Gyanm's General Awareness Magazine April 2014 Issue
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2, Issue 10
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1107781
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have agreed
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o install GPS de
mopped up aro
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state.
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GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 12
JANUARY 2014
AMRITSAR-KOLKATA IN DUSTRIAL CORRIDOR
Spinning off a massive infrastructure and manufacturing
zone, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the
Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) and formation of
the AKIC Development Corporation (AKICDC). The Corridor
is proposed to be developed in a band of 150-200 km on
either side of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in a
phased manner. It would comprise a belt of at least 5.5 lakh
sq km in the seven states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
INDIA’s INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORRIDOR
India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have decided to
develop a joint trade corridor that will include developing
multi-modal transport, such as road, rail, waterways and
airways, joint power projects and telecommunication
networks. The corridor will run from Kunming (a metro in
south west China) to Kolkata, linking Mandalay in Myanmar
as well as Dhaka and Chittagong in Bangladesh.
NEW SET OF REGULA TIONS FROM SEBI
SEBI has come out with a stricter set of settlement
procedures and a framework for providing refunds to small
investors hit by irregularities in the markets. For collective
investment (money-pooling) schemes, SEBI has advised
that all transactions should be conducted through cheque,
draft or other banking channels but not in cash. Further,
SEBI has been empowered to order search and seizure
operations during investigations of financial irregularities.
FIRST FDI IN MULTIBRAND RETAIL
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved UK-
based Tesco Plc's proposal to enter the Indian multi-brand
retail segment in joint venture with Tata Group company -
Trent Hypermarket Ltd, with an initial investment of US$
110 million (about Rs 680 crore).
Tesco is the first global retailer to apply for multi- brand
retailing after the government allowed 51 per cent FDI in
the segment in September last year.
24X7 TRADE FROM WAGAH BORDER
After a 16-month gap, India and Pakistan resumed their
trade talks by announcing a series of steps, including 24x7
trade activity at the Attari-Wagah border, allowing
movement of container cargo, opening of bank branches,
issuing more business visas and having a non-discriminatory
market access (NDMA) programme in both countries.
EPFO PERKS UP INTEREST TO 8.75%
The retirement fund body EPFO(Employees Provident Fund
Organisation) has decided to increase the rate of interest on
provident fund deposits from 8.5% at present to 8.75% for
2013-14, a move that will benefit about 5 crore subscribers.
10 % STAKE SALE IN IOC A panel of ministers has approved the sale of a 10 per cent
stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp to two state
exploration firms, Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd and Oil India
Ltd. The sale may raise around Rs. 5,000 crore to narrow
govt’s budget deficit.
POSCO GETS GREEN NOD
South Korean giant Posco has won environmental clearance
to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha, ending eight
years of wait for a project that would involve the largest-
ever foreign direct investment in India. The steel giant had
inked a pact with Odisha government in June 2005 to set up
the plant on 4,004 acres of land.
INCENTIVES FOR INDUS TRIAL CLUSTERS
With a view to boost manufacturing sector, govt has
extended the benefits of the National Manufacturing Policy
throughout the country wherever industry can organise
itself into clusters and adopt a self regulatory model.
AIRCRAFT MRO PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE
RBI has decided that for the purpose of external commercial
borrowings (ECB), 'Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’
(MRO) of aircrafts will be treated as a part of airport
infrastructure. This will give a boost to the MRO industry
which currently has an annual turnover of over $800 million.
WORLD BANK AID FOR SANITATION The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low
Income States (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar
Pradesh) to improve piped water supply and sanitation.
$700MN ADB LOAN FOR INFRA DEVELOPMENT
The ADB has agreed to provide $700 million loan under the
Accelerating Infrastructure Investment Facility in India
(AIIFI) to support the government's efforts to accelerate
infrastructure growth.
$100MN ADB LOAN TO MEGHALAYA In its first loan to India for boosting education and skills,
Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide $100 million
loan for the project -- Supporting Human Capital
Development in Meghalaya for providing vocational and
educational training to youth.
™ As per a UN report, India received $ 28 billion as FDI,
ranking 16th among the top 20 global economies
receiving the most FDI in 2013.
JANUARY 2014
AMRITSAR-KOLKATA IN DUSTRIAL CORRIDOR
Spinning off a massive infrastructure and manufacturing
zone, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the
Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) and formation of
the AKIC Development Corporation (AKICDC). The Corridor
is proposed to be developed in a band of 150-200 km on
either side of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in a
phased manner. It would comprise a belt of at least 5.5 lakh
sq km in the seven states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
INDIA’s INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORRIDOR
India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have decided to
develop a joint trade corridor that will include developing
multi-modal transport, such as road, rail, waterways and
airways, joint power projects and telecommunication
networks. The corridor will run from Kunming (a metro in
south west China) to Kolkata, linking Mandalay in Myanmar
as well as Dhaka and Chittagong in Bangladesh.
NEW SET OF REGULA TIONS FROM SEBI
SEBI has come out with a stricter set of settlement
procedures and a framework for providing refunds to small
investors hit by irregularities in the markets. For collective
investment (money-pooling) schemes, SEBI has advised
that all transactions should be conducted through cheque,
draft or other banking channels but not in cash. Further,
SEBI has been empowered to order search and seizure
operations during investigations of financial irregularities.
FIRST FDI IN MULTIBRAND RETAIL
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved UK-
based Tesco Plc's proposal to enter the Indian multi-brand
retail segment in joint venture with Tata Group company -
Trent Hypermarket Ltd, with an initial investment of US$
110 million (about Rs 680 crore).
Tesco is the first global retailer to apply for multi- brand
retailing after the government allowed 51 per cent FDI in
the segment in September last year.
24X7 TRADE FROM WAGAH BORDER
After a 16-month gap, India and Pakistan resumed their
trade talks by announcing a series of steps, including 24x7
trade activity at the Attari-Wagah border, allowing
movement of container cargo, opening of bank branches,
issuing more business visas and having a non-discriminatory
market access (NDMA) programme in both countries.
EPFO PERKS UP INTEREST TO 8.75%
The retirement fund body EPFO(Employees Provident Fund
Organisation) has decided to increase the rate of interest on
provident fund deposits from 8.5% at present to 8.75% for
2013-14, a move that will benefit about 5 crore subscribers.
10 % STAKE SALE IN IOC A panel of ministers has approved the sale of a 10 per cent
stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp to two state
exploration firms, Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd and Oil India
Ltd. The sale may raise around Rs. 5,000 crore to narrow
govt’s budget deficit.
POSCO GETS GREEN NOD
South Korean giant Posco has won environmental clearance
to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha, ending eight
years of wait for a project that would involve the largest-
ever foreign direct investment in India. The steel giant had
inked a pact with Odisha government in June 2005 to set up
the plant on 4,004 acres of land.
INCENTIVES FOR INDUS TRIAL CLUSTERS
With a view to boost manufacturing sector, govt has
extended the benefits of the National Manufacturing Policy
throughout the country wherever industry can organise
itself into clusters and adopt a self regulatory model.
AIRCRAFT MRO PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE
RBI has decided that for the purpose of external commercial
borrowings (ECB), 'Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’
(MRO) of aircrafts will be treated as a part of airport
infrastructure. This will give a boost to the MRO industry
which currently has an annual turnover of over $800 million.
WORLD BANK AID FOR SANITATION The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low
Income States (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar
Pradesh) to improve piped water supply and sanitation.
$700MN ADB LOAN FOR INFRA DEVELOPMENT
The ADB has agreed to provide $700 million loan under the
Accelerating Infrastructure Investment Facility in India
(AIIFI) to support the government's efforts to accelerate
infrastructure growth.
$100MN ADB LOAN TO MEGHALAYA In its first loan to India for boosting education and skills,
Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide $100 million
loan for the project -- Supporting Human Capital
Development in Meghalaya for providing vocational and
educational training to youth.
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ranking 16th among the top 20 global economies
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GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 20
5 NEW CHIEF MINISTERS
ARVIND KEJRIWAL : New Delhi
VASUNDHARA RAJE: Rajasthan
SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN: Madhya Pradesh
DR. RAMAN SINGH: Chhattisgarh
PU LALTHANHAWLA: Mizoram
VK DUGGAL: Governor of Manipur
C. V. R. RAJENDRAN: Chairman and Managing Director,
Andhra Bank
MOHAN V TANKSALE: Chief Executive, Indian Banks'
Association (IBA)
AWARDS & HONOURS
FEBRUARY 2014
VYAS SAMMAN 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi, noted Hindi
writer for his memoir ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ - a biography of
veteran Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.
RAMANUJAN MATHEMATICS AWARD : Anand Kumar,
founder of Super 30 classes in Patna.
E&Y ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2013: Uday Kotak,
executive vice-chairman, Kotak Mahindra Bank
E&Y LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dr Yusuf K
Hamied, Chairman, Cipla.
AMAZING INDIAN AWARD: Arunima Sinha for scaling
Mount Everest despite being physically challenged. She lost
her right leg in 2011 after being thrown off a moving train.
67
TH
BAFTA AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
annual awards ceremony was held at London, UK.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave by Steve McQueen
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Best Actress: Kate Blanchet, Blue Jasmine
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for ‘Gravity’
CRYSTAL BEAR AWARD: won by Marathi film 'Killa',
directed by Avinash Arun for the Best Film awarded by the
Children's Jury in Generation K plus section at the 64th
Berlin International Film Festival.
INTERNATIONAL GANDHI AWARD-2013: Dr. Vijay
Kumar Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for making
outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy treatment.
'ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP'- a prestigious civil award of
Russia, conferred on A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos
Aerospace, an Indo-Russia joint venture to produce
supersonic BrahMos missiles.
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
Mashelkar
Science &
Engineering
Maharashtra
B. K. S Iyengar Yoga Maharashtra
PADMA BHUSHAN – TOTAL 24
Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu
Justice Dalveer
Bhandari
Public Affairs, Judge in
ICJ
Delhi
Anita Desai Literature and
Education, Novelist
Delhi
Ruskin Bond Literature and
Education, Novelist
Uttarakhand
Pullela Gopichand Sports-Badminton Andhra
Pradesh
Leander Paes Sports-Tennis Maharashtra
Late Justice J S
Verma
Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
Prof Anisuzzaman Literature and
Education, writer
Bangladesh
Prof Lloyd I
Rudolph
Literature and
Education
USA
Prof Susanne H
Rudolph
Literature and
Education
USA
PADMA SHRI - TOTAL 101
Yuvraj Singh Sports, Cricketer Haryana
Bansi Kaul Art-Theatre J & K
Sudarsan Pattnaik Art-Sand artist Odisha
Paresh Rawal Art-Cinema Maharashtra
Santosh Sivan Art- Cinema Tamil Nadu
Vidya Balan Art-Cinema Maharashtra
Ashok Chakradhar Lit. and Education Delhi
Anjum Chopra Sports- Cricket Delhi
Sunil Dabas Sports- Kabbadi Haryana
Mamta Sodha Sports-
Mountaineering
Haryana
59
th FILMFARE AWARDS 2014
Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actress: Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram
Leela)
Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag)
Best Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
THE HINDU PRIZE for Best Fiction 2013: Anees Salim for
his novel Vanity Bagh
DSC PRIZE for South Asian literature-2014: Cyrus Mistry
for his book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
If you want to make your dreams come
true, the first thing you have to do is
WAKE UP..!!
5 NEW CHIEF MINISTERS
ARVIND KEJRIWAL : New Delhi
VASUNDHARA RAJE: Rajasthan
SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN: Madhya Pradesh
DR. RAMAN SINGH: Chhattisgarh
PU LALTHANHAWLA: Mizoram
VK DUGGAL: Governor of Manipur
C. V. R. RAJENDRAN: Chairman and Managing Director,
Andhra Bank
MOHAN V TANKSALE: Chief Executive, Indian Banks'
Association (IBA)
AWARDS & HONOURS
FEBRUARY 2014
VYAS SAMMAN 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi, noted Hindi
writer for his memoir ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ - a biography of
veteran Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.
RAMANUJAN MATHEMATICS AWARD : Anand Kumar,
founder of Super 30 classes in Patna.
E&Y ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2013: Uday Kotak,
executive vice-chairman, Kotak Mahindra Bank
E&Y LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dr Yusuf K
Hamied, Chairman, Cipla.
AMAZING INDIAN AWARD: Arunima Sinha for scaling
Mount Everest despite being physically challenged. She lost
her right leg in 2011 after being thrown off a moving train.
67
TH
BAFTA AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
annual awards ceremony was held at London, UK.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave by Steve McQueen
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Best Actress: Kate Blanchet, Blue Jasmine
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for ‘Gravity’
CRYSTAL BEAR AWARD: won by Marathi film 'Killa',
directed by Avinash Arun for the Best Film awarded by the
Children's Jury in Generation K plus section at the 64th
Berlin International Film Festival.
INTERNATIONAL GANDHI AWARD-2013: Dr. Vijay
Kumar Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for making
outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy treatment.
'ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP'- a prestigious civil award of
Russia, conferred on A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos
Aerospace, an Indo-Russia joint venture to produce
supersonic BrahMos missiles.
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
Mashelkar
Science &
Engineering
Maharashtra
B. K. S Iyengar Yoga Maharashtra
PADMA BHUSHAN – TOTAL 24
Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu
Justice Dalveer
Bhandari
Public Affairs, Judge in
ICJ
Delhi
Anita Desai Literature and
Education, Novelist
Delhi
Ruskin Bond Literature and
Education, Novelist
Uttarakhand
Pullela Gopichand Sports-Badminton Andhra
Pradesh
Leander Paes Sports-Tennis Maharashtra
Late Justice J S
Verma
Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
Prof Anisuzzaman Literature and
Education, writer
Bangladesh
Prof Lloyd I
Rudolph
Literature and
Education
USA
Prof Susanne H
Rudolph
Literature and
Education
USA
PADMA SHRI - TOTAL 101
Yuvraj Singh Sports, Cricketer Haryana
Bansi Kaul Art-Theatre J & K
Sudarsan Pattnaik Art-Sand artist Odisha
Paresh Rawal Art-Cinema Maharashtra
Santosh Sivan Art- Cinema Tamil Nadu
Vidya Balan Art-Cinema Maharashtra
Ashok Chakradhar Lit. and Education Delhi
Anjum Chopra Sports- Cricket Delhi
Sunil Dabas Sports- Kabbadi Haryana
Mamta Sodha Sports-
Mountaineering
Haryana
59
th FILMFARE AWARDS 2014
Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actress: Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram
Leela)
Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag)
Best Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
THE HINDU PRIZE for Best Fiction 2013: Anees Salim for
his novel Vanity Bagh
DSC PRIZE for South Asian literature-2014: Cyrus Mistry
for his book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
If you want to make your dreams come
true, the first thing you have to do is
WAKE UP..!!
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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.
Mr Mandela is popularly called ‘Madiba’ as a sign of both
respect and affection. Madiba was the name of the first
Chief of the Thembu clan to which Mr Mandela belongs.
FAROOQ SHEIKH: Veteran actor of Hindi Cinema
SIS RAM OLA: Union Labour and Employment Minister
PLACES IN NEWS
FEBRUARY 2014
CHANDOLI: village in Alwar district of Rajasthan was
declared as India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village). The
programme aims at introducing digital literacy skills in
identified minority clusters in India.
KIEV: Capital town of Ukraine was in news as it witnessed
repeated widespread bloody clashes between the
government lead by pro Russia President Victor Yanukovych
and armed anti government protestors. The protests started
when Yanukovych announced abandoning an agreement
that would strengthen ties with the EU.
JANUARY 2014
GORAKHPUR: village in Fatehabad district of Haryana was
in news as foundation stone was laid there for a 2,800
megawatt nuclear power plant- Gorakhpur Haryana Anu
Vidyut Pariyojna.
KARBI ANGLONG: A hilly district in Central Assam 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). As a
result thousands of Karbi and Rengma tribals were forced to
leave their homes and take shelter in local refugee camps.
SOUTH SUDAN: The country has been hit by unrest since
Dec. 15, when fighting among loyal and rebel presidential
guards in the capital city Juba later spiraled across the
country. Anti govt forces are being led by the former Vice-
President Riek Machar and his men from Nuer tribe.
Currently, battle is on for control of Bor - a major town in
eastern Sudan.
VOLGOGRAD: the Russian city was in news as it
witnessed two ghastly terror attacks by suicide bombers,
killing over thirty persons and seriously wounding several
others. The surge in terror attacks comes a little over a
month ahead of Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi
in Russia.
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.
SPORTS WORLD
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 7
th
to 16
th
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.
Ranji Trophy: Karnataka won their seventh title after
beating Maharashtra in finals held at Hyderabad.
Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz
International Wrestling Tournament in Colorado Springs,
USA.
Kathy Cross: First woman to be inducted in the
International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel. She is
from New Zealand.
JANUARY 2014
75th Senior National table tennis championships:
Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das bagged the men’s and women’s
titles respectively at Patna.
62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship:
Tamil Nadu and Railways bagged the men's and women's
titles respectively, at Moradabad, UP.
Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold
badminton championship held at Lucknow, UP. Results:
Men’s singles: Xue Song of China; Women’s singles: Saina
Nehwal, India
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.
Mr Mandela is popularly called ‘Madiba’ as a sign of both
respect and affection. Madiba was the name of the first
Chief of the Thembu clan to which Mr Mandela belongs.
FAROOQ SHEIKH: Veteran actor of Hindi Cinema
SIS RAM OLA: Union Labour and Employment Minister
PLACES IN NEWS
FEBRUARY 2014
CHANDOLI: village in Alwar district of Rajasthan was
declared as India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village). The
programme aims at introducing digital literacy skills in
identified minority clusters in India.
KIEV: Capital town of Ukraine was in news as it witnessed
repeated widespread bloody clashes between the
government lead by pro Russia President Victor Yanukovych
and armed anti government protestors. The protests started
when Yanukovych announced abandoning an agreement
that would strengthen ties with the EU.
JANUARY 2014
GORAKHPUR: village in Fatehabad district of Haryana was
in news as foundation stone was laid there for a 2,800
megawatt nuclear power plant- Gorakhpur Haryana Anu
Vidyut Pariyojna.
KARBI ANGLONG: A hilly district in Central Assam 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). As a
result thousands of Karbi and Rengma tribals were forced to
leave their homes and take shelter in local refugee camps.
SOUTH SUDAN: The country has been hit by unrest since
Dec. 15, when fighting among loyal and rebel presidential
guards in the capital city Juba later spiraled across the
country. Anti govt forces are being led by the former Vice-
President Riek Machar and his men from Nuer tribe.
Currently, battle is on for control of Bor - a major town in
eastern Sudan.
VOLGOGRAD: the Russian city was in news as it
witnessed two ghastly terror attacks by suicide bombers,
killing over thirty persons and seriously wounding several
others. The surge in terror attacks comes a little over a
month ahead of Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi
in Russia.
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.
SPORTS WORLD
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 7
th
to 16
th
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.
Ranji Trophy: Karnataka won their seventh title after
beating Maharashtra in finals held at Hyderabad.
Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz
International Wrestling Tournament in Colorado Springs,
USA.
Kathy Cross: First woman to be inducted in the
International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel. She is
from New Zealand.
JANUARY 2014
75th Senior National table tennis championships:
Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das bagged the men’s and women’s
titles respectively at Patna.
62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship:
Tamil Nadu and Railways bagged the men's and women's
titles respectively, at Moradabad, UP.
Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold
badminton championship held at Lucknow, UP. Results:
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Nehwal, India
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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.
ABBREVIATIONS
LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
DGMO: Director General of Military Opeations
NSSO: National Sample Survey Organization
A K 47: Automatic (rifle by) Kalashnikov, 1947
BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence
CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CCI: Competition Commission of India
CCS: Cabinet Committee on Security
CERN: European Council for Nuclear Research (French-
Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
CPSU: Central Public Sector Undertaking
CTT: Commodity Transaction Tax
LED: Light Emitting Diode
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation
MNC: Multi National Cooperation
MPCE: Monthly Per Capita Expenditure
NCTC: National Counter Terrorism Center
NFSM: National Food Security Mission
NIA: National Investigation Agency
NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation
NOFHC: Non-Operative Financial Holding Company (for
opening new bank)
M
3 Broad Money
OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OFS: Offer For Sale (a company selling its shares)
PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment
RCEP: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
SARDP: Special Accelerated Road Development Programme
SFIO: Serious Fraud Investigation Office
TFT: Thin Film Transistor
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
WIFS: Weekly Iron and Folic acid Supplement
WIFS: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplement
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
DAYS & DATES
APRIL
April Fool’s Day 1
st
April
National Maritime Day 05
th
April
World Health Day 07
th
April
World Heritage Day 18
th
April
Civil Service Day 21
st
April
World Earth Day 22
nd
April
World Books Day 23
rd
April
World Maleria Day 25
th
April
World Intellectual Property Day 26
th
April
MARCH
International Women’s Day 08
th
March
No Smoking Day 13
th
March
World Disabled Day 15
th
March
St. Patricks Day 17
th
March
World Water Day 22
nd
March
World Meteorological Day 23
rd
March
World Stage Artists Day 27
th
March
Financial Year Ending 31
st
March
FEBRUARY
World Cancer Day 4
th
February
World Radio Day 13
th
February
Valentine’s Day 14
th
February
World Day of Social Justice 20
th
February
Central Excise Day 24
th
February
National Science Day 28
th
February
FORM IV
1. Place of publication: CHANDIGARH
2. Periodicity of its publication: MONTHLY
3. Printer’s Name: ALL TECH PRINT PACK
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: 182/4, INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE – I, CHANDIGARH
4. Publisher’s Name
GYANM EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE PVT. LTD.
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: SCO 13-14-15, 2
ND FLOOR, SEC 34-A, CHANDIGARH –
160022
5. Editor’s Name: VARINDER MOHAN SINGH GROVER
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: HOUSE NO. 4314, SECTOR 68, MOHALI – 160062
6. Names and addresses of individuals who own the newspaper and
partners or shareholders holding More than one per cent of the total
capital: Varinder Mohan Singh Grover and Mrs. Charanjeet Kaur
Grover, H. No. 4314, Sector 68, Mohali.
I, Varinder Mohan Singh Grover hereby declare that the particulars
given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sd/-
Date: 01.03.2014 (Varinder Mohan Singh Grover)
Publisher
ALL THE NEWS ITEMS IN THIS MAGAZINE HAVE BEEN SOURCED
FROM VARIOUS NEWS PAPERS AND GOVT. PRESS RELEASES
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.
ABBREVIATIONS
LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
DGMO: Director General of Military Opeations
NSSO: National Sample Survey Organization
A K 47: Automatic (rifle by) Kalashnikov, 1947
BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence
CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CCI: Competition Commission of India
CCS: Cabinet Committee on Security
CERN: European Council for Nuclear Research (French-
Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
CPSU: Central Public Sector Undertaking
CTT: Commodity Transaction Tax
LED: Light Emitting Diode
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation
MNC: Multi National Cooperation
MPCE: Monthly Per Capita Expenditure
NCTC: National Counter Terrorism Center
NFSM: National Food Security Mission
NIA: National Investigation Agency
NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation
NOFHC: Non-Operative Financial Holding Company (for
opening new bank)
M
3 Broad Money
OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OFS: Offer For Sale (a company selling its shares)
PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment
RCEP: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
SARDP: Special Accelerated Road Development Programme
SFIO: Serious Fraud Investigation Office
TFT: Thin Film Transistor
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
WIFS: Weekly Iron and Folic acid Supplement
WIFS: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplement
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
DAYS & DATES
APRIL
April Fool’s Day 1
st
April
National Maritime Day 05
th
April
World Health Day 07
th
April
World Heritage Day 18
th
April
Civil Service Day 21
st
April
World Earth Day 22
nd
April
World Books Day 23
rd
April
World Maleria Day 25
th
April
World Intellectual Property Day 26
th
April
MARCH
International Women’s Day 08
th
March
No Smoking Day 13
th
March
World Disabled Day 15
th
March
St. Patricks Day 17
th
March
World Water Day 22
nd
March
World Meteorological Day 23
rd
March
World Stage Artists Day 27
th
March
Financial Year Ending 31
st
March
FEBRUARY
World Cancer Day 4
th
February
World Radio Day 13
th
February
Valentine’s Day 14
th
February
World Day of Social Justice 20
th
February
Central Excise Day 24
th
February
National Science Day 28
th
February
FORM IV
1. Place of publication: CHANDIGARH
2. Periodicity of its publication: MONTHLY
3. Printer’s Name: ALL TECH PRINT PACK
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: 182/4, INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE – I, CHANDIGARH
4. Publisher’s Name
GYANM EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE PVT. LTD.
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: SCO 13-14-15, 2
ND FLOOR, SEC 34-A, CHANDIGARH –
160022
5. Editor’s Name: VARINDER MOHAN SINGH GROVER
Nationality: INDIAN
Address: HOUSE NO. 4314, SECTOR 68, MOHALI – 160062
6. Names and addresses of individuals who own the newspaper and
partners or shareholders holding More than one per cent of the total
capital: Varinder Mohan Singh Grover and Mrs. Charanjeet Kaur
Grover, H. No. 4314, Sector 68, Mohali.
I, Varinder Mohan Singh Grover hereby declare that the particulars
given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sd/-
Date: 01.03.2014 (Varinder Mohan Singh Grover)
Publisher
ALL THE NEWS ITEMS IN THIS MAGAZINE HAVE BEEN SOURCED
FROM VARIOUS NEWS PAPERS AND GOVT. PRESS RELEASES
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 25
(September– November 2013)
For details please visit our website: www.gyanm.in
NATIONAL NEWS
NOVEMBER 2013
¾
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. ¾ Govt. has decided to discontinue issuance of India-
Bangladesh Passport with effect from November 15,
2013.
¾ David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK visited India on
his way to Colombo to attend Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting.
¾ India’s second international standard multi-use
Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the
Bangladesh border has been opened at Akhaurah in
Tripura.
¾ 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
¾ Japan will provide an assistance of Rs 1,958 crore to
India for campus development at IIT Hyderabad
(1129cr) and investment promotion in Tamil Nadu
(829cr).
¾ Supreme Court has allowed persons lodged in jail to
contest elections, going back on their July 10 judgment.
¾ India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit to
Vietnam for defence purchases
¾ India and Vietnam have signed an agreement to
facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in
their jails.
¾ UNICEF has launched a nationwide social media
campaign named ‘Take the Poo to Loo’ against
defecation in open.
¾ In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries
compiled by London-based Legatum Institute,
India slipped by five places to 106
th
spot.
¾ As per the World Bank’s report 'Ease of Doing Business
2014’ India ranked 134
th
in the list of 189 economies
¾ 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013
held in Goa from November 20
th
to 30th. Japan was the
country in focus for this festival.
¾ India has contributed over USD 11 million to various UN
bodies for development activities for the year 2014.
¾ India declared free from H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)
as no cases have been reported in the last 3 months.
¾ India and Belgium have agreed to strengthen, promote
and develop renewable energy cooperation
¾ India to provide Rs 100 crores as a grant to Bhutan for
their Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP).
¾ World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-Tech
Trade Fair held at Hyderabad, Nov. 4-7.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
Prime Minister visited Russia to hold bilateral talks with
the Russian President Vladimer Putin
¾ India and China signed the Border Defence Cooperation
Agreement on visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li
Keqiang.
¾ President visited Turkey; conferred honorary 'Doctorate’
in Political Science by the Istanbul University
¾ Prime Minister visited Brunei to attend ASEAN Summit
and East Asia Summit
¾ Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Latin American
countries Peru and Cuba to strengthen India's relations
with them.
¾ India ranks 163
rd
in Global Hunger Index
¾ Panjab University, Chandigarh, ranked India’s no. 1
higher educational institution in the Times Higher
Education's Top 400 World University Rankings
¾ India has been placed at a low 78th slot on a global
Human Capital Index
¾ India has signed agreements with seven countries, who
pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda
University project. ¾ The Supreme Court has directed govt to ensure
reservation of 3% jobs for the disabled
¾ The proposed highway - from Moreh in Manipur to Mae
Sot in Thailand, via Myanmar to start soon
¾ India has been ranked 101 out of 136 countries on a
Global Gender Gap Index compiled by Geneva-based
World Economic Forum.
¾ Latest Census data shows that over 65 million people
lived in slums in 2011.
¾ President visits Belgium and had a meeting with their
Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at Brussels.
(September– November 2013)
For details please visit our website: www.gyanm.in
NATIONAL NEWS
NOVEMBER 2013
¾
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. ¾ Govt. has decided to discontinue issuance of India-
Bangladesh Passport with effect from November 15,
2013.
¾ David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK visited India on
his way to Colombo to attend Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting.
¾ India’s second international standard multi-use
Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the
Bangladesh border has been opened at Akhaurah in
Tripura.
¾ 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
¾ Japan will provide an assistance of Rs 1,958 crore to
India for campus development at IIT Hyderabad
(1129cr) and investment promotion in Tamil Nadu
(829cr).
¾ Supreme Court has allowed persons lodged in jail to
contest elections, going back on their July 10 judgment.
¾ India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit to
Vietnam for defence purchases
¾ India and Vietnam have signed an agreement to
facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in
their jails.
¾ UNICEF has launched a nationwide social media
campaign named ‘Take the Poo to Loo’ against
defecation in open.
¾ In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries
compiled by London-based Legatum Institute,
India slipped by five places to 106
th
spot.
¾ As per the World Bank’s report 'Ease of Doing Business
2014’ India ranked 134
th
in the list of 189 economies
¾ 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013
held in Goa from November 20
th
to 30th. Japan was the
country in focus for this festival.
¾ India has contributed over USD 11 million to various UN
bodies for development activities for the year 2014.
¾ India declared free from H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)
as no cases have been reported in the last 3 months.
¾ India and Belgium have agreed to strengthen, promote
and develop renewable energy cooperation
¾ India to provide Rs 100 crores as a grant to Bhutan for
their Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP).
¾ World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-Tech
Trade Fair held at Hyderabad, Nov. 4-7.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
Prime Minister visited Russia to hold bilateral talks with
the Russian President Vladimer Putin
¾ India and China signed the Border Defence Cooperation
Agreement on visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li
Keqiang.
¾ President visited Turkey; conferred honorary 'Doctorate’
in Political Science by the Istanbul University
¾ Prime Minister visited Brunei to attend ASEAN Summit
and East Asia Summit
¾ Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Latin American
countries Peru and Cuba to strengthen India's relations
with them.
¾ India ranks 163
rd
in Global Hunger Index
¾ Panjab University, Chandigarh, ranked India’s no. 1
higher educational institution in the Times Higher
Education's Top 400 World University Rankings
¾ India has been placed at a low 78th slot on a global
Human Capital Index
¾ India has signed agreements with seven countries, who
pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda
University project. ¾ The Supreme Court has directed govt to ensure
reservation of 3% jobs for the disabled
¾ The proposed highway - from Moreh in Manipur to Mae
Sot in Thailand, via Myanmar to start soon
¾ India has been ranked 101 out of 136 countries on a
Global Gender Gap Index compiled by Geneva-based
World Economic Forum.
¾ Latest Census data shows that over 65 million people
lived in slums in 2011.
¾ President visits Belgium and had a meeting with their
Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at Brussels.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 26
¾ World Bank to provide $360 million loan for
modernisation of irrigation and drainage systems in
Uttar Pradesh.
¾ Union Finance Minister and RBI governor visit USA to
attend the annual meeting of the IMF and the World
Bank at Washington.
¾ 15
th
Mumbai film festival held from October 17 to 24
at Mumbai.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Prime Minister visited U.S.A. to address the 66
th
session
of UN General Assembly.
¾ Supreme Court has ruled that the voter has the right to
negative voting by rejecting all the candidates in fray
by exercising the option of None of the Above (NOTA).
¾ As per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-
14, India has slipped to 60th position in terms of its
competitiveness globally.
¾ A new global corruption risk index ranked India as the
69th most graft-prone nation out of 197 countries
¾ The National Green Tribunal has banned digging of
earth without prior environment clearance across the
country for making bricks and roads
¾ Government has notified the landmark National Food
Security Act 2013, giving a legal right on
highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the
country's population.
¾ The third edition of the Sustainable Mountain
Development Summit held at Kohima, Nagaland.
¾ A stamp released in the memory of freedom fighter and
veteran journalist, founder of news paper ‘Punjab
Kesari’ - Lala Jagat Narain.
¾ The Rajya Sabha passed a Bill to create a Judicial
Appointments Commission to replace the collegium
system of appointing judges to higher courts.
¾ World's largest solar power plant to generate 4,000 mw
from sunlight set up near Sambhar lake, Rajasthan.
¾ Raghuram Rajan panel has developed a 'Multi
Dimensional Index (MDI)' for identifying backwardness
of states and devolving funds for their development.
¾ The MDI ranks Odisha as India’s most backward state,
followed by Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
¾ Govt has approved 3 highway projects in Assam
under Special Accelerated Road Development program
¾ The first North East Festival was held at the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
¾ 'THE GOOD ROAD': Gyan Correa's National award-
winning Gujarati film nominated for Oscar Awards. ¾ India's population estimated at 123 crore as of March 1,
2012, which includes 27 crore BPL people
¾ India signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
(DTAA) with the Baltic country Latvia
¾ Asian Development Bank to provide $400 million to
improve water and sanitation system in Kolkata.
NEWS FROM STATES
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ The National Museum of Denmark has offered to
renovate 116 heritage buildings located on the banks of
the river Hooghly in West Bengal.
¾ Number of man-days under NREGA Scheme increased
to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in cyclone hit
districts of Odisha.
¾ World Bank and ADB to provide $ 313 mn to Odisha for
restoration and rehabilitation in cyclone Phailin hit
areas.
¾ Govt. has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act in Assam and in the border areas of Arunachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya for six more months w.e.f. Nov
4
¾ Sikkim declared as the best region to visit in 2014 in
the Best in Travel list 2014 by the global travel guide
Lonely Planet.
¾ The Hornbill Festival held in Kohima, Nagaland to
celebrate and promote rich tribal culture of Nagaland.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Bihar govt has asked Gram Sabhas to observe ‘Bitiya
Janmotsav’ (celebration of birth of girl children) to
spread awareness about gender issues.
¾ Tripura has emerged as most literate state in India with
94.65 per cent literacy against Kerala’s 93.91 per cent.
GOVT INITIATIVES
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ S Mahendra Dev committee appointed to prepare a
fresh index that would lead to more generous wage
revisions under the NREGA.
¾ Centre has directed the state governments to
implement
the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for
compulsory coverage of all the loanee farmers.
¾ Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of
Disaster Response (NIDR) in Maharashtra
¾ Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme launched for reforming the state
run higher education system
¾ Prasaar Bharati to launch a separate TV channel
“Prabha” specially for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
OCTOBER 2013
¾ National Financial Reporting Authority set up to lay
down accounting and auditing policies and standards
for adoption by companies
¾ Skilled labour in sericulture included in works eligible
under the employment guarantee scheme - MNREGA.
¾ World Bank to provide $360 million loan for
modernisation of irrigation and drainage systems in
Uttar Pradesh.
¾ Union Finance Minister and RBI governor visit USA to
attend the annual meeting of the IMF and the World
Bank at Washington.
¾ 15
th
Mumbai film festival held from October 17 to 24
at Mumbai.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Prime Minister visited U.S.A. to address the 66
th
session
of UN General Assembly.
¾ Supreme Court has ruled that the voter has the right to
negative voting by rejecting all the candidates in fray
by exercising the option of None of the Above (NOTA).
¾ As per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-
14, India has slipped to 60th position in terms of its
competitiveness globally.
¾ A new global corruption risk index ranked India as the
69th most graft-prone nation out of 197 countries
¾ The National Green Tribunal has banned digging of
earth without prior environment clearance across the
country for making bricks and roads
¾ Government has notified the landmark National Food
Security Act 2013, giving a legal right on
highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the
country's population.
¾ The third edition of the Sustainable Mountain
Development Summit held at Kohima, Nagaland.
¾ A stamp released in the memory of freedom fighter and
veteran journalist, founder of news paper ‘Punjab
Kesari’ - Lala Jagat Narain.
¾ The Rajya Sabha passed a Bill to create a Judicial
Appointments Commission to replace the collegium
system of appointing judges to higher courts.
¾ World's largest solar power plant to generate 4,000 mw
from sunlight set up near Sambhar lake, Rajasthan.
¾ Raghuram Rajan panel has developed a 'Multi
Dimensional Index (MDI)' for identifying backwardness
of states and devolving funds for their development.
¾ The MDI ranks Odisha as India’s most backward state,
followed by Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
¾ Govt has approved 3 highway projects in Assam
under Special Accelerated Road Development program
¾ The first North East Festival was held at the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
¾ 'THE GOOD ROAD': Gyan Correa's National award-
winning Gujarati film nominated for Oscar Awards. ¾ India's population estimated at 123 crore as of March 1,
2012, which includes 27 crore BPL people
¾ India signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
(DTAA) with the Baltic country Latvia
¾ Asian Development Bank to provide $400 million to
improve water and sanitation system in Kolkata.
NEWS FROM STATES
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ The National Museum of Denmark has offered to
renovate 116 heritage buildings located on the banks of
the river Hooghly in West Bengal.
¾ Number of man-days under NREGA Scheme increased
to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in cyclone hit
districts of Odisha.
¾ World Bank and ADB to provide $ 313 mn to Odisha for
restoration and rehabilitation in cyclone Phailin hit
areas.
¾ Govt. has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act in Assam and in the border areas of Arunachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya for six more months w.e.f. Nov
4
¾ Sikkim declared as the best region to visit in 2014 in
the Best in Travel list 2014 by the global travel guide
Lonely Planet.
¾ The Hornbill Festival held in Kohima, Nagaland to
celebrate and promote rich tribal culture of Nagaland.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Bihar govt has asked Gram Sabhas to observe ‘Bitiya
Janmotsav’ (celebration of birth of girl children) to
spread awareness about gender issues.
¾ Tripura has emerged as most literate state in India with
94.65 per cent literacy against Kerala’s 93.91 per cent.
GOVT INITIATIVES
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ S Mahendra Dev committee appointed to prepare a
fresh index that would lead to more generous wage
revisions under the NREGA.
¾ Centre has directed the state governments to
implement
the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for
compulsory coverage of all the loanee farmers.
¾ Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of
Disaster Response (NIDR) in Maharashtra
¾ Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme launched for reforming the state
run higher education system
¾ Prasaar Bharati to launch a separate TV channel
“Prabha” specially for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
OCTOBER 2013
¾ National Financial Reporting Authority set up to lay
down accounting and auditing policies and standards
for adoption by companies
¾ Skilled labour in sericulture included in works eligible
under the employment guarantee scheme - MNREGA.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 27
¾ The minimum support price (MSP) for wheat raised by
Rs 50 per quintal to Rs 1,400 for 2013-14 crop year
¾ All post offices to come under the core banking solution
system to cover more people of rural areas
¾ 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
¾ 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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Parliament passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011, to create a
regulator for the sector and allow 26 per cent FDI.
¾ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA) became the first regulator in the world to start
an insurance repository system.
¾ Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan
States (HMNEH) and National Bamboo Mission (NBM)
have been merged with National Horticultural Mission.
¾ Govt has notified that the controversial General Anti
Avoidance Rules will come into effect from 01-04-16
¾ Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation set up to engage
corporates for help to counter Naxal influence.
¾ The Lok Sabha passed the Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Standard & Poor's has warned of a likely downgrade in
2014 if the government fails to reverse India's low
growth.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO),
India's economy grew at 4.4% in the first quarter of the
current fiscal, its slowest pace in over four years
¾ Share of agriculture and allied sectors in India's GDP has
declined to 13.7 per cent in 2012-13
ECONOMY
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Four overseas territories - Liechtenstein, Isle of Man,
British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands agreed to
share tax information with India.
¾ India has allowed Bangladesh to import motorcycles
through the land route as against sea route at present,
to reduce the transportation costs.
OCTOBER 2013
¾ 4 Indian businesswomen led by ICICI
Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have made to Fortune
magazine's global list of top-50 women business
leaders.
¾ Tatas’ join hand with Singapore Airlines to form 'Tata
SIA Airlines Limited'.
¾ Govt approves Jet Airways' proposed sale of 24 per
cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways
¾ India agrees to start a transmission line for exporting
500 MW of electricity from West Bengal to Bangladesh.
¾ India finalised $512-million joint venture deal with Sri
Lanka for construction of two coal fired power projects
¾ 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.
¾ Australian Trade Commission and YES Bank have
signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports of
India’s food and agricultural sector.
¾ The new Companies Law requires companies to spend
at least 2 per cent of its net profits on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) activities.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Sikkim has recorded steepest fall of 22% in poverty
level in the country, between 2004-05 and 2011-12,
reaching to 8.19%
¾ Odisha emerged as best investment destination for new
projects attracting 27% share of all-India investments.
¾ ADB to grant Rs. 2,100 crore to Karnataka to develop
and upgrade eight city clusters around Bangalore
¾ India to invest USD 4.3 billion in World Bank bonds to
help the country secure additional funding from the
multilateral agency for infrastructure projects.
¾ The Finance Ministry has taken over commodity futures
markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC)
from the Consumers Affairs Ministry.
BANKING
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ First all-woman bank - ‘Bhartiya Mahila Bank’ starts
from Mumbai, headed by Usha Ananthasubramaniam.
The bank will also cater to limited number of male
customers.
¾ RBI asks public sector banks to provide credit to
women self help groups @ 7% pa under the
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (Aajeevika)
scheme.
¾ The minimum support price (MSP) for wheat raised by
Rs 50 per quintal to Rs 1,400 for 2013-14 crop year
¾ All post offices to come under the core banking solution
system to cover more people of rural areas
¾ 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
¾ 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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Parliament passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011, to create a
regulator for the sector and allow 26 per cent FDI.
¾ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA) became the first regulator in the world to start
an insurance repository system.
¾ Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan
States (HMNEH) and National Bamboo Mission (NBM)
have been merged with National Horticultural Mission.
¾ Govt has notified that the controversial General Anti
Avoidance Rules will come into effect from 01-04-16
¾ Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation set up to engage
corporates for help to counter Naxal influence.
¾ The Lok Sabha passed the Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Standard & Poor's has warned of a likely downgrade in
2014 if the government fails to reverse India's low
growth.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO),
India's economy grew at 4.4% in the first quarter of the
current fiscal, its slowest pace in over four years
¾ Share of agriculture and allied sectors in India's GDP has
declined to 13.7 per cent in 2012-13
ECONOMY
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Four overseas territories - Liechtenstein, Isle of Man,
British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands agreed to
share tax information with India.
¾ India has allowed Bangladesh to import motorcycles
through the land route as against sea route at present,
to reduce the transportation costs.
OCTOBER 2013
¾ 4 Indian businesswomen led by ICICI
Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have made to Fortune
magazine's global list of top-50 women business
leaders.
¾ Tatas’ join hand with Singapore Airlines to form 'Tata
SIA Airlines Limited'.
¾ Govt approves Jet Airways' proposed sale of 24 per
cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways
¾ India agrees to start a transmission line for exporting
500 MW of electricity from West Bengal to Bangladesh.
¾ India finalised $512-million joint venture deal with Sri
Lanka for construction of two coal fired power projects
¾ 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.
¾ Australian Trade Commission and YES Bank have
signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports of
India’s food and agricultural sector.
¾ The new Companies Law requires companies to spend
at least 2 per cent of its net profits on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) activities.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Sikkim has recorded steepest fall of 22% in poverty
level in the country, between 2004-05 and 2011-12,
reaching to 8.19%
¾ Odisha emerged as best investment destination for new
projects attracting 27% share of all-India investments.
¾ ADB to grant Rs. 2,100 crore to Karnataka to develop
and upgrade eight city clusters around Bangalore
¾ India to invest USD 4.3 billion in World Bank bonds to
help the country secure additional funding from the
multilateral agency for infrastructure projects.
¾ The Finance Ministry has taken over commodity futures
markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC)
from the Consumers Affairs Ministry.
BANKING
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ First all-woman bank - ‘Bhartiya Mahila Bank’ starts
from Mumbai, headed by Usha Ananthasubramaniam.
The bank will also cater to limited number of male
customers.
¾ RBI asks public sector banks to provide credit to
women self help groups @ 7% pa under the
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (Aajeevika)
scheme.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 28
¾ RBI allows banks to classify loans given to medium
manufacturing enterprises after Nov. 13 under priority
sector lending.
¾ RBI allows banks to pay interest on savings deposits
and term deposits at monthly or fortnightly intervals.
¾ RBI has permitted foreign banks to acquire domestic
private sector banks and to set up branches anywhere
in India.
¾ Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile
money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Assam
and other North Eastern states.
¾ 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.
¾ RBI has directed RRBs to follow the minimum 9%
capital adequacy norm from the current year.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
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. ¾ NABARD Warehousing Scheme launched to advance
loans to public and private sector for construction of
Cold Stores, Warehouses, Silos etc.
¾ National Payments Corporation of India has launched
Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders.
¾ To make the more attractive for senior citizens, the
government has decided to exempt annuity instalments
earned by mortgager.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan took over as the 23rd
Governor of the RBI on September 04.
¾ RBI directs banks to stop zero per cent loan schemes as
they tend to befool the consumers into believing that
bank funding comes for free.
¾ RBI had notified eKYC as an 'officially valid document'
under anti-money laundering laws.
¾ RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including in
Tier 1 centres (cities with population of one lakh and
above), without its prior permission.
¾ RBI has asked banks to close accounts of those
customers who use their credit or debit card for online
forex trading transactions as such these are prohibited.
¾ Reserve Bank has allowed to carry Indian currency up
to Rs. 10,000 per person, outside India or to bring into
India (other than to Nepal and Bhutan)
¾ The Reserve Bank has allowed cash withdrawals of up
to Rs 1,000 a day from point of sale terminals, through
prepaid cards, including gift cards issued by banks.
¾ The Reserve Bank has decided to subsidise the hedging
costs of foreign currency swaps for banks offering
deposits to overseas non-resident Indians (NRIs)
¾ Bimal Jalan Committee set up by RBI to screen the 26
applications received for new bank licenses.
¾ Urjit Patel Committee formed to strengthen the
framework of monetary policy to avoid friction between
the RBI and the Finance Ministry.
DEFENCE, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, a re-fitted version of
Russian ship Admiral Gorshkov, inducted into the Indian
Navy to be based at INS Kadamba at Karwar,
Karnataka.
¾ 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.
¾ The Indian Army tested an advanced version of
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III
variant) successfully at the Pokhran test range in
Rajasthan.
¾ President presented the prestigious Presidential
Standards to two squadrons of Indian Air Force - 220
Squadron and 32 Squadron at Halwara, Punjab.
¾ Pragati Missile, the new tactical surface-to-surface
missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range of
60-170 kms.
¾ India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface
to surface ballistic missile Dhanush from a naval ship.
It has a range of 250 kilometers.
¾ India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-
capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile for its full
range of 700 km from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha
coast.
¾ Pakistan successfully test-fired its surface to surface
missile - Hatf IX (Nasr) with a range of 60 km.
¾ 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.
¾ Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba, Kerala,
celebrated its golden jubilee on Nov. 21 by launching
the Rohini Sounding Rocket.
¾ Himachal Pradesh has set up western Himalaya’s first
Bird Ringing Station at Salropa in the prestigious Great
Himalayan National Park in Kullu.
¾ Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China is
world’s fastest system with a performance of 33.86
petaflop/sec
¾ ‘YAOGAN XIX’ – A remote-sensing satellite launched by
China on board its carrier rocket Long March 4C
¾ 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.
¾ The world's first publicly accessible ATM machine which
can exchange digital currency - Bitcoins - for any official
currency, has been launched in Canada
¾ RBI allows banks to classify loans given to medium
manufacturing enterprises after Nov. 13 under priority
sector lending.
¾ RBI allows banks to pay interest on savings deposits
and term deposits at monthly or fortnightly intervals.
¾ RBI has permitted foreign banks to acquire domestic
private sector banks and to set up branches anywhere
in India.
¾ Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile
money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Assam
and other North Eastern states.
¾ 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.
¾ RBI has directed RRBs to follow the minimum 9%
capital adequacy norm from the current year.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
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. ¾ NABARD Warehousing Scheme launched to advance
loans to public and private sector for construction of
Cold Stores, Warehouses, Silos etc.
¾ National Payments Corporation of India has launched
Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders.
¾ To make the more attractive for senior citizens, the
government has decided to exempt annuity instalments
earned by mortgager.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan took over as the 23rd
Governor of the RBI on September 04.
¾ RBI directs banks to stop zero per cent loan schemes as
they tend to befool the consumers into believing that
bank funding comes for free.
¾ RBI had notified eKYC as an 'officially valid document'
under anti-money laundering laws.
¾ RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including in
Tier 1 centres (cities with population of one lakh and
above), without its prior permission.
¾ RBI has asked banks to close accounts of those
customers who use their credit or debit card for online
forex trading transactions as such these are prohibited.
¾ Reserve Bank has allowed to carry Indian currency up
to Rs. 10,000 per person, outside India or to bring into
India (other than to Nepal and Bhutan)
¾ The Reserve Bank has allowed cash withdrawals of up
to Rs 1,000 a day from point of sale terminals, through
prepaid cards, including gift cards issued by banks.
¾ The Reserve Bank has decided to subsidise the hedging
costs of foreign currency swaps for banks offering
deposits to overseas non-resident Indians (NRIs)
¾ Bimal Jalan Committee set up by RBI to screen the 26
applications received for new bank licenses.
¾ Urjit Patel Committee formed to strengthen the
framework of monetary policy to avoid friction between
the RBI and the Finance Ministry.
DEFENCE, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, a re-fitted version of
Russian ship Admiral Gorshkov, inducted into the Indian
Navy to be based at INS Kadamba at Karwar,
Karnataka.
¾ 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.
¾ The Indian Army tested an advanced version of
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III
variant) successfully at the Pokhran test range in
Rajasthan.
¾ President presented the prestigious Presidential
Standards to two squadrons of Indian Air Force - 220
Squadron and 32 Squadron at Halwara, Punjab.
¾ Pragati Missile, the new tactical surface-to-surface
missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range of
60-170 kms.
¾ India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface
to surface ballistic missile Dhanush from a naval ship.
It has a range of 250 kilometers.
¾ India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-
capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile for its full
range of 700 km from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha
coast.
¾ Pakistan successfully test-fired its surface to surface
missile - Hatf IX (Nasr) with a range of 60 km.
¾ 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.
¾ Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba, Kerala,
celebrated its golden jubilee on Nov. 21 by launching
the Rohini Sounding Rocket.
¾ Himachal Pradesh has set up western Himalaya’s first
Bird Ringing Station at Salropa in the prestigious Great
Himalayan National Park in Kullu.
¾ Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China is
world’s fastest system with a performance of 33.86
petaflop/sec
¾ ‘YAOGAN XIX’ – A remote-sensing satellite launched by
China on board its carrier rocket Long March 4C
¾ 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.
¾ The world's first publicly accessible ATM machine which
can exchange digital currency - Bitcoins - for any official
currency, has been launched in Canada
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 29
OCTOBER 2013
¾ The first home-made Hawk MK 132 aircraft by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited has been inducted in Indian Navy.
¾ INS Sunayna: Indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol
Vessel (NOPV) –commissioned in Indian Navy.
¾ ‘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.
¾ ‘Hand in Hand 2013’: Joint military exercises of India
and China in Chengdu region in South west China.
¾ Prithvi-II: Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface
missile was successfully test-fired for a range of 300 km
from Chandipur in Odisha.
¾ JUNO: NASA's spacecraft is making a quick pass by Earth
to get gravity boost to slingshot itself towards Jupiter.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ India and Nepal began Joint military exercises "Exercise
Surya Kiran-V" in general combat and mountain warfare
in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand.
¾ India tested Agni-V nuclear- capable surface to surface
long-range ballistic missile with a strike range of more
than 5000 kms.
¾ India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite
GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana to be
used exclusively for defence forces.
¾ India has been granted 'Authorising Nation' status
under the international Common Criteria Recognition
Arrangement
¾ Samudra Ratnakar-the Rs.600-crore research vessel
acquired by the Geological Survey of India (GSI)
¾ Google Inc has launched its latest algorithm
"Hummingbird” to match the queries in long sentences
with that of documents on the Internet.
¾ NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft The Lunar
Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or Ladee to
study the mysteries of Moon's atmosphere.
¾ Voyager 1 spacecraft of US space agency NASA,
launched some 36years ago, has become the first man-
made object to venture into interstellar space.
¾ Global IT giant Microsoft of USA has taken over the
mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of Finland
in a deal of about $ 7.17 billion.
INTERNATIONAL
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ After prolonged negotiations, Iran has agreed to curb
some of its nuclear activities as per a deal signed at
Geneva with the P5+1 group.
¾ 22
nd
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
(CHOGM) 2013 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka with the
participation of 67 leaders from the Commonwealth
nations.
¾ The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013
concluded on Nov. 23 at Warsaw, Poland under the
aegis of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change).
¾ Russian President Vladimir Putin tops Forbes’ ranking of
“The World’s Most Powerful People” as he continues to
solidify control over Russia and the international
stage.
¾ IT giant Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable
Brand List' compiled by 'Forbes' magazine, followed by
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, IBM and Google, among the top
five.
¾ The world's deepest underwater railway tunnel was
opened under the Bosphorus strait, Turkey, connecting
two continents – Asia and Europe, by rail for the first
time.
¾ BRICS International Competition Conference held in
New Delhi to discuss various issues and challenges in
competition enforcement in BRICS countries.
¾ The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
(IOR-ARC) held on November 1 in Perth, Australia.
¾ The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized in
Sydney, Australia by the High Commission of India and
the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
¾ Global Islamic Economic Summit held at Dubai.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
The economic ‘shut down’ faced by the US government
ended on 16
th
October as the Congress agreed to
increase the current debt ceiling of $ 16.7 trillion.
¾ Following a UN resolution, experts have started the
process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
¾ Switzerland 58
th
country to sign the Multilateral
Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax
Matters, saying good bye to its banking secrecy laws.
¾ The China has launched “Green Fence” campaign aimed
at enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid
unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments.
¾ World Toilet Summit held in Sukarta, Indonesia
¾ 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at
Kathmandu, Nepal
¾ Two day international Rhino conference held at Bandar
Lampung, Indonesia.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa) group has decided to create a $100-billion
Currency Reserve Fund (CRF).
¾ Afghanistan has decided to reserve a special seat for
Sikh / Hindu Afghan nationals in the Lower House of
Parliament - Wolesi Jirga, in the next 2015 elections.
¾ Japan switched off its last operating nuclear reactor for
an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid
strong public hostility towards atomic power.
OCTOBER 2013
¾ The first home-made Hawk MK 132 aircraft by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited has been inducted in Indian Navy.
¾ INS Sunayna: Indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol
Vessel (NOPV) –commissioned in Indian Navy.
¾ ‘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.
¾ ‘Hand in Hand 2013’: Joint military exercises of India
and China in Chengdu region in South west China.
¾ Prithvi-II: Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface
missile was successfully test-fired for a range of 300 km
from Chandipur in Odisha.
¾ JUNO: NASA's spacecraft is making a quick pass by Earth
to get gravity boost to slingshot itself towards Jupiter.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ India and Nepal began Joint military exercises "Exercise
Surya Kiran-V" in general combat and mountain warfare
in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand.
¾ India tested Agni-V nuclear- capable surface to surface
long-range ballistic missile with a strike range of more
than 5000 kms.
¾ India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite
GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana to be
used exclusively for defence forces.
¾ India has been granted 'Authorising Nation' status
under the international Common Criteria Recognition
Arrangement
¾ Samudra Ratnakar-the Rs.600-crore research vessel
acquired by the Geological Survey of India (GSI)
¾ Google Inc has launched its latest algorithm
"Hummingbird” to match the queries in long sentences
with that of documents on the Internet.
¾ NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft The Lunar
Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or Ladee to
study the mysteries of Moon's atmosphere.
¾ Voyager 1 spacecraft of US space agency NASA,
launched some 36years ago, has become the first man-
made object to venture into interstellar space.
¾ Global IT giant Microsoft of USA has taken over the
mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of Finland
in a deal of about $ 7.17 billion.
INTERNATIONAL
NOVEMBER 2013
¾ After prolonged negotiations, Iran has agreed to curb
some of its nuclear activities as per a deal signed at
Geneva with the P5+1 group.
¾ 22
nd
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
(CHOGM) 2013 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka with the
participation of 67 leaders from the Commonwealth
nations.
¾ The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013
concluded on Nov. 23 at Warsaw, Poland under the
aegis of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change).
¾ Russian President Vladimir Putin tops Forbes’ ranking of
“The World’s Most Powerful People” as he continues to
solidify control over Russia and the international
stage.
¾ IT giant Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable
Brand List' compiled by 'Forbes' magazine, followed by
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, IBM and Google, among the top
five.
¾ The world's deepest underwater railway tunnel was
opened under the Bosphorus strait, Turkey, connecting
two continents – Asia and Europe, by rail for the first
time.
¾ BRICS International Competition Conference held in
New Delhi to discuss various issues and challenges in
competition enforcement in BRICS countries.
¾ The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
(IOR-ARC) held on November 1 in Perth, Australia.
¾ The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized in
Sydney, Australia by the High Commission of India and
the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
¾ Global Islamic Economic Summit held at Dubai.
OCTOBER 2013
¾
The economic ‘shut down’ faced by the US government
ended on 16
th
October as the Congress agreed to
increase the current debt ceiling of $ 16.7 trillion.
¾ Following a UN resolution, experts have started the
process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
¾ Switzerland 58
th
country to sign the Multilateral
Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax
Matters, saying good bye to its banking secrecy laws.
¾ The China has launched “Green Fence” campaign aimed
at enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid
unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments.
¾ World Toilet Summit held in Sukarta, Indonesia
¾ 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at
Kathmandu, Nepal
¾ Two day international Rhino conference held at Bandar
Lampung, Indonesia.
SEPTEMBER 2013
¾ The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa) group has decided to create a $100-billion
Currency Reserve Fund (CRF).
¾ Afghanistan has decided to reserve a special seat for
Sikh / Hindu Afghan nationals in the Lower House of
Parliament - Wolesi Jirga, in the next 2015 elections.
¾ Japan switched off its last operating nuclear reactor for
an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid
strong public hostility towards atomic power.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 30
¾ A joint meeting of ministers of finance and ministers of
labour from G20 member states was held in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
PERSONS IN NEWS
NOVEMBER 2013
SACHIN TENDULKAR: Cricket icon has been named the
regional brand ambassador by the UNICEF to promote its
Total Sanitation
SONIA GANDHI: Congress President has been ranked as
the third most influential woman in the world as per the list
compiled by the Forbes magazine.
RATAN TATA: Noted Indian Industrialist has been elected
as a Board member of East West Centre, a prominent
American think tank
CHANDA KOCHHAR: ICICI Bank MD & CEO has been
named as the most powerful businesswoman in India by
Fortune magazine.
MUKESH AMBANI: Reliance Industries chief continued to
be India's wealthiest as per the Forbes magazine's India
Rich List 2013.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
BO XILAI: A former powerful member of China’s Politburo
was in news as he was awarded life imprisonment by the
court on charges of bribery, graft and abuse of power.
NINA DAVULURI: Indian-origin beauty, winner of Miss
New York title, became the first non American origin
contestant to win the prestigious Miss America pageant.
JHUMPA LAHIRI : Indian-American author from New York
was in news as she made it to this year's Man Booker Prize
shortlist for her new novel 'The Lowland'.
ZUBIN MEHTA: World renowned music maestro conducted
the Bavarian State Orchestra during the Ehasas-e-Kashmir
concert at Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K).
APPOINTMENTS
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
MS. DEEPAK SANDHU: Chief Information Commissioner
(First women to head Central Information Commission)
JUSTICE SHIVA KIRTI SINGH: Judge, Supreme Court of
India
JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN: Judge, Supreme Court of India
DINESH K. SARRAF: Chairman and Managing Director, Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
RAJEEV RISHI: Chairman and Managing Director of
Central Bank of India.
ANGELA MERKEL: Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany
(third time), from Christian Democratic Union Party
ERNA SOLBERG: Prime Minister of Norway
TONY ABBOTT: Prime Minister of Australia (from
Conservative party)
¾ A joint meeting of ministers of finance and ministers of
labour from G20 member states was held in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
PERSONS IN NEWS
NOVEMBER 2013
SACHIN TENDULKAR: Cricket icon has been named the
regional brand ambassador by the UNICEF to promote its
Total Sanitation
SONIA GANDHI: Congress President has been ranked as
the third most influential woman in the world as per the list
compiled by the Forbes magazine.
RATAN TATA: Noted Indian Industrialist has been elected
as a Board member of East West Centre, a prominent
American think tank
CHANDA KOCHHAR: ICICI Bank MD & CEO has been
named as the most powerful businesswoman in India by
Fortune magazine.
MUKESH AMBANI: Reliance Industries chief continued to
be India's wealthiest as per the Forbes magazine's India
Rich List 2013.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
BO XILAI: A former powerful member of China’s Politburo
was in news as he was awarded life imprisonment by the
court on charges of bribery, graft and abuse of power.
NINA DAVULURI: Indian-origin beauty, winner of Miss
New York title, became the first non American origin
contestant to win the prestigious Miss America pageant.
JHUMPA LAHIRI : Indian-American author from New York
was in news as she made it to this year's Man Booker Prize
shortlist for her new novel 'The Lowland'.
ZUBIN MEHTA: World renowned music maestro conducted
the Bavarian State Orchestra during the Ehasas-e-Kashmir
concert at Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K).
APPOINTMENTS
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
MS. DEEPAK SANDHU: Chief Information Commissioner
(First women to head Central Information Commission)
JUSTICE SHIVA KIRTI SINGH: Judge, Supreme Court of
India
JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN: Judge, Supreme Court of India
DINESH K. SARRAF: Chairman and Managing Director, Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
RAJEEV RISHI: Chairman and Managing Director of
Central Bank of India.
ANGELA MERKEL: Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany
(third time), from Christian Democratic Union Party
ERNA SOLBERG: Prime Minister of Norway
TONY ABBOTT: Prime Minister of Australia (from
Conservative party)
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 31
AWARDS & HONOURS
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.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development-2012: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of
Liberia, first democratically elected women Head of any
African country.
MOORTIDEVI AWARD-2012: Haraprasad Das, eminent
Oriya writer, for 'Vamsha, a poetic recreation of the
Mahabharata in contemporary idiom.
DEUTSCHE BANK PRIZE FOR FINANCIAL
ECONOMICS: Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank
of India, in recognition of his ground-breaking research
work which influenced financial and macro-economic
policies.
CLINTON GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARDS: Bunker Roy
and Malala Yousafzai. Roy is the founder of the Barefoot
College, which has been providing solutions to problems in
rural communities for more than 40 years.
MEGAN YOUNG: Miss World 2013, of Philippines, at
Bali, Indonesia.
PUNJABI FILM 'QISSA' directed by Anup Singh has won
Best Asian Film Award at the 38th Toronto International
Film Festival in Canada.
ABHINAV TIWARI'S "OASS", a movie on human
trafficking, was named the best film at the Ladakh
International Film Festival.
BOOKER PRIZE GOES GLOBAL
The Man Booker Prize, described as the “the most important
and influential award for literary fiction in the English
speaking world” will now be open from 2014 to writers in
English from any part of the world provided their books
have been published in the United Kingdom. Thus far the
Booker Prize was for literary fiction by authors only from the
Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe.
OBITUARY
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.
AWARDS & HONOURS
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.
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development-2012: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of
Liberia, first democratically elected women Head of any
African country.
MOORTIDEVI AWARD-2012: Haraprasad Das, eminent
Oriya writer, for 'Vamsha, a poetic recreation of the
Mahabharata in contemporary idiom.
DEUTSCHE BANK PRIZE FOR FINANCIAL
ECONOMICS: Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank
of India, in recognition of his ground-breaking research
work which influenced financial and macro-economic
policies.
CLINTON GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARDS: Bunker Roy
and Malala Yousafzai. Roy is the founder of the Barefoot
College, which has been providing solutions to problems in
rural communities for more than 40 years.
MEGAN YOUNG: Miss World 2013, of Philippines, at
Bali, Indonesia.
PUNJABI FILM 'QISSA' directed by Anup Singh has won
Best Asian Film Award at the 38th Toronto International
Film Festival in Canada.
ABHINAV TIWARI'S "OASS", a movie on human
trafficking, was named the best film at the Ladakh
International Film Festival.
BOOKER PRIZE GOES GLOBAL
The Man Booker Prize, described as the “the most important
and influential award for literary fiction in the English
speaking world” will now be open from 2014 to writers in
English from any part of the world provided their books
have been published in the United Kingdom. Thus far the
Booker Prize was for literary fiction by authors only from the
Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe.
OBITUARY
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.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 32
ALVARO MUTIS: A noted Colombian poet, essayist and
novelist from Mexico
SEPTEMBER 2013
ROMESH BHANDARI: Former UP Governor and ex-
Foreign Secretary of India
SUSHMITA BANERJEE: Noted Bengali author who was
killed in Afghanistan by militants. Known for her books
narrating her experiences in Kabul (read ‘with Taliban’)
RAY DOLBY: An inventor and audio pioneer from USA
who founded Dolby Laboratories, known for Dolby Stereo
Sound systems and 50 other patents in his name.
DAVID FROST: Veteran British journalist and broadcaster,
famous for his TV interviews with the former U.S. President,
Richard Nixon and several other statesmen of the world.
KEN NORTON: Former world heavyweight boxing
champion, considered one of the greatest fighters of his era,
was best known for beating Muhammad Ali in 1973.
PLACES IN NEWS
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
8
th
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
KAESONG: North and South Korea have agreed to reopen
their joint industrial park at Kaesong, five months after it
was shut during soaring military tensions.
AWARAN: A district in Balochistan province of Pakistan was
the epicentre of a severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that
caused widespread devastation, claiming hundreds of lives.
ST. PETERSBURG: city in Russia was the venue for
meeting of Heads of nations of G-20 group of countries.
DAOCHENG YADING AIRPORT: World's highest-altitude
civilian airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level in
Daocheng County in Sichuan province neighbouring Tibet,
has started its operations.
SUPER TYPHOON USAGI : the most powerful storm of
the year brought torrential rain and strong winds to the
Philippines and Taiwan on Sep. 21, causing widespread
devastation before moving towards Hong Kong.
SPORTS WORLD
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: has been 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.
Junior 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.
ALVARO MUTIS: A noted Colombian poet, essayist and
novelist from Mexico
SEPTEMBER 2013
ROMESH BHANDARI: Former UP Governor and ex-
Foreign Secretary of India
SUSHMITA BANERJEE: Noted Bengali author who was
killed in Afghanistan by militants. Known for her books
narrating her experiences in Kabul (read ‘with Taliban’)
RAY DOLBY: An inventor and audio pioneer from USA
who founded Dolby Laboratories, known for Dolby Stereo
Sound systems and 50 other patents in his name.
DAVID FROST: Veteran British journalist and broadcaster,
famous for his TV interviews with the former U.S. President,
Richard Nixon and several other statesmen of the world.
KEN NORTON: Former world heavyweight boxing
champion, considered one of the greatest fighters of his era,
was best known for beating Muhammad Ali in 1973.
PLACES IN NEWS
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
8
th
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.
SEPTEMBER 2013
KAESONG: North and South Korea have agreed to reopen
their joint industrial park at Kaesong, five months after it
was shut during soaring military tensions.
AWARAN: A district in Balochistan province of Pakistan was
the epicentre of a severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that
caused widespread devastation, claiming hundreds of lives.
ST. PETERSBURG: city in Russia was the venue for
meeting of Heads of nations of G-20 group of countries.
DAOCHENG YADING AIRPORT: World's highest-altitude
civilian airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level in
Daocheng County in Sichuan province neighbouring Tibet,
has started its operations.
SUPER TYPHOON USAGI : the most powerful storm of
the year brought torrential rain and strong winds to the
Philippines and Taiwan on Sep. 21, causing widespread
devastation before moving towards Hong Kong.
SPORTS WORLD
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: has been 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.
Junior 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.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 33
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.
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 11
th
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
SEPTEMBER 2013
India wins Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey
tournament held at Johar Bahru, Malaysia, beating Malaysia
National Junior Athletics Championship at Kochi, Kerala.
India lost Asia Cup Hockey final at Ipoh, Malaysia, just
by one goal to South Korea, scoring 3 goals against 4 by
South Korea. However, India has qualified for the 2014
Hockey World Cup to be held at The Hague, Netherlands.
Amit Kumar, ace wrestler from India, won silver medal
and Bajrang won the bronze at the World Wrestling
Championships at Budapest, Hungary.
Sandeep Tulsi Yadav: The Indian Grappler created
history by winning India’s first-ever wrestling medal in the
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.
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 11
th
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
SEPTEMBER 2013
India wins Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey
tournament held at Johar Bahru, Malaysia, beating Malaysia
National Junior Athletics Championship at Kochi, Kerala.
India lost Asia Cup Hockey final at Ipoh, Malaysia, just
by one goal to South Korea, scoring 3 goals against 4 by
South Korea. However, India has qualified for the 2014
Hockey World Cup to be held at The Hague, Netherlands.
Amit Kumar, ace wrestler from India, won silver medal
and Bajrang won the bronze at the World Wrestling
Championships at Budapest, Hungary.
Sandeep Tulsi Yadav: The Indian Grappler created
history by winning India’s first-ever wrestling medal in the
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 34
Greco-Roman category of the senior World Wrestling
Championships held at Budapest, Hungary.
Swaran Singh (Punjab) wins gold medal in Asian Rowing
Championship held at Luan, China
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the
World Junior Chess Championship held in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Durand Cup Football Tournament: Kolkata giants
Mohammedan Sporting created history by winning the
prestigious cup after a gap of 73 years, defeating ONGC 2-1
in the final played at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.
S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for
life from playing official cricket by the Disciplinary
Committee of the BCCI for their involvement in spot-fixing
during certain matches of the Indian Premier League
WRESTLING BACK IN OLYMPICS: After a seven-month
exile, wrestling has been welcomed back into the Olympic
programme defeating baseball/softball and squash for a
spot in the 2020 Summer Games to be held in Tokyo.
THOMAS BACH: Elected President of International
Olympic Committee (IOC), from Germany. He is an ex
Olympic champion of fencing.
2020 Olympic Games to be held at Tokyo, Japan. 1964
Olympics were also held at Tokyo. 2016 Olympics are to be
held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Japan beats Korea to win the Eighth Women’s Hockey
Asia Cup held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. India won bronze
in this championship.
Wilson Kipsang of Kenya set a new world record of 2
hours 3 minutes 23 seconds at the Berlin Marathon, slashing
earlier world record by 15 seconds
Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated world number one Novak
Djokovic (Serbia) to win the US Open men's singles title at
Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, USA.
Serena Williams (USA) beats Victoria Azarenka, of
Belarus, to win the women's singles final of the 2013 U.S.
Open tennis tournament, in New York, USA.
Leander Paes. alongwith his Czech partner Radek
Stepanek, won the US Open 2013 men’s doubles crown.
Afghanistan beats India to win SAFF ( South Asian
Football Federation) Football Championship held at
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Gareth Bale, the ace footballer from UK created a new
record by becoming the expensive most players in the
history of football. He has been contracted by the Spanish
club Real Madrid for an exorbitant sum of 100 million Euros
Diana Nyad, the 64 year old US lady swimmer created a
world record of longest distance swimming by completing a
historic 110-mile (177 kms) swim between Havana, Cuba
and Key West, Florida, in 52 hr. 54 min. 18.6 sec.
The BWF Japan Open Super Series Badminton
tournament held in Tokyo.
Sebastiaan Bowier: 23-year-old Dutch cyclist has
pedalled his way to a world record, hitting a speed of more
than 133.78 kph in a desert track in USA.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
NOVEMBER 2013
BOOK AUTHOR
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 Roy
The Shadow of the Crescent
Moon
Fatima Bhutto
Gandhi-A Spiritual Biography Arvind Sharma
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton
My Brief History A Memoir by Stephen
Hawking
The Map and the Territory Alan Greenspan
My Journey: Transforming
Dreams into Action
A.P.J. Kalam
The Bone Season Samantha Shannon
Never Go Back Lee Child
The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty
The Racketeer John Grisham
Harvest Jim Crace
Backlash Lynda La Plante
The Communist Cookbook Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury
Punjab: A History from
Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
Rajmohan Gandhi
Indian Tax Administration: A
Dialogue
Parthasarthi Shome
Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them
J. K. Rowling. Famous film
company Warner Brothers
are making a film on this
book.
Making Peace with the Earth Vandana Shiva
Cuckoo’s Calling JK Rowling (under the
pseudonym Robert
Galbraith)
The Kashmir Dispute:
1947-2012
AG Noorani
You’re Hired Sandeep Goyal
Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen
The New Digital Age Eric Schmidt and Jared
Cohen
Greco-Roman category of the senior World Wrestling
Championships held at Budapest, Hungary.
Swaran Singh (Punjab) wins gold medal in Asian Rowing
Championship held at Luan, China
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the
World Junior Chess Championship held in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Durand Cup Football Tournament: Kolkata giants
Mohammedan Sporting created history by winning the
prestigious cup after a gap of 73 years, defeating ONGC 2-1
in the final played at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.
S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for
life from playing official cricket by the Disciplinary
Committee of the BCCI for their involvement in spot-fixing
during certain matches of the Indian Premier League
WRESTLING BACK IN OLYMPICS: After a seven-month
exile, wrestling has been welcomed back into the Olympic
programme defeating baseball/softball and squash for a
spot in the 2020 Summer Games to be held in Tokyo.
THOMAS BACH: Elected President of International
Olympic Committee (IOC), from Germany. He is an ex
Olympic champion of fencing.
2020 Olympic Games to be held at Tokyo, Japan. 1964
Olympics were also held at Tokyo. 2016 Olympics are to be
held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Japan beats Korea to win the Eighth Women’s Hockey
Asia Cup held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. India won bronze
in this championship.
Wilson Kipsang of Kenya set a new world record of 2
hours 3 minutes 23 seconds at the Berlin Marathon, slashing
earlier world record by 15 seconds
Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated world number one Novak
Djokovic (Serbia) to win the US Open men's singles title at
Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, USA.
Serena Williams (USA) beats Victoria Azarenka, of
Belarus, to win the women's singles final of the 2013 U.S.
Open tennis tournament, in New York, USA.
Leander Paes. alongwith his Czech partner Radek
Stepanek, won the US Open 2013 men’s doubles crown.
Afghanistan beats India to win SAFF ( South Asian
Football Federation) Football Championship held at
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Gareth Bale, the ace footballer from UK created a new
record by becoming the expensive most players in the
history of football. He has been contracted by the Spanish
club Real Madrid for an exorbitant sum of 100 million Euros
Diana Nyad, the 64 year old US lady swimmer created a
world record of longest distance swimming by completing a
historic 110-mile (177 kms) swim between Havana, Cuba
and Key West, Florida, in 52 hr. 54 min. 18.6 sec.
The BWF Japan Open Super Series Badminton
tournament held in Tokyo.
Sebastiaan Bowier: 23-year-old Dutch cyclist has
pedalled his way to a world record, hitting a speed of more
than 133.78 kph in a desert track in USA.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
NOVEMBER 2013
BOOK AUTHOR
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 Roy
The Shadow of the Crescent
Moon
Fatima Bhutto
Gandhi-A Spiritual Biography Arvind Sharma
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton
My Brief History A Memoir by Stephen
Hawking
The Map and the Territory Alan Greenspan
My Journey: Transforming
Dreams into Action
A.P.J. Kalam
The Bone Season Samantha Shannon
Never Go Back Lee Child
The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty
The Racketeer John Grisham
Harvest Jim Crace
Backlash Lynda La Plante
The Communist Cookbook Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury
Punjab: A History from
Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
Rajmohan Gandhi
Indian Tax Administration: A
Dialogue
Parthasarthi Shome
Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them
J. K. Rowling. Famous film
company Warner Brothers
are making a film on this
book.
Making Peace with the Earth Vandana Shiva
Cuckoo’s Calling JK Rowling (under the
pseudonym Robert
Galbraith)
The Kashmir Dispute:
1947-2012
AG Noorani
You’re Hired Sandeep Goyal
Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen
The New Digital Age Eric Schmidt and Jared
Cohen
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a) Wife b) Daughter
c) Daughter-in-law d) Sister
e) Sister-in-law
17) Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman
says, “He is the father of my only daughter-in-
law’s father in law “. How is the man related to
the woman?
a) Father b) Brother
c) Husband d) Brother-in-law
e) Father-in-law
18) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, “She is the only daughter of my wife’s
mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to
the man?
a) Daughter b) Wife
c) Sister d) Sister-in-law
e) Mother-in-law
19) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, ”She is the only daughter of my father’s
mother-in-law”. How is the woman related to
the man?
a) Daughter b) Mother
c) Daughter-in-law d) Mother-in-law
e) None of these
20) 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?
a) Son b) Brother
c) Brother-in-law d) Nephew
e) Can’t be exactly determined
21) Pointing to a photograph a woman says, ”He is
the son of the wife of my husband’s father”.
How is the man related to the woman?
a) Son b) Son-in-law
c) Brother-in-law d) Brother
e) None of these
22) Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman
says, “He is the father-in-law of the wife of the
only grandson of my own father-in-law”. How is
an man related to the woman?
a) Son b) Husband
c) Cousin d) Nephew
e) Son-in-law
23) 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?
a) Daughter b) Wife
c) Daughter-in-law d) Sister-in-law
e) None of these
24) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, “She is the grandmother of the son of my
daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law.” How is the
woman related to that person?
a) Mother b) Mother-in-law
c) Sister d) Wife
e) Sister-in-law
25) Pointing to a woman in the photograph a man
says, “This woman is the wife of the father of
my wife’s brother. ”How is the woman related
to that person?
a) Mother b) Mother-in-law
c) Sister d) Sister-in-law
e) Daughter
26) 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?
a) Daughter b) Mother
c) Sister-in-law d) Daughter-in-law
e) Sister
27) In a row of children A is 13
th
from the left and D
is 17
th
from the right. If in this row A is 11
th
from the right then what is the position of D
from the left?
a) 12
th
b) 7
th
c) 10
th
d) 6
th
e) None of these
28) In a row of boys Mohan is twentieth from the
left end and twelfth from the right end. Pratap
is fifteenth from the right end in that row. How
many boys are there between Mohan and
Pratap?
a) 4 b) 2
c) 3 d) 5
e) None of these
29) In a row of students, Ramesh in 12
th
from the
left and Kashi is 17
th
from the right. When
Ramesh and Kashi interchange their positions
Kashi becomes 27
th
from the right. How many
students are there between Kashi and Ramesh?
a) 9 b) 12
c) 7 d) 10
e) None of these
30) In a row of forty students R is fifth from the
right end and there are ten students between R
and D. What is D’s position from the left end of
the row?
a) 26
th
b) 23
rd
c) 24
th
d) 25
th
e) Data inadequate
31) Among A, B, C, D and E each one has scored
different marks in an examination, B scored
more than C and E and less than A and D. C’s
marks are not the lowest. Who scored the
lowest marks?
a) D b) C
c) B d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
32) In a queue of thirty boys, M is eighth from the
end and J is twelfth from the front. If there are
six boys between J and Q, how many boys are
there between M and Q?
a) 10 b) 12
c) 8 d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
33) In a queue of 20 boys, D is fourteenth from the
front and F is ninth form the bottom. How many
boy are there between D and F?
a) 2 b) 3
c) 4 d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
a) Wife b) Daughter
c) Daughter-in-law d) Sister
e) Sister-in-law
17) Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman
says, “He is the father of my only daughter-in-
law’s father in law “. How is the man related to
the woman?
a) Father b) Brother
c) Husband d) Brother-in-law
e) Father-in-law
18) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, “She is the only daughter of my wife’s
mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to
the man?
a) Daughter b) Wife
c) Sister d) Sister-in-law
e) Mother-in-law
19) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, ”She is the only daughter of my father’s
mother-in-law”. How is the woman related to
the man?
a) Daughter b) Mother
c) Daughter-in-law d) Mother-in-law
e) None of these
20) 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?
a) Son b) Brother
c) Brother-in-law d) Nephew
e) Can’t be exactly determined
21) Pointing to a photograph a woman says, ”He is
the son of the wife of my husband’s father”.
How is the man related to the woman?
a) Son b) Son-in-law
c) Brother-in-law d) Brother
e) None of these
22) Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman
says, “He is the father-in-law of the wife of the
only grandson of my own father-in-law”. How is
an man related to the woman?
a) Son b) Husband
c) Cousin d) Nephew
e) Son-in-law
23) 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?
a) Daughter b) Wife
c) Daughter-in-law d) Sister-in-law
e) None of these
24) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man
says, “She is the grandmother of the son of my
daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law.” How is the
woman related to that person?
a) Mother b) Mother-in-law
c) Sister d) Wife
e) Sister-in-law
25) Pointing to a woman in the photograph a man
says, “This woman is the wife of the father of
my wife’s brother. ”How is the woman related
to that person?
a) Mother b) Mother-in-law
c) Sister d) Sister-in-law
e) Daughter
26) 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?
a) Daughter b) Mother
c) Sister-in-law d) Daughter-in-law
e) Sister
27) In a row of children A is 13
th
from the left and D
is 17
th
from the right. If in this row A is 11
th
from the right then what is the position of D
from the left?
a) 12
th
b) 7
th
c) 10
th
d) 6
th
e) None of these
28) In a row of boys Mohan is twentieth from the
left end and twelfth from the right end. Pratap
is fifteenth from the right end in that row. How
many boys are there between Mohan and
Pratap?
a) 4 b) 2
c) 3 d) 5
e) None of these
29) In a row of students, Ramesh in 12
th
from the
left and Kashi is 17
th
from the right. When
Ramesh and Kashi interchange their positions
Kashi becomes 27
th
from the right. How many
students are there between Kashi and Ramesh?
a) 9 b) 12
c) 7 d) 10
e) None of these
30) In a row of forty students R is fifth from the
right end and there are ten students between R
and D. What is D’s position from the left end of
the row?
a) 26
th
b) 23
rd
c) 24
th
d) 25
th
e) Data inadequate
31) Among A, B, C, D and E each one has scored
different marks in an examination, B scored
more than C and E and less than A and D. C’s
marks are not the lowest. Who scored the
lowest marks?
a) D b) C
c) B d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
32) In a queue of thirty boys, M is eighth from the
end and J is twelfth from the front. If there are
six boys between J and Q, how many boys are
there between M and Q?
a) 10 b) 12
c) 8 d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
33) In a queue of 20 boys, D is fourteenth from the
front and F is ninth form the bottom. How many
boy are there between D and F?
a) 2 b) 3
c) 4 d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 37
34) Mohan is fourteenth from the right end in a row
of 40 boys. What is his position from the left
end?
a) 25
th
b) 27
th
c) 24
th
d) 26
th
e) None of these
35) In a group of six children, Q is taller than P but
not as tall as L. M is taller than N and O, but not
as tall as P. Who is the shortest among them?
a) N b) O
c) M d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
36) In a group of six children T, K, V, O, M and W, T
is fatter than M but not as fat as W. K is not the
fattest nor is W whereas V is the thinnest. Who
is the fattest among them all?
a) O b) T
c) M d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
37) Among five students M is heavier than K and T.
B is lighter than T and P. K is not the lightest.
Who among them is the lightest?
a) K b) B
c) T d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
38) Sam ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eight
from the bottom in a class. How many students
are there in the class?
a) 45 b) 46
c) 47 d) 48
e) None of these
39) A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is
nineteenth in order from both the ends. How
many boys are there in the class?
a) 27 b) 37
c) 38 d) 39
e) None of these
40) Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-
ninth from the bottom among those who passed
an examination. Six boys did not participate in
the competition and five failed in it. How many
boys were there in the class?
a) 40 b) 44
c) 50 d) 55
e) 58
41) If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right and
fourth from the left, how many boys should be
added to the queue so that there are 28 boys in
the line?
a) 12 b) 13
c) 14 d) 20
e) None of these
42) In a row of boys, Jeevan is seventh from the
start and eleventh from the end. In another row
of boys, Vikas is tenth from the start and
twelfth from the end. How many boys are there
in both the rows together?
a) 36 b) 37
c) 39
d) Can’t be determined e) None of these
43) In a class of 60, where girls are twice to that of
boys, Kamla, a girl ranked sixteenth from the
top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamla, how
many boys are after her in the rank?
a) 13 b) 7
c) 14 d) 23
e) None of these
44) Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39
students. If Sumit’s rank is seventeenth from
the last, what is Ravi’s rank from the start?
a) 14
th
b) 15
th
c) 16
th
d) 17
th
e) None of these
45) Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya who ranks
twenty-sixth in a class of 42. What is Bharati’s
rank from the last?
a) 9
th
b) 24
th
c) 25
th
d) 34
th
e) None of these
46) In a row of boys, A is thirteenth from the left
and D is seventeenth from the right. If in this
row A is eleventh from the right then what is
the position of D from the left?
a) 6
th
b) 7
th
c) 10
th
d) 12
th
e) None of these
47) Rajan is sixth from the left end and Vinay is
tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If
there are eight boys between Rajan and Vinay,
how many boys are there in the row?
a) 23 b) 24
c) 25 d) 26
e) None of these
48) In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and
B is fourth from the right. There are three boys
between A and B. C is just left of A. What is C’s
position from the right?
a) 9
th
b) 10
th
c) 12
th
d) 13
th
e) None of these
Directions (Q. 49–51): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given questions.
There are six friends P, Q, R, S, T and V. Each of them
has a different weights. S weights more than only P and R.
Q weighs less than only T. P does not weigh the least. The
one who stands at the second place when arranged in
descending order of their weight weighs 85 kg. R weighs 55
kg.
49) If V’s weight is 8 kg less than Q then which of
the following could be S’s weight?
a) 83 kg b) 75 kg
c) 80 kg d) 50 kg
e) 84 kg
50) Which of the following is false with respect to
the given information?
a) T weighs the most.
b) V’s possible weight could be 77 kg.
c) There are three persons between R and Q when
arranged in ascending order of their weights.
d) At the most three people weight less than V only
e) All are true
34) Mohan is fourteenth from the right end in a row
of 40 boys. What is his position from the left
end?
a) 25
th
b) 27
th
c) 24
th
d) 26
th
e) None of these
35) In a group of six children, Q is taller than P but
not as tall as L. M is taller than N and O, but not
as tall as P. Who is the shortest among them?
a) N b) O
c) M d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
36) In a group of six children T, K, V, O, M and W, T
is fatter than M but not as fat as W. K is not the
fattest nor is W whereas V is the thinnest. Who
is the fattest among them all?
a) O b) T
c) M d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
37) Among five students M is heavier than K and T.
B is lighter than T and P. K is not the lightest.
Who among them is the lightest?
a) K b) B
c) T d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
38) Sam ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eight
from the bottom in a class. How many students
are there in the class?
a) 45 b) 46
c) 47 d) 48
e) None of these
39) A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is
nineteenth in order from both the ends. How
many boys are there in the class?
a) 27 b) 37
c) 38 d) 39
e) None of these
40) Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-
ninth from the bottom among those who passed
an examination. Six boys did not participate in
the competition and five failed in it. How many
boys were there in the class?
a) 40 b) 44
c) 50 d) 55
e) 58
41) If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right and
fourth from the left, how many boys should be
added to the queue so that there are 28 boys in
the line?
a) 12 b) 13
c) 14 d) 20
e) None of these
42) In a row of boys, Jeevan is seventh from the
start and eleventh from the end. In another row
of boys, Vikas is tenth from the start and
twelfth from the end. How many boys are there
in both the rows together?
a) 36 b) 37
c) 39
d) Can’t be determined e) None of these
43) In a class of 60, where girls are twice to that of
boys, Kamla, a girl ranked sixteenth from the
top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamla, how
many boys are after her in the rank?
a) 13 b) 7
c) 14 d) 23
e) None of these
44) Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39
students. If Sumit’s rank is seventeenth from
the last, what is Ravi’s rank from the start?
a) 14
th
b) 15
th
c) 16
th
d) 17
th
e) None of these
45) Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya who ranks
twenty-sixth in a class of 42. What is Bharati’s
rank from the last?
a) 9
th
b) 24
th
c) 25
th
d) 34
th
e) None of these
46) In a row of boys, A is thirteenth from the left
and D is seventeenth from the right. If in this
row A is eleventh from the right then what is
the position of D from the left?
a) 6
th
b) 7
th
c) 10
th
d) 12
th
e) None of these
47) Rajan is sixth from the left end and Vinay is
tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If
there are eight boys between Rajan and Vinay,
how many boys are there in the row?
a) 23 b) 24
c) 25 d) 26
e) None of these
48) In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and
B is fourth from the right. There are three boys
between A and B. C is just left of A. What is C’s
position from the right?
a) 9
th
b) 10
th
c) 12
th
d) 13
th
e) None of these
Directions (Q. 49–51): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given questions.
There are six friends P, Q, R, S, T and V. Each of them
has a different weights. S weights more than only P and R.
Q weighs less than only T. P does not weigh the least. The
one who stands at the second place when arranged in
descending order of their weight weighs 85 kg. R weighs 55
kg.
49) If V’s weight is 8 kg less than Q then which of
the following could be S’s weight?
a) 83 kg b) 75 kg
c) 80 kg d) 50 kg
e) 84 kg
50) Which of the following is false with respect to
the given information?
a) T weighs the most.
b) V’s possible weight could be 77 kg.
c) There are three persons between R and Q when
arranged in ascending order of their weights.
d) At the most three people weight less than V only
e) All are true
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 38
51) Which of the following could be P’s possible
weight?
a) 65 kg b) 50 kg
c) 88 kg d) 85 kg
e) 93 kg
Directions (Q. 52 - 53): Study the following
information carefully and answer the given
questions.
‘A + B’ means ‘A is son of B’.
‘A X B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘ A is wife of B’
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
52) If ‘A ÷ B + C – D X E’, which of the following is
true?
a) B is sister of D b) B is son of E
c) C is brother of A d) D is mother of A
e) None of these
53) What will come in place of question mark to
establish the relation that ‘B’ is grandson of E’?
A + B ? C X D ÷ E
a) – b) +
c) X d) ÷
e) None of these
Directions (Q. 54-56): Study the following
information to answer the given questions
A group of six friends-M, N, O, P, Q and R –scored
different marks in an IBPS PO/MT written exam.
The one who scored the highest marks in the group is
neither O nor N. Q scored third lowest marks. R scored
more marks than only N. O scored more than Q but did not
score the third highest marks. M scored more than Q but
less than O. The one who scored fourth least marks scored
170 marks.
54) If the marks obtained by R is 140, what is the
possible marks obtained by Q in the written
exam of PO/MT?
a) 170 b) 140
c) 156 d) 139
e) 172
55) Who scored the highest marks in the group of
friends?
a) M b) O
c) Q d) R
e) None of these
56) What are the possible marks obtained by O in
the PO/MT written exam?
a) 172 b) 160
c) 192 d) 165
e) Can’t be determined
Directions (Q. 57-71): In each question below are
given two/three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
given two statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance with 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
a) if only conclusion I follows.
b) if only conclusion II follows.
c) if either conclusion I or II follows.
d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) if both conclusions I and II follow.
57) Statements:
Some black are blue.
No blue are white.
Some white which are black are grey
Conclusions:
I. Some grey are blue.
II. Some white are not black.
58) Statements:
All villages are cities.
All cities are countries.
All countries are towns
Conclusions:
I. All towns are villages.
II. Some cities are not towns.
59) Statements:
Some books are poetry
All poetry are philosophy.
Some philosophy is psychology.
Conclusions
I. Some books are philosophy.
II. Some psychology is not philosophy.
60) Statements:
All children are students.
Some students are adults.
All adults are workers.
Conclusions:
I. Some students are workers.
II. All children are adults.
61) Statements:
Some actors are dancers.
All dancers are musicians
No musicians are painters.
Conclusions:
I. Some painters are actors.
II. No painters are dancers.
62) Statements:
All gems are precious.
Some gems are stones
All stones are diamonds.
Conclusions:
I. At least some stones are precious.
II. All diamonds are precious.
63) Statements:
All dreams are fantasies
Some fantasies are pleasant
All pleasant are everlasting
Some everlasting are memories.
Conclusions:
I. Some dreams are memories.
II. Some fantasies are everlasting.
64) Statements:
All black are blue.
All blue are green
All green are emerald
51) Which of the following could be P’s possible
weight?
a) 65 kg b) 50 kg
c) 88 kg d) 85 kg
e) 93 kg
Directions (Q. 52 - 53): Study the following
information carefully and answer the given
questions.
‘A + B’ means ‘A is son of B’.
‘A X B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘ A is wife of B’
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
52) If ‘A ÷ B + C – D X E’, which of the following is
true?
a) B is sister of D b) B is son of E
c) C is brother of A d) D is mother of A
e) None of these
53) What will come in place of question mark to
establish the relation that ‘B’ is grandson of E’?
A + B ? C X D ÷ E
a) – b) +
c) X d) ÷
e) None of these
Directions (Q. 54-56): Study the following
information to answer the given questions
A group of six friends-M, N, O, P, Q and R –scored
different marks in an IBPS PO/MT written exam.
The one who scored the highest marks in the group is
neither O nor N. Q scored third lowest marks. R scored
more marks than only N. O scored more than Q but did not
score the third highest marks. M scored more than Q but
less than O. The one who scored fourth least marks scored
170 marks.
54) If the marks obtained by R is 140, what is the
possible marks obtained by Q in the written
exam of PO/MT?
a) 170 b) 140
c) 156 d) 139
e) 172
55) Who scored the highest marks in the group of
friends?
a) M b) O
c) Q d) R
e) None of these
56) What are the possible marks obtained by O in
the PO/MT written exam?
a) 172 b) 160
c) 192 d) 165
e) Can’t be determined
Directions (Q. 57-71): In each question below are
given two/three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
given two statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance with 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
a) if only conclusion I follows.
b) if only conclusion II follows.
c) if either conclusion I or II follows.
d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) if both conclusions I and II follow.
57) Statements:
Some black are blue.
No blue are white.
Some white which are black are grey
Conclusions:
I. Some grey are blue.
II. Some white are not black.
58) Statements:
All villages are cities.
All cities are countries.
All countries are towns
Conclusions:
I. All towns are villages.
II. Some cities are not towns.
59) Statements:
Some books are poetry
All poetry are philosophy.
Some philosophy is psychology.
Conclusions
I. Some books are philosophy.
II. Some psychology is not philosophy.
60) Statements:
All children are students.
Some students are adults.
All adults are workers.
Conclusions:
I. Some students are workers.
II. All children are adults.
61) Statements:
Some actors are dancers.
All dancers are musicians
No musicians are painters.
Conclusions:
I. Some painters are actors.
II. No painters are dancers.
62) Statements:
All gems are precious.
Some gems are stones
All stones are diamonds.
Conclusions:
I. At least some stones are precious.
II. All diamonds are precious.
63) Statements:
All dreams are fantasies
Some fantasies are pleasant
All pleasant are everlasting
Some everlasting are memories.
Conclusions:
I. Some dreams are memories.
II. Some fantasies are everlasting.
64) Statements:
All black are blue.
All blue are green
All green are emerald
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Conclusions:
I. Some emeralds are green.
II. All black and blue are green.
(65-66) Statements:
No design is fashion.
All fashions are temporary
Some temporary are permanent.
65) Conclusions:
I. Some designs are permanent
II. No fashion is permanent
66) Conclusions:
I. At least some temporary are fashions
II. At least some temporary are not designs.
67) Statements:
Some choices are mistakes.
All mistakes are errors
No error is justified.
Conclusions:
I. Some choice are justified
II. All mistakes are not justified
68) Statements:
All Cycles are buses.
Some buses are cars
All cars are carts
Conclusions:
I. Some carts are cars
II. Some cycles are cars
69) Statements:
All big are short
Some short are long
Some long are thin
Conclusions:
I. Some short are thin
II. Some thin are not long
70) Statements:
All rewards are achievements
All achievements are successes
All successes are everlasting
Conclusions:
I. All successes are achievements
II. Some everlasting are not successes.
71) Statements:
Some rivals are enemies
No enemy is a friend
Some friends are strangers
Conclusions:
I. Some rivals are not friends.
II. All strangers are friends.
72) Town is related to village in the same way as
Urban is related to....?
a) Semi-Urban b) Metropolis
c) City d) Rural
73) Thick is related to Thin in the same way as Idle
is related to...?
a) Virtuous b) Activity
c) Business d) Industrious
74) Good is related to Bad in the same way as Roof
is related to...?
a) Wall b) Pillar
c) Terrace d) Floor
75) Happiness is related to Sorrow in the same way
as Comfort is related to ...?
a) Rest b) Hardship
c) Poverty d) Difficult
76) Income is related to Profit in the same way as
Expenditure is related to ...?
a) Balance b) Loss
c) Sale d) Surplus
77) Pride is related to Humility in the same way as
Desire is related to ...?
a) Indifference b) Suppress
c) Wish d) Hate
78) Ancestor is related to Descendant in the same
way as beautiful is related to ...?
a) Girl b) Handsome
c) Gloomy d) Ugly
79) Young is related to Old in the same way as Wide
is related to...?
a) Long b) Insufficient
c) Big d) Narrow
80) Life is related to Death in the same way as Hope
is related to ...?
a) Sad b) Despair
c) Cry d) Pain
81) Sympathy is related to Virtue in the same way
as Cruelty is related to...?
a) Animosity b) Kindness
c) Emotion d) Vice
82) Hygienic is related to Polluted in the same way
as Knowing is related to....?
a) Uncommon b) Ingenuous
c) Secret d) Sagacious
83) Firm is related to Flabby in the same way as
Piquant is related to...?
a) Salty b) Pleasant
c) Small d) Bland
84) Wax is to Wane as Zenith is to ...?
a) Fall b) Nadir
c) Bottom d) Depth
85) Pardon is to Penalty as definitely is to...?
a) Actually b) Probably
c) Positively d) Urgently
86) Dream is related to reality in the same as
Falsehood is related to...?
a) Correctness b) Fairness
c) Truth d) Untruth
87) Amorphousness is to Definition as Lassitude is
to ...?
a) Awareness b) Companionship
c) Uniformity d) Energy
88) Pull is related to Push in the same way as Low is
related to ...?
a) Long b) More
c) Medium d) High
Direction (89-90): Choose the odd numeral pair /
group in each of the following questions.
89) a) 12 – 42 b) 14 – 82
c) 23 – 64 d) 36 – 72
90) a) 7 – 84 b) 6 – 108
c) 5 – 75 d) 3 – 99
91) a) 14, 9 b) 17, 8
c) 21, 6 d) 42, 3
Conclusions:
I. Some emeralds are green.
II. All black and blue are green.
(65-66) Statements:
No design is fashion.
All fashions are temporary
Some temporary are permanent.
65) Conclusions:
I. Some designs are permanent
II. No fashion is permanent
66) Conclusions:
I. At least some temporary are fashions
II. At least some temporary are not designs.
67) Statements:
Some choices are mistakes.
All mistakes are errors
No error is justified.
Conclusions:
I. Some choice are justified
II. All mistakes are not justified
68) Statements:
All Cycles are buses.
Some buses are cars
All cars are carts
Conclusions:
I. Some carts are cars
II. Some cycles are cars
69) Statements:
All big are short
Some short are long
Some long are thin
Conclusions:
I. Some short are thin
II. Some thin are not long
70) Statements:
All rewards are achievements
All achievements are successes
All successes are everlasting
Conclusions:
I. All successes are achievements
II. Some everlasting are not successes.
71) Statements:
Some rivals are enemies
No enemy is a friend
Some friends are strangers
Conclusions:
I. Some rivals are not friends.
II. All strangers are friends.
72) Town is related to village in the same way as
Urban is related to....?
a) Semi-Urban b) Metropolis
c) City d) Rural
73) Thick is related to Thin in the same way as Idle
is related to...?
a) Virtuous b) Activity
c) Business d) Industrious
74) Good is related to Bad in the same way as Roof
is related to...?
a) Wall b) Pillar
c) Terrace d) Floor
75) Happiness is related to Sorrow in the same way
as Comfort is related to ...?
a) Rest b) Hardship
c) Poverty d) Difficult
76) Income is related to Profit in the same way as
Expenditure is related to ...?
a) Balance b) Loss
c) Sale d) Surplus
77) Pride is related to Humility in the same way as
Desire is related to ...?
a) Indifference b) Suppress
c) Wish d) Hate
78) Ancestor is related to Descendant in the same
way as beautiful is related to ...?
a) Girl b) Handsome
c) Gloomy d) Ugly
79) Young is related to Old in the same way as Wide
is related to...?
a) Long b) Insufficient
c) Big d) Narrow
80) Life is related to Death in the same way as Hope
is related to ...?
a) Sad b) Despair
c) Cry d) Pain
81) Sympathy is related to Virtue in the same way
as Cruelty is related to...?
a) Animosity b) Kindness
c) Emotion d) Vice
82) Hygienic is related to Polluted in the same way
as Knowing is related to....?
a) Uncommon b) Ingenuous
c) Secret d) Sagacious
83) Firm is related to Flabby in the same way as
Piquant is related to...?
a) Salty b) Pleasant
c) Small d) Bland
84) Wax is to Wane as Zenith is to ...?
a) Fall b) Nadir
c) Bottom d) Depth
85) Pardon is to Penalty as definitely is to...?
a) Actually b) Probably
c) Positively d) Urgently
86) Dream is related to reality in the same as
Falsehood is related to...?
a) Correctness b) Fairness
c) Truth d) Untruth
87) Amorphousness is to Definition as Lassitude is
to ...?
a) Awareness b) Companionship
c) Uniformity d) Energy
88) Pull is related to Push in the same way as Low is
related to ...?
a) Long b) More
c) Medium d) High
Direction (89-90): Choose the odd numeral pair /
group in each of the following questions.
89) a) 12 – 42 b) 14 – 82
c) 23 – 64 d) 36 – 72
90) a) 7 – 84 b) 6 – 108
c) 5 – 75 d) 3 – 99
91) a) 14, 9 b) 17, 8
c) 21, 6 d) 42, 3
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 40
92) a) (18, 45) b) (23, 14)
c) (29, 82) d) (36, 27)
93) a) (52, 142) b) (54, 126)
c) (25, 168) d) (58, 184)
94) a) 2, 3, 6 b) 6, 1, 6
c) 3, 3, 9 d) 6, 2, 5
95) a) 22, 4, 5 b) 34, 4, 8
c) 37, 4, 9 d) 54, 4, 13
96) a) 1 (5) 2 b) 7 (113) 8
c) 5 (61) 6 d) 3 (17) 4
97) a) 2 (-21) 5 b) 7 (40) 3
c) 4 (-65)9 d) 5 (89) 8
e) 12 (40) 2
98) a) 1, 4, 3, 8 b) 2, 4, 3, 9
c) 3, 2, 3, 8 d) 5, 3, 2, 9
99) 12(158)14 12(182)16 14(?) 16
a) 214 b) 194
c) 184 d) 164
100) If 20 + 3 = 15 and 15 + 4 = 30, then 12 + 6 = ?
a) 27 b) 60
c) 9 d) 36
101) If 7 + 5 = 144 and 3 + 2 = 25, then 9 + 7 = ?
a) 49 b) 256
c) 81 d) 121
102) If 5 x 7 = 5; 12 x 3 = 6; 8 x 9 = 2, what is the
value of 6 x 8 = ?
a) 5 b) 6
c) 8 d) 2
103) If 841 = 3, 633 = 5, 425 = 7 then 217 = ?
1) 6 2) 7
c) 8 d) 9
104) A = 51 (714) 14;
B = 61 (915) 15;
C = 71 (1136) 16;
D = 81 (?) 17
a) 1377 b) 1378
c) 1356 d) 1346
105) A = 14(290)15 B = 16 (330)17 C= 18(?)19
a) 300 b) 270
c) 170 d) 370
106) 2(18)209, _____, 4(36)409, 5(45)509
a) 3(27)309 b) 2(42)309
c) 3(56)409 d) 3(64)409
107) If the first day of the year (other than the leap
year) was Friday, then which was the last day of
that year?
a) Monday b) Friday
c) Saturday d) Sunday
108) If today is Saturday, then what day of the week
will be the 999
th
day from today?
a) Wednesday b) Saturday
c) Thursday d) Tuesday
109) If 1
st
October is Sunday, then 1
st
November will
be
a) Monday b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday d) Thursday
110) If the 25
th
of August in a year is Thursday, the
number of Mondays in that month is
a) 3 b) 4
c) 5 d) 6
111) If Tuesday falls on the fourth of the month, then
which day will fall three days after the 24
th
?
a) Monday b) Tuesday
c) Thursday d) Friday
112) If 30
th
January, 2003 was Thursday, what was
the day on 2
nd
March, 2003?
a) Tuesday b) Thursday
c) Saturday d) Sunday
113) Deepa went to the movies nine days ago. She
goes to the movies only on Thursday. What day
of the week is today?
a) Tuesday b) Sunday
c) Thursday d) Saturday
114) If 3
rd
December, 2009 was Sunday, what day
was 3
rd
January, 2010?
a) Friday b) Tuesday
c) Monday d) Wednesday
115) A cube, painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27
small cubes of equal size. How many small
cubes are painted on one face only?
a) 1 b) 6
c) 8 d) 12
116) All surfaces of a cube are coloured. If a number
of smaller cubes are taken out from it, each side
¼ the size of the original cube’s side, indicate
the number of cubes with only one side painted.
a) 60 b) 32
c) 24 d) 16
117) A cube of white material is painted black on all
its surfaces. If it is cut into 125 smaller cubes of
the same size, then how many cubes will have
two sides painted black?
a) 8 b) 16
c) 22 d) 44
e) None of these
Directions (118-122): Read the information /
Statement given in each question carefully and
answer the questions.
118) Which of the following expressions will be true
if the expression ‘H
≤G = K > F’ is definitely
true?
a) K
≥ H b) G = F
c) H
≤F d) F ≥G
e) None of these
119) Which of the following expression will not be
true if the expression ‘P
≤Q < R = S’ is definitely
true?
a) S > P b) P < R
c) S > Q d) P > S
e) None of these
120) In which of the following expressions does the
expression ‘W < Z’ hold true?
a) W > Y < X
≤Z b) Z > X ≤ Y ≤W
c) Z
≥Y > X ≥W d) Z > Y = X < W
e) Z
≥ X > Y
≤W
121)In which of the following expressions will the
expression ‘L < R’ be definitely true?
a) L
≥M > N = R b) L = M < N > R
c) L < M
≤ N≤R d) R ≥M = N < L
e) None of these
122) In which of the following expressions does the
expression ‘D >A’ does not hold true?
92) a) (18, 45) b) (23, 14)
c) (29, 82) d) (36, 27)
93) a) (52, 142) b) (54, 126)
c) (25, 168) d) (58, 184)
94) a) 2, 3, 6 b) 6, 1, 6
c) 3, 3, 9 d) 6, 2, 5
95) a) 22, 4, 5 b) 34, 4, 8
c) 37, 4, 9 d) 54, 4, 13
96) a) 1 (5) 2 b) 7 (113) 8
c) 5 (61) 6 d) 3 (17) 4
97) a) 2 (-21) 5 b) 7 (40) 3
c) 4 (-65)9 d) 5 (89) 8
e) 12 (40) 2
98) a) 1, 4, 3, 8 b) 2, 4, 3, 9
c) 3, 2, 3, 8 d) 5, 3, 2, 9
99) 12(158)14 12(182)16 14(?) 16
a) 214 b) 194
c) 184 d) 164
100) If 20 + 3 = 15 and 15 + 4 = 30, then 12 + 6 = ?
a) 27 b) 60
c) 9 d) 36
101) If 7 + 5 = 144 and 3 + 2 = 25, then 9 + 7 = ?
a) 49 b) 256
c) 81 d) 121
102) If 5 x 7 = 5; 12 x 3 = 6; 8 x 9 = 2, what is the
value of 6 x 8 = ?
a) 5 b) 6
c) 8 d) 2
103) If 841 = 3, 633 = 5, 425 = 7 then 217 = ?
1) 6 2) 7
c) 8 d) 9
104) A = 51 (714) 14;
B = 61 (915) 15;
C = 71 (1136) 16;
D = 81 (?) 17
a) 1377 b) 1378
c) 1356 d) 1346
105) A = 14(290)15 B = 16 (330)17 C= 18(?)19
a) 300 b) 270
c) 170 d) 370
106) 2(18)209, _____, 4(36)409, 5(45)509
a) 3(27)309 b) 2(42)309
c) 3(56)409 d) 3(64)409
107) If the first day of the year (other than the leap
year) was Friday, then which was the last day of
that year?
a) Monday b) Friday
c) Saturday d) Sunday
108) If today is Saturday, then what day of the week
will be the 999
th
day from today?
a) Wednesday b) Saturday
c) Thursday d) Tuesday
109) If 1
st
October is Sunday, then 1
st
November will
be
a) Monday b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday d) Thursday
110) If the 25
th
of August in a year is Thursday, the
number of Mondays in that month is
a) 3 b) 4
c) 5 d) 6
111) If Tuesday falls on the fourth of the month, then
which day will fall three days after the 24
th
?
a) Monday b) Tuesday
c) Thursday d) Friday
112) If 30
th
January, 2003 was Thursday, what was
the day on 2
nd
March, 2003?
a) Tuesday b) Thursday
c) Saturday d) Sunday
113) Deepa went to the movies nine days ago. She
goes to the movies only on Thursday. What day
of the week is today?
a) Tuesday b) Sunday
c) Thursday d) Saturday
114) If 3
rd
December, 2009 was Sunday, what day
was 3
rd
January, 2010?
a) Friday b) Tuesday
c) Monday d) Wednesday
115) A cube, painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27
small cubes of equal size. How many small
cubes are painted on one face only?
a) 1 b) 6
c) 8 d) 12
116) All surfaces of a cube are coloured. If a number
of smaller cubes are taken out from it, each side
¼ the size of the original cube’s side, indicate
the number of cubes with only one side painted.
a) 60 b) 32
c) 24 d) 16
117) A cube of white material is painted black on all
its surfaces. If it is cut into 125 smaller cubes of
the same size, then how many cubes will have
two sides painted black?
a) 8 b) 16
c) 22 d) 44
e) None of these
Directions (118-122): Read the information /
Statement given in each question carefully and
answer the questions.
118) Which of the following expressions will be true
if the expression ‘H
≤G = K > F’ is definitely
true?
a) K
≥ H b) G = F
c) H
≤F d) F ≥G
e) None of these
119) Which of the following expression will not be
true if the expression ‘P
≤Q < R = S’ is definitely
true?
a) S > P b) P < R
c) S > Q d) P > S
e) None of these
120) In which of the following expressions does the
expression ‘W < Z’ hold true?
a) W > Y < X
≤Z b) Z > X ≤ Y ≤W
c) Z
≥Y > X ≥W d) Z > Y = X < W
e) Z
≥ X > Y
≤W
121)In which of the following expressions will the
expression ‘L < R’ be definitely true?
a) L
≥M > N = R b) L = M < N > R
c) L < M
≤ N≤R d) R ≥M = N < L
e) None of these
122) In which of the following expressions does the
expression ‘D >A’ does not hold true?
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 41
a) A < B ≤ C = D b) D ≥ B > C ≥A
c) A
≤ B = C < D d) D ≥C ≥B > A
e) A > B
≤C = D
Directions (123-125): In these questions,
relationships between different elements is shown
in the statements. These statements are followed
by two conclusions.
Give answer a) if only conclusions I follows.
Give answer b) if only conclusions II follows.
Give answer c) if either conclusion I or conclusions II
follows.
Give answer d) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
follows.
Give answer e) if both conclusions I and II follows.
123) Statements : A > L = T < R ≤ H > K
Conclusions : I. H > L II. K > T
124) Statements : P ≥ N > D ≥ G < B ≤ J
Conclusions : I. G < P II. G < J
125) Statements : Q ≤ E < I > N = R ≥ S
Conclusions : I. E ≥ S II. S ≤ N
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
1) In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run
rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate
in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of
282 runs?
a) 6.25 b) 6.5
c) 6.75 d) 7
2) The average weight of 24 students is 50 kgs. If
the weight of teacher is also included, the
average is 1 kg more. What is weight of
teacher?
a) 51 kgs b) 66 kgs
c) 75 kgs d) 80 kgs
3) One third of a certain journey is covered at the
rate of 25 km/h, 1/4
th
at the rate of 30km/h
and rest at 50km/h. Find the average speed of
the whole journey?
a) 33km/h b) 33
1
/
3 km/h
c) 40km/h d) None
4) A man arrives to his office at 60km/h and
returns home along the same route at 30km/h.
Find the average speed?
a) 50km/h b) 45km/h
c) 30km/h d) 40km/h
5) Mean of 1
2
, 2
2
, 3
2
, 4
2
, 5
2
, 6
2
, 7
2
, is
a) 40 b) 20
c) 30 d) 40
6) The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs.
5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is
Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P
and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
a) 3500 b) 4000
c) 4050 d) 5000
7) The average price of three items of furniture is
Rs. 15000. If their prices are in the ratio 3:5:7,
the price of the cheapest item is:
a) Rs. 9000 b) Rs.15000
c) Rs. 18000 d) Rs.21000
8) Average of 11 numbers 42. On including twelfth
number the average becomes 45. The twelfth
number is
a) 48 b) 72
c) 75 d) 78
9) Find average of all prime numbers between 30
& 50.
a) 39.8 b) 40.8
c) 42.8 d) 37.8
10) The average weight of 16 boys in a class is
50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is
45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the
boys in the class.
a) 47.55 kg b) 48 kg
c) 48.55 kg d) 49.25 kg
11) Nine students of a class contribute a certain
sum. Seven of them give Rs. 5 each and the
other two give Rs. 5 & 9 more than the average
contribution of all the 9 students. The average
contribution of the class of 9 students is.
a) Rs.10 b) Rs.14
c) Rs. 7 d) Rs.12
12) A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and
Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years.
What approximately is the average cost per litre
of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
a) Rs. 7.98 b) Rs. 8
c) Rs. 8.50 d) Rs. 9
13) Distance between two stations A & B is 778km.
Hari Mohan covers the journey from A to B at
84km per hour and returns back to A with a
uniform speed of 56km per hour. Find his
average speed during the whole journey.
a) 68.5km/h b) 67.2km/h
c) 66.3km/h d) 69.6km/h
14) The average of eight numbers is 14. The
average of six of these numbers is 16. The
average of the remaining two numbers is:
a) 6 b) 12
c) 8 d) 10
15) The average of four consecutive even numbers
is 27. Find the largest of these numbers.
a) 27 b) 28
c) 26 d) 30
16) A library has an average of 510 visitors on
Sundays and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days
beginning with a Sunday is:
a) 250 b) 276
c) 280 d) 285
17) If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60
and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then
the average marks of all the students is:
a) 53.33 b) 54.68
c) 55 d) 52.25
18) In an examination, a pupil’s average marks
were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more
marks for his Geography paper and 2 more
marks for his History paper, his average per
a) A < B ≤ C = D b) D ≥ B > C ≥A
c) A
≤ B = C < D d) D ≥C ≥B > A
e) A > B
≤C = D
Directions (123-125): In these questions,
relationships between different elements is shown
in the statements. These statements are followed
by two conclusions.
Give answer a) if only conclusions I follows.
Give answer b) if only conclusions II follows.
Give answer c) if either conclusion I or conclusions II
follows.
Give answer d) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
follows.
Give answer e) if both conclusions I and II follows.
123) Statements : A > L = T < R ≤ H > K
Conclusions : I. H > L II. K > T
124) Statements : P ≥ N > D ≥ G < B ≤ J
Conclusions : I. G < P II. G < J
125) Statements : Q ≤ E < I > N = R ≥ S
Conclusions : I. E ≥ S II. S ≤ N
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
1) In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run
rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate
in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of
282 runs?
a) 6.25 b) 6.5
c) 6.75 d) 7
2) The average weight of 24 students is 50 kgs. If
the weight of teacher is also included, the
average is 1 kg more. What is weight of
teacher?
a) 51 kgs b) 66 kgs
c) 75 kgs d) 80 kgs
3) One third of a certain journey is covered at the
rate of 25 km/h, 1/4
th
at the rate of 30km/h
and rest at 50km/h. Find the average speed of
the whole journey?
a) 33km/h b) 33
1
/
3 km/h
c) 40km/h d) None
4) A man arrives to his office at 60km/h and
returns home along the same route at 30km/h.
Find the average speed?
a) 50km/h b) 45km/h
c) 30km/h d) 40km/h
5) Mean of 1
2
, 2
2
, 3
2
, 4
2
, 5
2
, 6
2
, 7
2
, is
a) 40 b) 20
c) 30 d) 40
6) The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs.
5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is
Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P
and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
a) 3500 b) 4000
c) 4050 d) 5000
7) The average price of three items of furniture is
Rs. 15000. If their prices are in the ratio 3:5:7,
the price of the cheapest item is:
a) Rs. 9000 b) Rs.15000
c) Rs. 18000 d) Rs.21000
8) Average of 11 numbers 42. On including twelfth
number the average becomes 45. The twelfth
number is
a) 48 b) 72
c) 75 d) 78
9) Find average of all prime numbers between 30
& 50.
a) 39.8 b) 40.8
c) 42.8 d) 37.8
10) The average weight of 16 boys in a class is
50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is
45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the
boys in the class.
a) 47.55 kg b) 48 kg
c) 48.55 kg d) 49.25 kg
11) Nine students of a class contribute a certain
sum. Seven of them give Rs. 5 each and the
other two give Rs. 5 & 9 more than the average
contribution of all the 9 students. The average
contribution of the class of 9 students is.
a) Rs.10 b) Rs.14
c) Rs. 7 d) Rs.12
12) A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and
Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years.
What approximately is the average cost per litre
of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
a) Rs. 7.98 b) Rs. 8
c) Rs. 8.50 d) Rs. 9
13) Distance between two stations A & B is 778km.
Hari Mohan covers the journey from A to B at
84km per hour and returns back to A with a
uniform speed of 56km per hour. Find his
average speed during the whole journey.
a) 68.5km/h b) 67.2km/h
c) 66.3km/h d) 69.6km/h
14) The average of eight numbers is 14. The
average of six of these numbers is 16. The
average of the remaining two numbers is:
a) 6 b) 12
c) 8 d) 10
15) The average of four consecutive even numbers
is 27. Find the largest of these numbers.
a) 27 b) 28
c) 26 d) 30
16) A library has an average of 510 visitors on
Sundays and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days
beginning with a Sunday is:
a) 250 b) 276
c) 280 d) 285
17) If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60
and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then
the average marks of all the students is:
a) 53.33 b) 54.68
c) 55 d) 52.25
18) In an examination, a pupil’s average marks
were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more
marks for his Geography paper and 2 more
marks for his History paper, his average per
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paper would have been 65. How many papers
were there in the examination?
a) 8 b) 9
c) 10 d) 11
19) The average age of the students of class is 15.8
years. The average age of boys in the class is
16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4. The ratio
of the no. of boys to the no. of girls in the class:
a) 1:2 b) 2:3
c) 3:4 d) 3:5
20) An aeroplane flies along the four sides of a
square field at speeds of 200, 400, 600 and 800
km/hr. The average speed of the plane in the
flight around the field in km/hr is:
a) 384 b) 400
c) 500 d) 284
21) With an average speed of 40 km/hr, a train
reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an
average speed of 35 km/hr, it is late by 15
minutes. The total journey is:
a) 80 km b) 70 km
c) 60 km d) 40 km
22) The mean of 19 observations is 4. If one more
observation of 24 is added to the data, the new
mean will be:
a) 4 b) 5
c) 6 d) 7
23) The A.M. of the price per kg of rice at 10
different places was Rs. 4.85. After a week, the
price per kg was increased by 20 paise at 3
places and decreased by 10 paise at one place.
The new average of price per kg is:
a) Rs. 4.88 b) Rs. 4.86
c) Rs. 4.90 d) Rs. 5.35
24) If the mean of 4 observations is 20 and when a
constant C is added to each observation, the
mean becomes 22, the value of C is:
a) -2 b) 2
c) 4 d) 6
25) The average age of 11 players of a cricket team
is decreased by 2 months when two of them
aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two
reserves. The average age of the reserves is:
a) 18 years 3 months b) 17 years 1 months
c) 17 years 7 months
d) 17 years 11 months
26) The average age of a family of 6 members is 22
years. If the age of the youngest member be 7
years, the average age of the family at the birth
of the youngest member, was:
a) 15 years b) 17 years
c) 17.5 years d) 18 years
27) The average of 6 numbers is 30. If the average
of first four is 25 and that of the last three is 35,
the fourth number is:
a) 35 b) 30
c) 25 d) 40
28) The mean temperature of Monday to
Wednesday was 37 ° C and that of Tuesday to
Thursday was 34° C. If the temperature on
Thursday was (4/5)th that of Monday, what was
the temperature on Thursday?
a) 34°C b) 35.5 ° C
c) 36°C d) 36.5 °
29) Out of three given numbers, the first one is
twice the second and three times the third. If
the average of these numbers is 88, then the
difference between first and third as:
a) 48 b) 72
c) 96 d) 32
30) Father is aged three times more than his son
Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half
times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how
many times would he be of Ronit's age?
a) 2 times b)
2
1
2
times
c)
4
3
2
times d) 3 times
31) The sum of ages of 5 children born at the
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the
age of the youngest child?
a) 4 years b) 8 years
c) 10 years d) 9 years
32) A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are
at the present at the time of your birth". If the
father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five
years back was:
a) 14 years b) 19 years
c) 33 years d) 38 years
33) Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the
ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence,
the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9
respectively. What is Anand's present age in
years?
a) 24 b) 27
c) 40
d) Cannot be determined
34) A man is 24 years older than his son. In two
years, his age will be twice the age of his son.
The present age of his son is:
a) 14 years b) 18 years
c) 20 years d) 22 years
35) Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and
Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of
their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at
present?
a) 16 years b) 18 years
c) 20 years
d) Cannot be determined
36) A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3
boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his
total score did he make by running between
the wickets?
a) 45% b)
11
5
45
%
c) 546% d) 55%
37) A shopkeeper marks the price at 15% higher
than the original price. Due to increase in
demand he further increases the price by 10%.
How much % profit will he get?
a) 27.5 b) 26.5
c) 28.5 d) 30
paper would have been 65. How many papers
were there in the examination?
a) 8 b) 9
c) 10 d) 11
19) The average age of the students of class is 15.8
years. The average age of boys in the class is
16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4. The ratio
of the no. of boys to the no. of girls in the class:
a) 1:2 b) 2:3
c) 3:4 d) 3:5
20) An aeroplane flies along the four sides of a
square field at speeds of 200, 400, 600 and 800
km/hr. The average speed of the plane in the
flight around the field in km/hr is:
a) 384 b) 400
c) 500 d) 284
21) With an average speed of 40 km/hr, a train
reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an
average speed of 35 km/hr, it is late by 15
minutes. The total journey is:
a) 80 km b) 70 km
c) 60 km d) 40 km
22) The mean of 19 observations is 4. If one more
observation of 24 is added to the data, the new
mean will be:
a) 4 b) 5
c) 6 d) 7
23) The A.M. of the price per kg of rice at 10
different places was Rs. 4.85. After a week, the
price per kg was increased by 20 paise at 3
places and decreased by 10 paise at one place.
The new average of price per kg is:
a) Rs. 4.88 b) Rs. 4.86
c) Rs. 4.90 d) Rs. 5.35
24) If the mean of 4 observations is 20 and when a
constant C is added to each observation, the
mean becomes 22, the value of C is:
a) -2 b) 2
c) 4 d) 6
25) The average age of 11 players of a cricket team
is decreased by 2 months when two of them
aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two
reserves. The average age of the reserves is:
a) 18 years 3 months b) 17 years 1 months
c) 17 years 7 months
d) 17 years 11 months
26) The average age of a family of 6 members is 22
years. If the age of the youngest member be 7
years, the average age of the family at the birth
of the youngest member, was:
a) 15 years b) 17 years
c) 17.5 years d) 18 years
27) The average of 6 numbers is 30. If the average
of first four is 25 and that of the last three is 35,
the fourth number is:
a) 35 b) 30
c) 25 d) 40
28) The mean temperature of Monday to
Wednesday was 37 ° C and that of Tuesday to
Thursday was 34° C. If the temperature on
Thursday was (4/5)th that of Monday, what was
the temperature on Thursday?
a) 34°C b) 35.5 ° C
c) 36°C d) 36.5 °
29) Out of three given numbers, the first one is
twice the second and three times the third. If
the average of these numbers is 88, then the
difference between first and third as:
a) 48 b) 72
c) 96 d) 32
30) Father is aged three times more than his son
Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half
times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how
many times would he be of Ronit's age?
a) 2 times b)
2
1
2
times
c)
4
3
2
times d) 3 times
31) The sum of ages of 5 children born at the
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the
age of the youngest child?
a) 4 years b) 8 years
c) 10 years d) 9 years
32) A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are
at the present at the time of your birth". If the
father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five
years back was:
a) 14 years b) 19 years
c) 33 years d) 38 years
33) Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the
ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence,
the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9
respectively. What is Anand's present age in
years?
a) 24 b) 27
c) 40
d) Cannot be determined
34) A man is 24 years older than his son. In two
years, his age will be twice the age of his son.
The present age of his son is:
a) 14 years b) 18 years
c) 20 years d) 22 years
35) Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and
Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of
their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at
present?
a) 16 years b) 18 years
c) 20 years
d) Cannot be determined
36) A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3
boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his
total score did he make by running between
the wickets?
a) 45% b)
11
5
45
%
c) 546% d) 55%
37) A shopkeeper marks the price at 15% higher
than the original price. Due to increase in
demand he further increases the price by 10%.
How much % profit will he get?
a) 27.5 b) 26.5
c) 28.5 d) 30
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 43
38) If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of
the following is true?
a) A is smaller than B.
b) A is greater than B
c) If
x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.
d) None of these
39) If two numbers are respectively 20% and 40%
of a 3rd number then what % is the 1st number
of the 2nd one?
a) 10 b) 20
c) 40 d) 50
40) In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8
years of age. The number of students above 8
years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of
8 years of age which is 48. What is the total
number of students in the school?
a) 72 b) 120
c) 150 d) 100
41) 1/3 and 1/5 of girls participated in drawing and
dance competition respectively. One sixth i.e.
150 of the total student population participated
exclusively in the picnic. What was the number
of girls student participating in drawing and
dance competition together?
a) 180 b) 280
c) 380 d) 480
42) If the radius of circle is increased by 110% its
area is increased by
a) 110 b) 301
c) 341 d) 501
43) The population of a town was reduced by 12% in
1988. In 1989 it was increased by 15%. What is
the % effect on the population in the beginning
of 1990?
a) 1.6% b) 1.4%
c) 1.2 d) 1.7%
44) In terms of percentage 27 is how much more
than 20?
a) 30% b) 32%
c) 35% d) 38%
45) Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of
5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of
6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
a) 2 : 3 b) 1 : 1
c) 3 : 4 d) 4 : 3
46) In an election between two candidates, one got
55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes were
7500, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got, was
a) 2700 b) 2900
c) 3000 d) 3100
47) In an examination 80% of students passed in
Mathematics and 75% of students passed in
English. 15% of students failed in both the
subjects. If 490 students passed in both the
subjects then what is the total number of
students who took the examination?
a) 800 b) 700
c) 900 d) 750
48) Mrs. Ruhani travels with 80% of her usual speed
and thus gets late by 40 minutes. What will be
the usual time taken by her in covering the same
distances?
a) 160 minutes c) 120 minutes
b) 180 minutes d) 200 minutes
49) The price of rice is increased by 25% and as a
result, a person can have 4kg less rice for
Rs.400. What is the new price of rice per kg?
a) Rs. 22.5 kg b) Rs. 20 kg
c) Rs. 25 kg d) Rs. 30 kg
50) If 20% of P is equal to 21% of Q, then which of
P and Q is greater?
a) They are equal b) Q
c) Can’t be determined d) P
51) The population of a town was 10,000, and at the
end of the year 2010. What will be the
population of the town at the end of the year
2012 if the rate of population growth is 20%
p.a.?
a) 14,400 b) 14,800
c) 16,200 d) 15,400
52) Vivek’s deposit in his SBI account is 60% of his
deposit in his BOI account. If his total deposit in
these accounts together is Rs. 120, what is his
deposit in the BOI account?
a) 27 b) 54
c) 75 d) 45
53) When 75% of a number is added to 50, the
result is the same number again. Find the
number.
a) 200 b) 175
c) 75 d) 150
54) Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550
per week by their employer. If X is paid 120
percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid
per week?
a) Rs. 200 b) Rs. 250
c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 275
55) In an examination, Summit got 30% marks and
failed by 15 marks. In the same examination,
Rohit got 40% marks, which is 35 marks more
than the pass marks. Then what is the total
marks in the examination?
a) 500 b) 250
c) 600 d) 450
56) Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less
than a third number C. Find by what % is the
number B less than the number A?
a) 10% b) 8%
c) 12% d) 9%
38) If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of
the following is true?
a) A is smaller than B.
b) A is greater than B
c) If
x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.
d) None of these
39) If two numbers are respectively 20% and 40%
of a 3rd number then what % is the 1st number
of the 2nd one?
a) 10 b) 20
c) 40 d) 50
40) In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8
years of age. The number of students above 8
years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of
8 years of age which is 48. What is the total
number of students in the school?
a) 72 b) 120
c) 150 d) 100
41) 1/3 and 1/5 of girls participated in drawing and
dance competition respectively. One sixth i.e.
150 of the total student population participated
exclusively in the picnic. What was the number
of girls student participating in drawing and
dance competition together?
a) 180 b) 280
c) 380 d) 480
42) If the radius of circle is increased by 110% its
area is increased by
a) 110 b) 301
c) 341 d) 501
43) The population of a town was reduced by 12% in
1988. In 1989 it was increased by 15%. What is
the % effect on the population in the beginning
of 1990?
a) 1.6% b) 1.4%
c) 1.2 d) 1.7%
44) In terms of percentage 27 is how much more
than 20?
a) 30% b) 32%
c) 35% d) 38%
45) Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of
5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of
6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
a) 2 : 3 b) 1 : 1
c) 3 : 4 d) 4 : 3
46) In an election between two candidates, one got
55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes were
7500, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got, was
a) 2700 b) 2900
c) 3000 d) 3100
47) In an examination 80% of students passed in
Mathematics and 75% of students passed in
English. 15% of students failed in both the
subjects. If 490 students passed in both the
subjects then what is the total number of
students who took the examination?
a) 800 b) 700
c) 900 d) 750
48) Mrs. Ruhani travels with 80% of her usual speed
and thus gets late by 40 minutes. What will be
the usual time taken by her in covering the same
distances?
a) 160 minutes c) 120 minutes
b) 180 minutes d) 200 minutes
49) The price of rice is increased by 25% and as a
result, a person can have 4kg less rice for
Rs.400. What is the new price of rice per kg?
a) Rs. 22.5 kg b) Rs. 20 kg
c) Rs. 25 kg d) Rs. 30 kg
50) If 20% of P is equal to 21% of Q, then which of
P and Q is greater?
a) They are equal b) Q
c) Can’t be determined d) P
51) The population of a town was 10,000, and at the
end of the year 2010. What will be the
population of the town at the end of the year
2012 if the rate of population growth is 20%
p.a.?
a) 14,400 b) 14,800
c) 16,200 d) 15,400
52) Vivek’s deposit in his SBI account is 60% of his
deposit in his BOI account. If his total deposit in
these accounts together is Rs. 120, what is his
deposit in the BOI account?
a) 27 b) 54
c) 75 d) 45
53) When 75% of a number is added to 50, the
result is the same number again. Find the
number.
a) 200 b) 175
c) 75 d) 150
54) Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550
per week by their employer. If X is paid 120
percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid
per week?
a) Rs. 200 b) Rs. 250
c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 275
55) In an examination, Summit got 30% marks and
failed by 15 marks. In the same examination,
Rohit got 40% marks, which is 35 marks more
than the pass marks. Then what is the total
marks in the examination?
a) 500 b) 250
c) 600 d) 450
56) Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less
than a third number C. Find by what % is the
number B less than the number A?
a) 10% b) 8%
c) 12% d) 9%
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57) 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?
a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain
c) Rs.90 loss d) None of these
58) A person saves 10% of his income. If his income
increased by 20% & he decide to save 15% of
his income by what percent has his savings
increased.
a) 80% b) 20%
c) 30% d) None
59) An article marked for sale at Rs.275. The
shopkeeper allows a discount at 5% on the
market price. His net profit is 4.5%. What did
shopkeeper pay for the article?
a) Rs.250 b) Rs. 270
c) Rs.290 d) Rs.350
60) A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he
had bought it at 10% less & sold it for Rs.3 more
the would have gained 25%. Find the cost price.
a) 180 b) 160
c) 140 d) 120
61) If goods be purchased for Rs.450/- & 1/3 be sold
at a loss of 10% at what percent should the
remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the
whole transaction.
a) 35% b) 40%
c) 50% d) None
62) A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been
sold for Rs. 40 less. There would have been a
loss of 10% what was cost price?
a) 175 b) 200
c) 225 d) 270
63) A dealer professes to sell goods at cost price but
loses 900 gms weight for a kilogram. What is his
gain percent?
a) 0.9 b) 9
c) 11 d) 11
1
/
9
64) Uttam
purchase a shirt & sold to Ramu at profit
at 25% & Ramu again sell to Ajay at 10% loss &
Ajay pay Rs. 972 for this shirt. Find cost of
Uttam.
a) 864 b) 874
c) 934 d) 1056
65) A man purchases a certain number of toffees at
30 for Re. 1 & same no. at 20 for Re1. He mixes
them & sells it at 40 for Rs.2. What is his loss or
profit percent?
a) 20% b) 8%
c) 10% d) 18%
66) 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?
a) Rs. 1040/- b) Rs. 1020/-
c) Rs. 1060/- d) Rs. 1200/-
67) 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?
a) Rs. 11,250/- b) Rs. 12,200/-
c) Rs. 13,500/- d) Rs. 10,000
68) 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.
a) Rs. 1020/- b) Rs.1055/-
c) Rs.1050/- d) Rs.1025/-
69) 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?
a) Rs.800 b) Rs. 808/-
c) Rs. 704/- d) Rs. 700/-
70) 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?
a) Rs. 16908/- b) Rs. 5724/-
c) Rs. 28224/- d) Rs. 8586/-
71) 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?
a) Rs. 14,512.50 b) Rs. 14,521.80
c) Rs. 14,515.30 d) Rs. 14,518.90
72) 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?
a) 716 b) 724
c) 824 d) 816
73) 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 p.c.p.a.?
a) 22 b) 17
c) 19
d) Cannot be determined
74) Ravi borrowed some money at the rate of 4
p.c.p.a. for the first three years, at the rate of 8
p.c.p.a. for the next two years and at the rate of
9 p.c.p.a. 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?
a) Rs. 39,500 b) Rs. 42,500
c) Rs. 41,900 d) Rs. 43,000
75) Meera purchased an item for Rs. 6200/- and
sold it at loss of 25 percent. With that amount
57) 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?
a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain
c) Rs.90 loss d) None of these
58) A person saves 10% of his income. If his income
increased by 20% & he decide to save 15% of
his income by what percent has his savings
increased.
a) 80% b) 20%
c) 30% d) None
59) An article marked for sale at Rs.275. The
shopkeeper allows a discount at 5% on the
market price. His net profit is 4.5%. What did
shopkeeper pay for the article?
a) Rs.250 b) Rs. 270
c) Rs.290 d) Rs.350
60) A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he
had bought it at 10% less & sold it for Rs.3 more
the would have gained 25%. Find the cost price.
a) 180 b) 160
c) 140 d) 120
61) If goods be purchased for Rs.450/- & 1/3 be sold
at a loss of 10% at what percent should the
remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the
whole transaction.
a) 35% b) 40%
c) 50% d) None
62) A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been
sold for Rs. 40 less. There would have been a
loss of 10% what was cost price?
a) 175 b) 200
c) 225 d) 270
63) A dealer professes to sell goods at cost price but
loses 900 gms weight for a kilogram. What is his
gain percent?
a) 0.9 b) 9
c) 11 d) 11
1
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9
64) Uttam
purchase a shirt & sold to Ramu at profit
at 25% & Ramu again sell to Ajay at 10% loss &
Ajay pay Rs. 972 for this shirt. Find cost of
Uttam.
a) 864 b) 874
c) 934 d) 1056
65) A man purchases a certain number of toffees at
30 for Re. 1 & same no. at 20 for Re1. He mixes
them & sells it at 40 for Rs.2. What is his loss or
profit percent?
a) 20% b) 8%
c) 10% d) 18%
66) 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?
a) Rs. 1040/- b) Rs. 1020/-
c) Rs. 1060/- d) Rs. 1200/-
67) 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?
a) Rs. 11,250/- b) Rs. 12,200/-
c) Rs. 13,500/- d) Rs. 10,000
68) 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.
a) Rs. 1020/- b) Rs.1055/-
c) Rs.1050/- d) Rs.1025/-
69) 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?
a) Rs.800 b) Rs. 808/-
c) Rs. 704/- d) Rs. 700/-
70) 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?
a) Rs. 16908/- b) Rs. 5724/-
c) Rs. 28224/- d) Rs. 8586/-
71) 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?
a) Rs. 14,512.50 b) Rs. 14,521.80
c) Rs. 14,515.30 d) Rs. 14,518.90
72) 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?
a) 716 b) 724
c) 824 d) 816
73) 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 p.c.p.a.?
a) 22 b) 17
c) 19
d) Cannot be determined
74) Ravi borrowed some money at the rate of 4
p.c.p.a. for the first three years, at the rate of 8
p.c.p.a. for the next two years and at the rate of
9 p.c.p.a. 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?
a) Rs. 39,500 b) Rs. 42,500
c) Rs. 41,900 d) Rs. 43,000
75) Meera purchased an item for Rs. 6200/- and
sold it at loss of 25 percent. With that amount
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she purchased another item and sold it at a gain
of 30 percent. What was her overall gain/loss?
a) Loss of Rs. 165/- b) Profit of Rs. 165/-
c) Loss Rs. 155/- d) Profit of Rs. 155/-
76) 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?
a) Loss of Rs. 36/- b) Profit of Rs. 24/-
c) Loss of Rs. 24/- d) Profit of Rs. 36/-
77) 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?
a) 20.00 b) 15.00
c) 15.79 d) 18.75
78) 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?
a) Rs. 22 lakhs b) Rs. 18.25 lakhs
c) Rs. 18 lakhs d) Rs. 23.25 lakh
79) 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?
a) 18% b) 15%
c) 20%
d) Can’t be determined
80) 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?
a) Loss of Rs. 657/- b) Profit of Rs. 567/-
c) Loss of Rs. 648/- d) Profit of Rs. 648/-
81) 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.
a) 16% b) 11
2
/
7%
c) 11
1
/
9% d) 20%
82) Kewal sells two tape recorders at the same
price. Out of one he gains 10% and at another
he loses 10%. His total % gain or loss in the
whole transaction is:
a) 1% gain b) 1% loss
c) 11% loss d) No loss No gain
83) 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?
a) Rs.1.10 b) Rs.16.50
c) Rs.11 d) Rs.27.50
84) 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:
a) no loss or gain b) loss of Rs.1000
c) gain of Rs.1000 d) gain of Rs.2000
85) 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?
a) Rs.16000 b) Rs.12000
c) Rs.10000 d) Rs.8000
86) 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?
a) 7.2% b) 6.25%
c) No profit, no loss d) 8.16%
87) 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?
a) 2.3% loss b) 2% loss
c) 2% gain d) 2.3% gain
88) 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?
a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain
c) Rs.90 loss d) Rs.171 loss
89) 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?
a) 16 b) 13
c) 10 d) 14
90) Vipin purchased a horse at 9/10 of its selling
price & sold it at 8% more than its selling price.
Find his gain percent.
a) 29% profit b) 25% profit
c) 28% profit d) 20 % profit
91) 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?
a) Rs. 2000 b) Rs. 2400
c) Rs. 2500 d) Rs. 3200
92) What is the difference between the compound
interest and the simple interest for the sum Rs.
16000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years?
a) Rs. 80 b) Rs. 60
c) Rs. 54 d) Rs. 40
93) A sum of money triples itself in 3 years at a
simple interest. In how many years will it
become five times?
a) 5 years b) 6 years
c) 4 years d) 8 years
94) 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?
a) Rs. 920 b) Rs. 900
c) Rs. 880 d) Rs. 860
she purchased another item and sold it at a gain
of 30 percent. What was her overall gain/loss?
a) Loss of Rs. 165/- b) Profit of Rs. 165/-
c) Loss Rs. 155/- d) Profit of Rs. 155/-
76) 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?
a) Loss of Rs. 36/- b) Profit of Rs. 24/-
c) Loss of Rs. 24/- d) Profit of Rs. 36/-
77) 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?
a) 20.00 b) 15.00
c) 15.79 d) 18.75
78) 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?
a) Rs. 22 lakhs b) Rs. 18.25 lakhs
c) Rs. 18 lakhs d) Rs. 23.25 lakh
79) 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?
a) 18% b) 15%
c) 20%
d) Can’t be determined
80) 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?
a) Loss of Rs. 657/- b) Profit of Rs. 567/-
c) Loss of Rs. 648/- d) Profit of Rs. 648/-
81) 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.
a) 16% b) 11
2
/
7%
c) 11
1
/
9% d) 20%
82) Kewal sells two tape recorders at the same
price. Out of one he gains 10% and at another
he loses 10%. His total % gain or loss in the
whole transaction is:
a) 1% gain b) 1% loss
c) 11% loss d) No loss No gain
83) 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?
a) Rs.1.10 b) Rs.16.50
c) Rs.11 d) Rs.27.50
84) 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:
a) no loss or gain b) loss of Rs.1000
c) gain of Rs.1000 d) gain of Rs.2000
85) 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?
a) Rs.16000 b) Rs.12000
c) Rs.10000 d) Rs.8000
86) 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?
a) 7.2% b) 6.25%
c) No profit, no loss d) 8.16%
87) 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?
a) 2.3% loss b) 2% loss
c) 2% gain d) 2.3% gain
88) 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?
a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain
c) Rs.90 loss d) Rs.171 loss
89) 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?
a) 16 b) 13
c) 10 d) 14
90) Vipin purchased a horse at 9/10 of its selling
price & sold it at 8% more than its selling price.
Find his gain percent.
a) 29% profit b) 25% profit
c) 28% profit d) 20 % profit
91) 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?
a) Rs. 2000 b) Rs. 2400
c) Rs. 2500 d) Rs. 3200
92) What is the difference between the compound
interest and the simple interest for the sum Rs.
16000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years?
a) Rs. 80 b) Rs. 60
c) Rs. 54 d) Rs. 40
93) A sum of money triples itself in 3 years at a
simple interest. In how many years will it
become five times?
a) 5 years b) 6 years
c) 4 years d) 8 years
94) 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?
a) Rs. 920 b) Rs. 900
c) Rs. 880 d) Rs. 860
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95) 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?
a) Rs. 1600 b) Rs. 1000
c) Rs. 1200 d) Rs. 2400
96) Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is
subtracted from each, the new numbers are in
the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is:
a) 27 b) 33
c) 49 d) 55
97) In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in
the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how
many 5 p coins are there?
a) 50 b) 100
c) 150 d) 200
98) 20 boys and 32 girls from a group for social
work. During their membership drive an equal
number of boys and girls also join the group.
How many members does the group have now,
if the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4 ?
a) 75 b) 86
c) 68 d) 84
99) If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of
another number, what is the ratio of first
number to the second number?
a) 2 : 5 b) 3 : 7
c) 5 : 3 d) 7 : 3
100) Ramola’s monthly income is three times
Ravina’s monthly income. Ravina’s monthly
income is fifteen percent more than Ruchira’s
monthly income. Ruchira’s monthly income is Rs.
32000/-. What is Ramola’s Annual income?
a) Rs. 110400/- b) Rs. 1324800/-
c) Rs. 36800/- d) Rs. 52200/-
e) None of these
101) The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of
the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second
to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
a) 20 b) 30
c) 48 d) 58
102) Raju, Ramu & Raku invested Rs. 5000,
Rs.10,000 & Rs.15,000 respectively to start a
Pest control Unit. Raju left the unit after 1 year.
If at the end of 2 years they earned a profit of
Rs.12,000, what is Ramu’s share in the profit?
a) Rs.2,400 b) Rs.2,000
c) Rs.4,000 d) None
103) Two friends A & B entered into partnership with
capitals in the ratio of 4:5. After 3 months, A
withdrew 1/ 4 of his capital & B withdrew 1/5 of
his capital. The profit after 10 months was Rs.
760. How much did A get?
a) Rs.430 b) Rs.330
c) Rs.280 d) Rs.480
104) A started a business investing Rs.35,000. After
six months B joined him, with a capital of Rs.
60,000. At the end of the year the total profit
was Rs.26,000. What will be the difference
between the share of profits of A & B?
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.2000
c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.3000
105) A, B & C invested capitals in the ratio 2:3:4. At
the end of business term they received the
profits in the ratio 3:6:10. Find the ratio of the
times for which they contributed their capitals.
a) 4:6:5 b) 3:4:5
c) 5:4:5 d) 4:5
106) Anup & Bimal started a business investing Rs.
15000 & Rs. 22500 respectively. In what
proportion will the profit be distributed.
a) 1:2 b) 1:3
c) 2:3 d) Can’t be determined
107) A, B & C invest Rs.35000, Rs.42000 & Rs.49000
respectively in a business. Out of total profit of
Rs. 45,000, B’s share is:
a) 14000 b) 15000
c) 17500 d) 16500
108) Anup started a business investing 90000. After 3
months Tariq joined him with a capital of Rs.
120000. Of at the end of 2 years the total profit
made by them was Rs. 96000, what will be the
difference between their shares?
a) Rs. 20000 b) Rs. 24000
c) Rs. 8000 d) None
109) Ugesh started a business investing Rs.45000.
After 3 months Pralad joined him with a capital
of Rs. 90000. At the end of the year, they made a
profit Rs.20000. What would be Ugesh’s share in
it?
a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.4500
c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.8000
110) Ramu has a certain number of 10-paise coins, 3
times as many 25-paise coins as 10-paise coins,
and 5 more 50-paise coins than 25-paise coins.
If the total value is Rs 120, how many 10-paise
coins are there?
a) 30 b) 40
c) 50 d) 60
111) A and B have Rs. 720 and Rs. 576, respectively.
If A spends Rs. 312 and B spends Rs. 264, which
of them is more extravagant?
a) A b) B
c) Both A & B d) Can’t say
112) Rohit starts a business with Rs. 6500 and after 8
months Shyam joins Rohit as his partner. After 4
years the profit is divided in the ratio of 13 : 12.
What is Shyam’s contribution in the capital?
a) Rs. 7400 b) Rs. 7200
c) Rs. 7250 d) Rs. 7630
113) A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D
in the ratio 3:5:7:11. If the share of C is Rs. 1668
more than the share of A, then what is the total
amount of money of B and D together?
95) 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?
a) Rs. 1600 b) Rs. 1000
c) Rs. 1200 d) Rs. 2400
96) Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is
subtracted from each, the new numbers are in
the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is:
a) 27 b) 33
c) 49 d) 55
97) In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in
the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how
many 5 p coins are there?
a) 50 b) 100
c) 150 d) 200
98) 20 boys and 32 girls from a group for social
work. During their membership drive an equal
number of boys and girls also join the group.
How many members does the group have now,
if the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4 ?
a) 75 b) 86
c) 68 d) 84
99) If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of
another number, what is the ratio of first
number to the second number?
a) 2 : 5 b) 3 : 7
c) 5 : 3 d) 7 : 3
100) Ramola’s monthly income is three times
Ravina’s monthly income. Ravina’s monthly
income is fifteen percent more than Ruchira’s
monthly income. Ruchira’s monthly income is Rs.
32000/-. What is Ramola’s Annual income?
a) Rs. 110400/- b) Rs. 1324800/-
c) Rs. 36800/- d) Rs. 52200/-
e) None of these
101) The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of
the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second
to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
a) 20 b) 30
c) 48 d) 58
102) Raju, Ramu & Raku invested Rs. 5000,
Rs.10,000 & Rs.15,000 respectively to start a
Pest control Unit. Raju left the unit after 1 year.
If at the end of 2 years they earned a profit of
Rs.12,000, what is Ramu’s share in the profit?
a) Rs.2,400 b) Rs.2,000
c) Rs.4,000 d) None
103) Two friends A & B entered into partnership with
capitals in the ratio of 4:5. After 3 months, A
withdrew 1/ 4 of his capital & B withdrew 1/5 of
his capital. The profit after 10 months was Rs.
760. How much did A get?
a) Rs.430 b) Rs.330
c) Rs.280 d) Rs.480
104) A started a business investing Rs.35,000. After
six months B joined him, with a capital of Rs.
60,000. At the end of the year the total profit
was Rs.26,000. What will be the difference
between the share of profits of A & B?
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.2000
c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.3000
105) A, B & C invested capitals in the ratio 2:3:4. At
the end of business term they received the
profits in the ratio 3:6:10. Find the ratio of the
times for which they contributed their capitals.
a) 4:6:5 b) 3:4:5
c) 5:4:5 d) 4:5
106) Anup & Bimal started a business investing Rs.
15000 & Rs. 22500 respectively. In what
proportion will the profit be distributed.
a) 1:2 b) 1:3
c) 2:3 d) Can’t be determined
107) A, B & C invest Rs.35000, Rs.42000 & Rs.49000
respectively in a business. Out of total profit of
Rs. 45,000, B’s share is:
a) 14000 b) 15000
c) 17500 d) 16500
108) Anup started a business investing 90000. After 3
months Tariq joined him with a capital of Rs.
120000. Of at the end of 2 years the total profit
made by them was Rs. 96000, what will be the
difference between their shares?
a) Rs. 20000 b) Rs. 24000
c) Rs. 8000 d) None
109) Ugesh started a business investing Rs.45000.
After 3 months Pralad joined him with a capital
of Rs. 90000. At the end of the year, they made a
profit Rs.20000. What would be Ugesh’s share in
it?
a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.4500
c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.8000
110) Ramu has a certain number of 10-paise coins, 3
times as many 25-paise coins as 10-paise coins,
and 5 more 50-paise coins than 25-paise coins.
If the total value is Rs 120, how many 10-paise
coins are there?
a) 30 b) 40
c) 50 d) 60
111) A and B have Rs. 720 and Rs. 576, respectively.
If A spends Rs. 312 and B spends Rs. 264, which
of them is more extravagant?
a) A b) B
c) Both A & B d) Can’t say
112) Rohit starts a business with Rs. 6500 and after 8
months Shyam joins Rohit as his partner. After 4
years the profit is divided in the ratio of 13 : 12.
What is Shyam’s contribution in the capital?
a) Rs. 7400 b) Rs. 7200
c) Rs. 7250 d) Rs. 7630
113) A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D
in the ratio 3:5:7:11. If the share of C is Rs. 1668
more than the share of A, then what is the total
amount of money of B and D together?
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 47
a) Rs. 6762 b) Rs. 6672
c) Rs. 7506 d) Rs. 625
114) Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a
school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50%
and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increased seats?
a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 6 : 7 : 8
c) 6 : 8 : 9 d) 7 : 8 : 9
115) Ashok being the sleeping partner receives 1/10
of the profit and the remaining is divided
between Pramod and Prakash in the ratio of
1.25 : 1. If the difference between the shares of
Prakash and Ashok is Rs. 8340, what is Pramod’s
share (in Rs.)?
a) 8800 b) 13900
c) 12600 d) Data inadequate
116) The mean proportional between two numbers is
28 and their third proportional to them is 224.
The two numbers are
a) 7 and 12 b) 14 and 56
c) 28 and 28 d) 21 and 36
117) If sum of three numbers is 65. If the ratio of the
first to second number if 5 : 3, and that of the
second and third number is 7 : 3, then what is
the second number?
a) 9 b) 15
c) 21 d) 35
118) How much pure alcohol can be added to 700 ml
of an 18% solution to make it strength 30%?
a) 60 ml c) 100 ml
b) 140 ml d) 120 ml
119) The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 4 : 3 : 2.
What is the ratio between the times taken by the
cars to cover the same distance?
a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 3 : 4 : 6
c) 1 : 2 : 3 d) 4 : 3 : 2
120) If Rs. 8400 is divided among A, B and C in the
ratio
10
1
:
6
1
:
5
1
, what is the share of A?
a) Rs. 1800 b) Rs. 3000
c) Rs. 3600 d) Rs. 4000
121) A person P started a business with a capital of
Rs. 2525 and another person Q joined P after
some months with a capital of Rs. 1200. Out of
the total annual profit of Rs. 1644, P’s share was
Rs. 1212. When did Q join as partners?
a) after 2 months b) after 3 months
c) after 4 months d) after 5months
122) The sum of the three numbers is 152. If the ratio
between the first and second be 3:5 and that
between the second and third be 5:11, what is
the third number?
a) 66 b) 55
c) 88 d) 111
123) Three persons A, B and C invested capitals in the
ratio 2:3:4. At the end of the business terms,
they received the profits in the ratio 10:7:5.
What is the ratio of time for which they
contributed their capital?
a) 12:14:15 b) 12:10:9
c) 4:3:1 d) 60 : 28 : 15
124) In a musical concert, the ratio of the number of
girls to that of boys was 5:7. When 102 more
girls entered the concert, the new ratio of the
number of girls to that of boys became 6:5. How
many people were there in the musical concert
at first?
a) 360 b) 240
c) 480 d) 330
125) In a certain locality 55% are females. Of these
32% are illiterate. If male literacy is 64%. Find
the ratio of illiterate males to literate females?
a) 9 : 8 b) 81 : 88
c) 81 : 187 d) 88 : 81
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (1-20): A sentence has been given in
Active Voice/Passive voice. Out of the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active
Voice.
1) Open the door.
a) The door must be opened
b) The door will be opened
c) The door is opened
d) Let the door be opened
2) I did not trust anybody.
a) Nobody was trusted by me
b) Anybody had been trusted by me
c) Nobody would be trusted by me
d) Nobody has been trusted by me
3) Did he remember the date and time?
a) Are the date and time remembered by him?
b) Was he remembering the date and time?
c) Were the date and time remembered by him?
d) Did the date and time be remembered by him?
4) The boys were digging a hole in the ground.
a) A hole had been dug in the ground by the boys
b) In the ground, the boys dug a hole
c) A hole in the ground has been dug by the boys
d) A hole was being dug by the boys in the ground.
5) We must now deal with these problems.
a) These problems must now be dealt with by us
b) These problems must now be dealing with by us
c) These problems must now deal with by us
d) These problems are to be dealt with by us
6) The audience loudly cheered the leader’s
speech.
a) The leader’s speech was loudly cheered by the
audience
b) The leader’s speech is loudly cheered by the
audience
a) Rs. 6762 b) Rs. 6672
c) Rs. 7506 d) Rs. 625
114) Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a
school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50%
and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increased seats?
a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 6 : 7 : 8
c) 6 : 8 : 9 d) 7 : 8 : 9
115) Ashok being the sleeping partner receives 1/10
of the profit and the remaining is divided
between Pramod and Prakash in the ratio of
1.25 : 1. If the difference between the shares of
Prakash and Ashok is Rs. 8340, what is Pramod’s
share (in Rs.)?
a) 8800 b) 13900
c) 12600 d) Data inadequate
116) The mean proportional between two numbers is
28 and their third proportional to them is 224.
The two numbers are
a) 7 and 12 b) 14 and 56
c) 28 and 28 d) 21 and 36
117) If sum of three numbers is 65. If the ratio of the
first to second number if 5 : 3, and that of the
second and third number is 7 : 3, then what is
the second number?
a) 9 b) 15
c) 21 d) 35
118) How much pure alcohol can be added to 700 ml
of an 18% solution to make it strength 30%?
a) 60 ml c) 100 ml
b) 140 ml d) 120 ml
119) The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 4 : 3 : 2.
What is the ratio between the times taken by the
cars to cover the same distance?
a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 3 : 4 : 6
c) 1 : 2 : 3 d) 4 : 3 : 2
120) If Rs. 8400 is divided among A, B and C in the
ratio
10
1
:
6
1
:
5
1
, what is the share of A?
a) Rs. 1800 b) Rs. 3000
c) Rs. 3600 d) Rs. 4000
121) A person P started a business with a capital of
Rs. 2525 and another person Q joined P after
some months with a capital of Rs. 1200. Out of
the total annual profit of Rs. 1644, P’s share was
Rs. 1212. When did Q join as partners?
a) after 2 months b) after 3 months
c) after 4 months d) after 5months
122) The sum of the three numbers is 152. If the ratio
between the first and second be 3:5 and that
between the second and third be 5:11, what is
the third number?
a) 66 b) 55
c) 88 d) 111
123) Three persons A, B and C invested capitals in the
ratio 2:3:4. At the end of the business terms,
they received the profits in the ratio 10:7:5.
What is the ratio of time for which they
contributed their capital?
a) 12:14:15 b) 12:10:9
c) 4:3:1 d) 60 : 28 : 15
124) In a musical concert, the ratio of the number of
girls to that of boys was 5:7. When 102 more
girls entered the concert, the new ratio of the
number of girls to that of boys became 6:5. How
many people were there in the musical concert
at first?
a) 360 b) 240
c) 480 d) 330
125) In a certain locality 55% are females. Of these
32% are illiterate. If male literacy is 64%. Find
the ratio of illiterate males to literate females?
a) 9 : 8 b) 81 : 88
c) 81 : 187 d) 88 : 81
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (1-20): A sentence has been given in
Active Voice/Passive voice. Out of the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active
Voice.
1) Open the door.
a) The door must be opened
b) The door will be opened
c) The door is opened
d) Let the door be opened
2) I did not trust anybody.
a) Nobody was trusted by me
b) Anybody had been trusted by me
c) Nobody would be trusted by me
d) Nobody has been trusted by me
3) Did he remember the date and time?
a) Are the date and time remembered by him?
b) Was he remembering the date and time?
c) Were the date and time remembered by him?
d) Did the date and time be remembered by him?
4) The boys were digging a hole in the ground.
a) A hole had been dug in the ground by the boys
b) In the ground, the boys dug a hole
c) A hole in the ground has been dug by the boys
d) A hole was being dug by the boys in the ground.
5) We must now deal with these problems.
a) These problems must now be dealt with by us
b) These problems must now be dealing with by us
c) These problems must now deal with by us
d) These problems are to be dealt with by us
6) The audience loudly cheered the leader’s
speech.
a) The leader’s speech was loudly cheered by the
audience
b) The leader’s speech is loudly cheered by the
audience
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c) The audience loudly cheered the leader for his
speech
d) The speech of the leader was loudly cheered by the
audience
7) Someone is following us.
a) We are followed by someone
b) We are being followed by someone
c) We were being followed by someone
d) We had been followed by someone
8) He hasn’t slept in his bed.
a) His bed hasn’t been slept in
b) He had not been slept in his bed
c) His bed had been slept in
d) His bed had not been slept in
9) I was recommended another lawyer.
a) Somebody recommended another lawyer.
b) Somebody recommended me to another lawyer.
c) Somebody recommended me another lawyer
d) Somebody recommends me another lawyer
10) Many a person has been saved from the man-
eaters by these hunters
a) These hunters will save many a person from the
man-eaters
b) These hunters save many a person from the man-
eaters
c) These hunters saved many a person from the man-
eaters
d) These hunters have saved many a person from the
man-eaters
11) Must we cut this tree?
a) Must this tree will cut?
b) Must this tree be cut?
c) Must this tree was cut?
d) Must this tree is cut?
12) You will be well looked after.
a) They will look after you well
b) They can look after you well
c) They may look after you well
d) They shall look after you well
13) Didn’t they tell you to be here by six O’ clock?
a) Weren’t you told to be here by six O’clock?
b) Haven’t they told you to be here by six O’ clock?
c) You were expected to be here by six O’ clock?
d) They expected you to be here by six O’ clock?
14) Don’t touch this switch.
a) This switch does not be touched
b) This switch must not be touched
c) This switch don’t be touched
d) This switch need not be touched
15) One cannot gather grapes from thistles.
a) Thistles cannot be gathered from grapes
b) Grapes cannot be gathered from thistles
c) Grapes and thistles cannot be gathered by one
d) Grapes cannot be gathered by them
16) They will have completed the work by the time
we get there.
a) The work will be completed by the time we get
there
b) The work will have been completed by the time we
get there
c) The work will have completed by the time we get
there
d) The work will have been completed by the time we
have got there
17) You will have to pull down this sky-scraper as
you have not complied with the town planning
regulations.
a) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the
town planning regulations have not been complied
with
b) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down by you
as the town planning regulations have not been
complied by you
c) This sky-scraper will be pulled down as the town
planning regulations have not been complied with
d) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the
town planning regulations have not been complied
18) He has written a poem which fascinates every
one.
a) A poem has been written by him which fascinates
every one
b) Everyone is fascinated by the poem which has been
written by him
c) Poem written by him fascinates every one
d) Every one fascinates the poem which is written by
him
19) Will those happy days be ever forgotten by me?
a) Will I ever forget those happy days?
b) Shall I ever forgot these happy days?
c) Would I forget these happy days?
d) Ever shall I forget those happy days?
20) You are requested to permit him.
a) Please permit him
b) I request you to permit me
c) He requests to permit him
d) I plead you to permit him
Directions (21-45): A sentence has been given in
Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternative
suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
21) Socrates said,” Virtue is its own reward.”
a) Socrates said that virtue had its own rewards
b) Socrates says that virtue is its own reward
c) Socrates said that virtue is its own reward
d) Socrates said that virtue was its own reward
22) He said to the interviewer, “Could you please
repeat the question?”
a) He requested the interviewer if he could please
repeat the question
b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the
question
c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question
d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the
question
23) He said, “it used to be a lovely, quiet street.”
a) He said that it used to be a lovely, quiet street
b) He pointed out that it had used to be a lovely, quiet
street
c) He said that there used to be a lovely, quiet street
d) He inquired whether there was a lovely, quiet street
24) The Prime Minister said that no one would be
allowed to disturb the peace.
c) The audience loudly cheered the leader for his
speech
d) The speech of the leader was loudly cheered by the
audience
7) Someone is following us.
a) We are followed by someone
b) We are being followed by someone
c) We were being followed by someone
d) We had been followed by someone
8) He hasn’t slept in his bed.
a) His bed hasn’t been slept in
b) He had not been slept in his bed
c) His bed had been slept in
d) His bed had not been slept in
9) I was recommended another lawyer.
a) Somebody recommended another lawyer.
b) Somebody recommended me to another lawyer.
c) Somebody recommended me another lawyer
d) Somebody recommends me another lawyer
10) Many a person has been saved from the man-
eaters by these hunters
a) These hunters will save many a person from the
man-eaters
b) These hunters save many a person from the man-
eaters
c) These hunters saved many a person from the man-
eaters
d) These hunters have saved many a person from the
man-eaters
11) Must we cut this tree?
a) Must this tree will cut?
b) Must this tree be cut?
c) Must this tree was cut?
d) Must this tree is cut?
12) You will be well looked after.
a) They will look after you well
b) They can look after you well
c) They may look after you well
d) They shall look after you well
13) Didn’t they tell you to be here by six O’ clock?
a) Weren’t you told to be here by six O’clock?
b) Haven’t they told you to be here by six O’ clock?
c) You were expected to be here by six O’ clock?
d) They expected you to be here by six O’ clock?
14) Don’t touch this switch.
a) This switch does not be touched
b) This switch must not be touched
c) This switch don’t be touched
d) This switch need not be touched
15) One cannot gather grapes from thistles.
a) Thistles cannot be gathered from grapes
b) Grapes cannot be gathered from thistles
c) Grapes and thistles cannot be gathered by one
d) Grapes cannot be gathered by them
16) They will have completed the work by the time
we get there.
a) The work will be completed by the time we get
there
b) The work will have been completed by the time we
get there
c) The work will have completed by the time we get
there
d) The work will have been completed by the time we
have got there
17) You will have to pull down this sky-scraper as
you have not complied with the town planning
regulations.
a) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the
town planning regulations have not been complied
with
b) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down by you
as the town planning regulations have not been
complied by you
c) This sky-scraper will be pulled down as the town
planning regulations have not been complied with
d) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the
town planning regulations have not been complied
18) He has written a poem which fascinates every
one.
a) A poem has been written by him which fascinates
every one
b) Everyone is fascinated by the poem which has been
written by him
c) Poem written by him fascinates every one
d) Every one fascinates the poem which is written by
him
19) Will those happy days be ever forgotten by me?
a) Will I ever forget those happy days?
b) Shall I ever forgot these happy days?
c) Would I forget these happy days?
d) Ever shall I forget those happy days?
20) You are requested to permit him.
a) Please permit him
b) I request you to permit me
c) He requests to permit him
d) I plead you to permit him
Directions (21-45): A sentence has been given in
Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternative
suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
21) Socrates said,” Virtue is its own reward.”
a) Socrates said that virtue had its own rewards
b) Socrates says that virtue is its own reward
c) Socrates said that virtue is its own reward
d) Socrates said that virtue was its own reward
22) He said to the interviewer, “Could you please
repeat the question?”
a) He requested the interviewer if he could please
repeat the question
b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the
question
c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question
d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the
question
23) He said, “it used to be a lovely, quiet street.”
a) He said that it used to be a lovely, quiet street
b) He pointed out that it had used to be a lovely, quiet
street
c) He said that there used to be a lovely, quiet street
d) He inquired whether there was a lovely, quiet street
24) The Prime Minister said that no one would be
allowed to disturb the peace.
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a) The Prime Minister said, “We shall not allow anyone
to disturb the peace.”
b) The Prime Minister said, “We would not allow no
one to disturb the peace.”
c) The Prime Minister said, “No one will disturb the
peace.”
d) The Prime Minister said, “No one can disturb the
peace”
25) The spectators said, “Bravo! Well done,
players.”
a) The Spectators shouted that the players were doing
very well
b) The spectators exclaimed with joy that the players
were doing very well
c) The spectators applauded the players saying that
they had done well
d) The spectators applauded the players joyfully to do
well
26) I said to my friend, “Good Morning. Let us go for
a picnic today.”
a) I told good morning to my friend, and asked to go
for a picnic that day
b) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that
we should go for a picnic that day
c) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that
they should go for a picnic that day
d) I told good morning to my friend and suggested to
go for a picnic today
27) The new student asked the old one, “Do you
know my name?”
a) The new student asked the old one if he knew his
name
b) The new student asked the old one that whether he
knew his name
c) The new student asked the old one did he know his
name
d) The new student asked the old one if he knows his
name
28) I warned her that I could no longer tolerate her
coming late.
a) I said to her, “You can no longer tolerate my
coming late.”
b) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate your coming
late.”
c) I said to her, “He can no longer 1 tolerate her
coming late.”
d) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate she coming
late.”
29) I said to my mother, “I will certainly take you to
Bangalore this week.”
a) I told my mother he would certainly take her to
Bangalore that week
b) I told my mother that I would certainly take her to
Bangalore that week
c) I told my mother that she would certainly take her
to Bangalore that week
d) I told to my mother that I would take you to
Bangalore that week
30) “How long does the journey take?”, my co-
passenger asked me.
a) My co-passenger asked me how long does the
journey take
b) I asked my co-passenger how long the journey
would take
c) My co-passenger wanted to know how long the
journey would take
d) My co-passenger asked me how long the journey
did take
31) How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so
quickly,” said the mother.
a) The mother exclaimed admiringly that it was very
clever of him to have solved the puzzle so quickly
b) The mother expressed that he was so clever to
have solved the puzzle quickly
c) The mother told that he was very clever in solving
the puzzle so quickly
d) The mother exclaimed with joy that he was clever
enough to solve the puzzle so quickly
32) He said he goes for a walk every morning.
a) He said, “I went for a walk every morning”.
b) He said, “I go for a walk every morning”.
c) He said, “I will go for a walk-every morning”.
d) He said, “ He goes for a walk every morning”.
33) I reiterated, “I don’t care about the job.”
a) I reiterated I didn’t care about the job
b) I said again and again I didn’t care about the job
c) I reiterated that I did not care about the job
d) I repeatedly said that I cared about the job
34) I said to my brother, “Let us go to some hill
station for a change.”
a) I suggested to my brother that they should go to
some hill station for a change
b) I suggested to my brother that we should go to
some hill station for a change
c) I suggested to my brother that let us go to some hill
station for a change
d) I suggested to my brother that let them go to some
hill station for a change
35) I wondered how many discoveries went
unheeded.
a) I said, “How many discoveries have gone
unheeded?”
b) I said, “How many discoveries went unheeded?”
c) I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?”
d) I said, “How many discoveries go unheeded?”
36) Gopan said to me, “Can you do these sums for
me?”
a) Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him
b) Gopan asked me if I can do those sums for him
c) Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him
d) Gopan asked if I could do these sums for him
37) The boss said, “It’s time we began planning our
work”.
a) The boss said that if was time they had begun
planning their work
b) The boss said that if was time we had begun
planning our work
c) The boss said that it was time they began planning
their work
d) The boss said that it was time we began planning
his work
38) He said to the judge, “I did not commit this
crime;”
a) The Prime Minister said, “We shall not allow anyone
to disturb the peace.”
b) The Prime Minister said, “We would not allow no
one to disturb the peace.”
c) The Prime Minister said, “No one will disturb the
peace.”
d) The Prime Minister said, “No one can disturb the
peace”
25) The spectators said, “Bravo! Well done,
players.”
a) The Spectators shouted that the players were doing
very well
b) The spectators exclaimed with joy that the players
were doing very well
c) The spectators applauded the players saying that
they had done well
d) The spectators applauded the players joyfully to do
well
26) I said to my friend, “Good Morning. Let us go for
a picnic today.”
a) I told good morning to my friend, and asked to go
for a picnic that day
b) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that
we should go for a picnic that day
c) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that
they should go for a picnic that day
d) I told good morning to my friend and suggested to
go for a picnic today
27) The new student asked the old one, “Do you
know my name?”
a) The new student asked the old one if he knew his
name
b) The new student asked the old one that whether he
knew his name
c) The new student asked the old one did he know his
name
d) The new student asked the old one if he knows his
name
28) I warned her that I could no longer tolerate her
coming late.
a) I said to her, “You can no longer tolerate my
coming late.”
b) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate your coming
late.”
c) I said to her, “He can no longer 1 tolerate her
coming late.”
d) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate she coming
late.”
29) I said to my mother, “I will certainly take you to
Bangalore this week.”
a) I told my mother he would certainly take her to
Bangalore that week
b) I told my mother that I would certainly take her to
Bangalore that week
c) I told my mother that she would certainly take her
to Bangalore that week
d) I told to my mother that I would take you to
Bangalore that week
30) “How long does the journey take?”, my co-
passenger asked me.
a) My co-passenger asked me how long does the
journey take
b) I asked my co-passenger how long the journey
would take
c) My co-passenger wanted to know how long the
journey would take
d) My co-passenger asked me how long the journey
did take
31) How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so
quickly,” said the mother.
a) The mother exclaimed admiringly that it was very
clever of him to have solved the puzzle so quickly
b) The mother expressed that he was so clever to
have solved the puzzle quickly
c) The mother told that he was very clever in solving
the puzzle so quickly
d) The mother exclaimed with joy that he was clever
enough to solve the puzzle so quickly
32) He said he goes for a walk every morning.
a) He said, “I went for a walk every morning”.
b) He said, “I go for a walk every morning”.
c) He said, “I will go for a walk-every morning”.
d) He said, “ He goes for a walk every morning”.
33) I reiterated, “I don’t care about the job.”
a) I reiterated I didn’t care about the job
b) I said again and again I didn’t care about the job
c) I reiterated that I did not care about the job
d) I repeatedly said that I cared about the job
34) I said to my brother, “Let us go to some hill
station for a change.”
a) I suggested to my brother that they should go to
some hill station for a change
b) I suggested to my brother that we should go to
some hill station for a change
c) I suggested to my brother that let us go to some hill
station for a change
d) I suggested to my brother that let them go to some
hill station for a change
35) I wondered how many discoveries went
unheeded.
a) I said, “How many discoveries have gone
unheeded?”
b) I said, “How many discoveries went unheeded?”
c) I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?”
d) I said, “How many discoveries go unheeded?”
36) Gopan said to me, “Can you do these sums for
me?”
a) Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him
b) Gopan asked me if I can do those sums for him
c) Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him
d) Gopan asked if I could do these sums for him
37) The boss said, “It’s time we began planning our
work”.
a) The boss said that if was time they had begun
planning their work
b) The boss said that if was time we had begun
planning our work
c) The boss said that it was time they began planning
their work
d) The boss said that it was time we began planning
his work
38) He said to the judge, “I did not commit this
crime;”
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a) He told the judge that he had not committed that
crime
b) He told the judge that he did not commit the crime
c) He told the judge that he had not committed the
crime
d) He told the judge that he had not committed this
crime
39) Rahul said, “I will do it now or never”.
a) Rahul said that he will do it now or never
b) Rahul said that he will now or never do it
c) Rahul said that he would do it then or never
d) Rahul said that he would now or never do it
40) My father once said to me, “If I can’t trust my
people, then I don’t want to be doing this.”
a) His father once told him that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
b) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
c) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
d) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing this
41) Doshi said to his wife, “Please select one of the
necklaces.”
a) Doshi requested his wife to select one of those
necklaces
b) Doshi said to his wife to please select one of these
necklaces
c) Doshi told his wife to please select one of those
necklaces
d) Doshi pleased his wife to selects one of those
necklaces
42) He wrote in his report, “The rainfall has been
scanty till now.”
a) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till
now
b) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till
now
c) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till
then
d) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till
then
43) “Govind,” said the manager sternly, “I command
you to tell me what the old man said.”
a) The manager sternly told Govind that he
commanded him to tell him what the old man had said
b) The manager commanded sternly to Govind to tell
him what the old man had said
c) The manager commanded Govind to tell him what
the old man said
d) The manager sternly commanded Govind to tell him
what the old man had said
44) I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I
brought for you yesterday?”
a) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the day before
b) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the previous day
c) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the next day.
d) I asked him where he had lost the pen I brought for
him the previous day
45) She said to Rita, “Please help me with my
homework.”
a) She requested Rita to help me with her homework
b) Rita requested her to help her with her homework
c) She requested Rita to help her with her homework
d) She requested Rita to help her homework
Directions (46-75): A part of the sentence is
underlined. Below are given four alternatives to the
underlined part. Choose the correct alternative. In
case no improvement is needed your answer is (d).
46) During the recent floods, we waded through
waist-
deep water for almost half a kilometer.
a) shuffled through b) walked over
c) skipped through d) No improvement
47) In Gujarat, communal violence and rioting ignited
up
twice in the late seventies and early eighties.
a) flared b) burned
c) took d) No improvement
48) My friend lamented that though a complete report was
sent to the department a month ago no action is being
taken so far.
a) no action has been taken
b) no action was taken
c) no action had taken
d) No improvement
49) Hari left
the house before Shyam got there.
a) will leave b) had left
c) leaves d) No improvement
50) The underlining
assumption is that the amount of
money available is limited.
a) undermining b) underlying
c) underwhelming d) No improvement
51) She was criticized
by her colleagues for leaking the
story to the press.
a) reproached b) dissented
c) warned d) No improvement
52) Two children were knocked down
by a speeding truck.
a) turned down b) pulled down
c) brought down d) No improvement
53) The company is not doing well – isn’t it time you sell
off your shares in it?
a) sold b) selling
c) give d) No improvement
54) Before a skunk squeals
an unpleasant spray from the
glands under its tail, it will stamp its feet and hiss a
warning.
a) squints b) stinks
c) squirts d) No improvement
55) Although
Pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively, they
are also carnivorous.
a) Until b) As soon as
c) Not only d) No improvement
56) I and my parents
live together.
a) Me and my parents
b) My parents and I
c) My parents and me
d) No improvement
57) I was really criticised
by the angry words of my father.
a) jolted b) fluttered
c) thwarted d) No improvement
a) He told the judge that he had not committed that
crime
b) He told the judge that he did not commit the crime
c) He told the judge that he had not committed the
crime
d) He told the judge that he had not committed this
crime
39) Rahul said, “I will do it now or never”.
a) Rahul said that he will do it now or never
b) Rahul said that he will now or never do it
c) Rahul said that he would do it then or never
d) Rahul said that he would now or never do it
40) My father once said to me, “If I can’t trust my
people, then I don’t want to be doing this.”
a) His father once told him that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
b) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
c) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my
people then he didn’t want to be doing that
d) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his
people then he didn’t want to be doing this
41) Doshi said to his wife, “Please select one of the
necklaces.”
a) Doshi requested his wife to select one of those
necklaces
b) Doshi said to his wife to please select one of these
necklaces
c) Doshi told his wife to please select one of those
necklaces
d) Doshi pleased his wife to selects one of those
necklaces
42) He wrote in his report, “The rainfall has been
scanty till now.”
a) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till
now
b) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till
now
c) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till
then
d) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till
then
43) “Govind,” said the manager sternly, “I command
you to tell me what the old man said.”
a) The manager sternly told Govind that he
commanded him to tell him what the old man had said
b) The manager commanded sternly to Govind to tell
him what the old man had said
c) The manager commanded Govind to tell him what
the old man said
d) The manager sternly commanded Govind to tell him
what the old man had said
44) I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I
brought for you yesterday?”
a) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the day before
b) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the previous day
c) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had
brought for him the next day.
d) I asked him where he had lost the pen I brought for
him the previous day
45) She said to Rita, “Please help me with my
homework.”
a) She requested Rita to help me with her homework
b) Rita requested her to help her with her homework
c) She requested Rita to help her with her homework
d) She requested Rita to help her homework
Directions (46-75): A part of the sentence is
underlined. Below are given four alternatives to the
underlined part. Choose the correct alternative. In
case no improvement is needed your answer is (d).
46) During the recent floods, we waded through
waist-
deep water for almost half a kilometer.
a) shuffled through b) walked over
c) skipped through d) No improvement
47) In Gujarat, communal violence and rioting ignited
up
twice in the late seventies and early eighties.
a) flared b) burned
c) took d) No improvement
48) My friend lamented that though a complete report was
sent to the department a month ago no action is being
taken so far.
a) no action has been taken
b) no action was taken
c) no action had taken
d) No improvement
49) Hari left
the house before Shyam got there.
a) will leave b) had left
c) leaves d) No improvement
50) The underlining
assumption is that the amount of
money available is limited.
a) undermining b) underlying
c) underwhelming d) No improvement
51) She was criticized
by her colleagues for leaking the
story to the press.
a) reproached b) dissented
c) warned d) No improvement
52) Two children were knocked down
by a speeding truck.
a) turned down b) pulled down
c) brought down d) No improvement
53) The company is not doing well – isn’t it time you sell
off your shares in it?
a) sold b) selling
c) give d) No improvement
54) Before a skunk squeals
an unpleasant spray from the
glands under its tail, it will stamp its feet and hiss a
warning.
a) squints b) stinks
c) squirts d) No improvement
55) Although
Pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively, they
are also carnivorous.
a) Until b) As soon as
c) Not only d) No improvement
56) I and my parents
live together.
a) Me and my parents
b) My parents and I
c) My parents and me
d) No improvement
57) I was really criticised
by the angry words of my father.
a) jolted b) fluttered
c) thwarted d) No improvement
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 51
58) Man has a strong desire to collect wealth.
a) spend b) accumulate
c) waste d) No improvement
59) She insisted to go
there, though her husband
cautioned her on it.
a) on going b) upon going
c) going d) No improvement
60) It is sheer foolishness to think that the education
system can be improved by doing away
examinations.
a) by doing with b) by doing it to
c) by doing away with d) No improvement
61) Do how I say.
a) as b) what
c) like d) No improvement
62) I am thinking to do
an M.A. in English.
a) I am wondering to do an M.A. in English
b) I am thinking of doing an M.A. in English
c) I am thinking doing an M.A. in English
d) No improvement
63) You may sign on this paper
.
a) sign at this paper b) sign this paper
c) sign upon this paper d) No improvement
64) Majority of people wrongly believe
that there must be
a son in every family.
a) the people believe wrongly
b) peoples wrongly believes
c) the people wrongly believe
d) No improvement
65) If I followed
instructions I could have averted the
mishap.
a) I had followed
b) I would have followed
c) I were to follow d) No improvement
66) Bonded labour has been
now almost a thing of the
past.
a) had been b) is
c) was d) No improvement
67) I prefer remaining silent to
speaking
a) than b) more than
c) rather than d) No improvement
68) He presented me a calculator on my birthday.
a) He presented me a calculator for my birthday
b) He presented me with a calculator on my birthday
c) He presented a calculator for my birthday
d) No improvement
69) The teacher saw my conversing
with her.
a) my conversation b) me to converse
c) me conversing d) No improvement
70) The police booked a case against the car-driver for
wrong parking.
a) restricted b) expelled
c) filed d) No improvement
71) Who does not grasp
the recently formed
Commonwealth of Independent States?
a) know b) identify
c) understand d) No improvement
72) We have received many anomalous
letters about this
issue.
a) analogous b) synonymous
c) anonymous d) No improvement
73) The watchman asked the intruder who was he and
why was he occupying his chair.
a) who he was and why was he
b) who he was and why he was
c) who he had been and why was he
d) No improvement
74) My watch stopped, as key was not given
.
a) the key was not given
b) it had not been wound up
c) its key was not given d) No improvement
75) All that is human must revert
if it does not advance
a) retrograde b) withdraw
c) retire d) No improvement
Directions (76-85): The 1
st
and the last sentences of
the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the
passage 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.
76) 1. A man who climbs a mountain faces several
dangers.
P. A cylinder of oxygen can be very expensive.
Q. The atmosphere at such a great height contains
less oxygen than in the plains and therefore he may
find it difficult to breathe.
R. Yet another danger is the avalanches – huge mass
of snow sliding down the mountain and the
mountaineer may get swept off.
S. This means that the mountaineer has to carry his
own supply of oxygen in a clinder.
6. It is a proof of man’s indomitable courage that in
spite of all these dangers, he continues to climb the
highest mountains in the world.
a) QSPR b) SRPQ
c) QSRP d) PSRQ
77) 1. After the Chipko Movement
P. that peasants and tribals
Q. in the responsible management
R. it was demonistrated
S. had a greater stake
6. of Nature than did supposedly sophisticated city
dwellers.
a) QRPS b) RPSQ
c) RPQS d) QPSR
78) 1. Sometimes you can figure out
P. of the rest of the sentence
Q. or from the meaning
R. its place in the story or in the sentence
S. an unfamiliar word from its context
6. even though you may never have seen the word
before.
a) RSPQ b) SRQP
c) QPRS d) PRQS
79) 1. Even today in many countries
P. neglected and there are far
Q. women continue to be
R. who have had the benefit of
S. fewer women than men
6. education and vocational training.
a) PRQS b) QPSR
c) SQRP d) RQPS
80) 1. Carl Sagan
P. the severity of the problem
58) Man has a strong desire to collect wealth.
a) spend b) accumulate
c) waste d) No improvement
59) She insisted to go
there, though her husband
cautioned her on it.
a) on going b) upon going
c) going d) No improvement
60) It is sheer foolishness to think that the education
system can be improved by doing away
examinations.
a) by doing with b) by doing it to
c) by doing away with d) No improvement
61) Do how I say.
a) as b) what
c) like d) No improvement
62) I am thinking to do
an M.A. in English.
a) I am wondering to do an M.A. in English
b) I am thinking of doing an M.A. in English
c) I am thinking doing an M.A. in English
d) No improvement
63) You may sign on this paper
.
a) sign at this paper b) sign this paper
c) sign upon this paper d) No improvement
64) Majority of people wrongly believe
that there must be
a son in every family.
a) the people believe wrongly
b) peoples wrongly believes
c) the people wrongly believe
d) No improvement
65) If I followed
instructions I could have averted the
mishap.
a) I had followed
b) I would have followed
c) I were to follow d) No improvement
66) Bonded labour has been
now almost a thing of the
past.
a) had been b) is
c) was d) No improvement
67) I prefer remaining silent to
speaking
a) than b) more than
c) rather than d) No improvement
68) He presented me a calculator on my birthday.
a) He presented me a calculator for my birthday
b) He presented me with a calculator on my birthday
c) He presented a calculator for my birthday
d) No improvement
69) The teacher saw my conversing
with her.
a) my conversation b) me to converse
c) me conversing d) No improvement
70) The police booked a case against the car-driver for
wrong parking.
a) restricted b) expelled
c) filed d) No improvement
71) Who does not grasp
the recently formed
Commonwealth of Independent States?
a) know b) identify
c) understand d) No improvement
72) We have received many anomalous
letters about this
issue.
a) analogous b) synonymous
c) anonymous d) No improvement
73) The watchman asked the intruder who was he and
why was he occupying his chair.
a) who he was and why was he
b) who he was and why he was
c) who he had been and why was he
d) No improvement
74) My watch stopped, as key was not given
.
a) the key was not given
b) it had not been wound up
c) its key was not given d) No improvement
75) All that is human must revert
if it does not advance
a) retrograde b) withdraw
c) retire d) No improvement
Directions (76-85): The 1
st
and the last sentences of
the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the
passage 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.
76) 1. A man who climbs a mountain faces several
dangers.
P. A cylinder of oxygen can be very expensive.
Q. The atmosphere at such a great height contains
less oxygen than in the plains and therefore he may
find it difficult to breathe.
R. Yet another danger is the avalanches – huge mass
of snow sliding down the mountain and the
mountaineer may get swept off.
S. This means that the mountaineer has to carry his
own supply of oxygen in a clinder.
6. It is a proof of man’s indomitable courage that in
spite of all these dangers, he continues to climb the
highest mountains in the world.
a) QSPR b) SRPQ
c) QSRP d) PSRQ
77) 1. After the Chipko Movement
P. that peasants and tribals
Q. in the responsible management
R. it was demonistrated
S. had a greater stake
6. of Nature than did supposedly sophisticated city
dwellers.
a) QRPS b) RPSQ
c) RPQS d) QPSR
78) 1. Sometimes you can figure out
P. of the rest of the sentence
Q. or from the meaning
R. its place in the story or in the sentence
S. an unfamiliar word from its context
6. even though you may never have seen the word
before.
a) RSPQ b) SRQP
c) QPRS d) PRQS
79) 1. Even today in many countries
P. neglected and there are far
Q. women continue to be
R. who have had the benefit of
S. fewer women than men
6. education and vocational training.
a) PRQS b) QPSR
c) SQRP d) RQPS
80) 1. Carl Sagan
P. the severity of the problem
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Q. says that we do not fully understand
R. that the next generations may be badly affected
S. in his essay
6. and that the only solution is international co-
operation.
a) SRPQ b) SQRP
c) SPRQ d) SQPR
81) 1. Each
P. if it was working
Q. had to be tested to be sure
R. parts of the rocket
S. of the many
6. perfectly.
a) RSPQ b) RQSP
c) PRQS d) SRQP
82) 1. The life of the honeybee colony centres around the
activities of its single queen.
P. Fertilization of these eggs takes place before they
are deposited in the cells.
Q. When the eggs hatch into larvae, they are looked
after and fed by the worker bees.
R. During the summer months spends most of her
time laying eggs in the wax cells of her honey comb.
S. The honeybee does this by releasing sperm from
her storage sacs which were filled at the time of her
mating of flights.
6. A new worker bee emerges three weeks after the
egg was laid.
a) RSQP b) RPSQ
c) SPRQ d) SRPQ
83) 1. George Eliot sees
P. family life
Q. and mutually caring relationships
R. human relationships
S. as the centre of
6. as the centre of life itself.
a) PQSR b) RQSP
c) RPQS d) PSRQ
84) 1. As the girl grew up, she became prettier and
prettier.
P. She began to be treated worse than any servant
Q. After household work she would sleep among the
clinders.
R. And the prettier she became, the more the sisters
hated her.
S. She was compelled to eat scraps of leftovers.
6. This habit earned her the nickname Cinderella.
a) PQRS b) RPSQ
c) QPRS d) PQSR
85) 1. Actually for him
P. was more important than
Q. the development
R. into a free man
S. of the Indian
6. the freeing of India.
a) QSRP b) SRQP
c) PRQS d) RSQP
Directions (86-110): You have 5 brief passages with
five questions following each passage. Read the
passages carefully and choose the best answer to
each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE – I
Fingerprints are the marks made by the ridges on the ends
of the fingers and thumbs. These ridges form a pattern that
stays the same throughout a person’s life. No two persons
have ever had the same fingerprints. So fingerprints are a
foolproof way of identifying a person.
A fingerprint record is made in an interesting manner.
A small piece of metal is coated with a thin film of ink. Next,
a person’s finger and thumb tips are pressed against the
inked surface. Then the fingertips are pressed on a white
card. The prints are recorded in exact detail.
Fingerprinting is often used to solve crimes.
Fingerprints are picked up at the scene of a crime. These
are compared with those of a suspect. Millions of
fingerprints are kept on files by police departments.
Fingerprinting is also used in finding missing persons
and identifying unknown dead. It is used to screen people
who apply for certain jobs.
It is thought that the Chinese used thumbprints to sign
documents a long time before Christ. The system used
today was invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880’s. In
1901 Sir E.R. Henry found a simple way of grouping
fingerprints. His system is used by many law-enforcement
organizations.
86) Fingerprints are the most ……………way of
identifying a person.
a) best b) genuine
c) sincere d) accurate
87) The main reason why fingerprinting is used for
identification is that
a) every individual has a unique set of fingerprints.
b) every set of fingerprints falls into a pattern
c) records of fingerprints can be maintained.
d) fingerprints can be picked up even after a crime.
88) Who first evolved a system of using finger
impressions to authenticate document?
a) Sir Francis Galton b) Sir E.R. Henry
c) The Chinese d) The Britishers
89) The present system of recording fingerprints is
around …………… years old.
a) 2200 b) 100
c) 500 d) 220
90) The fingerprints are stored for record
a) on a white card b) on an inked surface
c) on paper files
d) on a small piece of metal
PASSAGE – II
An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty
clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon
bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women
and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts
staggered up the steel bank from the bridge with soldiers
helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The
trucks ground up and away heading out of it all. The
peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old
man sat there without moving.
91) What was the old man wearing?
a) Steel-rimmed spectacles
Q. says that we do not fully understand
R. that the next generations may be badly affected
S. in his essay
6. and that the only solution is international co-
operation.
a) SRPQ b) SQRP
c) SPRQ d) SQPR
81) 1. Each
P. if it was working
Q. had to be tested to be sure
R. parts of the rocket
S. of the many
6. perfectly.
a) RSPQ b) RQSP
c) PRQS d) SRQP
82) 1. The life of the honeybee colony centres around the
activities of its single queen.
P. Fertilization of these eggs takes place before they
are deposited in the cells.
Q. When the eggs hatch into larvae, they are looked
after and fed by the worker bees.
R. During the summer months spends most of her
time laying eggs in the wax cells of her honey comb.
S. The honeybee does this by releasing sperm from
her storage sacs which were filled at the time of her
mating of flights.
6. A new worker bee emerges three weeks after the
egg was laid.
a) RSQP b) RPSQ
c) SPRQ d) SRPQ
83) 1. George Eliot sees
P. family life
Q. and mutually caring relationships
R. human relationships
S. as the centre of
6. as the centre of life itself.
a) PQSR b) RQSP
c) RPQS d) PSRQ
84) 1. As the girl grew up, she became prettier and
prettier.
P. She began to be treated worse than any servant
Q. After household work she would sleep among the
clinders.
R. And the prettier she became, the more the sisters
hated her.
S. She was compelled to eat scraps of leftovers.
6. This habit earned her the nickname Cinderella.
a) PQRS b) RPSQ
c) QPRS d) PQSR
85) 1. Actually for him
P. was more important than
Q. the development
R. into a free man
S. of the Indian
6. the freeing of India.
a) QSRP b) SRQP
c) PRQS d) RSQP
Directions (86-110): You have 5 brief passages with
five questions following each passage. Read the
passages carefully and choose the best answer to
each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE – I
Fingerprints are the marks made by the ridges on the ends
of the fingers and thumbs. These ridges form a pattern that
stays the same throughout a person’s life. No two persons
have ever had the same fingerprints. So fingerprints are a
foolproof way of identifying a person.
A fingerprint record is made in an interesting manner.
A small piece of metal is coated with a thin film of ink. Next,
a person’s finger and thumb tips are pressed against the
inked surface. Then the fingertips are pressed on a white
card. The prints are recorded in exact detail.
Fingerprinting is often used to solve crimes.
Fingerprints are picked up at the scene of a crime. These
are compared with those of a suspect. Millions of
fingerprints are kept on files by police departments.
Fingerprinting is also used in finding missing persons
and identifying unknown dead. It is used to screen people
who apply for certain jobs.
It is thought that the Chinese used thumbprints to sign
documents a long time before Christ. The system used
today was invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880’s. In
1901 Sir E.R. Henry found a simple way of grouping
fingerprints. His system is used by many law-enforcement
organizations.
86) Fingerprints are the most ……………way of
identifying a person.
a) best b) genuine
c) sincere d) accurate
87) The main reason why fingerprinting is used for
identification is that
a) every individual has a unique set of fingerprints.
b) every set of fingerprints falls into a pattern
c) records of fingerprints can be maintained.
d) fingerprints can be picked up even after a crime.
88) Who first evolved a system of using finger
impressions to authenticate document?
a) Sir Francis Galton b) Sir E.R. Henry
c) The Chinese d) The Britishers
89) The present system of recording fingerprints is
around …………… years old.
a) 2200 b) 100
c) 500 d) 220
90) The fingerprints are stored for record
a) on a white card b) on an inked surface
c) on paper files
d) on a small piece of metal
PASSAGE – II
An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty
clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon
bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women
and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts
staggered up the steel bank from the bridge with soldiers
helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The
trucks ground up and away heading out of it all. The
peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old
man sat there without moving.
91) What was the old man wearing?
a) Steel-rimmed spectacles
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 53
b) An old shirt and pant
c) Very dusty clothes
d) Steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes
92) Mention those which crossed bridge besides
human beings.
a) Mules and horses
b) Men, women and children
c) Carts and trucks d) Soldiers and carts
93) Who were helping to push the mule-drawn
carts?
a) Mules b) The villagers
c) The Horses d) Soldiers
94) Where was the old man sitting?
a) In the cart b) Over the bridge
c) By the side of the road
d) On the banks of the river
95) Why was he sitting there?
a) To admire the natural scenery
b) To watch the people passing by
c) Because he was so tired that he couldn’t go any
further
d) Waiting for somebody
PASSAGE – III
Most authorities agree that St. Valentine is “the lover’s
saint”.
However, some writers are inclined to believe that no such
person existed, though there appears to be proof that he
was a Christian Bishop and that he suffered martyrdom
under the Roman Emperor Claudius on February 14,271
(A.D)
The story is that Emperor Claudius issued a decree
forbidding marriage. Married men disliked leaving their
families to go to war, and they did not make good soldiers,
according to the Emperor’s notion. Since good soldiers were
needed, he decided that marriage had to be abolished.
The good priest Valentine heard this and was sad. He
invited young lovers to come to him and secretly got them
married. The emperor learnt of this and had Valentine put in
prison. There the “friend of lovers” languished and died
martyr to love. The Church made him a Saint and allotted
the day of his death, February 14, to him. So it is not
surprising that youngsters in Rome made this day a special
one in honour of the Saint. St. Valentine’s Day came to be
known as “the day for all true lovers”.
Three Egyptian words will tell us more about the
customs of Valentine’s Day than all the falsehoods
concerning the Saint. In Egyptian language, Va or Fa means
“to bear”, Len is “the name “ or “to name”. Ten means “to
determine”. Thus the day of Valentine is that which
determines whose name shall be borne by each person in
this mode of marriage by drawing lots. The custom points to
the time when chance, rather than choice, was the law.
Marriage is still said to be a lottery. The custom of sending
caricatures on Valentine’s Day is probably based on
asserting the freedom of choice, and making a mock of
chance.
If one decides to entertain people at a supper or
dinner on Valentine’s Day, the decoration and even the food
should follow the spirit of the day. Invitations are usually
heart-shape- a custom that originated with the first
manufactured Valentines which were usually in the shape of
hearts – darted through with arrows.
96) The writer means that St. Valentine actually
lived. Which of the following statements best
reveals the meaning?
a) Most authorities agree that St. Valentine was known
as “the lovers’ saint.”
b) Valentine was put in prison and he died a martyr to
love.
c) There appears to be proof that he was a Christian
Bishop in the 3
rd
century.
d) Some writers are inclined to believe that no such
person existed.
97) Married men did not make good soldiers
because
a) they did not want to leave their families.
b) they did not like to go to war.
c) their families did not want them to go to war.
d) the emperor abolished their marriage.
98) Valentine was made a Saint by
a) Emperor Claudius
b) Married Men
c) Young Lovers
d) Roman Church
99) Valentine was called a martyr to love because
a) he was sad for the young lovers
b) he got the young lovers married.
c) he died for the sake of young lovers.
d) the King put him in prison.
100) The first manufactured Valentines were usually
heart-shaped. The word ‘Valentine’ here refers
to
a) St. Valentine b) invitation cards
c) Egyptian word
d) Fourteenth February
PASSAGE – IV
When flowers bloom in the lush bamboo plantations in the
hills of the northeast, the tribesmen are thrown into a state
of panic. The rare phenomenon of the flowering of a dwarf-
sized bamboo species triggers a boom in the rat population.
They devour the crops in nearby farmlands. The result is
famine.
The mauve-coloured flower s sprouting in the hill-
slopes in the sprawling Seppa valley in east Kameng district,
Arunachal Pradesh, are a palpable threat to the State
Government. The worries are justified, if the catastrophe
caused by the flowering of a bamboo species named Mau in
Mizoram in 1959 is anything to go by. Rodents had
multiplied in millions during the flowering of bamboos and
ravaged the crops in the foothills.
The flowering of the bamboo species in Arunachal
Pradesh was first noticed in September this year. The
depredations by the rats in the paddy, maize and millet
fields from Bhalukpong on the Assam border to Seppa valley
in the north were reported soon. As the agriculture
department rushed its field-staff to the affected areas to
fight the rampaging rodents with rat-traps and zinc
phosphate, fresh alarms were sounded with flowering
reported from the Tezu circle.
b) An old shirt and pant
c) Very dusty clothes
d) Steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes
92) Mention those which crossed bridge besides
human beings.
a) Mules and horses
b) Men, women and children
c) Carts and trucks d) Soldiers and carts
93) Who were helping to push the mule-drawn
carts?
a) Mules b) The villagers
c) The Horses d) Soldiers
94) Where was the old man sitting?
a) In the cart b) Over the bridge
c) By the side of the road
d) On the banks of the river
95) Why was he sitting there?
a) To admire the natural scenery
b) To watch the people passing by
c) Because he was so tired that he couldn’t go any
further
d) Waiting for somebody
PASSAGE – III
Most authorities agree that St. Valentine is “the lover’s
saint”.
However, some writers are inclined to believe that no such
person existed, though there appears to be proof that he
was a Christian Bishop and that he suffered martyrdom
under the Roman Emperor Claudius on February 14,271
(A.D)
The story is that Emperor Claudius issued a decree
forbidding marriage. Married men disliked leaving their
families to go to war, and they did not make good soldiers,
according to the Emperor’s notion. Since good soldiers were
needed, he decided that marriage had to be abolished.
The good priest Valentine heard this and was sad. He
invited young lovers to come to him and secretly got them
married. The emperor learnt of this and had Valentine put in
prison. There the “friend of lovers” languished and died
martyr to love. The Church made him a Saint and allotted
the day of his death, February 14, to him. So it is not
surprising that youngsters in Rome made this day a special
one in honour of the Saint. St. Valentine’s Day came to be
known as “the day for all true lovers”.
Three Egyptian words will tell us more about the
customs of Valentine’s Day than all the falsehoods
concerning the Saint. In Egyptian language, Va or Fa means
“to bear”, Len is “the name “ or “to name”. Ten means “to
determine”. Thus the day of Valentine is that which
determines whose name shall be borne by each person in
this mode of marriage by drawing lots. The custom points to
the time when chance, rather than choice, was the law.
Marriage is still said to be a lottery. The custom of sending
caricatures on Valentine’s Day is probably based on
asserting the freedom of choice, and making a mock of
chance.
If one decides to entertain people at a supper or
dinner on Valentine’s Day, the decoration and even the food
should follow the spirit of the day. Invitations are usually
heart-shape- a custom that originated with the first
manufactured Valentines which were usually in the shape of
hearts – darted through with arrows.
96) The writer means that St. Valentine actually
lived. Which of the following statements best
reveals the meaning?
a) Most authorities agree that St. Valentine was known
as “the lovers’ saint.”
b) Valentine was put in prison and he died a martyr to
love.
c) There appears to be proof that he was a Christian
Bishop in the 3
rd
century.
d) Some writers are inclined to believe that no such
person existed.
97) Married men did not make good soldiers
because
a) they did not want to leave their families.
b) they did not like to go to war.
c) their families did not want them to go to war.
d) the emperor abolished their marriage.
98) Valentine was made a Saint by
a) Emperor Claudius
b) Married Men
c) Young Lovers
d) Roman Church
99) Valentine was called a martyr to love because
a) he was sad for the young lovers
b) he got the young lovers married.
c) he died for the sake of young lovers.
d) the King put him in prison.
100) The first manufactured Valentines were usually
heart-shaped. The word ‘Valentine’ here refers
to
a) St. Valentine b) invitation cards
c) Egyptian word
d) Fourteenth February
PASSAGE – IV
When flowers bloom in the lush bamboo plantations in the
hills of the northeast, the tribesmen are thrown into a state
of panic. The rare phenomenon of the flowering of a dwarf-
sized bamboo species triggers a boom in the rat population.
They devour the crops in nearby farmlands. The result is
famine.
The mauve-coloured flower s sprouting in the hill-
slopes in the sprawling Seppa valley in east Kameng district,
Arunachal Pradesh, are a palpable threat to the State
Government. The worries are justified, if the catastrophe
caused by the flowering of a bamboo species named Mau in
Mizoram in 1959 is anything to go by. Rodents had
multiplied in millions during the flowering of bamboos and
ravaged the crops in the foothills.
The flowering of the bamboo species in Arunachal
Pradesh was first noticed in September this year. The
depredations by the rats in the paddy, maize and millet
fields from Bhalukpong on the Assam border to Seppa valley
in the north were reported soon. As the agriculture
department rushed its field-staff to the affected areas to
fight the rampaging rodents with rat-traps and zinc
phosphate, fresh alarms were sounded with flowering
reported from the Tezu circle.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 54
According to the local MLA, much of the crops in
Kameng had been destroyed by October. The State
Veterinary Minister also confirmed the reports of a near-
famine condition in that inaccessible district. The rats,
feeding on the flower seedlings, continue to multiply. Till
today, 33,000 rats, of the 26 varieties in the State, have
been trapped with the help of indigenous devices. The Chief
Minister has sent an SOS to the Centre for both supplies and
expertise in combating the rat menace.
101) In the opening passage (2
nd
sentence) the
phrase ‘triggers a boom’ means
a) brings about a change b) causes an increase
c) causes an upheaval d) starts an exodus
102) The destruction in Bhalukpong was reported,
according to the passage
a) in September b) in August
c) in October d) in November
103) A near-famine condition was reported
a) in the Seppa valley b) in Kameng
c) in the Tezu circle d) at Bhalukpong
104) The flowering of the bamboo made the people
a) cautious b) hungry
c) anxious d) panicky
105) What is the writer’s attitude to the tribal
people’s problem?
a) Sympathetic b) Critical
c) Harsh d) Neutral
PASSAGE – V
Nasiruddin was the cleverest man in Khorasan. One of his
neighbours was a merchant. He was a great miser. One day
the merchant saw Nasiruddin praying inside his house. He
was praying in a loud voice asking God to be kind to him
and send him 9999 dinars, not a dinar more, or a dinar less.
If God sent him even one dinar more, he would return all
the money. The merchant could not understand Nasiruddin’s
prayer. He decided to find out the truth. He put 10,000
dinars in a bag and threw it into Nasiruddin’s house.
Nasiruddin found the bag and counted the money carefully.
He profusely thanked God for giving him 10,000 dinars,
when he had asked for only 9999 dinars. The merchants
heard Nasiruddin. He realizes that Nasiruddin was going to
keep the money. He went to Nasiruddin’s house. He called
him a liar and demanded that his 10,000 dinars be returned
to him. Nasiruddin refused. He claimed that he was not a
fool to believe that any one would throw away 10,000
dinars just to test someone’s honesty. It was his money
given by God in answer to his prayer. The merchant decided
to take the matter to the judge. Nasiruddin said that he had
no clean clothes to wear. The merchant gave him some of
his own clothes to wear. Then they went to see the judge.
The merchant told the judge what had happened.
Nasiruddin argued that the merchant was mad. Ever since
he lost a lot of money a few months back, he had been
talking like a mad man. The judge asked Nasiruddin
whether he could prove his charge. He said, “Just now he
told you that I stole his money. Next he is going to tell you
that these clothes which I am wearing are also his.” The
merchant shouted angrily, “Of course, these clothes are
mine!”
The judge thought for a few minutes. Then he said,
“The case is false. Nasiruddin has not stolen his neighbour’s
money. The merchant is mad. He should be sent to a
mental hospital.”
106) Nasiruddin was praying in a loud voice because
a) he wanted to show that he was the cleverest man
in Khorasan
b) he wanted to shaow that he was a holy man.
c) he wanted his neighbor to hear his prayer.
d) he was in debts and hoped that God would answer
his prayers.
107) The merchant threw the bag of money into
Nasiruddin’s house because
a) he was a miser
b) he found Nasiruddin’s prayer interesting
c) he wanted to surprise Nasiruddin by helping him.
d) he wanted to catch Nasiruddin red-handed stealing
the money.
108) When Nasiruddin found the bag of money he
thought
a) God had answered his prayer.
b) someone had been foolish enough to leave the
money by mistake.
c) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to help
him.
d) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to see
what he would do.
109) The merchant called Nasiruddin a liar because
a) Nasiruddin had claimed that the money belonged to
him.
b) Nasiruddin had said that God sent him the money.
c) Nasiruddin had said that he would return the money
if it was not exactly 9999 dinars.
d) Nasiruddin said that the merchant was a fool to
throw 10,000 dinars into his house to test his honesty.
110) When the judge heard the case, he thought that
the merchant
a) was telling lie b) was mad
c) was telling the truth, which he could not prove
d) could be telling the truth
Directions (111-125): In the following passages
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.
PASSAGE – I
The wings of some birds are so small that they are ……(111)
……for flying. Earlier such birds……(112) ……fly. But after
living for thousands of ……(113) ……in places where they
had no……(114) ……, there was no need for them to fly, and
they ……(115) ……on the ground. After a while,
their……(116) ……ones could no longer rise into the air. The
ostrich, rhea, emu and cassowary……(117) ……fly, but they
can run fast on their long, strong legs. Ostriches……(118)
……in Africa and are found on the grassy places……(119)
……they live along with big groups of zebras. The rhea looks
like the ostrich, ……(120) ……it is smaller and has three toes
on each foot, while the ostrich has only two.
According to the local MLA, much of the crops in
Kameng had been destroyed by October. The State
Veterinary Minister also confirmed the reports of a near-
famine condition in that inaccessible district. The rats,
feeding on the flower seedlings, continue to multiply. Till
today, 33,000 rats, of the 26 varieties in the State, have
been trapped with the help of indigenous devices. The Chief
Minister has sent an SOS to the Centre for both supplies and
expertise in combating the rat menace.
101) In the opening passage (2
nd
sentence) the
phrase ‘triggers a boom’ means
a) brings about a change b) causes an increase
c) causes an upheaval d) starts an exodus
102) The destruction in Bhalukpong was reported,
according to the passage
a) in September b) in August
c) in October d) in November
103) A near-famine condition was reported
a) in the Seppa valley b) in Kameng
c) in the Tezu circle d) at Bhalukpong
104) The flowering of the bamboo made the people
a) cautious b) hungry
c) anxious d) panicky
105) What is the writer’s attitude to the tribal
people’s problem?
a) Sympathetic b) Critical
c) Harsh d) Neutral
PASSAGE – V
Nasiruddin was the cleverest man in Khorasan. One of his
neighbours was a merchant. He was a great miser. One day
the merchant saw Nasiruddin praying inside his house. He
was praying in a loud voice asking God to be kind to him
and send him 9999 dinars, not a dinar more, or a dinar less.
If God sent him even one dinar more, he would return all
the money. The merchant could not understand Nasiruddin’s
prayer. He decided to find out the truth. He put 10,000
dinars in a bag and threw it into Nasiruddin’s house.
Nasiruddin found the bag and counted the money carefully.
He profusely thanked God for giving him 10,000 dinars,
when he had asked for only 9999 dinars. The merchants
heard Nasiruddin. He realizes that Nasiruddin was going to
keep the money. He went to Nasiruddin’s house. He called
him a liar and demanded that his 10,000 dinars be returned
to him. Nasiruddin refused. He claimed that he was not a
fool to believe that any one would throw away 10,000
dinars just to test someone’s honesty. It was his money
given by God in answer to his prayer. The merchant decided
to take the matter to the judge. Nasiruddin said that he had
no clean clothes to wear. The merchant gave him some of
his own clothes to wear. Then they went to see the judge.
The merchant told the judge what had happened.
Nasiruddin argued that the merchant was mad. Ever since
he lost a lot of money a few months back, he had been
talking like a mad man. The judge asked Nasiruddin
whether he could prove his charge. He said, “Just now he
told you that I stole his money. Next he is going to tell you
that these clothes which I am wearing are also his.” The
merchant shouted angrily, “Of course, these clothes are
mine!”
The judge thought for a few minutes. Then he said,
“The case is false. Nasiruddin has not stolen his neighbour’s
money. The merchant is mad. He should be sent to a
mental hospital.”
106) Nasiruddin was praying in a loud voice because
a) he wanted to show that he was the cleverest man
in Khorasan
b) he wanted to shaow that he was a holy man.
c) he wanted his neighbor to hear his prayer.
d) he was in debts and hoped that God would answer
his prayers.
107) The merchant threw the bag of money into
Nasiruddin’s house because
a) he was a miser
b) he found Nasiruddin’s prayer interesting
c) he wanted to surprise Nasiruddin by helping him.
d) he wanted to catch Nasiruddin red-handed stealing
the money.
108) When Nasiruddin found the bag of money he
thought
a) God had answered his prayer.
b) someone had been foolish enough to leave the
money by mistake.
c) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to help
him.
d) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to see
what he would do.
109) The merchant called Nasiruddin a liar because
a) Nasiruddin had claimed that the money belonged to
him.
b) Nasiruddin had said that God sent him the money.
c) Nasiruddin had said that he would return the money
if it was not exactly 9999 dinars.
d) Nasiruddin said that the merchant was a fool to
throw 10,000 dinars into his house to test his honesty.
110) When the judge heard the case, he thought that
the merchant
a) was telling lie b) was mad
c) was telling the truth, which he could not prove
d) could be telling the truth
Directions (111-125): In the following passages
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.
PASSAGE – I
The wings of some birds are so small that they are ……(111)
……for flying. Earlier such birds……(112) ……fly. But after
living for thousands of ……(113) ……in places where they
had no……(114) ……, there was no need for them to fly, and
they ……(115) ……on the ground. After a while,
their……(116) ……ones could no longer rise into the air. The
ostrich, rhea, emu and cassowary……(117) ……fly, but they
can run fast on their long, strong legs. Ostriches……(118)
……in Africa and are found on the grassy places……(119)
……they live along with big groups of zebras. The rhea looks
like the ostrich, ……(120) ……it is smaller and has three toes
on each foot, while the ostrich has only two.
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 55
111)
a) useless b) useful
c) beneficial d) suited
112)
a) should b) might
c) could d) can
113)
a) weeks b) years
c) months d) ages
114)
a) wind b) sky
c) friends d) enemies
115)
a) stepped b) stayed
c) crept d) crawled
116)
a) trained b) old
c) young d) pregnant
117)
a) cannot b) could
c) would d) should
118)
a) lived b) live
c) had lived d) used to live
119)
a) when b) where
c) so that d) because
120)
a) even though b) but
c) and d) in spite of
PASSAGE – II
One of the major causes of the failure of ……(121)
……countries on the economic front is their ……(122) ……to
evolve a judicious mixture of ……(123) ……substitution and
export promotion. Today, Bambia……(124) ……on imports
after its independence 20 years (125) ……
121)
a) advanced b) advancing
c) developed d) developing
122)
a) handicap b) disadvantage
c) inability d) incapacity
123)
a) import b) export
c) scientific d) invention
124)
a) banked b) traded
c) carried d) expected
125)
a) since b) ago
c) earlier d) back
GENERAL AWARENESS
1) The first great Buddhist Council in 483 BC was
held at
a) Ujjain b) Pataliputra
c) Rajgriha d) Kashmir
2) Bimbisara had friendly relations with all of
these provinces, except
a) Anga b) Kosala
c) Vaishali d) Madra
3) ‘Saka Era’ was founded by
a) Ashoka b) Harsha
c) Kanishka d) Vikramaditya
4) The crux of early Buddhism was
a) renunciation of desire b) rigorous penance
c) belief in fatalism d) idol worship
5) Which one of the following contains the Gaytri
Mantra?
a) Rig Veda b) Yajur Veda
c) Upanishad d) Sama Veda
6) Ashoka was much influenced by a Buddhist
monk called
a) Upagupta b) Vasubandhu
c) Asvaghosha d) Ambhi
7) Jainism was divided into two sects known as
a) Kapalika and Kalamukha
b) Mahayana and Himayana
c) Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
d) Svetambara and Digambara
8) The Ashokan inscription which gives an account
of the Kalinga war and its effects is
a) Girnar Rock Edict
b) Major Rock Edict III
c) Minor Rock Edict IV
d) Minor Rock Edict XIII
9) Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
a) Indo-Greeks b) Shakas
c) Parthians d) Kushanas
10) Gupta dynasty belongs to which age of ancient
india?
a) Old stone age b) Golden age
c) Bronze age d) Silver age
11) Who is popularly known as ‘Napoleon of India’?
a) Kumargupta b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta d) Skandagupta
12) Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea-route to
India in which of the years?
a) 1498 b) 1492
c) 1494 d) 1453
13) The Arya Samaj was founded by –
a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
b) Swami Vivekanand
c) Keshav Chandra Sen
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
14) Another name of Mohenjodaro is:
a) Mound of the living
b) Mound of the Great
c) Mound of the Dead
d) It extended up to the Narmada Valley
15) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the Deccan
Education Society was founded by
a) B.G. Tilak b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) G.K. Gokhale d) M.G. Ranade
16) Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt
of 1857 at
a) Barrackpore b) Merrut
c) Kanpur d) Jhansi
17) Who was the first person to establish an
independent Indian army outside India?
a) M.N. Roy b) Lala Hardayal
c) Rashbehari Bose
111)
a) useless b) useful
c) beneficial d) suited
112)
a) should b) might
c) could d) can
113)
a) weeks b) years
c) months d) ages
114)
a) wind b) sky
c) friends d) enemies
115)
a) stepped b) stayed
c) crept d) crawled
116)
a) trained b) old
c) young d) pregnant
117)
a) cannot b) could
c) would d) should
118)
a) lived b) live
c) had lived d) used to live
119)
a) when b) where
c) so that d) because
120)
a) even though b) but
c) and d) in spite of
PASSAGE – II
One of the major causes of the failure of ……(121)
……countries on the economic front is their ……(122) ……to
evolve a judicious mixture of ……(123) ……substitution and
export promotion. Today, Bambia……(124) ……on imports
after its independence 20 years (125) ……
121)
a) advanced b) advancing
c) developed d) developing
122)
a) handicap b) disadvantage
c) inability d) incapacity
123)
a) import b) export
c) scientific d) invention
124)
a) banked b) traded
c) carried d) expected
125)
a) since b) ago
c) earlier d) back
GENERAL AWARENESS
1) The first great Buddhist Council in 483 BC was
held at
a) Ujjain b) Pataliputra
c) Rajgriha d) Kashmir
2) Bimbisara had friendly relations with all of
these provinces, except
a) Anga b) Kosala
c) Vaishali d) Madra
3) ‘Saka Era’ was founded by
a) Ashoka b) Harsha
c) Kanishka d) Vikramaditya
4) The crux of early Buddhism was
a) renunciation of desire b) rigorous penance
c) belief in fatalism d) idol worship
5) Which one of the following contains the Gaytri
Mantra?
a) Rig Veda b) Yajur Veda
c) Upanishad d) Sama Veda
6) Ashoka was much influenced by a Buddhist
monk called
a) Upagupta b) Vasubandhu
c) Asvaghosha d) Ambhi
7) Jainism was divided into two sects known as
a) Kapalika and Kalamukha
b) Mahayana and Himayana
c) Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
d) Svetambara and Digambara
8) The Ashokan inscription which gives an account
of the Kalinga war and its effects is
a) Girnar Rock Edict
b) Major Rock Edict III
c) Minor Rock Edict IV
d) Minor Rock Edict XIII
9) Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
a) Indo-Greeks b) Shakas
c) Parthians d) Kushanas
10) Gupta dynasty belongs to which age of ancient
india?
a) Old stone age b) Golden age
c) Bronze age d) Silver age
11) Who is popularly known as ‘Napoleon of India’?
a) Kumargupta b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta d) Skandagupta
12) Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea-route to
India in which of the years?
a) 1498 b) 1492
c) 1494 d) 1453
13) The Arya Samaj was founded by –
a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
b) Swami Vivekanand
c) Keshav Chandra Sen
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
14) Another name of Mohenjodaro is:
a) Mound of the living
b) Mound of the Great
c) Mound of the Dead
d) It extended up to the Narmada Valley
15) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the Deccan
Education Society was founded by
a) B.G. Tilak b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) G.K. Gokhale d) M.G. Ranade
16) Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt
of 1857 at
a) Barrackpore b) Merrut
c) Kanpur d) Jhansi
17) Who was the first person to establish an
independent Indian army outside India?
a) M.N. Roy b) Lala Hardayal
c) Rashbehari Bose
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 56
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
18) The Panchatantra was written during the
a) Later Vedic Period b) Sultanate Period
c) Maurya Period d) Gupta Period
19) In 1916________along with Bal Gangadhar
Tilak started the Home Rule Movement.
a) Annie Besant
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Sri Aurobindo
20) The book “The Life Divine” was written by
which of the following:
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Sri Aurobindo d) Gokhale
21) The Governor-General associated with abolition
of slavery was
1) Cornwallis b) Bentinck
3) Dalhousie d) Rippon
22) Who called Gandhiji half naked beggar?
a) Mountbatten b) Hastings
c) Winston Churchill d) Jinnah
23) In which year the Indian national congress was
formed
a) 1885 b) 1888
c) 1889 d) 1896
24) Who wrote ‘Why I am an Atheist’
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) KhudiramBose
c) Bhagat Singh d) MadamLal Dhingra
25) The Simon Commisssion which came to India in
February 1928 was boycotted because
a) all its members were Englishmen
b) at that time a large number of nationalist leader
were in prison
c) its Chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular
d) the Montague-Chemsford Reforms had failed
26) Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-
operative Federalism?
a) G. Austin b) Subhash Kashyap
c) Sir Ivor Jennings d) D.D. Basu
27) The Constitution of India is –
a) Rigid b) Flexible
c) Very rigid
d) Partly rigid, partly flexible
28) The concept of Judicial Review in our
Constitution has been taken from the
Constitution of:
a) England b) USA
c) Canada d) Australia
29) The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme
of Indian federation from the constitution of:
a) USA b) Canada
c) United Kingdom d) Ireland
30) The Federal System with strong centre’ has
been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from:
a) USA b) Canada
c) UK d) France
31) The idea of including the Emergency provisions
in the Constitution of India has been borrowed
from the –
a) Constitution of Canada
b) Weimar Constitution of Germany
c) Constitution of Ireland
d) Constitution of USA
32) The Vice President is elected by an Electoral
College consisting of members of
a) Both Houses of Parliament and state legislative
b) Both Houses of Parliament
c) Lok Sabha d) Rajya Sabha
33) The election Commission does not conduct the
elections to the
a) Lok Sabha b) President's election
c) Rajya Sabha d) Local Bodies
34) The maximum age prescribed for election as
president is
a) No such Limit b) 62 years
c) 58 years d) 60 years
35) The power to decide an election petition is
vested in the
a) High Court
b) Election Commission
c) Parliament d) Supreme Court
36) To elect the President of India, which one of the
following election procedures is used?
a) System of proportional representation by means of
the single transferable vote
b) Secondary voting system
c) Proportional representation through list system
d) Collective Voting system
37) In which year were the first general election
held in India?
a) 1950-51 b) 1948-49
c) 1951-52 d) 1947-48
38) Who is the ex- officio Chairman of the Council of
States?
a) Vice- President
b) Leader of the opposition
c) President d) Speaker
39) Under which Article of the Constitution is the
President's rule promulgated on any state in
India?
a) 326 b) 370
c) 380 d) 356
40) At a time, President's rule can be imposed on a
state for a maximum period of
a) 3 year b) 5 years
c) 2 years d) 4 years
41) For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, the
Supreme Court may issue a/an
a) Notification b) Writ
c) Decree d) Ordinance
42) Judges of the High Court are appointed by the
a) Chief Justice of the High Court
b) President c) Governor
d) Chief Justice of India
43) Who among the following was the advisor to
the Drafting Committee of Constituent
Assembly?
a) B. Shiva Rao b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Sachchidananda Sinha d) B.N. Rao
44) The Constituent Assembly of India held its first
meeting on:
a) 9
th
December, 1946 b) 1
st
January, 1947
c) 26
th
January, 1947 d) 15
th
August, 1947
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
18) The Panchatantra was written during the
a) Later Vedic Period b) Sultanate Period
c) Maurya Period d) Gupta Period
19) In 1916________along with Bal Gangadhar
Tilak started the Home Rule Movement.
a) Annie Besant
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Sri Aurobindo
20) The book “The Life Divine” was written by
which of the following:
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Sri Aurobindo d) Gokhale
21) The Governor-General associated with abolition
of slavery was
1) Cornwallis b) Bentinck
3) Dalhousie d) Rippon
22) Who called Gandhiji half naked beggar?
a) Mountbatten b) Hastings
c) Winston Churchill d) Jinnah
23) In which year the Indian national congress was
formed
a) 1885 b) 1888
c) 1889 d) 1896
24) Who wrote ‘Why I am an Atheist’
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) KhudiramBose
c) Bhagat Singh d) MadamLal Dhingra
25) The Simon Commisssion which came to India in
February 1928 was boycotted because
a) all its members were Englishmen
b) at that time a large number of nationalist leader
were in prison
c) its Chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular
d) the Montague-Chemsford Reforms had failed
26) Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-
operative Federalism?
a) G. Austin b) Subhash Kashyap
c) Sir Ivor Jennings d) D.D. Basu
27) The Constitution of India is –
a) Rigid b) Flexible
c) Very rigid
d) Partly rigid, partly flexible
28) The concept of Judicial Review in our
Constitution has been taken from the
Constitution of:
a) England b) USA
c) Canada d) Australia
29) The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme
of Indian federation from the constitution of:
a) USA b) Canada
c) United Kingdom d) Ireland
30) The Federal System with strong centre’ has
been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from:
a) USA b) Canada
c) UK d) France
31) The idea of including the Emergency provisions
in the Constitution of India has been borrowed
from the –
a) Constitution of Canada
b) Weimar Constitution of Germany
c) Constitution of Ireland
d) Constitution of USA
32) The Vice President is elected by an Electoral
College consisting of members of
a) Both Houses of Parliament and state legislative
b) Both Houses of Parliament
c) Lok Sabha d) Rajya Sabha
33) The election Commission does not conduct the
elections to the
a) Lok Sabha b) President's election
c) Rajya Sabha d) Local Bodies
34) The maximum age prescribed for election as
president is
a) No such Limit b) 62 years
c) 58 years d) 60 years
35) The power to decide an election petition is
vested in the
a) High Court
b) Election Commission
c) Parliament d) Supreme Court
36) To elect the President of India, which one of the
following election procedures is used?
a) System of proportional representation by means of
the single transferable vote
b) Secondary voting system
c) Proportional representation through list system
d) Collective Voting system
37) In which year were the first general election
held in India?
a) 1950-51 b) 1948-49
c) 1951-52 d) 1947-48
38) Who is the ex- officio Chairman of the Council of
States?
a) Vice- President
b) Leader of the opposition
c) President d) Speaker
39) Under which Article of the Constitution is the
President's rule promulgated on any state in
India?
a) 326 b) 370
c) 380 d) 356
40) At a time, President's rule can be imposed on a
state for a maximum period of
a) 3 year b) 5 years
c) 2 years d) 4 years
41) For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, the
Supreme Court may issue a/an
a) Notification b) Writ
c) Decree d) Ordinance
42) Judges of the High Court are appointed by the
a) Chief Justice of the High Court
b) President c) Governor
d) Chief Justice of India
43) Who among the following was the advisor to
the Drafting Committee of Constituent
Assembly?
a) B. Shiva Rao b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Sachchidananda Sinha d) B.N. Rao
44) The Constituent Assembly of India held its first
meeting on:
a) 9
th
December, 1946 b) 1
st
January, 1947
c) 26
th
January, 1947 d) 15
th
August, 1947
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 57
45) Who among the following was not a member of
the Constituent Assembly?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) K.M. Munshi
46) Who was the Chairman of the Provincial
Constitution Committee of the Constituent
Assembly?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad d) Sardar Patel
47) The number of members included in the
Constitution Drafting Committee was:
a) Seven b) Nine
c) Eleven d) Thirteen
48) Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting
Committee of the Constitution?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) B.N. Rau d) Mahatma Gandhi
49) The Presidential Government operates on the
principle of –
a) Division of powers between centre and states
b) Centralization of Powers
c) Balance of Powers
d) Separation of powers
50) Comptroller and auditor General of India is
appointed by:
a) President
b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) Chairman of the planning commission
d) Finance Minister
51) Sodium metal is kept under_______ to prevent
it from reacting atmospheric gases.
a) Water b) Alcohol
c) Petrol d) Kerosene
52) Bromine is
a) a colourless gas insoluble in water
b) a highly inflammable gas
c) a black solid d) a red liquid
e) None of these
53) Water has maximum density at
a) -1°C b) 0°C
c) 4°C d) 100°C
54) Non stick cooking utensils are coated with
a) Black paint b) PVC
c) Teflon d) Polystyrene
55) The chemical name for urea is
a) Aneurin b) Chloroethene
c) Carbamide d) None of these
56) Permanent hardness of water can be removed
by adding
a) Potassium permanganate
b) Chlorine c) Bleaching powder
d) Washing soda
57) The formula for Plaster of Paris is
a) CaSO
4 b) CaSO
42H
2O
c) 2CaSO
44H
2O d) CaSO
4.½
H
2O
58) Which of the following pairs does not contain a
coinage metal?
a) Copper and Gold b) Silver and Gold
c) Zinc and Gold d) Copper and Silver
59) Which of the following is used in pencils?
a) Charcoal b) Silicon
c) Phosphorus d) Graphite
60) Which of the following is the second most
Abundant metal in the earth’s crust?
a) Copper b) Aluminium
c) Iron d) Zinc
61) The unit for measuring magnetic field is:
a) web/m
2
b) web
c) web m d) web/new
62) Which instrument has maximum resistance?
a) Ammeter b) Voltmeter
c) Galvanometer d) Voltaic cell
63) The direction of an electric motor is decided by:
a) Ampere’s rule b) Maxwell
c) Faraday’s rule
d) Flemming’s right hand rule
64) Prime source of energy is:
a) fire b) petroleum
c) sun d) atom
65) Every activity in the universe requires:
a) water b) energy
c) air d) light
66) Solar energy does not produce:
a) pollution b) energy
c) light d) heat
67) Stainless steel is an alloy of
a) Iron, carbon and nickel
b) Iron and manganese
c) Iron, chromium and zinc
d) Iron, chromium and nickel
68) Solar energy consists of:
a) infrared rays b) visible rays
c) ultraviolet rays d) all of these
69) Solar energy reaching on earth is:
a) 47% b) 57%
c) 65% d) None
70) Heat is carried by which rays?
a) Infra red b) Visible
c) UV-rays d) All of these
71) How does sound produce?
a) with static object
b) with vibrations of particles
c) with air d) None of these
72) What is amplitude ?
a) Maximum distance of bob from mean position
b) Minimum distance of bob form mean position
c) Total distance covered by bob
d) None of these
73) What is the unit of frequency?
a) Millimeter b) Centimeter
c) Hertz d) Kilometer
74) What is the audible limit of human ear?
a) 0-8 Hertz b) 0-10 Hertz
c) 20-2000 Hertz d) 20-20000 Hertz
75) What is the frequency of ultrasound?
a) Less than 20 hertz b) 0-20 hertz
c) 20-2000 hertz
d) More than 20000 hertz
76) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass
through_____.
a) India b) Egypt
c) Mexico d) Iran
45) Who among the following was not a member of
the Constituent Assembly?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) K.M. Munshi
46) Who was the Chairman of the Provincial
Constitution Committee of the Constituent
Assembly?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad d) Sardar Patel
47) The number of members included in the
Constitution Drafting Committee was:
a) Seven b) Nine
c) Eleven d) Thirteen
48) Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting
Committee of the Constitution?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) B.N. Rau d) Mahatma Gandhi
49) The Presidential Government operates on the
principle of –
a) Division of powers between centre and states
b) Centralization of Powers
c) Balance of Powers
d) Separation of powers
50) Comptroller and auditor General of India is
appointed by:
a) President
b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) Chairman of the planning commission
d) Finance Minister
51) Sodium metal is kept under_______ to prevent
it from reacting atmospheric gases.
a) Water b) Alcohol
c) Petrol d) Kerosene
52) Bromine is
a) a colourless gas insoluble in water
b) a highly inflammable gas
c) a black solid d) a red liquid
e) None of these
53) Water has maximum density at
a) -1°C b) 0°C
c) 4°C d) 100°C
54) Non stick cooking utensils are coated with
a) Black paint b) PVC
c) Teflon d) Polystyrene
55) The chemical name for urea is
a) Aneurin b) Chloroethene
c) Carbamide d) None of these
56) Permanent hardness of water can be removed
by adding
a) Potassium permanganate
b) Chlorine c) Bleaching powder
d) Washing soda
57) The formula for Plaster of Paris is
a) CaSO
4 b) CaSO
42H
2O
c) 2CaSO
44H
2O d) CaSO
4.½
H
2O
58) Which of the following pairs does not contain a
coinage metal?
a) Copper and Gold b) Silver and Gold
c) Zinc and Gold d) Copper and Silver
59) Which of the following is used in pencils?
a) Charcoal b) Silicon
c) Phosphorus d) Graphite
60) Which of the following is the second most
Abundant metal in the earth’s crust?
a) Copper b) Aluminium
c) Iron d) Zinc
61) The unit for measuring magnetic field is:
a) web/m
2
b) web
c) web m d) web/new
62) Which instrument has maximum resistance?
a) Ammeter b) Voltmeter
c) Galvanometer d) Voltaic cell
63) The direction of an electric motor is decided by:
a) Ampere’s rule b) Maxwell
c) Faraday’s rule
d) Flemming’s right hand rule
64) Prime source of energy is:
a) fire b) petroleum
c) sun d) atom
65) Every activity in the universe requires:
a) water b) energy
c) air d) light
66) Solar energy does not produce:
a) pollution b) energy
c) light d) heat
67) Stainless steel is an alloy of
a) Iron, carbon and nickel
b) Iron and manganese
c) Iron, chromium and zinc
d) Iron, chromium and nickel
68) Solar energy consists of:
a) infrared rays b) visible rays
c) ultraviolet rays d) all of these
69) Solar energy reaching on earth is:
a) 47% b) 57%
c) 65% d) None
70) Heat is carried by which rays?
a) Infra red b) Visible
c) UV-rays d) All of these
71) How does sound produce?
a) with static object
b) with vibrations of particles
c) with air d) None of these
72) What is amplitude ?
a) Maximum distance of bob from mean position
b) Minimum distance of bob form mean position
c) Total distance covered by bob
d) None of these
73) What is the unit of frequency?
a) Millimeter b) Centimeter
c) Hertz d) Kilometer
74) What is the audible limit of human ear?
a) 0-8 Hertz b) 0-10 Hertz
c) 20-2000 Hertz d) 20-20000 Hertz
75) What is the frequency of ultrasound?
a) Less than 20 hertz b) 0-20 hertz
c) 20-2000 hertz
d) More than 20000 hertz
76) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass
through_____.
a) India b) Egypt
c) Mexico d) Iran
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 58
77) How does the Sun get its energy?
a) From gravitational pressure
b) From nuclear fission
c) From nuclear fusion
d) None of the above
78) Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?
a) Reflection b) Refraction
c) Rectilinear propagation d) Diffraction
79) The earth rotates around an axis pointing
towards________.
a) The moon b) The pole star
c) The sun d) Venus
80) Which one among the following is called
terrestrial planet?
a) Mercury b) Jupiter
c) Saturn d) Uranus
81) On which day of the year the earth is at its
maximum distance from the sun?
a) January 30
th
b) December 22
nd
c) September 22
nd
d) July 4
th
82) Which is the brightest planet in our solar
system?
a) Jupiter b) Mars
c) Venus d) Mercury
83) What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?
a) Mimas b) Enceladus
c) Titan d) Tethys
84) Which one of the following planet has largest
number of natural satellites or moons?
a) Jupiter b) Mars
c) Saturn d) Venus
85) Meteorites are the heavenly bodies –
a) Between the Mars and the Jupiter
b) Between the Saturn and the Neptune
c) Between the Mars and the Venus
d) That burn brightly on entering the Earth
atmosphere
86) The ‘blue moon’ phenomenon occurs –
a) When two full moons occur in the same month
b) When four full moons appear in two consecutive
months of the same calendar year
c) When two full moons appear in the same month
thrice in a calendar year d) None of these
87) U.P. grows most –
a) Sugarcane b) Maize
c) Fruits d) Pulses
88) The upper part of the mantle upon which the
crust of the earth floats is called ________.
a) Barysphere b) Mesosphere
c) Mohorovic discontinuity d) Asthenosphere
89) ‘Mohs scale’ is used to indicate the _________.
a) degree of brittleness of a substance
b) degree of hardness of minerals
c) degree of viscosity of a liquid
d) degree of elasticity of a material
90) Which of the following is present in the largest
amount in terms of percent by mass in the
earth’s crust?
a) Silicon b) Oxygen
c) Carbon d) Calcium
91) Quartz is composed of which of the following
two elements?
a) Iron and magnesium. b) Iron and oxygen
c) Oxygen and silicon d) Silicon and iron
92) The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust
is_______.
a) Calcium b) Aluminium
c) Iron d) Magnesium
93) In the interior of the Earth
a) the temperature falls with increasing depth
b) the pressure falls with increasing depth
c) the temperature rises with increasing depth
d) Both temperature and pressure fall with increasing
depth
94) Latitude of place is indicated of its_________.
a) Time b) Altitude
c) Amount of rain d) Temperature
95) Geostationary orbit is at a height of _______.
a) 6 km b) 1000 km
c) 3600 km d) 36, 000 km
96) The Prime Meridian passes through________.
a) Paris b) Greenwich
c) New York d) Delhi
97) Tsunamis are originated due to _________.
a) Sea waves b) Earth quake
c) Hurricane
d) Rotation of the earth
98) The famous ‘Ring of fire’ which account for 68%
of the earthquakes occurring in the earth is in
the__.
a) Atlantic ocean b) Indian ocean
c) Pacific ocean d) Arctic ocean
99) The study of lakes is called:
a) Limnology b) Potomology
c) Topology d) Hydrology
100) A series of lines connecting places having a
quake at the same time are called:
a) Coseismal lines b) Isoseismal lines
c) Homoseismal lines d) Seismolines
101) To raise productivity in agriculture it is
necessary that
a) productive tariffs are imposed
b) less money is spent on industrial expansions
c) better inputs are made available to agriculturists
d) bank rate is lowered
102) The Planning Commission in India is headed by
a) the Prime Minister b) the President
c) a nominee of the President
d) any Central Minister
103) The share of direct taxes as a percentage of
GDP in the post-Independence period has
a) remained stagnant around 2.5 per cent
b) grown from 2.5 per cent in the early 50s to about 6
per cent now
c) declined from about 8 per cent in the early 50s to
about 2.5 per cent now
d) shown no clear trend
104) Which period did the First Five Year Plan of
India cover?
a) April 1953 to March 1958
b) April 1949 to March 1957
c) April 1951 to March 1956
d) April 1950 to March 1955
105) The First Five Year Plan of India aimed to
77) How does the Sun get its energy?
a) From gravitational pressure
b) From nuclear fission
c) From nuclear fusion
d) None of the above
78) Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?
a) Reflection b) Refraction
c) Rectilinear propagation d) Diffraction
79) The earth rotates around an axis pointing
towards________.
a) The moon b) The pole star
c) The sun d) Venus
80) Which one among the following is called
terrestrial planet?
a) Mercury b) Jupiter
c) Saturn d) Uranus
81) On which day of the year the earth is at its
maximum distance from the sun?
a) January 30
th
b) December 22
nd
c) September 22
nd
d) July 4
th
82) Which is the brightest planet in our solar
system?
a) Jupiter b) Mars
c) Venus d) Mercury
83) What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?
a) Mimas b) Enceladus
c) Titan d) Tethys
84) Which one of the following planet has largest
number of natural satellites or moons?
a) Jupiter b) Mars
c) Saturn d) Venus
85) Meteorites are the heavenly bodies –
a) Between the Mars and the Jupiter
b) Between the Saturn and the Neptune
c) Between the Mars and the Venus
d) That burn brightly on entering the Earth
atmosphere
86) The ‘blue moon’ phenomenon occurs –
a) When two full moons occur in the same month
b) When four full moons appear in two consecutive
months of the same calendar year
c) When two full moons appear in the same month
thrice in a calendar year d) None of these
87) U.P. grows most –
a) Sugarcane b) Maize
c) Fruits d) Pulses
88) The upper part of the mantle upon which the
crust of the earth floats is called ________.
a) Barysphere b) Mesosphere
c) Mohorovic discontinuity d) Asthenosphere
89) ‘Mohs scale’ is used to indicate the _________.
a) degree of brittleness of a substance
b) degree of hardness of minerals
c) degree of viscosity of a liquid
d) degree of elasticity of a material
90) Which of the following is present in the largest
amount in terms of percent by mass in the
earth’s crust?
a) Silicon b) Oxygen
c) Carbon d) Calcium
91) Quartz is composed of which of the following
two elements?
a) Iron and magnesium. b) Iron and oxygen
c) Oxygen and silicon d) Silicon and iron
92) The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust
is_______.
a) Calcium b) Aluminium
c) Iron d) Magnesium
93) In the interior of the Earth
a) the temperature falls with increasing depth
b) the pressure falls with increasing depth
c) the temperature rises with increasing depth
d) Both temperature and pressure fall with increasing
depth
94) Latitude of place is indicated of its_________.
a) Time b) Altitude
c) Amount of rain d) Temperature
95) Geostationary orbit is at a height of _______.
a) 6 km b) 1000 km
c) 3600 km d) 36, 000 km
96) The Prime Meridian passes through________.
a) Paris b) Greenwich
c) New York d) Delhi
97) Tsunamis are originated due to _________.
a) Sea waves b) Earth quake
c) Hurricane
d) Rotation of the earth
98) The famous ‘Ring of fire’ which account for 68%
of the earthquakes occurring in the earth is in
the__.
a) Atlantic ocean b) Indian ocean
c) Pacific ocean d) Arctic ocean
99) The study of lakes is called:
a) Limnology b) Potomology
c) Topology d) Hydrology
100) A series of lines connecting places having a
quake at the same time are called:
a) Coseismal lines b) Isoseismal lines
c) Homoseismal lines d) Seismolines
101) To raise productivity in agriculture it is
necessary that
a) productive tariffs are imposed
b) less money is spent on industrial expansions
c) better inputs are made available to agriculturists
d) bank rate is lowered
102) The Planning Commission in India is headed by
a) the Prime Minister b) the President
c) a nominee of the President
d) any Central Minister
103) The share of direct taxes as a percentage of
GDP in the post-Independence period has
a) remained stagnant around 2.5 per cent
b) grown from 2.5 per cent in the early 50s to about 6
per cent now
c) declined from about 8 per cent in the early 50s to
about 2.5 per cent now
d) shown no clear trend
104) Which period did the First Five Year Plan of
India cover?
a) April 1953 to March 1958
b) April 1949 to March 1957
c) April 1951 to March 1956
d) April 1950 to March 1955
105) The First Five Year Plan of India aimed to
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 59
a) rehabilitate the devastated economy from effects of
World War II and partition
b) solve the food crisis
c) check the inflationary tendencies
d) all the above
106) The nature of Indian income tax is
a) regressive b) progressive
c) both regressive and progressive
d) none of the above
107) Which article of Constitution deals with the
question of grants-in-aid?
a) Article 275 b) Article 300
c) Article 325 d) Article 350
108) Which of the following items are included in the
Indian Budget?
I. Actual estimates of the preceding year
II. Revised estimates for the current year
III. Budget estimates for the following year
a) Only I and II b) Only II and III
c) Only I and III d) All of above
109) The MODVAT system was replaced by a single
Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) rate of 16
per cent in the budget for the year
a) 2000-01 b) 1999-2000
c) 1998-99 d) None of these
110) In a country like Indian, why should an increase
of direct taxes be preferred to rather than an
increase in indirect taxes?
a) Direct taxes generally involve the well-off sections
of society but indirect taxes affect the masses.
b) It is easier to realize direct taxes and is thus useful
in a country troubled by tax evasion.
c) Direct taxes serve the end of socialism by taking
away the excessive wealth from the rich
d) None of the above
111) The value of output originating in banking and
insurance sectors is measured with the help of
a) income method
b) expenditure method
c) output method
d) income and output method
112) Which one of the following taxes/duties is not
levied by the Central Government?
a) Income tax b) Stamp duties
c) Estate duty d) Union excise duties
113) Mahalanobis plan model adopted in India in the
mid-fifties aimed at
a) building a strong defence industry base
b) setting up heavy industries which were capital
intensive
c) curbing inflation in the economiy
d) removing unemployment within a short period
114) Out of the following taxes, which makes the
greatest contribution to tax revenue?
a) Land revenue
b) Agricultural income tax
c) Customs
d) Union excise duties
115) The most important source of revenue to the
State Governments in India is
a) land revenue b) sales tax
c) custom duties d) income tax
116)What is the projected level of Fiscal Deficit for
the year 2014-15 as presented in the budget?
a) 4.6 b) 3.3
c) 4.8 d) 4.1
117) The two leading centres of cotton textiles are
a) Delhi and Kanpur
b) Mumbai and Ahmedabad
c) Coimbatore and Bangalore
d) Kolkata and Patna
118) The main problem which the cotton textile
industry in India faces is
a) non-availability of raw material
b) outdated plant and machinery
c) labour problem
d) all the above
119) The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade (MRTP)
Act was adopted by the government in the year
a) 1965 b) 1969
c) 1970 d) 1971
120) The share of agriculture in India’s national
income in 1950-51 was
a) 48 per cent b) 49 per cent
c) 51.3 per cent d) 54 per cent
121) India’s major agricultural product which is
exported is
a) raw cotton b) raw jute
c) tea d) sugar
122) Indian agriculture is described as semi-
commercialised farming. It implies that
a) Indian agriculture is backward
b) Indian agriculture is totally of subsistence type
c) Indian agriculture is neither fully commercialised nor
wholly of the subsistence type
d) None of the above
123) A large part of unemployment in the agricultural
sector is the type described as
a) structural unemployment
b) disguised unemployment
c) frictional unemployment d) cyclical unemployment
124) Productivity of land in Indian agriculture is low,
among others, due to defective tenurial system
and small-sized holdings; these factors are
known as
a) technological factors b) institutional factors
c) human factors d) off the farm services
125) Agriculture contributes to industrial
development
a) by earning foreign exchange
b) by raising cash incomes to stimulate demand for
industrial products
c) by supplying food and raw materials
d) all the above
a) rehabilitate the devastated economy from effects of
World War II and partition
b) solve the food crisis
c) check the inflationary tendencies
d) all the above
106) The nature of Indian income tax is
a) regressive b) progressive
c) both regressive and progressive
d) none of the above
107) Which article of Constitution deals with the
question of grants-in-aid?
a) Article 275 b) Article 300
c) Article 325 d) Article 350
108) Which of the following items are included in the
Indian Budget?
I. Actual estimates of the preceding year
II. Revised estimates for the current year
III. Budget estimates for the following year
a) Only I and II b) Only II and III
c) Only I and III d) All of above
109) The MODVAT system was replaced by a single
Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) rate of 16
per cent in the budget for the year
a) 2000-01 b) 1999-2000
c) 1998-99 d) None of these
110) In a country like Indian, why should an increase
of direct taxes be preferred to rather than an
increase in indirect taxes?
a) Direct taxes generally involve the well-off sections
of society but indirect taxes affect the masses.
b) It is easier to realize direct taxes and is thus useful
in a country troubled by tax evasion.
c) Direct taxes serve the end of socialism by taking
away the excessive wealth from the rich
d) None of the above
111) The value of output originating in banking and
insurance sectors is measured with the help of
a) income method
b) expenditure method
c) output method
d) income and output method
112) Which one of the following taxes/duties is not
levied by the Central Government?
a) Income tax b) Stamp duties
c) Estate duty d) Union excise duties
113) Mahalanobis plan model adopted in India in the
mid-fifties aimed at
a) building a strong defence industry base
b) setting up heavy industries which were capital
intensive
c) curbing inflation in the economiy
d) removing unemployment within a short period
114) Out of the following taxes, which makes the
greatest contribution to tax revenue?
a) Land revenue
b) Agricultural income tax
c) Customs
d) Union excise duties
115) The most important source of revenue to the
State Governments in India is
a) land revenue b) sales tax
c) custom duties d) income tax
116)What is the projected level of Fiscal Deficit for
the year 2014-15 as presented in the budget?
a) 4.6 b) 3.3
c) 4.8 d) 4.1
117) The two leading centres of cotton textiles are
a) Delhi and Kanpur
b) Mumbai and Ahmedabad
c) Coimbatore and Bangalore
d) Kolkata and Patna
118) The main problem which the cotton textile
industry in India faces is
a) non-availability of raw material
b) outdated plant and machinery
c) labour problem
d) all the above
119) The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade (MRTP)
Act was adopted by the government in the year
a) 1965 b) 1969
c) 1970 d) 1971
120) The share of agriculture in India’s national
income in 1950-51 was
a) 48 per cent b) 49 per cent
c) 51.3 per cent d) 54 per cent
121) India’s major agricultural product which is
exported is
a) raw cotton b) raw jute
c) tea d) sugar
122) Indian agriculture is described as semi-
commercialised farming. It implies that
a) Indian agriculture is backward
b) Indian agriculture is totally of subsistence type
c) Indian agriculture is neither fully commercialised nor
wholly of the subsistence type
d) None of the above
123) A large part of unemployment in the agricultural
sector is the type described as
a) structural unemployment
b) disguised unemployment
c) frictional unemployment d) cyclical unemployment
124) Productivity of land in Indian agriculture is low,
among others, due to defective tenurial system
and small-sized holdings; these factors are
known as
a) technological factors b) institutional factors
c) human factors d) off the farm services
125) Agriculture contributes to industrial
development
a) by earning foreign exchange
b) by raising cash incomes to stimulate demand for
industrial products
c) by supplying food and raw materials
d) all the above
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 60
ANSWER KEY
REASONING ABILITY
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 A 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 A
6 E 7 D 8 C 9 C 10 A
11 A 12 E 13 A 14 A 15 C
16 B 17 E 18 C 19 B 20 A
21 C 22 B 23 E 24 A 25 B
26 E 27 B 28 B 29 A 30 D
31 E 32 D 33 E 34 B 35 D
36 A 37 B 38 B 39 B 40 D
41 B 42 E 43 C 44 C 45 C
46 B 47 B 48 A 49 B 50 E
51 A 52 B 53 B 54 C 55 E
56 E 57 D 58 D 59 A 60 A
61 B 62 A 63 B 64 E 65 D
66 E 67 B 68 A 69 D 70 D
71 A 72 D 73 D 74 D 75 B
76 B 77 D 78 D 79 D 80 B
81 D 82 B 83 D 84 B 85 B
86 C 87 D 88 D 89 D 90 A
91 B 92 C 93 C 94 D 95 C
96 D 97 D 98 D 99 A 100A
101 B 102 C 103 D 104 A 105D
106 A 107 B 108 C 109 C 110C
111 C 112 D 113 D 114 D 115B
116 C 117 E 118 A 119 D 120C
121 C 122 E 123 A 124 E 125B
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 A 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 B
6 B 7 A 8 D 9 A 10 C
11 C 12 A 13 B 14 C 15 D
16 D 17 B 18 D 19 B 20 A
21 B 22 B 23 C 24 B 25 C
26 D 27 C 28 C 29 C 30 A
31 A 32 A 33 A 34 D 35 A
36 B 37 B 38 D 39 D 40 D
41 D 42 C 43 C 44 C 45 D
46 A 47 B 48 A 49 C 50 D
51 A 52 C 53 A 54 B 55 A
56 A 57 A 58 A 59 A 60 D
61 A 62 B 63 D 64 A 65 A
66 A 67 A 68 D 69 B 70 B
71 A 72 D 73 C 74 A 75 C
76 C 77 D 78 C 79 A 80 C
81 C 82 B 83 A 84 B 85 D
86 B 87 D 88 A 89 B 90 D
91 A 92 D 93 B 94 D 95 B
96 B 97 C 98 D 99 C 100B
101 B 102 D 103 B 104 B 105B
106 C 107 B 108 D 109 D 110C
111 B 112 B 113 B 114 A 115B
116 B 117 C 118 D 119 B 120C
121 B 122 C 123 D 124 A 125C
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 A
6 A 7 B 8 A 9 C 10 D
11 B 12 A 13 A 14 B 15 B
16 B 17 A 18 B 19 A 20 A
21 C 22 D 23 A 24 A 25 C
26 B 27 A 28 B 29 B 30 C
31 A 32 B 33 C 34 B 35 D
36 A 37 A 38 A 39 C 40 B
41 A 42 D 43 D 44 B 45 C
46 A 47 A 48 A 49 B 50 B
51 A 52 D 53 A 54 C 55 C
56 B 57 A 58 B 59 A 60 C
61 B 62 B 63 B 64 C 65 A
66 B 67 D 68 B 69 D 70 C
71 A 72 C 73 B 74 B 75 A
76 A 77 B 78 B 79 B 80 D
81 D 82 B 83 D 84 B 85 A
86 D 87 A 88 A 89 B 90 A
91 D 92 C 93 D 94 C 95 B
96 C 97 A 98 D 99 C 100B
101 B 102 A 103 B 104D 105A
106 C 107 B 108 A 109C 110B
111 A 112 C 113 B 114D 115B
116 C 117 A 118 B 119B 120B
121D 122 C 123 A 124A 125B
GENERAL AWARENESS
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 C 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 A
6 A 7 D 8 D 9 A 10 B
11 B 12 A 13 A 14 C 15 A
16 A 17 C 18 D 19 A 20 A
21 B 22 C 23 A 24 C 25 A
26 A 27 D 28 B 29 B 30 B
31 B 32 B 33 D 34 A 35 B
36 A 37 C 38 A 39 D 40 A
41 B 42 B 43 D 44 A 45 C
46 C 47 A 48 A 49 D 50 A
51 D 52 D 53 C 54 C 55 C
56 D 57 D 58 C 59 D 60 B
61 A 62 B 63 D 64 C 65 B
66 A 67 D 68 D 69 A 70 A
71 B 72 A 73 A 74 D 75 D
76 D 77 C 78 C 79 B 80 A
81 B 82 C 83 C 84 A 85 D
86 A 87 A 88 D 89 B 90 B
91 C 92 B 93 C 94 D 95 D
96 B 97 B 98 C 99 A 100B
101 C 102 A 103 A 104C 105D
106 B 107 A 108 D 109A 110A
111 A 112 B 113 B 114D 115B
116D 117 B 118 D 119B 120C
121 C 122 C 123 B 124B 125B
ANSWER KEY
REASONING ABILITY
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 A 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 A
6 E 7 D 8 C 9 C 10 A
11 A 12 E 13 A 14 A 15 C
16 B 17 E 18 C 19 B 20 A
21 C 22 B 23 E 24 A 25 B
26 E 27 B 28 B 29 A 30 D
31 E 32 D 33 E 34 B 35 D
36 A 37 B 38 B 39 B 40 D
41 B 42 E 43 C 44 C 45 C
46 B 47 B 48 A 49 B 50 E
51 A 52 B 53 B 54 C 55 E
56 E 57 D 58 D 59 A 60 A
61 B 62 A 63 B 64 E 65 D
66 E 67 B 68 A 69 D 70 D
71 A 72 D 73 D 74 D 75 B
76 B 77 D 78 D 79 D 80 B
81 D 82 B 83 D 84 B 85 B
86 C 87 D 88 D 89 D 90 A
91 B 92 C 93 C 94 D 95 C
96 D 97 D 98 D 99 A 100A
101 B 102 C 103 D 104 A 105D
106 A 107 B 108 C 109 C 110C
111 C 112 D 113 D 114 D 115B
116 C 117 E 118 A 119 D 120C
121 C 122 E 123 A 124 E 125B
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 A 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 B
6 B 7 A 8 D 9 A 10 C
11 C 12 A 13 B 14 C 15 D
16 D 17 B 18 D 19 B 20 A
21 B 22 B 23 C 24 B 25 C
26 D 27 C 28 C 29 C 30 A
31 A 32 A 33 A 34 D 35 A
36 B 37 B 38 D 39 D 40 D
41 D 42 C 43 C 44 C 45 D
46 A 47 B 48 A 49 C 50 D
51 A 52 C 53 A 54 B 55 A
56 A 57 A 58 A 59 A 60 D
61 A 62 B 63 D 64 A 65 A
66 A 67 A 68 D 69 B 70 B
71 A 72 D 73 C 74 A 75 C
76 C 77 D 78 C 79 A 80 C
81 C 82 B 83 A 84 B 85 D
86 B 87 D 88 A 89 B 90 D
91 A 92 D 93 B 94 D 95 B
96 B 97 C 98 D 99 C 100B
101 B 102 D 103 B 104 B 105B
106 C 107 B 108 D 109 D 110C
111 B 112 B 113 B 114 A 115B
116 B 117 C 118 D 119 B 120C
121 B 122 C 123 D 124 A 125C
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 A
6 A 7 B 8 A 9 C 10 D
11 B 12 A 13 A 14 B 15 B
16 B 17 A 18 B 19 A 20 A
21 C 22 D 23 A 24 A 25 C
26 B 27 A 28 B 29 B 30 C
31 A 32 B 33 C 34 B 35 D
36 A 37 A 38 A 39 C 40 B
41 A 42 D 43 D 44 B 45 C
46 A 47 A 48 A 49 B 50 B
51 A 52 D 53 A 54 C 55 C
56 B 57 A 58 B 59 A 60 C
61 B 62 B 63 B 64 C 65 A
66 B 67 D 68 B 69 D 70 C
71 A 72 C 73 B 74 B 75 A
76 A 77 B 78 B 79 B 80 D
81 D 82 B 83 D 84 B 85 A
86 D 87 A 88 A 89 B 90 A
91 D 92 C 93 D 94 C 95 B
96 C 97 A 98 D 99 C 100B
101 B 102 A 103 B 104D 105A
106 C 107 B 108 A 109C 110B
111 A 112 C 113 B 114D 115B
116 C 117 A 118 B 119B 120B
121D 122 C 123 A 124A 125B
GENERAL AWARENESS
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 C 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 A
6 A 7 D 8 D 9 A 10 B
11 B 12 A 13 A 14 C 15 A
16 A 17 C 18 D 19 A 20 A
21 B 22 C 23 A 24 C 25 A
26 A 27 D 28 B 29 B 30 B
31 B 32 B 33 D 34 A 35 B
36 A 37 C 38 A 39 D 40 A
41 B 42 B 43 D 44 A 45 C
46 C 47 A 48 A 49 D 50 A
51 D 52 D 53 C 54 C 55 C
56 D 57 D 58 C 59 D 60 B
61 A 62 B 63 D 64 C 65 B
66 A 67 D 68 D 69 A 70 A
71 B 72 A 73 A 74 D 75 D
76 D 77 C 78 C 79 B 80 A
81 B 82 C 83 C 84 A 85 D
86 A 87 A 88 D 89 B 90 B
91 C 92 B 93 C 94 D 95 D
96 B 97 B 98 C 99 A 100B
101 C 102 A 103 A 104C 105D
106 B 107 A 108 D 109A 110A
111 A 112 B 113 B 114D 115B
116D 117 B 118 D 119B 120C
121 C 122 C 123 B 124B 125B
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 61
Latest G.K .Bytes
FEBRUARY – 2014
1) 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
2) Indian Navy has started high tech Shore Based Test
Facility (SBTF) at INS Hansa at which place: Panaji,
Goa
3) Name the country that accounts for 37% of total
illiterates in the world: India
4) Mehdi Jomaa has been elected as ______ of
Tunisia: Prime Minister
5) Name the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand State:
Harish Rawat
6) The final match of prestigious Ranji Trophy (2014)
was played at which place: Hyderabad
7) Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy in Cricket by
beating which State: Maharashtra
8) As per Environmental Performance Index 2014
released by the Yale University, USA, India has been
ranked at which place: 155
th
9) Which country has been ranked No. 1 in terms of its
performance in various environment related
parameters: Switzerland
10) The govt. has decided to raise the quota of
subsidized LPG cylinders from 9 to _____ in a year:
12
11) The govt. has decided to add about _______ castes
and communities to the list of Other Backwards
Castes in 13 states/UTs: 60
12) 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
13) 101st Indian Science Congress was held at
_________: University of Jammu, J&K
14) Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz
International _______Tournament in Colorado
Springs, USA: Wrestling
15) Name the first woman to be inducted in the
International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’
panel: Kathy Cross
16) Kathy Cross is from which country: New Zealand
17) Name the high profile Indian technocrat who has
been appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Inc., USA:
Satya Nadela
18) Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed Chairmen
Managing Director of which Bank: Punjab & Sindh
Bank
19) Name the Chairman of the seventh central pay
commission: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
20) Philip Seymour Hoffman who passed away recently
was a prominent ____ in USA: Film Actor
21) 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
22) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to refinance
existing _____loans through take-out financing:
infrastructure project
23) India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement (DTAA) recently with which country: Fiji
24) India signed a preferential trade agreement with
SACU. What is the full form of SACU: Southern
African Customs Union
25) Joachim Gauck who recently visited India is _____
of Germany: President
26) Which country has offered support of one billion
Euros to India for setting up a green energy
corridor: Germany
27) In which field Ashok Khosla won Zayed’s
international prize instituted by United Arab
Emirates: Environment
28) Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the first Indian
to be elected as the President of the Administrative
Tribunal of which International Organization: ADB
(Asian Development Bank)
29) Which two countries have made arrangements for
reunion of families separated by a war held between
them in 1950-53: North and South Korea
30) India has decided to extend visa-on arrival to
tourists of 180 nations barring_____ countries to
boost tourism: Eight
31) The winter Olympic games held recently were
______ edition of the games: 22
nd
32) 2014 winter Olympic games were held at which
place: Sochi, Russia
33)Amongst the popular animals like Lion, Leopard,
Latest G.K .Bytes
FEBRUARY – 2014
1) 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
2) Indian Navy has started high tech Shore Based Test
Facility (SBTF) at INS Hansa at which place: Panaji,
Goa
3) Name the country that accounts for 37% of total
illiterates in the world: India
4) Mehdi Jomaa has been elected as ______ of
Tunisia: Prime Minister
5) Name the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand State:
Harish Rawat
6) The final match of prestigious Ranji Trophy (2014)
was played at which place: Hyderabad
7) Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy in Cricket by
beating which State: Maharashtra
8) As per Environmental Performance Index 2014
released by the Yale University, USA, India has been
ranked at which place: 155
th
9) Which country has been ranked No. 1 in terms of its
performance in various environment related
parameters: Switzerland
10) The govt. has decided to raise the quota of
subsidized LPG cylinders from 9 to _____ in a year:
12
11) The govt. has decided to add about _______ castes
and communities to the list of Other Backwards
Castes in 13 states/UTs: 60
12) 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
13) 101st Indian Science Congress was held at
_________: University of Jammu, J&K
14) Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz
International _______Tournament in Colorado
Springs, USA: Wrestling
15) Name the first woman to be inducted in the
International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’
panel: Kathy Cross
16) Kathy Cross is from which country: New Zealand
17) Name the high profile Indian technocrat who has
been appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Inc., USA:
Satya Nadela
18) Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed Chairmen
Managing Director of which Bank: Punjab & Sindh
Bank
19) Name the Chairman of the seventh central pay
commission: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
20) Philip Seymour Hoffman who passed away recently
was a prominent ____ in USA: Film Actor
21) 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
22) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to refinance
existing _____loans through take-out financing:
infrastructure project
23) India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement (DTAA) recently with which country: Fiji
24) India signed a preferential trade agreement with
SACU. What is the full form of SACU: Southern
African Customs Union
25) Joachim Gauck who recently visited India is _____
of Germany: President
26) Which country has offered support of one billion
Euros to India for setting up a green energy
corridor: Germany
27) In which field Ashok Khosla won Zayed’s
international prize instituted by United Arab
Emirates: Environment
28) Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the first Indian
to be elected as the President of the Administrative
Tribunal of which International Organization: ADB
(Asian Development Bank)
29) Which two countries have made arrangements for
reunion of families separated by a war held between
them in 1950-53: North and South Korea
30) India has decided to extend visa-on arrival to
tourists of 180 nations barring_____ countries to
boost tourism: Eight
31) The winter Olympic games held recently were
______ edition of the games: 22
nd
32) 2014 winter Olympic games were held at which
place: Sochi, Russia
33)Amongst the popular animals like Lion, Leopard,
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Polar Bear and the Hare, which one was not a
mascot of the winter Olympics 2014: Lion
34) Name the newly elected prime minister of Nepal:
Sushil Koirala
35) Name the winner of the 2014 Irani Cup: Karnataka
36) The Irani Cup is associated with which sports:
Cricket
37) Per capita income for India in the year 2013-14 is
likely to be in the range of _______ thousand
rupees: 75
38) The country is likely to achieve record __________
million tonnes foodgrain production this year: 263
39) Agriculture in India contributes about ______
percent of total GDP: 14
40) Around _______ percent of total workforce of India
is engaged in Agriculture: 53
41) As per a recent study, India has emerged as the
_____largest global military power in terms of
military expenditure: Ninth
42) The National Green Tribunal has banned the burning
of _____ at public places: Tyres
43) Which country scored highest number of medals at
Sochi Olympics-2014: Russia
44) 2014 Paralympic winter games will be held at
______ from 7
th
to 16
th
March, 2014: Sochi,
Russia
45) World Islamic Tamil Conference was held at ______,
Tamil Nadu: Kumbakonam
46) _____ has been elected as Chairman, International
Cricket Council: N Srinivasan
47) Name the newly elected President of Indian Olympic
Association: N. Ramachandran
48) ______ is a tool to measure level of industrial
production at the national level: Index of
Industrial Production
49) As per World Press Freedom Index, India has been
ranked ________in the list of 180 countries in terms
of freedom of press: 140
th
50) In terms of freedom of press, _______ is number
one country in the world: Finland
51) Department of India Post released a
commemorative stamp in the honour of which noted
ghazal singer: Jagjit Singh
52) Name the noted Tamil film director and
cinematographer who passed away recently: Balu
Mahendra
53) Which wing of Indian defence forces conducted its
annual war fitness exercise named TROPEX: Navy
54) 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
55) 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
56) Meeting of Finance ministers and business leaders
from G20 nations was held at _______: Sydney,
Australia
57) RBI has formed G Gopalakrishna committee for
what purpose: To review skill upgradation in
banking
58) _______has become first state to achieve more than
100 percent sanitation in rural and urban
households and other public sanitary centers:
Sikkim
59) 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
60) 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)
61) Matteo Renzi has been elected as the youngest
Prime Minister of which country: Italy
62) Licence for ATMs is given by Reserve Bank of India
under which Act: Payment and Settlement
Systems Act, 2007
63) _______ has been appointed as Pakistan’s High
Commissioner to India: Abdul Basit
64) ________ has been declared as the best State in
the implementation of rural tourism projects:
Sikkim
65) _______has emerged as the largest buyer of gold in
the world in 2013: China
66) BAFTA award for best picture has been won by
________: 12 Years a Slave
67) Alfonso Cuaron won the BAFTA award for best
Director for which movie: Gravity
68) Write the full form of BAFTA: British Academy of
Film and Television Arts
69) BAFTA awards for cinema are given in which
country: UK
70) Who has been named as the E & Y entrepreneur of
the year 2013: Uday Kotak
71) 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
72)The Union Cabinet has approved _____as the sixth
Polar Bear and the Hare, which one was not a
mascot of the winter Olympics 2014: Lion
34) Name the newly elected prime minister of Nepal:
Sushil Koirala
35) Name the winner of the 2014 Irani Cup: Karnataka
36) The Irani Cup is associated with which sports:
Cricket
37) Per capita income for India in the year 2013-14 is
likely to be in the range of _______ thousand
rupees: 75
38) The country is likely to achieve record __________
million tonnes foodgrain production this year: 263
39) Agriculture in India contributes about ______
percent of total GDP: 14
40) Around _______ percent of total workforce of India
is engaged in Agriculture: 53
41) As per a recent study, India has emerged as the
_____largest global military power in terms of
military expenditure: Ninth
42) The National Green Tribunal has banned the burning
of _____ at public places: Tyres
43) Which country scored highest number of medals at
Sochi Olympics-2014: Russia
44) 2014 Paralympic winter games will be held at
______ from 7
th
to 16
th
March, 2014: Sochi,
Russia
45) World Islamic Tamil Conference was held at ______,
Tamil Nadu: Kumbakonam
46) _____ has been elected as Chairman, International
Cricket Council: N Srinivasan
47) Name the newly elected President of Indian Olympic
Association: N. Ramachandran
48) ______ is a tool to measure level of industrial
production at the national level: Index of
Industrial Production
49) As per World Press Freedom Index, India has been
ranked ________in the list of 180 countries in terms
of freedom of press: 140
th
50) In terms of freedom of press, _______ is number
one country in the world: Finland
51) Department of India Post released a
commemorative stamp in the honour of which noted
ghazal singer: Jagjit Singh
52) Name the noted Tamil film director and
cinematographer who passed away recently: Balu
Mahendra
53) Which wing of Indian defence forces conducted its
annual war fitness exercise named TROPEX: Navy
54) 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
55) 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
56) Meeting of Finance ministers and business leaders
from G20 nations was held at _______: Sydney,
Australia
57) RBI has formed G Gopalakrishna committee for
what purpose: To review skill upgradation in
banking
58) _______has become first state to achieve more than
100 percent sanitation in rural and urban
households and other public sanitary centers:
Sikkim
59) 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
60) 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)
61) Matteo Renzi has been elected as the youngest
Prime Minister of which country: Italy
62) Licence for ATMs is given by Reserve Bank of India
under which Act: Payment and Settlement
Systems Act, 2007
63) _______ has been appointed as Pakistan’s High
Commissioner to India: Abdul Basit
64) ________ has been declared as the best State in
the implementation of rural tourism projects:
Sikkim
65) _______has emerged as the largest buyer of gold in
the world in 2013: China
66) BAFTA award for best picture has been won by
________: 12 Years a Slave
67) Alfonso Cuaron won the BAFTA award for best
Director for which movie: Gravity
68) Write the full form of BAFTA: British Academy of
Film and Television Arts
69) BAFTA awards for cinema are given in which
country: UK
70) Who has been named as the E & Y entrepreneur of
the year 2013: Uday Kotak
71) 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
72)The Union Cabinet has approved _____as the sixth
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 63
classical language of India: Odia
73) Which of the following is not a classical language of
India – Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam:
Hindi
74) Name the capital of Ukraine that witnessed public
revolt against the govt.: Kiev
75) Name the President of Ukraine who fled from his
country following the public revolt against him:
Viktor Yanukovych
76) The term Orange Revolution refers to which
moment: Revolt in Ukraine in 2004
77) The Army successfully flight-tested Akash missile
recently. It is what type of missile: Surface to Air
78) What is the name of the missile testing site of India:
Integrated Test Range
79) The Integrated Test Range is located at which
place: Wheeler Islands, Chandipur, Odisha
80) NABARD has developed the concept called Joint
Liability Group (JLG) to provide institutional credit to
which category of borrowers: Small Farmers
81) The economic growth rate during the 11
th
Five Years
Plan (2007-12) has been recorded as ___ per cent:
8
82) In terms of digital governance i.e. usage of
information technology by govt., _____ has been
ranked as No. 1 country: Singapore
83) Which national organization has introduced an
annual rating system for states to enable them
improve on their business climate: Planning
Commission
84) 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.
85) 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
86) In what way persons not having proof of identity
and address are allowed to enroll for Aadhaar Card:
On introduction basis
87) The government has set an agriculture credit target
of Rs ______ for the banks for 2014-15: 8 lakh
crore
88) Sakhee, Nirbhaya, Parivar Suraksha are the names
of the what type of products offered by Bhartiya
Mahila Banks: Health Insurance
89) Which national level bank has launched its six basic
banking transactions through toll-free numbers:
HDFC Bank
90) 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
91) _____has been appointed as head of the eight-
member search committee to select the persons for
various posts of Lokpal: Justice K. T. Thomas
92) The Union government has launched an ambitious
project titled ______to increase forest cover by 50
million hectares in the next 10 years: ‘Green
Mission’
93) Forest cover in India covers roughly ____ per cent
of total area: 21
94) 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
95) Name the Governor General of Canada who visited
India recently: David Johnston
96) Indian labour force will help in construction of the
450 kms long Haramain High Speed Railway project
in which country: Saudi Arabia
97) Which metropolitan city has recorded the worst
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 30 newborns dying
for every 1,000 live births: New Delhi
98) Ibrahim Mahlab has been elected as new Prime
Minister of which country: Egypt
99) 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held
at____: Coimbatore, Kerala
100) What is the theme of this year’s World Cancer Day,
observed on Feb. 4: 'Debunk the myths'
101) Ramanujan Mathematics Award-2013 has been
given to ______ founder of Super 30 classes in
Patna: Anand Kumar
102) What is the name of project launched by Govt. of
India for cloud computing: Meghraj
103) Name the chairmen of the committee formed to
examine the cause for violence and discrimination
against people from the northeast: M.P.
Bezbaruah
104) Vyas Samman is given for achievement in which
field: Hindi Literature
105) Who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2013:
Vishwanath Tripathi
106) The book Vyomkesh Darvesh is a biography of
which veteran Hindi Scholar: Acharya Hazari
Prasad Dwivedi
107) Arunima Sinha has been honoured with Amazing
Indian Award for which achievement: Scaling
Mount Everest despite having an amputed leg
108) With which country India has agreed to celebrate
2014 as year of friendly exchanges: China
109) In which train a Braille-embedded AC coach to
facilitate visually challenged passengers has been
classical language of India: Odia
73) Which of the following is not a classical language of
India – Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam:
Hindi
74) Name the capital of Ukraine that witnessed public
revolt against the govt.: Kiev
75) Name the President of Ukraine who fled from his
country following the public revolt against him:
Viktor Yanukovych
76) The term Orange Revolution refers to which
moment: Revolt in Ukraine in 2004
77) The Army successfully flight-tested Akash missile
recently. It is what type of missile: Surface to Air
78) What is the name of the missile testing site of India:
Integrated Test Range
79) The Integrated Test Range is located at which
place: Wheeler Islands, Chandipur, Odisha
80) NABARD has developed the concept called Joint
Liability Group (JLG) to provide institutional credit to
which category of borrowers: Small Farmers
81) The economic growth rate during the 11
th
Five Years
Plan (2007-12) has been recorded as ___ per cent:
8
82) In terms of digital governance i.e. usage of
information technology by govt., _____ has been
ranked as No. 1 country: Singapore
83) Which national organization has introduced an
annual rating system for states to enable them
improve on their business climate: Planning
Commission
84) 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.
85) 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
86) In what way persons not having proof of identity
and address are allowed to enroll for Aadhaar Card:
On introduction basis
87) The government has set an agriculture credit target
of Rs ______ for the banks for 2014-15: 8 lakh
crore
88) Sakhee, Nirbhaya, Parivar Suraksha are the names
of the what type of products offered by Bhartiya
Mahila Banks: Health Insurance
89) Which national level bank has launched its six basic
banking transactions through toll-free numbers:
HDFC Bank
90) 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
91) _____has been appointed as head of the eight-
member search committee to select the persons for
various posts of Lokpal: Justice K. T. Thomas
92) The Union government has launched an ambitious
project titled ______to increase forest cover by 50
million hectares in the next 10 years: ‘Green
Mission’
93) Forest cover in India covers roughly ____ per cent
of total area: 21
94) 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
95) Name the Governor General of Canada who visited
India recently: David Johnston
96) Indian labour force will help in construction of the
450 kms long Haramain High Speed Railway project
in which country: Saudi Arabia
97) Which metropolitan city has recorded the worst
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 30 newborns dying
for every 1,000 live births: New Delhi
98) Ibrahim Mahlab has been elected as new Prime
Minister of which country: Egypt
99) 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held
at____: Coimbatore, Kerala
100) What is the theme of this year’s World Cancer Day,
observed on Feb. 4: 'Debunk the myths'
101) Ramanujan Mathematics Award-2013 has been
given to ______ founder of Super 30 classes in
Patna: Anand Kumar
102) What is the name of project launched by Govt. of
India for cloud computing: Meghraj
103) Name the chairmen of the committee formed to
examine the cause for violence and discrimination
against people from the northeast: M.P.
Bezbaruah
104) Vyas Samman is given for achievement in which
field: Hindi Literature
105) Who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2013:
Vishwanath Tripathi
106) The book Vyomkesh Darvesh is a biography of
which veteran Hindi Scholar: Acharya Hazari
Prasad Dwivedi
107) Arunima Sinha has been honoured with Amazing
Indian Award for which achievement: Scaling
Mount Everest despite having an amputed leg
108) With which country India has agreed to celebrate
2014 as year of friendly exchanges: China
109) In which train a Braille-embedded AC coach to
facilitate visually challenged passengers has been
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 64
introduced for the first time: Purushottam
Express
110) Crystal Bear Award for best film is given at which
international film festival: Berlin Film Festival
111) Name the Indian Film that won the Crystal Bear
Award at Berlin Film Festival: Killa
112) 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
113) India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village) has been
established at which place: Chandoli, Distt Alwar,
Rajasthan
114) The book “Public Issues Before Parliament” has
been authored by whom: Vijay Darda
115) What is the theme of the Taj Mahotsav 2014 held at
Agra:
Paigham-e-Mohabbat
116) Name the noted Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award
winner who passed away recently: Amar Kant
117) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central
Board of Direct Taxes: R K Tiwari
118) Name the Indian submarine that suffered an
accident on board, claiming life of two officers and
injuring seven others: INS Sindhuratna
119) 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
120) Name the country whose application for
membership of WTO as its 160
th
member was
approved at the Ministerial Conference held in Bali
recently: Yemen
121) Govt. has agreed to pay half insurance premium for
________ to cover them under Rashtriya Swasthya
Bima Yojana: Auto and Taxi Drivers
122) What is the amount of coverage available under
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Rs. 30,000
123) ADB has agreed to give a loan of $300 million to
which state for improvement of road network:
Chhattisgarh
124) 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
125) The BIMSTEC Summit was recently held at which
place: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
126) The first ATM for Post Office Saving Bank accounts
was opened at which place: Thiyagaraya Nagar
HPO, Chennai
127) A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace has
been honoured with ‘Order of Friendship’ award by
which country: Russia
128) With which country India has signed a MoU for
cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing:
Saudi Arabia
129) With which country India signed three agreements
for various security subjects: Israel
130) India is planning a multi-nation and multi modal
transport corridor to connect with which Central
Asian country: Russia
JANUARY – 2014
131) Paul Torday who passed away recently was a
famous ________: British Novelist
132) Which prominent educational organization of India is
recently is celebrating 60 years of its completion:
UGC (University Grants Commission)
133) 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
134) Name the state which won the 62
nd
Senior National
Volleyball Championship (Men’s) held at Moradabad,
UP: Tamil Nadu
135) Who has been appointed as Chairman, Chiefs of
Staff Committee (CoSC): General Bikram Singh
136) 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
137) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to sanction
loans of up to Rs. _______against pledge of gold
ornaments and jewellery: Rs.1 lakh
138) Abdulla Gayoom has been elected as ____ of
Maldives Islands: President
139) Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed Governor
of which state: Manipur
140) 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) for what purpose: For
spreading education in deprived areas
141) The Mountain Strike Corps raised recently for
countering China is based at which place: Ranchi
(Jharkhand)
142) 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
143) Name the MNC which has filed first proposal to
enter the Indian Multi Brand retail segment: Tesco
Plc, USA
144) How much FDI is permitted in multi brand retail
segment: 51%
introduced for the first time: Purushottam
Express
110) Crystal Bear Award for best film is given at which
international film festival: Berlin Film Festival
111) Name the Indian Film that won the Crystal Bear
Award at Berlin Film Festival: Killa
112) 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
113) India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village) has been
established at which place: Chandoli, Distt Alwar,
Rajasthan
114) The book “Public Issues Before Parliament” has
been authored by whom: Vijay Darda
115) What is the theme of the Taj Mahotsav 2014 held at
Agra:
Paigham-e-Mohabbat
116) Name the noted Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award
winner who passed away recently: Amar Kant
117) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central
Board of Direct Taxes: R K Tiwari
118) Name the Indian submarine that suffered an
accident on board, claiming life of two officers and
injuring seven others: INS Sindhuratna
119) 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
120) Name the country whose application for
membership of WTO as its 160
th
member was
approved at the Ministerial Conference held in Bali
recently: Yemen
121) Govt. has agreed to pay half insurance premium for
________ to cover them under Rashtriya Swasthya
Bima Yojana: Auto and Taxi Drivers
122) What is the amount of coverage available under
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Rs. 30,000
123) ADB has agreed to give a loan of $300 million to
which state for improvement of road network:
Chhattisgarh
124) 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
125) The BIMSTEC Summit was recently held at which
place: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
126) The first ATM for Post Office Saving Bank accounts
was opened at which place: Thiyagaraya Nagar
HPO, Chennai
127) A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace has
been honoured with ‘Order of Friendship’ award by
which country: Russia
128) With which country India has signed a MoU for
cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing:
Saudi Arabia
129) With which country India signed three agreements
for various security subjects: Israel
130) India is planning a multi-nation and multi modal
transport corridor to connect with which Central
Asian country: Russia
JANUARY – 2014
131) Paul Torday who passed away recently was a
famous ________: British Novelist
132) Which prominent educational organization of India is
recently is celebrating 60 years of its completion:
UGC (University Grants Commission)
133) 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
134) Name the state which won the 62
nd
Senior National
Volleyball Championship (Men’s) held at Moradabad,
UP: Tamil Nadu
135) Who has been appointed as Chairman, Chiefs of
Staff Committee (CoSC): General Bikram Singh
136) 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
137) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to sanction
loans of up to Rs. _______against pledge of gold
ornaments and jewellery: Rs.1 lakh
138) Abdulla Gayoom has been elected as ____ of
Maldives Islands: President
139) Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed Governor
of which state: Manipur
140) 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) for what purpose: For
spreading education in deprived areas
141) The Mountain Strike Corps raised recently for
countering China is based at which place: Ranchi
(Jharkhand)
142) 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
143) Name the MNC which has filed first proposal to
enter the Indian Multi Brand retail segment: Tesco
Plc, USA
144) How much FDI is permitted in multi brand retail
segment: 51%
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 65
145) 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
146) The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention held
from 7-9 January in Delhi was ______ in series:
12
th
147) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on which date:
9
th
January
148) Who was the chief guest at the 12
th
Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas Convention: G Palanivel
149) G Palanivel is from which country: Malaysia
150) Who is G Palanivel: Minister for Natural
Resources and Environment, Malaysia
151) 6th All India Inter-University Fencing
Championship held at Patiala, Punjab was won by
___: Punjabi University Patiala
152) Margaret Thatcher was voted as the most successful
post-war British Prime Minister. She is also known
as _________: The ‘Iron Lady’ of Britain
153) What is the formal name of the Lokpal Bill recently
approved by the President: Lokpal and
Lokayuktas Act, 2013
154) What is the objective of recently launched Multi-
sectoral Nutrition Programme: To address the
problems of maternal and child under-
nutrition in the country
155) Which country recently announced to adopt Euro as
its currency: Latvia
156) Which country has been named to take over the
Presidency of the European Union: Greece
157) The Index of Economic Freedom ranks India at
_______ place: 120th
158) Name the country which ranks no. 1 in the Index of
Economic Freedom – 2014: Hong Kong
159) The term EBID is used to indicate profits of a
company. What is the full form of EBID: Earnings
Before Interest and Depreciation
160) The government has approved a proposal to pay
formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension
of Rs ______ benefiting over 27 lakh pensioners:
1,000,
161) 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
162) What was the purpose of setting up Mor committee:
To propose measures for achieving better
financial inclusion
163) Mor committee recommended that each Indian
resident above the age of ___ with an individual
Universal Electronic Bank Account (UEBA): 18
years
164) The Mor committee has recommended to form
‘payments banks’ for which category of customers:
Small Businesses
165) Name the organization proposed to be formed for
exploring the potential of generating power through
wind energy: National Offshore Wind Energy
Agency
166) Name the first lady President of South Korea who
visited India recently: Park Geun-hye
167) Name the capital of South Korea: Seoul
168) 44th annual meeting of World Economic Forum –
WEF was held at which place: Davos, Switzerland
169) What is the formal name of the mega literature
festival held annually in Jaipur, Rajasthan: Jaipur
Literature Festival
170) Name the dignitary who made the inaugural key
note speech at the Jaipur Literature Festival: Dr.
Amartya Sen
171) Dr. Amartya Sen is from which field: Economics
172) 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
173) 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
174) How many countries, other than India have the
capability of cryogenic engine capability: Five –
USA, Russia, France, Japan & China
175) In the abbreviation GSLV-D5, the letter D5 stands
for what: 5
th
Development Flight
176) Name the satellite that was recently launched by
GSLV-D5: GSAT-14
177) GSAT-14 satellite is used for what purpose:
Communication
178) Jigme Wangchuck who recently visited India is ____
of Bhutan: King
179) 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
180) What is the name of the official mascot of the 2014
FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in June: Fuleco
the Armadillo
181) Laimdota Straujuma has been elected as the first
woman Prime Minister of which country: Latvia
182)India successfully test-fired its indigenously
145) 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
146) The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention held
from 7-9 January in Delhi was ______ in series:
12
th
147) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on which date:
9
th
January
148) Who was the chief guest at the 12
th
Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas Convention: G Palanivel
149) G Palanivel is from which country: Malaysia
150) Who is G Palanivel: Minister for Natural
Resources and Environment, Malaysia
151) 6th All India Inter-University Fencing
Championship held at Patiala, Punjab was won by
___: Punjabi University Patiala
152) Margaret Thatcher was voted as the most successful
post-war British Prime Minister. She is also known
as _________: The ‘Iron Lady’ of Britain
153) What is the formal name of the Lokpal Bill recently
approved by the President: Lokpal and
Lokayuktas Act, 2013
154) What is the objective of recently launched Multi-
sectoral Nutrition Programme: To address the
problems of maternal and child under-
nutrition in the country
155) Which country recently announced to adopt Euro as
its currency: Latvia
156) Which country has been named to take over the
Presidency of the European Union: Greece
157) The Index of Economic Freedom ranks India at
_______ place: 120th
158) Name the country which ranks no. 1 in the Index of
Economic Freedom – 2014: Hong Kong
159) The term EBID is used to indicate profits of a
company. What is the full form of EBID: Earnings
Before Interest and Depreciation
160) The government has approved a proposal to pay
formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension
of Rs ______ benefiting over 27 lakh pensioners:
1,000,
161) 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
162) What was the purpose of setting up Mor committee:
To propose measures for achieving better
financial inclusion
163) Mor committee recommended that each Indian
resident above the age of ___ with an individual
Universal Electronic Bank Account (UEBA): 18
years
164) The Mor committee has recommended to form
‘payments banks’ for which category of customers:
Small Businesses
165) Name the organization proposed to be formed for
exploring the potential of generating power through
wind energy: National Offshore Wind Energy
Agency
166) Name the first lady President of South Korea who
visited India recently: Park Geun-hye
167) Name the capital of South Korea: Seoul
168) 44th annual meeting of World Economic Forum –
WEF was held at which place: Davos, Switzerland
169) What is the formal name of the mega literature
festival held annually in Jaipur, Rajasthan: Jaipur
Literature Festival
170) Name the dignitary who made the inaugural key
note speech at the Jaipur Literature Festival: Dr.
Amartya Sen
171) Dr. Amartya Sen is from which field: Economics
172) 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
173) 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
174) How many countries, other than India have the
capability of cryogenic engine capability: Five –
USA, Russia, France, Japan & China
175) In the abbreviation GSLV-D5, the letter D5 stands
for what: 5
th
Development Flight
176) Name the satellite that was recently launched by
GSLV-D5: GSAT-14
177) GSAT-14 satellite is used for what purpose:
Communication
178) Jigme Wangchuck who recently visited India is ____
of Bhutan: King
179) 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
180) What is the name of the official mascot of the 2014
FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in June: Fuleco
the Armadillo
181) Laimdota Straujuma has been elected as the first
woman Prime Minister of which country: Latvia
182)India successfully test-fired its indigenously
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 66
developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile. What is
the strike range of this missile: 350 kms
183) At which place in Haryana the foundation stone was
laid for a 2800 megawatt nuclear power plant:
Gorakhpur, Distt. Fatehabad (Haryana)
184) 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
185) What is the objective of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan:
To make India free from open defecation
186) Ali Larayedh, Islamist Prime Minister of _______
was in news as he resigned as part of a plan to end
months of political deadlock. Tunisia
187) Name the country from which started the wide
spread uprising of common public, called Arab
Spring: Tunisia
188) Recently Posco was granted environmental
clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in
Odisha. It is from which country: South Korea
189) India’s largest and most modern airport has recently
been inaugurated in which city: Mumbai
190) What is the formal name of the new airport terminal
started at Mumbai: Terminal – 2, Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport
191) World’s largest railway platform is located at which
place: Gorakhpur (UP) India
192) 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
193) Ariel Sharon who passed away recently was a
prominent ____: Statesman
194) Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of which
country: Israel
195) In the Nuclear Materials Security Index 2014
released by the US-based think-tank Nuclear Threat
Initiative, India has been placed at which rank: 23
rd
196) 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
197) Name the Awami League leader of Bangladesh who
was sworn-in as Prime Minister for the third time:
Sheikh Hasina
198) 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: 5
th
199) Who is the most admired person in the world as per
a recent survey by YouGov for The Times: Bill
Gates
200) 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
201) The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 has been won
by ____ for his novel _______: Anees Salim,
Vanity Bagh
202) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian
literature is awarded at which event: Jaipur
Literature Festival
203) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian
literature has been won by ________ for his book
________: Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse
Bearer
204) 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
205) Name the Asia’s largest brackish water lake:
Chilika backwater lagoon, Odisha
206) Chilika backwater lagoon is famous for______:
Massive gathering of migratory birds
207) The word brackish refers to what quality of water:
Excess of Salt
208) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which field:
Cinema and TV
209) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which
country: USA
210) Name the film that won the Golden Globe for the
best film: 12 Years a Slave
211) Alfonso Cuaron of Mexico won the Golden Globe for
Best Director for which film: Gravity
212) Name the index recently launched by the
government to measure level of house construction
activity: Housing Start Up Index (HSUI)
213) The recently launched Housing Start Up Index is a
joint initiative of which two organizations: National
Building Organisation and the Reserve Bank
214) Indian railways entered a new territory recently in
which part of the country: Itanagar, Arunachal
Pradesh
215) Govt. has recently sold its 10% stake in which mega
oil company to raise around Rs. 5000 crore: Indian
Oil Corporation
216) Name the legendary Bengali actress who died
recently, known for her outstanding performances in
several Bengali and Hindi films: Suchitra Sen
217) Late Suchitra Sen was also properly known as _____
of Indian cinema: Greta Garbo
developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile. What is
the strike range of this missile: 350 kms
183) At which place in Haryana the foundation stone was
laid for a 2800 megawatt nuclear power plant:
Gorakhpur, Distt. Fatehabad (Haryana)
184) 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
185) What is the objective of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan:
To make India free from open defecation
186) Ali Larayedh, Islamist Prime Minister of _______
was in news as he resigned as part of a plan to end
months of political deadlock. Tunisia
187) Name the country from which started the wide
spread uprising of common public, called Arab
Spring: Tunisia
188) Recently Posco was granted environmental
clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in
Odisha. It is from which country: South Korea
189) India’s largest and most modern airport has recently
been inaugurated in which city: Mumbai
190) What is the formal name of the new airport terminal
started at Mumbai: Terminal – 2, Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport
191) World’s largest railway platform is located at which
place: Gorakhpur (UP) India
192) 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
193) Ariel Sharon who passed away recently was a
prominent ____: Statesman
194) Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of which
country: Israel
195) In the Nuclear Materials Security Index 2014
released by the US-based think-tank Nuclear Threat
Initiative, India has been placed at which rank: 23
rd
196) 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
197) Name the Awami League leader of Bangladesh who
was sworn-in as Prime Minister for the third time:
Sheikh Hasina
198) 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: 5
th
199) Who is the most admired person in the world as per
a recent survey by YouGov for The Times: Bill
Gates
200) 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
201) The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 has been won
by ____ for his novel _______: Anees Salim,
Vanity Bagh
202) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian
literature is awarded at which event: Jaipur
Literature Festival
203) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian
literature has been won by ________ for his book
________: Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse
Bearer
204) 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
205) Name the Asia’s largest brackish water lake:
Chilika backwater lagoon, Odisha
206) Chilika backwater lagoon is famous for______:
Massive gathering of migratory birds
207) The word brackish refers to what quality of water:
Excess of Salt
208) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which field:
Cinema and TV
209) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which
country: USA
210) Name the film that won the Golden Globe for the
best film: 12 Years a Slave
211) Alfonso Cuaron of Mexico won the Golden Globe for
Best Director for which film: Gravity
212) Name the index recently launched by the
government to measure level of house construction
activity: Housing Start Up Index (HSUI)
213) The recently launched Housing Start Up Index is a
joint initiative of which two organizations: National
Building Organisation and the Reserve Bank
214) Indian railways entered a new territory recently in
which part of the country: Itanagar, Arunachal
Pradesh
215) Govt. has recently sold its 10% stake in which mega
oil company to raise around Rs. 5000 crore: Indian
Oil Corporation
216) Name the legendary Bengali actress who died
recently, known for her outstanding performances in
several Bengali and Hindi films: Suchitra Sen
217) Late Suchitra Sen was also properly known as _____
of Indian cinema: Greta Garbo
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 67
218) Greta Garbo of Sweden was a renowned legendary
_____ of Hollywood: Actress
219) Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin who passed
away recently was the spiritual head of which
community: Dawoodi Bohra
220) Dawoodi Bohra committee is a sub group of which
religion: Islam
221) Sunanda Pushkar who passed away recently was
holding which ministry in the central government:
None
222) Akkineni Nageswara Rao, veteran actor of _____
cinema passed away recently. He was popularly
known as _____ : Telugu, ANR
223) The famous historical cultural event - Jonbeel Mela
is held in which state: Assam
224) Name the India’s nuclear-capable strategic missile,
with a strike range of about 4,000 km tested
successfully: Agni-IV
225) Which community has recently been granted
minority status by the central government: Jains
226) What is the present number of minority
communities in India: Six
227) Under which Act government grants minority status
to a community: National Commission for
Minorities Act, 1992
228) Name the multinational multi sports event in India
where sportspersons from Portuguese speaking
countries participate: Lusofonia Games
229) Lusofonia Games 2014 were held at which place:
Goa
230) The 18th National Youth Festival was held at which
place: Ludhiana
231) What was the theme for the 18
th
National Youth
Festival: 'Youth For Drugs Free World'
232) The National Youth Festival is organized every year
on January 12
th
for what reasons: It is birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
233) Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to constitute
a Rail Tariff Authority for what purpose: To advise
the Railway Ministry on fares
234) Which is the apex authority in India authorize to fix
the railway fare: Railway Board
235) Name the two districts of Haryana that have
recently been included in the National Capital
Region: Jind and Karnal
236) The 61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship
were held at which place: Patna, Bihar
237) Government has approved setting up of the AKIC
Development Corporation for what purpose: For
the development of Amritsar – Kolkata
Industrial Corridor
238) Name the mega infrastructure project being
developed by the central government for promoting
industrial townships between Delhi and Mumbai:
Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
239) What is the objective of setting up of various
industrial corridors: To boost up infrastructure
and manufacturing activity
240) Name the three countries that have decided to
develop a joint trade corridor with India:
Bangladesh, China and Myanmar
241) The multination joint trade corridor proposed to be
developed will start from ____ in India and run up
to ____ in SW China: Kolkata, Kunming
242) The ATP Chennai Open Tennis title was won by
Stanislas Wawrinka. He is from which country:
Switzerland
243) Name the programme launched recently to
comprehensively address the health needs of the
nearly 243 million children of the country:
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
244) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram aims to
cover children in the age group of ___ to ___ yeas:
10 to 19 years
245) What is the English name of the Rashtriya Kishor
Swasthya Karyakaram: National Adolescent
Health Programme
246) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram has
been launched by which ministry in the central
government: Health and Family Welfare
247) 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
248) 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
249) Name the climatic phenomena that cause wide
spread dangerous blast of polar air in USA and
adjoining Canada: Polar Vortex
250) Evans Ruto of _____ won the 11th Standard
Chartered Mumbai Marathon: Kenya
251) The Hero Hockey World League championship held
at New Delhi was won by ______ beating ______:
Netherlands, New Zealand
252) Name the international football player who has been
declared as the best footballer of the year by FIFA:
Cristiano Ronaldo
253) Cristiano Ronaldo is from which country: Portugal
254) The interest rate on EPFO has been increase to
_______ percent from 8.5 percent at present: 8.75
255)Name the light weight pistol specially developed by
218) Greta Garbo of Sweden was a renowned legendary
_____ of Hollywood: Actress
219) Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin who passed
away recently was the spiritual head of which
community: Dawoodi Bohra
220) Dawoodi Bohra committee is a sub group of which
religion: Islam
221) Sunanda Pushkar who passed away recently was
holding which ministry in the central government:
None
222) Akkineni Nageswara Rao, veteran actor of _____
cinema passed away recently. He was popularly
known as _____ : Telugu, ANR
223) The famous historical cultural event - Jonbeel Mela
is held in which state: Assam
224) Name the India’s nuclear-capable strategic missile,
with a strike range of about 4,000 km tested
successfully: Agni-IV
225) Which community has recently been granted
minority status by the central government: Jains
226) What is the present number of minority
communities in India: Six
227) Under which Act government grants minority status
to a community: National Commission for
Minorities Act, 1992
228) Name the multinational multi sports event in India
where sportspersons from Portuguese speaking
countries participate: Lusofonia Games
229) Lusofonia Games 2014 were held at which place:
Goa
230) The 18th National Youth Festival was held at which
place: Ludhiana
231) What was the theme for the 18
th
National Youth
Festival: 'Youth For Drugs Free World'
232) The National Youth Festival is organized every year
on January 12
th
for what reasons: It is birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
233) Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to constitute
a Rail Tariff Authority for what purpose: To advise
the Railway Ministry on fares
234) Which is the apex authority in India authorize to fix
the railway fare: Railway Board
235) Name the two districts of Haryana that have
recently been included in the National Capital
Region: Jind and Karnal
236) The 61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship
were held at which place: Patna, Bihar
237) Government has approved setting up of the AKIC
Development Corporation for what purpose: For
the development of Amritsar – Kolkata
Industrial Corridor
238) Name the mega infrastructure project being
developed by the central government for promoting
industrial townships between Delhi and Mumbai:
Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
239) What is the objective of setting up of various
industrial corridors: To boost up infrastructure
and manufacturing activity
240) Name the three countries that have decided to
develop a joint trade corridor with India:
Bangladesh, China and Myanmar
241) The multination joint trade corridor proposed to be
developed will start from ____ in India and run up
to ____ in SW China: Kolkata, Kunming
242) The ATP Chennai Open Tennis title was won by
Stanislas Wawrinka. He is from which country:
Switzerland
243) Name the programme launched recently to
comprehensively address the health needs of the
nearly 243 million children of the country:
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
244) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram aims to
cover children in the age group of ___ to ___ yeas:
10 to 19 years
245) What is the English name of the Rashtriya Kishor
Swasthya Karyakaram: National Adolescent
Health Programme
246) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram has
been launched by which ministry in the central
government: Health and Family Welfare
247) 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
248) 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
249) Name the climatic phenomena that cause wide
spread dangerous blast of polar air in USA and
adjoining Canada: Polar Vortex
250) Evans Ruto of _____ won the 11th Standard
Chartered Mumbai Marathon: Kenya
251) The Hero Hockey World League championship held
at New Delhi was won by ______ beating ______:
Netherlands, New Zealand
252) Name the international football player who has been
declared as the best footballer of the year by FIFA:
Cristiano Ronaldo
253) Cristiano Ronaldo is from which country: Portugal
254) The interest rate on EPFO has been increase to
_______ percent from 8.5 percent at present: 8.75
255)Name the light weight pistol specially developed by
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 68
the Indian Ordnance Factory especially for women
to defend themselves from assault: Nirbheek
256) Who has been named as the captain of the Indian
Women Cricket Team: Mithali Raj
257) Name the joint naval exercise undertaken by the
Indian coast guard and its Japanese counterpart:
‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’
258) ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’ - a joint naval exercise was
recently held at which place: off the Kochi coast,
Kerala
259) Malaysian Open 2014 tournament was held for
which sports: Badminton
260) Name the winner of Men’s single title in the
Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Lee Chong
Wei, Malaysia
261) Name the winner of Women’s single title in the
Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Li Xuerui,
China
262) Name the cricketer who became the first Indian
wicket keeper to claim 300 dismissals in One Day
Internationals: M.S. Dhoni
263) Playing against which country M S Dhoni achieved
the milestone of claiming 300 dismissals: New
Zealand
264) At which border post India and Pakistan have
agreed to liberalize various trade activities: Attari
Wagah Border
265) Name the state that has been ranked No. 1 in
implementation of SJSRY programme during 2012-
13: Odisha
266) What is the full form of the poverty alleviation
programme SJSRY: Swarna Jayanti Shahari
Rojgar Yojana
267) Which category of persons are eligible to obtain
bank loan under SJSRY: BPL families in urban
area
268) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central
government for providing bank loans to BPL families
in rural area: Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar
Yojana
269) 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
270) 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
271) 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
272) Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India who recently retired from the service: Anand
Sinha
273) 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
274) 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)
275) 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
276) Which international monetary organization has
projected India’s growth rate for current year at
4.4%: IMF
277) 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
278) 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
279) What is the maximum amount of pre 2005 currency
notes that an individual can exchange at a bank at a
time: No such limit
280) Rakesh Khurana has recently been appointed dean
of which prestigious international educational
institution: Harvard College, at Harvard
University, USA
281) Name the India’s first indigenously built nuclear-
powered submarine, that is now ready for sea trials:
INS Arihant
282) Name the first Indian State to adopt the provisions
of the recently passed Lokpal Act: Uttarakhand
283) Which committee appointed by RBI has
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
284) Urjit Patel Committee has recommended to bring
the retail inflation rate down at ____ per cent with a
band of +/- 2 per cent: Four
285) Who has been appointed as the new President of
NASSCOM: R. Chandrashekhar
286) What is the full form of NASSCOM: National
Association of Software and Services
Companies
287) The Jeevan Raksha Padak are given in how many
categories: Three
the Indian Ordnance Factory especially for women
to defend themselves from assault: Nirbheek
256) Who has been named as the captain of the Indian
Women Cricket Team: Mithali Raj
257) Name the joint naval exercise undertaken by the
Indian coast guard and its Japanese counterpart:
‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’
258) ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’ - a joint naval exercise was
recently held at which place: off the Kochi coast,
Kerala
259) Malaysian Open 2014 tournament was held for
which sports: Badminton
260) Name the winner of Men’s single title in the
Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Lee Chong
Wei, Malaysia
261) Name the winner of Women’s single title in the
Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Li Xuerui,
China
262) Name the cricketer who became the first Indian
wicket keeper to claim 300 dismissals in One Day
Internationals: M.S. Dhoni
263) Playing against which country M S Dhoni achieved
the milestone of claiming 300 dismissals: New
Zealand
264) At which border post India and Pakistan have
agreed to liberalize various trade activities: Attari
Wagah Border
265) Name the state that has been ranked No. 1 in
implementation of SJSRY programme during 2012-
13: Odisha
266) What is the full form of the poverty alleviation
programme SJSRY: Swarna Jayanti Shahari
Rojgar Yojana
267) Which category of persons are eligible to obtain
bank loan under SJSRY: BPL families in urban
area
268) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central
government for providing bank loans to BPL families
in rural area: Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar
Yojana
269) 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
270) 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
271) 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
272) Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India who recently retired from the service: Anand
Sinha
273) 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
274) 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)
275) 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
276) Which international monetary organization has
projected India’s growth rate for current year at
4.4%: IMF
277) 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
278) 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
279) What is the maximum amount of pre 2005 currency
notes that an individual can exchange at a bank at a
time: No such limit
280) Rakesh Khurana has recently been appointed dean
of which prestigious international educational
institution: Harvard College, at Harvard
University, USA
281) Name the India’s first indigenously built nuclear-
powered submarine, that is now ready for sea trials:
INS Arihant
282) Name the first Indian State to adopt the provisions
of the recently passed Lokpal Act: Uttarakhand
283) Which committee appointed by RBI has
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
284) Urjit Patel Committee has recommended to bring
the retail inflation rate down at ____ per cent with a
band of +/- 2 per cent: Four
285) Who has been appointed as the new President of
NASSCOM: R. Chandrashekhar
286) What is the full form of NASSCOM: National
Association of Software and Services
Companies
287) The Jeevan Raksha Padak are given in how many
categories: Three
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 69
288) 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
289) Which bank has became first domestic private bank
to have a branch in China: Axis Bank
290) Which country India has signed a labour
cooperation to cover about 28 lakh Indian
expatriates working there: Saudi Arabia
291) Name the Japanese PM who was the Chief Guest at
the 2014 Republic Day Parade: Shinzo Abe
292) For the expansion which major rapid transport
project Japan has sanctioned a loan of $2 billion:
Delhi Metro
293) Kerala tourism has won the top tourism award from
UNWTO for the promotion of which back water
resort: Kumarakom
294) What is the full form of abbreviation UNWTO:
United Nations World Tourism Organization
295) 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
296) 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
297) With which country India is working on developing a
satellite designed for climate change studies:
France
298) Which public sector bank has announced to increase
its presence in the social media by joining Youtube
and Twitter: State Bank of India
299) 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
300) 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
301) As per Banking Regulation Act, 1949, an unclaimed
deposit account is one in which there is no
transaction for past ___ or more years: 10
302) International Marconi Prize is given for
achievements in which field: Communication
Technology
303) 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
304) Name the film that won 2014 Filmfare award for the
best film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
305) Name the director of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag who also
won the Filmfare award for Best Director: Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra
306) Who has been declared the winner of 2014 Filmfare
award for the Best actor: Farhan Akhtar for BMB
307) Deepika Padukone has won the 2014 Filmfare award
for best actress for which film: Goliyon Ki Raslila
Ram - Leela
308) Asia’s biggest botanical garden will come up on 153
hectares of area near the Khandwa reservoir, in
Naya Raipur, in which State: Chhattisgarh
309) Men’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won
by which player: Stanislas Wawrinka
(Switzerland)
310) Women’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was
won by which player: Li Na of China
311) Grammy Awards are given for achievements in
which field: Music
312) Name the musical album that won the 2014
Grammy for best album of the year: Random
Access Memories by Daft Punk
313) What is the maximum number (excluding
posthumous awards and award to foreigners) of
Padma Awards that can be given in a year: 120
314) A Padma Vibhushan awardee gets a cash reward of
what amount: Nil
315) Padma Awards are announced every year on which
particular date: Eve of Republic Day (25
th
January)
316) Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar has been awarded
Padma Vibhushan in science and engineering
category. He is from which field of science:
Chemical Technology
317) Name the veteran Yoga maestro decorated with the
Padma Vibhushan: BKS Iyengar
318) The Yoga form propagated by Padma Vibhushan
awardee Sh. B K S Iyengar is known as: Iyengar
Yoga
319) Name the iconic Tamil film actor, producer who has
been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Kamala
Hasan
320) Name the renowned badminton coach decorated
with Padma Bhushan in 2014: Pullela Gopichand
321) What is the current assignment of Justice Dalveer
Bhandari who has been awarded Padma Bhushan
recently: Judge in International Court of
Justice
322) Name the women cricket star who has been
awarded Padma Shri recently: Anjum Chopra
323) Sudarsan Pattnaik has been awarded Padma Shri
recently. He is from which field: Renowned Sand
288) 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
289) Which bank has became first domestic private bank
to have a branch in China: Axis Bank
290) Which country India has signed a labour
cooperation to cover about 28 lakh Indian
expatriates working there: Saudi Arabia
291) Name the Japanese PM who was the Chief Guest at
the 2014 Republic Day Parade: Shinzo Abe
292) For the expansion which major rapid transport
project Japan has sanctioned a loan of $2 billion:
Delhi Metro
293) Kerala tourism has won the top tourism award from
UNWTO for the promotion of which back water
resort: Kumarakom
294) What is the full form of abbreviation UNWTO:
United Nations World Tourism Organization
295) 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
296) 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
297) With which country India is working on developing a
satellite designed for climate change studies:
France
298) Which public sector bank has announced to increase
its presence in the social media by joining Youtube
and Twitter: State Bank of India
299) 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
300) 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
301) As per Banking Regulation Act, 1949, an unclaimed
deposit account is one in which there is no
transaction for past ___ or more years: 10
302) International Marconi Prize is given for
achievements in which field: Communication
Technology
303) 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
304) Name the film that won 2014 Filmfare award for the
best film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
305) Name the director of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag who also
won the Filmfare award for Best Director: Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra
306) Who has been declared the winner of 2014 Filmfare
award for the Best actor: Farhan Akhtar for BMB
307) Deepika Padukone has won the 2014 Filmfare award
for best actress for which film: Goliyon Ki Raslila
Ram - Leela
308) Asia’s biggest botanical garden will come up on 153
hectares of area near the Khandwa reservoir, in
Naya Raipur, in which State: Chhattisgarh
309) Men’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won
by which player: Stanislas Wawrinka
(Switzerland)
310) Women’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was
won by which player: Li Na of China
311) Grammy Awards are given for achievements in
which field: Music
312) Name the musical album that won the 2014
Grammy for best album of the year: Random
Access Memories by Daft Punk
313) What is the maximum number (excluding
posthumous awards and award to foreigners) of
Padma Awards that can be given in a year: 120
314) A Padma Vibhushan awardee gets a cash reward of
what amount: Nil
315) Padma Awards are announced every year on which
particular date: Eve of Republic Day (25
th
January)
316) Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar has been awarded
Padma Vibhushan in science and engineering
category. He is from which field of science:
Chemical Technology
317) Name the veteran Yoga maestro decorated with the
Padma Vibhushan: BKS Iyengar
318) The Yoga form propagated by Padma Vibhushan
awardee Sh. B K S Iyengar is known as: Iyengar
Yoga
319) Name the iconic Tamil film actor, producer who has
been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Kamala
Hasan
320) Name the renowned badminton coach decorated
with Padma Bhushan in 2014: Pullela Gopichand
321) What is the current assignment of Justice Dalveer
Bhandari who has been awarded Padma Bhushan
recently: Judge in International Court of
Justice
322) Name the women cricket star who has been
awarded Padma Shri recently: Anjum Chopra
323) Sudarsan Pattnaik has been awarded Padma Shri
recently. He is from which field: Renowned Sand
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 70
artist
324) 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
325) 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
326) Name the Russian martial art that has earned
recognition of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for
inclusion in the Asian Games: Sambo
327) 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
328) In a recently compiled environmental performance
index of 178 countries, India has been placed at
____ position: 155
th
329) With what intention Reserve Bank hiked key policy
interest rates by 0.25%: To tame inflation
330) 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
331) 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
332) 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
333) Central Vigilance Commission was in news recently
for what reasons: Celebrating 50 years of its
existence
334) Prime Minister of which country resigned recently
to counter widespread political protests in the
country against harsh anti protest laws: Ukraine
335) Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold
badminton championship was held at which place:
Lucknow, UP
336) 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
337) Which State has launched 'Ama Jangal Yojana' (AJY)
to enhance forest cover in the state: Odisha
338) Name the jumbo naval exercise of 16 navies from
the Indian ocean region being held in 2
nd
week of
February: Milan 2014
339) The joint exercise of 16 navies from the Indian
ocean region – Milan 2014 will be held at which
place: Near Andaman & Nicobar Islands
340) To which country Exim Bank has agreed to provide
a Line of Credit of $ 19.50 million: Vietnam
341) ADB has agreed to give $100 million loan to which
state for boosting education and skills there:
Meghalaya
342) To which category of customers RBI has allowed
collection of account payee cheques even for third
party accounts: Cooperative Credit Societies
343) 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
344) 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
345) Who is the head of the National Innovation Council:
Sam Pitroda
346) Which state in India has announced the highest MSP
of Rs. 1560 per quintal for paddy crop: Bihar
347) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Director General
of which paramilitary force: National Security
Guard
348) India’s first Mono Rail has started operation in which
city: Mumbai
DECEMBER – 2013
349) As per the figures released by CSO, in GDP growth
in 2
nd
quarter was ______ per cent: 4.8
350) Core sector is a part of index of industrial
production. Its weightage in IIP is _____ per cent in
IIP: 37.90
351) Gaganjeet Bhullar is top rank player of which sports:
Golf
352) Name the Emperor and Empress of Japan who
recently visited India: Akihito and Michiko
353) Shinzo Abe is the Prime Minister of which country:
Japan
354) What is the name of the currency of Japan: Yen
355) Name the capital of Japan: Tokyo
356) India’s cricket team captain MS Dhoni has recently
been honoured with which international award: ICC
LG People’s Choice Award - 2013
357) Tour de India championship is organized in which
sports: Cycling
358) Tour de India championship was won by Mohd. Nor
Umradi. He is from which country: Malaysia
359) India has agreed to train naval officers of which
country: Sri Lanka
artist
324) 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
325) 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
326) Name the Russian martial art that has earned
recognition of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for
inclusion in the Asian Games: Sambo
327) 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
328) In a recently compiled environmental performance
index of 178 countries, India has been placed at
____ position: 155
th
329) With what intention Reserve Bank hiked key policy
interest rates by 0.25%: To tame inflation
330) 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
331) 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
332) 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
333) Central Vigilance Commission was in news recently
for what reasons: Celebrating 50 years of its
existence
334) Prime Minister of which country resigned recently
to counter widespread political protests in the
country against harsh anti protest laws: Ukraine
335) Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold
badminton championship was held at which place:
Lucknow, UP
336) 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
337) Which State has launched 'Ama Jangal Yojana' (AJY)
to enhance forest cover in the state: Odisha
338) Name the jumbo naval exercise of 16 navies from
the Indian ocean region being held in 2
nd
week of
February: Milan 2014
339) The joint exercise of 16 navies from the Indian
ocean region – Milan 2014 will be held at which
place: Near Andaman & Nicobar Islands
340) To which country Exim Bank has agreed to provide
a Line of Credit of $ 19.50 million: Vietnam
341) ADB has agreed to give $100 million loan to which
state for boosting education and skills there:
Meghalaya
342) To which category of customers RBI has allowed
collection of account payee cheques even for third
party accounts: Cooperative Credit Societies
343) 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
344) 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
345) Who is the head of the National Innovation Council:
Sam Pitroda
346) Which state in India has announced the highest MSP
of Rs. 1560 per quintal for paddy crop: Bihar
347) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Director General
of which paramilitary force: National Security
Guard
348) India’s first Mono Rail has started operation in which
city: Mumbai
DECEMBER – 2013
349) As per the figures released by CSO, in GDP growth
in 2
nd
quarter was ______ per cent: 4.8
350) Core sector is a part of index of industrial
production. Its weightage in IIP is _____ per cent in
IIP: 37.90
351) Gaganjeet Bhullar is top rank player of which sports:
Golf
352) Name the Emperor and Empress of Japan who
recently visited India: Akihito and Michiko
353) Shinzo Abe is the Prime Minister of which country:
Japan
354) What is the name of the currency of Japan: Yen
355) Name the capital of Japan: Tokyo
356) India’s cricket team captain MS Dhoni has recently
been honoured with which international award: ICC
LG People’s Choice Award - 2013
357) Tour de India championship is organized in which
sports: Cycling
358) Tour de India championship was won by Mohd. Nor
Umradi. He is from which country: Malaysia
359) India has agreed to train naval officers of which
country: Sri Lanka
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 71
360) Name the international event recently won by ace
shuttler of India – P V Sindhu: Macau Open Grand
Prix
361) 29th Junior National Athletics Championships was
held in which place: Bangalore
362) Name the state which won 29
th
Junior National
Athletics Championship: Kerala
363) Who has been named at Chief Executive of Indian
Banks Association: Mohan V Tanksale
364) Are foreign banks allowed to become member of
Indian Bank Association: Yes
365) Who has been named as the new Chief Information
Commissioner: Sushma Singh
366) As per Right to Information Act, any person seeking
information has to be provided the required
information within ____ days: 30
367) In corruption ranking of countries by the
international watchdog Transparency International,
India has been ranked at which place: 94
th
368) Nelson Mandela, the iconic statesman from South
Africa passed away recently. He was called
_________ out of love and affection: Madiba
369) Mandela was known for his anti-apartheid struggle.
What is the meaning of apartheid: Observing
racial discrimination
370) 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
371) India has been ranked at ______ place in terms of
doing business, by a survey done by Forbes
magazine: 98
th
372) 57
th
National Shooting championship was held at
which place: New Delhi
373) 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
374) 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)
375) Yuan, the currency of China is also called ______:
Renminbi
376) Name the country that has recently been elected as
a non permanent member of the UN security
council: Jordan
377) Name the country that has recently refused to join
Security Council, despite being elected as a non
permanent member: Saudi Arabia
378) 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
379) Alyz Henrich has been crowned as Miss
_______2013: Earth
380) Miss Earth 2013 – Alyz Henrich is from which
country: Venezuela
381) Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das recently won silver
and bronze medal respectively at which international
sports event: Indoor Archery World Cup
382) Indoor Archery World Cup was held at which place:
Singapore
383) Which country has been named as host for the FIFA
World Cup-2017 (Under-17): India
384) Name the light combat air craft (LCA) that has been
inducted in Indian Air Force: Tejas
385) Name the aircraft that has recently been retired
from the Indian Air Force: Mig-21
386) Mr. Sumit Bose has been appointed to which
important central government position: Finance
Secretary
387) Who has been named as the “Person of the Year” by
the international magazine Time: Pope Francis
388) Who is Pope Francis: Supreme Head of Roman
Catholics
389) Gen. Bikram Singh was recently honoured with
Legion of Merit by which country: USA
390) 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
391) Asian lending agency ADB has projected India’s
growth at ______ percent for the year 2013-14:
4.7%
392) In which area scientists have recently discovered the
coldest place on earth: East Antarctica
393) The prestigious international Sundance Film Festival
is held in which country: USA
394) Name the bank from Qatar which has become the
first bank from that country to open a branch in
India: Doha Bank
395) 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: 69
th
396) What is the full of the abbreviation NSSO: National
Sample Survey Office
397) The Reserve Bank has estimated that India's
economy would grow about ______ per cent in FY
2013-14: Five
398) As per latest census 2011 data, ______ percent
Indian population has been categorized as
360) Name the international event recently won by ace
shuttler of India – P V Sindhu: Macau Open Grand
Prix
361) 29th Junior National Athletics Championships was
held in which place: Bangalore
362) Name the state which won 29
th
Junior National
Athletics Championship: Kerala
363) Who has been named at Chief Executive of Indian
Banks Association: Mohan V Tanksale
364) Are foreign banks allowed to become member of
Indian Bank Association: Yes
365) Who has been named as the new Chief Information
Commissioner: Sushma Singh
366) As per Right to Information Act, any person seeking
information has to be provided the required
information within ____ days: 30
367) In corruption ranking of countries by the
international watchdog Transparency International,
India has been ranked at which place: 94
th
368) Nelson Mandela, the iconic statesman from South
Africa passed away recently. He was called
_________ out of love and affection: Madiba
369) Mandela was known for his anti-apartheid struggle.
What is the meaning of apartheid: Observing
racial discrimination
370) 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
371) India has been ranked at ______ place in terms of
doing business, by a survey done by Forbes
magazine: 98
th
372) 57
th
National Shooting championship was held at
which place: New Delhi
373) 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
374) 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)
375) Yuan, the currency of China is also called ______:
Renminbi
376) Name the country that has recently been elected as
a non permanent member of the UN security
council: Jordan
377) Name the country that has recently refused to join
Security Council, despite being elected as a non
permanent member: Saudi Arabia
378) 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
379) Alyz Henrich has been crowned as Miss
_______2013: Earth
380) Miss Earth 2013 – Alyz Henrich is from which
country: Venezuela
381) Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das recently won silver
and bronze medal respectively at which international
sports event: Indoor Archery World Cup
382) Indoor Archery World Cup was held at which place:
Singapore
383) Which country has been named as host for the FIFA
World Cup-2017 (Under-17): India
384) Name the light combat air craft (LCA) that has been
inducted in Indian Air Force: Tejas
385) Name the aircraft that has recently been retired
from the Indian Air Force: Mig-21
386) Mr. Sumit Bose has been appointed to which
important central government position: Finance
Secretary
387) Who has been named as the “Person of the Year” by
the international magazine Time: Pope Francis
388) Who is Pope Francis: Supreme Head of Roman
Catholics
389) Gen. Bikram Singh was recently honoured with
Legion of Merit by which country: USA
390) 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
391) Asian lending agency ADB has projected India’s
growth at ______ percent for the year 2013-14:
4.7%
392) In which area scientists have recently discovered the
coldest place on earth: East Antarctica
393) The prestigious international Sundance Film Festival
is held in which country: USA
394) Name the bank from Qatar which has become the
first bank from that country to open a branch in
India: Doha Bank
395) 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: 69
th
396) What is the full of the abbreviation NSSO: National
Sample Survey Office
397) The Reserve Bank has estimated that India's
economy would grow about ______ per cent in FY
2013-14: Five
398) As per latest census 2011 data, ______ percent
Indian population has been categorized as
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homeless: 8.8
399) 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
400) 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
401) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs.
___________ is provided to BPL families in plain
areas for constructing their house: 70,000
402) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs.
___________ is provided to BPL families in hilly
areas for constructing their house: 75,000
403) In which North-Eastern state cultivation of popular
spice cardamom is picking up: Arunachal Pradesh
404) 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
405) C. V. R. Rajendran has been appointed Chairman
and Managing Director of which bank: Andhra
Bank
406) Name the country that succeeded in landing a lunar
probe on moon recently, becoming first country to
do so since 1976: China
407) Sis Ram Ola, who passed away recently, was a
prominent ________: Politician, Union Labour
and Employment Minister
408) Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of
Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje
409) Pu Lalthanhawla has been elected as Chief Minister
for the fourth time in which state: Mizoram
410) Name the person who has been elected as Banker of
the Year 2013 by the financial daily Business
Standard: Aditya Puri
411) Aditya Puri is the chief of which bank: HDFC Bank
412) 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which
country in Men’s category: India (beating
Pakistan)
413) 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which
country in Women’s category: India (beating New
Zealand)
414) The finals of 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup were
played at which place: Ludhiana (Punjab)
415) Mahesh Mangaonkar has become the first Indian
player to win an International Title in which game:
Squash
416) 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
417) Name the international beauty title won by Bea Rose
Santiago of Philippines: Miss International 2013
418) Report from UNO has lowered India’s economic
growth forecast for 2013 to ______per cent from
6.1 per cent projected earlier: 4.8
419) 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
420) 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
421) Name the international convention which guarantees
diplomatic immunity to persons posted in various
embassies / consulates: Vienna Convention
422) Name the veteran cricket player selected for the Col
CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year
2013 by BCCI: Kapil Dev
423) Name the international financial institution that has
agreed to lend $176 million to extend the first metro
train line in Jaipur: Asian Development Bank
424) V. K. Duggal has been appointed as the new
governor of which state: Manipur
425) Who has been appointed as the India’s new
Ambassador to USA: S. Jaishankar
426) Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) is located at
which place in India: Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
427) 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
428) Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project is located in
which state: Jammu & Kashmir
429) India and San Marino, a tiny country within Italy,
signed the TIEA between them at Rome. Write the
full form of TIEA:
Tax Information Exchange Agreement
430) With which country government has approved the
enhancement of the bilateral currency swap
arrangement to $ 50 billion, up from $ 15 billion at
present: Japan
431) 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
432) 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
homeless: 8.8
399) 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
400) 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
401) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs.
___________ is provided to BPL families in plain
areas for constructing their house: 70,000
402) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs.
___________ is provided to BPL families in hilly
areas for constructing their house: 75,000
403) In which North-Eastern state cultivation of popular
spice cardamom is picking up: Arunachal Pradesh
404) 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
405) C. V. R. Rajendran has been appointed Chairman
and Managing Director of which bank: Andhra
Bank
406) Name the country that succeeded in landing a lunar
probe on moon recently, becoming first country to
do so since 1976: China
407) Sis Ram Ola, who passed away recently, was a
prominent ________: Politician, Union Labour
and Employment Minister
408) Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of
Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje
409) Pu Lalthanhawla has been elected as Chief Minister
for the fourth time in which state: Mizoram
410) Name the person who has been elected as Banker of
the Year 2013 by the financial daily Business
Standard: Aditya Puri
411) Aditya Puri is the chief of which bank: HDFC Bank
412) 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which
country in Men’s category: India (beating
Pakistan)
413) 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which
country in Women’s category: India (beating New
Zealand)
414) The finals of 4
th
edition of Kabaddi World Cup were
played at which place: Ludhiana (Punjab)
415) Mahesh Mangaonkar has become the first Indian
player to win an International Title in which game:
Squash
416) 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
417) Name the international beauty title won by Bea Rose
Santiago of Philippines: Miss International 2013
418) Report from UNO has lowered India’s economic
growth forecast for 2013 to ______per cent from
6.1 per cent projected earlier: 4.8
419) 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
420) 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
421) Name the international convention which guarantees
diplomatic immunity to persons posted in various
embassies / consulates: Vienna Convention
422) Name the veteran cricket player selected for the Col
CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year
2013 by BCCI: Kapil Dev
423) Name the international financial institution that has
agreed to lend $176 million to extend the first metro
train line in Jaipur: Asian Development Bank
424) V. K. Duggal has been appointed as the new
governor of which state: Manipur
425) Who has been appointed as the India’s new
Ambassador to USA: S. Jaishankar
426) Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) is located at
which place in India: Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
427) 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
428) Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project is located in
which state: Jammu & Kashmir
429) India and San Marino, a tiny country within Italy,
signed the TIEA between them at Rome. Write the
full form of TIEA:
Tax Information Exchange Agreement
430) With which country government has approved the
enhancement of the bilateral currency swap
arrangement to $ 50 billion, up from $ 15 billion at
present: Japan
431) 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
432) 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
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 73
433) What is the range of Agni-III missile recently test
fired by India: 3000 kms
434) The missile testing site of India – Integrated Test
Range is located at which place: Wheeler Island,
Near Chandipur, Distt Balasore, Odisha
435) Name the organization which is responsible for
developing and testing various missiles for Indian
Army: DRDO – Defence Research &
Development Organization
436) Who is the Head of DRDO: Shri Avinash Chander
437) Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai are the current
national champions in women and men category
respectively in which sport: Archery
438) 34th Senior National Archery championship were
held at which place: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
439) PV Sindhu and K Srikanth clinched the women's and
men's National titles respectively in which sport:
Badminton
440) 78th Senior National Badminton Championships was
held at which place: New Delhi
441) 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
442) Recently govt. has launched a four day anti-Naxal
operation involving close to 40,000 security
personnel in which states: Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Maharashtra
443) 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
444) India’s first National Cancer Institute is to be
established in which state: Haryana
445) Name the South-African all rounder cricketer who
has announced is retirement from Test and First
Class cricket: Jacques Kallis
446) 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
447) In India which state has the lowest MMR of 66 per
lac: Kerala
448) In India which state has the Highest MMR of 328 per
lac: Assam
449) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Chief of which
paramilitary force: National Security Guard
450) Who has been appointed as new Director General of
Central Industrial Security Force: Arvind Ranjan
451) 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
452) What is the official growth rate fixed by the planning
commission for the 12
th
five year plan: 8%
453) In the first half (April-September) of the current
fiscal FY2013-14, the economy grew by _______per
cent: 4.6
454) 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
455) Farooq Sheikh who passed away recently was a
prominent ___________: Film Actor
NOVEMBER – 2013
456) Rajendra Yadav who passed away recently was from
which field: Literature
457) Rajendra Yadav was a eminent short story writer
and novelist of which language: Hindi
458) As per a recent study, India has been ranked
______ in terms of ‘Ease of Doing Business’: 134
th
459) In terms of Ease of Doing Business _______ is no. 1
in the world: Singapore
460) The WTA Tour Championship title for 2013 was
lifted by which player: Serena Williams
461) The full form of WTA in WTA Tour Championship is:
Women’s Tennis Association
462) The WTA Tour Championship was held at which
place: Istanbul, Turkey
463) 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
464) Mukesh Ambani is the corporate head of which
industries: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL)
465) 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
466) Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for
his outstanding achievements in the film industry
has been honourd with which award: Soul of India
Award
467) Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award for 2013 has been
given to film celebrity: Amitabh Bachchan
468) Name the new tactical surface-to-surface missile
based on the Prahaar missile, with a range between
60-170 kms: Pragati Missile
469) In a recent global study of tourism, which Indian
State has been named as best region to visit in
2014: Sikkim
470) The World Billiards Championship was held at
______, England: Leeds
471)Name the winner of World Billiards Championship
433) What is the range of Agni-III missile recently test
fired by India: 3000 kms
434) The missile testing site of India – Integrated Test
Range is located at which place: Wheeler Island,
Near Chandipur, Distt Balasore, Odisha
435) Name the organization which is responsible for
developing and testing various missiles for Indian
Army: DRDO – Defence Research &
Development Organization
436) Who is the Head of DRDO: Shri Avinash Chander
437) Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai are the current
national champions in women and men category
respectively in which sport: Archery
438) 34th Senior National Archery championship were
held at which place: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
439) PV Sindhu and K Srikanth clinched the women's and
men's National titles respectively in which sport:
Badminton
440) 78th Senior National Badminton Championships was
held at which place: New Delhi
441) 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
442) Recently govt. has launched a four day anti-Naxal
operation involving close to 40,000 security
personnel in which states: Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Maharashtra
443) 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
444) India’s first National Cancer Institute is to be
established in which state: Haryana
445) Name the South-African all rounder cricketer who
has announced is retirement from Test and First
Class cricket: Jacques Kallis
446) 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
447) In India which state has the lowest MMR of 66 per
lac: Kerala
448) In India which state has the Highest MMR of 328 per
lac: Assam
449) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Chief of which
paramilitary force: National Security Guard
450) Who has been appointed as new Director General of
Central Industrial Security Force: Arvind Ranjan
451) 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
452) What is the official growth rate fixed by the planning
commission for the 12
th
five year plan: 8%
453) In the first half (April-September) of the current
fiscal FY2013-14, the economy grew by _______per
cent: 4.6
454) 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
455) Farooq Sheikh who passed away recently was a
prominent ___________: Film Actor
NOVEMBER – 2013
456) Rajendra Yadav who passed away recently was from
which field: Literature
457) Rajendra Yadav was a eminent short story writer
and novelist of which language: Hindi
458) As per a recent study, India has been ranked
______ in terms of ‘Ease of Doing Business’: 134
th
459) In terms of Ease of Doing Business _______ is no. 1
in the world: Singapore
460) The WTA Tour Championship title for 2013 was
lifted by which player: Serena Williams
461) The full form of WTA in WTA Tour Championship is:
Women’s Tennis Association
462) The WTA Tour Championship was held at which
place: Istanbul, Turkey
463) 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
464) Mukesh Ambani is the corporate head of which
industries: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL)
465) 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
466) Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for
his outstanding achievements in the film industry
has been honourd with which award: Soul of India
Award
467) Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award for 2013 has been
given to film celebrity: Amitabh Bachchan
468) Name the new tactical surface-to-surface missile
based on the Prahaar missile, with a range between
60-170 kms: Pragati Missile
469) In a recent global study of tourism, which Indian
State has been named as best region to visit in
2014: Sikkim
470) The World Billiards Championship was held at
______, England: Leeds
471)Name the winner of World Billiards Championship
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 74
2013: Peter Gilchrist
472) Peter Gilchrist the world Champion of Billiards is
from which country: Singapore
473) Sachin played his last match in domestic cricket at
which place: Lahli, Haryana
474) In which tournament, Sachin played his last
domestic test match: Ranji Trophy
475) The govt has recently approved an education
promotion programme by the name RUSA. What is
the full form RUSA: Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha
Abhiyan
476) What is the objective of starting the educational
project RUSA: Improving quality and number of
universities / colleges in country
477) With which country India has agreed to export
motorcycles through the land route: Bangladesh
478) As per recent RBI guidelines banks have been
allowed to pay interest on their deposit accounts at
_______ intervals: Monthly / Fortnightly
479) 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
480) As per Forbes ranking of The world’s most powerful
people, _________ has been ranked as No. 1:
Vladimir Putin
481) What position is held by Mr. Vladimir Putin:
President, Russia
482) Recently first time a rail link was opened linking the
two continents – Asia and Europe in which country:
Turkey
483) In a list of most powerful persons of the world
compiled by Forbes Magazine, ____ ____ has been
named as most powerful women: Angela Markel
(5
th
)
484) K P Saxena who passed away recently was a
noted________: Hindi Satirist
485) Name the international beauty title won by Ms.
Srishti Rana: Miss Asia Pacific 2013
486) In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries
compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India
stood at ______ position: 106
th
487) Name the legendry Pakistani female folk singer who
passed away recently: Reshma
488) The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held at which
place: The Hague, Netherlands
489) 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
490) Name the Indian batsman who created history by
scoring world’s highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI:
Rohit Sharma
491) With which country India has signed an agreement
to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners
languishing in jails in the two countries: Vietnam
492) The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional
Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was held in: Perth,
Australia
493) Sebastian Vettel, the reigning Formula One world
champion from Germany created history by winning
_______ formula races in one year: 9
494) Name the film that won the Golden Gateway of
India award for the best film at the 15
th
Mumbai
Film Festival: La Jaula De Oro (of Mexico)
495) Geeta Chandran who has been honourd with Guru
Debaprasad Award is from which filed:
Bharatnatyam
496) Name the UN agency which has taken up a
nationwide social media campaign against open
defecation in India: UNICEF
497) Name the social media campaign launched by
UNICEF against open defecation in India: Take the
Poo to Loo
498) As regard to service conditions of civil servants,
what was the recent ruling of Supreme Court: They
should not be transferred frequently
499) Which country won the Ashihara Sabaki World
Karate Championship: Romania
500) the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship was
held at which place: Bucharest, Romania
501) The Paris Masters Tennis tournament was won by
______ Djokovic: Novak
502) Tennis star Novak Djokovic is from which country:
Serbia
503) To which country India has provided Rs. 100 crores
as a grant for their Economic Stimulus Plan: Bhutan
504) World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-
Tech Trade Fair was held at which place:
Hyderabad (AP)
505) FIDE world chess championship, was held at which
place: Chennai
506) What is the full form of chess championship FIDE:
World Chess Federation (Federation
Internationale des Echecs)
507) What is the full form of Agricultural mission NFSM:
National Food Security Mission
508) What is the name of joint naval exercise recently
held by navies of Indian and USA: Malabar
509)The naval exercise Malabar by Indian and US Navy
2013: Peter Gilchrist
472) Peter Gilchrist the world Champion of Billiards is
from which country: Singapore
473) Sachin played his last match in domestic cricket at
which place: Lahli, Haryana
474) In which tournament, Sachin played his last
domestic test match: Ranji Trophy
475) The govt has recently approved an education
promotion programme by the name RUSA. What is
the full form RUSA: Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha
Abhiyan
476) What is the objective of starting the educational
project RUSA: Improving quality and number of
universities / colleges in country
477) With which country India has agreed to export
motorcycles through the land route: Bangladesh
478) As per recent RBI guidelines banks have been
allowed to pay interest on their deposit accounts at
_______ intervals: Monthly / Fortnightly
479) 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
480) As per Forbes ranking of The world’s most powerful
people, _________ has been ranked as No. 1:
Vladimir Putin
481) What position is held by Mr. Vladimir Putin:
President, Russia
482) Recently first time a rail link was opened linking the
two continents – Asia and Europe in which country:
Turkey
483) In a list of most powerful persons of the world
compiled by Forbes Magazine, ____ ____ has been
named as most powerful women: Angela Markel
(5
th
)
484) K P Saxena who passed away recently was a
noted________: Hindi Satirist
485) Name the international beauty title won by Ms.
Srishti Rana: Miss Asia Pacific 2013
486) In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries
compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India
stood at ______ position: 106
th
487) Name the legendry Pakistani female folk singer who
passed away recently: Reshma
488) The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held at which
place: The Hague, Netherlands
489) 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
490) Name the Indian batsman who created history by
scoring world’s highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI:
Rohit Sharma
491) With which country India has signed an agreement
to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners
languishing in jails in the two countries: Vietnam
492) The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional
Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was held in: Perth,
Australia
493) Sebastian Vettel, the reigning Formula One world
champion from Germany created history by winning
_______ formula races in one year: 9
494) Name the film that won the Golden Gateway of
India award for the best film at the 15
th
Mumbai
Film Festival: La Jaula De Oro (of Mexico)
495) Geeta Chandran who has been honourd with Guru
Debaprasad Award is from which filed:
Bharatnatyam
496) Name the UN agency which has taken up a
nationwide social media campaign against open
defecation in India: UNICEF
497) Name the social media campaign launched by
UNICEF against open defecation in India: Take the
Poo to Loo
498) As regard to service conditions of civil servants,
what was the recent ruling of Supreme Court: They
should not be transferred frequently
499) Which country won the Ashihara Sabaki World
Karate Championship: Romania
500) the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship was
held at which place: Bucharest, Romania
501) The Paris Masters Tennis tournament was won by
______ Djokovic: Novak
502) Tennis star Novak Djokovic is from which country:
Serbia
503) To which country India has provided Rs. 100 crores
as a grant for their Economic Stimulus Plan: Bhutan
504) World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-
Tech Trade Fair was held at which place:
Hyderabad (AP)
505) FIDE world chess championship, was held at which
place: Chennai
506) What is the full form of chess championship FIDE:
World Chess Federation (Federation
Internationale des Echecs)
507) What is the full form of Agricultural mission NFSM:
National Food Security Mission
508) What is the name of joint naval exercise recently
held by navies of Indian and USA: Malabar
509)The naval exercise Malabar by Indian and US Navy
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 75
was held at which place: Off the coast of Tamil
Nadu in Bay of Bengal
510) Pakistan successfully tested its ______, Hatf IX
(Nasr) having a range of 60 kms: Missile
511) The maneuvering and tracking of Mangalyaan is
being done by ISTRAC. Write its full form: ISRO
Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
512) The satellite tracking centre ISTRAC is located at
which place: Bangalore
513) India’s first interplanetary space craft – Mangalyaan
was launched from which centre: Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, Sriharikota (AP)
514) Who is the Chief of the ISRO: Dr. K
Radhakrishnan
515) Name the satellite launching vehicle that was used
to launch Mangalyaan: PSLV-C25
516) The book “Gandhi A Spiritual Biography” has been
written by: Arivnd Sharma
517) In which North Eastern states govt. has extended
AFSPA for a further period of six months: Assam,
Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
518) What is the full form of AFSPA: Armed Forces
(Special Powers) Act
519) Tarla Dalal who passed away recently, was a noted
______ expert: Cookery
520) 44th International Film Festival of India was held at
which place: Goa
521) ______ was the ‘country in focus for’ for the44th
International Film Festival of India: Japan
522) 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
523) 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
524) India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-
capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile recently.
What is its range: 700 kms
525) 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
526) Imomali Rakhmon has been elected as President of
which country: Tajikistan
527) 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
528) What is the official position of the prominent
corporate figure Ms. Chanda Kochhar: MD & CEO of
ICICI Bank
529) Name the country that will host 2018 men’s Hockey
World Cup: India
530) Name the super strong typhoon that caused wide
spread devastation in Philippines, claiming over
12000 lives: Haiyan
531) The World Economic Forum has joined hands with
________ to jointly organise the India Economic
Summit: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
532) RBI has signed cooperation agreement with central
banks of which two countries: Australia and New
Zealand
533) Recently RBI issued what guidelines for foreign
banks in the context of domestic private sector
banks: Allowed them to take over private
banks
534) 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
535) Name the Olympian shooter who created history by
becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in
the ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu
536) The ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship was
held at which place: Munich, Germany
537) Name the TV channel that Prasar Bharti plans to
launch specially for Aruanchal Pradesh and Sikkim:
Prabha
538) The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized
at which place by the High Commission of India:
Sydney, Australia
539) National Education Day is celebrated on which date:
11
th
November
540) The birthday of first Education Minister of
Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is
celebrated as what day: National Educational
Day
541) India has declared itself free from _______as there
has been no occurrence of the disease in the last
three months: H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)
542) ________won the ATP World Tour Finals in London
beating Rafael Nadal: Novak Djokovic
543) South Asian Junior Athletics Championships were
held at which place: Ranchi, Jharkhand
544) Name the country that secured top position in the
South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: India
545) 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
was held at which place: Off the coast of Tamil
Nadu in Bay of Bengal
510) Pakistan successfully tested its ______, Hatf IX
(Nasr) having a range of 60 kms: Missile
511) The maneuvering and tracking of Mangalyaan is
being done by ISTRAC. Write its full form: ISRO
Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
512) The satellite tracking centre ISTRAC is located at
which place: Bangalore
513) India’s first interplanetary space craft – Mangalyaan
was launched from which centre: Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, Sriharikota (AP)
514) Who is the Chief of the ISRO: Dr. K
Radhakrishnan
515) Name the satellite launching vehicle that was used
to launch Mangalyaan: PSLV-C25
516) The book “Gandhi A Spiritual Biography” has been
written by: Arivnd Sharma
517) In which North Eastern states govt. has extended
AFSPA for a further period of six months: Assam,
Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
518) What is the full form of AFSPA: Armed Forces
(Special Powers) Act
519) Tarla Dalal who passed away recently, was a noted
______ expert: Cookery
520) 44th International Film Festival of India was held at
which place: Goa
521) ______ was the ‘country in focus for’ for the44th
International Film Festival of India: Japan
522) 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
523) 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
524) India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-
capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile recently.
What is its range: 700 kms
525) 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
526) Imomali Rakhmon has been elected as President of
which country: Tajikistan
527) 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
528) What is the official position of the prominent
corporate figure Ms. Chanda Kochhar: MD & CEO of
ICICI Bank
529) Name the country that will host 2018 men’s Hockey
World Cup: India
530) Name the super strong typhoon that caused wide
spread devastation in Philippines, claiming over
12000 lives: Haiyan
531) The World Economic Forum has joined hands with
________ to jointly organise the India Economic
Summit: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
532) RBI has signed cooperation agreement with central
banks of which two countries: Australia and New
Zealand
533) Recently RBI issued what guidelines for foreign
banks in the context of domestic private sector
banks: Allowed them to take over private
banks
534) 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
535) Name the Olympian shooter who created history by
becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in
the ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu
536) The ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship was
held at which place: Munich, Germany
537) Name the TV channel that Prasar Bharti plans to
launch specially for Aruanchal Pradesh and Sikkim:
Prabha
538) The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized
at which place by the High Commission of India:
Sydney, Australia
539) National Education Day is celebrated on which date:
11
th
November
540) The birthday of first Education Minister of
Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is
celebrated as what day: National Educational
Day
541) India has declared itself free from _______as there
has been no occurrence of the disease in the last
three months: H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)
542) ________won the ATP World Tour Finals in London
beating Rafael Nadal: Novak Djokovic
543) South Asian Junior Athletics Championships were
held at which place: Ranchi, Jharkhand
544) Name the country that secured top position in the
South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: India
545) 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
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 76
546) 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
547) Prof. C.N.R. Rao has been decorated with Bharat
Ratna. He is from which field: Solid state and
materials chemistry
548) What is the amount of cash reward that is given to
the recipient of a Bharat Ratna: Nil
549) Recommendation for Bharat Ratna are made by
which authority: Prime Minister
550) Who approves awardees for Bharat Ratna:
President of India
551) Can Bharat Ratna be awarded to a non Indian also:
Yes
552) What is the name of the second air craft carrier of
India: INS Vikramaditya
553) The abbreviation INS stands for: Indian Naval
Ship
554) What is the name of the original ship that has been
transformed into INS Vikramaditya: Admiral
Gorshkov
555) INS Vikramaditya has been procured by India from
which country: Russia
556) INS Vikramaditya is the second aircraft of the Indian
Navy. What is the name of the first (existing) aircraft
carrier of India: INS Viraat
557) Name the aircraft carrier being built indigenously in
India: INS Vikrant
558) Name the first aircraft carrier acquired by Indian
Navy which was decommissioned on 31
st
Jan, 1997:
INS Vikrant
559) The INS Vikramaditya will be based at which naval
base: INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka
560) UN’s International Day for Tolerance celebrated on
which date: Nov 16
561) 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
562) Name the Prime Minister of UK who visited India
recently for a short trip: David Cameron
563) Prime Minister of UK recently visited India only for a
short time as he was on his way to _____:
Colombo, Sri Lanka
564) 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
565) 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
566) 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
567) Which country has promised to provide support of
Rs. 1129 crore for campus development at IIT
Hyderabad: Japan
568) Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of
Disaster Response (NIDR) at which place:
Kamptee, near Nagpur, Maharashtra
569) Telecom major Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have
launched mobile money transfer and payment
service _________in Assam and other North Eastern
states: 'M-Pesa'
570) Name the new President of island country Maldives:
Abdulla Yameen
571) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year
for 2013 in Men’s category: Usain Bolt
572) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which
field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint
573) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which
country: Jamaica
574) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year
for 2013 in women’s category: Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce
575) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is
from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m
sprint
576) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is
from which country: Jamaica
577) What was the theme of the 22
nd
Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 held
at Colombo, Sri Lanka: Growth with Equity;
Inclusive Development
578) In the recently held CHOGM, India was represented
by which statesman: Salman Khurshid, Minister
of External Affairs
579) At which place the Indian Army tested an advanced
version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system
(block III variant) successfully: Pokhran,
Rajasthan
580) BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile system. What
is the meaning of supersonic: Objects flying with
speed higher than speed of sound
581) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2013 has been awarded to which
person: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
582) NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –
‘MAVEN’ to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet
546) 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
547) Prof. C.N.R. Rao has been decorated with Bharat
Ratna. He is from which field: Solid state and
materials chemistry
548) What is the amount of cash reward that is given to
the recipient of a Bharat Ratna: Nil
549) Recommendation for Bharat Ratna are made by
which authority: Prime Minister
550) Who approves awardees for Bharat Ratna:
President of India
551) Can Bharat Ratna be awarded to a non Indian also:
Yes
552) What is the name of the second air craft carrier of
India: INS Vikramaditya
553) The abbreviation INS stands for: Indian Naval
Ship
554) What is the name of the original ship that has been
transformed into INS Vikramaditya: Admiral
Gorshkov
555) INS Vikramaditya has been procured by India from
which country: Russia
556) INS Vikramaditya is the second aircraft of the Indian
Navy. What is the name of the first (existing) aircraft
carrier of India: INS Viraat
557) Name the aircraft carrier being built indigenously in
India: INS Vikrant
558) Name the first aircraft carrier acquired by Indian
Navy which was decommissioned on 31
st
Jan, 1997:
INS Vikrant
559) The INS Vikramaditya will be based at which naval
base: INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka
560) UN’s International Day for Tolerance celebrated on
which date: Nov 16
561) 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
562) Name the Prime Minister of UK who visited India
recently for a short trip: David Cameron
563) Prime Minister of UK recently visited India only for a
short time as he was on his way to _____:
Colombo, Sri Lanka
564) 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
565) 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
566) 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
567) Which country has promised to provide support of
Rs. 1129 crore for campus development at IIT
Hyderabad: Japan
568) Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of
Disaster Response (NIDR) at which place:
Kamptee, near Nagpur, Maharashtra
569) Telecom major Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have
launched mobile money transfer and payment
service _________in Assam and other North Eastern
states: 'M-Pesa'
570) Name the new President of island country Maldives:
Abdulla Yameen
571) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year
for 2013 in Men’s category: Usain Bolt
572) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which
field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint
573) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which
country: Jamaica
574) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year
for 2013 in women’s category: Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce
575) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is
from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m
sprint
576) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is
from which country: Jamaica
577) What was the theme of the 22
nd
Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 held
at Colombo, Sri Lanka: Growth with Equity;
Inclusive Development
578) In the recently held CHOGM, India was represented
by which statesman: Salman Khurshid, Minister
of External Affairs
579) At which place the Indian Army tested an advanced
version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system
(block III variant) successfully: Pokhran,
Rajasthan
580) BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile system. What
is the meaning of supersonic: Objects flying with
speed higher than speed of sound
581) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2013 has been awarded to which
person: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
582) NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –
‘MAVEN’ to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 77
lost much of its atmosphere. What is the full form of
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
Evolution
583) 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
584) BRICS International Competition Conference was
recently held at which place: New Delhi
585) Name the remote-sensing satellite recently launched
by China: ‘YAOGAN XIX’
586) 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
587) The Reserve Bank has directed public sector banks
to provide credit to women self help groups at a rate
of ________ percent per annum: seven
588) What is the name of the first all women bank started
in India: Bhartiya Mahlia Bank
589) In which place Bhartiya Mahila Bank has opened its
first branch: Mumbai
590) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to recruit male
staff members: Yes, on selected basis
591) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to cater to male
customers: Yes, on selected basis
592) Bhartiya Mahila Bank has been ask to devote special
attention to which category of women customers:
Self Help Groups
593) Why 19
th
November was selected as the day to
inaugurate the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: It is birth
anniversary of late Indira Gandhi
594) Name the first chairperson of the Bhartiya Mahila
Bank: Usha Ananthasubramaniam
595) To which country India has extended a 100 million
dollar line of credit for defence purchases: Vietnam
596) The Golden Elephant Award is given for what
purpose: Best Children Film
597) The Golden Elephant Award is given on what
occasion: at International Children's Film
Festival
598) The 18
th
International Children's Film Festival was
held at which place: Hyderabad
599) Name the film that won the Golden Elephant Award:
Dutch Film Kauwboy
600) 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
601) Name the fifteen year old cricket star who created
history by scoring a record 546 runs playing in
Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw
602) Frederick Sanger who passed away recently was the
only person to win the noble prize for ________ two
times, in 1958 and in 1980: Chemistry
603) India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station is
located at which place: Thumba, Kerala
604) What is the name of the India’s only Equatorial
Rocket Launching station: Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre
605) Why Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba was in
news recently: It celebrated its golden jubilee
606) Name the India's batting star who became the
fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-
day internationals (ODI): Virat Kohli
607) The National Book Award 2013 of USA has been
given to the book _______ by James Mc Bride: The
Good Lord Bird
608) Who is the author of the book, ‘Book of Destruction’:
Anand
609) The famous book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer has
been authored by ________: Cyrus Mistry
610) 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
611) Name the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway
who was crowned as World Champion at the World
Chess Championship at Chennai: Magnus Carlsen
612) Name the West Indies cricketer who marked an end
to the glorious career of Master Blaster Sachin:
Darren Sammy
613) 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
614) 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
615) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the 20th
Law Commission of India: Ajit Prakash Shah
616) The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 was
held at which place: Warsaw, Poland
617) The Climate Change Conferences are organized by
UNFCCC. The abbreviation UNFCCC stands for:
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
618) ___________won the Asian Archery Championship
held in Taipei, China: South Korea
619) Which country recently agreed to curb its nuclear
programme in lieu of lifting of economic sanctions
against it: Iran
620) Which country has offered to renovate and preserve
a total of 116 heritage buildings, constructed in the
lost much of its atmosphere. What is the full form of
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
Evolution
583) 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
584) BRICS International Competition Conference was
recently held at which place: New Delhi
585) Name the remote-sensing satellite recently launched
by China: ‘YAOGAN XIX’
586) 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
587) The Reserve Bank has directed public sector banks
to provide credit to women self help groups at a rate
of ________ percent per annum: seven
588) What is the name of the first all women bank started
in India: Bhartiya Mahlia Bank
589) In which place Bhartiya Mahila Bank has opened its
first branch: Mumbai
590) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to recruit male
staff members: Yes, on selected basis
591) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to cater to male
customers: Yes, on selected basis
592) Bhartiya Mahila Bank has been ask to devote special
attention to which category of women customers:
Self Help Groups
593) Why 19
th
November was selected as the day to
inaugurate the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: It is birth
anniversary of late Indira Gandhi
594) Name the first chairperson of the Bhartiya Mahila
Bank: Usha Ananthasubramaniam
595) To which country India has extended a 100 million
dollar line of credit for defence purchases: Vietnam
596) The Golden Elephant Award is given for what
purpose: Best Children Film
597) The Golden Elephant Award is given on what
occasion: at International Children's Film
Festival
598) The 18
th
International Children's Film Festival was
held at which place: Hyderabad
599) Name the film that won the Golden Elephant Award:
Dutch Film Kauwboy
600) 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
601) Name the fifteen year old cricket star who created
history by scoring a record 546 runs playing in
Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw
602) Frederick Sanger who passed away recently was the
only person to win the noble prize for ________ two
times, in 1958 and in 1980: Chemistry
603) India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station is
located at which place: Thumba, Kerala
604) What is the name of the India’s only Equatorial
Rocket Launching station: Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre
605) Why Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba was in
news recently: It celebrated its golden jubilee
606) Name the India's batting star who became the
fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-
day internationals (ODI): Virat Kohli
607) The National Book Award 2013 of USA has been
given to the book _______ by James Mc Bride: The
Good Lord Bird
608) Who is the author of the book, ‘Book of Destruction’:
Anand
609) The famous book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer has
been authored by ________: Cyrus Mistry
610) 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
611) Name the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway
who was crowned as World Champion at the World
Chess Championship at Chennai: Magnus Carlsen
612) Name the West Indies cricketer who marked an end
to the glorious career of Master Blaster Sachin:
Darren Sammy
613) 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
614) 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
615) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the 20th
Law Commission of India: Ajit Prakash Shah
616) The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 was
held at which place: Warsaw, Poland
617) The Climate Change Conferences are organized by
UNFCCC. The abbreviation UNFCCC stands for:
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
618) ___________won the Asian Archery Championship
held in Taipei, China: South Korea
619) Which country recently agreed to curb its nuclear
programme in lieu of lifting of economic sanctions
against it: Iran
620) Which country has offered to renovate and preserve
a total of 116 heritage buildings, constructed in the
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 78
18th and 19th centuries, located on the banks of the
river Hooghly in West Bengal: Denmark
621) A high power group of six super powers negotiated a
deal with Iran for what purpose: To restrict the
nuclear programme of Iran
622) Mount Sina Bung, a volcano that erupted very
violently causing dislocation of thousands of people,
is in which country: Indonesia
623) Which country has decided to award International
Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2013 to
Malala Yousafzai: Mexico
624) Global Islamic Economic Summit held at which
place: Dubai, UAE
625) Which country hosted the 20th World Master
Athletics Championship: Brazil
626) Which corporate brand has been ranked No. 1 in the
'World's Most Valuable Brand List' compiled by
'Forbes' magazine: Apple
627) 4
th
World Cup Kabaddi will be held in which state:
Punjab
628) Name the country where Commonwealth
Weightlifting Championship was held recently:
Malaysia
629) Who has been elected as President, Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci):
Sidharth Birla
630) Name the new Chief of Pakistan Army: Lt. Gen.
Raheel Sharif
631) Junior National Archery Championship was held at
_________Assam: Kokrajhar
632) Mahendra Dev Committee has been appointed for
what purpose: To review the scale of NREGA
wages
633) RBI has allowed which category of manufacturing
units to be covered under priority sector lending:
Medium
634) On what basis business units are classified into
Micro, Small and Medium categories: On the basis
of investment made in plant & machinery /
equipment
635) Name the Act that lays down various rules and
regulations for classification of business units into
micro small and medium enterprises: MSMED Act
2006
636) What is the full form of MSMED: Micro Small &
Medium Enterprises Development Act
637) Sachin Tendulkar has been selected by UNICEF as
the brand ambassador for Asian region for what
purpose: To promote its Total Sanitation
Campaign
638) As Brand Ambassador of UNICEF for Total Sanitation
Campaign, Sachin Tendulkar will campaign in which
countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Nepal
639) The coveted title of Miss Universe 2013 has been
won by Gabriela Isler. She is from which country:
Venezuela
640) The Reserve Bank has directed all regional rural
banks to follow the minimum _______capital
adequacy rule from this year itself: 9%
641) With which country India has agreed to strengthen,
promote and develop renewable energy cooperation:
Belgium
642) Jason Day lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf
held in Melbourne, Australia. He is from which
country: Australia
643) The Hornbill Festival to promote tribal culture is held
in which state: Nagaland
644) The ICC T20 championship 2014 will be held which
country: Bangladesh
645) Which Indian IT giant agreed to pay a record $34
million fine to settle a visa row in the USA: Infosys
OCTOBER – 2013
646) 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
647) 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
648) Name the diplomat who has been appointed High
Commissioner of India in United Kingdom: Ranjan
Mathai
649) The International Day of “Older Person” is
celebrated on which day: October 1
650) In the recently compiled “Global Human Capital
Index”, what is India’s rank: 78
th
651) India’s minister of external affairs visited ______ to
impress upon early implementation of 13
th
amendment to constitution: Sri Lanka
652) In the neighbouring country Sri Lanka, what is the
context of 13
th
amendment to their constitution:
Devolution of powers to the provinces
653) The 2013 meet of CHOGM is to be held at which
place: Colombo, Sri Lanka
654) What is the full form of CHOGM: Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting
655) The summit of CHOGM is held every _____ years:
Two
656) How many countries are the member of The
Commonwealth: 53
18th and 19th centuries, located on the banks of the
river Hooghly in West Bengal: Denmark
621) A high power group of six super powers negotiated a
deal with Iran for what purpose: To restrict the
nuclear programme of Iran
622) Mount Sina Bung, a volcano that erupted very
violently causing dislocation of thousands of people,
is in which country: Indonesia
623) Which country has decided to award International
Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2013 to
Malala Yousafzai: Mexico
624) Global Islamic Economic Summit held at which
place: Dubai, UAE
625) Which country hosted the 20th World Master
Athletics Championship: Brazil
626) Which corporate brand has been ranked No. 1 in the
'World's Most Valuable Brand List' compiled by
'Forbes' magazine: Apple
627) 4
th
World Cup Kabaddi will be held in which state:
Punjab
628) Name the country where Commonwealth
Weightlifting Championship was held recently:
Malaysia
629) Who has been elected as President, Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci):
Sidharth Birla
630) Name the new Chief of Pakistan Army: Lt. Gen.
Raheel Sharif
631) Junior National Archery Championship was held at
_________Assam: Kokrajhar
632) Mahendra Dev Committee has been appointed for
what purpose: To review the scale of NREGA
wages
633) RBI has allowed which category of manufacturing
units to be covered under priority sector lending:
Medium
634) On what basis business units are classified into
Micro, Small and Medium categories: On the basis
of investment made in plant & machinery /
equipment
635) Name the Act that lays down various rules and
regulations for classification of business units into
micro small and medium enterprises: MSMED Act
2006
636) What is the full form of MSMED: Micro Small &
Medium Enterprises Development Act
637) Sachin Tendulkar has been selected by UNICEF as
the brand ambassador for Asian region for what
purpose: To promote its Total Sanitation
Campaign
638) As Brand Ambassador of UNICEF for Total Sanitation
Campaign, Sachin Tendulkar will campaign in which
countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Nepal
639) The coveted title of Miss Universe 2013 has been
won by Gabriela Isler. She is from which country:
Venezuela
640) The Reserve Bank has directed all regional rural
banks to follow the minimum _______capital
adequacy rule from this year itself: 9%
641) With which country India has agreed to strengthen,
promote and develop renewable energy cooperation:
Belgium
642) Jason Day lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf
held in Melbourne, Australia. He is from which
country: Australia
643) The Hornbill Festival to promote tribal culture is held
in which state: Nagaland
644) The ICC T20 championship 2014 will be held which
country: Bangladesh
645) Which Indian IT giant agreed to pay a record $34
million fine to settle a visa row in the USA: Infosys
OCTOBER – 2013
646) 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
647) 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
648) Name the diplomat who has been appointed High
Commissioner of India in United Kingdom: Ranjan
Mathai
649) The International Day of “Older Person” is
celebrated on which day: October 1
650) In the recently compiled “Global Human Capital
Index”, what is India’s rank: 78
th
651) India’s minister of external affairs visited ______ to
impress upon early implementation of 13
th
amendment to constitution: Sri Lanka
652) In the neighbouring country Sri Lanka, what is the
context of 13
th
amendment to their constitution:
Devolution of powers to the provinces
653) The 2013 meet of CHOGM is to be held at which
place: Colombo, Sri Lanka
654) What is the full form of CHOGM: Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting
655) The summit of CHOGM is held every _____ years:
Two
656) How many countries are the member of The
Commonwealth: 53
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 79
657) Headquarter of The Commonwealth is located at:
London, UK
658) _________ is designated as head of the
Commonwealth: British Monarch
659) Name the middle Asian country visited by Indian
President recently: Turkey
660) Name the capital of Turkey: Ankara
661) Which Turkish University honoured Indian President
with honorary ‘doctorate’ in Political Science:
Istanbul University
662) Currency of Turkey is ________: Turkish Lira
663) In a recent survey of top 400 universities in world,
_________ has been ranked as No. 1 university in
India: Panjab University
664) 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)
665) Two day international Rhino conference was held at:
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
666) 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
667) Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard
Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title
at_____________ held at Tokyo, Japan: Japan
Open Tennis
668) Name the team that won the Champions League
Cricket recently: Mumbai Indians
669) The final match of the Champions League, Cricket
was held at _________ stadium in Delhi: Feroz
Shah Kotla
670) 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
671) The Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to
be held in_______: Brisbane, Australia
672) “The Busan International Film Festival” is held in
which country: South Korea
673) 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
674) 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
675) 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
676) The China Open Tennis Cup Men’s Singles has been
lifted by _______: Novak Djokovic
677) The tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which
country: Serbia
678) Women’s singles title in the China Open Tennis Cup
was won by: Serena Williams
679) Name the Indian tennis star who alongwith Cara
Black won the women’s doubles title of China Open:
Sania Mirza
680) Vladimir Klitschko who won the world heavyweight
boxing title at Moscow, Russia is from which
country: Ukraine
681) 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
682) 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
683) Name the space craft launched by NASA on a
mission to Jupiter: Juno
684) RBI has increase the borrowing period under MSF
from one day at present to _______ days: 7 to 14
days
685) Indian Prime Minister visited Brunei recently for
attending which International summit: ASEAN and
East Asia Summit
686) The recent meeting of ASEAN and East Asia Summit
was held at _________, Brunei: Darussalam
687) Out of ASEAN and East Asia Summit, India is
member of which organization: East Asia Summit
688) The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held at
__________, Indonesia: Bali
689) What is the full form of ASEAN: Association of
South East Asian Nations
690) Name the Director General of World Trade
Organisation – WTO who visited India recently:
Roberto Azevedo
691) Asian Development Bank has provided $100 mn loan
to which State to improve education and skills:
Meghalaya
692) 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
693) The annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank was
recently held at: Washington, USA
694) Name the first women chairperson of the Federal
Reserve System of USA: Janet Yellen
695)Name the Central Bank in United Kingdom: Bank of
657) Headquarter of The Commonwealth is located at:
London, UK
658) _________ is designated as head of the
Commonwealth: British Monarch
659) Name the middle Asian country visited by Indian
President recently: Turkey
660) Name the capital of Turkey: Ankara
661) Which Turkish University honoured Indian President
with honorary ‘doctorate’ in Political Science:
Istanbul University
662) Currency of Turkey is ________: Turkish Lira
663) In a recent survey of top 400 universities in world,
_________ has been ranked as No. 1 university in
India: Panjab University
664) 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)
665) Two day international Rhino conference was held at:
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
666) 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
667) Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard
Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title
at_____________ held at Tokyo, Japan: Japan
Open Tennis
668) Name the team that won the Champions League
Cricket recently: Mumbai Indians
669) The final match of the Champions League, Cricket
was held at _________ stadium in Delhi: Feroz
Shah Kotla
670) 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
671) The Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to
be held in_______: Brisbane, Australia
672) “The Busan International Film Festival” is held in
which country: South Korea
673) 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
674) 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
675) 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
676) The China Open Tennis Cup Men’s Singles has been
lifted by _______: Novak Djokovic
677) The tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which
country: Serbia
678) Women’s singles title in the China Open Tennis Cup
was won by: Serena Williams
679) Name the Indian tennis star who alongwith Cara
Black won the women’s doubles title of China Open:
Sania Mirza
680) Vladimir Klitschko who won the world heavyweight
boxing title at Moscow, Russia is from which
country: Ukraine
681) 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
682) 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
683) Name the space craft launched by NASA on a
mission to Jupiter: Juno
684) RBI has increase the borrowing period under MSF
from one day at present to _______ days: 7 to 14
days
685) Indian Prime Minister visited Brunei recently for
attending which International summit: ASEAN and
East Asia Summit
686) The recent meeting of ASEAN and East Asia Summit
was held at _________, Brunei: Darussalam
687) Out of ASEAN and East Asia Summit, India is
member of which organization: East Asia Summit
688) The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held at
__________, Indonesia: Bali
689) What is the full form of ASEAN: Association of
South East Asian Nations
690) Name the Director General of World Trade
Organisation – WTO who visited India recently:
Roberto Azevedo
691) Asian Development Bank has provided $100 mn loan
to which State to improve education and skills:
Meghalaya
692) 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
693) The annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank was
recently held at: Washington, USA
694) Name the first women chairperson of the Federal
Reserve System of USA: Janet Yellen
695)Name the Central Bank in United Kingdom: Bank of
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England
696) Name the Bank that facilitates and promotes
research for improvement in banking services all
over the world. Bank for International
Settlements
697) The Headquarter of Bank for International
Settlement is located at ________, Switzerland:
Basel
698) What is the purpose of the proposed Rs. 43,000
crore Green Energy Corridor Project: Setting up of
wind and solar power plants
699) Prime Minister of which country was in news due to
his sudden abduction and subsequent release also:
Libya
700) What is the officially name of the ISRO’s project for
sending a satellite to planet Mars: Mars Orbiter
Mission (MOM)
701) Tom Clancy, one of the most widely read and
influential military novelist of his time, passed away
recently. He was from which country: USA
702) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which
country: Indonesia
703) Name the new High Commissioner of Pakistan to
India: Ibne Abbas
704) Name the campaign launched by China aimed at
enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid
unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments:
Green Fence
705) Which country has qualified for the first time to play
in the 11
th
ICC Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan
706) The 11
th
ICC Cricket World Cup is to be hosted
jointly by which two countries: Australia & New
Zealand
707) What is the full form of ICC: International Cricket
Council
708) What is the range of Nuclear weapons capable
surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-II: 300 kms
709) The missile testing range of India is named as:
Integrated Test Range
710) The missile testing range of India is located at which
place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Odisha
711) Recently Supreme Court ordered ___ per cent
reservation in govt. jobs for disables person: Three
712) Ilham Aliyev has been elected as President of which
country: Azerbaijan
713) What is the popular full form of the scientific
research organization CERN: European Council for
European Research
714) Mulatu Teshome has been elected president of
which country: Ethiopia
715) Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of
50,000 runs across all formats of cricket at which
stadium: Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi
716) India has signed agreements with ______ countries,
who pledged their commitment to the ambitious
Nalanda University project: Seven
717) The prestigious International Nalanda University is
located is which place: Rajgir, Distt Nalanda,
Bihar
718) Name the Nobel laureate who has been designated
to head the Nalanda University as its Chancellor:
Prof. Amartya Sen
719) In the Global Hunger Index India has been ranked
at ________ place: 63
rd
720) Which district of Odisha was hardest hit by the
recent cyclone Phailin: Ganjam
721) 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)
722) 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
723) Name the place in distt. Datia of Madhya Pradesh
which witnessed a gruesome stampede killing over
120 persons: Rattangarh
724) The World Boxing Championships was held in which
place: Almaty, Kazakhstan
725) Name the freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy
Chairman of the Planning Commission who passed
away recently: Dr. Mohan Dharia
726) 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
727) Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s
education has been honoured with Sakharov Human
Rights Prize. The prize is given by which
organization: European Parliament
728) Name the renowned scientist who has written the
book My Brief History: A Memoir : Stephen
Hawking
729) Under which loan scheme the receipt of annuity
amount has been exempted from income tax:
Reverse Mortgage Scheme
730) Who are the likely beneficiaries under the reverse
mortgage loan scheme: Property Owning Senior
Citizens
731) Government has increased MSP of wheat by Rs. 50
to Rs. ______ per quintal: 1400
732)Name the CEO of ICICI bank who has been ranked
England
696) Name the Bank that facilitates and promotes
research for improvement in banking services all
over the world. Bank for International
Settlements
697) The Headquarter of Bank for International
Settlement is located at ________, Switzerland:
Basel
698) What is the purpose of the proposed Rs. 43,000
crore Green Energy Corridor Project: Setting up of
wind and solar power plants
699) Prime Minister of which country was in news due to
his sudden abduction and subsequent release also:
Libya
700) What is the officially name of the ISRO’s project for
sending a satellite to planet Mars: Mars Orbiter
Mission (MOM)
701) Tom Clancy, one of the most widely read and
influential military novelist of his time, passed away
recently. He was from which country: USA
702) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which
country: Indonesia
703) Name the new High Commissioner of Pakistan to
India: Ibne Abbas
704) Name the campaign launched by China aimed at
enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid
unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments:
Green Fence
705) Which country has qualified for the first time to play
in the 11
th
ICC Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan
706) The 11
th
ICC Cricket World Cup is to be hosted
jointly by which two countries: Australia & New
Zealand
707) What is the full form of ICC: International Cricket
Council
708) What is the range of Nuclear weapons capable
surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-II: 300 kms
709) The missile testing range of India is named as:
Integrated Test Range
710) The missile testing range of India is located at which
place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Odisha
711) Recently Supreme Court ordered ___ per cent
reservation in govt. jobs for disables person: Three
712) Ilham Aliyev has been elected as President of which
country: Azerbaijan
713) What is the popular full form of the scientific
research organization CERN: European Council for
European Research
714) Mulatu Teshome has been elected president of
which country: Ethiopia
715) Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of
50,000 runs across all formats of cricket at which
stadium: Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi
716) India has signed agreements with ______ countries,
who pledged their commitment to the ambitious
Nalanda University project: Seven
717) The prestigious International Nalanda University is
located is which place: Rajgir, Distt Nalanda,
Bihar
718) Name the Nobel laureate who has been designated
to head the Nalanda University as its Chancellor:
Prof. Amartya Sen
719) In the Global Hunger Index India has been ranked
at ________ place: 63
rd
720) Which district of Odisha was hardest hit by the
recent cyclone Phailin: Ganjam
721) 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)
722) 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
723) Name the place in distt. Datia of Madhya Pradesh
which witnessed a gruesome stampede killing over
120 persons: Rattangarh
724) The World Boxing Championships was held in which
place: Almaty, Kazakhstan
725) Name the freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy
Chairman of the Planning Commission who passed
away recently: Dr. Mohan Dharia
726) 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
727) Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s
education has been honoured with Sakharov Human
Rights Prize. The prize is given by which
organization: European Parliament
728) Name the renowned scientist who has written the
book My Brief History: A Memoir : Stephen
Hawking
729) Under which loan scheme the receipt of annuity
amount has been exempted from income tax:
Reverse Mortgage Scheme
730) Who are the likely beneficiaries under the reverse
mortgage loan scheme: Property Owning Senior
Citizens
731) Government has increased MSP of wheat by Rs. 50
to Rs. ______ per quintal: 1400
732)Name the CEO of ICICI bank who has been ranked
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 81
as top women business leader of India: Ms.
Chanda Kochhar
733) Name the remittance system for which RBI has
issued new revised guidelines: RTGS
734) Government has decided to include skilled labour in
sericulture under the MNREGA Scheme. What is
sericulture: Rearing of silk worms
735) NPCI has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for
bank account holders. What is the full form of NPCI:
National Payments Corporation of India
736) What is the main objective of NPCI: To promote
various forms of electronic banking in India
737) Which city has been voted as countries top business
destination in terms of infrastructure, human capital,
city culture and basic quality of living: Bangalore
738) Indian Prime Minister recently visited Russia and
met their President. What is the name of Russian
President: Vladimer Putin
739) 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
740) Which big hydel project of India is celebrated its
Golden Jubilee: Bhakra Dam, Punjab
741) 5
th
South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at
which place: Kathmandu, Nepal
742) Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at the
2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in
Beijing, China: Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel
743) 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
744) Man Booker Prize 2013 has been awarded to
________for her novel, The Luminaries. Eleanor
Catton
745) Name the eminent Telugu novelist, short story
writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner
who passed away recently: Ravuri Bharadhwaja
746) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 title
was won by _________ of China: Ding Junhui
747) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 was
held at which place: New Delhi
748) 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
749) What is the objective of recently conducted Indo-
Russian joint military exercise: for improving anti-
terrorist operations
750) Name the latest National Tennis champions in men’s
& women’s category: Mohit Mayur and Prerna
Bhambri
751) With which country India recently signed a border
defence pact: China
752) What is the officially name of the border defence
pact signed between India and China: Border
Defence Co-operation Agreement
753) What is the official designation of the Prime Minister
of China: Premier
754) What is the name of the Premier of China: Li
Keqiang
755) 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
756) 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
757) The Etihad Airways is the national airline of which
country: United Arab Emirates
758) To which country India has agreed to start a power
transmission line to export 500 million megawatt of
electricity: Bangladesh
759) 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)
760) UNO recently passed a regulation to destroy huge
amounts of chemical in which country: Syria
761) 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
762) __________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.
763) INS Sunayna, the indigenously built warship is which
type of ship: Naval offshore Patrol Vessel
(NOVP)
764) Terry Walsh has been appointed chief coach of
which national men’s sports team: Hockey
765) The new chief coach of men’s national hockey team
– Terry Walsh is from which country: Australia
766) India and China will hold joint military exercises
from November 4 in _______ region in South west
China: Chengdu
767) What is the objective of the proposed Indo-China
joint military exercise: To practice counter
insurgency and counter terrorism manoeuvres
768) Which corporate has been allowed by government to
start a new domestic airline jointly with Singapore
as top women business leader of India: Ms.
Chanda Kochhar
733) Name the remittance system for which RBI has
issued new revised guidelines: RTGS
734) Government has decided to include skilled labour in
sericulture under the MNREGA Scheme. What is
sericulture: Rearing of silk worms
735) NPCI has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for
bank account holders. What is the full form of NPCI:
National Payments Corporation of India
736) What is the main objective of NPCI: To promote
various forms of electronic banking in India
737) Which city has been voted as countries top business
destination in terms of infrastructure, human capital,
city culture and basic quality of living: Bangalore
738) Indian Prime Minister recently visited Russia and
met their President. What is the name of Russian
President: Vladimer Putin
739) 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
740) Which big hydel project of India is celebrated its
Golden Jubilee: Bhakra Dam, Punjab
741) 5
th
South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at
which place: Kathmandu, Nepal
742) Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at the
2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in
Beijing, China: Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel
743) 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
744) Man Booker Prize 2013 has been awarded to
________for her novel, The Luminaries. Eleanor
Catton
745) Name the eminent Telugu novelist, short story
writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner
who passed away recently: Ravuri Bharadhwaja
746) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 title
was won by _________ of China: Ding Junhui
747) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 was
held at which place: New Delhi
748) 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
749) What is the objective of recently conducted Indo-
Russian joint military exercise: for improving anti-
terrorist operations
750) Name the latest National Tennis champions in men’s
& women’s category: Mohit Mayur and Prerna
Bhambri
751) With which country India recently signed a border
defence pact: China
752) What is the officially name of the border defence
pact signed between India and China: Border
Defence Co-operation Agreement
753) What is the official designation of the Prime Minister
of China: Premier
754) What is the name of the Premier of China: Li
Keqiang
755) 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
756) 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
757) The Etihad Airways is the national airline of which
country: United Arab Emirates
758) To which country India has agreed to start a power
transmission line to export 500 million megawatt of
electricity: Bangladesh
759) 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)
760) UNO recently passed a regulation to destroy huge
amounts of chemical in which country: Syria
761) 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
762) __________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.
763) INS Sunayna, the indigenously built warship is which
type of ship: Naval offshore Patrol Vessel
(NOVP)
764) Terry Walsh has been appointed chief coach of
which national men’s sports team: Hockey
765) The new chief coach of men’s national hockey team
– Terry Walsh is from which country: Australia
766) India and China will hold joint military exercises
from November 4 in _______ region in South west
China: Chengdu
767) What is the objective of the proposed Indo-China
joint military exercise: To practice counter
insurgency and counter terrorism manoeuvres
768) Which corporate has been allowed by government to
start a new domestic airline jointly with Singapore
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 82
Airlines: Tata Group
769) What is the name of proposed new domestic airline
started jointly by Tata and Singapore airlines: 'Tata
SIA Airlines Limited'
770) Government has decided to contribute a sum of Rs.
______ crore towards capital infusion in public
sector banks: 14,000
771) For what purpose government is contributing Rs.
14,000 crore in capital of public sector banks: To
enable banks to meet Basel III capital
requirements
772) Name the two Latin American Countries visited by
the Vice President Hamid Ansari: Peru & Cuba
773) Sanjeev Rajput won the gold in which event in the
Asian Air Gun shooting championship in Tehran,
Iran: Men’s 50-metre free rifle event
774) Bru community which has settled in large number of
refugee camps in Tripura and Assam, belongs to
which state: Mizoram
775) Air Costa is the new regional airline started in which
part of the country: Andhra Pradesh
776) Name the Indian scientist in whose name the ‘God
Particle’ has been named as Higgs Boson:
Satyendra Nath Bose
777) The Nobel prize – 2013 for physics has been given
to François Englert, Belgium and Peter W. Higgs, UK
for which achievement: for the outstanding
research for discovery of ‘God Particle’
778) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013 has been
awarded to how many scientists: Three
779) The three scientists – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt
and Arieh Warshel have been given Nobel prize in
Chemistry for 2013 for research in which field: for
developing computer models that predict
complex chemical reactions that can be used
for tasks like creating new drugs
780) Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine has been
awarded for which achievement: For
breakthroughs in understanding how key
substances are moved around within a cell
781) The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013 has been
awarded to author Alice Munro for which field of
literature: Contemporary short stories
782) Nobel Laureate for 2013 literature Nobel Prize –
Alice Munro is from which country: Canada
783) What is the formal official name for the Economics
Nobel Prize: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
Economic Sciences
784) The Nobel Prize for economics for 2013 has been
awarded for what purpose: For research in
empirical analysis of asset prices
785) The Nobel Peace Prize – 2013 has been awarded to
which organization: Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
786) Currently, OPCW is in news for handling which
international assignment: Destruction of dumps
of chemical weapons in Syria as per UN
mandate
787) The headquarters of Nobel Peace prize winning
organization – OPCW is located at which place: The
Hague, Netherland
788) Why the Nobel prizes are delivered on a fix day –
December 10 every year: It is the death
anniversary of Alfred Nobel
789) All Nobel Prizes except the peace prize are
presented at _____, Sweden: Stockholm
790) The Nobel Prize for Peace is presented at _______,
Norway: Oslo
791) The Nobel Prize for Peace is not decided in Sweden,
instead, it is decided by an expert committee of
_________: Parliament of Norway
792) India has been ranked __________ out of 136
countries on a Global Gender Gap Index compiled by
Geneva-based World Economic Forum: 101
st
793) According to a recent survey by Global Initiative for
Restructuring Environment and Management
(GIREM) and DTZ, _______ is the best business
destination in the country: Bangalore
794) Name the Formula One champion who has won four
successive titles in the current season: Sebastian
Vettal
795) Sebastian Vettal, the formula one world champion is
from which country: Germany
796) India’s only Formula One Racing Track Buddha
International Circuit is located at which place:
Noida, UP
797) World’s largest airport Al-Maktoum International is
located at which place: Dubai, UAE
798) Which financial institution proposes to launch a
special loan scheme for creation of storage
infrastructure like construction of Warehouses, Silos,
cold storages and cold chain
infrastructure: NABARD
799) Govt. plans to start National Financial Reporting
Authority (NFRA) for what purpose: As a
watchdog for the accounting and auditing
policies and standards for adoption by
companies.
800) With which bank Australian Trade Commission has
signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports
of India’s food and agricultural sector: Yes Bank
801) To which state World Bank has provided $360
million loan for modernisation of irrigation and
drainage systems: Uttar Pradesh
802) India is planning a cross country highway with which
two other countries: Myanmar and Thailand
803) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand
will start from ________ in Manipur, India :
Moreh
Airlines: Tata Group
769) What is the name of proposed new domestic airline
started jointly by Tata and Singapore airlines: 'Tata
SIA Airlines Limited'
770) Government has decided to contribute a sum of Rs.
______ crore towards capital infusion in public
sector banks: 14,000
771) For what purpose government is contributing Rs.
14,000 crore in capital of public sector banks: To
enable banks to meet Basel III capital
requirements
772) Name the two Latin American Countries visited by
the Vice President Hamid Ansari: Peru & Cuba
773) Sanjeev Rajput won the gold in which event in the
Asian Air Gun shooting championship in Tehran,
Iran: Men’s 50-metre free rifle event
774) Bru community which has settled in large number of
refugee camps in Tripura and Assam, belongs to
which state: Mizoram
775) Air Costa is the new regional airline started in which
part of the country: Andhra Pradesh
776) Name the Indian scientist in whose name the ‘God
Particle’ has been named as Higgs Boson:
Satyendra Nath Bose
777) The Nobel prize – 2013 for physics has been given
to François Englert, Belgium and Peter W. Higgs, UK
for which achievement: for the outstanding
research for discovery of ‘God Particle’
778) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013 has been
awarded to how many scientists: Three
779) The three scientists – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt
and Arieh Warshel have been given Nobel prize in
Chemistry for 2013 for research in which field: for
developing computer models that predict
complex chemical reactions that can be used
for tasks like creating new drugs
780) Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine has been
awarded for which achievement: For
breakthroughs in understanding how key
substances are moved around within a cell
781) The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013 has been
awarded to author Alice Munro for which field of
literature: Contemporary short stories
782) Nobel Laureate for 2013 literature Nobel Prize –
Alice Munro is from which country: Canada
783) What is the formal official name for the Economics
Nobel Prize: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
Economic Sciences
784) The Nobel Prize for economics for 2013 has been
awarded for what purpose: For research in
empirical analysis of asset prices
785) The Nobel Peace Prize – 2013 has been awarded to
which organization: Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
786) Currently, OPCW is in news for handling which
international assignment: Destruction of dumps
of chemical weapons in Syria as per UN
mandate
787) The headquarters of Nobel Peace prize winning
organization – OPCW is located at which place: The
Hague, Netherland
788) Why the Nobel prizes are delivered on a fix day –
December 10 every year: It is the death
anniversary of Alfred Nobel
789) All Nobel Prizes except the peace prize are
presented at _____, Sweden: Stockholm
790) The Nobel Prize for Peace is presented at _______,
Norway: Oslo
791) The Nobel Prize for Peace is not decided in Sweden,
instead, it is decided by an expert committee of
_________: Parliament of Norway
792) India has been ranked __________ out of 136
countries on a Global Gender Gap Index compiled by
Geneva-based World Economic Forum: 101
st
793) According to a recent survey by Global Initiative for
Restructuring Environment and Management
(GIREM) and DTZ, _______ is the best business
destination in the country: Bangalore
794) Name the Formula One champion who has won four
successive titles in the current season: Sebastian
Vettal
795) Sebastian Vettal, the formula one world champion is
from which country: Germany
796) India’s only Formula One Racing Track Buddha
International Circuit is located at which place:
Noida, UP
797) World’s largest airport Al-Maktoum International is
located at which place: Dubai, UAE
798) Which financial institution proposes to launch a
special loan scheme for creation of storage
infrastructure like construction of Warehouses, Silos,
cold storages and cold chain
infrastructure: NABARD
799) Govt. plans to start National Financial Reporting
Authority (NFRA) for what purpose: As a
watchdog for the accounting and auditing
policies and standards for adoption by
companies.
800) With which bank Australian Trade Commission has
signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports
of India’s food and agricultural sector: Yes Bank
801) To which state World Bank has provided $360
million loan for modernisation of irrigation and
drainage systems: Uttar Pradesh
802) India is planning a cross country highway with which
two other countries: Myanmar and Thailand
803) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand
will start from ________ in Manipur, India :
Moreh
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 83
804) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand
will end at ______ in Thailand: Mae Sot
805) Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project will
link Kolkata port with Sittwe port in which country:
Myanmar
806) In the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport
Project, Kaladan is the name of a _______ in
Mizoram: River
807) The World Agricultural Congress and Trade Fair to
be held at ______: Hyderabad
808) Supreme Court ruled that MPs/MLAs will lose their
seats immediately if they are convicted of offences
that carry a prison term of more than ______years:
Two
809) The 2013 Norton Report by Symantec says that
India is among the world’s top ______ countries
with the highest number of incidences of cyber
crime: Five
810) Indian Navy has recently inducted Hawk MK 132
aircraft. It is what type of aircraft: Advanced Jet
Trainer
SEPTEMBER– 2013
811) The book Communist Cookbook has written by:
Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury
812) Who is the author of the book ‘Punjab: A History
from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten: Rajmohan
Gandhi
813) The Asia Cup Hockey was held at which place:
Ipoh, Malaysia
814) 2014 Hockey World Cup will be held at which place:
The Hague, Netherlands
815) Name the country who won the Asia Cup Hockey by
defeating India: South Korea
816) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok
Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______
times of market value for acquiring land in rural
areas: four
817) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok
Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______
times of market value for acquiring land in urban
areas: two
818) G-20 group of countries held a meeting of their
Heads at which place: St. Petersburg, Russia
819) Name the ace footballer from UK who created a new
record by becoming the expensive most player in
the history of football: Gareth Bale
820) Noted footballer Gareth Bale has been contracted by
which Club for a sum of 100 million Euros: Real
Madrid, Spain
821) Diana Nyad, the 64 year old lady swimmer from USA
created a world record for what: for longest
distance swimming – 110 mile (177 kms)
822) Haraprasad Das, eminent Oriya writer, has been
honoured with which prestigious award for his book
‘Vamsha’: Moortidevi Award - 2012
823) Name the country who won SAFF football
championship by beating India: Afghanistan
824) What is the full form of SAFF: South Asia Football
Federation)
825) The SAFF football championship was recently held at
which place: Kathmandu, Nepal
826) As per new companies law, the corporates are
required to spend _______ % of their profits
towards CSR activities: Two
827) Write the full form of CSR: Corporate Social
Responsibility
828) India recently launched multi band communication
satellite - GSAT-7 for what purpose: Data
gathering for defence forces
829) The GSAT- 7 satellite was launched from which
place: Kourou, French Guiana (An overseas
territory of France, at joining Brazil)
830) The GSAT-7 satellite was launched in a _____ Orbit,
about 36000 kms above Earth’s surface:
Geosynchronous
831) Name the book on tax administration written by
noted economist Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the
Finance Minister: Indian Tax Administration: A
Dialogue
832) Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the new governor of RBI was
holding which position before this: Chief Economic
Advisor, Ministry of Finance
833) As per the PFRDA bill, 2011, government has
permitted FDI upto _____% in the pension sector:
26
834) Write the full form PFRDA: Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority
835) Name the tennis star who won US Open men’s
singles title: Rafael Nadal
836) Noted tennis star Rafael Nadal is from which
country: Spain
837) Famous sports person Novak Djokovic is from which
game: Tennis
838) Tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which
country: Serbia
839) Name the tennis star who won US Open women’s
singles title: Serena Williams
840) Noted tennis star Serena Williams from which
country: USA
841) Name the prestigious sports event recently won by
tennis star Leander Paes: US Open 2013 men’s
doubles crown
842) Name the world renowned music maestro who
conducted the Bavarian State Orchestra in J & K:
804) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand
will end at ______ in Thailand: Mae Sot
805) Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project will
link Kolkata port with Sittwe port in which country:
Myanmar
806) In the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport
Project, Kaladan is the name of a _______ in
Mizoram: River
807) The World Agricultural Congress and Trade Fair to
be held at ______: Hyderabad
808) Supreme Court ruled that MPs/MLAs will lose their
seats immediately if they are convicted of offences
that carry a prison term of more than ______years:
Two
809) The 2013 Norton Report by Symantec says that
India is among the world’s top ______ countries
with the highest number of incidences of cyber
crime: Five
810) Indian Navy has recently inducted Hawk MK 132
aircraft. It is what type of aircraft: Advanced Jet
Trainer
SEPTEMBER– 2013
811) The book Communist Cookbook has written by:
Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury
812) Who is the author of the book ‘Punjab: A History
from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten: Rajmohan
Gandhi
813) The Asia Cup Hockey was held at which place:
Ipoh, Malaysia
814) 2014 Hockey World Cup will be held at which place:
The Hague, Netherlands
815) Name the country who won the Asia Cup Hockey by
defeating India: South Korea
816) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok
Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______
times of market value for acquiring land in rural
areas: four
817) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok
Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______
times of market value for acquiring land in urban
areas: two
818) G-20 group of countries held a meeting of their
Heads at which place: St. Petersburg, Russia
819) Name the ace footballer from UK who created a new
record by becoming the expensive most player in
the history of football: Gareth Bale
820) Noted footballer Gareth Bale has been contracted by
which Club for a sum of 100 million Euros: Real
Madrid, Spain
821) Diana Nyad, the 64 year old lady swimmer from USA
created a world record for what: for longest
distance swimming – 110 mile (177 kms)
822) Haraprasad Das, eminent Oriya writer, has been
honoured with which prestigious award for his book
‘Vamsha’: Moortidevi Award - 2012
823) Name the country who won SAFF football
championship by beating India: Afghanistan
824) What is the full form of SAFF: South Asia Football
Federation)
825) The SAFF football championship was recently held at
which place: Kathmandu, Nepal
826) As per new companies law, the corporates are
required to spend _______ % of their profits
towards CSR activities: Two
827) Write the full form of CSR: Corporate Social
Responsibility
828) India recently launched multi band communication
satellite - GSAT-7 for what purpose: Data
gathering for defence forces
829) The GSAT- 7 satellite was launched from which
place: Kourou, French Guiana (An overseas
territory of France, at joining Brazil)
830) The GSAT-7 satellite was launched in a _____ Orbit,
about 36000 kms above Earth’s surface:
Geosynchronous
831) Name the book on tax administration written by
noted economist Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the
Finance Minister: Indian Tax Administration: A
Dialogue
832) Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the new governor of RBI was
holding which position before this: Chief Economic
Advisor, Ministry of Finance
833) As per the PFRDA bill, 2011, government has
permitted FDI upto _____% in the pension sector:
26
834) Write the full form PFRDA: Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority
835) Name the tennis star who won US Open men’s
singles title: Rafael Nadal
836) Noted tennis star Rafael Nadal is from which
country: Spain
837) Famous sports person Novak Djokovic is from which
game: Tennis
838) Tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which
country: Serbia
839) Name the tennis star who won US Open women’s
singles title: Serena Williams
840) Noted tennis star Serena Williams from which
country: USA
841) Name the prestigious sports event recently won by
tennis star Leander Paes: US Open 2013 men’s
doubles crown
842) Name the world renowned music maestro who
conducted the Bavarian State Orchestra in J & K:
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 84
Zubin Mehta
843) The musical concert conducted by Jubin Mehta at
Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K) was named
as____________: Ehasas-e-Kashmir
844) Tony Abbott has been elected as new Prime Minister
of which country: Australia
845) With which country India has enlarged its currency
swap arrangement from $15 billion at present to $
50 billion: Japan
846) India has been ranked at _____ place in terms of its
global competitiveness in 2013: 60
th
847) _________has emerged as most literate state in
India with 94.65 per cent literacy, compared with
Kerala’s 93.91 per cent: Tripura
848) Share of agriculture in India’s GDP is about ____%:
13.7
849) Control of Forward Markets Commission has recently
been taken over by _________ Ministry: Finance
850) Govt. has approved setting up of the Bharat Rural
Livelihood Foundation, a partnership between
government, corporate India, academics and civil
society, with a contribution of Rs 500 crore for what
purpose: To engage corporates for help to
counter Naxal influence
851) RBI has setup Bimal Jalan Committee for what
purpose: To scrutinize the applications for new
bank licences
852) Name the head of the committee formed to
strengthen the framework of monetary policy to
avoid friction between the RBI and the Finance
Ministry: Urjit Patel Committee
853) Who has been elected as President of International
Olympics Committee: Thomas Bach
854) India’s trade deficit narrowed to $10.9 billion in
August from $12.26 billion in July. What does it
represents: The amount by which exports are
short of imports
855) Which is the single largest item contributing to the
import bill of India: Petroleum
856) As per the RBI guidelines, cash withdrawals of up to
Rs. _________ a day from point of sale terminals
are allowed: 1,000
857) Which type of banking transactions can be carried
out using plastic money: Debit / Credit card
transactions
858) What is the popular name for the total money supply
– M3 in the country: Broad Money
859) What is the priority sector lending target fixed by
the government for foreign banks in India: 40%; if
the branches are less than 20, then 32%
860) If an Indian bank in private sector fails to achieve
priority sector lending targets, what will be the penal
action: It will have to deposit the short fall
amount in Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund
861) The government has approved a proposal to invest
USD 4.3 billion in which international financial
institution: World Bank
862) Eighth Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was recently held
at which place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
863) Which big industrial country has decided to say
‘good bye’ to nuclear power: Japan
864) Name the spacecraft that has become the first man-
made object to venture into interstellar space:
Voyager-1
865) Name the wrestler who won silver medal at the
World Wrestling Championship: Amit Kumar
866) Name the wrestler who won bronze medal in free
style wrestling in the World Wrestling Championship:
Bajrang
867) World Wrestling Championship were held at which
place: Budapest, Hungary
868) Name the hockey player who will captain the Indian
Women’s Hockey team in Asia Cup: Ritu Rani
869) Name the Indian origin girl who was crown as Miss
America recently: Nina Davuluri
870) Jhumpa Lahri, a Noted Novelist of Indian origin is
settled in which country: USA (New York)
871) Which city has been named to host 2020 Olympic
Games: Tokyo
872) The 2016 Olympics are to be held at which place:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
873) Name the recently tested nuclear capable surface to
surface long-range ballistic missile which has a strike
range of more than 5000 kms: Agni-V
874) From which place India conducts its missile tests:
Wheeler Island off Odisha coast
875) NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft Ladee
for what purpose: To explore the surface of
moon
876) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia has
recently been honured with which prestigious Indian
Award: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development-2012
877)Durand Cup is associated with which sports:
Zubin Mehta
843) The musical concert conducted by Jubin Mehta at
Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K) was named
as____________: Ehasas-e-Kashmir
844) Tony Abbott has been elected as new Prime Minister
of which country: Australia
845) With which country India has enlarged its currency
swap arrangement from $15 billion at present to $
50 billion: Japan
846) India has been ranked at _____ place in terms of its
global competitiveness in 2013: 60
th
847) _________has emerged as most literate state in
India with 94.65 per cent literacy, compared with
Kerala’s 93.91 per cent: Tripura
848) Share of agriculture in India’s GDP is about ____%:
13.7
849) Control of Forward Markets Commission has recently
been taken over by _________ Ministry: Finance
850) Govt. has approved setting up of the Bharat Rural
Livelihood Foundation, a partnership between
government, corporate India, academics and civil
society, with a contribution of Rs 500 crore for what
purpose: To engage corporates for help to
counter Naxal influence
851) RBI has setup Bimal Jalan Committee for what
purpose: To scrutinize the applications for new
bank licences
852) Name the head of the committee formed to
strengthen the framework of monetary policy to
avoid friction between the RBI and the Finance
Ministry: Urjit Patel Committee
853) Who has been elected as President of International
Olympics Committee: Thomas Bach
854) India’s trade deficit narrowed to $10.9 billion in
August from $12.26 billion in July. What does it
represents: The amount by which exports are
short of imports
855) Which is the single largest item contributing to the
import bill of India: Petroleum
856) As per the RBI guidelines, cash withdrawals of up to
Rs. _________ a day from point of sale terminals
are allowed: 1,000
857) Which type of banking transactions can be carried
out using plastic money: Debit / Credit card
transactions
858) What is the popular name for the total money supply
– M3 in the country: Broad Money
859) What is the priority sector lending target fixed by
the government for foreign banks in India: 40%; if
the branches are less than 20, then 32%
860) If an Indian bank in private sector fails to achieve
priority sector lending targets, what will be the penal
action: It will have to deposit the short fall
amount in Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund
861) The government has approved a proposal to invest
USD 4.3 billion in which international financial
institution: World Bank
862) Eighth Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was recently held
at which place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
863) Which big industrial country has decided to say
‘good bye’ to nuclear power: Japan
864) Name the spacecraft that has become the first man-
made object to venture into interstellar space:
Voyager-1
865) Name the wrestler who won silver medal at the
World Wrestling Championship: Amit Kumar
866) Name the wrestler who won bronze medal in free
style wrestling in the World Wrestling Championship:
Bajrang
867) World Wrestling Championship were held at which
place: Budapest, Hungary
868) Name the hockey player who will captain the Indian
Women’s Hockey team in Asia Cup: Ritu Rani
869) Name the Indian origin girl who was crown as Miss
America recently: Nina Davuluri
870) Jhumpa Lahri, a Noted Novelist of Indian origin is
settled in which country: USA (New York)
871) Which city has been named to host 2020 Olympic
Games: Tokyo
872) The 2016 Olympics are to be held at which place:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
873) Name the recently tested nuclear capable surface to
surface long-range ballistic missile which has a strike
range of more than 5000 kms: Agni-V
874) From which place India conducts its missile tests:
Wheeler Island off Odisha coast
875) NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft Ladee
for what purpose: To explore the surface of
moon
876) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia has
recently been honured with which prestigious Indian
Award: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development-2012
877)Durand Cup is associated with which sports:
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 85
Football
878) Durand Cup for 2013 was won by _____ ________
after a gap of 73 years: Mohammedan Sporting,
Kolkata
879) Durand Cup Football tournament was held at which
place: New Delhi
880) Dinesh K. Sarraf has been appointed head of which
Maharatna company: Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation
881) With a view to boost exports, government has raised
interest subvention on export loans to _______
percent: Three
882) 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted jointly by
which two countries: Australia and New Zealand
883) Govt. has recently relaxed certain pre conditions in
case of FDI in which field: Multi Brand Retail
884) With which country India has an arrangement to pay
in Indian rupees for its import of crude oil: Iran
885) Name the veteran British journalist and broadcaster,
famous for his TV interviews of various Heads of
States, who passed away recently: David Frost
886) How many industries are there in the core sector
within Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Eight
887) Which country has agreed to contribute 41% share
in the creation of a $100-billion Currency Reserve
Fund (CRF) by BRICS: China
888) Name the noted Bengali author who was killed in
Afghanistan by Taliban: Sushmita Banerjee
889) The mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of
Finland has been taken over by which multinational
company: Microsoft
890) A robot astronaut called ________developed by
Toyota Company of Japan, has made history by
becoming the first robot ever to speak in space:
Kirobo
891) As per recent RBI guidelines, Indians travelling
abroad can carry Indian currency of up to
Rs.__________ per person: 10,000
892) Which state in India has recorded the lowest
proportion of 3.66 % of poor living below poverty
line in urban areas: Sikkim
893) Which state in India has the lowest proportion –
5.09%, of the poor living below poverty line: Goa
894) India has recorded the largest increase in its
UHNI club among the BRICS nations in the last one
year, with a total of 7,850 super rich people in the
country. What is the full form of UHNI: Ultra-High
Networth Individual
895) Recent RBI guidelines have asked banks to close
accounts of those customers who use their credit or
debit cards for ________ transactions: Online
Forex
896) As per the food security Act notified recently,
________ % of country’s population will be covered
under food guarantee: 67
897) Which state in India emerged as the hottest
investment destination for new projects: Odisha
898) World largest solar power plant is being setup in
India at which place: Sambar Lake, Rajasthan
899) Govt has finalised the timeline for implementation of
the mega ADKIC project to promote industrial
activity in north India. What is the full form of
ADKIC: Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial
Corridor
900) For which part of India govt. has approved Rs. 2,130
crore expenditure under Special Accelerated Road
Development Programme (SARDP): North East
Region
901) RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including
in Tier 1 centres without its prior permission. Which
city come under tier 1: Centres cities with
population of one lakh and above
902) The Reserve Bank has advised banks to allot a
different product code in their core banking solution
to which type of accounts: Accounts which are
dormant or inoperative for over two years
903) Which film will represent India in the Best Foreign
Film category at 2014 Oscar Awards in USA: The
Good Road
904) Govt. has submitted in Supreme Court that it intends
to go ahead with Sethusamudram Project. It is
located in which area of India: Rocky terrain
between India and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of
Mannar
905) What is the geographical name for the
Sethusamudram: Adam’s Bridge
906) At which place is the World's highest-altitude civilian
airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level:
Daocheng, Near Tibet, China
907) Super Typhoon Usagi has caused widespread
damage in which part of the world: Philippines
and Taiwan
908) Who has been elected as the 12
th
President of
Pakistan: Mamnoon Hussain
909) Recently India post released a commemorative
stamp in the memory of freedom fighter and veteran
journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Name the news paper
founded by him: Punjab Kesari
Football
878) Durand Cup for 2013 was won by _____ ________
after a gap of 73 years: Mohammedan Sporting,
Kolkata
879) Durand Cup Football tournament was held at which
place: New Delhi
880) Dinesh K. Sarraf has been appointed head of which
Maharatna company: Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation
881) With a view to boost exports, government has raised
interest subvention on export loans to _______
percent: Three
882) 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted jointly by
which two countries: Australia and New Zealand
883) Govt. has recently relaxed certain pre conditions in
case of FDI in which field: Multi Brand Retail
884) With which country India has an arrangement to pay
in Indian rupees for its import of crude oil: Iran
885) Name the veteran British journalist and broadcaster,
famous for his TV interviews of various Heads of
States, who passed away recently: David Frost
886) How many industries are there in the core sector
within Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Eight
887) Which country has agreed to contribute 41% share
in the creation of a $100-billion Currency Reserve
Fund (CRF) by BRICS: China
888) Name the noted Bengali author who was killed in
Afghanistan by Taliban: Sushmita Banerjee
889) The mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of
Finland has been taken over by which multinational
company: Microsoft
890) A robot astronaut called ________developed by
Toyota Company of Japan, has made history by
becoming the first robot ever to speak in space:
Kirobo
891) As per recent RBI guidelines, Indians travelling
abroad can carry Indian currency of up to
Rs.__________ per person: 10,000
892) Which state in India has recorded the lowest
proportion of 3.66 % of poor living below poverty
line in urban areas: Sikkim
893) Which state in India has the lowest proportion –
5.09%, of the poor living below poverty line: Goa
894) India has recorded the largest increase in its
UHNI club among the BRICS nations in the last one
year, with a total of 7,850 super rich people in the
country. What is the full form of UHNI: Ultra-High
Networth Individual
895) Recent RBI guidelines have asked banks to close
accounts of those customers who use their credit or
debit cards for ________ transactions: Online
Forex
896) As per the food security Act notified recently,
________ % of country’s population will be covered
under food guarantee: 67
897) Which state in India emerged as the hottest
investment destination for new projects: Odisha
898) World largest solar power plant is being setup in
India at which place: Sambar Lake, Rajasthan
899) Govt has finalised the timeline for implementation of
the mega ADKIC project to promote industrial
activity in north India. What is the full form of
ADKIC: Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial
Corridor
900) For which part of India govt. has approved Rs. 2,130
crore expenditure under Special Accelerated Road
Development Programme (SARDP): North East
Region
901) RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including
in Tier 1 centres without its prior permission. Which
city come under tier 1: Centres cities with
population of one lakh and above
902) The Reserve Bank has advised banks to allot a
different product code in their core banking solution
to which type of accounts: Accounts which are
dormant or inoperative for over two years
903) Which film will represent India in the Best Foreign
Film category at 2014 Oscar Awards in USA: The
Good Road
904) Govt. has submitted in Supreme Court that it intends
to go ahead with Sethusamudram Project. It is
located in which area of India: Rocky terrain
between India and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of
Mannar
905) What is the geographical name for the
Sethusamudram: Adam’s Bridge
906) At which place is the World's highest-altitude civilian
airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level:
Daocheng, Near Tibet, China
907) Super Typhoon Usagi has caused widespread
damage in which part of the world: Philippines
and Taiwan
908) Who has been elected as the 12
th
President of
Pakistan: Mamnoon Hussain
909) Recently India post released a commemorative
stamp in the memory of freedom fighter and veteran
journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Name the news paper
founded by him: Punjab Kesari
GENERAL AWARENESS – APRIL 2014 86
910) Kaesong industrial park was the matter of dispute
between which two countries: North and South
Korea
911) Govt. has started a Rs. 1000 crore Nirbhaya Corpus
Fund for what purpose: For empowerment and
protection of women
912) Name the first programme started from Nirbhaya
Fund, aimed at helping the women who need special
protection measures, such as women in prostitution
or widowed women: Shubh
913) Ray Dolby, an inventor and audio pioneer from USA,
founder of Dolby Laboratories, passed away
recently. He is known for which product: Dolby
Stereo Sound System
914) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA) has become the first regulator in the world
to start an ___________system: Insurance
Repository
915) Name the international literary prize that has now
been made open to English authors from all over the
world: The Man Booker Prize
916) President of which country recently cancelled its
official visit to USA to protest against the spying
excesses of National Security Agency of USA:
Dilma Rousseff of Brazil
917) Which country has recently started Direct Banking,
offering banking services not through branches but
through various other means like internet, mobiles
and ATMs: China
918) Name the former world heavyweight boxing
champion, considered one of the greatest fighter of
his era, who passed away recently: Ken Norton
919) The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is planning to
rope in celebrities as brand ambassadors for the five
minority communities. Name these five
communities: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians,
Buddhist and Parsis
920) Name the organization that has acquired the Rs. 600
crore research vessel named Samudra Ratnakar:
Geological Survey of India
921) Who has been elected as Chancellor of Germany for
the third time in a row: Angela Markel (Ms)
922) India has been granted ‘authorizing nation’ status
for certifying which type of products: Electronics
and IT Products
923) Sandeep Tulsi Yadav created history by winning
India’s first ever wrestling medal in
_________category at World Wrestling
Championships: Greco-Roman
924) Name the Indian who has been honoured with
Clinton Global Citizen Award: Bunker Roy
925) RBI has directed banks to stop ________loans
schemes as they tend to befool the consumers into
believing that bank funding come for free: zero per
cent
926) With which country India conducted a joint military
exercise in general combat and mountain warfare:
Nepal
927) Indo-nepal joint military exercise was recently held
at which place: Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand
928) Erna Solberg has been elected as Prime Minister of
which country: Norway
929) Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament was held at
Johar Bahru in which country: Malaysia
930) National Junior Athletics Championship held
at_________, Kerala: Kochi
931) In which country a legislative decree has been
passed for reserving one seat in their parliament for
persons of Sikh/Hindu religion: Afghanistan
932) Wolesi Jirga is the equivalent of Indian Lok Sabha in
which country: Afghanistan
933) A severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that caused
widespread devastation in _______ district of
Balochistan, Pakistan: Awaran
934) Name the author of the book “Never Go Back”: Lee
Child
935) The sustainable mountain development summit was
held at which place: Kohima, Nagaland
936) The picture, The Good Road, that has been
nominated from India to Oscars, has been made in
which language: Gujarati
937) Name the film that won the Best Asian Film Award
at the 38
th
Toronto International Film Festival in
Canada: Qissa, A Punjabi Film
938) Govt has notified ________ as the new date for
implementing GAAR: April 1, 2016
939) What is the full form of GAAR: General Anti
Avoidance Rules
940) GAAR form an internal part of which law: Income
Tax Act
941) Grand Master Vidit Gujrathi who won the bronze
medal at an international event, is from which
game: Chess
942) The 18th International Children's Film Festival
(ICFFI)will be held at which place: Hyderabad
943) The Golden Elephant award for best film is given at
which film festival: International Children's Film
910) Kaesong industrial park was the matter of dispute
between which two countries: North and South
Korea
911) Govt. has started a Rs. 1000 crore Nirbhaya Corpus
Fund for what purpose: For empowerment and
protection of women
912) Name the first programme started from Nirbhaya
Fund, aimed at helping the women who need special
protection measures, such as women in prostitution
or widowed women: Shubh
913) Ray Dolby, an inventor and audio pioneer from USA,
founder of Dolby Laboratories, passed away
recently. He is known for which product: Dolby
Stereo Sound System
914) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA) has become the first regulator in the world
to start an ___________system: Insurance
Repository
915) Name the international literary prize that has now
been made open to English authors from all over the
world: The Man Booker Prize
916) President of which country recently cancelled its
official visit to USA to protest against the spying
excesses of National Security Agency of USA:
Dilma Rousseff of Brazil
917) Which country has recently started Direct Banking,
offering banking services not through branches but
through various other means like internet, mobiles
and ATMs: China
918) Name the former world heavyweight boxing
champion, considered one of the greatest fighter of
his era, who passed away recently: Ken Norton
919) The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is planning to
rope in celebrities as brand ambassadors for the five
minority communities. Name these five
communities: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians,
Buddhist and Parsis
920) Name the organization that has acquired the Rs. 600
crore research vessel named Samudra Ratnakar:
Geological Survey of India
921) Who has been elected as Chancellor of Germany for
the third time in a row: Angela Markel (Ms)
922) India has been granted ‘authorizing nation’ status
for certifying which type of products: Electronics
and IT Products
923) Sandeep Tulsi Yadav created history by winning
India’s first ever wrestling medal in
_________category at World Wrestling
Championships: Greco-Roman
924) Name the Indian who has been honoured with
Clinton Global Citizen Award: Bunker Roy
925) RBI has directed banks to stop ________loans
schemes as they tend to befool the consumers into
believing that bank funding come for free: zero per
cent
926) With which country India conducted a joint military
exercise in general combat and mountain warfare:
Nepal
927) Indo-nepal joint military exercise was recently held
at which place: Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand
928) Erna Solberg has been elected as Prime Minister of
which country: Norway
929) Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament was held at
Johar Bahru in which country: Malaysia
930) National Junior Athletics Championship held
at_________, Kerala: Kochi
931) In which country a legislative decree has been
passed for reserving one seat in their parliament for
persons of Sikh/Hindu religion: Afghanistan
932) Wolesi Jirga is the equivalent of Indian Lok Sabha in
which country: Afghanistan
933) A severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that caused
widespread devastation in _______ district of
Balochistan, Pakistan: Awaran
934) Name the author of the book “Never Go Back”: Lee
Child
935) The sustainable mountain development summit was
held at which place: Kohima, Nagaland
936) The picture, The Good Road, that has been
nominated from India to Oscars, has been made in
which language: Gujarati
937) Name the film that won the Best Asian Film Award
at the 38
th
Toronto International Film Festival in
Canada: Qissa, A Punjabi Film
938) Govt has notified ________ as the new date for
implementing GAAR: April 1, 2016
939) What is the full form of GAAR: General Anti
Avoidance Rules
940) GAAR form an internal part of which law: Income
Tax Act
941) Grand Master Vidit Gujrathi who won the bronze
medal at an international event, is from which
game: Chess
942) The 18th International Children's Film Festival
(ICFFI)will be held at which place: Hyderabad
943) The Golden Elephant award for best film is given at
which film festival: International Children's Film
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NERAL AWARENE
Festival
44) Name the
Ladakh Int
45) Horticultur
States (H
(NBM) hav
national m
(NHM).
46) RBI Gover
been hon
work by w
47) A panel
recommen
________f
states: 'M
48) As per Rag
for develo
developme
Relatively
49) A panel h
which stat
followed
50) A panel h which st
a
followed
51) Supreme democrac
y
by rejectin
the option
None of t
52) For which loan to Kolkata
53) NASA’s un
discovered
planet: Ma
54) Miss Philip
World 201
55) In a rece
digging of
country: S
SS – APRIL 2014
movie that wo
ternational Film
re Mission for
HMNEH) and
ve been merg
mission: Nation
rnor Dr. Ragh
oured for his
which German B
headed by
nded a new
for devolving
ulti Dimensio
ghuram Rajan
opment of sta
ent categories
y and Less de
eaded by Rag
te of India as
by Bihar
eaded by Rag
ate of India
by Kerala
Court has r
y the voter has
ng all the cand
n of _________
the Above (NO
metro city ADB
improve wate
nmanned rove
d traces of wat
ars
ppines _______
3: Megan You
ent ruling of
f ________ ha
Soil (Earth)
on the best film
m Festival: “OA
North East a
National Bam
ed with which
nal Horticult
uram G Rajan
ground brea
Bank: Deutsch
y Raghuram
methodology
funds for de
onal Index (M
report on alloc
ates, which a
s of the st
eveloped
ghuram Rajan
s least develop
ghuram Rajan
as most deve
ruled that fo
s the right to ne
didates in fray
_in EVMs and
OTA)
B has offered a
er and sanita
er – Curiosity
ter in the soil c
_ has been sel
ung
National Gre
as been banne
m award at the
ASS”
nd Himalayan
mboo Mission
h other major
ural Mission
n has recently
king research
he Bank
Rajan has
based on a
evelopment of
MDI)'.
cation of funds
are the three
tates: Least,
has identified
ped: Odisha,
has identified
eloped: Goa,
or a vibrant
egative voting
by exercising
ballot papers:
a $ 400 million
ation system:
has recently
cover of which
lected as Miss
een Tribunal,
ed across the
AJ
WED
A we
but n
Smith
deep
below
a cav
FIRE
Chine
pape
It ca
docu
PUT
An I
sized
patie
inside
the g
FINA
This
Afgha
that
enga
Britai
not a
confl
WAT
A ne
the d
fully been Lect
u
the s
of the
OLD
A fam
Shim
over
Reco
recor
up an
NOW
Finge
Instit
as us
be us
acces
Edited,
and Tr
160022
AJAB G
DDING AT 1
et wedding day
not for Hiroyuk
h from US wh
pest underwate
w the surface,
ve at Song Hon
EPROOF PAP
ese scientists h
er that will not
n be used for
ments.
TTING PACEM
ndian-origin do
d, leadless card
ent’s heart wit
e the heart dur
groin via the fe
ALLY, BRITI
year when
anistan, it will
British soldie
ged in fightin
in’s declaration
a year has pas
ict.
TCH TO TELL
ew chemical-ba
day it is by e
functional pro
developed by
urer at The Ne
scents in minut
e human body
DEST LIVING
mily of 13 sibl
moga, Karnataka
880 years, ha
ords to be the
rd is held by t
n amazing 855
W, A DEVICE
er Reader, a d
tute of Techno
sers run their f
sed by visually
ssing printed te
Printed and Publish
aining Institute Pvt.
and printed by him a
GAJA
30 METERS
y would be a
i Yoshida from
ho set a new
er wedding, tyi
in a ceremony
ng Lake, Trang,
PER FROM C
have invented a
catch fire eve
long time purp
MAKER WIT
octor has imp
diac pacemake
thout surgery.
ring a catheter
moral artery.
ISH FORCES
British force
be the first in
rs, sailors an
ng somewhere
n of war agains
ssed without it
L TIME BY F
ased watch let
emitting specia
ototype of the
Aisen Caro Ch
ew School, New
te doses and in
.
G FAMILY @
lings— eight b
a that claims t
as staked claim
oldest-living fa
the Brudenell s
5years.
E TO READ B
device develop
ology’s (MIT) M
fingers over ea
y impaired peo
ext and also fo
hed by Varinder Moha
Ltd., SCO 13-14-15,
at All tech Print Pack,
AB DU
UNDERWAT
disaster for m
Japan and his
Guinness worl
ng the knot at
spread over th
, Thailand.
CHINA
a new kind of
n at 1000 deg
pose to save th
THOUT OPER
lanted the firs
er in USA, dire
It is implan
r-guided proced
S MAY BE AT
es finally co
nstance since a
nd air crews
in the world
st Germany in A
ts forces being
FRAGRANCE
ts you know w
ally-designed fr
Scent Rhythm
hacin, a Physica
w York. The
n tune with cir
880 YEARS
brothers and fi
to have a com
m with the Gui
amily in the wo
siblings of Lon
BOOKS FOR
ped by the M
Media Lab, read
ach word. The
ople who requi
r language tran
an Singh Grover for
2
nd
Floor, Sector 34
182/4, Industrial Area
87
UNIA
TER
most couples,
s wife Sandra
d record for
t 130 meters
hree hours in
fire resistant
rees Celsius.
he important
RATION
st miniature-
ectly inside a
nted directly
dure through
T PEACE
me out of
at least 1914
will not be
. Since
August 1914,
g involved in
E
what time of
ragrances. A
m watch has
al Computing
watch emits
rcadian cycle
S
ve sisters in
bined age of
nness World
orld. Current
ndon, adding
YOU
assachusetts
ds text aloud
e device can
ire help with
nslation.
Gyanm Education
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a – I, Chandigarh.
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