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Ques. :1 As the govt has paved the way for the foreign universities to open campus es in India, which of the following conditions have been impos ed for the same?

1)To qualify for setting up campuses in India,

foreign varsities s hould figure in top 400 globaluniversities rankings by various agencies .

2)These universities are required to maintain aminimum corpus of Rs 25 crore.

3)Under the non-repatriation claus e, foreign

varsities cannot remit surplus es from Indian

operation to parent country.4)All the above

5)None of the above Ans.)4

Ques. :2 Which of the following domestic auto makers of India forayed into Indonesia with its wholly-owned subsidiary in an attempt to grow its overseas m arkets?

1)Mahindra and Mahindra 2)Tata Motors

3)Force Motors 4)Ashok Leyland

5)None of these Ans.)2

Ques. :3 Which of the following banks overtook State Bank of India (SBI) in terms of m arket capitalisation to become the country's second-m ost valuable bank recently?

1)HDFC Bank 2)ICICI Bank

3)Axis Bank 4)Canara Bank

5)Bank of Baroda Ans.)2

Ques. :4 The Union Health Ministry has decided to expand the NPCDCS programme to all dis tricts of country in 12th Plan. This programm e aims at preventing which of the

following dis eases?

1)Cancer 2)Diabetes

3)Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke 4)All the above

5)Only 1) and 3) Ans.)4

Ques. :5 India extended USD144mn line of credit to which of the following countries for development of power transmiss ion and distribution projects and reduce the gap of

power s hortage in the country?

1)Serbia 2)Estonia

3)Bolivia 4)Liberia


Ques. :6 Who among the following was conferred the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmam ent and Development recently?

1)Tawakel Karman 2)Tawakel Karman

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3)Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 4)Leymah Gbowee


Ques. :7 Under the Basic Savings Bank Depos it Account (BSBDA) schem e of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), any individual, including those from weaker s ection of the

society, can open zero balance account in which of the following banks?

1)Public s ector banks 2)Private sector banks

3)Foreign banks operating in India 4)All the above


Ques. :8 To avoid the US mili tary intervention, Syria agreed for which of the following proposed by Russia?

1)To allow US to acquire and destroy its chemical

weapons stocks.

2)To place its chemical weapons s tocks under

international control.

3)To reduce its chemical weapons stocks to

minimum possible level.4)Not to use chemical weapons agains t the

rebels further.


Ques. :9 The Union Health Ministry has roped in who among the following as the brand ambass ador for its tobacco control programme?

1)Rahul D ravid 2)Sachin Tendulkar

3)Yuvraj Singh 4)Virat Kohli


Ques. :10 Consider the following statements with respect to India's Mars mis sion to be launched in Oct-Nov 2013 and choose the correct statement(s):

1)It is Indias very first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter

mission.

2)The mis sion wi ll explore Mars s urface for

methane that will reveal any traces of l ife in the red

planet.

3)The spacecraft will take nine m onths to reach

Mars, situated around 280 million kilom eters away

from Earth and it will take the ground centres 40

minutes to receive and send signals to the

spacecraft.

4)Only 2) and 3)

5)All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.)5

Ques. :11 A committee headed by M Damodaran, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), submitted its recomm endations recently. The

Comm ittee was set up to look into which of the following issues ?

1)Banking Cus tomer Service 2)Security of online transactions

3)New bank licences 4)Regulation of m icrofinance institutions


Ques. :12 The govt has approved a proposal to invest in World Bank bonds which will help India get additional funding for infrastructure projects. What amount will India

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invest in the bonds?

1)USD 3.2 bn 2)USD 4.3 bn

3)USD 6.8 bn 4)USD 11.3 bn


Ques. :13 After the successful initial publi c offering (IPO) by Facebook, which of the following social networking sites has decide to go public with its IPO recently?

1)WorldFloat 2)Myspace

3)Renren 4)Twitter


Ques. :14 The govt, under the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS), provides incentives to the com panies investing in which of the following indus tries?

1)Sipping 2)Electronics

3)Renewable Energy 4)Agriculture


Ques. :15 Consider the following s tatements in the context of long-awaited decision by the US administration for conditional authorisation to export domes tically produced

LNG and choose the correct statement(s):

1)The US has granted conditional authorisation to

export domestically produced LNG to countries

that do not have Free Trade Agreement withAmerica.

2)The exports have been permitted from a

terminal, where India's GAIL has a m ajor stake.

3)The comm encement of supply is expected to

start from 2017-18. 4)All the above


Ques. :16 The First Sree Narayana Guru Global Secular and Peace Award 2013 was conferred to who among the following?

1)Oommen Chandy 2)Shashi Tharoor

3)Jayalalithaa Jayaram 4)N Chandrababu Naidu


Ques. :17 Who among the following has been elected as the Regional Di rector of World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Region (SEAR)? India occupied the post aftera gap of 44 years.

1)C Mani 2)Poonam Khetarpal Singh

3)PK Pradhan 4)Sharat Chauhan


Ques. :18 The international day for preservation of Ozone layer is observed on which of the following dates? It commem orates the signing of the Montreal Protocol.

1)14 Sep 2)14 Oct

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3)14 Nov 4)14 Dec


Ques. :19 The Vice President Hamid Ansari released a book titled India and Malaysia : Interwined Strands recently. This book is authored by who among the following?

1)Nirupama Rao 2)Veena Sikri

3)Shivshankar Menon 4)Ranjan Mathai


Ques. :20 As per the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which of the following s tates has em erged as the top investment destination in India during

2012-13?

1)Karnataka 2)Gujarat

3)Maharashtra 4)Odisha


Ques. :21 The health ministers of the South-East Asian countries adopted the New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure at the 31st meeting of WHO-SEAR in New

Delhi recently. WHO-SEAR compris es ______m ember countries.

1)09 2)10

3)11 4)13


Ques. :22 In the biggest vehicle recall since the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) introduced a voluntary recall policy, which of the following automakers has

announced to recall 166,021 units of its hatchback and sedan?

1)General Motors 2)Tata Motors

3)Ford India 4)Renault


Ques. :23 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) allowed foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest directly in the debt market in India recently. What is the

investment limit for FIIs to invest in govt debt?

1)USD 10 bn 2)USD 20 bn



Ques. :24 The Central govt called a meeting of the National Integration Council (NIC) to discus s how to combat communali sm and casteism in the country in the present

scenario. Who among the following are the mem bers of the Council?

1)Chief Ministers of all States and Union

Territories

2)Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and

the Rajya Sabha

3)Union Ministers 4)All the above


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Ques. :25 The Sri Lankas Pres ident Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated the train service to Northern Province of the country which was destroyed 23 years ago. This project

was executed with full grant ass istance from which of the following countries?

1)US 2)Japan

3)China 4)India


Ques. :26 Examine the following with respect to ins urance repositories launched by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) recently and identify the

correct statement(s):

1)The insurance repository system i s the first ofits kind in the world.

2)The insurers will be allowed to enter intoagreements with one or more repositories.

3)The objective of creating an insurance

repository is to provide policyholders a facility to

keep insurance policies in electronic form.

4)All the above


Ques. :27 The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over keys of more than 8 thousand houses built for slum dwellers at Dhanas village of Union Territory of Chandigarh

recently. Fitted with all modern am enities, these hous ed have been built under

1)JNNURM 2)Bharat Nirman

3)Rajiv Awas Yojana 4)Indira Awaas Yojana


Ques. :28 After being found gui lty of spot-fixing during IPL 6, the tainted cricketers have been punis hed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Which of the

following is correctly matched in this regard?

1)S Sreesanth Life ban 2)Ankeet Chavan Life ban

3)Harmeet Singh Let off for lack of strong

evidence against him 4)Siddharth Trivedi One-year sus pension

5)All the above Ans.)5

Ques. :29 As announced by the Union health minis ter Ghulam Nabi Azad, the seventh AIIMS-like institute will come up at which of the following places?

1)Rae Bareilly 2)Indore

3)Cuttack 4)Raipur5)None of these Ans.)1

Ques. :30 Who among the following has authored the recently published book titled Fractured Times ?

1)Robert Galbraith 2)Eric Hobsbawm

3)Mark Leibovich 4)Reza Aslan


Ques. :31 The International Day of Democracy is obs erved on which of the following days internationally?

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1)15 Sep 2)16 Sep

3)17 Sep 4)18 Sep


Ques. :32 Which of the following countries is all set to become nuclear free as it started the process to switch off its last working nuclear reactor recently with no restart in

sight due to public hos tility towards atomic power?

1)Sweden 2)Japan

3)Norway 4)Germany


Ques. :33 Consider the following s tatements with respect to the nuclear-capable 'Agni-V' mis sile tested for second time recently and choose the correct statement(s):

1)It is the fifth and the last m iss ile under the Agni

series.

2)It is a three stage, solid propellant miss ile fitted

with new technologies in terms of navigation and

guidance, warhead and engine.

3)It is a surface-to-surface miss ile, which can

carry a nuclear warhead of more than one tonne

and is capable of striking a range of more than

5000 km.

4)All the above


Ques. :34 The Nai Duniya Awards for Excellence was presented by the Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari recently to outstanding media persons for their contributionin

1)Urdu Journalism 2)Hindi Journalism

3)Bengali Journalism 4)Oriya Journalism


Ques. :35 The union cabinet approved a proposal to invest $4.3 billion in bonds of IBRD, an arm of the World Bank. Expand the term IBRD.

1)International Bank for Reconciliation and

Development2)International Bank for Restructuring and

Development

3)International Bank for Renovation and

Development

4)International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development


Ques. :36 The International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: the Endgame for Tobacco was held at which of the following places recently?

1)Bangalore 2)Hyderabad

3)New Delhi 4)Kolkata


Ques. :37 According to a new research comm iss ioned by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, what portion of the food produced for human consumption in the world

is lost or wasted?

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1)Two-third 2)Half

3)One-third 4)One-fourth


Ques. :38 The Department of Telecomm unications (DoT) has formed a nine-member committee to examine the recommendations m ade by the Telecom Regulatory

Authority of India (Trai) on pricing of spectrum. Who is heading the Committee?

1)Sadhana Dixit 2)Nirmala Dev

3)SC Misra 4)Anil Kaushal


Ques. :39 During the recent visit of the foreign minister to which of the following countries India committed to provide all poss ible ass istance in the field of renewable energy

to the country?

1)Cambodia 2)Chile

3)Thailand 4)Portugal


Ques. :40 Who among the following has authored the book titled The Seagull and the Urn?

1)Subarno Chattarji 2)S Huss ain Zaidi

3)Shome Dasgupta 4)Amish Tripathi


Ques. :41 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened regulations governing non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) lending agains t gold jewellery. Which of the following

is correct in this regard?

1)Strict documentation for high value loans

against gold and prohibition of misleading

advertisements by NBFCs such as gold l oans in

2-3 minutes.

2)It has been made m andatory for NBFC to obtain

prior approval of the RBI to open branches

exceeding 1000.

3)The auction of the gold for non-payment of the

loan only after five years from the date of

commencem ent of loan and that also with the

written permission of debtor.

4)Only 1) and 2)


Ques. :42 Who among the following has topped the annual Forbes lis t of the 400 wealthiest Americans released recently?

1)Larry Page 2)Michael Dell

3)Mark Zuckerberg 4)Bill Gates

5)Warren Buffett Ans.)4

Ques. :43 Which of the following Bollywood actors has been conferred the 'Pride of the Nation' award cons tituted by Anti Terroris t Front, a forum chaired by MS Bitta?

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1)John Abraham 2)Shahrukh Khan

3)Ajay Devgan 4)Amitabh Bachchan


Ques. :44 Name the Indian wrestler who won a silver medal in the 55 kg category at World Wrestling Champions hips in Budapes t, Hungary recently?

1)Amit Kumar Dahiya 2)Satyawart Kadian

3)Arun Kumar 4)Sushil Kumar


Ques. :45 The tropical storm Ingrid hit which of the following countries recently flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and s etting off deadly landslides and killing

several people?

1)US 2)Japan

3)Canada 4)Mexico


Ques. :46 The Durand Cup is associated with which of the following games ?

1)Hockey 2)Cricket

3)Football 4)Golf


Ques. :47 The Eklavya model residential s chools are being s et up by the govt for which of the following types of students? At present, 111 out of 158 sanctioned schools

have become fully functional.

1)Children of landless labourers 2)Tribal s tudents

3)Girl students 4)Students with interest in sports


Ques. :48 Nina Davuluri has become the first wom an of Indian-origin to win 2014 crown of which of the following beauty contests recently?

1)Miss Canada 2)Miss Australia

3)Miss America 4)Miss China


Ques. :49 The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has pegged India's Gross Domes tic Product (GDP) growth at what per cent during the current financial

year (2013-14)?

1)4.4 per cent 2)4.7 per cent



Ques. :50 The South East Asian Regional Organisation (SEARO), one of WHO's six regional offices, has its headquarters in which of the following cities?

1)New Delhi 2)Kathmandu

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3)Bangkok 4)Jakarta


Ques. :51 Dilm a Rouss eff called off her state visit to US in the aftermath of the revelations that the America s pied on her. She is the president of which of the following

countries at present?

1)Argentina 2)Brazil

3)South Africa 4)Malaysia


Ques. :52 Which of the following s tates is on top in terms of the Aadhaar enrolment and is all set to become the first s tate in the country with a 100 per cent Aadhaarenrolment?

1)Tripura 2)Himachal Pradesh

3)Kerala 4)Delhi


Ques. :53 The Indian market regulator, SEBI has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its counterpart CNV to promote mutual as sis tance and exchange

information related to securities markets in both the countries. CNV belongs to

1)Spain 2)Norway

3)Latvia 4)Argentina


Ques. :54 In a bid to protect the domestic indus try, the govt has increased the im port duty on gold and s ilver jewellery from 10 per cent to

1)11 per cent 2)12 per cent



Ques. :55 The supreme court of which of the following countries handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Abdul Quader Mollah for war crimes recently?

1)Myanmar 2)Bangladesh

3)Afghanistan 4)China


Ques. :56 Name the Indian wrestler who won bronze in the 60kg freestyle category at World Wrestling champions hips held in Budapest, Hungry recently?

1)Bajrang Kumar 2)Satyawart Kadian

3)Sushil Kumar 4)Pawan Kumar

5)Amit Kumar Ans.)1

Ques. :57 India is pitching for its full m embership in the central Asia s ecurity grouping Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Which of the following countries is NOT a

mem ber of SCO as of now?

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1)Kyrgyzstan 2)Kazakhstan

3)Afghanistan 4)China

5)Russia Ans.)3

Ques. :58 Which of the following statements is/are NOT correct with respect to the recommendations made by the M Damodaran Committee on consumer-friendly

measures in banking?

1)A guaranteed payment of up to Rs 5 lakh

(raised from Rs 1 lakh) under deposit insurance

to an account holder if a bank fails.

2)No liabil ity on customer for loss es in ATM and

online transactions and instant blocking of ATM

card through SMS for lost/mis used cards.

3)A third-party Know Your Customer data bank. 4)Compens ation for delayed return or loss of title

deeds in the custody of banks.


Ques. :59 The Central Govt has approved a special package of Rs 1000 crore to strengthen sports infrastructure in which of the following s tates recently?

1)Uttar Pradesh 2)Himachal Pradesh

3)Jharkhand 4)Chhattisgarh

5)Jammu and Kashmir Ans.)5

Ques. :60 Tony Abbott was sworn in as the new Prim e Minister of which of the following countries recently?

1)Norway 2)Spain

3)Australia 4)Canada


Ques. :61 The UN agency, OPCW, is associated with the implem entation of a global treaty on banning

1)Land mines 2)Nuclear weapons

3)Biological weapons 4)Chemical weapons


Ques. :62 Who among the following is the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Japan at present?

1)Pawan Kumar Bansal 2)Ashwani Kumar

3)Manish Tiwari 4)Ambika Soni


Ques. :63 The aviation authorities of the US barred Pres ident Nicolas Maduro headed to China from flying through countrys airspace recently. Maduro is the president of

which of the following countries at pres ent?

1)Venezuela 2)Egypt

3)Indonesia 4)Vietnam


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Ques. :64 The US central bank Federal Reserve, in its recent policy review, left its s timulus program me unchanged. Under its bond-purchase programme, the bank is

currently purchasing bonds worth _______every month.




Ques. :65 Name the cyclist who became the planet's fastest cyclist paddling his cycle to record 133.78 kph speed recently.

1)Sebastiaan Bowier 2)Wil Baselmans

3)Wouter Lion 4)Sam Wittingham5)None of these Ans.)1

Ques. :66 Which of the following teams won the Durand Cup Football tournament recently? The team won the cup after a gap of 73 years.

1)ONGC 2)Mohammedan Sporting

3)Churchill Brothers 4)Mohun Bagan


Ques. :67 Tigmanshu Dhulia won the bes t director award at the 11th Norway Bollywood Film Festival held in Oslo recently for his film

1)Saheb Biw i Aur Gangster Returns 2)Kahaani

3)Paan Singh Tomar 4)Talaash


Ques. :68 Jaywant Lele, who pass ed away recently, was a former s ecretary of

1)AIFF 2)IOA

3)BCCI 4)BAI


Ques. :69 Which of the following Indian industrial houses has applied for setting up a domestic airline in collaboration with the Singapore Airlines wi th an initial investment of

$100 mn?

1)KK Birla Group 2)Ruia Group

3)Reliance Industries 4)Tata Group


Ques. :70 Name the bank which will pay a total of $920 mn in fine to US and UK regulators for trading loss es met by traders that shook the financial world in 2012?

1)HSBC 2)JPMorgan

3)CITI Bank 4)Standard Chartered


Ques. :71 . In which of the following countries, recently, masked terrorists stormed into a packed shopping m all and opened indiscrim inate firing killing at least 68 people

and injuring over 100?

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1)Pakistan 2)Syria

3)Kenya 4)China


Ques. :72 Iran finally took control of its civilian nuclear reactor at Bushehr recently. Iran has completed this project with the help from which of the following countries?

1)Russia 2)France

3)China 4)South Korea


Ques. :73 The ousted and scandal-tainted politician of China, Bo Xilai, has been s entenced by a court to

1)Death 2)Suspended death

3)Life imprisonment 4)30 years jail term


Ques. :74 Name the Indian woman archer, who appearing in the fourth successive World Cup final clinched silver medal recently.

1)Deepika Kumari 2)Dola Banerjee

3)Rimil Buriuly 4)Bombayala Devi


Ques. :75 Name the grappler who created history by winning India's first-ever medal in the Greco-Roman category of the Senior World Wrestling Cham pionships in the 66kgdivision recently.

1)Amit Kumar Dahiya 2)Rajbir Chhikara

3)Sandeep Tulsi Yadav 4)Bajrang Kumar


Ques. :76 The Soyuz spaceships, which have been the only vehicles delivering crews to the International Space Station (ISS) since the US s pace shuttle fleet was retired

from service in 2011, is as sociated with which of the following countries?

1)Germany 2)Japan

3)Russia 4)Israel


Ques. :77 KN Basha, the retired judge of the Madras High Court, has ass umed charge as chairman of which of the following tribunals in India recently?

1)Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (ATE) 2)Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal (IPAB)

3)National Green Tribunal (NGT) 4)Telecom Dis putes Settlement and Appellate

Tribunal (TDSAT)


Ques. :78 Who among the following has won the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix formula one champions hips recently?

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1)Lewis Ham ilton 2)Nico Rosberg

3)Kimi Raikkonen 4)Fernando Alonso

5)Sebastian Vettel Ans.)5

Ques. :79 India has decided to buy 6 more C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircrafts from US for over Rs 4,000 crore in addition to existing s ix planes. The new lot of six planes will

be located at which of the following places selected to be headquarters of the proposed Mountain Strike Corps of the army along the China border?

1)Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 2)Bangalore, Karnataka

3)Panagarh, West Bengal 4)Shilong, Meghalaya


Ques. :80 The HotSpot technology is us ed in which of the following games ?

1)Kabaddi 2)Golf

3)Cricket 4)Chess


Ques. :81 Which of the following movies is the official entry of India to the 2014 Oscars?

1)Celluloid 2)English Vinglish

3)Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 4)The Lunchbox

5)The Good Road Ans.)5

Ques. :82 The international governing body for which of the following games is abbreviated as AIBA?

1)Badminton 2)Boxing

3)Boating 4)Archery


Ques. :83 Which of the following industries is/are identified by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India as heavily polluting and kept in red category?

1)Aluminium sm elter 2)Copper smelter.

3)Cement 4)All the above


Ques. :84 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a 13-member com mittee to frame a clear and detailed vision for financial inclusion across the country headed by

1)Shikha Sharma 2)Nachiket Mor

3)Vikram Pandit 4)Adtya Puri


Ques. :85 A multinational force, AMISOM, is conducting peacekeeping operations w ith the backing of the United Nations in which of the following countries at pres ent?

1)Somalia 2)Uganda

3)Nigeria 4)Mali

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Ques. :86 Which of the following s tatements is/are correct in the light of recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding Aadhaar numbers?

1)The Aadhar numbers are not m andatory for

availing govt benefits and services.

2)The Aadhar numbers are mandatory for availing

govt benefits and s ervices.

3)There is no need to s pend crores of rupees on

the UID project as other identity proofs are

sufficient to establish ones i dentity.

4)Only 1) and 3)


Ques. :87 The Govt is putting all its efforts to stick to its market borrowing target for 2013-14 and keep the fiscal deficit to 4.8% of gross domes tic product. What is i ts target for

total borrowing during the financial year 2013-14?

1)Rs 2.35 trillion 2)Rs 3.44 trillion

3)Rs 5.79 trillion 4)Rs 6.91 trillion


Ques. :88 Indian environmentalis t Bunker Roy and who among the following have been declared winners of this year's prestigious 'Clinton Global Citizens Awards' in US?

1)Amarya Sen 2)Anna Hazare

3)Muhammad Yunus 4)Malala Yousafzai


Ques. :89 Who has authored the book titled The Competent Authority?

1)Rana Mitter 2)Shovon Chowdhury

3)Sanjay Bahadur 4)Amitava Kumar


Ques. :90 The sixth Asia Pacific Population Convention was held in which of the following countries recently?

1)China 2)Bangladesh

3)Thailand 4)Myanmar


Ques. :91 The parliament of which of the following countries approved a new five-year term for the Prime Minister Hun Sen following weeks of political turmoil over his

disputed election?

1)Spain 2)Turkey

3)Cambodia 4)Venezuela


Ques. :92 The new Hollywood film titled The Fifth State, scheduled to be released in October this year, is based on the life of who among the following?

1)Rupert Murdoch 2)Edward Snowden

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3)Chelsea Manning 4)Julian Assange

5)Daniel Domscheit-Berg Ans.)4

Ques. :93 Which of the following is NOT a regulatory body functioning in India at present?

1)Director General of Hydrocarbon 2)PFRDA

3)Forward Markets Commission 4)CERC


Ques. :94 Who among the following has been conferred the Hum anitarian Achievement Award at this year's South-South Awards ceremony recently?

1)Will Clinton 2)Nelson Mandela

3)Fidel Castro 4)Desmond Tutu


Ques. :95 The coalition led by Angela Merkel has won the recent poll held in Germany and she is al l set to become the chancellor for the ________time.

1)First 2)Second

3)Third 4)Fourth


Ques. :96 Which of the following is NOT correctly matched regarding industries and their respective bodies?

1)Automobile SIAM 2)Real State CREDAI3)Software NASSCOM 4)Transport TAI


Ques. :97 What is Indias rank in terms of competitiveness in the Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently?

1)60th 2)64th

3)110th 4)115th


Ques. :98 Krona is the name of urrency of which of the following countries?

1)Norway 2)Sweden

3)Finland 4)Poland


Ques. :99 The oil-reach Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya fields are located in which of the following s tates?

1)Gujarat 2)Madhya Pradesh

3)Rajasthan 4)Tamil Nadu


Ques. :100 Ace cricketer Virat Kohli has been appointed as the brand ambass ador of which of the following central paramili tary forces in a first such arrangement? He w ill

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boost the morale of its rank and wi ll be its face at public events.

1)CRPF 2)CISF

3)BSF 4)ITBP


Ques. :101 The RBI has banned zero per cent interest rate schemes recently. Such schemes were commonly being offered on which of the following types of transactions?

1)Purchase of consumer goods through debit

cards

2)Purchase of consumer goods through credit

cards

3)Car loans 4)Education loan5)None of these Ans.)2

Ques. :102 Battling a record current account deficit (CAD) due to mounting oil import bill, the petroleum ministry has come up with a m ega fuel conservation drive. Which of

the following meas ure(s) is/are being propagated by the ministry?

1)Staggered office timings for govt offices to

decongest traffic and encourage the use of public

transport.

2)Introduce "Free Cycle Scheme" in select cities

for saving fuel.

3)Keeping fuel stations clos ed at night. 4)All the above


Ques. :103 The powerful typhoon Usagi hit which of the following countries recntly?

1)Japan 2)China

3)France 4)Vietnam


Ques. :104 Indian eves defeated which of the following countries to qualify for the semi-finals of the eighth women's Asia Cup hockey tournament recently?

1)Malaysia 2)Pakistan

3)South Korea 4)Japan


Ques. :105 The govt has prom ulgated the ordinance on convicted lawm akers recently. According to the presen t day law, an individual convicted for what period cannot fight

elections under the Representation of People's Act?1)More than six months 2)More than 1 year

3)More than 2 years 4)More than 3 years


Ques. :106 The govt has launched a new skill development named 'Learn and Earn' which is m eant for

1)Youth of minority communities 2)Youth of Jammu & Kas hmir s tate

3)Youth of tribal comm unities 4)Youth of naxal-affected areas

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Ques. :107 Who among the following is the Indian ambass ador to the United States at present?

1)Sujatha Singh 2)Chokila Iyer

3)Nirupama Rao 4)Ranjan Mathai


Ques. :108 Now villages wi th just 100 people would al so get access to electricity as per the re-vamped Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Earlier, villages

with what population were considered for the programme?

1)At least 300 2)At least 500

3)At least 1000 4)At least 1500


Ques. :109 In a recent survey carried out in 16 cities across four continents, which of the following Indian cities was ranked as the worlds second mos t honest city? The

Finnish capital city of Helsinki topped the lis t.

1)New Delhi 2)Kolkata

3)Mumbai 4)Chennai


Ques. :110 Consider the following wi th respect to the seventh pay commis sion announced by govt and choose the correct statement(s):

1)The Commiss ion will revise the salaries,

allowances and pens ions of about 80 lakh govt

employees and pensioners.

2)Its recommendations are likely to be

implem ented with effect from January 1, 2016. The

Sixth Pay Commission was implemented from

Jan 1, 2006.

3)The govt constitutes Pay Commis sion alm ost

every ten years. 4)All the above


Ques. :111 The Minis try of Minority Affairs has launched Jiyo Parsi scheme recen tly with a aim to

1)Provide free healthcare facility of Parsi people. 2)Encourage the Parsis in India to adopt healthy

life s tyle.

3)Contain the dwindling population of Parsis in

India.4)Provide free health insurance cover to all Pars is

in India.


Ques. :112 The Indian women hockey team was defeated by which of the following countries in the sem ifinal match of the eighth Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuala

Lumpur recently?

1)Pakistan 2)Malaysia

3)South Korea 4)Japan


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Ques. :113 China is i n process to lease 3m hectare of arable farmland in which of the following countries in an agreement worth $1.7 bn aimed at reducing its dependency

on foodgrain imports?

1)Madagascar 2)Ukraine

3)Belarus 4)Romaniya


Ques. :114 The World Tourism Day is obs erved on which of the following dates globally?

1)21 Sep 2)22 Sep

3)26 Sep 4)27 Sep


Ques. :115 Which of the following social networking sites has launched a system for emergency alerts which can help spread critical information when other lines of

communication are down?

1)Google+ 2)Orkut

3)Facebook 4)Twitter


Ques. :116 As per the notification publ ished by the govt, the controversial Genera l Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provis ion, which s eeks to check tax avoidance by investors

routing their funds through tax havens, wil l come into effect from

1)Apr1, 2014 2)Apr1, 2015

3)Apr1, 2016 4)Apr1, 2018


Ques. :117 Name the anti-chemical weapons activist(s) who has/have won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award?

1)Paul Walker 2)Hans Herren

3)Denis Mukwege 4)Raji Sourani

5)All the above Ans.)5

Ques. :118 Who among the following has been awarded the fifth Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013, in recognition of his ground-breaking research workwhich influenced financial and macro-economic policies around the world?

1)Raghuram Rajan 2)Amartya Sen

3)Christine Lagarde 4)Kaushik Basu


Ques. :119 As per the report submitted by the Raghuram Rajan com mittee recently, which of the following states in m arked as the least developed state in the country?

1)Uttrakhand 2)Jammu and Kashmir

3)West Bengal 4)Odisha


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5)Goa Ans.)4

Ques. :120 Which of the following Internet giants celebrated its 15th birthday recently?

1)Microsoft 2)Google

3)Yahoo 4)Amazon


Ques. :121 Consider the following with respect to the General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) and choose the correct statement(s):

1)It will apply to entities availing tax benefit of atleast Rs 3 cr.

2)It will apply to foreign institutional investors

(FIIs) that have claimed benefits under any Double

Tax Avoidance Agreem ent (DTAA).

3)Investments m ade by a non-resident by way of

offshore derivative instruments or P-Notes through

FIIs, will not be covered by the GAAR provisions.4)All the above


Ques. :122 Consider the following and identify the correct statement(s):

1)Faced with high current account deficit (CAD),

the govt allowed unlis ted companies to directly list

on stock exchanges abroad to raise funds for

acquisitions or retiring debts.

2)As of now, unlisted companies are not allowed

to directly list in overseas markets without prior or

simultaneous listing in Indian markets.

3)This scheme will be implemented on a pilot

basis for a period of two years from the date of

notification and then the impact of this

arrangement will be reviewed.

4)Only 1) and 3)

5)All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.)5

Ques. :123 India's nuclear operator NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited) has s igned an agreement for setting up an atomic plant in India with Westinghouse

of

1)US 2)France

3)Germany 4)Japan


Ques. :124 As per the Raghuram Rajan panel report released recently, which of the following are the most developed states in the country?

1)Goa and Gujarat 2)Haryana and Punjab

3)Kerala and Goa 4)Gujarat and Maharashtra


Ques. :125 Who among the following is the winner of the 2013 womens Table Tennis World Cup?


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1)Liu Siwen 2)Guo Yan

3)Fan Ying 4)Wu Yang


Ques. :126 The World rabies Day is obs erved on which of the following dates?

1)Sep 22 2)Sep 24

3)Sep 26 4)Sep 28


Ques. :127 Which of the following countries s tarted receiving electricity from India on trial basis recently?

1)Sri Lanka 2)Pakistan

3)Bhutan 4)Bangladesh


Ques. :128 India's firs t ever Naval and Maritim e Expos ition and Conference, NAMEXPO 2013, was held at which of the following places recen tly?

1)Mumbai 2)Cochin

3)Kolkata 4)Goa


Ques. :129 Which of the following countries wil l host the 2014 NATO summit first time in m ore than 20 years?

1)England 2)Canada

3)Denmark 4)France

5)Italy Ans.)1

Ques. :130 The book title The Competent Authority is authored by

1)Jhumpa Lahiri 2)Manjula Padmanabhan

3)Javier Marias 4)Shovon Chowdhury


Ques. :131 As announced by the BCCI, which of the following teams will s tart a four-week tour of India from 31 Oct during which Sachin Tendulkar is expected to play his

200th Test?1)England 2)West Indies

3)Australia 4)South Africa


Ques. :132 Which of the following countries has won the 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 hockey tournament recently?

1)Malaysia 2)Japan

3)India 4)South Korea


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Ques. :133 The US space agency NASA has announced that its Cas sini s pacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical us ed to make food-storage containers, car bumpers

and other consumer products, on

1)Moon 2)Titan (Saturn's m oon)

3)Europa (Jupiters m oon) 4)Phobos (Mars moon)


Ques. :134 What is the full form of ASCI? It is the abbreviated form of the s elf-regulatory voluntary organization of the advertising industry that curbs m isleading ads.

1)Advertisement Screening Council of India 2)Advertising Supervision Council of India

3)Advertisement Support Council of India 4)Advertising Standards Council of India


Ques. :135 The UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Clim ate Change (IPCC) has released i ts long-awaited review in Stockholm recently. Consider the following in this context

and identify the correct s tatement(s):

1)Humans are responsible for the global

warming and the temperatures would rise another

0.3 to 4.8 degrees Celsius this century.

2)The sea levels would rise between 26 and 82

centimetres by 2100, and there is a higher risk for

heatwaves, floods and droughts.

3)The fossil-fuel burning m ust be urgently curbed

to limit future damage to the climate system.4)All the above


Ques. :136 The supreme court of which of the following countries has barred murder convicts from contesting in the upcoming polls recently?

1)Nepal 2)Maldives

3)Bangladesh 4)Myanmar


Ques. :137 The book titled Maddaddam has been authored by

1)Susan Crossan 2)Supriya Dravid

3)Margaret Atwood 4)Samantha Shannon


Ques. :138 The International Day of Older Persons i s observed on which of the following dates?

1)1 Oct 2)2 Sep

3)3 Sep 4)5 Sep


Ques. :139 Which of the following countries has approved a policy for senior citizens ensuring that they lead a digni fied life? According to the policy, people attaining 65 years

of age will be cons idered "senior citizens".


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1)Madhya Pradesh 2)Delhi

3)Uttar Pradesh 4)Maharashtra


Ques. :140 Who among the following has been elected chairperson of the International Coffee Council recently at its 111th ses sion at Belo Horizonte in Brazil?

1)Norman Kelly 2)MGVK Bhanu

3)Prakash Chauhan 4)Jawaid Akhtar


Ques. :141 Iraq has signed the CTBT accord recently. Which of the following m ajor countries has not s igned the treaty so far?

1)UK 2)China

3)France 4)Russia


Ques. :142 Which of the following is the name of a campaign launched by the Ministry of Tourism to promote tourism in H imalayas?

1)777 day of incredible Indian Him alayas 2)555 day of incredible Indian Him alayas



Ques. :143 India can now test electronics and IT products and iss ue globally-valid certificates with respect to cyber-security as i t has been granted 'Authorising Nation' statusunder the international agreement CCRA. Expand the term CCRA.

1)Comm on Criteria Reporting Arrangement 2)Comm on Criteria Referring Arrangement

3)Comm on Criteria Registration Arrangement 4)Comm on Criteria Recognition Arrangement


Ques. :144 The Prime Minister Manmohan singh inaugurated NTPC's Sipat thermal power plant recently in

1)Chhattisgarh 2)Madhya Pradesh

3)Andhra Pradesh 4)Karnataka


Ques. :145 Name the person who has been awarded with the Policy Leadership Award 2013 in agriculture during the Agriculture Leadership Summ it-2013 organized by theleading national agriculture magazine Agriculture Today in New Delhi recently.

1)Navin Patnaik 2)Sharad Pawar

3)Prakash Singh Badal 4)Nitish Kumar


Ques. :146 Which of the following technology giants has created a new company called Calico to make im provements in hum an health and well-being?

1)IBM 2)Google


3) Y h 4) Wi

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3)Yahoo 4)Wipro


Ques. :147 Who among the following has been appointed the chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC) recently? The World Gold Council is the m arket development

organization for the gold industry.

1)Ian Tefler 2)Randall Oliphant

3)Kelvin Dushnis ky 4)Aram Shishmanian


Ques. :148 Which of the following agencies is empowered to declare any industrial establis hment as a sick unit?1)SEBI 2)CII

3)BIFR 4)CCI


Ques. :149 The grand palace called Neermahal is located in which of the following s tates in the vast Rudrasagar Lake? The state govt has decided to restore the palace as

a m ajor tourist attraction.

1)Arunachal Pradesh 2)Tripura

3)Mizoram 4)Assam


Ques. :150 The 2nd India-Africa Forum Summ it was held in Addis Abeba recently where India comm itted to provide African nations over the next three years a l ine of credit

worth

1)$5 bn 2)$10 bn

3)$15 bn 4)$20 bn


Ques. :151 Iraq has signed the CTBT accord recently. Which of the following m ajor countries has not s igned the treaty so far?

1)UK 2)China

3)France 4)Russia


Ques. :152 Which of the following is the name of a campaign launched by the Ministry of Tourism to promote tourism in H imalayas?




Ques. :153 India can now test electronics and IT products and iss ue globally-valid certificates with respect to cyber-security as i t has been granted 'Authorising Nation' status

under the international agreement CCRA. Expand the term CCRA.


1) C C it i R ti A t 2) C C it i R f i A t

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1)Comm on Criteria Reporting Arrangement 2)Comm on Criteria Referring Arrangement

3)Comm on Criteria Registration Arrangement 4)Comm on Criteria Recognition Arrangement


Ques. :154 The Prime Minister Manmohan singh inaugurated NTPC's Sipat thermal power plant recently in

1)Chhattisgarh 2)Madhya Pradesh

3)Andhra Pradesh 4)Karnataka


Ques. :155 Name the person who has been awarded with the Policy Leadership Award 2013 in agriculture during the Agriculture Leadership Summ it-2013 organized by theleading national agriculture magazine Agriculture Today in New Delhi recently.

1)Navin Patnaik 2)Sharad Pawar

3)Prakash Singh Badal 4)Nitish Kumar


Ques. :156 Which of the following technology giants has created a new company called Calico to make im provements in hum an health and well-being?

1)IBM 2)Google

3)Yahoo 4)Wipro


Ques. :157 Who among the following has been appointed the chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC) recently? The World Gold Council is the m arket development

organization for the gold industry.

1)Ian Tefler 2)Randall Oliphant

3)Kelvin Dushnis ky 4)Aram Shishmanian


Ques. :158 Which of the following agencies is empowered to declare any industrial establis hment as a sick unit?

1)SEBI 2)CII

3)BIFR 4)CCI


Ques. :159 The grand palace called Neermahal is located in which of the following s tates in the vast Rudrasagar Lake? The state govt has decided to restore the palace as

a m ajor tourist attraction.

1)Arunachal Pradesh 2)Tripura

3)Mizoram 4)Assam


Ques. :160 The 2nd India-Africa Forum Summ it was held in Addis Abeba recently where India comm itted to provide African nations over the next three years a l ine of credit


worth

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worth

1)$5 bn 2)$10 bn

3)$15 bn 4)$20 bn


Ques. :161 India is building i ts first-of-its-kind strategic oil storage(s) at which of the following places in an effort to insulate itself from supply disruptions? It will be enough to

meet nation's oil requirem ent for 13-14 days.

1)Padur 2)Mangalore

3)Visakhapatnam 4)All the above


Ques. :162 Consider the following statements with respect to the recent CBI court verdict in the 17-year-old multi-crore fodder scam and identify the correct sentence(s):

1)The former Bihar chief minister and Ras htriya

Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has

been convicted and sentenced to five years in

prison and fined Rs 25 lakh.

2)The former Bihar chief minis ter Jagannath

Mishra has been sentenced to four years in

prison.

3)According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, the

conviction disqual ifies Lalu Prasad Yadav from

continuing as a Member of Parliam ent (MP).

4)All the above


Ques. :163 India is s et to sign a his toric Motor Vehicles Agreement with which of the following countries allowing the cargo trucks from both sides to ply within each others

territories?

1)Nepal 2)Bangladesh

3)Myanmar 4)Pakistan


Ques. :164 Which of the following universities has been ranked on top among the Indian institutions of higher education in the recent Times Higher Education World

University Rankings?

1)Panjab University 2)Delhi University

3)IGNOU 4)BHU


Ques. :165 Which of the following s tates has been given the national award for protecting interests of senior citizens and ensuring their welfare by Union Social Justice and

Empowerment Ministry on the eve of International Day of Older Persons ?

1)Delhi 2)Gujarat

3)Madhya Pradesh 4)Haryana



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Ques. :166 Which of the following countries announced to leave the 54-member Com monwealth group recently?

1)Senegal 2)Bahamas

3)Cyprus 4)Gambia


Ques. :167 In its efforts to ease liquidity in the market, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to purchase govt securities on Oct 7 to infuse in the market

1)Rs 5,000 cr 2)Rs 10,000 cr

3)Rs 12,000 cr 4)Rs 15,000 cr


Ques. :168 As per the recent report of the UNICEF, the global infant mortality rate (IMR) has declined from 61 deaths in 1990 to ____ deaths in 2011. The infant mortality rate

is the deaths of infants under one year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births in the s ame year.

1)35 2)37

3)42 4)47


Ques. :169 Which of the following countries has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) recently?

1)Iraq 2)Iran

3)Israel 4)Egypt

5)China Ans.)1

Ques. :170 The Miss India Navneet Kaur has won which of the following challenge rounds at the recent Miss World competition held in Bali, Indonesia?

1)Beauty with a Purpose 2)Beach Fashion

3)Sports 4)Top Model

5)Multimedia Ans.)5

Ques. :171 Which of the following days is designated by the United Nations as the World Habitat Day?

1)The first Monday of September 2)The firs t Monday of October

3)The first Monday of November 4)The first Monday of December


Ques. :172 Which of the following days is designated by the United Nations as the World Habitat Day?

1)The first Monday of September 2)The firs t Monday of October

3)The first Monday of November 4)The first Monday of December


Ques. :173 India test-fired its indigenous ly developed Prithvi-II miss ile recently. Which of the following is correct about Prithvi-II?


1) It is a nuclear-capable s urface-to-surface 2) Inducted in 2003, it is the first miss ile to be

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1)It is a nuclear capable s urface to surface

missile with a strike range of 350 km.

2)Inducted in 2003, it is the first miss ile to be

developed by DRDO under India's prestigious

IGMDP (Integrated Guided Miss ile Development

Program).

3)Prithvi is capable of carrying 500kg to 1000kg of

warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion

twine engines.4)All the above


Ques. :174 Which of the following teams created history by becoming the first team to win the Cham pions League T20 cricket tournament twice recently?

1)Sunrisers Hyderabad 2)Mumbai Indians

3)Chennai Super Kings 4)Rajas than Royals


Ques. :175 The Supreme Court has rejected BCCI's sugges tion for setting up a special comm ittee to probe the IPL spot-fixing scandal and has propos ed a three-member

panel headed by

1)N Nagehswar Rao 2)JS Kehar

3)AK Patnaik 4)Mukul Mudgal


Ques. :176 Who among has been sworn in as the first Tamil Chief Minister of a Sri Lankan province recently?

1)Vasudeva Nanayakkara 2)MA Sumanthiran

3)CV Wigneswaran 4)Mavai Senathirajah


Ques. :177 What IFAD stands for?

1)International Fund for Aquatic Development 2)International Fund for Asias Development

3)International Fund to check Atmospheric

Degradation 4)International Fund for Agricultural Development


Ques. :178 Who among the following is set to be reelected as the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for thesecond four-year term?

1)Margaret Chan 2)Joseph Maila

3)Rashad Farah 4)Irina Bokova


Ques. :179 India has been re-elected to ICAO Council recently. The ICAO is a s pecialised agency of the United Nations and is related to

1)Advocacy of child ri ghts 2)International civil activities


3)development of civil aviation 4)Prevention of chemical arms

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Ques. :180 The govt has approved Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) schem e recently. Which of the following is correct with respect to RUSA?

1)It is aimed at increasing the Gross Enrolment

Ratio (GER) in higher education from 18% to 30%.2)The scheme is estimated to cost Rs 99,000

crore.

3)The funding by the Centre will be up to 50% and

it will not be available to private institutions. 4)All the above


Ques. :181 The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Lim ited (RINL) and Indian Railways have signed an agreement for setting up a forged wheel plant with an investment of Rs 1,100 cr

in the first phase at

1)Jamshedpur 2)Rae Bareli

3)Marauhra 4)Madhepura


Ques. :182 Who among the following has been appointed the new chairperson of the Indias largest bank State Bank of India (SBI)?

1)Arundhati Bha ttacharya 2)A Krishnakumar

3)S Vishvanathan 4)Vijayalakshmi R Iyer


Ques. :183 Which of the following teams has won the 17th Asia Senior Mens Volleyball Championship recently?

1)India 2)Iran

3)Japan 4)China

5)South Korea Ans.)2

Ques. :184 What is the current Margina l Standing Facil ity (MSF) after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced it by 0.5 % recently to improve liquidi ty?

1)9.5 per cent 2)9 per cent



Ques. :185 The World Bank has lowered its 2013 GDP growth forecast for East Asian developing countries and also warned that a prolonged US fiscal crisis could be

damaging to the region. What is the new GDP growth forecast for these conuntries?




Ques. :186 Name the teen Indian cyclist who clinched two gold m edals at ACC Track Asia Cup in Thailand recently?


1)VG Parvathy 2)Dilawar Singh

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3)Manorama Devi 4)Deborah


Ques. :187 Vo Nguyen Giap, one of the 20th centurys m ost notable mil itary commanders who mas terminded the defeats of France and the United States in his country, has

died recently. He belonged to

1)Cambodia 2)Vietnam

3)Chile 4)Nigeria


Ques. :188 The two-day sum mit of the leaders of the 21-mem ber Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) took place in which of the following countries recently?

1)Thailand 2)Indonesia

3)Chile 4)Malaysia

5)Japan Ans.)2

Ques. :189 Rothman, Schekman and Suedhof has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in which of the following fields recently?

1)Physics 2)Chemistry

3)Physiology or Medicine 4)Economic Sciences


Ques. :190 Which of the following pairs has li fted the mens doubles title of the Japan Open tennis tournament recently?

1)Jamie Murray and John Peers 2)Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin

3)Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya 4)Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan


Ques. :191 Who among the following has won the Korean Grand Prix Formula One championship recently?

1)Lewis Ham ilton 2)Nico Hulkenberg

3)Romain Grosjean 4)Mark Webber

5)Sebastian Vettel Ans.)5

Ques. :192 The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, recently, embarked on a two-nation tour to attend the 11th ASEAN Summit at Brunei and also the Eas t Asia Sum mit at

1)Jakarta 2)Kuala Lumpur

3)Bangkok 4)Singapore

5)Phnom Penh Ans.)1

Ques. :193 The US President Barack Obama is all s et to nominate who among the following as the head of the countrys central bank the Federal Reserve?

1)Lawrence Summers 2)Alan Greenspan

3)Janet Yellen 4)Paul Volcker



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Ques. :194 Which of the following statements i s/are correct with respect to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Bill cleared by the Union Cabinet recently?

1)The Bill will provide statutory recognition to the

UIDAI.

2)The Bill seeks to create a National Identification

Authority of India, which wi ll oversee the

implem entation of the Aadhaar project and

regulate it.

3)The Bill seeks to define the penalties in case of

mis use of the data collected under the UID

project.

4)All the above


Ques. :195 The worlds largest retailer Walmart and Bharti Enterprises have called off their joint venture recently. What was the Bhartis s hare in the joint venture?




Ques. :196 According to a recent report published by the United Nations, what per cent of the world population will be online by the end of 2013?




Ques. :197 The INSPIRE programme, spons ored and managed by the Department of Science and Technology, is aimed at

1)Encouraging girls to enroll for higher education 2)Attracting young talent to Science

3)Incorporating computer education in s chools 4)Spreading awareness among citizen to lead

healthy way of life


Ques. :198 What will be the growth rate of Indias econom y in 2013-14 (at factor cost) as pro jected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently?


3)4.75 per cent 4)5.6 per cent5)None of these Ans.)2

Ques. :199 Who among the following has won the mens s ingles title of the China open tennis tournament recently?

1)David Ferrer 2)Andy Murray

3)Novak Djokovic 4)Rafael Nadal


Ques. :200 According to a recent estimate released by the World Bank, which of the following countries is on top among recipients of foreign remittance in 2013?


1)Nigeria 2)Mexico

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3)Philippines 4)China

5)India Ans.)5

Ques. :201 Francois Englert and Peter Higgs has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for




Ques. :202 Who among the following has won the womens single title of the China Open tennis tournament recently?

1)Jelena Jankovic 2)Serena Williams

3)Victoria Azarenka 4)Li Na


Ques. :203 Who among the following has lifted the mens singles title at the Japan Open tennis tournament recently?

1)David Ferrer 2)Roger Federer

3)Juan Martn del Potro 4)Tommy Haas


Ques. :204 Which of the following companies has bagged the BCCI sponsorship rights for all domes tic and international tournaments in India for the year 2013-14?

1)Star, ESPN 2)Airtel

3)Idea 4)Hero Moto Corp


Ques. :205 According to an analysis by McKinsey Global Institute, India is the 11th most favoured destination for setting up a m ultinational corporation headquarters. Which

of the following countries is the m ost favoured destination for the same?

1)United Kingdom 2)US

3)China 4)Japan

5)Germany Ans.)2

Ques. :206 A UN Security Council delegation visiting the African country has pointed out that M23 rebels can only be defeated by political means and not mi litarily. Name the

country where these rebels are active.

1)Uganda 2)Rwanda

3)Democratic Republic of Congo 4)Mali


Ques. :207 Mulatu Teshome has been elected as the new president of which of the following countries recently?

1)East Timor 2)Eretria


3)Estonia 4)Ethiopia

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Ques. :208 The US govt has sus pended delivery of large-scale military systems as well as large part of the 1.3 bn-dollar cash ass istance in aid to the military of which of the

following countries recently?

1)Libya 2)Afghanistan

3)Iraq 4)Chile

5)Egypt Ans.)5

Ques. :209 According to a recent report released by Registrar General of India, Kerala tops among the Indian states in terms of infant m ortality rate (IMR). Which of the

following states is the worst performer in this field?

1)West Bengal 2)Assam

3)Bihar 4)Uttar Pradesh

5)Gujarat Ans.)2

Ques. :210 Which of the following pairs has won the wom ens doubles title of the China Open tennis tournament recently?

1)Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja 2)Sania Mirza and Cara Black

3)Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 4)Su-Wei Hsieh and Peng Shuai


Ques. :211 The World Mental Heal th Day is celebrated on which of the following dates every year?

1)1 Oct 2)6 Oct

3)10 Oct 4)12 Oct


Ques. :212 Who among the following has lifted the mens singles title at the Japan Open badminton championships recently?

1)Kenichi Tago 2)Ajay Jayaram

3)Chong Wei 4)Simon Santoso

5)Sho Sasaki Ans.)3

Ques. :213 Ali Zeidan is the current Prime Minister of which of the following countries? He was kept hostage by rebel mili tiamen for several hours in a hotel and later

released recently?

1)Libya 2)Kenya

3)Nigeria 4)Somalia


Ques. :214 The International Day of the Girl Child is observed on which of the following dates?

1)10 Oct 2)11 Oct

3)12 Oct 4)13 Oct



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Ques. :215 The HEAL campaign, which was launched recently, is aimed at removing the stigma attached to which of the following dis eases ?

1)Tuberculosis 2)Leprosy

3)Cancer 4)AIDS


Ques. :216 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to India's ambitious Nalanda University project?

1)The Nalanda University is to be es tablished asan international ins titution of excellence with its

academic sessions set to begin in 2014.

2)The countries - Australia, Cambodia,

Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand and Lao PDR -have signed the inter-governmental MoU to

support the project. China has commi tted USD

one mil lion for the project.

3)The idea to revive Nalanda University was first

mooted in 2005 by then President APJ Abdul

Kalam.

4)All the above


Ques. :217 Who among the following has won the 2013 Nobel Literature Prize?

1)Raymond Carver 2)Mavis Gallant

3)Alice Munro 4)Margaret Atwood5)Lorrie Moore Ans.)3

Ques. :218 Who among the following has been given the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award 2012?

1)Madhav Gadgil 2)Aruna Roy

3)G Madhavan Nair 4)MS Swaminathan


Ques. :219 As per a recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which of the following is the most educated country (in terms of

higher education) in the world with more than 51% of its population holding a college degree

1)New Zealand 2)United States

3)Japan 4)Israel5)Canada Ans.)5

Ques. :220 Who among the following has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize recently?

1)Vladimir Putin 2)Angela Merkel

3)Hina Rabbani Khar 4)Malala Yousafzai


Ques. :221 Name the Indian s huttler who approached the high court recently challenging the decision of Badminton Association of India (BAI) to recomm end a life ban on


her for alleged indiscipli ne in the IBL.

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1)Valiyaveetil Diju 2)Jwala Gutta

3)Parupalli Kas hyap 4)Ashwini Ponnappa


Ques. :222 Which of the following dates is des ignated as the International Day for Disaster Reduction by the United Nations?

1)13 Oct 2)14 Oct

3)15 Oct 4)16 Oct


Ques. :223 . India and which of the following countries have agreed recently to work together to target the financial network and fund raising activities of Pakis tan-based terror

outfits like Las hkar-e-Taiba?

1)UK 2)US

3)Israel 4)Japan


Ques. :224 In which of the following states at least 115 people were kill ed in the Ratangarh temple stam pede during Navratri festivities recently?

1)Haryana 2)Madhya Pradesh

3)Himachal Pradesh 4)Uttar Pradesh


Ques. :225 China is sued s tapled visas to two Indian archers from which of the following states recently? These archers were to attend Youth World Archery Championship in

central China's Wuxi city?

1)Jammu and Kashmir 2)Arunachal Pradesh

3)Himachal Pradesh 4)Sikkim


Ques. :226 Name the cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India recently which forced to evacuate lakhs of people and devastated property worth crores of rupees?

1)Phailin 2)Sagar

3)Megh 4)Leher


Ques. :227 The shuttlers from which of the following countries bagged the Asian Youth Badminton championship titles in both Under-15 and Under-17 categories recently in

Indonesia?

1)Japan 2)Singapore

3)India 4)Indonesia



Ques. :228 Who among the following has won the Japanese Grand Prix Formula One championship recently?

1) L i H ilt 2) M k W bb

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1)Lewis Ham ilton 2)Mark Webber

3)Sebastian Vettel 4)Fernando Alonso


Ques. :229 With which of the following games is the Duleep Trophy ass ociated?

1)Football 2)Cricket

3)Tennis 4)Hockey


Ques. :230 Which of the following countries has proposed to bar HIV patients from using public bath houses , a decision which has been widely condemned in the country

and is being termed as discriminatory?

1)US 2)France

3)South Africa 4)China


Ques. :231 Eugene F Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J Schiller have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize 2013 for




Ques. :232 As per the arrangements m ade by the BCCI's Programm es and Fixtures comm ittee, Sachin Tendulkar is all set play his historic 200th Test at which of the

following stadia?

1)Green Park, Kanpur 2)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

3)Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi 4)Eden Garden, Kolkata


Ques. :233 The historic Land Acquisition Act to provide just and fair compens ation to farmers will com e into force from ______next year (2014).

1)1 Jan 2)14 Jan

3)26 Jan 4)31 Jan


Ques. :234 Who among the following has won the 2013 Man Booker prize and became the youngest winner in the award's 45-year history?

1)Colm Toibin 2)Jim Crace

3)Eleanor Catton 4)Jhumpa Lahiri

5)Ruth Ozeki Ans.)3

Ques. :235 The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to


1)Amnesty International 2)Vladimir Putin

3) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical

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3)Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons (OPCW) 4)Malala Yousafzai


Ques. :236 The Justice MB Shah Commis sion s ubmitted its report recently. The Comm iss ion was set up to probe

1)Illegal refugees across the country 2)Illegal deforestation across the country

3)Illegal cons truction across the country 4)Illegal mining acros s the country


Ques. :237 The World Food Day is celebrated on which of the following dates every year?

1)11 Oct 2)12 Oct

3)14 Oct 4)16 Oct


Ques. :238 The state-of-the-art Geo-scientific research vessel RV Samudra Ratnakar was dedicated to the nation at Kandla Port of Gujarat recently. The vessel i s aim ed at

1)Research and exploration of fishes under the

deep-sea water

2)Res earch and exploration of valuable minerals

under the deep-sea water

3)Research and exploration of sea food under the

deep-sea water4)Res earch and exploration of the near-extinct

species under the deep-sea water


Ques. :239 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of the Railway Board recently?

1)Arunendra Kumar 2)Vinay Mittal

3)DP Pande 4)SK Jain

5)Kul Bhushan Ans.)1

Ques. :240 Viktor Orvan, who arrived in New Delhi on a four-day state visit, recently, is the Prim e Minister of which of the following countries?

1)Spain 2)Hungary

3)Turkey 4)New Zealand


Ques. :241 Which of the following companies has becom e the first private company of the country to earn over Rs 1 lakh crore in a quarter recently?

1)TCS 2)Infosys

3)Reliance Industries (RIL) 4)Mahindra and Mahindra


Ques. :242 Which of the following countries overtook Saudi Arabia to become world's biggest oil producer recently?

1)Mexico 2)Russia


3)US 4)China

5) Iraq Ans.) 3

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5)Iraq Ans.)3

Ques. :243 The typhoon Wipha, dubbed as the strongest typhoon in a decade, lashed which of the following countries recently leaving several people dead and causing

landslides?

1)Philippines 2)Japan

3)China 4)India


Ques. :244 India is ranked on which of the following pos itions in the Global Hunger Index 2013 released recently by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

for 120 countries?

1)61 2)63

3)65 4)67


Ques. :245 Which of the following countries is included in the P5+1 group along with the five permanent mem bers of the United Nations Security Council?

1)France 2)Japan

3)Germany 4)Brazil


Ques. :246 According to the International Monetary Fund, due to the downward revision in GDP growth, depreciation of rupee and higher global oil prices, India's fis cal deficitis expected to increase to ______of the GDP this financial year.




Ques. :247 The ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has won two oil blocks (on land) in which of the following countries recently

strengthening its presence in the s outh-east Asian nation?

1)Myanmar 2)Bangladesh

3)Thailand 4)Indonesia


Ques. :248 The Padma Vibhushan awardee Mohan Dharia, who passed away recently, was a

1)former Union Minister 2)sportsperson

3)author 4)s cientist


Ques. :249 As per the recent data released by the National Human Rights Comm iss ion (NHRC), in which of the following states the maximum num ber of cases of human

rights violations have been registered till 30 September 2013?


1)Rajasthan 2)Haryana

3)Bihar 4)Delhi

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) )

5)Uttar Pradesh Ans.)5

Ques. :250 Which of the following countries has overtook US to become the worlds larges t net oil importer?

1)India 2)Japan

3)China 4)Germany


Ques. :251 In which of the following countries the governor of a province named Arsallah Jamal was killed by a microphone bomb fitted in a mos que recently?

1)Pakistan 2)Afghanistan

3)Bangladesh 4)Myanmar


Ques. :252 The British royal familys Prince of Wales, Charles, and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, are s cheduled to have a nine-day stop-over in India before proceeding

for the Com monwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), 2013 to ________.

1)Sri Lanka 2)Maldives

3)Bangladesh 4)Pakistan


Ques. :253 Who among the following has written the book titled The October List?

1)John Sandford 2)Jeffery Deaver

3)Ramachandra Guha 4)Arundhati Roy


Ques. :254 The global ratings agency Moodys Investors Service downgraded the subordinated debt (sub-debt) ratings of 11 Indian banks recently. Which of the following

statements is /are correct with

1)Subordinated debt refers to a loan (or security)

that ranks below other loans (or securities) wi th

regard to claims on assets or earnings.

2)It is les s ris ky than unsubordinated debt, as in

the event of bankruptcy or default, creditors with

subordinated debt are the first to get paid.

3)Sub-debt forms part of Tier-II capital, and withregard to Basel III norms, the importance of this is

less.

4)All the above


Ques. :255 The Planning Comm iss ion has estimated that the current account deficit (CAD) for 2013-14 will be around 2.5 per cent of GDP. What does CAD refer to?

1)The net import of goods , services and transfers

is more than the total export of goods, s ervices

and transfers.

2)The net im port of goods, services and transfers

is less than the total export of goods, services and

transfers.


3)The net foreign currency inflow is more than net

foreign currency outflow.

4)The funds in the form of investments and loans

flowing in les s than that flowing out of an

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g yeconomy.


Ques. :256 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 7 Oct, infused what am ount into the banking system through a s even-day maiden term repo auction?

1)Rs 11,000 cr 2)Rs 13,000 cr

3)Rs 17,000 cr 4)Rs 19,000 cr


Ques. :257 Name the Indian-American adminis trator whose name has been confirmed by the US Senate as the Assis tant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia,

making her the first person from the com munity to hold the top diplomatic pos ition?

1)Bobby Jindal 2)Sus ana Martinez

3)Nikki Haley 4)Nisha Desai Biswal


Ques. :258 India's leading cueist Aditya Mehta rewrote history, becoming the first Indian to make it to a sem ifinal stage of a ranking event while entering the sem i-final of

Indian Open snooker championship defeating ________.

1)Nigel Bond 2)Liang Wenbo

3)Pankaj Advani 4)L

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