1. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240 Megawatt Uri II hydro power project on 2014 July 4 in which of the following States? 1) Sikkim 2) Assam 3) Gujarat 4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Jammu & Kashmir 2. Eduard Shevardnadze died on 2014 July 7. He was the former President of? 1) Russia 2) Georgia 3) Belarus 4) Ukraine 5) Estonia 3. B.V. Wanchoo resigned as the Governor of which of the following States after being questioned by the Central Bureau of Inve-stigation in the Augusta Westland chopper deal on July 4, 2014? 1) Karnataka 2) Gujarat 3) Goa 4) West Bengal 5) Uttar Pradesh 4. Who won the mens Wimbledon tennis singles title in July 2014? 1) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2) Andy Murray (Great Britain) 3) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 4) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5) Milos Raonic (Canada) 5. Gonzalo Higuain represented which of the following countries in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil? 1) Germany 2) Brazil 3) Chile 4) Costa Rica 5) Argentina 6. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Rep-ublic won her second Wimbledon singles title on July 5, 2014. She defeated which of the following tennis players in the Wimbledon womens singles final? 1) Simona Halep (Romania) 2) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 3) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 4) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 5) Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 7. Who was appointed the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador by UN Women, dedicated to gender equality and womens empowerment, in July 2014? 1) Ellie Goulding 2) Angelina Jolie 3) Aishwarya Rai 4) Emma Watson 5) Malala Yousafzai 8. Which of the following routes will get Indias first bullet train? 1) Jaipur-Madurai 2) Mumbai-New Delhi 3) Mumbai-Ahmedabad 4) Mumbai-Gorakhpur 5) Nagpur-Pune 9. Which Committee advocated setting up of Payment Banks to provide payment services and deposit products to small businesses and low income households with a maximum balance of Rupees 50,000 per customer? 1) Vijay Kelkar 2) Urjit Patel 3) Nachiket Mor 4) C. Rangarajan 5) Raghuram Rajan 10. The theme of the 2014 World Economic Forum meeting is? 1) The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models 2) Resilient Dynamism 3) The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business 4) Capitalizing Opportunity 5) Shaping Worlds Transformation 11. The 3rd Lusofonia Games were held in January 2014 in which of the following States? 1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Mizoram 5) Goa 12. The Lusofonia Games involves athletes coming from? 1) Spanish speaking countries 2) Portuguese speaking countries 3) German speaking countries 4) Italian speaking countries 5) English speaking countries 13. The 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, a teaching award in the USA, was given to? 1) Meera Chandrasekhar 2) Renu Khator 3) Nitin Nohria 4) Rakesh Khurana 5) Vasdev Chanchlani 14. Atanu Das is associated with which of the following sports? 1) Table Tennis 2) Badminton 3) Archery 4) Golf 5) Chess 15. Who won the 2014 Marconi Prize for revolutionizing high-speed delivery of multimedia? 1) Vint Cerf 2) A.J. Paulraj 3) Larry Page 4) Martin Cooper 5) Tim Berners Lee 16. Which of the following prizes is also known as Tech Nobel? 1) Genesis Prize 2) Templeton Prize 3) Marconi Prize 4) Abel Prize 5) Pritzker Prize 17. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred which of the following gallantry awards on K. Prasad Babu on Indias 65th Republic Day? 1) Mahaveer Chakra 2) Vir Chakra 3) Ashok Chakra 4) Kirti Chakra 5) Shaurya Chakra 18. With regard to taxation, expand the term TDS? 1) Tax Deposit Scheme 2) Tax Defaulted at Source 3) Tax Demanded at Source 4) Tax Deducted at Source 5) None of these 19. Which is the first bank in India to introduce e-KYC to open bank accounts? 1) Axis Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Federal Bank 4) ICICI Bank 5) Kotak Mahindra Bank 20. Follow Every Rainbow is a book written by? 1) Shiv Khera 2) Amish Tripathi 3) Rashmi Bansal 4) Supriya David 5) Juliet Reynolds 21. Which company has introduced Guardian, a new safety application, for phone users in India? 1) Apple 2) Google 3) Facebook 4) Microsoft 5) Samsung 22. Obamacare is related to? 1) Education 2) Nutrition 3) Housing 4) Protection of women 5) Health insurance 23. The Nachiket Mor committee has proposed to convert which of the following into a commercial entity? 1) SIDBI 2) NHB 3) DICGC 4) NABARD 5) None of these 24. Barna Ballack Cup and Jayalak- shmi Cup are associated with? 1) Tennis 2) Badminton 3) Golf 4) Table Tennis 5) Polo 25. Sanchi Stupa is located in Raisen district of the State of? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Odisha 5) Madhya Pradesh 26. Tehri Dam is constructed on which of the following rivers? 1) Chambal 2) Son 3) Bhagirathi 4) Gandak 5) Narmada 27. The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is located in Basel in? 1) Austria 2) Switzerland 3) Belgium 4) Spain 5) Germany 28. Which of the following areas does not come under Bharat Nirman? 1) Roads 2) Water 3) Housing 4) Electricity 5) Health 29. Japan is a member of which of the following groups? 1) ASEAN 2) SAARC 3) APEC 4) NATO 5) SCO 30. What does MEP stand for? 1) Minimum Entry Price 2) Minimum Exchange Price 3) Minimum Exemption Price 4) Minimum Export Price 5) Maximum Exchange Price 31. The United Nations General Assembly has declared which of the following days as World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the worlds wild fauna and flora? 1) January 3 2) February 3 3) March 3 4) April 3 5) July 3 32. Uri II power project is built on which of the following rivers? 1) Ravi 2) Jhelum 3) Sutlej 4) Beas 5) Yamuna 33. Rose Revolution is associated with which of the following countries? 1) Ukraine 2) Iraq 3) Georgia 4) Yugoslavia 5) Portugal 34. Which of the following represents one basis point? 1) One percent 2) One-tenth of one percent 3) One-hundredth of one percent 4) One-thousandth of one percent 5) None of these 35. Identify the mismatched pair. 1) CBS - Core Banking Solutions 2) NCD - Non - Convertible Deben tures 3) BIFR - Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction 4) ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization 5) UNCTAD - United Nations Charter on Tariffs and Deve- lopment 36. The Reliance Powers 4,000 MW ultra-mega power project (UM-PP) in Jharkhand got approval from the Cabinet Committee on Investment in January 2014. It is? 1) Tilaiya project 2) Sasan project 3) Mundra project 4) Krishnapatnam project 5) None of these 37. The first SASTRA-CNR Rao Award for Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science was jointly awarded to? 1) M.R.S.Rao & S.Swaminathan 2) Suresh Das & Sourav Pal 3) Sekhar Basu & Madhavan Chandradathan 4) Ravi Bhushan Grover & Ajay Kumar Parida 5) None of these 38. Pritika Kalra Gandhi was honored with the National Nritya Shiromani Award on 2014 January 7. She is an exponent in which if the following dance forms? 1) Kuchipudi 2) Manipuri 3) Odissi 4) Bharata Natyam 5) Kathak 39. Anand Kumar, the founder of Su-per 30, was conferred which of the following awards in January 2014? 1) Abel Prize 2) Padma Shri 3) DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 4) Ramanujan Mathematics Award 5) Thiruvalluvar Award 40. Brussels is the capital city of which of the following European countries? 1) Belarus 2) Bulgaria 3) Portugal 4) Belgium 5) Romania Answers: 1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 5 7) 4 8) 3 9) 3 10) 3 11) 5 12) 2 13) 1 14) 3 15) 2 16) 3 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 3 21) 4 22) 5 23) 4 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 2 28) 5 29) 3 30) 4 31) 3 32) 2 33) 3 34) 3 35) 5 36) 1 37) 2 38) 3 39) 4 40) 4
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