Laurent Fabius, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?

As per a recent UNESCO report, though India has managed to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the past decade, yet more than ________ children were out of school in 2011.

The world’s largest multination naval exercise, 24th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, was conducted with 22 nations and six observer nations recently. Which of the following nations was NOT a participant in this year’s exercise?

Internet giant Google announced its ‘Android One’ programmed recently. This programme is aimed at which of the following?

Which of the following airlines in India is all set to become the first Indian airline to officially join the Star Alliance, a global airline alliance?

In which of the following states the govt has launched ‘Amma Pharmacy’ to sell medicines at a fair price recently?

The ban on the import of milk and milk products from which of the following countries has been extended for one more year till Jun 2015 recently?

Which of the following two PSUs have been conferred the coveted Navratna status, recently, which would give these
firms more financial and operational autonomy?

The World Population Day is observed every year on

General Bikram Singh visited which of the following countries, recently? This is the first official visit to this country by an Indian Army Chief in nine years.

Delhi is now the world’s second most populous city with 25 million inhabitants. Which of the following cities is the most populous in the world as of now?

Which of the following Indian airlines form formally joined the global airline group Star Alliance on 12 Jul? It has become the only Indian airline which is now member the 27 airlines club operating in 192 countries.

An Indian-origin judge Justice VK Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of which of the following countries recently?

Grand old lady Zohra Sehgal died at the age of 102 years recently. A Padma Shri and Padma Vibhshan awardee, she was a noted

Which of the following is NOT a new scheme announced in the Union Budget for 2014-15 recently?

The Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes to develop 100 new cities and a fund of ________ has been set aside for the purpose.

The Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes REITS for infrastructure projects to reduce pressure on banking system. REITS stands for

Which of the following is correct with respect to proposals in the Union Budget for FY15 regarding women?

What is the budget allocation for the rural housing scheme in the Union Budget for FY15?

As per the proposal made in the Union Budget for FY15, the Center would restructure BRGF, currently implemented in 272 backward districts in 27 States. What is the expanded form of BRGF?

Which of the following countries has emerged as the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics according to a new study ‘Global Trends in Antibiotic Consumption, 2000-2010’ released recently?

Pakistan has declared the ancestral home of which of the following Indian personalities situated in the country as a national heritage recently?

Which of the following teams secured the third place in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup held in Brazil?

We read about a term DONER in newspapers. This term is related to which of the following?

The govt has proposed an integrated programme for the conservation of river Ganga with an outlay of over ________in the Union Budget for FY15. The Conservation Mission will be called ‘Namami Gange’.

the shortage of judges in the judiciary. Who among the following is the current chairman of the Law Commission?

The “India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013” shows that there is an increase of 5871 sq km in the forest cover of the country compared to the previous report. The ISFR is released at what intervals?

India launched the indigenously built ship ‘Sindhu Sadhna’ recently. Fitted with latest world-class equipments, this is a

The govt has allocated what amount for the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) to create over 27 lakh jobs in the 12th Plan period ending Mar 2017?

The govt announced appointment of new governors for various states recently. Which of the following pairs is NOT matched correctly in this regard?

11. As ruled by the World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel, recently, which of the following countries has broken global trade rules by slapping import duties on Indian steel products?

The govt has slapped an additional penalty of USD 579 mn on which of the following oil companies for producing less than targeted natural gas from its KG-D6 block?

The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace prize for 2013 to who among the following recently?

The long-awaited BRICS Bank will be headquartered in which of the following cities?

The TRAI (Amendment) Bill has been cleared by both the houses of the Parliament. Why was this amendment Bill brought by the govt?

The Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague has announced it verdict that 19,467 sq km out of the total 25,602 sq km
disputed area with India in the Bay of Bengal will be handed over to

Brazil hosted the sixth BRICS summit recently. The group was originally formed as BRIC and became BRICS with theinclusion of South Africa in ________.

The BRICS group is playing an increasingly important role in the world economy. Examine the following facts about the
group and choose the statement which is NOT correct.

World Population Day is observed on 11 Jul annually. Which of the following facts is NOT correct in the context of the
present global population?

Examine the following facts with respect to the Railway Budget for FY15 and identify the only incorrect statement.

Which of the following teams won the FIFA World Cup 2014 held in Brazil recently?

Which of the following state assemblies passed a bill to set up a new separate committee (SGPC) for the management of
Gurudwaras in the state recently?

Which of the following state assemblies passed a bill to set up a new separate committee (SGPC) for the management of
Gurudwaras in the state recently?

The MP Bezbaruah committee submitted its report to the govt recently. This Committee was set up to look into which of the following matters related to North Eastern (NE) region?

Who won the Golden Ball award at the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil recently?

The MSME Ministry launched a job portal recently. Which is of the following statements is/are correct with respect to
this new initiative?

Presenting the Budget 2014-15 proposals in Parliament, the Union Finance Minister has announced to set up a ________ venture capital fund for the MSME sector.

Examine the following with respect to the proposals of the Union Budget for FY15 and identify the one which is NOT
correct?

The first indigenously built anti-submarine warship (ASW) was handed over to the Indian Navy in Kolkata recently.
It is first in its class of four ASW corvettes being built under Project-28 for the Navy and is named

Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the proposals made in the Union Railway budget for the FY15 recently?

As proposed in the Union Budget for FY15, four more AIIMS will be set up in the country with current allocation of Rs
500 cr. Which of the following are the states/regions where these institutes will come up?

Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the proposals made in the Union Budget for the FY15?

What will be the initial authorised capital of the proposed BRICS bank?

The first chair of the Board of Governors of the proposed BRICS bank will be from which of the following countries?

Who among the following has been appointed the Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
recently?

As per the recently released UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report 2014, what portion of the world’s 1.2 billion extremely poor population is residing in India at present?

What is India’s ranking in the recently released ‘Ease of Doing Business’ report by the World Bank?

Which of the following member countries will hold the presidency of the proposed BRICS bank initially for 6 years?

Following the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the two countries
signed three agreements. Which of the following is NOT among them?

Which of the following pairs won the men’s doubles title of the Wimbledon tennis tournament recently?

Which of the following countries will host the seventh BRICS summit in 2015?

What amount has been allocated for the Defence Ministry in the Budget for the FY15? There has been an increase of
around 12.5 per cent from the last fiscal.

The Reserve Bank of India has notified that home loans up to ________in metros and ________in non-metros, given by banks from the proceeds of long-term bonds (of minimum 7 yrs maturity), will qualify as affordable housing loans.

The market regulator, SEBI, asked Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju and others to return their unlawful gains of Rs 1,849 cr along with an interest of Rs 1,200 cr and barred them from accessing the capital market for ________, recently.

The 2015 BRICS Summit will be held in Russia in which of the following cities?

Typhoon Rammasun hit which of the following countries, recently, which paralysed the normal life and has claimed at
least 38 lives so far?

Who won the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil recently?

Who among the following is the goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games to be held in seven cities in Kerala in
2015?

Lt General Ajay Kumar Singh has been sworn in as Lt Governor of which of the following Union Territories?

The Indian women’s cricket team led by Mithali Raj is all set to play a four-day ‘Test’ match with which of the following
teams after a gap of eight long years?

The naval exercise INDRA 2014 was conducted between India and which of the following countries recently?

Nagoya Protocol will come into force from October this year. This international agreement is related to related to which
of the following issues?

Which of the following has become the first country to legalise child labour recently? Now, children as young as ten
years old are allowed to work.

The Finance Minister cleared the way for the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in his budget speech recently.
Which of the following is correct with respect to REITs?

What is India’s ranking in the annual Global Innovation Index (GII) survey for 2014?

A passenger plane of which of the following countries was allegedly shot down in eastern Ukraine recently killing all 295
people aboard?

The Signature Bridge is being constructed across river Yamuna in which of the following cities in India?

The Signature Bridge is being constructed across river Yamuna in which of the following cities in India?

The military operation ‘Operation Protective Edge’ is being conducted by

Which of the following states in India has the highest percentage of poor (47.9 per cent) in the country as per C
Rangarajan panel report?

Renowned scholar Granville Austin died recently. Awarded a Padma Shri, he was a scholar of Indian

The World Bank president is all set to visit New Delh on a three-day visit to meet PM Narendra Modi and Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley. Who among the following is the current President of the World Bank group?

As per the ‘Employment Exchange Statistics 2013’, which is of the following states tops in terms of providing jobs through employment exchanges?

Germany has topped the recently released FIFA world rankings. What is India’s position in the rankings?

The annual naval engagement Malabar exercise is to be conducted soon. This exercise will be a trilateral engagement and
will be participated by

Which of the following is the most urbansied state of the country with 62.17% as urban population?

Internet giant Google revealed that it would be launching ‘Project Zero’ programme soon. This project is aimed at

As per the C Rangarajan panel report, which of the following states in India is the most prosperous state as it has least
proportion (6.3 per cent) of poor population?

Which of the following countries has topped the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2014? The GII is jointly published by
Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for 143 economies around the world.

India hosted the Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad in Oct
2012, and the next CoP is to be held in ________in Oct this year.

The Central govt has allocated what amount for ultra large solar power projects and solar parks in the Union Budget for
FY15?

Which of the following countries removed restrictions on foreign ownership of banks in the country recently under a
new law that allows 100 per cent foreign control?

A ultra mega solar power project is to be set up in Sambhar, Rajasthan for which a MoU has been signed recently.
What will be the cumulative capacity of the plant which will be achieved in phases?

The authorities in Switzerland have revealed that the quantum of fake Indian rupee notes in their country is the third
highest for any foreign currency. Which of the following currencies tops in this regard?

India will soon sign bilateral APAs with a clutch of Japanese companies for the first time. APA stands for

The Finance Minister has confided that the revenue collection is expected to exceed targets this fiscal. What is the
budget estimate for the revenue collection during 2014-15?

Legendary actor James Garner died recently. Best known for playing a detective in crime series ‘Rockford Files,’ he
belonged to

Who among the following is the president of the Eleventh Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD)?

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has unveiled automatic info exchange framework to
curb black money internationally. The headquarters of OECD is situated in

As per the C Rangarajan panel report, which of the following states in India has the highest incidence of urban poverty
(50.8 per cent) in the country?