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1. Former Union Minister Ram Naik was appointed as the Governor of

which of the following states in July 2014?

1) Mizoram 2) Nagaland

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Maharashtra

2. Who was appointed as the Gujarat Governor?

1) Kailash Joshi 2) Om Prakash Kohli

3) V.K Malhotra 4) Murli Manohar Joshi

3. Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final to win its fourth FIFA

World Cup. Who scored the lone goal for Germany in the extra time?

1) Mats Hummels 2) Miroslav Klose

3) Mario Gotze 4) Mesut Ozil

4. Who won the Golden Boot award at the 20th FIFA world Cup in

Brazil ?

1) Lionel Messi 2) Arjen Robben

3) Toni Kroos 4) Jemes Rodriguez

5. Which country defeated Brazil 3-0 to win third place in the 2014 FIFA

World Cup?

1) Colombia 2) Italy

3) Netherlands 4) Uruguay

6. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a nuclear energy cooperation

deal with which of the following countries on July 12, 2014 ?

1) Nicaragua 2) Argentina

3) Cuba 4) Brazil

7. Nadine Gordimer died on July 13, 2014 at the age of 90. She was

renowned author from-

1) Israel 2) Germany

3) South Africa 4) USA


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8. Jamil Ahmad of Pakistan died in July 2014. Which of the following

books was written by him?

1) Train to Pakistan 2) The wandering Falcon

3) Moor's Last Sigh 4) Shalimar, The Clown

9. Brahmos was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at

Chandipur on the Odisha coast on July 8, 2014. It has a range of -

1) 350 km 2) 250 km

3) 290 km 4) 390 km

10. According to a recent report of the National Crime Records Bureau

(NCRB), which State loads in farmer Suicides in 2013?

1) Maharashtra 2) Bihar

3) Kerala 4) Uttar Pradesh

11. A State of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed in Parliament square

in which of the following cities by early next year?

1) Washington D.C 2) London

3) Dhaka 4) Kathmandu

12. Who has been appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador by

U.N. Women?

1) Angelina Jolie 2) Aishwarya Rai

3) Emma Watson 4) Jennifer Lawrence

13. Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his first Budget in

Parliament on which of the following dates?

1) July 8, 2014 2) July 9, 2014

3) July 10, 2014 4) July 11, 2014

14. Who is the Minister of state for Railways?

1) Vishnu Deo Sai 2) Manoj Sinha

3) Nihal Chand 4) Upendra Kushwaha

15. What is the amount required to complete the Diamond Quadrilateral

Network of High speed Rail? (It connects four metros)

1) Rs. 8 lakh Crore 2) Rs. 10 lakh Crore


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3) Rs. 9 lakh crore 4) Rs. 7 lakh Crore

16. As Per the 2014-2015 Railway Budget how many new trains will be

introduced?

1) 54 2) 56 3) 52 4) 58

17. A Bullet train will be introduced in which of the following sectors?

1) Mumbai - New Delhi 2) Mumbai - Ahmedabad

3) Shalimar - Chennai 4) Nagpur - Pune

18. IKEA will set up its first store in India in Telangana State IKEA is a

furniture retailer which belongs to -

1) USA 2) Finland 3) Sweden 4) Thailand

19. Which of the following Germany footballers scored 16 world cup goals,

the highest?

1) Thomas Muller 2) Toni Kroos

3) Sami Khedira 4) Miroslav klose

20. The Economic Survey 2013-14 Projects that the gross domestic

product (GDP) grown this fiscal year will be in the range of -

1) 5.1 to 5.4 percent 2) 5.4 to 5.9 Percent

3) 5.5 to 5.9 percent 4) 5.2 to 5.5 percent

21. Who was unanimously elected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

president on July 9, 2014?

1) Ananta Kumar 2) Nitin Gadkari

3) Amit Shah 4) L.K. Advani

22. Who has been appointed Additional Solicitor - General in the Supreme

Court?

1) Pinky Anand 2) N. R. Chandran

3) G. Rajagopalan 4) Udaya Holla

23. The Governor of which of the following states approved the ordinance

granting reservation to Maratha and Muslim Communities?

1) Rajasthan 2) Gujrat


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3) Maharashtra 4) Bihar

24. Jeff Crowe became only the third ICC match referee to officiate in 200

one day international matches. He belongs to -

1) England 2) New Zealand

3) Australia 4) South Africa

25. The 2014-15 Union Budget was presented on which of the following

dates?

1) July 9 2) July 10

3) July 11 4) July 12

26. What is the number of smart cities proposed to be set up in India?

1) 50 2) 75 3) 100 4) 80

27. In the Union Budget the personal income tax exemption limit has been

raised to-

1) Rs. 2.5 lakh 2) Rs 2.25 lakh

3) Rs 2.75 lakh 4) Rs 3 lakh

28. Zohra Sehgal passed away on July 10, 2014. She was an eminent -

1) Author 2) Actor

3) Poet 4) Ghazal Singer

29. The union Finance Minister has announce the setting up of a price

stabilisation fund to check the price volatility of agriculture produce

with a corpus of -

1) Rs. 100 Crore 2) Rs. 500 Crore

3) Rs. 1000 Crore 4) Rs. 200 Crore

30. National Centre for Himalayan Studies will be set up with an initial

outlay of Rs. 100 Crore in -

1) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Sikkim 4) Assam

31. Rs. 33, 000 Cr allocated for which of the following schemes -

1) NRLM 2) MGNREGS


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3) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

4) RGGVY

32. Total sanitation is expected to be achieved through Swatch Bharat

Abhiyan by which of the following years at a cost of Rs. 1,000 Crore?

1) 2015 2) 2018 3) 2019 4) 2020

33. The Finance Minister proposed hiking the foreign direct investment

(FDI) limit in which of the following sectors to 49 percent?

1) Insurance 2) Defence

3) Both land 2 4) None of these

34. Virendra Kataria has been sacked as the Lt. Governor of -

1) Puducherry 2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3) Lakshaweep 4) Chandigarh

35. World Population Day is celebrated every year on -

1) July 10 2) July 11 3) July 12 4) July 13

36. Which Indian city is the world's second most populous city with 25

million habitants?

1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) Delhi 4) Chennai

37. G. L Peiris visited India in July 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of

which of the following countries?

1) Malaysia 2) Singapore 3) Sri Lanka 4) Maldives

38. Which England batsmen were involved in the world record 198-run

10th wicket partnership against India in July 2014?

1) Joe Root and James Anderson

2) Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad

3) Matt Prior and James Anderson

4) Liam Plunkett and Matt Prior

39. Who has been made the deputy leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in

the Lok Sabha?

1) Sushma Swaraj 2) Rajnath Singh


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3) Nitin Gadkari 4) Harsha Vardhan

40. Who is the deputy leader of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha?

1) M. Venkaiah Naidu 2) Prakash Javadekar

3) Avinash Rai Khana 4) Arun Jaitly

Answers

1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 3

8) 2 9) 3 10) 1 11) 2 12) 3 13) 1 14) 2

15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 2 21) 3

22) 1 23) 3 24) 2 25) 2 26) 3 27) 1 28) 2

29) 2 30) 1 31) 2 32) 3 33) 3 34) 1 35) 2

36) 3 37) 3 38) 1 39) 2 40) 4

Explanatory Notes

1. New Governors

Uttar Pradesh - Ram Naik

Gujarat - Om Prakash Kohli

Chhattisgarh - Balramji Dass Jandon

West Bengal - Keshari Nath Tripathi

Nagaland - Padmanabha Acharya

4. 2014 FIFA World Cup Awards:

Golden Ball - Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Golden Boot - James Rodriguez (Colombia)

Golden Glove - Manuel Neuer (Germany)

Young Player of the tournament - Paul Pogba (France)

Fair Play award - Colombia

7. Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and recipient of the 1991

Nobel Prize in Literature. Her notable works are The Conservationist,

Burger's Daughter and July's people. She won the Booker Prize in 1974 for

‘The Conservationist’.


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