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Q - 1 .RBI has released its guidelines for entry of new banks in the private sector in the month of February 2013. One of the norms is at least a prescribed percentage of branches of new bank should be set in unbanked rural centres with a population of upto 9,999 people. What is the percentage of such branches prescribed in the norms?

10%
15%
18%
25%

Q - 2 .The first Adaptation Gap Report on Climate Change was recently released by

World Bank
United Nations Development Organisation
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Environment Programme

Q - 3 .Who was appointed as the first Chairman of Telangana State Public Service Commission on 17 December 2014?

Chitta Ranjan Biswal
Samedur Rahman
Ranjit Borthakur
Ghanta Chakrapani

Q - 4 .In banking business, when the borrowers avail a Term Loan, initially they are given a repayment holiday and this is referred as-

Subsidy
Interest Water
Re-phasing
Interest concession

Q - 5 .Which of the following would be the first state to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), an initiative of the United Nations?

Gujarat
Haryana
Punjab
Rajasthan

Q - 6 .Consider the following statements regarding Googles Year in Search Report 2014. I. According to Googles Top Trending Global Searches, searches for the late actor Robin Williams topped the list. II. Elections 2014 topped the list of top Trending Searches in India. Which of the following statement(s) is correct?

Only I
Only II
Both I and II
Neither I nor II

Q - 7 .Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was test-fired from a naval ship off the Odisha coast on 14 November 2014. Dhanush is a naval variant of India s indigenously-developed missile?

Akash
Prithvi
Nirbhay
Trishul

Q - 8 .Recently, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, has become the first female President of ____?

Croatia
Greece
Ireland
Chile

Q - 9 .To check cross-border influx of illegal Bangladeshis into Assam, Supreme Court on 17 December 2014 directed the Union Government to complete fencing work along Indo-Bangladesh border within?

Three-months
Six-months
Nine-months
Twelve-months

Q - 10 .Deodhar Trophy of cricket for the season 2014-15 was won by?

East Zone
West Zone
South Zone
North Zone

Q - 11 .As per RBI guidelines, banks can allow minors above ___ years to independently open and operate saving banks accounts. Fill the blanks with correct option?

8
10
12
14

Q - 12 .The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 5 December 2014 approved the proposed 4 billion dollars merger of Ranbaxy with which pharmaceutical company ?

Abbott Laboratories
Sun Pharmaceutical
Pfizer
GlaxoSmithKline

Q - 13 .Name the personalised video creation tool that was launched by the Social networking website Facebook on 13 November 2014?

Thanks giving
Give Thanks
Say Thanks
Thank you

Q - 14 .Recently, Ranil Wickeramasinghe was sworn in as new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He is the ___ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Fill the blank with correct option?

6th
8th
10th
12th

Q - 15 .Banking Ombudsman is appointed by-

Government of India
State Governments
RBI
ECGC

Q - 16 .Which Organisation has won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering Category from the US based National Space Society?

NASA
ISRO
SANSA
UKSA

Q - 17 .Name the person who was awarded with Jnanpith award for the year 2013?

Kunwar Narayan
Amar Kant
Sri Lal Sukla
Kedarnath Singh

Q - 18 .India observed Public Service Broadcasting Day on?

12-Oct
12-Nov
12-Dec
12-Jan

Q - 19 .What is the name of the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who was presented with the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr. Award on 18th January 2015 in Washington?

Bobby Jindal
Frank Islam
Rahul Richard
Ram Reddy

Q - 20 .Habeas Corpus Act 1679

states that no one was to be imprisoned without a writ or warrant stating the charge against him
provided facilities to a prisoner to obtain either speedy trial or release in bail
safeguarded the personal liberties of the people against arbitrary imprisonment by the king's orders
All of the above

Q - 21 .Name the Indian runner and Asian Games medalist who made a memorable marathon debut at 12th edition of Mumbai by breaking the 19-year-old national mark of Vally Satyabhama to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing later this year?

Khushbir Kaur
O P Jaisha
Priyanka Pawar
Tintu Luka

Q - 22 .Name the Indian participant in Miss World 2014 competition

Vanya Mishra
Priyanka Chopra
Koyal Rana
Navneet Kaur Dhillon

Q - 23 .Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

developed the telescope
discovered four satellites of Jupiter
discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement
All of Above

Q - 24 .Headquater of Bank of Maharashtra is located at

Pune
Maharashtra
Delhi
Banglore

Q - 25 .The Ken River flows through which of the following two states?

MadhyaPradesh and Maharashtra
Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Q - 26 .Who on 15 December 2014 was appointed as the 19th Surgeon General of America?

Vivek Hallegere Murthy
Boris Lushniak
Walter Wyman
Regina Benjamin

Q - 27 .Name the photojournalist who died on 26 December 2014? He was acclaimed for chronicling Indo-US relations from Washington DC, for more than half-a-century.

Ritam Banerjee
Pablo Bartholomew
Darogha Ubbas Alli
Rajan Devadas

Q - 28 .Interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is known as-

Deposit Rate
Base Rate
Prime Lending Rate
Bank Rate

Q - 29 .Lens-free on-chip Microscope was primarily developed to

image samples that are transparent to the eye
magnify images of small samples
image pathology samples
All of the above

Q - 30 .Name the West Bengal Minister for Refugee Rehabilitation who joined the BJP on 15th Jan 15?

Manjul Krishna Thakur
Subrata Mukherjee
Upen Biswas
Shyam Mukherjee

Q - 31 .Which search engine launched its flight search tool in India on 13 January 2015, that allows users to find and compare airfares online and book tickets directly?

Yahoo
Google
Bing
Ask

Q - 32 .The Mount Cook is the tallest peak of which country?

New Zealand
Australia
Netherland
Russia

Q - 33 .The sales tax you pay while purchasing a toothpaste is a __:

Tax imposed by the Central Government
Tax imposed by the Central Government but collected by the State Government
Tax imposed by the State Government but collected by the Central Government
Tax imposed and collected by the State Government

Q - 34 .First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christian Bernard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in

1967
1968
1958
1922

Q - 35 .Name the football club that won the Durand Cup in November 2014.

Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
Pune FC
Salgaocar FC

Q - 36 .Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

USA
Fiji
India
UK

Q - 37 .Which among the following bodies conducts the Sample Registration System (SRS) Survey, the largest demographic survey to estimate fertility and mortality rates in the country?

NSSO
Registrar General of India
Ministry of Health
Home Ministry

Q - 38 .Name the person who was recently appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Acharya Shivpoojan Sahay
Ranjit Sinha
Anil Kumar Sinha
Sharad Kumar

Q - 39 .The scientific term Fallstreak Hole Cloud was in news recently because

It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Britain
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Burma
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of Australia
It appeared in the sky over Gippsland in eastern Victoria of New Zealand

Q - 40 .As per the latest survey, which among the following states has registered maximum Crude Birth Rate (CBR) in the country?

Jharkhand
Kerala
Bihar
Odisha

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