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Current Affairs Mega Capsule 2014
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Objective Questions on Current Affairs
January 2014 to August 2014
Question: India celebrates Prasar Bharti Diwas every year from 7 -9 of January, where
is the venue of prasar bharti diwas 2014? ?
A) Bangalore
B) Kochi
C) New Delhi
D) Mumbai
Answer & Explanation: prasar bharti diwas 2014 celebrated at New Delhi.
Question: who is the writer of the book lowland?
A) Kary Pearson
B) Jhumpa Lahiri.
C) Lydia Davis
D) Alice Munro
Answer & Explanation: Jhumpa Lehri is the writer of Lowland.
Question: Who sworn as a new president of Maldives?
A) Nawaz Sharif
B) Abdulla Yameen
C) Mulato Teshome
D) Simpson Miller
Answer & Explanation: Abdulla Yameen as a new president of Maldives.
Question: Which film was awarded as Silver Peacock Award in 44th international film
festival of India?
A) Delhi Safari
B) Good Road
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C) Apur Panchali
D) Kahanai
Answer & Explanation: Apur Panchali film awarded as silver peacock award.
Question: Where is the head quarter of first Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB)?
A) Kolkata
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) New Delhi
Answer & Explanation: New Delhi is the head quarter of first Bhartiya Mahila Bank.
Question: What is the name of German chancellor, who elected third times as a
chancellor of Germany?
A) Sibel Siber
B) Angela Markel
C) Jacob Zuma
D) Robert Mugabe
Answer & Explanation: Angela Markel elected third times as a chancellor of Germany.
Question: The aircraft carrier which was commissioned into the Indian Navy recently
after refurbishment and upgradation in Russia?
A) INS Vikramaditya
B) INS Parakram
C) INS Arihant
D) INS Shakti
Answer & Explanation: INS Vikramaditya commissioned into the Indian Navy recently.
Question: What is the name of first Mars Orbiter mission that was successfully
launched by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)?
A) Maven
B) Mangalyaan
C) Mars 1
D) Prithvi
Answer & Explanation: Mangalyaan is the name of Mars Orbiter mission.
Question: What is the name of Scientist, recently, who has been selected for Bharat
Ratna Award, nations highest civilian honor?
A) Tessy Thomas
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B) A.P.J Abdul Kalam

C) C.N. Rao
D) K. Radhakrishnan
Answer & Explanation: C.N. Rao has been selected for Bharat Ratna Award.
Question: Who among the following has been appointed as the new chief of the
Pakistan Army?
A) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
B) Raheel Sharif
C) Parvez Musharraf
D) Abdul Majeed
Answer & Explanation: Raheel Sharif appointed as the new chief of the Pakistan
Army.
Question: Who is the 40th Chief Justice of India?
A) Jeet Gangulay
B) Ajit Prakash
C) Palanisamy Sathasivam.
D) Sam Pitroda
Answer & Explanation: Palanisamy Sathasivam sworn as 40th Chief Justice of India.
Question: Who is the Program director of Mangalyaan Mission of India?
A) Ratan Kumar Sinha
B) Martha Dodray
C) Mylswamy Annadurai
D) Leo Puri
Answer & Explanation: Mylswamy Annadurai is the Program director of Mangalyaan
Mission.
Question: Where is in India, first fully privately funded Metro Rail has been started
recently?
A) Kochi
B) Gurgaon
C) Bangalore
D) Ahmadabad
Answer & Explanation: Gurgaon.
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Question: China recently stopped One Child Policy what are the true regarding this
policy?
1) One child policy started in china in late 1970.
2) The policy prevented at least 300 billion births over the three decades.
3) Permitting couples in cities to have only one child and those in country side to
have a second child, if first child is girl.
A) Only 3 true
B) Only 1 true
C) Only 2 and 3 are true
D) All are true
Answer & Explanation: All are true.
Question: Kalpakkam is a place of India recently in news, in which state Kalpakkam is
located?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) West Bengal
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Kalpakkam is a small town in Tamil Nadu, India.
Question: What is the full form of CRISIL?
A) Capital Rating Information Services of India Limited
B) Cost Rating Information Services of India Limited
C) Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
D) Consumer Rating Information Services of India Limited
Answer & Explanation: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited.
Question: What is the name Typhoons which came in Philippines and killed more than
10,000 people?
A) Helen
B) Phailin
C) Haiyan
D) Abosta
Answer & Explanation: Haiyan.
Question: What is the name of the President of France?
A) Giorgio Napolitano
B) Mariano Rajoy
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C) Francois Hollande
D) Bronisaw Komorowski
Answer & Explanation: Francois Hollande is the President of France.
Question: Pakistan laid a foundation the country largest 2200 MW nuclear project in
Karachi with the help of which country?
A) China
B) America
C) Russia
D) India
Answer & Explanation: Pakistan laid foundation of the country largest 2200 MW
nuclear project with the help of China.
Question: The Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam constituted a 10-member Gender
Sensitization and Internal Complaints committee (GSICC) to deal with complaints
against sexual harassment. Who is the head of the committee?
A) C.K. Thakker
B) Ajit Prakash
C) Ranjana Prakash Desai
D) P.K. Balasubramanyan
Answer & Explanation: Ranjana Prakash Desai is the head of the committee.
Question: NASA launched a new spacecraft toward Mars, what is the name of that
spacecraft?
A) Mars 1
B) Maven
C) Maventic
D) Skylab
Answer & Explanation: Maven is the name of spacecraft.
Question: Who is the youngest person to received Bharat Ratan Award?
A) Stayajit Ray
B) Rajeev Gandhi
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tedulkar is the youngest person who received Bharat
Ratan.
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Question: Which one the first ever public sector bank to have been setup by the
government by India?
A) Union Bank of India
B) Allahabad Bank
C) Bhartiya Mahila Bank
D) Punjab National Bank
Answer & Explanation: Bhartiya Mahila Bank is setup by government of India.
Question: The worlds first Bitcoin ATM machine which can transact digital currency
Bitcoins -for any official currency has been unveiled at?
A) USA
B) Canada
C) Britain
D) China
Answer & Explanation: Worlds first Bitcoin ATM is in Canada.
Question: which one is the largest union territory of India area wise?
A) Pondicherry
B) Delhi
C) Chandigarh
D) Daman and Diu
Answer & Explanation: Delhi is the largest union territory of India area wise.
Question: How much money RBI offers to provide liquidity supports to MSEs (Micro
and Small Enterprises) through SIDBI?
A) 5000 cr.
B) 4000 cr.
C) 3000 cr.
D) 6000 cr.
Answer & Explanation: RBI offers 5000 cr. to provide liquidity support to MSEs
through SIDBI.
Question: Tata Sons Signed MoU with which Airlines for Setting up Full Service Airline
in India?
A) Qantas Airways
B) Singapore Airlines
C) Emirates
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D) Qatar Airways
Answer & Explanation: With Singapore Airlines Tata Sons Signed MoU.
Question: How much is the initial capital of Bhartiya Mahila Bank?
A) 1000 cr.
B) 500 cr.
C) 2000 cr.
D) 1500 cr.
Answer & Explanation: 1000 cr. is the initial capital of Bhartiya Mahila Bank.
Question: The US space agency NASA launched MAVEN spacecraft to probe the
atmosphere of which planet?
A) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Moon
D) Mars
Answer & Explanation: Space agency NASA launched MAVEN spacecraft to Mars.
Question: Who is the president of Zimbabwe?
A) Jaun Manuel Santos
B) Dilma Rousseff
C) Robert G. Mugabe
D) Karolos Papoulias.
Answer & Explanation: Robert G. Mugabe is the president of Zimbabwe.
Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?
A) Tony Abbott
B) Giorgio Napolitano
C) Uhuru Kenyatta
D) Enrique Pena Nieto
Answer & Explanation: Tony Abbott is the PM of Australia.
Question: Who is the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of India?
A) Preneet Kaur
B) Panabaka Lakshmi
C) Deepa Dasmunsi
D) Deepak Sandhu
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Answer & Explanation: Deepak Sandhu is the first woman Chief Information
Commissioner.
Question: Who is the Chairperson of National Commission for Women?
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Manta Sharma
C) Manikrao H. Gavit
D) Shikha Sharma
Answer & Explanation: Manta Sharma is the Chairperson, National Commission for
women.
Question: Who is the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission?
A) Karia Munda
B) Y.V. Reddy
C) S.C. Sinha
D) Alok Joshi
Answer & Explanation: Y.V. Reddy is the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission.
Question: Who is the Chairman of SEBI?
A) Arun Chaudhary
B) Sam Pitroda
C) U.K. Sinha
D) Shailesh Gupta
Answer & Explanation: U.K. Sinha is the Chairman of SEBI.
Question: Who is the Chairman of NASSCOM?
A) Dilip Trivedi
B) Poonam Kishore Saxena
C) Arvind Rajan
D) Krishna Kumar Natarajan
Answer & Explanation: Krishna Kumar Natarajan is the Chairman of NASSCOM.
Question: Who is the Chief Justice of India?
A) Shivraj Patil
B) P. Sathasivam
C) Najeeb Jung
D) B.L. Joshi
Answer & Explanation: P. Sathasivam is the Chief Justice of India.
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Question: Who is new Air Chief Marshal of India?

A) Arup Raha
B) Norman Anil Kumar Browne
C) Bikram Singh
D) Devendra Kumar Joshi.
Answer & Explanation: Arup Raha is new Air Chief Marshal of India.
Question: Who is Attorney General of India?
A) K.C. Venugopal
B) Goolam E. Vahanvati
C) Mohan Parasaran
D) Jesudasu Seelam
Answer & Explanation: Goolam E. Vahanvati is Attorney General of India.
Question: Who is the Director-General of World Trade Organization?
A) Alan Issac
B) Pascal Lamy
C) Robert Azevedo
D) Lamine Diack
Answer & Explanation: Robert Azevedo is the Director-General of WTO.
Question: Who is the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?
A) Ajay Chaddha
B) Shashi Kant Sharma
C) Ved Prakash
D) Vinod Rai
Answer & Explanation: Shashi Kant Sharma is the Comptroller and Auditor-General of
India.
Question: South Sudan is recently in news, who is the president of South Sudan?
A) Traian Basescu
B) David Cameron
C) Jacob Zuma
D) Salva Kiir Mayardit
Answer & Explanation: Salva Kiir Mayardit is the president of South Sudan.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
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A) Vasundhra Raje
B) Jyotiraditya Scindia
C) Ashok Gahlot
D) Rajeev Shukla
Answer & Explanation: Vasundhra Raje is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Question: Who is the Railway Minister of India?
A) Pawan Bansal
B) Arunendra Kumar
C) Mallikarjun Kharge
D) Harish Rawat
Answer & Explanation: Mallikarjun Kharge is the Railway Minister of India.
Question: Who is the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund?
A) Christine Lagarde
B) Dominique Strauss-Kahn
C) Anthony Lake
D) Peter Tomka
Answer & Explanation: Christine Lagarde is the Managing Director of IMF.
Question: Who is the president of World Bank?
A) Takehiko Nakao
B) Andreau Lucas
C) Jim Young Kim
D) Thomas Bach
Answer & Explanation: Jim Young Kim is the president of World Bank.
Question: Who is the 23rd governor of RBI?
A) H.R. Khan
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) D. Subbarao
D) Y.V. Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Raghuram Rajan is the 23rd governor of RBI.
Question: Who is the Chief Election Commissioner?
A) Avinash Chander
B) S.Y. Quraishi
C) K. Radhakrishnan
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D) V.S. Sampath
Answer & Explanation: V.S. Sampath is the Chief Election Commissioner.
Question: Who is the president of Pakistan?
A) Abdul Hamid
B) Mamnoon Hussain
C) Hassan Rouhani
D) Abdulla Yameen
Answer & Explanation: Mamnoon Hussain is the president of Pakistan.
Question: Who was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art and Culture and
Education by Dayawati Foundation?
A) Eleanor Catton
B) Mahasundari Devi
C) Anjolie Ela Menon
D) Lydia Davis
Answer & Explanation: Anjolie Ela Menon was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award.
Question: What is the name of the Indian Origin British MP who has been honoured
with the prestigious Asian Trader Editors Award?
A) Ajit Bahadur
B) Saima Arun
C) Priti Patel
D) Ishmita Sekh
Answer & Explanation: Priti Patel, Indian origin British MP has been honoured with the
prestigious Asian Trader Editors Award.
Question: Who has sworn as the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central
Asia, recently?
A) Nisha Desai Biswal
B) Parasvi Patel
C) Amit Gandhi
D) Prerna Parekh
Answer & Explanation: Nisha Desai Biswal sworn as the US Assistant Secretary of
State for South and Central Asia.
Question: Who has been appointed as UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South
Asia?
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A) Virat Kholi
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Rahul Dravid
D) MS Dhoni
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar appointed as UNICEF's first brand
ambassador for South Asia.
Question: Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold
Badminton Tournament?
A) Jyotshna P
B) Jwala Gutta
C) Saina Nahewal
D) PV Sindhu
Answer & Explanation: PV Sindhu won the Women's Singles trophy at the Macau
Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament.
Question: Who has been appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)
of India?
A) Shikha Sharma
B) Deepak Sandhu
C) Chanda Kochhar
D) Sushma Singh
Answer & Explanation: Sushma Singh has been appointed as the next Chief
Information Commissioner (CIC) of India.
Question: Which country has been chosen as the host country for Under-17 FIFA
World Cup in 2017?
A) Japan
B) England
C) India
D) Australia
Answer & Explanation: India has been chosen as the host country for Under-17 FIFA
World Cup in 2017.
Question: Who is the champion of the 29th Junior Youth National Championship at
Bengaluru?
A) Gujarat
B) Karnataka
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C) Kerala
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Kerala is the champion in the 29th Junior Youth National
Championship.
Question: What is the name of Olympic medal-winning boxer M C Koms
autobiography?
A) Unforgettable
B) My Side
C) Boxer of the century
D) Unbreakable was unveiled
Answer & Explanation: Unbreakable was unveiled is the name of M C Koms
autobiography.
Question: Who was sworn as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third
consecutive term?
A) Ajit Jogi
B) Raman Singh
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Akhilesh Yadav
Answer & Explanation: Raman Singh sworn as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for
the third consecutive term.
Question: Who appointed as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD)?
A) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
B) Vinod Rai
C) Prakash Baksi
D) Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat
Answer & Explanation: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala appointed as the Chairman of
NABARD.
Question: Who is the winner of the Men's Delhi Half Marathon?
A) Katty Parie
B) Addison Peter
C) Atsedu Tsegay
D) Jimmy Boss
Answer & Explanation: Atsedu Tsegay is the winner of the Men's Delhi Half Marathon.
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Question: India won in the mens Kabaddi World Cup in the final played at Guru Nanak
Dev Stadium in Ludhiana, Punjab against which team?
A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Iran
Answer & Explanation: India won against Pakistan.
Question: Who was sworn as Chief Minister of Mizoram?
A) Manik Sarkar
B) Lal Thanhawla
C) Amolak Rattan Kholi
D) Neiphiu Rio
Answer & Explanation: Lal Thanhawla was sworn as Chief Minister of Mizoram.
Question: What is the name of West Indies off spinner, who suspended from bowling in
international cricket after his action, was found illegal?
A) Shane Shillingford
B) Devendra Bishoo
C) Sunil Narine
D) Darren Sammy
Answer & Explanation: Shane Shillingford West Indies off spinner, who was
suspended from bowling in international cricket after his illegal action.
Question: Who elected as the Chile President for a second time by a wide margin?
A) Jacob Zuma
B) Raul Castro
C) Nicolas Maduro
D) Michelle Bachelet
Answer & Explanation: Michelle Bachelet elected as the Chile President for a second
time by a wide margin.
Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra
Bank recently?
A) CVR Rajendran
B) Debabrata Sarkar
C) VA Joseph
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D) Raghuraj Gujjar
Answer & Explanation: CVR Rajendran has been appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director of Andhra Bank.
Question: What is the name of England cricketer who announced retirement from
International Cricket recently?
A) James Anderson.
B) Graeme Swann
C) Kevin Pietersen
D) Matt Prior
Answer & Explanation: Graeme Swann is the England cricketer who announced
retirement from International Cricket recently.
Question: Who has been appointed first woman Managing Director of Life Insurance
Corporation?
A) Usha Sangwan
B) Chanda Kochhar
C) Shikha Sharma
D) Archana Bhargava
Answer & Explanation: Usha Sangwan appointed first woman Managing Director of
Life Insurance Corporation.
Question: The person who invented the AK-47 weapon died at the age of 94 due to illhealth recently, what is the name of inventor?
A) Alberto Gilardino
B) Charlos Queiroz
C) Vicente Del Bosque
D) Mikhail Kalashnikov
Answer & Explanation: Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 weapon.
Question: Who became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the
highest mountain of America?
A) Adam Nawalka
B) Tyler Armstrong
C) James Milner
D) Savio Medeira
Answer & Explanation: Tyler Armstrong is the youngest person to reach the summit of
Aconcagua, the highest mountain of America.
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Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Somalia?

A) Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
B) Michael Drapac
C) Jim Young Kim
D) Ollanta Humala
Answer & Explanation: Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed is the Prime Minister of Somalia.
Question: In which place the first human artificial heart implantation performed in
Georges Pompidou Hospital, recently?
A) Texas
B) Paris
C) San Francisco
D) London
Answer & Explanation: Paris is the place where first human artificial heart implantation
was performed in Georges Pompidou Hospital.
Question: In a study of the International Association of Public Transport (UTIP), which
city of India was ranked 31st which was the highest among the six cities studied in
India.
A) Chennai
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
Answer & Explanation: Kolkata
Question: South Sudan, the place is in news recently, what is the capital of South
Sudan?
A) Lima
B) Juba
C) Brasilia
D) Jayawardenepura
Answer & Explanation: Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
Question: What is the name of Pakistan player, who recently inducted into the ICC
Crickets Hall of Fame?
A) Shahid Afridi
B) Shoaib Akhtar
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C) Wasim Akram
D) Waqar Younis
Answer & Explanation: Waqar Younis is the name of Pakistan player, who recently
inducted into the ICC Crickets Hall of Fame.
Question: Name the Bollywood actor won the best actor award for his brilliant
performance in his film The Lunchbox at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film
Festival (DIFF)?
A) Sharukh Khan
B) Amitabh Bachchan
C) Irfan Khan
D) Amir Khan
Answer & Explanation: Irfan Khan won the best actor award at the 10th edition of
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Question: Who has been sworn as the Chief Minister of Mizoram?
A) Raman Singh
B) Lal Thanhawal
C) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
D) Nabam Tuki
Answer & Explanation: Lal Thanhawal has been sworn as the Chief Minister of
Mizoram.
Question: What is the name of cricketer who recently broke the record of Shahid Afridi
of scoring the fastest ODI century in 36 balls?
A) Corey Anderson
B) Chris Gayle
C) Brandum Macclum
D) James Peterson
Answer & Explanation: Corey Anderson broke the record of Shahid Afridi of scoring
the fastest ODI century in 36 balls.
Question: Who has been appointed recently as the Chief Information Commissioner of
India?
A) Sujata Singh
B) Kiran Bedi
C) Sushma Singh
D) Chanda Kochhar
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Answer & Explanation: Sushma Singh has been appointed as the Chief Information
Commissioner of India.
Question: Who became the youngest person to reach the summit of 6962 metre
Aconcagua, the highest mountain of America?
A) Tyler Armstrong
B) Alfonso Cuaron
C) Jhon Smith
D) Niel Armstrong
Answer & Explanation: Tyler Armstrong.
Question: Who is the founder of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)?
A) Kumar Vishwas
B) Anna Hazare
C) Kiran Bedi
D) Arvind Kejriwal
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Kejriwal is the founder of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Question: Kidambi Srikanth recently won the Mens 78thsenior National championship.
He is associated with which game?
A) Badminton
B) Lawn Tennis
C) Archery
D) Boxing
Answer & Explanation: He is associated with Badminton.
Question: Who will host the FIFA under-17 world cup 2017?
A) England
B) Uzbekistan
C) South Africa
D) India
Answer & Explanation: India will host the FIFA under-17 world cup 2017.
Question: What is the name of Indian cricketer who recently bagged the Emerging of
the Year trophy at the ICC Annual Award in Dubai?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Cheteshwar Pujara
C) Ab De Villiers
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D) Joe Root
Answer & Explanation: Cheteshwar Pujara bagged the Emerging of the Year trophy at
the ICC Annual Award in Dubai.
Question: Corey Anderson created a world record by scoring fastest ODI century off 36
balls. He belongs to which country?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) West Indies
D) England
Answer & Explanation: He belongs to New Zealand.
Question: What is the name of South African cricketer who has taken a retirement form
Test cricket recently?
A) Jacques Kallis
B) Grame Smith
C) Hashim Amla
D) Mark Boucher
Answer & Explanation: Jacques Kallis has taken retirement form Test cricket recently.
Question: A famous all-rounder player of South Africa cricket team, Jacques Kallis
retired from test cricket recently. He played his last test match against which team?
A) West Indies
B) India
C) Pakistan
D) Sri Lanka
Answer & Explanation: He played his last test match against India.
Question: What is the name of new Prime Minister of Somalia?
A) Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
B) Sheikh Hasina
C) Nouri al-Malik
D) Ante Markovic
Answer & Explanation: Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmedis is the name of new Prime Minister of
Somalia.
Question:What is the name of new Director-General of the Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF)?
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A) ArvindRanjan
B) RanjitSinha
C) Alok Joshi
D) Arup Raha
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Ranjan is the new Director-General of the Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Question: Who becomes the first woman CEO of General Motor, the largest car Maker
Company of US?
A) Janet Yellen
B) Susan Rice
C) Marry Barra
D) Julia Pierson
Answer & Explanation: Marry Barra is the first woman CEO of General Motor.
Question: When National Science Day Celebrated?
A) 16 January
B) 28 February
C) 21 January
D) 15 February
Answer & Explanation: National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February.
Question: Who was sworn as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi in the assembly
election 2013?
A) Kumar Vishwas
B) ArvindKejriwal
C) Raman Singh
D) Sheila Dixit
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Kejriwal was sworn as the seventh Chief Minister of
Delhi.
Question: What is the name of autobiography of Olympic Bronze medalist and five-time
world champion woman boxer M C Marry Kom?
A) Hidden Fighter
B) Unforgettable
C) Play to Win
D) Unbreakable
Answer & Explanation: Unbreakable is the autobiography of M C Marry Kom.
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Question: What was the name of Jet Fighter Air Craft which recently retired from Indian
Air Force?
A) MiG-21
B) C-17
C) Sukhoi
D) Tejas
Answer & Explanation: MiG-21retired from Indian Air Force.
Question: What is the name of Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, who re-elected third time
consecutively?
A) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
B) Naveen Patnaik
C) Sibu Soren
D) Raman Singh
Answer & Explanation: Raman Singh is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
Question: Who is the Chairman of SEBI?
A) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
B) Amrit Raj
C) U.K. Sinha
D) T.S. Vijayan
Answer & Explanation: U.K. Sinha is the Chairman of SEBI.
Question: What is the name of new Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
A) Vasundhara Raje
B) Ashok Gehlot
C) Jyotiraditya Scindia
D)Yashodhara Raje
Answer & Explanation: Vasundhara Raje is the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Question: Where is the headquarters of WTO?
A) Belgium
B) New York
C) Geneva
D) Rome
Answer & Explanation: Headquarters of WTO is in Geneva.
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Question: How much amount Asian Development Bank will lend for the expansion of
the metro line in Jaipur?
A) $198 Million
B) $187 Million
C) $176 Million
D) $165 Million
Answer & Explanation: $176 Million ADB will lend for the expansion of the metro line
in Jaipur.
Question: India and Japan raise currency swap arrangement limit from $15 to what
limit recently?
A) $40 Billion
B) $60 Billion
C) $30 Billion
D) $50 Billion
Answer & Explanation: $50 Billion
Question: Who is the Secretary General of India Direct Selling Association (ISDA)?
A) Rahul Bajaj
B) Arvind Juneja
C) Chavi Hemanth
D) Deepak Tulsi
Answer & Explanation: Chavi Hemanth is the Secretary General of India Direct Selling
Association (ISDA).
Question: What is the name of European country that has signed a bilateral tax treaty
for exchange of banking and ownership information at Rome, Italy with India?
A) Andorra
B) Monaco
C) San Marino
D) Serbia
Answer & Explanation: San Marino.
Question: What was the name of India first Stock Exchange?
A) KBC
B) BSE
C) NSE
D) Nikkei
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Answer & Explanation: BSE wasIndia first Stock Exchange.

Question: What is the name of India chairman of Engineering Export Promotion
Council (EEPC)?
A) Satish Kashyap
B) Anupam Shah
C) Aditya Birla
D) Nitin Malhotra
Answer & Explanation: Anupam Shah is the India chairman of Engineering Export
Promotion Council (EEPC).
Question: What is the name of Pakistani player, who recently been inducted into ICC
Hall of Fame?
A) Inzamam Ul Haq
B) Waqar Younis
C) Shoaib Akhtar
D) Shahid Afridi
Answer & Explanation: Waqar Younis has recently been inducted into ICC Hall of
Fame.
Question: Del Potro has been crowned Argentinas sports-man of the year award for
2013. He associated with which game?
A) Cricket
B) Lawn Tennis
C) Boxing
D) Polo
Answer & Explanation: He associated with Lawn Tennis.
Question: Who emerged champion of the FIFA Club World Cup?
A) Manchester United
B) Bayern Munich
C) Raja Casablanca
D) Chelsea F.C.
Answer & Explanation: Bayern Munich emerged champion of the FIFA Club World
Cup.
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Question: What is the name of company which claimed the sponsorship rights for the
Indian Cricket team for all BCCI, ACC and ICC events for a period of three years
beginning from January 1, 2014?
A) UB Group
B) Sahara
C) Star India
D) Airtel
Answer & Explanation: Star India Pvt. Ltd.claimed the sponsorship rights for the
Indian Cricket team.
Question: Who has become the new president of Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
A) Naina Lal Kidwai
B) Sidharth Birla
C) Deepak Sandhu
D) Chanda Kochhar
Answer & Explanation: Sidharth Birla is the new president of Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Question: Who is the new Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)?
A) Prakash Bakshi
B)Amit Sethi
C) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
D) Anand Sinha
Answer & Explanation: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala is the new Chairman ofNABARD.
Question: Michelle Bachelet has been elected as the new President of which country?
A) Argentina
B) Norway
C) East Timor
D) Chile
Answer & Explanation: Michelle Bachelet has been elected as the new President of
Chile.
Question: The United Nation has declared the year 2014 as?
A) The International Year of Water Reserve
B) The International Year of Family Farming
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C) The International Year of Mobile harming

D) The International Year of Agriculture modernization
Answer & Explanation: The International Year of Family Farming
Question: What is the name of Bangalore International Airport, which was recently
renamed?
A) Wadiyar International Airport
B) Kempegowda International Airport
C) Bengaluru International Airport
D) Magestic International Airport
Answer & Explanation: Kempegowda International Airport is the name of Bangalore
International Airport.
Question: Who is the author of book Cultures: My Odyssey of self-Discovery?
A) Barack Obama
B) Amartya Sen
C) Mark Obama
D) Nelson Mendela
Answer & Explanation: Mark Obama (Brother of Barack Obama) is the author of book
Cultures: My Odyssey of self-Discovery.
Question: Who has been appointed as the new Pakistan envoy to India?
A) Javed Ansari
B) Mamnoon Hussain
C) Iftikhar Chaudhry
D) Abdul Basit
Answer & Explanation: Abdul Basit has been appointed as the new Pakistan envoy to
India.
Question:What is the name of Germany first woman Defense Minister, who has been
elected recently?
A) Andy Taylor
B) Von Der Leyen
C) Angela Merkel
D) Ronnie Biggs
Answer & Explanation: Von Der Leyen has been elected recently as a Germany first
woman Defense Minister.
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Question: What is the name of Autobiography of Nelson Mandela?

A) Black and White Time
B) Long Walk to Freedom
C)Glimpse into the life
D) Life and Struggle of Freedom
Answer & Explanation: Long Walk to Freedom
Question: Who has been appointed as the new India envoy to UK?
A) Manish Malhotra
B) AmitSethi
C) RanjanMathai
D) Sushma Singh
Answer & Explanation: Ranjan Mathai has been appointed as the new India envoy to
UK.
Question: What was the name of designer of the assault rifle AK-47, who died recently
at the age of 94?
A) Eva Person
B) Nestor Kirchner
C)Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner
D) Mikhail Kalshnikov
Answer & Explanation: Mikhail Kalshnikov was the name of designer of the assault
rifle AK-47.
Question: Who has won the LG peoples choice award?
A) Rohit Sharma
B) ViratKholi
C) M.S. Dhoni
D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer & Explanation: M.S. Dhoni has won the LG peoples choice award.
Question: What are correct about Agni III Missile?
I) Range is more than 3000 km.
II) surface-to-surface ballistic missile
III) Range is more than 5000 km.
A) Only I true
B) Only I and II true
C) All are true
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D) None of these
Answer & Explanation: Correct answer is B
Question: Who has been honoured with the Star of the Millennium award?
A) Shahrukh Khan
B) Dileep Kumar
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Manoj Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured with the Star of the
Millennium award.
Question:Who was sworn as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat?
A) DP Agrawal
B) P Sathasivam
C) Nerdendra Devki
D) D.P. Buch
Answer & Explanation:D.P. Buch was sworn as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat.
Question: India have signed a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement
(BIPPA) with which country to accelerate fresh capital inflow?
A) Mauritius
B) United Arab Emirates (UAE)
C) Iran
D) America
Answer & Explanation: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Question: Who is the present captain of Indian football team?
A) Rudi Krol
B) Sunil Chhetri
C) Baichung Bhutia
D) Syed Rahim Nabi
Answer & Explanation: Sunil Chhetri is the present captain of Indian football team.
Question: C.K. Naidu award has been given in the field of?
A) Direction
B) Sports
C) Music
D) Education
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Answer & Explanation:C.K. Nayudu award has been given in the field of sports i.e.
Cricket.
Question: What was the name of India first mission to Mars?
A) Mars1
B) Maven
C) Agni
D) Mangalyaan
Answer & Explanation: Mangalyaan was the name of India first mission to Mars.
Question: PV sindhu of India won the Macau open Badminton title against whom?
A) Denis patie
B) Michelle Li
C) Wang Xin
D) Jiangsu Suzhou
Answer & Explanation:PV sindhu of India won the Macau open Badminton title
againstMichelle Li.
Question:What was the cost Indian Mangalyaan mission to Mars?
A) 700 cr
B) 450 cr
C) 550 cr
D) 600 cr
Answer & Explanation: 450 cr was the cost.
Question: Who clinched the Hero Junior Hockey world cup title beating France at Major
Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi?
A) New Zealand
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Argentina
Answer & Explanation: Germany clinched the Hero Junior Hockey world cup title.
Question: Which union territory of India has highest literacy rate?
A) Andaman & Nicobar
B) Delhi
C) Pondicherry
D) Lakshadweep
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Answer & Explanation: Lakshadweep has highest literacy rate.

Question: What is the name of Indian, who won the Indonesia Open Golf Title?
A) Jyoti Randhawa
B) Gaganjeet Bhullar
C) Jeev Milkha Singh
D) Arju Atwal
Answer & Explanation: Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Indonesia Open Golf Title.
Question: Who is the present Controller and Auditor-General of India?
A) Rajendra Pal Singh
B) Shashi Kant Sharma
C) Mukesh N. Prasad
D) Siddharth Tiwari
Answer & Explanation: Shashi Kant Sharma
Question: Who is the present Director General of World Trade Organization?
A) Jim Yong Kim
B) Roberto Azevedo
C) Christine Lagarde
D) Jhon William Ashe
Answer & Explanation: Roberto Azevedo
Question: Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) HR Khan
C) V.P. Baligar
D) Jayant Das Gupta
Answer & Explanation: Raghuram Rajan
Question: Who is the present Chairman of University Grant Commission (UGC)?
A) V.P. Agrawal
B) Bijendra Singh
C) Ved Prakash
D) P.V. Narsimgham
Answer & Explanation:Ved Prakash
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Question: Who is the present President of Insurance Regulation & Development

Authority (IRDA) of India?
A) T.S. Vijayan
B) Arvind Sharma
C) Swatantra Kumar
D) Arup Chaudhary
Answer & Explanation: T.S. Vijayan
Question: What was the name of First Indian Woman to be appointed as Finance
Secretary?
A) Poonam Kishore Saxena
B) Shushma Singh
C) Sushma Nath
D) Silpi Parmar
Answer & Explanation: Sushma Nath
Question: Who is the present Chairperson of National Child Right Commission?
A) Shantha Sinha
B) S. Narasaing Rao
C) B.C. Tripathi
D) A.B.L. Srivastava
Answer & Explanation: Shantha Sinha
Question: Who is the present Chairman of Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI)?
A) Yogesh Agrawal
B) N.P. Patel
C) Sushil Muhnot
D) Lait K. Panwar
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Muhnot
Question: Who is the present CMD of National Bank of Agriculture & Rural
Development (NABARD)?
A) Prakash Bakshi
B) C. Vishwanath
C) HK Bhanwala
D) Chandra Shekhar Verma
Answer & Explanation: Prakash Bakshi
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Question: Who is the present Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory & Development
Authority (PFRDA)?
A) A.K. Upadhyay
B) Nimish C. Tolia
C) Yogesh Agrawal
D) Ashok Kumar Lahiri
Answer & Explanation: Yogesh Agrawal
Question: What was the name of First Lady Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)?
A) K.J. Udeshi
B) Prema Cariappa
C) Reeta Menon
D) Usha Throat
Answer & Explanation: K.J. Udeshi
Question: Who is the present Chairman of Securities and exchange board of India
(SEBI)?
A) P.L. Punia
B) Vijai L. Kelkar
C) C. Rangrajan
D) U.K. Sinha
Answer & Explanation: U.K. Sinha
Question: Who is the present Chairperson of National Women Commission?
A) Mamta Sharma
B) A.K. Sexena
C) R.K. Upadhyay
D) Mangoo Singh
Answer & Explanation: Mamta Sharma
Question: Who is the present Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?
A) Rajeev Mundra
B) S.K. Rai
C) Gopala Krishnan
D) Arvind Pradhan
Answer & Explanation: S.K. Rai
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Question: Who is the present CMD of General Insurance Company?

A) Ashok Kumar Rai
B) Rajesh Lilothia
C) Pramod Dev
D) Aditya Puri
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Kumar Rai
Question: Who is the present CMD of National Insurance Company?
A) Rahul Khullar
B) Sunil Mittal
C) S. Krishnan
D) N.S.R. Chandra Prasad
Answer & Explanation: N.S.R. Chandra Prasad
Question: Who is the present Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI)?
A) Sandip Somany
B) Rana Kapoor
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) R. Chandrashekahar
Answer & Explanation: Nandan Nilekani
Question: Who is the present CMD of State Bank Group?
A) OP Bhatt
B) Arundhati Bhattacharya
C) Rohit Nandan
D) Ashok Chawla
Answer & Explanation: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Question: Who is the present Chairman of United India Insurance Company?
A) V.S. Sirpurkar
B) K. Natrajan
C) Milind Kharat
D) Didar Singh
Answer & Explanation: Milind Kharat
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Question: Who became the first Japanese Prime Minister to become the chief guest at
Indias 65th Republic Day celebration?
A) Shinzo Abe
B) Xi Jinping
C) Wen Jiabao
D) Jung Hong -won
Answer & Explanation: Shinzo Abe was the chief guest at Indias 65th Republic Day
celebration.
Question: Who has been appointed as the first woman head of the US central bank
Federal Reserve?
A) Melinda Gates
B) Dilma Rousseff
C) Janet Yellen
D) Christine Lagarde
Answer & Explanation: Janet Yellen has been appointed as the first woman head of
the US central bank Federal Reserve.
Question: What was the name of king of Bhutan, who was officially visited to India
between 6 -10 January, 2014?
A) Abu Zahar Ujang
B) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
C) Najib Razak
D) Jigmi Y Thinley
Answer & Explanation: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the name of king of
Bhutan.
Question: Who was sworn as the eighth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on February 1,
2014?
A) Nitish Kumar
B) Harish Rawat
C) Vijay Bahuguna
D) Akhilesh Yadav
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand.
Question: Pullela Gopichand was selected for the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award
on the eve of Republic Day on January 25, 2014. He is associated with which game?
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A) Cricket
B) Badminton
C) Table Tennis
D) Snooker
Answer & Explanation: Pullela Gopichand is associated with Badminton.
Question: Who grabbed the Best Actor award for his performance in Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag at the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards on January 24, 2014?
A) Ranbir Kapoor
B) Naseeruddin Shah
C) Aamir Khan
D) Farhan Akhtar
Answer & Explanation: Farhan Akhtar grabbed the Best Actor award.
Question: Who was conferred the Ashok Chakra, the nations highest peacetime
gallantry award, posthumously, on Indias 65th Republic Day by Honble President?
A) Anand Singh
B) K. Prasad Babu
C) Vijay Singh
D) Pawan Sidhu
Answer & Explanation: K. Prasad Babu was conferred the Ashok Chakra.
Question: Who was honoured with Amadelkufa (for her life time contribution to the
freedom struggle of South Africa) in South Africa on January 26, 2014?
A) Jacob Zuma
B) Ela Gandhi
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Eleanor Catton
Answer & Explanation: Ela Gandhi.
Question: Who has received the 2013 UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement on
January 22, 2014?
A) Richard Quest
B) Kwon Oh Hyun
C) Tim Cook
D) James Dimon
Answer & Explanation: Richard Quest has received the 2013 UNWTO.
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Question: What was the name of Switzerland player, who claimed his careers first
Grand Slam title after winning the 2014 Australian Open mens single in Melbourne on
January 26, 2014?
A) Juan Martin Del Potro
B) Stanislas Wawrinka
C) Rafel Nadal
D) Roger Federer
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his careers first Grand Slam title
after winning the 2014 Australian Open mens single.
Question: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open 2014 against whom?
A) Roger Federer
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Andy Murray
D) Rafel Nadal
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open 2014 against
Rafel Nadal.
Question: Who won the Australian Open womens singles title in Melbourne on January
25, 2014?
A) Martina Hingis
B) Serena Williams
C) Li Na
D) Victoria Azarenka
Answer & Explanation: Li Na won the Australian Open womens singles title.
Question: In the Mixed Double final of Australian Open 2014, Sania Mirza (India) and
Hori Tecan (Romania) lost the match against whom?
A) Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan
B) Kristina Mladenovi and Daniel Nestor
C) Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan
D) Andrea Hlavackova and Max Mirnyi
Answer & Explanation: Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor won the mixed double
final of Australian Open 2014.
Question: Who won the Womens Singles crown in the final of Syed Modi International
India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship in Lucknow on January 26, 2014?
A) Saina Nahewal
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B) Jawala Gutta
C) P.V. Sindhu
D) Ashwini Ponnappa
Answer & Explanation: Saina Nahewal grabbed the Womens Singles crown in the
final of Syed Modi International India Grand Prix.
Question: Who won the 10th Malaysia Open title on January 19, 2014. He is unbeaten
at the tournament since 2008?
A) Marc Zwiebler
B) Lee Chong Wei
C) Tommy Sugiarto
D) Chen Long
Answer & Explanation: Lee Chong Wei won the 10th Malaysia Open title on January
19, 2014.
Question: Who has become the first male junior badminton player from India to be
ranked top on the world?
A) Anand Pawar
B) Aditya Joshi
C) R.M.V. Gurusaidutt
D) Abhijeet Gupta
Answer & Explanation: Aditya Joshi has become the first male junior badminton player
from India to be ranked top on the world.
Question: Who became the first Indian track and field athlete to win a Gold medal in a
major world event after international governing body IAAF upgraded on January 13,
2014 her second place finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final to the first
place?
A) Anjali Bhagwat
B) Neelam Jaswant Singh
C) Anju Bobby George
D) Kamaljeet Sandhu
Answer & Explanation: Anju Bobby George became the first Indian track and field
athlete to win a Gold medal in a major world event.
Question: Who won the mens race at the 11th Mumbai Marathon on January 19, 2014?
A) Viktor Yanukovycn
B) Kenyan Evans Ruto
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C) Angela Merkel
D) Francois Hollande
Answer & Explanation: Kenyan Evans Ruto won the mens race at the 11th Mumbai
Marathon.
Question: Who won the 12th Parsvnath Grandmasters International, chess tournament
in New Delhi on January 16, 2014?
A) Pendyala Harikrishna
B) Abhijit Gupta
C) Humpy Koneru
D) Viswanathan Anand
Answer & Explanation: Abhijit Gupta won the 12th Parsvnath Grandmasters
International.
Question: Who won the FIFA Ballon dOr award for the second time, as he was
adjudged the worlds best footballer on January 13, 2014?
A) Tom Brady
B) Cristiano Ronaldo
C) Lionel Messi
D) Gareth Bale
Answer & Explanation: Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon dOr award for the
second time.
Question: Who won the final of inaugural World Hockey League title in New Delhi on
January 18, 2014?
A) Brazil
B) Germany
C) Netherlands
D) Argentina
Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the final of inaugural World Hockey League
title in New Delhi.
Question: Stanislas Wawrinka is a famous player of Lawn Tennis. He won the 2014
mens title of Australian Open 2014. He belongs to which country?
A) Spain
B) Switzerland
C) Serbia
D) France
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Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka belongs to Switzerland.

Question: In New Zealand-India ODI Series, New Zealand defeated India by series 4-0.
Who was the captain of Indian team in that series?
A) Ravindra Jadeja
B) Virat Kholi
C) MS Dhoni
D) Rohit Sharma
Answer & Explanation: MS Dhoni was the captain of Indian team.
Question: Where is the Head Quarter of International Cricket Council (ICC)?
A) London
B) Dubai
C) New York
D) Dhaka
Answer & Explanation: Head Quarter of International Cricket Council is in Dubai.
Question: Who won the Qatar Open mens single title in Doha on January 4, 2014?
A) Lander Paes
B) Andy Murray
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Rafel Nadal
Answer & Explanation: Rafel Nadal won the Quatar Open mens single title.
Question: What is the name of First Indian Wicketkeeper, who crossed 300 Dismissals
in the One-Day International?
A) Nayan Mongia
B) SMH Kirmani
C) MS Dhoni
D) KS More
Answer & Explanation: MS Dhoni was the First Indian Wicketkeeper to cross 300
Dismissals in the One-Day International.
Question: Who became the first woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires panel?
A) Betty Wilson
B) Kathy Cross
C) Betty Archdale
D) Katherine Brunt
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Answer & Explanation: Kathy Cross became the first woman to be inducted in an ICC
umpires panel.
Question: Who won the U-19 Asia Cup by 40 runs in the final in Sharjah on January 4,
2014?
A) Bangladesh
B) India
C) Sri Lanka
D) Pakistan
Answer & Explanation: India won the U-19 Asia Cup by defeating Pakistan by 40 runs
in the final in Sharjah.
Question: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan raised the repo
rate by how much basis point on January 28, 2014?
A) 45
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
Answer & Explanation: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan raised
the repo rate by 25 basis point to 8%..
Question: Why Reserve Bank of India on January 22, 2014 said that it would
completely withdraw all banknotes issued before the year 2005 from circulation?
A) curbing black money and fake currencies
B) want to change a format of old notes
C) control Inflation
D) printing Issue
Answer & Explanation: curbing black money and fake currencies.
Question: How much World Bank projected for global GDP growth in 2014?
A) 4.5%
B) 3.2%
C) 3.0%
D) 3.7%
Answer & Explanation: World Bank projected global GDP growth in 2014 by 3.2%.
Question: How many agreements Indian and Japan have inked during the visit of
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?
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A) 10
B) 6
C) 8
D) 4
Answer & Explanation: 8 agreements.
Question: What was the Bank Rate as on January 30, 2014?
A) 7%
B) 9%
C) 8%
D) 10%
Answer & Explanation: 9%.
Question: What was the Reverse Repo Rate as on January 30,2014?
A) 6%
B) 8%
C) 7%
D) 9%
Answer & Explanation: 7%.
Question: Who is the world top producer of steel?
A) Germany
B) China
C) India
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: China is the world top producer of steel.
Question: What was the name of Japanese company with which Indian ONGC has
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in New Delhi on January 27, 2014 for
cooperation in hydrocarbons exploration and production in India?
A) Hitachi
B) Sony
C) Mitsui
D) Kaneka
Answer & Explanation: Mitsui
Question: What is the position of India in the world in steel production?
A) 1st
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B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 4th
Answer & Explanation: 4th
Question: Where is the head quarter of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
A) Bangalore
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
Answer & Explanation: Mumbai is the head quarter of Reserve Bank of India.
Question: When International Womens Day is celebrated?
A) 15 July
B) 8 March
C) 15 April
D) 20 January
Answer & Explanation: International Womens Day is celebrated on 8 March.
Question: When World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated?
A) 28 February
B) 15 March
C) 20 August
D) 31 March
Answer & Explanation: World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on March 15.
Question: Who has been sworn as the 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on February 1,
2014?
A) Harish Rawat
B) Vijay Bahuguna
C) N.D. Tiwari
D) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat
Question: Who has been declared the new President of the island nation Madagascar
on January 17, 2014?
A) Raul Castro
B) Hery Rajaonarimampianina
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C) Salva Kiir Mayardit

D) Juan Manuel Santos
Answer & Explanation: Hery Rajaonarimampianina.
Question: What is the name of first woman, who has been appointed as the head on
Indian Police Academy on January 21, 2014?
A) Rajkumari Rathore
B) Aruna Bahuguna
C) Shikha Sharma
D) Arundhati Bhattacharya
Answer & Explanation: Aruna Bahuguna has been appointed as the head on Indian
Police Academy on January 21, 2014.
Question: Who won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his book
'Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer' at Jaipur on 18, 2014?
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Cyrus Mistry
C) Arundhati Bhattacharya
D) Pranab Mukherjee
Answer & Explanation: Cyrus Mistry won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian
Literature.
Question: In the latest annual ranking by consulting firm Tholons, released on January
22, 2014, which is the top IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the World?
A) Tokyo
B) Singapore
C) New York
D) Bangalore
Answer & Explanation: Bangalore is the top IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the World.
Question: Who was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award on January 4, 2014 for his
poetry book Khara Zaran?
A) Chinu Modi
B) Pritam Singh
C) Adarsh Shrivastava
D) Parveen Begum
Answer & Explanation: Chinu Modi was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award on January
4, 2014.
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Question: Who was conferred Polly Umrigar Award on January 7, 2014 for the best
international cricketer for the season 2012-13?
A) Virat Kholi
B) MS Dhoni
C) Ravichandra Ashwin
D) Michael Clarke
Answer & Explanation: Ravichandra Ashwin was conferred Polly Umrigar Award on
January 7, 2014 .
Question: What is the name of Director (Finance) of Indian Oil Corporation who has
been awarded the 'Best CFO Award' by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India?
A) K. Radhakrishnan
B) P.K. Goyal
C) Divya Khosla Kumar
D) S.K. Roy
Answer & Explanation: P.K. Goyal has been awarded the 'Best CFO Award' by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Question: Who was honoured with the National Nritya Shiromani Award on January 11,
2014?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Ramesh Nath
C) Pritika Kalra Gandhi
D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer & Explanation: Pritika Kalra Gandhi was honoured with the National Nritya
Shiromani Award.
Question: Who was conferred CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award in the BCCIs
seventh ceremony on January 7, 2014?
A) Kapil Dev
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sourav Gaungly
Answer & Explanation: Kapil Dev was conferred CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement
award in the BCCIs seventh ceremony.
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Question: Who won The Hindu prize for Best Fiction 2013 for his work, Vanity Bagh on
January 13, 2014?
A) Supriya Pathak
B) Anees Salim
C) Imtiaz Ali
D) A. Kodandarami Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Anees Salim won The Hindu prize for Best Fiction 2013.
Question: Who has been conferred Thiruvalluvar Award on January 15, 2014?
A) Jackie Chan
B) Yu Si
C) Terence Young
D) John Woo
Answer & Explanation: Yu Si has been conferred with Thiruvalluvar Award.
Question: Who has been conferred Padma Vibhushan Award for year 2014?
A) R.A. Mashelkar
B) B.K.S. Iyenger
C) Both of the above
D) None of the Above
Answer & Explanation: C) Both of the above
Question: Who was conferred the prestigious Ramanujan National Mathematical
Award at the Eighth National Mathematical Convention on January 28, 2014?
A) JC Chaudhry
B) Anand Kumar
C) Tanu Jindal
D) Anand Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Anand Kumar was conferred the prestigious Ramanujan
National Mathematical Award.
Question: Who won the 2014 Marconi Prize for revolutionising high-speed delivery of
multimedia on January 22, 2014?
A) Andrew Chraplyvy
B) Claude Berrou
C) A.J. Paulraj
D) James Rhyne Killian
Answer & Explanation: A.J. Paulraj won the 2014 Marconi Prize.
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Question: Which country tops in largest illiterate population in the world in UNESCO
report?
A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Bhutan
Answer & Explanation: India tops in largest illiterate population in the world.
Question: In the 56th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which album won the Album
of the Year Award?
A) Britney Jean
B) Cheek to Cheek
C) Royals
D) Daft Punk
Answer & Explanation: Daft Punk won the Album of the Year Award.
Question: What is the amount of loan that World Bank will give to Uttarakhand for
Disaster Recovery Project?
A) $ 350 million
B) $ 250 million
C) $ 300 million
D) $ 200 million
Answer & Explanation: $ 250 million.
Question: Union Cabinet has recently approved which community in the list of notified
minority communities under section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act,
1992?
A) Judaism
B) Jains
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Buddhism
Answer & Explanation: Jains
Question: Where in India First Monorail has started publicly on February 2, 2014?
A) Mumbai
B) Delhi
C) Bangalore
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D) Jaipur
Answer & Explanation: First Monorail has started in Mumbai.
Question: What is the name The Most Power-efficient supercomputers of India, Which
has been developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)?
A) Prithvi
B) Param Yuva II
C) SAGA-220
D) Vigro
Answer & Explanation: Param Yuva II is the name of the Most Power-efficient
supercomputer of India.
Question: International conference to find a solution to the conflict in Syria was held in?
A) New York
B) Switzerland
C) Moscow
D) Cairo
Answer & Explanation: International peace conference to find a solution to the conflict
in Syria was held in Switzerland.
Question: What is the name of South Sudan president?
A) Bashar al-Assad
B) Salva Kiir Mayardit
C) Mohamed Morsi
D) Adly Mansour
Answer & Explanation: Salva Kiir Mayardit is the of South Sudan president.
Question: Who was sworn in on January 12, 2014 for the third time as Bangladesh
Prime Minister?
A) Khaleda Zia
B) Sheikh Hasina
C) Ataur Rahman Chowdhury
D) Mashiur Rahman
Answer & Explanation: Sheikh Hasina was sworn for the third time as Bangladesh
Prime Minister.
Question: What was the rank of India in The Nuclear Materials Security Index 2014
released by the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) on January 9, 2014?
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A) 11th
B) 23rd
C) 20th
D) 17th
Answer & Explanation: 23rd is the rank of India in The Nuclear Materials Security
Index 2014.
Question: Which is the capital of Syria?
A) Damascus
B) Rome
C) Copenhagen
D) Havana
Answer & Explanation: Damascus is the capital of Syria.
Question: Which state has become the second state, after Delhi, to withdraw approval
for FDI in multi-brand retail?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Punjab
Answer & Explanation: Rajasthan has become the second state to withdraw approval
for FDI in multi-brand retail.
Question: Who has clinched the 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship?
A) Chanda Sandipan
B) Abhijeet Gupta
C) Ildar Khairullin
D) Humpy Koneru
Answer & Explanation: Abhijeet Gupta has clinched the 19th Commonwealth Chess
Championship.
Question: Who has become the World Chess Championship for disabled after winning
the 13th IPCA World Womens Individual Womens Individual Chess Championship?
A) Obodchuk Andrei
B) K. Jennitha
C) Susan Polgar
D) Santosh Jha
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Answer & Explanation: K. Jennitha has become the World Chess Championship for
disabled.
Question: Which company claimed the sponsorship rights for the Indian Cricket team
for all BCCI, ACC and ICC events for a period of three years began January 1, 2014 till
March 31, 2017?
A) Star India
B) Sahara India
C) Infosys
D) TCS
Answer & Explanation: Star India Limited claimed the sponsorship rights for the Indian
Cricket team for all BCCI, ACC and ICC events.
Question: What is the name of Englands spinner who took a retirement from
international and first-class cricket with immediate effect on December 22 after the third
Ashes Test?
A) James Anderson
B) Alastair Cook
C) Kevin Pietersen
D) Graeme Swann
Answer & Explanation: Graeme Swann took a retirement from international and firstclass cricket.
Question: What is the name of India player, who scripted history by becoming the only
third batsman to hit a double century in One Day International?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virendra Sehwag
Answer & Explanation: Rohit Sharma is the third batsman to hit a double century in
One Day.
Question: What is the name of cricket team which has qualified first time for the 2015
cricket world cup?
A) Ireland
B) Kenya
C) Afghanistan
D) Canada
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Answer & Explanation: Afghanistan has qualified first time for the 2015 cricket world
cup.
Question: What is the name of ball, which was unveiled as the official ball to be used
at the Football World Cup 2014 in Brazil?
A) Duke
B) Adidas
C) Brazuca
D) Kaizen
Answer & Explanation: Brazuca was unveiled as the official ball to be used at the
Football World Cup 2014.
Question: What is the current ranking of Indian cricket team in One Day International?
A) First
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Second
Answer & Explanation: Current ranking of Indian cricket team in One Day
International is second
Question: Who won the mens singles title of Chennai Open by sailing past Frances
Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-2 in the final on Jan. 5, 2014?
A) Roger Federer
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Stanislas Wawrinka
D) Tomas Berdych
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka won the mens singles title of Chennai
Open.
Question: Who won the womens singles Brisbane International Tennis title by
defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-5 in the final?
A) Serena Williams
B) Maria Sharapova
C) Agnieszka Radwanska
Answer & Explanation: Serena Williams the womens singles Brisbane International
Tennis title.
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Question: Who emerged champion of the Qatar Open tennis title on Jan. 5, 2014 in
Doha beating Frances Goel Monfils 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in the final?
A) Andy Murray
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
D) Milos Raonic
Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal emerged champion of the Qatar Open tennis
title.
Question: Who clinched the title of Australian Open 2014 beating Spains Rafel Nadal
in the summit clash by 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on January 26 in Melbourne?
A) Novak Djokovic
C) David Ferrer
D) Richard Gasquet
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka clinched the title of Australian Open 2014.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of the Parsvnath Grandmasters International
Chess Tournament on Jan.16, 2014 in New Delhi?
A) Abhijeet Gupta
B) Magnus Carlos
C) Viswanathan Anand
D) Andy P.
Answer & Explanation: Abhijeet Gupta emerged as the champion of the Parsvnath
Grandmasters International Chess Tournament.
Question: Stanislas Wawrinka created a history by winning the Australian Open 2014
the beating top seed Spains Rafel Nadal. He belongs to which country?
A) France
B) Switzerland
C) Germany
D) Serbia
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka belongs to Switzerland.
Question: Who has elected a new President of Chile?
A) John Hogg
B) Michelle Bachelet
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C) Tony Abbott
D) John Kerry
Answer & Explanation: Michelle Bachelet has elected as the new President of Chile.
Question: Where 22nd commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) held in?
A) New York
B) Colombo
C) Delhi
D) Sydney
Answer & Explanation: 22nd commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM)
held in Colombo.
Question: What was the name of Japanese talking robot that has sent to Space?
A) Serito
B) Communication1
C) Kirobo
D) Space Talk
Answer & Explanation: Kirobo was the name of Japanese talking robot.
Question: Who was sworn as the new President of Maldives?
A) Mamnoon Husain
B) Hamid Yaukub
C) Sekh Hasina
D) Abdullah Yaameen
Answer & Explanation: Abdullah Yaameen sworn as the new President of Maldives.
Question: What was the cost of India first Mars mission Mangalyaan?
A) 550 Cr
B) 500 Cr
C) 450 Cr
D) 400 Cr
Answer & Explanation: 450 Cr the cost of India first Mars mission.
Questio: What is Falcon 9?
A) Rocket
B) Missile
C) Tank
D) Satellite
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Answer & Explanation: Falcon 9 is Rocket.

Question: What is the full form of CHOGM?
A) Commonwealth Heads of German Meet
B) Commonwealth Heads of Geological Meet
C) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet
D) Commonwealth Heads of Globe Meet
Answer & Explanation: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet
Question: As on January 28, 2014, Repo Rate stood at?
A) 7.25%
B) 7.50%
C) 7.75%
D) 8.0%
Answer & Explanation: D) 8.0%
Question: Government has notified the New Gas Price Mechanism, applicable to all
domestically produced natural gas for a period of five years which has / will become
effective since?
A) January 1, 2014
B) February 15, 2014
C) April 1, 2014
D) June 1, 2014
Answer & Explanation: C) April 1, 2014
Question: The Union health ministry launched a new community-intervention based
health programme for adolescents. What is the name of the Programme?
A) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna
B) Midday Meal Scheme
C) Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
D) Swavalamban
Answer & Explanation: C) Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
Question: Where Amul has launched the countrys first milk ATM?
A) Anand
B) Hisar
C) Betul
D) Lucknow
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Answer & Explanation: A) Anand

Question: World Economic Situation and Prospects Report 2014 is associated with?
A) IMF
B) World Bank
C) United Nations
D) WTO
Answer & Explanation: C) United Nations
Question: New Nation Youth Policy 2014 includes the youth between the age group of?
A) 14-30 years
B) 15-29 years
C) 15-35 years
D) 15-25 years
Answer & Explanation: B) 15-29 years
Question: Credit policy review of RBI on January 28, 2014 made alteration in?
A) Repo Rate and CRR
B) CRR and SLR
C) Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate
D) Only CRR
Answer & Explanation: C) Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate
Question: What is the name of committee, RBI has appointed under the chairmanship
of former chairman and CEO of Axis bank-to review the governance of bank boards in
India?
A) P.J. Nayak Committee
B) Narasimham Committe
C) Jalan Committee
D) Suresh Tendulkar Committe
Answer & Explanation: A) P.J. Nayak Committee
Question: Which of the following committee is associated with the Review of Insider
Trading Regulations?
A) Sodhi Committee
B) Sinha Committee
C) Tarapore Committee
D) Chandrashekhar Committee
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Answer & Explanation: A) Sodhi Committee

Question: In the latest WHO (World Health Organization) report, which is the only polio
endemic country in the world and it has also reported most cases of crippling disease
in 2013 and 2012?
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) China
Answer & Explanation: Pakistan is the only polio endemic country of the world.
Question: According to World Bank Global Economic Prospects what will be the
economy growth in India in 2014-15?
A) 7%
B) 5.3%
C) 6%
D) 4.8%
Answer & Explanation: 6% will be the economy growth in 2014-15.
Question: What is the name of Indian Coast Guard Ship, which was commissioned in
Kochi by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapiyal?
A) Sindhurakshak
B) Abhinav
C) Arihant
D) Anurag
Answer & Explanation: Abhinav is the name of Indian Coast Guard Ship.
Question: Who has been in news all over the world as she has been appointed as the
Police Chief of District One of Kabul province in Afghanistan?
A) Mamnoon Begum
B) Razia Begum
C) Rahida Bano
D) Jamila Bayaz
Answer & Explanation: Jamila Bayaz has been appointed as the police chief of District
One of Kabul province in Afghanistan.
Question: Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued 5 rupees and 10 rupees,
what images RBI has printed on that coin?
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A) Tiger
B) Goddess Vaishno Devi
C) Ashok Tree
D) Loin
Answer & Explanation: Goddess Vaishno Devi images have been printed on these
coins.
Question: What are the names of countries which The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
included in the sensitive list of countries along with Pakistan and China recently? This
means that establishments from these two countries will require prior approval of RBI
for setting up business or related activities in India?
A) Iraq and Afghanistan
B) Philippines and Italy
C) Hong Kong and Macau
D) Mauritius and Indonesia
Answer & Explanation: Hong Kong and Macau
Question: Who declared as the new president of Madagascar?
A) Robert Mugabe
B) Hery Rajaonarimampianina
C) Tony Abbott
D) Juan Carlos
Answer & Explanation: Hery Rajaonarimampianina has been declared as the new
president of Madagascar.
Question: Who became the youngest person to reach the South Pole recently at the
age of 16 years?
A) David Warner
B) Lewis Clarke
C) Adam Smith
D) Lewis Hemilton
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Clarke became youngest person to reach the South
Pole.
Question: Who won the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 72 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi?
A) Germany
B) Pakistan
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C) Netherland
D) India
Answer & Explanation: Netherland won the Hero Hockey World League Final.
Question: Who won the 11th Edition of the Miss South India 2014 pageant at the Le
Meridien in Coimbatore?
A) Shyamala
B) Abhishikta S Shetty
C) Anu Shetty
D) Anubha Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Abhishikta S Shetty won the 11th Edition of the Miss South
India 2014 pageant.
Question: What is Agni-IV?
A) Moon Mission
B) Satellite
C) Missile
D) War Ship
Answer & Explanation: Agni-IV is a Missile.
Question: Who has been awarded with Prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for
developing the theory and application of MIMO antennas?
A) Amrit Raj
B) A J Paulraj
C) Manish Tiwari
D) Jagmohan Dalmia
Answer & Explanation: A J Paulraj has been awarded with Prestigious 2014 Marconi
Society Prize.
Question: Who won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book
Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer?
A) Cyrus Mistry
B) Arundhati Bhattacharya
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Abdul Kalam
Answer & Explanation: Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian
literature.
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Question: Who has been appointed as the Dean of Harvard College?

A) Arindam Chaudhuri
B) Rakesh Khurana
C) Hemang Badani
D) Needhi Vasavada
Answer & Explanation: Rakesh Khurana has been appointed as the Dean of Harvard
College.
Question: Why Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw all currency notes
issued prior to 2005 from circulation?
A) To stop fake bank notes
B) Control Inflation
C) Increase FDI
D) Printing issue
Answer & Explanation: To stop fake bank notes
Question: To whom UNWTO awarded the 2013 UNWTO Award for Lifetime
Achievement?
A) Angela Merkel
B) Richard Quest
C) Melinda Kenny
D) David Cameron
Answer & Explanation: Richard Quest has been awarded the 2013 UNWTO Award for
Lifetime Achievement.
Question: Who won the 2013 UNWTO Ulysses Prize?
A) VK Singh
B) Anna Hazare
C) Tej Vir Singh
D) Chanda Kochhar
Answer & Explanation: Tej Vir Singh won the 2013 UNWTO Ulysses Prize.
Question: Who beat Sporting Club de Goa to lift the 35th Football Federation Cup?
A) Bengaluru FC
B) Churchill Brothers
C) Mohun Bagan
D) Solgaocar
Answer & Explanation: Churchill Brothers lift the 35th Football Federation Cup.
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Question: Which film grabbed the best film award at the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards?
A) Chennai Express
B) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
C) The Lunchbox
D) Raanjhanaa
Answer & Explanation: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag grabbed the best film award.
Question: Who has won the Best Actor Award for his performance in Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag?
A) Hrithik Roshan
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Farhaan Akhtar
D) Ayushmann Khurrana
Answer & Explanation: Farhaan Akhtar won the Best Actor Award for his performance
in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Question: Who won the Australian Open mens singles title by defeating Rafael Nadal
6-3, 6-2, 3-6, in Melbourne?
A) Andy Murray
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Roger Federer
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open mens singles
title.
Question: Who won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014 recently?
A) PV Sindhu
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Jwala Gutta
D) VK Sindhu
Answer & Explanation: Saina Nehwal won the Syed Modi International India Grand
Prix title 2014.
Question: The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2014 was released recently.
What was the rank of India?
A) 170
B) 155
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C) 103
D) 119
Answer & Explanation: 155 was the rank of India.
Question: How many basis points RBI raised the Repo rate under LAF as on January
28, 2014?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 25
Answer & Explanation: RBI raised the Repo rate under LAF by 25 basis points.
Question: In the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, who was the winner of Album of the
year award?
A) Radioactive
B) Locked Out Of Heaven
C) Daft Punk
D) Blurred Lines
Answer & Explanation: Daft Punk was the winner of Album of the year award.
Question: Who was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award at the Eight
National Mathematics Convention in Rajkot?
A) CV Patil
B) Anand Kumar
C) Ajeet Parekh
D) Rajendra Parmar
Answer & Explanation: Anand Kumar was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan
Mathematics Award.
Question: In the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, who was the winner of song of the year
award?
A) Just Give Me A Season
B) Royals by Lorde
C) Same Love
D) When I was Your Man
Answer & Explanation: Royals by Lorde won the song of the year award.
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Question: Who became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel as an
Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires?
A) Haidee Tiffen
B) Nicola Browne
C) Kathy Cross
D) Helen Watson
Answer & Explanation: Kathy Cross became the first woman to be appointed in an
ICC umpires panel.
Question: India signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal
evasion with respect to taxes on income with which country?
A) Nepal
B) Fiji
C) Mauritius
D) Indonesia
Answer & Explanation: India signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and
prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income with Fiji.
Question: Where is in India first monorail service was inaugurated by the Maharashtra
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan?
A) Mumbai
B) Bangalore
C) Chennai
D) Gurgaon
Answer & Explanation: First monorail started at Mumbai.
Question: Who defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win Ranji Trophy 2014 at
Hyderabad?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets.
Question: Who has been appointed as the 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand recently?
A) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
B) Manish Tiwari
C) Harish Rawat
D) Vasundhara Raje
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Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat has been appointed as the 8th Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand.
Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission that
will submit report in 2 years?
A) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
B) Ashok Kumar Mathur
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) Amit Ahuja
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of
the 7th Pay Commission.
Question: Where was the First Paperless public Library of the World Biblio Tech
opened recently?
A) Germany
B) India
C) China
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: Biblio Tech was opened in USA.
Question: Who became the first person to receive Bionic hand that allowed him to feel
life-like sensation from the devices artificial fingers?
A) Andy Smith
B) Danish Amputee
C) Jordan Romero
D) Tyler Armstrong
Answer & Explanation: Danish Amputee became the first person to receive Bionic
hand.
Question: Who has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013 for his memoir
Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi?
A) Aviskar Raj
B) Adinath Sachin
C) Vishwanath Tripathi
D) Rajendra Pata
Answer & Explanation: Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for
the year 2013.
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Question: Who has appointed as Director General of the WWF International?

A) Macro Lambertini
B) Christine Lagarde
C) Megan Young
D) David Smith
Answer & Explanation: Macro Lambertini has appointed as Director General of the
WWF International.
Question: Who was elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years?
A) Jagmohan Dalmiya
B) Ravi Prakash
C) Srinivasan
D) Sourav Ganguly
Answer & Explanation: Srinivasan elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of
2 years.
Question: Who was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal recently by the Nepals
Parliament?
A) Pawan Kumar Chamling
B) Sushil Koirala
C) Abdulla Yameen
D) Sheikh Hasina
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question: Who was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently?
A) Abhay Singh Chautala
B) N Ramachandra
C) Suresh Kalmadi
D) Om Prakash Mehra
Answer & Explanation: N Ramachandra was elected President of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) recently.
Question: Name the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage
under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme?
A) Himanchal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Karnataka
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer & Explanation: Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 100 percent
sanitation coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme.
Question: Who was appointed new chairman of Central Board of Director Taxes
(CBDT) recently?
A) TS Vijayan
B) Anand Shiva
C) R.K. Tiwari
D) J Hari Narayan
Answer & Explanation: R.K. Tiwari was appointed new chairman of Central Board of
Director Taxes (CBDT) recently.
Question: Who became the second person in the history of Cricketer to score a triple
century and a century in the same test match?
A) Michael Clarke
B) Kumar Sangakkar
C) Hashim Amla
D) Virendra Sehwag
Answer & Explanation: Kumar Sangakkar became the second person in the history of
Cricketer to score a triple century and a century in the same test match against
Bangladesh.
Question: Who was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind
Bank (PSB) recently?
A) Pradipta K. Jena
B) K.R. Kamath
C) Arun Kaul
D) Jatinder Bir Singh
Answer & Explanation: Jatinder Bir Singh was appointed Chairman and Managing
Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) recently.
Question: Indian Boxers finished at which position at the 58th Bocskai International
Tournament which concluded in Hungary recently?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Third
D) Second
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Answer & Explanation: Indian Boxers finished at Fourth position at the 58 th Bocskai
International Tournament.
Question: Who won Irani Trophy for the fifth time against the Rest of India in
Bangalore, recently?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka won Irani Trophy for the fifth time against the Rest
of India in Bangalore.
Question: Who received International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 by President of
India?
A) Vijay Kumar and Guocheng Zhang
B) Ravi Sekh and Anand Morti
C) Rana Sethi and Aditya Malhotra
D) Jeevan Tripathi and Shaki Parekh
Answer & Explanation: Vijay Kumar and Guocheng Zhang
Question: Who will host first time World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men)
and Venice Cup (women) in October 2015?
A) Germany
B) England
C) India
D) Japan
Answer & Explanation: India.
Question: Who won the Crystal Bear for the best film at the 64 th Berlin International
Film Festival?
A) Tarpore
B) Killa
C) Ashita
D) Fenchie
Answer & Explanation: Marathi film, Killa won the Crystal Bear for the best film at the
64th Berlin International Film Festival.
Question: Who has recently launched a book entitled ModiNomics in New Delhi?
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A) Chanda Kochhar
B) Arun Jaitely
C) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
D) APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer & Explanation: Arun Jaitely has recently launched a book entitled ModiNomics
in New Delhi.
Question: Who broke the 21- year-old world record of pole vault of Sergey Bubka at
Donetsk in Ukraine?
A) Merry Bubka
B) Renaud Lavillenie
C) Yelena Isinbayeva
D) Jenn Suhr
Answer & Explanation: Renaud Lavillenie broke the 21- year-old world record of pole
vault of Sergey Bubka at Donetsk in Ukraine.
Question: Which state won the National Tourism Award 2012-13?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Rajasthan
D) Himanchal Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Sikkim won the National Tourism Award 2012-13.
Question: Which company acquired WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars in a cash and stock
deal, recently?
A) Microsoft
B) Facebook
C) Orkut
D) Google
Answer & Explanation: Facebook acquired WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars in a cash
and stock deal.
Question: IMF has projected that the economic growth for 2014 -15 of India will be?
A) 4.4%
B) 6%
C) 5.4%
D) 5%
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Answer & Explanation: IMF has projected 5.4% economic growth for 2014 -15 of
India.
Question: Who emerged as champions of Hockey India League after defeating Jaypee
Punjab Warriors at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi?
A) Kalinga Lancers
B) Delhi Waveriders
C) Mumbai Magicians
D) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Answer & Explanation: Delhi Waveriders emerged as champions of Hockey India
League.
Question: Who sworn as Italys Prime Minister at the Presidential palace, recently?
A) Morgan Tsvangirai
B) Raul Castro
C) Hazem Beblawi
D) Matteo Renzi
Answer & Explanation: Matteo Renzi sworn as Italys Prime Minister.
Question: Who has developed the worlds fastest car Venom GT with a top speed of a
speed of 435 Km per hour?
A) Porsche
B) Ford Germany
C) Hennesseys Engineer
D) BMW
Answer & Explanation: US Firm Hennesseys Engineer has developed the worlds
fastest car Venom GT.
Question: Who won the Protein Societys Protein Science Young Investigator Award for
2014 at Cambridge?
A) Satish Singh
B) Madan Babu
C) Kapil Tyagi
D) Ram Kesri
Answer & Explanation: Madan Babu won the protein Societys Protein Science Young
Investigator Award for 2014 at Cambridge.
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Question: Who was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister?

A) Fidel Castro
B) Ibrahim Mahlab
C) Tony Abbott
D) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Answer & Explanation: Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister.
Question: Who won the National billiard Championships which held in Lucknow
recently?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Sourav Kothari
C) Geet Sethi
D) Saina Nehwal
Answer & Explanation: Sourav Kothari the National billiard Championships.
Question: Who was awarded Israels highest civilian honour, the Israeli President
Medal of Distinction in Jarusalem by President Mr. Shimon Peres?
A) Vladimir Putin
B) Angela Merkel
C) Pope Francis
Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel was awarded Israels highest civilian honour.
Question: Who was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on February 10, 2014?
A) Manisha Koirala
B) Ram Baran Yadav
C) Sushil Koirala
D) Khil Raj Regmi
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question: Who was appointed as Pakistans High Commissioner to India on February
17, 2014?
A) Abdul Basit
B) Sahid Ansari
C) Salman Bashir
D) Adulla Yameen
Answer & Explanation: Abdul Basit was appointed as Pakistans High Commissioner
to India.
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Question: What is the name of Foreign Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, who was on an
official visit to India in February 2014?
A) Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
B) Yoweri Museveni
C) Hamid Karzai
D) Erlan Abdyldaev
Answer & Explanation: Erlan Abdyldaev.
Question: What is the name of the new CEO of Microsoft?
A) Bill Gates
B) Satya Nadella
C) Melinda Gates
D) Steve Ballmer
Answer & Explanation: Satya Nadella is the name of the new CEO of Microsoft.
Question: What is the name of Indian-American, who developed a cheap, simple,
paper test that can detect cancer on February 24, 2014?
A) Anandi Gopal
B) Usha Parmar
C) Sangeeta Bhatia
D) Neelam Agnihotri
Answer & Explanation: Sangeeta Bhatia developed a cheap, simple, paper test that
can detect cancer.
Question: Who was presented with the International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 at
Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi by Honble President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on
February 15, 2014?
A) Kiran Bedi
B) VV Dongre
C) Ashutosh Mishra
D) M.S. Swaminathan
Answer & Explanation: VV Dongre was presented with the International Gandhi Award
for the year 2013.
Question: Yuvraj Singh has joined which team in IPL 7?
A) Delhi Daredevils
B) Royal Challengers
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C) Pune Warriors
D) Mumbai Indians
Answer & Explanation: Yuvraj Singh has joined Royal Challengers in IPL 7.
Question: Who was named Indian sportsperson of the Year at the Indian Sports
Awards held by FICCI on February 13, 2014?
A) PV Sindhu
B) Deepika Kumari
C) Virat Kohli
D) Sunil Chhetri
Answer & Explanation: Deepika Kumari was named Indian sportsperson of the Year.
Question: What was the name of Delhi Chief Minister, who had resigned on February
24, 2014 as Chief Minister of Delhi?
A) Bhimsen Bassi
B) Arvind Kejriwal
C) Najeeb Jung
D) Sheila Dixit
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Kejriwal.
Question: 23rd edition of the Winter Olympic Games is scheduled to be held in 2018 in
which country?
A) China
B) South Korea
C) Ukraine
D) India
Answer & Explanation: 23rd edition of the Winter Olympic Games is scheduled to be
held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Question: Which country won the highest number of Gold Medal in the 22 nd Winter
Olympic at Sochi (Russia) in February 2014?
A) Norway
B) Russia
C) USA
D) Canada
Answer & Explanation: Russia won the highest number of Gold Medal in the 22nd
Winter Olympic.
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Question: Which country became the first Gold Medal winner of Winter Olympics
2014?
A) Russia
B) USA
C) Belarus
D) Germany
Answer & Explanation: USA became the first Gold Medal winner of Winter Olympics
2014.
Question: Who became the greatest ever Winter Olympian by taking a record 13 th
medal of his Olympics career with Gold in the mixed relay at Sochi Games?
A) Victor An
C) Alexandr Dolgopolov
D) Ole Einar Bjoerdalen
Answer & Explanation: Ole Einar Bjoerdalen became the greatest ever Winter
Olympian by taking a record 13th medal of his Olympics career.
Question: Who won the mens 50 km event with a dominant performance in the
Muthootu Mini second National Open race walking championship in Kochi on February
9, 2014?
A) Major D.P. Singh
B) Fauja Singh
C) Sandeep Kumar
D) Ashish Bhondele
Answer & Explanation: Sandeep Kumar won the mens 50 km event with a dominant
performance in the Muthootu Mini second National Open race walking championship.
Question: Who won the Gold medal in the 6th Asian indoor athletics championships that
concluded in Hangzhou, China on February 16, 2014?
A) Deepak Rathore
B) Om Prakash Singh
C) Ajeet Prakash
D) Gagan Narang
Answer & Explanation: Om Prakash Singh won the Gold medal in the 6th Asian indoor
athletics championships.
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Question: How many medal Indian boxers won at the 58 th Bocskai International
Tournament which concluded in Hungary on February 8, 2014?
A) Seven
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
Answer & Explanation: Indian boxers won four medals at the 58th Bocskai
International Tournament.
Question: Who won the Zurich Chess Challenge tournament that concluded in Zurich
on February 5, 2014?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Levon Aronian
C) Magnus Carlsen
D) Peter Svidler
Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen won the Zurich Chess Challenge tournament.
Question: Who claimed the Australian Ladies Golf Masters in the Australia on February
9, 2014?
A) Cheyenne Woods
B) Inbee Park
C) Suzann Pettersen
D) Stacy Lewis
Answer & Explanation: Cheyenne Woods claimed the Australian Ladies Golf Masters.
Question: Who established a new pole vault indoor world record by clearing 6.16
metres in Donetsk on February 15, 2014?
A) David McKay
C) Matt Diston
D) Townsend Benard
Answer & Explanation: Renaud Lavillenie of France established a new pole vault
indoor world record by clearing 6.16 metres.
Question: Who defeated the defending champion Alok Kumar to lift his maiden title on
the National billiards championship in Lucknow on February 26, 2014?
A) Aditya Mehta
B) Sourav Kothari
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C) Pankaj Advani
D) Geet Sethi
Answer & Explanation: Sourav Kothari won the National billiards championship in
Lucknow.
Question: Who won her eight WSA tour event defeating Heba El Torky of Egypt in the
final of the Winter Club Open squash tournament in Winnipeg, Canada on February 3,
2014?
A) Urwashi Joshi
B) Harshit Kaur
C) Joshna Chinappa
D) Saima Jan
Answer & Explanation: Joshna Chinappa of India won WSA tour event by defeating
Heba El Torky of Egypt in the final of the Winter Club Open squash tournament.
Question: Who won the three Gold medal in the InterShoot Tri-series shooting
championship in The Hague on February 8, 2014?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Rajyavardhan Rathore
C) RonjanSodhi
D) Vijay Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Abhinav Bindra.
Question: Who won the Delhi Open ATP Challenger tennis tournament after defeating
Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan in the final in New Delhi on February 23, 2014?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Somdev Devvarman
C) David Ferrer
D) Leander Paes
Answer & Explanation: Somdev Devvarman won the Delhi Open ATP Challenger.
Question: Who won the WTA Dubai Open in Dubai on February 22, 2014?
A) Victoria Azarenka
B) Li Na
C) Venus Williams
D) Marion Bartoli
Answer & Explanation: Venus Williams won the WTA Dubai Open in Dubai.
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Question: Who won the Rio Open Tennis Championship 2014?

A) Alexandr Dolgopolov
B) Rafel Nadal
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Answer & Explanation: Rafel Nadal won the Rio Open 2014.
Question: Who won the ICC under-19 World Cup title by defeating two-time champion
Pakistan by six wickets in Dubai on March 1, 2014?
A) New Zealand
B) India
C) South Africa
D) Australia
Answer & Explanation: South Africa won the ICC under-19 World Cup title.
Question: Who won the Irani Cup defeating Rest of India by an innings and 22 runs in
Bengalaru on February 12, 2014?
A) Uttar Pardesh
B) Karnataka
C) Gujarat
D) Mumabai
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka won the Irani Cup.
Question: Yuvraj Singh is playing from which team in IPL 7?
A) Delhi Daredevils
B) Royal Challenger Bangalore
C) Pune Warriors
D) Mumbai Indians
Answer & Explanation: Royal Challengers.
Question: Who became the winner of 2014 Hockey India League champion?
A) Ranchi Rhinos
B) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
C) Delhi Waveriders
D) Mumbai Magicians
Answer & Explanation: Delhi Waveriders became the winner of 2014 Hockey India
League champion.
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Question: Who was elected chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board
A) N. Srinivasan
B) David Richardson
C) Javagal Srinath
D) Jagmohan Dalmiya
Answer & Explanation: N. Srinivasan was elected chairman of the International
Cricket Council (ICC) board.
Question: Who was named new President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on
February 9, 2014?
A) Ashok Vemuri
B) Rajeev Mehta
C) N. Ramchandran
D) Suresh Kalmadi
Answer & Explanation: N. Ramchandran was named new President of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA).
Question: Who was elected as the 37th Prime Minister of Nepal on February 10, 2014?
A) Sushil Koirala
B) Ram Baran Yadav
C) Manisha Koirala
D) Khil Raj Regmi
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala was elected as the 37th Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question: What is the name of First Indian, who was elected as the President of the
Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for tenure of three years
A) HR Khan
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) Lakshmi Swaminathan
D) Manish Mittal
Answer & Explanation: Lakshmi Swaminathan was elected as the President of the
Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Question: Who was appointed as the Pakistan High Commissioner to India on
February 17, 2014?
A) Sahid Ansari
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B) Abdul Basit
C) Adulla Yameen
D) Salman Bashir
Answer & Explanation: Abdul Basit appointed as the Pakistan High Commissioner to
India.
Question: Who was sworn in as the youngest ever Prime Minister of Italy on February
22, 2014?
A) Silvio Berlusconi
B) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
C) Matteo Renzi
D) Mark Rutte
Answer & Explanation: Matteo Renzi was sworn in as the youngest ever Prime
Minister of Italy.
Question: Who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Egypt?
A) Abdulla Yameen
B) Ibrahim Mahlab
C) Wael Nader Al-Halqi
D) Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
Answer & Explanation: Ibrahim Mahlab appointed as the new Prime Minister of Egypt.
Question: Who was appointed as the first woman head of Hindustan Petroleum
(HPCL)?
A) Chitra Ramrishna
B) Nishi Vasudeva
C) Shikha Sharma
D) Naina Lal Kidwai
Answer & Explanation: Nishi Vasudeva was appointed as the first woman head of
Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL).
Question: What is the name of only book ever written by iconic silent movie actor
Charlie Chaplin which was launched in February 2014, sixty-six years after it was
written, in London?
A) Silent Act
B) My Life
C) Charlie
D) Footlights
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Answer & Explanation: Footlights is the name of book.

Question: What was the name of Submarine that met with a disaster on February 26,
2014, in which two officers were killed and seven injured?
A) Sindhukirti
B) Sindhuratna
C) INS Chakra
D) Sindhuvijay
Answer & Explanation: Sindhuratna was the name of Submarine.
Question: The World Gold Council (WGC) Gold Demand Trends report published on
February 18, 2014, which country has ranked top gold consumer in world in 2013?
A) India
B) China
C) South Africa
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: China has ranked top gold consumer in world in 2013.
Question: Where Indias largest solar power plant was inaugurated by the Gujarat
Chief Minister Narendra Modi on February 26, 2014?
A) Vijayawada
B) Sivaganga
C) Bhagwanpur
D) Kudankulam
Answer & Explanation: Indias largest solar power plant was inaugurated at
Bhagwanpur.
Question: Which state has earned the mark of first state in the country to achieve over
100% sanitation?
A) Sikkim
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Sikkim has earned the mark of first state in the country to
achieve over 100% sanitation.
Question: The World Press Freedom Index 2014, released on February 12, 2014, what
was the rank of India in the list of 180 countries?
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A) 131
B) 147
C) 143
D) 140
Answer & Explanation: 140 was the rank of India in the list of 180 countries.
Question: Who received Israels highest civilian honour, the Israeli Presidential Medal
of Distinction, on February 25, 2014?
A) Vladimir Putin
B) Angela Merkel
C) Pope Francis
Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel received Israels highest civilian honour.
Question: Who awarded the International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 on February
15, 2014?
A) Aditya Joshi
B) Vijaykumar Vinayak
C) Malkhan Singh
D) Pratik Sarif
Answer & Explanation: Vijaykumar Vinayak awarded the International Gandhi Award
for the year 2013.
Question: Who was awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 on February 28,
2014?
A) Amarjeet Singh
B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
C) Surender Patidar
D) Yadu Patel
Answer & Explanation: Chandi Prasad Bhatt awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace
Prize 2013.
Question: When World Heritage Day is celebrated?
A) 29 June
B) 18 April
C) 22 May
D) 29 March
Answer & Explanation: World Heritage Day is celebrated on 18 April.
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Question: In the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, which film won the best film award?
A) The Book Thief
B) 12 years a slave
C) Gravity
D) The Butler
Answer & Explanation: 12 years a slave won the best film award.
Question: Interim Budget 2014-15 was presented in the Lok Sabha by Union Finance
Minister, P. Chidambaram on 17 February 2014. This was the _____budget by
Chidambaram as Finance Minister.
A) 7th
B) 9th
C) 11th
D) 13th
Answer & Explanation: 9th
Question: In the Interim Budget 2014-15 how much amount to be allocated to Nirbhaya
Fund?
A) 1200 Cr.
B) 2000 Cr
C) 1000 Cr.
D) 500 Cr.
Answer & Explanation: 1000 Cr.
Question: In the Interim Budget 2014-15 how much amount to be allocated to National
Skills Development Trust?
A) 2000 Cr.
B) 500 Cr.
C) 1500 Cr.
D) 1000 Cr.
Answer & Explanation: 1000 Cr.
Question: In the Interim Railway Budget 2014-15, which two state first time added in
the Railway Map?
A) Assam and Sikkim
B) Assam and Meghalaya
C) Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
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D) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

Answer & Explanation: Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
Question: According to the data released by the Central Statistic Office on February
28, 2014, what was the Indian Economy growth in the October-December quarter of the
2013-14 fiscal?
A) 4.7%
B) 5.0%
C) 3.7%
D) 4%
Answer & Explanation: 4.7%
Question: What was the Repo Rate as on March 3, 2014?
A) 7.5%
B) 7%
C) 8%
D) 6%
Answer & Explanation: 8%
Question: What was the Bank Rate as on March 3, 2014?
A) 8%
B) 9.50%
C) 10.25%
D) 9%
Question: With which country India signed a double taxation avoidance treaty in
Zagreb on February 12, 2014 as a step to enhance economic ties?
A) South Sudan
B) Kyrgyzstan
C) Croatia
D) Singapore
Answer & Explanation: Croatia
Question: Foreign institutional investors (FII) and non-resident Indians (NRIs) can now
invest in the insurance sector, within the overall ____cap of foreign direct investment
(FDI).
A) 26%
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B) 22%
C) 31%
D) 34%
Question: What was the Cash Reserve Ratio (CSR) as on March 3, 2014?
A) 4%
B) 7%
C) 6.50%
D) 6.75%
Question: The President of India on 17 February 2014 imposed Presidents Rule in
Delhi after accepting the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi. The
Presidents Rule was imposed through a resolution under which article of the
Constitution of India?
A) 302
B) 319
C) 356
D) 389
Answer & Explanation: Presidents Rule was imposed through a resolution under 356
article of the Constitution of India.
Question: Where third summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded on March 4, 2014?
A) India
B) Myanmar
C) Bangladesh
D) Thailand
Answer & Explanation: Third summit of BIMSTEC concluded in Myanmar.
Question: What was the name of Navy chief Admiral, who resigned on February 26,
2014 after two officers lost their lives and seven sailors injured when a fire erupted on
board a sub marine, INS Sindhuratna?
A) Bikram Singh
B) D.K. Joshi
C) Anil Kumar Browne
D) VK Singh
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Answer & Explanation: D.K. Joshi was the Navy chief Admiral.
Question: What was the name of Indias first-ever dedicated military satellite?
A) Gagan
B) Jugnu
C) Rukmini
D)Rohini
Answer & Explanation: Rukmini is Indias first-ever dedicated military satellite.
Question: India has signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation
with which country for greater exchange of information training on February 27, 2014
A) Ukraine
B) Saudi Arabia
C) France
D) UAE
Answer & Explanation: India has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi
Arabia.
Question: According to the defence and security analysis group, IHS Janes, in 2013,
which country become Indias biggest Arms supplier?
A) Russia
B) USA
C) China
D) UK
Answer & Explanation: USA become Indias biggest Arms supplier.
Question: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in which state of India?
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer & Explanation: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in Tamil Nadu.
Question: What is the name of United Nations Secretary-General?
A) Jim Yong Kim
B) Ban Ki-moon
C) Raghuram Rajan
D) Christine Lagarde
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Answer & Explanation: Ban Ki-moon is the United Nations Secretary-General.

Question: Who sworn as new Prime Minister of Italy?
A) Hailemariam Desalegn
B) Josip Broz Tito
C) Matteo Renzi
D) Mark Rutte
Answer & Explanation: Matteo Renzi sworn as new Prime Minister of Italy.
Question: What is the name of Thailand Prime Minister, who is facing charges of
negligence over a government rice subsidy scheme?
A) Lobsang Sangay
B) Yingluck Shinawatra
C) Wen Jiabao
D) Shinzo Abe
Question: Who was elected as the new Chairman of the International Cricket
Council (ICC) on February 8, 2014?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Narayanswamy Srinivasan
C) Sharad Pawar
D) Jagmohan Dalmiya
Answer & Explanation: Narayanswamy Srinivasan was elected as the new
Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from July 2014 onwards.
Question: Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Gujarat State Election
Commission on February 20, 2014?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Cheteshwar Pujara
C) PV Sindhu
D) Virat Kohli
Answer & Explanation: Cheteshwar Pujara was appointed as the brand ambassador
of the Gujarat State Election Commission.
Question: Who won the Ranji Trophy 2014 at Hyderabad?
A) Mumbai
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat
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D) Karnataka
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy 2014.
Question: Who lifted his third ATP Challenge Tennis title after beating top seeded
Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the ONGC-GAIL Open in the K.K.
Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi?
A) Viajy Amritraj
B) Somdev Devvarman
C) Mahesh Bhupathi
D) Yuki Bhambri
Answer & Explanation: Somdev Devvarman won his third ATP Challenge Tennis
title.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of Zurich Chess Challenge 2014?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Abhijeet Gupta
C) Magnus Carlsen
D) Vladimir Kasparov
Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen emerged as the champion of Zurich Chess
Challenge 2014.
Question: Who won the Winnipeg Winter Club Open title of squash on February 3,
2014?
A) Joshna Chinappa
B) Dipika Pallikal
C) Anaka Alankamony
D) Aparajitha Balamurukan
Answer & Explanation: Joshna Chinappa won the Winnipeg Winter Club Open title
of squash.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of the Hero Hockey India League 2014
after defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi?
A) Kalinga Lancers
B) Mumbai Magicians
C) Delhi Waveriders
D) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Answer & Explanation: Delhi Waveriders emerged as the champion of the Hero
Hockey India League 2014.
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Question: Who won the National Billiards Championships in Lucknow on February

26, 2014?
A) Alok Kumar
B) Sourav Kothari
C) B. Bhaskar
D) Dhruv Sitwala
Answer & Explanation: Sourav Kothari won the National Billiards Championships.
Question: Magnus Carlsen a world chess champion 2013. He belongs to which
country?
A) Poland
B) Argentina
C) Norway
D) Serbia
Answer & Explanation: He belongs to Norway.
Question: What was the name of player, who broke the 21 year-old world record of
Pole Vault of Sergey Bubka with a leap of 6.16 meter at Donetsk in the Ukraine on
February 15, 2014?
A) Pierre Quinon
C) Thierry Vigneron
D) Yelena Isinbayeva
Answer & Explanation: Renaud Lavillenie broke the 21 year-old world record of Pole
Vault of Sergey Bubka with a leap of 6.16 meter.
Question: What is UNAMA?
A) Union Nations Agenda Mission in Afghanistan
B) United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
C) Union Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
D) United Nations Agenda Mission in Afghanistan
Answer & Explanation: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Question: Who has become the new CEO of Microsoft?
A) Indra Nooyi
B) Satya Nadella
C) Steve Jobs
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D) Steve Ballmer
Answer & Explanation: Satya Nadella has conferred as the new CEO of Microsoft.
Question: What is the name of SEBI chairman, who has got two year extension till
2016?
A) Nandan Nilekani
B) U.K. Sinha
C) TS Vijayan
D) C.B. Bhave
Answer & Explanation: U.K. Sinha the SEBI chairman, who has got two year
extension till 2016.
Question: What is the name of new Mumbai Police Chief?
A) Rizwan Ahmed
B) Rakesh Maria
C) Satyapal Singh
D) Neeraj Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Rakesh Maria is the new Mumbai police chief.
Question: On February 3, 2014, who took the oath of office to lead the US Federal
Reserve System, becoming the first woman to sit on the post in history?
A) Angela Merkel
B) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
C) Janet Yellen
D) Dilma Vana
Answer & Explanation: Janet Yellen took the oath of office to lead the US Federal
Reserve System.
Question: What was the name of Actor, Who was found dead in his Greenwich Village
apartment of an apparent drug overdose on February 2, 2014 at the age of 46?
A) Corey Monteith
B) Slobodan Milosevic
C) Philip Hoffman
D) Will Smith
Answer & Explanation: Philip Hoffman was found dead in his Greenwich Village
apartment.
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Question: What was the name of Legendry Bhajan Singer, who passed away in
Kolkata on February 5, 2014 at the age of 93?
A) Ankita Shroff
B) Juthika Roy
C) Swati Vishnoi
D) Jyoti Bengali
Answer & Explanation: Juthika Roy passed away in Kolkata.
Question: What was the name of Hollywood child star, who captured hearts in
Depression-era America, died at the age of 85, on February 11, 2014?
A) Marilyn Monroe
B) Shirley Temple
C) Elvis Presley
D) Leonardo Barrero
Answer & Explanation: Shirley Temple was the name of Hollywood child star.
Question: To whom, Pranab Mukherjee, the president of India on February 15, 2014
presented the International Gandhi Award for the year 2013?
A) Pulkit Sharma and Sanjeev Patel
B) VV Dongre and Guocheng Zhang
C) Abhishek Sethi and Anand Manjhi
D) Aditi Goswami and Sachin Manjrekar
Answer & Explanation: VV Dongre and Guocheng Zhang won the International
Gandhi Award for the year 2013.
Question: What was the name of Indian cricketers, who were nominated for Cricketer
of the Generation Award?
A) Kapil Dev and Virat Kohli
B) Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag
C) Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev
D) Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag were nominated for
Cricketer of the Generation Award.
Question: Who was conferred Award of Honour of Rotary International?
A) Hamid Ansari
B) Manmohan Singh
C) Pranab Mukherjee
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D) Narendra Modi
Answer & Explanation: Pranab Mukherjee was conferred Award of Honour of Rotary
International.
Question: Which state recently won the Krishi Karman Awards, in the category of
Total food grain production?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Manipur
C) Odisha
D) All of these
Answer & Explanation: All of these
Question: Who was awarded with Israels highest civilian honour?
A) Ursula Leyen
B) Angela Merkel
C) Hillary Clinton
D) Yulia Tymoshenko
Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel awarded with Israels highest civilian honour.
Question: Who received Amazing Indian Award recently, She was awarded for
scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged?
A) Pinki Rani
B) Deepika Rathore
C) Arunima Sinha
D) Aarti Devi
Answer & Explanation: Arunima Sinha received Amazing Indian Award.
Question: To whom Hamid Ansari presented the 26th Moorti Devi Award recently?
A) Dilip Kumar
B) Haraprasad Das
C) Mukesh Dutt
D) Amitabh Bachchan
Answer & Explanation: Haraprasad Das won the 26th Moorti Devi Award.
Question: In the Mumbai International Film Festival 2014, which film won the
Golden Conch Award?
A) Aiming Point
B) Think Before Act
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C) Are You Listening

D) Sharp Action
Answer & Explanation: Are You Listening (Bangladeshi documentary) won the
Golden Conch Award.
Question: Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013?
A) Mahesh Dari
B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
C) Purohi Ravin
D) Anand Gupta
Answer & Explanation: Chandi Prasad Bhatt won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the
year 2013.
Question: Which film won the Best Picture award in the 86th Oscar Academy Awards
2014?
A) Gravity
B) 12 years a Salve
C) Frozen
D) Dallas Buyers Club
Answer & Explanation: 12 years a Salve won the Best Picture award in the 86th Oscar
Academy Awards 2014.
Question: Who won the best actor award in the 86th Oscar Academy Awards 2014?
A) Alfonso Cuaron
B) John Ridley
C) Brad Pitt
D) Mathew McConaughey
Answer & Explanation: Mathew McConaughey won the best actor award in the 86th
Oscar Academy Awards 2014.
Question: As per the first revised estimates of national income, the real growth in GDP
for the year 2012-13 stood at--A) 4.2%
B) 4.3%
C) 4.4%
D) 4.5%
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Question: During 2012-13, the agriculture growth and industrial growth in first revised
estimates of CSO stood at---A) 1.2% and 1.4% respectively
B) 1.4% and 1.2% respectively
C) 1.2% and 2.4% respectively
D) 1.4% and 2.4% respectively
Answer & Explanation: 1.4% and 1.2% respectively
Question: CSO in its advanced estimates for the year 2013-14 projected the GDP
growth rate at constant prices to be---A) 4.6%
B) 4.8%
C) 4.9%
D) 5.1%
Question: At current prices, the GDP growth rate for the year 2013-14, as projected by
CSO stands at---A) 11.9%
B) 12.3%
C) 13.3%
D) 14.5%
Question: RBI decided to withdraw currency notes from the circulation which were
released prior to the year---A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2005
D) 2006
Answer & Explanation: 2005
Question: Which of the following year has registered the maximum GDP growth rate?
A) 2005-06
B) 2006-07
C) 2007-08
D) 2010-11
Answer & Explanation: 2006-07
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Question: During the first nine months of the financial year 2013-14, the trade deficit
in India stood at---A) 105 billion dollar
B) 108 billion dollar
C) 110 billion dollar
D) 112 billion dollar
Answer & Explanation: 110 billion dollar
Question: During the first nine months of the financial year 2013-14, Indias exports
registered the growth of---A) + 2.98%
B) + 5.94%
C) - 4.76%
D) - 5.94%
Answer & Explanation: + 5.94%
Question: During the first nine months of the financial year 2013-14, Indias imports
registered the growth of---A) - 4.64%
B) - 6.55%
C) + 4.64%
D) + 6.55%
Answer & Explanation: - 6.55%
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, the revised estimate of fiscal deficit
for the year 2013-14 has been placed at---A) 4.5% of GDP
B) 4.6% of GDP
C) 4.7% of GDP
D) 4.8% of GDP
Answer & Explanation: 4.6% of GDP
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, the budget estimate of fiscal deficit
for the year 2014-15 stands at---A) 4.1% of GDP
B) 4.3% of GDP
C) 4.5% of GDP
D) 4.8% of GDP
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Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, the budget estimate of revenue
deficit for the year 2014-15 stands at
A) 3.6% of GDP
B) 3.3% of GDP
C) 3.2% of GDP
D) 3.0% of GDP
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, out of Rs. one, how many paisa have
been allotted to interest payment---A) 19
B) 20
C) 21
D) 22
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, out of Rs. one, how many paisa have
been allotted to defence ---A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 11
Question: Which of the following gives the maximum share in Rs. one collection as per
the Interim Budget 2014-15?
A) Income Tax
B) Corporation Tax
C) Custom duty
D) Union excise duty
Answer & Explanation: Corporation Tax
Question: The share of Income Tax in Rs one collection as per Interim Budget 201415 comes to be---A) 11 paisa
B) 12 paisa
C) 13 paisa
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D) 14 paisa
Answer & Explanation: 14 paisa
Question: As per revised estimates for the year 2013-14, the operating ratio in Indian
Railways stood at---A) 87.8%
B) 89.2%
C) 90.8%
D) 92.1%
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, the operational ratio for the year
2014-15 has been estimated at---A) 89.8%
B) 90.6%
C) 92.1%
D) 93.5%
Question: In the Interim Union Budget 2014-15, the excise duty on some capital
goods and consumer durables has been cut down---A) From 14 to 12%
B) From 12 to 10%
C) From 14 to 10%
D) From 10 to 8%
Answer & Explanation: From 12 to 10%
Question: Where101st session of Indian Science Congress was held, which was
inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?
A) Bangalore
B) Jammu
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi
Answer & Explanation: 101st session of Indian Science Congress was held in Jammu.
Question: What was the name of Naval Chief, who resigned just after a fire on board in
the newly refitted INS Sindhuratna?
A) Bikram Singh
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B) Arup Raha
C) D.K. Joshi
D) V.K. Singh
Answer & Explanation: D.K. Joshi resigned just after a fire on board in the newly
refitted INS Sindhuratna.
Question: What is the name of newly formed 29th state of India?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Telangana
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Meghalaya
Answer & Explanation: Telangana is the newly formed 29th state of India.
Question: Where a Five-day Global Ayurveda Festival (CAG) was concluded?
A) Chennai
B) Orissa
C) Hyderabad
D) Kerala
Answer & Explanation: Five-day Global Ayurveda Festival (CAG) was concluded in
Kerala.
Question: Where the largest solar plant of India launched?
A) Banswara
B) Bhagwanpur
C) Churu
D) Birguwan
Answer & Explanation: largest solar plant of India launched at Bhagwanpur in
Neemuch, (Madhya Pradesh).
Question: In which state National Food Security Act came into force from 1 March,
2014. Total population of 75 per cent people will be covered under this Act.
A) Sikkim
B) Karnataka
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
Answer & Explanation: Food Security Act came into force from 1 March, 2014 in
Madhya Pradesh.
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Question: Where Indias first Cyber Village was inaugurated recently?

A) Jalor
B) Chandoli
C) Karauli
D) Pali
Answer & Explanation: Indias first Cyber Village was inaugurated at Chandoli
(Rajasthan).
Question: Which state passed the Water Management and Regulatory Commission Bill
2014 in Legislative assembly on February 25, 2014?
A) Chennai
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
Answer & Explanation: Uttar Pradesh passed the Water Management and
Regulatory Commission Bill 2014.
Question: Who sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, succeeding Vijay
Bahuguna in February, 2014?
A) Sharad Pawer
B) Harish Rawat
C) Manish Tewari
D) Sachin Pilot
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat sworn in as the new Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand.
Question: Who has been sworn-in as PM of Italy?
A) Olof Palme
B) Matteo Renzi
C) Yulia Tymoshenko
D) Silvio Berlusconi
Answer & Explanation: Matteo Renzi has been sworn-in as PM of Italy.
Question: What is the name of new Prime Minister of Nepal?
A) Mathabar Singh Thapa
B) Shushil Koirala
C) Ram Baran Yadav
D) Girija Prasad Koirala
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Answer & Explanation: Shushil Koirala is the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question: Ibrahim Mehlib has been sworn in as Prime Minister of which country?
A) Syria
B) Egypt
C) Pakistan
D) Iraq
Answer & Explanation: Ibrahim Mehlib has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Egypt.
Question: What is the name of new Prime Minister of Lebanon?
A) Hamad bin Khalifa
B) Nouri Abusahmain
C) Mohammed al-Magariaf
D) Tammam Salam
Answer & Explanation: Tammam Salam is the new Prime Minister of Lebanon.
Question: The expenditure limit in Lok Sabha elections 2014 increased from Rs. 40
lakh to?
A) 100 lakh
B) 70 lakh
C) 50 lakh
D) 85 lakh
Answer & Explanation: expenditure limit in Lok Sabha elections 2014 increased from
Rs. 40 lakh to 70 lakh.
Question: India tested successfully medium range Akash missile recently. What are/is
the true about Akash Missile?
A) Surface to surface missile
B) Range between 100 km to 150 km
C) Surface to air missile
D) All of the above
Answer & Explanation: Surface to air missile
Question: How much amount the Central Government has sanctioned the
establishment of ideal schools (Adarsh Vidyalayas) in each of the educationally
backward 3500 blocks of the country?
A) 500 Cr
B) 1500 Cr
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C) 750 Cr
D) 1000 Cr
Answer & Explanation: Central Government has sanctioned 1000 Cr.
Question: What is the capital of Syria?
A) Stockholm
B) Damascus
C) Kiev
D) Tripoli
Answer & Explanation: Damascus is the capital of Syria.
Question: Which country government recently has approved the death penalty for
murderers and will soon enact regulations on the process of execution with the help of
lethal injection?
A) Maldives
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) China
Answer & Explanation: Maldives recently has approved the death penalty for
murderers and will soon enact regulations on the process of execution with the help of
lethal injection.
Question: Who is the President of Iran?
A) Mustafa Abdul al-Jalil
B) Olemic Thommessen
C) Hassan Rouhani
D) Mohammed Ali Salim
Answer & Explanation: Hassan Rouhani is the President of Iran.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
A) Manohar Parrikar
B) Raman Singh
C) Nabab Tuki
D) Nitish Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Raman Singh is the present Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Kerala?
A) Narendra Modi
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B) Bhupinder S. Hooda
C) Virbhadra Singh
D) Oommen Chandy
Answer & Explanation: Oommen Chandy is the present Chief Minister of Kerala.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Karnataka?
A) Omar Abdullah
B) K. Siddaramaiah
C) Okram Ibobi Singh
D) Naveen Patnaik
Answer & Explanation: K. Siddaramaiah is the present Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
A) Akhilesh Yadav
B) Mamta Banerjee
C) Shivraj Singh Chauhan
D) Manik Sarkar
Answer & Explanation: Shivraj Singh Chauhan is the present Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Sikkim?
A) Pawan Chamling
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) Hemant Soren
D) Lal Thanhawala
Answer & Explanation: Pawan Chamling is the present Chief Minister of Sikkim.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?
A) Shivraj Patil
B) M.K. Narayan
C) Harish Rawat
D) B.L. Joshi
Answer & Explanation: Harish Rawat is the present Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Meghalaya?
A) Mukul M. Sangma
B) Virendra Kataria
C) B.S. Bhalla
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D) A.K. Singh
Answer & Explanation: Mukul M. Sangma is the present Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A) J. Jayalalithaa
B) Vasubdhara Raje
C) Prithviraj Chavan
D) Prakash singh Badal
Answer & Explanation: Prithviraj Chavan is the present Chief Minister of
Maharashtra.
Question: Who is the present Governor of Delhi?
A) Shekhar Dutt
B) Najeeb Jung
C) N.N. Vohra
D) K.K. Paul
Answer & Explanation: Najeeb Jung is the present Governor of Delhi.
Question: Who is the present Chief Minister of Puducherry?
A) Aziz Qureshi
B) S.C. Jamir
C) N. Rangaswamy
D) Vinod Kumar Duggal
Answer & Explanation: N. Rangaswamy the present Chief Minister of Puducherry.
Question: Who is the present Secretary-General of United Nations Organization?
A) Jan Eliasson
B) Ban Ki-Moon
C) Irina Bokova
D) Guy Rider
Answer & Explanation: Ban Ki-Moon is the present Secretary-General of United
Nations Organization.
Question: Who is the present President of World Bank?
A) Anthony Lake
B) Antonio Guterres
C) Jim Yong Kim
D) Helen Clark
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Answer & Explanation: Jim Yong Kim the present President of World Bank.
Question: Who is the present Managing Director of International Monetary Fund
(IMF)?
A) Christine Lagarde
B) Mukhisa Kituyi
C) Jose Angel Gurria
D) Peter Tomka
Answer & Explanation: Christine Lagarde is the present Managing Director of IMF.
Question: Who is the present Director-General of World Health Organisation
(WHO)?
A) Donald Kaberuka
B) Kamalesh Sharma
C) Margaret Chan
D) Hailemariam Desalegn
Answer & Explanation: Margaret Chan is the present Director-General of WHO.
Question: Who is the present President of Asian Development Bank?
A) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
B) Takehiko Nakao
C) Navanethem Pillay
D) Herman Van Rompuy
Answer & Explanation: Takehiko Nakao is the present President of Asian
Development Bank.
Question: Who is the present President of International Olympic Committee?
A) Alan Isaac
B) Jose Manuel Durao Barroso
C) Li Young
D) Thomas Batch
Answer & Explanation: Thomas Batch is the present President of International
Olympic Committee.
Question: Who is the present Director-General of World Trade Organisation
(WTO)?
A) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
B) Roberto Azevedo
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C) Abdalla Salem El-Badri

D) Hifikepunye Pohamba
Answer & Explanation: Roberto Azevedo is the present Director-General of WTO.
Question: Who is the present Secretary-General of North Atlantic Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO)?
A) Anders Fogh Rasmussen
B) Yukiya Amano
C) Babatunde Osotimehin
D) Lamine Diack
Answer & Explanation: Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the present Secretary-General
of NATO.
Question: Who is the present Secretary-General of Association of South Asian
Nations (ASEAN)?
A) Salil Shetty
B) John Kerry
C) Le Luong Minh
D) Robert G. Mugabe
Answer & Explanation: Le Luong Minh is the present Secretary-General of ASEAN.
Question: Who is the present Secretary-General of South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
A) Arseny Yatseniuk
B) Ahmed Salem
C) Eveline Widmer
D) Fedrick Reinfeld
Answer & Explanation: Ahmed Salem is the present Secretary-General of SAARC.
Question: When National Science Day celebrated?
A) 15 January
B) 28 February
C) 08 March
D) 07 April
Answer & Explanation: National Science Day celebrated on 28 February.
Question: India has signed MoU with which country on defence cooperation pact to
take their strategic partnership further in area of security, recently?
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A) Vietnam
B) Iraq
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iran
Answer & Explanation: India has signed MoU with Saudi Arabia.
Question: Who was selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013?
A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
B) V.S. Sampath
C) Aditya Birla
D) Mayank Agrawal
Answer & Explanation: Chandi Prasad Bhatt was selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize
for the year 2013.
Question: Who defeated Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the Dubai Championship
for the sixth time?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Rafael Nadal
D) Roger Federer
Answer & Explanation: Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych.
Question: Who won the Best Actor Award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar Award
2014?
A) Leonardo DiCaprio
B) Matthew McConaughey
C) Matt Damon
D) Jude Law
Answer & Explanation: Matthew McConaughey the Best Actor Award in the 86 th
Annual Academy Oscar Award 2014.
Question: Who won the Best Actress Award in the 86 th Annual Academy Oscar Award
2014?
A) Mila Kunis
B) Charlize Theron
C) Marion Cotillard
D) Cate Blanchett
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Answer & Explanation: Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress Award in the 86 th Annual
Academy Oscar Award 2014.
Question: Who won the Best Director Award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar Award
2014?
A) James Cameron
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Alfonso Cuaron
D) Clint Eastwood
Answer & Explanation: Alfonso Cuaron won the Best Director Award in the 86th
Annual Academy Oscar Award 2014.
Question: Who won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan at the
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, recently?
A) England
B) South Africa
C) India
D) Sri Lanka
Answer & Explanation: South Africa won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Question: RBI has extended date for exchange of pre-2005 banknotes to:
A) 1 January 2015
B) 1 March 2016
C) 1 December 2014
D) 1 July 2014
Answer & Explanation: RBI has extended date for exchange of pre-2005 banknotes to
1 January 2015.
Question: Forbes magazines 28th Annual World billionaires list: who has got the top
position in this list?
A) Amancio Ortega
B) Bill Gates
C) Larry Ellison
D) Warren Buffett
Answer & Explanation: Bill Gates has got the top position in this list.
Question: Who has been appointed as the new Governor of the Kerala recently?
A) Ram Vilas Paswan
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B) Sheila Dikshit
C) V.V. Giri
D) Nikhil Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Sheila Dikshit has been appointed as the new Governor of
the Kerala.
Question: Who won the International Women of Courage Award recently?
A) Jyoti
B) Rakhi
C) Prerna
D) Laxmi
Answer & Explanation: Laxmi who started the movement to end acid attacks in India,
won the International Women of Courage Award recently.
Question: Where the third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit was held in?
A) Bangladesh
B) Myanmar
C) India
D) Bhutan
Answer & Explanation: Third BIMSTEC summit was held in Myanmar.
Question: Federation Cup is associated with which game out of the following games?
A) Volleyball
B) Hockey
C) Cricket
D) Badminton
Answer & Explanation: Federation Cup is associated with Volleyball.
Question: Who won the 68th Santosh Trophy for senior National football
championship by defeating Railways 3-0 at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri?
A) West Bengal
B) Karnatak
C) Mizoram
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Mizoram won the 68th Santosh Trophy.
Question: Who won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize in nonfiction category?
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A) Aditi Hydari
B) Pankaj Mishra
C) Sushil Patel
D) Kavindra Sahu
Answer & Explanation: Pankaj Mishra won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize in
nonfiction category.
Question: Who reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI
Batsmen by replacing South Africa ODI captain AB de Villers?
A) Shane Watson
B) Kumar Sangakkara
C) Joe Root
D) Virat Kohli
Answer & Explanation: Virat Kohli reclaimed the number one position in the ICC
Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen.
Question: What was the name of Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished from radar
screen over South China Sea with 239 people on board on its route from Kuala Lumpur
to Beijing?
A) SAX100
B) MH370
C) TSE20
D) NEP80
Answer & Explanation: MH370 was the name of Malaysia Airlines flight.
Question: Who has been sworn in as the President of Chile?
A) Sebastian Pinera
B) Ricardo Lagos Escobar
C) Michelle Bachelet
D) Manuel Trucco
Answer & Explanation: Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as the President of
Chile.
Question: Who has been appointed a chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board
(FPSB) of India?
A) BN Srikrishna
B) S.K. Roy
C) T.S. Vijayan
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D) SN Basha
Answer & Explanation: BN Srikrishna has been appointed a chairman of Financial
Planning Standards Board (FPSB) of India.
Question: Who won the Templeton Prize for 2014?
A) Paul Davies
B) Tomas Halik
C) Dalai Lama
D) Charles Hard Townes
Answer & Explanation: Tomas Halik won the Templeton Prize for 2014.
Question: Where first Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship was held ?
A) Thimphu
B) Bangkok
C) Kaula Lumpur
D) New Delhi
Answer & Explanation: First Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship was held at
Bangkok.
Question: What were the name of Indian two states, which were first to be issued
Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India?
A) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
B) Rajasthan and Mizoram
C) Nagaland and Assam
D) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Answer & Explanation: Nagaland and Assam were first to be issued Plastic Photo
Identity Card for elections in India.
Question: Who has been appointed as the first woman director (commercial) of
National Aluminum Company Ltd (NALCO)?
A) Deepti Naval
B) Soma Mondal
C) Nishi Vasudeva
D) Prerna Dashore
Answer & Explanation: Soma Mondal been appointed as the first woman director
(commercial) of NALCO.
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Question: Who is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Allahabad

Bank?
A) JP Dua
B) Shubhalalshmi Panse
C) Adarsh Kishore
D) Rakesh Sethi
Answer & Explanation: Rakesh Sethi is appointed as CMD of Allahabad Bank.
Question: Who has voted as the Cricketer of the Generation by a 50-member by
beating Shane Warne and Jacques Kallis?
A) Steve Waugh
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Kapil Dev
D) Michael Clarke
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar has been voted as the Cricketer of the
Generation.
Question: How much amount Government of India (GOI) has announced to Assistance
Package to Bhutan for its 11th Five Year Plan?
A) 4000 cr.
B) 3000 cr.
C) 4500 cr.
D) 5000 cr.
Answer & Explanation: Government of India announced to provide 4500 cr. Rupees
Assistance Package to Bhutan for its 11th Five Year Plan.
Question: What is the name of worlds longest aircraft that has unveiled in Britain
recently?
A) AAA Vision
B) Spinus
C) Paalson
D) Airlander
Answer & Explanation: Airlander is the name of worlds longest aircraft.
Question: Which film won the best picture award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar
Awards 2014?
A) Dallas Buyers Club
B) The Wolf of Wall Street
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C) 12 Years a Slave
D) American Hustle
Answer & Explanation: 12 Years a Slave won the best picture award in the 86th
Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014.
Question: Where is the RBI headquarters located?
A) Bangalore
B) Mumbai
C) Delhi
D) Kolkata
Answer & Explanation: Mumbai.
Question: What was the name of Foreign Minister of the Iran, who was on an official
visit to India recently?
A) Javad Zarif
B) Mamnoon Hussain
C) Hassan Rouhani
D) Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
Answer & Explanation: Javad Zarif.
Question: Who was sworn in as new Governor of Kerala on March 11, 2014?
A) Oommen Chandy
B) Nikhil Kumar
C) Sheila Dikshit
D) Hansraj Bhardwaj
Answer & Explanation: Sheila Dikshit was sworn in as new Governor of Kerala.
Question: Who has been elected as President of the Indian meteorological Society for
2014-16?
A) Akhilesh Gupta
B) Sameer Seikh
C) KC Chakrabarty
D) Ravi Singh
Answer & Explanation: Akhilesh Gupta has been elected as President of the Indian
Meteorological Society.
Question: Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014?
A) Toyo Ito
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B) Eduardo Souto de Mourna

C) Wang-Shu
D) Shigeru Ban
Answer & Explanation: Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014.
Question: Who will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book Dhool
Paudho Par published in 2008?
A) Bhimsen Joshi
B) Govind Mishra
C) Vijay Tendulkar
D) Sugathakumari
Answer & Explanation: Govind Mishra will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year
2013.
Question: Who won digital activism award on March 20, 2014?
A) Shubranshu Choudhary
B) Aditi Nalanda
C) Manish Sarkar
D) Arpan Shukla
Answer & Explanation: Shubranshu Choudhary won digital activism award on March
20, 2014.
Question: Who clinched the 15th Laureus Sportsman of the year Award in Kaula
Lumpur?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Usain Bolt
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Rafel Nadal
Answer & Explanation: Sebastian Vettel clinched 15th Laureus Sportsman of the year
Award.
Question: What was the name of South African, international cricketers, who has
announced his retirement from all forms of the game?
A) Herschelle Gibbs
B) AB de Villiers
C) Graeme Smith
D) Dale Steyn
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Answer & Explanation: Graeme Smith has announced his retirement from all forms of
the game.
Question: Who has been appointed as the Interim President of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) on March 28, 2014?
A) N. Srinivasan
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Jagmohan Dalmiya
D) Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Answer & Explanation: Sunil Gavaskar appointed as the Interim President of BCCI.
Question: What was the name of one of Indias best known writers, who passed away
on March 21, 2014 at the age of 99?
A) Ajeet Sinha
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Raja Sekh
D) Khushwant Singh
Answer & Explanation: Khushwant Singh passed away on March 21, 2014 at the age
of 99.
Question: How many medals India won in the Asian Grand Prix archery championship,
which was held in Bangkok from March 10 to 15, 2014?
A) three
B) seven
C) nine
D) five
Answer & Explanation: India won seven medals in the Asian Grand Prix archery
championship.
Question: Who won the All England Open badminton title in Birmingham on March 09,
2014?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Lee Chong Wei
C) Sourabh Varma
D) Chen Long
Answer & Explanation: Lee Chong Wei won the All England Open badminton title.
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Question: Who clinched the Swiss Open Grand Gold badminton tournament title in
Basel on March 16, 2014?
A) Tommy Sugiarto
B) Viktor Axelsen
C) Ajay Jayaram
D) Tien Minh Nguyen
Answer & Explanation: Viktor Axelsen clinched the Swiss Open Grand Gold
badminton tournament.
Question: Who clinched the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold title, defeating Indias
Sourabh Varma in the final in Malaysia on March 30, 2014?
A) Jan O Jorgensen
B) Kenichi Tago
C) Du Pengyu
D) Simon Santoso
Answer & Explanation: Simon Santoso clinched the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold
title (badminton).
Question: Who won the World Candidates chess tournament title in Russia on March
30, 2014?
A) Pedro Damiano
B) Viswanathan Anand
C) Vladimir Kramnik
D) Magnus Carlsen
Answer & Explanation: Viswanathan Anand won the World Candidates chess
tournament.
Question: Who won the Santosh Trophy by defeated Railways 3-0 in a one-sided final
of the 68th National Football Championship in Siliguri on March 9, 2014?
A) West Bengal
B) Karnataka
C) Mizoram
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Mizoram won the Santosh Trophy.
Question: Who won the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title by defeated
Pakistan 36-31 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on March 26, 2014?
A) India
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B) Sri Lanka
C) South Korea
D) Malaysia
Answer & Explanation: India won the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship.
Question: Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix motor racing title in Sepang on March
30, 2014?
A) Mark Webber
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Jenson Button
D) Sebastian Vettel
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix motor.
Question: Who won the sixth National snooker championship title in Lucknow on March
7, 2014?
A) Kamal Chawla
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Pankaj Advani
D) Mainsh Mandi
Answer & Explanation: Pankaj Advani won the sixth National snooker championship.
Question: Who became the new Womens World squash champion after defeating
Nour EL Sherbini of Egypt in Penanag, Malaysia on March 23, 2014?
A) Nicol David
B) Joelle King
C) Camille Serme
D) Laura Massoro
Answer & Explanation: Laura Massoro became the new Womens World squash
champion.
Question: Who clinched a Silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA on
March 29, 2014?
A) Rajkumari Rathore
B) Heena Sidhu
C) Anjali Bhagwat
D) Pooja Ghatkar
Answer & Explanation: Heena Sidhu clinched a Silver medal at the ISSF World Cup.
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Question: Who won Gold medal in the 7th Asian air gun championship in Kuwait City
on March 17, 2014?
A) Gagan Narang
B) Vjay Kumar
C) Ronjan Sodhi
D) Chain Singh
Answer & Explanation: Chain Singh won Gold medal in the 7th Asian air gun
championship in Kuwait City.
Question: Who won the fourth Sony Open mens singles title defeating World No. 1
Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3, 6-3 in Miami (USA) on March 30, 2014?
A) Stanislas Wawrinka
B) David Ferrer
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Rogerer Federer
Answer & Explanation: Novak Djokovic won the fourth Sony Open mens singles title.
Question: Who won the BNP Paribas Open tournament mens singles title on March
16, 2014?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
C) Andy Murray
D) Rafel Nadal
Answer & Explanation: Novak Djokovic won the BNP Paribas Open tournament mens
singles.
Question: Deodhar Trophy is associated with which game?
A) Kabaddi
B) Cricket
C) Volleyball
D) Badminton
Answer & Explanation: Deodhar Trophy associated with Cricket.
Question: Which zone of India won the Deodhar Trophy 2014 in Visakhapatnam on
March 27, 2014?
A) North Zone
B) South Zone
C) West Zone
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D) Central Zone
Answer & Explanation: West Zone won the Deodhar Trophy 2014.
Question: Who won the Asia Cup Cricket Title, defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the
final in Mirpur on March 8, 2014?
A) Afghanistan
B) Sri Lanka
C) India
D) Bangladesh
Answer & Explanation: Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup.
Question: Who won their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy defeating spirited Railways by
four wickets in the low-scoring final in Kolkata on March 16, 2014?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Mumbai
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Karnataka
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka won their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Question: Who won the Cricketer of the Generation award at the annual ESPNCricinfo Award ceremony in Mumbai on March 14, 2014?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Michael Clarke
C) Ricky Ponting
D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar won the Cricketer of the Generation award.
A) N. Srinivasan
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Jagmohan Dalmiya
Answer & Explanation: Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the Interim President of
BCCI.
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Question: The Election Commission of India has implemented COMET, this high-tech
coded SMS- based alert system in General Elections 2014, to supervise and collect
data from officials on poll duty. What is the full form of COMET?
A) Communication Project for Election Tracking
B) Communication Plan for Election Tracking
C) Communication Procedure for Election Tracking
D) Communication Program for Election Tracking
Answer & Explanation: Communication plan for Election Tracking
Question: When Press Freedom Day is celebrated?
A) April 28
B) May 3
C) May 24
D) April 15
Answer & Explanation: Press Freedom Day is celebrated on May 3.
Question: When Commonwealth Day is celebrated?
A) March 8
B) April 25
C) June 1
D) May 24
Answer & Explanation: Commonwealth Day is celebrated on May 24.
Question: Who was elected Slovakias President on March 30, 2014 with a landslide
victory over his rival, Prime Minister Robert Fico?
A) Andrej Kiska
B) Rudolf Schuster
C) Michal Kovac
D) Vladimir Meclar
Answer & Explanation: Andrej Kiska was elected Slovakias President.
Question: Who was sworn in as the President of Chile on March 11, 2014?
A) Evelyn Matthei
B) Angela Merkel
C) Michelle Bachelet
D) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Answer & Explanation: Ms. Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as the President of Chile.
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Question: Who was sworn in as the Governor of Kerala on March 11, 2014?
A) Oommen Chandy
B) Sheila Dixit
C) SushilKumar Shinde
D) Nikhil Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Sheila Dixit was sworn in as the Governor of Kerala.
Question: Who was appointed as the Revenue Secretary on March 25, 2014?
A) Sumit Bose
B) Aditit Rao
C) Rajiv Takru
D) Sanjeev Mehta
Answer & Explanation: Rajiv Takru was appointed as the Revenue Secretary.
Question: Who has become the first woman President of Indian Journalists
Association (IJA) in London in its 67-year history?
A) Chanda Kochhar
B) Preeti Desai
C) Shikha Sharma
D) Aditi Khanna
Answer & Explanation: Aditi Khanna has become the first woman President of Indian
Journalists Association (IJA).
Question: Who was re-elected as the president of the Press Club of India on March 30,
2014?
A) Satyajeet Singh
B) Anand Kishore
C) Jayati Mahendra
D) Rohit Ramji
Answer & Explanation: Anand Kishore was re-elected as the president of the Press
Club of India.
Question: Who was appointed as the first woman Director (Commercial) of Navratna
Public Sector Unit, National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) on March 12, 2014?
A) Deepak Sandhu
B) Nishi Vasudeva
C) Soma Mondal
D) Chitra Ramkrishna
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Answer & Explanation: Soma Mondal was appointed as the first woman Director
(Commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit, NALCO.
Question: What is the name of the author of the book From the Ruins of Empire?
A) Khushwant Singh
B) Atal Bihari Vajpai
C) Pankaj Mishra
D) Arundhati Bhattacharya
Answer & Explanation: Name of the author of the book is Pankaj Mishra.
Question: What was the name of the Russian made helicopters series, which played a
crucial role in rescue operations during Uttarakhand flash floods in 2013 were formally
inducted by the Indian Air Force at its Jamnagar base in Gujarat on March 19, 2014?
A) Sukhoi
B) MI-17 V5
C) MIG-30
D) C-17
Answer & Explanation: MI-17 V5 was the name of the Russian made helicopters
series.
Question: Which public sector bank of India launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT)
scheme on March 24, 2014
A) State Bank of India (SBI)
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Bank of India (BOI)
D) Bank of Baroda
Answer & Explanation: Bank of India (BOI) launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT)
scheme.
Question: Who was selected for prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2013 for
his book Dhool Paudho Par on March 24, 2014?
A) Mridula Garg
B) Amrita Pritam
C) Govind Mishra
D) Gulzar
Answer & Explanation: Govind Mishra was selected for prestigious Saraswati
Samman for the year 2013.
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Question: Who was selected for the 23rd G.D. Birla Award for scientific research for
the year 2013 on March 21, 2014?
A) D.D. Sharma
B) Rajesh Gopakumar
C) Nibir Mandal
D) Manindra Agrawal
Answer & Explanation: Rajesh Gopakumar was selected for the 23rd G.D. Birla
Award.
Question: Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 in the category of Novelist?
A) A.K. Sood
B) Gita Sahgal
C) Ashoke Sen
D) Mridula Garg
Answer & Explanation: Mridula Garg won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 in the
category of Novelist.
Question: Among the following, who won the Stree Shakti Puraskar for 2013?
A) Aarti Tripathi
B) Kapila Dutta
C) Laxmi
D) Vartika Nanda
Answer & Explanation: Vartika Nanda won the Stree Shakti Puraskar for 2013.
Question: Who won the Sportsman of the Year award in the Laureus Award for
Sports ceremony in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Rafel Nadal
D) Cristiano Ronaldo
Answer & Explanation: Sebastian Vettel won the Sportsman of the Year award.
Question: Who won the Sportswoman of the Year award in the Laureus Award for
Sports ceremony in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)?
A) Fraser Pryce
B) Yelena Isinbayeva
C) P.V. Sindu
D) Missy Franklin
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Answer & Explanation: Missy Franklin won the Sportswoman of the Year award.
Question: Who won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize?
A) Toto Ito
B) Eduardo Mourna
C) Shigeru Ban
D) Jean Nouvel
Answer & Explanation: Shigeru Ban won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Question: Who won the digital activism award on March 20, 2014 for his work on
using mobile phones to bring local news to remote Indian regions in their native
language?
A) Vinay Katiyar
B) Shubranshu Choudhary
C) Narendra Singh
D) Satish Rai
Answer & Explanation: Shubranshu Choudhary won the digital activism award.
Question: Who was announced on March 14, 2014 by a 50-member jury the Cricketer
of the Generation?
A) Michael Clarke
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Ricky Ponting
D) Steve Waugh
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar was announced Cricketer of the
Generation.
Question: Who has won the Templeton Prize 2014?
A) Dalai Lama
B) Tomas Halik
C) Michal Heller
D) Freeman Dyson
Answer & Explanation: Tomas Halik has won the Templeton Prize 2014.
Question: Who won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction
category on March 9, 2014?
A) Kushwant Singh
B) Atal Bihari Vajpai
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C) Arundhati Bhattacharya
D) Pankaj Mishra
Answer & Explanation: Pankaj Mishra won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize
2014.
Question: What was the name of Indian woman, who won the International Women of
Courage Award 2014?
A) Aarti
B) Prerna
C) Damni
D) Laxmi
Answer & Explanation: Laxmi won the International Women of Courage Award 2014.
Question: As per the data released by Swedish Think Tank, Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on March 17, 2014, which country worlds largest
arms importer?
A) China
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) North Korea
Answer & Explanation: India is the worlds largest arms importer.
Question: What is the name of worlds longest aircraft, which was unveiled in Britain on
March 2014?
A) Airlander
B) Spinus
C) Paalson
D) Vision
Answer & Explanation: Airlander is the worlds longest aircraft.
Question: How much money, The Central Government of India announced to provide
to core assistance package to Bhutan for its 11th Five-year Plan?
A) 3000 cr
B) 3500 cr
C) 4000 cr
D) 4500 cr
Answer & Explanation: Central Government of India announced to provide 4500 cr
assistance package to Bhutan for its 11th Five-year Plan.
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Question: Which two states of India first started plastic voter ID card?
A) Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
B) Rajasthan & Mizoram
C) Nagaland & Assam
D) Karnataka & Orissa
Answer & Explanation: Nagaland & Assam two states of India first started plastic voter
ID card.
Question: What is the name of Scientist, who has built the first 3-D model of a human
finger print?
A) Ravit Dayan
B) Anil Jain
C) Satyam Singh
D) Abhinav Bindra
Answer & Explanation: Anil Jain has built the first 3-D model of a human finger print.
Question: Which country was officially certified polio free on March 27, 2014 by the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Nigeria
Answer & Explanation: India was officially certified polio free on March 27, 2014 by
the World Health Organization.
Question: What was the name of Secretary of US Department of Energy, who visited
India in New Delhi on March 5-11, 2014 for the Energy Dialogue met?
A) Joe Biden
B) Ernest Moniz
C) Timothy Geitner
D) John Kerry
Answer & Explanation: Ernest Moniz was the name of Secretary of US Department of
Energy.
Question: India on March 28, 2014 successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithivi-II
surface to surface missile from Chandipur. In which state Chandipur located?
A) Chennai
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B) Odisha
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
Answer & Explanation: Chandipur is located in Odisha.
Question: Which state of India has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for
offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in executing the Central
Governments flagship rural jobs scheme-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)?
A) Karnataka
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Tripura
D) Haryana
Answer & Explanation: Tripura has kept its top position.
Question: Japan signed on April 1, 2014 a loan agreement with India to provide
______ for the development of water supply project in Agra?
A) 350 cr
B) 960 cr
C) 700 cr
D) 1000 cr
Answer & Explanation: Japan signed on April 1, 2014 a loan agreement with India to
provide 960 cr for the development of water supply project in Agra.
Question: The armies of Nepal and India held a joint military exercise named ______ at
the Integrated Army Training Centre (IATC) at Saljhandi in Rupanddehi district of
southern Nepal.
A) Indra
B) Combat
C) Surya Kiran
D) Yudh Abhyas
Answer & Explanation: Nepal and India held a joint military exercise named Surya
Kiran.
Question: The third edition of the global Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014 was held
at?
A) Brussels
B) Hague
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C) Belgium
D) New Delhi
Answer & Explanation: Third edition of the global Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)
2014 was held at Hague.
Question: What was the name of The Malaysia Airlines flight that has vanished when
flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam on March 8, 2014 as it flew
from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board?
A) B7777
B) Deer Jet 370
C) MH370
D) Air Juneyao
Answer & Explanation: MH370 was the name of The Malaysia Airlines flight.
Question: When World Water Day is celebrated?
A) May 3
B) March 22
C) April 15
D) March 8
Answer & Explanation: World Water Day is celebrated on March 22.
Question: Crimea has recently in news. Crimea now became a part of which country?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Ukraine
D) Germany
Answer & Explanation: Crimea now became a part of Russia.
Question: What was the Bank Rate as on April 1, 2014?
A) 6.5%
B) 9.0%
C) 8.0%
D) 7.5%
Answer & Explanation: Bank Rate as on April 1, 2014 was 9%.
Question: What was the Cash Reserve Ratio as on April 1, 2014?
A) 3.0%
B) 4.0%
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C) 6.0%
D) 5.0%
Answer & Explanation: Cash Reserve Ratio as on April 1, 2014 was 4.0%.
Question: What was the Base Rate as on April 1, 2014?
A) 8.3%-10.30%
B) 7.0%-9.0%
C) 9.80%-10.25%
D) 10.20%-12.0%
Answer & Explanation: Base Rate as on April 1, 2014 was 9.80%-10.25%.
Question: The Reserve Bank of India on March 27, 2014 said that it had extended the
deadline for Indian banks to meet capital requirements under the so-called Basel III
norms by the year to____.
A) March 31, 2017
B) March 31, 2019
C) March 31, 2016
D) March 31, 2020
Answer & Explanation: March 31, 2019
Question: The Reserve Bank of India has extended the ECB window for Indian
airlines to raise money from abroad to March 2015, against the earlier deadline of
December 2013. What is the full form of ECBs?
A) Estimate Commercial Borrowings
B) Elaborate Commercial Borrowings
C) External Commercial Borrowings
D) Expansive Commercial Borrowings
Answer & Explanation: Full form of ECBs is External Commercial Borrowings.
Question: In the end of December 2013, Indias external debt stood at?
A) $ 456 billion
B) $426 billion
C) $ 300 billion
D) $ 280 billion
Answer & Explanation: Indias external debt stood at $426 billion.
Question: Reserve Bank of India on March 14, 2014 entered into an agreement with
Financial Services Agency (FSA) for cooperation in the area of banking supervision.
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FSA is an organization responsible for overseeing banking, securities and exchange,

and insurance in order to ensure the stability of the financial system. FSA is an
Organization of which country?
A) Vietnam
B) America
C) Japan
D) Russia
Answer & Explanation: FSA is an Organization of Japan.
Question: What is/are the name of applicant/applicants, RBI granted in-principal
approval to open a bank recently?
A) IDFC
B) Bandhan Financial
C) Larsen $ Toubro
D) Only A and B
Answer & Explanation: Only A and B
Question: What was the name of the committee that recommended that the two
applicants are suitable for grant of in-principal approval of Bank Licences?
A) Rajan Committee
B) Hanthi Committe
C) High Level Advisory Committee
D) Jalan Committee
Answer & Explanation: High Level Advisory Committee
Question: What is the name of Managing Director & CEO of Infrastructure and
Development Finance Company (IDFC)?
A) S.K. Jain
B) Vikram Limaye
C) S.R. Bansal
D) Arun Tiwari
Answer & Explanation: Vikram Limaye is the Managing Director & CEO of IDFC.
Question: Which zone of India won the Deodhar Trophy 2014 in Visakhapatnam on
March 27, 2014?
A) North Zone
B) South Zone
C) West Zone
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D) Central Zone
Answer & Explanation: West Zone won the Deodhar Trophy 2014.
Question: Who clinched the 2014 Asia Cup trophy with a comfortable five-wicket
victory over defending champions Pakistan?
A) India
B) Sri Lanka
C) Bangladesh
D) Afghanistan
Answer & Explanation: Sri Lanka clinched the 2014 Asia Cup trophy.
Question: What was the name of South African, international cricketer, who has
announced his retirement from all forms of the game?
A) Herschelle Gibbs
B) AB de Villiers
C) Graeme Smith
D) Dale Steyn
Answer & Explanation: Graeme Smith has announced his retirement from all forms of
the game.
Question: Who won their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy defeating Railways by four
wickets in the low-scoring final in Kolkata on March 16, 2014?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Mumbai
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Karnataka
Answer & Explanation: Karnataka won their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy.
A) N. Srinivasan
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Jagmohan Dalmiya
Answer & Explanation: Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the Interim President
of BCCI.
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Question: Who has emerged as the champion of the Prestigious Bundesliga title in
record time by defeating Hertha Berlin 3-1 on March 25, 2014?
A) FC Augsburg
B) Bayer Leverkusen
C) Bayern Munich
D) Borussia Dortmund
Answer & Explanation: Bayern Munich has emerged as the champion of the
Prestigious Bundesliga title.
Question: Who won the 68th senior national football championship or Santosh
Trophy by defeating Railways 3-0 in the final played at Kanchenjunga Stadium in
Siliguri, West Bengal?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka
D) Mizoram
Answer & Explanation: Mizoram won the 68th senior national football championship.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of the fourth Hockey India Womens
National Championships by beating Haryana 4-0 in the final in Bhopal on March 23,
2014?
A) Goa
B) Railways
C) Services
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Railways emerged as the champion of the fourth Hockey India
Womens National Championships.
Question: Who has been appointed the coach of the National mens hockey team on
March 26, 2014?
A) V. Basakaran
B) Jude Felix
C) Terence Walsh
D) Harendra Singh
Answer & Explanation: Jude Felix has been appointed the coach of the National
mens hockey team.
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Question: Who lifted the Vasan Eye Care-ITF Mens Futures Tennis Championship
title on March 22 in Tiruchi?
A) Enrique Lopez-Perez
B) N. Sriram Balaji
C) Victor Recio
D) M. Safwat
Answer & Explanation: Enrique Lopez-Perez lifted the Vasan Eye Care-ITF Mens
Futures Tennis Championship title.
Question: Who thrashed China Li Na by 7-5, 6-1 in the final on March 29 in Miami to
clinched a record seventh Sony open title?
A) Agnieszka Radwanska
B) Serena Williams
C) Victoria Azarenika
D) Maria Sharapova
Answer & Explanation: Serena Williams clinched a record seventh Sony open title.
Question: Who won the Arnold Palmer PGA Tour golf title at Orlando, Florida on
March 23, 2014?
A) Jason Day
B) Tiger Woods
C) Matt Every
D) Adam Scott
Answer & Explanation: Matt Every won the Arnold Palmer PGA Tour golf title.
Question: Who won the sixth Kolkata Open International Chess Tournament on
March 27, 2014?
A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Oliver Barbosa
C) Alexander Grischuk
D) Fabiano Caruana
Answer & Explanation: Oliver Barbosa won the sixth Kolkata Open International
Chess Tournament.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of the World Candidates Chess
Tournament in the 12th round with one round to spare at Khanty Mansisyk, Russia on
March 29, 2014?
A) Levon Aronian
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B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Vladimir Kramnik
Answer & Explanation: Viswanathan Anand emerged as the champion of the World
Candidates Chess Tournament.
Question: Who emerged as the winner of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix
on March 16, 2014 at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne?
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Nico Rosberg
C) Lewis Hamilton
D) Ferando Alonso
Answer & Explanation: Nico Rosberg emerged as the winner of the season-opening
Australian Grand Prix.
Question: Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix on March 30, 2014 in Sepang?
A) Janson Button
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Lewis Hamilton
D) Nico Hulkenberg
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Hemilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Question: Who won the 64th National Basketball Championship mens title on
March 5, 2014 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer & Explanation: Tamil Nadu won the 64th National Basketball Championship
mens title.
Question: Who clinched the World Womens Squash Championship on March 23,
2014 beating Egypts Nour El Sherbini in the final at George Town in Malayasia?
A) Nicol David
B) Dipika Pallikal
C) Laura Massaro
D) Amanda Sobhy
Answer & Explanation: Laura Massaro World Womens Squash Championship title.
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Question: Who won the mens Federation Cup Volleyball title on March 5, 2014 at
Kizhakkambalam , Ernakulam in Kerala?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Goa
D) Punjab
Answer & Explanation: Tamil Nadu won the mens Federation Cup Volleyball title.
Question: Who claimed a silver medal at womens air pistol competition in the ISSF
World Cup in Fort Benning, USA on March 28?
A) Anjali Bhagwat
B) Rajkumari Rathore
C) Heena Sidhu
D) Varsha Varman
Answer & Explanation: Heena Sidhu claimed a silver medal at womens air pistol
competition in the ISSF World Cup.
Question: What is the name of Bangladesh first woman vice-chancellor of public
university, who has been appointed the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University on
March 2, 2014?
A) Benazir Shaikh
B) Fatima Bhutto
C) Farzana Islam
D) Maryam Nawaz Sharif
Answer & Explanation: Farzana Islam is the name of Bangladesh first woman vicechancellor of public university.
Question: Who has been named the new Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO)?
A) George Robertson
B) Jens Stoltenberg
C) Anders Fogh Rasmussen
D) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Answer & Explanation: Jens Stoltenberg has been named the new Secretary
General of NATO.
Question: Who has been appointed as the new governor of Kerala?
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A) Nikhil Kumar
B) Oommen Chandy
C) Ramesh Yadav
D) Sheila Dikshit
Answer & Explanation: Sheila Dikshit has been appointed as the new governor of
Kerala.
Question: What was the name of a British Labour politician, who died recently on
March 14, 2014 and was a Member of Parliament for 47 years and Cabinet Minister
under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s?
A) Tony Benn
B) Bob Crow
C) Alain Resnais
D) Sheila Macrae
Answer & Explanation: Tony Benn was the name of a British Labour politician, who
died recently.
Question: Who has been honoured with Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Award for the year
2013 for her contribution in the field of womens rights, gender issues, legal counseling
and institutional support to women and girls?
A) M. Venkaiah
B) Vartika Nanda
C) Seema Sakhare
D) T. Radha
Answer & Explanation: Seema Sakhare been honoured with Devi Ahilyabai Holkar
Award for the year 2013.
Question: Who has been honoured with US International Women of Courage award
on March 4, 2014 for being a standard-bearer for the movement to end acid attacks in
India?
A) Merra Kumar
B) Laxmi
C) Santosh Kumari
D) Shamita Shethi
Answer & Explanation: Laxmi has been honoured with US International Women of
Courage award.
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Question: Who has been honoured with Rani Lakshmibai Award for the year 2013
for her work in the field of womens empowerment?
A) K. Prashanti
B) Manasi Pradhan
C) Aditi Rao
D) Sheila Sharma
Answer & Explanation: Manasi Pradhan has been honoured with Rani
Lakshmibai Award for the year 2013.
Question: Rajesh Gopa Kumar won the GD Birla award for scientific research for his
work on?
A) Microbial Factories
B) Quantum Field Theory and String Theory
C) Nano Fibers and Mind Speculation
D) Motor Engine
Answer & Explanation: Quantum Field Theory and String Theory
Question: Who has been selected for the prestigious G.D. Birla award for scientific
research for 2013?
A) Nibir Mandal
B) D.D. Sharma
C) Rajesh Gopa Kumar
D) Sriram Ramaswamy
Answer & Explanation: Rajesh Gopa Kumar has been selected for the prestigious
G.D. Birla award for scientific research for 2013.
Question: Who is at the top position of world Richest Billionaire of the world according
to Forbes magazines 28th Annual World billionaires list released on March 3, 2014?
A) Warren Buffet
B) Bill Gates
C) Mogul Carlos Slim Helu
D) Larry Ellison
Answer & Explanation: Bill Gates is at the top position of world Richest Billionaire.
Question: Who has been honoured with the Kaifi Azmi award on March 22, 2014 in
Lucknow?
A) Sharib Rudaulvi
B) Mudra Rakshasa
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C) Both of the Above

D) None of the Above
Answer & Explanation: C) Both of the Above
Question: Who has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year
2013 for his book Dhool Pausho Par?
A) Sugathakumari
B) Govind Mishra
C) AA Manavalan
D) Surjit Paatar
Answer & Explanation: Govind Mishra has been selected for the prestigious
Saraswati Samman for the year 2013.
Question: Who has been selected for the Pritzker Architecture Prize, 2014 for his
exceptional services in developing inexpensive and easy to construct and dismantle
structure for disaster-hit areas?
A) Eduardo Moura
B) Ryue Nishizawa
C) Toyo Ito
D) Shigeru Ban
Answer & Explanation: Shigeru Ban has been selected for Pritzker Architecture
prize 2014.
Question: Who has been honoured with the coveted Laureus World Sportsman of the
year Award in Kuala Lumpur on March 26, 2014?
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Virat Kohli
D) Cristiano Ronaldo
Answer & Explanation: Sebastian Vettel has been honoured with the coveted
Laureus World Sportsman of the year Award.
Question: Who has been honoured with the coveted Laureus World Sportswoman of
the year Award in Kuala Lumpur on March 26, 2014?
A) Serena Williams
B) Yelena Isinbayeva
C) Missy Franklin
D) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
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Answer & Explanation: Missy Franklin has been honoured with the coveted Laureus
World Sportswoman of the year Award.
Question: India is placed at what position out of 189 countries in a list prepared by an
international organisation that ranks nations on the number of women representative in
Parliament?
A) 123rd
B) 150th
C) 111th
D) 97th
Answer & Explanation: India is placed at 111th position.
Question: What is the name of the author of the book 12 Year A Slave?
A) Blooks Bury
B) Solomon Northup Pirates
C) Wendy Doniger
D) Simon Denyer
Answer & Explanation: Solomon Northup Pirates is the author of book 12 Year A
Slave.
Question: What is the name of the author of the book Ambedkar: Awakening Indias
Social Conscience?
A) Anita Nair
B) Indrajit Hazara
C) Narendra Jadhav
D) Arundhati Roy
Answer & Explanation: Narendra Jadhav is the author of book Ambedkar
Awakening Indias Social Conscience.
Question: The third Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Co-operation (BIMSTEC) summit was concluded in?
A) Bronte
B) Colombo
C) Nay Pyi Taw
D) India
Answer & Explanation: Third BIMSTEC summit was concluded in Nay Pyi Taw.
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Question: Which country was officially certified polio free on March 27, 2014 by the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Nigeria
Answer & Explanation: India was officially certified polio free on March 27, 2014.
Question: The Trade Deficit for April-February 2013-14 was estimated at?
A) $ 28956.75 million
B) $ 32190.70 million
C) $ 128086.26 million
D) $ 238764.90 million
Answer & Explanation: Trade Deficit for April-February 2013-14 was estimated at
$128086.26 million.
Question: As per the Forbes list (March 2014), the richest person of the world?
A) Bill Gates
B) Warren Buffet
C) Mogul Carlos Slim Helu
D) Larry Ellison
Answer & Explanation: Bill Gates is the richest person of the world.
Question: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed how many private sector
banks to import gold?
A) three
B) four
C) six
D) five
Answer & Explanation: RBI has allowed five private sector banks to import gold.
Question: Who has acquired Whats App for $ 19 billion on February 19, 2014?
A) Orkut
B) Oracle
C) Apple
D) Facebook
Answer & Explanation: Facebook acquired Whats App for $ 19 billion.
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Question: According to the World Economic Outlook update of International Monetary

Fund, India is likely to register an economic growth rate of ____this financial year 201314?
A) 4.6%
B) 4.3%
C) 5.5%
D) 5.7%
Answer & Explanation: According to the World Economic Outlook update of
International Monetary Fund India register an economic growth rate of 4.6% this
financial year 2013-14.
Question: Who became third largest Crude Oil importer in the world?
A) China
B) India
C) America
D) Japan
Answer & Explanation: India became third largest Crude Oil importer in the world.
Question: As per the Forbes list (March 2014), the richest Indian is?
A) Laxmi Mittal
B) Sunil Bharti
C) Mukesh Ambani
D) Azim Premji
Answer & Explanation: Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian.
Question: What is the new name of Ennore Port of India?
A) V.O. Chidambarnar Port
B) Adani Port
C) Mundra Port
D) Kamaraj Port
Answer & Explanation: Kamaraj Port is the new name of Ennore Port.
Question: As per the standard practice, at the end of December, Indias external debt
stood at___?
A) $ 300.0 billion
B) $ 296 billion
C) $ 426.0 billion
D) $ 325.0 billion
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Answer & Explanation: Indias external debt stood at $ 426.0 billion.

Question: What was the Bank Rate as on April 1, 2014?
A) 6.5%
B) 9.0%
C) 8.0%
D) 7.5%
Answer & Explanation: Bank Rate as on April 1, 2014 was 9%.
Question: In which State or Union Territory election of India, None of the Above
(NOTA) was first used by Election commission of India?
A) Mizoram
B) Delhi
C) Karnataka
D) Rajasthan
Answer & Explanation: NOTA was first used in Delhi election.
Question: Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?
A) TS Vijayan
B) U.K. Sinha
C) V.S. Sampath
D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer & Explanation: V.S. Sampath is the Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Question: Where the third regional summit of the BIMSTEC was held in the first week
of March 2014?
A) Bronte
B) Nay Pyi Taw
C) Colombo
D) India
Answer & Explanation: Third regional summit of the BIMSTEC was held in Nay Pyi
Taw.
Question: Which is the capital of Myanmar?
A) Bandar Seri Begawan
B) Nay Pyi Taw
C) Kuala Lumpur
D) Sri Jayawardenepura
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Answer & Explanation: Nay Pyi Taw is the capital of Myanmar.

Question: Who has been elected President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
A) A. Raja
B) Ajay S. Shriram
C) Satyam Rana
D) Aditya Birla
Answer & Explanation: Ajay S. Shriram has been elected President of CII.
Question: What was the name of Indias best known writer who won fame for a searing
book on partition of the sub-continent as well as his once daring description of sex, died
on March 20, 2014 aged 99?
A) Anja Niedringhaus
B) VK Murthy
C) Khushwant Singh
D) TC Teli
Answer & Explanation: Khushwant Singh
Question: Surya Kiran Drills VI was a joint military exercise between India and?
A) Nepal
B) Russia
C) America
D) Vietnam
Answer & Explanation: -Surya Kiran Drills VI was a joint military exercise between
India and Nepal.
Question: Which state of India was placed on the top spot in term of economic
freedom in the recently released the Economic Freedom of the States of India 2013
report?
A) Kerala
B) Gujarat
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer & Explanation: Gujarat placed on the top spot in term of economic freedom
of the Sate.
Question: Government of India (Union Home Ministry) on February 27, 2014
constituted one-man expert committee to study and examine the demand of a separate
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Bodoland state, which will be carved out from Assam. Who is the head of one-man
expert committee?
A) G.K. Pillai
B) P. Chindram
C) Tarun Gogoi
D) Anand Sinha
Answer & Explanation: G.K. Pillai is the head of one-man expert committee.
Question: Which state government recently honoured 23 Eminent Personalities by
Yash Bharti Samman 2014 Awards?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Uttar Pradesh state government recently given Yash Bharti
Samman 2014.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Haryana?
A) Nabam Tuki
B) Bhupinder S. Hooda
C) Raman Singh
D) Omar Abdullah
Answer & Explanation: Bhupinder S. Hooda is the Chief Minister of Haryana.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Mizoram?
A) Hemant Soren
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) Mukul M. Sangma
D) Lal Thanhawal
Answer & Explanation: Lal Thanhawal is the Chief Minister of Mizroam.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Tripura?
A) Harish Rawat
B) Manik Sarkar
C) Pawan Chamling
D) K. Siddaramaiah
Answer & Explanation: Manik Sarkar is the Chief Minister of Tripura.
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Question: Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India?

A) V.S. Sampath
B) Harishankar Brahma
C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
D) D.P.Agrawal
Answer & Explanation: Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the Deputy Chairman of Planning
Commission.
A) Shashi Kant Sharma
B) Shiv shankar Menon
C) Ranjit Sinha
D) Alok Joshi
Answer & Explanation: Shashi Kant Sharma is the Comptroller and Auditor-General
of India.
Question: Who is the Chairman of National commission for Backward Classes?
A) P.K. Mehta
B) Vangala Eswaraiah
C) Ved Prakash
D) Ratan Kumar Sinha
Answer & Explanation: Vangala Eswaraiah is the Chairman of National commission
for Backward Classes.
Question: Who is the chairman of ISRO?
A) K. Radhakrishnan
B) Wajahat Habibullah
C) Sushma Singh
D) Amitava Bhattacharya
Answer & Explanation: K. Radhakrishnan is the chairman of ISRO.
Question: Who is the chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
A) C. Chandramouli
B) D.K. Jain
C) U.K. Sinha
D) Poonam Kishore Saxena
Answer & Explanation: Poonam Kishore Saxena is the chairperson of Central Board
of Direct Taxes.
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Question: Who is the chairman of Competition Commission of India?

A) Arun Chaudhary
B) Ashok Chawla
C) Sam Pitroda
D) Ratan Tata
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Chawla is the chairman of Competition Commission of
India.
Question: Who is the chairman of NASSCOM?
A) S.C. Sinha
B) Subhash Joshi
C) K. Natarajan
D) Y.V. Reddy
Answer & Explanation: K. Natarajan the chairman of NASSCOM.
List of Prime Ministers and Presidents of Countries
Question: Who is the president of Chile?
A) Tony Abbott
C) Werner Faymann
D) Alexander Lukashenko
Answer & Explanation: Michelle Bachelet is the president of Chile.
Question: Who is the president of France?
A) Evo Morales
B) Dilma Rousseff
C) Francois Hollande
D) Phnom Penh
Answer & Explanation: Francois Hollande is the president of France.
Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Italy?
A) Matteo Renzi
B) Norodom Sihamoni
C) Juan Manuel Santos
D) Peter Necas
Answer & Explanation: Matteo Renzi is the Prime Minister of Italy.
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Question: Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal?

A) Ram Naresh Yadav
B) Ram Gopal Singh
C) Gynanendra Singh
D) Sushil Koirala
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala is the Prime Minister of Nepal.
Question: Who is the President of South Africa?
A) Jacob Zuma
B) Shimon Peres
C) Enda Kenny
D) Susilo Bambang
Answer & Explanation: Jacob Zuma is the President of South Africa.
Question: Who is the Administrator of United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)?
A) Ban Ki-moon
B) Jan Eliasson
C) Helen Clark
D) Guy Ryder
Answer & Explanation: Helen Clark is the Administrator of United Nations
Development Programme.
Question: Who is the Secretary-General of Commonwealth?
A) Thomas Batch
B) Kamalesh Sharma
C) Donald Kaberuka
D) Peter Tomka
Answer & Explanation: Kamalesh Sharma is the
Commonwealth.
Secretary-General
of
Question: Who is the Secretary-General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)?

A) Anders Fogh Rasmussen
B) Yukiya Amano
C) Alan Issac
D) Herman Van Rompuy
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Answer & Explanation: Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the Secretary-General of North

Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Question: Who is the Secretary-General of ASEAN?
A) Robert Azevedo
B) Margaret Chan
C) Anthony Lake
D) Luong Minh
Answer & Explanation: Luong Minh is the Secretary-General of ASEAN.
Question: Who is the President of Ukraine?
A) Oleksander Turchinov
B) Arseny Yatseniuk
C) Ahmed Saleem
D) Eveline Widmer Schlumpf
Answer & Explanation: Ahmed Saleem is the Secretary-General of SAARC.
Question: Who won the title of the mens singles at the Badminton Asia
Championships in South Korea on April 7, 2014?
A) Wang Zhengming
B) Lin Dan
C) Lee Chong Wai
D) Tommy Sugiarto
Answer & Explanation: Lin Dan won the title of the mens singles.
Question: Who won the Badminton Singapore Open title by defeating world no. 1 Lee
Chong Wei on April 13, 2014?
A) Son Wan Ho
B) Tien Minh Nguyen
C) Boonsak Ponsana
D) Simon Santoso
Answer & Explanation: Simon Santoso won the Badminton Singapore Open title.
Question: Who won the India Open Super Series badminton tournament mens
singles title defeating Chen Long of China in the final in New Delhi on April 6, 2014?
A) Lee Chong Wei
B) Jan O Jorgensen
C) Kenichi Tago
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D) Du Pengyu
Answer & Explanation: Lee Chong Wei won the India Open Super Series badminton
tournament mens singles.
Question: Who won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship by defeating
Alex Leapai of Australia on 26 April 2014?
A) Kubrat Pulev
B) Chris Arreola
C) Wladimir Klitschko
D) Tony Thomspon
Answer & Explanation: Wladimir Klitschko the World Heavyweight Championship.
Question: Who won the Dubai International Open Chess tournament defeating top
seed Anton Korobov of Ukraine in the final round game on April 16, 2014?
A) Romain Edouard
B) Levon Aronian
C) Fabiano Caruana
Answer & Explanation: Romain Edouard won the Dubai International Open Chess
tournament.
Question: What was the name of India Golfer, who won the Indonesia Masters title on
April 27, 2014?
A) Gaganjeet Bhullar
B) Siddikur Rahman
C) Anirban Lahiri
D) Ajeet Rastogi
Answer & Explanation: Anirban Lahiri won the Indonesia Masters title.
Question: Who won the Masters Golf tournament 2014 for a second time in three years
with a three-shot victory at Augusta National, USA on April 13, 2014?
A) Adam Scott
B) Henrik Stenson
C) Tiger Woods
D) Bubba Watson
Answer & Explanation: Bubba Watson won the Masters Golf tournament 2014.
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Question: Who won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 20, 2014
comfortably ahead of his team-mate Nico Roseberg as Mercedes tightened their grip on
the season with their third one-two finish in a row?
A) Fernando Alonso
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Daniel Ricciardo
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix.
Question: Who won the Behrain Grand Pix title in the Formula One Race held in
Manama on April 6, 2014?
A) Jenson Button
B) Nico Roseberg
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Lewis Hamilton
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Hamilton won the Behrain Grand Pix title.
Question: Who won the World Womens Billiards Championship defeating former
champion R. Umadevis in the final at Leeds, UK on April 24, 2014?
A) Han Yu
B) Robelin Amit
C) Emma Booney
D) Kelly Fisher
Answer & Explanation: Emma Booney won the World Womens Billiards
Championship.
Question: Who won the mens trap Gold in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson
(USA) on April 11, 2014?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Vijay Kumar
C) Gagan Narang
D) Manavjit Sandhu
Answer & Explanation: Manavjit Sandhu won the mens trap Gold in the ISSF
Shotgun World Cup.
Question: Who clinched the ninth WSA World Tour title of her career, defeating topseed Rachael Grinham of Australia in the final of the Richmond Squash Open held at
Virginia, USA on April 20, 2014?
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A) Dipika Pallikal
B) Joshna Chinappa
C) PV Sindhu
D) Prerna Singh
Answer & Explanation: Joshna Chinappa won the Richmond Squash Open title.
Question: Who clinched the Fiberglass Texas Open womens squash championship
title?
A) Nour El Sherbini
B) Dipika Pallikal
C) Nicol David
D) Laura Massaro
Answer & Explanation: Nour El Sherbini clinched the Fiberglass Texas Open
womens squash championship title.
Question: Who won the Barcelona Open Tennis title, defeating Colombias Santiago
Giraldo on April 27, 2014?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Fernando Verdasco
C) Roger Federer
D) Kei Nishikori
Answer & Explanation: Kei Nishikori won the Barcelona Open title 2014.
Question: Who won the Monte Carlo Masters defeating Roger Federer on April 20,
2014?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Stanislas Wawrinka
D) Todd Martin
Answer & Explanation: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Masters
tournament title.
Question: Who won the ICC T20 World cup by beating India in the final at the Sher-eBangla National Stadium in Dhaka on April 6, 2014??
A) Australia
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) England
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Answer & Explanation: Sri Lanka won the ICC T20 World cup.
Question: Who was named Man of the Tournament for his record tally 319 runs in the
2014 T20 World Cup?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Kumar Sangakkara
C) Kushal Perera
D) Ravindra Jadeja
Answer & Explanation: Virat Kohli was named Man of the Tournament.
Question: Who won the Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 defeating Uttar Pradesh by 3 runs in
the final played in Mumbai on April 14, 2014?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Rajasthan
C) Karnataka
D) Baroda
Answer & Explanation: Baroda won the Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20.
Question: Who won the womens World T20 crown defeating England in the final at
Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on April 6, 2014?
A) India
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand
Answer & Explanation: Australia won the womens World T20.
Question: What is the name of Indian cricketer, who has been named one of the five
Wisden Cricketers of the Year?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Suresh Raina
C) Shikhar Dhawan
D) Ravindra Jadeja
Answer & Explanation: Shikhar Dhawan is the name of Indian cricketer.
Question: When World Blood Donor Day is observed across the world?
A) July 23
B) May 23
C) April 26
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D) June 14
Answer & Explanation: World Blood Donor Day observed across the world on June
14.
Question: When Fathers Day is observed across the world?
A) March 26
B) May 28
C) June 15
D) August 10
Answer & Explanation: June 15.
Question: When World Environment Day is observed across the world?
A) June 5
B) October 26
C) October 08
D) July 01
Answer & Explanation: World Environment Day is observed across the world on June
5.
Question: Who was appointed Sri Lanas new High Commissioner to India on April
18, 2014?
A) Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
B) Sudarshan Seneviratne
C) P. Dayaratne
D) Nimal Siripala
Answer & Explanation: Sudarshan Seneviratne was appointed Sri Lanas new High
Commissioner to India.
Question: Who won an unprecedented 4th term as the President of Algeria with 81.53
percent of the votes in the Presidential election held on April 17, 2014?
A) Ali Benflias
B) Moussa Touati
C) Louisa Hanoune
D) Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Answer & Explanation: Abdelaziz Bouteflika won an unprecedented 4th term as the
President of Algeria.
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Question: Who was re-elected for the second consecutive four-term as the Prime
Minister of Hungary on April 8, 2014?
A) Gordon Bajnai
B) Ferenc Gyurcsany
C) Viktor Orban
D) Peter Medgyessy
Answer & Explanation: Viktor Orban was re-elected for the second consecutive fourterm as the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Question: Who was promoted as the new Prime Minister of Mali on April 5, 2014,
after countrys first post-war Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly quit just six months into
office?
A) Moussa Mara
B) Django Sissoko
C) Cheick Modibo Diarra
D) Modibo Sidibe
Answer & Explanation: Moussa Mara was promoted as the new Prime Minister of
Mali.
Question: Who was sworn in Maltas ninth President on April 04, 2014?
A) Dioncounda Traore
B) Amadou Sanogo
C) Alpha Oumar Konare
D) Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
Answer & Explanation: Marie Louise Coleiro Preca was sworn in Maltas ninth
President.
Question: Who took over as the Prime Minister of France recently in 2014?
A) Jean-Pierre Raffarin
B) Manuel Valls
C) Jean-Marc Ayrault
D) Francios Fillon
Answer & Explanation: Manuel Valls took over as the Prime Minister of France.
Question: Who has been appointed as the 41st Chief Justice of India on April 27,
2014 by Honble President Pranab Mukherjee?
A) P. Sathasivam
B) Altamas Kabir
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C) R.M. Lodha
D) K.G. Balakrishna
Answer & Explanation: R.M. Lodha has been appointed as the 41st Chief Justice of
India.
Question: Who was appointed as the first woman Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
on April 21, 2014?
A) SH Kapadia
B) Gorla Rohini
C) Sushma Singh
D) Aarti Desai
Answer & Explanation: Gorla Rohini was appointed as the first woman Chief
Justice of Delhi High Court.
Question: Who was appointed as the first India Ambassador to ASEAN (Association
of Southeast Asian Nations) summit on April 23, 2014?
A) Tariq Anwar
B) Preneet Kaur
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Suresh Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Suresh Reddy was appointed as the first India Ambassador to
ASEAN.
Question: Who took over as the new Chief of Naval Staff on April 17, 2014?
A) R.K. Dhowan
B) Bikram Singh
C) Arup Raha
D) VK Singh
Answer & Explanation: R.K. Dhowan took over as the new Chief of Naval Staff.
Question: Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary?
A) K.C. Venugopal
B) Arvind Mayaram
C) Ranee Narah
D) Ninong Ering
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance
Secretary.
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Question: Who took over from Anand Sinha as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on April 3, 2014?
A) A.H. Khan
B) Bharatsinh Solanki
C) Deepa Dasmunsi
D) R. Gandhi
Answer & Explanation: R. Gandhi is the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI).
Question: Who was appointed as the new Director General of the countrys largest
border guarding force, BSF, on April 02, 2014?
A) Dilip Trivedi
B) Beni Prasad
C) D.K. Pathak
D) Ranjit Sinha
Answer & Explanation: D.K. Pathak appointed as the new Director General of BSF.
Question: Who is the author of the book The Accidental Prime Minister- the making
and unmaking of Manmohan Singh?
A) Arun Shourie
B) Nirmal Verma
C) Govind Mishra
D) Sanjaya Baru
Answer & Explanation: Sanjaya Baru is the author of the book The Accidental
Prime Minister- the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh.
Question: What was the name of the author of the book One Hundred Years of
Solitude, who was one of the worlds most popular writers, died on April 17, 2014 at
the age of 87?
A) James Stewart
B) Mark Twain
C) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
D) P.G. Wodehouse
Answer & Explanation: Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of the worlds most popular
writers, died recently at the age of 87.
Question: What is the name of the author of novel Goldfinch, who won the USAs
most prestigious literary award, Pulitzer in fiction category, on April 13, 2014?
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A) Donna Tartt
B) Richard Nixon
C) Robert Toscano
D) Eugene ONeill
Answer & Explanation: Donna Tartt is the name of the author of novel Goldfinch.
Question: India conducted successful maiden night test of its indigenously developed
nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with strike range of _______from a test range off
Odisha coast part.
A) 600km
B) 700 km
C) 500km
D) 400km
Answer & Explanation: India developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with
strike range of 700 km.
Question: Which company announced on April 07, 2014 that it would acquire 100
percent of Ranbaxy Laboratories in a $4 billion all-share transaction?
A) Adinath Bio-Lab Ltd
B) Bicon Limited
C) Dr. Reddys Laboratories Limited
D) Sun Pharma
Answer & Explanation: Sun Pharma would acquire 100 percent of Ranbaxy
Laboratories in a $4 billion all-share transaction.
Question: Who was selected for M.S. Subbulakshmi Award in the category of
musician?
A) A.R. Rahman
B) Mathangi Sathyamurthy
C) Upalappu Srinivas
D) Lalgudi Jayaraman
Answer & Explanation: Mathangi Sathyamurthy was selected for M.S.
Subbulakshmi Award in the category of musician.
Question: Which film won the best Hindi Film Award in the 61st National Films
Award?
A) Shahid
B) Jolly L.L.B.
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C) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

D) Chennai Express
Answer & Explanation: Jolly L.L.B. won the best Hindi Film Award in the 61st
National Films Award.
Question: Who won the Best Actor Award in the 61st National Film Award?
A) Irrfan Khan
B) Himansh Kohli
C) Farhan Akhtar
D) Rajkumar Rao
Answer & Explanation: Rajkumar Rao won the Best Actor Award.
Question: What is the name of the Director of the movie Jolly L.L.B?
A) Subhash Kapoor
B) Anurag Kashyap
C) Tigmanshu Dhulia
D) Vikas Bahl
Answer & Explanation: Subhash Kapoor is the Director of the movie Jolly L.L.B.
Question: Who has won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2013?
A) K. Balachander
B) Gulzar
C) Pran Krishan Sikand
D) Soumitra Chatterjee
Answer & Explanation: Gulzar
Question: Who has been conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships for the
year 2013 at a function in Rashtrapati Bhawan on April 11, 2014?
A) P.K. Mehta
B) Kanak Rele
C) Wajahat Habibullah
D) Amitava Bhattacharya
Answer & Explanation: Kanak Rele has been conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellowships for the year 2013.
Question: Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 on April 5, 2014 in Mumbai?
A) Sonali Sehgal
B) Neha Kapur
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C) Koyal Rana
D) Amrita Thapar
Answer & Explanation: Koyal Rana was crowned Femina Miss India 2014.
Question: Who has received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013 at the
fifth Dalai Investment Journal Awards night held in New Delhi?
A) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
B) Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL)
C) Coal India Limited
D) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Answer & Explanation: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has Received the Most
Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013.
Question: Who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, popularly known as
Green Nobel, on April, 2014?
A) Vishwa Mohan Katoch
B) Arun Chaudhary
C) Ramesh Agarwal
D) Ashok Chawla
Answer & Explanation: Ramesh Agarwal won the prestigious Goldman Environmental
Prize.
Question: Which film won the Best Film Award in the 15th edition of International
Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards?
A) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
B) Shahid
C) Jolly L.L.B.
D) Chennai Express
Answer & Explanation: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won the Best Film Award in the 15th
edition of IIFA.
Question: Who won the Best Actor Award in the 15th edition of International Indian
Film Academy (IIFA) Awards?
A) Shahrukh Khan
B) Hrithik Roshan
C) Arshad Warsi
D) Farhan Akhtar
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Answer & Explanation: Farhan Akhtar won the Best Actor Award in the 15th edition
of IIFA.
Question: Who was selected by the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) for Dato Alex Lee
Award 2013?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Piyush Chawla
C) Saurav Ghosal
D) Geet Sethi
Answer & Explanation: Saurav Ghosal was selected by the Asian Squash Federation
(ASF) for Dato Alex Lee Award 2013.
Question: Who won the Journalism Pulitzer Prize 2014 in the category Poetry?
A) Vijay Seshadri
B) Govind Mishra
C) Chris Hamby
D) Will Hobson
Answer & Explanation: Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall won the Journalism
Pulitzer Prize 2014.
Question: Who has been conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) on April 10 2014. KBE honour is one of the
highest honour given by the queen to civilians?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Ratan Tata
D) M.S. Dhoni
Answer & Explanation: Ratan Tata has been conferred the rank of Knight
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Question: Who won the 1 million-euro Millennium Technology Prize, on April 09,
2014?
A) Rafael Correa
B) Stuart Parkin
C) Raul Castro
D) Hun Sen
Answer & Explanation: Stuart Parkin won the 1 million-euro Millennium Technology
Prize.
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Question: Who has received the Human rights Special Mention Award of the French
Republic from Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to India on April 2014?
A) NGO Chintan
B) NGO Aap Aur Hum
C) NGO Age Well Foundation
D) NGO Arti
Answer & Explanation: NGO Chintan has received the Human rights Special Mention
Award of the French Republic from Francois Richier.
Question: Who was named as one of the recipients of the prestigious Simon Dack
Award of the American College of Cardiology recently?
A) Rohit R. Sahi
B) Sumeet Chugh
C) Prerna Bhasin
D) R. Vishnu Vardhan
Answer & Explanation: Sumeet Chugh was named as one of the recipients of the
prestigious Simon Dack Award of the American College of Cardiology.
Question: What was the name of place, where recently a landslide triggered by heavy
rains buried in the village of Afghanistan?
A) Jalalabad
B) Charikar
C) Chaghcharan
D) Badakshan
Answer & Explanation: Badakshan was the name of place.
Question: Cherrapunji, which once held the world record for the maximum rainfall in a
single year, was officially named for a second world record on April 4, 2014, reaffirming
it as one of the wettest places on the Earth. In which state of India Cherrapunji located?
A) Sikkim
B) Tripura
C) Meghalaya
D) Nagaland
Answer & Explanation: Cherrapunji is located in Meghalaya.
Question: According to a data released on April 30, 2014, by the International
Comparison Program (ICP), hosted by the Development of Data Group of the World
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Bank Group, India overtook Japan as the worlds _____ largest economy in 2011 in
terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) basis.
A) third
B) second
C) fourth
D) fifth
Answer & Explanation: third
Question: India was ranked _____ among 148 economies in the Global Information
Technology Report 2014 released by World Economic Forum (WEF) on April 14,
2014.
A) 96
B) 64
C) 105
D) 83
Question: What is the name of Japans biggest mobile operator company that is
disconnecting from Tata Tele Services, its partner of five years at $1.3 billion loss?
A) SoftBank Telecom
B) NTT Docomo Telecom
C) Chungwa Telecom
D) Fujitsu Telecom
Answer & Explanation: NTT Docomo Telecom
Question: The World Bank on April 9, 2014, projected an economic growth rate of ____
in fiscal year 2014 for India on the back of a more competitive exchange rate and many
large investments going forward.
A) 6.4%
B) 5.7%
C) 5.0%
D) 4.8%
Question: What was the Bank Rate as on May 1, 2014?
A) 6%
B) 7%
C) 8%
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D) 9%
Question: What was the Repo Rate as on May 1, 2014?
A) 8%
B) 7%
C) 6%
D) 9%
Question: What was the Cash Reserve Ratio (CSR) as on May 1, 2014?
A) 3%
B) 5%
C) 4%
D) 2.5%
Question: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has on April 8, 2014 fore cast that Indian
economy would recover from 4.4% growth in 2013 to _____ in 2014.
A) 5.7%
B) 5.4%
C) 6.1%
D) 4.9%
Question: Overseas direct investment by Indian companies more than doubled to
_____ in March 2014 as compared to same month last year.
A) $3.50 billion
B) $2.98 billion
C) $5.23 billion
D) $4.96 billion
Answer & Explanation: $5.23 billion
Question: In Financial Year 2012-13 trade deficit stood at ____?
A) $190.33 billion
B) $144.96 billion
C) $129.76 billion
D) $ 209.36 billion
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Answer & Explanation: $190.33 billion

Question: India, the US and 20 other countries adopted an agreement called the CUES
on April 22, 2014 aimed at ensuring that miscommunication between naval vessels
does not develop into conflict in the Pacific Ocean. What is CUES?
A) Complain for Unplanned Entries at Sea
B) Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea
C) Complain for Unplanned Encounters at Sea
D) Code for Unplanned Entries at Sea
Answer & Explanation: Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea
Question: Where was the 14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) held in
2014?
A) India
B) USA
C) Vietnam
D) China
Answer & Explanation: 14th WPNS held in 2014 China.
Question: India has launched the second dedicated navigation satellite of India, which
was launched by PSLV-C24, on April 04, 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. What was the name of navigation satellite?
A) ASDBC-1D
B) SDRAS-2K
C) IRNSS-1B
D) LOSPER-2L
Answer & Explanation: IRNSS-1B was the name of navigation satellite.
Question: What was the name of Director of second navigation satellite IRNSS-1B?
A) Harishankar Brahma
B) S.C. Sinha
C) J.N. Choudhury
D) P. Kunhikrishnan
Answer & Explanation: P. Kunhikrishnan was the name of Director of second
navigation satellite IRNSS-1B.
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Question: In which state of India, Supreme Court, nearly one-and-a-half year after it
banned mining, on April 21, 2014 allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore
extraction in the State?
A) Bihar
B) Goa
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Goa.
Question: What is the name of secretary-general, Federation of India Mineral
Industries?
A) Ratan Kumar Sinha
B) Ashok Chawla
C) R.K. Sharma
D) Ajay Chaddha
Answer & Explanation: R.K. Sharma is the name of secretary-general, Federation of
India Mineral Industries.
Question: The National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP) has led to an increase in
the annual income of farmers in 500 villages in India from 15,000 to 20,000. Who is the
Director of NAIP?
A) Rama Rao
B) Shailesh Gupta
C) Vishwa Mohan Katoch
D) Avinash Chander
Answer & Explanation: Rama Rao is the Director of NAIP.
Question: Which country has become the only country in the world with legislated
corporate social responsibility (CSR) and a spending threshold of up to $2.5 billion (Rs.
15,000 Cr)?
A) China
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) US
Answer & Explanation: India became the only country in the world with legislated
corporate social responsibility (CSR) and a spending threshold of up to $2.5 billion.
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Question: The Army, on April 7, 2014 successfully test-fired an advanced version of

____ range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, as part of a user trail at Pokhran test
range in Rajasthan.
A) 250 km
B) 200 km
C) 320 km
D) 290 km
Answer & Explanation: 290 km is the range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos.
Question: Who is the President of Iran?
A) Tariq Anwar
B) Hassan Rouhani
C) E. Ahamed
D) Ghulam Nabi
Answer & Explanation: Hassan Rouhani is the President of Iran.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Nagaland?
A) K. Rosaiah
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) T.R. Zeliang
D) S.C. Jamir
Answer & Explanation: T.R. Zeliang is the Chief Minister of Nagaland.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Sikkim?
A) B.V. Wancho
B) B.S. Bhalla
C) Virendra Kataria
D) Pawan Chamling
Answer & Explanation: Pawan Chamling is the Chief Minister of Sikkim.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Odisha?
A) Naveen Patnaik
B) K.K. Paul
C) Oommen Chandy
D) Jagannath Pahadia
Answer & Explanation: Naveen Patnaik is the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
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A) K. Sankaranarayanan
B) Vakkom Purushothaman
C) Nabam Tuki
D) Margaret Alva
Answer & Explanation: Nabam Tuki the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
A) Tarun Gogi
B) Manohar Parrikar
C) Parakash Singh Badal
D) Virbhadra Singh
Answer & Explanation: Manohar Parrikar is the Chief Minister of Goa.
A) Vinod Rai
B) T.K. Viswanathan
C) Asif Ibrahim
D) Shashi Kant Sharma
Answer & Explanation: Shashi Kant Sharma is the Comptroller and Auditor-General
of India.
Question: Who is the Chairman, National Human Rights Commission?
A) Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
B) K.G. Balakrishna
C) Harishankar Brahma
D) Alok Joshi
Answer & Explanation: K.G. Balakrishna is the Chairman, National Human Rights
Commission.
Question: Who is the Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha?
A) Dilip Trivedi
B) Arvind Ranjan
C) Shumsher K. Sheriff
D) Sushma Singh
Answer & Explanation: Shumsher K. Sheriff is the Secretary-General of Rajya
Sabha.
Question: Who is the Director-General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
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A) S.C. Sinha
B) D.K. Pathak
C) Ranjit Sinha
D) V.S. Sampath
Answer & Explanation: D.K. Pathak is the Director-General of Border Security Force
(BSF).
Question: Who is the chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
A) Mamta Sharma
B) Sam Patroda
C) Poonam Kishore Saxena
D) Ratan Tata
Answer & Explanation: Poonam Kishore Saxena is the chairperson of CBDT.
Question: The Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy participated in 2014
edition of annual bilateral naval exercise in Andaman Sea from May 22 to 28 2014.
What was the name of the exercise?
A) GARUDA V
B) INDRA III
C) SIMBEX 14
D) NAVAL V
Answer & Explanation: SIMBEX 14 was the name of the exercise.
Question: What is the name of company that has developed Indias own card payment
network RuPay?
A) CIC
B) CWEC
C) IPCW
D) NPCI
Answer & Explanation: RuPay Indias own card payment network has developed by
NPCI.
Question: When Doctors Day observed across the world?
A) June 26
B) July 1
C) July 15
D) June 17
Answer & Explanation: Doctors Day observed across the world on July 1.
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Question: When World Population Day observed across the world?

A) August 21
B) June 26
C) May 21
D) July 11
Answer & Explanation: World Population Day observed across the world on July 11.
Question: Who was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Narendra Modi
C) Manmohan Singh
D) Rahul Gandhi
Answer & Explanation: Narendra Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of
India.
Question: Who was sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister of Libya?
A) Ahmed Maiteeq
C) Michael D. Higgins
D) Jens Stolenberg
Answer & Explanation: Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister
of Libya.
Question: Who won the presidential election of Lithuania?
A) Jacob Zuma
B) Dalia Grybauskaite
C) Juan Carlos
D) Mariano Rajoy
Answer & Explanation: Dalia Grybauskaite won the presidential election of Lithuania.
Question: Who was sworn in as the President of El Salvador on June 1, 2014?
A) Jerry Mateparae
B) Navin Ramgoolam
C) Dmitry Medveder
D) Salvador Sanchez Ceren
Answer & Explanation: Salvador Sanchez Ceren was sworn in as the President of El
Salvador.
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Question: Who was sworn in as the president of Malawi?

A) Giorgio Napolitano
B) Matteo Renzvi
C) Peter Mutharika
D) Shimon Peres
Answer & Explanation: Peter Mutharika was sworn in as the president of Malawi.
Question: What was the name of first-ever woman appointed as the chief oh UN
peacekeeping operation?
A) Hilary Clinton
B) Angela Merkel
C) Kristin Lund
D) Dilma Rousseff
Answer & Explanation: Kristin Lund was the name of first-ever woman appointed as
the chief oh UN peacekeeping operation.
Question: Who took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India?
A) Sushma Singh
B) Ranjan Mathai
C) Rajiv Mathur
D) Sujatha Singh
Answer & Explanation: Rajiv Mathur took over as the new Chief Information
Commissioner.
Question: Who is the author of the book Hard Choices?
A) Nancy Powell
B) Chokila Iyer
C) Arundhati Bhattaharya
D) Hillary Clinton
Answer & Explanation: Hillary Clinton is the author of the book Hard Choices.
Question: Who is the author of the book Anticipating India the Best of National
Interest?
A) Jaswant Singh
B) Shekhar Gupta
C) Nikhil Advani
D) Aarti Sulekha
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Answer & Explanation: Shekhar Gupta is the author of the book Anticipating India
the Best of National Interest.
Question: Who is the India Ambassador to Myanmar?
A) S. Jaishankar
B) Gautam Mukhopadhyay
C) A.N. Browne
D) Pradeep Chaudhary
Answer & Explanation: Gautam Mukhopadhyay is the India Ambassador to
Myanmar.
Question: What was the name of Indias first Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile,
which was successfully test-fired from a fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30 MKI?
A) Prithvi
B) Astra
C) Akash
D) Arjun
Answer & Explanation: Astra the name of Indias first Beyond Visual Range air-to-air
missile.
Question: Who was the Projector Director of Astra missile, Indias first Air-to-Air
missile?
A) K. Radhakrishnan
B) S. Venugopal
C) K. Natarajan
D) P. Robert
Answer & Explanation: S. Venugopal was the Projector Director of Astra missile.
Question: What was the name of the country that has signed an agreement on border
cooperation, promising to exchange information on insurgents, drugs and human
trafficking with India?
A) Bhutan
B) Myanmar
C) Bangladesh
D) Pakistan
Answer & Explanation: Myanmar has signed an agreement on border cooperation,
promising to exchange information on insurgents, drugs and human trafficking.
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Question: What is the capital of Myanmar?

A) Bhutan
B) Burma
C) Kalaumpur
D) Nay Pyi Taw
Answer & Explanation: Nay Pyi Taw is the capital of Myanmar.
Question: Who is the Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO)?
A) Ajeet Devol
B) Avinash Chander
C) K. Rangrajan
D) Damodar Sethi
Answer & Explanation: Avinash Chander is the Chairman of Defence Research and
Development Organisation.
Question: In the 67th Cannes Film Festival, who won the Best Actor Award?
A) Paul Mazursky
B) Alfonso Cuaron
C) Timothy Spall
D) Steve McQueen
Answer & Explanation: Timothy Spall won the Best Actor Award.
Question: In the 67th Cannes Film Festival, who won the Best Director award?
A) Oleg Negin
B) Alice Rohrwachser
C) Bennett Miller
D) Andrey Zvyagintsev
Answer & Explanation: Bennett Miller won the Best Director award.
Question: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed star trading houses (STH) and premier
trading houses (PTH) to import gold under ______ scheme?
A) 20:80
B) 80:20
C) 40:60
D) 60:40
Answer & Explanation: 20:80
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Question: According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) new norms, what is the minimum
age to open a Saving Bank account and to operate independently?
A) Above 18 years
B) Above 10 years
C) Above 16 years
D) Above 14 years
Answer & Explanation: Minimum age to open a Saving Bank account is above 10
years.
Question: What was the name of Russias largest oil and gas producer company that
has inked an agreement with Indias ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) to jointly explore
hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic?
A) Transneft
B) Lukoil
C) Rosneft
D) Yukos
Answer & Explanation: Rosneft was the name of Russias largest oil and gas
Producer Company.
Question: Who was awarded with the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013?
A) Vishwanath Tripathi
B) Kedarnath Singh
C) Vijay Seshadri
D) Govind Mishra
Answer & Explanation: Vishwanath Tripathi awarded with the prestigious Vyas
Samman.
Question: Who has won the Silver Shovel Award for volunteer service and lifetime
achievement in the media industry?
A) Jitin Prasad
B) Vishnu Sharma
C) Ravi Dhariwal
D) Rajiv Mathur
Answer & Explanation: Ravi Dhariwal has won the Silver Shovel Award for
volunteer service and lifetime achievement in the media industry.
Question: Who won the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize?
A) Prithvi Raj
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B) Ahmet Sik
C) Adam Smith
D) Neema Pari
Answer & Explanation: Ahmet Sik the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize.
Question: What was the name of Tablet of Microsoft that has been launched
recently?
A) Nexus 2
B) Microsoft-Tab
C) Surface Pro 3
D) Tab-3
Answer & Explanation: Surface Pro 3 was the name of Tablet of Microsoft.
Question: Who became the youngest girl in the world to conquer the worlds highest
peak, Mount Everest?
A) Savita Kumari
B) Raveti Bharadwaj
C) Malavath Purna
D) Neelama Reedy
Answer & Explanation: Malavath Purna the youngest girl in the world to conquer the
worlds highest peak, Mount Everest.
Question: What was the name of worlds first electric aircraft that has developed by
Airbus?
A) E-Air
B) E-Electric
C) E-Fan
D) E-Battery
Answer & Explanation: E-Fan was the name of worlds first electric aircraft.
Question: Who took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India?
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Narendra Modi
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Rajnath Singh
Answer & Explanation: Narendra Modi took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India.
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Question: Among the following which country chief guest was not present in the oath
ceremony of 15th Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) China
D) Bangladesh
Answer & Explanation: China.
Question: Expand DRDO?
A) Development Research and Defence Organisation
B) Department of Research and Defence Organisation
C) Development Research and Defence Organisation
D) Defence Research and Development Organisation
Answer & Explanation: Defence Research and Development Organisation
Question: In which state Supreme Court imposed a limited ban on 26 mining leases for
iron ore and manganese?
A) Goa
B) Karnataka
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Supreme Court imposed a limited ban on 26 mining leases for
iron ore and manganese in Odisha.
Question: In which state of India Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has
successfully commissioned all the four units of the 520 MW underground hydro power
plant of NHPC recently?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
Answer & Explanation: BHEL has successfully commissioned all the four units of the
520 MW underground hydro power plant of NHPC in Himachal Pradesh.
Question: According to World Health Organization (WHO) report, which city is most
polluted in the world?
A) Mumbai
B) Tokyo
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C) Delhi
D) Detroit
Answer & Explanation: Delhi is most polluted in the world.
Question: What was the rank of India as the latest rankings of World Banks Doing
Business Report?
A) 140
B) 130
C) 121
D) 134
Answer & Explanation: 134 was the rank of India as the latest rankings of World
Banks Doing Business Report.
Question: the World Bank announced on to have approved a financing of about ____
for three new projects in Ukraine to help the crisis-hit country carry out the critical
reforms and build infrastructure?
A) 1.5 billion dollars
B) 2.9 billion dollars
C) 1.0 billion dollars
D) 1.3 billion dollars
Answer & Explanation: World Bank announced on to have approved a financing of
about 1.5 billion dollars for three new projects in Ukraine.
Question: The European Union disbursed its first loan tranche of _______ Euro to
Ukraine?
A) 120 million
B) 100 million
C) 80 million
D) 60 million
Answer & Explanation: European Union disbursed its first loan tranche of 100 million
to Ukraine.
Question: The 24th ASEAN summit was held from May 10 to 11, 2014 in ______?
A) India
B) Myanmar
C) Nepal
D) Sri Lanka
Answer & Explanation: 24th ASEAN summit was held in Myanmar.
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Question: What was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as on June 3, 2014?
A) 23%
B) 21%
C) 22.5%
D) 22%
Answer & Explanation: 22.5% was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as on June 3,
2014.
Question: What was the Bank Rate as on June 3, 2014?
A) 9%
B) 10%
C) 8%
D) 8.5%
Answer & Explanation: 9% was the Bank Rate as on June 3, 2014.
Question: What was the Repo Rate as on June 3, 2014?
A) 7.5%
B) 8%
C) 9%
D) 6%
Answer & Explanation: 8% was the Repo Rate as on June 3, 2014.
Question: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) advance estimate for GDP released on
February 2014 had pegged the growth rate for 2013-14 at ______?
A) 5.3%
B) 5.4%
C) 4.7%
D) 4.9%
Answer & Explanation: Growth Rate for 2013-14 at 4.9%.
Question: What is the name of the chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council
(AEPC)?
A) Sameer Kaushik
B) Ashok Mathur
C) Virendra Uppal
D) Nripendra Mishra
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Answer & Explanation: Virendra Uppal is the chairman of Apparel Export Promotion
Council.
Question: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed Indias first
own payment gateway RuPay. Who is the Chairman of NPCI?
A) Dinesh Kumar Sarraf
B) Balachandran M.
C) Mohan Parasan
D) Rajiv Takru
Answer & Explanation: Balachandran M. is the Chairman of NPCI.
Question: Which Indias eastern neighbor country has emerged as its biggest trading
partner in the current fiscal replacing the UAE and pushing it to the third spot, according
to a study conducted by PHD Chamber of Commerce?
A) Iran
B) Saudi Arabia
C) China
D) Bhutan
Answer & Explanation: China as its biggest trading partner in the current fiscal
replacing the UAE.
Question: Which committee is related to Customer Service in Banks?
B) Damodaran Committee
C) C. Rangrajan Committee
D) Urjit Patel Committee
Answer & Explanation: Damodaran Committee is related to Customer Service in
Banks.
Question: Where India-Africa business collaborations, an Africa-India Partnership
Day was organized on May 22, 2014?
A) Brisbane
B) Rwanda
C) Pretoria
D) Cape Town
Answer & Explanation: Africa-India Partnership Day was organized in Rwanda.
Question: What is the name of Managing Director of EXIM Bank?
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A) Aditya Puri
B) Yaduvendra Mathur
C) Archana Pandit
D) Rajeev Rishi
Answer & Explanation: Yaduvendra Mathur is the Managing Director of EXIM Bank.
Question: What is the name of Home Minister of India?
A) Raj Nath Singh
B) P. Chidambaram
C) Ghulam Nabi Azad
D) Venkaiah Naidu
Answer & Explanation: Raj Nath Singh is the Home Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of External Affairs Minister of India?
A) Salman Khurshid
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Jaipal Reddy
D) Sushma Swaraj
Answer & Explanation: Sushma Swaraj is the External Affairs Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Defence Minister of India?
A) A.K. Antony
B) Arun Jaitley
C) V.K. Singh
D) Ajit Singh
Answer & Explanation: Arun Jaitley is the Defence Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of finance Minister of India?
A) Sudhil Kumar Shinde
B) Jaswant Singh
C) Arun Jaitley
D) Uma Bharti
Answer & Explanation: Arun Jaitley is the finance Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Railway Minister of India?
A) D.V. Sadananda Gowda
B) Mallikarjun Kharge
C) Veerappa Moily
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D) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Answer & Explanation: D.V. Sadananda Gowda is the Railway Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Minority Affairs Minister of India?
A) Dinsha Patel
B) Narendra Modi
C) Najma A. Heptulla
D) Girja Vyas
Answer & Explanation: Najma A. Heptulla is the Minority Affairs Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of
India?
A) Anand Sharma
B) Kalraj Mishra
C) G.K. Vasan
D) Shriprakash Jaiswal
Answer & Explanation: Kalraj Mishra is the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of India?
A) Kapil Sibal
B) K. Rahman Khan
C) Ghulam Nabi Azad
D) Ramvilas Paswan
Answer & Explanation: Ramvilas Paswan is the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Women and Child Development Minister of India?
A) Krishna Tirath
B) Maneka Gandhi
C) Smriti Zubin Irani
D) Harsimrat Badal
Answer & Explanation: Maneka Gandhi is the Women and Child Development
Minister of India.
Question: What is the name of Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister of India?
A) Ananth Kumar
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B) Paban Singh
C) Mainsh Tiwari
D) Vayalar Ravi
Answer & Explanation: Ananth Kumar is the Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister of
India.
Question: What is the name of Law & Justice Minister of India?
A) Kapil Sibal
B) Ravi Shankar Prasad
C) K. Chiranjeevi
D) Srikant Jena
Answer & Explanation: Ravi Shankar Prasad is the Law & Justice Minister.
Question: What is the name of Civil Aviation Minister of India?
A) Nitin Gadkari
B) Chandresh Kumari
C) Kalraj Mishra
D) A.G. Raju Pusapati
Answer & Explanation: A.G. Raju Pusapati is the Civil Aviation Minister.
Question: What is the name of Heavy Industries and Public enterprises Minister of
India?
A) Dinsha Patel
B) Anant Geete
C) Manish Tiwari
D) Praful Patel
Answer & Explanation: Anant Geete is the Heavy Industries and Public enterprises
Minister.
Question: What is the name of Tribal Affairs Minister of India?
A) V.K. Singh
B) Oscar Fernandes
C) Jual Oram
D) Ajit Singh
Answer & Explanation: Jual Oram is the Tribal Affairs Minister.
Question: What is the name of Agriculture Minister of India?
A) Radha Mohan Singh
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B) Rajeev Shukla
C) Ramesh Jairam
D) Preneet Kaur
Answer & Explanation: Radha Mohan Singh is the Agriculture Minister.
Question: What is the name of Human Resource Development Minister of India?
A) M.M. Pallam Raju
B) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
C) Jaipal Reddy
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
Answer & Explanation: Smriti Zubin Irani is the Human Resource Development
Minister.
Question: What is the name of Health and Family Minister of India?
A) Kishore Chandra Deo
B) Kamal Nath
C) Harsh Vardhan
D) Sharad Pawar
Answer & Explanation: Harsh Vardhan is the Health and Family Minister.
Question: What is the name Lok Sabha Speaker of India?
A) Sumitra Mahajan
B) Mira Kumar
C) Kamal Nath
D) Sushma Swaraj
Answer & Explanation: Sumitra Mahajan is the Speaker of Lok Sabha.
Question: What is the name of Chief Justice of India?
A) P. Sathasivan
B) Mohan Parasan
C) R.M. Lodha
D) Goolam E. Vahanvati
Answer & Explanation: R.M. Lodha is the Chief Justice of India.
Question: What is the name of Chief of Army Staff of India?
A) Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Bikram Singh
C) R.K. Dhowan
D) Arup Raha
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Answer & Explanation: Dalbir Singh Suhag is the Chief of Army Staff.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh?
A) Jagan Reddy
B) D.Y. Patil
C) Prakash Singh Badal
D) N. Chandrababu Naidu
Answer & Explanation: N. Chandrababu Naidu is the Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
A) Tarun Gogoi
B) Nabam Tuki
C) Raman Singh
D) Himant Soren
Answer & Explanation: Nabam Tuki the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Bihar?
A) Nitish Kumar
B) Lalu Prasad Yadav
C) Jeetan Ram Manjhi
D) Ram Vilas Paswan
Answer & Explanation: Jeetan Ram Manjhi is the Chief Minister of Bihar.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Gujarat?
A) Anandiben Patel
B) Narendra Modi
C) M.K. Narayan
D) B.L. Jhoshi
Answer & Explanation: Anandiben Patel is the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Odisha?
A) K. Siddaramaiah
B) Virbhadra Singh
C) Naveen Patnaik
D) Manohar Parrikar
Answer & Explanation: Naveen Patnaik is the Chief Minister of Odisha.
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Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Sikkim?

A) Pawan Chamling
B) Harish Rawat
C) T.R. Zealing
D) Lal Thanhawla
Answer & Explanation: Pawan Chamling is the Chief Minister of Sikkim.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Telangana?
A) E.S.L. Narasimhan
B) Oommen Chandy
C) K. Chandrasekhar Rao
D) Okram Ibobi Singh
Answer & Explanation: K. Chandrasekhar Rao is the Chief Minister of Telangana.
Question: Who is the Chief Minister of Puducherry?
A) N. Rangaswamy
B) Virendra Kataria
C) Aziz Qureshi
D) Shivraj Paul
Answer & Explanation: N. Rangaswamy is the Chief Minister of Puducherry.
Question: Who is the Governor of Andhra Pradesh?
A) J.B. Patnaik
B) E.S.L. Narasimhan
C) Devanand Konwar
D) K. Rosaiah
Answer & Explanation: E.S.L. Narasimhan is the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Question: Who is the Governor of Gujarat?
A) Ram Naresh Yadav
B) N.N. Vohra
C) Kamla Beniwal
D) Ashwani Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Kamla Beniwal is the Governor of Gujarat.
Question: Which country recently purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the
countries Presidential Election, scheduled in 2014?
A) Ethiopia
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B) Namibia
C) Zimbabwe
D) Oman
Answer & Explanation: Namibia recently purchased 3400 India-made EVMs.
Question: In which country worlds highest tunnel for high-speed train at an altitude of
3607.4 metres became operational?
A) China
B) India
C) US
D) Germany
Answer & Explanation: Worlds highest tunnel for high-speed train at an altitude of
3607.4 metres became operational in China.
Question: What was the rank of India in Press Freedom Index 2014?
A) 143
B) 140
C) 172
D) 121
Answer & Explanation: 140 was the rank of India.
Question: What was the name of the first indigenously developed air-to-air missile,
which was successfully test fired recently from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the
Arabia Sea off Goa?
A) Akash
B) Prithvi
C) Arjun
D) Astra
Answer & Explanation: Astra was the first indigenously developed air-to-air missile.
Question: Who won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
2014?
A) Reeyot Alemu
B) Ahmad Zeidabadi
C) Ahmet Sik
D) May Chidiac
Answer & Explanation: Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World
Press Freedom Prize.
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Question: Who won the presidential election of Panama recently?

A) Juan Carlos Varela
B) Rodolfo Chiari
C) Federico Boyd
D) Pedro Antonio Diaz
Answer & Explanation: Juan Carlos Varela won the presidential election of Panama.
Question: Who won the World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield,
England?
A) Neil Robertson
B) Mark Selby
C) Ding Junhui
D) Ronnie OSullivan
Answer & Explanation: Mark Selby won the World Snooker Championship title 2014.
Question: What is the name of Islamist militants group of Nigeria is in news as it has
abducted more than 200 girls from north-eastern Nigeria?
A) Boko Haram
B) Xiao Guodong
C) Ben Woolaston
D) Tom Ford
Answer & Explanation: Boko Haram has abducted more than 200 girls from northeastern Nigeria.
Question: According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued guidelines, what is
the minimum age to independently open and operate saving bank accounts and use
other facilities like ATM and cheque book?
A) Above 18 years
B) Below 10 years
C) Above 10 years
D) Below 18 years
Answer & Explanation: Above 10 years is the minimum age to independently open
and operate saving bank accounts.
Question: What was the name of India-American cardiologist, who won the prestigious
2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award?
A) Mitul Kadakia
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B) Aditya Mehta
C) Saim Demra
D) Suresh Advani
Answer & Explanation: Mitul Kadakia won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb
Memorial Fellow of the Year Award.
Question: Who has been appointed recently as the first Woman Additional Director of
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
A) Soma Mondal
B) A.D. Ragvi
C) Archana Ramasundaram
D) Sushma Singh
Answer & Explanation: Archana Ramasundaram has been appointed as the first
Woman Additional Director of CBI.
Question: Who was named snookers Player of the Year 2014 award at the sports
annual awards ceremony in London?
A) Mark Selby
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Ronnie OSullivan
D) Aditya Mehta
Answer & Explanation: Ronnie OSullivan was named snookers Player of the Year
2014 award.
Question: Which Indian Documentary film has won three awards at 2014 New York
Festivals International TV and Films Awards?
A) Silent Screams-Indias Fight Against Rape
B) Rangbhoomi
C) War and Peace
D) In Search of Indian Theatre
Answer & Explanation: Silent Screams-Indias Fight Against Rape
Question: Who won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Open
final?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) David Ferrer
C) Rafael Nadal
D) Stanislas Wawrinka
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Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title
at Mutua Madrid Open final.
Question: Which party won the South African national election 2014 with 62.2 percent
of votes?
A) Agang South Africa
B) African National congress (ANC)
C) National Freedom Party
D) African Independent Congress (AIC)
Answer & Explanation: African National congress (ANC)
Question: Who won the womens singles Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title by defeating
Romanian Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final?
A) Victoria Azarenka
B) Serena Williams
C) Agnieszka Radwanska
D) Maria Sharapova
Answer & Explanation: Maria Sharapova won the womens singles Mutua Madrid
Open Tennis title.
Question: Who defeated defending champions Orissa to clinch the Senior Womens
Football Championships title at Golaghat Stadium in Assam?
A) Sikkim
B) Manipur
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Manipur defeated defending champions Orissa to clinch the
Senior Womens Football Championships title.
Question: What was the name of the former Prime Minister of Israel sentenced to six
years in prison for corrupt practices in real estate projects by a court?
A) Abdul Hamid
B) Peoge Raski
C) Tamir Sekh
D) Ehud Olmert
Answer & Explanation: Ehud Olmert was the name of the former Prime Minister of
Israel.
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Question: Who was appointed as the 28th Chief of Army Staff on 13 May 2014?
A) Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Bikram Singh
C) A.K. Browne
D) Anup Raha
Answer & Explanation: Dalbir Singh Suhag was appointed as the 28th Chief of Army
Staff.
Question: Who became the first women in UN history to be appointed as Force
Commander in the United Nations peacekeeping operation?
A) Janet Yellen
B) Melinda Gates
C) Kristin Lund
D) Mary Barra
Answer & Explanation: Kristin Lund became the first women in UN history to be
appointed as Force Commander in the United Nations peacekeeping operation.
Question: What was the name of Christophers Columbuss ship, which was claimed to
be found by archaeological investigators led by Barry Clifford after 500 years?
A) African Queen
B) Alligator
C) Santa Maria
D) Arizona
Answer & Explanation: Santa Maria was the name of Christophers Columbuss ship.
Question: The Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that plastic
currency notes will be launched in _____?
A) 2014
B) 2016
C) 2017
D) 2015
Answer & Explanation: RBI announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in
2015.
Question: Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?
A) S.C. Jamir
B) Nabam Tuki
C) Nirbhay Sharma
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D) Okram Ibobi Singh

Answer & Explanation: Nabam Tuki sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Arunachal
Pradesh.
Question: Which party emerged as the largest party by winning 117 seats in 2014
assembly elections of Odisha?
A) Indian National Congress
B) Swatantra Party
C) Biju Janta Dal
D) Bhartiya Janta Party
Answer & Explanation: Biju Janta Dal emerged as the largest party by winning 117
seats in 2014 assembly elections.
Question: Who sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Bihar?
A) Jitan Ram Manjhi
B) Nitish Kumar
C) Harish Rawat
D) Ram Naresh Yadav
Answer & Explanation: Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
Question: Which party emerged as the largest party by winning 22 seats in 2014
assembly elections of Sikkim?
A) Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
B) Defunct Political Party
C) Gorkha National Liberation Party
D) Sikkim Independent Front
Answer & Explanation: Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) emerged as the largest party
by winning 22 seats in 2014 assembly elections.
Question: Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for a record fifth
consecutive time?
A) D. Patil
B) Manohar Parrikar
C) Pawan Chamling
D) Tarun Gogoi
Answer & Explanation: Pawan Chamling sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.
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Question: Who has sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive
time?
A) Shivraj Singh
B) Naveen Patnaik
C) S.C. Jamir
D) Hemant Suran
Answer & Explanation: Naveen Patnaik sworn in-as the Chief Minister of Odisha
Question: Who has sworn in-as the first female Chief Minister of Gujarat?
A) Bimla Patel
B) Urmila Singh
C) Anandiben Patel
D) Vasundhara Raje
Answer & Explanation: Anandiben Patel sworn in-as the first female Chief Minister of
Gujarat.
Question: Who became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak
in the world?
A) Malavath Poorna
B) Priya Rani
C) Kiran Devi
D) Kumuth Reddy
Answer & Explanation: Malavath Poorna became the youngest woman to climb Mount
Everest, the highest peak in the world.
Question: Who sworn in-as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland?
A) Mukul Sangma
B) TR Zeliang
C) Nitish Kumar
D) Manik Sarkar
Answer & Explanation: TR Zeliang sworn in-as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland.
Question: Who won the 2014 Thomas Cup badminton tile?
A) China
B) Japan
C) India
D) Malaysia
Answer & Explanation: Japan won the 2014 Thomas Cup badminton tile.
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Question: Who won the 2014 Uber Cup badminton tile?

A) Japan
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) China
Answer & Explanation: China won the 2014 Uber Cup badminton tile.
Question: Who became the first woman External Affairs Minister of India?
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) Anandiben Patel
C) Rakhi Birla
D) Sumitra Mahajan
Answer & Explanation: Sushma Swaraj became the first woman External Affairs
Minister of India.
Question: Who won the Presidential elections of Lithuania?

A) Valdas Adamkus
B) Rolandas Pakas
C) Dalia Grybauskaite
D) Algirdas Brazauskas
Answer & Explanation: Dalia Grybauskaite won the Presidential elections of Lithuania.
Question: Who has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National
Games?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Vijender Singh
D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer & Explanation: Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as the goodwill
ambassador of 35th National Games.
Question: Who has been appointed as the 14th Attorney-General of India?
A) Mukul Rohatgi
B) Mohan Parasan
C) Goolam E. Vahanvati
D) Ajit Devol
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Answer & Explanation: Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the 14th AttorneyGeneral of India.
Question: What was the name of eminent Hindi writer, who won the prestigious Vyas
Samman 2013?
A) Govind Mishra
B) Vijay Seshadri
C) Vishwanath Tripathi
D) K .Anand Rao
Answer & Explanation: Vishwanath Tripathi won the prestigious Vyas Samman 2013.
Question: Who won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating
KXIP by three wickets in the final played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore?
A) Mumbai Indian (MI)
B) Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR)
C) Chennai Super King (CSK)
D) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Answer & Explanation: Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) won the seventh edition of Indian
Premier League 2014.
Question: Who was sworn in-as the first Chief Minister of Telangana?
A) Jagan Reddy
B) N Chandrababu Naidu
C) Chandrashekhar Rao
D) K. Rosaiah
Answer & Explanation: Chandrashekhar Rao sworn in-as the first Chief Minister of
Telangana.
Question: Who was sworn in-as President of Malawai.?
A) Li Luong Minh
B) Peter Mutharika
C) Lamine Diack
D) Thomas Batch
Answer & Explanation: Peter Mutharika sworn in-as President of Malawai.
Question: What is the name of 29th State of India?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Telangana
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C) Jharkahnd
D) Chattisgarh
Answer & Explanation: Telangana is the 29th State of India.
Question: Who was sworn in-as the President of El Salvador on 01 June, 2014?
A) Alan Issac
B) Margaret Chan
C) Donald Kaberuka
D) Salvador Sanchez Ceren
Answer & Explanation: Salvador Sanchez Ceren sworn in-as the President of El
Salvador.
Question: Who was elected as Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha of India?
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) Sumitra Mahajan
C) Sonia Gandhi
D) Mira Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Sumitra Mahajan was elected as Speaker of the 16th Lok
Sabha of India.
Question: 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at ________?
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Rome
D) Brussels
Answer & Explanation: 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Brussels.
Question: Who was topped in the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in
the world?
A) Angela Merkel
B) Janet Yellen
C) Melinda Gates
D) Dilma Rousseff
Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel was topped in the Forbes annual list of Most
Powerful Women 2014 in the world.
Question: Who is the Chancellor of Germany.?
A) Virginia Rometty
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B) Angela Merkel
C) Mary Barra
D) Hillary Clinton
Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany.
Question: Where Indias 35th National Games scheduled to be held in 2015?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation: Indias 35th National Games scheduled to be held in Kerala.
Question: Who won the Orange Cap in IPL 7 edition 2014?
A) Robin Uthappa
B) Glenn Maxwell
C) Yuvraj Singh
D) Virat Kohli
Answer & Explanation: Robin Uthappa won the Orange Cap in IPL 7 edition 2014.
Question: Who won the Presidential election of Syrian for the third time?
A) Ahmed Saleem
B) Abdullah Gul
C) Matteo Renzi
D) Bashar al-Assad
Answer & Explanation: Bashar al-Assad won the Presidential election of Syrian.
Question: Who was sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after
bifurcation?
A) N. Chandrababu Naidu
B) Chandrasekhar Rao
C) Sanjeeva Reedy
D) E.S.L. Narasimhan
Answer & Explanation: N. Chandrababu Naidu sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh.
Question: Who was sworn-in as the President of Ukraine in Kiev?
A) Michel Suleiman
B) Anibal Cavaco Silva
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C) Abdul Aziz
D) Petro Poroshenko
Answer & Explanation: Petro Poroshenko sworn-in as the President of Ukraine.
Question: Which nuclear plant became Indias first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW
power?
A) Neemuch
B) Kudankulam
C) Bhagwanpur
D) Kaipala
Answer & Explanation: Kudankulam nuclear plant became Indias first nuclear plant to
generate 1000 MW power.
Question: Who won the mens singles title of French Open 2014 by defeating Novak
Djokovic in the final?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) David Ferrer
D) Roger Federer
Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal won the mens singles title of French Open 2014.
Question: Who was sworn-in as the President of Egypt in Cairo?
A) Uhuru Kenyatta
B) Park Geun-hye
C) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
D) Sultan Abdul Halim
Answer & Explanation: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sworn-in as the President of Egypt.
Question: Who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India.?
A) Mohan Parasan
B) Ranjit Kumar
C) Arvind Mayaram
D) Neeraj Sheethy
Answer & Explanation: Ranjit Kumar was appointed as the Solicitor General of India.
Question: Who was conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for
the year 2013 by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI)?
A) Satish Dhawal
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B) AK Patody
C) Somasundaram
D) R.D. Shankar
Answer & Explanation: Somasundaram was conferred with the prestigious Bharat
Ratna JRD Tata Award for the year 2013.
Question: Who was elected as 10th president of Israel?
A) Rajkeswur Purryag
B) Hassan Rouhani
C) Jalal Talabani
D) Reuven Rubi Rivilin
Answer & Explanation: Reuven Rubi Rivilin was elected as 10th president of Israel.
Question: What was the name of Biography of Dilip Kumar?
A) Actor of Century
B) The Substance and the Shadow
C) Shadow of Life
D) A Great Actor
Answer & Explanation: The Substance and the Shadow was the name of Biography
of Dilip Kumar.
Question: Who was elected as president for the 69th session of United Nations
General Assembly?
A) Sam Kahamba Kutesa
B) Christine Lagarde
C) Irina Bokova
D) Guy Rider
Answer & Explanation: Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected as president for the 69th
session of United Nations General Assembly.
Question: Who released commemorative postage stamps in India on the 2014 FIFA
World Cup, which was played in Brazil?
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Narendra Modi
D) Pranab Mukherjee
Answer & Explanation: Narendra Modi released commemorative postage stamps on
the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Question: What was the name of the Indo-French Air exercise concluded at Jodhpur
Air Base?
A) SIMBEX IV
B) Garuda V
C) Indra VI
D) SuryaKiran III
Answer & Explanation: Garuda V was the name of the Indo-French Air exercise.
Question: Who has been selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for
his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram?
A) Vishwanath Tripathi
B) Govind Mishra
C) Prajeet Patel
D) C Radhakrishnan
Answer & Explanation: C Radhakrishnan has been selected for the prestigious
Moortidevi Award for 2013.
Question: What was the name of Indias largest warship that has been dedicated to the
nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
A) INS Virat
B) INS Chakra
C) INS Vikramaditya
D) INS Arihant
Answer & Explanation: INS Vikramaditya is the name of Indias largest warship.
Question: Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UKbased business association?
A) Laxmi Mittal
B) Lord Swraj Paul
C) D.K. Juneja
D) Ratan Tata
Answer & Explanation: Lord Swraj Paul has been honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award by a UK-based business association.
Question: Who won the 2014 edition of Womens Hockey World Cup in The Hague,
Netherlands?
A) Netherlands
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B) Australia
C) England
D) India
Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the 2014 edition of Womens Hockey World
Cup.
Question: Who was re-elected as the President of Colombia?
A) Fredrik Reinfeldt
B) Oleksander Turchinov
C) Juan Manuel Santos
D) Nicolas Maduro
Answer & Explanation: Juan Manuel Santos was re-elected as the President of
Colombia.
Question: Who won the Mens hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive
time?
A) Netherlands
B) South Korea
C) Australia
D) Malaysia
Answer & Explanation: Australia won the Mens hockey World Cup title 2014.
Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 - 16 June 2014 made his first official
visit to _________?
A) Bhutan
B) Bangladesh
C) US
D) France
Answer & Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 - 16 June 2014 made his
first official visit to Bhutan.
Question: Which city became the first kerosene-free city of India?
A) Mumbai
B) Kolkata
C) Pune
D) Delhi
Answer & Explanation: Delhi is the first kerosene-free city of India
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Question: Who claimed its maiden Thomas Cup title with a thrilling 3-2 win over
Malaysia in the final?
A) India
B) Malaysia
C) Japan
D) China
Answer & Explanation: Japan won its maiden Thomas Cup title.
Question: Who defended its Uber Cup title beating Japan 3-1 in the final in New Delhi?
A) China
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) Japan
Answer & Explanation: China won the Uber Cup title.
Question: Who clinched the Agzamov Memorial International Open Chess
Tournament in Tashkent?
A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Abhijeet Gupta
C) Viswanathan Anand
D) Peter Sik
Answer & Explanation: Abhijeet Gupta clinched the Agzamov Memorial
International Open Chess Tournament.
Question: Who emerged the champion of the 52nd National Challengers Chess
Championship 2014 at Dharamshala?
A) Vidit Gujrathi
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Ajay Chawla
D) Abhijeet Gupta
Answer & Explanation: Vidit Gujrathi emerged the champion of the 52nd National
Challengers Chess Championship 2014.
Question: Who has been appointed the coach of Pakistans national men cricket team?
A) Wasim Akram
B) Tom Moddy
C) Jai Surya
D) Waqar Younis
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Answer & Explanation: Waqar Younis has been appointed the coach of Pakistans
national men.
Question: What was the name of West Indies all-rounder cricketer, who took retirement
from Test Cricket?
A) Darren Sammy
B) Kieron Pollard
C) David Bravo
D) Dinesh Ramdin
Answer & Explanation: Darren Sammy took retirement from Test Cricket.
Question: The Supreme Court of India appointed which committee to probe the spotfixing and betting allegations against some cricketers and alleged inaction by BCCI
president N. Srinivasan during Indian Premier League, 2013?
B) Gavaskar Committe
C) Mudgal Committee
D) S. Gandhi Committee
Answer & Explanation: The Supreme Court of India appointed Mudgal Committee.
Question: Who was the Captain of Kings XI Punjab in Indian Premier League seventh
edition 2014?
A) George Bailey
B) Glenn Maxwell
C) Virendra Sehwag
D) Yuvraj Singh
Answer & Explanation: George Bailey was the Captain of Kings XI Punjab.
Question: Who won the Indian Premier League-7 edition 2014?
A) Mumbai Indian (MI)
B) Chennai Super Kings
C) Kolkata Knight Riders
D) Kings XI Punjab
Answer & Explanation: Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League-7
edition 2014.
Question: Which team won the Fair Play award in Indian Premier League-7 edition
2014?
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A) Rajasthan Royals
B) Chennai Super Kings
C) Sunrise Hyderabad
D) Mumbai Indians
Answer & Explanation: Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play award in Indian
Premier League-7 edition 2014.
Question: Who was claimed the Emerging Player of the Year award in Indian
Premier League-7 edition 2014?
A) Manish Pandey
B) Akshar Patel
C) Wriddhiman Saha
D) Piyush Chawala
Answer & Explanation: Akshar Patel was claimed the Emerging Player of the Year
award.
Question: Who emerged as the winner of Champion League Football title by
defeating Atletico Madrid in final in Lisbon?
A) Arsenal
B) Munich
C) MYCC
D) Real Madrid
Answer & Explanation: Real Madrid emerged as the winner of Champion League
Football title.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of Italian Cup Football title by beating
Fiorentina 3-1 in the final in Rome?
A) Napoli
B) Chelsea
C) Barcelona
D) Arsenal
Answer & Explanation: Napoli emerged as the champion of Italian Cup Football title.
Question: Who clinched a second Premier League Football title in three seasons by
thrashing West Ham United 2-0 at Etihad Stadium in London?
A) Man Utd
B) Bayern Munich
C) Liverpool
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D) Manchester City
Answer & Explanation: Manchester City clinched a second Premier League Football
title.
Question: Who emerged as the champion of the French League Football
Championship for the second consecutive season?
A) Man City
B) Paris Saint-Germain
C) AC Milan
D) Atletico Madrid
Answer & Explanation: Paris Saint-Germain emerged as the champion of the French
League Football Championship.
Question: Who won the Spanish Grand Prix 2014 for Mercedes?
A) Rico Rosberg
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Jenson Button
D) Ferando Alonso
Answer & Explanation: Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix 2014.
Question: Who was officially announced the World number one golfer on May 19 2014
with 7.9936 points ending the 60 week reign of star American golfer Tiger Woods on the
top of the golf rankings?
A) Adam Scott
B) Jason Day
C) Henrik Stenson
D) Tiger Woods
Answer & Explanation: Adam Scott was officially announced the World number one
golfer.
Question: Who clinched the Crowne Plaza Invitational Golf title beating Americans
Jason Dufner in a playoff at Colonial Country Club in Texas?
A) Jason Day
B) Tiger Woods
C) Justin Rose
D) Adam Scott
Answer & Explanation: Adam Scott clinched the Crowne Plaza Invitational Golf title.
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Question: Who clinched the Philippine Open Golf Championship at the Country Club
Course in Manial?
A) Marcus
B) Oregon
C) Alaska
D) Boogertown
Answer & Explanation: Marcus Both clinched the Philippine Open Golf
Championship.
Question: Who clinched the Portugal Open womens singles title 2014 by defeating
Spain Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the summit clash?
A) Serena Williams
B) Carla Suarez Navarro
C) Simona Halep
D) Roberta Vinci
Answer & Explanation: Carla Suarez Navarro clinched the Portugal Open womens
singles title.
Question: Who won the womens singles title of WTA Madrid Open 2014?
A) Simona Halep
B) Maria Sharapova
C) Li Na
D) Serena Williams
Answer & Explanation: Maria Sharapova won the womens singles title.
Question: Who clinched his third Italian Open tennis title in Rome by defeating
Spains Rafael Nadal by 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Roger Federer
C) Stan Wawrinka
D) Novak Djokovic
Answer & Explanation: Novak Djokovic clinched his third Italian Open tennis title.
Question: Who won the womens singles title of Italian Open 2014?
A) Maria Sharapova
B) Serena Williams
C) Victoria Azernika
D) Simona Halep
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Answer & Explanation: Serena Williams won the womens singles title of Italian Open
Question Number: Who won the Australian Open Super Series badminton title
2014 in Sydney?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) Wang Shixian
C) P.V. Sindhu
D) Bae Yeon Ju
Answer & Explanation: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open Super Series
badminton title.
Question Number: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open Super Series
badminton title 2014 against whom?
A) P.V. Sindhu
B) Wang Shixian
C) Carolina Marin
D) Li Xuerui
Answer & Explanation: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open Super Series
badminton title 2014 against Carolina Marin.
Question Number: Who has clinched the mens singles title of Indonesia badminton
Open?
A) Lee Chong Wei
B) Tommy Sugiarto
C) Ajay Jairam
D) Jan O Jorgensen
Answer & Explanation: Jan O Jorgensen has clinched the mens singles title of
Indonesia Open.
Question Number: Who won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2014 against
Viswanathan Anand in the final in Dubai?
A) Levon Aronian
B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Hikaru Nakamura
D) Anish Giri
Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen won the World Rapid Chess Championship.
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Question Number: Who won the World Blitz Chess championship 2014 that
concluded in Dubai?
A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Wesley So
C) Peter Svidler
Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen won the World Blitz Chess championship.
Question Number: Who won the golf US open 2014 title completing an overwhelming
wire-to-wire victory in Pinehurst?
A) Tiger Woods
B) Adam Scott
C) Martin Kaymer
D) Zack Sucher
Answer & Explanation: Martin Kaymer won the golf US open 2014 title.
Question Number: Who won the mens hockey world cup title 2014 in Hague?
A) Netherlands
B) Australia
C) India
D) Germany
Answer & Explanation: Australia won the mens hockey world cup title 2014.
Question Number: Who won the womens hockey world cup title 2014 in Hague?
A) Australia
B) India
C) France
D) Netherlands
Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the womens hockey world cup title 2014.
Question Number: Who won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix 2014?
A) Nico Rosberg
B) Fernando Alonso
C) Daniel Ricciardo
D) Lewis Hamilton
Answer & Explanation: Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix
2014.
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Question Number: Nico Rosberg is currently world No-1 Formula One driver, He
belongs to which country?
A) Germany
B) Spain
C) England
D) Australia
Answer & Explanation: Nico Rosberg belongs to Germany.
Question Number: Who won the Canadian Formula-1 Grand Prix 2014?
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Nico Rosberg
C) Daniel Ricciardo
D) Lewis Hamilton
Answer & Explanation: Daniel Ricciardo won the Canadian Formula-1 Grand Prix
2014.
Question Number: Who clinched the Gold in mens singles air pistol in Shooting
World Cup in Slovenia?
A) Pablo Carrera
B) Jitu Rai
C) Peter Pang
D) Abhinav Bindra
Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai clinched the Gold in mens singles 10 meter air pistol.
Question Number: Jitu Rai won the Gold in mens singles _________ air pistol in
Shooting World Cup in Slovenia?
A) 100 meter
B) 25 meter
C) 10 meter
D) 50 meter
Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai won the Gold in mens singles 10 meter air pistol.
Question Number: Who created history by becomes the first player to win world cup
titles in the longer and shorter formats of billiards and snooker, after pocketing the IBSF
World 6-red snooker championship in Egypt?
A) Gregory Gaultier
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Chris Simpson
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D) Saurav Ghosal
Answer & Explanation: Pankaj Advani becomes the first player to win world cup titles
in the longer and shorter formats of billiards and snooker.
Question Number: Who won Asian Billiards Championship title 2014, defeating
compatriot Alok Kumar in the final in New Delhi?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Piyush Chawla
C) Aditya Khanna
D) Saurav Kothari
Answer & Explanation: Saurav Kothari won Asian Billiards Championship title
2014.
Question Number: Who clinched the 2014 French Open mens singles title?
A) Roger Federer
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Stan Wawrinka
Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal clinched the 2014 French Open mens singles
title.
Question Number: Who clinched the 2014 French Open womens singles title?
A) Serena Williams
B) Li Na
C) Maria Sharapova
Answer & Explanation: Maria Sharapova clinched the 2014 French Open womens
singles title.
Question Number: Maria Sharapova won the 2014 French Open womens singles title
against whom?
A) Simona Halep
B) Petra Kovitova
C) Jelena Jankovic
D) Serena Williams
Answer & Explanation: Sharapova won the 2014 French Open womens singles title
against Simona Halep.
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Question Number: Who won the Cricketer of the Year honour at the CEAT Awards
function in Mumbai?
A) Shikhar Dhawan
B) Ravindra Jadeja
C) Virat Kohli
D) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Answer & Explanation: Virat Kohli won the Cricketer of the Year honour.
Question Number: Who won the ODI Player of the Year award at the CEAT Awards
function in Mumbai?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Shikhar Dhawan
C) R. Aswin
D) Ravindra Jadeja
Answer & Explanation: Shikhar Dhawan won the ODI Player of the Year award.
Question Number: Who was named as the next President of European Commission?
A) Herman V. Rompuy
B) Yukiya Amano
C) Le Luong Minh
D) Jean-Claude Juncker
Answer & Explanation: Jean-Claude Juncker was named as the next President of
European Commission.
Question Number: Who was succeeded as the King of Spain?
A) Felipe II
B) Felipe VI
C) Felipe III
D) Felipe V
Answer & Explanation: Felipe VI was succeeded as the King of Spain.
Question Number: What was the name of Indian-origin judge, who was appointed as
the 8th Attorney-General of Singapore?
A) A. Mayaram
B) P. Patniak
C) V.K. Rajah
D) R.K. Sinha
Answer & Explanation: V.K. Rajah was the name of Indian-origin judge.
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Question Number: Who was appointed as CEO of Indias second largest IT exporter,
Infosys for a five year term?
A) N. Chandrasekaran
B) Phaneesh Murthy
C) Cyrus Mistry
D) Vishal Sikka
Answer & Explanation: Vishal Sikka was appointed as CEO of Infosys.
Question Number: UK firm East India Company issued exclusive legal tender gold
coins in the honour of ______?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Narendra Modi
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Mahatama Gandhi
Answer & Explanation: UK firm East India Company issued exclusive legal tender
gold coins in honour of Sachin Tendulkar.
Question Number: Who has recently become the top-ranking batsman in both Test
and One Day ICC rankings?
A) Virat Kohli
B) AB de Villiers
C) David Warner
D) Hashim Amla
Answer & Explanation: AB de Villiers has become the top-ranking batsman in both
Test and One Day ICC rankings.
Question Number: Who won the Australian Open 2014 (Badminton) after defeating
Spains Carolina Marin in womens singles final?
A) Sania Mirza
B) Saina Nehwal
C) Jawala Gutta
D) P.V. Sindhu
Answer & Explanation Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open 2014.
Question Number: Who created history by becoming the first Indian to win two medals
at the same World Cup tournament and also the first to win three medals in successive
ISSF events?
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A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Donald Pinter
C) Jitu Rai
D) Gagan Narang
Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai created history by becoming the first Indian to win two
medals at the same World Cup tournament.
Question Number: Who visited China from India to attend the events to mark the 60th
anniversary of Panchsheel agreement?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Hamid Ansari
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Meneka Gandhi
Answer & Explanation: Hamid Ansari visited China from India to attend the events to
mark the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel agreement.
Question Number: Who inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project
(HEP) located near the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district in Kashmir?
A) Pranab Mukherjee
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Narendra Modi
Answer & Explanation: Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro
Electric Project (HEP).
Question Number: A passenger train set a new speed record of running 160 km an
hour during a trial run between ______?
A) Delhi to Agra
B) Mumbai to Ahmedabad
C) Bangalore to Chennai
D) Thane to Pune
Answer & Explanation: A passenger train set a new speed record of running 160 km
an hour during a trial run between Delhi to Agra. The train will be started by the
Railways in due course.
Question Number: Prime Minister Narendra Modis made his first foreign visit to
______?
A) Bhutan
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B) Russia
C) Bangladesh
D) Brazil
Answer & Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modis made his first foreign visit to
Bhutan
Question Number: Which country become the first country to ratify the Marrakesh
Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind and visually
impaired or otherwise print disabled (VIPs)?
A) Russia
B) India
C) Japan
D) China
Answer & Explanation: India becomes the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty.
Question Number: What is RIMPAC?
A) Indias largest aircraft carrier
B) Worlds largest maritime exercise
C) NASA missile mission
D) Worlds first largest telescope
Answer & Explanation: Worlds largest maritime exercise. RIMPAC, the Rim of the
Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise.
Question Number: Bodu Bala Sena belongs to which country?
A) Bhutan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) Bangladesh
Answer & Explanation: Bodu Bala Sena belongs to Sri Lanka.
Question Number: What was the rank of India according to Global Peace Index2014?
A) 140
B) 121
C) 143
D) 136
Answer & Explanation: 143 was the rank of India according to Global Peace Index2014.
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Question Number: Worlds first Modern Slavery Bill was published by which country?
A) India
B) Britain
C) France
D) USA
Answer & Explanation: Worlds first Modern Slavery Bill was published by Britain.
Question Number: According the World Bank the economic growth forecast for the
developing world in 2014 is lowered from 5.3% to _______?
A) 4.5%
B) 5.2%
C) 4.8%
D) 5.1%
Answer & Explanation: Economic growth forecast for the developing world in 2014 is
lowered from 5.3% to 4.8%.
Question Number: What was the Bank Rate as on July 05, 2014?
A) 10%
B) 8%
C) 7%
D) 9%
Answer & Explanation: 9% was the Bank Rate as on July 05, 2014.
Question Number: What was the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) as on July 05, 2014?
A) 2%
B) 4%
C) 3%
D) 5%
Answer & Explanation: 4% was the Cash Reserve Ratio as on July 05, 2014.
Question Number: What was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as on July 05, 2014?
A) 23%
B) 24%
C) 22.5%
D) 21.5%
Answer & Explanation: 22.5% was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio as on July 05, 2014.
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Question Number: What is IIP in Economy?

A) Index of Industrial Production
B) Investment of Industrial Production
C) Index of India Production
D) Investment of India Production
Answer & Explanation: Index of Industrial Production.
Question Number: What is QFI in Economy?
A) Qualified Forward Investors
B) Qualified Forward Industries
C) Qualified Foreign Investors
D) Qualified Foreign Industries
Answer & Explanation: Qualified Foreign Investors.
Question Number: Arvind Mayaram Committee was constituted by Union
government for?
A) FDI & FII
B) OIC & PIO Status
C) Tax Residency Certificates and
D) Tax Clearance Certificates
Answer & Explanation: Arvind Mayaram Committee was constituted by Union
government for FDI & FII.
Question Number: What is FTAs in economics field?
A) Free Transport Agreement
B) Free Trade Agreement
C) Free Tax Agreement
D) Free Telecommunication Agreement
Answer & Explanation: Free Trade Agreement
Question Number: What is TARC?
A) Tax Administration Reform Commission
B) Tax Administration Reform Committee
C) Taxation Administration Reform Commission
D) Taxation Administration Reform Committee
Answer & Explanation: Tax Administration Reform Commission
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Question Number: What is the name of Chairman of TARC?

A) B.S.Chauchan
B) Ajit Devol
C) Parthasarathi Shome
D) A.K. Dubey
Answer & Explanation: Parthasarathi Shome is the name of Chairman of TARC.
Question Number: Who is the Director-General of Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)?
A) Aditi Khanna
B) Prithviraj Singh
C) Alok Patidar
D) Chandrajit Banerjee
Answer & Explanation: Chandrajit Banerjee is the Director-General of Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII).
Points to Remember January- February 2014

Shashi Tharoor: He is in news for taking steps to advance animal protection, Sashi
Tharoor, the Union Minister of India was named as the Person of the Year by PETA
India.
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Associated Press Athlete of the Year: Serena Williams won the Female Athlete of the
Year award and LeBron James won the Male Athlete of the Year award announced by
the Associated Press.
Ashraf Jehan: Ashraf Jehan, first female judge sworn-in at Pakistans national sharia
court which hears cases under the Islamic legislation.
Lokmanya Tilak National Award: Mammen Mathew, the Chief Editor of Malayala
Manorma has been chosen for prestigious journalism Lokmanya Tilak National Award.
Corey Anderson: Corey Anderson is in news as he broke Afridis record of fastest
century in One Day International against West Indies recently.
Latvia: Latvia became
the
18th
member of
the
euro
zone. Latvia gained
its
independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and joined the European Union in 2004.
PARAM Yuva-II: Super Computer PARAM Yuva-II was rated 1st in India and 44th in
the world.
India-Saudi Arabia Pact: India and Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to protect
the interests and rights of Indian domestic sector workers in the Saudi Arabia.
MPs voted Thatcher as the best UK Prime Minister in survey: Iron lady Margaret
Thatcher rose-up as the most successful post-war British Prime Minister in a survey,
Winston Churchill was ranked fourth.
4 January: This day is absorbed as World Braille Day across the world to
commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille, who is credited for inventing the language.
India signed a Credit Agreement with World Bank for RRSMP: India has signed a
credit agreement of 160 million dollar with World Bank. The agreement was signed for
Rajasthan Road Sector Modernisation Project.
Aditya Joshi: Aditya Joshi, a young shuttler from Madhya Pradesh became the first
male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world.
R. Chandrashekhar: R. Chandrashekhar is in news as he has been appointed as
President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM).
Janet Yellen: She is in news as US Senate has confirmed the name of Janet Yellen as
the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve.
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Prithvi II: Prithvi II, the Nuclear capable Surface-to-Surface missile, successfully testfired recently.
Under-19 Asia Cup: India defeated Pakistan to win 2014 Under-19 Asia Cup in the
final match played at Sharjah cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
75th Senior National Table Tennis Championship: PSPB Men and Women emerged
winners in the 75th Senior National Table Tennis Championship.
Gorakhpur railway station: Platform number one of Gorakhpur railway station of Uttar
Pradesh has entered into the Limca Book of Records as longest rail platform in the
world.
28th
Federation
Cup
National
Basketball
Championship: ONGC
Men
&
Chhattisgarh Women won 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship.

75th National Table Tennis Championship: Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das won their
maiden mens and womens singles championship.
Sheikh Hasina: Sheikh Hasina along with her Cabinet of 49 Ministers was sworn-in as
the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
World Most Admired People: An International Poll titled the Worlds most admired
people:Microsoft founder Bill Gates was named as the most admired person on the planet.
President Barack Obama has been ranked second followed by the Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Pope Francis at the number third and fourth position respectively.
The batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been placed fifth among the list of worlds
most admired peoples.
FIFA Ballon dOr award for 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon dOr award
for 2013. He beat Barcelona's Messi and France winger Franck Ribery in a polling
conducted by FIFA.
Anju Bobby George: Anju Bobby George was declared winner of the World Athletics
Championships final held in Monte Carlo in 2005. The decision was given by the
International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) in January 2014.
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Points to Remember February - March 2014

Pakistan only Polio - endemic Country: WHO report said that Pakistan is the only
polio-endemic country in the world and it reported most cases of crippling disease in
2013 and 2012.
Indian economy to grow by just over 6% in 2014-15: World Bank in its Global
Economic Prospects Report forecasted that economy of India will grow by just 6 percent
in 2014-15.
Fast Patrol Vessel Abhinav: Indian Coast Guard Ship Abhinav was commissioned in
Kochi by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapiyal.
Jamila Bayaz: Jamila Bayaz is in news as she has been appointed as the police chief
of District One of Kabul province in Afghanistan.
RBI issued 5 rupees and 10 rupees coins bearing Goddess Vaishno Devi: Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) issued new 5 rupees and 10 rupees coins bearing images of
Goddess Vaishno Devi.
RBI Step: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the
sensitive list of countries along with Pakistan and China. This means that
establishments from Hong Kong and Macau will require prior approval of RBI for setting
up business or related activities in India.
Hery Rajaonarimampianina: Hery Rajaonarimampianina declared as the new
President of Madagascar following the result of elections conducted with an aim to
restore democracy.
Lewis Clarke: Lewis Clarke, 16 years old became the youngest person to trek to the
South Pole recently. Clarke spent 48 days at temperature of -40 Celsius and winds of
up to 193 km/h.
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Hero Hockey World League: Netherlands won the Hero Hockey World League Final
by defeating New Zealand 7-2 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
Abhishikta S Shetty: Abhishikta S Shetty of Karnataka is in news as she won the 11th
Edition of the Miss South India 2014 pageant at the Le Meridien in Coimbatore.
India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile:
India has recently test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile with a
range of 4000 kilometer from Wheeler Island of Odisha.
India-born Prof A J Paulraj won 2014 Marconi Prize: Prof A J Paulraj has been
awarded with prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for developing the theory and
application of MIMO antennas.
DSC prize 2014: Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his
book "Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer".
Rakesh Khurana: Professor Rakesh Khurana is in news as he has been appointed as
the Dean of Harvard College. He will assume the charge of the dean from 1 July 2014.
Currency notes issued before 2005 to be withdrawn: In a recent decision the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to
2005 from circulation.
Richard Quest: UNWTO awarded CNNs Richard Quest the 2013 UNWTO Award for
Lifetime Achievement.
UNWTO Ulysses Prize: Dr. Tej Vir Singh from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh won the 2013
UNWTO Ulysses Prize.
35th Football Federation Cup: Churchill Brothers beat Sporting Club de Goa to lift the
35th Football Federation Cup.
59th Idea Filmfare Awards: Here is a list of important winners.
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+ At the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag grabbed seven awards.
+ The award for the Best Actor was given to Farhaan Akhtar for his performance in
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
+ Deepika Padukone was adjudged as the Best Actress for Ramleela.
+ Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was awarded with the Best Film award.
+ The lifetime achievement award was given away to Tanuja.
+ Award for Best Music: Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
+ Award for Best Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
+ Award for Best Playback Singer Male: Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui)
+ Award for Best Playback Singer Female: Monali Thakur (Sawaar loon, Lootera)
+ The RD Burman Award: Sidharth Mahadevan
Australian Open 2014 Results: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open mens
singles title by defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in Melbourne.
Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014: Saina Nehwal won the Syed
Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014 recently.
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2014: The Environmental Performance
Index (EPI) 2014 was released recently. As per the Index, India was ranked 155 out of
178 countries.
Recent RBI Steps: RBI raised the Repo rate under LAF by 25 basis points from 7.75%
to 8% and kept the CRR of scheduled banks unchanged at 4% of NDTL.
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India Post to install 3000 ATM & 1.35 lakh micro-ATM by September 2015: India Post
announced to install as many as 3000 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and 1.35 lakh
micro-ATMs by September 2015.
56th Annual Grammy Awards: Important winners:
+ Album of the year: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
+ Record of the year: Get Lucky by Daft Punk , Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
+ Song of the year: Royals by Lorde
Anand Kumar: Anand Kumar, founder of Super30 classes was conferred with 2014
Ramanujan Mathematics Award at the Eighth National Mathematics Convention in
Rajkot.
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Points to Remember March - April 2014

Kathy Cross: Kathy Cross became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires
panel as an Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires.
India-Fiji: India and Fiji signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention
of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
Indias first Mono rail inaugurated recently: Indias first monorail service was
inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj chavan in Mumbai.
Tea Production in India: ITA announced that tea Indias production has gone up by 6.5
percent in 2013 as production rose to 1200 million Kg against 1126 million kg in 2012.
Ranji Trophy 2014 Winner: Karnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win
Ranji Trophy 2014 at Hyderabad.
Harish Rawat: Harish Rawat was in news as he has been appointed as the 8th Chief
Minister of Uttarakhand recently.
Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur: Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as
the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission that will submit report in 2 years.
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Paperless Public Library: First Paperless public Library of the World BiblioTech was
opened in the USA State of Texas recently.
Danish amputee first in the world to get Bionic Hand: Dennis amputee became first
person to receive bionic hand that allowed him to feel life-like sensation from the
devices artificial fingers.
Vyas Samman: Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year
2013 for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad
Dwivedi.
Marco Lambertini: WWF has appointed Marco Lambertini as Director-General of the
WWF International.
ICC New Chairman: Srinivasan was elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period
of 2 years. He will succeed Alan Raymond Isaac.
Sushil Koirala: Sushil Koirala was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal recently
by the Nepal,s Parliament.
N Ramachandran: N Ramachandran was elected President of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) recently.
Sikkim: Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation
coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme.
R.K.Tiwari: R.K.Tiwari was appointed new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) recently.
Kumar Sangakkara: Kumar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri Lankan national team
became the second person in the history of Cricket to score a triple century and a
century in the same test match. By performing the rare record, he joined Graham
Gooch, the former skipper of England team.
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He achieved this reach by scoring 319 runs in the first inning of the match and 105 runs
in the second innings. He achieved this record, while playing in the second test match
against Bangladesh recently.
Jatinder Bir Singh: Jatinder Bir Singh was appointed Chairman and Managing Director
of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) recently.
58th Bocskai International Tournament: Indian boxers finished fourth at the 58th
Bocskai International Tournament which concluded in Hungary recently.
Irani Trophy: Karnataka won Irani Trophy for the fifth time against the Rest of India in
Bangalore, recently.
International Gandhi Award for the year 2013: Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and
Guocheng Zhang received International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 by President of
India.
World Bridge Championship: World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men)
and Venice Cup (women) will be hosted by India for the first time in October 2015.
64th Berlin International Film Festival: Marathi film, Killa directed by Avinash Arun
won the Crystal Bear for the best film at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
ModiNomics: BJP leader Arun Jaitely has recently launched a book entitled
ModiNomics in New Delhi. The book has been authored by Sameer Kochhar.
Renaud Lavillenie: French Olympic champion, Renaud Lavillenie broke 21-year-old
world record of pole vault of Sergey Bubka at Donetsk in Ukraine.
Sikkim won National Tourism Award 2012-13: Sikkim won the National Tourism
Award 2012-13. The award was handed over by Shashi Tharoor to Bhim Dhungel,
Sikkims Tourism Minister in New Delhi, recently.
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Facebook Inc acquired WhatsApp: Social media giant Facebook Inc acquired
WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars in a cash and stock deal, recently.
IMF Predictions: IMF has projected that the economic growth for 2014-15 of India will
be 5.4% and suggested India to strengthen its inflation management policies.
Delhi Waveriders won the 2nd edition of Hockey India League cup: Delhi
Waveriders emerged as champions of Hockey India League after defeating Jaypee
Punjab Warriors at Astroturf Hocket Stadium in Ranchi.
Matteo Renzi: Matteo Renzi was sworn as Italys Prime Minister at the Presidential
palace, recently.
Venom GT: US firm Hennesseys engineers have developed the worlds fastest car
Venom GT with a top speed of a speed of 435 km per hour.
Young Investigator Award for 2014: Madan Babu, Indian scientist won the Protein
Societys Protein Science Young Investigator Award for 2014 at Cambridge.
New Egypt Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister
recently.
National billiard Championships: Sourav Kothari beat Alok Kumar to won the
National billiard Championships which held in Lucknow recently.
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Points to Remember April - May 2014

Subrata Roy: He is in news as he is in jail after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest
following his failure to appear before it in a case arising out of non refund of 24000 crore
rupees to investors by two of his companies.
28 February: National Science Day is celebrated on this day, to mark the discovery of
the Raman Effect by Indian physicist CV Raman.
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India and Saudi Arabia signed MoU on defence cooperation: India and Saudi
Arabia signed a defence cooperation pact to take their strategic partnership further in
areas of security, recently.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt: Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, Chandi Prasad
Bhatt was selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013.
Dubai Championships: Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win
the Dubai Championships for the sixth time.
The 86th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014:
Important winners:
Best picture award: 12 Years A Slave of Steve McQueen.
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyongo, 12 Years a Slave
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup: South Africa for the first time won the ICC Under-19
Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan by at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium,
recently.
RBI Steps: RBI has extended date for exchange of pre-2005 banknotes to 1 January
2015 and advised banks to facilitate the exchange of these notes for full value.
Forbes magazines 28th Annual World billionaires list: Bill Gates, Microsoft Cofounder is the Worlds top richest Billionaire with worth of 76 billion dollars.
Gates is back on the top rank after four years, reclaiming the title from the telecom
mogul Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico (2nd), who ranked 1 for the past four years.
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Amanico Ortega, Spanish clothing retailer is ranked 3rd for the second year in a row
followed by Warren Buffet (4).
Sheila Dikshit: Sheila Dikshit is in news as she has been appointed as the Governor of
Kerala.
Indian acid attack victim, Laxmi won International Women of Courage Award: US
honoured Laxmi, the person who started the movement to end acid attacks in India with
the prestigious International Women of Courage Award.
Lok Sabha elections to be held from 7 April 2014 in 9-phases: Election Commission
recently announced that Lok Sabha elections will be held from 7 April to 12 May 2014.
Counting will be done on 16 May 2014.
BIMSTEC: Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation) Summit was held in Myanmar.
Federation Cup Volleyball: Tamil Nadu men and Railways women won the Federation
Cup Volleyball titles by defeating services and Kerala respectively.
68th Santosh Trophy: Mizoram won the 68th Santosh Trophy for senior National
football championship by defeating Railways 3-0 at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri,
West Bengal.
Windham Campbell Literature Prize: Indian writer Pankaj Mishra on 9 March 2014
won Windham Campbell Literature Prize in non-fiction category.
Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Player Rankings
for ODI Batsmen by replacing South African ODI captain AB de Villers.
Flight MH370: Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar screens over South
China Sea with 239 people on board on its route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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New Zealand to hold referendum on changing the National Flag: Prime Minister of
New Zealand, John Key announced the plan to hold a referendum on changing the
National Flag by 2017.
World Longest aircraft Airlander unveiled in Britain: The World Longest aircraft has
been unveiled in Britain.
Package to Bhutan: Government of India (GOI) announced to provide 4500 crore
rupees Assistance Package to Bhutan for its 11th Five Year Plan.
Michelle Bachelet: Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as the President of Chile after
winning election over her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei.
BN Srikrishna: Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed retired
Justice BN Srikrishna as its Chairman. He has succeeded Dhirendra Swarup.
IPL 2014: IPL 2014 to be held in 3 phases at UAE, Bangladesh & India. Bangladesh will
be venue if Home Ministry denies permitting to hold game during election.
Rakesh Sethi: Rakesh Sethi is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)
of Allahabad Bank.
Soma Mondal: Soma Mondal has been appointed as the first woman director
(commercial) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO)
Plastic Photo Identity Card: Nagaland and Assam are the first two states to be issued
Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India.
SBI Life to appeal against the order of IRDA to refund 275 crore: SBI Life Insurance
Company announced that it will appeal against the order of Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority (IRDA).
Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships: Indian archers bagged 2 gold and silver
in the team events of 1st Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships at Bangkok.
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Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar has voted as the Cricketer of the Generation by a
50-member by beating Shane Warne and Jacques Kallis.
Tomas Halik: Tomas Halik, the Czech priest won the Templeton Prize for 2014. The
award was announced by the John Templeton Foundation and under the award he will
receive 1.1 million Euro.
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Points to Remember May June 2014

Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters: Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells ATP Tennis
Masters by defeating Roger Federer. Womens singles was won by Flavia Pennetta.
India is the worlds largest arms importer: SIPRI in its data on international arms
transfers claimed India as largest importer of weapon systems, which is three times
more than Pakistan and China.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14: Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 at the
Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Aditi Khanna: Aditi Khanna became the first women President of Indian Journalists
Association (IJA) in London in its 67-years long history.
Dr KC Chakrabarty: Deputy Governor of RBI, Dr KC Chakrabarty is in news as he
resigned from the office three months ahead of the completion of the term.
G D Birla award: Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar won the G D Birla award for scientific
research for the year 2013.
Big Hoss: Big Hoss is the World largest TV unveiled for the first time at the Texas
Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
Govind Mishra: Govind Mishra will be given the Sarawasti honour for year 2013 for his
book Dhool Paudho Par. He will be the second person to receive this award.
4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship: RSPB won the 4th
Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (Division A) in Bhopal after
defeating defending champions Haryana by 4-0.
AQUATM: Vandana Foundation has launched AQUATM water vending machine in
Mumbai. It will release 1 liter water at a price of 1 rupee.
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Rajiv Takru: Rajiv Takru, the Financial Services Secretary has been appointed as the
new Revenue Secretary. He succeeded Sumit Bose.
Shigeru Ban, Japanese architect won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014:
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014.
3rd South Asian Handball Championship: India defeated Pakistan in the final to win
the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title at Genesis Global School in Noida.
West Zone won cricket's Deodhar Trophy 2014: West Zone defeated North Zone to
win the Deodhar Trophy of Cricket 2014 in Visakhapatnam by a margin of 133 runs.
Miami Masters Crown: Novak Djokovic won his fourth Miami Masters crown by
defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3.
Manuel Valls: President Francois Hollande appointed Interior Minister Manuel Valls as
next prime minister of France.
Nancy Powell: US Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell is in news as she announced
her resignation. She had submitted her resignation to Barack Obama.
Dr. Sumit Chugh: An Indian- American Cardiologist, Dr. Sumit Chugh is in news as he
has been chosen for the Prestigious Simon Dack Award for Outstanding Scholarship.
Highlights of RBI first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement 2014-15 announced
on 1 April 2014:
+ Kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 8.0%.
+ The repo rate and the rate at which RBI lends money to banks remained at 8 per cent.
+ Cash reserve ratio also remain unchanged at 4%.
+ The economic growth of country slipped to a decade-low of 4.5 per cent in 2012-13
and is estimated at 4.9 per cent in the current financial year 2013-14.
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Recent RBI Important Steps:

+ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed banks not to impose financial penalty on the
consumers in case of non-maintenance of minimum balance in their saving accounts.
+ RBI also directed banks to limit the liability of customers in electronic banking
transactions in cases where banks fail to prove customer negligence.
+ RBI also instructed banks to allow borrowers to prepay floating rate term loans without
any penalty.
RBI approved banking licences to IDFC Ltd and Bandhan financial services: RBI
has granted in-principle approvals to IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd
to start new banks in India.
Karim Massimov: Karim Massimov is in news as he has been named as the new
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan after Serik Akhmetov resigned from the post.
Most Efficient Navratna Award: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) recieved the Most
Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013.
D K Pathak: Union Government recently appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the
new Director General of BSF.
R Gandhi: RBI has appointed R Gandhi as the Deputy Governor for a period of three
years. He is the successor of Anand Sinha.
NIST launched world's most accurate clock, NIST-F2: NIST has launched a new
atomic clock, named as NIST-F2 to serve the new US civilian time and frequency, along
with the current NIST-F1 standard.
Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca: Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca Sworn-in as President of
Malta, island state, in Valletta.
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United Kingdoms 2014 Asian Award: MS Dhoni won the United Kingdoms 2014
Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports.
Social Progress Index (SPI): India was ranked 102 out of 132 countries on the Social
Progress Index (SPI) published by the US-based non-profit organisation Social
Progress Imperative
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014: Sri Lanka defeated India in the final match to win the
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 at Shere Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Dhaka.
Femina Miss India 2014: Koyal Rana won the title of fbb Femina Miss India 2014.
Jhataleka Malhotra and Gail Nicole DaSilva were the 1st and 2nd runner-ups
respectively.
4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014: Punjab won the 4th
Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) by defeating Hokey
Odisha at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Womens World Twenty20 Cup 2014: Australian cricket team had won the Womens
World Twenty20 Cup 2014 cup by defeating England in the final match in Mirpur,
Dhaka.
INS Vikrant: INS Vikrant is in news recently as it was sold to IB Commercial for 60
crore. It is Indias first aircraft carrier and played an important role during 1971 Indo-Pak
war.
Viktor Orban: Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second
consecutive four-year term.
Shikhar Dhawan: Shikhar Dhawan is in news as he has been named as one of the
Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2013. Others are Joe Root, Charlotte Edwards,
Chris Rogers, Ryan Harris and Dale Steyn.
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Rajendra Mal Lodha: President of India on 11 April 2014 appointed Justice Rajendra
Mal Lodha as Next Chief Justice of India.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013: The Union Ministry announced recently that
legendary poet Gulzar was selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013.
Knight Grand Cross (GBE) Award: Ratan Tata recently received the Knight Grand
Cross (GBE) award by UK Government.
Justice G Rohini: Justice G Rohini appointed as the next Chief Justice of Delhi High
Court. She will be the first women Chief Justice in the Delhi High Court.
Vijay Seshadri: India-born poet Vijay Seshadri won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize
in the poetry category for his collection of poems entitled 3 Sections.
Seventh South Asia Judo Championships: Indian judokas won 12 medals at the
seventh South Asia Judo Championships held in Kathmandu.
SBI launched Tab banking to facilitate opening of Saving Accounts: State Bank of
India recently launched digital banking facilities for the convenience of SBI customers.
The 61st National Film Awards for 2013 was announced in New Delhi recently.
Here are important winners:
Best Actor Raj Kumar for Shahid in hindi and Suraj Venjaramoodu for Perariyathavar
in Malyalam
Best Actress Geetanjali Thapa for Liars Dance in Hindi
Best Direction Hansal Mehta for film Shahid
Best Film on Social Issues Gulabi Gang directed by Nishtha
Best Supporting Actor Saurabh Shukla for Jolly LLB
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Best Supporting Actress Amruta Subhash for Astu in Marathi and Aida El-Kashef for
Ship of Theseus
Best Childrens Film Kaphal (Hindi), directed by Batul Mukhtiar
Best Child Artist Somnath Avghade for Fandy in Marathi and Sadhana for Thanga
Meengal in Tamil
Special Jury Award Yellow in Marathi directed by Mahesh Limaye and Miss Lovely in
Hindi directed by Ashim Ahuwalia
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director Fandry in Marathi directed by
Nagraj Manjule
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration Thalaimuraigal
(Tamil) directed by Balu Mahindra
Best Writing on Cinema or Book of the Cinema Cinema Ga Cinema in Telugu
authored by Nandagopal and published by Praga India, Hyderabad
RK Dhowan: Admiral RK Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy. He is a
successor of Admiral DK Joshi, who was the 1st Defence forces chief to resign in India.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Abdelaziz Bouteflika won the Presidency for the fourth time
consecutively in Algeria.
Womens Senior Snooker Championship: Chitra Magimairaj won the World Womens
Senior Snooker Championship at Leeds, Britain by defeating Alena Asmolava of
Belarus.
41st Chief Justice of India: Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha sworn-in as the 41st Chief
Justice of India. His swearing-in ceremony was administered by the President of India.
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Goldman Environmental Prize: An Indian environmental activist, Ramesh Agrawal

won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize that is commonly called as the Green
Nobel.
NR Narayana Murthy: 2014 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award presented to NR
Narayana Murthy for his remarkable vision and leadership in the IT sector.
Points to Remember June July 2014

India-made EVMs to be used in Namibias Presidential polls: Government of
Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential
Election, scheduled in November 2014.
Worlds highest tunnel for high-speed train opened in China: Worlds highest tunnel
for high-speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres became
operational.
Freedom of the press 2014: India dropped to 78 in the latest Freedom of the press
2014.Sweden topped the list and belongs to the world's most independent press.
Astra: Name of the first indigenously developed air-to-air missile which was
successfully test fired recently from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off
Goa.
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Ahmet Sik: Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO
Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Juan Carlos Varela: Vice-president of Panama Juan Carlos Varela won the
presidential election.
World Snooker Championship title 2014: Mark Selby of England won World Snooker
Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England.
Boko Haram: Boko Haram Islamist militants group of Nigeria is in news as it has
abducted more than 200 girls from north-eastern Nigeria.
New RBI Guidelines: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued the guidelines to
allow the minors of age above 10 years to independently open and operate savings
bank accounts and use other facilities like ATM and cheque books.
Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award: Indian-American cardiologist
Mitul Kadakia won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year
Award.
Archana Ramasundaram: Senior IPS Officer Archana Ramasundaram is in news as
she appointed as first Woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI).
Ronnie O'Sullivan: Ronnie O'Sullivan was named snooker's Player of the Year at the
sport's annual awards ceremony in London recently.
Indias Fight Against Rape: Documentary film, Silent ScreamsIndias Fight Against
Rape has won three awards at 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film
Awards.
Madrid Open: Rafael Nadal won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua
Madrid Open final after Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a back injury.
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ANC won the South African Elections for the fifth successive term: African
National congress (ANC) won the national election 2014 with 62.2 percent of votes.
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Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep to win Madrid Open title: Russias Maria
Sharapova won the Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title by defeating Romanian Simona
Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the finals.
Senior National Womens Football Championships: Manipur defeated defending
champions Orissa to clinch the Senior National Womens Football Championships title
at Golaghat Stadium in Assam.
Ehud Olmert: Ehud Olmert, the former Prime Minister of Israel sentenced to six years
in prison for corrupt practices in real estate projects by a Court.
Dalbir Singh Suhag: Union Government on 13 May 2014 appointed Lieutenant
General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the 28th Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Kristin Lund: Kristin Lund of Norway became fist women in UN history to be appointed
as Force Commander in the United Nations peacekeeping operation.
Santa Maria: After 500 years, Christopher Columbus's ship the Santa Maria was
claimed to be found by archaeological investigators led by Barry Clifford.
Plastic currency notes to be launched in 2015: Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015 after field trials in
five cities.
Nabam Tuki: He is in news as he sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
in Itanagar.
2014 assembly elections of Odisha: Biju Janata Dal emerged as the largest party by
winning 117 seats.
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Jitan Ram Manjhi: He is in news recently as he sowrn-in as the new Chief Minister of
Bihar.
2014 assembly elections of Sikkim: Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) emerged as the
largest party by winning 22 seats.
Pawan Chamling: He is in news as he is sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for a
record fifth consecutive time.
Naveen Patnaik: He is in news as he sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth
consecutive term.
Anandiben Patel: She is in news as she was sworn-in as the first woman Chief Minister
of Gujarat on 22 May 2014.
Malavath Poorna: 13-year and 11-month old girl, Poorna of Andhra Pradesh became
the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.
TR Zeliang: He is in news as he sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland as the
successor of Neiphiu Rio on 24 May 2014.
Thomas and Uber Cup 2014: Japan won 2014 Thomas Cup badminton and China won
2014 Uber Cup title of badminton on 24 May 2014.
Sushma Swaraj: She is in news as she became the first woman External Affairs
Minister of India on 26 May 2014.
Dalia Grybauskaite: Known as the Iron Lady of Lithuania, on 25 May 2014 won the
Presidential elections of Lithuania.
Sachin Tendulkar: He is in news as he has been appointed as the goodwill
ambassador of 35th National Games, Kerala scheduled to be held from JanuaryFebruary 2015.
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Mukul Rohatgi: He is in news as he has been appointed as the 14th Attorney-General

of India. He succeeds Gulam Vahanvati.
Vyas Samman 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigious
Vyas Samman 2013.
IPL 2014: KKR won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating
KXIP by three wickets in the final played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Chandrashekhar Rao: He is in news as he was sworn-in as the First Chief Minister of
Telengana.
Peter Mutharika: Peter Mutharika was sworn-in as President of Malawi recently.
Telangana: Telangana became the 29th State of India with Hyderabad as its capital on
2 June 2014.
Angela Merkel topped Forbes Most Powerful Women List 2014: German Chancellor
topped Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in the world.
Salvador Sanchez Ceren: Former left wing rebel leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren was
sworn-in as the President of El Salvador on 1 June 2014.
Syrian President: President Bashar al-Assad of Syria won the Presidential election for
the third time for seven-year term.
Sumitra Mahajan elected as Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha: Sumitra Mahajan was
unanimously elected as Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha.
G-7 summit 2014: 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
at the Council of the European Union on 4 June 2014 5 June 2014.
N. Chandrababu Naidu: Nara Chandrababu Naidu was sworn-in as the first Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation.
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Petro Poroshenko sworn-in as President of Ukraine: Petro Poroshenko was swornin as the President of Ukraine in Kiev.
Kudankulam became Indias first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW power:
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on 8 June 2014 became Indias first nuclear plant to
generate 1000 MW power.
Rafael Nadal: Rafael Nadal (rank no. 1) of Spain won the French Open title 2014 for
the ninth time on 8 June 2014. He is the first men to win five French Open titles in a
row. He won against Novak Djokovic (rank no. 2) of Yugoslavia with 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, and
6-4 in the final.
Kullu District: The place was in news as 24 engineering students of VJI of Engineering
and Technology, Hyderabad were drowned in Beas River in Kullu district of Himachal
Pradesh.
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sworn-in as President of Egypt: Former army chief Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi was sworn-in as the President of Egypt in Cairo.
RBI revised KYC guidelines: Reserve Bank of India on 9 June 2014 eased the KYC
norms for opening bank account. In its notification it said that only one documentary
proof of address (either the current or permanent) can be used to open bank account or
for periodic updation.
Ranjit Kumar: Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar was on 7 June 2014 appointed as the
Solicitor General of India.
Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for 2013: Somasundaram of Airports Authority of India
(AAI) on 9 June 2014 was conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award
for 2013 by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI).
Reuven Ruby Rivlin elected as 10th president of Israel: Reuven Ruby Rivlin on 10
June 2014 was elected as 10th president of Israel.
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The Substance and the Shadow: Biography of Dilip Kumar, entitled The Substance
and the Shadow was released in Mumbai. The biography has been penned by Uday
Tara Nayar.
Uganda's Sam Kahamba Kutesa elected President for the 69th Session of UNGA:
Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected as the president of United Nations General
Assembly.
Postage Stamps on the 2014 FIFA World Cup: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released commemorative postage stamps on the 2014 FIFA World Cup that is being
played in Brazil.
Garuda V: Name of the Indo-French Air exercise concluded at Jodhpur Air Base. The
exercise saw various combat roles including Air to Air refueling.
Moortidevi Award for 2013: Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan selected for the
prestigious
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INS Vikramaditya: Narendra Modi dedicated Indias largest warship INS Vikramaditya
to the nation. The ship was procured from Russia.
Lord Swraj Paul: He is in news as he has been honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award by a UK-based business association.
Netherlands won the 2014 edition of Womens Hockey World Cup: Netherlands
won the Womens World Cup 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Juan Manuel Santos re-elected as President of Colombia: Juan Manuel Santos was
re-elected as the President of Colombia.
Australia won the 2014 edition of Mens Hockey World Cup: Australia won the
Mens hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive time.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bhutan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15
June 2014- 16 June 2014 made his first official visit to Bhutan.
Delhi became first kerosene-free city in India: Delhi became first kerosene-free city
of India. This was achieved with implementation of the Delhi: A Kerosene-Free Scheme
2012.
Gauravi: Indias first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) named Gauravi was launched in
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 16 June 2014.
India won 12 medals to finish 5th at 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championship:
India won 2 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze medals at 16th Asian Junior Athletics
Championship.
Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful banned: Former Captain of
Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful on 18 June 2014 was banned for eight years by the
disciplinary panel
World Food Prize for the year 2014: India-born Mexican plant scientist, Sanjaya
Rajaram will be honoured with the World Food Prize for the year 2014. It was
announced by the World Food Prize Foundation on 18 June 2014.
Pen Pinter Prize: Salman Rushdie has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter
Prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression.
India-born Pratishtha Khanna honoured: India-born Pratishtha Khanna is honoured
Champions of Change by the White House.
FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen on 18 June 2014 bagged
the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship title in Dubai.
Jnanpith award for 2013: Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for
the Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour.
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Fare Hike: Railways has increased the passenger fare by 14.2 percent in all classes
and freight charges by 6.5 percent.
Okavango Delta: Okavango Delta in Botswana on 22 June 2014 became the 1000th
site to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site List.
Chung Hung: Chung Hung Won the election and remained as PM of South Korea.
Legion of Honour: France on 25 June 2014 announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with
Officer of the Legion of Honour for his contribution to Cinema.
35th National Games: Indian Olympic Association announced the dates of 35th
National Games. The games will be held from 31 January to 14 February 2015 in
Kerala.
People's Choice prize: Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won the People's Choice
prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US.
Jean-Claude Juncker: Jean-Claude Juncker on 26 June 2014 was named as the next
president of the European Commission.
Australian Open Super Series: Saina Nehwal won 750000 US dollar Australian Open
Super Series by defeating Carolina Marin of Spain in straight-game played at Sydney.
IBSF 6-Red World snooker title: Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt by defeating Kacper Flilpiak of
Poland.
2014 Liberty Medal: Malala Yousafzai won the 2014 Liberty Medal from National
Constitution Centre in Philadelphia, the largest city in the US State of Pennsylvania.
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Points to Remember July August 2014

Shah Rukh Khan: Shah Rukh Khan was in news as he was conferred with top French
civilian award Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Bor Wildlife Sanctuary: MoEF has approved proposal of Maharashtra Government to
notify Bor Wildlife Sanctuary as 47th Tiger Reserve of India and sixth of the state.
Sujit Choudhry: Sujit Choudhry is in news as he became the first Indian-American
dean of the University of California, Berkeley.
Marrakesh Treaty: India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty that will
facilitate blind and visually impaired an access to published works.
Michelle Howard became first female four-star admiral in US Navy: US Navy
appointed Michelle Howard as its first female four-star admiral.
Ram Naresh Yadav: Ram Naresh Yadav is in news as on 2 July 2014 he was sworn-in
as the Governor of Chhattisgarh at Raj Bhawan, Raipur.
President on Twitter: President Pranab Mukherjee joined Twitter with the handle @RashtrapatiBhvn.
240MW Uri-II HEP: Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240MW Uri-II HEP in J&K that can
generate an estimated 1124 million units of hydel-energy annually.
MCC XI won the match played to celebrate 200 years of Lords Cricket Ground:
Sachin Tendulkar-led MCC XI won over Shane Warne-led Rest of the World XI in a
match played in honour of the Lords bi-centenary year.
Mens Wimbledon title: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 57, 6-4 to win his second Mens Wimbledon title. His first title was claimed in 2011.
Wimbledon women singles title: Czech left-hander Petra Kvitova won the 2014
Wimbledon women singles title by defeating Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0.
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile: India successfully test-fired an advanced version
of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Chandipur-on-Sea off
Odisha coast.
Nigeria: FIFA suspended Nigeria from all international football competitions with
immediate effect.
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Sim Bhullar: Sim Bhullar is in news as he became the first basketball player of Indian
origin to join the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kamorta: India's first indigenous anti-submarine warship
(ASW) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kamorta was handed over to the Indian Navy.
Mahela Jayawardene: Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene announced his
retirement from Test Cricket.
Gandhi Peace prize for 2013: Chandi Prasad Bhatt an acclaimed environmentalist and
social activist has been awarded with the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013.
6th BRICS Summit: BRICS nations during 6th BRICS Summit in Fortaleza signed a
deal to create a new 100 billion dollar development bank and emergency reserve fund.
Durand Cup Football Tournament: The 127th edition of the Durand Cup Football
Tournament will be held in Goa from 28th October 2014 to 9th November 2014.
Bashar al-Assad: Bashar al-Assadwas in news as he was sworn in as President of
Syria for third, seven-year term. He was reelected after an election that was held in
June 2014.
Rahul Dravid: Former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid has been elected as the 47th
member of Laureus World Sports Academy panel.
India and Brazil Agreements: India and Brazil have signed three agreements during
the sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil.
The three agreements signed between the two countries are
MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Environment
Agreement on Space
MoU on Cooperation in the Establishment of a consultation mechanism on mobility
and consular issues.
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