27 JULY 2014 Ques. : 1 The two day long Global Islamic Economic Summit (GIES) was organised recently at which of the following places? 1) Kuala Lumpur 2) Dubai 3) Amman 4) Doha 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Dubai Ques. : 2 The International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women is observed on 1) 19 Nov 2) 21 Nov 3) 25 Nov 4) 27 Nov 5) None of these Answer:- 3) 25 Nov Ques. : 3 The GAGAN system is set to begin initial operations by Dec end. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the system? 1) It stands for GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation. 2) This system will create straight and direct air routes, vastly improve precise take-offs and landings and save five per cent of airlines’ fuel bills. 3) It will also benefit banking and financial networks, power grids, precision agriculture, as well as land, sea and air transport. 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3) Answer:- 4) All the above Ques. : 4 As announced by the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram recently, the Centre has allocated what amount for the skill development of 10 lakh youth in the current fiscal? 1) Rs 1,000 cr 2) Rs 2,000 cr 3) Rs 5,000 cr 4) Rs 10,000 cr 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Rs 1,000 cr Ques. : 5 The Madras High Court has given its nod to the GAILs pipeline project connection two states recently? Which of the following state govts halted the project citing farmers’ opposition as the reason? 1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Tamil Nadu Ques. : 6 India is the world’s largest consumer of sugar. What is its position in the field of production of the same? 1) First 2) Second 3) Third 4) Fourth 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Second Ques. : 7 The RBI widened infrastructure sector lending sub-category recently. Which of the following sectors qualify for the infrastructure lending? 1) Communication 2) Water & Sanitation 3) Energy 4) Transport 5) All the above Answer:- 5) All the above Ques. : 8 The Constitution Day is celebrated across the country on which of the following dates as the constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on this day? 1) 20 Nov 2) 22 Nov 3) 24 Nov 4) 26 Nov 5) None of these Answer:- 4) 26 Nov Ques. : 9 The President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 10-day Hornbill festival and took part in the 50th anniversary celebration of statehood of ________recently. 1) Assam 2) Manipur 3) Tripura 4) Nagaland 5) Meghalaya Answer:- 4) Nagaland Ques. : 10 India and which of the following countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen co-operation in public administration and governance as part of the efforts to enhance their strategic partnership recently? 1) Indonesia 2) Thailand 3) Malaysia 4) Singapore 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Malaysia Ques. : 11 Which of the following is correct with regard to the RBI’s recent decision to widen infrastructure sector lending sub-category? 1) It has widened the definition of infrastructure lending including hotels with project costing less than Rs 100 cr. 2) It has widened the definition of infrastructure lending including convention centres with project worth Rs 300 cr. 3) The new sub-sectors will be eligible for lending by banks and select All India Term-Lending and Refinancing Institutions under infrastructure category. 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3) Answer:- 5) Only 2) and 3) Ques. : 12 Who among the following in the only Indian political leader shortlisted by the Time magazine for its Person of the Year title? 1) Sonia Gandhi 2) Narendra Modi 3) Rahul Gandhi 4) Nitish Kumar 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Narendra Modi Ques. : 13 Who among the following has won the World Cup of Golf recently? 1) Anirban Lahiri 2) SSP Chowrasia 3) Mohammad Siddikur 4) Jason Day 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Jason Day Ques. : 14 The BARC and Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) have launched a tele-distress alarm device, which once activated could send SMSes to five chosen contacts about the user’s location through the mobile. Name the device. 1) Aparajita 2) Shakti 3) Indira 4) Nirbhaya 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Nirbhaya Ques. : 15 The tech giant Microsoft is working to advance a technology that will be capable of reading sign language and translate into its motion-sensing vocabulary to help the deaf users. Name the technology. 1) Super Ear 2) Kinect 3) Sign Sense 4) Wave 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Kinect Ques. : 16 The countrys first fully privately-finan ced developed metro system has been launched in the public-private partnership mode in ________recently. 1) Gurgaon 2) Mumbai 3) Bangalore 4) Jaipur 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Gurgaon Ques. : 17 The Indian Air Force has chosen which of the following fighter jets to mount BrahMos missiles, the first test launch of which will be carried out by 2014-end? 1) Jaguar 2) Mirage 2000 3) Sukhoi-30 4) Rafale 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Sukhoi-30 Ques. : 18 The book titled ‘Courage and Conviction’ has been authored by 1) VP Malik 2) Stephen King 3) Sumit Chakraberty 4) VK Singh 5) None of these Answer:- 4) VK Singh Ques. : 19 Expand the term MFI. 1) Market Finance Institution 2) Medium Finance Institution 3) Micro Finance Institution 4) Mega Finance Institution 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Micro Finance Institution Ques. : 20 Under its ambitious Zero Landless (Citizens) Project, the state of Kerala aims to make itself a zero-landless (citizens) state by 1) 2014 2) 2015 3) 2016 4) 2017 5) None of these Answer:- 2) 2015 Ques. : 21 The Delhi Police arrested one of its masterminds of Speak Asia, a company that came under the lens of investigative agencies for allegedly raising money from a large number of people, under the garb of running an online survey company. The company was based in 1) Singapore 2) China 3) UK 4) US 5) Japan Answer:- 1) Singapore Ques. : 22 Who among the following has been voted greatest ever Spanish sports personality recently by readers of Spanish sports daily Diario Marca? 1) Diaz Miguel 2) Rafael Nadal 3) Telmo Zarra 4) Ricardo Zamora 5) Severiano Ballasteros Answer:- 2) Rafael Nadal Ques. : 23 Assessees paying excise duty and service tax of what amount will have to mandatorily pay the levies electronically with effect from Jan 2014? 1) Rs 1 lakh 2) Rs 2 lakh 3) Rs 5 lakh 4) Rs 10 lakh 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Rs 1 lakh Ques. : 24 Who among the following has been appointed the new army chief of Pakistan? 1) Haroon Aslam 2) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani 3) Rashid Mehmood 4) Raheel Sharif 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Raheel Sharif Ques. : 25 Department of Telecom (DoT) is in process to launch a new toll-free number for telecom subscribers to register their complaints directly with it. What is the number? 1) 1031 2) 1033 3) 1035 4) 1037 5) None of these Answer:- 4) 1037 Ques. : 26 Who among the following has been named the WTA Player of the Year 2013? 1) Li Na 2) Maria Sharapova 3) Serena Williams 4) Victoria Azarenka 5) None of these Answer-3) Serena Williams Ques. : 27 At a time when 16,000-odd trial courts, 21 high courts and the Supreme Court are battling with over three crore pending cases, a nationwide simultaneous holding of lok adalats recently achieved a world record by disposing of around _____cases within eight hours. 1) 35 lakh 2) 25 lakh 3) 15 lakh 4) 5 lakh 5) None of these Answer:- 1) 35 lakh Ques. : 28 India successfully test-fired its Dhanush ballistic missile recently. The nuclear- capable surface-to-surface missile is a naval variant of Indias indigenously developed ______missile. 1) Agni 2) Trishul 3) Aakash 4) Prithvi 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Prithvi Ques. : 29 Which of the following renowned corporate houses of India withdrew its application for new banking licence recently? 1) Tata Sons 2) Videocon 3) Aditya Birla Group 4) Anil Ambani Group 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Tata Sons Ques. : 30 Who among the following has penned a controversy with his autobiography titled Drohkaal Kaa Pathik recently? 1) Lalu Prasad Yadav 2) Pappu Yadav 3) Jaswant Singh 4) Shivraj Singh Chauhan 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Pappu Yadav Ques. : 31 Which of the following words has been declared Oxford Dictionaries word of the year? 1) schmeat 2) olinguito 3) bitcoin 4) binge-watch 5) Selfie Answer:- 5) Selfie Ques. : 32 The insurance regulator IRDA has started a process to provide unique identity numbers to hospitals. Which of the following is correct about it? 1) In will help identify hospitals and collect information regarding various charges imposed by them on different medical procedures. 2) Working with national accreditation agencies, IRDA will provide identity numbers to hospitals integrated with the pin code of the area and the name of hospitals 3) General insurers have opposed the move saying it will only help customers and will make it difficult for them to add hospitals. 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 2) Ques. : 33 After the successful launch of the Mars mission, ISRO is now gearing up for Dec 15 GSLV test flight. Who among the following is the chairman of ISRO at present? 1) CNR Rao 2) G Madhavan Nair 3) K Radhakrishnan 4) Avinash Chander 5) None of these Answer:- 3) K Radhakrishnan Ques. : 34 The 19th COP to the Kyoto Protocol concluded in Warsaw, Poland recently. COP stands for 1) Conference of Parties 2) Conference of People 3) Conference on Pollution 4) Conference on Proliferation 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Conference of Parties Ques. : 35 Who among the following has been crowned Miss Universe 2013 at the 62nd edition of the beauty pageant recently? 1) Manasi Moghe 2) Constanza Baez 3) Patricia Yurena Rodriguez 4) Gabriela Isler 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Gabriela Isler Ques. : 36 As estimated by the global financial services major, Standard Chartered, which of the following countries is likely to become the third largest economy by 2030? 1) India 2) Nigeria 3) Brazil 4) Indonesia 5) None of these Answer:- 1) India Ques. : 37 Who among the following has been appointed the new chief justice of Pakistan? 1) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani 2) Iftikhar Chaudhary 3) Abdul Hameed Dogar 4) Rana Bhagwandas 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Ques. : 38 As per the prevailing norms, banks declare an account inoperative if it is not used for what period? 1) Six months 2) One year 3) Two years 4) Five years 5) Never Answer:- 3) Two years Ques. : 39 India’s erstwhile ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao, retired recently. Who among the following has replaced her? 1) S Jaishankar 2) Virander Paul 3) Meera Shankar 4) PS Raghavan 5) None of these Answer:- 1) S Jaishankar Ques. : 40 The United Nations Day is observed on 1) 24 Oct 2) 26 Oct 3) 28 Oct 4) 30 Oct 5) None of these Answer:- 1) 24 Oct Ques. : 41 The World AIDS Day is observed on 1) 1 Dec 2) 11 Dec 3) 15 Dec 4) 25 Dec 5) None of these Answer:- 1) 1 Dec Ques. : 42 Which of the following countries has launched an unmanned lunar probe Change-3 comprising a lander and a Moon rover recently? 1) Japan 2) US 3) Russia 4) China 5) India Answer:- 4) China Ques. : 43 Who among the following has lifted the women’s singles title of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently? 1) Saina Nehwal 2) Michelle Li 3) PV Sindhu 4) Wang Shixian 5) Li Xuerui Answer:- 3) PV Sindhu Ques. : 44 In which of the following Asian countries, a deadly protest is going on to topple the incumbent Prime Minister who won no- confidence vote in the countries’ parliament recently? 1) Malaysia 2) Philippines 3) Indonesia 4) Thailand 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Thailand Ques. : 45 The Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily inaugurated the first Synthetic Rubber Plant of the country at ________recently. 1) Chennai 2) Hyderabad 3) Panipat 4) Mangalore 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Panipat Ques. : 46 The International Day for Abolition of Slavery is observed on 1) 1 Dec 2) 2 Dec 3) 5 Dec 4) 9 Dec 5) None of these Answer:- 2) 2 Dec Ques. : 47 In which of the following countries, a 50-member panel has approved the draft constitution for a referendum in a transition promised by military rule in the Islamist country? 1) Libya 2) Egypt 3) Yemen 4) Nigeria 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Egypt Ques. : 48 Satyendra Mishra has been appointed as Chairman of which of the following exchanges in the country recently? 1) National Stock Exchange (NSE) 2) Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) 3) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 4) MCX Stock Exchanged (MCX-SX) 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Ques. : 49 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), recently, directed the banks to charge customers for transaction SMS alerts on _________ basis. 1) fixed fee 2) usage 3) free 4) double the actual fee 5) None of these Answer:- 2) usage Ques. : 50 Which of the following countries is considering phasing out its over four decades old rice subsidy scheme-“gentan” production adjustment system by March 2019 to bring reforms in agriculture sector? 1) China 2) South Korea 3) Japan 4) Malaysia 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Japan
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