1. Which of the following is NOT considered a part of time and demand liabilities of the banks for the purpose of cash reserve ratio CRR)?
1) Paid-up capital 2) Fixed deposit 3) Savings deposit 4) Recurring deposit 5) NOT
Ans.) 1
#2. Name the Earth-sized planet discovered by the US space agency NASA which is 490 light-years away and may sustain life?
1) Kepler-10b 2) Kepler-11c 3) Kepler-11f 4) Kepler-186f 5) Kepler-187b
Ans.) 4
# 3. Who among the following has won the Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the beauty pageant? Miss India or Femina Miss is a national beauty pageant in India organised by Femina, a
women’s magazine.
1) Irshikaa Mehrotra 2) Navneet Kaur Dhillion 3) Gail Da’Silva 4) Koyal Rana 5) Jhataleka Malhotra
Ans.) 4
#4. The two-day World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2014, a global effort to combat climate change, was held at which of the following places recently?
1) Dubai 2) Doha 3) Kuala Lumpur 4) Jakarta 5) Manama
Ans.) 1
#5. Which of the following teams has won the inaugural I-League football championships recently?
1) Dempo Sports Club 2) Bengaluru FC 3) Mohun Bagan 4) Mohammedan SC 5) Churchill Brothers Ans.) 2
#6. . Expand the term SEDF.
1) Small Enterprise Development Fund
2) Small Establishment Development Fund
3) Small Enterprise Departmental Fund
4) Small Enterprise Dedicated Fund
5) Small Enterprise Development Forum
Ans.) 1
#7. . The Full Election Commission comprises Chief Election Commissioner and two Commissioners. At present, VS Sampath is the CEC while the two Commissioners are
1) HS Brahma and SY Quraishi 2) Nasim Zaidi and SY Quraishi 3) Nasim Zaidi and HS Brahma 4) HS Brahma and KG Balakrishnan 5) NOT
Ans.) 3
#8. NASA's robotic explorer LADEE’s annihilation occurred as planned recently. This explorer was sent to which of the following celestial bodies? 1) Mars 2) Moon 3) Titan 4) Venus 5) NOT
Ans.) 2
#9. Who among the following has won the 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports presented in London recently?
1) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Rohit Sharma 3) Yuvraj Singh 4) MS Dhoni 5) Virat Kohli
Ans.) 4
#10. Who among the following has won the inaugural 10,000 $ Richmond Open squash championship title held in the United States recently?
1) Rachael Grinham 2) Dipika Pallikal 3) Joshana Chinappa 4) Annie Au 5) Delia Arnold
Ans.) 3
#11. As per the latest data available with SEBI, investors pumped in
a total of nearly _______ in various mutual fund schemes during the
2013-14 financial year.
1) Rs 45,000 cr 2) Rs 48,000 cr 3) Rs 51,000 cr 4) Rs 54,000 cr 5) Rs 60,000 cr
Ans.) 4
# 12. Cash turnover on the nation's three stock exchanges rose 2.59 % to Rs 33.41 lakh cr in 2013-14 from a year earlier. Which of the following are the three full-fledged bourses?
1) NSE, DSE and CSE 2) NSE, BSE and MCX-SX 3) NSE, BSE and DSE 4) NSE, BSE and CSE 5) NOT Ans.) 2
#13. What is SpaceX? It was in news recently.
1) An international Space Station 2) A mysterious alien vehicle. 3) A private space agency based in California. 4) A newly discovered earth-like planet. 5) NOT
Ans.) 3
#14. The Supreme Court allowed iron ore mining in Goa, lifting a ban imposed about 18 months ago, but placed a cap of_____on annual production from these mines.
1) 10 million tonnes 2) 15 million tonnes 3) 20 million tonnes 4) 25 million tonnes 5) 30 million tonnes Ans.) 3
#15. Who is the author of the book titled ‘India at Turning Point: The Road to Good Governance’?
1) Ram Jethmalani 2) Pradip Krishen 3) Sl Bhyrappa 4) TSR Subramanian 5) Anita Nair
Ans.) 4
#16. In the private sector banks, increasing foreign shareholding beyond 49 per cent, up to 74 per cent, needs the approval of which of the following?
1) RBI 2) FIPB 3) IBA 4) Both the RBI and FIPB 5) None of the above
Ans.) 4
#17. Earth Day is celebrated on
1) 21 Apr 2) 22 Apr 3) 23 Apr 4) 24 Apr 5) 25 Apr
Ans.) 2
#18. Which of the following countries has become Africa's biggest economy recently?
1) South Africa 2) Nigeria 3) Cameroon 4) Ghana 5) Central African Republic
Ans.) 2
#19. The instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to investors abroad who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets but without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is called
1) Preferential share 2) Rights issue 3) Commercial paper 4) P-Notes 5) NOT
Ans.) 4
#20. Retirement fund body EPFO has decided to facilitate all payments to its beneficiaries through electronic mode from Sep 2014 including employers having bank account in any bank being able to pay PF dues online. Till now, employers having bank account in_____ can pay PF dues online.
1) Bank of India 2) SBI 3) Central Bank of India 4) PNB 5) Canara Bank
Ans.) 2
#21. In spite of accepting deposits and giving loans, the operation of ' which of the following entities do not come under the purview of the RBI as of now?
1) Regional Rural Banks 2) Cooperative credit societies 3) Payment banks 4) Non-Banking Finance Companies 5) Development banks
Ans.) 2
#22. The Supreme Court rapped the central govt for not disclosing information about names and bank account details of eighteen Indians who had stashed their wealth in the LGT bank of Liechtenstein received from ________govt.
1) US 2) Swiss 3) German 4) Austrian 5) Mauritius
Ans.) 3
#23. Which of the following global pharma majors has agreed to acquire Glaxo SmithKline’s cancer drugs vaccines business?
1) Ranbaxy 2) Reckitt Benckiser 3) Cipla 4) Novartis 5) NOT
Ans.) 4
#24. Under deficit financing, which is a way of funding of spending by borrowing, the govt borrows from which of the following sources?
1) World Bank 2) IMF 3) RBI 4) Gold loan providers 5) NOT
Ans.) 3
#25. Men’s hockey World Cup 2014 was held in ………
1) Hague 2) Rio de Janeiro 3) Perth 4) Seoul
5) Wellington
Ans.) 1'
#26. What is Palcohol? This consumable item made news recently as it has been approved in the US and may be available to customers later this year.
1) A tea variety with high nicotine content 2) A milk product with alcohol content
3) Dry alcohol specially for children 4) Powdered alcohol 5) NOT
Ans.) 4
#27. The Govt of India has authorised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue debt instruments up to a ceiling of _______under the market stabilisation scheme (MSS) for the fiscal 2014-15.
1) Rs 20,000 cr 2) Rs 30,000 cr 3) Rs 40,000 cr 4) Rs 50,000 cr 5) Rs 60,000 cr
Ans.) 4
#28. Which of the following states is the largest milk producing state in India as of now?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Rajasthan 4) Gujarat 5) Punjab
Ans.) 1
#29. Which of the following countries expanded its army footprint for first time in 40 years to Yonaguni islands recently?
1) South Korea 2) North Korea 3) Japan 4) China 5) Philippines
Ans.) 3
# 30. Which of the following state capitals in the northeast region has became the 2nd state capital after Dispur, to be put on Rail Map of India as the first passenger train arrived here recently?
1) Aizawl 2) Shillong 3) Kohima 4) Agartala 5) Itanagar
Ans.) 5
#31. In which of the following countries President Paul Kagame lit a torch which will burn for 100 days, the length of time a shameful genocide lasted in the country in 1994 in which at least 8 lakh people were killed?
1) Angola 2) Rwanda 3) Zambia 4) Nigeria 5) Tanzania
Ans.) 2
#32. Which of the following car models has been named 2014 world car of the year?
1) Audi A6 2) Audi A3 3) BMW 3 Series 4) Mercedes B Class 5) Volvo S60
Ans.) 2
#33. Which of the following is the top export destination for India's mangoes accounting for over 61 % share in total exports?
1) Saudi Arabia 2) UK 3) UAE 4) US 5) France
Ans.) 3
#34. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the health ministry on the action taken to stop the use of which of the following chemicals for the artificial ripening of fruit
recently?
1) Acetylene 2) Benzene 3) Calcium carbide 4) Ethylene 5) NOT
Ans.) 3
#35. With a view to improving the aesthetic ambience along stations, the Railways plans to start a pilot project ‘Green Curtains’ at major tourist destinations. Which of the following stations will receiver Green Curtains first?
1) Jaipur 2) Agra 3) New Delhi 4) Both 1) and 2) 5) All of these
Ans.) 4
#36. The annual blood donation drive organized of which of the following private sector banks in India in Dec 2013 has been recognized as the largest effort of its kind across the globe and has set a Guinness World Record?
1) ICICI 2) HDFC 3) Axis bank 4) Kotak Mahindra 5) Federal bank
Ans.) 2
#37. Which of the following countries have agreed to join hands on an initiative for Kanchenjunga trans-boundary landscape to address biodiversity conservation in a sustainable way in the Himalayan region?
1) India, China and Bhutan 2) India, Nepal and Bangladesh 3) India, Nepal and Bhutan 4) China, Nepal and Bhutan 5) NOT
Ans.) 3
#38. India is the world's ninth biggest military spender in the world as of now. Which of the following countries is the largest spender?
1) Russia 2) China 3) US 4) Japan 5) Germany
Ans.) 3
#39. The issue of fresh securities by an unlisted company for the first time is called
1) Exchange Traded Fund 2) Initial Public Offering 3) Rights issue 4) Follow-on Public Offering
5) NOT
Ans.) 2
#40. After remaining 10 years in orbit, which of the following communication satellites of India retired recently?
1) GSAT-14 2) INSAT-3E 3) IRNSS-1B 4) GSAT-16 5) NOT
Ans.) 2
#41. The prestigious magazine Wisden has chosen which of the
following among its five cricketers of the year recently?
1) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Suresh Raina 3) Virat Kohli
4) Ravindra Jadeja 5) Rohit Sharma
Ans.) 1
# 42. The Asian Squash Federation adjudged who among the following as the Outstanding Asian Men's Player of the Year 2013 recently?
1) Mahesh Mangaonkar 2) Omar Mosaad 3) Harinderpal Sandhu 4) Saurav Ghosal 5) Tarek Momen Ans.) 4
# 43. . Who among the following has won the 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports presented in London recently?
1) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Rohit Sharma 3) Yuvraj Singh 4) MS Dhoni 5) Virat Kohli
Ans.) 4
#44. The World Bank has announced that it is increasing its lending capacity to developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. The Bank would increase its annual lending to these middle-income
countries to as much as _________over the next decade.
1) USD 15 bn 2) USD 18 bn 3) USD 22 bn 4) USD 25 bn 5) USD 28 bn
Ans.) 5
#45. According to the latest National Sample Survey data, which of the following states topped in creation of new jobs in the manufacturing sector among all states during the six years
between 2004 and 2011?
1) West Bengal 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Tamil Nadu
Ans.) 1
#46. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) amended the rule to allow which of the following in all phases of flight but on a non-transmitting or flight mode? Now, flyers can turn on their ___________on flight mode.
1) laptops 2) tablets 3) cellphones 4) Only 1) and 2) 5) All 1), 2) and 3)
Ans.) 5
#47. ‘Connecting People’ is the tagline of which of the following mobile brands ?
1) LG 2) Samsung 3) HTC 4) Nokia 5) Motorola
Ans.) 4
#48. Expressing deep concern at continued Russia-backed efforts to destabilise eastern Ukraine, leaders of the G-7 countries have decided to impose additional sanctions on Moscow. Which of the following countries does not come in G-7 grouping?
1) Japan 2) Italy 3) Canada 4) South Korea 5) France
Ans.) 4
# 49. Who among the following has won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship 2014 recently?
1) Umadevi Nagraj 2) Alena Asmolava 3) Maureen Rowland 4) Reanne Evan 5) Chitra Magimairaj
Ans.) 5
# 50. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken upon itself the task of investigating bank frauds. The central bank will conduct an independent forensic audit of corporates declared fraudulent by banks that have borrowed more than
1) Rs 500 cr 2) Rs 1,000 cr 3) Rs 1,500 cr4) Rs 2,000 cr 5) Rs 2,500 cr
Ans.) 2
