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GENERAL AWARENESS
1) ........... was sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Nagaland on 24 May, 2014 after neiphiu
Rio resigned from the post. (T.R. Zeliang)
2) .......... was on 21 May, 2014 appointed the Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL),
the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC). (N.K. Varma)
3) ......... on 16 May, 2014 won the World Telecommunication and Information Society (WTIS)
Award 2014. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
President Park Genu-hye of South Korea
Mexican billionnaire carlos slim
4) The supreme court on 7 May, 2014 banned the popular post - harvest Jallikattu (or) bullfights

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in .......... state. (Tamil Nadu)
5) The worlds highest tunnel for highspeed trains open in ......... (China)
6) The RBI on 21st May 2014 allowed banks to provide loans with tenures of upto .......
years. (10 years)

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7) The Agence Francaise be Development (AFD) on 22 May, 2014 signed a Line of Credit

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(LOC) agreement of ......... with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.
(IREDA) (100 million Euro)
8) The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on 13 May, 2014 announced in its report
that India will overtake Japan to become the worlds ........... by 2025.
(Third Largest Oil consumer behind the US and China)
9) The United Nations International Telecommunications Union anounced in a report that ....
Internet users by year end 2014. (3 billion)
10) ONGC began drilling its first-ever well in the polar basin at ........
(Chinnapuliyur vill. near Gummidipoondi, about 55 km. from Chennai)
11) Worlds first Electric Aircraft takes flight in ............. country. (South Western - France)
12) Thomas cup 2014 won by ...... (Japan)
(only the fourth nation win this cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia)
13) ......... bank recently signed MoU with Enable India, a non-profit organisation, to train persons
with disability towards Economic independence ? (SBI)
14) .............. it company has recently become first Indian company to joins top 10 global IT
services companies club ? (TCS)
15) RBI has recently allowed minors to open and operate savings bank accounts idependently,
the minor should be ......... age. (Above 10 years age)
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16) ING Vysya Life Insurance company has been recently renamed as .......
(Exide Life Insurance Company)
17) ......... bank has recently launched a special edition cricket credit card in association
with IPL Franchise, Delhi Dare Devils ? (Ratnakar Bank Limited)
18) N.R. Narayana Murthy was recently presented with the 2014 ......... Award in Canada.
(Global Indian)
19) India has recently signed an agreement for the development of hydropower projects
with ...... country. (Bhutan)
20) First double-decker flyover of India was recently opened for public use in ........ city.
(Mumbai)
21) ............ state has recently banned rat-hole mining and transportation of Coal.

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(Meghalaya)
22) European union has recently banned the import of ............. Indian products.
(Mangoes, Egg plant, The Taroplant, Bittergourd, Snake gourd)
23) The supreme court has allowed the raising of water level in Mullaperiyar Dam upto 143

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feet. This dam is located in ................. (Kerala)
24) HAL has handed over a Dornier 228 Light-weight aircraft to DRDU. The name of the

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aircraft is .......... (Nabhrathna)
25) Asias biggest milk brand Amul has recently announced to setup a dairy processing
plant with the investment of 200 crore rupees in ........... cities.
(Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow)
26) India launched Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana Scheme in ....... country.
(UAE)
27) ....... city is the most polluted city in the world as per a study recently released by WHO.
(Delhi)
28) India got 2014 new frontiers award by ........... (Arabian Travel Market)
29) .......... country has topped the list of foreign investors in real estate in Dubai according to
Dubai Land Department ? (India)
30) John Travolta was given a special honour, the most popular All Time International Star in
India at the .......... awards ? (IIFA (International Indian Academy))
31) ........ was appointed the whole time member (Finance) in the PFRDA (Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority). (R.V. Varma)
32) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhas was appointed the .........
(28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)
33) World migratory Bird Day ........ (10 - 11 May)
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34) ......... has recently won the world snooker championship 2014, held in sheffield, England?
(Mark Selby)
35) ........ has recently won the world Womens senior Snooker Championship against Alena
Asmolava of Belarus. (Chitra Magmai Raj (India))
36) Supreme court has recently asked the committee to conduct probe against N. Srinivasan
and top cricketers in IPL betting and spot fixing scandal ......... is the head of this committee
(Justice Mukul Mudgal)
37) IABF stands for ....... (Indian Amatuer Boxing Federation)
38) CRIS stands for ..... (Centre for Railway Information System)
39) CITU stands for ...... (Centre of Indian Trade Unions)
40) World Blood donar day is ......... (June 14th)

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41) The book The Accidental Prime Minister : Making and unmaking of Man Mohan Singh
which sparked controversy recently was authored by ............ (Sanjaya Baru)
42) International Environmental Day is ............ (June 5)
43) The Head Office of the unique identification authority of India is located in ........

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(New Delhi)
44) HAL chairman is .......... (Dr. R.K. Tyagi)

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45) Miss India 2014 title won by ........... (Kayal Rana)
46) Head Quarters of the world Trade Organisation (WTO) located in ........... (Geneva)
47) World cup Soccer 2014 will be held in .......... (Brazil)
48) National Chemical Laboratory located in (NCL) ....... (Pune)
49) The SVEEP programme is associated with ........... (Election Commission)
50) Who is the winner of the Life Time Achievement Award under 3rd National Photography
Awards ? (Rajesh Bedi)
51) .......... and Tata power are among the worlds most ethical companies, according to
Americal thick tank Ethisphere Institute. (Wipro)
52) Which bank launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme ? (Bank of India)
53) Who has been elected as the President of CII ? (Ajay Shriram)
54) Lafarge and Holcim announced plans for a merger. These two firms are specialized
in production of ......... (Building Materials)
55) Which bank launched its Twitter handle account ? (State Bank of India)
56) The Chairman of Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) is .........
(Parthasarathy Shome)
57) Larget bank in the world in terms of market capitalization is ........
(Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
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58) Reliance power has commissioned the third ........... of its Sasan Ultra Mega Power porject
in Madhya Pradesh. (660 MW unit)
59) Which private sector bank has introduced its own card which is aimed at helping farmers
accss liquidity round - the - clock ? (Axis Bank)
60) According to IMF Indias growth is expected to recover from 4.4% in 2013 to .......... in
2014. (5.4%)
61) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Software Industry body for the year 2014-
15 ? (R. Chandrasekaran)
62) Global rating agency fitch pegged Indias growth at .......... percent in the current fiscal.
(5.5)
63) Who has been recently honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (knight grand cross

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of the order of the British Empire) one of the UKs highest civilian awards ?(Ratan Tata)
64) .......... has been nominated for the prestigious UNESCO - approved world heritage site
status. (The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) of Himachal Pradesh)
65) The President of India conferred the National Florence Nightingale awards to ........ from

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across the country at the Durbar Hall. (35 Nurses)

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66) Govt. spent .......... on Lok Sabha polls to make it costliest ever. (3246 cr.)
67) India born Hinduja brothers have edged out steel tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal and Russian
magnate Alisher Usmanov to emerge as Britains richest billionaires, valued at a whopping
........ billion pounds. (11.9)
68) IPL 2014 won by ........ (Kolkatta Knight Riders)
69) The President and CEO of NOKIA Corporation is ..... (Rajeev Suri)
70) The most populous state in USA is ......... (California)
71) Sania Mirza and .......... won the WTA portual open 2014 womens double title
(Cara Black)
72) The newly formed Telangana State has ...... assembly & ......... Parliamentary seats.
(119, 17)
73) ........ Airport will soon become a zero - diversionary airport. (Delhi)
74) Who ws sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India ?
(Rajendra Mallodha)
75) The Yandex is a one of the largest search Engine Company operating in ........
(Russia)

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1. Which of the following private telecom giants has recently bought out its minority
partners and now owns 100% in India unit ?
1) Airtel 2) Reliance 3) 4.7% 4) 4.8%
2. RBI in its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2014-15 has recently
directed banks not to impose financial penalty on the consumers in case of non-
maintenance of minimum balance in their saving accounts. Which of the following
statements is / are true regarding this ?
a) Instead of financial penalty, banks can limit services available to those saving accounts
who fail to maintain minimum balance.
b) At present there is no unanimity among the banks while charging the customers for
non-maintenance of minimum balance.
c) SBI does not levy any charge for non-maintenance of the minimum balance in the
savings account

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1) a and c 2) a and b 3) b and c 4) a, b and c
3. RBI has recently accepted the recommendations of a committee relating to
Financial Benchmarks. Which of the following statements is / are true regarding
this ?
a) The head of this committee is P. Vijaya Bhaskar

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b) The Committee had suggested Indian money and currency markets should move
their benchmarks towards transaction-based from poll-based in an attempt to comb out

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manipulation.
c) Financial benchmarking involves running a financial analysis and making a comparison
of the results in order to assess a firms overall efficiency, productivity and
competitiveness.
1) Only a 2) a and b 3) b and c 4) a, b and c
4. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) has recently set up its first branch in Patna.
Where is the HQ of BMB ?
1) Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Bangalore 4) Chennai
5. Which of the following companies has received the Most Efficient Navratna Award
for the year 2013 ?
1) GAIL 2) SAIL 3) HAL 4) BEL
6. An RBI panel has submitted its report titled Data Format for Furnishing of Credit
Information to Credit Information Companies. Who of the following is the head of
this panel ?
1) Urjit Patel 2) A.K. Sharma 3) Aditya Puri 4) R. Gandhi
7. Which of the following banks has recently launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme
in Mumbai ?
1) SBI 2) BOI 3) OBC 4) PNB
8. Employees Provident Fund Organisation recently announced to provide UAN to
its five crore subscribers from 1 October, 2014. Which of the following statement/
s is / are true regarding this ?
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a) UAN will facilitate subscribers to avoid filling PF account transfer claims on changing
jobs.
b) After getting UAN, a subscriber would not be issued new PF account number on
joining new employer.
c) The full form of UAN is Universal Account Number.
1) a, b 2) a, c 3) a, b, c 4) Only c
9. Which of the following fund houses has achieved Best Fund House Award in the
category of debt, equity and multi assets ?
1) Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 2) ICICI Prudential
3) HDFC Mutual Fund 4) Religare Invesco Mutual Fund
10. Which of the following companies has recently launched the white label Automated
Teller Machines (ATMs) named Indicash at Chandrapada in Thane district ?
1) IBM 2) Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL)

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3) Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd. (TCPSL) 4) Wipro
11. IBM has unveiled SMAC solutions for telecom operators in India. What is the full
form of SMAC ?
1) Social, Mobile, Cloud and Analytics 2) Social, Mobile, Anytime and Control

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3) Social, Mobile, Anytime and Cloud 4) Social, Mobile, Analysis and Customers
12. RBI has extended the timeline for full implementation of the Basel III capital

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regulations to which of the following date instead of 31 March, 2018 ?
1) 31 Jan, 2019 2) 31 Dec, 2018 3) 31 Mar, 2019 4) 1 Oct, 2018
13. Reserve Bank of India has recently granted in principle approvals to two banks to
start new banks in India. The first one is IDFC Ltd. and which of the following is
the second ?
1) Neel Kamal Financial Services 2) Bandhan Financial Services
3) IFCCI Ltd. 4) Rattan Bank Ltd.
14. RBI has adopted the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the key measure of Inflation
on the basis of recommendations of which committee ?
1) Aditya Puri 2) R. Gandhi 3) Urjit R. Patel 4) P.V. Bhaskar
15. Which of the following companies has become most attractive employer in India
in IT and Telecom sector ?
1) Sony India 2) IBM 3) Wipro 4) Microsoft
16. A new software app Sandesh Pathak was recently developed to help the illiterate
farmers. Which of the following statements is / are true regarding this ?
a) The app uses text-to-speech method to help the farmers.
b) It supports five Indian languages Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati and Telugu
c) It advice about dealing with problems such as fertilizer, insect, weed and disease
management
d) It provides weather forecast information and updates on latest technology.
1) a, b and c 2) a, b and d 3) a, c and d 4) a, b, c and d
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17. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has recently issued Final standards
for measuring and controlling large exposures of banks to customers. Which of
the following statements is / are true regarding this ?
a) These standards will take effect from 1 January, 2019
b) The committee framed a new rule limiting how much business a bank can undertake
with a single customer.
c) The present Chairman of this Committee is Stefan Ingves, Governor of Sveriges Riks
bank
d) The Basel Committee is the primary global standard - setter for the prudential regulation
of banks
1) a and b 2) a and d 3) a, c and d 4) a, b, c and d
18. Which of the following states was recently ranked number one in a list of Indias
20 largest states in terms of economic freedom ?

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1) Haryana 2) Gujarat 3) Karnataka 4) Maharashtra
19. A non-profit group Vandana Foundation has recently launched AQUATM in Mumbai.
Which of the following statement / s is / are true regarding AQUATM ?
a) The AQUATM is a water vending machine from which water can be purchased.

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b) This machine will release 1 liter water at a price of 1 rupee
c) The best part of the machine is that it can be operated through prepaid card

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1) Only a 2) a and b 3) a and c 4) All of above
20. Which of the following has become the first state in the country to declare all
election booths as No Smoking Areas in Lok Sabha elections 2014 ?
1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat 3) Uttarakhand 4) J & K
21. India has recently extended the Tourist Visa-on-Arrival Scheme to the citizens of
which of the following countries ?
1) Finland 2) South Korea 3) Japan 4) New Zealand
22. ISRO recently launched which of the following navigation satellites, the second
satellite among seven which will eventually constitute the Indian Regional
Navigation Satellite System ?
1) IRNSS - 1A 2) IRNSS - 1B 3) IRNSS - 1C 4) IRNSS - 1D
23. Who has authored Accidental Prime Minister. The Making and Unmaking of
Manmohan Singh ?
1) Yashwant Sinha 2) Sachin Pilot
3) Sanjay Baru 4) Rajiv Pillai
24. The Supreme Court has recently ordered one rank one pension scheme for whom
of the following ?
1) Judges 2) Teacher 3) Bankers 4) CA
25. The Government has approved the recruitment of young women for the first time
as combat officers in which of the following para-military forces ?
1) SSB 2) CRPF 3) CISF 4) BSF
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26. Who has authored the memoir Crusader or Conspirator ? Coalgate and other
Truths ?
1) C.K. Srivastav 2) R.R. Pandey 3) Ajay Khemka 4) P.C. Parekh
27. The Third Nuclear Security Summit was recently held in which of the following
countries?
1) Philippines 2) Netherlands 3) Turkey 4) Russia
28. Which of the following countries has topped the list of countries receiving
remittances from overseas workers in the year 2013 as per the World Bank report?
1) Philippines 2) China 3) India 4) Mexico
29. Iran has signed on MoU for bilateral co-operation on environmental issues with
which of the following countries ?
1) Israel 2) Germany 3) Japan 4) China
30. Which of the folloiwing countries navies recently held a joint military exercise in

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the eastern part of the Strait of Homuz ?
1) Afghanistan and Pakistan 2) Iran and Afghanistan
3) China and Pakistan 4) Iran and Pakistan
31. Which of the following countries was recently ordered to halt its whaling

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programme in the Antarctic by the International Court of Justice ?
1) Japan 2) South Korea 3) USA 4) Australia

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32. Who of the following was recently appointed the interim president of the BCCI by
the Supreme Court ?
1) Saurav Ganguly 2) Suresh Raina 3) Sunil Gavaskar 4) Kapil Dev
33. Who of the following was recently appointed the Prime Minister of France ?
1) Francois Hollande 2) Nicolas Sarkozy
3) Jean Mark Heyrault 4) Manuel Valls
34. R. Gandhi was recently appointed the Deputy Governor of the RBI. Which of the
following statement / s is / are true regarding this ?
a) There are four Deputy Governors in RBI
b) The Government appoints the directors for a 4 - year team.
c) The general superintendence and direction of th RBI is entrusted with the 21 - member
Central Board of Directors
1) a and b 2) a and c 3) Only c 4) All of above
35. Amir Khan was recently confirmed by Election Commission (EC) as its fifth national
icon for the Lok Sabha elections. Who among the following is not included in the
other four national icons ?
1) MS Dhoni 2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Mary Kom 4) APJ Abdul Kalam
36. Who of the following has won the Femina Miss India 2014 crown ?
1) Vanya Mishra 2) Koyal Rana 3) Navneet Kaur 4) Megan Young
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37. Who fo the following was recently appointed the next Chief Justice of India ?
1) Justice Altamas Kabir 2) Justice S. H. Kapadia
3) Justice P. Sathasivam 4) Justice R. M. Lodha
38. Gulzar was recently selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013. He is a film
lyricist and a legendry ..... ?
1) Winter 2) Singer 3) Poet 4) Painter
39. Who of the following was elected the new President of Slovakia ?
1) Robert Fico 2) Andrej Kiska 3) Manuel Valls 4) Robert Scott
40. India-born Vijay Seshadri has own the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in which of
the following categories ?
1) Journalism 2) Music 3) Poetry 4) Drama
41. Who of the following was recently elected the new president of CII ?
1) B. Ashok Reddy 2) Chandrajit Banerjee

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3) S. Gopalakrishnan 4) Ajay S. Shriram
42. Which of the following films has been selected the Best feature film in the 61st
National Film Awards 2013 ?
1) Ship of Theseus 2) Gulab Gang 3) Bhaag Mikha Bhaag 4) Shahid

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43. Who of the following was recently named the new Prime Minister of the
Kazakhstan?

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1) Daniyal Akhmetov 2) Serik Akhmetov
3) Nursultan Nazarbayev 4) Karim Massimov
44. Who of the following was recently appointed the President of Malta ?
1) Geoge Abela 2) Joseph Muscat
3) Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca 4) Edward Fenech Adami
45. Who of the following has recently received Saraswati Samman 2013 ?
1) GC Pande 2) Govind Mishra 3) Sugatha Kumar 4) Rohit Gautam
46. Who of the following has been recently selected for the Best actor award in Hindi
film category in the 61st National Film Awards 2013 ?
1) Saurabha Shukla 2) Farhan Akhtar
3) Arsha Warsi 4) Rajkumar Rao
47. Which of the following films was recently selected for best popular film providing
wholesome entertainment in the 61st National Film Awards 2013 ?
1) Bhaag Milka Bhaag 2) Shahid
3) Jolly LLB 4) Ship of Theseus
48. Who of the following was recently appointed the new DG of BSF ?
1) Subhash Joshi 2) D.K. Pathak 3) H. Tharakan 4) U.K. Bansal
49. Viktor Orban was recently re-elected the Prime Minister of which of the following
countries for the second consecutive four-year term ?
1) France 2) Germany 3) Hungary 4) Malta
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50. Which team has won the ICC T 20 Womens World Cup 2014 ?
1) India 2) England 3) Australia 4) Pakistan
51. Which team has won the ICC T 20 World Cup 2014 ?
1) Sri Lanks 2) India 3) Australia 4) New Zealand
52. The winner of Australian GP FI Nico Rosberg is related to which of the following
countries ?
1) Australia 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) England
53. Who of the following Indian woman player has become world No. 1 in the 10 metres
air pistol event ?
1) Tejaswini Sawant 2) Heena Sindhu
3) Rahi Sarnobat 4) Anjali Bhagwat
54. Who of the following was declared the Man of the Series in the recently concluded

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T20 World Cup ?
1) Suresh Raina 2) MS Dhoni 3) Virat Kohli 4) R. Ashwin
55. Which team has won Deodhar Trophy 2014 ?
1) West Zone 2) East Zone 3) North Zone 4) South Zone

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56. Who of the following won the Malaysian Grand Prix racing 2014 ?
1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Nico Rosberg 3) Jenson Button 4) Sebastian Vettel

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57. Which of the following states High Court has recently restored the power of the
RBI to decide the period after which the bad loan can be called as a non-performing
asset (NPA) ?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat 4) Rajasthan
58. GIRO Advisory Group (GAG) has submitted its report to RBI. Which of the following
statement / s is / are true regarding this ?
a) The full form of GIRO is Government Internal Revenue Order
b) The head of this group is Prof. Umesh Bellur
c) The RBI constituted the GIRO Advisory Group to implement a national GIRO-based
Indian Bill Payment System
d) It is a centralised process that allows payments for utility bills, educational fees and
insurance premium by just visiting the bank branch
1) a, b and c 2) b, c and d 3) a, c and d 4) a, b, c and d
59. Which of the following Indian IT companies has recently become first Indian
company to joins top 10 global IT services companies club ?
1) HCL 2) Infosys 3) Wipro 4) TCS
60. Which of the following banks has recently signed MoU with Enable India, a non-
profit organisation, to train persons with disabilities towards economic
independence ?
1) Axis Bank 2) SBI 3) HDFC Bank 4) Yes Bank
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61. RBI has recently directed banks not to levy any penalty on individual borrowers
for pre-paying floating loans. What is floating loan ?
a) Floating loan products include housing, corporate, vehicle and personal loans
b) It is a type of loan whose interest rate (and, therefore, monthly installment amount)
fluctuates according to the rise or fall in the market interest rates.
c) The biggest benefit with floating rate loans is that they are cheaper than fixed interest
rates loans
1) a and c 2) a and b 3) b and c 4) a, b and c
62. President of India has recently dedicated RuPay, Indias own card payment
network, to the nation. Which of the following statement / s is / are true regarding
this ?
a) The new payment network, developed by the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI), a not-for-profit company envisioned by the RBI and created by the banking

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industry, covers all ATMs and most of the retail and e-commerce platforms.
b) RuPay is the coinage of two terms Rupee and Payment.
c) RuPay facilitates electronic payment at all Indian banks and financial institutions and
competes with Master Card and Visa in India.

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d) RuPay provides flexibility to card issuing banks to issue special purpose cards like
Kisan Cards, Milk Procurement Cards, Grain Procurement Cards and Financial Inclusion

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Cards
1) a, c and d 2) a, b and c 3) a, b and d 4) a, b, c and d
63. Air Asia India has recently granted flying licence by DGCA to launch its low-cost
airline in India. It is related to which of the following countries ?
1) Philippines 2) China 3) Malaysia 4) Singapore
64. RBI has recently allowed minors to open and operate savings bank accounts
independently. The minor should be above how many years of age ?
1) 9 2) 10 3) 12 4) 14
65. ING Vysya Life Insurance Company has been recently renamed as ........ ?
1) ING Exide Life Insurance Company
2) Exide Life Insurance Company 3)ING Vysya Exide Life Insurance
4) None of above
66. Cadbury India a subsidiary of Mondelez International has recently changed its
name to Mondelez India Foods Limited. Mondelez International is related to which
country ?
1) US 2) UK 3) Japan 4) France
67. Which of the following bank has recently launches a special edition Cricket Credit
Card in association with IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils ?
1) Yes Bank 2) Federal Bank
3) Ratnakar Bank Limited 4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
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68. RBI has issued uniform accounting standards for Asset Reconstruction
Companies (ARCs), based on the recommendations of the Key Advisory Group
headed by whom of the following ?
1) Anand Sinha 2) P.J. Nayak 3) Umesh Bellur 4) Alok Nigam
69. The committee to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India has recently
submitted its report to Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The committee was constituted
under the chairmanship of whom of the following ?
1) P.J. Nayak 2) Umesh Bellur 3) Aditya Puri 4) Urjit Patel
70. N.R. Narayana Murthy was recently presented with the 2014 Global Indian Award
in Canada. He is the executive chairman of which of the following companies ?
1) Infosys 2) Wipro 3) IBM 4) TCS
71. The Supreme Court has reconstituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to
expedite probe into Black Money Cases and directed the government to issue the

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necessary notification. Who of the following is the chairman of this team ?
1) Arijit Pasayat 2) M.B. Shab 3) R.M. Lodha 4) Vinod Rai
72. The Supreme Court has ordered the audit of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple
accounts and properties. This temple is situated in which of the following states ?

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1) Karnataka 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Kerala 4) Madhya Pradesh
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with which of the following countries ?
1) Bangladesh 2) Bhutan 3) Myanmar 4) China
74. Supreme Court has recently banned jallikattu (bull fighting), a famous game in
which of the following states ?
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu
75. Task Force on Waste to Energy has recently submitted its report to the Planning
Commission. This Task Force was constituted under the Chairmanship of whom
of the following ?
1) A.K. Patnaik 2) S.J. Mukhopadhaya
3) Dr. K. Kasturirangan 4) Dipak Misra
76. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over a Dornier 228 light-weight
aircraft to DRDO. What is the name of this aircract ?
1) Vayurathna 2) Maharathna 3) Nabhrathna 4) Askashrathna
77. Who of the following has recently written the book titled Redesigning the Aeroplane
While Flying - Reforming Institutions ?
1) Sanjay Baru 2) P.C. Parakh 3) Rajiv Pillai 4) Arun Maira
78. India will become the worlds third largest oil consumer by 2025 according to the
US Energy Information Administration (EIA)s recent report. At present, which of
the following countries is at top position ?
1) China 2) US 3) Japan 4) Germany
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79. India has launched Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme in which of
the following countries ?
1) US 2) UAE 3) Bhutan 4) Bangladesh
80. Worlds highest railway tunnel has opened in which country ?
1) UAE 2) Japan 3) China 4) Russia
81. Which Indian city is the most polluted city in the world as per a study recently
released by WHO ?
1) Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Pune 4) Chennai
82. Prime Minister of South Korea resigned due to the governments inability and
untimely response to the ferry disaster. What is the name of Prime Minister of
South Korea ?
1) Park Geun - hye 2) Yingluck Shinawartra

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3) Chung Hong-won 4) Juan Carlos Varela
83. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawartra was removed from the post over abuse of
power charges. She is related to which of the following countries ?
1) Singapore 2) Thailand 3) South Korea 4) Malta

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84. Alenka Bratusekhas, who recently resigned, was the Prime Minister of which of
the following countries ?

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1) Libya 2) Thailand 3) Slovenia 4) Panama
85. Who of the following was recently appointed the Chairman of the Central Water
Commission and ex-officio Secretary of the Government of India ?
1) Devender Sharma 2) B.S. Chauhan
3) Ashwin B. Pandya 4) R.K. Jain
86. Chitra Magimairaj of India has recently won the World Womens Senior Snooker
Championship against Alena Asmolava of Belarus. This championship was held
in which of the following countries ?
1) UK 2) Russia 3) Britain 4) Norway
87. Grant Flower was recently named as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team
for two years. He is the former batsman of which of the following countries ?
1) Australia 2) Zimbabwe 3) England 4) South Africa
88. Which of the following team has recently won the 20th Senior National Womens
Football Championships title ?
1) Delhi 2) Manipur 3) Jharkhand 4) Odisha
89. The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held in which of the following
countries ?
1) China 2) Norway 3) South Africa 4) Australia
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90. Supreme Court has recently asked the committee to conduct probe against N.
Srinivasan and top cricketers in IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal. Who of the
following is the head of this committee ?
1) J.S. Mathur 2) Arvind Mayaram 3) MB. Shah 4) Justice Mukul Mudgal
91. When is National Technology Day celebrated ?
1) 10th May 2) 11th May 3) 12th May 4) 13th May 5) 14th May
92. Which country decided to abolish Sponsorship System for foreign workers ?
1) Qatar 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) US 5) None of these
93. Who released a book entitled Subalternity, Exclusion and Social Change in India?
1) Sonia Gandhi 2) Narendra Modi 3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) M. Hamid Ansari 5) None of these
94. Who is Chairman of Indian Bank Association ?

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1) G.S. Sandhu 2) K.R. Kamath 3) Balachandran
4) A.P. Hota 5) None of these
95. With which game Manavjit Singh Sandhu is related ?

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1) Squash 2) Swimming 3) Wrestling
4) Shooting 5) None of these

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96. Who has been appointed as President and CEO of Nokia Corporation ?
1) Kris Gopalakrishnan 2) K.V. Kamath 3) Rajeev Suri
4) S. Ramadorai 5) None of these
97. Currently, which political party is not recognised as National Political Party ?
1) Nationalist Congress Party 2) Bahujan Samaj Party 3) Rastriya Janta Dal
4) Communist Party of India 5) None of these
98. Indias Poonam Rani is a player of ........
1) Basketball 2) Table Tennis 3) Hockey
4) Cricket 5) None of these
99. The Indian Super Legue is related to ..........
1) Badminton 2) Football 3) Hockey 4) Tennis 5) Cricket

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