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1 Who has been appointed as the next C

in April 2014 and assumed charge on 27th A

A) Justice Altamas Kabir

B) Justice P Sathasivam

C) Justice Rajendra Mal LodhaD) Justice S. H. Kapadia

2 Frances president Francois Hollande h

as the new prime minister of France in April

A) Nicolas Sarkozy

B) Manuel Valls

C) Francois HollandeD) Marine Le Pen

3 Which Film won the Best Feature FilmNational Film Award announced in April 20

A) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

B) KaphalC) Ship of Theseus

D) Shahid

4 The search panel headed by RBI Govern

has shortlisted ____________ as the new RBin April2014 in place of K C Chakrabarty w

leave before completing his full term.A) S S MundraB) P Vijaya Bhaskar

C) B MahapatraD) None of These

5 World Autism Awareness Day is obseA) 5-Apr

B) 21-AprC) 2-Apr

D) 4-Apr

6 US ambassador to India ____________April 2014. This move came after a diploma

Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade that st

between these two nations.

A) Albert Peter Burleigh

B) Scott H. DeLisi

C) Nancy Powell

D) Ryan C. Crocker

7 Who has taken over as the chairman of r

part of Tata Sons, in April 2014?

A) FK Kavarana

B) Cyrus MistryC) Jimmy Tata

D) Noel Naval Tata

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pril?

s named ________

2014.

award at the 61st14?

or Raghuram Rajan

I Deputy Governoro had decided to

rved on?

has resigned inic row related to

rained relations

etail firm Trent, a

8 Mining giant Vedanta

appointed whom as its ne

role of chief mentor in Apr

A) Anil Agarwal

B) Kushal Pal SinghC) Navin Agarwal

D) Gautam Adani

9 The Reserve Bank of I

________ during its annou

policy review.

A) 8%B) 7.75%

C) 7.25%

D) 7%

10 The Election Commi

actor as its national icon foheldin April-May 2014?

A) Ranbir Kapoor

B) Shahrukh Khan

C) Amitabh Bachchan

D) Aamir Khan

11 The Reserve Bank ofapprovals to ___________approval will be valid for 1

start banking services.A) IDFC and Pearless

B) IFCI and Bandhan

C) IDFC and BandhanD) Adittya Birla Group

12 Indias world champi

ranked at World number _

FIDE in April 2014.A) First

B) SecondC) Third

D) Fourth

13 International Day fo

A) 5-Apr

B) 21-Apr

C) 15-Apr

D) 4-Apr

14 Union Textiles Minis

resignation to Prime Minis

over the issue of division oconstituency of Andhra Pr

A) Chandresh KumariB) Kavuru Sambasiva

Resources group firm Sesa Sterlite has

chairan emeritus with an additional

il 2014?

ndia has kept repo rate unchanged at

ncement of April 2014 monetary

sion has roped in which Bollywood

r the current Lok Sabha election being

India (RBI) has granted in-principlein April 2014 to start new banks. The8 months within which they have to

inancial Services

Financial Servicesand Reliance Money

on chess player Viswanathan Anand

_____ in the rating list released by

r Mine Awareness is observed on?

ter _____________ submitted his

er Manmohan Singh in April 2014

f Andhra Pradesh. He represents Elurudesh in the Lok Sabha.

atochao

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C) Mallikarjun Kharge

D) Jaipal Sudini Reddy

15 The Reserve Bank of India adopted the Consumer Price

Index (CPI) as the key measure of Inflation on 1st April 2014 on

the basis of ___________ Committee recommendation. The

committee recommended the same to revise and strengthen the

Monetary Policy Framework as CPI properly measures theinflation and reflects correct cost of living. As of now, RBI was

using Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for its monetary policy

reviews.

A) Urjit R Patel

B) Anand Sinha

C) K C Chakrabarty

D) S S Mundra

16 Which Country was ranked at No1 position among the 132countries on the list of the Social Progress Index 2014 compiled

by US-based non-profit group Social Progress Imperative in

April 2014?A) Iceland

B) Switzerland

C) Netherlands

D) New Zealand

17 USA unemployment rate stood at ______ in March

(announced in April 2014).

A) 6.7%

B) 7.1%

C) 6.6%D) 6.9%

18 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmarkinterest rate at record low of ________ during its monetary

policy review in April 2014. The ECB has kept the interest rate

unchanged since November 2013.

A) 0.75%

B) 0.5%

C) 0.25%

D) 1%

19 India has been ranked at ________ among the 132 countries

on the list of the Social Progress Index 2014 compiled by US-

based non-profit group Social Progress Imperative in April 2014.

A) 107th

B) 102ndC) 112th

D) 91st

20 Central Government has appointed senior IPS officer

__________as the new Director General of the countrys largestborder guarding force BSF in April 2014.

A) D K Pathak

B) Subhas Goswami

C) Subhash Joshi

D) K Vijay Kumar

21 The Central government has appointed __________ as

deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India in April 2014 inplace of Anand Sinha who retired in January 2014. His term willbe for three years.

A) P Vijaya Bhaskar

B) R Gandhi

C) B MahapatraD) None of These

22 World Intellectual Property Day is observed on?

A) 23-Apr

B) 22-Apr

C) 26-AprD) 25-Apr

23 Which Film won the Best Childrens Film award at the

61st National Film Award announced in April 2014?

A) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

B) Kaphal

C) Ship of Theseus

D) Dekh Indian Circus

24 Which Indian PSU Company has received the honour of the

most efficient Navaratna award for the year 2013 (announced in

April 2014). The award was given to the company for themeasure it has taken on various fronts such as R&D,

modernization, customer initiatives, quality and thrust given on

indigenization.

A) ONGC

B) BHEL

C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

D) Indian Oil

25 The Reserve Bank of India has kept Reverse Repo rate

unchanged at ________ during its announcement of April 2014monetary policy review.

A) 6.75%

B) 7.75%C) 7.25%

D) 7%

26 Who was sworn-in as the new President of Malta on 4th

April to become Maltas ninth President?

A) George Abela

B) Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca

C) Joseph Muscat

D) Evarist Bartolo

27 USA President Barack Obama has nominated ___________

as the next US Alternate Executive Director of the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) in April 2014.A) Puneet Talwar

B) Srikanth SrinivasanC) Sunil Sabharwal

D) Neal Katyal

28 Which African Country ______ emerged as the biggest

economy of Africa when the results of an overdue rebasing of its

gross domestic product were announced in april 2014 as per

United Nations statisticians recommendation to rebase GDP

calculations every five years to reflect changes in the structure of

production and consumption?

A) South AfricaB) NigeriaC) Egypt

D) Kenya

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29 Which Country won T20 World Cup held in April 2014 inBangladesh?

A) South Africa

B) India

C) Sri Lanka

D) West Indies

30 Which Country has retained the ICC Womens World

Twenty-20 for the third time in a row after winning ICC

Womens World Twenty-20 Cup held in April2014 in

Bangladesh?

A) Australia

B) England

C) South Africa

D) India

31 Which Cricketer was named captain of the 2014 ICC World

Team of the Tournament in April 2014?

A) George BaileyB) Mark Samuals

C) Virat Kohli

D) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

32 World Health Day is observed on?

A) 5-Apr

B) 7-Apr

C) 11-Apr

D) 4-Apr

33 Who won the bahrain Grand Prix held in bahrain in April

2014?

A) Nico RosbergB) Lewis Hamilton

C) Sebastian Vettel

D) Sergio Perez

34 Who won the mens singles title with a straight-game

victory in the finals of the India Super Series Badminton held in

New Delhi in April 2014?

A) Lin Dan

B) Chen Long

C) Lee Chong Wei

D) Taufik Hidayat

35 Indian cricket team lost its No 1 rank to ___________ afterbeing defeated in the World Twenty20 final in the latest Reliance

ICC T20I Team Rankings Table published in April 2014.A) Australia

B) England

C) South AfricaD) Sri Lanka

36 Which Indian state/team won the 4th Hockey India Junior

Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) held in Chennai

in April 2014?

A) Odisha

B) PunjabC) HaryanaD) Sports Authority of Indi

37 Which Film won the Best Feature Film on National

Integration award at the 61st National Film Award announced inApril 2014?

A) Tuhya Dharma Koncha

B) Thalaimuraigal

C) Ship of Theseus

D) Perariyathavar

38 Who won the 51st edition of the FBB Femina Miss India

2014 crown after defeating 24 other contestants from across the

country in April 2014?

A) Navneet Kaur Dhillion

B) Jhataleka Malhotra

C) Koyal Rana

D) Gail Nicole DaSilva

39 The Reserve Bank of India has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) unchanged at ________ during its announcement of April

2014 monetary policy review.

A) 5%B) 4.5%

C) 4.25%

D) 4%

40 Which Indian pharma company announced to acquire

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd in a USD 3.2 billion deal in April

2014 in which Sun Pharma will acquire 100% of Ranbaxy in an

all-stock deal?

A) Dr Reddys Laboratory

B) Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesC) Aurovindo Pharma

D) None of These

41 The IMF also projected that the global economy will grow

at the rate of _______ this year and 3.9% in 2015 (announced in

April2014).

A) 2.5%

B) 3.6%

C) 3.1%

D) 2.9%

42 Lowland written by Indian born Novelist __________

has been shortlisted for this years Baileys Prize, the UKs only

annual book award for fiction written by a woman.

A) Arundhati Roy

B) Kiran DesaiC) Jhumpa Lahiri

D) Anita Desai

43 World Haemophilia Day is observed on?

A) 15-AprB) 17-Apr

C) 11-Apr

D) 14-Apr

44 Which North-East state was placed on Indias railway map

with the launch of first passenger train to the state capital in April

2014?A) NagalandB) Tripura

C) Arunachal Pradesh

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D) Manipur

45 Global Internet giant __________ has launched a new tool

as part of its elections portal offering called Know Your

Candidates in April 2014. The new tool will allow citizens to

access relevant information about political candidates contesting

from their constituency and their incumbent Member of

Parliament.A) Google

B) Microsoft

C) Facebook

D) Twitter

46 ERP giant SAPs Indian arm, SAP India has appointed

____________ as its managing director with immediate effect in

April 2014.

A) Srinivasan DwarakanathB) Joginder Singh

C) Varun Berry

D) Ravi Chauhan

47 India Infoline Asset Management Company has appointed

__________ as its Chief Executive Officer in April 2014.

A) Prashasta Seth

B) Rakesh Sethi

C) Uday Sareen

D) Manoj Vaish

48 Famous Indian shooter ___________ secured the Worlds

Number One spot in 10 meters air pistol event published in April2014. With this achievement, she became the first Indian pistol

shooter to secure No 1 rank in the list.

A) Anjali BhagwatB) Heena Sindhu

C) Rahi Sarnobat

D) Ronjan Sodhi

49 The Reserve Bank of India has kept the SLR unchanged at

________ during its announcement of April 2014 monetary

policy review.

A) 25%

B) 24%

C) 23%

D) 22%

50 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projectedIndias economic growth rate at ___________ for next financial

year 2014-15 and 6.4% for 2015-16 (announced in April 2014).A) 5.8%

B) 6.1%

C) 5.4%D) 4.9%

51 Indias Software industry body Nasscom appointed

___________ as its Chairman for the year 2014-15 (announced in

April 2014).

A) Krishnakumar Natarajan

B) R Chandrasekaran

C) Anant GuptaD) Vineet Nayar

52 Who won the Best Actor award at the 61st National Film

Award announced in April 2014?

A) Rajkumar RaoB) Suraj Venjaramoodu

C) Farhan Akhtar

D) Both A and B

53 Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has made it to the

cover of the 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack inApril 2014. The 40-year-old cricketer is the ______ Indian to

feature on the cover of the Almanack.

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

54 Which Indian batsman has been named as one of the Five

Cricketers of the Year, an honour dating back to 1889, by Wisdenfor his performance in 2013 (announced in April 2014)?

A) M S Dhoni

B) Virat KohliC) Shikhar Dhawan

D) Rohit Sharma

55 World Heritage Day is observed on?

A) 15-Apr

B) 17-Apr

C) 18-Apr

D) 19-Apr

56 Which Indian PSU Bank has hit the overseas bond marketwith a dual tranche benchmark issue of 5-year and 10-year

maturity to raise up to USD 1 billion in May 2014? The bank has

given an initial pricing of 240 bps over the US treasury for the 5-year money and 265 bps over the treasury for the 10-year bond.

A) Bank of Baroda

B) Central Bank of India

C) Punjab National Bank

D) State Bank of India

57 Global pharma giant Novartis announced to sell its animal-

health operation to _________ and Co. for USD 5.4 billion in

April 2014 to restructure its business.

A) Eli Lilly

B) Merck & Co.

C) Johnson and Johnson

D) Bayer

58 Indias Index of Industrial Production, the most importantparameter to judge performance of industrial sector, growth stood

at ________ in February (announced in April 2014).

A) -0.3%B) 0.5%

C) 0.1%

D) -1.9%

59 Indias Trade deficit stood at ________ in March 2014

(announced in April 2014).

A) USD 12.5 billionB) USD 10.5 billionC) USD 8.1 billion

D) USD 9.25 billion

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60 Who was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary in April2014 for the second consecutive term for four years.

A) Attila Mesterhazy

B) Ferenc Gyurcsny

C) Viktor Orban

D) Gbor Vona

61 British-American physicist __________ won MillenniumTechnology Prize 2014 for discoveries leading to a thousand-fold

increase in digital data storage on magnetic disks (announced in

April 2014). The Millennium Technology Prize was initiated in

2004 by the Technology Academy Finland.

A) David Awschalom

B) Stuart Parkin

C) Albert Fert

D) Peter Grnberg

62 The Interim President of BCCI-IPL Sunil Gavaskar has

appointed _______ as his special advisor for the seventh edition

of the Indian Premier League in April2014.A) Uday Kota

B) K. V. Kamath

C) Adi Godrej

D) Deepak Parekh

63 Indian two pharma companies Sun Pharmaceutical

Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd announced a USD 3.2

billion deal in April 2014 in which Sun Pharma will acquire

100% of Ranbaxy in an all-stock deal. Currently which company

owns majority stake in Ranbaxy?A) Takeda Pharmaceutical

B) Abbott Laboratories

C) Daiichi SankyoD) Bayer

64 Which country led the list of counties in terms of global

remittances in the year 2013 with USD 70 billion, as per the data

released by the World Bank in April 2014?

A) China

B) India

C) Japan

D) Malaysia

65 National Civil Services Day is observed on?

A) 20-Apr

B) 22-AprC) 21-Apr

D) 19-Apr

66 Who has been chosen for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke

Award for the year 2013 (announced in April 2014)?A) Gulzar

B) Javed Akhtar

C) Yash Chopra

D) Asha Bhosle

67 The queen of Britain conferred the rank of Knight

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire(KBE) on which famous Indian business person on 10th April2014. This honour is one of the highest honours given by the

queen to civilians.

A) Srichand P. Hinduja

B) Lakhsmi MittalC) Ratan Tata

D) Ravi Ruia

68 Global rating agency Fitch has reaffirmed Indias

__________investment grade rating with a stable outlook due to

Indias higher growth compared to other emerging economies(announced in April2014).

A) BBB+

B) BBB-

C) BB-

D) BB+

69 Global Telecom giant Vodafone has announced that it now

owns 100% of its Indian subsidiary, Vodafone India Limited

(VIL) after acquiring 10.97% of VIL from which Indian entityin April 2014?

A) Essar Enterprise

B) Piramal EnterprisesC) Bharti Enterprise

D) Aditya Birla Group

70 Which Indian PSU Bank launched its Twitter handle

account in April 2014 in order to increase its social media

presence and improve digital marketing activities after launching

accounts on Facebook and Youtube earlier.

A) Bank of Baroda

B) Central Bank of India

C) State Bank of IndiaD) Bank of India

71 Indian shooter _______ won the gold in the trap event bydefeating Australias two-time Olympic gold medallist Michael

Diamond at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup held in April 2014.

A) Sanjeev Rajput

B) Gagan Narang

C) Manavjit Singh Sandhu

D) Ronjan Sodhi

72 Who won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 61st

National Film Award announced in April 2014?

A) Rajkumar Rao

B) Suraj Venjaramoodu

C) Farhan Akhtar

D) Saurabh Shukla

73 The Washington Post and the British-based The Guardiannewspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in April 2014 for public service

for coverage of ____________________ based on documents

from US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.A) US Army programme in Iraq

B) US Army programme in Afghanisthan

C) National Security Agency surveillance programmes

D) US surveillance for Ukraine Crisis

74 Which Tech company announced its acquisition of Titan

Aerospace in April 2014? Titan Aerospace is a maker of solar-powered drones which can be used to boost Internet access toremote areas.

A) Yahoo

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B) Google

C) FacebookD) Microsoft

75 The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had

approved appointment of __________ as Finance Secretary in

April 2014. The post of Finance Secretary was lying vacant since

31st March when Sumit Bose retired.A) Sudhir Gupta

B) S R Rao

C) Arvind Mayaram

D) A Vijayanand

76 World Earth Day is observed on?

A) 24-Apr

B) 22-Apr

C) 21-AprD) 25-Apr

77 India-born poet ________ won the prestigious 2014Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems

3 Sections. The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism,

Letters, Drama and Music were announced in April 2014 by

Columbia University.

A) Vijay Seshadri

B) Vivek Rae

C) Amitabh Kant

D) V S Madan

78 Indias Software industry body Nasscom appointed___________ as its Vice-Chairman for the year 2014-15

(announced in April 2014).

A) Krishnakumar NatarajanB) BVR Mohan Reddy

C) Ashok Soota

D) V. G. Siddhartha

79 Which agency won two YoungGun awards in the YGA

2013 Awards (announced in April 2014). The agency is the only

office in India to have won YoungGuns awards. YGA is now in

its 12th year of recognizing young talent globally.

A) Taproot India

B) Grey Worldwide India

C) Ogilvy Mumbai

D) O&M India

80 Which Indian racing driver won Whangarei Rally by a lead

of 11.9 seconds held in April 2014? It is his first title in NewZealand and sixth career victory in FIA Asia Pacific Rally

Championship (APRC). European champion, Jan Kopecky

(Czech Republic) obtained second position.A) Armaan Ebrahim

B) Gaurav Gill

C) Karamjit Singh

D) V. R. Naren Kumar

81 Chinas economy grew at ________ in the first quarter of

current year 2014 which is the slowest growth rate in last 18

months.A) 7.1%B) 7.7%

C) 7.4%

D) 7.8%

82 Indias Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index,

stood at ______ in March (announced in April 2014).

A) 7.60%

B) 8.90%

C) 8.31%

D) 9.45%

83 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued Final

standards for measuring and controlling large exposures of banks

to customers in April 2014. These standards will take effect from

___________ as per its notification. These guidelines were aimed

to minimize the all kind of banking risks through proper risk

management processes that a bank can face.

A) 1 January 2020

B) 1 January 2018C) 1 January 2019

D) 1 April 2018

84 US Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index stood

at ________ in March 2014 (published in April 2014).

A) 0.1%

B) 0.5%

C) 0.2%

D) 1.2%

85 Which Film won the Best Popular Film Providing

Wholesome Entertainment award at the 61st National Film

Award announced in April 2014?A) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

B) Jolly LLB

C) Dhoom 3D) Shahid

86 World Book and Copyright Day is observed on?

A) 23-Apr

B) 22-Apr

C) 21-Apr

D) 25-Apr

87 Indias exports increased by just 3.98% to approx ________

in Financial Year 2013-14 while imports dropped by 8.11% to

USD 450.94 billion during the same period (announced in April

2014).

A) USD 325 billionB) USD 312 billion

C) USD 365 billionD) USD 304 billion

88 Indian Govenment has appointed whom as the new Chief ofNaval Staff in April 2014. The post was lying vacant for nearly

two months since former Chief resigned suddenly in the wake of

a series of accidents.

A) Robin K Dhowan

B) DK Joshi

C) Shekhar Sinha

D) None of These

89 Famous Poet, Director and Lyricist Gulzar has been chosen

for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013.

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He won which of the Internal awards?

A) Academy Award (Oscar)B) Grammy Award

C) Both of them

D) None of These

90 Which Indian IT Services Company and Mitsubishi

Corporation have announced a new joint venture in April 2014for the Japanese market, the second largest market for software

services which is still untouched by Indian services companies.

A) Cognizant

B) Infosys

C) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

D) Wipro

91 The Supreme Court has allowed Comptroller & Auditor

General to audit revenues and books of Private Companies ofwhich sector in a landmark judgement announced in April 2014?

A) Real Estate

B) AirlinesC) Telecom

D) Mining

92 Nobel laureate ___________ author Gabriel Garcia

Marquez passed away on 18th April. He was 87.

A) Brazilian

B) Colombian

C) Portugese

D) Argentinian

93 Who won the Presidential election of Algeria for the fourth

consecutive time in April 2014 to become fifth President of

Algeria.A) Abdelmalek Sellal

B) Ali Benflis

C) Abdelaziz Bouteflika

D) Ahmed Ouyahia

94 Which Film won the award for Best Direction at the 61st

National Film Award announced in April 2014?

A) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

B) Fandry

C) Ship of Theseus

D) Shahid

95 World Intellectual Property Day is observed on?A) 23-Apr

B) 22-AprC) 26-Apr

D) 25-Apr

96 SEBI came out with detailed corporate governance norms

for listed companies in April 2014 to provide stricter disclosures

and protection of investor rights, including equitable treatment

for minority and foreign shareholders. SEBI has decided that the

maximum number of boards an independent director can serve on

listed companies be restricted to __________ as per the new rule

while the directorship would be capped at three if the person isserving as a whole time director in any listed company.

A) Six

B) Seven

C) Eight

D) Ten

97 Randstad Awards for the year 2014 was announced in Apr

2014 to encourage best practices for talent attraction and to

identify the best Employer Brand in the country based. Randstad

have awarded the which company as the most attractive employer

in India for the fourth consecutive time?A) Google

B) Microsoft

C) Sony

D) Amazon

98 Who won the Chinese Grand Prix held in China in April

2014?

A) Nico Rosberg

B) Lewis HamiltonC) Sebastian Vettel

D) Fernando Alonso

99 Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis Mens singles

title held in April 2014?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Stanislas Wawrinka

C) Roger Federer

D) Rafael Nadal

100 Indias overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price

index, stood at _______ in March 2014 (published in Apr 2014).

A) 4.89%B) 4.68%

C) 5.7%

D) 5.01%

101. Who has taken over as the first woman Chief Justice ofDelhi High Court in April 2014?

A) Justice G RohiniB) Justice M. Fathima BeeviC) Justice Anna ChandyD) None of These

102. The Central Government has appointed whom asPrincipal Economic Advisor in April 2014?

A) Shankar Acharya

B) Isher Judge AhluwaliaC) Dipak DasguptaD) Ila Patnaik

103. BCCI has suggested to the Supreme Court to set up athree-member committee in order to probe the corruption casein April 2014. Which former Indian cricketer has been includedin the 3-member committee?

A) Ravi ShastriB) Dilip VengsarkarC) Sanjay ManjrekarD) Kapil Dev

104. Which Film won the Best Film on Social Issues award atthe 61st National Film Award announced in April 2014?

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A) Tuhya Dharma KonchaB) ThalaimuraigalC) Ship of TheseusD) Perariyathavar

105. Who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of

National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in April2014?A) KS PopliB) Vinod Kumar DuggalC) Narendra KothariD) A. R. Lakshmanan

106 . World Hemophilia Day is observed on?A) 18-AprB) 12-AprC) 21-AprD) 17-Apr

107. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) executive director_____________ took charge as director of Centre for AdvancedFinancial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) in April 2014. CAFRALis a not-for-profit organization and is an independent body fullyfunded by the RBI.

A) D.K.MohantyB) P. Vijaya BhaskarC) G. GopalakrishnaD) G. Padmanabhan

108. Hockey India appointed former senior coach_____________ as the coach of the junior mens team in April

2014. His key aim will be to groom the junior team for the 2016World Cup to be held in the country.

A) Pargat SinghB) Harendra SinghC) Dilip TirkeyD) Ramandeep Sing

109. World Earth Day was observed on 22nd April across theworld in order to raise awareness and also to supportenvironmental protection. Theme for Earth Day 2014 was

_______________.A) Green Welcome

B) Green StatesC) Green CitiesD) Green Trees

110. The Supreme Court revoked its 19-month-old ban on ironore mining in Which Indian state in April 2014 but restricted theextraction to 20 million tonnes per annum.

A) KeralaB) KarnatakaC) GoaD) Odissa

111. NTT Docomo has decided to sell its entire 26.5% stake in

Indian mobile service provider Tata Donomo in April 2014 to exitfrom the Joint venture it entered five years ago. NTT Docomo isa telecom company from ____________.

A) ChinaB) JapanC) MalaysiaD) Thailand

112. Which Indian musician _____________ was selected for

M S Subbulakshmi Award 2014, announced by the M SSubbulakshmi Foundation in April 2014?A) Mathangi SathyamurthyB) Veene SheshannaC) Vijaya DasaD) Smita Bellur

113 . Which Indian IT services Company joined the league oftop 10 global IT services companies, as per the data published bythe HfS Research Survey on competitive landscape for ITServices in 2013 (published in April 2014)?

A) Cognizant

B) InfosysC) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)D) Wipro

114. Which global IT company secured No 1 rank in the list oftop 10 global IT services companies, as per the data published bythe HfS Research Survey on competitive landscape for ITServices in 2013 (published in April 2014)?

A) Hewlett-PackardB) AccentureC) FujitsuD) IBM

115. Which footballer has been named as the Womens Playerof the Year at an awards ceremony held in London in April 2014?

A) Nicole RolserB) Gemma BonnerC) Lucy BronzeD) Jade Moore

116. Who won the Best Actress award at the 61st NationalFilm Award announced in April 2014?

A) Amruta SubhashB) Geetanjali Thapa

C) Sonali KulkarniD) None of These

117 . Motorola Mobility, which was recently acquired byGoogle, has appointed __________ as General Manager of Indiain April 2014. This is the senior most post for the company inIndia.

A) Srinivasan DwarakanathB) R.NeelakantanC) Amit BoniD) Mahendra Singh Mehta

118. World Amateur Radio Day is observed on?A) 18-AprB) 12-Apr

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C) 21-AprD) 17-Apr

119. Which Indian football club won the I-League (biggestprize in Indian football) for the first time after winning the finalmatch held at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in April 2014?

A) Pune FCB) Bengaluru FCC) Dempo SportsD) East Bengal

120. Which IT Services Company announced that it hasentered into an agreement with itaas in April 2014 to acquirethe company. Itaas is a US-based digital video solutions firmheadquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1999, It hasplayed a unique, multifaceted role in development and deliveryof interactive television (iTV).

A) Cognizant

B) InfosysC) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)D) Wipro

121. Which company has started a weekly series of onlinedocumentary-style films titled Brazuca around the World in April2014 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil which will be heldthis year?

A) NikeB) AdidasC) PumaD) Fila

122 . The Supreme Court has set up a committee in April 2014for framing guidelines to prevent misuse of public funds by theGovernment and its authorities for advertisements innewspapers and television to get political mileage. The four-member committee will be headed by _________________.

A) TK ViswanathanB) Mahendra Pal SinghC) Madan Mohan PunchhiD) NR Madhava Menon

123. India conducted developmental test of supersonic surface-to-air missile ____________ from the Integrated Test Range

(ITR) launch complex at Chandipur in April 2014. It is a mediumrange surface-to-air anti-aircraft defence system developed bythe DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile DevelopmentProgramme.

A) BrahmosB) Agni IC) AkashD) Trishul

124. Which Indian player won the World Snooker championshipheld at Leeds, UK in April 2014?

A) Chitra Magimairaj

B) Revanna UmadeviC) Kalpana DeviD) None of These

125. Which Global pharma giant agreed to acquireGlaxoSmithKline Plcs (GSKs) cancer-drug business for nearlyUSD 16 billion to form a consumer-health venture with GSK inApril 2014?. It has also announced to sell its vaccines business,excluding the flu operations, to GSK for USD 7.1 billion in an

overhaul of the Swiss drug maker.A) PfizerB) NovartisC) AstraZenecaD) Merck & Co.

126 .Which country was placed in the first place in list of 148economies in terms of leveraging information andcommunications technologies (ICT) for growth and wellbeing, asper the latest report published by the World Economic Forum inApril 2014?

A) Singapore

B) SwedenC) FinlandD) Norway

127. India secured ________ spot among 148 economies interms of leveraging information and communicationstechnologies (ICT) for growth and wellbeing, as per the latestreport published by the World Economic Forum in April 2014.

A) 89thB) 83rdC) 68thD) 94th

128.International Dance Day is observed on?A) 28-AprB) 22-AprC) 21-AprD) 29-Apr

129.Union Ministry of External Affairs has appointed whom asIndias first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission toAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) & East AsiaSummit in April 2014?

A) N A K Browne

B) Kalyan Kumar ChakravartyC) Suresh Kumar ReddyD) Asoke Kumar Mukerji

130.Who won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 61stNational Film Award announced in April 2014?

A) Amruta SubhashB) Geetanjali ThapaC) Sonali KulkarniD) None of These

131 Who lead the list of the worlds 100 most influentialpeople, as per the list published Time magazine in April 2014?

A) Narendra ModiB) Arvind KejriwaC) Vladimir Putin

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D) Barack Obama

132 Asian Squash Federation has shortlished which IndianSquash player for the Asian Mens Player of the Year 2013award in April 2014?

A) Heena Sidhu

B) Saurav GhosalC) Mahesh MangaonkarD) Dipika Pallikal

133 Vivek Gundotra, chief of Googles _________, hasannounced to quit Google in April 2014.

A) Google MapB) YoutubeC) Google+D) Chrome

134 Nokia has appointed which Indian born executive as its

next CEO and outlined its new strategy with a focus on itsnetworks equipment business in April 2014 after completingsale of its mobile phone business to Microsoft?

A) Rajeev SuriB) Satya NadellaC) Gurmit SinghD) Anshu Jain

135 Japans NTT Docomo has decided to sell its entire 26.5%stake in Indian mobile service provider ____________ in April2014 to exit from the Joint venture it entered five years ago. NTTDocomo decided to exit the venture as it failed to achieve

certain performance targets by March 31, 2014.A) Bharti AirtelB) Tata TeleservicesC) Loop TelecomD) Swan Telecom

136 India received _________ of foreign direct investment(FDI) in February 2014 (announced in April 2014).

A) USD 1.6 billionB) USD 2.01 billionC) USD 1.9 billionD) USD 2.3 billion

137 South Koreas Prime Minister _____________ resigned inApril 2014 over the sinking of a passenger ferry that killed morethan 300 people on board. He took full responsibility of thedisaster and tendered his resignation.

A) Park Geun-hyeB) Kim Hwang-sikC) Chung Hong-WonD) Kim Dae-jung

138 Which Global software major has completed its purchaseof Nokias mobile phone business for USD 7.5 billion in April

2014 which ended the iconic Nokia mobile brand? The deal wasdelayed due to late regulatory approvals.

A) HP

B) LenovoC) GoogleD) Microsoft

139 Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, the senior most judge of theSupreme Court, was sworn in as the __________ Chief Justice of

India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee in April 2014.A) 40thB) 41stC) 42ndD) 43rd

140 The Reserve Bank of India has promoted NSVishwanathan, US Paliwal and Chandan Sinha as ExecutiveDirectors from the post of Principal Chief General Managers. RBInow has how manu Executive Directors post their appointmentsas of April 2014?

A) Seven

B) EightC) NineD) Ten

141 Which Indian Grandmaster won a silver medal afterending up with six and half points out of a possible ninein theAsian Continental Chess Championships held at Sharjah in April2014?

A) B AdhibanB) Dibyendu BaruaC) Abhijeet GuptaD) Dronavalli Harika

142 Which Indian badminton player settled with Bronze inAsian Championship after being defeated by top seed ShixianWang of China in the semifinal match held in April 2014?

A) Jwala GuttaB) Saina NehwalC) P V SindhuD) Ashwini Ponnappa

143 World Malaria Day is observed on?A) 28-AprB) 22-AprC) 25-Apr

D) 29-Apr

144 Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of Indiain April 2014 and assumed charge on 27th April?

A) Justice Altamas KabirB) Justice P SathasivamC) Justice Rajendra Mal LodhaD) Justice S. H. Kapadia

145 Which footballer has been named as the ProfessionalFootballers Association Player of the Year at an awardsceremony held in London in April 2014?

A) Luis SuarezB) Eden HazardC) Lionel Messi

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D) Cristiano Ronaldo

146 The 28-member European Union has temporarily bannedthe import of which fruit from India from 1st May onwardswhich brought protests from the Indian community, lawmakersand traders.

A) AppleB) BananaC) MangoD) Grapes

147 Which Indian business person was honored with with the2014 Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global IndianAward in Toronto in April 2014 for his remarkable vision andleadership in the IT sector?

A) NR Narayana MurthyB) Azim PremjiC) Natarajan Chandrasekaran

D) Shiv Nadar

148 Which Indian businessperson has been appointed on theBoard of USIndia Business Council (USIBC) in April 2014? As amember of the board, He will help promote the policy advocacypriorities of USIBC and advice members and senior USIBC staffon a wide range of topics.

A) Cyrus MistryB) Adi GodrejC) Anand MahindraD) Sunil Bharti Mittal

149 Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia andthree other countries have won this years Goldman Prize inApril 2014, which is awarded for grass-roots activism. Indias

__________ received the prize for helping villagers fight coalmining in Chhattisgarh and succeeded in shutting down one ofthe largest planned coal mines in the area.

A) Shubhranshu ChoudharyB) Ramesh AgrawalC) Rajesh GopakumarD) Burra Gautham Sidharth

150 Which famous Hollywood actor was awarded with the

Most Popular All Time International Star in India at theInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards held in TampaBay, Florida in April 2014?

A) Sylvester StalloneB) Nicolas CageC) Bruce WillisD) John Travolta

151 Which Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri won his fourth AsianTour title and the first outside India at the CIMB IndonesianMasters golf held in April 2014?

A) Gaganjeet BhullarB) Shiv Chowrasia

C) Jyoti RandhawaD) Anirban Lahiri

152 During the April-February period of financial year 2013-14, the highest FDI in India came from which country?

A) SingaporeB) UKC) MauritiusD) Netherlands

153 Which bollywood movie won five major awards includingbest actor, best director and best picture at the 15thInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards held in April2014?

A) The LunchboxB) Bhaag Milkha BhaagC) Chennai ExpressD) Special 26

154 The UK economy grew by ________ in the first quarter of2014 compared to previous quarter (announced in April 2014).

A) 0.2%B) 0.6%C) 0.8%D) 1.2%

155 The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal(TDSAT) ruled in favour of private telecom operators regarding

___________________ and said that it does not violate anycondition of licence agreement in April 2014.

A) 2G intra-circle-roaming (ICR)B) 3G intra-circle-roaming (ICR)C) 4G intra-circle-roaming (ICR)

D) Telecom Tower sharing

156 Who has been appointed as Indias next Ambassador toNorway as per announcement made by the Ministry of ExternalAffairs in April 2014?

A) N A K BrowneB) Kalyan Kumar ChakravartyC) Suresh Kumar ReddyD) Asoke Kumar Mukerji

157 Volvo India has appointed ________ as managing directorwith immediate effect in April 2014.

A) Srinivasan DwarakanathB) Mahendra Singh MehtaC) R.NeelakantanD) Kamal Bali

158 Which country was placed as the worlds most expensiveeconomy as per the latest report published by the World Bank inApril 2014?

A) SwitzerlandB) BermudaC) NorwayD) Australia

159 US economic growth stood at __________ in the firstquarter of the current year compared to same quarter of last

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year (announced in April 2014).

A) 1.2%B) 0.5%C) 0.1%D) 2.3%

160 Which football player broke the record for the most goalsin a European Cup or Champions League season in April 2014?.The Portuguese forwards two goals helped him overtake theprevious best of 14 goals in a season registered by BarcelonasLionel Messi in 2011-12 and Jose Altafini of AC Milan in 1962-63.

A) Luis SuarezB) Lionel MessiC) Cristiano RonaldoD) Neymar

161 India has displaced which country to become the worldsthird biggest economy in terms of purchasing power parity(PPP), as per the latest report published by the World Bank

report in April 2014.A) FranceB) UKC) JapanD) Germany

162 Indias core sector output, consisting of eight key sectors,growth stood at ______ in March (announced in April 2014).

A) -1.1%B) 0.5%C) 2.5%D) 4.2%

163 Liquor firm United Spirits Ltd has appointed __________as the Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1st May. UnitedSpirits was recently taken over by Diageo Plc and now it isseeking to purchase an additional 26% stake in the company.

A) Anand KripaluB) Saugata GuptaC) Varun BerryD) Raj Jain

164 World No. 41 Indian pair of ________ won Bronze medalafter being defeated by world No.10 Chinese Luo-Luo pair by 21-

12, 21-7 in the in Asian Championship Womens DoublesSemifinal match in April 2014.

A) Jwala-PV SindhuB) Jwala-AshwiniC) Saina-PV SindhuD) Jwala-Saina

165 Famous ____________ Khaled Chowdhury passed away inKolkata in April 2014 after a prolonged illness. He was 95.

A) ScientistB) PainterC) Author

D) Theatre personality

166 Famous India Paralympic swimmer _____________ won

two Bronze and one Silver at the IDM Berlin 2014. He wonBronze Medals in the 200m Individual Medley (2:44.06 seconds)and the 100m Butterfly (1:09.67 seconds) and won the SilverMedal in the 100m Breaststroke.

A) Girisha NagarajegowdaB) Sharath Gayakwad

C) Narender RanbirD) Jaideep Deswal

167 Who bagged the oung Achiever Award 2013, for hiscontribution to the society in the field of agriculture, announcedin April 2014? The award was instituted by the Society forAdvancement of Human and Nature (Sadhna), Dr YS ParmarUniversity of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni PO, Solan,Himachal Pradesh, India.

A) B. VinothkumarB) Ramesh AgrawalC) Rajesh Gopakumar

D) Burra Gautham Sidharth

168 Daimler India Commercial Vehicles has appointed whomas Managing Director and CEO of Indian arm in April 2014? Hewill take over on 1st June this year. Erich Nesselhauf set to takeover as Managing Director and CEO at from June 1.

A) Marc LlistosellaB) Erich NesselhaufC) Sam IsaacD) Tom Albanese

169 Indian Govenment has appointed whom as the new Chief

of Naval Staff in April 2014. The post was lying vacant for nearlytwo months since former Chief resigned suddenly in the wake ofa series of accidents.

A) Robin K DhowanB) DK JoshiC) Shekhar SinhaD) Sunil Lamba

170 Who has taken over as the President of Computer Societyof India from 1st April 2014? The Computer Society is the largestassociation of IT professionals in India with over 90,000members and 73 chapters.

A) Akhilesh GuptaB) Shailesh NayakC) HR MohanD) KS Popli

171 Which Middle East based bank announced in April 2014that it would open its first branch at Nariman Point in Mumbai inIndia? The branch in Mumbai will be opened as a full-fledgedbank in May 2014.

A) Abu Dhabi Islamic BankB) Doha BankC) UAE Central BankD) National Bank of Bahrain

172 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anja Niedringhaus shotdead by a policeman in Afghanistan on 4th April 2014 while

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covering the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan. She wasalso awarded the International Womens Media FoundationsCourage in Journalism prize in 2005 for covering Iraq war. Shewas from which country?

A) SwedenB) Poland

C) FranceD) Germany

173 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)imposed a transfer ban at both national and international levelon Spanish club _____________ in April 2014. The banprohibited the club from buying and/or selling players for thenext two transfer windows (June 2014 and January 2015).

A) Atltico MadridB) Real MadridC) FC BarcelonaD) Real Sociedad

174 Which Indian Crickter won the United Kingdoms 2014Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports. The awardwas announced at Londons at The Grosvenor House Hotel inApril 2014.

A) Sachin TendulkarB) MS DhoniC) Virat KohliD) Rahul Dravid

175 Former President of __________ Kumba Yala died at theage of 61 due to cardiac arrest in April 2014. Kumba was elected

civilian President of the country in 2001 and ruled the countrytill 2003.

A) NigeriaB) ChadC) AlgeriaD) Guinea

176 Famous boxer Iwao Hakamada was awarded with anhonorary championship belt by World Boxing Council (WBC) inApril 2014 . Hakamada was freed from death row on 27 March2014 after 48 years in prison following a murder conviction. Heis from which country?

A) ChinaB) JapanC) ThailandD) Mayanmar

177 Legendary hollywood _____________ Mickey Rooneypassed away in April 2014. He was 93.

A) ProducerB) DirectorC) ActorD) Musician

178 Indian cyber security sleuths have alerted Internet usersagainst a deadly virus named ___________ in April 2014 whichwas responsible of exposing millions of passwords, credit card

numbers and other sensitive information to hackers.A) HeartattackB) HeartbleedC) HearttouchD) Hearthack

179 Which player won the OUE Singapore Open 2014 for thefirst time held in April 2014?A) Lee Chong WeiB) Simon SantosoC) Sony Dwi KuncoroD) Taufik Hidayat

180 Which Indian team won the the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20trophy after winning a thrilling last-ball finish final match at theWankhede Stadium held in April 2014?

A) BarodaB) Uttar Pradesh

C) MaharashtraD) Karnataka181 A book written by former media advisor of the PrimeMinister, Manmohan Singh, Sanjay Baru, created political stormin April 2014 just before the Lok Sabha Election. The bookclaimed PMs lack of credibility and control at PMO. What is thename of the book?

A) The Sudden Prime MinisterB) The Accidental Prime MinisterC) The Different Prime MinisterD) None of These

182 Veteran ____________ Ashish Bose passed away in NewDelhi due to illness on 7 April 2014. He was best known forcoining the term BIMARU in one page of research paper to thenPrime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.

A) EconomistB) AuthorC) DemographerD) Scientist

183 Who retains No 1 rank in the latest Mens ATP tennisrankings released in April 2014?

A) David Ferrer

B) Novak DjokavicC) Statislas WawrinkaD) Rafael Nadal

184 Who retained her top position in the latest WTA womenstennis rankings issued in April 2014?

A) Serena WilliamsB) Agnieszka RadwanskaC) Maria SharapovaD) Li Na

185 Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has appointed whom as

the coach of senior hockey team in April 2014. Pakistan failed toqualify for the World Cup to be held in the Netherlands in June,which was the main reason for this appointment.

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A) Zahid PirzadaB) Shahnaz ShaikhC) Akhtar RasoolD) Anis Ahmed

186 The comprehensive integrated master plan for

development of Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC)will be ready by March 2015. Which country is helping India todevelop the Industrial corridor?

A) UKB) USAC) ChinaD) Japan

187 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) panelannounced in April 2014 that ___________ in India regained theworld record for highest rainfall in 48 hours with 2493millimeters.

A) DehradunB) DalhousieC) CherrapunjiD) Mussoorie

188 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principleapprovals to IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services in April 2014to start new banks. As per its guidelines, the bank shall open atleast ________ of its branches in unbanked rural centres(population up to 9,999 as per the latest census).

A) 15%B) 20%

C) 25%D) 30%

189 Justice G Rohini has been appointed as the first everwoman Chief Justice of which High court of India?

A) Bombay High CourtB) Andhra Pradesh High CourtC) Karnaraka High CourtD) Delhi High Court

190 Which Indian player won the 2014 Thailand Tour title ofAsian Bowling Federation held at Blu-O Rhythm and Bowl

Ratchayothinon in Bangkok in April 2014? With this He becamethe first Indian to win the title of ABF.

A) Akaash Ashok KumarB) Shabbir DhankotC) Shaik Abdul HameedD) Dhruv Sarda

191 India has signed an agreement with which neighbourcountry on development of hydropower projects in April 2014?The agreement provides framework for implementing fourhydro-electric projects totalling 2120 MW on a joint venture-model between public sector undertakings of the two countries.

A) Nepal

B) BhutanC) MayanmarD) Bangladesh

192 NASAs scientist John C. Houbolt passed away on 20 April2014 after the complications from Parkinsons disease. He was95. He was best known for his significant contribution in NASAs

______________________ Prgram.A) Sending First Satelite in Space

B) Sending First Person in SpaceC) Apollos Moon landingD) None of These

193 Who won the 2014 Thailand Tour womens title of AsianBowling Federation (ABF) on 19 April 2014 held at Blu-O Rhythm& Bowl Ratchayothinon in Bangkok in April 2014? It was her firstcareer Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tour title.

A) Angkana NetrvisethB) Kritsanakorn SangaroonC) Benchawan PoungthongD) Tanaprang Sathean

194 Who became the first US male athlete to win the BostonMarathon in three decades (since 1983) held on 21 April 2014?Boston Marathon is an annual event and is held on Patriots Dayi.e. the third Monday of April. It started in 1897 and the worldsoldest annual marathon.

A) Wilson ChebetB) Frankline ChepkwonyC) Meb KeflezighiD) None of These

195 __________ author Alistair MacLeod passed away in April

2014 due to a heart stroke. He was 77. He was best known forhis short story collections and novel No Great Mischief.

A) AmericanB) BritishC) FrenchD) Canadian

196 Which company announced to change its name toMondelez India Foods Limited in April 2014. Mondelez meansmonde for world and delez for delicious.

A) Nestle India LimitedB) Cadbury India Limited

C) Kraft India LimitedD) P&G India Limited

197 Who has been appointed as the Captain of Sri Lanka T20team in April 2014?

A) Lasith MalingaB) Dinesh ChandimalC) Lahiru ThirimannaD) Tillakaratne Dilshan

198 Which Country successfully test-fired short range ballisticmissile Hatf-III named Ghazanvi in April 2014? The short range

surface-to-surface ballistic missile can carry nuclear andconventional warheads to a range of 290 kilometers.

A) Iran

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B) IraqC) PakistanD) Saudi Arabia

199 Which Spanish club won the Copa del Rey Cup afterwinning the final match played at Mestalla in Valencia, Spain in

April 2014?A) Atltico MadridB) Real MadridC) FC BarcelonaD) Real Sociedad

200 Japanese foods firm Nissin Foods appointed Indian__________ as the Managing Director (MD) of its Indian armIndo Nissin in April 2014.

A) Anand KripaluB) Saugata GuptaC) Gautam Sharma

D) Varun Berry201 Who will most likely be appointed as Vice Chief of NavalStaff as part of a major rejig being undertaken at the top level inthe maritime force (announced in April 2014)?

A) Anil ChopraB) Robin DhowanC) Sunil LambaD) Satish Soni

202 The All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), anational body of banking sector officers, has decided to mark

___________ as Demands Day in this year 2014. Specific to the

bodys demand is the implementation of regulated workinghours and five-day-a-week working schedule for the Indianbanking industry.

A) 30-AprilB) 21-AprilC) 1-MayD) 5-May

203 ____________ has recently announced to allow the use ofPortable Electronic Devices (PEDs) in Offline mode during flightsin April 2014.

A) Aviation Ministry

B) Ministry of Home AffairsC) Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA)D) Ministry of Defence

204 The Supreme Court has set up a four member committeeheaded by N R Madhava Menon for framing guidelines toprevent ______________________________.

A) Prevent misuse of public funds for political advertisementB) Prevent Ponzi SchemesC) Prevent Illegal Iron Mining in GoaD) Prevent misuse of public funds for Corporate benefits

205 VK Murthy, the renowned ___________ and Dada SahebPhalke awardee passed away at the age of 91 in April 2014.

A) Director

B) ActorC) CinematographerD) Poet and Lyricist

206 Which Portuguese football club won 33rd Portugueseleague Football title after four years in April 2014?

A) Sporting de BragaB) BenficaC) MartimoD) Moreirense

207 Indias Virat Kohli secured his career best ________ rankin the Batsmen category of the latest Reliance ICC T20I RankingsTable published in April 2014.

A) FirstB) SecondC) ThirdD) Fourth

208 Who won the Womens singles title of the India SuperSeries Badminton held in New Delhi in April 2014?

A) Ratchanok IntanonB) Shixian WangC) Li XueruiD) Wang Yihan

209 Which footballer has been named as the Young Player ofthe Year at an awards ceremony held in London in April 2014?

A) Luis SuarezB) Eden Hazard

C) Lionel MessiD) Cristiano Ronaldo

210 During the April-February period of financial year 2013-14, which sector attracted highest FDI in India?

A) ServicesB) AutomobilesC) PharmaceuticalsD) Construction and Infra

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Answers

1 Ans) Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha

2 Ans) Manuel Valls

3 Ans) Ship of Theseus

4 Ans) S S Mundra

5 Ans) 2-Apr

6 Ans) Nancy Powell

7 Ans) Noel Naval Tata

8 Ans) Anil Agarwal

9 Ans) 8%

10 Ans) Aamir Khan

11 Ans) IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services

12 Ans) Third

13 Ans) 5-Apr

14 Ans) Kavuru Sambasiva Rao

15 Ans) Urjit R Patel

16 Ans) New Zealand17 Ans) 6.7%

18 Ans) 0.25%

19 Ans) 102nd

20 Ans) D K Pathak

21 Ans) R Gandhi

22 Ans) 26-Apr

23 Ans) Kaphal

24 Ans) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

25 Ans) 7%

26 Ans) Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca

27 Ans) Sunil Sabharwal

28 Ans) Nigeria

29 Ans) Sri Lanka

30 Ans) Australia

31 Ans) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

32 Ans) 7-Apr

33 Ans) Lewis Hamilton

34 Ans) Lee Chong Wei

35 Ans) Sri Lanka

36 Ans) Punjab

37 Ans) Thalaimuraigal38 Ans) Koyal Rana

39 Ans) 4%

40 Ans) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

41 Ans) 3.6%

42 Ans) Jhumpa Lahiri

43 Ans) 17-Apr

44 Ans) Arunachal Pradesh

45 Ans) Google

46 Ans) Ravi Chauhan

47 Ans) Prashasta Seth

48 Ans) Heena Sindhu

49 Ans) 23%

50 Ans) 5.4%

51 Ans) R Chandrasekaran

52 Ans) Both A and B

53 Ans) First

54 Ans) Shikhar Dhawan

55 Ans) 18-Apr

56 Ans) State Bank of India

57 Ans) Eli Lilly

58 Ans) -1.9%

59 Ans) USD 10.5 billion

60 Ans) Viktor Orban

61 Ans) Stuart Parkin

62 Ans) Deepak Parekh

63 Ans) Daiichi Sankyo

64 Ans) India

65 Ans) 21-Apr

66 Ans) Gulzar

67 Ans) Ratan Tata68 Ans) BBB-

69 Ans) Piramal Enterprises

70 Ans) State Bank of India

71 Ans) Manavjit Singh Sandhu

72 Ans) Saurabh Shukla

73 Ans) National Security Agency surveillance

programmes

74 Ans) Google

75 Ans) Arvind Mayaram

76 Ans) 22-Apr

77 Ans) Vijay Seshadri

78 Ans) BVR Mohan Reddy

79 Ans) Ogilvy Mumbai

80 Ans) Gaurav Gill

81 Ans) 7.4%

82 Ans) 8.31%

83 Ans) 1 January 2019

84 Ans) 0.2%

85 Ans) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

86 Ans) 23-Apr

87 Ans) USD 312.35 billion88 Ans) Robin K Dhowan

89 Ans) Both of them

90 Ans) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

91 Ans) Telecom Companies

92 Ans) Colombian

93 Ans) Abdelaziz Bouteflika

94 Ans) Shahid

95 Ans) 26-Apr

96 Ans) Seven

97 Ans) Microsoft

98 Ans) Lewis Hamilton

99 Ans) Stanislas Wawrinka

100 Ans) 5.7%

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101 Ans) Justice G Rohini102 Ans) Ila Patnaik103 Ans) Ravi Shastri104 Ans) Tuhya Dharma Koncha105 Ans) Narendra Kothari106 Ans) 17-Apr

107 Ans) G. Gopalakrishna108 Ans) Harendra Singh109 Ans) Green Cities110 Ans) Goa111 Ans) Japan112 Ans) Mathangi Sathyamurthy113 Ans) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)114 Ans) IBM115 Ans) Lucy Bronze116 Ans) Geetanjali Thapa117 Ans) Amit Boni118 Ans) 18-Apr

119 Ans) Bengaluru FC120 Ans) Cognizant121 Ans) Adidas122 Ans) NR Madhava Menon123 Ans) Akash124 Ans) Chitra Magimairaj125 Ans) Novartis126 Ans) Finland127 Ans) 83rd128 Ans) 29-Apr129 Ans) Suresh Kumar Reddy130 Ans) Amruta Subhash

131 Ans) Arvind Kejriwa132 Ans) Saurav Ghosal133 Ans) Google+134 Ans) Rajeev Suri135 Ans) Tata Teleservices136 Ans) USD 2.01 billion137 Ans) Chung Hong-Won138 Ans) Microsoft139 Ans) 41st140 Ans) Nine141 Ans) B Adhiban142 Ans) P V Sindhu

143 Ans) 25-Apr144 Ans) Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha145 Ans) Luis Suarez146 Ans) Mango147 Ans) NR Narayana Murthy148 Ans) Anand Mahindra149 Ans) Ramesh Agrawal150 Ans) John Travolta151 Ans) Anirban Lahiri152 Ans) Mauritius153 Ans) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag154 Ans) 0.8%

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