1. S.K. Jain was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with a bribery case on August 2, 2014. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following public sector banks?
1) Canara Bank
2) Vijaya Bank
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Syndicate Bank
2. Which team won the men's hockey gold medal at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on August 3, 2014?
1) India
2) Australia
3) NewZealand
4) England
5) Netherlands
3. The Human Resources Development Ministry has set up a committee to restructure University Grants Commission, the apex regulatory body for higher education in India. It will be headed by?
1) C.M. Jariwala
2) Kapil Kapoor
3) Hari Gautam
4) P. Venkatram Reddy
5) None of these
4. U.S. Defense Secretary visited India in August 2014. Name him?
1) John Kerry
2) Jack Lew
3) Eric Holder
4) Chuck Hagel
5) Tom Vilsack
5. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank rate - 9%
2) Repo rate - 8%
3) Reverse repo rate -7%
4) Cash reserve ratio -3%
5) Statutory liquidity ratio -22%
6. Kamla Beniwal has been removed as Governor of which of the following States?
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
4) West Bengal
5) Mizoram
7. Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football after playing 12 years for?
1) Nigeria
2) Algeria
3) IvoryCoast
4) Cameron
5) Morocco
8. Sri Lankan veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara hit a double century for the 10th time in Test Cricket on August 9, 2014. Who holds the world record with 12 double centuries?
1) Brian Lara
2) Wally Hammond
3) Mahela Jayawardene
4) Don Bradman
5) Sachin Tendulkar
9. A special court in which of the following countries has awarded the death penalty to Paresh Barua, chief of the breakaway United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction, in connection
with an arms haul in 2004?
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal
10. Which country's central bank allowed the Chinese Yuan, Indian Rupee, Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar to be added into the basket of multiple currencies to be circulated inside the country?
1) Russia
2) South Africa
3) Bhutan
4) Nigeria
5) Zimbabwe
11. Which country will sell ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious planes to Indian Navy?
1) China
2) USA
3) Israel
4) Japan
5) Sweden
12. What does the letter 'S' denote in the banking term MSF?
1) Statutory
2) Subsidy
3) Standing
4) Standard
5) None of these
13. Which of the following teams won their first ICC Under-19 World Cup title in Dubai on March 1, 2014?
1) South Africa
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) Australia
5) England
14. Lakshmi Swaminathan is the first Indian to become the President of the Administrative
Tribunal of the?
1) World Bank
2) World Trade Organization
3) Asian Development Bank
4) International Monetary Fund
5) None of these
15. Nishi Vasudeva took charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of which of the following companies on March 1, 2014?
1) OIL
2) IOC
3) ONGC
4) BPCL
5) HPCL
16. Russia signed a historic border treaty with which of the following countries on February
18, 2014?
1)Ukraine
2) Georgia
3) Kazakhstan
4) Latvia
5) Estonia
17. Nandankanan Zoological Park is located in which of the following States?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5)West Bengal
18. India's first wild dog breeding centre will come up at Indira Gandhi ZoologicalPark (IGZP) in?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Kolkata
3) Chandigarh
4) Visakhapatnam
5) Hyderabad
19. Which of the following films received ten Academy Award nominations but did not win in any category?
1) Frozen
2) Helium
3) The Lady in Number 6
4) 20 Feet from Stardom
5) American Hustle
20. At the 86th Academy Awards Gravity won the most awards with seven including best Director for?
1) David O. Russell
2) Alexander Payne
3) Martin Scorsese
4) Alfonso Cuaron
5) None of these
21. Who became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner at the 86th Academy Awards in March 2014?
1) Michael Haneke
2) Steve McQueen
3) Benh Zeitlin
4) Ang Lee
5) None of these
22. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 86th Academy Awards?
1) Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
2) Best Actress - Cate Blanchett
3) Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto
4) Best Supporting Actress - June Squibb
5) Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey
23. “Killa” bagged the Crystal Bear for the Best Film awarded by the Children's Jury in Generation K plus section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. “Killa” is a?
1) Bengali film
2) Hindi film
3) Marathi film
4) Odia film
5) Punjabi film
24. Nido Tania died after being beaten up in New Delhi, triggering widespread protests. He was a student from?
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya
5) Arunachal Pradesh
25. Mount Kelud erupted recently. It is a volcano located in?
1) Philippines
2) Indonesia
3) Ecuador
4) Japan
5) None of these
26. Mount Kumgang or Diamond Mountain is located in which of the following countries?
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) Japan
27. Yobe State is in the news recently. It is a State located in?
1) Syria
2) Nigeria
3) Iraq
4) South Africa
5) South Sudan
28. Which of the following is the capital of North Korea?
1) Hamhung
2) Chongjin
3) Pyongyang
4) Kaesong
5) Wonsan
29. Who is the first woman to be appointed as CMD of a Navratna public sector undertaking
(PSU)?
1) Surekha Marandi
2) Shubhalaxmi Panse
3) Nishi Vasudeva
4) Suma Varma
5) Bharati Rao
30. A Central Water Commission (CWC) report has recommended scrapping of 15 of the 44 dams
planned across the Siang River in?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Tripura
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Jammu & Kashmir
31. The Lakhwar Dam is a gravity dam currently under construction on which of the following rivers in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand?
1) Gandak
2) Gomti
3) Koshi
4) Ken
5) Yamuna
32. India's first ever river-linking project Narmada-Kshipra link project was inaugurated in February 2014. It is in?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand
33. Who was given the Rotary's highest award for his/her leadership in the country's
victory over Polio?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Ghulam Nabi Azad
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) Hamid Ansari
5) Sonia Gandhi
34. Which of the following was adjudged the Best National Sports Federation (NSF) by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi in February 2014?
1) National Rifle Association of India
2) Federation of Motor Sports Club of India
3) Billiards and Snooker Federation of India
4) All India Football Federation
5) None of these
35. Megha-Tropiques and AltiKa are the satellites launched by India and?
1) Germany
2) Spain
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) France
36. Which was the first paper currency note issued by the Reserve Bank of India in January 1938?
1) Five Rupee note
2) Ten Rupee note
3) 100 Rupee note
4) 1000 Rupee note
5) 10,000 Rupee note
37. The printing of notes in the denomination of which of the following has been discontinued?
1) Rupee 1
2) Rupee 2
3) Rupee 5
4) Both 1 and 2
5)All 1, 2 and 3
38. Cheyenne Woods of USA is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Squash
3) Golf
4) Tennis
5) Basketball
39. U.K. Sinha has got a two-year extension till 2016 to continue as the Chairman of which of the following regulators?
1) FMC
2) PFRDA
3) SEBI
4) AERA
5) IRDA
40. Which of the following teams won the Federation Cup football at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala on January 25, 2014?
1) Churchill Brothers
2) Sporting Goa
3) United
4) Eagles
5) Mohun Bagan
41. Who developed a cheap, simple, paper test that can detect cancer in February 2014?
1) Sangeeta Bhatia
2) Shubham Banerjee
3) Harminder Dua
4) V.V. Dongre
5) None of these
42. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is a government body. Who is the Chairman of FIPB?
1) Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs
2) Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
3) Secretary, Department of Commerce
4) Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
5) None of these
43. India signed a double taxation avoidance treaty with which of the following countries in Zagreb on February 12, 2014?
1) Montenegro
2) Macedonia
3) Croatia
4) Serbia
5) Bosnia Herzegovina
ANSWERS:
1. 5; 2. 2; 3. 3; 4. 4; 5. 4; 6. 5; 7. 3; 8. 4; 9. 3; 10. 5;
11.4; 12. 3; 13.1; 14. 3; 15. 5; 16.5; 17. 3; 18. 4; 19. 5; 20. 4;
21.2; 22. 4; 23. 3; 24. 5; 25. 2; 26.1; 27.2; 28.3; 29.3; 30.4;
31.5; 32.2; 33.3; 34.4; 35.5; 36.1; 37.5; 38.3; 39.3; 40.1;
41.1; 42.1; 43.3.
1) Canara Bank
2) Vijaya Bank
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Syndicate Bank
2. Which team won the men's hockey gold medal at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on August 3, 2014?
1) India
2) Australia
3) NewZealand
4) England
5) Netherlands
3. The Human Resources Development Ministry has set up a committee to restructure University Grants Commission, the apex regulatory body for higher education in India. It will be headed by?
1) C.M. Jariwala
2) Kapil Kapoor
3) Hari Gautam
4) P. Venkatram Reddy
5) None of these
4. U.S. Defense Secretary visited India in August 2014. Name him?
1) John Kerry
2) Jack Lew
3) Eric Holder
4) Chuck Hagel
5) Tom Vilsack
5. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank rate - 9%
2) Repo rate - 8%
3) Reverse repo rate -7%
4) Cash reserve ratio -3%
5) Statutory liquidity ratio -22%
6. Kamla Beniwal has been removed as Governor of which of the following States?
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Tripura
4) West Bengal
5) Mizoram
7. Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football after playing 12 years for?
1) Nigeria
2) Algeria
3) IvoryCoast
4) Cameron
5) Morocco
8. Sri Lankan veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara hit a double century for the 10th time in Test Cricket on August 9, 2014. Who holds the world record with 12 double centuries?
1) Brian Lara
2) Wally Hammond
3) Mahela Jayawardene
4) Don Bradman
5) Sachin Tendulkar
9. A special court in which of the following countries has awarded the death penalty to Paresh Barua, chief of the breakaway United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction, in connection
with an arms haul in 2004?
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal
10. Which country's central bank allowed the Chinese Yuan, Indian Rupee, Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar to be added into the basket of multiple currencies to be circulated inside the country?
1) Russia
2) South Africa
3) Bhutan
4) Nigeria
5) Zimbabwe
11. Which country will sell ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious planes to Indian Navy?
1) China
2) USA
3) Israel
4) Japan
5) Sweden
12. What does the letter 'S' denote in the banking term MSF?
1) Statutory
2) Subsidy
3) Standing
4) Standard
5) None of these
13. Which of the following teams won their first ICC Under-19 World Cup title in Dubai on March 1, 2014?
1) South Africa
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) Australia
5) England
14. Lakshmi Swaminathan is the first Indian to become the President of the Administrative
Tribunal of the?
1) World Bank
2) World Trade Organization
3) Asian Development Bank
4) International Monetary Fund
5) None of these
15. Nishi Vasudeva took charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of which of the following companies on March 1, 2014?
1) OIL
2) IOC
3) ONGC
4) BPCL
5) HPCL
16. Russia signed a historic border treaty with which of the following countries on February
18, 2014?
1)Ukraine
2) Georgia
3) Kazakhstan
4) Latvia
5) Estonia
17. Nandankanan Zoological Park is located in which of the following States?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5)West Bengal
18. India's first wild dog breeding centre will come up at Indira Gandhi ZoologicalPark (IGZP) in?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Kolkata
3) Chandigarh
4) Visakhapatnam
5) Hyderabad
19. Which of the following films received ten Academy Award nominations but did not win in any category?
1) Frozen
2) Helium
3) The Lady in Number 6
4) 20 Feet from Stardom
5) American Hustle
20. At the 86th Academy Awards Gravity won the most awards with seven including best Director for?
1) David O. Russell
2) Alexander Payne
3) Martin Scorsese
4) Alfonso Cuaron
5) None of these
21. Who became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner at the 86th Academy Awards in March 2014?
1) Michael Haneke
2) Steve McQueen
3) Benh Zeitlin
4) Ang Lee
5) None of these
22. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 86th Academy Awards?
1) Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
2) Best Actress - Cate Blanchett
3) Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto
4) Best Supporting Actress - June Squibb
5) Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey
23. “Killa” bagged the Crystal Bear for the Best Film awarded by the Children's Jury in Generation K plus section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. “Killa” is a?
1) Bengali film
2) Hindi film
3) Marathi film
4) Odia film
5) Punjabi film
24. Nido Tania died after being beaten up in New Delhi, triggering widespread protests. He was a student from?
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya
5) Arunachal Pradesh
25. Mount Kelud erupted recently. It is a volcano located in?
1) Philippines
2) Indonesia
3) Ecuador
4) Japan
5) None of these
26. Mount Kumgang or Diamond Mountain is located in which of the following countries?
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) Japan
27. Yobe State is in the news recently. It is a State located in?
1) Syria
2) Nigeria
3) Iraq
4) South Africa
5) South Sudan
28. Which of the following is the capital of North Korea?
1) Hamhung
2) Chongjin
3) Pyongyang
4) Kaesong
5) Wonsan
29. Who is the first woman to be appointed as CMD of a Navratna public sector undertaking
(PSU)?
1) Surekha Marandi
2) Shubhalaxmi Panse
3) Nishi Vasudeva
4) Suma Varma
5) Bharati Rao
30. A Central Water Commission (CWC) report has recommended scrapping of 15 of the 44 dams
planned across the Siang River in?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Tripura
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Jammu & Kashmir
31. The Lakhwar Dam is a gravity dam currently under construction on which of the following rivers in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand?
1) Gandak
2) Gomti
3) Koshi
4) Ken
5) Yamuna
32. India's first ever river-linking project Narmada-Kshipra link project was inaugurated in February 2014. It is in?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand
33. Who was given the Rotary's highest award for his/her leadership in the country's
victory over Polio?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Ghulam Nabi Azad
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) Hamid Ansari
5) Sonia Gandhi
34. Which of the following was adjudged the Best National Sports Federation (NSF) by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi in February 2014?
1) National Rifle Association of India
2) Federation of Motor Sports Club of India
3) Billiards and Snooker Federation of India
4) All India Football Federation
5) None of these
35. Megha-Tropiques and AltiKa are the satellites launched by India and?
1) Germany
2) Spain
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) France
36. Which was the first paper currency note issued by the Reserve Bank of India in January 1938?
1) Five Rupee note
2) Ten Rupee note
3) 100 Rupee note
4) 1000 Rupee note
5) 10,000 Rupee note
37. The printing of notes in the denomination of which of the following has been discontinued?
1) Rupee 1
2) Rupee 2
3) Rupee 5
4) Both 1 and 2
5)All 1, 2 and 3
38. Cheyenne Woods of USA is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Squash
3) Golf
4) Tennis
5) Basketball
39. U.K. Sinha has got a two-year extension till 2016 to continue as the Chairman of which of the following regulators?
1) FMC
2) PFRDA
3) SEBI
4) AERA
5) IRDA
40. Which of the following teams won the Federation Cup football at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala on January 25, 2014?
1) Churchill Brothers
2) Sporting Goa
3) United
4) Eagles
5) Mohun Bagan
41. Who developed a cheap, simple, paper test that can detect cancer in February 2014?
1) Sangeeta Bhatia
2) Shubham Banerjee
3) Harminder Dua
4) V.V. Dongre
5) None of these
42. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is a government body. Who is the Chairman of FIPB?
1) Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs
2) Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
3) Secretary, Department of Commerce
4) Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
5) None of these
43. India signed a double taxation avoidance treaty with which of the following countries in Zagreb on February 12, 2014?
1) Montenegro
2) Macedonia
3) Croatia
4) Serbia
5) Bosnia Herzegovina
ANSWERS:
1. 5; 2. 2; 3. 3; 4. 4; 5. 4; 6. 5; 7. 3; 8. 4; 9. 3; 10. 5;
11.4; 12. 3; 13.1; 14. 3; 15. 5; 16.5; 17. 3; 18. 4; 19. 5; 20. 4;
21.2; 22. 4; 23. 3; 24. 5; 25. 2; 26.1; 27.2; 28.3; 29.3; 30.4;
31.5; 32.2; 33.3; 34.4; 35.5; 36.1; 37.5; 38.3; 39.3; 40.1;
41.1; 42.1; 43.3.
