Current Affairs: General Knowledge Practice Paper

General Knowledge Practice Paper

1) In which of the following associates, the State Bank of India has 90 percent stake ?

1. State Bank of Bikaner
2. State Bank of Mysore
3. State Bank of Travancore
4. State Bank of Patilala

2) What is the rank of India out of 189 countries in World Bank's ease of doing business index 2014 ?

1. 134th
2. 138th
3. 132th
4. 136th

3) The IMF said in its update that Indian Economy would grow in 2014-15 by 

1. 5.8 %
2. 5.4%
3. 5.6%
4. 5.2%

4) According to OECD to maintain robust growth India needs to address its

1. Infrastructure shortfalls
2. Pervasive State Control in Business Activities
3. Unequal access to quality education
4. All of the above

5) According to research firm Gartner, IT spending in India is expected to grow 9.4% in 2015 to 

1. $ 73.3 billion
2. $ 76.8 billion
3. $ 72.6 billion
4. $ 68.4 billion

6) Which of the following companies of India are among the top global companies that did business in the most sustainable manner in 2013.

1. Wipro and Essar Oil
   
2. Tech Mahindra and TCS
3. Laser and Toubro
4. All of the above

7) The Reserve Bank of India signed a pact with the Central Bank of which country for information and supervisory cooperation?

1. Niger
2. Kenya
3. South Sudan
4. Tunisia

8) Which of the following public sector bank launched the e-man-date service, offering a modern platform for large volume of repetitive payments, eliminating post- dated cheques and extending ECS on pan-India basis ?

1. Punjab National Bank
2. Allahabad Bank
3. Corporation Bank
4. Bank of Boroda

9) Which of the following trade and economy related agreements were signed between Indian and United States during the visit of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi  to the United States /

1. US industry to partner in developing smart cities in Ajmer, Visakapatnam and Allahabad
2. An Infrastructure Collaboration Platform to be set up to identify and clarify critical infrastructure needs of India.
3. An India-US Investment Initiative to facilitate in vestment in India by institutional investors and corporate entities.
4. All of the above

10) Which of the following statements are correct about the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement announced by the Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan ?

1. Repo rate is kept unchanged at 8%
2. Case Reserve Ratio (CRR) is kept unchanged at 4%
3. 2% points cut in statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) securities of HTM Category to 22% of deposits by Sep 2015 in staggered manner
4. All of the Above

General Studies Practice Paper for Coming Competitive Exams

General Studies Practice Paper for Coming Competitive Exams

1) Digbloi oil Refinery is located in the state of:

1. Delhi
2. Assam
3. Manipur
4. Gujarat

2) The solubility of iodine in water is increased if it is mixed with:

1. HCL
2. Potassium Iodine
3. NACL
4. Alcohol

3) Who composed the famous song "Sare Jahan Se Achha" ?

1. Banking Chandra Chatterjee
2. Rabindranadh Tagore
3. Mohammad Iqbal
4. Jasuva

4) Which of the following is a private Sector Bank ?

1. UCO Bank
2. Vijaya Bank
3. IDBI Bank Ltd
4. Andhra Bank

5) The world famous "Khajuraho" Temple is in:

1. Karnataka
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. UP
4. Kerala

6) The Longest river of Europe is :

1. Rhone
2. Volga
3. Nokia
4. Amazon

7) Who is referred as the "Machiavelli of the East"?

1. Kamandaka
2. Aryabhatta
3. Kautilya
4. Manu

8) Which of the following state does not share its border with Pakistan ?

1. Gujarat
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Rajastan
4. Jammu&Kashmir

9) Which of the amongst the following has conferred the honorary degree of D.Litt. on U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon /

1. Jamil Millia Islamic University
2. IIM Delhi
3. IIT Nagpur
4. CBS Hyderabad

10) "Revolver" was discovered by 

1. Benzman
2. John Smith
3. Frankinson
4. Colt

11) White goods are:

1. Goods imported from White People
2. Durable consumption goods
3. Basic good raw materials
4. Cosmetics

12) Formic acid can easily be identified by its 

1. pungent smell
2. repelling smell
3. bad smell
4. sweet smell

13) The most peculiar feature shown by all living organism is 

1. Cellular structure
2. Atomic Nature
3. Excretion
4. Respiration

14) "Give me blood, I will give you freedom". These words are attributed to

1. Khudiram Bose
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Lajapati Rai

15) Gold is made hard by alloying with:

1. Alluminium
2. Copper
3. Iron
4. Silver

16) Who acts as the Chairman of the National Development Council ?

1. Minister of State for Planning
2. Prime Minister
3. President of India
4. Secretary of the Planning Commission

17) Who wrote "A Haunted House" ?

1. Thomas Cook
2. Virginia Woolf
3. David Son
4. James Knights

18) Who established the Brahma Samaj ?

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Raja Ram Mohan Rai
3. Ranade
4. Dayanidi Sarasvati

19) Which of the following Rivers of India does not originate from from the Western Ghats ?

1. Bhadra
2. Krishna
3. Mahanadi
4. Cauveri

20) Buddhist Scriptures are contained in "Tri-Pitkas". What is the meaning of Titaka ?

1. Book
2. Bank
3. Baskets
4. Box

21) The study of tissues distribution in stem is performed under :

1. Cytology
2. Ecophysiology
3. Anatomy
4. Histology

22) Wood is a common name of 

1. Secondary Xylem
2. Secondary Phloem
3. Cambium
4. Primary Phloem

23) Which state of the Country is not the producer of Cotton ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Gujarat

24) In Personal Computers the CPU and other devices are mounted on a single board called

1. Logical Board
2. Content Board
3. Mother Board
4. Circuit Board

25) Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known as

1. Cyclical Unemployment
2. Theatrical Unemployment
3. Seasonal Unemployment
4. Frictional Unemployment

General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, UPSC, SSC Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper 

1) Which of the following term is used in the field of economics ?

1. Absolute zero
2. Molecular Equation
3. Zero Point energy
4. Balance of Payment
5. Mass Defect

2) Which of the following schemes is launched to make cities in India slum-free ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
2. Bharat Nirman
3. Rajiv Awas Yojana
4. Indira Awas Yojana
5. None of these

3) Which of the following is NOT the name of the currency of a country ?

1. Rand
2. Pound
3. Dinar
4. Eucador
5. Dollar

4) Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in .........?

1. 2002
2. 2005
3. 2007
4. 2010
5. 2009

5) Many times we read the term "ECB" in news papers. What is the full form of "ECB" ?

1. Essential Commercial Banking
2. European Credit Borrowing
3. External Credit For Business
4. External Commercial Borrowing
5. None of these

6) What is meant by financial inclusion ?

1. Making available banking services at an affordable cost
2. Opening Savings Accounts in Rural areas without any deposit
3. Opening any type of account without introduction
4. Distributing money through rural branches
5. Distribution wages through bank accounts

7) Golden revolution refers to the development of which of the following agricultural products ?

1. Oilseeds
2. Pulses
3. Horticultural products
4. Cereals
5. Fodder

8) Which programme was launched by Govt of India to improve irrigation facilities in rural India ?

1. Annapurna Scheme
2. National Social Assistance Programme
3. Integrated Rural Development Programme
4. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
5. National Watershed development programme

9) What is money laundering ?

1. Conservation of assets into cash
2. Conservation of illegally obtained money into accountable money
3. Conservation of cash into gold
4. Conservation of gold into cash
5. None of these

10) We come across the term "PPP" in financial news now a day's. What does "PPP" represent ?

1. Personal Per capita Power
2. Private Public Partnership 
3. Per capita Potential for Purchases
4. Present Potential for Purchases
5. Pure purchase parity

11) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan has appointed a committee to review Parliament security under the chairmanship of whom of the following ?

1. Satyapal Singh
2. R.K. Singh
3. Harish Chandra
4. Karia Munda
5. Sukudev Rana

12) Which of the following Bills has recently been passed in the Parliament giving more powers to SEBI to stringently deal with the fraudulent scheme involving financial investment by small traders ?

1. Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014
2. SEBI (Amendment) Bill, 2014
3. Customer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2014
4. Stock Exchange (Amendment) Bill, 2014
5. Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2014

13) The government has recently launched a scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the notified minority communities. What is the name of this scheme ?

1. Padho Pardesh
2. Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn )
3. Nai Roshini
4. Nalanda Project
5. Education Abroad

14) RBI has issued draft guidelines for implementation of Unified Bill Payment System, an "anytime anywhere bill payment" system. What is the name of this system ?

1. Unified Bill Payment System (UBPS)
2. Union Bill Payment System (UPBS)
3. Bharat Bill Payment Services (BBPS)
4. Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
5. National Bill Payment System (NBPS)

15) Construction work of the world's tallest railway bridges has begun at Noney. Noney is situated in which of the following States ?

1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Punjab
4. Manipur
5. Jammu & Kashmir

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General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, SBI, UPSC, SSC Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper 

1) In the Indian Railways, the term FAC used. FAC stands for ?

1. Fuel Add Component
2. Fuel Adjustment Component
3. Front Adjustment Component
4. Fuel Adjustment Component
5. None of these

2) ISOPOM Means........?

1. Initial Scheme of Oil seeds, pulses, Oil Palm and Maize
2. Integrated Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize
3. Indirect Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize
4. Integrated Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maze
5. None of these

3) United Nations Public Services Days was celebrated on ..................

1. 23 June
   
2. 23 April
3. 1 June
4. 14 June
5. None of these

4) International Nurses day celebrated on..............

1. 12 Jan
2. 12 Feb
3. 12 Dec
4. 12 May
5. 12 July

5) On 7 June 2014, who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India ?

1. Vahanavathi
2. R.M. Lodha
3. Mohan Parasaram
4. G. Rohini
5. Ranjit Kumar

6) 2013 Jnanpith Award conferred on ....................

1. Harprasad Das (Hindi)
2. Kedarnath Singh (Hindi)
3. Kushwanth Singh (English)
4. Pradyumna Kumar (Urdu)
5. C. Narayan Reddy (Telugu)

7) In the Educational Scheme, MDMS stands for ?

1. Mid Day Maintenance Scheme
2. More Day Meal Scheme
3. Mid Dull Meal Scheme
4. Mid Day Meal Scheme
5. None of these

8) Who was awarded with the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013 ?

1. Dalia Lama
2. Barack Obama
3. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
4. Shianzo Abe
5. None of these

9) Kesari Nath Tripathi took oath as the Governor of ?

1. West Bengal
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Odisha
4. Meghalaya
5. None of these

10) New State Formed Recently...............

1. Purvanchal
2. Kodaga
3. Telangana
4. Bodo Land
5. None of these

11) FIFA 2014 Foot Ball Cup won by...........

1. Germany
2. Italy
3. France
4. USA
5. None 

12) Who released first Encyclopedia on Hinduism, edited by Swami Chindanand Saraswatiji of the Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh ?

1. Swamy Ravi Sankar
2. Swamy Purna Nanda
3. Pranab Mukherjee
4. Narendra Modi
5. None

13) Which nation allows dual citizenship for the children of immigrants from July 2014 ?

1. USA
2. Canada
3. Germany
4. France
5. Italy

14) Grand Mother's Tale, A Horse and Two Goats are the books of .................

1. Mulk Raj Anand
2. Raja Rao
3. Narasima Rao
4. R.K. Narayana
5. None

15) FlipKart, India's largest e-retailer, on May 2014 acquired the country's biggest fashion portal ?

1. Myntra
2. Snapdeal
3. Amazon
4. Jobang
5. None

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General Awareness Practice Paper for Bank and Other Competitive Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper for Bank and Other Competitive Exams

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1) The number of self help group members, to be financed by Urban Cooperative Banks, is within a range of

1. 5 to 10 persons
2. 4 to 10 persons
3. 10 to 20 persons
4. 10 to 25 persons
5. None of these

2) Many times we hear about the " Banking Ombudsman", what is / are the major roles ?

( I ) Banking Ombudsman is a quasi judicial authority having powers to summon, the banks and the customers both in case of dispute.

( II )The banking Ombudsman are appointed by the President of India and are retired judges of the High or Supreme Courts.

(III )The decisions / Judgements given by the banking Ombudsman cannot be taken to any court of justice as their decisions are last in case of bank related problems / disputes.

1. Only ( I )
2. Only ( II )
3. Only ( III )
4. All ( I ), ( II ) and ( III )
5. None of these

3) Who amongst the following is the Union Home Minister at present ?

1. Smriti Irani
2. Venkaiah Naidu
3. P. Chidambaram
4. Arun Jaitly
5. Rajnath Singh

4) Which of the following countries is planning to launch its first Mars probe in near future ?

1. China
2. Japan
3. India
4. Russia
5. USA

5) India recently inducted Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) platforms in its Air force. These sophisticated machines are supplied by which of the following countries ?

1. Australia
2. Germany
3. Israel
4. Russia
5. USA

6) Which of the following pairs of countries are the signatories of a Gas pipeline deal christened as Peace Pipeline ?

1. Iran-Iraq
2. Iran-UAE
3. Pakistan-Iraq
4. Pakistan-Iran
5. Pakistan-India

7) Famous Bhakra Nangal Dam is built on which of the following rivers ?

1. Ganga 
2. Narmada
3. Godavari
4. Krishna
5. Sutlej

8) According to the Census of India 2011, the most densely populated state among the following is 

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. West Bengal
4. Madhya Pradesh
5. None of these

9) With which of the following games "Merdeka Cup" is associated ?

1. Hockey
2. Golf
3. Football
4. Badminton 
5. Lawn Tennis

10) Which of the following state governments, decided to have a "Mahila Court" in every district of the state ?

1. Tamilnadu
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. Delhi
5. Uttar Pradesh

11) Who amongst the following is the author of the book " Faith and Compassion " ?

1. Arun Gandhi
2. Kuldeep Nayyar
3. Amit Chaudhary
4. Navin Chawla
5. None of these

12) Pankaj Advani has become the world's professional champion player of

1. Badminton
2. Tennis
3. Golf
4. Chess
5. None of these

13) The letter "D" stands for which of the following in the abbreviated name OECD (Organisation of Economic Cooperation and ....................)?

1. Defence
2. Direction
3. Dominance
4. Development
5. Devaluation

14) Which of the following books is NOT written by Doris Lessing ?

1. The Golden Note Book
2. Memories of Survivor
3. The City of Joy
4. The Summer Before the Dark
5. The Fifth Child

15) Which book is written by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ?

1. India My Dream
2. My Presidential Years
3. My Story
4. Sunny Days
5. Discovery of India

16) Who among the following is the Minister of External Affairs in India at present ?

1. Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi
2. Arun Jaitley
3. Nitin Gadkari
4. Ashok Gajapathi Raju
5. Sushma Swaraj

17) Which scheme launched by the Govt. of India allows the poor open bank accounts which will come with the facility of a debit card and an insurance cover of Rs. 1 Lakh ?

1. Swabhimaan
2. Swavalamban
3. Saral
4. Sahaj
5. Jan Dhan Yojana

18) Which of the following terms is NOT used in the game of cricket ?

1. Short Leg
2. Silly Point
3. Follow on
4. Leg Before Wicket
5. Gambit

19) What is Repo Rate at present ?

1. 7%
2. 7.5%
3. 8%
4. 8.5%
5. None of These

20) Which of the following is NOT a direct Tax ?

1. Income Tax
2. Sales Tax
3. Value Added Tax
4. Excise Tax
5. Education Cess

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General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, UPSC, SSC and other Competitive Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper for Competitive Exams

1) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) located at ....................also funding by RBI.

1. Kolkata
2. Bhopal
3. Nasik
4. Mumbai
5. Kanyakumari

2) Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) at..................

1. Gurgaon
2. Jalandhar
3. Chennai
4. Hyderabad
5. Mumbai

3) Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a yearly report published by the................

1. World Bank
2. World Economic Forum
3. Asian Development Fund
4. Reserve Bank of India
5. International Monetary Fund

4) RBI on 19 June 2014 asked the banks to disclose sector-wise advance from on the recommendations of ................

1. Rangarajan
2. Chakravarthi
3. Nachiket Mor
4. Damodaran
5. None

5) Thomas Cup related to ..............

1. Men Kabaddi
2. Women Kabaddi
3. Men Squash
4. Women Sqash
5. Men Badminton

6) India suffered loss to which nation in Thomas Cup Recentlly ? (Japan is the winner of Thomas Cup).

1. Korea
2. Singapore
3. China
4. Malaysia
5. Indonesia

7) Thomas Cup founded in ....................

1. 1952
2. 1999
3. 1981
4. 2000
5. 1949

8) Uber Cup related to Women's badminton. Uber Cup 2014 held at.......

1. New Delhi
2. Hong Kong
3. Beijing
4. Canberra
5. None

9) In the World top five nations in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology capacity, India's rank is...................

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
5. None

10) Floyd Mayweather Jr. is an American sports man declared as the highest paid athelete by Forbes. He is famous.............

1. Boxer
2. Golf Player
3. Baseball Player
4. Tennis Player
5. None of the Above

11)  SAARC Monsoon initiative Programme National Working Group meet was organised on 20 June 2014 at...................

1. Hyderabad
2. New Delhi
3. Mathura
4. Bhopal
5. Mumbai

12) Air India has formally become part of the .............global airlines.

1. Star Alliance
2. Lufthansa
3. Cathay Pacific
4. Pan America
5. None

13) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of UNO. Its headquarters is in ...................

1. Paris
2. Wahington
3. Geneva
4. Rome
5. Vienna

14) UNESCO was established in...............

1. 1946
2. 1974
3. 1696
4. 2000
5. 1901

15) Irina Bokova is the head of UNESCO. She belongs to ..................

1. Iran
2. USA
3. Russia
4. Bulgaria
5. None

16) Ancient Pyu Cities got UNESCO heritatage status on 22 June 2014. It is in ................

1. Myanmar
2. Sri Lanka
3. Cambodia
4. India
5. None

17) Bulgaria capital is Sofia and its currency is..................

1. Dollar
2. Lev
3. Euro
4. Lira
5. Peso

18) List of Dams given. Which combination is wrongly matched one ?

1. Polavaram - Andhra Pradesh
2. Sardar Sarovar Dam - Arunachal Pradesh
3. Baglihar - Jammu & Kashmir
4. Idukki - Kerala
5. Khadakwasla - Maharastra

19) An important source of capital formation in India has been ..........

1. Household savings
2. Public Sector savings
3. RBI savings
4. Government revenue surpluses
5. Corporate savings

20) A.K. Dubey was appointed as the head of Coal India Limited. Where is its head office ?

1. Kolkata
2. Chennai
3. Hyderabad
4. Pune
5. New Delhi

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General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, UPSC, SSC CGL Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper 

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1) In the balance of payment account, Unrequited receipts and payments are also regarded as

1. bilateral transfers
2. unilateral transfers
3. capital account transfers
4. invisible transfers

2) Price and output are determinates in market structure other than

1. monopoly
2. perfect competition
3. oligopoly
4. monopsony 

3) A philosophy that the worker should share in industrial decisions is termed as

1. industrial democracy
2. worker sovereignty
3. industrial socialism
4. worker dictatorship

4) If average cost falls, marginal cost

1. increases at a higher rate
2. falls at the same rate
3. increases at a lower rate
4. falls at a higher rate

5) Which one of the following disburses long term loans to private industry in India?

1. Food Corporation of India
2. Life Insurance Corporation of India
3. Primary Credit Society
4. Land Development Banks

6) What is the ancient school of law ?

1. The Philosophical school
2. The Historical School
3. The Analytical School
4. The Sociological School

7) Liberty stands for

1. absence of restraint
2. consists in the presence of restraint
3. feeling enjoyed in a congenial atmosphere
4. the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the opportunity to be their best selves laski

8) In Presidential Government, the President is

1. independent of the Legislature
2. dependent on the Legislature
3. dependent on the Judiciary
4. bound by the advice of the Council of Ministers

9) The method of amending the Constitution by popular veto is found in

1. Britain
2. Switzerland
3. Russia
4. India

10) Which of the following is the inalienable attribute of the parliamentary system of government ?

1. Flexibility of the Constitution
2. Fusion of Executive and Legislature
3. Judicial Supremacy
4. Parliamentary Sovereignty

11) Which one of the following kinds of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality ?

1. Legal Equality
2. Political Equality
3. Social Equality
4. Economic Equality

12) Which was the second capital of Akbar ?

1. Delhi
2. Agra
3. Fateh-pur-Sikri
4. Patna

13) The first country which discovered sea route to India was

1. Portugal
   
2. Dutch
3. French
4. Britain

14) Who Introduced the Indian University Act ?

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Minto
3. Lord Morelay
4. Lord Rippon

15) The first short based integrated steel plant in the country is 

1. Vijayanagaram
2. Salem
3. Visakhapatnam
4. Bhadravati

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General Awareness Practice Paper for SBI Clerk 2014

General Awareness Practice Paper for SBI Clerk 2014

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1) The demand for Labour is called 

1. Direct Demand
2. Derived Demand
3. Factory Demand
4. Market Demand

2) Which of the Following is not an investment expenditure in goods and services ?

1. Purchase of a house
2. Purchase of machinery
3. An increase in business inventories
4. Expansion of the main plant a company

3) Which one of the following represents the Saving of the Private Corporate Sector ?

1. Total profits of a company
2. Undistributed profit
3. Excess of income over expenditure
4. Dividends paid to shareholders 

4) Who was the first to use the term "State" ?

1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Machiavelli
4. Hobbes

5) Pitt's India Act of 1784 was  a/an ?

1. Regulating Act
2. Ordinance
3. Resolution
4. White Paper

6) Which river in India flows in a rift-valley ?

1. Tapti
2. Narmada
3. Krishna
4. Cauvery

7) Aids virus destroys

1. Monocytes
2. Neutrophils
3. Basophils
4. Lymphocytes

8) A good conductor while carrying current is

1. negatively charged
2. positively charged
3. electrically neutral
4. alternately charged positive and negative

9) The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is 

1. Dip
2. Declination
3. Latitude
4. Azimuth

10) Who is the founder of "Facebook" which is currently the No.1 social networking website in India ?

1. Martin Cooper
2. Orkut Buyukkokten
3. Mark Zuckerberg
4. Bill Gates

11) In programming, repeating some statements is usually called 

1. Structure
2. Looping
3. Control Structure
4. Compiling

12) Winner of the Australian Open Men's Singles Title in 2013 is

1. Andy Murray
2. Roger Federer
3. Novak Djokovic
4. David Ferrer

13) Who among the following presidents of MCC was a non-professional cricketer  ?

1. Colin Cowdrey
2. Peter May
3. Christopher Martin Jenkins
4. Ted Dexter

14) Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012 ?

1. UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2. International Atomic Energy Agency
3. Liu Xiaobo
4. European Union

15) Who is the author of the book " No Full Stops in India" ?

1. Ved Mehta
2. Nirad C. Choudhuri 
3. Mark Tully
4. R.K. Narayan

16) Who is the Chairman of the 2oth Law Commission ?

1. Justice J.S. Verma
2. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
3. Justice D.K. Jain
4. Justice Usha Mehra

17) Which of the first State in India to pass the Food Security Law ?

1. Kerala
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Gujarat
4. Punjab

18) Which among the following Companies in India has a tie-up with the Japanese Financial Nomura for insurance market ?

1. ICICI Bank
2. UCO Bank
3. Kotak Finance
4. Life Insurance Corporation of India

19) The seed capital of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is 

1. Rs. 2000 crore
2. Rs. 1000 crore
3. Rs. 4000 crore
4. Rs. 3000 crore

20) Who among the following is the author of the book " The Lowland" ?

1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Amitav Ghosh
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Hamid Ansari

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1) Who was on 2 April 2014, named as the Kazakhstan's new Prime Minister ?

1. Serik Akhmetov
2. Daniyal Akhmetov
3. Karim Massimov
4. Imangali Tasmagambetov

2) Which country and India on 10 April signed an agreement for building Units 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu ?

1. Japan
2. China
3. Russia
4. Britain

3) Which country become the 181st country to be extended the tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility by India ?

1. Japan
2. US
3. South Korea
4. Britain

4) With which one of the following countries India has recently concluded an agreement under Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to combat tax evasion ?

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Switzerland
4. Netherland

5) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), P. Naik recently launched SMS based service named "Polling at your Fingertips " in which state ?

1. Goa
2. Kerala
3. Nagaland
4. Meghalaya

6) Which company received the Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013 ?

1. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
2. Bharat Electronics Limited
3. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
4. Steel Authority of India Limited

7) Who became the 5th Indian-born person to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize on 14 April 2014 ? 

1. Ramachandra Guha
2. Anant Pai
3. Ashwin Sanghi
4. Vijay Seshadri

8) Recently, United Kingdom 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports was won by ?

1. Virat Kohli
2. M.S. Dhoni
3. R. Ashwin
4. Suresh Raina

9) Who won the India Super Series Badminton tournament Men's Singles title ?

1. Lee Chong Wei
2. Chen Long
3. Dong Jiong
4. Zhang Nan

10) Name the Japanese boxer. Who was awarded with an honorary championship belt by World Boxing Council (WBC) ?

1. Kenzaburo Weyi
2. Haruki Murakami
3. Iwao Hakamada
4. Hisashi Inoue

11) According to the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) findings for 2011-2012, which state of India had the maximum number of factories ?

1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Gujarat

12) State Bank of India (SBI) on 11 April 2014 launched its Twitter handle account named _______to strengthen its social media presence ?

1. Tweet SBI
2. SBI Tweet
3. The Official SBI
4. SBI Official

13) Which Country launched "Ofek 10" a new observation satellite into orbit ?

1. Israel
2. Japan
3. Iran
4. China

14) Name the decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy has been sold for 60 crore rupees in the month of April to a company named IB Commercial Pvt Ltd ?

1. INS Rana
2. INS Sahyadri
3. INS Sourya
4. INS Vikrant

15) Who was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on April for a period of three years ?

1. R. Gandhi
2. K.C. Chakrabarty
3. Urjit. R. Patel
4. H.R. Khan

16) Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was sworn in as the first female president of which among the following countries ?

1. France
2. Slovakia
3. Malta
4. Belgium

17) Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest, which culminated at Mumbai ?

1. Amrita Pritam
2. Mallika Yunis
3. Jaishree Misra
4. Koyal Rana

18) What is the full form of " IRNSS" ?

1. Indian Rocket New Satellite System
2. Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
3. Indian Regional Navy Satellite System
4. Information Regional Navigational Satellite System

19) Reserve Bank of India adopted which index as the key measure of inflation on the basis of recommendations of Urjit R Patel Committee ?

1. Consumer Price Index
2. Market Price Index
3. Wholesale Price Index
4. Manufacturing Price Index

20) In which of the following date "International Environment Day " is observed ?

1. June 30
2. June 10
3. June 5
4. June 25

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1) 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted by....

1. West Indies and Kenya
2. Australia and New Zealand
3. Indian and Pakistan
4. England and Ireland
5. None of the Above

2) Ukraine currency is ?

1. Hryvnia
2. Ruble
3. Dinar
4. Peso
5. Rupee

3) On 3 June 2014, RBI announced its second bi-monthly monetary policy review, in which SLR reduced by ?

1. 25 basis points
2. 100 basis points
3. 75 basis points
4. 125 basis points
5. 50 basis points

4) New SLR 22.5% effective from.........

1. 1 July, 2014
2. 1 August, 2014
3. 1 April, 2015
4. 14 June, 2014
5. None

5) On 3 June 2014, RBI decided to continue to provided liquidity under 7-day and 14-day term repos of up to .............percent of NDTL(Net Demand and Time Liabilities) of the banking system ?

1. 1.5
2. 2.0
3. 2.5
4. 1.75
5. 0.75

6) RBI move away from the sector-finance refinance on the recommendations of ..............

1. K.C. Chakravarthy Committee
2. H.R. Khan Committee
3. Urjit Patel Committee
4. Anand Singh Committee
5. None of the Above

7) The RBI decided to enhance the eligible limit for foreign exchange remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) to .......from the earlier $ 75,000.

1. $80,000
2. $95,000
3. $1,50,000
4. $2,00,000
5. $1,25,000

8) CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation, which accelerated to 8.59% in April 2014, targeted down to .............by January 2015 as per the statement of Raghuram Rajan ?

1. 7.5%
2. 6.5%
3. 8.0%
4. 7.0%
5. None

9) RBI allowed banks to provide loan with tenures of up to ..............years to exporters to help them ensure capital flows to fulfil long-term contract on 21 May, 2014 ?

1. 20
2. 25
3. 10
4. 18
5. None

10) On 22 May 2014, Agence Francaise de Developpement(AFD) extended Line Of Credit(LOC) of ...............million euro to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.(IREDA)?

1. 150
2. 200
3. 500
4. 125
5. 100

11) Hiroshi Naka was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of .............

1. IDA
2. ADB
3. World Bank
4. IMF
5. None

12) Which Bank name included in second schedule of RBI Act, 1934 on 21 May 2014 ?

1. Bank of Baroda
2. NABARD
3. Bharatiya Mahila Bank
4. CITI Bank
5. ABN AMRO

13) Minors above........years of age can open and operate saving bank independently as declared by RBI on 7 May 2014 ?

1. 7
2. 8
3. 10
4. 5
5. 3

14) The delivery channel for the banking sector in India is .............

1. Call centre
2. Branch
3. Internet
4. Kiosk
5. All of the Above

15) In the context of banking sector, DRT is associated with..........

1. Recurring Deposits
2. Demand and time liabilities of banks
3. Deposit insurance
4. Loan recovery
5. FDI in banks

16) As a part of Narendra Modi swearing ceremony, SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Nations leaders attended. Pick the wrong combination ?

1. Afghanistan President-Thein Sein
2. Speaker f Bangladesh Parliament- Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
3. Prime Minister of Pakistan- Nawaz Sharif
4. Prime Minister of Nepal-Sushi Koirala
5. Prime Minister of Mauritius- Navinchandra Ramgoolam

17) Operation Green Hunt is associated with ?

1. Supply of water to field in India, not to dry up.
2. Displacing tribal population from national mineral reserves.
3. Sending green corps to the forests to save Green.
4. Appointing Green Police
5. Counter-insurgency operations against the Maoists.

18) UNCTAD means ?

1. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
2. Union Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3. United Nations Concurrence on Trade and Development
4. United Nodal Conference on Trade and Development
5. None of the Above

19) Who sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat on 22 May 2014 ?

1. Kamal Beniwal
2. Sushma Swaraj
3. Anandiben Patel
4. Behi Bai Patel
5. None of the Above

20) National Green Tribunal(NGT) on 29 April 2014 prohibited dumping of sewage and waste materials at ?

1. Dump Yards
2. Remote uninhabited areas
3. Closed earthen pockets
4. Wet Lands
5. None of the Above

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