1.

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a)
b)
c)
D)

Who was recently awarded with the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times

2.
a)
b)
c)
D)

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Myanmar President Thein Sein
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI

3. Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on earth's

lower mantle known as
a) Calcite
b) Aragonite
c) Muscovite
D) BRIDGMANITE
4. Name the places that will be connected by the China-Pakistan Economic Corrido
r which was inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 29 November 2
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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-occupied Kashmir
d) Lahore in Pakistan with Shanghai in China
5.
a)
b)
C)
d)

Who on 30 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay?

Jose Mujica
Luis Lacalle Pou
TABARE RAMON VAZQUEZ ROSAS
Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herran

6. State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 villages of a dis

trict as completely or partially scarcity affected. Name the district?
a) Bhuj
B) KUTCH
c) Mandvi
d) Adipur
7. Indian Navy in the first week of December 2014 selected a company to fulfill
the service s Multi-Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface
warfare among other maritime roles. Name the company.
a) Finmeccanica
b) AgustaWestland
C) SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP
d) Rafael
8. Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on 6 December 2014. The day is
observed to pay tribute to whom of the following?
a) Lord Buddha
B) DR BR AMBEDKAR
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Rajendra Prasad
9. Union Government on 5 December 2014 sent five Indian Air Force (IAF) transpor
t aircraft and one naval vessel carrying 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
10. A State Government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps without pr
ior approval of district civil surgeons. Name the state that banned health camps
?
A) PUNJAB
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Bihar
d) Meghalaya
11. Air India on 4 December 2014 signed an MoU for implementation of the monetis
ation of assets 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 Alliance
d) Boeing
12. Justice V. R. Iyer died on 4 December 2014 at the age of 100. Which of the f
ollowing statement is/are true in context of this personality?
I. He was born in 1914 at Vaidyanathapuram near Palakkad, in Malabar region of K
erala in a Tamil Brahmin family
II. He is the last but one Supreme Court judge who have previously served as a p
olitician
III. He served as the Home Minister in the first Communist Ministry in Kerala.
IV. He never served as a Law Commission Chairman
a) Only Statement I is only true
b) Only Statement IV is only true
c) Only Statement I, II and III are true
d) All four statements are true
13. Raninder Singh an accomplished international level trap shooter was in news
in December 2014 for
a) Becoming the first Indian to get elected as a member of the executive committ
ee of ISSF
b) Being elected as the President of Sports Authority of India
c) Becoming the first Indian to get elected to the executive committee of Intern
ational Olympics Committee.
d) Being elected as the President of Badminton Association of India
14. Infosys on 4 December 2014 appointed a Stanford Professor as an Independent
member on its Board of Directors (BoD). Name him?
a) Ashton Carter
b) John W. Etchemendy
c) John L Hennessy
d) Condoleezza Rice
15. Indian Oil on 4 December 2014 won the 119th Beighton Cup after defeating Pun
jab National Bank in tie-breaker at the SAI Eastern Centre in Kolkata. Beighton
Cup is associated with which game?
a) Kho Kho
b) Hockey
c) Football
d) Kabbadi
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
17. Supreme Court constituted a Social Justice Bench, comprising of two judges f
or delivery of speedy justice in a range of social issues. The bench will be hea
ded by?
a) Justice T.S. Thakur
b) Justice Madan B Lokur
c) Justice U U Lalit
d) Justice Anil R. Dave
18. Name the author of the book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Stor
y of Prince Gopaldas Desai (1887-1951)?
a) Rajmohan Gandhi
b) Sundarajan Padmanabhan
c) Madhav Khosla
d) Rajdeep Sardesai
19. Name the head of the 15-member Committee that was formed by State Government
of Meghalaya on 3 December 2014 to speed up the process of getting Khasi includ
ed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?
a) R C Laloo
b) Rowell Lyngdoh
c) Prestone Tynsong
d) Deborah C Marak
20. Name the person who was recently appointed as the new Director of Central Bu
reau of Investigation (CBI)
a) Acharya Shivpoojan Sahay
b) Ranjit Sinha
c) Anil Kumar Sinha
d) Sharad Kumar
21. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December
2014 approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013. The Bill seeks to am
end the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act passed in?
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1977
d) 1979
22. Recently, second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 was launched by whi
ch country?
a) The US
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) United Kingdom
23. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on 3 December 2014 issu
ed Press Note 10 of 2014 series to relax FDI norms for which sector of Indian ec
onomy?
a) Defence
b) Railways
c) Insurance
d) Construction development
24. Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2014. It is observed to commemorate?
a) The success of India over Pakistan in 1971 war
b) The participation of Royal Indian Navy in World War-II
c) The success of Operation Trident of Indian Navy in 1971
d) The establishment day of Royal Indian Navy in 1945

25. RBI on 4 December 2014 notified norms to set up Trade Receivables Discountin
g System (TReDS). The TReDS will facilitate the financing of bills of which sect
or of Indian economy?
a) MSME sector
b) Khadi and Rural sector
c) Agriculture sector
d) All of the above
26. Researchers led by Professor Gene K Beare developed World s fastest 2D camera at
the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Washington Uni
versity. Which new technique is used in this 2D camera?
a) Compressed ultrafast photography
b) Compressed imaging photography
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
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 Forrestal
d) Robert M Gates
28. Recently, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) relaxed FDI n
orms for the construction development sector. In this context consider the follo
wing statements.
I. 100 percent of FDI is allowed through the automatic route
II. The minimum floor area requirement IS 20000 square metres in construction de
velopment projects.
Which is/are correct?
a) I only
b) II only
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II
29. Recently, International Criminal Court withdrew the charges of crimes agains
t humanity against the President of a country of African continent. Name the cou
ntry
a) Kenya
b) Ethiopia
c) Nigeria
d) South Sudan
30. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation observed the World
l Day on which date of the year 2014?
a) 1 December
b) 30 November
c) 4 December
d) 5 December
Answers
1)-d; 2)-d; 3)-d; 4)-b; 5)-c; 6)-b; 7)-c
8)-b; 9)-b; 10)-a; 11)-a; 12)-c; 13)-a; 14)-b
15)-b; 16)-a; 17)-b; 18)-a; 19)-a; 20)-c; 21)-b
22)-b; 23)-d; 24)-c; 25)-a; 26)-a; 27)-a; 28)-c
29)-a; 30)-d

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