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Ques. :1 A line of credit of USD 84-mn from World Bank was recently approved for the Panchayat Strengthening Project of which of the following states?

1) Bihar 2) Maharashtra

3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Odisha

5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. :2 Which of the following govt initiatives won the pres tigious international recognition of excellence in public s ervice, the United Nations Public Service Award 2013?

1) Mass Contact Programm e of Kerala2) Graamin Haat programm e of Dept of Cottage

and Rural Industries in Madhya Pradesh

3) Swavalamban of District Administration of

Dhanbad in Jharkhand4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. :3 According to the Boston Consul ting Group's (BCG) 13th annual global wealth managem ent report, which of the following countries has the highes t density of

millionaires in the world at present?

1) Qatar 2) Kuwait

3) US 4) China


Ques. :4 Which of the following world organis ations publis h the World Investment Report?

1) UNCTAD 2) IMF

3) ADV 4) WTO


Ques. :5 The govt has recently approved near doubling of natural gas prices effective from Apr 1, 2014. In this first revision in gas prices in 3 years, the gas price i s s et at

____.

1) USD 4.2/mmBtu 2) USD 6.3/mmBtu

3) USD 8.4/mmBtu 4) USD 10.5/mmBtu


Ques. :6 The India Post is all set to venture into banking operations and has s ought help from the govt for meeting minim um paid up capital requirement as per the RBI

norms. What is the minim um paid up capital requirement for this purpose?

1) Rs 200 crore 2) Rs 500 crore

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3) Rs 700 crore 4) Rs 1,000 crore


Ques. :7 Which of the following denom inations of Indian currency notes are s igned by the Finance Secretary of India?

1) Rs 1 2) Rs 2

3) Rs 5 4) Rs 10


Ques. :8 Elbegdorj Tsakhia has won the recently held presidential elections in which of the following countries?

1) Cyprus 2) Bolivia

3) Mongolia 4) Armenia


Ques. :9 As per the recent report published by FATF, an inter-governmental body, India has addressed shortfalls in its black money fight. Expand the term FATF.

1) Financial Action Task Force 2) Financial Activity Task Force

3) Financial Advancement Task Force 4) Financial Alternatives Task Force


Ques. :10 Which of the following veteran tennis players is not among those who shockingly exited the 2013 Wimbledon tournament in the first round itsel f?

1) Mahesh Bhupathi 2) Rafael Nadal

3) Maria Sharapova 4) Roger Federer


Ques. :11 India has retained its posi tion as the world's 3rd m ost attractive FDI destination. Which of the following countries is leading the lis t published by UNCTAD recently?

1) Brazil 2) Indonesia

3) United States 4) China


Ques. :12 Leo Puri is set to be appointed as the Managing Director of which of the following organisations?

1) Axis Bank 2) UTI Ass et Management Com pany

3) LIC 4) Oriental Bank of Commerce


Ques. :13 India is the larges t supplier of which of the following items to the European Union (EU)?

1) Textiles 2) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)

3) Petroleum products 4) Herbal Cosmetics


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Ques. :14 Which of the following telecom m ajors has succeeded to win the firs t release of licence for telecom operations in Myanmar recently?

1) Bharti Airtel 2) Vodafone

3) Telenor 4) China Mobile


Ques. :15 The latest findings by the analysis firm CRISIL has pointed out that only ___of Indians have a s imple savings bank account at present.

1) half 2) one-third

3) one-fourth 4) one-fifth


Ques. :16 The early tsunami warning system has been installed recently at Rangachang situated in _______.

1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2) Tamil Nadu

3) Andhra Prades h 4) Puducherry


Ques. :17 TAM is ass ociated with the rating of which of the following?

1) Film industry 2) Television viewership

3) Educational institutions 4) Newspapers


Ques. :18 Which of the following financial products in India com pleted 20 years in operation recently?

1) Life Insurance 2) Gold loans

3) Education loans 4) Mutual Funds


Ques. :19 Which of the following companies has launched the first white-level ATM of the country recently?

1) Tata Communications 2) Reliance Capital

3) Birla Capital 4) Modi Finance


Ques. :20 The Central Govt has announced a hike in the s upport price of paddy marginally by Rs 60 to _____per quintal for the 2013-14 crop year.

1) Rs 1,210 2) Rs 1,250

3) Rs 1,310 4) Rs 1,350


Ques. :21 The Daitari iron ore mines might s oon close down on the allegations of carrying mining activities without forest clearance. These m ines are s ituated in which of

the following states in India?

1) Odisha 2) Jharkhand

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3) Uttarakhand 4) Madhya Pradesh


Ques. :22 Who among the following will be sworn in as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) taking over from Altamas Kabir on Jul 16?

1) AK Patnaik 2) P Sathasivam

3) GS Singhvi 4) Gyan Sudha Misra


Ques. :23 India has launched IRNSS-1A satellite in the space as its first step towards building own satellite navigation system. Expand the term IRNSS.

1) Indian Regional Network Satellite System 2) Indian Revolving Navigational Satellite System

3) Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System4) Indian Respons ive Navigational Satellite

System


Ques. :24 Indian army is planning to replace its 150-km range Prithvi ballistic miss iles wi th the newly developed quick-response _______miss iles.

1) Prahar 2) Trishul

3) Nag 4) Astra


Ques. :25 Tahrir Square, which was in news recently, is s ituated in which of the following countries?1) Turkey 2) Syria

3) China 4) Egypt


Ques. :26 The govt banned the top-selling drug Pioglitazone recently citing its s evere side effects as the reason. This drug was us ed to treat which of the following

diseases?

1) Cancer 2) Hypertension

3) Diabetes 4) Blood Pressure


Ques. :27 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced to start World Test Champions hip. Its inaugural edition will be played in England in _______.

1) 2014 2) 2015

3) 2016 4) 2017


Ques. :28 Among the several meas ures taken by the RBI to curb current account deficit (CAD), it has now as ked banks not to

1) convert gold bought through credit cards into

EMIs2) convert consumer goods bought through credit

cards into EMIs

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3) convert apparels bought through credit cards

into EMIs4) convert luxury goods bought through credit

cards into EMIs


Ques. :29 As announced by the ICC recently, India will hos t which of the following tournaments?

1) T20 Cup in 2016 2) World Test Championship in 2021

3) Word Cup (50-over format) in 2023 4) All the above


Ques. :30 Who among the following has been elected the new President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) recently?

1) Suresh Kalmadi 2) Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad

3) HRH Prince Imran 4) Gideon Sam


Ques. :31 The project to develop Astra mis siles is finally back on track after a long delay due to technical glitches. This is Indias first __________mis sile.

1) Air-to-air 2) Submarine launched

3) UAV launched 4) Reusable


Ques. :32 India held the 16th round of border talks w ith which of the following countries recently?1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal 4) China


Ques. :33 Which of the following team s won the Confederation Cup football tournament recently?

1) Spain 2) Germany

3) Argentina 4) Brazil


Ques. :34 Which of the following countries has become the first country in South Asia to ban cos metic testing on anim als?

1) China 2) Japan

3) India 4) Thailand


Ques. :35 Name the 28th mem ber of the European Union which has been granted mem bership recently.

1) Montenegro 2) Croatia

3) Serbia 4) Albania


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Ques. :36 Which country has given its nod to the worlds first clinical trial for induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells which uses stem cells harvested from a

patients own body?

1) South Korea 2) UK

3) Japan 4) US


Ques. :37 The US space agency NASA has launched Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft recently aimed at studying

1) The Mars 2) The Sun

3) The Jupiter 4) The Moon5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. :38 INS Trikand ship, armed with the supersonic BRAHMOS mis sile s ystem among others, was commiss ioned into the Indian Navy recently. This Talwar class

combat ship has been sourced from

1) Russia 2) France

3) Israel 4) US


Ques. :39 The United Nations has adopted Marrakesh Treaty recently. This treaty is related to

1) Increasing access to higher education for

blinds2) Increasing access to books for blinds

3) Increasing access to books for blinds 4) Increasing access to employment opportunities


Ques. :40 Who among the following has been appointed the new Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna?

1) Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary 2) KK Paul

3) Najeeb Jung 4) Virendra Kataria


Ques. :41 Who among the following has won the British Grand Prix 2013 recently?

1) Felipe Mass a 2) Sebastian Vettel

3) Lewis Hamilton 4) Nico Rosberg


Ques. :42 Who is the vice-chairman of the National Dis aster Management Authority (NDMA) at present? The Prime Minister is the chairman of the authority.

1) KM Singh 2) JK SINHA

3) B Bhattacharjee 4) Shashidhar Reddy


Ques. :43 Who among the following has been appointed as the next foreign secretary replacing Ranjan Mathai?

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1) Anil Goswam i 2) Rajiv Takru

3) Sujatha Singh 4) Ashish Bahuguna


Ques. :44 The credit of being worlds first internet search engine goes to which of the following?

1) Google 2) Yahoo Search

3) AltaVista 4) MSN Search


Ques. :45 The NCR Planning Board had cleared the inclusion of three more districts in the NCR. Who among the following is the Chairman of the board?

1) Girija Vyas 2) Kamal Nath

3) Oscar Fernandes 4) Mallikarjun Kharge


Ques. :46 The Jet-Etihad deal i s s till stuck in pipel ine. As the largest foreign investment in the Indian aviation sector so far, this deal is valued at

1) Rs 1,058 cr 2) Rs 2,058 cr

3) Rs 3,058 cr 4) Rs 4,058 cr


Ques. :47 Narendra Modi has as ked farmers from across the country to contribute iron blocks for construction of a huge s tatue of Sardar Patel at Sardar Sarovar Dam. It willbe name

1) Statue of Unity 2) Statue of Integrity

3) Statue of Sovereignty 4) Lauh Purush


Ques. :48 The military has iss ued a 48-hour ultimatum to the president and hi s opponents to reach an agreement in which of the following countries recently?

1) Syria 2) Egypt

3) Mali 4) Nigeria


Ques. :49 Parimarjan Negi is associated with which of the following games?

1) Wrestling 2) Badminton

3) Table Tennis 4) Chess


Ques. :50 The telecommunication comm iss ion of India has approved the enhancement of the foreign direct investment limit in the telecom sector to 100 per cent from

current ____per cent.

1) 26 2) 49

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3) 74 4) 85


Ques. :51 Egypt's powerful mili tary has ous ted President Mohammed Morsi and s uspended the cons titution. Which of the following s tatements is/are correct about

Mohammed Morsi?

1) He was country's first democratically elected

president.2) He was countrys s econd democratically

elected president.

3) He was countrys third democratically elected

president.

4) He was countrys fourth dem ocratically elected

president.


Ques. :52 Examine the following s tatements with res pect to ordinance promulgated for the food security bill and identify the correct sentence(s):

1) It provides the two-third population of the

country the right to 5 kg of foodgrain every month at

highly subsidis ed rates of Rs 1-3 per kg.

2) The beneficiaries will be identified by the states,

which will also implement the programme under

the Targeted Public Distribution System.

3) When implemented, it will be the biggest such

scheme in the world with the govt spending

estimated at Rs 125,000 crore annually.4) All the above


Ques. :53 The Union Cabinet has granted a s pecial one-time dis pensation of Rs 710 crore recently for land acquisition for expansion and upgradation of rural roads networkin which of the following states?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Jharkhand 4) Jammu & Kashmir


Ques. :54 The Finance Minister has advised banks to reduce base rates to provide a powerful stimulus to credit growth for the economy. What is base rate?

1) The minim um rate of interest that a bank is

allowed to charge from RBI for its deposits.2) The minim um rate of interest that a bank is

allowed to charge from other banks.


allowed to charge from its cus tomers.


allowed to charge on industrial loans.


Ques. :55 Shriniwas Dadas aheb Patil has been appointed the new governor of which of the following s tates?

1) Sikkim 2) West Bengal

3) Kerala 4) Haryana


Ques. :56 Name the Indian wom an entrepreneur, who has received UAEs prestigious Emirates Woman Award 2013.

1) Naina Lal Kidwai 2) Vandana Gandhi

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3) Indira Nooyi 4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw


Ques. :57 Name the first health ins urance company in India that has come up with swipe to claim facility that will provide on the spot cashless approval solution to

customers?

1) Max Bupa 2) L&T Insurance

3) Star Health 4) ICICI Lombard


Ques. :58 The insurance companies in India do not provide insurance cover for which of the following as of now?

1) Illness 2) Accident

3) Retirement 4) Wedding


Ques. :59 Evo Morales is the president of which of the following countries? The plane carrying him was diverted to Vienna recently and searched for Edward Snowden.

1) Sweden 2) Ecuador

3) Bolivia 4) Slovenia


Ques. :60 The UN has urged nations to s tep up efforts to achieve the eight anti-poverty targets named Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What is the deadline set to

achieve these goals ?

1) 2013 2) 2014

3) 2015 4) 2020


Ques. :61 According to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, in cheque bouncing case for a cheque iss ued from a joint account, who can be prosecuted under Section 138

of the Negotiable Instruments Act?

1) Only the person who signed the cheque2) All the persons named in the joint account

collectively

3) Any one of the individuals nam ed in the joint

account4) Only the firm that is sued the cheque and not

any+ individual


Ques. :62 Which of the following countries has given its approval to the controversial IVF technique that would lead to the creation of babies with three parents? This

technique is aimed at checking the genetic diseas es.

1) Japan 2) Singapore

3) China 4) UK


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Ques. :63 The Indian Post has applied for bank licence along with 25 other applicants. Its vast presence in rural areas goes in its favour but which of the following may

hinder its efforts?

1) Its being a loss making enterprise 2) Its being a govt enterprise

3) Its lacking in IT infrastructure 4) Its lacking in customer s ervices


Ques. :64 Vikas Gowda bagged the first gold for India in the Asian Athletics Cham pionships in Pune in which of the following gam es?

1) Discuss Throw 2) Weightlifting

3) Shot Put 4) Long Jump5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. :65 Which of the following companies in India provides credit information of individuals?

1) CRISIL 2) CIBIL

3) ICRA 4) CARE


Ques. :66 Who among the following has been sworn in as an interim pres ident in Egypt after the military ousted the incumbent Mohammed Morsi recently?

1) Adly Mahmoud Mansour 2) Gehad El-Haddad

3) Mahdi Aakef 4) Mohammed Badie


Ques. :67 The tech visionary Douglas Engelbart died recently. Which of the following inventions made by him revolutionised pers onal computing?

1) QWERTY keyboard 2) Universal Serial Bus (USB)

3) Computer Mouse 4) Compact Disc


Ques. :68 Who among the following has been named as the next president of the $100-billion IT industrys apex body Nasscom?

1) Ganesh Natarajan 2) Ravi Venkatesan

3) R Chandrasekhar 4) S Ramadorai


Ques. :69 Expand the term RCEP.

1) Regional Co-operation for Economic

Partnership2) Regional Com prehensive Economic Pact

3) Regional Comprehensive Economic

Partnership4) Regional Confederation for Economic

Partnership


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Ques. :70 Which of the following days in India has been designated by the govt as the National Statistical Day? It marks the birth anniversary of Prof. Prasanta Chandra

Mahalanobis, the doyen of Indian statistics and founder of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

1) Jun 29 2) Jul 29

3) Aug 29 4) Sep 29


Ques. :71 The book titled Shoes of the Dead is written by who among the following?

1) Ravinder Singh 2) Kota Neelima

3) Khaled Hosseini 4) Amish Tripathi5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. :72 The new UN Millennium Development Goals report for 2013 has revealed that the poverty rate in India declined from 49 per cent in 1994 to ____in 2010.

1) 25 2) 33

3) 35 4) 43


Ques. :73 Who among the following will head the Indian cricket squad on Zim babwe tour for five ODI matches as the s election committee opted to rest the seniors for the

tour?

1) Virat Kohli 2) Suresh Raina

3) R Ashwin 4) Shikhar Dhawan


Ques. :74 As per the provisions of the new National Food Security Act, the pregnant women and lactating mothers wi ll receive maternity benefit of

1) Rs 2000 2) Rs 4000

3) Rs 6000 4) Rs 8000


Ques. :75 Britain is set to deport radical Islam ist cleric Abu Qatada to which of the following countries to face terror charges?

1) Israel 2) Jordan

3) US 4) Spain5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. :76 At present, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandates banks to apply interest on depos its at _______ intervals.

1) daily 2) monthly

3) quarterly 4) yearly


Ques. :77 The govt has decided to raise the im port duty on sugar from 10 per cent to what per cent? The move is aimed at dis couraging overseas buying amid a drop in local

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prices due to ample supplies.

1) 12 per cent 2) 13 per cent



Ques. :78 MS Raghavan has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following banks recently?

1) Bank of Baroda 2) IDBI Bank

3) Canara Bank 4) Allahabad Bank


Ques. :79 According to figures compiled by The Banker magazine, ICBC has become the bigges t bank in the world in terms of balance s heet strength. This bank belongs to

which of the following countries?

1) South Korea 2) China

3) Singapore 4) Brazil


Ques. :80 The Solapur thermal power project of NTPC is facing agitation from farmers seeking higher compens ation for their land. This project is situated in

1) Maharashtra 2) Karnataka

3) Gujarat 4) Bihar


Ques. :81 Which of the following countries is the world's biggest consum er of sugar?

1) China 2) US

3) Indonesia 4) India


Ques. :82 Mohamed El-Baradei has been named as the new prim e minis ter to head a caretaker government in which of the following countries recently?

1) Syria 2) Kuwait

3) Iraq 4) Egypt


Ques. :83 A UN report has revealed that despi te widespread poverty in the country, India is on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of

poverty reduction by

1) 2014 2) 2015

3) 2018 4) 2020


Ques. :84 Which of the following nations i s planning to launch satellites to m onitor the world's oceans to counter piracy and monitor the movements of ships ?

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1) US 2) Japan

3) China 4) India


Ques. :85 The Union Rural Development Ministry approved Rs 4,130-cr for the construction of rural roads in which of the following s tates recently?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Maharashtra

3) Bihar 4) Andhra Prades h


Ques. :86 Who among the following has won the womens singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament recently?

1) Marion Bartoli 2) Sabine Lisicki

3) Li Na 4) Serena Williams


Ques. :87 Who won the 2013 German Grand Prix Formula One champions hips?

1) Kimmi Raikkonen 2) Fernando Alonso

3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Lewis Hamilton


Ques. :88 Indias first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), which is s et to be launched into water soon and is s lated to become operational by 2018, will be rechristened as1) INS Vikrant 2) INS Viraat

3) INS Vikramaditya 4) INS Veer


Ques. :89 Expand the term IPAB.

1) Intellectual Property Application Board 2) Intellectual Property Authorisation Board

3) Intellectual Property Appellate Board 4) International Property Appellate Board


Ques. :90 Despite Chinas opposition, India has m oved forward to become a part of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. Aimed at creatingone of the most s ignificant free trade blocs in the world, RCEP has been brought by

1) Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) 2) Asean +6

3) G8 4) WTO


Ques. :91 As we read in newspapers, rupee reached a record low of below Rs 61/$. This unprecedented fall of the Indian currency is likely to cause which of the following?

1) Hike in fuel prices 2) Widening of fiscal deficit

3) Foreign education, travel to cost m ore 4) Gain to exporters

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5) All the above Ans.) 5

Ques. :92 After fighting a long turf war with Indian Air Force, the Army is al l set to get its own armed attack helicopter squadron of which of the following helicopters?

1) Mi-8 2) Mi-35

3) Rudra 4) Cheetah


Ques. :93 The ICAO is set to audit the Directorate General of Civil Aviations safety oversight capability soon to ass ess its flying safety standards. What is the expanded form

of ICAO?

1) Intermediary Civil Aviation Oraganisation 2) International Civil Aviation Oraganisation

3) Intergovernmental Civil Aviation Oraganisation 4) Indian Civil Aviation Oraganisation


Ques. :94 In which of the following countries, ex-railway minis ter Liu Zhijun has been sentenced to s uspended death with a two year reprieve for bribery and abuse of power?

1) Japan 2) North Korea

3) China 4) Vietnam


Ques. :95 Name the tennis player who ended the 77-year old wait for UK to clinch mens singles title at Wimbledon recently?

1) Roger Federer 2) Andy Murray3) David Ferrer 4) Rafael Nadal


Ques. :96 Shiv Thapa, who won a gold medal in Asian Championships in Amman, recently, is ass ociated with which of the following games?

1) Weightlifting 2) Boxing

3) Archery 4) Shooting


Ques. :97 International Finance Corporation (IFC) is cons idering a wom ens i nvestment fund that would seek to invest in women owned bus iness es globall y. IFC is

investment arm of which of the following?

1) Bank of America 2) Internationa l Monetary Fund (IMF)

3) World Bank 4) Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Ques. :98 The former Delhi police Chief, Dr KK Paul took over as the new Governor of which of the following north-eastern s tates recently?

1) Meghalaya 2) Tripura

3) Mizoram 4) Arunachal Prades h


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Ques. :99 Recently, India has s igned an agreem ent for avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital with

which of the following countries?

1) Sweden 2) Albania

3) Norway 4) Poland


Ques. :100 Which of the following pairs won the mens doubles title of the Wimbledon tennis tournament recently?

1) L Paes and R Stepanek 2) J Blake and J Melzer

3) I Dodig and M Melo 4) B Bryan and M Bryan5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. :101 Which of the following m ajor commercial banks in India has NOT promoted insurance companies to introduce insurance products in the country so far?

1) State Bank of India 2) ICICI Bank

3) IDBI Bank 4) Punjab National Bank

5) Central Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. :102 Anna Bhagya s cheme to dis tribute 30kg foodgrain at Re1/kg has been launched in which of the following s outhern states of India?

1) Kerala 2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu 4) Andhra Prades h5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. :103 The World Population Day is observed on which of the following days?

1) Jul 11 2) Jul 12

3) Jul 13 4) Jul 15


Ques. :104 Which of the following pairs of Indian companies and their overseas acquis itions is not matched correctly?

1) Tata Motors Jaguar Land Rover 2) Mahindra and Mahindra Ss angyong

3) Apollo Tyres Cooper Tires 4) Hero Moto Corp AVL


Ques. :105 Examine the following statements with respect to recent announcement made by the market regulator SEBI regarding buyback norms for the companies and

choose the correct statement(s):

1) The companies are now required to buy back

share am ounting to at least 50 per cent of the

amount earmarked, up from 25 per cent.

2) A fourth of the buy back proceeds will have to be

put in the escrow account

3) The companies are now barred from further

capital-raising for 12 months from the closure of 4) All the above

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the offer.


Ques. :106 Expand the term USOF.

1) Universal Serial Obligation Fund 2) Universal Service Obligation Fund

3) Universal Serious Obligation Fund 4) Universal Stock Obligation Fund


Ques. :107 India was the worlds largest importer of arms last year and is trying hard to reverse this reali ty. India aims to procure _____per cent of defence supplies locall y in

a decade.

1) 25 2) 50

3) 75 4) 100


Ques. :108 The Project O-sint of Delhi poli ce is as sociated with which of the following?

1) Tracing the missing children2) Locating a place w ith the help of navigation

system

3) Open Source Intelligence4) Shaming criminals by publishing their

photographs and details on social sites


Ques. :109 Which of the following companies has been ranked on top among Indian firms in the recently release Fortune 500 list?

1) Reliance Industries 2) Tata Steel

3) Indian Oil 4) State Bank of India


Ques. :110 A high-level com mittee on m anufacturing chaired by the Prime Minister has s et the target to hike the steel production capacity of the country from current 120mt to

____m t by 2025.

1) 150 2) 200

3) 250 4) 3005) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. :111 Which of the following m ay be the poss ible fallout(s) when a li fe insurance policy is lapsed due to non-payment of the premiums ?

1) Death/accident benefit claim wi ll not be

available.2) Bonus (share of surplus of the insurer) will not

be available.

3) If lapsed before it acquires paid-up value, the

premium s paid to the ins urer are forfeited.

4) If lapsed within the firs t two years for a

conventional life policy, the income tax rebate

claimed earlier is disallowed and the deduction is

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added as income of the relevant year.

5) All the above Ans.) 5

Ques. :112 Which of the following companies has been ranked on top in the world in the recently released Fortune 500 list?

1) Walmart Stores 2) Exxon Mobil

3) Toyota Motors 4) Royal Dutch Shell


Ques. :113 Who among the following has been facilitated with the 2013 edition of prestigious Tagore Award?

1) Zubin Mehta 2) Lata Mangeskar

3) Late Maqbool Fida Hus ain 4) SH Raza


Ques. :114 The govt approved the Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) with an outlay of ____during the 12th Five Year Plan period ending March

2017 recently.

1) Rs 1,030 crore 2) Rs 1,150 crore

3) Rs 1,250 crore 4) Rs 1,580 crore


Ques. :115 Lajja Gauswam i is as sociated with which of the following games ? She clinched a silver medal in the game recently.

1) Archery 2) Shooting

3) Squash 4) Chess


Ques. :116 The first-ever national Aviation University of the Country, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, would come up at which of the following places?

1) Lucknow 2) Bhopal

3) Rae Bareli 4) Udaipur


Ques. :117 The Allahabad High Court s tayed with imm ediate effect which of the following type of rallies throughout Uttar Pradesh recently?

1) Religion-based rallies 2) Region-based rallies

3) Cadre-based rallies 4) Caste-based rallies


Ques. :118 The AERB gave clearance for commencing controlled nuclear fiss ion at the stalled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tami l Nadu recently. What is

the full form of AERB?

1) Atomic Engineering Regulatory Board 2) Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

3) Atomic Es tablishm ent Regulatory Board 4) Atomic Entities Regulatory Board


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Ques. :119 The proposed price hike for the natural gas produced in India from Apr 2014 (from current $4.2 to $8.4 per mm btu) invited a wides pread opposition from all

quarters. Which of the following m ay be the positive outcome(s) of the decis ion?

1) It could help staunch declining domes tic

production and increase gas output as blocks

earlier declare unviable may become viable now.

2) It will attract investors to the oil and gas sector

in India w ith the opportunity of earning good

margins.

3) It will attract investors to the oil and gas sector

in India w ith the opportunity of earning good

margins.

4) All the above


Ques. :120 As per the recent landmark verdict of the Supreme Court, who among the following has/have been disquali fied from contesting elections to l egislative bodies?

1) A person who is in jail 2) A person who is in police custody

3) A person subjected to preventive detention

under any law4) All the above


Ques. :121 Which of the following countries has been ranked on first pos ition in the Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking of 2013? India is ranked at 64th position in it.

1) China 2) Singapore

3) Sweden 4) Switzerland


Ques. :122 The lawmakers of which of the following traditionally conservative country passed a groundbreaking law recently that allows abortion in lim ited cases?

1) Chile 2) Ireland

3) Norway 4) Indonesia


Ques. :123 India and which of the following countries are set to hold their second round of discuss ions on uranium sale s oon?

1) Australia 2) US

3) Japan 4) France5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. :124 Which of the following oil-rich gulf nations has offered three discovered oilfields to India on nomination bas is and has agreed to renegotiate an oil block that has

been pending since 2000?

1) Iran 2) Iraq

3) Kuwait 4) Jordan



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Ques. :125 Who among the following has been sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand recently?

1) Shibu Soren 2) Arjun Munda

3) Hemant Soren 4) Sudesh Mahto


Ques. :126 Which of the following s tate govts has announced interest-free loans to farmers up to Rs 2 lakh and at one per cent interest for loans between Rs 2 lakh and Rs

3 lakh recently in its budget?

1) Rajasthan 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka 4) Haryana5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. :127 Legendary actor Pran, loved and feared in equal meas ure by moviegoers for his roles, pas sed away recently at the age of 93. Which of the following was his firs t

film?

1) Zanjeer 2) Yamla Jat

3) Devdas 4) Ziddi

5) Naseeb Ans.) 2

Ques. :128 The United Nations has declared which of the following days as the Malala Day to recognise the bravery of Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai?

1) Jul 11 2) Jul 12

3) Jul 13 4) Jul 155) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. :129 In order to boost the capital base of RRBs, the govt decided to recapitalize 40 selected RRBs in 21 s tates on the recomm endation of a panel headed by RBI

Deputy Governor

1) KC Chakrabarty 2) Urjit R Patel

3) HR Khan 4) Anand Sinha


Ques. :130 A powerful typhoon, Soulik, hit which of the following countries recently?

1) Japan 2) US

3) Canada 4) Taiwan


Ques. :131 . The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), an independent body within the telecom department that subsidi ses telecom infrastructure in rural India, agreed

to provide a subs idy of _________to state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) recently.

1) Rs 1,150-crore 2) Rs 1,200-crore

3) Rs 1,350-crore 4) Rs 1,500-crore



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Ques. :132 Which of the following foreign banks has regained its pos ition as the m ost profitable foreign bank operating in India recently?

1) Citibank 2) Standard Chartered Bank

3) HSBC 4) BNP Paribas


Ques. :133 Anup Chetia, a wanted north-east militant, is all s et to be brought to India soon from which of the following countries where he is in jail s ince 1997?

1) Bangladesh 2) Myanmar

3) Bhutan 4) Sri Lanka


Ques. :134 Amar Bose, the founder and the chairman of the Massachus etts-based company Bose Corporation, died recently. Bose Corporation is a/an renowned

________com pany.

1) Security systems 2) Home appliances

3) Video-technology 4) Audio-technology


Ques. :135 Controversial busines sm an Ottavio Quattrocchi, who was a key figure in the Bofors payoffs scandal, died recently. He belonged to which of the following

countries?

1) Spain 2) UK

3) Italy 4) Sweden


Ques. :136 The Kundankulam nuclear power plant i n Tamil Nadu attained criticality recently. It is the country's first

1) Nuclear power plant with total capacity of 1,000

MW2) Pressuris ed water reactor

3) Nuclear power plant built with US assistance4) Nuclear power plant built with indigenous

technology


Ques. :137 The telegram s ervice in the country, the harbinger of good and bad news for generations, has been dis continued recently by BSNL. It remained in s ervice for

_____years .

1) 160 2) 161

3) 162 4) 163


Ques. :138 The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as the new head of which of the following United Nations bodies recently?

1) United Nations Women 2) UNESCO

3) UNICEF 4) International Labour Organisation (ILO)


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Ques. :139 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the parli amentary elections in Bhutan recently. These were the _____parliamentary elections in Bhutan.

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Fifth


Ques. :140 What are the stakes of the Centre, the sponsor banks and the state govts res pectively in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)?

1) 50 per cent, 35 per cent and 15 per cent 2) 50 per cent, 25 per cent and 25 per cent

3) 35 per cent, 30 per cent and 35 per cent 4) 35 per cent, 35 per cent and 30 per cent


Ques. :141 The Bastille Day parade, which was held in France recently, commem orates which of the following?

1) The beginning of democracy in the country2) Voting rights conferred to women for the firs t

time

3) The start of the French Revolution 4) French victory over Russia


Ques. :142 Santosh B Nayar has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of which of the following organis ations?

1) Food Corporation of India (FCI)2) Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited

(IFFCO)

3) Industrial Financial Corporation of India (IFCI)4) India Infrastructure Finance Com pany Limited

(IIFCL)


Ques. :143 Which of the following countries has overtaken USA as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil recently as per the news published in news papers?

1) India 2) China

3) France 4) Japan


Ques. :144 Who among the following has won the 19th edition of Comm onwealth Chess Champions hip title recently?

1) Tania Sachdev 2) Abhijeet Gupta

3) Krishnan Sasikiran 4) Parimarjan Negi


Ques. :145 The recently opened New Century Global Centre, being called the worlds largest s tandalone structure, is situated in which of the following countries?

1) UAE 2) US

3) Malaysia 4) China


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Ques. :146 Name the Japanese car maker which unveiled its low-cost car Go in India recently?

1) Suzuki 2) Toyota

3) Nissan 4) Mitsubishi


Ques. :147 The finance minis try has finalis ed who am ong the following to be the chief executive of Bhartiya Mahila Bank, which will launch its operations from November with

six branches?

1) Vijayalakshmi R Iyer 2) Usha Ananthasubramanian

3) Usha Thorat 4) Shyamala Gopinath


Ques. :148 The sale of the recently published book titled 'Cuckoo's Calling' shoot up after the name of its original writer came into media. Who is its original writer?

1) Edward Snowden 2) Salman Rushdie

3) JK Rowling 4) Lydia Davis


Ques. :149 Which of the following countries is in process to avail a m ass ive USD 5.4-bn loan package to revive its ailing econom y?

1) South Africa 2) Turkey3) Pakistan 4) Indonesia


Ques. :150 Kynan Chenai, who clinched a gold m edal in the Singapore Open Champions hips recently, is a ris ing Indian ______.

1) Golfer 2) Cueist

3) Shooter 4) Archer


Ques. :151 In which of the following countries a war crimes court sentenced Jamaat-e-Islam i leader Ghulam Azam to 90 years im prisonm ent recently?

1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan

3) Bangladesh 4) Indonesia


Ques. :152 In the recent revision of the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap, the civil aviation sector was left unchanged. What is the FDI cap in this s ector at present?





Q 1 3 Whi h f h f ll i i i b l i I di l b d 100 f i i i i US l ?

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Ques. :153 Which of the following communi ties belonging to India celebrated 100 years of its imm igration to US recently?

1) Jain 2) Sikh

3) Sindhi 4) Gujarati


Ques. :154 Expand the term NCCC.

1) National Comm unication Coordination Centre 2) National Cyber Censor Centre

3) National Communication Censor Centre 4) National Cyber Coordination Centre


Ques. :155 The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the drug price control order (DPCO) has reduced the prices of ___ drugs.

1) 254 2) 348

3) 424 4) 582


Ques. :156 Who among the following has authored the book titled The Dispens able Nation?

1) Bipin Chandra 2) Vali Nasr

3) Sachin Kundalkar 4) Ajay Navaria


Ques. :157 The Tungurahua volcano erupted recently in which of the following countries?

1) Italy 2) Argentina

3) Ecuador 4) Cameroon


Ques. :158 The Ngultrum i s the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Thailand 2) Maldives

3) Bhutan 4) South Korea

5) Malaysia Ans.) 3

Ques. :159 An individual in India cannot open an account in which of the following banks?

1) Regional Rural Banks 2) Foreign Banks

3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Scheduled Commercial Bank

5) Urban Cooperative Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. :160 Which of the following pairs of organisations and their heads is NOT correctly matched as of now?

1) World Bank Jim Yong Kim 2) IMF Julia Gillard

3) ADB Takehiko Nakao 4) WTO Pascal Lam y


5) ILO G R d A ) 2

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5) ILO Guy Ryder Ans.) 2

Ques. :161 Kaesong indus trial region is si tuated in which of the following countries?

1) North Korea 2) South Korea

3) Japan 4) China


Ques. :162 World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal has announced to s crap its USD 12-bn steel plant project in which of the following India s tates over inordinate delays,

problems in acquiring land and securing iron ore linkages?

1) Karnataka 2) Odisha3) Maharashtra 4) Jharkhand


Ques. :163 To help the crisis-ridden m utual funds sector tide over liquidity problems, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opened a s pecial borrowing window of

1) Rs 75,000-cr 2) Rs 55,000-cr

3) Rs 35,000-cr 4) Rs 25,000-cr


Ques. :164 The Nelson Mandela International Day is obs erved on which of the following days as declared by the UN General Assem bly?

1) Jul 11 2) Jul 12

3) Jul 15 4) Jul 18


Ques. :165 Examine the below given facts in the context of govts decision to form a mountain attack corps along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and identify the correct

statements:

1) The new Corps' will be headquartered at

Panagarh in West Bengal.2) Under the new corps, 1,00,000 troops will be

trained and deployed along the China border.

3) The new corps will be raised at the cost of

around Rs 65,000 crore.4) All the above


Ques. :166 Upholding provisions of the Juvenile Act, the Supreme Court, recently, turned down a plea to reduce age of juvenile. What is the age below which one is declareda juvenile at present?

1) 21 years 2) 18 years

3) 16 years 4) 14 years


Ques. :167 The govt of India has launched a nation-wide campaign called Tears you apart. It is aimed at controlling which of the following?

1) Sexually transmitted diseas es 2) Tobacco use


3) Littering at public places 4) Open defecation

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3) Littering at public places 4) Open defecation


Ques. :168 Which of the following statements i s/are correct?

1) In courier services, up to 100 per cent FDI

would now be all owed under automatic route.2) In credit information firms, up to 74 per cent FDI

would now be all owed under automatic route.

3) In multi-brand retail, up to 49 per cent FDI would

now be allowed under autom atic route.4) All the above


Ques. :169 Joe Biden, who visited India recently, is holding which of the following positions in the US at pres ent?

1) Secretary of state 2) Secretary of Senate

3) Governor of California 4) Vice President


Ques. :170 The govt will prom ulgate an ordinance to empower the Sebi, the capital markets regulator, to directly go for search and s eizure operations on errant listed

companies . Currently, Sebi can do this

1) After approval from the chief metropolitan

magistrate2) After approval from the Ministry of Finance

3) After approval from the Registrar of Com panies 4) After approval from the RBI governor


Ques. :171 Who among the following has been appointed as the next Delhi Police Comm iss ioner recently succeeding Neeraj Kumar?

1) Abhayanand 2) Bhimsen Bassi

3) Deo Raj Singh Nagar 4) Shriniwas Vashisht


Ques. :172 The South Korean steel major Posco has pulled out of its proposed Rs 30,000-cr steel project which was to be set up in

1) Odisha 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu


Ques. :173 Justice P Sathasivam has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee. He is ____CJI.

1) 30th 2) 32nd

3) 40th 4) 42nd


Ques. :174 The Supreme Court of India has quashed which of the following notifications publis hed by the Medical Council of India (MCI) recently?

1) Holding com mon entrance test for MBBS, BDS


and post-graduate courses 2) Accreditation given to 12 colleges in one do

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and post-graduate courses . 2) Accreditation given to 12 coll eges in one do.

3) Making it mandatory for post graduate as pirants

to serve in rural areas.

4) Mandatory examination for those studied from

abroad.


Ques. :175 In which of the following states, 27 children died and several were admitted in hos pital after they consum ed the mid-day meal at their school?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Bihar

3) Andhra Prades h 4) Haryana


Ques. :176 Deepika Kumari and Lais hram Bombayla Devi represent India in which of the following games ?

1) Boxing 2) Shooting

3) Archery 4) Weightlifting


Ques. :177 The Hockey India has announced to appoint former South Africa player Dave Staniforth as ___________ of the Indian s enior and junior men's team s.

1) Physiologist 2) Assistant coach

3) Senior coach 4) Goalkeeping coach


Ques. :178 The two-day G20 minis terial meeting was held in which of the following cities recently?

1) Moscow 2) London

3) Washington 4) Toronto


Ques. :179 Renowned Lyricist Vaali, who authored more than 15 thousand s ongs during his life-time, passed away recently. He wrote in which of the following languages?

1) Telugu 2) Tamil

3) Bengali 4) Oriya


Ques. :180 As announced by the govt, India aims to achieve 80 per cent literacy rate by

1) 2015 2) 2016

3) 2017 4) 2018


Ques. :181 Fulfilling the long pending demand of the people of Karnataka, as well as the State Govt, the Union Cabinet gave its approval for renaming Bengaluru

International Airport as _________recently.

1) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport 2) Kempegowda International Airport


3) Vasanth ShivashankarPadukone International

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3) Vasanth Shivashankar Padukone International

Airport4) Yashwant Vithoba Chittal International Airport


Ques. :182 Which of the following nations in not a mem ber of G20, a club of 20 developed and developing nations?

1) Saudi Arabia 2) Brazil

3) Canada 4) US


Ques. :183 The book titled The Hope Factory is authored by who among the following?

1) Bipin Chandra 2) Lavanya Sankaran

3) Sachin Kundalkar 4) Ajay Navaria


Ques. :184 The GSP is a program under which developing countries can receive preferential treatment for exports. What is the expanded form of GSP?

1) General System of Preference 2) Gradual System of Preferences

3) Geographical System of Preference 4) Generalized System of Preferences


Ques. :185 The US President Barack Obama has announced to appoint person of Indian origin (PIO) Nisha Desai Biswal as Ass istant Secretary of State for1) Europe 2) Africa

3) South and Central Asia 4) North and East Asia


Ques. :186 Which of the following leading indus trial cities bas ed in US has filed for bankruptcy recently?

1) Los Angeles 2) Chicago

3) Detroit 4) Houston


Ques. :187 The central bank of China announced recently to scrap the floor on lending rates and allowed financial ins titutions (for the first time) to set rates thems elves.

Which of the following is the central bank of China?

1) The Central Bank of China 2) The Peoples Bank of China

3) The Peoples Res erve Bank of China 4) The Red Res erve of China


Ques. :188 Pradeep Sangwan, who failed a random dope test and is found guilty of consuming banned drugs , played for which of the following franchisees of IPL during its

sixth edition? He is only the second cricketer in the history of IPL to have been found guilty.

1) Kolkata Knight Rider 2) Delhi Daredevils


3) Rajasthan Royals 4) Mumbai Indians

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Ques. :189 Bowing to pressure from international lenders, which of the following countries moved to put more than 25,000 state workers on notice for dismiss al by the end

of the year recently?

1) Spain 2) Turkey

3) Greece 4) Cuba


Ques. :190 Which of the following statements i s correct about a recent legislation in Britain?1) It has legalised gay marriage 2) It has introduced a new l iberal asylum pol icy.

3) It has given the most favoured nation (MFN)

status to Pakistan.4) It has exempted India of visa fee imposed on

five nations including India recently.


Ques. :191 The Supreme Court recently quashed the notification publis hed by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct NEET. What does NEET s tands for?

1) National Eligibi lity-cum-Entrance Test 2) National Enhanced Eligibili ty Test

3) National Efficiency-cum-Entrance Test 4) National Eligibility-cum-Efficiency Test


Ques. :192 The finance ministers of BRICS member countries m et as a follow up of the Durban Summ it in which of the following cities recently?

1) Moscow 2) New Delhi

3) Beijing 4) Braslia


Ques. :193 The world number three Deepika Kumari cam e up with a stunning effort to lead India to a commanding win over which of the following countries in Womens

Recurve Team Final at Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia?

1) Japan 2) China

3) South Korea 4) Thailand


Ques. :194 Which of the following s tatements is /are correct about the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of India in the context of sale of acid over-the-counter?

1) There will be total ban on the sale.2) It will be sold only to those individuals who

come with a guarantor.

3) It will be sold only to those individuals who

come wi th an identity proof.

4) It will be s old only to the individuals above 45

years of age.


Ques. :195 Prince Philippe ascended the throne after the abdication of his father Albert II recently in which of the following countries?


1) Spain 2) Greece

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3) Belgium 4) Argentina


Ques. :196 The fast rising Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja clinched its firs t ever ATP tour level title defeating which of the following pairs in the sum mit clas h of the

Claro Open?

1) A Peya and B Soares 2) Edouard Roger-Vass elin and Igor Sijsling

3) Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 4) Bob and Mike Bryan


Ques. :197 As per the recent announcement made by the Human Res ources Development Minister M M Pallam Raju, the model schools which are being set up wi th a view

to provide quality secondary education, will be operational from the academic s ess ion

1) 2013-14 2) 2014-15

3) 2015-16 4) 2016-17


Ques. :198 Who among the following is the Bhutan's Prime Minister-elect after the recent parliamentary elections held in the country?

1) Tshering Tobgay 2) Lyonpo Zangley Drukpa

3) Khandu Wangchuk 4) Jigme Thinley


Ques. :199 According to the data releas ed by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority recently, which of the following countries continued its reign as Sri Lankas

largest tourist market?

1) Britain 2) US

3) Germany 4) India


Ques. :200 Which of the following states in India is the largest producer of rice in the country?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Andhra Prades h

3) Tamil Nadu 4) West Bengal


Ques. :201 The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced to invest $5.1 billion (Rs 30,290 crore) in the next three years in its shale gas busines s in which of the following

countries?

1) India 2) China

3) US 4) Australia


Ques. :202 IDA is an international financial institution which offers concess ional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. It is a part of

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1) The first death due to this disease was

d d i J 2012 i S di A bi2) This disease is similar to SARS.

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recorded in Jun 2012 in Saudi Arabia.2) This disease is similar to SARS.

3) It shows flu-like symptoms but causes kidney

failure.4) All the above


Ques. :210 Satish Babu has been elected to the 2014 Nominating Comm ittee of the ICANN. What does ICANN stands for?

1) Internet Comm ittee for Ass igned Numbers and

Names

2) International Corporation for Assigned

Numbers and Names

3) International Com mittee for Ass igned Numbers

and Names4) Internet Corporation for Assigned Num bers and

Names


Ques. :211 According to the latest statistics released by Ministry of Tourism on tourism in India during the year 2012, which of the following s tates received highest num ber of

domestic tourists?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Tamil Nadu

3) Andhra Prades h 4) Jammu and Kashmir


Ques. :212 Expand the term RIDF.

1) Regional Infrastructure Development Fund 2) Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

3) Rural Industries Development Fund 4) Rural Industries Development Foundation


Ques. :213 As per the recent data released by the Planning Comm iss ion, poverty ratio in India has declined to _____in 2011-12.

1) 21.9 per cent 2) 33.2 per cent



Ques. :214 As per the recent news in media, unprecedented heat waves have killed 760 people so far in which of the following countries?

1) USA 2) Norway3) Russia 4) UK


Ques. :215 Name the Afghanistan's first and only female governor who has won prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for 2013.

1) Seng Raw 2) Habiba Sarabi

3) Safia Amajan 4) Hanifa Safi



Ques. :216 According to the latest survey by the Niels en, India has been ranked at which of the following pos itions in the Global Consum er Confidence Index?

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1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Fourth


Ques. :217 Who among the following has won the bes t actor award at the 14th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2013 held in Macau recently?

1) Ranbir Kapoor 2) Ranveer Singh

3) Manoj Bajpai 4) Irrfan Khan


Ques. :218 The 14th meeting of the Home Secretaries of India and which of the following countries was held i n New Delhi recently?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh

3) Pakistan 4) China


Ques. :219 Who among the following has authored the book titled Unclaimed Terrain?

1) Vandana Shiva 2) Sachin Garg

3) Ajay Navaria 4) Sachin Kundalkar


Ques. :220 Chinese navy conducted the largest-ever joint naval drills with which of the following countries in the Sea of Japan recently?

1) North Korea 2) Pakistan

3) Iran 4) Russia


Ques. :221 As per the news publis hed in newspapers recently, Indias bilateral trade with which of the following countries reached $4.4-bn in 2012 which was m erely $200-

mn in 1992?

1) Italy 2) Spain

3) Israel 4) Taiwan


Ques. :222 As per the latest data released by the Planning Com mis sion recently, the poverty ratio is highest in which of the following s tates?

1) Bihar 2) Arunachal Prades h

3) Manipur 4) Jharkhand

5) Chhattisgarh Ans.) 5

Ques. :223 The name George Alexander Louis was doing rounds in the international media recently. This name i s as sociated with who among the following?


1) The black boy killed by an officer in US which

caused countrywide protests2) The first royal king of UK.

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caused countrywide protests.

3) The baby boy born to Prince William and his

wife Kate Middleton in UK.

4) The Belgian king who abdicated in favour of his

son.


Ques. :224 Name the only Indian film to be selected at the upcoming Venice International Film Fes tival 2013?

1) Kush 2) Kahaani

3) Barfi 4) Paan Singh Tomar


Ques. :225 The pole vault queen and double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva has announced to retire after the World Athletics Cham pionships , which would take place

in August. She belongs to which of the following countries?

1) US 2) China

3) Russia 4) Uzbekistan


Ques. :226 The newly created Department of dis ability affairs, which will strive to meet the needs and welfare of disabled in the country, has been created in which of the

following ministries?

1) Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerm ent 2) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

3) Ministry of Human Resource Development 4) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. :227 Yves Le Drianis, who paid an official visit to India recently, is the defence minister of which of the following countries?

1) Germany 2) France

3) Israel 4) Canada


Ques. :228 In one of the largest recalls in the his tory of auto industry in India, which of the following companies recalled 1.l lakh vehicles of its multi-purpose vehicle brand?

1) Ford 2) General Motors

3) Suzuki 4) Mahindra and Mahindra


Ques. :229 Which of the following is NOT the name of a country?

1) Gabon 2) Benin

3) Anguilla 4) Pogo

5) Togo Ans.) 4

Ques. :230 Consider the following in the context of recent auction of players for the Indian Badminton League (IBL) and identify that which of the following pairs of players and


the franchisee is not correctly matched?

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1) Lee Chong Wei Mumbai Masters 2) Saina Nehwal Hyderabad Hotshots

3) Sai Praneeth Delhi Smashers 4) P Kashyap Banga Beats

5) Jwala Gutta Lucknow Warriors Ans.) 5

Ques. :231 In a bid to m ake sanitation for all a global development priority, the United Nations General Assem bly designated which of the following days as World Toilet

Day?

1) 14 Nov 2) 19 Nov

3) 21 Nov 4) 29 Nov


Ques. :232 After seven years of design and groundwork, India finally put into space Insat-3D satellite recently. It is an advanced _______satellite.

1) communication 2) weather

3) exploration 4) defence


Ques. :233 In which of the following countries, a widely reported train accident took place in which a s peeding train turned down while taking a turn killing 78 people and

injuring over 140?

1) UK 2) Canada

3) Spain 4) France


Ques. :234 President Pranab Mukherjee praised the Indian Statistical Institute for its exemplary contribution in research, teaching and application of s tatistics, natural and

social s ciences address ing the Council Members of the Institute recently. The institute is based in

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Kolkata 4) Chennai


Ques. :235 Indias K Jennitha Anto has become the World Chess Champion after winning the 13th IPCA World Womens Individual Ches s Cham pionships . Her victory came

in ____category.

1) Under-19 2) Disabled

3) Man vs Computer 4) Round-robin


Ques. :236 Geethu Anna Jose in one the countrys best players associated with which of the following gam es?

1) Basketball 2) Squash

3) Badminton 4) Tennis



Ques. :237 According to latest foreign di rect investment (FDI) figures released by the British govt recently, which of the following countries has emerged as the largest

investor in UK? India emerged as the fourth largest investor in UK

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investor in UK? India emerged as the fourth largest investor in UK.

1) US 2) Japan

3) Germany 4) France

5) Italy Ans.) 1

Ques. :238 Name India's biggest crude oil producing state which is in process to have its first oil refinery?

1) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra

3) West Bengal 4) Rajasthan


Ques. :239 Noted scientist Obaid Siddiqi, who died recently, was a pioneer in which of the following fields?

1) Physics 2) Biology

3) Chemistry 4) Mathematics


Ques. :240 Who among the following has w ritten the recently published book The Hungry Ghosts?

1) Harish Chandola 2) Shyam Selvadurai

3) AG Noorani 4) Manvendra Singh


Ques. :241 Dipu Moni came to India on a three-day visit recently. She is foreign mini ster of which of the following countries?

1) Myanmar 2) Thailand

3) Mauritius 4) Bangladesh


Ques. :242 Who among the following has becom e the first cricketer to hit 400 s ixes in an international career?

1) Shahid Afridi 2) Kevin Pietersen

3) Virat Kohli 4) Chris Gayle


Ques. :243 Who among the following has w ritten the novel titled Mad Girls Love Song?

1) Bhaichand Patel 2) Ketaki Sheth

3) Rukmini Bhaya Nair 4) Dipankar Gupta


Ques. :244 The Supreme Court directed all s tates to pay acid attack victims a new com pensation towards medical treatment and aftercare rehabilitation pointing out that the

compensation notified earlier was negligible. What is the new compens ation?


1) Rs 50,000 2) Rs 1 lakh

3) Rs 2 lakh 4) Rs 3 lakh

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3) Rs 2 lakh 4) Rs 3 lakh


Ques. :245 Continuing its victory streak, the Indian cricket team clinched the five-match ODI series against which of the following countries recently? It was Indias fourth ODI

series win in a row.

1) England 2) West Indies

3) Sri Lanka 4) Zimbabwe


Ques. :246 The Ministry of Finance has as ked all publi c sector banks to s et up ATMs in all branches by _______to enable cus tomers in rural pockets to do banking round-

the-clock.

1) Mar, 2013 2) Sep, 2013

3) Mar, 2014 4) Sep, 2014


Ques. :247 The sus pected Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmad was convicted for killing a police inspector and ass aulting other cops recently. He has been

convicted in which of the following cases?

1) Best Bakery case 2) Batla House encounter

3) Bangalore bomb blast 4) Mumbai bomb blast


Ques. :248 After Malayalam, Oriya is soon to get the s tatus of class ical language. Which of the following languages in NOT among the five declared classi cal languages till

now?

1) Kannada 2) Telugu

3) Marathi 4) Tamil

5) Sanskrit Ans.) 3

Ques. :249 The WHO FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of World Health Organisation (WHO). What is the expanded form of FCTC?

1) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2) Forward Convention on Tobacco Control

3) Foundational Convention on Tobacco Control 4) First Convention on Tobacco Control


Ques. :250 India produced record 18.45 million tonnes of puls es in the crop year of 2012-13. Which of the following s tates is the largest producer of pulses in the country at

present?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan

3) Andhra Prades h 4) Gujarat



Ques. :251 Publicis Groupe SA and Omnicom Group Inc have agreed to merge in an all -stock deal to create the world's largest _____company recently, toppling market

leader WPP Plc.

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1) investment 2) advertising

3) internet 4) retail


Ques. :252 Defending champions India will take on arch-foes Pakistan in their opening match of the ICC cricket World Cup to be played in 2015 which wi ll be hos ted by

1) West Indies 2) Australia and New Zealand jointly

3) England 4) India and Sri Lanka jointly


Ques. :253 Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak award for 2013?

1) Amartya Sen 2) Jagdish Bhagwati

3) Kiran Bedi 4) E Sreedharan


Ques. :254 Name the India-born nominee of ruling PML-N party of Pakistan, who is set to become the 12th President succeeding incum bent Asif Ali Zardari.

1) Khursheed Alam 2) Raza Rabbani

3) Wajihuddin Ahmed 4) Mamnoon Hussain


Ques. :255 The Israeli Cabinet has voted in favor of which of the following to give a push to the Middle East peace process recently?

1) To cut its troops on the Palestinian border 2) To release 104 Palestinian prisoners

3) To recognise the new govt of Palestine 4) To provide financial ass istance to Palestine


Ques. :256 The breaststroke specialist Ruta Meilutyte became the first swim mer to break a world record winning the 100 m etres in one m inute 04.35 seconds at the 15th

FINA World Champions hips recently. She belongs to which of the following countries?

1) Lithuania 2) Estonia

3) Latvia 4) China

5) Russia Ans.) 1

Ques. :257 Who among the following has won the Hungarian Grand Prix recently?

1) Mark Webber 2) Lewis Hamilton

3) Fernando Alonso 4) Sebastian Vettel


Ques. :258 The name of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar, Durga Shakti Nagpal, was in news recently for which of the following reasons ?


1) Being sus pended by the Uttar Pradesh s tate

govt.2) Ordering demolition of a makeshift temple in

the dis trict.

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3) Allegedly being killed by her husband.4) Her harsh steps against drug peddlers in the

district.


Ques. :259 The Global Tiger Day is obs erved on which of the following days?

1) Jul 12 2) Jul 18

3) Jul 29 4) Jul 30


Ques. :260 In a bid to further curb the import of the metal, the Govt has ordered that for gold exports from SEZs, ___per cent value addition is mus t.

1) 1 2) 2

3) 3 4) 5


Ques. :261 Who among the following is set to become the first woman m anaging director at the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India in its near s ix decades of

existence?

1) Kishori J Udeshi 2) Usha Thorat

3) Shyamala Gopinath 4) Usha Sangwan


Ques. :262 Who among the following was the first woman deputy governor of the Res erve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) Kishori J Udeshi 2) Usha Thorat

3) Shyamala Gopinath 4) Usha Sangwan


Ques. :263 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its recent policy review, has lowered the growth projection for the current fiscal to what per cent and as ked the govt to

undertake policy meas ures to im prove investment climate?




Ques. :264 The ruling UPA coalition unanim ously decided to create Telangana s tate out of Andhra Pradesh clearing the deck for the new state. When created, Telangana will

be ____state of India.

1) 28th 2) 29th

3) 30th 4) 31st



Ques. :265 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

1) SC Sinha 2) Sharad Kumar

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1) SC Sinha 2) Sharad Kumar

3) KK Paul 4) Sujata Singh


Ques. :266 Name the chief executive officer of Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) who resigned from the post recently to press for a s eparate Gorkhaland.

1) Vikramjit Sen 2) Madan Tamang

3) Bimal Gurung 4) Deep Thapa


Ques. :267 India beat which of the following nations 1-0 to lift the South Asian Football Federation Under-16 Cham pionships title recently?

1) Pakistan 2) Nepal

3) Malaysia 4) Bangladesh


Ques. :268 The govt has propos ed to raise __________by way of disinvestment in the current fiscal.

1) Rs 10,000 cr 2) Rs 20,000 cr

3) Rs 30,000 cr 4) Rs 40,000 cr


Ques. :269 Who among the following has w ritten the book titled The Infatuations?

1) Shyam Selvadurai 2) Javier Marias

3) Raza Rumi 4) Devdutt Pattanaik

5) Rukmini Bhaya Nair Ans.) 2

Ques. :270 In a move to help transgenders and bring them into the social mains tream, which of the following state govts has announced a new schem e called Mythri?

1) Gujarat 2) Madhya Prasesh

3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu


Ques. :271 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has filed paperwork to run for a Senate seat in which of the following countries?1) Equador 2) UK

3) Australia 4) Chile


Ques. :272 Indian envoy VP Haran met Bhutans new Prim e Minister Tshering Tobgay recently to convey him the m ess age of res toring the supply of ______to his country

from Aug 1.

1) Fuel 2) Foodgrains


3) Machinery 4) Arms


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Ques. :273 The US Senate approved James Comey as new director of which of the following?

1) FBI 2) CIA

3) Federal Res erve 4) USAID


Ques. :274 Taliban backed mil itants stormed into the prison at Dera Is mail Khan city freeing over 250 prisoners recently in which of the following countries?

1) Iraq 2) Pakistan3) Afghanistan 4) Iran


Ques. :275 Name the legendary woman tennis player who was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame recently?

1) Venus Williams 2) Steffi Graf

3) Martina Navratilova 4) Martina Hingis


Ques. :276 The Formula One management has dropped which of the following countries from its 2014 s chedule? The US (New Jersey) and Russia (Sochi) are set to hos t

their maiden races in 2014.

1) India 2) Austria3) Hungry 4) Germany


Ques. :277 Who among the following has been selected to be honoured with the pres tigious Raji v Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award for his contribution towards

promotion of communal harmony and peace?

1) Alla Rakha 2) Hariprasad Chaurasia

3) Amjad Ali Khan 4) Shivkumar Sharm a

5) Ustad Zakir Hussain Ans.) 3

Ques. :278 The sus pected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Shahzad Ahmed, convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, has been sentenced by a Delhi court to

1) death 2) life imprisonment

3) 10-year imprisonment 4) 5-year imprisonment


Ques. :279 Which of the following Internet giants has launched Start Searching India ca

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