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Contents Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ...... 2 Ebola Virus ...... 3 National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) ...... 5 Current RBI Rates: ...... 5 New Governors ...... 6 Agricultural Revolutions in ...... 6 Cropping Seasons in India ...... 6 Cups & Trophies ...... 7 International: ...... 7 National: ...... 7 Indian Folk Dance & States ...... 7 Important Wild Life Sanctuaries ...... 7 Current Affairs Q & A August 2014 ...... 9 Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Clerical 2014 ...... 22 Memory Based Questions Asked in IDBI PO...... 26 Key: Memory Based Questions SBI Clerical 2014 ...... 31 Key: Memory Based Questions IDBI PO 2014 ...... 31

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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28th August 2014  This scheme has set an ambitious target of launched his pet project the ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ (People’s bringing in more than 7.5 crore un-banked Wealth scheme), which aims to provide bank accounts families into India’s banking system by opening to the poor and end financial untouchability. The more than 15 Crore bank accounts at the rate of scheme is aimed at opening 1 crore bank accounts on two bank accounts per household. the first day of its launch. The state leaders in turn  Every individual who opens a bank account would launch the scheme in their respective states. becomes eligible to receive an accident insurance Here are some important details you should know cover of up-to Rs 1 Lakh for his entire family. about this scheme.  Once the bank account has been active for 6 months and has been linked to account holders What is Jan Dhan Yojana? Aadhar identity, they would become eligible for an This plan is aimed at providing bank accounts, insurance overdraft of up to Rs 2,500 , which would further cover and a debit card to all the citizens of the country. be enhanced by the bank to Rs 5000 over time. The 'Jan Dhan Yojana' will provide individuals with a  The mission will be implemented in two phases. . RuPay debit card which carries free accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh. According to news reports the Phase-I from 15th August 2014 to 14th August 2015: personal accident insurance cover would be enhanced  Universal access to banking facilities for all to Rs 2 lakhs per year. This is likely to provide some households across the country through a bank cover especially to marginalized sections of society in branch or a fixed point Business Correspondent the unfortunate event of death of the earning member (BC) called Bank Mitra within a reasonable distance due to an accident. except areas with infrastructure & connectivity constraints. Highlights of Jan Dhan Yojana 2014  To cover all households with atleast one Basic Banking Account with RuPay Debit card having  Launched on 28th August 2014 inbuilt accident insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh.  The logo of the mission was created by Priya Further an overdraft facility upto Rs.5000 will also Sharma. be permitted to Adhaar enabled accounts after  The name “Jan Dhan” was chosen through an satisfactory operation in the account for 6 months. online competition on the MyGov Platform and  Financial literacy programme which aims to take received more than 6000 suggestion from Indian financial literacy upto village level. citizens. After evaluation the jury shortlisted “Jan  The Mission also envisages expansion of Direct Dhan” which was suggested by 7 individuals. Benefit Transfer under various Government  Slogan of this scheme is "Mera Khata – Bhagya Schemes through bank accounts of the Vidhaata” (My Bank Account – The Creator of the beneficiaries of. Good Fortune)  The issuance of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) as RuPay  The primary objective of the programme, Pradhan Kisan Card is also proposed to be covered under Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, is to deepen financial the plan. inclusion. As many as 60000 bank camps will be

conducted and about 1 crore accounts are Phase-II from 15th August 2015: targeted to be opened in just one day.  Providing micro –insurance to the people.  The long term vision of the Jan Dhan Yojana is to lay the foundation of a cashless economy and is complementary to the Digital India Scheme. GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 2 Test Prep

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 Unorganised sector Pension schemes like  Electronic Transfer of subsidies under various Swavalamban through the Business schemes of Government would be enabled. Correspondents.  Both rural and urban areas will be covered in this  The Yojana is being monitored in a Mission Mode scheme with the Finance Minister being the Head of the Mission.  It is estimated to cover 7.50 crore households with at least one account under the Yojana and also a large number of dormant accounts would be activated Ebola Virus

Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola virus wild chimpanzees became ill in 1994 after an autopsy outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa. on one of the animals. The researcher recovered. It began as a handful of cases in Guinea in March but Finally, Reston Ebola is named after Reston in the U.S. quickly spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia. state of Virginia, where this fifth strain of the Ebola virus was identified in monkeys imported from the Why does Ebola generate such fear? Philippines. The CDC says while humans have been Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) describes Ebola as "one infected with Ebola Reston, there have been no cases of of the world's most deadly diseases." human illness or death from this sub-type. "It is a highly infectious virus that can kill up to 90% of the people who catch it, causing terror among infected What are Ebola's symptoms? communities," it says. Early symptoms include sudden onset of fever, There is also no vaccination against it. weakness, muscle pain, headaches and a sore throat. Of Ebola's five subtypes, the Zaire strain -- the first to be These symptoms can appear two to 21 days after identified -- is considered the most deadly. infection. The WHO said preliminary tests on the Ebola virus in The WHO says these nonspecific early symptoms can be Guinea in March suggested that the outbreak there was mistaken for signs of diseases such as malaria, typhoid this strain, though that has not been confirmed. fever, meningitis or even the plague. MSF says some patients may also develop a rash, red What is Ebola? eyes, hiccups, chest pains and difficulty breathing and The Ebola virus causes viral hemorrhagic fever, which swallowing. according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and The early symptoms progress to vomiting, diarrhea, Prevention (CDC), refers to a group of viruses that affect impaired kidney and liver function and sometimes multiple organ systems in the body and are often internal and external bleeding. accompanied by bleeding. Ebola can only be definitively confirmed by five The virus is named after the Ebola River in the different laboratory tests. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), where one of the first outbreaks occurred in 1976. The same How is it treated? year there was another outbreak in Sudan. There are no specific treatments for Ebola. MSF says The WHO says there are five different strains of the patients are isolated and then supported by health care virus -- named after the areas they originated in. Three workers. of these have been associated with large outbreaks of "This consists of hydrating the patient, maintaining their hemorrhagic fever in Africa. oxygen status and blood pressure and treating them for These are the Bundibugyo -- an area of Uganda where any complicating infections," it says. the virus was discovered in 2007 -- Sudan and Zaire sub- There have been cases of health care workers types. contracting the virus from patients, and the WHO has There has been a solitary case of Ivory Coast Ebola. This issued guidance for dealing with confirmed or subtype was discovered when a researcher studying suspected cases of the virus. GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 3 Test Prep

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Caregivers are advised to wear impermeable gowns and Humans contract Ebola through contact with the bodily gloves and to wear facial protection such as goggles or a fluids of infected animals or the bodily fluids of infected medical mask to prevent splashes to the nose, mouth humans. and eyes. MSF says that while the virus is believed to be able to MSF says it contained a 2012 outbreak in Uganda by survive for some days in liquid outside an infected placing a control area around its treatment center. An organism, chlorine disinfection, heat, direct sunlight, outbreak is considered over once 42 days -- double the soaps and detergents can kill it. incubation period of the disease -- have passed without MSF epidemiologist Kamiliny Kalahne said outbreaks any new cases. usually spread in areas where hospitals have poor infection control and limited access to resources such as What drugs exist to combat the disease? running water. Two American missionary workers infected with Ebola "People who become sick with it almost always know were given an experimental drug called ZMapp, which how they got sick: because they looked after someone seems to have saved their lives. The drug, developed by in their family who was very sick -- who had diarrhea, a San Diego firm, had never been tried before on vomiting and bleeding -- or because they were health humans, but it showed promise in small experiments on staff who had a lot of contact with a sick patient," she monkeys. said. But rolling out an untested drug during a massive outbreak would also be very difficult, according to MSF. Can plane passengers become infected? Experimental drugs are typically not mass-produced, While the CDC acknowledges it's possible a person and tracking the success of such a drug if used would infected with Ebola in West Africa could get on a plane require extra medical staff where resources are already and arrive in another country, the chances of the virus scarce. ZMapp's maker says it has very few doses ready spreading during the journey are low. for patient use. "It's very unlikely that they would be able to spread the There are other experimental drugs. Tekmira, a disease to fellow passengers," said Stephen Monroe, Vancouver-based company that has a $140 million deputy director of CDC's National Center for Emerging contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases. develop an Ebola drug, began Phase 1 trials with its "The Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with the drug in January. But the FDA recently halted the trial, blood, secretions, or other body fluids of ill people, and asking for more information. indirect contact -- for example with needles and other At least one potential Ebola vaccine has been tested in things that may be contaminated with these fluids." healthy human volunteers, according to Thomas He added that most people who have become infected Geisbert, a leading researcher at the University of Texas with Ebola lived with or cared for an ill patient. Medical Branch. And last week, the NIH announced that "This is not an airborne transmission," said Dr. Marty a safety trial of another Ebola vaccine will start as early Cetron, director of CDC's Division of Global Migration as September. and Quarantine. "There needs to be direct contact And in March, the U.S. National Institutes of Health frequently with body fluids or blood." awarded a five-year, $28 million grant to establish a Travelers should take precautions by avoiding areas collaboration between researchers from 15 institutions experiencing outbreaks and avoid contact with Ebola who were working to fight Ebola. patients. "A whole menu of antibodies have been identified as "It is highly unlikely that someone suffering such potentially therapeutic, and researchers are eager to symptoms would feel well enough to travel," IATA said figure out which combinations are most effective and in a statement. why," a news release about the grant said. "In the rare event that a person infected with the Ebola virus was unknowingly transported by air, WHO advises How does Ebola virus spread? that the risks to other passengers are low. Nonetheless, The WHO says it is believed that fruit bats may be the WHO does advise public health authorities to carry out natural host of the Ebola virus in Africa, passing on the contact tracing in such instances." virus to other animals. This means determining who had contact with the affected person.

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How many cases have there been? MSF said the Uganda outbreak had been the Sudan The CDC estimates there have been more than 3,000 strain, while the virus found in DRC was the Bundibugyo cases of Ebola and more than 2,000 deaths since 1976. sub-type. The last recorded outbreaks before the current one in Before 2014, the most deadly outbreak was the 1976 Guinea were in 2012 -- in Uganda and Democratic outbreak in then Zaire, when 280 of 318 infected Republic of Congo. people died, according to the CDC. In 2000, there were The Uganda outbreak involved a total of 24 probable 425 cases of Ebola Sudan in Uganda, which resulted in and confirmed cases, and 17 deaths, according to the 224 fatalities. WHO, which declared it had ended in October 2012.

National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)

Parliament on 14th August 2014 cleared a Constitution The prominent people, one of whom will belong to amendment bill that will facilitate setting up of a either of SC/ST, OBC, minorities or a woman, will be commission for appointment of judges, replacing the selected by a panel of Prime Minister, Chief Justice of 20-year-old collegium system which has been under India and the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha severe criticism. or the leader of the largest opposition party in the A day after passage in the Lok Sabha, the Constitution Lower House. Amendment Bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha with 179 votes in favour and one abstention of noted lawyer Moving the bill, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Ram Jethmalani. the measure is not being brought in haste as there have The bill will make way for the setting up of National been several committees in the past that have Judicial Appointments Commission which will appoint recommended for bringing a change in the collegium and transfer judges to the Supreme Courts and the 24 system of appointing judges. high courts. "Why is Parliament wary of using its powers? The bill will come into force after ratification by 50 per Parliament must have full trust in the ability of cent of the state legislatures. The process could take up Parliament to pass the law," he said. to eight months. After ratification, the government will Prasad said the power of appointing a judge rests with send it to the President for his assent. the President of India. "This House respects the With the passage of the bill, the collegium system of independence of the judiciary and this House also judges choosing judges is set to be changed in the respects the power of Parliament," he said. coming months. The Constitution amendment bill will On doubts of some members on the appointment of grant constitutional status to the NJAC and its eminent persons on the all-important Judicial composition. Appointments Committee, he said, they will be Under the statute amendment bill, Chief Justice of India appointed by the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of will head the NJAC. Besides the CJI, the judiciary would India and the leader of the opposition or largest be represented by two senior judges of the Supreme opposition party in the Lok Sabha. Court. Two eminent personalities and the law minister "Should we not trust their collective wisdom. If they can will be the other members of the proposed body. govern the country well, they can select eminent persons as well," he said. Current RBI Rates:

Repo Rate 8% (Unchanged) Reverse Repo 7% (Unchanged) CRR 4%(Unchanged) SLR 22%(Changed) MSF 9%(Unchanged) Bank Rate 9% (Unchanged)

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New Governors

1. Kalyan Singh: Governor of Rajasthan 6. Balramji Dass Tandon: Governor of Chhattisgarh. 2. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala: Governor of 7. Keshari Nath Tripathi: Governor of West Bengal. 3. Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao: Governor of 8. Om Prakash Kohli: Governor of . Maharashtra 9. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya: Governor of 4. Mridula Sinha - Governor of Goa Nagaland. 5. Ram Naik: Governor of . He replaces 10. Kaptan Singh Solanki: Governor . He replaces B.L. Joshi Jagannath Pahadia

Agricultural Revolutions in India

 Black Revolution - Petroleum Production  Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production  Blue Revolution - Fish Production  Round Revolution - Potato  Brown Revolution - Leather/ Cocoa production  Silver Fiber Revolution - Cotton  Golden Fiber Revolution - Jute Production  Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production  Golden Revolution – Fruits, Overall Horticulture  White Revolution –Milk, Dairy production development, Honey Production  Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production  Green Revolution - Food grains  Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of  Grey Revolution - Fertilizer Agriculture  Pink Revolution - Onion production, Pharmaceutical, Prawn production

Cropping Seasons in India

(a) Kharif: Crops are sown at the beginning of the masoor, pea~ and potatoes. south-west monsoon and harvested at the end of the south-west monsoon. (c) Zaid: Bes;des the kharif and rabi crops, there are Sowing seasons-May to July certain crops which are being raised throughout the Harvesting season-September to October year due to artificial irrigation. Important crops: Jowar, bajra, rice, maize, cotton, groundnut, jute, hemp, sugarcane, tobacco, ete. Zaid kharif crops are sown in August-September and harvested in December-January. (b) Rabi: Crops need relatively cool climate during the Important crops: rice, jowar, rapeseed, cotton, oilseeds. period of growth but warm climate during the germination of their seed and maturation. Zaid rabi crops are sown in February-March. Harvesting Sowing season-october-December is in April-May. Harvesting season-February-April Important crops: watermelon, toris, cucumber, leafy Important crops: wheat, barley, gram, linseed, mustard, and other vegetables.

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Cups & Trophies

International: Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Asia Cup Cricket Hockey Ashes Cricket Australian Open Lawn Tennis Champions Trophy Hockey/Cricket Corbitton Cup Table Tennis (Women) Davis Cup Lawn Tennis Uber Cup Badminton (Women) Thomas Cup Badminton (Men) Sharjah Cup Cricket Derby Horse Race French Open Lawn Tennis FIFA World Cup Football Johar Cup Hockey Merdeka Cup Football Ryder Cup Golf National: Agha Khan Cup Hockey C.K. Naydu Trophy Cricket Cricket Dilip Trophy Cricket D.C. M. Cup Football Durand Cup Football Dhyan Chand Trophy Hockey Gavaskar–Border Trophy Cricket lrani Trophy Cricket Lal Bahadul Shastri Cup Hockey Rovers Cup Football Football Singer Cup Cricket Sahara Cup Cricket Subroto Cup Football Vijay Merchant Trophy Cricket Wellington Trophy Rowing Wills Trophy Cricket MCC Trophy Hockey Nehru Trophy Hockey Cricket Rohinton Baria Trophy Cricket

Indian Folk Dance & States

Bhangra Punjab Odissi Orissa Changu Odissa and Andhra Pradesh Kathak Uttar Pradesh Gair Rajasthan Bihu Assam Garba Gujarat Bharat Natyam Ghoomar Rajasthan Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Karagam Tamil Nadu Kathakali Kerala Dumhal Kashmir Chhau Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal Lavani Maharashtra Rauf Jammu & Kashmir

Important Wild Life Sanctuaries

Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Gir National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary Gujarat Sundarbans National Park West Bengal Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala Kanha National Park M P Bandhavgarh National Park M P

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Ranthambore National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odissa Nandankanan Zoo Odissa Corbett National Park Uttrakhand

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Current Affairs Q & A August 2014

1.Recently, the union government has formed a committee to look into the amendments in Lokpal panel rules, which were notified by the last government. The committee will be headed by ____? (1) Mukul Rohatagi (4) Harshavardhan Shukla (2) Arun Jaitley (5) Rajnath Singh (3) S Nariman 2.Who among the following is new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT)? (1) Srishant Shukla (4) Chandrabhanu Singh (2) K V Chowdary (5) Dr Urjit Patel (3) Krishna Nair 3.“My Earth My Duty” the biggest environment awareness initiative in India was launched by ____? (1) ISRO (4) Ministry of Environment (2) Zee News (5) Tata Group (3) NEERI 4.Muzaffer Ali, who has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award, is a well known ____? (1) Painter (4) Journalist (2) Philanthropist (5) Film maker (3) Writer 5.Who became the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at Commonwealth Games-2014? (1) Mohini Bhardwaj (4) Mallika Signh (2) Bhavana Shirodkar (5) Sajita Khumukchan (3) Dipa Karmakar 6.Which of the following countries has topped the medal tally in the 20th Commonwealth Games? (1) Australia (3) England (5) India (2) Canada (4) Scotland 7.In an ambitious initiative, the union government proposed to merge two financial institutions “Bharatiya Mahila Bank” and the “Rashtriya Mahila Kosh” aimed at women’s empowerment. In which year “Rashtriya Mahila Kosh” was stared? (1) 1995 (3) 1997 (5) 2014 (2) 1993 (4) 2000 8.India acquired fifth position in the 2014 Commonwealth games with 64 medals with _____? (1) 20 Gold, 25 Silver and 19 Bronze (4) 15 Gold, 30 Silver and 19 Bronze (2) 10 Gold, 35 Silver and 19 Bronze (5) 20 Gold, 30 Silver and 14 Bronze (3) 10 Gold, 30 Silver and 24 Bronze 9.India’s first ever world-class cycle track has recently inaugurated at ___? (1) Goa (3) Daman (5) (2) Diu (4) Kerala 10.In which of the following events India has won maximum number of Gold medals in the recently concluded 20th Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland? (1) Badminton (3) Weightlifting (5) Wrestling (2) Shooting (4) Athletics

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11.Name the India’s first multi-sensor moored observatory recently deployed in Arctic? (1) Ind ARC (3) Ind NIOT (5) Ind Elite (2) Ind Druv (4) Ind ESSO 12.Who amonghst the following is head of the committee that has been set up to review Parliament security? (1) R K Singh (3) Harish Chandra (4) Subhash Pani (2) Satyapal Singh Meena (5) R Gandhi 13.As per the recent dada, who among the following has overtaken Samsung to become the largest mobile phone supplier in India? (1) Nokia (3) Micromax (5) Motorola (2) Apple (4) Karbon 14.The 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial meeting on Climate Change will be held in ___? (1) Beijing (3) Durban (5) Fortaleza (2) New (4) Copenhagen 15.Pran Kumar Sharma, who passed away recently, was a famous ____? (1) Cartoonist (3) Folk Artist (5) Actor (2) Musician (4) Economist 16.As per the constitution of India, if a member is absent from either house of parliament for a period of ___ days then the seat is considered to vacant. Fill the blank with correct option? (1) 30 (3) 90 (5) 60 (2) 100 (4) 75 17.Who among the following was honored as “Business Leader of the Year” by the All India Management Association (AIMA)? (1) Mammen Mathew (4) Deepak Parekh (2) S S Badrinath (5) Cyrus Mistry (3) Adi Godrej 18.According to latest energy efficiency ranking, which country has been ranked no.1 in energy efficiency? (1) Germany (3) India (5) China (2) USA (4) Australia 19.Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (MEHAIR), a pioneer of Seaplane operations in the country which has been operating in the region of ___? (1) Andhra Pradesh (3) Andaman and (4) Lakshadweep (2) Kerala Nicobar (5) Cochin 20.Recently, the World Health Organization has issued an International health emergency over Ebola virus. Ebola virus was first discovered in which country? (1) Guinea (4) Ghana (2) Democratic Republic of Congo (5) Sudan (3) Nigeria 21.Recently, which country had planned “Lights Out” event to mark the centenary of World War 1? (1) Germany (4) USA (2) Japan (5) Britain (3) France 22.Tata and Singapore International Airlines Ltd (TSAL) have recently announced brand name of their new airline, which will be ___? (1) Vibgyor (3) Flyeasy (5) Lufthanza (2) Vistara (4) Airmate GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 10 Test Prep

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23.Who among the following has won the men’s doubles title of the French Open tennis tournament, recently? (1) Spain Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez (3) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut (2) Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger- (4) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan Vasselin (5) None of these 24.The term Roland Garros is associated with which of the following grand slam tennis tournaments? (1) Wimbledon (3) US Open (5) None of these (2) French Open (4) Australia Open 25.The Chinese govt has published a white paper on Hong Kong that stresses its authority over the territory. Hong Kong was handed over to China on 1 Jul 1997 by? (1) UK (3) Russia (5) None of these (2) Germany (4) France 26.Which of the following gulf countries has introduced a new law requiring compulsory military service for adult males, recently? (1) Iraq (4) United Arab Emirates (2) Iran (5) None of these (3) Kuwait 27.The US Justice Department is finalising a lawsuit against which of the following banks over its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities? (1) Citigroup (4) Barclays (2) Standard Chartered (5) None of these (3) Morgan Stanley 28.Who among the following has been appointed as the new revenue secretary, recently? (1) RP Wattal (4) Shaktikanta Das (2) Ravi Mathur (5) None of these (3) GS Sandhu 29.Who among the following has won the women’s doubles title of the French Open tennis tournament, recently? (1) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2) Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai (5) None of these (3) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 30.Which of the following statement is true? (1) Banks cannot accept demand and time deposits from public. (2) Banks can accept only demand deposits from public. (3) Banks can accept only time deposits from public. (4) Banks can accept both demand and time deposits from public. (5) Banks can accept demand and time deposits only from government. 31.Which of the following is the correct statement? (1) State bank of India is the sole authority to issue and manage currency in India. (2) A nationalized bank is the sole authority to issue and manage currency in India. (3) A cooperative bank is the sole authority to issue and manage currency in India. (4) RBI is the sole authority to issue and manage currency in India. (5) None of these 32.Interest payable on savings bank accounts is? (1) Not regulated by RBI (4) Regulated by individual banks (2) Regulated by Sate Governments (5) Regulated by Finance minister (3) Regulated by Central Government GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 11 Test Prep

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33.Fixed deposits and recurring deposits are? (1) Repayable after an agreed period (2) Repayable on demand (3) Not repayable (4) Repayable after death of depositors (5) Repayable on demand or after an agreed period as per bank's choice 34.Which of following is known as cross selling by Banks? A. Sale of a debit card to a credit card holder C. Issuance of Cash against Cheque presented B. Sale of Insurance policy to a depositor by a third party (1) Only A (4) Both A & C (2) Only B (5) All A, B & C (3) Only C 35.Theodore Van Kirk died in this week. He was (1) The first man to circumnavigate the earth by a canoe (2) he last surviving man of the concentration camp (3) The last surviving man who participated in WW - I (4) Second man to keep foot on moon (5) The last surviving crewman of the US plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 36.Which cricketer, considered as one of the greatest all-rounder of all time announced his retirement from all- formats of International cricket? (1) Jacques Kallis (4) Shikhar Dhawan (2) Shahid Afridi (5) Darren Sammy (3) Shane Watson 37.Union government has decided to appoint a committee to review the gas pricing formula? Who will chair the committee? (1) Shripad Yesso Naik (4) Finance Secretary (2) Dharmendra Pradhan (5) Petroleum Secretary (3) Suresh Prabhu 38.Which country’s parliament has elected Fuad Masum as its seventh President? (1) Syria (3) Iran (5) Iraq (2) Egypt (4) Palestine 39.Indian Air Force on 28 July 2014 received its sixth C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. It is supplied by: (1) Embraer (3) Boeing (5) Air Bus (2) Lockheed Martin (4) Eurocopter 40.‘The Lives of Others’ was shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014 It is written by: (1) Neel Mukherjee (4) Arvind Adiga (2) Jhumpa Lahiri (5) Anand Neelkanthan (3) Jeet Thayil 41.Which of the following days was observed as the International Tiger Day? (1) 27th July (4) 30th July (2) 28th July (5) 31st July (3) 29th July

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42.Who among the following has won the 101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling? (1) Vincenzo Nibali (4) Thibaut Pinot (2) Marco Pantani (5) Jacques Anquetil (3) Jean-Christophe Peraud 43.Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated on: (1) July 25 (3) July 27 (5) July 29 (2) July 26 (4) July 28 44.Which of the following countries participated in Malabar Naval Exercise? (1) India. China and Russia (4) India, Sri Lanka and US (2) India, Singapore and US (5) India, China, US (3) Indian, Japan and US 45.Which of the following states’ has launched the Chief Minister's Social Assistance (CMSA) Scheme for widows and persons with disabilities? (1) Uttar Pradesh (3) Haryana (5) Bihar (2) Assam (4) Meghalaya 46.Who among the following won the British Golf Open Championship 2014? (1) Sergio Garcia (3) Rickie Fowler (5) Adam Scott (2) Rory McIlroy (4) Jack Nicklaus 47.Nico Rosberg of Germany on 20 July 2014 won the German Grand Prix. He drives for? (1) Ferrari (3) Red Bull (5) Mercedes (2) BMW (4) Force India 48.45th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014) was held in (1) Moscow (3) Tashkent (5) London (2) Paris (4) Astana 49.Which of the following countries has banned its citizens to marry with women from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar and Chad? (1) Saudi Arabia (4) Qatar (2) United Arab Emirates (5) Palestine (3) Kuwait 50.Which among the following African country’s President has declared a state of emergency due to Ebola disease in this week? (1) Nigeria (4) Algeria (2) Liberia (5) Libya (3) Morocco 51.Who has been sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of High Court? (1) Justice G Rohini (4) Justice Leila Seth (2) Justice Manjula Chellur (5) Justice Ganguly (3) Justice Anna Chandy 52.Who has become the first person to win a gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for India in 56 years in Men's Athletics after Milkha Singh? (1) Renjith Maheswary (4) Gurmeet Singh (2) Sandeep Kumar (5) P Kashyap (3) Vikas Gowda

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53.Donabs People's Militia is an armed militant group active in? (1) Syria (3) Gaza (5) Ukraine (2) Iraq (4) Libya 54.Recently which country has offered the land to the farmers of Punjab to promote agriculture as a tool of progress? (1) Cameroon (4) Madagascar (2) Mozambique (5) Pakistan (3) Ghana 55.Recently which state government has raised the reservation of women in state police from the current 10 percent to 30 percent? (1) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (2) Uttar Pradesh (5) Maharashtra (3) Gujarat 56.Which Mutual Fund company is going to launch ‘Focussed Equity Fund’ to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity-related securities of listed companies? (1) UTI Mutual Fund (4) BNP Paribas Equity Fund (2) HDFC Equity Fund (5) Muthud Equity Fund (3) HSBC Equity Fund 57.Name the German tennis player who created recently a record of fastest serve in the women’s tennis by serving at 131 miles per hour in Stanford, USA- (1) Julia Görges (4) Julia Babilon (2) Sabine Lisicki (5) Margaret Court (3) Kristina Barrois 58.Which country has excluded Apple from a list of products that can be bought with public money because of security concerns? (1) China (4) Russia (2) Germany (5) France (3) India 59.Name the former Indian cricket captain who headed the Arjuna Awards selection committee for choosing this year’s outstanding sportspersons of the country (1) Sunil Gavaskar (4) Dilip Vengsarkar (2) Ravi Shastri (5) Saorav Ganguly (3) Kapil Dev 60.Name the smart card that is launched by the Indian Railways which will enable passengers to pay for tickets for long or short distance journey in reserved and unreserved classes including suburban service. (1) Go India (4) Great India (2) Come on India (5) Book India (3) Smile India 61.Name the first woman judge from Tamil Nadu who has been elevated to the Supreme Court of India. (1) Justice Sujata V Manohar (4) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra (2) Justice R Banumathi (5) Justice G Rohini (3) Justice Ruma Pal

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62.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the constitution of the Expenditure Management Commission (EMC) under the chairmanship of: (1) Subir Gokarn (4) Anand Sinha (2) Sumit Bose (5) M B Shaha (3) Bimal Jalan 63.Which of the following drugs has been recently sanctioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to fight against the disease ‘Ebola’? (1) Amoxicillin (4) Zithromax (2) ZMapp (5) CCR 5 (3) Zestril 64.Miroslav Klose has announced his retirement from international football. Which team does he belong to? (1) Germany (4) Italy (2) Spain (5) Argentina (3) Brazil 65.World Elephant Day is observed across the world on: (1) August 14 (4) August 12 (2) August 9 (5) August 15 (3) August 10 66.Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of Iraq by the President Mohammed Fuad Masum? (1) Nuri al-Malik (4) Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2) Haider al-Abadi (5) Mir-Hossein Mousavi (3) Ayad Allawi 67.Name the Oscar-winning actor and comedian who was found dead in California on August 11, 201 (1) Dan Aykroyd (4) Jamie Foxx (2) Eddie Murphy (5) Tom Cruise (3) Robin Williams 68.Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? (1) K V Chowdary (4) Poonam Kishore Saxena (2) R K Tewari (5) S S Mundra (3) Sudha Sharma 69.Which among the following Indian cricket players has been ranked number one Test all-rounder in ICC Test team rankings? (1) Suresh Raina (4) Cheteshwar Pujara (2) Ravichandran Ashwin (5) Yuvraj Singh (3) Ravindra Jadeja 70.Name the powerful Tropical Storm which smashed large parts of south-west Japan and forced evacuation of millions from their homes. (1) Helena (4) One (2) Sendong (5) Halong (3) Yolanda 71.Which spacecraft of European Space Agency has become the first ever spacecraft to reach a Comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that was discovered in 1969? (1) Planck (4) Gaia (2) X -71 (5) Beagle 2 (3) Rosetta GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 15 Test Prep

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72.Who has been chosen for AIMA Corporate Citizen Award 2014? (1) Shiv Nadar (4) Uday Kotak (2) Adi Godrej (5) Ratan Tata (3) Deepak Parek 73.Union Cabinet has raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence from 26 percent sector to: (1) 49 percent (4) 80 percent (2) 51 percent (5) 55 percent (3) 72 percent 74.Name the Spanish midfielder who represented his country for a record 133 times and has announced his retirement from International football. (1) Xabi Alonso Olano (4) Andrés Iniesta (2) Xavi Hernández (5) Iker Casillas (3) Juan Manuel Mata 75.Who is the author of the book ‘Munger through the Ages’ that was released on August 7, 2014 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee? (1) Devendra Prasad Yadav (4) Jaswant Singh (2) Karan Singh (5) S Hussain Zaidi (3) Natawar Singh 76.Who among the following Olympian and former Hockey Captain has been selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee? (1) Vasudevan Bhaskaran (4) Ajitpal Singh (2) Prithipal Singh (5) Kapil Dev (3) Harmik Singh 77.Which state government has passed the bill in the Assembly that removes the restrictions on the entry of dhoti- clad men in recreation clubs, hotels, theatres and malls in the state? (1) Tamil Nadu (4) (2) West Bengal (5) Maharashtra (3) Karnataka 78.Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee? (1) P. Kilemsungla (4) David R. Syiemlieh (2) Rajni Razdan (5) Mukul Mudgal (3) Alka Sirohi 79.Which company has bagged the telecast rights of the first-ever (CTL)? (1) Nimbus Sport (4) BSkyB (2) (5) Ten Sportz (3) Sony Six 80.Which country has unveiled Dongfeng – 41 (DF-41), next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)? (1) South Korea (4) Russia (2) China (5) India (3) Japan 81.Which bank in India is the first bank to launch EMI facility on Debit Card? (1) State Bank of India (4) Punjab National Bank (2) HDFC Bank (5) Axis Bank (3) ICICI Bank GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 16 Test Prep

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82.Who is the author of the book ‘Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job’? (1) Vinod Mehta (4) Kunwar Natwar Singh (2) Faraz Ahmad (5) Amish Tripathi (3) Sanjaya Baru 83.World Humanitarian Day is observed across the world on: (1) August 15 (4) August 17 (2) August 20 (5) August 19 (3) August 21 84.Name the Formula One (F1) driver of Netherlands who will become the youngest Formula One (F1) driver in the F1 history when he will compete for the 2015 season. (1) Robin Frijns (4) Max Verstappen (2) Jos Verstappen (5) Sebastian Vettel (3) Giedo van der Garde 85.Which among the following former RBI governors has been appointed as the head of the Expenditure Management Commission? (1) Y. V. Reddy (4) D. Subbarao (2) Bimal Jalan (5) Dr. Manmohan Singh (3) C. Rangarajan 86.Which country has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India on technical cooperation in railway sector? (1) Italy (4) South Korea (2) Singapore (5) China (3) Czech Republic 87.Name the Indian- origin neuroscientist who has been awarded a prestigious grant under President Barack Obama's initiative to map the human brain. (1) Partha Mitra (4) Srini Subramaniam (2) V. S. Ramachandran (5) Akhouri Sinha (3) Amresh Shrivastava 88.Who has taken over as the 94th Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament? (1) Shashi Tharoor (4) K.V. Thomas (2) Kamal Nath (5) Prakash Javdekar (3) Mallikarjun Kharge 89.Which among the following States has become the most favorite destination for foreign tourists in the North- Eastern (NE) region of India? (1) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Manipur (2) Sikkim (5) Meghalaya (3) Assam 90.Name the 111-year-old Japanese citizen who has been officially recognized as the oldest man in the world by the Guinness World Records award committee on August 18, 2014? (1) Sakari Momoi (4) Hiroshi Okawa (2) Jiroeman Kimura (5) Sultan Kösen (3) Tomohito Okada

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91.Which among the following banks, in a first of their kind initiative, has launched an exclusive 'ForexPlus' card for people making the Haj and Umrah pilgrimages? (1) ICICI Bank (4) Union Bank of India (2) State Bank of India (5) Axis Bank (3) HDFC Bank 92.Which state has been selected to host the India’s first para-gliding World Cup 2015? (1) Uttarakhand (4) Tamil Nadu (2) Himachal Pradesh (5) Maharashtra (3) Jammu and Kashmir 93.Football Federation Cup 2015 will be held in which among the following States? (1) West Bengal (4) Maharashtra (2) Goa (5) Jammu and Kashmir (3) Punjab 94.Recently, “Recep Tayyip Erdogan” has won the first direct presidential election of which country? (1) Turkey (4) Holland (2) Kenya (5) Nepal (3) Zimbabwe 95.What is the name of India’s first ever indigenously built research ship __? (1) Sindhu Sadhna (4) Indra Sadhna (2) Raksha Kavach (5) Indra Darshani (3) Sindhu Darshini 96.As of August 2014, who is the largest private power producer in India ___? (1) Suzlon (4) Welspun Energy (2) Tata Power (5) Adani Power (3) Reliance Power 97.Who among the following has recently become the first person to be elected as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha twice? (1) K. Ashok Kumar (4) Munisamy Thambidurai (2) Anbumani Ramadoss (5) Hamid Ansari (3) R. P. Marutharajaa 98.Recently, the ministry of Health and Family Welfare, started a new mass media campaign called “Sunita” to create awareness about ____? (1) Family Planning (4) Malnutrition (2) Health harms of using tobacco (5) Polio (3) Promote girl child 99.What is the major objective of newly announced “Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana”? (1) To provide a bank account to every poor in the country (2) To provide interest free loan to small farmers (3) To provide financial assistance to tribal communities (4) To provide free medical facility to minority people (5) To provide Insurance to every poor in the country

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100.Recently, The Parliament has cleared a constitution amendment bill that will facilitate setting up of National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) for appointment of judges. The NJAC will comprise of how many members? (1) Four (4) Seven (2) Six (5) Ten (3) Eight 101.Recently Union Cabinet has approved the “Ken-Betwa” river link. This river linking project will help the states of __? (1) Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh & Bihar (2) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & (4) Gujarat & Rajasthan Rajasthan (5) Maharashtra & Gujarat 102.“Maryam Mirzakhani”, the first woman ever to win the Fields Medal (Nobel Prize in mathematics) is from? (1) Iran (4) Japan (2) USA (5) UK (3) Germany 103.Who among the following has won the Best Parliamentarian award for 2012? (1) Sharad Yadav (4) Sushilkumar Shinde (2) Jairam Ramesh (5) Lalu Prasad Yadav (3) Digvijay Singh 104.The “Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Project” is located in ___? (1) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Haryana (2) Manipur (5) Gujarat (3) Jammu and Kashmir 105.Which of the following countries celebrate their Independence Day on August 15? 1. Korea 2.Congo 3.Lichtenstein 4.Cuba Choose the correct option from below: (1) Only 1 & 4 (4) 1, 2, 3 & 4 (2) Only 2 & 3 (5) None of the above (3) Only 1, 2 & 3 106.Name the Indian origin mathematician, who recently won 2014 Fields Medal, widely considered the Nobel Prize for mathematics? (1) Manjul Bhargava (4) Srivatsa Acharya (2) Satish Kulkarni (5) C N Rao (3) Chandra Bhattacharya 107.What is the age limit for athletes to participate in the Youth Olympic Games? (1) 14 to 20 (4) 16 to 25 (2) 15 to 22 (5) 10 to 15 (3) 14 to 18 108.On 14th August, 2014, which among the following World’s Greatest Project completed 100 years of construction? (1) Suez Canal (4) Hudson Dam (2) Nicaragua Canal (5) Eiffel Tower (3) Panama Canal

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109.Which country will host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games? (1) South Korea (4) Scotland (2) China (5) North Korea (3) Japan 110.Which of the following cities is chosen as ad hoc capital of Andhra Pradesh? (1) Vijayawada (4) Kurnool (2) (5) Hydrabad (3) Tirupati 111.Recently, in which of the following states, India’s first “Skill Development” centre has been inaugurated(August 2014)? (1) Karnataka (4) Haryana (2) Madhya Pradesh (5) Maharashtra (3) Rajasthan 112.Recently (August 2014), which among the following software firm has pledged Rs 100 crore towards financing hygienic sanitation facilitation for girl students across 10,000 schools in India? (1) Wipro (4) IBM (2) Infosys (5) Accenture (3) TCS 113.India ranks_____ in Global Peace Index-2014, published by the Institute for Economics and Peace? (1) 112th (3) 143rd (5) 80th (2) 165th (4) 76th 114.Recently, “Gaofen-2” a most advanced high-definition Earth observation satellite was launched by? (1) Russia (3) Japan (5) France (2) China (4) Pakistan 115.Which amongst the following cities has topped the list of most preferred overseas destination for Indian tourists according to Hotel Price Index survey? (1) London (3) Zurich (5) Kuala Lumpur (2) Dubai (4) Las Vegas 116.BKS Iyengar, who passed away recently, was a world-renowned ___? (1) Yoga Guru (3) Folk Singer (5) Author (2) Artist (4) Film Director 117.In which of the following countries world’s first green Hindu temple has been opened, recently? (1) Nepal (3) USA (5) UK (2) China (4) France 118.The “” is related to which sport? (1) Hockey (3) Tennis (5) Cricket (2) Badminton (4) Football 119.Which among the following atomic power stations set a world record of continuous operation for 740 days? (1) Tarapur Atomic Power Station (4) Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station (2) Kudankulam Atomic Power Station (5) Jaitapur Atomic Power Station (3) Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

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120.The feature film "The Man Who Knew Infinity" based on a book with same title depicts the life of which Indian idol? (1) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (4) Homi Bhabha (2) Srinivasa Ramanujan (5) Aryabhatta (3) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 121.Which among the following political parties won least number of seats in the 2014 General Elections? (1) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (4) Communist Party of India (CPI) (2) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) (5) Trunmul Congress (TMC) (3) Aam Admi Party (AAP) 122.“Jai Bhagwan” who has been chosen for prestigious Arjun Award, is an_____ player? (1) Boxer (3) Squash (5) Tennis (2) Badminton (4) Kabbadi 123.During PM Modi's recent Jammu & Kashmir visit, which hydro power project was inaugurated in Kargil? (1) 45MW Nimoo Bazgo Plant (4) 390MW Dul Hasti Plant (2) 44MW Chutak Plant (5) 1960 MW Koyna Plant (3) 345MW Salal Plant 124.What is the name of the new initiative started by IDBI bank and UNICEF in Uttar Pradesh to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene? (1) WASH (3) SAFE (5) HEALTHY (2) CLEAN (4) NICE 125.Irom Chanu Sharmila, who is fasting for last 14 years against Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), belongs to? (1) Mizoram (3) Assam (5) Meghalaya (2) Manipur (4) Nagaland 126.Recently, which team won Pro League 2014? (1) Pink (2) (4) Panthers (3) (5) 127.Recently, _____ won bronze medal 2nd time in World Badminton Championship. (1) Saina Nehwal (3) Carolina Marin (5) Chen Long (2) P V Sindhu (4) Li Xuerui

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Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Clerical 2014 1. What is the full form ECB? (1) Extra Commercial Borrowing (4) External Commercial Branding (2) Extra Commercial Branding (5) External Commercial Borrowing (3) External Communication Branding 2. Who is the author of Lowland ? (1) Jhumpa Lahiri (3) Anand (4) Arundyhti Roy (2) Amish Tripathi Neelkanthan (5) Sudha Murti 3. What is the capital city of Ethiopia? (1) Canberra (3) Sofia (5) Addis Ababa (2) Vienna (4) Nicosia 4. World population day is observed on? (1) 10 July (3) 12 July (5) 14 July (2) 11 July (4) 13 July 5. Plastic money refers to which of the following? (1) Plastic Notes (3) Plastic Bonds (5) None of the above (2) Plastic Coins (4) Debit card 6. What is the amount of funds allotted in budget for skill development? (1) 1000 crore (3) 100 crore (5) 50 crore (2) 2000 crore (4) 200 crore 7. Yuan is the currency of? (1) China (3) Bangladesh (5) Japan (2) Bhutan (4) Pakistan 8. Playing to win is autobiography of? (1) Saniya Mirza (3) Merry Com (5) P T Usha (2) P V Sindhu (4) Saina Nehwal 9. 2016 Uber and Thomas cups will be held in? (1) China (3) India (5) Scotland (2) Brazil (4) North Korea 10. Who is the current Food processing minister? (1) Nitin Gadkari (3) Arun Jetli (5) Harsimreet Kaur (2) Anant Geete (4) Rajnath Singh Badal 11. Who is Mario Goteze? (1) Australian Cricketer (4) Serbian Tennis Player (2) German Footballer (5) Italian F-1 Driver (3) French Shuttler 12. The Accidental Prime Minister was written by (1) Natwar Singh (3) P C Parakh (5) Anand (2) Sanjaya Baru (4) Amish Tripathi Neelkanthan 13. What is the base capital for BRICS development bank? (1) $100 Billion (3) $500 Billion (5) $10000 Billion (2) $200 Billion (4) $1000 Billion

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14. What is the full form of KVP? (1) Kisan Veshesh Pathak (4) Kisah Vishwas Pathak (2) Kisan Vikas Pathak (5) Kisan Vishwas Patra (3) Kisan Vikas Patra 15. Ramoji film city is located in? (1) (3) (5) (2) Guwahati (4) Trivandrum 16. Credit rating in India is done by which of the following body’s? (1) CIBIL (3) ICRA (5) None of the above (2) CARE (4) All of the above 17. Commodity exchange is Regulate By? (1) RBI (3) MCX (5) IRDA (2) SEBI (4) CRISIL 18. Which of the following is an institution which is related to agriculture banking? (1) NABARD (3) IRDA (5) CIBIL (2) SEBI (4) DRDO 19. What is the full form of EVM? (1) Electric Voting Machine (4) Electronic Vendor Machine (2) Electronic Vendor Machine (5) Electronic Voting Mechanism (3) Electronic Voting Machine 20. Who won the FIFA 2014 golden ball award? (1) Lionel Messi (3) Paul Pogba (5) Mario Goteze (2) James Rodríguez (4) Manuel Neuer 21. Reliance produced less amount of gas, which caused loss of government which block? (1) NG-D6 (3) KG-6 (5) BG-D4 (2) KG-D6 (4) KG-N8 22. BRICS new development bank will be headquartered at? (1) (3) Shanghai (5) Moscow (2) Brasilia (4) Cape Town 23. Who took charge as new Union Minister of Labour and Employment? (1) Narendra Singh (2) Nitin Gadkari (4) Smriti Irani Tomar (3) Pankaja Munde (5) Sadanada Gowda 24. What is the name of biography of veteran actor Dilip Kumar? (1) Substance and Shadow (4) Total Recall (2) One life is not Enough (5) The style diary of Bollywood (3) Just Getting Started 25. Name the Sri Lankan cricketer, who announced his retirement recently? (1) Sanath Jayasurya (4) Thisara Perera (2) Mahela Jayawardhane (5) Ajantha Mendis (3) Kosala Kulasekara 26. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia? (1) Peso (3) Ngultrum (5) Dinar (2) Taka (4) Saudi Riyal

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27. What is the name of Maharashtra’s new tiger reserve (1) Karnala (3) Melghat (5) Sanjay Gandhi (2) Bor (4) Tadoba National Park 28. What is the fees charged for submitting a complain to ombudsman? (1) 100 RS (3) 10 RS (5) No fees (2) 500 RS (4) 50 RS 29. Which body acts as insurance regulator? (1) SEBI (3) RBI (5) CIBIL (2) IRDA (4) CRISIL 30. Chandi Prasad Bhat won Gandhi peace prize for his contribution in which of the following area? (1) Scientific Research (4) MSME Enterprise (2) Chipko Movement (5) Narmada Dam Dispute (3) Financial Inclusion 31. Which country manufactured VELOX-1 satellite which was successfully launched by PSLV recently? (1) Canada (3) Singapore (5) China (2) Germany (4) France 32. What is the Capital of Cyprus? (1) Castries (3) Kyiv (5) Nicosia (2) Damascus (4) Caracas 33. Who is the Minister of Parliament Affairs (1) Nitin Gadkari (3) Smriti Irani (5) Sushma Swaraj (2) Venkaiah Naidu (4) Narendra Modi 34. Hepatitis day is observed on? (1) 27 July (3) 28 July (5) 30 July (2) 26 July (4) 29 July 35. Who is appointed as new Governor of Haryana? (1) Kaptan Singh Solanki (4) Vaijubhai Rudhabhi Vala (2) Kalyan Singh (5) Mridula Sinha (3) C Vidyasagar Rao 36. 17th NAM(Non-Aligned Movement) Summit will be held in (1) Cyprus (3) Iran (5) Egypt (2) Venezuela (4) Venezuela 37. Capital city of Iraq is? (1) Cairo (3) Damascus (5) Tehran (2) Baghdad (4) Jerusalem 38. Capital of Bhutan is? (1) Thimphu (3) Male (5) Kuala Lampur (2) Kathmandu (4) Bangkok 39. What is the Currency of Vatican City? (1) Dollar (3) Lira (5) Dinar (2) Euro (4) Baht 40. Which company is on top of Forbes list? (1) Industrial & Commercial Bank China (3) Berkshire Hathaway (ICBC) (4) General Electric (2) J P Morgan (5) Wells Fargo GK Updates (August 2014) Bank Page : 24 Test Prep

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41. The book ‘The Vijay Malaya Story’ is authored by (1) Amish Tripathi (3) Sanjay Baru (5) S Hussain Zaidi (2) Vinode Rai (4) K. Giriprakash 42. Khushwant Singh is a? (1) Actor (4) Singer (2) Novelist, Journalist (5) None of the above (3) Director 43. Who is the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, environment & forest (1) Prakash Javadekar (4) Nitin Gadkari (2) Ravshankar Prasad (5) Smriti Irani (3) Manish Tiwari 44. ICC trophy is related to which sports? (1) Football (3) Badminton (5) Squash (2) Cricket (4) Tennis 45. Which is indirect tax among the following? (1) Income Tax (3) Custom Tax (5) None of the above (2) Sales Tax (4) All of above 46. What is the capital city of Zimbabwe? (1) Cape Town (3) Kyoto (5) Harare (2) Brasilia (4) Nairobi 47. What is the currency of Myanmar? (1) Baht (3) Rupee (5) Euro (2) Dinar (4) Kyat 48. Who is the author of the book titled 'What young India wants'? (1) Amish Tripathi (4) Dr A P J Abdul Kalam (2) Anand Neelkanthan (5) Sanjay Baru (3) Chetan Bhagat 49. When do we observe World environment day? (1) 4th June (3) 6th June (5) 8th June (2) 5th June (4) 7th June 50. Who is the Skill development minister? (1) Narendra Modi (3) Sarbananda (4) Smriti Irani (2) Nitin Gadkari Sonowal (5) Manish Tiwari 51. What is the minimum Maturity period for commercial paper? (1) 1 Year (3) 7 days (5) 30 Days (2) 1 Month (4) 10 Days 52. Who is the governor of West Bengal? (1) O P Kohli (4) Padmanabh Acharya (2) Keshari NathTripathi (5) Balram Das Tondon (3) Ram Naik 53. Who was the defence minister in the previous council of ministers? (1) Manish Tiwari (3) Soniya Gandhi (5) Salman Khurshid (2) A K Antony (4) Kapil Sibbal

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54. ADB will help in road construction in which Indian state? (1) Meghalaya (3) Assam (5) Telangana (2) Manipur (4) Punjab 55. Who is the author of the book 'my years with Rajeev and Sonia'? (1) P C Parakh (3) Ramesh Menon (5) S Y Quaraishi (2) R D Pradhan (4) Shekhar Gupta 56. Guru Tej Bahadur trophy is related to which sport? (1) Badminton (3) Tennis (5) Squash (2) Hockey (4) Cricket 57. 21st FIFA World Cup 2018 will be held in? (1) Qatar (3) Spain (5) USA (2) Russia (4) China 58. Which are the 3 countries who participated in Malabar Exercise 2014? (1) India, USA, Japan (3) USA, UK (5) India, Singapore (2) India, France (4) India, Russia, USA Memory Based Questions Asked in IDBI PO

1. When is World cancer day obseved? (1) 4th February (4) 7th February (2) 5th February (5) 8th February (3) 6th February 2. What is total number of Public sector scheduled commercial banks? (1) 10 (3) 30 (5) 28 (2) 20 (4) 18 3. T he book titled ‘One life is not enough’ is written by? (1) Sanjay Baru (4) P C Parakh (2) Natwar Singh (5) Vishwanath Tripathi (3) Vinode Rai 4. The book titled ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ is written by? (1) P C Parakh (4) Vinode Rai (2) Sanjaya Baru (5) Vishwanath Tripathi (3) Natwar Singh 5. Next CHOGAM (Commonwealth Heads of Government) meeting will be at? (1) Sri Lanka (3) Malta (5) Australia (2) India (4) UK 6. India won total ___ medals in commonwealth games 2014? (1) 174 (3) 137 (5) 55 (2) 64 (4) 53 7. What is the min & max limit for NEEFT transaction? (1) 50 & 50000 (3) 100 & 100000 (5) None of the above (2) 10 & 10000 (4) No limit 8. Before becoming RBI Deputy governor, S S Mundra was the CMD of? (1) Bank of Baroda (3) UCO Bank (5) Axis Bank (2) IDBI Bank (4) SBI Bank

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9. Assets which are not physical in nature are called? (1) Tangible Assets (4) Current Asset (2) Intangible Assets (5) Fixed Asset (3) Non Performing Assets 10. ATM stands for? (1) Any Time Money (4) Any Teller Machine (2) Automated Time Money (5) Automated Teller Money (3) Automated Teller Machine 11. IFSC stands for? (1) Indian Financial Systems Code (4) Indian Financial Systems Calendar (2) Indian Functional Systems Code (5) International Financial Systems Code (3) Indian Financial Survey Code 12. What is the validity of a Demand Draft? (1) 1 Month (3) 2 Months (5) 6 Months (2) 15 Days (4) 3 Months 13. Vishal Sikka is the new chairman of? (1) Infosys (3) Wipro (5) SAP (2) TCS (4) IBM 14. Which company acquired Skype? (1) SAP (3) Microsoft (5) Oracle (2) IBM (4) Facebook 15. Meeting on Prevention of money laundering by Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was held at? (1) Moscow (3) Rome (5) Berlin (2) Paris (4) Prague 16. Under which act truncated cheque is introduced? (1) Banking Regulation Act,1949 (4) The State Financial Corporations Act, (2) Negotiable Instruments Act, 2004 1951 (3) Companies Act,1956 (5) The Industrial Disputes Act, 1949 17. Which of following is a public sector insurance company ? (1) ICICI Lombard (3) LIC (5) None of the above (2) Future Generali (4) HDFC Ergo 18. Which of the following is not a financial regulatory body in India? (1) RBI (3) IRDA (5) IBA (2) SEBI (4) FMC 19. Currency of brazil is? (1) Baht (3) Dollar (5) Dinar (2) Euro (4) Real 20. What is the annual maximum amount limit in BSBDA(Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account)? (1) 50 Thousand (3) 2 Lakh (5) 1.5 Lakh (2) 1 Lkah (4) 2.5 Lakh 21. What is the rate of interest on PF account? (1) 5% (3) 8.75 % (5) 9% (2) 8% (4) 10%

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22. INS Vikramaditya is imported from which of the following countries? (1) USA (3) UK (5) Singapoor (2) Russia (4) France 23. Who is the new chief of air staff committee(Indian Air Force)? (1) Arup Raha (3) Dalbir Singh Suhag (5) D K Joshi (2) R K Dhowan (4) Bikram Singh 24. Who is the present chairman of ISRO? (1) K Radhakrishnan (3) C N Rao (5) None of the above (2) Manjul Bhargava (4) M C Dathan 25. How much amount a person is required for starting a commercial bank in India? (1) 500 crore Rs (3) 50 crore RS (5) 500 crore RS (2) 100 crore RS (4) 1000 crore RS 26. Baht is the Currency of? (1) Singapore (3) Thailand (5) Nepal (2) Malaysia (4) Bhutan 27. Nicosia is the capital city of? (1) Bhutan (3) Nepal (5) Malata (2) Cyprus (4) Chez Republic 28. Recently, PSLVC 23 was launched from? (1) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (4) Wheeler Island, Odisha (2) Bangalore, Karnataka (5) Balansore, Odisha (3) Vikram Sarabhai Space centre, Kerala 29. Mutilated currency means? (1) Currency which is performing well (4) Currency that can’t be converted in (2) Currency which is vanished Dollar (3) Currency that is badly damaged (5) None of the above 30. 1st Dadasaheb Phalke award was given to? (1) Bhanu Athaiya (3) Vijay Seshadri (5) Devika Rani (2) Gobind Behari Lal (4) Satyajit Ray 31. Kedarnath Singh received which of the following award? (1) Man Bookar Prize (4) Vyas Saman (2) Jnanpith award for 2013 (5) Saraswati Saman (3) Pulitzer Prize 32. 18th SAARC summit will be held in (1) Nepal (3) India (5) Maldives (2) Bhutan (4) Pakistan 33. Sampooran Singh Kalra is Pen Name of? (1) Amish Tripathi (3) Gulzar (5) Medha Pathkar (2) Arundhati Roy (4) P C Parakh 34. NAV stands for? (1) Net Asset Volume (4) Normal Asset Volume (2) Net Asset Value (5) Net Association Value (3) Normal Asset Value

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35. Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki is a famous? (1) Poet (3) Director (5) Author (2) Actor (4) Singer 36. BRICS Summit 2014 was held in? (1) New Delhi, India (3) Fortaleza, Brazil (5) Shanghai, China (2) Cape Town, S A (4) Moscow, Russia 37. National Science Day is observed on? (1) 29 Feb (3) 27 Feb (5) 25 Feb (2) 28 Feb (4) 26 Feb

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Key: Current Affairs Q & August 2014

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Key: Memory Based Questions SBI Clerical 2014

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