RPSC Civil Services Examination GK Questions 2014 - General Knowledge

UPSC IAS/RPSC Civil Services/IBPS Clerk & PO/SSC LDC & DEO GK Questions 2014

Question 1. Which committee was set-up to suggest the way to improve India`s business climate?
Ans. Damodaran committee.

Question 2. Tax administration reform committee ( TARC ), set-up by Finance Ministry, submitted its first interim report on February 20, 2014. Who is the head of this Tax Administration Reform Committee?
Ans. Parthasarthy Shame.

Question 3. Which city of India has earned the Sobriquet of Dollar City due to knitwear exports of over $ 2 billion a year?
Ans. Tirupur ( Tamil Nadu ).

Question 4. The headquarters of Bharatiya Mahila Bank ( BMB ) is in New Delhi. Usha Ananthasubrahmanian is the Chairman and MD of the BMB. The seed capital of BMB is..................
Ans. Rs. 1000 crore.

Question 5. Which state has has got approval from the RBI to launch Islamic Banking in August, 2013?
Ans. Kerala.

Question 6. According to TRAI Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability ( Fifth Amendment ) Regulations, 2013, how many corporate mobile numbers of service providers can be ported to another service provider through letter of authorisation ?
Ans. Up to 50%

Question 7. WADI, a project for upliftment of the tribal and poors, is a pilot project of..............
Ans. NABARD

Question 8. In August, 2013, Jeff Bezos has agreed to purchase the American daily newspaper `The Washington Post` for $ 250 million in cash. He is the CEO of .................
Ans. Amazon.com

Question 9. India`s largest blast furnace `Durga` has started operating at which steel plant?
Ans. Rourkela Steel Plant.

Question 10. The security and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) has issued Operational, Prudential and Reporting Norms for AIF. What does AIF stands for?
Ans. Alternative Investment Fund