SBI Pos Special
  
  1.    Which of the following countries/ organizations banned the import of Alphonso mangoes from India after authorities found consignments infested with fruit flies? (The ban came into force from May 1, 2014)
      1) Australia       2) USA
      3) New Zealand   4) ASEAN
      5) European Union
 
  2.    Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton tournaments will be held from May 18-25, 2014 in?
      1) Mumbai    2) New Delhi
      3) Pune    4) Bangalore
      5) Hyderabad
 
  3.    As per a report published by Freedom House, an NGO, on May 1, 2014 what is India's rank in press freedom?
      1) 57         2) 67    3) 78    4) 76        5) 68
 
  4.    Who became the new Chief Executive Officer of Nokia on May 1, 2014?
      1) Rakesh Kapur
      2) Shantanu Narayan
      3) Anshu Jain    4) Rajeev Suri
      5) Sunil Kaushal  
 
  5.    Ashok Vemuri, an Indian-American business executive is the current Chief Executive Officer of? (He joined this company in September last year)
  1) Infosys
  2) Wipro  
  3)    Cognizant Technology Solutions
  4)    Tata Consultancy Services
  5)    iGATE Corporation
 
  6.    Which of the following Bollywood actors has been conferred with the 'Pride of the Nation' award for his role in Madras Cafe?
      1) Salman Khan
      2) Ajay Devgan
      3) Farhan Akhtar
      4) John Abraham   
      5) Aamir Khan
 
  7.    Which of the following is the capital city of Ukraine?
      1) Ashgabat    2) Dushanbe
      3) Vaduz    4) Crimea
      5) Kiev
 
  8.    Green Revolution in India began in the?
      1) 1960s        2) 1970s    3) 1980s    4) 1990s        5) 1950s
 
  9.    Thomas Bach is the President of the International Olympic Com- mittee (IOC). He belongs to?
      1) Belgium    2) Spain
      3) Germany  
      4) Switzerland
      5) Netherlands
 
  10.    Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in 2013?
      1) Justice K. N. Basha
      2) Justice P.C. Pant
      3) Justice T. Nandakumar Singh
      4) Justice Swatantar Kumar
      5) None of these
 
  11.    Intellectual Property Appellate Board has its headquarters at?
      1) Mumbai     2) New Delhi
      3) Kolkata    4) Chennai  
      5) Ahmadabad  
 
  12.    Which one of the following world leaders never won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development?
      1) Sheikh Hasina
      2) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
      3) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
      4) Angela Merkel
      5) Dilma Roussef
 
  13.    Malala Yousafzai was given the International Children's Peace Prize 2013. The prize is an initiative of the Kids Rights Fou-
  ndation, an organization based in?
      1) New York, USA
      2) London, UK     
      3) Stockholm, Sweden    
      4) Amsterdam, Netherlands  
      5) Oslo, Norway   
 
  14.    Identify the mismatched pair?
      PLAYER               SPORT
      1) Chekrovolu Swuro   Archery  
      2) Gagan Jeet Bhullar  Golf    3) Neha Rathi     Wrestling  
      4) Dharmender Dalal     Wrestling  
      5) Mouma Das            Shooting    
 
  15. Shaheen 2 is the name of the joint exercise between the air forces of Pakistan and?
      1) USA    2) China
      3) Iran    4) Afghanistan
      5) None of these
 
  16.    The second ADMM (ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting) Plus was held in 2013 in?
      1) India     2) Malaysia
      3) Brunei    4) Indonesia
      5) Philippines
 
  17.    Which city will host the 9th G20 Summit in November 2014?
      1) Istanbul    2) London
      3) Seoul    4) Brisbane
      5) New Delhi
 
  18.    RIKEN is the largest research institute in?
      1) China    2) Russia
      3) Sweden    4) Norway
      5) Japan
 
  19.    The Central Bank of Japan is?
  1) The Senshu Bank
  2) The Master Trust Bank of Japan
  3)    Mizuho Bank     4) Fuji Bank
  5)    Bank of Japan
 
  20.    The Social Security Agreement between India and which of the following countries will benefit 40 thousand persons of Indian origin in Quebec province?
      1) Canada    2) Luxembourg   
      3) Netherlands     
      4) Malaysia
      5) Belgium
 
  21.    Ahimsa Messenger program, an initiative to curb violence against women, was launched on August 31, 2013 in?
      1) Kolkata    2) New Delhi
      3) Mumbai     4) Rae Bareli   
      5) Amethi  
 
  22.    Ahimsa Messenger program is implemented through?
      1) Anganwadi centres
      2) Panchayati Raj Institutions   
      3) Sabla Girls
      4) Both 1and 2
      5) All 1, 2 and 3
 
  23.    Ahimsa Messenger is an initiative of the Union Ministry of?
  1)    Home Affairs
  2)    Health and Family Welfare   
  3)    Social Justice and
      Empowerment
  4)    Information and Broadcasting  
  5)    None of these
 
  24.    Bio360 is the first Life Sciences Park in which of the following states?
      1) Kerala     2) Tamil Nadu
      3) Andhra Pradesh
      4) Gujarat     5) Karnataka  
 
  25.    An expert committee appointed to examine the current monetary policy framework of the Reserve Bank of India was headed by?
      1) Anand Sinha 2) Bimal Jalan
      3) Usha Thorat    4) Urjit Patel   
      5) Arvind Maaram  
 
  26.    Federal Bank has launched the electronic version of conventional passbook called FedBook. Federal Bank is a?
  1)    Regional Rural Bank  
  2)    Public Sector bank  
  3)    Nationalized Bank  
  4)    New Generation Private Bank
  5)    Old Private Bank
 
  27.    The Central Government has set up the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in?
      1) Kangra     2) Kathua
      3) Gurgaon    4) Leh  
      5) Udhampur  
 
  28.    Which of the following games will be added in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
      1) Rugby Sevens 2) Golf
      3) Squash        4) Both 1 and 2
      5) All 1, 2 and 3
 
  29.    Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. It had previously hosted the Games in?
      1) 1952    2) 1956
      3) 1968    4) 1960
      5) 1964
 
  30.    The government has set up a panel to assess the status of Scheduled Tribes (STs) with an aim of ensuring their uplift, particularly in socio-economic, health and education fields. The committee is headed by?
      1) Virginius Xaxa
      2) Aruna Roy    
      3) Narendra Jadhav   
      4) Ashis Mondal    
      5) Pramod Tandon
 
  31.    Which is the only state in India that has increased its forest cover in the past two decades?
      1) Assam     2) Sikkim
      3) Manipur    4) Meghalaya
      5) Tripura
 
  32.    Pakyong Airport is under construction in?
      1) West Bengal 2) Sikkim
      3) Assam    4) Meghalaya
      5) Tripura
 
  33.    The Ambassador of Conscience Award is the most prestigious human rights award given by the?
  1)    European Parliament
  2)    Amnesty International
  3)    Red Cross
  4)    United Nations Organization
  5)    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights  
  
  34.    Who was/ were presented the Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013?
      1) Malala Yousafzai
      2) Harry Belafonte
      3) Peter Gabriel
      4) Both 1 and 2
      5) All 1, 2 and 3
 
  35.    Which of the following Indian-Americans is the current Dean of Harvard Business School?
      1) Vijay P. Singh
      2) Kapil Parakh
      3) Nitin Nohria
      4) Adam Habib
      5) None of these
 
  36.    Who has been reappointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank for a three-year period?
      1) Mushtaq Ahmad
      2) Parvez Ahmad
      3) Abdul Hamid Banday
      4) Meera Jamwal
      5) Surjeet Singh
 
  37.    A Street in Winnipeg has been named after Mahatma Gandhi. Winnipeg is a city in?
      1) Russia     2) UK
      3) Canada     4) South Africa
      5) Germany
 
  38.    Which country will host the 2015 edition of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) championship?
      1) Nepal     2) Maldives
      3) Afghanistan     4) India
      5) Bangladesh
  
  KEY
  1)  5    2)  2    3)  3    4)  4
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  13) 4    14) 5    15) 2    16) 3
  17) 4    18) 5    19) 5    20) 1
  21) 2    22) 5    23) 5    24) 1
  25) 4    26) 5    27) 3    28) 4
  29) 5    30) 1    31) 2    32) 2
  33) 2    34) 4    35) 3    36) 1
  37) 3    38) 4