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Ques.:1NobellaureateGabrielGarciaMarquezdiedrecentlyat87.Hewasanoted
1)author
2)economist
3)physicist
4)chemist
Answer:1)author
5)biologist
Ques.:2WhatistheinitialminimumdepositrequirementwhileopeningaBasicSavingsBankDepositAccount(BSBDA)withabankas
perthecirculardatedAug22,2012inthisregard?
1)Rs200
2)Rs500
3)Rs700
4)Rs1000
5)Norequirementforanyinitial
Answer:5)Norequirementforanyinitialdeposit
deposit
Ques.:3Whichdayiscelebratedasworldheritageday?
1)7Apr
2)10Apr
3)14Apr
4)18Apr
Answer:4)18Apr
5)21Apr
Ques.:4ExpandthetermSEDF.
1)SmallEnterpriseDevelopment
Fund
3)SmallEnterpriseDepartmental
Fund
5)SmallEnterpriseDevelopment
Forum

2)SmallEstablishmentDevelopment
Fund
4)SmallEnterpriseDedicatedFund
Answer:1)SmallEnterpriseDevelopmentFund

Ques.:5TheFullElectionCommissioncomprisesChiefElectionCommissionerandtwoCommissioners.Atpresent,VSSampathisthe
CECwhilethetwoCommissionersare
1)HSBrahmaandSYQuraishi
2)NasimZaidiandSYQuraishi
3)NasimZaidiandHSBrahma
4)HSBrahmaandKGBalakrishnan
Answer:3)NasimZaidiandHSBrahma
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:6AbdelazizBouteflikawonthePresidencyforthefourthtimeinarowinwhichofthefollowingcountriesrecently?
1)Morocco
2)Tunisia
3)Algeria
4)Tanzania
Answer:3)Algeria
5)Zambia
Ques.:7Inarecentglobalstudy,fifteenIndianbirdspeciesareidentifiedasevolutionarilydistinctandgloballyendangered(EDGE).
Whichofthefollowingis/areincludedinthesefifteenspecies?
1)BengalFlorican
2)GreatIndianBustard
3)Jerdon'sCourser
4)SpoonbilledSandpiper
Answer:5)Alltheabove
5)Alltheabove
Ques.:8NASA'sroboticexplorerLADEEsannihilationoccurredasplannedrecently.Thisexplorerwassenttowhichofthefollowing
celestialbodies?
1)Mars
2)Moon
3)Titan
4)Venus
Answer:2)Moon
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:9Whoamongthefollowinghaswonthe2014AsianawardforoutstandingachievementinsportspresentedinLondonrecently?
1)ShikharDhawan
2)RohitSharma
3)YuvrajSingh
4)MSDhoni
5)ViratKohli

Answer:4)MSDhoni

Ques.:10The61stNationalFilmawardswereannouncedrecently.WhichofthefollowingfilmshaswontheawardofBestHindiFilm?
1)JollyLLB
2)Shahid
3)Liar'sDice
4)BhaagMilkhaBhaag
Answer:1)JollyLLB
5)MadrasCafe
Ques.:11Bluefin21completeditsseventhmissionrecently.ItaUSmadeAUVdeployedinwhichofthefollowingmissions?
1)Locatingdebrisofthemissing
2)Verifyingtheexistenceofthefirst
Malaysianaircraft.
earthsizeplanet.
3)Tracingexistenceofliquidwaterat
4)Tracingexistenceoflifeatmars.
moon.
Answer:1)LocatingdebrisofthemissingMalaysianaircraft.
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:12Withrespecttoloans,atimeperiodduringtheloantermwhentheborrowerisnotrequiredtomakeanyrepayment,istermed
as
1)provisioning
2)moratorium
3)sanction
4)limitation
Answer:2)moratorium
5)probation
Ques.:13ThegovthasdecidedtocontinuewiththeexportsubsidyonrawsugarshipmentsfortheAprMayperiod.Inordertohelpthe
cashstarvedindustrytopayarrearstosugarcanefarmers,CCEAhadapprovedtheincentivefortwoyearswhichis
1)Rs1,300pertonne
2)Rs2,300pertonne
3)Rs3,300pertonne
4)Rs3,700pertonne
Answer:3)Rs3,300pertonne
5)Rs4,300pertonne

Ques.:14Whoamongthefollowinghaswontheinaugural10,000USDollarRichmondOpensquashchampionshiptitleheldinthe
UnitedStatesrecently?
1)RachaelGrinham
2)DipikaPallikal
3)JoshanaChinappa
4)AnnieAu
Answer:3)JoshanaChinappa
5)DeliaArnold
Ques.:15ThetwoweeklongjointmilitaryexercisePeaceAngel2014washeldbetweenwithofthefollowingpairsofcountries
recently?
1)PakistanIran
2)PakistanAfghanistan
3)USAfghanistan
4)ChinaPakistan
Answer:4)ChinaPakistan
5)RussiaIran
Ques.:16AsperthelatestdataavailablewithSEBI,investorspumpedinatotalofnearly_______invariousmutualfundschemes
duringthe201314financialyear.
1)Rs45,000cr
2)Rs48,000cr
3)Rs51,000cr
4)Rs54,000cr
Answer:4)Rs54,000cr
5)Rs60,000cr
Ques.:17Cashturnoveronthenation'sthreestockexchangesrose2.59percenttoRs33.41lakhcrin201314fromayearearlier.
Whichofthefollowingarethethreefullfledgedbourses?
1)NSE,DSEandCSE
2)NSE,BSEandMCXSX
3)NSE,BSEandDSE
4)NSE,BSEandCSE
Answer:2)NSE,BSEandMCXSX
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:18WhoamongthefollowinghaswontheFormulaOneChineseGrandPrixrecently?
1)SebastianVettel
2)DanielRicciardo
3)FernandoAlonso
4)NicoRosberg
5)LewisHamilton

Answer:5)LewisHamilton

Ques.:19ThetendayjointAirexerciseGaruda5isscheduledtotakeplaceinJunbetweenIndiaandwhichofthefollowingcountries
aimedattrainingthepilotsandcrewofthetwocountriesinairsuperiorityoperations?
1)Germany
2)France
3)UK
4)US
Answer:2)France
5)Japan
Ques.:20LeadingfertilisercooperativeIFFCOannouncedthatitssubsidiaryhasreceivedpermissionfromaprovincialgovtofwhichof
thefollowingcountriestosetupa$1.6bnureaplantrecently?
1)Canada
2)Spain
3)Hungary
4)Poland
Answer:1)Canada
5)Mexico
Ques.:21NametheEarthsizedplanetdiscoveredbytheUSspaceagencyNASAwhichis490lightyearsawayandmaysustainlife?
1)Kepler10b
2)Kepler11c
3)Kepler11f
4)Kepler186f
Answer:4)Kepler186f
5)Kepler187b
Ques.:22WhatisSpaceX?Itwasinnewsrecently.
1)AninternationalSpaceStation
2)Amysteriousalienvehicle.
3)Aprivatespaceagencybasedin
4)Anewlydiscoveredearthlike
California.
planet.
Answer:3)AprivatespaceagencybasedinCalifornia.
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:23WhichofthefollowingteamshaswontheinauguralILeaguefootballchampionshipsrecently?
1)DempoSportsClub
2)BengaluruFC
3)MohunBagan
4)MohammedanSC
Answer:2)BengaluruFC
5)ChurchillBrothers
Ques.:24TheSupremeCourtallowedironoremininginGoa,liftingabanimposedabout18monthsago,butplacedacapof
_________onannualproductionfromthesemines.
1)10milliontonnes
2)15milliontonnes
3)20milliontonnes
4)25milliontonnes
Answer:3)20milliontonnes
5)30milliontonnes
Ques.:25NamethenotedeconomistwhohasbeenappointedprincipaleconomicadvisorintheUnionfinanceministryrecently?
1)IlaPatnaik
2)IsherJudgeAhluwalia
3)ShankarAcharya
4)EswarPrasad
Answer:1)IlaPatnaik
5)RajaMohan
Ques.:26WhoistheauthorofthebooktitledIndiaatTurningPoint:TheRoadtoGoodGovernance?
1)RamJethmalani
2)PradipKrishen
3)SlBhyrappa
4)TSRSubramanian
Answer:4)TSRSubramanian
5)AnitaNair
Ques.:27Intheprivatesectorbanks,increasingforeignshareholdingbeyond49percent,upto74percent,needstheapprovalof
whichofthefollowing?
1)RBI
2)FIPB
3)IBA
4)BoththeRBIandFIPB
Answer:4)BoththeRBIandFIPB
5)Noneoftheabive

Ques.:28EarthDayiscelebratedon
1)21Apr
3)23Apr
5)25Apr

2)22Apr
4)24Apr
Answer:2)22Apr

Ques.:29TheprestigiousmagazineWisdenhaschosenwhichofthefollowingamongitsfivecricketersoftheyearrecently?
1)ShikharDhawan
2)SureshRaina
3)ViratKohli
4)RavindraJadeja
Answer:1)ShikharDhawan
5)RohitSharma
Ques.:30WhichofthefollowingcountrieshasbecomeAfrica'sbiggesteconomyrecently?
1)SouthAfrica
2)Nigeria
3)Cameroon
4)Ghana
Answer:2)Nigeria
5)CentralAfricanRepublic
Ques.:31WisdenreleasedtheCricketersoftheYear2014listrecently.WhoamongthefollowingisNOTincludedinthelist?
1)AngeloMathews
2)JoeRoot
3)CharlotteEdwards
4)RyanHarris
Answer:1)AngeloMathews
5)ChrisRogers
Ques.:32RetirementfundbodyEPFOhasdecidedtofacilitateallpaymentstoitsbeneficiariesthroughelectronicmodefromSep2014
includingemployershavingbankaccountinanybankbeingabletopayPFduesonline.Tillnow,employershavingbankaccountin_____
canpayPFduesonline.
1)BankofIndia
2)StateBankofIndia
3)CentralBankofIndia
4)PunjabNationalBank
Answer:2)StateBankofIndia
5)CanaraBank
Ques.:33AsrevealedbytheASSOCHAMofIndia,whichofthefollowingstateshasrecordedhighestgrowthintermsofmilkproduction
(over41percent)duringtheperiod200610?
1)MadhyaPradesh
2)Gujarat
3)AndhraPradesh
4)UttarPradesh
Answer:3)AndhraPradesh
5)Haryana
Ques.:34Inspiteofacceptingdepositsandgivingloans,theoperationofwhichofthefollowingentitiesdonotcomeunderthepurview
oftheRBIasofnow?
1)RegionalRuralBanks
2)Cooperativecreditsocieties
3)Paymentbanks
4)NonBankingFinanceCompanies
Answer:2)Cooperativecreditsocieties
5)Developmentbanks
Ques.:35TheSupremeCourtrappedthecentralgovtfornotdisclosinginformationaboutnamesandbankaccountdetailsofeighteen
IndianswhohadstashedtheirwealthintheLGTbankofLiechtensteinreceivedfrom________govt.
1)US
2)Swiss
3)German
4)Austrian
Answer:3)German
5)Mauritius
Ques.:36WhichofthefollowingglobalpharmamajorshasagreedtoacquireGlaxoSmithKlinescancerdrugsportfolioforUSD16bn
andsellitsvaccinesbusinessinreturnforUSD7.1bn?
1)Ranbaxy
2)ReckittBenckiser
3)Cipla
4)Novartis
Answer:4)Novartis
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:37Underdeficitfinancing,whichisawayoffundingofspendingbyborrowing,thegovtborrowsfromwhichofthefollowing
sources?
1)WorldBank
2)IMF
3)RBI
5)Noneofthese

4)Goldloanproviders
Answer:3)RBI

Ques.:38WhatistheexpandedformofMSS?Itisaschemelaunchedbythegovt.
1)MarketStrengtheningScheme
2)MarketStabilisationScheme
3)MarketSustainabilityScheme
4)MarketSupervisionScheme
Answer:2)MarketStabilisationScheme
5)MarketSupportScheme
Ques.:39TheFIHmenshockeyWorldCup2014isscheduledtobeheldinwhichofthefollowingcitiesfromMay31toJun15?
1)Hague
2)RiodeJaneiro
3)Perth
4)Seoul
Answer:1)Hague
5)Wellington
Ques.:40WhatisPalcohol?ThisconsumableitemmadenewsrecentlyasithasbeenapprovedintheUSandmaybeavailableto
customerslaterthisyear.
1)Ateavarietywithhighnicotine
2)Amilkproductwithalcoholcontent
content
3)Dryalcoholspeciallyforchildren
4)Powderedalcohol
Answer:4)Powderedalcohol
5)Noneofthese
Ques.:41TheGovtofIndiahasauthorisedtheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)toissuedebtinstrumentsuptoaceilingof_______under
themarketstabilisationscheme(MSS)forthefiscal201415.
1)Rs20,000cr
2)Rs30,000cr
3)Rs40,000cr
4)Rs50,000cr
Answer:4)Rs50,000cr
5)Rs60,000cr

Ques.:42WhichofthefollowingstatesisthelargestmilkproducingstateinIndiaasofnow?
1)UttarPradesh
2)AndhraPradesh
3)Rajasthan
4)Gujarat
Answer:1)UttarPradesh
5)Punjab
Ques.:43RetirementfundbodyEPFOwillprovidepermanentoruniversalaccountnumbers(UAN)onthepatternofcorebanking
servicestoitsoverfivecroreactivesubscribersby_____thisyear.
1)Oct15
2)Oct31
3)Nov15
4)Nov31
Answer:1)Oct15
5)Dec15
Ques.:44Whichofthefollowingcountriesexpandeditsarmyfootprintforfirsttimein40yearstoYonaguniislandsrecently?
1)SouthKorea
2)NorthKorea
3)Japan
4)China
Answer:3)Japan
5)Philippines
Ques.:45Whichofthefollowingcountrieshaswithdrewasthehostof2019AsianGamescitingfinancialproblemsrecently?
1)Vietnam
2)Philippines
3)Bangladesh
4)Thailand
Answer:1)Vietnam
5)Indonesia
Ques.:46Whichofthefollowingcarmodelshasbeennamed2014worldcaroftheyear?
1)AudiA6
2)AudiA3
3)BMW3Series
4)MercedesBClass
Answer:2)AudiA3
5)VolvoS60
Ques.:47WhichofthefollowingisthetopexportdestinationforIndia'smangoesaccountingforover61percentshareintotalexports?
1)SaudiArabia
3)UAE
5)France

2)UK
4)US
Answer:3)UAE

Ques.:48InsuranceregulatorIrdahadearmarkedwhichofthefollowingdatesasInsuranceDay?Irdacameintoexistenceonthisday
in2000.
1)Apr12
2)Apr16
3)Apr17
4)Apr19
Answer:4)Apr19
5)Apr21
Ques.:49AspertheprovisioninthenewCompaniesAct,NonBankingFinancecompanies(NBFCs)havetomaintainwhatpercentof
themoniesinlowinterestsecuritiesorSLRbackedinstruments?
1)5percent
2)10percent
3)15percent
4)20percent
Answer:3)15percent
5)25percent
Ques.:50WhoamongthefollowinghasbeennamedChefdeMissionofIndia'sCWGcontingentforthegamestobeheldinGlasgowin
JulAug?
1)KMurugan
2)SReghunathan
3)RajaKSidhu
4)RajSingh
Answer:4)RajSingh
5)Noneofthese

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