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OCTOBER 20131) In which country thousands of government

servants were asked to go on leave without paytemporarily as the government had no funds topay their salary: USA

2) One of the main factors behind the recent ShutDown crisis in USA was the popular health careprogrammes of the government. What is thepopular name for this programme: Obamacare

3) Name the diplomat who has been appointedHigh Commissioner of India in United Kingdom:

Ranjan Mathai4) The International Day of Older Person is

celebrated on which day: October 1

5) In the recently compiled Global Human CapitalIndex, what is Indias rank: 78th

6) Indias minister of external affairs visited ______to impress upon early implementation of 13thamendment to constitution: Sri Lanka

7) In the neighbouring country Sri Lanka, what isthe context of 13th amendment to theirconstitution: Devolution of powers to theprovinces

8)

The 2013 meet of CHOGM is to be held at whichplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka

9) What is the full form of CHOGM:Commonwealth Heads of GovernmentMeeting

10) The summit of CHOGM is held every _____years: Two

11) How many countries are the member of TheCommonwealth: 53

12) Headquarter of The Commonwealth is located at:London, UK

13) _________ is designated as head of the

Commonwealth: British Monarch

14) Name the middle Asian country visited by IndianPresident recently: Turkey

15) Name the capital of Turkey:Ankara

16) Which Turkish University honoured IndianPresident with honorary doctorate in PoliticalScience: Istanbul University

17) Currency of Turkey is ________: Turkish Lira

18) In a recent survey of top 400 universities in

world, _________ has been ranked as No. 1university in India: Panjab University

19) Election Commission has declared assemblyelections in _____ states: Five

20) Which North Eastern State is going to haveelections in November 2013: Mizoram

21) In which UT assembly elections are to be held infirst week of December: Delhi

22) Election commission has given the option to thevoters not to vote for any candidate, if theydecide so. This option has been named as:None of the above (NOTA)

23)

Two day international Rhino conference was heldat: Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

24) Lampedusa an island near ______ was in newsas over 300 persons drowned there after a boat,with up to 500 African asylum seekers, caughtfire and sank: Italy

25) Rohan Bopanna along with French partnerEdouard Roger-Vasselin, won the mens doublestitle at_____________ held at Tokyo, Japan:Japan Open Tennis

26) Name the team that won the Champions LeagueCricket recently: Mumbai Indians

27)

The final match of the Champions League,Cricket was held at _________ stadium in Delhi:Feroz Shah Kotla

28) Name the veteran Indian film director who hasbeen nominated to head the accomplished juryfor the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards(APSA): Shyam Benegal

29) The Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)to be held in_______: Brisbane, Australia

30) The Busan International Film Festival is held inwhich country: South Korea

31) Name the acclaimed Cambodian director who

received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year awardat the Busan International Film Festival in SouthKorea: Rithy Panh

32) Which international IT giant has joined handswith Archaeological Survey of India to provide360- degree online panoramic imagery of 100nationally-important monuments: Google

33) Name the Sri Lankas first elected Tamil ChiefMinister of the Northern Province in the first everprovincial elections held after clearance of LTTE


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which country:Azerbaijan

73) What is the popular full form of the scientificresearch organization CERN: European Councilfor European Research

74) Mulatu Teshome has been elected president ofwhich country: Ethiopia

75) Sachin Tendulkar reached the coveted landmarkof 50,000 runs across all formats of cricket atwhich stadium: Feroze Shah Kotla stadium,New Delhi

76) India has signed agreements with ______countries, who pledged their commitment to theambitious Nalanda University project: Seven

77) The prestigious International Nalanda Universityis located is which place: Rajgir, DisttNalanda, Bihar

78) Name the Nobel laureate who has beendesignated to head the Nalanda University as itsChancellor: Prof.Amartya Sen

79) In the Global Hunger Index India has beenranked at ________ place: 63rd

80) Which district of Odisha was hardest hit by therecent cyclone Phailin: Ganjam

81) Authorities worldover have appreciated theexcellent preparations done by the NDRF andIMD for minimizing the possible damage fromthe cyclone Phailin: What is the full form ofNDRF and IMD: National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF), Indian MetrologicalDepartment (IMD)

82) Govt. has decided to bring all post offices acrossthe country on CBS platform to cover largernumber of people, particularly in rural areas for

banking services. What is CBS: Core BankingSolution

83) Name the place in distt. Datia of MadhyaPradesh which witnessed a gruesome stampedekilling over 120 persons: Rattangarh

84) The World Boxing Championships was held inwhich place:Almaty, Kazakhstan

85) Name the freedom fighter, ex Minister andDeputy Chairman of the Planning Commissionwho passed away recently: Dr. Mohan Dharia

86) M.S. Swaminathan, Eminent agriculture scientisthas been honoured with which prestigious prize

for his work for national integration: IndiraGandhi Award for National Integration

87) Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist for girlseducation has been honoured with SakharovHuman Rights Prize. The prize is given by whichorganization: European Parliament

88) Name the renowned scientist who has writtenthe book My Brief History: A Memoir : StephenHawking

89) Under which loan scheme the receipt of annuity

amount has been exempted from income tax:Reverse Mortgage Scheme

90) Who are the likely beneficiaries under thereverse mortgage loan scheme: PropertyOwning Senior Citizens

91) Government has increased MSP of wheat by Rs.50 to Rs. ______ per quintal: 1400

92) Name the CEO of ICICI bank who has beenranked as top women business leader of India:Ms. Chanda Kochhar

93) Name the remittance system for which RBI hasissued new revised guidelines: RTGS

94) Government has decided to include skilled labourin sericulture under the MNREGA Scheme. Whatis sericulture: Rearing of silk worms

95) NPCI has launched Aadhaar-based remittancesfor bank account holders. What is the full form ofNPCI: National Payments Corporation ofIndia

96) What is the main objective of NPCI: Topromote various forms of electronicbanking in India

97) Which city has been voted as countries topbusiness destination in terms of infrastructure,human capital, city culture and basic quality ofliving: Bangalore

98) Indian Prime Minister recently visited Russia andmet their President. What is the name of RussianPresident:Vladimer Putin

99) South zone and North zone were declared jointwinners of the in the final of Duleep trophyplayed at Kochi, Kerala. It is from which sports:Cricket

100)

Which big hydel project of India is celebrating itsGolden Jubilee: Bhakra Dam, Punjab

101) 5thSouth Asian Conference on Sanitation held atwhich place: Kathmandu, Nepal

102) Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at the2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship heldin Beijing, China: Bhavina HashmukhbhaiPatel

103) Name the player who scored the fastest evercentury by an Indian batsman in ODI, off 52balls, playing against Australia at Sawai ManSingh Stadium, Jaipur:Virat Kohli

104)

Man Booker Prize 2013 has been awarded to________for her novel, The Luminaries.Eleanor Catton

105) Name the eminent Telugu novelist, short storywriter, poet critic and 2012 Jnanpith awardwinner who passed away recently: RavuriBharadhwaja

106) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament 2013title was won by _________ of China: DingJunhui


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107) The Indian Open Snooker Tournament 2013was held at which place: New Delhi

108) Name the first ever India-Russia joint militaryexercise that began on October 19 at theMahajan field firing range in Rajasthan near theIndo-Pak border: Indra 2013

109) What is the objective of recently conductedIndo-Russian joint military exercise: forimproving anti-terrorist operations

110) Name the latest National Tennis champions inmens & womens category: Mohit Mayur andPrerna Bhambri

111) With which country India recently signed aborder defence pact: China

112) What is the officially name of the border defencepact signed between India and China: BorderDefence Co-operation Agreement

113) What is the official designation of the PrimeMinister of China: Premier

114) What is the name of the Premier of China: Li

Keqiang115) Which mega steel company has been asked by a

UN Human Rights panel to stop the work at itsOdisha plant as it may lead to displacement ofthousands of people and disruption in theirlivelihoods: Posco

116) The Union Cabinet has approved the biggestever foreign investment in India's aviation sector- Jet Airways' proposed sale of its 24 per centequity to ___________airline: Etihad Airways

117) The Etihad Airways is the national airline ofwhich country: United Arab Emirates

118)

To which country India has agreed to start apower transmission line to export 500 millionmegawatt of electricity: Bangladesh

119) Name the Indian power cooperate which hasjoined hands with Bangladesh powerdevelopment board to form Bangladesh IndiaFriendship Power Company to promote 1,320-MW Maitri thermal power project in Bangladesh:National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC)

120) UNO recently passed a regulation to destroyhuge amounts of chemical in which country:Syria

121)

Which railway station near Kolkata has beenrenamed as Komagata Maru station to salute themartyrs of September 29, 1914, who arrivedthere by the ship of the same name: BudgeBudge

122) __________has become the first company in thecountry to achieve sales of more than Rs1,00,000 crore in a quarter: RelianceIndustries Ltd.

123) INS Sunayna, the indigenously built warship iswhich type of ship: Naval offshore Patrol

Vessel (NOVP)

124) Terry Walsh has been appointed chief coach ofwhich national mens sports team: Hockey

125) The new chief coach of mens national hockeyteam Terry Walsh is from which country:

Australia

126) India and China will hold joint military exercisesfrom November 4 in _______ region in Southwest China: Chengdu

127) What is the objective of the proposed Indo-Chinajoint military exercise: To practice counterinsurgency and counter terrorismmanoeuvres

128) Which corporate has been allowed bygovernment to start a new domestic airline

jointly with Singapore Airlines: Tata Group

129) What is the name of proposed new domesticairline started jointly by Tata and Singaporeairlines: 'Tata SIA Airlines Limited'

130) Government has decided to contribute a sum ofRs. ______ crore towards capital infusion inpublic sector banks: 14,000

131) For what purpose government is contributing Rs.14,000 crore in capital of public sector banks: Toenable banks to meet Basel III capitalrequirements

132) Name the two Latin American Countries visitedby the Vice President Hamid Ansari: Peru &Cuba

133) Sanjeev Rajput won the gold in which event inthe Asian Air Gun shooting championship inTehran, Iran: Mens 50-metre free rifleevent

134)

Bru community which has settled in largenumber of refugee camps in Tripura and Assam,belongs to which state: Mizoram

135) Air Costa is the new regional airline started inwhich part of the country: Andhra Pradesh

136) Name the Indian scientist in whose name theGod Particle has been named as Higgs Boson:Satyendra Nath Bose

137) The Nobel prize 2013 for physics has beengiven to Franois Englert,Belgium and Peter W.Higgs, UK for which achievement: for theoutstanding research for discovery of God

Particle

138) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013 has beenawarded to how many scientists: Three

139) The three scientists Martin Karplus, MichaelLevitt and Arieh Warshel have been given Nobelprize in Chemistry for 2013 for research in whichfield: for developing computer models thatpredict complex chemical reactions thatcan be used for tasks like creating newdrugs


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140) Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine has beenawarded for which achievement: Forbreakthroughs in understanding how keysubstances are moved around within a cell

141) The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013 has beenawarded to author Alice Munro for which field ofliterature: Contemporary short stories

142) Nobel Laureate for 2013 literature Nobel Prize Alice Munro is from which country: Canada

143) What is the formal official name for theEconomics Nobel Prize: The SverigesRiksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

144) The Nobel Prize for economics for 2013 has beenawarded for what purpose: For research inempirical analysis of asset prices

145) The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 has been awardedto which organization: Organization for theProhibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

146) Currently, OPCW is in news for handling whichinternational assignment: Destruction ofdumps of chemical weapons in Syria as per

UN mandate

147) The headquarters of Nobel Peace prize winningorganization OPCW is located at which place:The Hague, Netherland

148) Why the Nobel prizes are delivered on a fix day December 10 every year: It is the deathanniversary of Alfred Nobel

149) All Nobel Prizes except the peace prize arepresented at _____, Sweden: Stockholm

150) The Nobel Prize for Peace is presented at_______, Norway: Oslo

151)

The Nobel Prize for Peace is not decided inSweden, instead, it is decided by an expertcommittee of _________: Parliament ofNorway

152) India has been ranked __________ out of 136countries on a Global Gender Gap Indexcompiled by Geneva-based World EconomicForum: 101st

153) According to a recent survey by Global Initiativefor Restructuring Environment and Management(GIREM) and DTZ, _______ is the best businessdestination in the country: Bangalore

154) Name the Formula One champion who has wonfour successive titles in the current season:

Sebastian Vettal155) Sebastian Vettal, the formula one world

champion is from which country: Germany

156) Indias only Formula One Racing Track BuddhaInternational Circuit is located at which place:Noida, UP

157) Worlds largest airport Al-Maktoum Internationalis located at which place: Dubai, UAE

158) Which financial institution proposes to launch aspecial loan scheme for creation of storageinfrastructure like construction of Warehouses,

Silos, cold storages and cold chaininfrastructure: NABARD

159) Govt. plans to start National Financial ReportingAuthority (NFRA) for what purpose: As awatchdog for the accounting and auditingpolicies and standards for adoption bycompanies.

160) With which bank Australian Trade Commissionhas signed a MoU to raise the productivity and

exports of Indias food and agricultural sector:Yes Bank

161) To which state World Bank has provided $360million loan for modernisation of irrigation anddrainage systems: Uttar Pradesh

162) India is planning a cross country highway withwhich two other countries: Myanmar andThailand

163) The trilateral highway with Myanmar andThailand will start from ________ in Manipur,India : Moreh

164) The trilateral highway with Myanmar andThailand will end at ______ in Thailand: Mae

Sot165) Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project

will link Kolkata port with Sittwe port in whichcountry: Myanmar

166) In the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit TransportProject, Kaladan is the name of a _______ inMizoram: River

167) The World Agricultural Congress and Trade Fairto be held at ______: Hyderabad

168) Supreme Court ruled that MPs/MLAs will losetheir seats immediately if they are convicted ofoffences that carry a prison term of more than

______years: Two

169)

The 2013 Norton Report by Symantec says thatIndia is among the worlds top ______ countrieswith the highest number of incidences of cybercrime: Five

170) Indian Navy has recently inducted Hawk MK 132aircraft. It is what type of aircraft: AdvancedJet Trainer

SEPTEMBER 2013171) The book Communist Cookbook has written by:

Sharmishta Roy Chowdhury

172) Who is the author of the book Punjab: A Historyfrom Aurangzeb to Mountbatten: Rajmohan

Gandhi

173) The GDP growth rate for the quarter ending June30thwas pegged at _______: 4.4%

174) The Asia Cup Hockey was held at which place:Ipoh, Malaysia

175) 2014 Hockey World Cup will be held at whichplace: The Hague, Netherlands

176) Name the country who won the Asia Cup Hockeyby defeating India: South Korea


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177) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by LokSabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto

______ times of market value for acquiring landin rural areas: four

178) As per the Land Acquisition Bill passed by LokSabha, govt. has to pay compensation upto

______ times of market value for acquiring landin urban areas: two

179) G-20 group of countries held a meeting of their

Heads at which place: St. Petersburg, Russia

180) Name the ace footballer from UK who created anew record by becoming the expensive mostplayer in the history of football: Gareth Bale

181) Noted footballer Gareth Bale has beencontracted by which Club for a sum of 100million Euros: Real Madrid, Spain

182) Diana Nyad, the 64 year old lady swimmer fromUSA created a world record for what: forlongest distance swimming 110 mile(177 kms)

183) Haraprasad Das, eminent Oriya writer, has been

honoured with which prestigious award for hisbook Vamsha: Moortidevi Award - 2012

184) Name the country who won SAFF footballchampionship by beating India:Afghanistan

185) What is the full form of SAFF: South AsiaFootball Federation)

186) The SAFF football championship was recentlyheld at which place: Kathmandu, Nepal

187) As per new companies law, the corporates arerequired to spend _______ % of their profitstowards CSR activities: Two

188)

Write the full form of CSR: Corporate SocialResponsibility

189) India recently launched multi bandcommunication satellite - GSAT-7 for whatpurpose: Data gathering for defence forces

190) The GSAT- 7 satellite was launched from whichplace: Kourou, French Guiana (An overseasterritory of France, at joining Brazil)

191) The GSAT-7 satellite was launched in a _____Orbit, about 36000 kms above Earths surface:Geosynchronous

192) Name the book on tax administration written by

noted economist Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor tothe Finance Minister: Indian TaxAdministration: A Dialogue

193) Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the new governor of RBIwas holding which position before this: ChiefEconomic Advisor, Ministry of Finance

194) As per the PFRDA bill, 2011, government haspermitted FDI upto _____% in the pensionsector: 26

195) Write the full form PFRDA: Pension Fund

Regulatory and Development Authority

196) Name the tennis star who won US Open menssingles title: Rafael Nadal

197) Noted tennis star Rafael Nadal is from whichcountry: Spain

198) Famous sports person Novak Djokovic is fromwhich game: Tennis

199) Tennis star Novak Djokovic hails from which

country: Serbia

200) Name the tennis star who won US Openwomens singles title: Serena Williams

201) Noted tennis star Serena Williams from whichcountry: USA

202) Name the prestigious sports event recently wonby tennis star Leander Paes: US Open 2013mens doubles crown

203) Name the world renowned music maestro whoconducted the Bavarian State Orchestra in J & K:Zubin Mehta

204) The musical concert conducted by Jubin Mehtaat Shalimar Garden, Srinagar (J&K) was namedas____________: Ehasas-e-Kashmir

205) Tony Abbott has been elected as new PrimeMinister of which country:Australia

206) With which country India has enlarged itscurrency swap arrangement from $15 billion atpresent to $ 50 billion: Japan

207) India has been ranked at _____ place in terms ofits global competitiveness in 2013: 60th

208) _________has emerged as most literate state inIndia with 94.65 per cent literacy, compared withKeralas 93.91 per cent: Tripura

209) Share of agriculture in Indias GDP is about____%: 13.7

210) Control of Forward Markets Commission hasrecently been taken over by _________ Ministry:Finance

211) Govt. has approved setting up of the BharatRural Livelihood Foundation, a partnershipbetween government, corporate India,academics and civil society, with a contributionof Rs 500 crore for what purpose: To engagecorporates for help to counter Naxalinfluence

212)

RBI has setup Bimal Jalan Committee for whatpurpose: To scrutinize the applications fornew bank licences

213) Name the head of the committee formed tostrengthen the framework of monetary policy toavoid friction between the RBI and the FinanceMinistry: Urjit PatelCommittee

214) Who has been elected as President ofInternational Olympics Committee: ThomasBach


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215) Indias trade deficit narrowed to $10.9 billion inAugust from $12.26 billion in July. What does itrepresents: The amount by which exportsare short of imports

216) Which is the single largest item contributing tothe import bill of India: Petroleum

217) As per the RBI guidelines, cash withdrawals ofup to Rs. _________ a day from point of saleterminals are allowed: 1,000

218) Which type of banking transactions can becarried out using plastic money: Debit / Creditcard transactions

219) What is the popular name for the total moneysupply M3 in the country: Broad Money

220) What is the priority sector lending target fixed bythe government for foreign banks in India:40%; if the branches are less than 20,then 32%

221) If an Indian bank in private sector fails toachieve priority sector lending targets, what willbe the penal action: It will have to deposit

the short fall amount in RuralInfrastructure Development Fund

222) The government has approved a proposal toinvest USD 4.3 billion in which internationalfinancial institution: World Bank

223) Eighth Womens Hockey Asia Cup was recentlyheld at which place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

224) Which big industrial country has decided to saygood bye to nuclear power: Japan

225) Name the spacecraft that has become the firstman-made object to venture into interstellarspace:Voyager-1

226) Name the wrestler who won silver medal at theWorld Wrestling Championship:Amit Kumar

227) Name the wrestler who won bronze medal infree style wrestling in the World WrestlingChampionship: Bajrang

228) World Wrestling Championship were held atwhich place: Budapest, Hungary

229) Name the hockey player who will captain theIndian Womens Hockey team in Asia Cup: RituRani

230) Name the Indian origin girl who was crown as

Miss America recently: Nina Davuluri231) Jhumpa Lahri, a Noted Novelist of Indian origin

is settled in which country: USA (New York)

232) Which city has been named to host 2020Olympic Games: Tokyo

233) The 2016 Olympics are to be held at whichplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

234) Name the recently tested nuclear capablesurface to surface long-range ballistic missilewhich has a strike range of more than 5000 kms:

Agni-V

235) From which place India conducts its missiletests: Wheeler Island off Odisha coast

236) NASA has launched an unmanned spacecraftLadee for what purpose: To explore thesurface of moon

237) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia hasrecently been honured with which prestigiousIndian Award: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development-2012

238) The first ever North East Festival to showcaseeight states of North East India, their customs,heritage, traditions, music, dances, tourism willbe held at which place: New Delhi

239) Reserve Bank has directed that gold jewelleryaccepted as security will have to be valued at theaverage of the closing price of 22 carat gold forthe preceding _______ days: 30

240) Durand Cup is associated with which sports:Football

241) Durand Cup for 2013 was won by _____________ after a gap of 73 years:Mohammedan Sporting, Kolkata

242) Durand Cup Football tournament was held atwhich place: New Delhi

243) Dinesh K. Sarraf has been appointed head ofwhich Maharatna company: Oil and NaturalGas Corporation

244) With a view to boost exports, government hasraised interest subvention on export loans to

_______ percent: Three

245) 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted jointlyby which two countries: Australia and NewZealand

246) Govt. has recently relaxed certain pre conditionsin case of FDI in which field: Multi BrandRetail

247) With which country India has an arrangement topay in Indian rupees for its import of crude oil:Iran

248) Name the veteran British journalist andbroadcaster, famous for his TV interviews ofvarious Heads of States, who passed awayrecently: David Frost

249) How many industries are there in the core sectorwithin Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Eight

250) Which country has agreed to contribute 41%share in the creation of a $100-billion CurrencyReserve Fund (CRF) by BRICS: China

251) Name the new Chief Information Commissionerof India: Ms. Deepak Sandhu

252) Which state has decided to observe BitiaJanamostava to promote awareness forprotection of girl child: Bihar


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253) Name the noted Bengali author who was killed inAfghanistan by Taliban: Sushmita Banerjee

254) The mobile phone business of Nokia Corporationof Finland has been taken over by whichmultinational company: Microsoft

255) A robot astronaut called ________developed byToyota Company of Japan, has made history bybecoming the first robot ever to speak in space:Kirobo

256) As per recent RBI guidelines, Indians travellingabroad can carry Indian currency of up toRs.__________ per person: 10,000

257) Which organization of USA has announced that itwill not cut down its USD 85 billion a monthstimulus programme, spreading cheers amongthe financial markets around the world: FederalReserve System (popular name Fed)

258) As per new RBI guidelines, the MSF and BankRate have been calibrated at ________ basispoints above repo rate: 200

259) Which state in India has recorded the lowest

proportion of 3.66 % of poor living belowpoverty line in urban areas: Sikkim

260) Which state in India has the lowest proportion 5.09%, of the poor living below poverty line:Goa

261) India has recorded the largest increase in itsUHNI club among the BRICS nations in the lastone year, with a total of 7,850 super rich peoplein the country. What is the full form of UHNI:Ultra-High Networth Individual

262) Recent RBI guidelines have asked banks to closeaccounts of those customers who use their credit

or debit cards for ________ transactions:Online Forex

263) As per the food security Act notified recently,________ % of countrys population will becovered under food guarantee: 67

264) Which state in India emerged as the hottestinvestment destination for new projects: Odisha

265) World largest solar power plant is being setup inIndia at which place: Sambar Lake, Rajasthan

266) Govt has finalised the timeline forimplementation of the mega ADKIC project topromote industrial activity in north India. What is

the full form of ADKIC: Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor

267) For which part of India govt. has approved Rs.2,130 crore expenditure under Special

Accelerated Road DevelopmentProgramme (SARDP): North East Region

268) RBI has allowed banks to open branches,including in Tier 1 centres without its priorpermission. Which city come under tier 1:Centres cities with population of one lakhand above

269) The Reserve Bank has advised banks to allot adifferent product code in their core bankingsolution to which type of accounts: Accountswhich are dormant or inoperative for overtwo years

270) Which film will represent India in the BestForeign Film category at 2014 Oscar Awards inUSA: The Good Road

271) Govt. has submitted in Supreme Court that it

intends to go ahead with SethusamudramProject. It is located in which area of India:Rocky terrain between India and Sri Lankain the Gulf of Mannar

272) What is the geographical name for theSethusamudram:Adams Bridge

273) At which place is the World's highest-altitudecivilian airport, located 4,411 meters above sealevel: Daocheng, Near Tibet, China

274) Super Typhoon Usagi has caused widespreaddamage in which part of the world: Philippinesand Taiwan

275)

Who has been elected as the 12th President ofPakistan: Mamnoon Hussain

276) Recently India post released a commemorativestamp in the memory of freedom fighter andveteran journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Name thenews paper founded by him: Punjab Kesari

277) Kaesong industrial park was the matter ofdispute between which two countries: Northand South Korea

278) Govt. has started a Rs. 1000 crore NirbhayaCorpus Fund for what purpose: Forempowerment and protection of women

279)

Name the first programme started from NirbhayaFund, aimed at helping the women who needspecial protection measures, such as women inprostitution or widowed women: Shubh

280) Ray Dolby, an inventor and audio pioneer fromUSA, founder of Dolby Laboratories, passedaway recently. He is known for which product:Dolby Stereo Sound System

281) Insurance Regulatory and DevelopmentAuthority (IRDA) has become the first regulatorin the world to start an ___________system:Insurance Repository

282)

With which country recently signed the DTAAagreement: Latvia

283) Name the international literary prize that hasnow been made open to English authors from allover the world: The Man Booker Prize

284) President of which country recently cancelled itsofficial visit to USA to protest against the spyingexcesses of National Security Agency of USA:Dilma Rousseff of Brazil

285) Which country has recently started DirectBanking, offering banking services not through


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branches but through various other means likeinternet, mobiles and ATMs: China

286) Name the former world heavyweight boxingchampion, considered one of the greatest fighterof his era, who passed away recently: KenNorton

287) The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is planningto rope in celebrities as brand ambassadors forthe five minority communities. Name these five

communities: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians,Buddhist and Parsis

288) Name the organization that has acquired the Rs.600 crore research vessel named SamudraRatnakar: Geological Survey of India

289) Who has been elected as Chancellor of Germanyfor the third time in a row: Angela Markel(Ms)

290) India has been granted authorizing nationstatus for certifying which type of products:Electronics and IT Products

291) Sandeep Tulsi Yadav created history by winning

Indias first ever wrestling medal in_________category at World WrestlingChampionships: Greco-Roman

292) Name the Indian who has been honoured withClinton Global Citizen Award: Bunker Roy

293) RBI has directed banks to stop ________loansschemes as they tend to befool the consumersinto believing that bank funding come for free:zero per cent

294) With which country India conducted a jointmilitary exercise in general combat and mountainwarfare: Nepal

295)

Indo-nepal joint military exercise was recentlyheld at which place: Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand

296) Erna Solberg has been elected as Prime Ministerof which country: Norway

297) Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament washeld at Johar Bahru in which country: Malaysia

298) National Junior Athletics Championship heldat_________, Kerala: Kochi

299) In which country a legislative decree has beenpassed for reserving one seat in their parliamentfor persons of Sikh/Hindu religion:Afghanistan

300) Wolesi Jirga is the equivalent of Indian LokSabha in which country:Afghanistan

301) A severe earthquake of 7.7 magnitude thatcaused widespread devastation in _______district of Balochistan, Pakistan:Awaran

302) Name the author of the book Never Go Back:Lee Child

303) The sustainable mountain development summitwas held at which place: Kohima, Nagaland

304) The picture, The Good Road, that has been

nominated from India to Oscars, has been madein which language: Gujarati

305) Name the film that won the Best Asian FilmAward at the 38th Toronto International FilmFestival in Canada: Qissa, A Punjabi Film

306) Govt has notified ________ as the new date forimplementing GAAR:April 1, 2016

307) What is the full form of GAAR: General AntiAvoidance Rules

308) GAAR form an internal part of which law:Income Tax Act

309) Grand Master Vidit Gujrathi who won the bronzemedal at an international event, is from whichgame: Chess

310) The 18th International Children's Film Festival(ICFFI)will be held at which place: Hyderabad

311) The Golden Elephant award for best film is givenat which film festival: International Children'sFilm Festival

312) Name the movie that won the best film award at

the Ladakh International Film Festival:OASS

313) Horticulture Mission for North East andHimalayan States (HMNEH) and NationalBamboo Mission (NBM) have been merged withwhich other major national mission: NationalHorticultural Mission (NHM).

314) RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram G Rajan hasrecently been honoured for his ground breakingresearch work by which German Bank:Deutsche Bank

315) A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan hasrecommended a new methodology based on a

________for devolving funds for development ofstates: 'Multi Dimensional Index (MDI)'.

316) As per Raghuram Rajan report on allocation offunds for development of states, which are thethree development categories of the states:Least, Relatively and Less developed

317) A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan hasidentified which state of India as leastdeveloped: Odisha, followed by Bihar

318) A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan hasidentified which state of India as mostdeveloped: Goa, followed by Kerala

319) Supreme Court has ruled that for a vibrantdemocracy the voter has the right to negativevoting by rejecting all the candidates in fray byexercising the option of _________in EVMs andballot papers:None of the Above (NOTA)

320) For which metro city ADB has offered a $ 400million loan to improve water and sanitationsystem: Kolkata

321) NASAs unmanned rover Curiosity has recentlydiscovered traces of water in the soil cover ofwhich planet: Mars


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322) Miss Philippines _______ has been selected asMiss World 2013: Megan Young

323) What is the name of latest search algorithmlaunched by google: Hummingbird

324) In a recent ruling of National Green Tribunal,digging of ________ has been banned acrossthe country: Soil (Earth)

325) India has been ranked at ______ place in terms

of corruption risk: 69

th

326) Patan Patola which recently got the GI tag from

the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry,Chennai, is a popular type of _____ fromGujarat: Double-sided saree

327) Which state in India has offered highest price forsugarcane procurement at Rs. 301 per quintal:Haryana

AUGUST 2013328) Govt. has announced to continue a subvention of

_________on crop loans upto Rs. 3 lacs, if they

are paid in time: 3%329) In which public sector oil company, government

has decided to disinvest 10% of its stake:Indian Oil Corporation

330) The South Asian Football Federation under 16championship held at Kathmandu was won bywhich country: India

331) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has recently beendecorated with which prestigious award: RajivGandhi National Sadhbhavna Award

332) The oranges grown in Nagpur area have beengranted GI Tag. What is the full form of GI:

Geographical Indication333) What is the government target for disinvestment

during the year 2013-14: Rs. 40,000 crore

334) Name the women pole vaulter who has won theWorld Athletics Championship thrice: YelenaIsinbayeva

335) The World Athletics Championships 2013 washeld at: Moscow, Russia

336) Hassan Rouhani has been elected as ______ ofIran: President

337) Which country recently temporarily closed 19 ofits diplomatic missions in the Middle East and

North Africa as a precaution against terroristattack: USA

338) In which sports did Indian girls recently createhistory by winning countrys first ever bronzemedal in that sport: Hockey

339) India recently launched National MonsoonMission. What is its objective: Improvedprediction of monsoon rainfall

340) In which format of cricket India has been rankedas no. 1 in the world: ODI (One Day

International)

341) Name the sports man who became first Indian towin World Games snooker gold medal: AdityaMehta

342) Raghuram G Rajan has been appointed to whichimportant position: Governor, RBI

343) Name the institution that recently imposed a banon the mining of sand throughout the country:National Green Tribunal

344) Village Khirsara in Kutch, Gujarat was in newsrecently for what reason: Large number ofHarrappan era artifacts were found there

345) Name the Indian IT company against which ahuman rights violation case has been filed inUSA: Infosys

346) Name the iconic 80 years old newspaper of USAthat was sold of recently: The WashingtonPost

347) The World Bank and the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) have agreed to provide $ 400 millionto India for what purpose: for reconstructionand rehabilitation in the disaster-hit areasin Uttarakhand

348) Which country has agreed to supply 145 state-of-the art 155 mm towed Howitzer guns toIndia: USA

349) Name the Indian shuttler who became the firstIndian woman singles player to win a medal(bronze) at the World Badminton Championship:PV Sindhu

350) World Badminton Championships were held atwhich place: Guangzhou, China

351) Mens singles title at World BadmintonChampionship was won by: Lin Dan, China

352) Womens singles title at World BadmintonChampionship was won by: RatchanokIntanon, Thailand

353) Lt. Col. Sudhakar Jayant of Indian Army wongold medal in which sport at the internationallevel: Weight lifting

354) Where in India was a half marathon of 21 kmswas organized, for the first time at an height of10,050 feet: Keylong, Himachal Pradesh

355) Name the Indias first nuclear submarine whoseatomic reactor was activated recently: INS

Arihant

356) The shortfall of total inflow of foreign currencycompared to total out flow of foreign currency ina country is known as _________: Current

Account Deficit

357) If our total exports are less than our totalimports, the balance of trade in this situation is

_________: Negative

358) Who is the first women sprinter to win bothindividual 100 m / 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay in


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World Athletics Championships: Shelly-AnnFraser Pryce(Jamaica)

359) Indias fiscal deficit stood at 2.63 trillion rupees($43.57 billion) in the first quarter of the currentfiscal year. What is its link with the govt.borrowing: It represents the amount ofgovt. borrowing

360) Why government has hiked import duty onrefined gold bars for a third time in eight months

to 10 percent from the earlier 8 percent: Tocontrol the outflow of foreign currency

361) Latest RBI data shows that gross NPA of publicsector banks have increased to 1.76 lakhs croreas on 30thJune. What is the name of first stageof NPA Account: Substandard

362) The govt. has setup production target for foodgrains at ______ million tonnes for the year2013-14: 259

363) Name the Swiss trainer aircraft recently inductedin Indian Airforce to train its pilots: Pilatus PC-7

364)

Which two countries are having a border disputeover Gibraltar area in Mediterranean sea: Spainand UK

365) IAAF World Championship 2013 were held inwhich City: Moscow, Russia

366) Write the full form of abbreviation IAAF:International Association of AthleticsFederations

367) Name the athlete who won largest number ofgold medals (3) at IAAF World Championship2013 at Moscow: Usain Bolt, Jamaica

368) Name the nuclear weapon capable missile

recently test fired by India: Prithvi II

369) What is the strike range of Prithvi II missile:350 kms

370) Name the Indias first indigenous aircraft carrier,that was launched at Cochin Shipyard Limited on

August 12: INS Vikrant

371) Name the Indias second aircraft career which isdue to join navy by the end of this year: INS

Vikramaditya

372) Name the only operational aircraft career withthe Indian navy: INS Viraat

373) Dilip Trivedi has been appointed as DirectorGeneral of which paramilitary force: CentralReserve Police Force

374) Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected asPresident of which country: Mali

375) Name the Indian Navys kilo-class submarinethat sank at the naval dockyard in Mumbai dueto two massive explosions inside the submarine,killing all the 18 mariners: INS Sindhurakshak

376) Desh Prem Azad who passed away recently wasa prominent coach of which sports: Cricket

377) At which place in Ladakh, J & K, Indian airforcelanded its heavy lift transport plane C-130Super Hercules on the worlds highest air strip:Daulat Beg Oldie

378) The filing of RTI (Right to Information Act)applications for all central government ministriesand departments has been made online withlaunch of website www.rtionline.gov.in. Theprescribed fees can be paid through internet

banking of which bank: SBI and its associatebanks

379) Which state has decided to provide free cycles togirl students of class 9 and 10 in all govt andprovincial schools: Assam

380) Which area in district Rayagada in Odisha was innews as all the 12 gram sabhas thereunanimously decided to not to allow bauxitemining for Vedanta Aluminum, a multi crore FDIproject: Niyamgiri Hills

381) Asian Youth Games were held at which place:Nanjing, China

382)

Name the Indian weightlifter who clinched a goldmedal in the 77 kg category in Asian YouthGames held at Nanjing, China: Venkat RahulRagala

383) Which bank plans to deploy over 1.25 lakh point-of-sale (PoS) terminals in the next 18 months topromote cashless transactions at merchantoutlets: State Bank of India

384) Name the ratio which shows the proportionbetween total deposits and total loans of a bankor area: Credit Deposit Ratio

385) The Insurance Regulatory & DevelopmentAuthority has permitted which type of institutions

to act as insurance brokers with the objective ofincreasing insurance penetration in the country:Banks

386) If a bank becomes a insurance broker instead ofa corporate agent, what difference it will make inthe insurance selling options of the bank: as abroker they can sell insurance products ofmore than one company

387) As per revised areas norms for multiproductSEZs, the minimum area requirement has nowbeen fixed at______: 500 hectares

388) SEZs only for electronics hardware, agro-based

food processing, biotechnology, handicrafts cannow be setup in an area of ________ hectaresonly: 10

389) Name the element based on which physicistshave developed most precise clock of the world:

Ytterbium

390) The Reserve Bank has imposed monetarypenalties ranging from 50 lakhs to two crore on

Allahabad Bank, Bank of Maharashtra,Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, IDBI Bank andIndian Bank for which offence: Violation of


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KYC Norms

391) With a view to ensure free and fair elections, theVoter Verifiable Paper Trail (VVPAT) system willbe used on trial basis for the first time in whichstate: Nagaland

392) Name the scheme wherein one youth from eachrural household that completes 100 days of workunder the Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Programme will be

eligible for skill training and job placement underthe National Skill Development Scheme:National Skill Certification and MonetaryReward Scheme

393) The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to scrapthe collegium system of appointing judges to theSupreme Court and High Courts. What is thealternative suggested for this system: Judicial

Appointments Commission

394) RBI has increased the ceiling for FDI in assetreconstruction companies (ARCs) from 49%to__%: 74%

395) What is the function of a asset reconstructioncompany: Recovery of banks bad loans

396) The government has approved setting up of 12mega food parks during the 12th Plan period(2012-17) with an allocation of Rs 1,714 crore.What is the purpose of setting up of a megafood park: Boosting the food processingindustry

397) The MPCE, which reflects purchasing powerstands at Rs. 1287.17 for rural areas in 2011-12.What is the full form of MPCE: Monthly PerCapita Expenditure

398) What is the MPCE for urban areas for the period

2011-12: Rs.2477.02

399) Name the two global credit rating agencieswhich have decided to maintain the BBB ratingfor India: Fitch; Standard & Poors

400) As per RBI directives and recent governmentguidelines, the Adhaar Card is complete andvalid proof for satisfying KYC norms for openingbank account subject to one condition. What isthat condition: The current address of theperson should be same as mentioned in the

Adhaar Card

401) The Lusofonia Games will be held in which placein India: Goa

402) In Lusofonia games, sports persons and athletesfrom only ________ speaking countries takepart: Portuguese

403) Which Indian sports person has been appointedthe brand ambassador to promote worlds largestfootball league Barclays English Premier Leaguefootball in India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

404) Name the Iraqi Prime Minister who visited Indiarecently: Nouri al-Maliki

405) Shailendra Kumar Mandal, Assistant Professor inthe Department of Architecture at NationalInstitute of Technology, Patna has been awardedthe prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship.Name the sponsoring country for this fellowship:USA

406) As per a recent study India ranks _____ in termsof number of internet users: 3rd

407) Indian women's recurve team (archery) won the

gold medal in which international event: TheWorld Cup Archery (Stage IV)

408) The World Cup Archery championship was heldat which place: Wroclaw, Poland

409) 40th National Women's Premier ChessChampionship was held at which place:Kolkata

410) The government has set up a Tax AdministrationReform Commission under___________, advisorto the Finance Minister: Parthasarathy Shome

411) What is the objective of setting up of the TaxAdministration Reform Commission: to review

the application of tax policies and tax lawsin the country

412) Name the sports person who has been selectedas the captain of Indian hockey team: SardaraSingh

413) Mr. Ronjan Sodhi has been honoured with whichbig award recently: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Award

414) Name the highest recognition given by govt. inthe field of sports: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Award

415) What is the amount of cash reward given by

under Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: Rs. 7.50lakh

416) Arjuna Awards are given in which field: Sports

417) Name the cricketer who has been given ArjunaAward 2013:Virat Kohli

418) Mr. Gagan Jeet Bhullar has been given ArjunaAward for which sports: Golf

419) Name the womens badminton championrecently honoured with Arjuna Award: Ms. P.V.Sindhu

420) Dronacharya Awards in sports are given for what

purpose: Excellence in coaching421) Name the sports award given for life time

achievement of a sports person: DyanchandAward

422) What is the amount of cash reward given toArjuna, Daronacharya and Dhyanchandawardees: Rs. 5 lakh

423) Rajya Sabha passed an amendment to which actfor allowing persons in jail or in police custody tocontest elections: Representation of the


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People Act

424) Name one main reason for recent sharp slump inthe value of Rupee against Dollar: Higherdemand of dollars for higher value ofimports and shortage of dollars ininternational market

425) A number of artifacts belonging to Harrappan erawere discovered from a place near Bhuj inGujarat. What is the name of that place:

Khirsara

426) On what basis planning commission decides thecut off point for identifying BPL families: percapita consumption expenditure

427) The latest poverty line declared by planningcommission classifies a person in rural areabelow poverty line if his MPCE is below Rupees816. What is the full form of MPCE: MonthlyPer capita Consumption Expenditure

428) Persons having MPCE below Rupees _____ inurban areas are classified as living below povertyline: 1000

429)

What is the approximate share of exports in theIndias GDP: 17%

430) Recently RBI increase the interest subvention onexport loans to 3% from existing 2%. For whatpurpose it has been done: To promote exportsand to earn more dollars

431) RBI has extended non CTS chequesacceptance dead line to _______: 31stDecember, 2013

432) Abbreviation CTS stands for: ChequeTruncation System

433) CTS pertains to which activity of banking:

Clearance of local / outstation cheques

434) In the cheque truncation system 2010guidelines, what has been truncated (cut short):Physical movement of cheques

435) What is the name of the proposed new allwomen bank: Bhartiya Mahila Bank

436) Recently government has allowed _____ moreairports of the country to start tourist visa onarrival facility: Four

437) The international Sepak Takraw Super Series2013 was held at which place in India: NewDelhi

438)

What is the popular name for Sepak TakrawSports: Kick Volleyball

JULY 2013439) FIFA Confederations Cup is associated with

which sport: Football

440) The last FIFA Confederations Cup was held inwhich country: Brazil

441) Name the team that was beaten by Brazil to win

the FIFA Confederation Cup: Spain

442) Name the university that has been grantedexemption from various taxes and restrictions onimport / export of items: Nalanda University

443) Nalanda University is situated in which state:Bihar

444) _________, the Nobel laureate is the ProjectDirector of Nalanda University: Dr. AmartyaSen

445) The International Cricket Council (ICC) hasannounced that India will host the World T20Cup competition in _______ year: 2016

446) India has been granted permission to hold WorldTest Cricket Championship, for the first time inwhich year: 2021

447) K.K. Paul has been appointed governor of whichstate: Meghalaya

448) Government has set up an investment target of1.15 lakh crore rupees for PPP projects ininfrastructure sector in the next six months.What is the full form of PPP: Public PrivatePartnership

449) Virendra Kataria has been appointed Lt.Governor of which Union Territory: Puducherry

450) Name the Academician who has been appointedas Lt. Governor of Delhi: Najeeb Jung

451) Justice ______ has been appointed as 40thChiefJustice of India: P. Sathasivam

452) Douglas C. Engelbart who passed away recentlywas a renowned scientists in which field:Computers, Inventor of Mouse

453) Indian Navy recently took delivery of INS Trikand

from which country: Russia

454) INS Trikand is what type of war ship: StealthFrigate

455) Sriniwas D Patil has what linkage with the SikkimState: He is the governor of Sikkim

456) Name the IAS officer who has been appointed asthe new Union Foreign Secretary: SujathaSingh

457) Anil Goswami has been appointed as the new________ of India: Home Secretary

458) Lt. General A.K. Singh retired has beenappointed as _______ of Andaman NicobarIsland: Lt. Governor

459) As per a recent ruling of the Supreme Court inthe contest of cheque dishonor, Court has heldthat only ________ who has signed the chequecan be held liable for the dishonor: Drawer

460) Cheque bouncing due to insufficiency of funds inthe account is a offence under section _____ ofNegotiable Instruments Act: 138

461) India recently launched IRNSS-1A satellite fromSriharikota. What is the full form of IRNSS:


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Indian Regional Navigation SatelliteSystem

462) What is the purpose of launching IRNSS: Todevelop a local GPS for India

463) What is the total number of satellites in theproposed IRNSS project: Seven

464) What is a number of industries covered in thecore sector as part of index of industrialproduction: Eight

465) Write the full form of GSLV: GeosynchronousSatellite Launch Vehicle

466) Name the place in Egypt which has been the epi-centre of large scale prodemocracy protest:Tahrir Square

467) In which sector government raise the FDI limitfrom 74% to 100%: Telecom

468) 5thNational Fencing Federation Cup competitionwas recently held at ___________, Punjab:Patiala

469) Marrakesh Treaty has recently been adopted by

more than 150 countries for what purpose: Tofacilitate access of published work to blind/ visually impaired persons

470) The city of Marrakesh where the recentconference of World Intellectual PropertyOrganisation (WIPO) was held is in whichcountry: Morocco

471) Government has released National CyberSecurity Policy 2013 with what objective: Tocounter threats from various cyberincidents

472) Grand Master Parimarjan Negi is a noted sportsperson from which field: Chess

473) 20th Asian Athletics Championship were held at_______, Maharashtra: Pune

474) Arvind Mayaram Committee was setup for whatpurpose: To review foreign directinvestment policy

475) As per the proposed Food Security Bill, whatpercentage of population has to be covered inrural areas: 75%

476) As per the proposed Food Security Bill, whatpercentage of population has to be covered inurban areas: 50%

477)

The benefit of subsidized food grains under theproposed food security bill shall be available towhich category of people: To be decided byeach State, individually

478) The Indian Ocean Rim Association for regionalcooperation economic and business conferencewas recently held at which place: Mauritius

479) Name the President of Egypt who was removedfrom office by the army due to widespread publicprotest against him: Mohammed Morsi

480) Vikas Gowda won the first gold medal for Indiain the 20thAsian Athletics Championship held atPune. Name the game for which he won thegold: Discus Throw

481) Name the first cricket player from Jammu &Kashmir to join Indian Cricket Team: ParvejRasool

482) Francisco Garcia has been appointed head coachof Indias senior womens __________ team:

Basketball

483) Inbee Park of South Korea is a famous sportsperson from which field: Golf

484) ________ has been declared as the first smokefree state of India: Himachal Pradesh

485) India has ranked _______ in the GlobalInnovation Index (GII) 2013: 66th

486) Yarnell Hill in Arizona, suffered wide spread wildfire spreading over 30 square miles. It is inwhich country: USA

487) Legendary actor and villain Pran passed away

recently. Write his full name: Pran KrishanSikand

488) Name the prestigious award that was conferredrecently on veteran actor Pran: Dada SahebPhalke Award

489) R. Chandrashekhar has been elected asPresident of NASSCOM. What is the full form ofNASSCOM: National Association of Softwareand Services Companies

490) Hemant Soren has been sworn-in as 9th ChiefMinister of _____ State: Jharkhand

491) M.S. Raghavan has been appointed Chairman

and Managing Director of _______ bank: IDBIBank

492) Marion Bartoli of __________ won the womensWimbledon Trophy: France

493) The Wimbledon championship of tennis is held atwhich place: London (UK)

494) Name the winner of mens singles WimbledonCup:Andy Murray

495) Andy Murray, the noted tennis player is fromwhich country: UK (United Kingdom)

496) Name the film that won IIFA awards for bestfilm, best director, best actor, best story and

music: Barfi

497) World Population day is celebrated on whichday: 11thJuly

498) What is the name of the first all women bank tobe started by November 1: Bhartiya MahilaBank

499) State Bank of India has launched a prepaid card,State Bank Xpress Money Card for what purpose:To facilitate inward remittances from UAE

500) Name the Indias youngest puglist who won a


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gold medal in boxing at Asian Championship heldat Amman, Jordan: Shiva Thapa

501) Name the internationally renowned Buddhisttemple town in Bihar that was in news as it wasrocked by a series of terrorist bomb attacks:Bodhgaya

502) RBI has advised banks that it will refund _____percent of losses suffered by banks on accountof receiving counterfeit notes of Rs. 100 and

above if they report the matter to police: 25%

503) Name the company which has started first whitelabel ATMs in India: Tata CommunicationsPayment Solutions

504) What is the name of white label ATMs launchedby house of Tatas: Indicash

505) A white label ATM is one which is licenced toand maintained by a ________: Non BankingEntity

506) Which three countries have entered into atripartite agreement on maritime cooperation tosecure sea routes in the Indian Ocean region:

India, Sri Lanka and Maldives

507) As per a recent verdict of Supreme Court, MPs,MLAs and MLCs would automatically lose theirmembership if sentenced to jail for not less than

________years by the trial court: two

508) In a pathbreaking verdict, Supreme Court hasdebarred persons in jail or police custody fromwhich activity: Contesting Elections

509) The prestigious Tagore award for CulturalHarmony for 2013 has been given to _____:Zubin Mehta

510) Zubin Mehta, winner of 2013 Tagore award is an

internationally renowned person from whichfield: Music

511) Name the satellite launched by NASA to studythe effects of sun on weather: IRIS

512) What is the full form of IRIS, the satellite launchby NASA to study sun: Interface RegionImaging Spectrograph

513) Worlds largest telescope Square KilometerArray (SKA) has started its test run in whichcountry:Australia

514) To strengthen their recovery efforts, banks havestarted naming and shaming the guarantors

too, besides the borrowers. What does it means:Banks will publish the photograph ofdefaulter borrower and their guarantor inthe notice published in news paper

515) The bad loans or the loans where recovery is notproper are called ________ in banking parlance:Non Performing Assets(NPA)

516) Govt. has approved of the first-ever NationalAviation University of the country at _______ inUttar Pradesh: Rae Bareli

517) Indias first only for women university will besetup at Rae Bareli, UP. What is its name:Indira Gandhi National University forWomen

518) Name the country that recently passed, for thefirst time in its history, law that allows abortionin limited cases: Ireland

519) To help ST students avail professional education,the govt. has decided to increase the total family

income ceiling under its scholarship scheme fromRs two lakh to Rs. _________lakh per annumfrom this fiscal: Rs 4.50

520) What do we call the amount that represents theshort falls in earnings from exports and spendingon imports: Trade Deficit

521) In the context of banking, which two items arerepresented in CD ratio: Credits (Loans) andDeposits

522) The Reserve Bank of India has advised banks tocomplete account opening process in all thedistricts which have started DBT scheme. What

is the full form of DBT: Direct BenefitTransfer

523) In which state President rules has been revokedrecently: Jharkhand

524) The RBI imposed a total fine of Rs. 49.5 crore on22 banks for what offence: Violation of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer Norms

525) Supreme Court recently quashed the notificationfor National Eligibility Entrance Test. This is thecommon entrance test for which course:Medical Courses

526)

Govt. has decided to raise a special MountainStrike Corps for deployment at which place: Lineof Actual Control (LAC) with China

527) What is the average national literacy rate inIndia as per 2011 census: 74%

528) Name the country which is celebrating 100 yearsof arrival of Sikhs in that country: USA

529) Which country has recently launched 3 satellitesfor scientific experiment on space maintenancetechnologies: China

530) ISRO is planning to launch a major spacemission in October- November this year to study

which planet: Mars531) Amar G. Bose the Indo-American visionary

entrepreneur and acoustics pioneer passed awayrecently. He was famous for which products:High-Quality Bose Audio Systems andSpeakers

532) Prem Bhatia award are given in which field:Journalism

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534) Corporate giant Arcelor Mittal announcedcancelation of its Rs. 72000 crore steel plant inIndia. The plant was planned to be setup inwhich area: Keonjhar, Odisha

535) Name the US Vice President who visited Indiarecently: Joe Biden

536) Which Indian state received largest number ofdomestic tourists in 2012:Andhra Pradesh

537)

Devendra Jhajharia created history bybecoming the first differently-abled Indian to wingold in javelin throw at which internationalgames: The IPC Athletics WorldChampionships in Lyon, France. (IPC -International Paralympics Committee)

538) RBI decided to provide support of Rs. 25000crore to the banks for meeting liquidityrequirements of which financial segment:Mutual Fund

539) Which European country suffered its first heatwave after almost a gap of 7 years: Britain

540) Name the famous city of USA that has filed for

bankruptcy: Detroit

541) The Detroit city of USA that filed for bankruptcyis famous for which product:Automobiles

542) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) hasadvised that those earning up to Rs. _____lakhin salary a year will have to file IT returns thisyear: Five

543) Name the new Chairman of the EmpoweredCommittee of State Finance Ministers on GST:

Abdul Rahim Rather

544) Name the latest advanced meteorologicalspacecraft launched by India: INSAT-3D

545) The INSAT-3D satellite was launched from therocket of which country: France

546) The book The New Bihar has been written by:N.K. Singh and Lord Nicholas Stern

547) Which Indian port has been given the Major Portof the Year award: Paradip, Odisha

548) Vidya Subrahmaniam, Associate Editor of TheHindu, has been given which award for the BestCommentary and Interpretative Writing for 2010:Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism

Award

549)

Ramon Magsaysay Award are given for whatpurpose and in which country: for excellencein community services; Philippines

550) As per the latest Planning Commission figurespercentage of people living below poverty line inIndia in 2011-12 has come down to ______percent: 21.9%

551) As per recent Planning Commission figures,person spending less then Rs. _______ per dayin rural areas are to be classified as belowpoverty line: Rs. 27.20

552) As per recent Planning Commission figures,person spending less then Rs. _______ per dayin urban areas are to be classified as belowpoverty line: Rs. 33.33

553) Govt. has appointed a committee underchairmanship of _________ to devise the newmethodology for fixing the poverty line: Dr. C.Rangarajan

554) Fixation of poverty line at present is done as per

the methodology suggested by _______: LateSuresh Tendulkar

555) The Finance Ministry has constituteda forum headed by___________, adviser to thefinance minister to interact with industry groupson a regular basis on tax-related issues ordisputes: Parthasarathi Shome

556) Name the country that planes to hold 7 thRegional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention inNovember 2013:Australia

557) Name the cycling champion who won the famousTour de France, the cross country cycle race held

in France: Christopher Froom, UK558) Which Indian stock exchange has been ranked

no. 1 in the world in terms of volumes in equitytrades: National Stock Exchange

559) Name the legendary sports person whose namehas been recommended by the sports ministryfor the Bharat Ratan: Major Dhyan Chand(Hockey)

560) Last meeting of Finance Ministers and centralbank Governors from the G20 group of advancedand emerging nations was held at which place:Moscow,Russia

561)

What is the latest directive from the financeminister to public sector banks in the context ofATMs: Install ATMs in all branches byMarch, 2014

562) Name the Indias multi barrel rocket launchersystem which has been tested successfullyrecently: Pinaka

563) The global tiger day is celebrated on which date:July, 29

564) Who has been elected as the new President ofPakistan: Mamnoon Hussain

565) Manmoon Hussain is going to be the ______

President of Pakistan: 12

th

566) In its first quarter review of Monetary Policy

review RBI has lowered the growth projection forthe current fiscal from _________ to _______:5.7 to 5.5

567) The new Director General of NationalInvestigation Agency is: Sharad Kumar

568) The bank rate has been aligned with which otherfinancial benchmark: MSF

569) Full form of MSF is: Marginal Standing


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to strengthen the rupee, the government hasenhanced the limit for foreign investments ingovernment securities from 25 billion US Dollarsat present to ______billion US Dollars: 30billion US Dollars

606) Name the one of the major regulatory body inIndia that has celebrated its 25 years of itsestablishment: SEBI

607) SEBI had acquired _____ Status in 1992 with thepassage of the SEBI Act:Statutory

608)

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM)headed by P. Chitambram has decided to make adisinvestment of 9.33% in which industry:Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation(MMTC)

609) Which telecom company has decided todiscontinue the 160-year-old telegraph servicefrom July 15, 2013: BSNL

610) RBI imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on Axis Bank,Rs 4.5 crore on HDFC Bank Rs 1 crore on ICICIBank for violation of KYC norms. What is the fullform of KYC: Know Your Customer

611) What is the objective of Know Your Customerprovisions:To Curb Money Laundering

612)

Recently, Reserve Bank has asked the banks toexpand their branches in unbanked rural centersto promote______: Financial Inclusion

613) The Reserve Bank has extended the deadline forbanks to complete the process of allotting a

_____code to all their customers to March 31,2014: Unique Customer Identification Code(UCIC)

614) The Reserve Bank will soon put into circulationnew five rupee coins to commemorate 150thbirth anniversary of________: Motilal Nehru ,father of Jawahar Lal Nehru

615) Name the Indias first Regional NavigationSatellite launched by ISRO: IRNSS-1A

616)

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)has opened a navigation centre at which placenear Bangalore for the proposed Indian RegionalNavigation Satellite System (IRNSS): Byalalu

617) Name theSwiss made basic trainer aircraft thathas been inducted for the first time in the Indian

Air Force:Pilatus, PC-7 Mk-II

618) Name the manned spaceflight launched by theChina under is its longest manned mission.SHENZHOU-10

619) Name the country which has developed theworld fastest computer recently:CHINA

620) What is the name of world fastest computer

developed by China?Tianhe-2621) What is name of the project launched by Google

to float Internet beaming antennas into thestratosphere abroad giant, jellyfish-shapedhelium balloons, some 12 miles above the earth:Project Loon

622) Name the first heavy duty multipurpose cargoaircraft that has been inducted in IAF recently:Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

623) Name the forum where the Defence Ministers ofAsia-Pacific countries engage in dialogue aimedat building confidence and fostering practical

security cooperation: SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE

624) Name the place where the Shangri-La Dialoguewas held recently:Singapore

625) Recently, UK has agreed to pay compensationtotaling 20 million to the victim of which revolt:Mau Mau revolt against British rule inKenya in the 1950s.

626) Name the place where the G-8 summit of theworld leaders held recently: Lough Erne,Northern Ireland

627)

Name the person who headed the G-8 summitheld recently in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland:David Cameron Prime Minister of UK

628) Name the country which becomes the 28thmember of European Union on July 1st:Croatia

629) Name the country whose Constitutional Courthas ordered the dissolution of parliament andcalled for fresh elections: Kuwait

630) Name the 13-year-old boy from New York was innews as he won the $ 30,000 Scripps NationalSpelling Bee contest by correctly spelling"knaidel," a kind of dumpling: ArvindMahankali

631) Name the Former CIA technician of US NationalSecurity Agency who was in news as he acted asa whistle blower revealing that the NSA allegedlyused several data-mining tools to covertly suckup vast amounts of data from the servers ofGoogle, Apple and Facebook, across the nations,including India:Edward Snowden

632) Name theCzech Prime Minister who was in newsas he resigned over a corruption and spyingscandal involving his top aide. Petr Necas

633) Name the Indian-origin sculptor in UK who washas been honoured with Knighthood, one of thehighest honours in Britain, by Queen Elizabeth II:Anish Kapoor

634)

Name the current scientific advisor of DefenceMinister:Dr. Avinash Chander

635) Name the newly elected President of Iran:Hassan Rouhani

636) Recently the Founder of Sulabh movementBindeshwar Pathak was honoured by FrenchGovernment for what reason: Bringing about atoilet revolution in India liberatingthousands of manual scavengers from theinhuman practice.

637) Name the American women Author who has wonthe Womens Prize for Fiction 2013: AM Homes

638) Give the name of the book for which A M Homesthe American women Author has won the

Womens Prize for Fiction 2013: May We BeForgiven

639) The book New Digital Age is written by______:Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

640) The book Noughts and Crosses is written by:Malorie Blackman

641) Name the veteran Congress Leader, who heldseveral positions as Union Minister and diedrecently in the naxal attack in Chattisgarh:V CShukla

642) Name the place in Turkey which was in newswhere thousands of people staged


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demonstrations against Turkeys Islamist-rootedgovernment:Taksim Square

643) Give the name of the Capital and Prime Ministerof Turkey:Ankara, Tayyip Erdogan

644) Name the Indian woman who became the firstmountaineer to scale all the seven highestcontinental peaks after climbing AlaskasMcKinley Peak in North American continent:Premlata Agrawal

645) Name the Indian weightlifter who won three

gold medals in the boys 77 kg category at the15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships:R

V Rahul

646) 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championshipswas held recently in_______: Doha, Quatar

647) Name the Indian women boxer who has won thegold medal in Senior National Women's BoxingChampionship:Preeti Beniwal

648) Name the place where the Senior NationalWomen's Boxing Championship was held:Khatima, Uttarakhand

649) ______ has created history by becoming the firstIndian male shuttler to win a grand prix outsideIndia by winning the Gold at Thailand Open atBangkok:Kidambi Srikanth

650) _______ is selected as Captain of IndianWomens Hockey team:Ritu Rani

651) Name the place where the National inter-StateAthletics championship was held: Chennai,Tamil Nadu.

652) Name the shot that has been accepted byInternational Cricket Council (ICC) as alegitimate part of the game: SwitchHit/Reverse Sweep

653) Name the player who has won the French OpenTennis (Men Singles):Rafael Nadal (Spain)

654) Rafael Nadal (Spain) lifted the French Open

Tennis title beating _______:David Ferrer(Spain)

655) Name the women player who has won thesingles French Open Tennis title: SerenaWilliams (USA)

656) Serena Williams (USA) won French Open Tennistitle defeating _______: Maria Sharapova(Russia)

657) Name the player who has won the U.S. OpenGolf tournament at Ardmore, Pennsylvania(USA):Justin Rose, of England

658) Name the country that has been invited as thePrinciple Guest Country at the International FilmFestival of India 2014: China

659)

Historical forts of which state have been grantedworld heritage status by UNESCO:Rajasthan

660) Who has been appointed as the new RailwayMinister of India: Mallikarujna Kharge

661) Oscar Fernandes has been appointed as newminister for _______ ministry: Roads andHighways

662) As per a recent survey, investors of which cityhave been ranked at the top in terms of theirfinancial intelligence: Mumbai

663) Recently opened 11 kms long railway tunnel inJ&K links which two stations: Banihal and

Qazigund

664) Any resident of India whose father or any ofwhose other male progenitors in the male line isor was of European descent is known as

________ citizen: Anglo Indian

665) Anglo Indians are defined under which article ofour constitution: 366(2)

666) Name the famous sports event that is heldannually at Roland Garros, France: FrenchOpen Tennis Cup

667)

Govt. has started the Nirbhaya Fund with Rs.1,000 crore for what purpose: Forempowerment of women and girls

668) Recently started Banihal Qazigund rail sectionin J&K will ensure round the year connectivity ofKashmir valley. The section passes throughwhich mountain range: Pir Panjal

669) Ralte, Indias first hydroelectric project that hasbeen bid out through tariff based internationalcompetitive bidding is located on which river:Chenab, J&K

670) Name the U.S Secretary of State (foreignminister) who recently visited India: John Kerry

671) Which Indian city is first in South Asia to launchthe heat wave preparation and warning systemunder Heat Action Plan:Ahemdabad

672) K. Ratna Prabha Committee has been formed tofinalise modalities for a media campaign for whatpurpose: To protest against indecentportrayal of women in mass media.

673) Name the new programme that has beenlaunched by merging programmes for deserts,wastelands and drought prone areas:Integrated Watershed ManagementProgramme

674) The new manufacturing policy targets raisingshare of manufacturing in GDP to_____% by

2025 from the present 16%: 25%675) Estimates released by the National SampleSurvey Organization show that percentage ofrural poor has fallen to ______in 2011-12 from29% estimated for 2009-10: 24.5%

676) As per recent news reports, the CAD touch ahigh record of 4.8% of GDP in 2012-13. What isthe full form of CAD: Current Account Deficit

677) The shortfall between the total outflow andinflow of foreign currency is known as: Current

Account Deficit

678) Name the two top minerals produced in India, interms of their value in rupees: Coal and CrudeOil (32% each)

679)

IIFCL Mutual Fund has launched Indias first IDFfor $ one billion. What is the full form of IDF:Infrastructure Development Fund

680) Air India has tied up with India Post for launch ofLogistics Post for what purpose: For carriage oflogistics

681) The Reserve Bank of India has extended thetime period for buyback of FCCBs by companiesunder the approval route to Dec. 31, 2013,considering weak global market conditions. Whatis FCCB: Foreign Currency ConvertibleBonds


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682) MSP for Paddy has been fixed at Rs. 1310 perquintal for the current Kharif season. What isMSP: Minimum Support Price

683) India has offered $150 million of credit forproject exports to set up a SEZ at Sittwein which country: Myanmar

684) Name the bank that has offered a choice to itscustomers to select their account number:IndusInd Bank

685) Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd.

(TCPSL) has become first company in India toroll out white label ATMs. What is a white label

ATM:An ATM licenced to and operated by anon banking company

686) Where in world scientist have discovered a newlanguage called Light Warlpiri:Australia

687) Wide spread blazes in peat swamp forests ofwhich country caused heavy pollution, extendingto even neighbouring countries: Indonesia

688) Name the country that has passed a landmarkimmigration reforms bill that will allow citizenshipto some 11 million illegal immigrants: USA

689) Supreme Constitutional court of which countryhas ruled that the upper house of the countrywas formed illegally: Egypt

690) Jiri Rusnok has been elected as Prime Minister ofwhich country: Czech Republic

691) M.S. Swaminathan Award is given for excellencein which field:Agriculture

692) The book Cobalt Blue has been written by:Sachin Kundalkar

693) India won the ICC Champions Trophy beatingEngland at the Edgbaston ground in UK. It is inwhich city: Birmingham

694) RBI has decided to grant new bank licences toNOFHCs only. What is NOFHCs: Non-OperativeFinancial Holding Company

695)

The Reserve Bank has set up________committee to review the relevance ofexisting financial benchmarks and suggest newones to improve regulation of the sector:

Vijaya Bhaskar

696) RBIs main policy rates like repo rate, reverserepo rate, bank rate, marginal standing facilityrate put together are known as _______:Financial Benchmarks

MAY 2013697) Name the first ever squadron of naval supersonic

MiG-29K fighters that has been inducted in the

Indian Navy recently: Black Panthers698) MiG-29K aircraft, recently inducted by the Indian

Navy will operate from the decks of whichaircraft carrier:INS Vikramaditya

699) Admiral Gorshkov is the other name of whichaircraft carrier inducted by india recently: INS

Vikramaditya

700) INS Vikramaditya which is likely to becommissioned by the end of this year is an

________:Aircraft Carrier

701) Who has been elected as the new Chief ChiefMinister of Karnataka: K Siddaramaiah

702) Name the new Prime Minister of Pakistan:Nawaz Sharif

703) Madrid Open Cup Womens title held in Spainrecently was won by_____:Serena Williams

704) Madrid Open Cup mens title held in Spainrecently was won by: Rafael Nadal

705)

Rafael Nadal who won the Madrid Open Cupmens title held in Spain recently belongs towhich country: Spain

706) The activities involving collection of money froma large number of public investors with apromise of huge returns, which are typically paidfrom the deposits taken from new investors, areknown as: Ponzi Schemes

707) Government has set up IMG to tackle PonziShemes. What is the full from of IMG: Inter-Ministerial Group

708) Recently Government has clarified that_______

tax wont be levied on farmlands: Wealth Tax709) Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its

glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13per cent over the last 50 years due to whichenvironment phenomenon: Global Warming

710) G7 Finance Ministers summit was held at whichplace on 11thMay, 2013:London, UK

711) Name the Cyclonic storm that caused widespreaddamage in the north and eastern parts of SriLanka and Myanmar:Mahasen

712) Indian scientists have developed a new vaccinefor diarrhea. What is the name of vaccine:

ROTAVAC713) ROTAVAC the new vaccine for diarrhea which

India has developed recently is an: OralVaccine

714) Name theRenowned Islamic scholar, progressivethinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformistleader from Mumbai who has passed awayrecently:Asghar Ali Engineer

715) Asghar Ali Engineer who recently passed awaywas an eminent:Author

716) Name theRemotely Operated Vehicle which theNASA has recently launched to study Greenland

Ice: GROVER717) GROVER, the Remotely Operated Vehicle which

the NASA has recently launched to studyGreenland ice. What is the full form of GROVER:Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle forExploration and Research

718) A long range maritime snooping and anti-submarine reconnaissance warfare aircraft, madein USA is being inducted in Indian navy for thefirst time. Name the aircraft being inducted:Poseidon8I


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719) Poseidon-8I is the warfare aircraft recentlyinducted by Indian Navy for what purpose: Todetect threats and neutralize them ifrequired long before they come anywherenear Indian shores

720) Name the bond announced by RBI to belaunched every month starting from 4th June,2013 to attract household savings of up to Rs.15,000 crore this fiscal so as to discourage

investments in gold: Inflation Indexed Bonds721) Why the RBI has announced to launch Inflation

Indexed bonds every month: To attracthousehold savings of up to Rs 15,000 croreso as to discourage investments in gold

722) Recently which authority in India has announcedto launch Inflation Indexed bonds every monthof this fiscal year:RBI

723) What would be the maturity period of theinflation indexed bonds to be launched by theRBI: 10 years

724) The expert committee headed by Raghuram G

Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser to measurebackwardness of the states would considerwhich parameters: Factors like per capitaincome and other human developmentindicators

725) Government has declared 2013 as ____ year tobattle the deepening water conflicts and watertables: Water Conservation Year

726) Name the Pharmaceutical Company which haspaid $500 MN as fine for distribution of certainadulterated drugs made at its India units:Ranbaxy

727) Recently a global rating agency MOODYs has

pegged INDIAs Growth rate at:6.5%

728) India got the observers status in _________,which was established to discuss cooperativemeasures to protect Arctic environment:ArcticCouncil

729) Give the name of the countries which are theobserver members of the Arctic Council: China,Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore andIndia

730) How many permanent members are there in theArctic Council:8

731) Give the Name of permanent members of the

Arctic Council: Canada, Denmark, Finland,Iceland, Russia, Norway, Sweden and USA

732) Govt. has enhanced the income ceiling limit forthe creamy layer persons under OBC quota, from

___ to ___: Rs. 4.5 lakh a year toRs. 6 lakh

733) Govt. plans to start the ceremonial flag loweringceremony at which place that at present is heldonly at Wagah border: Hussainiwala Border,Ferozepur, Punjab

734) Who has been appointed as the Comptroller and

Auditor General of India recently: ShashiKantSharma

735) Name the person whose term as Comptroller andAuditor General of India expired recently:VinodRai

736) RBI has clarified that the proposedinflation indexed bond or IIBs will be treated likeany other government bonds and will also beeligible for the purpose of investment under

______ by the banks: Statutory LiquidityRatio

737) What is the name of the person who won theGrand Prize at the prestigious CopenhagenInternational Sand sculpture festival held inDenmark:Sudarsan Pattnaik

738) Name the Premier of China who visited Indiarecently: Li Keqiang

739) India and China recently agreed to share regularinformation about the three hydrological stationson which river: Brahmputra

740) China has agreed to make further improvements

to the existing facilities for Pilgrimage to:Kailash Mansarovar, Near India ChinaBorder

741) India and China have called for increasedpeople-to-people interaction and for declarationthat 2014 be declared as the: Year ofExchanges

742) India and China have called for declaring 2014as the Year of Exchanges: To boostunderstanding and friendship

743) Which bank has launched a special accountnamed as Eve Account: Deutsche Bank

744)

Deutsche Bank has launched a special accountnamed 'Eve Account' targeted at ____ women:Urban

745) Name the place where the International BoxingCup was held: Limassol, Cyprus

746) In which tournament the Indian boxers createdhistory by winning a record haul of 10 medals:International Boxing Cup

747) What is the name of the parliament of theBangladesh: Jatiyo Shangshad

748) Name the first women speaker of Bangladesh:Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

749)

Which Indian personalities have found a place inthe 500 most powerful people on the planet:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh andCongress President Sonia Gandhi

750) Name the Place in Ladakh on Chinese borderwhich was in news as the Chinese troops pitchedtheir army tents in that area in clear cutviolations of international norms: Daulat BegOldi

751) Out of these industries - Coal, Natural Gas,


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Crude Oil, Solar Power, Electricity, Cement,Steel, Petroleum Products, which one is not apart of group of 8 Core Industries:Solar Power

752) Conference of Parties to the StockholmConvention on Persistent Organic Pollutantsmeet in Geneva has approved non-chemical aswell as chemical substitutes to which drug:Endosulfan

753) National Urban Health Mission is the sub mission

under: National Health Mission

754) Who won the Grand Prix Gold title (Badminton)at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, beating Juan Gu ofSingapore:P.V. Sindhu

755) Name the

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