1. Who was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
Ans- Deepak Gupta
2. Who won F1 racing championship for the year 2014 ?
Ans- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain
3. Who defeats India’s Viswanathan Anand at 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship in Sochi, Russia ?
Ans- Magnus Carlsen of Norway
4. Who has won International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ?
Ans- Indian American Neha Gupta
5. Which company announced to name Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador ?
Ans- Housing finance company DHFL
6. Who has been appointed as the Advocate General (AG) of Maharashtra ?
Ans- Sunil Manohar
7. Who is Sitara Devi who died recently?
Ans- Legendary Kathak danseuse
8. Who has been chosen as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India?
Ans- Justice Chandramauli Kumar (CK) Prasad
9. The report titled Future of India- The Winning Leap was released by……..?
Ans- PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.
10. Who defeated France to win their first-ever Davis Cup of Tennis?
Ans- Switzerland
11. Asian Beach Games was held at………?
Ans- Phuket, Thailand
12. World Toilet Day was observed on……?
Ans- 19 November
13. The Kisan Vikas Patra will available in denomination of …..?
Ans- Rs 1000, 5000, 10000 and 50000
14. Which is the new headquarter of Coal India?
Ans- Rajarhat, West Bengal earlier Kolkatta
15. Who won Delhi Half Marathon ?
Ans- Male- Ethiopian runner Guye Adola of Ethiopia
Female – Florence Kiplagat of Kenya
16. States which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ……?
Ans- Goa and Kerala
17. Union Territory which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ……?
Ans- Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep
18. National Bal Swachhta Mission is Launched by which Ministry?
Ans- Women and Child Development Ministry
19. Rosetta mission of European Space Agency (ESA) has landed its Philae probe on the surface of which comet……..?
Ans-Comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko
20. Newton-Bhabha Fund programme” to scale up their bilateral research & innovation relationship announced by which countries?
Ans- India and United Kingdom
21. Who will head the CBI probe in the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court directed the agency Chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from the investigation?
Ans- R K Dutta
22. ING Vysya Bank will merge with……….?
Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank
23. Who will be the Chief Guest at 66th India’s Republic Day celebrations 2015?
Ans- US President Barack Obama
24. Which is the capital of Myanmar?
Ans-Nay pyi Taw
25. Which is the capital of Fiji?
Ans- Suva
26. Who has won Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement?
Ans- Pandit Jasraj
27. G-20 summit was held at……..?
Ans- Brisbane, Australia
28. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world?
Ans – 12 November
29. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar
30. Who was the winner of the ICC People’s Choice award ?
Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
31. Who has chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014?
Ans- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
32. Who is the President of Myanmar?
Ans- U Thein Sein
33. 25th ASEAN Summit was held at…….?
Ans- Myanmar
34. Who will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL) ?
Ans- Sutirtha Bhattacharya
35. World’s fastest supercomputer named was…….?
Ans- Tianhe-2
36. Who is The Prime Minister of FIJI?
Ans- Josiah V Bainimarama
37. Who has been nominated as Director on the Central Board of Directors of RBI ?
Ans- Dr. Hasmukh Adhia
38. Who has been resigned as Chief Coach of Indian hockey team?
Ans- Terry Walsh
39. Who was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ?
Ans- Neha Gupta
40.Which Bank launched smart self-service terminal that enables customers to deposit as well as withdraw cash from the same machine ?
Ans- Axis Bank
41.Which country launches remote sensing satellite Yaogan-23?
Ans- China
42. Which country will host next G-20 Summit in 2015?
Ans- Turkey
43. Who received IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014?
Ans- Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman CS Verma
44. Who won presidential elections in Romania?
Ans- Klaus Werner Iohannis
45. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will held in 2015 at…..?
Ans- Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
46. Justice Nanavati Commission is related with ?
Ans- 2002 Gujarat riots
47. Fourth India-China Joint Training Exercise began at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra name was…?
Ans- Hand-in-Hand 2014
48. International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held at …..?
Ans- Lumbini, Nepal
49. Who will receive the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014?
Ans- Dilip Vengsarkar
50. Myntra.com named Bollywood actress ……..as its brand ambassador?
Ans- Kangana Ranaut
51. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar
52. Who has been selected K.R. Narayanan award for his services to the nation?
Ans- Eminent Jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
53. Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile tested by India named?
Ans- Dhanush
54.Who has been named the Cricketer of the Year, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year By ICC?
Ans- Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson
55. Who was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year by ICC?
Ans- England’s Gary Ballance
56. Who has been selected as ODI Cricketer of the Year by ICC?
Ans- South Africa’s AB de Villiers
57. 2014 G-20 Australia summit stated at…..?
Ans- Brisbane
Note- it is 9th G-20 summit
58. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world?
Ans – 12 November
59. Who launched a social gamified collaboration platform called SloPho?
Ans – Kapil Dev
60. Who was the winner of the ICC People’s Choice award ?
Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
61. Who will host Modi’s event Allphones Arena Sydney?
Ans-Miss India Australia Rashi Kapoor
62. Who scored Highest runs in ODIs?
Ans- Rohit Sharma 264 runs
63. Who was the winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year?
Ans- Rajinikanth
64. 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summitheld at?
Ans- Beijing, China
65. India Economic Summit was held at…?
Ans- New Delhi
66. Who become the First Indian PM who travels 8 countries in six months?
Ans- Narendra Modi
67. Which State will hold Global Investors’ Meet in May 2015?
Ans- Tamil Nadu
68. The Seventh Summit on the Global Agenda was held at…….?
Ans- UAE
69. Recently which state became India’s first state to make Voting compulsory in Local body elections?
Ans- Gujarat
70. US and ……. sign agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases?
Ans- China
71. National Education Day was observed on?
Ans- 11 November
72. Who was appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza?
Ans- K C Reddy
73. Who tops the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People 2014?
Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia
74. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014?
Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
75. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans- Surya Prakash
76. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award?
Ans- Ashwika Kapur
77. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?
Ans-Shah Rukh Khan
78. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)?
Ans- Lokesh Chandra
79. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery?
Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment
80. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on?
Ans- 2019
81.Who won Durand Cup 2014 ?
Ans- Salgaocar FC
82. Who acquired Cricbuzz com?
Ans- Times Internet Ltd
83. Sixth World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held at …….?
Ans- New Delhi with theme Health Challenges and Ayurveda.
84.What is the name of the missile co-developed by India and Israel?
Ans- Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) Barak 8 missile
85.Which country lifts ban on social networking websites like Face book, Twitter for reporters?
Ans- China
86. Who was Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian?
Ans- Noted scholar and JNU professor
87. Who was re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI) ?
Ans- Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran
88. Jnanpith Award 2013 was given to…….?
Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature.
89.Who was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner UP?
Ans- Jawed Usmani
90. Which countries sign energy cooperation agreement?
Ans- China and Russia
91. Who tops Forbes list of most powerful women in Indian business?
Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson of State Bank of India
92. Who is new Railway Minister?
Ans- Shri Suresh Prabhu
93. Who is appointed as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention?
Ans- GS Sandhu
94. Which was selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014?
Ans- The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
95. Who won the 10th India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award?
Ans- Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust
96. Who was been appointed as Advocate General (AG) of haryana?
Ans- Baldev Raj Mahajan
97. Who is new health Minister?
Ans- Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
98. Which cricketer score 6000 thousand runs quickest?
Ans- virat kohli
99. Who presented Telangana’s First budget?
Ans- Finance Minister Rajinder
100. Which company acquired mobile manufacturer Motorola?
Ans- Lenovo
101. Who was sworn as New CM of Goa?
Ans- Laxmikant Parsekar
102. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on?
Ans- 7 November
103. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on?
Ans- 2019
104. Budget allocation for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana?
Ans- Rs 1000 crores
105. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojanawas launched on the birthday of ……?
Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
106. Who is the Author of Book Two lives?
Ans- Vikram Seth
107. Which insurance company has the tagline ‘Aapke Sachche Advisor’?
Ans- Max Life Insurance
108. Roop Mallik is the awardee of Bhatnagar Prize under which category?
Ans – Biological Sciences
109. Committee to review current Monetary policy framework?
Ans- Urjit Patel Committee
110. IRDA Full form ?
Ans– Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
111. Which organisation released Economic Outlook 2014 ?
Ans- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
112. Who has received 2013-14 European Golden Boot award ?
Ans- Cristiano Ronaldo
113. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on ………..?
Ans- 7 November 2014
114. Who is appointed as new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Ans- Anita Kapur
115 ……..Vessel Indian Navy sank off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise?
Ans- Torpedo Recovery Vessel, TRV-72
116. Who has became one of the youngest state lawmakers in the US?
Ans- Indian-American Niraj Antani
117. Twentieth Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) was held at ……?
Ans- New Delhi
118. Who was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014?
Ans- Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews
119. Who tops the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People 2014?
Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia
120. Who was named as the captain of ICC OCI Team of the Year 2014?
Ans- MS DHONI
121. Who is headed committee that select the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?
Ans- Mallikarjun Kharge
122. India and Srilanka Joint army exercise name?
Ans- Mithra Shakthi exercise
123. Who is appointed as Union Financial Services Secretary (FSS) ?
Ans- Hasmukh Adhia
124. Which committee submit its report on IPL Spot fixing to the Supreme Court (SC)?
Ans- Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee
125. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014?
Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
126.Who has become a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Executive Board ?
Ans- Hockey India President Narinder Batra
127. Who has won Duleep Trophy title 2014-15?
Ans- Central Zone by defeating South zone
128. Who took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance?
Ans- Rajiv Mehrishi
129. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)?
Ans- Lokesh Chandra
130. Which Ministery has launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal people ?
Ans- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs
131. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery?
Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment
132. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?
Ans-Shah Rukh Khan
133. Who has won Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 ?
Ans- Chennai Super Kings
134. …… first state of India to start olive refinery?
Ans- Rajasthan
135. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was observed on…..?
Ans- 1 October 2014
136. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans- Surya Prakash
137. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was observed on…….?
Ans- 27 October 2014
138. Jagdish Sharan Pande who died recently is…..?
Ans- Freedom fighter
139. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award?
Ans- Ashwika Kapur
140. Which Ministery launched TB-Mission 2020 to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from India?
Ans- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
141. Global Handwashing Day (GHD) was observed on…..?
Ans- 15 October 2014
142. India’s Ranking Global Hunger Index Report 2014?
Ans- 55
143. Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed on…..?
Ans- 11 October 2014
144. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of…..?
Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
145. Who was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University?
Ans- Pratima Dharm
146. Who has won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award ?
Ans- Anoop Jain
147. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management is given to…….?
Ans- Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
148. Which company stops the calling facility from its application on mobile and landline phones within India?
Ans- Skype
149. Who is the head of Commitee to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers money?
Ans- NR Madhava Menon
150. The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is …..?
Ans- Voices from Slums.
151.Who has World’s Children Prize 2014?
Ans- Malala Yousafzai
152. What is India’s ranking in Global Gender Gap Report 2014?
Ans- 114
153. Proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank headquarters at ……?
Ans- Beijing.
154. Which company will invest 627 million US dollar in e commerce site Snapdeal?
Ans- Japanese telecom giant Softbank
155. According to Harvard Business Review (HBR) who is best-performing CEO in the world?
Ans- CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos
156. Who is OECD Secretary General?
Ans – Angel Gurria
157.Who is appointed as head of Future Earth Engagement Committee?
Ans- Jairam Ramesh
158.Who is appointed as new Product Chief of Google?
Ans- Sundar Pichai
159.Who has won the Fields Medal awards for the year 2014?
Ans- Manjul Bhargava
160. Who is Nguyen Tan Dung ?
Ans- Vietnam PM
161. Who is appointed as new chairman of Prasar Bharti?
Ans- Surya Prakash
162. Which one of the following named as Most valuable player in Asian Games?
Ans-Mary Kom
163. Who is appointed as new Chief Economic Advisior?
Ans- Arvind Subramanium
164. Which Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence Initiatives among small banks?
Ans-Karur Vysya Bank
165. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on……….?
Ans- 17 October 2014
166. Which Bollywood actor appointed as UNICEF goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans-Amir Khan
167. Who has won Man Booker Prize 2014?
Ans- Richard Flanagan (Australia)- Noble(The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
168. According to Sixth economic census, which state has highest number of Hired workers?
Ans- Arunachal Pradesh
169. Which Bank launched Facebook based money transfer platform kaypay?
Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank
170. Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2014 report released, What is India’s Position in it?
Ans- 55 (out of 120 countries)
171. Who has won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- French economist Jean Tirole
172. Which International Organisation Launches Global Infrastructure Fund to cater the needs of emerging economies and developing Countries?
Ans World Bank
173. Who won Best Central Bank Governor Award by euromoney?
Ans- Raghuram Rajan
174. Who has been honoured with National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13?
Ans-Sameer
175. New Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
Ans-Devendra fadnavis
176. 10th Edition of World Islamic Economic Forum held at- ?
Ans- Dubai
177. Who has appointed as New Product Chief of Google?
Ans- Sundar Pichai
178. Who has been re-elected as Brazil Prime Minister?
Ans- Dilma Rousseff
179. Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 ?
Ans- gynaecologist Denis Mukwege Mukengere
180. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ?
Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter)
181. India was re-elected to which council of UN?
Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017
182. Who is Appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen?
Ans- Khaled Bahah
183. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India?
Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh
184. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is…..?
Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan
185. Who got Noble Prize for Peace?
Ans- Kailash Satyarthi(India) and Malala Yousafzai(Pakistan)
186. Who won Noble Prize for Literature?
Ans- French writer Patrick Modiano
187. Who won Noble Prize for chemistry?
Ans- Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.”
188. Who won Noble Prize for Physics?
Ans- Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and American Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel prize for Physics for inventing a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly light source, the LED.
189. Who won Noble prize for Medicine?
Ans- John O Keefe, May‐Britt Moser and Edvard I Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
190. What is India’s Rank in most desirable place to work?
Ans- 18th (US tops the list)
191. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India?
Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh
192. Who won Sultan of Johor Hockey Tournament 2014?
Ans- India beating Great Britain
193. Five year Indian boy climbs Kalapathar peak, sets world record is….?
Ans- Harshit Saumitra
194. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ?
Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter)
195. Which country is recently Declared as Ebola Free country by WHO?
Ans- Nigeria
196. Which committee set up by Central Government to provide Bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)?
Ans- Vishwanathan committee
197. Indian Hockey Team Coach which helps team in winning Asian games Hockey gold medal resigned recently. His name is…..?
Ans- Terry Walsh
198. India was re-elected to which council of UN?
Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017
200. Who received European Golden Boot Award as being the top scorer of Europe in 2013 season?
Ans- Barcelona Football Club player Luis Suarez
201. Noble Prize is given in which categories?
Ans- Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
202. Kisan Credit Card Scheme introduced in which year?
Ans- August 1998
203. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is…..?
Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan
204. Union Government has launched year long birth Centenary celebrations in honour of?
Ans- Begum Akhtar (singer of Hindustani classical music)
205. UN climate Change Summit 2014 was held at——-?
Ans- New York
206. Who is appointed as New President of News Broadcasting Association?
Ans- Rajat Sharma(India TV chairman)
207. Who has won Right Livelihood Award 2014 ?
Ans-Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian
208.Who is selected as Bradman Honouree 2014 ?
Ans- Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia
209. What is India’s Rank in Medal Tally in Asian Games 2014?
Ans- 8th
210. Who has been awarded SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2014?
Ans- James Maynard
211. According to RBI, If saving and current Account is treated as inoperative / dormant if there are no transactions in the account for over a period of …….?
Ans- 2 years
212. Prosperity for All is Tagline of which Bank?
Ans- Corporation Bank
21 3. Which Bank bags Core Banking System Initiative Award 2014?
Ans- Bharatiya Mahila Bank
214. ‘Smart Star’ savings account for minors above 10 years of age with debit card and personalised cheque book started by which bank?
Ans- ICICI bank
215. Which Bank launched an equated monthly instalment (EMI) scheme on debit card purchases, making it the first-of-its-kind facility?
Ans- ICICI Bank
216. Which Bank offers Discounts to all customers on using their ATM’s?
Ans- Yes Bank
217. WHo won Visvesvaraya award ?
Ans- Baba N Kalyani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Forge
218. Which Bank recieve capital infusion of Rs 650 crore from Central Government?
Ans- Exim Bank
219. Which Indian features in Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable athlete brands?
Ans- India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
220. Interpol, the world’s largest police organisation, is opened a centre in………. to fighting cyber crime?
Ans- Singapore
221. Who won China Open title men’s?
Ans- Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych
222. Who won China Open title women’s ?
Ans- Maria Sharapova beats Petra Kvitova
223. Who won Champions League T20?
Ans- Chennai Super Kings
224. WHich team won FIFA Fair Play Trophyin World Cup?
Ans- Colombia
225. Name of new satellite developed by NASA to predict frequency of occurrence of droughts?
Ans- SMAP
226. Which Union Ministry Launched the know your rights portal recently?
Ans- Civil aviation
227. Acording to WHO which country has the highest number of child marriage?
Ans- Bangladesh
228. Which Inidan player has won Davis cup Commitment Award?
Ans- Rohan Bopana
229. What is Inida’s Rank in world in terms of crude oil importing Nation in the World?
Ans- 3rd
230. Which cricketer got Lifetime achievement Award at the house of Lords in London?
Ans- Kapil Dev
231. The National Academy for Athletics inaugurated recently?
Ans- Thiruvananthapuram
232. Who is current NATO chief?
Ans- Jens Soltenberg
233. Who is Top source of FDI in India?
Ans- Singapore
234. World’s lagest container post is…..?
Ans- Shanghai
235. Who is NASSCOM Chairman?
Ans- Mr. R Chandrasekaran
236. What is upper age limit for M.D and CEO in private sector banks set by RBI?
Ans- 70Years
237.Which State launched Angel Fund, which is focused on first generation entrepreneurs?
Ans- Assam
238. Vijay Mallaya Declared as Wilful defaulter by………?
Ans- United bank of India
239. INS Sumitra is…..?
Ans- naval offshore patrol vessel
240. Who is Sierra Leone president?
Ans- Ernest Bai Koroma
241. Who is India’s flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony?
Ans- Sardar Singh
242. First transgender television news anchor in India is ………?
Ans- Padmini Prakash
243. Which sports person get Arjun Award 2014 when he moves to court against Arjun Award selection committee?
Ans- Manoj Kumar- Boxer
244. Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways decided to roll out Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) programme in the country under the brand name……?
Ans- FASTag
245. Country’s first First kisan mandi setup at……?
Ans- Alipur in north Delhi
246. …….is the fastest growing State according to the latest data released by the Central Statistics
Office (CSO)?
Ans- Bihar
247. Asia’s first Ballistic Research Centre to be open in …….?
Ans- Gujrat
248. Who won China Open(males)?
Ans- Novak Djokovic
249. Tagline of Swachh Bharat Mission?
Ans- “Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur”
250. India’s official entry to the best foreign film category at the Oscar 2015 is ?
Ans- ‘Liar’s Dice
251. Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa award given to……..?
Ans- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) CMD Madhusudan
252. Jnanpith Award 2013 given to…..?
Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh
253. Goldman Prize for environmental activities given to …..?
Ans- Ramesh Agrawal
254. who is Le Yucheng?
Ans- China’s New Ambassador to India
255.Which bank introduced new customer service called Video Branch?
Ans- Indusland bank
256. India’s first private sector bank to open a branch in China…..?
Ans- Axis bank
257. WHich bank offers EMI on debit cards?
Ans- ICICI Bank
258. Scientist Raghunath Anant Mashelkar panel is associated with…..?
Ans- Swachh Bharat” national sanitation campaign
259. Who is the founder of Alibaba?
Ans- Jack Ma
260. Swachchha Smarak, Swachchha Bharat campaign launched by which organisation?
Ans- ONGC
261. Maharashtra’s horticulture ambassador is…….?
Ans- Amitabh Bachchan
262. First Indian company with a market capitalisation of Rs 5 lakh crore is …….?
Ans- Tata Consultancy Services
263. First state to start olive refinery in India is….?
Ans- Rajasthan
264. India’s first Skill development centre started in …..?
Ans- Udaipur, Rajasthan
265. The idea of small and payments banks was given by?
Ans- Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion
266. What is minimum paid-up capital requirement of both small banks and payments banks?
Ans- 100 crores
267. Guidelines for implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System is given by……?
Ans- RBI
268. Committee recommending diluting govt stake in public sector banks to below 50 %?
Ans- P. J. Nayak
269. Target Agriculture growth rate in Budget—-?
Ans- 4%
270. India’s GDP forecast for 2014-15 by World bank is……..?
Ans- 5.5%
271. The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna is ….?
Ans- Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata
272. Who provide the accident cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna?
Ans- HDFC Ergo General Insurance
273. New accounts Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids launched by which bank?
Ans- SBI
274. ……….. Bank celebrated 150 years of its operations in Sri Lanka?
Ans- SBI
275. Which organizations releases the “Global Gender Gap” report from time to time?
Ans- World Economic Forum
Ans- Deepak Gupta
2. Who won F1 racing championship for the year 2014 ?
Ans- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain
3. Who defeats India’s Viswanathan Anand at 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship in Sochi, Russia ?
Ans- Magnus Carlsen of Norway
4. Who has won International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ?
Ans- Indian American Neha Gupta
5. Which company announced to name Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador ?
Ans- Housing finance company DHFL
6. Who has been appointed as the Advocate General (AG) of Maharashtra ?
Ans- Sunil Manohar
7. Who is Sitara Devi who died recently?
Ans- Legendary Kathak danseuse
8. Who has been chosen as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India?
Ans- Justice Chandramauli Kumar (CK) Prasad
9. The report titled Future of India- The Winning Leap was released by……..?
Ans- PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.
10. Who defeated France to win their first-ever Davis Cup of Tennis?
Ans- Switzerland
11. Asian Beach Games was held at………?
Ans- Phuket, Thailand
12. World Toilet Day was observed on……?
Ans- 19 November
13. The Kisan Vikas Patra will available in denomination of …..?
Ans- Rs 1000, 5000, 10000 and 50000
14. Which is the new headquarter of Coal India?
Ans- Rajarhat, West Bengal earlier Kolkatta
15. Who won Delhi Half Marathon ?
Ans- Male- Ethiopian runner Guye Adola of Ethiopia
Female – Florence Kiplagat of Kenya
16. States which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ……?
Ans- Goa and Kerala
17. Union Territory which achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are ……?
Ans- Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep
18. National Bal Swachhta Mission is Launched by which Ministry?
Ans- Women and Child Development Ministry
19. Rosetta mission of European Space Agency (ESA) has landed its Philae probe on the surface of which comet……..?
Ans-Comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko
20. Newton-Bhabha Fund programme” to scale up their bilateral research & innovation relationship announced by which countries?
Ans- India and United Kingdom
21. Who will head the CBI probe in the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court directed the agency Chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from the investigation?
Ans- R K Dutta
22. ING Vysya Bank will merge with……….?
Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank
23. Who will be the Chief Guest at 66th India’s Republic Day celebrations 2015?
Ans- US President Barack Obama
24. Which is the capital of Myanmar?
Ans-Nay pyi Taw
25. Which is the capital of Fiji?
Ans- Suva
26. Who has won Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement?
Ans- Pandit Jasraj
27. G-20 summit was held at……..?
Ans- Brisbane, Australia
28. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world?
Ans – 12 November
29. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar
30. Who was the winner of the ICC People’s Choice award ?
Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
31. Who has chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014?
Ans- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
32. Who is the President of Myanmar?
Ans- U Thein Sein
33. 25th ASEAN Summit was held at…….?
Ans- Myanmar
34. Who will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL) ?
Ans- Sutirtha Bhattacharya
35. World’s fastest supercomputer named was…….?
Ans- Tianhe-2
36. Who is The Prime Minister of FIJI?
Ans- Josiah V Bainimarama
37. Who has been nominated as Director on the Central Board of Directors of RBI ?
Ans- Dr. Hasmukh Adhia
38. Who has been resigned as Chief Coach of Indian hockey team?
Ans- Terry Walsh
39. Who was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 ?
Ans- Neha Gupta
40.Which Bank launched smart self-service terminal that enables customers to deposit as well as withdraw cash from the same machine ?
Ans- Axis Bank
41.Which country launches remote sensing satellite Yaogan-23?
Ans- China
42. Which country will host next G-20 Summit in 2015?
Ans- Turkey
43. Who received IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014?
Ans- Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman CS Verma
44. Who won presidential elections in Romania?
Ans- Klaus Werner Iohannis
45. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will held in 2015 at…..?
Ans- Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
46. Justice Nanavati Commission is related with ?
Ans- 2002 Gujarat riots
47. Fourth India-China Joint Training Exercise began at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra name was…?
Ans- Hand-in-Hand 2014
48. International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held at …..?
Ans- Lumbini, Nepal
49. Who will receive the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014?
Ans- Dilip Vengsarkar
50. Myntra.com named Bollywood actress ……..as its brand ambassador?
Ans- Kangana Ranaut
51. Who has been appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans- Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar
52. Who has been selected K.R. Narayanan award for his services to the nation?
Ans- Eminent Jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
53. Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile tested by India named?
Ans- Dhanush
54.Who has been named the Cricketer of the Year, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year By ICC?
Ans- Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson
55. Who was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year by ICC?
Ans- England’s Gary Ballance
56. Who has been selected as ODI Cricketer of the Year by ICC?
Ans- South Africa’s AB de Villiers
57. 2014 G-20 Australia summit stated at…..?
Ans- Brisbane
Note- it is 9th G-20 summit
58. When was World Pneumonia Day observed across world?
Ans – 12 November
59. Who launched a social gamified collaboration platform called SloPho?
Ans – Kapil Dev
60. Who was the winner of the ICC People’s Choice award ?
Ans- India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
61. Who will host Modi’s event Allphones Arena Sydney?
Ans-Miss India Australia Rashi Kapoor
62. Who scored Highest runs in ODIs?
Ans- Rohit Sharma 264 runs
63. Who was the winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year?
Ans- Rajinikanth
64. 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summitheld at?
Ans- Beijing, China
65. India Economic Summit was held at…?
Ans- New Delhi
66. Who become the First Indian PM who travels 8 countries in six months?
Ans- Narendra Modi
67. Which State will hold Global Investors’ Meet in May 2015?
Ans- Tamil Nadu
68. The Seventh Summit on the Global Agenda was held at…….?
Ans- UAE
69. Recently which state became India’s first state to make Voting compulsory in Local body elections?
Ans- Gujarat
70. US and ……. sign agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases?
Ans- China
71. National Education Day was observed on?
Ans- 11 November
72. Who was appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza?
Ans- K C Reddy
73. Who tops the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People 2014?
Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia
74. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014?
Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
75. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans- Surya Prakash
76. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award?
Ans- Ashwika Kapur
77. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?
Ans-Shah Rukh Khan
78. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)?
Ans- Lokesh Chandra
79. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery?
Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment
80. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on?
Ans- 2019
81.Who won Durand Cup 2014 ?
Ans- Salgaocar FC
82. Who acquired Cricbuzz com?
Ans- Times Internet Ltd
83. Sixth World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held at …….?
Ans- New Delhi with theme Health Challenges and Ayurveda.
84.What is the name of the missile co-developed by India and Israel?
Ans- Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) Barak 8 missile
85.Which country lifts ban on social networking websites like Face book, Twitter for reporters?
Ans- China
86. Who was Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian?
Ans- Noted scholar and JNU professor
87. Who was re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI) ?
Ans- Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran
88. Jnanpith Award 2013 was given to…….?
Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature.
89.Who was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner UP?
Ans- Jawed Usmani
90. Which countries sign energy cooperation agreement?
Ans- China and Russia
91. Who tops Forbes list of most powerful women in Indian business?
Ans- Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson of State Bank of India
92. Who is new Railway Minister?
Ans- Shri Suresh Prabhu
93. Who is appointed as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention?
Ans- GS Sandhu
94. Which was selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014?
Ans- The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
95. Who won the 10th India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award?
Ans- Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust
96. Who was been appointed as Advocate General (AG) of haryana?
Ans- Baldev Raj Mahajan
97. Who is new health Minister?
Ans- Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
98. Which cricketer score 6000 thousand runs quickest?
Ans- virat kohli
99. Who presented Telangana’s First budget?
Ans- Finance Minister Rajinder
100. Which company acquired mobile manufacturer Motorola?
Ans- Lenovo
101. Who was sworn as New CM of Goa?
Ans- Laxmikant Parsekar
102. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on?
Ans- 7 November
103. Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign will end on?
Ans- 2019
104. Budget allocation for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana?
Ans- Rs 1000 crores
105. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojanawas launched on the birthday of ……?
Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
106. Who is the Author of Book Two lives?
Ans- Vikram Seth
107. Which insurance company has the tagline ‘Aapke Sachche Advisor’?
Ans- Max Life Insurance
108. Roop Mallik is the awardee of Bhatnagar Prize under which category?
Ans – Biological Sciences
109. Committee to review current Monetary policy framework?
Ans- Urjit Patel Committee
110. IRDA Full form ?
Ans– Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
111. Which organisation released Economic Outlook 2014 ?
Ans- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
112. Who has received 2013-14 European Golden Boot award ?
Ans- Cristiano Ronaldo
113. National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on ………..?
Ans- 7 November 2014
114. Who is appointed as new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Ans- Anita Kapur
115 ……..Vessel Indian Navy sank off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise?
Ans- Torpedo Recovery Vessel, TRV-72
116. Who has became one of the youngest state lawmakers in the US?
Ans- Indian-American Niraj Antani
117. Twentieth Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) was held at ……?
Ans- New Delhi
118. Who was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014?
Ans- Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews
119. Who tops the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People 2014?
Ans- Vladimir Putin, Russia
120. Who was named as the captain of ICC OCI Team of the Year 2014?
Ans- MS DHONI
121. Who is headed committee that select the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?
Ans- Mallikarjun Kharge
122. India and Srilanka Joint army exercise name?
Ans- Mithra Shakthi exercise
123. Who is appointed as Union Financial Services Secretary (FSS) ?
Ans- Hasmukh Adhia
124. Which committee submit its report on IPL Spot fixing to the Supreme Court (SC)?
Ans- Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee
125. Who has received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014?
Ans- Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
126.Who has become a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Executive Board ?
Ans- Hockey India President Narinder Batra
127. Who has won Duleep Trophy title 2014-15?
Ans- Central Zone by defeating South zone
128. Who took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance?
Ans- Rajiv Mehrishi
129. Who was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)?
Ans- Lokesh Chandra
130. Which Ministery has launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal people ?
Ans- Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs
131. Swachhta Udyami Yojana is launched by which ministery?
Ans- Social Justice and Empowerment
132. Who has recieved Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?
Ans-Shah Rukh Khan
133. Who has won Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 ?
Ans- Chennai Super Kings
134. …… first state of India to start olive refinery?
Ans- Rajasthan
135. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was observed on…..?
Ans- 1 October 2014
136. Who is appointed as Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board?
Ans- Surya Prakash
137. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was observed on…….?
Ans- 27 October 2014
138. Jagdish Sharan Pande who died recently is…..?
Ans- Freedom fighter
139. Who has become first Indian woman to win prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award?
Ans- Ashwika Kapur
140. Which Ministery launched TB-Mission 2020 to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from India?
Ans- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
141. Global Handwashing Day (GHD) was observed on…..?
Ans- 15 October 2014
142. India’s Ranking Global Hunger Index Report 2014?
Ans- 55
143. Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed on…..?
Ans- 11 October 2014
144. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of…..?
Ans- Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan
145. Who was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University?
Ans- Pratima Dharm
146. Who has won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award ?
Ans- Anoop Jain
147. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management is given to…….?
Ans- Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
148. Which company stops the calling facility from its application on mobile and landline phones within India?
Ans- Skype
149. Who is the head of Commitee to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers money?
Ans- NR Madhava Menon
150. The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is …..?
Ans- Voices from Slums.
151.Who has World’s Children Prize 2014?
Ans- Malala Yousafzai
152. What is India’s ranking in Global Gender Gap Report 2014?
Ans- 114
153. Proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank headquarters at ……?
Ans- Beijing.
154. Which company will invest 627 million US dollar in e commerce site Snapdeal?
Ans- Japanese telecom giant Softbank
155. According to Harvard Business Review (HBR) who is best-performing CEO in the world?
Ans- CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos
156. Who is OECD Secretary General?
Ans – Angel Gurria
157.Who is appointed as head of Future Earth Engagement Committee?
Ans- Jairam Ramesh
158.Who is appointed as new Product Chief of Google?
Ans- Sundar Pichai
159.Who has won the Fields Medal awards for the year 2014?
Ans- Manjul Bhargava
160. Who is Nguyen Tan Dung ?
Ans- Vietnam PM
161. Who is appointed as new chairman of Prasar Bharti?
Ans- Surya Prakash
162. Which one of the following named as Most valuable player in Asian Games?
Ans-Mary Kom
163. Who is appointed as new Chief Economic Advisior?
Ans- Arvind Subramanium
164. Which Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence Initiatives among small banks?
Ans-Karur Vysya Bank
165. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on……….?
Ans- 17 October 2014
166. Which Bollywood actor appointed as UNICEF goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
Ans-Amir Khan
167. Who has won Man Booker Prize 2014?
Ans- Richard Flanagan (Australia)- Noble(The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
168. According to Sixth economic census, which state has highest number of Hired workers?
Ans- Arunachal Pradesh
169. Which Bank launched Facebook based money transfer platform kaypay?
Ans- Kotak Mahindra Bank
170. Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2014 report released, What is India’s Position in it?
Ans- 55 (out of 120 countries)
171. Who has won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize ?
Ans- French economist Jean Tirole
172. Which International Organisation Launches Global Infrastructure Fund to cater the needs of emerging economies and developing Countries?
Ans World Bank
173. Who won Best Central Bank Governor Award by euromoney?
Ans- Raghuram Rajan
174. Who has been honoured with National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13?
Ans-Sameer
175. New Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
Ans-Devendra fadnavis
176. 10th Edition of World Islamic Economic Forum held at- ?
Ans- Dubai
177. Who has appointed as New Product Chief of Google?
Ans- Sundar Pichai
178. Who has been re-elected as Brazil Prime Minister?
Ans- Dilma Rousseff
179. Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 ?
Ans- gynaecologist Denis Mukwege Mukengere
180. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ?
Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter)
181. India was re-elected to which council of UN?
Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017
182. Who is Appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen?
Ans- Khaled Bahah
183. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India?
Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh
184. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is…..?
Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan
185. Who got Noble Prize for Peace?
Ans- Kailash Satyarthi(India) and Malala Yousafzai(Pakistan)
186. Who won Noble Prize for Literature?
Ans- French writer Patrick Modiano
187. Who won Noble Prize for chemistry?
Ans- Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.”
188. Who won Noble Prize for Physics?
Ans- Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and American Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel prize for Physics for inventing a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly light source, the LED.
189. Who won Noble prize for Medicine?
Ans- John O Keefe, May‐Britt Moser and Edvard I Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
190. What is India’s Rank in most desirable place to work?
Ans- 18th (US tops the list)
191. Who has won legislative assembly elections for the 11th time to become longest serving MLA in India?
Ans- Ganpatrao Deshmukh
192. Who won Sultan of Johor Hockey Tournament 2014?
Ans- India beating Great Britain
193. Five year Indian boy climbs Kalapathar peak, sets world record is….?
Ans- Harshit Saumitra
194. Who creates record of maximum victory margin in Lok Sabha elections ?
Ans- Pritam Munde (Gopinath Munde’s second daughter)
195. Which country is recently Declared as Ebola Free country by WHO?
Ans- Nigeria
196. Which committee set up by Central Government to provide Bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)?
Ans- Vishwanathan committee
197. Indian Hockey Team Coach which helps team in winning Asian games Hockey gold medal resigned recently. His name is…..?
Ans- Terry Walsh
198. India was re-elected to which council of UN?
Ans- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015 to 2017
200. Who received European Golden Boot Award as being the top scorer of Europe in 2013 season?
Ans- Barcelona Football Club player Luis Suarez
201. Noble Prize is given in which categories?
Ans- Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
202. Kisan Credit Card Scheme introduced in which year?
Ans- August 1998
203. Organisation headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is…..?
Ans- Bachpan Bachao Andolan
204. Union Government has launched year long birth Centenary celebrations in honour of?
Ans- Begum Akhtar (singer of Hindustani classical music)
205. UN climate Change Summit 2014 was held at——-?
Ans- New York
206. Who is appointed as New President of News Broadcasting Association?
Ans- Rajat Sharma(India TV chairman)
207. Who has won Right Livelihood Award 2014 ?
Ans-Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian
208.Who is selected as Bradman Honouree 2014 ?
Ans- Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia
209. What is India’s Rank in Medal Tally in Asian Games 2014?
Ans- 8th
210. Who has been awarded SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2014?
Ans- James Maynard
211. According to RBI, If saving and current Account is treated as inoperative / dormant if there are no transactions in the account for over a period of …….?
Ans- 2 years
212. Prosperity for All is Tagline of which Bank?
Ans- Corporation Bank
21 3. Which Bank bags Core Banking System Initiative Award 2014?
Ans- Bharatiya Mahila Bank
214. ‘Smart Star’ savings account for minors above 10 years of age with debit card and personalised cheque book started by which bank?
Ans- ICICI bank
215. Which Bank launched an equated monthly instalment (EMI) scheme on debit card purchases, making it the first-of-its-kind facility?
Ans- ICICI Bank
216. Which Bank offers Discounts to all customers on using their ATM’s?
Ans- Yes Bank
217. WHo won Visvesvaraya award ?
Ans- Baba N Kalyani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Forge
218. Which Bank recieve capital infusion of Rs 650 crore from Central Government?
Ans- Exim Bank
219. Which Indian features in Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable athlete brands?
Ans- India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
220. Interpol, the world’s largest police organisation, is opened a centre in………. to fighting cyber crime?
Ans- Singapore
221. Who won China Open title men’s?
Ans- Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych
222. Who won China Open title women’s ?
Ans- Maria Sharapova beats Petra Kvitova
223. Who won Champions League T20?
Ans- Chennai Super Kings
224. WHich team won FIFA Fair Play Trophyin World Cup?
Ans- Colombia
225. Name of new satellite developed by NASA to predict frequency of occurrence of droughts?
Ans- SMAP
226. Which Union Ministry Launched the know your rights portal recently?
Ans- Civil aviation
227. Acording to WHO which country has the highest number of child marriage?
Ans- Bangladesh
228. Which Inidan player has won Davis cup Commitment Award?
Ans- Rohan Bopana
229. What is Inida’s Rank in world in terms of crude oil importing Nation in the World?
Ans- 3rd
230. Which cricketer got Lifetime achievement Award at the house of Lords in London?
Ans- Kapil Dev
231. The National Academy for Athletics inaugurated recently?
Ans- Thiruvananthapuram
232. Who is current NATO chief?
Ans- Jens Soltenberg
233. Who is Top source of FDI in India?
Ans- Singapore
234. World’s lagest container post is…..?
Ans- Shanghai
235. Who is NASSCOM Chairman?
Ans- Mr. R Chandrasekaran
236. What is upper age limit for M.D and CEO in private sector banks set by RBI?
Ans- 70Years
237.Which State launched Angel Fund, which is focused on first generation entrepreneurs?
Ans- Assam
238. Vijay Mallaya Declared as Wilful defaulter by………?
Ans- United bank of India
239. INS Sumitra is…..?
Ans- naval offshore patrol vessel
240. Who is Sierra Leone president?
Ans- Ernest Bai Koroma
241. Who is India’s flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony?
Ans- Sardar Singh
242. First transgender television news anchor in India is ………?
Ans- Padmini Prakash
243. Which sports person get Arjun Award 2014 when he moves to court against Arjun Award selection committee?
Ans- Manoj Kumar- Boxer
244. Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways decided to roll out Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) programme in the country under the brand name……?
Ans- FASTag
245. Country’s first First kisan mandi setup at……?
Ans- Alipur in north Delhi
246. …….is the fastest growing State according to the latest data released by the Central Statistics
Office (CSO)?
Ans- Bihar
247. Asia’s first Ballistic Research Centre to be open in …….?
Ans- Gujrat
248. Who won China Open(males)?
Ans- Novak Djokovic
249. Tagline of Swachh Bharat Mission?
Ans- “Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur”
250. India’s official entry to the best foreign film category at the Oscar 2015 is ?
Ans- ‘Liar’s Dice
251. Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa award given to……..?
Ans- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) CMD Madhusudan
252. Jnanpith Award 2013 given to…..?
Ans- Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh
253. Goldman Prize for environmental activities given to …..?
Ans- Ramesh Agrawal
254. who is Le Yucheng?
Ans- China’s New Ambassador to India
255.Which bank introduced new customer service called Video Branch?
Ans- Indusland bank
256. India’s first private sector bank to open a branch in China…..?
Ans- Axis bank
257. WHich bank offers EMI on debit cards?
Ans- ICICI Bank
258. Scientist Raghunath Anant Mashelkar panel is associated with…..?
Ans- Swachh Bharat” national sanitation campaign
259. Who is the founder of Alibaba?
Ans- Jack Ma
260. Swachchha Smarak, Swachchha Bharat campaign launched by which organisation?
Ans- ONGC
261. Maharashtra’s horticulture ambassador is…….?
Ans- Amitabh Bachchan
262. First Indian company with a market capitalisation of Rs 5 lakh crore is …….?
Ans- Tata Consultancy Services
263. First state to start olive refinery in India is….?
Ans- Rajasthan
264. India’s first Skill development centre started in …..?
Ans- Udaipur, Rajasthan
265. The idea of small and payments banks was given by?
Ans- Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion
266. What is minimum paid-up capital requirement of both small banks and payments banks?
Ans- 100 crores
267. Guidelines for implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System is given by……?
Ans- RBI
268. Committee recommending diluting govt stake in public sector banks to below 50 %?
Ans- P. J. Nayak
269. Target Agriculture growth rate in Budget—-?
Ans- 4%
270. India’s GDP forecast for 2014-15 by World bank is……..?
Ans- 5.5%
271. The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna is ….?
Ans- Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata
272. Who provide the accident cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan yojna?
Ans- HDFC Ergo General Insurance
273. New accounts Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids launched by which bank?
Ans- SBI
274. ……….. Bank celebrated 150 years of its operations in Sri Lanka?
Ans- SBI
275. Which organizations releases the “Global Gender Gap” report from time to time?
Ans- World Economic Forum