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General Awareness Updates (November 2014)

Contents Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet ...... 2 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit ...... 2 New Cabinet Ministers ...... 3 Miscellaneous ...... 4 Important Mergers and Acquisitions ...... 5 Important Appointments ...... 7 Stock Exchanges and their Index: ...... 8 10 Most Powerful People in the World...... 9 Banks and Their Tag Lines ...... 9 Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in : ...... 10 Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World ...... 10 Important Places in India ...... 10 Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 ...... 11 Questions Asked in IBPS RRBs Officer Scale - II ...... 21 Questions Asked in SIDBI Officer Exam ...... 25 Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Associate PO 2014 ...... 31 Key: Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 ...... 35

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Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet

Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted. The the European Space Agency. Along with Philae, its spacecraft is controlled from the European Space lander module, Rosetta is performing a detailed study Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany. The of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). lander, named Philae, made contact on Nov. 12, 2014. Scientists at the European Space Agency said Philae Rosetta was launched on 2 March 2004 on an Ariane 5 unexpectedly bounced twice before landing on the rocket and reached the comet on 6 August 2014, comet when the probe's anchor-like harpoon system becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is one failed to fire. Philae ended up in shadow near a cliff face of ESA's Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions. The on the head of the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometres) comet, spacecraft consists of the Rosetta orbiter, which which scientists say is shaped like giant rubber . features 12 instruments, and the Philae lander, with The probe fell silent on Nov. 14, possibly forever, as its nine additional instruments. The Rosetta mission will solar batteries ran out of power. orbit 67P for 17 months and is designed to complete

2014 G-20 Brisbane summit

The 2014 G-20 Australia summit was the ninth meeting growth by an extra 2% through commitments made at of the G-20 heads of government.It was held in the summit, and of increasing infrastructure investment Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, on through the creation of a four-year infrastructure hub, 15–16 November 2014. The hosting venue was the linking government, private sector, development banks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre at South and interested international organisations. Brisbane. The event was the largest ever peacetime The communiqué also addressed the stability of global police operation in Australia. Up to 4,000 delegates systems, mentioning measures to reduce risk in were expected to attend with around 2,500 media representatives. The leaders of Mauritania, Myanmar, financial systems, improve the stability of banks, make international taxation arrangements fairer, reduce New Zealand, Senegal, Singapore, and Spain were also corruption and strengthen global institutions. Although invited to this summit. the communiqué largely focused on economic concerns, Following the summit, the G-20 leaders released a joint other topics such as energy supply, climate change and communiqué summarising the points of agreement the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa were also between them. This focused on economic concerns, discussed. highlighting plans to increase global economic growth, create jobs, increase trade and reduce poverty. The communiqué sets out a goal of increasing economic

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New Cabinet Ministers

No. Portfolio Name Heavy Industries and Public 19 Anant Geete Personnel, Public Grievances and Enterprises Pensions; Department of Atomic Harsimrat 20 Food Processing Industries Energy Department of Space; All Narendra Kaur Badal 1 important policy issues and all Modi Narendra 21 Mines, Steel other portfolios not allocated to Tomar any Minister Rural Development, Panchayati Chaudhary 2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh 22 Raj, Drinking Water and Birender Singh External Affairs, Overseas Indian Sushma Sanitation 3 Affairs Swaraj 23 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Finance, Corporate Affairs, Radha Mohan 4 24 Agriculture Information & Broadcasting Singh Urban Development, Housing and M. Venkaiah Thaawar 5 Urban Poverty Alleviation, 25 Social Justice and Empowerment Naidu Chand Gehlot Parliamentary Affairs Smriti Zubin Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Jairam 26 Human Resource Development 6 Irani Shipping Gadkari Science and Technology, Earth Dr. Harsh Manohar 27 7 Defence Sciences Vardhan Parrikar Ministers of State with Independent Charge 8 Railways Suresh Prabhu Statistics and Programme D.V. Implementation (Independent General V.K. 1 9 Law & Justice Sadananda Charge), External Affairs, Singh Gowda Overseas Indian Affairs Water Resources, River Planning (Independent Charge), Inderjit Singh 2 10 Development and Ganga Uma Bharati Defence Rao Rejuvenation Santosh Dr. Najma A. 11 Minority Affairs 3 Textiles (Independent Charge) Kumar Heptulla Gangwar Consumer Affairs, Food and Ramvilas Labour and Employment Bandaru 12 4 Public Distribution Paswan (Independent Charge) Dattatreya Micro, Small and Medium Skill Development & 13 Kalraj Mishra Rajiv Pratap Enterprises 5 Entrepreneurship (Independent Rudy Maneka Charge), Parliamentary Affairs 14 Women and Child Development Sanjay Gandhi AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Shripad Yesso 6

15 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar Health & Family Welfare Naik Communications and Information Shankar Petroleum and Natural Gas 16 7 Technology Prasad (Independent Charge) Pradhan Jagat Prakash Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda 17 Health & Family Welfare 8 Nadda (Independent Charge) Sonowal Ashok Environment, Forest and Climate Prakash 9 18 Civil Aviation Gajapathi Raju Change (Independent Charge) Javadekar Pusapati GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 3 Test Prep

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Power (Independent Charge), 9 Railways Manoj Sinha Coal (Independent Charge), New 10 Piyush Goyal 10 Panchayati Raj Nihalchand and Renewable Energy Upendra (Independent Charge) 11 Human Resource Development Kushwaha Development of North Eastern Road Transport & Highways, Radhakrishnan Region (Independent Charge), 12 Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Jitendra Shipping P. 11 Personnel, Public Grievances & Singh 13 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Pensions, Department of Atomic 14 Social Justice & Empowerment Krishan Pal Energy, Department of Space Dr. Sanjeev Commerce and Industry Nirmala 15 Agriculture 12 Kumar Balyan (Independent Charge) Sitharaman Manuskhbhai Culture (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh 16 Tribal Affairs Dhanjibhai 13 Tourism (Independent Charge), Sharma Vasava Civil Aviation Raosaheb Consumer Affairs, Food and Ministers of State 17 Dadarao Public Distribution Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Mukhtar Danve 1 Affairs Abbas Naqvi 18 Mines, Steel Vishnu Deo Sai Ram Kripal Sudarshan 2 Drinking Water & Sanitation 19 Rural Development Yadav Bhagat Haribhai Prof. (Dr.) 3 Home Affairs Parthibhai 20 Human Resource Development Ram Shankar Chaudhary Katheria Water Resources, River Science and Technology, Earth 21 Y.S. Chowdary 4 Development & Ganga Sanwar Lal Jat Science Rejuvenation 22 Finance Jayant Sinha Mohanbhai Col. 5 Agriculture Kalyanjibhai 23 Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Kundariya Singh Rathore Micro, Small & Medium 6 Giriraj Singh Babul Supria Enterprises Urban Development, Housing and 24 (Babul Urban Poverty Alleviation Hansraj Supriyo) Baral 7 Chemicals & Fertilizers Gangaram Sadhvi Ahir 25 Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti Heavy Industries & Public G.M. 8 26 Social Justice & Empowerment Vijay Sampla Enterprises Siddeshwara

Miscellaneous

 Jet fuel price reduced by 7.3%  Jashne Bachpan: ‘Special’ children’s theatre festival begins  First Rashtriya Ekta Diwas observed on October 31, 2014 at National School of Drama  Chairman of Union Carbide Warren Anderson  Rajani Sankaran appointed as BHAVINI (Bharatiya dies at 92 Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. ) chief  Veteran actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar dies at 64

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 Government to set up National Cultural Audio-Visual  DRDO develops herbal drug Lukosin for Leucoderma Archives at Jodhpur  Government bans Kamatapur Liberation Organisation  New York’s World Trade Center reopens for business  India-Israel joint venture LRSAM missile successfully  Darjeeling Zoo wins International Earth Heroes Award tested  India Russia sign pact to set up a Smart City on DMIC  Prime Minister Launches Jeevan Pramaan: Digital life  Prime Minister adopts Jayapur village of Varanasi under certificate for pensioners the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’  India’s K C Reddy appointed in United Nations (UN) probe  Sajid Javid is first Indian-origin Cabinet Minister in Britain panel on Gaza  Madhya Pradesh becomes first state to formulate  Kerala became first state with bank accounts for all defence products investment policy families  Government to launch modified direct cash subsidy  Newton-Bhabha Fund announced by UK and India for transfer for LPG consumers from January 1, 2015 joint research program  Indian-origin politician Keith Vaz named as Labour MP of  Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei the Year provisionally suspended for anti-doping regulation  World’s tallest hybrid wind turbine installed in Kutch violation  Laxmikant Parsekar sworn-in as Chief Minister of  Noted Producer and Director Ravi Chopra Passes away  Silver Jubilee (25 years) of fall of Berlin Wall observed  Government launches National Bal Swachhta Mission  Gujarat becomes first state to make voting compulsory in  breaks record for highest one-day local body polls international score ever (264 Runs)  Communist Leader M V Raghavan Passes away  appointed to the board of Interpol  India test fires Agni-II missile Foundation  Jnanpith award 2013 awarded to Hindi poet Kedarnath  Farhan Akhtar named UN Women’s Goodwill Singh Ambassador for South Asia  became fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI  question hour shifted from 11am to 12 noon runs  , Kidambi Srikanth won China Open

Important Mergers and Acquisitions

 Chinese firm Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd  Facebook acquired Bangalore-based Little Eye acquired New York luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria Labs for Rs.90 crore. for $1.95 billion.  Facebook acquired two year old virtual reality  Sumitomo Group acquired ‘Carzonerent India’ technology firm Oculus VR for $2 billion. for Rs.200 crore.  Facebook acquired Whatsapp for $16 billion.  Cardekho.com acquired ‘Gaadi.com’ for $11  Google acquired Bangalore based Impermium million. for $9 million.  Yahoo acquired Bangalore based startup  Google purchased the British artificial ‘Bookpad’ for Rs.90 crore. intelligence company DeepMind Technologies.  Cognizant acquired health based software  Google acquired the maker of high-altitude company ‘TriZetto’ for $2.7 billion. solar powered drones, Titan Aerospace to bring  Microsoft Corporation acquired Minecraft game deliver internet in the remotest corners of the maker ‘Mojang’. world.  BlackBerry acquired UK mobile technology  Google acquired smart thermostat maker start-up ‘Movirtu’. “Nest” for $3.2 billion. GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 5 Test Prep

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 Google acquired based startup Spider.io  Apple purchased startup called SnappyLabs to help spot and stop online ad fraud. (Responsible for creating just one app –  Google has acquired Bitspin. Bitspin is primarily SnapyCam). known for creating an alarm clock app called  Google acquired SlickLogin.It is a computer Timely. security related company.  India’s largest telecom operator  Amazon acquired game developer Double Helix. signed a strategic agreement with Loop Mobile.  Google acquired DeepMind,an artificial  Swiss cement firm Holcim to buy French rival intelligence company for $400 billion. Lafarge to create the world’s biggest cement  Amazon acquired Video Game Platform Twitch maker firm. for $970 million.  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced  UltraTech Cement has taken over the cement the acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. plants of Jaypee Cement Corporation in Gujarat.  Symphony Teleca Corp (STC) a U.S. based  Google to buy satellite box maker Skybox for company acquired Bangalore based Aditi $500 billon. Technologies.  acquires “She Comfort” brand of  Piramal Enterprises Ltd acquired 20 percent sanitary napkins from Royal Hygiene Care stake in Shriram Capital Ltd for 20.14 billion private limited. rupees.  Ltd. (MSSL) will  Cognizant has announced that it has entered acquire U.S.-based Stoneridge Inc’s wiring into a definitive agreement to acquire itaas, a harness business for $65.70 million or about digital video solutions company. Rs.385 crore.  based Indsur Group acquired a leading  Cosmetics maker Maybelline has tied-up with British thermal engineering company CDA India’s second largest software services firm Contracts Ltd. to create, test and deploy a new  ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and gas producer optimised website for mobile devices. Rosneft signed a deal to jointly explore  Software maker Oracle is buying Micros hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic. Systems Inc., which provides software and  Limited (RIL) to buy 78 hardware to the hospitality and retail percent stake in Network18 Media and industries, for about $5.3 billion. Investments for Rs.4000 crore.  Ltd, the nation’s second largest  Meiji Holdings Ltd of Japan had acquired explorer, on Friday said it has completed pharmaceutical firm Medreich for $290 million. acquisition of 50 percent stake in an oil block in  Adani buys LANCO’s Udupi Plant Power Plant Russia for $85 million. OIL bought the stake for Rs.6000 crore. from -registered, Russia-focused firm  Reliance Power to acquire all the Hydro Power PetroNeft Resources PLC in License 61 in Tomsk plant projects of Jaypee group for over Rs.5000 Oblast in Russia. crore.  Leading pharmaceutical company,  Actavis (ACT) will acquire Forest Labs (FRX) for announced that it had signed agreements to $25 billion in cash and stock. buy a 51 per cent stake in a pharmaceutical  Apple has acquired Burstly, the owner of a manufacturing and distribution business in popular iOS beta testing platform called Yemen, owned by a UAE-based parent TestFlight. company.  Flipkart.com acquired Myntra.com for $300 million. GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 6 Test Prep

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 AT&T acquires DirecTV FOR $49 Billion. analytics platform, owned by city-based Lucido  Adani Port Acquires Dhamra port for Rs.5500 Softlabs Pvt. Ltd. crore.  had signed an agreement with  Sony Music acquires stake in Infibeam Digital. BASF to acquire the IT and consultancy services  Murugappa Group firm EID Parry India Ltd, on business of the chemical giant in a bid to Friday, announced that it had acquired Chile- strengthen its presence in Western Europe. based nutraceuticals firm Alimtec S.A, from its  World’s largest dairy player Groupe Lactalis SA parent German-headquartered global chemical acquired Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited giant Bayer. for Rs.1750 crore.  IT services firm Cognizant announced that it had  ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Oil India Ltd. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire (OIL) paid $2.475 billion to Videocon Group for itaas, a U.S.-based digital video solutions firm. acquiring 10 per cent stake in a giant gas field  Online travel corporation ibibo Group, acquired off Mozambique. YourBus, a GPS-based online bus tracking and  Google sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9 billon.

Important Appointments

 H L Dattu: New  Usha Ananthasubramanian: CMD of Bharatiya  Admiral R K Dhowan: Naval Chief. Mahila Bank  Rajiv Takru: Appointed as Revenue Secretary.  Krishna Mohan Sahni: Chairman of the National He succeed Sumit Bose. Multi-Commodity Exchange of India  Thomas Mathew: Elected as MCX Chairman.  Pankaj Razdan: CEO and MD of the Birla Sun Life  Soma Mondal appointed as the first woman Insurance. director (commercial) of Navratna Public Sector  Parvinder Sohi Behuria: New Secretary General Unit (PSU) National Aluminium Company Ltd of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (NALCO). Mondal joined Nalco in 1984 as a  Virat Kohli: Appointed as brand Ambassador of Graduate Engineer Trainee.  Vedantan(India) appoints Tom Albanese as new  TV Narendran: New MD for India, CEO South East Asia. He succeeded H M Nerurkar  Saurabh Chandra: Takes over as Secretary of  : New Brand ambassador of Ministry of Petroleum Natural Gas. He succeeds National Tobacco Control Campaign. Rae.  K R Kamath Re-Elected: Chairman of Indian  A L Banerjee: New Director General of Police. Banks' Association (IBA) He succeeds Rizwan Ahmad  Krishna Kumar Natrajan (CEO and Director of  Avaya appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as ): New Chief of NASSCOM (replaced N Managing Director for India and SAARC Chandrasekaran)  Akhilesh Gupta: Elected as President of the  Jawahar Sircar: New CEO of Prasar Bharti. Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16. He  Arundhati Bhattacharya: MD and chief financial succeeds Shailesh Nayak officer of State (SBI). She is the  S Jaishankar: New Indian envoy to the US first female managing director at SBI she replaced Nirupama Rao. succeeded Diwakar Gupta  Siddhartha Birla: To be next FICCI President. He  Dilip Trivedi : new chief of CRPF will replace Naina Lal Kidwai. GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 7 Test Prep

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 Syed Muazzem Ali: New Bangladesh Envoy to promoting greater awareness on how to India. He replaces Tariq A. Karim prevent crime.  Rajiv: appointed acting Central Vigilance  Adil Zainulbhai: Chairman of Quality Council of Commissioner (CVC). He replaces Pradeep India (QCI). Kumar  Amit Mathew: Audit Bureau of Circulations  Hemant Contractor: New Chairman of Pension  India TV chairman and Editor-in-chief Rajat Fund Regulatory Fund and Development Sharma appointed as the president of News Authority (PFRDA). Broadcasting Association  O. Panneerselvam: New chief minister of Tamil  Former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai Nadu. He replaces J. Jayalalithaa appointed Vice Chairman of Tata Steel  Le Yucheng: China's New Ambassador to India.  Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary He replaces replaced Wei Wei General of Independent Commission on  P Sathasivam: New of Kerala. Multilateralism (ICM)  Lalitha Kumaramangalam: New chief of the  RN Ravi appointed as new chief of Joint National Commission for Women (NCW). Intelligence Committee.  Narendra Ambwani: Chairman of the  Chandrakala Padia: First women chairperson of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).  : Ambassador of Interpol’s  C.S.Verma: First President of Indian Steel initiative ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign, aimed at Association.

Stock Exchanges and their Index:

 BSE ( Bombay ) - SENSEX (  Tokyo Stock Exhange ( Japan) - Nikkei-225 Sensitive Index)  Korea Stock Exchange( Seoul, South korea) – o BSE is oldest stock exchange in Asia Kospi located at Dalai Street in Mumbai  Shenghai Stock Exchange( China)- Composite o Sensex Consists of 30 companies Index  NSE (National Stock Exchange) - Nifty-50  Shenzen Stock Exchange( China)- Composite o -NSE is the largest stock exchange in Index India  German Stock Exchange- DAX( Deutscher Aktein o -Nifty consists of 50 companies Index)  NYSE ( Newyork Stock Exchange) - DJ ( Dow  Hong Kong Stock Exchange- Hang Seng Jones)  SGX()- STI( Straits Times o NYSE world's first and largest stock Index) market  LSE( London Stock exchange) or UK stock  NASDAQ ( National association of securities exchange- Footsie or FTSE-100 ( dealers Automated Quotation System)- NASD- and London Stock Exchange) 100  France Stock Exchange - CAC-40 o NASDAQ is the first electronic stock market in the world located in New York.

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10 Most Powerful People in the World

Rank Name Designation Sergey Brin 9 Larry Page Google founders 1 Vladimir Putin President of Russia 2 Barack Obama President of US 10 David Cameron Prime Minister of UK 3 Xi Jinping President of China Indian’s in this list Pope of the Roman Catholic 15 4 Pope Francis Church,Vatican City Chairman of Reliance 36 Mukesh Ambani 5 Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Industries Chairman and CEO 6 Janet Yellen Head of US Federal Reserve 57 ArcelorMittal Chairman of Bill & Melinda 7 Foundation 64 Satya Nadella CEO Microsoft President of the European 8 Mario Draghi Central Bank

Banks and Their Tag Lines

SBI With you all the way, Pure cover the risks Banking Nothing Else, The IDBI Bank Banking For All, “Aao Nation’s banks on us Sochein Bada” State Bank of Hyderabad You can always bank on us Your Tech Friendly Bank State Bank of Mysore Working for a better Good people to grow with tomorrow The name you can bank State Bank of Patiala Blending Modernity with upon Tradition Punjab & Sind Bank Where service is a way of State Bank of Travancore A long Tradition of Trust life Allahabad Bank A Tradition of Trust Oriental Bank of Where every individual is Andhra Bank Where India Banks Commerce committed India’s International Bank UCO Bank Honours Your Trust Bank of India Relationship beyond Good People to Bank with banking United Bank of India The Bank that begins with Bhartiya Mahila Bank Empowering Women “U” Bank of One family one bank Vijaya Bank A friend you can bank on Together We Can Badhti Ka naam Zindagi “Central To you Since ICICI Bank Hum Hai Na, Apka 1911” HDFC Bank We understand your Corporation Bank A Premier Public Sector world indeed Bank Experience our Expertise Dena Bank Trusted Family Bank HSBC The world’s local bank ECGC Bank You focus on exports. We

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Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in India:

Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Ranthambore National Park & Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Wildlife Sanctuary Gir National Park & Wildlife Gujarat Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan Sanctuary Tal Chappar Wildlife Rajasthan National Park Sanctuary Periyar National Park and Kerala Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan Wildlife Sanctuary Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odissa Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh Nandankanan Zoo Odissa Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh Corbett National Park Uttrakhand

Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World

Durand Line Pakistan and Afghanistan Mannerheim Line Russia and Finland border Mc Mohan Line India(Arunachal Pradesh Siegfried Line Germany and France Region) and China 17th Parallel North Vietnam and South Radcliff Line India and Pakistan Vietnam Line of Control It divides Kashmir between 24th Parallel India and Pakistan India and Pakistan 26th Parallel Australia & South Africa Hidden berg Line Germany and Poland 38th Parallel North Korea and South Maginot Line France and Germany Korea Older Neisse Line Germany and Poland 49th Parallel Canada and USA

Important Places in India

Mount Abu Rajasthan Howrah Bridge Aga Khan Palace Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar, Punjab Amber Palace Rajasthan Jantar Mantar Delhi Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab Kapilavastu Arikkamedu Puducherry Mahabalipuram Tamil Nahu Ashoka Pillar Madhya Pradesh Mahabodhi Temple Bihar Chilka Lake Orissa Nalanda Bihar Dalal Street Stock exchange Market in Pawapuri Bihar Mumbai Kalpakkam , Tamil Nadu Cherrapunji Meghalaya Kanyakumari Tamil Nadu Elephanta Caves Mumbai, Maharashtra Sarnath Varanasi, UP Ellora and Ajanta Aurangabad, Maharashtra Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh Fatehpur Sikri Konark Orissa Gateway of India Mumbai Sanchi Madhya Pradesh Gol Gumbaz Somnath Gujarat Hampi Karnataka Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh Hirakud Orissa Victoria Memorial Kolkata

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Current Affairs Q & A November 2014

1. World Polio Day is observed across the world on: (1) October 25 (3) October 26 (5) October 28 (2) October 24 (4) October 27 2. India along with 20 other countries has signed an agreement to become the founding member of the China- backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The Bank will be headquartered in: (1) Beijing (3) Shanghai (5) Hong Kong (2) Manila (4) Kuala Lumpur 3. As per the latest report titled ‘Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries’, released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which country has the lowest child poverty rate? (1) Greece (3) Ireland (5) Iceland (2) Norway (4) Croatia 4. Who has been named as the best-performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review (HBR)? (1) Warren Buffett (3) Jeff Bezos (5) Merry Bara (2) Ajay Banga (4) Tim Cook 5. Name the India's first long-range (700 to 1000km) nuclear-capable subsonic cruise missile, which was recently successfully test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha (1) Shaurya (3) Prahaar (5) Agni (2) Nirbhay (4) Astra 6. Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 for his efforts in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo? (1) Viktor Yanukovych (4) Kailash Sattyarthi (2) Asmaa Mahfouz (5) Denis Mukwege Mukengere (3) Malala Yousafzai 7. Who is the winner of World Billiards Point Format Championship 2014? (1) Pankaj Advani (3) Matthew Bolton (5) K Shrikant (2) Peter Gilchrist (4) Mike Russell 8. Name the first Indian woman who won 2014 Panda Award for her film Sirocco - how a dud became a stud made on a Kakapo parrot. (1) (3) Deepa Mehta (5) Anupama Chopra (2) Ashwika Kapur (4) Tanuja Chandra 9. Who among the following Indian boxers has been provisionally suspended by International Boxing Association (AIBA) for protesting against a controversial verdict at 2014 Incheon Asian Games? (1) L. Devendro Singh (3) Laishram Sarita (4) Mandeep Jangra (2) Pooja Rani Devi (5) Gai Bhagwan 10. Name the South Africa's football and goalkeeper who died on October 26, 2014 after being shot. (1) Benedict McCarthy (4) Happy Jele (2) Katlego Abel Mphela (5) Senzo Meyiwa (3) Bongani Khumalo 11. Name the Para-swimmer who broke the 28-year old record of P T Usha of winning the most medals at a multi- discipline event by an Indian at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea (1) Vikram Kumar (2) Sharath Gayakwad GA Updates (November 2014) Bank Page : 11 Test Prep

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(3) Ramkiaran Singh (5) Farman Basha (4) Ankur Dhama 12. After Senegal which among the following West African countries has been declared as Ebola free country by the World Health Organization (WHO) recently? (1) Nigeria (4) Sierra Leone (2) Guinea (5) Congo (3) Liberia 13. Who has been recently elected as the President of Brazil? (1) Dilma Rousseff (3) Eduardo Campos (5) Angela Merkel (2) Aécio Neves (4) Marina Silva 14. Who has been appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tamil Nadu? (1) (3) Nalini Netto (5) V S Sampath (2) Sandeep Saxena (4) I V Subba Rao 15. Name the Indian golf player who won 900000 US dollar at Venetian Macau Golf Open 2014 (1) Jyoti Randhawa (3) Anirban Lahiri (5) Shiv Kapur (2) Mukesh Kumar (4) Gaganjeet Bhullar 16. Who won the singles title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2014 in Singapore? (1) Martina (2) Victoria Azarenka (4) Serena Williams Navratilova (3) (5) Li Na 17. President released a commemorative postage stamp on which among the following Sri Lankan Buddhist monk? (1) Bhikkhu Anālayo (4) Henepola Gunaratana (2) Anagarika Dharmapala (5) S. Mahinda (3) K. Sri Dhammananda 18. Who among the following laureates has been nominated for the 2014 World's Children's Prize for her 20-year struggle for prisoners' children in Nepal? (1) Indira Ranamagar (3) Betty Makoni (5) Malala Yousafzai (2) Maiti Nepal (4) Inderjit Khurana 19. Name the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami who has been sentenced to death by Bangladesh war crimes tribunal for killing thousands of people during the Bangladesh independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (1) Maqbul Ahmed (4) Shafiqur Rahman (2) Matiur Rahman Nizami (5) Ahsan Manzil (3) Maulana Abdul Halim 20. Name the scheme which has been recently launched by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs for welfare of Tribal people and to lift Human Development Indices (HDI) of tribal people. (1) Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (4) Vanvashi Utthan Yojana (2) Vanvasi Kalyan Yojana (5) Vanvashi Utthan Sahyog (3) Vanvasi Sahyog Yojana 21. Which among the following countries has become the first (EU) country to officially recognize the State of Palestine? (1) Romania (3) Sweden (5) Lativa (2) Slovakia (4) Slovenia 22. As per the latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which among the following countries has become the world’s largest economy in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms?

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(1) China (3) India (5) Germany (2) USA (4) Sweden 23. Name the US Navy SEAL commando who had shot Osama bin Laden at his Pakistan hideout in Abbottobad on May 2, 2011, has revealed his identity. (1) James Longstreet (3) Daniel Morgan (5) Bob Lee Swagger (2) David Barno (4) Robert O’Neill 24. In which among the following States has the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) approved 90 crore rupees for various road projects for the fiscal year 2014-15? (1) Mizoram (3) (5) Arunachal Pradesh (2) (4) Assam 25. The novel ‘The Half Girlfriend’ is written by: (1) Amitav Ghosh (3) Ashwin Sanghi (5) Chetan Bhagat (2) Anurag Anand (4) Amish Tripathi 26. What is the rank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2014, released by the Forbes? (1) 5th (3) 10th (5) 15th (2) 8th (4) 11th 27. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014? (1) David Warner (3) Angelo Mathews (5) M S Dhoni (2) Kane Williamson (4) 28. Which is the fourth most vacation deprived nation globally with 67% polled, as per the survey done by Expedia? (1) India (3) Singapore (5) USA (2) South Korea (4) Thailand 29. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014? (1) M S Dhoni (3) AB de Villiers (5) Mohammad (2) Virat Kohli (4) Angelo Mathews Hafeez 30. Name the Torpedo Recovery Vessel of , which sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam during a naval exercise, killing one sailor while three others went missing. (1) A-71 (3) INS LCU 33 (5) Sindhurakshak (2) TLRV (4) TRV-72 31. Who among the following has topped the ‘Power 101 Britain’s Most Influential Asians 2015′ list? (1) Sajid Javid (3) Gulam Noon (5) Ratan Tata (2) Malala Yousafzai (4) Lord Swraj Paul 32. Who has been appointed as the chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) by the President Pranab Mukherjee? (1) (3) (5) Murli Manohar (2) Lokesh Chandra (4) Javed Akthar Joshi 33. ‘Playing It My Way’ is the autobiography of: (1) (3) (5) Pankaj Advani (2) (4) Saina Nehwal 34. Name the first Indian who has been chosen for Japan’s top national award ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014’. (1) Narendra Modi (3) (2) (4) P. V. Narasimha Rao

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(5) Narendra Modi 35. Which among the following mortgage financier has become the first listed Indian company among the 30 SENSEX firms to have more than 75 percent shareholding by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)? (1) HDFC Bank (3) LIC Finance (5) Axis Bank (2) ICICI Bank (4) PNB Housing 36. Who among the following has been selected as the next Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)? (1) Lew Kowarski (3) Carlo Rubbia (5) Shuiji Nakamura (2) Fabiola Gianotti (4) Rolf Heuer 37. Who among the following Indian players has won LG People’s Choice Award 2014? (1) M S Dhoni (3) (5) Bhuvneshwar (2) Virat Kohli (4) Rohit Sharma Kumar 38. As per Census 2011, which among the following States/territories has less number of females than males? (1) Chhattisgarh (3) Goa (5) None of the above (2) Puduchery (4) Daman & Diu 39. Name the Indian cricket player who has become the fastest cricketer in the history to reach 6000 one-day international run mark. (1) Virat Kohli (4) (2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5) Rohit Sharma (3) 40. Who has been sworn-in as 18th Chief Minister of Goa? (1) Manohar Parrikar (4) Dayanand Mandrekar (2) Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar (5) George Fransis (3) Francis D'Souza 41. Which among the following Zoological Park has been selected for the prestigious international award, The Earth Heroes Award 2014? (1) Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling (2) Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital (3) Thim Park, (4) Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune (5) Kanha Wildlife Sanctuary, Mandla 42. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) by Union Government? (1) Prajapati Trivedi (4) R K Mathur (2) GS Sandhu (5) Ajit Dhowal (3) Shashikant Sharma 43. Who has been conferred the 49th Jnanpith Award for 2013? (1) Kedarnath Singh (4) (2) Ravuri Bharadhwaja (5) Vishwanath Tripathi (3) Pratibha Ray 44. In which state, India's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Suzlon Energy has installed the world’s tallest hybrid wind generator turbine? (1) Tamil Nadu (3) Gujarat (5) Telangana (2) Karnataka (4) Maharashtra

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45. Which of the following countries of European Union has voted against the ban on deep-sea shark fishing for the European fleet for at least another 2 years? (1) Spain (3) France (5) Austria (2) Denmark (4) Germany 46. Name the Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate, which has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently for pensioners, which will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account. (1) Jeevan Pramaan (4) Swasthya Pramaan Patra (2) Jeevit Pramaan Patra (5) Jeevan Patra (3) Swasthya Pramaan 47. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Bar Council of India recently? (1) Mannan Kumar (2) Nilesh Kumar (4) S. Prabakaran Mishra (3) T.S. Ajith (5) Mukul Rohatgi 48. Which among the following teams has won championship 2014? (1) Mohammedan (3) Bengaluru FC (5) (2) Salgaocar FC (4) Churchill Brothers Fusiliers 49. The Public Service Broadcasting Day was observed on: (1) November 10 (3) November 14 (5) November 9 (2) November 12 (4) November 8 50. Which state has become the first state in the country with bank accounts for all families? (1) Rajasthan (3) Gujarat (5) Maharashtra (2) Goa (4) Kerala 51. Who has been awarded Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement? (1) Pt (3) (5) Pt Mishra (2) Pt (4) 52. Which actor has been named as winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year 2014 at 45th International Film Festival of India? (1) (3) (5) Amir Khan (2) Amitabh Bachchan (4) Salman Khan 53. Which among the following technology giant has acquired digital video advertising service BrightRoll for about 640 million US dollars recently? (1) Yahoo Inc (3) Qualcomm (5) Facebook (2) Oracle (4) Microsoft 54. Which among the following technology giant has bought Minecraft for about 2.5 billion US dollars recently? (1) Yahoo Inc (3) Qualcomm (5) Facebook (2) Oracle (4) Microsoft 55. 9th East Asia Summit was held in: (1) Naypyidaw, Myanmar (4) Hanoi, Vietnam (2) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (5) Brisbane, Queensland (3) Bali, 56. To mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, National Education Day is observed on: (1) November 11 (3) November 9 (5) November 5 (2) November 14 (4) November 10

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57. Recently in which state 14 women died and 34 were reported critical after undergoing “faulty” sterilisation surgeries at a government-organised family planning camp? (1) (3) Madhya Pradesh (5) Jammu and (2) Chhattisgarh (4) Uttar Pradesh Kashmir 58. Name the World Number one Malaysian Badminton player, who has been suspended recently due to an apparent anti-doping regulation violation (1) Lee Wan Wah (3) Lim Yin Loo (5) Li Nang (2) Lee Chong Wei (4) Lee Tsuen Seng 59. Which among the following words has been chosen as the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year for 2014? (1) vape (3) slacktivism (5) selfie (2) bae (4) indyref 60. Who among the following has not been appointed as the ambassador for ICC (CWC) 2015 by ICC? (1) Kumar Sangakkara (3) (5) (2) Virat Kohli (4) A B de Villiers 61. As per Union Finance Ministry, which among the following States/ Union Territories (UTs) has not achieved 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) till November 15, 2014? (1) Chandigarh (3) Delhi (5) Pondicherry (2) Goa, Kerala (4) Lakshadweep 62. The Modified Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme has been launched in: (1) 45 districts (3) 46 districts (5) 70 districts (2) 54 districts (4) 64 districts 63. Who won women’s singles title of China Open Super Series Premier of Badminton in Fuzhou, China recently? (1) Akane Yamaguchi (3) Wang Yihan (5) Saina Nehwal (2) Sung Ji-Hyun (4) P V Sindhu 64. Who has been conferred with the “IIM- JRD Tata Award” for excellence in corporate leadership in metallurgical industries for the year 2014? (1) Baba N Kalyani (4) Debu Bhattacharya (2) C S Verma (5) Vishal Sikka (3) H. M Nerurkar 65. Who among the following female actors has been named as the brand ambassador of Myntra.com? (1) Deepika Padukone (3) (5) Kareena Kapour (2) Anushka Sharma (4) Sonakshi Sinha 66. Hand-in-Hand 2014 is fourth joint military training exercise held in Pune, Maharashtra between India and: (1) China (3) South Korea (5) USA (2) Japan (4) Australia 67. Name the first Sanskrit animated movie, which is based on a Kannada folk song that narrates the story of a confrontation between a cow and a tiger. (1) Punyatmahe (3) Punyatma (5) Punyakaruna (2) Punyakatha (4) Punyakoti 68. Which state has become India’s first high-tech legislative assembly by implementing e-Governance solution “e- Vidhan” with the help of Department of Electronics and IT, NIC and NICSI? (1) Himachal Pradesh (3) Goa (5) Maharashtra (2) Andhra Pradesh (4) Karnataka

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69. Name the book of Neel Mukherjee, based upon the movement of the 1960s and unfolds a family history, which has been shortlisted for Costa Book Awards recently. (1) Lives of Others (4) A Life Apart (2) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (5) Song of Ice and Fire (3) Past Continuous 70. As per the latest report released by the conservation society Bombay Natural History Society, Sailana Kharmor Sanctuary is among the most threatened bird habitats in India. It is lacated in: (1) Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh (4) Haveri, Karnataka (2) Solapur, Maharashtra (5) Boriwali, Maharashtra (3) Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh 71. Which among the following organization has been chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014? (1) ISRO (3) UNICEF (5) Bill and Melinda (2) Sheikh Hasina (4) Bachpan Bachao Gates Foundation 72. 12th ASEAN-India Summit was held in: (1) Bali, Indonesia (4) Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (2) Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (5) Brisbane, Australia (3) Phnom Penh, Cambodia 73. Which among the following has won International Children’s Peace Prize 2014? (1) Malala Yousafzai (4) Om Prakash Gurjar (2) Kesz Váldez (5) Nkosi Johnson (3) Neha Gupta 74. As per the latest Global Slavery Index, released by the Walk Free Foundation, which among the following country has topped the index? (1) China (3) Pakistan (5) Bangladesh (2) India (4) Uzbekistan 75. Who has been chosen for the BCCI’s Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013-14? (1) Kapil Dev (3) (5) (2) Sunil Gavaskar (4) Rahul Dravid 76. The birth anniversary of which of the following freedom fighter was celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Integration Day? (1) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Gopal Krishan Gokhale (2) (5) Lokmanya Tilak (3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 77. Which Indian player has been suspended by International boxing Federation? (1) (3) Kavita Goyat (5) Jay Nhagwan (2) Sarita Devi (4) Sarjubala Devi 78. Recently, the launch of GSAT-16 has been advanced by 6 months. Which among the following satellite will be replaced by GSAT-16? (1) INSAT-1B (3) INSAT-3E (5) INSAT-3C (2) INSAT-2A (4) INSAT-1A 79. Which country is the single largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping operations? (1) USA (3) India (5) UK (2) Russia (4) France

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80. Which of the following government schemes was launched on the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan? (1) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (4) Digital India Mission (2) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (5) MANREGA (3) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 81. Recently, five Indian companies made it to the CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014 as recognition of their efforts to mitigate climate. Which is not a part of them? (1) Essar Oil (3) (5) Bharati Telecom (2) L&T, TCS (4) Tech Mahindra 82. In a recent IUCN list, which Indian bird has been placed in the 'critically endangered' species category? (1) Great Indian (2) Snow Partridge (4) Red Spurfowl Bustard (3) Black Francolin (5) Indian Sparrow 83. In a recent spell of labour reforms, PM Narendra Modi said which portable number will be used as single window portal to enable business with central government? (1) Permanent Account Number (4) Movable Account Number (2) Universal Account Number (5) PF Account Number (3) Dearness Account Number 84. Indian born Mexican scientist Rajaram has been awarded with which prize for his excellent research that led to an increase in world wheat production? (1) Balzan Prize (4) Nicholas Appert Award (2) National Medal of Science (5) Field Medal (3) World Food Prize 85. Despite Chinese concerns, going ahead with the construction of which highway in Arunachal Pradesh? (1) Tawang to Vijoynagar (4) Ngyak to Vijaynagar (2) Vijoyna to Vijaynagar (5) Tawang to Dibrugarh (3) Tapun to Hetbuk 86. President Pranab Mukherjee became the first Indian President to visit the official residence of Santa Claus. It is located at which of the following places in Finland? (1) Rovaniemi (3) Joensuu (5) Norvajaravi (2) Suomo (4) Kannus 87. Which among the following is the name of memoir of Malala Yousafzai, published recently in several Indian languages? (1) In the Line of Fire (3) I am Malala (5) None of them (2) Against the veil (4) And Then One Day 88. Ajay , who recently won Dutch Open Grand Prix, is a _____ player? (1) Tennis (3) Badminton (5) Snooker (2) Golf (4) Cricket 89. Space Centre is located in __? (1) Andhra (3) Odisha (5) Tamil Nadu (2) Telangana (4) Karnataka 90. Who is the author of ‘Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar’ ? (1) Sachin Tendulkar (3) Dilip D'Souza (5) MS Dhoni (2) Kapil Dev (4) 91. The International Day for Eradication of Poverty is observed on? (1) October 15 (2) October 16 (3) October 17

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(4) October 18 (5) October 19 92. Which missile is developed by DRDO as an answer to America's Tomahawk and Pakistan's Babur missile? (1) Agni IV (3) Nirbhay (5) Bramhos (2) Astra (4) Prithvi 93. The "State of Palestine" is recognized by which among the following permanent members of United Nations? (1) Only China (4) China, France, Russia and UK (2) China and Russia (5) USA, UK (3) China, Russia and UK 94. Recently, Evo Morales has been re-elected as President of __? (1) Bolivia (3) Chile (5) Mynmar (2) Columbia (4) Peru 95. Which among the following is the largest cane producer state of India? (1) Maharashtra (3) Punjab (5) Karnatak (2) Uttar Pradesh (4) Haryana 96. Who among the following is the winner of 2014 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences which is given in Memory of Alfred Nobel? (1) Robert J. Shiller (3) Thomas J. Sargent (5) Merry Morrser (2) Lloyd S. Shapley (4) Jean Tirole 97. Which among the following African country is not affected by Ebola? (1) Sierra Leone (3) Guinea (5) Congo (2) Liberia (4) Kenya 98. According to the RBI regulations, what is the minimum age limit for children to open and operate savings bank accounts independently? (1) 5 Years (3) 15 Years (5) 10 Years (2) 13 Years (4) 16 Years 99. The so called Military Demarcation Line separates __? (1) China and Taiwan (4) Afghanistan and Pakistan (2) Vietnam and Laos (5) North Korea and South Korea (3) China and Japan 100. Where are headquarters of the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? (1) Kathmandu (3) (5) Brasilia (2) Beijing (4) Manila] 101. Who among the following is a golf player? (1) Anirban Lahiri (3) (5) K Shrikant (2) Pankaj Advani (4) Hetul Shah 102. Who has been appointed as the new head of Kalakshetra Foundation by the Ministry of Culture? (1) N.Gopalaswami (4) S.Rajagopalan (2) Priyadarsini Govind (5) Suresh Prabhu (3) Karunaker K Menon 103. Who among the following will be the nodal officer for implementing the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana? (1) Member (2) Prime Minister (4) Sarpanch Parliament (3) District Collector (5) Rural Minister 104. Which among the following countries does not have a fully functional global navigation system? (1) USA (2) Russia (3) Germany

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(4) China (5) None of the above 105. A Nobel Prize in each category can be shared among maximum ____ laureates? (1) 2 (3) 4 (5) 6 (2) 3 (4) 5 106. What is the ranking of India in the recently released Global Hunger Index? (1) 63 (3) 76 (5) 105 (2) 89 (4) 55 107. The Shyamal Sen Commission was set up to enquire into __? (1) 2G spectrum scam (4) Kerala solar panel scam (2) Saradha Chit fund Scam (5) IPL Spot Fixing (3) Cash-for-votes scandal 108. Which among the following years will mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa? (1) 2015 (3) 2017 (5) 2019 (2) 2016 (4) 2018 109. Which among the following is the first Indian company to acquire the domain name .ooo (Dot-Triple-O)? (1) Infosys (3) Indiamart (5) Flipkart (2) Infibeam (4) India Infoline 110. According to a recent survey done by Thomson Foundation, Delhi is the fourth most dangerous city for women using public transport. Which is the most dangerous city in the world? (1) Bogota (3) Lima (5) New York (2) Mexico City (4) Brasilia 111. Which among the treaties is often called by Indian establishment as "last vestige of apartheid in the international system"? (1) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (3) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) (4) Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (5) Food Security Bill 112. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Future Earth Engagement Committee? (1) Amartya Sen (3) Manmohan Singh (5) Kailash Sattyarthi (2) Jairam Ramesh (4) Jean Dreze 113. India has recently agreed to supply naval vessels as part of military transfer to which South-Asian nation? (1) Thailand (3) Vietnam (5) Japan (2) Singapore (4) Philippines 114. Which spacecraft by SpaceX, California has recently landed on Earth after completing its mission on International Space Station? (1) Orion (3) Dawn (5) Dragon (2) MAVEN (4) Rosetta 115. In a recent defence deal, India will buy anti-tank Spike missiles from? (1) USA (3) Israel (5) Japan (2) Russia (4) Australia 116. According to a recent UN report six countries account for more than 90 percent of AIDS in the world. Which among the following is not among them?

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(1) China, Myanmar (3) Vietnam, Thailand (5) Singapore (2) Indonesia (4) India 117. Name the scientist who discovered the first successful inactivated polio vaccine? (1) Emma Goodman (4) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (2) Maurice Hilleman (5) Alexander Flaming (3) Jonas Salk 118. Which state of India has won the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management Award for 2014 for successfully organizing the Kubh Mela? (1) Punjab (3) Maharashtra (5) Telangana (2) Gujarat (4) Uttar Pradesh 119. The winner of WTA Singles women's title 2014 is __? (1) Serena Williams (3) Maria Sharapova (5) Li Na (2) Simona Halep (4) Petra Kvitova

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1. Which of the following banks has started India's first EMI facility in debit cards? (1) (2) IDBI Bank Ltd (3) ICICI Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) Axis Bank 2. With which of the following did GMR Infrastructure recently sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Japan? (1) Kyoto Municipal Corporation (2) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (3) Asian Development Bank (4) Japan International Cooperation Agency (5) None of these 3. The recently issued draft norms for licensing of small banks. What is the minimum capital requirement for starting such banks? (1) Rs. 50 crore (2) Rs. 100 crore (3) Rs. 250 crore (4) Rs. 400 crore (5) Rs. 500 crore 4. The GIRO (Government Internal Revenue Order) Advisory Group is headed by (1) Bimal Jalan (2) Umesh Bellur (3) H.R Khan (4) Parthasarthy Shome (5) C. Rangarajan 5. Which of the following banks/organizations-is the convener of the State-Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) for the new Telangana State which came into being on 2 June 2014? (1) Indian Banks' Association (2) State Bank of Hyderabad (3) Andhra Bank (4) Reserve Bank of India (5) State Bank of Telangana 6. Which of the following banks and Delhi Daredevils recently launched India's first credit card around cricket on a MasterCard Platform? (1) Corporation Bank (2) Ratnakar Bank Ltd (3) Syndicate Bank (4) Axis Bank (5) State Bank of Bikaner and

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7. The Finance Ministry has set up a committee to assess the amount of unclaimed deposit in the PPF and Post Office saving schemes. The committee is headed by (1) Shanta Kumar (2) Oscar Fernandes (3) Sitaram Yechury (4) H.R Khan (5) Tiruchi Siva 8. The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks not to levy penal charges on customers who do not maintain minimum balance in (1) Savings bank accounts (2) Current accounts (3) Recurring Deposits (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of the above 9. What is the full form of REER? (1) Real Effective Exchange Rate (2) Reserve Exchange Effective Rate (3) Repo Exchange Effective Rate (4) Reverse Ending Exchange Rate (5) None of these 10. Consumer Confidence Survey is conducted by (1) Confederation of Indian Industry (2) National Centre for Statistics and Information (3) Survey of India (4) Statistical Organization of India (5) Reserve Bank of India 11. The RBI recently extended deadline to exchange pre-2005 currency notes to (1) 1 October 2014 (2) 31 October 2014 (3) 31 December 2014 (4) 1 January 2015 (5) 31 March 2015 12. The RBI Working Group to Study the Issues Related to Gold Import and Gold Loans under H.U.B. Rao has recommended the need to have a restrictive (1) Loan to Value Ratio (2) Loan basis (3) Suppliers' credit / buyers' credit basis (4) Consignment basis (5) All of the above 13. How many banks were registered by DICGC till March 31. 2014? (1) 1994 (2) 3296 (3) 1852 (4) 2145 (5) 1128 14. How many accounts are to be opened under the Jan Dhan Yojana by August 2015? (1) 2.5 crore (2) 5 crore (3) 7.5 crore (4) 10 crore (5) 15 crore 15. While issuing Credit Card/ Debit Card/Prepaid Card, KYC is the responsibility of (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) Union Ministry of Finance (4) CIBIL (5) Both 2 and 3 16. The restructuring of corporate debts of viable entities is the responsibility of (1) Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (2) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (3) CDR Empowered Group (4) Reserve Bank of India (5) Debts Recovery Tribunal 17. What is the number of Local Area Banks in India? (1) 0 (2) 1

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(3) 4 (4) 7 (5) 12 18. A new RTGS system based on which standard messaging formats was operationalised with effect from October 19, 2013? (1) ISO 20008 (2) ISO 20012 (3) ISO 20034 (4) ISO 20018 (5) ISO 20022 19. The newly launched Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is a (1) Public sector bank (2) Private sector bank (3) Regional Rural bank (4) Cooperative bank (5) Self Help Group bank 20. Which bank was the first to announce Vijay Mallya as a defaulter? (1) State Bank of India (2) Indian Overseas Bank (3) United Bank of India (4) Syndicate Bank (5) ICICI Bank 21. Which of the following services is provided by 'Missed Call Banking' Facility? (1) Phone transaction (2) Account balance (3) Mini statement (4) ECS items statement (5) Both 2 and 3 22. Banks in India provide Nomi-nation facility for (1) Bank deposits (2) Safe deposit lockers (3) Safe custody articles (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of the above 23. The Reserve Bank of India recently simplified the requirement of submission of 'proof of address' for the opening of bank accounts. Which of the following address proofs are required now? (1) Permanent address proof (2) Local address proof (3) Acknowledgment of receipt of letter (4) Cheque books (5) Any of 1 and 2 24. As per the Reserve Bank of India, unclaimed bank deposits are estimated at about (1) Rs. 1200 crore (2) Rs. 1800 crore (3) Rs. 2750 crore (4) Rs 3,500 crore (5) Rs. 4850 crore 25. The recently constituted committee to identify "obsolete" laws is headed by (1) R Ramanujam (2) K.R Mehta (3) S.P. Joshi (4) D.N. Chaturvedi (5) P.S. Saraswat 26. Which of the following is a recommendation of the Kelkar Report on gas pricing? (1) Natural resources should be priced at the highest price possible in the market (2) There should be import- linked pricing for domestic natural gas (3) Natural gas prices should be free from government intervention (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) Both 1 and 3 27. What is the minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS? (1) Rs. 10,000 (2) Rs. 50,000 (3) Rs. 1 lakh (4) Rs. 2 lakh (5) Rs. 5 lakh

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28. As per the RBI guidelines on 'Entry of Banks into Insurance Business - Insurance Broking Business', which of the following is a requirement for undertaking insurance broking business by banks? (1) The networth of the bank should not be less than Rs. 100 crores (2) The CRAR of the bank should not be less than 20% (3) The level of net non-per- forming assets should not be more than 3 percent (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of the above 29. The Reserve Bank of India on July 17, 2014 released two separate draft guidelines for licensing of two new categories of banks - Payment Banks and Small Banks. The idea of these banks have been derived from the recommendations of (1) Shome Committee (2) Jalan Committee (3) Rangarajan Committee (4) Kelkar Committee (5) Mor Committee 30. The Reserve Bank of India recently reduced the number of mandated free transactions for savings bank account holders at other bank ATMs from five to three per month. On which date will it be effective? (1) 1 October 2014 (2) 31 October 2014 (3) 1 November 2014 (4) 31 December 2014 (5) 1 January 2015 31. With the goal of promoting financial inclusion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed minors aged more than to open and operate savings bank accounts independently. (1)8 years (2) 10 years (3) 12 years (4) 14 years (5) 16 years 32. In which of the following types of ATMs, the hardware as well as lease is under the ownership of the service provider, while connectivity and cash handling and management is the responsibility of the sponsor bank? (1) Green ATM (2) Offline ATM (3) White Label ATM (4) Brown ATM (5) Standalone ATM 33. Which of the following has set up the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) to collect, store and disseminate data on all borrowers' credit exposures? (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) Union Ministry of Finance (4) IRDA (5) None of these 34. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 2 April 2014, decided to grant "in-principle" approval to two applicants to set up banks under the Guidelines on Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector issued on February 22, 2013. The "in- principle" approval granted will be valid for a period of (1) 3 months (2) 6 months (3) 12 months (4) 18 months (5) 24 months 35. What is the full form of ASBA? (1) Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (2) Applications Supported by Bank Amount (3) Applications Sustained by Bank Amount (4) Applications Sustained by Blocked Amount (5) None of these 36. The RBI guidelines on Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), issued on 13 February 2014, require banks to report outstanding current account balance of their customers (debit or credit) of (1) Rs. 1 million and above (2) Rs. 5 million and above

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(3) Rs. 10 million and above (4) Rs. 25 million and above (5) Rs. 50 million and above 37. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued the draft of a charter comprising five basic customer rights. Which of the following is not one of those rights? (1) Right to fair treatment (2) Right to transparency (3) Right to Information (4) Right to suitability (5) Right to privacy 38. What is the main objective of KYC/AML/CFT guidelines? (1) Promoting financial inclusion (2) Preventing banks from being used for money laundering (3) Dealing with the NPAs of banks (4) Both l and 2 (5) All of the above 39. The Reserve Bank, on 1 September 2014, issued revised and final guidelines for raising non-equity regulatory capital instruments by banks under the stringent Basel III framework under which lenders can issue ___capital with a minimum original maturity of 5 years. (1) Tier 1 capital (2) Tier 2 capital (3) Tier III capital (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) None of these 40. Which of the following recently launched the 67th round of the Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) for reference period July September 2014? (1) SEBI (2) Union Ministry of Industry (3) Planning Commission of India (4) RBI (5) Federation of Indian Industries

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1. Under the Interest Subsidy for Education Loans for the students of economically weaker section (EWS), the parental family of students should not have income from all sources more than Rs. __ per annum. (1) Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum (2) Rs. 4 lakh per annum (3) Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum (4) Rs. 5 lakh per annum (5) Rs. 6 lakh per annum 2. Which of the following is the regulating authority for housing finance companies ? (1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) SEBI (4) NHB (5) None of these 3. The finance ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India to allow common ATMs that will be owned and managed by non-banking entities. Such ATMs are known as (1) Brown Label ATMs (2) Green Label ATMs (3) White Label ATMs (4) Red Label ATMs (5) Blue Label ATMs 4. Who among the following are the beneficiaries of the "Reserve Mortgage Scheme" ? (1) Government Employees (2) Senior Citizens (3) Unemployed Persons (4) Persons of BPL category (5) Widows of Vrindavan 5. Who, among the following, cannot be a partner in a partnership firm ?

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(1) Individual (2) Firm (3) Company (4) Trustees (5) Hindu Undivided Family 6. For which purpose is commercial paper used by the corporate bodies ? (1) It is of short term (2) It is secured debt (3) Rates of commercial papers are usually cheaper than those for their longterm debt (4) Both 1 and 3 (5) All of the above 7. Reserve Bank of India has cut the number of free transactions that savings bank customers can avail from other bank's Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from the present five to three a month in 6 cities. Which of the following is not one such city ? (1) Chennai (2) Pune (3) Kolkata (4) Bengaluru (5) Hyderabad 8. What is Trade Gap ? (1) Excess of export over import (2) Increase in trade due to Devaluation of currency (3) Excess of import over export (4) Slump in trade due to Recession (5) Both 2 and 4 9. The Pradhan Mantri Dhan Jan Yojana was recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Which of the following benefits is provided by this scheme ? (1) 1 lakh insurance cover (2) RuPay Debit Card (3) 5 lakh Accidental Insurance Cover Select the correct answer using the codes given below : (1) Both 1 and 2 (2) Only 3 (3) Both 2 and 3 (4) Only 2 (5) Only 3 10. What is the full form of CIBIL ? (1) Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (2) Credit and Income Bureau (India) Limited (3) Cash Instant Bank (India) Limited (4) Cash Information Bureau (India) Limited (5) None of these 11. What is Basel III norms ? (1) Norms for risk management aspects of banking (2) Norms on bank capital adequacy (3) Norms on bank stress testing (4) Norms on market liquidity risk (5) All of the above 12. Food and Agricultural Organization is the wing of (1) UNESCO (2) WHO (3) UNICEF (4) UNO (5) None of these 13. Which of the following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gas ? (1) China (2) USA (3) Russia (4) India (5) Great Britain

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14. Usha Ananthasubramanian, the Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, is the former Executive Director of (1) State Bank of India (2) Punjab National Bank (3) Deena Bank (4) United Bank of India (5) Canara Bank 15. What is the full form of CRY, an NGO ? (1) Child Rights and You (2) Centre for Rural Youth (3) Crisis Resolution and Youth (4) Child Rights and Youth (5) None of these 16. Reverse Repo Rate is used by the Reserve Bank of India to (1) To control money supply (2) To regulate Open Market Operations (3) For enabling banks to invest in gild-edged securities (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of these 17. Who among the following is the Union Minister for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy ? (1) Sadananda Gowda (2) Piyush Goyal (3) Arun Jaitley (4) Ram Vilas Paswan (5) Rajnath Singh 18. What does Invisible Export mean ? (1) Intangible items that leave a country (2) Export of waste (3) Overseas payments (4) Both 1 and 3 (5) All of these 19. What is the full form of IFRS ? (1) Indian Financial Reporting Standards (2) International Forex Reporting Standards (3) Indian Forex Reporting Standards (4) International Financial Reporting System (5) International Financial Reporting Standards 20. The interest rate of saving bank deposits is fixed by (1) Banks (2) Reserve Bank of India (3) Banking Ombudsman (4) Union Ministry of Finance (5) Both 2 and 3 21. What is the full form of FEDAI ? (1) Foreign Exchange Directors Association Of India (2) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association Of India (3) Foreign Exchange Distributors Association Of India (4) Foreign Exchange Deregulators Association Of India (5) None of these 22. Which of the following concepts of banking was given by Professor Mohammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner ? (1) Cheque Truncation (2) Microfinance (3) Gender specific lending (4) Management of NPAs (5) Risk Control 23. The Companies Act 2013 increased the limit of the number of members in a private company from 50 to (1) 75 (2) 100

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(3) 150 (4) 200 (5) 250 24. Which of the following is a private sector bank in India ? (1) Vijaya Bank (2) (3) Dena Bank (4) Indian Overseas Bank (5) Axis Bank 25. Which of the following has not been the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ? (1) Dr. Y. V. Reddy (2) Dr. D. Subbarao (3) Dr. C. Bimal Jalan (4) Dr. C. Rangarajan (5) Dr. Parthasarthy Shome 26. Which of the following awards is given for lifetime achievement in sports ? (1) Dhyanchand Award (2) Rajiv Gandhi Kehl Ratna (3) Dronacharya Award (4) Arjuan Award (5) None of these 27. Which of the following issued the Code of Bank's Commitment to Customers to be adopted by banks in India ? (1) Individual Banks (2) Reserve Bank of India (3) Bank for International Settlements (4) Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (5) None of these 28. Which of the following is the vetting authority and regulator for mergers and acquisitions in India ? (1) Confederation of Indian Industry (2) Union Ministry of Finance (3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Competition Commission of India (5) Securities and Exchange Board of India 29. What are the objectives of KYC norms ? (1) To control the capital adequacy ratio of banks (2) To check money laundering (3) To determine true identity and beneficial ownership of accounts (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of these 30. At which of the following places is the All Woman Post Office located ? (1) Ahmedabad (2) Rae Bareli (3) New Delhi (4) Hyderabad (5) Nasik 31. By which date can the pre 2005 notes be exchanged in India ? (1) 31 October 2014 (2) 7 December 2014 (3) 31 December 2014 (4) 1 January 2015 (5) 31 March 2015 32. Insurance cover for bank deposits in India is provided by (1) RBI and World Bank (2) DICGC (3) SEBI (4) International Bank for Finance (5) Both 1 and 2 33. Exchange control is a function performed by (1) Scheduled Commercial Banks (2) NABARD

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(3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Union Ministry of Finance (5) None of these 34. We frequently find in newspapers a term called 'Gold ETFs' which represent the physical gold in Demat form. What does ETF stand for ? (1) Exchange Traded Funds (2) Electronic Transaction of Funds (3) Exchange of Traded Funds (4) Electronic Trade of Funds (5) None of these 35. Who is the promoter of Saradha Group Chit Fund (1) Tapas Paul (2) Sudipta Sen (3) Mamta Banerjee (4) Subrato Roy Sahara (5) None of these 36. What does Fiscal Deficit mean ? (1) Total revenue expenditure - Total revenue receipts (2) Total expenditure - Total receipts excluding borrowings. (3) Fiscal deficit - Interest payments (4) Total Revenue expenditure - Interest Payments (5) None of these 37. Narendra Modi is the ___ Prime Minister of India (1) 12th (2) 13th (3) 14th (5) 15th (5) 16th 38. The total number of bank offices at end March 2014 is estimated to have reached (1) 90,969 (1) 1,02,114 (3) 1,15,014 (4) 1,23,573 (50 1,32,454 39. Which of the following companies, on 2 April 2014, received 'in principle' nod from the Reserve Bank of India to open private sector bank ? (1) IDFC Limited (2) Bandhan Private Limited (3) Religare Enterprises (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of the above 40. TRAI is the regulator of which of the following services ? (1) Trade finance (2) Service Tax (3) Telecommunication (4) Aviation Industry (5) Both 1 and 2 COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE 41. Which of the following is a recent version of operating systems ? (1) Windows XP (2) Windows 7 Basic (3) Windows 8 (4) Windows 10 (5) Windows2013 42. What is the full form of SMTP ? (1) Swift Mail Transmission Program (2) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (3) Swift Mail Transfer Program (4) Spam Mail Trash Program (5) None of these 43. Which key deletes one character to the right of the insertion point in MS Word ? (1) Tab (2) Backspace (3) Windows (4) Delete

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(5) End 44. Which of the following is an Application Software (1) Linux (2) Windows 7 (3) MS-2003 (4) Mac (5) None of these 45. A high speed device used in CPU for temporary storage during processing is called (1) Register (2) Bus (3) Compiler (4) Translator (5) Bus 46. Ctrl + S command is used in MS Word for (1) Straightening (2) Shortening (3) Saving (4) Simulating (5) Slashing 47. Which of the following is used for establishing connection to other document or locations within a website ? (1) Hyperlink (2) Web link (3) CSS (4) Java query (5) HTML Link 48. Minor revisions in software are reflected in the use of (1) Whole numbers (2) Decimal numbers (3) Version letters (4) Upgrade code letters (5) Registry Keys 49. When a computer is turned on, where does it get the first instructions that it loads into RAM ? (1) From RAM (2) From ROM (3) From the Hard Disk (4) From a CD (5) None of these 50. In telecommunications, PSTN is used for (1) Program Switched Telephone Network (2) Public Service Telephone Network (3) Program Service Telephone Network (4) Public Switched Telephone Network (5) None of these 51. LAN stands for (1) Local Area Network (2) Logical Algorithm Network (3) Local Application network (4) Logical Application Network (5) None of these 52. Which of the following is a function key in a computer ? (1) Ctrl (2) Tab (3) F1 (4) Alt (5) Num Lock 53. Query languages are computer languages used to make queries into (1) Databases (2) Information systems (3) Apache Network (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of these 54. Which of the following commands is used for saving an existing document as a new document with a new name ?

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(1) Ctrl S (2) Ctrl Shift S (3) Shift S (4) Ctrl Shift Alt S (5) Shift Alt S 55. The process of loading operating system on RAM is known as (1) Copying (2) Formatting (3) Device Driving (4) Booting (5) Multitasking 56. Object program is written in ___ language. (1) Machine language (2) Assembly language (3) Code language (4) Programming language (5) None of these 57. DBMS is (1) A collection of programs (2) A network (3) A collection of web links (4) A form of assembly language (5) A new type of processor 58. Codes consisting of Bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer readable are known as (1) Bar code (2) ASCII Code (3) A magnetic tape (4) Light Pen (5) None of these 59. Which of the following is the coding of data so that is can't be easily understood if intercepted ? (1) Barcode (2) Decoder (3) Encryption (4) Mnemonics (5) None of the above 60. Which of the following is a device that changes information into digital form ? (1) Modem (2) Digitizer (3) Mouse (4) Cursor (5) Light pen1

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1. In EFT, E denotes - Electronic 2. 24 Oct - UN Foundation Day 3. Nobel Prize in Economics - Jean Tirole 4. President of china - Xi Jin Ping 5. CAD - in the context of computer - Computer Aided Design 6. Pt. Ravishankar related to - Sitar 7. Who won gold in Men's badminton in CWG 2014 - P Kashyap 8. In Excel, shortcut of Row Hide shortcut - Ctrl + 9 9. Minimum Amount in Pension Account - Rs. 1000 10. Bank rate - 9% 11. Undo command - Ctrl + Z 12. Mutual funds comes under - SEBI 13. CRM - Customer Relationship Management 14. Rang Rasiya is based on life of Raja Ravi Verma

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15. Nanhi Kali scheme from which bank? Bharatiya Mahila Bank 16. Japan PM - Shinzo Abe 17. Govt scheme for providing food to children - Mid Day Meal 18. New Life book author - Orhan Pamuk, Guneli Gun 19. IRDA Headquarters related statement question - Hyderabad 20. Banking ombudsman under which rule - 2006 21. FMC - Forward Market Commission 22. IFSC full form - Indian Financial System Code 23. Indonesia capital - Jakarta 24. Girl related scheme : SABLA 25. MS Word is - Application software 26. Who is going to break the all time record of 251 goals in football? - Messi 27. Brand equity is related to? Marketing 28. HDFC Head office - Mumbai 29. GIF Fullform - Graphical Interchange Format 30. Spreadsheet file format saved as? .xls 31. Board of governance committee 32. Inflation related committee 33. MAC Full form - Media access control 34. OMO Related - Government Securities 35. Which base replaced WPI- CPI 36. In 2011 census, which state had the lowest Female Literacy? - Haryana 37. HTML Full Form - Hypertext Mark Up Language 38. CPI - Consumer Price Index 39. What is the full form of MTSS ?-Money Transfer Service scheme 40. Who is the Minister of Tribal Affairs? - Jual Oram 41. What is the minimum paid up capital for Small Banks? - 100 crore 42. Router is use for which purpose? - Data transmission between the computers 43. Network speed is measure in? - bits per second 44. What is the shortcut key to insert new document? - ctrl + n 45. What is the full form of HTML? - Hyper Text Markup Language 46. What does T stands for in CTSS? - Time 47. Which of the following provide facility to use the public network to transmit secret data? - Virtual Private network 48. What is the shortcut to select all texts of a document? - ctrl + a 49. Where is the HQ of allahabad bank? - Kolkata 50. Book 'road to the deep north' that won Men's Booker award is written by - Richard Flanagan 51. Why west indies board cancelled series with india? - Salary disputes between Players and WICB 52. What is the full form of LAN? - Local Area Network 53. Who is the current Vice president of the USA? - Joe Biden 54. What is the full form of BIOS?- Basic Input Output System 55. What are the Stages in Product Life Cycle? - Introduction,Growth,Maturity and Decline 56. Ctrl+s used for? - To save the document 57. Shit+delete used for ? To Permanently delete a file

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58. What does letter A dnote in NPA? - Assets 59. What is the full form of ASCII? - American Standard Codes for Information Interchange 60. SEBI is which kind of body? - Market regulating Body 61. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? - Ban Ki-moon 62. Who is the current CM of Haryana? - Monohar Lal Khattar 63. Who is the Current chief economic officer? - Arvind Subramanian 64. The first page of website is called as? - Home Page 65. What the name of the apex bank of USA? - Federal Reserve Bank 66. What is the full form of USB? - Universal Serial Bus 67. What is the full form of ifsc ? -Indian Financial System code 68. What is the purpose of cltrl+delete ? - to delete whole line to the right of the cursor 69. Commercial paper can be issued for a maximum period of ? - 365 days 70. Raghu rajan got best gov central bank from ehich organisation? - euromoney magazine 71. The Mutual funds in India follow accounting standards laid by ? -SEBI 72. Sbi launched minor a/c for childern above 10 years named as ? - Pehli Udaan 73. Who is the winner of men booker award 2014 ? - Richard Flanagan 74. Who is appointed as the economic affairs secretary ? - Rajiv Mehrishi 75. To reach at the end of the line in word we use which key ? - End 76. There are how many digits in MICR ? - 9 77. What is the full form of MAN ? - Metropolitan Area Network 78. Saina Nehwal is related to which sport ? Badminton 79. Raghuram Rajan won award by ? - Euromoney award 80. Command to undo recent action - ctrl + z 81. Who is the Author of the book 'Oath of Vayuputhras' ? Ameesh Tripathi 82. speed of microprocessor is measured in ? - Ghz 83. What is recession? - A period of temporary economic decline,generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. 84. What is the Accidental Cover Amount in Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ? - 1,00,000 INR 85. Excel workbook is a collection of ? - Spreadsheets 86. Which airline was in news recntly for purchase of 250 airbuses ? - Indigo Airlines 87. Financial benchmark panel was headed by ? - Vijya Bhaskar 88. Which rate Rbi decides under Monetary policy ? - Repo rate 89. 2nd generation computer were based on ? - Transistor 90. What is the full form of PPTP ? - Point-to-Point-Tunneling Protocol 91. What does B stands for in ECB ? - Borrowings 92. What is the full form of RRB ? - Regional rural Bank 93. What is the upper limit of PPF ? - 1.5 lakh 94. What is the oldest currency in the world? - Pound sterling 95. Which among the following is not an output device ? - Scanner 96. Who is the author of the book Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar ? - Dilip D' Souza 97. What will Inflation result in ? - Decrease in economic activities of a country 98. Which among the following is a volatile memory ? - RAM 99. What is an Internet explorer ? Browser 100. What is the extension used for MS word ? - .doc,.docx

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101. What is the first step of buying ? - need recognition 102. who is water resource minister ? - Uma Bharti 103. The slogan " I have a dream" is given by which American activist in his public speech ? - Martin Luthor king 104. which PSU is responsible for insurance over export? - Export Credit Insurance 105. Which is an insurance regulatory body- IRDA 106. Which is the Regulatory body for RRB? - NABARD 107. Who is the author of God of small thing ? Arundhati Roy 108. NPS stands for? - National pension scheme 109. RBI policy related to money laundering? Know Your Customer 110. NBFC deals in? - providing banking services 111. What is the full form of PDF? Portable Document Format 112. Who won the Nobel piece awrd 2014? Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay 113. Who belongs to tennis? options were - djokovic, federer, messi 114. When is world rabies day? 28th setember 115. Interest on savings account is calculated on which basis? daily basis 116. In which of the following places there is no nuclear plant? - kenya 117. Mutual funds regulated by ? - Securities and Exchange Board of India 118. What is ping in computer networking utility? - Packet InterNet Groper 119. Processor speed measure in Instructions per second 120. Using two different brand names for a propose of single product is called? Co-branding 121. What is the function of Ctrl + s in MS Word = to save file or document

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