1. C.V.R. Rajendran became the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following public sector banks on December 13, 2013?
      1) Indian Bank
      2) Syndicate Bank
      3) Andhra Bank
      4) Vijaya Bank
      5) Canara Bank
  2.    Michelle Bachelet was elected the President of which of the following South American countries for the second time in December 2013? (She will take office on March 11, 2014)
      1) Uruguay    2) Chile
      3) Argentina     4) Paraguay
      5) Bolivia
  3.    Pakistan appointed which of the following diplomats as its new High Commissioner to India on December 19, 2013?
      1) Syed Ibne Abbas
      2) Jalil Abbas Jilani
      3) Abdul Basit
      4) Aizaz Chaudhry
      5) Salman Bashir
  4.    Who took over as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on December 19, 2013? (He succeeded Prakash Bakshi)
      1) L.C. Goyal     2) R.S. Butola
      3) D.K. Mehrotra
      4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
      5) Sudhir Vasudeva
  5.    Which cricketer will receive the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013?
      1) Mohinder Amarnath
      2) B.S. Bedi
      3) S. Venkataraghavan
      4) Sunil Gavaskar
      5) Kapil Dev
  6.    Which country won the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi for a record sixth time on December 15, 2013?
      1) Germany     2) France
      3) Argentina     4) Spain
      5) Canada
  7.    Sis Ram Ola passed away on December 15, 2013. At the time of his death he was the Union Minister of?
      1) Water Resources
      2)    Tribal Affairs and Panchayat Raj
      3) Mines
      4) Labor and Employment
      5)    Social Justice and Empowerment
  8.    Ursula von der Leyen was appointed the first female Minister of Defense of which of the following countries on December 17, 2013?
      1) France     2) Spain
      3) Germany     4) Argentina
      5) Portugal
  9.    Who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra on November 9, 2013?
      1) S.L. Bansal
      2) Sushil Muhnot
      3) D.P. Singh     4) M. Narendra
      5) M.D. Mallya
  10.    The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review, announced on December 18, 2013, kept the repo rate unchanged at?
      1) 8.75%    2) 8.5%
      3) 7.5%     4) 7.75%
      5) 7.25%
  11.    Which is India's most admired company, as per a Fortune magazine list released in July 2013?
      1) Tata Consultancy Services
      2) Hindustan Unilever
      3) ITC    4) Infosys
      5) State Bank of India
  12.    Chris Martin retired recently from international Cricket. He played 71 Tests for?
      1) South Africa     2) Australia
      3) West Indies     4) New Zealand
      5) England
  13.    Who is the World's Most Powerful Musician, according to the Forbes Magazine's 2013 list?
      1) Lady Gaga     2) Beyonce
      3) Madonna     4) Britney Spears
      5) None of these
  14.    Tshering Tobgay assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on July 30, 2013?
      1) Vietnam     2) Myanmar
      3) Bhutan     4) Laos
      5) South Korea
  15.    Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, has been conferred with 'Virangana Lakshmibai Rashtriya Samman 2013-14' by the Government of?
      1) Bihar     2) Jharkhand
      3) Haryana     4) Uttar Pradesh
      5) Madhya Pradesh
  16.    Sunabeda Tiger Reserve is located in the Nuapada district of?
      1) Karnataka     2) Odisha
      3) West Bengal     4) Assam
      5) Gujarat
  17.    Which two countries together hold about 90 per cent of the world's nuclear weapons?
      1) Russia and USA
      2) USA and China
      3) USA and India
      4) USA and Australia
      5) Japan and Russia
  18.    China topped the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championship held in Pune in July 2013. What is India's rank?
      1) Second     2) Fourth
      3) Third     4) Fifth
      5) Sixth
  19.    In the event of recalibration of the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) of the Reserve Bank of India, which of the following rates gets automatically readjusted?
      1) Bank Rate     2) Repo Rate
      3) Reverse Repo Rate
      4) Base Rate
      5) Prime Lending Rate
  20.    Moscow hosted which of the following Summits on July 19, 2013?
      1) G20     2) G8
      3) BRICS
      4) G20 Ministers of Finance
      5)    Shanghai Cooperation Organization
  21.    The Shura Council is the upper house of the Parliament of?
      1) Egypt     2) Pakistan
      3) Bangladesh     4) Afghanistan
      5) Syria
  22.    India is developing new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat with?
      1) Russia and USA
      2) Russia and Bangladesh
      3) Russia and Japan
      4) Australia and USA
      5) Australia and Russia
  23.    Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every?
      1) Year    2) Two years
      3) Three years     4) Four years
      5) None of these
  24.    Who is the author of the book "Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past"?
      1) Shashi Tharoor
      2) Hamid Ansari
      3) K. Natwar Singh
      4) Salman Khurshid
      5) George Fernandes
  25.    Tata Steel has acquired majority stake in Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) for rupees 163 crore. LIM is based in?
      1) USA     2) UK
      3) Germany     4) Canada
      5) Mexico
  26.    Which company bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2013 for the next five years?
      1) DLF    2) Reliance
      3) PepsiCo      4) Hero
      5) Essar
  27.    Which of the following companies launched 'ElitePad 900', a Windows 8 tablet, in India?
      1) Lenovo     2) Dell
      3) Microsoft
      4) Hewlett Packard
      5) Samsung
  28. Who is the present Lt. Governor of Delhi?
      1) A.K. Singh    2) B.S. Bhalla
      3) Najeeb Jung
      4) Virendra Kataria
      5) None of these
  29.    Douglas Engelbart of USA pass-ed away recently. He invented?
      1) Computer     2) Keyboard
      3) Monitor    4) Computer mouse
      5) Hard drive disk
  30.    Which country was ranked the world's happiest nation among developed economies for the third consecutive year in the Better Life Index compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
      1) Australia     2) Sweden
      3) Canada     4) Norway
      5) Switzerland
  31.    India has offered US $ 150 million of credit for project exports for establishing a Special Economic Zone at Sittwe in?
      1) Afghanistan     2) Myanmar
      3) Sri Lanka     4) Nepal
      5) Bhutan
  32.    India's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at Nyoma at a height of about 14,000 feet. Nyoma is in?
      1) Sikkim     2) Assam
      3) Himachal Pradesh
      4) Jammu& Kashmir
      5) Arunachal Pradesh
  33.    Kerberos and Styx are the moons of?
      1) Uranus     2) Neptune
      3) Pluto     4) Jupiter
      5) Saturn
  34.    The Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) was installed recently at Rangachang in?
      1) Daman and Diu
      2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      3) Lakshadweep
      4) Puduchery    5) Tamil Nadu
  35.    Which three-times world table tennis champion from China, popularly known as the 'Architect of Ping-Pong Diplomacy', died recently?
      1) Li Furong
      2) Zhuang Zedong
      3) Liang Geliang
      4) Xi Enting     5) Li Ping
  36.    The government has proposed to run special luxury coach to provide high-level comfort to travelers which is called?
      1) Anubhuti coach
      2) Sampurna coach
      3) Suraksha coach
      4) Duronto coach
      5) None of these
  37.    Which of the following banks has acquired 30% stake in Metlife India Insurance?
      1) State Bank of India
      2) Punjab National Bank
      3) Bank of Baroda
      4) Indian Overseas Bank
      5) Syndicate Bank
  38.    Who is the Chairman of the committee that has been appointed to re-start 215 large projects worth over rupees 7 lakh crore that have been stalled for various reasons?
      1) T. Damodaran
      2) N. Chandrasekhar
      3) Usha Thorat
      4) C. Rangarajan
      5) Anil Swarup
  39.    Who, among the following journalists, was given the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for Political Reporting 2013?
      1) Shalini Singh
      2) Smita Gupta
      3) Pallavi Aiyar
      4) Meena Menon
      5) Neena Vyas
  40.    "The Race of My Life" is the autobiography of?
      1) P.T. Usha
      2) Shiny Abraham
      3) Usain Bolt
      4) Milkha Singh
      5) Carl Lewis
  
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