1. The Union Cabinet constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the issue of black money in May 2014. The SIT is headed by?
1) Justice B.S. Chauhan
2) Justice Dipak Misra
3) Justice T.S. Thakur
4) Justice M.B. Shah
5) None of these
2. Who was appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) on May30, 2014?
1) M.K. Narayanan
2) Ajit Doval
3) Shyam Saran
4) Rajiv Mathur
5) Dilip Trivedi
3. The 35th edition of the National Games will be held in which of the following States in January- February 2015?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra
5) Manipur
4. Who was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank on May 23, 2014?
1) Haruhiko Kuroda
2) Hiroshi Naka
3) Kikuo Iwata
4) Masaaki Shirakawa
5) Takehiko Nakao
5. Who was appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India in May 2014?
1) Rohinton Nariman
2) Gopal Subramaniam
3) Mohan Jain
4) Siddharth Luthra
5) Mukul Rohatgi
6. The European Union banned the import of four vegetables from India from May 1, 2014. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Eggplant
2) Taro plant
3) Bitter gourd
4) Snake gourd
5) Bottle gourd
7. Which of the following Prizes is given annually to six persons, one from each of the world's six geographic regions?
1) Abel Prize
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Nobel Prize
5) Goldman Environmental Prize
8. The Department of Posts has allotted customized pin code to the Supreme Court of India. It is?
1) 100200
2) 112200
3) 110022
4) 110201
5) 111121
9. 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India was launched by the Ministry of?
1) Home
2) External Affairs
3) Finance
4) Human Resource
Development
5) Minority Affairs
10. Gyan Correa is the Director of which of the following films?
1) The Lunchbox
2) English Vinglish
3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
4) Celluloid
5) The Good Road
11. If a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) holder has any other existing savings bank account in that bank, he/she will be required to close it within how many days from the date of opening a BSBDA?
1) 15 days
2) 30 days
3) 45 days
4) 60 days
5) 90 days
12. Who is the Chairman of a four member Committee that was appointed to clear the ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)?
1) Sumit Bose
2) G.S. Sandhu
3) R.S. Gujral
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Rajiv Takru
13. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions will come into force from?
1) July 1, 2014
2) April 1, 2016
3) April 1, 2015
4) January 1, 2015
5) January 1, 2016
14. Which of the following countries is/are considered Tax Haven?
1) Mauritius
2) Lichtenstein
3) Switzerland
4) Luxemburg
5) All the above
15. Simona Halep is the winner of the 2013 Kremlin Cup held in Moscow. She is a tennis player from?
1) Australia
2) France
3) Romania
4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan
16. Who among the following did not score a double century in one day international cricket matches?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Virendra Sehwag
3) Virat Kohli
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Both 3 and 4
17. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) United Nations Development Program
4) World Economic Forum
5) None of these
18. 'Time To Act' is a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly against?
1) Illiteracy
2) Poverty
3) Sexual violence
4) Global warming
5) AIDS
19. Robusta is a species of which of the following crops that has its origins in Africa?
1) Tobacco
2) Rubber
3) Banana
4) Coffee
5) Cocoa
20. The Aswan High Dam is situated in which of the following African countries?
1) Sudan
2) Nigeria
3) Egypt
4) Algeria
5) Tanzania
21. Who played the lead role in the film Paan Singh Tomar?
1) Farhan Akhtar
2) Vinay Pathak
3) Rajkumar Rao
4) Salman Khan
5) Irrfan Khan
22. What does 'S' denote in the abbreviation UNSC?
1) Social
2) Scientific
3) Security
4) Secular
5) Sensitive
23. Which Indian batsman scored the fastest One Day International century (in 52 balls) in October 2013?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Virendra Sehwag
4) Shikar Dhawan
5) Virat Kohli
24. Which of the following seeks to check tax avoidance by investors routing their funds through tax havens?
1) GST
2) FDI
3) CCEA
4) GAAR
5) FII
25. Which is the largest recipient of foreign remittances in 2013?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria
26. 'Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Trends and Outlook 2013-16' is a report released by the?
1) World Bank
2) United Nations General Assembly
3) United Nations Security Council
4) World Economic Forum
5) International Monetary Fund
27. Which of the following committees looked into the backwardness of States?
1) Vijay Kelkar Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Raghuram Rajan Committee
4) Y.V. Reddy Committee
5) None of these
28. Based on Multi Dimensional Index (MDI) scores, which is the most developed State in India?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Punjab
5) Maharashtra
29. Which of the following panels has recommended a ban on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area in Western Ghats?
1) Rajendra Pachauri
2) K. Kasturirangan
3) U.R. Rao
4) Arundhati Roy
5) Anil Kakodkar
30. Which team won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) India
4) China
5) Malaysia
31. Which of the following was set up on the recommendations of Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance?
1) EXIM Bank
2) NABARD
3) SBI
4) BSE
5) RBI
32. Indian Banks' Association (IBA) was formed in which of the following years?
1) 1947
2) 1946
3)1950
4) 1956
5)1951
33. The central office of the Reserve Bank of India was permanently shifted to Mumbai from Kolkata in?
1) 1935
2) 1936
3) 1937
4) 1949
5)1947
34. UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new affordable housing scheme for low-income households in urban areas of India in collaboration with the?
1) SBI
2) SIDBI
3) HUDCO
4) NHB
5) NABARD
35. Who is the author of the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
1) Charles Dickens
2) Charles Lamb
3) T.S. Eliot
4) O Henry
5) Jonathan Swift
36. Which of the following constitutional amendments is known as 'Mini Constitution'?
1) 40th
2) 42nd
3) 41st
4) 45th
5) None of these
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 5 6) 5 7) 5 8) 4 9) 5 10) 5
11) 2 12) 4 13) 2 14) 5 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3
21) 5 22) 3 23) 5 24) 4 25) 1 26) 1 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 1
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 2
1) Justice B.S. Chauhan
2) Justice Dipak Misra
3) Justice T.S. Thakur
4) Justice M.B. Shah
5) None of these
2. Who was appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) on May30, 2014?
1) M.K. Narayanan
2) Ajit Doval
3) Shyam Saran
4) Rajiv Mathur
5) Dilip Trivedi
3. The 35th edition of the National Games will be held in which of the following States in January- February 2015?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra
5) Manipur
4. Who was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank on May 23, 2014?
1) Haruhiko Kuroda
2) Hiroshi Naka
3) Kikuo Iwata
4) Masaaki Shirakawa
5) Takehiko Nakao
5. Who was appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India in May 2014?
1) Rohinton Nariman
2) Gopal Subramaniam
3) Mohan Jain
4) Siddharth Luthra
5) Mukul Rohatgi
6. The European Union banned the import of four vegetables from India from May 1, 2014. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Eggplant
2) Taro plant
3) Bitter gourd
4) Snake gourd
5) Bottle gourd
7. Which of the following Prizes is given annually to six persons, one from each of the world's six geographic regions?
1) Abel Prize
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Nobel Prize
5) Goldman Environmental Prize
8. The Department of Posts has allotted customized pin code to the Supreme Court of India. It is?
1) 100200
2) 112200
3) 110022
4) 110201
5) 111121
9. 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India was launched by the Ministry of?
1) Home
2) External Affairs
3) Finance
4) Human Resource
Development
5) Minority Affairs
10. Gyan Correa is the Director of which of the following films?
1) The Lunchbox
2) English Vinglish
3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
4) Celluloid
5) The Good Road
11. If a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) holder has any other existing savings bank account in that bank, he/she will be required to close it within how many days from the date of opening a BSBDA?
1) 15 days
2) 30 days
3) 45 days
4) 60 days
5) 90 days
12. Who is the Chairman of a four member Committee that was appointed to clear the ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)?
1) Sumit Bose
2) G.S. Sandhu
3) R.S. Gujral
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Rajiv Takru
13. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions will come into force from?
1) July 1, 2014
2) April 1, 2016
3) April 1, 2015
4) January 1, 2015
5) January 1, 2016
14. Which of the following countries is/are considered Tax Haven?
1) Mauritius
2) Lichtenstein
3) Switzerland
4) Luxemburg
5) All the above
15. Simona Halep is the winner of the 2013 Kremlin Cup held in Moscow. She is a tennis player from?
1) Australia
2) France
3) Romania
4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan
16. Who among the following did not score a double century in one day international cricket matches?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Virendra Sehwag
3) Virat Kohli
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Both 3 and 4
17. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) United Nations Development Program
4) World Economic Forum
5) None of these
18. 'Time To Act' is a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly against?
1) Illiteracy
2) Poverty
3) Sexual violence
4) Global warming
5) AIDS
19. Robusta is a species of which of the following crops that has its origins in Africa?
1) Tobacco
2) Rubber
3) Banana
4) Coffee
5) Cocoa
20. The Aswan High Dam is situated in which of the following African countries?
1) Sudan
2) Nigeria
3) Egypt
4) Algeria
5) Tanzania
21. Who played the lead role in the film Paan Singh Tomar?
1) Farhan Akhtar
2) Vinay Pathak
3) Rajkumar Rao
4) Salman Khan
5) Irrfan Khan
22. What does 'S' denote in the abbreviation UNSC?
1) Social
2) Scientific
3) Security
4) Secular
5) Sensitive
23. Which Indian batsman scored the fastest One Day International century (in 52 balls) in October 2013?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Virendra Sehwag
4) Shikar Dhawan
5) Virat Kohli
24. Which of the following seeks to check tax avoidance by investors routing their funds through tax havens?
1) GST
2) FDI
3) CCEA
4) GAAR
5) FII
25. Which is the largest recipient of foreign remittances in 2013?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria
26. 'Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Trends and Outlook 2013-16' is a report released by the?
1) World Bank
2) United Nations General Assembly
3) United Nations Security Council
4) World Economic Forum
5) International Monetary Fund
27. Which of the following committees looked into the backwardness of States?
1) Vijay Kelkar Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Raghuram Rajan Committee
4) Y.V. Reddy Committee
5) None of these
28. Based on Multi Dimensional Index (MDI) scores, which is the most developed State in India?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Punjab
5) Maharashtra
29. Which of the following panels has recommended a ban on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area in Western Ghats?
1) Rajendra Pachauri
2) K. Kasturirangan
3) U.R. Rao
4) Arundhati Roy
5) Anil Kakodkar
30. Which team won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) India
4) China
5) Malaysia
31. Which of the following was set up on the recommendations of Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance?
1) EXIM Bank
2) NABARD
3) SBI
4) BSE
5) RBI
32. Indian Banks' Association (IBA) was formed in which of the following years?
1) 1947
2) 1946
3)1950
4) 1956
5)1951
33. The central office of the Reserve Bank of India was permanently shifted to Mumbai from Kolkata in?
1) 1935
2) 1936
3) 1937
4) 1949
5)1947
34. UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new affordable housing scheme for low-income households in urban areas of India in collaboration with the?
1) SBI
2) SIDBI
3) HUDCO
4) NHB
5) NABARD
35. Who is the author of the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
1) Charles Dickens
2) Charles Lamb
3) T.S. Eliot
4) O Henry
5) Jonathan Swift
36. Which of the following constitutional amendments is known as 'Mini Constitution'?
1) 40th
2) 42nd
3) 41st
4) 45th
5) None of these
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 5 6) 5 7) 5 8) 4 9) 5 10) 5
11) 2 12) 4 13) 2 14) 5 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3
21) 5 22) 3 23) 5 24) 4 25) 1 26) 1 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 1
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 2
