Banks Special
1. The Okavango Delta became the 1000th UNESCO World Herit-age Site in June 2014. It is in?
1) Namibia 2) Zimbabwe
3) Mali 4) Botswana
5) South Africa
2. Gro Harlem Brundtland was awarded with the first Tang Prize in Sustainable Development in June 2014. She is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Denmark 2) Norway
3) Finland 4) Netherlands
5) Austria
3. The Tang Prize is awarded on a biennial basis in four categories. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Sustainable Development
2) Biopharmaceutical Science
3) Sinology 4) Rule of Law
5) Literature
4. Which Hindi poet was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2013 on June 20, 2014?
1) Sumitranandan Pant
2) Ramdhari Singh Dinakar
3) Naresh Mehta
4) Kedarnath Singh
5) None of these
5. Which India born Mexican plant scientist won the 2014 World Food Prize for his outstanding work in the improvement of wheat crop?
1) H.S. Gupta
2) Sanjay Rajaram 3) Anil Rai
4) Dinesh Kumar
5) S. Ayyappan
6. The World Food Prize was established in 1986 by?
1) M.S. Swaminathan
2) Food and Agriculture Organization
3) William Gaud
4) Norman Borlaug
5) International Rice Research Institute
7. The Tang Prize was established by Samuel Yin, a billionaire from?
1) USA 2) China
3) Taiwan 4) Russia
5) Japan
8. Which country will host the 41st G7/G8 Summit in 2015?
1) France 2) Italy
3) Germany 4) UK 5) Japan
9. Who has been appointed as Governor, State Bank of Pakistan with effect from April 29, 2014? (He succeeded Yaseen Anwar)
1) Ishrat Husain
2) Syed Salim Raza
3) Shahid Hafiz Kardar
4) Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
5) None of these
10. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is located in?
1) Mexico 2) USA
3) India 4) Philippines
5) Canada
11. Who resigned as the President of the Central African Republic on 2014 January 10 ?
1) Nicolas Tiangaye
2) Francois Bozize
3) Michel Djotodia
4) Abakar Sabon
5) None of these
12. Which is the first country where Wimbledon has run 'The Road to Wimbledon' tennis event outside the United Kingdom?
1) USA 2) Serbia
3) Russia 4) India
5) Switzerland
13. World Music Day is celebrated every year on?
1) June 20 2) June 21
3) June 24 4) June 25
5) June 27
14. Which of the following books is written by Romila Thapar?
1) The Reason for God-Belief in an Age of Scepticism
2) The Sceptical Patriot
3) Physics of the Future- The Inventions That Will Transform Our Lives
4) The Past as Present-Forging Contemporary Identities through History
5) None of these
15. Catherine Samba-Panza assumed office as the interim President of which of the following African countries on January 23, 2014? (She is the first woman to hold the post)
1) Niger 2) Chad
3) Mali 4) Namibia
5) Central African Republic
16. C.Radhakrishnan was selected for the Moortidevi Award for 2013 on June 13, 2014. He is an eminent writer in which of the following languages?
1) Tamil 2) Kannada
3) Hindi 4) Telugu
5) Malayalam
17. Who assumed office as the President of Madagascar on 2014 January 25?
1) Omer Beriziky Roger Kolo
2) Hery Rajaonarimampianina
3) Andry Rajoelina
4) Jean-Louis Robinson
5) Marc Ravalomanana
18. Which country's head of State has the largest name? (His full name has 44 characters)
1) Madagascar 2) Bhutan
3) Argentina 4) Indonesia
5) Mali
19. Who won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for 2014 for his book 'Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer'?
1) Jeet Thayil 2) Cyrus Mistry
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Shehan Karunatilaka
5) None of these
20. Cristiano Ronaldo is a renowned footballer from?
1) Brazil 2) Argentina
3) Portugal 4) Spain
5) Netherlands
21. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to 2014 Padma Awards?
1) 127 Padma Awards were giv-en which include Padma Vib-hushan for two individuals, Padma Bhushan for 24 and Padma Shri for 101 people
2) Out of 127 awardees 27 were women
3) 10 people belonged to categories like NRIs, PIOs, Foreigners and posthumous
4) Raghunath Mashelkar (Scientist) and B.K.S. Iyengar (Yoga Guru) are the Padma Vibhushan awardees
5) Film actors Paresh Rawal and Vidya Balan were given Padma Bhushan awards
22. Two sportspersons were given Padma Bhushan awards. One is Pullela Gopichand and the other is?
1) Anjum Chopra 2) Sunil Dabas
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Leander Paes 5) Yuvraj Singh
23. Who, among the following Padma Bhushan awardees, is an author?
1) K. Radhakrishnan
2) Begum Parveen Sultana
3) T.H. Vinayakram
4) Anita Desai
5) Vijayendra Nath Kaul
24. Justice Dalveer Bhandari is one of the 24 Padma Bhushan awardees this year. He is?
1) The Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
2) The Chairman of National Human Rights Commission
3) Member, International Court of Justice
4) The Chairman, National Green Tribunal
5) None of these
25. Yu Si was conferred the Tamil Nadu government's Thiruvallu-var award in January 2014. Yu Si is a poet from?
1) Taiwan 2) Thailand
3) South Korea 4) Laos
5) Vietnam
26. Lisa Maria Singh is one of the winners of the 2014 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman. She is a politician from?
1) Canada 2) Fiji
3) UK 4) Australia
5) USA
27. The 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual convention of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) was held in which of the following cities from 2014 January 7 to 9 ?
1) Kochi 2) Jaipur
3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai
5) Kolkata
28. The theme of the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in 2014 is Engaging Diaspora?
1) The Indian Growth Story
2) The Emotional Connect
3) India's Growth and Development
4) Connecting Across Generations
5) None of these
29. Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly resigned as the Chairman of which of the following States Human Rights Commission in January 2014?
1) Assam 2) Haryana
3) Odisha 4) Meghalaya
5) West Bengal
30. Aditya Joshi is the first male junior player from India to be ranked world number one in which of the following sports?
1) Squash 2) Badminton
3) Tennis 4) Golf
5) Snooker
31. Against which team did Corey Anderson of New Zealand score the fastest one day international century?
1) Pakistan 2) India
3) Australia 4) Bangladesh
5) West Indies
Key
1) 4 2) 2 3) 5 4) 4 5) 2
6) 4 7) 3 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1
11) 3 12) 4 13) 2 14) 4 15) 5
16) 5 17) 2 18) 1 19) 2 20) 3
21) 5 22) 4 23) 4 24) 3 25) 1
26) 4 27) 3 28) 4 29) 5 30) 2
31) 5
