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Dated : 28:Aug:2014
Ques. : 1 The retirement fund body EPFO's trustees decided to retain interest payment on provident fund deposits for 2014-15 at
________recently.
1) 8 per cent
2) 8.50 per cent
3) 8.75 per cent
4) 9 per cent
Answ er:- 3) 8.75 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 2 Which of the following countries has announced the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards which will be given annually to individuals promoting
partnership between India and that country in domains like commerce, education and culture?
1) US
2) Britain
3) Germany
4) Japan
Answ er:- 2) Britain
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 The govt notified increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to _______through approval route in the defence sector.
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 100 per cent
Answ er:- 2) 49 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 The govt has launched a new domain which will be in Devanagari script and will cover several Indian languages including Hindi.
Identify the new domain.
1) .Bharat
2) .IN
3) .NIC
4) .India
Answ er:- 1) .Bharat
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 The govt notified the liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the Railways, permitting FDI through automatic route in
several areas, including high speed trains up to
1) 26 per cent
2) 49 per cent
3) 74 per cent
4) 100 per cent
Answ er:- 4) 100 per cent
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 The Supreme Court in its recent verdict said that Prime Minister and Chief Ministers should desist from appointing who among the
following as ministers in their cabinet?
1) Kin of PM and CMs
2) Illiterates
3) People of foreign origin
4) People with criminal antecedents
Answ er:- 4) People w ith criminal antecedents
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which hamper governance. Which of the following is
NOT correct with respect to the new committee?
1) On the basis of committees
2) The committee will examine "Acts
recommendations a bill will be
and Rules which may have become
introduced in Parliament in the winter
obsolete within the last 10 to 15 years".
session.
3) The Committee will be chaired by R
Ramanujam and VK Bhasin will be its 4) All the above
other member.
Answ er:- 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 8 The name of Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Table tennis
3) Badminton
5) None of these
4) Billiards
Answ er:- 3) Badminton
Ques. : 9 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased norms to refinance ECBs recently. What does ECB stand for?
1) External Commercial Borrowing
2) External Contractual Borrowing
3) Economic Commercial Borrowing
4) External Commercial Bargaining
Answ er:- 1) External Commercial Borrow ing
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries inaugurated its first environment friendly industrial zone Achchuveli Industrial Zone recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
Answ er:- 3) Sri Lanka
5) None of these
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