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General Awareness Updates (October 2014)

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Contents

2014 Nobel Awards .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

Universal Health Assurance Mission ................................................................................................................................. 4

Ebola Virus IMP Points ..................................................................................................................................................... 5

Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Padma Awards 2014 ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

Karnataka cities get new names ....................................................................................................................................... 8

Census 2011 .................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Books and Authors ..........................................................................................................................................................10

Important International Organizations ............................................................................................................................11

ABBREVIATIONs ..............................................................................................................................................................11

Missiles of India ..............................................................................................................................................................13

Indian Super League ........................................................................................................................................................14

Grand Slams ....................................................................................................................................................................15

Current Affairs Q & A October 2014 ................................................................................................................................16

Memory Based Questions Asked IBPS PO 2014 ...............................................................................................................26

Key: Current Affairs Q & A October 2014 .........................................................................................................................31

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2014 Nobel Awards

The Nobel Prizes are prizes awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institute and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. They were established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which dictates that the awards should be administered by the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, for contributions to the field of economics. Each recipient, or "laureate", receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money, which is decided by the Nobel Foundation, yearly.

Chemistry

Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing new methods that let microscopes see finer details than they could before

The three scientists were cited for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy,” which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said had bypassed the maximum resolution of traditional optical microscopes.

Betzig (54) works at the Howard Hughes Medfical Institute in Ashburn, Virginia. Hell (51) is director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany. Moerner (61) is a professor at Stanford University in California.

Physics

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the invention is just 20 years old, “but it has already contributed to create white light in an entirely new manner to the benefit of us all".

Prof. Akasaki, 85, is a professor at Meijo University and distinguished professor at Nagoya University. Prof. Amano, 54, is also a professor at Nagoya University, while the 60-year-old Prof. Nakamura is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Medicine

U.S.-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegian married couple May—Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the brain’s positioning system.

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This “inner GPS” helps explain how the brain creates “a map of the space surrounding us and how we can navigate our way through a complex environment,” the Nobel Assembly said.

O’Keefe, of University College London, discovered the first component of this positioning system in 1971 when he found that a certain type of nerve cell was always activated when a rat was at a certain place in a room.

Thirty--four years later May-Britt and Edvard Moser, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, identified another type of nerve cell that generates a coordinate system for precise path—finding, the assembly said

Literature

Patrick Modiano of France, whose work focuses on the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

The Swedish Academy gave the 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) prize to Modiano “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation.”

Modiano whose novel “Missing Person” won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1978 was born in a west Paris suburb two months after World War II ended in Europe in July 1945.

Economics

French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize for economics for his work that has shed light on how governments should regulate powerful companies that dominate markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

“Jean Tirole is one of the most influential economists of our time,’’ the academy said. “Most of all, he has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with a few powerful firms.’’

The economist will receive an 8 million Swedish crown ($1.1 million) prize

The prize is officially called - Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Peace

Kailash Satyarthi, 60-year-old child rights activist from Madhya Pradesh, and Malala Yousafzai, who has risked her life to wage a campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan, are the joint winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

“It is an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday. They were chosen for the prize for “their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”

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The Committee said Mr. Satyarthi, based in New Delhi, showed “great personal courage” and “maintaining Gandhi’s tradition, has headed various forms of protests

and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain.

Indian Nobel Prize Winners

Year Name Field

1913 Rabindranath Tagore

Literature

1930 C.V. Raman Physics

1968 Hargobind Khorana

Medicine

1979 Mother Teresa Peace

Year Name Field

1983 Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar

Physics

1998 Amartya Sen Economics

2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Chemistry

2014 Kailash Satyarthi

Peace

Universal Health Assurance Mission

Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has announced that the government will introduce a universal health insurance programme under UHAM (Universal Health Assurance Mission). The programme will seek to provide all people access to tertiary medical services. In a country where only approximately 25% of the population is estimated to be covered by insurance, this step will go far in increasing insurance coverage and lowering premium rates.

Expert Group

An Expert Group headed by Dr.Ranjit Roy Chaudhary was formed to prepare a roadmap to UHAM. The group submitted its report in eight weeks and the report is now under consideration of the Health Ministry.

Projected Highlights of UHAM

Set to be the largest public health insurance programme in the world, with free insurance for persons in BPL category and low premium rates for rest of the population

50 essential generic drugs, 30 AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) drugs and a package of diagnostics to be provided free of cost to all citizens at government hospitals and health centres across the country

Package containing information regarding preventive and positive health information for all citizens

UHAM Agency, an autonomous oversight body will be formed to monitor the activities and ensure genuine protection of the beneficiaries

Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

WHO defines UHC as “ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.” UHC can be broken down into three main components

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Equity in access to healthcare – all persons, irrespective of their financial status, must be able to access healthcare

The medical care provided must be of good quality and standard and should result in improvement of health of patients

The cost of care must not be so expensive that it puts the seeker of medical help in financial hardship

Significantly, the Millennium Development Goals call for universal access to reproductive health and treatment for HIV/Aids. The WHO constitution of 1948 also declares health a fundamental human right.

Ebola Virus IMP Points

First Outbreak – In 1976 the Ebola virus (EBOV) was first identified near the Ebola river, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Discovered By : Peter Piot Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as

Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.

The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.

Vaccine - ZMapp, being developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., is an experimental treatment, for use with individuals infected with Ebola virus.

World Bank approves $105 million grant for Ebola-hit countries of West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea).

Note: Liberia, the country with the highest number of Ebola infections, will receive 52 million dollars, with Sierra Leone getting 28 million dollars and Guinea 25 million dollars.

India to contribute USD 12 million to UN to tackle Ebola. India to contribute USD 10 million to UN Secretary General’s Fund for Ebola. Additional USD 2 million for purchase of protective gear to tackle Ebola.

Nigeria declared Ebola free by WTO

Miscellaneous

Government cancels Nine SEZs In a meeting of the Board of Approval on 29 September 2014, nine SEZs (Special Economic Zone) including those given to Hindalco, Adani, Essar etc have been cancelled because the projects have not made any satisfactory progress in terms of execution. Most of the developers have also been granted extensions, some of which have even expired. Any tax benefits or incentives given to the developers will now have to be refunded by them.

Hemant Contractor: New chairman of PFRDA Former SBI Managing Director, Hemant Contractor, has been chosen to head the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). The position of Chairman has been vacant for almost a year after the previous Chairman Yogesh Aggarwal resigned over differences with the Finance Ministry

regarding the appointment of a member to PFRDA. R.V.Verma, the Finance member, was filling in as Acting Chairman

As per the union government’s directive 31st October every year will be observed as the National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) . The day will be commemorated as the birth anniversary of the Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel.

The 18th SAARC summit is scheduled to be held on 26th and 27th November 2014 in Kathmandu. The theme for the 18th SAARC Summit is – Deeper integration for peace and prosperity.

Pankaj Advani won first every Billiards Triple Double. Pankaj Advani has become the first every player to win the billiards triple two times.

A Year Long “Festival of India” started in Tokyo. Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism

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(India), Shripad Naik and Tourism Minister (Japan) Akihiro Ohta inaugurated the Festival of India is Tokyo Japan. The festival was inaugurated on 27th of October. The yearlong festival will be conducted in two phases. The main objective of the festival is to enhance people to people contact between two nations.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Australian cricketer Steve Waugh have been inducted into the Bradman Hall of Fame.

Malala Yousafzai is awarded with World Children’s Prize.

International Internet Day: 29th October. To mark the anniversary of the first electronic message the International Internet Day is being observed on 29th of October 2014. The first e-message was sent in 1969. The day has been celebrated since 2005.The day is generally celebrated to commemorate the mark of telecommunication/ technology. ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network by students in US in 1969) is known as the precursor of Internet.

Surya Prakash: New Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board

President releases Commemorative Postage Stamp on Buddhist monk Dharmapala.

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) Official Website Launched by Union Finance Ministry. The website will be addressed as – www.pmjdy.gov.in, and is in Hindi and English languages.

Dilma Rousseff re-elected as Brazil’s President. Manohar Lal Khattar sworn in as New CM of

Haryana. Fragile Five Countries – IMF report: Morgan

Stanley coined term “Fragile Five” (in 2013) describes the currencies of the countries which are vulnerable to their dependency on foreign investment to meet the current account deficit. The five countries include – India, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey. However, for now IMF has removed India from the Fragile five countries.

Pankaj Advani clinches another world title - World Billiards Championship (point format) -beating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in The final. Its his 10th individual World title overall and third this year after winning the World 6-Red

Snooker and the World Team Billiards titles earlier.

Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) celebrates its 53rd Raising (foundation) Day on October 24, 2014.

World observes United Nations Day on October 24, 2014.

RTI replies to be posted online; will be accessible to all.

Terry Walsh, chief coach of Indian hockey team, steps down owing to a pay dispute with the Sports Authority of India.

Watergate-fame Washington Post editor 'Ben Bradlee' dies aged 93.

Government set up TK Vishwanathan Committee to frame a bankruptcy law.

Nigeria, with no new Ebola case for 42 days, is declared "Ebola free" by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

INS Teg' sets out for South Africa to participate in the joint naval exercise 'IBSAMAR' among India, Brazil and South Africa.

Narinder Batra is elected as the President of the Hockey India.

Madhya Pradesh declares 2015 as the 'Tourism Year' in the State.

Pritam Munde (BJP) clinches Beed Lok Sabha seat by whopping 7 lakh votes; the new national record.

Joko Widodo becomes the new President of Indonesia.

India (Under -21) clinches 'Sultan of Johor Cup' hockey tournament by beating GreatBritain 2-1 in the final.

Karur Vysya Bank bags the sixth consecutive 'Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence Initiatives' among small banks for the year 2013-14. The prize is awarded by IDRBT (Institute for Development and Research in Banking).

New non-permanent members of UN Security Council: Venezuela, Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain.

Tamil writer KTM Iqbal is honoured with the 2014 Cultural Medallion - the highest cultural award of Singapore.

West Indies abort tour of India just after 4 ODIs owing to a pay dispute between the players and the board.

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Nirbhay', nuclear-capable sub-sonic cruise missile, successfully test-fired from the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.

Centre rolls out a string of labour reforms under the "Pandit Deendayal UpadhyayShramev Jayate programme" to boost “Make In India” campaign.

Dr Arvind Subramanian is appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser of India for a period of 3 years.

Rajiv Mehrishi replaced UPA-appointee Arvind Mayaram as the Economic Affairs Secretary.

Ratan P Watal will be the new Finance Secretary.

Veteran Telugu writer and radio artiste, Turaga Janaki Rani dies aged 80.

India has the largest burden of global blindness – about 3.5 million with 30,000 new cases being added each year.

IRNSS 1C successfully launched; India is just 4 satellites away from having its own GPS.

Centre constitutes BN Talukar committee to probe the inordinate delay in oil and gas generation in ONGC's Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 block.

Kotak Mahindra Bank rolls out Facebook-based money transfer platform KayPay.

Canada offers ‘wooden multi-storey housing technology’ for ‘Housing for all by 2022’ scheme.

Indian policewoman 'Shakti Devi' is honoured with the 'International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014' by the UN.

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan bags the Best Central Bank Governor award for 2014by Euromoney magazine.

Richard Flanagan is the winner of 'Man Booker Prize' this year for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'.

Khaled Bahah becomes the new Prime Minister of Yemen.

India gets the 55th rank in the 2014 Global Hunger Index.

MC Mary Kom is voted as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) among India’s Asian Games 2014

contingent by contingent sponsors 'Samsung India'.

Germany to help India in urban sanitation programmes; pledges 4 million Euros.

3rd International Tourism Mart begins in Shillong, Meghalaya.

India becomes a signatory to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Gujarat allows 33% reservation for women in all state government jobs.

SEBI impose a 3-year ban on DLF Chairman KP Singh from securities markets.

Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram clinched Dutch Open Grand Prix 2014.

Iconic American tennis duo of Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan has become the first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.

PM launched his pet project 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana'.

Apple is the most valuable brand in the world for the 2nd year running: Interbrand Best Global Brands annual report 2014. Google (2nd), Coca-Cola (3rd), IBM (4th), and Microsoft (5th) make up the top 5.

Zimbabwe bowler Prosper Utseya is the latest to fall afoul of ICC 15-degree rule; banned from bowling in international matches.

Aamir Khan has been appointed UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia. He will support Unicef work to promote the right of South Asian children to nutrition.

World Post Day 2014' was celebrated across the globe today on October 9.

OECD declares Canberra (Capital of Australia) as the best place in the world to live.

Anoop Jain clinches the 'Waislitz Global Citizen Award' for the year 2014.

Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai wins the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2014.

Madhya Pradesh- fastest growing state in the country for the year 2013-14.

Union Govt. issues Commemorative Coins of 100 and 5 rupee.

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Padma Awards 2014

Padma Vibhushan

Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar: Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

Late. B K S Iyengar: Yoga, Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art-Painting, Gujarat

Begum Parveen Sultana, Art-Classical Singing, Maharashtra

T.H. Vinayakram, Art-Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu

Kamal Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu

Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi

Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, Uttarakhand

Pullela Gopichand, Sports-Badminton, Andhra Pradesh

Leander Paes, Sports-Tennis, Maharashtra

Prof Lloyd I Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA

Padma Shri

Mohammad Ali Baig, Art-Theatre, Andhra Pradesh

Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra

Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra

Anjum Chopra, Sports-Cricket, Delhi

Sunil Dabas, Sports-Kabbadi, Haryana

Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports-Mountaineering,

Delhi

Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports-Squash, Tamil Nadu

H Boniface Prabhu, Sports-Wheelchair Tennis, Karnataka

Yuvraj Singh, Sports-Cricket, Haryana

Mamta Sodha Sports-Mountaineering, Haryana

Karnataka cities get new names

The Union home ministry has given the green-light to a long-standing proposal of the Karnataka government to rename a dozen cities and towns in the state in consonance with their pronunciation in Kannada language.

Old Name New Name

Bangalore Bengaluru

Belgaum Belagavi

Bellary Ballari

Bijapur Vijapura

Chikmagalur Chikkamagaluru

Gulbarga Kalaburgi

Old Name New Name

Hospet Hosapete

Hubli Hubballi

Mangalore Mangaluru

Mysore Mysure

Shimoga Shivamogga

Tumkur Tumakuru

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Census 2011

2011 Census Commissioner of India

C Chandramuli

Total population of India 121 crore.

The most populous state of India Uttar Pradesh

Least populous state in India Sikkim

State has highest rural population Uttar Pradesh

State has lowest rural population Sikkim

State has highest urban population

Maharashtra

State has lowest urban population

Sikkim

The rate of growth of population of India

17.64

Literacy rate in India 74.04%

Male Literacy rate in India 82.14%

Female Literacy rate 65.46%

Most literate state in India Kerala (93.9%)

Least literate state in India Bihar (63.82%)

Most literate Union territory in India

Lakshadweep (92.2%)

Least literate Union territory in India

Dadar and Nagar Haveli

State has high density of population

Bihar (1102)

State has low density of population

Arunachal Pradesh (17)

The number of districts in India 640

State has highest sex ratio Kerala (1084/1000)

State has lowest sex ratio Haryana

Density of Population of India 382

Sex ratio of India 940/100

Union territory has highest sex ratio

Pondicherry

Union territory has lowest sex ratio

Lakshadweep

State has highest fertility rate in India

Meghalaya

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Books and Authors

Name of the Book Author

And Then One Day Naseeruddin Shah (Autobiography)

God of Antarctica Yashwardhan Shukla(13 yr old)

One Life is Not Enough Kunwar Natwar Singh

Munger through the Ages late Devendra Prasad Yadav

The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee

The Substance and the Shadow (Biography of Dilip Kumar)

Uday Tara Nayar

Warrior State T V Paul

Blood Feud Edward Klein

A Bad Character Deepti Kapoor.

The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous Khuswant Singh

Train To Pakistan Khuswant Singh

An Uncertain Glory- India and its Contradictions Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.

A Brush with Life Satish Gujral

A Bend in the river V.S. Naipaul

God of Small things Arundhati Rai

Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai.

Joseph Anton Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)

Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life Khushwant singh

Lajja Taslima Nasrim.

My Unforgettable Memories Mamata Banerjee

My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written R.D.Pradhan

Modi Nomics -Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance

Sameer Kochhar.

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Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths PC Parakh

Playing It my Way Sachin Tendulkar

The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh

Dr. Sanjaya Baru

Important International Organizations

Organization Headquarter President/ CEO Member Countries

United Nation (UN) New York Ban ki-moon 193 (South Sudan new member)

WTO (World Trade Org.) Geneva Roberto Azevêdo 160 (Yemen new member)

World Bank Washington D.C. Jim Yong Kim 188

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington DC Christine Lagarde 188

European Union Brussels, Belgium Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso

28

Eurozone Its a group of European Countries

Jeroen Dijsselbloem 18

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

Jakarta, Indonesia Lê Lương Minh 10

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

Singapore Muhamad Noor Yacob 21

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Vienna, Austria Abdallah Salem el-Badri 12

ABBREVIATIONs

REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts

InvITs Infrastructure Investment Trusts

ALM Asset Liability Management

AML Anti Money Laundering

KYC know Your Customer

ASBA Application Supported by Blocked Amount

BSBDA Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

IFSC Indian Financial System Code

CBS Core Banking Solution

RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement

SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio

CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio

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MSF Marginal Standing Facility

NBFC Non Banking Finance Companies

PIN Personal Identification Number

CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

ECBs External Commercial Borrowings

EEFC Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency

EFSF European Financial Stability Facility

FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act

FII Foreign Institutional Investor.

FINO Financial Inclusion Network Operation

FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board

FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

CRAR Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio

SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

DEAF Depositor Education and Awareness Fund

NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer

DICGC Deposit insurance and credit guarantee corporation.

FCNR(B) Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank

LCR Liquidity Coverage Ratio

IMPS Interbank Mobile Payment Service

TARC Tax Administration Reform Commission

LRMT Liquidity risk monitoring tools

ECB External Commercial Borrowings

MIBOR Mumbai Inter Offer Rate

LIBOR London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility

GIRO Government Internal Revenue Order

FRBMA Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act

AMFI Association of Mutual Fund in India.

TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement

FTA Free trade agreement

GAAR General anti avoidance rule

GSLV Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle

NCTC National Counter-Terrorism Centre

NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group

PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity

PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle

TAPI Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.

QFI Qualified Foreign Investors

REER Real Effective Exchange Rate

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Missiles of India

Name Type Maximum range (km)

Prithvi-I Short-range 150

Prithvi-II Short-range 250-350

Prithvi-III Short-range 350-600

Agni-I Short to medium-range 700-1,250

Agni-II Medium-range 2,000-3,000

Agni-III Intermediate-range 3,500-5,000

Agni-IV Intermediate-range 4,000

Agni-V Intermediate to Intercontinental-range

5,000-8,000

Agni-VI Submarine-launched with intercontinental-range(probable MIRV)

6,000~

Agni-VI Intercontinental-range (probable MIRV)

6,000-10,000

Surya Submarine launched Intercontinental-range MIRV

10,000~

Surya

Intercontinental-range Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)

8,000-12,000

Dhanush Short-range 350

Sagarika (K-5)

SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile)

700

K-4 SLBM (Submarine-launched ballistic missile)

3,500

Brahmos Supersonic 300-500

Brahmos 2 Supersonic 300

Nirbhay Long Range Sub-Sonic 1,000 -1500

Prahaar Short-range 150

Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile

80-110

Helina NAG Missile to be launched from Helicopter

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Indian Super League

The Indian Super League, officially known as the Hero Indian Super League, is a professional football league in India. The league is one of the top-tier football leagues in India, the other being the I-League. It features eight franchise teams from all around India. The league runs from October to December, with a finals series determining the champion.

The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to make football a top sport in India and to make Indian football a major player worldwide. The league operates along the lines of the Twenty20 cricket Indian Premier League, and Major League Soccer of the United States. Unlike the majority of football leagues around the world, the ISL does not use the promotion and relegation system. Instead, it uses a franchise system in which eight teams were created to participate in the league. The teams are -

Team Captain Owner

Atlético de Kolkata Luis García

Sourav Ganguly,

Atletico Madrid

Harshavardhan Neotia

Chennaiyin FC Bojan Djordjic Sun Group

Delhi Dynamos Mads Junker DEN Network

FC Goa Robert Pires Dattaraj Salgaocar, Dempo, Videocon

Kerala Blasters Penn Orj Sachin Tendulkar; Prasad V Potluri

Mumbai City FC Syed Rahim Nabi Ranbir Kapoor, Bimal Parekh

NorthEast United Miguel Garcia John Abraham, Shilong Lejong

FC Pune City David Trezeguet Salman Khan, Wadhawan Group

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Grand Slams

Championship Category Champion(s)

Australian Open

Men's singles Stanislas Wawrinka

Women's singles Li Na

Men's doubles

Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt

Women's doubles

Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

Mixed doubles

Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor

French Open

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal

Women's singles

Maria Sharapova

Men's doubles

Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai

Mixed Anna-Lena Grönefeld

doubles Jean-Julien Rojer

Wimbledon Championship

Men's singles Novak Djokovic

Women's singles Petra Kvitová

Men's doubles

Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock

Women's doubles

Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

Mixed doubles

Nenad Zimonjić Samantha Stosur

US Open

Men's singles Marin Čilić

Women's singles Serena Williams

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

Women's doubles

Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina

Mixed doubles

Sania Mirza Bruno Soares

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Current Affairs Q & A October 2014

1. Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 was concluded between (1) India-US (2) India-France

(3) India-Russia (4) India-China

(5) India-Japan

2. Voreqe Bainimarama has sworn in as new Prime Minister of (1) Maldives (2) Mauritius

(3) Fiji (4) Singapore

(5) Trinidad and Tobago

3. European team has won the 40th Ryder Cup by defeating the US tem. Ryder cup is associated with (1) Baseball (2) Basketball

(3) Golf (4) Rowing

(5) Squash

4. Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu has sworn in as the (1) 40th Chief Justice of India (2) 41st Chief Justice of India (3) 42nd Chief Justice of India

(4) 43rd Chief Justice of India (5) 44th Chief Justice of India

5. World Heart Day is observed across the world on: (1) September 30 (2) September 28

(3) September 27 (4) September 25

(5) September 29

6. Who has been was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on September 29, 2014? (1) Natham R

Viswanathan (2) O Panneerselvam (3) R Vaithilingam

(4) K Palanisamy (5) J Jaylalita

7. Union government has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. Earlier it was known as: (1) Aajeevika Skills Development

Programme (ASDP) (2) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

(3) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (4) Swabhiman Yojana (5) Indira Rozgar Yojna

8. Which of the following High Courts has directed the Union government to strictly implement the ban on manufacture of plastic national flags?

(1) The Bombay High Court (2) The Delhi High Court (3) The Allahabad High Court

(4) The Madras High Court (5) The Guwahati High Court

9. Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 was concluded in which of the following sates? (1) Uttarakhand (2) Maharashtra

(3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan

(5) Assam

10. Rajat Sharma on 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015. He is chairman and editor-in-chief of

(1) India TV (2) NDTV

(3) ABP News (4) CNN-IBN

(5) Times Now

11. Union Government declared 25 September as Antyodya Diwas. Antyodya diwas was observed to mark the 98th birth anniversary of

(1) Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherji (2) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (3) Mohan Bhagwat

(4) Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

12. The Reserve Bank of India has released Gopalakrishna Committee report on

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(1) Capacity Building in banks and non-banks

(2) Credit Default swap

(3) Currency swap agreements (4) Quantitative easing (5) Policy Reforms

13. Indian government has approved an agreement on Electric Power Trade, Cross-Border Transmission Interconnection and Grid Connectivity with

(1) Bhutan (2) Bangladesh

(3) Nepal (4) China

(5) Pakistan

14. Which of the following cricketers were selected as Bradman Honouree 2014? (1) Brian Lara and Steve Waugh (2) Saeed Anwar and Sachin Tendulkar (3) Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

(4) Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara (5) Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli

15. Who among the following personalities has been appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual Summit 2014?

(1) Sushma Swaraj (2) Arun Jaitley

(3) Rajnath Singh (4) Suresh Prabhu

(5) Sanjeev Kumar

16. Which of the following banks has launched new accounts Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan for kids? (1) SBI (2) ICICI

(3) PNB (4) HDFC

(5) Axis

17. Which of the following companies has signed an agreement to acquire ‘RASOI’? (1) Kargil Foods Limited (2) P&G (3) Heinz

(4) Wondercraft (5) Emami Biotech Ltd.

18. Which of the following cricket legend has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords in London?

(1) Imran Khan (2) Brian Lara

(3) Sachin Tendulkar (4) Kapil Dev

(5) Steve Waugh

19. Which of the following cities has been selected for as the SAARC cultural capital in 2016-17? (1) Colombo (2) New Delhi

(3) Kabul (4) Bamiyan

(5) Dhaka

20. Which of the following states of America has become the first state to put a ban on the use of plastic bags? (1) California (2) Arizona

(3) Florida (4) Louisiana

(5) Texas

21. Which among the following banks has acquired 15 percent stake of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. (FTIL) in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for 459 crore rupees?

(1) State Bank of India (2) HDFC Bank

(3) Yes Bank (4) ICICI Bank

(5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

22. Who has been authorized by the President Pranab Mukherjee to act as chief of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.

(1) R Sri Kumar (2) J M Garg

(3) Rajiv (4) S K Sarkar

(5) Nirpendra Mishra

23. Which pharmaceutical company has joined hands with Apollo Hospitals to provide diabetes care programmes through the Indian healthcare major’s Apollo Sugar Clinics?

(1) Aventis (2) Cipla

(3) ZMapp (4) Avignan

(5) Sanofi

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24. Wushu player Tai Cheau Xuen has been stripped of her Asian Games gold medal after testing positive for banned stimulant Sibutramine. She belongs to:

(1) Indonesia (2) Malaysia

(3) China (4) Taiwan

(5) Japan

25. Who has been chosen as ‘The Economic Times Business Leader of the Year 2014’? (1) Dilip Shanghvi (2) Sanjiv Goenka

(3) Adi Godrej (4) Anil Agarwal

(5) Sattya Nadela

26. Which country has announced to lift 40 years long ban on arms sales to Vietnam, to boost sea defence in the South China Sea?

(1) Japan (2) South Korera

(3) USA (4) Russia

(5) India

27. World Animal Day is observed across the world on: (1) October 4 (2) October 2

(3) October 3 (4) October 5

(5) October 6

28. Legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom has bagged her first ever Asian Games Gold Medal in the finals of the women’s flyweight category (48-51kg) at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. She defeated Zhaina Shekerbekova of:

(1) South Korea (2) Kazakhstan

(3) Uzbekistan (4) Philippines

(5) South Korea

29. Which among the following teams won the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014 title of Cricket? (1) Kolkata Knight

Riders (2) Cape Cobras

(3) Kings XI Punjab (4) Mumbai Indians

(5) Chennai Super Kings

30. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the countrymen over radio for the first time in his programme: (1) Mann Ki Baat (2) Dil Ki Baat

(3) Chai Pe Charcha (4) Radio Ki Dunian

(5) Do Baate

31. Which among the following states has become the first state of India to start olive refinery? (1) Gujarat (2) Rajasthan

(3) Maharashtra (4) Haryana

(5) Assam

32. Name the British aid worker who has recently been beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. (1) James Foley (2) Steven Sotloff

(3) Alan Henning (4) Herve Gourdel

(5) Bill Turnbull

33. Who among the following Bollywood actors has been conferred ‘Global Diversity Award 2014’ for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his/her involvement in philanthropic endeavours?

(1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Shah Rukh Khan

(3) Aamir Khan (4) Salman Khan

(5) Deepika Padukon

34. Which reputed newspaper has issued Apology for Racist Cartoon on India's Mars Mission? (1) The Daily Mail (2) Los Angeles Times (3) The Sunday Times

(4) The Wall Street Journal (5) New York Times

35. Who among the following have been awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2014’for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain?

(1) James E. Rothman, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser (2) Randy Schekman, John O´Keefe and May-Britt Moser

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(3) John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser (4) Jules A. Hoffmann, John O´Keefe and Edvard I. Moser (5) Patrick Modiano

36. Who among the following Olympic champion swimmers has been suspended by USA Swimming from all competition for six months for violating the organization's code of conduct?

(1) Mark Spitz (2) Michael Phelps

(3) Matt Biondi (4) Ryan Lochte

(5) None of the above

37. Which state’s Chief Minister has targeted a powerful media house of the state and the Bharatiya Janata Party in his/her new book ‘Kutsa Pakhha’ (Those Who Slander)?

(1) West Bengal (2) Tamil Nadu

(3) Kerala (4) Assam

(5) Maharashtra

38. Who among the following, along with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing blue light-emitting diodes?

(1) Isamu Akasaki (2) Masatoshi Koshiba

(3) Toshihide Maskawa

(4) Charles Kuen Kao (5) Patrick Modiano

39. In which of the following Harappan cities a 5,000-year-old step well, that is three times bigger than the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro, has been found?

(1) Rakhigarhi (2) Dholavira

(3) Surkotada (4) Rangpur

(5) None of the above

40. Who has been conferred the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014? (1) Rajendra Achyut Badwe (2) Yash Pal (3) Tessy Thomas

(4) Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai (5) Richard Flanagan

41. Name the French economist who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics for his analysis on market power and regulation

(1) Bernard Guerrien (2) Daniel Cohen (3) Jean Tirole

(4) François Bourguignon (5) Patrick Modiano

42. Which among the following bowlers of Zimbabwe Cricket team has been banned recently from bowling in international cricket?

(1) Elton Chigumbura (2) Prosper Utseya (3) Malcolm Noel Waller

(4) Shingirai Masakadza (5) Saeed Ajmal

43. Name the former New York Mayor and philanthropist billionaire who has been granted an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in Britain

(1) Rudolph W. Giuliani (2) Edward I. Koch (3) David N. Dinkins

(4) Sunil Chopra (5) Michael Rubens Bloomberg

44. Who among the following won the Nobel Literature Prize 2014 for his enigmatic novels rooted in the trauma of the Nazi occupation and his own loveless childhood?

(1) Alice Munro (2) Patrick Modiano (3) Mo Yan

(4) Tomas Tranströmer (5) Jean Tirole

45. Which among the following countries has become the first former Soviet nation to legalize gay partnerships?

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(1) Belarus (2) Latvia

(3) Estonia (4) Lithuania

(5) Crimea

46. Who has been honored with the National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13? (1) Arijit Singh (2) Saleem Khan

(3) Lata Mangeshkar (4) Gulzar

(5) Sameer

47. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of: (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jai Prakash Narayan (3) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(4) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

48. The high-powered committee, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, has framed guidelines to regulate expenditure and contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers' money. Who heads this committee?

(1) Ranjit Kumar (2) P K Grover (3) TK Viswanathan

(4) NR Madhava Menon (5) Y V Reddy

49. Who among the following, along with Eric Betzig, Stefan W Hell, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy?

(1) William E. Moerner

(2) Arieh Warshel (3) Martin Karplus

(4) Michael Levitt (5) Patrick Modiano

50. World Post Day is globally observed on: (1) October 10 (2) October 12


(5) October 7

51. A book titled ‘A Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power’ is written by Dutch journalist: (1) Rena Netjes (2) Bette Dam

(3) Stan Storimans (4) Haje Jan Kamps

(5) Richard Flanagan

52. Name the Indian child rights activist, along with Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai, who has been awarded Nobel Peace Prize 201

(1) Nirmala Deshpande

(2) Kiran Bedi (3) Anna Hazare

(4) Medha Pathkar (5) Kailash Satyarthi

53. Which among the following Bollywood actors has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia?

(1) Salman Khan (2) Aamir Khan

(3) Shahrukh Khan (4) Amitabh Bachchan

(5) Ayushman Khurana

54. Who is the winner of ATP Shanghai Masters trophy 2014? (1) Gilles Simon (2) Novak Djokovic

(3) Roger Federer (4) Julien Benneteau

(5) Marin Cilic

55. Recently, which cyclonic storm struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha? (1) Nilofar (2) Nanauk

(3) Komen (4) Hudhud

(5) One

56. On the International Space Station (ISS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully installed and activated its first Earth-observing instrument called:

(1) ISS-RapidScat (2) ISS-RaidSat

(3) ISS-RapidSat (4) ISS-RaidScat

(5) ISS-Scot

57. Who has been sworn in as the seventh president of Indonesia? (1) Joko Widodo (2) Prabowo Subianto

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(3) Jusuf Kalla (4) David Cameron

(5) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

58. In which of the following states ‘Arogya Gram Yojna Organic Farming scheme’ has been launched by Union Government?

(1) Rajasthan (2) Uttarakhand

(3) Jammu and Kashmir

(4) Haryana (5) Maharashtra

59. Global Handwashing Day is observed across the world on: (1) October 14 (2) October 17


(5) October 16

60. Trudy, a Tropical Storm, was in news after it made its landfall on the Pacific coast about 125 kilometres to the east of Acapulco, has struck:

(1) Mexico (2) Japan

(3) Philippines (4) Peru

(5) India

61. Name the five year old Indian boy who has become the youngest person to reach the Everest Base Camp (EBC) (1) Aaryan Balaji (2) Harshit Saumitra

(3) Sachin Sharma (4) Karan Thapa

(5) Malavath Poorna

62. Which country has launched Gandhi–Inspired Tourist Attraction project, which identifies 13 places that were seminal in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s time in the country?

(1) UK (2) Mauritius

(3) South Africa (4) Japan

(5) USA

63. How many seats has Bharatiya Janta Party won in the state assembly elections of Haryana? (1) 43 (2) 45

(3) 46 (4) 50

(5) 47

64. Which country won Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) 2014? (1) Great Britain (2) India

(3) Australia (4) Malaysia

(5) USA

65. Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) 2014 is the biggest electronics trade exhibition of: (1) Japan (2) China

(3) South Korea (4) Singapore

(5) India

66. Which among the following banks has launched Facebook-based funds transfer platform ‘KayPay’? (1) ICICI Bank (2) HDFC Bank

(3) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(4) Axis Bank (5) SBI Bank

67. Who among the following has been conferred with Euro money’s Central Bank Governor of the Year Award 2014 in Washington?

(1) Bimal Jalan (2) Raghuram Rajan

(3) D. Subbarao (4) Y V Reddy

(5) Mukul Mudgal

68. Which is the second largest import item for India after petroleum? (1) Gold (2) Coal

(3) Iron & Steel (4) Electronic Goods

(5) Diamonds

69. Which among the following two-wheeler manufacturer has set up world’s largest scooter plant in Gujarat? (1) Suzuki (2) Bajaj Auto

(3) TVS Motor (4) Honda

(5) Hero

70. Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Union Finance Ministry? (1) Arvind Mayaram (2) Arvind Subramanian

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(3) Rajiv Mehrishi (4) Arvind Krishnaswamy

(5) Ajit Doval

71. Name the navigation satellite which has been recently launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)? (1) IRNSS 1C (2) IRNSS-1G

(3) IRNSS-1D (4) IRNSS-1E

(5) INRNSS 11

72. To inquire into the reasons for delay in developing gas discoveries in ONGC's Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 lock, Union Petroleum Ministry has set up a Panel under the chairmanship of

(1) Arvind Krishnaswamy (2) Dinesh K Sarraf (3) B.N.Talukar

(4) Santanu Roy (5) Arvind Subramanian

73. Which among the following Real Estate Companies has been banned by SEBI from markets for 3 years? (1) DLF Builders (2) Eldeco Builders

(3) Indiabulls Builders (4) Unitech Group

(5) Godrej Properties

74. In the Harbin Ice Festival, which will be held from November 1 to 10, India will showcase its culture, art, food and fashion. Harbin Ice Festival will be held in:

(1) Russia (2) Hong Kong

(3) Thailand (4) Singapore

(5) USA

75. Who is the author of Man Booker Prize winning novel ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ (1) Peter Philip Carey (2) Kate Grenville

(3) Richard Flanagan (4) Tim Winton

(5) Neel Mukharjee

76. Union Cabinet in a recent decision decided to shut down six sick Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSEs). Which of the following is not a part of the six?

(1) HMT Watches, HMT Barings, HMT Chinar Watch,

(2) Hindustan Cables, Hindustan Photo Films

(3) Tungabhadra Steel

(4) Biecco Lawrie (5) None of the above

77. A large proportion of the world's population lives in urban slums. Which among the following countries accounts for the largest fraction of its urban population living in slums?

(1) Bangladesh (2) Myanmar

(3) Vietnam (4) Cambodia

(5) India

78. Sourav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Kush Kumar and Mahesh Manaonkar Mahesh have recently bagged a gold medal in Asian Games 2014. They are related to?

(1) Boxing (2) Archery

(3) Squash (4) Shooting

(5) Hockey

79. The National Academy for Athletics was recently inaugurated at__? (1) Thiruvananthapur

am (2) Cochin (3) Chennai

(4) Bangalore (5) Mumbai

80. Name the student leader who has led the on-going pro-democracy protests at Hong Kong? (1) Joshua Wong (2) Leung Chun-ying

(3) Geoffrey Ma (4) Carrie Lam

(5) Han Lee

81. The unexpected eruption of Mount Ontake, which is said to be a favourite hiking destination, has left dozens dead. In which of the following countries, this eruption took place?

(1) Indonesia (2) Japan (3) South Korea

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(4) North Korea (5) USA 82. Who among the following has won the Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis?

(1) Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski (2) Jamie Murray and John Peers (3) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

(4) Marcelo Melo and Bob Bryan (5) Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares

83. Union Commerce Ministry has cancelled approvals of 9 SEZs (Special Economic Zones), Which among the following SEZs is not a part of the decision?

(1) Hindalco SEZ in Odisha (2) Essar SEZ in Jamnagar (3) Adani SEZ in Gujarat

(4) L&T's SEZ at Vadodara (5) None of the above

84. Who has been selected for the first-ever Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award? (1) Y V Reddy (2) Rajmohan Gandhi (3) Ramchandra Guha

(4) K.G. Subramanyam (5) S. N.Subba Rao

85. Which among the following was the venue of the third Global Citizen Festival? (1) Moscow (2) London

(3) Beijing (4) New York

(5) Singapore

86. Who among the following is the present chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)? (1) V.Adimurthy (2) K.Radhakrishnan

(3) G. Madhavan Nair (4) K.Kasturirangan

(5) Mylswamy Annadurai

87. Which of the following Light Combat Aircraft (LCA SP1) took its successful maiden flight recently and is declared ready for its induction into IAF?

(1) Tejas (2) Kiran

(3) Rudra (4) Dhruv

(5) Nirbhay

88. Who among the following is the current chief of NATO? (1) Jens Stoltenberg (2) Anders Fogh Rasmussen (3) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

(4) George Robertson (5) Herman Van Rompuy

89. Who has been appointed as the special director-general of National Investigation Agency? (1) Ajit Dhowal (2) Sarat C.Sinha

(3) Sharad Kumar (4) Radha Vinod Raju

(5) N.R.Wasan

90. Which among the following is not a statutory body? (1) University Grants Commission (2) National Development Council (3) Reserve Bank of

(4) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(5) SEBI 91. The Ganga Action Plan was originally started in which among the following years?

(1) 1982 (2) 1985

(3) 1989 (4) 1993

(5) 1992

92. In the recent Asian Games, which Indian player's medal got upgraded from bronze to silver after one of her competitor was accused for doping?

(1) Mary Kom (2) Sania Mirza

(3) Khushbir Kaur (4) Manju Bala

(5) Sarita Devi

93. The recent Hong Kong pro-democracy protests are called as? (1) Umbrella revolution (2) Yellow revolution

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(3) Orange revolution (4) Hong Kong revolution

(5) Peace revolution

94. What is the name of the ceasefire agreement which is signed between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine? (1) Minsk Agreement (2) Kiev Agreement (3) Moscow Declaration

(4) Donetsk Declaration (5) Ukraine Agreement

95. In the recent Asian Games, what was the rank of India in final medal tally? (1) 6th (2) 7th

(3) 8th (4) 9th

(5) 10th

96. Who amongst the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India? (1) Shashi Tharoor (2) Adil Zainulbhai (3) Cyrus Mystry

(4) Atul Singh (5) N Chandrasekharan

97. Saketh Myneni associated with? (1) Boxing (2) Badminton

(3) Archery (4) Shooting]

(5) Tennis

98. Which bank have recently launched Smart Star savings account for minors who are more than 10 years old? (1) State Bank of India (2) ICICI Bank

(3) HDFC Bank (4) IDBI Bank

(5) Axis Bank

99. Which of the following schemes has been recently launched by the government for cleanliness and livelihood to Safai Karamcharis and Manual Scavengers?

(1) Jan Dhan Scheme (2) Swavalamban Abhiyaan (3) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

(4) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (5) Swachhta Udyami Yojana

100. India will work along with 4 other nations to build world's biggest telescope on Hawaii island. Which country among the following is not a part of the project?

(1) Canada (2) China

(3) Japan (4) Germany

(5) USA

101. What is the name of the new government programme launched by the Union Textile ministry to promote crafts of Jammu and Kashmir especially production of Cashmere fabric?

(1) Pashmina Wool Development Scheme (2) Pashmina Promotion Programme (3) Pashima Swawlambhan Programme

(4) Nutrient Supplement Scheme for Changthang goats

(5) Pashmina Development Scheme 102. Who won the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament 2014?

(1) Saina Nehwal (2) Ajay Jayaram

(3) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa

(4) Arvind Bhat (5) Nikhil Kanetkar

103. "The Organiser" is a weekly magazine published by? (1) Bhartiya Janta Party (2) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (3) The Hindu Group

(4) Communist Party of India (5) Times Group

104. Which among the following is the first state in India to start an Olive Refinery? (1) Maharashtra (2) Odisha

(3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan

(5) Bihar

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105. UN General Assembly has elected a few countries to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Which of the following countries is not chosen for the same?

(1) Pakistan (2) Venezuela

(3) Angola (4) New Zealand

(5) Spain, Malaysia

106. Union Ministry of Science and Technology has launched a joint Indo-Canadian Science Programme. What is the main purpose of the same?

(1) Clean environmentenvironment technology

(2) Space innovation technology

(3) Nuclear energy technology (4) Industrial Development (5) Clean water technology

107. Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary of India? (1) Arvind Mayaram (2) Rajiv Mehrishi

(3) Kaushik Basu (4) Dinesh Gupta

(5) Rajeev Kher

108. Which among the following is India's first long range subsonic cruise missile? (1) Agni (2) Dhanush

(3) Prithvi (4) Brahmos

(5) Nirbhay

109. Which of the following FMCG product has been recently banned in India under provisions of Rule 135-B? (1) Cosmetics (2) Coffee

(3) Rice (4) Mobiles

(5) Chocolate

110. India's first Bio-refinery will be established with the help of __? (1) Japan (2) China

(3) Norway (4) USA

(5) Brazil

111. The maiden meeting between India and China for the bilateral border talks under the umbrella of BAWMCC was held recently. What does BAWMCC stand for?

(1) Border Affairs Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (2) Bilateral Agreement on Chalking out Workable Coordination (3) Border Areas working system for Cooperation and Community (4) Bilateral Affairs wanting systems for Consultation and Coordination (5) None of the aboev

112. What is the name of the UN’s gender equality campaign for ensuring greater participation of men in promoting women's rights and gender equality?

(1) Lean In (2) He for She

(3) UNiTE (4) One Billion Rising

(5) Mard

113. Which country of Africa which was highly affected by Ebola has been declared ebola-free by WHO? (1) Sierra Leone (2) Liberia

(3) Nigeria (4) Guinea

(5) Domestic Republic of Congo

114. Union Cabinet has approved a MoU to upgrade Chabahar port. India will set up a company and operate the port for 10 years through a leasing agreement. Chabahar port is located in?

(1) Japan (2) Afghanistan

(3) Bhutan (4) Iran

(5) China

115. Which country won the Sultan of Johor under-19 hockey Cup 2014? (1) India (2) Great Britain

(3) Iran (4) Germany

(5) Pakistan

116. Who won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2014 for Biological Science? (1) Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad (2) Dr. Roop Mallik

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(3) Dr. S Venkata Mohan (4) Dr. Anurag Agrawal

(5) Kailash Satyarthi

117. What was the slogan for Asian Games held at Incheon 2014? (1) Diversity Shines Here (2) Green, Clean and Friendship (3) We Cheer, We Share, We Win

(4) The Games of your life (5) Think Different

118. Under the new NATO mission Resolute Support, US Army will give training and support to which country's army to fight terrorism?

(1) Iraq (2) Turkey

(3) Syria (4) Pakistan

(5) Afghanistan

119. Who has been awarded with the 2014 Liberty Medal? (1) Barack Obama (2) Malala Yousafzai

(3) Ban-ki-moon (4) Tawakkol Karman

(5) Kailash Satyarthi

Memory Based Questions Asked IBPS PO 2014

1. Lisbon is capital of which country: Portugal 2. "Pahla kadam , pahli udan"is scheme by : SBI for minor 10 years and above 3. Current pm of UK: David Cameroon 4. Brics bank name : New Development Bank 5. currency of Saudi Arabia: Riyal 6. Shivasundram hypro power project , state name : Mandya District, Karnataka 7. Asian 2014 games were organised in which city : Icheon 8. Priyanka chopra in movie mary kom playing role of : Boxer 9. REPO RATE: 8% 10. SEBI extended guide line to appoint at least one women in board of director: 31march 2015 11. Upallu srinivas : Madolin 12. Cantolania referendum from which country: Spain 13. RBI limited ATM facility on 5 cities, who are not come under this term: BSBDA account holder 14. Govt going to sell stake in 3 PSU, one of them : ONGC, CIL, NHPC 15. C stands for in "KYC" : Customer 16. which motor company CEO visited india recently : General Motors (Mary T. Barra) 17. Northern railway started : Go india smart card 18. Pension scheme for un organised sector : Swavalamban 19. Minimum capital required for foriegn bank to open branch : 500 cr 20. Reit full form : Real State Investment Trust 21. Pre shipment and post shipment is related to in finance: Export finance 22. State with lowest population density: Arunachal Pradesh 23. RBI release Draft Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks,Small Banks: 100 cr 24. Time Limit fixed by RBI for Resolution of complaints of ATM not with drawl money: 7 days 25. RRCAT rajaraman is located in: Indore,MP 26. Insurance Cover in PM Jan Dhan Yojna: Rs. 30000

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27. ‘The Bank That Begins With U’ is tagline of : United bank of India 28. Individual Borrowercan check their credit report from : CIBIL 29. BCSBI codes are related to: Banks 30. Settlement in RTGS to settle with in : 1 Day 31. EBT full form: Electronic Benefits Transfer 32. Hanoi is Capital of : Vietnam 33. Naseeb Jung is : Lieutenant governor of Delhi 34. Full form of B in ‘ABSA’ full form: Application supported by blocked amount 35. Banking account that has been not claimed for 10m yr: Unclaimed or Dormant account 36. RBI has recently mandated a two step mobile authentification for e – commerce car rental company: UBER 37. PMGSY: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. 38. Authorised dealer is a person authorised by RBI to deal in: Foreign Exchange 39. Inter governmental body that develops and promotes policies to protect the global financial system against

money laundering and terrorist financing is : The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 40. In case of basic savings bank deposit account (BSBDA) the total of debits by way of cash withdrawals and

transfers will not exceed ten thousand rupees in a: Month 41. Which location has nuclear power plant: Kakrapar 42. Finding Fanny movie director : Homi Adajania 43. Who is john Kerry: US finance secretary visited to india recently 44. Half girlfriend writer: Chetan Bhagat 45. Pakistan player banned for what : Illegal bowling action 46. Hafeez Saeed is the leader of which organisation : lashkar-e-taiba 47. MICR full form : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 48. Largest desert : Sahara Desert 49. Currency of China : Yuan 50. In NECS ,S stands for: Service(National electronic Clearing Service) 51. Introductory loan rate is also Known as : Teaser Loan rate 52. Ravi Shankar Associated with which instrument: Sitar 53. RBI allowed the age of MD of all PSU till : 70 yr 54. Gas caused Most Global Warming: CO2 55. Maximum Population Density : Bihar 56. Governor of Maharashtra: Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 57. Capital of UAE: Abu Dhabi 58. Which is Credit Information Bureau: CIBIL 59. PM David Cameroon went to Scotland to appeal: To remain part of UK 60. According to CAG report 46% poor in 3 states: Bihar,Maharashtra,UP 61. Interest on saving account of schedule banks is calculated on: Daily basis 62. US open Tennis winner: Marin Cilic 63. CTS save time and cost by eliminating: Physical movement of Cheques 64. Plastic notes of Rs 10 as a trial by RBI in which city: Simla, Kochi, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Mysore. 65. Multicurrency card by SBI in tie up with: Master Card 66. ICICI Bank launches cardless cash withdrawal services- To avail this facility, a sender has to register the

recipient's name,mobile number and address. On receiving a six digit reference code, the recipient can withdraw cash from the bank's ATMs within two days of the transaction.

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67. FMP wit respect to Mutual Fund stands for: Fixed maturity Plan 68. DMRC and Master card to launch a uniform card: with ICICI bank 69. Reverse Mortage Scheme is Facility for: Senior Citizens 70. Book The Lives of Others author: Neel Mukherjee. 71. Nikkei is index of: Tokyo Stock exchange 72. India's First Mute Film: Alam Ara 73. Music director of “Mile sur mera tumhara”: Ashok Patki 74. ADR : American Depositary Receipt 75. BKS Iyenger got which award : Padham Vibhushan 76. Unclaimed PPF committee: HR Khan 77. Currency of Spain : Euro 78. Pehla kadam pehli Udan is a: two new savings bank products for children above 10 years launched by :

Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI) 79. Capital of Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar 80. Who is Donald Dusk : Ex Prime Minister of Poland and next EU council head 81. Father of atomic Bomb: J.Robert Oppenheimer 82. Pm want to build which city like Kyoto: Varanasi 83. Vijay Malya defaulter for which firm of his : Kingfisher 84. Author of Curtain Raiser: Kandathil Sebastian 85. Serena Williams associated with : Tennis 86. Rupay card launched by : National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) 87. Who started the celebration of Ganesh Puja festival : Bal Gangadhar Tilak 88. NPA time limit: 90 days 89. L in LAF Stands for: Liquidity Adjustment Facility 90. S in RTGS Stands for: Real Time Gross Settlement 91. 2011 census which city has less population : Lakshadweep 92. FAT full form: File Allocation Table 93. How many languages are written in a currency note : 17 languages 94. E commerce: Trading of services using online method 95. Saving bank interest decided by : Individual bank 96. India’s International Bank Tag Line for which bank: Bank of Baroda 97. Jandhan Yojana main objective : Financial Inclusion 98. Which freedom fighter was killed during protest of Simon Commission: Lala lajpat Rai 99. National Housing Bank is a subsidiary of which Institution : RBI 100. How many Aisian games Gold won by India : 11 101. MOM (Mars Orbit Mission) Space Craft Orbiting Mars reached on which day : 24th September 2014 102. Syndicate Bank Tagline : Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner 103. Bank to starts cardless cash withdrawal : Bank of India 104. Hewllet Packard is related with : IT 105. Question on Minimum Sex Ratio : Daman & Diu (UT) and Haryana (State) 106. Swachta Udyami Yojna launched by which ministry : Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment 107. Cairo is Captial of : Egypt 108. GDR full form : Global Depository Receipts 109. What is the mean of O in NRO : Ordinary

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110. what is the mean of C in CAMELS : Capital Adequacy 111. KUUCHIPUDI dance of which state : Andhra Pradesh 112. Banking ombudsman launched by : RBI 113. Minister of Tribal Affairs : Jual Oram 114. IRDA Full form : Insurance Regulatory Development Authority 115. Runner In KABADDI game in Asian Games: Iran 116. Capital of South Korea : Seoul 117. Old name of Axis Bank : UTI Bank 118. which country DON'T have dollar currency : SWEDEN 119. What is "Hundi" : Financial instrument that developed on the Indian sub: continent for use in trade and credit

transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a form of credit instrument or IOU to borrow money and as a bill of exchange in trade transactions.

120. Means of M in OMO : Market 121. Umbrella Movement: 2014 : Hongkong Protest 122. NPA is declared Time limit: 90 Days Overdue 123. Which year was the first nuclear explosion in india's named Smiling Buddha: 1974 124. Minimun amount in PPF: Rs 500 125. SBI launched multicurrency card in association with : Mastercard 126. Kathakali Dance belongs to which state: Kerala 127. Most Valuable player in Asian Games 2014 India's Campaign : Mary Kom (Other wise Kosuke Hagino) 128. Committee to examine the current monetary policy: Urijit Patel Committee 129. Currency of Algeria: Dinar 130. What is universal Banking : A banking system in which banks provide a wide variety of financial services,

including both commercial and investment services. 131. Two lives book written by : Vikram Seth 132. Invention of Alfred Nobel: Dynamite 133. What ‘E’ denotes in NRE: : External (Non Resident External) 134. Which State launched Nutrition Mission recently: Uttar Pradesh 135. Who is the founder of the famous Red Cross Foundation : Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier 136. Which insurance company has the tagline ‘Aapke Sachche Advisor’: Max Life Insurance 137. Who headed the panel that recommended diluting govt. share in public sector banks to below 50% : P J Naik 138. On a certain angle, the security thread on a rupee note changes to : Blue 139. Who is popularly known as Lok Nayak : Jayaprakash Narayan 140. HDFC Standard Life is a : Life Insurance Company 141. MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 142. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in the field of : Science & Technology 143. Least Female Literacy Rate : Rajasthan (52.6%) 144. Scheme related to empowerment of Adoloscent Boys : Saksham 145. Ram Naik governor of which state : Uttar Pradesh 146. C in CRR : Cash reserve ratio 147. CM of Tamilnadu : O. Panneerselvam 148. Egypt Currency : Egyptian pound 149. Who is HL dattu : Chief Justice of India 150. IFSC full form: Indian Financial System Code

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151. Bank give loan to another bank on which rate: MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) 152. What is credit card: a small plastic card issued by a bank, building society, etc., allowing the holder to purchase

goods or services on credit 153. Who is Messi : Football Player 154. SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA and FMC to be merged into a Unified Financial Agency (UFA) 155. Original name of Canara Bank: Canara Hindu Permanent Fund 156. "Unbreakable" is the biography of : Mary Kom 157. Axis Bank tagline : Badhti ka naam Zindagi 158. Wrestling gold in 65 kg category : Yogeshwar Dutt 159. What is the full form of PIO : : PERSON OF INDIAN ORIGIN 160. The border between India and China is called as : Macmohan Line 161. Who is the founder of wipro : Ajim Premji 162. Modi addressed which seesion of UN general assembly : 69th 163. How many golds India won in Asian Games 2014 : 11 164. hum hain na is the tagline of which bank : : ICICI bank 165. how many country participated in fifa world cup 2014 : 32 166. Peso is the currency of which country(among the given options) : Argentina. 167. What is the currency of Germany : Euro 168. What is the full form of RIDF: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND 169. What is the full form of NRLM : NATIONAL RURAL LIVELYHOOD MISSION 170. What is the full form of NPS : NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME 171. Who is the women and child development minister : MENAKA GANDHI 172. HDFC erdo is which type of company : General Insurance Company 173. What does K stands for in KCC: Kisan 174. SBI MINOR ACC for children above 10 years is : Pehli Udan 175. WHO IS SANJAY LEELE BHANSALI : Bollywood Director 176. Who is the author of the book My years with Rajiv and Sonia : R D Pradhan 177. Which bank has largest number of mobile application user : SBI 178. pencilin was discoverd by : Alexender Fleming 179. Where is the headquarters of FAO situated : Rome 180. Where is the headquarter of Prathma Bank : Moradabad

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