Ques. : 1 The govt agreed to increase the ceiling for Lok Sabha poll to Rs 70 lakh recently. However, in the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim and Union Territories, the ceiling for LS poll will be: 1) Rs 30 lakh 2) Rs 35 lakh 3) Rs 45 lakh 4) Rs 50 lakh 5) Rs 54 lakh Answer:- 5) Rs 54 lakh Ques. : 2 Which of the following is not a work of late Khushwant Singh? 1) Train to Pakistan 2) Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer 3) The Sunset Club 4) Truth, Love and a Little Malice 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer Ques. : 3 The new index, proposed by the Rajan committee, asses the backwardness of the states based on averages of ten sub-components. Which of the following is NOT among these components? 1) monthly per-capita consumption expenditure 2) female literacy 3) share of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the total population 4) household amenities 5) None of these Answer:- 5) None of these Ques. : 4 UN unanimously voted in favor of resolution condemning illegal oil export from which of the following countries recently? 1) Syria 2) Libya 3) Yemen 4) Iraq 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Libya Ques. : 5 Which of the following states continues to remain the top-ranked Indian state in terms of “economic freedom,” an index that measures governance, growth, citizens’ rights and labour and business regulation among the country’s 20 largest states? 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Haryana 3) Kerala 4) Gujarat 5) Tamil Nadu Answer:- 4) Gujarat Ques. : 6 The book titled ‘Indian Muslim Spring’ is authored by: 1) Hasan Suroor 2) Reza Aslan 3) Hansda Sowendra Shekhar 4) Mukul Kesavan 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Hasan Suroor Ques. : 7 According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which of the following countries is the biggest buyer of arms in the world over the last five years? 1) China 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) India 5) None of these Answer:- 4) India Ques. : 8 Who is the winner of the 2014 Templeton Prize? 1) Jan Sokol 2) Dominik Duka 3) Tomas Halik 4) Miloslav Vlk 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Tomas Halik Ques. : 9 Which of the following is NOT a part of the prudent guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India? 1) Asset classification 2) Income recognition 3) Provisioning norms 4) Loan recovery rules 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Loan recovery rules Ques. : 10 In the context of banking sector, DRT is associated with: 1) Recurring deposits 2) Loan recovery 3) Deposit insurance 4) Demand and time liabilities of banks 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Loan recovery Ques. : 11 World Tuberculosis Day is observed on: 1) 11 Mar 2) 14 Mar 3) 22 Mar 4) 24 Mar 5) 25 Mar Answer:- 4) 24 Mar Ques. : 12 Who among following has been appointed the Secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) recently? 1) Saurabh Chandra 2) Ruma Pal 3) Amitabh Kant 4) Vivek Rae 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Amitabh Kant Ques. : 13 Nearly two decades after Indian languages were removed from the official curriculum, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu and Urdu are to be reinstated in state schools in which of the following countries? The country is home to 1.4 million citizens of Indian origin. 1) Mauritius 2) Indonesia 3) South Africa 4) Zimbabwe 5) None of these Answer:- 3) South Africa Ques. : 14 Soma Mondal has been appointed the new Director (Commercial) of which of the following Navratna PSUs recently? She is the first woman employee of the company to be elevated to the post of Director. 1) Bharat Electronics Limited 2) National Aluminium Company Limited 3) Shipping Corporation of India Limited 4) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 5) Oil India Limited Answer:- 2) National Aluminium Company Limited Ques. : 15 The Reserve Bank came out with final guidelines for the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) with regard to the early detection and recovery of bad loans recently. Which of the following is correct in this regard? 1) The guidelines will be effective from 1 Apr 2015. 2) Before a loan account tu
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