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1. Who was recently awarded with the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times?a) Chinese President Xi Jinpingb) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abec) Myanmar President Thein SeinD) INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI

2. The first Adaptation Gap Report on Climate Change was recently released bya) World Bankb) United Nations Development Organisationc) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeD) UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

3. Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on earth'slower mantle known asa) Calciteb) Aragonitec) MuscoviteD) BRIDGMANITE

4. Name the places that will be connected by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which was inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 29 November 2014a) Lahore in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China

B) GWADAR PORT IN PAKISTAN AND XINJIANG IN CHINAc) Xinjiang in China and Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmird) Lahore in Pakistan with Shanghai in China

5. Who on 30 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay?a) Jose Mujicab) Luis Lacalle PouC) TABARE RAMON VAZQUEZ ROSASd) Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herran

6. State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 villages of a district as completely or partially scarcity affected. Name the district?a) Bhuj

B) KUTCHc) Mandvid) Adipur

7. Indian Navy in the first week of December 2014 selected a company to fulfillthe services Multi-Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surfacewarfare among other maritime roles. Name the company.a) Finmeccanicab) AgustaWestlandC) SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPd) Rafael

8. Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on 6 December 2014. The day is

observed to pay tribute to whom of the following?a) Lord BuddhaB) DR BR AMBEDKARc) Lal Bahadur Shastrid) Rajendra Prasad

9. Union Government on 5 December 2014 sent five Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft and one naval vessel carrying a large consignment of potable water toa country which was facing a national water crisis. Name the country?a) Pakistan

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B) MALDIVESc) Afghanistand) Myanmar

10. A State Government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps without prior approval of district civil surgeons. Name the state that banned health camps?A) PUNJABb) Chhattisgarhc) Bihard) Meghalaya

11. Air India on 4 December 2014 signed an MoU for implementation of the monetisation of assets of Air India at various locations on joint venture basis withA) NATIONAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LIMITEDb) Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltdc) Star Allianced) Boeing

12. Justice V. R. Iyer died on 4 December 2014 at the age of 100. Which of the following statement is/are true in context of this personality?I. He was born in 1914 at Vaidyanathapuram near Palakkad, in Malabar region of Kerala in a Tamil Brahmin familyII. He is the last but one Supreme Court judge who have previously served as a p

oliticianIII. He served as the Home Minister in the first Communist Ministry in Kerala.IV. He never served as a Law Commission Chairmana) Only Statement I is only trueb) Only Statement IV is only truec) Only Statement I, II and III are trued) All four statements are true

13. Raninder Singh an accomplished international level trap shooter was in newsin December 2014 fora) Becoming the first Indian to get elected as a member of the executive committee of ISSFb) Being elected as the President of Sports Authority of India

c) Becoming the first Indian to get elected to the executive committee of International Olympics Committee.d) Being elected as the President of Badminton Association of India

14. Infosys on 4 December 2014 appointed a Stanford Professor as an Independentmember on its Board of Directors (BoD). Name him?a) Ashton Carterb) John W. Etchemendyc) John L Hennessyd) Condoleezza Rice

15. Indian Oil on 4 December 2014 won the 119th Beighton Cup after defeating Punjab National Bank in tie-breaker at the SAI Eastern Centre in Kolkata. Beighton

Cup is associated with which game?a) Kho Khob) Hockeyc) Footballd) Kabbadi

16. Deodhar Trophy of cricket for the season 2014-15 was won by?a) East Zoneb) West Zonec) South Zone

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d) North Zone

17. Supreme Court constituted a Social Justice Bench, comprising of two judges for delivery of speedy justice in a range of social issues. The bench will be headed by?a) Justice T.S. Thakurb) Justice Madan B Lokurc) Justice U U Lalitd) Justice Anil R. Dave

18. Name the author of the book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai (1887-1951)?a) Rajmohan Gandhib) Sundarajan Padmanabhanc) Madhav Khoslad) Rajdeep Sardesai

19. Name the head of the 15-member Committee that was formed by State Governmentof Meghalaya on 3 December 2014 to speed up the process of getting Khasi included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?a) R C Laloob) Rowell Lyngdohc) Prestone Tynsongd) Deborah C Marak

20. Name the person who was recently appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)a) Acharya Shivpoojan Sahayb) Ranjit Sinhac) Anil Kumar Sinhad) Sharad Kumar

21. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December2014 approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013. The Bill seeks to amend the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act passed in?a) 1975b) 1976

c) 1977d) 1979

22. Recently, second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 was launched by which country?a) The USb) Japanc) Russiad) United Kingdom

23. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 3 December 2014 issued Press Note 10 of 2014 series to relax FDI norms for which sector of Indian economy?

a) Defenceb) Railwaysc) Insuranced) Construction development

24. Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2014. It is observed to commemorate?a) The success of India over Pakistan in 1971 warb) The participation of Royal Indian Navy in World War-IIc) The success of Operation Trident of Indian Navy in 1971d) The establishment day of Royal Indian Navy in 1945

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25. RBI on 4 December 2014 notified norms to set up Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). The TReDS will facilitate the financing of bills of which sector of Indian economy?a) MSME sectorb) Khadi and Rural sectorc) Agriculture sectord) All of the above

26. Researchers led by Professor Gene K Beare developed Worlds fastest 2D camera atthe National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Washington University. Which new technique is used in this 2D camera?a) Compressed ultrafast photographyb) Compressed imaging photographyc) Both (a) and (b)d) None of these

27. The US President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014 nominated the next defencesecretary of US. Name the personalitya) Ashton Carterb) Chuck Hagelc) James V Forrestald) Robert M Gates

28. Recently, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) relaxed FDI norms for the construction development sector. In this context consider the following statements.I. 100 percent of FDI is allowed through the automatic routeII. The minimum floor area requirement IS 20000 square metres in construction development projects.Which is/are correct?a) I onlyb) II onlyc) Both I and IId) Neither I nor II

29. Recently, International Criminal Court withdrew the charges of crimes agains

t humanity against the President of a country of African continent. Name the countrya) Kenyab) Ethiopiac) Nigeriad) South Sudan

30. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation observed the Worlds First Soil Day on which date of the year 2014?a) 1 Decemberb) 30 Novemberc) 4 Decemberd) 5 December

Answers1)-d; 2)-d; 3)-d; 4)-b; 5)-c; 6)-b; 7)-c8)-b; 9)-b; 10)-a; 11)-a; 12)-c; 13)-a; 14)-b15)-b; 16)-a; 17)-b; 18)-a; 19)-a; 20)-c; 21)-b22)-b; 23)-d; 24)-c; 25)-a; 26)-a; 27)-a; 28)-c29)-a; 30)-d