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FEBRUARY 2014

INTERIM BUDGET FOR 2014 – 15 HIGHLIGHTS

Income tax rates kept unchanged; 10 pc surcharge on 'super-rich' having annual income

above Rs. 1 Crore to continue; 5 pc surcharge on corporates with turnover of Rs 10 cr. Defence allocation increased by 10 per cent to Rs 2.24

lakh crore; Moratorium on interest on student loans taken before

March 31, 2009; to benefit 9 lakh borrowers Rs 11,200 cr. to be infused as capital in PSU banks in

2014-15. Target for banks for credit to farm sector during 2014-

15 fixed at Rs. 8 Lakh Crore Disinvestment target for FY2014-15 fixed at Rs. 36,925

Cr; plus Rs. 3000 Crore by residual stake sale. Allocates Rs 1,000 Cr more to Nirbhaya Fund; Rs. 2,46,397 Crore for food, fertiliser and fuel subsidy.

KEY BUDGET FIGURES – 2014-15

BUDGET HEAD Rs in Cr1 Revenue Receipts (2+3) 1167131

2 Tax Revenue (net to centre) 9864173 Non-Tax Revenue 180714

4 Capital Receipts (5+6+7) 5960835 Recoveries of Loans 105276 Other Receipts 569257 Borrowings and other liabilities 528631

8 Total Receipts (1+4) $ 17632149 Non-Plan Expenditure (10+12) 1207892

10 On Revenue Account - of which, 110778111 Interest Payments 42701112 On Capital Account 100111

13 Plan Expenditure (14+15) 55532214 On Revenue Account 44227315 On Capital Account 113049

16 Total Expenditure (9+13)(Budget Size) 176321417 Revenue Expenditure (10+14) 1550054

18 Of Which, Grants for creation of

Capital Assets 146581

19 Capital Expenditure (12+15) 21316020 Revenue Deficit (17-1) 3.3% of GDP 38292321 Effective Revenue Deficit (20-18) 1.8% of

GDP 236342

22 Fiscal Deficit {16-(1+5+6)} 4.8% of GDP*

528631

23 Primary Deficit (22-11) 1.5% of GDP* 101620

*–GDP for 2014-2015 has been projected at `12839952 crore (Rs. 128.39 trillion)

GOVT HOUSE KEEPING (In %) Rupee Comes From Rupee Goes To Borrowings 25 Central Plan Outlay 10Corporate Tax 21 Plan Asst. to State / UTs 16

Income Tax 14 Non Plan expenditure State/UTs 03

Custom Duty 09 Non-Plan Expenditure 11Excise Duty 10 States Share of Taxes 18Service Tax 10 Interest Payments 20Non-Tax Revenue 10 Defence 10Non Debt Capital Receipts 01 Subsidies 12

Total 100 Total 100

ADB LOAN FOR THREE PROJECTS Asian Development Bank has inked three pacts amounting to $ 605.2 million with India for road development in the north-eastern region, power distribution in Madhya Pradesh and improvement of railways services in the country.

$ 1 MN W B LOAN FOR NORTH EAST World Bank has launched a competitive grant-based funding with access to over $ 1 million for profit and non-profit organizations working in the area of delivering services to the poor in north-eastern states.

INDIA FOR PREFERENTIAL TRADE WITH SACU India and Namibia have agreed for early conclusion of a preferential trade agreement between New Delhi and Southern African Customs Union (SACU) aimed at reducing tariffs on certain items traded between the two sides. The SACU consists of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.

ELECTRONIC TOLL ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS The government will roll out electronic toll collection on all national highways by December to streamline the toll collection and reduce commuter hassle. It will start along the Golden Quadrilateral route by August and along the North-South-East-West (NS-EW) corridors by October.

The government has set a deadline for public transport vehicles running in major cities with a population of over 10 lakh to install GPS devices by Feb. 20, 2014.

Government mopped up around Rs 61,141 crore from the auction of 2G spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands of radio waves.

Asian Development Bank to give a $300 million loan to improve road connectivity along key corridors in Chhattisgarh state.

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WEF MEET HELD AT DAVOS 44th annual meeting of World Economic Forum – WEF held at Davos, Switzerland was attended by over 2,500 participants from almost 100 countries, including 1,500 business leaders. This year's theme was ‘The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics & Business'.  

CHINA’s GDP GROWS AT 7.7% China's economy, the world’s second-largest, has shown signs of stabilizing as 2013's growth rate matched that for 2012. The GDP growth rate for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 was pegged at 7.7%. Though it was lower than 7.8% in the previous quarter, yet it was still higher than the government's target rate of 7.5%.

FACEBOOK TO START ‘TRENDING’ Popular social networking site Facebook will roll out a new feature called ‘Trending’ — akin to a tool on Twitter — for its users to know the most popular topics being discussed on the site. The list will appear near the top of the right-hand column of the news feed. LABOUR AND FAMILY REFORMS IN CHINA China has formally abolished its controversial labour camps “re-education” system and loosened family planning restrictions from ‘one’ child norm to ‘two’ child norm. Under the re-education through labour system, accused can be held for up to four years without a trial. This year, around 1.6 lakh people were held in some 260 labour camps.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to make military service compulsory for all adult males aged between 18 and 30, but kept it optional for women.

Latvia has become 18th country to adopt Euro as its currency. Its earlier currency was ‘Latvian Lats’.

Greece takes over the Presidency of the European Union Council. (not the presidentship)

PERSONS IN NEWS

MARCH 2014 NANDAN NILEKANI: He was in news as he resigned from the Chairmanship of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on 13 March 2014 to contest Lok Sabha election from the Bangalore South on congress ticket.

K. C. CHAKRABARTY: Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India was in news as he resigned three months ahead of the completion of his term. ARJUN KAPOOR: Bollywood actor was in news as he became the national ambassador of the Earth Hour 2014 that was observed on March 29. Under the Earth Hour initiative, citizens are asked to switch off electricity for an hour from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. This year’s theme is “I Will If You Will”

ALI ZEIDAN: Prime Minister of Libya was in news as he was ousted by his country’s parliament, after passing a no-confidence motion against him.

FEBRUARY 2014

K.T. THOMAS: The former Supreme Court judge has been appointed head of the eight-member search committee to select the persons for various posts of Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman. ASHOK KHOSLA: Indian environment expert has been awarded the UAE's prestigious Zayed's international prize in environment with prize money of $300,000 for his scientific achievement. LAKSHMI SWAMINATHAN: Lady from Chennai has become the first Indian to be elected as the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank. SANJEEV KULKARNI: A noted Professor of electrical engineering in USA has been appointed as the next dean of the Princeton University Graduate School in the Princeton University, USA. VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH: President of Ukraine was in news as he fled from his country to an unknown destination following the public revolt against him. The Parliament impeached the absconding President and he has been put on the international list of wanted persons. MARK ZUCKERBERG: Facebook founder and chief executive and his wife Priscilla Chan were the largest philanthropic donors in the United States in 2013, donating nearly 1 billion dollars to charity, according to the annual list published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

JANUARY 2014

ANAND SINHA: Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India was in news as he retired from the service. He was looking after the new bank license process. ANEES SALIM: Kerala-based writer won The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 for his novel Vanity Bagh for consistent writing and humour and imagination. The Prize recognises the contribution of Indian writers to literary culture. CYRUS MISTRY: Mumbai-based author-journalist won the prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature, given at the Jaipur Literature Festival for his book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer narrating the painful lives of members of the small Zoroastrian community of corpse carriers. SACHIN TENDULKAR: Legendary cricketer was placed fifth on a list of 30 most admired persons on the planet compiled by by YouGov for The Times by surveying almost 14,000 people. The list was topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. MEERA CHANDRASEKHAR: An Indian-American university professor of physics and astronomy has been honoured with the top US teaching award “Baylor University's 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching”. The award carries the single largest monetary reward of $250,000.

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GEN. BIKRAM SINGH: Indian Army Chief took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC), a body of three service chiefs with the senior-most among them heading it.

ASHA KHEMKA: A Bihar born eminent educationist has been awarded one of Britain's highest civilian award-Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), making her the first from the community to earn the honour in past 83 years.  The Damehood is in recognition of her services to the deprived areas of the West Midlands as Principal of West Nottinghamshire College for last 8 years.   

A. JOSEPH PAULRAJ: Indian origin Professor of technology at Stanford University, USA, has been awarded the 2014 Marconi Prize, a Nobel equivalent for technology pioneers, for his work that is at the heart of the current high speed Wi-Fi and 4G mobile systems.

RAKESH KHURANA: Indian-American professor of Sociology has been appointed Dean of the prestigious Harvard College, at Harvard University, USA.

AITIZAZ HASAN: A 15-year-old school boy who died while trying to defend his school in Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district from a suicide bomber has been hailed as a hero for saving the lives of many of his classmates. He has been decorated with the Sitara-e-Shujaat — a high civilian award for bravery.

ALI LARAYEDH: Tunisia’s Islamist Prime Minister was in news as he resigned as part of a plan to end months of political deadlock. His resignation sees the departure of Tunisia’s first democratically elected government, which came to power after veteran strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings almost three years ago.

MYKOLA AZAROV: Ukrainian Prime Minister was in news as he resigned to counter widespread political protests in the country against harsh anti protest laws.

MARGARET THATCHER: The ‘Iron Lady’ of Britain was voted the most successful post-war British Prime Minister. She passed away on April 8, 2013.

APPOINTMENTS

MARCH 2014 JUSTICE R.M. LODHA: 41st Chief Justice of India

RAJIV TAKRU: Finance Secretary, Govt. of India

SHEILA DIKSHIT: Governor of Kerala

RAKESH SETHI: Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank.

JUSTICE B N SRIKRISHNA: Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board India AJAY SHRIRAM: President CII (Confederation of Indian Industries)

AAMIR KHAN: National Icon of The Election Commission to spread awareness about the importance of voting and to urge people to cast their votes.

ARJUN BAHADUR THAPA: Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). SANCHEZ CEREN: President of El Salvador MICHELLE BACHELET: First women President of Chile

FEBRUARY 2014

R K TIWARI: Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes RAJESH KR. AGRAWAL: Judge, Supreme Court N V RAMANA: Judge, Supreme Court HARISH RAWAT: New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand KTS TULSI: Nominated by the President as Member of Rajya Sabha in the category of eminent persons. Justice Tulsi is a leading legal luminary. JATINDER BIR SINGH: Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab & Sindh Bank ASHOK KUMAR MATHUR: Chairman, 7th Central Pay Commission SATYA NADELLA: CEO of Microsoft Inc., USA SUSHIL KOIRALA: Prime Minister of Nepal ABDUL BASIT: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India MATTEO RENZI: Prime Minister of Italy MEHDI JOMAA: Prime Minister of Tunisia IBRAHIM MAHLAB: Prime Minister, Egypt OLEKSANDR TURCHYNOV: Acting President of Ukraine ARSENIY YATSENYUK: Prime Minister of Ukraine

JANUARY 2014 SUBODH AGGARWAL: President of the South Asian Federation of Accountants. R. CHANDRASHEKHAR: President of NASSCOM ARUP RAHA: Air Chief Marshal, Indian Air Force VINOD KUMAR DUGGAL: Governor of Manipur  JANET YELLEN– First lady Governor of the US Federal Reserve (US equivalent of RBI) SHEIKH HASINA: Awami League leader of Bangladesh who was sworn-in as Prime Minister for the third time. LAIMDOTA STRAUJUMA: 1st woman PM of Latvia HERY RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA: President of Madagascar 

AWARDS & HONOURS

MARCH 2014 GANDHI PEACE PRIZE- 2013: Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Eminent Gandhian and environmentalist, founder of ‘Chipko Movement’ to save forests. The award, given by Govt. of India, carries a cash reward of Rs one crore.

SARASWATI SAMMAN 2013: Noted writer Govind Mishra for his Hindi novel, Dhool Paudhon Par. The award carries a cash reward of Rs. 10 lac.

Protein Science Young Investigator Award: Dr. M. Madan Babu, Indian-born scientist won the award at Cambridge University, UK.

International Women of Courage Award: Won by Indian acid attack victim, Ms. Laxmi for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India.

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JANUARY 2014

PADMA AWARDS - 2014 Instituted in 1954, Padma Awards are announced every year on eve of Republic Day in all fields of human excellence. The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and award to foreigners) should not be more than 120. The decoration comprises a medal and a certificate and no cash reward.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN – 2 Only Name Field State Dr. Raghunath A

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B. K. S Iyengar Yoga Maharashtra

PADMA BHUSHAN – TOTAL 24 Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu

Justice Dalveer Bhandari

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Ashok Chakradhar Lit. and Education Delhi Anjum Chopra Sports- Cricket Delhi Sunil Dabas Sports- Kabbadi Haryana

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59th FILMFARE AWARDS 2014

Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Best Actress: Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram

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DSC PRIZE for South Asian literature-2014: Cyrus Mistry for his book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

71ST GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS These awards are given annually by Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in California, USA for recognizing the excellence in the field of cinema and TV. Best film-Drama: 12 Years a Slave by Steve McQueen Best Comedy Film: American Hustle by David O. Russell Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico) for his spectacular 3D space drama – Gravity.

56TH GRAMMY AWARDS-2014 (At Los Angeles, California, USA)

Record of the Year: Get Lucky by French musical group-Daft Punk featuring singer Pharrell Williams Album of the Year: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk Song of the Year: Royals by Joel Little and Lorde

Best Pop Solo Performance: Royals by Lorde

Best World Music Album: shared by - Live: Singing for Peace Around the World by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Savor Flamenco by Gypsy Kings.

MARCONI PRIZE-2014: A. Joseph Paulraj, USA, for his work in developing high speed WiFi and 4G mobile systems.

FIFA Ballon d'Or: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal (best footballer of the year in world)

BOOKS & AUTHORS

MARCH 2014 The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger India at Risk by Jaswant Singh My Way by Derek O’Brien, Rajya Sabha member In Pursuit of a Lesser Offence by Sujata Parashar Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer The Country Without a Post Office by Agha Shahid Ali Dhool Paudho Par by Govind Mishra The Political Economy of Energy and Growth by Najeeb Jung, Lt. Governor of Delhi. The Triple Package: What Really Determines Success by Jed Rubenfeld, Amy Chua

FEBRUARY 2014 Water, Peace and War – Confronting the Global Water Crisis by Brahma Chellaney Public Issues Before Parliament- by Vijay Darda From Ghalib’s Dilli to Lutyens’ New Delhi by Mushirul Hasan and Dinyaar Patel The Islamist Challenge in West Asia by Talmiz Ahmed Vyomkesh Darvesh by Vishwanath Tripathi

JANUARY 2014 India at Turning Point: The Road to Good Governance by T.S.R. Subramanian Vanity Bagh by Anees Salim Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry Insurgent by Veronica Roth Wheat Belly by William Davis

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SPORTS WORLD MARCH 2014

RECENT SPORTS EVENTS Event Venue Winner Looser

Vijay Hazare Trophy – Cricket

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Karnataka Railways

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Vishakhaptnam West Zone North Zone

Santosh Trophy -National Football

Championship

Siliguri, West Bengal

Mizoram Railways

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Kerala Tamil Nadu Services

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Kerala Railways Kerala

Hockey India Senior Men

National Championship

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Manisha National Snooker

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Kamal Chawla

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Lucknow, UP Vidya Pillai Arantxa Sanchis

64th National Basketball

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New Delhi Tamil Nadu Punjab

64th National Basketball

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New Delhi Chhattisgarh Railways

BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells

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California, USA Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer

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California, USA Flavia Pennetta

Agnieszka Radwanska

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Viswanathan Anand

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Sepang, Malaysia

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Nico Rosberg

7th Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait: Chain Singh and Ms Heena Sidhu clinched gold medal

Arvind Bhat won the Grand Prix Gold beating Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark at German Open Badminton Championship at Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

R V Rahul won two gold and one silver in the boys’ 77kg weight category in the 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships at Bangsaen, Thailand Sachin Tendulkar voted Cricketer of the Generation by a 50-member international jury LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS - 2014 Men - Sebastian Vettel: Formula 1 world champion from Germany Women - Missy Franklin: American Olympic swimmer, winner of 6 golds. ICC World T20 tournament for men and women to be held in Bangladesh from March 22 to April 6, 2014. ICC U-19 World Cup: South Africa won the cricket trophy defeating Pakistan in final played at Dubai, UAE. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship: Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych to lift the cup.

1st Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships held at Bangkok, Thailand.

FEBRUARY 2014

SOCHI OLYMPICS – 2014 The 22nd Winter Olympic games 2014 were held at Sochi in Russia. The official mascots for these games were named - the Leopard, the Polar Bear and the Hare. Motto of this year’s games was “Hot-Cool-Yours” Sochi. Of the 88 countries who took part in 98 events, Russia secured highest number of medals winning 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals.

2014 Paralympic winter games to be held at Sochi, Russia from 7th to 16th March, 2014. Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championship title at Lucknow, beating Alok Kumar. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after approving the new elections of office bearers of the IOA. N. RAMACHANDRAN: President, Indian Olympic Association N. SRINIVASAN elected as Chairman, International Cricket Council Irani cup: Karantaka defeats Rest of India to lift prestigious cricket trophy at Bangalore Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women’s cricket team in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be held from March 16 in Bangladesh. 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held at Coimbatore, Kerala.

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DECEMBER 2013

9th Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Bali, Indonesia agreed to allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action.

The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has upheld India’s right to divert water from the Kishenganga river for power generation in Jammu and Kashmir

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited India.

The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of women who die of pregnancy-related causes per 1, 00,000 live births — has come down to 178 in 2010-12

National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) report says that number of slum dwellings has come down to 88 lakh, compared to 1.3 crore households in 2011.  

Number of homeless people across the country has come down by 8.8 per cent, from about 19.4 lakh in 2001 to 17.7 lakh in 2011, says latest Census 2011 data.

The Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report-2014 has placed India at 69th position in terms of their ability to deliver secure and sustainable energy. 

India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business.

India has been ranked among the world's highly corrupt nations at the 94th spot (same as in 2012) in a global list of 177 countries compiled by Transparency International.

The Labour Ministry report has revealed that unemployment rate in the country during 2012-13 was estimated to be 13.3 per cent for the age group 15-29.

Film 'Liar's Dice, directed by Geetu Mohandas, selected in the competition category at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in USA.

The Sankirtana — ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur has been added to UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage".

India and San Marino, a tiny country within Italy, signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) for exchange of banking and ownership information

Govt has cleared a services and investment deal with 10-member Asean group as part of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement-DTAA signed with Macedonia, a small country north of Greece.

NOVEMBER 2013

Eminent scientist Prof C.N.R. Rao and cricket icon Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar have been awarded the highest civilian award of India - The Bharat Ratna.

Govt. has decided to discontinue issuance of India-Bangladesh Passport with effect from Nov.15, 2013.

David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK visited India on his way to Colombo to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

India’s 2nd international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border has been opened at Akhaurah in Tripura.

The first joint retreat ceremony of the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held on Nov 6 at Petropole-Benapole check post on Indo Bangla border

Japan will provide an assistance of Rs 1,958 crore to India for campus development at IIT Hyderabad and investment promotion in Tamil Nadu

Supreme Court has allowed persons lodged in jail to contest elections, going back on their July 10 judgment.

India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit to Vietnam for defence purchases

India and Vietnam have signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in their jails.

UNICEF has launched a nationwide social media campaign named ‘Take the Poo to Loo’ against defecation in open.

In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India slipped by five places to 106th spot.

As per the World Bank’s report 'Ease of Doing Business 2014’ India ranked 134th in the list of 189 economies

44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013 held in Goa from November 20th to 30th. Japan was the country in focus for this festival.

India has contributed over USD 11 million to various UN bodies for development activities for the year 2014.

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India declared free from H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu) as no cases have been reported in the last 3 months.

India and Belgium have agreed to strengthen, promote and develop renewable energy cooperation

India to provide Rs 100 crores as a grant to Bhutan for their Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP).

World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-Tech Trade Fair held at Hyderabad, Nov. 4-7.

OCTOBER 2013

Prime Minister visited Russia to hold bilateral talks with the Russian President Vladimer Putin

India -China sign Border Defence Coop Agreement on visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

President visited Turkey; conferred honorary 'Doctorate’ in Political Science by the Istanbul University

Prime Minister visited Brunei to attend ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit

Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Latin American countries Peru and Cuba to strengthen India's relations with them.

India ranks 163rd in Global Hunger Index Panjab University, Chandigarh, ranked India’s no. 1

higher educational institution in the Times Higher Education's Top 400 World University Rankings

India has been placed at a low 78th slot on a global Human Capital Index

India has signed agreements with seven countries, who pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda University project.

The Supreme Court has directed govt to ensure reservation of 3% jobs for the disabled

The proposed highway - from Moreh in Manipur to Mae Sot in Thailand, via Myanmar to start soon

India has been ranked 101 out of 136 countries on a Global Gender Gap Index compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum.

Latest Census data shows that over 65 million people lived in slums in 2011.

President visits Belgium and had a meeting with their Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at Brussels.

World Bank to provide $360 million loan for modernisation of irrigation and drainage systems in Uttar Pradesh.

Union Finance Minister and RBI governor visit USA to attend the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank at Washington.

15th Mumbai film festival held from October 17 to 24 at Mumbai.

NEWS FROM STATES

DECEMBER 2013 ARUNACHAL PRADESH: is fast turning into a producer of large cardamom, a sought-after spice.   

5 NEW CHEIF MINISTERS  

Vasundhara Raje: Rajasthan

Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Raman Singh: Chattisgarh  

Pu Lalthanhawla: Mizoram

NOVEMBER 2013

The National Museum of Denmark has offered to renovate 116 heritage buildings located on the banks of the river Hooghly in West Bengal.

Number of man-days under NREGA Scheme increased to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in cyclone hit districts of Odisha.

World Bank and ADB to provide $ 313 mn to Odisha for restoration and rehabilitation in cyclone Phailin hit areas.

Govt. has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Assam and in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for six more months w.e.f. Nov 4

Sikkim declared as the best region to visit in 2014 in the Best in Travel list 2014 by the global travel guide Lonely Planet.

The Hornbill Festival held in Kohima, Nagaland to celebrate and promote rich tribal culture of Nagaland.

GOVT INITIATIVES

DECEMBER 2013

Govt has agreed to grant constitutional status to the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for appointment and transfer of judges

The Centre has cleared a proposal for setting up of National Cancer Institute at Badhsa village in Jhajjar of Haryana at a cost of Rs 2035 crore.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, raising the reservation for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) from three at present to five per cent.

Every NREGA job cardholder who plans to build a toilet in his house will get Rs 10,000 from NREGA funds.

Govt has launched e-inclusion project to make people e-literate, aiming to make at least one individual in every household e-literate.

NOVEMBER 2013

S Mahendra Dev committee appointed to prepare a fresh index that would lead to more generous wage revisions under the NREGA.

Centre has directed states to implement the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for compulsory coverage of all the loanee farmers.

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Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of Disaster Response (NIDR) in Maharashtra

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched for reforming the state run higher education system

Prasaar Bharati to launch a separate TV channel “Prabha” specially for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

OCTOBER 2013 National Financial Reporting Authority set up to lay

down accounting and auditing policies and standards for adoption by companies

Skilled labour in sericulture included in works eligible under the employment guarantee scheme - MNREGA.

The minimum support price (MSP) for wheat raised by Rs 50 per quintal to Rs 1,400 for 2013-14 crop year

All post offices to come under the core banking solution system to cover more people of rural areas

Wind and solar farms to be set up in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu in the first phase of the Rs 43,000-crore Green Energy Corridors Project

Govt has allowed portability of LPG connections from one dealer/company to another and also launched the 5 kg LPG cylinder at cash and carry basis.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

DECEMBER 2013 The economy grew at a faster pace of 4.8 per cent in

the second quarter (ending September 30th), primarily due to improved performance of agriculture

Asian Development Bank has projected that India is likely to record 4.7% growth in FY 14

NOVEMBER 2013 Standard & Poor's has warned of a likely downgrade in

2014 if the government fails to reverse India's low growth.

ECONOMY

DECEMBER 2013

According to a study by global research firm Ipsos, has ranked India as the seventh most economically confident country in the world.

The Asian Development Bank has agreed to lend $176 million to extend the first metro train line in Jaipur.

NOVEMBER 2013 Four overseas territories - Liechtenstein, Isle of Man,

British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands agreed to share tax information with India.

India has allowed Bangladesh to import motorcycles through the land route as against sea route at present, to reduce the transportation costs.

OCTOBER 2013

4 Indian businesswomen led by ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have made to Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders.

Tatas’ join hand with Singapore Airlines to form 'Tata SIA Airlines Limited'.

Govt approves Jet Airways' proposed sale of 24 per cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways

India agrees to start a transmission line for exporting 500 MW of electricity from West Bengal to Bangladesh.

India finalised $512-million joint venture deal with Sri Lanka for construction of two coal fired power projects

Reliance Industries Ltd. has become the first company in the country to achieve sales of more than Rs 1,00,000 crore in a quarter.

Australian Trade Commission and YES Bank have signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports of India’s food and agricultural sector. 

The new Companies Law requires companies to spend at least 2 per cent of its net profits on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

BANKING

DECEMBER 2013 Nepal and India have agreed to allow circulation of

Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 denomination Indian notes within Nepalese territory, ending over 10 years of ban. 

Doha Bank became the first Qatari bank to get the license from RBI to start operations in India, with first branch in Mumbai.

Govt approved the enhancement of the bilateral currency swap arrangement between the RBI and Bank of Japan to $ 50 billion, up from $ 15 billion at present.

NOVEMBER 2013 First all-woman bank - ‘Bhartiya Mahila Bank’ starts

from Mumbai, headed by Usha Ananthasubramaniam. Bank may cater to limited number of male customers.

RBI asks public sector banks to provide credit to women self help groups @ 7% pa under the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana scheme.

RBI allows banks to classify loans given to medium manufacturing enterprises after Nov. 13 under priority sector lending.

RBI allows banks to pay interest on savings deposits and term deposits at monthly or fortnightly intervals.

RBI has permitted foreign banks to acquire domestic private sector banks and to set up branches anywhere in India.

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Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Assam and other North Eastern states.

The RBI has asked banks to charge customers for transaction SMS alerts on the basis of usage, instead of present practice of imposing a fixed fee.

RBI has directed RRBs to follow the minimum 9% capital adequacy norm from the current year.

OCTOBER 2013 Govt to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in SBI and Rs 1,800

crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank part of the Rs 14,000 crore capital infusion plan for the current fiscal.

NABARD Warehousing Scheme launched to advance loans to public and private sector for construction of Cold Stores, Warehouses, Silos etc.

National Payments Corporation of India has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders.

To make the more attractive for senior citizens, the government has decided to exempt annuity instalments earned by mortgager.

DEFENCE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DECEMBER 2013

India’s indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been inducted into the Indian Air Force on December 20. India test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a strike range of over 3,000 km from Odisha coast

Indian Air Force has bid farewell to MiG-21 FL – its first supersonic combat jet aircraft that served it for over five decades.

India has signed a mega contract of $1.01 billion with USA for six more C-130J "Super Hercules" jumbo military cargo aircrafts. 

India offers to train Sri Lankan Navy officers. China’s lunar probe Chang'e-3 landed on the Moon,

carrying the “Jade Rabbit” or Yu Tu rover. A US space agency rover rambling on the dry surface of

Mars has for the first time discovered evidence of what used to be a freshwater lake.

NOVEMBER 2013 Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, a re-fitted version of

Russian ship Admiral Gorshkov, inducted into the Indian Navy at INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka.

The Indian and US navies conducted their annual Malabar joint exercises in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Tamil Nadu, from Nov. 5 to 11 Nov.

The Indian Army tested an advanced version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III variant) successfully at the Pokhran, Rajasthan.

President presented the prestigious Presidential Standards to two squadrons of Indian Air Force - 220 Squadron and 32 Squadron at Halwara, Punjab.

Pragati Missile, the new tactical surface-to-surface missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range of 60-170 kms.

India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface to surface ballistic missile Dhanush from a naval ship. It has a range of 250 kilometers.

India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile with a range of 700 km from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.

Pakistan successfully test-fired its surface to surface missile - Hatf IX (Nasr) with a range of 60 km.

India’s first interplanetary spacecraft under ISRO’s Rs 430 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) was launched successfully on board PSLV- C25 from Sriharikota, AP.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba, Kerala, celebrated its golden jubilee on Nov. 21 by launching the Rohini Sounding Rocket.

Himachal Pradesh has set up western Himalaya’s first Bird Ringing Station at Salropa in the prestigious Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu.

Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China is world’s fastest system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/sec

‘YAOGAN XIX’ – A remote-sensing satellite launched by China on board its carrier rocket Long March 4C

NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –‘MAVEN’ (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

The world's first publicly accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency - Bitcoins - for any official currency, has been launched in Canada

OCTOBER 2013

The first home-made Hawk MK 132 aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has been inducted in Indian Navy.

INS Sunayna: Indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) –commissioned in Indian Navy.

‘INDRA 2013’: The first ever India-Russia joint military exercise began on October 19 at the Mahajan field firing range near the Indo-Pak border in the Thar Desert.

‘Hand in Hand 2013’: Joint military exercises of India and China in Chengdu region in South west China.

Prithvi-II: Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired for a range of 300 km from Chandipur in Odisha.

JUNO: NASA's spacecraft is making a quick pass by Earth to get gravity boost to slingshot itself towards Jupiter.

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AZIM PREMJI: IT tycoon has been ranked as the most generous Indian with a donation of Rs 8,000 crore in the year ending March 31, 2013 MALIA AND MALALA: US President Barack Obama's elder daughter Malia and Pakistani girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai have been named among the 16 most influential teens of 2013 by the Time magazine.

OCTOBER 2013

SHYAM BENEGAL: Veteran director has been nominated to head the accomplished jury for the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to be held in Brisbane, Australia. ROBERTO AZEVEDO: Director General of World Trade Organisation – WTO visited India. C. V. WIGNESWARAN: Sri Lanka’s first ‘elected’ Tamil Chief Minister of the Northern Province in the first ever provincial elections held after clearance of LTTE.

APPOINTMENTS

DECEMBER 2013 J N CHOUDHURY: Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) ARVIND RANJAN: Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). SUSHMA SINGH: Chief Information Commissioner at Central Information Commission SUMIT BOSE: Union Finance Secretary S. JAISHANKAR: India’s new Ambassador to USA VK DUGGAL: Governor of Manipur C. V. R. RAJENDRAN: Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Bank MOHAN V TANKSALE: Chief Executive, Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

5 NEW CHIEF MINISTERS

ARVIND KEJRIWAL: New Delhi VASUNDHARA RAJE: Rajasthan  SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN: Madhya Pradesh DR. RAMAN SINGH: Chhattisgarh PU LALTHANHAWLA: Mizoram

NOVEMBER 2013 SIDHARTH BIRLA: President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci)

AJIT PRAKASH SHAH: Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India.

ABDULLA YAMEEN: President of the Maldives, from Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).

IMOMALI RAKHMON: President of Tajikistan

LT. GEN. RAHEEL SHARIF: Chief of Pakistan army

OCTOBER 2013

USHA ANANTHASUBRAMANIAN: First CEO of the first all women bank – Bhartiya Mahila Bank.

B ASHOK: CMD of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

MULATU TESHOME: President of Ethiopia

ILHAM ALIYEV: President of Azerbaijan

RANJAN MATHAI: India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

JANET YELLEN: Chairperson of the Federal Reserve System of USA. It is equivalent of RBI in India. She is the first women to head Federal Reserve.

AWARDS & HONOURS

DECEMBER 2013

BANKER OF THE YEAR-2013: Aditya Puri, Managing Director, HDFC Bank. The award is given by the financial daily Business Standard Dayawati Modi Stree Shakti Samman: Rashmi Singh, Executive Director of the National Mission for Empowerment of Women Stree Shakti Science Samman: Jata S Tyagi, professor at AIIMS MISS INTERNATIONAL 2013: Bea Rose Santiago, of Philippines, in Tokyo MISS EARTH 2013: Alyz Henrich of Venezuela in Muntinlupa, Philippines

NOVEMBER 2013

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor for the work done by her for promotion of global economic stability GOLDEN ELEPHANT AWARD: for best film at 18th International Children's Film Festival at Hyderabad to Dutch Film named Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star: Dr. Sreedharan, former Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for his successful implementation of Delhi Metro Project. The award is conferred by the govt of Japan.

‘Golden Gateway of India’: Best film award at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival, won by the Mexican film 'La Jaula De Oro' (The Golden Cage) directed by Diego Quemada-Diaz

Guru Debaprasad Award: Geeta Chandran, renowned Bharatnatyam exponent for her outstanding contribution in the field of dance

SOUL OF INDIA AWARD: Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for his outstanding achievements in the film industry.

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HRIDAYNATH MANGESHKAR AWARD: Amitabh Bachchan for his contribution to the film industry.

MISS UNIVERSE 2013: Gabriela Isler from Venezuela in Moscow, Russia.

MISS ASIA PACIFIC 2013: Srishti Rana, India, at Busan, South Korea.

OCTOBER 2013 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration: M.S. Swaminathan, Eminent agriculture scientist. The prize carries a cash award of Rs. 5 lac. MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013: Eleanor Catton for her novel, The Luminaries. The 28-year old author from New Zealand is the youngest ever winner of this prize. SAKHAROV Human Rights Prize: Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s education. The prize is given by the European Parliament.

OBITUARY

DECEMBER 2013

NELSON MANDELA: South Africa’s first elected African president (1994-99) and a global anti-apartheid icon who got South Africa freed from the clutches of its European (white) rulers in 1994 through a public election. He served over 27 years (1962-1990) in prison. Was honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1990 for espousing Gandhian values and with Noble Peace Prize in 1994. FAROOQ SHEIKH: Veteran actor of Hindi Cinema SIS RAM OLA: Union Labour and Employment Minister

NOVEMBER 2013

RAJENDRA YADAV: Eminent Hindi short story writer and novelist; editor of literary magazine ‘Hans’

K P SAXENA: Noted Hindi satirist and Padma Shri awardee TARLA DALAL: Noted food writer and celebrity chef from Mumbai, Padma Shri awardee, RESHMA: Legendary Pakistani folk singer who mesmerised music lovers with soulful rendition of songs like Lambi Judai and Dama Dam Mast Kalandar.

FREDERICK SANGER: British biochemist, the “father of genomics” and the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice

OCTOBER 2013

MANNA DEY: The "king of melody", Golden Voice of Bengal, legendary playback singer of Indian cinema.

RAVURI BHARADHWAJA: Eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner

DR. MOHAN DHARIA: Freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.

TOM CLANCY: Very popular and widely read and military novelist of his time in USA, known for his best seller thrillers - The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games.

ALVARO MUTIS: A noted Colombian poet, essayist and novelist from Mexico

PLACES IN NEWS

DECEMBER 2013 ENGLAND: Gales and rain caused heavy damage in UK and disruption to transport and the power network. More than 6,000 UK homes remain without electricity - with some of those who have been cut off since Christmas Eve expressing anger at the situation.

NOVEMBER 2013 MOUNT SINABUNG: name of the volcano that erupted violently in Karo in western Indonesia, spewing volcanic ash up to 8 km into the air, forcing thousands to flee. HAIYAN: A category-5 super typhoon that Philippines on 8th Nov. killing over 5,000 and rendering over 125,000 people homeless.

OCTOBER 2013

PHAILIN: Name of the cyclone that hit the coastal areas of Andhra and Odisha. However, due to excellent preparations done by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Metrological Department (IMD) and local administration, damages were reduced to bare minimum. RATANGARH, DATIA: The place in Madhya Pradesh was in news as a gruesome stampede took place there claiming over 120 lives and injuring another 100 persons. BHAKRA DAM- one of the highest gravity dams in world, located on river Satluj at Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, completes its 50 years. AL-MAKTOUM INTERNATIONAL: World’s largest airport, located in Dubai, commenced operations.

SPORTS WORLD

DECEMBER 2013 The Indian Kabaddi players beat Pakistan to win the fourth edition of the World Cup Kabaddi tournament at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana. In Women’s category too, Indian team lifted the cup beating New Zealand Mahesh Mangaonkar became the first Indian squash player to win the IMET Open, the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event, in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia.

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Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das, Indian archers won the silver and bronze medal respectively, in the men's recurve section at the Indoor Archery World Cup in Singapore. P V Sindhu, Indian ace shuttler won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold title beating Canada's Michelle Li in Macau. Gaganjeet Bhullar lifted the $750,000 Indonesia Open Golf Cup held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hosting rights for FIFA World Cup-2017 (Under-17) have been awarded to India. TOUR de INDIA LISTED BY UCI The Tour de India 2013, the world's biggest cycling event, has been listed in the international calendar of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). The races took place on Dec 15, 17 and 22 in Mumbai, Jaipur and Delhi, respectively. The event was won by Mohd. Nor Umardi of Malayasia KERALA: emerges as champion in 29th Junior National Athletics Championships held in Bangalore. 57th National Shooting Championship held at New Delhi. Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar of Army won gold in men's 25m rapid fire pistol event. Man Singh of Punjab won the gold in the men's skeet event while Andhra Pradesh shooter Rashmi Rathore topped in women's skeet event.  Samresh Jung won the ‘Champion of Champions’ title in pistol event. Deepika Kumar and Tarundeep Rai were the top recurve archers in women and men category at the 34th Senior National Archery championship held at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. PV Sindhu and K Srikanth clinched the women's and men's titles respectively at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championships held at New Delhi.

Kapil Dev selected for the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013 by BCCI. Ravichandran Ashwin: Indian spinner to receive the Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI for being India’s best international cricketer of the year 2012-13. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the ICC LG People's Choice Award – 2013 for the best cricketer.

Jacques Kallis: South African all-rounder has announced his retirement from test and first-class cricket after the second Test against India in Durban, South Africa. 

NOVEMBER 2013

Legendary cricket star Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar finally bade goodbye to international cricket on Nov 16 after playing his 200th and final Test at Wankhede stadium against West Indies, scoring 74 runs, ending his 24 years reign on cricket.

VIRAT KOHLI: India's batting star became the fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI)

ROHIT SHARMA: The Indian Batsman created history by scoring highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI while playing against Australia at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN: placed at the top position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders.

PRITHVI SHAW: The 15 year old, a IX standard student of Rizvi Springfield High School, Mumbai created history by scoring record 546 runs playing in Harris Shield Cricket tournament in Azad Maidan, Mumbai.

HEENA SIDHU: Olympian shooter created history by becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup Final in Munich, Germany.

Jr. National Archery Championship held at Kokrajhar, Assam.

India has been awarded the hosting of 2018 men's Hockey World Cup.

MAGNUS CARLSEN: the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway was crowned as World Champion at the World Chess Championship match at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as he defeated the five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand.

SEBASTIAN VETTEL: Red Bull's German Driver has matched Michael Schumacher's record of 13 victories in a year and equalled the nine consecutive wins of Alberto Ascari. Vettel achieved the remarkable feat by winning the Formula One's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.

Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaican sprint duo have been named as the IAAF’s male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013. The 27-year-old Bolt also won the award in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Jason Day of Australia lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia.

Nepal and UAE have qualified for the first time to take part in the ICC T20 championship 2014 to be held in Bangladesh.

Romania claimed top position in medal tally at the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship held at Bucharest, Romania.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters Tennis tournament beating David Ferrer of Spain

Novak Djokovic won the ATP World Tour Finals in London beating Rafael Nadal.

Serena Williams won the WTA Tour Championship title beating Li Na of China at Istanbul, Turkey. WTA – Womens Tennis Association

Serena Williams declared ‘Player of the Year’ for 2013 by the WTA

Veteran athlete Ajmer Singh won gold medal in hammer throw (+75 years category) in the 20th World Master Athletics Championship held at Porto Alegre, Brazil, from October 15-28.

Peter Gilchrist from Singapore defeated Dave Causier to win the World Billiards Championship at Leeds, England.

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Asian Archery Championship held in Taipei, China won by South Korea.

Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship held at Penang, Malaysia.

The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held from May 31 to June 15, 2014 at The Hague, Netherlands

OCTOBER 2013 Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of 50,000 runs across all formats of cricket. He achieved the feat at Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi playing for Mumbai Indians against Trinidad & Tobago in Champions League Twenty20.

Mumbai Indians created history by becoming the first team to win the Champions League (cricket) twice, beating Rajasthan Royals in the finals played at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the 2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in Beijing, China. Virat Kohli scored the fastest ever century by an Indian batsman in ODI, off 52 balls, playing against Australia at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

Sanjeev Rajput: won the gold in men’s 50-metre free rifle prone event in the Asian Air Gun shooting championship in Tehran, Iran. Mohit Mayur and Prerna Bhambri win the men’s and women’s title, respectively, in Fenesta National tennis championship held at New Delhi. Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title at the Japan Open Tennis held at Tokyo, Japan. Indian Open Snooker Tournament: Ding Junhui of China won the title beating Aditya Mehta in the finals held at New Delhi.

Duleep trophy (cricket): South zone and North zone were declared joint winners of the in the final played at Kochi, Kerala. Terry Walsh: Ace hockey player from Australia appointed as the chief coach of Indian men's hockey team CHINA OPEN TENNIS CUP Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Rafael Nadal of Spain to win the China Open Tennis Cup held at Beijing, China. Women’s singles title was won by Serena Williams, defeating Jelena Jankovic. Sania Mirza alongwith Cara Black won the women’s doubles title.

Afghanistan has qualified for the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time. Total 14 teams will compete for the cup to be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand.

Sebastian Vettel: The Red Bull driver from Germany won the fourth successive Formula one championship of this season at the Buddh International Circuit, Noida, UP.

Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine won the world heavyweight boxing title beating Russian Alexander Povetkin at the final bout held at Moscow, Russia. Sohag Gazi: Allrounder from Bangladesh became the first cricketer in 136 year old history of cricket to score a century and claim a hat-trick in the same Test. He achieved the feat while playing against New Zealand at Chitagong, Bangladesh. He scored unbeaten 101 and claimed six wickets for 77 runs. The World Boxing Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

DECEMBER 2013

BOOK AUTHORProphet of Love by Farrukh Dhondy

From a Minister’s Journal F S Aijazuddin

India’s Military Conflicts and Diplomacy

VP Malik

Doctor Sleep Stephen King

India at Risk: Mistakes, Misconception and Misadventures of Security Policy

Jaswant Singh

Barons of Banking: Glimpses of Indian Banking History

Bakhtiyar K Dadabhoy

Goat Days Benyamin Book of Destruction Anand (P. Sachidanandan)The Good Lord Bird James Mc Bride, Winner of

the National Book Award –2013 USA

The Wildings Nilanjana RoyThe Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Fatima Bhutto

Gandhi-A Spiritual Biography Arvind Sharma The Luminaries Eleanor CattonMy Brief History A Memoir by Stephen

HawkingThe Map and the Territory Alan GreenspanMy Journey: Transforming Dreams into Action

A.P.J. Kalam

The Bone Season Samantha ShannonNever Go Back Lee ChildThe Husband’s Secret Liane MoriartyThe Racketeer John GrishamHarvest Jim CraceBacklash Lynda La PlanteThe Communist Cookbook Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury

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127) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman says, “He is the father of my only daughter-in-law father-in-law”. How is the man related to the woman? 1) Father-in-law 2) Brother 3) Husband 4) Brother-in-law

128) Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, “He is the brother of the daughter of my mother-in-law’s only son”. How is the man related to the woman? 1) Son 2) Brother 3) Brother-in-law 4) Nephew

129) Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, “She is the mother-in-law of the wife of the father of my only son”. How is the woman related to that person? 1) Daughter 2) Wife 3) Daughter-in-law 4) None of these

130) Pointing to a woman, a man says, “She is the sister-in-law of the only daughter of my mother-in-law’s husband”. How is the woman related to the man? 1) Daughter 2) Mother 3) Sister-in-law 4) Sister

131) A is the father of B and C. B is the son of A but C is not the son of A. How is C related with A? 1) Daughter 2) Son 3) Niece 4) Nephew

132) Ajay is the brother of Vijay. Mili is the Sister of Ajay. Sanjay is the brother of Rahul and Mehul is the daughter of Vijay. Who is Sanjay’s Uncle? 1) Rahul 2) Ajay 3) Mehul 4) Data inadequate

133) If Amit’s father is Billoo’s father’s only son and Billo has neither a brother nor a daughter, what is the relationship between Amit and Billoo? 1) Uncle – nephew 2) Father – Daughter 3) Father – Son 4) Cousins

134) A is the mother of B. B’s father C has three children. Based on this information, state which of the following statements is definitely true? 1) C has three daughters

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2) C has three sons 3) B is a male child 4) None of these

135) A is B’s brother. A is C’s brother. To find out how B is related to C, which of the following is the minimum further information necessary, if any? I.C’s sex II. B’s sex 1) Only I is necessary 2) Only II is necessary 3) Either I or II is necessary 4) Both I and II are necessary

136) Is D brother of F? To find out the answer which of the following information given in the statements A and B is/are sufficient? A) B has two Sons of which F is one. B) D’s mother is married to B. 1) Both A and B together are needed 2) Both A and B together are not sufficient 3) Only A is sufficient 4) Only B is sufficient

137) Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my paternal grandfather”. How is the woman related to the man? 1) Aunt 2) Mother 3) Daughter 4) Sister

138) Pointing to a woman, a man said, “Her husband’s mother is the wife of my father’s only son”. How is the man related to the woman? 1) Son 2) Brother-in-law 3) Uncle 4) Father-in-law

139) Introducing a lady, a man said, “Her mother’s husband’s sister is my mother”. What is the man’s relationship with the lady? 1) Cousin 2) Nephew – Aunt 3) Father – daughter 4) Data insufficient

140) A man is facing towards West and turns through 450 Clock wise, again 1800 clock wise and then turns through 2700 anticlockwise. Which direction is he facing now? 1) West 2) North-West 3) North 4) South-West

141) Ankit started walking towards North. After walking 30 m, he turned towards left and walked 40 m. He then turned left and walked 30 m. He again turned left and walked 50 m . How far is he from his original position? 1) 50 m 2) 40 m 3) 30 m 4) 10 m

142) Kailash faces towards North. Turning to his right, he walks 25 m. He then turns to his left and walks 30 m. Next, he moves 25m to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55 m. Finally, he turns to the right and move 40m. In which direction is he now from his starting point? 1) South 2) West 3) South-East 4) North- West

143) Rashim started from point X and walked straight 5 km West, then turned left and walked straight 2 km and again turned left and walked straight 7 km. In which direction is he from the point X? 1) North- East 2) South- West 3) South- East 4) North- West

144) Animesh walked 30 metres towards West, turned to his right and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 10 metres, then turned to his left and walked 5 metres. He again turned to his left and continued walking. In which direction is Animesh walking now? 1) North-East 2) North 3) East 4) West

145) Ramu walks 2 km towards North and turn to his right and walks 4 km more. He then turns to his right and walks 4 km and turns again to his right and walks another 4 km.Which direction is Ramu facing now? 1) East 2) North 3) South 4) West

146) Namita travels 7 km eastwards and then turns right and travels 8 km and further turns right and travels 13 km. How far is Namita now from the starting point? 1) 5 km 2) 10 km 3) 21 km 4) 23 km

147) Monika stands with her face pointing to the South-East direction. She walks 15 metres and then turns northwards and walks another 12 metres. How far is she from the starting point? 1) 12 metres 2) 10 metres 3) 9 metres 4) 5 metres

148) Namita and Monika start simultaneously towards each other from two places 100 m apart. After walking 30 m, Namita turns left and goes 10 m, then she turns right and goes 20 m and then turns right again and comes back to the road on which she had started walking. If both Namita and Monica walk with the same speed, what is the distance between them at this point of time? 1) 50 m 2) 20 m 3) 30 m 4) 40 m

149) If south-east becomes north, north-east becomes west and so on, what will west become? 1) North-East 2) South-East 3) South 4) South-West

Directions (Qs. 150-157): In the following questions, two statements are given followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow the given statements. 150) Statements:

All men are women. All women are crazy.

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Conclusions: I. All men are crazy. II. All the crazy are men. III. Some of the crazy are men. IV. Some of the crazy are women. 1) None follows 2) All follow 3) Only I, III and IV follow 4) Only II and III follow

151) Statements:

No cow is a chair. All chairs are tables. Conclusions: I. Some tables are chairs. II. Some tables are cows. III. Some chairs are cows. IV. No table is a cow. 1) Either II or III follow 2) Either II or IV follow 3) Only I and either II or IV follows 4) All conclusions follow

152) Statements Some cats are dogs. Some dogs are stones. Conclusions I. No cat is stone. II. All dogs are stones. III. Some stones are cats. IV. No dogs is cat 1) Only I and III follow 2) Only II and III follow 3) Only I, III and IV follow 4) Only either I or III follows

153) Statements: All philosophers are men. Socrates was a philosopher. Conclusions: I. Socrates was a man. II. Women cannot become philosophers. 1) Only I follow 2) Only II follow 3) Both I and II follow 4) Neither I nor II follow

154) Statements: Some walls are doors. Some doors are cots. Some cots are chairs. Conclusions: I. Some chairs are doors. II. Some cots are walls. III. No chair is door. 1) Only II follows 2) Only III follows 3) Only either I or III follows 4) Only I follows

155) Statements: All trees are gardens. All gardens are stones. All stones are fences. Conclusions I. Some fences are gardens.

II. All gardens are fences. III. Some stones are trees. 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only I and III follow 3) Only II and III follow 4) All follow

156) Statements: All books are leaves Some leaves are jungles. No jungle is box. Conclusions: I. Some jungles are books. II. No book is box. III. Some leaves are boxes. 1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows 4) Only III follows

157) Statements: All girls are proud. All proud will be humiliated one day. Conclusions: I. All girls will be humiliated one day. II. Some girls will be humiliated one day. 1) Only I follows 2) Only II follows 3) Both I & II follows 4) Neither of them follows

Directions (158-163): In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (1) if only Conclusion I follows. Give answer (2) if only Conclusion II follows. Give answer (3) if either Conclusion I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither Conclusion I nor II follows. 158) Statements:

Some spoons are pots. All pots are cups. Some cups are cards. Conclusions I. Some cards are spoons. II. Some cups are spoons.

159) Statements: Some keys are locks. Some locks are doors. Some doors are windows. Conclusions I. Some windows are locks. II. Some doors are keys.

160) Statements: Some boys are flowers. All flowers are jungles. All jungles are houses. Conclusions I. Some houses are flowers II. All houses are boys.

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161) Statements: All crows are parrots. All parrots are doves. Some doves are cats. Conclusions: I. Some cats are crows. II. Some doves are crows.

162) Statements: Some desks are mirrors. Some mirrors are chairs. All chairs are pens. Conclusions: I. Some pens are mirrors. II. Some pens are desks.

163) Statements: All glasses are rivers. All rivers are bottles. All bottles are plates. Conclusions: I. All plates are rivers. II. Some bottles are glasses.

Directions (Qs. 164-165): In the following questions four alternative conclusions are given for a statement. Find out the most appropriate conclusion. 164) About 18.6 metric tonnes of cereals, 2.3 metric

tonnes of pulses, 4.6 metric tonnes of oil seeds and 6 metric tonnes of flibrous crops are damaged due to pest today. What does imply these results? 1) These pests damage cereals less in comparison to pulses. 2) It is not a matter of great concern if fibrous crops are damaged. 3) Some quantity of all the crops are damaged by pests. 4) Pests equally damage all the crops.

165) Tom is a great player of football. All the football players earn huge wealth. 1) Wealth is required to be a great player. 2) All the players earn wealth. 3) Other persons cannot earn wealth. 4) Tom earns huge wealth.

166) Which one of the following figures represents the relationship among Tables, Chairs, Furniture?

1) 2)

3) 4)

167) Which one of the following figures represents

the relationship among Brinjal, Meat, Vegetables?

1) 2)

3) 4)

168) Which one of the following figures represents the relationship among Zebra, Grass eating animals, Lions?

1) 2)

3) 4)

169) Which of the following Venn diagrams correctly illustrated the relationship among the classes Carrot, Food, Vegetables?

1) 2)

3) 4)

170) In a queue I am the last person while my

friend is seventh from the front. If the person exactly between me and my friend is on the 23rd position from the front, what is my position in the queue? 1) 37 2) 36 3) 38 4) 39

171) Five students participated in a scholarship examination. Sudha scored higher than Puja. Kavita scored lower than Suma but higher than Sudha. Mamta scored between Puja and Sudha. Who scored the lowest in the examination? 1) Puja 2) Kavita 3) Mamta 4) Sudha

172) N ranks fifths in a class. S is eighth from the last. If T is sixth after N and just in the middle of N and S, how many students are there in the class? 1) 23 2) 24 3) 25 4) 26

173) In a class of 35 students, Kiran is placed 7th from the bottom whereas Mohan is placed 9th from the top. Sohan is placed exactly in between Kiran and Mohan. What is Kiran’s position from Sohan? 1) 13th 2) 11th 3) 10th 4) 9th

174) In a class of 20 students, Alisha’s rank is 15th from the top. Manav is 4 ranks above Alisha. What is Manav’s rank from the bottom? 1) 10th 2) 11th 3) 9th 4) 12th

175) Q types faster than R but not as fast as V. T types faster than R, S types faster than V. Who amongst the five of them types the fastest? 1) V 2) T

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3) S 4) Data Inadequate 176) Among B, F, J, K and W each having a different

weight, F is heavier than only J. B is heavier than F and W but not as heavy as K. Who is the third heaviest among them? 1) B 2) F 3) K 4) Can’t be determined

177) In a class of 42 children, Joseph’s rank is sixteenth from the top. Kevin is seven ranks below Joseph. What is Kevin’s rank from the bottom? 1) 22nd 2) 20th 3) 19th 4) 23rd

178) Beena is taller than Gudiya but shorter than Deepa. Lali is shorter than Gudiya but taller than Putul. Who is the tallest among them? 1) Lali 2) Deepa 3) Beena 4) Putul

179) Among five friends, Shariq, Nafees, Meeraj, Abid and Ashfaque, Shariq is shorter than Nafees but taller than Ashfaque, Meeraj is tallest. Abid is little shorter than Nafees but a little taller than Shariq. The shortest among them is: 1) Shariq 2) Ashfaque 3) Nafees 4) None of these

180) Sonam scored more than Shivani. Puja scored as much as Neha. Anjuman scored less than Nimisha. Shivani scored more than Puja. Nimisha scored less than Neha. Who scored the lowest? 1) Puja 2) Sonam 3) Nimisha 4) Anjuman

181) Sameer is older than Milon but not as old as Ajmun, Prayank is older than Shan but not as old as Milon. Who among them is the oldest? 1) Milon 2) Sameer 3) Prayank 4) Ajmun

182) If ‘DRIVER’ =12, ‘PEDESTRIAN’ = 20, ‘ACCIDENT’ = 16, then ‘CAR’ = ? 1) 3 2) 8 3) 10 4) 6

183) In a certain code language FRUIT and SOUP are coded as ZDLBK and CMLQ respectively. Based on the coding scheme, how will you code the word POUR? 1) QMLD 2) DLMQ 3) LQMB 4) CLMQ

184) In a certain code language, if A is written as C, B as D, C as E and so on up to Z, then how will PECULIAR be written in that code? 1) RGEXNKCT 2) RGEWNKBT 3) RGEWNKCT 4) RGEWKNCS

185) If ‘light’ is called ‘morning’,’morning’ is called ‘dark’, ‘dark’ is called ‘night’, ‘night’ is called ‘sunshine’ and ‘sunshine’ is called ‘dusk’, when do we sleep? 1) Dusk 2) Dark 3) Night 4) Sunshine

186) In a certain language, ‘sun shines brightly’ is written as ‘ba lo sul’, ‘houses are brightly lit’

as ‘kado ulo ari ba’ and ‘light comes from sun’ as ‘dopi kup lo nro’. What words are written for ‘sun’ and ‘brightly’? 1) lo, ba 2) ba, lo 3) sul, lo 4) ba, sul

187) In a certain code, ‘BASIC’ is written as ‘DDULE’. How is ‘LEADER’ written in that code? 1) NHCGGU 2) NGCFGT 3) OHDGHU 4) OGDFHT

188) In a certain code language ‘ne ri so’ means ‘good rainy day’, ‘si ne po’ means ‘day is wonderful’ and ‘ri po ka’ means ‘life is good’. What is the code for ‘rainy’ in that code language? 1) ne 2) si 3) ri 4) so

189) In a code language ‘3690’ means ‘you will help me’, ‘1369’ means ‘I will help you’, ‘12469’ means ‘why I will help them’, and ‘748’ means ‘kill them doctor’. On the basis of the above information the code for which of the following can’t be obtained with certainty? 1) me 2) why 3) doctor 4) them

190) If LOVE is coded as 27, then how is COME coded as? 1) 38 2) 18 3) 28 4) 8

191) In a certain code ‘MONKEY’ is written as ‘XDJMNL’. How is ‘TIGER’ written as? 1) QDFHS 2) SDFHS 3) SHFDQ 4) UJHFS

192) In a certain code language HEART is coded as 41786 and PALE is coded as 5731. How would PEARL be coded in that language? 1) 51783 2) 57183 3) 51738 4) 53817

193) In a certain code language GRASP is coded as BMVNK. How would CRANE be coded in that code language? 1) XMUJZ 2) XMVJY 3) XMVIZ 4)XNUIZ

194) In a certain code language POSTER is coded as OPSTRE. How would MANAGE be coded in that language? 1) AMNAGE 2) AMNAEG 3) MAANEG 4) AMANEG

195) In a coding system PEN is written as NZO and BARK as CTSL. How can we write PRANK in that coding system? 1) NZTOL 2) CSTZN 3) NSTOL 4) NTSLO

196) If BROTHER is coded as 2456784, SISTER is coded as 919684, what is the code for ROBBERS? 1) 4599842 2) 4562684 3) 9245784 4) 4522849

197) If MIND becomes KGLB and ARGUE becomes YPESC then what will DIAGRAM be in that code? 1) GLPEYKB 2) BGYEPYK 3) LKBGYPK 4) BGYPYEK

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198) If GLARE is coded as 67810 and MONSOON as 2395339 then how can RANSOM be coded? 1) 183952 2) 198532 3) 189352 4) 189532

199) In a certain code language BLOOD is written as EIRLG. How will the word PERIOD be written in that code language? 1) SRURAF 2) SBUFRA 3) SUFBAR 4) RBUFSA

200) In a certain code language INCORPORATE is written as HCGJSLJSXHO and PELMET is written as LOFDOH. How will the word MOLTEN be written in that code language? 1) XHOTOR 2) DJFHOC 3) LDOHCG 4) FRTECO

201) If ROSE is written as TQUG, how BISCUIT can be written in that code? 1) CJTDVJU 2) DKVEWKV 3) DKUEWKY 4) DKUEWKV

202) If the word MENTAL is written as LNDFMOSUZBKM, then how would the word TEST be written in that code? 1) UVFGTUUV 2) RSCDQRRS 3) SUDFQRSU 4) SUDFRTSU

Directions (Qs. 203-204): On the basis of the information given below, carefully answer the questions: (a) P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a circle facing the centre. (b) R is immediate left of T. (c) P is between S and T. 203) Who is to the immediate left of R?

1) P 2) Q 3) S 4) T

204) To find the answer to the above question, which of the following statements can be dispensed with? 1) None 2) B only 3) C only 4) B or C only

205) Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a closed circle facing the centre. A is facing D.C is between A and B.F is between E and A. Who is to the immediate left of B? 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) Either C or D

Directions (206-207): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it: A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing the centre. D is between F and B. `A is second to the left of D and second to the right of E. 206) Who is facing A?

1) B 2) D 3) F 4) Either F or B

207) Who among following is facing D? 1) A 2) C 3) E 4) Cannot be determined

208) Six persons are sitting at a round table. S is facing R, who is sitting to the left of A and right of P. A is to the left of D. Q is to the left of P. If D exchanges seat with Q and P with R who is sitting to the left of D? 1) Q 2) R

3) A 4) S 209) A group of eight members sit in a circle. D is

between A and F and is opposite to G. E is to the right of A but on the left of C, whose right hand neighbor is G. B enjoys having H to his left and F to his right. Find the member who is diagonally opposite to A. 1) B 2) F 3) G 4) H

210) A, B, C, D and E are five boys sitting in a circle. C is sitting immediately to the left of E. A is sitting between D and E. Who is sitting to the immediate left hand side of C?

1) E 2) A 3) B 4) D

NUMERICAL ABILITY

1) ?942

1141

722 =⎥⎦

⎤⎢⎣⎡ ×÷

1) 85

2) 54

3) 1529

4) 3524

5) None of these 2) 324 : 18 : : x : 9 calculate the value of x

1) 162 2) 18 3) 81 4) 3 5) None of these

3) (133 + 23) x 12 – 9 x (36 + 44) = ? 1) 1125 2) 1215 3) 1142 4) 1052 5) None of these

4) Sum of two number is 216 & HCF = 27. The numbers are 1) 27, 189 2) 154,162 3) 108, 108 4) 81, 189 5) None of these

5) Find largest number that exactly divide 513, 783 & 1107 1) 29 2) 27 3) 31 4) 45 5) None

6) 625÷ 5 x ? = 6265 1) 1253 2) 1250 3) 1245 4) 1550 5) None of these

GENERAL AWARENESS – MAY 2014 44

7) The value of

412

13

11

54

++

+−

1) 3140

2) 94

3) 81

4) 4031

5) None of these

8) If 542916 = then what is value of

00002916.0002916.02916.016.29 +++ 1) 5.9994 2) 5.944 3) 6.003 4) None of these 5) 6.033

9) 578.0134 + 4.82 – 138.576 = ? 1) 444.2574 2) 444.378 3) 443.9640 4) 443.5194 5) None of these

10) ?24

2)4()11( 22=

××−

1) 12.125 2) 11.125 3) 111.25 4) 11.124 5) None of these

11) Find the cube root of 105823817. 1) 384 2) 473 3) 526 4) None 5) 656

12) Cube of 72 is 1) 373248 2) 373348 3) 371182 4) None 5) 358569

13) ?139249216 =+ 1) 198 2) 208 3) 214 4) 204 5) None of these

14) 12.5 x 23.4 + 38.5 = ? 1) 331 2) 320.5 3) 332.5 4) 325 5) None of these

15) ?215

736

655 =+×

1) 43 2) 42.5 3) 44 4) 42.75 5) None of these

16) 39% of 640 + ? % of 590 = 414.8 1) 31 2) 27 3) 24 4) 32 5) None of these

17) 19590

?36

=

1) 76 2) 72 3) 78 4) 84 5) None of these

18) 685.59 - ? = 607.88 – 351.46 1) 449.8 2) 419.17 3) 429.17 4) 439.28

5) None of these

19) 8305 x ?84051

71

=⎟⎠⎞

⎜⎝⎛ ××

1) 193920 2) 199320 3) 199230 4) 192390 5) None of these

20) 3565 ÷ 23 + 4675 ÷ ? = 430 1) 19 2) 17 3) 21 4) 23 5) None of these

21) Veena’s monthly income is equal to the cost of 34 kg of nuts. Cost of 10kg of nuts is equal to the cost of 20 kg of apples. If cost of 12 kg of apples is Rs. 1500/- What is Veena’s annual salary? (At some places annual income and in some place monthly income is given)

1) 1 lac 20 thousand 2) 1 lac 2 thousand 3) 2 lacs 20 thousand 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 22) Rohit has some 50 paisa coins, some 2 rupee

coins, some 1 rupee coins and some 5 rupee coins, the Value of all the coins is Rs. 50/- Number of 2 rupee coins is 5 more than the 5 rupee coins. 50 Paisa coins are double in number than 1 rupee coin. Value of 50 paisa coins and 1 rupee coins is Rs. 26/- How many 2 rupee coins does he have?

1) 4 2) 2 3) 7 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 23) Raju purchases 550 ml of milk every day. If

cost of one liter of milk is Rs. 44 How much amount will he pay in 45 days ?

1) Rs. 1,098/- 2) Rs. 1,079/- 3) Rs. 1,099/- 4) Rs. 1,088 5) None of these 24) Sum of two numbers is equal to sum of square

of 11 and cube of 9. Larger number is (5)2 less than square of 25. What is the value of the sum of twice of 24 percent of the smaller number and half of the larger number?

1) 415 2) 400 3) 410 4) 425 5) None of these

25) The cost of five chairs and three tables is Rs. 3,110/-. Cost of one chair is Rs. 210/- less than cost of one table. What is the cost of two tables and two chairs?

1) Rs. 1,660/- 2) Rs. 1860/- 3) Rs. 2,600/- 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 26) Sum of square of first number and cube of

second number together is 568. Also square of the second number is 15 less than square of 8. What is the value of three-fifth of the first number? (Assuming both the numbers are positive)

1) 18 2) 8 3) 9 4) 16 5) None of these

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27) Cost of 4 fans and 3 blowers is Rs. 16,500/. Also cost of 2 fans, 2 tables and 2 blowers is Rs. 12,000/- cost of one table is RS. 1,000. What is the cost of 3 fans and one blower?

1) Rs. 8000 2) Rs. 7500 3) Rs.8500 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

28) The difference between 53

of 32

of a number

and 52

of 41

of the same number is 288. What

is the number? 1)960 2)850 3)895 4)955 5)None of these

29) The number formed by interchanging the positions of digits of a two digit number is less than the original number by 72. What is the original two digit number?

1) 80 2) 91 3) Data inadequate 4) 19 5) None of these

30) Rubina could get equal number of Rs. 55/-, Rs. 85/- and Rs. 105/- tickets for a movie. She spents Rs. 2940/- for all the tickets. How many of each did she buy?

1) 12 2) 14 3) 16 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

31) Seema bought 20 pens, 8 packets of wax colours, 6 calculators and 7 pencil boxes. The price of one pen is Rs. 7/-, one packed of wax colour is Rs. 22/-, one calculator is Rs. 175/- and one pencil box is Rs. 14/- more than the combined price of one pen and one packet of wax colours. How much amount did Seema pay to the shopkeeper?

1) Rs. 1491/- 2) Rs. 1725/- 3) Rs. 1667/- 4) Rs. 1527/- 5) None of thes 32) 9 Trucks are required to transport 10 800 kgs

of goods. How many trucks will be required to transport 8,400 kgs. of goods?

1) 5 2) 8 3) 7 4) 6 5) None of these 33) What will be the resultant if (35)2 is

subtracted from (47)2? 1) 988 2) 986 3) 981 4) 989 5) None of these 34) The sum of twice a number and the three times

of 42 is 238. What is the sum of thrice the number and two times of 42? 1) 245 2) 250 3) 264 4) 252 5) None of these

35) Two nos. are in ratios 15:11. If their HCF is 13 then the no’s are: 1) 75, 55 2) 105, 77

3) 15,11 4)195,143 5) None of these

36) Three nos. are in ratio 2:4:3 and their HCF is 12. The nos. are 1) 26, 27, 28 2) 30,31,32 3) 24,48,36 4) 26, 34, 28 5) None of these

37) The sum of two no’s is 216 and their HCF is 27 the nos.’ are 1) 27, 189 2) 154, 162 3) 108,108 4) 81,189 5) None of these

38) Find the largest no. which divides 62, 132 & 237 to leave the remainder same in each case. 1) 35 2) 36 3) 70 4) 80 5) None of these

39) The greatest no. which exactly divides 105, 1001 & 2436 is: 1) 3 2) 7 3) 11 4) 21 5) None of these

40) The HCF of two numbers is 25 and two nos. are 75, 125 what is LCM. 1) 375 2) 275 3) 495 4) 385 5) None of these

41) Simplify 2222

+−

1) √2 2) 1 - 2 3) 2-√2 4) 3 - 2√2 5) None of these

42) 347325

+

+= a + b 3 then a, b are

1) a=11, b= - 6 2) a=-6, b=11 3) a=-11, b=-6 4) a= -6, b =-11 5) None of these

43) In a zoo, there are rabbits and pigeons. If heads are counted, there are 200. If legs are counted, there are 580. How many pigeons are there? 1) 90 2) 100 3) 110 4) Can’t be determined 5) None

44) A man reads 3/8th of the book on a day & 4/5th of the remainder on the second day. If no of pages still unread are 40.How many pages did book contain. 1) 400 2) 180 3) 240 4) 340 5) 320

45) The greatest fraction out of 2/5, 5/6, 11/12, 7/8 is 1) 5/6 2) 11/12 3) 7/8 4) 2/5 5) None

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46) By which one of the following should 152207 should be multiplied so that product is 11111111 ? 1) 53 2) 63 3) 73 4) 83 5) None of these

47) If 8700 ÷ X = 300 & 4590 ÷ y = 170, then (x – y) / (x + y) is 1) 27 2) 29 3) 56 4) 112 5) 1/28

48) (461 + 462 + 463 + 464) is divisible by 1) 3 2) 11 3) 13 4) 17 5) None of these

49) The number of prime factors in (1/6)12 x 825 x (3/4)15 is: 1) 33 2) 37 3) 52 4)36 5) 43

50) 27/8 - [ 11/2 + { 917/24 - (31/3 + 51/3 x11/8)}] 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 0 5) None of these

51) Train – A crosses a pole in 25 seconds and another Train B crosses a pole in 1 minute and 15 seconds. Length of train A is half length of train B. what is the respective ratio between the speed of train A and Train – B?

1) 3 : 2 2) 3 : 4 3) 4 : 3 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 52) An aeroplane flies with an average speed of

756 km/hr. A helicopter takes 48 hours to cover twice the distance covered by aeroplane in 9 hours. How much distance will the helicopter cover in 18 hours? (assuming that flights are non-stop and moving with uniform speed)

1) 5014 km 2) 5140 km 3) 5130 km 4) 5103 km 5) None of these

53) A 280 meters long train travelling at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in 60 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. What is the length of the platform? 1) 640 meters 2) 420 meters 3) 280 meters 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

54) A 320 meter long train moving with an average speed of 120 km/hr crosses a platform in 24 seconds. A man crosses the same platform in 4 minutes. What is the speed of man in meter/second?

1) 2.4 2) 1.5 3) 1.6 4) 2.0 5) None of these 55) Train – A crosses a pole in 33 seconds and

another Train –B crosses a pole in 55 seconds. Length of Train-A is three-fourth of Train-B. What is the respective ratio between the speed of Train–A and Train – B?

1) 5 : 11 2) 5 : 4 3) 11 : 3 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 56) A car covers first 39 km of its journey in 45

minutes and the remaining 25 km in 35 minutes. What is the average speed of the car? 1) 40 km/hr 2) 64 km/hr 3) 49 km/hr 4) 48 km/hr 5) None of these

57) A 300 meter long train moving with an average speed of 126 km/hr crosses a platform in 24 seconds. A man crosses the same platform in 5 minutes. What is the speed of man in meter / second? 1) 1.8m/s 2) 1.2m/s 3) 1.5m/s 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

58) Train – A crosses a stationary train –B in 35 seconds and a pole in 14 seconds with the same speed. The length of the train – A is 280 meters. What is the length of the stationary train – B? 1) 360 meters 2) 480 meters 3) 400 meters 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

59) A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour? 1) 3.6 2)7.2 3) 8.4 4) 10

60) A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is: 1) 100 kmph 2) 110 kmph 3) 120 kmph 4) 130 kmph

61) In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is: 1) 1 hour 2) 2 hours 3) 3 hours 4) 4 hours

62) A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km. 1) 220 km 2) 224 km 3) 230 km 4) 234 km 5) None of these

63) A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:

1) 519 days 2)

529 days

3) 539 days 4) 10 days

5) None of these

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64) A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

1) 20 days 2) 2122 days

3) 25 days 4) 30 days 5)None of these

65) Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment of data in 5 days. Sujit’s speed is 80% of Amit’s speed and the total key depressions in the assignment are 5,76,000. What is amit’s speed in key depressions per hour if they work for 8 hours a day?

1) 4800 2) 6400 3) 8000 4) 7200 5) None of these

66) If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be: 1) 4 days 2) 5 days 3) 6 days 4)7 days 5) None of these

67) A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it? 1) 8 hours 2) 10 hours 3) 12 hours 4) 24 hours 5) None of these

68) A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work? 1) 23 days 2) 37 days

3) 2137 days 4) 40 days

5) None of these 69) A machine P can print one lakh books in 8

hours, machine Q can print the same number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished ? 1) 11:30 A.M. 2) 12 noon 3) 12:30 P.M. 4) 1:00 P.M. 5) None of these

70) 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it? 1) 35 2) 40 3) 45 4) 50

71) P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?

1) 1155 2)

1165

3) 1175 4)

1156

5) None 72) Two trains 135 m and 75 m long is running in

opposite directions with speeds of 60 km/h and 48 km/h respectively. How long will they take to completely cross each other? 1) 9 sec. 2) 91/2 sec. 3)11 sec. 4) 7 sec. 5) None of these

73) Two trains are running on parallel tracks. A person sitting in faster train passes the slower train in 16sec. What is speed of faster train? 1) 8m/sec. 2) 10m/sec. 3) 18m/sec. 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

74) 16men can complete a work in 24 days and 48 children can complete the same work in 16 days. 12 men started working and after 14 days, 12 children joined them. How many days will they now take to complete remaining work? 1) 10 2) 14 3) 12 4) 8 5) None of these

75) A wall is built by 17 men in 24 days. In how many days can 18 men do the work if the working hours per day are reduced in the ratio of 5:4? 1) 281/3 2) 292/3 3) 284/3 4) 28 3/2 5) None of these

76) Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages? 1) 7 hours 30 minutes 2) 8 hours 3) 8 hours 15 minutes 4) 8 hours 25 minutes 5) None of these

77) A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24 days and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days when B and C leave. How many days more will A take to finish the work? 1) 18 days 2) 24 days 3) 30 days 4) 36 days 5) None of these

78) 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would 21 women take, if 3 women do as much work as 2 men? 1) 18 2) 20 3) 25 4) 30 5) 35

79) Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in

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fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman? 1) 3 : 4 2) 4 : 3 3) 5 : 3 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

80) A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in : 1) 4 days 2) 6 days 3) 8 days 4) 12 days 5) None of these

81) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs. 6500/- in eight years at the rate of 13 p.c.p.a. What would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. in 2 years?

1) Rs. 1040/- 2) Rs. 1020/- 3) Rs. 1060/- 4) Rs. 1200/-

5) None of these 82) The compound interest accrued on an amount

of the end of two years @ 12 p.c.p.a. is Rs. 2862/- What is the amount? 1) Rs. 11,250/- 2) Rs. 12,200/-

3) Rs. 13,500/- 4) Rs. 10,000 5) None of these

83) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs. 7,200/- in six years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a what would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a. in 2 years.

1) Rs. 1020/- 2) Rs.1055/- 3) Rs.1050/- 4) Rs.1025/- 5) None of these 84) The simple interest accrued on a sum of

certain capital principal is Rs. 6400/- in four years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. what would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 2 p.c.p.a. in 2 years?

1) Rs.800 2) Rs. 808/- 3) Rs. 704/- 4) Rs. 700/- 5) None of these 85) The simple interest accrued on an amount of

Rs. 22,500/- at the end of four years is Rs. 10,800/-. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate at the end of two years?

1) Rs. 16908/- 2) Rs. 5724/- 3) Rs. 28224/- 4) Rs. 8586/- 5) None of these 86) The simple interest accrued on an amount of

Rs. 45000/- after 2 years at a certain rate of interest is 13500/-. What will be the compound interest accrued on the same amount in the same number years at the same rate of interest?

1) Rs. 14,512.50 2) Rs. 14,521.80 3) Rs. 14,515.30 4) Rs. 14,518.90 5) None of these 87) The simple interest accrued on a sum of

certain principal is Rs. 2000/- in five years at the rate of 4 p.c.p.a. what would be the

compound interest accrued on same principal at same rate in two years?

1) Rs.716 2) Rs. 724 3) Rs.824 4) Rs. 816 5) None of these 88) The difference between the amount of

compound interest and simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 26,000 at the end of 3 years is Rs. 2994.134. What is the rate of interest pcpa?

1) 22 2) 17 3) 19 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these 89) Ravi borrowed some money at the rate of 4

pcpa for the first three years, at the rate of 8 pcpa for the next two years and at the rate of 9 pcpa for the period beyond 5 years. If he pays a total simple interest of Rs. 19550 at the end of 7 years, how much money did he borrow?

1) Rs. 39,500 2) Rs. 42,500 3) Rs. 41,900 4) Rs. 43,000 5) None of these 90) Meera purchased an item for Rs. 6200/- and

sold it at loss of 25 percent. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 30 percent. What was her overall gain/loss?

1) Loss of Rs. 1560/- 2) Profit of Rs. 1560/- 3) Loss Rs. 1550/- 4) Profit of Rs. 1550/- 5) None of these 91) Seema purchased an item for Rs. 9,600/- and

sold it for loss of 5 percent. From that money she purchased another item and sold it for gain of 5 percent. What is her overall gain/loss?

1) Loss of Rs. 36/- 2) Profit of Rs. 24/- 3) Loss of Rs. 54/- 4) Profit of Rs. 36/- 5) None of these 92) Mr. Baljit purchased 100 pieces of an article at

the rate of Rs. 480/- per piece. He then listed the price so as to gain a profit of 25%. While selling the articles he offered a discount of 5%. What is the percentage of profit earned in the deal?

1) 20.00 2) 15.00 3) 15.79 4) 18.75 5) None of these

93) Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs. 25,000/- what was the total amount of profit earned?

1) Rs. 22 lakhs 2) Rs. 18.25 lakhs 3) Rs. 18 lakhs 4) Rs. 23.25 lakh 5) None of these

94) A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned in the deal?

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1) 18% 2) 15% 3) 20%

4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these 95) Rehaan purchased a bike for Rs. 54000/- he

sold it at a loss of 8 percent. With that money he again purchased another bike and sold it at a profit of 10 percent. What is his overall loss/profit?

1) Loss of Rs. 657/- 2) Profit of Rs. 567/- 3) Loss of Rs. 648/- 4) Profit of Rs. 648/- 5) None of these 96) If the price of petrol is raised by 12.5% then

find by what percent should a consumer decrease the consumption of petrol so that there is no change in his monthly expenditure on petrol. 1) 16% 2) 112/7% 3) 111/9% 4) 20% 5) None of these

97) Kewal sells two tape recorders at the same price. Out of one he gains 10% and another he loses 10%. His total % gain or loss in the whole transaction is : 1) 1% gain 2) 1% loss 3) 11% loss 4) 11% gain 5) No loss No gain

98) Ajay bought 15 kg of dal at the rate of Rs.14.50 per kg and 10 kg at the rate of Rs.13 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture at the rate of Rs.15 per kg. What was his total gain in this transaction? 1) Rs.1.10 2) Rs.16.50 3) Rs.11 4) Rs.27.50 5) None of these

99) A horse and a cow is sold for per Rs.12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20% and the cow at a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in: 1) no loss or gain 2) loss of Rs.1000 3) gain of Rs.1000 4) gain of Rs.2000 5) None of these

100) Anil bought a TV with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs.500. At what price did he buy the TV? 1) Rs.16000 2) Rs.12000 3) Rs.10000 4) Rs.8000 5) None of these

101) Each of the two horses is sold for Rs. 720. The first one is sold at 25% profit and the second one at 25% loss. What is the % age loss or gain in the deal? 1) 7.2% 2) 6.25% 3) No profit, no loss 4) 8.35% 5) None of these

102) Each of the two cars is sold at the same price. A profit of 10% is made on the first and a loss of 7% is made on the second. What is the combined loss or gain? 1) 3.2% loss 2) 3.2% gain 3) 2.3% loss 4) 2.3% gain 5) None of these

103) A man sells two horses for Rs.1710. The CP of the first is equal to the SP of the second. If the first is sold at 10% loss and the second at 25% gain, what is his total gain or loss? 1) Rs.90 gain 2) Rs.171 gain 3) Rs.90 loss 4) Rs. 80 loss 5) None of these

104) I lose 9 percent by selling pencils at rate of 15 a rupee. How many for a rupee must I sell them to gain 5 percent? 1) 16 2) 13 3) 10 4) 12 5) None of these

105) Vipin purchased a horse at 9/10 of its selling price & sold it at 8% more than its selling price. Find his gain percent. 1) 29% profit 2) 25% profit 3) 28% profit 4) 20 % profit 5) None of these

106) A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 5 years had it been put at 5% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 500 more. What is the sum? 1) Rs. 2000 2) Rs. 2400 3) Rs. 2500 4) Rs. 3200 5) Rs. 4400

107) What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest for the sum Rs. 16000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years? 1) Rs. 80 2) Rs. 60 3) Rs. 54 4) Rs. 40 5) Rs. 35

108) A sum of money triples itself in 3 years at a simple interest. In how many years will it multiply five times? 1) 5 years 2) 6 years 3) 4 years 4) 8 years 5) None of these

109) If the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 15% is Rs. 800, what will be the compound interest at the same rate and for the same time? 1) Rs. 920 2) Rs. 900 3) Rs. 880 4) Rs. 860 5) None of these

110) An amount of money grows upto Rs. 4000 in 2 years and up to Rs. 8000 in 3 years on compound interest. What is the sum? 1) Rs. 1600 2) Rs. 1000 3) Rs. 1200 4) Rs. 2400 5) None of these

111) In how many ways a word ‘BRIBE” can be arranged

1) 60 2) 120 3) 360 4) 30 5) None of these 112) In how many ways word “GLAMOUR” can be

arranged such that vowels are always together?

1) 5! X 4! 2) 6! X 4! 3) 5! X 3! 4) –4! 5) None of these

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113) In how many ways word “GLAMOUR” can be arranged such that vowels are never together?

1) 7! – 5! x 4! 2) 7!-5! X 3! 3) 5! X 3! 4) 7! – 6! x 4! 5) None of these 114) A committee of 3 members is to be selected

out of 3 men and 2 women. What is the probability that the committee has at least one woman?

1) 1/10 2) 9/20 3) 9/10 4) 1/20 5) None of these

115) In how many ways a word ‘SUBSTITUTE’ can be arranged?

1) 10! / 2!3!2! 2) 10! 3) 10! / 2!2!2! 4) 10! / 8! 5) None of these

116) A bag contains 13 white balls and 7 black balls. 2 balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that they are of same color?

1) 41/190 2) 21/190 3) 59/190 4) 91/199

5) None of these 117) In how many different ways can a letters of

the word “OPERATE” be arranged? 1) 5040 2) 720 3) 2520 4) 360

5) None of these 118) In how many different ways can a letters of

the word “GYANM” be arranged such that letter G and M always being on either sides?

1) 12 2) 24 3) 48 4) 120

5) None of these 119) In a group of 5 boys and 5 girls, 3 persons are

to be selected for a competition. What is the probability that all 3 persons are girls?

1) 2/12 2) 1/12 3) 3/12 4) 5/12

5) None of these 120) Out of 5 men and 3 women a committee of 3

members is to be formed so that it has one woman and two men. In how many different ways can this be done?

1) 20 2) 10 3) 23 4) 30

5) None of these Directions (Qs. 11-14): A box contains 2 red balls, 3 blue, and 4 black balls. 3 balls are drawn at random find the probability that 121) They are all of different colour 1) 2/7 2) 3/7 3) 4/7 4) 1/7 5) None of these 122) All are blue 1) 9/81 2) 5/84 3) 1/84 4) 11/84 5) None of these 123) All are black 1) 5/21 2) 1/21

3) 4/21 4) 2/21 5) None of these

124) All are either blue or black 1) 5/84 2) 7/96 3) 11/96 4) 17/96 5) None of these Directions (Qs. 15-17): A box contains 3 red balls, 5 blue, and 2 green balls. Find the probability of the following 125) If 3 balls are drawn at random What is the probability that none is blue? 1) 1/6 2) 1/12 3) 1/5 4) 3/10

5) None of these 126) If 4 balls are drawn at random What is the probability that at least 1 is green? 1) 2/3 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 2/5 5) None of these 127) If 2 balls are drawn at random What is the probability that both are red? 1) 1/5 2) 3/10 3) 3/5 4) 1/15 5) None of these Directions (Qs. 18-20): A box contains 3 red balls, 5 black, and 2 blue balls. Find the probability of the following 128) If 2 balls are drawn at random. What is the

probability that none of them is blue? 1) 21/45 2) 3/55

3) 28/45 4) 2/21 5) None of these 129) If 2 balls are drawn at random. What is the

probability that one is black and one is red? 1) 2/11 2) 8/11 3) 9/11 4) 3/11 5) None of these

130) If 3 balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that all are black? 1) 2/33 2) 1/11 3) 3/11 4)8/33 5) None of these

131-135): In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and – Give answer if 1) x > y 2) x ≥ y 3) x < y 4) x ≤ y 5) x = y or the relationship cannot be established 131) I. √289x + √ 25 = 0 II. √676Y + 10 = 0 132) I. 8X2 -78X + 169 = 0 II. 20y2 – 117y + 169 = 0

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133) I. xxx

11915=+

II. y

yy 112

54

=+

134) I. xxx=+

68

II. Y3 - ( ) 014 2

7

=y

135) I. X2 – 208 = 233 II. Y2 + 47 – 371 = 0 136-140): In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and – Give answer if 1) x > y 2) x ≥ y 3) x < y 4) x ≤ y 5) x = y or the relationship cannot be established

136) I. 222 x

4x9

x12

x25

=+−

II 9.84 – 2.64 = 0.95 + y2 137) I. 01225961 =+x

II. (256)1/4y + (216)1/3 = 0 138) I. x2 + 9 x + 14 = 0 II. y2 + y – 2 = 0 139) I. 9x2 – 18x + 5 = 0

II. 2y2 – 9y + 10 = 0 140) I. 3x2 – 19 x + 28 = 0

II. 5y2 – 18y + 16 = 0 141-145): In the following two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and Give answer if 1) x > y 2) x ≥ y 3) x < y 4) x ≤ y 5) x = y or the relationship cannot be established 141) I. x2 + 5x + 6 = 0 II. y2 + 3y + 2 = 0 142) I. x2 – 10x + 24 = 0 II. y2 – 9y + 20 = 0 143) I. (x)2 = 196 II. y = √961 144) I. x2 – 72 = x II. y2 = 64 145) I. x2 – 463 = 321 II. y2 – 421 = 308

Directions (146-150): In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equation and Give answer If

1) x > y 2) x ≥ y 3) x < y 4) x ≤ y 5) x = y or the relationship can’t be determined

146) I. (x7/5 ÷ 9) = 169 ÷ x3/5 II. y1/4 X y1/4 X 7 = 273 ÷ y1/2

147) I. 335

6)11()2( x=+

II. 4y3 = – (589 ÷ 4) + 5y3

148) I. 1225x + 4900 = 0 II. (81)1/4Y + (343)1/3 = 0

149) I. 222

812618XXXX

=−+

II. y2 + 9.68+ 5.64 = 16.95 150) I. 12x2 + 11x + 12 = 10x2 + 22x II. 13y2 – 18y + 3 = 9y2 – 10y

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Directions (Qs. 1-10): You have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and chose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

PASSAGE-1 In the technological system of tomorrow – fast,

fluid and self-regulating – machines will deal with the flow of physical materials, men with the flow of information and insight. Machines will increasingly perform tasks. Machines and men both, instead of being concentrated in gigantic factories and factory cities, will be scattered across the globe, linked together by amazingly sensitive, near–instantaneous communications. Human work will move out of the factory and mass office into the community and the home. Machines will be synchronized, as some already are, to the billionth of a second; men will be desynchronized. The factory whistle will vanish. Even the clock, “the key machine of the modern industrial age” as Lewis Mumford called it a generation ago, will lose some of its power over humans, as distinct from purely technological affairs. Simultaneously, the organisation needed to control technology will shift from bureaucracy to Adhocracy, from permanence to transience, and from a concern with the present to a focus on the future. In such a world, the most valued attributes of the industrial age become handicaps. The technology of tomorrow requires not millions of lightly lettered men, ready to work in unison at endlessly repetitive jobs; it requires not men who take orders in unblinking fashion, aware that the price of bread is mechanical submission to authority, but

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men who can make critical judgements, who can weave their way through novel environments, who are quick to spot new relation-ships in the rapidly changing reality. It requires men who, in C.P. Snow’s, compelling terms, “have the future in their bones”. 1) The technological system of tomorrow will be

marked by 1) dehumanization 2) perfection 3) automation 4) unpredictability

2) The future man, according to this passage, must be 1) most adaptive and intelligent 2) most capable of dealing with the changing reality 3) more concerned with the present than the future 4) trained and obedient

3) ‘Near-instantaneous communications’ may be regarded as a symbol of 1) anachronization 2) mischronization 3) desynchronization 4) synchronization

4) If a person believes that ‘the price of bread is mechanical submission to authority’, he is 1) a believer in devotion to duty 2) a believer in taking things for granted 3) a believer in doing what he is told, right or wrong 4) a believer in the honesty of machines

5) The type of society which the author has mentioned makes a plea for 1) a mind assimilative of modern scientific ideas 2) a critical mind having insight into future 3) a mind will-versed in cultural heritage 4) a mind with firm principles of life

PASSAGE-II A reason why people at school read books is to please their teacher. The teacher has said that this, that, or the other is a good book, and that it is a sign of good taste to enjoy it. So a number of boys and girls, anxious to please their teacher, get the book and read it. Two or three of them may genuinely like it, for its own sake, and be grateful to the teacher for putting it in their way. But many will not honestly like it, or will persuade themselves that they like it. And that does a great deal of harm. The people who cannot like the book run the risk of two things happening to them, either they are put off the idea of the book- let us suppose the book was David Copperfield –either they are put off the idea of classical novels, or they take a dislike to Dickens, and decide firmly never to waste their time on anything of the sort again; or they get a guilty conscience about the whole thing – they feel that they do not like what they ought to like and that, therefore, there is something wrong with them. They are quite mistaken, of course. There is nothing wrong with them. The mistake has all been on the teacher’s side. What has happened is that they have been shoved up against a book before they were ready for it. It is like giving a young child food only suitable for an adult. Result: indigestion, violent stomach ache, and a rooted dislike of that article of food evermore.

6) The passage is about what 1) we should do to make children read 2) we should not do when we ask children to read 3) teachers should teach in the classroom 4) treatment is to be given for indigestion

7) The writer says that teachers should 1) prevent children from reading any book 2) compel children to read moral stories 3) stop compelling children to read books recommended by them 4) Carefully supervise what children read

8) According to the author many boys and girls read books to 1) win the favour of their teachers 2) spend money in a useful way 3) express their gratitude to their teachers 4) show others that they are lovers of books

9) “The mistake has been on the teachers’ side”. Here the “mistake” refers to 1) making the children do please the teacher 2) asking the children to read books which teachers don’t like 3) discouraging children from reading more books 4) recommending them the books intended for adults

10) Indigestion and violent stomachache will be the result if the child 1) reads books not suitable for his age 2) does not read any book 3) is forced to eat food meant for adults 4) is not taken to doctor regularly

Direction (Qs. 11-20): Some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. 11) We had a lot of difficulty (1) / to find (2) / the

house. (3) / No Error (4) 12) Patience as well as perseverance (1) / are necessary

(2) / for success. (3) / No Error (4) 13) The passer-by told us (1) / where was the marriage

hall (2) / and even led use to it. (3) / No Error (4) 14) The increase in consumption is directly (1) /

proportional to the increase (2) / in income. (3) / No Error (4)

15) In Singapore (1) / my brother-in-law with his wife (2) / were present at the function. (3) / No Error (4)

16) Scarcely had (1) / I arrived than (2) / the train left. (3) / No Error (4)

17) The reason why (1) / he was rejected (2) / was because he was too young. (3) / No Error (4)

18) Teachers of various schools (1) / met to discuss about (2) / how to improve the standard of England. (3) / No Error (4)

19) His tradition-bound attitude (1) / had to be a constant source of dissatisfaction (2) / among the younger members of the family. (3) / No Error (4)

20) The two first to arrive (1) / were the lucky recipients (2) / of a surprise gift. (3) / No Error (4)

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Directions (Qs. 21-30): In questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four. 21) A person who..............on his own effort has

the best chance to win. 1) makes 2) puts 3) relies 4) runs

22) When he died, Ramanujan............behind three notebooks. 1) was leaving 2) had left 3) left 4) leaves

23) For all his............., he is a............... 1) wealth, miser 2) health, player 3) tricks, cheat 4) stupidity, fool

24) In a classroom students are to be trained to love................. 1) each other 2) all other 3) one another 4) altogether

25) Mr. Ojha put his whole life.............the work. 1) on 2) in 3) into 4) upon

26) All decisions,.............are likely to be taken by consensus. 1) anyhow 2) forever 3) somehow 4) however

27) Kumar............boy swam across the sea for safety. 1) a 17 years old 2) a 17 year old 3) a 17 year aged 4) the 17 year old

28) She is beautiful.............brave. 1) but 2) and 3) yet 4) so

29) Gandhiji will.............in history as one of the greatest men, that ever lived. 1) go by 2) go on 3) go down 4) go through

30) All the applicants................and the results will be announced next week. 1) rank 2) are to rank 3) are to be ranked 4) are ranking

Direction (Qs. 31-40): In question out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 31) SUCCESSIVE

1) Rapid 2) Victorious 3) Beneficent 4) Consecutive

32) RAVAGE 1) Destroy 2) Break 3) Establish 4) Abolish

33) SUPERSTITIOUS 1) Pious 2) Traditional 3) Irrational 4) Sacred

34) MENTOR 1) Guide 2) Genius 3) Stylist 4) Philosopher

35) GARNISH 1) Paint 2) Adorn 3) Garner 4) Banish

36) INFRUCTUOUS 1) Meaningless 2) Unnecessary 3) Redundant 4) Fruitless

37) FIDELITY 1) Affection 2) Allegiance 3) Accuracy 4) Loyalty

38) GRUFF 1) Hard 2) Rough 3) Tough 4) Sturdy

39) DOLEFUL 1) Mournful 2) Sober 3) Regretful 4) Cheerful

40) FATAL 1) Terrible 2) Deadly 3) Poisonous 4) Wrong

Directions (Qs. 41-50): In questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word. 41) EXODUS

1) Influx 2) Home-coming 3) Return 4) Restoration

42) INQUISITIVE 1) Insincere 2) Indifferent 3) Insensitive 4) Disguised

43) CANDID 1) Outspoken 2) Frank 3) Devious 4) Disguised

44) NADIR 1) Modernity 2) Zenith 3) Liberty 4) Progress

45) CULPABLE 1) Defendable 2) Blameless 3) Careless 4) Irresponsible

46) FACILITATE 1) Help 2) Propagate 3) Hinder 4) Reject

47) COMMEND 1) Finish 2) Recommend 3) Criticise 4) Request

48) CONFORMITY 1) Deviation 2) Dilution 3) Distraction 4) Diversion

49) AFFIRM 1) Refuse 2) Negate 3) Neglect 4) Avoid

50) AUTONOMY 1) Slavery 2) Subordination 3) Dependence 4) Submissiveness

Directions (Qs. 51-60): In questions groups of your words are given. In each group one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet. 51) 1) Mischeivous 2) Miscariage

3) Misdemeanour 4) Misnomar 52) 1) Harassment 2) Committment

3) Breevement 4) Temparament

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53) 1) Capracious 2) Auspicious 3) Fallicious 4) Dalicious

54) 1) Inefable 2) Inaccesible 3) Infallible 4) Invinscible

55) 1) Camoflage 2) Tabuleau 3) Milieu 4) Miraze

56) 1) Existence 2) Occurence 3) Depandence 4) Persistance

57) 1) Sponsership 2) Soveriegn 3) Subservient 4) Sepulcher

58) 1) Handicaped 2) Frolicked 3) Kidnaped 4) Development

59) 1) Coersion 2) Precision 3) Negociation 4) Explotion

60) 1) Deliquency 2) Friquency 3) Discrepency 4) Hesitancy

Directions (Qs. 61-70): In questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. 61) He didn’t tell me directly, but reading between

the lines, I think he is not happy with them. 1) reading slowly and haltingly 2) understanding the sense rather than the actual words 3) understanding the meaning of words and not the sense 4) reading superficially

62) Gopi works by fits and starts. 1) consistently 2) irregularly 3) in high spirits 4) enthusiastically

63) I cannot put up with your misconduct any longer. 1) excuse 2) refuse 3) accept 4) tolerate

64) I did not mind what he was saying, he was only talking through his hat. 1) talking nonsense 2) talking ignorantly 3) talking irresponsibly 4) talking insultingly

65) He is so furious that he would go through fire and water to revenge himself on his foe. 1) approach everybody for help 2) avail himself of any opportunity 3) use any conceivable method 4) undergo any risk

66) The watchdogs were asleep when the bulls ran riot. 1) behaved cleverly 2) acted without restraint 3) wandered aimlessly 4) had the best of time

67) In spite of the immense pressure exerted by the militants, the Govt has decided not to give in. 1) accede 2) yield 3) oblige 4) conform

68) The young and the old sat cheek by jowl in the large audience. 1) very near 2) very far 3) tongue tied 4) irritated

69) We wanted to keep the gift as a surprise for mother but my sister gave the game away. 1) lost the game 2) gave out the secret 3) played badly 4) withdrew from the game

70) I don’t think the law will interfere with us as we are just trying to turn an honest penny. 1) make a legitimate living 2) make a good living 3) have dealings in white money 4) become more honest

Directions (71-75): In questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence. 71) On who collects coins

1) Archaeologist 2) Numismatist 3) Philatelist 4) Connoisseur

72) A system of Government in which only one political party is allowed to function 1) Oligarchy 2) Dictatorship 3) Totalitarianism 4) Theocracy

73) Customs and habits of a particular group 1) Mores 2) Traditions 3) Rites 4) Rituals

74) A body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their verdict in trials 1) Association 2) Council 3) Bar 4) Jury

75) Indifference to pleasure or pain 1) Perseverance 2) Tolerance 3) Stoicism 4) Reticence

Directions (76-80): In questions the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice. 76) This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer.

1) I cannot wear this shirt any longer. 2) Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible. 3) This shirt is too worn out to be worn any longer. 4) This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer.

77) A lion does not eat grass, however hungry he may be. 1) Grass is not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be. 2) Grass is not being eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be. 3) Grass is eaten not by a lion, however hungry he may be. 4) Grass is being not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.

78) Someone saw him picking up a gun. 1) He was seen pick up a gun by someone. 2) He was seen picking up a gun by someone. 3) He was seen when he was picking up a gun. 4) He was seen by someone pick a gun.

79) He was obliged to resign. 1) He was made to resign. 2) To resign was his obligation. 3) Circumstances obliged him to resign. 4) Resignation obliged him

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80) Why did you not agree to my proposal? 1) Why was my proposal not agreed to? 2) Why was my proposal not agreed by you? 3) Why my proposal was not agreed to by you? 4) Why was my proposal not agreed to by you?

Directions (Qs. 81-85): In questions a part of the sentences is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part as (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4). 81) Can this machine be adopted in farm work.

1) by 2) into 3) for 4) No improvement

82) The driver was dazzled by the bright light of approaching car. 1) twinkled 2) flashed 3) glowed 4) No improvement

83) What does it matter most is the quality of the goods that we require. 1) What it matters more 2) What does it matter more 3) What matters most 4) No improvement

84) You called on me when I was not at home, don’t you? 1) did you? 2) didn’t you? 3) didn’t I? 4) No improvement

85) He paid the caretaker for his board and lodging. 1) room 2) furniture 3) boarding 4) No improvement

Directions (Qs. 86-90): In questions, the first and the last parts of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer. 86) 1) One of the most widely spread of bad habits

P) which is now smoked or chewed by men Q) and even by children R) often by women S) is the use of tobacco 6) almost all over the world. 1) SPRQ 2) PQRS 3) SRQP 4) PQSR

87) 1) The landscape P) with Nature displaying Q) here is awesome R) that are seldom S) a range of delights 6) seen together. 1) PSRQ 2) QPSR 3) RSPQ 4) QRSP

88) 1) Smoke billowed up between the plants. P) Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship. Q) The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.

R) Everyone now knew there was a fire on board. S) Flames broke out here and there. 6) Most people bore the shock bravely. 1) SRQP 2) QPSR 3) RSPQ 4) QSRP

89) 1) It is far better live for a short while P) contribution to the world Q) and make some significant R) that is just idled away S) than spend a long life 6) in gossiping and playing. 1) RQSP 2) SQPR 3) QPSR 4) RQPS

90) 1) The salmon fish pushed themselves P) to return to their spawning grounds Q) and fertilized them R) but once they lay their eggs S) to their limits 6) they died. 1) SQPR 2) RSQP 3) SPRQ 4) RPSQ

Directions (Qs. 91-100): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Pythons are....(91).....non-venomous snakes found.....(92).....in damp places or rocky edges near marshes or in dense....(93)..... They are considered to be the most primitive.....(94).......the living snakes, .....(95).....they retain the traces of hind limbs of a.....(96).....era in the form.....(97).....horny claw-like spurs, which are present.....(98)....either side of .....(99)....anus. These hind limbs are functionless....(100)....female pythons. 91) 1) small 2) tiny

3) cute 4) huge 92) 1) mostly 2) rarely

3) occasionally 4) hardly 93) 1) cities 2) jungles

3) hills 4) towns 94) 1) between 2) in

3) among 4) over 95) 1) so 2) because

3) and 4) but 96) 1) by gone 2) latest

3) present 4) recent 97) 1) in 2) for

3) on 4) of 98) 1) over 2) above

3) on 4) in 99) 1) the 2) a

3) an 4) that 100) 1) with 2) among

3) on 4) in

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GENERAL AWARENESS 1) Who was the first European to designate

Aryan as a race? 1) William Jones 2) H.H. Wilson 3) Max Muller 4) General Cunningham

2) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List – I (Symbols) List-II(Meaning) A. Bodhi Tree 1. Birth B. Dharma Chakra 2. First Sermon C. Horse 3. Enlightenment D. Lotus 4. Renunciation Codes: A B C D 1) 3 2 4 1 2) 2 3 4 1 3) 1 2 3 4 4) 2 1 3 4

3) Who in ancient India assumed the title amitraghata? 1) Ajatshatru 2) Chandragupta Maurya 3) Bindusara 4) Ashoka

4) Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India? 1) Mauryas 2) Indo-Greeks 3) Guptas 4) Kushans

5) Who started the Saka Era and when? 1) Kadphises in 58 BC 2) Vikramaditya in 58 BC 3) Rudradaman I in 78 AD 4) Kanishka in 78 AD

6) Who was the first known Gupta ruler? 1) Srigupta 2) Chandragupta I 3) Ghatotkach 4) Kumargupta I

7) Samudragupta has been given the title of ‘Indian Napolean’ by the historian – 1) Romila Thapar 2) V.A. Smith 3) Samudragupta 4) Skandgupta

8) When was the ‘Panchtantra’ written? 1) Maurya period 2) Kanishka period 3) Gupta period 4) Harsha period

9) Carbon-dating is used to determine the age of 1) Fossils 2) Plants 3) Rocks 4) None of these

10) The Sultan who described himself as Sikandar-i-Sani (The Second Alexander) was – 1) Balban 2) Alauddin Khalji 3) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq 4) Sikandar Lodi

11) The Lodhi dynasty was founded by – 1) Ibrahim Lodhi 2) Sikandar Lodhi 3) Bahlol Lodhi 4) Khizr Khan

12) Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India? 1) Fort St. George 2) Fort St. David 3) Fort St. William 4) Fort St. Angelo

13) Permanent settlement was a feature of- 1) Zamindari System 2) Ryotwari System 3) Mahalwari System 4) None of these

14) In which year did Swami Vivekanand participate the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago? 1) 1893 2) 1895 3) 1897 4) 1899

15) Who presided over the first session of All India Kisan Sabha? 1) Swami Sahajanand 2) Indulal Yajnik 3) N.N. Ranga 4) P.C. Joshi

16) ‘India war of Independence 1857’ is written by- 1) S.N. Sen 2) R.C. Majumdar 3) V.D. Savarkar 4) S.B. Chaudhari

17) Who was called ‘Grand Old Man of India’? 1) Dadabhai Naoroji 2) Jamshedji Tata 3) Surendranath Bannerjee 4) C. Rajagopalachari

18) Who was the founder of All India Muslim League? 1) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 2) Mohammad Iqbal 3) M.A Jinnah 4) Nawab Salimullah Khan

19) The newspaper brought out by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to promote nationalism was- 1) Yugantar 2) Deshbhakti 3) Kesari 4) Kranti

20) Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’? 1) Lord Curzon 2) Vincent Smith 3) Valentile Chirol 4) Henry Cotton

21) Who was the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’? 1) Aurobindo Ghosh 2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 3) M.K.Gandhi 4) Vinoba Bhave

22) Who prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932? 1) Lord Irwin 2) Ramsay Mac Donald 3) Lord Linlithgow 4) Winston Churchill

23) Who was the first woman President of Indian National Congress? 1) Annie Besant 2) Aruna Asaf Ali 3) Sarojini Naidu 4) Vijayalaxmi Pandit

24) Cabinet Mission was presided over by – 1) Lord Atlee 2) Stafford Cripps 3) Clement Atlee 4) Pathic Lawrence

25) Which incident led Gandhiji to withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement? 1) Kakori episode 2) Chauri-Chaura episode 3) Jallianwala Bagh episode 4) Muzaffarpur episode

26) The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was- 1) Non- Co-operation Movement 2) Salt Movement 3) Quit India Movement 4) Indigo Movement

27) Who had founded the Independent League? 1) Moti Lal Nehru 2) Mahatma Gandhi 3) Ras Behari Bose 4) Lala Lajpat Rai

28) Who was the first Governor General of Independent India? 1) C. Rajagopalachari 2) Waren Hastings 3) Lord Dalhousie 4) Lord Mountbatten

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29) Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on- 1) 26th October, 1947 2) 26th October, 1948 3) 26TH November, 1948 4) None of these

30) Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India? 1) Ramsay MacDonald 2) Stanely Baldwin 3) Neville Chamberlain 4) Winston Churchill

31) Schedule Ninth of the Indian Constitution deals with: 1) Subjects contained in the Union List, State List and Concurrent List 2) The recognition of languages 3) Certain acts and regulations of State Legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of Zamindari. 4) The territories of State and Union territories

32) Article 249 of the Indian Constitution deals with- 1) Emergency power of the President 2) Dissolution of the Lok Sabha 3) Administrative power of the Parliament 4) Legislative power of the Parliament with respect to a matter in the State List

33) Match List-I (Articles) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists- List – I List-II A. Article 14 1.Amendment Procedure B. Article 36 2. Council of Minister C. Article 74 3. Right to Equality D. Article 368 4.Directive Principles Codes: A B C D 1) 2 1 4 3 2) 4 1 3 2 3) 1 2 3 4 4) 3 4 2 1

34) Which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that “It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance”? 1) Article 215 2) Article 275 3) Article 325 4) Article 355

35) Who considered the Right to Constitutional Remedies as very ‘heart and soul’ of the Indian Constitution? 1) M.K. Gandhi 2) J.L. Nehru 3) B.R. Ambedkar 4) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

36) Which Constitutional Amendment deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights? 1) 42nd Amendment 2) 43rd Amendment 3) 44th Amendment 4) 62nd Amendment

37) The Writ Habeas Corpus is available for- 1) Directing any person, corporation or inferior court to do some particular thing 2) The purpose of releasing from illegal custody, persons unlawfully detained 3) Direction of Supreme Court to an inferior court to send the records of the pending case 4) Directing the lower court to stop proceeding by a higher court

38) Which one of the following is Human Right as well as a Fundamental Right under the Constitution of India? 1) Right to information 2) Right to education 3) Right to work 4) Right to housing

39) Which one of the following writs examins the functioning of Subordinate Courts? 1) Quo Warranto 2) Mandamus 3) Certiorari 4) Habeas Corpus

40) Which Amendment to the Constitution inserted a new Article 21 A providing Right to Education in the Constitution? 1) 86th Amendment 2) 87th Amendment 3) 88th Amendment 4) 89th Amendment

41) The concept of ‘Welfare State’ is included in which part of the Indian Constitution? 1) Preamble of the Constitution 2) The Fundamental Right 3) The Directive Principles of State Policy 4) The Fundamental Duties

42) In which year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by 42nd Amendment? 1) 1975 2) 1976 3) 1977 4) 1980

43) Under the Constitution of India, which one of the following is NOT a Fundamental Duty/ 1) To vote in public electrons 2) To develop the scientific temper 3) To safeguard public property 4) To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals

44) What can be the maximum interval between two Sessions of Parliament? 1) 3 months 2) 4 months 3) 6 months 4) 9 months

45) In order to be recognized as an official Opposition Group in the Parliament, how many seats should it have? 1) 1/3rd of the total strength 2) 1/4th of the total strength 3) 1/6th of the total strength 4) 1/10th of the total strength

46) Who said, ‘ Parliamentary system provides a daily as well as a periodic assessment of the Government’? 1) B.R. Ambedkar 2) B.N. Rau 3) Jawahar Lal Nehru 4) Rajendra Prasad

47) The quorum of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha is- 1) 1/5 of the total membership 2) 1/6th of the total membership 3) 1/8th of the total membership 4) 1/10 of the total membership

48) Rajya Sabha enjoys more power than the Lok Sabha in the case of – 1) Money bills 2) None-money bills 3) Setting up of new All India Services 4) Amendment of the Constitution

49) What could be the maximum time limit of ‘Zero Hour’? 1) 30 minutes 2) 1 hour 3) 2 hours 4) Indefinite period

50) Which one of the following is the largest (area –wise) Lok Sabha Constituency?

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1) Kangra 2) Laddakh 3) Kachchh 4) Bhilwara

51) The Speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called- 1) Casting Vote 2) Sound Vote 3) Direct Vote 4) Indirect Vote

52) The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from- 1) West to east 2) East and west of the prime meridian 3) Poles to equator 4) Equator to poles

53) The inclination of the earth’s axis to the orbital plane is- 1) 21 1

2 degree 2) 23 12 degree

3) 66 12 degree 4) 90 degree

54) Match the following- Date Conditions Northern Hemisphere

A. March 21st 1. Winter B. June 21st 2. Autumnal Ezuinox C. September 21st 3. Summer Solstice D. December 22nd 4. Vermal Equinox Code: A B C D 1) 1 2 3 4 2) 1 3 4 2 3) 2 3 1 4 4) 4 3 2 1

55) A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly- 1) 101 km 2) 111 km 3) 121 km 4) 125 km

56) Consider the following factors: 1. Rotation of the Earth 2. Air pressure and wind 3. Density of ocean water 4. Revolution of the Earth Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents? 1) 1 and 2 only 2) 1, 2 and 3 3) 1 and 4 4) 2, 3 and 4

57) Quartz is composed of which two elements? 1) Iron and magnesium 2) Iron and oxygen 3) Oxygen and silicon 4) Silicon and iron

58) The Prime Meridian passes through: 1) Paris 2) Greenwich 3) New York 4) Delhi

59) The famous ‘Ring of fire’ which account for 68% of an earthquakes occurring in the earth is in the- 1) Atlantic ocean 2) Indian ocean 3) Pacific ocean 4) Arctic ocean

60) ‘A valley of ten thousand smokes’ is the name given to a zone near the volcano- 1) Mauna loa of Hawaie 2) Pinatabu of Phillppines 3) Pelle in the Caribbean sea 4) Katmai of Alaska

61) The molten rock below the surface of earth is called: 1) Lava 2) Magma 3) Batholith 4) Basalt

62) Why do Fold Mountains have enormous thickness of sedimentary rocks? 1) Due to deposition of sediments in a valley for millions of years

2) Due to accumulation of sediments in a geosyncline 3) The plains were folded into mountains 4) The sediments were folded into recumbent and nappe

63) Folding is the result of 1) Epeirogenetic force 2) Coriolis force 3) Orogenetic force 4) Exogenetic force

64) Find the odd one: 1) Marble 2) Chalk 3) Limestone 4) Slaked lime

65) Which island is a part of the Australian State? 1) Tasmania 2) Santa Cruz Island 3) New Guinea 4) Loyalty Island

66) Sargasso Sea is Characterized by: 1) Very cold water 2) Very warm water 3) Highly saline water 4) Typical marine vegetation

67) Tidal range denotes the- 1) rise of sea water and its movement toward the coast 2) fall of sea water and its movement toward the sea 3) rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces 4) difference between high and low tide

68) The busiest and the most important sea route of the world is- 1) North Pacific Sea Route 2) North Atlantic Sea Route 3) South Atlantic Sea Route 4) Indian Ocean Route

69) The atmospheric layer which reflects radio waves is called: 1) Exosphere 2) Stratosphere 3) Ionosphere 4) Thermosphere

70) The composition of the atmosphere: 1) Varies from place to place 2) Remains relatively constant in the lower layers 3) Varies with seasons 4) Varies with latitudes

71) What is the latent energy? 1) It is a hidden energy or invisible energy 2) It is found in the form of stored energy 3) It is thermal energy 4) It is latent energy

72) There are three distinct characters of temperature stratification of atmosphere around the Earth. Which one among the following is the correct arrangement of the layers (from the Earth’s surface upwards)? 1) Thermosphere-Thermosphere-Troposphere 2) Troposphere-Thermosphere-Stratosphere 3) Troposphere-Stratosphere-Thermosphere 4) Thermosphere-Troposphere-Stratosphere

73) Ozone holes are more pronounced at the: 1) Equator 2) Tropic of Cancer 3) Tropic of Capricorn 4) Poles

74) The thermal equator is found- 1) At the equator 2) South of the geographical equator 3) North of the geographical equator 4) At the tropic of cancer

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75) Horse latitudes lie within the atmospheric pressure belts of- 1) Polar high 2) Equatorial low 3) Sub-tropical high 4) Sub-polar low

76) The intensity of insolation depends on- 1) Altitude 2) Nature of terrain 3) Wind 4) Latitude

77) Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity? 1) Kata Thermometer 2) Anemometer 3) Sling Psychrometer 4) Clinical Thermometer

78) What are EI Nino and La Nina? 1) EI Nino – (EI Nee-nyo) is the warming of water in the Pacific Ocean. 2) La Nina – (Lah Nee-Nyah) is the cooling of water in the Pacific Ocean 3) Both A and B are true 4) None of these

79) Which one of the following kinds of organism causes malaria? 1) Bacterium 2) Fungus 3) Protozoan 4) Virus

80) Which among the following is poorest source of Fat? 1) Curd 2) Egg 3) Fish 4) Milk

81) The release of which one of the following into Ponds and wells helps in controlling mosquitoes? 1) Crab 2) Gambusia Fisha 3) Dogfish 4) Snail

82) Which one of the following crop improvement technique is based on the concept of Cellular Totipotency in plants? 1) Polyploid 2) Tissue Culture 3) Induced Culture 4) Hybridisation

83) Zoological Survey of India Planned to Establish Five DNA Laboratories in India. Which one of the following cities is not included in its planned list? 1) New Delhi 2) Chennai 3) Kolkata 4) Pune

84) If the drinking water supply pipeline is damaged and is contaminated with domestic sewerage. Which one of the following disease is most likely to occur? 1) Measles 2) Typhoid 3) Tuberculosis 4) Diphtheria

85) Which scientist disapproved the theory of spontaneous generation and performed the experiment to show "Life begets life"? 1) Alexander flemin 2) Joseph Lister 3) Louis pasteur 4) Linus Pauling

86) Which one of the following disease is caused by bacteria? 1) Hepatitis B 2) Poliomyelitis

3) Scabies 4) Tuberculosis 87) In terms of organic evolution, which one of

the following is more advanced than the other three? 1) Bat 2) Pigeon 3) Ostrich 4) Vulture

88) Night blindness can be corrected by the intake of ? 1) Vitamin A 2) Vitamin B Complex 3) Vitamin C 4) Vitamin D

89) Which one of the followingenzymes is found in human saliva?

1) Trypsin 2) Pepsin 3) Ptyalin 4) Rennin

90) In the human body, the red blood cells are produced in?

1) Liver 2) Voluntary Muscles 3) Pancreas 4) Bone marrow

91) Which of the following is biodegradable? 1) D.D.T. 2) Paper 3) Plastic 4) Aluminium

92) Electrostatic precipitation is used to control? 1) Water pollution 2) Solid waste 3) Noise pollution 4) Air pollution

93) Where was India's first computer installed? 1) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta 2) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 3) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Delhi

94) Centre for DNA Finger printing of India is located at- 1) Pune 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Udaipur

95) The audible range of sound is- 1) 20 Hz to 20 MHz 2) 20 Hz to 20 kHz 3) 20 kHz to 20 MHz 4) 20 Hz to 2000 Hz

96) The nephron is: 1) The site of urine storage. 2) The functional unit of the kidney. 3) The site where ADH is produced. 4) Also called the Bowman's capsule.

97) Which Salt is used in photography? 1) Phosphorus Nitrate 2) Silver Nitrate 3) Sodium Nitrate 4) Sodium Chloride

98) In elephants, which teeth are grow into huge tusks? 1) Incisors of the lower jaw 2) Canines of the upper jaw 3) Incisors of the upper jaw 4) Molars of the lower jaw

99) Tip of the match-stick contains- 1) Phosphorus penta oxide 2) White phosphorus 3) Red phosphorus 4) Phosphorus penta chloride

100) Commercial name of Sodium bicarbonate is- 1) Washing soda 2) Baking soda 3) Bleaching powder 4) Soda ash

101) Which glands in human body produce growth Hormone? 1) Adrenal 2) Pancreas

3) Pitutary 4) Thyroid 102) From evolutionary point of view which one of

the following is more advances? 1) Crocodile 2) Dolphin 3) Shark 4) Tortoise

103) Primarily which one of the following system of the body is attacked by HIV? 1) Cardiovascular 2) Immune

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3) Respiratory 4) Reproductive 104) Which one of the following is a stem tissue ?

1) Carrot 2) Cactus 3) Ginger 4) Flower

105) Tricuspid valve is found in ? 1) Brain 2) Heart 3) Spleen 4) Veins

106) The science dealing with Human variations and heredity leading to the improvement of human race is known as? 1) Eugenics 2) Genetics 3) Hybridization 4) Mutation

107) The folding of the leaf lobes of the Venus flag trap is a response to changing? 1) Light pattern 2) Water pressure 3) Wind speed 4) Wind direction

108) One of most important foreign exchange earning herbs used in the treatment of several kinds of chronic dysentery is? 1) Tulsi 2) Isabgol 3) Madhuca 4) Rauwoldia

109) The crop in which Bt Gene has been used for genetic transformation and which has given rise to a controversy in India is? 1) Cotton 2) Wheat 3) Groundnut 4) Tomato

110) Children confined to closed dark rooms are most likely to suffer from? 1) Goitre 2) Anaemia 3) Pallagra 4) Bone deformation

111) Fish and sea foods are very rich in? 1) Magnesium 2) Iron 3) Calcium 4) Sodium

112) Which one of the following is known as first line of defence for the body? 1) WBC 2) antibodies 3) Skin 4) Nails

113) The yellow color of Yolk is due to the presence of? 1) Livetin 2) Phosphate 3) Riboflavin 4) Vitellin

114) GOUT, a metabolic disease occues due to the high level of? 1) Uric acid in the blood 2) Urea in the blood 3) Sugar in the blood 4) Cholestrerol in the blood

115) PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) is a technique to make copies of? 1) DNA Using living cells 2) DNA Without using living cells 3) RNA using living cells D RNA without using living cells

116) Which one of the following theories is most widely accepted for movement of water through plants? 1) Capillarity 2) Cohesion tension

3) Imbibition 4) Root pressure. 117) Which type of light is effective for

Photosynthesis to occur ? 1) Ultraviolet and blue 2) Blue and red 3) Green and Yellow 4) Blue and Green

118) Which one of the following enzymes can hydrolyze proteins in the stomach? 1) Trypsin 2) Pepsin 3) Lipase 4) Amylase

119) In human body the blood enters the aorta of the circulartory system from the ? 1) Left artium 2) Left Ventricle

3) Right atrium 4) Right Ventricle 120) Which is iodine-deficienty disease ?

1) Arthritis 2) Goitre 3) Glucoma 4) Pneumonia

121) Which oil is least recommended for high blood pressure person ? 1) Coconut oil 2) Groundnut oil 3) Mustand Oil 4) Sunflower Oil

122) Which Nutrients plays a important role in Coagulation of Blood ? 1) Calcium 2) Iron

3) Potassium 4) Sodium 123) Which one of following vitamins can be

synthesized by human body ? 1) Vitamin B1 2) Vitamin B12

3) Vitamin C 4) Vitamin D 124) Which variety of coal contains the highest

percentage of carbon? 1) Anthracite 2) Peat 3) Bituminous 4) Lignite

125) What is the main component of biogas and natural gas? 1) Ethane 2) Methane 3) Propane 4) Butane

126) What is dry ice? 1) Liquid nitrogen 2) Water ice

3) Solid carbon dioxide 4) Frozen ethanol 127) Nail polish remover contains mainly ?

1) Methanol 2) Ethanol 3) Acetone 4) Limonene

128) What is defined as the change in velocity over time? 1) Acceleration 2) Speed

3) Work 4) Force 129) Which one of the following is caused by virus ? 1) Cholera 2) Influenza 3) Scabies 4) Typhoid 130) Which one of the following elements is

required by the human body for the hardening of Bones and teeth? 1) Iodine 2) Iron

3) Phosphorus 4) Potassium 131) When the productive capacity of the economic

system of a State is inadequate to create sufficient numbers of jobs, it is called: 1) Seasonal unemployment 2) Structural unemployment 3) Disguised unemployment 4) Cyclical unemployment

132) Fiscal policy in India is formulated by 1) The Reserve Bank of India 2) The Planning Commission 3) The Finance Ministry 4) The Securities and Exchange Board of India

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133) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is a currency of: 1) The World Bank 2) The Reserve Bank of India 3) The World Trade Organization 4) The International Monetary Fund

134) In which of the following types of economy are the factors of production owned only by individuals? 1) Capitalist 2) Socialist 3) Mixed 4) Both A and B

135) Which of the following committees examined and suggested financial sector reforms? 1) Abid Hussain Committee 2) Bhagwati Committee 3) Chelliah Committee 4) Narasimham Committee

136) Which of the following contributes the maximum earnings in Indian Railways? 1) A.Passenger Earning 2) Goods Traffic Earning 3) Sundry Earning 4) Other Coach Earning

137) Economic liberalization in India started with 1) substantial changes in industrial licensing policy 2) the convertibility of Indian rupee 3) doing away with procedural formalities for foreign direct investment 4) significant reduction in tax rates

138) The per capita income in India was Rs 20 in 1857-68, was ascertained for the first time by 1) M G Ranade 2) Sir W Hunter 3) RC Dutta 4) Dadabhai Naoroji

139) New Economic Policy aims at 1) giving importance to rural techniques of production 2) reforms in production pattern, obtaining new technology, making Indian economy more competitve 3)creating more tax brackets 4) imposing Tobin tax

140) Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India? 1) Morarji Desai 2) John Mathai 3) TT Krishnamachari 4) RK Shanmukham Chetty

141) Who has presented the Union Budget of India maximum number of times? 1) Choudhary Charan Singh 2) Pranab Mukherjee 3) C.P Chidambaram 4) Morarji Desai

142) Excess of public expenditure over public revenue leads to 1) deficit 2) capital formation 3) tax reduction 4) surplus creation

143) Highest per capita income is inversely co-related with the proportion of active population engaged in 1) service 2) industry 3) agriculture 4) All of these

144) The 'Father of Economics' is 1) Max Muller 2) Karl Marx 3) Adam Smith 4) Paul

145) National Sample Survey (NSS) was established in 1) 1950 2) 1951 3) 1952 4) 1943

146) Which Plan was a failure due to Indo-China war followed by Indo-Pakistan? 1) Fourth Five Year Plan 2) Seventh Five Year Plan 3) Third Five Year Plan 4) Rolling Plan

147) 'Garibi Hatao' (removal of poverty) and 'Growth with Justice' were the main objectives of 1) Plan Holiday 2) Fourth Five Year Plan 3) Rolling Plan 4) Fifth Five Year Plan

148) Which period of the planning process is generally known as Rolling Plan? 1)1978-1980 2)1980-1985 3) 1950-1953 4) 1965-1968

149) Which one of the following statements most appropriately describes the nature of the Green Revolution? 1) Intensive cultivation of crops 2) Seed-fertilizer-water technology 3) Intensive agriculture district programme 4) High-yielding varieties programme

150) Who gave the call for 'Evergreen Revolution' in India? 1) MS Swaminathan 2) APJ Abdul Kalam 3) Dr Manmohan Singh 4) MS Ahluwalia

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MARCH – 2014 1) Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme has been launched for

what purpose: For free health check-ups twice a year for the students

2) Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme is meant for which age group of students: 5-14 years

3) Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme has been formulated for students belonging to which particular category: Minority Community

4) There are how many communities in India recognized as “Minority Community”: Six

5) Name the six minority communities of India: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains

6) Name the picture that won the OSCAR for the best picture: 12 Years a Slave

7) ICC U-19 World Cup 2014 was won by South Africa by defeating which country: Pakistan

8) Final match of ICC U-19 World Cup 2014 was played at which place: Dubai (UAE)

9) Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship was won by Roger Federer. He is from which country: Switzerland

10) India’s largest solar power plant with a capacity of 130 MW power production is located at which place: Bhagwanpur, Madhya Pradesh

11) Reserve Bank has extended the date for exchanging the pre-2005 banknotes to ___________: January 01, 2015

12) Name the politician who has authored the book India at Risk: Jaswant Singh

13) The book titled The Political Economy of Energy and Growth has been written by Sh. Najeeb Jung. Who is he: Lt. Governor of Delhi

14) Name the author of the book Be Careful What You Wish for : Jaffrey Archer

15) Name the newly appointed governor of Kerala: Sheila Dikshit

16) As per the Forbes magazine's annual billionaire list, who has been declared as the world’s richest person: Bill Gates

17) Arvind Bhat won the Grand Prix Gold at the International German Open Championship of which

sports: Badminton

18) World Wildlife Day is celebrated on which date: March 3

19) The newly formed State of Telangana is the _______ State of the Country: 29th

20) Federation Cup is linked to which popular sport: Volleyball

21) The National Football Championship is also known by which another name: Santosh Trophy

22) Santosh Trophy 2014 has been won by _______ State: Mizoram

23) Santosh Trophy 2014 final match was played at Siliguri. It is in which state: West Bengal

24) Gandhi Peace Prize is given for what purpose: For promotion of Gandhian principles for social empowerment

25) Who is the winner of Gandhi Peace Prize 2013: Chandi Prasad Bhatt

26) Chandi Prasad Bhatt, winner of Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 is from which field: Environmentalist, founder of ‘Chipko Movement’ to save forests

27) Govt has notified that ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) rules with effect from April 1, 2014 as part of which Act: Companies Act-2013

28) As per CSR norms, the big corporates are required to spend _____ per cent of their three-year average annual net profit on CSR activities in each financial year, beginning 2014-15: Two

29) Uighur community of Islamic fanatics is active in which country: China

30) Name the place in Punjab that was in news on account of discovery of around 280 human skeletons of British era: Ajnala, Amritsar

31) India has made it mandatory for travellers coming to India from 7 countries to have which vaccine: Oral Polio Vaccine

32) The scheduled General Elections will elect how many members for the Lok Sabha: 543

33) General Election 2014 will constitute the ____ Lok Sabha of the country: 16th

34) Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of the India: V.S. Sampath

35) Which State of India has largest number – 80 of Lok

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Sabha constituencies: Uttar Pradesh

36) The ____ is the 2nd largest state of India in terms of number of Lok Sabha Constituencies: Maharashtra (48)

37) Maharashtra has launched development of Shendre-Bidkin industrial city under DMIC project. What is the full form of DMIC: Delhi- Mumbai Industrial Corridor

38) Name the country which is providing financial and technical support to India for DMIC project: Japan

39) Total deposits of the banking system in India are around Rs. ___ trillion: 76

40) Prime Minister of which country was recently ousted by its Parliament after passing a no-confidence motion against him: Libya

41) President of which country was recently ousted by its Parliament after passing a no-confidence motion against him: Ukraine

42) Name the President of Ukraine who was ousted by its Parliament: Viktor Yanukovych

43) International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards are to be held in which country from April 23-26: USA

44) Rakesh Sethi has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of which bank: Allahabad Bank

45) Templeton Prize – 2014 has been awarded to Tomas Halik. Who is he: A priest from Czech Republic

46) Templeton Prize is given in recognition of which purpose: Promotion of Peace, Harmony and Spiritualism

47) To which neighbouring country in India has offered a $1 billion soft loan for infrastructure development: Bangladesh

48) Name the bank which is first in India to launch its own online payment intermediary: State Bank of India, SBI ePay

49) SWIFT India has tied up with nine domestic banks to provide financial messaging on transactions between banks and other financial institutions. What is the full form of SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

50) The government has launched an ETF of central public sector enterprises, to raise 3,000 crore rupees for its disinvestment plan. What is the full form of ETF: Exchange-Traded Fund

51) R V Rahul won two gold and one silver in the 16th Asian Youth _________Championships at Bangsaen, Thailand: Weightlifting

52) National Hockey Championship (Men) 2014 has been won by__________: Air India

53) National Hockey Championship (Women) 2014 has

been won by__________: Railways

54) National Snooker Championship were held recently at which place: Lucknow, UP

55) ICC World T20 tournament, for both men and women are being played in which country: Bangladesh

56) Karnataka defeated Railways to lift the Vijay Hazare Trophy in which sports: Cricket

57) Michelle Bachelet has been elected as 1st women President of which country: Chile

58) 1st Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships were held at which place: Bangkok, Thailand

59) Name the veteran writer, historian, novelist, humorist and columnist who passed away recently: Khushwant Singh

60) Khushwant Singh was known for his popular column titled __________ that published in several newspapers: With Malice Towards One and All

61) Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who was in news as he resigned three months ahead of the completion of his term: K. C. Chakrabarty

62) Name the country that has been expelled from G-8 Group of countries: Russia

63) The summit of G-8 nations that was to be held at Sochi, Russia will now be held at which place: Brussels, Belgium

64) Deodhar Trophy is linked with which sport: Cricket

65) Rakhigarhi, a place in Distt Hissar was in news recently for what reasons: Finding of vast remains of Harappan Civilizations

66) The Reserve Bank has extended the timeline for full implementation of the Basel III capital regulations by a year to which date: March 31, 2019

67) Who has been elected the President of El Salavador: Salvador Sanchez Ceren

68) Salvador Sanchez Ceren belongs to which political party: FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front

69) Name the province which has ceded from Ukraine and has now become part of Russia: Crimea

70) Name the capital of Ukraine: Kiev

71) Dr. M. Madan Babu has been awarded Protein Science Young Investigator Award by which international university: Cambridge University, UK

72) A commemorative postage stamp released in the honour of “Maulana Hasrat Mohani”. Who was he: Freedom Fighter

73) Global Ayurveda Festival was held at which place: Kochi, Kerala

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74) ‘Braigo’ is the name of the _________ developed by a 12 years old Indian origin boy in USA: Braille Printer

75) ‘Venom GT’ is the name of the _______: Fastest Car

76) Ms. Laxmi has been honoured with International Women of Courage Award for what purpose: Successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India

77) Name the Joint Indian and Nepal army military exercise held at Saljhandi in Rupandehi district, Nepal: Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI

78) Name the winner for the 64th National Basketball Championship for Men: Chhattisgarh

79) Name the winner for the 64th National Basketball Championship for Women: Tamil Nadu

80) Which two States are the first to be issued with Plastic Photo Identity for elections in India: Nagaland and Assam

81) Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Arjun Bahadur Thapa

82) Who has been appointed as “National Icon” by the Election Commission of India to spread awareness about the importance of voting and to urge people to cast their votes: Aamir Khan

83) The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014 held at _________: The Hague, Netherlands

FEBRUARY – 2014 84) Central Statistical Office has revised growth rate for

the year 2012-13 to _______ per cent, from the earlier estimate of 5 per cent: 4.5

85) Indian Navy has started high tech Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) at INS Hansa at which place: Panaji, Goa

86) Name the country that accounts for 37% of total illiterates in the world: India

87) Mehdi Jomaa has been elected as ______ of Tunisia: Prime Minister

88) Name the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand State: Harish Rawat

89) The final match of prestigious Ranji Trophy (2014) was played at which place: Hyderabad

90) Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy in Cricket by beating which State: Maharashtra

91) As per Environmental Performance Index 2014 released by the Yale University, USA, India has been ranked at which place: 155th

92) Which country has been ranked No. 1 in terms of its performance in various environment related

parameters: Switzerland

93) The govt. has decided to raise the quota of subsidized LPG cylinders from 9 to _____ in a year: 12

94) The govt. has decided to add about _______ castes and communities to the list of Other Backwards Castes in 13 states/UTs: 60

95) The govt. has decided to add about 60 casts and communities to the list of other backward cast in 13 states / UTs on the basis of recommendation of: National Commission for Backward Casts

96) 101st Indian Science Congress was held at _________: University of Jammu, J&K

97) Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz International _______Tournament in Colorado Springs, USA: Wrestling

98) Name the first woman to be inducted in the International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel: Kathy Cross

99) Kathy Cross is from which country: New Zealand

100) Name the high profile Indian technocrat who has been appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Inc., USA: Satya Nadela

101) Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed Chairmen Managing Director of which Bank: Punjab & Sindh Bank

102) Name the Chairman of the seventh central pay commission: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

103) Philip Seymour Hoffman who passed away recently was a prominent ____ in USA: Film Actor

104) The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has issued an advisory to banks to ensure business continuity after Microsoft ends support for its popular _______operating system on April 8, 2014: Windows XP

105) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to refinance existing _____loans through take-out financing: infrastructure project

106) India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) recently with which country: Fiji

107) India signed a preferential trade agreement with SACU. What is the full form of SACU: Southern African Customs Union

108) Joachim Gauck who recently visited India is _____ of Germany: President

109) Which country has offered support of one billion Euros to India for setting up a green energy corridor: Germany

110) In which field Ashok Khosla won Zayed’s international prize instituted by United Arab Emirates: Environment

111) Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the first Indian

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to be elected as the President of the Administrative Tribunal of which International Organization: ADB (Asian Development Bank)

112) Which two countries have made arrangements for reunion of families separated by a war held between them in 1950-53: North and South Korea

113) India has decided to extend visa-on arrival to tourists of 180 nations barring_____ countries to boost tourism: Eight

114) The winter Olympic games held recently were ______ edition of the games: 22nd

115) 2014 winter Olympic games were held at which place: Sochi, Russia

116) Amongst the popular animals like Lion, Leopard, Polar Bear and the Hare, which one was not a mascot of the winter Olympics 2014: Lion

117) Name the newly elected prime minister of Nepal: Sushil Koirala

118) Name the winner of the 2014 Irani Cup: Karnataka

119) The Irani Cup is associated with which sports: Cricket

120) Per capita income for India in the year 2013-14 is likely to be in the range of _______ thousand rupees: 75

121) The country is likely to achieve record __________ million tonnes foodgrain production this year: 263

122) Agriculture in India contributes about ______ percent of total GDP: 14

123) Around _______ percent of total workforce of India is engaged in Agriculture: 53

124) As per a recent study, India has emerged as the _____largest global military power in terms of military expenditure: Ninth

125) The National Green Tribunal has banned the burning of _____ at public places: Tyres

126) Which country scored highest number of medals at Sochi Olympics-2014: Russia

127) 2014 Paralympic winter games will be held at ______ from 7th to 16th March, 2014: Sochi, Russia

128) World Islamic Tamil Conference was held at ______, Tamil Nadu: Kumbakonam

129) _____ has been elected as Chairman, International Cricket Council: N Srinivasan

130) Name the newly elected President of Indian Olympic Association: N. Ramachandran

131) ______ is a tool to measure level of industrial production at the national level: Index of Industrial Production

132) As per World Press Freedom Index, India has been ranked ________in the list of 180 countries in terms

of freedom of press: 140th

133) In terms of freedom of press, _______ is number one country in the world: Finland

134) Department of India Post released a commemorative stamp in the honour of which noted ghazal singer: Jagjit Singh

135) Name the noted Tamil film director and cinematographer who passed away recently: Balu Mahendra

136) Which wing of Indian defence forces conducted its annual war fitness exercise named TROPEX: Navy

137) Government mopped up around Rs 61,141 crore from the auction of 2G spectrum. Name the item / service sold by the government: Right to use part of radio waves spectrum

138) Government has decided to give two additional attempts to all categories of candidates of the prestigious exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission. What is the revised upper age: 32 years

139) Meeting of Finance ministers and business leaders from G20 nations was held at _______: Sydney, Australia

140) RBI has formed G Gopalakrishna committee for what purpose: To review skill upgradation in banking

141) _______has become first state to achieve more than 100 percent sanitation in rural and urban households and other public sanitary centers: Sikkim

142) RBI has directed banks to provide credit data in a revised format for all loan accounts of Rs. ____ crore or more to the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits-CRILC: Five

143) The government has set a deadline for public transport vehicles running in major cities with a population of over 10 lakh to install ____ devices by February 20, 2014: GPS (Global Positioning System)

144) Matteo Renzi has been elected as the youngest Prime Minister of which country: Italy

145) Licence for ATMs is given by Reserve Bank of India under which Act: Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

146) _______ has been appointed as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India: Abdul Basit

147) ________ has been declared as the best State in the implementation of rural tourism projects: Sikkim

148) _______has emerged as the largest buyer of gold in the world in 2013: China

149) BAFTA award for best picture has been won by

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________: 12 Years a Slave

150) Alfonso Cuaron won the BAFTA award for best Director for which movie: Gravity

151) Write the full form of BAFTA: British Academy of Film and Television Arts

152) BAFTA awards for cinema are given in which country: UK

153) Who has been named as the E & Y entrepreneur of the year 2013: Uday Kotak

154) Name the female cricketer who will lead the Indian women’s cricket team in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be held from March 16 in Bangladesh: Mithali Raj

155) The Union Cabinet has approved _____as the sixth classical language of India: Odia

156) Which of the following is not a classical language of India – Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam: Hindi

157) Name the capital of Ukraine that witnessed public revolt against the govt.: Kiev

158) Name the President of Ukraine who fled from his country following the public revolt against him: Viktor Yanukovych

159) The term Orange Revolution refers to which moment: Revolt in Ukraine in 2004

160) The Army successfully flight-tested Akash missile recently. It is what type of missile: Surface to Air

161) What is the name of the missile testing site of India: Integrated Test Range

162) The Integrated Test Range is located at which place: Wheeler Islands, Chandipur, Odisha

163) NABARD has developed the concept called Joint Liability Group (JLG) to provide institutional credit to which category of borrowers: Small Farmers

164) The economic growth rate during the 11th Five Years Plan (2007-12) has been recorded as __ per cent: 8

165) In terms of digital governance i.e. usage of information technology by govt., _____ has been ranked as No. 1 country: Singapore

166) Which national organization has introduced an annual rating system for states to enable them improve on their business climate: Planning Commission

167) Govt has directed that Companies and limited liability partnership firms floated by private entities should not use certain words such as _____ in their name: National, Bank, Exchange, etc.

168) The government has decided to roll out electronic toll collection on the Golden Quadrilateral route by August, 2014. Name the metros linked by Golden Quadrilateral: Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai

169) In what way persons not having proof of identity and address are allowed to enroll for Aadhaar Card: On introduction basis

170) The government has set an agriculture credit target of Rs ______ for the banks for 2014-15: 8 lakh crore

171) Sakhee, Nirbhaya, Parivar Suraksha are the names of the what type of products offered by Bhartiya Mahila Banks: Health Insurance

172) Which national level bank has launched its six basic banking transactions through toll-free numbers: HDFC Bank

173) The Rajya Sabha has passed The Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill. Who is whistleblower: Person who discloses information on corruption or wilful misuse of power by Public Servants

174) _____has been appointed as head of the eight-member search committee to select the persons for various posts of Lokpal: Justice K. T. Thomas

175) The Union government has launched an ambitious project titled ______to increase forest cover by 50 million hectares in the next 10 years: ‘Green Mission’

176) Forest cover in India covers roughly ____ per cent of total area: 21

177) The EC has added nearly ____ crore new voters to the rolls between 2009 and 2014, one of the largest-ever such increases between two elections: Ten

178) Name the Governor General of Canada who visited India recently: David Johnston

179) Indian labour force will help in construction of the 450 kms long Haramain High Speed Railway project in which country: Saudi Arabia

180) Which metropolitan city has recorded the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 30 newborns dying for every 1,000 live births: New Delhi

181) Ibrahim Mahlab has been elected as new Prime Minister of which country: Egypt

182) 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held at____: Coimbatore, Kerala

183) What is the theme of this year’s World Cancer Day, observed on Feb. 4: 'Debunk the myths'

184) Ramanujan Mathematics Award-2013 has been given to ______ founder of Super 30 classes in Patna: Anand Kumar

185) What is the name of project launched by Govt. of India for cloud computing: Meghraj

186) Name the chairmen of the committee formed to examine the cause for violence and discrimination against people from the northeast: M.P. Bezbaruah

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187) Vyas Samman is given for achievement in which field: Hindi Literature

188) Who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi

189) The book Vyomkesh Darvesh is a biography of which veteran Hindi Scholar: Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

190) Arunima Sinha has been honoured with Amazing Indian Award for which achievement: Scaling Mount Everest despite having an amputed leg

191) With which country India has agreed to celebrate 2014 as year of friendly exchanges: China

192) In which train a Braille-embedded AC coach to facilitate visually challenged passengers has been introduced for the first time: Purushottam Express

193) Crystal Bear Award for best film is given at which international film festival: Berlin Film Festival

194) Name the Indian Film that won the Crystal Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival: Killa

195) Dr. Vijay Kumar Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang have been awarded International Gandhi Award-2013 for what purpose: Making outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy treatment

196) India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village) has been established at which place: Chandoli, Distt Alwar, Rajasthan

197) The book “Public Issues Before Parliament” has been authored by whom: Vijay Darda

198) What is the theme of the Taj Mahotsav 2014 held at Agra: Paigham-e-Mohabbat

199) Name the noted Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award winner who passed away recently: Amar Kant

200) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes: R K Tiwari

201) Name the Indian submarine that suffered an accident on board, claiming life of two officers and injuring seven others: INS Sindhuratna

202) Name the Indian naval chief who created history by resigning on moral grounds, accepting his responsibility for recent mishaps in naval ships and submarines: Admiral D.K. Joshi

203) Name the country whose application for membership of WTO as its 160th member was approved at the Ministerial Conference held in Bali recently: Yemen

204) Govt. has agreed to pay half insurance premium for ________ to cover them under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Auto and Taxi Drivers

205) What is the amount of coverage available under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Rs. 30,000

206) ADB has agreed to give a loan of $300 million to which state for improvement of road network: Chhattisgarh

207) Prime Minister had gone to Myanmar to attained BIMSTEC summit. What is the full form of BIMNSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

208) The BIMSTEC Summit was recently held at which place: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

209) The first ATM for Post Office Saving Bank accounts was opened at which place: Thiyagaraya Nagar HPO, Chennai

210) A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace has been honoured with ‘Order of Friendship’ award by which country: Russia

211) With which country India has signed a MoU for cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing: Saudi Arabia

212) With which country India signed three agreements for various security subjects: Israel

213) India is planning a multi-nation and multi modal transport corridor to connect with which Central Asian country: Russia

JANUARY – 2014 214) Paul Torday who passed away recently was a

famous ________: British Novelist

215) Which prominent educational organization of India is recently is celebrating 60 years of its completion: UGC (University Grants Commission)

216) Recently there was news headline – “US goes in for stimulus tapering”, what does it means: USA has decided to reduce purchase of long term maturity bonds

217) Name the state which won the 62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship (Men’s) held at Moradabad, UP: Tamil Nadu

218) Who has been appointed as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC): General Bikram Singh

219) A Russian city was in news as it witnessed two ghastly terror attacks by suicide bombers, killing over thirty persons and seriously wounding several others. Name this city: Volgograd

220) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to sanction loans of up to Rs. _______against pledge of gold ornaments and jewellery: Rs.1 lakh

221) Abdulla Gayoom has been elected as ____ of Maldives Islands: President

222) Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed Governor of which state: Manipur

223) Asha Khemka, a Bihar born eminent educationist has been awarded one of Britain's highest civilian

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award-DAME COMMANDER of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for what purpose: For spreading education in deprived areas

224) The Mountain Strike Corps raised recently for countering China is based at which place: Ranchi (Jharkhand)

225) Corey Anderson, the New Zealand all-rounder was in news recently for what reasons: For scoring the quickest century ever in international cricket, taking just 36 balls

226) Name the MNC which has filed first proposal to enter the Indian Multi Brand retail segment: Tesco Plc, USA

227) How much FDI is permitted in multi brand retail segment: 51%

228) BCSBI has ruled that bank customers who have been victims of electronic / online fraud will have to be compensated for such loss unless the bank can prove that the fraud occurred due to negligence on part of the customer. What is the full form of BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

229) The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention held from 7-9 January in Delhi was ______ in series: 12th

230) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on which date: 9th January

231) Who was the chief guest at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention: G Palanivel

232) G Palanivel is from which country: Malaysia

233) Who is G Palanivel: Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia

234) 6th All India Inter-University Fencing Championship held at Patiala, Punjab was won by ___: Punjabi University Patiala

235) Margaret Thatcher was voted as the most successful post-war British Prime Minister. She is also known as _________: The ‘Iron Lady’ of Britain

236) What is the formal name of the Lokpal Bill recently approved by the President: Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

237) What is the objective of recently launched Multi-sectoral Nutrition Programme: To address the problems of maternal and child under-nutrition in the country

238) Which country recently announced to adopt Euro as its currency: Latvia

239) Which country has been named to take over the Presidency of the European Union: Greece

240) The Index of Economic Freedom ranks India at _______ place: 120th

241) Name the country which ranks no. 1 in the Index of Economic Freedom – 2014: Hong Kong

242) The term EBID is used to indicate profits of a company. What is the full form of EBID: Earnings Before Interest and Depreciation

243) The government has approved a proposal to pay formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension of Rs ______ benefiting over 27 lakh pensioners: 1,000,

244) The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households recently submitted its report. Name the chairman of this committee: Nachiket Mor

245) What was the purpose of setting up Mor committee: To propose measures for achieving better financial inclusion

246) Mor committee recommended that each Indian resident above the age of ___ with an individual Universal Electronic Bank Account (UEBA): 18 years

247) The Mor committee has recommended to form ‘payments banks’ for which category of customers: Small Businesses

248) Name the organization proposed to be formed for exploring the potential of generating power through wind energy: National Offshore Wind Energy Agency

249) Name the first lady President of South Korea who visited India recently: Park Geun-hye

250) Name the capital of South Korea: Seoul

251) 44th annual meeting of World Economic Forum – WEF was held at which place: Davos, Switzerland

252) What is the formal name of the mega literature festival held annually in Jaipur, Rajasthan: Jaipur Literature Festival

253) Name the dignitary who made the inaugural key note speech at the Jaipur Literature Festival: Dr. Amartya Sen

254) Dr. Amartya Sen is from which field: Economics

255) World Banks has approved a loan of $ 500 million to the Low Income States (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh) for what purpose: To improve piped water supply and sanitation services

256) A news headline read, “India joins ‘Cryo Club’ with GSLV-D5”. What is meant by Cryo Club: India has joined is select group of countries having cryogenic engine technology

257) How many countries, other than India have the capability of cryogenic engine capability: Five – USA, Russia, France, Japan & China

258) In the abbreviation GSLV-D5, the letter D5 stands for what: 5th Development Flight

259) Name the satellite that was recently launched by GSLV-D5: GSAT-14

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260) GSAT-14 satellite is used for what purpose: Communication

261) Jigme Wangchuck who recently visited India is ____ of Bhutan: King

262) Name the hilly district of central Assam that was in news as it witnessed widespread violent clashes between the ethnic insurgent Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and the Rengma Naga Hills Protection Force (RNHPF): Karbi Anglong

263) What is the name of the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in June: Fuleco the Armadillo

264) Laimdota Straujuma has been elected as the first woman Prime Minister of which country: Latvia

265) India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile. What is the strike range of this missile: 350 kms

266) At which place in Haryana the foundation stone was laid for a 2800 megawatt nuclear power plant: Gorakhpur, Distt. Fatehabad (Haryana)

267) Govt. has decided to widen the scope of MGNREGS to include works relating to_______ also in it in collaboration with the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan: Rural sanitation

268) What is the objective of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan: To make India free from open defecation

269) Ali Larayedh, Islamist Prime Minister of _______ was in news as he resigned as part of a plan to end months of political deadlock. Tunisia

270) Name the country from which started the wide spread uprising of common public, called Arab Spring: Tunisia

271) Recently Posco was granted environmental clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. It is from which country: South Korea

272) India’s largest and most modern airport has recently been inaugurated in which city: Mumbai

273) What is the formal name of the new airport terminal started at Mumbai: Terminal – 2, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

274) World’s largest railway platform is located at which place: Gorakhpur (UP) India

275) Aitizaz Hasan, a 15 year old school boy in Pakistan was decorated with the Sitara-e-Shujaat — a high civilian award for bravery, for what purpose: He died confronting a suicide bomber to save his school

276) Ariel Sharon who passed away recently was a prominent ____: Statesman

277) Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of which country: Israel

278) In the Nuclear Materials Security Index 2014

released by the US-based think-tank Nuclear Threat Initiative, India has been placed at which rank: 23rd

279) India has completed three years without reporting any case of polio. The official confirmation in this regard has to be issued by which international organization: WHO – World Health Organization

280) Name the Awami League leader of Bangladesh who was sworn-in as Prime Minister for the third time: Sheikh Hasina

281) In a list of 30 most admired persons on the planet compiled by by YouGov for The Times by surveying almost 14,000 people, India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been placed at which rank: 5th

282) Who is the most admired person in the world as per a recent survey by YouGov for The Times: Bill Gates

283) Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das bagged the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 75th Senior National _________ championships held at Patna: Table Tennis

284) The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 has been won by ____ for his novel _______: Anees Salim, Vanity Bagh

285) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature is awarded at which event: Jaipur Literature Festival

286) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature has been won by ________ for his book ________: Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

287) Govt. has agreed to provide an additional 50 days of employment beyond the stipulated 100 days under the NREGA scheme to which category of people: Scheduled Tribes (ST) households living in forest areas who have received land rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006

288) Name the Asia’s largest brackish water lake: Chilika backwater lagoon, Odisha

289) Chilika backwater lagoon is famous for______: Massive gathering of migratory birds

290) The word brackish refers to what quality of water: Excess of Salt

291) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which field: Cinema and TV

292) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which country: USA

293) Name the film that won the Golden Globe for the best film: 12 Years a Slave

294) Alfonso Cuaron of Mexico won the Golden Globe for Best Director for which film: Gravity

295) Name the index recently launched by the government to measure level of house construction

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activity: Housing Start Up Index (HSUI)

296) The recently launched Housing Start Up Index is a joint initiative of which two organizations: National Building Organisation and the Reserve Bank

297) Indian railways entered a new territory recently in which part of the country: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

298) Govt. has recently sold its 10% stake in which mega oil company to raise around Rs. 5000 crore: Indian Oil Corporation

299) Name the legendary Bengali actress who died recently, known for her outstanding performances in several Bengali and Hindi films: Suchitra Sen

300) Late Suchitra Sen was also properly known as _____ of Indian cinema: Greta Garbo

301) Greta Garbo of Sweden was a renowned legendary _____ of Hollywood: Actress

302) Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin who passed away recently was the spiritual head of which community: Dawoodi Bohra

303) Dawoodi Bohra committee is a sub group of which religion: Islam

304) Sunanda Pushkar who passed away recently was holding which ministry in the central government: None

305) Akkineni Nageswara Rao, veteran actor of _____ cinema passed away recently. He was popularly known as _____ : Telugu, ANR

306) The famous historical cultural event - Jonbeel Mela is held in which state: Assam

307) Name the India’s nuclear-capable strategic missile, with a strike range of about 4,000 km tested successfully: Agni-IV

308) Which community has recently been granted minority status by the central government: Jains

309) What is the present number of minority communities in India: Six

310) Under which Act government grants minority status to a community: National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992

311) Name the multinational multi sports event in India where sportspersons from Portuguese speaking countries participate: Lusofonia Games

312) Lusofonia Games 2014 were held at which place: Goa

313) The 18th National Youth Festival was held at which place: Ludhiana

314) What was the theme for the 18th National Youth Festival: 'Youth For Drugs Free World'

315) The National Youth Festival is organized every year on January 12th for what reasons: It is birth

anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

316) Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to constitute a Rail Tariff Authority for what purpose: To advise the Railway Ministry on fares

317) Which is the apex authority in India authorize to fix the railway fare: Railway Board

318) Name the two districts of Haryana that have recently been included in the National Capital Region: Jind and Karnal

319) The 61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship were held at which place: Patna, Bihar

320) Government has approved setting up of the AKIC Development Corporation for what purpose: For the development of Amritsar – Kolkata Industrial Corridor

321) Name the mega infrastructure project being developed by the central government for promoting industrial townships between Delhi and Mumbai: Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

322) What is the objective of setting up of various industrial corridors: To boost up infrastructure and manufacturing activity

323) Name the three countries that have decided to develop a joint trade corridor with India: Bangladesh, China and Myanmar

324) The multination joint trade corridor proposed to be developed will start from ____ in India and run up to ____ in SW China: Kolkata, Kunming

325) The ATP Chennai Open Tennis title was won by Stanislas Wawrinka. He is from which country: Switzerland

326) Name the programme launched recently to comprehensively address the health needs of the nearly 243 million children of the country: Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

327) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram aims to cover children in the age group of ___ to ___ yeas: 10 to 19 years

328) What is the English name of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram: National Adolescent Health Programme

329) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram has been launched by which ministry in the central government: Health and Family Welfare

330) Name the ace badminton player who became the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world by the World Badminton Federation (WBF): Aditya Joshi

331) Name the country which suffered recently the coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades, causing wide spread extremely heavy snowfall leading to total disruption of daily life: USA

332) Name the climatic phenomena that cause wide

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spread dangerous blast of polar air in USA and adjoining Canada: Polar Vortex

333) Evans Ruto of _____ won the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon: Kenya

334) The Hero Hockey World League championship held at New Delhi was won by ______ beating ______: Netherlands, New Zealand

335) Name the international football player who has been declared as the best footballer of the year by FIFA: Cristiano Ronaldo

336) Cristiano Ronaldo is from which country: Portugal

337) The interest rate on EPFO has been increase to _______ percent from 8.5 percent at present: 8.75

338) Name the light weight pistol specially developed by the Indian Ordnance Factory especially for women to defend themselves from assault: Nirbheek

339) Who has been named as the captain of the Indian Women Cricket Team: Mithali Raj

340) Name the joint naval exercise undertaken by the Indian coast guard and its Japanese counterpart: ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’

341) ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’ - a joint naval exercise was recently held at which place: off the Kochi coast, Kerala

342) Malaysian Open 2014 tournament was held for which sports: Badminton

343) Name the winner of Men’s single title in the Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia

344) Name the winner of Women’s single title in the Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Li Xuerui, China

345) Name the cricketer who became the first Indian wicket keeper to claim 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals: M.S. Dhoni

346) Playing against which country M S Dhoni achieved the milestone of claiming 300 dismissals: New Zealand

347) At which border post India and Pakistan have agreed to liberalize various trade activities: Attari Wagah Border

348) Name the state that has been ranked No. 1 in implementation of SJSRY programme during 2012-13: Odisha

349) What is the full form of the poverty alleviation programme SJSRY: Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana

350) Which category of persons are eligible to obtain bank loan under SJSRY: BPL families in urban area

351) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central government for providing bank loans to BPL families

in rural area: Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

352) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central government for providing bank loans to non BPL families in both rural and urban areas: Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme

353) RBI has advised banks that amount of loans sanctioned by them against pledge of gold jewellery should not exceed ____ per cent of the value of the gold: 75

354) The Reserve Bank has constituted an expert committee under the chairmanship of _____(former Chairman of Axis Bank) to review governance of boards of banks: P. J. Nayak

355) Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who recently retired from the service: Anand Sinha

356) Name the state that topped in the first ever ranking of state governments on the basis of their performance and implementation of the midday meal scheme: Karnataka

357) In which stream of studies government has decided to increase the number of seats in the country by 10,000 by upgrading existing state and central government colleges: MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)

358) The Union Cabinet has approved a new comprehensive regulatory framework for TV rating agencies for release of TRPs. What is the full form of TRPs: Television Rating Points

359) Which international monetary organization has projected India’s growth rate for current year at 4.4%: IMF

360) RBI has decided that for the purpose of external commercial borrowings (ECB), 'Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’ (MRO) of _______will be treated as a part of infrastructure: Aircrafts

361) Why RBI has decided that all banknotes issued prior to 2005 will be withdrawn after March 31, 2014: These have less security features compared to notes issued thereafter

362) What is the maximum amount of pre 2005 currency notes that an individual can exchange at a bank at a time: No such limit

363) Rakesh Khurana has recently been appointed dean of which prestigious international educational institution: Harvard College, at Harvard University, USA

364) Name the India’s first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine, that is now ready for sea trials: INS Arihant

365) Name the first Indian State to adopt the provisions of the recently passed Lokpal Act: Uttarakhand

366) Which committee appointed by RBI has

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recommended that retail inflation should be measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and not by the wholesale price index as being done currently: Urjit Patel Committee

367) Urjit Patel Committee has recommended to bring the retail inflation rate down at ____ per cent with a band of +/- 2 per cent: Four

368) Who has been appointed as the new President of NASSCOM: R. Chandrashekhar

369) What is the full form of NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies

370) The Jeevan Raksha Padak are given in how many categories: Three

371) Name the Supercomputer developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) that has been rated as India’s most power efficient computer system: PARAM Yuva-II

372) Which bank has became first domestic private bank to have a branch in China: Axis Bank

373) Which country India has signed a labour cooperation to cover about 28 lakh Indian expatriates working there: Saudi Arabia

374) Name the Japanese PM who was the Chief Guest at the 2014 Republic Day Parade: Shinzo Abe

375) For the expansion which major rapid transport project Japan has sanctioned a loan of $2 billion: Delhi Metro

376) Kerala tourism has won the top tourism award from UNWTO for the promotion of which back water resort: Kumarakom

377) What is the full form of abbreviation UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism Organization

378) The ambitious National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), aimed at providing adequate and efficient urban public health delivery system for the urban poor, was launched recently at which place: Bangalore

379) The National Urban Health Mission plans to cover urban poor for healthcare. Which areas will be treated as urban for this purpose: Areas with population of over 50,000

380) With which country India is working on developing a satellite designed for climate change studies: France

381) Which public sector bank has announced to increase its presence in the social media by joining Youtube and Twitter: State Bank of India

382) The government has introduced a new procedure for issuance of PAN card as per which now the applicants will have to submit a documentary proof of _______ also: Address

383) RBI has decided to establish a fund to be called

‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund’ from which source: By taking over amount lying in unclaimed deposit accounts with banks

384) As per Banking Regulation Act, 1949, an unclaimed deposit account is one in which there is no transaction for past ___ or more years: 10

385) International Marconi Prize is given for achievements in which field: Communication Technology

386) Government has decided not to present regular budget for the year 2014 – 15 in view of upcoming general elections. It will instead present the ______ for 2014-15 in Lok Sabha: Vote on Account

387) Name the film that won 2014 Filmfare award for the best film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

388) Name the director of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag who also won the Filmfare award for Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

389) Who has been declared the winner of 2014 Filmfare award for the Best actor: Farhan Akhtar for BMB

390) Deepika Padukone has won the 2014 Filmfare award for best actress for which film: Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram - Leela

391) Asia’s biggest botanical garden will come up on 153 hectares of area near the Khandwa reservoir, in Naya Raipur, in which State: Chhattisgarh

392) Men’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won by which player: Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

393) Women’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won by which player: Li Na of China

394) Grammy Awards are given for achievements in which field: Music

395) Name the musical album that won the 2014 Grammy for best album of the year: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

396) What is the maximum number (excluding posthumous awards and award to foreigners) of Padma Awards that can be given in a year: 120

397) A Padma Vibhushan awardee gets a cash reward of what amount: Nil

398) Padma Awards are announced every year on which particular date: Eve of Republic Day (25th January)

399) Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar has been awarded Padma Vibhushan in science and engineering category. He is from which field of science: Chemical Technology

400) Name the veteran Yoga maestro decorated with the Padma Vibhushan: BKS Iyengar

401) The Yoga form propagated by Padma Vibhushan awardee Sh. B K S Iyengar is known as: Iyengar

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Yoga

402) Name the iconic Tamil film actor, producer who has been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Kamala Hasan

403) Name the renowned badminton coach decorated with Padma Bhushan in 2014: Pullela Gopichand

404) What is the current assignment of Justice Dalveer Bhandari who has been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Judge in International Court of Justice

405) Name the women cricket star who has been awarded Padma Shri recently: Anjum Chopra

406) Sudarsan Pattnaik has been awarded Padma Shri recently. He is from which field: Renowned Sand artist

407) Reserve bank has announced issuance of Inflation Indexed National Savings Certificates (IINSC) to offer an inflation savvy investment option. These ______ year Bonds will earn interest equal to the CPI inflation rate plus ____ per cent per annum: 10, 1.50

408) Which country has decided to make military service compulsory for all adult males aged between 18 and 30, but kept it optional for women: United Arab Emirates

409) Name the Russian martial art that has earned recognition of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for inclusion in the Asian Games: Sambo

410) DRDO recently launched Dhruva-3 for promoting critical applications for defence research and development, particularly in advanced aircraft designing defence research. What is Dhruva-3: High performance computing system

411) In a recently compiled environmental performance index of 178 countries, India has been placed at ____ position: 155th

412) With what intention Reserve Bank hiked key policy interest rates by 0.25%: To tame inflation

413) What will be the impact of recent 0.25% hike in repo rate on Bank Loans: They are likely to become costly due to rise in interest rate

414) What will be the impact of recent 0.25% hike in repo rate on industrial growth: Likely to come down due to higher cost of funds

415) Name the Super Jumbo Aircraft, capable of carrying over 850 passengers at a time, that has been allowed to land in India: A-380 of Airbus

416) Central Vigilance Commission was in news recently for what reasons: Celebrating 50 years of its existence

417) Prime Minister of which country resigned recently to counter widespread political protests in the country against harsh anti protest laws: Ukraine

418) Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton championship was held at which place: Lucknow, UP

419) Govt has launched the India Inclusive Innovation Fund (IIIF), with the initial corpus of Rs 500 crore for what purpose: To promote profitable venture that take care of social needs also

420) Which State has launched 'Ama Jangal Yojana' (AJY) to enhance forest cover in the state: Odisha

421) Name the jumbo naval exercise of 16 navies from the Indian ocean region being held in 2nd week of February: Milan 2014

422) The joint exercise of 16 navies from the Indian ocean region – Milan 2014 will be held at which place: Near Andaman & Nicobar Islands

423) To which country Exim Bank has agreed to provide a Line of Credit of $ 19.50 million: Vietnam

424) ADB has agreed to give $100 million loan to which state for boosting education and skills there: Meghalaya

425) To which category of customers RBI has allowed collection of account payee cheques even for third party accounts: Cooperative Credit Societies

426) With which country India has agreed to set up a $40 million joint fund to support technological ventures for consolidating and strengthening economic ties: Israel

427) Which national organization has decided to set up 100 innovation hubs at an outlay of Rs 99 crore, throughout the country by 2017: National Innovation Council

428) Who is the head of the National Innovation Council: Sam Pitroda

429) Which state in India has announced the highest MSP of Rs. 1560 per quintal for paddy crop: Bihar

430) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Director General of which paramilitary force: National Security Guard

431) India’s first Mono Rail has started operation in which city: Mumbai

DECEMBER – 2013 432) As per the figures released by CSO, in GDP growth

in 2nd quarter was ______ per cent: 4.8

433) Core sector is a part of index of industrial production. Its weightage in IIP is _____ per cent in IIP: 37.90

434) Gaganjeet Bhullar is top rank player of which sports: Golf

435) Name the Emperor and Empress of Japan who recently visited India: Akihito and Michiko

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436) Shinzo Abe is the Prime Minister of which country: Japan

437) What is the name of the currency of Japan: Yen

438) Name the capital of Japan: Tokyo

439) India’s cricket team captain MS Dhoni has recently been honoured with which international award: ICC LG People’s Choice Award - 2013

440) Tour de India championship is organized in which sports: Cycling

441) Tour de India championship was won by Mohd. Nor Umradi. He is from which country: Malaysia

442) India has agreed to train naval officers of which country: Sri Lanka

443) Name the international event recently won by ace shuttler of India – P V Sindhu: Macau Open Grand Prix

444) 29th Junior National Athletics Championships was held in which place: Bangalore

445) Name the state which won 29th Junior National Athletics Championship: Kerala

446) Who has been named at Chief Executive of Indian Banks Association: Mohan V Tanksale

447) Are foreign banks allowed to become member of Indian Bank Association: Yes

448) Who has been named as the new Chief Information Commissioner: Sushma Singh

449) As per Right to Information Act, any person seeking information has to be provided the required information within ____ days: 30

450) In corruption ranking of countries by the international watchdog Transparency International, India has been ranked at which place: 94th

451) Nelson Mandela, the iconic statesman from South Africa passed away recently. He was called _________ out of love and affection: Madiba

452) Mandela was known for his anti-apartheid struggle. What is the meaning of apartheid: Observing racial discrimination

453) Why Mr. Mandela was honoured with India’s highest civilian award – Bharat Ratna: Because he followed Gandhian philosophy and values in his fight against apartheid

454) India has been ranked at ______ place in terms of doing business, by a survey done by Forbes magazine: 98th

455) 57th National Shooting championship was held at which place: New Delhi

456) The Sankirtana, a ritual form of singing, drumming and dancing has been included in UNESCO’s list of “intangible heritage”. It belongs to which state of India: Manipur

457) US dollar is the largest used currency in the world, having 81.08% share in international transactions. Which is the currency at the second place: Yuan-8.66% (China)

458) Yuan, the currency of China is also called ______: Renminbi

459) Name the country that has recently been elected as a non permanent member of the UN security council: Jordan

460) Name the country that has recently refused to join Security Council, despite being elected as a non permanent member: Saudi Arabia

461) Why Saudi Arabia did not accept the membership of UN Security Council: To protest the world body’s failure to end the Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts

462) Alyz Henrich has been crowned as Miss _______2013: Earth

463) Miss Earth 2013 – Alyz Henrich is from which country: Venezuela

464) Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das recently won silver and bronze medal respectively at which international sports event: Indoor Archery World Cup

465) Indoor Archery World Cup was held at which place: Singapore

466) Which country has been named as host for the FIFA World Cup-2017 (Under-17): India

467) Name the light combat air craft (LCA) that has been inducted in Indian Air Force: Tejas

468) Name the aircraft that has recently been retired from the Indian Air Force: Mig-21

469) Mr. Sumit Bose has been appointed to which important central government position: Finance Secretary

470) Who has been named as the “Person of the Year” by the international magazine Time: Pope Francis

471) Who is Pope Francis: Supreme Head of Roman Catholics

472) Gen. Bikram Singh was recently honoured with Legion of Merit by which country: USA

473) Trade deficit of India came down to less than $10 billion in Nov. 2013. What was the single most important factor for this: Reduction in import of gold

474) Asian lending agency ADB has projected India’s growth at ______ percent for the year 2013-14: 4.7%

475) In which area scientists have recently discovered the coldest place on earth: East Antarctica

476) The prestigious international Sundance Film Festival is held in which country: USA

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477) Name the bank from Qatar which has become the first bank from that country to open a branch in India: Doha Bank

478) In a recent international survey on ranking of economies on the basis of their efficiency in utilization of energy, India has been placed at _____ rank: 69th

479) What is the full of the abbreviation NSSO: National Sample Survey Office

480) The Reserve Bank has estimated that India's economy would grow about ______ per cent in FY 2013-14: Five

481) As per latest census 2011 data, ______ percent Indian population has been categorized as homeless: 8.8

482) Govt. has decided to provide a monetary support of Rs. _______ to every NREGA job cardholder who plans to build a toilet in his house: 10,000

483) In what manner govt. has decided to link up two major welfare schemes – NREGA and Indira Awaas Yojana: Labour constructing their own house under IAY will get NREGA wages

484) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs. ___________ is provided to BPL families in plain areas for constructing their house: 70,000

485) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs. ___________ is provided to BPL families in hilly areas for constructing their house: 75,000

486) In which North-Eastern state cultivation of popular spice cardamom is picking up: Arunachal Pradesh

487) As per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill approved by the cabinet, the reservation for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) has been raised to ___ per cent from three at present: Five

488) C. V. R. Rajendran has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of which bank: Andhra Bank

489) Name the country that succeeded in landing a lunar probe on moon recently, becoming first country to do so since 1976: China

490) Sis Ram Ola, who passed away recently, was a prominent ________: Politician, Union Labour and Employment Minister

491) Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje

492) Pu Lalthanhawla has been elected as Chief Minister for the fourth time in which state: Mizoram

493) Name the person who has been elected as Banker of the Year 2013 by the financial daily Business Standard: Aditya Puri

494) Aditya Puri is the chief of which bank: HDFC Bank

495) 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which

country in Men’s category: India (beating Pakistan)

496) 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which country in Women’s category: India (beating New Zealand)

497) The finals of 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup were played at which place: Ludhiana (Punjab)

498) Mahesh Mangaonkar has become the first Indian player to win an International Title in which game: Squash

499) Name the shooter who won the ‘Champion of Champions’ title in pistol event in the final round in the 57th National Shooting Championships at New Delhi: Samresh Jung

500) Name the international beauty title won by Bea Rose Santiago of Philippines: Miss International 2013

501) Report from UNO has lowered India’s economic growth forecast for 2013 to ______per cent from 6.1 per cent projected earlier: 4.8

502) Parliament has finally passed the Lokpal Bill. What is the objective of setting up of a Lokpal: Establishment of an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of the Prime Minister

503) Recently India displayed its strong displeasure against the rough treatment met to one of its diplomat posted at US consulate. Name that diplomat: Devyani Khobragade

504) Name the international convention which guarantees diplomatic immunity to persons posted in various embassies / consulates: Vienna Convention

505) Name the veteran cricket player selected for the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013 by BCCI: Kapil Dev

506) Name the international financial institution that has agreed to lend $176 million to extend the first metro train line in Jaipur: Asian Development Bank

507) V. K. Duggal has been appointed as the new governor of which state: Manipur

508) Who has been appointed as the India’s new Ambassador to USA: S. Jaishankar

509) Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) is located at which place in India: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

510) India and Pakistan had a dispute on the sharing of waters of which river that was settled in favour of India by the International Court of Arbitration : Kishan Ganga

511) Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project is located in which state: Jammu & Kashmir

512) India and San Marino, a tiny country within Italy, signed the TIEA between them at Rome. Write the full form of TIEA:

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Tax Information Exchange Agreement

513) With which country government has approved the enhancement of the bilateral currency swap arrangement to $ 50 billion, up from $ 15 billion at present: Japan

514) Govt. has cleared a services and investment deal with 10-member ASEAN group as part of CECA. What is the full form of CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

515) India has signed DTAA with Macedonia, a small country north of Greece, to prevent income tax evasion by entities in both the countries. What is the full form of DTAA: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

516) What is the range of Agni-III missile recently test fired by India: 3000 kms

517) The missile testing site of India – Integrated Test Range is located at which place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Distt Balasore, Odisha

518) Name the organization which is responsible for developing and testing various missiles for Indian Army: DRDO – Defence Research & Development Organization

519) Who is the Head of DRDO: Shri Avinash Chander

520) Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai are the current national champions in women and men category respectively in which sport: Archery

521) 34th Senior National Archery championship were held at which place: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

522) PV Sindhu and K Srikanth clinched the women's and men's National titles respectively in which sport: Badminton

523) 78th Senior National Badminton Championships was held at which place: New Delhi

524) In the 9th Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Bali, Indonesia, what was the major achievement for India: India will continue to support its farmers with MSP-Minimum Support Price

525) Recently govt. has launched a four day anti-Naxal operation involving close to 40,000 security personnel in which states: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra

526) Govt has agreed to grant constitutional status to the proposed JAC for appointment and transfer of judges. What is full form of JAC: Judicial Appointments Commission

527) India’s first National Cancer Institute is to be established in which state: Haryana

528) Name the South-African all rounder cricketer who has announced is retirement from Test and First Class cricket: Jacques Kallis

529) As per recent data the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of women who die of pregnancy-

related causes per 1,00,000 live births — has come down to _______ in 2010-12, from 212 in 2007-09: 178

530) In India which state has the lowest MMR of 66 per lac: Kerala

531) In India which state has the Highest MMR of 328 per lac: Assam

532) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Chief of which paramilitary force: National Security Guard

533) Who has been appointed as new Director General of Central Industrial Security Force: Arvind Ranjan

534) Who has been honoured with Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI for being India’s best international cricketer of the year 2012-13: Ravichandran Ashwin

535) What is the official growth rate fixed by the planning commission for the 12th five year plan: 8%

536) In the first half (April-September) of the current fiscal FY2013-14, the economy grew by _______per cent: 4.6

537) India has signed a mega contract of $1.01 billion with which country for six additional C-130J "Super Hercules" jumbo military cargo aircrafts: USA

538) Farooq Sheikh who passed away recently was a prominent ___________: Film Actor

NOVEMBER – 2013 539) Rajendra Yadav who passed away recently was from

which field: Literature

540) Rajendra Yadav was a eminent short story writer and novelist of which language: Hindi

541) As per a recent study, India has been ranked ______ in terms of ‘Ease of Doing Business’: 134th

542) In terms of Ease of Doing Business _______ is no. 1 in the world: Singapore

543) The WTA Tour Championship title for 2013 was lifted by which player: Serena Williams

544) The full form of WTA in WTA Tour Championship is: Women’s Tennis Association

545) The WTA Tour Championship was held at which place: Istanbul, Turkey

546) As per Forbes magazine’s latest India Rich List, ________ has been named as India’s wealthiest person for the sixth year in a row: Mukesh Ambani

547) Mukesh Ambani is the corporate head of which industries: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL)

548) Recently we read in the newspaper that an ATM has been launched for ‘Bitcoins’. What is the Bitcoins: It is a digital currency, popular worldwide

549) Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for his outstanding achievements in the film industry

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has been honourd with which award: Soul of India Award

550) Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award for 2013 has been given to film celebrity: Amitabh Bachchan

551) Name the new tactical surface-to-surface missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range between 60-170 kms: Pragati Missile

552) In a recent global study of tourism, which Indian State has been named as best region to visit in 2014: Sikkim

553) The World Billiards Championship was held at ______, England: Leeds

554) Name the winner of World Billiards Championship 2013: Peter Gilchrist

555) Peter Gilchrist the world Champion of Billiards is from which country: Singapore

556) Sachin played his last match in domestic cricket at which place: Lahli, Haryana

557) In which tournament, Sachin played his last domestic test match: Ranji Trophy

558) The govt has recently approved an education promotion programme by the name RUSA. What is the full form RUSA: Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha Abhiyan

559) What is the objective of starting the educational project RUSA: Improving quality and number of universities / colleges in country

560) With which country India has agreed to export motorcycles through the land route: Bangladesh

561) As per recent RBI guidelines banks have been allowed to pay interest on their deposit accounts at _______ intervals: Monthly / Fortnightly

562) Most of the banks recover a fixed fee from their customers for sending them SMS alerts for their transactions. What are the recent RBI guidelines in this regard: Charge to be recovered actual usage basis

563) As per Forbes ranking of The world’s most powerful people, _________ has been ranked as No. 1: Vladimir Putin

564) What position is held by Mr. Vladimir Putin: President, Russia

565) Recently first time a rail link was opened linking the two continents – Asia and Europe in which country: Turkey

566) In a list of most powerful persons of the world compiled by Forbes Magazine, ____ ____ has been named as most powerful women: Angela Markel (5th)

567) K P Saxena who passed away recently was a noted________: Hindi Satirist

568) Name the international beauty title won by Ms.

Srishti Rana: Miss Asia Pacific 2013

569) In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India stood at ______ position: 106th

570) Name the legendry Pakistani female folk singer who passed away recently: Reshma

571) The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held at which place: The Hague, Netherlands

572) The first joint retreat ceremony of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held which place: Petropole border in district North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

573) Name the Indian batsman who created history by scoring world’s highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI: Rohit Sharma

574) With which country India has signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in jails in the two countries: Vietnam

575) The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was held in: Perth, Australia

576) Sebastian Vettel, the reigning Formula One world champion from Germany created history by winning _______ formula races in one year: 9

577) Name the film that won the Golden Gateway of India award for the best film at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival: La Jaula De Oro (of Mexico)

578) Geeta Chandran who has been honourd with Guru Debaprasad Award is from which filed: Bharatnatyam

579) Name the UN agency which has taken up a nationwide social media campaign against open defecation in India: UNICEF

580) Name the social media campaign launched by UNICEF against open defecation in India: Take the Poo to Loo

581) As regard to service conditions of civil servants, what was the recent ruling of Supreme Court: They should not be transferred frequently

582) Which country won the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship: Romania

583) the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship was held at which place: Bucharest, Romania

584) The Paris Masters Tennis tournament was won by ______ Djokovic: Novak

585) Tennis star Novak Djokovic is from which country: Serbia

586) To which country India has provided Rs. 100 crores as a grant for their Economic Stimulus Plan: Bhutan

587) World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-

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Tech Trade Fair was held at which place: Hyderabad (AP)

588) FIDE world chess championship, was held at which place: Chennai

589) What is the full form of chess championship FIDE: World Chess Federation (Federation Internationale des Echecs)

590) What is the full form of Agricultural mission NFSM: National Food Security Mission

591) What is the name of joint naval exercise recently held by navies of Indian and USA: Malabar

592) The naval exercise Malabar by Indian and US Navy was held at which place: Off the coast of Tamil Nadu in Bay of Bengal

593) Pakistan successfully tested its ______, Hatf IX (Nasr) having a range of 60 kms: Missile

594) The maneuvering and tracking of Mangalyaan is being done by ISTRAC. Write its full form: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network

595) The satellite tracking centre ISTRAC is located at which place: Bangalore

596) India’s first interplanetary space craft – Mangalyaan was launched from which centre: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (AP)

597) Who is the Chief of the ISRO: Dr. K Radhakrishnan

598) Name the satellite launching vehicle that was used to launch Mangalyaan: PSLV-C25

599) The book “Gandhi A Spiritual Biography” has been written by: Arivnd Sharma

600) In which North Eastern states govt. has extended AFSPA for a further period of six months: Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

601) What is the full form of AFSPA: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

602) Tarla Dalal who passed away recently, was a noted ______ expert: Cookery

603) 44th International Film Festival of India was held at which place: Goa

604) ______ was the ‘country in focus for’ for the44th International Film Festival of India: Japan

605) India’s second international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border was opened at which place: Akhaurah, Tripura

606) India’s second international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) has been opened at Akhaurah in Tripura. The first ICP is located at which place: Attari, Punjab

607) India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile recently.

What is its range: 700 kms

608) India’s first Bird Ringing Station has been setup at Salropa in the prestigious Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu. What is its purpose: To identify and establish species of various birds

609) Imomali Rakhmon has been elected as President of which country: Tajikistan

610) Name the lady who has been named as the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive year in the list of 50 most powerful businesswomen ranking for 2013 by Fortune magazine: Chanda Kochhar

611) What is the official position of the prominent corporate figure Ms. Chanda Kochhar: MD & CEO of ICICI Bank

612) Name the country that will host 2018 men’s Hockey World Cup: India

613) Name the super strong typhoon that caused wide spread devastation in Philippines, claiming over 12000 lives: Haiyan

614) The World Economic Forum has joined hands with ________ to jointly organise the India Economic Summit: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

615) RBI has signed cooperation agreement with central banks of which two countries: Australia and New Zealand

616) Recently RBI issued what guidelines for foreign banks in the context of domestic private sector banks: Allowed them to take over private banks

617) As per recent RBI guidelines foreign banks will not be allowed to hold more than ________ per cent equity in the private banks they may acquire: 74

618) Name the Olympian shooter who created history by becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu

619) The ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship was held at which place: Munich, Germany

620) Name the TV channel that Prasar Bharti plans to launch specially for Aruanchal Pradesh and Sikkim: Prabha

621) The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized at which place by the High Commission of India: Sydney, Australia

622) National Education Day is celebrated on which date: 11th November

623) The birthday of first Education Minister of Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is celebrated as what day: National Educational Day

624) India has declared itself free from _______as there has been no occurrence of the disease in the last

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three months: H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)

625) ________won the ATP World Tour Finals in London beating Rafael Nadal: Novak Djokovic

626) South Asian Junior Athletics Championships were held at which place: Ranchi, Jharkhand

627) Name the country that secured top position in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: India

628) Hurun India Philanthropy List 2013 published by the China’s leading magazine mougal ‘Huran Report Inc has ranked IT tycoon ___________as the most generous Indian with a donation of Rs 8,000 crore in the year ending March 31, 2013: Azim Hashim Premji

629) Malia and Malala have been named among the 16 most influential teens of 2013 by the Time magazine. Who is Malia: Elder daughter of Barack Obama

630) Prof. C.N.R. Rao has been decorated with Bharat Ratna. He is from which field: Solid state and materials chemistry

631) What is the amount of cash reward that is given to the recipient of a Bharat Ratna: Nil

632) Recommendation for Bharat Ratna are made by which authority: Prime Minister

633) Who approves awardees for Bharat Ratna: President of India

634) Can Bharat Ratna be awarded to a non Indian also: Yes

635) What is the name of the second air craft carrier of India: INS Vikramaditya

636) The abbreviation INS stands for: Indian Naval Ship

637) What is the name of the original ship that has been transformed into INS Vikramaditya: Admiral Gorshkov

638) INS Vikramaditya has been procured by India from which country: Russia

639) INS Vikramaditya is the second aircraft of the Indian Navy. What is the name of the first (existing) aircraft carrier of India: INS Viraat

640) Name the aircraft carrier being built indigenously in India: INS Vikrant

641) Name the first aircraft carrier acquired by Indian Navy which was decommissioned on 31st Jan, 1997: INS Vikrant

642) The INS Vikramaditya will be based at which naval base: INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka

643) UN’s International Day for Tolerance celebrated on which date: Nov 16

644) National think tank NCAER has lowered country's growth rate to 4.8-5.3 per cent range in the current

fiscal. Write the full form of NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research

645) Name the Prime Minister of UK who visited India recently for a short trip: David Cameron

646) Prime Minister of UK recently visited India only for a short time as he was on his way to _____: Colombo, Sri Lanka

647) Central govt. has increased man-days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in which state: Odisha

648) Why govt. has increased man-days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in Odisha: To provide relief from devastation caused by Phailin cyclone

649) World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have assured a financial assistance of $ 313 mn to Odisha government for what purpose: For restoration and rehabilitation activities in cyclone Phailin hit areas

650) Which country has promised to provide support of Rs. 1129 crore for campus development at IIT Hyderabad: Japan

651) Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of Disaster Response (NIDR) at which place: Kamptee, near Nagpur, Maharashtra

652) Telecom major Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile money transfer and payment service _________in Assam and other North Eastern states: 'M-Pesa'

653) Name the new President of island country Maldives: Abdulla Yameen

654) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year for 2013 in Men’s category: Usain Bolt

655) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint

656) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which country: Jamaica

657) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year for 2013 in women’s category: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

658) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint

659) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is from which country: Jamaica

660) What was the theme of the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka: Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development

661) In the recently held CHOGM, India was represented by which statesman: Salman Khurshid, Minister

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of External Affairs

662) At which place the Indian Army tested an advanced version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III variant) successfully: Pokhran, Rajasthan

663) BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile system. What is the meaning of supersonic: Objects flying with speed higher than speed of sound

664) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013 has been awarded to which person: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

665) NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –‘MAVEN’ to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere. What is the full form of MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution

666) Centre has directed the state governments to implement the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for compulsory coverage of which category of beneficiaries: Borrower Farmers

667) BRICS International Competition Conference was recently held at which place: New Delhi

668) Name the remote-sensing satellite recently launched by China: ‘YAOGAN XIX’

669) Election commission has ask the government to enact a law demanding what from the government in the context of election related opinion polls: Banning the release of results of election related opinion polls, once the notification of elections has been made

670) The Reserve Bank has directed public sector banks to provide credit to women self help groups at a rate of ________ percent per annum: seven

671) What is the name of the first all women bank started in India: Bhartiya Mahlia Bank

672) In which place Bhartiya Mahila Bank has opened its first branch: Mumbai

673) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to recruit male staff members: Yes, on selected basis

674) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to cater to male customers: Yes, on selected basis

675) Bhartiya Mahila Bank has been ask to devote special attention to which category of women customers: Self Help Groups

676) Why 19th November was selected as the day to inaugurate the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: It is birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi

677) Name the first chairperson of the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: Usha Ananthasubramaniam

678) To which country India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit for defence purchases: Vietnam

679) The Golden Elephant Award is given for what

purpose: Best Children Film

680) The Golden Elephant Award is given on what occasion: at International Children's Film Festival

681) The 18th International Children's Film Festival was held at which place: Hyderabad

682) Name the film that won the Golden Elephant Award: Dutch Film Kauwboy

683) What is the recent ruling of Supreme Court with regard to contesting of elections by the persons in jail: They are eligible to contest elections

684) Name the fifteen year old cricket star who created history by scoring a record 546 runs playing in Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw

685) Frederick Sanger who passed away recently was the only person to win the noble prize for ________ two times, in 1958 and in 1980: Chemistry

686) India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station is located at which place: Thumba, Kerala

687) What is the name of the India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

688) Why Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba was in news recently: It celebrated its golden jubilee

689) Name the India's batting star who became the fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI): Virat Kohli

690) The National Book Award 2013 of USA has been given to the book _______ by James Mc Bride: The Good Lord Bird

691) Who is the author of the book, ‘Book of Destruction’: Anand

692) The famous book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer has been authored by ________: Cyrus Mistry

693) What is the common factor in the mini territories of Liechtenstein, Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands: All four are tax havens

694) Name the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway who was crowned as World Champion at the World Chess Championship at Chennai: Magnus Carlsen

695) Name the West Indies cricketer who marked an end to the glorious career of Master Blaster Sachin: Darren Sammy

696) The last ball to be faced by Sachin marking end of his 24 years of cricketing career was bowled by ______ of West Indies: Narsingh Deonarine

697) A survey of 1,600 senior executives across more than 70 countries by global professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY) placed ______ as the first choice of global investors: India

698) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the 20th

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Law Commission of India: Ajit Prakash Shah

699) The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 was held at which place: Warsaw, Poland

700) The Climate Change Conferences are organized by UNFCCC. The abbreviation UNFCCC stands for: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

701) ___________won the Asian Archery Championship held in Taipei, China: South Korea

702) Which country recently agreed to curb its nuclear programme in lieu of lifting of economic sanctions against it: Iran

703) Which country has offered to renovate and preserve a total of 116 heritage buildings, constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, located on the banks of the river Hooghly in West Bengal: Denmark

704) A high power group of six super powers negotiated a deal with Iran for what purpose: To restrict the nuclear programme of Iran

705) Mount Sina Bung, a volcano that erupted very violently causing dislocation of thousands of people, is in which country: Indonesia

706) Which country has decided to award International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2013 to Malala Yousafzai: Mexico

707) Global Islamic Economic Summit held at which place: Dubai, UAE

708) Which country hosted the 20th World Master Athletics Championship: Brazil

709) Which corporate brand has been ranked No. 1 in the 'World's Most Valuable Brand List' compiled by 'Forbes' magazine: Apple

710) 4th World Cup Kabaddi will be held in which state: Punjab

711) Name the country where Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship was held recently: Malaysia

712) Who has been elected as President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci): Sidharth Birla

713) Name the new Chief of Pakistan Army: Lt. Gen. Raheel Sharif

714) Junior National Archery Championship was held at _________Assam: Kokrajhar

715) Mahendra Dev Committee has been appointed for what purpose: To review the scale of NREGA wages

716) RBI has allowed which category of manufacturing units to be covered under priority sector lending: Medium

717) On what basis business units are classified into Micro, Small and Medium categories: On the basis

of investment made in plant & machinery / equipment

718) Name the Act that lays down various rules and regulations for classification of business units into micro small and medium enterprises: MSMED Act 2006

719) What is the full form of MSMED: Micro Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act

720) Sachin Tendulkar has been selected by UNICEF as the brand ambassador for Asian region for what purpose: To promote its Total Sanitation Campaign

721) As Brand Ambassador of UNICEF for Total Sanitation Campaign, Sachin Tendulkar will campaign in which countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal

722) The coveted title of Miss Universe 2013 has been won by Gabriela Isler. She is from which country: Venezuela

723) The Reserve Bank has directed all regional rural banks to follow the minimum _______capital adequacy rule from this year itself: 9%

724) With which country India has agreed to strengthen, promote and develop renewable energy cooperation: Belgium

725) Jason Day lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia. He is from which country: Australia

726) The Hornbill Festival to promote tribal culture is held in which state: Nagaland

727) The ICC T20 championship 2014 will be held which country: Bangladesh

728) Which Indian IT giant agreed to pay a record $34 million fine to settle a visa row in the USA: Infosys

OCTOBER – 2013 729) In which country thousands of government servants

were asked to go on leave without pay temporarily as the government had no funds to pay their salary: USA

730) One of the main factors behind the recent ‘Shut Down’ crisis in USA was the popular health care programmes of the government. What is the popular name for this programme: Obamacare

731) Name the diplomat who has been appointed High Commissioner of India in United Kingdom: Ranjan Mathai

732) The International Day of “Older Person” is celebrated on which day: October 1

733) In the recently compiled “Global Human Capital Index”, what is India’s rank: 78th

734) India’s minister of external affairs visited ______ to

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impress upon early implementation of 13th amendment to constitution: Sri Lanka

735) In the neighbouring country Sri Lanka, what is the context of 13th amendment to their constitution: Devolution of powers to the provinces

736) The 2013 meet of CHOGM is to be held at which place: Colombo, Sri Lanka

737) What is the full form of CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

738) The summit of CHOGM is held every _____ years: Two

739) How many countries are the member of The Commonwealth: 53

740) Headquarter of The Commonwealth is located at: London, UK

741) _________ is designated as head of the Commonwealth: British Monarch

742) Name the middle Asian country visited by Indian President recently: Turkey

743) Name the capital of Turkey: Ankara

744) Which Turkish University honoured Indian President with honorary ‘doctorate’ in Political Science: Istanbul University

745) Currency of Turkey is ________: Turkish Lira

746) In a recent survey of top 400 universities in world, _________ has been ranked as No. 1 university in India: Panjab University

747) Election commission has given the option to the voters not to vote for any candidate, if they decide so. This option has been named as: None of the above (NOTA)

748) Two day international Rhino conference was held at: Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

749) Lampedusa an island near ______ was in news as over 300 persons drowned there after a boat, with up to 500 African asylum seekers, caught fire and sank: Italy

750) Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title at_____________ held at Tokyo, Japan: Japan Open Tennis

751) Name the team that won the Champions League Cricket recently: Mumbai Indians

752) The final match of the Champions League, Cricket was held at _________ stadium in Delhi: Feroz Shah Kotla

753) Name the veteran Indian film director who has been nominated to head the accomplished jury for the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA): Shyam Benegal

754) The Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to

be held in_______: Brisbane, Australia

755) “The Busan International Film Festival” is held in which country: South Korea

756) Name the acclaimed Cambodian director who received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea: Rithy Panh

757) Which international IT giant has joined hands with Archaeological Survey of India to provide 360- degree online panoramic imagery of 100 nationally-important monuments: Google

758) Name the Sri Lanka’s first elected Tamil Chief Minister of the Northern Province in the first ever provincial elections held after clearance of LTTE from North Sri Lanka: C. V. WIGNESWARAN

759) The China Open Tennis Cup Men’s Singles has been lifted by _______: Novak Djokovic

760) The tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which country: Serbia

761) Women’s singles title in the China Open Tennis Cup was won by: Serena Williams

762) Name the Indian tennis star who alongwith Cara Black won the women’s doubles title of China Open: Sania Mirza

763) Vladimir Klitschko who won the world heavyweight boxing title at Moscow, Russia is from which country: Ukraine

764) Name the allrounder from Bangladesh who became the first cricketer in 136 year old history of cricket to score a century and claim a hat-trick in the same Test: Sohag Gazi

765) Name the first MP whose Parliamentary seat was declared vacant following his conviction for more than two years, as a result of recent ruling of Supreme Court to this effect: Rashid Masood

766) Name the space craft launched by NASA on a mission to Jupiter: Juno

767) RBI has increase the borrowing period under MSF from one day at present to _______ days: 7 to 14 days

768) Indian Prime Minister visited Brunei recently for attending which International summit: ASEAN and East Asia Summit

769) The recent meeting of ASEAN and East Asia Summit was held at _________, Brunei: Darussalam

770) Out of ASEAN and East Asia Summit, India is member of which organization: East Asia Summit

771) The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held at __________, Indonesia: Bali

772) What is the full form of ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations

773) Name the Director General of World Trade

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Organisation – WTO who visited India recently: Roberto Azevedo

774) Asian Development Bank has provided $100 mn loan to which State to improve education and skills: Meghalaya

775) With which country India finalised $512-million joint venture deal for the construction of two coal fired power projects of 250 megawatts each: Sri Lanka

776) The annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank was recently held at: Washington, USA

777) Name the first women chairperson of the Federal Reserve System of USA: Janet Yellen

778) Name the Central Bank in United Kingdom: Bank of England

779) Name the Bank that facilitates and promotes research for improvement in banking services all over the world. Bank for International Settlements

780) The Headquarter of Bank for International Settlement is located at ________, Switzerland: Basel

781) What is the purpose of the proposed Rs. 43,000 crore Green Energy Corridor Project: Setting up of wind and solar power plants

782) Prime Minister of which country was in news due to his sudden abduction and subsequent release also: Libya

783) What is the officially name of the ISRO’s project for sending a satellite to planet Mars: Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

784) Tom Clancy, one of the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, passed away recently. He was from which country: USA

785) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which country: Indonesia

786) Name the new High Commissioner of Pakistan to India: Ibne Abbas

787) Name the campaign launched by China aimed at enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments: Green Fence

788) Which country has qualified for the first time to play in the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan

789) The 11th ICC Cricket World Cup is to be hosted jointly by which two countries: Australia & New Zealand

790) What is the full form of ICC: International Cricket Council

791) What is the range of Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-II: 300 kms

792) The missile testing range of India is named as:

Integrated Test Range

793) The missile testing range of India is located at which place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Odisha

794) Recently Supreme Court ordered ___ per cent reservation in govt. jobs for disables person: Three

795) Ilham Aliyev has been elected as President of which country: Azerbaijan

796) What is the popular full form of the scientific research organization CERN: European Council for European Research

797) Mulatu Teshome has been elected president of which country: Ethiopia

798) Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of 50,000 runs across all formats of cricket at which stadium: Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi

799) India has signed agreements with ______ countries, who pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda University project: Seven

800) The prestigious International Nalanda University is located is which place: Rajgir, Distt Nalanda, Bihar

801) Name the Nobel laureate who has been designated to head the Nalanda University as its Chancellor: Prof. Amartya Sen

802) In the Global Hunger Index India has been ranked at ________ place: 63rd

803) Which district of Odisha was hardest hit by the recent cyclone Phailin: Ganjam

804) Authorities worldover have appreciated the excellent preparations done by the NDRF and IMD for minimizing the possible damage from the cyclone Phailin: What is the full form of NDRF and IMD: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Metrological Department (IMD)

805) Govt. has decided to bring all post offices across the country on CBS platform to cover larger number of people, particularly in rural areas for banking services. What is CBS: Core Banking Solution

806) Name the place in distt. Datia of Madhya Pradesh which witnessed a gruesome stampede killing over 120 persons: Rattangarh

807) The World Boxing Championships was held in which place: Almaty, Kazakhstan

808) Name the freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission who passed away recently: Dr. Mohan Dharia

809) M.S. Swaminathan, Eminent agriculture scientist has been honoured with which prestigious prize for his work for national integration: Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

810) Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s education has been honoured with Sakharov Human

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Rights Prize. The prize is given by which organization: European Parliament

811) Name the renowned scientist who has written the book My Brief History: A Memoir : Stephen Hawking

812) Under which loan scheme the receipt of annuity amount has been exempted from income tax: Reverse Mortgage Scheme

813) Who are the likely beneficiaries under the reverse mortgage loan scheme: Property Owning Senior Citizens

814) Government has increased MSP of wheat by Rs. 50 to Rs. ______ per quintal: 1400

815) Name the CEO of ICICI bank who has been ranked as top women business leader of India: Ms. Chanda Kochhar

816) Name the remittance system for which RBI has issued new revised guidelines: RTGS

817) Government has decided to include skilled labour in sericulture under the MNREGA Scheme. What is sericulture: Rearing of silk worms

818) NPCI has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders. What is the full form of NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India

819) What is the main objective of NPCI: To promote various forms of electronic banking in India

820) Which city has been voted as countries top business destination in terms of infrastructure, human capital, city culture and basic quality of living: Bangalore

821) Indian Prime Minister recently visited Russia and met their President. What is the name of Russian President: Vladimer Putin

822) South zone and North zone were declared joint winners of the in the final of Duleep trophy played at Kochi, Kerala. It is from which sports: Cricket

823) Which big hydel project of India is celebrated its Golden Jubilee: Bhakra Dam, Punjab

824) 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at which place: Kathmandu, Nepal

825) Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at the 2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in Beijing, China: Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel

826) Name the player who scored the fastest ever century by an Indian batsman in ODI, off 52 balls, playing against Australia at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur: Virat Kohli

827) Man Booker Prize 2013 has been awarded to ________for her novel, The Luminaries. Eleanor Catton

828) Name the eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner who passed away recently: Ravuri Bharadhwaja

829) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 title was won by _________ of China: Ding Junhui

830) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 was held at which place: New Delhi

831) Name the first ever India-Russia joint military exercise that began on October 19 at the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan near the Indo-Pak border: Indra 2013

832) What is the objective of recently conducted Indo-Russian joint military exercise: for improving anti-terrorist operations

833) Name the latest National Tennis champions in men’s & women’s category: Mohit Mayur and Prerna Bhambri

834) With which country India recently signed a border defence pact: China

835) What is the officially name of the border defence pact signed between India and China: Border Defence Co-operation Agreement

836) What is the official designation of the Prime Minister of China: Premier

837) What is the name of the Premier of China: Li Keqiang

838) Which mega steel company has been asked by a UN Human Rights panel to stop the work at its Odisha plant as it may lead to displacement of thousands of people and disruption in their livelihoods: Posco

839) The Union Cabinet has approved the biggest ever foreign investment in India's aviation sector - Jet Airways' proposed sale of its 24 per cent equity to ___________airline: Etihad Airways

840) The Etihad Airways is the national airline of which country: United Arab Emirates

841) To which country India has agreed to start a power transmission line to export 500 million megawatt of electricity: Bangladesh

842) Name the Indian power cooperate which has joined hands with Bangladesh power development board to form Bangladesh – India Friendship Power Company to promote 1,320-MW Maitri thermal power project in Bangladesh: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

843) UNO recently passed a regulation to destroy huge amounts of chemical in which country: Syria

844) Which railway station near Kolkata has been renamed as Komagata Maru station to salute the martyrs of September 29, 1914, who arrived there by the ship of the same name: Budge Budge

845) __________has become the first company in the country to achieve sales of more than Rs 1,00,000 crore in a quarter: Reliance Industries Ltd.

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