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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party in the just concluded 16th
Lok Sabha elections. How many seats did it win?
1) 272 2) 276 3) 280 4) 282 5) 284
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2. Russi Mody passed away on May 16, 2014 at the age of 96. He was the former
Chairman of?
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1) Tata Group 2) Tata Steel 3) Tata Consultancy Services
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4) Tata Motors 5) None of these
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3. Geo TV is facing a blasphemy case. It is a television channel based in?
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1) Afghanistan 2) United Arab Emirates 3) Pakistan
4) Saudi Arabia 5) Qatar
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4. Who was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar on May 20, 2014? (He
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5. Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of which of the following
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6. Formula One great Sir Jack Brabham died on May 19, 2014. He belonged to?
1) England 2) Germany 3) Argentina 4) Australia 5) New Zealand
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8. Which Indian company has tied up with Saudi Aramco and General Electric to set up
the first all women business process outsourcing centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
1) Wipro 2) Mindtree 3) Cognizant Technogy Solutions
4) Tata Consultancy Services 5) Infosys
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1) Edward Snowden 2) Malala Yousafzai 3) Julian Assange
4) Vladimir Putin 5) Mark Zuckerberg
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10. Which of the following is a Development Financial Institution (DFI) in India?
1) SBI 2) HSBC 3) HDFC Bank 4) IFCI 5) RBI
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11. Which country has withdrawn from the Common-wealth in October 2013?
1) Rwanda 2) Gambia 3) Mozambique 4) Senegal 5) Mauritius
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13. Which country will host the NATO Summit in September 2014?
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15. Which country conferred its highest civilian honor- the Chevalier de la Legion d
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Honneur on activist Anjali Gopalan for her work on transgender and HIV-positive
patients?
1) Spain 2) Portugal 3) France 4) Germany 5) Italy
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17. What is India's rank on gender gap index for the year 2013?
1) 101 2) 102 3) 103 4) 104 5) 105
18. Which State topped in communal riots between January 2010 and March 2013?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka 5) Andhra Pradesh
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19. Which country has forty percent of the world's child brides?
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1) Ethiopia 2) South Sudan 3) Sierra Leone 4) Yemen 5) India
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20. The 2013 edition of the NCC National Games were held in?
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1) Hyderabad 2) Pune 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) Kochi
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21. Who is the oldest boxer to win a world title?(He won the International Boxing
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Federation's light heavyweight title at 48 years)
1) Beibut Shumenov 2) Tavoris Cloud 3) Jean Pascal
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22. Velo d'Or award is given annually in which of the following sports?
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23. Tilaiya dam was constructed across the Barakar River in?
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24. Which of the following is also known as consumer banking or personal banking?
1) Corporate banking 2) Business banking 3) Investment banking
4) Retail banking 5) Wholesale banking
25. The official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency is called?
1) Inflation 2) Deflation 3) Appreciation
4) Depreciation 5) Revaluation
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26. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is in the news recently. It
is a disease of?
1) Poultry 2) Pigs 3) Cattle 4) Dogs 5) Cats
27. Which of the following companies won the International Business of the Year Award
2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham, UK, in May 2014?
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1) Vedanta Resources 2) Arcelor Mittal 3) Tata Sons
4) Caparo Group 5) None of these
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28. Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan assumed office as the interim Pri-me Minister of
which of the following countries on May 7, 2014?
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1) South Korea 2) Thailand 3) Cambodia 4) Laos 5) Vietnam
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29. According to the Sunday Times Super-Rich List who topped the United Kingdom's
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billionaire charts in May 2014?
1) Hinduja Brothers 2) Lakshmi Mittal 3) Alisher Usmanov
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30. Who will be India's next Army Chief? (He will succeed General Bikram Singh who
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31. 20th Senior National Women's football championship (It held in Golaghat in Assam
on 12th May 2014) title winner is ..
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32. Who is the All India Football Federation (AIFF) women's player of the year?
1) Sakina Nesa 2) Bala Devi 3) Oinam Bembem Devi
4) Sita Sharma 5) Mandakini Devi
33. Which of the following statements is not correct with regard to Basic Savings Bank
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holders will be allowed a maximum of four withdrawals in a month, including ATM
withdrawals
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5) Holders of BSBDA are also eligible for opening other savings accounts in that bank
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344. The Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee under the chairmanship of M.
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Damodaran to look into banking services rendered to retail and small customers,
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including pensioners and also to look into the system of grievance redressal. M.
Damo-daran is the former chairman of?
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1) NABARD 2) FMC 3) PFRDA 4) SEBI 5) SBI
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association of organizations that regulate the world's securities and futures markets.
Its headquarters are in?
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36. Which city will host the 39th An-nual Conference of the International Organization
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37. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has inked a memorandum of
understanding with CNV to promote mutual assistance and exchange information
related to securities markets. CNV is the stock market regulator of?
1) Argentina 2) USA 3) UK 4) Philippines 5) Russia
38. Muga silk is the rarest silk in the world cultivated only in?
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1) Russia 2) China 3) Kazakhstan 4) Iran 5) Venezuela
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41. The Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) plant at Talcher will be revived in three
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years. Talcher urea plant is in which of the following states?
1) West Bengal 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Jharkhand 4) Odisha 5) Chhattisgarh
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42. Which one of the following days is not observed on a fixed date every year?
1) World Environment Day 2) International Women's Day
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3) World Food Day 4) World Human Rights Day
5) World Habitat Day
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43. In 2013, huge protests took place in Taksim Square, which is in?
1) Cairo 2) Istanbul 3) Damascus 4) Teheran 5) Ankara
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4) Mathematics 5) Architecture
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47. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was used for the first time in
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48. All 25,000 candidates failed in the admission test to a university in which of the
following countries in 2013?
1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh 3) Kenya 4) Zimbabwe 5) Liberia
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49. Which country will host India for five Cricket Test matches in 2014, for the first
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time in 50 years?
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1) Pakistan 2) Australia 3) New Zealand 4) England 5) West Indies
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50. Ug 99 rust disease has severely affected which of the following crops recently?
1) Paddy
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51. Which country banned hunting sharks for their fins in a move to protect
endangered species in 2013?
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52. The Corporate Affairs Ministry will set up a centre of excellence and ethics in?
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53. Which of the following is/are the aims of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
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(RUSA) program?
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3) To increase Gross Enrolment Ratio from the existing 18 per cent to 30 per cent
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
54. A Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is offered by which of the following to help
investors save regularly?
1) National Pension Fund 2) Small savings schemes in post offices
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55. The Right to Information Act (RTI Act) came into force in the year?
1) 2005 2) 2006 3) 2007 4) 2008 5) 2010
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1) Attorney General 2) Solicitor General 3) Chief Justice of India
4) Advocate General 5) Comptroller and Auditor General
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57. The Chief of the Air Staff holds the rank of -
1) Air Marshal 2) Air Commodore 3) Group Captain
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4) Wing Commander 5) Air Chief Marshal
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