4) Amit Mishra
27. NOTA, short for none-of-the-above option introduced for the first time in which of the following Lok Sabha
elections? (1) 13th (2) 14th (3) 11th
(4) 15th (5) 16th
28. Who has been sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
(1) Dorjee Khandu (2) Nabam Tuki (3) Jarbom Gamlin
(4) Tarun Gogoie (5) Gegong Apang
29. Name the Judge of the Supreme Court, who has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes
Tribunal on May 14, 2014 (1) Justice B.S. Chauhan (2) Justice N.P. Singh (3) Justice G Rohini
(4) Justice J. S. Khehar (5) Justice J Chelameswar
30. Who is the current President of Nigeria?
(1) Mike Omeri (2) Goodluck Jonathan (3) Michele Bachmann
(4) Ahmed Maitiq (5) Musa inuwa Kubo
31. Saina Nehwal recently won the Australian Open Super Series title agaisnt Carolina Marin of
(1) Australia (2) England
(3) USA (4) Spain
32. A book named Blood Feud authored by Ed Klein was released recently. The book is about the rivalry
(1) The Clintons vs. the Obamas (2) India vs Pakistan (3) Israel vs Palestine (4) Indian National Congress vsBhartiyaJanata Party
33. Which of the following leading telecom service providers has launched a messaging app for low-end CDMA
devices called ‘MBuddy’? (1) Tata Teleservices (2) Sistema Shyam Teleservices (3) Aster Teleservices
(4) Bell Teleservices (5) MTNL
34. Who has been sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for a record fifth consecutive time? (1) Pawan Chamling (2) Sanchaman Limboo (3) N. Bahadur Bhandari
(4) Nabam Tuki (5) B. B. Gurung
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35. Who won the men's Italian Tennis Open 2014?
(1) Rafa Nadal (2) David Ferrer (3) Novak Djokovic
(4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (5) Andy Mure
36. Which one of the following countries has released two postage stamps to pay tribute to the 100 years of
Indian cinema? (1) Germany (2) Brazil (3) France
(4) USA (5) Russia
37. Name the University, ranked as one of the top 20 universities of world, which has awarded honorary degree
to former President APJ Abdul Kalam recently (1) Harvard University (2) University of Michigan (3) California University
(4) University of Chicago (5) Edinburgh University
38. Who has been sowrn-in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar?
(1) Ram Sunder Das (2) Jitan Ram Manjhi (3) Ramai Ram
(4) Nitish Kumar (5) Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
39. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the benefit of persons with disabilities, has made it mandatory for banks
to install talking ATMs with Braille keypads from: (1) July 1, 2014 (2) December 31, 2014 (3) January 1, 2015
(4) March 31, 2014 (5) April 1, 2015
40. SC has banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country. Jallikattu is a bull
taming sport played in: (1) Assam (2) Chhattisgarh (3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka (5) Tamilnadu
41. Name the Indian - American who has been confirmed as a federal judge in Massachusetts by US Senate.
(1) Vince Chhabria (2) Sri Srinivasan (3) Manish Shah
(4) Indira Talwani (5) Rakesh Khurana
42. Leaders of Donetsk and Luhansk on 12 May 2014 declared Donetsk and Luhansk region as sovereign and
independent States. Donetsk and Luhansk belongs to which if the following countries? (1) Libya (2) Ukraine (3) Russia
(4) Syria (5) Spain
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43. Who among the following has been appointed as the first Woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ?
60. As per the data released by the International Comparison Program, hosted by the Development Data Group at the World Bank Group, which of the following countries is the third largest economy of the world?
(1) China (2) Japan (3) Indonesia
(4) India (5) Singapur
61. A 16.3 km long tunnel, located on the world’s altitude has been opened for high-speed train in which of the
following countries? (1) India (2) China (3) Russia
(4) USA (5) Bolivia
62. Who among the following writers and theatre artistes is the winner of ‘The Hindu-MetroPlus Playwright
63. The CIRUS reactor in Trombay was built in collaboration with
(1) Canada
(2) USSR
(3) Germany
(4) France
64. King Bhumibol, who celebrated 40th anniversary of his reign and thus becoming the world’s longest-reigning
monarch belongs to (1) Bhutan (2) Indonesia (3) Nepal
(4) Malaysia (5) Thailand
65. Which of the following states is the largest producer of milk in India?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Punjab
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat
66. Who is the winner of UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014 (1) Reeyot Alemu (2) Eynulla Fatullayev (3) Ahmad Zeidabadi
(4) Ahmet Sik (5) Vineet Taneja
67. Who among the following was recently appointed as the new Attorney General of India?
(1) Mukul Rohatgi (2) Milon K. Banerji
(3) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati (4) Soli Sorabjee
68. Name the dorwier light-weight aircraft which has been handed over to the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) by State-run aerospace firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
(1) Nabhtara (2) Nabhrathna (3) Nabhmandal
(4) Nirbheek (5) Nabhrakshak
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69. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) has been launched in which of the following countries?
(1) UK (2) South Africa (3) UAE
(4) Mauritius (5) Japan
70. India finds a place in the world's top 100 university rankings for the first time with inclusion of which of the
71. In the latest world chess ranking list, effective from June 2014, who topped the list?
(1) Levon Aronian (2) Alexander Grischuk (3) Magnus Carlsen
(4) Viswanathan Anand (5) Fabiano Caruana
72. According to the latest rankings, who is the number one golf player of the world?
(1) Henrik Stenson (2) Tiger Woods (3) Adam Scott
(4) Bubba Watson (5) Matt Kuchar
73. For setting up solar photovoltaic (PV) -based power plants, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has signed
recently an agreement with which of the following countries? (1) Yemen (2) Bahrain (3) Oman
(4) Syria (5) Qatar
74. The International Monetary Fund board has approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package for:
(1) Syria (2) India (3) South Sudan
(4) Ukraine (5) Egypt
75. ‘Shivaji, the Real Hero’, a pictorial book on Maratha warrior Shivaji, containing 100 paintings by an Indian
tribal artist, has been released in the parliament of: (1) USA (2) UK (3) India
(4) South Africa (5) Germany
76. Who among the following Indian- American has been named as Federal Judge in Illinois by US senate
recently? (1) Manish S. Shah (2) Rakesh Khurana (3) Vince Girdhari Chhabria
(4) Neal Katyal (5) Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan
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77. Recently VishwanathTripathi was awarded the prestigious VyasSamman for the year 2013. Who among the following people's biography is authored by VishwanathTripathi?
(1) DharmavirBharati (2) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(3) Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Ranbaxy
(4) Jaishankar Prasad
78. Former Indian Air Force Chief N K Browne has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to____? (1) Pakistan (2) Netherland (3) Australia
(4) Norway (5) Canada
79. Which of the following is member of both, the G4 nations and the P5 nations?
(1) USA
(2) Germany
(3) France
(4) none of the above
80. According to latest World Bank report which of the following are the world’s most expensive economies?
(1) Sweden and Norway (2) Switzerland and Netherland (3) Denmark and Norway
(4) Switzerland and Norway (5) Netherlands and Norway
81. What is the name of India’s own card payment network that has been dedicated to the nation, recently?
(1) MoneyCard (2) RuPay (3) IndPay
(4) RupeeCard (5) IndiCard
82. According to latest report, which among the following states has reported highest tiger mortality rate in the country?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Maharashtra (3) Karnataka
(4) Kerala (5) Bihar
83. As per the new study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) , which Indian city is considered to be most polluted in the world?
(1) Raipur (2) Bhopal (3) Delhi
(4) Gwalior (5) Pune
84. Recently, Tata Trust and which of the following banks signed a pact to work together for poverty alleviation and rural development?
(1) State Bank of India (2) Canara Bank (3) HDFC Bank
(4) Syndicate Bank (5) Axis Bank
85. Which among the following countries will chair ASEAN for 2014 for the first time?
(1) Myanmar (2) Philippines (3) Brunei
(4) Cambodia (5) Bhutan
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86. Which among the following is the India’s leading sugar producing state? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Karnataka (5) Andhra Pradesh
87. In India, monetary policy is controlled by ____?
(1) Finance Minister (2) Union Government (3) Reserve Bank of India
(4) Finance Ministry (5) Prime Minister
88. Recently, which among the following countries has imposed ban on import of chilli pepper from India?
(1) Saudi Arabia (2) Iran (3) South Africa
(4) Chile (5) Mexico
89. Himalayan Kumbh is held every 12 years in which among the following states?
3. Recently in which country militants have captured largest oil refinery ‘Baiji refinery’?
(1) Nigeria (2) Syria (3) South Sudan
(4) Iraq (5) Egypt
4. Name the former Captain of Bangladesh cricket team who has been banned for eight years by the
disciplinary panel. (1) Ashrafe Mortaza (2) Shakib Al Hasan (3) Mohammad Ashraful
(4) Habibul Bashar (5) Shahid Afredi
5. What is the name of 20th district of West Bengal?
(1) West Midnapore (2) Alipurduar (3) South Dinajpur
(4) East Midnapore (5) New Jal Pai Judi
6. Name the India-born Booker Prize winner who won prestigious Pen Pinter prize 2014 for his/her outstanding
literary output and support for freedom of expression. (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Kiran Desai (3) Aravind Adiga
(4) Salman Rushdie (5) Amish Tripathi
7. Garuda V, the Air exercise, held between: (1) India- Japan (2) India- USA (3) India –France
(4) India-- China (5) India- Russia
8. Who among the following Malayalam novelists has been selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram?
(1) C Radhakrishnan (2) G.R.Indugopan (3) M. Mukundan
(4) C. V. Balakrishnan (5) R Rajgopalchari
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9. Recently who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-based business association? (1) Srichand P. Hinduja (2) Lord Swraj Paul (3) Ratan Tata
(4) Gopichand Hinduja (5) Laxmi Nivas Mittal
10. Recently, who has been elected as the President of Colombia?
(1) Juan Manuel Santos (2) Oscar Ivan Zuluaga (3) Alvaro Uribe
(4) Ahmed Maitiq (5) Antanas Mockus
11. Which city has recorded the highest cigarette consumption in India?
(1) Lucknow (2) Bhopal (3) Patna
(4) Mumbai (5) Kolkata
12. Madhya Pradesh government has launched India’s first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) in Bhopal called:
(1) Gauravi (2) Aparajita (3) Gayatri
(4) Madhuri (5) Sabala
13. Which is the first 'kerosene-free city' in the country?
(1) Bengaluru (2) New Delhi (3) Hyderabad
(4) Guwahati (5) Mumbai
14. Which country won the Men’s hockey World Cup title 2014?
(1) Netherlands (2) England (3) Australia
(4) Argentina (5) India
15. Who has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
(1) Satyendra Dubey (2) Vijay Nehra (3) Amit Shaha
(4) Arvind Sharma (5) Rajeev Topno
16. Who won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction for her first novel ‘A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing’?
(1) A.M. Homes (2) Eimear McBride (3) Madeline Miller
(4) Barbara Kingsolver (5) J K Rowling
17. Name the first province of the Canada which has adopted legislation Right-to-Die?
(1) Quebec (2) Ontario (3) Mountana
(4) Alberta (5) British Columbia
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18. Name the 19th country which will adopt Euro as currency from 1st January 2015? (1) Poland (2) Sweden (3) Lithuania
(4) Switzerland (5) Albania
19. Which state Government has appointed Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health
campaign, Mamta Abhiyan? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Maharashtra
(4) West Bengal (5) Uttar Pradesh
20. Name the former Indian cricket captain who joined Mudgal Committee as an expert on cricketing affairs.
(1) Ravi Shastri (2) Mohammad
Azharuddin
(3) Kapil Dev (4) Rahul Dravid (5) Sourav Ganguly
21. Who won men's singles French Open title 2014?
(1) Novak Djokovic (2) Stanislas Wawrinka (3) Rafael Nadal
(4) Roger Fedrer (5) Andy Murray
22. Name the former football player of Brazil who died recently in a helicopter crash in central Brazil.
(1) Fernando Lucio da Costa (2) Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (3) Émerson Ferreira da Rosa
(4) Nélson de Jesus Silva (5) Edson Arantes do Nascimento
23. Which State Government has announced 12 percent reservation in all state government jobs and posts in
public sector undertakings for BPL candidates? (1) Sikkim (2) Gujarat (3) Maharashtra
(4) Haryana (5) Himachal Pradesh
24. Recently who has been appointed as the Solicitor General of India?
33. What is the name given to the World’s first humanoid robot that can read people’s emotions?
(1) Charlie (2) Cumin (3) Jack
(4) Peeper (5) RoboMan
34. Following the death of the then Union Minister Gopinatah Munde; who has been given additional charge of
the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation? (1) Arun Jaitley (2) Sushma Swaraj (3) Nitin Gadkari
(4) Shatrughan Sinha (5) Smriti Irani
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35. Three Ancient Hindu temple statues were returned to Cambodia on 3 June 2014. The three statues were stolen from the Koh Ker temple in Siem Reap province temple in 2004. These statues were of
(1) Duryodhana, Balarama and Bhima (2) Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (3) Arjun, Balrama, Bhima
(4) Rama, Lakshaman and Sita (5) Hanuman, Indra and Kubera
36. G-7 summit, 2014 was held in
(1) Paris (2) London (3) Brussels
(4) Milan (5) Moscow
37. Which personality is known as the ‘Chocolate King’, who has been elected as the President of his country?
(1) Bashar al-Assad (2) Evo Morales (3) Petro Poroshenko
(4) Bronisław Komorowski (5) Ahmed Maitiq
38. The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was held in (1) New York (2) Frankfurt (3) Delhi
(4) Moscow (5) The Hague
39. India became the second largest exporter of textiles in the world, after (1) China (2) USA (3) Japan
(4) France (5) UK
40. The Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air Force (FAF) commenced the bilateral exercise under the name of
(1) Garuda I (2) Garuda V (3) Garuda VI
(4) Garuda VII (5) Garuda II
41. Which of the following country’s king has announced to abdicate?
(1) Monaco (2) Luxemburg (3) Germany
(4) Belgium (5) Spain
42. Telangana has born officially as 29th state of India on _______
(1) June 1, 2014 (2) June 2, 2014 (3) June 3, 2014
(4) June 10 2014 (5) June 4, 2014
43. Who among the following has topped the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014?
(1) Janet Yellen (2) Melinda Gates (3) Hillary Clinton
(4) Dilma Rouseff (5) Angela Merkel
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44. What is the name of the solar powered plane, which made its inaugural flight on 2 May 2014 from Payerne airfield in Switzerland?
(1) SolarJet (2) Solar Impulse 2 (3) SolHeat
(4) Solar (5) SplarSpace
45. Who among the following became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal?
58. The Disaster Management Act, 2005 has been implemented in all states and Union Territories of India except
one. Identify the state from the given options: (1) Kerala (2) Rajasthan (3) Gujarat
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Maharashtra
59. Jambusar area , where the ONGC had recently drilled first assessment well for finding out the possibility of
commercial production of Shale Gas, is located in which among the following states? (1) West Bengal (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Gujarat
(4) Rajasthan (5) Maharashtra
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60. The Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) is an economic gauge for measuring the wellbeing of which among the following economic sectors?
(1) Manufacturing (2) Retail (3) Real Estate
(4) Agriculture (5) IT
61. On the basis of recommendations of which among the following committees, the credit policy of RBI is now
reviewed after every two months instead of earlier system of 45 days? (1) P.J. Nayak Committee (2) Nachiket Mor Committee (3) Urjit Patel Committee
(4) U.K. Sinha Committee (5) None of the above
62. The PYKKA Scheme aims at providing basic Sports Infrastructure and equipment at ___?
(1) National Level (2) State Level (3) District Level
(4) Block and Panchayat Level (5) University Level
63. Which among the following dams of India is world's second largest concrete gravity dam (by volume) ?
(1) Tehri Dam (2) Mettur Dam (3) Sardar Sarovar Dam
(4) Polavaram Project (5) Nath Sagar Dam
64. What is the objective of the government behind setting up a Minimum Export Price (MEP) for a particular
commodity? (1) To promote exports (2) To discourage imports (3) To check price rise
(4) To provide subsidy to producers (5) None of the above
65. What was the original name of INS Vikramaditya, which was recently formally inducted into the Indian Navy?
(1) Minsk (2) Baku (3) Azov
(4) Maxim Gorky (5) Gorshove
66. ISIS is an extreme offshoot of which among the following militant Islamist organizations?
(1) Al-Qaeda (2) Taliban (3) Islamic Courts Union
(4) ISI (5) Mahdi Army Al-Qaeda
67. The winner of 20th Senior National Women's Football Championships is __? (1) Mizoram (2) Manipur (3) Sikkim
(4) Odisha (5) Meghalaya
68. Recently, Australia has won the 2014 Men’s Hockey World Cup Title by defeating ____? (1) Argentina (2) Netherland (3) England
(4) Belgium (5) India
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69. Recently, which among the following banks has organised “The Banking and Economics Conclave 2014” a
national level banking conclave for the first time? (1) State Bank of India (2) Canara Bank (3) State Bank of Mysore
(4) Vijaya Bank (5) Axis Bank
70. The official Mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup is _____?
(1) Juanito (2) Gauchito (3) Fuleco
(4) Beaver (5) Zakumi Fuleco
71. According to Assocham studies, which among the following states has been emerging as a major destination
for domestic tourists? (1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtra (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Assam
72. Thomas Mueller, who scored the first hat-trick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, represents which country?
(1) France (2) Italy (3) Germany
(4) England (5) Argentina
73. Recently, the RBI has recognized Micro Finance Institution Network (MFIN), as the Self Regulatory
organization for NBFC-MFIs. The decision was taken by RBI based on the recommendations made by which committee?
(1) Y H Malegam committee (2) Parthasarthi Shome committee (3) Chakrabharthy committee
(4) Khan committee (5) None of the above
74. The controversial “Yettinahole river diversion project” is related to which state?
(1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Karnataka
(4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Gujarat
75. The “Yudh Abhyas” is a counter terrorism joint military exercise between India and ____?
(1) France (2) United States (3) Japan
(4) China (5) Russia
76. Who among the following has won the FIDE World Rapid Chess championship title, recently?
(1) Magnus Carlesen (2) Vishwanthan Anand (3) Teimor Radjabov
(4) Fabiabi Caruana (5) None of the above
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77. As per the RBI latest decision residents and non residents can carry up to Rs ___ in Indian currency notes while leaving the country. Fill the blank with correct option?
(1) 25,000 (2) 15,000 (3) 30,000
(4) 50,000 (5) 1,00,000
78. The "Bombay Samachar", Asia’s oldest newspaper publishes news in which languages? (1) Hindi and Marathi (2) Gujarati and English (3) Gujarati and Hindi
(4) Hindi and English (5) Hindi only
79. Recently, the government has accepted the report of Arvind Mayaram committee on rationalising definitions of FDI and FII. As per the report foreign investment of ___ per cent or more in a listed company will now be treated as FDI?
(1) 25 (2) 10 (3) 20
(4) 15 (5) 5
80. Recently, the Maharashtra state cabinet has cleared the proposal to form Palghar district by bifurcating
which of the following districts? (1) Thane (2) Nashik (3) Sangli
(4) Pune (5) Nagpur
81. The term “High Net worth Individual (HNWI)” refers to the person who has investable assets of $ __ million
or more. Fill the blank with correct option? (1) One (2) Five (3) Ten
(4) Fifteen (5) Half
82. According to Global Peace Index-2014, which among the following is the world’s least peaceful nation?
(1) Ukraine (2) Syria (3) Afghanistan
(4) Iraq (5) Egypt
83. According SEBI new slew of reforms all listed companies including PSU’s must have public shareholding of
___ per cent. Fill the blank with correct option? (1) Ten (2) Fifteen (3) Twenty
(4) Twenty Five (5) Eight
84. The construction of irrigation dam across the Palar river has caused dispute among which two states? (1) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (2) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (3) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(4) Karnataka and Kerala (5) Maharashtra and Karnataka
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85. Recently, which among the following Indian Airliners has joined global airline body Star Alliance? (1) Air India (2) GoAir (3) IndiGo
(4) Jet Airways (5) Kingfisher
86. The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) in India is an independent office comes under the purview of ____?
(1) Planning Commission (2) Finance Commission (3) Home Ministry
(4) Prime Minister Office (5) Defence Minister
87. Which among the following general insurance companies has introduced “Insurance on Wheel” concept for
faster renewal of policies? (1) National Insurance Company (2) United India Insurance Company (3) New India Assurance Company
(4) Oriental Insurance Company (5) LIC
88. Which among the following countries is not a member to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)?
(1) Japan (2) Indonesia (3) India
(4) Peru (5) None of the above
Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI PO 2014
1. From July 1st RBI instructed about what regarding newly installed ATMs ? (1) Clean ATMs (2) Cash Limit per withdrawal (3) CC TV in ATMs
(4) Talking ATMs with Braille keypad (5) None of the above
2. IPL-7 final was held in?
(1) Bangalore (2) Mumbai (3) Chennai
(4) Kolkata (5) Delhi
3. For what the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize was awarded to Ramesh Agrawal? (1) For Fight against Narmada dam (2) For fight against coal mining (3) For fight against Himalayan pollution
(4) For fight against child labour (5) For fight against carbon emission
4. What is the paid up capital for New bank licenses (1) 100cr (2) 200cr (3) 500cr
(4) 500cr (5) 300cr
5. Who is the new Loksaba Speaker
(1) L K Adwani (2) Sumithra Mahajan (3) Shila Dixit
(4) Rajnath Singh (5) Minakumari
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6. What is the full form of ECB? (1) External commodity borrowings (2) Extra commercial borrowings (3) External commercial borrowings
(4) Extra commodity borrowings (5) None of the above
7. In how many phase Loksaba 2014 elections were held
(1) 2 phases (2) 7 phases (3) 8 phases
(4) 9 phases (5) 10 phases
8. Which country withdrew its name for organisation of Asian Games?
(1) India (2) China (3) Pakistan
(4) Russia (5) Vietnam
9. FCNR, NRI accounts can maintain with?
(1) Term Deposits with 1 year and maximum term of 5 years. (2) Term Deposits with 2 year and maximum term of 5 years. (3) Term Deposits with 2 year and maximum term of 4 years. (4) Term Deposits with 1 year and maximum term of 4 years. (5) Term Deposits with 4 year and maximum term of 4 years.
10. First White Label ATM 'Indicash' was unveiled by
(1) Reliance Solutions (2) Aditya Birla Group (3) Tata Communication Payment
Solutions Ltd.
(4) Infosys Ltd. (5) Muthod Finance
11. India yet to give visa on arrival facility to which country?
(1) Pakistan (2) Afghanistan (3) Sri Lanka
(4) Nigeria (5) All of the above
12. Inflation in India is measured in?
(1) CPI (2) FDI (3) CRR
(4) Repo Rate (5) Reverse Repo Rate
13. What is the maximum allowable transaction limit at a time in case of NEFT? (1) 50,000 rs (2) 1,00,000 rs (3) 25,000 rs
(4) 20,000 rs (5) No limit
14. After its ten and half years service in orbit, on 1st April 2014 ISRO decommissioned which Communication
Satellite? (1) INSAT 3E (2) INSAT 5A (3) INSAT 22
(4) INSAT 23 (5) INSAT 4E
15. Who is the Thomas cup 2014 winner
(1) India (2) Japan (3) China
(4) USA (5) UK
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16. Which Indian wonPulitzer Prize 2014? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Vijay Seshadri (3) Vishwanath Tripathi
(4) Amish Tripathi (5) Arvind Adiga
17. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013?
(1) Gulzar (2) A R Rehman (3) Shankar- Ehssan- Loy
(4) Vishal- Shekhar (5) Mithoon
18. Nuclear security summit was held in:
(1) Moscow(Russia) (2) New York(USA) (3) Hague (Netherland)
(4) Delhi(India) (5) Paris(France)
19. Rupay card is developed by:
(1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (2) Finance Ministry of India (3) Axis Bank
(4) National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)
(5) None of the above
20. Who is the chairman of the committee to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India (1) R M Lodha (2) D Subbarao (3) Y V Reddy
22. Who is the head of the committee for financial inclusion?
(1) P J Kurion (2) Vineet Taneja (3) R M Lodha
(4) Nachiket Mor (5) Mukul Mudgal
23. What is the full form of PKI?
(1) Public Key Information (2) Partial Key Infrastructure (3) Public Key Infrastructure
(4) Partial Key Information (5) None of the above
24. What is the full form of ASBA?
(1) Application Suspended by Blocked Amount (2) Application Supported by Blocked Amount (3) Application Supported by Back Amount (4) Application Sourced by Blocked Amount (5) Application Suspended by Back Amount
25. Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF) is maintained by?
(1) SEBI (2) RBI (3) IRDA
(4) NPCI (5) DRDO
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26. Who is the Brand ambassador of national games 2104 (1) Rahul Dravid (2) Sachin Tendulkar (3) Saina Nehwal
(4) Saniya Mirza (5) Jwla Gutta
27. Commercial paper is issued in multiples of (1) Rs.5 lakh or multiples thereof (2) RS. 3 lakh or multiples thereof (3) Rs 4. lakh or multiples thereof (4) Rs. 10 lakh or multiples thereof (5) Rs. 2 lakh or multiples thereof
28. What is the aim of RBI to allow 10 years old children to open savings account: (1) To open maximum bank account (2) To encourage children to start saving
early
(3) To spread banking awareness (4) To encourage Internet banking (5) None of the above
29. What is Kepler 8B?
(1) The fifth of the first five exo planets discovered by NASA's (2) First telescope (3) First Planet discovered (4) Name of international space station (5) Name of satellite launching vehicle
30. Who is the first women judge of Pakistan?
(1) Benzer Bhutto (2) Ashraf Jehan (3) Amara
(4) Tehseen (5) Najma
31. What is Brazuca?
(1) Official match ball of the 2014 T- 20 World Cup (2) Official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup (3) Official match ball of the 2014 French Open (4) Official match ball of the 2014 Volleyball World Cup (5) Official match ball of the 2014 Hockey World Cup
32. Who is the new Attorney general of India
(1) R M Lodha (2) Mukul Rohatgi (3) Vineet Taneja
(4) Ram Jethmalani (5) Arun Jethli
33. Who is the chairman of Cauvery river dispute committee (1) Justice P Sadashivam (2) Justice BS Chauhan (3) Justice R M Lodha
(4) Justice D K Dhowan (6) Justice PJ Nayak
34. Who can Manipulate CRR? (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) IRDA
(4) NPCI (5) BCCI
35. AML stands for?
(1) Anti Money Laundering (2) Anti Money Launching (3) Anti Money Lancing
(4) Anti Money Landing (5) None of the above
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36. Who is the winner of 2014 Asian cricketer of the year award
(1) MS Dhoni (2) Sachin Tendulkar (3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Virat Kohli (5) Suresh Raina
37. Who is the runner-up of IPL 2014?
(1) Mumbai Indians (2) Kings XI Punjab (3) Chennai Super Kings
(4) Rajasthan Royals (5) Kolkata Knight Riders
38. Expand PIN-
(1) Permanent Information Number (2) Personal Identification Number (3) Private Inquiry Number
(4) Personnel International Number (5) Permanent International Number
39. Narendra Modi was sworn in as
(1) 15th PM of India (2) 16th PM of India (3) 14th PM of India
(4) 13th PM of India (5) 20th PM of India
40. Who is the writer of God of Small Things?
(1) Amish Tripathi (2) Vishwanath Tripathi (3) Arundhati Roy
(4) Chetan Bhagat (5) Arvind Adiga
41. Who won the Uber Cup 2014?
(1) India (2) China (3) Pakistan
(4) USA (5) UK
42. What is Stale Cheque? (1) Cheque which is expired (2) International Cheque (3) Cheque of RBI
(4) Cheque of other bank (5) None of the above
43. Who is new Army Chief of India
(1) Lt. Gen V K Singh (2) Lt. Gen Bikram Singh (3) Lt. Gen D K Dhowan
(4) Lt. Gen A K Brown (5) Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
44. In which Cities 10rs plastic notes will be introduced for field trial?
(1) Jaipur, Shimla, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore and Cochin. (2) Delhi, Mumbai and Aagra (3) Banglore, Kochin and Raipur (4) Pune, Guwahati and Hydrabad (5) None of the above
45. What is the name of flying test bed aircraft developed by HAL and handed over to DRDO?
(1) NABHRATHN (2) ANIRBEEK (3) TEJAS
(4) E-FLAY (5) ARUD
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46. Which is the second Indian firm to be featured in Forbes Global 2000 list?
(1) SBI (2) Axis (3) HDFS
(4) ICICI (5) SBH
47. Finance Ministry directed all PSBs to maintain what %of CASA?
(1) 50% (2) 45% (3) 33%
(4) 55% (5) 40%
48. Who is the author of the Book: The Himalayan face off?