1. State Bank of India celebrated 150 years of its operations in which of the following countries in
September 2014?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mauritius
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
2. The 17th Asian Games are started on 2014 September 19 in which of the following cities?
1) Seoul
2) Incheon
3) Busan
4) Beijing
5) Hanoi
3. Who won the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton title in Palembang, Indonesia on 2014 September 14?
1) Parupalli Kashyap
2) Aravind Bhat
3) H.S. Prannoy
4) R.V. Gurusaidutt
5) None of these
4. Who is the author of the book "Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan"?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Sanjay Baru
3) P.C. Parakh
4) Daman Singh
5) Natwar Singh
5. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on?
1) September 5
2) September 8
3) September 15
4) September 18
5) September 16
6. Who has been appointed as the President-elect of the International Economic Association (IEA)?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Rakesh Mohan
3) Jagdeesh Bhagwathi
4) Kaushik Basu
5) Aravind Subramanyam
7. Frank Walter Steinmeier visited India in September 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Poland
5) Portugal
8. 'And Then One Day' is the autobiography of which of the following film actors?
1) Waheeda Rehman
2) Dilip Kumar
3) Anupam Kher
4) Naseeruddin Shah
5) Amol Palekar
9. India's second nuclear fuel complex will come up at?
1) Kota, Rajasthan
2) Jhajjar, Haryana
3) Mysore, Karnataka
4) Cuttack, Odisha
5) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
10. In which of the following places atomic plants are proposed?
1) Gorakhpur
2) Jaitapur
3) Mithi Virdhi
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
11. Which of the following books is written by Hindi author Govind Mishra?
1) Abhi Bilkul Abhi
2) Yahan Se Dekho
3) Vyomkesh Darvesh
4) Dhool Paudho Par
5) None of these
12. India topped the medals tally in the Asian Grand Prix archery championship held in March
2014 in which of the following cities?
1) Tokyo
2) Hong Kong
3) Bangkok
4) New Delhi
5) Tehran
13. Who was appointed as the first woman Director (Commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit,
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) recently?
1) Aditi Khanna
2) Soma Mandal
3) Nishi Vasudeva
4) Archana Bhargava
5) Aditi Mukherjee
14. Who is the author of the book "From the Ruins of Empire"?
1) Romila Thapar
2) Kushwant Singh
3) Pankaj Mishra
4) Prasoon Joshi
5) None of these
15. The Indian Navy inducted an indigenously built New- generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) into its fleet recently. What is its name?
1) INS Ranvijay
2) INS Sumedha
3) INS Ranvir
4) INS Ranjit
5) INS Rajput
16. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is in the news recently. It is situated in?
1) West Bengal
2) Tripura
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya
5) Odisha
17. Which public sector bank has launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme, an innovative domestic money remittance facility?
1) Indian Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Bank of India
5) Punjab National Bank
18. According to the regulatory guidelines, the monthly withdrawal limit prescribed for Instant Money Transfer transaction is how many rupees for receiver?
1) Rs. 25,000
2) Rs.10,000
3) Rs. 50,000
4) Rs. 40,000
5) None of these
19. Who won the 2014 Pritzker Prize for Architecture?
1) Kenzo Tange
2) Oscar Niemeyer
3) Shigeru Ban
4) Aldo Rossi
5) None of these
20. Missy Franklin is the Laureaus Sportswoman of the Year. She is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Gymnastics
2) Swimming
3) Athletics
4) Tennis
5) Squash
21. Indian journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary won which of the following awards/prizes in 2014?
1) Digital Activism Award
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) IAA Olive Crown Award
4) Yale Literary Prize
5) None of these
22. The 2014 International Women of Courage Award was presented by the US first lady Michelle
Obama to?
1) Manasi Pradhan
2) Vartika Nanda
3) Seema Sakhare
4) Radha Prashanti
5) Laxmi
23. Mortal remains of about 282 Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed from a well at Ajnala recently. Ajnala is a town in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Uttarakhand
5) Haryana
24. As per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) which is the world's largest arms importer?
1) India
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) UAE
5) Saudi Arabia
25. India took part in a multilateral Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO, conducted in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) Indonesia
26. The Reserve Bank of India has recently extended the deadline for banks to meet capital requirements under the Basel III norms by a year to?
1) 2015 March 31
2) 2019 March 31
3) 2016 March 31
4) 2017 March 31
5) None of these
27. A Reserve Bank of India panel on credit information submitted its report to RBI recently. This
panel is headed by Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of?
1) Yes Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
28. Who won the 2014 All England Open badminton men's singles title?
1) Lee Chong Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Simon Santoso
4) Viktor Axelsen
5) Tian Houwei
29. Vidya Pillai is the women's national champion in which of the following sports?
1) Squash
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Snooker
5) None of these
30. Laura Massaro is the women's world open squash champion. She belongs to?
1) Canada
2) Mexico
3) England
4) Portugal
5) Argentina
31. Which country will host the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit?
1) USA
2) India
3) China
4) Russia
5) Argentina
32. MI-17 V5 series helicopters were inducted by the Indian Air Force in March 2014. These are made in?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) France
5) Japan
33. With which sport is Deodhar Trophy associated?
1) Football
2) Volleyball
3) Cricket
4) Hockey
5) Badminton
34. Who won the World Candidates Chess tournament at Khanty Mansisyk, Russia on 2014 March 30?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Peter Svidler
3) Vaselin Topalov
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) None of these
35. Andrej Kiska, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, assumed office as the new President of
which of the following European countries on 2014 June 15?
1) Latvia
2) Slovenia
3) Czech Republic
4) Bulgaria
5) Slovakia
36. The abbreviation PKI stands for?
1) Public Key Infrastructure
2) Personal Key Infrastructure
3) Private Key Infrastructure
4) Permanent Key Infrastructure
5) Proprietary Key Infrastructure
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 3 8) 4 9) 1 10) 5
11) 4 12) 3 13) 2 14) 3 15) 2 16) 3 17) 4 18) 1 19) 3 20) 2
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 5 26) 2 27) 3 28) 1 29) 4 30) 3
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 1
September 2014?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mauritius
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) None of these
2. The 17th Asian Games are started on 2014 September 19 in which of the following cities?
1) Seoul
2) Incheon
3) Busan
4) Beijing
5) Hanoi
3. Who won the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton title in Palembang, Indonesia on 2014 September 14?
1) Parupalli Kashyap
2) Aravind Bhat
3) H.S. Prannoy
4) R.V. Gurusaidutt
5) None of these
4. Who is the author of the book "Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan"?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Sanjay Baru
3) P.C. Parakh
4) Daman Singh
5) Natwar Singh
5. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on?
1) September 5
2) September 8
3) September 15
4) September 18
5) September 16
6. Who has been appointed as the President-elect of the International Economic Association (IEA)?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Rakesh Mohan
3) Jagdeesh Bhagwathi
4) Kaushik Basu
5) Aravind Subramanyam
7. Frank Walter Steinmeier visited India in September 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Poland
5) Portugal
8. 'And Then One Day' is the autobiography of which of the following film actors?
1) Waheeda Rehman
2) Dilip Kumar
3) Anupam Kher
4) Naseeruddin Shah
5) Amol Palekar
9. India's second nuclear fuel complex will come up at?
1) Kota, Rajasthan
2) Jhajjar, Haryana
3) Mysore, Karnataka
4) Cuttack, Odisha
5) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
10. In which of the following places atomic plants are proposed?
1) Gorakhpur
2) Jaitapur
3) Mithi Virdhi
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
11. Which of the following books is written by Hindi author Govind Mishra?
1) Abhi Bilkul Abhi
2) Yahan Se Dekho
3) Vyomkesh Darvesh
4) Dhool Paudho Par
5) None of these
12. India topped the medals tally in the Asian Grand Prix archery championship held in March
2014 in which of the following cities?
1) Tokyo
2) Hong Kong
3) Bangkok
4) New Delhi
5) Tehran
13. Who was appointed as the first woman Director (Commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit,
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) recently?
1) Aditi Khanna
2) Soma Mandal
3) Nishi Vasudeva
4) Archana Bhargava
5) Aditi Mukherjee
14. Who is the author of the book "From the Ruins of Empire"?
1) Romila Thapar
2) Kushwant Singh
3) Pankaj Mishra
4) Prasoon Joshi
5) None of these
15. The Indian Navy inducted an indigenously built New- generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) into its fleet recently. What is its name?
1) INS Ranvijay
2) INS Sumedha
3) INS Ranvir
4) INS Ranjit
5) INS Rajput
16. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is in the news recently. It is situated in?
1) West Bengal
2) Tripura
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya
5) Odisha
17. Which public sector bank has launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme, an innovative domestic money remittance facility?
1) Indian Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Bank of India
5) Punjab National Bank
18. According to the regulatory guidelines, the monthly withdrawal limit prescribed for Instant Money Transfer transaction is how many rupees for receiver?
1) Rs. 25,000
2) Rs.10,000
3) Rs. 50,000
4) Rs. 40,000
5) None of these
19. Who won the 2014 Pritzker Prize for Architecture?
1) Kenzo Tange
2) Oscar Niemeyer
3) Shigeru Ban
4) Aldo Rossi
5) None of these
20. Missy Franklin is the Laureaus Sportswoman of the Year. She is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Gymnastics
2) Swimming
3) Athletics
4) Tennis
5) Squash
21. Indian journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary won which of the following awards/prizes in 2014?
1) Digital Activism Award
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) IAA Olive Crown Award
4) Yale Literary Prize
5) None of these
22. The 2014 International Women of Courage Award was presented by the US first lady Michelle
Obama to?
1) Manasi Pradhan
2) Vartika Nanda
3) Seema Sakhare
4) Radha Prashanti
5) Laxmi
23. Mortal remains of about 282 Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed from a well at Ajnala recently. Ajnala is a town in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Uttarakhand
5) Haryana
24. As per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) which is the world's largest arms importer?
1) India
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) UAE
5) Saudi Arabia
25. India took part in a multilateral Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO, conducted in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) Indonesia
26. The Reserve Bank of India has recently extended the deadline for banks to meet capital requirements under the Basel III norms by a year to?
1) 2015 March 31
2) 2019 March 31
3) 2016 March 31
4) 2017 March 31
5) None of these
27. A Reserve Bank of India panel on credit information submitted its report to RBI recently. This
panel is headed by Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of?
1) Yes Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
28. Who won the 2014 All England Open badminton men's singles title?
1) Lee Chong Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Simon Santoso
4) Viktor Axelsen
5) Tian Houwei
29. Vidya Pillai is the women's national champion in which of the following sports?
1) Squash
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Snooker
5) None of these
30. Laura Massaro is the women's world open squash champion. She belongs to?
1) Canada
2) Mexico
3) England
4) Portugal
5) Argentina
31. Which country will host the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit?
1) USA
2) India
3) China
4) Russia
5) Argentina
32. MI-17 V5 series helicopters were inducted by the Indian Air Force in March 2014. These are made in?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) France
5) Japan
33. With which sport is Deodhar Trophy associated?
1) Football
2) Volleyball
3) Cricket
4) Hockey
5) Badminton
34. Who won the World Candidates Chess tournament at Khanty Mansisyk, Russia on 2014 March 30?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Peter Svidler
3) Vaselin Topalov
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) None of these
35. Andrej Kiska, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, assumed office as the new President of
which of the following European countries on 2014 June 15?
1) Latvia
2) Slovenia
3) Czech Republic
4) Bulgaria
5) Slovakia
36. The abbreviation PKI stands for?
1) Public Key Infrastructure
2) Personal Key Infrastructure
3) Private Key Infrastructure
4) Permanent Key Infrastructure
5) Proprietary Key Infrastructure
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 3 8) 4 9) 1 10) 5
11) 4 12) 3 13) 2 14) 3 15) 2 16) 3 17) 4 18) 1 19) 3 20) 2
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 5 26) 2 27) 3 28) 1 29) 4 30) 3
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 1
