1. Who won the first gold medal for India at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on July 24, 2014?
1) Sanjita Khumukcham Chanu
2) Mirabai Saikhom Chanu
3) Shushila Devi Likmabam
4) Abhinav Bindra
5) Malaika Goel
2. Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation as Prime Minister of which of the following countries on July 24, 2014?
1) Russia 2) Ukraine 3) Georgia
4) Bulgaria 5) Slovakia
3. Former Uttar Pradesh Speaker and five-time MLA Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn-in as the 20th Governor of which of the following States on July 24, 2014?
1) Punjab 2) Haryana
3) West Bengal
4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Odisha
4. The 2014 Human Development Report was released on July 24, 2014. What is India's rank in the 2014 Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) 146 2) 145 3) 73
4) 135 5) 139
5. The 15th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated in India on which of the following dates in 2014?
1) July 12 2) July 18 3) July 11 4) July 22 5) July 26
6. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in which of the following cities?
1) London, England
2) Sydney, Australia
3) Auckland, New Zealand
4) Hamilton, Canada
5) Cardiff, Wales
7. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Awards?
1) Golden Boot-James Rodriguez
2) Golden Ball - Lionel Messi
3) Golden Glove - Manuel Neuer
4) Best Young Player-Paul Pogba
5) Fair Play - Brazil
8. Which country was ranked number one in the 2014 Human Development Index?
1) Norway 2) Australia
3) Switzerland 4) Netherlands
5) USA
9. The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) would dev- elop a 1,320 MW Kajra thermal project in Lakhisarai district of?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar
4) Haryana 5) Jammu& Kashmir
10. Which of the following teams won the Hockey India League in February 2014?
1) Delhi Waveriders
2) Punjab Warriors
3) Ranchi Rhinos
4) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
5) None of these
11. Who won the National Billiards Championship in Lucknow on February 26, 2014?
1) Sourav Kothari
2) Alok Kumar 3) B. Bhaskar
4) Dhruv Sitwala
5) None of these
12. DeepMind Technologies is a British artificial intelligence company. Which of the following companies acquired it in January 2014?
1) Facebook 2) Google 3) Oracle 4) Microsoft 5) IBM
13. Which of the following State governments recently launched "Samajwadi Pension Scheme"?
1) Bihar 2) Uttarakhand
3) Jharkhand 4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
14. Chilika lagoon has been named 'destination flyways' by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). It is in?
1) Kerala 2) Gujarat
3) Odisha 4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Assam
15. Sakhee, Nirbhaya and Parivar Suraksha are the three health insurance policies for women account holders of?
1) State Bank of India
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) ICICI Bank
4) Bhartiya Mahila Bank
5) Axis Bank
16. India has signed a $300 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank to help improve road connectivity in which of the following States?
1) Sikkim 2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
17. Air Costa is an Indian regional airline based in?
1) Madurai 2) Chennai
3) Bangalore 4) Vijayawada
5) Mangalore
18. Air Costa signed an agreement with Embraer, the world's largest maker of regional aircraft, to buy 50 jets valued at $2.94 billion. Embraer is based in?
1) Spain 2) Portugal 3) Brazil
4) Russia 5) Japan
19. Which of the following private banks has launched its toll-free banking service which will help customers in carrying out six basic banking transactions just by dialing the numbers on February 17, 2014?
1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank 4) Yes Bank
5) None of these
20. Amul has recently launched India's first milk ATM, Any Time Milk vending machine in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Tamil Nadu
3) Gujarat 4) Kerala
5) Maharashtra
21. Which of the following States became India's first State with 100 per cent sanitation coverage, in February 2014?
1) Sikkim 2) Goa 3) Kerala
4) Punjab 5) Assam
22. Which of the following railway zones launched HYLITES, a live train enquiry system in February 2014?
1) Western Railway
2) South Central Railway
3) Northern Railway
4) North Eastern Railway
5) Central Railway
23. A constitutional referendum was held in which of the following countries in January 2014 in which the new constitution was approved by 98.1% of voters?
1) Iraq 2) Syria 3) Egypt
4) Belgium 5) Canada
24. Which of the following countries have conducted their first naval war games in the Mediterranean Sea in January 2014?
1) Russia and UK
2) Russia and China
3) China and Pakistan
4) China and Italy
5) Russia and Turkey
25. BiblioTech is the first bookless, all-digital public library in the?
1) UK 2) Canada 3) Denmark
4) Finland 5) USA
26. Which world leader set a new Guinness World Record by delivering the largest online Civics class in the world in February 2014?
1) Viktor Yanukovych
2) Shimon Peres
3) Barack Obama
4) David Cameron
5) Stephen Harper
27. Yulia Lipnitskaya is the youngest figure skater to win gold at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February 2014. She belongs to?
1) Ukraine 2) South Korea
3) Russia 4) Latvia 5) Lithuania
28. In which of the following fund transfer is settled instantly without being bunched with any other transaction?
1) NEFT 2) EFT 3) TT
4) RTGS 5) None of these
29. Which of the following was replaced by the Base Rate system with effect from July 1, 2010?
1) Bank Rate 2) BPLR
3) MSF 4) LAF 5) Repo Rate
30. Joachim Gauck visited India recently. He is the?
1) President of France
2) Prime Minister of France
3) President of Germany
4) Prime Minister of Italy
5) Prime Minister of Portugal
31. The Reserve Bank of India will introduce about one billion plastic notes of which of the following denominations?
1) Rs 20 2) Rs 50 3) Rs 100
4) Rs 10 5) Rs 500
32. Which of the following trophies/cups is given to the winner of the Cricket match between the Ranji Trophy champion and Rest of India?
1) Vijay Hazare Trophy
2) Vizzy Trophy 3) Irani Cup
4) NKP Salve Trophy
5) None of these
33. 10,000 MW nuclear power project will be built at Kovvada of which of the following districts in Andhra Pradesh?
1) Prakasham 2) Krishna
3) Srikakulam 4) Anantapur
5) Kurnool
34. Which of the following companies has announced that it had agreed to acquire Mumbai based Loop Mobile for Rs 700 crore?
1) Vodafone 2) Bharti Airtel
3) Idea 4) Reliance
5) None of these
35. Which country will host the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in 2016?
1) India 2) Chile 3) France
4) South Korea 5) China
36. Who is the United Nations' Special Envoy for Refugees?
1) Angelina Jolie 2) Julia Roberts
3) Britney Spears
4) Katherine Zeta Jones
5)Emma Watson
37. Kanyashree Prakalpa, a scheme that provides scholarship to girls from economically backward backgrounds, has been given international recognition by DFID and UNICEF. This scheme was launched by?
1) Odisha 2) West Bengal
3) Tripura 4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
38. What is India's rank in terms of foreign money lying with Swiss banks?
1) 69 2) 74 3) 58 4) 70 5) 63
39. Which country has retained its top position with highest share of close to 20 percent of global wealth in Swiss banking system?
1) UK 2) USA 3) Germany
4) Pakistan 5) China
40. Shaida Abdali is which country's Ambassador to India?
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan
3) Iran 4) Syria 5) Iraq
41. Which of the following countries does not have a woman Prime Minister at present?
1) Latvia 2) Bangladesh
3) Trinidad and Tobago
4) Denmark 5) Thailand
42. Om Prakash Singh Karhana of India won a gold medal in the 6th Asian indoor athletics championships held in Hangzhou, China in February 2014 in?
1) Javelin throw
2) Shot put 3) Pole vault
4) Discus throw 5) None of these
43. Who won the Zurich Chess challenge tournament on February 5, 2014?
1) Fabiano Caruana
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Magnus Carlsen
4) Levon Aronian
5) Boris Gelfand
44. Who won the winter club open squash tournament in Winnipeg, Canada on February 3, 2014?
1) Dipika Pallikal
2) Heba El Torky 3) SiyoliWaters
4) Joshna Chinappa
5) None of thes
45. Which of the following teams won the Irani Cup Cricket in Bangalore on February 12, 2014?
1) Karnataka 2) Rest of India
3) Mumbai 4) Delhi 5) Baroda
46. Which of the following Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket teams bought Yuvraj Singh for a record Rs 14 crore on February 12, 2014?
1) Delhi Daredevils
2) Kolkata Knight Riders
3) Kings XI Punjab
4) Mumbai Indians
5) Royal Challengers Bangalore
47. Who became the first New Zeal- and batsman to score triple century in Tests in February 2014?
1) B.J. Watling
2) James Neesham 3) RossTaylor
4) Brendon McCullum
5) Corey Anderson
48. Who is the Chairman of the Seventh Pay Commission?
1) Justice A.K. Patnaik
2) Justice P.C. Ghose
3) Justice Dipak Mishra
4) Justice A.M. Khanwilkar
5) Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
KEY
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5;
6) 4; 7) 5; 8) 1; 9) 3; 10) 1;
11) 1; 12) 2; 13) 5; 14) 3; 15) 4;
16) 3; 17) 4; 18) 3; 19) 2; 20) 3;
21) 1; 22) 2; 23) 3; 24) 2; 25) 5;
26) 2; 27) 3; 28) 4; 29) 2; 30) 3;
31) 4; 32) 3; 33) 3; 34) 2; 35) 2;
36) 1; 37) 2; 38) 3; 39) 1; 40) 2;
41) 5; 42) 2; 43) 3; 44) 4; 45) 1;
46) 5; 47) 4; 48) 5.
