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GENERAL AWARENESS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS 2014 QUESTION BANK 1. Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, 11. Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant world's most prestigious architecture award, for the year Singh passed away in Mar 2014 was born in ______2014. He belongs to which country? province of Pakistan. (a) China (b) Japan (a) Baluchisthan (b) Sindh (c) Thailand (d) Malaysia (c) Punjab (d) None of These 2. Which of the following is NOT a mineral ? 12. The FEMA Act, 1999 was enacted to prohibit, restrict (a) Clove (b) Calcium and regulate the following: Select the incorrect one. (a) Any borrowing or lending in foreign exchange (c) Sulphur (d) Sodium (b) Any borrowing or lending in rupees between a 3. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is compiled and resident in India and a person outside India released by which of the following organisations? (c) Any borrowing or lending between residents in (a) Registrar of Companies India (b) Confederation of Indian Industries (d) Export, import or holding of currency notes or (c) Bombay Stock Exchange currency (d) Reserve Bank of India 13. The Supreme Court has appointed Which former 4. Which indian state completed a historic hat trick at Indian player as the interim President of BCCI in March domestic level after winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2014 till the probe related to IPL spot fixing of last year is March 2014 after winning Ranji and Irani trophy in the completed- same year? (a) Mahindar Amarnath (b) Sunil Gavaskar (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Sandip Patil (d) Kapil Dev (c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal 14. The international Day for Elimination of Racial 5. Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor ______Discrimination is observed on : has resigned three months ahead of completion of his (a) 20th February (b) 20th March term in March 2014. (c) 25th May (d) 21st March (a) KC Chakrabarty (b) H R Khan 15. The name of Vakrangee Limited, Prizm Payment (c) Urjit R. Patel (d) Anand Sinha Services and Muthoot Finance came to news in context with which of the following fields? 6. Which Indian state has been ranked No 1 in terms of “economic freedom” in a list of India's 20 largest states, (a) Ban on NBFCs proposed by the RBI as per the 2013 'Economic Freedom of the States of (b) New banking licences India' report published in March 2014? (c) Setting up of Payments Banks (d) Setting up of white label ATMs (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra 16. The largest TV in the world built Big Hoss was (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu unveiled for the first time at the Texas Motor Speedway in 7. Which of the following cannot be called as a debt Fort Worth, US in March 2014. It was built by ______. instrument as referred in financial transaction? (a) LG (b) Sony (a) Certificate of deposit (b) Bonds (c) Stocks (d) Loans (c) Samsung (d) Panasonic 8. Which female tennis player topped the women‟s tennis 17. Which public sector financial entity celebrated its rankings as per the latest WTA ranking published? Golden Jubilee during July 2014? (a) Li Na (b) Serena Williams (a) LIC (b) IDBI (c) Victoria Azarenka (d) Agnieszka Radwanska (c) UTI (d) NHB 9. The revival of the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) was 18. What is the full form of UNEP, a term frequently seen announced in the Union Budget 2014-15 on 10 July in newspapers? 2014. The KVP was discontinued from November 2011 (a) Universal Notification on Energy Protection on the recommendation of a committee headed by (b) Universal New Education Project. whom- (c) Universal Natural Energy Project (d) United Nations Education Programme (a) Usha Thorat (b) Shyamala Gopinath (e) United Nations Environment Programme (c) K.C. Chakraborty (d) Raghuram Rajan 19. During June 2014 the RBI asked banks to make 10. Sonia Gandhi again become Member of the Lok sector-wise disclosure of their advances from 2014-15 Sabha (2014) from which of the following seats ? onwards with a view to encourage them to actively (a) Allahabad (b) Lucknow manage exposure to various segments. This direction (c) Sultanpur (d) Rai Bareilly was based on which committee‟s recommendation on this subject?
(a) Nachiket Mor Committee (c) Amol Rajan (b) Parthasarathi Shome Committee (d) Vir Sanghavi (c) Saumitra Chaudhuri Committee 32. What is the name of the mission announced by the (d) Aditya Puri Committee Union Govt. on 28 July 2014 to protect the indigenous 20. During February 2014 the Union Govt. proposed to breeds of cows in the country? introduce Plastic notes in the denomination of Rs. 10 in (a) Rashtriya Gau-Seva Mission how many cities of the country as part of a trial for this type of notes? (b) Rashtriya Gau-Gram Seva Mission (a) Four (b) Five (c) Gokul Gram Mission (c) Six (d) Ten (d) Rashtriya Gokul Mission 21. According to China-based research firm Hurun‟s 2014 33. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix held in Malaysia‟s global rich list published in March 2014, Who was ranked Sepang in March 2014? as the richest person in the world? (a) Nico Rosberg (b) Lewis Hamilton (a) Amancio Ortega (b) Warren Buffett (c) Sebastian Vettel (d) Fernando Alonso (c) Bill Gates (d) Carlos Slim Helu 34. Who won the Malaysia Grand Prix gold at the Pasir 25. "International Women's Day" is observed on _____. Gudang Municipal Stadium in Malaysia held in March (a) 19-Mar (b) 18-Mar 2014? (c) 8-Mar (d) 22-Mar (a) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (b) Sourabh Varma 26. Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- (c) Simon Santoso (d) Markis Kido Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit 35. Recently commissioned India's largest domestically was held from 1st March to 4th March 2014 in which built destroyer warship is__? country? (a) INS Kamrota (b) INS Kolkata D63 (a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka (c) INS Karmuk (d) INS Ranvijay D55 (c) Thailand (d) Myanmar 36. A non-profit group Vandana Foundation launched 27. Which public sector non-banking entity is in the AQUATM, a water vending machine in ______in process of setting up around 3,000 of its own ATMs and March 2014. 1.35 lakh micro-ATMs at its branches spread all across (a) Chennai (b) New Delhi the country? (c) Mumbai (d) Bangalore (a) LIC (b) Indian Railways 37. Which Indian Insurance company has tied up with (c) IRCTC (d) India Post Toyota Financial Services India Ltd in Mar 2014 to 28. A bank normally does not have to deal with an issue provide insurance cover to car loan customers. As per related to the agreement, It will issue a Group Credit Life Secure (a) payments and settlement systems policy, where Toyota Financial Services India will be the (b) contractual rights of creditors master (group) policyholder. (c) intellectual property rights (a) ICICI Prudential Life (b) Max Life Insurance (d) cases of insolvency 29. The seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (c) Bajaj Allianz Life (d) Bharti AXA Life (IPL) will start on April 16 and ______will host the 38. Which chemical is found in personal-care products first leg of IPL 2014, while the playoffs and the final-leg such as toothpastes, declared recently as unsafe to use? will be played in India. (a) Endosulfan (b) Triclosan (a) South Africa (b) UAE (c) Chloro Fluoro Carbons (d) Methane (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh 39. Which Indian-American Doctor was chosen for 30. Which PSU entity became the 17th company to be Prestigious Simon Dack Award in March 2014? accorded the coveted Navratna status by the Union (a) Atul Gawande (b) Sanjay Gupta Government during July 2014? (c) Sumit Chugh (d) Amit Patel (a) CONCOR (b) MTNL 40. Which country was ordered to halt its whaling (c) BSNL (d) HPCL programme by the International Court of Justice in March 31. Who was awarded a prestigious award for digital 2014? activism at the Barbican in London in March 2014? (a) Japan (b) South Korea (a) Shubhranshu Choudhary (c) Australia (d) New Zealand (b) Philip Abraham http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 3 of 16
41. Who has been appointed as the new President of 51. Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project belongs to which European Union? among the following business conglomerates? (a) Alexander Stubb (b) Donald Tusk (a) Reliance Power (b) Adani (c) Antonis Samaras (d) Matteo Renzi (c) Tata Power (d) None of them 42. "World Forestry Day" is observed on ______. 52. Famous Amrican ______Joe McGinniss passed (a) 19-Mar (b) 18-Mar away on 10th March 2014. (c) 21-Mar (d) 22-Mar (a) Actor (b) Scientist 43. What is the name of the only drug which has shown (c) Novelist (d) Economist positive results in saving life of few patients suffering from 53. Cultivation hilly slopes with small patches of land in Ebola but has yet not been tested and approved by descending order is known as ? WHO? (a) Contour farming (b) Sloppy farming (a) ZMapp (b) MMapp (c) Track farming (d) None of the (c) Emapp (d) Dmapp 54. Who secured No 1 rank in the list of the world's 44. The founder and Chairman of India‟s leading pen richest persons, as per the annual ranking of manufacturers ______, DK Jain, passed away in global billionaires published by the Forbes magazine in March 2014. Mar 2014? (a) Flair (b) Luxor Group (a) Amancio Ortega (b) Warren Buffett (c) Camlin (d) Chelpark (c) Bill Gates (d) Carlos Slim Helu 45. Which African nation, known as Kingdom of Sky, was 55. Consider the following matches: in news due to a military coup? Country ↔ Football Player (a) Botswana (b) Zimbabwe 1. Cristiano Ronaldo ↔ Portugal (c) Lesotho (d) Swaziland 2. Fernando Torres ↔ Spain 46. "National Vaccination Day" is observed on ______. 3. Frank Lampard ↔ England (a) 4-Mar (b) 15-Mar Which among the above is / are correct matches? (c) 18-Mar (d) 16-Mar (a) Only 1 & 2 (b) Only 2 & 3 47. Who was ranked at No 1 in the list of America‟s most (c) Only 1 & 3 (d) 1, 2 & 3 powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who head publicly- traded companies with highest market values, in the 56. The rate of interest, banks charge to its main/major Forbes magazine list published in March 2014? and prime; customers is popularly called as (a) Risk Premium (b) Prime Lending Rate (a) Mark Zuckerberg (b) Marissa Mayer (c) Repo Rate (d) Reverse Repo Rate (c) Larry Page (d) Eric Schmidt 57. In case of a personal loan where there is default in 48. India‟s Index of Industrial Production, the most repayment, say for 90 days, the account may be important parameter to judge performance of industrial classified as ______asset: sector, growth stood at ______in January (announced (a) Sub-standard (b) Doubtful in march 2014). (c) Loss (d) Dormant (a) -0.3% (b) 0.5% 58. Parts of which among the following states are known as "Tornado Alley " in United States? (c) 0.1% (d) 1.2% (a) Texas and Oklahoma (b) California and Nevada 49. Government of India has named a new programme "Neeranchal" with an initial outlay of Rs. 2142 crores. (c) Montana and Wyoming (d) Washington and Oregon What does the programme aim to achieve? 59. Which country has been ranked as the world‟s largest (a)Resolve interstate water disputes arms importer? (b)To give impetus to watershed development (a) India (b) Pakistan (c)To cleanse rivers Ganga and Yamuna (c) China (d) Iran (d)To promote water conservation 60. Which Global bank acquires Societe Generale‟s Asian private banking business for USD 220 million in 50. Which Indian golfer was named as one of five golfers March 2014? nominated for Asian Tour‟s „Player of the (a) Citibank (b) DBS Bank Decade‟ award in March 2014? (c) Bank of America (d) Royal Bank of Scotland (a) Gaganjeet Bhullar (b) Jeev Milkha Singh (c) Shiv Kapur (d) Jyoti Randhawa http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 4 of 16
61. Which bank organized the “The Banking and (a) Bandhan Financial Services and Micro Credit Economics Conclave 2014” during June 2014? Corporation (a) SBI (b) Bank of Baroda (b) IFCI and IDFC Limited (c) IDBI (d) Punjab National Bank (c) Bandhan Financial Services and IFCI 62. Which retired Supreme Court judge refused to head (d) IDFC Limited and Bandhan Financial Services the Lokpal Committee Search panel on 3 March 2014? 73. Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant (a) Dalveer Bhandari (b) Swatanter Kumar Singh passed away in Mar 2014.He had edited (c) K.T.Thomas (d) G.S. Singhvi ______, an Indian government journal. 63. Which IT company is the developer of Finacle e- (a) Jagaran (b) Jamini Banking solution, which provides wide range of banking (c) Yojana (d) Yamini services to banks including CBS? 74. Canara Bank names Which Indian cricketer as its (a) TCS (b) Wipro brand ambassador in March 2014? (c) Infosys (d) Oracle-SAP combine (a) Shikhar Dhawan (b) Rohit Sharma 64. Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013? (c) Virat Kohli (d) Suresh Raina (a) Baba Amte (b) Sunderlal Bahuguna 75. Which leading banking luminary was appointed as the (c) Chandi Prasad Bhatt (d) Anupam Mishra special advisor of the interim President of IPL Sunil Gavaskar by the BCCI during April 2014? 65. Speical effect used to introduce slides in a presentation are called (a) K.V. Kamath (b) Deepak Parekh (a) Effect (b) Custom animation (c) Uday Kotak (d) Chanda Kochchar (c) Transition (d) Animation 76. Which two Indian states became the first states to get 66. Who amongst the following was a great Scientist? Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India in March (a) Princess Diana (b) C. V. Raman 2014? (c) Milton (d) Bertrand Russel (a) Meghalaya and Tripura 67. Home Ministry has announced "Telangana (b) Nagaland and Tripura Foundation Day" to be held on ______. (c) Nagaland and Assam (a) 2-July (b) 2-May (d) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam (c) 2-June (d) 12-May 77. India has conducted the Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI joint 68. Which movie won the maximum number of awards in military exercise with which neighbour country in March the 86 Oscar 2014? 2014? (a) 12 Years a slave (b) American Hustle (a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh (c) The Wolf of Wall Street (d) Gravity (c) Sri Lanka (d) Afghanistan 69. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its first 78. What was the income criterion for “Super-Rich” bi-monthly monetary policy statement on which date, as individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), as an alternative to the traditional quarterly monetary policy proposed in the draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DT(c) statement? released by the Finance Ministry during 2014? (a) 31 March 2014 (b) 2 June 2014 (a) Annual Income of Over Rs. 50 crore (c) 1 April 2014 (d) 15 May 2014 (b) Annual Income of Over Rs. 30 crore 70. Who the BNP Paribas Open Men's Final in Indian (c) Annual Income of Over Rs. 25 crore Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in March (d) Annual Income of Over Rs. 10 crore 2014? 79. Who took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum (a) Novak Djokovic (b) Andy Murray & Natural Gas in March 2014? (c) Roger Federer (d) Rafael Nadal (a) Saurabh Chandra (b) Vivek Rae 71. Which Indian dirctor has been selected for the (c) Amitabh Kant (d) KS Popli Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013? 80. Which country won the ICC U-19 World Cup (a) Mira Nair (b) Ritesh Batra completed in March 2014? (c) Gyan Correa (d) Amit Kumar (a) Pakistan (b) South Africa 72. Which two entities were granted in-principle approval (c) India (d) Australia for bank licence by the RBI during 2014? 81. What is the extended deadline by the RBI for implementation of Basel III norms by the Indian banks? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 5 of 16
(a) 31 March 2019 (b) 31 March 2015 (a) Banks Codes and Standards Bureau of India (c) 31 March 2020 (d) 31 March 2018 (b) Banking Codes Standards Board of India 82. British retail giant Tesco announced forming of an (c) Banking and Credit Standards Bureau of India equal joint venture with which company to enter into (d) Banking and Cash Standards Bureau of India Indian market in March 2014. 92. The Union govt. launched „Meghraj‟ project in March (a) Reliance Retail (b) Trent Ltd 2014 which is related to ______(c) Big Bazaar (d) Bharti (a) Cloud computing (b) Super Computer 83. The Indian Government sold 9% stake held through (c) eGovernance (d) None of These SUUTI in ______through a block deal in March 2014 93. World Longest aircraft Airlander was unveiled in to raise around Rs 5,500 crore. Britain in March. It was manufactured by ______. (a) HDFC Bank (b) Axis Bank (a) Airbus (b) Hybrid Air Vehicles (c) Kotak Mahindra Bank (d) ICICI Bank (c) Boeing (d) Lockheed Martin 84. Who has been selected for the 23rd G D Birla award 94. S Mundra has been working with which designation? for scientific research for the year 2013? (a) Deputy Governor RBI (a) Nibir Manda (b) Madhav Gadgil (b) Revenue Secretary (c) Rajesh Gopakumar (d) Burra Gautham Sidharth (c) Finance Secretary 85. Which Indian writer won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category? (d) Member, Planning Commission (a) Jhumpa Lahiri (b) Pankaj Mishra 95. Which country won the South Asian Handball Championship 2014? (c) Arundhati Roy (d) Amit Chaudhuri (a) Nepal (b) Pakistan 86. Which is the present Capital of Sri Lanka? (c) India (d) Afghanistan (a) Trincomalec 96. Which Indian private bank became the first private (b) Anuradhapura bank to start its operation in China in March (c) Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 2014? (d) Colombo (a) ICIIC Bank (b) Axis Bank 87. What is sbiINTOUCH? (c) HDFC Bank (d) Kotak Mahindra Bank (a) A new App launched by SBI for mobile users 97. The first woman Chief of State Bank of India (SBI) is (b) A new range of kiosks launched by SBI which – provides all information at one place (a) Shikha Sharma (c) New range of high-tech digital branches launched (b) Usha Anathasubramaniam by SBI (c) Arundhati Bhattacharya (d) New phone-banking application launched by SBI for net-savvy users (d) Shyamala Gopinath 88. "Ordinance Factories Day (India)" is observed on 98. Most World Wide Web pages contain commands in ______in India. the language (a) NIH (b) URL (a) 4-Mar (b) 15-Mar (c) HTML (d) IRC (c) 18-Mar (d) 16-Mar 99. Global aviation giant Airbus has opened an Indian 89. Which Indian-American scientist developed the first subsidiary and restructured India operations in order to 3D model of a human fingerprint called Phantom in consolidate strengths and capture the growing market in March 2014? March 2014. Who is the new CEO of the new entity? (a) Avtar Saini (b) Anil Jain (a) Srinivasan Dwarakanath (c) Krishna Bharat (d) Khem Shahani (b) Sam Isaac 90. Technology firm Avaya has appointed whom as (c) R.Neelakantan Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations in (d) Mahendra Singh Mehta March 2014? 100. Ashok Kumar Mathur is associated with which of the (a) R.Neelakantan (b) Priyadarshi Mohapatra following institutions/commissions? (c) Srinivasan Dwarakanath (d) None of These (a) GST 91. BCSBI, which is associated with country‟s banking (b) 7th Pay Commission industry, stands for http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 6 of 16
(c) Draft Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (c) USD 10 billion (d) USD 5 billion (d) Tax Administration Reform Commission 112. Which social networking site marked its eighth 101. Who won the "Best Supporting Actor" award in the birthday in March 2014? Oscar 2014 Awards presented in March 2014? (a) LinkedIn (b) Twitter (a) Mathew Mc Conaughey (b) Alfonso Cuaron (c) Facebook (d) None of These (c) Barkhad Abdi (d) Jared Leto 113. Which country organized the Arab Summit 2014 for 102. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (Tamil the first time in the country from March 25 to 26 2014? Nadu) has been set up in collaboration with which (a) UAE (b) Baharin country? (c) Kuwait (d) Oman (a) Germany (b) South Korea 114. Who headed the RBI-constituted committee (c) Russia (d) UK to examine the recommendations of Financial Sector 103. Which of the following operating systems is not Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLR(c)? owned and licensed by a company ? (a) G. Gopalakrishna (b) Nachiket Mor (a) Unix (b) Linux (c) Parthasarathy Shome (d) K.C. Chakravarthy (c) Mac (d) Windows 115. As per the latest report published by the RBI, India's 104. Which team won the Deodhar Trophy in cricket for Current Account Deficit declined to ______of Gross the year 2013-14 (held in March 2014)? Domestic Product (GDP) in 3rd quarter (Oct-Dec) of FY (a) South Zone (b) East Zone 2013-14? (c) North Zone (d) West Zone (a) 0.9% (b) 0.7% 105. Which of the following combinations is NOT correct? (c) 1.3% (d) 1.1% (a) Saina Nehwal-Fimls (b) Dola Banerjee-Sports 116. Union Govt. cleared a proposal of the Election (c) V.S. Naipaul – Literature (d) Uma Bharti-Politics Commission (EC) to raise expenditure limits to ______for elections in the country in March 2014. 106. Who was awarded "Green Crusader of the Year Award" for his/her contribution towards protection of (a) Rs 40 lakh (b) Rs 50 lakh animals? (c) Rs 70 lakh (d) Rs 60 lakh (a) Prasoon Joshi (b) Maneka Gandhi 117. PDMA, which came to news during 2014 and (c) Amitabh Bachchan (d) None of These associated with government‟s borrowings, stands for – 107. The International Cricket Council (IC(c) has (a) Public Debt Management Association congratulated Which Cricket Board for winning the (b) Private Debt Management Association prestigious Laureus Sports Award in March 2014. (c) Private Debt Management Agency (a) Kenya (b) Netherlands (d) Public Debt Management Agency (c) Afghanistan (d) Irelands 118. “Earth Hour” is organised by ______every year. 108. Which of the following is the currency of lran? (a) UNEP (a) Dinar (b) Bant (b) UNDP (c) Taka (d) Rial (c) UNESCO 109. Who has been appointed as the Financial Services (d) Worldwide Fund for Nature Secretary in March 2014? 119. Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, world's (a) Saurabh Chandra (b) Vivek Rae most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2014. (c) G S Sandhu (d) Amitabh Kant (a) Toyo Ito (b) Shigeru Ban 110. According to the new Company Act, 2013 (c) Kengo Kuma (d) Tadao Ando companies earning profits have compulsorily to invest 120. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) was set up with a _____ percent of their profit on Corporate Social seed capital of – Responsibility (CSR) – (a) Rs. 250 crore (b) Rs. 500 crore (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) Rs. 1,000 crore (d) Rs. 2,000 crore (c) 3 (d) 4 121. Union Government raised the number of workdays 111. The Federal Reserve has announced in Mar 2014 under MNREGA from existing 100 days to ______in that it has cut back its stimulus program by another March 2014 which become effective from April 2014. ______despite the recent US economic slowdown. (a) 160 days (b) 120 days (a) USD 15 billion (b) USD 20 billion http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 7 of 16
(c) 150 days (d) 140 days (a) Haryana (b) Himachal Pradesh 122. RBI has extended the date for exchanging pre-2005 (c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) Arunachal Pradesh banknotes to ______compared to earlier timeline of 131. Who has been elected as President of the Indian 31st March 2014. Meteorological Society for 2014-1? (a) 1 January 2015 (b) 1 July 2014 (a) Akhilesh Gupta (b) Shailesh Nayak (c) 1 April 2015 (d) 1 October 2014 (c) Amitabh Kant (d) KS Popli 123. The proposal to set up an Expenditure Management 132. Two Indian CEOs have been named among Commission (EMC) to bring in reforms related to govt. America‟s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who spending, came out of which of the following? head publicly-traded companies with highest market (a) Recommendations of Tax Administration Reform values, in the Forbes magazine list published in March? Commission (a) Hari K Ravichandran (b) Ashish Pandey (b) Recommendations of Nachiket Mor Committee (c) Indra Noyi (d) Both A and B (c) RBI‟s latest Monetary Policy Review (Aug 2014) 133. Banco Espirito Santo (BES), which came to news (d) Union Budget 2014-15 recently, is a leading bank of which country currently 124. Which South African Cricket player has announced going through a banking crisis? retirement in March 2014 after leading South Africa in (a) Spain (b) Portugal more than 100 tests? (c) Cyprus (d) Greece (a) Jacques Kallis (b) Mark Boucher 134. The US has lifted a ban on oil and gas giant (c) Graeme Smith (d) Herschelle Gibbs ______which was prevented from bidding for US 125. Which Indian state has become the first state in government contracts in March 2014 after the 2010 Gulf India to observe State Child Protection Day on 4th March of Mexico oil spill, the worst in US history. 2014? (a) Schlumberger (b) Shell (a) Tripura (b) Assam (c) British Petroleum (d) Wood Group Kenny (c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland 135. Which Indian PSU bank has launched a payment 126. Private sector lender ING Vysya Bank has intermediary christened as ePay, which will facilitate e- appointed whom as Deputy CEO, Head of Wholesale commerce or m-commerce transactions among Banking and Strategy in March 2014? merchants, customers and various financial institutions in March 2014? (a) S.R. Bansal (b) Rakesh Sethi (a) Bank of Baroda (b) Central Bank of India (c) Uday Sareen (d) Jatinder Bir Singh (c) State Bank of India (d) Bank of India 127. Which movie won the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 86 Annual Academy Award award in the 86 Annual 136. After Mr.Narendra Modi resigns his post as Chief Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in Minister of Gujarat, who among the following was March 2014? selected unanimously as next Chief Minister of Gujarat? (a) Omar (Palestine) (a) Keshubhai Patel (b) Anandiben Patel (b) The Great Beauty (Italy) (c) Amit Shah (d) Saurabh Patel (c) The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) 137. "World Sparrow Day" is observed on ______. (d) The Hunt (Denmark) (a) 19-Mar (b) 20-Mar 128. What is the minimum paid-up capital limit for (c) 28-Mar (d) 22-Mar Payments Banks and Small Banks as recommended by 138. Who became the first woman Chief Minister of the the RBI in its draft rules released during July 2014? state Gujarat? (a) Rs. 1,000 crore (b) Rs. 500 crore (a) Uma Bharathi (b) Mamata Banerjee (c) Rs. 100 crore (d) Rs. 50 crore (c) Jayalalithaa (d) Anandiben Patel 129. India's Trade deficit stood at ____ in February 2013. 139. Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh joined Which (a) USD 12.5 billion (b) USD 10.14 billion Political party in March 2014 to contest Lok Sabha Election? (c) USD 8.1 billion (d) USD 9.25 billion (a) Congress (b) BJP 130. India nominated Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP for UNESCO‟s World Heritage Site Status in March 2014. (c) SP (d) Janata Dal The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in loacted in 140. What is the expansion of “IMTRAT” ? which state of India? (a) International Military Training Team Members http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 8 of 16
(b) Indian Machine-production Training Team 149. During the April-Jan of this financial year, the (c) Indian Military Training Team highest FDI in India came from which country? (d) Indian Mining Training Team Members (a) Singapore (b) UK 141. Which of the following council in India has recently (c) Mauritius (d) Netherlands launched a job portal linking the students and companies 150. What is the fashion e-retailer that was acquired in order to help the students in non-metros to find the recently by India‟s largest online retailer Flipkart.com? placement offers? (a) Jabong.com (b) Fashionara.com (a) AICTE (b) NCIE (c) Yebhi.com (d) Myntra.com (c) ICE (d) UGC 151. Indian women‟s badminton team created history by 142. Madhav Mantri who was India‟s former wicket- reaching the semifinals of the Uber Cup tournament for keeper and batsman in 1950‟s passed away on 23rd the first time with a dominating 3-0 victory over Indonesia May, 2013. When did he play his last Test Match? in the quarterfinals. Where was this history created? (a) December 1951 (b) October 1954 (a) Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolata (c) May 1953 (d) January 1955 (b) Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in New Delhi 143. Union Ministry of Minority Affairs launched (c) Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad ______scheme for the welfare of minorities people (d) Nehru indoor stadium in Chennai in March 2014. 152. "World TB Day" is observed on ______. (a) Rajiv Gandhi Sehat Yojna (a) 22-Mar (b) 23-Mar (b) Maulana Azad Sehat Yojna (c) 24-Mar (d) 25-Mar (c) Indira Gandhi Sehat Yojna 153. Who Won “World Snooker Championship 2014″ (d) None of These Title? 144. Who won singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis (a) John Smith (b) Jimmy White Championship held in March 2014? (c) Stephen Hendry (d) Mark Selby (a) Novak Djokovic (b) Andy Murray 154. Who won the Presidential election held to become (c) Roger Federer (d) Rafael Nadal President of Maldives in March 2014? 145. Who has been appointed as the new Director (a) Mohamed Nasheed (Commercial) NALCO in March 2014? She is also the (b) Abdulla Yameen first woman employee of the company to be elevated to the post of Director. (c) Mohammed Waheed Hassan (a) Aruna Bahuguna (b) Rupanjana Dutt (d) Abdulla Shahid (c) Soma Mondal (d) Aditi Khanna 155. Which of the following movie won the first Grand Prix at the Cannes festival? 146. Recently, the Government Stanley Medical College in Chennai offered CAPD for the patients undergoing (a) Neecha Nagar (b) Garm Hawa Haemodialysis which can enable them to undergo (c) Pather Panchali (d) Kharij dialysis being in home. Under which scheme, CAPD is 156. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director offered? and CEO of Merico Ltd, a leading FMCG company in (a) Star Health Insurance Scheme India in March 2014? (b) New Health Insurance Scheme (a) Harsh Mariwala (b) Saugata Gupta (c) Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance (c) Varun Berry (d) Mahendra Singh Mehta Scheme 157. Which Indian state was ranked as the fastest (d) Rajiv Gandhi Jeevendaye Arogya Yojana growing State with its Gross State Domestic Product 147. Who was been sworn-in as the President of Chile growing at 15.05% during 2012-13, as the latest data after winning election in March 2014? released by the Central Statistics Office in March 2014? (a) Michelle Bachelet (b) Evelyn Matthei (a) Gujarat (b) Bihar (c) Salvador Allende (d) Sebastián Piñera (c) Madhya Prades (d) Kerala 148. Which Indian author has been chosen for the 158. What is the first all-women Bank of India? Saraswati Samman for the year 2013? (a) Vijaya Bank (b) Bharatiya Mahila Bank (a) Govind Mishra (b) Sugathakumari (c) Lakshmi Vilas Bank (d) Dhanalaxmi Bank (c) Balamani Amma (d) Ayyappa Paniker 159. Fast Breeder Test Reactors are used in the field of http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 9 of 16
(a) Civil Aviation (b) Atomic Energy (c) BN Srikrishna (c) Space Research (d) Medical Science (d) A. R. Lakshmanan 160. Who has been newly appointed as the new MD of 171.Which of the following Country Received “New Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONG(c) Videsh Ltd ? Frontiers Award 2014″ ? (a) Sudhir Vasudeva (b) Narendra Kumar Verma (a) India (b) United States of America (c) Dinesh Sarraf (d) VRV Sriprasad (c) Japan (d) South Africa 161. Which BJP Leader was appointed as national vice 172. Which Indian PSU Bank launched Instant Money president of BJP in March 2014? Transfer that allows customers to withdraw cash without (a) Lal Krishna Advani (b) Amit Shah using either debt card or credit card at the bank‟s ATMS which are enabled with IMT facility. (c) Kalyan Singh (d) Narendra Modi (a) Bank of Baroda (b) Central Bank of India 162. What is the new range of trucks that was launched under the category of intermediate light commercial (c) State Bank of India (d) Bank of India vehicle by TATA Motors? 173. Who has been appointed as the new Revenue (a) ULTRA (b) PRIMA Secretary in March 2014? (c) ACE (d) Super ACE (a) Saurabh Chandra (b) Vivek Rae 163. Which former India captain and Olympian has been (c) G S Sandhu (d) Rajiv Takru appointed as coach of the senior men's national hockey 174. Which movie won the "Best Film" award in the 86 team in March 2014 and he will work under Chief Coach Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014? Terry Walsh? (a) 12 Years a slave (b) American Hustle (a) Jude Felix (b) Ric Charleswort (c) The Wolf of Wall Street (d) Dollas Buyers Club (c) Vasudevan Baskaran (d) None of These 175. Which of the following terms is used in the game of 164. Who is not an author? Cricket? (a) Chetan Bhaghat (b) Vikram Seth (a) Love (b) Hoops (c) Nicole Faria (d) Anita Desai (c) Penalty stroke (d) Deuce 165. Which of the following Organization Received 176. What is the Full Form of “ICC” ? “International Arch of Europe Award 2014″? (a) Iceland Cricket Council (a) NIA (b) SEBI (b) Indonesia Cricket Council (c) ASSOCHAM (d) IAA (c) Italian Cricket Council 166. How many Test matches did Madhav Mantri play in (d) International Cricket Council his career? 177. Who was elected as the President-Designate of CII (a) 10 (b) 7 for 2014-15? (c) 4 (d) 5 (a) Cyrus Mistry (b) Anand Mahindra 167. ______countries, including India, was certified (c) Sumit Mazumder (d) None of These polio-free by an independent commission of the World 178. Who won the Templeton Prize for 2014, was Health Organisation. announced by the John Templeton Foundation? (a) Ten (b) Eleven (a) Tomas Halik (b) Francisco J. Ayala (c) Twelve (d) Nine (c) Desmond Tutu (d) Charles Margrave Taylor 168. 'Eden Gardens' is a cricket stadium in _____ 179. Which Indian state has become the first state in (a) Chennai (b) Banglore India to celebrate Child Protection Day on 4 March 2014? (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata (a) Tripura (b) Assam 169. Veteran ______T. V. Venkitachalam passed (c) Haryana (d) Himachal Pradesh away at the age of 85 in March 2014. 180. Total Gross National Products (GNP) of a country (a) Author (b) Journalist divided by the total population is called___. (c) Economist (d) Artist (a) Per capita income (b) Purchasing power 170. Financial Planning Standards Board India appointed (c) Rate of inflation (d) Exchange value whom as its Chairman in March 2014? 181. What is the expansion of “ANSI” ? (a) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (a) Argentina National Standards Institute (b) Vinod Kumar Duggal (b) American Natto Standards Institute http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 10 of 16
(c) American National Smart Institute (a) Aruna Bahuguna (b) Rupanjana Dutt (d) American National Standards Institute (c) Soma Mondal (d) Aditi Khanna 182. Which Indian bank won the awards for lending to 193. Who appoints Chairman of UPSC? (micro and small enterprises) and to micro enterprises (a) President from the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium (b) Parliament Enterprises (MSME) for 2012-13? (c) Union Home Minister (a) Bank of Baroda (b) Central Bank of India (d) Cabinet Committee on Appointments (c) Corporation Bank (d) State Bank of India 194. Which Indian shuttler won the men's singles title of 183. Which Indian bank won the national award for the German Open Grand Prix Gold held in March 2014? excellence in lending to micro enterprises for 2012- 2013? (a) Ajay Jayaram (b) Anup Sridhar (a) Bank of Baroda (b) Central Bank of India (c) Arvind Bhat (d) Prannoy Kumar (c) Indian Bank (d) Bank of India 195. Which Indian air pistol shooter won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA held in March 184. Which of the following country is going to host 2023 2014? International Cricket World-cup Championship? (a) Anjali Bhagwat (b) Heena Sidhu (a) Kenya (b) China (c) Rahi Sarnobat (d) Ronjan Sodhi (c) England (d) India 196. „Bauxite' is an ore of__. 185. Which of the following rates decided by the RBI is called 'Policy Rate'? (a) lron (b) Copper (a) Lending Rate (b) Cash Reserve Ratio (c) Zinc (d) Aluminium (c) Bank Rate (d) Deposit Rate 197. Which company won the 2014 award for the „Best Use of CSR Practices‟ in the banking and finance sector? 186. Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor ______has resigned three months ahead of completion of his (a) Bank of India (b) Citibank India term in March 2014. (c) UAE Exchange India (d) National Stock Exchange (a) KC Chakrabarty (b) H R Khan 198. The constitution of India does not provide for (c) Urjit R. Patel (d) Anand Sinha impeachment of which in the below list? 187. Which of the following country is going to host 2016 (a) Chief Justice of India World Cup Twenty Twenty(T20) ? (b) President of India (a) Australia (b) Russia (c) Vice President of India (c) India (d) New Zealand (d) Governor of an Indian State 188. Who is ranked as India‟s richest person by various 172. Union Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the research? ______Committee to suggest measures to ensure (a) Lakshmi Mittal (b) Mukesh Ambani the protection of rights of North East people in Feb 2014. (c) Dilip Sanghvi (d) Azim Premji (a) Mudgal (b) Verma 189. Who amongst the following presents the Union (c) Bezbaruah (d) Reddy Budget in the Indian Parliament every year? 173. The man who rides the horse in a horse race is (a) Vice President (b) Prime Minister called (c) Finance Minister (d) Lok Sabha Speaker (a) Punter (b) Jockey 190. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution divides (c) Gully (d) Bunker the legislative powers between the Union and states? 174. Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia has appointed his (a)6th schedule (b)7th schedule half-brother ______, as the next heir to the throne. (c)8th schedule (d)9th schedule (a) Fahd (b) Moqren 191. Gagan Narang is a famous___. (c) Salman (d) Ahmed (a) Cine Actor (b) Author 175. The Partnership to Advance Clean Energy program was signed between India and ____ in March 2014 to (c) Politician (d) Sportsman increase collaboration on energy security and clean 192. The Indian Journalists' Association in London has energy. elected whom as its first women President and general (a) Germany (b) Japan secretary for the first time in its 67-year history in March 2014? (c) USA (d) France http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 11 of 16
176. Which schedule of Indian constitution contains (a) 19-Mar (b) 18-Mar languages? (c) 21-Mar (d) 15-Mar th (a) 6 (b) 7th 187. Which in the below list of articles helped the (c) 8th (d) 9th Madarsas in India to remain out of purview of the Right to 177. Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Education Act? Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development (a) Article 26 (b) Article 27 Agency (IREDA) in March 2014? (c) Article 29 (d) Article 30 (a) Saurabh Chandra (b) Vivek Rae 188. Which Indian state became the first state in the (c) Amitabh Kant (d) KS Popli country to declare all election booths in the coming Lok 178. A company statement said Bali, 58, will retire at the Sabha polls as no smoking zones in March 2014? end of this fiscal year to pursue a variety of roles in the (a) Haryana (b) Himachal Pradesh corporate and development sectors. She will continue to (c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) Arunachal Pradesh serve on the boards of the other 1 189. 'God of Small Things' is a book written by ___. (a) Parle (b) Marico (a) Anita Desai (b) Chetan Bhaghat (c) Britannia (d) ITC (c) Chitra Mudgal (d) Arundhati Roy 179. In a major relief to all the Indian banks, the Reserve 190. Who has been elected as the President of CII for Bank of India has extended the deadline for 2014-15 (announced in March 2014)? implementation of Basel III norms to ______. The norm requires all the banks to raise huge amount of capital in (a) S Gopalakrishnan (b) Adi Godrej order to satisfy the capital requirements. (c) Azim Premji (d) Ajay S. Shriram (a) March 2018 (b) March 2019 191. The 3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 was held in (c) January 2019 (d) January 2018 ______from 24 to 25 March 2014. 180. Who the BNP Paribas Open Womens' Final in (a) Netherlands (b) Sweden Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in (c) Belgium (d) Norway March 2014? 192. For how many times, a person can become (a) Agnieszka Radwanska (b) Flavia Pennetta President of India? (c) Serena Williams (d) Victoria Azarenka (a) Once (b) Twice 181. President can proclaim a state of Financial (c) Thrice (d) No limit emergency under which of the below list of articles? 193. Global tech giant Apple announced in March 2014 (a) Article 345 (b) Article 352 that its senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the (c) Article 360 (d) Article 375 end of September 2014 after serving since 1996. Name the person. 182. Which of the following is a big name in production of steel in India? (a) Luca Maestri (b) Peter Oppenheimer (a) Modi (b) Ambani (c) Tim Cook (d) None of These (c) Birla (d) Tata 194. Indian Government has approved payment of ______rate of interest on PF deposits in 2013-14 for 183. "World Dentist Day" is observed on ______over five crore subscribers of retirement fund body in India. EPFO. (a) 2-Mar (b) 5-Mar (a) 8.25% (b) 8.5% (c) 8-Mar (d) 6-Mar (c) 8.75% (d) 9% 184. Right to vote can be placed in which of the below list 195. If President and Vice President, both are of categories? unavailable, who can discharge the functions? (a) Fundamental Right (b) Constitutional Right (a) Prime Minister (c) Fundamental Duty (d) None of These (b) Lok Sabha Speaker 185. Who won the "Best Actor" award in the 86 Annual (c) Chief Justice of India Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014? (d) Any person nominated by President or Vice President (a) Mathew Mc Conaughey (b) Alfonso Cuaron 196. Which bollywood actor was named as the National Ambassador for Earth Hour 2014 observed March 29? (c) Leonardo DiCaprio (d) Chiwetel Ejiofor (a) Ranveer Singh (b) Arjun Kapoor 186. "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on ____. (c) Ranbir Singh (d) Varun Dhawan http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 12 of 16
197. Loan given by the banks to farmers/small shop (a) Agha Khan Cup (b) Vizzy Trophy owners etc. is known as___. (c) Durand Cup (d) Nehru Trophy (a) Corporate Loan (b) Business Loan 209. Veteran ______director P Ramdas passed (c) Priority sector loan (d) Commercial Loan away today due to age related illness in March 2014. 198. Till now, the Preamble of Constitution of India has (a) Malayalam (b) Tamil been amended for how many times? (c) Kannada (d) Telegu (a) Never (b) Once 210. Which Global Tech/Internet Company acquired a (c) Twice (d) Thrice startup company named “Vizify” that lets users create 199. US First Lady Michelle Obama presented the infographics and videos out of social data in March 2014? International Women of Courage Award to whom for (a) Yahoo (b) Google successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks (c) Facebook (d) Microsoft on women in India? 211. Hindustan Motors on 25 May 2014 halted the (a) Nirbhaya (b) Laxmi production of India's which iconic car due to weak (c) Menaka Gandhi (d) None of These demand and lack of funds? 200. Dhyanchand was a famous____. (a) Ambassador (b) Maruti 800 (a) Hockey Player (b) Cricket Player (c) Pajero (d) Alto (c) Football Player (d) Badminton Playei 212. Which of the following is NOT a type of cheques by 201. Who has been appointed as next secretary general an individual? of NATO, the 28-nation military alliance, and he will take (a) Bearer cheque (b) Post dated cheque over in October 2014? (c) Crossed cheque (d) Savings cheque (a) Anders Fogh Rasmussen (b) Anders Behring Breivik 213. Which of the following is the best way to hard cash (c) Jens Stoltenberg (d) Jonas Gahr Store immediately from one's bank account at a time when 202. India‟s Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has appointed banks are not working? whom as its Chief Financial Officer in March 2014 in a (a) Phone Banking (b) ATM management re-org? (c) Internet Banking (d) Electronic Fund Transfer (a) Srinivasan Dwarakanath (b) Sam Isaac 214. What should he the minimum age of a person to (c) R.Neelakantan (d) Mahendra Singh Mehta become the President of India? 203. How many EGOMs and GOMs (Modi Government) (a) 25 years (b) 30 years respectively were in operation? (c) 45 years (d) None of these (a) 9, 21 (b) 10,16 215. "World Forestry Day" is observed on ______. (c) 9, 15 (d) 5, 12 (a) 22-Mar (b) 23-Mar 204. Which Cricketer was voted Cricketer of the (c) 21-Mar (d) 25-Mar Generation as the most outstanding cricketer between 216. India‟s core sector output, consisting of eight key the years 1993 and 2013 by espncricinfo.com? sectors, growth stood at ______in February. (a) Shane Warne (b) Sachin Tendulkar (a) -1.1% (b) 1.5% (c) Jacques Kallis (d) None of These (c) 2.1% (d) 4.5% 205. Noted ______G.K. Chadha passed away 217. Who released a book entitled India at Risk – in March 2014. Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of security (a) Author (b) Economist policy? (c) Social Activist (d) Artist (a) Yashwant Sinha (b) Sushma Swaraj 206. From which year May 31 is observed by WHO as No (c) Jaswant Singh (d) None of These Tobacco Day? 218. The Election Commission signed up which film star (a) 1991 (b) 1987 as its national icon for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? (c) 1989 (d) 2004 (a) Shahrukh Khan (b) Amitabh Bachchan 207. "World Earth Day" is observed on ______. (c) Aamir Khan (d) Salman Khan (a) 19-Mar (b) 23-Mar 219. The 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia was (c) 21-Mar (d) 25-Mar recently concluded at? 208. Which of the following trophies/cups is associated (a) Indonesia (b) Japan with the game of Football? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 13 of 16
(c) China (d) Philippines (a) Deepika Padukone (b) Priyanka Chopra 220. Global mining giant Vedanta Resources has (c) Bipasa Basu (d) Kareena Kapoor appointed whom as its new chief Executive Officer? 231. India and which one of the following countries has (a) Anil Agarwal (b) Mahendra Singh Mehta come together to conduct a joint naval exercise titled (c) Tom Albanese (d) None of These “Simbex-14” recently? 221. Which team won the 4th Hockey India Senior (a) France (b) Russia Women National Championship (Division A) in Bhopal in (c) USA (d) Singapore March 2014? 232. "World Poetry Day" is observed on ______in (a) Punjab India. (b) Haryana (a) 21-Mar (b) 25-Mar (c) Jharkhand (b) 25-Mar (d) 16-Mar (d) Railway Sports Promotion Board 233. What is full form of '2G' a term we see frequency in 222. Who won the "Best Actress" award in the 86 Annual newspapers? Academy Award 2014 Awards presented in March 2014? (a) Second Grade (b) 2 Geostationary (a) Amy Adams (b) Cate Blanchett (c) Twin Global (d) Second Generation (c) Jennifer Lawrence (d) None of These 234. Which Indian Cricketer was recently named one of 223. Which among the following countries has won the Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year? AFC Women‟s Asian Football Cup 2014? (a) Virat Kohli (b) M S Dhoni (a) Australia (b) India (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Shikhar Dhawan (c) China (d) Japan 235. USA unemployment rate stood at ____ in February. 224. Which country won FIFA 2014? (a) 6.7% (b) 7.1% (a) Argentina (b) Spain (c) 6.6% (d) 6.9% (c) Brazil (d) Germany 236. The 2014 Winter Paralympics was held in which 225. Former international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini country? passed away in March 2014 was captain of which World (a) China (b) Russia Cup Winning Football team? (c) Sweden (d) Japan (a) Italy (b) Brazil 237. Name Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier which was (c) Argentina (d) Uruguay sold to ship-breaker company for Rs 60 crore recently? 226. Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant (a) INS Virat (b) INS Vikrant Singh returned which award in his protest against the use (c) INS Vijay (d) INS Sindhurakshak of Army forces into the Golden Temple in 1984? 238. Which of the following is a Union Territory in India? (a) Padma Vibhushan (b) Padma Sri (a) Sikkim (b)Tripura (c) Padma Bhushan (d) None of These (c) Daman & Diu (d) West Bengal 227. As per the latest data which country has replaced 239. Who was awarded a prestigious award for digital Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment activism at the Barbican in London? into India? (a) Shubhranshu Choudhary (a) China (b) Russia (b) Edward Snowden (c) Singapore (d) Saudi Arabia (c) Vinod Mehta 228. The European Central Bank (EC(b) has kept its (d) Kailash Budhwar benchmark interest rate at record low of ______during its monetary policy review in May 2014. 240. Which prolific cricketer adorned the covers of the 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (a) 0.75% (b) 0.5% released in April 2014? (c) 0.25% (d) 1% (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Jacques Kallis 229. "World Day of the Fight against Sexual Exploitation" (c) Don Bradman (d) Sunil Gavaskar is observed on ______. 241. "World Water Day " is observed on ______. (a) 4-Mar (b) 15-Mar (a) 21-Mar (b) 25-Mar (c) 18-Mar (d) 16-Mar (c) 28-Mar (d) 22-Mar 230. Kellogg's has roped in which famous bollywood actress for Special K campaign in Mar 2014? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 14 of 16
242. Which country regained the Asia Cup trophy held in (c) British Airways (d) Air Asia Bangladesh in Mar 2014? 253. The Head Office of which of the following banks is (a) Pakistan (b) India in Mumbai? (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh (a) Punjab National Bank (b) Bank of Maharashtra 243. Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman (c) UCO Bank (d) Union Bank of India Nandan Nilekani formally joined which political party in 254. Which Israeli Startup has developed a smartphone Bangalore to fight the 2014 Lok Sabha polls? battery which charges in just 30 Seconds, demonstrated (a) Congress (b) NCP their pioneering progress at Microsoft's Think Next (c) BJP (d) RJD symposium in Tel Aviv recently? 244. Which bollywood actor was appointed brand (a) Bat Cell (b) Charge thunder ambassador for Lenovo smartphones? (c) Limelight (d) StoreDot (a) Aamir Khan (b) Shahid Kapoor 255. William Clay Ford Sr. passed away in March 2014. (c) Irfan Khan (d) Ranbir Kapoor He was associated with which global 245. Who has been appointed as Publisher of Penguin automibile Company? Random House India in with overall responsibility for (a) General Motors (b) Ford Motor building the local publishing programme in both English (c) Toyota (d) Nissan and local languages? 256. Former Infosys CFO V. Balakrishnan joined which (a) R.Neelakantan (b) Chiki Sarkar political party to fight for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? (c) Srinivasan Dwarakanath (d) Tom Albanese (a) AIDMK (b) Shiv Sena 246. India and ______won the 2014 edition of the UN- (c) BJP (d) Aam Aadmi Party Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award for their 257. Online travel company Ibibo Group, that owns sustainable practices of water resources, announced. portals such as Goibibo.com, redBus.in and (a) Thailand (b) Malaysia Travelboutique has acquired 51% stake in online bus (c) Singapore (d) China tracking and analytics platform ______. 247. UTI Mutual Fund has appointed whom as Group (a) Easemytrip.com (b) YourBus.com President and Head- HR of UTI Asset Management (c) Busdetails.com (d) None of These Company Ltd? 258. What does the letter V represents in the term VAT? (a) Priya Ranjan (b) Rakesh Sethi (a) Value (b) Very (c) Uday Sareen (d) None of These (c) Variable (d) Voluntary 248. World Bank in April 2014 projected an economic 259. A new law legalizing sale of self-testing kits for HIV growth rate of ..... per cent in 2014-15 for India? came into force in which country on 6 April 2014? (a) 5.7 (b) 4.5 (a) Bangladesh (b) Australia (c) 5 (d) 6.7 (c) UK (d) China 249. "World Water Day" is observed on ______. 260. Who won the "Best Director" award in the 86 Annual (a) 22-Mar (b) 23-Mar Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in (c) 21-Mar (d) 25-Mar March 2014? 250. Which team won the final match of the 68th National (a) Alexander Payne (b) Alfonso Cuaron Football Championship to win the Santosh Trophy held in (c) Guillermo del Toro (d) Emmanuel Lubezki Mar 2014? 261. Which country has emerged as the largest non-oil (a) Mizoram (b) Railways trading partner of Dubai (with USD 37 billion) for financial (c) ONGC (d) Tripura year 2013-14? 251. Software services industry group Nasscom has (a) Japan (b) China named whom, as its new chairman for the 2014-15 (c) India (d) UK financial year? 262. India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant was recently (a) Krishnakumar Natarajan (b) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy sold for 60 crore rupees to a company named? (c) R. Chandrasekaran (d) Rana Kapoor (a) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd (b) IRB Construction Ltd 252. Flight MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea (c) JRB Ships Pvt Ltd (d) ITBB Scraps pvt Ltd. belonged to which Airlines? 263. Who has been appointed as Secretary, Department (a) Malaysia Airlines (b) Singapore Airlines of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in March 2014? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 15 of 16
(a) KS Popli (b) Saurabh Chandra (c) 5 lakh (d) 3 lakh (c) Amitabh Kant (d) Vivek Rae 269. The government has launched an exchange-traded 264. Which Global Tech company acquired virtual reality fund of central public sector enterprises in order to raise gaming startup Oculus VR Inc for USD 2 billion in March Rs 3,000 crore for its disinvestment plan. This is an open 2014? ended scheme, comprising of shares of hoa many central PSEs including ONGC, GAIL India and COAL India? (a) Yahoo (b) Google (a) Seven (b) Eight (c) Facebook (d) Microsoft (c) Ten (d) Twelve 265. G8 leaders have suspended participation of which country in the iconic club of super power countries amid 270. Who has been appointed as the new Chief rising tensions over Ukraine? Executive Officer of Britania Industries? (a) France (b) UK (a) Harsh Mariwala (b) Saugata Gupta (c) Russia (d) Japan (c) Varun Berry (d) R.Neelakantan 266. "World Drama Day" is observed on ______. 271. Which of the following combinations of the Sports/Games and the Player is correct? (a) 28-Mar (b) 24-Mar (a) Anjali Bhagwat - Horse Racing (c) 22-Mar (d) 27-Mar (b) Roger Federer - Table Tennis 267. Allahabad Bank has appointed whom as its new Chairman and Managing Director? (c) Alicia Coutts - Cricket (a) S.R. Bansal (b) Rakesh Sethi (d) Sania Mirza - Lawn Tennis (c) Uday Sareen (d) Jatinder Bir Singh 272. 'Sensitive Index' of Bombay Stock Exchange is called___, 268. RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to ______rupees per transaction in March 2014? (a) Forex (b) MAX (a) 6 lakh (b) 4 lakh (c) LIBOR (d) Sensex
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