1. Kailash Satyarthi is only the second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after Mother Teresa in 1979. He is a 60-yearold child rights activist from?
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
2. Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) how many villages will be covered by 2019?
1) 550
2) 2500
3) 800
4) 1500
5) 2100
3. Which of the following movements was started by the 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi in 1980?
1) Bandhua Mukti Morcha
2) Child Rights and You
3) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
4) Nanhi Kali
5) Akshaya Patra
4. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics for his analysis of market power and regulation?
1) Robert Shiller
2) Alvin Roth
3) Lars Peter Hansen
4) Jean Tirole
5) Lloyd Shapley
5. John Baird visited India in October 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) UK
2) Ireland
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada
6. Leela Samson has resigned as the Chairperson of?
1) Sahitya Akademi
2) National Commission for Women
3) Sangeet Natak Akademi
4) National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
5) None of these
7. The International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) is observed on?
1) October 8
2) October 9
3) October 10
4) October 11
5) October 12
8. Four Indians have been named by Fortune magazine in its list of the 40 most powerful, influential and important people in business under the age of 40. Who among the following is not one of them?
1) Raj Chetty
2) Rahul Sharma
3) Kunal Bahl
4) Vijaya Gadde
5) Sachin Bansal
9. Who won the one million-euro Millennium Technology Prize in April 2014?
1) Tim Berners Lee
2) Stuart Parkin
3) Larry Page
4) Shuji Nakamura
5) None of these
10. The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded once every two years by which of the following countries?
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Ireland
11. Gareth Hopkins retired from international cricket recently. He played for?
1) South Africa
2) West Indies
3) Australia
4) England
5) New Zealand
12. Indian-American cardiologist Dr. Sumeet Chugh won which of the following awards/prizes
in 2014?
1) Pulitzer Prize
2) Simon Dack Award
3) Pritzker Prize
4) Google Digital Activism Award
5) None of these
13. Sue Townsend, a renowned English writer, passed away recently. Which one of the following books was not written by her?
1) Adrian Mole series
2) The Queen and I
3) Rebuilding Coventry
4) Queen Camilla
5) A Sport of Nature
14. Narendra Kothari has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following public sector enterprises?
1) NMDC
2) SAIL
3) NALCO
4) BHEL
5) HPCL
15. V.K. Murthy, a cinematographer, died recently. He was honored with the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award for the year?
1) 2002
2) 2004
3) 2005
4) 2006
5) 2008
16. Which of the following films is India's first cinemascope film?
1) Baazi
2) Kaagaz Ke Phool
3) Pyaasa
4) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
5) Aar-Paar
17. Anja Niedringhaus was killed in April 2014 in Afghanistan. She was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist from which of the following countries?
1) Poland
2) France
3) Germany
4) Slovakia
5) Serbia
18. Who is the first Indian to be inducted as a member of the board of Boao Forum for Asia?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Anil Agarwal
3) LN Mittal
4) Ratan Tata
5) NR Narayana Murthy
19. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-profit organization based in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Taiwan
20. A two-day World Green Economy Summit (WGES) to combat climate change was held in
April 2014 in?
1) Beijing
2) Dubai
3) New Delhi
4) Doha
5) Sana'a
21. Yonaguni is the westernmost inhabited island of?
1) Taiwan
2) China
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Indonesia
22. The International Olympic Committee has signed a historic agreement to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic development with which of the following organizations?
1) UNICEF
2) UNO
3) OPCW
4) Red Cross
5) UNESCO
23. Michael Higgins' state visit to the United Kingdom in April 2014 was the first state visit of
a President of which of the following countries to the United Kingdom?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Ireland
4) Netherlands
5) New Zealand
24. India signed an agreement for the development of four hydroelectric projects-Kholongchu, Bunakha, Wangchu and Chamkarchu- with which of the following countries?
1) Nepal
2) Burma
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) China
25. Which of the following has launched Sentinel-1A satellite to monitor Earth for climate change?
1) Chinese Space Agency
2) Russian Space Agency
3) ISRO
4) European Space Agency
5) NASA
26. Baroda won which of the following cricket tournaments in 2014?
1) Ranji Trophy
2) Vijay Hazare Trophy
3) Deodhar Trophy
4) Irani Trophy
5) Syed Mustaq Ali T20 Trophy
27. Sri Lanka defeated which of the following teams in the final of the men's T20 World Cup in
Bangladesh in April 2014?
1) Pakistan
2) England
3) India
4) West Indies
5) Australia
28. Who won the women's singles title at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament in
New Delhi recently?
1) Wang Shixian
2) Li Xueruii
3) Wang Yihan
4) Saina Nehwal
5) P.V. Sindhu
29. Simon Santoso won the Singapore Open badminton tournament. He belongs to?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Singapore
30. The 2014 Dubai International Open chess tournament was won by?
1) Romain Edouard
2) Anton Korobov
3) Abhijeet Gupta
4) Eduardo Iturrizaga
5) None of these
31. The 2014 Badminton Asia Championships were held in Gimcheon, South Korea. Who won the men's singles title?
1) Lin Dan
2) Sho Sasaki
3) Lee Chong Wei
4) Taufik Hidayat
5) Sourabh Varma
32. Who won the women's singles title at the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Sung Ji-hyun
3) Zhu Lin
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Jiang Yanjiao
33. Which Hollywood star received a special honor, the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at the 15th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in April 2014?
1) Tom Hanks
2)Tom Cruise
3) John Travolta
4) Johnny Depp
5) Brad Pitt
34. Under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 the government has to hold at least what percent stake in public sector banks?
1) 50%
2) 80 %
3) 74%
4) 51%
5) 49 %
35. Sachin Tendulkar is the owner of which of the following Indian Super League football franchises?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Goa
4) Pune
5) Kochi
36. Which of the following banks launched Tab Banking service for opening savings bank accounts in April 2014?
1) Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Indian Overseas Bank
37. Which of the following is the capital city of Canada?
1) Toronto
2) Montreal
3) Vancouver
4) Edmonton
5) Ottawa
38. The currency of which of the following countries is Kip?
1) Libya
2) Mexico
3) Mongolia
4) Laos
5) Jamaica
39. Who headed the committee on Financial Benchmarks?
1) Nachiket Mor
2) Y.H. Malegam
3) P. Vijaya Bhaskar
4) Usha Thorat
5) C. Rangarajan
40. Wilson Kipsang won the 2014 London Marathon. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Ethiopia
4) Kenya
5) South Africa
ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 5 9) 2 10) 3
11) 5 12) 2 13) 5 14) 1 15) 5 16) 2 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 5 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 1
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4.
