2014 current affairs . most important topics ..
1. Who was recently awarded with the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times?
a) Chinese President Xi Jinping
b) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
c) Myanmar President Thein Sein
d) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Ans. d
2. The first Adaptation Gap Report on Climate Change was recently released by
a) World Bank
b) United Nations Development Organisation
c) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
d) United Nations Environment Programme
Ans. d
3. Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on earth's lower mantle
known as
a) Calcite
b) Aragonite
c) Muscovite
d) Bridgmanite
Ans. d
4. Name the places that wil be connected by the China-Pakistan Economic Coridor which was
inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 29 November 2014
a) Lahore in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China
b) Gwadar Port in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China
c) Xinjiang in China and Gilgit in Pakistan-ocupied Kashmir
d) Lahore in Pakistan with Shanghai n China
Ans. b
5. Who on 30 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay?
a) Jose Mujica
b) Luis Lacale Pou
c) Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas
d) Juan Pedro Bordabery Heran
Ans. c
6. State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 vilages of a district as
completely or partialy scarcity afected. Name the district?
a) Bhuj
b) Kutch
c) Mandvi
d) Adipur
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7. Indian Navy in the first wek of December 2014 selected a company to fulfil the service’s Multi- Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare among other maritime
roles. Name the company.
a) Finmecanica
b) AgustaWestland
c) Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
d) Rafael
Ans. c
8. Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed acros India on 6 December 2014. The day is observed to
pay tribute to whom of the folowing?
a) Lord Budha
b) Dr BR Ambedkar
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans. b
9. Union Government on 5 December 2014 sent five Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft and
one naval vesel carying a large consignment of potable water to a country which was facing a
national water crisis. Name the country?
a) Pakistan
b) Maldives
c) Afghanistan
d) Myanmar
Ans. b
10. A State Government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps without prior approval
of district civil surgeons. Name the state that banned health camps?
a) Punjab
b) Chatisgarh
c) Bihar
d) Meghalaya
Ans. a
1. Air India on 4 December 2014 signed an MoU for implementation of the monetisation of asets
of Air India at various locations on joint venture basis with
a) National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited
b) Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd
c) Star Aliance
d) Boeing
Ans. a
12. Justice V. R. Iyer died on 4 December 2014 at the age of 10. Which of the folowing statement
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I. He was born in 1914 at Vaidyanathapuram near Palakad, in Malabar region of Kerala in a Tamil
Brahmin family
I. He is the last but one Supreme Court judge who have previously served as a politcian
I. He served as the Home Minister in the first Communist Ministry in Kerala.
IV. He never served as a Law Commision Chairman
a) Only Statement Iis only true
b) Only Statement IV is only true
c) Only Statement I, I and I are true
d) Al four statements are true
Ans. c
13. Raninder Singh an acomplished international evel trap shooter was in news in December
2014 for
a) Becoming the first Indian to get elected as a member of the executive commite of ISSF
b) Being elected as the President of Sports Authority of India
c) Becoming the first Indian to get elected to the executive commite of International Olympics
Commite.
d) Being elected as the President of Badminton Asociation of India
Ans. a
14. Infosys on 4 December 2014 appointed a Stanford Profesor as an Independent member on its
Board of Directors (BoD). Name him?
a) Ashton Carter
b) John W. Etchemendy
c) John L Henesy
d) Condoleza Rice
Ans. b
15. Indian Oil on 4 December 2014 won the 19th Beighton Cup after defeating Punjab National
Bank in tie-breaker at the SAI Eastern Centre in Kolkata. Beighton Cup is asociated with which
game?
a) Kho Kho
b) Hockey
c) Fotbal
d) Kabadi
Ans. b
16. Deodhar Trophy of cricket for the season 2014-15 was won by?
a) East Zone
b) West Zone
c) South Zone
d) North Zone
Ans. a
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www.jbigdeal.com17. Supreme Court constituted a Social Justice Bench, comprising of two judges for delivery of
spedy justice in a range of social isues. The bench wil be headed by?
a) Justice T.S. Thakur
b) Justice Madan B Lokur
c) Justice U U Lalit
d) Justice Anil R. Dave
Ans. b
18. Name the author of the book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince
Gopaldas Desai (187-1951)?
a) Rajmohan Gandhi
b) Sundarajan Padmanabhan
c) Madhav Khosla
d) Rajdep Sardesai
Ans. a
19. Name the head of the 15-member Commite that was formed by State Government of
Meghalaya on 3 December 2014 to sped up the proces of geting Khasi ncluded in the Eighth
Schedule of the Constitution of India?
a) R C Lalo
b) Rowel Lyngdoh
c) Prestone Tynsong
d) Deborah C Marak
Ans. a
20. Name the person who was recently appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)
a) Acharya Shivpojan Sahay
b) Ranjit Sinha
c) Anil Kumar Sinha
d) Sharad Kumar
Ans. c
21. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December 2014
approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bil, 2013. The Bil seks to amend the Regional
Rural Banks (RRBs) Act pased in?
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 197
d) 1979
Ans. b
2. Recently, second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 was launched by which country?
a) The US
b) Japan
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d) United Kingdom
Ans. b
23. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 3 December 2014 isued Pres Note
10 of 2014 series to relax FDI norms for which sector of Indian economy?
a) Defence
b) Railways
c) Insurance
d) Construction development
Ans. d
24. Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2014. It is observed to commemorate?
a) The suces of India over Pakistan in 1971 war
b) The participation of Royal Indian Navy in World War-I
c) The suces of Operation Trident of Indian Navy in 1971
d) The establishment day of Royal Indian Navy in 1945
Ans. c
25. RBI on 4 December 2014 notified norms to set up Trade Receivables Discounting System
(TReDS). The TReDS wil faciltate the financing of bils of which sector of Indian economy?
a) MSME sector
b) Khadi and Rural sector
c) Agriculture sector
d) Al of the above
Ans. a
26. Researchers led by Profesor Gene K Beare developed World’s fastest 2D camera at the
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioenginering, Washington University. Which new
technique is used in this 2D camera?
a) Compresed ultrafast photography
b) Compresed imaging photography
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. a
27. The US President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014 nominated the next defence secretary of
US. Name the personality
a) Ashton Carter
b) Chuck Hagel
c) James V Forestal
d) Robert M Gates
Ans. a
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www.jbigdeal.com28. Recently, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) relaxed FDI norms for the
construction development sector. In this context consider the folowing statements.
I. 10 percent of FDI is alowed through the automatic route
I. The minimum flor area requirement IS 200 square metres in construction development projects.
Which is/are corect?
a) Ionly
b) I only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. c
29. Recently, International Criminal Court withdrew the charges of crimes against humanity
against the President of a country of African continent. Name the country
a) Kenya
b) Ethiopia
c) Nigeria
d) South Sudan
Ans. a
30. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation observed the World’s First Soil Day on
which date of the year 2014?
a) 1 December
b) 30 November
c) 4 December
d) 5 December
Ans. d
31. The Union Cabinet on 10 December 2014 gave its approval for creation of five posts of
Additional Solicitors General (ASG), one each for the High Courts of certain states. Which of the
below is not a part for it?
a) Punjab & Haryana, Patna, Jharkhand,
b) Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
c) Punjab & Haryana, Patna and Gujarat
d) Karnataka and Jharkhand
Ans. b
32. Ebola fighters were colectively named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014. Who of the
folowing was named as the TIME’s Person of Year 2013?
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) The Protester
c) Pope Francis
d) Barack Obama
Ans. c
3. Nine new species of bush frogs were discovered recently in the Western Ghats by scientists
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a) Micrixalus
b) Raorchestes
c) Micrixalidae
d) None of the above
Ans. b
34. Recently on 8 December 2014, World Economic Forum (WEF) released The 2013 Travel &
Tourism Competitivenes Index. What is the rank of India in the index?
a) 30
b) 65
c) 98
d) 125
Ans. b
35. Name the Indian bank that on 9 December 2014 launched two indices named Monthly
Composite Index and Yearly Composite Index to track monthly and yearly economic trends.
a) Axis Bank
b) HDFC
c) IDBI
d) State Bank of India
Ans. d
36. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 9 December 2014 ruled against a country’s decision
to impose high duty on imports of certain stel products from India. Name the country against
which the verdict was given?
a) Germany
b) Rusia
c) United States
d) China
Ans. c
37. German Chancelor Angela Merkel was re-elected unopposed as head of a party on 9
December 2014. Name the party?
a) Christian Social Union of Bavaria
b) German People's Party
c) Conservative Christian Democrats
d) People's National Reich Asociation
Ans. c
38. Four European nations, namely Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium on 6 December
2014 decided to suspend marketing authorisations for 25 drugs of a pharmaceutical company
from India. Name the company
a) Novartis
b) GVK Biosciences
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d) Merck & Co.
Ans. b
39. Name the web-based taxi service company that was recently banned from providing services
in the national capital?
a) Uber
b) Ola
c) Taxi for Sure
d) TaxiPixi
Ans. a
40. Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh alias Nandy Singh died on 7 December 2014 in New
Delhi. He was a part of the National Hockey team that won the Olympic Gold in which years?
a) 1932 and 1936
b) 194 and 1948
c) 1948 and 1952
d) 1952 and 1956
Ans. c
41. The United States (US) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) recently ended their
combat mision in Afghanistan. The combat mision formaly came to end on
a) 8 December 2014
b) 10 December 2014
c) 12 December 2014
d) 1 December 2014
Ans. a
42. Delhi Court on 8 December 2014 convicted thre Anandmargis and an advocate for the
charges of murder and criminal conspiracy for kiling a former Railway Minister. Name the leader?
a) Lalit Narayan Mishra
b) Beant Singh
c) Gopinath Munde
d) None of the above
Ans. a
43. The Competition Commision of India (CCI) on 5 December 2014 approved the proposed 4
bilion dolars merger of Ranbaxy with which pharmaceutical company ?
a) Abot Laboratories
b) Sun Pharmaceutical
c) Pfizer
d) GlaxoSmithKline
Ans. b
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a) Carnatic vocalist
b) Politcian in Andhra Pradesh
c) Chirographer
d) Writer
Ans. a
45. Indian Blind Cricket team on 7 December 2014 won the 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC)
by defeating
a) Pakistan
b) South Africa
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
Ans. a
46. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 December 2014 suspended an of-spinner from
bowling in international cricket with immediate efect for ilegal bowling action. Name him?
a) Sachitra Senanayake
b) Mohammad Hafez
c) Saed Ajmal
d) Marlon Samuels
Ans. b
47. China on 7 December 2014 rejected the UN arbitration to resolve the South China Sea maritime
dispute with its neighbors. The UN mediation to resolve the dispute was demanded from which
country?
a) Brunei
b) Taiwan
c) Philpines
d) Japan
Ans. c
48. India on 7 December 2014 set the Guinnes Record for largest human formation of a national
flag in the world. The previous record was held by?
a) Pakistan
b) United States
c) China
d) Australia
Ans. a
49. Name the NASA’s spacecraft mision that came out of hibernation on 6 December 2014 for its
long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto system?
a) Casini
b) Oportunity
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d) New Horizons
Ans. d
50. Which Indian Company on 8 December 2014 commisioned the Nyaborongo Hydro Electric
Project in Rwanda?
a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
b) Coastal Projects Limited
c) Tata Hydroelectric Power Suply Company
d) Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited
Ans. a
51. Which organisation on 9 December 2014 translated the Indian Constitution into Arabic
language?
a) International Instiute for Democracy and Electoral Asistance
b) National Democratic Instiute
c) Instiute for Democracy and Coperation
d) Instiute for Democratic Education in America
Ans. a
52. The Union Government recently divested its 5 percent stake in which company?
a) Oil And Natural Gas Corporation
b) Coal India Limited
c) Stel Authority of India Limited
d) National Thermal Power Corporation
Ans. c
53. Which organisation on 10 December 2014 banned the sale of 80 generic drugs produced in
India on the grounds that their clinical trials were insuficient?
a) Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
b) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
c) International Generic Drug Regulators
d) Federal Instiute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Ans. d
54. Name the person who died recently and had developed the Brown Box console video game
system
a) Michel Ancel
b) Ed Averet
c) Ralph Henry Baer
d) Richard Bartle
Ans. c
5. Consider the folowing statements in reference to Amendments to Insurance Laws
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I. The bil alows a composite cap of 49 percent on foreign direct investment in insurance.
I. The bil aims to disolve the defaulting insurance companies.
I. The bil alows insurer to chalenge life insurance policy for any reasons.
Which statement is/are corect?
a) Iand I
b) I and I
c) I Only
d) I Only
Ans. c
56. Consider the folowing statements in context of Web Index 2014 that was released on 10
December 2014.
I. The Web Index measures the internet's contribution to social, economic and politcal progres in the
world.
I. India ranks at he 48th with 48.6 score in the index.
Which is the corect statement(s)?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both I& I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
57. Who won the Confucius Peace Prize 2014 recently which is also considered as Chinese Nobel
Prize?
a) Yi Cheng
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Vladimir Putin
d) Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Ans. d
58. Who on 1 December 2014 suceded Anthony Banbury as the head of UN Mision for Ebola
Emergency Response?
a) Marat Aldangorovich Sarsembaev
b) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
c) Javier Perez de Cuelar
d) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ans. d
59. The 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitivenes Index was released on 8 December 2014 by World
Economic Forum (WEF) under which theme?
a) Reducing Bariers to Economic Growth and Job Creation
b) Environmental sustainabilty
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d) Health and hygiene
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60. Which Indian cricket commentator was recently appointed by Tourism Australia as brand
ambasador?
a) Harsha Bhogle
b) Ravi Shastri
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Saurav Ganguly
Ans. a
61. Which country won the Hockey Champions Trophy for the year 2014?
a) Germany
b) Australia
c) Pakistan
d) India
Ans. b
62. Who won the Mis World title for the year 2014 in December 2014?
a) Megan Young
b) Rolene Straus
c) Elizabeth Safrit
d) Edina Kulcsar
Ans. b
63. Name the Indian participant in Mis World 2014 competition
a) Vanya Mishra
b) Priyanka Chopra
c) Koyal Rana
d) Navnet Kaur Dhilon
Ans. c
64. China recently developed a long-range and non-lethal Pain Beam weapon. Name it?
a) Active Denial System
b) Hotwave system
c) Poly WB-1
d) None of the above
Ans. c
65. Global Ilicit Financial Flows Report 2014 was released on 15 December 2014 by
a) Mody's Corporation
b) The World Bank
c) Global Financial Integrity
d) International Monetary Fund
Ans. c
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Ocupants) Act, 1971?
I. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Ocupants) Act, 1971 has never ben amended before.
I. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Ocupants) Amendment Bil, 2014 redefines public
premises to include the companies in which at least 51 percent of the paid-up share capital is held by
Central and state governments.
Which of the statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. b
67. Who on 15 December 2014 was appointed as the 16th Pakistan Ambasador to the United
Nations?
a) Masod Khan
b) Syeda Abida Husain
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Maleha Lodhi
Ans. d
68. Who on 15 December 2014 was appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of America?
a) Vivek Halegere Murthy
b) Boris Lushniak
c) Walter Wyman
d) Regina Benjamin
Ans. a
69. Consider the folowing statements regarding Google's Year in Search Report 2014.
I. Acording to Gogle's Top Trending Global Searches, searches for the late actor Robin Wiliams
toped the list.
I. Elections 2014 toped the list of top Trending Searches in India.
Which of the folowing statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither I nor I
Ans. c
70. The historic Geta Pres announced its lockout for an indefinite period because
a) It failed to market its publications in the markets.
b) Clashes betwen the management and employes over wage isues
c) Conflicts betwen the trustes of the pres
d) Al of the above
Ans. b
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www.jbigdeal.com71. Who among the folowing Indian-origin woman was recently appointed as the Chairman of
Santander UK Bank?
a) Nina Davuluri
b) Renu Khator
c) Shrit Vadera
d) Subra Sudesh
Ans. c
72. Consider the folowing statements regarding Global status report on violence prevention 2014.
I. Global status report on violence prevention 2014 is aimed to describe the state of the problem of
interpersonal violence worldwide.
I. The report reveals that 47500 people were murdered in 2012 and homicide is the third leading cause
of death globaly for males aged 15–4 years.
Which of the above statement(s) is not corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. d
73. The Reserve Bank of India on 17 December 2014 imposed monetary penalty on two banks for
violation of its instructions regarding norms on Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money
Laundering (AML). Name the banks.
a) ICICI bank and State Bank of Patiala
b) ICICI bank and Bank of Baroda
c) Axis bank and State Bank of India
d) Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India
Ans. b
74. ISRO recently test-fired GSLV Mark-I from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
GSLV Mark-I is?
a) A educational satelite
b) Heaviest rocket of India
c) A satelite launched to study ozone over earth
d) A re-entry module
Ans. b
75. To check cros-border influx of ilegal Bangladeshis into Asam, Supreme Court on 17
December 2014 directed the Union Government to complete fencing work along Indo-Bangladesh
border within?
a) Thre-months
b) Six-months
c) Nine-months
d) Twelve-months
Ans. a
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climbing the highest peaks of the seven continents.
a) Tashi and Nungshi Malik
b) Khusi and Aparajita Agarwal
c) Liam and Aidan O'Donel
d) Jason and Kristopher Simmons
Ans. b
7. Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games mascot have ben named as
a) Vinicius and Tom
b) Oba and Eba
c) Tiba Tuque and Esquindim
d) Oba and Tom
Ans. a
78. The Lok Sabha on 16 December 2014 pased the National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws
(Special Provisions) Amendment Bil, 2014. The Bil seks to amend
a) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 205
b) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 209
c) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 201
d) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2013
Ans. c
79. Name the Marathi film that was nominated in the Best Picture Category of the 87th Academy
Awards, popularly known as Oscars
a) Shwas
b) Ek Hazarachi Note
c) Kapus Kondyachi Goshta
d) Fandry
Ans. c
80. Name the person, who was recently appointed as Director of the Inteligence Bureau (IB)?
a) Arun Majumdar
b) Nehchal Sandhu
c) Syed Asif Ibrahim
d) Dineshwar Sharma
Ans. d
81. Name the winner of 2014 London Clasic Ches title
a) Anish Gir
b) Viswanathan Anand
c) Michael Adams
d) Fabiano Caruana
Ans. b
82. 14th Finance Commision on 15 December 2014 submited its report to the President of India.
Name the person who headed the commision
a) Vijay L. Kelkar
b) YV Redy
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d) KC Neogy
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83. Name the corporate group that in the second wek of December 2014 acquired the iconic old
war ofice building of Winston Churchil of Britain.
a) Hinduja Group
b) Arcelor Mital Group
c) Tata Group
d) Reliance Group
Ans. a
84. Name the Indian-American who on 17 December 2014 was appointed as the Federal judge of
district of Columbia?
a) Susan Graber
b) Amit Priyavadan Mehta
c) Richard Verma
d) Shrit Vadera
Ans. b
85. Who was appointed as the first Chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commision on 17
December 2014?
a) Chita Ranjan Biswal
b) Samedur Rahman
c) Ranjit Borthakur
d) Ghanta Chakrapani
Ans. d
86. Consider the folowing statements regarding Companies (Amendment) Bil 2014.
I. Companies (Amendment) Bil, 2014 proposes to exempt corporate from the ned to get shareholders'
nod in the case of related party transactions valued lower than 10 crore rupes.
I. The bil does not prescribe punishments for those raising ilegal deposits from the public.
Which of the above statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
87. Who was recently appointed as the first female bishop of the Church of England?
a) Reverend Liby Lane
b) Reverend Katharine Jeferts
c) Reverend Barbara Clementine
d) Reverend Marjorie Mathews
Ans. a
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a) image samples that are transparent o the eye
b) magnify images of smal samples
c) image pathology samples
d) Al of the above
Ans. c
89. Consider the folowing statements regarding the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bil, 2014.
I. The Bil brings e-carts and e-rickshaws under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act, 198.
I. The Bil states that he driver licences can be isued for e-cart or e-rickshaw in the same maner as for
light motor vehicle.
Which of the above statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
90. Who recently won the Quen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014?
a) John Agard
b) Douglas Dun
c) Imtiaz Dharker
d) Fleur Adcock
Ans. c
91. Name the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand who was sworn-in as tenth Chief Minister
of the State on 28 December 2014?
a) Louis Marandi
b) Nelkanth Singh Munda
c) Chandra Prakash Choudhary
d) Raghubar Das
Ans. d
92. Pompadour Gren Pigeon, a native of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka was spoted on 28
December 2014 over a Bar tre (Ficus bengalensis) of Barkheda vilage in Rajasthan. What is the
scientific name of Pompadour Gren Pigeon?
a) Treron pompadora
b) Ectopistes migratorius
c) Columba livia
d) Zenaidura macroura
Ans. a
93. Name the photojournalist who died on 26 December 2014? He was aclaimed for chronicling
Indo-US relations from Washington DC, for more than half-a-century.
a) Ritam Banerje
b) Pablo Bartholomew
c) Darogha Ubas Ali
d) Rajan Devadas
Ans. d
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www.jbigdeal.com94. Operation Al Out was in news on 23 December 2014. What is it?
a) International army operation against ISIS miltants
b) International operation to discover AirAsia flight hat went mising
c) Indian Army operation to flush out Bodo miltants in Asam
d) Cricket operation to ban players suspected of beting and fixing
Ans. c
95. Name the former left handed batsman of England who died on 25 December 2014 at the age of
79?
a) Geof Pular
b) Fred Spoforth
c) Herbert Sutclife
d) Arthur Mailey
Ans. a
96. India observed National Mathematics Day on 2 December 2014 to commemorate birth
anniversary of
a) Nilakantha Somayaji
b) Satyendra Nath Bose
c) Srinivasa Ramanujan
d) Aryabhata
Ans. c
97. Board of Control for Cricket in India on 28 December 2014 banned an Indian bowler from
bowling in competitive matches after his bowling action was found ilegal. Name the bowler who
was banned?
a) Abhinav Bali
b) Pragyan Ojha
c) Sresanth
d) Amit Yadav
Ans. b
98. Which country on 20 December 2014 won the men’s title of the fifth edition of Kabaddi World
Cup 2014 held in Punjab?
a) Pakistan
b) New Zealand
c) India
d) Denmark
Ans. c
9. To bring transparency and curb iregularities in the state administration, State Government of
Maharashtra on 18 December 2014 decided to make e-tendering compulsory for projects over
what amount?
a) 3 lakh rupes
b) 5 lakh rupes
c) 10 lakh rupes
d) 15 lakh rupes
Ans. a
10. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on 19 December 2014 announced that it had
partnered with a company to transform Surat into a smart city. Name the company/institution?
a) Infosys
b) Tata Consultancy Services
c) Mindtre
d) Microsoft India
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101. The women’s title of the fifth edition of the Kabaddi World Cup 2014 was won by India on 20
December 2014. India defeated which country to win the title?
a) Spain
b) Pakistan
c) New Zealand
d) Australia
Ans. b
102. US and NATO on 28 December 2014 oficialy ended their combat mision in Afghanistan and
replaced it with training and support mision under the name
a) Resolute Suport
b) Resolute Peace
c) Enduring Suport
d) Enduring Peace
Ans. a
103. What was the level of Foreign Exchange Reserves in India on 26 December 2014 as revealed
by RBI Data on Foreign Exchange?
a) 320 bilion US dolars
b) 295 bilion US dolars
c) 30 bilion US dolars
d) 272 bilion US dolars
Ans. a
104. As revealed by Union Ministry of Law and Justice on 28 December 2014, how many States
have ratified the National Judicial Appointments Commision Bil, 2014?
a) 14
b) 15
c) 16
d) 17
Ans. c
105. Dubai Customs on 28 December 2014 released the trade data for the first nine months of
2014. In this context consider the folowing statements
I. India is the second largest rading partner of Dubai after China
I. Among Arab nations, India is the largest rading partner with trade volume of 10 bilion US dolars
Which is/are corect?
a) IOnly
b) I Only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. c
106. Name the country where first municipal elections were held in 60 years on 27 December 2014.
a) Cuba
b) North Korea
c) China
d) Myanmar
Ans. d
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Laboratory in Pasadena, California was in news on 19 December 2014. In this context, consider
the folowing statements.
I. Gecko gripers are adhesive griping tol with characteristic feature of permanent stickines
I. These gripers wil grab space debris by using the van der Wals force
Which is/are corect?
a) IOnly
b) I Only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. b
108. Union Government announced on 24 December 2014 to confer the Bharat Ratna on which two
personalities?
a) P V Narasimha Rao and Den Dayal Upadhayay
b) Atal Bihari Vajpaye and Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Den Dayal Upadhayay and Atal Behari Vajpaye
d) Madan Mohan Malaviya and Den Dayal Upadhayay
Ans. b
109. Name the country which on 2 December 2014 launched the construction of an inter-oceanic
canal inking the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?
a) Panama
b) Costa Rica
c) Nicaragua
d) Canada
Ans. c
10. Consider the folowing statements on global Arms Trade Treaty that came into force on 24
December 2014.
I.t aims to regulate the industry and kep weapons out of the hands of human rights violators worldwide
I. It is the first major arms acord since the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 196
I. The treaty has ben signed by 130 countries and ratifed by 60 countries, including India
Which is/are corect?
a) Iand I
b) I and I
c) Iand I
d) Al of the above
Ans. a
11. What is the name of the Commite constituted by Union government on 23 December 2014
to examine the posibilty of constitution of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe anti-Sikh
riots of 1984?
a) Justice Nanavati Commision
b) Justice Mathur Commite
c) Justice Khosla Commite
d) Justice V K Iyer Commite
Ans. b
12. Nepal on 23 December 2014 signed agrement with which country to expand the use of local
curency for border trade?
a) India
b) Bangladesh
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d) China
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13. As per the announcement of the Union government on 2 December 2014, which State is
going to host the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in January 2015?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Chatisgarh
d) Delhi
Ans. b
14. Consider the folowing statements on STAP technique of stem cels which was in news due
to resignation of Japanese stem cel scientists on 19 December 2014.
I. STAP stands for Stimulus-trigered acquisiton of pluripotency
I. It requires neither nuclear transfer nor the introduction of transcription factors
I. In this pluripotent stem cels are generated by subjecting ordinary cels to certain types of stres
IV. The stres includes either the aplication of a bacterial toxin or submersion in a weak acid or physical
squezing
Which is/are corect?
a) I, I and I
b) I, I and IV
c) I, I and IV
d) Al of the above
Ans. d
15. Who headed the Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable
Energy which submited its report to the Union Ministry of Power and Coal on 2 December 2014?
a) Suresh Prabhu
b) Pratyush Sinha
c) Partho Bhatacharya
d) Valabh Bhansali
Ans. a
16. Which one is the incorect definition of Non-Cooperative Borower as defined in the RBI
Guidelines on Non-Cooperative Borower isued on 2 December 2014?
a) who does not engage constructively with his lender by defaulting in timely repayment of dues while
having abilty to pay
b) who thwarts lenders’ eforts for recovery of their dues by not providing necesary information sought
c) who have agregate fund-based and non-fund based facilties of 10 crore rupes from the concerned
bank/financial instiution (FI)
d) Al of the above definitons are incorect
Ans. c
17. Name the space mision that has ben named as the Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by
Journal Science on 19 December 2014
a) New Horizon
b) Roseta
c) Mangalyan
d) Hayabusa 2
Ans. b
18. What is the name of the world’s smalest hearing aid developed by an international team of
researchers in the fourth wek of December 2014?
c) Nanoplug
d) Zivicplug
Ans. c
19. Who on 2 December 2014 won the Tunisian Presidential Elections?
a) Moncef Marzouki
b) Beji Caid Esebsi
c) Habib Bourguiba
d) Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Ans.b
120. India exported first warship to Mauritius on 20 December 2014. What is the name?
a) CGS Baracuda
b) INS Sukanya
c) INS Sumitra
d) CGS Varaha
A c
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a) Chinese President Xi Jinping
b) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
c) Myanmar President Thein Sein
d) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Ans. d
2. The first Adaptation Gap Report on Climate Change was recently released by
a) World Bank
b) United Nations Development Organisation
c) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
d) United Nations Environment Programme
Ans. d
3. Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on earth's lower mantle
known as
a) Calcite
b) Aragonite
c) Muscovite
d) Bridgmanite
Ans. d
4. Name the places that wil be connected by the China-Pakistan Economic Coridor which was
inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 29 November 2014
a) Lahore in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China
b) Gwadar Port in Pakistan and Xinjiang in China
c) Xinjiang in China and Gilgit in Pakistan-ocupied Kashmir
d) Lahore in Pakistan with Shanghai n China
Ans. b
5. Who on 30 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay?
a) Jose Mujica
b) Luis Lacale Pou
c) Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas
d) Juan Pedro Bordabery Heran
Ans. c
6. State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 vilages of a district as
completely or partialy scarcity afected. Name the district?
a) Bhuj
b) Kutch
c) Mandvi
d) Adipur
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7. Indian Navy in the first wek of December 2014 selected a company to fulfil the service’s Multi- Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare among other maritime
roles. Name the company.
a) Finmecanica
b) AgustaWestland
c) Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
d) Rafael
Ans. c
8. Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed acros India on 6 December 2014. The day is observed to
pay tribute to whom of the folowing?
a) Lord Budha
b) Dr BR Ambedkar
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans. b
9. Union Government on 5 December 2014 sent five Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft and
one naval vesel carying a large consignment of potable water to a country which was facing a
national water crisis. Name the country?
a) Pakistan
b) Maldives
c) Afghanistan
d) Myanmar
Ans. b
10. A State Government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps without prior approval
of district civil surgeons. Name the state that banned health camps?
a) Punjab
b) Chatisgarh
c) Bihar
d) Meghalaya
Ans. a
1. Air India on 4 December 2014 signed an MoU for implementation of the monetisation of asets
of Air India at various locations on joint venture basis with
a) National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited
b) Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd
c) Star Aliance
d) Boeing
Ans. a
12. Justice V. R. Iyer died on 4 December 2014 at the age of 10. Which of the folowing statement
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I. He was born in 1914 at Vaidyanathapuram near Palakad, in Malabar region of Kerala in a Tamil
Brahmin family
I. He is the last but one Supreme Court judge who have previously served as a politcian
I. He served as the Home Minister in the first Communist Ministry in Kerala.
IV. He never served as a Law Commision Chairman
a) Only Statement Iis only true
b) Only Statement IV is only true
c) Only Statement I, I and I are true
d) Al four statements are true
Ans. c
13. Raninder Singh an acomplished international evel trap shooter was in news in December
2014 for
a) Becoming the first Indian to get elected as a member of the executive commite of ISSF
b) Being elected as the President of Sports Authority of India
c) Becoming the first Indian to get elected to the executive commite of International Olympics
Commite.
d) Being elected as the President of Badminton Asociation of India
Ans. a
14. Infosys on 4 December 2014 appointed a Stanford Profesor as an Independent member on its
Board of Directors (BoD). Name him?
a) Ashton Carter
b) John W. Etchemendy
c) John L Henesy
d) Condoleza Rice
Ans. b
15. Indian Oil on 4 December 2014 won the 19th Beighton Cup after defeating Punjab National
Bank in tie-breaker at the SAI Eastern Centre in Kolkata. Beighton Cup is asociated with which
game?
a) Kho Kho
b) Hockey
c) Fotbal
d) Kabadi
Ans. b
16. Deodhar Trophy of cricket for the season 2014-15 was won by?
a) East Zone
b) West Zone
c) South Zone
d) North Zone
Ans. a
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spedy justice in a range of social isues. The bench wil be headed by?
a) Justice T.S. Thakur
b) Justice Madan B Lokur
c) Justice U U Lalit
d) Justice Anil R. Dave
Ans. b
18. Name the author of the book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince
Gopaldas Desai (187-1951)?
a) Rajmohan Gandhi
b) Sundarajan Padmanabhan
c) Madhav Khosla
d) Rajdep Sardesai
Ans. a
19. Name the head of the 15-member Commite that was formed by State Government of
Meghalaya on 3 December 2014 to sped up the proces of geting Khasi ncluded in the Eighth
Schedule of the Constitution of India?
a) R C Lalo
b) Rowel Lyngdoh
c) Prestone Tynsong
d) Deborah C Marak
Ans. a
20. Name the person who was recently appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)
a) Acharya Shivpojan Sahay
b) Ranjit Sinha
c) Anil Kumar Sinha
d) Sharad Kumar
Ans. c
21. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December 2014
approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bil, 2013. The Bil seks to amend the Regional
Rural Banks (RRBs) Act pased in?
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 197
d) 1979
Ans. b
2. Recently, second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 was launched by which country?
a) The US
b) Japan
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d) United Kingdom
Ans. b
23. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 3 December 2014 isued Pres Note
10 of 2014 series to relax FDI norms for which sector of Indian economy?
a) Defence
b) Railways
c) Insurance
d) Construction development
Ans. d
24. Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2014. It is observed to commemorate?
a) The suces of India over Pakistan in 1971 war
b) The participation of Royal Indian Navy in World War-I
c) The suces of Operation Trident of Indian Navy in 1971
d) The establishment day of Royal Indian Navy in 1945
Ans. c
25. RBI on 4 December 2014 notified norms to set up Trade Receivables Discounting System
(TReDS). The TReDS wil faciltate the financing of bils of which sector of Indian economy?
a) MSME sector
b) Khadi and Rural sector
c) Agriculture sector
d) Al of the above
Ans. a
26. Researchers led by Profesor Gene K Beare developed World’s fastest 2D camera at the
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioenginering, Washington University. Which new
technique is used in this 2D camera?
a) Compresed ultrafast photography
b) Compresed imaging photography
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. a
27. The US President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014 nominated the next defence secretary of
US. Name the personality
a) Ashton Carter
b) Chuck Hagel
c) James V Forestal
d) Robert M Gates
Ans. a
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construction development sector. In this context consider the folowing statements.
I. 10 percent of FDI is alowed through the automatic route
I. The minimum flor area requirement IS 200 square metres in construction development projects.
Which is/are corect?
a) Ionly
b) I only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. c
29. Recently, International Criminal Court withdrew the charges of crimes against humanity
against the President of a country of African continent. Name the country
a) Kenya
b) Ethiopia
c) Nigeria
d) South Sudan
Ans. a
30. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation observed the World’s First Soil Day on
which date of the year 2014?
a) 1 December
b) 30 November
c) 4 December
d) 5 December
Ans. d
31. The Union Cabinet on 10 December 2014 gave its approval for creation of five posts of
Additional Solicitors General (ASG), one each for the High Courts of certain states. Which of the
below is not a part for it?
a) Punjab & Haryana, Patna, Jharkhand,
b) Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
c) Punjab & Haryana, Patna and Gujarat
d) Karnataka and Jharkhand
Ans. b
32. Ebola fighters were colectively named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014. Who of the
folowing was named as the TIME’s Person of Year 2013?
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) The Protester
c) Pope Francis
d) Barack Obama
Ans. c
3. Nine new species of bush frogs were discovered recently in the Western Ghats by scientists
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a) Micrixalus
b) Raorchestes
c) Micrixalidae
d) None of the above
Ans. b
34. Recently on 8 December 2014, World Economic Forum (WEF) released The 2013 Travel &
Tourism Competitivenes Index. What is the rank of India in the index?
a) 30
b) 65
c) 98
d) 125
Ans. b
35. Name the Indian bank that on 9 December 2014 launched two indices named Monthly
Composite Index and Yearly Composite Index to track monthly and yearly economic trends.
a) Axis Bank
b) HDFC
c) IDBI
d) State Bank of India
Ans. d
36. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 9 December 2014 ruled against a country’s decision
to impose high duty on imports of certain stel products from India. Name the country against
which the verdict was given?
a) Germany
b) Rusia
c) United States
d) China
Ans. c
37. German Chancelor Angela Merkel was re-elected unopposed as head of a party on 9
December 2014. Name the party?
a) Christian Social Union of Bavaria
b) German People's Party
c) Conservative Christian Democrats
d) People's National Reich Asociation
Ans. c
38. Four European nations, namely Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium on 6 December
2014 decided to suspend marketing authorisations for 25 drugs of a pharmaceutical company
from India. Name the company
a) Novartis
b) GVK Biosciences
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d) Merck & Co.
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39. Name the web-based taxi service company that was recently banned from providing services
in the national capital?
a) Uber
b) Ola
c) Taxi for Sure
d) TaxiPixi
Ans. a
40. Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh alias Nandy Singh died on 7 December 2014 in New
Delhi. He was a part of the National Hockey team that won the Olympic Gold in which years?
a) 1932 and 1936
b) 194 and 1948
c) 1948 and 1952
d) 1952 and 1956
Ans. c
41. The United States (US) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) recently ended their
combat mision in Afghanistan. The combat mision formaly came to end on
a) 8 December 2014
b) 10 December 2014
c) 12 December 2014
d) 1 December 2014
Ans. a
42. Delhi Court on 8 December 2014 convicted thre Anandmargis and an advocate for the
charges of murder and criminal conspiracy for kiling a former Railway Minister. Name the leader?
a) Lalit Narayan Mishra
b) Beant Singh
c) Gopinath Munde
d) None of the above
Ans. a
43. The Competition Commision of India (CCI) on 5 December 2014 approved the proposed 4
bilion dolars merger of Ranbaxy with which pharmaceutical company ?
a) Abot Laboratories
b) Sun Pharmaceutical
c) Pfizer
d) GlaxoSmithKline
Ans. b
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a) Carnatic vocalist
b) Politcian in Andhra Pradesh
c) Chirographer
d) Writer
Ans. a
45. Indian Blind Cricket team on 7 December 2014 won the 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC)
by defeating
a) Pakistan
b) South Africa
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
Ans. a
46. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 December 2014 suspended an of-spinner from
bowling in international cricket with immediate efect for ilegal bowling action. Name him?
a) Sachitra Senanayake
b) Mohammad Hafez
c) Saed Ajmal
d) Marlon Samuels
Ans. b
47. China on 7 December 2014 rejected the UN arbitration to resolve the South China Sea maritime
dispute with its neighbors. The UN mediation to resolve the dispute was demanded from which
country?
a) Brunei
b) Taiwan
c) Philpines
d) Japan
Ans. c
48. India on 7 December 2014 set the Guinnes Record for largest human formation of a national
flag in the world. The previous record was held by?
a) Pakistan
b) United States
c) China
d) Australia
Ans. a
49. Name the NASA’s spacecraft mision that came out of hibernation on 6 December 2014 for its
long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto system?
a) Casini
b) Oportunity
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d) New Horizons
Ans. d
50. Which Indian Company on 8 December 2014 commisioned the Nyaborongo Hydro Electric
Project in Rwanda?
a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
b) Coastal Projects Limited
c) Tata Hydroelectric Power Suply Company
d) Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited
Ans. a
51. Which organisation on 9 December 2014 translated the Indian Constitution into Arabic
language?
a) International Instiute for Democracy and Electoral Asistance
b) National Democratic Instiute
c) Instiute for Democracy and Coperation
d) Instiute for Democratic Education in America
Ans. a
52. The Union Government recently divested its 5 percent stake in which company?
a) Oil And Natural Gas Corporation
b) Coal India Limited
c) Stel Authority of India Limited
d) National Thermal Power Corporation
Ans. c
53. Which organisation on 10 December 2014 banned the sale of 80 generic drugs produced in
India on the grounds that their clinical trials were insuficient?
a) Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
b) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
c) International Generic Drug Regulators
d) Federal Instiute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Ans. d
54. Name the person who died recently and had developed the Brown Box console video game
system
a) Michel Ancel
b) Ed Averet
c) Ralph Henry Baer
d) Richard Bartle
Ans. c
5. Consider the folowing statements in reference to Amendments to Insurance Laws
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I. The bil alows a composite cap of 49 percent on foreign direct investment in insurance.
I. The bil aims to disolve the defaulting insurance companies.
I. The bil alows insurer to chalenge life insurance policy for any reasons.
Which statement is/are corect?
a) Iand I
b) I and I
c) I Only
d) I Only
Ans. c
56. Consider the folowing statements in context of Web Index 2014 that was released on 10
December 2014.
I. The Web Index measures the internet's contribution to social, economic and politcal progres in the
world.
I. India ranks at he 48th with 48.6 score in the index.
Which is the corect statement(s)?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both I& I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
57. Who won the Confucius Peace Prize 2014 recently which is also considered as Chinese Nobel
Prize?
a) Yi Cheng
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Vladimir Putin
d) Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Ans. d
58. Who on 1 December 2014 suceded Anthony Banbury as the head of UN Mision for Ebola
Emergency Response?
a) Marat Aldangorovich Sarsembaev
b) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
c) Javier Perez de Cuelar
d) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ans. d
59. The 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitivenes Index was released on 8 December 2014 by World
Economic Forum (WEF) under which theme?
a) Reducing Bariers to Economic Growth and Job Creation
b) Environmental sustainabilty
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d) Health and hygiene
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60. Which Indian cricket commentator was recently appointed by Tourism Australia as brand
ambasador?
a) Harsha Bhogle
b) Ravi Shastri
c) Sunil Gavaskar
d) Saurav Ganguly
Ans. a
61. Which country won the Hockey Champions Trophy for the year 2014?
a) Germany
b) Australia
c) Pakistan
d) India
Ans. b
62. Who won the Mis World title for the year 2014 in December 2014?
a) Megan Young
b) Rolene Straus
c) Elizabeth Safrit
d) Edina Kulcsar
Ans. b
63. Name the Indian participant in Mis World 2014 competition
a) Vanya Mishra
b) Priyanka Chopra
c) Koyal Rana
d) Navnet Kaur Dhilon
Ans. c
64. China recently developed a long-range and non-lethal Pain Beam weapon. Name it?
a) Active Denial System
b) Hotwave system
c) Poly WB-1
d) None of the above
Ans. c
65. Global Ilicit Financial Flows Report 2014 was released on 15 December 2014 by
a) Mody's Corporation
b) The World Bank
c) Global Financial Integrity
d) International Monetary Fund
Ans. c
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Ocupants) Act, 1971?
I. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Ocupants) Act, 1971 has never ben amended before.
I. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Ocupants) Amendment Bil, 2014 redefines public
premises to include the companies in which at least 51 percent of the paid-up share capital is held by
Central and state governments.
Which of the statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. b
67. Who on 15 December 2014 was appointed as the 16th Pakistan Ambasador to the United
Nations?
a) Masod Khan
b) Syeda Abida Husain
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Maleha Lodhi
Ans. d
68. Who on 15 December 2014 was appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of America?
a) Vivek Halegere Murthy
b) Boris Lushniak
c) Walter Wyman
d) Regina Benjamin
Ans. a
69. Consider the folowing statements regarding Google's Year in Search Report 2014.
I. Acording to Gogle's Top Trending Global Searches, searches for the late actor Robin Wiliams
toped the list.
I. Elections 2014 toped the list of top Trending Searches in India.
Which of the folowing statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither I nor I
Ans. c
70. The historic Geta Pres announced its lockout for an indefinite period because
a) It failed to market its publications in the markets.
b) Clashes betwen the management and employes over wage isues
c) Conflicts betwen the trustes of the pres
d) Al of the above
Ans. b
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Santander UK Bank?
a) Nina Davuluri
b) Renu Khator
c) Shrit Vadera
d) Subra Sudesh
Ans. c
72. Consider the folowing statements regarding Global status report on violence prevention 2014.
I. Global status report on violence prevention 2014 is aimed to describe the state of the problem of
interpersonal violence worldwide.
I. The report reveals that 47500 people were murdered in 2012 and homicide is the third leading cause
of death globaly for males aged 15–4 years.
Which of the above statement(s) is not corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. d
73. The Reserve Bank of India on 17 December 2014 imposed monetary penalty on two banks for
violation of its instructions regarding norms on Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money
Laundering (AML). Name the banks.
a) ICICI bank and State Bank of Patiala
b) ICICI bank and Bank of Baroda
c) Axis bank and State Bank of India
d) Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India
Ans. b
74. ISRO recently test-fired GSLV Mark-I from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
GSLV Mark-I is?
a) A educational satelite
b) Heaviest rocket of India
c) A satelite launched to study ozone over earth
d) A re-entry module
Ans. b
75. To check cros-border influx of ilegal Bangladeshis into Asam, Supreme Court on 17
December 2014 directed the Union Government to complete fencing work along Indo-Bangladesh
border within?
a) Thre-months
b) Six-months
c) Nine-months
d) Twelve-months
Ans. a
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www.jbigdeal.com76. Name the world’s first twin and siblings who on 16 December 2014 achieved the feat of
climbing the highest peaks of the seven continents.
a) Tashi and Nungshi Malik
b) Khusi and Aparajita Agarwal
c) Liam and Aidan O'Donel
d) Jason and Kristopher Simmons
Ans. b
7. Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games mascot have ben named as
a) Vinicius and Tom
b) Oba and Eba
c) Tiba Tuque and Esquindim
d) Oba and Tom
Ans. a
78. The Lok Sabha on 16 December 2014 pased the National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws
(Special Provisions) Amendment Bil, 2014. The Bil seks to amend
a) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 205
b) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 209
c) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 201
d) National Capital Teritory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2013
Ans. c
79. Name the Marathi film that was nominated in the Best Picture Category of the 87th Academy
Awards, popularly known as Oscars
a) Shwas
b) Ek Hazarachi Note
c) Kapus Kondyachi Goshta
d) Fandry
Ans. c
80. Name the person, who was recently appointed as Director of the Inteligence Bureau (IB)?
a) Arun Majumdar
b) Nehchal Sandhu
c) Syed Asif Ibrahim
d) Dineshwar Sharma
Ans. d
81. Name the winner of 2014 London Clasic Ches title
a) Anish Gir
b) Viswanathan Anand
c) Michael Adams
d) Fabiano Caruana
Ans. b
82. 14th Finance Commision on 15 December 2014 submited its report to the President of India.
Name the person who headed the commision
a) Vijay L. Kelkar
b) YV Redy
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d) KC Neogy
Ans. b
83. Name the corporate group that in the second wek of December 2014 acquired the iconic old
war ofice building of Winston Churchil of Britain.
a) Hinduja Group
b) Arcelor Mital Group
c) Tata Group
d) Reliance Group
Ans. a
84. Name the Indian-American who on 17 December 2014 was appointed as the Federal judge of
district of Columbia?
a) Susan Graber
b) Amit Priyavadan Mehta
c) Richard Verma
d) Shrit Vadera
Ans. b
85. Who was appointed as the first Chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commision on 17
December 2014?
a) Chita Ranjan Biswal
b) Samedur Rahman
c) Ranjit Borthakur
d) Ghanta Chakrapani
Ans. d
86. Consider the folowing statements regarding Companies (Amendment) Bil 2014.
I. Companies (Amendment) Bil, 2014 proposes to exempt corporate from the ned to get shareholders'
nod in the case of related party transactions valued lower than 10 crore rupes.
I. The bil does not prescribe punishments for those raising ilegal deposits from the public.
Which of the above statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
87. Who was recently appointed as the first female bishop of the Church of England?
a) Reverend Liby Lane
b) Reverend Katharine Jeferts
c) Reverend Barbara Clementine
d) Reverend Marjorie Mathews
Ans. a
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www.jbigdeal.com8. Lens-fre on-chip Microscope was primarily developed to
a) image samples that are transparent o the eye
b) magnify images of smal samples
c) image pathology samples
d) Al of the above
Ans. c
89. Consider the folowing statements regarding the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bil, 2014.
I. The Bil brings e-carts and e-rickshaws under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act, 198.
I. The Bil states that he driver licences can be isued for e-cart or e-rickshaw in the same maner as for
light motor vehicle.
Which of the above statement(s) is corect?
a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. a
90. Who recently won the Quen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014?
a) John Agard
b) Douglas Dun
c) Imtiaz Dharker
d) Fleur Adcock
Ans. c
91. Name the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand who was sworn-in as tenth Chief Minister
of the State on 28 December 2014?
a) Louis Marandi
b) Nelkanth Singh Munda
c) Chandra Prakash Choudhary
d) Raghubar Das
Ans. d
92. Pompadour Gren Pigeon, a native of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka was spoted on 28
December 2014 over a Bar tre (Ficus bengalensis) of Barkheda vilage in Rajasthan. What is the
scientific name of Pompadour Gren Pigeon?
a) Treron pompadora
b) Ectopistes migratorius
c) Columba livia
d) Zenaidura macroura
Ans. a
93. Name the photojournalist who died on 26 December 2014? He was aclaimed for chronicling
Indo-US relations from Washington DC, for more than half-a-century.
a) Ritam Banerje
b) Pablo Bartholomew
c) Darogha Ubas Ali
d) Rajan Devadas
Ans. d
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www.jbigdeal.com94. Operation Al Out was in news on 23 December 2014. What is it?
a) International army operation against ISIS miltants
b) International operation to discover AirAsia flight hat went mising
c) Indian Army operation to flush out Bodo miltants in Asam
d) Cricket operation to ban players suspected of beting and fixing
Ans. c
95. Name the former left handed batsman of England who died on 25 December 2014 at the age of
79?
a) Geof Pular
b) Fred Spoforth
c) Herbert Sutclife
d) Arthur Mailey
Ans. a
96. India observed National Mathematics Day on 2 December 2014 to commemorate birth
anniversary of
a) Nilakantha Somayaji
b) Satyendra Nath Bose
c) Srinivasa Ramanujan
d) Aryabhata
Ans. c
97. Board of Control for Cricket in India on 28 December 2014 banned an Indian bowler from
bowling in competitive matches after his bowling action was found ilegal. Name the bowler who
was banned?
a) Abhinav Bali
b) Pragyan Ojha
c) Sresanth
d) Amit Yadav
Ans. b
98. Which country on 20 December 2014 won the men’s title of the fifth edition of Kabaddi World
Cup 2014 held in Punjab?
a) Pakistan
b) New Zealand
c) India
d) Denmark
Ans. c
9. To bring transparency and curb iregularities in the state administration, State Government of
Maharashtra on 18 December 2014 decided to make e-tendering compulsory for projects over
what amount?
a) 3 lakh rupes
b) 5 lakh rupes
c) 10 lakh rupes
d) 15 lakh rupes
Ans. a
10. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on 19 December 2014 announced that it had
partnered with a company to transform Surat into a smart city. Name the company/institution?
a) Infosys
b) Tata Consultancy Services
c) Mindtre
d) Microsoft India
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101. The women’s title of the fifth edition of the Kabaddi World Cup 2014 was won by India on 20
December 2014. India defeated which country to win the title?
a) Spain
b) Pakistan
c) New Zealand
d) Australia
Ans. b
102. US and NATO on 28 December 2014 oficialy ended their combat mision in Afghanistan and
replaced it with training and support mision under the name
a) Resolute Suport
b) Resolute Peace
c) Enduring Suport
d) Enduring Peace
Ans. a
103. What was the level of Foreign Exchange Reserves in India on 26 December 2014 as revealed
by RBI Data on Foreign Exchange?
a) 320 bilion US dolars
b) 295 bilion US dolars
c) 30 bilion US dolars
d) 272 bilion US dolars
Ans. a
104. As revealed by Union Ministry of Law and Justice on 28 December 2014, how many States
have ratified the National Judicial Appointments Commision Bil, 2014?
a) 14
b) 15
c) 16
d) 17
Ans. c
105. Dubai Customs on 28 December 2014 released the trade data for the first nine months of
2014. In this context consider the folowing statements
I. India is the second largest rading partner of Dubai after China
I. Among Arab nations, India is the largest rading partner with trade volume of 10 bilion US dolars
Which is/are corect?
a) IOnly
b) I Only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. c
106. Name the country where first municipal elections were held in 60 years on 27 December 2014.
a) Cuba
b) North Korea
c) China
d) Myanmar
Ans. d
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Laboratory in Pasadena, California was in news on 19 December 2014. In this context, consider
the folowing statements.
I. Gecko gripers are adhesive griping tol with characteristic feature of permanent stickines
I. These gripers wil grab space debris by using the van der Wals force
Which is/are corect?
a) IOnly
b) I Only
c) Both Iand I
d) Neither Inor I
Ans. b
108. Union Government announced on 24 December 2014 to confer the Bharat Ratna on which two
personalities?
a) P V Narasimha Rao and Den Dayal Upadhayay
b) Atal Bihari Vajpaye and Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Den Dayal Upadhayay and Atal Behari Vajpaye
d) Madan Mohan Malaviya and Den Dayal Upadhayay
Ans. b
109. Name the country which on 2 December 2014 launched the construction of an inter-oceanic
canal inking the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?
a) Panama
b) Costa Rica
c) Nicaragua
d) Canada
Ans. c
10. Consider the folowing statements on global Arms Trade Treaty that came into force on 24
December 2014.
I.t aims to regulate the industry and kep weapons out of the hands of human rights violators worldwide
I. It is the first major arms acord since the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 196
I. The treaty has ben signed by 130 countries and ratifed by 60 countries, including India
Which is/are corect?
a) Iand I
b) I and I
c) Iand I
d) Al of the above
Ans. a
11. What is the name of the Commite constituted by Union government on 23 December 2014
to examine the posibilty of constitution of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe anti-Sikh
riots of 1984?
a) Justice Nanavati Commision
b) Justice Mathur Commite
c) Justice Khosla Commite
d) Justice V K Iyer Commite
Ans. b
12. Nepal on 23 December 2014 signed agrement with which country to expand the use of local
curency for border trade?
a) India
b) Bangladesh
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d) China
Ans. d
13. As per the announcement of the Union government on 2 December 2014, which State is
going to host the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in January 2015?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Chatisgarh
d) Delhi
Ans. b
14. Consider the folowing statements on STAP technique of stem cels which was in news due
to resignation of Japanese stem cel scientists on 19 December 2014.
I. STAP stands for Stimulus-trigered acquisiton of pluripotency
I. It requires neither nuclear transfer nor the introduction of transcription factors
I. In this pluripotent stem cels are generated by subjecting ordinary cels to certain types of stres
IV. The stres includes either the aplication of a bacterial toxin or submersion in a weak acid or physical
squezing
Which is/are corect?
a) I, I and I
b) I, I and IV
c) I, I and IV
d) Al of the above
Ans. d
15. Who headed the Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable
Energy which submited its report to the Union Ministry of Power and Coal on 2 December 2014?
a) Suresh Prabhu
b) Pratyush Sinha
c) Partho Bhatacharya
d) Valabh Bhansali
Ans. a
16. Which one is the incorect definition of Non-Cooperative Borower as defined in the RBI
Guidelines on Non-Cooperative Borower isued on 2 December 2014?
a) who does not engage constructively with his lender by defaulting in timely repayment of dues while
having abilty to pay
b) who thwarts lenders’ eforts for recovery of their dues by not providing necesary information sought
c) who have agregate fund-based and non-fund based facilties of 10 crore rupes from the concerned
bank/financial instiution (FI)
d) Al of the above definitons are incorect
Ans. c
17. Name the space mision that has ben named as the Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by
Journal Science on 19 December 2014
a) New Horizon
b) Roseta
c) Mangalyan
d) Hayabusa 2
Ans. b
18. What is the name of the world’s smalest hearing aid developed by an international team of
researchers in the fourth wek of December 2014?
c) Nanoplug
d) Zivicplug
Ans. c
19. Who on 2 December 2014 won the Tunisian Presidential Elections?
a) Moncef Marzouki
b) Beji Caid Esebsi
c) Habib Bourguiba
d) Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Ans.b
120. India exported first warship to Mauritius on 20 December 2014. What is the name?
a) CGS Baracuda
b) INS Sukanya
c) INS Sumitra
d) CGS Varaha
A c
notes by faisal yafai . lecturer in commerce at adilabad.
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