1. Current GK Question
1) Which of the following agencies/organisations has put economic sanctions on Syria?
(1) OPEC (2) NATO (3) WorldBank (4) EuropeanUnion (5) G-8
Ans. (5) G-8
2) Who among the following was elected unanimously as the Secretary Generalof the UNO for the
second term ?
(1) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2) NelsonMandela (3) Hillary R Clinton
(4) JacobMathew (5) Ban-Kimoon
Ans. (5) Ban-Kimoon
3) InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to begin New Round of Negotiations with
which of the following
nations as it is not satisfied with the previous rounds of discussions ?
(1) Iraq (2) India (3) Japan (4) Iran (5) Germany
Ans.(4) Iran
4) As decided by UNESCO the 'International Literacy Day' is observed on which of the following days
every year?
(1) 8th September (2) 18th March (3) 28thMarch (4) 18th September (5) None of these
Ans.(1) 8th September
5) As per decision taken by the European Union andIMF, which of the following countries will receive a
fresh assistance of 100 billion Euro by the year 2014 ?
(1) Italy (2) Greece (3) Portugal (4) Spain (5) Belgium
Ans.(2) Greece
6) 'Kowada' a town in Andhra Pradesh was in news recently as-

2. (1) a nuclear plant is being developed there
(2) Maruti has decided to build a small car plantthere
(3) RBIis going to.establish a New Note Printing Press there
(4) an earthquake hit the town in which lot of people died
(5) it is the place selected for developing a new SpaceResearch Centre
Ans. (1) a nuclear plant is being developed there
7) Which of the following is India's new rating index developed by Ministry of Finance ?
(1) CECA (2) CRIS (3) SENSEX (4) TIEA (5) RTGS
Ans.(2) CRIS
8) Very often we read terms 'Perform,Achieve andTrade'(PAT) in newspapers/magazines these days.
PAT is related to whichof the following fields?
(1) Energy Efficiency (2) Indira AwasYojana (3) Mid Day MeaiScheme
(4) Bharat Nirman (5) NationalOld Age Pension Scheme
Ans. (1) Energy Efficiency
9) Which of the following organizations/agencies has decided to establish a National Innovation
Foundation (NIF) to encourageearly
stage innovations in India?
(1) UniversityGrants Commission (2) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
(3) Department of Science & Technology,Government of India (4) Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
(5) Councilfor Industrialand Scientific Research (CSIR)
Ans.(3) Department of Science & Technology,Government of India
10) Which of the following countries is trying to get membership of European Union ?
(1) Myanmar (2) Brazil (3) Croatia (4) Italy (5) South Africa

3. Ans. (3) Croatia
11) Delhi was declared as the Capital of India in the year __ ?
(A)1900 (B)1905 (C)1911 (D)1920
Ans. (C)1911
12) India’s first General Election was in the year __ ?
(A)1948 – 49 (B)1949 – 50 (C)1950 – 51 (D)1951 – 52
Ans. (D)1951 – 52
13) The Indigo Revolt taken place in __ ?
(A)Bengal (B)Delhi (C)Mumbai (D)Surat
Ans. (A)Bengal (1859)
14) The main metal used by the Indus Valley people was
(A)Iron (B)Copper (C)Aluminum (D)Bronze
Ans. (B)Copper
15) Gandhiji published ‘Hindi Swaraj’ in the year __ ?
(A)1903 (B)1905 (C)1911 (D)1908
Ans. (D)1908
16) Which place in India was Gandhi’s first Satyagraha held at
(A)Champaran (B)Dandi (C)Kheda (D)Surat
Ans. (A)Champaran (1917)

4. 17) Indian National Congress divided for the first time in __?
(A)1885 (B)1907 (Surat Session) (C)1920 (D)1929 (Lahore session)
Ans. (B)1907 (Surat Session)
18) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?
(A)Lucknow (B)Jagdishpu (C)Jhansi (D)Chittor
Ans. (D)Chittor
19) The capital of the Maurya Dynasty was __ ?
(A)Pataliputra (B)Taxila (C)Kalinga (D)Mathura
Ans. (A)Pataliputra
20) The first acting Prime Minister of India was __ ?
(A)VV Giri (B)Morarji Desai (C)Gulsarilal Nanda (D)Charan Singh
Ans. (C)Gulsarilal Nanda
21) The official language of the Satavahana dynasty was
(A)Sanskrit (B)Prakrit (C)Bengali (D)Konkani
Ans. (B)Prakrit
22) Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhana’s period?
(A)Megastinis (B)Nishka (C)Hiuen Tsang (D)Fa-hien
Ans. (C)Hiuen Tsang
23) The Second Session of the Indian National Congress (IN(C)was at
(A)Kolkata (B)Surat (C)Mumbai (D)Delhi

5. Ans. (A)Kolkata
24) Young India is a journal published by
(A)Subash Chandra Bose (B)Gandhi (C)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (D)Swami Vivekananda
Ans. (B)Gandhi
25) Who started the ‘Home Rule’ Movement?
(A)Sarojini Naidu (B)Mohammad Mi Jinnah (C)Annie Besant (D)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Ans. . (C)Anne Besant
26) Which amongst the following states sends highest number of parliamentarians in Lok Sabha?
(A)Maharashtra (B)Bihar (C)Andhra Pradesh (D)Tamil Nadu
Ans. (A)Maharashtra
27) How many members can be nominated in Rajya Sabha by the President?
(A)10 (B)12 (C)17 (D)15
Ans. (B)12
28) From which date the model code of conduct is enforced in elections?
(A)From the date of notification (B)From the last date of filling the nomination
(C)From the last date of withdrawal of candidatures (D)From the date of announcement of election
schedule by the Election Commission
Ans. (D)From the date of announcement of election schedule by the Election Commission
29) Which amonst the following was not a constituent Assembly Member?
(A)G.Durgabai Deshmukh (B)Mrs. Hansa Mehta (C)Mrs. Renuka Ray (D)Vijaylaxmi Pandit
Ans. (D)Vijaylaxmi Pandit

6. 30) The theory which gave birth to the French Revolution and the Revolution in America is
(A)Legaltheory of rights (B)Theory of natural rights (C)Social welfare theory (D)Historical theory of
rights
Ans. (B)Theory of natural rights
31) On which plate margins maximum volcanoes & earthquakes occur?
(A)Destructive Plate Margins (B)Constructive Plate Margins (C)Conservative Plate Margins (D)None of
the above
Ans. (B)Constructive Plate Margins
32) 180 degree Longitude is known as
(A)Prime Meridian (B)International Date Line (C)Greenwhich Time (D)Equator
Ans. (B)International Date Line
33) The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
(A)Sir James Grant (B)Max Mullor (C)Sir Wlliam Jones (D)Macaulay
Ans. (C)Sir Wlliam Jones
34) The Right which is a legal but not a fundamental right
(A)Freedom to move freely (B)Right against expolitation (C)Right to minorities to establish educational
institutions
(D)Right to property
Ans. (D)Right to property
35) Which of the following is not a session of Lok Sabha?
(A)Budget session (B)Summer session (C)Winter session (D)Monsoon Session
Ans. (B)Summer session

7. 36) The constitutional schedule which contain the list of recognised laguages of India is
(A)7th Schedule (B)8th Schedule (C)9th Schedule (D)10th Schedule
Ans. (B)8th Schedule
37) In which sector,industries are included?
(A)Primary Sector (B)Secondary Sector (C)Service Sector (D)None of the above
Ans. (B)Secondary Sector
38) When did Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Act?
(A)15th Decemebr,1985 (B)24th Decemebr,1986 (C)15th March, 1985 (D)24th Decemebr,198
Ans. (B)24th Decemebr,1986
39) Coins in India are minted by
(A)Reserve Bank of India (B)Satet Bank of India (C)Government of India (D)Planning Commission
Ans. (C)Government of India
40) The components of Human Development Index are
(A)Life expectancy, per capita GDP and sex ratio (B)Sex ratio, educational attainment and pure drinking
water
(C)Life expectancy,per capita GDP and educational attainment (D)Per capita GDP,infrastructure and sex
ratio
Ans. (C)Life expectancy,per capita GDP and educational attainment
41) The incident of Chauri-Chaura is associated with
(A)Non-cooperation Movement (B)Civil Disobedience Movement (C)Quit India Movement
(D)Revolutionary MOvement
Ans. (A)Non-cooperation Movement

8. 42) In which states and union territories the sex ratio is in favour of Females (2011)?
(A)Kerala and Puducherry (B)Kerala,Puducherry & Laksha-dweep (C)Puducherry and Tamilnadu
(D)Tamilnadu and Laksha-dweep
Ans. (A)Kerala and Puducherry
43) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Reserve Bank of India?
(A)It is a Nationalised bank. (B)It is the Centralbank of India. (C)It was established in 1935.
(D)All of the above
Ans. (D)All of the above
44) A personal account can not be opened in
(A)A Cooperative Bank (B)A Scheduled Bank (C)The Reserve Bank of India (D)A Private bank
Ans. (C)The Reserve Bank of India
45) The Governor of Reserve Bank of India is
(A)Dr. D. Subbarao (B)Bimal Jalan (C)C. Rangrajan (D)Raghuram Rajan
Ans. (D)Raghuram Rajan
46) Who has won a landslide victory in the Egyptian presidential election recently?
(A) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (B) Adly Mansour (C) Mohamed Morsi (D) Hosni Mubarak
ans. abdel fattah el-sisi
47) The Nobel Prize was instituted by which country?
(A) USA (B) UK (C) Russia (D) Sweden
ans. sweden

9. 48) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on 29 May 2014 decided to acquire control in Network 18 Media &
Investments Ltd, including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd, for Rs 4,000 crore. Which among the
following popular television news channel will thus come under the control of Reliance?
(A) NDTV (B) Times Now (C) CNN-IBN (D) Headlines Today
ans. cnn-ibn
49) World Tourism Day, is observed on?
(A) September 27 (B) November 14 (C) January 25 (D) December 10
ans. september 27
50) Who will be the next Solicitor General of India and succeed Mohan Parasaran,who has resigned
following the change of government at the Centre recently?
(A) Ranjit Kumar (B) Mukul Rohatgi (C) Maninder Singh (D) Rohinton Fali Nariman
and ranjit kumar
51) A Mughal Queen whose name was written on all the Mughal Firmans and inscribed on the coins was?
(A) MahamAnanga (B) NurJahan (C) Mumtaz Mahal (D) Mariam Makani
ans. nurjahan
52) Who has topped the five women from India featured in Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the
world (except India-born PepsiCo’s Chief Indra Nooyi at 13th) , in the list released on 29 May 2014?
(A) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (B) Padmasree Warrior (C) Chanda Kochhar (D) Arundhati Bhattacharya
ans. arundhati bhattacharya. she is ranked 36th.
53) Haldia refinery is located in?
(A) Paschim Banga (B) Bihar (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Odisha
ans. paschim banga

10. 54) Who on 29 May 2014 took charge as the Home Minister of India?
(A) Arun Jaitley (B) Sushma Swaraj (C) Rajnath Singh (D) Nithin Gadkari
ans. rajnath singh
55) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected from two Lok Sabha constituencies in the LS elections
2014. On 29th May 2014 he has quit Vadodara constituency and will henceforth represent which
constituency in the Parliament?
(A) Lucknow (B) Varanasi (C) Gandhinagar (D) Vidisha
ans. varanasi
56) Name India’s largest warship which was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister of India,
Narendra Modi on 14 June 2014?
Ans. INS Vikramaditya
57) Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys on 11 June 2014?
Ans. Vishal Sikka
58) Google on 10 June 2014 confirmed the purchase of which Satellite Firm for 500 million US dollar?
Ans. Skybox Imaging
59) Who was on 7 June 2014 appointed as the Solicitor General of India?
Ans. Ranjit Kumar
60) Who won the French Open title 2014 for the ninth time on 8 June 2014?
Ans. RafaelNadal of Spain
61) Who was sworn-in as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation on 8 June 2014?
Ans. Chandrababu Naidu

11. 62) World Blood Donor Day was observed across the world on 14 June 2014 with the theme?
Ans. Safe blood for saving mothers.
63) Name the eminent Malayalam scientist-turned-writer who was selected for the prestigious Moortidevi
Award for 2013 on 13 June 2014?
Ans. C Radhakrishnan
64) Which state assembly passed a Bill on 13 June 2014 to put a complete ban on dance bars across the
State?
Ans. Maharashtra
65) Name the Indo-French Air Exercise, which was concluded on 13 June 2014 in Jodhpur Air Base?
Ans. Garuda V
66) India on 13 June 2014 became a permanent signatory to Washington Accord. The Accord was signed
by National Board of Accreditation at a meet of International Engineering Alliance of WA member
countries held in?
Ans. Wellington, New Zealand.
67) Narmada Control Authority (NCA) on 12 June 2014 gave its approval to Gujarat government to raise
the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River in Kevadia to... meters from present 121.92 meters?
Ans. 138.68
68) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 June 2014 released commemorative postage stamps on the 2014
FIFA World Cup. What is the slogan of FIFA World Cup 2014?
Ans. All In One Rhytm.

12. 69) Name the four Standing Committees of the Cabinet which was decided to be discontinued by Prime
Minister of India Narendra Modi on 10 June 2014?
Ans. 1) Cabinet Committee on Management of NaturalCalamities
2) Cabinet Committee on Prices
3) Cabinet Committee on World Trade Organisation Matters
4) Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues
70) Who was appointed as the additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 9 June
2014?
Ans. PK Mishra
71) Who was crowned as Miss USA 2014 on 8 June 2014?
Ans. Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez
72) Who was sworn-in as the President of Egypt in Cairo on 8 June 2014?
Ans. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
73) Name the Foreign Minister of China who was on a two-day long visit to India from 8 June to 9 June
2014?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Wang Yi
74) Name the leading NRI industrial who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a UK-
based business association on 13 June 2014?
Ans. Lord Swraj Paul
75) Who was elected as the President of 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on
11 June 2014?
Ans. Sam Kahamba Kutesa

13. 76) World Day against Child Labour was observed across the world on 12 June 2014 with the theme?
Ans. Extend social protection: combat child labour.
77) The three day Leh Festival began in Leh region of which state on 12 June 2014?
Ans. Jammu & Kashmir
78) Name the biography of 91-year-old-thespian Dilip Kumar which was released on 10 June 2014 in
Mumbai by Amitabh Bachchan,Dharmendra and Aamir Khan?
Ans. The Substance and the Shadow: authored by Uday Tara Nayar
79) Who was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command on 13 June 2014?
Ans. Lt Gen Amit Sharma
Note: He replaced Vice Admiral SPS Cheema.
80) Which Indian won Silver Medal in men’s 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Shooting
in Munich on 11 June 2014?
Ans. Jitu Rai
81) Canara Bank on 10 June 2014 opened its seventh overseas branch in which city?
Ans. New York, USA
82) Which former Indian cricket captain, joined the Mudgal Committee on IPL spot-fixing as an expert
on cricketing affairs on 8 June 2014?
Ans. Sourav Ganguly
83) 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held from 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014 at?
Ans. Justus Lipsius building, Brussels

14. 84) UN General Assembly on 7 June 2014 announced an award in honour of which famous leader, who
died recently?
Ans. Nelson Mandela
85) Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, on 11 June 2014 launched which salt as a part of
social welfare scheme in the state?
Ans. Amma Salt
86) Who was conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for 2013 by the Aeronautical
Society of India (ASI) on 9 June 2014?
Ans. Somasundaram of Airports Authority of India (AAI)
87) Who was appointed as President of Reliance Jio Infocomm on 10 June 2014?
Ans. Sunil Dutt
88) Which airport won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award by Airport Council International (ACI)
in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region recently?
Ans. Kolkata Airport
89) Who became the first speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly on 10 June 2014?
Ans. Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary
90) Which Power Plant on 8 June 2014 became India’s first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW power?
Ans. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
91) 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 was held from 9 to 11 June 2014 at?
Ans. Moscow, Russia

15. 92) State Cabinet of Maharashtra on 13 June 2014 approved the long pending proposal to bifurcate Thane
district to carve out Palghar district from it. With the bifurcation there will be total how many districts in
Maharashtra?
Ans. 36
93) IUCN released the Red List of Threatened Species on 12 June 2014. Expand IUCN?
Ans. International Union for Conservation of Nature
94) Who was elected as 10th president of Israelon 10 June 2014?
Ans. Reuven Ruby Rivlin
95) Uttarakhand Assembly session was held for first time outside Dehradun from 9 June to 11 June 2014
at?
Ans. Gairsain
96) Who was sworn-in as the President of Ukraine in Kiev on 7 June 2014?
Ans. Petro Poroshenko
97) Who took charge as US interim Ambassador to India on 6 June 2014?
Ans. Kathleen Stephens
98) Modi-led NDA Government will present its first general Budget on ..........?
(A) July 10 (B) July 9 (C) July 8 (D) July 6
Ans. (A) July 10
99) Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) which was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status
on 23 June 2014 is in which state?

16. (A) Gujarat (B) Bihar (C) Sikkim (D) Himachal Pradesh
Ans. (D) Himachal Pradesh
100) Moving to a time-defined process,the Reserve Bank of India, on 23 June 2014, fixed schedules for
various regulatory approvals. Accordingly, an applicant for private bank licence should be given in-
principle approval within ...... days after receipt of report from the independent external advisory
committee?
(A) 30 (B) 45 (C) 90 (D) 21
Ans. (C) 90 days
101) Name the initiative conceptualized by the Indian government's Department of Electronics and
Information Technology which has been awarded a United Nations public service award on 23 June
2014?
(A) Mobile Seva (D) iMobile (C) M-Pesa (D) e-Seva
Ans. (A) Mobile Seva
102) President of India Pranab Mukherjee released first Encyclopedia on which religion on 23 June 2014?
(A) Hinduism (B) Jainism (D) Buddhism (D) None of the above
Ans. (A) Hinduism
103) Name the bollywood actor who has been championining the cause of social issues and on 23 June
2014 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
(A) Salman Khan (B) Aamir Khan (C) Amitabh Bachhan (D) Sharukh Kha
Ans. (B) Aamir Khan
104) East India Company has issued an exclusive legal tender gold coin worth 12,000 pound sterling in
honour of which cricket legend on 23 June 2014?
(A) Don Bardman (B) Brain Lara (C) Vivian Richards (D) Sachin Tendulkar
Ans. (D) Sachin Tendulkar

17. 105) Name the India-born plant scientist who has been named the winner of the $250,000 World Food
Prize on 18 June 2014?
(A) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram (B) Dr Dharmendra Kumar (C) Dr Kasturi Rangan (D) Dr Akshay Khanna
Ans. (A) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram
106) Name the defending champions of FIFA World Cup who were knocked out of FIFA World Cup
2014 on 18 June 2014?
(A) Argentina (B) Spain (C) Italy (D) Brazil
Ans. (B) Spain
107) Former Norwegian premier Gro Harlem Brundtland was named recently as the first recipient of
which prize, which is touted as Asia's version of the Nobels?
(A) Abel Prize (B) Pen Pinter Prize (C) Ramon Magsasay Prize (D) Tang Prize
Ans. (D) Tang Prize