#Sample Question for Practice 1. Who approved Tescos plan to purchase 50% stake in Tata Group firm -Trent hypermarket on 28th May, 2014? [A]Central Board of Direct Taxes [B]Securities & Exchange Board of India [C]National Statistical Commission [D]Competition Commission of India 2. Who has been appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank on 23rd May,2014? [A]Hiroshi Naka [B]Jim Yong Kim [C]John Mc Cloy [D]Robert Mc Namara 3. Which famous American poet and author died on 28th May, 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem of North Carolina? [A]Kathy Acker [B]Maya Angelou [C]Juliette Adam [D]Jane Anger 4. India signed loan agreement with World Bank on 29th May 2014 for ____________. [A]Second Gujarat State Highway Project [B]Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project [C]Sarva Shikshan Abhiyan III [D]National Drainage Project 5. ___________________, best known as the Father of Malaysian Hockey died in Ipoh, Malaysia on 28th May, 2014. [A]Kumar Subramaniam [B]Azlan Shah [C]Faiz Helmi [D]Nabil Fiqri 6. When was the 9th Sikkim State Legislative Assembly constituted? [A]28th May, 2014 [B]25th May, 2014 [C]24th May, 2014 [D]21st May, 2014 7. ________________ creator of the worlds first action figure G.I.Joe died of cancer on 24th May,2014. [A]Corey Yuen [B]Donald Levine [C]Andrew Davis [D]Albert Pyun 8. US President Barack Obama announced on 27th May, 2014 to keep ________ troops in Afghanistan till the end of 2016. [A]7900 [B]4500 [C]10000 [D]9800 9. Which domestic e-retailer announced its acquisition of leading fashion e-tailer Myntra for 300 million US dollar? [A]Jabong [B]Zovi [C]Flipkart [D]Baby Oye 10. The ____ European Parliamentary Election 2014 was held from 22nd May to 25th May, 2014. [A]9th [B]8th [C]7th [D]6th 11. Which Indologist and Sanskrit scholar having good grasp over English and Sanskrit language, passed away on 24th May, 2014? [A]Sukumari Bhattacharji [B]Lachhmi Dhar Kalla [C]Nalini Balbir [D]K. Damodaran 12. Following the direction of the European Union Court of Justice, when did Google launch the service named Right to be Forgotten for the Europeans? [A]25th May,2014 [B]28th May,2014 [C]29th May,2014 [D]20th May,2014 13. Who won Monaco Grand Prix - Formula 1 On 24th May, 2014? [A]Lewis Hamilton [B]Nico Hulkenberg [C]Fernando Alonso [D]Nico Rosberg 14. Which popular Hindi writer was awarded with the prestigious Vyas Samman-2013 on 29th May, 2014? [A]Vishwanath Tripathi [B]Amar Goswami [C]Chand Bardai [D]Devaki Nandan Khatri 15. Exhibition on _____________________________started at the German Historical Museum, Berlin on 28th May, 2014 and will run until the end of 2014. [A]The Dynasty Rule [B]100 years of Worl War I [C]German Culture [D]Modern Art and Architecture 16. Who on 30th May,2014 deployed two Global hawks on Misawa airbase in Northern Japan? [A]Russian Air Force [B]US Air Force [C]UK Air Force [D]Chinese Air Force 17. Who awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold medal on 29th May, 2014 to the eight Indian soldiers who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations in 2013? [A]Ban Ki-moon [B]Kofi Annan [C]Kurt Waldheim [D]Boutros Boutros-Ghali 18. When did B.G.Srinivas, the President and member of the board of Infosys resign? [A]25th May, 2014 [B]29th May, 2014 [C]28th May, 2014 [D]30th May, 2014 19. Who has been appointed as the National Security Adviser of India on 30th May, 2014? [A]M.K.Narayanan [B]Shivshankar Menon [C]J.N.Dixit [D]Ajit Kumar Doval 20. Who presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth Puraskar-2014 to the fifteen outstanding teachers from girls higher secondary schools in Punjab? [A]Mr.Hamid Ansari [B]Mr.Pranab Mukherjee [C]Mr.Narendra Modi [D]Mr.Shivraj Patil
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