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Q1: First Climate Change theatre was opened at
Pushpa Gujral Science City in ___________ in Jan
2014. The theatre will educate people on climate
change.
A) Kapurthala
B) Ludhiana
C) Chandigarh
D) New Delhi

Q2: Which European football club retained the title
of the worlds richest soccer club in 2013 in the annual
Football Money League compiled by accountants
Deloitte and published in Jan 2014?
A) Bayern Munich
B) Barcelona
C) Manchester United
D) Real Madrid

Q3: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
named Which country as the country with the best overall
cricket
development programme in Africa in Jan 2014?
A) Nigeria
B) Zambia
C) Kenya
D) None of These

Q4. Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh
inaugurated National Waqf Development Corporation
Limited (NAWADCO) that is a new Central Public
Sector Enterprise in New Delhi in January 2014 and it
will remain under which ministry?
A) Ministry of Minority Affairs
B) Ministry of Human Resource and
Development
C) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
D) None of These

Q5.The Ministry of Railways announced to set up a
Rail coach factory at Kolar in Jan 2014. Kolar is in
which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala

Q6.Which Indian two wheeler company, unveiled a
150cc hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT at the
auto expo in Jan 2014?
A) Honda Motors
B) Hero MotoCorp
C) Bajaj Auto
D) TVS Auto

Q7. The 22nd African Union summit was held in
which City on Jan 30-31 2014?
A) Lusaka
B) Addis Ababa
C) Nairobi
D) Johannesburg

Q8.Which country has the lowest unemployment
rate among euro zone countries at 4.8% (announced
in Jan 2014).
A) Germany
B) Austria
C) Greece
D) Switzerland

Q9.Who was named womens player of the year by
FIFA in Jan 2014?
A) Silvia Neid
B) Abby Wambach
C) Nadine Angerer
D) Kerstin Garefrekes

Q10.Which country was runners up in the Hockey
World League held in New Delhi in jan 2014?
A) New Zealand
B) England
C) Netherlands
D) Australia

Q11.The Reserve Bank of India has kept the SLR
unchanged at ________ during its announcement of
January 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 25%
B) 24%
C) 23%
D) 22%

Q12.As per the UN report published in Jan 2014,
India was ranked ________ among the top 20 global
economies receiving the most FDI.
A) 20th
B) 16th
C) 12th
D) 15th

Q13.Which US states has become the first one to
legalise selling of Marijuana in Jan 2014?
A) Illinois
B) Nevada
C) Colorado
D) Texas
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Q14.Which Indian state launched free CFL bulbs
scheme for hut dwellers in Jan 2014?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Haryana
D) Gujarat

Q15. Worlds first Bitcoin storage service that
insures deposits of the digital currency was launched
in which city in Jan 2014?
A) Paris
B) New York
C) Geneva
D) London

Q16. Which country was ranked as No 1 in the FIFA
ranking published in Jan 2014?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) Argentina
D) Italy

Q17.Indias only and first hospital for fish will be set
up in which city (announced in Jan 2014)?
A) Puducherry
B) Chennai
C) Kochi
D) Panaji

Q18. Indias largest software services company Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS) announced to set up the
worlds largest corporate learning and development
centre in __________ in Jan 2014.
A) Thiruvananthapuram,
B) Kochin
C) Mysore
D) Mangalore
Q19. India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-
capable strategic missile ____________, with a
strike range of about 4,000 km, from a test range off
the Odisha coast in Jan 2014.
A) Brahmos
B) Agni-IV
C) Agni-V
D) Trishul

Q20. National Urban Health Mission was launched
in Bangalore In Jan 2014. The programme aims to
provide health security to urban poor and it envisages
creation of necessary health check up infrastructure
and the manpower requirement. Central Government
will share 80% of the cost to implement the
programme. This comes under which ministry?
A) Ministry for Human Resource Development
B) Ministry for Health and Family Welfare
C) Ministry for Rural Development
D) Ministry for Minority Affairs

Q21. Which Indian state has been selected for
Krishi Karman Award for 2012-13 as the best
performing state in overall agricultural production in
the country (announced in Jan 2014)?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh

Q22. Telecom regulator TRAI has appointed whom
as its new secretary in Jan 2014, ahead of it releasing
the final guidelines of spectrum trading and auction of
CDMA radiowaves?
A) S S Garbyal
B) K Jude Sekhar
C) Sudhir Gupta
D) Shailendra Singh

Q23. International Customs Day is observed on?
A) 25-Jan
B) 21-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 26-Jan


Q24. Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has appointed
whom as its chief executive officer and managing
director in Jan 2014?
A) Saurabh Sarkar
B) Sudhir Gupta
C) S N Goel
D) Joseph Massey

Q25. Government has appointed which IPS officer
as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National
Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the
country in Jan 2014?
A) Aruna Bahuguna
B) Subhas Goswami
C) Ajay Chadha
D) K Vijay Kumar

Q26. The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India, __________ retired in Jan 2014.
A) K.C. Chakrabarty
B) Anand Sinha
C) H.R. Khan
D) Urjit Patel

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Q27. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted
an expert committee to review governance of boards
of banks in Jan 2014 headed by __________. The
expert panel is expected to submit its report within a
period three months from the date of its first meeting.
A) Nachiket Mor
B) Urijit Patel
C) Usha Thorat
D) P. J. Nayak

Q28. POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant
has received environment clearance from the Union
Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in Jan
2014 for a steel plant of Rs 52000 crore in which state
with an annual production capacity of 12 million
tones?
A) Jharkhand
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Chattisgarh

Q29. Who won the Best Actress in a Motion
Picture Drama award in the 71st annual Golden
Globes Awards presented in January 2014?
A) Amy Adams
B) Cate Blanchett
C) Jennifer Lawrence
D) None of These

Q30. Which global tech company acquired
Bengaluru based Impermium for USD 9 million in Jan
2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Apple

Q31. As per data published by the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in Jan 2014, Indias economic
growth is expected to be ______ this financial year
and the growth may improve to 5.4% in the next
financial year 2014-15.
A) 4.8%
B) 5.1%
C) 4.6%
D) 4.3%

Q32. The annual World Economic Forum 2014 held
in which city in Jan 2014 in which business and
political leaders gathered to discuss about the strength
of the global economic recovery?
A) Davos
B) Geneva
C) Paris
D) London

Q33. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of __________.
paid official visit to New Delhi from January 25-27,
2014 and was the chief guest at this years Republic
Day celebrations.
A) Thailand
B) South Korea
C) Japan
D) Taiwan

Q34. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman
of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in
Jan 2014?
A) Amrita Patel
B) T. Nanda Kumar
C) A Vijayanand
D) S R Rao

Q35. The Reserve Bank of India has advised in Jan
2014 that after 31st March this year it will completely
withdraw from circulation all banknotes issued prior
to ___________.
A) 2001
B) 2006
C) 2004
D) 2005

Q36. An expert committee, headed by _______
has suggested that the apex bank should adopt the
new CPI (consumer price index) as the measure of the
nominal anchor for policy communication in Jan
2014. The nominal anchor or the target for inflation
should be set at 4% with a band of +/- 2 per cent
around it.
A) Nachiket Mor
B) Deepak Sinha
C) Urjit R. Patel
D) Narayanan Vaghul

Q37. Which area in India has been named
destination flyways by United Nations World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Jan 2014 after its
inclusion in a list of eight such sites worldwide?
A) Pushkar Lake
B) Dal lake
C) Chilika lagoon
D) Hussian Sagar

Q38. Which Indian American scientist has been
awarded the prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize in
jan 2014? He is the only India-born scientist to receive
both the Marconi Prize and the Bell Medal, two top
global IT technology awards.
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A) Aravind Joshi
B) Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj
C) Shwetak Patel
D) Avinash Kak

Q39. Famous _______ actor Akkineni Nageswara
Rao, also known as ANR, passed away in Jan 2014.
A) Malaylam
B) Tamil
C) Telegu
D) Kannada

Q40. Which state tourism has been conferred the
United Nations Award for creating innovative
initiatives for sustainable tourism in Jan 2014, the
first time India has ever won the recognition?
A) Gujarat Tourism
B) Kerala Tourism
C) Maharashtra Tourism
D) Karnataka Tourism

Q41. Who has been appointed as Joint Secretary
with the Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP), under Ministry of Commerce in
Jan 2014?
A) Anjali Prasad
B) A P Joshi
C) Alok Sinha
D) Shailendra Singh

Q42. Which Indian-origin academician has been
appointed dean of the prestigious Harvard College in
jan 2014 and will take over his new role in July?
A) Marti G. Subrahmanyam
B) C.K. Prahalad
C) Rakesh Khurana
D) Avinash Kamalakar Dixit

Q43. Indias Olympic bronze medallist shuttler
Saina Nehwal dropped a place to be at ______
position in the latest Badminton World Federation
(BWF) ranking published in Jan 2014.
A) 9th
B) 8th
C) 11th
D) 13th

Q44. UNWTO awarded __________ with the 2013
UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jan 2014
in recognition of his work as a business journalist
reporting on the tourism industry?
A) Hala Gorani
B) Richard Quest
C) Christiane Amanpou
D) Isha Sesay

Q45. Which global PC/Laptop maker agreed to
acquire IBMs low-end server business for USD 2.3
billion in Jan 2014?
A) Acer
B) HP
C) Dell
D) Lenovo

Q46. FIFA have named a track We Are One (Ole
Ola) by _________ as the official anthem in Jan
2014 for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
A) Pitbull and Christina Aguilera
B) Pitbull and Mariah Carey
C) Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez
D) Justic Timberlake and Christina Aguilera

Q47. Latvia has formally joined the euro zone in
Jan 2014, becoming the _______ member of the
group of EU states which uses the euro as its currency.
A) 17th
B) 18th
C) 23rd
D) 28th

Q48. Who won the Australian Open womens
doubles title held in Jan 2014?
A) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
B) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
C) Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai
D) None of These

Q49. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on
_________ across India.
A) 29-Jan
B) 26-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 17-Jan

Q50. Tamil Nadus political party DMK suspended
Whom from being a member of the party and also
relieved him of the party posts in Jan 2014?
A) Stalin
B) Alagiri
C) Dayanidhi Maran
D) Kanimozhi
Q51. The high-level _________ Committee has
favoured the current production sharing regime
for high-risk deep sea oil and gas exploration
over the revenue-sharing model that is being
considered for the next round of auction in its
two-part report on a road map to enhance
domestic oil and gas output submitted in Jan
2014.
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A) Nachiket Mor
B) Y. Venugopal Reddy
C) Vijay Kelkar
D) C. Rangarajan

Q 52. Former BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa rejoined
BJP merging his formed party __________with
BJP in Jan 2014.
A) Karnataka Janata Party
B) Karnataka Janata Dal
C) Karnataka Janata Paksha
D) None of These

Q 53.Who won Best Director (Critics) award in
Film Fare Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) Ritesh Batra
B) Abhishek Kapoor
C) Rohit Shetty
D) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Q 54.As per latest RBI guidelines published in Jan
2014, NBFCs can now give up to ______ of the
value of the gold jewellery pledged as loan
compared to earlier 60%.
A) 70%
B) 80%
C) 75%
D) 65%

Q 55.Kamala Haasan won Padma Bhushan Award
2014 from ______ field in January 2014.
A) Public Affairs
B) Literature and Education
C) ArtClassical Singing
D) ArtCinema

Q 56.Who won the Mayilamma Award named after
the `Plachimada Heroine who had campaigned
against the Coca-Cola company at Keralas
Plachimada village in Jan 2014?
A) Meena Kandasamy
B) Gullapalli N. Rao
C) Priti Patel
D) Gopal Sheshappanavar

Q 57.Which movie won the Best Motion Picture
Musical or Comedy award in the 71st annual
Golden Globes Awards presented in January
2014?
A) 12 Years a slave
B) American Hustle
C) The Wolf of Wall Street
D) Dollas Buyers Club

Q 58. Which Global tech company acquired India-
based Little Eye Labs, a startup that builds
performance analysis and monitoring tools for
mobile Android apps, for nearly USD 15 million in
Jan 2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Apple

Q 59.The US unemployment rate stood at _______
in December (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 7.1%
B) 6.2%
C) 6.7%
D) 7.5%

Q 60 .The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept
its benchmark interest rate at a record low of
________ during its monetary policy
announcement in Jan 2014.
A) 0.25%
B) 0.5%
C) 0.75%
D) None of These
Q 61. Mahatma Gandhis grand-daughter Ela
Gandhi were among the 13 recipients of Pravasi
Bharatiya Samman Award conferred in Delhi in
Jan 2014. She is based in which country?
A) USA
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand

Q 62. National Youth Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 12th Jan
D) 22th Jan

Q 63. Indias Trade deficit stood at ________ in
December 2013 (announced in Jan 2014).
A) USD 12.5 billion
B) USD 10.14 billion
C) USD 10.89 billion
D) USD 9.25 billion

Q 64. Indias Index of Industrial Production, the
most important parameter to judge performance
of industrial sector, growth stood at
__________ in November (announced in Jan
2014).
A) -2.1%
B) -1.8%
C) 1.2%
D) 0.3%

Q 65.Which country has signed an Interim Nuclear
deal with six world powers from January 20,
2014 in order to put concrete steps aimed at
placing curbs on its nuclear programme?
A) Iraq
B) Syria
C) Iran
D) North Korea

Q 66. Who won the Best Director Motion
Picture award in the 71st annual Golden Globes
Awards presented in January 2014?
A) Alexander Payne
B) Alfonso Cuaron
C) Guillermo del Toro
D) Emmanuel Lubezki

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Q 67.Ariel Sharon, who was in a coma for eight
years passed away in Jan 2014. He was Prime
Minister of which country before suffering a
stroke?
A) Israel
B) Palestine
C) Turkey
D) France

Q 68. India recently completed _______ years in
Jan 2014 since its last case of polio was
reported, a major public health success for India
that until recently accounted for most of the
worlds cases.
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Four

Q 69. Indias Retirement fund body EPFO has
decided to increase the rate of interest on
Provident Fund deposits to _________ for 2013-
14 in Jan 2014.
A) 8.25%
B) 8.5%
C) 8.75%
D) 8%

Q 70.Which railway stations platform number one
has entered into the Limca Book of Records as
longest rail platform in the world in Jan 2014?
The platforms length is 1355.40 meters and was
inaugurated in 6 October 2013.
A) Allahabad
B) Mughal Sarai
C) Kanpur
D) Gorakhpur

Q 71. Global Steel giant POSCO has received
environment clearance from the Union Ministry
of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in Jan 2014 for
a steel plant of Rs 52000 crore in Odisha with an
annual production capacity of 12 million tones.
POSCO is from which country?
A) South Korea
B) China
C) Japan
D) Taiwan

Q 72. Global Family Day is observed on?
A) 1-Jan
B) 11-Jan
C) 6-Jan
D) 22-Jan

Q 73.Who has been appointed as the Additional
Secretary and Financial Adviser in Department of
Space in Jan 2014?
A) V S Madan
B) S R Rao
C) A Vijayanand
D) Sudhir Gupta

Q 74.Who has been awarded the Best CFO Award,
conferred by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) in jan 2014?The award
recognizes chartered accountants who have
demonstrated excellence and have created value
for their companys stakeholders on a sustainable
basis and are exemplary role model.
A) Raj Jain
B) P.K.Goyal
C) Munish Sharda
D) Rajiv Bansal

Q 75.Who in the list won Padma Bhushan Award
2014 from Sports field in January 2014.
A) Prakash Padukone
B) Mahesh Bhupati
C) Leander Paes
D) None of These

Q 76.Anjali Devi passed away in Chennai in Jan
2014. She was a famous _________ .
A) Artist
B) Author
C) Singer
D) Actress

Q 77.Which movie won the Best Foreign
Language Film award in the 71st annual Golden
Globes Awards presented in January 2014?
A) Blue Is the Warmest Colour
B) The Hunt
C) The Great Beauty
D) The Past

Q 78. Famous _____ IIa Pathak passed away due to
prolonged illness in Ahmedabad on 9 January
2014.
A) Actress
B) Social Activist
C) Author
D) Professor

Q 79. Who won Best Actress award in Film Fare
Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) Kareena Kapoor
B) Priyanka Chopra
C) Deepika Padukone
D) Parineeti Chopra

Q 80.Bansi Kaul won Padma Shri Award 2014
from ______ field in January 2014.
A) ArtTheatre
B) Literature and Education
C) ArtClassical Singing
D) ArtCinema

Q 81. Indias Retail inflation, measured by
Consumer Price Index, stood at ________ in
December (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 10.12%
B) 9.5%
C) 9.87%
D) 9.19%

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Q 82. Which global tech company acquired smart
thermostat start-up Nest for USD 3.2 billion in
Jan 2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Apple

Q 83. World Laughter Day is observed on?
A) 1-Jan
B) 11-Jan
C) 6-Jan
D) 10-Jan

Q 84 Which footballer won the worlds best
football player award for the year 2013, FIFA
Ballon dOr 2013 (Presented in Jan 2014)?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Lionel Messi
C) Franck Ribry
D) Kaka

Q 85 National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD) has reduced the
refinance rates for the banks and other lending
agencies to ________ compared to earlier rate of
9.90% for next 5 years. (announced in Jan 2014)
A) 9.75%
B) 9.60%
C) 9.70%
D) 9.50%

Q 86 Who won the Best Actor in a Motion
Picture, Drama award in the 71st annual Golden
Globes Awards presented in January 2014?
A) Mathew Mc Conaughey
B) Alfonso Cuaron
C) Leonardo DiCaprio
D) Jared Leto

Q 87 Which Indian athlete became the first
Indian track and field athlete to win a gold
medal in a major world event after international
governing body IAAF upgraded her second place
finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final
to the top spot in Jan 2014, following a dope
violation by a Russian competitor Tatyana
Kotova.
A) K. M. Beenamol
B) P. T. Usha
C) Anju Bobby George
D) Shiny Abraham

Q 88 Who was selected as the Captain of
Indias U-19 Cricket World Cup team by the All-
India Junior Selection Committee in Jan 2014?
A) Unmukt Chand
B) Vijay Zol
C) Sanju Samson
D) Baba Aparajith

Q 89 Who won Best Actress (Critics)
award in Film Fare Award 2014 presented in
January 2014?
A) Shilpa Shukla
B) Supriya Pathak
C) Deepika Padukone
D) Parineeti Chopra

Q 90 The World Bank has projected Indias
economy will grow over ________ in 2014-15 and
7.1% by 2016-17 in Jan 2014 as global demand
recovers and domestic investment increases.
A) 7%
B) 5%
C) 6%
D) None of These

Q 91. The Union Government extended the term
of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Chairman __________ for a period of two years
in Jan 2014.
A) C B Bhave
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) U K. Sinha
D) Deepak Sinha

Q 92. Who in the list won Padma Shri Award
2014 from ______ field in January 2014.
A) Paresh Rawal
B) Om Puri
C) Asrani
D) None of These

Q 93. NRI Day is observed on?
A) 9-Jan
B) 11-Jan
C) 14-Jan
D) 10-Jan

Q 94. Which Indian state is the first state in the
country to provide universal health coverage for
tertiary care to all the sections of society afte
covering 1.12 crore people of Above Poverty Line
families under the newly launched Rajiv Arogya
Bhagya?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Gujarat
D) Karnataka

Q 95.Which writer won The Hindu Prize for Best
Fiction 2013 for his second novel, Vanity Bagh
for consistent writing and humour and
imagination (announced in Jan 2014)?
A) Amitav Ghosh
B) Anees Salim
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Arundhati Roy

Q 96 Who won the Best Actor in a Motion
Picture Musical or Comedy award in the 71st
annual Golden Globes Awards presented in
January 2014?
A) Mathew Mc Conaughey
B) Alfonso Cuaron
C) Leonardo DiCaprio
D) Jared Leto
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Q 97 Who has been appointed Secretary in
Department of Commerce in Jan 2014?
A) Rajeev Kher
B) S R Rao
C) Sudhir Gupta
D) Shailendra Singh

Q 98 Famous Padma Shri awardee
Marathi _______ Namdeo Dhasal passed away in
Mumbai in Jan 2014 after a prolonged illness.
A) Actor
B) Director
C) Poet
D) Artist

Q 99 Indias overall inflation, measured by
the Wholesale price index, stood at _______ in
December 2013 (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 6.16%
B) 5.85%
C) 6.92%
D) 7.11%

Q 100 Chinas total FDI jumped by 5.25% in
2013 to __________ (announced in Jan 2014).
A) USD 162.4 billion
B) USD 102.45 billion
C) USD 122.1 billion
D) USD 117.59 billion
Q101.Raghunath A Mashelkar won Padma
Vibhushan Award 2014 from ______ field in
January 2014.
A) Public Affairs
B) Literature and Education
C) Science and Engineering
D) ArtCinema
Q102.Which country formally joined the euro
zone, becoming the 18th member of the group of
EU states which uses the euro as its currency in
Jan 2014?
A) Ukraine
B) Turkey
C) Latvia
D) Kazakisthan
Q103.Which news channel won the Best News
Channel of the Year (English) award in the ENBA
Awards 2013 announced in Jan 2014?
A) Headlines Today
B) Times Now
C) NDTV 24X7
D) CNN-IBN
Q104.Who took over as the Air Force chief in Jan
2014?
A) Arup Raha
B) NAK Browne
C) Devendra Kumar Joshi
D) Pradeep Vasant Naik
Q105.Which film won the Best Film award in
Film Fare Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) The Lunchbox
B) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
C) Chennai Express
D) Special 26
Q106.Indias National Voters Day was observed
on?
A) 26th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
Q107 .Market regulator SEBI has appointed whom
as the new MD and CEO of MCX-SX in Jan 2014?
A) Saurabh Sarkar
B) Jigneesh Shah
C) Manoj Vaish
D) Joseph Massey
Q108.Who was honoured with the Best Scientist
Award of Science-Tech Foundation (STF),
Bangalore for the year 2013, announced in Jan
2014.
A) T. V. Ramakrishnan
B) CNR Rao
C) B. Mahipal Reddy
D) M. R. S. Rao
Q109.Indian government has cancelled a USD 753
million helicopter deal with which company after
allegations of corruption in Jan 2014?
A) Boeing
B) Sukhoi
C) Lockhead Martin
D) Finmeccanica

Q110 .Who has been chosen for the South
American footballer of the year in the annual
poll conducted by the Uruguayan daily El Pais in
Jan 2014?
A) Kaka
B) Lionel Messi
C) Ronaldinho
D) Neymar

Q111. Former ________ CFO and Board Member V
Balakrishnan joined the Aam Admi Party in Jan
2014.
A) TCS
B) HCL Technologies
C) Wipro
D) Infosys

Q112.Which has launched skill development
program named as Udaan for youths in Jammu
and Kashmir in co-ordination with NSDC (National
Skill Development Corporation) and the
Government of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in Jan
2014?
A) State Bank of India
B) Canara Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Central Bank of India

Q113 .Who took charge as the new Chairman and
Managing Director of PSU Company Rashtriya
Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) in Jan 2014?
A) P. Madhusudan
B) A.P Choudhury
C) S.K. Sharma
D) Arun Kumar Gupta

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Q114.Who won Best Director award in Film Fare
Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) Ritesh Batra
B) Abhishek Kapoor
C) Rohit Shetty
D) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Q115 .Who took charge as the Chairman and
Managing Director of defence public sector
Bharat Electronics Ltd in Jan 2014?
A) P. Madhusudan
B) A.P Choudhury
C) S.K. Sharma
D) Arun Kumar Gupta

Q116 .Indias core sector output, consisting of
eight key sectors, growth stood at _______ in
November (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 2.4%
B) 5.8%
C) 1.7%
D) 3.1%

Q117 .Expert Committee constituted by
Information and Broadcasting Ministry to review
the institutional framework of Prasar Bharti has
submitted its report. The committee was headed
by _________.
A) Ashok Hegde
B) Sam Pitroda
C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
D) Arun Maira

Q118 .World anti Leprosy Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan

Q119 .Justice A.K. Ganguly resigned from the
post of honorary professor of the National
University of Juridical Sciences after allegations
of sexual harassment against him in Jan 2014. He
was Human Rights Commission chairman of which
state?
A) Assam
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Oddisa

Q120.Which news channel won the News Channel
of the Year (Hindi) award in the ENBA Awards
2013 announced in Jan 2014?
A) Star News
B) Aaj Tak
C) NDTV
D) None of These
Q121.Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
(MCX) has appointed whom as its new Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2014?
A) Saurabh Sarkar
B) Jigneesh Shah
C) Manoj Vaish
D) Joseph Massey

Q122.Who won Best Actor award in Film Fare
Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
B) Rajkumar Rao
C) Farhan Akhtar
D) Dhanush K Raja

Q123 .Bharti Retail has appointed whom as its
Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2014?
A) Raj Jain
B) Pankaj Madan
C) Munish Sharda
D) Manoj Vaish

Q124 .World Braille Day is observed on
_____________.
A) 12-Jan
B) 4-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 8-Jan

Q125. Indias largest software services company
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced to
set up the worlds largest corporate learning and
development centre in __________ in Jan 2014.
A) Thiruvananthapuram,
B) Kochin
C) Mysore
D) Mangalore

Q126. Which country won the Under-19 Asia Cup
Cricket title held in Jan 2014?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bangladesh

Q127. Who won the the recent Bangladesh
Parliament election held in Jan 2014?
A) Hussain Muhammad Ershad
B) Sheikh Hasina
C) Khaleda Zia
D) None of These

Q128. Legendary football player Eusebio da Silva
Ferreira passed away in Jan 2014. He played
international football for which country?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) France
D) Italy

Q129. Who has been appointed as President of
National Association of Software and Service
Companies (NASSCOM) in January 2014?
A) Som Mittal
B) Krish Gopalakrishnan
C) R. Chandrashekhar
D) None of These

Q130 .Who won Best Actor (Critics) award in
Film Fare Award 2014 presented in January 2014?
A) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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B) Rajkumar Rao
C) Farhan Akhtar
D) Dhanush K Raja
Q131. B K S Iyengar won Padma Vibhushan Award
2014 from ______ field in January 2014.
A) Public Affairs
B) Literature and Education
C) Yoga
D) ArtCinema
Q132. Indias Martyrs Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan
Q133. Which Indian squash player won the Open
du Gard squash title, the PSA Challenger 5 event
in Jan 2014?
A) Heena Sidhu
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Mahesh Mangaonkar
D) Dipika Pallikal
Q134. Which Indian shuttler has become the first
male junior badminton player from India to be
ranked top in the world announced in Jan 2014?
A) Aditya Joshi
B) Parupalli Kashyap
C) Ajay Jayaram
D) Gurusai Datt
Q135. Who won the Best Anchor (English) award
in the ENBA Awards 2013 announced in Jan 2014?
A) Shereen Bhan
B) Rajdeep Sardesai
C) Arnab Goshwami
D) None of These
Q136. Begum Parveen Sultana won Padma
Bhushan Award 2014 from ______ field in
January 2014.
A) Public Affairs
B) Literature and Education
C) ArtClassical Singing
D) ArtCinema
Q137 . The US Senate confirmed whom as the
head of the Federal Reserve in Jan 2014?
A) Lawrence Summers
B) Janet Yellen
C) Alan Greenspan
D) Stanley Fischer
Q138. The eurozones inflation rate stood at
_______ in December (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 1.2%
B) 0.8%
C) 1.4%
D) 1.1%
Q139 .Which film won the Best Film (critics)
award in Film Fare Award 2014 presented in
January 2014?
A) The Lunchbox
B) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
C) Chennai Express
D) Special 26

Q140. India has successfully test-fired its
indigenously developed nuclear-capable ______
missile in Jan 2014, the first missile to be
developed by DRDO under Indias prestigious
IGMDP which has a strike range of 350 km and is
capable of carrying warheads of up to 1000 kg.
A) Prithvi-II
B) Agni-IV
C) Akash
D) Brahmos

Q141. The Central government announced to
create an Equal Opportunity Commission as
recommended by the ______________ in Jan
2014.
A) Gadgil Committee
B) Verma Committee
C) Sachar Committee
D) None of These

Q142 . Which movie won the Best Motion
Picture, Drama award in the 71st annual Golden
Globes Awards presented in January 2014?
A) 12 Years a slave
B) American Hustle
C) The Wolf of Wall Street
D) Dollas Buyers Club

Q143 .Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 was held in
which city in Jan 2014?
A) Hyderabad
B) Mumbai
C) Bangalore
D) New Delhi

Q144. The Centre will soon appoint whom as
Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal
to take up pending applications (announed in Jan
2014).
A) Justice R. Banumathi
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice B.S. Chauhan
D) Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

Q145.An RBI panel headed by ________ has
suggested setting up of specialised banks to cater
to low income households to ensure that all
citizens have bank accounts by 2016 in Jan 2014
which will pave way for significant changes in
Indian banking structures.
A) Nachiket Mor
B) Urijit Patel
C) Usha Thorat
D) Narayanan Vaghul

Q146. Future Generali India Life Insurance
Company Ltd has appointed whom as the new
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer in
Jan 2014.
A) Raj Jain
B) Munish Sharda
C) Pankaj Madan
D) Joseph Massey

Q147. Indias Army Day is observed on?
A) 10th Jan
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B) 15th Jan
C) 25th Jan
D) 30th Jan

Q148. The euro zones unemployment rate stood
at ______ in November (announced in Jan 2014).
A) 13.5%
B) 12.1%
C) 11.5%
D) 12.8%

Q149 . The Telenor Group has nominated whom
as the new Chief Executive Officer of Uninor with
immediate effect in Jan 2014?
A) Nigel Harris
B) Joginder Singh
C) Morten Karlsen Sorby
D) Sigve Brekke

Q150. India has been ranked ______ out of 25
countries with weapons-usable nuclear
materials, as per the 2014 Nuclear Threat
Initiatives Nuclear Materials Security Index
released in Jan 2014.
A) 15th
B) 21st
C) 23rd
D) 18th

Q151. Park Geun-hye visited India in Jan 2014. He
is President of which Asian Country?
A) China
B) South Korea
C) Taiwan
D) Malaysia

Q152. Which golfer won the Sony Open golf
tournament held in Hawaii in Jan 2014?
A) Tiger Woods
B) Chris Kirk
C) Jimmy Walker
D) None of These

Q153. National Tourism Day is observed on?
A) 25-Jan
B) 21-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 10-Jan


Q154. Who was re-elected as President of the
Badminton Association of India in Jan 2014?
A) Akhilesh Das Gupta
B) Vijai Sinha
C) Abdul Bari Siddique
D) Vishwapati Trivedi

Q155. Who was named coach of the year by FIFA in
January 2014 after leading Bayern Munich to an
unprecedented treble last season?
A) Alex Ferguson
B) Jrgen Klopp
C) Jupp Heynckes
D) Football team manager

Q156. Yushi was awarded with the Thiruvalluvar
award by the Tamil Nadu government in Chennai on
the occasion of Thiruvalluvar Day of 15th January
2014. He is from which country?
A) Thailand
B) South Korea
C) Taiwan
D) Malaysia

Q157. Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was
known as the _______ of Bengali cinema, passed
away in Jan 2014.
A) Joan Crawford
B) Jean Harlow
C) Greta Garbo
D) Audrey Hepburn


Q158. Who won the Best Actress in a Motion Picture
Musical or Comedy award in the 71st annual Golden
Globes Awards presented in January 2014?
A) Amy Adams
B) Cate Blanchett
C) Jennifer Lawrence
D) None of These

Q159. Which country won Hockey World League
held in New Delhi in jan 2014?
A) New Zealand
B) England
C) Netherlands
D) Australia

Q160. India has agreed to cooperate in the field of
renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and
wind power with which country and signed a MoU for
this in Jan 2014?
A) UAE
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Iran
D) Afghanistan

Q161. Which famous playwright and journalist won
the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014
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(announced in Jan 2014) for the book The Chronicle
of the Corpse Bearer?
A) Arshia Sattar
B) Cyrus Mistry
C) Antara Dev Sen
D) Jeet Thayil

Q162. Which famous actor has been nominated to
the Rajya Sabha on a Trinamool Congress ticket
(announced his nomination in Jan 2014)?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Kamal Hasan
D) Mithun Chakraborty

Q163. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the
________ overall to effect 300 dismissals in One
Day Internationals in Jan 2014.
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Second


Q164. Who has been appointed Member (Finance),
Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Commissions in Jan
2014?
A) Sudarsanam Srinivasan
B) A P Joshi
C) Alok Sinha
D) Shailendra Singh

Q165. Which country is likely to join the World
Trade Organization (WTO) within the next three
months (announed in Jan 2014)?
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) North Korea




Q166. Which Indian bank strengthened its social
media presence with the launch of its channel on
popular video sharing website Youtube in Jan 2014?
A) State Bank of India
B) HDFC Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) Bank of Baroda
Q167. Who has been appointed as Director General
(Forests) and Special Secretary, Ministry of
Environment and Forests in Jan 2014?
A) S S Garbyal
B) K Jude Sekhar
C) A Vijayanand
D) V S Madan


Q168. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Jan 2014, he has
been given additional charge of the new post?
A) Sudarsanam Srinivasan
B) V P Agarwal
C) Alok Sinha
D) Anjali Prasad

Q169. Who has taken charge as Executive Director
of Central Bank of India in Jan 2014, taking total
number of EDs of Central Bank of India to three?
A) Mushtaq Ahmad
B) S.R. Bansal
C) B K Divakara
D) Sushil Muhnot

Q170. Who has been named winner of the 2014
Othmer Gold Medal, a top award of the US-based
Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Jan 2014?
A) Yusuf Hamied
B) Kallam Anji Reddy
C) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
D) Devi Shetty

Q171. Which country received the highest (28.5%)
overall score in the International Intellectual Property
(IP) Index released by the US Chamber of Commerce
in Jan 2014?
A) France
B) UK
C) United States
D) Canada

Q172. Who won the Australian open mixed
doubles title held in Jan 2014?
A) Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor
B) Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak
C) Sania Mirza and Horia Tecau
D) None of These

Q173. The ICC Board has approved the
introduction of an International Womens
Championship in Jan 2014. The Competing countries
will play the others in a series of matches between
mid-2014 and the end of 2016. The top teams will
qualify automatically for the ICC Womens World Cup
to be held in 2017 in _________.
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A) Australia
B) England
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand

Q174. FDI flows into India stood as _________ in
2013 as per the latest United Nations report published
in Jan 2014.
A) USD 28 billion
B) USD 42 billion
C) USD 21 billion
D) USD 32 billion

Q175. Bharti Airtel has appointed whom as MD of
Bharti Enterprises of all non-telecom businesses of
the group retail insurance, food and agriculture, realty
and other businesses of the group in Jan 2014?
A) Akhil Gupta
B) Manoj Kohli
C) DS Rawat
D) Gopal Vittal

Q176. Which Tech company acquired Google Incs
Motorola handset division for USD 2.91 billion in Jan
2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Lenovo
C) Samsung
D) Apple

Q177. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the
Reverse Repo rate to ________ during its
announcement of January 2014 monetary policy
review.
A) 6.75%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%


Q178. Kathy Cross became the first woman to be
inducted in an ICC umpires panel when she was
elected as an Associate and Affiliate International
official in Jan 2014. She is from which country?
A) New Zealand
B) Australia
C) England
D) South Africa

Q179. The Indian government raised quota of
subsidised LPG cylinders to ________ per
household in a year from the current 9 in Jan 2014.
The hike will be effective from 1st of April.
A) 14 cylinders
B) 15 cylinders
C) 12 cylinders
D) None of These

Q180. Anand Kumar, a mathematician and
founder of _______classes was awarded with the
2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award in Rajkot in Jan
2014.
A) Spectacular30
B) Super40
C) Super30
D) Great25

Q181. Who assumed charge as the Chairman and
Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of India
(SCI), a navratna public sector undertaking under the
aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, in Jan 2014?
A) P. Madhusudan
B) A.P Choudhury
C) Arun Kumar Gupta
D) S.K. Sharma

Q182. US auto major, Ford has appointed whom as
President of its Indian business in Jan 2014?
A) Nigel Harris
B) Joginder Singh
C) Morten Karlsen Sorby
D) Sigve Brekke

Q183. Which state in the list became First state to
withdraw Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in
Multibrand Retail in Jan 2014 after it had agreed
earlier?
A) Karnataka
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Delhi
D) Maharashtra

Q184. Raymond Weil, the pioneer of _________
passed away in Jan 2014.
A) Italian Fasion
B) Swiss watch
C) German Auto
D) None of These

Q185. Who has been chosen for prestigious
journalism Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Jan
2014?
A) Mammen Mathew
B) V. K. Hamzah Abbas
C) Shireen Bhan
D) Swapan Dasgupta

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Q186. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash
Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during
its announcement of January 2014 monetary policy
review.
A) 5%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.25%
D) 4%

Q187. Who was declared as the new President of
Madagascar in Jan 2014?
A) Hery Rajaonarimampianina
B) Jean-Louis Robinson
C) Omer Beriziky
D) Andry Rajoelina

Q188. ____________ film actor Uday
Kiran passed away in Jan 2014.
A) Malaylam
B) Tamil
C) Telegu
D) Kannada

Q189. Who scored the fastest-ever ODI century
(in 36 balls) in Cricket History in Jan 2014?
A) Jesse Ryder
B) Brendon McCullum
C) Ross Taylor
D) Corey Anderson

Q190. Seventh Global Insurance Summit was
held at which Indian City in January 2014?
A) Bangalore
B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Chennai
Q191. Who won the womens singles title at the
Australian Open Tennis Championships held in jan
2014?
A) Dominika Cibulkova
B) Li Na
C) Serena Williams
D) Maria Sharapova

Q192. The Election Commission of India
celebrated the 4th National voters Day on
___________ across the nation to commemorate
the foundation day of the Election Commission of
India and also to enhance the participation of the
voters.
A) 25-Jan
B) 26-Jan
C) 24-Jan
D) 17-Jan

Q193. Who has been awarded with the National
Communal Harmony Award in jan 2014 for work
done in the field of Peace and Harmony?
A) N Radhakrishnan
B) Dr. Mohinder Singh
C) Both of them
D) None of These

Q194. Which Global tech company has acquired
DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence
company in London, for USD 400 million in Jan
2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Apple

Q195. Who won the Australian Open Mens single
title held in Jan 2014?
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Roger Federar
C) Stanislas Wawrinka
D) Andy Murray

Q196. Who won the Mens title in the Syed Modi
India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship held
in Jan 2014?
A) Xue Song
B) Srikanth K
C) Aditya Joshi
D) Chetan Anand

Q197. Karl Slym, the managing director
of_________ passed away in Jan 2014 after falling
from 22nd floor of the Shangri-La Hotel to the fourth
floor in Bangkok.
A) GM India
B) Mahindra and Mahindra
C) Tata Motors
D) JLR

Q198. Which Indian shuttler won the Womens
Singles title at Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold
Badminton Championship held in Jan 2014?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) PV Sindhu
C) Jwala Gutta
D) Aditi Mutatkar


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Q199. Which country secured No 1 rank in the 2014
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) issued by
Yale University in Jan 2014?
A) Singapore
B) Switzerland
C) Australia
D) Luxembourg

Q200. Which Rapper-turned-actress will be
honoured by the New York Women in
Communications with its 2014 Matrix Award
(announced in Jan 2014), which honours females who
change the world?
A) Dolly Parton
B) Queen Latifah
C) MC Lyte
D) Whoopi Goldberg


Q201. India ranks at ______ out of 178 countries
in the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
issued by Yale University in Jan 2014
A) 135th
B) 155th
C) 121st
D) 138th

Q202. ______________ Minister Kumari Selja
has quit Union Council of Ministers in Jan 2014 to
work for the Congress party.
A) Rural Development
B) Human Resource and Development
C) Social Justice and Empowerment
D) Environment and Forest

Q203. Who has been appointed as the Secretary
Security in the Cabinet Secretariat in Jan 2014?
A) H C Meena
B) Mahboob Alam
C) Ajay Chadha
D) K Vijay Kumar


Q204. Which football club lifted the 35th Football
Federation Cup in Jan 2014?
A) Sporting Club de Goa
B) East Bengal
C) Churchill Brothers
D) Mohan Bagan

Q205. India overtook which country in Jan 2014 to
become the third largest crude oil importer in the
World?
A) Japan
B) England
C) Germany
D) China

Q206. Indias first gun for women, _________
was launched in January 2014. The Gun has been
manufactured by the Indian Ordnance Factory,
Kanpur and is also the smallest revolver made in
India.
A) Sahas
B) Nirbhay
C) Nirbheek
D) Himmat

Q207. The Petroleum Conservation Research
Association under the Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas has selected Which state for the award of
best performing State amongst the big states for the
oil and gas conservation programmes in jan 2014?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Rajashthan
D) Gujarat

Q208. The Central Government has granted
minority status to the Jain Community in Jan 2014. With
this announcement, Jains became the ______ community
to have minority status.
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
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