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| 197751. |
Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about PM Jan Dhan Yojana and the proposed Life Insurance covere to be provided with it? |
| A. | Insurance will be available to only those who opened their accounts in betweenAugust 15, 2014 to 26 January,2015 |
| B. | Initially it would be limited only to one accountholder per family |
| C. | The person must have a valid RuPay card and biometric card linked to or in process of being linked to his bank account |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197752. |
Who amongst the following is not included in the list of cricketers who completed 1000 test runs in one calendar year in 2014? |
| A. | Kumar Sangakkara |
| B. | Younis Khan |
| C. | David Warner |
| D. | MS Dhoni |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197753. |
Who has been crowned as Miss World 2014? |
| A. | Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss |
| B. | Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar |
| C. | Miss India, Koyal Rana |
| D. | Miss Philippines, Megan Young |
| Answer» B. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar | |
| 197754. |
Who won the Miss Universal Peace and Humanity Award, 2014? |
| A. | Smriti Irani |
| B. | Anushka Sharma |
| C. | Ruhi Singh |
| D. | Rebecca Boggiano |
| Answer» D. Rebecca Boggiano | |
| 197755. |
Dahi Handi has been declared as an adventure sport by which state government? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Gujarat |
| D. | Rajasthan |
| Answer» B. Kerala | |
| 197756. |
ake for Indiaas a slogan was coined by which amongst the following famous personalities: |
| A. | Narendra Modi |
| B. | Gurcharan Das |
| C. | Surjit Singh Bhalla |
| D. | Raghuram Rajan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197757. |
Recently, phones of which company banned by Delhi High Court? |
| A. | Apple |
| B. | Nokia |
| C. | Xiaomi |
| D. | Samsung |
| Answer» D. Samsung | |
| 197758. |
How many new drugs have been induced under National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's control recently? |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 52 |
| C. | 54 |
| D. | 56 |
| Answer» C. 54 | |
| 197759. |
aranshis a new programme that was launched recently by: |
| A. | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| B. | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| C. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| D. | Ministry of Culture |
| Answer» B. Ministry of Women and Child Development | |
| 197760. |
ishpickera gift recommendation platform has been acquired by which of the following companies? |
| A. | |
| B. | Snapdeal |
| C. | Flipkart |
| D. | Amazon |
| Answer» C. Flipkart | |
| 197761. |
Who amongst the following has/have been named as Time's Person of the Year, 2014? |
| A. | Kailash Satyarthi |
| B. | Malala Yousafzai |
| C. | Ebola Fighters |
| D. | Vladimir Putin |
| Answer» D. Vladimir Putin | |
| 197762. |
Swachch Bharat Mission (Rural) programme is under which ministry? |
| A. | Ministry of Rural Development |
| B. | Ministry of drinking water and sanitation |
| C. | Ministry of Agriculture |
| D. | Ministry of Panchayati raj |
| Answer» C. Ministry of Agriculture | |
| 197763. |
agar Malaproject is related with? |
| A. | Ocean exploration |
| B. | Sea route development |
| C. | modernization of ports |
| D. | Mangrove development |
| Answer» D. Mangrove development | |
| 197764. |
Google News decided to shut its operations for which of the following countries: |
| A. | Spain |
| B. | Portugal |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Turkey |
| Answer» B. Portugal | |
| 197765. |
‘OT Southern Star 7’ was in news for: |
| A. | Oil Spill in Sunderbans |
| B. | Underwater Missile Launch |
| C. | Submarine Surveillance in Indian Ocean |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Underwater Missile Launch | |
| 197766. |
Which of the following area/s is/are proving to be major obstacles to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax? |
| A. | Compensation |
| B. | Petrol tax |
| C. | Entry tax |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197767. |
Which day has been declared to beInternational Day of Yogaby the United Nations? |
| A. | July 21 |
| B. | June 21 |
| C. | May 21 |
| D. | December 21 |
| Answer» C. May 21 | |
| 197768. |
Which of the fllowing leaders has been awarded the Confucius Peace Prize for his contributions to the cause of World Peace? |
| A. | Nicolas Maduro |
| B. | Hugo Chavez |
| C. | Fidel Castro |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 197769. |
How much amount did the Union Cabinet approve to set up of Credit Guarantee Fund for factoring of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) units? |
| A. | INR 500 crores |
| B. | INR 1000 crores |
| C. | INR 1500 crores |
| D. | INR 700 crore |
| Answer» B. INR 1000 crores | |
| 197770. |
Nine new species of which amphibians were discovered in the Western Ghats by scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore? |
| A. | Bush Frog |
| B. | Salamanders |
| C. | Caecilians |
| D. | Golden Poison Frog |
| Answer» B. Salamanders | |
| 197771. |
Randhir Singh was recently appointed as the Honorary member of which of the following organizations |
| A. | International Olympic Committee |
| B. | Indian Oil Corporation |
| C. | ONGC Videsh Ltd |
| D. | Indian Olympic Association |
| Answer» B. Indian Oil Corporation | |
| 197772. |
The Union Cabinet on gave its approval for creation of five new posts of Additional Solicitors General (ASG). Which of the following is not amongst the five? |
| A. | High Court of Punjab and Haryana |
| B. | High Court of Jammu and Kashmir |
| C. | High Court of Patna |
| D. | Circuit Benches at Hubli-Dharwad u0026 Gulbarga and Gujarat |
| Answer» C. High Court of Patna | |
| 197773. |
IntelCenter released the Country Threat Index (CTI) ranking countries in terms of terrorist and rebel threat to a country. Which of the following has been rated as the most dangerous country as per the Index: |
| A. | Nigeria |
| B. | Afghanistan |
| C. | Iraq |
| D. | Syria |
| Answer» D. Syria | |
| 197774. |
Which of the following rockets was successfully test fired from Chandipur, Odisha on the 9th of December,2014: |
| A. | Mark II Pinaka Rocket |
| B. | GSLV-16 |
| C. | Chandrayaan |
| D. | Agni IV |
| Answer» B. GSLV-16 | |
| 197775. |
Ralph Henry Baer passed away recently. He is most famously known for: |
| A. | Father of Video Games |
| B. | Pioneer in Home Video Game Console |
| C. | Both 1 u0026 2 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 197776. |
10th December was globally celebrated as: |
| A. | World AIDS Day |
| B. | Human Rights Day |
| C. | Women's Day |
| D. | SAARC centennary |
| Answer» C. Women's Day | |
| 197777. |
Which country is the latest to become the member of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)? |
| A. | Nepal |
| B. | Bhutan |
| C. | Srilanka |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» C. Srilanka | |
| 197778. |
What is purpose of D K Mittal committe setup by Railways? |
| A. | Look into infrastructure of railways |
| B. | Look into privatization of railways |
| C. | Look into safety measures |
| D. | Look into financial health of railways |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197779. |
Which leader recently won TIME Magazine's Reader's Poll 2014 ? |
| A. | Barak Obama |
| B. | Narendra Modi |
| C. | Jack Ma |
| D. | David Cameroon |
| Answer» C. Jack Ma | |
| 197780. |
Indian Govt recently removed IPC section 309. What was it related with? |
| A. | Attempt to convert religion |
| B. | Unlawful assembly of people |
| C. | attempt to suicide as criminal act |
| D. | forcing a person to commit suicide |
| Answer» D. forcing a person to commit suicide | |
| 197781. |
Who became the first Indian American to be appointed as the US ambassador to India? |
| A. | Richard Rahul Verma |
| B. | Preet Bharara |
| C. | Abhay Ashtekar |
| D. | Amrit Singh |
| Answer» B. Preet Bharara | |
| 197782. |
Piratla Venketeswarlu passed away recently. He was a veteran in which field: |
| A. | Photography |
| B. | Film making |
| C. | Journalism |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» D. Medicine | |
| 197783. |
Climate Change Performance Index 2015 report released by German watch and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe at Lima, ranked India as a |
| A. | Poor-Performing Country |
| B. | Moderate-Performing Country |
| C. | Exceptional-Performing Country |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Exceptional-Performing Country | |
| 197784. |
The theme of the 2013 Travel u0026 Tourism Competitiveness Index is: |
| A. | Ensuring women safety |
| B. | Reducing Barriers to Economic Growth and Job Creation |
| C. | Cultural Spread and Soft Power |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Cultural Spread and Soft Power | |
| 197785. |
Who has been awarded Swiss Ambassador Award for inspirational and socially responsible leadership for 2014? |
| A. | Ratan Tata |
| B. | Shiv Nadar |
| C. | Mark Zuckerberg |
| D. | Azim Premji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197786. |
Pranav Mistry has recently been appointed Global Vice President of which of the following |
| A. | Apple Inc |
| B. | Samsung Electronics |
| C. | Amazon Inc |
| D. | |
| Answer» C. Amazon Inc | |
| 197787. |
Which country set a new Guinness world record for the world’s largest human formation of a national flag? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | Bulgaria |
| C. | Netherlands |
| D. | India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197788. |
The recently announcedNewton-Bhabha Fundis a collaboration between India and |
| A. | US |
| B. | United Kingdom |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Switzerland |
| Answer» C. Italy | |
| 197789. |
Who became second richest person in the World? |
| A. | Warren Buffet |
| B. | Mark Zuckerberg |
| C. | Mukesh Ambani |
| D. | Bill Gates |
| Answer» B. Mark Zuckerberg | |
| 197790. |
China recently started a major water supply project in which of the following neighbouring countries: |
| A. | Sri Lanka |
| B. | Maldives |
| C. | Vietnam |
| D. | Nepal |
| Answer» B. Maldives | |
| 197791. |
Which country won the fourth cricket World Cup for the visually challenged? |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | India |
| D. | Srilanka |
| Answer» D. Srilanka | |
| 197792. |
Which of the following cricketers is the latest in the list of Bowlers barred for suspect action: |
| A. | Saeed Ajmal |
| B. | Harbhajan Singh |
| C. | Mohammed Hafeez |
| D. | R. Ashwin |
| Answer» D. R. Ashwin | |
| 197793. |
Masoud Barzani was among eight finalists of Time person of year award 2014. He belongs to ? |
| A. | Iran |
| B. | Libya |
| C. | Iraqi-Kurdistan region |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» D. Pakistan | |
| 197794. |
A Boeing aircraft has completed the world’s first flight using which of the following fuels: |
| A. | Green diesel |
| B. | Jet Fuel |
| C. | Aviation Turbine Fuel |
| D. | Liquified Nitrogen |
| Answer» B. Jet Fuel | |
| 197795. |
ring back our girlscompaign is aimed at? |
| A. | against female foeticide |
| B. | reduce girl mortality rate |
| C. | save 200 school girls kidnapped in Nigeria by boko haram terrorists |
| D. | for girl education |
| Answer» D. for girl education | |
| 197796. |
Nedunuri Krishna Murthy passed away recently. He was associated with: |
| A. | Khyal Gharana |
| B. | Carnatic music |
| C. | Dhrupad Gharana |
| D. | Thumri Gharana |
| Answer» C. Dhrupad Gharana | |
| 197797. |
what is allowed limit of FDI in insurance sector as per proposed Insurance bill? |
| A. | 36% |
| B. | 26% |
| C. | 49% |
| D. | 51% |
| Answer» D. 51% | |
| 197798. |
What is name of indian team in IPTL (Tennis league)? |
| A. | Manila Mavericks |
| B. | Musafir.com UAE Royals |
| C. | Micromax Indian Aces |
| D. | DBS Singapore Slammers |
| Answer» D. DBS Singapore Slammers | |
| 197799. |
Why isArmed forces flag dayobserved? |
| A. | Celebrate victory over pakistan in 1965 |
| B. | celebrate kargil war victory |
| C. | For Army recruitment |
| D. | Collect donation by offering army flags. Raise fund for Army welfare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197800. |
JAXA agency which launched asteroid chasing space probe belongs to which country? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |