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NOVEMBER MONTH

1. In Asian Games 2014, in Athletics Sema Punia won Gold in Discus Throw with a distance of

2. In Asian Games 2014, in Wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt won Gold medal by defeating

3. Who were the Gold winners in 4 x 40 Relay races win in Indian Team? (Asian Games 2014)

4. Who was the Gold winer in Men’s team of Squash in Asian Games? 2014

5. What is India’s Rank in Global Hunger Index 2014?

6. In Global Hunger Index 2014 the top nation is

7. As per IFPRI on Hunger Index India has moved from Alarming stage to

8. The Project Director of Chandrayan I, Chandrayan I and also the

Programme Director of Mangalyan is

9. The ISRO Chairman is K. Radhakrishnan whereas the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is

10. Euromoney’s Central Bank Governor of the year award 2014 was given to

11. The new Central Vigilance Commissioner is Rajiv whereas the old was

12. Who was the author of “Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace” (about Obama’s handling of war on Syria and Iraq)?

13. Til October 2014, Total Navratnas are 17 whereas Maharatnas are

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Aerospace and Missile Technology was given to

15. Name the Panel head of the Restructure of University Grant Commission

16.18 time Olympic Swim Champion held for Drink Driving

17. Noble Prize 2014 for Peace was given to

18. Why the Noble Prize 2014 for Peace was given

19. Name India’s 1st Civil Soci ety Campaign against the Exploitation of Children, founded by Kailash Satyarthi

20. Name other awards won by Kailash Satyarthi

21. Describe any work of Kailash Satyarthi (the Noble Awarde from India)

2. Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Football a 10 week completion was inaugurated in

23. How many teams are participating in Hero Indian Super League?

24. Noble Prize 2014 for Medicine or Physiology was given to

25. For which research work the Noble Prize 2014 for Medicine was given

26. John O’Keefe researched about the Hippocampus (Place Cells) whereas

May Brit and Edward Moser researched about he

27. Which brain Cells are affected in Alzheimer and Parkinson Disease?

28. How much amount money for each Noble Prize 2014 was given?

29. Who is the Chairman of Norwegian Noble Committee?

30. Noble Prize 2014 for Physics was given to

31. For which research work the Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics was given

32. What is the benefit of Blue LED?

33. How energy can be saved through Blue LED?

34. Nobel Prize 2014 for Chemistry was given to

35. Why the Nobel Prize 2014 for Chemistry was given?

36. Nobel Prize 2014 for Literature was given to …

37. Describe the other best work of Patrick Modiano in aditon to “Mising Person”

38. India’s 1st Vocational University in Gujarat

39. World’s top billionaire nations as per Wealth X and UBS Billionaires Census 2014

40. How much will b e given to each Gram Panchayat for Swach Bharat Mission

41. Swach Bharat Mision was started on 2nd October from

42. How many Ambasadors h ave ben invited for Swach Bharat Mision?

43. The top Billionaires City among Indian Billionaires cites.

44. What was the Central Theme of PM Narendra Modi d uring USA talk

45. The main thing done during the USA visit was

46. What is Child line?

47. What is Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa?

48. What is Ujawala?

49. India’s 1st PM who delivered spech in Hindi n UN General Asembly

50. Name 3 smart cites, wil be developed with the help of USA

51. Name the only city wil be developed by Japan as the Smart City

52. Which work of M.Gandhi recently was published in Punjabi and Kashmiri?

53. Swach Smark and Swach Bharat is the slogan of

54. Swach Bharat and S under Bharat is the slogan of

55. K.V. Kamath Commite is for the study of

56. Name the volcano erupted in Japan where more than 30 persons died

57. What is the serial of new Chief Justice H.L. Datu?

58.1st Hydroelectric Project of Bhutan where India’s 2 PSU are having a joint venture.

59. International Yoga Festival 2015 wil be held in

60. World Yoga Day was celebrated at Bangalore on

61. What is Japan Plus?

62. Name the committee on Reforms and Resource Mobilsation of Railway Board

63. Name the World’s longest route flown by the World largest passenger Aircraft A-380

64. How many US forces wil stay after the end of International Combat Mission on 31st December 2014, under US Afghanistan, Bilateral Security Agreement

65. New Secretary General of NATO is

6. World’s best university as per Times Higher Education

67. The purpose of N.R. Madhava Menon Commite

68. The Cultural Capital of SAARC for 2015 is Bamiyan whereas for 2016 will be

69. What is “Project Mausam”?

70. The fastest growing state as per CSO is

71. The GDP growth rate of MP is 1.08% whereas the Agricultural growth rate is

72. What is “Roveneimi”?

73. Name the Sc andinavian nations recently visited by the President of India

74. China’s 100 km range nuclear missile launched on China National Day October 1

75. Name India’s 3rd Navigational satellite launched through PSLV-c26

76. The Chief of NDRF is O.P. Sharma, NDRF stands for

77. Name the 1st serving CM on who Section 8(4) of Representation of People Act became applicable.

78. J. Jayalalitha was indicated in 18 years o ld Rs.6.65 Corer disproportionate assets case under

79. Who was the PIL in J. Jayalalitha accusation?

80. Any law maker if found guilty of corruption and g et more than 2 years of

sentence will immediately loses his membership of a legislative body under

81. Where the Stampede tok place in end of Dusehra celebration?

82. What is MANAS (Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills)?

83. Name the painter whose painting was sold for Rs.1 Crore at Sotheby’s Auction

84. The President who is appearing before the International Criminal Court – Netherland after temporarily resigning from the post of President Ship.

85. What is “Operation Kali”?

86. Which new thing will be added in Mid Day Meals?

87. What is Tithi Bhojan?

88. WPI based inflation in September was 2.38%, whereas the lowest inflation of 1.78% was on

89. As per RBI Data the Bank Deposit on October 03 was Rs.8289310 Corer whereas Bank Credit was

90. India lost he case in WTO court from USA in the mater of

91. What is “Operation Basera”?

92. World’s largest ex porter of Coton is China whereas the 2nd largest exporter is

93. The Direct Tax Target for 2014-15 is Rs.7.36 Lac Crore whereas the Indirect tax collect argent is

94. How m any times in a year, the excess bond holding can be transferred from the holding to maturity to holding for trading?

95. Name the nation where pro-democracy movements are going on

96. Which nation is having “One Country with two System Formula”?

97. Name the nation known as SAR (Special Administrative Region) of China

98. The largest numbers of Polio cases in the World were reported in 2014

99. Name the nation where 219 secondary school were kidnapped

100. What is the target of solar energy under phase I of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission?

101. How many MoU were signed by President during h is Vietnam visit?

102. AYUSH stands for

103. What was the new thing in New Health Policy 2014?

104. Nobel Prize 2014 for Economics was given to

105. For which work Nobel Prize for Economics was given t o Jean Tirol

106. Master Control Faculty to control the satellites is in

107. In 56th Grammy Awards, the maximum awards winners were

108. How many total telecom circles are there in India?

109. The 1st Lok Sabha elections were held with 176 million voters whereas the 16th Lok Sabha elections were held with

110. As per (SIPRI) a report on trends in World Military Expenditure 2013, 1st rank is USA, 2nd China, 3rd Russia where India is at

111. “The Test of my Life” was written by

112. Where will be the headquarter of BRICS Development Bank

113. In FIFA-2014, the Golden Boot Award was given to

114. How many cites having more than 1 million populations in India?

115. An MoU between CI and World Bank signed on Tiger Conservation based on target o

16. 2014 Asian Games were held in Inchon, South Korea with a motto of

117. Asian Games 2010 were held in Guangzhou, China whereas Asian Games 2018 will be held in

118. 2014 Right Livelihood Award, known as Alternative Nobel Prize was given jointly to

119. Name the World’s cheapest interplanetary mission

120. Launching of MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) was done on November 5, 2013 whereas Orbital Insertion was done on

121. What was the referendum result of Scotland’s independence?

122. Who is the mission Director of MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission?)

123. The MOM was launched through

124. The PSLV has 4 stage engine with alternating solid and liquid stages whereas the GSLV has 3 stage engine with

125. The final destination of MOM was

126. Name the other spacecraft which was launched by NASA on Martian Orbit of Mars 2 days before the MOM

127. ISRO has become the 4th agency to launch the spacecraft o Mars, the other 3 are

128. India is the 1st nation of ever conduct a successful mission to Mars in 1st attempts whereas

129. Who is the Chairman of ISRO?

130. The weight of a man on Earth is 70 kg, the weight of same man on Mars will be

131. The main purpose of sending the MOM on Mars is

132. What is “Operation Megh Rahat”

133. How many number of establishments are there in India as per 6th economies census?

134. What is the proposed new name of planning commission of India?

135. Total number of persons employed in India as per 6th economic census.

136. What is the percentage of handicraft/handloom in total number of establishment as per 6th economic census?

137. In creative productivity index, India’s rank is at 14th whereas

138. In Global competiveness index, India is at 71st whereas in Ease of Doing Business it is at

139. The fastest growing state in respect of total employment (as per 6th economic census)

140. Which state is having the largest employment as per 6th economic census?

141. Which state is having the largest number of establishment as per 6th economic census?

142. Name the new agreement under the Lok West Policy

143. The bilateral trade in 2012-13 with ASEAN was $76bn and t he new target by 2015 is

14. FTA on services and investment with ASEAN was signed in 2012 whereas ratified in

145. What was the percentage of women workers in total employment as per 6th economic census?

146. Who is the Chairman of National Statistical Commission?

147. The mission to promote conservation and developments of indigenous breeds of cows is

148. How many trades come under Apprenticeship Act?

149. Who is the Minister for Labor and Employment?

150. The new Chief Justice of India after R.M. Lodha is

151. The former CJI of India who is the Governor of Kerala

152. What is the new shareholding of government in public sector banks?

153. Name the 2nd President of India, whose’s birthday is celebrated as Teacher’s Day on 5th September

154. “Toilet for Every House” campaign started from

155. How many houses as per UN figure have aces to toilets?

156. Name the film based on Indira Gandhi Assassination

157. The CM of Assam is Tarun Gogoi whereas the CM of Nagaland is

158. Name the person who has ben on fast unto death since November 200

159. Name the university that has ben started on 1st September after a gap of 80 years

160. Nalanda University was established during the 5th century reign of

161. Name the person who destroyed the Nalanda University in 197

162. Who is the Vice Chancellor and Chairman of Nalanda University

163. Name the city whose 375th birthday was celebrated

164. India’s 1st Ethanol run bus under Green Bus Project was started in

165. Name the UT liberated from the French regime in November 1, 1954

166. Which state is having the highest monthly per capita expenditure in 2012 Urban MPCEs?

167. What is “Making in India”?

168. How much has b en allocated for Make in India?

169. In ICC Women Ranking as on 30th August, 2014 in bating Charlote Edwards of England came 2nd whereas the 1st ranked is

170. In ICC Women Ranking as on 30th August, 2014 in bowling S.R. Taylor of West Indies came 1st whereas the 2nd and 3rd ranked were

171. India’s 1st plant hat recycles the construction waste

172. The employee’s deposit linked insurance limit is Rs.3 lakh where the EPF wage limit is ceiling is

173. Name the 1st Indian who won 2nd Bronze at World Badminton Championship held in Denmark.

174. In the final of World Badminton Championship Carolin (Spain) Marin won from

175. In US Open Mixed Doubles Sania Mirza+Bruni Soares(Brazilan) won from

176. In US Open Men’s Singles Marin Cilc Croatian) won from

177. In US Open Women’s Singles Serena William of USA won from

178. With the 3rd consecutive US Open win Serena William has also become the

179. BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) corridor links 4 nations and starts from

180. In India the lowest inflation of 1.78 touched on

181. The 1st State of India that h as started e-Cabinet meting

182. Name the public sector Maharatna whose decision taking limit on projects has been increased from Rs.100 Corer to Rs.150 Corer

183. 1th convention on biodiversity was held in Hyderabad and the 12th convention on biodiversity is going to be held in

184. Which nation is having 40% reserves of World Uranium?

185. Selling of Uranium ban to India was lifted by Australia in the year of

186. Government has increased al ministries investment proposal present limit from Rs.30 Corer to ___ without he approval of CCEA

187. How much funds were allocated for Roads in budget 2014-15

188. What is the Roads Laying Target for 2014-15

189. Who has been made as Sports Brand Ambassador of Delhi?

190. The 1st state that has launched the Health Adalat

191. For how many hours class lectures in school or colleges has been made mandatory for scientist and researcher.

192. Who has been appointed as the new UN Messenger of Peace? (September, 2014)

193. India Germany Agreements were held in the field of

194. “Kisan Vani” Green Sim Card has been started by Andhra Bank for the Farmer Community of

195. Jaitapur Nuclear Plant was started with the help of Areva Co of France whereas Mithi Virdi with the help of

196. Who has become the KBC’s 1st winner of 7 Crore in 2014?

197. In power sharing deal the President of Afghanistan wil be Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai whereas the Chief Executive wil be

198. NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) has launched the NISC-2014, NISC stands for

199. Name the 4 new states where UID Project has been extended

200. Who has been appointed as the President-Elect of International Economic Association?

201. Name any 3 Arjuna Award winners for 2014

202. Who won Arjuna Award 2014 for Cricket, Athletics and Shooting?

203. Dronacharya Award 2014 for Wrestling and Athletics was given to

204. How many Operational Nuclear Power Reactors are there in India?

205. What is the Import Duty on Gold?

206. Name the head of Committee for reviewing and examining the 5 Eco Laws

207. 5 Eco Laws are related to

208. Dhyan Chand award 2014 was given to

209. Who is the Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change?

210. Who has been appointed as the Centre’s Interlocutor for Nagaland talk?

211. What is the latest Import Tariff Value of Gold (as on 24th September, 2014?)

212. What is the target of opening of households acounts by January 26, 2015 under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana?

213. How many of households does not having bank account?

214. Name the Bill for the appointment and transfers of judges of Supreme Court and 24 High Courts.

215. Collegiums system was changed to NJAC under ___

216. National Judicial Appointment Commission will be governed by 6 member’s body which includes

217. Who is the Law Minister of India?

218. 218 Coal Block allocations were canceled by Supreme Court, whereas ___ telecom licenses were canceled earlier.

219. What was the observation of Supreme Court related to Coal Block Cancelation?

220. The Coal production as on 31st March 2014 was

221. Who is Coal and Power Minister?

222. China Bok Award 2014 was given to

223. Midori Prize for Biodiversity was given to

224. In Open Defecation Cases in the World the 1st nation is India whereas the 2nd nation is

225. India’s Merchandise Export in 2013-14 was $314.4bn whereas

Service Export was of or

226. Total exports target of 2014-15 was

227. What was the diesel subsidy in 2013-14

228. The 1st stamp of independent India was issued with a slogan of Jai Hind was of worth

229. The new governor of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Goa are

230. The Executive Director of the World Bank is

231. What is Digital India?

232. What is the target period for digitalizing India?

233. What is the estimated cost of Digital India?

234. Who has been declared as the UEFA best player in Europe?

235. Asian Hockey Federation has given Junior Player of the Year 2014 Award was given to

236. How much has China invested in India since 200?

237. Japan has agreed to invest $35bn infrastructure and manufacturing whereas China has agreed to

238. What are the main agreements signed with China?

239. People’s Liberation Army of China has 2nd time intruded in (September 2014)

240. The year 2015 wil be celebrated as the “Visit India Year” whereas the year 2016 as

241. In Forbes Most Powerful Women list 2014; Indira Noyi, Arundhati Bhatacharya, Chanda Kocher and Kiran Majumdar were at

242. In Fortune-2014, Most Powerful Women in business is

243. Gini Romety is the Chairman and CEO of IBM whereas Mary Bara is the CEO of

244. The highest paid athletes as per Forbes is Floyd May weather whereas MS Dhoni s at

245. In Global Peace Index 2014, Iceland is at 1st, Denmark is at 2nd whereas India is at

246. The Global Peace Index is based on

247. As per Forbes the most admired company in India is ITC whereas in the World it is

248. The most innovative company as per Forbes TCS is at 57th whereas

249. What is India’s rank in the World on Wind Power Producers?

250. India’s rank in Forex Reserves is at 8th whereas

251. Name the diseases comes under Universal Immunization Programmed

252. How many m embers are there in Regional Comprehensive? Economic Partnership?

253. Pakistan’s Army Chief is Rahel Sharif whereas the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) Chief is

254. Who is Epsilon?

25. Name the World’s 1st humanoid Robot that can communicate and read human emotions. 256. The largest employer in India is Agriculture whereas the 2nd largest employer is

257. Who is the Secretary General of OECD (a 34 nations group)?

258. What is Dishing?

259. Which Latin American Nation is having the highest inflation of 2.2% and having Bolivars as its currency.

260. In which match Reminder Judea made triple centuries.

261. How much interest is paid by the government o RBI on Overdraft?

262. SAARC Anthem and Earth Anthem were written by

263. DTAA (Double Tax Avoidance Agreement) was signed with Mauritius in 1983, how many nations have DTAA with India?

264. In 18th International Children Film Festival, the 2nd best film that won the golden plaque, the Golden Elephant Award

265. India’s crude oil production in 2012-13 was

266. As on 31st March 2014, India’s Exports were $312.35bn whereas the imports were …

267. Branch on Wheels was started by ICICI Bank whereas the Electronic Pass Book was started by …

268. Who won the Global Indian Award 2014?

269. What are the main charges against Mr.Pervej Musharaf the former President of Pakistan?

270. Who is the Head of the National Cloud Computing Panel?

271. World largest consumption of Gold in China was 106 tones whereas in India it was

272. Interest Subvention (Subsidy) for the Exporter is ….

273. Who has been appointed as the Chief Advisor of Air Asia?

274. In the 15th IFA-the Entertainer the year award was given to

275. In 13th Finance Commission recommendation what share of tax revenue has been proposed for the states?

276. 1st largest consumer of Sugar and 2nd largest producer of Sugarcane is

27. Who has won the 12th Asian Billiards Championship held in Indore?

278. Theme of 17th SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation)?

279. Name Indi’s 1st indigenously designed and developed Supersonic Aircraft which replaced MIG 21.

280. How much credit should be given to Agricultural Sector by the Scheduled Banks (Priority Sector Lending)?

281. In Sochi Winter Olympic, who won the maximum Gold medals?

282. Athena Bandar recently won Gold in

283. In Double Papal canonization name two popes who will get the sainthood at Vatican by St.Francis.

284. Who wrote Necropolis?

285. As per IFPRI and Welt hunger life the number of hungry person in the world is 842 million out of which 210 million are from

286. What should be the percentage of gold reserve in the main reserve of India?

287. The countries which have legalized Euthanasia

288. India’s 1st Monorail was started in Mumbai n between

289. Name the two tribes of South Sudan in between the ethnic violence is going on

290. India and Bhutan have signed agreement on …

291. Who was declared as the Man of the Match in U-19 World Cup Cricket 2014?

292. Selection committee for Lok Pal includes?

293. Who were declared as players of the year in men’s and women’s? by al India Football Federation?

294. What is Project 75 India?

295. Election Commission comes under Article 324 whereas Right to Vote comes under

296. What is the monthly bond limit of US Federal Reserve?

297. Name the helicopter for the extensive surveys by geological survey of India

298. What is India’s rank in the World in respect of green house gas emitting on?

299. Who had worn the crown to Megan young in the 63rd Miss World?

310. What are the Cash Reserve Ratio, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate and Bank Rate (as on 20th August 2014?)

301. Name the states affected by Cyclone Phial

302. As per Census 201, density of population in India is …

303. What is ‘AMA Jangal Yojana’?

304. S. Jaishanker has ben apointed as the Ambasador to USA whereas Ashok Kantha as the Ambassador to …

305. 50th Jananpith Award 2013 was given to

306. The new CEO of international cricket council is

307. What is JIMAX?

308. Who is the head of GST Panel?

309. Wholesale Price Inflation is based on wholesale price index whereas the retail price inflation is based on …

310. In the rice production the largest is China whereas the 2nd largest is …

311. In BASE lII, the Conservation Buffer deadline for implementation of 2.5% is Jan 2019, whereas RBI has fixed at …

312. ICC Umpire of the year was won by Richard Ketleborough whereas ICC T20 performance of the year was won by

313. Who has been appointed as the Commander in Chief of Strategic Forces Command replacing SPS Cheam?

314. What is India’s Rank in “Global Peace Index 2014”?

315. Most Trusted brand in India as per Brand Trust Report 2014

316. SARAL (Satellite with Argo and Alike) is jointly developed by …

317. In Deodar Trophy (Cricket) 2014, West Zone won from

318. World Deepest Rail Tunnel is in (connecting Asia and Europe)

319. In Global Slavery Index, as proportion of slaves to the total population India ranks at 4th whereas

320. The currency of Nigeria is Naira whereas the Chief of Book Harem is …

321. TROPEX (Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise) was done in …

322. Name India’s 1st indigenously designed and developed Supersonic Aircraft which replaced MIG 21.

323. In the 61st National Film Awards-the Best Director Award was given to .

324. Name the river on which Polavaram Irrigation Project has been constructed

325. Name the person who scored 2nd highest runs in Tests and ODI after Sachin Tendulkar in the World

326. The longest serving CM after Mr.Jyoti Basu is

327. India’s 1st Economic Census was started in 197 whereas the 6th Economic Census was started in

328. The World largest Solar Power Project (400 MW) is in …

329. The new President of Maldives is …

330. What is Nabrathna?

331. How much reward is given on passing the skill test under NSDC? (National Skill Development Corporation)?

332. The President of Uruguay gave ____ figure of Tobacco related death every year which is more than World War I and II.

333. India’s 1st indigenously designed and built Naval Ship is

34. As per Times Higher Education 10 Ranking 2014, the 1st place University is …

35. The Panchshel Agreement between India and China was signed in

36. Under the new Land Acquisition Bill the value of land in rural areas will be fixed 4 times the market value whereas in urban areas

37. The most polluted city in the World as per WHO

38. Name the nation that has given political asylum to Julian Asange (an ethical hacker and founder of Wiki leaks)

39. Name the Malaysian Airlines Jet that missed with 239 persons on board.

340. What is the other name of Universal Health Coverage?

341. Which ink is used to blacken the finger during the election time?

342. Who is the Head of the National Cloud Computing Panel?

343. What is the target for literacy given in the objectives of 12th plan?

34. Name the state which toped in Revenue Mobilsation Target in the 1th five year plan.

345. When is considered there is a gain on real estate?

346. India has become the 5th nation to hit the coming missile in Endo Atmospheric as well as in Exeo Atmospheric ranges after

347. Nokia Handset business was acquired for $7.18bn by

348. Name the player who scored in al IPLs so far more than 40 runs

349. Name the state where maximum Rhinos are found

350. ONGC Nehru Hockey Tournament was won by

351. Who was declared as the man of the match in Irani trophy 2014?

352. Development expenditure on developmental progress is the highest percentage of GSDP in (RBI report)

353. International Children’s Peace Prize was given to …

354. How many high burdens (Maternal and Child under nutrition) District has been taken under National Nutrition Mission?

355. How much fine was imposed for Ecological Damages on Sterile Industries (India’s largest Copper smelting unit?)

356. 1st CHOGM was held in 1971 in Singapore and the 23rd CHOGM in 2015 will he held in

357. Name the players from India who won 3 gold medals each I n 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting

358. Master Control Facility to control the satellites is in

359. Shinzo Abe the PM of Japan visited the controversial temple Yasukini War Shrine in December 2013 and now in April 2014 was visited by

360. Name any of 6 monuments taken under campaign clean india

361. The famous work of Kedar Nath Singh (Jnanpith Winer) is

362. What is “Franken Sketer”?

363. What is Ind-Indo Carpet?

364. Name the country which is the largest exporter of natural gas and 2nd largest exporter of oil

365. French Open 2014 Rafael Nadal of Spain won from

366. Who were declared as the Best Raider and the Best Stopper in the 4th World Cup Men’s Kabadi?

367. 98th Pulitzer Prize-2014 was given to (poetry category)

368. “Operation Oliver” to save Olive Ridley sea Turtles was done by

369. World highest unel is in

370. In 86th Academy Awards-the Oscar Awards for Best film was given to

371. The new Chief Minister of Haryana is

372. Under-21 Indian Hockey team won Sultan Johor Cup from

373. The top scorer and player of the tournament in Sultan Johor Cup was

374. The most promising player of the tournament Sultan Johor Cup was

375. What is the dead line to have separate toilets for girls in schools, under Swach Vidyalya Campaign?

376. Name the PSU which would contribute 2400 toilets for girls

377. Year 2014 was celebrated by UNFAO as the

378. World Food Prize 2014 was given to

379. What is the new gas price fixed by government of India?

380. How many nations participated in the 17th Asian Games held in Inchon, South Korea?

381. Name the player who refused to take Bronze Medal (Boxing) in 17th Asian Games

382. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shrameva Jayate scheme deals mainly

383. Bronze medal of which player was converted to Silver Medal duty to test positive of Gold medalist in Hammer Throw (Asian Games 2014)

384. Who was the partner of Sania Mirza in Gold win in mixed double tennis?

385. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched on the birth anniversary of

386. What are the targets fixed in Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?

387. What is in Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

388. The potato production in 2013-14 was

389. The Chief Economic Advisor of Government of India is

390. The theme of Asian Games was Met Asia’s Future whereas the motto/slogan was

391. How many medals were won by India in the 17th Asian Games?

392. How many medals were won by China in the 17th Asian Games?

393. The top most nations in the 17th Asian Games were

394. In Asian Games 2014, in Kabadi in both men’s and women’s India won from

395. In Asian Games 2014, in which game India won from Pakistan after a gap of 16 years

396. Singapore Award Cultural Medallion was given to

397. In which game India won t he maximum medals in 17th Asian Games

398. How many medals were won by India in the 16th Asian Games 2010

399. In Asian Games 2014, in Boxing MC Mary Kom (Fly Wt.) won from

400. In Asian Games 2014 in shooting the Gold Medal was won by

401. Name the Scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi on 15th August for the Parliamentarians.

402. Mahendra Dev Commite’s Recommendation on MGNREGA is

403. Late BKS Iyengar the Padam Vibhushan winner in 2014 wrote a book

404. Name the Minister who proposed 2015-16 as the Water Conservation Year. (2013 was also Water Conservation year)

405. Ragala Venkat Rahul is related to Weight Lifting where as Kush Kumar is related to ….

406. Name the Cricketer who has become the No.1 ICC Test All Rounder

407. The new Silk Road “One Belt & One Road” is a trade route from

408. Name the film made on the Assassination of Indira Gandhi

409. Which city has celebrated its 375th Birth Day in August 2014?

410. As the Forbes Most Powerful Women Indra Noyi is at 13th Rank and Arundhati Bhatacharya is at 36th Rank, name the 1st Ranked woman.

411. The new Chairman of IBA (Indian Bankers Association) is

412. Name the Scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi on 15th August for Financial Inculsion Programme.

413. World’s 1st Gren Temple (Eco Temple)

414. Who has ben made the new Chairperson of UPSC?

415. Jal Marg Vikas a project on Ganga lies between Allahabad and

416. Name the World’s largest Naval Exercise participated by 2 nations.

417. Opening Ceremony of 20th Common Wealth Games 2014 (CWG) was held in Celtic park whereas the Closing Ceremony was held in ….

418. “One life is not enough” was written by …

419. “Not just an Accountant” was written by

420. Name the nation having the largest Market among developing nation on PP (Public Private Partnership)

421. How much was kept for 3P India?

422. The motto of 20th Common Wealth Games 2014 (CWG) was

423. Who is India’s Ambassador to World Trade Organization (WTO) a group of 160 nations?

424. After WTO’s Bali met (December 2013) the next met was held in

425. Name the treaty on which India did not sign/ratify on the last date of 31st July 2014

426. What were the Forex Reserves and External Debts Ratio as on 31st March 2013?

427. The Sugar Bowl of state of UP is …

428. India China Trade talk was held in Delhi between …

429. As per Supreme Court orders, Gods vehicle are allowed to carry poles, rods or indivisible load up to

430. What is percentage share target of manufacturing in GDP by 2025 as per New Manufacturing Policy?

431. Women Asia Cup Twnety-20 was won by …

432. As per U K Trade and Investment report the largest exporter of weapons is …

43. In 4th IFI, Silver Peacock Awards for best actor and best actress were given to …

434. India signed an agreement on taking the country aces to north Caspian Sea Region with

435. In Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana, the Government contribution for the male workers is Rs.100 and for the female workers it is …

436. India’s first Space Weather Station is opened in …

437. In Davis Cup 2013 final Radek Stepanek won from

438. Which currency note after 1st Jan. 2015 will be exchanged with proper ID if more than 10 notes will be there, without year of printing?

439. Name the state where Article 371D will continue to ensure equitable opportunities for education and public employment.

440. Silent screams – India’s fight against rape, a documentary film was written Manira A Pinto and tells about …

441. Who has become t he youngest formula one driver to win the driver’s championship 4th time?

442. Name the 1st human made machine that has crossed t he solar system and reached in interstellar medium

443. Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 was given to …

444. The World’s largest Private Yacht built by German shipyard

445. The best performing currencies in Asia Pacific Region are

446. As per Fortune 50 Most Profitable Co. in the World is

447. Name the group which is having 43% of World’s population and 1/5 of World’s GDP.

448. The only state with double digit Gross State Domestic Growth as per CSO is

449. JNNSM target to connect 200 MW of solar power to national grid is by …

450. Of the total nuclear warhead al over the World 93% are possessed by

Answers:

1. 61.03 metre

2. Zalim Khan Yusupov of Tajikistan

3. Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Luka, Mandep Kaur and Povamma Machetira

4. Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Kush Kumar

5. 5th last year was 63rd

6. 1st Thailand, 5th China, 4th Nepal

7. Serious Stage

8. Mylswamy Anadurai

9. S. Ramakrishanan

10. Dr.Raghu Ram Rajan

11. Pradep Kumar

12. Leon Paneta

13.7

14. A.S. Pilai

15. Hari Gautam

16. Michael Phelps

17. Kailash Satyarthi (India) and Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)

18. For the protection of children rights and against suppression

19. Bachpan Bachao Andolan

20. Alfonso Com in International Award, International Peace Prize Germany, Defenders of Democracy Award and Robert F Kennedy Human right Awards

21. He protected more than 800 children through BBA and Established ‘Rug mark’ which ensures that no child labor is used in carpet making

22. Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

23.8

24. John O’Kefe( US), May Brit Moser and Edvard IMoser (Norway)

25. Finding the “Place Cells” and t he “Navigate Cells” (the inner GPS of brain)

26. Entorhinal Cortex (Grid Cell) means navigation

27. Hipocampus and Entorhinal Cortex

28. $1.1 million or 8 million Swedish crowns

29. Thorbjorn Jagland

30. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano (Japanese) and Shuji Nakamura (USA)

31. for discovering Blue LED (Light Emitting Diodes)

32. To produce white light in lamps as well as in Computer, Mobile Phones and TV screens

33. LED trends to last 10 times longer than fluorescent lamps and 10 times longer than incandescent light bulbs

34. Eric Betzig (US), Stefan W. Hel (US), Wiliam E Moerner (German)

35. for making an optical Microscope into Nana scope – for nano scale vision of Parkinson and Alzheimer cells

36. Patrick Modiano (15th French Writer)

37. Ring Roads, the Star’s Place, A trace of Malice, Honeymoon and the search warrant

38. Team lease skill university in Vadodara based on US model of community College

39.1st USA, 2nd China, 3rd UK and 6th India

40. Rs.20 Lac

41. Valmiki Basti

42. 9 (nine)

43. Mumbai

44. Chalein Sath Sath

45. Defence Pact and Life Long Visas for Person of Indian Origin (PIO)

46. An NGO from Mumbai, it is a toll free helpline No.1098 for children in distress

47. It is a scheme in West Bengal to boost he irrigation system

48. A comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation

49. Atal Bihari Vajpaye

50. Alahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam

51. Banaras

52. My Experiment with Truth

53. ONGC

54. DD News

55. Financing in MSME

56. Mount Ontake

57. 42nd

58. 60mw Kholongchu Hydrocarbon Project

59. Rishikesh (March 1 to March 7)

60.21st June 2014

61.6 members (4 Indian + 2 Japanese) will facilitate Japanese $35 be investment in various sectors in India

62. Bibek Debray Committee

63. Sydney to Dalas

64.100

65. Jens Stoltenberg

66.1st California Inst. Of Tech, 2nd Harvard University, 3rd University of Oxford, 276th ISC India, 30th Punjab University

67. To regulate expenditure and contents of advertisement

68. Dhaka

69. Maritme routes and cultural ands cape of SAARC nations

70.1 st MP, 2nd Uttarakhand, 3rd Bihar

71.20%

72. The official home of Santa Claus (recently visited by President of India)

73. Norway and Finland

74. Dongfeng

75. IRNS-1C (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System)

76. National Disaster Response Force

77. J. Jayalalitha

78. Section 13(1) E of Prevention of Corruption Act 198

79. Subramanian Swamy

80. Section 8(4) of Representation of People Act

81.Gandhi Maidan, Patna

82. It was started by Minority Affairs Ministry, for providing skills, upgrading ability and training minority’s communities

83. Tyeb Mehta

84. President Kenyata of Kenya

85. To protect he women in Metros, started by CISF

86. Tithi Bhojan

87. For monitoring an d participation of community in the mid day meals

88. October 209

89. Rs.626907 Crore

90. Poultry Business Restrictions

91. It is launched by Indian Army for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir

92. India

93. Rs.6.23 Lac Crore

94. Three (earlier was once a year)

95. Hong Kong

96. Hong Kong

97. Hong Kong

98. Pakistan

99. Nigeria

100. 300mw

101. 7

102. Ayurveda Yoga Unani Sidha and Homeopathy

103. Mental Health

104. Jeal Tirole of France

105. How Government should regulate large, powerful companies in industries including banking and communication in society’s interest

106. Hasan (Karnataka)

107. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

108. 2

109. 814 million voters

110. 9th rank (in 2012 was 8th)

111. Yuvraj Singh

112. Shanghai (China)

113. James Rodriguez (Columbian) for scoring 6 goals

114. 53

115. Double the tiger population by 202

116. Diversity Shines here

117. Jakarta, Indonesia

118. Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger

19. Mangalyan (Rs.460 Crore/$74 mn)

120. September 24, 2014

121. No voters were 5.3% and Yes voters were 4.7 %

122. V. Kesava Raju

123. PSLV XL-C 25

124. Solid, liquid and cryogenic stages

125. Martian Orbit

126. Maven

127. Soviet space programme NASA and European Space Agency

128. NASA got success in 2 attempts, Soviet Union in 3 attempts

129. Dr.K. Radhakrishanan

130. 27 kg (the Gravitational Power Mars is les than the Earth’s)

131. Study of Martian Atmosphere and Detection of Methane

132. Indian Army Operation to Protect People of J & K

133. 58.5 million

134. National Development Reforms Commission

135. 128 million

136. 3.8

137. Japan at 1st, Finland 2nd and Republic of Korea is at 3rd

138. 134th

139. 1st Manipur, 2nd Assam and 3rd Sikkim

140. 1st Maharashtra, 2nd UP and 3rd West Bengal

141. 1st UP, 2nd Maharashtra and 3rd West Bengal

142. FTA in the mater of services was ratified by ASEAN

143. $10bn

144. 2014

145. 25.6

146. Pranab Sen

147. Rashtriya Gokul Mision

148. 254

149. Narender Singh Tomar

150. H.L. Datu

151. P. Sathasivam

152. 52% (58% was the oldest)

153. Dr. S. Radhakrishanan

154. Katra Sadatganj Vilage in Badaun (UP)

15. 65 milion

156. Kaum De Here

157. T.R. Zeliang

158. Irom Sharmila

159. Nalanda University (Rajgir-Bihar)

160. Gupta Dynasty

161. Bakhtiyak Khilji (General of Qutubudin Aibak)

162. Gopa Sabharwal and Amartya Sein respectively

163. Chennai

164. Nagpur

165. Puduchery

166. Delhi (Rs.3842), H aryana (Rs.3817), Kerala (Rs.3408)

167. A programme to boost the manufacturing level on sustainable basis

168. Rs.931 Crore (Rs.581 budgetary suport + Rs.350 Crore from stake holder industries)

169. Mithali Raj (India)

170. Jeny Gun (England) and J. Goswami (India) respectively

171. Burari at Jhangir Puri Delhi

172. Rs.1500

173. P.V. Sindhu

174. Li Zuerui (Chinese)

175. Abigail Spears (USA) and Santiago Gonzalez (Maxican)

176. Kei Nishikori (Japan)

177. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

178. 6th US Open an d 18th overall winner of Grand Slam

179. Kunming to Kolkata, Mandalay (Myanmar) Dhaka and Chittagong

180. October 209

181. Andhra Pradesh

182. NTPC

183. South Korea (October 1-17)

184. Australia

185. 2012

186. Rs.100 Crore

187. Rs.3780 Crore

18. 850 km

189. Sushil Kumar

190. Karnataka

191. 12 hours in an Academic Year

192. Leonardo Dicaprio

193. Skill development, Solid Waste Management, Cleaning of Rivers

194. Andhra Bank and Telangana State

195. Westinghouse of USA

196. Narula Brothers Achin and Sarthak

197. Abdulah Abdulah

198. NSDC Inovation for Skils Chalenge

199. UP, Bihar, Chatisgarh, Utarakhand

200. Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and V.President of World Bank)

201. Sunil Kumar Rana (Wrestling), Jai Bhagwan (Boxing), Mamta Pujari (Kabadi)

202. R.Ashwin, Tintu Luka and Hena Sidhu respectively

203. Mahabir Prasad and N. Lingapa respectively

204. 21

205. 10%

206. TSR Subramaniam

207. Environment, Forest, Wildlife, Water and Air

208. Gurmail Singh (Hockey), KP Thakar (Swimming-Diving) and Zeshan Ali (Tennis)

209. Prakash Javadekar

210. R.N. Ravi (earlier was R.S. Pandey)

211. $420 per 10gm

212. 7.5 Crore acounts

213. 24.67 Crore

214. National Judicial Apointment Commision

215. 121st amendment

216. 1 CJI, 2 senior judges of Supreme Court, 2 eminent personalities and Law Minister

217. Ravi Shanker Prasad

218. 12

219. The screening committee was not transparent during 193 and 208

200. 565 million tons

201. Piuyesh Goyal

202. Priyadarshi Mukherji

203. Kamal Bawa

204. Indonesia

205. $151.5 bn

206. $50bn (merchandise $340bn + services $160bn)

207. Rs.62837 Crore

208. Three and one half anas

209. Kalyan Singh, C. Vidyasagar Rao and Mridula Sinha respectively

230. Subhash Chandra Garg

231. A programme which envisages al government services be delivered electronically by 2018 and to provide unique identities to al citizens

232. 2014-18

233. Rs.1300 Crore

234. Cristiano Ronaldo

235. Manpret Singh

236. $410.8bn

237. $20bn over the next 5 years

238. 2 industrial park in Gujarat and Maharashtra in Railways existing routes and high sped trains and way to Mansarovar Yatra through Nathu La Pas

239. Chumar Region in Ladakh at post R30

240. Visit China Year

241. 13th, 36th, 43rd and 92nd respectively

242. Gini Romety, 2nd Mary Bara, 3rd Indra Noyi

243. General Motors

244. 2nd Rank

245. 143rd

246. Safety and Security, Domestic and International Disputes

247. Apple

248. Sales force (USA) is at 1st, and Alexion Pharma (USA) is at 2nd

249. 5th (China is at 1st, USA at 2nd and Germany is at 3rd)

250. China is at 1st, Japan is at 2nd

251. Japanese Encephalits, Rubela and Polio (Rota Virus is latest)

252. 16 (India, Australia, Chian, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and 10 ASEAN)

253. Rizwan Akhtar

254. It is the name of a low cost rocket launched by Japan

255. Peeper

256. MSME (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises)

257. Jose Angel Guria

258. It is one of the White colar crime, in this geting the details from customers over phone

259. Venezuela

260. Ranji Trophy group A match in Rajkot

261. 2% above Repo Rate

262. Abhay Kumar

263. 90 (89th is Macedonia & 90th Fij)

264. A horse on the balcony

265. 37864m (in 201-12 was 38089mt)

266. $450.94 (as on 31.03.2013 Export $30.4bn & Imports $490.73bn)

267. Federal Bank

268. N.R. Narayana Murthy

269. Asasination of Benazir Bhuto and Sacking of Judges in 207 and Death of Nawab Akbar Bugti n 206

270. Mr.Kris Gopala Krishan

271. 975 ton (in 2013)

272. 3%

273. Mr.Ratan Tata

274. Depika Padukone

275. 32%

276. India

277. Rupesh Shah

278. Building Bridges

279. Tejas (light combat aircraft)

280. 18%

281. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway

282. Intershot Shoting Championship (Hague)

283. John XXXII and John Paul I

284. Mr.Jet Thayil

285. India

286. 5

287. Belgium and Netherland

288. Wadala and Chembur

289. Nuer and Dinka

290. On 4 joint hydro electric power projects

291. Corbin Borsch of South Africa

292. PM, Speaker of Lok Sdabha, Leader of Opositon in Lok Sabha, CJI or a siting Judge of Supreme Court nominated by CJI, Eminent Jurist nominated by the President of India

293. Sunil Chetri and Oinam Bem Bem Devi respectively

294. A project to construct 6 advanced stealth submarines, armed with both land and air attack missiles

295. Article 326

296. $ 35bn

297. Garuda Vasudha

298. 5th

299. Yu Wenxia of China the winer of 62nd Mis World

300. 4%, 8%, 7% and 9% respectively

301. Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

302. 382 persons per sq. km.

303. To enhance forest cover area in Odisha

304. China

305. Kedar Nath Singh

306. Richardson

307. Japan and India’s joint naval exercise

308. Abdul Rahim Rather

309. Consumer Price Index

310. India

311. 2017 – March

312. Umar Gul

313. Lt. Gen. Amit Sharma

314. 143/162 (in 2013 was 141/162)

315. 1st Samsung, 2nd Sony, 3rd Tata

316. India and France

317. North Zone

318. Turkey (Istanbul)

319. 1st Mauritania, 2nd Hait, 3rd Pakistan

320. Abubakar Shekau

321. Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean

322. TEJAS (light Combat Aircraft)

323. Hansal Mehta for Hindi film Sahid

324. Godavari

325. Ricky Ponting

326. Pawan Kumar Chamling, the CM of Sikim

327. 2013

328. Sambhar (Rajasthan)

329. Abdula Yamen

330. Light weight aircraft Dornier 28 is helpful in evaluation of performance of various radars.

331. Rs.100

332. 8 million

333. INS Vikrant launched in Kochi

334. Pohang University of Korea

335. 1954

336. It would be 2 times of the market value

337. Delhi

338. Ecuador

339. MH 370 (on flight from Malaysia to Beijing)

340. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan

341. Silver Nitrate which become black when comes in contacts with Ultra Violet rays

342. Mr. Kris Gopala Krishan

343. 10%

344. Haryana

345. When sold with profit within 3 years is called a short term gain, and when sold after more than 3 years is called a long term gain

346. US, Russia, France and Israel

347. Microsoft

348. Suresh Raina

349. Assam 253 (in Kaziranga National Park 2329)

350. Indian Oil from Bharat Petroleum

351. R. Vinay Kumar

352. Chatisgarh is 20.7%, in Bihar is 16.8%, and average of al states is 1.4%

353. Malala Yousafzai

354. 20

355. Rs.10 Crore

356. Malta

357. Ragala Venkat Rahu (7 kg) and Akshay B. Gaikwad of 62 kg category

358. Hasan (Karnataka)

359. Internal Afairs and Communication Minister Yoshitaka Shindo

360. TajMehal, Elora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Red Fort, Golconda Fort and Mahabalipuram

361. Abhi Bilkul abhi and Yahan se Dekho

362. A Genticaly Modified mosquito in a lab with a gene designed to devastate the non GM aedes Aegypti population and reduce the Dengue’s spread.

363. Jt. Naval Exercise of India and Indonesia

364. Russia

365. Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

366. Hardavinder Singh Dula and Balbir Singh Pala respectively

367. Vijay Seshadri (famous work is Wild Kingdom)

368. Odisha

369. Gansu Province in North West China length 16.3 km

370. 12 years a Slave

371. Manohar Lal Khatar

372. Great Britain

373. Harmanpret Singh

374. Harjet Singh (Capt.)

375. 15th August 2015

376. NTPC

377. International Year of Family Forming

378. Dr.Sanjaya Rajaram

379. $5.61 per mmbtu (old was $4.2 mmbtu)

380. 45

381. Sarita Devi

382. Importance of labour in the society and the labour elated reforms

383. Manju Bala

384. Saketh Myneni

385. Jayaprakash Narayan

386. To develop one village as model village by 2016 and 3 by 2019

387. An MP has a develop a village (neither of his or his spouse) where population is in between 300 to 500 in plains and 100 to 300 in hilly areas

388. 4.3mn ton

389. Arvind Subramanian

390. Diversity Shines here

391. 57 (1 Gold, 10 Silver and 36 Bronze)

392. 342 (151 Gold, 108 Silver and 83 Bronze)

393. 1st China 342 Medals, 2nd Korea, 3rd Japan and 8th India

394. Iran

395. Hockey (by 4-2)

396. KTM Iqbal (a Tamil writer)

397. Athletics 13 medals

398. 65

399. Shekerbekova Zhaina of Kazakistan

400. Jitu Rai (50 m. Pistol)

401. Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana

402. MGNREGA Wage Rate or Minimum Wages whichever is higher should be paid

403. Light of Yoga

404. Uma Bharati

405. Squash

406. R.Ashwin

407. Kunming to Kolkata

408. Kaum De Here

409. Chenai

410. Angela Merkel

411. T.M. Bhasin

412. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

413. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Kingsbury (UK)

414. Rajni Razdan (old was D.P. Agrawal)

415. Haldia

416. RIMPAC-2014

417. Hampden Park National Stadium

418. K. Natwar Singh

419. Vinod Rai (former CAG)

420. India (3P India)

421. Rs.50 Crore

42. People, Place & Passion

423. Anjali Prasad

424. Geneva (in July 2014)

425. Trade Facilitation Arrangement (TFA)

426. 74.9% (85.2% in 2012)

427. Muzafarnagar

428. Sushma Swaraj and Wang Yi

429. One metre beyond the vehicle body frame

430. 25% from the present level of 16%

431. India from Pakistan by 18 runs

432. 1st USA, 2nd UK, 3rd Russia

433. Alon Mow Aboutaboul for A place in Heaven and to Boczarska Magdlena for in hiding resp.

434. Kazakhstan

435. Rs.200 in the first year of the policy

436. Kolkata

437. Dusan Lajovic

438. Rs.50 and Rs.100

439. Andhra Pradesh

440. Nirbhaya (Delhi rape tragedy)

441. Sebastian Vetel (Germany)

442. Voyager I(was launched in 197 by NASA)

443. Chandi Prasad Bhat (a pioneer of Chipko Movement)

444. Azam

445. 1st INR, 2nd Rupiah and 3rd is New Zealand dollar

446. Exon Mobil 1st, Apple 3rd, and Microsoft 4th and Ford Motor is 5th

447. BRICS

448. Bihar with 15.05% and next are MP, Goa and Odisha

449. 202

450. USA and Russia