#IBPS Special:- Ques. : 1 Jens Stoltenberg will take over as new chief of the 28-nation military alliance NATO in Oct this year. He is the former premier of which of the following countries? 1) Denmark 2) Norway 3) Croatia 4) Bulgaria 5) Belgium Answer:- 2) Norway Ques. : 2 Which of the following cricket teams has been conferred the Spirit of Sports award, at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently? The team is recognised for its fight against the odds to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. 1) Kenya 2) Ireland 3) Netherlands 4) Afghanistan 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Afghanistan Ques. : 3 The first unit of Coal based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant commenced power generation in Jhalawar district in which of the following states recently? 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan 3) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Rajasthan Ques. : 4 ‘India’s International Bank’ is the tagline of which of the following banks? 1) State Bank of India 2) Bank of Baroda 3) Punjab National Bank 4) Canara Bank 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Bank of Baroda Ques. : 5 Which of the following countries will host the 18th SAARC Summit on 14th Nov? It will be hosting the event for the third time since the establishment of eight-member regional grouping in 1985. 1) Maldives 2) Nepal 3) Sri Lanka 4) Pakistan 5) Bhutan Answer:- 2) Nepal Ques. : 6 In a major setback to the Air Force, a newly acquired US-made multi-role special operations aircraft crashed near Gwalior killing five crew members recently. Name the aircraft. 1) C-130J 2) C-17 Globemaster III 3) C-5 Galaxy 4) C-27J Spartan 5) None of these Answer:- 1) C-130J Ques. : 7 In a revamp of the cricket establishment BCCI, the Supreme Court handed it over to who among the following during the upcoming IPL 7? 1) Kapil Dev 2) Sunil Gavaskar 3) Ravi Shastri 4) Rahul Dravid 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Sunil Gavaskar Ques. : 8 India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi II missile recently. Which of the following is true about the missile? 1) It is a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km. 2) It is the first missile to be developed by DRDO under the countrys prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. 3) It is thrust by liquid propulsion twin engines and uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory. 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3) Answer:- 4) All the above Ques. : 9 Deodhar Trophy is associated with which of the following games? 1) Football 2) Hockey 3) Basketball 4) Cricket 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Cricket Ques. : 10 Which of the following teams has won the women’s title of the 64th National Basketball Championships recently? 1) Chhattisgarh 2) Railways 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Punjab 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Chhattisgarh Ques. : 11 Who among the following has won the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix formula one championships recently? 1) Nico Rosberg 2) Nico Huelkenberg 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Lewis Hamilton 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Lewis Hamilton Ques. : 12 Who among the following has won the Candidates Chess tournament recently? 1) Levon Aronian 2) Fabiano Caruana 3) Sergey Karjakin 4) Viswanathan Anand 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Viswanathan Anand Ques. : 13 Global remittance flows to India have witnessed a sharp surge to $7.18 bn in 2013. Which of the following states in India is the top recipient, contributing 33 per cent to the total remittances into the country as stated it the World Bank data? 1) Rajasthan 2) Karnataka 3) Kerala 4) Maharashtra 5) Gujarat Answer:- 3) Kerala Ques. : 14 Amnesty International released the Global Death Penalty Report 2013 in London, recently. Which of the following countries tops the top executioners during the period of 2007-2013? 1) USA 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Iraq 4) Iran 5) China Answer:- 5) China Ques. : 15 Who among the following became the national ambassador of the Earth Hour 2014 that was observed on 29 Mar at 8.30 pm? Earth Hour is an annual global event at which hundreds of millions of households, businesses and govts around the world turn off their lights for one hour. 1) Arjun Kapoor 2) Ranbir Kapoor 3) Ranveer Singh 4) Salman Khan 5) Irrfan Khan Answer:- 1) Arjun Kapoor Ques. : 16 Over a decade after the state-run banks launched Kisan Credit Cards, which of the following private sector lenders introduced its own card Kisan Card through which a farmer can withdraw up to Rs 1 lakh per day from automated teller machines (ATMs)? 1) HDFC 2) Axis Bank 3) ICICI 4) Federal Bank 5) IndusInd Bank Answer:- 2) Axis Bank Ques. : 17 What is the expanded form of the term ITAT? 1) Internet Traffic Adjustment Tools 2) International Traffic Advancement Trust 3) Income Tax Appellate Tribunal 4) International Tax Appellate Tribunal 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Ques. : 18 Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of the 2014 Miami Masters (Sony Open) tennis championships recently? 1) Li Na 2) Serena Williams 3) Venus Williams 4) Victoria Azarenka 5) Maria Sharapova Answer:- 2) Serena Williams Ques. : 19 Which of the following is NOT a banking related term? 1) SWIFT 2) CAMELS 3) TRIPS 4) CAR 5) None of these Answer:- 3) TRIPS Ques. : 20 Who among the following has been conferred Green Crusader of the Year Award at the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Awards recently? It is Asias only green award for communication, organized by the Indian chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA). 1) Prasoon Joshi 2) Maneka Gandhi 3) Shashi Tharoor 4) Medha Patkar 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Maneka Gandhi Ques. : 21 The President conferred Padma awards recently on eminent personalities from different fields. Who among the following has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award this year? 1) Anumolu Ramakrishna (Posthumously) 2) Jawahar Lal Kaul 3) Sudarshan Pattnaik 4) P Gopichand 5) RA Mashelkar Answer:- 5) RA Mashelkar Ques. : 22 The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict and Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar on the ground of delay in deciding his mercy plea and his medical condition to ________imprisonment. 1) Five years 2) Seven years 3) Ten years 4) Twelve years 5) Life Answer:- 5) Life Ques. : 23 Nancy Powell, who resigned from her post, recently, was the ambassador of which of the following countries to India? 1) UK 2) US 3) Italy 4) Russia 5) Israel Answer:- 2) US Ques. : 24 Which of the following is NOT an intangible asset? 1) Patents 2) Trademarks 3) Copyrights 4) Goodwill 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 25 Who among the following has won the mens singles final of the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold? 1) Simon Santoso 2) Sourabh Verma 3) Ajay Jayaram 4) Anup Sridhar 5) Sai Praneeth Answer:- 1) Simon Santoso Ques. : 26 Who among the following has won the men’s title of the 2014 Miami Masters? 1) Rafael Nadal 2) Roger Federer 3) Novak Djokovic 4) Stanislas Wawrinka 5) Juan Martin del Potro Answer:- 3) Novak Djokovic Ques. : 27 According to the survey of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Indias economy is likely to grow at ________in 2014-15. 1) 3.5 per cent 2) 4.5 per cent 3) 5 per cent 4) 5.5 per cent 5) 6 per cent Answer:- 4) 5.5 per cent Ques. : 28 The book titled ‘Urban Villager’ has been written by who among the following? 1) Pallavi Aiyar 2) Vandana Vasudevan 3) Mukul Kesavan 4) Sidharth Bhatia 5) Malvika Singh Answer:- 2) Vandana Vasudevan Ques. : 29 As per the data available with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have made net inflows of a staggering nearly ________ in the Indian stocks during fiscal year 2013-14. 1) Rs 60,000 cr 2) Rs 70,000 cr 3) Rs 80,000 cr 4) Rs 90,000 cr 5) Rs 1,00,000 cr Answer:- 3) Rs 80,000 cr Ques. : 30 The Empowered Group of Ministers (EgoM) cleared an assistance of Rs 352 cr for replanting horticultural crops in hailstorm-hit four States. Which of the following states is NOT among these four states? 1) Rajasthan 2) Karnataka 3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 31 Which of the following has been declared Indias most valuable brand with a value of USD 21.1 bn in 2014? 1) Indian Oil 2) Reliance Industries 3) Airtel 4) SBI 5) Tata group Answer:- 5) Tata group Ques. : 32 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered that Japan’s Antarctic whaling program is not for scientific purposes and has put a temporary stay on the program. The ICJ is located in: 1) Hague, Netherlands 2) Paris, France 3) Munich, Germany 4) New York, US 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Hague, Netherlands Ques. : 33 The RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announced the bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 Apr. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the RBI monetary policy review? 1) Short-term lending (Repo) rate unchanged at 8 pc. 2) Cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4 pc. 3) Economic growth for 2014-15 expected at 5.5 pc. 4) CAD expected to come down to 2 pc of GDP in 2014-15. 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 34 According to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, Indias GDP is poised to accelerate at what per cent in 2014-15 on the back of improved performance in industry and services? 1) 4 per cent 2) 4.5 per cent 3) 5 per cent 4) 5.5 per cent 5) 6 per cent Answer:- 4) 5.5 per cent Ques. : 35 The World Bank has announced to nearly doubling its lending capacity to boost support for middle-income countries like Brazil, China and India. Who among the following is current President of the World Bank? 1) Christine Lagarde 2) Robert Zoellick 3) Jim Yong Kim 4) Paul Farmer 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Jim Yong Kim Ques. : 36 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined which of the following IT giants Rs 1 cr for failure to comply with the directions given by the director general (DG) seeking information and documents? 1) Facebook 2) Google 3) Twitter 4) LinkedIn 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Google Ques. : 37 In view of PSBs deteriorating asset quality and rating downgrades, the RBI has recommended the Centre to reduce its holdings in these banks. Under the Banking Regulation Act, the govt has to hold at least __________stake in public sector banks. 1) 26 per cent 2) 49 per cent 3) 51 per cent 4) 74 per cent 5) 80 per cent Answer:- 3) 51 per cent Ques. : 38 World Autism Awareness Day is observed on: 1) 1 Apr 2) 2 Apr 3) 4 Apr 4) 7 Apr 5) 12 Apr Answer:- 2) 2 Apr Ques. : 39 Which of the following is NOT a delivery channel for the banking sector in India? 1) Call centre 2) Branch 3) Internet 4) Kiosk 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 40 As per Sebi directions to stock exchanges and market intermediaries, all trades in securitised debt instruments and over-the-counter (OTC) corporate bonds will have to be reported within _________of the transaction with immediate effect. 1) 15 minutes 2) 30 minutes 3) One hour 4) 6 hours 5) 12 hours Answer:- 1) 15 minutes Ques. : 41 The Sports Ministry has derecognised which of the following sports associations with immediate effect after its refusal to comply with ministry’s directives? 1) Indian Amateur Boxing Federation 2) Badminton Association of India 3) All India Tennis Association 4) Archery Association of India 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Indian Amateur Boxing Federation Ques. : 42 Indian women’s cricket team finished the ICC Womens World Twenty20 at which of the following positions recently? The team secured a direct ticket in the 2016 edition of the tournament. 1) Joint third 2) Joint fourth 3) Joint fifth 4) Joint sixth 5) Joint seventh Answer:- 3) Joint fifth Ques. : 43 Expand the term GAAR. 1) General Anti Advocacy Rule 2) General Anti Avoidance Rule 3) General Anti Adversity Rule 4) General Agreement on Atomic Research 5) General Agreement on Agricultural Resources Answer:- 2) General Anti Avoidance Rule Ques. : 44 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended reforms in PSBs aimed at robust corporate governance practices in these banks. Which among the following is NOT correct in this regard? 1) Splitting chairman & managing directors’ post 2) RBI and govt should withdraw from boards 3) Chief executives should be given 5-year terms 4) In case of frauds, banks’ boards and senior managements should be held accountable and a branch-level official should not be made scapegoat. 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 45 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit for the central govt in the first half of the new financial year 2015 at: 1) Rs 25,000 cr 2) Rs 30,000 cr 3) Rs 35,000 cr 4) Rs 40,000 cr 5) Rs 45,000 cr Answer:- 3) Rs 35,000 cr Ques. : 46 The finance ministry has proposed significant changes to the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill. Which of the following is correct in this regard? 1) A 35% tax on those earning more than Rs 10 cr. 2) A company will be liable to tax on indirect transfers if 50% of its global assets are in India. 3) The revised code proposes to replace the Income Tax Act of 1961. 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3) Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 3) Ques. : 47 The US Congress passed an aid package for crisis hit Ukraine that includes sanctions against Russia for annexing Crimea. What is the size of the aid package? 1) USD 1 bn 2) USD 2 bn 3) USD 2.5 bn 4) USD 3 bn 5) USD 3.5 bn Answer:- 1) USD 1 bn Ques. : 48 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted “in-principle” approvals to which of the following financial companies to start new banks recently? 1) IDFC Ltd 2) Bandhan Financial Services 3) Mahindra Finance 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2) Ques. : 49 Karim Massimov has been named the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries after Serik Akhmetov resigned recently? 1) Kazakhstan 2) Kyrgyzstan 3) Tajikistan 4) Afghanistan 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Kazakhstan Ques. : 50 The RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announced the bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 Apr. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the RBI monetary policy review? 1) Retail inflation expected to be above 9 pc in 2014. 2) RBI advised banks not to charge penalty for failure to maintain minimum balance in inoperative account. 3) It was the first bi-monthly monetary policy review and next such review is scheduled for 3 Jun. 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3) Answer:- 5) Only 2) and 3)
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