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 1.    V. Kannan assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following Karnataka-based public sector banks on January 1, 2014?
     1) Canara Bank
     2) Syndicate Bank
     3) Vijaya Bank
     4) Corporation Bank
     5) State Bank of Mysore
 2.    Which Union Minister of State has been chosen as the "Person of the Year" by animal rights campaigner PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for initiating steps for animal protection?
     1) Jitin Prasada  
     2) Shashi Tharoor    
     3) Deepa Dasmunsi          
     4) Namo Narain Meena
     5) K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy  
 3.    Who among the following New Zealand batsmen smashed the fastest century in one-day international cricket history on January 1, 2014? (He scored century in just 36 deliveries and broke Shahid Afridi's 17 year record)
     1) Brendon McCullum
     2) Jessie Ryder
     3) Corey Anderson
     4) Martin Guptill            
     5) Ross Taylor
 4.    Which country became the 18th member of Eurozone on January 1, 2014? (Eurozone member countries use Euro as their currency)
     1) Belarus    2) Bulgaria    
     3) Lithuania    4) Latvia   
     5) Moldova
 5.    Who assumed charge as the 24th Director-General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on December 26, 2013?
     1) S.C. Sinha     2) Sharad Kumar  
     3)  Ranjit Sinha      
     4) Dilip Trivedi   
     5) Arvind Ranjan                         
 6.    J. N. Choudhury has been appointed as the new Director General of?
     1) Border Security Force
     2) Railway Protection Force  
     3) National Security Guard    
     4) Indo-Tibetan Border Police           
     5) None of these  
 7.    According to a study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), which country will overtake Germany as the Europe's largest economy by 2030?
     1) UK    2) France   
     3) Netherlands    4) Italy              
     5) Spain      
 8. Tyler Armstrong became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the America, in December 2013. This nine-year-old boy is from?
     1) Argentina    2) Canada
     3) USA    4) Mexico
     5) Jamaica          
 9.    The United Nations Organization declared 2016 as the?
     1) International Year of Rice
     2) International Year of Pulses  
     3) International Year of Potato
     4) International Year of Forests      
     5) International Year of Physics   
 10.    The Reserve Bank of India directed all the Regional Rural Banks to achieve and maintain a minimum capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) of what percent with effect from March 31, 2014?
     1) 7%        2) 6%
     3) 9%        4) 10%    5) 5%
 11.    Which of the following is the autobiography of Hillary Clinton?
     1) Living History       2) Open   
     3) American on Purpose  
     4)  Overdue   5) The Quiet Corner
 12.    The 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) guidelines have been issued by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 35A of the?
     1) RBI Act    2) Coinage Act
     3) Negotiable Instruments Act
     4) Banking Regulation Act
     5) None of these
 13.    In a Banking Ombudsman verdict a customer cannot get a compensation of more than?
     1) Rs 1 lakh    2) Rs 2 lakh
     3) Rs 5 lakh    4) Rs 10 lakh
     5) Rs 20 lakh
 14.    AERB functions in which of the following areas?
     1) Renewable energy
     2) Nuclear energy
     3) Control of chit fund companies
     4) Prevention of drug trafficking
     5) None of these
 15.    'Forint' is the currency of which of the following countries?
     1) Suriname    2) Iceland
     3) Hungary    4) Croatia
     5) Czech Republic
 16. Which of the following is the capital of Romania?
     1) Lisbon    2) Budapest
     3) Sofia    4) Bucharest  
     5) Kiev  
 17.    An individual in India cannot open an account in?
     1) Regional Rural Banks      
     2) Nationalized Banks    
     3) Private Commercial Banks           
     4) Foreign Banks   
     5) Reserve Bank of India                 
 18.    Identify the mismatched pair?
 1)    ULIP - Unit Linked Insurance Plan   
 2)    NAV - Net Asset Value
 3)    CSO - Central Statistical Organization  
 4)    NDTL - Net Demand and Time Liabilities   
 5)    PACS - Primary Accredited Cooperative Societies    
 19.    Asset Reconstruction Companies in India are related to?
     1) Short term loans
     2) Insurance    
     3) Non performing assets
     4) Infrastructure finance   
     5) Housing finance    
 20.    Which of the following is the main base for calculation of Dearness Allowance for the government employees?
     1) National income  
     2) Per capita income  
     3) Consumer price index
     4) Standard of living
     5) None of these         
 21.    A payment made by a company to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits, is called?
     1) Premium    2) Share   
     3) Margin    4) Dividend
     5) Yield
 22.    The statutory liquidity ratio is kept with which of the following?
     1) Reserve Bank of India
     2) State Bank of India
 3)    National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development           
     4) Ministry of Finance
     5) Individual Banks
 23.    'Special Drawing Rights' (SDR) is an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund in?
     1) 1969        2) 1944     3) 1945    4) 1965        5) 1964
 24.    Which of the following is India's first color film?
     1) Mother India    2) Kisan Kanya
     3) Alam Ara  
     4) Raja Harischchandra     
     5) None of these        
 25.    The God Particle is the name given to the?
     1) Proton particle
     2) Neutron particle
     3) Meson particle
     4) Higgs Boson particle      
     5) None of these  
 26.    Myanmar is a member of which of the following trade groupings?
     1) SAARC    2) NAFTA
      3) MERCOSUR  
      4) G20    5) ASEAN   
 27.    Which of the following venues hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times?
     1) Athens    2) Los Angeles
     3) Paris    4) London
     5) Tokyo
 28.    Which treaty led to the creation of "Euro" currency?         
     1) Vienna Treaty
     2) Maastricht Treaty
     3) Plaza Treaty
     4) Paris Treaty   
     5) Tokyo Treaty
 29.    "Every Second Counts" is the autobiography of?
     1) Yuvraj Singh
     2) Oscar Pistorius
     3) Lance Armstrong
     4) Michael Phelps
     5) Michael Jordan
 30.    A loan that is provided by a group of banks is called?
     1) Mortgage loan
     2) Syndicate loan    
     3) Secured loan
     4) Personal loan
     5) Subsidized loan
 31.    The Corporate Tax is paid by the firms on their?
     1) Number of employees
     2) Investments   3) Profits
     4) Production      5) None of these
 32.    Which of the following is a constitutional body?
 1)    Supreme Court
 2)    Election Commission
 3)    Union Public Service Commission
 4)    Comptroller and Auditor General
 5)    All the above           
 33.    Increasing unemployment and inflation are seen in?
     1) Reflation     2) Deflation   
     3) Hyperinflation
     4) Stagflation
     5) Double dip recession    
 34. Shivaraman Committee is related to?
     1) Capital Account Convertibility
     2) Telecom sector    
     3) Financial Inclusion
     4) IRDA    5) NABARD  
 35.    The Reserve Bank of India uses reverse repo rate to?
 1)    Reduce the fiscal deficit
 2)    Increase liquidity of commercial banks  
 3)    Increase liquidity in the market    
 4)    Absorb liquidity from commercial banks  
 5)    None of these
 36.    Identify the mismatched pair?
     1) Aajeevika - Poverty   
     2) Swavalamban - Pension
     3) IAY - Housing    
     4) MGNREGS - Employment   
     5) Swabhiman - Sanitation          
 
 Key
 1) 3    2) 2    3) 3    4) 4
 5) 5    6) 3    7) 1    8) 3
 9) 2    10) 3    11) 1    12) 4
 13) 4    14) 2    15) 3    16) 4
 17) 5    18) 5    19) 3    20) 3
 21) 4    22) 5    23) 1    24) 2
 25) 4    26) 5    27) 4    28) 2
 29) 3    30) 2    31) 3    32) 5
 33) 4    34) 5    35) 4    36) 5