QUES1:Which of the following associate banks of SBI has been merged with it?

State Bank of Saurashtra

State Bank of Mysore

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Patiala

State Bank of Hyderabad

Answer:1
QUES2: As per census 2011, percentage of rural population of India is:
1

72.2%

68.8%

31.2%

74.3%

80%

Answer:2
QUES3: Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced by the government is the price:
1

at which government is ready to purchase the crops from farmers directly

at which government is ready to purchase the crops from traders

at which government is ready to sell the grains stored in godowns

at which the government is ready to export the agricultural crops

None of these

Answer:1
QUES4: Commercial crops are:
1

the crops produced as fodders

the crops produced for selfconsumption by farmers

the crops produced by farmers for trade purpose as well as selfconsumption

the crops produced for trade purpose

None of these

Answer:4

QUES5: John ShepherdBarron, the inventor of ATM, was born at which of the following cities?
1

New Delhi

Darjeeling

Calcutta

Shillong

Hyderabad

Answer:4
QUES6: Who among the following is the present Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India?
1

T K A Nair

Pulok Chatterjee

Nripendra mishra

Indu Chaturvedi

Hemant Jain

Answer:3
QUES7: Who among the following personalities is called Nightingale of India?
1

Annie Besant

Sucheta Kriplani

Mother Teresa

Sister Nivedita

Sarojini Naidu

Answer:5
QUES8: Who of the following is the Chief of SEBI ?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Bimal Jalan
3) Shikha Sharma
4) U. K. Sinha
5) U. B. Sinha
Answer:4
QUES9: The oldest lake, in the world, is1

Caspian Sea

Van Lake

Victoria Lake

Balkhash Lake

Baikal Lake

Answer:5
QUES10: Which of the following coasts is the part of Eastern Coast of India?
1

Coromandel

Saurashtra

Kathiyawar

Konkan

Malabar

Answer:1
QUES11: Which of the following states of India has been selected to host the ParaGliding World Cup ?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Jammu and Kashmir
3) Uttarakhand
4) Sikkim
5) Punjab
Answer:1
QUES12: Who among the following is also known as the 'Iron Lady of Manipur'?
1

Mary Kom

Irom Chanu Sharmila

Ima Katheis

Lissy Samuel

Rani Gaidinliu

Answer:2
QUES13: Union Cabinet has allowed FDI in the railways infrastructure at how much percent ?
1) 51 %
2) 71 %
3) 100 %
4) 49 %
5) 25 %
Answer:3

QUES14: Who among the following is a nuclear scientist?

1

Norman Borlaug

R.A. Mashelkar

Anil Kakodkar

M.S. Swaminathan

Verghese Kurien

Answer:3
QUES15: Which of the following bank has received the Core banking system initiative award for the year
2014 ?
1) Yes bank
2) Axis bank
3) Uco bank
4) HDFC bank
5) Bhartiya Mahila bank
Answer:5
QUES16: Which of the following is the largest state of India in terms of area?
1

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

Answer:5
QUES17: Construction work of the world's tallest bridge has begun at Noney. Noney is situated in which
of the following states?
1) Assam
2) Jammu and Kashmir
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Manipur

5) Sikkim
Answer:4
QUES18: Chilka Lake is situated in which of the following states?
1

Jammu and Kashmir

Odisha

Uttarakhand

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Answer:2
QUES19: Which of these is a term used in the game of cricket?
1.Penalty stroke
2. Checkmate
3.Follow on
4.Dribble
5.Bulls eye
Answer:3
QUES20: Union Minister of State for civil aviation has proposed to set up three new low cost airports in
which of the following state ?
1) Assam
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Uttarakhand
Answer:3
QUES21: Who among the following is a well known player of badminton for India?
1.Mithalie Raj
2. Ashwini Ponnappa
3. Deepika kumari

4.Deepika Pallekal
5. D.Harika
Answer:2
QUES22: Which of the following is Indias premier awards for young scientists, in the field of Science and
Technology?
1.Arjuna Award
2. Jnanpith Award
3. S.S Bhatnagar Award
4. Kalidas samman
5.Saraswati samman
Answer:3
QUES23: Silver Revolution is related to the production of
1

Cotton

Rice

Egg and poultry

Silk

Coconut

Answer:3
QUES24: Which of the following refers to bad debts in banking?
1.ALM
2. NPAs
3. NIMs
4.CTS
5.ECS
Answer:2
QUES25: What is Tobin Tax?
1.Tax on High Net worth individuals income
2.Tax on fringe benefits in high salary groups

3. Tax on shortterm gains in currency trading

4.Tax on high value cash transactions
5.None of these
Answer:3
QUES26: The National Income of India is estimated by which of the following organizations?
1

National Sample Survey Organisation

Planning Commission

Finance Commission

Central Statistical Organisation

Ministry of Finance

Answer:4
QUES27: The next Asian Games of 2018 will be held in
1) India
2) Jakarta
3) China
4) Russia
5) None of these
Answer:2
QUES28: Who has been appointed the newly created expenditure management commission ?
1) C. Rangarajan
2) Urjit Patel
3) H. R. Khan
4) S. S. Mundra
5) Bimal Jalan
Answer:5
QUES29:Name the Paraswimmer who broke the 28year old record of P T Usha of winning the most me
dals at a multidiscipline event by an Indian at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea.
1

Vikram Kumar

Ankur Dhama

Ramkiaran Singh

Sharath Gayakwad

None of the above

Answer:4
QUES30: The Indian Grand Prix Formula One race track is called as:
1

Shiva International Circuit

Buddh International Circuit

Krishna International Circui

Ashoka International Circuit

Gopinath International Circuit

Answer:2
QUES31: Which Indian Company has highest market capitalisation in 2014 ?
1) NTPC
2) ONGC
3) Mahindra and Mahindra
4) Reliance
5) TCS
Answer;5
QUES32:President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on which among the fol
lowing Sri Lankan Buddhist monk?
1

Bhikkhu Anlayo

Ram Bahadur Bomjon

K. Sri Dhammananda

Henepola Gunaratana

Anagarika Dharmapala

Answer:5
QUES33: What is the maximum period for which term (fixed) deposits are accepted in India?

1. One year
2.3 years
3. 5 years
4.10 years
5.20 years
Answer:4
QUES34: National Crop Insurance programme is being implemented by ?
1) LIC
2) General Insurance Company
3) Agriculture Insurance Company
4) IRDA
5) All public and Private Insurance Company Working in India
Answer:3
QUES35: Name the former mushroom and poultry farmer who has been crowned as Miss Uganda 2014?
1

Stella Nantumbwe

Leah Kalanguka

Phiona Bizzu

Sylvia Namutebi

None of these

Answer:2
QUES36: Recently Union Ministry of science and Technology announces __________ scheme for women
scientists.
1) Prakash
2) Roshini
3) Hunar
4) Kiran
5) Jyoti
Answer:4

QUES37:Name the first Indian woman who won 2014 Panda Award for her film Sirocco how a dud beca
me a stud made on a Kakapo parrot.
1

Ashwika Kapur

Mira Nair

Deepa Mehta

Tanuja Chandra

Merle Oberon

Answer:1
QUES38: Which wrestling player has been awarded Dronacharya Award ?
1) Mamta Pujari
2) Renubala Chanu
3) Tom Joseph
4) Sunil Kumar Rana
5) Mahabir Prasad
Answer:5
QUES39:Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 for his efforts in helping thousands
of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
1

Viktor Yanukovych

Asmaa Mahfouz

Denis Mukwege Mukengere

Malala Yousafzai

None of the above

Answer:3
QUES40: Gross National Product (GNP) is
1

Equal to Gross Domestic Product

Less than Gross Domestic Product

Greater than Gross Domestic Product

Equal to Net Domestic Product

May be greater or less than Gross Domestic Product

Answer:5
QUES41:
The milk contamination in China, had caused sickness to an estimated 300,000 people and death of six i
nfants in 2008.Because of this the government has again extended the ban on imports of milk and its
products from China for one more year till June 2015.Name the contaminant.
1

Malamine

Chlorite

Bromate

Chlordane

Antimony

Answer:1
QUES42: Loans and advances given to poor and weaker sections of the society for housing by
commercial banks, comes under _____
1.Priority sector lending
2. SME financing
3.Consumer credit
4.Retail financing
5. None of these
Answer:1
QUES43: DOLLEX is
1

A stock exchange of U.S.A.

A stock exchange of Singapore

A mutual fund of Canada

Index of 200 BSE Dollar Value Index

A stock exchange of Japan

Answer:4
QUES44: Which of the following states observes the Garo Labour Corps Day?
1

Assam

Meghalaya

Nagaland

Sikkim

Tripura

Answer:2
QUES45: What is India's ranking in global Innovation Index ?
1) 68 th
2) 72 th
3) 75 th
4) 82 th
5) 76 th
Answer:5
QUES46:Name the India's first longrange (700 to 1000km) nuclearcapable subsonic cruise missile, whic
h was recently successfully testfired from Chandipur in Odisha
1

Nirbhay

Shaurya

Prahaar

Astra

Nag

Answer:1
QUES47: NAM summit 2015 will be held in
1) Tehran, Iran
2) Dhaka, Bangladesh
3) Kabul, Afghanistan
4) Caracas, Venezuela
5) None of these
Answer:4

QUES48:Who has been named as the bestperforming CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review (HB
R)?
1

Warren Buffett

Jeff Bezos

Ajay Banga

Tim Cook

None of these

Answer:2
QUES49: Which of the following maintains credit history of individuals/bank customers, which can be
used by commercial banks in India?
1.IBA
2.BC & SBIL
3.CRISIL
4.CIBIL
5.RBI
Answer:4
QUES50; 'Yogakshemam Vahamyaham' is the motto of which among the following insurance company?
1

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd

Oriental Insurance Co Ltd

Birla Sunlife

L & T Insurance

Answer:1
QUES51: Tobin Tax is imposed on
1

Domestic currency trade

Interbank transaction

Purchase of share

Foreign currency trade

International transaction

Answer:4
QUES52: World Polio Day is observed across the world on:
1

October 24

October 25

October 26

October 27

October 28

Answer:1
QUES53: Which among the following is the brand name for the electronic toll collection that was
launched by India recently?
1.Eazee Pass
2.ePass
3.FASTag
4. IPass
5. Salik
Answer:3
QUES54: T.S.Vijayan (exchairman of LIC) has taken charge as the Chairman of which of the following
organizations?
1.AERA
2. CERA
3. IRDA
4. PFRDA
5. DGCA
Answer:3
QUES55: The Reserve Bank of India celebrated its Platinum Jubilee (75 years) in the year of
1

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Answer:3
QUES56: 'Let's Make Money Simple' is a tag line of which of the following banks?
1

ICICI Bank

Union Bank of India

HDFC Bank

Axis Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Answer:5
QUES57: The Union Government has set up Bezbaruah Committee for _____ .
1.protection of the rights of minorities
2. protection of the rights of NorthEastern people
3.Protection of the rights of tribals
4. adoption of a new consumer price index to measure inflation
5.None of the above
Answer:2
QUES58: Mt. Everest of Asia is located between which 2 countries?
1

IndiaChina

NepalChina

NepalIndia

NepalBhutan

Nepal Pakistan

Answer:2
QUES59: Recently 'Ship of Theseus' got best film in 61 st " National Film Awards. Who is the Director of
this film ?
1) Rajkumar Rao

2) Suraj Venjaramudu
3) Anand Gandhi
4) Feetanjail Thapa
5) Pranjal Dua
Answer:3
QUES60: Real is currency of
1

Bolivia

Brazil

Botswana

Bahrain

Angola

Answer:2
QUES61: The distinctive name of New Zealand is
1

City of the Golden Gate

City of Popes

The Battlefield of Europe

Britain of the South

City of Seven Hills

Answer:3
QUES62: Cape town and Bloemfontein are the _ capitals of _ respectively
1

Legislative and Judicial seats of South America

Legislative and Judicial seats of South Africa

Judicial and Legislative seats of South Africa

Judicial and Legislative seats of South America

Judicial and Legislative seats of Bolivia

Answer:2
QUES63: On 1 July 2014, which committee submitted the report on Data and Information
Management in RBI?

1) Anand Sinha
2) H.R. Khan
3) Arundhathi Bhattacharya
4) Rakesh Mohan
5) D.K. Mohanty
Answer:5
QUES64: Who headed the advisory group submitted a report to RBI on Estimates of Productivity
Growth for the Indian Economy on 11 June 2014?
1) K.R. Kamath
2) Varada Raja Guptha
3) B.N. Goldar
4) Sambamurthy
5) K.U.B. Rao
Answer:3
QUES65: JLG the new concept developed by NABARD aimed to provide institutional
credit to small farmers like share croppers, oral lessees and agricultural labourers. JLG
stands for.......
1) Joint Loan Group
2) Join Liability Group
3) Joint Liability Grades
4) Joint Liberal Group
5) Joint Liability Group
Answer:5
QUES66: Which of the following cups / trophies is NOT given for excellence in the game of
Badminton?
1) Uber Cup
2) Thomas Cup
3) Syed Modi Memorial Trophy

4) Aros Junior Cup

5) Merdeka Cup
Answer:5
QUES67: Which of the following is a form of "Small Savings Bank" popular among the poor or
children?
1) Core Banking
2) Credit Banking
3) Debit Card
4) Merchant Banking
5) Piggy Banking
Answer:5
QUES68: Central Bank of India has sold its entire stake in credit information provider CIBIL to TransUnion
International Inc. Central Bank was holding how much percent share in CIBIL ?
1) 4 %
2) 3 %
3) 1 %
4) 2 %
5) 5 %
Answer:5
QUES69: Recently Subhalakshmi Panse Former CMD of Allahabad has joined which bank as an
independent Director ?
1) Bank of America
2) Deutsche Bank
3) Bank of Japan
4) Federal Bank
5) Axis Bank
Answer:4
QUES70: Which of the following is capital of South Korea ?

1) Pyongyang
2) Seoul
3) Helsinki
4) Copenhagen
5) None of these
Answer:2
QUES71: Which of the following revolutions and the areas they are related to is NOT matched correctly?
1) Yellow revolution Oil seed production
2) Blue revolution Fisheries
3) White revolution Milk production
4) Silver revolution Jute production
5) None of these
Answer:4
QUES72: The book Single Man has been authored by
1) Sankarshan Thakur
2) Ranjit Hoskote
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Dayanita Singh
5) None of these
Answer:1
QUES73: Which of the following banks launched KayPay, an instant funds transfer platform using
Facebook recently?
1.SBI
2.ICICI Bank
3.Kotak Mahindra Bank
4.HDFC Bank
5.IndusInd Bank
Answer:3

QUES74: Which of the following is not to be charged/collected by bank when a loan customer pays and
precloses the loan, out of his own resources?
1.Document verification charges
2. Loan processing charges
3.Interest charges
4.Prepayment penalties
5. Stamp duty
Answer:4
QUES75; We often read that govt is concerned about the rising CAD. What does letter A denotes in the
term CAD?
1) Account
2) Adequacy
3) Advance
4) Adjustment
5) None of these
Answer:1
QUES76: We often read about NDTL of banks in the financial newspapers. What is the full form of NDTL?
1) Net Dividend and Time Liabilities
2) Net Demand and Transfer Liabilities
3) Net Demand and Time Liabilities
4) Net Discount and Time Liabilities
5) None of these
Answer:3
QUES77: Which of these is a general name given to an organization responsible for monetary policy,
currency issue etc?
1.Central Bank
2.Clearing Bank
3. State Bank
4. Government Bank

5.General Bank
Answer:1
QUES78: Which of the following banks launched the first equity indexlinked green bond in
collaboration with the World Bank recently?
1. BNP Paribas
2.HSBC
3. Bank of China
4. Barclays Bank
5.Royal Bank of Scotland
Answer:1
QUES79: Banking services for individual customers are known as _______.
1.Merchant banking
2.Investment banking
3.retail banking
4.wholesale banking
5.Industrial banking
Answer:3
QUES80: Indian Banks Association (IBA) has a common networking system for sharing the ATM facilities
located in Mumbai, which is known as
1) Indian Clearing House
2) Cash Network
3) ATM network
4) Shared Payment System Network
5) None of these
Answer:4
QUES81: Which among the following words has been chosen as the Oxford English Dictionarys word of
the year for 2014?
1. "vape"
2. bae

3. slacktivism
4. indyref
5.None of these
Answer;1
QUES82: Who among the following has not been appointed as the ambassador for ICC Cricket World
Cup (CWC) 2015 by ICC?
1. Kumar Sangakkara
2. Virat Kohli
3. Mitchell Johnson
4. A B de Villiers
5.All are members
Answer:4
QUES83; As per Union Finance Ministry, which among the following States/ Union Territories (UTs) has
not achieved 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) till
November 15, 2014?
1. Chandigarh
2. Goa
3. Delhi
4. Lakshadweep
5.none of these
Answer:3
QUES84: The Modified Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme has been launched in:
1. 45 districts
2. 54 districts
3. 46 districts
4. 64 districts
5.none ofthese
Answer:2

QUES85: Who has been conferred with the IIM JRD Tata Award for excellence in corporate leadership
in metallurgical industries for the year 2014?
1. Baba N Kalyani
2. C S Verma
3. H. M Nerurkar
4. Debu Bhattacharya
5.none of these
Answer:2
QUES86: Who among the following female Bollywood actors has been named as the brand ambassador
of Myntra.com?
1. Deepika Padukone
2. Anushka Sharma
3. Kangana Ranaut
4. Sonakshi Sinha
5.None of these
Answer:3
QUES87: HandinHand 2014 is fourth joint military training exercise held in Pune, Maharashtra between
India and:
1. China
2. Japan
3. South Korea
4. Australia
5.None of these
Answer:1
QUES88: Who has been presented the first state bravery award by Assam government?
1. Akhil Gogoi
2. Gunjan Sarma
3. Rajen Perme
4. Runumi Gogoi

5.None of these
Answer:2
QUES89; Name the first Sanskrit animated movie, which is based on a Kannada folk song that narrates
the story of a confrontation between a cow and a tiger.
1. Punyatmahe
2. Punyakatha
3. Punyatma
4. Punyakoti
5.None of these
Answer;4
QUES90: Which state has become Indias first hightech legislative assembly by implementing e
Governance solution eVidhan with the help of Department of Electronics and IT, NIC and NICSI?
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Goa
4. Karnataka
5.None of these
Answer:1
QUES91: Name the book of Neel Mukherjee, based upon the Naxalite movement of the 1960s and
unfolds a family history, which has been shortlisted for Costa Book Awards recently.
1. Lives of Others
2. The Narrow Road to the Deep North
3. Past Continuous
4. A Life Apart
5.none of these
Answer:1
QUES92: As per the latest report released by the conservation society Bombay Natural History Society,
Sailana Kharmor Sanctuary is among the most threatened bird habitats in India. It is lacated in:
1. Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

2. Solapur, Maharashtra
3. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
4. Haveri, Karnataka
5.None of these
Answer:3
QUES93: Which among the following has been chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development for 2014?
1. ISRO
2. Sheikh Hasina
3. UNICEF
4. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
5.None of these
Answer:1
QUES94: 12th ASEANIndia Summit was held in:
1. Bali, Indonesia
2. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
3. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
4. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
5.None of these
Answer:2
QUES95: Which among the following has won International Childrens Peace Prize 2014?
1. Malala Yousafzai
2. Kesz Vldez
3. Neha Gupta
4. Om Prakash Gurjar
5.None of these
Answer:3

QUES96: As per the latest Global Slavery Index, released by the Walk Free Foundation, which among the
following country has topped the index?
1. China
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Uzbekista
5.None of these
Answer:2
QUES97: Who has been chosen for the BCCIs Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013
14?
1. Kapil Dev
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Ajit Wadekar
4. Dilip Vengsarkar
5.None of these
Answer:4
QUES98: The book No Country has been authored by
1) Ranjit Hoskote
2) Sankarshan Thakur
3) Kalyan Ray
4) Dayanita Singh
5) None of these
Answer:3
QUES99: Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Kumari won gold medals in mens and womens categories of
which of the following games at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow?
1) Weightlifting
2) Boxing
3) Wrestling
4) Shot put

5) None of these
Answer;3