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Q - 1 .The historic Geeta Press announced its lockout for an indefinite period because

It failed to market its publications in the markets
Clashes between the management and employees over wage issues
Conflicts between the trustees of the press
All of the above

Q - 2 .The sales tax you pay while purchasing a toothpaste is a __:

Tax imposed by the Central Government
Tax imposed by the Central Government but collected by the State Government
Tax imposed by the State Government but collected by the Central Government
Tax imposed and collected by the State Government

Q - 3 .Interest on Savings deposit now-a-days is-

Fixed by RBI
Fixed by the respective Banks
Fixed by the Depositors
Fixed as per the contract between Bank and the Consumer Court

Q - 4 .Robert O Neil was in news recently. Who is he?

The person who claims that he kiled Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
The person who was arrested for Killing several people in Nigeria
The person appointed by Defence Secretary
The person appointed by Finance Ministry

Q - 5 .The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC), a body to review and rewrite the legal-institutional architecture of the financial sector was set up by ___?

Supreme Court
Reserve Bank of India
Ministry of Finance
Parliament

Q - 6 .The Meera Puraskar is a highest literature award given by which one of the following states?

Gujarat
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Haryana

Q - 7 .According to WHO report on the most polluted cities in the world, which among the following states has maximum number of polluted cities in the country?

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Punjab

Q - 8 .The Union Budget for 2013-14 proposed by the Finance Minister on February 28, 2013 announced introduction of new variety of bonds by the Government. What is the name of these bonds ?

Deep discount bonds
Zero Coupon bonds
Bullet Bonds
Inflation Indexed Bonds

Q - 9 .The NRIs while investing in the equity of a company cannot buy more than prescribed percentage of the paid up capital of that company .What is the prescribed percentage ?

2%
3%
4%
5%

Q - 10 .Name the Bollywood celebrity presented with the Social Media Person of the Year Award 2015 by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on 13 January 2015?

Amitabh Bachchan
Salman Khan
Ranbir Kapur
Aamir Khan.

Q - 11 .Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games mascot have been named as

Vinicius and Tom
Oba and Eba
Tiba Tuque and Esquindim
Oba and Tom

Q - 12 .The Ministry of Personnel is under the charge of the following

Home Minister
Finance Minister
Prime Minister
Defence Minister

Q - 13 .Pompadour Green Pigeon, a native of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka was spotted on 28 December 2014 over a Bar tree (Ficus bengalensis) of Barkheda village in Rajasthan. What is the scientific name of Pompadour Green Pigeon?

Treron pompadora
Ectopistes migratorius
Columba livia
Zenaidura macroura

Q - 14 .14th Finance Commission on 15 December 2014 submitted its report to the President of India. Name the person who headed the commission

Vijay L. Kelkar
YV Reddy
AN Jha
KC Neogy

Q - 15 .Kei Perenna Hoi Ting, who has been named as world s youngest billionaire is from which country?

Japan
Thailand
China
Mauritius

Q - 16 .Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh alias Nandy Singh died on 7 December 2014 in New Delhi. He was a part of the National Hockey team that won the Olympic Gold in which years?

1932 and 1936
1944 and 1948
1948 and 1952
1952 and 1956

Q - 17 .Consider the following statements regarding Global status report on violence prevention 2014. I. Global status report on violence prevention 2014 is aimed to describe the state of the problem of interpersonal violence worldwide. II. The report reveals that 475000 people were murdered in 2012 and homicide is the third leading cause of death globally for males aged 15-44 years. Which of the above statement(s) is not correct?

Only I
Only II
Both I and II
Neither I nor II

Q - 18 .The Dongaria Kondh, one of India s vulnerable tribal groups is found in which state?

Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
Odisha
Jharkhand

Q - 19 .Name the corporate group that in the second week of December 2014 acquired the iconic old war office building of Winston Churchill of Britain.

Hinduja Group
Arcelor Mittal Group
Tata Group
Reliance Group

Q - 20 .Who among the following has been voted as the number one footballer in the world?

George Best
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronald
Neymar

Q - 21 .Who won the Confucius Peace Prize 2014 recently which is also considered as Chinese Nobel Prize?

Yi Cheng
Malala Yousafzai
Vladimir Putin
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

Q - 22 .Name the leader appointed by Congress Campaign Committee for Delhi Assembly Polls on 13th Jan 2015?

Rahul Gandhi
Ajay Makan
Sheila Dixit
Kapil Sibbal

Q - 23 .Who is the author of the book Women of Vision ?

Ravinder Singh
Preeti Shenoy
Amish Tripathi
Durjoy Dutta

Q - 24 .Name the Indian author who wrote Live of Others which was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards on 19 November 2014?

Jhumpa Lahiri
Amitav Ghosh
Shobha De
Neel Mukherjee

Q - 25 .National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is celebrating its 10th Raising Day on ______.

19-Jan-2015
17-Jan-2015
18-Jan-2015
20-Jan-2015

Q - 26 .International Cricket Council (ICC) on 13 November 2014 announced appointment of its ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015. Who of the following has not been named as ambassador for ICC CWC 2015?

Virat Kohli
Shane Watson
MS Dhoni
Brendon McCullum

Q - 27 .Which country won the Hockey Champions Trophy for the year 2014?

Germany
Australia
Pakistan
India

Q - 28 .Which among the following has been voted as most important scientific breakthrough mission of 2014?

NASA s MAVEN
Rosetta Space Mission
ISRO s MOM
Curiosity Rover Mission

Q - 29 .The Holidays for the Banks are declared as per-

Reserve Bank Act
Banking Regulation Act
Negotiable Instruments Act
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act

Q - 30 .In which city of India, 9th Blind Challenged Car Rally 2015 was conducted?

New Delhi
Mumbai
Bhopal
Ahmedabad

Q - 31 .Banks in India are required to maintain a portion of their demand and time liabilities with the Reserve Bank of India. This portion is called-

Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Cash Reserve Ratio
Bank Deposit
Reverse Repo

Q - 32 .As per RBI guidelines, banks can allow minors above ___ years to independently open and operate saving banks accounts. Fill the blanks with correct option?

8
10
12
14

Q - 33 .Sri Lanka s Supreme Court on 11 November 2014 gave nod to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to stand for third term as President. Name the Constitutional Amendment Act of Sri Lanka that allows the President to stand for third term

18th Constitutional Amendment
17th Constitutional Amendment
16th Constitutional Amendment
19th Constitutional Amendment

Q - 34 .Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was test-fired from a naval ship off the Odisha coast on 14 November 2014. Dhanush is a naval variant of India s indigenously-developed missile?

Akash
Prithvi
Nirbhay
Trishul

Q - 35 .The NuSTAR is a space based X-ray telescope designed by NASA to study ___?

Comets
Black Holes
Asteroids
Dwarf Planets

Q - 36 .The Itaipu Dam, one of the largest hydropower plants in the world is located in which country?

Paraguay
Brazil
USA
Russia

Q - 37 .Consider the following statements in context of Web Index 2014 that was released on 10 December 2014. I. The Web Index measures the internets contribution to social, economic and political progress in the world. II. India ranks at the 48th with 48.6 score in the index. Which is the correct statement?

Only I
Only II
Both I & II
Neither I nor II

Q - 38 .Who among the following has been named as the Governor of the Year in the Central Banking Awards for 2015?

Jacques de Larosiere
Claudio Borio
Raghuram Rajan
Christopher Jeffery

Q - 39 .Which corporate giant recently announced to launch the Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA) to make available local language content on the internet?

Yahoo
Facebook
IBM
Google

Q - 40 .Name the Indian-American who on 17 December 2014 was appointed as the Federal judge of district of Columbia?

Susan Graber
Amit Priyavadan Mehta
Richard Verma
Shriti Vadera

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