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1) Khayyam 2) Udit Narayan
3) Anandji Shah
4) Suman Kalyanpur 5) None
3. Vanuatu joined as the 157th me-mber of which of the following organizations on August 24, 2012?
1) IMF 2) World Bank
3) WTO 4) ILO 5) UNESCO
4. World Bank has appointed Onno Ruhl as the Country Director for India. He belongs to?
1) Moldova 2) Armenia
3) Nigeria 4) Netherlands
5) Germany
5. Which of the following statements about the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 is not true?
1) The fourth ICC World Twen-ty20 competition was held in Sri Lanka, first time in an Asian country, from Septemb-er 18 to October 7, 2012.
2) West Indies won the trophy for the first time defeating Sri Lanka in the final by 36 runs that was played in R.Prema-dasa Stadium in Colombo.
3) Sri Lanka have now lost four World Cup finals (two 50 overs and two T20s)
4) Marlon Samuels of the West Indies was declared the Man of the Match in the final.
5) Player of the Tournament is Chris Gayle of the West Indies.
6. The Mercosur trade bloc has suspended which of the following countries over the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo?
1) Argentina 2) Brazil
3) Uruguay 4) Paraguay
5) None of these
7. Which country has inaugurated a "mini capital" Sejong City designed to act as a new government hub?
1) North Korea 2) South Korea
3) China 4) Vietnam 5) Malaysia
8. The Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve in?
1) Daman & Diu
2) Lakshadweep 3) Puducherry
4) Andaman and Nicobar
5) Jharkhand
9. The 11th Shangri-La Dialogue was held in Singapore in June 2012. This annual meeting is also known as?
1) Asia Security Summit
2) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
3) APEC 4) ASEAN 5) NSS
10. Which of the following organizations has decided to open its full-fledged office in India, only the fourth outside Geneva? (At present it has offices in New York, Beijing and Tokyo)
1) WHO 2) WEF 3) WTO
4) ILO 5) None of these
11. Who was conferred the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle in June 2012?
1) R.K. Pachauri 2) Satish Gujral
3) Sam Pitroda
4) M.S. Swaminathan
5) None of these
12. US President Barack Obama declared which of the following countries as "major non-NATO ally" of the USA on July 6, 2012?
1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Cuba
4) Afghanistan 5) North Korea
13. Which city will host the ninth G20 Summit in November 2014?
1) Brisbane 2) Washington
3) London 4) Toronto 5) Seoul
14. The area surrounding the 11th century Preah Vihear Temple is a dispute between Cambodia and?
1) Laos 2) Thailand
3) Vietnam 4) Myanmar
5) Indonesia
15. Which state has launched the Samajik Mukti Card for people in the unorganized sector that provides social security?
1) Punjab 2) Haryana
3) Odisha 4) West Bengal
5) Himachal Pradesh
16. Union Human Resource Develo-pment Minister Kapil Sibal announced the setting up of two Central Universities in Motihari and Gaya in which of the following states?
1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar
3) Odisha 4) West Bengal
5) Uttar Pradesh
17. As per the 4th advance estimates, India has produced how many million tons of food grains during 2011-12?
1) 244.78 MTs 2) 252.55 MTs
3) 257.44 MTs 4) 251.78 MTs
5) None of these
18. The three-day World Economic Forum on India Summit will be held in which of the following cities in November 2012?
1) Panaji 2) Gurgaon
3) Mumbai 4) Kolkata
5) Hyderabad
19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has conferred WHO-South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) Award-2012 to which of the following states for its outstanding achievements in Anti Tobacco Campaign?
1) Haryana 2) Punjab
3) Rajasthan 4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh
20. Which state government has changed the names of eight districts which had been renamed by the previous regime?
1) Maharashtra 2) Goa
3) Gujarat 4) Uttarakhand
5) Uttar Pradesh
21. The objective of which of the following programs is to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed by encouraging them to set up self-employment ventures?
1) MGNREGP 2) PURA
3) IAY 4) SJSRY 5) RAY
22. The first American woman to go to space died on July 23, 2012. Name her?
1) Judith Resnik
2) Mary L. Cleave
3) Sally Ride 4) Ellen S. Baker
5) Wendy Lawrence
23. P.N. Dhar died recently. He was an eminent?
1) Singer 2) Painter
3) Scientist 4) Economist
5) Politician
24. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) of same sponsor banks within a state were amalgamated between 2005 and 2007 and the number of RRBs has been reduced from 196 to?
1) 106 2)82 3) 142 4) 96 5) 100
25. India Mortgage Guarantee Corp-oration (IMGC) is India's first mortgage guarantee company. It is a joint venture between Inter-national Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Development Bank (ADB), US based financial security firm Genworth and?
1) SBI 2) RBI 3) SIDBI
4) NHB 5) NABARD
26. Which of the following has launched 'Maa Thota' scheme in Andhra Pradesh to improve the lot of tribal families?
1) SBI 2) SBH 3) Andhra Bank
4) NABARD 5) None of these
27. Which of the following banks has launched 'Yuva' branch in Hyderabad targeted at young professionals?
1) SBI 2) SBH 3) Andhra Bank 4) Bank of India 5) ICICI Bank
28. As per the Coinage Act, 1906 Coins can be issued up to the denomination of?
1) Rs.10 2) Rs.100 3) Rs.50 4) Rs.500 5) Rs.1000
29. Who was given the David Sheph-erd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year Award in September 2012?
1) Billy Bowden
2) Aleem Dar 3) Simon Taufel
4) Rod Tucker
5) Kumar Dharmasena
30. Fred Spofforth, the first bowler to take a Test match hat trick in 1879, was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in June 2012. He played 18 Tests for which of the following countries?
1) England 2) Australia
3) South Africa 4) New Zealand
5) West Indies
31. Who became the third cricketer from India, after Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma in 2000, to suffer a life ban for bringing the game into disrepute recently?
1) Mohnish Mishra
2) Amit Yadav 3) T.Sudhindra
4) Abhinav Bali
5) Shalabh Srivastava
32. Mark Ramprakash retired from cricket recently. He played for?
1) West Indies 2) Sri Lanka
3) Australia 4) England
5) New Zealand
33. Who was crowned the Miss World 2012 on August 18, 2012 in Ordos, China?
1) Ivian Sarcos (Venezuela)
2) Sophie Moulds (Wales)
3) Vanya Mishra (India)
4) Wen Xia Yu (China)
5) Jessica Kahawaty (Australia)
34. 'Lucknow Boy' is the autobiography of which of the following eminent journalists?
1) Vinod Mehta 2) N.Ram
3) Vir Sanghavi 4) Pritish Nandi
5) M.J.Akbar
35. Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
1) Cotton 2) Maize
3) Jowar 4) Mustard 5) Bajra
36. What is the correct sequence of the following countries in terms of area in descending order?
1) Brazil, Argentina, India, Australia
2) India, Brazil, Argentina, Australia
3) Argentina, India, Australia, Brazil
4) Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina 5) None of these
37. Who elects the Vice President of India?
1) Members of Lok Sabha
2) Members of Rajya Sabha
3) Members of Legislative Assemblies
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
38. Who appoints the Governors of States?
1) Prime Minister
2) Lok Sabha Speaker
3) Vice President
4) Chief Justice of Supreme Court 5) President
39. The Panchayat Raj system was first introduced in which of the following states on October 2, 1959?
1) Bihar 2) Gujarat 3) Punjab
4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Rajasthan
40. Which of the following is not a Green House Gas (GHG)?
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Methane 3) Nitrous Oxide
4) Water vapor 5) Nitrogen
41. Where is the National Environm-ental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) located?
1) Lucknow 2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai 4) Coimbatore
5) Nagpur
42. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Curiosity rover landed on which of the following planets on August 6, 2012?
1) Venus 2) Mercury
3) Uranus 4) Neptune 5) Mars
KEY
1) 3 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 2 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2 11) 1 12) 4 13) 1 14) 2 15) 4 16) 2 17) 3 18) 2 19) 5 20) 5 21) 4 22) 3 23) 4 24) 2 25) 4 26) 4 27) 1 28) 5 29) 5 30) 2 31) 3 32) 4 33) 4 34) 1 35) 4 36) 4 37) 4 38) 5 39) 5 40) 5
41) 5 42) 5
GENERAL AWARENESS
1. An expert panel set up by the Prime Minister recommended complete decontrol of the sugar industry. Who headed this committee? (The panel submitted its report in October 2012)
1) Kaushik Basu
2) Bimal Jalan 3) C.Rangarajan
4) R.S.Gujral 5) Y.V.Reddy
2. Who are awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein coupled receptors?
1) Thomas Steitz (USA) & Ada Yonath (Israel)
2) Barry Sharpless & William Knowles (USA)
3) Robert Lefkowitz & Brian Kobilka (USA)
4) Peter Agre & Roderick Mackinnon (USA)
5) None of these
3. Australia defended their ICC Women's World Twenty20 title with a four-run win over which of the following countries in the final in Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 7, 2012?
1) India 2) Sri Lanka 3) England 4) West Indies 5) New Zealand
4. The Reserve Bank of India constituted a Financial Inclusion Ad-visory Committee (FIAC) to spe-arhead the efforts towards greater financial inclusion in the country in October 2012. Who is the Cha-irman of this high-level committee?
1) Y.H.Malegam
2) Dipankar Gupta
3) K.R.Kamath
4)K.C.Chakrabarty 5)D.K.Mittal
5. Which of the following statements about the European Union (EU) is not true?
1) The European Union(EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
2) The EU won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for fostering pea-ce on a continent ravaged by war.
3) Croatia is set to become the 28th member state of the EU on July1, 2013.
4) Euro is the official currency of all the 27 member states of the EU.
5) Herman Van Rompuy (Belgi-um) is the President of the Eu-ropean Council and Jose Ma-nuel Barroso (Portugal) is the President of the European Commission.
6. Which of the following books is/ are written by Jhumpa Lahiri, an Indian American author?
1) The Namesake
2) Unaccustomed Earth
3) Interpreter of Maladies
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
7. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) gave permission to which of the following to start operations in equity and equity derivatives in July 2012? (It will become the third national level stock exchange)
1) USE 2) BSE 3) DSE
4) MCX-SX 5) OTCEI
8. The twenty second Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) took place in which of the following American cities in June 2012?
1) Chicago 2) Seattle
3) Camp David 4) New York
5) Los Angeles
9. The Cabinet Committee on Eco-nomic Affairs (CCEA) headed by the Prime Minister approved the sale of 10.82 percent of its stake in which of the following public sector giants in July 2012? (It will fetch over Rs.4,000 crore to the exchequer)
1) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
2) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
3) Steel Authority of India Limited
4) Oil India Limited
5) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
10. Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwa-riya oilfields are located in Barmer in?
1) Assam 2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra 4) Rajasthan
5) Karnataka
11. IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, recently announced a Rs.10,500 crore investment plan for India. It belongs to?
1) Sweden 2) USA 3) France 4) South Korea 5) Canada
12. Electronic filing (E-filing) has been made compulsory for the assessment year 2012-13 onwa-rds for an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), if the total income exceeds?
1) Rs.5 lakh 2) Rs.10 lakh
3) Rs.15 lakh 4) Rs.20 lakh
5) Rs.25 lakh
13. Who replaced Sharad Pawar as the Chairman of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the allocation of telecom spectrum in July 2012?
1) A.K.Antony 2) Kapil Sibal
3) P.Chidambaram
4) Salman Khurshid
5) V.Narayanasamy
14. Who has taken over as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?
1) Vinod Rai 2) Surendra Mohan
3) Sekhar Basu
4) Jawahar Thakur 5) None
15. A popular cricket commentator on All India Radio for four decades passed away in July 2012. Name him?
1)Abid Hussain 2)Suresh Saraiya
3) Dara Singh 4) P.K.Rungta
5) N.K.P.Salve
16. Marcus Agius resigned in July 2012 as the Chairman of which of the following banks?
1) Barclays 2) HSBC
3) Deutsche Bank 4)BNP Paribas
5) Royal Bank of Scotland
17. Arvin Boolell visited India recently. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Singapore 2) Guyana
3) Indonesia 4) Mauritius
5) Trinidad & Tobago
18. Which state hosted the 39th Junior National Aquatic Championships in July 2012?
1) Karnataka 2) Tamil Nadu
3) Punjab 4) Maharashtra
5) Andhra Pradesh
19. Which of the following has been declared as the Airline of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airline Awards?
1) Qatar Airways
2) Cathay Pacific
3) British Airways
4) Qantas 5) Singapore Airlines
20. Tatenda Taibu quit cricket to devote his life to the church in July 2012. He played 28 Tests and 150 ODIs for which of the following countries?
1) England 2) West Indies
3) Zimbabwe 4) South Africa
5) None of these
21. Oracle Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has bought 98 percent of the Hawaiian Island of Lanai. Name him?
1) Steve Ballmer
2) Bill Gates 3) Larry Page
4) Larry Ellison 5) Warren Buffet
22. William Jones Cup is an international tournament held annually since 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan. It is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Badminton 2) Lawn Tennis
3) Basketball 4) Table Tennis
5) Football
23. Who is the author of the book 'Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'?
1) Arundhati Roy
2) Rashmi Bansal
3) Kiran Desai 4) Anita Desai
5) Shobha De
24. When did India first participate in the Olympics?
1) 1896 Athens 2) 1900 Paris
3) 1904 St.Louis 4) 1908 London
5) 1912 Stockholm
25. Hindalco Industries, one of the world's largest aluminium manufacturing companies, belongs to?
1) Aditya Birla Group
2) Vedanta Resources
3) Tata Group 4) Reliance
5) Jindal Steel and Power
26. North and South Agalega islands located in the Indian Ocean are part of?
1) France 2) Japan 3) Maldives 4) Mauritius 5) Japan
27. 'Sea of Poppies' was short listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. Who is the author?
1) Aravind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Salman Rushdie
5) None of these
28. The customers of banks can make a complaint to which of the following offices on the issues related to deficiency in services, if the problems are not resolved at banks' level?
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Indian Banks' Association
3) Attorney General
4) Ombudsman
5) Comptroller and Auditor General
29. Which of the following awards is given by the Madhya Pradesh government in the field of classical music?
1) Arjuna Award
2) Chameli Devi Jain Award
3) Vyas Samman
4) Tansen Award
5) Saraswati Samman
30. The index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is known as?
1) Sensex 2) SCORES
3) MCX 4) CRIS 5) Nifty
31. Which of the following is the currency of Bahrain?
1) Baht 2) Taka
3) Dinar 4) Riyal 5) Peso
32. Who is the present Foreign Secretary of India?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Ajit Kumar Seth
3) Ranjan Mathai
4) Shiv Shankar Menon
5) Shashikant Sharma
33. Who among the following is associated with archery?
1) Mithali Raj 2) Sudha Singh
3) Jhulan Goswamy
4) Deepika Kumari
5) Kavita Raut
34. Which of the following places does not have a nuclear power plant?
1) Tarapur 2) Narora
3) Kalpakkam 4) Rawatbhatta
5) Asansol
35. Which of the following terms is not associated with banking?
1) NEFT 2) RTGS
3) SLR 4) CRR 5) IRDP
36. World Blood Donor Day is observed on?
1) June 26 2) June 10
3) July 11 4) June 14 5) July 18
37. Which of the following organizations deals with regulation of trade between the countries?
1) WEF 2) IMF
3) ADB 4) ITU 5) WTO
38. Kane Williamson is a Test cricketer from which of the following countries?
1) Australia 2) West Indies
3) England 4) South Africa
5) New Zealand
39. Gangnam style dance is in the news recently. It originated in?
1) Jamaica 2) Brazil
3) Barbados 4) South Korea
5) Trinidad &Tobago
40. Which of the following is the capital city of Australia?
1) Sydney 2) Melbourne
3) Adelaide 4) Brisbane
5) Canberra
41. Which of the following committees dealt with reforms in Banking sector?
1) Sachar Committee
2) Yashpal Committee
3) Ranganath Misra Committee
4) Malegam Committee
5) Narasimham Committee
42. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Football?
1) Grand Slam 2) Deuce
3) Ace 4) Drop Shot
5) Back Pass
KEY
1) 3 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 5 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 1 17) 4 18) 2 19) 1 20) 3 21) 4 22) 3 23) 2 24) 2 25) 1 26) 4 27) 2 28) 4 29) 4 30) 5 31) 3 32) 3 33) 4 34) 5 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 4 40) 5
41) 5 42) 5
GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Saina Nehwal won the Denmark Open Super Series Premier badminton title by defeating which of the following players in the final in Odense, Denmark on October 21, 2012?
1) Wang Yihan (China)
2) Jiang Yanjao (China)
3) Juliane Schenk (Germany)
4) Li Xuerui (China)
5) Tine Baun (Denmark)
2. Indian-American Vikram Pandit resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Citigroup in October 2012. Who replaced him?
1) John Havens
2) Steve Ballmer
3) Michael Corbat
4) Michael O'Neill
5) Jim O'Neill
3. Sachin Tendulkar will become the first Indian sportsperson to be conferred with the Membership of the Order of Australia. He will become only the second Indian after which of the following persons to get the honor?
1) Raj Kapoor 2) S.H.Kapadia
3) Satyajit Ray 4) Soli Sorabjee
5) Amitabh Bachchan
4. Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine?
1) Bruce Beutler & Ralph Steinmann (USA)
2) Elizabeth Blackburn &Carol Greider (USA)
3) Barry Marshall &Robin Warren (Australia)
4) John Gurdon (UK) &Shinya Yamanaka (Japan)
5) None of these
5. Which of the following statements about the 2012 Man Booker literary prize is not true?
1) British writer Hilary Mantel won this prestigious prize for a second time for her novel 'Bring up the Bodies' on October 16, 2012.
2) She won in 2009 also for 'Wolf Hall'.
3) She is the first British author and the first woman to achieve a Booker double.
4) Hilary Mantel joins Peter Carey of Australia and J.M.Coetzee of South Africa as a two-time winner of the prize.
5) Salman Rushdie's 'Joseph Anton' was one of the six short listed books for this year's Booker prize.
6. Mohamed Magarief was elected as the President of the national assembly of which of the following countries on August 9, 2012? (In this role, he is de facto head of state)
1) Iraq 2) Iran
3) Libya 4) Syria
5) Jordan
7. Who was named the new Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group in August 2012?
1) Jin-Yong Cai
2) Jim Yong Kim
3) Kaushik Basu
4) Justin Lin
5) Martin Ravallion
8. Who was appointed as the new United Nations-Arab League peace envoy to Syria on August 17, 2012?
1) Bill Clinton (USA)
2) Lakhdar Brahimi (Algeria)
3) Gordon Brown (UK)
4) Kofi Annan (Ghana)
5) Vitaly Churkin (Russia)
9. Hamid Ansari has become the second Vice-President to get a second consecutive term after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. In the Vice-Presidential elections he defeated which of the following National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates in August 2012?
1) P.A.Sangma
2) Ram Jethmalani
3) Jaswant Singh
4) Yashwant Sinha
5) Sharad Yadav
10. Who was appointed as an Election Commissioner by the President Pranab Mukherjee on August 7, 2012?
1) S.Y.Quraishi
2) R.Gopalan
3) Srikumar Banerjee
4) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
5) None of these
11. The Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) has been set up for providing exclusive clearing and settlement for transactions in the Money, Government Securities and Foreign Exchange markets. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of CCIL on August 1, 2012?
1) Shilpa Kumar
2) Usha Thorat
3) Shikha Sharma
4) Nainalal Kidwai
5) Shyamala Gopinath
12. Vilasrao Deshmukh passed away in Chennai on August 14, 2012. At the time of his death he was the Union Minister of?
1) Power 2) Coal
3) Science and Technology
4) Health and Family Welfare
5) Urban Development
13. 26 people have been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as members of a high-level panel to advise the world body on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Which Indian economist is in this panel?
1) Abhijit Banerjee
2) Y.V.Reddy 3) D.Subbarao
4) C.Rangarajan
5) Raghuram Rajan
14. Ashok Mehta passed away on August 15, 2012. He was a famous?
1) Lyricist 2) Music director
3) Film director
4) Cinematographer
5) Hindi film actor
15. Vempati Chinna Satyam passed away on July 29, 2012.He was a renowned exponent of which of the following dance forms?
1) Kathak 2) Odissi
3) Kuchipudi
4) Bharata Natyam
5) Mohiniyattam
16. B.I. Fernandez of Cuba became the first foreign coach to win the Dronacharya Award in August 2012. He is a coach in which of the following sports?
1) Athletics 2) Wrestling
3) Hockey 4) Boxing
5) Table Tennis
17. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to Arjuna Award winners for the year 2012?
1) Sudha Singh-Athletics
2) Ashwini Ponnappa-Badminton
3) Deepika Kumari-Archery
4) Deepika Pallikal-Squash
5) Geeta Phogat-Weightlifting
18. Who has launched "Oceans Compact", an initiative to protect oceans from pollution, excessive fishing and global warming?
1) Irina Bokova
2) Ban Ki-moon
3) Barack Obama
4) Manmohan Singh
5) Vladimir Putin
19. The ownership of Dokdo/ Takeshima islands has been disputed for decades. Which two countries claim the islands?
1) Japan& South Korea
2) Japan& Philippines
3) Philippines& China
4) China& Japan 5) None
20. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) suspended which of the following countries at a summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on August 15, 2012 citing violent suppression of the revolt?
1) Iran 2) Syria
3) Jordan 4) Libya
5) Algeria
21. Who received the first Fundamental Physics Prize for his contribution to the "String Theory" on August 3, 2012? (This award was started by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner)
1) Anil Kakodkar
2) S.Chandrasekhar
3) Ashoke Sen
4) Harish Chandra
5) Sam Pitroda
22. D.R. Mehta is the founder of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), a charitable organization based in Jaipur that provides artificial legs to the poor (Jaipur Foot). He was given which of the following awards on August 20, 2012?
1) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
2) Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
3) Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
4) Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award
5) None of these
23. Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed as brand ambassador of which of the following cricket associations to promote and develop cricket in that country?
1) Bhutan
2) Burma 3) Nepal
4) Singapore 5) Malaysia
24. The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee to review the existing short term cooperative credit structure (STCCS). The committee is headed by?
1) Prakash Bakshi 2) Umesh Kumar
3) Mona Sharma
4) V.Ramakrishna Rao 5) Y.H.Malegam
25. Who is the author of the book "Many Lives, Many Masters"?
1) V.S. Naipaul
2) Mark Tully 3) Brian Weiss
4) Robin Cook 5) Robin Sharma
26. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Football?
1) Back Heel 2) Toe Poke
3) Offside 4) Far Post
5) Spike
27. Generating power by the energy of the heat of the earth is known as?
1) Solar energy 2) Wind energy
3) Hydro thermal energy
4) Geothermal energy
5) Tidal energy
28. Which of the following is not the name of a chemical fertilizer?
1) Urea 2) Muriate of Potash
3) Ammonium Sulphate
4) Diammonium Phosphate
5) Sodium Sulphate
29. Which of the following countries recently launched Kobalt-M, a spy satellite?
1) China 2) USA
3) Russia 4) Japan
5) North Korea
30. Who is the author of the book "Where Shall We Go This Summer"?
1) Kamala Das 2) Shobha De
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Anita Desai 5) None of these
31. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Members of the Lok Sabha are elected for a period of 5 years.
2) Two members are nominated by the President of India from the Anglo-Indian community to the Lok Sabha.
3) Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a period of 6 years.
4) 12 members are nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha.
5) The President is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
32. IAEA stands for?
1) Indian Atomic Energy Agency
2) Indian Atomic Energy Association
3) International Atomic Energy Association
4) International Atomic Energy Agency 5) None
33. Which of the following is a correct statement?
1) RBI decides inflation rate.
2) Axis Bank is a public sector undertaking.
3) France is a member of OPEC.
4) Mustard is one of the major food grain crops grown in India.
5) RTE Act ensures that every child gets school education.
34. Identify the mismatched pair?
GAMES - VENUE
1) Commonwealth Games -2014 Glasgow
2) Commonwealth Games -2018 Gold Coast
3) Olympics-2016 Rio de Janeiro
4) World Cup Football - 2014 Russia
5) Euro Football -2016 France
KEY
1) 3 2) 3 3) 4 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 5 12) 3 13) 1 14) 4 15) 3 16) 4 17) 5 18) 2 19) 1 20) 2 21) 3 22) 2 23) 3 24) 1 25) 3 26) 5 27) 4 28) 5 29) 3 30) 4 31) 5 32) 4 33) 5 34) 4
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1. Juan Carlos I visited India in the last week of October 2012. He is the king of which of the following European countries?
1) Norway 2) Sweden
3) Spain 4) Greece
5) Denmark
2. Which of the following companies has launched Surface, a tablet computer?
1) Apple 2) Google
3) Microsoft 4) Nokia
5) Samsung
3. Mo Yan of China was awarded which of the following Nobel Prizes for the year 2012?
1) Peace 2) Physics
3) Literature 4) Physiology
5) Chemistry
4. In October 2012, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union (UCI), the governing body of cycling, following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that has accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams?
1) Floyd Landis 2) Greg Lemond
3) Cadel Evans
4) Lance Armstrong
5) None of these
5. Which of the following state-ments about the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is not true?
1) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in Belgrade in 1961 which now has 120 members.
2) It is the brainchild of Josip Tito (Yugoslavia), Sukarno (Indonesia), Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), Kwama Nkrumah (Ghana) and Jawaharlal Nehru (India).
3) The 16th NAM summit was held from August 26 to 31, 2012 in Tehran, Iran.
4) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the Chairman.
5) Pranab Mukherjee, the President, represented India.
6. "The Garden of Evening Mists" was short listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Who is its author?
1) Will Self (UK)
2) Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)
3) Deborah Levy (UK)
4) Alison Moore (UK)
5) Hilary Mantel (UK)
7. Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. They belong to?
1) UK 2) France 3) USA 4) Sweden 5) Australia
8. Virender Poonia is one of the eight winners of the Dronacharya awards for 2012. He is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Kabaddi 2) Boxing 3) Hockey 4) Athletics
5) Wrestling
9. This year 25 sportspersons were given Arjuna awards. Who is the only cricketer among these winners?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Rohit Sharma 4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Suresh Raina
10. New York state has accused which of the following banking giants of hiding about 60,000 secret transactions with the Iranian government, involving $250 billion, and exposing the US financial system to terrorists, weapon dealers and drug kingpins?
1) Barclays 2) HSBC
3) Citibank 4) BNP Paribas
5) Standard Chartered
11. The Union Government has approved creation of five new tiger reserves in the country. Which of the following is in Uttar Pradesh?
1) Pilibhit 2) Ratapani
3) Sunabeda
4) Mukundara Hills
5) Satyamangalam
12. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture tabled its report titled "Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops-Prospects and Effects" on August 9, 2012. Who is the Chairman of this committee that criticized the government's GM crop policy?
1) Satyavrat Chaturvedi
2) Dipender Singh Hooda
3) Basudeb Acharia
4) Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav
5) S.Jaipal Reddy
13. The 36th International Geolog-ical Congress (IGC) will be held in which of the following Asian cities in 2020?
1) Katmandu 2) Islamabad
3) Dhaka 4) New Delhi
5) Colombo
14. "Nomadic Elephant" is a joint military exercise between India and which of the following countries? (It was held in Belg-aum, Karnataka in August 2012)
1) Sri Lanka 2) Mongolia
3) China 4) Singapore
5) South Korea
15. The Union Cabinet approved the extension of tenure of Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Inquiry till July 16, 2013. This Commission is related to?
1) Microfinance
2) 2G spectrum 3) Illegal mining 4) Gujarat riots
5) Commonwealth Games scam
16. Who launched an anti-ragging website to help students to lodge online complaints against ragging or harassment and seek faster response on July 27, 2012? (This portal is managed by the University Grants Commission)
1) P.Chidambaram 2) Kapil Sibal
3) Anand Sharma 4) A.K.Antony
5) Sushil Kumar Shinde
17. The Union Government has announced a relief package of how many crore rupees to states facing drought-like situation?
1) 1500 2) 1600 3) 1900
4) 2500 5) 3000
18. India signed revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Indonesia which provides for exchange of tax and banking information in New Delhi on July 27, 2012. The revised DTAA was signed by the then External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Indonesian counterpart?
1) Hina Rabbani Khar
2) Marty Natalegawa
3) Zalmai Rassoul
4) Anifah Aman 5) Dipu Moni
19. Which country testfired Fateh-110, a 300 kilometer range missile on August 4, 2012?
1) Bahrain 2) Israel 3) Iran 4) Pakistan 5) Saudi Arabia
20. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to set up a Rs.5000 crore Urea fertilizer plant in which of the following states?
1) Tripura 2) Manipur
3) Assam 4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) West Bengal
21. Who was conferred with the 'Himachal Gaurav Samman' by the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at a state-level Independence Day function?
1) Gagan Narang
2) Saina Nehwal 3) Vijay Kumar
4) Yogeshwar Dutt
5) Sushil Kumar
22. Gazprom topped the list of the world's most profitable compa-nies in 2011, according to the Forbes magazine. This gas giant belongs to?
1) China 2) USA
3) Saudi Arabia 4) Russia
5) Venezuela
23. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a novel written by?
1) Paul Bentley 2) Julie Bosman
3) E.L. James 4) Orhan Pamuk
5) William Golding
24. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has constituted a committee that is empowered to look after the complaints against the officials pertaining to violation of proto-col norms and misbehaving with Members of Parliament (MPs). This committee is headed by?
1) Girija Vyas 2) Sharad Yadav 3) Yashwant Sinha
4) Ananth Kumar
5) A. Sai Prathap
25. The first meeting of the India-CELAC (The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Troika foreign ministers was held in which of the following cities on August 7, 2012?
1) Santiago 2) New Delhi
3) Caracas 4) Havana
5) None of these
26. India took delivery of the first Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AEW&C), built with Indian technology on August 17, 2012. Embraer's headquarters is in?
1) UK 2) USA
3) France 4) Canada 5) Brazil
27. Five Indian women have been named in the World's 100 Most Powerful Women list released by the Forbes magazine on August 22, 2012. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is ranked number six. Who, among the following, does not figure in the list?
1) Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo)
2) Padmasree Warrior (Cisco)
3) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank)
4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (Biocon)
5) Nainalal Kidwai (HSBC)
28. Which of the following metros has launched an online 'Lost and Found' service across its network? (The commuters can now claim their missing baggage and other items)
1) Bangalore 2) Delhi
3) Kolkata 4) Mumbai
5) None of these
29. Who was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on August 21, 2012?
1) Karan Singh 2) Motilal Vora
3) P.J.Kurien 4) Arun Jaitley
5) Naresh Agarwal
30. "Indra" is a joint military exercise between India and which of the following count-ries? (It was held in Ulan Ude region from August 7 to17, 2012)
1) China 2) Mongolia
3) USA 4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan
31. Who was appointed the first Chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in August 2012?
1) Sekhar Basu 2) Amartya Sen
3) Anil Kakodkar
4) Srikumar Banerjee
5) N.R. Narayana Murty
32. Which of the following state-ments is not correct with regard to the basic savings accounts?
1) RBI introduced 'no-frills' accounts in 2005.
2) These accounts will provide basic banking facilities to the poor and promote financial inclusion.
3) RBI has asked banks to convert the existing 'no-frills' accounts into 'Basic savings bank deposit accounts'.
4) There is no limit on the number of deposits that can be made in a month but the basic savings bank deposit account holders will be allowed a maximum of four withdrawals in a month, including through ATMs.
5) A minimum balance should be maintained in these accounts.
33. Andrew Strauss retired from international cricket in August 2012. He skippered which of the following countries in 50 of his 100 Tests?
1) Australia 2) West Indies
3) South Africa 4) New Zealand
5) England
34. Which Indian author was conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), the third highest civilian honor bestowed by Pakistan, in August 2012?
1) Gulab Kothari
2) Javed Akhtar
3) Kaifi Azmi
4) Gopichand Narang
5) None of these
35. Identify the mismatched pair?
SPORT CUP/TROPHY
1) Cricket Ranji Trophy
2) Lawn Tennis Davis Cup
3) Badminton Thomas Cup
4) Table Tennis Aga Khan Cup
5) Football Nehru Cup
36. Which of the following is not a Banking/Finance company?
1) HSBC 2) Barclays
3) Lufthansa 4) BNP Paribas
5) American Express
37. Who has written the book "Dr Zhivago"?
1) H.G. Wells
2) Charles Dickens
3) Pearl S Buck
4) Boris Pasternak
5) Oliver Goldsmith
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36) 3 37) 4
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The Reserve Bank of India in its quarterly monetary policy review on October 30, 2012 cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for banks. What is the CRR with effect from November 3, 2012? (CRR is the portion of deposits banks have to park with RBI)
1) 4.75% 2) 5%
3) 4.25% 4) 4% 5) 5.25%
2. Hugo Chavez defeated Henrique Capriles to win a third consec-utive six-year term on October 7, 2012 as the President of which of the following countries?
1) Bolivia 2) Venezuela
3) Cuba 4) Ecuador 5) Mexico
3. Who replaced S.M. Krishna as the new External Affairs Minister on October 28, 2012?
1) Anand Sharma
2) Ashwani Kumar
3) Salman Khurshid
4) Kamal Nath 5) Kapil Sibal
4. Who defeated Saina Nehwal in the women's singles final of the French Open Super Series badminton tournament in Paris on October 28, 2012?
1) Juliane Schenk (Germany)
2) Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand)
3) Eriko Hirose (Japan)
4) Minatsu Mitani (Japan)
5) Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
5. Which of the following statements is not correct with regard to the missiles testfired by India recently?
1) Agni II, a surface to surface missile, has a range of 2,000 km.
2) The range of Agni III is 3,000 km.
3) India flight-tested Agni IV missile for its full range of 4,000 km.
4) The surface to surface nuclear capable Prithvi II is capable of attacking targets at ranges up to 350 km.
5) BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile with a range of 2000 km.
6. Who retained the Formula One Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on October 28, 2012?
1) Fernando Alonso (Spain)
2) Mark Webber (Australia)
3) Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain)
4) Sebastian Vettel (Germany)
5) Jenson Button (Great Britain)
7. Padma Bhushan winner A.K. Hangal passed away on August 25, 2012. He was a famous?
1) Lyricist 2) Singer
3) Film actor
4) Cinematographer
5) Film Director
8. Who became the 29th Chess Grand Master of India in August 2012?
1) N.Srinath 2) Sahaj Grover 3) Aditya Udeshi 4) Debashish Das
5) Vidit Gujarathi
9. In which of the following cities over 3.5 lakh poor families will get free LPG cylinders and gas stoves to end the use of kerosene? (This city will soon become the first kerosene-free city in India)
1) Kolkata 2) Mumbai
3) Delhi 4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad
10. Which of the following states aims to go fully organic by 2015?
1) Punjab 2) Haryana
3) Assam 4) Sikkim
5) Himachal Pradesh
11. Keshubhai Patel, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party in August 2012 and launched a new political party named?
1) Gujarat Janata Party
2) Mahagujarat Janata Party
3) Gujarat Parivartan Party
4) Gujarat Congress Party
5) None of these
12. In which of the following states a new Greenfield airport will be constructed at Holongi at a cost of Rs.650 crore?
1) Karnataka 2) Assam
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) West Bengal
13. Gujarat Governor has given sanction for the prosecution of Purshottam Solanki, the Minister of State for Fisheries, for his alleged involvement in a scam. Name the Governor?
1) Urmila Singh
2) Kamla Beniwal
3) Margaret Alva
4) Aziz Qureshi
5) M.K. Narayanan
14. Which state government has cancelled four major Special Economic Zones (SEZs) propo-sed by large business houses-Mahindra, Videocon and India Bulls- after having failed to acquire land for the multi-purpose projects?
1) Gujarat 2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra 4) Karnataka
5) Andhra Pradesh
15. A group of researchers in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh has claimed to have found traces of an extinct 'paleo-river', nearly 65 million years old. Paleo-river is an inactive river buried under sediment. This ancient river flowed parallel to which of the following rivers?
1) Godavari 2) Narmada
3) Tapti 4) Luni 5) Chambal
16. Which state has recently launched a scheme aimed at making the young Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) familiar with the culture and traditions of the state?
1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat
3) Bihar 4) Punjab 5) Odisha
17. The Rajya Sabha has accepted a notice from veteran journalist and nominated member H.K. Dua for introduction of a Constitution Amendment Bill for making changes in Articles 124 and 217, which deal with the removal of the?
1) UPSC Chairman
2) Chief Election Commissioner
3) Comptroller and Auditor General
4) Supreme Court and High Court judges
5) None of these
18. John Keegan, a British military historian, passed away on August 2, 2012. He is the author of which of the following books?
1) The Lost Battles
2) My Early Life
3) The Face of Battle
4) A Rumor of War
5) The Forgotten Soldier
19. Didier Reynders visited India in August 2012. He is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of which of the following European countries?
1) Denmark 2) France
3) Belgium 4) Sweden
5) Croatia
20. Laisenia Qarase has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after being found guilty of corruption. He was a former Prime Minister of?
1) Jamaica 2) Philippines
3) Cuba 4) Fiji
5) Papua New Guinea
21. Katchatheevu Island is in the news recently. The island was gifted to Sri Lanka by the Indian Government in which of the following years?
1) 1991 2) 1984
3) 1974 4) 1979
5) None of these
22. Azad Maidan was in the news recently because of riots. It is in?
1) Kolkata 2) Mumbai
3) Lucknow 4) New Delhi
5) Ahmedabad
23. The 13-year-old swimmer Adzo Kpossi was the youngest competitor at the London 2012 Olympics. She belongs to which of the following African countries?
1) Lesotho 2) Niger
3) Nigeria 4) Togo 5) Benin
24. Who among the following coaches won the 2012 Dronac-harya Award for Wrestling?
1) Yashvir Singh 2) Harendra Singh
3) Satyapal Singh
4) Bhawani Mukherjee
5) Sunil Debas
25. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to Arjuna Award winners for 2012?
1) Bombayla Devi -Archery
2) Kavita Raut -Athletics
3) Parupalli Kashyap -Badminton
4) Aditya Mehta -Billiards
5) Vikas Krishnan -Shooting
26. Which city hosted the 34th Inter-national Geological Congress (IGC) in August 2012? (IGC is held once every four years)
1) Brisbane (Australia)
2) Cape Town (South Africa)
3) Vancouver (Canada)
4) Wellington (New Zealand)
5) Johannesburg (South Africa)
27. International Jazz Day is organized by UNESCO every year on? (Jazz is a unique musical style)
1) May 13 2) November 11
3) May 31 4) October 20
5) April 30
28. Which of the following is not a nationalized bank?
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Yes Bank 4) Dena Bank
5) Union Bank of India
29. Shubhalaxmi Panse took charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following banks on October 1, 2012?
1) Vijaya Bank
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Canara Bank 4) UCO Bank
5) United Bank of India
30. Which of the following is not a scheduled commercial bank?
1) IDBI Bank 2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank 4) NABARD
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
31. Which of the following is an effort in the direction of Financial Inclusion?
1) Anywhere Banking
2) Internet Banking
3) Foreign Currency Accounts
4) No-Frills Accounts
5) None of these
32. How many banks were nationalized on July 19, 1969?
1) 19 2) 20 3) 6 4) 16 5) 14
33. Which of the following is called as the Bankers' Bank in India?
1) State Bank of India
2) Federal Reserve
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Central Bank of India
5) NABARD
34. Where is the Head Office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) located?
1) Mumbai 2) Bangalore
3) New Delhi 4) Chennai
5) Kolkata
35. RBI stopped circulation of the coin of which of the following denominations from June 2011?
1) 50 Paise 2) Rs.1
3) Rs.2 4) Rs.5
5) None of these
36. ANZ is a foreign bank based in?
1) Argentina 2) Austria
3) Australia 4) Angola
5) Andorra
37. Julia Gillard visited India in October 2012. She is the first woman Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Canada 2) Denmark
3) Ireland 4) Iceland
5) Australia
38. Which of the following stock exchanges has become the world's largest bourse in terms of the number of trades in equity segment for the first six months of 2012?
1) NSE 2) NYSE Euronext
3) NASDAQ OMX 4) BSE
5) Hong Kong
39. Which of the following banks' head office is located in Pune?
1) Union Bank of India
2) Oriental Bank of Commerce
3) Bank of Baroda
4) State Bank of India
5) None of these
KEY
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia visited India in November 2012. She is currently Leader of the Opposition and Chairperson of which of the following political parties?
1) Awami League
2) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
3) Bangladesh Nationalist Party
4) Bangladesh Jatiya Party
5) Communist Party of Bangladesh
2. Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis. Which country won the 2012 Fed Cup on November 4, 2012?
1) Czech Republic 2) Serbia
3) Germany 4) Russia
5) Spain
3. 'Playing to Win' is written by which of the following sportspersons?
1) Sania Mirza
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Anil Kumble
5) Vishwanathan Anand
4. Who was conferred the 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration on October 31, 2012, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?
1) A.R.Rahman
2) Shyam Benegal
3) Javed Akhtar 4) Gulzar
5) Lata Mangeshkar
5. Which of the following statements about Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is not correct?
1) APEC is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
2) Its headquarters is in Jakarta.
3) The 24th APEC summit was held in Vladivostok, Russia in September 2012.
4) The 25th APEC summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia in October 2013.
5) India is not a member of APEC.
6. Venu Srinivasan received the Ishikawa-Kano Award in Hong Kong in August 2012. He is the Chairman of which of the following companies?
1) Videocon 2) TVS Motors
3) Future Group
4) Ashok Leyland
5) Kinetic Group
7. The Tagore University for Liberal Arts is the first of the proposed 'innovation univers-ities'. It will come up in which of the following cities?
1) Pune 2) Kolkata
3) Nalanda 4) Hyderabad
5) Kharagpur
8. Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal that she won in the women's shot put in the London Olympics for testing positive for an anabolic steroid. She belongs to?
1) Poland 2) Belarus 3) Czech Republic 4) Slovakia 5) Slovenia
9. On August 1, 2012, the Indian government allowed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from which of the following countries? (It is the only country from which India did not permit any FDI inflows)
1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan
5) Myanmar
10. Which of the following organiz-ations releases World Investment Report?
1) UNO 2) IMF
3) WTO 4) UNCTAD
5) World Bank
11. UNESCO has put Timbuktu on its list of endangered world heritage sites. Timbuktu is a town in which of the following African countries?
1) Niger 2) Mali
3) Morocco 4) Somalia
5) Ghana
12. Who is the first recipient of the new Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application?
1) Daniel Hillel
2) Aditi Mukherji
3) M.S.Swaminathan
4) Tapas Kumar Kundu
5) None of these
13. Former Union Minister Kashir-am Rana passed away recently. He was Textiles Minister in which of the following govern-ments?
1) Rajiv Gandhi
2) Deve Gowda
3) Chandrasekhar
4) A.B.Vajpayee
5) P.V.Narasimha Rao
14. Badminton legend Punch Gunalan passed away in August 2012. He belonged to?
1) Indonesia 2) Singapore
3) Malaysia 4) Thailand
5) Philippines
15. Who received the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize at the 28th conference of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Beijing in August 2012?
1) Charles L. Bennett
2) Simon White
3) Carlos Frenk
4) Marc Davis
5) Wendy Freedman
16. Bill Moggridge of UK died in September 2012. He created the world's first?
1) Personal computer
2) Laptop computer
3) Calculator
4) Super computer
5) None of these
17. Andy Roddick retired from Lawn Tennis in September 2012. He belongs to?
1) Great Britain 2) USA
3) Canada 4) Argentina
5) Australia
18. Which Commission/Committee recommended 15 per cent seats for minorities in educational institutions and government services?
1) Sachar Committee
2) Sri Krishna Committee
3) Kelkar Committee
4) Shah Commission
5) Ranganath Misra Commission
19. Maria van der Hoeven of Netherlands visited India in September 2012. She is the Executive Director of?
1) UNICEF 2) WHO
3) IEA 4) IAEA
5) UNESCO
20. Who was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13 in September 2012?
1) K.N.Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald)
2) Ravindra Kumar (The Statesman)
3) Ashish Bagga (India Today)
4) Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran)
5) None of these
21. Who has been appointed India's governor on the board of governors of the African Development Bank?
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) R.Gopalan
3) P.Chidambaram 4) R.S.Gujral
5) Kaushik Basu
22. Who has/have been given the Ra-jiv Gandhi Excellence Awards?
1) Priya Dutt 2) Sanjana Jon
3) Daler Mehandi
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
23. Which of the following banks opened India's first ever financial supermarket, aimed at cross-selling non-traditional banking products like insurance, credit cards and mutual funds, in Jaipur on August 8, 2012?
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Punjab and Sind Bank
4) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
5) None of these
24. United Bank Limited (UBL) is awaiting approval from the Reserve Bank of India to start banking operations in India. It belongs to?
1) Pakistan 2) China
3) Indonesia 4) Iran 5) South Korea
25. Maoists are against the proposed Rowghat iron ore mine which is located in Kanker district of?
1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar
3) Odisha 4) Chhattisgarh
5) Madhya Pradesh
26. Which of the following is the central bank of Pakistan with its headquarters in Karachi?
1) National Bank of Pakistan
2) State Bank of Pakistan
3) Bank of Khyber
4) Bank of Punjab
5) Habib Bank Limited
27. The battle for Aleppo is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo between the rebels and government forces. Aleppo is the largest city in which of the following countries?
1) Lebanon 2) Jordan
3) Syria 4) Yemen
5) Egypt
28. Maya Kodnani has been convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison in the Naroda Patia massacre case. She is a former Minister of which of the following states?
1) Maharashtra 2) Bihar
3) Karnataka 4) Gujarat
5) Uttar Pradesh
29. Department of Economic Affairs is part of which of the following Ministries?
1) Home Affairs
2) Rural Development
3) Planning
4) Heavy Industries& Public Enterprises
5) Finance
30. Union Budget which is presented by the Finance Minister every year is also known as?
1) Common Budget
2) Annual Budget
3) General Budget
4) Finance Report
5) Statement of Allocation of Funds
31. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking/Finance?
1) Letter of Credit
2) Discount Rate
3) General Ledger
4) Law of Motion
5) Cheque Clearing
32. Banks recover term loans from the parties in EMIs. The letter 'E' represents?
1) Easy 2) Essential
3) Equated 4) Effective
5) Economical
33. Which of the following organizations/agencies is not associated with Banking/ Finance?
1) SEBI 2) AMFI
3) ECGC 4) IBRD 5) SPCA
34. What does the letter 'P' denote in the term 'PAN' issued by the Income Tax Department?
1) Provisional 2) Public
3) Private 4) Permanent 5) Personal
35. 'India Grows at Night' is the latest book of?
1) Jeffrey Archer
2) Gurcharan Das
3) C.P. Thakur
4) William Dalrymple
5) V.S. Naipaul
36. India defeated which of the following countries in the final to defend the Nehru Cup football title at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi on September 2, 2012?
1) Cameroon 2) Syria
3) Maldives 4) Nepal
5) Pakistan
37. Who among the following Bolly-wood actors featured on the cover of TIME magazine recently?
1) Ajay Devgan
2) Salman Khan
3) Aamir Khan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) Akshay Kumar
38. Which of the following states was previously known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA)?
1) Assam 2) Manipur
3) Mizoram 4) Nagaland
5) Arunachal Pradesh
39. The impact of Green Revolution in India was felt most in case of?
1) Oilseeds 2) Pulses
3) Jute 4) Maize
5) Wheat
40. What is Google+?
1) A search engine
2) A social networking site
3) An online encyclopedia
4) A whistleblower website
5) None of these
41. Renault is a car manufacturer based in?
1) Italy 2) Germany
3) USA 4) UK 5) France
42. Which country became a full member of Mercosur, a South American trade bloc, on July 31, 2012?
1) Paraguay 2) Argentina
3) Brazil 4) Uruguay
5) Venezuela
KEY
1) 3 2) 1 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 2 12) 2 13) 4 14) 3 15) 1 16) 2 17) 2 18) 5 19) 3 20) 1 21) 3 22) 5 23) 4 24) 1 25) 4 26) 2 27) 3 28) 4 29) 5 30) 3 31) 4 32) 3 33) 5 34) 4 35) 2 36) 1 37) 3 38) 5 39) 5 40) 2 41) 5 42) 5
GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Barack Obama was re-elected as US President defeating Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney on November 6, 2012. From 2003 to 2007, Romney served as the Governor of which of the following states?
1) Ohio 2) Virginia
3) Nevada 4) Colorado
5) Massachusetts
2. Stephen Harper visited India in November 2012. He is the Prime Minister of?
1) Australia 2) Canada
3) Ireland 4) France
5) New Zealand
3. Who has taken over as Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of Bank of India (BoI) with effect from November 5, 2012?
1) Archana Bhargava
2) Shubhalaxmi Panse
3) Vijayalakshmi Iyer
4) Nupur Mitra
5) Shikha Sharma
4. The meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of G20 countries was held in November 2012 in which of the following cities? (Finance Minister P.Chidambaram and RBI Governor D.Subba Rao attended this meeting)
1) Moscow 2) Toronto
3) Brisbane 4) Mexico City
5) Buenos Aires
5. Which of the following statements about Justice Ranganath Misra is not correct?
1) Ranganath Misra passed away on September 13, 2012 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
2) He was the 21st Chief Justice of India.
3) He was the first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
4) Ranganath Misra Commi-ssion dealt with the issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India.
5) The Commission recommen-ded 20 percent seats for mino-rities in educational instituti-ons and government services.
6. Sundaresh Menon, an Indian-origin judge was sworn in as the Chief Justice of which of the following countries on November 7, 2012?
1) Singapore 2) Mauritius
3) Maldives 4) Suriname
5) Fiji
7. Which city will host the 18th Asian Games in 2019?
1) Surabaya (Indonesia)
2) Hanoi (Vietnam)
3) Dubai (UAE)
4) Incheon (South Korea)
5) Nanjing (China)
8. The 9th World Hindi Conference was held in which of the following cities in September 2012?
1) Port Louis (Mauritius)
2) Port of Spain (Trinidad &Tobago)
3) Paramaribo (Suriname)
4) Johannesburg (South Africa)
5) New York (USA)
9. Brajesh Mishra passed away on September 28, 2012. He was India's first?
1) Foreign Secretary
2) National Security Adviser
3) Director of IB
4) Director General of NIA
5) Director of RAW
10. The President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) visited India in September 2012.Name him?
1) Mahmoud Abbas
2) Rauhi Fattouh
3) Yitzhak Shamir
4) Shimon Peres
5) None of these
11. Jose Pacheco visited India in September 2012 and sought India's help to develop tea industry in his country. He is the Agriculture Minister of which of the following African countries?
1) Eritrea 2) Namibia
3) Morocco 4) Mozambique
5) Ghana
12. General Li
ang Guanglie visited India in September 2012. He is the Defense Minister of?
1) Singapore 2) North Korea
3) China 4) South Korea
5) Vietnam
13. What is the name of the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Football which will be held in Brazil?
1) Bossa Nova 2) Tango
3) Brazuca 4) Carnavalesca
5) Azteca
14. Which two Spanish footballers received the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport on October 26, 2012?
1) David Villa &Xabi Alonso
2) Iker Casillas &Xavi Hernandez
3) Andres Iniesta &Javi Martinez
4) Fernando Torres &David Silva
5) Cesc Fabregas &Carles Puyol
15. Indian-American woman Nikki Haley has been named among the12 'Power Women' to watch out for in 2013 by Forbes magazine. Nikki Haley is the current Governor of which of the following states in USA?
1) North Dakota
2) North Carolina
3) South Carolina
4) South Dakota
5) New Mexico
16. "Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance" is the motto of which of the following Summits held in 2012?
1) BRICS 2) G8
3) G20 4) NAM 5) APEC
17. George Dockrell has been named the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year. He plays international cricket for?
1) Canada 2) Ireland
3) Scotland 4) Netherlands
5) Kenya
18. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on August 21, 2012?
1) Shanti Sundaram
2) Poonam Saxena
3) Praveen Mahajan
4) Shiela Sangwan
5) Sreela Ghosh
19. The Castrol awards for cricketing excellence for 2011 were given in Bangalore on August 29, 2012. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Cricketer of the Year - M.S.Dhoni
2) Batsman of the Year - Sachin Tendulkar
3) Bowler of the Year - Ravichandran Ashwin
4) Junior Cricketer of the Year - Unmukt Chand
5) Lifetime Achievement - Sunil Gavaskar
20. Nicol David of Malaysia is currently ranked world number 1 in women's?
1) Squash 2) Badminton
3) Tennis 4) Table Tennis
5) Golf
21. Which country has test fired Dongfeng-41, a new generation inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range of 14,000km?
1) North Korea 2) Vietnam
3) China 4) Iran 5) Russia
22. The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to completely ban employment of children below the age of 14 years in all occupations& processes. Any violation of this will attract a maximum jail term of?
1) 1 year 2) 2 years
3) 3 years 4) 4 years
5) None of these
23. Which of the following countries abolished direct censorship of the media in August 2012? (The censorship laws had been in place for the last 50 years)
1) China 2) Iran 3) Fiji 4) Myanmar 5) North Korea
24. Which of the following statements about Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) is not correct?
1) RRBs are sponsored by commercial banks.
2) They were set up to develop rural economy.
3) The area of RRBs is limited to a specific region comprising one or more districts.
4) The first RRB was established in 1982.
5) NABARD regulates all RRBs.
25. Who among the following Indian Americans is a famous author?
1) Bobby Jindal
2) Vikram Pandit 3) Indra Nooyi
4) Manoj Night Shyamalan
5) Siddhartha Mukherjee
26. Which of the following full forms is not correct?
1) ECB - External Commercial Borrowings
2) PPP - Purchasing Power Parity
3) ASBA - Application Supp-orted by Blocked Amount
4) FDI - Foreign Diverse Investment
5) CBS - Core Banking Solution
27. The name of the particle 'Boson' is associated with the name of?
1) Isaac Newton
2) Jagadish Chandra Bose
3) Satyendra Nath Bose
4) Albert Einstein 5) C.R.Hagen
28. Which one of the following groups of countries is part of ASEAN bloc?
1) China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
2) Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
3) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
4) China, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives
5) Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Vietnam
29. Which of the following is not a plantation crop?
1) Tea 2) Coffee
3) Rubber 4) Oil Palm
5) Wheat
30. Which of the following books is not written by Gurcharan Das?
1) India Unbound
2) The Difficulty of Being Good
3) India Grows at Night
4) The Elephant Paradigm
5) Unleashing India
31. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is based in?
1) Paris 2) London
3) Berlin 4) Vienna
5) Geneva
32. "Saina Nehwal-An Inspirational Biography" was written by?
1) Harsha Bhogle
2) T.S.Sudhir 3) Harvir Singh
4) P.Gopichand
5) Nirmal Shekhar
33. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) World Bank President - Jim Yong Kim
2) IMF Managing Director - Christine Lagarde
3) US Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton
4) Japan Prime Minister - Yoshihiko Noda
5) IAEA Director General - Haruhiko Kuroda
34. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
1) Penalty Stroke 2) Love
3) Half Nelson
4) Back Hand Drive
5) None of these
35. Who is the author of the book 'Beyond Survival: Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy'?
1) P.Chidambaram
2) D.Subba Rao
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) Y.V.Reddy
5) Manmohan Singh
36. Who among the following was never Finance Minister of India?
1) Manmohan Singh
2) Yashwant Sinha
3) Kamal Nath
4) Morarji Desai
5) C.D.Deshmukh
37. Yuan is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Japan 2) Myanmar
3) Malaysia 4) Indonesia
5) China
38. Which of the following is not a public sector unit?
1) HAL 2) SAIL 3) HPCL 4) Yes Bank 5) IDBI Bank
39. Which of the following is not a foreign bank working in India?
1) HSBC 2) Barclays
3) Citibank
4) Standard Chartered Bank
5) Federal Bank
40. Which of the following is considered an informal method of getting credit/finance?
1) Branch visits
2) Tele Banking
3) Internet Banking
4) Going to money lenders
5) None of these
41. Which of the following is not a component of Bharat Nirman?
1) Rural Roads 2) Irrigation
3) Rural Housing
4) Rural Water supply
5) Rural Employment
42. Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank working in India?
1) HDFC 2) Axis
3) IndusInd 4) Kotak Mahindra
5) Tata
KEY
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 4 9) 2 10) 1 11) 4 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 2 19) 5 20) 1 21) 3 22) 3 23) 4 24) 4 25) 5 26) 4 27) 3 28) 2 29) 5 30) 5 31) 1 32) 2 33) 5 34) 5 35) 3 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 5 40) 4 41) 5 42) 5
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Who was named the most powerful business woman in India for the second consecutive year by Fortune magazine in November 2012?
1) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank)
2) Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE)
3) Aruna Jayanthi (Capgemini)
4) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
5) Preetha Reddy (Apollo Hospitals)
2. According to National Associa-tion of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the IT industry would grow by what percent in 2012-13?
1) 9 2) 11 3) 10 4) 8 5) 7
3. Who, among the following women Presidents, was chosen for 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Develo-pment for being an inspiration to women and ensuring return of peace and democracy in her country? (The announcement was made on November 19, the birth anniversary of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi)
1) Joyce Banda (Malawi)
2) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
3) Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica)
4) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Argentina)
5) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)
4. Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. Which country won the 2012 Davis Cup in Prague on November 18, 2012?
1) Czech Republic 2) Spain
3) Argentina 4) Serbia
5) Croatia
5. Which of the following statements about the Kelkar Committee is not correct?
1) A Committee, headed by for-mer Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar, recommended phased elimination of subsidies.
2) It suggested phased elimina-tion of subsidy on diesel and LPG in the next four years.
3) The Committee recommen-ded hike in urea prices.
4) It suggested reviewing Direct Taxes Code Bill and bringing more services in the tax net.
5) The government accepted all the suggestions of the panel.
6. Which country's President will be the Chief Guest of the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention that will be held from 7 to 9 January, 2013 in Kochi?
1) Mauritius 2) Singapore
3) Sri Lanka 4) Panama
5) Trinidad & Tobago
7. The 58th Commonwealth Parlia-mentary Association (CPA) Annual Conference was held in which of the following cities in September 2012?
1) Perth 2) Colombo
3) London 4) New Delhi
5) Canberra
8. Large Uranium deposits were discovered recently at Rohil in Sikar district of?
1) Haryana 2) Gujarat 3) Rajasthan 4) Jharkhand
5) Bihar
9. Who became the first Union Minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territo-rial Army on September 6, 2012?
1) Jitin Prasada 2) Milind Deora
3) Jitendra Singh 4) Sachin Pilot
5) Jyotiraditya Scindia
10. Hailemariam Desalegn became the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries in September 2012?
1) Swaziland 2) Tanzania
3) Cape Verde 4) Ethiopia
5) Sierra Leone
11. Who received the 2012 US Liberty Medal on September 13, 2012? (This honor is bestowed on those who fight for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom)
1) Muhammad Ali 2) Tony Blair
3) Robert Gates
4) Steven Spielberg
5) None of these
12. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the humanitarian organization The Art of Living, has been honored with National Order of Merito de Comuneros, the highest civilian award of?
1) Brazil 2) Paraguay
3) Chile 4) Argentina
5) Venezuela
13. Pierre Nkurunziza visited India in September 2012 and received an award by MAMTA, an NGO, for his commitment to the cause of child welfare. He is the President of which of the following African countries?
1) Burundi 2) Rwanda
3) Gabon 4) Lesotho
5) Botswana
14. Grammy Award winning global pop phenomenon Enrique Iglesias performed in Pune, New Delhi and Bangalore in October 2012. He belongs to?
1) USA 2) Portugal
3) France 4) Colombia 5) Spain
15. Which Olympic champion was the event ambassador of the fifth Airtel Delhi half-marathon that was held on September 30, 2012?
1) Usain Bolt 2) Noah Ngeny
3) David Rudisha
4) Yohan Blake 5) Tyson Gay
16. What is the minimum population of cities stipulated by the government for foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector?
1) 2 lakhs 2) 5 lakhs
3) 7 lakhs 4) 10 lakhs 5) 15 lakhs
KEY
1) 1 2) 2 3) 5 4) 1 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 3 9) 4 10) 4 11) 1 12) 2 13) 1 14) 5 15) 3 16) 4
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. 'Mujhe Dena Aur Prem' is a Hindi book written by?
1) Salman Rushdie
2) Taslima Nasreen
3) Gulzar 4) Gulab Kothari
5) None of these
2. Which of the following islands announced the creation of the world's largest marine park, covering about 1.1 million square kilometers of the South Pacific Ocean in August 2012?
1) Baker Island
2) Bouvet Island
3) Cook Islands
4) Solomon Islands
5) American Samoa
3. Which two countries released a joint stamp depicting the highest and the lowest places on earth-Mount Everest and the Dead Sea-in September 2012?
1) India and Jordan
2) Nepal and Jordan
3) China and Israel
4) Nepal and Israel
5) Nepal and Syria
4. Which of the following towers was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in recognition of the Queen's 60 year reign in September 2012?
1) Eiffel Tower 2)Canton Tower
3) Big Ben Clock Tower
4) CN Tower 5) KL Tower
5. The Hindu Marriage Registrat-ion Bill 2012 aims to provide le-gal and social protection to me-mbers of the Hindu community. Which country's parliament pas-sed this bill in September 2012?
1) UK 2) Pakistan 3) Maldives 4) Bangladesh 5) Afghanistan
6. Which country has decided to shut down the Manas Air Base used by the USA? (The base was opened in December 2001 to support US military operations in the ongoing war in Afghanistan)
1) Ukraine 2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Kazakhstan 4) Azerbaijan
5) Uzbekistan
7. Who was appointed as Chairm-an of the Forward Markets Co-mmission (FMC) on September 24, 2012? (FMC is the commodity markets regulator)
1) M.Mathisekaran
2) Ramesh Abhishek
3) R.Dharmarajan
4) Rahul Khullar
5) None of these
8. Antony Jenkins was appointed Chief Executive of which of the following banking giants on August 30, 2012?
1) Barclays 2) BNP Paribas
3) Citi bank
4) Royal Bank of Scotland
5) None of these
9. Who has signed up a Rs 40 crore deal with Rhiti Sports Manage-ment Company, making her India's highest paid sportsperson outside Cricket?
1) Sania Mirza 2) Mary Kom
3) Deepika Pallikal
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Deepika Kumari
10. Karnataka won the Buchi Babu Trophy after beating Kerala in September 2012. Buchi Babu Trophy is related to?
1) Hockey 2) Tennis
3) Cricket 4) Badminton
5) Archery
11. India is ranked 169 in the FIFA football rankings. Which country is ranked world number one?
1) Spain 2) Germany
3) England 4) Brazil
5) Uruguay
12. Which of the following teams won the Coromandel King All India Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup invitation cricket tournament at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad in September 2012?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Delhi
3) Goa 4) Kerala 5) Hyderabad
13. Who among the following Indian golfers clinched his third Asian Tour title at the Yeangder Tournament Players Champion-ship in Taipei, Taiwan on September 17, 2012?
1) Himmat Rai
2) Anirban Lahiri
3) Gaganjeet Bhullar
4) Chiragh Kumar
5) Jyothi Randhawa
14. The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) in its 'Economic Outlook for 2012-13' report released in August 2012 had projected the Indian economy to grow at?
1) 5.5% 2) 8.2% 3) 6.7%
4) 8.5% 5) 7.5%
15. Hadia Tajik was appointed Minister of Culture of which of the following countries in September 2012? (She is the first Muslim and youngest Minister ever in that country's political history)
1) Norway 2) Denmark
3) Sweden 4) Indonesia 5) UK
16. K.S.Sudarshan passed away on September 15, 2012. He was former?
1) Union Cabinet Minister
2) Supreme Court Judge
3) Civil Servant
4) Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
5) Chief Minister of Karnataka
17. Emomali Rahmon visited India in September 2012. He is the President of?
1) Kazakhstan 2) Tajikistan
3) Kyrgyzstan 4) Uzbekistan
5) Azerbaijan
18. Daniel Vasella will be gifting his entire personal collection of Indian sculptures and other art work to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghral-aya. He is the Chairman of which of the following pharmaceutical groups?
1) Pfizer 2) Merck& Co.
3) Novartis 4) Sanofi-Aventis
5) GlaxoSmithKline
KEY
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 3 5) 4 6) 2 7) 2 8) 1 9) 4 10) 3 11) 1 12) 1 13) 3 14) 3 15) 1 16) 4 17) 2 18) 3
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved disinvestment of what per cent government equity in the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), out of its holding of 84.50 per cent on November 22, 2012? (It will fetch about Rs.13, 000 crore)
1) 8% 2) 8.5%
3) 9% 4) 9.5% 5) 10%
2. Who became the first batsman in the history of Test Cricket to make four 200-plus scores in a calendar year in November 2012?
1) Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
2) Graeme Smith (South Africa)
3) Alastair Cook (England)
4) Ricky Ponting (Australia)
5) Michael Clarke (Australia)
3. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was honored with the 2010 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in New Delhi on November 22, 2012. He is former President of which of the following countries? (The prize carries Rupees 25 lakhs and a citation)
1) Mexico 2) Portugal
3) Brazil 4) Argentina 5) Peru
4. Who among the following Ramon Magsaysay awardees is the founder of an NGO Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP)?
1) Neelima Mishra
2) Harish Hande
3) Arvind Kejriwal
4) Kulandei Francis
5) Sandeep Pandey
5. RBI Governor D.Subbarao declared which of the following as the first district in the country to achieve total and meaningful financial inclusion on Nove-mber 22, 2012? (This district with a population of 32 lakh, has 37 lakh savings bank accounts)
1) Anand (Gujarat)
2) Nalgonda (Andhra Pradesh)
3) Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu)
4) Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)
5) Ernakulam (Kerala)
6. The Government of India exten-ded the term of Subir Gokarn till December 31, 2012. He is?
1) SBI Chairman
2) Finance Secretary
3) Deputy Governor of RBI
4) Chief Economic Advisor
5) None of these
7. Who won the third straight Formula One World Champio-nship title on November 25, 2012? (He is F1's youngest three-time champion at age 25)
1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
3) Jenson Button (McLaren)
4) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
5) Mark Webber (Red Bull)
8. Which city hosted the 7th East Asia Summit (EAS) on November 20, 2012?
1) Bangkok (Thailand)
2) Hanoi (Vietnam) 3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
5) Yangon (Myanmar)
9. The Centre will set up an Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotec-hnology at a cost of Rs.287.50 crore at which of the following places?
1) New Delhi 2) Ranchi
3) Hassan 4) Mysore
5) Hyderabad
10. The Government has notified what per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail?
1) 49 2) 74 3) 51 4) 100 5) 26
11. The 12th annual Miss Earth 2012 pageant was held in Muntinlupa city, Philippines on November 24, 2012. Who won the title?
1) Tereza Fajksova (Czech Republic)
2) Stephany Stefanowitz (Philippines)
3) Osmariel Villalobos (Venezuela)
4) Camila Brant (Brazil)
5) Prachi Mishra (India)
12. Who is the author of the book 'Patriots and Partisans'?
1) Pankaj Mishra
2) Mihir Bose
3) Ramachandra Guha
4) Ram Sharan Sharma
5) Romila Thapar
13. Which of the following full forms is not correct?
1) KYC-Know Your Customer
2) SEBI-Securities and Exchange Board of India
3) RTGS-Real Time Gross Settlement
4) SEZ-Special Economic Zone
5) ILO-International Legal Organization
14. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) India is the largest producer of milk in the world.
2) Karnataka is the major producer of mulberry silk in India.
3) Golden Revolution refers to the development of horticu-ltural products.
4) M.S.Swaminathan is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution in India'.
5) Wheat is the most important Kharif crop in India.
15. The terms Bulls and Bears are used in?
1) Commodity Market
2) Stock Market
3) Bullion Market
4) Banking Sector
5) Insurance Sector
16. Which of the following is a cash crop?
1) Paddy 2) Jowar
3) Bajra 4) Sugarcane
5) Finger millet
17. What is the currency of Iran?
1) Dinar 2) Krona
3) Rial 4) Pound
5) Somoni
KEY
1) 4 2) 5 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 2 10) 3 11) 1 12) 3 13) 5 14) 5 15) 2 16) 4 17) 3
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. 'UDAAN' is a special industry initiative of the Centre aimed at imparting skills to youth from Jammu and Kashmir to help them with their careers. Which is the first public sector undert-aking to implement UDAAN?
1) NTPC 2) BHEL
3) NMDC 4) ONGC 5) SAIL
2. Who replaced Amar Pratap Singh as the CBI Director on November 30, 2012?
1) S.C.Sinha 2) Ranjit Sinha
3) Sanjeev Tripathi
4) Syed Asif Ibrahim
5) Nehchal Sandhu
3. Francois du Plessis scored a century on his Test debut in November 2012. He plays for?
1) Australia 2) England
3) South Africa 4) New Zealand
5) West Indies
4. Miss Universe 2012 pageant will be held on December 19, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Manila (Philippines)
2) Las Vegas (USA)
3) Beijing (China)
4) London (UK)
5) Nicosia (Cyprus)
5. Le Luong Minh has been appointed ASEAN Secretary General for the next 5-year term. He is the Deputy Foreign Minister of? (He will take office on January 1, 2013)
1) Vietnam 2) Cambodia
3) Thailand 4) Laos
5) Philippines
6. The Government of India will implement the direct cash transfer scheme in how many districts from January 1, 2013?
1) 200 2) 66 3) 51 4) 74 5) 100
7. Which country has terminated a contract given by the previous government to GMR Group for developing Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) at its capital city?
1) Indonesia 2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan 4) Maldives
5) Iran
8. Joseph Murray of USA died on November 26, 2012. In 1954 he performed the first successful human? (He was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
1) Liver transplant
2) Heart transplant
3) Kidney transplant
4) Bone-marrow transplant
5) Pancreas transplant
9. Stockholm Water Prize re
cognizes outstanding achieve-ments in water related activities. The 2012 prize was awarded to the International Water Manage-ment Institute (IWMI), a non- profit research organization with headquarters in?
1) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2) Tehran (Iran)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Jerusalem (Israel)
5) Cairo (Egypt)
10. Which of the following banks acquired Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2008?
1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Axis Bank 4) OBC 5) IDBI Bank
11. Which of the following is not the name of a foreign bank?
1) HSBC 2) BNP Paribas
3) Barclays
4) JP Morgan Chase
5) Cathay Pacific
12. Which of the following terms is not related to banking?
1) Overdraft 2) SME Finance
3) Drawing power 4) Equinox
5) Sanctioning authority
13. Which country will maintain a
military base in Kant in Kyrgyzstan for 15 years starting 2017?
1) Russia 2) USA 3) China 4) UK 5) France
14. Kelkar Committee cautioned that in absence of corrective measures, the fiscal deficit of the government could shoot up to what per cent of the GDP in the current financial year?(The budget estimate of fiscal deficit is 5.1 per cent)
1) 6.1 2) 5.5 3) 6.5 4)7.5 5) 6.7
15. RBI carries out open market operations (OMO), which means?
1) Issuance of different types of bonds
2) Sale or purchase of government securities
3) Auction of gold
4) Issue of currency notes
5) None of these
16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) The objective of Financial Inclusion is connecting every Indian to the country's banking system.
2) RRBs have limited area of operation and have access to refinance from NABARD.
3) Money laundering refers to conversion of illegally obtained money into accountable money.
4) SARFAESI Act was launched to facilitate banks in recovery of bad loans.
5) One who is not earning regularly cannot open an account in any bank in India.
17. "Sub-prime" refers to?
1) Lending done by banks at rates below PLR
2) Lending to the people who are high value customers
3) Lending to those who are not regular customers of a bank
4) Lending done by banks to customers not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards
5) None of these
18. Inflation in India is measured on which of the following indexes/ indicators?
1) Consumer Price Index
2) Gross Domestic Product
3) Gross National Product
4) Cost of Living Index
5) Wholesale Price Index
KEY
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 1 6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10) 2 11) 5 12) 4 13) 1 14) 1 15) 2 16) 5 17) 4 18) 5
1. What is the gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter (July-September) of 2012-13?
1) 5.5 % 2) 6.7 %
3) 5.3% 4) 7.5% 5) 6.5%
2. The General Assembly granted which of the following states non-member observer State status in the United Nations on November 29, 2012?
1) Tuvalu 2) Palestine
3) Israel 4) Switzerland
5) Montenegro
3. Who was sworn in as President of Mexico for a six-year term on December 1, 2012?
1) Felipe Calderon
2) Josefina Vazquez Mota
3) Enrique Pena-Nieto
4) Santiago Creel
5) None of these
4. Who became the eighth batsman and first Indian to score three triple centuries in first class cricket in December 2012?
1) Wasim Jaffer 2) VVS Laxman
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Ravindra Jadeja 5)Virat Kohli
5. Identify the incorrect statement?
1) Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) PSLV-C21 rocket blasted off into space on its 100th mission on September 9, 2012.
2) It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
3) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C21 (PSLV-C21) carried two foreign satellites-the French SPOT-6 remote sensing satellite and the Japanese PROITERES micro-satellites.
4) Aryabhatta, India's first satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1975.
5) The PSLV-C21 launch was witnessed by the President Pranab Mukherjee.
6. Who became the fastest player to score 3000 runs in one day internationals on August 29, 2012? (He reached the landmark in 57 innings compared to Vivian Richards' 69)
1) Virat Kohli (India)
2) Hashim Amla (South Africa)
3) Kevin Pietersen (England)
4) David Warner (Australia)
5) None of these
7. Which of the following statements about FDI is not true?
1) The government has allowed 100% FDI in single brand retail and 51% in multi-brand retail.
2) In civil aviation it is 49%.
3) In broadcasting sector the limit increased from 49% to 74%.
4) FDI in insurance sector will be hiked to 49% from the existing 26%.
5) The FDI cap on pension would be 74%.
8. BHEL has signed an agreement with which of the following countries for setting up a 100 MW hydro-electric power project on the Zeravshan river?
1) Tajikistan 2) Russia
3) Kazakhstan 4) Ukraine
5) Kyrgyzstan
9. The government has proposed to set up a National Investment Board(NIB) to monitor and advise ministries on expediting projects entailing investments in excess of Rs. 1000 crore. It will be chaired by the?
1) Finance Minister
2) Agriculture Minister
3) Prime Minister
4) UPA Chairperson
5) Commerce Minister
10. The Justice Shah Commission has indicted Digambar Kamat for allowing illegal mining. He was the Chief Minister of which of the following states between 2007 and 2012?
1) Karnataka 2) Goa
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand 5) Chhattisgarh
11. The ability of an asset to be converted into cash quickly is called?
1) Credit 2) Cash crunch
3) Liquidity 4) Marketability
5) None of these
12. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are established to?
1) Promote exports of goods and services
2) Promote investment from domestic and foreign sources
3) Create employment opportunities
4) Develop infrastructure facilities 5) All the above
13. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking/Finance?
1) Call Option 2) Blue Chip
3) Dividend
4) Jacksonian Seizure
5) Bid Price
14. Who represented India in Miss Earth 2012 beauty pageant that was held in Philippines on November 24, 2012?
1) Vanya Mishra 2) Nikita Dutta
3) Prachi Mishra
4) Priyanka Verma
5) Rochelle Maria Rao
15. The Agricultural Census is conducted?
1) Every year 2) Once in ten years
3) Once in five years
4) Once in two years
5) No fixed term
16. Vyas Samman is given for excellence in which of the following fields?
1) Music 2) Films 3) Literature
4) Sports 5) Journalism
17. Which one of the following pairs of books and authors is not matched correctly?
1) The White Tiger
- Aravind Adiga
2) Imagining India
- Nandan Nilekani
3) Half a Life - V.S.Naipaul
4) The Inheritance of Loss
- Arundhati Roy
5) Development as Freedom
- Amartya Sen
KEY
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 5 8) 1 9) 3 10) 211) 3 12) 5 13) 4 14) 3 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4
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