16 OCTOBER 2014 Ques. : 1 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned three ‘Ps’ as the assets of Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to the state recently. Which of the following is NOT among these three ‘Ps’? 1) Prakash (solar light) 2) Prayawaran (environment) 3) Paryatan (tourism) 4) Pashmina (goat) 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Pashmina (goat) Ques. : 2 The Lok Sabha cleared the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 recently. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to this Bill? 1) The Chief Justice of India will head the NJAC. 2) The NJAC will comprise two senior judges of the Supreme Court. 3) Two eminent personalities and the Law Minister will be the members of the proposed body. 4) One of the eminent persons will be nominated from among the persons belonging to the SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities or women. 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 3 Name the Indian-origin academician who has won Fields Medal known as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics.” 1) Maryam Mirzakhani 2) Subhash Khot 3) Manjul Bhargava 4) Sanjeev Arora 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Manjul Bhargava Ques. : 4 The telecom regulator TRAI suggested restriction on political bodies and corporates entering the television and newspaper business recently. Who among the following is the present Chairman of TRAI? 1) Rahul Khullar 2) Alok Joshi 3) Shashi Kant Sharma 4) Pulok Chatterji 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Rahul Khullar Ques. : 5 Who among the following is the current Union Railway Minister? He launched the next generation e-ticketing system developed by Centre for Railway information Systems (CRIS) recently. 1) Jagadish Shettar 2) Nitin Gadkari 3) Ananth Kumar 4) Sadananda Gowda 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Sadananda Gowda Ques. : 6 The Govt has slashed the borrowing target for Apr-Sep by Rs. 16,000 cr with the objective to provide more liquidity in the system. Now what is the govt’s borrowing target for the first half of the current financial year? 1) Rs 5.97 lakh cr 2) Rs 4.57 lakh cr 3) Rs 3.68 lakh cr 4) Rs 3.52 lakh cr 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Rs 3.52 lakh cr Ques. : 7 The govt has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above. The Scheme will be administrated by the 1) ICICI Prudential 2) LIC of India 3) Bajaj Allianz 4) SBI Life 5) None of these Answer:- 2) LIC of India Ques. : 8 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a new limit on ATM transactions per month. Now customers will avail _________free transactions from ATMs of other banks in six metropolitan cities. 1) two 2) three 3) four 4) five 5) None of these Answer:- 2) three Ques. : 9 India celebrated its Independence Day on 15 Aug. This was India’s ______Independence Day. 1) 66th 2) 67th 3) 68th 4) 69th 5) None of these Answer:- 3) 68th Ques. : 10 Which other countries celebrate their independence day on 15 Aug along with India? 1) South Korea 2) Congo 3) Liechtenstein 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 4) All the above
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