Dated : Sunday Special Ques. : 1 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 Answer:- 1) West Bengal Ques. : 2 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) Answer:- 5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ques. : 3 World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 1) 21 April 2) 23 April 3) 26 April 4) 27 April 5) 30 April Answer:- 3) 26 April Ques. : 4 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 come in G-7 grouping? 1) Japan 2) Italy 3) Canada 4) South Korea 5) None of these Answer:- 4) South Korea Ques. : 5 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 cr 4) Rs 2,000 cr 5) Rs 2,500 cr Answer:- 2) Rs 1,000 cr Ques. : 6 B Adhiban, who clinched a silver medal and also secured a berth at the 2015 World Cup of the game, is associated with 1) Billiards 2) Squash 3) Chess 4) Judo 5) Bowling Answer:- 3) Chess Ques. : 7 Indias first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, was sold to ship-breaker for Rs 60 cr recently. The Majestic-class aircraft carrier was purchased from which of the following countries in 1957? 1) UK 2) US 3) Russia 4) France 5) Germany Answer:- 1) UK Ques. : 8 The RBI liberalised hedging limit for domestic investors to what amount from existing USD 100,000 on the basis of a simple declaration without any requirement of further documentation? 1) USD 100,000 2) USD 200,000 3) USD 250,000 4) USD 300,000 5) USD 350,000 Answer:- 3) USD 250,000 Ques. : 9 The provisions of the new Companies Act mandates all NBFCs for creation of a debenture-redemption reserve (DRR) equivalent to __________of debentures or bonds over the repayment term. 1) 30 per cent 2) 35 per cent 3) 40 per cent 4) 45 per cent 5) 50 per cent Answer:- 5) 50 per cent Ques. : 10 RBI panel which released Draft Report on ‘Pricing of Credit’, was headed by who among the following? 1) Urjit Patel 2) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty 3) Subir Gokarn 4) Anand Sinha 5) Harun Rashid Khan Answer:- 4) Anand Sinha Ques. : 11 In accordance with the provisions of the MoU between the Govt and the RBI, the ceiling for the outstanding balance under the Market Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) will be reviewed when the outstanding balance reaches the threshold limit of 1) Rs 35,000 cr 2) Rs 40,000 cr 3) Rs 45,000 cr 4) Rs 50,000 cr 5) Rs 55,000 cr Answer:- 1) Rs 35,000 cr Ques. : 12 ‘Connecting People’ is the tagline of which of the following mobile brands which was in news recently? 1) LG 2) Samsung 3) HTC 4) Nokia 5) Motorola Answer:- 4) Nokia Ques. : 13 In which of the following countries the Prime Minister Chung Hong-won tendered his resignation over a recent accident that claimed several lives in the country? 1) Thailand 2) South Korea 3) Singapore 4) Philippines 5) None of these Answer:- 2) South Korea Ques. : 14 India has become the worlds fourth largest steel maker now. As of now, which of the following countries is largest steel producer? 1) Japan 2) US 3) China 4) Russia 5) Germany Answer:- 3) China Ques. : 15 Vivek Gundotra resigned as the chief of which of the following social networking ventures, recently, after nearly eight years of service? 1) Google+ 2) Orkut 3) LinkedIn 4) My Space 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Google+ Ques. : 16 According to the 13th edition of the Global Information Technology Report 2014, which of the following countries tops in terms of leveraging information and communications technologies (ICT) for growth and well being? 1) Finland 2) Sweden 3) Singapore 4) US 5) South Korea Answer:- 1) Finland Ques. : 17 The Reserve Bank of India disallowed overseas branches of domestic banks from extending ECBs to manufacturing and infrastructure companies for repaying rupee loans. ECB stands for 1) Excess Commercial Borrowings 2) External Commercial Borrowings 3) Exponential Commercial Borrowings 4) External Corporate Borrowings 5) Excess Corporate Borrowings Answer:- 2) External Commercial Borrowings Ques. : 18 With the announcement of its policy statement on 1 Apr, the Reserve Bank of India shifted to a system of announcing its policy statement _________. 1) monthly 2) bi-monthly 3) quarterly 4) Half yearly 5) None of these Answer:- 2) bi-monthly Ques. : 19 US software giant Microsoft completed the acquisition of Nokia’s mobile handset business for over ________on 25 Apr. 1) USD 6 bn 2) USD 7.2 bn 3) USD 8 bn 4) USD 9.5 bn 5) USD 10 bn Answer:- 2) USD 7.2 bn Ques. : 20 The British scientist Stuart Parkin has been awarded the highly prestigious 2014 Millennium Technology Prize. He has been awarded for 1) enabling a thousand-fold increase in the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives 2) creating World Wide Web 3) pioneering ethical stem cell 4) devising universal serial bus (USB) 5) None of these Answer:- 1) enabling a thousand-fold increase in the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives Ques. : 21 According to the latest National Sample Survey data, during the six years period between 2004 and 2011, more than ____________ manufacturing jobs were created across India. 1) 58 lakh 2) 42 lakh 3) 37 lakh 4) 24 lakh 5) 14 lakh Answer:- 1) 58 lakh Ques. : 22 The book ‘Dominant Finance and Stagnant Economies’ has been written by 1) Sunanda Sen 2) Ashok Banker 3) Durjoy Datta 4) Ravinder Singh 5) Ashwin Sanghi Answer:- 1) Sunanda Sen Ques. : 23 Which of the following teams finished runner up behind champion Bengaluru FC in the I-League football tournament held recently? 1) Mohammedan Sporting 2) Salgaocar SC 3) Churchill Brothers 4) United SC 5) East Bengal Answer:- 5) East Bengal Ques. : 24 Which of the following countries successfully test-fired a short range ballistic missile Hatf-III (Ghazanvi) recently? 1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Saudi Arabia 4) Pakistan 5) Indonesia Answer:- 4) Pakistan Ques. : 25 The Asian Squash Federation adjudged who among the following as the Outstanding Asian Mens Player of the Year 2013 recently? 1) Mahesh Mangaonkar 2) Omar Mosaad 3) Harinderpal Sandhu 4) Saurav Ghosal 5) Tarek Momen Answer:- 4) Saurav Ghosal Ques. : 26 Who among the following has won the World Womens Senior Snooker Championship 2014 recently? 1) Umadevi Nagraj 2) Alena Asmolava 3) Maureen Rowland 4) Reanne Evan 5) Chitra Magimairaj Answer:- 5) Chitra Magimairaj Ques. : 27 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) None of these Answer:- 1) Paid-up capital Ques. : 28 Which of the following states had passed a Bill in Aug 2012 to enable it to take action against doctors not serving in rural areas and is awaiting President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent to the bill? 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Karnataka 4) Kerala 5) West Bengal Answer:- 3) Karnataka Ques. : 29 The death toll from the lethal MERS topped 100 in Saudi Arabia since the spread of the coronavirus was confirmed in 2012. What does MERS stands for? 1) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 2) Middle East Restrictive Syndrome 3) Middle East Restless Syndrome 4) Middle East Repulsive Syndrome 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Ques. : 30 Which of the following countries signed a 10-year pact with the US to allow a bigger US military presence in its territory recently? 1) South Korea 2) Vietnam 3) Philippines 4) Thailand 5) Singapore Answer:- 3) Philippines Ques. : 31 Who among the following replaced Anand Sinha, who retired in Jan, as RBI deputy governor recently? 1) G Padmanabhan 2) B Mahapatra 3) P Vijaya Bhaskar 4) DK Mohanty 5) R Gandhi Answer:- 5) R Gandhi Ques. : 32 The United Nations and which of the following international sports bodies signed a historic agreement, recently, with the objectives of using the power of sports to promote peace and economic development across the world? 1) FIFA 2) IOC 3) FIDE 4) ICC 5) None of these Answer:- 2) IOC Ques. : 33 Telecom tribunal TDSAT upheld the plea to provide 3G intra-circle roaming services and also quashed the cumulative penalty of Rs 1,200 cr imposed on which of the following three telecom companies recently? 1) Idea, Reliance and Airtel 2) Idea, Vodafone and Aircel 3) Idea, Vodafone and Airtel 4) Reliance, Vodafone and Airtel 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Idea, Vodafone and Airtel Ques. : 34 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to have one more deputy governor. Which of the following is correct with respect to the appointment of deputy governors to the RBI? 1) To be eligible for deputy governor post in the RBI, a candidate needs to be below 60 years. 2) A deputy governor could be appointed for a maximum period of five years or till the age of 62, whichever is earlier. 3) At present, the RBI has provision for five deputy governors. 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2) Ques. : 35 A new purple mineral with a unique makeup was discovered in a remote part of Australia recently. Name the mineral. 1) Putnisite 2) Siderite 3) Limonite 4) Pyrite 5) Malachite Answer:- 1) Putnisite Ques. : 36 Who among the following has won CIMB Indonesian Masters golf tournament recently? 1) Gaganjeet Bhullar 2) Jeev Milkha Singh 3) Arjun Atwal 4) Jyoti Randhawa 5) Anirban Lahiri Answer:- 5) Anirban Lahiri Ques. : 37 Which of the following countries has set up a Special Police Force to handle religious disputes in the country in response to the rising incidents of religious intolerance? 1) Myanmar 2) Sri Lanka 3) Thailand 4) Bangladesh 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Sri Lanka Ques. : 38 The Supreme Court stayed the execution of death sentence of LeT terrorist Mohd Arif (Ashfaq) who plead that he has already spent over 13 years behind bars and hanging him would amount to punishing him twice for the crime. He was convicted in _______case. 1) Red Fort attack 2) Jama Masjid attack 3) Sarojini Nagar bomb blast 4) Attack on the Parliament 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Red Fort attack Ques. : 39 The 28-member European Union temporarily banned the import of which of the following items from Indian recently? 1) snake gourd 2) bitter gourd 3) Alphonso mangoes 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3) Answer:- 4) All the above Ques. : 40 Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia appointed who among the following as its President and CEO recently? 1) Ajay Banga 2) Rajeev Suri 3) Stephen Elop 4) Risto Siilasmaa 5) Rakesh Kapoor Answer:- 2) Rajeev Suri Ques. : 41 RBI generally has four deputy governors - two RBI insiders, one an economist and the other a banker. Who among the following is NOT a deputy governor of the RBI at present? 1) Urjit Patel 2) DK Mohanty 3) HR Khan 4) R Gandhi 5) None of the above Answer:- 2) DK Mohanty Ques. : 42 Who among the following has been given this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the Green Nobel? 1) Ramesh Agrawal 2) Soni Sori 3) Sunderlal Bahuguna 4) Aruna Roy 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Ramesh Agrawal Ques. : 43 The first ever Asian Cricket Council Premier League tournament was inaugurated in which of the following countries recently? 1) Oman 2) Hong Kong 3) United Arab Emirates 4) Nepal 5) Malaysia Answer:- 5) Malaysia Ques. : 44 According to a recent World Bank report, based on the purchasing power parities (PPPs), India emerged as the world’s third-largest economy in 1) 2005 2) 2007 3) 2009 4) 2011 5) 2013 Answer:- 4) 2011 Ques. : 45 Which of the following institutions has taken India into the worlds top 100 university rankings for the first time with an entry at No. 87 in the ranking released by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine for 2014 recently? 1) IIT DELHI 2) IIT Kanpur 3) IIT Guwahati 4) IIT Madras 5) IIT Bombay Answer:- 3) IIT Guwahati Ques. : 46 Who among the following has been named the Professional Footballers Association player of the year for 2013-14 recently? 1) Gareth Bale 2) Wayne Rooney 3) Edinson Cavani 4) Luis Suarez 5) Steven Gerrard Answer:- 4) Luis Suarez Ques. : 47 Bangladesh signed a MOU with which of the following countries for setting up a 1320 MW coal-based power plant at Moheshkhali in southeastern part of Bangladesh recently? 1) India 2) China 3) US 4) Japan 5) Russia Answer:- 2) China Ques. : 48 Indian gymnasts won seven medals, including three golds, from the International Commonwealth Championships held at ________recently. 1) Perth 2) Seoul 3) Tokyo 4) Kuala Lumpur 5) Manila Answer:- 1) Perth Ques. : 49 The regulation of mutual funds is done by which of the following institutions in India? 1) RBI 2) FMC 3) SEBI 4) IRDA 5) BSE Answer:- 3) SEBI Ques. : 50 The Washington headquartered International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved a two-year loan package for Ukraine worth _________recently. 1) $15 bn 2) $17 bn 3) $19 bn 4) $20 bn 5) $23 bn Answer:- 2) $17 bn
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