Platinum Points for IBPS Clerk-IV

8/20/2019 Platinum Points for IBPS Clerk-IV

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GENERAL AWARENESS

Government has reconstituted how many cabinet committees? 6

How many cabinet committees are headed by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi? 4

Who is appointed as the arbitrator in Vodafone tax disputes case? RC Lahoti

38th session of World Heritage Committee was held in which country? Qatar

Mullaperiyar dam is located in which state of India? Kerala

Who is M K Narayana? Last Former Governor of West Bengal

Who won Australian Open Super Series Title 2014? Saina Nehwal

In India, Fergusson College has included the category of third genderin its application forms for academic programs. It is situated in which city? Pune

Central Information Commission ruled that the private schools comeunder the provisions of which act? Right to Information

Kudankulam becomes India's first nuclear power plant to generate ………….. 1000 mw

India successfully test-fired the 290 km-range ………… supersonic anti-shipcruise missile from the country's largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata. BrahMos

Project Seabird phase II started in which state? Karnataka

Union Govt gives permission to increase the height of the Sardar SarovarDam by ……. 17 meters

What is Gauravi? One stop crisis centre

Who is appointed as the new Minister of Rural Development? M Venkaiah Naidu


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……….. to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015.Lithuania

Which country has published the world's first Modern Slavery Bill? Britain

Madhya Pradesh Government appointed which bollywood actress as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan? Madhuri Dixit

…………….won Airport Service Quality Award by Airport Council

International in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region. Kolkata Airport Who won French open 2014 Women single ? Maria Sharapova

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the seventh edition of IndianPremier League 2014 by defeating which team? Kings XI Punjab

A high-level forum Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Childand Maternal Deaths was held in ………….Washington

Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released a video to highlighthealth and economic impacts of tobacco consumption. What is the titleof that video? The Price we pay

UNESCO has inscribed the Okavango Delta in its World Heritage SiteList. In which country this delta is located? Botswana

Panchsheel Awards are announced by which country? China

The Uttar Pradesh Government enhanced the retirement age of StateElection Commissioner (SEC) from 65 to how many years? 68

Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, Telangana celebrated its .....…….......

anniversary in June 2014. 125th

Which state has announced 33% quota for women in police force? Gujarat

Name the sand artist who won the People's Choice prize at the World Cupof Sand Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US. Sudarsan Pattnaik

Who has recently been appointed as new Chairman of Coal India Limited? A.K. Dubey

Who won the IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt? Pankaj Advani

Who became the first Indian to win three medals in successive ISSF ShootingWorld Cup ? Jitu Rai


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Who won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for her first novel "AGirl is a Half-Formed Thing"? Eimear McBride

Who has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize for hisoutstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression? Salman Rushdie

Who has barred Indian companies from raising the External CommercialBorrowings (ECB) from overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks for refinance or repayment of the Rupee loans raised from domestic banking system? RBI

First indigenously developed missile Astra successfully test fired from aSukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa. It is a ______ missile. air-to-air

Which Private Sector Bank in India sets Guinness record in blood collection? HDFC Bank

Which Indian actor was selected by the Election Commission as its nationalicon for the Lok Sabha elections 2014? Amir Khan

What is the rank of India out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI)? 102 Who has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second

consecutive four year term? Viktor Orban

Who is the Chief Justice of India at present? Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha

India became the ______ largest exporter of textiles in the world.This was revealed by the recent data released by UN Comtrade in GlobalTextiles as well as Apparel Exports. Second

40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels.Who hosted the summit for the first time? European Union

Jayalalithaa launched _______, which follows up her government's earlierinitiatives like the subsidised 'Amma' Canteens and 'Amma' Mineral Water 'Amma' Salt

What is the rank of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Forbes' world's highest paidathletes list? 22nd

6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 was heldfrom 9 to 11 June 2014 in ________. Moscow

India's first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) was launched in Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh on 16 June 2014. What is the name of this One StopCrisis Centre (OSCC)? Gauravi


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Which prize is recognised as an international award for the most originaland influential researchers or institutes in the areas of SustainableDevelopment, Biopharmaceuticals Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law? Tang Prize

Who took over as the General Officer Commanding of Army's strategic

Chinar Corps ? Lieutenant General Subrata Saha

Who is the director-general UNESCO? Irina Bokova

From Where PSLV C-23 rocket was launched ? Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which state ? Maharashtra

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has issued orders prohibiting research and breeding of which animal ? Sheep

Dr Mohan Dharia Nation Building Award is given to - Dr Raghunath Mashelkar

………….expedition will bring out the passion for adventure, will,

strength and is a tribute to the very essence of indomitable Air Force spirit. Kshitij-Se-Pare

DHVANI the target training system for Indian Army is developed by…… CSIR

The endeavour of Project named ……… is meant for Maritime Routes and Cultural Landscapes will position itself at macro and micro levels. Mausam

Who became the first female four-star admiral in US Navy? Michelle Howard

The headquarters of INTERPOL is in - Washington D.C

Tamil film director and producer, who died in Kualalampur at the age of 65 - Ramanarayanan

The prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 is given to -Renowned poet Kedarnath Singh

Who among the following is a founder-member of Manchester's Hindu Temple? Hari Dutt Seth

Who has won the 'Miss Marwadi Nepal 2014 title? Dakshnia Agrawal

Who has been named the winner of World Food Prize for his breakthroughachievement in increasing global rice production? Sanjaya Rajaram

Who has been appointed as "ethics adviser and ambassador" by the WorldCitizen Artists (WCA) to raise awareness about global issues through art? Prakash Bal Joshi

Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women ? Emma Watson


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Who among the following is Under-Secretary-General and ExecutiveDirector of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Which country has emerged as the world's largest consumer of antibiotics

followed by China and the US, according to a new study which quantifiesthe growing alarm surrounding antibiotic -resistance. India

William Hague has resigned as part of an anticipated reshuffle of theConservative-led Government ahead of a general election next year. He is theForeign Secretary of which country? Britain

___________Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer passed away. South African

The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in ________between October 28 and November 9 this year Goa

Which city will become the IT capital of Andhra Pradesh because of itsimmense potential? Vijayawada

Which country has been allotted the first Presidentship for the first six yearsof the newly constituted 100 billion US dollar development bank by the BRICSnations in the 6th BRICS Summit? India

State Government of Delhi decided to set up______ Mahila Suraksha Dals(MSDs) across the national capital. 320

In a bid to assist minor girls saved from child marriages which State Governmentannounced a cash support of Rs. 1,000 to each of them every month until they attain18 years of age? Tamil Nadu

The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in the Russian city of _______. Ufa

At which place the India-Africa Forum will be conducted? New Delhi

Which country has the third-highest number of people, living with HIV, in the world? India

The Union Agriculture Minister of India ____launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission Radhamohan Singh

Who has sworn in as Gujarat Governor, recently? Om Prakash Kohli

Which former Indian cricket captain has been elected as the member of LaureusWorld Sports Academy? Rahul Dravid


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J. Sasikumar passed away recently. He was a _______. Malayalam filmmaker

Which country has topped the Global Innovation Index rankings for fourth year? Switzerland

Former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton visited Jabroulivillage, near Lucknow, on an awareness mission on ________. Diarrhea

Football player Philipp Lahm has announced his retirement from international game.He belongs to which country? Germany

The 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games was held at which of thefollowing places? Glasgow, Scotland

Which country passed a law to legalise child labour for kids from age 10? Bolivia

Who is Kaptan Singh Solanki? Governor of Haryana

What was the theme of the World Hepatitis Day observed on 28th July 2014? Think AgainIn the 50m Pistol event, _________has secured Gold whereas his compatriotGurpal Singh won the silver. Jitu Rai

_________ was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra. Amitabh Bachchan

Italian _________won the 101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling. Vincenzo Nibali

International Tiger Day was observed on which day? 29 July

What is C-17 Globemaster? Aircraft

_____________Tim Clark clinched his second PGA Tour title. South African

Muhammad Fuad Masum has been elected as the seventh President of ______. Iraq

Who is the author of the book 'The Vijay Mallya Story'? K. Giriprakash

Dalbir Singh Suhag has taken over as the new Army chief. He succeeded whom? General Bikram Singh

Which organization from Pakistan is included in the list of prestigious RamonMagsaysay Awards for year 2014? The Citizens Foundation

In which year Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established? 1957

How much medals India got in the 2014 Commonwealth Games? 64 medals


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Which country got the highest no. of medals in the 20th Commonwealth Games? England

Eminent cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma passed away recently. He gave life to which popular comic character(s)? Chacha Chaudhury and Sabu

In an effort to distribute its content to international markets, DD India has signed anagreement with a ____________ channel. German

The 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting was held in ______. New Delhi

How many individuals are awarded with the 2014 Raman Magsaysay Award? Five

Who has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award? Muzaffar Ali

Which province of China was hit by a strong Earthquake of magnitude 6.1on Richter Scale? Yunnan

New species of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin is Identified. What is the Scientificname of this Dolphin? Sousa Chinensis

President of Liberia has declared State of Emergency Over Ebola Virus. Who is thePresident of Liberia? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Who is appointed as the head the Arjuna Awards selection committee? Kapil Dev

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed across theworld on ………………….August 9

Which state's government has formed a high level committee to conduct a detailedsurvey of the industries using silica dust in the state? Uttarakhand

The Bombay High Court on 11 August banned participation of children below whichyear in forming human pyramids during the popular 'Dahi Handi' festival?-18

World Elephant Day was observed across the world on which day?-August 12

Paragliding World Cup Association selected which country as a venue tohost the 2015 para-gliding World Cup?-Himachal Pradesh

Which team lifted the UEFA Football Super Cup, the first European trophyof the season? Real Madrid

Arun Jaitley ( for 2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav (2012)are conferred with which award by the President Pranab Mukherjee? Outstanding Parliamentary Award


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Recently inaugurated Khurkot Bridge will provide the shortest land route between …… India and China

What is the motto of Commonwealth Games 2014? People, Place, Passion

The FIBA Asian cup is associated with which sport? Basketball

Cricketer Jacques Kallis announced retirement from all formats of Internationalcricket. He belongs to which country? South Africa

Who has broken Venus Williams's record for the fastest serve in women's tennis? Sabine Lisicki

"The Lives of Others" has been shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014.Who is the author of this book? Neel Mukherjee

Who became the first Indian man to clinch athletics gold in 20th CommonwealthGames in men's discus throw competition? Vikas Gowda

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched a web platform named as ....... MyGov.nic.in

On 26th July 2014, …………….. anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated

across India. The day is celebrated in the honour of war heroes of Kargil every year. 15th

Andhra Pradesh Government decided to make which city as its ad hoc capital? Vijaywada

Union Cabinet approved how many highway projects in Jammu and Kashmir forall-weather connectivity in the Valley? Four

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation of two hydel power projects in ...............Jammu and Kashmir

Who is appointed as new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? K V Chowdary

The AMISOM is an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by AfricanUnion, in which region? Somalia

Daman Singh is the author of the book- Manmohan and Gursharan

The Union cabinet approved the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)Bill, 2014 to amend the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000. The bill will treat minorsabove the age of ............as adults. 16

Justice Dr Manjula Chellur was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of ......Calcutta High Court

The construction work of the world's tallest railway bridge began in which of the


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state in India? Manipur

Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced the plans to bancoal use in Beijing and five other districts by the end of …...2020

East Bengal club conferred its highest honor of merit, "Bharat Gaurav", to the firstIndian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest, ..Bachendri Pal

'Naad Bhed-The Mystery of Sound' has been selected by the Limca Book of Records.This show is related with which Indian channel? Doordarshan

Unregulated E- rickshaws are banned by which high court? Delhi High Court

Which country will host the 7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa)Summit in 2015? India

FIFA released 2014 rankings. Which country was on the top with 1765 Points? Germany

Who among the following has been invited to be the inaugural artist to stay atRashtrapati Bhavan under the 'In-Residence Scheme for Writers and Artists'. Jogen Chowdhary

On which day, 15th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across India?The day is celebrated in the honour of war heroes of Kargil every year. 26th July

The Union Defence Ministry allowed armed forces to do business related to essentialrequirements with the ……….. Rolls Royce

Union Government of India launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promoteconservation and developments of indigenous breeds of ………in a focusedand scientific manner. Cows

Which country opened the 'world's largest indoor arena'? Philippines

American think-tank launches……… programme for US-Indo ties India 2020

Which organisation has granted a loan of $ 200 mn to fight Ebola? World Bank

Which bank has launched travel card for students going abroad? ICICI

Paragliding World Cup Association selected________ as a venue to host the2015 para -gliding World Cup. Himachal Pradesh

Who became the first man to win 300 matches at the ATP Masters 1000level, beating Vasek Pospisil? Roger Federer

A Delhi court pronounced life sentence to lone convict Sher Singh Rana


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for the murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi in________.2001

Cauvery wildlife sanctuary located in which state? Karnataka

G20 Summit 2015 will take place in ________. Turkey

Recently Sania Mirza has been appointed as brand ambassador of which state? Telangana

National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is also known as ______ Aajeevika scheme

Who is the Governor of West Bengal at present? Keshari Nath Tripathi

Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh? N. Chandrababu Naidu

Who has authored the book Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri? Dr. R. L. Bhat

Who is the Governor of Rajasthan at present? Kalyan Singh

2015 BRICS Summit will be held in ____________.Ufa, Russia

World diabetes day is celebrated on __________.14th November

Rajni Razdan became the new Chairperson of the Union Public ServiceCommission (UPSC). She has replaced__________. Prof. D.P. Agrawal

17th Asian Games are to be held in _______. Incheon, South Korea

Dipika Pallikal is associated with which sport? Squash

AIADMK Party Chief Jayalalithaa has appointed ___________ as the leader of theParliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha. A.Navaneethakrishnan

Recently Lauren Bacall passed away. She was an American ___________.actress

Who headed Dronacharya Award Selection Committee? Ajitpal Singh

The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held in ___________.Nanjing, China

The Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) appointed _________ as the Director ofIndian Cricket Team. Ravi Shastri

Which government proposed to set up a marine Fossil Park in Manendragarharea of Koriya district? Chhattisgarh

________and Japan will soon cooperate India in the civil nuclear sector. Australia


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_______took over as the new Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee. K.V. Thomas

A Hindu temple, claiming to be the world's first 'eco-temple' has been opened in __.London

Who has been appointed as first woman chairperson of IIAS ? Chandrakala Padia

India slips to _______ spot in effective spot market regulation ranking. 62nd

Which country has decided to join the newly formed BRICS Bank? Bangladesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Ranchi- Dharamjaygarh

-Sipat 765kv inter-regional power transmission line in__________.Jharkhand

Who has been appointed as the CRPF Special Director-General recently? Ramesh Chand Tayal

Cyril Baldock has set the world record for the oldest person to swim the EnglishChannel. He belongs to which country? Australia

Which country defeated Australia for the first time in 31 years in the one-day match played at the Harare Sports Club? Zimbabwe

Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India's first medal of the second YouthOlympic Games. He is a . Weightlifter

Mridula Sinha has been appointed as a new governor of which state ? Goa

Recently, B.K.S. Iyengar paased away. He was a renouned __________. Yoga Guru

Guru Hanuman Akhara has been chosen for 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.It is a _________ based wrestling academy. Delhi

Textiles Ministry inked a pact with homegrown e-retailing major __________ to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers across the country. Flipkart

Carnatic vocalist ______ has been chosen for the fifth Indira Sivasailam EndowmentMedal and Concert. T. M. Krishna

Nalanda University is located in _______.Bihar

Recently SBI launched 'SmartChange Card' for which of the following milk brands? Mother Dairy

India's shuttler P V Sindhu bagged which medal in World Badminton Championship? Bronze


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Lifetime achievement award 2014 was presented to ………… in Boxing. G. Manoharan

Tintu Luka is associated with which of the following sports? Athletics

29th August is celebrated as which day? National Sports Day

Yashwardhan Shukla authored a novel, name of the novel is "Gods of Antarctica".He is how many years old? 13

Who became the Interpol's ambassador for its "Turn Back Crime" campaign? Shahrukh Khan

Who is appointed as the first President of the Indian Steel Association? C. S. Verma

Mr. Vajubhai Rudabhai appointed as new Governor of which of the following states? Karnataka

In which country the FINA World Swimming Championship gets underway from31stAug'14? Dubai

Which Indian company is planning to invest 78K Crore in energy projects inJamnagar, Gujarat? Reliance Industries

As an antique copper awl was recently discovered in ……………, which is claimed

to be the world's oldest metal object. Israel

Indian-origin Seema Malhotra has been appointed as shadow minister of UK.She has replaced _________.Helen Jones

Name the most popular instant messaging service of Microsoft which will becompletely shut by 31st October'14? MSN messenger

INS Kamrota was commissioned in …………….. Vishakhapatnam

Army Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has been elected as the new Prime Minister ofwhich country? Thailand

Hockey India inducted Hockey Madhya Pradesh as ………… Associate Member. 23rd

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 title was bagged by USA. To get this titleUSA defeated …………..Serbia

BCCI, has recently signed five-year agreement with MRF Pace Foundation.Who is the director of this Foundation ? Glenn Mc Grath

Which state/Ut's government has decided to charge cess of one rupee on every bottleof liquor and every packet of cigarette to promote public transport? Delhi government


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Who has been appointed as the new governor of Kerala ? P. Sathasivam

Which university has won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy2013-14? Punjabi University

Nuclear capable Agni-I missile was successfully test-fired by Strategic ForceCommand. This has a strike range of ………………..700 km

Recently, which state's government recognized eunuch and transgender as thirdgender? Bihar

India commissioned the first indigenously built stealth Anti-Submarine WarfareCorvette..............INS Kamorta.

The Arjuna award 2014 has awarded to - Heena Sidhu.

Along with other sportspersons Mahabir Prasad ............ won the Dronacharya award. wrestlerSquash Legend Hashim Khan who died recently belongs to which country? Pakistan

Asanish Kalyanasundaram hailed as brightest student in .....and belongs toIndian Origin. Britain

…….. denied visa to Dalai Lama for Nobel Summit. South Africa

India and ............ signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the healthSectors Bangladesh

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit 2014 was held in ........... Wales

Israel announced to take over West Bank land. The area will be named as ............... Gevaot.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Indian Instituteof Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) of the country in ………… West Bengal

Banking & Finance

Government has decided to provide interest free loan to cash-starved sugar mills- 4400 crore rupees

KYC norms for opening bank account have been eased by RBI. Now proof of address can be used to opena bank account.- Single documentary

Expand SIT- Special Investigation Team


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India and the ………have agreed to implement Foreign Accounts TaxCompliance Act (FATCA), a US law that targets tax non-compliance by UStaxpayers with foreign accounts.- USA

National Food Security Act got extension of how many months for implementation

in states?- 3 months

NABARD has reduced the interest rate from how many points?- 20 points basis

The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) submitted its report to the Union Ministryof Finance. Who is the head of this committee? Parthsarthi Shome

The Government is introducing a new liberal visa policy for which Country's nationalto stayin India on humanitarian grounds for two years w.e.f. July 01, 2014 Afghanistan

International rating agency Fitch forecasted that India's economic growth

will accelerate to ______ this financial year. 5.5 per cent

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the inclusion ofwhich two commodities under the purview of stock holding limits under theEssential Commodities Act, 1955? Onion and Potato

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the 240 MWUri-II hydropower project built by NHPC at a cost of Rs. 2290 crore in_______. Jammu and Kashmir

___________ to review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty presented its report to the Union Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh in the firstweek of July 2014. C Rangrajan Committee

In order to boost manufacturing sector, the government has already announcedsetting up of _______ national investment and manufacturing zones (NIMZs). Sixteen

What amount provided for "Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana" 1000 crore rupees

In the Union Budget 2014 how much fund has been allocated to NationalHousing Banking Programme (NHBP)? Rs. 8000 crore

In the Economic Survey Report 2013-14 GDP growth is seen at 2014-15. 5.4 - 5.9% The FDI limit in Defence sector has been raised from 26% to _____. 49%

How much fund has been allocated to 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana'in the Union Budget 2014? Rs. 100 crores

India is the second poorest country in South Asia after which country? Pakistan

The government has appointed as the arbitrator in the dispute case of Vodafone. R C Lahoti


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India has moved up to which rank in terms of foreign money lying with swiss bank. 58th

Government has approved how many new transmission projects with an aggregatecost of over Rs 12,500 crore? Nine

Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 27 June 2014 upgraded the NationalIndustrial Classification -………. to National Industrial Classification………..1987 , 2008

RBI directed all banks and financial institutions to provide information anddocuments to the ……………. Special Investigation Team

Union Finance Ministry accepted the recommendations of a Committee onRationalising the FDI/FPI definition. Who is the head of this committee? Arvind Mayaram

Online Finance Facilitation Centre was launched by the ……………CII

Purchasing Managers' Index is published by - HSBC

Which country still remains the largest exporter of textiles in the world. USA

RBI has directed banks to disclose sector-wise advances in the Notes toAccounts to the financial statements from financial year ………… onwards. 2014-15

Expert Committee to formulate National Rubber Policy. Who is the headof this Committee? Rajani Ranjan Rashmi

Union Government constituted an independent High Level Committee toinquire into the incident of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant. Who is the headof this committee? KK Mehrotra

The Union Government granted Navratna status to……and ……………… EIL and NBCC

Which country has increased its defense budget by 11 percent for fiscalyear 2014-15 that starts on 1 July 2014? Pakistan

With a view to achieve financial inclusion, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed Non-Banking Finance Companies to operate as Business Correspondents.Who is the head of this committee? Nachiket Mor

New ATM installed by RBI with Braille Keypad, Called ………………Talking ATM

Railway Minister hike the rail passenger fares by how many percent? 14.2%

RuPay, India's indigenous card payment network has been launched byPresident Pranab Mukherjee. It has been developed by which organization? NPCI

Expand LCR. Liquidity Coverage Ratio


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The Reserve Bank capped the ways and means advances limit for the centralgovernment in the first half of the new financial year (FY 2015) at _________ per week. Rs. 35,000 crore

_______and Bandhan Financial Services Private Ltd have got 'in-principle'nod by the Reserve Bank of India to set up banks, from a field of 25 aspirants. IDFC

Which bank has launched a financing scheme for women fashion boutique owners.'Boutique Financing', the scheme is designed to offer working capital expenses aswell as term loan for boutique owners? SBI

Which committee set up by Reserve Bank of India has suggested a mechanism forcentralised bills payment system in the country, primarily by setting up twoorganisations - Bharat Bill Payment Services or BBPS and the Bharat Bill PaymentOperating Units or BBPOUs? GIRO Committee

Recently which country would grant India the status of Non-Discriminatory MarketAccess (NDMA) to facilitate enhanced bilateral trade. Pakistan

Exim Bank has extended _______line of credit to Mauritius for financing goods anddefence related vehicles purchases. USD 46 million

A MoU is finalized for cross border bus service between India (Imphal) and ………Myanmar

World Investment Report is released by - UNCTAD

What percent of the Defence Items have been removed from the mandatorylicencing list by Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry? 55%

Which Online Store has signed a MOU with Federation of Indian Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises and National Centre for Design & Product Development ? Flipcart

Memorandum of Understanding has been signed for Development of Small FarmPorducers (SFP's) between - NABARD & SFAC

The Minister of Railways.................... launched Social Media Platform for theIndian Railways. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gawda

India has signed loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 153 million for - Uttrakhand

Disaster Recovery Project

The Finance Minister raised Tax Exemption Limit from Rs. 2 Lakh to - 2.5 Lakh

World Investment Report is released by which organisation ? UNCTARD


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The UNESCO released a report that shows arround 58 millionchildrens are still out of school who are in the age group of -6-11

UK firm East India Company issued an exclusive legal tender Gold Coins in thehonour of -Sachin Tendulkar

The International Monetary Fund has welcomed the move to set up a new BRICSDevelopment Bank has its headquarters in _________. Shanghai, China

Recently RBI issues draft guidelines for setting up small and payment banks with aminimum capital of ________. 100 crore rupees

The RBI will shortly issue ____denomination banknotes incorporating rupee symbol,with inset letter E, in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 bearing the signature ofRaghuram G Rajan, Governor. Rs. 20

The Reserve Bank has relaxed norms governing import of rough, cut and polished

diamonds by doubling the credit time period to_________. 180 days

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded India's economic growth forecast to ________ in 2015-16 on hopes of speedy reform process. 6.3 %

Which bank signed an agreement with the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd for a loanof Rs 1,170 crore to the Rs. 5,200-crore Kochi Metro project? Canara Bank

Which company has become the first Indian company with a marketcapitalisation of Rs 5 lakh crore? Tata Consultancy Services

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a monetary penalty, ranging fromRs. 5 to Rs. 40 lakhs, on how many banks in Deccan Chronicle Holdings case? 12

Footwear and apparel maker Woodland has tied up with UNICEF to promote awater, sanitation and hygiene campaign (WASH) in _________. Assam

_____________ has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with theMonetary Authority of Hong Kong for exchange of supervisory information. RBI

Which state topped in new investments attracted by the power sector duringthe period 2004-05 and 2012-13? Gujarat

Which is the largest telecom company in India by customers as well as revenue andwas the first in the country to launch 4G services in 2012? Bharti Airtel

The World Bank will give around _____loan to the West Bengal Government forimprovement of a thousand Gram Panchayats in the State. 1200 crore rupees

HDFC Bank has launched its 'secure banking' in __________.Kerala


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Which two countries have signed an agreement on the 5,600 MW PancheshwarMultipurpose Project that will pave the way to start the stalled project. India and Nepal

CMD of Bandhan, has received the 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award from the All India

Management Association (AIMA). He is ______. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rural Mission on _______with an allocation of 100 crore rupees.PPP model

Who is the new Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India by replacing Former deputygovernor, K. C. Chakrabarty? Subhash Sheoratan Mundra

Which bank is awarded with Core Banking System Initiative Award-2014? BMB

The Union Government decided to appoint former RBI governor ………as the

head of the Expenditure Management Commission. Bimal Jalan

The Union Government revised investment target for Dedicated Freight Corridor(DFC) from 27000 crore rupees to……………… 80000 crore rupees

Recently, which company was accorded Navratna Status by the Department of PublicEnterprises under Union Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises? Container Corporation

of India Limited

15 percent stake in MCX has been sold to.........for Rs 459 crore. Kotak Mahindra

How much fund has been allotted by the new Narendra Modi-led government to theRashtriya Gokul Mission? Rs. 500 crore

The Supreme Court appointed senior advocate ……………….. as the special public prosecutor for the trial of coal allocation scam cases. R S Cheema

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India assumed office as Member of theUnited Nations Board of Auditors for a six year term upto June 2020.

Who is the C&AG of India? ShashiKant Sharma

Integrated bill payment system comprises of which two entities? BBPS and BBPOUs

The …… Committee is formed by RBI to study the Feasibility of Implementation of

GIRO-based Payment Systems. G. Padmanabhan

Mapp Biopharmaceuticals is a …..based company set up in 2003.U.S

……amended Federal Act on International Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.Switzerland The government allocated the total amount of 115000 crore rupees which


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includes a provision of…… crore rupees for the implementation of National Food Security Act. 88500

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) set up a four membercommittee headed by former UGC chairman ……………… to review the present

status of Universities Grants Commission (UGC). Hari Gautam

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the licence of The VasaviCo-operative Urban Bank Ltd…………………… Hyderabad (Telangana)

The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the certificates of registration of ………… Delhi-based non-banking financial companies (NBFC) as per a disclosure. Five

The ……………… edition of the Durand Cup Football Tournament will be held inGoa from 28th October 2014 to 9th November 2014. 127th

India's ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) remained unchanged at _____in 2013, reflecting little improvement in the living standard of its people, as per aUnited Nations Development Programme report. 135

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced special Central assistance of _______forconstruction of four important surface communication projects in Jammu andKashmir while writing off the State's liability of Rs. 60 crore towards FoodCorporation of India. Rs. 8,000 crore

Which of the following is the Commodity market regulator in India? Forward MarketsCommission

According to the 15th Census which among the following is the most populousstate in India? Uttar Pradesh

According to the 15th Census which among the following is the least populousstate in India? Sikkim

As per Census 2011 which among the following is the most literate union territory? Lakshadweep

As per Census 2011 which among the following states is the most literate statein India? Kerala

What is the rank of India amongst top ten wind power producers in the world? 5th As per Union Budget 2014-15 the Fiscal deficit target is retained at _______

of GDP for current fiscal. 4.1%

What is the FDI in Railways at present? 100%

In the Union Budget 2014-15 how much fund has been allocated to 'Beti


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Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana'? Rs. 100 crore

Who is the poised to be the next Chief Economic Advisor of India? Arvind Subramanian Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bharti Foundation announce to

spend _____ for Clean India Campaign. 200 crore rupees

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) announced to invest __________forthe production of Daman gas fields in the Arabian Sea. 5,219 crore rupees

Which bank has launched multi-currency International Debit Card ? SBI

Who has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA)? T.M. Bhasin

Import duty on sugar has been hiked from 15% to _________. 25%

Who has been appointed as the new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee? R.N. Ravi

Which film won the Lion of the Future award at the recently concluded VeniceFilm Festival? Court

Name the newly constituted five member BJP's Advisory Board. Margdarshak Mandal

India signed loan agreement with World Bank for MSRP II. MSRP stands for-Mizoram State Roads Pro

…………. has become a permanent Signatory to Washington Accord (WA). India

The Union Finance Ministry ordered limited forensic audit of which of the followinggroups of banks? UCO bank, Dena bank and OBC

What amount has been allocated for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana? Rs 1000 crore

Lowest rate of child marriage prevails in which of the following states of India ? Himachal Pradesh

RBI fixed upper age limit …. years for posts of M.D and CEO in private

sector banks. 70

How many people got enrolled in the first day of Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojna Scheme? 1.5 crore

HSBC sold its Swiss private banking assets to LGT Bank. LGT belongs towhich country? Liechtenstein

Who won Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold? HS Prannoy

International Olympic Committee (IOC) and ……. have increased their collaboration to combat match-fixing and illegal betting. Interpol


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Rays Power Experts announced built a …………… Solar Power Generation Park inAndhra Pradesh with a cost of 300 crore rupees. 50 mw

Which bank has launched a Cardless Cash Withdrawal service for its customers? ICICI Bank

Union Civil Aviation Ministry launched no-frills airport in how many cities? Five

Priyadarsi Mukherji was awarded with China Book Award by China. She isa professor of ....... JNU

Tndividual household latrines the amount will be raised from Rs. 10,000 toRs. 15,000, for school toilets amount has been raised from Rs 35,000 to ...................... Rs. 54,000

Prime minister has approved the constitution of a committee to carry out a review toidentify obsolete laws. The Committee will be chaired by .................. Shri R. Ramanujam.

Indian Actor, ..................... became the first Indian actor to be honouredwith a postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS).AkkineniNageswara Rao

The Union Minister of Human Resource & Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Iraniaddressed the ............. NCERT Foundation Day celebrations at New Delhi. 54th

Australian prime minister Tony Abott handed over to his Indian counterpart Nerendra Modi two antique statues of Hindu deities. The statues more .................were allegedly stolen from temples in Tamil Nadu and their return was sought by India in March.Nataraja and Ardhanariswara,

Saudi Aramco, GE and ________inaugurated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'sfirst all-female business process service centre. Tata Consultancy Services

India and ……… hold high level talks on cooperation in urban development and infrastructure sectors Germany

India ranked fifth amongst top ten wind power producers in the world by adding..........capacity in 2013. 1,700 MW

The total project cost of Nagpur Metro Rail project is Rs. .................. Rs.8,680 crore,

Year 2015-16 will be observed as …………………..Water Conservation Year

The headquarter of Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is situated in which city? Mumbai

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launched ethanol-run environment-friendly public buses in ……..Nagpur


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What is the minimum pension required under EPFO? Rs 1000

India Signs Loan Agreements with World Bank for IDA Assistance of US $107 Million for Second …………. State Roads Project. Mizoram

Blue Economy-International Seminar was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on1 -2 September 2014 to discuss better ways to explore the resources of the -Arabian Sea.

Which bank has celebrated 150 years of operation in Sri Lanka? State Bank of India

................. is the head of this committee which is constituted to assess theamount of Unclaimed Deposits in PPF accounts and Post Office Savings Schemes H R Khan

What is the minimum annual investment in PPF? Rs 500

Highest percentages of hired workers in India are present in which state as perthe provisional results of the 6th Economic Census. Arunachal Pradesh

Government approved how many percent hike in DA to Central Governmentemployees and Dearness Relief to pensioners as per the notification which iseffective from 1 July 2014. 7%

The Supreme Court of India ruled that all government jobs should have ….

percent quota for disabled persons. 3

Cabinet of which state has cleared Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa project which is aimedto boost the irrigation? West Bengal

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) censured .........................for its conduct in share sale of National Mineral Development Corporation(NMDC). Bombay Stock Exchange

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