General Awareness Updates (October 2014)

Contents
2014 Nobel Awards .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Universal Health Assurance Mission ................................................................................................................................. 4
Ebola Virus IMP Points ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Padma Awards 2014 ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Karnataka cities get new names ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Census 2011 .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Books and Authors ..........................................................................................................................................................10
Important International Organizations ............................................................................................................................11
ABBREVIATIONs ..............................................................................................................................................................11
Missiles of India ..............................................................................................................................................................13
Indian Super League........................................................................................................................................................14
Grand Slams....................................................................................................................................................................15
Current Affairs Q & A October 2014 ................................................................................................................................16
Memory Based Questions Asked IBPS PO 2014 ...............................................................................................................26
Key: Current Affairs Q & A October 2014 .........................................................................................................................31

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2014 Nobel Awards

The Nobel Prizes are prizes awarded annually by the Physics
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish
Academy, the Karolinska Institute and the Norwegian
Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who
make outstanding contributions in the fields of
chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or
medicine. They were established by the 1895 will of
Alfred Nobel, which dictates that the awards should be
administered by the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established
in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of
Sweden, for contributions to the field of economics.
Each recipient, or "laureate", receives a gold medal, a
diploma, and a sum of money, which is decided by the
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S.
Nobel Foundation, yearly.
scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics
for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes a new
Chemistry
energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the

invention is just 20 years old, but it has already
contributed to create white light in an entirely new
manner to the benefit of us all".

Prof. Akasaki, 85, is a professor at Meijo University and

Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and
German scientist Stefan Hell won the Nobel Prize in
chemistry on Wednesday for developing new methods
that let microscopes see finer details than they could
before
distinguished professor at Nagoya University. Prof.
Amano, 54, is also a professor at Nagoya University,
while the 60-year-old Prof. Nakamura is a professor at
the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Medicine

The three scientists were cited for the development of

super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, which the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said had bypassed
the maximum resolution of traditional optical
microscopes.

Betzig (54) works at the Howard Hughes Medfical

Institute in Ashburn, Virginia. Hell (51) is director at the
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in
Goettingen, Germany. Moerner (61) is a professor at
Stanford University in California. U.S.-British scientist John OKeefe and Norwegian
married couple MayBritt Moser and Edvard Moser
won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the
brains positioning system.

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This inner GPS helps explain how the brain creates a
map of the space surrounding us and how we can
navigate our way through a complex environment, the
Nobel Assembly said.

OKeefe, of University College London, discovered the

first component of this positioning system in 1971 when
he found that a certain type of nerve cell was always
activated when a rat was at a certain place in a room.

Thirty--four years later May-Britt and Edvard Moser, of

the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in
Trondheim, identified another type of nerve cell that
generates a coordinate system for precise path
finding, the assembly said
Literature
French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize
for economics for his work that has shed light on how
governments should regulate powerful companies that
dominate markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences said.
Jean Tirole is one of the most influential economists of
our time, the academy said. Most of all, he has
clarified how to understand and regulate industries with
a few powerful firms.

The economist will receive an 8 million Swedish crown

($1.1 million) prize

The prize is officially called - Sveriges Riksbank Prize in

Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Patrick Modiano of France, whose work focuses on the

Peace
Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

The Swedish Academy gave the 8 million kronor ($1.1

million) prize to Modiano for the art of memory with
which he has evoked the most ungraspable human
destinies and uncovered the life-world of the
occupation.

Modiano whose novel Missing Person won the

prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1978 was born in a west
Paris suburb two months after World War II ended in
Europe in July 1945.
Economics
Kailash Satyarthi, 60-year-old child rights activist from
Madhya Pradesh, and Malala Yousafzai, who has risked
her life to wage a campaign for girls education in
Pakistan, are the joint winners of this years Nobel
Peace Prize.

It is an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an

Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for
education and against extremism, the Norwegian
Nobel Committee said on Friday. They were chosen for
the prize for their struggle against the suppression of
children and young people and for the right of all
children to education.

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The Committee said Mr. Satyarthi, based in New Delhi, and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave
showed great personal courage and maintaining exploitation of children for financial gain.
Gandhis tradition, has headed various forms of protests

Indian Nobel Prize Winners

Year Name Field Year Name Field

Rabindranath Subrahmanyam
1913 Literature 1983 Physics
Tagore Chandrasekhar

1930 C.V. Raman Physics 1998 Amartya Sen Economics

Hargobind Venkatraman
1968 Medicine 2009 Chemistry
Khorana Ramakrishnan

1979 Mother Teresa Peace Kailash

2014 Peace
Satyarthi

Universal Health Assurance Mission

Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has announced that
the government will introduce a universal health
insurance programme under UHAM (Universal Health
Assurance Mission). The programme will seek to
provide all people access to tertiary medical services. In
a country where only approximately 25% of the
population is estimated to be covered by insurance, this
step will go far in increasing insurance coverage and
lowering premium rates.
Expert Group
An Expert Group headed by Dr.Ranjit Roy Chaudhary
was formed to prepare a roadmap to UHAM. The group
submitted its report in eight weeks and the report is
now under consideration of the Health Ministry.
Projected Highlights of UHAM
Set to be the largest public health insurance programme
in the world, with free insurance for persons in BPL
category and low premium rates for rest of the
population
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50 essential generic drugs, 30 AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga
and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy)
drugs and a package of diagnostics to be provided free
of cost to all citizens at government hospitals and
health centres across the country
Package containing information regarding preventive
and positive health information for all citizens
UHAM Agency, an autonomous oversight body will be
formed to monitor the activities and ensure genuine
protection of the beneficiaries
Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
WHO defines UHC as ensuring that all people can use
the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and
palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality
to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these
services does not expose the user to financial hardship.
UHC can be broken down into three main components
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Equity in access to healthcare all persons, irrespective
of their financial status, must be able to access
healthcare
The medical care provided must be of good quality and
standard and should result in improvement of health of
patients
Ebola Virus IMP Points
First Outbreak In 1976 the Ebola virus (EBOV)
was first identified near the Ebola river, in
northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Discovered By : Peter Piot
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as
Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often
fatal illness in humans.
The virus is transmitted to people from wild
animals and spreads in the human population
through human-to-human transmission.
Vaccine - ZMapp, being developed by Mapp
Biopharmaceutical Inc., is an experimental
treatment, for use with individuals infected
with Ebola virus.
Miscellaneous
Government cancels Nine SEZs In a meeting of
the Board of Approval on 29 September 2014,
nine SEZs (Special Economic Zone) including
those given to Hindalco, Adani, Essar etc have
been cancelled because the projects have not
made any satisfactory progress in terms of
execution. Most of the developers have also
been granted extensions, some of which have
even expired. Any tax benefits or incentives
given to the developers will now have to be
refunded by them.
Hemant Contractor: New chairman of PFRDA
Former SBI Managing Director, Hemant
Contractor, has been chosen to head the
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA). The position of Chairman
has been vacant for almost a year after the
previous Chairman Yogesh Aggarwal resigned
over differences with the Finance Ministry
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The cost of care must not be so expensive that it puts
the seeker of medical help in financial hardship
Significantly, the Millennium Development Goals call for
universal access to reproductive health and treatment
for HIV/Aids. The WHO constitution of 1948 also
declares health a fundamental human right.
World Bank approves $105 million grant for
Ebola-hit countries of West Africa (Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Guinea).
Note: Liberia, the country with the highest
number of Ebola infections, will receive 52
million dollars, with Sierra Leone getting 28
million dollars and Guinea 25 million dollars.
India to contribute USD 12 million to UN to
tackle Ebola. India to contribute USD 10 million
to UN Secretary Generals Fund for Ebola.
Additional USD 2 million for purchase of
protective gear to tackle Ebola.
Nigeria declared Ebola free by WTO
regarding the appointment of a member to
PFRDA. R.V.Verma, the Finance member, was
filling in as Acting Chairman
As per the union governments directive 31st
October every year will be observed as the
National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) . The
day will be commemorated as the birth
anniversary of the Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel.
The 18th SAARC summit is scheduled to be held
on 26th and 27th November 2014 in
Kathmandu. The theme for the 18th SAARC
Summit is Deeper integration for peace and
prosperity.
Pankaj Advani won first every Billiards Triple
Double. Pankaj Advani has become the first
every player to win the billiards triple two
times.
A Year Long Festival of India started in Tokyo.
Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism
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(India), Shripad Naik and Tourism Minister
(Japan) Akihiro Ohta inaugurated the Festival of
India is Tokyo Japan. The festival was
inaugurated on 27th of October. The yearlong
festival will be conducted in two phases. The
main objective of the festival is to enhance
people to people contact between two nations.
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Australian
cricketer Steve Waugh have been inducted into
the Bradman Hall of Fame.
Malala Yousafzai is awarded with World
Childrens Prize.
International Internet Day: 29th October. To
mark the anniversary of the first electronic
message the International Internet Day is being
observed on 29th of October 2014. The first e-
message was sent in 1969. The day has been
celebrated since 2005.The day is generally
celebrated to commemorate the mark of
telecommunication/ technology. ARPANET
(Advanced Research Project Agency Network by
students in US in 1969) is known as the
precursor of Internet.
Surya Prakash: New Chairman of Prasar Bharti
Board
President releases Commemorative Postage
Stamp on Buddhist monk Dharmapala.
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Official Website Launched by Union Finance
Ministry. The website will be addressed as
www.pmjdy.gov.in, and is in Hindi and English
languages.
Dilma Rousseff re-elected as Brazils President.
Manohar Lal Khattar sworn in as New CM of
Haryana.
Fragile Five Countries IMF report: Morgan
Stanley coined term Fragile Five (in 2013)
describes the currencies of the countries which
are vulnerable to their dependency on foreign
investment to meet the current account deficit.
The five countries include India, South Africa,
Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey. However, for now
IMF has removed India from the Fragile five
countries.
Pankaj Advani clinches another world title -
World Billiards Championship (point format) -
beating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in The final.
Its his 10th individual World title overall and
third this year after winning the World 6-Red
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Snooker and the World Team Billiards titles
earlier.
Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF)
celebrates its 53rd Raising (foundation) Day on
October 24, 2014.
World observes United Nations Day on October
24, 2014.
RTI replies to be posted online; will be
accessible to all.
Terry Walsh, chief coach of Indian hockey team,
steps down owing to a pay dispute with the
Sports Authority of India.
Watergate-fame Washington Post editor 'Ben
Bradlee' dies aged 93.
Government set up TK Vishwanathan
Committee to frame a bankruptcy law.
Nigeria, with no new Ebola case for 42 days, is
declared "Ebola free" by the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
INS Teg' sets out for South Africa to participate
in the joint naval exercise 'IBSAMAR' among
India, Brazil and South Africa.
Narinder Batra is elected as the President of the
Hockey India.
Madhya Pradesh declares 2015 as the 'Tourism
Year' in the State.
Pritam Munde (BJP) clinches Beed Lok Sabha
seat by whopping 7 lakh votes; the new national
record.
Joko Widodo becomes the new President of
Indonesia.
India (Under -21) clinches 'Sultan of Johor Cup'
hockey tournament by beating GreatBritain 2-1
in the final.
Karur Vysya Bank bags the sixth consecutive
'Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence
Initiatives' among small banks for the year
2013-14. The prize is awarded by IDRBT
(Institute for Development and Research in
Banking).
New non-permanent members of UN Security
Council: Venezuela, Angola, Malaysia, New
Zealand and Spain.
Tamil writer KTM Iqbal is honoured with the
2014 Cultural Medallion - the highest cultural
award of Singapore.
West Indies abort tour of India just after 4 ODIs
owing to a pay dispute between the players and
the board.
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Nirbhay', nuclear-capable sub-sonic cruise
missile, successfully test-fired from the
Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur,
Odisha.
Centre rolls out a string of labour reforms under
the "Pandit Deendayal UpadhyayShramev
Jayate programme" to boost Make In India
campaign.
Dr Arvind Subramanian is appointed as the
Chief Economic Adviser of India for a period of 3
years.
Rajiv Mehrishi replaced UPA-appointee Arvind
Mayaram as the Economic Affairs Secretary.
Ratan P Watal will be the new Finance
Secretary.
Veteran Telugu writer and radio artiste, Turaga
Janaki Rani dies aged 80.
India has the largest burden of global blindness
about 3.5 million with 30,000 new cases being
added each year.
IRNSS 1C successfully launched; India is just 4
satellites away from having its own GPS.
Centre constitutes BN Talukar committee to
probe the inordinate delay in oil and gas
generation in ONGC's Krishna Godavari basin
KG-D5 block.
Kotak Mahindra Bank rolls out Facebook-based
money transfer platform KayPay.
Canada offers wooden multi-storey housing
technology for Housing for all by 2022
scheme.
Indian policewoman 'Shakti Devi' is honoured
with the 'International Female Police
Peacekeeper Award 2014' by the UN.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan bags the Best
Central Bank Governor award for 2014by
Euromoney magazine.
Richard Flanagan is the winner of 'Man Booker
Prize' this year for his book 'The Narrow Road
to the Deep North'.
Khaled Bahah becomes the new Prime Minister
of Yemen.
India gets the 55th rank in the 2014 Global
Hunger Index.
MC Mary Kom is voted as the Most Valuable
Player (MVP) among Indias Asian Games 2014
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contingent by contingent sponsors 'Samsung
India'.
Germany to help India in urban sanitation
programmes; pledges 4 million Euros.
3rd International Tourism Mart begins in
Shillong, Meghalaya.
India becomes a signatory to the Minamata
Convention on Mercury.
Gujarat allows 33% reservation for women in all
state government jobs.
SEBI impose a 3-year ban on DLF Chairman KP
Singh from securities markets.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram clinched Dutch
Open Grand Prix 2014.
Iconic American tennis duo of Mike Bryan and
Bob Bryan has become the first pair to win all
nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000
tournaments.
PM launched his pet project 'Saansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana'.
Apple is the most valuable brand in the world
for the 2nd year running: Interbrand Best Global
Brands annual report 2014. Google (2nd), Coca-
Cola (3rd), IBM (4th), and Microsoft (5th) make
up the top 5.
Zimbabwe bowler Prosper Utseya is the latest
to fall afoul of ICC 15-degree rule; banned from
bowling in international matches.
Aamir Khan has been appointed UNICEF
Ambassador for South Asia. He will support
Unicef work to promote the right of South Asian
children to nutrition.
World Post Day 2014' was celebrated across the
globe today on October 9.
OECD declares Canberra (Capital of Australia)
as the best place in the world to live.
Anoop Jain clinches the 'Waislitz Global Citizen
Award' for the year 2014.
Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai wins the Lal
Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence
in Public Administration, Academics and
Management for the year 2014.
Madhya Pradesh- fastest growing state in the
country for the year 2013-14.
Union Govt. issues Commemorative Coins of
100 and 5 rupee.
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Padma Awards 2014

Padma Vibhushan

Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar: Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

Late. B K S Iyengar: Yoga, Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan Padma Shri

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art-Painting, Mohammad Ali Baig, Art-Theatre, Andhra

Gujarat
Begum Parveen Sultana, Art-Classical Singing,
Maharashtra
T.H. Vinayakram, Art-Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu
Kamal Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi
Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education,
Uttarakhand
Pullela Gopichand, Sports-Badminton, Andhra
Pradesh
Leander Paes, Sports-Tennis, Maharashtra
Prof Lloyd I Rudolph, Literature and Education,
USA
Pradesh
Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra
Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra
Anjum Chopra, Sports-Cricket, Delhi
Sunil Dabas, Sports-Kabbadi, Haryana
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports-
Mountaineering,
Delhi
Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports-Squash, Tamil
Nadu
H Boniface Prabhu, Sports-Wheelchair Tennis,
Karnataka
Yuvraj Singh, Sports-Cricket, Haryana
Mamta Sodha Sports-Mountaineering, Haryana

Karnataka cities get new names

The Union home ministry has given the green-light to a long-standing proposal of the Karnataka government to rename
a dozen cities and towns in the state in consonance with their pronunciation in Kannada language.

Old Name New Name Old Name New Name

Bangalore Bengaluru Hospet Hosapete

Belgaum Belagavi Hubli Hubballi

Bellary Ballari Mangalore Mangaluru

Bijapur Vijapura Mysore Mysure

Chikmagalur Chikkamagaluru Shimoga Shivamogga

Gulbarga Kalaburgi Tumkur Tumakuru

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Census 2011
2011 Census Commissioner of
C Chandramuli Sex ratio of India 940/100
India
Total population of India 121 crore. Union territory has highest sex
Pondicherry
ratio
The most populous state of India Uttar Pradesh
Union territory has lowest sex
Lakshadweep
ratio
Least populous state in India Sikkim
State has highest fertility rate in
State has highest rural population Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya
India

State has lowest rural population Sikkim

State has highest urban

Maharashtra
population

State has lowest urban

Sikkim
population

The rate of growth of population

17.64
of India

Literacy rate in India 74.04%

Male Literacy rate in India 82.14%

Female Literacy rate 65.46%

Most literate state in India Kerala (93.9%)

Least literate state in India Bihar (63.82%)

Most literate Union territory in Lakshadweep
India (92.2%)
Least literate Union territory in Dadar and Nagar
India Haveli
State has high density of
Bihar (1102)
population
State has low density of Arunachal Pradesh
population (17)
The number of districts in India 640

State has highest sex ratio Kerala (1084/1000)

State has lowest sex ratio Haryana

Density of Population of India 382

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Books and Authors

Name of the Book Author

And Then One Day Naseeruddin Shah (Autobiography)

God of Antarctica Yashwardhan Shukla(13 yr old)

One Life is Not Enough Kunwar Natwar Singh

Munger through the Ages late Devendra Prasad Yadav

The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee

The Substance and the Shadow (Biography of Dilip
Uday Tara Nayar
Kumar)
Warrior State T V Paul

Blood Feud Edward Klein

A Bad Character Deepti Kapoor.

The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous Khuswant Singh

Train To Pakistan Khuswant Singh

An Uncertain Glory- India and its Contradictions Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.

A Brush with Life Satish Gujral

A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

God of Small things Arundhati Rai

Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai.

Joseph Anton Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)

Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life Khushwant singh

Lajja Taslima Nasrim.

My Unforgettable Memories Mamata Banerjee

My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written R.D.Pradhan

Modi Nomics -Inclusive Economics, Inclusive
Sameer Kochhar.
Governance

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Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths PC Parakh

Playing It my Way Sachin Tendulkar

The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and
Dr. Sanjaya Baru
Unmaking of Manmohan Singh

Important International Organizations

Organization Headquarter President/ CEO Member Countries

193 (South Sudan new

United Nation (UN) New York Ban ki-moon
member)
WTO (World Trade Org.) Geneva Roberto Azevdo 160 (Yemen new member)

World Bank Washington D.C. Jim Yong Kim 188

The International Monetary
Washington DC Christine Lagarde 188
Fund (IMF)
Herman Van Rompuy, Jos
European Union Brussels, Belgium 28
Manuel Barroso
Its a group of European
Eurozone Jeroen Dijsselbloem 18
Countries
ASEAN (Association of
Jakarta, Indonesia L Lng Minh 10
Southeast Asian Nations)

APEC - Asia Pacific

Singapore Muhamad Noor Yacob 21
Economic Cooperation
OPEC (Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Vienna, Austria Abdallah Salem el-Badri 12
Countries)

ABBREVIATIONs
Basic Savings Bank Deposit
REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts BSBDA
Account
InvITs Infrastructure Investment Trusts IFSC Indian Financial System Code

ALM Asset Liability Management CBS Core Banking Solution

AML Anti Money Laundering RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement

KYC know Your Customer SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio

Application Supported by
ASBA CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio
Blocked Amount
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MSF Marginal Standing Facility ECB External Commercial Borrowings

NBFC Non Banking Finance Companies MIBOR Mumbai Inter Offer Rate

PIN Personal Identification Number LIBOR London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

Cabinet Committee on Economic
CCEA LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility
Affairs
Comprehensive Economic Government Internal Revenue
CECA GIRO
Cooperation Agreement Order
Comprehensive Economic Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
CEPA FRBMA
Partnership Agreement Management Act
Double Taxation Avoidance Association of Mutual Fund in
DTAA AMFI
Agreement India.
Tax Information exchange
ECBs External Commercial Borrowings TIEA
Agreement
Exchange Earner's Foreign
EEFC FTA Free trade agreement
Currency
European Financial Stability
EFSF GAAR General anti avoidance rule
Facility
Foreign Exchange Management
FEMA GSLV Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
Act
National Counter-Terrorism
FII Foreign Institutional Investor. NCTC
Centre
Financial Inclusion Network
FINO NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group
Operation
Foreign Investment Promotion Public Private Partnership &
FIPB PPP
board Purchasing Power parity
Financial Sector Legislative
FSLRC PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
Reforms Commission
Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-
CRAR TAPI
Ratio Pakistan-India.
Society for Worldwide Interbank
SWIFT QFI Qualified Foreign Investors
Financial Telecommunication
Depositor Education and
DEAF REER Real Effective Exchange Rate
Awareness Fund
National Electronic Funds
NEFT
Transfer
Deposit insurance and credit
DICGC
guarantee corporation.
Foreign Currency Non-Resident
FCNR(B)
Bank
LCR Liquidity Coverage Ratio
Interbank Mobile Payment
IMPS
Service
Tax Administration Reform
TARC
Commission
LRMT Liquidity risk monitoring tools

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Missiles of India

Maximum Intercontinental-
Name Type
range (km) range Multiple
Surya 8,000-12,000
independently targetable
reentry vehicle (MIRV)
Prithvi-I Short-range 150

Dhanush Short-range 350

Prithvi-II Short-range 250-350
Sagarika (K- SLBM (Submarine-launched
700
5) ballistic missile)
Prithvi-III Short-range 350-600
SLBM (Submarine-launched
K-4 3,500
ballistic missile)
Agni-I Short to medium-range 700-1,250

Brahmos Supersonic 300-500

Agni-II Medium-range 2,000-3,000

Brahmos 2 Supersonic 300

Agni-III Intermediate-range 3,500-5,000

Nirbhay Long Range Sub-Sonic 1,000 -1500

Agni-IV Intermediate-range 4,000

Prahaar Short-range 150

Intermediate to
Agni-V 5,000-8,000
Intercontinental-range
Beyond Visual Range Air-to-
Astra 80-110
Submarine-launched with Air Missile
Agni-VI intercontinental- 6,000~
range(probable MIRV) NAG Missile to be launched
Helina -
from Helicopter
Intercontinental-
Agni-VI 6,000-10,000
range (probable MIRV)

Submarine launched
Surya 10,000~
Intercontinental-range MIRV

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Indian Super League

The Indian Super League, officially known as the Hero Indian Super League, is a professional football league in India. The
league is one of the top-tier football leagues in India, the other being the I-League. It features eight franchise teams from
all around India. The league runs from October to December, with a finals series determining the champion.

The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to make football a top sport in India and to make Indian
football a major player worldwide. The league operates along the lines of the Twenty20 cricket Indian Premier League,
and Major League Soccer of the United States. Unlike the majority of football leagues around the world, the ISL does not
use the promotion and relegation system. Instead, it uses a franchise system in which eight teams were created to
participate in the league. The teams are -

Team Captain Owner

Sourav Ganguly,

Atltico de Kolkata Luis Garca Atletico Madrid

Harshavardhan Neotia

Chennaiyin FC Bojan Djordjic Sun Group

Delhi Dynamos Mads Junker DEN Network

FC Goa Robert Pires Dattaraj Salgaocar, Dempo, Videocon

Kerala Blasters Penn Orj Sachin Tendulkar; Prasad V Potluri

Mumbai City FC Syed Rahim Nabi Ranbir Kapoor, Bimal Parekh

NorthEast United Miguel Garcia John Abraham, Shilong Lejong

FC Pune City David Trezeguet Salman Khan, Wadhawan Group

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Grand Slams
doubles Jean-Julien Rojer
Championship Category Champion(s)

Men's
Men's Novak Djokovic
Stanislas Wawrinka singles
singles

Women's
Women's Petra Kvitov
Li Na singles
singles

Wimbledon
Australian Men's Vasek Pospisil
Men's ukasz Kubot Championship
Open doubles Jack Sock
doubles Robert Lindstedt

Women's Sara Errani

Women's Sara Errani doubles Roberta Vinci
doubles Roberta Vinci

Mixed Nenad Zimonji

Mixed Kristina Mladenovic doubles Samantha Stosur
doubles Daniel Nestor

Men's
Marin ili
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
singles

Women's
Serena Williams
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova
singles

US Open Men's Bob Bryan

French Open doubles Mike Bryan
Julien Benneteau
Men's
douard Roger-
doubles
Vasselin
Women's Ekaterina Makarova
doubles Elena Vesnina

Women's Hsieh Su-wei

doubles Peng Shuai Mixed Sania Mirza
doubles Bruno Soares

Mixed Anna-Lena Grnefeld

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Current Affairs Q & A October 2014

1. Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 was concluded between
(1) India-US (3) India-Russia (5) India-Japan
(2) India-France (4) India-China
2. Voreqe Bainimarama has sworn in as new Prime Minister of
(1) Maldives (3) Fiji (5) Trinidad and
(2) Mauritius (4) Singapore Tobago
th
3. European team has won the 40 Ryder Cup by defeating the US tem. Ryder cup is associated with
(1) Baseball (3) Golf (5) Squash
(2) Basketball (4) Rowing
4. Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu has sworn in as the
(1) 40th Chief Justice of India (4) 43rd Chief Justice of India
(2) 41st Chief Justice of India (5) 44th Chief Justice of India
nd
(3) 42 Chief Justice of India
5. World Heart Day is observed across the world on:
(1) September 30 (3) September 27 (5) September 29
(2) September 28 (4) September 25
6. Who has been was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on September 29, 2014?
(1) Natham R (2) O Panneerselvam (4) K Palanisamy
Viswanathan (3) R Vaithilingam (5) J Jaylalita
7. Union government has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. Earlier it was known as:
(1) Aajeevika Skills Development (3) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
Programme (ASDP) (4) Swabhiman Yojana
(2) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (5) Indira Rozgar Yojna
8. Which of the following High Courts has directed the Union government to strictly implement the ban on
manufacture of plastic national flags?
(1) The Bombay High Court (4) The Madras High Court
(2) The Delhi High Court (5) The Guwahati High Court
(3) The Allahabad High Court
9. Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 was concluded in which of the following sates?
(1) Uttarakhand (3) Gujarat (5) Assam
(2) Maharashtra (4) Rajasthan
10. Rajat Sharma on 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association
(NBA) for the year 2014-2015. He is chairman and editor-in-chief of
(1) India TV (3) ABP News (5) Times Now
(2) NDTV (4) CNN-IBN
11. Union Government declared 25 September as Antyodya Diwas. Antyodya diwas was observed to mark the 98th
birth anniversary of
(1) Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherji (4) Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
(2) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(3) Mohan Bhagwat
12. The Reserve Bank of India has released Gopalakrishna Committee report on

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(1) Capacity Building in banks and non- (3) Currency swap agreements
banks (4) Quantitative easing
(2) Credit Default swap (5) Policy Reforms
13. Indian government has approved an agreement on Electric Power Trade, Cross-Border Transmission
Interconnection and Grid Connectivity with
(1) Bhutan (3) Nepal (5) Pakistan
(2) Bangladesh (4) China
14. Which of the following cricketers were selected as Bradman Honouree 2014?
(1) Brian Lara and Steve Waugh (4) Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara
(2) Saeed Anwar and Sachin Tendulkar (5) Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli
(3) Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh
15. Who among the following personalities has been appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modis Sherpa for the
Group of 20 annual Summit 2014?
(1) Sushma Swaraj (3) Rajnath Singh (5) Sanjeev Kumar
(2) Arun Jaitley (4) Suresh Prabhu
16. Which of the following banks has launched new accounts Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids?
(1) SBI (3) PNB (5) Axis
(2) ICICI (4) HDFC
17. Which of the following companies has signed an agreement to acquire RASOI?
(1) Kargil Foods Limited (4) Wondercraft
(2) P&G (5) Emami Biotech Ltd.
(3) Heinz
18. Which of the following cricket legend has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in
the House of Lords in London?
(1) Imran Khan (3) Sachin Tendulkar (5) Steve Waugh
(2) Brian Lara (4) Kapil Dev
19. Which of the following cities has been selected for as the SAARC cultural capital in 2016-17?
(1) Colombo (3) Kabul (5) Dhaka
(2) New Delhi (4) Bamiyan
20. Which of the following states of America has become the first state to put a ban on the use of plastic bags?
(1) California (3) Florida (5) Texas
(2) Arizona (4) Louisiana
21. Which among the following banks has acquired 15 percent stake of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. (FTIL) in
Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for 459 crore rupees?
(1) State Bank of India (3) Yes Bank (5) Kotak Mahindra
(2) HDFC Bank (4) ICICI Bank Bank
22. Who has been authorized by the President Pranab Mukherjee to act as chief of Central Vigilance Commission
(CVC) until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.
(1) R Sri Kumar (3) Rajiv (5) Nirpendra Mishra
(2) J M Garg (4) S K Sarkar
23. Which pharmaceutical company has joined hands with Apollo Hospitals to provide diabetes care programmes
through the Indian healthcare majors Apollo Sugar Clinics?
(1) Aventis (3) ZMapp (5) Sanofi
(2) Cipla (4) Avignan
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24. Wushu player Tai Cheau Xuen has been stripped of her Asian Games gold medal after testing positive for banned
stimulant Sibutramine. She belongs to:
(1) Indonesia (3) China (5) Japan
(2) Malaysia (4) Taiwan
25. Who has been chosen as The Economic Times Business Leader of the Year 2014?
(1) Dilip Shanghvi (3) Adi Godrej (5) Sattya Nadela
(2) Sanjiv Goenka (4) Anil Agarwal
26. Which country has announced to lift 40 years long ban on arms sales to Vietnam, to boost sea defence in the
South China Sea?
(1) Japan (3) USA (5) India
(2) South Korera (4) Russia
27. World Animal Day is observed across the world on:
(1) October 4 (3) October 3 (5) October 6
(2) October 2 (4) October 5
28. Legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom has bagged her first ever Asian Games Gold Medal in the finals of the
womens flyweight category (48-51kg) at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. She defeated Zhaina Shekerbekova
of:
(1) South Korea (3) Uzbekistan (5) South Korea
(2) Kazakhstan (4) Philippines
29. Which among the following teams won the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 title of Cricket?
(1) Kolkata Knight (3) Kings XI Punjab (5) Chennai Super
Riders (4) Mumbai Indians Kings
(2) Cape Cobras
30. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the countrymen over radio for the first time in his programme:
(1) Mann Ki Baat (3) Chai Pe Charcha (5) Do Baate
(2) Dil Ki Baat (4) Radio Ki Dunian
31. Which among the following states has become the first state of India to start olive refinery?
(1) Gujarat (3) Maharashtra (5) Assam
(2) Rajasthan (4) Haryana
32. Name the British aid worker who has recently been beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.
(1) James Foley (3) Alan Henning (5) Bill Turnbull
(2) Steven Sotloff (4) Herve Gourdel
33. Who among the following Bollywood actors has been conferred Global Diversity Award 2014 for his
outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his/her involvement in philanthropic endeavours?
(1) Amitabh Bachchan (3) Aamir Khan (5) Deepika Padukon
(2) Shah Rukh Khan (4) Salman Khan
34. Which reputed newspaper has issued Apology for Racist Cartoon on India's Mars Mission?
(1) The Daily Mail (4) The Wall Street Journal
(2) Los Angeles Times (5) New York Times
(3) The Sunday Times
35. Who among the following have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2014for their
discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain?
(1) James E. Rothman, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser
(2) Randy Schekman, John OKeefe and May-Britt Moser
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(3) John OKeefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser
(4) Jules A. Hoffmann, John OKeefe and Edvard I. Moser
(5) Patrick Modiano
36. Who among the following Olympic champion swimmers has been suspended by USA Swimming from all
competition for six months for violating the organization's code of conduct?
(1) Mark Spitz (3) Matt Biondi (5) None of the above
(2) Michael Phelps (4) Ryan Lochte
37. Which states Chief Minister has targeted a powerful media house of the state and the Bharatiya Janata Party in
his/her new book Kutsa Pakhha (Those Who Slander)?
(1) West Bengal (3) Kerala (5) Maharashtra
(2) Tamil Nadu (4) Assam
38. Who among the following, along with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics
for inventing blue light-emitting diodes?
(1) Isamu Akasaki (3) Toshihide (4) Charles Kuen Kao
(2) Masatoshi Koshiba Maskawa (5) Patrick Modiano
39. In which of the following Harappan cities a 5,000-year-old step well, that is three times bigger than the Great
Bath at Mohenjo Daro, has been found?
(1) Rakhigarhi (3) Surkotada (5) None of the above
(2) Dholavira (4) Rangpur
40. Who has been conferred the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014?
(1) Rajendra Achyut Badwe (4) Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
(2) Yash Pal (5) Richard Flanagan
(3) Tessy Thomas
41. Name the French economist who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics for his analysis on market power and
regulation
(1) Bernard Guerrien (4) Franois Bourguignon
(2) Daniel Cohen (5) Patrick Modiano
(3) Jean Tirole
42. Which among the following bowlers of Zimbabwe Cricket team has been banned recently from bowling in
international cricket?
(1) Elton Chigumbura (4) Shingirai Masakadza
(2) Prosper Utseya (5) Saeed Ajmal
(3) Malcolm Noel Waller
43. Name the former New York Mayor and philanthropist billionaire who has been granted an honorary knighthood
from Queen Elizabeth II in Britain
(1) Rudolph W. Giuliani (4) Sunil Chopra
(2) Edward I. Koch (5) Michael Rubens Bloomberg
(3) David N. Dinkins
44. Who among the following won the Nobel Literature Prize 2014 for his enigmatic novels rooted in the trauma of
the Nazi occupation and his own loveless childhood?
(1) Alice Munro (4) Tomas Transtrmer
(2) Patrick Modiano (5) Jean Tirole
(3) Mo Yan
45. Which among the following countries has become the first former Soviet nation to legalize gay partnerships?
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(1) Belarus (3) Estonia (5) Crimea
(2) Latvia (4) Lithuania
46. Who has been honored with the National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13?
(1) Arijit Singh (3) Lata Mangeshkar (5) Sameer
(2) Saleem Khan (4) Gulzar
47. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of:
(1) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
(2) Jai Prakash Narayan (5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(3) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
48. The high-powered committee, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, has framed guidelines to regulate
expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers' money. Who heads this committee?
(1) Ranjit Kumar (4) NR Madhava Menon
(2) P K Grover (5) Y V Reddy
(3) TK Viswanathan
49. Who among the following, along with Eric Betzig, Stefan W Hell, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the
development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy?
(1) William E. (2) Arieh Warshel (4) Michael Levitt
Moerner (3) Martin Karplus (5) Patrick Modiano
50. World Post Day is globally observed on:
(1) October 10 (3) October 9 (5) October 7
(2) October 12 (4) October 8
51. A book titled A Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power is written by Dutch journalist:
(1) Rena Netjes (3) Stan Storimans (5) Richard Flanagan
(2) Bette Dam (4) Haje Jan Kamps
52. Name the Indian child rights activist, along with Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai, who has been
awarded Nobel Peace Prize 201
(1) Nirmala (2) Kiran Bedi (4) Medha Pathkar
Deshpande (3) Anna Hazare (5) Kailash Satyarthi
53. Which among the following Bollywood actors has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in
South Asia?
(1) Salman Khan (3) Shahrukh Khan (5) Ayushman
(2) Aamir Khan (4) Amitabh Bachchan Khurana
54. Who is the winner of ATP Shanghai Masters trophy 2014?
(1) Gilles Simon (3) Roger Federer (5) Marin Cilic
(2) Novak Djokovic (4) Julien Benneteau
55. Recently, which cyclonic storm struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha?
(1) Nilofar (3) Komen (5) One
(2) Nanauk (4) Hudhud
56. On the International Space Station (ISS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully
installed and activated its first Earth-observing instrument called:
(1) ISS-RapidScat (3) ISS-RapidSat (5) ISS-Scot
(2) ISS-RaidSat (4) ISS-RaidScat
57. Who has been sworn in as the seventh president of Indonesia?
(1) Joko Widodo (2) Prabowo Subianto
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(3) Jusuf Kalla (5) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
(4) David Cameron
58. In which of the following states Arogya Gram Yojna Organic Farming scheme has been launched by Union
Government?
(1) Rajasthan (3) Jammu and (4) Haryana
(2) Uttarakhand Kashmir (5) Maharashtra
59. Global Handwashing Day is observed across the world on:
(1) October 14 (3) October 18 (5) October 16
(2) October 17 (4) October 15
60. Trudy, a Tropical Storm, was in news after it made its landfall on the Pacific coast about 125 kilometres to the
east of Acapulco, has struck:
(1) Mexico (3) Philippines (5) India
(2) Japan (4) Peru
61. Name the five year old Indian boy who has become the youngest person to reach the Everest Base Camp (EBC)
(1) Aaryan Balaji (3) Sachin Sharma (5) Malavath Poorna
(2) Harshit Saumitra (4) Karan Thapa
62. Which country has launched GandhiInspired Tourist Attraction project, which identifies 13 places that were
seminal in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhis time in the country?
(1) UK (3) South Africa (5) USA
(2) Mauritius (4) Japan
63. How many seats has Bharatiya Janta Party won in the state assembly elections of Haryana?
(1) 43 (3) 46 (5) 47
(2) 45 (4) 50
64. Which country won Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) 2014?
(1) Great Britain (3) Australia (5) USA
(2) India (4) Malaysia
65. Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) 2014 is the biggest electronics trade exhibition of:
(1) Japan (3) South Korea (5) India
(2) China (4) Singapore
66. Which among the following banks has launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform KayPay?
(1) ICICI Bank (3) Kotak Mahindra (4) Axis Bank
(2) HDFC Bank Bank (5) SBI Bank
67. Who among the following has been conferred with Euro moneys Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014
in Washington?
(1) Bimal Jalan (3) D. Subbarao (5) Mukul Mudgal
(2) Raghuram Rajan (4) Y V Reddy
68. Which is the second largest import item for India after petroleum?
(1) Gold (3) Iron & Steel (5) Diamonds
(2) Coal (4) Electronic Goods
69. Which among the following two-wheeler manufacturer has set up worlds largest scooter plant in Gujarat?
(1) Suzuki (3) TVS Motor (5) Hero
(2) Bajaj Auto (4) Honda
70. Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Union Finance Ministry?
(1) Arvind Mayaram (2) Arvind Subramanian
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(3) Rajiv Mehrishi (5) Ajit Doval
(4) Arvind Krishnaswamy
71. Name the navigation satellite which has been recently launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?
(1) IRNSS 1C (3) IRNSS-1D (5) INRNSS 11
(2) IRNSS-1G (4) IRNSS-1E
72. To inquire into the reasons for delay in developing gas discoveries in ONGC's Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 lock,
Union Petroleum Ministry has set up a Panel under the chairmanship of
(1) Arvind Krishnaswamy (4) Santanu Roy
(2) Dinesh K Sarraf (5) Arvind Subramanian
(3) B.N.Talukar
73. Which among the following Real Estate Companies has been banned by SEBI from markets for 3 years?
(1) DLF Builders (3) Indiabulls Builders (5) Godrej Properties
(2) Eldeco Builders (4) Unitech Group
74. In the Harbin Ice Festival, which will be held from November 1 to 10, India will showcase its culture, art, food
and fashion. Harbin Ice Festival will be held in:
(1) Russia (3) Thailand (5) USA
(2) Hong Kong (4) Singapore
75. Who is the author of Man Booker Prize winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North
(1) Peter Philip Carey (3) Richard Flanagan (5) Neel Mukharjee
(2) Kate Grenville (4) Tim Winton
76. Union Cabinet in a recent decision decided to shut down six sick Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSEs).
Which of the following is not a part of the six?
(1) HMT Watches, HMT Barings, HMT (4) Biecco Lawrie
Chinar Watch, (5) None of the above
(2) Hindustan Cables, Hindustan Photo
Films
(3) Tungabhadra Steel
77. A large proportion of the world's population lives in urban slums. Which among the following countries accounts
for the largest fraction of its urban population living in slums?
(1) Bangladesh (3) Vietnam (5) India
(2) Myanmar (4) Cambodia
78. Sourav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Kush Kumar and Mahesh Manaonkar Mahesh have recently bagged a
gold medal in Asian Games 2014. They are related to?
(1) Boxing (3) Squash (5) Hockey
(2) Archery (4) Shooting
79. The National Academy for Athletics was recently inaugurated at__?
(1) Thiruvananthapur (2) Cochin (4) Bangalore
am (3) Chennai (5) Mumbai
80. Name the student leader who has led the on-going pro-democracy protests at Hong Kong?
(1) Joshua Wong (3) Geoffrey Ma (5) Han Lee
(2) Leung Chun-ying (4) Carrie Lam
81. The unexpected eruption of Mount Ontake, which is said to be a favourite hiking destination, has left dozens
dead. In which of the following countries, this eruption took place?
(1) Indonesia (2) Japan (3) South Korea
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(4) North Korea (5) USA
82. Who among the following has won the Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis?
(1) Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski (4) Marcelo Melo and Bob Bryan
(2) Jamie Murray and John Peers (5) Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares
(3) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
83. Union Commerce Ministry has cancelled approvals of 9 SEZs (Special Economic Zones), Which among the
following SEZs is not a part of the decision?
(1) Hindalco SEZ in Odisha (4) L&T's SEZ at Vadodara
(2) Essar SEZ in Jamnagar (5) None of the above
(3) Adani SEZ in Gujarat
84. Who has been selected for the first-ever Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award?
(1) Y V Reddy (4) K.G. Subramanyam
(2) Rajmohan Gandhi (5) S. N.Subba Rao
(3) Ramchandra Guha
85. Which among the following was the venue of the third Global Citizen Festival?
(1) Moscow (3) Beijing (5) Singapore
(2) London (4) New York
86. Who among the following is the present chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)?
(1) V.Adimurthy (3) G. Madhavan Nair (5) Mylswamy
(2) K.Radhakrishnan (4) K.Kasturirangan Annadurai
87. Which of the following Light Combat Aircraft (LCA SP1) took its successful maiden flight recently and is declared
ready for its induction into IAF?
(1) Tejas (3) Rudra (5) Nirbhay
(2) Kiran (4) Dhruv
88. Who among the following is the current chief of NATO?
(1) Jens Stoltenberg (4) George Robertson
(2) Anders Fogh Rasmussen (5) Herman Van Rompuy
(3) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
89. Who has been appointed as the special director-general of National Investigation Agency?
(1) Ajit Dhowal (3) Sharad Kumar (5) N.R.Wasan
(2) Sarat C.Sinha (4) Radha Vinod Raju
90. Which among the following is not a statutory body?
(1) University Grants Commission (4) Council of Scientific and Industrial
(2) National Development Council Research
(3) Reserve Bank of (5) SEBI
91. The Ganga Action Plan was originally started in which among the following years?
(1) 1982 (3) 1989 (5) 1992
(2) 1985 (4) 1993
92. In the recent Asian Games, which Indian player's medal got upgraded from bronze to silver after one of her
competitor was accused for doping?
(1) Mary Kom (3) Khushbir Kaur (5) Sarita Devi
(2) Sania Mirza (4) Manju Bala
93. The recent Hong Kong pro-democracy protests are called as?
(1) Umbrella revolution (2) Yellow revolution
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(3) Orange revolution (5) Peace revolution
(4) Hong Kong revolution
94. What is the name of the ceasefire agreement which is signed between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine?
(1) Minsk Agreement (4) Donetsk Declaration
(2) Kiev Agreement (5) Ukraine Agreement
(3) Moscow Declaration
95. In the recent Asian Games, what was the rank of India in final medal tally?
(1) 6th (3) 8th (5) 10th
(2) 7th (4) 9th
96. Who amongst the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India?
(1) Shashi Tharoor (4) Atul Singh
(2) Adil Zainulbhai (5) N Chandrasekharan
(3) Cyrus Mystry
97. Saketh Myneni associated with?
(1) Boxing (3) Archery (5) Tennis
(2) Badminton (4) Shooting]
98. Which bank have recently launched Smart Star savings account for minors who are more than 10 years old?
(1) State Bank of India (3) HDFC Bank (5) Axis Bank
(2) ICICI Bank (4) IDBI Bank
99. Which of the following schemes has been recently launched by the government for cleanliness and livelihood to
Safai Karamcharis and Manual Scavengers?
(1) Jan Dhan Scheme (4) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
(2) Swavalamban Abhiyaan (5) Swachhta Udyami Yojana
(3) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
100. India will work along with 4 other nations to build world's biggest telescope on Hawaii island. Which country
among the following is not a part of the project?
(1) Canada (3) Japan (5) USA
(2) China (4) Germany
101. What is the name of the new government programme launched by the Union Textile ministry to promote crafts
of Jammu and Kashmir especially production of Cashmere fabric?
(1) Pashmina Wool Development Scheme (4) Nutrient Supplement Scheme for
(2) Pashmina Promotion Programme Changthang goats
(3) Pashima Swawlambhan Programme (5) Pashmina Development Scheme
102. Who won the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament 2014?
(1) Saina Nehwal (3) Ihsan Maulana (4) Arvind Bhat
(2) Ajay Jayaram Mustofa (5) Nikhil Kanetkar
103. "The Organiser" is a weekly magazine published by?
(1) Bhartiya Janta Party (4) Communist Party of India
(2) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (5) Times Group
(3) The Hindu Group
104. Which among the following is the first state in India to start an Olive Refinery?
(1) Maharashtra (3) Gujarat (5) Bihar
(2) Odisha (4) Rajasthan

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105. UN General Assembly has elected a few countries to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security
Council. Which of the following countries is not chosen for the same?
(1) Pakistan (3) Angola (5) Spain, Malaysia
(2) Venezuela (4) New Zealand
106. Union Ministry of Science and Technology has launched a joint Indo-Canadian Science Programme. What is the
main purpose of the same?
(1) Clean environmentenvironment (3) Nuclear energy technology
technology (4) Industrial Development
(2) Space innovation technology (5) Clean water technology
107. Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary of India?
(1) Arvind Mayaram (3) Kaushik Basu (5) Rajeev Kher
(2) Rajiv Mehrishi (4) Dinesh Gupta
108. Which among the following is India's first long range subsonic cruise missile?
(1) Agni (3) Prithvi (5) Nirbhay
(2) Dhanush (4) Brahmos
109. Which of the following FMCG product has been recently banned in India under provisions of Rule 135-B?
(1) Cosmetics (3) Rice (5) Chocolate
(2) Coffee (4) Mobiles
110. India's first Bio-refinery will be established with the help of __?
(1) Japan (3) Norway (5) Brazil
(2) China (4) USA
111. The maiden meeting between India and China for the bilateral border talks under the umbrella of BAWMCC
was held recently. What does BAWMCC stand for?
(1) Border Affairs Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination
(2) Bilateral Agreement on Chalking out Workable Coordination
(3) Border Areas working system for Cooperation and Community
(4) Bilateral Affairs wanting systems for Consultation and Coordination
(5) None of the aboev
112. What is the name of the UNs gender equality campaign for ensuring greater participation of men in promoting
women's rights and gender equality?
(1) Lean In (3) UNiTE (5) Mard
(2) He for She (4) One Billion Rising
113. Which country of Africa which was highly affected by Ebola has been declared ebola-free by WHO?
(1) Sierra Leone (3) Nigeria (5) Domestic Republic
(2) Liberia (4) Guinea of Congo
114. Union Cabinet has approved a MoU to upgrade Chabahar port. India will set up a company and operate the
port for 10 years through a leasing agreement. Chabahar port is located in?
(1) Japan (3) Bhutan (5) China
(2) Afghanistan (4) Iran
115. Which country won the Sultan of Johor under-19 hockey Cup 2014?
(1) India (3) Iran (5) Pakistan
(2) Great Britain (4) Germany
116. Who won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2014 for Biological Science?
(1) Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad (2) Dr. Roop Mallik
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(3) Dr. S Venkata Mohan (5) Kailash Satyarthi
(4) Dr. Anurag Agrawal
117. What was the slogan for Asian Games held at Incheon 2014?
(1) Diversity Shines Here (4) The Games of your life
(2) Green, Clean and Friendship (5) Think Different
(3) We Cheer, We Share, We Win
118. Under the new NATO mission Resolute Support, US Army will give training and support to which country's army
to fight terrorism?
(1) Iraq (3) Syria (5) Afghanistan
(2) Turkey (4) Pakistan
119. Who has been awarded with the 2014 Liberty Medal?
(1) Barack Obama (3) Ban-ki-moon (5) Kailash Satyarthi
(2) Malala Yousafzai (4) Tawakkol Karman

Memory Based Questions Asked IBPS PO 2014

1. Lisbon is capital of which country: Portugal
2. "Pahla kadam , pahli udan"is scheme by : SBI for minor 10 years and above
3. Current pm of UK: David Cameroon
4. Brics bank name : New Development Bank
5. currency of Saudi Arabia: Riyal
6. Shivasundram hypro power project , state name : Mandya District, Karnataka
7. Asian 2014 games were organised in which city : Icheon
8. Priyanka chopra in movie mary kom playing role of : Boxer
9. REPO RATE: 8%
10. SEBI extended guide line to appoint at least one women in board of director: 31march 2015
11. Upallu srinivas : Madolin
12. Cantolania referendum from which country: Spain
13. RBI limited ATM facility on 5 cities, who are not come under this term: BSBDA account holder
14. Govt going to sell stake in 3 PSU, one of them : ONGC, CIL, NHPC
15. C stands for in "KYC" : Customer
16. which motor company CEO visited india recently : General Motors (Mary T. Barra)
17. Northern railway started : Go india smart card
18. Pension scheme for un organised sector : Swavalamban
19. Minimum capital required for foriegn bank to open branch : 500 cr
20. Reit full form : Real State Investment Trust
21. Pre shipment and post shipment is related to in finance: Export finance
22. State with lowest population density: Arunachal Pradesh
23. RBI release Draft Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks,Small Banks: 100 cr
24. Time Limit fixed by RBI for Resolution of complaints of ATM not with drawl money: 7 days
25. RRCAT rajaraman is located in: Indore,MP
26. Insurance Cover in PM Jan Dhan Yojna: Rs. 30000

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27. The Bank That Begins With U is tagline of : United bank of India
28. Individual Borrowercan check their credit report from : CIBIL
29. BCSBI codes are related to: Banks
30. Settlement in RTGS to settle with in : 1 Day
31. EBT full form: Electronic Benefits Transfer
32. Hanoi is Capital of : Vietnam
33. Naseeb Jung is : Lieutenant governor of Delhi
34. Full form of B in ABSA full form: Application supported by blocked amount
35. Banking account that has been not claimed for 10m yr: Unclaimed or Dormant account
36. RBI has recently mandated a two step mobile authentification for e commerce car rental company: UBER
37. PMGSY: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
38. Authorised dealer is a person authorised by RBI to deal in: Foreign Exchange
39. Inter governmental body that develops and promotes policies to protect the global financial system against
money laundering and terrorist financing is : The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
40. In case of basic savings bank deposit account (BSBDA) the total of debits by way of cash withdrawals and
transfers will not exceed ten thousand rupees in a: Month
41. Which location has nuclear power plant: Kakrapar
42. Finding Fanny movie director : Homi Adajania
43. Who is john Kerry: US finance secretary visited to india recently
44. Half girlfriend writer: Chetan Bhagat
45. Pakistan player banned for what : Illegal bowling action
46. Hafeez Saeed is the leader of which organisation : lashkar-e-taiba
47. MICR full form : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
48. Largest desert : Sahara Desert
49. Currency of China : Yuan
50. In NECS ,S stands for: Service(National electronic Clearing Service)
51. Introductory loan rate is also Known as : Teaser Loan rate
52. Ravi Shankar Associated with which instrument: Sitar
53. RBI allowed the age of MD of all PSU till : 70 yr
54. Gas caused Most Global Warming: CO2
55. Maximum Population Density : Bihar
56. Governor of Maharashtra: Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
57. Capital of UAE: Abu Dhabi
58. Which is Credit Information Bureau: CIBIL
59. PM David Cameroon went to Scotland to appeal: To remain part of UK
60. According to CAG report 46% poor in 3 states: Bihar,Maharashtra,UP
61. Interest on saving account of schedule banks is calculated on: Daily basis
62. US open Tennis winner: Marin Cilic
63. CTS save time and cost by eliminating: Physical movement of Cheques
64. Plastic notes of Rs 10 as a trial by RBI in which city: Simla, Kochi, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Mysore.
65. Multicurrency card by SBI in tie up with: Master Card
66. ICICI Bank launches cardless cash withdrawal services- To avail this facility, a sender has to register the
recipient's name,mobile number and address. On receiving a six digit reference code, the recipient can withdraw
cash from the bank's ATMs within two days of the transaction.
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67. FMP wit respect to Mutual Fund stands for: Fixed maturity Plan
68. DMRC and Master card to launch a uniform card: with ICICI bank
69. Reverse Mortage Scheme is Facility for: Senior Citizens
70. Book The Lives of Others author: Neel Mukherjee.
71. Nikkei is index of: Tokyo Stock exchange
72. India's First Mute Film: Alam Ara
73. Music director of Mile sur mera tumhara: Ashok Patki
74. ADR : American Depositary Receipt
75. BKS Iyenger got which award : Padham Vibhushan
76. Unclaimed PPF committee: HR Khan
77. Currency of Spain : Euro
78. Pehla kadam pehli Udan is a: two new savings bank products for children above 10 years launched by :
Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI)
79. Capital of Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar
80. Who is Donald Dusk : Ex Prime Minister of Poland and next EU council head
81. Father of atomic Bomb: J.Robert Oppenheimer
82. Pm want to build which city like Kyoto: Varanasi
83. Vijay Malya defaulter for which firm of his : Kingfisher
84. Author of Curtain Raiser: Kandathil Sebastian
85. Serena Williams associated with : Tennis
86. Rupay card launched by : National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
87. Who started the celebration of Ganesh Puja festival : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
88. NPA time limit: 90 days
89. L in LAF Stands for: Liquidity Adjustment Facility
90. S in RTGS Stands for: Real Time Gross Settlement
91. 2011 census which city has less population : Lakshadweep
92. FAT full form: File Allocation Table
93. How many languages are written in a currency note : 17 languages
94. E commerce: Trading of services using online method
95. Saving bank interest decided by : Individual bank
96. Indias International Bank Tag Line for which bank: Bank of Baroda
97. Jandhan Yojana main objective : Financial Inclusion
98. Which freedom fighter was killed during protest of Simon Commission: Lala lajpat Rai
99. National Housing Bank is a subsidiary of which Institution : RBI
100. How many Aisian games Gold won by India : 11
101. MOM (Mars Orbit Mission) Space Craft Orbiting Mars reached on which day : 24th September 2014
102. Syndicate Bank Tagline : Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner
103. Bank to starts cardless cash withdrawal : Bank of India
104. Hewllet Packard is related with : IT
105. Question on Minimum Sex Ratio : Daman & Diu (UT) and Haryana (State)
106. Swachta Udyami Yojna launched by which ministry : Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
107. Cairo is Captial of : Egypt
108. GDR full form : Global Depository Receipts
109. What is the mean of O in NRO : Ordinary
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110. what is the mean of C in CAMELS : Capital Adequacy
111. KUUCHIPUDI dance of which state : Andhra Pradesh
112. Banking ombudsman launched by : RBI
113. Minister of Tribal Affairs : Jual Oram
114. IRDA Full form : Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
115. Runner In KABADDI game in Asian Games: Iran
116. Capital of South Korea : Seoul
117. Old name of Axis Bank : UTI Bank
118. which country DON'T have dollar currency : SWEDEN
119. What is "Hundi" : Financial instrument that developed on the Indian sub: continent for use in trade and credit
transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a
form of credit instrument or IOU to borrow money and as a bill of exchange in trade transactions.
120. Means of M in OMO : Market
121. Umbrella Movement: 2014 : Hongkong Protest
122. NPA is declared Time limit: 90 Days Overdue
123. Which year was the first nuclear explosion in india's named Smiling Buddha: 1974
124. Minimun amount in PPF: Rs 500
125. SBI launched multicurrency card in association with : Mastercard
126. Kathakali Dance belongs to which state: Kerala
127. Most Valuable player in Asian Games 2014 India's Campaign : Mary Kom (Other wise Kosuke Hagino)
128. Committee to examine the current monetary policy: Urijit Patel Committee
129. Currency of Algeria: Dinar
130. What is universal Banking : A banking system in which banks provide a wide variety of financial services,
including both commercial and investment services.
131. Two lives book written by : Vikram Seth
132. Invention of Alfred Nobel: Dynamite
133. What E denotes in NRE: : External (Non Resident External)
134. Which State launched Nutrition Mission recently: Uttar Pradesh
135. Who is the founder of the famous Red Cross Foundation : Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier
136. Which insurance company has the tagline Aapke Sachche Advisor: Max Life Insurance
137. Who headed the panel that recommended diluting govt. share in public sector banks to below 50% : P J Naik
138. On a certain angle, the security thread on a rupee note changes to : Blue
139. Who is popularly known as Lok Nayak : Jayaprakash Narayan
140. HDFC Standard Life is a : Life Insurance Company
141. MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
142. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in the field of : Science & Technology
143. Least Female Literacy Rate : Rajasthan (52.6%)
144. Scheme related to empowerment of Adoloscent Boys : Saksham
145. Ram Naik governor of which state : Uttar Pradesh
146. C in CRR : Cash reserve ratio
147. CM of Tamilnadu : O. Panneerselvam
148. Egypt Currency : Egyptian pound
149. Who is HL dattu : Chief Justice of India
150. IFSC full form: Indian Financial System Code
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151. Bank give loan to another bank on which rate: MSF (Marginal Standing Facility)
152. What is credit card: a small plastic card issued by a bank, building society, etc., allowing the holder to purchase
goods or services on credit
153. Who is Messi : Football Player
154. SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA and FMC to be merged into a Unified Financial Agency (UFA)
155. Original name of Canara Bank: Canara Hindu Permanent Fund
156. "Unbreakable" is the biography of : Mary Kom
157. Axis Bank tagline : Badhti ka naam Zindagi
158. Wrestling gold in 65 kg category : Yogeshwar Dutt
159. What is the full form of PIO : : PERSON OF INDIAN ORIGIN
160. The border between India and China is called as : Macmohan Line
161. Who is the founder of wipro : Ajim Premji
162. Modi addressed which seesion of UN general assembly : 69th
163. How many golds India won in Asian Games 2014 : 11
164. hum hain na is the tagline of which bank : : ICICI bank
165. how many country participated in fifa world cup 2014 : 32
166. Peso is the currency of which country(among the given options) : Argentina.
167. What is the currency of Germany : Euro
168. What is the full form of RIDF: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND
169. What is the full form of NRLM : NATIONAL RURAL LIVELYHOOD MISSION
170. What is the full form of NPS : NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
171. Who is the women and child development minister : MENAKA GANDHI
172. HDFC erdo is which type of company : General Insurance Company
173. What does K stands for in KCC: Kisan
174. SBI MINOR ACC for children above 10 years is : Pehli Udan
175. WHO IS SANJAY LEELE BHANSALI : Bollywood Director
176. Who is the author of the book My years with Rajiv and Sonia : R D Pradhan
177. Which bank has largest number of mobile application user : SBI
178. pencilin was discoverd by : Alexender Fleming
179. Where is the headquarters of FAO situated : Rome
180. Where is the headquarter of Prathma Bank : Moradabad

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