AUG 2014

16 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned three ‘Ps’ as the assets of Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to the state recently. Which of the following is NOT among these three ‘Ps’?
1) Prakash (solar light) 2) Prayawaran (environment)
3) Paryatan (tourism) 4) Pashmina (goat)
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Pashmina (goat
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Ques. : 2 The Lok Sabha cleared the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 recently. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to this Bill?
1) The Chief Justice of India will head the NJAC. 
2) The NJAC will comprise two senior judges of the Supreme Court.
3) Two eminent personalities and the Law Minister will be the members of the proposed body. 
4) One of the eminent persons will be nominated from among the persons belonging to the SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities or women.
5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 3 Name the Indian-origin academician who has won Fields Medal known as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics.”
1) Maryam Mirzakhani 2) Subhash Khot
3) Manjul Bhargava 4) Sanjeev Arora
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Manjul Bhargava

Ques. : 4 The telecom regulator TRAI suggested restriction on political bodies and corporates entering the television and newspaper business recently. Who among the following is the present Chairman of TRAI?
1) Rahul Khullar 2) Alok Joshi
3) Shashi Kant Sharma 4) Pulok Chatterji
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Rahul Khullar

Ques. : 5 Who among the following is the current Union Railway Minister? He launched the next generation e-ticketing system developed by Centre for Railway information Systems (CRIS) recently.
1) Jagadish Shettar 2) Nitin Gadkari
3) Ananth Kumar 4) Sadananda Gowda
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Sadananda Gowda

Ques. : 6 The Govt has slashed the borrowing target for Apr-Sep by Rs. 16,000 cr with the objective to provide more liquidity in the system. Now what is the govt’s borrowing target for the first half of the current financial year?
1) Rs 5.97 lakh cr 2) Rs 4.57 lakh cr
3) Rs 3.68 lakh cr 4) Rs 3.52 lakh cr
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Rs 3.52 lakh cr

Ques. : 7 The govt has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above. The Scheme will be administrated by the
1) ICICI Prudential 2) LIC of India
3) Bajaj Allianz 4) SBI Life
5) None of these Answer:- 2) LIC of India

Ques. : 8 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a new limit on ATM transactions per month. Now customers will avail _________free transactions from ATMs of other banks in six metropolitan cities.
1) two 2) three
3) four 4) five
5) None of these Answer:- 2) three

Ques. : 9 India celebrated its Independence Day on 15 Aug. This was India’s ______Independence Day.
1) 66th 2) 67th
3) 68th 4) 69th
5) None of these Answer:- 3) 68th

Ques. : 10 Which other countries celebrate their independence day on 15 Aug along with India?
1) South Korea 2) Congo
3) Liechtenstein 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 4) All the above

15 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has won the men’s doubles title of the French Open tennis tournament, recently?
1) Spain Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 
2) Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
3) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut 
4) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
5) None of these 
Answer:- 2) Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin

Ques. : 2 The Chinese govt has published a white paper on Hong Kong that stresses its authority over the territory. Hong Kong was handed over to China on 1 Jul 1997 by
1) UK 2) Germany
3) Russia 4) France
5) None of these Answer:- 1) UK

Ques. : 3 Which of the following gulf countries has introduced a new law requiring compulsory military service for adult males, recently?
1) Iraq 2) Iran
3) Kuwait 4) United Arab Emirates
5) None of these Answer:- 4) United Arab Emirates

Ques. : 4 The term Roland Garros is associated with which of the following grand slam tennis tournaments?
1) Wimbledon 2) French Open
3) US Open 4) Australia Open
5) None of these Answer:- 2) French Open

Ques. : 5 The US Justice Department is finalising a lawsuit against which of the following banks over its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities?
1) Citigroup 2) Standard Chartered
3) Morgan Stanley 4) Barclays
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Citigroup

Ques. : 6 Vishal Sikka was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of which of the following leading software exporters in India, recently?
1) Wipro 2) Infosys
3) TCS 4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Infosys

Ques. : 7 An industrial accident took place in SAIL’s steel plant killing six persons and affecting several others in which of the following cities, recently? Possibly a composition of deadly methane and carbon monoxide leaked from the plant causing the fatal accident.
1) Jamshedpur 2) Paradeep
3) Bhilai 4) Rourkela
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Bhilai

Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been appointed as the new revenue secretary, recently?
1) RP Wattal 2) Ravi Mathur
3) GS Sandhu 4) Shaktikanta Das
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Shaktikanta Das

Ques. : 9 Who among the following has topped the civil services examination this year as announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), recently?
1) Bharti Dixit 2) Rachit Raj
3) Munish Sharma 4) Gaurav Agrawal
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Gaurav Agrawal

Ques. : 10 Who among the following has won the women’s doubles title of the French Open tennis tournament, recently?
1) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 
2) Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai
3) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 
4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai

14 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on need to bring a ‘saffron revolution’ with respect to which of the following states recently during his visit to the state?
1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Maharashtra
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Jammu & Kashmir

Ques. : 2 Name the Indian who has become the first Indian to reach semifinals of World Junior Squash in Namibia recently?
1) Tushar Kothari 2) Kush Kumar
3) Shashi Pandey 4) Javed Mohammad
5) None of these Answer-2) Kush Kumar

Ques. : 3 Which of the following is NOT an award given in the field of sports in India?
1) Dronacharya award 2) Arjuna Award
3) Dhyan Chand Award 4) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 4 The Centre has urged all the states to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in their police forces to effectively deal with cases of sexual violence and crime against women. Which of the following states is the first to do so?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Rajasthan
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Gujarat

Ques. : 5 Which of the following state govts celebrated Kanyasree Divas on 14 Aug throughout the state with an aim to improve the status and well being of girl child?
1) Gujarat 2) West Bengal
3) Maharashtra 4) Rajasthan
5) None of these Answer:- 2) West Bengal

Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries will try to insert its spacecraft into the Martian orbit on Sep 24, 2014 and if successful, it will be the first Asian country to orbit a spacecraft around planet Mars?
1) China 2) Japan
3) Malaysia 4) India
5) None of these Answer:- 4) India

Ques. : 7 The Judicial Appointment Commissions bill has been cleared by the Lok Sabha. The Bill brought to scrap the collegium system will establish a _______body for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
1) three-member 2) four-member
3) five-member 4) six-member
5) None of these Answer:- 4) six-member

Ques. : 8 India’s women's archery recurve team won gold in the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland recently. The team defeated which of the following countries?
1) Georgia 2) Russia
3) Mexico 4) Poland
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Mexico

Ques. : 9 Which of the following states has become the most favoured destination of foreign tourists in the north-eastern states of the country as per the latest data?
1) Manipur 2) Assam
3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Sikkim
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Sikkim

Ques. : 10 Which of the following facts is NOT correct with respect to India-ASEAN relations?
1) The members of ASEAN group include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam. 
2) India and the ASEAN are set to sign a free trade agreement in services and investments.
3) The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement was signed in Aug 2009 and it came into force on 1 Jan 2010. 
4) The target has been set at USD 100 bn by 2015 for ASEAN-India trade.
5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these

13 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 The selection committee has recommended 15 names for Arjuna awards though no sports person has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this year. Who among the following was the chairman of the selection committee?
1) Kapil Dev 2) Sunil Gavaskar
3) Ravi Shastri 4) Baichung Bhutia
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Kapil Dev

Ques. : 2 In which of the following states, the state assembly has unanimously passed a bill enforcing the dress code and banning entry of persons wearing dhoti in public places as a cognizable offense punishable with jail term?
1) Karnataka 2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala 4) Telangana
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Tamil Nadu

Ques. : 3 The International Youth Day is celebrated on which of the following dates?
1) Aug 8 2) Aug 10
3) Aug 12 4) Aug 13
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Aug 12

Ques. : 4 The CBI is soon to file charge sheet in Aircel-Maxis deal involving a former telecom minister. Name the former telecom minister who allegedly forced promoter C Sivasankaran to sell the stake in Aircel to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006?
1) Dayanidhi Maran 2) Kalanithi Maran
3) Kanimozhi 4) A Raja
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Dayanidhi Maran

Ques. : 5 The Oscar-winning actor-comedian Robin Williams allegedly committed suicide recently. He is best known for his role in
1) Star Wars 2) Good Will Hunting
3) Gladiator 4) Godzilla
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Good Will Hunting

Ques. : 6 The book titled ‘Half Mother’ has been authored by
1) Shahnaz Bashir 2) Harris Irfan
3) Deepti Kapoor 4) Robert Gaibraith
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Shahnaz Bashir

Ques. : 7 M Thambidurai is all set to be elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. He belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) TRS 2) TDP
3) INS 4) AIADMK
5) None of these Answer:- 4) AIADMK

Ques. : 8 Who among the following are the Parliamentarians who has/have been conferred the Outstanding Parliamentary award by the President Pranab Mukherjee recently?
1) Arun Jaitley 2) Sharad Yadav
3) Karan Singh 4) All the above
5) None of these Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 9 Tony Abbott, who is scheduled to visit India in September, is the present Prime Minster of which of the following countries?
1) Italy 2) UK
3) Australia 4) Norway
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Australia

Ques. : 10 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package for building of roads in Jammu and Kashmir during his recent visit to the state. What is the size of the package?
1) Rs 6,000 cr 2) Rs 8,000 cr
3) Rs 10,000 cr 4) Rs 12,000 cr
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Rs 8,000 cr

12 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 China is pushing for a BCIM corridor to bolster the economy of the region. Which of the following countries is/are also part of the corridor?
1) Brazil 2) Indonesia
3) Myanmar 4) Maldives
5) All the above Answer:- 3) Myanmar

Ques. : 2 The Mettur Dam is one of the largest and oldest dams in India which was built in 1934. It is situated on which of the following rivers?
1) Cauvery 2) Krishna
3) Godavari 4) Narmada
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Cauvery

Ques. : 3 Which of the following is a banking/economy related word?
1) Apartheid 2) Apprehension
3) Undermine 4) Appropriation
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Appropriation

Ques. : 4 Who among the following won the men's singles of the Rogers Cup 2014 recently?
1) Andy Murray 2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3) Novak Djokovic 4) Roger Federer
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Ques. : 5 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation two hydel power projects, the 44 MW Chutak hydro-electric project and the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in which of the following states recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Jammu and Kashmir 4) Uttarakhand
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Jammu and Kashmir

Ques. : 6 Islamist militants forced to flee thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority and have reportedly killed at least 500 people of the community in which of the following countries recently?
1) Iran 2) Iraq
3) Libya 4) Kenya
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Iraq

Ques. : 7 During his recent visit to India the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel offered to co-produce and co-develop the next generation Javelin ___________guided missiles.
1) anti-tank 2) anti-aircraft
3) torpedo destroyer 4) anti-ballistic
5) None of these Answer:- 1) anti-tank

Ques. : 8 India and the 10-nation ASEAN group are likely to sign the long-delayed free trade agreement in services and investments soon. Which of the following is NOT an ASEAN member country?
1) Singapore 2) Indonesia
3) Brunei 4) Cambodia
5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 9 Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted the Indian Tricolour for the first time at which of the following places during the Quit India Movement?
1) Jaliawala Bagh, Amritsar 2) Chittagong (now in Bangladesh)
3) Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai 4) Bardoli, Gujarat
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai

Ques. : 10 The market regulator SEBI has cleared REIT, InvIT norms to tap Rs 1-tn fund inflows from foreign and domestic investors. While REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust, what does InvIT stand for?
1) Information Technology Investment Trusts 
2) Infrastructure Investment Trusts
3) Infrastructure Innovation Trusts 
4) Information Technology Innovation Trusts
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Infrastructure Investment Trusts

11 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has won the men’s singles title of the French open tennis tournament, recently?
1) Rafael Nadal 2) Roger Federer
3) Novak Djokovic 4) Andy Murray
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Rafael Nadal

Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has simplified KYC norms for opening of bank accounts, recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct in this regard?
1) A bank account can be opened with just one address proof. 
2) Customers may submit either current or permanent while opening a bank account or while undergoing periodic updation.
3) In cases where customer is not able to furnish local proof of address, the bank may take a declaration of the local address on which all correspondence will be made by the bank with the customer. 
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3) Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 3 Industry body SIAM is associated with which of the following industries? It released the data, recently, which shows an increase in the sales in the industry which was facing slowdown for a long time.
1) Software 2) Automobiles
3) Textiles 4) Shipping
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Automobiles

Ques. : 4 Militants attacked which of the following international airports in Pakistan, recently, which left as much 40 people dead?
1) Peshawar 2) Lahore
3) Islamabad 4) Karachi
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Karachi

Ques. : 5 One of the first foreign visitors to the Modi govt, Wang Yi, is the foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Bhutan 2) Japan
3) Singapore 4) China
5) None of these Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 6 . The men’s hockey team of which of the following countries created history by entering hockey World Cup semifinals for the first time, recently?
1) Argentina 2) Netherlands
3) Germany 4) India
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Argentina

Ques. : 7 At least 24 students of an engineering college in Hyderabad drowned after strong currents in river Beas in Mandi district in ___________washed them away.
1) Uttarakhand 
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh 
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Himachal Pradesh

Ques. : 8 What is the expanded form of SFIO?
1) Systematic Fraud Investigation Office 
2) Securities Fraud Investigation Office
3) Severe Fraud Investigation Office 
4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office

Ques. : 9 Who among the following has won the Canadian Grand Prix Formula One championship, recently?
1) Nico Rosberg 2) Daniel Ricciardo
3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Lewis Hamilton
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Daniel Ricciardo

Ques. : 10 Who among the following has authored the book titled ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’?
1) Roshen Dalal 2) RR Martin
3) Jo Nesbo 4) Donna Tartt
5) Carlotta Gall Answer:- 2) RR Martin

10 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 In case of dishonour of a cheque due to insufficient funds in the account of the person drawing the cheque, a court can punish the guilty (defaulter) with a prison term of two years and/or a fine, which can be as high as ________the cheque amount.
1) Twice 2) Thrice
3) Four-times 4) Five-times
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Twice

Ques. : 2 The Union Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid represented India at Manama Dialogue held at Manama recently. The three day long summit was related to which of the following issues?
1) Climate change 
2) The regional and global security
3) Ensuring fuel security for developing nations 
4) Doing away with agricultural subsidies
5) None of these Answer:- 2) The regional and global security

Ques. : 3 The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Rehab Act 2013 came into force recently. The new act prohibits
1) Employment of manual scavengers 
2) Manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment
3) Construction of insanitary latrines 
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 4 As announced by the Britain's Immigration Department recently, it will stop accepting payment through which of the following modes from 16 Dec, 2013?
1) Demand draft 2) Cash
3) E-wallet 4) Debit or credit cards
5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. : 5 Bombay High Court has directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Centre to implement in the Indian Adminstraive Service a quota of _______ for the disabled as per provisions under the Persons with Disability Act.
1) Three per cent 2) Four per cent
3) Five per cent 4) Six per cent
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Three per cent

Ques. : 6 Who among the following has won the readers’ poll for Time's Person of the Year 2013 title?
1) Narendra Modi 
2) Edward Snowden
3) Recep Tayyip Erdogan 
4) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Ques. : 7 The term birdie is associated with which of the following games?
1) Hockey 2) Cricket
3) Golf 4) Billiards
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Golf

Ques. : 8 The Union Cabinet gave its nod to the Telangana Bill recently. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the Bill?
1) Telangana will comprise 13 districts and the rest of Andhra Pradesh comprises 10 districts. 
2) Hyderabad will remain the common capital for both the states for a period not exceeding 10 years.
3) The Governor of Telangana will have a special responsibility for security of life, liberty and property of all those who reside in the common capital area. 
4) The govt of India will extend financial and other support to the creation of a new capital for the successor state of Andhra Pradesh.
5) Polavaram will be declared as a national project and will be executed by the union govt following all environmental and R&R norms. 
Answer:- 1) Telangana will comprise 13 districts and the rest of Andhra Pradesh comprises 10 districts.

Ques. : 9 The central bank of which of the following countries holds the highest amount of foreign currency reserves in the world as of now?
1) Japan 2) US
3) Switzerland 4) China
5) None of these Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 10 The National Tiger Conservation Authority has given nod to develop a tiger reserve at Nagzira situated in which of the following states recently? This will be the fifth tiger reserve of the state.
1) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Odisha
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Maharashtra

Ques. : 11 Who among the following has been voted the Guardian’s Person of the Year 2013 recently?
1) Jack Monroe 2) Pope Francis
3) Marco Weber 4) Sini Saarela
5) Edward Snowden Answer:- 5) Edward Snowden

Ques. : 12 Name the largest airborne survey of Earth’s polar ice, which will yield a three-dimensional view of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, and has been restarted by the US space agency NASA recently.
1) Polar Bridge 2) Ice Bridge
3) Aerial 2 4) Hawk Eye 2
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Ice Bridge

Ques. : 13 Which of the following is the name of a mobile based payment facility launched by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)?
1) USSD 2) SWIFT
3) FATF 4) IMPS
5) None of these Answer:- 4) IMPS

Ques. : 14 The govt has allowed unlisted firms to directly raise funds abroad recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct in this regard?
1) The unlisted companies has been allowed to directly list on stock exchanges abroad to raise funds for acquisitions or retiring overseas debts. 
2) The unlisted companies were needed to list in Indian markets prior or subsequent to their listing abroad till date.
3) The facility will be available for a period of five years initially. 
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 1) and 3) Answer:- 4) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. : 15 Which of the following is the first nation of the world which has granted non-human personhood status to dolphins to recognize their unique intelligence and self-awareness recently?
1) US 2) India
3) Japan 4) China
5) None of these Answer:- 2) India

Ques. : 16 The Indian Air Force has announced to discontinue the services of which of the following fighter aircrafts after 11 Dec, 2013?
1) Mig-27 ML 2) Mig-21 FL
3) Jaguar 4) Mirage 2000
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Mig-21 FL

Ques. : 17 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) held its crucial ministerial conference in Bali recently. The WTO was set up in which of the following years?
1) 1991 2) 1993
3) 1995 4) 1999
5) None of these Answer:- 3) 1995

Ques. : 18 What is maximum amount liable to income tax exemption in case if a senior citizen (person above 60 yrs) as of now?
1) Rs 2 lakh 2) Rs 2.2 lakh
3) Rs 2.5 lakh 4) Rs 2.75 lakh
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Rs 2.5 lakh

Ques. : 19 Name the country which is all set to become the first country of the world to legalise marijuana?
1) Uruguay 2) Paraguay
3) Ukraine 4) Vietnam
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Uruguay

Ques. : 20 Who among the following has been conferred this year's Impact Person of the Year Award recently?
1) Kapil Sibal 2) Raj Nayak
3) Vineet Jain 4) Shekhar Gupta
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Vineet Jain

Ques. : 21 Which of the following companies has bagged three-year sponsorship rights for the Indian cricket team for all BCCI, ACC and ICC events recently?
1) Sahara India 2) Star India
3) Hero Moto Corp 4) Reebok
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Star India

Ques. : 22 India has contributed what amount to the core voluntary budget of UN Women for the financial year 2013- 2014 as the fourth installment of its multi-year pledge to the world body?
1) USD 1 mn 2) USD 2 mn
3) USD 5 mn 4) USD 10 mn
5) None of these Answer:- 1) USD 1 mn

Ques. : 23 Expand the term IMPS.
1) Immediate Payment Service
2) Inter-Mobile Payment Service
3) International Mobile Payment Service 
4) Instant Payment Service
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Immediate Payment Service

Ques. : 24 Who among the following has been appointed as the Director General of the OPCW recently?
1) Mohamed ElBaradei 2) Roberto Azevedo
3) Ahmet Uzumcu 4) Yukiya Amano
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Ahmet Uzumcu

Ques. : 25 Which of the following countries is hosting the 27th South East Asian Games, the biggest sporting event in South East Asia, for the first time in 40 years?
1) Nepal 2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar 4) Singapore
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Myanmar

Ques. : 26 Who among the following in not a recipient of the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize?
1) Khadija Ryadi 2) Liisa Kauppinen
3) Biram Dah Abeid 4) Nelson Mandela
5) Malala Yousafzai Answer:- 4) Nelson Mandela

Ques. : 27 Name the first indigenously designed and developed fighter aircraft which has reached closer to its induction in the Indian Air Force with the recent successful test of its weaponry system?
1) HAL HJT-36 Sitara 2) HAL HJT-16 Kiran
3) Saras 4) LCA Tejas
5) None of these Answer:- 4) LCA Tejas

Ques. : 28 Under the provisions of the recently enacted Companies Act, 2013, which of the following bodies has been accorded statutory status?
1) Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation 
2) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office 
4) National Technical Research Organisation
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office

Ques. : 29 The Indian squad crashed out of the Hero Junior Men's Hockey World Cup after a draw with which of the following teams in New Delhi recently?
1) South Korea 2) Japan
3) Malaysia 4) Indonesia
5) None of these Answer:- 1) South Korea

Ques. : 30 The new book ‘Unbreakable’ is an autobiography of who among the following?
1) Virat Kohli 2) Mary Kom
3) Saina Nehwal 4) Deepika Kumari
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Mary Kom

Ques. : 31 The 193-member UN General Assembly elected which of the following countries to the UN Security Council to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year term recently?
1) Chile 2) Chad
3) Nigeria 4) Lithuania
5) Jordan Answer:- 5) Jordan

Ques. : 32 The chemical weapon watchdog OPCW has announced that Syria has completed destruction of all unfilled chemical weapons munitions. OPCW stands for
1) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical War 
2) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Waste
3) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 
4) Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Warheads
5) None of these 
Answer:- 3) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Ques. : 33 Mauritius has agreed to include a ‘limitation of benefits (LoB)’ clause in its revised tax treaty with India recently. The LoB clauses are typically aimed at
1) Promoting appropriate use of tax pacts by third-country investors 
2) Preventing inappropriate use of tax pacts by third-country investors
3) Limiting use of tax pacts to Peoples of Indian Origin (PIOs) only 
4) Mauritius investors to invest half of all investments in India
5) None of these 
Answer:- 2) Preventing inappropriate use of tax pacts by third-country investors

Ques. : 34 The first mega food park of the country is to come up at which of the following places? The food park will have nearly 35 industrial units and will give direct and indirect employment to about 30,000 persons.
1) Amethi, UP 2) Haridwar, Uttarakhand
3) Agra, UP 4) Panipat, Haryana
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Amethi, UP

Ques. : 35 Which of the following states has launched a scheme name Manodhairya Yojana aimed at compensating victims of various crimes, especially rape, child sex abuse and acid attacks?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka 4) Rajasthan
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Maharashtra

Ques. : 36 Under the MSME Act 2006, a micro enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery does not exceed
1) Rs 10 lakh 2) Rs 15 lakh
3) Rs 20 lakh 4) Rs 25 lakh
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Rs 25 lakh

Ques. : 37 Which of the following countries has announced to provide approximately 1.09 bn Nepali rupess aid to Nepal for the development of local governance and community development programme?
1) India 2) China
3) Switzerland 4) US
5) Japan Answer:- 3) Switzerland

Ques. : 38 The US has fined which of the following banks USD100 mn for violating sanctions against Iran, Sudan, Burma and Cuba recently?
1) Royal Bank of Scotland 2) JPMorgan Chase
3) Standard Chartered 4) Citi Bank
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Royal Bank of Scotland

Ques. : 39 Lal Thanhawla has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?
1) Manipur 2) Tripura
3) Nagaland 4) Mizoram
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Mizoram

Ques. : 40 At the recent G8 dementia summit, the leading nations of the world have committed to developing a cure or treatment for dementia by _____.
1) 2015 2) 2020
3) 2025 4) 2030
5) None of these Answer:- 3) 2025

Ques. : 41 The Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a parliamentary confidence vote in which of the following countries recently?
1) Spain 2) Italy
3) Venezuela 4) Thailand
5) None of these Answer:- 2) Italy

Ques. : 42 India lost a three match ODI series against which of the following countries recently after the third match was abandoned due to rain?
1) Australia 2) West Indies
3) South Africa 4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these Answer:- 3) South Africa

Ques. : 43 Antarctica hit coldest temp ever recorded on Earth recently with temperatures dipping to a bone-chilling ______.
1) -128.6 F (-89.2 C) 2) -136 F (-93.2 C)
3) -141 F (-89.2 C) 4) -152.8 F (-89.2 C)
5) None of these Answer:- 2) -136 F (-93.2 C)

Ques. : 44 World leaders, health care experts and analysts discussed ways and means to tackle challenges facing the health care sector across the globe at the WISH-2013 meet in Qatar capital Doha recently. WISH stands for
1) World Introspection Summit for Health
2) World Innovation Summit for Health
3) World Inaugural Summit for Health 
4) World Invitational Summit for Health
5) None of these Answer:- 2) World Innovation Summit for Health

Ques. : 45 Who among the following has been awarded with the highest civilian award of France, ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ recently?
1) Anjali Gopalan 2) Sushmita Sen
3) MS Swaminathan 4) Tessy Thomas
5) None of these Answer:- 1) Anjali Gopalan

Ques. : 46 Ayurvedic doctor-turned-politician Raman Singh was sworn in as chief minister of which of the following states for the third consecutive term recently?
1) Uttarakhand 2) Rajasthan
3) Chhattisgarh 4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these Answer:- 3) Chhattisgarh

Ques. : 47 Himachal Pradesh became the 2nd state to introduce Centre’s National Vocational Qualitative Framework (NVQF) Scheme recently. Which of the following is the first state of the country to introduce the above scheme?
1) Haryana 2) Bihar
3) Odisha 4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh Answer:- 1) Haryana

Ques. : 48 Senior fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah was executed for war crimes in which of the following countries recently becoming the first politician of the country to be hanged for such crimes?
1) Myanmar 2) Indonesia
3) Egypt 4) Iraq
5) Bangladesh Answer:- 5) Bangladesh

Ques. : 49 Under the MSME Act 2006, a small enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery does not exceed
1) Rs 50 lakh 2) Rs 1 cr
3) Rs 2 cr 4) Rs 5 cr
5) None of these Answer:- 4) Rs 5 cr

Ques. : 50 Which of the following rates is not controlled by the RBI?
1) Repo rate 2) Cess
3) CRR 4) SLR
5) MSF Answer:- 2) Cess