275 Points To Remember (Revision) ****************ADMIN***************** 1. Who was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)? Ans- Deepak Gupta 2. Who won F1 racing championship for the year 2014 ? Ans- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain 3. Who defeats Indias Viswanathan Anand at 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship in Sochi, Russia ? Ans- Magnus Carlsen of Norway 4. Who has won International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ? Ans- Indian American Neha Gupta 5. Which company announced to name Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador ? Ans- Housing finance company DHFL 6. Who has been appointed as the Advocate General (AG) of Maharashtra ? Ans- Sunil Manohar 7. Who is Sitara Devi who died recently? Ans- Legendary Kathak danseuse 8. Who has been chosen as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India? Ans- Justice Chandramauli Kumar (CK) Prasad 9. The report titled Future of India- The Winning Leap was released by........? Ans- PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. 10. Who defeated France to win their first-ever Davis Cup of Tennis? Ans- Switzerland 11. Asian Beach Games was held at.........? Ans- Phuket, Thailand 12. World Toilet Day was observed on......? Ans- 19 November 13. The Kisan Vikas Patra will available in denomination of .....? Ans- Rs 1000, 5000, 10000 and 50000 14. Which is the new headquarter of Coal India? Ans- Rajarhat, West Bengal earlier Kolkatta 15. Who won Delhi Half Marathon ? Ans- Male- Ethiopian runner Guye Adola of Ethiopia Female - Florence Kiplagat of Kenya 16. States which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ......? Ans- Goa and Kerala 17. Union Territory which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ......? Ans- Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep 18. National Bal Swachhta Mission is Launched by which Ministry? Ans- Women and Child Development Ministry 19. Rosetta mission of European Space Agency (ESA) has landed its Philae probe on the surface of which comet........? Ans-Comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko 20. Newton-Bhabha Fund programme” to scale up their bilateral research & innovation relationship announced by which countries? Ans- India and United Kingdom 21. Who will head the CBI probe in the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court directed the agency Chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from the investigation? Ans- R K Dutta 22. ING Vysya Bank will merge with..........? Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank 23. Who will be the Chief Guest at 66th India’s Republic Day celebrations 2015? Ans- US President Barack Obama 24. Which is the capital of Myanmar? Ans-Nay pyi Taw 25. Which is the capital of Fiji? Ans- Suva 26. Who has won Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement? Ans- Pandit Jasraj 27. G-20 summit was held at........? Ans- Brisbane, Australia 28. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world? Ans - 12 November 29. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia? Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar 30. Who was the winner of the ICC Peoples Choice award ? Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar 31. Who has chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014? Ans- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) 32. Who is the President of Myanmar? Ans- U Thein Sein 33. 25th ASEAN Summit was held at.......? Ans- Myanmar 34. Who will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL) ? Ans- Sutirtha Bhattacharya 35. World’s fastest supercomputer named was.......? Ans- Tianhe-2 36. Who is The Prime Minister of FIJI? Ans- Josiah V Bainimarama 37. Who has been nominated as Director on the Central Board of Directors of RBI ? Ans- Dr. Hasmukh Adhia 38. Who has been resigned as Chief Coach of Indian hockey team? Ans- Terry Walsh 39. Who was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ? Ans- Neha Gupta 40.Which Bank launched smart self-service terminal that enables customers to deposit as well as withdraw cash from the same machine ? Ans- Axis Bank 41.Which country launches remote sensing satellite Yaogan-23? Ans- China 42. Which country will host next G-20 Summit in 2015? Ans- Turkey 43. Who received IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014? Ans- Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman CS Verma 44. Who won presidential elections in Romania? Ans- Klaus Werner Iohannis 45. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will held in 2015 at.....? Ans- Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat 46. Justice Nanavati Commission is related with ? Ans- 2002 Gujarat riots 47. Fourth India-China Joint Training Exercise began at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra name was...? Ans- Hand-in-Hand 2014 48. International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held at .....? Ans- Lumbini, Nepal 49. Who will receive the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014? Ans- Dilip Vengsarkar 50. Myntra named Bollywood actress ........as its brand ambassador? Ans- Kangana Ranaut 51. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia? Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar 52. Who has been selected K.R. Narayanan award for his services to the nation? Ans- Eminent Jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer 53. Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile tested by India named? Ans- Dhanush 54.Who has been named the Cricketer of the Year, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year By ICC? Ans- Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson 55. Who was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year by ICC? Ans- Englands Gary Ballance 56. Who has been selected as ODI Cricketer of the Year by ICC? Ans- South Africas AB de Villiers 57. 2014 G-20 Australia summit stated at.....? Ans- Brisbane Note- it is 9th G-20 summit 58. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world? Ans - 12 November 59. Who launched a social gamified collaboration platform called SloPho? Ans - Kapil Dev 60. Who was the winner of the ICC Peoples Choice award ? Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar 61. Who will host Modis event Allphones Arena Sydney? Ans-Miss India Australia Rashi Kapoor 62. Who scored Highest runs in ODIs? Ans- Rohit Sharma 264 runs 63. Who was the winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year? Ans- Rajinikanth 64. 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summitheld at? Ans- Beijing, China 65. India Economic Summit was held at...? Ans- New Delhi 66. Who become the First Indian PM who travels 8 countries in six months? Ans- Narendra Modi 67. Which State will hold Global Investors Meet in May 2015? Ans- Tamil Nadu 68. The Seventh Summit on the Global Agenda was held at.......? Ans- UAE 69. Recently which state became Indias first state to make Voting compulsory in Local body elections? Ans- Gujarat 70. US and ....... sign agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases? Ans- China 71. National Education Day was observed on? Ans- 11 November 72. Who was appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza? Ans- K C Reddy 73. Who tops the Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful People 2014? Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia 74. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014? Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh 75. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board? Ans- Surya Prakash 76. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award? Ans- Ashwika Kapur 77. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons? Ans-Shah Rukh Khan 78. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)? Ans- Lokesh Chandra 79. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery? Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment 80. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on? Ans- 2019 81.Who won Durand Cup 2014 ? Ans- Salgaocar FC 82. Who acquired Cricbuzz com? Ans- Times Internet Ltd 83. Sixth World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held at .......? Ans- New Delhi with theme Health Challenges and Ayurveda. 84.What is the name of the missile co-developed by India and Israel? Ans- Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) Barak 8 missile 85.Which country lifts ban on social networking websites like Face book, Twitter for reporters? Ans- China 86. Who was Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian? Ans- Noted scholar and JNU professor 87. Who was re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI) ? Ans- Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran 88. Jnanpith Award 2013 was given to.......? Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature. 89.Who was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner UP? Ans- Jawed Usmani 90. Which countries sign energy cooperation agreement? Ans- China and Russia 91. Who tops Forbes list of most powerful women in Indian business? Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson of State Bank of India 92. Who is new Railway Minister? Ans- Shri Suresh Prabhu 93. Who is appointed as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention? Ans- GS Sandhu 94. Which was selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014? Ans- The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park 95. Who won the 10th India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award? Ans- Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust 96. Who was been appointed as Advocate General (AG) of haryana? Ans- Baldev Raj Mahajan 97. Who is new health Minister? Ans- Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda 98. Which cricketer score 6000 thousand runs quickest? Ans- virat kohli 99. Who presented Telanganas First budget? Ans- Finance Minister Rajinder 100. Which company acquired mobile manufacturer Motorola? Ans- Lenovo 101. Who was sworn as New CM of Goa? Ans- Laxmikant Parsekar 102. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on? Ans- 7 November 103. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on? Ans- 2019 104. Budget allocation for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana? Ans- Rs 1000 crores 105. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojanawas launched on the birthday of ......? Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan 106. Who is the Author of Book Two lives? Ans- Vikram Seth 107. Which insurance company has the tagline ‘Aapke Sachche Advisor’? Ans- Max Life Insurance 108. Roop Mallik is the awardee of Bhatnagar Prize under which category? Ans - Biological Sciences 109. Committee to review current Monetary policy framework? Ans- Urjit Patel Committee 110. IRDA Full form ? Ans– Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India 111. Which organisation released Economic Outlook 2014 ? Ans- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 112. Who has received 2013-14 European Golden Boot award ? Ans- Cristiano Ronaldo 113. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on ...........? Ans- 7 November 2014 114. Who is appointed as new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? Ans- Anita Kapur 115 ........Vessel Indian Navy sank off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise? Ans- Torpedo Recovery Vessel, TRV-72 116. Who has became one of the youngest state lawmakers in the US? Ans- Indian-American Niraj Antani 117. Twentieth Session of the India-Russia Inter- Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) was held at ......? Ans- New Delhi 118. Who was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014? Ans- Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews 119. Who tops the Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful People 2014? Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia 120. Who was named as the captain of ICC OCI Team of the Year 2014? Ans- MS DHONI 121. Who is headed committee that select the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)? Ans- Mallikarjun Kharge 122. India and Srilanka Joint army exercise name? Ans- Mithra Shakthi exercise 123. Who is appointed as Union Financial Services Secretary (FSS) ? Ans- Hasmukh Adhia 124. Which committee submit its report on IPL Spot fixing to the Supreme Court (SC)? Ans- Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee 125. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014? Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh 126.Who has become a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Executive Board ? Ans- Hockey India President Narinder Batra 127. Who has won Duleep Trophy title 2014-15? Ans- Central Zone by defeating South zone 128. Who took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance? Ans- Rajiv Mehrishi 129. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)? Ans- Lokesh Chandra 130. Which Ministery has launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal people ? Ans- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs 131. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery? Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment 132. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons? Ans-Shah Rukh Khan 133. Who has won Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 ? Ans- Chennai Super Kings 134. ...... first state of India to start olive refinery? Ans- Rajasthan 135. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was observed on.....? Ans- 1 October 2014 136. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board? Ans- Surya Prakash 137. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was observed on.......? Ans- 27 October 2014 138. Jagdish Sharan Pande who died recently is.....? Ans- Freedom fighter 139. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award? Ans- Ashwika Kapur 140. Which Ministery launched TB-Mission 2020 to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from India? Ans- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 141. Global Handwashing Day (GHD) was observed on.....? Ans- 15 October 2014 142. Indias Ranking Global Hunger Index Report 2014? Ans- 55 143. Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed on.....? Ans- 11 October 2014 144. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of.....? Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan 145. Who was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University? Ans- Pratima Dharm 146. Who has won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award ? Ans- Anoop Jain 147. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management is given to.......? Ans- Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai 148. Which company stops the calling facility from its application on mobile and landline phones within India? Ans- Skype 149. Who is the head of Commitee to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers money? Ans- NR Madhava Menon 150. The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is .....? Ans- Voices from Slums. 151.Who has World’s Children Prize 2014? Ans- Malala Yousafzai 152. What is Indias ranking in Global Gender Gap Report 2014? Ans- 114 153. Proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank headquarters at ......? Ans- Beijing. 154. Which company will invest 627 million US dollar in e commerce site Snapdeal? Ans- Japanese telecom giant Softbank 155. According to Harvard Business Review (HBR) who is best-performing CEO in the world? Ans- CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos 156. Who is OECD Secretary General? Ans - Angel Gurria 157.Who is appointed as head of Future Earth Engagement Committee? Ans- Jairam Ramesh 158.Who is appointed as new Product Chief of Google? Ans- Sundar Pichai 159.Who has won the Fields Medal awards for the year 2014? Ans- Manjul Bhargava 160. Who is Nguyen Tan Dung ? Ans- Vietnam PM 161. Who is appointed as new chairman of Prasar Bharti? Ans- Surya Prakash 162. Which one of the following named as Most valuable player in Asian Games? Ans-Mary Kom 163. Who is appointed as new Chief Economic Advisior? Ans- Arvind Subramanium 164. Which Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence Initiatives among small banks? Ans-Karur Vysya Bank 165. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on..........? Ans- 17 October 2014 166. Which Bollywood actor appointed as UNICEF goodwill Ambassador for South Asia? Ans-Amir Khan 167. Who has won Man Booker Prize 2014? Ans- Richard Flanagan (Australia)- Noble(The Narrow Road to the Deep North) 168. According to Sixth economic census, which state has highest number of Hired workers? Ans- Arunachal Pradesh 169. Which Bank launched Facebook based money transfer platform kaypay? Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank 170. Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2014 report released, What is Indias Position in it? Ans- 55 (out of 120 countries) 171. Who has won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize ? Ans- French economist Jean Tirole 172. Which International Organisation Launches Global Infrastructure Fund to cater the needs of emerging economies and developing Countries? Ans World Bank 173. Who won Best Central Bank Governor Award by euromoney? Ans- Raghuram Rajan 174. Who has been honoured with National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13? Ans-Sameer 175. New Chief Minister of Maharashtra? Ans-Devendra fadnavis 176. 10th Edition of World Islamic Economic Forum held at- ? Ans- Dubai 177. Who has appointed as New Product Chief of Google? Ans- Sundar Pichai 178. Who has been re-elected as Brazil Prime Minister? Ans- Dilma Rousseff 179. Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 ? Ans- gynaecologist Denis Mukwege Mukengere 180. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ? Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter) 181. India was re-elected to which council of UN? Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017 182. Who is Appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen? Ans- Khaled Bahah 183. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India? Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh 184. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is.....? Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan 185. Who got Noble Prize for Peace? Ans- Kailash Satyarthi(India) and Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) 186. Who won Noble Prize for Literature? Ans- French writer Patrick Modiano 187. Who won Noble Prize for chemistry? Ans- Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. 188. Who won Noble Prize for Physics? Ans- Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and American Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel prize for Physics for inventing a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly light source, the LED. 189. Who won Noble prize for Medicine? Ans- John O Keefe, May‐Britt Moser and Edvard I Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. 190. What is Indias Rank in most desirable place to work? Ans- 18th (US tops the list) 191. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India? Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh 192. Who won Sultan of Johor Hockey Tournament 2014? Ans- India beating Great Britain 193. Five year Indian boy climbs Kalapathar peak, sets world record is....? Ans- Harshit Saumitra 194. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ? Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter) 195. Which country is recently Declared as Ebola Free country by WHO? Ans- Nigeria 196. Which committee set up by Central Government to provide Bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)? Ans- Vishwanathan committee 197. Indian Hockey Team Coach which helps team in winning Asian games Hockey gold medal resigned recently. His name is.....? Ans- Terry Walsh 198. India was re-elected to which council of UN? Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017 200. Who received European Golden Boot Award as being the top scorer of Europe in 2013 season? Ans- Barcelona Football Club player Luis Suarez 201. Noble Prize is given in which categories? Ans- Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 202. Kisan Credit Card Scheme introduced in which year? Ans- August 1998 203. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is.....? Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan 204. Union Government has launched year long birth Centenary celebrations in honour of? Ans- Begum Akhtar (singer of Hindustani classical music) 205. UN climate Change Summit 2014 was held at-------? Ans- New York 206. Who is appointed as New President of News Broadcasting Association? Ans- Rajat Sharma(India TV chairman) 207. Who has won Right Livelihood Award 2014 ? Ans-Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian 208.Who is selected as Bradman Honouree 2014 ? Ans- Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia 209. What is Indias Rank in Medal Tally in Asian Games 2014? Ans- 8th 210. Who has been awarded SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2014? Ans- James Maynard 211. According to RBI, If saving and current Account is treated as inoperative / dormant if there are no transactions in the account for over a period of .......? Ans- 2 years 212. Prosperity for All is Tagline of which Bank? Ans- Corporation Bank 21 3. Which Bank bags Core Banking System Initiative Award 2014? Ans- Bharatiya Mahila Bank 214. Smart Star savings account for minors above 10 years of age with debit card and personalised cheque book started by which bank? Ans- ICICI bank 215. Which Bank launched an equated monthly instalment (EMI) scheme on debit card purchases, making it the first-of-its-kind facility? Ans- ICICI Bank 216. Which Bank offers Discounts to all customers on using their ATMs? Ans- Yes Bank 217. WHo won Visvesvaraya award ? Ans- Baba N Kalyani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Forge 218. Which Bank recieve capital infusion of Rs 650 crore from Central Government? Ans- Exim Bank 219. Which Indian features in Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable athlete brands? Ans- India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 220. Interpol, the worlds largest police organisation, is opened a centre in.......... to fighting cyber crime? Ans- Singapore 221. Who won China Open title mens? Ans- Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych 222. Who won China Open title womens ? Ans- Maria Sharapova beats Petra Kvitova 223. Who won Champions League T20? Ans- Chennai Super Kings 224. WHich team won FIFA Fair Play Trophyin World Cup? Ans- Colombia 225. Name of new satellite developed by NASA to predict frequency of occurrence of droughts? Ans- SMAP 226. Which Union Ministry Launched the know your rights portal recently? Ans- Civil aviation 227. Acording to WHO which country has the highest number of child marriage? Ans- Bangladesh 228. Which Inidan player has won Davis cup Commitment Award? Ans- Rohan Bopana 229. What is Inidas Rank in world in terms of crude oil importing Nation in the World? Ans- 3rd 230. Which cricketer got Lifetime achievement Award at the house of Lords in London? Ans- Kapil Dev 231. The National Academy for Athletics inaugurated recently? Ans- Thiruvananthapuram 232. Who is current NATO chief? Ans- Jens Soltenberg 233. Who is Top source of FDI in India? Ans- Singapore 234. Worlds lagest container post is.....? Ans- Shanghai 235. Who is NASSCOM Chairman? Ans- Mr. R Chandrasekaran 236. What is upper age limit for M.D and CEO in private sector banks set by RBI? Ans- 70Years 237.Which State launched Angel Fund, which is focused on first generation entrepreneurs? Ans- Assam 238. Vijay Mallaya Declared as Wilful defaulter by.........? Ans- United bank of India 239. INS Sumitra is.....? Ans- naval offshore patrol vessel 240. Who is Sierra Leone president? Ans- Ernest Bai Koroma 241. Who is Indias flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony? Ans- Sardar Singh 242. First transgender television news anchor in India is .........? Ans- Padmini Prakash 243. Which sports person get Arjun Award 2014 when he moves to court against Arjun Award selection committee? Ans- Manoj Kumar- Boxer 244. Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways decided to roll out Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) programme in the country under the brand name......? Ans- FASTag 245. Countrys first First kisan mandi setup at......? Ans- Alipur in north Delhi 246. .......is the fastest growing State according to the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)? Ans- Bihar 247. Asias first Ballistic Research Centre to be open in .......? Ans- Gujrat 248. Who won China Open(males)? Ans- Novak Djokovic 249. Tagline of Swachh Bharat Mission? Ans- “Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur” 250. Indias official entry to the best foreign film category at the Oscar 2015 is ? Ans- Liars Dice 251. Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa award given to........? Ans- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) CMD Madhusudan 252. Jnanpith Award 2013 given to.....? Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh 253. Goldman Prize for environmental activities given to .....? Ans- Ramesh Agrawal 254. who is Le Yucheng? Ans- Chinas New Ambassador to India 255.Which bank introduced new customer service called Video Branch? Ans- Indusland bank 256. Indias first private sector bank to open a branch in China.....? Ans- Axis bank 257. WHich bank offers EMI on debit cards? Ans- ICICI Bank 258. Scientist Raghunath Anant Mashelkar panel is associated with.....? Ans- Swachh Bharat national sanitation campaign 259. Who is the founder of Alibaba? Ans- Jack Ma 260. Swachchha Smarak, Swachchha Bharat campaign launched by which organisation? Ans- ONGC 261. Maharashtras horticulture ambassador is.......? Ans- Amitabh Bachchan 262. First Indian company with a market capitalisation of Rs 5 lakh crore is .......? Ans- Tata Consultancy Services 263. First state to start olive refinery in India is....? Ans- Rajasthan 264. India’s first Skill development centre started in .....? Ans- Udaipur, Rajasthan 265. The idea of small and payments banks was given by? Ans- Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion 266. What is minimum paid-up capital requirement of both small banks and payments banks? Ans- 100 crores 267. Guidelines for implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System is given by......? Ans- RBI 268. Committee recommending diluting govt stake in public sector banks to below 50 %? Ans- P. J. Nayak 269. Target Agriculture growth rate in Budget----? Ans- 4% 270. Indias GDP forecast for 2014-15 by World bank is........? Ans- 5.5% 271. The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna is ....? Ans- Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata 272. Who provide the accident cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna? Ans- HDFC Ergo General Insurance 273. New accounts Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids launched by which bank? Ans- SBI 274. ........... Bank celebrated 150 years of its operations in Sri Lanka? Ans- SBI 275. Which organizations releases the Global Gender Gap” report from time to time? Ans- World Economic Forum
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