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669 RECENT GK QUESTIONS1)

What is the capital of Guyana? - Georgetown

2)

National Journalism Day is observed on which day every year? - 17 November

3)

Apollo Hospitals tied up with Pharma firm - Sanofi

4)

Mohammad Ghouse, passed away in Chennai. He was associated with which sports? - Cricket

5)

Expand COMPAT - Competition Appellate Tribunal

6)

Indian men hockey team clinched gold after how many years in Asian Games? - 16 years

7)

India won how many gold medals in 17th Asian games? - 11

8)

Expand TS GENCOTelangana State Power Generation Corporation

9)

Who is Michael Phelps? - US swimmer

10)Indian Railways on 10 October 2014 celebrated its Annual Railway National Awards - 59th

11)

PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian-Americans at world famous Madison Square Garden.MadisonSquare Garden is situated in which city? - New York

12)

J. Jayalalithaa became first incumbent chief minister to be convicted for corruption and was

sentenced for 4 years in Jail .She was the chief minister of __state? - Tamil Nadu

13)

The Vision Statement is issued by - India and US

14)

Kailash Satyarthi is associated with _______movement? - Bachpan Bachao Andolan

15)

Who is the author of the Book " The shadow lines"? - Amitav Ghosh

16)

According to Union Budget 2014-15, how many IIMs to be opened? - 5

17)

In railway budget 2014-15, Cleanliness budget up by how many per cent over last year? - 40%

18)

FDI limit in Civil Aviation - 49%.

19)Census 2011, was the 15th Census of India and Census after Independence. - 7th

20)

Headquarter of Indian bank is situated in __________ city? - Chennai

21)

Who is the current road, transport, highways and shipping minister? - Nitin Gadkari

22)

ECB stands for-External Commercial Borrowings

23)

Wimbledon Cup is related to _______ game ? - Lawn tennis

24)

Currency of Malaysia is - Ringgit

25)

EPS in share market stands for - Earnings Per Share

26)

Who is authorized to permit premature closure of PPF A/c? - Chairman of concerning Bank

27)

The objective of Government to appoint Narasimham Committee is -to strengthen the banking

system

28)

When was NABARD established? - July 12, 1982

29)

_________ cities in India has become the worlds second most populous city in 2014after Tokyo,

according to a UN report released recently? - Delhi

30)

Recently who has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National BasketballAssociation (NBA)? - Sim Bhullar

31)

Who is the present Global Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF? - Sachin Tendulkar

32)

___________ is an e-Commerce solution of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)? - RuPay

Debit Cards

33)

Recently SBI signed _______ line of credit with Export Import Bank of India. - 500 million dollars

34)

_________ highest urban population? - Maharashtra

35)

Japan has sea-conflict with _________ country? - China
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36)

________ signed an agreement with the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. for a loan of Rs. 1,170 crore? - Canara

Bank

37)

Recently former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton visited Jabrouli village, near

Lucknow, on an awareness mission on - diarrhea38)

India has inked a loan agreement with World Bank for an assistance of ____for the Odisha Disaster

Recovery Project. - $153 million

39)

For the safety and welfare of women how much money has been provided for Beti Bachao Beti

Padhao Yojana to generate awareness on the issues? - Rs. 100 crores

40)

___was conferred Best Bank Public Sector award in BFSI Awards-2014 by World HRD Congress,

recently? - Bank of Maharashtra

41)

What is Current Repo Rate? - 8%

42)

Recently Priyanka Chopra played a role of Mary Kom in a movie, who is Mary kom? - Boxer

43)

Expand DBT - Direct Benefit Transfer

44)

Lisbon is the capital ofPortugal

45)

Currency of Saudi Arabia - Riyal

46)

What is C in KYC? - Customer

47)What is I in REIT? - Investment

48)

Mary Barra who recently visited India is the CEO of General Motors

49)

According to RBI norms, what is minimum capital required for foriegn banks to open subsidaries in

India? -Rs 500 Crores

50)

17th Asian Games were held at- Incheon

51)Together we can is slogan of ________? - Canara Bank

52)Pahla kadam , pahli udan account is launched by ______ ? - SBI

53)

Bank formed by Brics is known as - New Development Bank

54)

SEBI extended guide line to appoint at least one women in board of director by - 31march 2015

55)

Upallu Srinivas who died recently is a renownedMadolin Player

56)

RBI has recently reduced ATM transaction from 5 to 3, on _______ accounts it is not applicable? -BSBDA

57)

Pension scheme for rural and unorganised sector is - Swavalamban

58)

Card launched by Indian Railway to avoid payment transaction during ticket booking is - Go India

smart Card

59)Government clears disinvestment in 3 PSUs for the sum of Rs 44,000 crores, _________ is one of

them? -ONGC

60)

Cantolania referendum is a part of _______? - Spain

61)

Rupay card is used by which type of banks? - All scheduled commercial banks

62)

Current Prime Minister of UK is - David Cameroon

63)

Who was the Indian cricket team coach in the recent debacle against England in the investec test

series? -Duncan Fletcher64)

Shivasundram hydro power project is stated in which state ? - Karnataka

65)

_________ has launched premium credit cards exclusively for women scheme? -HDFC Bank

66)

The upper limit that can be deposited in PPF account has increased toRs 2 lac

67)And Then One Day novel is authored by Naseeruddin Shah

68)

_________ has not been conferred with Padma Shri awards? - Raghunath Mashelkar

69)

Bhamashah Financial Empowerment scheme is launched by the government of which of the

following states? - Rajasthan


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70)

_________ states in India has the highest rural population? - Sikkim

71)

The minimum paid up capital required for both small and payment banks isRs 100 crores

72)

Limit for FDI in multibrand is - 51%

73)

_________ banks has signed 500 million dollar line of credit EXIM bank of Korea? - SBI74)

Committee formed to review the investment guidelines for national pension schemes in the private

sectorG.N. Bajpai Committee

75)

As per HSBC report India will become the fifth largest exporter by the year - 2030

76)

Asias first ballistic Research Centre is to be opened in India

77)

The book Lajja is authored by Taslima Nasrim

78)

Name the French Foreign Minister who recently visited India. - Laurent Fabris

79)

Economic Outlook Report is published by which of the following organisations? - IMF

80)Indias first Kisan Mandi is to be set up inDelhi

81)

Jan Dhan yojna additional insurance coverage is provided by which organization? - HDFC

82)

What is the tagline of United bank of India? - The Bank that begins with U.

83)

BSBDA is related with which of the following field? - Banking

84)

Which is the Largest desert in the world? - Sahara

85)

Who is Lieutenant Governor of Delhi? - Najeeb Jung

86)

Hanoi is the capital ofVietnam

87)

Who is the author of Half girlfriend? - Chetan Bhagat

88)

PMGSY full form-Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

89)

What is the Currency of China? - yuan

90)

What is the maximum amount in PPF? - Rs 150000

91)

Kudankulam Nuclear power plant is situated in which state? - Tamil Nadu

92)

Who is the Director of Finding Fanny? - Homi Adajania

93)

What is the Maximum limit of RTGS? - No limit

94)

Pre shipment and post shipment is related with which finance? - Export finance

95)

State with lowest population, according to census 2011? - Sikkim96)

RBI release draft Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks and Small Banks.What is the capital of

these banks? - Rs 100 crore

97)

RRCAT is located in which state? - Madhya Pradesh

98)

Individual Borrower can check their credit report fromCIBIL

99)

EBT full form-Electronic Benefits Transfer

100)

Bank license given to which NBFCs ? - Bandhan and IDFC

101)

Which one of the following is not regulator(Options - RBI,SEBI,CERN,IRDA) ? - CERN

102)

Rohan Bopanna related to which sport ? - Tennis

103)

Which line divides America and Canada- ? 49th parallel

104)

What is the nick name of Korea ? - Land of morning calm

105)

2014 is recognised as completion of 100 years of which war ? - World War - I106)

Angela Merkel is related to which country ? - Germany

107)

Who is the chairman of committee related to Gas pricing ? -Vijay Kelkar

108)

What is the expanded form of PLO - Palestine liberation organization

109)

African union is fighting with which terrorist organisation ?- Boko haram

110)

Donna Trott has authored the book titled as ? - The goldfinch

111)

What is the range of Bramhos missile ? - 290Km

112)

Currency of Bhutan? - Ngultrum


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113)

New Governor of Haryana ? - Kaptan Singh Solanki

114)

Jarawa tribe belongs to ? - Andaman and Nicobar islands

115)

Who is the Minister of state for IT & Broadcasting? - Prakash Javdekar

116)

What is the Literacy rate of Bihar according to 2011 census? - 63.82%117)

Mary kom movie produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is written by : Saiwyn Quadras

118)

Currency of Sri lanka ? - Sri Lanka Rupee

119)

Capital of Kuwait ?- Kuwait city

120)

Power, Coal and renewable energies minister in the current government ? - Piyush Goyal

121)

Currency of Vatican City ? - Euro

122)

Gagan Narang won medal in Commonwealth in which shooting event? - 50 m air rifle event

123)

What are the number of Nationalized Banks in India after nationalization of BMB? - 21

124)

Davis Cup related to which sport ?- Lawn Tennis

125)

Which country topped CWG 2014 Medal tally ? - England

126)

New Deputy Governer of RBI S S Mundra replaced whom ? - K C Chakraborty

127)

Which among the following is a banking term ? - CRR

128)

Which of the following is an Indirect Tax ? - Service Tax

129)

Controller of Mutual Fund ? - SEBI

130)

Full form of CFL? - Compact fluorescent lamp

131)

Cerebral hemorrhage caused by deficiency of which vitamin? - Vitamin K

132)

Capital of Sierra Leon? - Freetown

133)

Minister of Parliament Affairs: Venkaiah Naidu

134)

Hepatitis day: 28 July

135)

17th NAM Summit will be held in: Venezuela

136)

In Common wealth Games 2014 Abhinav Bindra won gold for: 10m rifle shooting

137)

Capital of Iraq: Baghdad

138)

Capital of Bhutan: Thimpu

139)

Currency of Vatican City: Euro140)

A book on Vijay Malaya is authored by: K. Giriprakash

141)

RBI governor replaced whom: D Subba Rao

142)

Khushwant Singh is: a novelist, journalist

143)

Which scheme is for slum people: Indira Awas Yojna

144)

Minister of Information & Broadcasting, environment, forest: Prakash Javadekar

145)

Banking is defined under which act: Banking Regulation Act, 1949

146)

ICC trophy is related to? Cricket

147)

Capital of Zimbabwe? Harare

148)

Currency of Myanmar?Kyat

149)

Author of the book titled 'What young India wants'? - Chetan Bhagat

150)

World environment day? - 5th June151)

Skill development minister? - Sarbananda Sonowal

152)

Minimum Maturity period for commercial paper? - 7 days

153)

Governor of West Bengal? - Keshari NathTripathi

154)

Who was the defence minister in the previous council of ministers - A K Antony

155)

Literacy rate of kerala? - 93.91 %

156)

ADB will help in road construction in which Indian state?Manipur

157)

Author of the book 'My Years with Rajeev and Sonia'? - R D Pradhan


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158)

Guru Tej Bahadur trophy is related to which sport? - Hockey

159)

Venue of next FIFA 2018 World cup?Russia

160)

3 countries who are a participating in Malabar Exercise? - India, USA, Japan

161)

Full form of EVM - Electronic Voting Machine162)

FIFA golden ball award ? - Lionel Messi

163)

Reliance produced less amount of gas resulting in government loss in which block ? KG-D6

164)

First BRICS New development bank ?Shanghai

165)

Union minister of Mine & steel, labour & employment - Narendra Singh Tomar

166)

Recent book on Dilip Kumar - Substance and Shadow by Uday Tara

167)

Sri Lankan cricketer, who announced his retirement? - Mahela Jayawardhane

168)

Currency of Saudi Arabia - Saudi Riyal

169)

Name of Maharashtra new tiger reserve - Bor Sancutary reserve

170)

Fees needed to submit for lodging complain to Banking ombudsman - No fees

171)

Insurance regulatorIRDA

172)

Chandi prasad bhat won Gandhi peace prize for his contribution in which area? - Chipko

Movement

173)

Which country manufactured VELOX-1 ?Singapore

174)

Capital of Cyprus ?Nicosia

175)

Committee on financial inclusion: Nachiket Mor Committee

176)

150 km missile launched by DRDO recently: Prithvi

177)

Minister of Social Justice and empowerment: Thawar Chand Gehlot

178)

Bhartiya Mahila Bank Chairman: Usha Ananthasubramanium

179)

Banks Nationalization: 1969

180)

Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires

181)

Official Currency of Indonesia: Indonesian Rupiah

182)

Vijay Sheshadri won Pulitzer prize for: "3 Sections"

183)

Which state dont shares the border with Telangana:Jharkhand184)

Constituency of Nitin Gadkari: Nagpur

185)

Recently PM inaugurated a hydro power plant at which place: Uri (J & K)

186)

Press freedom day: 3 May

187)

RBI established in: 1935

188)

Who is the current Food & Consumer Affairs minister: Ram Vilas Paswan

189)

World Tourism Day is celebrated on: 27 September

190)

Gillette cup is associated with which sports: Cricket

191)

Kaveri river water dispute between which states: Karnataka & Tamil Nadu

192)

Capital of Canada? Ottawa

193)

Headquarter of CRISIL?Mumbai

194)

Which device is used to measure blood pressure ? Sphygmomanometer 195)

State with highest per capita milk availability- PUNJAB

196)

24th ASEAN summit venue- Nay Pyi Taw

197)

SMSME cabinet minister- Kalraj Mishra

198)

Bhartiya Mahila bank inaugurated by-Manmohan Singh

199)

Study of kidney disease comes under branch? Nephrology

200)

Country having three top most companies? USA

201) .CSO full form- Central Statistical Organisation


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202)

CBS full form- Core Banking Solution

203)

Which organization collect and publish financial data? National Sample Survey Organisation

204)

Ashes trophy played between countries- Australia and England

205)

Lok Sabha Constituency of Sushma SwarajVidisha206)

Who is Health Minister: Dr. Harsh Vardhan

207)

Who provides assistance to small industries: SIDBI

208)

RBI Adjust Liquidity by which tool: LAF (Liquidity Adjustment Facility)

209)

Functions of RBIBankers Bank

210)

Camel is the official animal of which state: Rajasthan

211)

Capital of Sweden: Stockholm

212)

Winner of Australian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg

213)

Nilgiris is located in which state: Tamil Nadu

214)

Highest Urban Population of which state: Maharashtra

215)

International Day for Old Person: 1 October

216)

Sign on 1 Rupee currency note: Finance Secretary

217)

Capro Group has won the International Business Year of the award is owned by: Lord Swaraj

Paul

218)

2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in: Malta

219)

Committee on Cauvery water dispute: B.S Chauhan

220)

Which country started first plastic notes: Australia

221)

DRDO developed which indigenous plane: Tejas

222)

Japan has sea-conflict with which country: China

223)

A.R Rahman street name in which country: Canada

224)

Which of the following is not true about Telangna? is dived on the linguistic basis.

225)

Currency of AfghanistanAfghan Afghani

226)

Commercial Paper is issued for how many days - a minimum of 7 days and a maximum of up to

1s year227)

Malaysia currency: Ringgit

228)

Who score first hattrick goal in foot ball world cup: Thomas Muller (Germany)

229)

Mynamar capital: Naypyidaw

230)

In LoK Sabha elections if any candidate win two seats (l ike our pm) so in what duration of time

he has to leave one seat -14 days

231)

FIFA 2014 Mascot Name: Fuleco

232)

Indian Overseas minister: Sushma Swaraj

233)

IBSA full formIndia, Brazil, South & Africa

234)

World Autism day: 2 April

235)

World aids day celebrated on : 1 December

236)

Chemical and fertilizer cabinet minister: Ananth Kumar237)

Beiji oil refinary located in: Iraq

238)

PC stands for: Personal Computer

239)

Flipkart acquire which online shop: Myntra.com

240)

Currency of Italy: Euro

241)

Head of SIT Committee: MB Shah

242)

Capital of BrazilBrasilia

243)

Casual vacancy written by: J K Rowling


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244)

Iraq currency: Dinar

245)

Who regulate Monetary policy: RBI

246)

Budget in which article: Article:112

247)

How many languages in Indian currency17248)

Full form of ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

249)

Kanyakumari formerly known as - Cape Comorin

250)

York University, Canada gave award to - Ratan Tata

251)

Nevia first plant in India - Sanand, Gujarat

252)

Who win 3 medals in ISSF world cup in MunichJitu Rai

253)

Who is Richest Player in FIFA: Cristiano Ronaldo

254)

OPEC has how much % of total oil - 81%

255)

Country having least global peace indexSyria

256)

Tata group joined which airlines: Air Asia

257)

Commercial papers issued in what multiples: Rs.5 lakh

258)

Recently Navaratna status given to: National Building Construction Corporation & Engineers

India Ltd

259)

Azlan Shah who died recently is a: Hockey Player

260)

Indian currency notes bear a signature of: RBI Governor

261)

World economic forum held in: Abuja (Nigeria)

262)

Headquarter of Infosys: Bangalore

263)

Best ranked IIT among BRICS top universities 2014: IIT Delhi

264)

Salarjung museum located in which state: Hyderabad, Telangana

265)

RIL & Network 18 Deal(in crores)- 4000 Crores

266)

Sahara the untold story Written by?-Tamal Bandyopadhyay

267)

Amul set up Dairy worth 200 cr at which city?- Varansi

268)

Chinese Currency?YUAN

269)

Sachin Tendulkar coins were sponsored by which company? EAST INDIA COMPANY270)

Human rights day is observed on which day-DEC 10

271)

Who is the current road, transport, highways and shipping? NITIN GADKARI

272)

ECB stands for ? EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS

273)

WIMBLEDON championship is related to which game ? LAWN TENNIS

274)

Who is the current SBI chairman? ARUNDATI BHATTACHARYA

275)

Regulatory authorities of Cooperative banks & RRB's?- NABARD

276)

A Scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls also known as ?-

SABLA

277)

Recipient of 49th Jananpeeth Award - Kedar Nath Singh

278)

Amul related to what ? - white revolution

279)

FIBA is related with Which sport ?- Basketball280)

Recently in which state Solar thermal power plant installedRajasthan

281)

Which card is issued by NPCI?-RuPay Card

282)

Which south east organisation has 10 members?-ASEAN

283)

ARMY FLAG DAY- 7 December

284)

In shop transaction is done by which machine: POS

285)

Water resource minister - Uma Bharti

286)

Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Best Singer (Female): Sunidhi Chauhan


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Which award is given to Leander Paes, Ruskin bond- Padma Bhushan award

288)

Vijay hazare trophy is related to which sport? CRICKET

289)

Night blindness is due to deficiency of which disease- Vitamin A

290)

Full form of NVRAM- Non Volatile Random Acess Memory291)

Which of the following activities is not done by RBI?- trading in commodities

292)

Currency of Kuwait-Kuwaiti Dinar

293)

Capital of Bhutan-Thimphu

294)

Recently Hindustan Motor car plant shut down: Uttarpara plant in West Bengal

295)

Book my journey transforming into dreams: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam

296)

Highest rural population state as per Census 2011 - Uttar Pradesh

297)

Reliance company lady head name- Neeta Ambani

298)

Full form CAG-Comptroller and Auditor General

299)

Which of the following is not an indirect tax- 10% surcharge on income

300)

Who directed the silent film raja Harish Chandra: Dadasaheb Phalke

301)

According to Census 2011 highest sex ratio for which state: Kerala

302)

Repo rate: 8%

303)

CRR4%

304)

Number of directors in RBI4 deputy directors

305)

Satish Shivlingam realeted to which: Weightlifting

306)

Who is Nripendra Mishra: Principal Sec. to PM

307)

Defence minister: Arun Jaitely

308)

Home minister: Rajnath Singh

309)

PMGSY Established by-2002

310)

IAY--Allocate financial assistance

311)

Budget Allocate for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana - Rs. 1000 cr

312)

Young India book author...MK GANDHI

313)

MGNERGA Act launched in: 2005314)

National Pension System (NPS) launched in 2004

315)

Capital of ITALY- Rome

316)

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) launched by : Ministry of Labour and Employment

317)

Commonwealth total medal of India --- 64

318)

WTO member -160

319)

Official director of RBI - Raghuram Rajan

320)

Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana has allocated Rs.100 crore

321)

Monetary policy published and controlled byRBI

322)

On Advances taking as loan ---pre- shipment loan

323)

Tibor full form - Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate

324)

How much interest paid by RBI on deposit of CRR? Zero325)

RBI proposed for 5th deputy governor by post - Chief Operating Officer

326)

Shadow banking committee headed by - T. Vijay Bhaskar

327)

Who is lady election commission officer? V.S. Ramadevi

328)

Summer 2016 games held in? Rio De Janeiro

329)

Pound sterling is the currency of which country - United Kingdom

330)

Which Lok Sabha election was held recently held - 16th

331)

GDP for 2014-15 by IMF? - 5.4%


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India's first motion picture? - Raja Harishchandra

333)

India's first newspaper? - Bengal Gazette

334)

Press council of India formed in which year?1978

335)

Indira Awas Yojna which year formed?1996336)

Which of following country is not a male dominated country?USA

337)

Currency of UK ? - Pound Sterling

338)

Minister of Railways ? - Sadananda Gowda

339)

World Heart day? - 29 September

340)

WTO head quarter?Geneva

341)

When did India become member of WTO?1995

342)

RBI formed in which Year?1935

343)

India's first Postal Savings Office ATM located in which city?Chennai

344)

First newspaper of India- Bengal gazette

345)

Indira sagar dam located in which stateMadhya Pradesh

346)

Addis Ababa capital ofEthiopia

347)

Bangladesh currencyTaka

348)

External affairs ministerSushma Swaraj

349)

Japan Prime MinisterShinzo Abe

350)

Author of inheritance of lossKiran Desai

351)

Bharatanatyam dance of which stateTamil Nadu

352)

Taj Mahal in which stateUttar Pradesh

353)

What is the profile of Maneka Gandhi - Women and child development

354)

FFCB full form - Foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs)

355)

Number of goals in FIFA World Cup171

356)

Louvre museum in - Paris

357)

Laughter day1st Sunday of may

358)

Oscar best movie

12 years a slave359)

National award for best Hindi filmJolly LLb

360)

Inheritance of lossKiran desai

361)

Kaiga nuclear power plantKarnataka

362)

Jan Dhan YojanaLife Insurance30,000

363)

World Bank headJim Yong Kim

364)

ILO headquartersGeneva

365)

Deputy speaker of Loka sabhaThambi durai

366)

Purpose of Commercial Paperto meet short-term debt obligation

367)

RBI proposed small and ___ banksPayment

368)

Income exempted from tax (below 60)2.5 lakhs

369)

Metro rail project in Ahmadabad and

Luckhnow370)

GAAR = General Anti Avoidance Rules

371)

1st presidency of new BRICS bankIndia

372)

Zambia capitalLusaka

373)

Port Louis is capital ofMauritius

374)

Russia currency - Russian Ruble

375)

Home Affairs Minister - Shri Rajnath Singh

376)

Rural Development Minister - Nitin Gadhkari


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Coorg Hill station is where?Karnataka

378)

Kathak danceUP

379)

Kerala new Governor - P Sathasivam

380)

REIT abbreviation - Real Estate Investment Trust381)

Which insurance company extended Jan Dhan insurance cover to 1 lakh? - HDFC Ergo

382)

BKS Iyengar is related to which field? Yoga

383)

Best actor in national film awards ? - Suraj Venjaramoodu(Malayalam), Raj Kumar Rao(Hindi)

384)

Best actress in Oscar? Cate Blanchett

385)

Rajiv Khel Ratna award 2014?None

386)

US released postage stamp on who actor ? - Akkineni Nageswara Rao

387)

"The suitable boy" written by? - Vikram Seth

388)

By whose goal Germany win the final with 1-0 in Brazil ? - Mario Goetze

389)

World Computer Literacy Day? - 2nd December

390)

Cheruthoni dam in which state? - Kerala

391)

Japan will give total money for infra project? - $ 33 Billion

392)

How much amount allocated for price stabilisation fund- 500 cr

393)

Malaysia CurrencyRinggit

394)

World Environment Day - 5 June

395)

New IIMs to be opened in which district - Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Orissa and

Rajasthan.

396)

Who is John Carrey?Actor

397)

Tintu Lukka from which gameAthletics

398)

Sanitation Program in Budget till2019

399)

Oscar winner in leading role actor - Matthew McConaughey

400)

Who is the USA Secretary of State - John Kerry

401)

Which country capital is Port Victoria?Seychelles

402)

Cry The Peacock author? - Anita Desai403)

Atomic Energy minister of India - Narendra Modi

404)

French Open winner - Rafael Nadal

405)

Narora Power Plant situated in? U.P

406)

Best Director National Awards? Hansal Mehta

407)

U.K. Prime Minister? David Cameroon

408)

Full Form Of UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

409)

Sattriya is the dance form of which state?Assam

410)

Leander Paes related to which game?Tennis

411)

Rihand Dam in which state? - Uttar Pradesh

412)

Mogadishu is the capital of which country: Somalia

413)

e-visa in how many cities to promote tourism: 9414)

FIDE world (rapid chess championship) won by which player: Magnus Carlsen

415)

Vice President of USA: Joe Biden

416)

Which film got Best Film Award at Film Fare Awards: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

417)

Governor of Maharashtra: C Vidyasagar Rao

418)

Li-tatina (tomator tyoha) festival of which country: Spain

419)

Hill station 'ARAKU' in which state: Andhra Pradesh

420)

Oscar 2014 Best supporting actress - Lupita Nyong'o


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421)

Best actress in film fare awards 2014 - Deepika Padukone

422)

Fiscal deficit according to union budget4.1%

423)

According to Budget 2014, how many new Govt. Medical Colleges will be opened?12

424)

Najma Heptulla ministry: Minority affairs425)

Loss incurred for railway per passenger in paise - 23p

426)

Full form of CST? - Central Sales Tax

427)

Full form of NABARD? - National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Developemnt

428)

Full form of UGC? - University Grants Commission

429)

Full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio

430)

Ajiknkya Rahane is related to which game?Cricket

431)

What is purpose of Jan Dhan Yojna? - Minimum one account for every family

432)

Who issues RuPay card?NPCI

433)

Who is Robin Williams? - Hollywood Actor

434)

Who is P.J Kurien? - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

435)

What is the amount charged for ATM transactions after 5 times? - Rs. 20

436)

Flag Bearer for India in Commonwealth Games 2014? - Vijay Kumar

437)

How many Deputy Governors are there in RBI?4

438)

Strike word is related to which game?Baseball

439)

Hardware park is proposed to which state? - Andhra Pradesh

440)

What % of money is increased for cleanliness in budget? - 40%

441)

Who is all time highest goal scorer of Germany? - Miroslav Klose

442)

Wilfried Bony - Football Striker from Ivory Coas

443)

Saji Thomas is related to which game?Rowing

444)

Bhamashah Yojna in Rajasthan is for what purpose? - Women Empowerment

445)

Bank Capitalization related to -? - Basel III Norms

446)

Which country is the top source of FDI?Singapore

447)

Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan is to be ended by2019448)

Amit kumar related to which gameWrestling

449)

Zero Effect- Zero Defect slogan by - Narendra Modi

450)

Who is Azim premji - Founder of Wipro

451)

Prior to which year currency note should be exchanged2005

452)

PFO monthly pension limit - Rs. 1000 (Minimum limit) & Maximum Limit is Rs. 15000

453)

Pankaj Advani Sports nameBilliards

454)

Chanakya also known as (his alternate name)Kautilya

455)

CDR fullform - Credit Default Swap

456)

SEZ started by PM In which state/cityMaharashtra

457)

Indira Awas Yojna new name - National Gramin Awaas Mission (proposed name, please check

once)458)

FLIPKART is which kind of company? - E-Commerce

459)

200 cr allocated for stadium in which state - Jammu & Kashmir

460)

Which organization is worried for EBOLAWHO

461)

Largest bank - Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

462)

Who is sumitra mahajan - Loksabha Speaker

463)

Sanjita Chanu wins gold in: Weightlifting

464)

Abhinav Bindra related to: Shooting


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465)

Apurvi Chandela related to: Shooting

466)

6th BRICS summit held in: Fortaleza, Brazil

467)

Anirban Lahiri belongs to which sports: Golf

468)

Rory Mcllory belongs to which sports: Golf469)

NHB full form: National housing bank

470)

KYC full form: know your customer

471)

India celebrated it's ___ independence day on 15th Aug, 2014: 68th

472)

PPF investment Limit: Rs 1.5lakh

473)

Yuki Bhambri related to which sportTennis

474)

Lionel Messi player of which country: Argentina

475)

In budget tax free home loan limit: Rs. 2 lakh.

476)

Income tax limit other than senior citizen: Rs. 2.5 lakh

477)

Smart car launched --- Tata Nano

478)

Volley term from which sportTennis

479)

Kargil war in which year: July 1999

480)

ISRO headquarter: Bangalore

481)

Make in India terms launched byPM N. Modi

482)

Art 370 is related to which stateJammu & Kashmir

483)

Jan Dhan Yojana BenefitsOverdraft Loan in Bank Account

484)

Writer of The Mother I Never Knew - Sudha Murthy

485)

L stands in SLR- liquidity

486)

Money laundering is done to- Avoid tax

487)

When did Mangalayan reached Mars - 24 September 2014

488)

In how days KYC custom fill identity proof5 working days

489)

Which Indian movie selected for Oscar Award 2015 - Liar's Dice

490)

NIM full form- Net Interest Margin

491)

MTSS- Money Transfer Service Scheme492)

Kisan Vikas Patra was closed by govt. earlier why - to avoid Money laundering activities

493)

SBI life insurance partnered withBNP Paribas Cardif

494)

Currency of CambodiaRiel

495)

What is A in ATMAutomated

496)

Hard Choice author - Hillary Clinton

497)

Who invented DynamiteAlfred Nobel

498)

Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires

499)

Which actor's father is a famous badminton player - Deepika Padukone

500)

Word C stand for what in CP- commercial paper

501)

Bank used to what method to read code on cheque - MICR.

502)

Purpose of starting Minor account for 10 years children - Financial inclusion503)

Kundankulam nuclear plant is a agreement between India and __ - Russia

504)

CVV full formCard Verification Value

505)

Minority affair ministerNajma Heptulla

506)

Yogakshemam Vahamyaham is the slogan ofLIC

507)

Bank of International Settlement headquarterSwitzerland

508)

HDFC Tagline - We understand your world

509)

Smart star account opened by which bankICICI bank


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510)

In Varistha pension Bima scheme will be administrated byLIC

511)

Director of Singham Returns movieRohit Shetty

512)

Taskant is the capital ofUzbekistan

513)

Sati pratha abolished by whomRaja Ram Mohan Rai514)

Railway minister: Sadanand Gowda

515)

Full form of PKIPublic Key Infrastructure

516)

Iran president: Hassan Rouhani

517)

Which country is part of European Union but do not use euro currencyDenmark

518)

CBS Full form- Core Banking Solution

519)

Cyrus Mistry is the CEO ofTATA group

520)

Kakrapar atomic power plant- Gujarat

521)

DNA full form: Deoxyribo Nucleic acid

522)

Home rule league moment leader - Annie Besant/ Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak

523)

Committee on Banking OmbudsmanSuman Verma Committee

524) What S stands in CDSL Securities [Central depository Securities depository Ltd.]

525)

IFSC Code contain how many digits- 11 alphanumeric code

526)

EBW full form - Export Bills Permitted to be Written off

527)

According to WHO, Highest rate of Child marriageBangladesh (India raked 2nd)

528)

Agaria Tribe belongs to which stateMadhya Pradesh

529)

Capital of TanzaniaDodoma

530)

DIGC insurance cover is headed byCentral Govt.

531)

The initial minimum paid-up capital for a private bank shall be Rs.200 crore

532)

MTSS used - personal remittance

533)

According to census 2011Lowest density state - Arunachal Pradesh

534)

Which country does not belong in European Union but use Euro as a currency - Vatican city

535)

Max money that can remitted to Nepal from any of the NEFT-enabled branches in IndiaRs

50,000536)

In NSDL ,word S stands for - National Securities Depository Limited

537)

SBI tag line: Pure Banking Nothing Else

538)

Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar award in mathematic: Dr. Kaushal Kumar Verma

539)

Bank celebrate 150 years with Sri Lanka: SBI

540)

Cheque amount written is called exchange of notes done by customer

541)

Overnight money needed by bank from RBI on which rate bases: MSF

542)

Poverty elevation minsterRamvilas Paswan

543)

CPI full form: Consumer Price Index

544)

Urban dev and Parliament minister: Venkaiah Naidu

545)

Who won bronze medal in swimming in 2014 Asian Games: Sandeep Sejwal

546)

Jai hind slogan given bySubhash Chandra Bose547)

Capital of Turkey: Ankara

548)

BSE is given trade facilityonline

549)

Who gave the principle of objects submerged partially or fully in waterArchimedes

550)

ASBA full form-Application Supported by Blocked Account

551)

Kakrapar nuclear power plant is located at which place?Maharashtra

552)

Recently which bank has launched six digital touch banking branches across the nation? - State

Bank of India


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553)

________ announced a new liberal visa policy for nationals of Afghanistsan on

humanitariangrounds. - India

554)

________announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with Officer of the Legion of Honour for his

contribution to Cinema?France555)

What stands for NPA? - Non Performing Assets

556)

A book Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas has been released, recently. Who is the

author of the book?- Edward Klein

557)

JP Morgan cut India's GDP growth projection for 2014-15 to _________percent from 5.3

percent. - 5.1

558)

Recently John Kerry visited India. He is the Secretary of State of which country? - USA

559)

Who is the Union Civil Aviation Minister at present? - Ashok Gajapathi Raju

560) Who is the Director of the film Mary Kom? - Omung Kumar

561)

What is the currency of China? - Yuan

562)

Recently RBI extended the timeline for full implementation of Basel III norms to ______instead

of 31 March 2018. - 31 March 2019

563)

_____________is a financial instrument by which company invite the public to invest their

money in the company and investor can become a partner of the company. - Equity

564)

Recently N.R. Narayana Murthy, the founder and executive Chairman of _____was honoured

with the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award in Toronto, Canada . -

Infosys

565)

_________ celebrated as World Citizen Day? - November 19

566)

The bank should have net profit for the last ________consecutive years to be permitted to set

up the joint venture company for undertaking the insurance business with risk participation subject

to safeguards. - five

567)

____________is the process of stopping the flow of the physical cheque issued by a drawer at

some point with the presenting bank en-route to the drawee bank branch. In its place an electronic

image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee branch by the clearing house. - ChequeTruncation

568)

Section 35(6) of the________, empowers NABARD to conduct inspection of State Cooperative

Banks (SCBs), Central Cooperative Banks (CCBs) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). - Banking

Regulation Act, 1949

569)

Recently _______Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted annual bilateral naval

exercises named SIMBEX 2014 in Andaman Sea. - Indian

570)

_____________ has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, recently.

- Justice B.C. Chauhan

571)

______is NOT a basic approach to measure GDP? - Investment Approach

572)

What is the tagline of Allahabad Bank? - A tradition of trust

i.

--------------------------- financial years the benefits of Indira Awas Yojana has also been extended tominorities? - 2006-07

573)

What is the allocation for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme in the Budget 2014-15? - Rs. 100

Crore

574)

What is the enhanced FDI limit in Defence Sector? - 49 per cent

575)

What is the rank of India in Human Development Index 2014? - 135

576)

Which country will host G8 Summit in 2015? - France

577)

Who is the Chairman of Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC)? - Parthasarathi Shome


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578)

Who is Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers? - Ananth Kumar

579)

What is the tagline of Syndicate Bank? - Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner

580)

Which bank has started cardless cash withdrawal from its ATMs? - ICICI Bank

581)

National Housing Bank is a subsidiary of- RBI582)

What is the initial capital infused by the Government of India in Bhartiya Mahila Bank(BMB)? - s.

1000 crore

583)

------------------- is not related with Negotiable Instruments Act 1881? - Hundi

584)

------------------------- is an Atomic Power Project located in Uttar Pradesh? - Narora

585)

Hewlett & Packard which has recently announced its business to be split into two parts is

associated with - Computer and Hardware

586)

Which state has highest sex ratio as per the Census 2011? - Kerala

587)

Mars Orbiter Mission reached on Mars on which day? - 24 September

588)

Swachhta Udyami Yojana has been launched by which ministry? - Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment

589)

Cairo is the capital of which country? - Egypt

590)

What is the full form of GDR? - Global Depositary Receipt

591)

Who is the union minister of Tribal Affairs? - Jual Oram

592)

Full form of IRDA isInsurance Regulatory and Development Authority.

593)

What is the percentage of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) threshold set for January 2015 that have

to be met by the banks as per a recent revision in liquidity guidelines under the Basel-III framework

by RBI? - 60 per cent

594)

Which country was runner up in the game of Kabaddi when India completed a golden double in

mens as well as womens

595)

category in Asian Games 2014? - Iran

596)

What is the capital of South Korea? - Seoul

597)

What is the tagline of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited? - Zimmedari ka humsafar

598)

What was the old name of Axis Bank? - UTI Bank599)

--------------------------- countries DON'T have dollar as its currency? - Sweden

600)

"Hundi" is - equivalents of cheques issued by indigenous bankers.

601) What does M stands for in OMO? - Market

602)

What was the name given to The 2014 Hong Kong protests,against proposed electoral reform in

the country? - Umbrella Movement

603)

Banks declare an Asset as Non Performing where the interest / principal is in arrears for more

than -90 days

604) Who among the following was popularly called as Loknayak? - Jai Prakash Narayan

605)

What was the codename given to first nuclear explosion conducted by India's in 1974? - Smiling

Buddha

606)

SBI has launched multi-currency card in association with which of the following companies? -Master Card

607)

--------------------- states Kathakali dance form is associated? - Kerala

608)

Who was chosen as Most Valuable player among Indian medalists in Asian Games 2014? - M. C.

Mary Kom

609)

What is the name of the committee set up to examine the current monetary policy? - Urjit Patel

Committee

610)

What is Currency of Algeria? - Dinar


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611)

What is Universal Banking ?- Provision of commercial and investment services

612)

MacMohan line is in between which two countries? - India and China

613)

When banks invest in government securities by depositing collateral, it is called - Asset

Securitization614)

G.N Bajpai committee is related to which of the following? - National Pension Scheme

615)

------------------- is a foreign bank? - HSBC Bank

616)

RBI announces STAR SERIES notes recently. What is it? - replacement of defectively printed

notes

617)

In Jan Dhan scheme which of the following will provide the accident cover under the scheme? -

HDFC ergo

618)

What is India's number in mars mission, among Asian countries? - 1st

619)

World investvment report issued by - UNCTAD

620)

------------------------- currencies is not included in SBI multicurrency scheme ? - Yen

621)

Expand CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau India Limited

622)

Ram Naik governor of which state - Uttar pradesh

623)

CRR stands for - Cash Reserve Ratio

624)

What is the currency of Egypt? - Pound

625)

Who is the Governor of Kerala? - P. Sathasivam

626)

What is the minimum amount to be deposited in PPF per month? - Rs. 500

627)

How many IIMs will be established as per Budget 2014-15? - 5

628)

Who is H.L. Dattu? - Chief Justice of India

629)

Which is the least populous state of India as per Census 2011? - Sikkim

630)

What is the name of the bank account opened for childrenabove 10 years of age by ICICI? -

Smart kid account

631)

Who is the CM of Tamil Nadu? O. Paneerselvam

632)

What is the slogan of Jan Dhan Yojana? - Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata

633)

Lionel Messi is associated with which sport? - Football634)

Expand IFSC - Indian Financial System Code

635)

Who won the Nobel piece awrd 2014? Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay

636)

Who belongs to tennis? options were - djokovic, federer, messi

637)

When is world rabies day? 28th setember

638)

Interest on savings account is calculated on which basis? daily basis

639)

In which of the following places there is no nuclear plant?Kenya

640)

Mutual funds regulated by ? - Securities and Exchange Board of India

641)

What is ping in computer networking utility? - Packet InterNet Groper

642)

Processor speed measure in Instructions per second

643)

Using two different brand names for a propose of single product is called? Co-branding

644)

One question on repo rate645)

What does B stands for in ECB ? - Borrowings

646)

What is the full form of RRB ? - Regional rural Bank

647)

What is the upper limit of PPF ? - 1.5 lakh

648)

What is the oldest currency in the world? - Pound sterling

649)

Which among the following is not an output device ?Scanner

650)

Who is the author of the book Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar ? - Dilip D' Souza

651)

What will Inflation result in ? - Decrease in economic activities of a country


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652)

Which among the following is a volatile memory ?RAM

653)

Question based on the definition of GNP (Gross National Product)

654)

What is an Internet explorer ? Browser

655)

What is the extension used for MS word ? - .doc,.docx656)

What is the first step of buying ? - need recognition

657)

In which of the following areas there is no 100% FDI in railways ?

658)

who is water resource minister ? - Uma Bharti

659)

the 5000overdraft in Jan dhan will be applicable only if the account is active for how many

months.

660)

The slogan " I have a dream" is given by which American activist in his public speech ? - Martin

Luthor King

661)

which PSU is responsible for insurance over export? - Export Credit Insurance

662)

Which is an insurance regulatory body- IRDA

663)

Which is the Regulatory body for RRB?NABARD

664)

Who is the author of God of small thing ? Arundhati Roy

665)

NPS stands for? National pension scheme

666)

RBI policy related to money laundering? Know Your Customer

667)

NBFC deals in? - providing banking services

668)

What is the full form of PDF? Portable Document Format

669)

What is the function of Ctrl + s in MS Word = to save file or document

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