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71.        The Madhya Pradesh Government has launched test flights of ‘Conservation Drones’ On 10th January, 2014.This is the first time that such aircraft, quipped with cameras and GPS, are being used in the state. What is the purpose for which it is launched?

a)      To track poachers of endangered tigers at panna tiger reserve.

b)      To keep an eye on cross- border trade.

c)       To control insurgent activities in disturbed areas.

d)      To conserve state’s biodiversity.

72.       Maharashtra cabinet recently gave approval to the Dry land Farming mission. Consider the following statements about the scheme.

i.                     It is a central government Scheme under Bharat Nirman Campaign.

ii.                   It s to be implemented over the next ten years.

iii.                  The headquarters of the mission will be located in Mumbai.

iv.                 It will beaded by a government official.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

a)      Only 1

b)      1,2and 3

c)       2 and 4

d)      3 and 4

73.       Which of the following State became the fist State to provide universal health coverage to its population?

a)      Andhra Pradesh

b)      Gujarat

c)       Karnataka

d)      Kerala

74.       Indian researchers have developed an eco – friendly method to help silkworms spin fluorescent, coloured silk, by feeling them dyed mulberry leaves. The practive of breeding of silkworm is known as

a)      Horticulture

b)      Sericulture

c)       Wormicultrure

d)      Floriculture

75.       India signed a labour cooperation agreement on 2nd January, 2014 that will over about a quarter of the 28 lakh Indian expartiates working there. With which of the following country India has signed this agreement?

a)      Saudi Arabia

b)      Oman

c)       The USE

d)      Syria

76.       A programme of rural water supply and sanitation project for low income states (RWSSP – LIS) is approved by the cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Asom. Consider the following statements about the Schemes.

i.                     The scheme will be implemented from World Bank assistance over a period of six years.

ii.                   The strengthening and empowering of panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) is a key feature of scheme.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

a)      Only1

b)      Only 2

c)       Both 1 and 2

d)      None of the above.

77.       a committee, headed by Nachiket Mor, on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low – income households was set – up bye the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Consider the following statements about the recommendations of the committee

i.                     Every resident should be issued a universal Electronic bank Account (UEBA) on request.

ii.                   Priority sector lending target of 50% against the current requirement of 40%.
iii.                  Creation of a State Finance Regulatory commission (SFRC).

Which of the Statements given above is/are correct?

a)      1 and 2

b)      2 and 3

c)       1 and 3

d)      1,2 and 3

78.       Voluntary compliance encouragement scheme (VCES), launched by the Government of India, and witnessed a great success. It was started with the aim of

a)      Increasing compliance to traffic ruiles

b)      Encourage elderly people

c)       Broadening tax base

d)      Preventing money laundering.

79.       The government has granted environmental clearance to POSCO’s 512000 crore steel plant in Odisha, the largest ever RDI project in India. From which of the following country POSCO belongs to?

a)      Maldives

b)      South Korea

c)       Japan

d)      The USA

80.   Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has set – up ten member committee to look into having 100% foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Insurance intermediaries and Third party Administrators (TPAs).Who is the head of the committee?

a)      Suresh Mathur

b)      Vijay Kelkar

c)       J Harinarayan

d)      Nachiket Mor

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61.       The United Nations Environment programme (UNEP) has issued a warning about the nitrous oxide, which is now biggest threat to the ozone layer. Which among the following is the biggest human activity that causes maximum nitrous oxide emission?

a)      Mining

b)      Automobiles

c)       Agriculture

d)      Industries.

62.       Who among the following has written the book the siege the Attack on the Taj’?
a)      Adrian Levy

b)      Cathy scott-clark

c)       Both ’a’ and ‘b’

d)      James Mcbridg

63.       The first phase of providing free compact fluorescent light bulbs to over 14 lakh hut – dwellers was launched by a state Government with an aim of saving 40 MW of power.
Which of the following states has launched this scheme?

a)      Andhra Pradesh

b)      Tamil Nadu

c)       Karnataka

d)      Kerala

64.       Energy manor ‘oil India limited’ has signed an agreement with institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) to carry out a feasibility study as a part of corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.

The agreement relates to which of the following sectors

a)      Dairy sector

b)      Agriculture sector

c)       Skill; development

d)      Banking sector in rural areas.

65.       Who became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcaua, the highest mountain of America?

a)      Arunima singh

b)      Tyler Armstrong

c)       Rudolph ajckson

d)      Saunim day

66.       The government of Maharashtra has rolled out jeevan Amrit Yoga across the state. It is the ambitious plan, first – of – its – kind in the country. It aims at first – of – its – kind in the country. It aims at

a)      Facilitating blood supply to patients

b)      Providing subsidence food to BPL

c)       Providing drinking water

d)      All of the above.

67.       Basamati rice (produced in Madhya Pradesh) will reach to every part of world as it has awarded with the national areditation by geographical indication registry, Chennai, what is geographical indication?

a)      Name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location

b)      A type of patent right

c)       Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

d)      None of the above

68.       The government approved the proposal of the Ministry of power for operation allocation of the power system Development fund (PADF) on 2ndjanuary, 2014. In which of the following areas, the fund will be utilized?

a)      Creating necessary transmission systems

b)      Installation of shunt capacitors

c)       Renovation and modernization (R and M) of transmission and distribution systems

d)      All of the above

69.       The union ministry of Human Resource announced a new mallana Azad Taleem – E Belgian scheme on 5th January, 2014.consider the following statements about the scheme

1.       It is launched of minorities only

2.       Minorities girl were given special consideration

           Which of the statements given above is / are correct

a)      Only 1 

b)   only 2

b)      Both 1 and 2

c)       None of  the above

70.   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the continuation of the Mill Gate Price scheme (MGPS). The scheme is related to which of the following sectors?

a)      Agriculture

b)      Handloom

c)       Pharma

d)      None of these.

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51.       Apart from India, which of the following countries have launched missions to mars?

i.                     The USA

ii.                   Japan

iii.                  China

iv.                 Italy

v.                   Russia

      Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.

a)      1, 3 and 4

b)      2, 4 and 5

c)       1,2,3, and 5

d)      All of these

52.       The scientist from which of the following countries have developed the world’s first vaccine for bird flu H7n9 virus?

a)      Japan

b)      The USA

c)       China

d)      The UK

53.       Consider the following statements about Sachin Tendulkar and Choose the correct statements from the odes given below
.
i.                     He is the first sportsperson to receive the Bharat Ratna.

ii.                   He ws nominated to Raiya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament of India in 2012.

iii.                  He scored his first ODI century on 9th September, 1994 against England in Sri lanka at Colombo.

iv.                 He has been awarded with Padma Shri and Padma Vibhusan awards in 1999 and 200 respectively.

Codes

a)      1, 2 and 3

b)      3 and 4

c)       1, 2 and 4

d)      All of these

54.       Which of the following countries will host the 2018  Men’s and Women’s Hockey world cup, respectively?

a)      India and Australia

b)      Australia and Russia

c)       England and India

d)      India and England

55.       Who among the following has become the first Indian to win the Indonesia Opoen (Gulf)?

a)      Anirban Lahiri

b)      Gaganjeet Bhullar

c)       Shiv Kapur

d)      Jyoti Randhawa

56.       The researchers at University of Toronto have discovered a new greenhouse gas that is 7000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide to cause greenhouse effect which causes warming to the Earth, the name of the newly discovered gas is

a)      PTFBA (per Tri fluoro Butyl Amine)

b)      PETBA (per Fluoro Tri Butyl Amine)

c)       PBTFA (per Fluoro Tri Butyl Amine)

d)      PABTF (per Amine Buty] Tri Fluoro)

57.       ‘Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in ph of Earth ocean’s caused by uptake of which of the following gas?

a)      Sulphur dioxide

b)      Nitrogen

c)       Oxide

d)      Carbon dioxide

e)      Methane

58.       ‘Long walk to Freedom’ is an autobiographical work written by

a)      George W Bush

b)      Abraham Lincon

c)       Nelson Mandela

d)      Vladimir Putin

59.       Who among the following has won UN human rights prize 2013?

a)      Kofi annan

b)      Malala Yousafzai

c)       Angele Merkel

d)      Nelson Mandela

60.   In which of the following countries, the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine has been discovered?

a)      Sri lanka

b)      Nepal

c)       Pakistan

d)      China

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41.       Which of the following countries has agreed to include a limitation of Benefits (LoB) clause in its revised tax treaty with India?

a)      China

b)      Switzerland

c)       Japan

d)      Mauritius

42.       Which of the following banks has launched its new insurance – linked savings account scheme ‘AB jeevan abhaya plus’?

a)      State bank of India

b)      Punjab National bank

c)       Axis Bank 

d)      Andhra Bank

43.       The ‘city next’ an initiative to leverage technology for sustainable growth of cities in India, has been launched by

a)      Face book

b)      IBM

c)       Yahoo

d)      Microsoft

44.       To which one of the following countries, India has provided 100 crore as a grant to Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP)?

a)      Sri lanka

b)      Pakistan

c)       Bhutan

d)      Bangladesh

45.       In which of the following countries, world’s first publicity accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency (Bit coins) for and official currency has eenlaunched?

a)      France

b)      Canada

c)       Japan

d)      The USA

46.       Which among the following supersonic fighter jets has been phased out from the Indian air force?

a)      SU – 30

b)      SU – 72

c)       MiG – 72

d)      MiG – 21 FL

47.       The ‘Operation ice bridge’ is a NASA mission that that aims to monitor changes in polar ice on which of the following planets?

a)      Saturn

b)      Jupiter

c)       Earth

d)      Mars

48.       The world’s largest concentrated Solar power (CSP) project based on (CLFR) compact linear freshet reflector technology is coming in which State?

a)      Gujarat

b)      Madhya Pradesh

c)       Tamil Nadu

d)      Rajasthan

49.       In which of the following countries, the Volocopter, the world’s first green helicopter which is noiseless an emission free, has been launched?

a)      The USA

b)      The UK

c)       Russia

d)      Germany

50.   Which of the following supercomputers has retained its place at the top of a list the world’s most p powerful systems?

a)      Sequoia

b)      Piz daint

c)       Tital

d)      Tianbe – 2

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31.       The 23rd commonwealth heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was held 15-17, 2013, has adopted which of the following three Independent declarations?

a)      Youth, Industry and Environment

b)      Youth, International Trade and Inclusive Development

c)       Industry, Individual and Development.

d)      Youth, International Trade and Sustainable Development.

32.       Which of the following countries has announced that it had set – up an ‘Air Defence Identification zone’ over East China Sea?

a)      Vietnam

b)      Japan

c)       China

d)      Taiwan

33.       India has mandated visitors from which among the following countries to take oral polio Vaccination before travelling here?

a)      Iran

b)      Pakistan

c)       Afghanistan

d)      Sri Lanka

34.       The European Union (EU) has imposed a blanket ban on all airlines from which of the following countries to the into the 28 – nation bloc?

a)      Sri lanka

b)      Pakistan

c)       Nepal

d)      Bangladesh

35.       Which of the following countries has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana (drug)?

a)      Sri lanka

b)      Pakistan

c)       Bangladesh

d)      China

36.       The ‘Akhaura’ is the first multipurpose integrated check post along the India and which among the following countries?

a)      Nepal

b)      Pakistan

c)       Bangladesh

d)      China

37.       Which of the following neighboring countries of India has decided to cut the size of its army by reducing the number of non – combatant personnels?

a)      Sri lanka

b)      Pakistan

c)       Bangladesh

d)      China

38.       Which of the following countries has become Europe’s first country to allow babies with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neigh her male nor female?

a)      France

b)      Georgia

c)       Germany

d)      Sweden

39.       Which of the following foreign banks has been granted liecence to start its banking operations in India?

a)      Barclays bank

b)      Kookmin

c)       Bank

d)      Dopha

e)      Bank

f)       Bank of Japan

40.   Google has opened it first ever date centres in Asia to boost its growth further in the region. The two new centres are based in.

a)      Singapore and India

b)      India and China

c)       Taiwan and China

d)      Taiwan and Singapore

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