1. Which of the following cities in Australia hosted the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting in September 2014?
1) Sydney
2) Brisbane
3) Melbourne
4) Adelaide
5) Cairns
2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Nalanda University in Bihar on 2014 September 19. Who is the vice chancellor of this university?
1) N.K. Singh
2) Gopa Sabharwal
3) Lord Meghnad Desai
4) Tansen Sen
5) Anil Wadhwa
3. Which of the following States has decided to set up 'Nirbhaya' centres in all districts to provide
prompt help to victims of crime against women?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra
4. Who was declared the next President of Afghanistan on 2014 September 21?
1) Abdullah Abdullah
2) Habibullah Habib
3) Hamidullah Amin
4) Ashraf Ghani
5) Hedayat Amin Arsala
5. Which of the following films was selected as India's 2015 Oscar contender in the best foreign language film category?
1) Queen
2) Shahid
3) Yellow
4) Jaatishwar
5) Liar's Dice
6. John Key was re-elected as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in September 2014?
1) Canada
2) Australia
3) Italy
4) New Zealand
5) Ireland
7. Larry Ellison has stepped down from the post of Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Yahoo
2) Facebook
3) Oracle
4) IBM
5) Microsoft
8. Ashok Mohanty was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a chit fund scam on
2014 September 22. He is the former Advocate General of?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Jharkhand
9. Moussa Mara assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries
on 2014 April 5?
1) Mauritania
2) Senegal
3) Mali
4) Guinea
5) Niger
10. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is the second female President of?
1) Malta
2) Chile
3) Latvia
4) Lithuania
5) Estonia
11. "The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" is a book authored by?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Mani Shankar Aiyyar
3) Digvijay Singh
4) Sanjay Baru
5) H.K. Dua
12. UNO declared which of the following days as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression?
1) June 1
2) June 5
3) June 2
4) June 3
5) June 4
13. Which of the following cities is the capital of Mali?
1) Kayes
2) Timbuktu
3) Bamako
4) Mopti
5) Segou
14. Justice G. Rohini is the first woman Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
1) Andhra Pradesh High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Madras High Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) Allahabad High Court
15. Who took charge as the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) in April 2014?
1) R.K. Mathur
2) G.K. Pillai
3) D.K. Pathak
4) Subhash Goswami
5) Ranjit Sinha
16. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Nobel winning legendary author from?
1) Mexico
2) Cuba
3) Ecuador
4) Colombia
5) Brazil
17. Sampooran Singh Kalra is the original name of a person who won the 2013?
1) Jnanpith Award
2) Vyas Samman
3) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
4) Kalidas Samman
5) None of these
18. Which Indian player was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in April 2014?
1) M.S. Dhoni
2) R. Ashwin
3) Virat Kohli
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) Shikhar Dhawan
19. Which country's national women's cricket team is called 'Southern Stars'?
1) Australia
2) India
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) South Africa
20. Who won the Richmond Squash Open at Virginia, USA in April 2014?
1) Rachael Grinham
2) Joshna Chinappa
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Anaka Alankamony
5) None of these
21. Around 300 people died after a multi-storey ferry capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly high school students on 2014 April 16. This disaster happened in?
1) China
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines
22. Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014?
1) Jhataleka Malhotra
2) Gail Da' Silva
3) Manasi Moghe
4) Koyal Rana
5) None of these
23. Saurav Ghosal was selected for Dato Alex Lee Award 2013. He is an outstanding player in which of the following sports?
1) Judo
2) Snooker
3) Squash
4) Shooting
5) Swimming
24. The Australian women's team won their third World T20 title by defeating England in the final in April 2014. Who is the captain of Australia?
1) Alex Blackwell
2) Megan Schutt
3) Julie Hunter
4) Sarah Coyte
5) Meg Lanning
25. The 14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) was held in which of the following countries recently?
1) Chile
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) USA
5) China
26. The Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) comprises navies whose countries border the Pacific Ocean region. WPNS has how many member States?
1) 21
2) 24
3) 23
4) 25
5) 19
27. Which of the following countries has/ have observer status in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium?
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Mexico
5) All the above
28. Which of the following firms has been given approval for setting up 9,000 white-label ATMs in the next three years in rural India?
1) IFCI
2) Bajaj Finance
3) Srei Infrastructure Finance
4) Reliance Capital
5) None of these
29. At the 61st National Film Awards, Which of the following films was given the Indira Gandhi
Award for Best Debut Film of a Director?
1) Kaphal (Hindi)
2) Perariyathavar (Malayalam)
3) Fandry (Marathi)
4) Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
5) None of these
30. Which of the following countries does not have a woman President at present?
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) Malta
5) Bangladesh
31. Sudarshan Seneviratne has been appointed as which country's High Commissioner to India?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
32. 'Goldfinch' has won the USA's prestigious literary award, Pulitzer in fiction category. Who is the author of this book?
1) Hannah Kent
2) Donna Tartt
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Audrey Magee
5) Ludia Davis
33. According to a data released on 2014 April 30 by the International Comparison Program
(ICP), India overtook which country as the world's third largest economy in 2011 in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP)?
1) UK
2) France
3) Japan
4) Brazil
5) Germany
34. Which Indian company joined the league of top 10 global IT companies in April 2014?
1) Cognizant
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) HCL
5) Tata Consultancy Services
35. Which company leads the list of top ten global IT companies?
1) IBM
2) Fujitsu
3) Hewlett-Packard
4) Accenture
5) NTT
36. Which of the following pharmaceutical companies announced that it would acquire 100 per cent
of Ranbaxy Laboratories?
1) Johnson & Johnson
2) Novartis
3) Pfizer
4) Sun Pharmaceuticals
5) Glaxo Smithkline
37. In April 2014, the Union Government approved the recruitment of women as Combat Officers in?
1) Indo Tibetan Border Police
2) Sashastra Seema Bal
3) Rapid Action Force
4) National Security Guards
5) None of these
38. The Queen of Britain conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire (KBE) on?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Ratan Tata
3) Azim Premji
4) Anil Ambani
5) None of these
39. Badakhshan province is in the news recently. It is in?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria
40. Lee Chong Wei won the Indian Open Super Series badminton tournament men's singles title in New Delhi recently. He is from?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Singapore
4) South Korea
5) North Korea
ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
11) 4 12) 5 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 3 18) 5 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 4 23) 3 24) 5 25) 5 26) 1 27) 5 28) 3 29) 3 30) 5
31) 4 32) 2 33) 3 34) 5 35) 1 36) 4 37) 2 38) 2 39) 1 40) 2
Governors Meeting in September 2014?
1) Sydney
2) Brisbane
3) Melbourne
4) Adelaide
5) Cairns
2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Nalanda University in Bihar on 2014 September 19. Who is the vice chancellor of this university?
1) N.K. Singh
2) Gopa Sabharwal
3) Lord Meghnad Desai
4) Tansen Sen
5) Anil Wadhwa
3. Which of the following States has decided to set up 'Nirbhaya' centres in all districts to provide
prompt help to victims of crime against women?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra
4. Who was declared the next President of Afghanistan on 2014 September 21?
1) Abdullah Abdullah
2) Habibullah Habib
3) Hamidullah Amin
4) Ashraf Ghani
5) Hedayat Amin Arsala
5. Which of the following films was selected as India's 2015 Oscar contender in the best foreign language film category?
1) Queen
2) Shahid
3) Yellow
4) Jaatishwar
5) Liar's Dice
6. John Key was re-elected as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in September 2014?
1) Canada
2) Australia
3) Italy
4) New Zealand
5) Ireland
7. Larry Ellison has stepped down from the post of Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Yahoo
2) Facebook
3) Oracle
4) IBM
5) Microsoft
8. Ashok Mohanty was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a chit fund scam on
2014 September 22. He is the former Advocate General of?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Jharkhand
9. Moussa Mara assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries
on 2014 April 5?
1) Mauritania
2) Senegal
3) Mali
4) Guinea
5) Niger
10. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is the second female President of?
1) Malta
2) Chile
3) Latvia
4) Lithuania
5) Estonia
11. "The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" is a book authored by?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Mani Shankar Aiyyar
3) Digvijay Singh
4) Sanjay Baru
5) H.K. Dua
12. UNO declared which of the following days as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression?
1) June 1
2) June 5
3) June 2
4) June 3
5) June 4
13. Which of the following cities is the capital of Mali?
1) Kayes
2) Timbuktu
3) Bamako
4) Mopti
5) Segou
14. Justice G. Rohini is the first woman Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
1) Andhra Pradesh High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Madras High Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) Allahabad High Court
15. Who took charge as the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) in April 2014?
1) R.K. Mathur
2) G.K. Pillai
3) D.K. Pathak
4) Subhash Goswami
5) Ranjit Sinha
16. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Nobel winning legendary author from?
1) Mexico
2) Cuba
3) Ecuador
4) Colombia
5) Brazil
17. Sampooran Singh Kalra is the original name of a person who won the 2013?
1) Jnanpith Award
2) Vyas Samman
3) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
4) Kalidas Samman
5) None of these
18. Which Indian player was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in April 2014?
1) M.S. Dhoni
2) R. Ashwin
3) Virat Kohli
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) Shikhar Dhawan
19. Which country's national women's cricket team is called 'Southern Stars'?
1) Australia
2) India
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) South Africa
20. Who won the Richmond Squash Open at Virginia, USA in April 2014?
1) Rachael Grinham
2) Joshna Chinappa
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Anaka Alankamony
5) None of these
21. Around 300 people died after a multi-storey ferry capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly high school students on 2014 April 16. This disaster happened in?
1) China
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines
22. Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014?
1) Jhataleka Malhotra
2) Gail Da' Silva
3) Manasi Moghe
4) Koyal Rana
5) None of these
23. Saurav Ghosal was selected for Dato Alex Lee Award 2013. He is an outstanding player in which of the following sports?
1) Judo
2) Snooker
3) Squash
4) Shooting
5) Swimming
24. The Australian women's team won their third World T20 title by defeating England in the final in April 2014. Who is the captain of Australia?
1) Alex Blackwell
2) Megan Schutt
3) Julie Hunter
4) Sarah Coyte
5) Meg Lanning
25. The 14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) was held in which of the following countries recently?
1) Chile
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) USA
5) China
26. The Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) comprises navies whose countries border the Pacific Ocean region. WPNS has how many member States?
1) 21
2) 24
3) 23
4) 25
5) 19
27. Which of the following countries has/ have observer status in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium?
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Mexico
5) All the above
28. Which of the following firms has been given approval for setting up 9,000 white-label ATMs in the next three years in rural India?
1) IFCI
2) Bajaj Finance
3) Srei Infrastructure Finance
4) Reliance Capital
5) None of these
29. At the 61st National Film Awards, Which of the following films was given the Indira Gandhi
Award for Best Debut Film of a Director?
1) Kaphal (Hindi)
2) Perariyathavar (Malayalam)
3) Fandry (Marathi)
4) Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
5) None of these
30. Which of the following countries does not have a woman President at present?
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) Malta
5) Bangladesh
31. Sudarshan Seneviratne has been appointed as which country's High Commissioner to India?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
32. 'Goldfinch' has won the USA's prestigious literary award, Pulitzer in fiction category. Who is the author of this book?
1) Hannah Kent
2) Donna Tartt
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Audrey Magee
5) Ludia Davis
33. According to a data released on 2014 April 30 by the International Comparison Program
(ICP), India overtook which country as the world's third largest economy in 2011 in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP)?
1) UK
2) France
3) Japan
4) Brazil
5) Germany
34. Which Indian company joined the league of top 10 global IT companies in April 2014?
1) Cognizant
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) HCL
5) Tata Consultancy Services
35. Which company leads the list of top ten global IT companies?
1) IBM
2) Fujitsu
3) Hewlett-Packard
4) Accenture
5) NTT
36. Which of the following pharmaceutical companies announced that it would acquire 100 per cent
of Ranbaxy Laboratories?
1) Johnson & Johnson
2) Novartis
3) Pfizer
4) Sun Pharmaceuticals
5) Glaxo Smithkline
37. In April 2014, the Union Government approved the recruitment of women as Combat Officers in?
1) Indo Tibetan Border Police
2) Sashastra Seema Bal
3) Rapid Action Force
4) National Security Guards
5) None of these
38. The Queen of Britain conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire (KBE) on?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Ratan Tata
3) Azim Premji
4) Anil Ambani
5) None of these
39. Badakhshan province is in the news recently. It is in?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria
40. Lee Chong Wei won the Indian Open Super Series badminton tournament men's singles title in New Delhi recently. He is from?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Singapore
4) South Korea
5) North Korea
ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
11) 4 12) 5 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 3 18) 5 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 4 23) 3 24) 5 25) 5 26) 1 27) 5 28) 3 29) 3 30) 5
31) 4 32) 2 33) 3 34) 5 35) 1 36) 4 37) 2 38) 2 39) 1 40) 2
