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GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Zeid al-Hussein will take over as the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on September 1, 2014 replacing Navi Pillay of South Africa. Zeid al-

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Hussein is the Prince of?
1) Yemen 2) Turkey 3) Jordan 4) Saudi Arabia 5) UAE

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2. The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) submitted its report to the

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Union Ministry of Finance on June15, 2014. TARC is headed by?
1) Raghuram Rajan 2) Parthasarathy Shome 3) C. Rangarajan

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4) R. Damodaran 5) U.K. Sinha
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3. Defending champions crashed out of the FIFA World Cup football on June18, 2014
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after their second defeat in five days. Name the team?

1) Netherlands 2) Brazil 3) Spain 4) Mexico 5) Uruguay
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4. B.L.Joshi resigned as the Governor of which of the following States on June 17,
2014?
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1) Karnataka 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Jharkhand
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5. World Day to Combat Desertific-ation (WDCD) is observed on?

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1) June 15 2) June 20 3) June 17 4) June 5 5) None of these

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6. Which of the following cities has become the first 'Kerosene-free city' in India?
1) Mumbai 2) Delhi 3) Kolkata 4) Chennai 5) Bangalore

7. Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the new?

1) Finance Secretary 2) Financial Services Secretary 3) Revenue Secretary
4) Economic Affairs Secretary 5) Commerce Secretary

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8. Which of the following countries retained the men's hockey world cup title by
beating the Netherlands 6-1 in the final at the Kyocera stadium in The Hague on
June 15, 2014?
1) Australia 2) Argentina 3) England 4) India 5) South Korea

9. Which team won the 2014 edition of women's hockey world cup held in The Hague,

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Netherlands on June14, 2014?
1) Netherlands 2) Australia 3) Argentina 4) USA 5) Belgium

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10. Who is the current Governor of the Bank of England, the central bank of the
United Kingdom?

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1) Mark Carney 2) Sir John Houblon 3) Sir Edward George

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4) Sir Mervyn King 5) None of these
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11. Which country will host the FIFA U-20 World Cup from May 30 to June 20, 2015?
1) Peru 2) Tunisia 3) Wales 4) France 5) New Zealand
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12. Which of the following African countries has won the right to host the 2017 FIFA
U-20 World Cup?
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1) South Korea 2) Bahrain 3) Kuwait 4) Qatar 5) UAE

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13. Who among the following is not a Union Minister of State with independent charge?
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1) Piyush Goyal 2) Jitendra Singh 3) Nirmala Sitharaman

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4) General V.K. Singh 5) Kalraj Mishra

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14. Which of the following States won the United Nations World Tourism
Organization (UNW TO) Ulysses Award for sustainable tourism in January 2014?
1) Sikkim 2) Jammu & Kashmir 3) Kerala 4) Rajasthan 5) Gujarat

15. The Cabinet Committee on Eco-nomic Affairs (CCEA) accorded approval for
foreign equity participation up to 74% of the paid up capital in which of the
following banks in January 2014?

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1) Yes Bank 2) South Indian Bank 3) Karur Vysya Bank

4) Federal Bank 5) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

16. Who is the present Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?
1) Bikram Singh 2) N.A.K. Browne 3) Arup Raha
4) R.K. Dhowan 5) None of these

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17. Which of the following public sector banks launched 'Connect Card', a new ATM-

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cum-Debit Card, targeting young individuals in January 2014?

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1) State Bank of Hyderabad 2) Canara Bank
3) Corporation Bank 4) Oriental Bank of Commerce

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5) Indian Overseas Bank

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18. 'Junbeel Mela' is an annual heritage festival celebrated in?
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1) Assam 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) West Bengal
4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Odisha
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19. Nest Labs was acquired by which of the following companies on January 14, 2014?
1) Facebook 2) Google 3) Microsoft 4) Amazon 5) None of these
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20. Dhanu Yatra, a drama festival, was celebrated in which of the following States in
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January 2014?
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1) Odisha 2) Karnataka 3) Maharashtra

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4) Rajasthan 5) Andhra Pradesh

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21. Arrow 3 or Hetz 3 is an anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded and developed by the
USA and?
1) Iran 2) China 3) Israel 4) Pakistan 5) France

22. "With Malice towards One and All" was the popular weekly column written by?
1) M.J. Akbar 2) P. Sainath 3) Shekhar Gupta
4) Prabhu Chawla 5) Khushwant Singh

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23. Who received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the
Government of Japan recently?
1) Amartya Sen 2) E. Sreedharan 3) C. Rangarajan
4) Raghuram Rajan 5) None of these

24. With regard to share market, FPO means?

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1) Final Public Offer 2) First Public Offer 3) Follow on Public Offer
4) Forward Public Offer 5) None of these

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25. Riots took place in Little India recently. Little India is an area in?
1) Singapore 2) Malaysia 3) Indonesia 4) Philippines 5) Mauritius

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26. Which of the following is related to Blue Revolution?
1) Horticulture 2) Floriculture 3) Pisciculture
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4) Sericulture 5) None of these
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27. The National Judicial Academy is located in?

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1) Pune 2) Bhopal 3) Jaipur 4) Patna 5) Hyderabad

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28. Which of the following metals is used in spacecraft to withstand high

temperatures?
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1) Iron 2) Titanium 3) Silver 4) Copper 5) Lead

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29. Foreign exchange reserves include?

1) Foreign currency deposits 2) Gold 3) Special Drawing Rights
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4) All 1,2 and 3 5) None of these

30. Indian off-spinner R. Ashwin was given which of the following awards recently?
1) Colonel C.K. Nayudu Award 2) Dilip Sardesai Award
3) Polly Umrigar Award 4) ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award
5) None of these

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31. Which Indian scientist was awarded the Order of Merit of Russia in December
2013?
1) G. Sateesh Reddy 2) V.K. Saraswat 3) Tessy Thomas
4) Avinash Chander 5) A. Sivthanu Pillai

32. India has signed the $1.01 billion deal with which of the following countries for six

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additional C-130J Super Hercules aircraft?
1) USA 2) UK 3) France 4) Germany 5) Japan

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33. San Miguel or Chaparrastique volcano has erupted recently. It is located in?
1) Indonesia 2) Ecuador 3) El Salvador 4) Mexico 5) Philippines

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34. The largest foreign exchange reserves are held by the central bank of which of the
following countries?
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1) Japan 2) Switzerland 3) Saudi Arabia
4) China 5) Brazil
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35. Naira is the currency of which of the following African countries?

1) Mozambique 2) Namibia 3) Rwanda
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4) Tanzania 5) Nigeria
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36. Which of the following is the capital city of Switzerland?

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1) Zurich 2) Geneva 3) Basel

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4) Berne 5) Lausanne
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37. Identify the mismatched pair?

COUNTRY CURRENCY
1) Afghanistan - Afghani
2) Chile - Peso
3) Israel - Shekel
4) Ukraine - Hryvnia
5) Mexico - Dollar

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38. Who was honored with the Itihas Ratna by the Asiatic Society, Bihar in December
2013?
1) Ramchandra Guha 2) Romila Thapar 3) Mridula Mukherjee
4) Bipan Chandra 5) None of these

39. Shakira is a pop singer who belongs to?

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1) USA 2) UK 3) Brazil 4) Colombia 5) Mexico

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40. Identify the mismatched pair?

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BOOK AUTHOR
1) A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf

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2) Godfather - Mario Puzo

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3) Crime and Punishment -
4) Paradise -
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
John Milton Regained
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5) The Waste Land - Ernest Hemingway
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ANSWERS
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1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 3 8) 1
9) 1 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 5 14) 3 15) 4 16) 1
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17) 5 18) 1 19) 2 20) 1 21) 3 22) 5 23) 2 24) 3

25) 1 26) 3 27) 2 28) 2 29) 4 30) 3 31) 5 32) 1
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