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Latest data released by the Central Statistical
Office (CSO) has estimated value of Indias GDP at
current market prices at Rs. 113.55 lakh crore,
achieving a growth rate of _____ percent in 201314:
a) 4.7
b) 8.5
c) 3.9
d) 5.5
The per capita income at current prices during
2013-14 is estimated to be around Rs.________
a) Rs.74,380
b) Rs. 85,990
c) Rs. 70, 840
d) Rs. 89,050
Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has been elected as President
of which country:
a) Afghanistan
b) Egypt
c) Iraq
d) Belgium
Dag Hammarskjold Medal is by UNO for what
purpose:
a) Bravery
b) Show of Gallantry
c) Social Work
d) Poverty Eradication
In an effort to eliminate outdated capacity and
improve work safety and address pollution
concerns, which country plans to shut down over
2,000 small coal mines by next year:
a) India
b) Japan
c) China
d) USA
YogeshwarDutt and Sushil won the gold medal and
silver medal respectively, in which International
Competition in Sassari city, Italy:
a) Boxing
b) Judo
c) Karate
d) Wrestling
Name the cricket team that won the Indian Premier
League 7:
a) Chennai Super King
b) Kolkata Knight Riders
c) Rajasthan Royals
d) Kings XI Punjab
The final match of IPL 7 was played at _______
stadium in Bangalore:
a) Eden garden
b) M. Chinnaswamy
c) Kotla
d) Sarjahan
Sultan Azlan Shah who passed away recently, was
associated with which sports:
a) Hockey
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Archery
Sultan Azlan Shah who passed away recently, was
from which country:
a) Indonesia
b) Malaysia
c) Iran
d) Pakistan
Name the Union Minister for Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj who was killed in a road
accident recently:
a) GopinathMunde
b) Alen Abel
c) Kailash
d) K. Karunakaran
RBI in its second bimonthly policy statement,
reduced statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to ______
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a) 25.5%
b) 22.5%
c) 23.5%
d) 22%
Reduction of SLR by 50 basis points is expected to
increase banks lendable resources by Rs. _____
crore:
a) 50000
b) 30000
c) 40000
d) 45000
The RBI has reduced the availability of funds under
the ECR window from 50 per cent of export credit
outstanding to 32 per cent with immediate effect.
ECR Stands for:
a) Export Credit Refinance
b) Export Customer Refinance
c) Export Credit Release
d) Export Credit Regulation
World No Tobacco Day is observed on which date:
a) May
31
b) August 31
c) October 31
d) July 31
Name the first Indian archer to win three gold
medals in a single international tournament:
a) TarundeepRai
b) AbhishekVerma
c) SatyaDev Prasad
d) DeepikaKumari
SEBI has said that public sector undertakings listed
on stock exchanges to have should also adhere to
the mandatory _____ public shareholding norms
that are applicable to private companies:
a) 35%
b) 40%
c) 25%
d) 20%
Bashar Al-Assad has been elected as President
of_________ for the third time successively:
a) Syria
b) Iraq
c) Iran
d) Afghanistan
Name the fifth Indo-French bilateral air exercise
held at Jodhpur Air Base in Rajasthan:
a) Garuda VI
b) Garuda V
c) Garuda IV
d) Garuda I
Kepler 10 C is the name of the biggest rocky
________ ever discovered:
a) Planet
b) Galaxy
c) Moon
d) Seabed
Which state has announced 12 per cent reservation
for BPL candidates in all the state government
jobs:
a) Gujarat
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Nagaland
d) Sikkim
What is the popular name for the French Open
Tennis Championship held at Paris:
a) Roland Garros
b) Wimbledon
c) Shampoyi
d) Arnloda Garros
Name the winner of the Mens title at French Open
Tennis Championship:
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Andy Murray
c) Leander Paes
d) Mahesh Bhupathi
Name the winner of the Womens title at French
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a) Maria Sharapova
b) Azarneka Victoria
c) Samantha Stosur
d) Li Na
Ace tennis player Rafael Nadal is from which
country:
a) UK
b) Brazil
d) Australia
d) Spain
Ace tennis player Maria Sharapova is from which
country:
a) Afghanistan
b) Iran
c) Russia
d) Iraq
G7 meet of industrialized nations was held at which
place:
a) Brussels
b) New York
c) London
d) France
Name the new speaker of LokSabha:
a) Meira Kumar
b) SumitraMahajan
c) Km. Shailja
d) P.A. Sangma
RBI has advised that for opening of bank accounts,
the proof of __________ is not necessary if
customer has submitted proof of his permanent
address:
a) Parental Address
d) Employers Address
c) Permanent Address
d) Local Address
India recently test fired its 290-km range
supersonic missile from the stealth destroyer INS
Kolkata. What is its name:
a) Dhruva
b) Garuda
c) Brahmos
d) Agni II
Central government has decided that all the
government employees who are having ------------child to take care of will be exempted from
transfers:
a) Unemployed
b) differentely abled
b) Girl
c) divorced
In which river 24 engineering students, including
six girls, were washed away due to sudden release
of water from the reservoir:
a) River Beas
b) River Ganga
c) River Satluj
d) River Tapti
ReuvenRivlin has been elected ________ of Israel:
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Vice President
d) Chief Secretary
Who has been appointed as new Chief Executive
Officer, Infosys:
a) Vishal Sikka
b) SatyaNadela
c) AjimPremJi
d) NaryanMurti
World Bank will provide $ 100 million to which
State for promoting development of sustainable
hydropower:
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
Name the Union Minister who has been appointed
as India's Governor on the Board of Governors of
the Asian Development Bank:
a) Amit Shah
b) SmritiIrani
c) ArunJaitely
d) Rajnath Singh
Name the Bollywood celebrity who has been
appointed as UNICEF's 'celebrity advocate for child
rights':
a) KarishmaKapoor
b) Madhuri Dixit
c) Shri Devi
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Which country has overtaken Germanyand Italy to

emerge as the world's second largest textile
exporter:
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) USA
Name the country that is largest exporter of
textiles in the world:
a) India
b) Australia
c) USA
d) China
The Centre has decided to give Rs. ______ per
household as labour charges to the poor for
building their homes under Indira AwaasYojna:
a) 12000
b) 13000
c) 14000
d) 11000
Govt. provides Rs. _____ for construction of a
house under IAY in hilly areas:
a) 76000
b) 78000
c) 75000
d) 70000
Govt. provides Rs. _____ for construction of a
house under IAY in plain areas:
a) 70000
b) 80000
c) 90000
d) 60000
Which private sector bank has launched video
branch - a 24x7 unique innovative service allowing
customers to interact face-to-face with their bank
branch using desktop, tablet or smartphone:
a) HFFC Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) IndusInd Bank
d) ICICI Bank
Govt. has recently cleared to raise the height of
which dam from present 121.92 metres to 138.72
metres:
a) Bakhra Dam
b) Indira Sagar Dam
c) Mettur Dam
d) Narmada Dam
Name the city which has become the fourth city in
the country to have Metro rail operations:
a) Bangalore
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
For which type of sports Govt. has decided to
increase the daily food supplement budget from Rs
280 to Rs 750:
a) Power Games
b) Fast Games
c) Mind Games
d) Super Games
As per new SEBI norms for public issuance of debt
securities (debentures, bonds etc.), these offers
will have to be of minimum _______ crore:
a) Rs. 500
b) Rs. 100
c) Rs. 150
d) Rs. 550
Name the German Formula one champion who
emerged out of coma after almost five and a half
months, following his devastating ski accident in
December, 2013:
a) Michael Schumacher
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Alain Prost
d) Lewis Hamilton
16th Asian Junior Athletics Championship was held
at which place:
a) New York
b) France
c) Taipei City
d) Delhi
Name the Indias first One Stop Crisis Centre
(OSCC) launched in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh:
a) Nirbhaya
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World Food Day is observed on which date:

a) October 14
b) October 16
c) September 14
d) September 16
Name the historical monument of Gujarat that has
been approved as world heritage site by UNESCO:
a) Rani-Ki-Vav
b) Raja Ki Vav
c) BadshahkiVav
d) Begum Ki Vav
Foreign investment of ______ per cent or more in
a listed company will now be treated as foreign
direct investment (FDI):
a) 10
b) 8
c) 9
d) 11
RohintonNariman, the noted advocate has been
appointed to which important post:
a) Judge in Supreme Court
b) Judge in High Court
c) Judge in Labour Court
d) Judge in District Court
Name the IT initiative of the govt. for delivery of
public services through the mobile platform has
been awarded a United Nations Public Service
Award:
a) KarSeva
b) Mobile Seva
c) Online Seva
d) Ambulance Seva
Where is the Great Himalayan National Park
(GHNP) that has been accorded the UNESCO World
Heritage Site status for its exceptional natural
beauty and conservation of biological diversity.:
a) Kullu
b) Shimla
c) Mandi
d) Manali
ISIS militants have been waging a fierce civil battle
against the democratically elected govt. of which
country:
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Afghanistan
d) Syria
Which country won the Mens title in hockey world
cup:
a) Australia
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Germany
Which country won the Womens title in hockey
world cup:
a) The Netherland
b) Ireland
c) Switzerland
d) Scotland
Which Indian university has been named as the
best higher educational institution in India by the
Times Higher Educations Asia rankings:
a) Panjab University
b) Delhi University
c) Sikkim University
c) Hyderabad University
d) Hindu Banaras University
ViswanathanAnand won the _______ medal at the
World Rapid Chess Championship held at Dubai:
a) Brass
b) Silver
c) Gold
d) Bronze
Name
the
India's
biotechnology
queen,
Chairperson of Biocon Industries who has been
awarded the coveted Global Economy Prize for
business:
a) KiranMazumdar-Shaw b) IndraNooyi
c) Arundati Bhattacharya d) ChandanaKoccher
Indias first indigenously-built anti submarine
warfare corvette __________
is
to
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a) INS Vikramaditya
b) INS Vikrant
c) INS Kamorta
d) INS Virat
National carrier Air India has joined ___________ a
group of 26 (now 27) carriers with as many as
4,338 aircraft flying to 1,328 destinations across
195 countries:
a) Air Alliance
b) Star Alliance
c) Sky Alliance
d) Global Alliance
In a 25 nation-list compiled by global research firm
Ipsos, India has been placed at ______ rank in
terms of economic confidence of citizens:
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
RBI has permitted which new entities to act as
business correspondents (BCs) of banks, allowing
them to offer limited services:
a) Insurance Companies
b) Mutual Funds Companies
c) Non-banking finance companies NBFCs
d) Chit Fund Companies
RBI has permitted residents and non-residents,
except Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, to carry up to
________ in Indian currency notes while leaving
the country:
a) Rs. 25000
b) Rs. 30000
c) Rs. 150000
d) Rs. 20000
The Corporate Affairs Ministry has recently notified
new CSR expenditure rules for the companies.
What is CSR:
a) Cooperative Social Reasonability
b) Corporate Social Responsibility
c) Commercial Social Responsibility
d) Corporate Society Responsibility
The 35th edition of the National Games will be held
in _______ in Jan Feb, 2015:
a) Kerala
b) Goa
c) Manipur
d) Tamil Nadu
_______ has been appointed as Goodwill
Ambassador for national games:
a) MS Dhoni
b) ViratKohali
c) VarinderSehwag
d) Sachin Tendulkar
The World Bank has approved funding of USD 107
million (nearly Rs 650 crore) for a road project in
which state:
a) Mizoram
b) Meghalaya
c) Nagaland
d) Arunachal
The government has extended the ban on imports
of milk and its products from which country:
a) Pakistan
b) China
c) Bangladesh
d) Nepal
Which country plans to open two centres of
excellence at Nalanda and Vaishali in Bihar in the
field of vegetables and mango respectively to help
cultivators increase their productivity:
a) Israel
b) Syria
c) Iran
d) Namibia
Which state has become the first state in India to
implement 33 per cent reservation for women in
the police force, across all cadres:
a) Haryana
b) Gujarat
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Prime Minister Mr. Modi made his first overseas trip

by visiting which country:
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) China
d) Russia
Bhutan is major partner with India in production of
__________:
a) Nuclear Power
b) Hydroelectric Power
c) Thermal Power
d) Electric Nutrition Power
Indias External Affairs Minister made a goodwill
visit to which country as her first solo overseas
visit:
a) Nepal
b) Bangladesh
c) Sri Lanka
d) Bhutan
Name the Indian statesman who recently visited
China:
a) Hamid Ansari
b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
c) APJ Abdul Kalam
d) ArunJaitely
Who has been elected as the First Chairman of
International Cricket Council, Dubai:
a) N. Srinivasan
b) Sunil Gavaskar
c) Anil Kumble
d) Sachin Tendulkar
International Widows Day is observed on which
date:
a) 22nd June
b) 25th May
rd
c) 23 June
d) 15th May
Name the first Indian shooter to win three medals
in successive ISSF Shooting World Cup:
a) JituRai
b) AbhinavBindra
c) DeepikaKumari
d) Mohan Raj
49thJnanpith award 2013 has been awarded to
which noted Hindi poet:
a) Sanjay Baru
b) JaswantSinha
c) Dr. Kumar Vishvas
d) Kedarnath Singh
The 2013 Moortidevi Award winner, C.
Radharkrishna writes in which language:
a) Malayalam
b) Telugu
c) Bhojpuri
d) Urdu
World Refugee Day is observed on which date:
a) June 15
b) June 20
c) June 23
d) June 30
As per the Global Peace Index 2014, _________
has been declared as the most peaceful country:
a) Iceland
b) Ireland
c) Switzerland
d) India
As per the Global Peace Index 2014, _________
has been declared as the most unpeaceful country:
a) Pakistan
b) Iraq
c) Syria
d) Iran
As per the Global Peace Index 2014, India has
been placed at which rank:
a) 143rd
b) 140th
c) 128th
d) 158th
The book titled The Goldfinch has been authored
by whom:
a) Tashshan
b) Donna Tartt
c) John Morrison
d) J.K. Rowling
Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction 2014 has been
won by __________ for her first novel A girl is a
Half-Formed Thing:
a) Eimear McBride
b) Sandra Cisneros

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c) Helence Cixos
d) Claudia Emerson
Which Indian Airport was declared second best in
service quality in world and sixth best airport in the
world:
a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
b) Indira Gandhi International Airport
c) ChattarpatiShivaji International Airport
d) Sardar Patel International Airport
Name the lady who has been declared as most
powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine:
a) Janet Yellen
b) Melinda Gates
c) Angela Merkel
d) DilmaRousseff
Angela Merkel has been declared as most powerful
women in the world. Who is she:
a) Chancellor of Germany
b) Foreign Secretary of USA
c) Chancellor of USA
d) Foreign Secretary of Germany
Who has been declared as most powerful women
in India by the Forbes magazine:
a) Vinita Bali
b) ArunadhatiBhattarcharya
c) RenukaRamnath
d) VanithaNaryan
Which Indian actor has been conferred with Legion
of France recently:
a) Shahrukh Khan
b) Amitabh Bachhan
c) Amir Khan
d) Dilip Kumar
As per are recently World Bank report, India
emerged as the world's _________largest economy
in 2011, from being the 10th largest in 2005:
a) Third
b) Fourth
c) Fifth
d) Second
Which country has the largest economy in the
world:
a) USA
b) China
c) Japan
d) India
India and China have decided to conduct a joint
military exercise at which place in India:
a) Jaislmar, Rajasthan
b) Bathinda, Punjab
c) Kuchh, Gujarat
d) Ladhakh , J&K
Worlds highest train tunnel at an altitude of
3,067.4 metres passes through mountain Qilian
Mountain. Which is in:
a) China
b) India
c) South Africa
d) Nepal
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has
warned that there is strong possibility of an "El
Nino" climate phenomenon this year. It occurs at
which place in the world:
a) Bay of Bengal
b) Tropical Pacific Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Black Sea
Which state has lifted the four years ban on SMS
on prepaid mobile phones:
a) Jammu & Kashmir
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Mizoram
d) Assam
Ahmed Maiteeq has been elected as Prime Minister
of which country:
a) Iraq
b) Libya
c) Jamaica
d) Sweden
Prime Minister of which country was removed from
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c) Ireland
d) Sweden
Which country has decided to introduce Islamic
banking:
a) Pakistan
b) Afghanistan
c) Turky
d) Iran
What is the brand name of the football that will be
used in the Brazil FIFA World Cup:
a) Brazuca
b) Brazilka
c) Brafifa
d) Brazufa
What is the range of Indias air to air Astra missile:
a) 60 kms
b) 50 kms
c) 75 km
d) 55 kms
Name the Pakistans surface-to-surface ballistic
missile test fired recently:
a) Hataf II
b) Hataf I
c) Hataf-III
d) Hataf - IV
WHO has identified which city having worst air
quality in the world:
a) Delhi
b) New York
c) Tokyo
d) Hamilton
What is the name of the recent book released by
Hillary Clinton:
a) Tough Choices
b) Hard Choices
c) Rough Choices
d) Tuf Choices
In which countrys parliament a pictorial book on
Indias war hero Shivaji, was released
a) UK
b) USA
c) China
d) Russia
In which country Islamist militant group Boko
Haram abducted more than 200 school girls:
a) Nigeria
b) Syria
c) Algeria
d) Libya
Name the Indian Cricket player was ranked no 1 in
the latest ICC list of One Day International (ODI)
rankings:
a) ViratKohli
b) M.S.Dhoni
c)VirenderSehvag
d) GautamGambheer
Noted cueist Mark Selby of England recently won
world championship in which game:
a) Snooker
b) Chess
c) Squash
d) Billiards
SaniaMirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe
won womens doubles tennis title in which
tournament:
a) Portugal Open 2014
b) French Open
c) US Open
d) Australian Open
In terms of consumer confidence India has been
ranked _______ most optimistic country:
a) 2nd
b) 1st
c) 3rd
d) 4th
Saudi Arabia has decided to ban the import of
Indian ____ due to presence of high pesticide
residues:
a) Chilies
b) Milk Powder
c) Vegetables
d) Mangoes
India and ________ have inked a pact to
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trafficking:
a) Myanmar
b) Bangla Desh
d) Bhutan
d) Nepal
Which of the following countries has announced a
one billion Euros credit line over the next three
years to India to take initiates in the climate
control area recently?
a) UK
b) Germany
c) Switzerland
d) France
e) None of these
The Ease of Doing Business report is compiled by
which of the following organisations?
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) UN
d) ADB
e) None of these
Who among the following is the chairman of the
seven-member advisory panel set up by the Union
Power Ministry for integrated development of
sector recently?
a) Partha S Bhattacharyya b) Suresh Prabhu
c) Anil Baijal
d) Pratyush Sinha
e) None of these
According to the latest data released by NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden, the US National
Security Agency (NSA) received official permission
to covertly spy upon which of the following political
parties in India?
a) Indian National Congress (INS)
b) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
c) Samajwadi Party (SP)
d) All the above
e) None of these
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed
the life ban imposed on batsman Lou Vincent who
has confessed to match-fixing charges. He belongs
to which of the following teams?
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) England
d) West Indies
e) None of these
Name the general insurer which has introduced an
"insurance on wheels" concept for faster renewal
of policies recently.
a) National Insurance Company
b) ICICI Lombard
c) Bajaj Allianz
d) Oriental Insurance Company
e) None of these
Bor Wildlife Sanctuary will be the country's 47th
Tiger Reserve as the Environment Minister Prakash
Javadekar approved the proposal for the same
recently. The wildlife sanctuary is located in which
of the following states?
a) Odisha
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) None of these
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a
forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that
seeks to promote free trade and economic
cooperation. Which of the following countries is
NOT a member of APEC as of now?
a) China
b) Japan
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The United States has named a mountain in
Antarctia in honour of an eminent Indian-American
scientist related to biological research recently.
Name the scientist.
a) Ashok Gadgil
b) EC George Sudarshan
c) Akhouri Sinha
d) Narendra Karmarkar
e) None of these
As per a recent UNESCO report, though India has
managed to reduce the number of out-of-school
children in the past decade, yet more than
__________ children were out of school in 2011.
a) 1 million
b) 2 million
c) 3 million
d) 5 million
e) None of these
The worlds largest multination naval exercise, 24th
Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, was
conducted with 22 nations and six observer nations
recently. Which of the following nations was NOT a
participant in this years exercise?
a) Japan
b) Indonesia
c) India
d) China
e) None of these
Internet giant Google announced its Android One
programme recently. This programme is aimed at
which of the following?
a) Driver-less cars
b) Operating system for PCs
c) An e-commerce application
d) Low-cost devices
e) None of these
In which of the following states, the govt has
launched Amma Pharmacy to sell medicines at a
fair price recently?
a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) None of these
Recently two PSUs have been conferred the
coveted Navratna status, recently, which would
give these firms more financial and operational
autonomy?
a) Engineers India Limited (EIL)
b) National Buildings Construction Corporation
(NBCC)
c) Antrix Corporation Limited
d) Only a) and b)
e) Only a) and c)
VK Rajah, an Indian-origin judge Justic;has been
appointed as the new attorney general of which of
the following countries recently?
a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) Indonesia
d) US
e) None of these
General Bikram Singh visited which of the following
countries, recently? This is the first official visit by
an Indian Army Chief to this country in nine years.
a) Myanmar
b) China
c) Japan
d) Brazil
e) None of these
Sheryl Sandberg, who visited India, recently,
is the present Chief Operating Officer of which
of the following social media firms?

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b) LinkedIn
c) Yahoo
d) Facebook
e) None of these
NASA launched first of its kind OCO-2
satellite, recently, which is dedicated to
studying
a) atmospheric carbon dioxide
b) depletion of ozone layer
c) extent of pollution due to jet exhaust
d) presence of harmful bacteria in outer space
e) None of these
Which of the following Indian cricketers has been
honoured with exclusive gold coin worth
12,000 pound sterling issued by Britains
premium luxury goods brand East India
Company?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Kapil Dev
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
e) None of these
Google's Project Loon, which completed its oneyear anniversary, recently, is associated
with
which of the following?
a) Bringing internet access through balloons
b) Transporting people to moon
c) Transporting people to mars
d) Real time mobile tracking system
e) None of these
The World Vitiligo Day is celebrated every
year
on which of the following dates?
a) Jun 20
b) Jun 21
c) Jun 23
d) Jun 25
e) None of these
Which of the following state govts has
announced a 33 per cent reservation for
women in state police force recently?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Rajasthan
c) Gujarat
d) West Bengal
e) None of these
The first nuclear power plant in the world was
commissioned in Obninsk city in which of the
following countries? The plant completed sixty
years recently.
a) US
b) Germany
c) Japan
d) Russia
e) None of these
Salar Jung Museum celebrated the 125th birth
anniversary of the founder collector Salar Jung
III recently. The museum that holds the
coveted crown of being one of the largest oneman collections of the World, is located in
a) Chennai
b) Mangalore
c) Hyderabad
d) Guntur
e) None of these
Four new vaccines as part of the Universal
Immunization Programme (UIP) have been
introduced by Govt. Of India, which of the
following is NOT one of them?
a) Rotavirus vaccine
b) Rubella vaccine
c) Polio (injectable) vaccine
d) An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis

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e) None of these
The govt has re-appointed who among the
following RBI Deputy Governors for a further
period of two years with effect from Jul 4 2014
recently?
a) HR Khan
b) R Gandhi
c) Anand Sinha
d) Urjit R Patel
e) None of these
As per Railways Budget 2014 it has been proposed
to start Bullet train in which of the following
sectors?
a) Delhi-Chandigarh
b) Mumbai-Ahmedabad
c) Jaynagar-Mumbai
d) Delhi-Agra
e) None of these
The Indian veteran Leander Paes and his Czech
partner Radek Stepanek lost their men's doubles
semi-final in Wimbledon against which of the
following pairs recently?
a) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut
b) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock
c) Mike and Bob Bryan
d) Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
e) None of these
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP)
located in which of the following states recently?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Jammu & Kashmir
d) Gujarat
e) None of these
Vishal Sikka has become the highest paid
professional CEO of an Indian company with Rs 30cr pay package. He is the current CEO of
a) Wipro
b) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
c) Infosys
d) Tech Mahindra
e) None of these
Dadi Balsara, who died recently, was associated
with which of the following leading packaged
mineral water brands?
a) Himalayan
b) Kinley
c) Bisleri
d) Aquafina
e) None of these
Magnus Carlsen became the first man to hold the
Chess Triple Crown by holding the World Blitz,
Rapid, and Classic titles consecutively. Who among
the following was the first chess player in the world
to hold all three world titles in a row?
a) Susan Polgar
b) Antoaneta Stefanova
c) Alexandra Kosteniuk
d) Judit Polgar
e) None of these
The Govt accepted Mayaram panel report on
definitions of FDI, FII recently. Now, a foreign
investment of ________ or more in a listed
company will be treated as FDI.
a) 10 per cent
b) 15 per cent
c) 20 per cent
d) 25 per cent
e) None of these

GENERAL AWARENESS SEPTEMBER 2014

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The World Refugee Day is observed across the

globe on which of the following dates?
a) Jun 14
b) Jun 16
c) Jun 18
d) Jun 20
e) None of these

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