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Ques. : 1 According to the report released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the amount of greenhouse gases in Earths
atmosphere hit a new record high in 2012. Which of the following gases comes under the category of greenhouse gases?
1) Carbon Dioxide
2) Methane
3) Nitrous Oxide
4) All the above
Answ er:- 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 2 Which of the following high courts in India ruled that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is unconstitutional recently? The
Supreme Court of India has stayed the order.
1) Patna High Court
2) Guwahati High Court
3) Allahabad High Court
4) Delhi High Court
Answ er:- 2) Guw ahati High Court
5) None of these
Ques. : 3 The reverse mortgage scheme floated by banks is aimed at which of the following categories of customers?
1) Students
2) Young professionals
3) Women
4) Senior citizen
Answ er:- 4) Senior citizen
5) None of these
Ques. : 4 Recently released film Ram-Leela has been directed by who among the following?
1) Subhash Ghai
2) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
3) Anurag Kashyap
4) Anurag Basu
Answ er:- 2) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
5) None of these
Ques. : 5 India won the first Test match played between India and West Indies at Eden Garden recently. With this win India has made a record
of winning ____Test matches in a row.
1) three
2) four
3) five
4) six
Answ er:- 3) five
5) None of these
Ques. : 6 Who among the following has authored the book titled Fifty Shades Darker? It is the second novel in the trilogy Fifty Shades of
Gray.
1) Margaret Atwood
2) William Boyd
3) Elizabeth Gilbert
4) EL James
Answ er:- 4) EL James
5) None of these
Ques. : 7 A year-long celebration to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Lakshminath Bezbruah kick started in New Delhi recently. He was a
literature pioneer belonging to
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Assam
3) Sikkim
4) West Bengal
Answ er:- 2) Assam
5) None of these
Ques. : 8 Which of the following cricketers had become the first victim of the third umpire system adopted by the ICC in 1992?
1) Shane Warne
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Steve Waugh
4) Brian Lara
Answ er:- 2) Sachin Tendulkar
5) None of these
Ques. : 9 The womens hockey team of India lost to which of the following teams in the final of the Asian Championships in New Delhi
recently?
1) Malaysia
2) Japan
3) Bangladesh
4) Indonesia
Answ er:- 2) Japan
5) None of these
Ques. : 10 The super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, hit which of the following countries recently killing at
least 10,000 people?
1) Vietnam
2) China
3) Japan
4) Philippines
Answ er:- 4) Philippines
5) None of these
Ques. : 11 Which of the following countries has topped the recently launched 2013 World Prosperity Index which ranks 142 countries? The
Index evaluates nations in eight categories, including education, health, economy, safety and security.
1) Norway
2) China
3) India
4) Australia
Answ er:- 1) Norw ay
5) None of these
Ques. : 12 What is the name of Indias first inter-planetary mission to Mars which was launched successfully recently?
1) Mangalayaan
2) Mangaladoot
3) Mangalamover
4) Mangala Rover
Answ er:- 1) Mangalayaan
5) None of these
Ques. : 13 Which of the following cricketers has been ranked numero uno in the Reliance ICC Player Ranking for Test all-rounders released
recently?
1) Ravindra Jadeja
2) Ravichandran Ashwin

3) Shakib Al Hasan
5) None of these

4) Jacques Kallis
Answ er:- 2) Ravichandran Ashw in

Ques. : 14 Which of the following is not a member country of the European Union?
1) Austria
3) Hungary
5) None of these

2) Greece
4) Belgium
Answ er:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 15 Which of the following countries is all set to take the tradition Arab seat on the UN Security Council after Saudi Arabia rejected the
position recently?
1) Jordan
2) UAE
3) Iraq
4) Iran
Answ er:- 1) Jordan
5) None of these
Ques. : 16 The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 cr for Andhra Pradesh recently. What amount
did Odisha get for the same?
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,200 cr
3) Rs 1,500 cr
4) Rs 1,800 cr
Answ er:- 1) Rs 1,000 cr
5) None of these
Ques. : 17 Expand the term DIPP.
1) Department of Institutional Policy and 2) Department of Industrial Practices and
Promotion
Promotion
3) Department of Industrial Policy and 4) Department of Industrial Policy and
Production
Promotion
5) None of these
Answ er:- 4) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
Ques. : 18 Alan Mulally, whos name has been included in the shortlist of candidates to select the next CEO of Microsoft, is the current CEO of
1) General Motors
2) Ford Motors
3) Renault
4) Toyota Motors
Answ er:- 2) Ford Motors
5) None of these
Ques. : 19 The RBI released a new framework for foreign banks operating in India recently. Which of the following is correct with respect to the
benefit these banks will receive?
1) These banks will be treated at near 2) Permission to open a branch in a
parity with Indian private banks in
tier-1 centre for every branch in tier-(2opening branches
6) centre
3) Permission to enter into M&A deals
4) All the above
with Indian private banks
Answ er:- 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Ques. : 20 Ace sportsperson Gaganjeet Bhullar is associated with which of the following games?
1) Billiards
2) Golf
3) Table tennis
4) Squash
Answ er:- 2) Golf
5) None of these
Ques. : 21 Who among the following will represent India in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Pranab Mukherjee
3) Salman Khurshid
4) P Chidambaram
Answ er:- 3) Salman Khurshid
5) None of these
Ques. : 22 As per the provisions of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), what fraction of those given
employment should be women?
1) two-third
2) half
3) one-third
4) one-fourth
Answ er:- 3) one-third
5) None of these
Ques. : 23 Who among the following had given the title, Father of the Nation, to Mahatma Gandhi?
1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Subhas Chandra Bose
3) Jawaharlal Nehru
4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answ er:- 2) Subhas Chandra Bose
5) None of these
Ques. : 24 Who among the following has won the 50th edition of the Indian Open golf tournament recently?
1) Gaganjeet Bhullar
2) Anirban Lahiri
3) Mohammad Siddikur
4) SSP Chowrasia
Answ er:- 3) Mohammad Siddikur
5) None of these
Ques. : 25 Smarte Trekk is the autobiography of which of the following chess maestros?
1) Viswanathan Anand
2) Magnus Carlsen
3) Levon Aronian
4) Vladimir Kramnik
Answ er:- 2) Magnus Carlsen
5) None of these
Ques. : 26 Expand the term FPI.
1) Foreign Provisional Investors
3) Foreign Proportional Investors

2) Foreign Portfolio Investors

5) None of these

Answ er:- 2) Foreign Portfolio Investors

Ques. : 27 Which of the following incomes is exempt from income-tax as per the prevailing rules in India as of now?
1) The salary of govt employees
3) The agricultural income
5) None of these

2) The income derived by medical

Ques. : 28 The govt has ordered to investigate the foreign funding to which of the following political parties in India after receiving complaints
in this regard recently?
1) BJP
2) BSP
3) AAP
4) NCP
Answ er:- 3) AAP
5) None of these
Ques. : 29 Heena Sidhu won gold medal in the ISSF World Cup Final in Munich, Germany recently. She is the first ______of the country to
achieve the feat.
1) Air pistol shooter
2) Air rifle shooter
3) Archer
4) Short putter
Answ er:- 1) Air pistol shooter
5) None of these
Ques. : 30 Which of the following investigation agencies of India completed fifty years in operation recently?
1) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) 2) National Investigation Agency (NIA)
3) Research and Analysis Wing
4) Intelligence Bureau (IB)
(R&AW)
Answ er:- 1) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
5) None of these
Ques. : 31 The Microsoft Corporation has announced recently to discontinue its support to which of the following operating systems on 8 Apr
2014?
1) Windows 98
2) Windows XP
3) Windows NT
4) Windows 7
Answ er:- 2) Window s XP
5) None of these
Ques. : 32 Which of the following is not a regulatory body?
1) FMC
2) SEBI
3) PFRDA
4) IRDA
Answ er:- 5) None of these
5) None of these
Ques. : 33 The term NOTA is associated with
1) An international treaty
2) Anti-tobacco campaign
3) Nuclear non-proliferation
4) A voting option
Answ er:- 4) A voting option
5) None of these
Ques. : 34 The Canvas Turbo is the latest smartphone launched in India by
1) Samsung
2) LG
3) Micromax
4) Lenovo
Answ er:- 3) Micromax
5) None of these
Ques. : 35 The Hero Motocorp has announced to sponsor the Junior Hockey World Cup (Under-21) to be played from Dec 6-15 in
1) New Delhi
3) Chennai

2) Kolkata
4) Chandigarh

5) None of these

Answ er:- 1) New Delhi

Ques. : 36 Who among the following won the ATP World Tour Finals in London recently?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Roger Federer
4) David Marrero
Answ er:- 1) Novak Djokovic
5) None of these
Ques. : 37 India announced itself free form which of the following diseases recently as there has been no occurrence of the disease in the last
three months in the country which is the international norm for such declaration?
1) Swine Flu
2) Bird Flu
3) Polio
4) Cowpox
Answ er:- 2) Bird Flu
5) None of these
Ques. : 38 Expand the term NSIC.
1) National Scheduled Industries
Corporation

2) National Sugar Industries

Ques. : 39 The book Foreign has been authored by

2) Supriya Dravid
4) Nitya Ramakrishnan

5) None of these

Answ er:- 1) Sonora Jha

Ques. : 40 The International Day for Tolerance is observed on which of the following dates?
1) 14 Nov
2) 15 Nov
3) 16 Nov
4) 18 Nov
Answ er:- 3) 16 Nov
5) None of these
Ques. : 41 The world diabetes day is observed on which of the following dates?
1) 14 Nov
2) 16 Nov
3) 18 Nov
4) 20 Nov
Answ er:- 1) 14 Nov
5) None of these
Ques. : 42 The interest rate on the savings deposits is decided by
1) The RBI
2) Banks
3) IBA
4) Market forces
Answ er:- 2) Banks
5) None of these
Ques. : 43 The book The Mirror of Beauty has been authored by
1) Nitya Ramakrishnan
2) Supriya Dravid
3) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
4) Sonora Jha
Answ er:- 3) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
5) None of these
Ques. : 44 Expand the term BIFR.
1) Board for Industrial and Financial
Restructuring
3) Board for International Financial
Reconstruction
5) None of these

2) Board for Industrial and Farm-loan

Ques. : 45 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new president of Maldives recently?
1) Mohamed Nasheed
3) Mohammed Waheed Hassan
5) None of these

2) Qasim Ibrahim
4) Yameen Abdul Gayoom
Answ er:- 4) Yameen Abdul Gayoom

Ques. : 46 The cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and acclaimed scientist C N R Rao have been chosen for which of the following prestigious
civilian awards of the country recently?
1) Bharat Ratna
2) Desh Ratna
3) Padma Vibhushan
4) Padma Shree
Answ er:- 1) Bharat Ratna
5) None of these
Ques. : 47 Doris Lessing, who died recently, was a Nobel prize-winner and a/an
1) Author
3) Physicist
5) None of these

2) Economist
4) Chemist
Answ er:- 1) Author

Ques. : 48 In which of the following countries, a deadly plane crash took place recently killing at least 50 people? The 23-year old plane or pilot
error is seen as the likely cause for the disaster.
1) US
2) Israel
3) Russia
4) Egypt
Answ er:- 3) Russia
5) None of these
Ques. : 49 Which of the following countries has unveiled its latest drone plane named Fotros which has an operational range of 2,000
kilometres and can fly at an altitude of 25,000 feet?
1) Israel
2) Iran
3) China
4) Japan
Answ er:- 2) Iran
5) None of these
Ques. : 50 Two volcanoes, Mount Sinabung and Merapi, erupted in which of the following countries recently?
1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Philippines
4) Indonesia
Answ er:- 4) Indonesia
5) None of these
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