1. Who was appointed as the Finance Secretary in December 2013?
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Ratan Watal
3) V.R. Sadasivam
4) Rajiv Takru
5) Sumit Bose
2. India clinched the women's Kabaddi world cup championship for the third time in a row. India defeated which of the following countries in the final match played in Jalandhar on December 12, 2013?
1) England
2) New Zealand
3) Pakistan
4) Iran
5) Kenya
3. Which sportsperson's autobiography is titled 'Unbreakable'?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sania Mirza
3) Mary Kom
4) Mithali Raj
5) Dipika Pallikal
4. Who was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year in December 2013?
1) Bashar al-Assad (Syria)
2) Ted Cruz (USA)
3) Barack Obama (USA)
4) Pope Francis (Argentina)
5) Edith Windsor (USA)
5. The Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Raman Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on December 12,2013 for the?
1) First term
2) Second term
3) Third term
4) Fourth term
5) Fifth term
6. Who won the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize on December 10, 2013 which is bestowed every five years?
1) Biram Dah Abeid (Mauritania)
2) Liisa Kauppinen (Finland)
3) Khadija Ryadi (Morocco)
4) Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)
5) All the above
7. Doha Bank will open its first branch in India in Mumbai in 2014-15 to offer diversified banking services. Doha Bank is the largest private commercial bank in?
1) Kuwait
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Qatar
5) Oman
8. Who became the fastest batsman to reach 4,000 runs (81 innings) in one day international cricket breaking the record of Sir Vivian Richards in December 2013?
1) Virat Kohli (India)
2) Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
3) Hashim Amla (South Africa)
4) Chris Gayle (West Indies)
5) Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
9. Who was declared The Guardian's "Person of the Year" for 2013?
1) Marco Weber (Switzerland)
2) Waris Dirie (Somalia)
3) Sini Saarela (Finland)
4) Edward Snowden (USA)
5) Julian Assange (Australia)
10. Frederick Sanger of England died on November 19, 2013. He won the Nobel Prize in which of the following subjects twice, in 1958 and 1980?
1) Economics
2) Medicine
3) Literature
4) Physics
5) Chemistry
11. There were over 140 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in the 11th Five-Year plan. In the 12th Five-Year Plan these schemes will be condensed to?
1) 66
2) 78
3) 102
4) 85
5) None of these
12. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently laid foundation stone of the 850 MW Ratle hydro-electric power plant on the River?
1) Sindh
2) Chenab
3) Jhelum
4) Alaknanda
5) Beas
13. The Central Government has launched Roshni, the placement linked skill-development scheme in the?
1) Drought affected areas
2) Floods affected areas
3) Maoist affected areas
4) Terrorist affected areas
5) Communally sensitive areas
14. Which country is planning to build a canal linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans?
1) Cuba
2) USA
3) Argentina
4) Nicaragua
5) Honduras
15. As per the CRISIL index which of the following have emerged on top on the parameters of financial inclusion?
1) Eastern states
2) North Eastern states
3) Western states
4) Southern states
5) Northern states
16. Priority sector lending by banks in India constitutes the lending to?
1) Agriculture
2) Weaker sections
3) Micro and Small Enterprises
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
17. The National Development Council does not include?
1) The Prime Minister
2) Ministers of Union Cabinet
3) Chief Ministers of all the States
4) Members of the Planning Commission
5) The Chairman, Finance Commission
18. Japan has pledged to invest one billion dollars for strengthening social systems and security in the conflict-stricken Sahel region in?
1) Asia
2) Africa
3) North America
4) South America
5) Central America
19. The 10th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers' Meeting was held in Dhaka recently. It was attended by?
1) Girija Vyas
2) Kumari Selja
3) Krishna Tirath
4) Jayanthi Natarajan
5) Chandresh Kumari Katoch
20. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Rahi Sarnobat - Shooting
2) Parimarjan Negi - Chess
3) Rupesh Shah - Billiards
4) K.Srikanth - Badminton
5) Sudha Singh - Boxing
21. The annual "Doing Business" report is published by?
1) World Bank
2) Asian Development Bank
3) International Monetary Fund
4) World Economic Forum
5) World Trade Organization
22. Which of the following is not a classical language?
1) Sanskrit
2) Kannada
3) Tamil
4) Malayalam
5) Bengali
23. 'UMEED' scheme aims to empower women in?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Punjab
3) Jammu& Kashmir
4) Haryana
5) None of these
24. The Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) which is applicable only for non-agricultural commodities is effective from?
1) April1, 2013
2) May1, 2013
3) June1, 2013
4) July 1, 2013
5) None of these
25. Who won the Warwick Prize for Writing for the book 'Memorial' in September 2013?
1) Alice Oswald
2) Julian Barnes
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Robert Gray
5) Etgar Keret
26. Which of the following days is celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day?
1) December 5
2) July 11
3) December 10
4) July 18
5) July 12
27. Who was recently honored with the Nomura Award in Singapore for her humanitarian works?
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Medha Patkar
3) Arundhathi Roy
4) Neelima Misra
5) Ela Bhatt
28. T.M. Soundararajan passed away recently. He was a famous? 1) Tamil actor
2) Academician
3) Athlete
4) Playback singer
5) Poet
29. T.C.A. Raghavan has been appointed as Indian High Commissioner to?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) New Zealand
30. K.T. Francis passed away recently. He was a cricket umpire from?
1) England
2) Sri Lanka
3) India
4) Australia
5) West Indies
31. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, recently laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University at?
1) Bhopal
2) Patna
3) Gandhinagar
4) Raipur
5) Ranchi
32. The permanent headquarters of National Commission for Women (NCW) in New Delhi is known as?
1) Mahila Bhawan
2) Nirbhaya Bhawan
3) Indira Bhawan
4) Sabla Bhawan
5) Sarojini Bhawan
33. Which country has gifted a statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, to USA?
1) India
2) Bangladesh
3) Indonesia
4) Cambodia
5) Thailand
34. NOFHC stands for?
1) Non Operational Fiscal Holding Company
2) Non Operative Financial Holding Company
3) New Operational Financial Hedge Corporation
4) New Outsourcing Fund of Hedge Companies
5) None of these
35. A short term RRB Credit Refinance Fund is set up to enhance the capacity of Regional Rural Banks to disburse short term crop loans to the small and marginal farmers. It is set up by?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) SIDBI
4) SBI
5) NABARD
36. Who invented mechanical calculator, a device used to perform automatically the basic operations of arithmetic, in 1642?
1) Marconi
2) Charles Babbage
3) Isaac Newton
4) Blaise Pascal
5) None of these
37. Identify the correct statement?
1) The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) comes into force on April 1, 2014
2) Five Year Plans are monitored by the Inter State Council
3) "Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy" is written by Amartya Sen
4) SBI has launched the first white label ATM (WLA) in India
5) Sunderbans is located in West Bengal
38. India's first indigenous aircraft carrier was launched at Kochi shipyard in August 2013. It is?
1) INS Vikramaditya
2) INS Shivalik
3) INS Vikrant
4) INS Arihant
5) None of these
39. The graphic biography of which of the following greatest sportspersons was launched on August 29, 2013?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Dhyan Chand
5) Milkha Singh
40. According to the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14 which is released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum recently, India's rank is?
1) 60
2) 45
3) 54
4) 31
5) 75
Answers
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 5 7) 4 8) 3 9) 4 10) 5
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 4 16) 5 17) 5 18) 2 19) 3 20) 5
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 4 25) 1 26) 4 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 2
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 2 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 3 39) 4 40) 1
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Ratan Watal
3) V.R. Sadasivam
4) Rajiv Takru
5) Sumit Bose
2. India clinched the women's Kabaddi world cup championship for the third time in a row. India defeated which of the following countries in the final match played in Jalandhar on December 12, 2013?
1) England
2) New Zealand
3) Pakistan
4) Iran
5) Kenya
3. Which sportsperson's autobiography is titled 'Unbreakable'?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sania Mirza
3) Mary Kom
4) Mithali Raj
5) Dipika Pallikal
4. Who was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year in December 2013?
1) Bashar al-Assad (Syria)
2) Ted Cruz (USA)
3) Barack Obama (USA)
4) Pope Francis (Argentina)
5) Edith Windsor (USA)
5. The Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Raman Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on December 12,2013 for the?
1) First term
2) Second term
3) Third term
4) Fourth term
5) Fifth term
6. Who won the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize on December 10, 2013 which is bestowed every five years?
1) Biram Dah Abeid (Mauritania)
2) Liisa Kauppinen (Finland)
3) Khadija Ryadi (Morocco)
4) Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)
5) All the above
7. Doha Bank will open its first branch in India in Mumbai in 2014-15 to offer diversified banking services. Doha Bank is the largest private commercial bank in?
1) Kuwait
2) UAE
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Qatar
5) Oman
8. Who became the fastest batsman to reach 4,000 runs (81 innings) in one day international cricket breaking the record of Sir Vivian Richards in December 2013?
1) Virat Kohli (India)
2) Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
3) Hashim Amla (South Africa)
4) Chris Gayle (West Indies)
5) Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
9. Who was declared The Guardian's "Person of the Year" for 2013?
1) Marco Weber (Switzerland)
2) Waris Dirie (Somalia)
3) Sini Saarela (Finland)
4) Edward Snowden (USA)
5) Julian Assange (Australia)
10. Frederick Sanger of England died on November 19, 2013. He won the Nobel Prize in which of the following subjects twice, in 1958 and 1980?
1) Economics
2) Medicine
3) Literature
4) Physics
5) Chemistry
11. There were over 140 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in the 11th Five-Year plan. In the 12th Five-Year Plan these schemes will be condensed to?
1) 66
2) 78
3) 102
4) 85
5) None of these
12. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently laid foundation stone of the 850 MW Ratle hydro-electric power plant on the River?
1) Sindh
2) Chenab
3) Jhelum
4) Alaknanda
5) Beas
13. The Central Government has launched Roshni, the placement linked skill-development scheme in the?
1) Drought affected areas
2) Floods affected areas
3) Maoist affected areas
4) Terrorist affected areas
5) Communally sensitive areas
14. Which country is planning to build a canal linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans?
1) Cuba
2) USA
3) Argentina
4) Nicaragua
5) Honduras
15. As per the CRISIL index which of the following have emerged on top on the parameters of financial inclusion?
1) Eastern states
2) North Eastern states
3) Western states
4) Southern states
5) Northern states
16. Priority sector lending by banks in India constitutes the lending to?
1) Agriculture
2) Weaker sections
3) Micro and Small Enterprises
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
17. The National Development Council does not include?
1) The Prime Minister
2) Ministers of Union Cabinet
3) Chief Ministers of all the States
4) Members of the Planning Commission
5) The Chairman, Finance Commission
18. Japan has pledged to invest one billion dollars for strengthening social systems and security in the conflict-stricken Sahel region in?
1) Asia
2) Africa
3) North America
4) South America
5) Central America
19. The 10th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers' Meeting was held in Dhaka recently. It was attended by?
1) Girija Vyas
2) Kumari Selja
3) Krishna Tirath
4) Jayanthi Natarajan
5) Chandresh Kumari Katoch
20. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Rahi Sarnobat - Shooting
2) Parimarjan Negi - Chess
3) Rupesh Shah - Billiards
4) K.Srikanth - Badminton
5) Sudha Singh - Boxing
21. The annual "Doing Business" report is published by?
1) World Bank
2) Asian Development Bank
3) International Monetary Fund
4) World Economic Forum
5) World Trade Organization
22. Which of the following is not a classical language?
1) Sanskrit
2) Kannada
3) Tamil
4) Malayalam
5) Bengali
23. 'UMEED' scheme aims to empower women in?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Punjab
3) Jammu& Kashmir
4) Haryana
5) None of these
24. The Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) which is applicable only for non-agricultural commodities is effective from?
1) April1, 2013
2) May1, 2013
3) June1, 2013
4) July 1, 2013
5) None of these
25. Who won the Warwick Prize for Writing for the book 'Memorial' in September 2013?
1) Alice Oswald
2) Julian Barnes
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Robert Gray
5) Etgar Keret
26. Which of the following days is celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day?
1) December 5
2) July 11
3) December 10
4) July 18
5) July 12
27. Who was recently honored with the Nomura Award in Singapore for her humanitarian works?
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Medha Patkar
3) Arundhathi Roy
4) Neelima Misra
5) Ela Bhatt
28. T.M. Soundararajan passed away recently. He was a famous? 1) Tamil actor
2) Academician
3) Athlete
4) Playback singer
5) Poet
29. T.C.A. Raghavan has been appointed as Indian High Commissioner to?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) New Zealand
30. K.T. Francis passed away recently. He was a cricket umpire from?
1) England
2) Sri Lanka
3) India
4) Australia
5) West Indies
31. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, recently laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University at?
1) Bhopal
2) Patna
3) Gandhinagar
4) Raipur
5) Ranchi
32. The permanent headquarters of National Commission for Women (NCW) in New Delhi is known as?
1) Mahila Bhawan
2) Nirbhaya Bhawan
3) Indira Bhawan
4) Sabla Bhawan
5) Sarojini Bhawan
33. Which country has gifted a statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, to USA?
1) India
2) Bangladesh
3) Indonesia
4) Cambodia
5) Thailand
34. NOFHC stands for?
1) Non Operational Fiscal Holding Company
2) Non Operative Financial Holding Company
3) New Operational Financial Hedge Corporation
4) New Outsourcing Fund of Hedge Companies
5) None of these
35. A short term RRB Credit Refinance Fund is set up to enhance the capacity of Regional Rural Banks to disburse short term crop loans to the small and marginal farmers. It is set up by?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) SIDBI
4) SBI
5) NABARD
36. Who invented mechanical calculator, a device used to perform automatically the basic operations of arithmetic, in 1642?
1) Marconi
2) Charles Babbage
3) Isaac Newton
4) Blaise Pascal
5) None of these
37. Identify the correct statement?
1) The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) comes into force on April 1, 2014
2) Five Year Plans are monitored by the Inter State Council
3) "Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy" is written by Amartya Sen
4) SBI has launched the first white label ATM (WLA) in India
5) Sunderbans is located in West Bengal
38. India's first indigenous aircraft carrier was launched at Kochi shipyard in August 2013. It is?
1) INS Vikramaditya
2) INS Shivalik
3) INS Vikrant
4) INS Arihant
5) None of these
39. The graphic biography of which of the following greatest sportspersons was launched on August 29, 2013?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Dhyan Chand
5) Milkha Singh
40. According to the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14 which is released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum recently, India's rank is?
1) 60
2) 45
3) 54
4) 31
5) 75
Answers
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 5 7) 4 8) 3 9) 4 10) 5
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 4 16) 5 17) 5 18) 2 19) 3 20) 5
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 4 25) 1 26) 4 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 2
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 2 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 3 39) 4 40) 1
