1.    India won a bronze medal for the first time in which of the following tournaments in May 2014?  
     1) Thomas Cup      2) Uber Cup
     3) Sudirman Cup   4) Fed Cup
     5) None of these

 2.    Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on?
     1) May 16, 2014   
     2) May 20, 2014  
     3) May 26, 2014   
     4) June 2, 2014
     5) May 13, 2014        

 3.    Jose Mario Vaz assumed office as the President of which of the following African countries on June 23, 2014?    
     1) Liberia
     2) South Sudan
     3) Sierra Leone
      4) Guinea-Bissau
     5) Lesotho

 4.    Donna Vekic won the 2014 Malaysian Open tennis title. She belongs to?
     1) Slovakia  2) Czech Republic
     3) Serbia      4) Uzbekistan      
     5) Croatia

 5.    The 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize was won by Ahmet Sik, an investigative journalist from?  
     1) Iran    2) Iraq    3) Syria               
     4) Turkey    5) Kuwait

 6.    The 24th ASEAN Summit was held in which of the following cities in May 2014?
     1) Singapore     2) Jakarta
     3) Manila
     4) Bandar Seri Begawan
     5) Nay Pyi Taw

 7.    A two-day conference on nuclear test ban for Southeast Asia and Pacific Far East regions was held in May 2014 in?   
     1) Burma    2) Japan
     3) Indonesia    4) South Korea
     5) Philippines

 8.    The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is headquartered in?
     1) France     2) UK
     3) Canada     4) Sweden
     5) Switzerland

 9.    Who decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not?
     1) Union Finance Minister
     2) President
     3) Prime Minister
     4) Lok Sabha Speaker
     5) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister

 10.    Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?
     1) Madhya Pradesh
     2) Odisha     3) Chhattisgarh  
     4) Assam     5) Karnataka

 11.    The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities will be held in?
     1) Dublin, Ireland  
     2) Toronto, Canada  
     3) Shanghai, China  
     4) Los Angeles, USA  
     5) Frankfurt, Germany

 12.    Naveen Patnaik has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the?
     1) Second consecutive term
     2) Third consecutive term
     3) Fourth consecutive term
     4) Fifth consecutive term
     5) None of these

 13.    Who assumed office as the President of Panama on July 1, 2014?
     1) Isabel Saint Malo
     2) Ricardo Martinelli
     3) Samuel Lewis Navarro  
     4) Juan Carlos Varela  
     5) None of these

 14.    In which of the following states the ruling party is Biju Janata Dal?
     1) Bihar    2) Tripura    3) Odisha
     4) West Bengal
     5) Karnataka

 15.    Mark Selby and John Astley are associated with?
     1) Snooker       2) Golf    3) Chess
     4) Table Tennis      5) Athletics

 16.    Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison for bribery. He is the former Prime Minister of?
     1) Syria     2) Israel
     3) Yemen    4) Lebanon
     5) Libya

 17.    Which of the following is the currency of Argentina?
     1) Real         2) Riel   
     3) Shekel     4) Peso  
     5) Franc
 
     KEY
     1) 2    2) 3    3) 4    4) 5     5) 4    6) 5    7) 3    8) 5     9) 4    10) 3    11) 4    12) 3     13) 4    14) 3    15) 1    16) 2
     17) 4