Who among the following has taken over as the new chairman of Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC)?

In a step towards conservation of natural heritage sites in Asia and the Pacific region, the foundation stone of the world’s first Natural World Heritage Center was laid at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), in ________ recently.

To make new exploration and production activities viable, a committee has recommended market-linked pricing for
domestic natural gas. Name the committee.

Name the Indian shuttler who has won a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship recently? She has become the first badminton player to win two bronze medals at the World Championship.

The capital markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has fixed one-year target for completion of all its investigations initiated this year onwards. Who among the following is the present chairman of Sebi?

Email turned 32 on 30 Aug 2014. Name the Indian American who invented this quick method of message transfer when he was just 14?

Who among the following has been appointed as new governor of Goa recently?

Bipin Chandra, who passed away, recently, was a noted

During the recent Japan Visit of PM Narendra Modi,India has signed a MoU to develop Varanasi on the model of which of the following Japanese cities?

India gross Domestic product (GDP) grew at what per cent during Apr-Jun quarter, the highest in the last 10 quarters?

Which of the following countries has agreed to work with India in developing a treatment for the Sickle Cell Anaemia recently? The deadly disease is common among tribals in India.

Vidyasagar Rao has been Sworn in as Governor of which of the following states recently?

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled regarding death convicts recently. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?

The Narendra Modi govt completed it 100 days recently. Which of the following is NOT a measure initiative taken by the govt in this period?

Who among the following has been appointed as the first chairwoman of BBC Trust, the body overseeing the world famous news corporation?

India will get what amount from Japan over the next five years for different infrastructure projects across the country as finalised during the recent visit of PM Narendra Modi to Japan?

The Govt of India and the World Bank signed a $107-mn credit agreement for the road linkage of which of the following states with Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar?

Retail investors can now have bigger share in the PSU stake sale as the govt has decided to double the quota under the Offer For Sale (OFS) route for them. What will be the new quota for retail investors under OFS route?

As revealed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the banking system detected the highest number of counterfeit notes of which of the following denominations in FY14?

The system that operates outside the regular banking system and financial intermediation activities are undertaken with less transparency and regulation than the conventional banking, is called

The retail investor quota in FPO in the disinvestments of PSUs is 30 per cent. What does FPO stands for?

Academic activity begin at Nalanda University Rjgir in Bihar recently. More than eight centuries ago (1193), the ancient university was destroyed by ________ invaders.

The world's largest duty free shop (DFS) opened in which of the following countries recently? Spread in 72,000 square meters, it will house more than 300 international brands.

Normal Gordon, the oldest surviving Test cricketer passed away at 103 recently. He was a fast bowler of which of the following countries?

Who among the following has won the women’s World Badminton Championships title recently in Copenhagen?

The Parliament of which of the following countries has renamed the outgoing premier Abdullah al-Thinni as the country’s new Prime Minister?

Soon to be released book, titled ‘Playing It My Way’, is the autobiography of which of the following cricketing legends?

Goolam E Vahanvati, who passed away, recently, was the former

The Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan attended the 9th Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament in which of the following cities recently?

The govt has decided to establish the National Cancer Institute at which of the following places?

What is India’s position in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15, recently released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum?

Justice Dharmadhikari Committee submitted its report to Maharashtra govt recently. The Committee has recommended which of the following?

The govt wishes to pass new Motor Vehicles Bill in winter session of the Parliament. Which of the following is NOT a highlight of the proposed Bill?

The govt has requested the Supreme Court not to cancel the permits for how many coal blocks that were functioning or were about to start production? The Supreme Court has ruled that the Centre’s allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2010 was illegal.

Airlines and its owner Vijay Mallya as wilful defaulters. According to the RBI, a wilful default is deemed to have occurred in which of the following four circumstances?

Thev former chief justice of India P Sathasivam has been appointed the new governor of which of the following states?

A two-day summit of NATO heads of states was organised in the Ireland capital Wales recently. What is the expanded form of NATO?

The name of Ritu Rani is associated with which of the following games? She is all set to play an important role in Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea?

India won the recent ODI series against England which makes Mahendra Singh Dhoni the most successful Indian ODI captain till date. Name the India batsman whose maiden ODI century was instrumental in this win?

Who among the following is all set to become the next Chief Justice of India after the present CJI RM Lodha retires?

Who among the following replaced Anand Sinha, who retired in Jan, as RBI deputy governor recently?

The United Nations and which of the following international sports bodies signed a historic agreement, recently, with the objectives of using the power of sports to promote peace and economic development across the world?

Telecom tribunal TDSAT upheld the plea to provide 3G intra-circle roaming services and also quashed the cumulative penalty of Rs 1,200 cr imposed on which of the following three telecom companies recently?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to have one more deputy governor. Which of the following is correct with respect to the appointment of deputy governors to the RBI?

A new purple mineral with a unique makeup was discovered in a remote part of Australia recently. Name the mineral.

Who among the following has won CIMB Indonesian Masters golf tournament recently?

Which of the following countries has set up a Special Police Force to handle religious disputes in the country in response to the rising incidents of religious intolerance?

The Supreme Court stayed the execution of death sentence of LeT terrorist Mohd Arif (Ashfaq) who plead that he has already spent over 13 years behind bars and hanging him would amount to punishing him twice for the crime. He was convicted in ________case.

The 28-member European Union temporarily banned the import of which of the following items from Indian recently?

Finish telecommunication equipment maker Nokia appointed who among the following as its President and CEO recently?

RBI generally has four deputy governors - two RBI insiders, one an economist and the other a banker. Who among the following is NOT a deputy governor of the RBI at present?

Who among the following has been given this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the “Green Nobel’’?

According to a recent world Bank report, based on the purchasing power parities (PPPs), India emerged as the world’s third-largest economy in

The first ever Asian Cricket Council Premier League tournament was inaugurated in which of the following countries
recently?

Which of the following institutions has taken India into the world’s top 100 university rankings for the first time with an entry at No. 87 in the ranking released by the ‘Times Higher Education’ (THE) magazine for 2014 recently?

Who among the following has been named the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year for 2013-14 recently?

Bangladesh signed a MOU with which of the following countries for setting up a 1320 MW coal-based power plant at Moheshkhali in southeastern part of Bangladesh recently?

Indian gymnasts won seven medals, including three golds, from the International Commonwealth Championships held at ________recently.

The regulation of mutual funds is done by which of the following institutions in India?

The Washington headquartered International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved a two-year loan package for Ukraine worth ________recently.

International Jazz Day is a yearly event organised by UNESCO on

The National Pension System (NPS) made news, recently, when HDFC Life was disqualified to be one of the NPS managers. Which of the following is correct about NPS?

In what could be a first for the country’s iron ore sector, which of the following state govts is readying an action plan to auction iron ore mines to end-users? It has proposed to put 15 of its 51 Category-C mines on the block.

A advisory group of the RBI recommended creating BBPS to facilitate single window to pay all bills. What does
BBPS stands for?

Which of the following major automakers has named Mark Fields as its new CEO recently?

The supreme court appointed a special investigating team (SIT) to probe black money stashed by Indians in foreign tax havens recently. Who among the following will be the chairman of the SIT?

Which of the following statement is /are correct with respect to treasury bills issued in India?

A woman was killed and 14 others injured when two bombs went off in quick succession in two coaches of the Bangalore-Guwahati Express train in ________ recently.

Who among the following assumed charge as the deputy chief of air staff, recently, tasked with steering all IAF modernization projects?

The Nargis Datt Award for best feature film on national integration was given to which of the following films at the 61 National Film Awards announced recently?

The RBI has proposed a GIRO based payment system in India recently. What is the expanded form of GIRO?

Which of the following films was given the Best Picture Award at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award 2014 held in Tampa Bay in US recently?

The book titled ‘Water, Peace and War: Confronting the Global Water Crisis’ has been authored by who among the following?

India successfully test fired indigenously-developed Akash missile developed by the DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme recently. Akash is a ________missile.

At least 350 people dead and thousands reported missing in which of the following countries in a recent landslide
disaster?

Former Chief of the Air Staff Norman Anil Kumar Browne has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to which of the following countries recently?

Interest rate risk falls under which of the following categories of risks related to banks in India?

Manavjit Singh Sandhu is the ace Indian player associated with which of the following games?

A letter issued by a bank to another bank (especially one in a different country) to serve as a guarantee for payments
made to a specified person under specified conditions is termed as

'Operation Clandestine Fox' refers to a vulnerability which of the following web browsers which allows owners of malicious websites to gain complete access to the site visitor’s computer?

Suzlon Energy Ltd , the world fifth largest wind turbine maker, announced a cash-less restructuring of its existing FCCBs worth $485 mn after it failed to repay $209 mn of debt recently. Expand the term FCCB.

World Press Freedom Day is observed on which of the following dates?

Who among the following won the best actor award at the 61st National Film awards presented by the President Pranab Mukherjee recently?

Continuing a century-old practice, the Jammu & Kashmir govt shifted to Srinagar from Jammu recently. The state govt functions for ________ from Srinagar every year.

Which of the following pairs won the WTA Portugal Open 2014 women’s doubles title recently?

India’s Kamal Chawla, who won a bronze medal in the Asian Championship held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently, is associated with which of the following games?

Sprint star Tyson Gay received one-year doping ban and returned his 2012 London Olympics Silver medal recently. He hails from which of the following countries?

DRDO successfully test fired India’s first indigenously developed Astra missile recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the missile?

S&P BSE SENSEX or Sensitive Index is a basket of ________ constituent stocks representing a sample of large, liquid and representative companies.

A major field exercise by the Army, code named ‘Sarvada Vijay’, was conducted in which of the following states recently? The overall aim of the exercise is to practice conventional cross-border thrusts into enemy territory.

What was India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index 2014 which was topped by Finland?

ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited has announced that the Company has been renamed as ________ with immediate effect following approvals from IRDA and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

The finance Ministry has asked public sector bank to step up efforts for mobilising low-cost CASA deposits and focus on recovery. What does CASA stands for?

India foreign exchange reserve which are held and managed by the RBI, comprise which of the following?

India asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to double its lending capacity in 20 years to help emerging market and poor economies. The annual lending capacity of ADB under Ordinary Capital Resources has been ________so far.

Juan Carlos Varela won the Presidential election in which of the following countries recently? He was erstwhile Vice President of the country.

The term birdie is associated with which of the following games?

Gary Becker, who died recently at 83, had received the Nobel Prize in which of the following fields in 1992?

The annual “Balikatan,” or shoulder to shoulder, exercises were conducted between which of the following two countries recently?

The World Health Organization (WHO) imposed international travel restrictions on which of the following countries, recently, over their failure to control the spread of the deadly polio virus?