General awareness 2012 & 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Who has been appointed as new Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank? (His term begins on October 1, 2012)

1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Partha Dasgupta
3) Kaushik Basu
4) Jagdish Bhagwati
5) Amartya Sen

2. Dr. Verghese Kurien passe

d away on September 9, 2012. He is the father of India's?
1) Green Revolution
2) Blue Revolution
3) Yellow Revolution
4) White Revolution
5) Golden Revolution

3. Alan Isaac succeeded India's Sharad Pawar for the post of International Cricket Council (ICC) President on June 28, 2012. He belongs to which of the following countries?

1) West Indies 2) South Africa
3) England 4) Australia
5) New Zealand

4. Who was sworn in as the 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan on June 22, 2012?

1) Rehman Malik
2) Makhdoom Shahabuddin
3) Yousuf Raza Gilani
4) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
5) Asif Ali Zardari

5. Which of the following state-ments about the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL)- 2012 is not true?

1) The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL -5 final at the Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on May 27, 2012 to win its first IPL title.
2) Gautam Gambhir is the captain of KKR and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of CSK.
3) Sunil Narine of KKR was declared the Golden Player of the Tournament.
4) Orange Cap Award was given to Chris Gayle of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for scoring 733 runs.
5) Purple Cap Award was given to Ravichandran Ashwin of CSK for taking 25 wickets.

6. Guy Ryder was elected as the tenth Director-General of which of the following organizations? (He will begin his five-year term in October 2012)

1) WHO 2) ILO 3) WTO 4) UNICEF 5) UNESCO
7. International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOS-CO) is an international policy forum for securities market regulators. Who has been re-elected Chairman of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee of the IOSCO?
1) D.Subba Rao
2) J.Harinarayan
3) Rahul Khullar 4) U.K.Sinha
5) None of these

8. Who assumed charge as the 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on June 11, 2012?

1) H.S.Brahma 2) S.Y.Quraishi 3) V.S.Sampath
4) N.Gopalaswami
5) None of these

9. The Vice President Hamid Ansari presented "International Gandhi Award-2011" to whom among the following at a function organized by Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, Wardha, Maharashtra on May 28, 2012?

1) Dr. Caire Velut
2) Dr. J.D.Samant
3) Dr. Prakash Amte
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3

10. Who was awarded the Common-Wealth Book Prize for 2012 for his debut novel 'Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew'?

1) Emma Martin (New Zealand)
2) Rana Dasgupta (UK-India)
3) Alecia Mckenzie (Jamaica)
4) Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka) 5) None of these

11. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released the Red List of threatened species on June 20, 2012. According to this list how many species of plants and animals from India are Critically Endangered?

1) 310 2) 132
3) 282 4) 252 5) 270

12. According to a survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) recently, what percent of India's rural population live on less than Rs.35 a day?

1) 33 2) 60 3) 35 4) 50 5) 48

13. Santosh Trophy is an annual football tournament which is contested by states and government institutions. Which team won the 66th Santosh Trophy in Cuttack, Odisha on May 28, 2012?

1) Services 2) Tamil Nadu
3) West Bengal 4) Punjab
5) Kerala

14. Which country became the 209th member of FIFA, the international governing body of football, on May 25, 2012?

1) Palau 2) Tuvalu
3) Uganda 4) South Sudan
5) Swaziland

15. As per a report published recently by Save the Children, a global non-governmental organi-zation, which country has the highest number of deaths due to premature births?

1) Niger 2) Bangladesh
3) Somalia 4) India
5) Nigeria
16. Which country has test fired a new inter-continental ballistic missile named Avangard that is capable of piercing defense systems being developed by the United States?
1) China 2) Russia 3) Israel 4) Iran 5) North Korea

17. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the Secretary-General of which of the following organizations?

1) ASEAN 2) APEC
3) NATO 4) OPEC
5) Commonwealth

18. Mohamed Morsy was sworn in as the new President of which of the following countries on June 30, 2012?

1) Syria 2) Yemen
3) Libya 4) Iraq 5) Egypt

19. Antonis Samaras has been the Prime Minister of which of the following European countries since June 20, 2012?

1) Austria 2) Belgium
3) Cyprus 4) Greece 5) Portugal

20. The seventh G-20 summit was held on June18-19, 2012 in which of the following cities?

1) Chicago (USA)
2) Camp David (USA)
3) Seoul (South Korea)
4) Los Cabos (Mexico)
5) Cannes (France)

21. Bujar Nishani assumed office as the 6th President of which of the following countries on July 24, 2012?

1) Montenegro 2) Kosovo
3) Albania 4) Macedonia
5) Turkey

22. India's Gayatri Spivak, a literary critic and Professor at Columbia University, won which of the following prizes in June 2012?

1) Templeton Prize 2) Abel Prize
3) Pritzker Prize 4) Kyoto Prize
5) Ondaatje Prize

23. A plane carrying 153 people on board crashed in Lagos killing everyone on board on June 3, 2012. Lagos is the most populous city in which of the following African countries?

1) Benin 2) Nigeria
3) Chad 4) Niger
5) Cameroon

24. Which of the following teams won the Junior Hockey World Cup in May 2012 in Kuala Lumpur?

1) Malaysia 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Japan 5) India

25. Who became the first non-head of State and only the second woman after Queen Elizabeth to address both houses of Britain's parliament on June 21, 2012?

1) Hillary Clinton
2) Michele Obama
3) Sonia Gandhi
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Melinda Gates

26. Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls or 'SABLA' includes a complete nutrition program for girls in the age group of?

1) 13 to 19 years
2) 11 to 18 years
3) 11 to 15 years
4) 12 to 19 years
5) 12 to 18 years

27. Who is the author of the book 'Jinnah and Tilak: Comrades in the Freedom Struggle'?

1) Jaswant Singh 2) M.J.Akbar
3) A.G.Noorani 4) L.K.Advani
5) Ram Jethmalani

28. The United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) was established in 1972 with its headquarters in?

1) Berne 2) Geneva
3) Vienna 4) Nairobi
5) The Hague

29. Which of the following represents the ratio of equity of the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) held by the Central Government, the sponsor bank and the concerned State Government respectively?

1) 50:20:30 2) 50:35:15
3) 40:35:25 4) 40:40:20
5) 50:30:20

30. Who is the only person to be elected as the President of India unopposed?

1) V.V.Giri 2) Zakir Hussain
3) R.Venkatraman
4) Pranab Mukherjee
5) N.Sanjiva Reddy

31. The Constitution of India provides for nomination of two members of Lok Sabha by the President to represent?

1) Persons of Eminence
2) The Parsis
3) The business community
4) The Anglo-Indian community
5) None of these

32. Which of the following is the name of the norms by which a bank satisfies itself about the customers' identity and activities?

1) Lending norms
2) Service norms 3) Basal norms
4) KYC norms 5) None of these

33. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following services?

1) Trade 2) Transport
3) Telecom 4) Insurance
5) None of these
34. Dr. Muhammad Yunus belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Iran 2) Pakistan
3) India 4) Bangladesh
5) Indonesia

35. Ten Rupee notes contain the signature of?

1) Finance Secretary
2) SBI Chairman
3) Finance Minister
4) Chief Economic Advisor
5) None of these

36. Government shareholding in Public Sector Banks cannot be below?

1) 33% 2) 74%
3) 51% 4) 100% 5) 67%

37. Effective August 11, 2012 what is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)?

1) 24% 2) 25%
3) 23% 4) 22% 5) 26%

38. Which of the following schemes has been started to provide health services in the rural areas?

1) Bharat Nirman
2) Operation Flood 3) SGSY 4) ASHA 5) JNNURM

39. Which of the following is the capital and largest city in Libya?

1) Juba 2) Niamey
3) Abuja 4) Tripoli 5) Maputo

40. Which of the following ports is called the "Offspring of Partition" as it was developed after the partition as a substitute for Karachi port?

1) Paradip 2) Ennore
3) Tuticorin
4) New Mangalore 5) Kandla

Key
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GENERAL AWARENESS 1. What is the revised growth rate target for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017)? 1) 9% 2) 8% 3) 8.2% 4) 8.5% 5) 9.5% 2. Which Indian author has been short listed for this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel 'Narcopolis', a dark tale about the opium and heroin dens of Mumbai? 1) Aravind Adiga 2) Jeet Thayil 3) Amitav Ghosh 4) Chetan Bhagat 5) Rahul Bhattacharya 3. John Baird visited India and held talks with S.M.Krishna in September 2012. Baird is the Foreign Minister of which of the following countries? 1) France 2) Argentina 3) Canada 4) U.K. 5) Australia 4. Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz was named the crown prince of which of the following countries on June 18, 2012? 1) Kuwait 2) Bahrain 3) Yemen 4) Oman 5) Saudi Arabia 5. Which of the following state-ments about G-20 is not true? 1) The G-20 includes 19 country members and the European Union. 2) G-20 was started in 2008 and accounts for 2/3rd of world's population and 80% of the world's GDP. 3) The seventh G-20 Summit was held at Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18-19, 2012. 4) The next G-20 Summit will be held in September 2013 in Saint Petersburg, South Africa. 5) At the Los Cabos Summit BRICS countries have pledged $75 billion to IMF's $430 billion bailout package for the debt ridden 17 nation Euro zone. India alone contributed $10 billion. 6. Who took over as Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay from Ratan Kumar Sinha on June 19, 2012? 1) S.K.Jain 2) V.K.Saraswat 3) Srikumar Banerjee 4) Sekhar Basu 5) None of these 7. What is the new name of the former Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, which has been procured by India? 1) INS Vikrant 2) INS Viraat 3) INS Vikramaditya 4) INS Chakra 5) INS Arihant 8. Which of the following Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will start Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Institute of Medical Science and Research? 1) IIT, Bombay 2) IIT, Madras 3) IIT, Hyderabad 4) IIT, Kanpur 5) IIT, Kharagpur 9. American President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Shimon Peres on June 13, 2012. Peres is the President of which of the following countries? 1) Poland 2) Belaru 3) Israel 4) Germany 5) Slovakia 10. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) will launch how many reactors during the 12th Plan period (2012-2017)? 1) 12 2) 16 3) 10 4) 11 5) 13 11. Who won the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel 'Even the Dogs'? 1) Orhan Pamuk 2) V.S. Naipaul 3) Philip Roth 4) Jon McGregor 5) Julian Barnes 12. The 200-year-old historical shrine of Dastgeer Sahib was gutted in a fire on June 25, 2012. It is located in? 1) Anantnag 2) Baramula 3) Srinagar 4) Doda 5) Kupwara 13. Which of the following sites were accorded World Heritage status by the UNESCO on July1, 2012? 1) KhajurahoMonuments 2) Ajanta caves 3) Ellora caves 4) Elephanta caves 5) Western Ghats 14. The Antoinette Perry Award, more commonly known as the Tony Award is given for excellence in? 1) Films 2) Theatre3) Poetry 4) Journalism5) Literature 15. American author Philip Roth won the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature on June 7, 2012. This is awarded by which of the following countries? 1) Norway 2) UK 3) Spain 4) Denmark 5) Sweden 16. Who has overtaken Tiger Woods at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the 100 highest paid sports personalities that was released on June 19, 2012? 1) Roger Federer 2) Kobe Bryant 3) David Beckham 4) Cristiano Ronaldo 5) Floyd Mayweather 17. Which country won the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia on June 3, 2012? 1) New Zealand 2) Argentina 3) India 4) Great Britain 5) South Korea 18. Rafael Nadal of Spain won his 7th French Open tennis singles title on June 11, 2012. Whom did he beat in the final? 1) Roger Federer 2) Andy Murray 3) Novak Djokovic 4) Andy Roddick 5) Tommy Haas 19. Tino Best hit the highest ever Test score by a No. 11 batsman when he made 95 on June 10, 2012. He plays cricket for which of the following countries? 1) England 2) Australia 3) South Africa 4) West Indies 5) New Zealand 20. Who became the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on June 28, 2012? 1) Malcolm Speed (Australia) 2) Haroon Lorgat (South Africa) 3) David Richardson (South Africa) 4) David Morgan (England) 5) None of these 21. Zalmai Rassoul visited India in June 2012. He is the Foreign Minister of? 1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Iran 4) Syria 5) Turkey 22. The labeling of Genetically Modified (GM) foods has been made mandatory. The amend-ment will come into effect from? 1) October 2, 2012 2) January 1, 2013 3) January 26, 2013 4) April 1, 2013 5) December 1, 2012 23. Which state has launched India's first river-lake linking project? 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Uttar Pradesh 24. Who has/have been honored with the International Peace Award given by the Gandhi Foundation in London, UK? 1) Binayak Sen 2) Bulu Imam 3) Ela Bhatt 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 25. Who was presented with the WisdenIndia's Outstanding Achievement Award on June 11, 2012? 1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2) Rahul Dravid 3) Virat Kohli 4) Sachin Tendulkar 5) Yuvraj Singh 26. Which of the following badminton titles was not won by Saina Nehwal in 2012? 1) Indonesian Open 2) Thailand Open 3) Swiss Open 4) Olympics Bronze medal 5) Singapore Open 27. Rolf Heuer of Germany is the Director General of which of the following organizations since 2009? 1) WHO 2) WTO 3) CERN 4) FAO 5) IAEA 28. Who is the author of the book 'The Audacity of Hope'? 1) George Bush 2) Bill Clinton 3) Hillary Clinton 4) Barack Obama 5) Mitt Romney 29. What is Bancassurance? 1) An insurance scheme for all bank employees 2) Sale of insurance products through a bank 3) An insurance scheme to insure bank deposits 4) A bank deposit scheme for employees of insurance companies 5) None of these 30. Russia's Maria Sharapova won the French Open women's singles title on June 9, 2012. She defeated which of the following tennis players in the final? 1) Serena Williams 2) Sara Errani 3) Venus Williams 4) Kim Clijsters 5) Victoria Azarenka 31. What is the full form of PIN in ATM card? 1) Personal Index Number 2) Permanent Information Number 3) Personal Identification Number 4) Permanent Identification Number 5) None of these 32. Which Act was framed to deal more effectively with the problem of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) in banking system? 1) Banking Regulation Act 2) RBI Act 3) FEMA 4) SARFAESI Act 5) None of these 33. Who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific 2012 on June 16, 2012 in South Korea? 1) Vanya Misra 2) Ankita Shorey 3) Himangini Singh Yadu 4) Rochelle Maria Rao 5) Prachi Mishra 34. Elinor Ostrom of USA passed away on June 12, 2012. She is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in? 1) Physics 2) Chemistry 3) Medicine 4) Economics 5) Literature 35. Money deposited at a bank that cannot be withdrawn for a preset fixed period of time is known as? 1) Current Deposit 2) Savings Bank Deposit 3) Term Deposit 4) No Frills Account 5) None of these 36. Which of the following provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to exchange messages about financial transactions in a secure and reliable environment? 1) NEFT 2) RTGS 3) CHAPS 4) SWIFT 5) None of these 37. Who headed the committee to review the structure of the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF)? 1) Y.V. Reddy 2) C. Rangarajan 3) U.K. Sinha 4) Shyamala Gopinath 5) Subir Gokarn 38. Which of the following is not required to open a bank account? 1) Identity Proof 2) Address Proof 3) Domicile Certificate 4) Latest Photographs 5) None of these 39. Which banks are insured by the Deposit Insurance and Credit G-uarantee Corporation (DICGC)? 1) Public Sector Banks 2) Private Banks 3) RRBs 4) Foreign Banks functioning in India 5) All the above 40. Which of the following ports is called the "Offspring of Partition" as it was developed after the partition as a substitute for Karachi port? 1) Paradip 2) Ennore 3) Tuticorin 4) New Mangalore 5) Kandla 41. Who among the following Indian tennis players won a doubles title at the 2012 Australian Open Championship? 1) Sania Mirza 2) Mahesh Bhupathi 3) Rohan Bopanna 4) Leander Paes 5) None of these 42. Axis Bank is a? 1) Gramin Bank 2) Foreign Bank 3) Public Sector Bank 4) Cooperative Bank 5) None of these KEY 1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5 5) 4 6) 4 7) 3 8) 5 9) 3 10) 2 11) 4 12) 3 13) 5 14) 2 15) 3 16) 5 17) 1 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3 21) 2 22) 2 23) 4 24) 4 25) 4 26) 5 27) 3 28) 4 29) 2 30) 2 31) 3 32) 4 33) 3 34) 4 35) 3 36) 4 37) 4 38) 3 39) 5 40) 5 41) 4 42) 5

1. Effective from September 22, 2012 what is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?

1) 4% 2) 4.75%
3) 4.5% 4) 4.25% 5) 5%

2. Which Russian city hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in September 2012?

1) Yekaterinburg
2) Vladivostok 3) Moscow
4) Novosibirsk
5) Saint Petersburg

3. Who was named One Day International Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards in September 2012?

1) Hashim Amla
2) Michael Clarke 3) Virat Kohli
4) Sunil Narine
5) Kumar Sangakkara

4. Christopher Stevens was killed during an armed mob attack in Benghazi in September 2012. He was the ambassador of the United States to which of the following countries?

1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Egypt 4) Libya 5) Afghanistan

5. Which of the following state-ments about the IIFA Awards is not correct?

1) The 13th International Indian Film Academy(IIFA) Awards ceremony was held on June 9, 2012 in Singapore.
2) Ranbir Kapoor bagged the Best Actor award for his role in Rockstar.
3) Vidya Balan was named the Best Actress for her role in 'Kahaani'.
4) 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' (ZNMD) won the Best Picture award.
5) Zoya Akhtar won the Best Director award for ZNMD.

6. Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and which of the following Indians have been awarded the prestigious Intern-ational Jurists Award 2012?

1) Salman Khurshid
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Mulayam Singh Yadav
4) Justice S.H. Kapadia
5) None of these

7. Charles Taylor received a 50-year-jail term recently for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity by a UN-backed war crimes court. He is the former President of which of the following African countries?

1) Rwanda 2) Liberia
3) Uganda 4) Sierra Leone
5) Gambia

8. Which Indian American was found guilty in June 2012 on insider trading charges in Manhattan, USA?

1) Raj Rajaratnam 2) Rajat Gupta
3) Vikaram Pandit 4) Sanjay Jha 5) None of these

9. Teofilo Stevenson passed away on June 11, 2012. He won three Olympic gold medals in boxing for which of the following countries?

1) USA 2) USSR
3) Poland 4) Cuba
5) Germany

10. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for inciting violence and murder. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1987 to 2011?

1) Libya 2) Yemen
3) Egypt 4) Tunisia 5) Syria

11. Mehdi Hassan passed away on June 13, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. He was a famous?

1) Painter 2) Politician
3) Ghazal singer
4) Science fiction author
5) Economist

12. The 12th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organiz-ation (SCO) was held in June 2012 in which of the following cities?

1) Moscow (Russia)
2) Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
3) Beijing (China)
4) Astana (Kazakhstan)
5) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

13. The Port of Hambantota (also known as the Magampura Port) in Sri Lanka began commercial operations on June 6, 2012. Which country has funded construction of this port?

1) India 2) USA
3) UK 4) China 5) Pakistan

14. Which country has surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world's largest holder of proven oil reserves? (This is according to the June 2012 BP's annual Statistical Review of World Energy)

1) Canada 2) Russia
3) Iran 4) Venezuela
5) Kuwait

15. Iceland topped the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 158 countries that was released on June 12, 2012. What is India's rank?

1) 142 2) 137 3) 149 4) 134 5) 135

16. India's first Food Bank was inaugurated as part of war against hunger in June 2012 in which of the following cities?

1) Chennai 2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad 4) Chandigarh
5) Jaipur

17. Navanethem Pillay of South Africa was given a two-year second term in 2012 as the?

1) Director General of ILO
2) Managing Director of IMF
3) Director General of UNESCO
4) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
5) Director General of IAEA

18. The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea. Who is the 2012 winner?

1) Kofi Annan 2) Vaclav Havel
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Ban Ki-moon
5) Juan Antonio Samaranch

19. Which company has acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion?

1) Nokia 2) Samsung
3) Microsoft 4) Apple
5) Google

20. Who among the following cricketers is not a member in the Indian Parliament?

1) Navojot Singh Sidhu
2) Kirti Azad
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Mohammed Azharuddin
5) Manoj Prabhakar

21. Simon Katich retired from first class cricket in June 2012. He played 56 Tests for which of the following countries?

1) England 2) Australia
3) West Indies 4) South Africa
5) New Zealand

22. Who was chosen as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 Championships that is held in Sri Lanka in 2012?

1) Ajanta Mendis
2) D.Chandimal
3) Lasith Malinga
4) Mahela Jayawardene
5) Kumar Sangakkara

23. Which of the following programs has been rechristened as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan?

1) JNNURM 2) PURA
3) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan