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JANUARY 2014 AMRITSAR-KOLKATA INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR Spinning off a massive infrastructure and manufacturing zone, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) and formation of the AKIC Development Corporation (AKICDC). The Corridor is proposed to be developed in a band of 150-200 km on either side of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in a phased manner. It would comprise a belt of at least 5.5 lakh sq km in the seven states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.  

INDIA’s INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORRIDOR India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar have decided to develop a joint trade corridor that will include developing multi-modal transport, such as road, rail, waterways and airways, joint power projects and telecommunication networks. The corridor will run from Kunming (a metro in south west China) to Kolkata, linking Mandalay in Myanmar as well as Dhaka and Chittagong in Bangladesh.

NEW SET OF REGULATIONS FROM SEBI SEBI has come out with a stricter set of settlement procedures and a framework for providing refunds to small investors hit by irregularities in the markets. For collective investment (money-pooling) schemes, SEBI has advised that all transactions should be conducted through cheque, draft or other banking channels but not in cash. Further, SEBI has been empowered to order search and seizure operations during investigations of financial irregularities.

FIRST FDI IN MULTIBRAND RETAIL The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved UK-based Tesco Plc's proposal to enter the Indian multi-brand retail segment in joint venture with Tata Group company - Trent Hypermarket Ltd, with an initial investment of US$ 110 million (about Rs 680 crore).  Tesco is the first global retailer to apply for multi- brand retailing after the government allowed 51 per cent FDI in the segment in September last year.   24X7 TRADE FROM WAGAH BORDER After a 16-month gap, India and Pakistan resumed their trade talks by announcing a series of steps, including 24x7 trade activity at the Attari-Wagah border, allowing movement of container cargo, opening of bank branches, issuing more business visas and having a non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) programme in both countries. EPFO PERKS UP INTEREST TO 8.75% The retirement fund body EPFO(Employees Provident Fund Organisation) has decided to increase the rate of interest on provident fund deposits from 8.5% at present to 8.75% for 2013-14, a move that will benefit about 5 crore subscribers. 10 % STAKE SALE IN IOC A panel of ministers has approved the sale of a 10 per cent stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp to two state exploration firms, Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd and Oil India Ltd. The sale may raise around Rs. 5,000 crore to narrow govt’s budget deficit.

POSCO GETS GREEN NOD South Korean giant Posco has won environmental clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha, ending eight years of wait for a project that would involve the largest-ever foreign direct investment in India. The steel giant had inked a pact with Odisha government in June 2005 to set up the plant on 4,004 acres of land. INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS With a view to boost manufacturing sector, govt has extended the benefits of the National Manufacturing Policy throughout the country wherever industry can organise itself into clusters and adopt a self regulatory model. AIRCRAFT MRO PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE RBI has decided that for the purpose of external commercial borrowings (ECB), 'Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’ (MRO) of aircrafts will be treated as a part of airport infrastructure. This will give a boost to the MRO industry which currently has an annual turnover of over $800 million. WORLD BANK AID FOR SANITATION The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low Income States (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh) to improve piped water supply and sanitation.   $700MN ADB LOAN FOR INFRA DEVELOPMENT The ADB has agreed to provide $700 million loan under the Accelerating Infrastructure Investment Facility in India (AIIFI) to support the government's efforts to accelerate infrastructure growth. $100MN ADB LOAN TO MEGHALAYA In its first loan to India for boosting education and skills, Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide $100 million loan for the project -- Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya for providing vocational and educational training to youth.

As per a UN report, India received $ 28 billion as FDI, ranking 16th among the top 20 global economies receiving the most FDI in 2013.

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AWARDS & HONOURS

FEBRUARY 2014 VYAS SAMMAN 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi, noted Hindi writer for his memoir ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’ - a biography of veteran Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.

RAMANUJAN MATHEMATICS AWARD: Anand Kumar, founder of Super 30 classes in Patna.

E&Y ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2013: Uday Kotak, executive vice-chairman, Kotak Mahindra Bank E&Y LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dr Yusuf K Hamied, Chairman, Cipla. AMAZING INDIAN AWARD: Arunima Sinha for scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged. She lost her right leg in 2011 after being thrown off a moving train.

67TH BAFTA AWARDS ANNOUNCED The British Academy of Film and Television Arts annual awards ceremony was held at London, UK. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave by Steve McQueen Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave Best Actress: Kate Blanchet, Blue Jasmine Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for ‘Gravity’ CRYSTAL BEAR AWARD: won by Marathi film 'Killa', directed by Avinash Arun for the Best Film awarded by the Children's Jury in Generation K plus section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. INTERNATIONAL GANDHI AWARD-2013: Dr. Vijay Kumar Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for making outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy treatment.

'ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP'- a prestigious civil award of Russia, conferred on A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russia joint venture to produce supersonic BrahMos missiles.

JANUARY 2014

PADMA AWARDS - 2014 Instituted in 1954, Padma Awards are announced every year on eve of Republic Day in all fields of human excellence. The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and award to foreigners) should not be more than 120. The decoration comprises a medal and a certificate and no cash reward.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN – 2 Only Name Field State Dr. Raghunath A

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Ashok Chakradhar Lit. and Education Delhi Anjum Chopra Sports- Cricket Delhi Sunil Dabas Sports- Kabbadi Haryana

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59th FILMFARE AWARDS 2014

Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Best Actress: Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram

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DECEMBER 2013 NELSON MANDELA: South Africa’s first elected African president (1994-99) and a global anti-apartheid icon who got South Africa freed from the clutches of its European (white) rulers in 1994 through a public election. He served over 27 years (1962-1990) in prison. Was honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1990 for espousing Gandhian values and with Noble Peace Prize in 1994. Mr Mandela is popularly called ‘Madiba’ as a sign of both respect and affection. Madiba was the name of the first Chief of the Thembu clan to which Mr Mandela belongs. FAROOQ SHEIKH: Veteran actor of Hindi Cinema SIS RAM OLA: Union Labour and Employment Minister

PLACES IN NEWS

FEBRUARY 2014 CHANDOLI: village in Alwar district of Rajasthan was declared as India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village). The programme aims at introducing digital literacy skills in identified minority clusters in India. KIEV: Capital town of Ukraine was in news as it witnessed repeated widespread bloody clashes between the government lead by pro Russia President Victor Yanukovych and armed anti government protestors. The protests started when Yanukovych announced abandoning an agreement that would strengthen ties with the EU.

JANUARY 2014 GORAKHPUR: village in Fatehabad district of Haryana was in news as foundation stone was laid there for a 2,800 megawatt nuclear power plant- Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna. KARBI ANGLONG: A hilly district in Central Assam was in news as it witnessed widespread violent clashes between the ethnic insurgent Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and the Rengma Naga Hills Protection Force (RNHPF). As a result thousands of Karbi and Rengma tribals were forced to leave their homes and take shelter in local refugee camps. SOUTH SUDAN: The country has been hit by unrest since Dec. 15, when fighting among loyal and rebel presidential guards in the capital city Juba later spiraled across the country. Anti govt forces are being led by the former Vice-President Riek Machar and his men from Nuer tribe. Currently, battle is on for control of Bor - a major town in eastern Sudan. VOLGOGRAD: the Russian city was in news as it witnessed two ghastly terror attacks by suicide bombers, killing over thirty persons and seriously wounding several others. The surge in terror attacks comes a little over a month ahead of Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi in Russia.

DECEMBER 2013 ENGLAND: Gales and rain caused heavy damage in UK and disruption to transport and the power network. More than 6,000 UK homes remain without electricity - with some of those who have been cut off since Christmas Eve expressing anger at the situation.

SPORTS WORLD

FEBRUARY 2014 SOCHI OLYMPICS – 2014 The 22nd Winter Olympic games 2014 were held at Sochi in Russia. The official mascots for these games were named - the Leopard, the Polar Bear and the Hare. Motto of this year’s games was “Hot-Cool-Yours” Sochi. Of the 88 countries who took part in 98 events, Russia secured highest number of medals winning 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals.

2014 Paralympic winter games to be held at Sochi, Russia from 7th to 16th March, 2014. Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championship title at Lucknow, beating Alok Kumar. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after approving the new elections of office bearers of the IOA. N. RAMACHANDRAN: President, Indian Olympic Association N. SRINIVASAN elected as Chairman, International Cricket Council Irani cup: Karantaka defeats Rest of India to lift prestigious cricket trophy at Bangalore Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women’s cricket team in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be held from March 16 in Bangladesh. 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held at Coimbatore, Kerala. Ranji Trophy: Karnataka won their seventh title after beating Maharashtra in finals held at Hyderabad. Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz International Wrestling Tournament in Colorado Springs, USA. Kathy Cross: First woman to be inducted in the International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel. She is from New Zealand.

JANUARY 2014 75th Senior National table tennis championships: Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das bagged the men’s and women’s titles respectively at Patna. 62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship: Tamil Nadu and Railways bagged the men's and women's titles respectively, at Moradabad, UP. Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton championship held at Lucknow, UP. Results: Men’s singles: Xue Song of China; Women’s singles: Saina Nehwal, India

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ABBREVIATIONS

LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender DGMO: Director General of Military Opeations NSSO: National Sample Survey Organization A K 47: Automatic (rifle by) Kalashnikov, 1947 BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CCI: Competition Commission of India CCS: Cabinet Committee on Security CERN: European Council for Nuclear Research (French- Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) CPSU: Central Public Sector Undertaking CTT: Commodity Transaction Tax LED: Light Emitting Diode LCD: Liquid Crystal Display MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation MNC: Multi National Cooperation MPCE: Monthly Per Capita Expenditure  

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April Fool’s Day 1st April National Maritime Day 05th April World Health Day 07th April World Heritage Day 18th April Civil Service Day 21st April World Earth Day 22nd April World Books Day 23rd April World Maleria Day 25th April World Intellectual Property Day 26th April

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NATIONAL NEWS

NOVEMBER 2013 Eminent scientist Prof C.N.R. Rao and cricket icon

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar have been awarded the highest civilian award of India - The Bharat Ratna.

Govt. has decided to discontinue issuance of India-Bangladesh Passport with effect from November 15, 2013.

David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK visited India on his way to Colombo to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

India’s second international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border has been opened at Akhaurah in Tripura.

The first joint retreat ceremony of the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held on Nov 6 at Petropole-Benapole check post on Indo Bangla border

Japan will provide an assistance of Rs 1,958 crore to India for campus development at IIT Hyderabad (1129cr) and investment promotion in Tamil Nadu (829cr).

Supreme Court has allowed persons lodged in jail to contest elections, going back on their July 10 judgment.

India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit to Vietnam for defence purchases

India and Vietnam have signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in their jails.

UNICEF has launched a nationwide social media campaign named ‘Take the Poo to Loo’ against defecation in open.

In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India slipped by five places to 106th spot.

As per the World Bank’s report 'Ease of Doing Business 2014’ India ranked 134th in the list of 189 economies

44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013 held in Goa from November 20th to 30th. Japan was the country in focus for this festival.

India has contributed over USD 11 million to various UN bodies for development activities for the year 2014.

India declared free from H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu) as no cases have been reported in the last 3 months.

India and Belgium have agreed to strengthen, promote and develop renewable energy cooperation

India to provide Rs 100 crores as a grant to Bhutan for their Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP).

World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-Tech Trade Fair held at Hyderabad, Nov. 4-7.

OCTOBER 2013

Prime Minister visited Russia to hold bilateral talks with the Russian President Vladimer Putin

India and China signed the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement on visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

President visited Turkey; conferred honorary 'Doctorate’ in Political Science by the Istanbul University

Prime Minister visited Brunei to attend ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit

Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Latin American countries Peru and Cuba to strengthen India's relations with them.

India ranks 163rd in Global Hunger Index Panjab University, Chandigarh, ranked India’s no. 1

higher educational institution in the Times Higher Education's Top 400 World University Rankings

India has been placed at a low 78th slot on a global Human Capital Index

India has signed agreements with seven countries, who pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda University project.

The Supreme Court has directed govt to ensure reservation of 3% jobs for the disabled

The proposed highway - from Moreh in Manipur to Mae Sot in Thailand, via Myanmar to start soon

India has been ranked 101 out of 136 countries on a Global Gender Gap Index compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum.

Latest Census data shows that over 65 million people lived in slums in 2011.

President visits Belgium and had a meeting with their Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo at Brussels.

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World Bank to provide $360 million loan for modernisation of irrigation and drainage systems in Uttar Pradesh.

Union Finance Minister and RBI governor visit USA to attend the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank at Washington.

15th Mumbai film festival held from October 17 to 24 at Mumbai.

SEPTEMBER 2013

Prime Minister visited U.S.A. to address the 66th session of UN General Assembly.

Supreme Court has ruled that the voter has the right to negative voting by rejecting all the candidates in fray by exercising the option of None of the Above (NOTA).

As per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14, India has slipped to 60th position in terms of its competitiveness globally.

A new global corruption risk index ranked India as the 69th most graft-prone nation out of 197 countries

The National Green Tribunal has banned digging of earth without prior environment clearance across the country for making bricks and roads

Government has notified the landmark National Food Security Act 2013, giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population.

The third edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit held at Kohima, Nagaland.

A stamp released in the memory of freedom fighter and veteran journalist, founder of news paper ‘Punjab Kesari’ - Lala Jagat Narain.

The Rajya Sabha passed a Bill to create a Judicial Appointments Commission to replace the collegium system of appointing judges to higher courts.

World's largest solar power plant to generate 4,000 mw from sunlight set up near Sambhar lake, Rajasthan.

Raghuram Rajan panel has developed a 'Multi Dimensional Index (MDI)' for identifying backwardness of states and devolving funds for their development.

The MDI ranks Odisha as India’s most backward state, followed by Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

Govt has approved 3 highway projects in Assam under Special Accelerated Road Development program

The first North East Festival was held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi

'THE GOOD ROAD': Gyan Correa's National award- winning Gujarati film nominated for Oscar Awards.

India's population estimated at 123 crore as of March 1, 2012, which includes 27 crore BPL people

India signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the Baltic country Latvia

Asian Development Bank to provide $400 million to improve water and sanitation system in Kolkata.  

NEWS FROM STATES

NOVEMBER 2013 The National Museum of Denmark has offered to

renovate 116 heritage buildings located on the banks of the river Hooghly in West Bengal.

Number of man-days under NREGA Scheme increased to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in cyclone hit districts of Odisha.

World Bank and ADB to provide $ 313 mn to Odisha for restoration and rehabilitation in cyclone Phailin hit areas.

Govt. has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Assam and in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for six more months w.e.f. Nov 4

Sikkim declared as the best region to visit in 2014 in the Best in Travel list 2014 by the global travel guide Lonely Planet.

The Hornbill Festival held in Kohima, Nagaland to celebrate and promote rich tribal culture of Nagaland.

SEPTEMBER 2013

Bihar govt has asked Gram Sabhas to observe ‘Bitiya Janmotsav’ (celebration of birth of girl children) to spread awareness about gender issues.

Tripura has emerged as most literate state in India with 94.65 per cent literacy against Kerala’s 93.91 per cent.

GOVT INITIATIVES

NOVEMBER 2013 S Mahendra Dev committee appointed to prepare a

fresh index that would lead to more generous wage revisions under the NREGA.

Centre has directed the state governments to implement the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for compulsory coverage of all the loanee farmers.

Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of Disaster Response (NIDR) in Maharashtra

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched for reforming the state run higher education system

Prasaar Bharati to launch a separate TV channel “Prabha” specially for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

OCTOBER 2013

National Financial Reporting Authority set up to lay down accounting and auditing policies and standards for adoption by companies

Skilled labour in sericulture included in works eligible under the employment guarantee scheme - MNREGA.

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The minimum support price (MSP) for wheat raised by Rs 50 per quintal to Rs 1,400 for 2013-14 crop year

All post offices to come under the core banking solution system to cover more people of rural areas

Wind and solar farms to be set up in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu in the first phase of the Rs 43,000-crore Green Energy Corridors Project

Govt has allowed portability of LPG connections from one dealer/company to another and also launched the 5 kg LPG cylinder at cash and carry basis.

SEPTEMBER 2013 Parliament passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and

Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011, to create a regulator for the sector and allow 26 per cent FDI.

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) became the first regulator in the world to start an insurance repository system.

Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH) and National Bamboo Mission (NBM) have been merged with National Horticultural Mission.

Govt has notified that the controversial General Anti Avoidance Rules will come into effect from 01-04-16

Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation set up to engage corporates for help to counter Naxal influence.

The Lok Sabha passed the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

NOVEMBER 2013 Standard & Poor's has warned of a likely downgrade in

2014 if the government fails to reverse India's low growth.

SEPTEMBER 2013

According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO), India's economy grew at 4.4% in the first quarter of the current fiscal, its slowest pace in over four years

Share of agriculture and allied sectors in India's GDP has declined to 13.7 per cent in 2012-13

ECONOMY

NOVEMBER 2013 Four overseas territories - Liechtenstein, Isle of Man,

British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands agreed to share tax information with India.

India has allowed Bangladesh to import motorcycles through the land route as against sea route at present, to reduce the transportation costs.

OCTOBER 2013 4 Indian businesswomen led by ICICI

Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have made to Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders.

Tatas’ join hand with Singapore Airlines to form 'Tata SIA Airlines Limited'.

Govt approves Jet Airways' proposed sale of 24 per cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways

India agrees to start a transmission line for exporting 500 MW of electricity from West Bengal to Bangladesh.

India finalised $512-million joint venture deal with Sri Lanka for construction of two coal fired power projects

Reliance Industries Ltd. has become the first company in the country to achieve sales of more than Rs 1,00,000 crore in a quarter.

Australian Trade Commission and YES Bank have signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports of India’s food and agricultural sector. 

The new Companies Law requires companies to spend at least 2 per cent of its net profits on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

SEPTEMBER 2013

Sikkim has recorded steepest fall of 22% in poverty level in the country, between 2004-05 and 2011-12, reaching to 8.19%

Odisha emerged as best investment destination for new projects attracting 27% share of all-India investments.

ADB to grant Rs. 2,100 crore to Karnataka to develop and upgrade eight city clusters around Bangalore

India to invest USD 4.3 billion in World Bank bonds to help the country secure additional funding from the multilateral agency for infrastructure projects.

The Finance Ministry has taken over commodity futures markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) from the Consumers Affairs Ministry. 

BANKING

NOVEMBER 2013 First all-woman bank - ‘Bhartiya Mahila Bank’ starts

from Mumbai, headed by Usha Ananthasubramaniam. The bank will also cater to limited number of male customers.

RBI asks public sector banks to provide credit to women self help groups @ 7% pa under the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (Aajeevika) scheme.

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RBI allows banks to classify loans given to medium manufacturing enterprises after Nov. 13 under priority sector lending.

RBI allows banks to pay interest on savings deposits and term deposits at monthly or fortnightly intervals.

RBI has permitted foreign banks to acquire domestic private sector banks and to set up branches anywhere in India.

Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Assam and other North Eastern states.

The RBI has asked banks to charge customers for transaction SMS alerts on the basis of usage, instead of present practice of imposing a fixed fee.

RBI has directed RRBs to follow the minimum 9% capital adequacy norm from the current year.

OCTOBER 2013

Govt to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in SBI and Rs 1,800 crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank part of the Rs 14,000 crore capital infusion plan for the current fiscal.

NABARD Warehousing Scheme launched to advance loans to public and private sector for construction of Cold Stores, Warehouses, Silos etc.

National Payments Corporation of India has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders.

To make the more attractive for senior citizens, the government has decided to exempt annuity instalments earned by mortgager.

SEPTEMBER 2013

Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan took over as the 23rd Governor of the RBI on September 04.

RBI directs banks to stop zero per cent loan schemes as they tend to befool the consumers into believing that bank funding comes for free.

RBI had notified eKYC as an 'officially valid document' under anti-money laundering laws.

RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including in Tier 1 centres (cities with population of one lakh and above), without its prior permission.

RBI has asked banks to close accounts of those customers who use their credit or debit card for online forex trading transactions as such these are prohibited.

Reserve Bank has allowed to carry Indian currency up to Rs. 10,000 per person, outside India or to bring into India (other than to Nepal and Bhutan)

The Reserve Bank has allowed cash withdrawals of up to Rs 1,000 a day from point of sale terminals, through prepaid cards, including gift cards issued by banks.

The Reserve Bank has decided to subsidise the hedging costs of foreign currency swaps for banks offering deposits to overseas non-resident Indians (NRIs)

Bimal Jalan Committee set up by RBI to screen the 26 applications received for new bank licenses.

Urjit Patel Committee formed to strengthen the framework of monetary policy to avoid friction between the RBI and the Finance Ministry.

DEFENCE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NOVEMBER 2013 Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, a re-fitted version of

Russian ship Admiral Gorshkov, inducted into the Indian Navy to be based at INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka.

The Indian and US navies conducted their annual Malabar joint exercises in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Tamil Nadu, from Nov. 5 to 11 Nov.

The Indian Army tested an advanced version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III variant) successfully at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan.

President presented the prestigious Presidential Standards to two squadrons of Indian Air Force - 220 Squadron and 32 Squadron at Halwara, Punjab.

Pragati Missile, the new tactical surface-to-surface missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range of 60-170 kms.

India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface to surface ballistic missile Dhanush from a naval ship. It has a range of 250 kilometers.

India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile for its full range of 700 km from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.

Pakistan successfully test-fired its surface to surface missile - Hatf IX (Nasr) with a range of 60 km.

India’s first interplanetary spacecraft under ISRO’s Rs 430 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) was launched successfully on board PSLV- C25 from Sriharikota, AP.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba, Kerala, celebrated its golden jubilee on Nov. 21 by launching the Rohini Sounding Rocket.

Himachal Pradesh has set up western Himalaya’s first Bird Ringing Station at Salropa in the prestigious Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu.

Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China is world’s fastest system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/sec

‘YAOGAN XIX’ – A remote-sensing satellite launched by China on board its carrier rocket Long March 4C

NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –‘MAVEN’ (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

The world's first publicly accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency - Bitcoins - for any official currency, has been launched in Canada

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OCTOBER 2013 The first home-made Hawk MK 132 aircraft by Hindustan

Aeronautics Limited has been inducted in Indian Navy. INS Sunayna: Indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol

Vessel (NOPV) –commissioned in Indian Navy. ‘INDRA 2013’: The first ever India-Russia joint military

exercise began on October 19 at the Mahajan field firing range near the Indo-Pak border in the Thar Desert.

‘Hand in Hand 2013’: Joint military exercises of India and China in Chengdu region in South west China.

Prithvi-II: Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired for a range of 300 km from Chandipur in Odisha.

JUNO: NASA's spacecraft is making a quick pass by Earth to get gravity boost to slingshot itself towards Jupiter.

SEPTEMBER 2013

India and Nepal began Joint military exercises "Exercise Surya Kiran-V" in general combat and mountain warfare in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand.

India tested Agni-V nuclear- capable surface to surface long-range ballistic missile with a strike range of more than 5000 kms.

India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana to be used exclusively for defence forces.

India has been granted 'Authorising Nation' status under the international Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement

Samudra Ratnakar-the Rs.600-crore research vessel acquired by the Geological Survey of India (GSI)

Google Inc has launched its latest algorithm "Hummingbird” to match the queries in long sentences with that of documents on the Internet.

NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or Ladee to study the mysteries of Moon's atmosphere.

Voyager 1 spacecraft of US space agency NASA, launched some 36years ago, has become the first man-made object to venture into interstellar space.

Global IT giant Microsoft of USA has taken over the mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of Finland in a deal of about $ 7.17 billion.

INTERNATIONAL

NOVEMBER 2013 After prolonged negotiations, Iran has agreed to curb

some of its nuclear activities as per a deal signed at Geneva with the P5+1 group.

22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka with the participation of 67 leaders from the Commonwealth nations.

The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 concluded on Nov. 23 at Warsaw, Poland under the aegis of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

Russian President Vladimir Putin tops Forbes’ ranking of “The World’s Most Powerful People” as he continues to solidify control over Russia and the international stage.

IT giant Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable Brand List' compiled by 'Forbes' magazine, followed by Microsoft, Coca-Cola, IBM and Google, among the top five.

The world's deepest underwater railway tunnel was opened under the Bosphorus strait, Turkey, connecting two continents – Asia and Europe, by rail for the first time.

BRICS International Competition Conference held in New Delhi to discuss various issues and challenges in competition enforcement in BRICS countries.

The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) held on November 1 in Perth, Australia.

The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized in Sydney, Australia by the High Commission of India and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.

Global Islamic Economic Summit held at Dubai.

OCTOBER 2013

The economic ‘shut down’ faced by the US government ended on 16th October as the Congress agreed to increase the current debt ceiling of $ 16.7 trillion.

Following a UN resolution, experts have started the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.

Switzerland 58th country to sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, saying good bye to its banking secrecy laws.

The China has launched “Green Fence” campaign aimed at enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments.

World Toilet Summit held in Sukarta, Indonesia 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at

Kathmandu, Nepal Two day international Rhino conference held at Bandar

Lampung, Indonesia.

SEPTEMBER 2013

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group has decided to create a $100-billion Currency Reserve Fund (CRF).

Afghanistan has decided to reserve a special seat for Sikh / Hindu Afghan nationals in the Lower House of Parliament - Wolesi Jirga, in the next 2015 elections.

Japan switched off its last operating nuclear reactor for an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid strong public hostility towards atomic power.

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A joint meeting of ministers of finance and ministers of labour from G20 member states was held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

PERSONS IN NEWS

NOVEMBER 2013 SACHIN TENDULKAR: Cricket icon has been named the regional brand ambassador by the UNICEF to promote its Total Sanitation SONIA GANDHI: Congress President has been ranked as the third most influential woman in the world as per the list compiled by the Forbes magazine. RATAN TATA: Noted Indian Industrialist has been elected as a Board member of East West Centre, a prominent American think tank CHANDA KOCHHAR: ICICI Bank MD & CEO has been named as the most powerful businesswoman in India by Fortune magazine.

MUKESH AMBANI: Reliance Industries chief continued to be India's wealthiest as per the Forbes magazine's India Rich List 2013.

AZIM PREMJI: IT tycoon has been ranked as the most generous Indian with a donation of Rs 8,000 crore in the year ending March 31, 2013 MALIA AND MALALA: US President Barack Obama's elder daughter Malia and Pakistani girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai have been named among the 16 most influential teens of 2013 by the Time magazine.

OCTOBER 2013

SHYAM BENEGAL: Veteran director has been nominated to head the accomplished jury for the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to be held in Brisbane, Australia. ROBERTO AZEVEDO: Director General of World Trade Organisation – WTO visited India. C. V. WIGNESWARAN: Sri Lanka’s first ‘elected’ Tamil Chief Minister of the Northern Province in the first ever provincial elections held after clearance of LTTE.

SEPTEMBER 2013

BO XILAI: A former powerful member of China’s Politburo was in news as he was awarded life imprisonment by the court on charges of bribery, graft and abuse of power. NINA DAVULURI: Indian-origin beauty, winner of Miss New York title, became the first non American origin contestant to win the prestigious Miss America pageant.

JHUMPA LAHIRI: Indian-American author from New York was in news as she made it to this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist for her new novel 'The Lowland'.  ZUBIN MEHTA: World renowned music maestro conducted the Bavarian State Orchestra during the Ehasas-e-Kashmir concert at Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K).

APPOINTMENTS

NOVEMBER 2013 SIDHARTH BIRLA: President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci)

AJIT PRAKASH SHAH: Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India.

ABDULLA YAMEEN: President of the Maldives, from Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).

IMOMALI RAKHMON: President of Tajikistan

LT. GEN. RAHEEL SHARIF: Chief of Pakistan army

OCTOBER 2013

USHA ANANTHASUBRAMANIAN: First CEO of the first all women bank – Bhartiya Mahila Bank.

B ASHOK: CMD of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

MULATU TESHOME: President of Ethiopia

ILHAM ALIYEV: President of Azerbaijan

RANJAN MATHAI: India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

JANET YELLEN: Chairperson of the Federal Reserve System of USA. It is equivalent of RBI in India. She is the first women to head Federal Reserve.

SEPTEMBER 2013

MS. DEEPAK SANDHU: Chief Information Commissioner (First women to head Central Information Commission) JUSTICE SHIVA KIRTI SINGH: Judge, Supreme Court of India JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN: Judge, Supreme Court of India DINESH K. SARRAF: Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). RAJEEV RISHI: Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India.  ANGELA MERKEL: Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany (third time), from Christian Democratic Union Party ERNA SOLBERG: Prime Minister of Norway TONY ABBOTT: Prime Minister of Australia (from Conservative party)

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AWARDS & HONOURS

NOVEMBER 2013 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor for the work done by her for promotion of global economic stability GOLDEN ELEPHANT AWARD: for best film at 18th International Children's Film Festival at Hyderabad to Dutch Film named Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star: Dr. Sreedharan, former Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for his successful implementation of Delhi Metro Project. The award is conferred by the govt of Japan.

‘Golden Gateway of India’: Best film award at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival, won by the Mexican film 'La Jaula De Oro' (The Golden Cage) directed by Diego Quemada-Diaz

Guru Debaprasad Award: Geeta Chandran, renowned Bharatnatyam exponent for her outstanding contribution in the field of dance

SOUL OF INDIA AWARD: Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for his outstanding achievements in the film industry.

HRIDAYNATH MANGESHKAR AWARD: Amitabh Bachchan for his contribution to the film industry.

MISS UNIVERSE 2013: Gabriela Isler from Venezuela in Moscow, Russia.

MISS ASIA PACIFIC 2013: Srishti Rana, India, at Busan, South Korea.

OCTOBER 2013 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration: M.S. Swaminathan, Eminent agriculture scientist. The prize carries a cash award of Rs. 5 lac. MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013: Eleanor Catton for her novel, The Luminaries. The 28-year old author from New Zealand is the youngest ever winner of this prize. SAKHAROV Human Rights Prize: Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s education. The prize is given by the European Parliament.

SEPTEMBER 2013

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2012: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, first democratically elected women Head of any African country. MOORTIDEVI AWARD-2012: Haraprasad Das, eminent Oriya writer, for 'Vamsha, a poetic recreation of the Mahabharata in contemporary idiom. DEUTSCHE BANK PRIZE FOR FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank

of India, in recognition of his ground-breaking research work which influenced financial and macro-economic policies. CLINTON GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARDS: Bunker Roy and Malala Yousafzai. Roy is the founder of the Barefoot College, which has been providing solutions to problems in rural communities for more than 40 years. MEGAN YOUNG: Miss World 2013, of Philippines, at Bali, Indonesia. PUNJABI FILM 'QISSA' directed by Anup Singh has won Best Asian Film Award at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.

ABHINAV TIWARI'S "OASS", a movie on human trafficking, was named the best film at the Ladakh International Film Festival.

BOOKER PRIZE GOES GLOBAL The Man Booker Prize, described as the “the most important and influential award for literary fiction in the English speaking world” will now be open from 2014 to writers in English from any part of the world provided their books have been published in the United Kingdom. Thus far the Booker Prize was for literary fiction by authors only from the Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe.

OBITUARY

NOVEMBER 2013 RAJENDRA YADAV: Eminent Hindi short story writer and novelist; editor of literary magazine ‘Hans’

K P SAXENA: Noted Hindi satirist and Padma Shri awardee TARLA DALAL: Noted food writer and celebrity chef from Mumbai, Padma Shri awardee, RESHMA: Legendary Pakistani folk singer who mesmerised music lovers with soulful rendition of songs like Lambi Judai and Dama Dam Mast Kalandar.

FREDERICK SANGER: British biochemist, the “father of genomics” and the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice

OCTOBER 2013

MANNA DEY: The "king of melody", Golden Voice of Bengal, legendary playback singer of Indian cinema. RAVURI BHARADHWAJA: Eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner DR. MOHAN DHARIA: Freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. TOM CLANCY: Very popular and widely read and military novelist of his time in USA, known for his best seller thrillers - The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games.

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ALVARO MUTIS: A noted Colombian poet, essayist and novelist from Mexico

SEPTEMBER 2013 ROMESH BHANDARI: Former UP Governor and ex-Foreign Secretary of India SUSHMITA BANERJEE: Noted Bengali author who was killed in Afghanistan by militants. Known for her books narrating her experiences in Kabul (read ‘with Taliban’) RAY DOLBY: An inventor and audio pioneer from USA who founded Dolby Laboratories, known for Dolby Stereo Sound systems and 50 other patents in his name. DAVID FROST: Veteran British journalist and broadcaster, famous for his TV interviews with the former U.S. President, Richard Nixon and several other statesmen of the world. KEN NORTON: Former world heavyweight boxing champion, considered one of the greatest fighters of his era, was best known for beating Muhammad Ali in 1973.

PLACES IN NEWS

NOVEMBER 2013 MOUNT SINABUNG: name of the volcano that erupted violently in Karo in western Indonesia, spewing volcanic ash up to 8 km into the air, forcing thousands to flee. HAIYAN: A category-5 super typhoon that Philippines on 8th Nov. killing over 5,000 and rendering over 125,000 people homeless.

OCTOBER 2013 PHAILIN: Name of the cyclone that hit the coastal areas of Andhra and Odisha. However, due to excellent preparations done by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Metrological Department (IMD) and local administration, damages were reduced to bare minimum. RATANGARH, DATIA: The place in Madhya Pradesh was in news as a gruesome stampede took place there claiming over 120 lives and injuring another 100 persons.

BHAKRA DAM- one of the highest gravity dams in world, located on river Satluj at Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, completes its 50 years.

AL-MAKTOUM INTERNATIONAL: World’s largest airport, located in Dubai, commenced operations.

SEPTEMBER 2013 KAESONG: North and South Korea have agreed to reopen their joint industrial park at Kaesong, five months after it was shut during soaring military tensions. AWARAN: A district in Balochistan province of Pakistan was the epicentre of a severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that caused widespread devastation, claiming hundreds of lives.

ST. PETERSBURG: city in Russia was the venue for meeting of Heads of nations of G-20 group of countries. DAOCHENG YADING AIRPORT: World's highest-altitude civilian airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level in Daocheng County in Sichuan province neighbouring Tibet, has started its operations. SUPER TYPHOON USAGI: the most powerful storm of the year brought torrential rain and strong winds to the Philippines and Taiwan on Sep. 21, causing widespread devastation before moving towards Hong Kong.  

SPORTS WORLD

NOVEMBER 2013 Legendary cricket star Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar finally bade goodbye to international cricket on Nov 16 after playing his 200th and final Test at Wankhede stadium against West Indies, scoring 74 runs, ending his 24 years reign on cricket. VIRAT KOHLI: India's batting star became the fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI) ROHIT SHARMA: The Indian Batsman created history by scoring highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI while playing against Australia at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN: has been placed at the top position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders. PRITHVI SHAW: The 15 year old, a IX standard student of Rizvi Springfield High School, Mumbai created history by scoring record 546 runs playing in Harris Shield Cricket tournament in Azad Maidan, Mumbai. HEENA SIDHU: Olympian shooter created history by becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup Final in Munich, Germany. Junior National Archery Championship held at Kokrajhar, Assam. India has been awarded the hosting of 2018 men's Hockey World Cup. MAGNUS CARLSEN: the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway was crowned as World Champion at the World Chess Championship match at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as he defeated the five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand. SEBASTIAN VETTEL: Red Bull's German Driver has matched Michael Schumacher's record of 13 victories in a year and equalled the nine consecutive wins of Alberto Ascari. Vettel achieved the remarkable feat by winning the Formula One's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.

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Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaican sprint duo have been named as the IAAF’s male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013. The 27-year-old Bolt also won the award in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Jason Day of Australia lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia.

Nepal and UAE have qualified for the first time to take part in the ICC T20 championship 2014 to be held in Bangladesh.

Romania claimed top position in medal tally at the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship held at Bucharest, Romania.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters Tennis tournament beating David Ferrer of Spain

Novak Djokovic won the ATP World Tour Finals in London beating Rafael Nadal.

Serena Williams won the WTA Tour Championship title beating Li Na of China at Istanbul, Turkey. WTA – Womens Tennis Association

Serena Williams declared ‘Player of the Year’ for 2013 by the WTA

Veteran athlete Ajmer Singh won gold medal in hammer throw (+75 years category) in the 20th World Master Athletics Championship held at Porto Alegre, Brazil, from October 15-28.

Peter Gilchrist from Singapore defeated Dave Causier to win the World Billiards Championship at Leeds, England.

Asian Archery Championship held in Taipei, China won by South Korea.

Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship held at Penang, Malaysia.

The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held from May 31 to June 15, 2014 at The Hague, Netherlands

OCTOBER 2013 Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of 50,000 runs across all formats of cricket. He achieved the feat at Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi playing for Mumbai Indians against Trinidad & Tobago in Champions League Twenty20.

Mumbai Indians created history by becoming the first team to win the Champions League (cricket) twice, beating Rajasthan Royals in the finals played at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the 2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in Beijing, China. Virat Kohli scored the fastest ever century by an Indian batsman in ODI, off 52 balls, playing against Australia at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

Sanjeev Rajput: won the gold in men’s 50-metre free rifle prone event in the Asian Air Gun shooting championship in Tehran, Iran.

Mohit Mayur and Prerna Bhambri win the men’s and women’s title, respectively, in Fenesta National tennis championship held at New Delhi. Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title at the Japan Open Tennis held at Tokyo, Japan. Indian Open Snooker Tournament: Ding Junhui of China won the title beating Aditya Mehta in the finals held at New Delhi.

Duleep trophy (cricket): South zone and North zone were declared joint winners of the in the final played at Kochi, Kerala. Terry Walsh: Ace hockey player from Australia appointed as the chief coach of Indian men's hockey team CHINA OPEN TENNIS CUP Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Rafael Nadal of Spain to win the China Open Tennis Cup held at Beijing, China. Women’s singles title was won by Serena Williams, defeating Jelena Jankovic. Sania Mirza alongwith Cara Black won the women’s doubles title.

Afghanistan has qualified for the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time. Total 14 teams will compete for the cup to be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand.

Sebastian Vettel: The Red Bull driver from Germany won the fourth successive Formula one championship of this season at the Buddh International Circuit, Noida, UP.

Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine won the world heavyweight boxing title beating Russian Alexander Povetkin at the final bout held at Moscow, Russia.

Sohag Gazi: Allrounder from Bangladesh became the first cricketer in 136 year old history of cricket to score a century and claim a hat-trick in the same Test. He achieved the feat while playing against New Zealand at Chitagong, Bangladesh. He scored unbeaten 101 and claimed six wickets for 77 runs. The World Boxing Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan

SEPTEMBER 2013 India wins Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament held at Johar Bahru, Malaysia, beating Malaysia National Junior Athletics Championship at Kochi, Kerala. India lost Asia Cup Hockey final at Ipoh, Malaysia, just by one goal to South Korea, scoring 3 goals against 4 by South Korea. However, India has qualified for the 2014 Hockey World Cup to be held at The Hague, Netherlands. Amit Kumar, ace wrestler from India, won silver medal and Bajrang won the bronze at the World Wrestling Championships at Budapest, Hungary.   

Sandeep Tulsi Yadav: The Indian Grappler created history by winning India’s first-ever wrestling medal in the

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Greco-Roman category of the senior World Wrestling Championships held at Budapest, Hungary.  

Swaran Singh (Punjab) wins gold medal in Asian Rowing Championship held at Luan, China Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship held in Kocaeli, Turkey. Durand Cup Football Tournament: Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting created history by winning the prestigious cup after a gap of 73 years, defeating ONGC 2-1 in the final played at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.  

S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life from playing official cricket by the Disciplinary Committee of the BCCI for their involvement in spot-fixing during certain matches of the Indian Premier League  

WRESTLING BACK IN OLYMPICS: After a seven-month exile, wrestling has been welcomed back into the Olympic programme defeating baseball/softball and squash for a spot in the 2020 Summer Games to be held in Tokyo.  

THOMAS BACH: Elected President of International Olympic Committee (IOC), from Germany. He is an ex Olympic champion of fencing.  

2020 Olympic Games to be held at Tokyo, Japan. 1964 Olympics were also held at Tokyo. 2016 Olympics are to be held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  

Japan beats Korea to win the Eighth Women’s Hockey Asia Cup held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. India won bronze in this championship.  

Wilson Kipsang of Kenya set a new world record of 2 hours 3 minutes 23 seconds at the Berlin Marathon, slashing earlier world record by 15 seconds Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated world number one Novak Djokovic (Serbia) to win the US Open men's singles title at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, USA. Serena Williams (USA) beats Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, to win the women's singles final of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, in New York, USA. Leander Paes. alongwith his Czech partner Radek Stepanek, won the US Open 2013 men’s doubles crown. Afghanistan beats India to win SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Football Championship held at Kathmandu, Nepal.  Gareth Bale, the ace footballer from UK created a new record by becoming the expensive most players in the history of football. He has been contracted by the Spanish club Real Madrid for an exorbitant sum of 100 million Euros Diana Nyad, the 64 year old US lady swimmer created a world record of longest distance swimming by completing a

historic 110-mile (177 kms) swim between Havana, Cuba and Key West, Florida, in 52 hr. 54 min. 18.6 sec.

The BWF Japan Open Super Series Badminton tournament held in Tokyo.

Sebastiaan Bowier: 23-year-old Dutch cyclist has pedalled his way to a world record, hitting a speed of more than 133.78 kph in a desert track in USA.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

NOVEMBER 2013

BOOK AUTHOR Goat Days Benyamin

Book of Destruction Anand (P. Sachidanandan) The Good Lord Bird James Mc Bride, Winner of

the National Book Award – 2013 USA

The Wildings Nilanjana Roy The Shadow of the Crescent

Moon Fatima Bhutto

Gandhi-A Spiritual Biography Arvind Sharma The Luminaries Eleanor Catton My Brief History A Memoir by Stephen

Hawking The Map and the Territory Alan Greenspan My Journey: Transforming

Dreams into Action A.P.J. Kalam

The Bone Season Samantha Shannon Never Go Back Lee Child

The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty The Racketeer John Grisham

Harvest Jim Crace Backlash Lynda La Plante

The Communist Cookbook Sharmishta Roy ChowdhuryPunjab: A History from

Aurangzeb to Mountbatten Rajmohan Gandhi

Indian Tax Administration: A Dialogue

Parthasarthi Shome

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J. K. Rowling. Famous film company Warner Brothers are making a film on this

book. Making Peace with the Earth Vandana Shiva

Cuckoo’s Calling JK Rowling (under the pseudonym Robert

Galbraith) The Kashmir Dispute:

1947-2012 AG Noorani

You’re Hired Sandeep Goyal Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen

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18) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says, “She is the only daughter of my wife’s mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to the man? a) Daughter b) Wife c) Sister d) Sister-in-law e) Mother-in-law

19) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says, ”She is the only daughter of my father’s mother-in-law”. How is the woman related to the man? a) Daughter b) Mother c) Daughter-in-law d) Mother-in-law e) None of these

20) Pointing to a photograph a woman says, “He is the brother of the daughter of my mother-in-law’s only son”. How is the man related to the woman? a) Son b) Brother c) Brother-in-law d) Nephew e) Can’t be exactly determined

21) Pointing to a photograph a woman says, ”He is the son of the wife of my husband’s father”. How is the man related to the woman? a) Son b) Son-in-law c) Brother-in-law d) Brother e) None of these

22) Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says, “He is the father-in-law of the wife of the only grandson of my own father-in-law”. How is an man related to the woman? a) Son b) Husband c) Cousin d) Nephew e) Son-in-law

23) Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, “She is the mother-in-law of the wife of the father of my only son”. How is the woman related to that person? a) Daughter b) Wife c) Daughter-in-law d) Sister-in-law e) None of these

24) Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says, “She is the grandmother of the son of my daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law.” How is the woman related to that person? a) Mother b) Mother-in-law c) Sister d) Wife e) Sister-in-law

25) Pointing to a woman in the photograph a man says, “This woman is the wife of the father of my wife’s brother. ”How is the woman related to that person?

a) Mother b) Mother-in-law c) Sister d) Sister-in-law e) Daughter

26) Pointing to a woman a man says, “She is the sister-in-law of the only daughter of my mother-in-law’s husband”. How is the woman related to the man? a) Daughter b) Mother c) Sister-in-law d) Daughter-in-law e) Sister

27) In a row of children A is 13th from the left and D is 17th from the right. If in this row A is 11th from the right then what is the position of D from the left? a) 12th b) 7th c) 10th d) 6th e) None of these

28) In a row of boys Mohan is twentieth from the left end and twelfth from the right end. Pratap is fifteenth from the right end in that row. How many boys are there between Mohan and Pratap? a) 4 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5 e) None of these

29) In a row of students, Ramesh in 12th from the left and Kashi is 17th from the right. When Ramesh and Kashi interchange their positions Kashi becomes 27th from the right. How many students are there between Kashi and Ramesh? a) 9 b) 12 c) 7 d) 10 e) None of these

30) In a row of forty students R is fifth from the right end and there are ten students between R and D. What is D’s position from the left end of the row? a) 26th b) 23rd c) 24th d) 25th e) Data inadequate

31) Among A, B, C, D and E each one has scored different marks in an examination, B scored more than C and E and less than A and D. C’s marks are not the lowest. Who scored the lowest marks? a) D b) C c) B d) Data inadequate e) None of these

32) In a queue of thirty boys, M is eighth from the end and J is twelfth from the front. If there are six boys between J and Q, how many boys are there between M and Q? a) 10 b) 12 c) 8 d) Data inadequate e) None of these

33) In a queue of 20 boys, D is fourteenth from the front and F is ninth form the bottom. How many boy are there between D and F? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) Data inadequate e) None of these

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34) Mohan is fourteenth from the right end in a row of 40 boys. What is his position from the left end? a) 25th b) 27th c) 24th d) 26th e) None of these

35) In a group of six children, Q is taller than P but not as tall as L. M is taller than N and O, but not as tall as P. Who is the shortest among them? a) N b) O c) M d) Data inadequate e) None of these

36) In a group of six children T, K, V, O, M and W, T is fatter than M but not as fat as W. K is not the fattest nor is W whereas V is the thinnest. Who is the fattest among them all? a) O b) T c) M d) Data inadequate e) None of these

37) Among five students M is heavier than K and T. B is lighter than T and P. K is not the lightest. Who among them is the lightest? a) K b) B c) T d) Data inadequate e) None of these

38) Sam ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eight from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class? a) 45 b) 46 c) 47 d) 48 e) None of these

39) A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How many boys are there in the class? a) 27 b) 37 c) 38 d) 39 e) None of these

40) Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-ninth from the bottom among those who passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and five failed in it. How many boys were there in the class? a) 40 b) 44 c) 50 d) 55 e) 58

41) If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right and fourth from the left, how many boys should be added to the queue so that there are 28 boys in the line? a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 20 e) None of these

42) In a row of boys, Jeevan is seventh from the start and eleventh from the end. In another row of boys, Vikas is tenth from the start and twelfth from the end. How many boys are there in both the rows together? a) 36 b) 37 c) 39 d) Can’t be determined e) None of these

43) In a class of 60, where girls are twice to that of boys, Kamla, a girl ranked sixteenth from the

top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamla, how many boys are after her in the rank? a) 13 b) 7 c) 14 d) 23 e) None of these

44) Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39 students. If Sumit’s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is Ravi’s rank from the start? a) 14th b) 15th c) 16th d) 17th e) None of these

45) Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya who ranks twenty-sixth in a class of 42. What is Bharati’s rank from the last? a) 9th b) 24th c) 25th d) 34th e) None of these

46) In a row of boys, A is thirteenth from the left and D is seventeenth from the right. If in this row A is eleventh from the right then what is the position of D from the left? a) 6th b) 7th c) 10th d) 12th e) None of these

47) Rajan is sixth from the left end and Vinay is tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If there are eight boys between Rajan and Vinay, how many boys are there in the row? a) 23 b) 24 c) 25 d) 26 e) None of these

48) In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and B is fourth from the right. There are three boys between A and B. C is just left of A. What is C’s position from the right? a) 9th b) 10th c) 12th d) 13th e) None of these

Directions (Q. 49–51): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. There are six friends P, Q, R, S, T and V. Each of them has a different weights. S weights more than only P and R. Q weighs less than only T. P does not weigh the least. The one who stands at the second place when arranged in descending order of their weight weighs 85 kg. R weighs 55 kg. 49) If V’s weight is 8 kg less than Q then which of

the following could be S’s weight? a) 83 kg b) 75 kg c) 80 kg d) 50 kg

e) 84 kg 50) Which of the following is false with respect to

the given information? a) T weighs the most. b) V’s possible weight could be 77 kg. c) There are three persons between R and Q when

arranged in ascending order of their weights. d) At the most three people weight less than V only e) All are true

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51) Which of the following could be P’s possible weight?

a) 65 kg b) 50 kg c) 88 kg d) 85 kg

e) 93 kg

Directions (Q. 52 - 53): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. ‘A + B’ means ‘A is son of B’. ‘A X B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’ ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘ A is wife of B’ ‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’ 52) If ‘A ÷ B + C – D X E’, which of the following is

true? a) B is sister of D b) B is son of E c) C is brother of A d) D is mother of A e) None of these 53) What will come in place of question mark to

establish the relation that ‘B’ is grandson of E’? A + B ? C X D ÷ E a) – b) +

c) X d) ÷ e) None of these

Directions (Q. 54-56): Study the following information to answer the given questions A group of six friends-M, N, O, P, Q and R –scored different marks in an IBPS PO/MT written exam. The one who scored the highest marks in the group is neither O nor N. Q scored third lowest marks. R scored more marks than only N. O scored more than Q but did not score the third highest marks. M scored more than Q but less than O. The one who scored fourth least marks scored 170 marks. 54) If the marks obtained by R is 140, what is the

possible marks obtained by Q in the written exam of PO/MT?

a) 170 b) 140 c) 156 d) 139

e) 172 55) Who scored the highest marks in the group of

friends? a) M b) O c) Q d) R

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c) 192 d) 165 e) Can’t be determined

Directions (Q. 57-71): In each question below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given

statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer a) if only conclusion I follows. b) if only conclusion II follows. c) if either conclusion I or II follows. d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. e) if both conclusions I and II follow. 57) Statements:

Some black are blue. No blue are white. Some white which are black are grey Conclusions: I. Some grey are blue. II. Some white are not black.

58) Statements: All villages are cities. All cities are countries. All countries are towns Conclusions: I. All towns are villages. II. Some cities are not towns.

59) Statements: Some books are poetry All poetry are philosophy. Some philosophy is psychology. Conclusions I. Some books are philosophy. II. Some psychology is not philosophy.

60) Statements: All children are students. Some students are adults. All adults are workers. Conclusions: I. Some students are workers. II. All children are adults.

61) Statements: Some actors are dancers. All dancers are musicians No musicians are painters. Conclusions: I. Some painters are actors. II. No painters are dancers.

62) Statements: All gems are precious. Some gems are stones All stones are diamonds. Conclusions: I. At least some stones are precious. II. All diamonds are precious.

63) Statements: All dreams are fantasies Some fantasies are pleasant All pleasant are everlasting Some everlasting are memories. Conclusions: I. Some dreams are memories. II. Some fantasies are everlasting.

64) Statements: All black are blue. All blue are green All green are emerald

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Conclusions: I. Some emeralds are green. II. All black and blue are green.

(65-66) Statements: No design is fashion. All fashions are temporary Some temporary are permanent.

65) Conclusions: I. Some designs are permanent II. No fashion is permanent

66) Conclusions: I. At least some temporary are fashions II. At least some temporary are not designs.

67) Statements: Some choices are mistakes. All mistakes are errors No error is justified. Conclusions: I. Some choice are justified II. All mistakes are not justified

68) Statements: All Cycles are buses. Some buses are cars All cars are carts Conclusions: I. Some carts are cars II. Some cycles are cars

69) Statements: All big are short Some short are long Some long are thin Conclusions: I. Some short are thin II. Some thin are not long

70) Statements: All rewards are achievements All achievements are successes All successes are everlasting Conclusions: I. All successes are achievements II. Some everlasting are not successes.

71) Statements: Some rivals are enemies No enemy is a friend Some friends are strangers Conclusions: I. Some rivals are not friends. II. All strangers are friends.

72) Town is related to village in the same way as Urban is related to....? a) Semi-Urban b) Metropolis c) City d) Rural

73) Thick is related to Thin in the same way as Idle is related to...? a) Virtuous b) Activity c) Business d) Industrious

74) Good is related to Bad in the same way as Roof is related to...? a) Wall b) Pillar c) Terrace d) Floor

75) Happiness is related to Sorrow in the same way as Comfort is related to ...?

a) Rest b) Hardship c) Poverty d) Difficult

76) Income is related to Profit in the same way as Expenditure is related to ...? a) Balance b) Loss c) Sale d) Surplus

77) Pride is related to Humility in the same way as Desire is related to ...? a) Indifference b) Suppress c) Wish d) Hate

78) Ancestor is related to Descendant in the same way as beautiful is related to ...? a) Girl b) Handsome c) Gloomy d) Ugly

79) Young is related to Old in the same way as Wide is related to...? a) Long b) Insufficient c) Big d) Narrow

80) Life is related to Death in the same way as Hope is related to ...? a) Sad b) Despair c) Cry d) Pain

81) Sympathy is related to Virtue in the same way as Cruelty is related to...? a) Animosity b) Kindness c) Emotion d) Vice

82) Hygienic is related to Polluted in the same way as Knowing is related to....? a) Uncommon b) Ingenuous c) Secret d) Sagacious

83) Firm is related to Flabby in the same way as Piquant is related to...? a) Salty b) Pleasant c) Small d) Bland

84) Wax is to Wane as Zenith is to ...? a) Fall b) Nadir c) Bottom d) Depth

85) Pardon is to Penalty as definitely is to...? a) Actually b) Probably c) Positively d) Urgently

86) Dream is related to reality in the same as Falsehood is related to...? a) Correctness b) Fairness c) Truth d) Untruth

87) Amorphousness is to Definition as Lassitude is to ...? a) Awareness b) Companionship c) Uniformity d) Energy

88) Pull is related to Push in the same way as Low is related to ...? a) Long b) More c) Medium d) High

Direction (89-90): Choose the odd numeral pair / group in each of the following questions. 89) a) 12 – 42 b) 14 – 82

c) 23 – 64 d) 36 – 72 90) a) 7 – 84 b) 6 – 108

c) 5 – 75 d) 3 – 99 91) a) 14, 9 b) 17, 8

c) 21, 6 d) 42, 3

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92) a) (18, 45) b) (23, 14) c) (29, 82) d) (36, 27)

93) a) (52, 142) b) (54, 126) c) (25, 168) d) (58, 184)

94) a) 2, 3, 6 b) 6, 1, 6 c) 3, 3, 9 d) 6, 2, 5

95) a) 22, 4, 5 b) 34, 4, 8 c) 37, 4, 9 d) 54, 4, 13

96) a) 1 (5) 2 b) 7 (113) 8 c) 5 (61) 6 d) 3 (17) 4

97) a) 2 (-21) 5 b) 7 (40) 3 c) 4 (-65)9 d) 5 (89) 8

e) 12 (40) 2 98) a) 1, 4, 3, 8 b) 2, 4, 3, 9

c) 3, 2, 3, 8 d) 5, 3, 2, 9 99) 12(158)14 12(182)16 14(?) 16

a) 214 b) 194 c) 184 d) 164

100) If 20 + 3 = 15 and 15 + 4 = 30, then 12 + 6 = ? a) 27 b) 60 c) 9 d) 36

101) If 7 + 5 = 144 and 3 + 2 = 25, then 9 + 7 = ? a) 49 b) 256 c) 81 d) 121

102) If 5 x 7 = 5; 12 x 3 = 6; 8 x 9 = 2, what is the value of 6 x 8 = ? a) 5 b) 6 c) 8 d) 2

103) If 841 = 3, 633 = 5, 425 = 7 then 217 = ? 1) 6 2) 7 c) 8 d) 9

104) A = 51 (714) 14; B = 61 (915) 15; C = 71 (1136) 16; D = 81 (?) 17 a) 1377 b) 1378 c) 1356 d) 1346

105) A = 14(290)15 B = 16 (330)17 C= 18(?)19 a) 300 b) 270 c) 170 d) 370

106) 2(18)209, _____, 4(36)409, 5(45)509 a) 3(27)309 b) 2(42)309 c) 3(56)409 d) 3(64)409

107) If the first day of the year (other than the leap year) was Friday, then which was the last day of that year? a) Monday b) Friday c) Saturday d) Sunday

108) If today is Saturday, then what day of the week will be the 999th day from today? a) Wednesday b) Saturday c) Thursday d) Tuesday

109) If 1st October is Sunday, then 1st November will be a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday d) Thursday

110) If the 25th of August in a year is Thursday, the number of Mondays in that month is a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

111) If Tuesday falls on the fourth of the month, then which day will fall three days after the 24th?

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Thursday d) Friday

112) If 30th January, 2003 was Thursday, what was the day on 2nd March, 2003? a) Tuesday b) Thursday c) Saturday d) Sunday

113) Deepa went to the movies nine days ago. She goes to the movies only on Thursday. What day of the week is today? a) Tuesday b) Sunday c) Thursday d) Saturday

114) If 3rd December, 2009 was Sunday, what day was 3rd January, 2010? a) Friday b) Tuesday c) Monday d) Wednesday

115) A cube, painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27 small cubes of equal size. How many small cubes are painted on one face only? a) 1 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12

116) All surfaces of a cube are coloured. If a number of smaller cubes are taken out from it, each side ¼ the size of the original cube’s side, indicate the number of cubes with only one side painted. a) 60 b) 32 c) 24 d) 16

117) A cube of white material is painted black on all its surfaces. If it is cut into 125 smaller cubes of the same size, then how many cubes will have two sides painted black? a) 8 b) 16 c) 22 d) 44 e) None of these

Directions (118-122): Read the information / Statement given in each question carefully and answer the questions. 118) Which of the following expressions will be true

if the expression ‘H ≤ G = K > F’ is definitely true? a) K ≥ H b) G = F c) H ≤ F d) F ≥ G e) None of these

119) Which of the following expression will not be true if the expression ‘P ≤ Q < R = S’ is definitely true? a) S > P b) P < R c) S > Q d) P > S e) None of these

120) In which of the following expressions does the expression ‘W < Z’ hold true? a) W > Y < X ≤ Z b) Z > X ≤ Y ≤ W c) Z ≥ Y > X ≥ W d) Z > Y = X < W e) Z ≥ X > Y ≤ W

121)In which of the following expressions will the expression ‘L < R’ be definitely true? a) L ≥ M > N = R b) L = M < N > R c) L < M ≤ N ≤ R d) R ≥ M = N < L e) None of these

122) In which of the following expressions does the expression ‘D >A’ does not hold true?

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a) A < B ≤ C = D b) D ≥ B > C ≥ A c) A ≤ B = C < D d) D ≥ C ≥ B > A e) A > B ≤ C = D

Directions (123-125): In these questions, relationships between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer a) if only conclusions I follows. Give answer b) if only conclusions II follows. Give answer c) if either conclusion I or conclusions II follows. Give answer d) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. Give answer e) if both conclusions I and II follows. 123) Statements : A > L = T < R ≤ H > K

Conclusions : I. H > L II. K > T 124) Statements : P ≥ N > D ≥ G < B ≤ J

Conclusions : I. G < P II. G < J 125) Statements : Q ≤ E < I > N = R ≥ S

Conclusions : I. E ≥ S II. S ≤ N

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 1) In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run

rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? a) 6.25 b) 6.5 c) 6.75 d) 7

2) The average weight of 24 students is 50 kgs. If the weight of teacher is also included, the average is 1 kg more. What is weight of teacher? a) 51 kgs b) 66 kgs c) 75 kgs d) 80 kgs

3) One third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/h, 1/4th at the rate of 30km/h and rest at 50km/h. Find the average speed of the whole journey? a) 33km/h b) 331/3 km/h c) 40km/h d) None

4) A man arrives to his office at 60km/h and returns home along the same route at 30km/h. Find the average speed? a) 50km/h b) 45km/h c) 30km/h d) 40km/h

5) Mean of 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, is a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40

6) The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is: a) 3500 b) 4000 c) 4050 d) 5000

7) The average price of three items of furniture is Rs. 15000. If their prices are in the ratio 3:5:7, the price of the cheapest item is:

a) Rs. 9000 b) Rs.15000 c) Rs. 18000 d) Rs.21000

8) Average of 11 numbers 42. On including twelfth number the average becomes 45. The twelfth number is a) 48 b) 72 c) 75 d) 78

9) Find average of all prime numbers between 30 & 50. a) 39.8 b) 40.8 c) 42.8 d) 37.8

10) The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class. a) 47.55 kg b) 48 kg c) 48.55 kg d) 49.25 kg

11) Nine students of a class contribute a certain sum. Seven of them give Rs. 5 each and the other two give Rs. 5 & 9 more than the average contribution of all the 9 students. The average contribution of the class of 9 students is. a) Rs.10 b) Rs.14 c) Rs. 7 d) Rs.12

12) A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year? a) Rs. 7.98 b) Rs. 8 c) Rs. 8.50 d) Rs. 9

13) Distance between two stations A & B is 778km. Hari Mohan covers the journey from A to B at 84km per hour and returns back to A with a uniform speed of 56km per hour. Find his average speed during the whole journey. a) 68.5km/h b) 67.2km/h c) 66.3km/h d) 69.6km/h

14) The average of eight numbers is 14. The average of six of these numbers is 16. The average of the remaining two numbers is: a) 6 b) 12 c) 8 d) 10

15) The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. Find the largest of these numbers. a) 27 b) 28 c) 26 d) 30

16) A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is: a) 250 b) 276 c) 280 d) 285

17) If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is: a) 53.33 b) 54.68 c) 55 d) 52.25

18) In an examination, a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per

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paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination? a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11

19) The average age of the students of class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4. The ratio of the no. of boys to the no. of girls in the class: a) 1:2 b) 2:3 c) 3:4 d) 3:5

20) An aeroplane flies along the four sides of a square field at speeds of 200, 400, 600 and 800 km/hr. The average speed of the plane in the flight around the field in km/hr is: a) 384 b) 400 c) 500 d) 284

21) With an average speed of 40 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of 35 km/hr, it is late by 15 minutes. The total journey is: a) 80 km b) 70 km c) 60 km d) 40 km

22) The mean of 19 observations is 4. If one more observation of 24 is added to the data, the new mean will be: a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

23) The A.M. of the price per kg of rice at 10 different places was Rs. 4.85. After a week, the price per kg was increased by 20 paise at 3 places and decreased by 10 paise at one place. The new average of price per kg is: a) Rs. 4.88 b) Rs. 4.86 c) Rs. 4.90 d) Rs. 5.35

24) If the mean of 4 observations is 20 and when a constant C is added to each observation, the mean becomes 22, the value of C is: a) -2 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

25) The average age of 11 players of a cricket team is decreased by 2 months when two of them aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two reserves. The average age of the reserves is: a) 18 years 3 months b) 17 years 1 months c) 17 years 7 months d) 17 years 11 months

26) The average age of a family of 6 members is 22 years. If the age of the youngest member be 7 years, the average age of the family at the birth of the youngest member, was: a) 15 years b) 17 years c) 17.5 years d) 18 years

27) The average of 6 numbers is 30. If the average of first four is 25 and that of the last three is 35, the fourth number is: a) 35 b) 30 c) 25 d) 40

28) The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37° C and that of Tuesday to Thursday was 34° C. If the temperature on Thursday was (4/5)th that of Monday, what was the temperature on Thursday?

a) 34°C b) 35.5° C c) 36°C d) 36.5°

29) Out of three given numbers, the first one is twice the second and three times the third. If the average of these numbers is 88, then the difference between first and third as: a) 48 b) 72 c) 96 d) 32

30) Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?

a) 2 times b) 212 times

c) 432 times d) 3 times

31) The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child? a) 4 years b) 8 years c) 10 years d) 9 years

32) A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

a) 14 years b) 19 years c) 33 years d) 38 years

33) Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years? a) 24 b) 27 c) 40 d) Cannot be determined

34) A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is: a) 14 years b) 18 years c) 20 years d) 22 years

35) Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present? a) 16 years b) 18 years c) 20 years d) Cannot be determined

36) A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?

a) 45% b) 11545 %

c) 546% d) 55% 37) A shopkeeper marks the price at 15% higher

than the original price. Due to increase in demand he further increases the price by 10%. How much % profit will he get? a) 27.5 b) 26.5 c) 28.5 d) 30

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38) If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true? a) A is smaller than B. b) A is greater than B c) If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B. d) None of these

39) If two numbers are respectively 20% and 40% of a 3rd number then what % is the 1st number of the 2nd one? a) 10 b) 20 c) 40 d) 50

40) In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school? a) 72 b) 120 c) 150 d) 100

41) 1/3 and 1/5 of girls participated in drawing and dance competition respectively. One sixth i.e. 150 of the total student population participated exclusively in the picnic. What was the number of girls student participating in drawing and dance competition together? a) 180 b) 280 c) 380 d) 480

42) If the radius of circle is increased by 110% its area is increased by a) 110 b) 301 c) 341 d) 501

43) The population of a town was reduced by 12% in 1988. In 1989 it was increased by 15%. What is the % effect on the population in the beginning of 1990? a) 1.6% b) 1.4% c) 1.2 d) 1.7%

44) In terms of percentage 27 is how much more than 20? a) 30% b) 32% c) 35% d) 38%

45) Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B. a) 2 : 3 b) 1 : 1 c) 3 : 4 d) 4 : 3

46) In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes were 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was a) 2700 b) 2900 c) 3000 d) 3100

47) In an examination 80% of students passed in Mathematics and 75% of students passed in English. 15% of students failed in both the subjects. If 490 students passed in both the

subjects then what is the total number of students who took the examination? a) 800 b) 700 c) 900 d) 750

48) Mrs. Ruhani travels with 80% of her usual speed and thus gets late by 40 minutes. What will be the usual time taken by her in covering the same distances? a) 160 minutes c) 120 minutes b) 180 minutes d) 200 minutes

49) The price of rice is increased by 25% and as a result, a person can have 4kg less rice for Rs.400. What is the new price of rice per kg? a) Rs. 22.5 kg b) Rs. 20 kg c) Rs. 25 kg d) Rs. 30 kg

50) If 20% of P is equal to 21% of Q, then which of P and Q is greater? a) They are equal b) Q c) Can’t be determined d) P

51) The population of a town was 10,000, and at the end of the year 2010. What will be the population of the town at the end of the year 2012 if the rate of population growth is 20% p.a.? a) 14,400 b) 14,800 c) 16,200 d) 15,400

52) Vivek’s deposit in his SBI account is 60% of his deposit in his BOI account. If his total deposit in these accounts together is Rs. 120, what is his deposit in the BOI account? a) 27 b) 54 c) 75 d) 45

53) When 75% of a number is added to 50, the result is the same number again. Find the number. a) 200 b) 175 c) 75 d) 150

54) Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week? a) Rs. 200 b) Rs. 250 c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 275

55) In an examination, Summit got 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. In the same examination, Rohit got 40% marks, which is 35 marks more than the pass marks. Then what is the total marks in the examination? a) 500 b) 250 c) 600 d) 450

56) Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less than a third number C. Find by what % is the number B less than the number A? a) 10% b) 8% c) 12% d) 9%

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57) A man sells two horses for Rs.1710. The CP of the first is equal to the SP of the second. If the first is sold at 10% loss and the second at 25% gain, what is his total gain or loss? a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain c) Rs.90 loss d) None of these

58) A person saves 10% of his income. If his income increased by 20% & he decide to save 15% of his income by what percent has his savings increased. a) 80% b) 20% c) 30% d) None

59) An article marked for sale at Rs.275. The shopkeeper allows a discount at 5% on the market price. His net profit is 4.5%. What did shopkeeper pay for the article? a) Rs.250 b) Rs. 270 c) Rs.290 d) Rs.350

60) A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he had bought it at 10% less & sold it for Rs.3 more the would have gained 25%. Find the cost price. a) 180 b) 160 c) 140 d) 120

61) If goods be purchased for Rs.450/- & 1/3 be sold at a loss of 10% at what percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction. a) 35% b) 40% c) 50% d) None

62) A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 40 less. There would have been a loss of 10% what was cost price? a) 175 b) 200 c) 225 d) 270

63) A dealer professes to sell goods at cost price but loses 900 gms weight for a kilogram. What is his gain percent? a) 0.9 b) 9 c) 11 d) 111/9

64) Uttam purchase a shirt & sold to Ramu at profit at 25% & Ramu again sell to Ajay at 10% loss & Ajay pay Rs. 972 for this shirt. Find cost of Uttam. a) 864 b) 874 c) 934 d) 1056

65) A man purchases a certain number of toffees at 30 for Re. 1 & same no. at 20 for Re1. He mixes them & sells it at 40 for Rs.2. What is his loss or profit percent? a) 20% b) 8% c) 10% d) 18%

66) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs. 6500/- in eight years at the rate of 13 p.c.p.a. What would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. in 2 years?

a) Rs. 1040/- b) Rs. 1020/- c) Rs. 1060/- d) Rs. 1200/- 67) The compound interest accrued on an amount of

the end of two years @ 12 p.c.p.a. is Rs. 2862/- What is the amount? a) Rs. 11,250/- b) Rs. 12,200/- c) Rs. 13,500/- d) Rs. 10,000

68) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs. 7,200/- in six years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a what would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a. in 2 years.

a) Rs. 1020/- b) Rs.1055/- c) Rs.1050/- d) Rs.1025/- 69) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain

capital principal is Rs. 6400/- in four years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. what would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 2 p.c.p.a. in 2 years?

a) Rs.800 b) Rs. 808/- c) Rs. 704/- d) Rs. 700/- 70) The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.

22,500/- at the end of four years is Rs. 10,800/-. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate at the end of two years?

a) Rs. 16908/- b) Rs. 5724/- c) Rs. 28224/- d) Rs. 8586/- 71) The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.

45000/- after 2 years at a certain rate of interest is 13500/-. What will be the compound interest accrued on the same amount in the same number years at the same rate of interest?

a) Rs. 14,512.50 b) Rs. 14,521.80 c) Rs. 14,515.30 d) Rs. 14,518.90 72) The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain

principal is Rs. 2000/- in five years at the rate of 4 p.c.p.a. what would be the compound interest accrued on same principal at same rate in two years?

a) 716 b) 724 c) 824 d) 816 73) The difference between the amount of

compound interest and simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 26,000 at the end of 3 years is Rs. 2994.134. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?

a) 22 b) 17 c) 19 d) Cannot be determined 74) Ravi borrowed some money at the rate of 4

p.c.p.a. for the first three years, at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. for the next two years and at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. for the period beyond 5 years. If he pays a total simple interest of Rs. 19550 at the end of 7 years, how much money did he borrow?

a) Rs. 39,500 b) Rs. 42,500 c) Rs. 41,900 d) Rs. 43,000 75) Meera purchased an item for Rs. 6200/- and

sold it at loss of 25 percent. With that amount

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she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 30 percent. What was her overall gain/loss?

a) Loss of Rs. 165/- b) Profit of Rs. 165/- c) Loss Rs. 155/- d) Profit of Rs. 155/- 76) Seema purchased an item for Rs. 9,600/- and

sold it for loss of 5 percent. From that money she purchased another item and sold it for gain of 5 percent. What is her overall gain/loss?

a) Loss of Rs. 36/- b) Profit of Rs. 24/- c) Loss of Rs. 24/- d) Profit of Rs. 36/- 77) Mr. Baljit purchased 100 pieces of an article at

the rate of Rs. 480/- per piece. He then listed the price so as to gain a profit of 25%. While selling the articles he offered a discount of 5%. What is the percentage of profit earned in the deal?

a) 20.00 b) 15.00 c) 15.79 d) 18.75 78) Profit earned by an organization is distributed

among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs. 25,000/- what was the total amount of profit earned?

a) Rs. 22 lakhs b) Rs. 18.25 lakhs c) Rs. 18 lakhs d) Rs. 23.25 lakh

79) A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned in the deal?

a) 18% b) 15% c) 20%

d) Can’t be determined 80) Rehaan purchased a bike for Rs. 54000/- he

sold it at a loss of 8 percent. With that money he again purchased another bike and sold it at a profit of 10 percent. What is his overall loss/profit?

a) Loss of Rs. 657/- b) Profit of Rs. 567/- c) Loss of Rs. 648/- d) Profit of Rs. 648/- 81) If the price of petrol is raised by 12.5% then

find by what percent should a consumer decrease the consumption of petrol so that there is no change in his monthly expenditure on petrol. a) 16% b) 112/7% c) 111/9% d) 20%

82) Kewal sells two tape recorders at the same price. Out of one he gains 10% and at another he loses 10%. His total % gain or loss in the whole transaction is: a) 1% gain b) 1% loss c) 11% loss d) No loss No gain

83) Ajay bought 15 kg of dal at the rate of Rs.14.50 per kg and 10 kg at the rate of Rs.13 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture at the rate of Rs.15 per kg. What was his total gain in this transaction? a) Rs.1.10 b) Rs.16.50 c) Rs.11 d) Rs.27.50

84) A horse and a cow is sold for per Rs.12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20% and the cow at a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in: a) no loss or gain b) loss of Rs.1000 c) gain of Rs.1000 d) gain of Rs.2000

85) Anil bought a TV with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs.500. At what price did he buy the TV? a) Rs.16000 b) Rs.12000 c) Rs.10000 d) Rs.8000

86) Each of the two horses is sold for Rs. 720. The first one is sold at 25% profit and the second one at 25% loss. What is the % age loss or gain in the deal? a) 7.2% b) 6.25% c) No profit, no loss d) 8.16%

87) Each of the two cars is sold at the same price. A profit of 10% is made on the first and a loss of 7% is made on the second. What is the combined loss or gain? a) 2.3% loss b) 2% loss c) 2% gain d) 2.3% gain

88) A man sells two horses for Rs.1710. The CP of the first is equal to the SP of the second. If the first is sold at 10% loss and the second at 25% gain, what is his total gain or loss? a) Rs.90 gain b) Rs.171 gain c) Rs.90 loss d) Rs.171 loss

89) I lose 9 percent by selling pencils at rate of 15 a rupee. How many for a rupee must I sell them to gain 5 percent? a) 16 b) 13 c) 10 d) 14

90) Vipin purchased a horse at 9/10 of its selling price & sold it at 8% more than its selling price. Find his gain percent. a) 29% profit b) 25% profit c) 28% profit d) 20 % profit

91) A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 5 years had it been put at 5% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 500 more. What is the sum? a) Rs. 2000 b) Rs. 2400 c) Rs. 2500 d) Rs. 3200

92) What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest for the sum Rs. 16000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years? a) Rs. 80 b) Rs. 60 c) Rs. 54 d) Rs. 40

93) A sum of money triples itself in 3 years at a simple interest. In how many years will it become five times? a) 5 years b) 6 years c) 4 years d) 8 years

94) If the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 15% is Rs. 800, what will be the compound interest at the same rate and for the same time? a) Rs. 920 b) Rs. 900 c) Rs. 880 d) Rs. 860

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95) An amount of money grows upto Rs. 4000 in 2 years and up to Rs. 8000 in 3 years on compound interest. What is the sum? a) Rs. 1600 b) Rs. 1000 c) Rs. 1200 d) Rs. 2400

96) Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is: a) 27 b) 33

c) 49 d) 55 97) In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in

the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?

a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200 98) 20 boys and 32 girls from a group for social

work. During their membership drive an equal number of boys and girls also join the group. How many members does the group have now, if the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4 ? a) 75 b) 86 c) 68 d) 84

99) If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number? a) 2 : 5 b) 3 : 7 c) 5 : 3 d) 7 : 3

100) Ramola’s monthly income is three times Ravina’s monthly income. Ravina’s monthly income is fifteen percent more than Ruchira’s monthly income. Ruchira’s monthly income is Rs. 32000/-. What is Ramola’s Annual income? a) Rs. 110400/- b) Rs. 1324800/- c) Rs. 36800/- d) Rs. 52200/- e) None of these

101) The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is: a) 20 b) 30 c) 48 d) 58

102) Raju, Ramu & Raku invested Rs. 5000, Rs.10,000 & Rs.15,000 respectively to start a Pest control Unit. Raju left the unit after 1 year. If at the end of 2 years they earned a profit of Rs.12,000, what is Ramu’s share in the profit? a) Rs.2,400 b) Rs.2,000 c) Rs.4,000 d) None

103) Two friends A & B entered into partnership with capitals in the ratio of 4:5. After 3 months, A withdrew 1/ 4 of his capital & B withdrew 1/5 of his capital. The profit after 10 months was Rs. 760. How much did A get? a) Rs.430 b) Rs.330 c) Rs.280 d) Rs.480

104) A started a business investing Rs.35,000. After six months B joined him, with a capital of Rs. 60,000. At the end of the year the total profit

was Rs.26,000. What will be the difference between the share of profits of A & B? a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.2000 c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.3000

105) A, B & C invested capitals in the ratio 2:3:4. At the end of business term they received the profits in the ratio 3:6:10. Find the ratio of the times for which they contributed their capitals. a) 4:6:5 b) 3:4:5 c) 5:4:5 d) 4:5

106) Anup & Bimal started a business investing Rs. 15000 & Rs. 22500 respectively. In what proportion will the profit be distributed. a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 2:3 d) Can’t be determined

107) A, B & C invest Rs.35000, Rs.42000 & Rs.49000 respectively in a business. Out of total profit of Rs. 45,000, B’s share is: a) 14000 b) 15000 c) 17500 d) 16500

108) Anup started a business investing 90000. After 3 months Tariq joined him with a capital of Rs. 120000. Of at the end of 2 years the total profit made by them was Rs. 96000, what will be the difference between their shares? a) Rs. 20000 b) Rs. 24000 c) Rs. 8000 d) None

109) Ugesh started a business investing Rs.45000. After 3 months Pralad joined him with a capital of Rs. 90000. At the end of the year, they made a profit Rs.20000. What would be Ugesh’s share in it? a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.4500 c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.8000

110) Ramu has a certain number of 10-paise coins, 3 times as many 25-paise coins as 10-paise coins, and 5 more 50-paise coins than 25-paise coins. If the total value is Rs 120, how many 10-paise coins are there? a) 30 b) 40 c) 50 d) 60

111) A and B have Rs. 720 and Rs. 576, respectively. If A spends Rs. 312 and B spends Rs. 264, which of them is more extravagant? a) A b) B c) Both A & B d) Can’t say

112) Rohit starts a business with Rs. 6500 and after 8 months Shyam joins Rohit as his partner. After 4 years the profit is divided in the ratio of 13 : 12. What is Shyam’s contribution in the capital? a) Rs. 7400 b) Rs. 7200 c) Rs. 7250 d) Rs. 7630

113) A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio 3:5:7:11. If the share of C is Rs. 1668 more than the share of A, then what is the total amount of money of B and D together?

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a) Rs. 6762 b) Rs. 6672 c) Rs. 7506 d) Rs. 625

114) Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats? a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 6 : 7 : 8 c) 6 : 8 : 9 d) 7 : 8 : 9

115) Ashok being the sleeping partner receives 1/10 of the profit and the remaining is divided between Pramod and Prakash in the ratio of 1.25 : 1. If the difference between the shares of Prakash and Ashok is Rs. 8340, what is Pramod’s share (in Rs.)? a) 8800 b) 13900 c) 12600 d) Data inadequate

116) The mean proportional between two numbers is 28 and their third proportional to them is 224. The two numbers are a) 7 and 12 b) 14 and 56 c) 28 and 28 d) 21 and 36

117) If sum of three numbers is 65. If the ratio of the first to second number if 5 : 3, and that of the second and third number is 7 : 3, then what is the second number? a) 9 b) 15 c) 21 d) 35

118) How much pure alcohol can be added to 700 ml of an 18% solution to make it strength 30%? a) 60 ml c) 100 ml b) 140 ml d) 120 ml

119) The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 4 : 3 : 2. What is the ratio between the times taken by the cars to cover the same distance? a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 3 : 4 : 6 c) 1 : 2 : 3 d) 4 : 3 : 2

120) If Rs. 8400 is divided among A, B and C in the

ratio 101:

61:

51

, what is the share of A?

a) Rs. 1800 b) Rs. 3000 c) Rs. 3600 d) Rs. 4000

121) A person P started a business with a capital of Rs. 2525 and another person Q joined P after some months with a capital of Rs. 1200. Out of the total annual profit of Rs. 1644, P’s share was Rs. 1212. When did Q join as partners? a) after 2 months b) after 3 months c) after 4 months d) after 5months

122) The sum of the three numbers is 152. If the ratio between the first and second be 3:5 and that between the second and third be 5:11, what is the third number? a) 66 b) 55 c) 88 d) 111

123) Three persons A, B and C invested capitals in the ratio 2:3:4. At the end of the business terms, they received the profits in the ratio 10:7:5. What is the ratio of time for which they contributed their capital? a) 12:14:15 b) 12:10:9 c) 4:3:1 d) 60 : 28 : 15

124) In a musical concert, the ratio of the number of girls to that of boys was 5:7. When 102 more girls entered the concert, the new ratio of the number of girls to that of boys became 6:5. How many people were there in the musical concert at first? a) 360 b) 240 c) 480 d) 330

125) In a certain locality 55% are females. Of these 32% are illiterate. If male literacy is 64%. Find the ratio of illiterate males to literate females? a) 9 : 8 b) 81 : 88 c) 81 : 187 d) 88 : 81

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Directions (1-20): A sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice. 1) Open the door.

a) The door must be opened b) The door will be opened c) The door is opened d) Let the door be opened

2) I did not trust anybody. a) Nobody was trusted by me b) Anybody had been trusted by me c) Nobody would be trusted by me d) Nobody has been trusted by me

3) Did he remember the date and time? a) Are the date and time remembered by him? b) Was he remembering the date and time? c) Were the date and time remembered by him? d) Did the date and time be remembered by him?

4) The boys were digging a hole in the ground. a) A hole had been dug in the ground by the boys b) In the ground, the boys dug a hole c) A hole in the ground has been dug by the boys d) A hole was being dug by the boys in the ground.

5) We must now deal with these problems. a) These problems must now be dealt with by us b) These problems must now be dealing with by us c) These problems must now deal with by us d) These problems are to be dealt with by us

6) The audience loudly cheered the leader’s speech. a) The leader’s speech was loudly cheered by the audience b) The leader’s speech is loudly cheered by the audience

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c) The audience loudly cheered the leader for his speech d) The speech of the leader was loudly cheered by the audience

7) Someone is following us. a) We are followed by someone b) We are being followed by someone c) We were being followed by someone d) We had been followed by someone

8) He hasn’t slept in his bed. a) His bed hasn’t been slept in b) He had not been slept in his bed c) His bed had been slept in d) His bed had not been slept in

9) I was recommended another lawyer. a) Somebody recommended another lawyer. b) Somebody recommended me to another lawyer. c) Somebody recommended me another lawyer d) Somebody recommends me another lawyer

10) Many a person has been saved from the man-eaters by these hunters a) These hunters will save many a person from the man-eaters b) These hunters save many a person from the man-eaters c) These hunters saved many a person from the man-eaters d) These hunters have saved many a person from the man-eaters

11) Must we cut this tree? a) Must this tree will cut? b) Must this tree be cut? c) Must this tree was cut? d) Must this tree is cut?

12) You will be well looked after. a) They will look after you well b) They can look after you well c) They may look after you well d) They shall look after you well

13) Didn’t they tell you to be here by six O’ clock? a) Weren’t you told to be here by six O’clock? b) Haven’t they told you to be here by six O’ clock? c) You were expected to be here by six O’ clock? d) They expected you to be here by six O’ clock?

14) Don’t touch this switch. a) This switch does not be touched b) This switch must not be touched c) This switch don’t be touched d) This switch need not be touched

15) One cannot gather grapes from thistles. a) Thistles cannot be gathered from grapes b) Grapes cannot be gathered from thistles c) Grapes and thistles cannot be gathered by one d) Grapes cannot be gathered by them

16) They will have completed the work by the time we get there. a) The work will be completed by the time we get there b) The work will have been completed by the time we get there c) The work will have completed by the time we get there

d) The work will have been completed by the time we have got there

17) You will have to pull down this sky-scraper as you have not complied with the town planning regulations. a) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the town planning regulations have not been complied with b) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down by you as the town planning regulations have not been complied by you c) This sky-scraper will be pulled down as the town planning regulations have not been complied with d) This sky-scraper will have to be pulled down as the town planning regulations have not been complied

18) He has written a poem which fascinates every one. a) A poem has been written by him which fascinates every one b) Everyone is fascinated by the poem which has been written by him c) Poem written by him fascinates every one d) Every one fascinates the poem which is written by him

19) Will those happy days be ever forgotten by me? a) Will I ever forget those happy days? b) Shall I ever forgot these happy days? c) Would I forget these happy days? d) Ever shall I forget those happy days?

20) You are requested to permit him. a) Please permit him b) I request you to permit me c) He requests to permit him d) I plead you to permit him

Directions (21-45): A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form. 21) Socrates said,” Virtue is its own reward.”

a) Socrates said that virtue had its own rewards b) Socrates says that virtue is its own reward c) Socrates said that virtue is its own reward d) Socrates said that virtue was its own reward

22) He said to the interviewer, “Could you please repeat the question?” a) He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question

23) He said, “it used to be a lovely, quiet street.” a) He said that it used to be a lovely, quiet street b) He pointed out that it had used to be a lovely, quiet street c) He said that there used to be a lovely, quiet street d) He inquired whether there was a lovely, quiet street

24) The Prime Minister said that no one would be

allowed to disturb the peace.

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a) The Prime Minister said, “We shall not allow anyone to disturb the peace.” b) The Prime Minister said, “We would not allow no one to disturb the peace.” c) The Prime Minister said, “No one will disturb the peace.” d) The Prime Minister said, “No one can disturb the peace”

25) The spectators said, “Bravo! Well done, players.” a) The Spectators shouted that the players were doing very well b) The spectators exclaimed with joy that the players were doing very well c) The spectators applauded the players saying that they had done well d) The spectators applauded the players joyfully to do well

26) I said to my friend, “Good Morning. Let us go for a picnic today.” a) I told good morning to my friend, and asked to go for a picnic that day b) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that we should go for a picnic that day c) I wished my friend good morning and proposed that they should go for a picnic that day d) I told good morning to my friend and suggested to go for a picnic today

27) The new student asked the old one, “Do you know my name?” a) The new student asked the old one if he knew his name b) The new student asked the old one that whether he knew his name c) The new student asked the old one did he know his name d) The new student asked the old one if he knows his name

28) I warned her that I could no longer tolerate her coming late. a) I said to her, “You can no longer tolerate my coming late.” b) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate your coming late.” c) I said to her, “He can no longer 1 tolerate her coming late.” d) I said to her, “I can no longer tolerate she coming late.”

29) I said to my mother, “I will certainly take you to Bangalore this week.” a) I told my mother he would certainly take her to Bangalore that week b) I told my mother that I would certainly take her to Bangalore that week c) I told my mother that she would certainly take her to Bangalore that week d) I told to my mother that I would take you to Bangalore that week

30) “How long does the journey take?”, my co-passenger asked me. a) My co-passenger asked me how long does the journey take

b) I asked my co-passenger how long the journey would take c) My co-passenger wanted to know how long the journey would take d) My co-passenger asked me how long the journey did take

31) How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so quickly,” said the mother. a) The mother exclaimed admiringly that it was very clever of him to have solved the puzzle so quickly b) The mother expressed that he was so clever to have solved the puzzle quickly c) The mother told that he was very clever in solving the puzzle so quickly d) The mother exclaimed with joy that he was clever enough to solve the puzzle so quickly

32) He said he goes for a walk every morning. a) He said, “I went for a walk every morning”. b) He said, “I go for a walk every morning”. c) He said, “I will go for a walk-every morning”. d) He said, “ He goes for a walk every morning”.

33) I reiterated, “I don’t care about the job.” a) I reiterated I didn’t care about the job b) I said again and again I didn’t care about the job c) I reiterated that I did not care about the job d) I repeatedly said that I cared about the job

34) I said to my brother, “Let us go to some hill station for a change.” a) I suggested to my brother that they should go to some hill station for a change b) I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change c) I suggested to my brother that let us go to some hill station for a change d) I suggested to my brother that let them go to some hill station for a change

35) I wondered how many discoveries went unheeded. a) I said, “How many discoveries have gone unheeded?” b) I said, “How many discoveries went unheeded?” c) I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?” d) I said, “How many discoveries go unheeded?”

36) Gopan said to me, “Can you do these sums for me?” a) Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him b) Gopan asked me if I can do those sums for him c) Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him d) Gopan asked if I could do these sums for him

37) The boss said, “It’s time we began planning our work”. a) The boss said that if was time they had begun planning their work b) The boss said that if was time we had begun planning our work c) The boss said that it was time they began planning their work d) The boss said that it was time we began planning his work

38) He said to the judge, “I did not commit this crime;”

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a) He told the judge that he had not committed that crime b) He told the judge that he did not commit the crime c) He told the judge that he had not committed the crime d) He told the judge that he had not committed this crime

39) Rahul said, “I will do it now or never”. a) Rahul said that he will do it now or never b) Rahul said that he will now or never do it c) Rahul said that he would do it then or never d) Rahul said that he would now or never do it

40) My father once said to me, “If I can’t trust my people, then I don’t want to be doing this.” a) His father once told him that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that b) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that c) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my people then he didn’t want to be doing that d) My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing this

41) Doshi said to his wife, “Please select one of the necklaces.” a) Doshi requested his wife to select one of those necklaces b) Doshi said to his wife to please select one of these necklaces c) Doshi told his wife to please select one of those necklaces d) Doshi pleased his wife to selects one of those necklaces

42) He wrote in his report, “The rainfall has been scanty till now.” a) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till now b) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till now c) He reported that the rainfall has been scanty till then d) He reported that the rainfall had been scanty till then

43) “Govind,” said the manager sternly, “I command you to tell me what the old man said.” a) The manager sternly told Govind that he commanded him to tell him what the old man had said b) The manager commanded sternly to Govind to tell him what the old man had said c) The manager commanded Govind to tell him what the old man said d) The manager sternly commanded Govind to tell him what the old man had said

44) I said to him, “Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?” a) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the day before b) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day c) I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the next day. d) I asked him where he had lost the pen I brought for him the previous day

45) She said to Rita, “Please help me with my homework.” a) She requested Rita to help me with her homework b) Rita requested her to help her with her homework c) She requested Rita to help her with her homework d) She requested Rita to help her homework

Directions (46-75): A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given four alternatives to the underlined part. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d). 46) During the recent floods, we waded through waist-

deep water for almost half a kilometer. a) shuffled through b) walked over c) skipped through d) No improvement

47) In Gujarat, communal violence and rioting ignited up twice in the late seventies and early eighties. a) flared b) burned c) took d) No improvement

48) My friend lamented that though a complete report was sent to the department a month ago no action is being taken so far. a) no action has been taken b) no action was taken c) no action had taken d) No improvement

49) Hari left the house before Shyam got there. a) will leave b) had left c) leaves d) No improvement

50) The underlining assumption is that the amount of money available is limited. a) undermining b) underlying c) underwhelming d) No improvement

51) She was criticized by her colleagues for leaking the story to the press. a) reproached b) dissented c) warned d) No improvement

52) Two children were knocked down by a speeding truck. a) turned down b) pulled down c) brought down d) No improvement

53) The company is not doing well – isn’t it time you sell off your shares in it? a) sold b) selling c) give d) No improvement

54) Before a skunk squeals an unpleasant spray from the glands under its tail, it will stamp its feet and hiss a warning. a) squints b) stinks c) squirts d) No improvement

55) Although Pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively, they are also carnivorous. a) Until b) As soon as c) Not only d) No improvement

56) I and my parents live together.

a) Me and my parents b) My parents and I c) My parents and me d) No improvement

57) I was really criticised by the angry words of my father. a) jolted b) fluttered c) thwarted d) No improvement

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58) Man has a strong desire to collect wealth. a) spend b) accumulate c) waste d) No improvement

59) She insisted to go there, though her husband cautioned her on it. a) on going b) upon going c) going d) No improvement

60) It is sheer foolishness to think that the education system can be improved by doing away examinations. a) by doing with b) by doing it to c) by doing away with d) No improvement

61) Do how I say. a) as b) what c) like d) No improvement

62) I am thinking to do an M.A. in English. a) I am wondering to do an M.A. in English b) I am thinking of doing an M.A. in English c) I am thinking doing an M.A. in English d) No improvement

63) You may sign on this paper. a) sign at this paper b) sign this paper c) sign upon this paper d) No improvement

64) Majority of people wrongly believe that there must be a son in every family. a) the people believe wrongly b) peoples wrongly believes c) the people wrongly believe d) No improvement

65) If I followed instructions I could have averted the mishap. a) I had followed b) I would have followed c) I were to follow d) No improvement

66) Bonded labour has been now almost a thing of the past. a) had been b) is c) was d) No improvement

67) I prefer remaining silent to speaking a) than b) more than c) rather than d) No improvement

68) He presented me a calculator on my birthday. a) He presented me a calculator for my birthday b) He presented me with a calculator on my birthday c) He presented a calculator for my birthday d) No improvement

69) The teacher saw my conversing with her. a) my conversation b) me to converse c) me conversing d) No improvement

70) The police booked a case against the car-driver for wrong parking. a) restricted b) expelled c) filed d) No improvement

71) Who does not grasp the recently formed Commonwealth of Independent States? a) know b) identify c) understand d) No improvement

72) We have received many anomalous letters about this issue. a) analogous b) synonymous c) anonymous d) No improvement

73) The watchman asked the intruder who was he and why was he occupying his chair.

a) who he was and why was he b) who he was and why he was c) who he had been and why was he d) No improvement

74) My watch stopped, as key was not given. a) the key was not given b) it had not been wound up c) its key was not given d) No improvement

75) All that is human must revert if it does not advance a) retrograde b) withdraw c) retire d) No improvement

Directions (76-85): The 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 76) 1. A man who climbs a mountain faces several

dangers. P. A cylinder of oxygen can be very expensive. Q. The atmosphere at such a great height contains less oxygen than in the plains and therefore he may find it difficult to breathe. R. Yet another danger is the avalanches – huge mass of snow sliding down the mountain and the mountaineer may get swept off. S. This means that the mountaineer has to carry his own supply of oxygen in a clinder. 6. It is a proof of man’s indomitable courage that in spite of all these dangers, he continues to climb the highest mountains in the world. a) QSPR b) SRPQ c) QSRP d) PSRQ

77) 1. After the Chipko Movement P. that peasants and tribals Q. in the responsible management R. it was demonistrated S. had a greater stake 6. of Nature than did supposedly sophisticated city dwellers. a) QRPS b) RPSQ c) RPQS d) QPSR

78) 1. Sometimes you can figure out P. of the rest of the sentence Q. or from the meaning R. its place in the story or in the sentence S. an unfamiliar word from its context 6. even though you may never have seen the word before. a) RSPQ b) SRQP c) QPRS d) PRQS

79) 1. Even today in many countries P. neglected and there are far Q. women continue to be R. who have had the benefit of S. fewer women than men 6. education and vocational training. a) PRQS b) QPSR c) SQRP d) RQPS

80) 1. Carl Sagan P. the severity of the problem

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Q. says that we do not fully understand R. that the next generations may be badly affected S. in his essay 6. and that the only solution is international co-operation. a) SRPQ b) SQRP c) SPRQ d) SQPR

81) 1. Each P. if it was working Q. had to be tested to be sure R. parts of the rocket S. of the many 6. perfectly. a) RSPQ b) RQSP c) PRQS d) SRQP

82) 1. The life of the honeybee colony centres around the activities of its single queen. P. Fertilization of these eggs takes place before they are deposited in the cells. Q. When the eggs hatch into larvae, they are looked after and fed by the worker bees. R. During the summer months spends most of her time laying eggs in the wax cells of her honey comb. S. The honeybee does this by releasing sperm from her storage sacs which were filled at the time of her mating of flights. 6. A new worker bee emerges three weeks after the egg was laid. a) RSQP b) RPSQ c) SPRQ d) SRPQ

83) 1. George Eliot sees P. family life Q. and mutually caring relationships R. human relationships S. as the centre of 6. as the centre of life itself. a) PQSR b) RQSP c) RPQS d) PSRQ

84) 1. As the girl grew up, she became prettier and prettier. P. She began to be treated worse than any servant Q. After household work she would sleep among the clinders. R. And the prettier she became, the more the sisters hated her. S. She was compelled to eat scraps of leftovers. 6. This habit earned her the nickname Cinderella. a) PQRS b) RPSQ c) QPRS d) PQSR

85) 1. Actually for him P. was more important than Q. the development R. into a free man S. of the Indian 6. the freeing of India. a) QSRP b) SRQP c) PRQS d) RSQP

Directions (86-110): You have 5 brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

PASSAGE – I

Fingerprints are the marks made by the ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs. These ridges form a pattern that stays the same throughout a person’s life. No two persons have ever had the same fingerprints. So fingerprints are a foolproof way of identifying a person. A fingerprint record is made in an interesting manner. A small piece of metal is coated with a thin film of ink. Next, a person’s finger and thumb tips are pressed against the inked surface. Then the fingertips are pressed on a white card. The prints are recorded in exact detail. Fingerprinting is often used to solve crimes. Fingerprints are picked up at the scene of a crime. These are compared with those of a suspect. Millions of fingerprints are kept on files by police departments. Fingerprinting is also used in finding missing persons and identifying unknown dead. It is used to screen people who apply for certain jobs. It is thought that the Chinese used thumbprints to sign documents a long time before Christ. The system used today was invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880’s. In 1901 Sir E.R. Henry found a simple way of grouping fingerprints. His system is used by many law-enforcement organizations. 86) Fingerprints are the most ……………way of

identifying a person. a) best b) genuine c) sincere d) accurate

87) The main reason why fingerprinting is used for identification is that a) every individual has a unique set of fingerprints. b) every set of fingerprints falls into a pattern c) records of fingerprints can be maintained. d) fingerprints can be picked up even after a crime.

88) Who first evolved a system of using finger impressions to authenticate document? a) Sir Francis Galton b) Sir E.R. Henry c) The Chinese d) The Britishers

89) The present system of recording fingerprints is around …………… years old. a) 2200 b) 100 c) 500 d) 220

90) The fingerprints are stored for record a) on a white card b) on an inked surface c) on paper files d) on a small piece of metal

PASSAGE – II

An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steel bank from the bridge with soldiers helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading out of it all. The peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving. 91) What was the old man wearing?

a) Steel-rimmed spectacles

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b) An old shirt and pant c) Very dusty clothes d) Steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes

92) Mention those which crossed bridge besides human beings. a) Mules and horses b) Men, women and children c) Carts and trucks d) Soldiers and carts

93) Who were helping to push the mule-drawn carts? a) Mules b) The villagers c) The Horses d) Soldiers

94) Where was the old man sitting? a) In the cart b) Over the bridge c) By the side of the road d) On the banks of the river

95) Why was he sitting there? a) To admire the natural scenery b) To watch the people passing by c) Because he was so tired that he couldn’t go any further d) Waiting for somebody

PASSAGE – III

Most authorities agree that St. Valentine is “the lover’s saint”. However, some writers are inclined to believe that no such person existed, though there appears to be proof that he was a Christian Bishop and that he suffered martyrdom under the Roman Emperor Claudius on February 14,271 (A.D) The story is that Emperor Claudius issued a decree forbidding marriage. Married men disliked leaving their families to go to war, and they did not make good soldiers, according to the Emperor’s notion. Since good soldiers were needed, he decided that marriage had to be abolished. The good priest Valentine heard this and was sad. He invited young lovers to come to him and secretly got them married. The emperor learnt of this and had Valentine put in prison. There the “friend of lovers” languished and died martyr to love. The Church made him a Saint and allotted the day of his death, February 14, to him. So it is not surprising that youngsters in Rome made this day a special one in honour of the Saint. St. Valentine’s Day came to be known as “the day for all true lovers”. Three Egyptian words will tell us more about the customs of Valentine’s Day than all the falsehoods concerning the Saint. In Egyptian language, Va or Fa means “to bear”, Len is “the name “ or “to name”. Ten means “to determine”. Thus the day of Valentine is that which determines whose name shall be borne by each person in this mode of marriage by drawing lots. The custom points to the time when chance, rather than choice, was the law. Marriage is still said to be a lottery. The custom of sending caricatures on Valentine’s Day is probably based on asserting the freedom of choice, and making a mock of chance. If one decides to entertain people at a supper or dinner on Valentine’s Day, the decoration and even the food should follow the spirit of the day. Invitations are usually heart-shape- a custom that originated with the first

manufactured Valentines which were usually in the shape of hearts – darted through with arrows. 96) The writer means that St. Valentine actually

lived. Which of the following statements best reveals the meaning? a) Most authorities agree that St. Valentine was known as “the lovers’ saint.” b) Valentine was put in prison and he died a martyr to love. c) There appears to be proof that he was a Christian Bishop in the 3rd century. d) Some writers are inclined to believe that no such person existed.

97) Married men did not make good soldiers because a) they did not want to leave their families. b) they did not like to go to war. c) their families did not want them to go to war. d) the emperor abolished their marriage.

98) Valentine was made a Saint by a) Emperor Claudius b) Married Men c) Young Lovers d) Roman Church

99) Valentine was called a martyr to love because a) he was sad for the young lovers b) he got the young lovers married. c) he died for the sake of young lovers. d) the King put him in prison.

100) The first manufactured Valentines were usually heart-shaped. The word ‘Valentine’ here refers to a) St. Valentine b) invitation cards c) Egyptian word d) Fourteenth February

PASSAGE – IV

When flowers bloom in the lush bamboo plantations in the hills of the northeast, the tribesmen are thrown into a state of panic. The rare phenomenon of the flowering of a dwarf-sized bamboo species triggers a boom in the rat population. They devour the crops in nearby farmlands. The result is famine. The mauve-coloured flowers sprouting in the hill-slopes in the sprawling Seppa valley in east Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, are a palpable threat to the State Government. The worries are justified, if the catastrophe caused by the flowering of a bamboo species named Mau in Mizoram in 1959 is anything to go by. Rodents had multiplied in millions during the flowering of bamboos and ravaged the crops in the foothills. The flowering of the bamboo species in Arunachal Pradesh was first noticed in September this year. The depredations by the rats in the paddy, maize and millet fields from Bhalukpong on the Assam border to Seppa valley in the north were reported soon. As the agriculture department rushed its field-staff to the affected areas to fight the rampaging rodents with rat-traps and zinc phosphate, fresh alarms were sounded with flowering reported from the Tezu circle.

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According to the local MLA, much of the crops in Kameng had been destroyed by October. The State Veterinary Minister also confirmed the reports of a near-famine condition in that inaccessible district. The rats, feeding on the flower seedlings, continue to multiply. Till today, 33,000 rats, of the 26 varieties in the State, have been trapped with the help of indigenous devices. The Chief Minister has sent an SOS to the Centre for both supplies and expertise in combating the rat menace. 101) In the opening passage (2nd sentence) the

phrase ‘triggers a boom’ means a) brings about a change b) causes an increase c) causes an upheaval d) starts an exodus

102) The destruction in Bhalukpong was reported, according to the passage a) in September b) in August c) in October d) in November

103) A near-famine condition was reported a) in the Seppa valley b) in Kameng c) in the Tezu circle d) at Bhalukpong

104) The flowering of the bamboo made the people a) cautious b) hungry c) anxious d) panicky

105) What is the writer’s attitude to the tribal people’s problem? a) Sympathetic b) Critical c) Harsh d) Neutral

PASSAGE – V

Nasiruddin was the cleverest man in Khorasan. One of his neighbours was a merchant. He was a great miser. One day the merchant saw Nasiruddin praying inside his house. He was praying in a loud voice asking God to be kind to him and send him 9999 dinars, not a dinar more, or a dinar less. If God sent him even one dinar more, he would return all the money. The merchant could not understand Nasiruddin’s prayer. He decided to find out the truth. He put 10,000 dinars in a bag and threw it into Nasiruddin’s house. Nasiruddin found the bag and counted the money carefully. He profusely thanked God for giving him 10,000 dinars, when he had asked for only 9999 dinars. The merchants heard Nasiruddin. He realizes that Nasiruddin was going to keep the money. He went to Nasiruddin’s house. He called him a liar and demanded that his 10,000 dinars be returned to him. Nasiruddin refused. He claimed that he was not a fool to believe that any one would throw away 10,000 dinars just to test someone’s honesty. It was his money given by God in answer to his prayer. The merchant decided to take the matter to the judge. Nasiruddin said that he had no clean clothes to wear. The merchant gave him some of his own clothes to wear. Then they went to see the judge. The merchant told the judge what had happened. Nasiruddin argued that the merchant was mad. Ever since he lost a lot of money a few months back, he had been talking like a mad man. The judge asked Nasiruddin whether he could prove his charge. He said, “Just now he told you that I stole his money. Next he is going to tell you that these clothes which I am wearing are also his.” The merchant shouted angrily, “Of course, these clothes are mine!”

The judge thought for a few minutes. Then he said, “The case is false. Nasiruddin has not stolen his neighbour’s money. The merchant is mad. He should be sent to a mental hospital.” 106) Nasiruddin was praying in a loud voice because

a) he wanted to show that he was the cleverest man in Khorasan b) he wanted to shaow that he was a holy man. c) he wanted his neighbor to hear his prayer. d) he was in debts and hoped that God would answer his prayers.

107) The merchant threw the bag of money into Nasiruddin’s house because a) he was a miser b) he found Nasiruddin’s prayer interesting c) he wanted to surprise Nasiruddin by helping him. d) he wanted to catch Nasiruddin red-handed stealing the money.

108) When Nasiruddin found the bag of money he thought a) God had answered his prayer. b) someone had been foolish enough to leave the money by mistake. c) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to help him. d) his neighbor had thrown it into his house to see what he would do.

109) The merchant called Nasiruddin a liar because a) Nasiruddin had claimed that the money belonged to him. b) Nasiruddin had said that God sent him the money. c) Nasiruddin had said that he would return the money if it was not exactly 9999 dinars. d) Nasiruddin said that the merchant was a fool to throw 10,000 dinars into his house to test his honesty.

110) When the judge heard the case, he thought that the merchant a) was telling lie b) was mad c) was telling the truth, which he could not prove d) could be telling the truth

Directions (111-125): In the following passages some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

PASSAGE – I The wings of some birds are so small that they are ……(111) ……for flying. Earlier such birds……(112) ……fly. But after living for thousands of ……(113) ……in places where they had no……(114) ……, there was no need for them to fly, and they ……(115) ……on the ground. After a while, their……(116) ……ones could no longer rise into the air. The ostrich, rhea, emu and cassowary……(117) ……fly, but they can run fast on their long, strong legs. Ostriches……(118) ……in Africa and are found on the grassy places……(119) ……they live along with big groups of zebras. The rhea looks like the ostrich, ……(120) ……it is smaller and has three toes on each foot, while the ostrich has only two.

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111) a) useless b) useful c) beneficial d) suited 112) a) should b) might c) could d) can 113) a) weeks b) years c) months d) ages 114) a) wind b) sky c) friends d) enemies 115) a) stepped b) stayed c) crept d) crawled 116) a) trained b) old c) young d) pregnant 117) a) cannot b) could c) would d) should 118) a) lived b) live c) had lived d) used to live 119) a) when b) where c) so that d) because 120) a) even though b) but c) and d) in spite of

PASSAGE – II

One of the major causes of the failure of ……(121) ……countries on the economic front is their ……(122) ……to evolve a judicious mixture of ……(123) ……substitution and export promotion. Today, Bambia……(124) ……on imports after its independence 20 years (125) …… 121) a) advanced b) advancing c) developed d) developing 122) a) handicap b) disadvantage c) inability d) incapacity 123) a) import b) export c) scientific d) invention 124) a) banked b) traded c) carried d) expected 125) a) since b) ago c) earlier d) back

GENERAL AWARENESS 1) The first great Buddhist Council in 483 BC was

held at a) Ujjain b) Pataliputra c) Rajgriha d) Kashmir

2) Bimbisara had friendly relations with all of these provinces, except a) Anga b) Kosala

c) Vaishali d) Madra 3) ‘Saka Era’ was founded by

a) Ashoka b) Harsha c) Kanishka d) Vikramaditya

4) The crux of early Buddhism was a) renunciation of desire b) rigorous penance c) belief in fatalism d) idol worship

5) Which one of the following contains the Gaytri Mantra? a) Rig Veda b) Yajur Veda c) Upanishad d) Sama Veda

6) Ashoka was much influenced by a Buddhist monk called a) Upagupta b) Vasubandhu c) Asvaghosha d) Ambhi

7) Jainism was divided into two sects known as a) Kapalika and Kalamukha b) Mahayana and Himayana c) Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika d) Svetambara and Digambara

8) The Ashokan inscription which gives an account of the Kalinga war and its effects is a) Girnar Rock Edict b) Major Rock Edict III c) Minor Rock Edict IV d) Minor Rock Edict XIII

9) Who were the first to issue gold coins in India? a) Indo-Greeks b) Shakas c) Parthians d) Kushanas

10) Gupta dynasty belongs to which age of ancient india? a) Old stone age b) Golden age c) Bronze age d) Silver age

11) Who is popularly known as ‘Napoleon of India’? a) Kumargupta b) Samudragupta c) Chandragupta d) Skandagupta

12) Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which of the years? a) 1498 b) 1492 c) 1494 d) 1453

13) The Arya Samaj was founded by – a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati b) Swami Vivekanand c) Keshav Chandra Sen d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

14) Another name of Mohenjodaro is: a) Mound of the living b) Mound of the Great c) Mound of the Dead d) It extended up to the Narmada Valley

15) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the Deccan Education Society was founded by a) B.G. Tilak b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) G.K. Gokhale d) M.G. Ranade

16) Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at a) Barrackpore b) Merrut c) Kanpur d) Jhansi

17) Who was the first person to establish an independent Indian army outside India? a) M.N. Roy b) Lala Hardayal c) Rashbehari Bose

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d) Subhas Chandra Bose 18) The Panchatantra was written during the

a) Later Vedic Period b) Sultanate Period c) Maurya Period d) Gupta Period

19) In 1916________along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule Movement. a) Annie Besant b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Sri Aurobindo

20) The book “The Life Divine” was written by which of the following: a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Sri Aurobindo d) Gokhale

21) The Governor-General associated with abolition of slavery was

1) Cornwallis b) Bentinck 3) Dalhousie d) Rippon

22) Who called Gandhiji half naked beggar? a) Mountbatten b) Hastings c) Winston Churchill d) Jinnah

23) In which year the Indian national congress was formed a) 1885 b) 1888 c) 1889 d) 1896

24) Who wrote ‘Why I am an Atheist’ a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) KhudiramBose c) Bhagat Singh d) MadamLal Dhingra

25) The Simon Commisssion which came to India in February 1928 was boycotted because

a) all its members were Englishmen b) at that time a large number of nationalist leader

were in prison c) its Chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular d) the Montague-Chemsford Reforms had failed 26) Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-

operative Federalism? a) G. Austin b) Subhash Kashyap c) Sir Ivor Jennings d) D.D. Basu 27) The Constitution of India is – a) Rigid b) Flexible c) Very rigid d) Partly rigid, partly flexible 28) The concept of Judicial Review in our

Constitution has been taken from the Constitution of:

a) England b) USA c) Canada d) Australia 29) The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme

of Indian federation from the constitution of: a) USA b) Canada c) United Kingdom d) Ireland 30) The Federal System with strong centre’ has

been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from: a) USA b) Canada c) UK d) France 31) The idea of including the Emergency provisions

in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from the –

a) Constitution of Canada b) Weimar Constitution of Germany c) Constitution of Ireland

d) Constitution of USA 32) The Vice President is elected by an Electoral

College consisting of members of a) Both Houses of Parliament and state legislative b) Both Houses of Parliament c) Lok Sabha d) Rajya Sabha

33) The election Commission does not conduct the elections to the a) Lok Sabha b) President's election c) Rajya Sabha d) Local Bodies

34) The maximum age prescribed for election as president is a) No such Limit b) 62 years c) 58 years d) 60 years

35) The power to decide an election petition is vested in the a) High Court b) Election Commission c) Parliament d) Supreme Court

36) To elect the President of India, which one of the following election procedures is used? a) System of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote b) Secondary voting system c) Proportional representation through list system d) Collective Voting system

37) In which year were the first general election held in India? a) 1950-51 b) 1948-49 c) 1951-52 d) 1947-48

38) Who is the ex- officio Chairman of the Council of States? a) Vice- President b) Leader of the opposition c) President d) Speaker

39) Under which Article of the Constitution is the President's rule promulgated on any state in India? a) 326 b) 370 c) 380 d) 356

40) At a time, President's rule can be imposed on a state for a maximum period of a) 3 year b) 5 years c) 2 years d) 4 years

41) For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, the Supreme Court may issue a/an a) Notification b) Writ c) Decree d) Ordinance

42) Judges of the High Court are appointed by the a) Chief Justice of the High Court b) President c) Governor d) Chief Justice of India

43) Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly?

a) B. Shiva Rao b) B.R. Ambedkar c) Sachchidananda Sinha d) B.N. Rao 44) The Constituent Assembly of India held its first

meeting on: a) 9th December, 1946 b) 1st January, 1947 c) 26th January, 1947 d) 15th August, 1947

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45) Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?

a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) K.M. Munshi 46) Who was the Chairman of the Provincial

Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad d) Sardar Patel 47) The number of members included in the

Constitution Drafting Committee was: a) Seven b) Nine c) Eleven d) Thirteen 48) Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting

Committee of the Constitution? a) Jawahar Lal Nehru b) B.R. Ambedkar c) B.N. Rau d) Mahatma Gandhi 49) The Presidential Government operates on the

principle of – a) Division of powers between centre and states b) Centralization of Powers c) Balance of Powers d) Separation of powers

50) Comptroller and auditor General of India is appointed by:

a) President b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

c) Chairman of the planning commission d) Finance Minister

51) Sodium metal is kept under_______ to prevent it from reacting atmospheric gases. a) Water b) Alcohol c) Petrol d) Kerosene

52) Bromine is a) a colourless gas insoluble in water b) a highly inflammable gas c) a black solid d) a red liquid e) None of these

53) Water has maximum density at a) -1°C b) 0°C c) 4°C d) 100°C

54) Non stick cooking utensils are coated with a) Black paint b) PVC c) Teflon d) Polystyrene

55) The chemical name for urea is a) Aneurin b) Chloroethene c) Carbamide d) None of these

56) Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding a) Potassium permanganate b) Chlorine c) Bleaching powder d) Washing soda

57) The formula for Plaster of Paris is a) CaSO4 b) CaSO42H2O c) 2CaSO44H2O d) CaSO4.½ H2O

58) Which of the following pairs does not contain a coinage metal? a) Copper and Gold b) Silver and Gold c) Zinc and Gold d) Copper and Silver

59) Which of the following is used in pencils?

a) Charcoal b) Silicon c) Phosphorus d) Graphite

60) Which of the following is the second most Abundant metal in the earth’s crust? a) Copper b) Aluminium c) Iron d) Zinc

61) The unit for measuring magnetic field is: a) web/m2 b) web

c) web m d) web/new 62) Which instrument has maximum resistance? a) Ammeter b) Voltmeter c) Galvanometer d) Voltaic cell 63) The direction of an electric motor is decided by: a) Ampere’s rule b) Maxwell c) Faraday’s rule

d) Flemming’s right hand rule 64) Prime source of energy is: a) fire b) petroleum c) sun d) atom 65) Every activity in the universe requires: a) water b) energy c) air d) light 66) Solar energy does not produce: a) pollution b) energy c) light d) heat 67) Stainless steel is an alloy of

a) Iron, carbon and nickel b) Iron and manganese c) Iron, chromium and zinc d) Iron, chromium and nickel

68) Solar energy consists of: a) infrared rays b) visible rays c) ultraviolet rays d) all of these 69) Solar energy reaching on earth is: a) 47% b) 57% c) 65% d) None 70) Heat is carried by which rays? a) Infra red b) Visible c) UV-rays d) All of these 71) How does sound produce? a) with static object

b) with vibrations of particles c) with air d) None of these 72) What is amplitude ?

a) Maximum distance of bob from mean position b) Minimum distance of bob form mean position

c) Total distance covered by bob d) None of these 73) What is the unit of frequency? a) Millimeter b) Centimeter c) Hertz d) Kilometer 74) What is the audible limit of human ear? a) 0-8 Hertz b) 0-10 Hertz c) 20-2000 Hertz d) 20-20000 Hertz 75) What is the frequency of ultrasound?

a) Less than 20 hertz b) 0-20 hertz c) 20-2000 hertz d) More than 20000 hertz

76) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through_____. a) India b) Egypt c) Mexico d) Iran

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77) How does the Sun get its energy? a) From gravitational pressure b) From nuclear fission c) From nuclear fusion d) None of the above

78) Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena? a) Reflection b) Refraction c) Rectilinear propagation d) Diffraction

79) The earth rotates around an axis pointing towards________. a) The moon b) The pole star c) The sun d) Venus

80) Which one among the following is called terrestrial planet? a) Mercury b) Jupiter c) Saturn d) Uranus

81) On which day of the year the earth is at its maximum distance from the sun? a) January 30th b) December 22nd c) September 22nd d) July 4th

82) Which is the brightest planet in our solar system? a) Jupiter b) Mars c) Venus d) Mercury

83) What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon? a) Mimas b) Enceladus c) Titan d) Tethys

84) Which one of the following planet has largest number of natural satellites or moons? a) Jupiter b) Mars c) Saturn d) Venus

85) Meteorites are the heavenly bodies – a) Between the Mars and the Jupiter b) Between the Saturn and the Neptune c) Between the Mars and the Venus d) That burn brightly on entering the Earth atmosphere

86) The ‘blue moon’ phenomenon occurs – a) When two full moons occur in the same month b) When four full moons appear in two consecutive months of the same calendar year c) When two full moons appear in the same month thrice in a calendar year d) None of these

87) U.P. grows most – a) Sugarcane b) Maize c) Fruits d) Pulses

88) The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the earth floats is called ________. a) Barysphere b) Mesosphere c) Mohorovic discontinuity d) Asthenosphere

89) ‘Mohs scale’ is used to indicate the _________. a) degree of brittleness of a substance b) degree of hardness of minerals c) degree of viscosity of a liquid d) degree of elasticity of a material

90) Which of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust? a) Silicon b) Oxygen c) Carbon d) Calcium

91) Quartz is composed of which of the following two elements?

a) Iron and magnesium. b) Iron and oxygen c) Oxygen and silicon d) Silicon and iron

92) The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust is_______. a) Calcium b) Aluminium c) Iron d) Magnesium

93) In the interior of the Earth a) the temperature falls with increasing depth b) the pressure falls with increasing depth c) the temperature rises with increasing depth d) Both temperature and pressure fall with increasing depth

94) Latitude of place is indicated of its_________. a) Time b) Altitude c) Amount of rain d) Temperature

95) Geostationary orbit is at a height of _______. a) 6 km b) 1000 km c) 3600 km d) 36, 000 km

96) The Prime Meridian passes through________. a) Paris b) Greenwich c) New York d) Delhi

97) Tsunamis are originated due to _________. a) Sea waves b) Earth quake c) Hurricane d) Rotation of the earth

98) The famous ‘Ring of fire’ which account for 68% of the earthquakes occurring in the earth is in the__. a) Atlantic ocean b) Indian ocean c) Pacific ocean d) Arctic ocean

99) The study of lakes is called: a) Limnology b) Potomology c) Topology d) Hydrology

100) A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called: a) Coseismal lines b) Isoseismal lines c) Homoseismal lines d) Seismolines

101) To raise productivity in agriculture it is necessary that a) productive tariffs are imposed b) less money is spent on industrial expansions c) better inputs are made available to agriculturists d) bank rate is lowered

102) The Planning Commission in India is headed by a) the Prime Minister b) the President c) a nominee of the President d) any Central Minister

103) The share of direct taxes as a percentage of GDP in the post-Independence period has a) remained stagnant around 2.5 per cent b) grown from 2.5 per cent in the early 50s to about 6 per cent now c) declined from about 8 per cent in the early 50s to about 2.5 per cent now d) shown no clear trend

104) Which period did the First Five Year Plan of India cover? a) April 1953 to March 1958 b) April 1949 to March 1957 c) April 1951 to March 1956 d) April 1950 to March 1955

105) The First Five Year Plan of India aimed to

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a) rehabilitate the devastated economy from effects of World War II and partition b) solve the food crisis c) check the inflationary tendencies d) all the above

106) The nature of Indian income tax is a) regressive b) progressive c) both regressive and progressive d) none of the above

107) Which article of Constitution deals with the question of grants-in-aid? a) Article 275 b) Article 300 c) Article 325 d) Article 350

108) Which of the following items are included in the Indian Budget? I. Actual estimates of the preceding year II. Revised estimates for the current year III. Budget estimates for the following year a) Only I and II b) Only II and III c) Only I and III d) All of above

109) The MODVAT system was replaced by a single Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) rate of 16 per cent in the budget for the year a) 2000-01 b) 1999-2000 c) 1998-99 d) None of these

110) In a country like Indian, why should an increase of direct taxes be preferred to rather than an increase in indirect taxes? a) Direct taxes generally involve the well-off sections of society but indirect taxes affect the masses. b) It is easier to realize direct taxes and is thus useful in a country troubled by tax evasion. c) Direct taxes serve the end of socialism by taking away the excessive wealth from the rich d) None of the above

111) The value of output originating in banking and insurance sectors is measured with the help of a) income method b) expenditure method c) output method d) income and output method

112) Which one of the following taxes/duties is not levied by the Central Government? a) Income tax b) Stamp duties c) Estate duty d) Union excise duties

113) Mahalanobis plan model adopted in India in the mid-fifties aimed at a) building a strong defence industry base b) setting up heavy industries which were capital intensive c) curbing inflation in the economiy d) removing unemployment within a short period

114) Out of the following taxes, which makes the greatest contribution to tax revenue? a) Land revenue b) Agricultural income tax c) Customs d) Union excise duties

115) The most important source of revenue to the State Governments in India is a) land revenue b) sales tax c) custom duties d) income tax

116)What is the projected level of Fiscal Deficit for the year 2014-15 as presented in the budget?

a) 4.6 b) 3.3 c) 4.8 d) 4.1 117) The two leading centres of cotton textiles are

a) Delhi and Kanpur b) Mumbai and Ahmedabad c) Coimbatore and Bangalore d) Kolkata and Patna

118) The main problem which the cotton textile industry in India faces is a) non-availability of raw material b) outdated plant and machinery c) labour problem d) all the above

119) The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade (MRTP) Act was adopted by the government in the year a) 1965 b) 1969 c) 1970 d) 1971

120) The share of agriculture in India’s national income in 1950-51 was a) 48 per cent b) 49 per cent c) 51.3 per cent d) 54 per cent

121) India’s major agricultural product which is exported is a) raw cotton b) raw jute c) tea d) sugar

122) Indian agriculture is described as semi-commercialised farming. It implies that a) Indian agriculture is backward b) Indian agriculture is totally of subsistence type c) Indian agriculture is neither fully commercialised nor wholly of the subsistence type d) None of the above

123) A large part of unemployment in the agricultural sector is the type described as a) structural unemployment b) disguised unemployment c) frictional unemployment d) cyclical unemployment

124) Productivity of land in Indian agriculture is low, among others, due to defective tenurial system and small-sized holdings; these factors are known as a) technological factors b) institutional factors c) human factors d) off the farm services

125) Agriculture contributes to industrial development a) by earning foreign exchange b) by raising cash incomes to stimulate demand for industrial products c) by supplying food and raw materials d) all the above

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FEBRUARY – 2014 1) Central Statistical Office has revised growth rate for

the year 2012-13 to _______ per cent, from the earlier estimate of 5 per cent: 4.5

2) Indian Navy has started high tech Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) at INS Hansa at which place: Panaji, Goa

3) Name the country that accounts for 37% of total illiterates in the world: India

4) Mehdi Jomaa has been elected as ______ of Tunisia: Prime Minister

5) Name the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand State: Harish Rawat

6) The final match of prestigious Ranji Trophy (2014) was played at which place: Hyderabad

7) Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy in Cricket by beating which State: Maharashtra

8) As per Environmental Performance Index 2014 released by the Yale University, USA, India has been ranked at which place: 155th

9) Which country has been ranked No. 1 in terms of its performance in various environment related parameters: Switzerland

10) The govt. has decided to raise the quota of subsidized LPG cylinders from 9 to _____ in a year: 12

11) The govt. has decided to add about _______ castes and communities to the list of Other Backwards Castes in 13 states/UTs: 60

12) The govt. has decided to add about 60 casts and communities to the list of other backward cast in 13 states / UTs on the basis of recommendation of: National Commission for Backward Casts

13) 101st Indian Science Congress was held at _________: University of Jammu, J&K

14) Sakshi Malik won gold at the 2014 Dave Schultz International _______Tournament in Colorado Springs, USA: Wrestling

15) Name the first woman to be inducted in the International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel: Kathy Cross

16) Kathy Cross is from which country: New Zealand

17) Name the high profile Indian technocrat who has

been appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Inc., USA: Satya Nadela

18) Jatinder Bir Singh has been appointed Chairmen Managing Director of which Bank: Punjab & Sindh Bank

19) Name the Chairman of the seventh central pay commission: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

20) Philip Seymour Hoffman who passed away recently was a prominent ____ in USA: Film Actor

21) The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has issued an advisory to banks to ensure business continuity after Microsoft ends support for its popular _______operating system on April 8, 2014: Windows XP

22) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to refinance existing _____loans through take-out financing: infrastructure project

23) India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) recently with which country: Fiji

24) India signed a preferential trade agreement with SACU. What is the full form of SACU: Southern African Customs Union

25) Joachim Gauck who recently visited India is _____ of Germany: President

26) Which country has offered support of one billion Euros to India for setting up a green energy corridor: Germany

27) In which field Ashok Khosla won Zayed’s international prize instituted by United Arab Emirates: Environment

28) Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the first Indian to be elected as the President of the Administrative Tribunal of which International Organization: ADB (Asian Development Bank)

29) Which two countries have made arrangements for reunion of families separated by a war held between them in 1950-53: North and South Korea

30) India has decided to extend visa-on arrival to tourists of 180 nations barring_____ countries to boost tourism: Eight

31) The winter Olympic games held recently were ______ edition of the games: 22nd

32) 2014 winter Olympic games were held at which place: Sochi, Russia

33) Amongst the popular animals like Lion, Leopard,

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Polar Bear and the Hare, which one was not a mascot of the winter Olympics 2014: Lion

34) Name the newly elected prime minister of Nepal: Sushil Koirala

35) Name the winner of the 2014 Irani Cup: Karnataka

36) The Irani Cup is associated with which sports: Cricket

37) Per capita income for India in the year 2013-14 is likely to be in the range of _______ thousand rupees: 75

38) The country is likely to achieve record __________ million tonnes foodgrain production this year: 263

39) Agriculture in India contributes about ______ percent of total GDP: 14

40) Around _______ percent of total workforce of India is engaged in Agriculture: 53

41) As per a recent study, India has emerged as the _____largest global military power in terms of military expenditure: Ninth

42) The National Green Tribunal has banned the burning of _____ at public places: Tyres

43) Which country scored highest number of medals at Sochi Olympics-2014: Russia

44) 2014 Paralympic winter games will be held at ______ from 7th to 16th March, 2014: Sochi, Russia

45) World Islamic Tamil Conference was held at ______, Tamil Nadu: Kumbakonam

46) _____ has been elected as Chairman, International Cricket Council: N Srinivasan

47) Name the newly elected President of Indian Olympic Association: N. Ramachandran

48) ______ is a tool to measure level of industrial production at the national level: Index of Industrial Production

49) As per World Press Freedom Index, India has been ranked ________in the list of 180 countries in terms of freedom of press: 140th

50) In terms of freedom of press, _______ is number one country in the world: Finland

51) Department of India Post released a commemorative stamp in the honour of which noted ghazal singer: Jagjit Singh

52) Name the noted Tamil film director and cinematographer who passed away recently: Balu Mahendra

53) Which wing of Indian defence forces conducted its annual war fitness exercise named TROPEX: Navy

54) Government mopped up around Rs 61,141 crore from the auction of 2G spectrum. Name the item / service sold by the government: Right to use part

of radio waves spectrum

55) Government has decided to give two additional attempts to all categories of candidates of the prestigious exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission. What is the revised upper age: 32 years

56) Meeting of Finance ministers and business leaders from G20 nations was held at _______: Sydney, Australia

57) RBI has formed G Gopalakrishna committee for what purpose: To review skill upgradation in banking

58) _______has become first state to achieve more than 100 percent sanitation in rural and urban households and other public sanitary centers: Sikkim

59) RBI has directed banks to provide credit data in a revised format for all loan accounts of Rs. ____ crore or more to the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits-CRILC: Five

60) The government has set a deadline for public transport vehicles running in major cities with a population of over 10 lakh to install ____ devices by February 20, 2014: GPS (Global Positioning System)

61) Matteo Renzi has been elected as the youngest Prime Minister of which country: Italy

62) Licence for ATMs is given by Reserve Bank of India under which Act: Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

63) _______ has been appointed as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India: Abdul Basit

64) ________ has been declared as the best State in the implementation of rural tourism projects: Sikkim

65) _______has emerged as the largest buyer of gold in the world in 2013: China

66) BAFTA award for best picture has been won by ________: 12 Years a Slave

67) Alfonso Cuaron won the BAFTA award for best Director for which movie: Gravity

68) Write the full form of BAFTA: British Academy of Film and Television Arts

69) BAFTA awards for cinema are given in which country: UK

70) Who has been named as the E & Y entrepreneur of the year 2013: Uday Kotak

71) Name the female cricketer who will lead the Indian women’s cricket team in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be held from March 16 in Bangladesh: Mithali Raj

72) The Union Cabinet has approved _____as the sixth

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classical language of India: Odia

73) Which of the following is not a classical language of India – Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam: Hindi

74) Name the capital of Ukraine that witnessed public revolt against the govt.: Kiev

75) Name the President of Ukraine who fled from his country following the public revolt against him: Viktor Yanukovych

76) The term Orange Revolution refers to which moment: Revolt in Ukraine in 2004

77) The Army successfully flight-tested Akash missile recently. It is what type of missile: Surface to Air

78) What is the name of the missile testing site of India: Integrated Test Range

79) The Integrated Test Range is located at which place: Wheeler Islands, Chandipur, Odisha

80) NABARD has developed the concept called Joint Liability Group (JLG) to provide institutional credit to which category of borrowers: Small Farmers

81) The economic growth rate during the 11th Five Years Plan (2007-12) has been recorded as ___ per cent: 8

82) In terms of digital governance i.e. usage of information technology by govt., _____ has been ranked as No. 1 country: Singapore

83) Which national organization has introduced an annual rating system for states to enable them improve on their business climate: Planning Commission

84) Govt has directed that Companies and limited liability partnership firms floated by private entities should not use certain words such as _____ in their name: National, Bank, Exchange, etc.

85) The government has decided to roll out electronic toll collection on the Golden Quadrilateral route by August, 2014. Name the metros linked by Golden Quadrilateral: Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai

86) In what way persons not having proof of identity and address are allowed to enroll for Aadhaar Card: On introduction basis

87) The government has set an agriculture credit target of Rs ______ for the banks for 2014-15: 8 lakh crore

88) Sakhee, Nirbhaya, Parivar Suraksha are the names of the what type of products offered by Bhartiya Mahila Banks: Health Insurance

89) Which national level bank has launched its six basic banking transactions through toll-free numbers: HDFC Bank

90) The Rajya Sabha has passed The Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill. Who is whistleblower: Person who

discloses information on corruption or wilful misuse of power by Public Servants

91) _____has been appointed as head of the eight-member search committee to select the persons for various posts of Lokpal: Justice K. T. Thomas

92) The Union government has launched an ambitious project titled ______to increase forest cover by 50 million hectares in the next 10 years: ‘Green Mission’

93) Forest cover in India covers roughly ____ per cent of total area: 21

94) The EC has added nearly ____ crore new voters to the rolls between 2009 and 2014, one of the largest-ever such increases between two elections: Ten

95) Name the Governor General of Canada who visited India recently: David Johnston

96) Indian labour force will help in construction of the 450 kms long Haramain High Speed Railway project in which country: Saudi Arabia

97) Which metropolitan city has recorded the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 30 newborns dying for every 1,000 live births: New Delhi

98) Ibrahim Mahlab has been elected as new Prime Minister of which country: Egypt

99) 35th National Masters Athletic Championship held at____: Coimbatore, Kerala

100) What is the theme of this year’s World Cancer Day, observed on Feb. 4: 'Debunk the myths'

101) Ramanujan Mathematics Award-2013 has been given to ______ founder of Super 30 classes in Patna: Anand Kumar

102) What is the name of project launched by Govt. of India for cloud computing: Meghraj

103) Name the chairmen of the committee formed to examine the cause for violence and discrimination against people from the northeast: M.P. Bezbaruah

104) Vyas Samman is given for achievement in which field: Hindi Literature

105) Who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi

106) The book Vyomkesh Darvesh is a biography of which veteran Hindi Scholar: Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

107) Arunima Sinha has been honoured with Amazing Indian Award for which achievement: Scaling Mount Everest despite having an amputed leg

108) With which country India has agreed to celebrate 2014 as year of friendly exchanges: China

109) In which train a Braille-embedded AC coach to facilitate visually challenged passengers has been

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introduced for the first time: Purushottam Express

110) Crystal Bear Award for best film is given at which international film festival: Berlin Film Festival

111) Name the Indian Film that won the Crystal Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival: Killa

112) Dr. Vijay Kumar Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang have been awarded International Gandhi Award-2013 for what purpose: Making outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy treatment

113) India’s first Minority Cyber Gram (village) has been established at which place: Chandoli, Distt Alwar, Rajasthan

114) The book “Public Issues Before Parliament” has been authored by whom: Vijay Darda

115) What is the theme of the Taj Mahotsav 2014 held at Agra: Paigham-e-Mohabbat

116) Name the noted Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award winner who passed away recently: Amar Kant

117) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes: R K Tiwari

118) Name the Indian submarine that suffered an accident on board, claiming life of two officers and injuring seven others: INS Sindhuratna

119) Name the Indian naval chief who created history by resigning on moral grounds, accepting his responsibility for recent mishaps in naval ships and submarines: Admiral D.K. Joshi

120) Name the country whose application for membership of WTO as its 160th member was approved at the Ministerial Conference held in Bali recently: Yemen

121) Govt. has agreed to pay half insurance premium for ________ to cover them under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Auto and Taxi Drivers

122) What is the amount of coverage available under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Rs. 30,000

123) ADB has agreed to give a loan of $300 million to which state for improvement of road network: Chhattisgarh

124) Prime Minister had gone to Myanmar to attained BIMSTEC summit. What is the full form of BIMNSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

125) The BIMSTEC Summit was recently held at which place: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

126) The first ATM for Post Office Saving Bank accounts was opened at which place: Thiyagaraya Nagar HPO, Chennai

127) A Sivathanu Pillai, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace has been honoured with ‘Order of Friendship’ award by which country: Russia

128) With which country India has signed a MoU for cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing: Saudi Arabia

129) With which country India signed three agreements for various security subjects: Israel

130) India is planning a multi-nation and multi modal transport corridor to connect with which Central Asian country: Russia

JANUARY – 2014 131) Paul Torday who passed away recently was a

famous ________: British Novelist

132) Which prominent educational organization of India is recently is celebrating 60 years of its completion: UGC (University Grants Commission)

133) Recently there was news headline – “US goes in for stimulus tapering”, what does it means: USA has decided to reduce purchase of long term maturity bonds

134) Name the state which won the 62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship (Men’s) held at Moradabad, UP: Tamil Nadu

135) Who has been appointed as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC): General Bikram Singh

136) A Russian city was in news as it witnessed two ghastly terror attacks by suicide bombers, killing over thirty persons and seriously wounding several others. Name this city: Volgograd

137) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to sanction loans of up to Rs. _______against pledge of gold ornaments and jewellery: Rs.1 lakh

138) Abdulla Gayoom has been elected as ____ of Maldives Islands: President

139) Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed Governor of which state: Manipur

140) Asha Khemka, a Bihar born eminent educationist has been awarded one of Britain's highest civilian award-DAME COMMANDER of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for what purpose: For spreading education in deprived areas

141) The Mountain Strike Corps raised recently for countering China is based at which place: Ranchi (Jharkhand)

142) Corey Anderson, the New Zealand all-rounder was in news recently for what reasons: For scoring the quickest century ever in international cricket, taking just 36 balls

143) Name the MNC which has filed first proposal to enter the Indian Multi Brand retail segment: Tesco Plc, USA

144) How much FDI is permitted in multi brand retail segment: 51%

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145) BCSBI has ruled that bank customers who have been victims of electronic / online fraud will have to be compensated for such loss unless the bank can prove that the fraud occurred due to negligence on part of the customer. What is the full form of BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

146) The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention held from 7-9 January in Delhi was ______ in series: 12th

147) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on which date: 9th January

148) Who was the chief guest at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention: G Palanivel

149) G Palanivel is from which country: Malaysia

150) Who is G Palanivel: Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia

151) 6th All India Inter-University Fencing Championship held at Patiala, Punjab was won by ___: Punjabi University Patiala

152) Margaret Thatcher was voted as the most successful post-war British Prime Minister. She is also known as _________: The ‘Iron Lady’ of Britain

153) What is the formal name of the Lokpal Bill recently approved by the President: Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

154) What is the objective of recently launched Multi-sectoral Nutrition Programme: To address the problems of maternal and child under-nutrition in the country

155) Which country recently announced to adopt Euro as its currency: Latvia

156) Which country has been named to take over the Presidency of the European Union: Greece

157) The Index of Economic Freedom ranks India at _______ place: 120th

158) Name the country which ranks no. 1 in the Index of Economic Freedom – 2014: Hong Kong

159) The term EBID is used to indicate profits of a company. What is the full form of EBID: Earnings Before Interest and Depreciation

160) The government has approved a proposal to pay formal sector workers a minimum monthly pension of Rs ______ benefiting over 27 lakh pensioners: 1,000,

161) The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households recently submitted its report. Name the chairman of this committee: Nachiket Mor

162) What was the purpose of setting up Mor committee: To propose measures for achieving better financial inclusion

163) Mor committee recommended that each Indian

resident above the age of ___ with an individual Universal Electronic Bank Account (UEBA): 18 years

164) The Mor committee has recommended to form ‘payments banks’ for which category of customers: Small Businesses

165) Name the organization proposed to be formed for exploring the potential of generating power through wind energy: National Offshore Wind Energy Agency

166) Name the first lady President of South Korea who visited India recently: Park Geun-hye

167) Name the capital of South Korea: Seoul

168) 44th annual meeting of World Economic Forum – WEF was held at which place: Davos, Switzerland

169) What is the formal name of the mega literature festival held annually in Jaipur, Rajasthan: Jaipur Literature Festival

170) Name the dignitary who made the inaugural key note speech at the Jaipur Literature Festival: Dr. Amartya Sen

171) Dr. Amartya Sen is from which field: Economics

172) World Banks has approved a loan of $ 500 million to the Low Income States (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh) for what purpose: To improve piped water supply and sanitation services

173) A news headline read, “India joins ‘Cryo Club’ with GSLV-D5”. What is meant by Cryo Club: India has joined is select group of countries having cryogenic engine technology

174) How many countries, other than India have the capability of cryogenic engine capability: Five – USA, Russia, France, Japan & China

175) In the abbreviation GSLV-D5, the letter D5 stands for what: 5th Development Flight

176) Name the satellite that was recently launched by GSLV-D5: GSAT-14

177) GSAT-14 satellite is used for what purpose: Communication

178) Jigme Wangchuck who recently visited India is ____ of Bhutan: King

179) Name the hilly district of central Assam that was in news as it witnessed widespread violent clashes between the ethnic insurgent Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and the Rengma Naga Hills Protection Force (RNHPF): Karbi Anglong

180) What is the name of the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in June: Fuleco the Armadillo

181) Laimdota Straujuma has been elected as the first woman Prime Minister of which country: Latvia

182) India successfully test-fired its indigenously

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developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile. What is the strike range of this missile: 350 kms

183) At which place in Haryana the foundation stone was laid for a 2800 megawatt nuclear power plant: Gorakhpur, Distt. Fatehabad (Haryana)

184) Govt. has decided to widen the scope of MGNREGS to include works relating to_______ also in it in collaboration with the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan: Rural sanitation

185) What is the objective of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan: To make India free from open defecation

186) Ali Larayedh, Islamist Prime Minister of _______ was in news as he resigned as part of a plan to end months of political deadlock. Tunisia

187) Name the country from which started the wide spread uprising of common public, called Arab Spring: Tunisia

188) Recently Posco was granted environmental clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. It is from which country: South Korea

189) India’s largest and most modern airport has recently been inaugurated in which city: Mumbai

190) What is the formal name of the new airport terminal started at Mumbai: Terminal – 2, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

191) World’s largest railway platform is located at which place: Gorakhpur (UP) India

192) Aitizaz Hasan, a 15 year old school boy in Pakistan was decorated with the Sitara-e-Shujaat — a high civilian award for bravery, for what purpose: He died confronting a suicide bomber to save his school

193) Ariel Sharon who passed away recently was a prominent ____: Statesman

194) Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of which country: Israel

195) In the Nuclear Materials Security Index 2014 released by the US-based think-tank Nuclear Threat Initiative, India has been placed at which rank: 23rd

196) India has completed three years without reporting any case of polio. The official confirmation in this regard has to be issued by which international organization: WHO – World Health Organization

197) Name the Awami League leader of Bangladesh who was sworn-in as Prime Minister for the third time: Sheikh Hasina

198) In a list of 30 most admired persons on the planet compiled by by YouGov for The Times by surveying almost 14,000 people, India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been placed at which rank: 5th

199) Who is the most admired person in the world as per a recent survey by YouGov for The Times: Bill

Gates

200) Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das bagged the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 75th Senior National _________ championships held at Patna: Table Tennis

201) The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 has been won by ____ for his novel _______: Anees Salim, Vanity Bagh

202) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature is awarded at which event: Jaipur Literature Festival

203) The prestigious $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature has been won by ________ for his book ________: Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

204) Govt. has agreed to provide an additional 50 days of employment beyond the stipulated 100 days under the NREGA scheme to which category of people: Scheduled Tribes (ST) households living in forest areas who have received land rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006

205) Name the Asia’s largest brackish water lake: Chilika backwater lagoon, Odisha

206) Chilika backwater lagoon is famous for______: Massive gathering of migratory birds

207) The word brackish refers to what quality of water: Excess of Salt

208) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which field: Cinema and TV

209) The Golden Globe Awards are given in which country: USA

210) Name the film that won the Golden Globe for the best film: 12 Years a Slave

211) Alfonso Cuaron of Mexico won the Golden Globe for Best Director for which film: Gravity

212) Name the index recently launched by the government to measure level of house construction activity: Housing Start Up Index (HSUI)

213) The recently launched Housing Start Up Index is a joint initiative of which two organizations: National Building Organisation and the Reserve Bank

214) Indian railways entered a new territory recently in which part of the country: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

215) Govt. has recently sold its 10% stake in which mega oil company to raise around Rs. 5000 crore: Indian Oil Corporation

216) Name the legendary Bengali actress who died recently, known for her outstanding performances in several Bengali and Hindi films: Suchitra Sen

217) Late Suchitra Sen was also properly known as _____ of Indian cinema: Greta Garbo

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218) Greta Garbo of Sweden was a renowned legendary _____ of Hollywood: Actress

219) Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin who passed away recently was the spiritual head of which community: Dawoodi Bohra

220) Dawoodi Bohra committee is a sub group of which religion: Islam

221) Sunanda Pushkar who passed away recently was holding which ministry in the central government: None

222) Akkineni Nageswara Rao, veteran actor of _____ cinema passed away recently. He was popularly known as _____ : Telugu, ANR

223) The famous historical cultural event - Jonbeel Mela is held in which state: Assam

224) Name the India’s nuclear-capable strategic missile, with a strike range of about 4,000 km tested successfully: Agni-IV

225) Which community has recently been granted minority status by the central government: Jains

226) What is the present number of minority communities in India: Six

227) Under which Act government grants minority status to a community: National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992

228) Name the multinational multi sports event in India where sportspersons from Portuguese speaking countries participate: Lusofonia Games

229) Lusofonia Games 2014 were held at which place: Goa

230) The 18th National Youth Festival was held at which place: Ludhiana

231) What was the theme for the 18th National Youth Festival: 'Youth For Drugs Free World'

232) The National Youth Festival is organized every year on January 12th for what reasons: It is birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

233) Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to constitute a Rail Tariff Authority for what purpose: To advise the Railway Ministry on fares

234) Which is the apex authority in India authorize to fix the railway fare: Railway Board

235) Name the two districts of Haryana that have recently been included in the National Capital Region: Jind and Karnal

236) The 61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship were held at which place: Patna, Bihar

237) Government has approved setting up of the AKIC Development Corporation for what purpose: For the development of Amritsar – Kolkata Industrial Corridor

238) Name the mega infrastructure project being developed by the central government for promoting industrial townships between Delhi and Mumbai: Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

239) What is the objective of setting up of various industrial corridors: To boost up infrastructure and manufacturing activity

240) Name the three countries that have decided to develop a joint trade corridor with India: Bangladesh, China and Myanmar

241) The multination joint trade corridor proposed to be developed will start from ____ in India and run up to ____ in SW China: Kolkata, Kunming

242) The ATP Chennai Open Tennis title was won by Stanislas Wawrinka. He is from which country: Switzerland

243) Name the programme launched recently to comprehensively address the health needs of the nearly 243 million children of the country: Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

244) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram aims to cover children in the age group of ___ to ___ yeas: 10 to 19 years

245) What is the English name of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram: National Adolescent Health Programme

246) The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakaram has been launched by which ministry in the central government: Health and Family Welfare

247) Name the ace badminton player who became the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world by the World Badminton Federation (WBF): Aditya Joshi

248) Name the country which suffered recently the coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades, causing wide spread extremely heavy snowfall leading to total disruption of daily life: USA

249) Name the climatic phenomena that cause wide spread dangerous blast of polar air in USA and adjoining Canada: Polar Vortex

250) Evans Ruto of _____ won the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon: Kenya

251) The Hero Hockey World League championship held at New Delhi was won by ______ beating ______: Netherlands, New Zealand

252) Name the international football player who has been declared as the best footballer of the year by FIFA: Cristiano Ronaldo

253) Cristiano Ronaldo is from which country: Portugal

254) The interest rate on EPFO has been increase to _______ percent from 8.5 percent at present: 8.75

255) Name the light weight pistol specially developed by

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the Indian Ordnance Factory especially for women to defend themselves from assault: Nirbheek

256) Who has been named as the captain of the Indian Women Cricket Team: Mithali Raj

257) Name the joint naval exercise undertaken by the Indian coast guard and its Japanese counterpart: ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’

258) ‘Sahayog- Kaijin 2014’ - a joint naval exercise was recently held at which place: off the Kochi coast, Kerala

259) Malaysian Open 2014 tournament was held for which sports: Badminton

260) Name the winner of Men’s single title in the Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia

261) Name the winner of Women’s single title in the Malaysian Open 2014 tournament: Li Xuerui, China

262) Name the cricketer who became the first Indian wicket keeper to claim 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals: M.S. Dhoni

263) Playing against which country M S Dhoni achieved the milestone of claiming 300 dismissals: New Zealand

264) At which border post India and Pakistan have agreed to liberalize various trade activities: Attari Wagah Border

265) Name the state that has been ranked No. 1 in implementation of SJSRY programme during 2012-13: Odisha

266) What is the full form of the poverty alleviation programme SJSRY: Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana

267) Which category of persons are eligible to obtain bank loan under SJSRY: BPL families in urban area

268) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central government for providing bank loans to BPL families in rural area: Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

269) Name the poverty alleviation scheme of the central government for providing bank loans to non BPL families in both rural and urban areas: Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme

270) RBI has advised banks that amount of loans sanctioned by them against pledge of gold jewellery should not exceed ____ per cent of the value of the gold: 75

271) The Reserve Bank has constituted an expert committee under the chairmanship of _____(former Chairman of Axis Bank) to review governance of boards of banks: P. J. Nayak

272) Name the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of

India who recently retired from the service: Anand Sinha

273) Name the state that topped in the first ever ranking of state governments on the basis of their performance and implementation of the midday meal scheme: Karnataka

274) In which stream of studies government has decided to increase the number of seats in the country by 10,000 by upgrading existing state and central government colleges: MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)

275) The Union Cabinet has approved a new comprehensive regulatory framework for TV rating agencies for release of TRPs. What is the full form of TRPs: Television Rating Points

276) Which international monetary organization has projected India’s growth rate for current year at 4.4%: IMF

277) RBI has decided that for the purpose of external commercial borrowings (ECB), 'Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’ (MRO) of _______will be treated as a part of infrastructure: Aircrafts

278) Why RBI has decided that all banknotes issued prior to 2005 will be withdrawn after March 31, 2014: These have less security features compared to notes issued thereafter

279) What is the maximum amount of pre 2005 currency notes that an individual can exchange at a bank at a time: No such limit

280) Rakesh Khurana has recently been appointed dean of which prestigious international educational institution: Harvard College, at Harvard University, USA

281) Name the India’s first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine, that is now ready for sea trials: INS Arihant

282) Name the first Indian State to adopt the provisions of the recently passed Lokpal Act: Uttarakhand

283) Which committee appointed by RBI has recommended that retail inflation should be measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and not by the wholesale price index as being done currently: Urjit Patel Committee

284) Urjit Patel Committee has recommended to bring the retail inflation rate down at ____ per cent with a band of +/- 2 per cent: Four

285) Who has been appointed as the new President of NASSCOM: R. Chandrashekhar

286) What is the full form of NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies

287) The Jeevan Raksha Padak are given in how many categories: Three

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288) Name the Supercomputer developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) that has been rated as India’s most power efficient computer system: PARAM Yuva-II

289) Which bank has became first domestic private bank to have a branch in China: Axis Bank

290) Which country India has signed a labour cooperation to cover about 28 lakh Indian expatriates working there: Saudi Arabia

291) Name the Japanese PM who was the Chief Guest at the 2014 Republic Day Parade: Shinzo Abe

292) For the expansion which major rapid transport project Japan has sanctioned a loan of $2 billion: Delhi Metro

293) Kerala tourism has won the top tourism award from UNWTO for the promotion of which back water resort: Kumarakom

294) What is the full form of abbreviation UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism Organization

295) The ambitious National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), aimed at providing adequate and efficient urban public health delivery system for the urban poor, was launched recently at which place: Bangalore

296) The National Urban Health Mission plans to cover urban poor for healthcare. Which areas will be treated as urban for this purpose: Areas with population of over 50,000

297) With which country India is working on developing a satellite designed for climate change studies: France

298) Which public sector bank has announced to increase its presence in the social media by joining Youtube and Twitter: State Bank of India

299) The government has introduced a new procedure for issuance of PAN card as per which now the applicants will have to submit a documentary proof of _______ also: Address

300) RBI has decided to establish a fund to be called ‘Depositor Education and Awareness Fund’ from which source: By taking over amount lying in unclaimed deposit accounts with banks

301) As per Banking Regulation Act, 1949, an unclaimed deposit account is one in which there is no transaction for past ___ or more years: 10

302) International Marconi Prize is given for achievements in which field: Communication Technology

303) Government has decided not to present regular budget for the year 2014 – 15 in view of upcoming general elections. It will instead present the ______ for 2014-15 in Lok Sabha: Vote on Account

304) Name the film that won 2014 Filmfare award for the

best film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

305) Name the director of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag who also won the Filmfare award for Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

306) Who has been declared the winner of 2014 Filmfare award for the Best actor: Farhan Akhtar for BMB

307) Deepika Padukone has won the 2014 Filmfare award for best actress for which film: Goliyon Ki Raslila Ram - Leela

308) Asia’s biggest botanical garden will come up on 153 hectares of area near the Khandwa reservoir, in Naya Raipur, in which State: Chhattisgarh

309) Men’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won by which player: Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

310) Women’s title in Australian Open Tennis Cup was won by which player: Li Na of China

311) Grammy Awards are given for achievements in which field: Music

312) Name the musical album that won the 2014 Grammy for best album of the year: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

313) What is the maximum number (excluding posthumous awards and award to foreigners) of Padma Awards that can be given in a year: 120

314) A Padma Vibhushan awardee gets a cash reward of what amount: Nil

315) Padma Awards are announced every year on which particular date: Eve of Republic Day (25th January)

316) Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar has been awarded Padma Vibhushan in science and engineering category. He is from which field of science: Chemical Technology

317) Name the veteran Yoga maestro decorated with the Padma Vibhushan: BKS Iyengar

318) The Yoga form propagated by Padma Vibhushan awardee Sh. B K S Iyengar is known as: Iyengar Yoga

319) Name the iconic Tamil film actor, producer who has been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Kamala Hasan

320) Name the renowned badminton coach decorated with Padma Bhushan in 2014: Pullela Gopichand

321) What is the current assignment of Justice Dalveer Bhandari who has been awarded Padma Bhushan recently: Judge in International Court of Justice

322) Name the women cricket star who has been awarded Padma Shri recently: Anjum Chopra

323) Sudarsan Pattnaik has been awarded Padma Shri recently. He is from which field: Renowned Sand

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artist

324) Reserve bank has announced issuance of Inflation Indexed National Savings Certificates (IINSC) to offer an inflation savvy investment option. These ______ year Bonds will earn interest equal to the CPI inflation rate plus ____ per cent per annum: 10, 1.50

325) Which country has decided to make military service compulsory for all adult males aged between 18 and 30, but kept it optional for women: United Arab Emirates

326) Name the Russian martial art that has earned recognition of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for inclusion in the Asian Games: Sambo

327) DRDO recently launched Dhruva-3 for promoting critical applications for defence research and development, particularly in advanced aircraft designing defence research. What is Dhruva-3: High performance computing system

328) In a recently compiled environmental performance index of 178 countries, India has been placed at ____ position: 155th

329) With what intention Reserve Bank hiked key policy interest rates by 0.25%: To tame inflation

330) What will be the impact of recent 0.25% hike in repo rate on Bank Loans: They are likely to become costly due to rise in interest rate

331) What will be the impact of recent 0.25% hike in repo rate on industrial growth: Likely to come down due to higher cost of funds

332) Name the Super Jumbo Aircraft, capable of carrying over 850 passengers at a time, that has been allowed to land in India: A-380 of Airbus

333) Central Vigilance Commission was in news recently for what reasons: Celebrating 50 years of its existence

334) Prime Minister of which country resigned recently to counter widespread political protests in the country against harsh anti protest laws: Ukraine

335) Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton championship was held at which place: Lucknow, UP

336) Govt has launched the India Inclusive Innovation Fund (IIIF), with the initial corpus of Rs 500 crore for what purpose: To promote profitable venture that take care of social needs also

337) Which State has launched 'Ama Jangal Yojana' (AJY) to enhance forest cover in the state: Odisha

338) Name the jumbo naval exercise of 16 navies from the Indian ocean region being held in 2nd week of February: Milan 2014

339) The joint exercise of 16 navies from the Indian ocean region – Milan 2014 will be held at which

place: Near Andaman & Nicobar Islands

340) To which country Exim Bank has agreed to provide a Line of Credit of $ 19.50 million: Vietnam

341) ADB has agreed to give $100 million loan to which state for boosting education and skills there: Meghalaya

342) To which category of customers RBI has allowed collection of account payee cheques even for third party accounts: Cooperative Credit Societies

343) With which country India has agreed to set up a $40 million joint fund to support technological ventures for consolidating and strengthening economic ties: Israel

344) Which national organization has decided to set up 100 innovation hubs at an outlay of Rs 99 crore, throughout the country by 2017: National Innovation Council

345) Who is the head of the National Innovation Council: Sam Pitroda

346) Which state in India has announced the highest MSP of Rs. 1560 per quintal for paddy crop: Bihar

347) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Director General of which paramilitary force: National Security Guard

348) India’s first Mono Rail has started operation in which city: Mumbai

DECEMBER – 2013 349) As per the figures released by CSO, in GDP growth

in 2nd quarter was ______ per cent: 4.8

350) Core sector is a part of index of industrial production. Its weightage in IIP is _____ per cent in IIP: 37.90

351) Gaganjeet Bhullar is top rank player of which sports: Golf

352) Name the Emperor and Empress of Japan who recently visited India: Akihito and Michiko

353) Shinzo Abe is the Prime Minister of which country: Japan

354) What is the name of the currency of Japan: Yen

355) Name the capital of Japan: Tokyo

356) India’s cricket team captain MS Dhoni has recently been honoured with which international award: ICC LG People’s Choice Award - 2013

357) Tour de India championship is organized in which sports: Cycling

358) Tour de India championship was won by Mohd. Nor Umradi. He is from which country: Malaysia

359) India has agreed to train naval officers of which country: Sri Lanka

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360) Name the international event recently won by ace shuttler of India – P V Sindhu: Macau Open Grand Prix

361) 29th Junior National Athletics Championships was held in which place: Bangalore

362) Name the state which won 29th Junior National Athletics Championship: Kerala

363) Who has been named at Chief Executive of Indian Banks Association: Mohan V Tanksale

364) Are foreign banks allowed to become member of Indian Bank Association: Yes

365) Who has been named as the new Chief Information Commissioner: Sushma Singh

366) As per Right to Information Act, any person seeking information has to be provided the required information within ____ days: 30

367) In corruption ranking of countries by the international watchdog Transparency International, India has been ranked at which place: 94th

368) Nelson Mandela, the iconic statesman from South Africa passed away recently. He was called _________ out of love and affection: Madiba

369) Mandela was known for his anti-apartheid struggle. What is the meaning of apartheid: Observing racial discrimination

370) Why Mr. Mandela was honoured with India’s highest civilian award – Bharat Ratna: Because he followed Gandhian philosophy and values in his fight against apartheid

371) India has been ranked at ______ place in terms of doing business, by a survey done by Forbes magazine: 98th

372) 57th National Shooting championship was held at which place: New Delhi

373) The Sankirtana, a ritual form of singing, drumming and dancing has been included in UNESCO’s list of “intangible heritage”. It belongs to which state of India: Manipur

374) US dollar is the largest used currency in the world, having 81.08% share in international transactions. Which is the currency at the second place: Yuan-8.66% (China)

375) Yuan, the currency of China is also called ______: Renminbi

376) Name the country that has recently been elected as a non permanent member of the UN security council: Jordan

377) Name the country that has recently refused to join Security Council, despite being elected as a non permanent member: Saudi Arabia

378) Why Saudi Arabia did not accept the membership of UN Security Council: To protest the world body’s

failure to end the Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts

379) Alyz Henrich has been crowned as Miss _______2013: Earth

380) Miss Earth 2013 – Alyz Henrich is from which country: Venezuela

381) Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das recently won silver and bronze medal respectively at which international sports event: Indoor Archery World Cup

382) Indoor Archery World Cup was held at which place: Singapore

383) Which country has been named as host for the FIFA World Cup-2017 (Under-17): India

384) Name the light combat air craft (LCA) that has been inducted in Indian Air Force: Tejas

385) Name the aircraft that has recently been retired from the Indian Air Force: Mig-21

386) Mr. Sumit Bose has been appointed to which important central government position: Finance Secretary

387) Who has been named as the “Person of the Year” by the international magazine Time: Pope Francis

388) Who is Pope Francis: Supreme Head of Roman Catholics

389) Gen. Bikram Singh was recently honoured with Legion of Merit by which country: USA

390) Trade deficit of India came down to less than $10 billion in Nov. 2013. What was the single most important factor for this: Reduction in import of gold

391) Asian lending agency ADB has projected India’s growth at ______ percent for the year 2013-14: 4.7%

392) In which area scientists have recently discovered the coldest place on earth: East Antarctica

393) The prestigious international Sundance Film Festival is held in which country: USA

394) Name the bank from Qatar which has become the first bank from that country to open a branch in India: Doha Bank

395) In a recent international survey on ranking of economies on the basis of their efficiency in utilization of energy, India has been placed at _____ rank: 69th

396) What is the full of the abbreviation NSSO: National Sample Survey Office

397) The Reserve Bank has estimated that India's economy would grow about ______ per cent in FY 2013-14: Five

398) As per latest census 2011 data, ______ percent Indian population has been categorized as

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homeless: 8.8

399) Govt. has decided to provide a monetary support of Rs. _______ to every NREGA job cardholder who plans to build a toilet in his house: 10,000

400) In what manner govt. has decided to link up two major welfare schemes – NREGA and Indira Awaas Yojana: Labour constructing their own house under IAY will get NREGA wages

401) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs. ___________ is provided to BPL families in plain areas for constructing their house: 70,000

402) Under Indira Awaas Yojana, a sum of Rs. ___________ is provided to BPL families in hilly areas for constructing their house: 75,000

403) In which North-Eastern state cultivation of popular spice cardamom is picking up: Arunachal Pradesh

404) As per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill approved by the cabinet, the reservation for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) has been raised to ___ per cent from three at present: Five

405) C. V. R. Rajendran has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of which bank: Andhra Bank

406) Name the country that succeeded in landing a lunar probe on moon recently, becoming first country to do so since 1976: China

407) Sis Ram Ola, who passed away recently, was a prominent ________: Politician, Union Labour and Employment Minister

408) Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje

409) Pu Lalthanhawla has been elected as Chief Minister for the fourth time in which state: Mizoram

410) Name the person who has been elected as Banker of the Year 2013 by the financial daily Business Standard: Aditya Puri

411) Aditya Puri is the chief of which bank: HDFC Bank

412) 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which country in Men’s category: India (beating Pakistan)

413) 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup was won by which country in Women’s category: India (beating New Zealand)

414) The finals of 4th edition of Kabaddi World Cup were played at which place: Ludhiana (Punjab)

415) Mahesh Mangaonkar has become the first Indian player to win an International Title in which game: Squash

416) Name the shooter who won the ‘Champion of Champions’ title in pistol event in the final round in the 57th National Shooting Championships at New Delhi: Samresh Jung

417) Name the international beauty title won by Bea Rose Santiago of Philippines: Miss International 2013

418) Report from UNO has lowered India’s economic growth forecast for 2013 to ______per cent from 6.1 per cent projected earlier: 4.8

419) Parliament has finally passed the Lokpal Bill. What is the objective of setting up of a Lokpal: Establishment of an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of the Prime Minister

420) Recently India displayed its strong displeasure against the rough treatment met to one of its diplomat posted at US consulate. Name that diplomat: Devyani Khobragade

421) Name the international convention which guarantees diplomatic immunity to persons posted in various embassies / consulates: Vienna Convention

422) Name the veteran cricket player selected for the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013 by BCCI: Kapil Dev

423) Name the international financial institution that has agreed to lend $176 million to extend the first metro train line in Jaipur: Asian Development Bank

424) V. K. Duggal has been appointed as the new governor of which state: Manipur

425) Who has been appointed as the India’s new Ambassador to USA: S. Jaishankar

426) Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) is located at which place in India: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

427) India and Pakistan had a dispute on the sharing of waters of which river that was settled in favour of India by the International Court of Arbitration : Kishan Ganga

428) Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project is located in which state: Jammu & Kashmir

429) India and San Marino, a tiny country within Italy, signed the TIEA between them at Rome. Write the full form of TIEA: Tax Information Exchange Agreement

430) With which country government has approved the enhancement of the bilateral currency swap arrangement to $ 50 billion, up from $ 15 billion at present: Japan

431) Govt. has cleared a services and investment deal with 10-member ASEAN group as part of CECA. What is the full form of CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

432) India has signed DTAA with Macedonia, a small country north of Greece, to prevent income tax evasion by entities in both the countries. What is the full form of DTAA: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

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433) What is the range of Agni-III missile recently test fired by India: 3000 kms

434) The missile testing site of India – Integrated Test Range is located at which place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Distt Balasore, Odisha

435) Name the organization which is responsible for developing and testing various missiles for Indian Army: DRDO – Defence Research & Development Organization

436) Who is the Head of DRDO: Shri Avinash Chander

437) Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai are the current national champions in women and men category respectively in which sport: Archery

438) 34th Senior National Archery championship were held at which place: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

439) PV Sindhu and K Srikanth clinched the women's and men's National titles respectively in which sport: Badminton

440) 78th Senior National Badminton Championships was held at which place: New Delhi

441) In the 9th Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Bali, Indonesia, what was the major achievement for India: India will continue to support its farmers with MSP-Minimum Support Price

442) Recently govt. has launched a four day anti-Naxal operation involving close to 40,000 security personnel in which states: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra

443) Govt has agreed to grant constitutional status to the proposed JAC for appointment and transfer of judges. What is full form of JAC: Judicial Appointments Commission

444) India’s first National Cancer Institute is to be established in which state: Haryana

445) Name the South-African all rounder cricketer who has announced is retirement from Test and First Class cricket: Jacques Kallis

446) As per recent data the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of women who die of pregnancy-related causes per 1,00,000 live births — has come down to _______ in 2010-12, from 212 in 2007-09: 178

447) In India which state has the lowest MMR of 66 per lac: Kerala

448) In India which state has the Highest MMR of 328 per lac: Assam

449) J N Chaudhury has been appointed Chief of which paramilitary force: National Security Guard

450) Who has been appointed as new Director General of Central Industrial Security Force: Arvind Ranjan

451) Who has been honoured with Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI for being India’s best international

cricketer of the year 2012-13: Ravichandran Ashwin

452) What is the official growth rate fixed by the planning commission for the 12th five year plan: 8%

453) In the first half (April-September) of the current fiscal FY2013-14, the economy grew by _______per cent: 4.6

454) India has signed a mega contract of $1.01 billion with which country for six additional C-130J "Super Hercules" jumbo military cargo aircrafts: USA

455) Farooq Sheikh who passed away recently was a prominent ___________: Film Actor

NOVEMBER – 2013 456) Rajendra Yadav who passed away recently was from

which field: Literature

457) Rajendra Yadav was a eminent short story writer and novelist of which language: Hindi

458) As per a recent study, India has been ranked ______ in terms of ‘Ease of Doing Business’: 134th

459) In terms of Ease of Doing Business _______ is no. 1 in the world: Singapore

460) The WTA Tour Championship title for 2013 was lifted by which player: Serena Williams

461) The full form of WTA in WTA Tour Championship is: Women’s Tennis Association

462) The WTA Tour Championship was held at which place: Istanbul, Turkey

463) As per Forbes magazine’s latest India Rich List, ________ has been named as India’s wealthiest person for the sixth year in a row: Mukesh Ambani

464) Mukesh Ambani is the corporate head of which industries: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL)

465) Recently we read in the newspaper that an ATM has been launched for ‘Bitcoins’. What is the Bitcoins: It is a digital currency, popular worldwide

466) Ashok Amritraj, producer of 109 Hollywood films, for his outstanding achievements in the film industry has been honourd with which award: Soul of India Award

467) Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award for 2013 has been given to film celebrity: Amitabh Bachchan

468) Name the new tactical surface-to-surface missile based on the Prahaar missile, with a range between 60-170 kms: Pragati Missile

469) In a recent global study of tourism, which Indian State has been named as best region to visit in 2014: Sikkim

470) The World Billiards Championship was held at ______, England: Leeds

471) Name the winner of World Billiards Championship

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2013: Peter Gilchrist

472) Peter Gilchrist the world Champion of Billiards is from which country: Singapore

473) Sachin played his last match in domestic cricket at which place: Lahli, Haryana

474) In which tournament, Sachin played his last domestic test match: Ranji Trophy

475) The govt has recently approved an education promotion programme by the name RUSA. What is the full form RUSA: Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha Abhiyan

476) What is the objective of starting the educational project RUSA: Improving quality and number of universities / colleges in country

477) With which country India has agreed to export motorcycles through the land route: Bangladesh

478) As per recent RBI guidelines banks have been allowed to pay interest on their deposit accounts at _______ intervals: Monthly / Fortnightly

479) Most of the banks recover a fixed fee from their customers for sending them SMS alerts for their transactions. What are the recent RBI guidelines in this regard: Charge to be recovered actual usage basis

480) As per Forbes ranking of The world’s most powerful people, _________ has been ranked as No. 1: Vladimir Putin

481) What position is held by Mr. Vladimir Putin: President, Russia

482) Recently first time a rail link was opened linking the two continents – Asia and Europe in which country: Turkey

483) In a list of most powerful persons of the world compiled by Forbes Magazine, ____ ____ has been named as most powerful women: Angela Markel (5th)

484) K P Saxena who passed away recently was a noted________: Hindi Satirist

485) Name the international beauty title won by Ms. Srishti Rana: Miss Asia Pacific 2013

486) In the 'Prosperity Index' ranking of 142 countries compiled by London-based Legatum Institute, India stood at ______ position: 106th

487) Name the legendry Pakistani female folk singer who passed away recently: Reshma

488) The Hockey World Cup- 2014 will be held at which place: The Hague, Netherlands

489) The first joint retreat ceremony of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held which place: Petropole border in district North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

490) Name the Indian batsman who created history by scoring world’s highest ever sixes – 16 in an ODI: Rohit Sharma

491) With which country India has signed an agreement to facilitate transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in jails in the two countries: Vietnam

492) The 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was held in: Perth, Australia

493) Sebastian Vettel, the reigning Formula One world champion from Germany created history by winning _______ formula races in one year: 9

494) Name the film that won the Golden Gateway of India award for the best film at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival: La Jaula De Oro (of Mexico)

495) Geeta Chandran who has been honourd with Guru Debaprasad Award is from which filed: Bharatnatyam

496) Name the UN agency which has taken up a nationwide social media campaign against open defecation in India: UNICEF

497) Name the social media campaign launched by UNICEF against open defecation in India: Take the Poo to Loo

498) As regard to service conditions of civil servants, what was the recent ruling of Supreme Court: They should not be transferred frequently

499) Which country won the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship: Romania

500) the Ashihara Sabaki World Karate Championship was held at which place: Bucharest, Romania

501) The Paris Masters Tennis tournament was won by ______ Djokovic: Novak

502) Tennis star Novak Djokovic is from which country: Serbia

503) To which country India has provided Rs. 100 crores as a grant for their Economic Stimulus Plan: Bhutan

504) World Agriculture Forum Congress 2013 and Agri-Tech Trade Fair was held at which place: Hyderabad (AP)

505) FIDE world chess championship, was held at which place: Chennai

506) What is the full form of chess championship FIDE: World Chess Federation (Federation Internationale des Echecs)

507) What is the full form of Agricultural mission NFSM: National Food Security Mission

508) What is the name of joint naval exercise recently held by navies of Indian and USA: Malabar

509) The naval exercise Malabar by Indian and US Navy

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was held at which place: Off the coast of Tamil Nadu in Bay of Bengal

510) Pakistan successfully tested its ______, Hatf IX (Nasr) having a range of 60 kms: Missile

511) The maneuvering and tracking of Mangalyaan is being done by ISTRAC. Write its full form: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network

512) The satellite tracking centre ISTRAC is located at which place: Bangalore

513) India’s first interplanetary space craft – Mangalyaan was launched from which centre: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (AP)

514) Who is the Chief of the ISRO: Dr. K Radhakrishnan

515) Name the satellite launching vehicle that was used to launch Mangalyaan: PSLV-C25

516) The book “Gandhi A Spiritual Biography” has been written by: Arivnd Sharma

517) In which North Eastern states govt. has extended AFSPA for a further period of six months: Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

518) What is the full form of AFSPA: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

519) Tarla Dalal who passed away recently, was a noted ______ expert: Cookery

520) 44th International Film Festival of India was held at which place: Goa

521) ______ was the ‘country in focus for’ for the44th International Film Festival of India: Japan

522) India’s second international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border was opened at which place: Akhaurah, Tripura

523) India’s second international standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) has been opened at Akhaurah in Tripura. The first ICP is located at which place: Attari, Punjab

524) India successfully test-fired its nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile recently. What is its range: 700 kms

525) India’s first Bird Ringing Station has been setup at Salropa in the prestigious Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu. What is its purpose: To identify and establish species of various birds

526) Imomali Rakhmon has been elected as President of which country: Tajikistan

527) Name the lady who has been named as the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive year in the list of 50 most powerful businesswomen ranking for 2013 by Fortune magazine: Chanda Kochhar

528) What is the official position of the prominent

corporate figure Ms. Chanda Kochhar: MD & CEO of ICICI Bank

529) Name the country that will host 2018 men’s Hockey World Cup: India

530) Name the super strong typhoon that caused wide spread devastation in Philippines, claiming over 12000 lives: Haiyan

531) The World Economic Forum has joined hands with ________ to jointly organise the India Economic Summit: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

532) RBI has signed cooperation agreement with central banks of which two countries: Australia and New Zealand

533) Recently RBI issued what guidelines for foreign banks in the context of domestic private sector banks: Allowed them to take over private banks

534) As per recent RBI guidelines foreign banks will not be allowed to hold more than ________ per cent equity in the private banks they may acquire: 74

535) Name the Olympian shooter who created history by becoming first Indian women to win air pistol gold in the ISSF World Cup: Heena Sidhu

536) The ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship was held at which place: Munich, Germany

537) Name the TV channel that Prasar Bharti plans to launch specially for Aruanchal Pradesh and Sikkim: Prabha

538) The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was organized at which place by the High Commission of India: Sydney, Australia

539) National Education Day is celebrated on which date: 11th November

540) The birthday of first Education Minister of Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is celebrated as what day: National Educational Day

541) India has declared itself free from _______as there has been no occurrence of the disease in the last three months: H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu)

542) ________won the ATP World Tour Finals in London beating Rafael Nadal: Novak Djokovic

543) South Asian Junior Athletics Championships were held at which place: Ranchi, Jharkhand

544) Name the country that secured top position in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: India

545) Hurun India Philanthropy List 2013 published by the China’s leading magazine mougal ‘Huran Report Inc has ranked IT tycoon ___________as the most generous Indian with a donation of Rs 8,000 crore in the year ending March 31, 2013: Azim Hashim Premji

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546) Malia and Malala have been named among the 16 most influential teens of 2013 by the Time magazine. Who is Malia: Elder daughter of Barack Obama

547) Prof. C.N.R. Rao has been decorated with Bharat Ratna. He is from which field: Solid state and materials chemistry

548) What is the amount of cash reward that is given to the recipient of a Bharat Ratna: Nil

549) Recommendation for Bharat Ratna are made by which authority: Prime Minister

550) Who approves awardees for Bharat Ratna: President of India

551) Can Bharat Ratna be awarded to a non Indian also: Yes

552) What is the name of the second air craft carrier of India: INS Vikramaditya

553) The abbreviation INS stands for: Indian Naval Ship

554) What is the name of the original ship that has been transformed into INS Vikramaditya: Admiral Gorshkov

555) INS Vikramaditya has been procured by India from which country: Russia

556) INS Vikramaditya is the second aircraft of the Indian Navy. What is the name of the first (existing) aircraft carrier of India: INS Viraat

557) Name the aircraft carrier being built indigenously in India: INS Vikrant

558) Name the first aircraft carrier acquired by Indian Navy which was decommissioned on 31st Jan, 1997: INS Vikrant

559) The INS Vikramaditya will be based at which naval base: INS Kadamba at Karwar, Karnataka

560) UN’s International Day for Tolerance celebrated on which date: Nov 16

561) National think tank NCAER has lowered country's growth rate to 4.8-5.3 per cent range in the current fiscal. Write the full form of NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research

562) Name the Prime Minister of UK who visited India recently for a short trip: David Cameron

563) Prime Minister of UK recently visited India only for a short time as he was on his way to _____: Colombo, Sri Lanka

564) Central govt. has increased man-days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in which state: Odisha

565) Why govt. has increased man-days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 from existing norm of 100 days in Odisha: To provide relief from devastation caused by Phailin cyclone

566) World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have assured a financial assistance of $ 313 mn to Odisha government for what purpose: For restoration and rehabilitation activities in cyclone Phailin hit areas

567) Which country has promised to provide support of Rs. 1129 crore for campus development at IIT Hyderabad: Japan

568) Govt. has decided to establish National Institute of Disaster Response (NIDR) at which place: Kamptee, near Nagpur, Maharashtra

569) Telecom major Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched mobile money transfer and payment service _________in Assam and other North Eastern states: 'M-Pesa'

570) Name the new President of island country Maldives: Abdulla Yameen

571) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year for 2013 in Men’s category: Usain Bolt

572) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint

573) World athlete of the year Usain Bolt is from which country: Jamaica

574) Who has been named as World Athlete of the Year for 2013 in women’s category: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

575) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is from which field of athletics: 100 and 200 m sprint

576) World athlete of the year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is from which country: Jamaica

577) What was the theme of the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka: Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development

578) In the recently held CHOGM, India was represented by which statesman: Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs

579) At which place the Indian Army tested an advanced version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system (block III variant) successfully: Pokhran, Rajasthan

580) BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile system. What is the meaning of supersonic: Objects flying with speed higher than speed of sound

581) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013 has been awarded to which person: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

582) NASA has launched its latest orbiter to Mars –‘MAVEN’ to hunt for clues about why the Red Planet

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lost much of its atmosphere. What is the full form of MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution

583) Centre has directed the state governments to implement the new National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) for compulsory coverage of which category of beneficiaries: Borrower Farmers

584) BRICS International Competition Conference was recently held at which place: New Delhi

585) Name the remote-sensing satellite recently launched by China: ‘YAOGAN XIX’

586) Election commission has ask the government to enact a law demanding what from the government in the context of election related opinion polls: Banning the release of results of election related opinion polls, once the notification of elections has been made

587) The Reserve Bank has directed public sector banks to provide credit to women self help groups at a rate of ________ percent per annum: seven

588) What is the name of the first all women bank started in India: Bhartiya Mahlia Bank

589) In which place Bhartiya Mahila Bank has opened its first branch: Mumbai

590) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to recruit male staff members: Yes, on selected basis

591) Is the Bhartiya Mahila Bank allowed to cater to male customers: Yes, on selected basis

592) Bhartiya Mahila Bank has been ask to devote special attention to which category of women customers: Self Help Groups

593) Why 19th November was selected as the day to inaugurate the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: It is birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi

594) Name the first chairperson of the Bhartiya Mahila Bank: Usha Ananthasubramaniam

595) To which country India has extended a 100 million dollar line of credit for defence purchases: Vietnam

596) The Golden Elephant Award is given for what purpose: Best Children Film

597) The Golden Elephant Award is given on what occasion: at International Children's Film Festival

598) The 18th International Children's Film Festival was held at which place: Hyderabad

599) Name the film that won the Golden Elephant Award: Dutch Film Kauwboy

600) What is the recent ruling of Supreme Court with regard to contesting of elections by the persons in jail: They are eligible to contest elections

601) Name the fifteen year old cricket star who created history by scoring a record 546 runs playing in

Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw

602) Frederick Sanger who passed away recently was the only person to win the noble prize for ________ two times, in 1958 and in 1980: Chemistry

603) India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station is located at which place: Thumba, Kerala

604) What is the name of the India’s only Equatorial Rocket Launching station: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

605) Why Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thumba was in news recently: It celebrated its golden jubilee

606) Name the India's batting star who became the fastest batsman in world to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI): Virat Kohli

607) The National Book Award 2013 of USA has been given to the book _______ by James Mc Bride: The Good Lord Bird

608) Who is the author of the book, ‘Book of Destruction’: Anand

609) The famous book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer has been authored by ________: Cyrus Mistry

610) What is the common factor in the mini territories of Liechtenstein, Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands: All four are tax havens

611) Name the 23 year old chess prodigy from Norway who was crowned as World Champion at the World Chess Championship at Chennai: Magnus Carlsen

612) Name the West Indies cricketer who marked an end to the glorious career of Master Blaster Sachin: Darren Sammy

613) The last ball to be faced by Sachin marking end of his 24 years of cricketing career was bowled by ______ of West Indies: Narsingh Deonarine

614) A survey of 1,600 senior executives across more than 70 countries by global professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY) placed ______ as the first choice of global investors: India

615) Who has been appointed as Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India: Ajit Prakash Shah

616) The Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 was held at which place: Warsaw, Poland

617) The Climate Change Conferences are organized by UNFCCC. The abbreviation UNFCCC stands for: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

618) ___________won the Asian Archery Championship held in Taipei, China: South Korea

619) Which country recently agreed to curb its nuclear programme in lieu of lifting of economic sanctions against it: Iran

620) Which country has offered to renovate and preserve a total of 116 heritage buildings, constructed in the

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18th and 19th centuries, located on the banks of the river Hooghly in West Bengal: Denmark

621) A high power group of six super powers negotiated a deal with Iran for what purpose: To restrict the nuclear programme of Iran

622) Mount Sina Bung, a volcano that erupted very violently causing dislocation of thousands of people, is in which country: Indonesia

623) Which country has decided to award International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2013 to Malala Yousafzai: Mexico

624) Global Islamic Economic Summit held at which place: Dubai, UAE

625) Which country hosted the 20th World Master Athletics Championship: Brazil

626) Which corporate brand has been ranked No. 1 in the 'World's Most Valuable Brand List' compiled by 'Forbes' magazine: Apple

627) 4th World Cup Kabaddi will be held in which state: Punjab

628) Name the country where Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship was held recently: Malaysia

629) Who has been elected as President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci): Sidharth Birla

630) Name the new Chief of Pakistan Army: Lt. Gen. Raheel Sharif

631) Junior National Archery Championship was held at _________Assam: Kokrajhar

632) Mahendra Dev Committee has been appointed for what purpose: To review the scale of NREGA wages

633) RBI has allowed which category of manufacturing units to be covered under priority sector lending: Medium

634) On what basis business units are classified into Micro, Small and Medium categories: On the basis of investment made in plant & machinery / equipment

635) Name the Act that lays down various rules and regulations for classification of business units into micro small and medium enterprises: MSMED Act 2006

636) What is the full form of MSMED: Micro Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act

637) Sachin Tendulkar has been selected by UNICEF as the brand ambassador for Asian region for what purpose: To promote its Total Sanitation Campaign

638) As Brand Ambassador of UNICEF for Total Sanitation Campaign, Sachin Tendulkar will campaign in which

countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal

639) The coveted title of Miss Universe 2013 has been won by Gabriela Isler. She is from which country: Venezuela

640) The Reserve Bank has directed all regional rural banks to follow the minimum _______capital adequacy rule from this year itself: 9%

641) With which country India has agreed to strengthen, promote and develop renewable energy cooperation: Belgium

642) Jason Day lifted the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia. He is from which country: Australia

643) The Hornbill Festival to promote tribal culture is held in which state: Nagaland

644) The ICC T20 championship 2014 will be held which country: Bangladesh

645) Which Indian IT giant agreed to pay a record $34 million fine to settle a visa row in the USA: Infosys

OCTOBER – 2013 646) In which country thousands of government servants

were asked to go on leave without pay temporarily as the government had no funds to pay their salary: USA

647) One of the main factors behind the recent ‘Shut Down’ crisis in USA was the popular health care programmes of the government. What is the popular name for this programme: Obamacare

648) Name the diplomat who has been appointed High Commissioner of India in United Kingdom: Ranjan Mathai

649) The International Day of “Older Person” is celebrated on which day: October 1

650) In the recently compiled “Global Human Capital Index”, what is India’s rank: 78th

651) India’s minister of external affairs visited ______ to impress upon early implementation of 13th amendment to constitution: Sri Lanka

652) In the neighbouring country Sri Lanka, what is the context of 13th amendment to their constitution: Devolution of powers to the provinces

653) The 2013 meet of CHOGM is to be held at which place: Colombo, Sri Lanka

654) What is the full form of CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

655) The summit of CHOGM is held every _____ years: Two

656) How many countries are the member of The Commonwealth: 53

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657) Headquarter of The Commonwealth is located at: London, UK

658) _________ is designated as head of the Commonwealth: British Monarch

659) Name the middle Asian country visited by Indian President recently: Turkey

660) Name the capital of Turkey: Ankara

661) Which Turkish University honoured Indian President with honorary ‘doctorate’ in Political Science: Istanbul University

662) Currency of Turkey is ________: Turkish Lira

663) In a recent survey of top 400 universities in world, _________ has been ranked as No. 1 university in India: Panjab University

664) Election commission has given the option to the voters not to vote for any candidate, if they decide so. This option has been named as: None of the above (NOTA)

665) Two day international Rhino conference was held at: Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

666) Lampedusa an island near ______ was in news as over 300 persons drowned there after a boat, with up to 500 African asylum seekers, caught fire and sank: Italy

667) Rohan Bopanna along with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, won the men’s doubles title at_____________ held at Tokyo, Japan: Japan Open Tennis

668) Name the team that won the Champions League Cricket recently: Mumbai Indians

669) The final match of the Champions League, Cricket was held at _________ stadium in Delhi: Feroz Shah Kotla

670) Name the veteran Indian film director who has been nominated to head the accomplished jury for the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA): Shyam Benegal

671) The Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to be held in_______: Brisbane, Australia

672) “The Busan International Film Festival” is held in which country: South Korea

673) Name the acclaimed Cambodian director who received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea: Rithy Panh

674) Which international IT giant has joined hands with Archaeological Survey of India to provide 360- degree online panoramic imagery of 100 nationally-important monuments: Google

675) Name the Sri Lanka’s first elected Tamil Chief Minister of the Northern Province in the first ever provincial elections held after clearance of LTTE

from North Sri Lanka: C. V. WIGNESWARAN

676) The China Open Tennis Cup Men’s Singles has been lifted by _______: Novak Djokovic

677) The tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which country: Serbia

678) Women’s singles title in the China Open Tennis Cup was won by: Serena Williams

679) Name the Indian tennis star who alongwith Cara Black won the women’s doubles title of China Open: Sania Mirza

680) Vladimir Klitschko who won the world heavyweight boxing title at Moscow, Russia is from which country: Ukraine

681) Name the allrounder from Bangladesh who became the first cricketer in 136 year old history of cricket to score a century and claim a hat-trick in the same Test: Sohag Gazi

682) Name the first MP whose Parliamentary seat was declared vacant following his conviction for more than two years, as a result of recent ruling of Supreme Court to this effect: Rashid Masood

683) Name the space craft launched by NASA on a mission to Jupiter: Juno

684) RBI has increase the borrowing period under MSF from one day at present to _______ days: 7 to 14 days

685) Indian Prime Minister visited Brunei recently for attending which International summit: ASEAN and East Asia Summit

686) The recent meeting of ASEAN and East Asia Summit was held at _________, Brunei: Darussalam

687) Out of ASEAN and East Asia Summit, India is member of which organization: East Asia Summit

688) The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held at __________, Indonesia: Bali

689) What is the full form of ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations

690) Name the Director General of World Trade Organisation – WTO who visited India recently: Roberto Azevedo

691) Asian Development Bank has provided $100 mn loan to which State to improve education and skills: Meghalaya

692) With which country India finalised $512-million joint venture deal for the construction of two coal fired power projects of 250 megawatts each: Sri Lanka

693) The annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank was recently held at: Washington, USA

694) Name the first women chairperson of the Federal Reserve System of USA: Janet Yellen

695) Name the Central Bank in United Kingdom: Bank of

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England

696) Name the Bank that facilitates and promotes research for improvement in banking services all over the world. Bank for International Settlements

697) The Headquarter of Bank for International Settlement is located at ________, Switzerland: Basel

698) What is the purpose of the proposed Rs. 43,000 crore Green Energy Corridor Project: Setting up of wind and solar power plants

699) Prime Minister of which country was in news due to his sudden abduction and subsequent release also: Libya

700) What is the officially name of the ISRO’s project for sending a satellite to planet Mars: Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

701) Tom Clancy, one of the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, passed away recently. He was from which country: USA

702) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which country: Indonesia

703) Name the new High Commissioner of Pakistan to India: Ibne Abbas

704) Name the campaign launched by China aimed at enforcing standards for waste imports to avoid unusable or unsafe/dangerous consignments: Green Fence

705) Which country has qualified for the first time to play in the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan

706) The 11th ICC Cricket World Cup is to be hosted jointly by which two countries: Australia & New Zealand

707) What is the full form of ICC: International Cricket Council

708) What is the range of Nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-II: 300 kms

709) The missile testing range of India is named as: Integrated Test Range

710) The missile testing range of India is located at which place: Wheeler Island, Near Chandipur, Odisha

711) Recently Supreme Court ordered ___ per cent reservation in govt. jobs for disables person: Three

712) Ilham Aliyev has been elected as President of which country: Azerbaijan

713) What is the popular full form of the scientific research organization CERN: European Council for European Research

714) Mulatu Teshome has been elected president of which country: Ethiopia

715) Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmark of

50,000 runs across all formats of cricket at which stadium: Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi

716) India has signed agreements with ______ countries, who pledged their commitment to the ambitious Nalanda University project: Seven

717) The prestigious International Nalanda University is located is which place: Rajgir, Distt Nalanda, Bihar

718) Name the Nobel laureate who has been designated to head the Nalanda University as its Chancellor: Prof. Amartya Sen

719) In the Global Hunger Index India has been ranked at ________ place: 63rd

720) Which district of Odisha was hardest hit by the recent cyclone Phailin: Ganjam

721) Authorities worldover have appreciated the excellent preparations done by the NDRF and IMD for minimizing the possible damage from the cyclone Phailin: What is the full form of NDRF and IMD: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Metrological Department (IMD)

722) Govt. has decided to bring all post offices across the country on CBS platform to cover larger number of people, particularly in rural areas for banking services. What is CBS: Core Banking Solution

723) Name the place in distt. Datia of Madhya Pradesh which witnessed a gruesome stampede killing over 120 persons: Rattangarh

724) The World Boxing Championships was held in which place: Almaty, Kazakhstan

725) Name the freedom fighter, ex Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission who passed away recently: Dr. Mohan Dharia

726) M.S. Swaminathan, Eminent agriculture scientist has been honoured with which prestigious prize for his work for national integration: Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

727) Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girl’s education has been honoured with Sakharov Human Rights Prize. The prize is given by which organization: European Parliament

728) Name the renowned scientist who has written the book My Brief History: A Memoir : Stephen Hawking

729) Under which loan scheme the receipt of annuity amount has been exempted from income tax: Reverse Mortgage Scheme

730) Who are the likely beneficiaries under the reverse mortgage loan scheme: Property Owning Senior Citizens

731) Government has increased MSP of wheat by Rs. 50 to Rs. ______ per quintal: 1400

732) Name the CEO of ICICI bank who has been ranked

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as top women business leader of India: Ms. Chanda Kochhar

733) Name the remittance system for which RBI has issued new revised guidelines: RTGS

734) Government has decided to include skilled labour in sericulture under the MNREGA Scheme. What is sericulture: Rearing of silk worms

735) NPCI has launched Aadhaar-based remittances for bank account holders. What is the full form of NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India

736) What is the main objective of NPCI: To promote various forms of electronic banking in India

737) Which city has been voted as countries top business destination in terms of infrastructure, human capital, city culture and basic quality of living: Bangalore

738) Indian Prime Minister recently visited Russia and met their President. What is the name of Russian President: Vladimer Putin

739) South zone and North zone were declared joint winners of the in the final of Duleep trophy played at Kochi, Kerala. It is from which sports: Cricket

740) Which big hydel project of India is celebrated its Golden Jubilee: Bhakra Dam, Punjab

741) 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held at which place: Kathmandu, Nepal

742) Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at the 2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship held in Beijing, China: Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel

743) Name the player who scored the fastest ever century by an Indian batsman in ODI, off 52 balls, playing against Australia at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur: Virat Kohli

744) Man Booker Prize 2013 has been awarded to ________for her novel, The Luminaries. Eleanor Catton

745) Name the eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith award winner who passed away recently: Ravuri Bharadhwaja

746) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 title was won by _________ of China: Ding Junhui

747) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament – 2013 was held at which place: New Delhi

748) Name the first ever India-Russia joint military exercise that began on October 19 at the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan near the Indo-Pak border: Indra 2013

749) What is the objective of recently conducted Indo-Russian joint military exercise: for improving anti-terrorist operations

750) Name the latest National Tennis champions in men’s & women’s category: Mohit Mayur and Prerna Bhambri

751) With which country India recently signed a border defence pact: China

752) What is the officially name of the border defence pact signed between India and China: Border Defence Co-operation Agreement

753) What is the official designation of the Prime Minister of China: Premier

754) What is the name of the Premier of China: Li Keqiang

755) Which mega steel company has been asked by a UN Human Rights panel to stop the work at its Odisha plant as it may lead to displacement of thousands of people and disruption in their livelihoods: Posco

756) The Union Cabinet has approved the biggest ever foreign investment in India's aviation sector - Jet Airways' proposed sale of its 24 per cent equity to ___________airline: Etihad Airways

757) The Etihad Airways is the national airline of which country: United Arab Emirates

758) To which country India has agreed to start a power transmission line to export 500 million megawatt of electricity: Bangladesh

759) Name the Indian power cooperate which has joined hands with Bangladesh power development board to form Bangladesh – India Friendship Power Company to promote 1,320-MW Maitri thermal power project in Bangladesh: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

760) UNO recently passed a regulation to destroy huge amounts of chemical in which country: Syria

761) Which railway station near Kolkata has been renamed as Komagata Maru station to salute the martyrs of September 29, 1914, who arrived there by the ship of the same name: Budge Budge

762) __________has become the first company in the country to achieve sales of more than Rs 1,00,000 crore in a quarter: Reliance Industries Ltd.

763) INS Sunayna, the indigenously built warship is which type of ship: Naval offshore Patrol Vessel (NOVP)

764) Terry Walsh has been appointed chief coach of which national men’s sports team: Hockey

765) The new chief coach of men’s national hockey team – Terry Walsh is from which country: Australia

766) India and China will hold joint military exercises from November 4 in _______ region in South west China: Chengdu

767) What is the objective of the proposed Indo-China joint military exercise: To practice counter insurgency and counter terrorism manoeuvres

768) Which corporate has been allowed by government to start a new domestic airline jointly with Singapore

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Airlines: Tata Group

769) What is the name of proposed new domestic airline started jointly by Tata and Singapore airlines: 'Tata SIA Airlines Limited'

770) Government has decided to contribute a sum of Rs. ______ crore towards capital infusion in public sector banks: 14,000

771) For what purpose government is contributing Rs. 14,000 crore in capital of public sector banks: To enable banks to meet Basel III capital requirements

772) Name the two Latin American Countries visited by the Vice President Hamid Ansari: Peru & Cuba

773) Sanjeev Rajput won the gold in which event in the Asian Air Gun shooting championship in Tehran, Iran: Men’s 50-metre free rifle event

774) Bru community which has settled in large number of refugee camps in Tripura and Assam, belongs to which state: Mizoram

775) Air Costa is the new regional airline started in which part of the country: Andhra Pradesh

776) Name the Indian scientist in whose name the ‘God Particle’ has been named as Higgs Boson: Satyendra Nath Bose

777) The Nobel prize – 2013 for physics has been given to François Englert, Belgium and Peter W. Higgs, UK for which achievement: for the outstanding research for discovery of ‘God Particle’

778) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013 has been awarded to how many scientists: Three

779) The three scientists – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have been given Nobel prize in Chemistry for 2013 for research in which field: for developing computer models that predict complex chemical reactions that can be used for tasks like creating new drugs

780) Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for which achievement: For breakthroughs in understanding how key substances are moved around within a cell

781) The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013 has been awarded to author Alice Munro for which field of literature: Contemporary short stories

782) Nobel Laureate for 2013 literature Nobel Prize – Alice Munro is from which country: Canada

783) What is the formal official name for the Economics Nobel Prize: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

784) The Nobel Prize for economics for 2013 has been awarded for what purpose: For research in empirical analysis of asset prices

785) The Nobel Peace Prize – 2013 has been awarded to which organization: Organization for the

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

786) Currently, OPCW is in news for handling which international assignment: Destruction of dumps of chemical weapons in Syria as per UN mandate

787) The headquarters of Nobel Peace prize winning organization – OPCW is located at which place: The Hague, Netherland

788) Why the Nobel prizes are delivered on a fix day – December 10 every year: It is the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel

789) All Nobel Prizes except the peace prize are presented at _____, Sweden: Stockholm

790) The Nobel Prize for Peace is presented at _______, Norway: Oslo

791) The Nobel Prize for Peace is not decided in Sweden, instead, it is decided by an expert committee of _________: Parliament of Norway

792) India has been ranked __________ out of 136 countries on a Global Gender Gap Index compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum: 101st

793) According to a recent survey by Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management (GIREM) and DTZ, _______ is the best business destination in the country: Bangalore

794) Name the Formula One champion who has won four successive titles in the current season: Sebastian Vettal

795) Sebastian Vettal, the formula one world champion is from which country: Germany

796) India’s only Formula One Racing Track Buddha International Circuit is located at which place: Noida, UP

797) World’s largest airport Al-Maktoum International is located at which place: Dubai, UAE

798) Which financial institution proposes to launch a special loan scheme for creation of storage infrastructure like construction of Warehouses, Silos, cold storages and cold chain infrastructure: NABARD

799) Govt. plans to start National Financial Reporting

Authority (NFRA) for what purpose: As a watchdog for the accounting and auditing policies and standards for adoption by companies.

800) With which bank Australian Trade Commission has signed a MoU to raise the productivity and exports of India’s food and agricultural sector: Yes Bank

801) To which state World Bank has provided $360 million loan for modernisation of irrigation and drainage systems: Uttar Pradesh

802) India is planning a cross country highway with which two other countries: Myanmar and Thailand

803) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand will start from ________ in Manipur, India : Moreh

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804) The trilateral highway with Myanmar and Thailand will end at ______ in Thailand: Mae Sot

805) Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project will link Kolkata port with Sittwe port in which country: Myanmar

806) In the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, Kaladan is the name of a _______ in Mizoram: River

807) The World Agricultural Congress and Trade Fair to be held at ______: Hyderabad

808) Supreme Court ruled that MPs/MLAs will lose their seats immediately if they are convicted of offences that carry a prison term of more than ______years: Two

809) The 2013 Norton Report by Symantec says that India is among the world’s top ______ countries with the highest number of incidences of cyber crime: Five

810) Indian Navy has recently inducted Hawk MK 132 aircraft. It is what type of aircraft: Advanced Jet Trainer

SEPTEMBER– 2013 811) The book Communist Cookbook has written by:

Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury

812) Who is the author of the book ‘Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten: Rajmohan Gandhi

813) The Asia Cup Hockey was held at which place: Ipoh, Malaysia

814) 2014 Hockey World Cup will be held at which place: The Hague, Netherlands

815) Name the country who won the Asia Cup Hockey by defeating India: South Korea

816) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______ times of market value for acquiring land in rural areas: four

817) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by Lok Sabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto ______ times of market value for acquiring land in urban areas: two

818) G-20 group of countries held a meeting of their Heads at which place: St. Petersburg, Russia

819) Name the ace footballer from UK who created a new record by becoming the expensive most player in the history of football: Gareth Bale

820) Noted footballer Gareth Bale has been contracted by which Club for a sum of 100 million Euros: Real Madrid, Spain

821) Diana Nyad, the 64 year old lady swimmer from USA created a world record for what: for longest distance swimming – 110 mile (177 kms)

822) Haraprasad Das, eminent Oriya writer, has been

honoured with which prestigious award for his book ‘Vamsha’: Moortidevi Award - 2012

823) Name the country who won SAFF football championship by beating India: Afghanistan

824) What is the full form of SAFF: South Asia Football Federation)

825) The SAFF football championship was recently held at which place: Kathmandu, Nepal

826) As per new companies law, the corporates are required to spend _______ % of their profits towards CSR activities: Two

827) Write the full form of CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility

828) India recently launched multi band communication satellite - GSAT-7 for what purpose: Data gathering for defence forces

829) The GSAT- 7 satellite was launched from which place: Kourou, French Guiana (An overseas territory of France, at joining Brazil)

830) The GSAT-7 satellite was launched in a _____ Orbit, about 36000 kms above Earth’s surface: Geosynchronous

831) Name the book on tax administration written by noted economist Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister: Indian Tax Administration: A Dialogue

832) Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the new governor of RBI was holding which position before this: Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance

833) As per the PFRDA bill, 2011, government has permitted FDI upto _____% in the pension sector: 26

834) Write the full form PFRDA: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

835) Name the tennis star who won US Open men’s singles title: Rafael Nadal

836) Noted tennis star Rafael Nadal is from which country: Spain

837) Famous sports person Novak Djokovic is from which game: Tennis

838) Tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which country: Serbia

839) Name the tennis star who won US Open women’s singles title: Serena Williams

840) Noted tennis star Serena Williams from which country: USA

841) Name the prestigious sports event recently won by tennis star Leander Paes: US Open 2013 men’s doubles crown

842) Name the world renowned music maestro who conducted the Bavarian State Orchestra in J & K:

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Zubin Mehta

843) The musical concert conducted by Jubin Mehta at Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K) was named as____________: Ehasas-e-Kashmir

844) Tony Abbott has been elected as new Prime Minister of which country: Australia

845) With which country India has enlarged its currency swap arrangement from $15 billion at present to $ 50 billion: Japan

846) India has been ranked at _____ place in terms of its global competitiveness in 2013: 60th

847) _________has emerged as most literate state in India with 94.65 per cent literacy, compared with Kerala’s 93.91 per cent: Tripura

848) Share of agriculture in India’s GDP is about ____%: 13.7

849) Control of Forward Markets Commission has recently been taken over by _________ Ministry: Finance

850) Govt. has approved setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation, a partnership between government, corporate India, academics and civil society, with a contribution of Rs 500 crore for what purpose: To engage corporates for help to counter Naxal influence

851) RBI has setup Bimal Jalan Committee for what purpose: To scrutinize the applications for new bank licences

852) Name the head of the committee formed to strengthen the framework of monetary policy to avoid friction between the RBI and the Finance Ministry: Urjit Patel Committee

853) Who has been elected as President of International Olympics Committee: Thomas Bach

854) India’s trade deficit narrowed to $10.9 billion in August from $12.26 billion in July. What does it represents: The amount by which exports are short of imports

855) Which is the single largest item contributing to the import bill of India: Petroleum

856) As per the RBI guidelines, cash withdrawals of up to Rs. _________ a day from point of sale terminals are allowed: 1,000

857) Which type of banking transactions can be carried out using plastic money: Debit / Credit card transactions

858) What is the popular name for the total money supply – M3 in the country: Broad Money

859) What is the priority sector lending target fixed by

the government for foreign banks in India: 40%; if the branches are less than 20, then 32%

860) If an Indian bank in private sector fails to achieve priority sector lending targets, what will be the penal action: It will have to deposit the short fall amount in Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

861) The government has approved a proposal to invest USD 4.3 billion in which international financial institution: World Bank

862) Eighth Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was recently held at which place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

863) Which big industrial country has decided to say ‘good bye’ to nuclear power: Japan

864) Name the spacecraft that has become the first man-made object to venture into interstellar space: Voyager-1

865) Name the wrestler who won silver medal at the World Wrestling Championship: Amit Kumar

866) Name the wrestler who won bronze medal in free style wrestling in the World Wrestling Championship: Bajrang

867) World Wrestling Championship were held at which place: Budapest, Hungary

868) Name the hockey player who will captain the Indian Women’s Hockey team in Asia Cup: Ritu Rani

869) Name the Indian origin girl who was crown as Miss America recently: Nina Davuluri

870) Jhumpa Lahri, a Noted Novelist of Indian origin is settled in which country: USA (New York)

871) Which city has been named to host 2020 Olympic Games: Tokyo

872) The 2016 Olympics are to be held at which place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

873) Name the recently tested nuclear capable surface to surface long-range ballistic missile which has a strike range of more than 5000 kms: Agni-V

874) From which place India conducts its missile tests: Wheeler Island off Odisha coast

875) NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraft Ladee for what purpose: To explore the surface of moon

876) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia has recently been honured with which prestigious Indian Award: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2012

877) Durand Cup is associated with which sports:

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Football

878) Durand Cup for 2013 was won by _____ ________ after a gap of 73 years: Mohammedan Sporting, Kolkata

879) Durand Cup Football tournament was held at which place: New Delhi

880) Dinesh K. Sarraf has been appointed head of which Maharatna company: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

881) With a view to boost exports, government has raised interest subvention on export loans to _______ percent: Three

882) 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted jointly by which two countries: Australia and New Zealand

883) Govt. has recently relaxed certain pre conditions in case of FDI in which field: Multi Brand Retail

884) With which country India has an arrangement to pay in Indian rupees for its import of crude oil: Iran

885) Name the veteran British journalist and broadcaster, famous for his TV interviews of various Heads of States, who passed away recently: David Frost

886) How many industries are there in the core sector within Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Eight

887) Which country has agreed to contribute 41% share in the creation of a $100-billion Currency Reserve Fund (CRF) by BRICS: China

888) Name the noted Bengali author who was killed in Afghanistan by Taliban: Sushmita Banerjee

889) The mobile phone business of Nokia Corporation of Finland has been taken over by which multinational company: Microsoft

890) A robot astronaut called ________developed by Toyota Company of Japan, has made history by becoming the first robot ever to speak in space: Kirobo

891) As per recent RBI guidelines, Indians travelling abroad can carry Indian currency of up to Rs.__________ per person: 10,000

892) Which state in India has recorded the lowest proportion of 3.66 % of poor living below poverty line in urban areas: Sikkim

893) Which state in India has the lowest proportion – 5.09%, of the poor living below poverty line: Goa

894) India has recorded the largest increase in its UHNI club among the BRICS nations in the last one year, with a total of 7,850 super rich people in the country. What is the full form of UHNI: Ultra-High Networth Individual

895) Recent RBI guidelines have asked banks to close accounts of those customers who use their credit or debit cards for ________ transactions: Online Forex

896) As per the food security Act notified recently, ________ % of country’s population will be covered under food guarantee: 67

897) Which state in India emerged as the hottest investment destination for new projects: Odisha

898) World largest solar power plant is being setup in India at which place: Sambar Lake, Rajasthan

899) Govt has finalised the timeline for implementation of the mega ADKIC project to promote industrial activity in north India. What is the full form of ADKIC: Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor

900) For which part of India govt. has approved Rs. 2,130 crore expenditure under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme (SARDP): North East Region

901) RBI has allowed banks to open branches, including in Tier 1 centres without its prior permission. Which city come under tier 1: Centres cities with population of one lakh and above

902) The Reserve Bank has advised banks to allot a different product code in their core banking solution to which type of accounts: Accounts which are dormant or inoperative for over two years

903) Which film will represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at 2014 Oscar Awards in USA: The Good Road

904) Govt. has submitted in Supreme Court that it intends to go ahead with Sethusamudram Project. It is located in which area of India: Rocky terrain between India and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of Mannar

905) What is the geographical name for the Sethusamudram: Adam’s Bridge

906) At which place is the World's highest-altitude civilian airport, located 4,411 meters above sea level: Daocheng, Near Tibet, China

907) Super Typhoon Usagi has caused widespread damage in which part of the world: Philippines and Taiwan

908) Who has been elected as the 12th President of Pakistan: Mamnoon Hussain

909) Recently India post released a commemorative stamp in the memory of freedom fighter and veteran journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Name the news paper founded by him: Punjab Kesari

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910) Kaesong industrial park was the matter of dispute between which two countries: North and South Korea

911) Govt. has started a Rs. 1000 crore Nirbhaya Corpus Fund for what purpose: For empowerment and protection of women

912) Name the first programme started from Nirbhaya Fund, aimed at helping the women who need special protection measures, such as women in prostitution or widowed women: Shubh

913) Ray Dolby, an inventor and audio pioneer from USA, founder of Dolby Laboratories, passed away recently. He is known for which product: Dolby Stereo Sound System

914) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has become the first regulator in the world to start an ___________system: Insurance Repository

915) Name the international literary prize that has now been made open to English authors from all over the world: The Man Booker Prize

916) President of which country recently cancelled its official visit to USA to protest against the spying excesses of National Security Agency of USA: Dilma Rousseff of Brazil

917) Which country has recently started Direct Banking, offering banking services not through branches but through various other means like internet, mobiles and ATMs: China

918) Name the former world heavyweight boxing champion, considered one of the greatest fighter of his era, who passed away recently: Ken Norton

919) The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is planning to rope in celebrities as brand ambassadors for the five minority communities. Name these five communities: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhist and Parsis

920) Name the organization that has acquired the Rs. 600 crore research vessel named Samudra Ratnakar: Geological Survey of India

921) Who has been elected as Chancellor of Germany for the third time in a row: Angela Markel (Ms)

922) India has been granted ‘authorizing nation’ status for certifying which type of products: Electronics and IT Products

923) Sandeep Tulsi Yadav created history by winning India’s first ever wrestling medal in _________category at World Wrestling Championships: Greco-Roman

924) Name the Indian who has been honoured with

Clinton Global Citizen Award: Bunker Roy

925) RBI has directed banks to stop ________loans schemes as they tend to befool the consumers into believing that bank funding come for free: zero per cent

926) With which country India conducted a joint military exercise in general combat and mountain warfare: Nepal

927) Indo-nepal joint military exercise was recently held at which place: Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand

928) Erna Solberg has been elected as Prime Minister of which country: Norway

929) Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament was held at Johar Bahru in which country: Malaysia

930) National Junior Athletics Championship held at_________, Kerala: Kochi

931) In which country a legislative decree has been passed for reserving one seat in their parliament for persons of Sikh/Hindu religion: Afghanistan

932) Wolesi Jirga is the equivalent of Indian Lok Sabha in which country: Afghanistan

933) A severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that caused widespread devastation in _______ district of Balochistan, Pakistan: Awaran

934) Name the author of the book “Never Go Back”: Lee Child

935) The sustainable mountain development summit was held at which place: Kohima, Nagaland

936) The picture, The Good Road, that has been nominated from India to Oscars, has been made in which language: Gujarati

937) Name the film that won the Best Asian Film Award at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Canada: Qissa, A Punjabi Film

938) Govt has notified ________ as the new date for implementing GAAR: April 1, 2016

939) What is the full form of GAAR: General Anti Avoidance Rules

940) GAAR form an internal part of which law: Income Tax Act

941) Grand Master Vidit Gujrathi who won the bronze medal at an international event, is from which game: Chess

942) The 18th International Children's Film Festival (ICFFI)will be held at which place: Hyderabad

943) The Golden Elephant award for best film is given at which film festival: International Children's Film

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