General Knowledge for Postal Assistant Exam

1. India’s Software industry body Nasscom appointed ___________ as its Chairman for the year 2014-15 (announced in April 2014).

A) Krishnakumar Natarajan

B) R Chandrasekaran

C) Anant Gupta

D) Vineet Nayar

2. Who won the “Best Actor” award at the 61st National Film Award announced in April 2014?

A) Rajkumar Rao

B) Suraj Venjaramoodu

C) Farhan Akhtar

D) Both A and B

3. Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has made it to the cover of the 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack in April 2014. The 40-year-old cricketer is the ______ Indian to feature on the cover of the Almanack.

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

4. Which Indian batsman has been named as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year, an honour dating back to 1889, by Wisden for his performance in 2013 (announced in April 2014)?

A) M S Dhoni

B) Virat Kohli

C) Shikhar Dhawan

D) Rohit Sharma

5. “World Heritage Day” is observed on?

A) 15-Apr

B) 17-Apr

C) 18-Apr

D) 19-Apr

6. Which Indian PSU Bank has hit the overseas bond market with a dual tranche benchmark issue of 5-year and 10-year maturity to raise up to USD 1 billion in May 2014? The bank has given an initial pricing of 240 bps over the US treasury for the 5-year money and 265 bps over the treasury for the 10-year bond.

A) Bank of Baroda

B) Central Bank of India

C) Punjab National Bank

D) State Bank of India

7. Global pharma giant Novartis announced to sell its animal-health operation to _________ and Co. for USD 5.4 billion in April 2014 to restructure its business.

A) Eli Lilly

B) Merck & Co.

C) Johnson and Johnson

D) Bayer

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

A) -0.3%

B) 0.5%

C) 0.1%

D) -1.9%

9. India’s Trade deficit stood at ________ in March 2014 (announced in April 2014).

A) USD 12.5 billion

B) USD 10.5 billion

C) USD 8.1 billion

D) USD 9.25 billion

10. Who was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary in April 2014 for the second consecutive term for four years.

A) Attila Mesterhazy

B) Ferenc Gyurcsány

C) Viktor Orban

D) Gábor Vona

Answer

1.    Ans) R Chandrasekaran
2.    Ans) Both A and B
3.    Ans) First
4.    Ans) Shikhar Dhawan
5.    Ans) 18-Apr
6.    Ans) State Bank of India
7.    Ans) Eli Lilly
8.    Ans) -1.9%
9.    Ans) USD 10.5 billion
10.  Ans) Viktor Orban