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Bank Test Prep General Awareness Updates (November 2014) GA Updates (November 2014) Page : 1 Contents Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet .............................................................................................................................. 2 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit ............................................................................................................................................. 2 New Cabinet Ministers ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Important Mergers and Acquisitions ................................................................................................................................ 5 Important Appointments ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Stock Exchanges and their Index: ..................................................................................................................................... 8 10 Most Powerful People in the World............................................................................................................................. 9 Banks and Their Tag Lines ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in India: ..........................................................................................................................10 Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World ..................................................................................................10 Important Places in India ................................................................................................................................................10 Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 ............................................................................................................................11 Questions Asked in IBPS RRBs Officer Scale - II ................................................................................................................21 Questions Asked in SIDBI Officer Exam ............................................................................................................................25 Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Associate PO 2014 ..............................................................................................31 Key: Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 .....................................................................................................................35

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Contents

Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet .............................................................................................................................. 2

2014 G-20 Brisbane summit ............................................................................................................................................. 2

New Cabinet Ministers ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Important Mergers and Acquisitions ................................................................................................................................ 5

Important Appointments ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Stock Exchanges and their Index: ..................................................................................................................................... 8

10 Most Powerful People in the World............................................................................................................................. 9

Banks and Their Tag Lines ................................................................................................................................................ 9

Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in India: ..........................................................................................................................10

Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World ..................................................................................................10

Important Places in India ................................................................................................................................................10

Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 ............................................................................................................................11

Questions Asked in IBPS RRBs Officer Scale - II ................................................................................................................21

Questions Asked in SIDBI Officer Exam ............................................................................................................................25

Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Associate PO 2014 ..............................................................................................31

Key: Current Affairs Q & A November 2014 .....................................................................................................................35

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Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet

Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the European Space Agency. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta is performing a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P).

Rosetta was launched on 2 March 2004 on an Ariane 5 rocket and reached the comet on 6 August 2014, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is one of ESA's Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions. The spacecraft consists of the Rosetta orbiter, which features 12 instruments, and the Philae lander, with nine additional instruments. The Rosetta mission will orbit 67P for 17 months and is designed to complete

the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted. The spacecraft is controlled from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany. The lander, named Philae, made contact on Nov. 12, 2014. Scientists at the European Space Agency said Philae unexpectedly bounced twice before landing on the comet when the probe's anchor-like harpoon system failed to fire. Philae ended up in shadow near a cliff face on the head of the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometres) comet, which scientists say is shaped like giant rubber duck. The probe fell silent on Nov. 14, possibly forever, as its solar batteries ran out of power.

2014 G-20 Brisbane summit

The 2014 G-20 Australia summit was the ninth meeting of the G-20 heads of government.It was held in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, on 15–16 November 2014. The hosting venue was the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre at South Brisbane. The event was the largest ever peacetime police operation in Australia. Up to 4,000 delegates were expected to attend with around 2,500 media representatives. The leaders of Mauritania, Myanmar, New Zealand, Senegal, Singapore, and Spain were also invited to this summit.

Following the summit, the G-20 leaders released a joint communiqué summarising the points of agreement between them. This focused on economic concerns, highlighting plans to increase global economic growth, create jobs, increase trade and reduce poverty. The communiqué sets out a goal of increasing economic

growth by an extra 2% through commitments made at the summit, and of increasing infrastructure investment through the creation of a four-year infrastructure hub, linking government, private sector, development banks and interested international organisations.

The communiqué also addressed the stability of global systems, mentioning measures to reduce risk in financial systems, improve the stability of banks, make international taxation arrangements fairer, reduce corruption and strengthen global institutions. Although the communiqué largely focused on economic concerns, other topics such as energy supply, climate change and the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa were also discussed.

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New Cabinet Ministers

No. Portfolio Name

1

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space; All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Narendra Modi

2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh

3 External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

Sushma Swaraj

4 Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting

Arun Jaitley

5 Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs

M. Venkaiah Naidu

6 Road Transport and Highways, Shipping

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

7 Defence Manohar Parrikar

8 Railways Suresh Prabhu

9 Law & Justice D.V. Sadananda Gowda

10 Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Uma Bharati

11 Minority Affairs Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

12 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Ramvilas Paswan

13 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Kalraj Mishra

14 Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

15 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar

16 Communications and Information Technology

Ravi Shankar Prasad

17 Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda

18 Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

19 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Anant Geete

20 Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal

21 Mines, Steel Narendra Singh Tomar

22 Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Chaudhary Birender Singh

23 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram

24 Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh

25 Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot

26 Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani

27 Science and Technology, Earth Sciences

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

1

Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

General V.K. Singh

2 Planning (Independent Charge), Defence

Inderjit Singh Rao

3 Textiles (Independent Charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar

4 Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)

Bandaru Dattatreya

5 Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs

Rajiv Pratap Rudy

6 AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare

Shripad Yesso Naik

7 Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

Dharmendra Pradhan

8 Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)

Sarbananda Sonowal

9 Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

Prakash Javadekar

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Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

Piyush Goyal

11

Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister's Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space

Dr. Jitendra Singh

12 Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)

Nirmala Sitharaman

13 Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation

Dr. Mahesh Sharma

Ministers of State

1 Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

2 Drinking Water & Sanitation Ram Kripal Yadav

3 Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary

4 Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Sanwar Lal Jat

5 Agriculture Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya

6 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Giriraj Singh

7 Chemicals & Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir

8 Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

G.M. Siddeshwara

9 Railways Manoj Sinha

10 Panchayati Raj Nihalchand

11 Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha

12 Road Transport & Highways, Shipping

Radhakrishnan P.

13 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju

14 Social Justice & Empowerment Krishan Pal

15 Agriculture Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

16 Tribal Affairs Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

17 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

18 Mines, Steel Vishnu Deo Sai

19 Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat

20 Human Resource Development Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria

21 Science and Technology, Earth Science

Y.S. Chowdary

22 Finance Jayant Sinha

23 Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

24 Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral

25 Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

26 Social Justice & Empowerment Vijay Sampla

Miscellaneous

Jet fuel price reduced by 7.3%

First Rashtriya Ekta Diwas observed on October 31, 2014

Chairman of Union Carbide Warren Anderson dies at 92

Jashne Bachpan: ‘Special’ children’s theatre festival begins at National School of Drama

Rajani Sankaran appointed as BHAVINI (Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. ) chief

Veteran actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar dies at 64

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Government to set up National Cultural Audio-Visual Archives at Jodhpur

New York’s World Trade Center reopens for business

Darjeeling Zoo wins International Earth Heroes Award

India Russia sign pact to set up a Smart City on DMIC

Prime Minister adopts Jayapur village of Varanasi under the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’

Sajid Javid is first Indian-origin Cabinet Minister in Britain

Madhya Pradesh becomes first state to formulate defence products investment policy

Government to launch modified direct cash subsidy transfer for LPG consumers from January 1, 2015

Indian-origin politician Keith Vaz named as Labour MP of the Year

World’s tallest hybrid wind turbine installed in Kutch

Laxmikant Parsekar sworn-in as Chief Minister of Goa

Silver Jubilee (25 years) of fall of Berlin Wall observed

Gujarat becomes first state to make voting compulsory in local body polls

Communist Leader M V Raghavan Passes away

India test fires Agni-II missile

Jnanpith award 2013 awarded to Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh

Virat Kohli became fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI runs

DRDO develops herbal drug Lukosin for Leucoderma

Government bans Kamatapur Liberation Organisation

India-Israel joint venture LRSAM missile successfully tested

Prime Minister Launches Jeevan Pramaan: Digital life certificate for pensioners

India’s K C Reddy appointed in United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza

Kerala became first state with bank accounts for all families

Newton-Bhabha Fund announced by UK and India for joint research program

Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei provisionally suspended for anti-doping regulation violation

Noted Producer and Director Ravi Chopra Passes away

Government launches National Bal Swachhta Mission

Rohit Sharma breaks record for highest one-day international score ever (264 Runs)

Ratan Tata appointed to the board of Interpol Foundation

Farhan Akhtar named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

Rajya Sabha question hour shifted from 11am to 12 noon

Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth won China Open

Important Mergers and Acquisitions

Chinese firm Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd acquired New York luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria for $1.95 billion.

Sumitomo Group acquired ‘Carzonerent India’ for Rs.200 crore.

Cardekho.com acquired ‘Gaadi.com’ for $11 million.

Yahoo acquired Bangalore based startup ‘Bookpad’ for Rs.90 crore.

Cognizant acquired health based software company ‘TriZetto’ for $2.7 billion.

Microsoft Corporation acquired Minecraft game maker ‘Mojang’.

BlackBerry acquired UK mobile technology start-up ‘Movirtu’.

Facebook acquired Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs for Rs.90 crore.

Facebook acquired two year old virtual reality technology firm Oculus VR for $2 billion.

Facebook acquired Whatsapp for $16 billion.

Google acquired Bangalore based Impermium for $9 million.

Google purchased the British artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies.

Google acquired the maker of high-altitude solar powered drones, Titan Aerospace to bring deliver internet in the remotest corners of the world.

Google acquired smart thermostat maker “Nest” for $3.2 billion.

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Google acquired London based startup Spider.io to help spot and stop online ad fraud.

Google has acquired Bitspin. Bitspin is primarily known for creating an alarm clock app called Timely.

India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel signed a strategic agreement with Loop Mobile.

Swiss cement firm Holcim to buy French rival Lafarge to create the world’s biggest cement maker firm.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced the acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.

Symphony Teleca Corp (STC) a U.S. based company acquired Bangalore based Aditi Technologies.

Piramal Enterprises Ltd acquired 20 percent stake in Shriram Capital Ltd for 20.14 billion rupees.

Cognizant has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire itaas, a digital video solutions company.

Mumbai based Indsur Group acquired a leading British thermal engineering company CDA Contracts Ltd.

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and gas producer Rosneft signed a deal to jointly explore hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to buy 78 percent stake in Network18 Media and Investments for Rs.4000 crore.

Meiji Holdings Ltd of Japan had acquired pharmaceutical firm Medreich for $290 million.

Adani buys LANCO’s Udupi Plant Power Plant for Rs.6000 crore.

Reliance Power to acquire all the Hydro Power plant projects of Jaypee group for over Rs.5000 crore.

Actavis (ACT) will acquire Forest Labs (FRX) for $25 billion in cash and stock.

Apple has acquired Burstly, the owner of a popular iOS beta testing platform called TestFlight.

Apple purchased startup called SnappyLabs (Responsible for creating just one app – SnapyCam).

Google acquired SlickLogin.It is a computer security related company.

Amazon acquired game developer Double Helix.

Google acquired DeepMind,an artificial intelligence company for $400 billion.

Amazon acquired Video Game Platform Twitch for $970 million.

UltraTech Cement has taken over the cement plants of Jaypee Cement Corporation in Gujarat.

Google to buy satellite box maker Skybox for $500 billon.

Emami acquires “She Comfort” brand of sanitary napkins from Royal Hygiene Care private limited.

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (MSSL) will acquire U.S.-based Stoneridge Inc’s wiring harness business for $65.70 million or about Rs.385 crore.

Cosmetics maker Maybelline has tied-up with India’s second largest software services firm Infosys to create, test and deploy a new optimised website for mobile devices.

Software maker Oracle is buying Micros Systems Inc., which provides software and hardware to the hospitality and retail industries, for about $5.3 billion.

Oil India Ltd, the nation’s second largest explorer, on Friday said it has completed acquisition of 50 percent stake in an oil block in Russia for $85 million. OIL bought the stake from Ireland-registered, Russia-focused firm PetroNeft Resources PLC in License 61 in Tomsk Oblast in Russia.

Leading pharmaceutical company, Cipla announced that it had signed agreements to buy a 51 per cent stake in a pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution business in Yemen, owned by a UAE-based parent company.

Flipkart.com acquired Myntra.com for $300 million.

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AT&T acquires DirecTV FOR $49 Billion.

Adani Port Acquires Dhamra port for Rs.5500 crore.

Sony Music acquires stake in Infibeam Digital.

Murugappa Group firm EID Parry India Ltd, on Friday, announced that it had acquired Chile-based nutraceuticals firm Alimtec S.A, from its parent German-headquartered global chemical giant Bayer.

IT services firm Cognizant announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire itaas, a U.S.-based digital video solutions firm.

Online travel corporation ibibo Group, acquired YourBus, a GPS-based online bus tracking and

analytics platform, owned by city-based Lucido Softlabs Pvt. Ltd.

Tech Mahindra had signed an agreement with BASF to acquire the IT and consultancy services business of the chemical giant in a bid to strengthen its presence in Western Europe.

World’s largest dairy player Groupe Lactalis SA acquired Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited for Rs.1750 crore.

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) paid $2.475 billion to Videocon Group for acquiring 10 per cent stake in a giant gas field off Mozambique.

Google sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9 billon.

Important Appointments

H L Dattu: New Chief Justice of India

Admiral R K Dhowan: Naval Chief.

Rajiv Takru: Appointed as Revenue Secretary. He succeed Sumit Bose.

Thomas Mathew: Elected as MCX Chairman.

Soma Mondal appointed as the first woman director (commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit (PSU) National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO). Mondal joined Nalco in 1984 as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Vedantan(India) appoints Tom Albanese as new CEO

Saurabh Chandra: Takes over as Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum Natural Gas. He succeeds Vivek Rae.

A L Banerjee: New Director General of Police. He succeeds Rizwan Ahmad

Avaya appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as Managing Director for India and SAARC

Akhilesh Gupta: Elected as President of the Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16. He succeeds Shailesh Nayak

S Jaishankar: New Indian envoy to the US replaced Nirupama Rao.

Siddhartha Birla: To be next FICCI President. He will replace Naina Lal Kidwai.

Usha Ananthasubramanian: CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Krishna Mohan Sahni: Chairman of the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India

Pankaj Razdan: CEO and MD of the Birla Sun Life Insurance.

Parvinder Sohi Behuria: New Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Virat Kohli: Appointed as brand Ambassador of Border Security Force

TV Narendran: New Tata Steel MD for India, South East Asia. He succeeded H M Nerurkar

Rahul Dravid: New Brand ambassador of National Tobacco Control Campaign.

K R Kamath Re-Elected: Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

Krishna Kumar Natrajan (CEO and Director of Mindtree): New Chief of NASSCOM (replaced N Chandrasekaran)

Jawahar Sircar: New CEO of Prasar Bharti.

Arundhati Bhattacharya: MD and chief financial officer of State Bank of India(SBI). She is the first female managing director at SBI she succeeded Diwakar Gupta

Dilip Trivedi : new chief of CRPF

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Syed Muazzem Ali: New Bangladesh Envoy to India. He replaces Tariq A. Karim

Rajiv: appointed acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). He replaces Pradeep Kumar

Hemant Contractor: New Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory Fund and Development Authority (PFRDA).

O. Panneerselvam: New chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He replaces J. Jayalalithaa

Le Yucheng: China's New Ambassador to India. He replaces replaced Wei Wei

P Sathasivam: New Governor of Kerala.

Lalitha Kumaramangalam: New chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW).

Narendra Ambwani: Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).

Shah Rukh Khan: Ambassador of Interpol’s initiative ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign, aimed at

promoting greater awareness on how to prevent crime.

Adil Zainulbhai: Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI).

Amit Mathew: Audit Bureau of Circulations

India TV chairman and Editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma appointed as the president of News Broadcasting Association

Former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai appointed Vice Chairman of Tata Steel

Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM)

RN Ravi appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee.

Chandrakala Padia: First women chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).

C.S.Verma: First President of Indian Steel Association.

Stock Exchanges and their Index:

BSE ( Bombay Stock Exchange) - SENSEX ( Sensitive Index)

o BSE is oldest stock exchange in Asia located at Dalai Street in Mumbai

o Sensex Consists of 30 companies

NSE (National Stock Exchange) - Nifty-50 o -NSE is the largest stock exchange in

India o -Nifty consists of 50 companies

NYSE ( Newyork Stock Exchange) - DJ ( Dow Jones)

o NYSE world's first and largest stock market

NASDAQ ( National association of securities dealers Automated Quotation System)- NASD-100

o NASDAQ is the first electronic stock market in the world located in New York.

Tokyo Stock Exhange ( Japan) - Nikkei-225

Korea Stock Exchange( Seoul, South korea) – Kospi

Shenghai Stock Exchange( China)- Composite Index

Shenzen Stock Exchange( China)- Composite Index

German Stock Exchange- DAX( Deutscher Aktein Index)

Hong Kong Stock Exchange- Hang Seng

SGX(Singapore Exchange)- STI( Straits Times Index)

LSE( London Stock exchange) or UK stock exchange- Footsie or FTSE-100 ( Financial Times and London Stock Exchange)

France Stock Exchange - CAC-40

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10 Most Powerful People in the World

Rank Name Designation

1 Vladimir Putin President of Russia

2 Barack Obama President of US

3 Xi Jinping President of China

4 Pope Francis Pope of the Roman Catholic

Church,Vatican City

5 Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany

6 Janet Yellen Head of US Federal Reserve

7 Bill Gates Chairman of Bill & Melinda

Foundation

8 Mario Draghi President of the European

Central Bank

9 Sergey Brin Larry Page Google founders

10 David Cameron Prime Minister of UK

Indian’s in this list

15 Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India

36 Mukesh Ambani Chairman of Reliance

Industries

57 Lakshmi Mittal Chairman and CEO

ArcelorMittal

64 Satya Nadella CEO Microsoft

Banks and Their Tag Lines

SBI With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The Nation’s banks on us

State Bank of Hyderabad You can always bank on us State Bank of Mysore Working for a better

tomorrow State Bank of Patiala Blending Modernity with

Tradition State Bank of Travancore A long Tradition of Trust Allahabad Bank A Tradition of Trust Andhra Bank Where India Banks Bank of Baroda India’s International Bank Bank of India Relationship beyond

banking Bhartiya Mahila Bank Empowering Women Bank of Maharashtra One family one bank Canara Bank Together We Can Central Bank of India “Central To you Since

1911” Corporation Bank A Premier Public Sector

Bank Dena Bank Trusted Family Bank ECGC Bank You focus on exports. We

cover the risks IDBI Bank Banking For All, “Aao

Sochein Bada” Indian Bank Your Tech Friendly Bank Indian Overseas Bank Good people to grow with Punjab National Bank The name you can bank

upon Punjab & Sind Bank Where service is a way of

life Oriental Bank of Commerce

Where every individual is committed

UCO Bank Honours Your Trust Union Bank of India Good People to Bank with United Bank of India The Bank that begins with

“U” Vijaya Bank A friend you can bank on Axis Bank Badhti Ka naam Zindagi ICICI Bank Hum Hai Na, Khyal Apka HDFC Bank We understand your

world indeed Yes Bank Experience our Expertise HSBC The world’s local bank

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Important Wildlife Sanctuaries in India: Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Gir National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary

Gujarat

Sundarbans National Park West Bengal Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

Kerala

Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh

Ranthambore National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajasthan

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajasthan

Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odissa Nandankanan Zoo Odissa Corbett National Park Uttrakhand

Lines & Boundaries of Different Countries in the World Durand Line Pakistan and Afghanistan Mc Mohan Line India(Arunachal Pradesh

Region) and China Radcliff Line India and Pakistan Line of Control It divides Kashmir between

India and Pakistan Hidden berg Line Germany and Poland Maginot Line France and Germany Older Neisse Line Germany and Poland

Mannerheim Line Russia and Finland border Siegfried Line Germany and France 17th Parallel North Vietnam and South

Vietnam 24th Parallel India and Pakistan 26th Parallel Australia & South Africa 38th Parallel North Korea and South

Korea 49th Parallel Canada and USA

Important Places in India Mount Abu Rajasthan Aga Khan Palace Pune Amber Palace Rajasthan Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab Arikkamedu Puducherry Ashoka Pillar Madhya Pradesh Chilka Lake Orissa Dalal Street Stock exchange Market in

Mumbai Cherrapunji Meghalaya Elephanta Caves Mumbai, Maharashtra Ellora and Ajanta Aurangabad, Maharashtra Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh Gateway of India Mumbai Gol Gumbaz Karnataka Hampi Karnataka Hirakud Orissa

Howrah Bridge Kolkata Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar, Punjab Jantar Mantar Delhi Kapilavastu Bihar Mahabalipuram Tamil Nahu Mahabodhi Temple Bihar Nalanda Bihar Pawapuri Bihar Kalpakkam Chennai, Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari Tamil Nadu Sarnath Varanasi, UP Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh Konark Orissa Sanchi Madhya Pradesh Somnath Gujarat Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh Victoria Memorial Kolkata

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Current Affairs Q & A November 2014

1. World Polio Day is observed across the world on: (1) October 25 (2) October 24

(3) October 26 (4) October 27

(5) October 28

2. India along with 20 other countries has signed an agreement to become the founding member of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The Bank will be headquartered in:

(1) Beijing (2) Manila

(3) Shanghai (4) Kuala Lumpur

(5) Hong Kong

3. As per the latest report titled ‘Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries’, released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which country has the lowest child poverty rate?

(1) Greece (2) Norway

(3) Ireland (4) Croatia

(5) Iceland

4. Who has been named as the best-performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review (HBR)? (1) Warren Buffett (2) Ajay Banga

(3) Jeff Bezos (4) Tim Cook

(5) Merry Bara

5. Name the India's first long-range (700 to 1000km) nuclear-capable subsonic cruise missile, which was recently successfully test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha

(1) Shaurya (2) Nirbhay

(3) Prahaar (4) Astra

(5) Agni

6. Who won the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize 2014 for his efforts in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

(1) Viktor Yanukovych (2) Asmaa Mahfouz (3) Malala Yousafzai

(4) Kailash Sattyarthi (5) Denis Mukwege Mukengere

7. Who is the winner of World Billiards Point Format Championship 2014? (1) Pankaj Advani (2) Peter Gilchrist

(3) Matthew Bolton (4) Mike Russell

(5) K Shrikant

8. Name the first Indian woman who won 2014 Panda Award for her film Sirocco - how a dud became a stud made on a Kakapo parrot.

(1) Mira Nair (2) Ashwika Kapur

(3) Deepa Mehta (4) Tanuja Chandra

(5) Anupama Chopra

9. Who among the following Indian boxers has been provisionally suspended by International Boxing Association (AIBA) for protesting against a controversial verdict at 2014 Incheon Asian Games?

(1) L. Devendro Singh (2) Pooja Rani

(3) Laishram Sarita Devi

(4) Mandeep Jangra (5) Gai Bhagwan

10. Name the South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper who died on October 26, 2014 after being shot. (1) Benedict McCarthy (2) Katlego Abel Mphela (3) Bongani Khumalo

(4) Happy Jele (5) Senzo Meyiwa

11. Name the Para-swimmer who broke the 28-year old record of P T Usha of winning the most medals at a multi-discipline event by an Indian at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea

(1) Vikram Kumar (2) Sharath Gayakwad

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(3) Ramkiaran Singh (4) Ankur Dhama

(5) Farman Basha

12. After Senegal which among the following West African countries has been declared as Ebola free country by the World Health Organization (WHO) recently?

(1) Nigeria (2) Guinea (3) Liberia

(4) Sierra Leone (5) Congo

13. Who has been recently elected as the President of Brazil? (1) Dilma Rousseff (2) Aécio Neves

(3) Eduardo Campos (4) Marina Silva

(5) Angela Merkel

14. Who has been appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tamil Nadu? (1) Praveen Kumar (2) Sandeep Saxena

(3) Nalini Netto (4) I V Subba Rao

(5) V S Sampath

15. Name the Indian golf player who won 900000 US dollar at Venetian Macau Golf Open 2014 (1) Jyoti Randhawa (2) Mukesh Kumar

(3) Anirban Lahiri (4) Gaganjeet Bhullar

(5) Shiv Kapur

16. Who won the singles title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2014 in Singapore? (1) Martina

Navratilova (2) Victoria Azarenka (3) Sania Mirza

(4) Serena Williams (5) Li Na

17. President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on which among the following Sri Lankan Buddhist monk?

(1) Bhikkhu Anālayo (2) Anagarika Dharmapala (3) K. Sri Dhammananda

(4) Henepola Gunaratana (5) S. Mahinda

18. Who among the following laureates has been nominated for the 2014 World's Children's Prize for her 20-year struggle for prisoners' children in Nepal?

(1) Indira Ranamagar (2) Maiti Nepal

(3) Betty Makoni (4) Inderjit Khurana

(5) Malala Yousafzai

19. Name the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami who has been sentenced to death by Bangladesh war crimes tribunal for killing thousands of people during the Bangladesh independence war against Pakistan in 1971.

(1) Maqbul Ahmed (2) Matiur Rahman Nizami (3) Maulana Abdul Halim

(4) Shafiqur Rahman (5) Ahsan Manzil

20. Name the scheme which has been recently launched by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs for welfare of Tribal people and to lift Human Development Indices (HDI) of tribal people.

(1) Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (2) Vanvasi Kalyan Yojana (3) Vanvasi Sahyog Yojana

(4) Vanvashi Utthan Yojana (5) Vanvashi Utthan Sahyog

21. Which among the following countries has become the first European Union (EU) country to officially recognize the State of Palestine?

(1) Romania (2) Slovakia

(3) Sweden (4) Slovenia

(5) Lativa

22. As per the latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which among the following countries has become the world’s largest economy in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms?

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(1) China (2) USA

(3) India (4) Sweden

(5) Germany

23. Name the US Navy SEAL commando who had shot Osama bin Laden at his Pakistan hideout in Abbottobad on May 2, 2011, has revealed his identity.

(1) James Longstreet (2) David Barno

(3) Daniel Morgan (4) Robert O’Neill

(5) Bob Lee Swagger

24. In which among the following States has the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) approved 90 crore rupees for various road projects for the fiscal year 2014-15?

(1) Mizoram (2) Manipur

(3) Nagaland (4) Assam

(5) Arunachal Pradesh

25. The novel ‘The Half Girlfriend’ is written by: (1) Amitav Ghosh (2) Anurag Anand

(3) Ashwin Sanghi (4) Amish Tripathi

(5) Chetan Bhagat

26. What is the rank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2014, released by the Forbes?

(1) 5th (2) 8th

(3) 10th (4) 11th

(5) 15th

27. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014? (1) David Warner (2) Kane Williamson

(3) Angelo Mathews (4) Kumar Sangakkara

(5) M S Dhoni

28. Which is the fourth most vacation deprived nation globally with 67% polled, as per the survey done by Expedia? (1) India (2) South Korea

(3) Singapore (4) Thailand

(5) USA

29. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014? (1) M S Dhoni (2) Virat Kohli

(3) AB de Villiers (4) Angelo Mathews

(5) Mohammad Hafeez

30. Name the Torpedo Recovery Vessel of Indian Navy, which sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam during a naval exercise, killing one sailor while three others went missing.

(1) A-71 (2) TLRV

(3) INS LCU 33 (4) TRV-72

(5) Sindhurakshak

31. Who among the following has topped the ‘Power 101 Britain’s Most Influential Asians 2015′ list? (1) Sajid Javid (2) Malala Yousafzai

(3) Gulam Noon (4) Lord Swraj Paul

(5) Ratan Tata

32. Who has been appointed as the chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) by the President Pranab Mukherjee?

(1) Karan Singh (2) Lokesh Chandra

(3) Amitabh Bachchan (4) Javed Akthar

(5) Murli Manohar Joshi

33. ‘Playing It My Way’ is the autobiography of: (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Kapil Dev

(3) Sunil Gavaskar (4) Saina Nehwal

(5) Pankaj Advani

34. Name the first Indian who has been chosen for Japan’s top national award ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014’.

(1) Narendra Modi (2) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(3) Manmohan Singh (4) P. V. Narasimha Rao

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(5) Narendra Modi 35. Which among the following mortgage financier has become the first listed Indian company among the 30

SENSEX firms to have more than 75 percent shareholding by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)? (1) HDFC Bank (2) ICICI Bank

(3) LIC Finance (4) PNB Housing

(5) Axis Bank

36. Who among the following has been selected as the next Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)?

(1) Lew Kowarski (2) Fabiola Gianotti

(3) Carlo Rubbia (4) Rolf Heuer

(5) Shuiji Nakamura

37. Who among the following Indian cricket players has won LG People’s Choice Award 2014? (1) M S Dhoni (2) Virat Kohli

(3) Ravindra Jadeja (4) Rohit Sharma

(5) Bhuvneshwar Kumar

38. As per Census 2011, which among the following States/territories has less number of females than males? (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Puduchery

(3) Goa (4) Daman & Diu

(5) None of the above

39. Name the Indian cricket player who has become the fastest cricketer in the history to reach 6000 one-day international run mark.

(1) Virat Kohli (2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3) Cheteshwar Pujara

(4) Suresh Raina (5) Rohit Sharma

40. Who has been sworn-in as 18th Chief Minister of Goa? (1) Manohar Parrikar (2) Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar (3) Francis D'Souza

(4) Dayanand Mandrekar (5) George Fransis

41. Which among the following Zoological Park has been selected for the prestigious international award, The Earth Heroes Award 2014?

(1) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling (2) Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital (3) Thim Park, Jamshedpur (4) Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune (5) Kanha Wildlife Sanctuary, Mandla

42. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) by Union Government?

(1) Prajapati Trivedi (2) GS Sandhu (3) Shashikant Sharma

(4) R K Mathur (5) Ajit Dhowal

43. Who has been conferred the 49th Jnanpith Award for 2013? (1) Kedarnath Singh (2) Ravuri Bharadhwaja (3) Pratibha Ray

(4) Chandrashekhara Kambara (5) Vishwanath Tripathi

44. In which state, India's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Suzlon Energy has installed the world’s tallest hybrid wind generator turbine?

(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Karnataka

(3) Gujarat (4) Maharashtra

(5) Telangana

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45. Which of the following countries of European Union has voted against the ban on deep-sea shark fishing for the European fleet for at least another 2 years?

(1) Spain (2) Denmark

(3) France (4) Germany

(5) Austria

46. Name the Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate, which has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently for pensioners, which will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account.

(1) Jeevan Pramaan (2) Jeevit Pramaan Patra (3) Swasthya Pramaan

(4) Swasthya Pramaan Patra (5) Jeevan Patra

47. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Bar Council of India recently? (1) Mannan Kumar

Mishra (2) Nilesh Kumar (3) T.S. Ajith

(4) S. Prabakaran (5) Mukul Rohatgi

48. Which among the following teams has won Durand Cup championship 2014? (1) Mohammedan (2) Salgaocar FC

(3) Bengaluru FC (4) Churchill Brothers

(5) Royal Scots Fusiliers

49. The Public Service Broadcasting Day was observed on: (1) November 10 (2) November 12

(3) November 14 (4) November 8

(5) November 9

50. Which state has become the first state in the country with bank accounts for all families? (1) Rajasthan (2) Goa

(3) Gujarat (4) Kerala

(5) Maharashtra

51. Who has been awarded Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement? (1) Pt Jasraj (2) Pt Birju Maharaj

(3) Mayadhar Raut (4) Kishori Amonkar

(5) Pt Mishra

52. Which actor has been named as winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year 2014 at 45th International Film Festival of India?

(1) Rajinikanth (2) Amitabh Bachchan

(3) Waheeda Rehman (4) Salman Khan

(5) Amir Khan

53. Which among the following technology giant has acquired digital video advertising service BrightRoll for about 640 million US dollars recently?

(1) Yahoo Inc (2) Oracle

(3) Qualcomm (4) Microsoft

(5) Facebook

54. Which among the following technology giant has bought Minecraft for about 2.5 billion US dollars recently? (1) Yahoo Inc (2) Oracle

(3) Qualcomm (4) Microsoft

(5) Facebook

55. 9th East Asia Summit was held in: (1) Naypyidaw, Myanmar (2) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (3) Bali, Indonesia

(4) Hanoi, Vietnam (5) Brisbane, Queensland

56. To mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, National Education Day is observed on: (1) November 11 (2) November 14

(3) November 9 (4) November 10

(5) November 5

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57. Recently in which state 14 women died and 34 were reported critical after undergoing “faulty” sterilisation surgeries at a government-organised family planning camp?

(1) Jharkhand (2) Chhattisgarh

(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh

(5) Jammu and Kashmir

58. Name the World Number one Malaysian Badminton player, who has been suspended recently due to an apparent anti-doping regulation violation

(1) Lee Wan Wah (2) Lee Chong Wei

(3) Lim Yin Loo (4) Lee Tsuen Seng

(5) Li Nang

59. Which among the following words has been chosen as the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year for 2014? (1) vape (2) bae

(3) slacktivism (4) indyref

(5) selfie

60. Who among the following has not been appointed as the ambassador for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015 by ICC?

(1) Kumar Sangakkara (2) Virat Kohli

(3) Mitchell Johnson (4) A B de Villiers

(5) Shane Watson

61. As per Union Finance Ministry, which among the following States/ Union Territories (UTs) has not achieved 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) till November 15, 2014?

(1) Chandigarh (2) Goa, Kerala

(3) Delhi (4) Lakshadweep

(5) Pondicherry

62. The Modified Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme has been launched in: (1) 45 districts (2) 54 districts

(3) 46 districts (4) 64 districts

(5) 70 districts

63. Who won women’s singles title of China Open Super Series Premier of Badminton in Fuzhou, China recently? (1) Akane Yamaguchi (2) Sung Ji-Hyun

(3) Wang Yihan (4) P V Sindhu

(5) Saina Nehwal

64. Who has been conferred with the “IIM- JRD Tata Award” for excellence in corporate leadership in metallurgical industries for the year 2014?

(1) Baba N Kalyani (2) C S Verma (3) H. M Nerurkar

(4) Debu Bhattacharya (5) Vishal Sikka

65. Who among the following female Bollywood actors has been named as the brand ambassador of Myntra.com? (1) Deepika Padukone (2) Anushka Sharma

(3) Kangana Ranaut (4) Sonakshi Sinha

(5) Kareena Kapour

66. Hand-in-Hand 2014 is fourth joint military training exercise held in Pune, Maharashtra between India and: (1) China (2) Japan

(3) South Korea (4) Australia

(5) USA

67. Name the first Sanskrit animated movie, which is based on a Kannada folk song that narrates the story of a confrontation between a cow and a tiger.

(1) Punyatmahe (2) Punyakatha

(3) Punyatma (4) Punyakoti

(5) Punyakaruna

68. Which state has become India’s first high-tech legislative assembly by implementing e-Governance solution “e-Vidhan” with the help of Department of Electronics and IT, NIC and NICSI?

(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Goa (4) Karnataka

(5) Maharashtra

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69. Name the book of Neel Mukherjee, based upon the Naxalite movement of the 1960s and unfolds a family history, which has been shortlisted for Costa Book Awards recently.

(1) Lives of Others (2) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (3) Past Continuous

(4) A Life Apart (5) Song of Ice and Fire

70. As per the latest report released by the conservation society Bombay Natural History Society, Sailana Kharmor Sanctuary is among the most threatened bird habitats in India. It is lacated in:

(1) Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh (2) Solapur, Maharashtra (3) Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh

(4) Haveri, Karnataka (5) Boriwali, Maharashtra

71. Which among the following organization has been chosen for Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014?

(1) ISRO (2) Sheikh Hasina

(3) UNICEF (4) Bachpan Bachao

(5) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

72. 12th ASEAN-India Summit was held in: (1) Bali, Indonesia (2) Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (3) Phnom Penh, Cambodia

(4) Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (5) Brisbane, Australia

73. Which among the following has won International Children’s Peace Prize 2014? (1) Malala Yousafzai (2) Kesz Váldez (3) Neha Gupta

(4) Om Prakash Gurjar (5) Nkosi Johnson

74. As per the latest Global Slavery Index, released by the Walk Free Foundation, which among the following country has topped the index?

(1) China (2) India

(3) Pakistan (4) Uzbekistan

(5) Bangladesh

75. Who has been chosen for the BCCI’s Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013-14? (1) Kapil Dev (2) Sunil Gavaskar

(3) Ajit Wadekar (4) Rahul Dravid

(5) Dilip Vengsarkar

76. The birth anniversary of which of the following freedom fighter was celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Integration Day?

(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(4) Gopal Krishan Gokhale (5) Lokmanya Tilak

77. Which Indian player has been suspended by International boxing Federation? (1) Mary Kom (2) Sarita Devi

(3) Kavita Goyat (4) Sarjubala Devi

(5) Jay Nhagwan

78. Recently, the launch of GSAT-16 has been advanced by 6 months. Which among the following satellite will be replaced by GSAT-16?

(1) INSAT-1B (2) INSAT-2A

(3) INSAT-3E (4) INSAT-1A

(5) INSAT-3C

79. Which country is the single largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping operations? (1) USA (2) Russia

(3) India (4) France

(5) UK

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80. Which of the following government schemes was launched on the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan? (1) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (2) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (3) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

(4) Digital India Mission (5) MANREGA

81. Recently, five Indian companies made it to the CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014 as recognition of their efforts to mitigate climate. Which is not a part of them?

(1) Essar Oil (2) L&T, TCS

(3) Wipro (4) Tech Mahindra

(5) Bharati Telecom

82. In a recent IUCN list, which Indian bird has been placed in the 'critically endangered' species category? (1) Great Indian

Bustard (2) Snow Partridge (3) Black Francolin

(4) Red Spurfowl (5) Indian Sparrow

83. In a recent spell of labour reforms, PM Narendra Modi said which portable number will be used as single window portal to enable business with central government?

(1) Permanent Account Number (2) Universal Account Number (3) Dearness Account Number

(4) Movable Account Number (5) PF Account Number

84. Indian born Mexican scientist Rajaram has been awarded with which prize for his excellent research that led to an increase in world wheat production?

(1) Balzan Prize (2) National Medal of Science (3) World Food Prize

(4) Nicholas Appert Award (5) Field Medal

85. Despite Chinese concerns, India is going ahead with the construction of which highway in Arunachal Pradesh? (1) Tawang to Vijoynagar (2) Vijoyna to Vijaynagar (3) Tapun to Hetbuk

(4) Ngyak to Vijaynagar (5) Tawang to Dibrugarh

86. President Pranab Mukherjee became the first Indian President to visit the official residence of Santa Claus. It is located at which of the following places in Finland?

(1) Rovaniemi (2) Suomo

(3) Joensuu (4) Kannus

(5) Norvajaravi

87. Which among the following is the name of memoir of Malala Yousafzai, published recently in several Indian languages?

(1) In the Line of Fire (2) Against the veil

(3) I am Malala (4) And Then One Day

(5) None of them

88. Ajay Jayaram, who recently won Dutch Open Grand Prix, is a _____ player? (1) Tennis (2) Golf

(3) Badminton (4) Cricket

(5) Snooker

89. Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in __? (1) Andhra (2) Telangana

(3) Odisha (4) Karnataka

(5) Tamil Nadu

90. Who is the author of ‘Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar’ ? (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Kapil Dev

(3) Dilip D'Souza (4) Yuvraj Singh

(5) MS Dhoni

91. The International Day for Eradication of Poverty is observed on? (1) October 15 (2) October 16 (3) October 17

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(4) October 18 (5) October 19 92. Which missile is developed by DRDO as an answer to America's Tomahawk and Pakistan's Babur missile?

(1) Agni IV (2) Astra

(3) Nirbhay (4) Prithvi

(5) Bramhos

93. The "State of Palestine" is recognized by which among the following permanent members of United Nations? (1) Only China (2) China and Russia (3) China, Russia and UK

(4) China, France, Russia and UK (5) USA, UK

94. Recently, Evo Morales has been re-elected as President of __? (1) Bolivia (2) Columbia

(3) Chile (4) Peru

(5) Mynmar

95. Which among the following is the largest cane producer state of India? (1) Maharashtra (2) Uttar Pradesh

(3) Punjab (4) Haryana

(5) Karnatak

96. Who among the following is the winner of 2014 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences which is given in Memory of Alfred Nobel?

(1) Robert J. Shiller (2) Lloyd S. Shapley

(3) Thomas J. Sargent (4) Jean Tirole

(5) Merry Morrser

97. Which among the following African country is not affected by Ebola? (1) Sierra Leone (2) Liberia

(3) Guinea (4) Kenya

(5) Congo

98. According to the RBI regulations, what is the minimum age limit for children to open and operate savings bank accounts independently?

(1) 5 Years (2) 13 Years

(3) 15 Years (4) 16 Years

(5) 10 Years

99. The so called Military Demarcation Line separates __? (1) China and Taiwan (2) Vietnam and Laos (3) China and Japan

(4) Afghanistan and Pakistan (5) North Korea and South Korea

100. Where are headquarters of the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? (1) Kathmandu (2) Beijing

(3) New Delhi (4) Manila]

(5) Brasilia

101. Who among the following is a golf player? (1) Anirban Lahiri (2) Pankaj Advani

(3) Geet Sethi (4) Hetul Shah

(5) K Shrikant

102. Who has been appointed as the new head of Kalakshetra Foundation by the Ministry of Culture? (1) N.Gopalaswami (2) Priyadarsini Govind (3) Karunaker K Menon

(4) S.Rajagopalan (5) Suresh Prabhu

103. Who among the following will be the nodal officer for implementing the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana? (1) Member

Parliament (2) Prime Minister (3) District Collector

(4) Sarpanch (5) Rural Minister

104. Which among the following countries does not have a fully functional global navigation system? (1) USA (2) Russia (3) Germany

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(4) China (5) None of the above 105. A Nobel Prize in each category can be shared among maximum ____ laureates?

(1) 2 (2) 3

(3) 4 (4) 5

(5) 6

106. What is the ranking of India in the recently released Global Hunger Index? (1) 63 (2) 89

(3) 76 (4) 55

(5) 105

107. The Shyamal Sen Commission was set up to enquire into __? (1) 2G spectrum scam (2) Saradha Chit fund Scam (3) Cash-for-votes scandal

(4) Kerala solar panel scam (5) IPL Spot Fixing

108. Which among the following years will mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa? (1) 2015 (2) 2016

(3) 2017 (4) 2018

(5) 2019

109. Which among the following is the first Indian company to acquire the domain name .ooo (Dot-Triple-O)? (1) Infosys (2) Infibeam

(3) Indiamart (4) India Infoline

(5) Flipkart

110. According to a recent survey done by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Delhi is the fourth most dangerous city for women using public transport. Which is the most dangerous city in the world?

(1) Bogota (2) Mexico City

(3) Lima (4) Brasilia

(5) New York

111. Which among the treaties is often called by Indian establishment as "last vestige of apartheid in the international system"?

(1) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (2) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (3) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) (4) Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (5) Food Security Bill

112. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Future Earth Engagement Committee?

(1) Amartya Sen (2) Jairam Ramesh

(3) Manmohan Singh (4) Jean Dreze

(5) Kailash Sattyarthi

113. India has recently agreed to supply naval vessels as part of military transfer to which South-Asian nation? (1) Thailand (2) Singapore

(3) Vietnam (4) Philippines

(5) Japan

114. Which spacecraft by SpaceX, California has recently landed on Earth after completing its mission on International Space Station?

(1) Orion (2) MAVEN

(3) Dawn (4) Rosetta

(5) Dragon

115. In a recent defence deal, India will buy anti-tank Spike missiles from? (1) USA (2) Russia

(3) Israel (4) Australia

(5) Japan

116. According to a recent UN report six countries account for more than 90 percent of AIDS in the world. Which among the following is not among them?

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(1) China, Myanmar (2) Indonesia

(3) Vietnam, Thailand (4) India

(5) Singapore

117. Name the scientist who discovered the first successful inactivated polio vaccine? (1) Emma Goodman (2) Maurice Hilleman (3) Jonas Salk

(4) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (5) Alexander Flaming

118. Which state of India has won the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management Award for 2014 for successfully organizing the Kubh Mela?

(1) Punjab (2) Gujarat

(3) Maharashtra (4) Uttar Pradesh

(5) Telangana

119. The winner of WTA Singles women's title 2014 is __? (1) Serena Williams (2) Simona Halep

(3) Maria Sharapova (4) Petra Kvitova

(5) Li Na

Questions Asked in IBPS RRBs Officer Scale - II

1. Which of the following banks has started India's first EMI facility in debit cards? (1) State Bank of India (2) IDBI Bank Ltd (3) ICICI Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) Axis Bank 2. With which of the following did GMR Infrastructure recently sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in

Japan? (1) Kyoto Municipal Corporation (2) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (3) Asian Development Bank (4) Japan International Cooperation Agency (5) None of these 3. The Reserve Bank of India recently issued draft norms for licensing of small banks. What is the minimum capital

requirement for starting such banks? (1) Rs. 50 crore (2) Rs. 100 crore (3) Rs. 250 crore (4) Rs. 400 crore (5) Rs. 500 crore 4. The GIRO (Government Internal Revenue Order) Advisory Group is headed by (1) Bimal Jalan (2) Umesh Bellur (3) H.R Khan (4) Parthasarthy Shome (5) C. Rangarajan 5. Which of the following banks/organizations-is the convener of the State-Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) for the

new Telangana State which came into being on 2 June 2014? (1) Indian Banks' Association (2) State Bank of Hyderabad (3) Andhra Bank (4) Reserve Bank of India (5) State Bank of Telangana 6. Which of the following banks and Delhi Daredevils recently launched India's first credit card around cricket on a

MasterCard Platform? (1) Corporation Bank (2) Ratnakar Bank Ltd (3) Syndicate Bank (4) Axis Bank (5) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

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7. The Finance Ministry has set up a committee to assess the amount of unclaimed deposit in the PPF and Post Office saving schemes. The committee is headed by

(1) Shanta Kumar (2) Oscar Fernandes (3) Sitaram Yechury (4) H.R Khan (5) Tiruchi Siva 8. The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks not to levy penal charges on customers who do not maintain minimum

balance in (1) Savings bank accounts (2) Current accounts (3) Recurring Deposits (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of the above 9. What is the full form of REER? (1) Real Effective Exchange Rate (2) Reserve Exchange Effective Rate (3) Repo Exchange Effective Rate (4) Reverse Ending Exchange Rate (5) None of these 10. Consumer Confidence Survey is conducted by (1) Confederation of Indian Industry (2) National Centre for Statistics and Information (3) Survey of India (4) Statistical Organization of India (5) Reserve Bank of India 11. The RBI recently extended deadline to exchange pre-2005 currency notes to (1) 1 October 2014 (2) 31 October 2014 (3) 31 December 2014 (4) 1 January 2015 (5) 31 March 2015 12. The RBI Working Group to Study the Issues Related to Gold Import and Gold Loans under H.U.B. Rao has

recommended the need to have a restrictive (1) Loan to Value Ratio (2) Loan basis (3) Suppliers' credit / buyers' credit basis (4) Consignment basis (5) All of the above 13. How many banks were registered by DICGC till March 31. 2014? (1) 1994 (2) 3296 (3) 1852 (4) 2145 (5) 1128 14. How many accounts are to be opened under the Jan Dhan Yojana by August 2015? (1) 2.5 crore (2) 5 crore (3) 7.5 crore (4) 10 crore (5) 15 crore 15. While issuing Credit Card/ Debit Card/Prepaid Card, KYC is the responsibility of (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) Union Ministry of Finance (4) CIBIL (5) Both 2 and 3 16. The restructuring of corporate debts of viable entities is the responsibility of (1) Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (2) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (3) CDR Empowered Group (4) Reserve Bank of India (5) Debts Recovery Tribunal 17. What is the number of Local Area Banks in India? (1) 0 (2) 1

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(3) 4 (4) 7 (5) 12 18. A new RTGS system based on which standard messaging formats was operationalised with effect from October 19,

2013? (1) ISO 20008 (2) ISO 20012 (3) ISO 20034 (4) ISO 20018 (5) ISO 20022 19. The newly launched Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is a (1) Public sector bank (2) Private sector bank (3) Regional Rural bank (4) Cooperative bank (5) Self Help Group bank 20. Which bank was the first to announce Vijay Mallya as a defaulter? (1) State Bank of India (2) Indian Overseas Bank (3) United Bank of India (4) Syndicate Bank (5) ICICI Bank 21. Which of the following services is provided by 'Missed Call Banking' Facility? (1) Phone transaction (2) Account balance (3) Mini statement (4) ECS items statement (5) Both 2 and 3 22. Banks in India provide Nomi-nation facility for (1) Bank deposits (2) Safe deposit lockers (3) Safe custody articles (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of the above 23. The Reserve Bank of India recently simplified the requirement of submission of 'proof of address' for the opening of

bank accounts. Which of the following address proofs are required now? (1) Permanent address proof (2) Local address proof (3) Acknowledgment of receipt of letter (4) Cheque books (5) Any of 1 and 2 24. As per the Reserve Bank of India, unclaimed bank deposits are estimated at about (1) Rs. 1200 crore (2) Rs. 1800 crore (3) Rs. 2750 crore (4) Rs 3,500 crore (5) Rs. 4850 crore 25. The recently constituted committee to identify "obsolete" laws is headed by (1) R Ramanujam (2) K.R Mehta (3) S.P. Joshi (4) D.N. Chaturvedi (5) P.S. Saraswat 26. Which of the following is a recommendation of the Kelkar Report on gas pricing? (1) Natural resources should be priced at the highest price possible in the market (2) There should be import- linked pricing for domestic natural gas (3) Natural gas prices should be free from government intervention (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) Both 1 and 3 27. What is the minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS? (1) Rs. 10,000 (2) Rs. 50,000 (3) Rs. 1 lakh (4) Rs. 2 lakh (5) Rs. 5 lakh

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28. As per the RBI guidelines on 'Entry of Banks into Insurance Business - Insurance Broking Business', which of the following is a requirement for undertaking insurance broking business by banks?

(1) The networth of the bank should not be less than Rs. 100 crores (2) The CRAR of the bank should not be less than 20% (3) The level of net non-per- forming assets should not be more than 3 percent (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of the above 29. The Reserve Bank of India on July 17, 2014 released two separate draft guidelines for licensing of two new

categories of banks - Payment Banks and Small Banks. The idea of these banks have been derived from the recommendations of

(1) Shome Committee (2) Jalan Committee (3) Rangarajan Committee (4) Kelkar Committee (5) Mor Committee 30. The Reserve Bank of India recently reduced the number of mandated free transactions for savings bank account

holders at other bank ATMs from five to three per month. On which date will it be effective? (1) 1 October 2014 (2) 31 October 2014 (3) 1 November 2014 (4) 31 December 2014 (5) 1 January 2015 31. With the goal of promoting financial inclusion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed minors aged more than

to open and operate savings bank accounts independently. (1)8 years (2) 10 years (3) 12 years (4) 14 years (5) 16 years 32. In which of the following types of ATMs, the hardware as well as lease is under the ownership of the service

provider, while connectivity and cash handling and management is the responsibility of the sponsor bank? (1) Green ATM (2) Offline ATM (3) White Label ATM (4) Brown ATM (5) Standalone ATM 33. Which of the following has set up the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) to collect, store

and disseminate data on all borrowers' credit exposures? (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) Union Ministry of Finance (4) IRDA (5) None of these 34. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 2 April 2014, decided to grant "in-principle" approval to two applicants to set up

banks under the Guidelines on Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector issued on February 22, 2013. The "in-principle" approval granted will be valid for a period of

(1) 3 months (2) 6 months (3) 12 months (4) 18 months (5) 24 months 35. What is the full form of ASBA? (1) Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (2) Applications Supported by Bank Amount (3) Applications Sustained by Bank Amount (4) Applications Sustained by Blocked Amount (5) None of these 36. The RBI guidelines on Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), issued on 13 February 2014,

require banks to report outstanding current account balance of their customers (debit or credit) of (1) Rs. 1 million and above (2) Rs. 5 million and above

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(3) Rs. 10 million and above (4) Rs. 25 million and above (5) Rs. 50 million and above 37. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued the draft of a charter comprising five basic customer rights. Which

of the following is not one of those rights? (1) Right to fair treatment (2) Right to transparency (3) Right to Information (4) Right to suitability (5) Right to privacy 38. What is the main objective of KYC/AML/CFT guidelines? (1) Promoting financial inclusion (2) Preventing banks from being used for money laundering (3) Dealing with the NPAs of banks (4) Both l and 2 (5) All of the above 39. The Reserve Bank, on 1 September 2014, issued revised and final guidelines for raising non-equity regulatory

capital instruments by banks under the stringent Basel III framework under which lenders can issue ___capital with a minimum original maturity of 5 years.

(1) Tier 1 capital (2) Tier 2 capital (3) Tier III capital (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) None of these 40. Which of the following recently launched the 67th round of the Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) for reference period

July September 2014? (1) SEBI (2) Union Ministry of Industry (3) Planning Commission of India (4) RBI (5) Federation of Indian Industries

Questions Asked in SIDBI Officer Exam

1. Under the Interest Subsidy for Education Loans for the students of economically weaker section (EWS), the parental family of students should not have income from all sources more than Rs. __ per annum.

(1) Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum (2) Rs. 4 lakh per annum (3) Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum (4) Rs. 5 lakh per annum (5) Rs. 6 lakh per annum 2. Which of the following is the regulating authority for housing finance companies ? (1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) SEBI (4) NHB (5) None of these 3. The finance ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India to allow common ATMs that will be owned and managed

by non-banking entities. Such ATMs are known as (1) Brown Label ATMs (2) Green Label ATMs (3) White Label ATMs (4) Red Label ATMs (5) Blue Label ATMs 4. Who among the following are the beneficiaries of the "Reserve Mortgage Scheme" ? (1) Government Employees (2) Senior Citizens (3) Unemployed Persons (4) Persons of BPL category (5) Widows of Vrindavan 5. Who, among the following, cannot be a partner in a partnership firm ?

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(1) Individual (2) Firm (3) Company (4) Trustees (5) Hindu Undivided Family 6. For which purpose is commercial paper used by the corporate bodies ? (1) It is of short term (2) It is secured debt (3) Rates of commercial papers are usually cheaper than those for their longterm debt (4) Both 1 and 3 (5) All of the above 7. Reserve Bank of India has cut the number of free transactions that savings bank customers can avail from other

bank's Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from the present five to three a month in 6 cities. Which of the following is not one such city ?

(1) Chennai (2) Pune (3) Kolkata (4) Bengaluru (5) Hyderabad 8. What is Trade Gap ? (1) Excess of export over import (2) Increase in trade due to Devaluation of currency (3) Excess of import over export (4) Slump in trade due to Recession (5) Both 2 and 4 9. The Pradhan Mantri Dhan Jan Yojana was recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Which of the

following benefits is provided by this scheme ? (1) 1 lakh insurance cover (2) RuPay Debit Card (3) 5 lakh Accidental Insurance Cover Select the correct answer using the codes given below : (1) Both 1 and 2 (2) Only 3 (3) Both 2 and 3 (4) Only 2 (5) Only 3 10. What is the full form of CIBIL ? (1) Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (2) Credit and Income Bureau (India) Limited (3) Cash Instant Bank (India) Limited (4) Cash Information Bureau (India) Limited (5) None of these 11. What is Basel III norms ? (1) Norms for risk management aspects of banking (2) Norms on bank capital adequacy (3) Norms on bank stress testing (4) Norms on market liquidity risk (5) All of the above 12. Food and Agricultural Organization is the wing of (1) UNESCO (2) WHO (3) UNICEF (4) UNO (5) None of these 13. Which of the following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gas ? (1) China (2) USA (3) Russia (4) India (5) Great Britain

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14. Usha Ananthasubramanian, the Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, is the former Executive Director of

(1) State Bank of India (2) Punjab National Bank (3) Deena Bank (4) United Bank of India (5) Canara Bank 15. What is the full form of CRY, an NGO ? (1) Child Rights and You (2) Centre for Rural Youth (3) Crisis Resolution and Youth (4) Child Rights and Youth (5) None of these 16. Reverse Repo Rate is used by the Reserve Bank of India to (1) To control money supply (2) To regulate Open Market Operations (3) For enabling banks to invest in gild-edged securities (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of these 17. Who among the following is the Union Minister for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy ? (1) Sadananda Gowda (2) Piyush Goyal (3) Arun Jaitley (4) Ram Vilas Paswan (5) Rajnath Singh 18. What does Invisible Export mean ? (1) Intangible items that leave a country (2) Export of waste (3) Overseas payments (4) Both 1 and 3 (5) All of these 19. What is the full form of IFRS ? (1) Indian Financial Reporting Standards (2) International Forex Reporting Standards (3) Indian Forex Reporting Standards (4) International Financial Reporting System (5) International Financial Reporting Standards 20. The interest rate of saving bank deposits is fixed by (1) Banks (2) Reserve Bank of India (3) Banking Ombudsman (4) Union Ministry of Finance (5) Both 2 and 3 21. What is the full form of FEDAI ? (1) Foreign Exchange Directors Association Of India (2) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association Of India (3) Foreign Exchange Distributors Association Of India (4) Foreign Exchange Deregulators Association Of India (5) None of these 22. Which of the following concepts of banking was given by Professor Mohammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner

? (1) Cheque Truncation (2) Microfinance (3) Gender specific lending (4) Management of NPAs (5) Risk Control 23. The Companies Act 2013 increased the limit of the number of members in a private company from 50 to (1) 75 (2) 100

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(3) 150 (4) 200 (5) 250 24. Which of the following is a private sector bank in India ? (1) Vijaya Bank (2) Bank of Maharashtra (3) Dena Bank (4) Indian Overseas Bank (5) Axis Bank 25. Which of the following has not been the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ? (1) Dr. Y. V. Reddy (2) Dr. D. Subbarao (3) Dr. C. Bimal Jalan (4) Dr. C. Rangarajan (5) Dr. Parthasarthy Shome 26. Which of the following awards is given for lifetime achievement in sports ? (1) Dhyanchand Award (2) Rajiv Gandhi Kehl Ratna (3) Dronacharya Award (4) Arjuan Award (5) None of these 27. Which of the following issued the Code of Bank's Commitment to Customers to be adopted by banks in India ? (1) Individual Banks (2) Reserve Bank of India (3) Bank for International Settlements (4) Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (5) None of these 28. Which of the following is the vetting authority and regulator for mergers and acquisitions in India ? (1) Confederation of Indian Industry (2) Union Ministry of Finance (3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Competition Commission of India (5) Securities and Exchange Board of India 29. What are the objectives of KYC norms ? (1) To control the capital adequacy ratio of banks (2) To check money laundering (3) To determine true identity and beneficial ownership of accounts (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of these 30. At which of the following places is the All Woman Post Office located ? (1) Ahmedabad (2) Rae Bareli (3) New Delhi (4) Hyderabad (5) Nasik 31. By which date can the pre 2005 notes be exchanged in India ? (1) 31 October 2014 (2) 7 December 2014 (3) 31 December 2014 (4) 1 January 2015 (5) 31 March 2015 32. Insurance cover for bank deposits in India is provided by (1) RBI and World Bank (2) DICGC (3) SEBI (4) International Bank for Finance (5) Both 1 and 2 33. Exchange control is a function performed by (1) Scheduled Commercial Banks (2) NABARD

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(3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Union Ministry of Finance (5) None of these 34. We frequently find in newspapers a term called 'Gold ETFs' which represent the physical gold in Demat form. What

does ETF stand for ? (1) Exchange Traded Funds (2) Electronic Transaction of Funds (3) Exchange of Traded Funds (4) Electronic Trade of Funds (5) None of these 35. Who is the promoter of Saradha Group Chit Fund (1) Tapas Paul (2) Sudipta Sen (3) Mamta Banerjee (4) Subrato Roy Sahara (5) None of these 36. What does Fiscal Deficit mean ? (1) Total revenue expenditure - Total revenue receipts (2) Total expenditure - Total receipts excluding borrowings. (3) Fiscal deficit - Interest payments (4) Total Revenue expenditure - Interest Payments (5) None of these 37. Narendra Modi is the ___ Prime Minister of India (1) 12th (2) 13th (3) 14th (5) 15th (5) 16th 38. The total number of bank offices at end March 2014 is estimated to have reached (1) 90,969 (1) 1,02,114 (3) 1,15,014 (4) 1,23,573 (50 1,32,454 39. Which of the following companies, on 2 April 2014, received 'in principle' nod from the Reserve Bank of India to

open private sector bank ? (1) IDFC Limited (2) Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited (3) Religare Enterprises (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of the above 40. TRAI is the regulator of which of the following services ? (1) Trade finance (2) Service Tax (3) Telecommunication (4) Aviation Industry (5) Both 1 and 2

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE 41. Which of the following is a recent version of operating systems ? (1) Windows XP (2) Windows 7 Basic (3) Windows 8 (4) Windows 10 (5) Windows2013 42. What is the full form of SMTP ? (1) Swift Mail Transmission Program (2) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (3) Swift Mail Transfer Program (4) Spam Mail Trash Program (5) None of these 43. Which key deletes one character to the right of the insertion point in MS Word ? (1) Tab (2) Backspace (3) Windows (4) Delete

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(5) End 44. Which of the following is an Application Software (1) Linux (2) Windows 7 (3) MS-2003 (4) Mac (5) None of these 45. A high speed device used in CPU for temporary storage during processing is called (1) Register (2) Bus (3) Compiler (4) Translator (5) Bus 46. Ctrl + S command is used in MS Word for (1) Straightening (2) Shortening (3) Saving (4) Simulating (5) Slashing 47. Which of the following is used for establishing connection to other document or locations within a website ? (1) Hyperlink (2) Web link (3) CSS (4) Java query (5) HTML Link 48. Minor revisions in software are reflected in the use of (1) Whole numbers (2) Decimal numbers (3) Version letters (4) Upgrade code letters (5) Registry Keys 49. When a computer is turned on, where does it get the first instructions that it loads into RAM ? (1) From RAM (2) From ROM (3) From the Hard Disk (4) From a CD (5) None of these 50. In telecommunications, PSTN is used for (1) Program Switched Telephone Network (2) Public Service Telephone Network (3) Program Service Telephone Network (4) Public Switched Telephone Network (5) None of these 51. LAN stands for (1) Local Area Network (2) Logical Algorithm Network (3) Local Application network (4) Logical Application Network (5) None of these 52. Which of the following is a function key in a computer ? (1) Ctrl (2) Tab (3) F1 (4) Alt (5) Num Lock 53. Query languages are computer languages used to make queries into (1) Databases (2) Information systems (3) Apache Network (4) Both 1 and 2 (5) All of these 54. Which of the following commands is used for saving an existing document as a new document with a new name ?

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(1) Ctrl S (2) Ctrl Shift S (3) Shift S (4) Ctrl Shift Alt S (5) Shift Alt S 55. The process of loading operating system on RAM is known as (1) Copying (2) Formatting (3) Device Driving (4) Booting (5) Multitasking 56. Object program is written in ___ language. (1) Machine language (2) Assembly language (3) Code language (4) Programming language (5) None of these 57. DBMS is (1) A collection of programs (2) A network (3) A collection of web links (4) A form of assembly language (5) A new type of processor 58. Codes consisting of Bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer readable are known as (1) Bar code (2) ASCII Code (3) A magnetic tape (4) Light Pen (5) None of these 59. Which of the following is the coding of data so that is can't be easily understood if intercepted ? (1) Barcode (2) Decoder (3) Encryption (4) Mnemonics (5) None of the above 60. Which of the following is a device that changes information into digital form ? (1) Modem (2) Digitizer (3) Mouse (4) Cursor (5) Light pen1

Memory Based Questions Asked in SBI Associate PO 2014

1. In EFT, E denotes - Electronic 2. 24 Oct - UN Foundation Day 3. Nobel Prize in Economics - Jean Tirole 4. President of china - Xi Jin Ping 5. CAD - in the context of computer - Computer Aided Design 6. Pt. Ravishankar related to - Sitar 7. Who won gold in Men's badminton in CWG 2014 - P Kashyap 8. In Excel, shortcut of Row Hide shortcut - Ctrl + 9 9. Minimum Amount in Pension Account - Rs. 1000 10. Bank rate - 9% 11. Undo command - Ctrl + Z 12. Mutual funds comes under - SEBI 13. CRM - Customer Relationship Management 14. Rang Rasiya is based on life of Raja Ravi Verma

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15. Nanhi Kali scheme from which bank? Bharatiya Mahila Bank 16. Japan PM - Shinzo Abe 17. Govt scheme for providing food to children - Mid Day Meal 18. New Life book author - Orhan Pamuk, Guneli Gun 19. IRDA Headquarters related statement question - Hyderabad 20. Banking ombudsman under which rule - 2006 21. FMC - Forward Market Commission 22. IFSC full form - Indian Financial System Code 23. Indonesia capital - Jakarta 24. Girl related scheme : SABLA 25. MS Word is - Application software 26. Who is going to break the all time record of 251 goals in football? - Messi 27. Brand equity is related to? Marketing 28. HDFC Head office - Mumbai 29. GIF Fullform - Graphical Interchange Format 30. Spreadsheet file format saved as? .xls 31. Board of governance committee 32. Inflation related committee 33. MAC Full form - Media access control 34. OMO Related - Government Securities 35. Which base replaced WPI- CPI 36. In 2011 census, which state had the lowest Female Literacy? - Haryana 37. HTML Full Form - Hypertext Mark Up Language 38. CPI - Consumer Price Index 39. What is the full form of MTSS ?-Money Transfer Service scheme 40. Who is the Minister of Tribal Affairs? - Jual Oram 41. What is the minimum paid up capital for Small Banks? - 100 crore 42. Router is use for which purpose? - Data transmission between the computers 43. Network speed is measure in? - bits per second 44. What is the shortcut key to insert new document? - ctrl + n 45. What is the full form of HTML? - Hyper Text Markup Language 46. What does T stands for in CTSS? - Time 47. Which of the following provide facility to use the public network to transmit secret data? - Virtual Private

network 48. What is the shortcut to select all texts of a document? - ctrl + a 49. Where is the HQ of allahabad bank? - Kolkata 50. Book 'road to the deep north' that won Men's Booker award is written by - Richard Flanagan 51. Why west indies board cancelled series with india? - Salary disputes between Players and WICB 52. What is the full form of LAN? - Local Area Network 53. Who is the current Vice president of the USA? - Joe Biden 54. What is the full form of BIOS?- Basic Input Output System 55. What are the Stages in Product Life Cycle? - Introduction,Growth,Maturity and Decline 56. Ctrl+s used for? - To save the document 57. Shit+delete used for ? To Permanently delete a file

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58. What does letter A dnote in NPA? - Assets 59. What is the full form of ASCII? - American Standard Codes for Information Interchange 60. SEBI is which kind of body? - Market regulating Body 61. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? - Ban Ki-moon 62. Who is the current CM of Haryana? - Monohar Lal Khattar 63. Who is the Current chief economic officer? - Arvind Subramanian 64. The first page of website is called as? - Home Page 65. What the name of the apex bank of USA? - Federal Reserve Bank 66. What is the full form of USB? - Universal Serial Bus 67. What is the full form of ifsc ? -Indian Financial System code 68. What is the purpose of cltrl+delete ? - to delete whole line to the right of the cursor 69. Commercial paper can be issued for a maximum period of ? - 365 days 70. Raghu rajan got best gov central bank from ehich organisation? - euromoney magazine 71. The Mutual funds in India follow accounting standards laid by ? -SEBI 72. Sbi launched minor a/c for childern above 10 years named as ? - Pehli Udaan 73. Who is the winner of men booker award 2014 ? - Richard Flanagan 74. Who is appointed as the economic affairs secretary ? - Rajiv Mehrishi 75. To reach at the end of the line in word we use which key ? - End 76. There are how many digits in MICR ? - 9 77. What is the full form of MAN ? - Metropolitan Area Network 78. Saina Nehwal is related to which sport ? Badminton 79. Raghuram Rajan won award by ? - Euromoney award 80. Command to undo recent action - ctrl + z 81. Who is the Author of the book 'Oath of Vayuputhras' ? Ameesh Tripathi 82. speed of microprocessor is measured in ? - Ghz 83. What is recession? - A period of temporary economic decline,generally identified by a fall in GDP in two

successive quarters. 84. What is the Accidental Cover Amount in Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ? - 1,00,000 INR 85. Excel workbook is a collection of ? - Spreadsheets 86. Which airline was in news recntly for purchase of 250 airbuses ? - Indigo Airlines 87. Financial benchmark panel was headed by ? - Vijya Bhaskar 88. Which rate Rbi decides under Monetary policy ? - Repo rate 89. 2nd generation computer were based on ? - Transistor 90. What is the full form of PPTP ? - Point-to-Point-Tunneling Protocol 91. What does B stands for in ECB ? - Borrowings 92. What is the full form of RRB ? - Regional rural Bank 93. What is the upper limit of PPF ? - 1.5 lakh 94. What is the oldest currency in the world? - Pound sterling 95. Which among the following is not an output device ? - Scanner 96. Who is the author of the book Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar ? - Dilip D' Souza 97. What will Inflation result in ? - Decrease in economic activities of a country 98. Which among the following is a volatile memory ? - RAM 99. What is an Internet explorer ? Browser 100. What is the extension used for MS word ? - .doc,.docx

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101. What is the first step of buying ? - need recognition 102. who is water resource minister ? - Uma Bharti 103. The slogan " I have a dream" is given by which American activist in his public speech ? - Martin Luthor king 104. which PSU is responsible for insurance over export? - Export Credit Insurance 105. Which is an insurance regulatory body- IRDA 106. Which is the Regulatory body for RRB? - NABARD 107. Who is the author of God of small thing ? Arundhati Roy 108. NPS stands for? - National pension scheme 109. RBI policy related to money laundering? Know Your Customer 110. NBFC deals in? - providing banking services 111. What is the full form of PDF? Portable Document Format 112. Who won the Nobel piece awrd 2014? Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay 113. Who belongs to tennis? options were - djokovic, federer, messi 114. When is world rabies day? 28th setember 115. Interest on savings account is calculated on which basis? daily basis 116. In which of the following places there is no nuclear plant? - kenya 117. Mutual funds regulated by ? - Securities and Exchange Board of India 118. What is ping in computer networking utility? - Packet InterNet Groper 119. Processor speed measure in Instructions per second 120. Using two different brand names for a propose of single product is called? Co-branding 121. What is the function of Ctrl + s in MS Word = to save file or document

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