1 Who has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in Aug 2014 for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of Communal harmony, peace and goodwill?
A) Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra
B) Gulzar
C) Muzaffar Ali
D) Farooq Sheikh
2 How many sportsperson was awarded with India's top most sports award, the "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2014" as announced in Aug 2014?
A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
3 USA unemployment rate stood at ______ in July (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 6.3%
B) 7.1%
C) 6.6%
D) 6.1%
4 The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the Chairman and Managing Director of ____________, S K Jain for alleged bribery case in Aug 2014. As per allegation, the CMD asked for bribe to extend credit facilities to certain companies.
A) United Bank of India
B) Syndicate Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Allahabad Bank
5 The board of directors of India's largest milk federation, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), unanimously elected whom as the new Chairman in Aug 2014?
A) Vipul Chaudhary
B) Anandibhai Patel
C) Jethabhai Patel
D) None of These
A) Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra
B) Gulzar
C) Muzaffar Ali
D) Farooq Sheikh
2 How many sportsperson was awarded with India's top most sports award, the "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2014" as announced in Aug 2014?
A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
3 USA unemployment rate stood at ______ in July (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 6.3%
B) 7.1%
C) 6.6%
D) 6.1%
4 The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the Chairman and Managing Director of ____________, S K Jain for alleged bribery case in Aug 2014. As per allegation, the CMD asked for bribe to extend credit facilities to certain companies.
A) United Bank of India
B) Syndicate Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Allahabad Bank
5 The board of directors of India's largest milk federation, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), unanimously elected whom as the new Chairman in Aug 2014?
A) Vipul Chaudhary
B) Anandibhai Patel
C) Jethabhai Patel
D) None of These
6 "Hiroshima Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 8-August
B) 6-August
C) 9-August
D) 18-August
7 Who took over as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in Aug 2014?
A) R K Tewari
B) Shashi Kant Sharma
C) K V Chowdary
D) A P M Mohammed Hanish
8 Deputy National security Advisor __________ resigned and his resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st July 2014.
A) Nehchal Sandhu
B) Arvind Gupta
C) R N Ravi
D) Shashi Kant Sharma
9 Abhishek Verma received the Arjuna award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Hockey
B) Wrestling
C) Shooting
D) Archery
10 Reserve Bank of India's new deputy governor __________ took charge of banking supervision, currency management, financial stability and rural credit in Aug 2014.
A) S S Mundra
B) KC Chakrabarty
C) Anand Sinha
D) Harun Rashid Khan
11 The first Indian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest, Bachendri Pal was awarded with the 'Bharat Gaurav' award by the football East Bengal Club in Aug 2014. The football club is based in which city?
A) Lucknow
B) Kolkata
C) Allahabad
D) Panaji
12 Indian athlete ___________ won gold medal in men's discuss throw event at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Aug 2014. This is also India's first gold medal in athletics in the Commonwealth games 2014.
A) Renjith Maheshwary
B) Om Prakash Karhana
C) Vikas Gowda
D) Irfan Kolothum Thodi
13 "Organ Donation Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 12-August
B) 11-August
C) 9-August
D) 6-August
14 Who became the first Indian woman gymnast of India to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Aug 2014? She won a bronze medal in the vault event and scripted history for and in India.
A) Vijay Kumar
B) Prabhjot Bajw
C) Dipa Karmakar
D) Palak Kour Bijral
15 The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced in Aug 2014. Journalist Hu Shuli whose work has led to the ouster of corrupt officials won the award. He belongs to which country?
A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Japan
D) Thailand
16 How many Indian companies are placed in the list of Forbes' list of the world's 100 most innovative companies that investors think are most likely to 'generate big, new growth ideas'', published in Aug 2014?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven
17 The 20th Commonwealth Games was concluded at Glasgow in Aug 2014 through a glittering concluding ceremony. India finished at _________ position as per medal tally after posting a successful performance in the tournament. Indian athletes won 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze for a total haul of 64 medals to finish fifth
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
18 The 20th Commonwealth Games was concluded at Glasgow in Aug 2014. Which country leads the medal tally with 58 Gold medals, 59 silver medals and 57 Bronze medals in the same.
A) Australia
B) England
C) Canada
D) Scotland
19 Mathematician and Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the Fields Medal this year in Aug 2014. She is from which countr?
A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Iran
D) Turkey
20 Who from Bandminton sports received the Arjuna award - 2014 in Aug 2014?
A) V. Diju
B) Aparna Balan
C) Jwala Gutta
D) PV Sindhu
21 India men's hockey team won a _________ medal on the final day of the 20th Commonwealth Games at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre in Aug 2014.
A) Gold
B) Silver
C) Bronze
D) No Medal
22 The World Bank has pledged ___________ in emergency funding to Ebola virus hit countries in West Africa which include Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of the deadly virus in Aug 2014.
A) USD 100 million
B) USD 200 million
C) USD 50 million
D) USD 300 million
23 "World Senior Citizen's Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 8-August
B) 6-August
C) 9-August
D) 18-August
24 Who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in Aug 2014? She also became the first woman Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
A) Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur
B) Justice N.P. Singh
C) Justice S L Bhojegowda
D) Justice B.S. Chauhan
25 Who has been appointed as deputy National Security Adviser in Aug 2014?. He will also be Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), an apex advisory body tasked with suggesting to the government on political, economic and strategic security concerns.
A) Nehchal Sandhu
B) Arvind Gupta
C) R N Ravi
D) Shashi Kant Sharma
26 Who has taken over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff in Aug 2014?
A) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Bikram Singh
C) Lt Gen Philip Campose
D) Vijay Kumar Singh
27 The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the SLR rate by 50 bps to ________ during its announcement of August 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 23.5%
B) 22.5%
C) 23%
D) 22%
28 Union cabinet has approved a proposal in Aug 2014 to empower the Juvenile Justice Board to decide whether a juvenile of above _________ involved in heinous crimes such as rape will be considered as a juvenile or an adult to be tried in a regular court.
A) 14 Years
B) 15 Years
C) 16 Years
D) 17 Years
29 The union cabinet has also approved raising FDI limit in the defence sector to __________ in the Cabinet meeting held in Aug 2014 headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This move will boost the domestic defence industry as India import more than 70% of its military equipment.
A) 26%
B) 49%
C) 51%
D) 74%
30 The cabinet has opened up the railway infrastructure segment for FDI to push new reforms and attract more foreign investment. It has approved _________ FDI in areas such as high-speed train systems, suburban corridors and dedicated freight line projects implemented in PPP mode in Aug 2014.
A) 26%
B) 49%
C) 74%
D) 100%
31 Famous cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, popularly known as Pran, passed away in Aug 2014? What is the most popular chomic character he has created?
A) Baman
B) Pinki
C) Chacha Chaudhury
D) Naagraaj
32 H.N. Girisha received the Arjuna award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Para-Athletics
B) Wrestling
C) Shooting
D) Archery
33 German ERP giant SAP has appointed ___________ as the Managing Director for SAP Labs India, German company's third largest R&D center globally, in Aug 2014?
A) Anirban Dey
B) Dilipkumar Khandelwal
C) Vishal Sikka
D) None of These
34 The European Central Bank (ECB) has reduced its benchmark interest rate at record low of ________ during its monetary policy review in Aug 2014.
A) 0.25%
B) 0.5%
C) 0.75%
D) 0.15%
35 The Bank of England has kept Interest rates unchanged at record low of ________, as per the monetary policy announcement in Aug 2014.
A) 0.75%
B) 0.5%
C) 0.25%
D) 1%
36 The 18th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial meeting on climate change held in __________ in Aug 2014.
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Shanghai
D) Brasilia
37 "International Youth Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 16-August
C) 12 -August
D) 18-August
38 The Reserve Bank of India has kept marginal standing facility (MSF) rate unchanged at ________ during its announcement of August 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 10%
B) 9%
C) 8%
D) 7%
39 Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has announced that the government has launched a scheme ___________ in Aug 2014 to provide interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the notified minority communities like Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis.
A) Padhai Pardesh
B) Sikhsha Pardesh
C) Padho Pardesh
D) None of These
40 The Reserve Bank of India has announced some measures to tighten the regulatory framework for asset reconstruction companies. The RBI said ARCs will henceforth have to mandatorily invest and hold minimum __________ compared to earlier 5% of the Security Receipts issued by them against the assets acquired from banks on an ongoing basis till the redemption of all the receipts.
A) 20%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 12%
41 Who has been nominated and appointed as the Vice-President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Aug 2014?
A) Aditya Vardhan Agarwal
B) Sanjiv Goenka
C) Aniruddha Basu
D) None of These
42 India Ratings & Research (a Fitch group company) has increased Indian GDP growth project to _______________ for the current financial year 1014-15 (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 5.3%
B) 5.6%
C) 5.7%
D) 6.1%
43 Who has received the 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award from the All India Management Association (AIMA) in Aug 2014?
A) M G George Muthoot
B) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
C) N Chandrasekaren
D) S. S. Badrinath
44 Who has received the 'Emerging Business Leader of the Year' award from the All India Management Association (AIMA) in Aug 2014?
A) M G George Muthoot
B) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
C) N Chandrasekaren
D) S. S. Badrinath
45 Which Indian Cricketer received the Arjuna award - 2014 in Aug 2014?
A) Suresh Raina
B) R. Ashwin
C) Sikhar Dhawan
D) Cheteshwar Pujara
46 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for implementation of a new payment system BBPS, an anytime anywhere bill payment system in Aug 2014. What is its full form?
A) Bharat Bill Payment Service
B) Bharat Bill Payment System
C) Better Bill Payment System
D) None of These
47 "Quit India Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 8-August
B) 6-August
C) 9-August
D) 18-August
48 The Reserve Bank has issued revised guidelines for mortgage guarantee companies in Aug 2014 which said that guarantees provided by MGCs may be treated as contingent liabilities, for which credit conversion factor would be considered as __________ compared to present consideration of 100%.
A) 40%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 70%
49 Indian capital market regulator, SEBI has imposed a penalty of 13 crore rupees on which company in Aug 2014 for alleged irregularities in issuance of warrants by the company to its promoters. The case related to 2007 earnings and the company's repeatedly failed to disclose the key earnings ratio.
A) Essar Oil
B) Reliance Communication
C) Reliance Industries
D) Bhushan Steel
50 Zeeshan Ali received the Dhyan Chand award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Hockey
B) Tennis
C) Shooting
D) Archery
51 Who joined infrastructure finance company IDFC as the head of Bharat Banking with effect from 8th August 2014. IDFC has recently won the commercial banking licence from the RBI recently and plans to start banking operations by end of next year.
A) S S Mundra
B) KC Chakrabarty
C) Ravi Shankar
D) Harun Rashid Khan
52 Philips India has roped in which bollywood actress as its brand ambassador for its beauty business, which includes a range of hair and depilation devices, in Aug 2014?
A) Pareneeti Chopra
B) Deepika Padukone
C) Alia Bhatt
D) Priyanka Chopra
53 Who has won first direct presidential election of Turkey after securing 52% of the total votes in the election held in Aug 2014?
A) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
B) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
C) Kemal K±l±§daroŸlu
D) Abdullah G¼l
54 Famous striker Miroslav Klose, the broke record as the all-time World Cup top scorer in the recently held FIFA world cup, announced his retirement from international football in Aug. He belongs to which country?
A) Portugal
B) Brazil
C) Germany
D) Italy
55 Who won the Toronto Masters Men's singles held in Aug 2014?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
D) Stanislas Wawrinka
56 Who won the Women's singles title at the WTA Montreal tournament held in Aug 2014?
A) Sabine Lisicki
B) Ana Ivanovic
C) Venus Williams
D) Agnieszka Radwanska
57 Which Indian state has become the most favoured destination of foreign tourists in the north-eastern states of the country, as per the latest figures published by the Central Tourism Ministry in Aug 2014?
A) Sikkim
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Manipur
58 Mahabir Prasad received the Dronacharya award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Boxing
B) Wrestling
C) Shooting
D) Archery
59 "Intl. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples" is observed on __________________.
A) 8-August
B) 6-August
C) 9-August
D) 18-August
60 Which Indian archer won a Gold and two Bronze medals at the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland in Aug 2014? Indian team finished at fifth with a total of 5 medals.
A) Deepika Kumari
B) Bombayala Devi Lashram
C) akshmi Rani Manji
D) None of These
61 India's Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at ______ in July (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 7.96%
B) 8.90%
C) 8.28%
D) 7.31%
62 India's overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price index, stood at _______ in June 2014 (published in Aug 2014).
A) 4.8%
B) 6.01%
C) 5.7%
D) 3.4%
63 Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of Iraq in Aug 2014? He was given 30 days to form the next government and present it for the approval of parliament.
A) Ali al‑Adeeb
B) Mohammed Fuad Masum
C) Haider al-Abadi
D) Ibrahim al‑Jaafari
64 Oscar Winning veteran actor ______________ was found dead in his apartment in Aug 2014. He was known as one of the best Comic heroes of Hollywood. He won Oscar as best supporting actor for the movie 'Good Will Hunting'
A) Philip Seymour Hoffman
B) Robin Williams
C) Sally Field
D) Dustin Hoffman
65 Gurcharan Singh Gogi received the Lifetime Achievement Dronacharya award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Boxing
B) Wrestling
C) Judo
D) Archery
66 The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at ________ during its announcement of August 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 5%
B) 4.5%
C) 4.25%
D) 4%
67 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Rajasthan in Aug 2014?
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Mridula Sinha
68 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Leh Srinagar Transmission Line in Leh and Chutak hydro-power project in ______________ to the nation In Aug 2014.
A) Leh
B) Jammu
C) Kargil
D) Sri Nagar
69 Three MPS have been awarded wtih Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards in Aug 2014. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the awards at a function in Parliament library for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. Who in the list is not among them.
A) Sharad Yadav
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Karan Singh
D) Kapil Sibal
70 Who has been elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha in Aug 2014 after all major parties extended support to him?
A) Arjun Charan Sethi
B) P. Kumar
C) M Thambidurai
D) V. Senthil Balaji
71 Which Indian businessperson has been conferred the 18th MMA Amalgamations Business Leadership Award at a function in Chennai in Aug 2014 in recognition of his ability to foresee economic trends, manage change, take bold initiatives, sustain values and for his contributions to business, industry and society?
A) Adi Godrej
B) Azim Premji
C) Ratan Tata
D) N R Narayana Murthy
72 Which country secured No 1 position based on the Global Peace Index, 2014 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace in Aug 2014?
A) Iceland
B) Denmark
C) Australia
D) Switzerland
73 Indian-origin mathematician ____________ has been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Mathematical Union's (IMU) International Congress of Mathematicians in Aug 2014 in Seoul for developing powerful new methods in geometry of numbers.
A) Subhash Khot
B) Akshay Venkatesh
C) Manjul Bhargava
D) Maryam Mirzakhani
74 "Photography Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 16-August
C) 19-August
D) 18-August
75 Gurmail Singh received the Dhyan Chand award - 2014 in Aug 2014. He is associated with which sport?
A) Hockey
B) Wrestling
C) Shooting
D) Archery
76 Iranian-born mathematician and Stanford University professor _________________ became the first woman and Iranian to win the Fields Medal this year in Aug 2014. Also Artur Avila became the first Brazilian and Martin Hairer became the first Austrian to win the medal.
A) Maryam Mirzakhani
B) Martin Hairer
C) Artur Avila
D) None of These
77 Indian origin ___________ was awarded with the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union, at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2014 held in Seoul in Aug 2014. He was awarded for his 'prescient definition of the 'Unique Games' problem, and leading the effort to understand its complexity and its pivotal role in the study of efficient approximation of optimisation problems''.
A) Subhash Khot
B) Akshay Venkatesh
C) Manjul Bhargava
D) Maryam Mirzakhani
78 United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed three member to its Commission of Inquiry to probe possible war crimes and human rights violations during a month long conflict in Gaza on 12th August. The commission will be headed by ______________.
A) Amal Alamuddin
B) William Schabas
C) Doudou Diene
D) None of These
79 Japan's economy was contracted by an annualized rate of ____________ during April-June quarter due to a controversial sales tax increase by the Government recently (published in Aug 2014).
A) 4.8%
B) 5.1%
C) 6.8%
D) 7.9%
80 The Reserve Bank of India has kept repo rate unchanged at ________ during its announcement of August 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 8%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%
81 Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre, R Banumathi, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Uday Umesh Lalit have been appointed as the new Supreme Court judges in Aug 2014. With this appointment, total strength of Supreme Court judges touched ________ including Chief Justice R M Lodha.
A) 28
B) 29
C) 30
D) 31
82 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up Expenditure Management Commission headed by former RBI Governor _____________ in Aug 2014. This committee will suggest ways to reduce food, fertiliser and oil subsidies and narrow the fiscal deficit.
A) Bimal Jalan
B) Duvvuri Subbarao
C) YV Reddy
D) C. Rangarajan
83 ___________ Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash in Aug 2014 raising doubt about the upcoming Presidential election scheduled to be held later this year.
A) Uruguay
B) Columbia
C) Argentina
D) Brazil
84 Euro zone economic growth stood at ____________in the second quarter of the current year (announced in Aug 2014).
A) -0.3%
B) 0%
C) 0.2%
D) 0.8%
85 Which Football club won the UEFA Football Super Cup, the first European trophy of the season, in Aug 2014?
A) Barcelona
B) Real Madrid
C) Manchester United
D) Manchester City
86 The reserve Bank of India has imposed a limit of 3 transactions per month from ATMs of other banks and 5 from the same bank in hoa many metropolitan cities in Aug 2014?
A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight
87 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has reduced the rate of interest on their refinance facilities to banks by 20-50 basis points to boost investments in the agriculture sector. The new rates of interest on refinance will now be ___________ compared to 9.5% earlier for 5 years period.
A) 9.00%
B) 9.20%
C) 9.30%
D) 9.35%
88 India's overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price index, stood at _______ in July 2014 (published in Aug 2014).
A) 4.8%
B) 6.01%
C) 5.7%
D) 5.19%
89 "National Sports Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 29-August
C) 23-August
D) 27-August
90 Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned _____________, India's largest indigenously built warship, at a ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in Aug 2014. 60% of the warship is built in India and it is a symbol of self-reliance of Indian Navy.
A) INS Kochin
B) INS Kolkata
C) INS Bombay
D) INS Madras
91 Prime Minister Narendra Mod has announced a financial inclusion plan during his maiden Independence Day speech, named as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna. This will help the poor open bank accounts and the main features of the scheme include a ____________ overdraft facility for Aadhar-linked accounts, a Ru Pay Debit Card with an inbuilt Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance cover and minimum monthly remuneration of Rs. 5,000 to business correspondents.
A) Rs. 10,000
B) Rs. 5,000
C) Rs. 15,000
D) None of These
92 Which two state governments have signed an MoU for rural livelihood mission in Aug 2014?
A) Karnataka and Goa
B) Karnataka and Kerala
C) Karnataka and Maharashtra
D) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
93 The International Political Science Association has honoured Delhi University professor ______________ with the Global South Award for his outstanding work on the politics of the developing world in Aug 2014.
A) Pradeep Kapur
B) Sunil Kumar
C) Aditi Chowdhury
D) Prabhu Mohapatra
94 India was ranked at ____________ position based on the Global Peace Index, 2014 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace in Aug 2014.
A) 134th
B) 143th
C) 105th
D) 162nd
95 The Reserve Bank of India has kept Reverse Repo rate unchanged at ________ during its announcement of August 2014 monetary policy review.
A) 6.75%
B) 7.75%
C) 7.25%
D) 7%
96 Who won the Men's singles title at the Cincinnati Open Singles Tennis tournament held in Aug 2014?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
D) Stanislas Wawrinka
97 FDI in China dropped by 16.95% in July compared to same month last year to ____________ (announced in Aug 2014).
A) USD 5.95 billion
B) USD 9.12 billion
C) USD 7.81 billion
D) None of These
98 Former Sri Lanka Skipper ____________ ended his 17-year Test career on a victorious note In Aug 2014 as Sri Lanka won the second and final Test against Pakistan by 105 runs to win the series 2-0.
A) Kumar Sangakkara
B) Tillakaratne Dilshan
C) Mahela Jayawardene
D) Angelo Mathews
99 Who won the Women's singles title at the Cincinnati Open Singles Tennis tournament held in Aug 2014?
A) Sabine Lisicki
B) Ana Ivanovic
C) Serena Williams
D) Agnieszka Radwanska
100 Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Union Public Service Commission in Aug 2014?
A) Rajni Razdan
B) D P Agrawal
C) Venkatarami Reddy Y
D) Alka Sirohi
101 How many sportsperson was awarded with the sports award, the "Arjuna Award 2014" as announced in Aug 2014?
A) Sixteen
B) Fourteen
C) Twelve
D) Fifteen
102 __________________ has become the first IIM to obtain the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation in business programmes for a period of 5 years in Aug 2014.
A) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
B) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
C) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
D) Indian Institute of Management Indore
103 "World Humanitarian Day" is observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 26-August
C) 19-August
D) 18-August
104 Which Indian squash player became the first Indian reach the semifinals of World Junior Squash Championship held in Windhoek, Namibia in Aug 2014?
A) Kush Kumar
B) Saurav Ghosal
C) Mahesh Mangaonkar
D) None of These
105 Which global IT company bought the startup behind a Jetpac mobile application that creates insightful travel guides by analyzing pictures from social networks such as Instagram in Aug 2014?
A) Microsoft
B) Facebook
C) Google
D) Apple
106 After a humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Pataudi Trophy test-series against England, India's ranking dropped to ___________ position in the latest ICC Test team rankings published in Dubai in Aug 2014.
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
107 India was ranked at ___________ position in the list of top ten wind power producers in the world by adding 1,700 MW capacity in 2013, as per the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report published in Aug 2014.
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
108 Which mobile company leads the Indian handset market in India with market share of 17%, as per the latest report published by IDC in Aug 2014?
A) Micromax
B) Samsung
C) Nokia
D) Karbonn
109 Which IT company has announced to spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign as a part of their CSR activities in Aug 2014?
A) Infosys Limited
B) Tata Consultancy Services
C) Wipro
D) HCL Technologies
110 The BCCI has appointed former captain ______________ as the Team Director in Aug 2014 post India's humiliating 3-1 series loss against England in the recently concluded Pataudi Trophy test-series.
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Kapil Dev
C) Ravi Shastri
D) Dilip Vengsarkar
111 India's Trade deficit stood at ________ in July 2014 (announced in Aug 2014).
A) USD 12.2 billion
B) USD 10 billion
C) USD 11.23 billion
D) USD 9.25 billion
112 Indian capital Delhi has been ranked at ____________ position out of 140 world cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 'Global Liveability Ranking' released in Aug 2014. This dismal ranking indicates to the lack of urban planning across India's polluted and chaotic cities.
A) 91st
B) 111th
C) 126th
D) 85th
113 Which city has been ranked as No 1 out of 140 world cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 'Global Liveability Ranking' released in Aug 2014?
A) London
B) Melbourne
C) Vienna
D) Tokyo
114 An Indian neuroscientist in the US, ___________, has been awarded Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) under President Barack Obama's multi-year Brain Initiative to map the human brain in Aug 2014.
A) Deepak Pandya
B) Anirvan Ghosh
C) Partha Mitra
D) Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
115 "Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Divas" is observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 20-August
C) 29-August
D) 24-August
116 Sixteen-year-old Max Verstappen will become the youngest driver in Formula One history in 2015 season after being singed in Aug 2014 for the season. He was signed for which Formula One team?
A) Marcedez
B) Ferrari
C) Red Bull
D) McLaren
117 Senior Congress leader _____________ has been appointed as the Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, PAC in Aug 2014.
A) Kapil Sibal
B) P Chidambaram
C) K V Thomas
D) Ajay Maken
118 The Government has constituted a high-level committee to recommend restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Aug 2014. This will be headed by ____________ and the committee will submit its report to the Government within three months.
A) Hari Gautam
B) RK Singh
C) Shanta Kumar
D) Sivaramakrishnan
119 World-famous ___________ BKS Iyengar passed away following illness in Aug 2014. He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan by Indian Government.
A) Author
B) Yoga guru
C) Actor
D) Musician
120 Thailand coup leader, Army Chief ___________, has been elected as the 29th Prime Minister of Thailand in Aug 2014.
A) Anupong Paochinda
B) Thaksin Shinawatra
C) Prayuth Chan-ocha
D) None of These
121 Which India's neighbour country has decided to join the newly formed BRICS development Bank in AUg 2014, an initiative taken by the five emerging countries of the world - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa?
A) Bhutan
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Sri Lanka
122 "Earth Overshoot Day 2013" was observed on __________________.
A) 21-August
B) 26-August
C) 20-August
D) 18-August
123 Which company secured the first rank in the list of Forbes' list of the world's 100 most innovative companies for the fourth consecutive time that investors think are most likely to 'generate big, new growth ideas'', published in Aug 2014?
A) Alexion Pharmaceuticals
B) Salesforce
C) ARM Holdings
D) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
124 Cyril Baldock has set the world record for being the oldest person to cross the English Channel in Aug 2014. The 70 year old swimmer completed the swim between England and France in 12 hours and 45 minutes. He is from which country?
A) France
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) USA
125 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated NTPC's thermal power station at Mouda to the nation in Aug 2014. This power station is in which Indian state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
126 The Reserve Bank of India introduced a minimum set of guidelines for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) on lending against shares in order to reduce volatility in the capital market due to NBFCs offloading shares pledged by borrowers who have defaulted on loans. As per the new guidelines, NBFCs with asset size of Rs 100 crore and above, the NBFCs have to maintain a loan-to-value (of shares pledged) of _________ and accept only Group 1 securities as collateral for loans of a value more than Rs 5 lakh.
A) 60%
B) 75%
C) 50%
D) 80%
127 Which Indian brand/company has been ranked as India's most valuable brand with a brand value of USD 9.4 billion, as per the first edition of the BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking published in Mumbai in Aug 2014?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Bharti Airtel
D) State Bank of India
128 Five Indian companies are placed in the list of Forbes' list of the world's 100 most innovative companies that investors think are most likely to 'generate big, new growth ideas'', published in Aug 2014. Which Indian company leads the list among Indian copanies?
A) Larsen & Toubro
B) Tata Consultancy Services
C) Sun Pharma Industries
D) Hindustan Unilever
129 How many Indian companies are placed in the list of Forbes' list of the world's 100 most innovative companies that investors think are most likely to 'generate big, new growth ideas'', published in Aug 2014?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven
130 The Central Government is all set of appoint ___________ as the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) as per announcement made in Aug 2014.
A) Kaushik Basu
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) Arvind Subramanian
D) Arvind Panagariya
131 The Reserve Bank has projected India's economic growth at _________ in the current financial year due to improvement in manufacturing activity and investment, in its annual report for the Financial Year 2013-14 published in Aug 2014.
A) 4.8%
B) 5.1%
C) 5.5%
D) 5.9%
132 The Indian Banks' Association has elected ____________ as the Chairman of the Association for 2014-15 at its 67th annual general meeting in Aug 2014.
A) KR Kamath
B) TM Bhasin
C) Arun Kaul
D) SL Bansal
133 Jnanpith award winner and famous ____________ writer U R Ananthamurthy passed away in Aug 2014. He was awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 1998, Jnanpith award in 1994, the state Rajyothsava award in 1984. He was also nominated for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.
A) Marathi
B) Telugu
C) Kannada
D) Malayalam
134 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana to meet the irrigation needs of all farmers across the country in Aug 2014. Total __________ has been allocated for implementation of the scheme.
A) Rs 100 crore
B) Rs 500 crore
C) Rs 1000 crore
D) Rs 1500 crore
135 An indigenously built anti-submarine warfare corvette named as __________ was inducted into the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy in Aug 2014. This is the first of four ASW stealth corvettes designed by the Navy's in-house organisation, the Directorate of Naval Design (DND), under Project 28.
A) INS Kochin
B) INS Kamorta
C) INS Kolkata
D) None of These
136 __________-based wrestling academy, Guru Hanuman Akhara, has been chosen for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar (RKPP) award for this year, as per a Sports Ministry release in Aug 2014.
A) Punjab
B) Haryana
C) Delhi
D) Rajasthan
137 Online restaurant and food discovery site ____________ acquired Czech Republic's and Slovakia's restaurant guides Lunchtime.cz and Obedovat.sk respectively for a total amount of USD 3.25 million in Aug 2014.
A) Foodpanda.com
B) Burp.com
C) Zomato
D) None of These
138 Oscar-winning British actor, film director and producer Richard Attenborough, famous for his critically-acclaimed biopic on ____________, has passed away. Lord Attenborough won an Academy Award for best director for the biopic film in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards
A) Oskar Schindler
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Nelson Mandela
D) Abraham Lincoln
139 Who won the Belgian Grand Prix held in Aug 2014?
A) Nico Rosberg
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Daniel Ricciardo
D) Valtteri Bottas
140 In a significant ruling, India's higher court the Supreme Court has ruled in Aug 2014 that all coal mining licences awarded between __________ are illegal. During this period, different governments gave rights to mine coal to state and private companies in a manner which was "not fair and transparent" and without competitive bidding, said a bench headed by Chief Justice R.M Lodha.
A) 1991 and 2012
B) 1995 and 2010
C) 1993 and 2010
D) 1998 and 2012
141 Textiles Ministry has inked a pact with which domestic e-commerce company in Aug 2014 to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers across the country in order to boost the handloom sector, empower the weavers and uplift manufacturing in the country?
A) Amazon.in
B) Snapdeal
C) Flipkart
D) Zomato
142 Central Government has appointed ____________ as the new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee, a body tasked to assess intelligence gathered by various intelligence agencies including IB and RAW and functions under the National Security Council Secretariat, in Aug 2014.
A) Nehchal Sandhu
B) Arvind Gupta
C) R N Ravi
D) Shashi Kant Sharma
143 Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has awarded ____________ with the ICSI Life Time Achievement Award 2013 for Excellence in Corporate Governance in Aug 2014.
A) Azim Premji
B) Ratan Tata
C) N R Narayana Murthy
D) Shiv Nadar
144 Which Global company ___________ announced acquisition of the videogame platform Twitch for USD 1 billion in AUg 2014 which will enable millions of people to watch games being played on the site.
A) Google
B) eBay
C) Amazon
D) Yahoo
145 South Africa's economy grew by ________ during April-June quarter of the current year, which helps the economy to avoid recession (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 0.2%
B) 0.6%
C) 0.9%
D) 1.7%
146 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka in Aug 2014?
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Mridula Sinha
147 Bhartiya Janata Party has announced a ___________-member Parliamentary Board in Aug 2014 which includes names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP general Secretary J P Nadda among others. Veteran party leaders LK Advani and MM Joshi were not included in the board but were included in a new body, the 'Margdarshak Mandal'. The 'Margdarshak Mandal' (guiding body) is a five-member body that consitutes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi, LK Advani, MM Joshi and Rajnath Singh.
A) Ten
B) Twelve
C) Fourteen
D) Fifteen
148 Who has been elected as First President of Indian Steel Association (ISA), which was formally launched by Major domestic steel producers on 26th August 2014?
A) Sajjan Jinda
B) TV Narendran
C) C.S.Verma
D) P Madhusudan
149 India's telecom major __________ and Grow-Trees.com will come together to plant 3,00,000 saplings under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to develop country's first private wildlife corridor between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve. Both the companies have announced this campaign in Aug 2014.
A) Aircel
B) Vodafone
C) Bharti Airtel
D) Reliance Communication
150 Indian women cricket captain ___________ has retained No 1 rank for batters in the latest ICC women's rankings published in Aug 2014.
A) Mithali Raj
B) Jhulan Goswami
C) Poonam Raut
D) Amita Sharma
151 The government announced the minimum monthly pension of __________ and a higher wage ceiling of Rs. 15,000 for social security schemes run by retirement fund manager EPFO in Aug 2014 which will be implemented from 1st September.
A) Rs. 7000
B) Rs. 1,000
C) Rs. 1,500
D) Rs. 2,000
152 Which bollywood actor has been roped in as Ambassador of Interpol's initiative 'Turn Back Crime' campaign to promote awareness about prevention of crime in Aug 2014? With this, he has become the first Indian to be roped in as Ambassador of Interpol.
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Anupam Kher
C) Amir Khan
D) Shahrukh Khan
153 Who has been sworn in as the President of Turkey after winning the country's first public vote after serving three terms as Prime Minister in Aug 2014?
A) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
B) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
C) Kemal K±l±§daroŸlu
D) Abdullah G¼l
154 US actor and singer _________ has been named for the honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar Award in Aug 2014. This is one of the three Governor's Award given by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for lifetime achievement. He will recieve the award in November this year.
A) Dorothy Dandridge
B) Harry Belafonte
C) Sidney Poitier
D) Stephen Belafonte
155 Eurozone inflation stood at __________ in August which is the lowest level since the recent financial crisis and poses significant risk for deflation.
A) 0.2%
B) 0.3%
C) 0.5%
D) 0.7%
156 Brazilian economy fallen into recession as its economy was conracted by ________ during second quarter of current year following a 0.2% contraction in the previous quarter (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 0.2%
B) 0.3%
C) 0.6%
D) 1.1%
157 Famous footballer ___________ was named the UEFA Best Player in Europe in Aug 2014, his second after he won the same in 2008.
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Manuel Neuer
C) Arjen Robben
D) Lionel Messi
158 National Sports Day was celebrated on ___________ across the country. The National Sports Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of famous hockey player Dhyan Chand who was India's greatest hockey player.
A) 21-August
B) 23-August
C) 25-August
D) 29-August
159 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his 5 day visit to Japan in Aug 2014 and both the countries signed a MoU to develop ____________ into a 'smart city' by using the experience of Kyoto, the 'smart city' of Japan.
A) Surat
B) Allahabad
C) Varanasi
D) Lucknow
160 Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) __________ was appointed as Naga interlocutor on 29th August 2014, as per notification released by the PMO. He will be representing Govt of India in Naga peace talks.
A) Nehchal Sandhu
B) Arvind Gupta
C) R N Ravi
D) Shashi Kant Sharma
161 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra in Aug 2014?
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Mridula Sinha
162 After Governors, the Narendra Modi government planned to remove independent directors appointed by the previous UPA regime on PSU boards. NDA government recerntly sacked four directors on the board of which PSU?
A) NTPC
B) ONGC
C) Indian Oil Corp
D) BHEL
163 In a rare honour, the US Post Service will issue a special postage stamp to commemorate legendary Indian actor _______________ in Aug 2014. The Telugu actor, who has spent 70 years in the industry, was awarded with all the top honours of the Indian film industry including the top most honour 'Dada Saheb Phalke Award'.
A) Rajkumar
B) Akkineni Nageswara Rao
C) N. T. Rama Rao
D) None of These
164 Famous __________ Bipin Chandra passed away at his residence in Aug 2014 after prolonged illness.
A) Author
B) Politician
C) Historian
D) Actor
165 India's economic growth rebounded sharply in the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year to ___________ due to strong output by manufacturing and services sectors (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 5.1%
B) 4.9%
C) 5.7%
D) 6.1%
166 The manufacturing sector, which accounts for nearly 14% of the economy, grew by ___________ in the first quarter compared to 1.4% contraction in the previous quarter (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 3.1%
B) 3.5%
C) 4.4%
D) 4.9%
167 "One Life is Not Enough: An Autobiography" written by ormer External Affairs Minister and senior Congress Party leader _______________ was published on 1 August 2014.
A) P Chidambaram
B) Kapil Sibal
C) Kunwar Natwar Singh
D) Kamal Nath
168 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of The Which co-operative urban bank based in Hyderabad in Aug 2014?
A) Vasavi Coop Urban Bank LImited.
B) Andhra Pradesh Mahesh Co-Op Urban Bank Ltd
C) Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank
D) None of These
169 Dick Wagner, the famous ______________ passed away due to respiratory failure in Arizona in Aug 2014.
A) Director
B) Actor
C) Rock Guitarist
D) Music Director
170 Which Indian private bank opened its branch in Dubai at the International Financial Centre in Aug 2014 and will provide wealth management services to non-resident Indians based in the UAE.
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Axis Bank
171 Which indian state tops the list of percentage of growth in employment as per the provisional results of the Sixth Economic Census released by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in Aug 2014?
A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Sikkim
172 _____________, the Foreign Office minister of Britain resigned from the government in August 2014 in protest of Britain's policy on Gaza.
A) Sajid Javid
B) Sayeeda Warsi
C) Nazir Ahmed
D) Sadiq Khan
173 Which Indian private sector bank has announced the launch of the 'Student Travel Card' in Aug 2014, which enables students going abroad for higher studies to take care of their expenses?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Axis Bank
174 Who has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of SBI Life Insurance in Aug 2014?
A) V Narsi Reddy
B) Arijit Basu
C) Atanu Sen
D) Rajiv Lall
175 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Goa in Aug 2014?
A) Kalyan Singh
B) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
C) C. Vidyasagar Rao
D) Mridula Sinha
176 __________ striker Didier Drogba announced his international retirement after scoring 61 goals in 103 appearances for his country. The Chelsea forward was a fixture in the national side for 12 years, playing in three World Cups and twice helping the team finish runners-up at the African Nations Cup.
A) Cameron
B) Ivory Coast
C) Nigeria
D) South Africa
177 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting was held in ___________in Aug 2014.
A) Nay Pyi Taw
B) Shanghai
C) Bangkok
D) Kualalampur
178 Former India cricket captain __________ headed the Arjuna Awards selection committee for choosing this year's outstanding sportspersons of the country (announced in Aug 2014).
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Kapil Dev
C) Ravi Shastri
D) Dilip Bengsarkar
179 Former Hockey Captain ___________ was selected as the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee in August 2014.
A) Ajitpal Singh
B) Zafar Iqbal
C) Gagan Ajit Singh
D) Aslam Sher Khan
180 Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) named its upcoming joint venture airline as ___________ in Aug 2014.
A) Vishal
B) Vistara
C) Air-Tata
D) Viscara
181 Which Country unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng - 41 (DF-41) in Aug 2014? The missile with an operation range varying between 12000 km to 15000 km is amongst the world's longest range missiles.
A) USA
B) France
C) Russia
D) China
182 World Elephant Day is observed on _________ across the globe. It is an international annual event and is dedicated towards the preservation and protection of the world's elephants.
A) 12-August
B) 15-August
C) 22-August
D) 30-August
183 Athletics Federation of India President ____________ has been appointed the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent in Aug 2014 for next month's Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
A) Maharaja Yadvindra Singh
B) CK Valson
C) Adille Sumariwala
D) None of These
184 Which Indian private sector bank has launched EMI (equated monthly instalments) facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value transactions into easy instalments in Aug 2014?
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Axis Bank
185 Which Indian state will host Football Federation Cup scheduled to be held in August 2015?
The Federation Cup is an annual club level football tournament of India. It was started in 1977.
A) Punjab
B) Haryana
C) Jammu and Kashmir
D) Himachal Pradesh
186 _____________ Legend of Pakistan Hashim Khan passed away in Aug 2014.
A) Hockey
B) Cricket
C) Squash
D) Football
187 Government hiked the import duty on raw and refined sugar from 15% to ________ in Aug 2014 to help the sugar industry clear cane arrears to farmers.
A) 18%
B) 25%
C) 20%
D) 30%
188 Hockey India inducts Which indian state as its 23rd associate member in Aug 2014?
A) Bihar
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Chattisgarh
189 Weightlifter ______________won India's first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China in Aug 2014.
A) Ngangbam Soniya Chanu
B) Valluri Srinivasa Rao
C) Ragala Venkat Rahul
D) Katulu Ravi Kumar
190 Veteran ______________ leader Amitava Nandy passed away in Aug 2014.
A) Indian Congress Party
B) Communist Party of India
C) Bhartiya Janata Party
D) Janata Dal
191 Gandhinagar-based Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) Director, _______________ has been conferred with 'Energy and Environment Foundation Global Excellence Award-2014 in Renewable Energy Sector' in August 2014.
A) Prof. T. Harinarayana
B) Dr. Syed Zaheer Hasan
C) D.J. Pandian
D) Prof. Dr. N.S. Varandani
192 India's first ever Ethanol-run environment-friendly public buses were launched by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in which city in Aug 2014?
A) Pune
B) Mumbai
C) Nagpur
D) Indore
193 Who has been chosen for the fifth Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal and Concert in Aug 2014?
A) T. N. Seshagopalan
B) R. K. Shriramkumar
C) T. M. Krishna
D) Sanjay Subrahmanyan
194 Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has decided to retain interest rate on provident fund at __________ for the current fiscal (announced in Aug 2014).
A) 8.25%
B) 8.5%
C) 8.75%
D) 9%
195 Indian origin _____________ has been appointed as Shadow Minister in U.K.on 25 August 2014 to become the first MP from any party to be shadow Minister.
A) Yasmin Qureshi
B) Seema Malhotra
C) Virendra Sharma
D) Sadiq Khan
196 BJP today announced the name of _______________ as its candidate for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Aug 2014 vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A) Amit Shah
B) Anandiben Patel
C) Ranjan Ben Bhatta
D) None of These
197 Dairy products major Mother Dairy and the _____________ announced the launch of the 'SmartChange Card' for Mother Dairy booths in the National Capital Region in Aug 2014.
A) Punjab National Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) Bank of Baroda
D) Bank of India
198 The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced in Aug 2014. Winner list includes an NGO named the "Citizens Foundation" from _________ which was recognized for building 1000 schools over hundreds of cities and towns in the country with the world's second highest number of children who are out of school.
A) Indonesia
B) Afghanisthan
C) Bangladesh
D) Pakistan
199 Famous _________ drama and film actor Chemancherry Narayanan Nair passed away in August 2014.
A) Tamil
B) Telugu
C) Kannada
D) Malayalam
200 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government to suggest the place to build
the capital city of Andhra Pradesh which has also submitted its report in Aug 2014 to Union Home Ministry?
A) Verma
B) Mehra
C) Sivaramakrishnan
D) Ramanujam
201 The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced in Aug 2014. Winners include anthropologist Saur Marlina Manurung from ____________, who put up a 'Jungle School' program for children or forest people.
A) Indonesia
B) China
C) Japan
D) Thailand
202 Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up ______________ committee to identify obsolete laws in Aug 2014.
A) Verma
B) Mehra
C) Sivaramakrishnan
D) Ramanujam
203 Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan appointed a committee under the chairmanship of ___________ to review Parliament security in Aug 2014.
A) Hari Gautam
B) RK Singh
C) Shanta Kumar
D) Sivaramakrishnan
204 The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development set up a four member committee headed by former UGC chairman ____________ to review the present status of Universities Grants Commission in Aug 2014.
A) Hari Gautam
B) RK Singh
C) Shanta Kumar
D) Sivaramakrishnan
205 India signed loan agreement with ______________ for Mizoram State Roads Project (MSRP II) in Aug 2014.
A) IMF
B) Asia Development Bank
C) World Bank
D) BRICS development Bank
206 Senior Congress leader _____________ has been appointed as the Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, PAC in Aug 2014.
A) Kapil Sibal
B) P Chidambaram
C) K V Thomas
D) Ajay Maken
207 Which IT company has announced to spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign as a part of their CSR activities in Aug 2014?
A) Infosys Limited
B) Tata Consultancy Services
C) Wipro
D) HCL Technologies
208 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up Expenditure Management Commission headed by former RBI Governor _____________ in Aug 2014. This committee will suggest ways to reduce food, fertiliser and oil subsidies and narrow the fiscal deficit.
A) Bimal Jalan
B) Duvvuri Subbarao
C) YV Reddy
D) C. Rangarajan
209 Indian-origin mathematician ____________ has been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Mathematical Union's (IMU) International Congress of Mathematicians in Aug 2014 in Seoul for developing powerful new methods in geometry of numbers.
A) Subhash Khot
B) Akshay Venkatesh
C) Manjul Bhargava
D) Maryam Mirzakhani
210 The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the Chairman and Managing Director of ____________, S K Jain for alleged bribery case in Aug 2014. As per allegation, the CMD asked for bribe to extend credit facilities to certain companies.
A) United Bank of India
B) Syndicate Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Allahabad Bank
Answers:
1 Ans) Muzaffar Ali
2 Ans) Zero
3 Ans) 6.2%
4 Ans) Syndicate Bank
5 Ans) Jethabhai Patel
6 Ans) 6-Aug
7 Ans) K V Chowdary
8 Ans) Nehchal Sandhu
9 Ans) Archery
10 Ans) S S Mundra
11 Ans) Kolkata
12 Ans) Vikas Gowda
13 Ans) 6-August
14 Ans) Dipa Karmakar
15 Ans) China
16 Ans) Five
17 Ans) Fifth
18 Ans) England
19 Ans) Iran
20 Ans) V. Diju
21 Ans) Silver
22 Ans) USD 200 million
23 Ans) 8-Aug
24 Ans) Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur
25 Ans) Arvind Gupta
26 Ans) Lt Gen Philip Campose
27 Ans) 22%
28 Ans) 16 years
29 Ans) 49%
30 Ans) 100%
31 Ans) Chacha Chaudhury
32 Ans) Para-Athletics
33 Ans) Dilipkumar Khandelwal
34 Ans) 0.15%
35 Ans) 0.5%
36 Ans) New Delhi
37 Ans) 12 -August
38 Ans) 9%
39 Ans) Padho Pardesh
40 Ans) 15%
41 Ans) Aditya Vardhan Agarwal
42 Ans) 5.7%
43 Ans) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
44 Ans) M G George Muthoot
45 Ans) R. Ashwin
46 Ans) Bharat Bill Payment System
47 Ans) 9-August
48 Ans) 50%
49 Ans) Reliance Industries
50 Ans) Tennis
51 Ans) Ravi Shankar
52 Ans) Alia Bhatt
53 Ans) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
54 Ans) Germany
55 Ans) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
56 Ans) Agnieszka Radwanska
57 Ans) Sikkim
58 Ans) Wrestling
59 Ans) 18-August
60 Ans) Deepika Kumari
61 Ans) 7.96%
62 Ans) 3.4%
63 Ans) Haider al-Abadi
64 Ans) Robin Williams
65 Ans) Judo
66 Ans) 4%
67 Ans) Kalyan Singh
68 Ans) Kargil
69 Ans) Kapil Sibal
70 Ans) M Thambidurai
71 Ans) Ratan Tata
72 Ans) Iceland
73 Ans) Manjul Bhargava
74 Ans) 19-August
75 Ans) Hockey
76 Ans) Maryam Mirzakhani
77 Ans) Subhash Khot
78 Ans) William Schabas
79 Ans) 6.8%
80 Ans) 8%
81 Ans) 30
82 Ans) Bimal Jalan
83 Ans) Brazil
84 Ans) 0%
85 Ans) Real Madrid
86 Ans) Six (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad.)
87 Ans) 9.30%
88 Ans) 5.19%
89 Ans) 29-August
90 Ans) INS Kolkata
91 Ans) Rs. 5,000
92 Ans) Karnataka and Kerala
93 Ans) Sunil Kumar
94 Ans) 143th
95 Ans) 7%
96 Ans) Roger Federer
97 Ans) USD 7.81 billion
98 Ans) Mahela Jayawardene
99 Ans) Serena Williams
100 Ans) Rajni Razdan
101 Ans) Fifteen
102 Ans) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
103 Ans) 19-August
104 Ans) Kush Kumar
105 Ans) Google
106 Ans) Fifth
107 Ans) Fifth
108 Ans) Samsung
109 Ans) Tata Consultancy Services
110 Ans) Ravi Shastri
111 Ans) USD 12.2 billion
112 Ans) 111th
113 Ans) Melbourne
114 Ans) Partha Mitra
115 Ans) 20-August
116 Ans) Red Bull
117 Ans) K V Thomas
118 Ans) Shanta Kumar
119 Ans) Yoga guru
120 Ans) Prayuth Chan-ocha
121 Ans) Bangladesh
122 Ans) 20-August
123 Ans) Salesforce
124 Ans) Australia
125 Ans) Maharashtra
126 Ans) 50%
127 Ans) HDFC Bank
128 Ans) Hindustan Unilever
129 Ans) Five
130 Ans) Arvind Subramanian
131 Ans) 5.5%
132 Ans) TM Bhasin
133 Ans) Kannada
134 Ans) Rs 1000 crore
135 Ans) INS Kamorta
136 Ans) Delhi
137 Ans) Zomato
138 Ans) Mahatma Gandhi
139 Ans) Daniel Ricciardo
140 Ans) 1993 and 2010
141 Ans) Flipkart
142 Ans) R N Ravi
143 Ans) Shiv Nadar
144 Ans) Amazon
145 Ans) 0.6%
146 Ans) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
147 Ans) Twelve
148 Ans) C.S.Verma
149 Ans) Vodafone
150 Ans) Mithali Raj
151 Ans) Rs. 1,000
152 Ans) Shah Rukh Khan
153 Ans) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
154 Ans) Harry Belafonte
155 Ans) 0.3%
156 Ans) 0.6%
157 Ans) Cristiano Ronaldo
158 Ans) 29-August
159 Ans) Varanasi
160 Ans) RN Ravi
161 Ans) C. Vidyasagar Rao
162 Ans) Indian Oil Corp
163 Ans) Akkineni Nageswara Rao
164 Ans) Historian
165 Ans) 5.7%
166 Ans) 3.5%
167 Ans) Kunwar Natwar Singh
168 Ans) Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank
169 Ans) Rock Guitarist
170 Ans) HDFC Bank
171 Ans) Manipur
172 Ans) Sayeeda Warsi
173 Ans) ICICI Bank
174 Ans) Arijit Basu
175 Ans) Mridula Sinha
176 Ans) Ivory Coast
177 Ans) Nay Pyi Taw
178 Ans) Kapil Dev
179 Ans) Ajitpal Singh
180 Ans) Vistara
181 Ans) China
182 Ans) 12-August
183 Ans) Adille Sumariwala
184 Ans) ICICI Bank
185 Ans) Jammu and Kashmir
186 Ans) Squash
187 Ans) 25%
188 Ans) Madhya Pradesh
189 Ans) Ragala Venkat Rahul
190 Ans) Communist Party of India
191 Ans) Prof T Harinarayana
192 Ans) Nagpur
193 Ans) T. M. Krishna
194 Ans) 8.75%
195 Ans) Seema Malhotra
196 Ans) Ranjan Ben Bhatta
197 Ans) State Bank of India
198 Ans) Pakistan
199 Ans) Malayalam
200 Ans) Sivaramakrishnan
201 Ans) Indonesia
202 Ans) Ramanujam
203 Ans) RK Singh
204 Ans) Hari Gautam
205 Ans) World Bank
206 Ans) K V Thomas
207 Ans) Tata Consultancy Services
208 Ans) Bimal Jalan
209 Ans) Manjul Bhargava
210 Ans) Syndicate Bank
