SBI Pos Special
 
 1.    The World Health Organization (WHO) in a study of 1600 cities ranked which city as the world's worst city for air pollution?
     1) New Delhi        2) Mumbai
     3) Kolkata        4) London
     5) New York
 
 2.    Alenka Bratusek resigned as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 5, 2014? (She was the first woman Prime Minister of this European country)
     1) Serbia        2) Slovenia
     3) Slovakia        4) San Marino
     5) Montenegro
 
 3.    Who won the World Snooker Championship title at The Crucible, Sheffield, England in May 2014?
     1) John Higgins
     2) Ronnie O' Sullivan
     3) Mark Selby     4) Shaun Murphy
     5) Alan McManus
 
 4.    Who assumed office as the President of Costa Rica on May 8, 2014? (He succeeded Laura Chinchilla)
     1) Helio Fallas Venegas
     2) Johnny Araya Monge
     3) Alfio Piva
     4) Luis Guillermo Solis
     5) Oscar Arias     
 
 5.    India's first indigenous refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex will come up at Pachpadra in Barmer district of?
     1) Uttar Pradesh      
     2) Gujarat
     3) Himachal Pradesh            
     4) Haryana        
     5) Rajasthan
 
 6.    The first Sree Narayana Guru Global Secular and Peace Award 2013 has been conferred on?
     1) Oommen Chandy   
     2) Sachin Pilot   
     3) Shashi Tharoor         
     4) V. Narayanasamy      
     5) Sheila Dixit  
 
 7.    The commodity forward trading regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is now under the administrative control of the Finance Ministry. Previously FMC was regulated by the Ministry of?
     1) Rural Development
     2) Commerce and Industry      
     3) Corporate Affairs
     4) Consumer Affairs
          
 5)    Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
 8.    Which State has been selected for the 2013 National Literacy Award?
     1) Jharkhand     
     2) Uttarakhand    
     3) Chhattisgarh
     4) Bihar        5) Rajasthan
 
 9.    The Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee on Customer Service in Banks. The Committee was headed by?
     1) M. Damodaran       
     2) M. Rajyalakshmi Rao     
     3) Ashok Rawat     
     4) M.V. Nair
     5) M. Sundara Rajan       
 
 10.    The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has formed a committee to examine the recommendation made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on pricing of spectrum. The Committee is chaired by?
     1) Anil Kaushal 2) Sam Pitroda
     3) Rahul Khullar
     4) C. Rangarajan
     5) None of these
 
 11.    Which two countries held talks for the first time in three decades in September 2013?
     1) USA - North Korea   
     2) USA - Cuba   
     3) North Korea - South Korea     
     4)  USA - Iran   
     5) India - Myanmar    
 
 12.    Which country awarded the 2013 Whistleblower Prize to Edward Snowden?
     1) Russia        2) Germany      
     3) Ecuador        4) UK     
     5) France
 
 13.    The Finance Ministry oversees operations of several regulators. Which of the following is not one of them?
     1) SEBI  2) IRDA     3) PFRDA    4) FMC                 5) TRAI
 
 14.    The United Nations Organization designated which of the following days as the International Day of Charity? (It is the death anniversary of Mother Teresa)
     1) September 15
     2) September 16
     3) September 3
     4) September 9
     5) September 5
 
 15.    A nuclear power plant will be built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Mithi Virdi village in?
     1) Rajasthan        2) Gujarat
     3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Bihar
     5) Odisha
 
 16.    Which country has developed the world's first Zinc-enriched rice variety capable of fighting diarrhea and pneumonia-induced childhood deaths and stunt growth?
     1) India        2) Philippines    
     3) Bangladesh        4) China
     5) Pakistan
 
 17.    WZ-10 is an attack helicopter recently launched by?
     1) Israel        2) Pakistan
     3) India        4) China   
     5) Japan
 
 18.    The inaugural Mahathir Award for Global Peace was given to Nelson Mandela in 2013. Which country gives this award?
     1) Indonesia        2) Brunei
     3) Turkey        4) Afghanistan  
     5) Malaysia       
   
 19.    Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in September 2013?
     1) Moscow, Russia    
     2) Yekaterinburg, Russia  
     3) Beijing, China      
     4) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan         
     5) Shanghai, China   
 
 20.    Which one of the following countries is not an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
     1) Afghanistan         2) India
     3) Iran        4) Mongolia
     5) Japan
 
 21.    Sebastiaan Bowier has broken the bicycle world speed record recently. He belongs to?
     1) Germany        2) Netherlands
     3) UK         4) Spain
     5) France
 
 22.    Which Indian company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Airlines to launch a joint-venture airline?
     1) Aditya Birla Group
     2) Yash Birla Group
     3) Tata Sons        4) Reliance
     5) Bajaj
 
 23.    The Imperial Bank of India came into existence on January 27, 1921 on the advice of?
     1) Winston Churchill  
     2) Lord Illingworth      
     3) J.M .Keynes        
     4) Lord Curzon     
     5) King George V   
 
 24.    In India, the commercial banks are given license of operation by the?
     1) Ministry of Finance  
     2) Finance Commission   
     3) Government of India  
     4) Planning Commission
     5) None of these    
 
 25.    Which one of the following is not an international organization?
     1) SAARC        2) ASEM    
     3) ASEAN    4) CBDT
     5) SCO    
 
 26.    The Indian Diamond Institute is located in?
     1) New Delhi        2) Surat     
     3) Mumbai        4) Jaipur   
     5) Nagpur  
 
 27.    Martyrs' Day is observed on?
     1) January 9        2) January 15
     3) January 30         4) January 24  
     5) January 25   
 
 28.    The State of Food Insecurity in the World Report is published every year by?
 1)    The Food and Agriculture Organization
 2)    The International Fund for Agriculture Development
 3)    The World Food Program
 4)    Both 1 and 2
 5)    All 1, 2 and 3
 
 29.    According to the new State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 report, how many million people suffered from chronic hunger during 2011-13?
 1)    842 million
 2)    620 million
 3)    773 million  
 4)    752 million   
 5)    653 million
 
 30.    China has launched its first Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) in?
     1) Beijing        2) Shanghai         
     3) Canton          4) Shenzhen        
     5) Guangzhou  
 
 31.    Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute is located in?
     1) Ranchi         2) Jhansi
     3) Patna         4) Karnal
     5) Gurgaon
 
 32.    The Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) was first introduced in?
     1) Madhya Pradesh
     2) Andhra Pradesh
     3) Uttar Pradesh
     4) Rajasthan     
     5) Maharashtra  
 
 33.    Which of the following is/are source/s of agricultural credit in India?
     1) RRBs        
     2) Moneylenders
     3) Commercial Banks
     4) Both 1 and 3     
     5) All 1,2 and 3
 
 34.    Which of the following is known as the 'City of Canals'?
     1) Amsterdam         2) Rome
     3) Venice       4) Athens      
     5) Paris
 
 35.    Africa is separated from Europe by?
     1) Red Sea
     2) Mediterranean Sea
     3) Atlantic Ocean
     4) Persian Gulf     
     5) None of these
 
 36.    The President's rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India remains valid in the State for a maximum period of?
     1) One month     
     2) Three months
     3) Six months        
     4) One year
     5) Two years
 
 37.    Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
     COUNTRY            CAPITAL
     1) Venezuela                    Bogotá
     2) New Zealand             Auckland
     3) Colombia                      Caracas  
     4) Cyprus                    Nicosia
     5) Chile                         Quito

 38.    Dampa Tiger Reserve is the largest wildlife sanctuary in?
 1)    Mizoram     2) Assam  
 3)    Nagaland    4) Rajasthan
 5)    Tripura  
 
 39.    Which country won the 2013 SAFF Football championship in Kathmandu, Nepal?
     1) Afghanistan     2) India
     3) Sri Lanka        4) Nepal
     5) Pakistan
 
 40.    Which one of the following books is written by Ramachandra Guha?
 1)    India and Malaysia :
     Intertwined Strand
 2)    The King's Deception
 3)    Narcopolis
 4)    The Lowland
 5)    Gandhi Before India
 
 Key
 1) 1    2) 2    3) 3    4) 4    5) 5
 6) 3    7) 4    8) 3    9) 1    10) 1
 11) 4    12) 2    13) 5    14) 5    15) 2
 16) 3    17) 4    18) 5    19) 4    20) 5
 21) 2    22) 3    23) 3    24) 5    25) 4
 26) 2    27) 3    28) 5    29) 1    30) 2
 31) 2    32) 5    33) 5    34) 3    35) 2
 36) 3    37) 4    38) 1    39) 1    40) 5