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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



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, nation’s highest civilian honor?

A) Tessy Thomas



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.



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 couple’s 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



C) Francois Hollande

D) Bronisław 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.



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 world’s 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: World’s 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



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



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.



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?



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



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 Editor’s 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 Editor’s 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?



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



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 Kom’s

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 Kom’s

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.



Question: India won in the men’s 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



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 ill-

health 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.



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

Cricket’s Hall of Fame?

A) Shahid Afridi

B) Shoaib Akhtar



C) Wasim Akram

D) Waqar Younis

Answer & Explanation: Waqar Younis is the name of Pakistan player, who recently

inducted into the ICC Cricket’s 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



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 Men’s 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



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)?



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.



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.



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



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 Argentina’s 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.



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



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.



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 Fernández 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 people’s choice award?

A) Rohit Sharma

B) ViratKholi

C) M.S. Dhoni

D) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer & Explanation: M.S. Dhoni has won the LG people’s 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



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

against“Michelle 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



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



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



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



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



Question: Who became the first Japanese Prime Minister to become the chief guest at

India’s 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 India’s 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?



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 nation’s highest peacetime

gallantry award, posthumously, on India’s 65th Republic Day by Hon’ble 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.



Question: What was the name of Switzerland player, who claimed his career’s first

Grand Slam title after winning the 2014 Australian Open men’s 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 career’s first Grand Slam title

after winning the 2014 Australian Open men’s 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 women’s 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 women’s 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 Women’s Singles crown in the final of Syed Modi International

India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship in Lucknow on January 26, 2014?

A) Saina Nahewal



B) Jawala Gutta

C) P.V. Sindhu

D) Ashwini Ponnappa

Answer & Explanation: Saina Nahewal grabbed the Women’s 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 men’s race at the 11th Mumbai Marathon on January 19, 2014?

A) Viktor Yanukovycn

B) Kenyan Evans Ruto



C) Angela Merkel

D) Francois Hollande

Answer & Explanation: Kenyan Evans Ruto won the men’s 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 d’Or award for the second time, as he was

adjudged the world’s 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 d’Or 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

men’s title of Australian Open 2014. He belongs to which country?

A) Spain

B) Switzerland

C) Serbia

D) France



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 men’s 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 men’s 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



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?



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



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 Women’s Day is celebrated?

A) 15 July

B) 8 March

C) 15 April

D) 20 January

Answer & Explanation: International Women’s 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



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.



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 BCCI’s

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 BCCI’s seventh ceremony.



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.



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



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?



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 Women’s Individual Women’s Individual Chess Championship?

A) Obodchuk Andrei

B) K. Jennitha

C) Susan Polgar

D) Santosh Jha



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 England’s 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 first-

class 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



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 men’s singles title of Chennai Open by sailing past France’s

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 men’s singles title of Chennai

Open.

Question: Who won the women’s 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 women’s singles Brisbane International

Tennis title.



Question: Who emerged champion of the Qatar Open tennis title on Jan. 5, 2014 in

Doha beating France’s 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 Spain’s 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 Spain’s 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



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



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 country’s first milk ATM?

A) Anand

B) Hisar

C) Betul

D) Lucknow



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



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?



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 7-

2 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi?

A) Germany

B) Pakistan



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.



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.



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 men’s 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 men’s 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



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.



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



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 device’s 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.



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 Nepal’s

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



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



Answer & Explanation: Indian Boxers finished at Fourth position at the 58th 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 64th 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?



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%



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 Italy’s 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 Italy’s Prime Minister.

Question: Who has developed the world’s fastest car Venom GT with a top speed of a

speed of 435 Km per hour?

A) Porsche

B) Ford Germany

C) Hennessey’s Engineer

D) BMW

Answer & Explanation: US Firm Hennessey’s Engineer has developed the world’s

fastest car Venom GT.

Question: Who won the Protein Society’s 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 Society’s Protein Science Young

Investigator Award for 2014 at Cambridge.



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 Israel’s 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 Israel’s 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 Pakistan’s 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 Pakistan’s High Commissioner

to India.



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 Hon’ble 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



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 22nd 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.



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 13th

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 men’s 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 men’s 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.



Question: How many medal Indian boxers won at the 58th 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



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.



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.



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



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



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 India’s 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: India’s 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?



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 Israel’s 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 Israel’s 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.



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



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%



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 President’s Rule in

Delhi after accepting the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi. The

President’s Rule was imposed through a resolution under which article of the

Constitution of India?

A) 302

B) 319

C) 356

D) 389

Answer & Explanation: President’s 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



Answer & Explanation: D.K. Joshi was the Navy chief Admiral.

Question: What was the name of India’s first-ever dedicated military satellite?

A) Gagan

B) Jugnu

C) Rukmini

D)Rohini

Answer & Explanation: Rukmini is India’s 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 Jane’s, in 2013,

which country become India’s biggest Arms supplier?

A) Russia

B) USA

C) China

D) UK

Answer & Explanation: USA become India’s 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



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



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.



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



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.



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



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 Israel’s highest civilian honour?

A) Ursula Leyen

B) Angela Merkel

C) Hillary Clinton

D) Yulia Tymoshenko

Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel awarded with Israel’s 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



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%




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



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, India’s 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, India’s 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




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 2014-

15 comes to be----

A) 11 paisa

B) 12 paisa

C) 13 paisa



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



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.



Question: Where India’s first Cyber Village was inaugurated recently?

A) Jalor

B) Chandoli

C) Karauli

D) Pali

Answer & Explanation: India’s 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



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



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



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



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



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



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?



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 86th

Annual Academy Oscar Award 2014.

Question: Who won the Best Actress Award in the 86th Annual Academy Oscar Award

2014?

A) Mila Kunis

B) Charlize Theron

C) Marion Cotillard

D) Cate Blanchett



Answer & Explanation: Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress Award in the 86th 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 magazine’s 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



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?



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



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.



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 world’s longest aircraft that has unveiled in Britain

recently?

A) AAA Vision

B) Spinus

C) Paalson

D) Airlander

Answer & Explanation: Airlander is the name of world’s 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



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



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 cricketer’s, 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 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 India’s 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.



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 India’s

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



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 Women’s 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 Women’s 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.



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 men’s 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 men’s singles title.

Question: Who won the BNP Paribas Open tournament men’s 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 men’s

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



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 ESPN-

Cricinfo 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.



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 Slovakia’s 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 Slovakia’s 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.



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



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.



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



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



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 world’s largest

arms importer?

A) China

B) Pakistan

C) India

D) North Korea

Answer & Explanation: India is the world’s largest arms importer.

Question: What is the name of world’s longest aircraft, which was unveiled in Britain on

March 2014?

A) Airlander

B) Spinus

C) Paalson

D) Vision

Answer & Explanation: Airlander is the world’s 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.



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



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

Government’s 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



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%



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, India’s external debt stood at?

A) $ 456 billion

B) $426 billion

C) $ 300 billion

D) $ 280 billion

Answer & Explanation: India’s 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.



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



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.



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 Women’s

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

Women’s National Championships.

Question: Who has been appointed the coach of the National men’s 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

men’s hockey team.



Question: Who lifted the Vasan Eye Care-ITF Men’s 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 Men’s

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



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 men’s 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

men’s title.

Question: Who clinched the World Women’s Squash Championship on March 23,

2014 beating Egypt’s 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 Women’s Squash Championship title.



Question: Who won the men’s 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 men’s Federation Cup Volleyball title.

Question: Who claimed a silver medal at women’s 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 women’s 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 vice-

chancellor 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?



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 women’s 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.



Question: Who has been honoured with ‘Rani Lakshmibai Award’ for the year 2013

for her work in the field of women’s 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 magazine’s 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



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



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 India’s

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 India’s 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.



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.



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 2013-

14?

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, India’s external debt

stood at___?

A) $ 300.0 billion

B) $ 296 billion

C) $ 426.0 billion

D) $ 325.0 billion



Answer & Explanation: India’s 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



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 India’s 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



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.



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.



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.



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 Secretary-General of

Commonwealth.

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



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 men’s 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 men’s 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 men’s

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



D) Du Pengyu

Answer & Explanation: Lee Chong Wei won the India Open Super Series badminton

tournament men’s 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.



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 Women’s Billiards Championship defeating former

champion R. Umadevi’s 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 Women’s Billiards

Championship.

Question: Who won the men’s 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 men’s trap Gold in the ISSF

Shotgun World Cup.

Question: Who clinched the ninth WSA World Tour title of her career, defeating top-

seed Rachael Grinham of Australia in the final of the Richmond Squash Open held at

Virginia, USA on April 20, 2014?



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 women’s 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

women’s squash championship title.

Question: Who won the Barcelona Open Tennis title, defeating Colombia’s 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-e-

Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on April 6, 2014??

A) Australia

B) Sri Lanka

C) Pakistan

D) England



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 women’s 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 women’s 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



D) June 14

Answer & Explanation: World Blood Donor Day observed across the world on June

14.

Question: When Father’s 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 Lana’s 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 Lana’s 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.



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 four-

term as the Prime Minister of Hungary.

Question: Who was promoted as the new Prime Minister of Mali on April 5, 2014,

after country’s 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 Malta’s 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 Malta’s 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 Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee?

A) P. Sathasivam

B) Altamas Kabir



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.



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 country’s 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 world’s 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 world’s most popular

writers, died recently at the age of 87.

Question: What is the name of the author of novel “Goldfinch”, who won the USA’s

most prestigious literary award, Pulitzer in fiction category, on April 13, 2014?



A) Donna Tartt

B) Richard Nixon

C) Robert Toscano

D) Eugene O’Neill

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. Reddy’s 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.



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



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



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.



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



Bank Group, India overtook Japan as the world’s _____ 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 Japan’s 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%



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



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.



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.



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?



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)?



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 India’s own card payment

network ‘RuPay’?

A) CIC

B) CWEC

C) IPCW

D) NPCI

Answer & Explanation: ‘RuPay’ India’s own card payment network has developed by

NPCI.

Question: When ‘Doctor’s Day’ observed across the world?

A) June 26

B) July 1

C) July 15

D) June 17

Answer & Explanation: ‘Doctor’s Day’ observed across the world on July 1.



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.



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



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 India’s 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 India’s first Beyond Visual Range air-to-air

missile.

Question: Who was the Projector Director of Astra missile, India’s 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.



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



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 Russia’s largest oil and gas producer company that

has inked an agreement with India’s 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 Russia’s 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



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 world’s 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

world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.

Question: What was the name of world’s 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 world’s 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.



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



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 Bank’s 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

Bank’s 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.



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



Answer & Explanation: Virendra Uppal is the chairman of Apparel Export Promotion

Council.

Question: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed India’s 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 India’s 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?



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



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



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



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



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.



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



B) Namibia

C) Zimbabwe

D) Oman

Answer & Explanation: Namibia recently purchased 3400 India-made EVMs.

Question: In which country world’s 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: World’s 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.



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 O’Sullivan

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 north-

eastern 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



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 snooker’s Player of the Year 2014 award at the sport’s

annual awards ceremony in London?

A) Mark Selby

B) Pankaj Advani

C) Ronnie O’Sullivan

D) Aditya Mehta

Answer & Explanation: Ronnie O’Sullivan was named snooker’s 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-India’s Fight Against Rape

B) Rangbhoomi

C) War and Peace

D) In Search of Indian Theatre

Answer & Explanation: Silent Screams-India’s 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



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 women’s 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 women’s singles Mutua Madrid

Open Tennis title.

Question: Who defeated defending champions Orissa to clinch the Senior Women’s

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 Women’s 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.



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 Christopher’s Columbus’s 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 Christopher’s Columbus’s 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



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.



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.



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



Answer & Explanation: Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the 14th Attorney-

General 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



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



B) Angela Merkel

C) Mary Barra

D) Hillary Clinton

Answer & Explanation: Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany.

Question: Where India’s 35th National Game’s scheduled to be held in 2015?

A) Karnataka

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Kerala

D) Gujarat

Answer & Explanation: India’s 35th National Game’s 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



C) Abdul Aziz

D) Petro Poroshenko

Answer & Explanation: Petro Poroshenko sworn-in as the President of Ukraine.

Question: Which nuclear plant became India’s first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW

power?

A) Neemuch

B) Kudankulam

C) Bhagwanpur

D) Kaipala

Answer & Explanation: Kudankulam nuclear plant became India’s first nuclear plant to

generate 1000 MW power.

Question: Who won the men’s 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 men’s 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



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.



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 India’s 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 India’s largest warship.

Question: Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-

based 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 Women’s Hockey World Cup in The Hague,

Netherlands?

A) Netherlands



B) Australia

C) England

D) India

Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the 2014 edition of Women’s 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 Men’s hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive

time?

A) Netherlands

B) South Korea

C) Australia

D) Malaysia

Answer & Explanation: Australia won the Men’s 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



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 Pakistan’s national men cricket team?

A) Wasim Akram

B) Tom Moddy

C) Jai Surya

D) Waqar Younis



Answer & Explanation: Waqar Younis has been appointed the coach of Pakistan’s

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 spot-

fixing 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?



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



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 American’s

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.



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 women’s 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 women’s

singles title.

Question: Who won the women’s 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 women’s singles title.

Question: Who clinched his third Italian Open tennis title in Rome by defeating

Spain’s 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 women’s singles title of Italian Open 2014?

A) Maria Sharapova

B) Serena Williams

C) Victoria Azernika

D) Simona Halep



Answer & Explanation: Serena Williams won the women’s 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 men’s 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 men’s 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.



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 men’s hockey world cup title 2014 in Hague?

A) Netherlands

B) Australia

C) India

D) Germany

Answer & Explanation: Australia won the men’s hockey world cup title 2014.

Question Number: Who won the women’s hockey world cup title 2014 in Hague?

A) Australia

B) India

C) France

D) Netherlands

Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the women’s 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.



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 men’s 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 men’s singles 10 meter air pistol.

Question Number: Jitu Rai won the Gold in men’s 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 men’s 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



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 men’s singles title?

A) Roger Federer

B) Rafael Nadal

C) Novak Djokovic

D) Stan Wawrinka

Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal clinched the 2014 French Open men’s singles

title.

Question Number: Who clinched the 2014 French Open women’s singles title?

A) Serena Williams

B) Li Na

C) Maria Sharapova


Answer & Explanation: Maria Sharapova clinched the 2014 French Open women’s

singles title.

Question Number: Maria Sharapova won the 2014 French Open women’s singles title

against whom?

A) Simona Halep

B) Petra Kovitova

C) Jelena Jankovic

D) Serena Williams

Answer & Explanation: Sharapova won the 2014 French Open women’s singles title

against ‘Simona Halep’.



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.



Question Number: Who was appointed as CEO of India’s 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

Spain’s Carolina Marin in women’s 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?



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 Modi’s made his first foreign visit to

______?

A) Bhutan



B) Russia

C) Bangladesh

D) Brazil

Answer & Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 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) India’s largest aircraft carrier

B) World’s largest maritime exercise

C) NASA missile mission

D) World’s first largest telescope

Answer & Explanation: World’s 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 Index-

2014?

A) 140

B) 121

C) 143

D) 136

Answer & Explanation: ‘143’ was the rank of India according to Global Peace Index-

2014.



Question Number: World’s first Modern Slavery Bill was published by which country?

A) India

B) Britain

C) France

D) USA

Answer & Explanation: World’s 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.



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



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.



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 Pakistan’s 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 Afridi’s 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.



Prithvi II: Prithvi II, the Nuclear capable Surface-to-Surface missile, successfully test-

fired 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 men’s and women’s 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 World’s 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 world’s

most admired peoples.

FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or 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.



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.



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 CNN’s 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.



+ 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 men’s

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.



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.



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.

India’s first Mono rail inaugurated recently: India’s first monorail service was

inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj chavan in Mumbai.

Tea Production in India: ITA announced that tea India’s 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.



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

device’s 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.



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,

Sikkim’s Tourism Minister in New Delhi, recently.



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 Italy’s Prime Minister at the Presidential

palace, recently.

Venom GT: US firm Hennessey’s engineers have developed the world’s 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

Society’s 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.



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.



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 Nyong’o, 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 magazine’s 28th Annual World billionaires list: Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-

founder is the World’s 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.



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.



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.



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.



Points to Remember May – June 2014

Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters: Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells ATP Tennis

Masters by defeating Roger Federer. Women’s singles was won by Flavia Pennetta.

India is the world’s 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.



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.



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.



United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award: MS Dhoni won the United Kingdom’s 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 Da’Silva 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.

Women’s World Twenty20 Cup 2014: Australian cricket team had won the Women’s

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 India’s 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.



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 Liar’s 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



• Best Supporting Actress – Amruta Subhash for Astu in Marathi and Aida El-Kashef for

Ship of Theseus

• Best Children’s 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.

Women’s Senior Snooker Championship: Chitra Magimairaj won the World Women’s

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.



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 Namibia’s Presidential polls: Government of

Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential

Election, scheduled in November 2014.

World’s highest tunnel for high-speed train opened in China: World’s 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.



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.

India’s Fight Against Rape: Documentary film, Silent Screams–India’s 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.



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: Russia’s 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 Women’s Football Championships: Manipur defeated defending

champions Orissa to clinch the Senior National Women’s 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.



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 January-

February 2015.



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.



Petro Poroshenko sworn-in as President of Ukraine: Petro Poroshenko was sworn-

in as the President of Ukraine in Kiev.

Kudankulam became India’s first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW power:

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on 8 June 2014 became India’s 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.



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 Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his novel Theekkadal Katanhu

Thirumadhuram.

INS Vikramaditya: Narendra Modi dedicated India’s 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 Women’s Hockey World Cup: Netherlands

won the Women’s 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 Men’s Hockey World Cup: Australia won the

Men’s hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive time.



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: India’s 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.



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 6-

Red 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.



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 Lord’s 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 Lord’s bi-centenary year.

Men’s Wimbledon title: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-

7, 6-4 to win his second Men’s 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.



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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