28 OCTOBER 2014 Ques. : 1 Through its ‘Make in India’ campaign, the goal the Modi govt has set is to make India break into the top 50 in the World Bank’s ease of business index ranking from the current ________ position. 1) 131st 2) 132nd 3) 133rd 4) 134th 5) 135th Answer:- 4) 134th Ques. : 2 We often read about ARCs in financial newspapers. What does the term ARC stands for? 1) Asset Reconstruction Company 2) Asset Recapitalisation Company 3) Asset Reinsurance Company 4) Asset Recovery Company 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Asset Reconstruction Company Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been re-elected as the new President of Brazil after the recently held elections? 1) Aecio Neves 2) Dilma Rousseff 3) Aecio Neves 4) Marina Silva 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Dilma Rousseff Ques. : 4 Which of the following pairs won the women’s doubles titles of the WTA Finals? 1) Sania Mirza and Cara Black 2) Su-Wei Hseih and Shuai Peng 3) Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 4) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Sania Mirza and Cara Black Ques. : 5 According to a recent verdict by the Supreme Court, those govt employees cannot ask for promotion at a later stage whose 1) promotions have been cancelled owing to their refusal to accept it 2) appointment have been made on the basis of reservation 3) performance has not been satisfactory 4) appointments have been made without written exam 5) None of these Answer:- 1) promotions have been cancelled owing to their refusal to accept it Ques. : 6 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide 500 million dollar loan for urban services management in which of the following states? The loan will help finance creation of a new corporate-style state body to oversee urban services development. 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Telangana 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Rajasthan Ques. : 7 Ghulam Azam died at 91 recently. He was the former head of Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist party, of which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Iran 3) Bangladesh 4) Turkey 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Bangladesh Ques. : 8 The European Union leaders have reached a landmark deal at a summit in Brussels to cut greenhouse emissions by __________by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. 1) 20 per cent 2) 40 per cent 3) 50 per cent 4) 60 per cent 5) None of these Answer:- 2) 40 per cent Ques. : 9 A lone gunman named Zehaf-Bibeau stormed into Parliament of which of the following countries on 22 Oct? He shot dead a soldier guarding the national war memorial before being gunned down. 1) Spain 2) Canada 3) France 4) UK 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Canada Ques. : 10 The US President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-American Azita Raji as the US Ambassador to ________ recently. 1) Sweden 2) Japan 3) China 4) Malaysia 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Sweden
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