1. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as the protem speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha by the President Pranab Mukherjee on June 4, 2014. Kamal Nath, a nine-time MP, was elected from which of the following Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh recently?
1) Guna
2) Gwalior
3) Indore
4) Vidisha
5) Chhindwara
2. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 50 basis points in its bimonthly monetary policy review on June 3, 2014. With effect from June 14, 2014 SLR will be?
1) 23.5%
2) 22.5%
3) 23%
4) 22%
5) 24.5%
3. Who is the highest run maker (660 runs) and winner of the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League VII?
1) Glenn Maxwell
2) Dwayne smith
3) Robin Uthappa
4) David Warner
5) Suresh Raina
4. Who was named as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth consecutive year by the Forbes magazine?
1) Christine Lagarde (France)
2) Janet Yellen(USA)
3) Melinda Gates (USA)
4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
5. Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi on June 3, 2014. He was the Union Minister of?
1) Water Resources
2) Road Transport and Highways
3) Railways
4) Chemicals and Fertilizers
5) Rural Development
6. Which cricketer was named South Africa's Test captain on June 3, 2014?
1) A.B. de Villiers
2) Faf du Plessis
3) Hashim Amla
4) Dale Steyn
5) Morne Morkel
7. World Rabies Day is observed every year on?
1) September 27
2) September 28
3) September 24
4) September 25
5) September 26
8. Which of the following technology giants has launched a healthcare company called Calico in 2013?
1) Apple
2) Microsoft
3) Oracle
4) Google
5) IBM
9. Which of the following is a centrally sponsored scheme for reforming the State higher education system?
1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
2) Midday Meal Scheme
3) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
4) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
5) Jiyo Parsi
10. The Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana was launched for the first time in?
1) UAE
2) Malaysia
3) USA
4) UK
5) South Africa
11. As per the Raghuram Rajan Committee report which is India's most backward State?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Odisha
12. Irina Bokova of Bulgaria has been elected as the Director- General of which of the following organizations for a second term?
1) WTO
2) UNESCO
3) UNICEF
4) WHO
5) IAEA
13. "Seekho aur Kamao" (Learn & Earn) is a central government scheme for?
1) Women
2) Tribals in Naxal affected districts
3) Minorities
4) Urban poor
5) None of these
14. The Ujjayanta Palace which served as the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly until 2011 is now a museum. It is situated in?
1) Agartala
2) Kolkata
3) Gangtok
4) Shillong
5) Itanagar
15. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in November 2013?
1) Ravi Kamal Bhargava
2) Santosh Kumar Mohanty
3) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra
4) Satyanand Mishra
5) None of these
16. Who has been elected to the United Nations Board of Auditors?
1) P.S. Raghavan
2) Shashikant Sharma
3) Yogesh Agarwal
4) Sharat Sabharwal
5) None of these
17. Who is the only cricketer to win LG ICC People's Choice Award twice?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Kumar Sangakkara
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Michael Clarke
5) Virat Kohli
18. Who was honored with the inaugural Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year in November 2013?
1) Lata Mangeshkar
2) Tanuja
3) Waheeda Rehman
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Gulzar
19. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in 1988 by the?
1) Amnesty International
2) Government of USSR
3) United Nations Organization
4) European Parliament
5) None of these
20. Srishti Rana of India won which of the following awards in 2013?
1) Miss India
2) Miss World
3) Miss America
4) Miss Earth
5) Miss Asia Pacific World
21. Doris Lessing of UK died on November 17, 2013. In 2007, she became the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in which of the following categories?
1) Physics
2) Physiology
3) Literature
4) Chemistry
5) Peace
22. Lawrence Klein of USA passed away on October 20, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Economics
5) None of these
23. Which of the following organizations conducted Cyber Coalition 2013, the largest-ever Cyber exercises to practice averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states?
1) SCO
2) NATO
3) European Union
4) ASEAN
5) APEC
24. Which country has rejected a United Nations resolution urging it to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group?
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Philippines
25. J-20 is a stealth fighter aircraft launched by?
1) China
2) USA
3) Pakistan
4) Russia
5) India
26. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Growth With Equity: Inclusive Development"?
1) G20
2) G8
3) ASEAN
4) East Asia Summit
5) Commonwealth
27. Frederick Sanger of UK died on November 19, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize twice in 1958 and 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Literature
5) Economics
28. The Marmaray railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Straits connects Europe and Asia. It is in?
1) Russia
2) Kazakhstan
3) Turkey
4) Armenia
5) Azerbaijan
29. Julie Bishop visited India recently. She is the Foreign Affairs Minister of?
1) Jamaica
2) UK
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada
30. Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
31. Which is the first country in the world to introduce Tobin tax in 2013?
1) India
2) Italy
3) Germany
4) Slovenia
5) Slovakia
32. Exporters in India get insurance cover and risk cover from?
1) LIC
2) SIDBI
3) NABARD
4) DICGC
5) ECGC
33. Nagzira tiger reserve is the fifth tiger reserve in the State of?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh
34. The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to create a Legislative Council in which of the following States in November 2013?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Assam
5) Manipur
35. Kannur has been declared the first zero-landless district in India. Kannur is in?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Goa
4) Maharashtra
5) Kerala
ANSWERS:
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11) 5 12) 2 13) 3 14) 1 15) 4 16) 2 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 5
21) 3 22) 4 23) 2 24) 3 25) 1 26) 5 27) 2 28) 3 29) 4 30) 2
31) 2 32) 5 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5
