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GENERAL AWARENESS1. Rakesh Sethi was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of

the following public sector banks in March 2014? (He succeeded ShubhalaxmiPanse)1) Punjab National Bank 2) Andhra Bank 3) Bank of India 4) United Bank of India 5) Allahabad Bank

2. Who among the following won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 86th AcademyAwards in Los Angeles in March 2014?1) Christian Bale 2) Matthew McConaughey 3) Bruce Dern4) Leonardo DiCaprio 5) Chiwetel Ejiofor

3. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of MCX-SX in March 2014?1) Ashima Goyal 2) Jignesh Shah 3) Thomas Mathew4) Saurabh Sarkar 5) T.S. Vijayan

4. Which of the following teams won the 68th Santosh Trophy Football tournament at theKanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal, in March 2014? (Santosh Trophy is theNational Championships for Football) 1) Railways 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Kerala 4) Mizoram 5) Maharashtra

5. Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th AcademyAwards in Los Angeles in March 2014?1) The Hunt (Denmark) 2) The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)3) The Missing Picture (Cambodia) 4) Omar (Palestine)5) The Great Beauty (Italy)

6. Which of the following teams won the Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket tournament at EdenGardens in Kolkata in March 2014?1) Karnataka 2) Railways 3) Jharkhand 4) Gujarat 5) Mumbai


7. Bailey Women's Prize for Fiction is annually awarded for best full-length novel writtenin English by a woman of any nationality. It was previously called? 1) Man Booker Prize 2) David Cohen Prize 3) Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 4) Orange Prize 5) None of these

8. Which one of the following specialized agencies of the United Nations Organizationis not in Geneva? 1) International Labor Organization 2) World Meteorological Organization 3) World Health Organization 4) International Telecommunication Union5) International Maritime Organization

9. The longest circle which can be drawn on the Earth's surface passes through?1) Equator 2) Arctic Circle 3) Tropic of Cancer4) Tropic of Capricorn 5) None of these

10. Vilnius is the capital city of which of the following European countries? 1) Lithuania 2) Albania 3) Estonia 4) Austria 5) Macedonia

11. Which of the following countries are known as the Baltic States?1) France, Switzerland, Italy 2) Poland, Belarus, Ukraine 3) Lithuania, Luxemburg, Belgium 4) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 5) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Romania

12. Which one of the following countries does not have a woman President?1) Argentina 2) South Korea 3) Costa Rica 4) Liberia 5) Bangladesh

13. Who is the author of the book "Take Me Home - The Inspiring Stories of 20Entrepreneurs from Small town India with Big-time Dreams"?1) Chetan Bhagat 2) Varun Agarwal 3) Rashmi Bansal 4) Tuhin A. Sinha 5) Deepak Chopra

14. The International Day of Peace is observed annually on?1) November 20 2) September 21 3) October 24 4) May 24 5) March 20




15. Plants that grow on stones and rocks are?1) Halophytes 2) Aerophytes 3) Lithophytes4) Psammophytes 5) None of these

16. The study of the preservation of life at low temperatures is?1) Dermatology 2) Cryobiology 3) Kalology 4) Malacology 5) None of these

17. The reward for labor is?1) Profit 2) Interest 3) Rest 4) Asset 5) Wage

18. The value of a commodity when expressed in terms of money is called?1) Profit 2) Loss 3) Utility 4) Price 5) None of these

19. The Indian economy is a?1) Capital abundant economy 2) Marketable surplus economy 3) Food abundant economy 4) Labor abundant economy 5) None of these

20. The relationship that developed between the USA and the USSR after World War II iscalled?1) Nuclear war 2) Crisis 3) Entente4) Cold War 5) Capitalism versus Communism

21. Henry Becquerel discovered? 1) Neutron 2) Proton 3) Electron 4) Uranium 5) Radioactivity

22. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth?1) Australia 2) Brunei 3) Canada 4) Egypt 5) Jamaica

23. The unit of atmospheric pressure is?1) Dyne 2) Watt 3) Newton 4) Bar 5) None of these




24. Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is situated in?1) India 2) Bhutan 3) Nepal4) New Zealand 5) Afghanistan

25. Who was appointed the Group President, Asia, of the Atlanta based beveragescompany Coca Cola in November 2013?1) Venkatesh Kini 2) Atul Singh 3) Manu Anand 4) Indra Nooyi 5) None of these

26. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India?1) Wular Lake 2) Dal Lake 3) Chilka Lake 4) Sambhar Lake 5) Powai Lake

27. Which Committee was formed to suggest means for eradicating Black Money?1) Janaki Ram Committee 2) Chellaiah Committee 3) Rangarajan Committee 4) Chakravarty Committee 5) Malhotra Committee

28. Which of the following organisations deals with computation of National Income?1) National Development Council 2) Planning Commission 3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Central Statistics Organization 5) Finance Commission

29. Dhruv is a/an?1) Indigenous submarine 2) Advanced Light Helicopter 3) Inter Continental Ballistic Missile 4) Aircraft Carrying Warship 5) None of these

30. Economic Survey is published by?1) Indian Statistical Institute 2) Reserve Bank of India 3) Ministry of Finance 4) Planning Commission 5) Finance Commission




31. V.S. Ramadevi was the only female?1) Indian High Commissioner to UK 2) Indian Ambassador to USA3) Chief Election Commissioner of India 4) Governor of Reserve Bank of India 5) None of these

32. "The Orphan Master's Son" was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is anovel by American author? 1) Nathan Englander 2) Adam Johnson 3) Eowyn Ivey 4) Lydia Davis 5) None of these

33. Which of the following is a tertiary activity?1) Farming 2) Weaving 3) Manufacturing 4) Trading 5) None of these

34. The main functioning of the banking system is to?1) Accept deposits and provide subsidies 2) Accept deposits and provide credit 3) Provide credit and subsidies 4) Accept deposits 5) None of these

35. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to introduce one billion pieces of Rs 10polymer notes on a field trial basis. Which of the following is/are the objectivesbehind this move?1) Increase of the lifetime of the notes 2) Combating counterfeiting 3) Reducing the cost of production of currency notes 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3

36. British scientist Robert Edwards passed away recently. He was the pioneer in the field of?1) Cloning 2) Human genome project 3) Test tube baby 4) Artificial heart transplantation 5) Artificial kidney transplantation

37. Who is the winner of The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 for his novel "Vanity Bagh"?1) Anees Salim 2) Jeet Thayil 3) Amitav Ghosh 4) Vikram Chandra 5) Vikram Seth




38. Which of the following instruments measures the rotation speed of a shaft or disk?1) Tachometer 2) Hygrometer 3) Anemometer4) Hydrometer 5) Barometer

39. NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) recently tostudy? 1) Jupiter 2) Sun 3) Moon 4) Mars 5) Venus

40. Rem is the unit of measurement of?1) Force 2) Tsunami intensity 3) Radiation 4) Explosion intensity 5) Earthquake intensity

41. The Reserve Bank of India granted in-principle approval to which of the followingapplicants to set up banks on April 2, 2014?1) IFCI 2) Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd 3) IDFC 4) Both 1 and 2 5) Both 2 and 3

42. Manuel Valls assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countrieson April 1, 2014?1) Spain 2) France 3) Italy 4) Argentina 5) Peru

43. On April 1, 2014, the RBI in its monetary policy kept the repo rate unchanged at?1) 9% 2) 7% 3) 8% 4) 9.5% 5) 8.5%

44. Who was appointed as RBI Deputy Governor for three years in place of AnandSinha on April 3, 2014?1) S.S. Mundra 2) Nachiket Mor 3) V. Kannan4) R. Gandhi 5) None of these

45. Gurdial Singh Sandhu is the?1) Finance Secretary 2) Revenue Secretary 3) Economic Affairs Secretary4) Home Secretary 5) Financial Services Secretary




46. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) suspended its ties with which ofthe following countries in April 2014?1) Ukraine 2) Syria 3) Afghanistan 4) Russia 5) China

47. Kumba Yala died on April 4, 2014. He was the former President of?1) Ghana 2) Guinea-Bissau 3) Gambia 4) Djibouti 5) Malawi

48. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and which of the following companies jointlylaunched 360-degree panoramic imagery of nationally important monuments inFebruary 2014?1) Google 2) Yahoo 3) Bing 4) MSN 5) None of these

49. October 8 is celebrated in India as?1) Army Day 2) Air Force Day 3) Navy Day4) Armed Forces Flag Day 5) Kargil Divas

50. Which instrument measures the electric current? 1) Altimeter 2) Calorimeter 3) Galvanometer4) Durometer 5) None of these

51. Who among the following architects designed the city of Chandigarh? 1) Charles Correa 2) Le Corbusier 3) Edwin Lutyens4) Herbert Baker 5) None of these

52. Which of the following cups/ trophies is associated with Hockey?1) DCM Trophy 2) Davis Cup 3) Derby Trophy4) Durand Cup 5) None of these

53. Who invented the Thermos Flask?1) Thomas Alva Edison 2) Humphry Davy 3) James Dewar4) Alexander Bain 5) Lewis Waterman




54. Zloty is the currency of?1) Poland 2) Mexico 3) Slovakia 4) Slovenia 5) Latvia

55. The Jadugada Mine commenced operation in 1967 and is the first Uranium mine inIndia. It is located in?1) Odisha 2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar 4) West Bengal 5) Chhattisgarh

56. Mahatma Gandhi Setu, one of the longest river bridges in Asia, is a bridge over theriver?1) Narmada 2) Tapti 3) Ganga 4) Godavari 5) Mahanadi

57. Nikhat Zareen of India is associated with which of the following sports?1) Badminton 2) Boxing 3) Chess 4) Tennis 5) Archery

58. Which of the following private banks celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in October2013?1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Yes Bank4) ING Vysya Bank 5) J&K Bank

59. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is an initiative of the Ministry of?1) Minority Affairs 2) Information and Broadcasting3) Drinking Water and Sanitation 4) Health and Family Welfare5) Home Afairs

60. Which country faced the first Government shutdown in seventeen years in October 2013?1) UK 2) France 3) Germany 4) USA 5) Italy

61. Which Indian industrialist was inducted into the prestigious National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) in the United States for his contributions to industrial developmentin India and across the world in 2013? 1) E. Sreedharan 2) Ratan Tata 3) N. Chandrasekaran 4) Azim Premji 5) Krishnakumar Natarajan




62. Mayaram Committee was formed by the Government of India to examine the?1) Progress in 2G spectrum scam case 2) Alleged irregularities in the functioning of Indian Olympic Association 3) Alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL)4) Progress in coal block allocation scam 5) None of these

63. The 9th edition of "Naseem Al Bahr", the biennial naval exercise, took place between theIndian Navy and?1) Royal Omani Navy 2) Bangladesh Navy 3) UAE Navy4) Indonesian Navy 5) Iranian Navy

64. Which of the following is the capital city of Croatia?1) Astana 2) Pyongyang 3) Vaduz 4) Zagreb 5) Conakry

65. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which put the Mangalyaan into Earth'sorbit is?1) PSLV-A22 2) PSLV-C22 3) PSLV-A11 4) PSLV-C11 5) PSLV-C25

66. Who was named the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the India region offood and beverage company Pepsi Co in December 2013?1) D. Shivakumar 2) Manu Anand 3) Phaneesh Muty4) Sanjeev Chaddha 5) None of these

67. Who was fondly known as "Madiba"?1) Martin Luther King Junior 2) Abraham Lincoln 3) Nelson Mandela 4) Kenneth Kaunda 5) None of these

68. Petra Kvitova is a professional tennis player from?1) Russia 2) Belarus 3) Bulgaria 4) Czech Republic 5) Ukraine

69. What does the letter F denote in the term NBFC?1) Fiscal 2) Functional 3) Formal 4) Federal 5) Financial




70. Which of the following is the name of a credit rating agency in India?1) IBA 2) SEBI 3) IRDA 4) CRISIL 5) PFRDA

Answers:1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 4 8) 59) 1 10) 1 11) 4 12) 5 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 217) 5 18) 4 19) 4 20) 4 21) 5 22) 4 23) 4 24) 325) 2 26) 1 27) 2 28) 4 29) 2 30) 3 31) 3 32) 233) 4 34) 2 35) 5 36) 3 37) 1 38) 1 39) 2 40) 341) 5 42) 2 43) 3 44) 4 45) 5 46) 4 47) 2 48) 149) 2 50) 3 51) 2 52) 5 53) 3 54) 1 55) 2 56) 357) 2 58) 5 59) 3 60) 4 61) 2 62) 3 63) 1 64) 465) 5 66) 1 67) 3 68) 4 69) 5 70) 4






GENERAL AWARENESS1. The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and

Low-Income Households submitted its report in January 2014. Who headed thiscommittee?1) Urjit Patel 2) K.C. Chakrabarty 3) Anand Sinha 4) Nachiket Mor 5) Raghuram Rajan

2. Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister for her second straightterm and third overall on January 12, 2014. She is the leader of?1) Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2) Bangladesh Awami League 3) Jatiya Party 4) Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal5) Workers Party

3. The Indian Ordnance Factory in Kanpur launched a light weight revolver designedespecially for women to defend themselves from assault in January 2014. It is known as?1) Nirbhaya 2) Nirbhay 3) Nirbheek 4) Abhaya 5) None of these

4. Who, among the following Prime Ministers, will be the Chief Guest at this year'sRepublic Day Parade in Delhi?1) Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 2) Yingluck Shinawatra (Thailand) 3) David Cameron (UK) 4) Shinzo Abe (Japan) 5) Li Keqiang (China)

5. Ariel Sharon died on January 11, 2014. He was the former Prime Minister of?1) Syria 2) Lebanon 3) Iran 4) Bahrain 5) Israel

6. India won the Under-19 Asia Cup cricket title in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates inJanuary 2014. India defeated which of the following countries in the final? 1) Sri Lanka 2) Pakistan 3) Afghanistan 4) Bangladesh 5) Malaysia

7. Who picked up the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a second time after being named theworld's grea test footballer at a ceremony in Zurich in January 2014?1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Lionel Messi 3) Franck Ribery 4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5) None


8. Which state bagged the Oil and Gas Conservation Award for the best performanceamong the big states? (The award is given by the Petroleum Conservation ResearchAssociation under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) 1) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra 3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Andhra Pradesh

9. Which of the following films won the Best motion picture-drama at the 71st AnnualGolden Globe Awards announced in Los Angeles on January 12, 2014?1) 12 Years a Salve 2) Captain Phillips 3) Gravity 4) Philomena 5) Rush

10. Eusebio, one of the greatest footballers of all time, passed away on January 5, 2014.He played for?1) Brazil 2) Argentina 3) Spain 4) Germany 5) Portugal

11. Robert Mugabe has been the President of which of the following countries sinceDecember 1987? (He was sworn in on August 22, 2013 for another term) 1) Zambia 2) Kenya 3) Zimbabwe 4) South Africa 5) Mozambique

12. India announced a financial package worth Rs. 5000 crore for which of the followingcountries on August 31, 2013?1) Nepal 2) Bangladesh 3) Sri Lanka 4) Bhutan 5) Pakistan

13. Who was conferred the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award in October 2013? (Thisaward has been instituted by the TSR Foundation of T. Subbarami Reddy)1) Subhash Ghai 2) Simi Garewal 3) Lata Mangeshkar 4) Hema Malini 5) Anil Kapoor

14. James Comey is the?1) United States Attorney General 2) United States Ambassador to India 3) United States Ambassador to Indonesia 4) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 5) United States National Security Adviser




15. Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Buriuly are associated with which of thefollowing sports?1) Archery 2) Athletics 3) Golf 4) Badminton 5) Hockey

16. King Philippe ascended the throne of which of the following countries on July 21, 2013?1) Belgium 2) Netherlands 3) UK 4) Spain 5) None of these

17. M.Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, has launched IGLSuraksha Yojana, a group accident insurance scheme for nearly 2.5 lakh drivers of CNGrun public transport vehicles in? 1) Kolkata 2) Delhi 3) Bangalore 4) Mumbai 5) Chandigarh

18. The Parliament has recently passed the Companies Bill, 2012. As per the new bill thecompanies are required to spend at least what percent of their net profit onCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?1) 1% 2) 2% 3) 3% 4) 4% 5) 5%

19. What is the estimated government spending on the food security program annually?1) Rs 1 lakh crore 2) Rs 50,000 crore 3) Rs 80,000 crore 4) Rs 1.25 lakh crore 5) None

20. Which of the following universities will be established in Raebareli in UttarPradesh?1) Indira Gandhi National University for Women 2) Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University 3) Indira Gandhi National Tribal University 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3

21. Which of the following airports is renamed as Kempegowda International Airport?1) Mangalore 2) Belgaum 3) Bellary 4) Gulbarga 5) Bengaluru

22. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the new aviation regulator. CAA will replace?1) DGCA 2) AERA 3) AERB 4) ICAO 5) GEAC




23. The poverty in India declined by what percent between 1994 and 2010 as per thereport of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals released in July 2013?1) 10% 2) 16% 3) 18% 4) 9% 5) 12%

24. Port Pipavav is India's first port in the private sector. It is located in? 1) Karnataka 2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat 4) Kerala 5) Odisha

25. Which country recently cancelled the construction of a nuclear processing plant inGuangdong province?1) Vietnam 2) China 3) North Korea 4) South Korea 5) Myanmar

26. The Marrakesh Treaty will provide access to various books for the print disabled,visually impaired and blind. Marrakesh is in?1) Russia 2) Switzerland 3) Morocco 4) Indonesia 5) Algeria

27. Mount Fuji was given world heritage status by the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2013. Mount Fuji is the highestmountain in? 1) Malaysia 2) Laos 3) Vietnam 4) Japan 5) Philippines

28. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was reelected as the President of which of the followingcountries in 2013? 1) Mongolia 2) China 3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 5) Kyrgyzstan

29. The Union Government recently launched the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi SurakshaYojana (MGPSY). The scheme will benefit the?1) Adolescent girls 2) Children in rural areas 3) Women in rural areas 4) Urban slum dwellers 5) Overseas Indian workers

30. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has given green clearance for aninternational airport in Kannurin?1) Karnataka 2) Kerala 3) Goa 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Maharashtra

31. The International Olympic Day is celebrated on?1) June 21 2) June 22 3) June 23 4) June 24 5) June 26




32. Who has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)? 1) Rajiv Takru 2) Sunil Soni 3) Tapan Ray 4) Som Mittal 5) None of these

33. Which of the following awards was given to E. Sreedharan, the architect of DelhiMetro Project, in 2013? 1) Lal Bahadur Shastri Award 2) Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 3) Lokmanya Tilak Award 4) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award 5) None of these

34. Who joined as the first Director General of Government of India's IndependentEvaluation Office (IEO) on August 12, 2013? (IEO, was set up under PlanningCommission, conducts independent evaluation of central government schemes)1) Kaushik Basu 2) Rakesh Mohan 3) Ajay Chibber 4) R.S. Gujral 5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

35. Pandit Jasraj, a famous Hindustani classical singer, is the winner of the 'BharatRatna Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Lifetimes Achievement Award' given by thegovernment of?1) Karnataka 2) Maharashtra 3) Haryana 4) Punjab 5) Gujarat

36. Mother Teresa's sculpture was unveiled at the University of Santo Tomas (UST)recently. UST is the Asia's oldest university located in?1) Japan 2) Thailand 3) Singapore 4) Philippines 5) Malaysia

37. The term 'Mint Road' is associated with?1) Finance Minister's Office 2) State Bank of India 3) Reserve Bank of India 4) SEBI 5) Bombay Stock Exchange

Answers:1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 59) 1 10) 5 11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 4 15) 1 16) 117) 2 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 5 22) 1 23) 2 24) 325) 2 26) 3 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 2 31) 3 32) 233) 3 34) 3 35) 2 36) 4 37) 3






GENERAL AWARENESS1. The World's first artificial heart transplant was performed in which of the following

countries in December 2013?1) France 2) UK 3) South Africa 4) USA 5) Germany

2. Former Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed as the Governor of?1) Nagaland 2) Manipur 3) Assam4) Tripura 5) Arunachal Pradesh

3. Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) forEnvironment and Forests, resigned on December 21, 2013. Who is given theadditional charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests?1) Kapil Sibal 2) Anand Sharma 3) Veerappa Moily 4) Beni Prasad Verma 5) Sharad Pawar

4. Who succeeded Nirupama Rao as the Indian Ambassador to the United States ofAmerica on December 23, 2013? 1) Jamini Bhagwati 2) Sudhir Vyas 3) Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty4) S. Jaishankar 5) Ashok K. Kantha

5. Veteran journalist Pran Chopra passed away in December 2013. He was the formereditor of?1) The Indian Express 2) Deccan Herald 3) India Today 4) The New Indian Express 5) The Statesman

6. Graeme Swann announced his retirement from international and first-class cricketin December 2013. He played 60 tests for?1) Australia 2) South Africa 3) West Indies4) England 5) New Zealand

7. The Chief Financial Officer of Infosys quit the company in December 2013. Name him?1) Ashok Vemuri 2) Basab Pradhan 3) S. Goparaju 4) V. Balakrishnan 5) S.D. Shibulal


8. Which State was adjudged the Best State for Governance by the India Today Groupin its "State of The States" study in December 2013?1) Gujarat 2) Karnataka 3) Maharashtra 4) Odisha 5) AP

9. Who won the men's title at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championship inNew Delhi on December 23, 2013?1) Kidambi Srikanth 2) R.M.V. Gurusai Dutt 3) P. Kashyap4) B. Sai Praneeth 5) Saurabh Verma

10. Who won the women's title at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championshipin New Delhi on December 23, 2013?1) Rituparna Das 2) Sayali Gokhale 3) P. Thulasi 4) Arundhati Pantawane 5) P.V. Sindhu

11. "An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions" is written by Amartya Sen and?1) Jean Dreze 2) Neil Gairnan 3) Abdul Kalam 4) A.G. Noorani 5) Gurucharan Das

12. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), what percent of theworld's population has access to Internet? 1) 31% 2) 40% 3) 77% 4) 50% 5) 33%

13. As per the findings of the Planning Commission, poverty in India declined to 21.9per cent in 2011-12 from what per cent in 2004-05? 1) 28.9 % 2) 29.9% 3) 37.2% 4) 32.3% 5) 33.3%

14. Which is the most profitable foreign bank in India in 2012-13?1) Standard Chartered Bank 2) HSBC 3) Citibank 4) Barclays 5) BNP Paribas

15. Shiv Thapa won a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordanrecently. He is associated with? 1) Boxing 2) Archery 3) Athletics 4) Chess 5) Shooting

16. The United Nations General Assembly designated which of the following days asPublic Service Day?




1) June 26 2) June 23 3) July 21 4) June 21 5) June 25

17. The 2013 Ramn Magsaysay Awards winners and their countries are given below.Identify the mismatched pair?1) Habiba Sarabi - Afghanistan 2) Lahpai Seng Raw - Myanmar 3) Ernesto Domingo - Philippines 4) Corruption Eradication Commission - Malaysia5) Shakti Samuha - Nepal

18. Who is the first ever Indian woman to receive 'Emirates Woman Award' for businessexcellence recently?1) Indra Nooyi 2) Mallika Srinivasan 3) Vandana Gandhi 4) Padmasree Warrior 5) None of these

19. The National Capital Region Planning Board has approved the inclusion ofBharatpur district in the National Capital Region. Bharatpur district is in?1) Haryana 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Rajasthan 4) Punjab 5) Himachal Pradesh

20. Which state has been declared the first smoke-free state in India in compliance withSection 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003?1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal 5) Himachal Pradesh

21. Which state government has launched 'Phulwari' scheme for children between agesof 6 months and 3 years, aiming to curb malnutrition?1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Jharkhand 4) Bihar 5) Uttar Pradesh

22. IRNSS-1A is India's first navigation satellite. In this 'R' stands for? 1) Regional 2) Regulatory 3) Research 4) Rural 5) Remote

23. The controversial businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi died recently. He belonged to?1) Sweden 2) Italy 3) Poland 4) Portugal 5) Spain

24. The city of Incheon was named World Book Capital for the year 2015. Incheon is in?1) China 2) Laos 3) South Korea 4) Thailand 5) Myanmar




25. Jean-Claude Juncker was the Prime Minister of which of the following countriesfrom January 20, 1995 to December 4, 2013? (He was the longest-serving head ofgovernment of any European Union State) 1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Slovenia 4) Luxembourg 5) Bulgaria

26. Which of the following companies has not applied for a new banking license?1) Bandhan Financial Services 2) Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd 3) LIC Housing Finance 4) SKS 5) IFCI

27. Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Alti, an IT services company which belongs to?1) France 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Finland 5) Japan

28. To curb the menace of Ponzi schemes and protect investors, which of the followingregulators has been granted more powers?1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) SEBI 4) IRDA 5) PFRDA

29. Telefonica launched the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system.Telefonica is a mobile network provider which belongs to?1) USA 2) Spain 3) China 4) Argentina 5) Brazil

30. India's first air-to-air missile is back on track after a long delay due to technicalglitches. It is known as?1) Prahar 2) Prithvi 3) Astra 4) Agni I 5) AgniV

31. Which is the first country in South Asia to ban the testing of cosmetics and itsingredients on animals?1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Sri Lanka 5) Nepal

32. AltaVista was shut down recently. It was an early? 1) Social Networking Site 2) Search Engine 3) Operating System 4) Online Encyclopedia 5) None of these

33. Which state government has started the "Anna Bhagya" scheme under which 30 kg ofrice per month will be given to below poverty line (BPL) families at rupees 1 per kg?1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Maharashtra 5) Goa




34. Tungurahua volcano erupted recently. It is an active volcano located in?1) Ecuador 2) Mexico 3) Japan 4) Philippines 5) Bolivia

35. Which of the following is the central bank of China?1) People's Bank of China 2) Agricultural Bank of China 3) Bank of China 4) China Development Bank 5) Hua Xia Bank

36. The United Nations Organization Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared whichof the following days as 'Malala Day' in 2013?1) July 18 2) July11 3) July 12 4) July 10 5) July 15

37. In the Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa inJuly 2013, which Indian Grand Master emerged as champion? 1) Abhijeet Gupta 2) Dibyendu Barua 3) M.R. Lalith Babu 4) P. Harikrishna 5) Parimarjan Negi

38. Jean-Yves Le Drian visited India recently. He is the Defense Minister of?1) UK 2) France 3) Germany 4) Norway 5) Italy

39. In July 2013, who became the first US Vice President to visit India in three decades?1) Mitt Romney 2) John Kerry 3) Joe Biden 4) Chuck Hagel 5) None of these

40. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia won a Gold Medal in the World Para AthleticsChampionships in July 2013 in?1) London, UK 2) Seoul, South Korea 3) Bangkok, Thailand 4) Lyon, France 5) Tokyo, Japan

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GENERAL AWARENESS1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-American, has been appointed President of which of the

following ratings firms? (He will assume office on January 6, 2014)1) Moody's Investor Service 2) Fitch Ratings 3) CRISIL4) Standard & Poor's 5) None of these

2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by whichof the following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?1) UNESCO 2) UNICEF 3) UNEP 4) UNDP 5) WHO

3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?1) Aditya Birla Nuvo 2) Bajaj Finserve 3) Tata Sons4) L&T Finance 5) IndiaBulls

4. The Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member GenderSensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) in the Supreme Courtto receive and decide complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra 2) Justice Usha Mehra 3) Justice T. Meena Kumari 4) Justice Ranjana Desai 5) None of these

5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation ofIndian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?1) Jyotsna Suri 2) Arbind Prasad 3) R.V. Kanoria 4) Alwyn Didar Singh 5) Siddharth Birla

6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of thecurrent financial year grew at?1) 4% 2) 4.8% 3) 5.2% 4) 4.4% 5) 4.5%

7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29,2013? (He succeeded General Ashfaque Parvez Kayani) 1) Raheel Sharif 2) Rashid Mehmood 3) Haroon Aslam 4) Khalid Shameen Wynne 5) None of these


8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of asupermarket. He was the Prime Minister of?1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Estonia 4) Lithuania 5) Ukraine

9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?1) Bangladesh 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) Iraq

10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sectorgrew 4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter? 1) Agriculture 2) Electricity Production3) Manufacturing 4) Construction5) Services

11. The classical language status was granted to?1) Tamil and Telugu 2) Tamil and Kannada 3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 4) Telugu and Kannada 5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam

12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula wasinaugurated recently in?1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu 3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu 4) Kollam, Kerala 5) Idukki, Kerala

13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It loweredthe prices of how many essential drugs?1) 74 2) 348 3) 454 4) 241 5) 311

14. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal ofthe Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Maharashtra

15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August2013. It was built by?1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) USA 5) Belgium




16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?1) Pakistan Muslim League-N 2) Pakistan People's Party 3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4) Awami League 5) None of these

17. The 50th anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization2) World Trade Organization3) Organization of African Unity /African Union4) Association of South East Asian Nations5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. ManasAir Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?1) Russia 2) USA 3) France 4) Afghanistan 5) Pakistan

19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmannedaerial vehicles (UAVs)?1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Israel 5) China

20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Government of India for thewelfare of disabled persons?1) DDRS 2) JNNURM 3) IAY 4) DPAP 5) RAY

21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of MountEverest at the age of 80?1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan) 2) Conrad Anker (USA) 3) Peter Athans (USA) 4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland) 5) Wang Fuzhou (China)

22. Arunima Sinha is the? 1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest




23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managersin the history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following footballclubs from 1986 to 2013?1) Arsenal 2) Chelsea 3) Manchester United4) Blackburn Rovers 5) Manchester City

24. World Float is an Indian social networking site launched by?1) Pushkar Mahatta 2) Sabir Bhatia 3) Shantanu Narayan4) Phaneesh Murthy 5) Rajat Gupta

25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device thatcould charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the? 1) ISRO Young Scientist Award 2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award3) United Nations Public Service Award 4) Whitley Award5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent toIndia's Gross Domestic Product?1) 40% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 8% 5) 5%

27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?1) Wal-Mart 2) IKEA 3) Carrefour 4) Tesco 5) Metro

28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?1) Sheryl Sandberg 2) Padmasree Warrior 3) Ginni Rometty4) Marissa Mayer 5) Indra Nooyi

29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Smalland Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?1) S.R.Rao 2) Sumit Bose 3) Madhav Lal 4) Rajiv Takru 5) R.S. Gujral

30. Which of the following is not a land locked state? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Mizoram 5) Odisha




31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatchedpair?1) USA -- CIA 2) UK -MI6 3) France - Mossad4) India - RAW 5) Pakistan - ISI

32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in?1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Kazakhstan

33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Jaipur

34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed anagreement with Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and miningcompany based in?1) Russia 2) South Africa 3) USA 4) Brazil 5) Mexico

35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphonemarket?1) Blackberry OS 2) Apple iOS 3) Symbian OS4) Windows Phone OS 5) Android OS

36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on? 1) May 13, 1945 2) May 9, 1945 3) May 25, 1945 4) August 6, 1945 5) August 9, 1945

37. Which of the following states does not have bicameral legislature?1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh

38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?1) Imphal 2) Aizawl 3) Agartala 4) Shillong 5) Itanagar

39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton 2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton 3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain 4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook 5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss




Answers

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 29) 3 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 3 16) 317) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1 21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 125) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 5 31) 3 32) 133) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3






GENERAL AWARENESS1. The P5+1 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) signed a historic

nuclear deal with which of the following countries in Geneva on November 24, 2013?1) Syria 2) North Korea 3) Libya 4) Iran 5) Lebanon

2. Magnus Carlsen became the new world chess champion beating five-time title-holderViswana-than Anand in Chennai in November 2013. Magnus Carlsen belongs to?1) Russia 2) Norway 3) Israel 4) USA 5) Sweden

3. Virat Kohli is the joint-fastest to score 5000 one day international runs in 114 innings.He equaled the world record of?

1) Brian Lara 2) Gordon Greenidge 3) Vivian Richards 4) AB de Villiers 5) Sourav Ganguly

4. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India onNovember 22, 2013? (He succeeded Justice D.K. Jain)

1) Justice A.K. Patnaik 2) Justice T.S. Thakur 3) Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar 4) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah 5) Justice Dipak Misra

5. Which of the following is not a hill station in South India?1) Ooty 2) Kodaikanal 3) Munnar 4) Coimbatore 5) Wayanad

6. Which of the following words was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year inNovember 2013?

1) Selfie 2) Twerk 3) Binge-watch 4) Schmeat 5) Bitcoin

7. Who has been elected honorary foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), the first Indian to be so honored?

1) Yash Pal 2) Roddam Narsimha 3) CNR Rao 4) K. Radhakrishnan 5) V.K. Saraswat


8. The 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference was held in November 2013 in?1) Durban 2) Brasilia 3) Sanya 4) Moscow 5) New Delhi

9. Who was named Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year for the fifthtime in November 2013?

1) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 2) Sara Errani (Italy) 3) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 4) Serena Williams (USA) 5) Marion Bartoli (France)

10. Who is the youngest world chess champion?1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Garry Kasparov 3) Veselin Topalov 4) Anatoly Karpov 5) Viswanathan Anand

11. How many crore jobs were created in India between 2001 and 2011?1) 10 crore 2) 8 crore 3) 11crore 4) 12 crore 5) 5 crore

12. Which country won the Sudirman Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia in May 2013?1) China 2) South Korea 3) Malaysia 4) India 5) Thailand

13. Ronnie O' Sulivan and Barry Hawkins are associated with?1) Basketball 2) Badminton 3) Snooker 4) Boxing 5) Golf

14. Which team won the 64th Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Hockey Championshipin May 2013?1) Karnataka 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Mumbai 4) Punjab 5) Andhra Pradesh

15. India signed Extradition Treaty with which of the following countries in May 2013after two decades of negotiations?1) Japan 2) Germany 3) South Korea 4) Pakistan 5) Thailand

16. The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor will be set up with the help of?1) Japan 2) Russia 3) China 4) Bangladesh 5) Sri Lanka




17. Who among the following is not a Prime Minister of a country?1) Shinzo Abe 2) Yingluck Shinawatra 3) Li Keqiang 4) Nawaz Sharif 5) Hassan Rouhani

18. Which country's Prime Minister was conferred Pakistan's highest civil awardNishan-e- Pakistan in May 2013? 1) India 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) UK 5) Australia

19. The President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting ofelected members of?1) Both Houses of Parliament 2) The Legislative Assemblies of the States 3) Union Council of Ministers 4) Both 1 and 2 5) Both 1 and 3

20. Identify the mismatched pair?1) Baichung Bhutia - Football 2) Gagan Narang - Shooting 3) Vijay Kumar - Shooting 4) Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing 5) Mary Kom - Boxing

21. SEBI introduced "Basic Services Demat Account" (BSDA) recently. What is themaximum value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?1) Rs 1 lakh 2) Rs 2 lakh 3) Rs 3 lakh 4) Rs 4 lakh 5) Rs 5 lakh

22. Ericsson, one of the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturers, is based in?1) Spain 2) Iceland 3) Ireland 4) Switzerland 5) Sweden

23. Identify the mismatched pair?1) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad 2) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam 3) Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre - Thiruvananthapuram 4) Indian Space Research Organization - Sriharikota 5) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited - Mumbai




24. What is Wakhan Corridor?1) An area of far north-eastern Afghanistan that forms a corridor between Afghanistan

and China 2) Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region 3) A passage between Iran and Afghanistan 4) A corridor between India and Pakistan 5) None of these

25. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on integration of thousands of employeesafter the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines?1) D.M. Dharmadhikari 2) Sam Pitroda 3) Anil Kakodkar 4) C. Rangarajan 5) None of these

26. Adi Godrej Committee is related to?1) Telecom Sector Reforms 2) National Corporate Governance Policy 3) Indian Railways High Level Safety Review 4) Financial Sector Legislative Reforms 5) Banking Sector Reforms

27. Which of the following programs aims to help build or upgrade dwelling units ofbelow the poverty line rural families?1) MGNREGP 2) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana 3) JNNURM 4) National Social Assistance Program 5) None of these

28. In Indian context NSAB stands for?1) National Society for Animal Breeders 2) National Support Activity for Banks 3) National Security Advisory Board 4) National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists 5) None of these




29. Adly Mansour, Francois Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the current Presidentsrespectively of?1) Qatar, France, Lebanon 2) Jordan, Germany, Syria 3) Egypt, Canada , Iraq 4) Egypt , France, Syria 5) Iraq, France, Jordan

30. Essar group of companies is promoted by? 1) Ruias 2) Tatas 3) Goenkas 4) Kanorias 5) Ambanis

31. Hero group of companies is owned by?1) Hindujas 2) Firodias 3) Munjals 4) Birlas 5) None of these

32. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is located on the border of?1) USA and Canada 2) USA and Mexico 3) Peru and Bolivia 4) Chile and Argentina 5) Namibia and South Africa

33. The Great Victoria is the largest desert in?1) Australia 2) Mongolia 3) Namibia 4) Argentina 5) Algeria

34. Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding(artificial rains)?1) Zinc Sulphate 2) Silver Iodide 3) Magnesium Hydroxide 4) Potassium Chloride 5) Potassium Nitrate

Key

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 1 7) 3 8) 59) 4 10) 2 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1 15) 5 16) 1

17) 5 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 2 22) 5 23) 4 24) 125) 1 26) 2 27) 5 28) 3 29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 333) 1 34) 2






GENERAL AWARENESS1. Who defeated Sheila Dikshit, the three-time Chief Minister of Delhi in the New Delhi

assembly constituency which she had held for 15 years, in December 2013?1) Harsh Vardhan 2) Manish Sisodia 3) Jagdeep Singh4) Pradyuman Rajput 5) Arvind Kejriwal

2. Nelson Mandela, South Afri-cas first black President, died at the age of 95 years onDecember 5, 2013. In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with?

1) Fidel Castro 2) F.W. de Klerk 3) Oliver Tambo4) Yasser Arafat 5) Desmond Tutu

3. Who will succeed Deepak Sandhu as the next Chief Infor- mation Commissioner(CIC) of India?

1) Sudha Sharma 2) Satyanand Misra 3) Sushma Singh4) Sujatha Singh 5) Sanjay Baru

4. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2013 in Muntinlupa City, Phili- ppines on December 7,2013?

1) Katia Wagner (Austria) 2) Catharina Choi (South Korea)3) Kristal Silva (Mexico) 4) Alyz Henrich (Venezuela)5) Punika Kulsoontornrut (Thailand)

5. Who represented India in the Miss Earth beauty pageant in Philippines in December2013?

1) Navneet Kaur Dhillon 2) Manasi Moghe 3) Shobita Dhulipala4) Neena Davuluri 5) Vasuki Sunkavalli

6. Who was reappointed as the Director General of Organi-zation for the Prohibition ofChemical Weapons (OPCW) in December 2013?

1) Yukia Amano 2) Roberto Azvedo 3) Ahmet Uzumcu4) Anthony Lake 5) Irina Bokova


7. Which country has won the right to host the 2017 Under-17 FIFA World CupFootball?

1) Ireland 2) South Africa 3) Uzbekistan 4) India 5) Japan

8. The official ball to be used in the 2014 Football World Cup was unveiled in Rio deJaneiro in December 2013. It is called?

1) Jabulani 2) Selecao 3) Brazuca 4) Bossa Nova 5) Cuiaba

9. Nabil Fahmy visited India in December 2013. He is the Foreign Minister of?1) Pakistan 2) Egypt 3) Libya 4) Lebanon 5) Iran

10. Who is the only woman to have been first lady of two different countries, serving asthe First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986 and the First Lady of South Africafrom 1998 to 1999?1) Winnie Mandela 2) Zanele Mbeki 3) Graca Machel4) Marcelina Chissano 5) Maria da Luz Guebuza

11. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain peak in?1) North America 2) South America 3) Africa4) Australia 5) Europe

12. Who became the first Indian woman to scale the seven continental peaks afterclimbing McKinley peak in May 2013?1) Arunima Sinha 2) Premlata Agrawal 3) Bachendri Pal4) Santoshi Yadav 5) None of these

13. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Oil and Natural Gas Corporations megapower project in June 2013 in Pala-tana in?1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) West Bengal4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Meghalaya




14. Which of the following organizations has designated Nicobar Islands as a worldbiosphere reserve under its Man and Biosphere Program (MAB)?1) WIPO 2) UNICEF 3) UNESCO 4) WMO 5) IPCC

15. Indian philanthropist Binde- shwar Pathak received the Legend of Planet award inParis in June 2013. He is the founder of?1) Child Relief and You 2) SEWA 3) Chipko Movement4) IVDP 5) Sulabh International

16. Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts were ravaged in the recent floods.They are in?1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Odisha 3) Bihar 4) Uttarakhand 5) West Bengal

17. Which of the following is the currency of Brazil?1) Peso 2) Dollar 3) Franc 4) Pound 5) Real

18. SEBI has appointed a committee on Rationalization of Investment Routes andMonitoring of Foreign Portfolio Invest-ments under the Chairmanship of ?1) K.M. Chandrasekhar 2) U.K. Sinha 3) Y.V. Reddy4) R. Damodaran 5) None of these

19. India's first Technical University for women was inaugurated in June 2013 in?1) Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Hyderabad 4) Jaipur 5) Chennai

20. According to the Times Higher Education magazine Pohang University of Science&Tech nology, also known as POS TECH, has topped the rankings of the worldstop 100 universities under 50 years old. POSTECH is in?1) Singapore 2) South Korea 3) Vietnam 4) Thailand 5) China

21. Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?1) Danube 2) Ural 3) Rhine 4) Volga 5) Rhone




22. What is the priority sector lending target for domestic banks and foreign banks withbranch network of 20 and above in India?1) 32 per cent 2) 40 per cent 3) 50 per cent 4) 46 per cent 5) 35 per cent

23. Manodhairya Yojana is aimed at providing financial, medical and legal aid,rehabilitation and counseling to victims of rape and child abuse. This scheme waslaunched recently by?1) Maharashtra 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh4) Delhi 5) Andhra Pradesh

24. Gregg Clark has been appointed as the chief coach of the Junior Men's NationalHockey Team. He belongs to?1) Germany 2) Belgium 3) Australia4) South Africa 5) Netherlands

25. In which event in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships Vikas Gowda won a goldmedal in Pune in July 2013?1) High Jump 2) Long Jump 3) Shot Put4) 10,000 meter race 5) Discus Throw

26. Marwar Festival is celebrated every year in?1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Gujarat 3) Rajasthan 4) Maharashtra 5) Uttar Pradesh

27. Countries and their capitals are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?1) Australia Canberra 2) Austria Vienna 3) Finland Helsinki4) Denmark Copenhagen 5) Switzerland Geneva

28. Ramesh Abhishek is the Chairman of?1) Securities and Exchange Board of India 2) Forward Markets Commission




3) Insurance Regulatory Deve- lopment Authority 4) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority 5) Competition Commission of India

29. According to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED)Act 2006, a medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipmentis more than Rupees 2crore but does not exceed?1) Rs.3 crore 2) Rs.4 crore 3) Rs.5 crore4) Rs.10 crore 5) None of these

30. Rajiv Gandhi Ann Yojana under the Food Security Sche me was launched inSeptember 2013 by the Chief Minister of?1) Maharashtra 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Rajasthan4) Assam 5) Karnataka

31. Which of the following is not regulated by the Reserve Bank of India?1) Reporate 2) CRR 3) SLR4) Cess 5) Marginal Standing Facility

32. Which of the following sets standards and promotes effective implementation oflegal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering andterrorist finan cing?1) AMLA 2) SWIFT 3) KYC 4) FATF 5) None of these

33. The National Payments Corpo-ration of India (NPCI) has launched an instantinterbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones. It is called?1) IMPS 2) NEFT 3) INSTAPAY 4) RTGS 5) None of these

Key1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 3 7) 4 8) 39) 2 10) 3 11) 1 12) 2 13) 2 14) 3 15) 5 16) 417) 5 18) 1 19) 1 20) 2 21) 4 22) 2 23) 1 24) 425) 5 26) 3 27) 5 28) 2 29) 3 30) 2 31) 4 32) 433) 1






GENERAL AWARENESS

1. C.V.R. Rajendran became the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which ofthe following public sector banks on December 13, 2013?

1) Indian Bank 2) Syndicate Bank 3) Andhra Bank4) Vijaya Bank 5) Canara Bank

2. Michelle Bachelet was elected the President of which of the following South Americancountries for the second time in December 2013? (She will take office on March 11, 2014)

1) Uruguay 2) Chile 3) Argentina 4) Paraguay 5) Bolivia

3. Pakistan appointed which of the following diplomats as its new High Commissionerto India on December 19, 2013?

1) Syed Ibne Abbas 2) Jalil Abbas Jilani 3) Abdul Basit 4) Aizaz Chaudhry 5) Salman Bashir

4. Who took over as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (NABARD) on December 19, 2013? (He succeeded Prakash Bakshi)

1) L.C. Goyal 2) R.S. Butola 3) D.K. Mehrotra 4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 5) Sudhir Vasudeva

5. Which cricketer will receive the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for2013?

1) Mohinder Amarnath 2) B.S. Bedi 3) S. Venkataraghavan 4) Sunil Gavaskar 5) Kapil Dev

6. Which country won the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup title at the Major DhyanChand National Stadium in New Delhi for a record sixth time on December 15, 2013?

1) Germany 2) France 3) Argentina 4) Spain 5) Canada

7. Sis Ram Ola passed away on December 15, 2013. At the time of his death he was theUnion Minister of?

1) Water Resources 2) Tribal Affairs and Panchayat Raj 3) Mines 4) Labor and Employment 5) Social Justice and Empowerment


8. Ursula von der Leyen was appointed the first female Minister of Defense of which ofthe following countries on December 17, 2013?

1) France 2) Spain 3) Germany 4) Argentina 5) Portugal

9. Who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra onNovember 9, 2013?

1) S.L. Bansal 2) Sushil Muhnot 3) D.P. Singh 4) M. Narendra 5) M.D. Mallya

10. The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review, announced onDecember 18, 2013, kept the repo rate unchanged at? 1) 8.75% 2) 8.5% 3) 7.5% 4) 7.75% 5) 7.25%

11. Which is India's most admired company, as per a Fortune magazine list released inJuly 2013?1) Tata Consultancy Services 2) Hindustan Unilever 3) ITC 4) Infosys 5) State Bank of India

12. Chris Martin retired recently from international Cricket. He played 71 Tests for?1) South Africa 2) Australia 3) West Indies 4) New Zealand 5) England

13. Who is the World's Most Powerful Musician, according to the Forbes Magazine's2013 list?1) Lady Gaga 2) Beyonce 3) Madonna 4) Britney Spears 5) None

14. Tshering Tobgay assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the followingcountries on July 30, 2013?1) Vietnam 2) Myanmar 3) Bhutan 4) Laos 5) South Korea

15. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, has been conferredwith 'Virangana Lakshmibai Rashtriya Samman 2013-14' by the Government of? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Haryana 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh

16. Sunabeda Tiger Reserve is located in the Nuapada district of?1) Karnataka 2) Odisha 3) West Bengal 4) Assam 5) Gujarat




17. Which two countries together hold about 90 per cent of the world's nuclearweapons?1) Russia and USA 2) USA and China 3) USA and India4) USA and Australia 5) Japan and Russia

18. China topped the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championship held in Pune inJuly 2013. What is India's rank? 1) Second 2) Fourth 3) Third 4) Fifth 5) Sixth

19. In the event of recalibration of the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) of the ReserveBank of India, which of the following rates gets automatically readjusted? 1) Bank Rate 2) Repo Rate 3) Reverse Repo Rate 4) Base Rate 5) Prime Lending Rate

20. Moscow hosted which of the following Summits on July 19, 2013?1) G20 2) G8 3) BRICS 4) G20 Ministers of Finance 5) Shanghai Cooperation Organization

21. The Shura Council is the upper house of the Parliament of?1) Egypt 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Afghanistan 5) Syria

22. India is developing new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat with? 1) Russia and USA 2) Russia and Bangladesh 3) Russia and Japan 4) Australia and USA 5) Australia and Russia

23. Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes placeevery?1) Year 2) Two years 3) Three years 4) Four years 5) None

24. Who is the author of the book "Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past"?1) Shashi Tharoor 2) Hamid Ansari 3) K. Natwar Singh 4) Salman Khurshid 5) George Fernandes

25. Tata Steel has acquired majority stake in Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) for rupees 163crore. LIM is based in?1) USA 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Canada 5) Mexico




26. Which company bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in2013 for the next five years?1) DLF 2) Reliance 3) PepsiCo 4) Hero 5) Essar

27. Which of the following companies launched 'ElitePad 900', a Windows 8 tablet, inIndia? 1) Lenovo 2) Dell 3) Microsoft 4) HP 5) Samsung

28. Who is the present Lt. Governor of Delhi?1) A.K. Singh 2) B.S. Bhalla 3) Najeeb Jung4) Virendra Kataria 5) None of these

29. Douglas Engelbart of USA passed away recently. He invented?1) Computer 2) Keyboard 3) Monitor4) Computer mouse 5) Hard drive disk

30. Which country was ranked the world's happiest nation among developed economiesfor the third consecutive year in the Better Life Index compiled by the Organizationfor Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?1) Australia 2) Sweden 3) Canada 4) Norway 5) Switzerland

31. India has offered US $ 150 million of credit for project exports for establishing aSpecial Economic Zone at Sittwe in?1) Afghanistan 2) Myanmar 3) Sri Lanka 4) Nepal 5) Bhutan

32. India's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at Nyoma at a height ofabout 14,000 feet. Nyoma is in?1) Sikkim 2) Assam 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Jammu& Kashmir 5) Arunachal Pradesh

33. Kerberos and Styx are the moons of?1) Uranus 2) Neptune 3) Pluto 4) Jupiter 5) Saturn

34. The Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) was installed recently at Rangachang in?1) Daman and Diu 2) Andaman and Nicobar 3) Lakshadweep 4) Puduchery 5) Tamil Nadu




35. Which three-times world table tennis champion from China, popularly known asthe 'Architect of Ping-Pong Diplomacy', died recently?1) Li Furong 2) Zhuang Zedong 3) Liang Geliang4) Xi Enting 5) Li Ping

36. The government has proposed to run special luxury coach to provide high-levelcomfort to travelers which is called?1) Anubhuti coach 2) Sampurna coach 3) Suraksha coach4) Duronto coach 5) None of these

37. Which of the following banks has acquired 30% stake in Metlife India Insurance?1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank 3) Bank of Baroda4) Indian Overseas Bank 5) Syndicate Bank

38. Who is the Chairman of the committee that has been appointed to re-start 215 largeprojects worth over rupees 7 lakh crore that have been stalled for various reasons?1) T. Damodaran 2) N. Chandrasekhar 3) Usha Thorat4) C. Rangarajan 5) Anil Swarup

39. Who, among the following journalists, was given the prestigious Prem Bhatia Awardfor Political Reporting 2013?1) Shalini Singh 2) Smita Gupta 3) Pallavi Aiyar4) Meena Menon 5)Neenavyas

40. "The Race of My Life" is the autobiography of?1) P.T. Usha 2) Shiny Abraham 3) Usain Bolt4) Milkha Singh 5) Carl Lewis

Answers

1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 4 8) 3 9) 210) 4 11) 1 12) 4 13) 1 14) 3 15) 5 16) 2 17) 1 18) 5

19) 1 20) 4 21) 1 22) 4 23) 2 24) 3 25) 4 26) 3 27) 428) 3 29) 4 30) 1 31) 2 32) 4 33) 3 34) 2 35) 2 36) 137) 2 38) 5 39) 1 40) 4






GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-American, has been appointed President of which of the following

ratings firms? (He will assume office on January 6, 2014)

1) Moody's Investor Service 2) Fitch Ratings 3) CRISIL

4) Standard & Poor's 5) None of these

2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which of the

following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?

1) UNESCO 2) UNICEF 3) UNEP

4) UNDP 5) World Health Organization

3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?

1) Aditya Birla Nuvo 2) Bajaj Finserve 3) Tata Sons

4) L&T Finance 5) IndiaBulls

4. The Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender Sensitization

and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court to receive and decide

complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?

1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra 2) Justice Usha Mehra

3) Justice T. Meena Kumari 4) Justice Ranjana Desai

5) None of these

5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?

1) Jyotsna Suri 2) Arbind Prasad 3) R.V. Kanoria

4) Alwyn Didar Singh 5) Siddharth Birla

6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the current

financial year grew at?

1) 4% 2) 4.8% 3) 5.2% 4) 4.4% 5) 4.5%

7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29, 2013?

(He succeeded General Ashfaque Parvez Kayani)

1) Raheel Sharif 2) Rashid Mehmood 3) Haroon Aslam

4) Khalid Shameen Wynne 5) None of these


8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a super-

market. He was the Prime Minister of?

1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Estonia 4) Lithuania 5) Ukraine

9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?

1) Bangladesh 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) Iraq

10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector grew

4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter?

1) Agriculture 2) Electricity Production 3) Manufacturing

4) Construction 5) Services

11. The classical language status was granted to?

1) Tamil and Telugu 2) Tamil and Kannada

3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 4) Telugu and Kannada

5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam

12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was inaugu-

rated recently in?

1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu 4) Kollam, Kerala

5) Idukki, Kerala

13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered the

prices of how many essential drugs?

1) 74 2) 348 3) 454 4) 241 5) 311

14. The Cabinet Committee on Econ-omic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal of the

Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?

1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Maharashtra

15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August 2013. It

was built by?

1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) USA 5) Belgium




16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?

1) Pakistan Muslim League-N 2) Pakistan People's Party

3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4) Awami League

5) None of these

17. The 50th anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?

1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization

2) World Trade Organization

3) Organization of African Unity /African Union

4) Association of South East Asian Nations

5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas Air

Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?

1) Russia 2) USA 3) France 4) Afghanistan 5) Pakistan

19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned aerial

vehicles (UAVs)?

1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Israel 5) China

20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Government of India for the wel-

fare of disabled persons?

1) DDRS 2) JNNURM 3) IAY 4) DPAP 5) RAY

21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest

at the age of 80?

1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan) 2) Conrad Anker (USA) 3) Peter Athans (USA)

4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland) 5) Wang Fuzhou (China)

22. Arunima Sinha is the?

1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest

2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest

3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year

4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest

5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest




23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers in the

history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football clubs from

1986 to 2013?

1) Arsenal 2) Chelsea 3) Manchester United

4) Blackburn Rovers 5) Manchester City

24. WorldFloat is an Indian social networking site launched by?

1) Pushkar Mahatta 2) Sabir Bhatia 3) Shantanu Narayan

4) Phaneesh Murthy 5) Rajat Gupta

25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that could

charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the?

1) ISRO Young Scientist Award 2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award

3) United Nations Public Service Award 4) Whitley Award

5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to India's

Gross Domestic Product?

1) 40% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 8% 5) 5%

27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?

1) Wal-Mart 2) IKEA 3) Carrefour 4) Tesco 5) Metro

28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?

1) Sheryl Sandberg 2) Padmasree Warrior 3) Ginni Rometty

4) Marissa Mayer 5) Indra Nooyi

29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?

1) S.R.Rao 2) Sumit Bose 3) Madhav Lal

4) Rajiv Takru 5) R.S. Gujral

30. Which of the following is not a land locked state?

1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh

4) Mizoram 5) Odisha




31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?

1) USA -- CIA 2) UK -MI6 3) France - Mossad

4) India - RAW 5) Pakistan - ISI

32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in?

1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Kazakhstan

33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?

1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Jaipur

34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an agreement with

Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and mining company based in?

1) Russia 2) South Africa 3) USA 4) Brazil 5) Mexico

35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?

1) Blackberry OS 2) Apple iOS 3) Symbian OS

4) Windows Phone OS 5) Android OS

36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on?

1) May 13, 1945 2) May 9, 1945 3) May 25, 1945

4) August 6, 1945 5) August 9, 1945

37. Which of the following states does not have bicameral legislature?

1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra

4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh

38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?

1) Imphal 2) Aizawl 3) Agartala 4) Shillong 5) Itanagar

39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?

1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton 2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton

3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain 4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook

5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss




Answers

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1

8) 2 9) 3 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4

15) 3 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1 21) 1

22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1

29) 5 30) 5 31) 3 32) 1 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5

36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3






General Awareness

1. The P5+1 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) signed a historic nuclear

deal with which of the following countries in Geneva on November 24, 2013?

1) Syria 2) North Korea 3) Libya 4) Iran 5) Lebanon

2. Magnus Carlsen became the new world chess champion beating five-time title-holder

Viswana-than Anand in Chennai in November 2013. Magnus Carlsen belongs to?

1) Russia 2) Norway 3) Israel 4) USA 5) Sweden

3. Virat Kohli is the joint-fastest to score 5000 one day international runs in 114 innings. He

equaled the world record of?

1) Brian Lara 2) Gordon Greenidge 3) Vivian Richards

4) AB de Villiers 5) Sourav Ganguly

4. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India on

November 22, 2013? (He succeeded Justice D.K. Jain)

1) Justice A.K. Patnaik 2) Justice T.S. Thakur

3) Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar 4) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

5) Justice Dipak Misra

5. Which of the following is not a hill station in South India?

1) Ooty 2) Kodaikanal 3) Munnar

4) Coimbatore 5) Wayanad

6. Which of the following words was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in

November 2013?

1) Selfie 2) Twerk 3) Binge-watch

4) Schmeat 5) Bitcoin

7. Who has been elected honorary foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

(CAS), the first Indian to be so honored?

1) Yash Pal 2) Roddam Narsimha 3) CNR Rao

4) K. Radhakrishnan 5) V.K. Saraswat


8. The 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference was held in November 2013 in?

1) Durban 2) Brasilia 3) Sanya

4) Moscow 5) New Delhi

9. Who was named Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year for the fifth time

in November 2013?

1) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 2) Sara Errani (Italy)

3) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 4) Serena Williams (USA)

5) Marion Bartoli (France)

10. Who is the youngest world chess champion?

1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Garry Kasparov 3) Veselin Topalov

4) Anatoly Karpov 5) Viswanathan Anand

11. How many crore jobs were created in India between 2001 and 2011?

1) 10 crore 2) 8 crore 3) 11crore 4) 12 crore 5) 5 crore

12. Which country won the Sudirman Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia in May 2013?

1) China 2) South Korea 3) Malaysia 4) India 5) Thailand

13. Ronnie O' Sulivan and Barry Hawkins are associated with?

1) Basketball 2) Badminton 3) Snooker 4) Boxing 5) Golf

14. Which team won the 64th Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Hockey Championship in May

2013?

1) Karnataka 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Mumbai

4) Punjab 5) Andhra Pradesh

15. India signed Extradition Treaty with which of the following countries in May 2013 after

two decades of negotiations?

1) Japan 2) Germany 3) South Korea 4) Pakistan 5) Thailand

16. The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor will be set up with the help of?

1) Japan 2) Russia 3) China 4) Bangladesh 5) Sri Lanka




17. Who among the following is not a Prime Minister of a country?

1) Shinzo Abe 2) Yingluck Shinawatra 3) Li Keqiang

4) Nawaz Sharif 5) Hassan Rouhani

18. Which country's Prime Minister was conferred Pakistan's highest civil award Nishan-e-

Pakistan in May 2013?

1) India 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) UK 5) Australia

19. The President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

elected members of?

1) Both Houses of Parliament 2) The Legislative Assemblies of the States

3) Union Council of Ministers 4) Both 1 and 2

5) Both 1 and 3

20. Identify the mismatched pair?

1) Baichung Bhutia - Football 2) Gagan Narang - Shooting

3) Vijay Kumar - Shooting 4) Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing

5) Mary Kom - Boxing

21. SEBI introduced "Basic Services Demat Account" (BSDA) recently. What is the maximum

value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?

1) Rs. 1 lakh 2) Rs. 2 lakh 3) Rs. 3 lakh 4) Rs. 4 lakh 5) Rs. 5 lakh

22. Ericsson, one of the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturers, is based in?

1) Spain 2) Iceland 3) Ireland 4) Switzerland 5) Sweden

23. Identify the mismatched pair?

1) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad

2) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam

3) Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre - Thiruvananthapuram

4) Indian Space Research Organization - Sriharikota

5) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited - Mumbai

24. What is Wakhan Corridor?

1) An area of far north-eastern Afghanistan that forms a corridor between Afghanistan and

China




2) Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region

3) A passage between Iran and Afghanistan

4) A corridor between India and Pakistan

5) None of these

25. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on integration of thousands of employees after

the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines?

1) D.M. Dharmadhikari 2) Sam Pitroda 3) Anil Kakodkar

4) C. Rangarajan 5) None of these

26. Adi Godrej Committee is related to?

1) Telecom Sector Reforms

2) National Corporate Governance Policy

3) Indian Railways High Level Safety Review

4) Financial Sector Legislative Reforms

5) Banking Sector Reforms

27. Which of the following programs aims to help build or upgrade dwelling units of below

the poverty line rural families?

1) MGNREGP 2) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

3) JNNURM 4) National Social Assistance Program

5) None of these

28. In Indian context NSAB stands for?

1) National Society for Animal Breeders

2) National Support Activity for Banks

3) National Security Advisory Board

4) National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists

5) None of these

29. Adly Mansour, Francois Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the current Presidents respec-

tively of?

1) Qatar, France, Lebanon 2) Jordan, Germany, Syria

3) Egypt, Canada , Iraq 4) Egypt , France, Syria

5) Iraq, France, Jordan




30. Essar group of companies is promoted by?

1) Ruias 2) Tatas 3) Goenkas 4) Kanorias 5) Ambanis

31. Hero group of companies is owned by?

1) Hindujas 2) Firodias 3) Munjals 4) Birlas 5) None of these

32. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is located on the border of?

1) USA and Canada 2) USA and Mexico

3) Peru and Bolivia 4) Chile and Argentina

5) Namibia and South Africa

33. The Great Victoria is the largest desert in?

1) Australia 2) Mongolia 3) Namibia 4) Argentina 5) Algeria

34. Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificial

rains)?

1) Zinc Sulphate 2) Silver Iodide

3) Magnesium Hydroxide 4) Potassium Chloride

5) Potassium Nitrate

Answers

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 1 7) 3

8) 5 9) 4 10) 2 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1

15) 5 16) 1 17) 5 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 2

22) 5 23) 4 24) 1 25) 1 26) 2 27) 5 28) 3

29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 3 33) 1 34) 2






GENERAL AWARENESS1. Yogesh Agarwal resigned as the Chairman of which of the following regulators on

November 13, 2013?

1) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority

2) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

3) Airport Economic Regulatory Authority

4) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority

5) Securities and Exchange Board of India

2. Who was appointed as the Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharatiya Mahila

Bank (BMB), the first women's bank, in November 2013?

1) Shubhalaxmi Panse 2) Vijayalaxmi Iyer

3) Arundhathi Bhattacharya 4) Usha Ananthasubramanian

5) Archana Bhargava

3. The nineteenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP-19) to the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in which of the following

cities in Nov. 2013?

1) Copenhagen (Denmark) 2) Moscow (Russia)

3) Warsaw (Poland) 4) Stockholm (Sweden)

5) Oslo (Norway)

4. Miss Universe beauty pageant was held in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013. Who was

crowned Miss Universe 2013?

1) Maria Gabriela Isler (Venezuela) 2) Patricia Rodriguez (Spain)

3) Constanza Baez (Ecuador) 4) Ariella Arida (Philippines)

5) Megan Young (Philippines)

5. Who represented India at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013?

(She was placed 10th)

1) Gurleen Grewal 2) Sristi Rana 3) Preeti Chauhan

4) Manasi Moghe 5) Navneet Kaur Dhillon


6. Which country will host the women's World Cup Hockey in 2018?

1) India 2) Netherlands 3) England 4) Malaysia 5) South Korea

7. Whose 125th birth anniversary was celebrated on November 11, 2013?

1) C. Rajagopalachary 2) Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad

3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

5) Bhagat Singh

8. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals Tennis tournament for the second year in a row in

November 2013?

1) Novak Djokovic 2) Rafael Nadal 3) Roger Federer

4) Richard Gasquet 5) Andy Murray

9. Who was honored with the first CII President's award for his contributions to the industry and

nation building on November 15, 2013?

1) Adi Godrej 2) Rahul Bajaj 3) S. Ramadorai

4) S. Gopalakrishnan 5) Ratan Tata

10. Which team won the Men's Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Kakamighara city, Japan

in November 2013?

1) Pakistan 2) Japan 3) Malaysia 4) China 5) India

11. Who was sworn-in as Malaysia's Prime Minister for the second time in May 2013?

1) Anwar Ibrahim 2) Tuanku Abdul Halim

3) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 4) Najib Tun Razak

5) Muhyiddin Yassin

12. The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) was signed recently by Preneet Kaur,

Minister of State for External Affairs of India and George William Vella, the Foreign

Minister of?

1) Malta 2) Hungary 3) Greece 4) Romania 5) Ireland

13. Indian biologist Dr. Aparajita Datta has been honored with which of the following awards

for her work to save threatened hornbills in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh?

1) Asom Ratna Award 2) Whitley Award 3) Baby Nobel Award

4) Right Livelihood Award 5) Ramon Magsaysay Award




14. Narinder Nath Vohra was appointed as Governor of which of the following states for a

second five-year term recently?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Jammu and Kashmir

4) West Bengal 5) Gujarat

15. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is the current and the first woman speaker of the Parliament

of which of the following countries?

1) Pakistan 2) Singapore 3) Indonesia

4) Bangladesh 5) Iran

16. Aparna Bhattacharya and Pramila Jayapal were honored recently as 'champions of change'

by?

1) UK 2) USA 3) Sri Lanka 4) Canada 5) Australia

17. Mike Denness died of cancer at the age of 72 on April 19, 2013. He was the former cricket cap-

tain of?

1) Australia 2) England 3) South Africa

4) New Zealand 5) West Indies

18. Elaine Lobl Konigsburg of USA passed away recently. She won John Newbery Medal which

is given for?

1) Mathematics 2) Films 3) Music

4) Fashion Designing 5) Children's Literature

19. Which of the following paramilitary forces declared 2013 as the 'Year of the Jawan'?

1) Border Security Force 2) Central Industrial Security Force

3) Assam Rifles 4) Central Reserve Police Force

5) Indo Tibetan Border Police

20. Which of the following is a disaster response agency created by the Ministry of Home

Affairs in 2009 for disaster management?

1) BSF 2) CRPF 3) CISF 4) NDRF 5) Sashastra Seema Bal




21. President Pranab Mukherjee recently released commemorative postage stamps depicting

50 personalities including Durga Khote, Suraiya, Geeta Dutt, Bhalji Pendharkar, Sohrab

Modi who were associated with?

1) Sports 2) Literature 3) Films 4) Education 5) Governance

22. The Tribal Forest Dwellers Empowerment Scheme for the economic upliftment of

Scheduled Tribe forest dwellers was launched recently by which of the following Union

Ministers?

1) Kapil Sibal 2) Mallikarjun Kharge 3) Sharad Pawar

4) V.Kishore Chandra Deo 5) Chandresh Kumari Katoch

23. The final Census was released by the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on April 30,

2013. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the Census?

1) India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion

2) 833.5 million persons live in rural areas while 377.1 million persons live in urban areas

3) Urban population has gone up from 17.3 per cent in 1951 to 31.2 per cent in 2011

4) Highest proportion of urban population is in National Capital Territory Delhi (97.5 per

cent)

5) Literacy rate in India in 2011 is 64.8 per cent

24. The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for setting up

of an Electric Locomotive Factory at Madhepura and Diesel Locomotive Factory at

Marhowra. Both Madhepura and Marhowra are in?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) West Bengal 3) Bihar

4) Chhattisgarh 5) Jharkhand

25. With effect from May 1, 2013 what is the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for booking

reserved train tickets?

1) 120 days 2) 90 days 3) 60 days 4) 150 days 5) 100 days

26. The Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project (1500 MW) is located in Jhajjar in?

1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan

4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh




27. According to the final Census India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1.21 billion.

India's population grew by what per cent during 2001-11?

1) 21.5 % 2) 17.7 % 3) 25.4 % 4) 19.6 % 5) 20.6 %

28. Sabin Award is given for the conservation of?

1) Birds 2) Reptiles 3) Amphibians 4) Mammals 5) Corals

29. Which one of the following is a super computer built by the Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO)?

1) Titan 2) SAGA-220 3) Jaguar 4) K-computer 5) Aakash

30. Lieutenant General (retired) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn in as the 15th Governor of which

of the following states on May 29, 2013?

1) Assam 2) Jharkhand 3) Kerala

4) Nagaland 5) Arunachal Pradesh

31. The National Florence Nightingale Awards are presented to?

1) Doctors 2) Engineers 3) Journalists

4) Nurses 5) Social workers

32. In the ranking of 189 economies, which country topped the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing

Business Report' for 2014?

1) Singapore 2) Hong Kong 3) New Zealand

4) USA 5) Denmark

33. 'Sethji' is a book written by?

1) Arundhati Roy 2) Shobhaa De 3) Anita Desai

4) Kiran Desai 5) Jhumpa Lahiri

34. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in?

1) France 2) Belgium 3) UK

4) Italy 5) Switzerland

35. The retail chain 'More' belongs to?

1) Reliance 2) Bharti Enterprises 3) Aditya Birla Group

4) Wal-Mart 5) None of these




36. The DAX is a blue chip stock market index of?

1) Germany 2) Singapore 3) China

4) USA 5) Hong Kong

37. Angry Birds is a video game franchise created by?

1) Amazon 2) Rovio 3) Nintendo

4) Zynga 5) Google

38. Which of the following African countries underwent political turmoil in the recent years?

1) Tunisia 2) Egypt 3) Libya

4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3

39. Which of the following combination of scholars have won the Nobel Prize in Economics?

1) Amartya Sen, Mohammad Yunus, Ronald Coase

2) Mohammad Yunus, Paul Krugman, Elinor Ostrom

3) Mehaboob Haque, Alvin Roth, Amartya Sen

4) Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Paul Krugman

5) Robert McNamara, Joseph Stiglitz, Jagdish Bhagwathi

40. In which of the following states the Chief Minister belongs t

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