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1. Which among the following country crashed out of the Olympic ice hockey
tournament?
A. New Zealand
B. Germany
C.Spain
D.Russia
ANS- D.Russia

2. Who becomes the unwitting face of black market Viagra in Pakistan?

Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Gandhi
Imran Khan
Barack Obama
Ans- D
3.Who became the first New Zealand cricketer to hit triple century in test match cricket?
Martin Guptill
Kane Williamson
Brendon McCullum
Ross Taylor
Ans- c
4.Which country overtook India as the worlds largest gold consumer, according to a
World Gold Council report?
South Africa
United States
China
Bhutan
Ans - c
5. Which movie won the best Film award at Britains at this years BAFTA Awards?
12 Years a Slave
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Glory
Ans- A
6.Who became the first Indian cricketer to take hat-trick in ICC Under-19 World Cup?
Mohammad Aftab
Kuldeep Yadav
Irfanullah Shaikh
Ajit Sheth
Ans- B
7. Who has been nominated as youngest prime minister of Italy?
Matteo Renzi
Pier Luigi Bersani
Silvio Berlusconi
Angelino Alfano

Answer A
8. Who has been appointed as Pakistans new High Commissioner to India?
Mishari Rashid
Saud Al-Shuraim
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Basit
Ans- D
9. President Pranab Mukherjee has imposed Presidents rule in-
Delhi
Jharkhand
Andhra Pradesh
 Assam
Ans- A
10. India Which countrys national flag hoisted at the Sochi Olympics five days after the
International Olympic Committee lifted a 14-month ban?
Pakistan
Argentina
Malaysia
Ans A
11. Which movie won the Golden Bear for best picture at the 64th Berlin international
film festival?
Praia do Futuro
The Monuments Men
Ice Poison
Bai Ri Yan Huo
Ans D

12. Who became the new police commissioner of Mumbai?

Hasan Gafoor
Hemant Karkare
Rakesh Maria
Ashok Kamte
Ans- c
13. Which Indian state launched new G-Auto service to book autorickshaws online or on
phone?
Delhi
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Sikkim
Ans- A
14. Who has been appointed as new president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India (ICAI)?
Manish Gupta
Rahul Verma
K. Raghu
Vikas Saklani
Ans- c
15. Which player conferred with the best Woman Footballer of the Year award at the
Chitra Gangadharan
Suprava Samal
Paromita Sit
Oinam Bembem Devi
Ans- D
16. Which ministry launched Sanskrit Caravan in New Delhi on 14 February 2013?
Ministry of Railway
Ministry of Science
Ministry of Air
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ans- D
17. Who has been appointed as the Solicitor General of India on 13 February 2013?
Mohan Parasaran
Sidharth Luthra
Paras Kuhad
Kevic Setalvad
Ans- A
18. Who has been appointed as the Next Permanent Representative of India to the UN?
Ashok Kumar Mukherji
Marwan Jilani
Peter Thomson
Ken Kanda
Ans- A
19. Who has been appointed as Karnataka Lokayukta on 13 February 2013?
Nadendla Manoh
Y. Bhaskar Rao
Marri Chenna Reddy
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Ans B
20. Which nation ranked 140th in the list of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom
Index 2014?
Nepal
India
Sri Lanka
 Russia
Ans- b
21. Who has been won the Irani Trophy title 2014?
Rest of India
Mumbai
Karnataka
Delhi
Ans- C
22. Who became the first Indian state to legally ban consumption of all forms of
smokeless tobacco?
Assam
Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Ans- A
23. Who among the following appointed as new chairman & Managing Director of Punjab
& Sind Bank?
Jatinderbir Singh
Neeraj Mishra
Puneet Joshi
Lokesh Bhoj
Ans A
24. Name the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India who gets
extension for two years by finance ministry?
Manpreet Khurana
Ravi Tripathi
V. R Rao
U.K. Sinha
Ans- D
25. Which among the following player won the first gold medal of Sochi Olympics?
Sage Kotsenburg
Torstein Horgmo
Mark McMorris
Sebastien Toutant
Ans- A
26. Who among the following has been nominated for the 2014 Childrens Nobel Prize?
Kautilya Pandit
Afsana Khan
Gopal Verma
Malala Yousafzai
Ans- D
27. Who among the following will become ICCs first chairman from July 2014?
Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar
N. Srinivasan
Giles Clarke
Wally Edwards
Ans- B
28. Who has been appointed as new president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?
Dhanraj Choudhary
Anil Khanna
N Ramachandran
Parminder Singh Dhindsa
Ans- C
29. Who has been elected as new governor of Tokyo?
Yoichi Masuzoe
Toshio Tamogami
Kenji Utsunomiya
Junichiro Koizumi
Ans- A
30. Which Indian state wins prestigious national Krishi Karman Award for the second
consecutive year?
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh
Assam
Ans- C

31. Who has been elected as new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board?
Zaka Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
 Moin Khan
Najam Sethi
Ans- D
32. Who among the following appointed as new Prime Minister of Nepal?
Ram Chandra Poudel
Jhala Nath Khanal
Prakash Man Singh
Sushil Koirala
Ans- D
33. Which among the following player named FICCI Sportsperson of the Year?

Jayanta Talukdar
Virat Kohli
Saina Nehwal
Deepika Kumari
Ans- D

34. Who among the following will take over as the new chairperson of Broadcasting
Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?

Koka Subba Rao

Mukul Mudgal
Jagdish Sharan Verma
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Ans- B
35. Which Indian cricketer was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award at the
India Sports Awards presented by FICCI?
Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Anil Kumble
Ans- A

36. Who became the first female Russian skater to receive Olympic gold in this
category?

Julia Lipnitskaia
 Elena Radionova
Carolina Kostner
Adelina Sotnikova
Ans D

37. Who has been appointed as Indian captain for Womens World T20 from March 16 in
Bangladesh?

Harmanpreet Kaur
Latika Kumari
Mithali Raj
Jhulan Goswami

Ans-C

38. Who among the following golf player won the Womens third leg of Professional Golf
Tour 2014?

Smriti Mehra
Kiran Matharu
Nikki Campbell
Sharmila Nicollet
Ans- A

39. Name the chairman and managing director of United Bank of India who resigned
from his post on 21st February 2014?

Neeraja Devi
Archana Bhargava
Smriti Sinha
Aarti Jain

Ans- B

40. Which company bagged the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Award-2014 for
the best CSR practices in the category of health?

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
 India Cements

Ans- A

41. Who became the first player in history to score half-centuries in 12 Tests in a row?

JP Duminy
AB De Villiers
Michael Clarke
Shane Watson
Ans- B

42. Archana Bhargava quit as Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following
public sector banks recently? Her resignation came in the wake of a surge in bad-loans
at the bank.
1) State Bank of India
2) United Bank of India
3) Indian Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) None of these

Ans-2

43. The Parliament passed the Interim Budget 2014-15 recently. What is the budget
allocation for the non-plan expenditure for the financial year 2014-15?
1) Rs 12,07,892 cr
2) Rs 10,12,000 cr
3) Rs 7,11,235 cr
4) Rs 5,55,532 cr
5) None of these

Ans- 1

44. India successfully test fired Akash missile recently. Which of the following is NOT
correct about the missile?
1) It is compared to American Patriot surface-to-air missile system.
2) It has the capability to neutralise aerial targets like fighter jets and cruise missiles.
3) This is developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) as part
of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
4) It has a strike range of 30 km and can carry a warhead of 50 kg.
5) None of these
.
Ans- 5

45. Under which of the following markets, the funds are transacted by banks on an
overnight basis?
1) Money market
2) Call money market
3) Term money market
4) Capital market
5) None of these

Ans- 2

46. The narrow money is represented by which of the following?

1) M1
2) M2
3) M3
4) M4
5) None of these

Ans- 1

47. Who is the new CEO of Microsoft?

A) Satya Nadella
B) Steve Ballmer
C) Bill Gates
D) John W. Thompson
Ans- A

48. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a certificate of authorization to
set up white label ATMs in India. What are white label ATMs?

A) ATMs set up by foreign banks

B) ATMs set up by non-bank entities
C) ATMs of Post Office saving banks
D) ATMs set up by any financial institutions in India
Ans- B

49. How many personalities have received the country highest civilian honour, the
Bharat Ratna?

A) 45
B) 40
C) 41
D) 43
Ans- d

50. Who has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013?

A) Vishwanath Tripathi
B) Narendra Kohli
C) Ramadarash Mishra
D) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Ans- A

51. The 2014 Winter Olympics Games began in

A) Sochi, Russia
B) Vancouver, Russia
C) London, United Kingdom
D) Tokyo, Japan
Ans- A

52. The leading stock exchange Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has started trading in
IRF in long tenure government bonds. IRF stands for

A) Interest Rate Forward

B) Interest Rate Free
C) Interest Rate Futures
D) None of the above
Ans- C

53.Which among the following state became the first state in India to achieve 100 per
cent sanitation?
A) Goa
B) Haryana
C) Tripura
D) Sikkim
Ans- D
54. India has been ranked ______ out of 178 countries on the 2014 Environment
Performance Index.
A) 73
B) 85
C) 108
D) 155
Ans- D

55. Recently, six Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) announced to set up the Worlds
largest solar power project in
A) Sambhar, Rajasthan
B) Fatehabad, Haryana
C) Bikaner, Rajasthan
D) Ranchi, Jharkhand
Ans-A

56. The National Waqf Development Corp. Ltd, a new Central Public Sector Enterprise
was inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 29 January, 2014. It is established in
A) New Delhi
B) Patna
C) Kanpur
D) Pune
Ans- A

57. Indias first monorail was inaugurated in Mumbai recently. It started between
_______
A) Bandra and Wadala
B) Wadala and Chembur
C) Chembur and Kurla West
D) Kurla West and Bandra
Ans- B

58. Recently, Union Ministry of Rural Development signed MoU with__________ to

exchange the appropriate livelihood practices among rural communities under the NRLM
programme.
A) Pradhan
B) Gates Foundation
C) Digital Green
D) None of the above
Ans- C

59. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of 7th Pay Commission?
A) B.N. Srikrishna
B) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
C) Justice D K Jain
D) Justice A.K. Mathur
Ans- D

60.Who has been appointed as new Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Limited (HPCL)?
Chanda Kochhar
Deepak Sandhu
Nishi Vasudeva
Chitra Ramkrishna
Ans- C

61. Which among the following team won the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014?

South Africa
Pakistan
England
New Zealand
Ans- A

62.Which chess player achieved highest-ever FIDE chess rating of 2881 points?

Magnus Carlsen
Garry Kasparov
Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand
Ans- A

63. Who has been won the ATP Mexican Open title 2014?

Kei Nishikori
Milos Raonic
Kevin Anderson
Grigor Dimitrov
Ans- d

64. How many percent dearness allowance (DA) rose by Indian government of Friday?

20 Percent
5 Percent
10 Percent
15 Percent
Ans- c

65. Which among the following country builds worlds largest aircraft?

Switzerland
Britain
India
South Korea
Ans- B

66. Who has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director of Indian
Renewable Energy Development Agency?

K S Popli
Mahesh Saxena
Pawan Mishra
Rahul Bose
Ans- A

67. Name the former chief of CISF who joined Central Vigilance Commission as a
vigilance commissioner?

R Sri Kumar
Pradeep Kumar
J M Garg
Rajiv Ranjan Verma
Ans- D
68. Indias first post office savings bank ATM opened in-
Chennai
Delhi
Punjab
 Haryana
Ans- A

69. Which country won the SAARC golf championship 2014?

New Zealand
Australia
India
Malaysia
Ans- C

70. Name the Indian Navy chief who resigned on 26th February 2014?
Nirmal Kumar Verma
Arup Raha
Norman Anil Kumar Browne
Devender Kumar Joshi
Ans- D

71. Who has been to be appointed as new chairman and managing director of United Bank
of India?
Mukesh Kumar Jain
Neeraj Sinha
Jagan Sharma
Punit Jain
Ans A

72. Who has been won the National billiards championship 2014?
B. Bhaskar
Sourav Kothari
Dhruv Sitwala
Ashok Kumar
Ans- B

73. Who has been appointed as new head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation?
Dinesh Kumar Sarraf
Sudhir Vasudeva
 Dheeraj Goyal
Amit Verma
Ans- A

74. Who has been appointed as new chairman of National Dairy Development Board
(NDDB)?
Dr Amrita Patel
T Nanda Kumar
Jagdish Prasad
Miland Dogra
Ans- B

75. Who has been won the ONGC-GAIL Delhi Open Title 2014?
Somdev Devarman
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Farrukh Dustov
Adrian Ungur
Ans- A

76. Who has been appointed as Interim president of Ukraine until elections?
Oleksandr Turchynov
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Yuriy Lutsenko
Petro Poroshenko
Ans- A
77. Which among the following country tops medals tally at Sochi Olympics 2014?
Norway
Russia
Canada
Holland
Ans- b
78. Where will be held world Table Tennis championship 2014?
Tokyo
Beijing
New Delhi
 Washington
Ans- A

79. Which among the following Indian Bank receive Vigilance Excellence Award 2013-
2014?

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank
Bank of Baroda
Canara Bank
Ans- B

80. What is the name of Olympic bronze men medalist, who named goodwill ambassadors
of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games?

Sushil Kumar
Vijay Kumar
Abhinav Bindra
Vijender Singh Beniwal
Ans- A

81. What is the name of Indian women athlete , who named goodwill ambassadors of the
2014 Incheon Asian Games?

Saina Nehwal
Saniya Mirza
Merry Kom
Deepika Kumari
Ans- D

82. Who clinch the air pistol gold medal in the 7th Asian Championship in Kuwait on
Monday?

Saniya Mirza
Merry Kom
Deepika Kumari
Heena Sidhu
Ans- D
83. Where was held 29th edition of Aahar-International Food and Hospitality Fair on
Monday?

Karnataka
New Delhi
Mumbai
Rajasthan
Ans- B

84. Which Indian state won the Santosh Trophy title 2014?

Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Mizoram
West Bengal
Ans- C

85. Who has been won the most promising Motor Sport Man of the Year award 2013 by
the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India?

Jehan Daruvala
Raj Bharath
Karun Chandok
Vishnu Prasad
Ans- D

86. Which among the following shooter won the gold medal at 7th Asian Championship?

Pooja Ghatkar
Tejaswini Sawant
Shagun Chowdhary
Rahi Sarnobat
Ans- A

87. Which country Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline with India on 6 March 2013?

Pakistan
Afghanistan
Taliban
 Kazakhstan
Ans- D

88. Who has been appointed new CEO of Air Asia India on 6 March 2013?

Tony Fernandes
Mittu Chandilya
Mr. Ramadorai
Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo
Ans- A

89. Who has been appointed new director (Finance) of the DMRC in March 2013?

Jaiveer Srivastava
R.N.Joshi
Anurag G Thapliyal
K.K.Saberwal
Ans- D

90. Who has been appointed as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Thermal
Power Corporation (NTPC) on 5 March 2013?

MP Muralidharan
MRP Rao
Anurag G Thapliyal
Jaiveer Srivastava
Ans- B

91. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland on 5 March 2013?

Nikhil Kumar
Neiphiu Rio
Anurag G Thapliyal
Jaiveer Srivastava
Ans- B

92. Which countrys president Hugo Chavez was, who died due to cancer on 5 March
2013?
 Kazakhstan
Venezuelan
Iran
Iraq
Ans- B

93. In which Indian state Mukul Manda Sangma Sworn-in as the Chief Minister on 5
March 2013?

Meghalaya
Sikkim
Nagaland
Goa
Ans- A

94. In which country Microsoft Launched New Version of Office 365 for Businesses on
4 March 2013?

Sri Lanka
America
Australia
India
Ans- D

95. Which two countries signed on a Social Security Agreement on 4 March 2013?

Sri Lanka and Portugal

America and Portugal
India and Portugal
Australia and Portugal
Ans- C

96. Which Union minister released coffee table Book Titled Indian Saga of Steel on 4
March 2013?

Ashoke Kumar Sen

Beni Prasad Verma
Ram Vilas Paswan
Virbhadra Singh
Ans- B

97. Which tennis player won the mens Mexican Open title 2013?

Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
David Ferrer
Juan Martn del Potro
Ans- A

98. Which tennis player won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013?

Rafael Nadal
Roger Federor
Novak Djokovic
James Andorson
Ans- C

99. Which two countries signed MoU on Strengthening Co-Operation in Earth Sciences
on 1 March 2013?

India and United Kingdom

United Kingdom and Pakistan
Pakistan and India
India and United Kingdom
Ans- A

100. Which India Vice President released book Walking with Lions: Tales from a
Diplomatic Past on 1 March 2013?

Hamid Ansari
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
K. Natwar
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Ans- C

101. Who has been appointed Supreme Courts new chief Justice on 1 March 2013?

Pinaki Chandra Ghose

 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
K. G. Balakrishnan
S. H. Kapadia
Ans- A

102. Which law minister launched Electronics Project Proposal System e-PPS in March
2013?

Kapil Sibbal
Ashwani Kumar
Salman Khurshid
Veerappa Moily
Ans- A

103. The number of workdays under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act 2005) has been raised from existing 100 days to ____
120 days
148 days
150 days
190 days
Ans- C

104. Who is the author of the book India at Risk?

Shashi Tharoor
Salman Khurshid
Jaswant Singh
Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans- C

105. The former CM of Delhi, Sheila Dixit has been appointed as the new Governor of

Kerala
Rajasthan
Goa
Maharashtra

Ans- A
106. Which among the following institutions have established a Intelligence grid to trace
black money in the upcoming election?
a. RBI
b. EC
c. SEBI
d. CBI

Ans- B

107. Michelle Bachelet will serve as the President of which among the following country?
a. Chile
b. Italy
c. Norway
d. Denmark
ANS- A

108. Which among the following persons has set a Guinness world record for non-stop
continuous lecture from India?
a. Arvind Mishra
b. Ashutosh Mukerjee
c. Arvind agarwal
d. Geeta sen
Ans- A

109. Which Indian golf player nominated for Player of the Decade award?

Gaganjeet Bhullar
Jeev Milkha Singh
Arjun Atwal
Shiv Kapur
Ans- B

110. Who has been won the womens world squash championship title 2014?

Jenny Duncalf
Raneem El Weleily
Laura Massaro
Alison Waters
Ans- C
111. Which team clinched the 4th Hockey India Senior men National Championship 2014?
Central Reserve Police Force
Hockey Gangpur
Vidarbha Hockey Association
Air India
Ans- d

112. Who has been bagged the 2014 Google Digital Activism Award?

Neeraj Pandey
Ajay Bindra
Mukul Saklani
Shubhranshu Choudhary
Ans- d

113. Which among the following NGO declared 2014 as the year of the sparrow?

Help Age India

Sargam Sanstha
Ward Foundation
Smile Foundation
Ans- C

114. Which among the following writer passed away at 99 on Thursday?

Vikram Seth
Khushwant Singh
Amitav Ghosh
R. K. Narayan
Ans- B

115. Name the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India who resigned on 20th March
2013?

G. Gopalakrishna
Shri Anand Sinha
K C Chakrabarty
Dr. Urjit R. Patel
Ans- c

116. Which country sports authorities to withdraw from staging the 2015 European
basketball championship?

Portugal
Afghanistan
Ukraine
Colombia
Ans- c

117. Who has been awarded with France's highest honor, the Legion
d'honneur in 2014
(a) Danielle Steel
(b) Sidney Sheldon
(c) Nora Roberts
(d) James Patterson
Ans- A

118. Who has been chosen for Sahitya Akademi award, 2013
(a) Hiren Bhattacharya
(b) Vattacharja Chandan
(c) Chinu Modi
(d)Prasoon Joshi
Ans- C

119. Which football player wins FIFA Ballon dOr award 2013
(a) Franck Ribery
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(d) Cristiano Ranaldo
Ans- D

120. Which country has recently joined Euro Zone as the 18th member
(a) Latvia
(b) Lithuania
(c) Estonia
(d) None of the above
Answer : A

121. Which Prime Minister attend as the Chief Guest of 2014 Indian Republic Day
(a) England
(b) Italy
(c) Japan
(d) Malaysia
Answer : C

122. Who is appointed as President of NASSCOM in January, 2014

(a) Arun Seth
(b) Avinash Vashistha
(c) R Chandrashekhar
(d) Krishnakumar Natarajan
Answer : C

123. Which player wins the Men's single Autralian Open Tournament, 2014
(a) David Ferrer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Robert Lindstedt
(d) Stanislas Wawrinka
Answer : D

124. Which woman player wins the Women's single Autralian Open Tournament, 2014
(a) Dominika Cibulkov
(b) Victoria Azarenka
(c) Agnieszka Radwanska
(d) Li Na
Answer : D

125. Aditya Joshi becomes the world number 1 junior player in which game
(a) Table Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Squash
(d) Chess
Answer : B

126. Little eye Labs company which is the first acquisition of Facebook in India is based
on which city
(a) Bangalore
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Delhi
(d) Chennai
Answer : A

127. Q12. Who has set the record of becoming the youngest person to trek to the South
Pole
(a) Bobby Baker
(b) John Simkin
(c) Lewis Clarke
(d) Grant Stockdale
Answer : C

128. Aruna Bahuguna first woman to be appointed as chief of

(a) National Policy Academy
(b) National Science Academy
(c) National Defence Academy
(d) None of the above
Answer : A

129. . On january 2014, Reserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw all currency
notes issued prior to
(a) 2000
(b) 2003
(c) 2005
(d) 2007
Answer : C

130. Newly appointed CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella was born in the city of
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bengalore
(d) Hyderabad
Answer : d

131. Which state becomes the first in India to ban smokeless tobacco
(a) Bihar
(b) Goa
(c) Kerala
(d) Assam
Answer : d

132. Which state became the first to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Sikkim
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Manipur
Answer : b

133. In which city, the 2014 Winter Olympics held

(a) Moscow
(b) Turin
(c) Sochi
(d) Nagano
Answer : c

134. In which city, the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held

(a) Pyeongchang
(b) Calgary
(c) Vancouver
(d) Nagano
Answer : a

135. Matteo Renzi sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister of

(a) Denmark
(b) Ukraine
(c) Sweden
(d) Italy
Answer : d

136. Which company recently buy mobile messaging service WhatsApp

(a) Google
(b) Facebook
(c) Twitter
(d) Yahoo
Answer : b

137. 2014 general election will be for the _________ Lok Sabha election
(a) 13th
(b) 14th
(c) 15th
(d) 16th
Answer : d

138. Who is the host of 2014 Asia Cup Cricket Tournaments

(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India
Answer : c

139. In which city, India's first 4G mobile service is launched on 14th February
(a) Mumbai
(b) Pune
(c) Bangalore
(d) Chennai
Answer : c

140. Which team win Ranji Trophy in 2014

(a) Karnataka
(b) West Bengal
(c) Mumbai
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer : b
141.Which movie wins the Oscar Award for Best Picture in 2014
(a) The Wolf of Wall Street
(b) Gravity
(c) American Hustle
(d) 12 Years a Slave
Answer : d
142. Which city of Ukraine voted to join into Russia
(a) Kiev
(b) Crimea
(c) Odesa
(d) None of the above
Answer : b

143. The 2014 T20 World Cup matches are host by

(a) Sri Lanka
(b) India
(c) Australia
(d) Bangladesh
Answer : d

144. What is the flight number of the Malaysian plan that went missing from 8th March,
2014
(a) MH 370
(b) MH 375
(c) ML 372
(d) MK 362
Answer : a

145. Which Bank becomes the first in India to allow card-less cash withdrawal from of
its ATMs
(a) Bank of India
(b) Indian Bank
(c) UCO Bank
 (d) Axis Bank
Answer : a

146. Which Musician/Music Director has

been appointed the goodwill ambassador of
Unesco Nepals Education For All in Feb
2014?
A) Shankar Mahadevan
B) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
C) A R Rahman
D) Bappi Lahiri
Ans D

147. India has signed two agreements with which

country for fighting against international
terrorism as well as avoiding double taxation in
Feb 2014?
A) Malaysia
B) China
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh
Ans- C

148. Indian government has scrapped a multi billion helicopter deal with AgustaWestland
due to corruption in Feb 2014. This company is from which country?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) Germany
Ans- c

149. Which cricket team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2014?

South Africa
India
West Indies
Sri Lanka
Ans- Srilanka
150. Which among the following cricket team won the Womens ICC T20 World Cup
2014?

England
New Zealand
Pakistan
Australia
Ans- Australia

151. Who has been re-elected as President of the National Rifle Association of India
(NRAI)?

Raninder Singh
Manoj Tripathi
Suraj Sinha
Raman Vishwas
Ans- Raninder singh

152. Who has been won the junior national hockey title 2014?

Delhi
Gujarat
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
Ans- Punjab

153. Who has been won the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix 2014?

Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
Mark Webber
Ans- Lewis Hamilton

154. Who has been won the 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports in
United Kingdom?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Chris Gayle
Ans- Dhoni

155. Who has won the 2014 Miss India title?

Jhataleka Malhotra
Koyal Rana
Nicole Da Silva
Lopamudra Raut
Ans- Koyal Rana

156. Who became the first Indian pistol shooter to be ranked No.1 in the world?

Anjali Bhagwat
Shagun Chowdhary
Heena Sidhu
Deepika Prajapati
Ans- Hina Sandhu

157. Which among the following company won the $700 million airport project in
Philippines?

GMR Group
Punj Lloyd Group
Larsen &Toubro Limited
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC)
Ans- GMR

158. Who becomes the first Indian pistol shooter to clinch a gold medal in the ISSF
World Cup?
 Annu Raj Singh
Rahi Sarnobat
Tejaswini Sawant
Anisa Sayyed
Ans- Rahi Sarnobat

159. Which place named wettest places on Earth by World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)?

Cherrapunji
Lake Maracaibo
Dartmouth
Finca Bellavista
Ans- Cherrapunji

160. Who has been appointed as new Director for exploration of ONGC?

Bimal Jain
Vikram Singh
Jignesh Trivedi
Narendra Kumar Verma
Ans- Narendra Kumar Verma

161. Who has been named as Pakistans new high commissioner to India?

Abdul Basit
Imran Kadir
Farooq Shaikh
Sohaib Maqsood
Ans- Adbul Basit

162. Who has been takes charge as new secretary of Department of Telecommunications
(DoT)?

M. F. Farooqui
V.K. Gupta
 Ankit Sinha
Deepak Vashwani
Ans- M.F. Farooqui

163. Which among the following comedian appointed new brand ambassador for the Lok
Sabha elections?

Krishna Abhishek
Sudesh Lehri
Kapil Sharma
Sunil Grover
Ans- Kapil Sharma

164. Which among the following Bollywood Actor becomes Election Commissions national
icon?

Aamir Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Ranbir Kapoor
Salman Khan
Ans- Aamir Khan

165. Who has been appointed as new chairman of Dr. Reddys Laboratories?

Prakash Gupta
Manish Jain
Rajesh Talwar
G. V. Prasad
Ans- G.V. Prasad

166. Who has been appointed as new prime minister of France?

Manuel Valls
Dieudonn Mbala Mbala
Jean-Marc Ayrault
Arnaud Montebourg
Ans- Manuel Valls

167. Name the US Ambassador to India who has resigned from his post Recently?

Jen Psaki
Christine A. Varney
Deborah K. Jones
Nancy Powell
Ans- Nancy Poweel

168. Who has been elected as new president of Slovakia?

Duan Jarjabek
Lubomr Javorsk
Andrej Kiska
Frantiek Jehlicka
Ans- Andrej Kiska

169. Which among the following country to host 4th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in
April?

China
India
Japan
United States
Ans- India

170. Which Railway platform breaks the record of kharagpur as the longest railway
platform in the world
kollam kerala
bilaspur chattisgarh
gorakhpur up
New delhi delhi
ANS- C

171. In a move that aims at encouraging inflows of long-term overseas fund, the capital
market regulator Sebi has restricted foreign investors (FIIs and QFIs) from buying
govt securities having maturity of less than
1) one year
2) two years
3) three years
4) four years
5) five years
Ans= One year

172. Dada Saheb Phalke awardee VK Murthy passed away recently. He was a renowned
A) cinematographer
B) story writer
C) composer
D) lyrist
E) actor
ANS- A

173. Who among the following won the mens singles title of the India Super Series
Badminton in New Delhi recently?
A) Lee Chong Wei
B) Chen Long
C) Peter Gade
D) Taufik Hidayat
E) Lin Dan
Ans- a

174. Name the Indian shooter who has clinched the World's Number One spot in 10
metres air pistol event in the recent rankings released by International Shooting Sport
Federation recently?
A) Shagun Chowdhary
B) Anjali Bhagwat
C) Heena Sidhu
D) Annu Raj Singh
E) None of these
ANS- C
175. Which of the following is considered by banks as a risky form of lending?
A) Education loan
B) Loan against property
C) Credit card
D) Housing loan
E) None of these
ANS= C

176. Army successfully test fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersonic cruise
missile BrahMos which already has been inducted into the Army and Navy. BrahMos
missile is developed by India in partnership with
A) Israel
B) US
C) Germany
D) Russia
E) None of these
ANS- D

177. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 Apr every year to mark the anniversary of
the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and each year a theme is
selected that highlights a priority area of public health. The theme for 2014 is
A) Make every mother and child count
B) Vector-borne diseases: small bite; big threat
C) Working together for health
D) Good health adds life to years
E) Healthy heart beat, Healthy blood pressure
ANS- B

178. The Women in Politics Map 2014 launched by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
and UN Women has ranked India at which of the following positions?
A) 24th
B) 42nd
C) 73rd
D) 92nd
E) None of these
ANS- C
179. Which of the following countries announced a surprise air tax reform in its budget
statement which will slash air ticket prices from the country to India?
A) US
B) UK
C) Japan
D) Germany
E) None of these
Ans- B

180. Which of the following countries has been suspended from the powerful G8
grouping recently?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Canada
E) None of these
ANS- C

181. The present definition of willful default was adopted by the RBI on the
recommendation of which of the following committees?
A) KC Chakrabarty Committee
B) C Rangarajan Committee
C) HR Khan Committee
D) SS Kohli Committee
E) None of these
ANS- D

182. How many banks can participate to facilitate a consortium advance?

A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
E) Any number
ANS- E
183. Who among the following has been appointed the chairman of the Financial Planning
Standards Board India (FPSB), the professional standards setting body for financial
planners?
A) Dhirendra Swarup
B) BN Srikrishna
C) AR Lakshmanan
D) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud
E) None of these
ANS- B

184. Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awards, 2013 were felicitated recently. Who among the
following is NOT among the award winners this year?
A) Javed Akhtar
B) Ambika Dutt
C) Subodh Sarkar
D) Mridula Garg
E) None of these
ANS-E

185. Who among the following emerged winner of the inaugural Tata T1 Prima Truck
Racing Championship held at the Buddh International Circuit recently?
A) David Jenkins
B) Mathew Summerfield
C) Stuart Oliver
D) Matt Allison
E) None of these
ANS-C

186. The govt plans to build how many low-cost airports in the next 20 years in tier-II
and tier-III cities as smaller cities are set to lead the air traffic growth in the country
in the coming years?
A) 50
B) 100
C) 150
D) 200
E) 300
ANS- D

187. India has nominated the Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh and
Rani-ki-Vav, a 11thcentury step well as candidates for UNESCOs World Heritage Site
status this year. Rani-Ki-Vav is located in which of the following states?
A) Rajasthan
B) Delhi
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Uttar Pradesh
ANS- C

188. Soma Mondal has been appointed the new Director (Commercial) of which of the
following Navratna PSUs recently? She is the first woman employee of the company to
be elevated to the post of Director.
A) Bharat Electronics Limited
B) National Aluminium Company Limited
C) Shipping Corporation of India Limited
D) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
E) Oil India Limited
ANS- B

189. Who among following has been appointed the Secretary of the Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) recently?
A) Saurabh Chandra
B) Ruma Pal
C) Amitabh Kant
D) Vivek Rae
E) None of these
ANS- C

190. Who is the winner of the 2014 Templeton Prize?

A) Jan Sokol
B) Dominik Duka
C) Tomas Halik
D) Miloslav Vlk
E) None of these
Ans-c

191. Nishi Vasudeva has become the first women Chairman and Managing Director of
which of the
A) HPCL
B) BPCL
C) IOC
D) ONGC
E) None of these
ANS- A

192. Who among the following won the Formula One season opener, Australian Grand
Prix, recently?
A) Fernando Alonso
B) Jenson Button
C) Kevin Magnussen
D) Daniel Ricciardo
E) Nico Rosberg
Ans- E

193. As announced by the election commission, recently, the first two states to be
issued with plastic photo identity card for elections in India are:
A) Assam and Nagaland
B) Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram
C) West Bengal and Sikkim
D) Tripura and Nagaland
E) Delhi and Sikkim
ANS - A

194. Name the Indian-American attorney who is all set to become Californias first
federal judge of South Asian descent?
A) Neal Katyal
B) Srikanth Srinivasan
C) Vince Chhabria
D) Preet Bharara
E) None of these
ANS- C

195. Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as the president of which of the following
counrtries recently?
A) Latvia
B) Chile
C) Chad
D) Bulgaria
E) Belgium
ANS- B

196. Public sector bank Canara bank has appointed who among the following as its brand
ambassador?
A) Shikhar Dhawan
B) Ravindra Jadeja
C) Virat Kohli
D) Cheteshwar Pujara
E) None of these
ANS- A

197. Armies of India and which of the following countries carried out joint disaster
relief operations named 'Surya Kiran' in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand recently?
A) Myanmar
B) Nepal
C) China
D) Bangladesh
E) None of these
ANS- B

198. The book titled 12 Years A Slave has been authored by:
A) Solomon Northup
B) Hasan Suroor
C) Vesna P Jacob
D) Simon Denyer
E) None of these
Ans- a

199. Which of the following teams has won the Santosh Trophy 2014 football
tournament recently?
A) Railways
B) Mizoram
C) Punjab
D) Kerala
E) None of these
ANS- B

200. Which among the following is the first universal bank of India?
A) HDFC
B) Axis Bank
C) ICICI
D) Federal Bank
E) None of these
Ans-c

201. Who among the following has been awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize for the
year 2013 recently?
A) Karan Singh
B) MK Narayanan
C) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
D) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
E) None of these
ANS- D

202. Who among the following assumed charge as the Secretary General of the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) recently?
A) Ahmed Saleem
B) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
C) Arjun Bahadur Thapa
D) Sheel Kant Sharma
E) None of these
ANS- C

203. As announced by the Election Commission, the Lok Sabha elections will be held
between 7 Apr and 12 May in how many phases? These elections will witness the highest
number of phases so far.
A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Nine
E) Eleven
ANS- D

204. Which among the following is the first private bank of India which has commenced
its operations in China recently?
A) ICICI
B) YES Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
E) None of these
ANS= C

205. AIBA, which terminated India from its fold recently, is the international governing
body associated with the game of:
A) Badminton
B) Billiards
C) Boxing
D) Baseball
E) None of these
ANS- C

206. India and which of the following countries have signed a slew of agreements on
cooperation in legal assistance and public and homeland security recently?
A) Israel
B) Norway
C) New Zealand
D) US
E) None of these
ANS- A

207. Which of the following teams has won the ICC U-19 World Cup recently?
A) Pakistan
B) South Africa
C) India
D) Sri Lanka
E) None of these
ANS- B

208. PM Matteo Renzi was sworn in as youngest-ever Prime Minister, recently, in which
of the following countries?
A) Norway
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) Singapore
E) None of these
ANS- C

209. Which of the following countries has overtaken India as the world's largest gold
consumer according to a World Gold Council report released recently?
A) US
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) China
E) None of these
AnS-D

210. Who among the following was given the Most Inspiring Sportsperson of the Year
award at the National Sports Award presented by the FICCI recently?
A) Deepika Kumari
B) PV Sindhu
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Vijay Zol
E) Yuvraj Singh
ANS- E

211. Javad Zarif, who visited New Delhi on a two day official visit, recently, is the
present Foreign Minister of which of the following countries?
A) Indonesia
B) Malaysia
C) Kuwait
D) Iran
E) None of these
ANS- D

212. Name the oldest Member of Parliament (MP) till date, who retired after seven
decades in politics recently.
A) Praveen Rashtrapal
B) Thangso Baite
C) Rishang Keishing
D) Thokchom Meinya
E) None of these
ANS- C

213. The world's longest (20km) free Wi-Fi zone was inaugurated in which of the
following cities recently?
A) Chennai
B) Bangalore
C) Patna
D) Lucknow
E) None of these
ANS- C

214. Name the cricketer who has been appointed the brand ambassador of Gujarat state
Election
Commission recently.
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Cheteshwar Pujara
C) R Ashwin
D) Virat Kohli
E) Shikar Dhawan
ANS- B

215. David Johnston, who visited to India recently, is the present Governor General of
which of the following countries? Three agreements were signed between the two
countries during his visit.
A) Canada
B) Spain
C) Norway
D) Switzerland
E) None of these
ANS- A

216. The govt has given its nod to classify which of the following languages as the sixth
Indian classical language?
A) Odia
B) Marathi
C) Gujarati
D) Bengali
E) None of these
ANS- A

217. We often read about decreasing or increasing different rates and ratios by the
RBI by certain basis
points. One basis point is equal to which of the following?
A) 1%
B) 0.1%
C) 0.01%
D) 0.001%
E) None of these
ANS-C

218. Who among the following has won the Rio Open 2014 tennis tournament recently?
A) Stanislas Wawrinka
B) Alexandr Dolgopolov
C) Rafael Nadal
D) Roger Federer
E) None of these
ANS- C

219. The National Women's Day is celebrated in India on 13 Feb every year. This day is
celebrated in the memory of:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Rani Lakshmibai
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
E) None of the above
ANS- A

220. As projected by the multilateral agency International Monetary Fund (IMF), Indian
economy is likely to expand at what per cent in 2014-15 (at factor cost)?
A) 4.6 per cent
B) 5.4 per cent
C) 6 per cent
D) 8 per cent
E) 8.79 per cent
ANS- B

221. The Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented interim budget for 2014-15 in Lok
Sabha recently. This
is India's _______ budget.
A) 81st
B) 82nd
C) 83rd
D) 84th
E) 85th
ANS- C

222. The meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 major
economies was
organised in which of the following countries recently?
A) Turkey
B) Australia
C) Russia
D) Mexico
E) France
ans- B

223. Enrico Letta resigned after serving as the Prime Minister of which of the following
countries for just 10 tumultuous months recently?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Norway
D) Norway
E) None of these
ANS- B

224. Which of the following is the first country in the world to implement a new tax
called Tobin Tax which is imposed on all financial transactions (share, bond and currency
transactions)?
A) France
B) US
C) Japan
D) Italy
E) None of these
ans- d

225. Yulia Lipnitskaya, who became the youngest athlete (15 yrs old) to win Gold at
Winter Olympics, recently, belongs to which of the following countries?
A) Ukraine
B) Russia
C) Czechoslovakia
D) Kazakhstan
E) None of these
ANS= B

226. The Union govt launched Meghraj project, recently, which is a ______ project.
A) Cloud computing
B) Mother and child tracking
C) Weather forecasting
D) Artificial rain
E) None of these
ANS- A

227. The communication backbone launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for
Indian Banking and Financial Sector is known as:
A) BANKNET
B) INFINET
C) INDIANET
D) SWIFT
E) None of these
ANS-B

228. Joachim Guack, who visited India, recently, is the present President of which of
the following countries?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) New Zealand
D) Italy
E) None of these
ANS- B

229. Who among the following will head the 7th Central Pay Commission set up by the
govt?
A) Meena Agarwal
B) Rathin Roy
C) Vivek Rae
D) Ashok Kumar Mathur
E) None of these
ANS- D

230.Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India?

1. Kurian Joseph
2.Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
3. Rajendra Mal Lodha
4. H. L. Datt
ANS- lodha

231. Which Indian state won the mens National basketball 33 championship 2014?

1. Tamil Nadu
2.Delhi
3.Haryana
4.Madhya Pradesh
Ans- tamil nandu

232. Which Insurance company imposed a fine of Rs 1.77 crore on Reliance Life
Insurance for violation?
1.Birla Sun Life Insurance
2. IRDA
3.Sahara Life Insurance
4.Max Life Insurance
Ans-2

233. Name the Palestinians prime minister who recently resigned from his post?

1. Salam Fayyad
2. Rami Hamdallah
3.Ismail Haniyeh
4.Saeb Erekat
Ans- salam fayyad

234. Who has been re-elected as president of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)?

1.A.K. Padmanabhan
2.Ranjana Nirula
3.Dipak Dasgupta
4.Kashmir Singh Thakur
Ans- A.K. Padmanabhan
235. Which company awarded the DSIJ Award 2013 for the Most Efficient Maharatna
PSU?

1.Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

2.Coal India Limited
3.Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
4.NTPC Limited
Ans- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

236. Who has been appointed as new president of Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)?

1. Sachin Gopal
2.Ajay Shriram
3.Dinesh Pal
4.Siddharth Malhotra
Ans- Ajay Shriram

237. Which among the following Olympic athlete banned for 18 months for doping?

1. Tyson Gay
2.Justin Gatlin
3.Ricardo Powell
4.Yohan Blake
5. None of above
ANS- 5 RIGHT ANSWER IS ( ASAFA POWELL)

238. Name the Indias first aircraft carrier which saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan
war sold for 60 crore?

1. INS Vikrant
2.Dassault Mirage 2000
3.SEPECAT Jaguar
4. Ilyushin Il-76 Candid
ANS- INS Vikrant
239. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were among the host of high-profile winning
bidders of much-anticipated Indian Super League which is set to take Indian football by
storm. Sachin Tendulkar won which franchise?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Kochi
Ans- D

240. Which filmmaker was honoured with the 2013 Dadsaheb Phalke award, the
countries' highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India?
(A) Saeed Akhtar Mirza
(B) Gulzar
(C) K. Balachander
(D) Manna Dey
ANS- B

241. Which Indian clinched the men's trap gold medal ahead of two-time Olympic
champion Michael Diamond at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, USA on 12 April
2014?
(A) Abhinav Bindra
(B) Gagan Narag
(C) Ronjan Sodhi
(D) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
ANS- D

242. Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group has been recently conferred
Knight Grand Cross. It is one of the highest civilian awards of which country?
(A) Britain
(B) China
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
ANS- A

243. Kenya's world record-holder Wilson Kipsang won which marathon on 13 April 2014
with a new unofficial course record of two hours, four minutes and 27 seconds?
(A) Delhi Marathon
(B) London Marathon
(C) Sydney Marathon
(D) Tokyo Marathon
ANS-B

244. Who won the Millennium Technology Prize 2014?

(A) Alasdair Turner
(B) Michael J Francis
(C) Stuart Parkin
(D) Michael Diller
ANS- C

245. State Bank of India (SBI) on 11 April 2014 launched its Twitter handle account
named ........... to strengthen its social media presence?
(A) TweetSBI
(B) SBITweet
(C) TheOfficialSBI
(D) SBIOfficial
ANS- C

246. Justice R M Lodha was recently appointed as the .......Chief Justice of India?
(A) 40th
(B) 35th
(C) 39th
(D) 41st
ANS-D

247. Which Indian was recently inducted as a member of the Board of Boao Forum for
Asia (BFA), a rare distinction for an Indian in the Chinese government-backed influential
body?
(A) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(B) Mukesh Ambani
(C) N. R. Narayana Murthy
(D) Ratan Tata
ANS- D
248. Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of which country for the second
consecutive four-year term on 10 April 2014?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Hungary
(D) Malta
ANS- C

249. World Health Organisation (WHO) on 27 March 2014 officially certified India as a
polio-free country with no case of the disease being reported in the country for
last ............... years?
(A) 5
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 7
ans-c

250. Who won the Abel Prize 2014?

(A) Yakov G. Sinai
(B) Pierre Deligne
(C) Endre Szemerdi
(D) John Milnor
ans- a

251. Which country has hosted the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 from 24 to 25
March 2014?
(A) Australia
(B) Germany
(C) Netherlands
(D) Japan
ans-c

252. Which zone won the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament 2014?
(A) North Zone
(B) South Zone
(C) West Zone
(D) East Zone
ans- c

253. Who was recently elected as the new CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)
President?
(A) B Ashok Reddy
(B) Chandrajit Banerjee
(C) S Gopalakrishnan
(D) Ajay S Shriram
ans--- a

254. Recently Reserve Bank of India has extended the timeline for full implementation
of the Basel III capital regulations from March 31, 2018 to?
(A) March 31, 2019
(B) April 1, 2020
(C) September 30, 2022
(D) March 31, 2021
ans---a

255. Who won 2014 Pritzker Prize considered the most prestigious prize in the world of
architecture?
(A) Toyo Ito
(B) Wang Shu
(C) Shigeru Ban
(D) Peter Zumthor
ans--- c

256. Name the light-weight revolver launched by Indian Ordinance factory on 25 Mar
2014 for the safety of women?
(A) Nirbhay
(B) Nirbheek
(C) Nirdesh
(D) Nirdheek
ans---b
257. Who was appointed as the new revenue secretary on 25 March 2014?
(A) Rajiv Takru
(B) Sumit Bose
(C) Gurdial Singh Sandhu
(D) Padmini Gopinath
ans---a

258. Who won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2014?
(A) Ussain Bolt
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Sebastian Vettel
(D) Christiano Ronaldo
ans--c

259. Which actor was named national ambassador for Earth Hour 2014?
(A) Arjun Kapoor
(B) Aamir Khan
(C) Amitab Bachan
(D) Dhanush
ans-...a

260. World Tuberculosis Day was observed across the world on 24 March 2014 with the
theme?
(A) I am stopping TB
(B) Actions for life Towards a world free of TB
(C) On the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination
(D) Reach the three million A TB test, treatment and cure for all.
ans--d

261. World Meteorological Day 2014 was observed on March 23 with the theme?
(A) Weather and climate: engaging youth
(B) Climate for you
(C) Powering our future with weather, climate and water
(D) Weather, climate, water and sustainable development
ans- a
262. Who was selected for the 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research for the
year 2013?
(A) Puran Chand Pradhan
(B) Nibir Mandal
(C) Rajesh Gopakumar
(D) D.D. Sarma
ans- c

263. Dalai Lama on 23 March 2014 released a book on which former prime minister of
India?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Rajiv Gandhi
ans---a

264. Expressing deep concern at continued Russia-backed efforts to destabilise eastern

Ukraine, leaders of the G-7 countries have decided to impose additional sanctions on
Moscow. Which of the following countries does come in G-7 grouping?
1) Japan 2) Italy
3) Canada 4) South Korea
5) None of these
Ans- 4

265. World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on

1) 21 April 2) 23 April
3) 26 April 4) 27 April
5) 30 April
Ans- 3

266. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken upon itself the task of investigating
bank frauds. The central bank will conduct an independent forensic audit of corporates
declared fraudulent by banks that have borrowed more than
1) Rs 500 cr 2) Rs 1,000 cr
3) Rs 1,500 cr 4) Rs 2,000 cr
5) Rs 2,500 cr
Ans- 2

267. B Adhiban, who clinched a silver medal and also secured a berth at the 2015 World
Cup of the game, is associated with
1) Billiards 2) Squash
3) Chess 4) Judo
5) Bowling
Ans- 3

268. India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, was sold to ship-breaker for Rs 60 cr
recently. The Majestic-class aircraft carrier was purchased from which of the following
countries in 1957?
1) UK 2) US
3) Russia 4) France
5) Germany
Ans- 1

269. The RBI liberalised hedging limit for domestic investors to what amount from
existing USD 100,000 on the basis of a simple declaration without any requirement of
further documentation?
1) USD 100,000 2) USD 200,000
3) USD 250,000 4) USD 300,000
5) USD 350,000
Ans- 3

270. The provisions of the new Companies Act mandates all NBFCs for creation of a
debenture-redemption reserve (DRR) equivalent to __________of debentures or bonds
over the repayment term.
1) 30 per cent 2) 35 per cent
3) 40 per cent 4) 45 per cent
5) 50 per cent
Ans- 5

271. RBI panel which released Draft Report on Pricing of Credit, was headed by who
among the following?
1) Urjit Patel 2) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
3) Subir Gokarn 4) Anand Sinha
5) Harun Rashid Khan
Ans- 4

272. In accordance with the provisions of the MoU between the Govt and the RBI, the
ceiling for the outstanding balance under the Market Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) will be
reviewed when the outstanding balance reaches the threshold limit of
1) Rs 35,000 cr 2) Rs 40,000 cr
3) Rs 45,000 cr 4) Rs 50,000 cr
5) Rs 55,000 c
Ans- 1

273. Vivek Gundotra resigned as the chief of which of the following social networking
ventures, recently, after nearly eight years of service?
1) Google+ 2) Orkut
3) LinkedIn 4) My Space
5) None of these
Ans- 1

274. The British scientist Stuart Parkin has been awarded the highly prestigious 2014
Millennium Technology Prize. He has been awarded for
1) enabling a thousand-fold increase in the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives
2) ) creating World Wide Web
3) pioneering ethical stem cell
4) devising universal serial bus (USB)
5) None of these
Ans-1

275. Which of the following countries successfully test-fired a short range ballistic
missile Hatf-III (Ghazanvi) recently?
1) Iran 2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia 4) Pakistan
5) Indonesia
Ans- 4
276. The Asian Squash Federation adjudged who among the following as the Outstanding
Asian Men's Player of the Year 2013 recently?
1) Mahesh Mangaonkar 2) Omar Mosaad
3) Harinderpal Sandhu 4) Saurav Ghosal
5) Tarek Momen
Ans- 4

277. Who among the following has won the World Women's Senior Snooker
Championship 2014 recently?
1) Umadevi Nagraj 2) Alena Asmolava
3) Maureen Rowland 4) Reanne Evan
5) Chitra Magimairaj
Ans-5

278. The death toll from the lethal MERS topped 100 in Saudi Arabia since the spread
of the coronavirus was confirmed in 2012. What does MERS stands for?
1) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 2) Middle East Restrictive Syndrome
3) Middle East Restless Syndrome 4) Middle East Repulsive Syndrome
5) None of these
Ans- 1

279. Which of the following countries signed a 10-year pact with the US to allow a
bigger US military presence in its territory recently?
1) South Korea 2) Vietnam
3) Philippines 4) Thailand
5) Singapore
Ans-3

280. Who has been won the mens Barcelona Open title 2014?

Grigor Dimitrov
David Ferrer
Tom Berdych
Kei Nishikori
Ans- 4
281. Who has been recently won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize?

Danish Khan
Atul Sinha
Gyanchand Sharma
Ramesh Agrawal
ANS- 4

282. Who has been named the Professional Footballers Association player of the year
for 2013-14?

Luis Surez
Steven Gerrard
Edinson Cavani
Fernando Torres
ANS- A

283. Who has been recently honoured with Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee?

Anup Joseph Manjali

Ravi Saxena
Mahesh Rathi
Jai Prakash Yadav
ANS- A

284. Which among the following golf player won the Indonesian Masters 2014?

Thongchai Jaidee
Siddikur Rahman
Anirban Lahiri
Shiv Chowrasia
Ans- c

285. Who has been appointed as the new Union Home Secretary?
 Anil Goswami
Punit Aggarwal
Naresh Sinha
Dheeraj Gupta
Ans- a

286. Who has been awarded lifetime achievement award by International Association of
Women in Radio and Television?

Rakesh Sinha
Manish Tomar
Jai Chandiram
Pankaj Malhotra
Ans- c

287. Which Indian cricketer recommends for Arjuna Award this year by BCCI?

Virat Kohli
Shikar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ans- D

288. World Autism Awareness Day was recently observed on?

(A) 1 April 2014
(B) 3 April 2014
(C) 2 April 2014
(D) 4 April 2014
ANS- C

299. Reserve Bank of India( RBI) on 2 April 2014 granted "in-principle" approvals to
which among the following entities for new bank licences?
(A) Aditya Birla Nuvo & Bajaj Finance
(B) Indiapost & IDFC
(C) Bandhan Financial Services & Muthoot Finance
(D) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Services
Ans -d

300. Which company recently received the Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013?
(A) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
(B) Bharat Electronics Limited
(C) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
(D) Steel Authority of India Limited
Ans- A

301. Who was on 2 April 2014, appointed as the new Director General of BSF?
(A) Subhash Joshi
(B) D K Pathak
(C) Hormis Tharakan
(D) U K Bansal
Ans- B

302. Who was on 2 April 2014, named as the Kazakhstans new Prime Minister?
(A) Serik Akhmetov
(B) Daniyal Akhmetov
(C) Karim Massimov
(D) Imangali Tasmagambetov
Ans- C

303. Which country topped the social progress index published on 3 April 2014 that
ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) Germany
(D) New Zealand
Ans- d

304. Election Commission (EC) confirmed which bollywood actor as its fifth national icon
for the Lok Sabha elections 2014 on 1 April 2014?
(A) Shahrukh Khan
(B) Aamir Khan
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Salman Khan
Ans- b

305. Reserve Bank of India on 1 April 2014 adopted which index as the key measure of
Inflation on the basis of recommendations of Urjit R Patel Committee?
(A) Consumer Price Index
(B) Market Price Index
(C) Wholesale Price Index
(D) Manufacturing Price Index
Ans- A

306. Name the Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint venture which got aviation
Ministry nod on 2 April 2014?
(A) Singapore Airlines India
(B) Tata Airline SIA
(C) Tata SIA Airlines
(D) IndSing Airlines
Ans- B

307. Who was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 3 April
2014 for a period of three years?
(A) R. Gandhi
(B) K.C. Chakrabarty
(C) Urjit R. Patel
(D) H.R. Khan
Ans- A

308. Which Company conferred with the prestigious Gem of India Award by the All
India Achievers Conference?

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

NPTC Group
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Nissan Motor Company
Ans- C
309. Who has been assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of NMDC
Limited?

Narendra Kothari
Pawan Bansla
Anurag Basu
Deepak Chahal
Ans- A

310. Which filmmaker was honoured with the 2013 Dadsaheb Phalke award, the
countries' highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India?
(A) Saeed Akhtar Mirza
(B) Gulzar
(C) K. Balachander
(D) Manna Dey
Ans- B

311. Which Indian clinched the men's trap gold medal ahead of two-time Olympic
champion Michael Diamond at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, USA on 12 April
2014?
(A) Abhinav Bindra
(B) Gagan Narag
(C) Ronjan Sodhi
(D) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Ans- d

312. Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group has been recently conferred
Knight Grand Cross. It is one of the highest civilian awards of which country?
(A) Britain
(B) China
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Ans- a

313. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha Elections 2014
from which constituency?
(A) Raebareli
(B) Gandhinagar
(C) Varanasi
(D) Amethi
Ans- D

314. Kenya's world record-holder Wilson Kipsang won which marathon on 13 April 2014
with a new unofficial course record of two hours, four minutes and 27 seconds?
(A) Delhi Marathon
(B) London Marathon
(C) Sydney Marathon
(D) Tokyo Marathon
Ans- B

315. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were among the host of high-profile winning
bidders of much-anticipated Indian Super League which is set to take Indian football by
storm. Sachin Tendulkar won which franchise?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Kochi
Ans- D

316. Gulabi Gang documentary based on the life of which activist will be screened at the
14th New York Indian Film Festival to be held from 5 May to 10 May 2014?
(A) Sampat Devi
(B) Irom Sharmila
(C) Maneka Gandhi
(D) Medha Patkar
Ans-a

317. Who won the Millennium Technology Prize 2014?

(A) Alasdair Turner
(B) Michael J Francis
(C) Stuart Parkin
(D) Michael Diller
Ans-c

318. 9) State Bank of India (SBI) on 11 April 2014 launched its Twitter handle account
named ........... to strengthen its social media presence?
(A) TweetSBI
(B) SBITweet
(C) TheOfficialSBI
(D) SBIOfficial
Ans- C

319. Justice R M Lodha was recently appointed as the .......Chief Justice of India?
(A) 40th
(B) 35th
(C) 39th
(D) 41st
Ans- D

320. Which Indian was recently inducted as a member of the Board of Boao Forum for
Asia (BFA), a rare distinction for an Indian in the Chinese government-backed influential
body?
(A) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(B) Mukesh Ambani
(C) N. R. Narayana Murthy
(D) Ratan Tata
Ans- d

321. Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of which country for the second
consecutive four-year term on 10 April 2014?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Hungary
(D) Malta
Ans- c

322. The book "The Accidental Prime Minister: Making and Unmaking of Manmohan
Singh" which sparked controversy recently was authored by?
(A) Sanjaya Baru
(B) T. K. A. Nair
(C) Shivshankar Menon
(D) V R Narayanaswamy
Ans- A

323. Name the highly sever virus which arrived in Indian Cyber Space recently?
(A) Trojan
(B) Heartbleed
(C) Apple
(D) Sality
Ans-B

324. India on 10 April 2014 successfully conducted the maiden night test of its
indigenously developed which nuclear-capable ballistic missile?
(A) Agni-I
(B) Prithvi-II
(C) Dhanus-I
(D) Barhmos-IV
Ans-a

325. Which private telecom giant recently bought out its minority partners and now
owns 100% in India unit?
(A) Airtel
(B) Reliance
(C) Tata
(D) Vodafone
Ans- D

326. Stuart Parkin recently won which among the following prize?
(A) Pulitzer Prze 2014
(B) Abel Prize 2014
(C) Millennium Technology Prize 2014
(D) Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
Ans- C
327. Name the stone-age tribes of Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands who for the first
time casted their votes in Great Nicobar on 10 April 2014?
(A) Shompens
(B) Jarawa
(C) Onge
(D) Sentinelese
Ans- A

328. Which leading banking luminary was appointed as the special advisor of the interim
President of BCCI-IPL Sunil Gavaskar on 11 April 2014?
(A) Shyam Srinivasan
(B) K. Venkataraman
(C) Deepak Parekh
(D) Adtya Puri
Ans- c

329. Which Indian Cricketer was recently named one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the
Year?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) M S Dhoni
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) Shikhar Dhawan
Ans- D

330. Name Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier which was sold to ship-breaker company
for Rs 60 crore recently (April 2014)?
(A) INS Virat
(B) INS Vikrant
(C) INS Vijay
(D) INS Sindhurakshak
Ans- B

331. Which prolific cricketer adorned the covers of the 151st edition of the Wisden
Cricketers' Almanack released in April 2014?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Jacques Kallis
(C) Don Bradman
(D) Sunil Gavaskar
Ans- A

323. Which bollywood actor was recently appointed brand ambassador for Lenovo
smartphones?
(A) Aamir Khan
(B) Shahid Kapoor
(C) Irfan Khan
(D) Ranbir Kapoor
Ans- d

333. World Bank on 9 April 2014 projected an economic growth rate of ..... per cent in
2014-15 for India?
(A) 5.7
(B) 4.5
(C) 5
(D) 6.7
Ans- A

334. Software services industry group Nasscom (National Association of Software and
Services Companies) has named whom, as its new chairman for the 2014-15 financial
year?
(A) Krishnakumar Natarajan
(B) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
(C) R. Chandrasekaran
(D) Rana Kapoor
Ans- C

335. Which Israeli Startup has developed a smartphone battery which charges in just
30 Seconds, demonstrated their pioneering progress at Microsoft's Think Next
symposium in Tel Aviv recently?
(A) Bat Cell
(B) Charge thunder
(C) Limelight
(D) StoreDot
Ans- D

336. A new law legalizing sale of self-testing kits for HIV came into force in which
country on 6 April 2014?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Australia
(C) UK
(D) China
Ans-c

337. India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant was recently sold for 60 crore rupees
to a company named?
(A) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd
(B) IRB Construction Ltd
(C) JRB Ships Pvt Ltd
(D) ITBB Scraps pvt Ltd.
Ans- A

338. Which Indian player has become world No.1 in the 10 metres air pistol event,
according to the recent rankings(April 2014) released by International Shooting Sport
Federation?
(A) Tejaswini Sawant
(B) Heena Sindhu
(C) Rahi Sarnobat
(D) Anjali Bhagwat
Ans- b

339. Which country recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy of Africa?
(A) Egypt
(B) Algeria
(C) Sudan
(D) Nigeria
Ans- D

340. Who was declared the 'Man of the Series' in the recently concluded T20 World
Cup?
(A) Kumar Sangakkara
(B) Lasith Malinga
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Ravichandran Ashwin
Ans- C

341. First phase of Lok Sabha election began on 7 April 2014 in which among the
following north eastern states?
(A) Assam & Tripura
(B) Meghalaya & Sikkim
(C) Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim & Mizoram
Ans-a

342. Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiris which book was
recently (April 2014) shortlisted for this years Baileys Prize, the UKs only annual book
award for fiction written by a woman?
(A) The Namesake
(B) Unaccustomed Earth
(C) Interpreter of Maladies
(D) The Lowland
Ans-d

343. Itanagar, capital of which north eastern state, was put on the country's railway
map on 7 April 2014, with the first passenger train of about 400 commuters arriving at
Naharlagun?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Mizoram
Ans-c

344. IMF has recently(April 2014) announced that India's growth is expected to
recover from 4.4 percent in 2013 to ...... percent in 2014?
(A) 4.5
(B) 5.1
(C) 5
(D) 5.4
Ans-d

345. Who gave Sahara Force India team its second podium finish by coming third in the
Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2014 on 6 April 2014?
(A) Narain Karthikeyan
(B) Jenson Button
(C) Sergio Perez
(D) Nico Rosberg
Ans-c

346. Which countries top court has recently (April 2014) approved a controversial birth
control law?
(A) Egypt
(B) Australia
(C) China
(D) Philippines
Ans- D

347. Which country lifted the T20 cricket world cup 2014?
(A) India
(B) West Indies
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) South Africa
Ans- c

348. Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix racing on 6 April 2014?
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Nico Rosberg
(D) Kimi Raikkonen
Ans- a

339. World Health Day was observed across the globe on April 7, 2014 with the theme?
(A) Healthy blood pressure
(B) Vector-borne diseases
(C) Ageing and health
(D) Anti-microbial resistance
Ans- B

340. Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest,
which culminated on 5 April 2014 at Mumbai?
(A) Koyal Rana
(B) Vanya Mishra
(C) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
(D) Kanishtha Dhankhar
Ans- A

341. Which country won the ICC T-20 Womens World Cup 2014?
(A) England
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Australia
Ans- D

342. Which company has recently (April 2014) made deal worth USD 3.2 billion to buy
India's No. 1 drugmaker Ranbaxy?
(A) Johnson & Johnson
(B) Sun Pharma
(C) GlaxoSmithKline
(D) Pfizer
Ans- B

343. Name the Pulitzer Prize winning female journalist who was shot dead in Afghanistan
on 4 April 2014?
(A) Anja Niedringhaus
(B) Mary Garber
(C) Kathy Gannon
(D) Catharine Graham
Ans- A
344. Which team won the Junior Men National hockey title 2014 on 6 April 2014?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Odisha
(C) Delhi
(D) Punjab
Ans- D

345. Who won third India Open men's Super Series badminton title on 6 April 2014?
(A) Chen Long
(B) Tommy Sugiarto
(C) Lee Chong Wei
(D) Kenichi Tago
Ans- C

346. Who won third India Open women's Super Series badminton title on 6 April 2014?
(A) Shixian Wang
(B) LI Xuerui
(C) Yihan Wang
(D) Saina Nenwal
Ans- a

347. Indian Space Research Organization on 4 April 2014 launched which satellite,
which will be second navigation satellite among the seven satellites, which will eventually
constitute the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)?
(A) IRNSS-1A
(B) IRNSS-1B
(C) IRNSS-1C
(D) IRNSS-1D
Ans- b

348. Which state recently won Syed Mushtaq Ali South Zone T20 tournament?
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) TamilNadu
Ans- a

349. Which public sector bank on 4 April 2014 took one more step on the social media
front by launching a twitter handle?
(A) Punjab National Bank
(B) Indian Bank
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) SBI
Ans- D

350. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has recently (April 2014) sworn in as the first female
president of which among the following countries?
(A) France
(B) Slovakia
(C) Malta
(D) Belgium
Ans-c

351. International Mine Awareness Day was recently observed on?

(A) April 5
(B) April 2
(C) April 4
(D) April 3
Ans- c

352. Asia's largest Tulip garden on the banks of Dal Lake in which state was thrown open
for visitors on 5 April 2014?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Odisha
(C) Jammu & Kashmir
(D) Punjab
Ans- c

353. Name the ISRO PSLV rocket which took IRNSS-1B into space on 1 April 2014?
(A) PSLV-C24
(B) PSLV-C13
(C) PSLV-C23
(D) PSLV-C25
Ans-a

354. Second largest Qatari lender Doha Bank recently (April 2014), announced to open
its first branch in India by May 2014 at which city?
(A) Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Bengaluru
Ans- b

355. Which port handled the most iron ores among all ports in the country for the 2013-
14 period as announced recently?
(A) Kandla
(B) Visakhapatnam
(C) Chennai
(D) Navi Mumbai
Ans- a

356. The Reserve Bank of India has adopted the CPI as the key measure of Inflation in
India. CPI stands for
A) Consumer Price Index
B) Consumer Price India
C) Customer Price Index
D) Customer Price India
Ans- A.

357. The RBI adopted the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the key measure of inflation
on the basis of recommendation of ____________ committee.
A) Urjit R Patel
B) Bimal Jalan
C) Narshiman
D) Nachiket
Answer (A) Urjit R Patel
358. World Autism Awareness Day is observed every year on
A) 4 April
B) 31 March
C) 2 April
D) 5 April
Answer (C) 2 April

359. D K Pathak has been appointed as the new Director General of the
A) Indian Army
B) Reserve Bank of India
C) Border Security Force
D) Central Industrial Security Force
Answer (C) Border Security Force (BSF)

Who has been appointed as new prime minister of Libya?

A) Ifran Khan
B) Mohammed Sahil
C) Ahmed Matiq
D) Faisel Khan
Ans- C) Ahmed Matiq

360. The National Green tribunal banned mining in-

A) Sariska Tiger Reserve
B) Anshi National Park
C) Jim Corbett National Park
D) Bandhavgarh National Park
Ans- A) Sariska Tiger Reserve

361. Who has been confirmed as new head coach of Pakistan cricket team?
A. Rashid Latif
B. Waqar Younis
C. Aamer Sohail
D. Saleem Malik
Ans- B. Waqar Younis
362. Who becomes the first South Asian federal judge in Illinois?
A. Manish Shah
B. Rajesh Goswami
C. Arpit Verma
D. Vinay Joshi
Ans- A. Manish Shah

363. A major field exercise by the Army, code named Sarvada Vijay, was conducted in
which of the following states recently? The overall aim of the exercise is to practice
conventional cross-border thrusts into enemy territory.
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Punjab
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Odisha
Ans-2) Rajasthan

364. Indias Kamal Chawla, who won a bronze medal in the Asian Championship held in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently, is associated with which of the following games?
1) Table tennis
2) Squash
3) Snooker
4) Chess
5) Badminton
Ans-3) Snooker

365. Which of the following pairs won the WTA Portugal Open 2014 women's doubles
title recently?
1) Eva Hrdinova and Valeria Solovyeva
2) Sania Mirza and Cara Black
3) Ekaterina Lopes and Portugal Barbara Luz
4) Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond
5) None of these
Ans- 2

366. ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited has announced that the Company has
been renamed as ____________ with immediate effect following approvals from IRDA
and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
1) Apollo Life Insurance
2) Eveready Life Insurance
3) Exide Life Insurance
4) Pidilite Life Insurance
5) None of these
Ans- 3) Exide Life Insurance

367. The Finance Ministry has asked public sector banks to step up efforts for
mobilising low-cost CASA deposits and focus on recovery. What does CASA stands for?
1) Corporate Account Savings Account
2) Current Account Service Account
3) Customary Account Savings Account
4) Current Account Savings Account
5) None of these
Ans- 4) Current Account Savings Account

368. Juan Carlos Varela won the Presidential election in which of the following countries
recently? He was erstwhile Vice President of the country.
1) Panama
2) El Salvador
3) Nicaragua
4) Costa Rica
5) Honduras
Ans- 1) Panama

369. World's highest railway tunnel was opened in which country on 2 May 2014?
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) South Korea
(D) Russia
Ans- (B) China

370. Which former captain was recently appointed as the coach of Pakistan Cricket
team?
(A) Inzamam ul haq
(B) Rashid Latif
(C) Wasim Akram
(D) Waqar Younis
Ans- (D) Waqar Younis

371. What was India's rank in the global rankings for freedom of the press released on
2 May 2014?
(A) 35
(B) 78
(C) 104
(D) 7
Ans- (B) 78

372. Which Airline from India is all set to join the world's largest airline grouping
company Star Alliance in July 2014?
(A) Indian Airlines
(B) Spcie Jet
(C) Indigo Airlines
(D) Air India
Ans- (D) Air India

373. Viktor Orban was recently re-elected as Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Cuba
(B) Yemen
(C) Hungary
(D) Egypt
Ans-(C) Hungary

374. Nokia appointed India born .............as its new President and CEO of the company
recently?
(A) Rajeev Suri
(B) Satya Nadella
(C) Satyedranath
(D) Sundar Pichai
Ans- (A) Rajeev Suri
375. May 1 was celebrated every year as?
(A) World Diabetes Day
(B) International Labour Day
(C) International Children's Day
(D) World Heart Day
Ans- (B) International Labour Day

376. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme was launched on 1 May 2014 in
which foreign country?
(A) UAE
(B) Oman
(C) Britain
(D) USA
Ans- (A) UAE

377. Which player has broken Lionel Messi's all-time record for the most goals in a
single Champions League season after notching his 15th score recently?
(A) Luis Suarez
(B) David Villa
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo
(D) Frank Ribery
Ans- (C) Cristiano Ronaldo

378. harat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has signed an agreement with which country
for setting up solar photovoltaic (PV)-based power plants in that country?
(A) Yemen
(B) Libya
(C) Cuba
(D) Brazil
Ans- (A) Yemen

379. The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, recently, ruled that the govt cannot
impose ____________on linguistic minority for imparting primary education.
1) mother tongue
2) English language
3) Hindi language
4) any foreign language
5) None of these
Ans-1) mother tongue

380. After a long wait and legal hurdles, which of the new airlines was granted the flying
licence by aviation regulator DGCA recently?
1) SkyJet Air
2) AirAsia India
3) Club One Air
4) Blue Dart Aviation
5) None of these
Ans- 2) AirAsia India

381. The RBI panel on credit information submitted its report with the
recommendations like providing a free copy of their credit profile to customers
recently. The panel was headed by who among the following?
1) Deepak Parekh
2) Shikha Sharma
3) Aditya Puri
4) Chanda Kochhar
5) Pratip Chaudhuri
Ans- 3) Aditya Puri

382. The market borrowing programme of the State govts is finalised by the Central
govt and the _______, keeping in view the provisions of Article 293(3) of the
Constitution of India.
1) National Development Council
2) SEBI
3) NABARD
4) Planning Commission
5) None of these
Ans- 4) Planning Commission

383. Who has been won the International Arch of Europe Award 2014?
 Wilson College
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited
Indian Aviation Academy (IAA)
Ans-Indian Aviation Academy (IAA)

384. The international Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on

___________ in 2014.
A) 22-May
B) 12-May
C) 30-May
D) 29-May
Ans- D) 29-May

385. Interim CEO & Wholetime Director of Cairn India, _________, resigned from the
post in May 2014.
A) Rajagopala Chidambaram
B) P Elango
C) Bill Gammell
D) Anil Agarwal
Ans- B) P Elango

386. Press Freedom Day is observed on __________.

A) 8-May
B) 3-May
C) 11-May
D) 1-May
Ans- 3-May

387. Bandhan Financial Services announced to open nearly 600 branches in May 2014
after getting Banking license from RBI. This company is currently based out of which
state?
A) West Bengal
B) Odissa
C) Bihar
 D) Assam
Ans- West Bengal

388. Who won the Presidential election in Panama held in May 2014 after securing nearly
40% of the total votes?
A) Jose Domingo Arias
B) Ricardo Martinelli
C) Juan Carlos Varela
D) None of These
Ans- Juan Carlos Varela

389. Who was elected as Libyas new prime minister after receiving majority votes in
parliament in May 2014?
A) Ahmed Maitiq
B) Omar al-Hassi
C) Mohamed ElBaradei
D) Adly Mansour
Ans) Ahmed Maitiq

390. India has successfully test-fired its first indigenously-developed air-to-air missile
__________ from a Su-30 combat aircraft in May 2014. This is a Beyond Visual Range
(BVR) air-to-air missile which was successfully test fired by the Air Force from a naval
range in the western sector.
A) Akash
B) Pinaka
C) Astra
D) Brahmos
Ans) Astra

391. India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the trade body
representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry,
has appointed __________ as its new President in May 2014.
A) R.V. Verma
B) M N Vidyashankar
C) C S Verma
D) KS Popli
Ans) M N Vidyashankar

392. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has appointed
___________ as a new whole time member in May 2014 for a period of five years or till
attaining the age of 62, whichever is earlier.
A) R.V. Verma
B) M N Vidyashankar
C) Narendra Kothari
D) A. R. Lakshmanan
Ans) R.V. Verma

393. ___________ Life Insurance Company has changed its name to Exide Life
Insurance in May 2014 after Exide Industries acquired 100% ownership of the insurance
company.
A) Bajaj Allianz
B) Bharti Axa
C) ING Vysya
D) ICICI Prudential
Ans) ING Vysya

394. Who took oath as the new Law and Telecom Minister as a part of Modi Government
in May 2014?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Smriti Irani
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Nitin Gadkari
Ans) Ravi Shankar Prasad

395. Which Indian corporate leader was selected to co-chair 2014 edition of the World
Economic Forum on Africa held in May 2014?
A) Anand Mahindra
B) Adi Godrej
C) Sunil Bharti Mittal
D) Azim Premji
Ans) Sunil Bharti Mittal
396. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act
in May 2014, which mandates that _________ seats in all schools be reserved for the
economically disadvantaged.
A) 15%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 25%
Ans) 25%

397. Which Indian Player was ranked at No 10 position in the latest Womens Squash
Association (WSA) rankings published in May 2014. With this, she has become the
highest ranked Indian in squash history to reach no 10 in the world.
A) Heena Sidhu
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Mahesh Mangaonkar
D) Dipika Pallikal
Ans) Dipika Pallikal

398. The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) has described the model
of land Acquisition of which state as the best in the country now in its report published
in May 2014?
A) Odissa
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Haryana
Ans) Gujarat

399. Indias aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given
approval to AirAsia India in May 2014 to launch services in India. Air Asia is an airlines
company based out of _____________.
A) Philipines
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) China
Ans) Malaysia
400. Who took oath as the new HRD Minister as a part of Modi Government in May
2014?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Smriti Irani
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Nitin Gadkari
Ans) Smriti Irani

401. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of
___________ as Secretary, Department of Posts in May 2014.
A) Rajiv Mathur
B) Sushma Singh
C) R.V. Verma
D) Kavery Banerjee
Ans) Kavery Banerjee

402. Which Indian City has been ranked as the most polluted city in the world, as per a
new study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in May 2014?
A) Chennai
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
Ans) Delhi

403. Total hoa many Indian companies are included in Forbes annual list of the worlds
2000 largest and most powerful public companies, as per the list published by the
renowned business magazine in May 2014?
A) 28
B) 54
C) 63
D) 82
Ans) 54

404. Who will become new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) after
election result announced in May 2014?
A) Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
 B) N Chandrababu Naidu
C) K. Chandrashekar Rao
D) Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Ans)B) N Chandrababu Naidu

405. Who took oath as the new Surface transport and shipping Minister as a part of
Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Nitin Gadkar
Ans)Nitin Gadkar

406. Indias largest spirits manufacturer, United Spirits (USL), has planned to sell its
famous Scotch whisky Company Whyte & Mackay (W&M) for USD 725million to which
company in May 2014?
A) Diageo plc
B) Constellation
C) Emperador
D) Suntory Holdings Limited
Ans) Emperador

407. Indias Trade deficit stood at ________ in April 2014 (announced in May 2014).
A) USD 12.5 billion
B) USD 10 billion
C) USD 8.1 billion
D) USD 9.25 billion
Ans) USD 10 billion

408. Which leading NRI industrialist won the International Business of the Year award
2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham in May 2014?
A) S P Hinduja
B) Lakshmi Mittal
C) Lord Swraj Paul
D) None of These
Ans) Lord Swraj Paul
409. International Day of the Family is observed on __________.
A) 31-May
B) 17-May
C) 24-May
D) 15-May
Ans) 15-May

410 . Who took oath as the new Women and child development Minister as a part of Modi
Government in May 2014?
A) Maneka Gandhi
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Nitin Gadkari
Ans)Maneka Gandhi

411. Who won the bahrain Spanish Prix held in Spain in May 2014?
A) Nico Rosberg
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Daniel Ricciardo
Ans) Lewis Hamilton

412. Which Snooker Player was crowned World Snookers Player of the Year at the
sports annual awards ceremony held in London in May 2014?
A) Ronnie OSullivan
B) Mark Selby
C) Stephen Hendry
D) Judd Trump
Ans) Ronnie OSullivan

413. The Defence Ministry has appointed ___________ as the next Army Chief in May
2014 after receiving go ahead from the Election Commission.
A) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Lt Gen MMS Rai
C) Lt Gen SK Singh
 D) None of These
Ans) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

414. Famous Indian discus thrower __________ won the silver medal in the IAAF
Diamond League Series in Doha in May 2014. He registered a throw of 63.23 metres,
which is much below his personal best of 66.90 metres, the national record.
A) Mayookha Johny
B) Vikas Gowda
C) Renjith Maheshwary
D) Ehsan Haddadi
Ans) Vikas Gowda

415. Indias Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at ______ in
April (announced in May 2014).
A) 7.60%
B) 8.90%
C) 8.59%
D) 9.45%
Ans) 8.59%

416. Senior IPS Officer _____________ has been appointed as first Woman Additional
Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in May 2014. She is the first woman
to be elevated to the rank of an Additional Director of CBI. But after hours of her
sworn-in, Tamil Nadu government suspended her for not following rules before joining
the central probe agency.
A) Archana Ramasundaram
B) Aruna Bahuguna
C) Meera Borwankar
D) None of These
Ans) Archana Ramasundaram

417. Which states womens football team won the final match of the 20th Womens
National Championship in May 2014 to win their 17th title.
A) Orissa
B) Manipur
C) Goa
 D) Assam
Ans)Manipur

418. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed whom to command a United Nations

peacekeeping force in May 2014? With this, she will be the first woman to lead a UN
peacekeeping force.
A) Major Gen. Elizabeth P. Hoisington
B) Major Gen. Kristin Lund
C) Major Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody
D) None of These
Ans) Major Gen. Kristin Lund

419. Which University tops the chart among 250 universities ranked by QS Asia Pacific
University Rankings in 2014 (published in May 2014)?
A) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
B) University of Hong Kong
C) National University of Singapore
D) None of These
Ans) National University of Singapore

420. Eurozone economic growth stood at _______ in the first quarter (Jan-Mar) of
2014 (announced in May 2014).
A) 0.5%
B) 0.2%
C) -0.1%
D) 1.2%
Ans) 0.2%

421. The Central Government has accepted the report of which Panel in May 2014 that
reviewed the depository receipts scheme framed in the year 1993.The key
recommendations of the committee include allowing issuance of depository receipts
against any underlying securities such as equity or debt, by any issuer listed or
unlisted.
A) Sahoo Panel
B) Verma Panel
C) Rangarajan Panel
 D) None of These
Ans) Sahoo Panel

422. Which former Judge of the Supreme Court has been appointed Chairman of the
Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in May 2014? The post of chairman has been lying
vacant for the last two years after Justice N.P. Singh resigned on health grounds.
A) Justice R. Banumathi
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
D) Justice B.S. Chauhan
Ans) Justice B.S. Chauhan

423. Who took oath as the new state information & broadcasting Minister as a part of
Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Prakash Javadekar
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Nitin Gadkari
Ans) Prakash Javadekar

424. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambanis residence ________ in Mumbai is

termed as the most expensive billionaire home in the world, according to a Forbes list
published in May 2014.
A) Atlas
B) Antilia
C) Villa Leopolda
D) Ambani Villa
Ans) Antilia

425. Volvo Buses India has appointed _________ as Managing Director in May 2014.
A) VRV Sriprasad
B) Manish Sahi
C) Akash Passey
D) None of These
Ans) VRV Sriprasad
426. Indias overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price index, stood at _______
in April 2014 (published in May 2014).
A) 4.8%
B) 4.6%
C) 5.7%
D) 5.2%
Ans) 5.2%

427. Narendra Modi created history by leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a
majority in the Lok Sabha election after securing _________ on its own in the recently
held Lok Sabha Election (result announced in May 2014).
A) 272 Seats
B) 292 Seats
C) 282 Seats
D) 332 Seats
Ans) 282 Seats

428. Who won the assembly election in Sikkim held recently and all set for a
consecutive fifth term as Chief Minister?
A) Pawan Chamling
B) Nar Bahadur Bhandari
C) Balmiki Prasad Singh
D) Sanchaman Limboo
Ans) Pawan Chamling

429. Who took oath as the new Railway Minister as a part of Modi Government in May
2014?
A) Prakash Javadekar
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Ananth Kumar
D) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Ans) D.V. Sadananda Gowda

430. Commonwealth Day is observed on __________.

A) 31-May
B) 17-May
 C) 24-May
D) 15-May
Ans) 24-May

431. Bihar Chief Minister __________ has resigned in May 2014 after his party JDU
faced massive defeat in the general elections.
A) Sushil Kumar Modi
B) Ram Vilas Paswan
C) Nitish Kuamr
D) Sharad Yadav
Ans) Nitish Kuamr

432. Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland after State Chief
Minister Neiphiu Rio won the Lok Sabha seat from the state (Announced in May 2014).
A) Pawan Chamling
B) Nar Bahadur Bhandari
C) Balmiki Prasad Singh
D) T.R. Zeliang
Ans) T.R. Zeliang

433. Which countrys basketball team won the third South Asian Basketball Association
tournament held at Kathmandu in May 2014?
A) India
B) Maldives
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
Ans) India

434. Former CEO and Chairman of _________ and widely known as Management guru,
Russy Mody passed away at his home in South Kolkata in May 2014. He was known for his
man management and was awarded Padma Bushan.
A) Tata Motors
B) Tata Steel
C) Mahindra & Mahindra
D) Ashok Leyland
Ans) Tata Steel
435. Capt. C. P. Krishnan Nair, Founder Chairman of hotel chain ___________ passed
away in May 2014.
A) Indian Hotels
B) ITC Hotels
C) The Leela Palaces
D) Oberoi Hotels
Ans) The Leela Palaces

436. US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc made its final attempt to take over competitor
AstraZeneca Plc in May 2014. AstraZeneca is pharma company headquartered in
________.
A) Germany
B) United Kingdom
C) France
D) Switzerland
Ans) United Kingdom

437. Which global telecom company is set to acquire satellite television provider
DirecTV in a USD 48.5 billion deal (announced in May 2014).
A) CableVision
B) AT&T
C) Verizon
D) Level 3 Communications
Ans) AT&T

438. Who was sworn-in as the eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the
second consecutive term in May 2014?
A) Takam Sanjoy
B) Dorjee Khandu
C) Nabam Tuki
D) Jarbom Gamlin
Ans) Nabam Tuki

439. Who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar after Nitish Kumar resigned
from the post in May 2014?
 A) Sharad Yadav
B) Shivanand Tiwari
C) K.C. Tyagi
D) Jitan Ram Manjhi
Ans) Jitan Ram Manjhi

440. Anti-tobacco Day is observed on __________.

A) 31-May
B) 17-May
C) 21-May
D) 25-May
Ans) 31-May

441. Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the former Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, __________ resigned in May 2014 after defeat of the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) in the general election held recently.
A) V.S. Vyas
B) Saumitra Chaudhur
C) Pulin B. Nayak
D) C Rangarajan
Ans) C Rangarajan

442. Australia has appointed prominent investment adviser ________ as the Chair of
Australia-India Council in May 2014. His appointment would be effective from this year
till 2019.
A) Gillian Whitlock
B) Payal Mahindroo
C) Ashok Jacob
D) None of These
Ans) Ashok Jacob

443. Who took oath as the new Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister
as a part of Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Ananth Kumar
 D) Ramvilas Paswan
Ans) Ramvilas Paswan

445. Which Payment services company announced in May 2014 that it would acquire
Pune-based electronic payment software firm ElectraCard Services (ECS) for an
undisclosed amount?
A) VISA
B) MasterCard
C) American Express
D) RuPay
Ans) MasterCard

446. Veteran __________ and Padma Bhushan recipient, N Srinivasan passed away in
May 2014.
A) Author
B) Nuclear Scientist
C) Chemist
D) Politician
Ans) Nuclear Scientist

447. Indian snooker player ________ won the billiards event at the CCI Classic billiards
& snooker in May 2014 after defeating two-time world runner-up Dhruv Sitwala 1425-
447 in the final.
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Aditya Mehta
C) Yasin Merchant
D) None of These
Ans) Pankaj Advani

448. The International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on __________.

A) 21- May
B) 23- May
C) 22- May
D) 28- May
Ans) 22-May
449. Who took oath as the new Civil Aviation Minister as a part of Modi Government in
May 2014?
A) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Ananth Kumar
D) Ramvilas Paswan
Ans) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

450. Which bollywood actor has been ranked as the 2nd wealthiest actor in the world
beating Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp, as per the list published by a leading research
firm Wealth-X in May 2014?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Salman Khan
C) Amir Khan
D) Shahrukh Khan
Ans) Shahrukh Khan

451. The military has imposed martial law to preserve law and order across which South-
East Asian country amid a political crisis in May 2014?
A) Philipines
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) China
Ans) Thailand

452. Which global banking giant ________ has pleaded guilty to the charges that it
helped its American clients evade taxes and agreed to pay a penalty of USD 2.6 billion to
avoid prosecution in May 2014.
A) Barclays
B) Deutsche Bank
C) UBS
D) Credit Suisse
Ans) Credit Suisse

453. Which Indian Cricketer has been rated second behind British Formula One racer
Lewis Hamilton in the list of most marketable athletes by the UK magazine, SportsPro
in May 2014?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) MS Dhoni
C) Virat Kohli
D) Sikhar Dhawan
Ans) Virat Kohli

454. China have signed gas deal worth of USD 400 billion which which country in May
2014?
A) Iran
B) Russia
C) Iraq
D) Turkey
Ans) Russia

455. Who was elected as the next Chief Minister of Gujarat and succeeded PM
Narendra Modi in May 2014?
A) Saurabh Patel
B) Amit Shah
C) Anandiben Patel
D) Ramanlal Vora
Ans) Anandiben Patel

456. Who was sworn in as Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term in May
2014?
A) Pyarimohan Mohapatra
B) Naveen Patnaik
C) Baijayant Panda
D) None of These
Ans) Naveen Patnaik

457. Who has been elected as the new Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd, Indias
flagship overseas oil and gas assets acquisition firm, in May 2014?
A) R.V. Verma
B) M N Vidyashankar
C) C S Verma
 D) Narendra Kumar Verma
Ans) Narendra Kumar Verma

458. Which Sportsperson was ranked at No 1 in the list of most marketable athletes by
the UK magazine, SportsPro in May 2014? The list was based on value for money, age,
home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.
A) Christiano Ronaldo
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Usain Bolt
D) Lionel Messi
Ans) Lewis Hamilton

459. Which Indian online retailer has acquired fashion e-retailer Myntra.com for
approximately USD 300 million in May 2014?
A) Jabong.com
B) Amazon.in
C) Flipkart.com
D) Snapdeal.com
Ans) Flipkart.com

460. World Hunger Day is observed on __________.

A) 28-May
B) 18-May
C) 24-May
D) 22-May
Ans) 28-May

461. Which Indian airlines company retained the top position in the domestic passenger
aviation market in April after securing 31.6% market share (announced in May 2014)?
A) Spice Jet
B) Jet Airways
C) IndiGo
D) Air India
Ans) IndiGo

462. Which famous Football club in the below list was thrown out of the I-League along
with three other teams for failing to fulfill the AIFFs club licensing criteria in May
2014? The All India Football Federations Club Licensing Committee took the decision
after its meeting in May.
A) East Bengal
B) Dempo Sporting
C) Churchill Brothers
D) Pune FC
Ans) Churchill Brothers

463. Who took oath as the new Agriculture Minister as a part of Modi Government in
May 2014?
A) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Radha Mohan Singh
D) Ramvilas Paswan
Ans) Radha Mohan Singh

464. Who took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central
Information Commission in May 2014?
A) Rajiv Mathur
B) Sushma Singh
C) R.V. Verma
D) M N Vidyashankar
Ans) Rajiv Mathur

465. The Reserve Bank of India directed banks to make all new ATMs installed from
__________ as talking ATMs with Braille keypads (announced in May 2014). Also
banks should lay down a roadmap for converting all existing ATMs as talking ATMs with
Braille keypads.
A) August 1, 2014
B) October 1, 2014
C) July 1, 2014
D) September 1, 2014
Ans) July 1, 2014

466. Indias first all women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, has been included in the
_________ schedule to the RBI Act. RBI issued a notification issued in Mumbai in May
2014 indicating the same.
A) Second
B) First
C) Third
D) Fourth
Ans) Second

467. India received _________ of foreign direct investment (FDI) in March 2014
(announced in May 2014). Foreign direct investment into India grew by 8% year-on-year
to USD 24.3 billion in 2013-14, compared to USD 22.4 billion witnessed in previous
financial year 2012-13.
A) USD 1.6 billion
B) USD 2.01 billion
C) USD 1.9 billion
D) USD 3.53 billion
Ans) USD 3.53 billion

468. Who was sworn in as South African President for a second term by Chief Justice
Mogoeng Mogoeng in May 2014 after his party, African National Congress, won the
national election held in this month with 62% of votes.
A) Julius Malema
B) Thabo Mbeki
C) Jacob Zuma
D) Thuli Madonsela
Ans) Jacob Zuma

469. Indian-American student ________ won the National Geographic Bee championship
in Washington, USA on 21st May. With this, he won the 50000 US dollar college
scholarship given to the winner of the National Geographic Bee Championship.
A) Ameya Mujumdar
B) Akhil Rekulapelli
C) Pranit Nanda
D) Sanjeev Uppalari
Ans) Akhil Rekulapelli
470. Which European football club won their 10th UEFA Champions League title in May
2014?
A) Barcelona
B) Manchester City
C) Bayern Munich
D) Real Madrid
Ans) Real Madrid

471. Who took oath as the new Health and Family Welfare Minister as a part of Modi
Government in May 2014?
A) Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Radha Mohan Singh
D) Harsh Vardhan
Ans) Harsh Vardhan

472. Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on __________.

A) 28-May
B) 21-May
C) 24-May
D) 22-May
Ans) 21-May

473. Which tennis player won the Womens Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in May 2014?
A) Serena Williams
B) Agnieszka Radwanska
C) Sara Errani
D) Li Na
Ans) Serena Williams

474. In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a key founder member
__________ and Capt. G.R Gopinath quit the party in May 2014.
A) Prasanth Bhusan
B) Kumar Viswas
C) Yogendra Yadav
 D) Shazia Ilmi
Ans) Shazia Ilmi

475. Who has been named the new interim US Ambassador to India after retirement of
previous US Ambassador Nancy Powell in May 2014?
A) Christopher R. Hill
B) Sung Kim
C) Kathleen Stephens
D) Stephen W. Bosworth
Ans) Kathleen Stephens

476. A 14-year old girl from Andhra Pradesh, _________ has become the youngest
woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world in May 2014. She was
accompanied by Anand and they carried photographs of BR Ambedkar and former IAS
officer SR Sankaran to the top of the world.
A) Chandriya
B) Poornima
C) Poorna
D) None of These
Ans) Poorna

477. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased the gold import norms under the
__________ in May 2014. Under this Scheme, Star trading houses and premier trading
houses, which are registered as nominated agencies by the Directorate General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT) now can import gold.
A) 15: 85 Scheme
B) 30: 70 Scheme
C) 25: 75 Scheme
D) 10: 90 Scheme
Ans) 20: 80 Scheme

478. Who took oath as the new Minister of State of Development of North Eastern
Region (Independent Charge) and External Affairs as a part of Modi Government in May
2014?
A) Shripad Yesso Naik
 B) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
C) Inderjit Singh Rao
D) General V.K. Singh
Ans) General V.K. Singh

479. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman __________ has been awarded with
the CEO of the Year at the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards. The award was
presented to him in May 2014 in recognition of a comprehensive leadership style
demonstrated by him to place SAIL on the path of robust growth in spite of price
volatility and increased competition.
A) R.V. Verma
B) M N Vidyashankar
C) C S Verma
D) KS Popli
Ans) C S Verma

480. Indias 2nd largest smartphone player, Micromax has appointed _________ as its
new Chief Executive Officer in May 2014.
A) Vineet Taneja
B) Manish Sahi
C) Akash Passey
D) VRV Sriprasad
Ans) Vineet Taneja

481. Production of Indias first homemade car, ___________, has been halted by
Hindustan Motors at its plant in Kolkata due to weak demand and financing problems in
May 2014. Modelled on the Morris Oxford it went into production in 1957.
A) Maruti 800
B) Omni
C) Ambassador
D) Fiat
Ans) Ambassador

482. International Museum Day is observed on __________.

A) 18-May
B) 21-May
 C) 24-May
D) 22-May
Ans) 18-May

483. Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu won ________ at the World Womens
Team Championship for the Uber Cup held in May 2014 to create new history.
A) Gold medal
B) Silver medal
C) Bronze medal
D) Both Bronze and Silver Medals
Ans) Bronze medal

484. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix held in May 2014?
A) Nico Rosberg
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Daniel Ricciardo
Ans) Nico Rosberg

485. Which country won its maiden Thomas Cup badminton title held in New Delhi in May
2014?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Malaysia
D) Thailand
Ans) Japan

486. Indias balance of payment (BoP) sharply jumped to __________ in the fourth
quarter of 201314, as per RBI data published in May 2014.
A) USD 5.1 billion
B) USD 7.057 billion
C) USD 12.34 billion
D) USD 19 billion
Ans) USD 7.057 billion

487. The current account deficit dstood at _______ of GDP in fourth quarter of FY14
comapred to 3.6% of GDP in the same quarter last year, as per the data published by the
RBI in may 2014. In FY14, current account deficit dropped to 1.7% of GDP, or USD 32.4
billion, from 4.7% of GDP or USD 87.8 billion in the previous fiscal year FY13.
A) 0.8%
B) 1.2%
C) 0.2%
D) 2.3%
Ans) 0.2%

488. Which country became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into
India, as per the latest data published by the Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) in May 2014?
A) Singapore
B) Mauritius
C) Germany
D) UK
Ans) Singapore

489. Network18 has appointed _________ as CEO of IBN18 Network in May 2014. He
will be responsible for the day-to-day operational, strategic and financial management of
the general news network.
A) Vineet Taneja
B) Manish Sahi
C) Avinash Kaul
D) VRV Sriprasad
Ans) Avinash Kaul

490. Which Indian corporate leader was selected to co-chair 2014 edition of the World
Economic Forum on Africa held in May 2014?
A) Anand Mahindra
B) Adi Godrej
C) Sunil Bharti Mittal
D) Azim Premji
Ans) Sunil Bharti Mittal

491. Who took oath as the new Minister of State of Culture and Tourism (Independent
Charge) as a part of Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Shripad Yesso Naik
B) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
C) Inderjit Singh Rao
D) General V.K. Singh
Ans) Shripad Yesso Naik

492. The list of Forbes 100 most powerful women published in May 2014 was topped by
_________.
A) Janet Yellen
B) Melinda Gates
C) Angela Merkel
D) Hillary Clinton
Ans) Angela Merkel

493. The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah passed away in Kuala Lumpur. Sultan Azlan
Shah was known as the Father of Malaysian _________ for his colossal contribution to
the sport for over 41 years, both as a player and an administrator.
A) Football
B) Hockey
C) Badminton
D) Snooker
Ans) Hockey

494. Who was given additional charge of Governor of the new proposed state of
Telangana in May 2014?
A) D. Y. Patil
B) Shekhar Dutt
C) Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
D) E S L Narasimhan
Ans) E S L Narasimhan

495. The Narendra Modi Cabinet at its very first meeting announced to set up a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) in May 2014 to unearth black money as ordered by the
Supreme Court earlier. Who was appointed as the head of the Special Investigation
Team (SIT) in the black money issue.
 A) Justice MB Shah
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice B.S. Chauhan
D) Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
Ans) Justice MB Shah

496. World Hypertension Day is observed on __________.

A) 18-May
B) 16-May
C) 14-May
D) 22-May
Ans) 12-May

497. The Modi-led Government has appointed whom as the new Attorney General of
India, the top law officer of the country, in May 2014?
A) Mukul Rohatgi
B) Goolam Vahanvati
C) Mohan Parasaran
D) None of These
Ans) Mukul Rohatgi

498. Who has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in May 2014?
A) Syamal Kumar Sarkar
B) Anil Goswami
C) Nripendra Misra
D) Ajit Doval
Ans) Nripendra Misra

499. State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya and ICICI Bank Managing
Director Chanda Kochhar are among the five women from India who are featured in
Forbes 100 most powerful women in the world published in May 2014. Bhattacharya is
ranked _______ on the power list, while Kochhar is ranked at 43rd.
A) 36th
B) 31st
C) 40th
 D) 23rd
Ans) 36th

500. Infosys Ltd President __________-, widely considered to be the next CEO to
succeed S D Shibulal when he retires in January 2015, has resigned from the Company in
May 2014.
A) U B Pravin Rao
B) Ashok Vemuri
C) Basab Pradhan
D) B.G. Srinivas
Ans) B.G. Srinivas

501. Who took oath as the new Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(Independent Charge) as a part of Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Shripad Yesso Naik
B) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
C) Inderjit Singh Rao
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
Ans) Dharmendra Pradhan

502. Who has been elected as the Captain of the Indian Cricket team for the One Day
series (ODI) in Bangladesh which will be held from 15th June (announced in May 2014).
A) Virat Kohli
B) Shikhar Dhawan
C) Suresh Raina
D) Gautam Gambhir
Ans) Suresh Raina

503. Which Global tech company announced that it would buy Beats for about USD 3
billion in may 2014?
A) Apple
B) Facebook
C) Google
D) Microsoft
Ans) Apple
504. US economic growth stood at ________ in the first quarter of the current year
2014 (announced in May 2014).
A) 2.6%
B) 0.2%
C) 1.5%
D) -1%
Ans) -1%

505. Prime Minister Narendra Modi quit his ___________ Lok Sabha seat in May 2014.
As per rule, a member who has been elected from two Lok Sabha constituencies, has to
vacate one of the seats within 14 days of the declaration of result.
A) Varanasi
B) Vadodara
C) Ahmedabad
D) Lucknow
Ans) Vadodara

506. Indias indigenously developed ________ rockets were successfully test-fired

thrice from a multi-barrel rocket launcher at an armament base in Chandipur in May
2014. The rockets with a range of 40 km and capable of acting as a force-multiplier,
were developed to supplement artillery guns.
A) Brahmos
B) Akaash
C) Pinaka
D) Agni
Ans) Pinaka

507. Which Indian company announced to acquire control of Network 18 Media and
Investments Ltd, including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd for Rs 4,000 crore in May
2014? This suite includes In.com, IBNLive.com, Moneycontrol.com, Firstpost.com,
Cricketnext.in, Homeshop18.com, Bookmyshow.com; the broadcast channels include
Colors, CNNIBN, CNBC TV18, IBN7, CNBC Awaaz.
A) UTV Network
B) Reliance Communication
C) Reliance Industries
D) Bharti Airtel
Ans) Reliance Industries

508. Who has been chosen as the President-elect of Egypt in May 2014 and will be the
new President of Egypt.
A) Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
B) Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi
C) Mohamed ElBaradei
D) Nasserist Hamdeen Sabahy
Ans) Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi

509. Who has emerged winner of Malawis presidential election in May 2014 after
getting 36.4% of the total votes. Post election result, he was also sworn in as Malawis
president in May 2014.
A) Lazarus Chakwera
B) Joyce Banda
C) Peter Mutharika
D) Atupele Muluzi
Ans) Peter Mutharika

510. Who has been appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank
in May 2014? He will be responsible for providing leadership on evaluating and improving
the effectiveness of the banks risk management, control and governance processes.
A) Jim Yong Kim
B) Nena Stoiljkovic
C) Xian Zhu
D) Hiroshi Naka
Ans) Hiroshi Naka

511. Who took oath as the new Minister of State of Power, Coal and New and Renewable
Energy (Independent Charge) as a part of Modi Government in May 2014?
A) Shripad Yesso Naik
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Inderjit Singh Rao
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
Ans) Piyush Goyal
512. World Thalassaemia Day is observed on __________.
A) 8-May
B) 16-May
C) 9-May
D) 12-May
Ans) 9-May

513. Brazils economy grew by ___________ in the first quarter of 2014, as per the
data published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in May 2014. It
has also revised down economic growth in the last quarter of 2013 to 0.4%.
A) -0.4%
B) 1.1%
C) 0.2%
D) 0.9%
Ans) 0.2%

514. Which Senior Congress leader has been appointed as the Protem Speaker in the new
Lok Sabha in May 2014. He performed the duties of Protem Speaker from the
commencement of the 16th Lok Sabha session till the election of the new Speaker.
A) Kapil Sibal
B) Kamal Nath
C) Shashi Tharoor
D) Digvijay Singh
Ans) Kamal Nath

515. Senior police officer and former Intelligence Bureau Chief ___________
appointed as the
516. National Security Adviser in May 2014.
A) Syamal Kumar Sarkar
B) Anil Goswami
C) Nripendra Misra
D) Ajit Doval
Ans) Ajit Doval

517. The logo of Telangana, Indias 29th State, was formally announced in May 2014 and
was launched on 2nd June. It is designed by whom?
 A) Laxman Aelay
B) Udaya Kumar
C) Thota Vaikuntam
D) None of These
Ans) Laxman Aelay

518. Which Indian Cricketer was selected as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National
Games in May 2014 that is scheduled to be held in Kerala in January-February 2015?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Saurav Ganguly
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Sunil Gavaskar
Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

519. Indias Fiscal deficit stood at ___________of GDP in the last financial year 2013-
14 (announced in May 20104).
A) 4.1%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.9%
D) 5.6%
Ans) 4.5%

520. Famous Hindi writer _____________ received the prestigious Vyas Samman for
the year 2013 (Awarded in May 2014). The literary prize carries a citation and a cash
amount of 2.5 lakh rupees and memento.
A) Vishwanath Tripathi
B) Ravuri Bharadwaja
C) Prathibha Ray
D) Narendra Kohli
Ans) Vishwanath Tripathi

521. Indias economy grew by ___________ in the last quarter (January-March) of the
financial year 2013-14 (announced in May 2014).
A) 4.6%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.9%
 D) 5.2%
Ans) 4.6%

522. The worlds highest tunnel for high-speed trains became operational in May 2014 at
an altitude of 3,607.4 metres in which country?
A) Switzerland
B) Japan
C) China
D) Germany
Ans) China

523. Total 54 Indian companies are included in Forbes annual list of the worlds 2000
largest and most powerful public companies, as per the list published by the renowned
business magazine in May 2014. Which Indian Copmany leads the list with 135th rank
among the Indian companies?
A) Reliance Industries
B) State Bank of India
C) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
D) ICICI Bank
Ans) Reliance Industries

524. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) was recerntly launched in which
Middle East country in the fourth week of April 2014? Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi
Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) Scheme is a pension and life insurance scheme and is
recognised by the Indian government.
A) Qatar
B) UAE
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Kuwait
Ans) UAE

525. Sprint star Tyson Gay has received a one-year doping ban from the US Anti-Doping
Association in May 2014. He is from which country?
A) US
B) UK
C) France
 D) South Africa
Ans) US

526. Rakesh Agrawal , an Indian-origin executive of online payment processing firm

_______ has been fired for allegedly posting derogatory and offensive tweets in May
2014.
A) VISA
B) PayPal
C) Mastercard
D) American Express
Ans) PayPal

527. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), transport division, handed over

____________ flying test bird aircraft to DRDO in May 2014.
A) Aakash
B) Pinaka
C) Nabhratna
D) Brahmos
Ans) Nabhratna

528. The Defence Ministry has appointed ___________ as the next Army Chief in May
2014 after receiving go ahead from the Election Commission.
A) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Lt Gen MMS Rai
C) Lt Gen SK Singh
D) None of These
Ans) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

529. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) appointed _________ as the next
Ambassador to Turkey in May 2014.
A) N A K Browne
B) Rahul Kulshreshth
C) Suresh Kumar Reddy
D) Asoke Kumar Mukerji
Ans) Rahul Kulshreshth
530. Which journalist __________ won 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize. He received the award worth of 25000 US dollars by the Director-
General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova in Paris in may 2014.
A) Nedim ener
B) Soner Yaln
C) Ahmet Sik
D) Bar Pehlivan
Ans) Ahmet Sik

531. New Element _________ which is temporarily called Ununseptium was identified
and will be added in the periodic table. Ununseptium will get an official name soon and
will be considered a Group VII element. It was to be put into the same family as
fluorine, bromine and chlorine.
A) 119
B) 117
C) 120
D) 116
Ans) 117

532. The Supreme court banned jallikattu (bull fighting) and bullock cart racing in which
Indian state in a ruling announced in May 2014?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans) Tamil Nadu

533. Coal Miners Day is observed on __________.

A) 8-May
B) 4-May
C) 9-May
D) 12-May
Ans) 4-May
534. Which Indian academy has been selected in 2014 by the Business Initiative
Directives Group (BIDG), Madrid (Spain) for the International Arch of Europe Award
for quality and technology in Gold Category (announced in May 2014)?
A) Indian Police Academy
B) National Defence Academy
C) Indian Aviation Academy
D) Indian Forest Research Academy
Ans) Indian Aviation Academy

535. Indias rank have dropped by two places to the _________ spot in the latest FIFA
Rankings published in May 2014.
A) 136th
B) 150th
C) 141st
D) 147th
Ans) 147th

536. Nedurumilli Janardhan Reddy passed away in Hyderabad on 9 May 2014. He was
former Chief Minister of _________________.
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans) Andhra Pradesh

537. UN Envoy on Syria ___________ submitted his resignation to UN Secretary-

General Ban Ki-moon in New York in May 2014. He was appointed as the peace-facilitator
in Syria on 17 August 2012 to replace the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
A) Lakhdar Brahimi
B) Walid Muallem
C) Sergey Lavrov
D) None of These
Ans) Lakhdar Brahimi

538. Which famous Indian actor led the Indian delegation at the 67th Cannes
International Film Festival inaugurated in Cannes, France on 14 May 2014.
 A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Kamal Haasan
C) Aishwarya Bachchan
D) Shahrukh Khan
Ans) Kamal Haasan

539. Indian Agriculture/Farm sector growth stood at ___________ in FY 2013-14

compared to 1.4% in FY 2012-13 (announced in May 2014).
A) 4.1%
B) 4.7%
C) 3.6%
D) 2.4%
Ans) 4.7%

540. Which company was chosen for the Special Commendation at the Golden Peacock
National Training Awards 2014 (announced in May 2014).
A) The Times of India
B) NDTV India
C) Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI)
D) Bank of India
Ans) Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI)

541. Which Indian businessperson has received the Othmer Gold Medal 2014, in
Philadelphia, USA in May 2014 to be the first Indian to make it to this prestigious
group.
A) Anand Mahindra
B) Azim Premji
C) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
D) Adi Godrej
Ans) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

542. Sir Jack Brabham passed away in May 2014. He won _________ championship for
3 times.
A) World Chess
B) Formula One
 C) World Snooker
D) World Golf
Ans) Formula One

543. Which country honoured 100 years of Indian cinema by releasing two postage
stamps designed by an Indian graphic designer in May 2014?
A) China
B) Brazil
C) USA
D) United Kingdom
Ans) Brazil

544. Which Tennis Player won Mens Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in May 2014?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Stanislas Wawrinka
C) Roger Federer
D) Rafael Nadal
Ans) Novak Djokovic

545. Which Indian Government project won second rank in the 2014 United Nations
Public Service Award held in May 2014? It has won the Second place in the Asian and
Pacific Region in the Category 3: Promoting Whole Of Government Approaches In The
Information Age. It is the only project from India selected as the winner in 2014.
A) Passport Seva
B) Aadhar Project
C) Mobile Seva
D) None of These
Ans) Mobile Seva

546. Which country won the Uber Cup of badminton held in May 2014?
A) India
B) Japan
C) China
D) Thailand
Ans) China
547. The Book named Anticipating India The Best of National Interest written by
________, the editor-in-chief of The Indian Express released in May 2014.
A) Tavleen Singh
B) Vinod Mehta
C) Barkha Dutt
D) Shekhar Gupta
Ans) Shekhar Gupta

548. Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has given name ___________ for the
Kochi franchise of the Indian Football Super League that he co-owns in May 2014.
A) Kerala Super Kings
B) Kerala Masters
C) Kerala Blasters
D) Kerala Royal
Ans) Kerala Blasters

549. Sushma Swaraj became the __________ woman External Affair Minister in May
2014 once she took oath as a part of newly elected Modi government.
A) Third
B) Second
C) First
D) Fourth
Ans) First

550. Which footballer has been named the worlds most marketable footballer,
according to sports marketing experts Repucom in May 2014?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Lionel Messi
C) Neymar
D) Andrs Iniesta
Ans) Cristiano Ronaldo

551. Who won the Ukrainian Presidential Election to become the next President of
Ukraine in May 2014?
A) Petro Poroshenko
B) Sergei Tigipko
 C) Oleh Tyahnybok
D) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ans) Petro Poroshenko

552. Which bollywood actor became the first Indian to feature on the cover page of the
business magazine Forbes Middle East in May 2014?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Salman Khan
C) Amir Khan
D) Shahrukh Khan
Ans) Shahrukh Khan

553. The Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative was
introduced in ___________ district, West Bengal during Lok Sabha election in April-
May 2014.
A) Nadia
B) Howrah
C) Burdwan
D) Bankura
Ans) Burdwan

554. The panel, headed P. J. Nayak recommended that the government should cut its
holding in public sector banks to under _________ to improve efficiency.
A) 51%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 49%
Ans) 50%

555. Narendra Modi was sworn as the _______ Prime Minister of India by President
Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 26th May 2014.
A) 16th
B) 15th
C) 14th
D) 17th
Ans) 15th

556. Famous Hindi writer _____________ received the prestigious Vyas Samman for
the year 2013 (Awarded in May 2014). The literary prize carries a citation and a cash
amount of 2.5 lakh rupees and memento.
A) Vishwanath Tripathi
B) Ravuri Bharadwaja
C) Prathibha Ray
D) Narendra Kohli
Ans) Vishwanath Tripathi

557. Which Indian Businessperson became the first Indian to receive the prestigious
Harvard Medal (Awarded in May 2014)?
A) Anand Mahindra
B) Azim Premji
C) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
D) Adi Godrej
Ans) Anand Mahindra

558. A person who wins from two seats in election will have to submit his/her
resignation before taking oath. He/She generally submits his/her resignation to who
among the following?
1) President
2) Prime Minister designate
3) Protem speaker
4) Vice president
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Protem speaker

559. Sam Kutesa has been elected president of the UN General Assembly, recently. He
was erstwhile the foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Chile
2) Uganda
3) Jordan
4) South Korea
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Uganda

560. The air exercise Garuda-V concluded successfully, recently. India conducted this
exercise with which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) France
3) US
4) Israel
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) France

561. India becomes permanent member of Washington Accord (WA), recently. WA is an

international agreement among prominent nations of the world, with the charter of
promoting mobility and quality assurance of _________across international boundaries.
1) Engineers
2) Doctors
3) Nurses
4) Software developers
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Engineers

562. Name the Ugandan writer who won the overall Commonwealth Writers Short Story
Prize for Let's Tell This Story Properly, recently.
1) Thomas Piketty
2) Damon Galgut
3) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4) Ranjit Hoskote
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

563. As per the recent list published by the Forbes, who among the following has been
declared the richest cricketer in the world for the third year running?
1) Graeme Craig Smith
2) Kevin Pietersen
3) Alastair Cook
4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

564. Name the South Korea President who went on revamping his/her Cabinet in
response to intense criticism over his/her administrations handling of the ferry
disaster in Apr this year.
1) Chong Jong-Sup
2) Hyun Oh-Seok
3) Choi Kyoung-Hwan
4) Park Geun-Hye
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Park Geun-Hye

565. India has established ATS Message Handling System (AMHS) connectivity with
which of the following countries, recently? It is a part of Indias commitment to the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
1) Sri Lanka
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Nepal

566. Which of the following pairs of leading IT services companies and their present
CEOs is NOT matched correctly?
1) TCS N Chandrasekaran
2) Wipro TK Kurien
3) Cognizant Francisco Dsouza
4) iGate Ashok Vemuri
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

567. Which country on 30 April 2014 purchased 3400 India-made Electronic

Voting Machines (EVMs) for use in Presidential Election of that country
scheduled in November 2014?
a. Namibia
b. Srilanka
c. South sudan
d. Zimbhawae
Ans) a. Namibia

568. Which of the following pairs won the women's doubles title at the Tri-Nation
squash doubles tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently?
a) Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa
b) Saumya Karki and Dipika Pallikal
c) Joshana Chinappa and Saumya Karki
d) Vaidehi Reddy and Saumya Karki
e) None of these
Ans) a) Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa

569. Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for
2013? He will be the recipient of the 49th Jnanpith award.
A) Vinod Kumar Shukla
B) Manglesh Dabral
C) Vishwanath Tripathi
E) Kedarnath Singh
D) None of these
Ans) E) Kedarnath Singh

570. As per the latest data released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerlands
central banking authority, Indian money in Swiss banks has risen to over
A) Rs 14,000 cr
B) Rs 19,000 cr
C) Rs 22,000 cr
D) Rs 34,000 cr
E) None of these
Ans) A) Rs 14,000 cr

571. Hindustan Zinc has inked a pact with which of the following state govts to build
30,000 toilets rural toilets for families below poverty line under 'Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan'?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Maharashtra
D) Odisha
E) None of these
Ans) B) Rajasthan

572. BG Srinivas resigned as the president of which of the following leading Indian
software exporters, recently?
A. TCS
B. Infosys
C.HCL
D.Tech Mahindra
Ans) B.Infosys

573. The theory of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is associated with

A.exchange rate
B. interest rate
C.bank rate
D. wage rate
Ans) A. exchange rate

574. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor (NSA)
to the Prime Minister?
A.RK Mathur
B. Ajit Doval
C.Anil Goswami
D.Arun Ramanathan
Ans) B. Ajit Doval

575. What is the number of Rajya Sabha members allotted to the newly created state
of Telangana?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 12
D. 18
Ans) A. 7
576. Which of the following technology firms unveiled a prototype driverless car,
recently?
A.Microsoft
B.Intel
C.Google
D.IBM
Ans) C. Google

577.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
limit for the central govt in the first half of the new financial year 2015 at:
A. Rs 25,000 cr
B. Rs 30,000 cr
C. Rs 35,000 cr
D. Rs 40,000 cr
Ans) C. Rs 35,000 cr

578. Karim Massimov has been named the new Prime Minister of which of the following
countries after Serik Akhmetov resigned recently?
A.Kazakhstan
B.Kyrgyzstan
C.Tajikistan
D.Afghanistan
ans) A. Kazakhstan

579. The first solar plane which is able to fly day and night without fuel or polluting
emissions, Solar Impulse 2, was successfully tested in which of the following countries
recently?
A. US
B. Switzerland
C. France
D. China
Ans) B.Switzerland

580. Who among the following is new Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A. Sumitra Mahajan
B. Kamal Nath
C. Murli Manohar Joshi
D. Karia Munda
Ans)A. Sumitra Mahajan

581. Who among the following has won the presidential election held in Syria, recently?
A.Maher Hajjar
B. Hassan al-Nouri
C. Jihad Lahan
D. Bashar Assad
Ans) D. Bashar Assad

582. The EU has signed controversial Horizon 2020 Project with which of the following
countries, recently?
A.US
B.China
C.Japan
D. Israel
Ans) D. Israel

583. The sixth BRICS summit is scheduled to be held in which of the following
countries in Jul which will be the first overseas multilateral visit for the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi?
A. China
B. Russia
C.Brazil
D. South Africa
Ans) C. Brazil

584. Who among the following has become the first Indian to be honoured with Harvard
Medal, recently?
A.Azim Premji
B. Anand Mahindra
C. Sunil Bharti Mittal
D. Adi Godrej
Ans) B. Anand Mahindra
585. for the next four years from 2014 to 2018. The UNESCO is headquartered at
A. New York
B.Frankfurt
C. Washington DC
D. Paris
Ans) D. Paris

586. Which of the following countries has launched a new observation satellite Ofek
10 into orbit recently? It is expected to be used to observe Iran and hostile militant
groups in the Middle East.
A. US
B. UK
C. Israel
D. Saudi Arabia
Ans) C. Israel

587. Which of the following public sector lenders has sold Rs 3,500 cr of its non-
performing assets (NPAs) to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) recently? The move
came after a push from the Reserve Bank of India in this regard.
A. Indian Overseas Bank
B. State Bank of India
C. UCO Bank
D. Bank of India
Ans) B. State Bank of India

588. Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi have been named among top 5 in the
list of 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014 published by Asian Awards Ltd
recently. The list is topped by who among the following?
A. Park Guen-Hye
B. Pranab Mukherjee
C. Xi Jinping
D. Ban Ki Moon
Ans) C. Xi Jinping

589. The Indian Navy participated in the multilateral, humanitarian assistance/disaster

relief (HA/DR) exercise, dubbed Komodo 2014 held from 28 Mar to 3 Apr in which of
the following countries?
A. Indonesia
B. Japan
C. South Korea
D. Russia
Ans) A. Indonesia

590. The READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream) initiative, aimed at improving the reading

skills of primary school children in the country, is launched by agencies of India and
which of the following countries?
A.South Korea
B. China
C. Japan
D. US
Ans) D. US

591. Which of the following associate banks had been merged into the State Bank of
India (SBI)?
A. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
B. State Bank of Hyderabad
C. State Bank of Indore
D. State Bank of Patiala
Ans) C. State Bank of Indore

592. Name the plant scientist who has won the USD 250,000 World Food Prize for his
contribution in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 mn tonnes in the
years following the Green Revolution?
A. Gebisa Ejeta
B. Daniel Hillel
C. Robert Fraley
D. Sanjaya Rajaram
Ans) D. Sanjaya Rajaram

593. India finished 6th in overall medals tally with 2 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze in the Asian
Junior Athletics Championships held in Chinese Taipei recently. Which of the following
countries finished on top?
A. China
B. Qatar
C. Japan
D. Malaysia
Ans) A. China

594. Andhra Pradesh is considering taking help from space agencies ISRO and NASA to
trace the 17 missing engineering students after sudden release of water from a
reservoir in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The incident took place in which of the following
rivers?
A.Sutlej
B. Ganges
C. Chenab
D. Beas
Ans) D. Beas

595. Which of the following countries lay thrust on 'Gross National Happiness rather
than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the parameters for measuring its economic
development?
A. Bangladesh
B. Thailand
C. Bhutan
D. Singapore
Ans) C. Bhutan

596. Felipe VI took oath as the new king of which of the following countries, recently?
A. Norway
B. Netherlands
C. Spain
D. Peru
Ans) C. Spain

597. Which of the following teams has won the women's World Cup hockey title,
recently?
A. Australia
B. Netherlands
C. USA
D. Argentina
Ans) B. Netherlands

598. Which of the following teams has won the men's World Cup hockey title, recently?
A. Australia
B. Germany
C. Netherlands
D. Malaysia
Ans) A. Australia

599. Who among the following has been appointed as the new revenue secretary,
recently?
A. RP Wattal
B. Ravi Mathur
C. GS Sandhu
D. Shaktikanta Das
Ans) D. Shaktikanta Das

600. Rana Kapoor is all set to be re-appointed as MD & CEO of which of the following
private sector banks operating in India?
A. YES Bank
B. Federal Bank
C. Axis Bank
D. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Ans) A. YES Bank

601. Vishal Sikka was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of which of the
following leading software exporters in India, recently?
A. Wipro
B. Infosys
C. TCS
D. Tech Mahindra
Ans) B. Infosys
602. American journalisms highest honour, Pulitzer Prizes, was announced recently.
Donna Tartt has won fiction Pulitzer for which of the following books?
A. Goldfinch
B. Dark Places
C. Gone Girl
D. The Little Friend
Ans) A. Goldfinch

603. Who among the following has authored the book titled Crusader or Conspirator?
Coalgate and other Truths?
A. Nidhi Razdan
B. Sanjaya Baru
C. Vinod Dua
D. PC Parakh
Ans) D. PC Parakh

604. Kedarnath Singh, who has been chose for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013
is a famous writer in ____?
[A]Gujarati
[B]Hindi
[C]Panjabi
[D]Urdu
Ans) [B]Hindi

605. As per the RBI latest decision residents and non residents can carry up to Rs ___
in Indian currency notes while leaving the country.
[A]25,000
[B]15,000
[C]30,000
[D]50,000
Ans) [A]25,000

606. 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?
[A]Y H Malegam committee
[B]Parthasarthi Shome committee
[C]Chakrabharthy committee
[D]Khan committee
Ans) [A]Y H Malegam committee

607. Which among the following countries has published the worlds first Modern
Slavery Bill, recently?
[A]USA
[B]Britain
[C]Russia
[D]Switzerland
Ans) [B]Britain

608. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award
for 2013?
[A]Gopalkrishna Ayyer
[B]C Radhakrishnan
[C]S L Byrappa
[D]U R Anantha Murthy
Ans) [B]C Radhakrishnan

609. Recently, Indian scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has won the prestigious World Food
Prize for 2014 for his contribution to developing high-yield verities of ____?
[A]Wheat
[B]Rice
[C]Soyabean
[D]Barley
Ans) [A]Wheat

610. Who among the following has won the FIDE World Rapid Chess championship title,
recently?
[A]Magnus Carlesen
[B]Vishwanthan Anand
[C]Teimor Radjabov
[D]Fabiabi Caruana
Ans) [A]Magnus Carlesen
611. Recently, Australia has won the 2014 Mens Hockey World Cup Title by defeating
____?
[A]Argentina
[B]Netherland
[C]England
[D]Belgium
Ans) [B]Netherland

612. Recently, which among the following banks has organised The Banking and
Economics Conclave 2014 a national level banking conclave for the first time?
[A]State Bank of India
[B]Canara Bank
[C]State Bank of Mysore
[D]Vijaya Bank
Ans) [A]State Bank of India

613. The official Mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup is _____?
[A]Juanito
[B]Gauchito
[C]Fuleco
[D]Zakumi
Ans) [C]Fuleco

614. Who among the following has been chosen as the next United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights by the U.N General Assembly?
[A]Prince Zeid al Hussein
[B]Samuel Johnson
[C]San Antonio Spurs
[D]Martin Kaymer
Ans) [A]Prince Zeid al Hussein

615. Petro Poroshenko who is often called The Chocolate King is President of which
country?
[A]Syria
[B]Ukraine
[C]Malaysia
[D]Sweden
Ans) [B]Ukraine

616. Thomas Mueller, who scored the first hat-trick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup,
represents which country?
[A]France
[B]Italy
[C]Germany
[D]England
Ans) [C]Germany

617. In which among the following countries Asias first solar-wind power system has
been inaugurated recently?
[A]Bhutan
[B]China
[C]Nepal
[D]India
Ans) [C]Nepal

618. What was the original name of INS Vikramaditya, which was recently formally
inducted into the Indian Navy?
[A]Minsk
[B]Baku
[C]Azov
[D]Maxim Gorky
Ans) [B]Baku

619. Recently, India has become the permanent signatory of the Washington Accord.
This accord is an international accreditation agreement for which among the following
types of educational degrees?
[A]Arts and Humanities
[B]Medical Science
[C]Engineering
[D]Social Sciences
Ans) C]Engineering
620. Recently, United States has unveiled a clean energy policy to cut carbon emission
from existing power plants by 30 per cent by the year ___?
[A]2020
[B]2030
[C]2040
[D]2050
Ans) [B]2030

621. The official slogan for the 2014 World Environment Day is ___?
[A]Small Islands and Climate Change
[B]Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level
[C]No Global Warming for Tomorrow
[D]Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Ans) [B]Raise Your Voice Not the Sea Level

622. Alexander Shulgin, who passed away recently, was popularly known as _____?
[A]Godfather of ecstasy
[B]Father of Physiology
[C]Father of psychoactive drugs
[D]Godfather of Medicine
Ans) [A]Godfather of ecstasy

623. The Andean Road System built by the Inca Empire has been granted World
Heritage status recently. Which of the following agencies of the United Nations grant
World Heritage status to cultural and natural sites in the world?
1) WMO
2) UNESCO
3) WB
4) WIPO
5) None of these
Ans) 2) UNESCO

624. The govt has decided to raise the import duty on sugar from 15 per cent to what
per cent recently?
1) 20 per cent
2) 30 per cent
3) 40 per cent
4) 50 per cent
5) None of these
Ans) 3) 40 per cent

625. Popular film director-producer Ramanarayanan passed away recently. He was

associated with ___________films.
1) Telugu
2) Tamil
3) Kannada
4) Bengali
5) None of these
Ans) 2) Tamil

626. According to a UNICEF report, at present only ________of rural Indian

population has access to good toilet and sanitation facilities.
1) 48 per cent
2) 36 per cent
3) 24 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) None of these
Ans) 1) 48 per cent

627. Ancient Pyu Cities, on 22 June 2014, was inscribed on the UNESCOs World
Heritage Site List. This is the first UNESCOs World Heritage Site from __________.
Pyu-Cities
A. Pakistan
B. Thailand
C. Myanmar
D. Cambodia
Ans) C. Myanmar

628. Two experiments of Person of Indian (PIO) student _________ were approved for
launch into space under NASA's Cubes in Space (CIS) programme. Prerna-Pai
A. Shruti Shah
B. Prerna Pai
C. Alka Puranik
D. Deepika Dubey
Ans) B. Prerna Pai

629. Recently, In June 2014, Railways has increased the passenger fare by
___________ in all classes and freight charges by ____________.
A. 14.2 percent, 6.5 percent
B. 6.5 percent, 14.2 percent
C. 21.2 percent, 16.5 percent
D. 16.5 percent, 11.2 percent
Ans) A. 14.2 percent, 6.5 percent

630. INTERPOL Executive Committee selected ___________ as candidate for next

Secretary General.
A. Juergen Stock
B. Ronald L Noble
C. Ranjit Sinha
D. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Ans) A. Juergen Stock

631. Gro Harlem Brundtland was awarded with the first Tang Prize in sustainable
development. She is the former Prime Minister of __________. Tang-Prize
A. Switzerland
B. Sweden
C. Norway
D. France
Ans) C. Norway

632. United Nations Public Service Day celebrated on ___________.

A. 21 June
B. 22 June
C. 23 June
D. 24 June
Ans) C. 23 June
633. In 2015, _______ will host the inaugural edition of European games.
(a) Baku
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) Bern
(e) None of these
Ans) (a) Baku

634. Where will be 35th National games held? Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as
its brand ambassador.
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Assam
(c) Odisha
(d) Kerala
(e) None of these
Ans) (d) Kerala

635. Who won Italian Tennis open 2014 womens single, recently?
(a) K Srebotnik
(b) K Peschke
(c) Cara Black
(d) Serena Williams
(e) None of these
Ans) (d) Serena Williams

636. Recently, 63rd World Health Assembly concluded at which place?

(a) London
(b) Geneva
(c) Athens
(d) Jakarta
(e) None of these
Ans) (b) Geneva

637. Who is the First Player to score a hit trick in FIFA World cup 2014
a. Messi
b. neymar
c. iniesta
d. thomas muller
Ans) d. thomas muller

638. 2014 commonwelth games will be held in

a. london
b. sydney
c. glasgow
d. sochi
Ans)c. glasgow

639. Which Indian has been appointed as an international expert advisor by World
Bank ?
A: Bikram Dasgupta
B: Abhijeet Banerjee
C: Sudipto Pal
D: Sujit Dasgupta
Ans) A: Bikram Dasgupta

640. Phrase "B2B ties" have been in news recently. It is related to

A: Bangladesh to Bhutan
B: Bharat to Bhutan
C: Bangladesh to Bharat
D: None of these
Ans)B: Bharat to Bhutan

641. Who won the Miss USA title for the year 2014 ?
A: Brittany Guidry
B: Audra Mari
C: Tiana Griggs
D: Nevada Nia Sanchez
Ans) D: Nevada Nia Sanchez

642. The Satellite SPOT 7 planned to be launched by ISRO belongs to which country ?
A: France
B: Israel
C: Japan
D: Italy
Ans) A: France

643. In which city of India "Garud V" an Indo French Air Force Exercise was held ?
A: Jodhpur
B: Kochi
C: Jabalpur
D: Port Blair
Ans) A: Jodhpur

644. With which company Google has made an agreement to buy ?

A: Starbox
B: Skybox
C: Myntra
D: Yahoo
Ans) B: Skybox

645. Wang Yi has visited India recently. He is Foreign Minister of which country ?
A: Thailand
B: South Korea
C: Japan
D: China
Ans) D: China

646. Which Indian shooter has won Silver Medal in ISSF World Cup 2014 ?
A: Jitu Rai
B: Gagan Narang
C: Sunil Pal
D: Deepika Kumari
Ans) A: Jitu Rai

647. "Amma Salt " has been launched in which State of India ?
A: Tamil Nadu
B: Kerala
C: Karnataka
D: Andhra Pradesh
Ans) A: Tamil Nadu

648. In which city Canara bank has opened its office recently ?
A: New York
B: London
C: Beijing
D: Manila
Ans) A: New York

649. The first city in India with full real-time CCTV surviellance network is ?
A: Jaipur
B: Pune
C: Surat
D: Vadodara
Ans) C: Surat

650. BrahMos Missile has been successfully test fired recently, it is a

A: Air to air anti aircraft missile
B: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
C: Air to air beyond visual range(BVR) missile
D: Supersonic Anti Ship Cruise Missile
Ans) D: Supersonic Anti Ship Cruise Missile

651. Who has been elected as President of Israel

A: Reuven Ruby Rivlin
B: Shimon Peres
C: Paul Biya
D: Viktor Yushenko
Ans) A: Reuven Ruby Rivlin

652. Who has been appointed as president of Reliance Infocomm

A: Ranjana Paintal
B: Ranjit Kumar
C: Sunil Dutt
D: Amit kumar
Ans) C: Sunil Dutt

653. 'The substance and the shadow' biography is based on

A: Amitabh Bachchan
B: Dilip Kumar
C: Javed Akhtar
D: Gulzar
Ans) B: Dilip Kumar

654. Who has been elected as first speaker of Telengana Legislative Assembly
A: Sriram j hathwar
B: Jagmohan Reddy
C: S.Radhakrishnan
D: Sirikonda Madhusudana Chary
Ans) D: Sirikonda Madhusudana Chary

655. Which state government has announced 12 % job reservation to BPL candidates
A: Chhattisgarh
B: Sikkim
C: Odisha
D: Bihar
Ans) B: Sikkim

656. Who has been appointed as Mayor of London Borough of Southwark

A: Anjali Prasad
B: Sanjay Kapoor
C: Sunil Chopra
D: Anil Chopra
Ans) C: Sunil Chopra

657. Which book has been released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently
A: Breakout Nations
B: India at crossroads
C: Future of India
D: Getting India Back on Track-An Action Agenda for Reform
Ans) D: Getting India Back on Track-An Action Agenda for Reform

658. Which organisation will provide Jaipur Foot to 1000 amputees in Afghanistan free
of cost
A: Agrwal Viklang Sahayta Samiti
B: Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti
C: Jain Viklang Sahayta Samiti
D: Ramkrishan Viklang Sahayta Samiti
Ans) B: Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti

659. Which of the Nuclear Plant has become India's first to generate 1000 MW nuclear
power
A: Kudankulam
B: Kakrapar
C: Tarapur
D: Narora
Answer:(A) Kudankulam

660. Who has joined Mudgal Committee on IPL spot fixing as an expert
A: Sunil Gavaskar
B: Sachin Tendulkar
C: Sourav Ganguly
D: Kapil Dev
Answer:(C) Sourav Ganguly

661. Which day has been declared as International Nelson Mandela Day
A: July 12
B: July 14
C: July 15
D: July 18
Answer:(D) July 18

662. Who has been appointed as commander in chief of Western Naval Command
A: K.P. Singh
B: Rajesh Mishra
C: Sanjay Singh
D: Anil Chopra
Answer:(D) Anil Chopra

663. Which Province of Canada has adopted Right to Die legislation ?

A: Montreal
B: Toronto
C: Quebec
D: Winnipeg
Answer:(C) Quebec

664. What is the title of new anti tobacco advertisement launch by the Union
Goverment ?
A: Life and Fun
B: Danger of Smoke
C: Smoking Kills
D: The Price We Pay
Answer:(D) The Price We Pay

665. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan
of Madhya Pradesh government ?
A: Hema Malini
B: Rekha
C: Madhuri Dixit
D: Nandita Das
Answer:(C) Madhuri Dixit

666.Who has won Baileys Prize for fiction 2014 ?

A: Melinda Gates
B: Jhumpa Lahiri
C: Kathryin Janway
D: Eimear Mcbride
Answer:(D) Eimear Mcbride

667. Who has been appointed as chairman of Micromax

A: Anjali Prasad
B: Sanjay Kapoor
C: Nandan Nilekani
D: Ajay Prakash
Answer:(B) Sanjay Kapoor

668. Theme of World Environment Day 2014 is

A: Small Islands and Climate change
B: Think Eat Save
C: Green Economy
D: One Planet One Future
Answer:(A) Small Islands and Climate change

669. India has been selected on which United Nation's committee

A: IMF's committee on Financial Stability
B: WTO's committee on Trade Disputes
C: World Bank's committee on development funds
D: UNESCO's committee for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Answer:(D) UNESCO's committee for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

670. 12th Agricultural Science Congress will be organised at

A: Agra
B: Mumbai
C: Karnal
D: Varanasi
Answer:(C) Karnal

671. Which of the two state governments have signed MOU on Victims of Trafficking ?
A: Chhattisgarh and Odisha
B: West Bengal and Maharashtra
C: Assam and West Bengal
D: Bihar and West Bengal
Answer:(B) West Bengal and Maharashtra

672. Who has been appointed as first Governor of Telengana

A: Anjali Prasad
B: Vishwanath tripathi
C: ESL Narasimhan
D: Maneka Gandhi
Answer:(C) ESL Narasimhan

673. Scientists at National Dairy Research Institute has cloned female buffalo calf ,
name of the calf is
A: Kiran
B: Ashima
C: Garima
D: Lalima
Answer:(D) Lalima

674. What is "Raptor"

A: A robot that can outrun Usain Bolt
B: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
C: Safe landing instrument for aircrafts
D: Submarine based missile
Answer:(A) A robot that can outrun Usain Bolt

675. Who has topped Forbes Most Powerful Women List 2014
A: Melinda Gates
B: Angela Merkel
C: Hillary Clinton
D: Janet Yellen
Answer:(B) Angela Merkel

676. Sukumari Bhattacharji has died, She was a

A: Member of Peacekeeping operation
B: Environment Activist
C: Sanskrit Scholar
D: Women\'s Rights Activist
Answer:(C) Sanskrit Scholar

677. "SIMBEX2014" bilateral naval exercise between India and Singapore took place in
A: Andaman Sea
B: Gulf of Kachchh
C: Gulf of Khambat
D: Persian Gulf
Answer:(A) Andaman Sea

678. What is "Dragon V2"

A: Air to air anti aircraft missile
B: A Capsule to take Astronauts to Low Earth Orbit
C: Safe landing instrument for aircrafts
D: Submarine based missile
Answer:(B) A Capsule to take Astronauts to Low Earth Orbit

679. "Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar" is given for which field

A: Economics
B: Education
C: R T I
D: Environment
Answer:(B) Education

680. Reliance Industries Limited has announced to buy majority stakes in which Media
Network
A: Aaj Tak
B: NDTV
C: Network 18 Media
D: India TV
Answer:(C) Network 18 Media

681. Who have won prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2014
A: Sriram j hathwar and Ansun Sujoe
B: Vishwanath tripathi
C: Dhruv Sitwala
D: Pankaj Gupta and Rajesh Singh
Answer:(A) Sriram j hathwar and Ansun Sujoe

682. Vyas Samman is given by

A: K K Birla Foundation
B: Reliance Foundation
C: Sahara Parivar
D: Tata Group
Answer:(A) K K Birla Foundation

683. "2014 Hockey World Cup" will be held at

A: Tokyo
B: Paris
C: Madrid
D: The Hague
Answer:(D) The Hague

684. Who has been appointed as Permanent Representative of India to The World
Trade Organisation ?
A: Anjali Prasad
B: Indira Talwani
C: Sanjay Singh
D: Krishnan Nair
Answer:(A) Anjali Prasad

685. Who has been appointed as minister of state(independent charge) of ministry of

development of North Eastern Region
A: V K Singh
B: Jitendra Vir Singh
C: Dorjee Khandu
D: Gegong Apang
Answer:(A) V K Singh

686. Which state has approved the scheme of financial help to children of prisoners ?
A: Rajasthan
B: Jharkhand
C: Odisha
D: Delhi
Answer:(D) Delhi

687. Which organisation has released a report titled "Standing on the Sidelines"
,related to the effect of climate change on food security ?
A: Oxfam
B: World Bank
C: IMF
D: UNESCO
Answer:(A) Oxfam

688. Which country has decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to
India ?
A: Switzerland
B: Singapore
C: Mauritius
D: Thailand
Answer:(C) Mauritius

689. Who is the Youngest Minister in Narendra Modi's Cabinet ?

A: Jitendra Singh
B: Smriti Irani
C: Sushma Swaraj
D: Uma Bharti
Answer:(B) Smriti Irani

690. Who has won Presidential Elections of Lithuania

A: Dalia Grybauskaite
B: Zigmantas Balcytis
C: Kathryin Janway
D: Viktor Yushenko
Answer:(A) Dalia Grybauskaite

691. Who has been elected as the President of Ukraine ?

A: Yulia Tymoshenko
B: Petro Poroshenko
C: Paul Biya
D: Viktor Yushenko
Answer:(B) Petro Poroshenko
692. Who has become the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest
A: Ranjana Paintal
B: Malavath Poorna
C: Paul Biya
D: Gegong Apang
Answer:(B) Malavath Poorna

693. ONGC has begun first ever drilling in which basin

A: Kaveri Basin
B: Palar Basin
C: Godavari Basin
D: Krishna Basin
Answer:(B) Palar Basin

694. Which country has won Women's Asian Football Cup 2014
A: India
B: Singapore
C: China
D: Japan
Answer:(D) Japan

695. Which currency has become best performing in Asia Pacific Region in 2014
A: The Yen
B: Rupiah
C: Indian Rupee
D: The Won
Answer:(C) Indian Rupee

696. Who has won the Thomas Cup Badminton Championship for the first time ?
A: Malaysia
B: Indonesia
C: India
D: Japan
Answer:(D) Japan

697. Who has been appointed as member of UPSC

A: Hemchandra Gupta
B: Arijit Pasayat
C: Sanjay Singh
D: Rajesh Mathur
Answer:(A) Hemchandra Gupta

697. Which movie has won Palme d'Or prize at Cannes Film Festival
A: Queen
B: Winter Sleep
C: City Lights
D: Ticket Window
Answer:(B) Winter Sleep

698. Which bank has been included in to Scheduled commercial bank category by RBI
A: IDFC & BANDHAN
B: YES
C: Bharatiya Mahila Bank
D: ICICI
Answer:(C) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

699. Which constituency has registered highest female voter turnout in General
Election 2014
A: Tamluk
B: Dhubri
C: Vadodara
D: Varanasi
Answer:(A) Tamluk

700. India has been ranked at which place in the World Bank's ease of 'Doing Business'
report 2014
A: 130
B: 131
C: 133
D: 134
Answer:(D) 134
701. A three time F-1 champion has died recently, who was also known as Black Jack, the
champion was
A: Jack Brabham
B: Ian Khama
C: Paul Biya
D: Jose Maria
Answer:(A) Jack Brabham

702. Who has won CCI Billiards and Snooker Tournament 2014
A: Mark Selby
B: Pankaj Advani
C: Dhruv Sitwala
D: K P Singh
Answer:(B) Pankaj Advani

703. Who has been awarded with the Silver Shovel Award of International News Media
Association
A: Ravi Dhariwal
B: Barkha Dutt
C: Rajat Gupta
D: N Ram
Answer:(A) Ravi Dhariwal

704. Who has been appointed as chairman of Central Water Commission

A: B S Chauhan
B: Ashwin B. Pandya
C: HL Dattu
D: MB Lokur
Answer:(B) Ashwin B. Pandya

705. Which Ministry has given directions for Real Time Tracking recently
A: Ministry of Environment and Forest
B: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C: Ministry of Tourism
D: Ministry of Civil Aviation
Answer:(D) Ministry of Civil Aviation
706. Which Ministry has launched website Tripigator.com
A: Ministry of Environment and Forest
B: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C: Ministry of Tourism
D: Ministry of External Affairs
Answer:(C) Ministry of Tourism

707. Which book has been launched by Indian Railways recently

A: India Junction- A window to nation
B: India at crossroads
C: Long Queue
D: Ticket Window
Answer:(A) India Junction- A window to nation

708. Who has been named as Snooker's Player of the year 2014 recently
A: Mark Selby
B: John Astly
C: Ronnie o Sullivan
D: Ding Junhui
Answer:(C) Ronnie o Sullivan

709. Which Indian Documentary has won three awards at New York film festival
recently
A: Silent Lamb
B: Silent Screams
C: City Lights
D: Queen
Answer:(B) Silent Screams

710. 'RuPay' has been developed by which organisation

A: RBI
B: IRCTC
C: SBI
D: National Payment Corporation of India
Answer:(D) National Payment Corporation of India
711. President has dedicated 'RuPay' to the nation recently, it is a
A: Social networking website
B: Rural Bank
C: Self help group
D: Card Payment Network
Answer:(D) Card Payment Network

712. K-4 Missile has been tested successfully by DRDO recently, it is a

A: Air to air anti aircraft missile
B: Anti Tank missile
C: Under water missile
D: Surface to air missile
Answer:(C) Under water missile

713. India has successfully tested Astra missile recently, Astra is a

A: Submarine based missile
B: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
C: Air to air beyond visual range(BVR) missile
D: Anti tank missile
Answer:(C) Air to air beyond visual range(BVR) missile

714. Which of the following countries has announced that it is preparing a list of Indians
suspected to have un-taxed money parked there?
A. UK
B. Switzerland
C. Mauritius
D. Norway
E. None of these
Answer:B. Switzerland

715. Fuleco is/was official mascot of which of the following sports events?
A. 2014 FIFA World Cup
B. 2014 Commonwealth Games
C. 2015 European Games
D. 2014 Sochi Olympic
E. None of these
Answer: A. 2014 FIFA World Cup

716. India has emerged as third largest economy in a report released by World Bank
recently, India has replaced which country
A: Brazil
B: Germany
C: China
D: Japan
Answer:(D) Japan

717. Who among the following has won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula One
championship recently?
A. Daniel Ricciardo
B. Nico Rosberg
C. Lewis Hamilton
D. Nico Hulkenberg
E. None of these
Answer: B. Nico Rosberg

718. Scientists have developed world's first solar jet fuel recently under project called
'SOLAR JET'. It was funded by which organisation
A: World Bank
B: UNEP
C: IMF
D: EU
Answer:(D) EU

719. Which of the following Indians has/have won the Global Economy Prize so far?
Indian entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has won this prize in 2014 recently.
A. Sunil Bharti Mittal
B. Baba N Kalyani
C. Amartya Sen
D. All the above
E. Only A) and B)
Answer:D. All the above
720. Parveen Talha who recently received Padma Bhusan award is :-
A: First women IPS officer
B: First muslim women governor
C: First Muslim women to join civil services
D: First women IAS officer
Answer:(C) First Muslim women to join civil services

721. In which district Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind intiative,
has been introduced
A: Jodhpur, Rajasthan
B: Agra,UP
C: Burdwan,W.B.
D: Mathura,UP
Answer:(C) Burdwan,W.B.

722. National Green Tribunal has banned rat hole mining recently,it is unique to which
state
A: Jharkhand
B: Orissa
C: assam
D: Meghalaya
Answer:(D) Meghalaya

723. India recently tested Akash missile successfuly, Akash is a

A: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
B: Air to air anti aircraft missile
C: Anti tank missile
D: Submarine based missile
Answer:(A) Surface to air anti aircraft missile

724. During which phase of General Election 2014, Highest number of constituencies
are covered ?
A: 1st
B: 5th
C: 7th
D: 9th
Answer:(B) 5th

725. Recently, Ramesh Agrawal was in news for his impressive works in the field of ?
A: Protection of Human Rights
B: Environment
C: Science and Research
D: None of the Above
Answer:(B) Environment

726. Ship of Theseus was chosen for the Best Film Award at which of the award
functions ?
A: International Indian Film Academy Awards
B: National Film Awards in India
C: British Film Academy Awards
D: None of the Above
Answer:(B) National Film Awards in India

727. Which one of the following is an indian swimmer who won 2 bronze and 1 silver
medal in IDM Berlin 2014 ?
A: Sharath Gayakwad
B: Virdhawal Khade
C: Sandeep Sejwal
D: Rehan Poncha
Answer:(A) Sharath Gayakwad

728. Who became the first Indian Ambassador to ASEAN ?

A: Suresh Reddy
B: Jayant Prasad
C: Vijay Nambiar
D: PS Raghavan
Answer:(A) Suresh Reddy

729. Who has been given Global Indian award in Canada recently
A: Mukesh Ambani
B: NR Narayan Murthi
C: A M Nayak
D: Aruna Jayanti
Answer:(B) NR Narayan Murthi

730. Who has been been given Rajiv Gandhi leadership award recently
A: Arati Devi
B: Kiran Bedi
C: Anna Hazare
D: Medha Patkar
Answer:(A) Arati Devi

731. Who has won Green Nobel ( Goldman Environmental Prize ) 2014 for Asia region ?
A: Subhash Agrawal
B: Sunita Narain
C: Ramesh Agrawal
D: Vandana Shiva
Answer:(C) Ramesh Agrawal

732. Which company has acquired Nokias mobile handset business ?

A: Apple
B: Motorola
C: Microsoft
D: HTC
Answer:(C) Microsoft

733. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of Japanese foods firm
Nissin Foods Indian arm
A: Gautam Sharma
B: Murli Sharma
C: Vijay Malhotra
D: Om Prakash Thilsa
Answer:(A) Gautam Sharma

734. Which country has planned to open the world's first mine in the deep ocean ?
A: USA
B: China
C: Japan
D: Canada
Answer:(D) Canada

735. Which Indian film won the best film award at the Beijing Film Festival 2014 ?
A: Queen
B: Siddhartha
C: The Good Road
D: Bhag Milkha Bhag
Answer:(B) Siddhartha

736. Recently, Sandesh Pathak is launched by Government of India. What is it ?

A: An electronic device introduced in Post Offices
B: A software application for farmers
C: A mechanical device for increasing industrial production
D: A software application for blind people
Answer:(B) A software application for farmers

737. Indian woman who won the elections to the International Narcotics Control Board is
?
A: Jagjit Pavadia
B: Chandra Dasgupta
C: Chandra Pavadia
D: Nirupama Roy
Answer:(A) Jagjit Pavadia

738. IMD recently released seasonal rain forecast for 2014 Monsoon. It created 5
categories of forecast probability.

What comes under "Below Normal"?

A: < 90 LPA
B: 90 -96 LPA
C: 96-104 LPA
D: >104 LPA
Answer:(B) 90 -96 LPA
739. According to a study on world insurance in 2013 by the Global re-insurer Swiss Re,
India stood at _____position in the world in terms of premium volume.
A) 20th
B) 18th
C) 16th
D) 15th
Answer:D) 15th

740. Who among the following has been formally appointed the first chairman of the
ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial revamp of the bodys
administrative structure recently?
A) Shashank Manohar
B) Jagmohan Dalmiya
C) Sunil Gavaskar
D) N Srinivasan
Answer:D) N Srinivasan

741. Which of the following state govts has decided to provide 16 per cent reservation
to Marathas and five per cent to the Muslim communities in jobs and education recently?
A) Gujarat
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Rajasthan
Answer:C) Maharashtra

742. Which of the following banks in India organised 'The Banking and Economics
Conclave 2014' for the first time in the country recently?
A. Bank of Baroda
B. NABARD
C. Punjab National Bank
D. State Bank of India
Answer: D. State Bank of India

743. Which among the following state has announced 33% quota for women in police
force on 24 June 2014?
(A) Kerala
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (C) Gujarat

744. Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) which was accorded the Unesco World
Heritage Site status on 23 June 2014 is in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Bihar
(C) Sikkim
(D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (D) Himachal Pradesh

745. Moving to a time-defined process, the Reserve Bank of India, on 23 June 2014,
fixed schedules for various regulatory approvals. Accordingly, an applicant for private
bank licence should be given in-principle approval within ...... days after receipt of report
from the independent external advisory committee?
(A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 90
(D) 21
Answer: (C) 90

746. Myanmar made its entry onto the World Heritage List with the inscription of its
first site recently (June 2014). The World Heritage Committee meeting was held in?
(A) London, UK
(B) Brussels, Belgium
(C) New Delhi, India
(D) Doha, Qatar
Answer: (D) Doha, Qatar

747. President Pranab Mukherjee on 25 June 2014 appointed three new judges to
Supreme Court. Who among the following was not included in it?
(A) Rohinton Nariman
(B) Gopal Subramaniam
(C) Adarsh Kumar Goel
(D) Arun Mishra
Answer: (B) Gopal Subramaniam

748. President of India Pranab Mukherjee released first Encyclopedia on which religion
on 23 June 2014?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Jainism
(D) Buddhism
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) Hinduism

749. Name the bollywood actor who has been championining the cause of social issues
and on 23 June 2014 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
(A) Salman Khan
(B) Aamir Khan
(C) Amitabh Bachhan
(D) Sharukh Khan
Answer: (B) Aamir Khan

750. East India Company has issued an exclusive legal tender gold coin worth 12,000
pound sterling in honour of which cricket legend on 23 June 2014?
(A) Don Bardman
(B) Brain Lara
(C) Vivian Richards
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: (D) Sachin Tendulkar

751. Ashwani Kumar who resigned on 25 June 2014 was the Governor of?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Meghayala
(C) Nagaland
(D) Assam
Answer: (C) Nagaland

752. Former Norwegian premier Gro Harlem Brundtland was named recently as the first
recipient of which prize, which is touted as Asia's version of the Nobels?
(A) Abel Prize
(B) Pen Pinter Prize
(C) Ramon Magsasay Prize
(D) Tang Prize
Answer: (D) Tang Prize

753. Who has defeated Lewis Hamilton to win Austrian Grand Prix on 22 June 2014?
(A) Valtteri Bottas
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Kimi Raikonnen
(D) Nico Rosberg
Answer: (D) Nico Rosberg

754. Name the Union Commerce and Industry Minister who has filed her nomination for
Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh on 21 June 2014?
(A) Smriti Irani
(B) Najma Heptulla
(C) Nirmala Sitharaman
(D) Uma Bharati
Answer: (C) Nirmala Sitharaman

755. Kodela Siva Prasada Rao on 20 June 2014 was elected as the first Assembly
speaker of?
(A) Telangana
(B) Seemandhara
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Andhra Pradesh

756. Kedarnath Singh who was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 on 20
June 2014 is the noted poet in which language?
(A) Bengali
(B) Hindi
(C) Urdu
(D) Malayalam
Answer: (B) Hindi

757. Noted writer Salman Rushdie recently won which among the following prize?
(A) Tang Prize
(B) Abel Prize
(C) World Food Prize
(D) PEN Pinter prize
Answer: (D) PEN Pinter prize

758. What was India's rank in Global Peace Index among 162 countries in the data
released on 18 June 2014?
(A) 20
(B) 101
(C) 143
(D) 151
Answer: (C) 143

756. Under which section of the RBI act, the RBI has the sole right of note issue?
(a) 22
(b) 23
(c) 26
(d) 75
Answer: (a) 22

757. Who among the following won IBSF 6-Red World Snooker title in Egypt recently
and created history by becoming the first player in the world to win world titles in the
long and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker?
A) Kacper Flilpiak
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Shaun Murphy
D) Aditya Mehta
Answer: B) Pankaj Advani

758. Which of the following Islamist groups has proclaimed establishment of Caliphate
across areas under their control in Iraq and Syria recently?
A) ISIL
B) al-Queda
C) Muslim Brotherhood
D) Tehreek-e-Taliban
Answer:- A) ISIL

759. Who among the following has won the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution
Centre in Philadelphia recently?
A) Edward Snowden
B) Christina Lamb
C) Aung San Suu Kyi
D) Malala Yousafzai
Answer:- D) Malala Yousafzai

760. Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the Australian Super
Series badminton tournament recently?
A) Nichaon Jindapon
B) Kirsty Gilmour
C) Carolina Marin
D) Saina Nehwal
Answer:- D) Saina Nehwal

761. PSLV C23 lifted off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying five satellites of
different countries including an Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7. SPOT-7 belongs to
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) France
D) Canada
Answer:- C) France

762. Mustafa Kamal who has been elected as the new ICC President on 26 June 2014 is
from which country?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) South Africa
(D) UAE
Ans. (B) Bangladesh
763. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed every
year on?
(A) June 26
(B) June 27
(C) June 24
(D) June 29
Ans. (A) June 26

764. Wroclaw city which has been named 2016 World Book Capital by UNESCO is in
which country?
(A) Japan
(B) Chile
(C) Poland
(D) Malaysia
Ans. (C) Poland

765. Which country has recently (June 2014) decided to honour Bollywood actor Shah
Rukh Khan with the 'Legion of France', one of its highest civilian awards?
(A) UK
(B) Australia
(C) South Korea
(D) France
Ans. (D) France

766. Indian-origin judge V.K. Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of
which among the following countries on 26 June 2014?
(A) USA
(B) Indonesia
(C) Singapore
(D) Bhutan
Ans. (C) Singapore

767. 35th edition of the National Games (biggest national sporting event) will be held in
which state from January 31 to February 14 in 2015 as announced recently?
(A) Kerala
(B) Punjab
(C) Assam
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (A) Kerala

768. In a move that is both open minded and adhering to Supreme courts ruling on April
15 which among the following colleges has included the option of choosing transgender
in its application forms for academic programmes beginning this year?
(A) Maharaja's College, Kochi
(B) Fergusson College, Pune
(C) Loyola College, Chennai
(D) University Maharani's College, Jaipur
Ans. (B) Fergusson College, Pune

769. Which city/state has been formally declared by the Central Government as
permanent venue for the prestigious annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
recently?
(A) Goa
(B) Thiruvananthapuram
(C) Delhi
(D) Pune
Ans. (A) Goa

770. Who was formally appointed the first Chairman of the International Cricket Council
(ICC) in its Annual Conference held at Melbourne, Australia on 26 June 2014?
(A) Haroon Logard
(B) Alan Isaac
(C) N Srinivasan
(B) Mustafa Kamal
Ans. (C) N Srinivasan

771. Laurent Fabius, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of
which of the following countries?
A) Germany
B) Singapore
C) France
D) Spain
Answer:- 3) France

772. The worlds largest multination naval exercise, 24th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)
exercise, was conducted with 22 nations and six observer nations recently. Which of the
following nations was NOT a participant in this years exercise?
A) Japan
B) Indonesia
C) India
D) China
E) None of these
Answer:- E) None of these

773. Internet giant Google announced its Android One programme recently. This
programme is aimed at which of the following?
A) Driver-less cars
B) Operating system for PCs
C) An e-commerce application
D) Low-cost devices
Answer:- D) Low-cost devices

774. The ban on the import of milk and milk products from which of the following
countries has been extended for one more year till Jun 2015 recently?
A) Bangladesh
B) Myanmar
C) Sri Lanka
D) China
Answer:- D) China

775. Which of the following two PSUs have been conferred the coveted Navratna
status, recently, which would give these firms more financial and operational autonomy?
A) Engineers India Limited (EIL)
B) National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
C) Antrix Corporation Limited
D) Only 1) and 2)
E) Only 1) and 3)
Answer:- D) Only 1) and 2)

776. An Indian-origin judge Justice VK Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney
general of which of the following countries recently?
A) Singapore
B) Malaysia
C) Indonesia
D) US
Answer:- A) Singapore

777. General Bikram Singh visited which of the following countries, recently? This is the
first official visit by an Indian Army Chief to this country in nine years.
A) Myanmar
B) Brazil
C) Japan
D) China
Answer:- D) China

778. Which of the following countries has announced a one billion Euros credit line over
the next three years to India to take initiates in the climate control area recently?
A)UK
B) Germany
C) witzerland
D. France
Answer:- D. France

779. From which country barred FIFA holding any Friendly Football Matches?
A) Iran
B) Pakistan
C) Iraq
D) Japan
Answer:- A) Iran

780. Name the Tehelka founder editor who was granted bail recently by SC in a case in
which he was accused of sexually assaulting his junior colleague?
(A)Varun Venugopal
(B)Tarun Tejpal
(C)Tapas Pal
(D)Atish Sinha
Ans. (B)Tarun Tejpal

781. State Bank of India on 1 July 2014 launched six digital branches across the
country as part of its programme to offer next generation banking solutions. What is
the name given to these digital branches?
(A)SBI Digital
(B)sbiINTOUCH
(C)sbiTECH
(D)Digi SBI
Ans. (B)sbiINTOUCH

782. Which Indian became world's no. 1 pistol shooter as per ISSF rankings released on
1 July 2014?
(A)Rojan Sodhi
(B)Vijaya Kumar
(C)Gagn Narag
(D)Jitu Rai
Ans. (D)Jitu Rai

783. President Pranab Mukherjee has joined which among the following social networking
site on 1 July 2014?
(A)Facebook
(B)Whatsapp
(C)Twitter
(D)Blogger
Ans. (C)Twitter

784. Which bank on 1 July 2014 introduced mobile banking service for its customers, to
commemorate 50 years of its journey in the Indian financial sector?
(A)Union Bank of India
(B)IDBI Bank
(C)Kerala Grameen Bank
(D)Karur Vysya Bank
Ans. (B)IDBI Bank

785. Cricketer Lou Vincent who gets a Life Ban for Match-Fixing on 1 July 2014 is from
which country?
(A)South Africa
(B)Bangladesh
(C)Australia
(D)New Zealand
Ans. (D)New Zealand

786. The govt has re-appointed who among the following RBI Deputy Governors for a
further period of two years with effect from Jul 4 2014 recently?
A) HR Khan
B) R Gandhi
C) Anand Sinha
D) Urjit R Patel
Answer:- A) HR Khan

787. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro
Electric Project (HEP) located in which of the following states recently?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Gujarat
E) Tamil Nandu
Answer:- C) Jammu & Kashmir

788. Who among the following has won the womens singles title of the Wimbledon
tennis tournament recently?
A) Petra Kvitova
B) Eugenie Bouchard
C) Simona Halep
D) Svetlana Kuznetsova
Answer:- A) Petra Kvitova

789. Reuven Rivlin has been elected 10th President of which of the following countries
recently?
A) Canada
B) Israel
C) Spain
D) Sweden
Answer:- B) Israel

790. Which of the following space agencies has built world's first flying observatory
fitted with an infrared telescope called Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared
Astronomy (SOFIA)? This mobile observatory can stay airborne for over 12 hours.
A) DLR (Germany)
B) CNES (France)
C) NASA (US)
D) ISRO (India)
Answer:- C) NASA (US)

791. Who among the following has topped the Forbes list of the world's 100 most
powerful women released recently?
A) Dilma Rousseff
B) Melinda Gates
C) Janet Yellen
D) Angela Merkel
Answer:- D) Angela Merkel

792. As per the recommendations of the Arvind Mayaram committee, an overseas

investment equal to 10 per cent and above in a listed firm will be treated as FDI and the
investments below 10 per cent will be treated as
A) Foreign Public Investment
B) Foreign Qualified Investment
C) Foreign Preliminary Investment
D) Foreign Portfolio Investment
Answer:- D) Foreign Portfolio Investment

793. The panel headed by who among the following presented new formula to estimate
poverty in India recently? As per the panel estimates three out of 10 in India are poor.
A) Suresh Tendulkar
B) C Rangarajan
C) KC Chakrabarty
D) Bimal Jalan
Answer:- B) C Rangarajan

794. Who among the following has won the mens singles title of the Wimbledon tennis
tournament recently?
A) Stan Wawrinka
B) Roger Federer
C) Rafael Nadal
D) Novak Djokovic
Answer:- D) Novak Djokovic

795. The RBI increased the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for non-scheduled urban co-
operative banks (UCBs) to what per cent of their total demand and time liabilities
recently? Effective Jul 12, the increase will bring them on par with scheduled primary
(urban) co-operative Banks.
A) 3 per cent
B) 4 per cent
C) 4.5 per cent
D) 4.75 per cent
Answer:- B) 4 per cent

796. Which of the following banks has become the biggest employer in the private
banking space with more than 72,000 employees in 2013-14?
A) ICICI
B) HDFC
C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
D) Axis Bank
Answer:- A) ICICI

797. Which of the following state govts has announced 12 per cent reservation in all
state govt jobs and posts in public sector undertakings for candidates living below
poverty line (BPL) recently?
A) Mizoram
B) Tripura
C) Sikkim
D) Nagaland
Answer:- C) Sikkim

798. Indian Navy's ambitious naval infrastructure project, Seabird in Karwar (Phase-II),
has got environment clearance. One of the largest naval bases of India which will house
warships including INS Vikramaditya, it is located in the state of
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D ) Gujarat
Answer:- B) Karnataka

799. Name the Indian scientist who has been elected to UN entity, the Commission on
the Limits of Continental Shelf (CLCS) recently?
A) Rasik Ravindra
B) Rajan Sivaramakrishnan
C) Jayant Narlikar
D) Anil Kakodkar
Answer:- A) Rasik Ravindra

800. Who among the following has been conferred with the Baileys Women's Prize for
Fiction for her novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing recently?
A) Eimear McBride
B) Donna Tartt
C) Eleanor Catton
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer:- A) Eimear McBride

801. The Day of the Seafarer is observed across the world on

A) 20 Jun
B) 23 Jun
C) 25 Jun
D) 26 Jun
Answer:- C) 25 Jun
802. Who has been appointed as Governor of West Bengal
A: D Y Patil
B: Rajkumar Singh
C: Sanjeev MIsra
D: Margaret Alva
Answer:- A) D Y Patil

803. Who has been appointed as the New Governor of Mizoram?

A: Dr A.P.Mukherjee
B: Vakkom Purushothaman
C: Dr. Kamla Beniwal
D: Amolak Rattan Kohli
Answer:- C) Dr. Kamla Beniwal

804. Who has created history by becoming the first woman to participate in a Formula
One Grand Prix?
A: Susie Wolff
B: Giovanna Amati
C: Mary Silverstone
D: Sheryl Gontra
Answer:- A) Susie Wolff

805. Who became the first female four-star Admiral in the history of U.S. Navy?
A: Ray Mabus
B: Wayne Cowles
C: Mary James
D: Michelle Janine Howard
Answer:-D) Michelle Janine Howard

806. Which state declared camel as the State animal recently?

A: Rajasthan
B: West Bengal
C: Haryana
D: UP
Answer:- A) Rajasthan
807. Bharat Veer Wanchoo has resigned from the post of Governor of which state
A: Nagaland
B: Punjab
C: Rajasthan
D: Goa
Answer:- D) Goa

806. Who has been appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh

A: Ram Naresh Yadav
B: Gopal Singh
C: KP Singh
D: Ramcharan Biswas
Answer:- A) Ram Naresh Yadav

807. Illegal Mining in which of the hills has been banned by Supreme Court recently
A: Rajmahal Hills
B: Satpura Hills
C: Vindhya Hills
D: Aravali Hills
Answer:- D) Aravali Hills

808. Which of the hydropower project has been dedicated to nation by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in Jammu Kashmir
A: Rupkund
B: Dulhasti
C: Uri-2
D: Salal
Answer:- C) Uri-2

809. Senator John McCain has visited India recently , he is Senator of which country
A: New Zealand
B: Australia
C: Canada
D: USA
Answer:- D: USA
810. Indian International Leather festival 2014 has been organised at
A: New Delhi
B: Kanpur
C: Patna
D: Mumbai
Answer:- A: New Delhi

811. Which of Railway Line has been dedicated to Nation by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
A: Srinagar to Leh Railway Line
B: Jammu to Uri Railway Line
C: Udhampur to Katra Railway Line
D: Jammu to Srinagar Railway Line
Answer:- C) Udhampur to Katra Railway Line

812. Which of Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as 47th Tiger reserve of India
A: Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
B: Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary
C: Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary
D: Bor Wildlife Sanctuary
Answer:(D) Bor Wildlife Sanctuary

813. M K Naraynan has resigned from the post of Governor of which state
A: West Bengal
B: Rajasthan
C: Gujarat
D: Bihar
Answer:(A) West Bengal

814. After whose name a Mountain in Antarctica has been named by USA
A: M Swaminathan
B: I P Singh
C: Erickson bluff
D: Akhouri Sinha
Answer:(D) Akhouri Sinha
815. Who has won Liberty Medal for 2014
A: Hillary Clinton
B: Malala Yousafzai
C: Sabana Azmi
D: Barack Obama
Answer:(B) Malala Yousafzai

816. India has been developing "Maitri missile programme" with which country
A: Japan
B: Russia
C: France
D: China
Answer:(C) France

817. Who has been appointed as next President of European commission

A: Jenet Jackson
B: Jean Claude Juncker
C: Paul Biya
D: Richard Nixon
Answer:(B) Jean Claude Juncker

818. Which of the indian origin person has been awarded International Radio Prize
A: K.P. Singh
B: Manpreet Singh
C: Sanjay Singh
D: Pankaj Gupta
Answer:(B) Manpreet Singh

819. Which of the PSUs have been given Navaratna status

A: GAIL
B: NTPC
C: EIL and NBCC
D: ONGC
Answer:(C) EIL and NBCC

820. Which of the Indian origin judge has been appointed as Attorney General of
Singapore
A: Manbir Singh
B: Alexis Prem Kumar
C: K K Mehrotra
D: V K Rajah
Answer:(D) V K Rajah

821. Who has been appointed as chairman of Coal India Limited

A: A P Singh
B: A K Dubey
C: Sanjay Singh
D: B Mahapatra
Answer:(B) A K Dubey

822. Project ''Mausam'' of Cultural Ministry is related to

A: To understand ocean current
B: To understand Monsoon
C: To explore multi faceted Indian Ocean
D: To save coral reef of indian ocean
Answer:(C) To explore multi faceted Indian Ocean

823. Which of the site became the 1000th, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage
Site List
A: Taj Mahal
B: Botswana's Okavango Delta
C: Rani ka Vav
D: Lal Quilla
Answer:(B) Botswana's Okavango Delta

824. Who has been appointed as chairman of the committee to formulate National
Rubber Policy
A: B S Chauhan
B: Jitendra Vir Singh
C: Ranajana Misra
D: Rajani Ranjan Rashmi
Answer:(D) Rajani Ranjan Rashmi
825. Which state has approved settingup of 500 Water ATM in the state
A: Rajasthan
B: Delhi
C: Gujarat
D: Himachal Pradesh
Answer:(B) Delhi

826. SAARC Monsoon Intiative Programme National working group meet held at
A: Bhopal
B: Jaipur
C: Indore
D: Delhi
Answer:(A) Bhopal

827. What is 'ATLAST'

A: A satellite developed by students
B: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
C: World's first humanoid robot
D: World's most powerful telescope to track Alien life
Answer:(D) World's most powerful telescope to track Alien life

829. Who has been selected as new secretary general of INTERPOL

A: Audrey Magee
B: Ian Khama
C: Kathryin Janway
D: Juergen Stock
Answer: (D) Juergen Stock

830. As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
in Parliament, the Indian economy is likely to grow in the range of _________in 2014-
15.
A) 7 to 8 per cent
B) 6.5 to 5.9 per cent
C) 5.4 to 5.9 per cent
D) 4.7 to 4.5 per cent
Answer: C) 5.4 to 5.9 per cent

831. As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
in Parliament, which of the following PSUs emerged as the highest profit-making PSU of
the country during 2012-13?
A) BHEL
B) NTPC
C) BSNL
D) ONGC
Answer: D) ONGC

832. The FIFA World Cup 2018 will be hosted by which of the following countries?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Qatar
Answer: A) Russia

833. In a relief to the depositors, the Finance Minister announced in the Union Budget
for FY15 that the PPF (Public Provident Fund) deposit ceiling will be raised from the
existing Rs 1 lakh to
A) Rs 1.5 lakh
B) Rs 2 lakh
C) Rs 2.5 lakh
D) Rs 3 lakh
Answer: A) Rs 1.5 lakh

834. The exemption limit on housing loans interest on self-occupied property has been
increased from Rs 1.5 lakh to _______in the Union Budget for FY15.
A) Rs 2 lakh
B) Rs 3 lakh
C) Rs 4 lakh
D) Rs 5 lakh
Answer: A) Rs 2 lakh

835. What amount has been set aside in the Union Budget for FY15 to erect the Statue
of Unity, the giant statue of Sardar Vallabh Patel in Gujarat?
A) Rs 100 cr
B) Rs 150 cr
C) Rs 200 cr
D) Rs 250 cr
Answer: C) Rs 200 cr

836. In the Union Budget for 2014-15, a _______tax holiday has been extended to
undertakings which begin generation, distribution and transmission of power by Mar 31,
2017.
A) 5-year
B) 10-year
C) 15-year
D) 20-year
Answer: D) 20-year

837. State APMC laws are hurdle to modernisation of good economy as per the Economic
Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament. APMC stands
for
A) Agricultural Produce Management Committee
B) Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee
C) Agricultural Produce Moderating Committee
D) Agricultural Produce Monitoring Committee
Answer B) Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee

838. As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14, what is Indias share in world services
exports in 2013?
A) 0.6 pc
B) 1.1 pc
C) 2.2 pc
D) 3.3 pc
Answer: D) 3.3 pc

839. As per the Economic Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in
Parliament, which of the following PSUs emerged as the highest loss-making PSU of the
country during 2012-13?
A) BHEL
B) NTPC
C) BSNL
D) ONGC
Answer: C) BSNL

840. Which of the following teams won the FIFA World Cup 2014 held in Brazil
recently?
A) Argentina
B) Holland
C) Germany
D) Brazil
Answer: C) Germany

841. Which of the following state assemblies passed a bill to set up a new separate
committee (SGPC) for the management of Gurudwaras in the state recently?
A) Rajasthan
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: B) Haryana

842. The first indigenously built anti-submarine warship (ASW) was handed over to the
Indian Navy in Kolkata recently. It is first in its class of four ASW corvettes being built
under Project-28 for the Navy and is named
A) INS Kolkata
B) INS Maysore
C) INS Kamorta
D) INS Tarkash
Answer: C) INS Kamorta

843. What amount has been allocated for the Defence Ministry in the Budget for the
FY15? There has been an increase of around 12.5 per cent from the last fiscal.
A) Rs 3.20 lakh cr
B) Rs 2.82 lakh cr
C) Rs 2.29 lakh cr
D) Rs 2.03 lakh cr
Answer: C) Rs 2.29 lakh cr

844. The 2015 BRICS Summit will be held in Russia in which of the following cities?
A) Sochi
B) Saint-Petersburg
C) Ufa
D) Moscow
Answer: C) Ufa

845. Who won the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil recently?
A) Arjen Robben
B) James Rodriguez
C) Thomas Muller
D) Lionel Messi
Answer: B) James Rodriguez

846. Who among the following is the goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games to
be held in seven cities in Kerala in 2015?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Leander Paes
D) Sania Mirza
Answer: B) Sachin Tendulkar

847. Lt General Ajay Kumar Singh has been sworn in as Lt Governor of which of the
following Union Territories?
A) Puducherry
B) Chandigarh
C) Andaman & Nicobar
D) Lakshadweep
Answer: A) Puducherry

848. Name the nation's first 3D mobile game launched by Indian Air Force on Jul 3,
2014 to encourage youths to join the Air Force?
(A) Guardians of the Sky
(B) Sky Security
(C) The Protectors
(D) Bravo Indians
Answer (A) Guardians of the Sky

849. Who won the 2014 Liberty Medal on 30 June 2014?

(A) Barack Obama
(B) Stephen Hawkings
(C) Salman Rushidie
(D) Malala Yousafzai
Answer (D) Malala Yousafzai

850. Name the Union health Minister who inaugurated the "First Aid Post" at Shastri
Bhawan on 2 July 2014?
(A) Harsh Vardhan
(B) Smriti Irani
(C) Nitin Gadkarai
(D) Najma Heptulla
Answer (A) Harsh Vardhan

851. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 2 July 2014 approved the
inclusion of onion and potato under the purview of Essential Commodities Act, .......?
(A) 2005
(B) 1985
(C) 1955
(D) 2011
Answer (C) 1955

852. Which Bank was conferred Best Bank Public Sector award in BFSI Awards-2014
by World HRD Congress recently?
(A) Bank of Maharashtra
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) Indian BAnk
Answer (A) Bank of Maharashtra
853. An Indian passenger train set a new national speed record of ........... kilometres an
hour (100 miles an hour) on 03 July 2014 during a test between the Delhi and Agra?
(A) 120 kmph
(B) 160 kmph
(C) 200 kmph
(D) 250 kmph
Answer (B) 160 kmph

854. Asian Games 2014 will be held in which country from 19 September to 4 October
2014?
(A) NewDelhi, India
(B) Beijing, China
(C) Incheon, South Korea
(D) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Answer (C) Incheon, South Korea

855. Which of the following has become the first country to legalise child labour
recently? Now, children as young as ten years old are allowed to work.
A) Bolivia
B) Cambodia
C) Nigeria
D) Kenya
Answer A) Bolivia

856. The naval exercise INDRA 2014 was conducted between India and which of the
following countries recently?
A) Japan
B) China
C) France
D) Russia
Answer D) Russia

857. What is Indias ranking in the annual Global Innovation Index (GII) survey for
2014?
A) 53rd
B) 61st
C) 66th
D) 76th
Answer D) 76th

858. The Signature Bridge is being constructed across river Yamuna in which of the
following cities in India?
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Mathura
D) Allahabad
Answer B) Delhi

859. Renowned scholar Granville Austin died recently. Awarded a Padma Shri, he was a
scholar of Indian
A) Constitution
B) History
C) Geography
D) Philosophy
Answer A) Constitution

860. The military operation Operation Protective Edge is being conducted by

A) Israel against Hamas in Palestine
B) US against Syrian regime
C) Ukraine govt against pro-Russian rebels
D) US against ISIS militants in Iraq
Answer A) Israel against Hamas in Palestine

861. Which of the following states in India has the highest percentage of poor (47.9
per cent) in the country as per C Rangarajan panel report?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Manipur
Answer C) Chhattisgarh
862. The National Industrial Corridor (NIC) that was proposed to be established in the
Union Budget of 2014-15, will have its headquarters at which city?
A: Delhi
B: Mumbai
C: Pune
D: Hyderabad
Answer C: Pune

863. How much foreign direct investment (FDI) in countrys defence sector was
proposed in the Union Budget 2014-15 presented on 10 July 2014?
A: 69%
B: 57%
C: 49%
D: 59%
Answe C: 49%

864. What is the targeted fiscal deficit for 2017 (year 2016-17) as announced in the
Union Budget 2014-15?
A: 3.50% of GDP
B: 3.10% of GDP
C: 3.05% of GDP
D: 3.0% of GDP
Answer D: 3.0% of GDP

865. The World Bank president is all set to visit New Delh on a three-day visit to meet
PM Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Who among the following is the
current President of the World Bank group?
A) Robert Zoellick
B) Paul Farmer
C) Jim Yong Kim
D) Christine Lagarde
Answer C) Jim Yong Kim

866. As per the Employment Exchange Statistics 2013, which is of the following states
tops in terms of providing jobs through employment exchanges?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Gujarat
D) West Bengal
Answer C) Gujarat

867. The annual naval engagement Malabar exercise is to be conducted soon. This
exercise will be a trilateral engagement and will be participated by
A) India, Japan, Vietnam
B) India, South Korea, Japan
C) India, US, Japan
D) India, South Korea, US
Answer C) India, US, Japan

868. Who won the 2014 German Grand Prix recently?

A) Felipe Massa
B) Valtteri Bottas
C) Lewis Hamilton
D) Nico Rosberg
Answer D) Nico Rosberg

869. Internet giant Google revealed that it would be launching Project Zero programme
soon. This project is aimed at
A) finding software bugs online
B) running advertisement of new startups for free
C) eliminating rivals from search engine platform
D) inviting volunteers to work with Google
Answer A) finding software bugs online

870. As per the C Rangarajan panel report, which of the following states in India is the
most prosperous state as it has least proportion (6.3 per cent) of poor population?
A) Goa
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Sikkim
Answer A) Goa
871. Which of the following countries has topped the Global Innovation Index (GII)
2014? The GII is jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for 143 economies around the world.
A) Finland
B) Switzerland
C) Sweden
D) United Kingdom
Answer B) Switzerland

872. India hosted the Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad in Oct 2012, and the next CoP is to be held in
____________in Oct this year.
A) Pyeongchang, South Korea
B) Buenos Aires, Argentina
C) Tokyo, Japan
D) Brasilia, Brazil
Answer A) Pyeongchang, South Korea

873. Novak Djokovic defeated who among the following to lift Wimbledon title 2014?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Andy Murray
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Stanlas Wawrinka
Answer (A) Roger Federer

874. Kamla Beniwal who was transferred to Mizoram on 06 July 2014 was earlier the
governor of?
(A) Kerala
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) Goa
Answer (C) Gujarat

875. Who won British Grand Prix racing on 6 July 2014?

(A) Nico Rosberg
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Jackie Stewart
(D) Lewis Hamilton
Answer (D) Lewis Hamilton

876. BV Wanchoo has resigned as Governor of which state on 6 July 2014?

(A) Nagaland
(B) Goa
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Answer (B) Goa

877. Petra Kvitova who won Wimbledon women's title 2014 is from which country?
(A) Serbia
(B) Belarus
(C) Russia
(D) Czech Republic
Answer (D) Czech Republic

878. Economic Survey of India is published by?

(A) Planning Commission
(B) Finance Ministry
(C) Dept. of Economic Affairs
(D) Bureau of Economics and Statistics
Answer (B) Finance Ministry

879. As per the recent report by an expert panel headed by former RBI governor C
Rangarajan those spending over Rs __ a day in rural areas should not be considered
poor?
(A) Rs. 32
(B) Rs. 47
(C) Rs. 27
(D) Rs. 50
Answer (A) Rs. 32

880. Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan who has been banned for six months due to a "severe
attitude problem" with cricket board is from which country?
(A) Pakistan
(B) South Africa
(C) Bangladesh
(D) None of these
Answer (C) Bangladesh

881. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently notified that the
minimum broadband speed in the country has been raised to ..... kilo bytes per second
(kbps)?
(A) 512 kbps
(B) 256 kbps
(C) 128 kbps
(D) 1024 kbps
Answer (A) 512 kbps

882. Three new Supreme Court Judges sworn in on 7 July 2014. What is the total
sanctioned strength of judges in Supreme Court?
(A) 27
(B) 49
(C) 35
(D) 31
Answer (D) 31

883. Union railway budget 2014-15 presented in Lok Sabha on 8 July 2014 by railway
minister?
(A) Nitin Gadkari
(B) Venkaiah Naidu
(C) Sadananda Gowda
(D) Harsh Vardhan
Answer (C) Sadananda Gowda

884. Which country has recently decided to "Honour 'Mahatma Gandhi's memory with
Statue' in front of its Parliament?
(A) Canada
(B) UK
(C) South Africa
(D) Brazil
Answer (B) UK

885. Miroslav Klose who recently became the all-time leading scorer in the history of
FIFA World Cup with 16 goals is from which country?
(A) Brazil
(B) Argentina
(C) France
(D) Germany
Answer (D) Germany

886. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is all set to be the next president of which country after
winning the elections?
(A) Spain
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Serbia
(D) Egypt
Answer (B) Afghanistan

887. FIFA has recently suspended which country from international football citing
government interference in the running of its national federation?
(A) Chile
(B) South Korea
(C) Costa Rica
(D) Nigeria
Answer (D) Nigeria

888. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Economic Nightmare of
India?
(A) Morarji Desai
(B) K. Rajeshwar Rao
(C) Charan Singh
(D) Jyoti Basu
Ans. (C) Charan Singh
889. The original name of Mahabharata is?
(A) Katha Saritsagar
(B) Jai Samhita
(C) Rajatarangini
(D) Vraht Katha
Ans. (B) Jai Samhita

890. The Central govt has allocated what amount for ultra large solar power projects
and solar parks in the Union Budget for FY15?
A) Rs 1000 cr
B) Rs 2000 cr
C) Rs 5000 cr
D) Rs 10000 cr
Ans. A) Rs 1000 cr

891. A ultra mega solar power project is to be set up in Sambhar, Rajasthan for which a
MoU has been signed recently. What will be the cumulative capacity of the plant which
will be achieved in phases?
A) 1000 MW
B) 2000 MW
C) 3000 MW
D) 4000 MW
Ans. D) 4000 MW

892. The Finance Minister has confided that the revenue collection is expected to
exceed targets this fiscal. What is the budget estimate for the revenue collection
during 2014-15?
A) Rs 11.58 lakh cr
B) Rs 12.35 lakh cr
C) Rs 13.64 lakh cr
D) Rs 14.44 lakh cr
Ans C) Rs 13.64 lakh cr

893. Who among the following is the president of the Eleventh Conference of Parties
(CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
A) Nobuteru Ishihara
B) Prakash Javadekar
C) Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani
D) Yoon Seong-kyu
Answer:- B) Prakash Javadekar

894. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has unveiled
automatic info exchange framework to curb black money internationally. The
headquarters of OECD is situated in
A) London
B) Frankfurt
C) Rome
D) Paris
Answer:- D) Paris

895. Who has been appointed as chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research
A: P Sujata
B: Yellapragada Sudarshan Rao
C: Padamnabha Balkrishan Acharya
D: Y S Rao
Answer:- B: Yellapragada Sudarshan Rao

896. Who has won Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2014

A: Javed Akhtar
B: Leela Samson
C: T.V. Goplakrishnan
D: Narayanaswami Iyer
Answer:- C: T.V. Goplakrishnan

897. Who has won Prem Bhatia Award for 2014

A: Anjali Prasad
B: Indira Talwani
C: Dhruv Sitwala
D: Smita Gupta
Answer:- D: Smita Gupta

898. Business 20 (B20) Summit 2014 held in

A: Berlin
B: London
C: Sydney
D: Tokyo
Answer:- C: Sydney

899. BRICS Bank will be set up in

A: New Delhi
B: Shanghai
C: Brasilia
D: Durban
Answer:- B: Shanghai

900. Who has been appointed as Governor of Uttar Pradesh

A: D Y Patil
B: Vishwanath tripathi
C: Om Prakash Kohli
D: Ram Naik
Answer:- D: Ram Naik

901. Who has been appointed as the Governor of Goa ?

A: Margaret Alva
B: Urmila Singh
C: Syed Ahmed
D: Kamla Beniwal
Answer: A: Margaret Alva

902. 2014 Commonwealth Games begun in Glasgow in which of the following countries
recently?
A) New Zealand
B) Scotland
C) Holland
D) Poland
Answer:- 2) Scotland

903. The 95th Garo Labour Corps Day was observed on 16 Jul in which of the following
states saluting heroes of WW-I?
A) Assam
B) Meghalaya
C) Mizoram
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer:- 2) Meghalaya

904. Sim Bhullar is associated with which of the following games? He is the first player
of Indian origin to be drafted into the national team of the game in the US.
A) Rugby
B) Basketball
C) Football
D) Tennis
Answer:- 2) Basketball

905. Which of the Google's Chief Business officer has resigned from Google
A: Krishna Kumar
B: Sanjay Kapoor
C: Nikesh Arora
D: Sanjaya Rajaram
Answer:- C: Nikesh Arora

906. Germany's football team captain has announced retirement , the captain was
A: Mark Selby
B: Thomas Mueller
C: James Rodriguez
D: Philipp Lahm
Answer:- (D) Philipp Lahm

907. Which Organisation has been allocated 200 crore rupees for setting up Mega Food
Parks
A: RBI
B: NABARD
C: IDBI
D: SBI
Answer: B: NABARD
908. Ministry of corporate affairs has constituted committee on cost records and cost
audits, who is chairman of the committee
A: R K Jain
B: R S Sharma
C: Aruna Sethi
D: Anil Chopra
Answer: (B) R S Sharma

909. The 7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit in 2015 will be hosted by which
of the following cities?
A) Brasilia
B) Fortaleza
C) New Delhi
D) Copenhagen
Answer: C) New Delhi

910. The RBI issued draft norms for small banks recently. Such banks can be set up
with a minimum capital of _______.
A) Rs 50 cr
B) Rs 100 cr
C) Rs 200 cr
D) Rs 500 cr
Answer: B) Rs 100 cr

911. The B20 Australia Summit was held in which of the following cities on 18 Jul? It is
a forum through which the private sector produces policy recommendations for the
annual meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders.
A) Melbourne
B) Sydney
C) Brisbane
D) Perth
Answer: B) Sydney

912. Philipp Lahm, who retired from international football, recently, was erstwhile
captain of which of the following teams?
A) Argentina
B) Brazil
C) Germany
D) France
Answer: C) Germany

913. The book titled A Tale of Two Drops has been authored by who among the
following?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Gulam Nabi Azad
D) Harsh Vardhan
Answer:- D) Harsh Vardhan

914. Which of the following companies has become the most valued company by market
capitalisation in India?
A) Tata Consultancy Services
B) Infosys
C) Wipro
D) Reliance Industries
Answer:- A) Tata Consultancy Services

915. What is Indias position in Human Development Index 2014 released recently?
A) 131
B) 133
C) 135
D) 138
Answer:- C) 135

916. Who among the following has been appointed the ambassador of the newly created
state Telangana recently?
A) R Ashwin
B) Sania Mirza
C) Jwala Gutta
D) Leander Paes
Answer:- B) Sania Mirza
917. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the foreign institutional investors'
(FIIs') sub-limit in govt bonds recently. What is the overall limit for FII investment in
govt bonds?
A) USD 20 bn
B) USD 25 bn
C) USD 30 bn
D) USD 35 bn
Answer:- C) USD 30 bn

918. Who among the following has been appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
by UN Women recently?
A) Madhuri Dixit
B) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
C) Sandra Bullock
D) Emma Watson
Answer:- D) Emma Watson

919. Which of the following countries holds the chairmanship of the G-20 group at
present?
1) India
2) China
3) Australia
4) Brazil
Answer:- C) Australia

920. Which Organisation has passed a resolution for a probe in Israel's offensive in
Gaza
A: UNSC
B: IMF
C: UNESCO
D: UNHRC
Answer:- D: UNHRC

921. Which of the country is not included in Malabar Naval Excercise

A: USA
B: India
C: Japan
D: Russia
Answer:- D: Russia

922. Which of Doordarshan's Programme to be featured in Limca Book of Records

A: Naya Daur
B: Naad Bhed-The Mystry of Sound
C: Hum Log
D: Ramayan
Answer:- B: Naad Bhed-The Mystry of Sound

923. Who among the following won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2014 recently?
A) Fernando Alonso
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Nico Rosberg
D) Daniel Ricciardo
Answer:- D) Daniel Ricciardo

924. The Exim Bank has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase its
leverage ratio. Currently, the RBI allows the Exim Bank to leverage only _______of its
net-owned funds.
A) 10 times
B) 15 times
C) 25 times
D) 50 times
Answer:- A) 10 times

925. Sam Kutesa, who visited New Delhi recently, is the current Foreign Affairs
Minister of which of the following countries?
A) Rwanda
B) Lebanon
C) Uganda
D) Vietnam
Answer:- C) Uganda
926. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit which of the following countries on a
two-day official visit from 3rd Aug? It will be the first visit by an Indian Premier in
over 17 years as the late Prime Minister I K Gujral had visited the country in 1997.
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Nepal
D) Afghanistan
Answer:- C) Nepal

927. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a website that aims to help citizens
contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues. Name
the website.
A) MyIndia
B) MyYuva
C) MySarkar
D) MyGov
Answer:- D) MyGov

928. Apurvi Chandela and Rahi Sanorbat clinched a gold medal each in which of the
following games for India at the 20th Commonwealth Games?
A) Weightlifting
B) Archery
C) Shooting
D) Wrestling
Answer:- C) Shooting

929. Which of Indian Shooter has won Gold in Men\'s 10m Air Rifle event at
Commonwealth Games 2014
A: Karni Singh
B: Gagan Narang
C: Abhinav Bindra
D: Vijay Kumar
Answer:- C: Abhinav Bindra

930. Who has been appointed as Governor of Haryana

A: D Y Patil
B: Kaptan Singh Solanki
C: K N Tripathi
D: R P Singh
Answer:- B: Kaptan Singh Solanki

931. Who has been appointed as special public prosecutor in coal scam by Supreme Court
A: Mukul Rohatgi
B: Arijit Pasayat
C: R S Cheema
D: MB Lokur
Answer:- C: R S Cheema

932. what is "Gauravi"

A: A robot
B: An app to curb food waste
C: One Stop Crisis center for women
D: Submarine based missile
Answer:- C: One Stop Crisis center for women

933. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on

A: July 14
B: July 18
C: July 22
D: July 26
Answer:- D: July 26

934. Who has been appointed as member of UN Board of Auditors

A: Krishna Kumar
B: Rajesh Mishra
C: Shashi Kant Sharma
D: Narendra Kumar Verma
Answer:- C: Shashi Kant Sharma

935. Which of the Indian Players have won Gold on first day of Commonwealth Games
2014
A: Navjot Rana
B: Ganeh Mali and Sushila Likmabam
C: Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu
D: Kalpana Thoudam
Answer: (C) Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu

936. Who has been elected as new President of Iraq

A: Peter Mutharika
B: Fuad Masum
C: Rahun Ibik
D: Asif Maliki
Answer: (B) Fuad Masum

937. Which of the following teams won the Sub-Junior Girls National Championship title
recently?
A) Hockey Haryana
B) Chandigarh Olympic Association
C) Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA)
D) Jharkhand
Answer:- C) Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA)

938. During his recent visit to India, the head of which of the following countries said to
have decided to provide automatic exchange of tax related information with India?
A) Maldives
B) Mauritius
C) Fiji
D) Switzerland
Answer:- B) Mauritius

939. Designated by the UN General Assembly, the annual International Day to End
Obstetric Fistula is observe on
A) May 21
B) May 23
C) May 27
D) May 29
Answer:- A) May 21
940. The World Hepatitis Day is observed on which of the following dates?
A) 22 Jul
B) 26 Jul
C) 28 Jul
D) 29 Jul
Answer:- C) 28 Jul

941. Which of the following e-commerce websites has announced to have raised $ 1bn
(Rs 6,000 cr) in fund recently? This is the largest ever fund-raising by an Indian
Internet company.
A) Snapdeal
B) Shopclues
C) Flipkart
D) Homeshop18
Answer:- C) Flipkart

942. Name unmanned vehicle developed by NASA which has made a record clocking
highest distance by any man-made vehicle on a celestial body other than earth recently.
The solar-powered robot has journeyed 40 KM on mars so far.
A) Opportunity
B) Discovery
C) Path Finder
D) Lunokhod 2
Answer:- A) Opportunity

943. While addressing a gathering of scientists in New Delhi, the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi called for Blue Revolution. The blue revolution is associated with
A) Crude oil production
B) Bio-dieses production
C) Plastic industry
D) Fisheries sector
Answer:- D) Fisheries sector

944. Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat won gold medals for India in which of the following
games in the 20th Commonwealth Games recently?
A) Boxing
B) Shooting
C) Wrestling
D) Weightlifting
Answer:- C) Wrestling

945. Who among the following is the present Chairman of the Railway Board?
A) S.Gowda
B) Arunendra Kumar
C) Alok Johri
D) Kul Bhushan
Answer:- B) Arunendra Kumar

946. Indian Air Force has received its sixth C -17 Globemaster , it is a
A: Air to air anti aircraft missile
B: Surface to air anti aircraft missile
C: Military Transport Aircarft
D: Surface to air missile
Answer: (C) Military Transport Aircarft

947. International Tiger Day is observed across the world on

A: July 20
B: July 24
C: July 27
D: July 29
Answer: (D) July 29

948. Which of the game has been reinstated in Commonwealth Games on India's request
A: Cricket
B: Disc throw
C: Kabaddi
D: Shooting Pair events
Answer: (D) Shooting Pair events

949. "The Lives of the Others" book has been shortlisted for Man Booker prize 2014.
who is the author of this book
A: Salman Rushdie
B: Shobha De
C: Neel Mukherjee
D: Pankaj Gupta
Answer: (C) Neel Mukherjee

950. National conference on animal rights is being held at

A: Nagpur
B: Jaipur
C: New Delhi
D: Bhopal
Answer: (B) Jaipur

951. India opposed the current WTO norms limiting the value of food subsidies
calculated at the prices in the base year 1986. What per cent of the total value of food
grain production is allowed as food subsidy as per current WTO norms?
A) 5 per cent
B) 8 per cent
C) 10 per cent
D) 12 per cent
Answer:- C) 10 per cent

952. Who is the author of the book titled One Life is Not Enough?
A) Natwar Singh
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Brajesh Mishra
D) Shivraj Patil
Answer:- A) Natwar Singh

953. Cricketer Jacques Kallis, who announced retirement from all formats of
international cricket, recently, played for which of the following countries?
A) England
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) South Africa
Answer:- D) South Africa
954. The govt has proposed to formulate a new education policy to meet new challenges.
The previous National Policy on Education was adopted by the Parliament in
A) 1968
B) 1976
C) 1984
D) 1986
Answer:- A) 1968

955. Sushila Rani Patel has died, she was associated with which field
A: Environment
B: Classical Dancer
C: Classical Singer
D: Women Rights
Answer: (C) Classical Singer

956. "The Vijay Mallya Story" book has been written by

A: MB Krishnan
B: K Giriprakash
C: Balkrishan Acharya
D: Pankaj Singh
Answer: (B) K Giriprakash

957. Which committee has been appointed by central government to review gas pricing
formula
A: R K Jain Committee
B: Thorat Committee
C: Suresh Prabhu Committee
D: B Mahapatra Committee
Answer: (C) Suresh Prabhu Committee

958. Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Kumari won gold medals in mens and womens
categories of which of the following games at the 20th Commonwealth Games in
Glasgow?
A) Weightlifting
B) Boxing
C) Wrestling
D) Shot put
Answer:- A) Wrestling

959. Who among the following has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman
gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games after she bagged a bronze in the
vault event?
A) Krishna Poonia
B) Soma Biswas
C) Harwant Kaur
D) Dipa Karmakar
Answer:- D) Dipa Karmakar

960. People across the world can now view images from 76 heritage sites located in
India. With the support of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which of the
following technology firms has made it possible?
A) Microsoft
B) IBM
C) Google
D) Yahoo
Answer:- D) Yahoo

961. Which of the following is the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty? This is
a treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are visually impaired.
A) China
B) US
C) India
D) Japan
Answer:- C) India

962. Vikas Gowda gave India its first athletics gold of the 20th Commonwealth Games
in which of the following games?
A) Discuss throw
B) Long jump
C) Shot put
D) Triple jump
Answer:- A) Discuss throw
963. After Flipkarts announcement of raising $1 bn, which of the following e-retailers
has announced to invest $2 bn in India?
A) ebay
B) Amazon
C) Walmart
D) Carrefour
Answer:- B) Amazon

964. A committee formed to look into the possibilities of bringing changes in pattern of
civil services examination among others submitted its report to the govt recently. Who
among the following headed the Committee?
A) RK Gupta
B) Arvind Varma
C) PK Das
D) Rakesh Agrawal
Answer:- B) Arvind Varma

965. The govt has appointed who among the following as a deputy governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently?
A) MD Mallya
B) SS Mundra
C) Adarsh Kishore
D) BA Prabhakar
Answer:- B) SS Mundra

966. The World Trade Organization (WTO) failed to reach a consensus on the Trade
Facilitation Agreement (TFA) recently. Who among the following is the current
President of the WTO?
A) Guy Ryder
B) Roberto Azevedo
C) Pascal Lamy
D) Gita Wirjawan
Answer:- B) Roberto Azevedo

967. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a trade agreement
being negotiated between the European Union and which of the following countries?
A) US
B) Ukraine
C) China
D) India
Answer:- A) US

968. Sierra Leone announced health emergency in the country due to nationwide
outbreak of which of the following diseases recently?
A) Malaria
B) Swine Flu
C) Plague
D) Ebola
Answer:- D) Ebola

969. The book No Country has been authored by

A) Ranjit Hoskote
B) Sankarshan Thakur
C) Kalyan Ray
D) Dayanita Singh
Answer:- C) Kalyan Ray

970. Who among the following has been appointed the Chairman of the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently?
A) KV Chowdary
B) Praveen Mahajan
C) Shobha L Chary
D) JM Shanti Sundharam
Answer:- A) KV Chowdary

971. Which of the following offices looks after the indirect taxes in India?
A) CBDT
B) CBIT
C) CBEC
D) CVC
Answer:- C) CBEC
972. The Third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-III) in 2014 will be hosted by which
of the following cities?
A) Addis Ababa
B) New Delhi
C) Nairobi
D) Windhoek
Answer:- B) New Delhi

973. The provisional results of the Sixth Economic Survey of India were released
recently. When was the first Economic Survey conducted?
A) 1977
B) 1980
C) 1990
D) 2004
Answer:- A) 1977

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