24 AUGUST 2014

24 AUGUST 2014

Ques. : 1 The Hague-based International Court of Arbitration rejected Pakistan's objections by upholding New Delhi's right to divert water from the _______river for power generation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Answer:- ) Kishenganga

Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Answer:- ) Andy Murray

Ques. : 3 National Consumer Day is observed on:
Answer:- ) 24 Dec

Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been conferred with the prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' award by the govt of Japan recently?
Answer:- ) E Sreedharan

Ques. : 5 Jayanthi Natarajan resigned from the Union Council of Ministers recently. She was Minister of State with independent charge of:
Answer:- ) Environment and Forests

Ques. : 6 Which of the following dates is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India, in honour of the great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Answer:- ) 22 Dec

Ques. : 7 The president Enrique Pena Nieto signed into law a bill that will allow private companies to drill for oil and gas in:
Answer:- ) Mexico

Ques. : 8 Which of the following countries scrapped a double money system (convertible and ordinary peso) recently which had become a symbol of economic instability?
Answer:- ) Cuba

Ques. : 9 Who among the following has become the highest-ranked Indian golfer in the world, at 111 recently?
Answer:- ) Anirban Lahiri

Ques. : 10 The book titled ‘Follow Every Rainbow’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Rashmi Bansal

Ques. : 11 Who among the following won the women's title in the $15,000 Tata Open India international Challenge recently?
Answer:- ) PV Sindhu

Ques. : 12 Name the inventor of the world's most popular assault rifle, the AK-47, a simple and durable weapon of war used by tens of millions in about 100 countries, who died recently.
Answer:- ) Mikhail Kalashnikov

Ques. : 13 Which of the following countries announced recently to have succeeded in sending a monkey into space for the second time and returning it safely to Earth?
Answer:- ) Iran

Ques. : 14 Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon's surface recently in a huge advance in the ambitious space programme of:
Answer:- ) China

Ques. : 15 In a report to mark its 67th birthday on 11 Dec, the UN children's agency UNICEF has revealed that nearly ______ children under the age of five around the world never get their birth registered.
Answer:- ) 230 mn

Ques. : 16 Russia plans to increase its arms exports worth 50 bn dollars by 2020. It has maintained second place on the list of top arms exporters worldwide only behind:
Answer:-) US

Ques. : 17 The book titled ‘Scandal Point’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Fahad Samar

Ques. : 18 Japan approved its biggest ever budget recently, as an improving economy has made room for more defence spending and the first step towards achieving a balanced budget. What is the size of the budget?
Answer:- ) USD 922 bn

Ques. : 19 Which of the following is not a type of banks operating in India?
Answer:- ) Commodity Bank

Ques. : 20 The President has appointed former Union home secretary V K Duggal as the governor of which of the following states?
Answer:- ) Manipur

Ques. : 21 According to the Internet search giant Google, who among the following is the most googled sportsperson in 2013?
Answer:- ) Sachin Tendulkar

Ques. : 22 Which of the following countries has passed a law provisioning life imprisonment for some homosexual acts recently?
Answer:- ) Uganda

Ques. : 23 Mary Barra has been named as the chief executive officer (CEO) by which of the following auto majors making her the first female CEO in the global automotive industry?
Answer:- ) General Motors

Ques. : 24 The central bank of which of the following countries has announced that 2016 onward the currency notes of the country will be printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic film? It will be the largest economy to do so

ans:- ) England

Ques. : 25 Reliance Jio has inked an unprecedented pact for sharing telecom infrastructure with which of the following telecom operators?
Answer:-  Bharti Airtel

Ques. : 26 Wrestling's apex body (Fila) has decided to merge three freestyle weight categories into two new ones from Jan 2014 putting India's squad in a tricky situation. Who among the following is not associated with the game of wrestling?
Answer:- ) Vijay Kumar

Ques. : 27 Name the Indian painter whose untitled work fetched Rs 23.7 cr in a recent auction, the highest so far for any India artist.
Answer:- ) VS Gaitonde

Ques. : 28 After bagging the 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup's hosting rights, India is set to bid for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Club World Championships. Which country is hosting the game for 2013 and 2014?
Answer:- ) Morocco

Ques. : 29 Which of the following facts in NOT true about the Agni-III missile recently successfully test fired by India?
1) It is a nuclear-capable missile. 
2) It has a strike range of more than 3,000 km.
3) It is a surface-to-surface missile. 
4) It is indigenously developed.
5) It is powered by a three-stage liquid propellant system. 
Answer:- 5) It is powered by a three-stage liquid propellant system.

Ques. : 30 After Formula One, now Formula E is ready to kick start in 2014 in China. The new format of motor sporting will run which of the following types of cars?
Answer:- ) Electric car

Ques. : 31 What is the expanded form of TDS, a term related to taxation in India?
Answer:- ) Tax Deducted at Source

Ques. : 32 The govt has decided to provide interest-free loans of _____________ to cash-starved sugar mills to make payments to cane farmers.
Answer:-  Rs 6,600 cr

Ques. : 33 Kirobo, which made small talk with a Japanese astronaut and said it had no problem with zero gravity on the International Space Station, is:
Answer:- ) A humanoid robot

Ques. : 34 The United Nations (UN) has lowered India's economic growth forecast for 2013 to:
Answer:- ) 4.8 per cent

Ques. : 35 India and which among the following countries have inked a three-Year Program for Cultural Exchange recently?
Answer:-) Venezuela

Ques. : 36 Who among the following has been crowned the Miss International 2013 in Tokyo recently?
Answer:-) Bea Rose Santiago

Ques. : 37 Cebit, the world's largest IT business exhibition and conference, will be organised in which among the following cities that will then become an annual affair?
Answer:-  Bangalore

Ques. : 38 The International Olympic Committee has given a reprieve to India allowing the athletes to participate in Sochi Olympic recently. Examine the following in this regard and choose the correct statement(s):
1) India risked becoming the first country kicked out of the Olympic movement since South Africa was expelled in 1970 for its apartheid policies. 
2) As per IOC, Indians would compete as ''independent athletes'' under the Olympic flag.
3) India is likely to send a three-member team to Sochi, led by luger Shiva Keshavan. 
4) All the above
Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 39 Which among the following banks has recently joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to introduce eKYC (electronic Know Your Customer) norms in its branches? It is the second lender to introduce eKYC in the country.
Answer:- ) HDFC Bank

Ques. : 40 FILA is the governing body of international:
Answer:- ) Amateur wrestling

Ques. : 41 Which of the following countries was formally adopted as a new member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its ministerial conference held in Bali recently?
Answer:- ) Yemen

Ques. : 42 The International Human Solidarity Day is observed on:
Answer:- ) 20 Dec

Ques. : 43 The central govt has cleared a proposal for setting up of National Cancer Institute at which of the following campuses of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, at a cost of Rs 2,035 cr?
Answer:- ) Jhajjar

Ques. : 44 As MSP stands for Minimum Support Price, what does MEP stands for:
Answer:- ) Minimum Export Price

Ques. : 45 The new book ‘Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Deepak Nayyar

Ques. : 46 Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the premier "Black Cats" counter-terror force, National Security Guard (NSG) recently?
Answer:-  JN Choudhury

Ques. : 47 Who among the following will receive the Polly Umrigar Award, for being India’s best international cricketer of 2012-13?
Answer:-  Ravichandran Ashwin

Ques. : 48 Which of the following currencies has the highest value in terms of rupee at present?
Answer:- ) Pound Sterling

Ques. : 49 The five-day 21st National Children Science Congress is being held in which of the following cities? More than two thousand participants are taking part in this conference.
Answer:- ) Bhopal

Ques. : 50 According to the think tank, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), which of the following countries is expected to overtake Germany as the biggest economy of Europe by 2030?
Answer:-) UK