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Current Affairs (April 1 - 7) Bit bank
1 . The Nort h At lant ic Tre at y Organis at ion (NATO) s us pe nde d it s t ie s wit h
whic h of t he following c ount rie s in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Afghanistan 2) Russia 3) Ukraine 4) Pakistan

2 . A Two-day me e t ing of NATO Fore ign Minis t e rs was he ld in whic h of t he
following c it ie s in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Brussels 2) Amsterdam 3) London 4) Washington D.C.

3 . The RBI on 2 April, 2 0 1 4 ke pt t he re po rat e unc hange d at ?
1) 9% 2) 7 % 3) 8 % 4) 4 %

4 . As pe r t he Annual Surve y of Indus t rie s (ASI) findings for 2 0 1 1 -1 2 , whic h
s t at e in India has t he maximum numbe r of fac t orie s ?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Maharashtra 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Gujarat

5 . The 1 0 0 t h birt h annive rs ary of t he Nobe l Prize winning aut hor Oc t avio
Paz Lozano was c e le brat e d re c e nt ly. He was a writ e r from?
1) Cuba 2) Mexico 3) Venezuela 4) Bolivia

6 . Manue l Valls be c ame Prime Minis t e r t o whic h of t he following c ount rie s
on April 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Netherlands 2) Spain 3) France 4) Poland

7 . Who t ook ove r as t he c hairman of Tre nt , t he re t ail arm of TATA group,
re c e nt ly?
1) Cyrus Mistry 2) Noel Tata
3) Ramesh N. Subramanyam 4) N. Chandrasekaran

8 . The 2 0 t h Wome n's Nat ional Foot ball c hampions hip will be he ld in whic h
of t he following s t at e s in April-May 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Assam 2) Manipur 3) Orissa 4) Goa
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9 . Who is ranke d World No. 1 in t he lat e s t rat ing lis t re le as e d by FIDE, t he
world c he s s gove rning body?
1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Levon Aronian
3) Viswanathan Anand 4) P.Harikrishna

1 0 . Who was appoint e d as RBI De put y Gove rnor for 3 ye ars in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Sumit Bose 2) R. Gandhi 3) Vijay kelkar 4) V. Kannan

1 1 . Ande rs Fogh Ras mus s e n is t he pre s e nt s e c re t ary ge ne ral of?
1) European Union 2) UNO 3) Commonwealth 4) NATO

1 2 . John Ke rry c o-c hairs t he Europe an Union-Unit e d St at e s Ene rgy
Counc il. He is t he Unit e d St at e s -
1) Vice President 2) Secretary of State
3) Defence Secretary 4) Treasury Secretary

1 3 . The Int e rnat ional As s oc iat ion of At hle t ic s Fe de rat ions (IAAF) has
rat ifie d t he gold me dal for Anju Bobby Ge orge at t he IAAF world
At hle t ic s final in Mont e Carlo in 2 0 0 5 . She won t he gold me dal in?
1) High jump 2) Long jump 3) Javelin Thrown 4) Discus Throw

1 4 . Gurdial Singh Sandhu has be e n nominat e d as a dire c t or on t he Re s e rve
Bank of India's c e nt ral board. He is -
1) Finance Secretary 2) Revenue Secretary
3) Economic Affairs Secretary 4) Financial Services Secretary

1 5 . RBI grant e d in-princ iple approval t o whic h t wo applic ant s on April 2 ,
2 0 1 4 ?
1) IFCI & IDFC
2) IFCI & Reliance capital
3) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Service Private Limited
4) Bandhan & Aditya Birla Nuvo
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1 6 . Whic h privat e bank launc he d 'As ha Home Loan a 3 0 -ye ar home loan
produc t for firs t t ime home buye rs in t he lowe r inc ome s e gme nt , on
April 2 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) ICICI Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) Yes Bank

17. The three-day long HINDU festival of Gangaur was held in April 2014 in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Kerala 3) West Bengal 4) Assam

1 8 . Whic h of t he following put int o orbit t he c ount ry's s e c ond navigat ion
s at e llit e , Indian Re gional Navigat ion Sat e llit e s ys t e m (IRNSS-IB) on
April 4 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) PSLV- C22 2) PSLV- C21 3) PSLV- C23 4) PSLV- C24

1 9 . Who is t he Dire c t or of Vikram Sarabhai Spac e Ce nt re , Trivandrum?
1) K. Radhakrishnan 2) M. Nageswara Rao
3) S. Rama Krishnan 4) A.S. Kiran Kumar

2 0 . Kumba Yala die d in April 2 0 1 4 . He was t he forme r pre s ide nt of-
1) Kenya 2) Malawi
3) Burkina Faso 4) Guinea-Bissau

2 1 . Marie - Louis e Cole iro was s worn in as t he pre s ide nt of whic h of t he
following Europe an Count rie s on April 4 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Macedonia 2) Monaco 3) Malta 4) Montenegro

2 2 . India-Ame ric an Sunil Sabharwal has be e n appoint e d as t he Unit e d
St at e s Alt e rnat e Exe c ut ive dire c t or of-
1) IMF 2) World Bank 3) WEF 4) WTO

2 3 . Rajiv B. Lall is t he e xe c ut ive c hairman of?
1) Shriram Capital 2) IDFC
3) Reliance Capital 4) Muthout Finance

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2 4 . Bandhan Financ ial Se rvic e s Privat e Limit e d is a Mic ro Financ e
Ins t it ut ion bas e d in-
1) Mumbai 2) Hyderabad 3) Kolkata 4) Chennai

2 5 . Doha Bank will be ope ning it s branc h in Mumbai in May 2 0 1 4 . The
bank is bas e d in. . .
1) Saudi Arabia 2) UAE 3) Qatar 4) Oman

2 6 . Whic h t e am won t he Sye d Mus ht aq Ali s out h zone T2 0 Tourname nt in
Vis akhapat nam in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Goa 2) Karnataka 3) Kerala 4) Tamil Nadu

2 7 . Who is t he c apt ain of t he Aus t ralian Wome n's c ric ke t t e am in t he ICC
wome n's world T2 0 ?
1) Charlotte Edwards 2) Sarah Taylor
3) Chloe Tyron 4) Meg Lanning

2 8 . Who was honoure d in Brit ain's Hous e of Commons in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Motilal Nehru 2) Chittaranjan Das
3) Rabindranath Tagore 4) Jawaharlal Nehru

2 9 . Who won t he me n's s ingle s t it le in t he Yone x Sunris e India Ope n
badmint on in Ne w De lhi on April 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Lee Chong wei 2) Chen Long
3) Parupalli Kashyap 4) Jan O Jorgensen

3 0 . Who won t he wome n's s ingle s t it le in t he Yone x Sunris e India ope n
badmint on in Ne w De lhi on April 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Wang Shixian 2) Li Xuerui 3) Wang Yihan 4) Saina Nehwal

3 1 . As ias large s t t ulip garde n was ope ne d on April 5 , 2 0 1 4 in?
1) Meghalaya 2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Sikkim
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3 2 . Who was c rowne d Fe mina Mis s India 2 0 1 4 in Mumbai on April 5 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Nikhile Nandgopal 2) Jhataleka Malhotra
3) Gail nicole De-silva 4) Koyal Rana

3 3 . Tungurahua Volc ano e rupt e d in April 2 0 1 4 . It is in-
1) Venezuela 2) Peru 3) Ecuador 4) Chile

34. Anne Hidalgo took office on April 5, 2014. She is the first female mayor of-
1) New York 2) Paris 3) Madrid 4) London

3 5 . A de al t o re novat e , e xpand and ope rat e t he Mac t an-Ce bu, Int e rnat ional
airport was awarde d t o India's GMR Infras t ruc t ure Lt d. and Me gawide
Cons t ruc t ion Corporat ion. This airport is in-
1) Philippines 2) Maldives 3) Singapore 4) Thailand

36. The total grid-connected solar capacity commissioned under the National
Solar Mission stood at how many megawatts as on March 31, 2014?
1) 2,2000 MW 2) 2,632 MW 3) 2,900 MW 4) 3,922 MW

3 7 . Whic h c ount ry won t he me n's ICC world T2 0 t it le at t he She r-e -Bangla
s t adium in Dhaka on April 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) India 2) South Africa 3) Srilanka 4) West Indies

3 8 . Whic h t e am won t he wome n's world T2 0 t it le for t he t hird c ons e c ut ive
t ime in Dhaka on April 6 , 2 0 1 4 ?
1) England 2) Australia 3) Sri Lanka 4) West Indies

3 9 . Vikt or Orban was re -e le c t e d as t he prime minis t e r of whic h of t he
following c ount rie s in April 2 0 1 4 ?
1) Serbia 2) Slovakia 3) Hungary 4) Slovenia


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4 0 . Whic h c ompany announc e d on April 7 , 2 0 1 4 t hat it would ac quire 1 0 0
pe rc e nt of Ranbaxy Laborat orie s ?
1) Lupin 2) Pfrizer
3) Dr. Reddy's labs 4) Sun Pharma

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