8 AUGUST 2014 1. Currently, what is the Bank Rate as specified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? 1) 7 per cent 2) 8 per cent 3) 9 per cent 4) 9.5 per cent 5) None of these Answer-3) 9 per cent 2. Who among the following has written the book ‘Half Girlfriend’? 1) Amish Tripathi 2) Chetan Bhagat 3) Ravinder Singh 4) Durjoy Datta 5) None of these Answer-2) Chetan Bhagat 3. The Hiroshima day was observed recently on which of the following dates? On this day in 1945, an atom bomb was dropped by the US on Hiroshima in one of the final chapters of World War II. 1) Aug 6 2) Aug 7 3) Aug 9 4) Aug 10 5) None of these Answer-1) Aug 6 4. The 41st Chess Olympiad was held recently in which of the following cities? 1) Tromso, Norway 2) Belgrade, Serbia 3) Sofia, Bulgaria 4) Havana, Cuba 5) None of these Answer-1) Tromso, Norway 5. The RBI announced its bimonthly policy review on 5 Aug 2014. Which of the following is NOT correct in the light of the policy review? 1) Repo rate – 7 per cent 2) Cash Reserve Ratio – 4 per cent 3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio – 22 per cent 4) Marginal Standing Facility – 9 per cent 5) None of these Answer-1) Repo rate – 7 per cent 6. Pran Kumar Sharma, who died, recently, was an eminent 1) novelist 2) guitarist 3) cartoonist 4) historian 5) None of these Answer-3) cartoonist 7. Nirmala Sitharaman is holding which of the following Union Ministries as of now? Minister of State (Independent Charge) for 1) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 2) Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports 3) Ministry of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation 4) Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region 5) None of these Answer-1) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 8. India has put on hold all defence procurements from the Finmeccannica company and its affiliate firms in the wake of an alleged chopper scam. This company is based in 1) France 2) Italy 3) Israel 4) Sweden 5) None of these Answer-2) Italy 9. The 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting was held in which of the following cities recently? The Environment Ministers of BASIC countries met to discuss important issues relating to current United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. 1) Cape Town 2) Beijing 3) New Delhi 4) Brasilia 5) None of these Answer-3) New Delhi 10. A massive landslide took place in Nepal after an artificial lake was created in Sunkoshi river near Nepal-Tibet. This also poses serious flood threat to several districts of Bihar as Sunkoshi flows across the border into Bihar as the 1) Gandak River 2) Kosi River 3) Punpun River 4) Sone River 5) None of these Answer-2) Kosi River
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