General awareness 2012 & 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS  1. Who retained the top spot on Forbes' fourth annual ranking of "The World's Most Powerful People", which was released in December 2012? 1) Barack Obama 2) Angela Merkel 3) Vladimir Putin 4) Bill Gates 5) David Cameron 2. Who will be honored with a lifetime achievement Grammy award in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013? 1) A.R.Rehman 2) Pandit Ravi Shankar 3) Norah Jones 4) Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt 5) Ustad Zakir Hussain 3. Rakesh Mohan, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, has taken charge as Executive Director on the board of?  1) World Bank 2) ADB 3) IMF 4) OECD 5) WTO 4. Which of the following full forms is not correct? 1) ECS - Electronic Clearing Service 2) TPF - Trade Policy Forum 3) CCEA-Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 4) LAF - Liquidity Adjustment Facility 5) FTA - Full Trade Agreement 5. Which one of the following statements is not true with regard to Malala Yousafzai? 1) Malala Yousafzai is a teenage education activist in the Swat district of Pakistan. 2) She won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. It was subsequently renamed the National Malala Peace Prize in her honor. 3) On October 9, 2012 she was shot by Taliban gunmen and is being treated in hospital in Birmingham, UK. 4) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared November 10 as Malala Day. 5) She won the 2012 Right Livelihood Award. 6. Ahmed Nazif was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption in September 2012. He was the Prime Minister of which of the following countries from 2004 to 2011? 1) Syria 2) Yemen  3) Egypt 4) Libya 5) Lebanon  7. Who received the US Congressi-onal Gold Medal on September 19, 2012? 1) Dalai Lama 2) Angela Merkel  3) Gordon Brown 4) Aung San Suu Kyi 5) Dilma Rousseff 8. Which film was given the prestigious Golden Lion Award for the best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2012? 1) Pieta 2) The Master 3) Fill the Void 4) The Artist 5) None of these 9. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appo-inted who among the following as its International Goodwill Ambassador? 1) Aamir Khan 2) Aishwarya Rai 3) Priyanka Chopra  4) Shah Rukh Khan 5) Vidya Balan 10. Who has become the first woman to command the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed in New Delhi in September 2012? 1) Alka Shukla 2) M.P. Shumathi 3) Nivedita Bhasin 4) Saudamini Deshmukh 5) None of these 11. Forbes released the list of 400 richest Americans recently. Bill Gates remained at the top position for the 19th consecutive year. Who is at second position? 1) Steve Ballmer 2) Warren Buffet 3) Paul Allen 4) Jeff Bezos 5) Larry Ellison 12. Paul McCartney has been awarded France's highest public award, the French Legion of Honor, for his services to music. He belongs to? 1) USA 2) Canada 3) Australia 4) England 5) Argentina 13. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize is named after the founder Direc-tor General of? 1) IISC 2) BARC 3) CSIR 4) ISI 5) IARI 14. Which of the following topped the QS World University Ranki-ngs released in September 2012? 1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2) University of Cambridge, UK 3) Harvard University, USA 4) University of Oxford, UK 5) Yale University, USA 15. Which team won the Irani Cup Cricket in Bangalore in September 2012?  1) Rest of India 2) Rajasthan 3) Karnataka 4) Hyderabad 5) Mumbai 16. The Super Fight League (SFL) is promoted by IPL team Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Who is the brand ambassador of SFL? 1) Devendro Singh 2) Vijender Singh 3) MC Mary Kom 4) Vikas Krishnan 5) None of these 17. The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and given each year for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. They are given in? 1) Sweden 2) Norway 3) Philippines 4) USA 5) UK 18. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? 1) China 2) Russia 3) India 4) Kyrgyzstan 5) Uzbekistan 19. Which of the following is a private bank in India? 1) UCO Bank 2) IDBI Bank 3) United Bank of India 4) HDFC Bank 5) Syndicate Bank 20. 'Touch Down' is a term used in the game of? 1) Hockey 2) Cricket 3) American Football 4) Golf 5) Ice Hockey KEY 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 1 9) 2 10) 3 11) 2 12) 4 13) 3 14) 1 15) 1 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3

GENERAL AWARENESS

1. According to the mid-year econ-omic analysis, the Government lowered the growth projection for 2012-13 to what per cent from its earlier estimated projection of 7.6 per cent? (The mid-year review was tabled in Parliament on December 17, 2012)
1) 5.3 to 5.5 per cent 
2) 5.1 to 5.3 per cent
3) 5.4 to 5.6 per cent
4) 5.7 to 5.9 per cent
5) None of these

2. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elem-entary School in Newtown. It is located in which of the following states of the USA? 
1) Colorado 2) Connecticut 
3) California 4) Utah 
5) Wisconsin 

3. Savita Halappanavar, an Indian-origin dentist, died after being denied abortion by doctors at a Government hospital in which of the following countries? 
1) Norway 2) Denmark 
3) Ireland 4) USA 5) Finland 

4. Who is set to be Japan's next Prime Minister after his Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) landslide election win on December 16, 2012? (He will replace Yoshihiko Noda) 
1) Naoto Kan 
2) Yukio Hatoyama
3) Yukiko Kada
4) Shinzo Abe 5) Kazuo Shii

5. Sima Samar was given the 2012 Right Livelihood Award which is often referred to as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'. She is a human rights activist from?
1) Iran 2) Afghanistan
3) Pakistan 4) Yemen 5) Syria 

6. Which of the following pairs of Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios is not matched correctly?
1) Sharad Pawar - Agriculture
2) Kapil Sibal 
-Communication&IT
3) Pallam Raju - Human Resources Development
4) Ashwani Kumar 
-Water Resources
5) Pawan Kumar Bansal - Railways

7. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) details out the growth of various sectors in the economy. It is compiled and published by the?
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Registrar of Companies 
3) Central Statistics Office
4) Confederation of Indian Industries 5) None of these

8. Which of the following Acts was enacted by the Parliament of India to institutionalize financial discipline and reduce fiscal deficit?
1) The Banking Regulation Act
2) The Negotiable Instruments Act
3) The Foreign Exchange Management Act
4) The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
5) None of these

9. Which of the following will improve the performance of the agriculture sector in India?
1) Sanitation & health services
2) Rural electricity
3) Rural employment
4) Irrigation facilities
5) Communication facilities

10. Which of the following teams retained the Women's South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Football Championship in Colombo in September 2012? 
1) India 2) Nepal 
3) Bhutan 4) Sri Lanka 
5) Afghanistan

11. Kim Clijsters retired f
rom international Tennis recently. She belongs to?
1) Poland 2) Ukraine 
3) Belgium 4) Belarus 
5) Czech Republic 

12. Chandrika Tarafdar became the first Indian to win a medal in which of the following Youth World Championships in Slovakia in September 2012?
1) Boxing 2) Weightlifting
3) Chess 4) Archery 
5) Shooting

13. The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was played in Japan from August 19 to September 8. Which country won this title for the third time?
1) USA 2) Germany
3) Japan 4) Nigeria 
5) South Korea
14. Which of the fol
lowing pairs of Books and Authors is not matched correctly?
1) Maximum City 
- Suketu Mehta
2) A Good Woman 
- Danielle Steel
3) Between the Lines 
- Kuldip Nayar
4) A Himalayan Love Story
- Namita Gokhale
5) Such a Long Journey 
- Amitav Ghosh

15. The International Day for Biolo-gical Diversity or World Biodi-versity Day is celebrated on?
1) April 22 2) May 22
3) March 21 4) March 22
5) June 5

16. Which of the following awards is not given by the Government of India?
1) Padma Vibhushan
2) Bharat Ratna
3) Ashok Chakra
4) Param Vir Chakra
5) Kalinga Prize

17. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC)?
1) DK Joshi 2) Bikram Singh
3) NAK Browne 4) PV Naik
5) None of these 

18. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NATGRID is the highest paid bureaucrat in India who draws a salary of Rs 10 lakh per month. Name him?
1) Manbir Singh
2) Raghu Raman
3) Ajit Seth 4) Pulok Chatterji
5) RK Singh

19. Which of the following is not a banking term?
1) Credit 2) Time deposit
3) Discount
4) Post Dated Cheque
5) Reynolds number

KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 4 7) 3 8) 4 9) 4 10) 1 11) 3 12) 2 13) 1 14) 5 15) 2 16) 5 17) 3 18) 2 19) 5

GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Who took over as the first woman President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 15, 2012? 1) Jyotsna Suri (Bharat Hotels) 2) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI) 3) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank) 4) Naina Lal Kidwai (HSBC) 5) Swati Piramal (Piramal Healthcare) 2. South Korea elected its first woman President on December 19, 2012. She will succeed Lee Myung-bak on February 25, 2013. Name her? 1) Chang Sang  2) Park Geun-hye 3) Jeon Yeo-ok  4) Kang Kum-Sil 5) Lim Su-Kyung 3. The 61st Miss Universe pageant was held on December 19, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2012? 1) Leila Lopes (Angola) 2) Janine Tugonon (Philippines) 3) Irene Esser (Venezuela) 4) Olivia Culpo (USA) 5) Laura Godoy (Guatemala) 4. Who won the African Footballer of the Year award for a second successive time on December 20, 2012?  1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) 2) Alexandre Song (Cameroon) 3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) 4) Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) 5) Michael Essien (Ghana) 5. Which of the following statements is not true? 1) Nobel Prize is not awarded in the category of music. 2) Census is conducted every ten years. 3) Rajiv Awas Yojana was started to make cities free from slums. 4) Norman Borlaug contributed to the Green Revolution. 5) Providing banking services to rural poor is known as SME Finance. 6. Which state government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva, an ambulance service to provide emergency medical relief, in September 2012? 1) Bihar 2) Uttarakhand 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) Haryana  7. The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has commended the Jyotigram Yojana, which provides 24 hour power supply to villages in the state. Which state has launched this program? 1) Goa 2) Gujarat  3) Chhattisgarh 4) Karnataka  5) Madhya Pradesh  8. Who was appointed the Chairman of the ICC's Technical Committee on October 11, 2012?  1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Andrew Strauss 3) Anil Kumble 4) Mark Taylor 5) Allan Isaac 9. Which of the following pairs of Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and their portfolios is not matched correctly? 1) Manish Tewari - Drinking water & Sanitation 2) Jyotiraditya Scindia - Power 3) Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs 4) Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports 5) Jayanthi Natrajan - Environment & Forests 10. Home Loans can be best canvassed among? 1) Flat owners 2) Agriculturists 3) Land developers 4) Individuals wanting to buy a house  5) None of these 11. Bancassurance can be sold to? 1) All Insurance companies 2) Insurance agents  3) All banks 4) All existing and prospective bank customers 5) None of these 12. Bank of Rajasthan has been merged with which of the following banks? 1) IDBI Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) ICICI Bank 4) HDFC Bank  5) Oriental Bank of Commerce 13. Which one of the following crops needs plenty of water to grow? 1) Jowar 2) Bajra 3) Paddy 4) Finger millet 5) Cotton 14. Which of the following crops is used to make bio-fuels? 1) Potato 2) Coconut 3) Wheat 4) Sugarcane 5) Onion 15. Who is the author of the book 'Solo'? 1) Chetan Bhagat 2) Rana Dasgupta 3) Rahul Bhattacharya 4) Shobha De 5) Kiran Desai 16. Who was appointed the Chairman of the national cricket selection committee in September 2012? 1) Roger Binny  2) Vikram Rathore 3) Saba Karim 4) Mohinder Amarnath 5) Sandeep Patil 17. Abbreviations and their full forms are given below. Which one of them is not correct?  1) SME - Small and Medium Enterprises 2) QIB - Qualified Institutional Buyer 3) NBFC - Non Banking Financial Company 4) LDC - Large Developed Countries 5) IFRS-International Financial Reporting Standards  KEY: 1) 4 2) 2 3) 4 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 4 11) 4 12) 3 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 5 17) 4

GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The National Development Council (NDC) approved the 12th Plan document on December 27, 2012 after scaling down the average annual growth target to? 1) 7.5 per cent 2) 7.6 per cent 3) 8 per cent 4) 8.1 per cent 5) 7.9 per cent 2. Ratan Tata retired as the Chairman of the Tata Group on December 28, 2012. Who is the new Chairman of this $100 billion business conglomerate? 1) Noel Tata 2)B.Muthuraman 3) N.Chandrasekaran 4) Cyrus Mistry 5) None of these 3. Who was selected for India's most coveted literary honor, the Jnanpith Award, for the year 2011 on December 27, 2012? 1) Amar Kant (Hindi) 2) Mahasweta Devi (Bengali) 3) Pratibha Ray (Odia) 4) Chandrasekhar Kambar  (Kannada) 5) Sitakant Mahapatra (Odia) 4. Joaquim Barbosa took the oath of office as the first black President of the Supreme Court of which of the following countries in November 2012? 1) Nigeria 2) Argentina  3) USA 4) Brazil  5) South Africa 5. The Hoover Medal was established by the USA in 1930 to recognize great, unselfish, non-technical services by engineers to humanity. Who received this honor in October 2012? 1) James Carter  2) Richard Stanley  3) Kris Gopalakrishnan 4) APJ Abdul Kalam 5) N.R.Narayana Murthy 6. India finished runners-up in Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament that was held in Johor Baru, Malaysia in November 2012. Which country defeated India 3-2 in the final? 1) Germany 2) Malaysia  3) Australia 4) Pakistan  5) New Zealand  7. Which of the following norms/ practices is launched to prevent banks from being used by criminal elements for money laundering activities? 1) Financial Inclusion 2) Core Banking Solution  3) Know Your Customer 4) Branchless Banking 5) None of these 8. If the RBI increases CRR, what immediate impact will it have on the functioning of banks?  1) Banks will have to give more funds to priority sector. 2) Banks will have to give less funds to corporate sector. 3) Banks will have to raise their capital base by taking money from the government. 4) Banks will have to lock some additional funds with the RBI. 5) None of these 9. Which of the following is not a food grain crop? 1) Bajra 2) Jowar 3) Paddy 4) Jatropha 5) Wheat  10. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of a company that produces fertilizers in India? 1) BHEL 2) FICCI 3) IFFCO 4) FERA 5) ICAR 11. What is the full form of NAV? 1) New Asset Venture 2) Net Asset Value 3) Net Accounting Venture 4) Nil Accounting Variation 5) None of these 12. Which of the following is not a missile? 1) Nag 2) Agni 3) Shaurya 4) Pinaka 5) BrahMos 13. Moortidevi Award is given for excellence in? 1) Social Service 2) Literature 3) Films 4) Classical dance 5) Classical music 14. The artificial application of water to the land to assist in the growing of agricultural crops is known as? 1) Irrigation 2) Percolation 3) Water harvesting 4) Crop harvesting 5) Weeding 15. Which of the following terms is not associated with Hockey? 1) Bully 2) Goal 3) Short corner 4) Bouncer 5) Penalty corner 16. Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization associated with which of the following? 1) To protect the world from nuclear war 2) To promote inclusive growth 3) To protect human rights 4) To promote free trade 5) To protect human life and health 17. Which of the following factors is/are taken into consideration while appraising the credit worthiness of a loan applicant?  1) Age 2) Income 3) Nature of employment 4) Repayment capacity 5) All the above  18. Polymer notes were first introduced in which of the following countries to safeguard against counterfeiting of currency? 1) Romania 2) Australia  3) Brunei 4) Vietnam  5) New Zealand  19. 'Anti Tobacco Day' is observed on which of the following days? 1) November 14 2) May 13 3) March 17 4) May 31 5) May 17  20. Which of the following cups/trophies is not related to Cricket? 1) Deodhar Trophy 2) Duleep Trophy 3) Irani Trophy 4) Bombay Gold Cup 5) Vizzy Trophy KEY 1) 3 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 3 8) 4 9) 4 10) 3 11) 2 12) 4 13) 2 14) 1 15) 4 16) 3 17) 5 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4

GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Who has been appointed a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India succeeding Subir Gokarn? 1) Kalpana Kochhar 2) Urjit Patel 3) D.K.Mittal 4) Rakesh Mohan 5) Chanda Kochhar 2. Ashwani Kumar has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following public sector banks from January 1, 2013 for a period of five years? 1) Bank of India 2) Dena Bank 3) Allahabad Bank  4) Corporation Bank 5) Oriental Bank of Commerce 3. Who is the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission? 1) Vijay Kelkar 2) C.Rangarajan 3) Y.V.Reddy  4) M.Govinda Rao 5) Sudipto Mundle 4. Who won the 'CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2011-12'Award in January 2013? 1) Hashim Amla 2) Michael Clarke 3) Kumar Sangakkara 4) Virat Kohli 5) Saeed Ajmal 5. AC Nielsen, ORG and MARG are related to? 1) Hydraulics 2) Food products  3) Power transmission 4) Consumer non durables 5) Market research 6. Ali Zeidan assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on November 14, 2012? 1) Egypt 2) Tunisia  3) Libya 4) Yemen  5) Syria  7. The 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy under the theme "Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making" was organized in which of the following cities from October 16 to 19, 2012? 1) Paris 2) London  3) Madrid 4) New Delhi  5) Berne 8. Aman Sethi, a journalist, was declared the winner of 'The Economist Crossword Book Award 2011' in the Indian non-fiction category for his book? 1) A Free Man 2) The Folded Earth 3) Narcopolis 4) River of Smoke 5) The Incredible Banker 9. Who among the following Union Ministers was conferred with Great Cross of Civil Merit, the highest honor accorded by the Spanish government to honor individuals who have served their communities and contributed to a better understanding between countries? 1) P.Chidambaram 2) S.Jaipal Reddy 3) A.K. Antony  4) Farooq Abdullah  5) Kamal Nath 10. Which of the following terms is not used in Economics? 1) Call money 2) Balance of payment 3) National debt 4) Elasticity of demand 5) Boyle's law 11. Basel II norms are associated with which of the following aspects of the banking industry? 1) Microfinancing 2) Manpower planning 3) Corporate governance 4) Risk management 5) Priority sector lending 12. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Economics? 1) Oscillation 2) Barter system 3) Bohr Theory 4) Plasma 5) Viscosity  13. Who among the following is a famous Economist?  1) Alan Greenspan 2) Stephen Hawking  3) Richard Dawkins 4) Olivar Sachs 5) Vernon Heywood 14. Expand the term FLCC? 1) Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling  2) Fiscal Literary and Credit Counseling  3) Financial Literacy Communication Centre  4) Financial Literacy Call Centre 5) None of these 15. Which of the following books is written by V.S. Naipaul? 1) My India 2) My God Died Young 3) The Village by the Sea  4) Magic Seeds 5) None of these 16. Hiroshima Day is observed on which of the following dates? 1) August 6 2) September 6 3) September 16 4) August 9 5) August 16  17. Which of the following industries is considered as a core industry? 1) Leather 2) Garments 3) Oil and Petroleum 4) IT 5) Handicrafts  18. PIIGS is an acronym used for the group of nations falling under? 1) SAARC 2) ASEAN 3) APEC 4) Euro zone 5) Commonwealth  19. Who among the following is not a recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics? 1) Amartya Sen 2) Paul Krugman 3) Alvin Roth 4) John Gordon 5) Lloyd Shapley 20. Loans given to farmers are treated as? 1) Personal loans 2) Corporate loans 3) Business loans 4) Priority sector loans 5) None of these KEY 1) 2; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5 6) 3; 7) 4; 8) 1; 9) 4; 10) 5; 11) 4; 12) 2; 13)1; 14) 1; 15) 4 16) 1; 17) 3; 18) 4; 19) 4; 20) 4

GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The Union Cabinet approved infusion of how many crores of rupees in public sector banks during the current fiscal to enhance their lending capabilities and also help them in meeting the stricter capital adequacy norms under Basel III on January 10, 2013? 1) 22,322 2) 10,325 3) 15,800 4) 12,517 5) 15,676 2. The FIFA Ballon d'Or award is given annually to the best footballer in the world. Who became the first player to win four successive Ballon d'Or awards on January 7, 2013? 1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 2) Lionel Messi (Argentina) 3) Andres Iniesta (Spain)  4) Iker Casillas (Spain) 5) Kaka (Brazil) 3. Eric Schmidt urged North Korea to end its self imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the internet during his visit to that country in January 2013. He is the Executive Chairman of? 1) Yahoo! 2) Microsoft 3) Google 4) Facebook 5) Oracle 4. Who was appointed as the Chair-man of the 20th Law Commiss-ion in January 2013? (The term ends on August 31, 2015) 1) Justice PV Reddy 2) Justice V Gopala Gowda 3) Justice Vikramajit Sen 4) Justice D K Jain 5) None of these 5. Which of the following statements about the Finance Commission is not true? 1) Finance Commission, a constitutional body, is set up every five years. It reviews the distribution of taxes among the centre, states and local bodies. 2) Former RBI Governor YV Reddy is the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission. Sushma Nath, M.Govinda Rao and Sudipto Mundle are the three full time members. 3) The 14th Finance Commission will give its report by October 2014 and the recommendations will come into effect from April 2015 for a five year period. 4) The Commission will also look into issues like disinvestment, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies. 5) The 13th Finance Commission was headed by C.Rangarajan. 6. Who became the Senior national champion at the age of 16 by wi-nning the 50th National Premier Chess Championship in Kolkata on October 14, 2012? (Viswanat-han Anand had also won the national title at the age of 16) 1) G.Akash 2) Deep Sengupta 3) M.R.Venkatesh 4) Arun Prasad 5) Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi 7. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a global body that cha-lks out policies to counter financial frauds. Its headquarters is in? 1) London 2) Paris 3) New York 4) Washington 5) Frankfurt 8. What does the first letter 'S' denote in the term STRIPS? 1) Small 2) Separate 3) Savings 4) Special 5) Standards 9. What is the amount of compensation to be paid per day by the banks to the customers in case of failed ATM transactions for delays beyond 7 working days? 1) Rs.50 2) Rs.100 3) Rs.500 4) Rs.200 5) Rs.1000 10. In which state are Khajuraho temples, one of the most popular tourist destinations, located? 1) Maharashtra 2) Bihar 3) Rajasthan 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh 11. The SARFAESI Act is related to? 1) Sanction of loans 2) Recovery of loans 3) Enhancement of loan limits 4) All the above 5) None of these 12. The MSMED Act is applicable to? 1) Small enterprises 2) Micro enterprises 3) Medium enterprises 4) Micro, Small and Medium enterprises 5) Any enterprise 13. What is the currency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? 1) Taka 2) Baht  3) Dirham 4) Dollar 5) Rial 14. Which of the following is the chemical name of the common salt or table salt? 1) Calcium Carbonate 2) Sodium Chloride 3) Sodium Carbonate 4) Calcium Chloride 5) None of these 15. Which of the following is not a name of cyclone? 1) Typhoon 2) Hurricane 3) Tornado 4) Willy-Willy 5) Lagoon 16. Which of the following terms is not used in banking/finance? 1) EMI 2) Credit wrap 3) IPO 4) Held to maturity 5) Diffusion 17. Who is the author of the book 'Long Walk to Freedom'? 1) Dalai Lama 2) L K Advani 3) Benazir Bhutto 4) Nelson Mandela 5) Aung Saan Suu Kyi 18. Which of the following organizations provides a range of credit risk insurance covers to exporters? 1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) ECGC 4) SIDBI 5) Indian Overseas Bank 19. Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) CARE & CRISIL are credit rating agencies in India. 2) Moneylender is the informal route of credit in the financial sector. 3) By excessive use of pesticid-es/herbicides the productivity of the land can be increased. 4) In banking, underwriting is the detailed credit analysis pr-eceding the granting of a loan. 5) The exchange of one currency for another or the conversion of one currency into another currency is called Forex (FX) 20. Which of the following is the abbreviated name associated with food security? 1) UIDAI 2) ASHA 3) NRHM 4) PDS 5) NPA KEY 1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5 6) 1; 7) 2; 8) 2; 9) 2; 10) 5; 11) 2; 12) 4; 13)3; 14) 2; 15) 5; 16) 5; 17) 4; 18) 3; 19) 3; 20) 4;

1. R.K. Dubey was appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following public sector banks in January 2013? 1) Canara Bank 2) Andhra Bank 3) Bank of Baroda 4) Punjab National Bank 5) Central Bank of India  2. Mohan Peiris was appointed as the new Chief Justice of which of the following countries in January 2013? 1) Singapore 2) Sri Lanka 3) Mauritius 4) Nepal 5) None of these 3. Which team retained the men's title in the 61st National Volleyball Championship in Jaipur in January 2013? 1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Uttarakhand 4) Haryana 5) Andhra Pradesh 4. Who took over as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on January 1, 2013?  1) Nehchal Sandhu 2) Ajit Doval 3) A.K.Dulat 4) Syed Asif Ibrahim 5) Yashovardhan Azad 5. Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) Corporate hedging is a mechanism to protect a firm's exposure to foreign exchange risk. 2) Fiat money is any money declared by a government to be legal tender.  3) Gold Standard is a system of backing a country's currency with its gold reserves and allo ws currency holders to convert their currency into gold. 4) A lease is a legal contract between the owner of an asset and its user, containing many conditions including payment of a specified amount by the user to the owner for use of the asset. 5) Medical tourism is related to a holiday package for patients. 6. Which team won the 125th Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi in September 2012? 1) Air India 2) Dodsal 3) Mohun Bagan 4) East Bengal 5) Churchill Brothers  7. Kenneth Kaunda received the 2012 Mahatma Gandhi Inter-national Award for Peace and Reconciliation from the Gandhi Development Trust (GDT) in South Africa in September 2012. Kenneth Kaunda is the former President of? 1) Kenya 2) Zambia  3) Uganda 4) Rwanda  5) Burundi  8. A commemorative coin and stamp were released in September 2012 to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of? 1) Gopalakrishna Gokhale 2) Motilal Nehru 3) Subhash Chandra Bose  4) Lala Lajpat Rai 5) Surendranath Banerjee 9. India signed an MoU for building a state of the art police institute for security and law enforcement studies in which of the following countries on September 26, 2012? 1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal  3) Maldives 4) Bhutan  5) Sri Lanka  10. Who was conferred the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management on October 1, 2012? 1) R.A. Mashelkar 2) Sam Pitroda 3) M.S.Swaminathan 4) Tessy Thomas  5) Aruna Roy 11. Isabel Allende received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize given by Denmark, on October1, 2012.She is a renowned author from? 1) Chile 2) Sweden  3) Argentina 4) Mexico  5) Suriname  12. Freedom fighter B.Satyanarayana Reddy passed away on October 6, 2012. He was former Governor of? 1) Rajasthan & Odisha 2) Tamil Nadu & Rajasthan  3) Tripura & Odisha 4) Uttar Pradesh & Odisha 5) Bihar & Punjab 13. India's first child witness court room (CWCR), designed to present a friendly image of courts for child witnesses was inaugurated in which of the following cities in September 2012?  1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Allahabad 4) Kolkata 5) Hyderabad 14. Who has topped Forbes magazine's list of Hollywood's highest paid women? 1) Oprah Winfrey 2) Britney Spears  3) Taylor Swift 4) Rihanna 5) Jennifer Lopez 15. Which of the following states launched the Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojana that provides poor patients with health protection cover up to Rs. 2 lakhs in September 2012? 1) Bihar 2) Gujarat  3) Odisha  4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Andhra Pradesh KEY 1) 1 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 1 12) 4 13) 2 14) 1 15) 2

1. Om Prakash Chautala was sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption in January 2013. He served five terms as the Chief Minister of? 1) Bihar 2) Odisha 3) Punjab 4) Haryana  5) Himachal Pradesh  2. Who among the following Union Ministers was re elected as the President of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on December 20, 2012?  1) Sharad Pawar 2) Praful Patel 3) C.P.Joshi 4) Farooq Abdullah 5) Harish Rawat 3. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid had talks with Bob Carr in January 2013. Bob Carr is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of? 1) UK 2) Canada 3) Australia 4) Denmark 5) Norway  4. Who was appointed chief mentor of the Mumbai Indians IPL team in January 2013? 1) Rahul Dravid 2) Shane Warne 3) J.Srinath 4) Anil Kumble 5) Saurav Ganguly 5. Food and Agriculture Organizat-ion (FAO) Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva presented the organization's highest award, the Agricola Medal, to whom among the following Prime Ministers on October 2, 2012? 1) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) 2) Wen Jiabao (China) 3) Manmohan Singh (India) 4) Stephen Harper (Canada) 5) D.M.Jayaratne(Sri Lanka) 6. Who was presented with the 'Pride of India' award for his/her outstanding services to India and Britain in October 2012? 1) Kiran Bedi 2) Lord Swraj Paul  3) Sir Mota Singh  4) Trilochan Singh Sahni 5) None of these  7. A commemorative postage stamp to mark the 50th year of raising of which of the following Central Armed Police Forces was released in October 2012? 1) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 2) Border Security Force (BSF) 3) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 4) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 5) Railway Protection Force (RPF)  8. The Vayosrestha Samman is given by which of the following ministries each year to recognize the exemplary contribution of senior citizens in various fields? 1) Finance 2) Home 3) Communications & IT 4) Social Justice & Empower-ment 5) Labour &Employment  9. Who topped the executive pay charts for listed companies in India with a package of Rs.73.42 crore for the last financial year? 1) Naveen Jindal 2) Kalanithi Maran 3) Pawan Munjal 4) Sunil Mittal 5) Jayadev Galla  10. In the 2012 Global Food Security Index released by the American chemical company Du Pont, India was ranked? 1) 39 2) 62 3) 75 4) 81 5) 66 11. Norodom Sihanouk passed away on October 15, 2012. He was the former king of? 1) Thailand 2) Vietnam  3) Cambodia 4) Malaysia  5) Brunei  12. Veteran Congress leader Naval Kishore Sharma passed away recently. He served as Governor of which of the following states from 2004 to 2009? 1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat  3) Karnataka 4) Haryana  5) Himachal Pradesh 13. The 11th Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in which of the following cities in October 2012? 1) Bangalore 2) Nagpur 3) Chennai 4) Kochi 5) Hyderabad 14. Which of the following banking majors appointed former SBI Chairman O.P.Bhatt as an independent non-executive director recently? 1) Barclays 2) BNP Paribas  3) Citibank  4) Standard Chartered 5) JP Morgan Chase 15. Which of the following books is not written by Dan Brown? 1) Angels and Demons 2) The Da Vinci Code 3) The Rozabel Line 4) The Lost Symbol 5) Deception Point 16. The Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY) is a cashless health insurance scheme launched by which of the following states in 2012? 1) Rajasthan 2) Delhi  3) Maharashtra 4) Haryana  5) Andhra Pradesh 17. Wing Commander is a rank related to? 1) Army 2) Navy 3) Air Force 4) Police 5) None of these KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 4 7) 3 8) 4 9) 1 10) 5 11) 3 12) 2 13) 5 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 3 GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The Reserve Bank of India reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points on January 29, 2013. What is the present repo rate? 1) 8.25% 2) 8.5% 3) 8.75% 4) 7.75% 5) 7.25%  2. Who among the following was given Padma Vibhushan this year? 1) V.K.Saraswat 2) Yashpal  3) Ashok Sen 4) N.Suresh 5) Jogesh Chandra Pati 3. Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-2013 for his debut novel Narcopolis in January 2013? 1) Amitav Ghosh 2) Jamil Ahmad 3) Jeet Thayil 4) Uday Prakash 5) Tahmima Anam 4. Who defended the Australian Open women's singles tennis title in Melbourne on January 26, 2013?  1) Li Na (China) 2) Sloane Stephens (USA) 3) Serena Williams (USA) 4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 5) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 5. Who among the following was the Chief Guest for the 64th Republic Day parade on January 26, 2013?  1) Spain King 2) Norway King 3) Thailand King  4) Cambodia King 5) Bhutan King 6. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy cricket for the 40th time in January 2013. It defeated which of the following teams in the final in Mumbai? 1) Karnataka 2) Rajasthan  3) Saurashtra 4) Delhi 5) Uttar Pradesh 7. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the portion of deposits banks must keep with the RBI. What is the present CRR? 1) 3.5% 2) 4.5% 3) 4.75% 4) 4% 5) 3.75%  8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 80th anniversary on which of the following days in 2012? 1) September 16 2) October 8 3) December 7 4) November 11 5) October 7 9. The world's highest polling booth is located at the height of 15,000 feet above the mean sea level at Hikkam in Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituency in which of the following states? 1) Assam 2) Uttarakhand  3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Jammu& Kashmir  5) Himachal Pradesh  10. The Election Commission has set up a polling booth solely for Bharat Das in which of the following assembly constituencies of Gujarat? (The booth was created inside the Gir National Park) 1) Una 2) Valsad 3) Mehsana 4) Mandvi 5) Lathi 11. The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India every?  1) Two years 2) Three years 3) Four years 4) Six years  5) Five years 12. Who among the following Indian golfers won the Venetian Macau Open Golf title in October 2012? 1) Gaganjeet Bhullar 2) Shiv Kapur  3) Himmat Rai  4) Ajeetesh Sandhu  5) None of these  13. Mount Lokon erupted recently. It is one of the most active volcanoes in? 1) Italy 2) Japan  3) Indonesia 4) Ireland  5) Philippines  14. UN Women's Executive Director Michelle Bachelet launched the first ever knowledge hub for elected women representatives living in rural areas of South Asia in which of the following cities on October 4, 2012? 1) Jaipur 2) Hyderabad  3) Cuttack 4) Mysore 5) Bhopal 15. Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim insurgency outfit, signed a pact with which of the following governments to end the conflict in October 2012? 1) Laos 2) Indonesia 3) Philippines 4) Sri Lanka 5) Myanmar  16. The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is a body created in 2002 to promote cooperation among Asian countries. Which city hosted the first ACD Summit in October 2012? 1) Jakarta 2) Bangkok 3) New Delhi 4) Kuwait City 5) Dhaka 17. Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a militant group, signed a peace accord with the union government and which of the following state governments in October 2012? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Manipur 4) West Bengal 5) Assam KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 5 10) 1 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1 15) 3 16) 4 17) 5. GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The Rs.1000 coin has been issued in commemoration of 1,000 years of the Brihadeeswara temple in? 1) Madurai 2) Kanchi 3) Kumbakonam 4) Tanjavur 5) Tiruchirapalli  2. "Dare to Do! For the New Generation" is a book written by? 1) Anna Hazare 2) Kiran Bedi 3) Prashant Bhushan 4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) None of these 3. Who won his fourth Allan Border Medal as Australia's Cricketer of the Year on February 4, 2013? 1) Ricky Ponting 2) Mike Hussey  3) Michael Clarke 4) Shane Watson 5) Phil Hughes 4. Rohinton Nariman resigned from which of the following posts in February 2013? 1) Supreme Court Judge 2) Election Commissioner 3) Attorney General 4) Solicitor General 5) None of these 5. The 8th Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Divas was celebrated on which of the following days in 2013? 1) February 1 2) February 2 3) February 3 4) February 4 5) February 5 6. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2013? (He succeeded Hillary Clinton) 1) Kit Bond 2) Joe Biden  3) Bob Menendez 4) John Kerry 5) William Joseph Burns 7. The Ministry of Rural Development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses on making the country free from open defecation on October 3, 2012. The yatra was started from Wardha district, Maharashtra and ended in Bettiah in? 1) Odisha 2) Bihar 3) Assam 4) West Bengal 5) Haryana  8. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi handed over the 21st crore (210 million) Aadhar card to Bali Devi, a resident of which of the following states? 1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan 4) Maharashtra 5) Himachal Pradesh  9. Which of the following private s ector banks has tied-up with state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to provide banking services in rural areas? (IOC's rural petrol pump outlets-Kisan Seva Kendras-will act as the bank's Business Correspondents) 1) Yes Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) KVB  4) Axis Bank  5) HDFC Bank  10. Brooks Brothers has unveiled a luxury boutique in New Delhi. It is the oldest men's clothier chain in which of the following countries?  1) Spain 2) UK 3) USA 4) France 5) Australia  11. The 2012 Ryder Cup was won by Europe. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and? 1) Brazil 2) Canada 3) Argentina 4) Australia  5) USA 12. India's heaviest satellite, the 3400 kg GSAT-10, was successfully launched on September 29, 2012 from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana in? 1) Asia 2) Africa  3) North America  4) South America 5) Europe  13. Pranay Sahay was appointed as the new Director General of which of the following armed forces in October 2012? 1) CRPF 2) CISF 3) NSG 4) ITBP 5) Sashastra Seema Bal  14. Dmitry Rogozin visited India recently. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of which of the following countries? 1) Ukraine 2) Georgia  3) Russia 4) Belarus  5) Kazakhstan  15. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of? 1) Iran 2) Iraq  3) Spain 4) Egypt  5) Israel  16. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)? 1) Steve Ballmer 2) Larry Page 3) Jimmy Wales 4) Tim Berners Lee 5) Steve Jobs 17. Who is the author of "What Young India Wants: Selected Essays and Columns"? 1) Gurcharan Das  2) Chetan Bhagat 3) Robin Sharma 4) Abdul Kalam 5) Jeet Thayil 18. G.K.Vasan, Minister of Shipping, and Doris Bures signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for technology cooperation in the shipping and ports infrastructure in October 2012. Doris Bures is the Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of which of the following countries? 1) Austria  2) Canada  3) Australia  4) Czech Republic 5) New Zealands 19. Which of the following is not a financial term? 1) Acid Test Ratio 2) Gross profit 3) Cash flow 4) Depreciation  5) Double fault KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 4 7) 2 8) 3 9) 5 10) 3 11) 5 12) 4 13) 1 14) 3 15) 5 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 19) 5 GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) drastically lowered the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimate to what per cent for 2012-13? 1) 5.5% 2) 5.7% 3) 5.9% 4) 5% 5) 5.3%  2. The Union Cabinet approved the raising of the authorized capital of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to how many crores of rupees from Rs. 5,000 crore and expanding its scope of operations on February 7, 2013? 1) Rs. 10,000crore 2) Rs. 20,000crore 3) Rs.15, 000crore 4) Rs.25, 000crore 5) None of these 3. Glenn Maxwell was bought by Mumbai Indians for $1 million, the biggest buy in the Pepsi-Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction on February 3, 2013. He is an all-rounder from?  1) England 2) South Africa 3) Australia 4) West Indies 5) New Zealand  4. Milos Zeman is the first directly elected President of which of the following countries? 1) Serbia 2) Slovenia  3) Hungary 4) Czech Republic  5) Slovakia 5. Which of the following statements about polymer notes is not correct? 1) The Reserve Bank of India has proposed to conduct field trials of Rs 10 polymer banknotes in five cities-Jaipur, Shimla, Mysore, Kochi and Bhubaneswar. 2) Polymer notes will help in checking counterfeiting. 3) Printing cost is low. 4) They have relatively longer life compared to the prevailing paper notes. 5) The average lifespan of polymer currency notes is one year. 6. Who among the following New Zealand cricketers won the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2011-12? 1) Martin Guptill  2) Ross Taylor  3) Brendon McCullum 4) Tim Southee 5) Doug Bracewell 7. Pakistan government has renamed Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk in which of the following cities? 1) Karachi 2) Lahore  3) Peshawar 4) Islamabad  5) Hyderabad  8. Which city hosted the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October 2012? 1) Manila 2) New Delhi  3) Tokyo 4) London  5) Washington  9. Which team won the Champions League Twenty20 Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 28, 2012? 1) Sydney Sixers 2) Highveld Lions 3) Delhi Daredevils  4) Kolkata Knight Riders  5) Mumbai Indians  10. Sayali Gokhale is the women's national champion in?  1) Chess 2) Tennis 3) Squash 4) Badminton 5) Billiards  11. The scheme which gives tax exemptions to first time equity market investors is? 1) Indira Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme  2) Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme 3) Prime Minister's Equity Savings Scheme 4) National Equity Savings Scheme 5) None of these 12. James Bond 007 celebrated 50th anniversary in October 2012. Which is the first Bond movie? (James Bond is a character created by Ian Fleming ) 1) Dr. No 2) Goldfinger  3) From Russia with Love  4) You Only Live Twice  5) Skyfall  13. The National Museum of Indian Cinema, that will showcase the evolution of Indian cinema, is being built in? 1) Kolkata 2) Jaipur  3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) Hyderabad  14. Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery was launched on October 20, 2012 in Dudu in? 1) Bihar 2) Haryana  3) Punjab 4) Rajasthan 5) Maharashtra  15. Which of the following books was written by Salman Rushdie? 1) Wolf Hall 2) The Lighthouse 3) Joseph Anton  4) River of Smoke  5) Bring up the Bodies 16. Sunil Gangopadhyay passed away recently. He was a renowned? 1) Film actor 2) Sculptor  3) Painter 4) Author 5) Theatre artist KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 4 11) 2 12) 1 13) 4 14) 4 15) 3 16) 4 GENERAL AWARENESS 1. The Rs.1000 coin has been issued in commemoration of 1,000 years of the Brihadeeswara temple in? 1) Madurai 2) Kanchi 3) Kumbakonam 4) Tanjavur 5) Tiruchirapalli  2. "Dare to Do! For the New Generation" is a book written by? 1) Anna Hazare 2) Kiran Bedi 3) Prashant Bhushan 4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) None of these 3. Who won his fourth Allan Border Medal as Australia's Cricketer of the Year on February 4, 2013? 1) Ricky Ponting 2) Mike Hussey  3) Michael Clarke 4) Shane Watson 5) Phil Hughes 4. Rohinton Nariman resigned from which of the following posts in February 2013? 1) Supreme Court Judge 2) Election Commissioner 3) Attorney General 4) Solicitor General 5) None of these 5. The 8th Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Divas was celebrated on which of the following days in 2013? 1) February 1 2) February 2 3) February 3 4) February 4 5) February 5 6. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2013? (He succeeded Hillary Clinton) 1) Kit Bond 2) Joe Biden  3) Bob Menendez 4) John Kerry 5) William Joseph Burns 7. The Ministry of Rural Development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses on making the country free from open defecation on October 3, 2012. The yatra was started from Wardha district, Maharashtra and ended in Bettiah in? 1) Odisha 2) Bihar 3) Assam 4) West Bengal 5) Haryana  8. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi handed over the 21st crore (210 million) Aadhar card to Bali Devi, a resident of which of the following states? 1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan 4) Maharashtra 5) Himachal Pradesh  9. Which of the following private s ector banks has tied-up with state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to provide banking services in rural areas? (IOC's rural petrol pump outlets-Kisan Seva Kendras-will act as the bank's Business Correspondents) 1) Yes Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) KVB  4) Axis Bank  5) HDFC Bank  10. Brooks Brothers has unveiled a luxury boutique in New Delhi. It is the oldest men's clothier chain in which of the following countries?  1) Spain 2) UK 3) USA 4) France 5) Australia  11. The 2012 Ryder Cup was won by Europe. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and? 1) Brazil 2) Canada 3) Argentina 4) Australia  5) USA 12. India's heaviest satellite, the 3400 kg GSAT-10, was successfully launched on September 29, 2012 from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana in? 1) Asia 2) Africa  3) North America  4) South America 5) Europe  13. Pranay Sahay was appointed as the new Director General of which of the following armed forces in October 2012? 1) CRPF 2) CISF 3) NSG 4) ITBP 5) Sashastra Seema Bal  14. Dmitry Rogozin visited India recently. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of which of the following countries? 1) Ukraine 2) Georgia  3) Russia 4) Belarus  5) Kazakhstan  15. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of? 1) Iran 2) Iraq  3) Spain 4) Egypt  5) Israel  16. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)? 1) Steve Ballmer 2) Larry Page 3) Jimmy Wales 4) Tim Berners Lee 5) Steve Jobs 17. Who is the author of "What Young India Wants: Selected Essays and Columns"? 1) Gurcharan Das  2) Chetan Bhagat 3) Robin Sharma 4) Abdul Kalam 5) Jeet Thayil 18. G.K.Vasan, Minister of Shipping, and Doris Bures signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for technology cooperation in the shipping and ports infrastructure in October 2012. Doris Bures is the Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of which of the following countries? 1) Austria  2) Canada  3) Australia  4) Czech Republic 5) New Zealands 19. Which of the following is not a financial term? 1) Acid Test Ratio 2) Gross profit 3) Cash flow 4) Depreciation  5) Double fault KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 4 7) 2 8) 3 9) 5 10) 3 11) 5 12) 4 13) 1 14) 3 15) 5 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 19) 5 GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India on February 13, 2013? (His tenure will be for three years) 1) Mohan Jain  2) P.P.Malhotra 3) G.E.Vahanavati 4) Mohan Parasaran 5) Gopal Subramaniam  2. Who was given The Hindu Literary Prize 2013 for his novel "Em and the Big Hoom"? 1) Jeet Thayil 2) Jerry Pinto 3) Kiran Nagarkar 4) Shashi Tharoor 5) None of these 3. Rafael Correa was re-elected for third term as the President of which of the following South American countries in February 2013? 1) Peru 2) Chile 3) Ecuador 4) Venezuela 5) Uruguay  4. Who was conferred the 2011 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on February 18, 2013? 1) Sheikh Hasina  2) Sonia Gandhi  3) Medha Patkar 4) Ela Bhatt  5) Shanta Sinha 5. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in for a second three-year term in November 2012 as the President of? 1) Cyprus 2) Fiji  3) Latvia 4) Burkina Faso  5) Malta  6. E. Donnall Thomas of USA died recently. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in which of the following fields? 1) Physics 2) Chemistry  3) Medicine 4) Literature 5) Economics 7. Which of the following is a voluntary force that serves as auxiliary to the police and helps in maintaining internal security? 1) Home Guards 2) CISF 3) CRPF 4) RAF 5) National Security Guard 8. Which of the following is a statutory, quasi-judicial body set up in 1966 by the Parliament with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India? 1) United News of India  2) Press Trust of India  3) Press Information Bureau 4) Press Council of India 5) None of these 9. State Bank of India opened its second Kohinoor premium banking centre for very high net worth individuals on November 7, 2012 in which of the following cities?(The first such branch was opened in Hyderabad in 2011) 1) Mumbai 2) Chennai 3) Pune 4) Vijayawada  5) Visakhapatnam  10. Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL), one of the largest security custodians to financial institutions, will be merged with?  1) IFCI 2) GIC 3) IDBI Bank 4) LIC 5) SBI 11. An indirect tax levied on those goods which are manufactured in India is called? 1) Sales Tax 2) Income Tax 3) Excise Duty 4) VAT 5) None of these 12. Outlook.com is a web mail service launched by? 1) Google 2) Rediff 3) Apple 4) Microsoft  5) None of these  13. Naresh Chandra Task Force is related to? 1) Black Money 2) Corruption 3) National Security 4) Income Tax 5) None of these  14. India won the inaugural Asian Cricket Council's Women T-20 Asia Cup by defeating which of the following teams in the final in Guangzhou, China? 1) China 2) Thailand  3) Sri Lanka 4) Bangladesh  5) Pakistan  15. The Art of Living Foundation is one of the world's largest volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-govern men tal organizations (NGO). It was founded in 1981 by? 1) Baba Ram Dev 2) Acharya Rajneesh 3) Sri Narayan Guru  4) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  5) None of these 16. Kanha National Park is a Tiger Reserve in? 1) Odisha 2) Rajasthan  3) Bihar 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh 17. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is Asia's first stock exchange. It was established in? 1) 1882 2) 1887 3) 1875 4)1897 5) 1895 18. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on? 1) May 25 2) March 15 3) June 25 4) May 15 5)January 15 19. Which of the follow ing scientific research institutions is located in Bangalore? 1) National Institute of Nutrition 2) Indian Institute of Geomagne tism 3) Agarkar Research Institute 4) Indian Institute of Astro physics 5) None of these 20. 'Associated Press' is the main news agency of? 1) UK 2) France 3) Russia 4) Australia 5) USA KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 5 10) 3 11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 5 15) 4 16) 5 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 5

GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Which film won the Best Picture Award at the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, 2013?  1) Life of Pi  2) Lincoln  3) Django Unchained 4) Argo 5) Silver Linings Playbook  2. Nicos Anastasiades won the Presidential elections of which of the following countries on February 24, 2013? 1) Greece 2) Cyprus  3) Turkey 4) Syria  5) Lebanon  3. Who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on February 21, 2013? (He succeeded J.Hari Narayan) 1) U.K. Sinha 2) D.K. Mehrotra 3) T.S.Vijayan 4) Rahul Khullar 5) N.Chandrasekaran 4. Who is the only actor to have won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor three times? 1) Spencer Tracy  2) Tom Hanks 3) Marlon Brando 4) Daniel Day-Lewis  5) Dustin Hoffman 5. Which of the following statements is not true? 1) Plastic money refers to ATM/Credit cards. 2) Carbon tax is a tax on the emissions from burning fossil fuels. 3) PAN should be quoted on all large value financial transactions. 4) FTZ stands for Financial Trade Zone. 5) Warren Buffet of USA is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.  6. Anuradha Roy is the author of which of the following books? 1) The Folded Earth  2) A Free Man 3) The Incredible Banker 4) Umbrella 5) The Lighthouse 7. Kevin Curran died recently at the age of 53. He played internati onal cricket for which of the following countries? 1) England 2) Australia  3) South Africa 4) Zimbabwe 5) West Indies  8. The Indian Ocean Rim-Asso ciation for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) is an international organization with 20 member states. Which of the following countries was inducted into this group as its 20th member recently? 1) India 2) Malaysia  3) Comoros 4) Mauritius  5) Seychelles  9. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the integrated termi nal building at Swami Viveka nanda Airport in which of the following cities in November 2012? 1) Ranchi 2) Raipur 3) Dehradun 4) Kolkata 5) Patna  10. The Centre for DNA Finger prin ting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is located in? 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Bangalore 4) Pune 5) Hyderabad 11. A referendum will be held in 2014 on the independence of which of the following in the United Kingdom? 1) Scotland 2) Wales  3) Northern Ireland 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All  12. Babu Jagjivan Ram was posthu mously awarded with the Friends of Liberation War Honor by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in the 1971 war. He was the then Indian Minister for? 1) Defense 2) External Affairs 3) Home 4) Finance 5) None of these  13. Who was named South Africa's Sportsman of the Year in November 2012? 1) Hashim Amla 2) Dale Steyn  3) Graeme Smith 4) Vernon Philander 5) Oscar Pistorius  14. EKUVERIN 2012 was held in Belgaum, India in November 2012. It is the fourth joint military training exercise between India and? 1) Japan 2) China  3) UK 4) Maldives  5) Sri Lanka 15. Who won the International Asso ciation of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time in November 2012? 1) David Rudisha 2) Keshorn Walcott 3) Usain Bolt 4) Aries Merritt  5) None of these 16. Who bagged the world youth chess championship at Maribor, Slovenia on November 18, 2012? 1) Sahajasree 2) Nuthaki Priyanka 3) Dronavalli Harika 4) Arushi Kotwal 5) None of these  17. Tarapore Committee is associated with? 1) SEZs 2) Foreign exchange reserves 3) Full capital  account convertibility 4) Infrastructure 5) None of these 18. What is the capital city of South Sudan? 1) Khartoum 2) Juba  3) Moroni 4) Malabo 5) Conakry 19. Which of the following nuclear power stations is located in Karnataka? 1) Kaiga 2) Kalpakkam 3) Rawatbhata 4) Narora 5) Tarapur 20. On the coast of which of the following states is Wheeler Is land situated? 1) Gujarat 2) Goa  3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Odisha KEY 1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 1 7) 4 8) 3 9) 2 10) 5 11) 1 12) 1 13) 4 14) 4 15) 3 16) 2 17) 3 18) 2 19) 1 20) 5 1. Economic Survey 2012-13 proje cted a growth rate of what percent for 2013-14? 1) 5.5-5.7 2) 6.3-6.5 3) 6.1-6.7 4) 8.1-8.5 5) 5.5-6.1 2. Who received the Ernst &Young Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2013? 1) T.T.Jagannathan 2) Ratan Tata 3) Rahul Bajaj 4) Francisco D' Souza 5) None of these 3. Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy Football tourna ment in Kochi on March 3, 2013? 1) Services 2) Kerala  3) Goa 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Bengal 4. Chuck Hagel has been appointed as the US? 1) Secretary of State 2) Treasury Secretary 3) Vice President 4) Defense Secretary 5) Ambassador to India  5. Who won the Best Actress Award at the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013? 1) Jessica Chastain 2) Quvenzhane Wallis 3) Naomi Watts 4) Jennifer Lawrence 5) None of these 6. Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 85th Oscar awa rds? 1) Kon-Tiki (Norway) 2) No (Chile) 3) Amour (Austria) 4) A Royal Affair (Denmark) 5) War Witch (Canada) 7. India's GDP growth in the third quarter of 2012-13 slipped to what per cent? (It is the decade's lowest quarterly growth) 1) 5.5% 2) 5.3% 3) 4.5% 4) 4.9% 5) 5.2% 8. Manik Sarkar has been the Chief Minister of which of the follow ing states since March 1998? 1) Mizoram 2) Assam 3) Nagaland 4) Tripura 5) Manipur 9. India's first all-women bank will start operations from November this year. The government annou nced an initial capital of how many crores of rupees for this purpose? 1) 2,000crore 2) 2,500crore 3) 1,000crore 4) 1,500crore 5) None of these 10. How many crores will be made available to NABARD to finance construction of godowns and warehouses, as per the 2013-14 Union Budget? 1) Rs 5,000cr 2) Rs 10,000cr 3) Rs 1,000cr 4) Rs 2,000cr 5) Rs 20,000cr 11. Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) elected Mir eille Ballestrazzi as its first fe male President. She belongs to? 1) France 2) Italy  3) UK 4) Germany 5) Poland  12. The 10th ASEAN-India Summit was held on November 19, 2012 at? 1) Singapore 2) Bangkok  3) Phnom Penh 4) Bali  5) Jakarta  13. ASEAN-India trade reached how many billion dollars in 2011-12? 1) 75.5 2) 79.3 3) 82.5 4) 81.3 5) None of these Key 1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 3 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1 11) 1 12) 3 13) 2

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