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Question

1 Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Baba Amte

B) Sunderlal Bahuguna

C) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

D) Anupam Mishra

2 Which movie won the maximum number of awards in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) 12 Years a slave

B) American Hustle

C) The Wolf of Wall Street

D) Gravity

3 Who took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in March 2014?

A) Saurabh Chandra

B) Vivek Rae

C) Amitabh Kant

D) KS Popli

4 Which country won the ICC U-19 World Cup completed in March 2014?

A) Pakistan

B) South Africa

C) India

D) Australia

5 Bangaru Laxman passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad in March 2014. He was President of which Indian Political Party?

A) Indian National Congress

B) Bharatiya Janata Party

C) Samajwadi Party

D) Janata Dal

6 According to China-based research firm Hurun’s 2014 global rich list published in March 2014, Who was ranked as the richest person in the world?

A) Amancio Ortega

B) Warren Buffett

C) Bill Gates

D) Carlos Slim Helu

7 "International Women's Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 19-Mar

B) 18-Mar

C) 8-Mar



D) 22-Mar

8 Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1st March to 4th March 2014 in which country?

A) Bhutan

B) Sri Lanka

C) Thailand

D) Myanmar

9 Global aviation giant Airbus has opened an Indian subsidiary and restructured India operations in order to consolidate strengths and capture the growing market in March 2014. Who is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the new entity?

A) Srinivasan Dwarakanath

B) Sam Isaac

C) R.Neelakantan

D) Mahendra Singh Mehta

10 Union Government raised the number of workdays under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) from existing 100 days to ______in March 2014 which will be effective from April 2014.

A) 160 days

B) 120 days

C) 150 days

D) 140 days

11 RBI has extended the date for exchanging pre-2005 banknotes to __________ compared to earlier timeline of 31st March 2014 (announced in March 2014).

A) 1 January 2015

B) 1 July 2014

C) 1 April 2015

D) 1 October 2014

12 Which BJP Leader was appointed as national vice president of BJP in March 2014?

A) Lal Krishna Advani

B) Amit Shah

C) Kalyan Singh

D) Narendra Modi

13 Which movie won the "Best Film" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) 12 Years a slave

B) American Hustle


D) Dollas Buyers Club

14 Which Indian bank won the awards for lending to MSE (micro and small enterprises) and to micro enterprises from the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for 2012-13 (announced in March 2014)?



A) Bank of Baroda

B) Central Bank of India

C) Corporation Bank

D) State Bank of India

15 "World Forestry Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 19-Mar

B) 18-Mar

C) 21-Mar

D) 22-Mar

16 Which Indian bank won the national award for excellence in lending to micro enterprises for 2012-2013 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Bank of Baroda


C) Indian Bank

D) Bank of India

17 According to China-based research firm Hurun’s 2014 global rich list published in March 2014, Who was ranked as India’s richest person?

A) Lakshmi Mittal

B) Mukesh Ambani

C) Dilip Sanghvi

D) Azim Premji

18 Which Indian shuttler won the men's singles title of the German Open Grand Prix Gold held in March 2014?

A) Ajay Jayaram

B) Anup Sridhar

C) Arvind Bhat

D) Prannoy Kumar

19 Which city topped the list of the world’s most expensive cities to live in 2014 which includes total 131 cities globally, as per the report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in March 2014?

A) Zurich

B) Paris

C) Tokyo

D) Singapore

20 Which company won the 2014 award for the ‘Best Use of CSR Practices’ in the banking and finance sector in the third edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards given by the World CSR Congress in March 2014?

A) Bank of Baroda

B) Citibank India

C) UAE Exchange India

D) National Stock Exchange



21 Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) in March 2014?

A) Saurabh Chandra

B) Vivek Rae

C) Amitabh Kant

D) KS Popli

22 Who the BNP Paribas Open Womens' Final in Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in March 2014?

A) Agnieszka Radwanska

B) Flavia Pennetta

C) Serena Williams

D) Victoria Azarenka

23 Who won the "Best Actor" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Mathew Mc Conaughey

B) Alfonso Cuaron

C) Leonardo DiCaprio

D) Chiwetel Ejiofor

24 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 19-Mar

B) 18-Mar

C) 21-Mar

D) 15-Mar

25 Global tech giant Apple announced in March 2014 that its senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the end of September 2014 after serving since 1996. Name the person.

A) Luca Maestri

B) Peter Oppenheimer

C) Tim Cook

D) None of These

26 Which South African Cricket player has announced retirement in March 2014 after leading South Africa in more than 100 tests?

A) Jacques Kallis

B) Mark Boucher

C) Graeme Smith

D) Herschelle Gibbs

27 Who took over as new governor of Kerala in March 2014?

A) Sheila Dikshit

B) Nikhil Kumar

C) Ashwani Kumar

D) Nikhil Kumar



28 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to observe State Child Protection Day on 4th March 2014?

A) Tripura

B) Assam

C) Meghalaya

D) Nagaland

29 Indian Government has approved payment of _________ rate of interest on PF deposits in 2013-14 for over five crore subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO in March 2014.

A) 8.25%

B) 8.5%

C) 8.75%

D) 9%

30 US First Lady Michelle Obama presented the International Women of Courage Award to whom in March 2014 for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India?

A) Nirbhaya

B) Laxmi

C) Menaka Gandhi

D) None of These

31 India’s Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has appointed whom as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in March 2014 in a management re-org?

A) Srinivasan Dwarakanath

B) Sam Isaac

C) R.Neelakantan


32 Who secured No 1 rank in the list of the world's richest persons, as per the annual ranking of global billionaires published by the Forbes magazine in Mar 2014?

A) Amancio Ortega

B) Warren Buffett

C) Bill Gates

D) Carlos Slim Helu

33 "World Earth Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 19-Mar

B) 23-Mar

C) 21-Mar

D) 25-Mar

34 Which Global Tech/Internet Company acquired a startup company named “Vizify” that lets users create infographics and videos out of social data in March 2014?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) Facebook

D) Microsoft



35 Global mining giant Vedanta Resources has appointed whom as its new chief Executive Officer in March 2014?

A) Anil Agarwal

B) Mahendra Singh Mehta

C) Tom Albanese

D) None of These

36 Who won the "Best Actress" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Amy Adams

B) Cate Blanchett

C) Jennifer Lawrence

D) None of These

37 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmark interest rate at record low of ________ during its monetary policy review in May 2014. It has also increased growth projection of euro zone to 1.2% for 2014.

A) 0.75%

B) 0.5%

C) 0.25%

D) 1%

38 Kellogg's has roped in which famous bollywood actress for Special K campaign in Mar 2014?

A) Deepika Padukone

B) Priyanka Chopra

C) Bipasa Basu

D) Kareena Kapoor

39 USA unemployment rate stood at ______ in February (announced in Mar 2014).

A) 6.7%

B) 7.1%

C) 6.6%

D) 6.9%

40 The 2014 Winter Paralympics was held in which country in Mar 2014?

A) China

B) Russia

C) Sweden

D) Japan

41 Which country regained the Asia Cup trophy held in Bangladesh in Mar 2014?

A) Pakistan

B) India

C) Sri Lanka

D) Bangladesh

42 Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani formally joined which political party in Bangalore in March 2014 to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls?





C) Samajwadi Party

D) Janata Dal

43 "World Water Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 22-Mar

B) 23-Mar

C) 21-Mar

D) 25-Mar

44 Which team won the final match of the 68th National Football Championship to win the Santosh Trophy held in Mar 2014?

A) Mizoram

B) Railways

C) ONGC

D) Tripura

45 William Clay Ford Sr. passed away in March 2014. He was associated with which global automibile Company?

A) General Motors

B) Ford Motor

C) Toyota

D) Nissan

46 Former Infosys chief financial officer V Balakrishnan joined which political party to fight for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections (announced in March 2014)?



C) Samajwadi Party

D) Aam Aadmi Party

47 Who won the "Best Director" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Alexander Payne

B) Alfonso Cuaron

C) Guillermo del Toro

D) Emmanuel Lubezki

48 Which country has emerged as the largest non-oil trading partner of Dubai (with USD 37 billion) for financial year 2013-14, as per the latest report by the Dubai Department of Economic Development in March 2014?

A) Japan

B) China

C) India

D) UK



49 Virat Kohli has reclaimed his highest ________ position in the latest ICC ODI rankings released in March 2014 after conclusion of the Asia Cup.

A) Third

B) Second

C) First

D) Fourth

50 Who has been elected as President of the Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16 in March 2014?

A) Akhilesh Gupta

B) Shailesh Nayak

C) Amitabh Kant

D) KS Popli

51 Which Global aviation Company has opened an Indian subsidiary and restructured India operations in order to consolidate strengths and capture the growing market in March 2014?

A) Boeing

B) Lockheed Martin

C) Airbus

D) None of These

52 "World TB Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 22-Mar

B) 23-Mar

C) 24-Mar

D) 25-Mar

53 Which Indian Insurance company has tied up with Toyota Financial Services India Ltd in Mar 2014 to provide insurance cover to car loan customers. As per the agreement, It will issue a Group Credit Life Secure policy, where Toyota Financial Services India will be the master (group) policyholder.

A) ICICI Prudential Life

B) Max Life Insurance

C) Bajaj Allianz Life

D) Bharti AXA Life

54 India's Trade deficit stood at ________ in February 2013 (announced in Mar 2014).

A) USD 12.5 billion

B) USD 10.14 billion

C) USD 8.1 billion

D) USD 9.25 billion

55 Two Indian CEOs have been named among America’s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who head publicly-traded companies with highest market values, in the Forbes magazine list published in March?

A) Hari K Ravichandran

B) Ashish Pandey

C) Indra Noyi

D) Both A and B



56 Who was ranked at No 1 in the list of America’s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who head publicly-traded companies with highest market values, in the Forbes magazine list published in March 2014?

A) Mark Zuckerberg

B) Marissa Mayer

C) Larry Page

D) Eric Schmidt

57 Allahabad Bank has appointed whom as its new Chairman and Managing Director in March 2014?

A) S.R. Bansal

B) Rakesh Sethi

C) Uday Sareen

D) Jatinder Bir Singh

58 Who won the "Best Supporting Actor" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Mathew Mc Conaughey

B) Alfonso Cuaron

C) Barkhad Abdi

D) Jared Leto

59 India’s Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at ______ in February (announced in March 2014).

A) 7.60%

B) 8.90%

C) 8.10%

D) 9.45%

60 India’s Index of Industrial Production, the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector, growth stood at ________ in January (announced in march 2014).

A) -0.3%

B) 0.5%

C) 0.1%

D) 1.2%

61 Who has been appointed as the new Director (Commercial) of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in March 2014? She is also the first woman employee of the company to be elevated to the post of Director.

A) Aruna Bahuguna

B) Rupanjana Dutt

C) Soma Mondal

D) Aditi Khanna

62 Who has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in March 2014?

A) KS Popli

B) Saurabh Chandra



C) Amitabh Kant

D) Vivek Rae

63 "World Forestry Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 22-Mar

B) 23-Mar

C) 21-Mar

D) 25-Mar

64 Which Cricketer was voted Cricketer of the Generation as the most outstanding cricketer between the years 1993 and 2013 which was announced by espncricinfo.com in Mar 2014?

A) Shane Warne

B) Sachin Tendulkar

C) Jacques Kallis

D) None of These

65 The US has lifted a ban on oil and gas giant _________ which was prevented from bidding for US government contracts in March 2014 after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst in US history.

A) Schlumberger

B) Shell

C) British Petroleum

D) Wood Group Kenny

66 Which Indian PSU bank has launched a payment intermediary christened as ePay, which will facilitate e-commerce or m-commerce transactions among merchants, customers and various financial institutions in March 2014?

A) Bank of Baroda


C) State Bank of India

D) Bank of India

67 India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price index, stood at _______ in February 2014 (published in Mar 2014).

A) 4.89%

B) 4.68%

C) 5.05%

D) 5.23%

68 Who won the "Best Supporting Actress" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Amy Adams

B) Cate Blanchett

C) Jennifer Lawrence

D) Lupita Nyong'o

69 Who won the Templeton Prize for 2014, was announced by the John Templeton Foundation on in March 2014?

A) Tomas Halik



B) Francisco J. Ayala

C) Desmond Tutu

D) Charles Margrave Taylor

70 Which female tennis player topped the women’s tennis rankings as per the latest WTA ranking published in Mar 2014?

A) Li Na

B) Serena Williams

C) Victoria Azarenka

D) Agnieszka Radwanska

71 G8 leaders have suspended participation of which country in the iconic club of super power countries in March 2014 amid rising tensions over Ukraine?

A) France

B) UK

C) Russia

D) Japan

72 Who the BNP Paribas Open Men's Final in Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in March 2014?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Andy Murray

C) Roger Federer

D) Rafael Nadal

73 Which Indian dirctor has been selected for the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 (announced in Mar 2014)? The award has been instituted in memory of late Gollapudi Srinivasa, who died while directing his first film Prema Pustakam (Book of Love) in 1992.

A) Mira Nair

B) Ritesh Batra

C) Gyan Correa

D) Amit Kumar

74 "World Drama Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 28-Mar

B) 24-Mar

C) 22-Mar

D) 27-Mar

75 Which Bollywood star was presented with the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Awards, Asia's only green award for communication, organized by the Indian chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA) for creative excellence in communicating sustainability in Mumbai in Mar 2014?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Amir Khan

C) Shahrukh Khan

D) Anupam Kher



76 Who was awarded "Green Crusader of the Year Award" for his/her contribution towards protection of animals, organized by the Indian chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA) for creative excellence in communicating sustainability in March 2014.

A) Prasoon Joshi

B) Maneka Gandhi

C) Amitabh Bachchan

D) None of These

77 Private sector lender ING Vysya Bank has appointed whom as Deputy CEO, Head of Wholesale Banking and Strategy in March 2014?

A) S.R. Bansal

B) Rakesh Sethi

C) Uday Sareen

D) Jatinder Bir Singh

78 Which movie won the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar)s award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

A) Omar (Palestine)

B) The Great Beauty (Italy)

C) The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)

D) The Hunt (Denmark)

79 Which indian state completed a historic hat trick at domestic level after winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy in March 2014 after winning Ranji and Irani trophy in the same year?

A) Gujarat

B) Maharashtra

C) Karnataka

D) West Bengal

80 Which Indian state has been ranked No 1 in terms of “economic freedom” in a list of India's 20 largest states, as per the 2013 'Economic Freedom of the States of India' report published in March 2014?

A) Gujarat

B) Maharashtra

C) Karnataka

D) Tamil Nadu

81 The founder and Chairman of India’s leading pen manufacturers __________, DK Jain, passed away in March 2014.

A) Flair

B) Luxor Group

C) Camlin

D) Chelpark

82 The government has launched an exchange-traded fund of central public sector enterprises in order to raise Rs 3,000 crore for its disinvestment plan. This is an open ended scheme, comprising of shares of hoa many central PSEs including ONGC, GAIL India and COAL India?

A) Seven



B) Eight

C) Ten

D) Twelve

83 The Federal Reserve has announced in Mar 2014 that it has cut back its stimulus program by another _________ despite the recent US economic slowdown. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) reduced stimulus spending to USD 55 billion a month as US economic recovery gained strength and unemployment rate dropped to 6.6% level.

A) USD 15 billion

B) USD 20 billion

C) USD 10 billion

D) USD 5 billion

84 The Indian Journalists' Association (IJA) in London has elected whom as its first women President and general secretary for the first time in its 67-year history in March 2014?

A) Aruna Bahuguna

B) Rupanjana Dutt

C) Soma Mondal

D) Aditi Khanna

85 "World Water Day " is observed on ____________.

A) 21-Mar

B) 25-Mar

C) 28-Mar

D) 22-Mar

86 UTI Mutual Fund has appointed whom as Group President and Head- HR of UTI Asset Management Company Ltd in March 2014?

A) Priya Ranjan

B) Rakesh Sethi

C) Uday Sareen

D) None of These

87 Online travel company Ibibo Group, that owns portals such as Goibibo.com, redBus.in and Travelboutique has acquired 51% stake in online bus tracking and analytics platform ___________ in March 2014.

A) Easemytrip.com

B) YourBus.com

C) Busdetails.com

D) None of These

88 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. The Indian government awarded which top most award to him in 2007?

A) Padma Vibhushan

B) Padma Sri

C) Padma Bhushan

D) None of These



89 The seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on April 16 and ___________ will host the first leg of IPL 2014, while the playoffs and the final-leg will be played in India (announced in Mar 2014).

A) South Africa

B) United Arab Emirates (UAE)

C) Sri Lanka

D) Bangladesh

90 Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor _________ has resigned three months ahead of completion of his term in March 2014.

A) KC Chakrabarty

B) H R Khan

C) Urjit R. Patel

D) Anand Sinha

91 British retail giant Tesco announced forming of an equal joint venture with which company to enter into Indian market in March 2014.

A) Reliance Retail

B) Trent Ltd

C) Big Bazaar

D) Bharti

92 The Indian Government sold 9% stake held through SUUTI in ________ through a block deal in March 2014 to raise around Rs 5,500 crore.

A) HDFC Bank

B) Axis Bank

C) Kotak Mahindra Bank

D) ICICI Bank

93 Who has been selected for the 23rd G D Birla award for scientific research for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Nibir Manda

B) Madhav Gadgil

C) Rajesh Gopakumar

D) Burra Gautham Sidharth

94 Who was awarded a prestigious award for digital activism at the Barbican in London in March 2014?

A) Shubhranshu Choudhary

B) Philip Abraham

C) Amol Rajan

D) Vir Sanghavi

95 Who won the Presidential election held to become President of Maldives in March 2014?

A) Mohamed Nasheed

B) Abdulla Yameen

C) Mohammed Waheed Hassan

D) Abdulla Shahid



96 The largest TV in the world built Big Hoss was unveiled for the first time at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, US in March 2014. It was built by _________.

A) LG

B) Sony

C) Samsung

D) Panasonic

97 President Pranab Mukherjee gave away gallantry awards to defence personnel for their distinguished services in March 2014. How many Kirti Chakra awards were given at the same ceremony?

A) Three

B) Four

C) Two

D) Five

98 "World Sparrow Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 19-Mar

B) 20-Mar

C) 28-Mar

D) 22-Mar

99 India received _________ of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Jan 2014 (announced in March 2014).

A) USD 1.6 billion

B) USD 2.18 billion

C) USD 1.9 billion

D) USD 2.3 billion

100 During the April-Jan of this financial year, the highest FDI in India came from which country?

A) Singapore

B) UK

C) Mauritius

D) Netherlands

101 Report of the ‘Committee, headed by ___________, recommends Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies (CICs), has been put up on RBI’s website for comments in March 2014. The report said that Customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile as it would help in promoting financial discipline among loan seekers.

A) Deepak Parekh

B) Aditya Puri

C) Y V Reddy

D) Deepak Sinha

102 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Britania Industries in March 2014 and will assume charge at the end of this fiscal year?

A) Harsh Mariwala

B) Saugata Gupta



C) Varun Berry

D) R.Neelakantan

103 Which Indian author has been chosen for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Govind Mishra

B) Sugathakumari

C) Balamani Amma

D) Ayyappa Paniker

104 Which Indian Bank has bagged ‘Skoch achiever award for outstanding performance in SME enablement during 2014’ instituted by Skoch Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd (announced in March 2014)?

A) Bank of Baroda


C) Corporation Bank

D) State Bank of India

105 Which Indian PSU Bank launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai in March 2014? This scheme allows customers to withdraw cash without using either debt card or credit card at the bank’s ATMS which are enabled with IMT facility.

A) Bank of Baroda


C) State Bank of India

D) Bank of India

106 Who has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary in March 2014?

A) Saurabh Chandra

B) Vivek Rae

C) G S Sandhu

D) Rajiv Takru

107 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Merico Ltd, a leading FMCG company in India in March 2014?

A) Harsh Mariwala

B) Saugata Gupta

C) Varun Berry


108 Famous _______ Nanda passed away following in Mumbai in March 2014.

A) Singer

B) Author

C) Actress

D) Director

109 Which team won the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (Division A) in Bhopal in March 2014?

A) Punjab



B) Haryana

C) Jharkhand

D) Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)

110 "World Day of the Fight against Sexual Exploitation" is observed on ____________.

A) 4-Mar

B) 15-Mar

C) 18-Mar

D) 16-Mar

111 Which Global Tech company acquired virtual reality gaming startup Oculus VR Inc for USD 2 billion in March 2014?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) Facebook

D) Microsoft

112 Vinita Bali has stepped down as the managing director of Which FMCG company in March 2014 after nine years at the helm? Varun Berry, current chief operating officer will succeed her. A company statement said Bali, 58, will retire at the end of this fiscal year to pursue a variety of roles in the corporate and development sectors. She will continue to serve on the boards of the other

A) Parle

B) Marico

C) Britannia

D) ITC

113 Which Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan was awarded with the India's Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai in March 2014?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Amir Khan

C) Rishi Kapoor

D) Anupam Kher

114 Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, world's most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2014 (announced in March 2014. He won the award for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters. He belongs to which country?

A) China

B) Japan

C) Thailand

D) Malaysia

115 _______ countries, including India, was certified polio-free by an independent commission of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2014 with no case of the disease being reported in the country for three years.

A) Ten

B) Eleven

C) Twelve

D) Nine



116 Which team won the Deodhar Trophy in cricket for the year 2013-14 (held in March 2014)?

A) South Zone

B) East Zone

C) North Zone

D) West Zone

117 Which former India captain and Olympian has been appointed as coach of the senior men's national hockey team in March 2014 and he will work under Chief Coach Terry Walsh?

A) Jude Felix

B) Ric Charleswort

C) Vasudevan Baskaran

D) None of These

118 The Supreme Court has appointed Which former Indian player as the interim President of BCCI in March 2014 till the probe related to IPL spot fixing of last year is completed. The Court also directed that the senior most Vice-President of the Board, Shivlal Yadav, will be looking after the affairs of BCCI.

A) Mahindar Amarnath

B) Sunil Gavaskar

C) Sandip Patil

D) Kapil Dev

119 Who has been appointed as the Financial Services Secretary in March 2014?

A) Saurabh Chandra

B) Vivek Rae

C) G S Sandhu

D) Amitabh Kant

120 The Reserve Bank eased stand-alone primary dealers' exposure ceiling to a qualified central counter party by keeping the limit outside the existing ________ of net-owned funds in March 2014 in order to promote centralized clearing of OTC derivative products. The new norms would be effective from 1st April 2014.

A) 30%

B) 20%

C) 25%

D) 35%

121 In a major relief to all the Indian banks, the Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for implementation of Basel III norms to ____________ (announced in March 2014). The norm requires all the banks to raise huge amount of capital in order to satisfy the capital requirements.

A) March 2018

B) March 2019

C) January 2019

D) January 2018

122 Who has been elected as the President of CII for 2014-15 (announced in March 2014)?

A) S Gopalakrishnan



B) Adi Godrej

C) Azim Premji

D) Ajay S. Shriram

123 Who was elected as the President-Designate of CII for 2014-15 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Cyrus Mistry

B) Anand Mahindra

C) Sumit Mazumder

D) None of These

124 Veteran _________ director P Ramdas passed away today due to age related illness in March 2014.

A) Malayalam

B) Tamil

C) Kannada

D) Telegu

125 "National Vaccination Day" is observed on ____________.

A) 4-Mar

B) 15-Mar

C) 18-Mar

D) 16-Mar

126 Who has been appointed as next secretary general of NATO, the 28-nation military alliance, (announced in March 2014) and he will take over in October 2014?

A) Anders Fogh Rasmussen

B) Anders Behring Breivik

C) Jens Stoltenberg

D) Jonas Gahr Støre

127 Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia has appointed his half-brother _________, as the next heir to the throne in March 2014.

A) Fahd

B) Moqren

C) Salman

D) Ahmed

128 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated Which Cricket Board for winning the prestigious Laureus Sports Award in March 2014.

A) Kenya

B) Netherlands

C) Afghanistan

D) Irelands

129 Inflation of 18-nation euro zone stood at ______ in March (announced in March 2014).

A) 1.1%

B) 1.3%

C) 0.7%

D) 0.5%



130 Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix held in Malaysia’s Sepang in March 2014?

A) Nico Rosberg

B) Lewis Hamilton

C) Sebastian Vettel

D) Fernando Alonso

131 Who won the Malaysia Grand Prix gold at the Pasir Gudang Municipal Stadium in Malaysia held in March 2014?

A) Sony Dwi Kuncoro

B) Sourabh Varma

C) Simon Santoso

D) Markis Kido

132 Which Indian air pistol shooter won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA held in March 2014?

A) Anjali Bhagwat

B) Heena Sidhu

C) Rahi Sarnobat

D) Ronjan Sodhi

133 India’s core sector output, consisting of eight key sectors, growth stood at ______ in February (announced in March 2014).

A) -1.1%

B) 1.5%

C) 2.1%

D) 4.5%

134 Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh joined Which Political party in March 2014 to contest Lok Sabha Election?



C) Samajwadi Party

D) Janata Dal

135 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. He was born Khushwant Singh was born in ________________ province of Pakistan.

A) Baluchisthan

B) Sindh

C) Punjab

D) None of These

136 Who won singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship held in March 2014?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Andy Murray

C) Roger Federer

D) Rafael Nadal



137 Who released a book entitled India at Risk – Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of security policy in March 2014? In his book, he had discussed the issues, the conflicts and the consequences of the security related policy of India.

A) Yashwant Sinha

B) Sushma Swaraj

C) Jaswant Singh

D) None of These

138 Home Ministry has announced "Telangana Foundation Day" to be held on ___________ (announced in May 2014).

A) 2-July

B) 2-May

C) 2-June

D) 12-May

139 Which Indian state was ranked as the fastest growing State with its Gross State Domestic Product growing at 15.05% during 2012-13, as the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office in March 2014?

A) Gujarat

B) Bihar

C) Madhya Prades

D) Kerala

140 "Ordinance Factories Day (India)" is observed on ____________ in India.

A) 4-Mar

B) 15-Mar

C) 18-Mar

D) 16-Mar

141 Which Indian-American scientist developed the first 3D model of a human fingerprint called Phantom in March 2014?

A) Avtar Saini

B) Anil Jain

C) Krishna Bharat

D) Khem Shahani

142 Technology firm Avaya has appointed whom as Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations in March 2014?

A) R.Neelakantan

B) Priyadarshi Mohapatra

C) Srinivasan Dwarakanath

D) None of These

143 Which Indian writer won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category (announced in March 2014)?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri

B) Pankaj Mishra

C) Arundhati Roy



D) Amit Chaudhuri

144 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014.He had edited ___________, an Indian government journal.

A) Jagaran

B) Jamini

C) Yojana

D) Yamini

145 Canara Bank names Which Indian cricketer as its brand ambassador in March 2014?

A) Shikhar Dhawan

B) Rohit Sharma

C) Virat Kohli

D) Suresh Raina

146 RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to _______ rupees per transaction in March 2014?

A) 6 lakh

B) 4 lakh

C) 5 lakh

D) 3 lakh

147 India nominated Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status in March 2014. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in loacted in which state of India?

A) Haryana

B) Himachal Pradesh

C) Jammu & Kashmir

D) Arunachal Pradesh

148 Which country has been ranked as the world’s largest arms importer as per the data published by the Swedish Think Tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in March 2014?

A) India

B) Pakistan

C) China

D) Iran

149 Which Global bank acquires Societe Generale’s Asian private banking business for USD 220 million in March 2014?

A) Citibank

B) DBS Bank

C) Bank of America

D) Royal Bank of Scotland

150 Which Indian movie won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival held in March 2014?

A) The Good Road

B) Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare

C) The Lunchbox

D) Jatishwar



151 Flight MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea on 8 March 2014 which is still missing even after 1 month of search. It belonged to which Airlines?

A) Malaysia Airlines

B) Singapore Airlines

C) British Airways

D) Air Asia

152 Who has been appointed as Publisher of Penguin Random House India in March 2014 with overall responsibility for building the local publishing programme in both English and local languages?

A) R.Neelakantan

B) Chiki Sarkar

C) Srinivasan Dwarakanath

D) Tom Albanese

153 Which social networking site marked its eighth birthday in March 2014?

A) LinkedIn

B) Twitter

C) Facebook

D) None of These

154 Which country organized the Arab Summit 2014 for the first time in the country from March 25 to 26 2014?

A) UAE

B) Baharin

C) Kuwait

D) Oman

155 India and ________ won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources, announced in March 2014.

A) Thailand

B) Malaysia

C) Singapore

D) China


A) Shubhranshu Choudhary

B) Edward Snowden

C) Vinod Mehta

D) Kailash Budhwar

157 "World Poetry Day" is observed on ____________ in India.

A) 21-Mar

B) 25-Mar

B) 25-Mar

D) 16-Mar



158 Former international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini passed away in March 2014 after a heart attack. He was captain of which World Cup Winning Football team?

A) Italy

B) Brazil

C) Argentina

D) Uruguay

159 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. He returned which award in his protest against the use of Army forces into the Golden Temple in 1984?

A) Padma Vibhushan

B) Padma Sri

C) Padma Bhushan

D) None of These

160 The Election Commissionsigned up which film star as its national icon in March 2014 for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections?

A) Shahrukh Khan

B) Amitabh Bachchan

C) Aamir Khan

D) Salman Khan

161 Which Indian golfer was named as one of five golfers nominated for Asian Tour’s ‘Player of the Decade’ award in March 2014?

A) Gaganjeet Bhullar

B) Jeev Milkha Singh

C) Shiv Kapur

D) Jyoti Randhawa


A) Shane Warne

B) Sachin Tendulkar

C) Jacques Kallis

D) None of These

163 A non-profit group Vandana Foundation launched AQUATM, a water vending machine in ________ in March 2014.

A) Chennai

B) New Delhi

C) Mumbai

D) Bangalore

164 Noted _____________ G.K. Chadha passed away in March 2014.

A) Author

B) Economist

C) Social Activist

D) Artist



165 Which bollywood actor was named as the National Ambassador for Earth Hour 2014 observed March 29 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Ranveer Singh

B) Arjun Kapoor

C) Ranbir Singh

D) Varun Dhawan

166 Which Indian state became the first state in the country to declare all election booths in the coming Lok Sabha polls as no smoking zones in March 2014?

A) Haryana

B) Himachal Pradesh

C) Jammu & Kashmir

D) Arunachal Pradesh

167 The 3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 was held in _________ from 24 to 25 March 2014.

A) Netherlands

B) Sweden

C) Belgium

D) Norway

168 "World Dentist Day" is observed on ____________ in India.

A) 2-Mar

B) 5-Mar

C) 8-Mar

D) 6-Mar

169 Union Ministry of Minority Affairs launched ___________ scheme for the welfare of minorities people in March 2014.

A) Rajiv Gandhi Sehat Yojna

B) Maulana Azad Sehat Yojna

C) Indira Gandhi Sehat Yojna

D) None of These

170 As per the latest report published by the RBI, India's Current Account Deficit declined to ______ of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 3rd quarter (Oct-Dec) of FY 2013-14?

A) 0.9%

B) 0.7%

C) 1.3%

D) 1.1%

171 Union Govt. cleared a proposal of the Election Commission (EC) to raise expenditure limits to _______ for elections in the country in March 2014.

A) Rs 40 lakh

B) Rs 50 lakh

C) Rs 70 lakh

D) Rs 60 lakh



172 Union Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the __________ Committee to suggest measures to ensure the protection of rights of North East people in Feb 2014.

A) Mudgal

B) Verma

C) Bezbaruah

D) Reddy

173 The Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) program was signed between India and ____ in March 2014 to increase collaboration on energy security and clean energy.

A) Germany

B) Japan

C) USA

D) France


A) Aruna Bahuguna

B) Rupanjana Dutt

C) Soma Mondal

D) Aditi Khanna


A) KC Chakrabarty

B) H R Khan

C) Urjit R. Patel

D) Anand Sinha

176 The Union govt. launched ‘Meghraj’ project in March 2014 which is related to ______________

A) Cloud computing

B) Super Computer

C) eGovernance

D) None of These

177 World Longest aircraft Airlander was unveiled in Britain in March. It was manufactured by _________________.

A) Airbus

B) Hybrid Air Vehicles.

C) Boeing

D) Lockheed Martin

178 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to celebrate Child Protection Day on 4 March 2014?

A) Tripura

B) Assam

C) Haryana

D) Himachal Pradesh



179 Veteran __________ T. V. Venkitachalam passed away at the age of 85 in March 2014.

A) Author

B) Journalist

C) Economist

D) Artist

180 Which retired Supreme Court judge refused to head the Lokpal Committee Search panel on 3 March 2014?

A) Dalveer Bhandari

B) Swatanter Kumar

C) K.T.Thomas

D) G.S. Singhvi

181 Famous Amrican __________ Joe McGinniss passed away on 10th March 2014.

A) Actor

B) Scientist

C) Novelist

D) Economist

182 Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed whom as its Chairman in March 2014?

A) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

B) Vinod Kumar Duggal

C) BN Srikrishna

D) A. R. Lakshmanan

183 Who was been sworn-in as the President of Chile after winning election in March 2014?

A) Michelle Bachelet

B) Evelyn Matthei

C) Salvador Allende

D) Sebastián Piñera

184 Which two Indian states became the first states to get Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India in March 2014?

A) Meghalaya and Tripura

B) Nagaland and Tripura

C) Nagaland and Assam

D) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

185 Who has been selected for G D Birla Award 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Nibir Manda

B) Madhav Gadgil

C) Rajesh Gopakumar

D) Burra Gautham Sidharth

186 The Supreme Court has appointed Which former Indian player as the interim President of BCCI in March 2014 till the probe related to IPL spot fixing of last year is completed. The Court also



directed that the senior most Vice-President of the Board, Shivlal Yadav, will be looking after the affairs of BCCI.

A) Mahindar Amarnath

B) Sunil Gavaskar

C) Sandip Patil

D) Kapil Dev

187 C-130 J Super Hercules aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in Karoli district of Rajasthan killing five crew members including four officers in March. It was manufactured by?

A) Airbus

B) Hybrid Air Vehicles.

C) Boeing

D) Lockheed Martin

188 India was ranked at ________ in a Microsoft report in the list of the countries sending out spam e-mails published in March 2014.

A) Second

B) Third

C) Fourth

D) Fifth

189 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. His last book was ___________________________.

A) The Sunset Club

B) Agnostic Khushwant: There is no God

C) The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous

D) The Illustrated History of the Sikhs

190 Mathematician Yakov Grigorevich Sinai, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th Century, has been chosen for the 2014 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science Letters in March 2014. He belongs to which country?

A) Romania

B) Ukraine

C) Russia

D) Poland

191 Which country has emerged India’s biggest trading partner in the fiscal year 2013-14 (announced in March 2014)?

A) Malaysia

B) UAE

C) China

D) Thailand


A) 12 Years a slave

B) American Hustle




D) Gravity

193 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014.He had edited two major Indian newspapers, The National Herald and the ______________.

A) Hindustan Times

B) Times of India

C) The Telegraph

D) The Hindu

194 India has conducted the Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI joint military exercise with which neighbour country in March 2014?

A) Nepal

B) Bangladesh

C) Sri Lanka

D) Afghanistan

195 Which Indian-American Doctor was chosen for Prestigious Simon Dack Award in March 2014?

A) Atul Gawande

B) Sanjay Gupta

C) Sumit Chugh

D) Amit Patel

196 Which country was ordered to halt its whaling programme by the International Court of Justice in March 2014?

A) Japan

B) South Korea

C) Australia

D) New Zealand

197 “Earth Hour” is organised by _____________________ every year.

A) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

B) UNDP

C) UNESCO

D) Worldwide Fund for Nature

198 Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, world's most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2014 (announced in March 2014).

A) Toyo Ito

B) Shigeru Ban

C) Kengo Kuma

D) Tadao Ando

199 Which country won the South Asian Handball Championship 2014 held in March 2014?

A) Nepal

B) Pakistan

C) India

D) Afghanistan



200 Which Indian private bank became the first private bank to start its operation in China in March 2014?

A) ICIIC Bank

B) Axis Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Answers

Sl No.

Question Answer

1 Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Chandi Prasad Bhatt


Ans) Gravity (7)

3 Who took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in March 2014?

Ans) Saurabh Chandra

4 Which country won the ICC U-19 World Cup completed in March 2014?

Ans) South Africa

5 Bangaru Laxman passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad in March 2014. He was President of which Indian Political Party?

Ans) Bharatiya Janata Party

6 According to China-based research firm Hurun’s 2014 global rich list published in March 2014, Who was ranked as the richest person in the world?

Ans) Bill Gates

7 "International Women's Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 8-Mar

8 Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1st March to 4th March 2014 in which country?

Ans) Myanmar

9 Global aviation giant Airbus has opened an Indian subsidiary and restructured India operations in order to consolidate strengths and capture the growing market in March 2014. Who is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the new entity?

Ans) Srinivasan Dwarakanath

10 Union Government raised the number of workdays under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) from existing 100 days to ______in March 2014 which will be effective from April 2014.

Ans) 150 days

11 RBI has extended the date for exchanging pre-2005 banknotes to __________ compared to earlier timeline of 31st March 2014 (announced in March 2014).

Ans) 1 January 2015

12 Which BJP Leader was appointed as national vice president of BJP in March 2014?

Ans) Kalyan Singh

13 Which movie won the "Best Film" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) 12 Years a slave

14 Which Indian bank won the awards for lending to MSE (micro and small enterprises) and to micro enterprises from the Union Ministry

Ans) Corporation Bank



of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for 2012-13 (announced in March 2014)?

15 "World Forestry Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 21-Mar

16 Which Indian bank won the national award for excellence in lending to micro enterprises for 2012-2013 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Indian Bank

17 According to China-based research firm Hurun’s 2014 global rich list published in March 2014, Who was ranked as India’s richest person?

Ans) Mukesh Ambani

18 Which Indian shuttler won the men's singles title of the German Open Grand Prix Gold held in March 2014?

Ans) Arvind Bhat

19 Which city topped the list of the world’s most expensive cities to live in 2014 which includes total 131 cities globally, as per the report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in March 2014?

Ans) Singapore

20 Which company won the 2014 award for the ‘Best Use of CSR Practices’ in the banking and finance sector in the third edition of the Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Awards given by the World CSR Congress in March 2014?

Ans) UAE Exchange India

21 Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) in March 2014?

Ans) KS Popli

22 Who the BNP Paribas Open Womens' Final in Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in March 2014?

Ans) Flavia Pennetta

23 Who won the "Best Actor" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) Mathew Mc Conaughey

24 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 15-Mar

25 Global tech giant Apple announced in March 2014 that its senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the end of September 2014 after serving since 1996. Name the person.

Ans) Peter Oppenheimer

26 Which South African Cricket player has announced retirement in March 2014 after leading South Africa in more than 100 tests?

Ans) Graeme Smith

27 Who took over as new governor of Kerala in March 2014? Ans) Sheila Dikshit

28 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to observe State Child Protection Day on 4th March 2014?

Ans) Assam

29 Indian Government has approved payment of _________ rate of interest on PF deposits in 2013-14 for over five crore subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO in March 2014.

Ans) 8.75%

30 US First Lady Michelle Obama presented the International Women of Courage Award to whom in March 2014 for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India?

Ans) Laxmi (Acid attack victim)

31 India’s Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has appointed whom as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in March 2014 in a management re-org?

Ans) R.Neelakantan

32 Who secured No 1 rank in the list of the world's richest persons, as per the annual ranking of global billionaires published by the Forbes magazine in Mar 2014?

Ans) Bill Gates

33 "World Earth Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 23-Mar

34 Which Global Tech/Internet Company acquired a startup company named “Vizify” that lets users create infographics and videos out of social data in March 2014?

Ans) Yahoo



35 Global mining giant Vedanta Resources has appointed whom as its new chief Executive Officer in March 2014?

Ans) Tom Albanese

36 Who won the "Best Actress" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) Cate Blanchett

37 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its benchmark interest rate at record low of ________ during its monetary policy review in May 2014. It has also increased growth projection of euro zone to 1.2% for 2014.

Ans) 0.25%

38 Kellogg's has roped in which famous bollywood actress for Special K campaign in Mar 2014?

Ans) Deepika Padukone

39 USA unemployment rate stood at ______ in February (announced in Mar 2014).

Ans) 6.7%

40 The 2014 Winter Paralympics was held in which country in Mar 2014?

Ans) Russia

41 Which country regained the Asia Cup trophy held in Bangladesh in Mar 2014?

Ans) Sri Lanka

42 Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani formally joined which political party in Bangalore in March 2014 to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls?

Ans) Indian National Congress

43 "World Water Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 22-Mar

44 Which team won the final match of the 68th National Football Championship to win the Santosh Trophy held in Mar 2014?

Ans) Mizoram

45 William Clay Ford Sr. passed away in March 2014. He was associated with which global automibile Company?

Ans) Ford Motor

46 Former Infosys chief financial officer V Balakrishnan joined which political party to fight for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Aam Aadmi Party

47 Who won the "Best Director" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) Alfonso Cuaron

48 Which country has emerged as the largest non-oil trading partner of Dubai (with USD 37 billion) for financial year 2013-14, as per the latest report by the Dubai Department of Economic Development in March 2014?

Ans) India

49 Virat Kohli has reclaimed his highest ________ position in the latest ICC ODI rankings released in March 2014 after conclusion of the Asia Cup.

Ans) No.1

50 Who has been elected as President of the Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16 in March 2014?

Ans) Akhilesh Gupta

51 Which Global aviation Company has opened an Indian subsidiary and restructured India operations in order to consolidate strengths and capture the growing market in March 2014?

Ans) Airbus

52 "World TB Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 24-Mar

53 Which Indian Insurance company has tied up with Toyota Financial Services India Ltd in Mar 2014 to provide insurance cover to car loan customers. As per the agreement, It will issue a Group Credit Life Secure policy, where Toyota Financial Services India will be the master (group) policyholder.

Ans) Max Life Insurance



54 India's Trade deficit stood at ________ in February 2013 (announced in Mar 2014).

Ans) USD 8.1 billion

55 Two Indian CEOs have been named among America’s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who head publicly-traded companies with highest market values, in the Forbes magazine list published in March?

Ans) Both A and B

56 Who was ranked at No 1 in the list of America’s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40, who head publicly-traded companies with highest market values, in the Forbes magazine list published in March 2014?

Ans) Larry Page

57 Allahabad Bank has appointed whom as its new Chairman and Managing Director in March 2014?

Ans) Rakesh Sethi

58 Who won the "Best Supporting Actor" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) Jared Leto

59 India’s Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at ______ in February (announced in March 2014).

Ans) 8.10%

60 India’s Index of Industrial Production, the most important parameter to judge performance of industrial sector, growth stood at ________ in January (announced in march 2014).

Ans) 0.1%

61 Who has been appointed as the new Director (Commercial) of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in March 2014? She is also the first woman employee of the company to be elevated to the post of Director.

Ans) Soma Mondal

62 Who has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in March 2014?

Ans) Amitabh Kant

63 "World Forestry Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 21-Mar


Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

65 The US has lifted a ban on oil and gas giant _________ which was prevented from bidding for US government contracts in March 2014 after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst in US history.

Ans) British Petroleum

66 Which Indian PSU bank has launched a payment intermediary christened as ePay, which will facilitate e-commerce or m-commerce transactions among merchants, customers and various financial institutions in March 2014?

Ans) State Bank of India

67 India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale price index, stood at _______ in February 2014 (published in Mar 2014).

Ans) 4.68%

68 Who won the "Best Supporting Actress" award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) Lupita Nyong'o

69 Who won the Templeton Prize for 2014, was announced by the John Templeton Foundation on in March 2014?

Ans) Tomas Halik

70 Which female tennis player topped the women’s tennis rankings as per the latest WTA ranking published in Mar 2014?

Ans) Serena Williams

71 G8 leaders have suspended participation of which country in the iconic club of super power countries in March 2014 amid rising tensions over Ukraine?

Ans) Russia

72 Who the BNP Paribas Open Men's Final in Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters held in California in March 2014?

Ans) Novak Djokovic



73 Which Indian dirctor has been selected for the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 (announced in Mar 2014)? The award has been instituted in memory of late Gollapudi Srinivasa, who died while directing his first film Prema Pustakam (Book of Love) in 1992.

Ans) Gyan Correa

74 "World Drama Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 28-Mar

75 Which Bollywood star was presented with the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Awards, Asia's only green award for communication, organized by the Indian chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA) for creative excellence in communicating sustainability in Mumbai in Mar 2014?

Ans) Amitabh Bachchan

76 Who was awarded "Green Crusader of the Year Award" for his/her contribution towards protection of animals, organized by the Indian chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA) for creative excellence in communicating sustainability in March 2014.

Ans) Maneka Gandhi

77 Private sector lender ING Vysya Bank has appointed whom as Deputy CEO, Head of Wholesale Banking and Strategy in March 2014?

Ans) Uday Sareen

78 Which movie won the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar)s award in the 86 Annual Academy Award (Oscar) 2014 Awards presented in March 2014?

Ans) The Great Beauty (Italy)

79 Which indian state completed a historic hat trick at domestic level after winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy in March 2014 after winning Ranji and Irani trophy in the same year?

Ans) Karnataka

80 Which Indian state has been ranked No 1 in terms of “economic freedom” in a list of India's 20 largest states, as per the 2013 'Economic Freedom of the States of India' report published in March 2014?

Ans) Gujarat

81 The founder and Chairman of India’s leading pen manufacturers __________, DK Jain, passed away in March 2014.

Ans) Luxor Group

82 The government has launched an exchange-traded fund of central public sector enterprises in order to raise Rs 3,000 crore for its disinvestment plan. This is an open ended scheme, comprising of shares of hoa many central PSEs including ONGC, GAIL India and COAL India?

Ans) Ten

83 The Federal Reserve has announced in Mar 2014 that it has cut back its stimulus program by another _________ despite the recent US economic slowdown. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) reduced stimulus spending to USD 55 billion a month as US economic recovery gained strength and unemployment rate dropped to 6.6% level.

Ans) USD 10 billion


Ans) Aditi Khanna

85 "World Water Day " is observed on ____________. Ans) 22-Mar

86 UTI Mutual Fund has appointed whom as Group President and Head- HR of UTI Asset Management Company Ltd in March 2014?

Ans) Priya Ranjan

87 Online travel company Ibibo Group, that owns portals such as Goibibo.com, redBus.in and Travelboutique has acquired 51% stake

Ans) YourBus.com



in online bus tracking and analytics platform ___________ in March 2014.

88 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. The Indian government awarded which top most award to him in 2007?

Ans) Padma Vibhushan

89 The seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on April 16 and ___________ will host the first leg of IPL 2014, while the playoffs and the final-leg will be played in India (announced in Mar 2014).

Ans) United Arab Emirates (UAE)


Ans) KC Chakrabarty

91 British retail giant Tesco announced forming of an equal joint venture with which company to enter into Indian market in March 2014.

Ans) Trent Ltd

92 The Indian Government sold 9% stake held through SUUTI in ________ through a block deal in March 2014 to raise around Rs 5,500 crore.

Ans) Axis Bank

93 Who has been selected for the 23rd G D Birla award for scientific research for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Rajesh Gopakumar


Ans) Shubhranshu Choudhary

95 Who won the Presidential election held to become President of Maldives in March 2014?

Ans) Abdulla Yameen

96 The largest TV in the world built Big Hoss was unveiled for the first time at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, US in March 2014. It was built by _________.

Ans) Panasonic

97 President Pranab Mukherjee gave away gallantry awards to defence personnel for their distinguished services in March 2014. How many Kirti Chakra awards were given at the same ceremony?

Ans) Three

98 "World Sparrow Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 20-Mar

99 India received _________ of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Jan 2014 (announced in March 2014).

Ans) USD 2.18 billion

100 During the April-Jan of this financial year, the highest FDI in India came from which country?

Ans) Mauritius

101 Report of the ‘Committee, headed by ___________, recommends Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies (CICs), has been put up on RBI’s website for comments in March 2014. The report said that Customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile as it would help in promoting financial discipline among loan seekers.

Ans) Aditya Puri

102 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Britania Industries in March 2014 and will assume charge at the end of this fiscal year?

Ans) Varun Berry

103 Which Indian author has been chosen for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Govind Mishra

104 Which Indian Bank has bagged ‘Skoch achiever award for outstanding performance in SME enablement during 2014’ instituted by Skoch Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Corporation Bank



105 Which Indian PSU Bank launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai in March 2014? This scheme allows customers to withdraw cash without using either debt card or credit card at the bank’s ATMS which are enabled with IMT facility.

Ans) Bank of India

106 Who has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary in March 2014?

Ans) Rajiv Takru

107 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Merico Ltd, a leading FMCG company in India in March 2014?

Ans) Saugata Gupta

108 Famous _______ Nanda passed away following in Mumbai in March 2014.

Ans) Actress

109 Which team won the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (Division A) in Bhopal in March 2014?

Ans) Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)

110 "World Day of the Fight against Sexual Exploitation" is observed on ____________.

Ans) 4-Mar

111 Which Global Tech company acquired virtual reality gaming startup Oculus VR Inc for USD 2 billion in March 2014?

Ans) Facebook

112 Vinita Bali has stepped down as the managing director of Which FMCG company in March 2014 after nine years at the helm? Varun Berry, current chief operating officer will succeed her. A company statement said Bali, 58, will retire at the end of this fiscal year to pursue a variety of roles in the corporate and development sectors. She will continue to serve on the boards of the other

Ans) Britannia

113 Which Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan was awarded with the India's Global Icon of the Year award at the NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai in March 2014?

Ans) Amitabh Bachchan

114 Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, world's most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2014 (announced in March 2014. He won the award for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters. He belongs to which country?

Ans) Japan

115 _______ countries, including India, was certified polio-free by an independent commission of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2014 with no case of the disease being reported in the country for three years.

Ans) Eleven

116 Which team won the Deodhar Trophy in cricket for the year 2013-14 (held in March 2014)?

Ans) West Zone

117 Which former India captain and Olympian has been appointed as coach of the senior men's national hockey team in March 2014 and he will work under Chief Coach Terry Walsh?

Ans) Jude Felix


Ans) Sunil Gavaskar

119 Who has been appointed as the Financial Services Secretary in March 2014?

Ans) G S Sandhu

120 The Reserve Bank eased stand-alone primary dealers' exposure ceiling to a qualified central counter party by keeping the limit outside the existing ________ of net-owned funds in March 2014 in

Ans) 25%



order to promote centralized clearing of OTC derivative products. The new norms would be effective from 1st April 2014.

121 In a major relief to all the Indian banks, the Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for implementation of Basel III norms to ____________ (announced in March 2014). The norm requires all the banks to raise huge amount of capital in order to satisfy the capital requirements.

Ans) March 2019

122 Who has been elected as the President of CII for 2014-15 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Ajay S. Shriram

123 Who was elected as the President-Designate of CII for 2014-15 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Sumit Mazumder

124 Veteran _________ director P Ramdas passed away today due to age related illness in March 2014.

Ans) Malayalam

125 "National Vaccination Day" is observed on ____________. Ans) 16-Mar

126 Who has been appointed as next secretary general of NATO, the 28-nation military alliance, (announced in March 2014) and he will take over in October 2014?

Ans) Jens Stoltenberg

127 Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia has appointed his half-brother _________, as the next heir to the throne in March 2014.

Ans) Moqren

128 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated Which Cricket Board for winning the prestigious Laureus Sports Award in March 2014.

Ans) Afghanistan

129 Inflation of 18-nation euro zone stood at ______ in March (announced in March 2014).

Ans) 0.5%

130 Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix held in Malaysia’s Sepang in March 2014?

Ans) Lewis Hamilton

131 Who won the Malaysia Grand Prix gold at the Pasir Gudang Municipal Stadium in Malaysia held in March 2014?

Ans) Simon Santoso

132 Which Indian air pistol shooter won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA held in March 2014?

Ans) Heena Sidhu

133 India’s core sector output, consisting of eight key sectors, growth stood at ______ in February (announced in March 2014).

Ans) 4.5%

134 Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh joined Which Political party in March 2014 to contest Lok Sabha Election?

Ans) Bharatiya Janata Party

135 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. He was born Khushwant Singh was born in ________________ province of Pakistan.

Ans) Punjab

136 Who won singles title of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship held in March 2014?

Ans) Roger Federer

137 Who released a book entitled India at Risk – Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of security policy in March 2014? In his book, he had discussed the issues, the conflicts and the consequences of the security related policy of India.

Ans) Jaswant Singh

138 Home Ministry has announced "Telangana Foundation Day" to be held on ___________ (announced in May 2014).

Ans) 2-June

139 Which Indian state was ranked as the fastest growing State with its Gross State Domestic Product growing at 15.05% during 2012-13, as

Ans) Bihar



the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office in March 2014?

140 "Ordinance Factories Day (India)" is observed on ____________ in India.

Ans) 18-Mar

141 Which Indian-American scientist developed the first 3D model of a human fingerprint called Phantom in March 2014?

Ans) Anil Jain

142 Technology firm Avaya has appointed whom as Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations in March 2014?

Ans) Priyadarshi Mohapatra

143 Which Indian writer won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Pankaj Mishra

144 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014.He had edited ___________, an Indian government journal.

Ans) Yojana

145 Canara Bank names Which Indian cricketer as its brand ambassador in March 2014?

Ans) Shikhar Dhawan

146 RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to _______ rupees per transaction in March 2014?

Ans) 5 lakh

147 India nominated Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status in March 2014. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in loacted in which state of India?

Ans) Himachal Pradesh

148 Which country has been ranked as the world’s largest arms importer as per the data published by the Swedish Think Tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in March 2014?

Ans) India

149 Which Global bank acquires Societe Generale’s Asian private banking business for USD 220 million in March 2014?

Ans) DBS Bank

150 Which Indian movie won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival held in March 2014?

Ans) Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare

151 Flight MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea on 8 March 2014 which is still missing even after 1 month of search. It belonged to which Airlines?

Ans) Malaysia Airlines

152 Who has been appointed as Publisher of Penguin Random House India in March 2014 with overall responsibility for building the local publishing programme in both English and local languages?

Ans) Chiki Sarkar

153 Which social networking site marked its eighth birthday in March 2014?

Ans) Twitter

154 Which country organized the Arab Summit 2014 for the first time in the country from March 25 to 26 2014?

Ans) Kuwait

155 India and ________ won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources, announced in March 2014.

Ans) Singapore


Ans) Shubhranshu Choudhary

157 "World Poetry Day" is observed on ____________ in India. Ans) 21-Mar

158 Former international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini passed away in March 2014 after a heart attack. He was captain of which World Cup Winning Football team?

Ans) Brazil



159 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. He returned which award in his protest against the use of Army forces into the Golden Temple in 1984?

Ans) Padma Bhushan

160 The Election Commissionsigned up which film star as its national icon in March 2014 for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections?

Ans) Aamir Khan

161 Which Indian golfer was named as one of five golfers nominated for Asian Tour’s ‘Player of the Decade’ award in March 2014?

Ans) Jeev Milkha Singh


Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

163 A non-profit group Vandana Foundation launched AQUATM, a water vending machine in ________ in March 2014.

Ans) Mumbai

164 Noted _____________ G.K. Chadha passed away in March 2014. Ans) Economist

165 Which bollywood actor was named as the National Ambassador for Earth Hour 2014 observed March 29 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Arjun Kapoor

166 Which Indian state became the first state in the country to declare all election booths in the coming Lok Sabha polls as no smoking zones in March 2014?

Ans) Jammu & Kashmir

167 The 3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 was held in _________ from 24 to 25 March 2014.

Ans) Netherlands

168 "World Dentist Day" is observed on ____________ in India. Ans) 6-Mar

169 Union Ministry of Minority Affairs launched ___________ scheme for the welfare of minorities people in March 2014.

Ans) Maulana Azad Sehat Yojna

170 As per the latest report published by the RBI, India's Current Account Deficit declined to ______ of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 3rd quarter (Oct-Dec) of FY 2013-14?

Ans) 0.9%

171 Union Govt. cleared a proposal of the Election Commission (EC) to raise expenditure limits to _______ for elections in the country in March 2014.

Ans) Rs 70 lakh

172 Union Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the __________ Committee to suggest measures to ensure the protection of rights of North East people in Feb 2014.

Ans) Bezbaruah

173 The Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) program was signed between India and ____ in March 2014 to increase collaboration on energy security and clean energy.

Ans) USA


Ans) Aditi Khanna


Ans) KC Chakrabarty

176 The Union govt. launched ‘Meghraj’ project in March 2014 which is related to ______________

Ans) Cloud computing

177 World Longest aircraft Airlander was unveiled in Britain in March. It was manufactured by _________________.

Ans) Hybrid Air Vehicles

178 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to celebrate Child Protection Day on 4 March 2014?

Ans) Assam

179 Veteran __________ T. V. Venkitachalam passed away at the age of 85 in March 2014.

Ans) Journalist



180 Which retired Supreme Court judge refused to head the Lokpal Committee Search panel on 3 March 2014?

Ans) K.T.Thomas

181 Famous Amrican __________ Joe McGinniss passed away on 10th March 2014.

Ans) Novelist

182 Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed whom as its Chairman in March 2014?

Ans) BN Srikrishna

183 Who was been sworn-in as the President of Chile after winning election in March 2014?

Ans) Michelle Bachelet

184 Which two Indian states became the first states to get Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India in March 2014?

Ans) Nagaland and Assam

185 Who has been selected for G D Birla Award 2013 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) Rajesh Gopakumar


Ans) Sunil Gavaskar

187 C-130 J Super Hercules aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in Karoli district of Rajasthan killing five crew members including four officers in March. It was manufactured by?

Ans) Lockheed Martin

188 India was ranked at ________ in a Microsoft report in the list of the countries sending out spam e-mails published in March 2014.

Ans) Fourth

189 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014. His last book was ___________________________.

Ans) The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous

190 Mathematician Yakov Grigorevich Sinai, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th Century, has been chosen for the 2014 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science Letters in March 2014. He belongs to which country?

Ans) Russia

191 Which country has emerged India’s biggest trading partner in the fiscal year 2013-14 (announced in March 2014)?

Ans) China


Ans) Gravity (7)

193 Famous Indian author and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away in Mar 2014.He had edited two major Indian newspapers, The National Herald and the ______________.

Ans) Hindustan Times

194 India has conducted the Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI joint military exercise with which neighbour country in March 2014?

Ans) Nepal

195 Which Indian-American Doctor was chosen for Prestigious Simon Dack Award in March 2014?

Ans) Sumit Chugh

196 Which country was ordered to halt its whaling programme by the International Court of Justice in March 2014?

Ans) Japan

197 “Earth Hour” is organised by _____________________ every year. Ans) Worldwide Fund for Nature

198 Who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, world's most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2014 (announced in March 2014).

Ans) Shigeru Ban

199 Which country won the South Asian Handball Championship 2014 held in March 2014?

Ans) India



200 Which Indian private bank became the first private bank to start its operation in China in March 2014?

Ans) Axis Bank



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