RBI Assistant Exam 2013 General Awareness

RBI Assistant Exam 2013 General Awareness Questions Held on

28.07.2013.

1) Who is the Directer of recently released movie on Sportsman

“Milkha Singh”?(Rakeshomprakash Mehra)

2) Dadasaheb phalke award- 2013 reciepient?(Pran)

3) At which limit there is no income tax(0, 2 lac, 3 lac, 4lac, 5lac)

4) World Economic Forum 2013 meeting held at?(Geneva,

Switzerland, US,..)

5) Which two country having currency “Indian

Rupee”?(combination of these country Bhutan, Nepal,

Bangladesh, Maldives)

6) Which country recently included in European union?(Finland,

Sweden,…)

7) Dilma Rouseff is?(President of Brazil, China, Russia,…)

8) Name of interest rate at which Federal Bank give money to

other bank(likethis)?

9) When rupee decline, increase in cost of studying abroad result

in(option like increase interest rate on study loan,…like this)

10) Value added tax in Goods & service tax recently given new

name?

11) Which bank headquarter is in KOLKATA?(PNB, Corporation

Bank, Indian Bank,…)

12) As per new law for license of New private bank how much

capital should have?(50, 100, 200,500 crore)

13) Banking ombudsman scheme is not applicable for?(RRB, non

scedule commercial bank, psb, New Private bank, Old private

bank..)

14) World population day?(11 july)

15) FIPB full form?

16) As per … commitee GDP% of india duing 2012-13?(5,6,7,8)

17) “Bangalore Tiger” referred to?(Wipro, Infosys, Flippkart, UB

group,Narayan..)

18) June 2013 Commitee headed by FM P. Chidambaram for

which issue or target..?(like for education, some financial,…)

19) A contract for delievering goods called?

20) NREGA launched in which year?(2005,2006,2007,2008,2009)

21) IRDA headquarter?(Kolkata, Bangaluru, Hyderabad,)

22) Central bank, loan, financial loss…likethis?

23) Present day……is available other than helping menu when

purchasing things?(cd, dvd,…)

24) Direct cash transfer in account scheme name?

25) Mission of Global Index Report- 2013…?

26) In a year maximum transaction……lac?

27) Which is not true regarding SEBI work?

28) Fiscal deficit related?

29) which company is not a direct selling company?(Walmart,…….)

What is a Repo Rate?

(A) It is a rate at which

(B) It is a rate at which banks borrow rupees from RBI

(C) It is a rate at which RBI allows small loans in the market

(D) It is a rate which is offered by Banks to their most valued customers or

prime customers

(E) None of these

In economics it is generally believed that the main objective of a Public

Sector Financial Company like Bank is to:

(A) Employ more and more people

(B) Maximize total profits

(C) Maximize total production

(D) Provide financial service to the p

across the country

(E) Sell the goods at subsidized cost

Which of the following cannot be called as a Debt Instrument as referred

in financial transactions?

(A) Certificate of Deposits

(B) Bonds

(C) Stocks

(D) Commercial

(E) Loans

The government formed the panel after many ex

their medals to protest the rejection of their ‘one rank one pension’

demand. Who is heading this panel?

(A) K.M. Chandrasekhar

(B) R Balakrishanan

(C) B S Padmanabham

(D) T. Raja Shekhar

(E) R Balu

Whenever RBI does some Open Market Operation Transaction, actually it

wishes to regulate which of the following?

(A) Inflation only

(B) liquidity in economy

(C) Borrowing powers of the banks


(A) It is a rate at which




prime customers

one of these






(D) Provide financial service to the p

across the country





(B) Bonds

(C) Stocks

(D) Commercial Papers

(E) Loans





(B) R Balakrishanan

(C) B S Padmanabham

T. Raja Shekhar

(E) R Balu



(A) Inflation only



(A) It is a rate at which RBI sell government securities to banks









(D) Provide financial service to the people of the nation of its origin





Papers





(C) B S Padmanabham





RBI sell government securities to banks






eople of the nation of its origin


The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned




RBI sell government securities to banks




eople of the nation of its origin


servicemen returned






servicemen returned


(D) Flow of Foreign Direct Investment

(E) None of these

The maximum amount of the total Revenue earned by the government

of India comes from:

(A) Income Tax

(B) Customs Duty

(C) Excise Duty

(D) Value Added Tax

(E) Corporate Tax

Organizations and their Headquarters

1. UNO

2.

3. UNESCO

4. UNIDO

5. WHO

6. UNFPA

7. ILO

8. IMF

9. WTO

10. International Court Of Justice

Energy Agency

12. World Bank

13. International Committee of theRed Cross

14. International Maritime Organisation

15. Universal Postal Union

16. Food and Agricultural Organisation

17. WorldMeteorological Organisation

18. SAARC

19. Amnesty International

20. Transparency International

21. World Intellectual Property Organization

22. International Renewable Energy Agency

(Interim HQs)

23. Commonwealth of Nations

Cups & Trophies associated with Indian National Games


(E) None of these



(A) Income Tax

(B) Customs Duty

(C) Excise Duty

(D) Value Added Tax

(E) Corporate Tax


1. UNO - New York

2. UNICEF - New York

3. UNESCO - Paris

4. UNIDO - Vienna

5. WHO - Geneva

6. UNFPA - New York

7. ILO - Geneva

8. IMF - Washington DC

9. WTO - Geneva

10. International Court Of Justice

Energy Agency - Vienna

12. World Bank - Washington D.C.



15. Universal Postal Union



18. SAARC - Kathmandu

19. Amnesty International

20. Transparency International



(Interim HQs)

23. Commonwealth of Nations





(D) Value Added Tax


New York

New York

Washington DC

10. International Court Of Justice -The Hague 11. International Atomic

Vienna

Washington D.C.



15. Universal Postal Union - Berne



Kathmandu

19. Amnesty International - London

20. Transparency International - Berlin



23. Commonwealth of Nations -London...


(D) Flow of Foreign Direct Investments



The Hague 11. International Atomic

13. International Committee of theRed Cross - Geneva

14. International Maritime Organisation - London

16. Food and Agricultural Organisation - Rome

17. WorldMeteorological Organisation - Geneva

London

Berlin

21. World Intellectual Property Organization - Geneva

22. International Renewable Energy Agency - Abu Dhabi (UAE)

London...




Geneva

Geneva

Abu Dhabi (UAE)




✔ Agarwal Cup : Badminton

✔ Agha Khan Cup : Hockey

✔ All-India Women’s Guru Nanak

✔ Championship : Hockey

✔ Bandodkar Trophy : Football

✔ Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup :

✔ Basketball

✔ Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis

✔ Beighton Cup : Hockey

✔ Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey

✔ Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting

✔ Charminar Trophy : Athletics

✔ Chadha Cup : Badminton

✔ C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket

✔ Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football

✔ Divan Cup : Badminton

✔ Deodhar Trophy : Cricket

✔ Duleep Trophy : Cricket

✔ D. C. M. Cup : Football

✔ Durand Cup : Football

✔ Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey

✔ Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football (Junior)

✔ Ezra Cup : Polo

✔ F. A. Cup : Football

✔ G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket

✔ Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket

✔ Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey

✔ Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey

✔ Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey

✔ Holkar Trophy : Bridge

✔ lrani Trophy : Cricket

✔ I. F. A. Shield : Football

✔ lndira Gold Cup : Hockey

✔ Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing

✔ Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman

✔ Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy : Hockey

✔ Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey

✔ MCC Trophy : Hockey

✔ Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket

✔ Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey

✔ Modi Gold Cup : Hockey

✔ Narang Cup : Badminton

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES OF SOME PLACES

1) Golden City - Amristar

2) Manchester of India - Ahmedabad

3) City of Seven Islands - Mumbai

4) Queen of Arabian Sea - Cochin

5) Space City - Bangalore

6) Garden City of India - Bangalore

7) Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore

8.) Electronic City of India - Bangalore

9) Pink City - Jaipur

10) Gateway of India - Mumbai

11) Twin City - Hyderabad - Sikandarabad

12) City of Festivals - Madurai

13) Deccan Queen - Pune

14) City of Buildings - Kolkata

15) Dakshin Ganga - Godavari

16) Old Ganga - Godavari

17) Egg Bowl of Asia - Andhra Pradesh

18) Soya Region - Madhya Pradesh

19) Manchester of the South - Coimbatore

20) City of Nawabs - Lucknow

21) Venice of the East - Cochin

22) Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar river

23) Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi river

24) Blue Mountains - Nilgiri

25) Queen of the Mountains - Mussoorie

Presidents of India

1) Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)

2) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1962-1967)

3) Zakir Hussain (1967-1969)

4) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1969-1974)

5) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-1977)

6) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977-1982)

7) Zail Singh (1982-1987)

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1987-1992)

9) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992-1997)

10) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997-2002)

11) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen AbdulKalam

(2002-2007)

12) Pratibha Patil (2007-2012)

13) Pranab Mukherjee (2012- )

Which of the following awards is given by an agency of the United

Nations Organization ?

(A) Normon Borloug Award

(B) Kalinga Prize

(C) Ramon Magsaysay Award

(D) Pulitzer Prize

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

Which of the following is the book written by Kiran Desai ?

(A) Higher than Everest

(B) A Passage to England

(C) Affluent Society

(D) All My Yester Years

(E) The Inheritance of Loss

Ans : (E)

Which of the following Trophies/cups is associated with the game of

Hockey ?

(A) Durand Cup

(B) Santosh Trophy

(C) Rangaswami Cup

(D) Ranji Trophy

(E) K. D. Singh Babu Trophy

Ans : (C)

Sandra Bullock who was awarded Oscar recently is a famous—

(A) Actress

(B) Director

(C) Music Composer

(D) Screen play writer

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?

(a) Debu Choudhuri

(b) Madhup Mudgal

(c) Ronu Mazumdar

(d) Shafaat Ahmad

What is the interval between two 'Maha Kumbh' melas at the same

place?

(a) 6 years

(b) 10 years

(c) 12 years

(d) 15 years

Who amongst the following is regarded as the historical founder of

Jainism?

(a) Mahavira

(b) Sisunaga

(c) Rishabha

(d) Gautama

Which of the following is the most prevalent folk dance of Uttar Pradesh

(a) Naati

(b) Bhangra

(c) Tamasha

(d) Nautanki

Which of the following is a classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh

(a) Odissi

(b) Kuchipudi

(c) Kathakali

(d) Mohiniyattam

Indus Water Treaty is a pact on sharing of river water between India

and—

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Pakistan

(C) Nepal

(D) Afghanistan

(E) Myanmar

Ans : (B)

Which of the following is not a banking related term ?

(A) Radiation

(B) Outstanding amount

(C) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate

(D) Explicit Guarantee

(E) Creditor

Ans : (A)

Insurance service provided by various banks is commonly known as—

(A) Investment Banking

(B) Portfolio Management

(C) Merchant Banking

(D) Bancassurance

(E) Micro Finance

Ans : (D)

Moortidevi Award is given for excellence in the field of—

(A) Classical dance

(B) Literature

(C) Classical music

(D) Cinematography

(E) Social service

Ans : (B)

Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket ?

(A) Love

(B) Tee

(C) Penalty stroke

(D) No Ball

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

‘Indira Gandhi Canal’ which is around 450 km long provide irrigation

facility mainly to which of the following states ?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Gujarat

(E) Rajasthan

Ans : (E)

Which of the following is not a public sector undertaking under the

Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India ?

(A) Mazagaon Dock Ltd.

(B) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.

(C) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

(D) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

(E) Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.

Ans : (C)

Which of the following is not a missile developed by the Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ?

(A) Shaurya

(B) Pinaka

(C) BrahMos

(D) Agni

(E) Nag

Ans : (A)

Which of the following declarations/treaties was adopted by the BRIC

countries recently to promote Global Food Security ?

(A) Moscow Declaration

(B) Doha Treaty

(C) Delhi Declaration

(D) Kabul Treaty

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

Which of the following metals is used for generation of nuclear Energy by

most of the Nuclear Power Plants ?

(A) Zinc

(B) Platinum

(C) Uranium

(D) Nickel

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

Which of the following agencies/bodies has asked all foreign funds to

come forward and register itself as Foreign Institutional Investments

(FIIs) prior to any investment in India ?

(A) RBI

(B) SEBI

(C) IBA

(D) Registrar of Companies

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

Who is Brand Endorsing Personality of Bank of Baroda ?

(A) Juhi Chawla

(B) Kiran Bedi

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Kapil Dev

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

Who amongst the following Indian players could not win any medal in

Beijing Olympic 2008 ?

(A) Sushil Kumar

(B) Abhinav Bindra

(C) Anjali Bhagwat

(D) Jitendra Kumar

(E) Saina Nehwal

Ans : (C)

The branding line of Bank of Baroda is—

(A) International Bank of India

(B) India’s International Bank

(C) India’s Multinational Bank

(D) World’s local Bank

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

India recently signed an agreement in the field of hydrocarbon with

which of the following countries for which Hernan Martinez Torres,

Minister of Energy of that country was in India ?

(A) Zambia

(B) Ukraine

(C) Colombia

(D) Turkey

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

FDI refers to—

(A) Fixed Deposit Interest

(B) Fixed Deposit Investment

(C) Foreign Direct Investment

(D) Future Derivative Investment

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

What is Call Money ?

(A) Money borrowed or lent for a day or over night

(B) Money borrowed for more than one day but upto 3 days

(C) Money borrowed for more than one day but upto 7 days

(D) Money borrowed for more than one day but upto 14 days

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

Which is the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ ?

(A) Reliance

(B) TCS

(C) HCL

(D) Infosys

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

Which of the following is not included in the list of UN Millennium Goals

?

(A) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

(B) Develop a global partnership for development

(C) Promote Gender equality

(D) Reduce Child Mortality

(E) Make World Nuclear free

Ans : (E)

Which of the following is the Regulator of the credit rating agencies in

India ?

(A) RBI

(B) SBI

(C) SIDBI

(D) SEBI

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

‘Bogey’ and ‘Fore’ are the terms that you would associate with

(A) Chess

(B) Snooker

(C) Golf

(D) Billiards

(E) Cricket

Ans : (C)



(A) Income Tax

(B) Customs Duty

(C) Excise Duty

(D) Value Added Tax

(E) Corporate Tax

Ans : (C)

Capital Market Regulator is—

(A) RBI

(B) IRDA

(C) NSE

(D) BSE

(E) SEBI

Ans : (E)

Asif Ali Zardari who has taken over as the new President of Pakistan is

from which of the following political Parties ?

(A) Pakistan Muslim League

(B) Awami League

(C) Pakistan People’s Party

(D) Pakistan National Congress

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

In the term BRIC, R stands for—

(A) Romania

(B) Rajithan

(C) Russia

(D) Regulation

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as plan for:

(A) India’s Health

(B) Eradication of poverty from India

(C) India’s Education

(D) Development of Rural India

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

Which country has launched a navigational Satellite?

(A) South Korea

(B) North Korea

(C) India

(D) China

(E) England

Ans : (D)

Khadar and Bhangar are the two types of -

(A) Black Soil

(B) Alluvial Soil

(C) Red Soil

(D) Laterite Soil

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)



(A) Inflation only



(D) Flow of Foreign Direct Investments

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

In a Company the use of price sensitive corporate information by the

Company people to make gains or cover losses is known as:

(A) Insider trading

(B) Future trading

(C) Foreign trading

(D) Stock trading

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

‘Gambit’ is a term that you would associate with…

(A) Hockey

(B) Cricket

(C) Chess

(D) Football

(E) Kabaddi

Ans : (C)

SDR, the currency of the IMF, is in the form of

(A) Paper Currency

(B) Gold

(C) Silver and Gold both

(D) Book keeping entry only

(E) Platinum

Ans : (D)

Who among the following has been nominated to become the U.S.

Attorney for Southern District of New York, by US President Barack

Obama?

(A) Preet Bharara

(B) Suresh Modi

(C) Rajiv Khurana

(D) Suresh Kalmadi

(E) A Raja

Ans : (A)

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s first and largest operational

space launch facility. In which country is it located?

(A) France

(B) Kazakhstan

(C) Uzbekistan

(D) Germany

(E) India

Ans : (B)

This Indian state is the largest producer of rubber. Identify it from the

given options.

(A) Karnataka

(B) Kerala

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

(E) West Bengal

Ans : (B)

Which one of the following is the percentage upto which FDI in defence

sector is allowed?

(A) 26%

(B) 41%

(C) 31%

(D) 49%

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)






(D) Provide financial service to the people of the nation of its origin across

the country


Ans : (D)




(B) Bonds

(C) Stocks

(D) Commercial Papers

(E) Loans

Ans : (C)

The first person to walk in Space was -

A. Neil Armstrong

B. Yuri Gagarin

C. AA Leonov

D. Edwin Eldrin

(E) Rakesh Sharma

Ans : (C)

The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned




(B) R Balakrishanan

(C) B S Padmanabham

(D) T. Raja Shekhar

(E) R Balu

Ans : (A)


(A) It is a rate at which RBI sell government securities to banks




prime customers

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

What is the name of the first setellite launched by Iran on Feb 3, 2009?

(A) Shahab

(B) Half

(C) Zulfiqar

(D) Omid

(E) Safar

Ans : (D)

Where would you find Buland Jarwaza – the highest gateway in India?

(A) Bihar

(B) Punjab

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

(E) Andhra Pradesh

Ans : (C)

The agricultural census is done at which of the following intervals?

(A) There is no faxed term

(B) Every year

(C) Once in three years

(D) Once in ten years

(E) Once is five years

Ans : (E)

Who amongst the following gave the concept of PURA (Providing Urban

facilities in Rural Areas)?

(A) Rajiv Gandhi

(B) Manmohan Singh

(C) APJ Abdul Kalani

(D) Sofia Gandhi

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

1. Which of the following is one of the core functions of the Reserve Bank

of India ?

(A) To act as Tax collector of the Govt. of India

(B) Work as Banker to the Banks

(C) Help in finalization of the Union Budget

(D) Participate in annual meetings of the various financial institutes world

wide

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

2. Which of the following tools is used frequently by the RBI to control

credit and monetary situations of the markets in the country ?

(A) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

(B) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

(C) Balance of Trade

(D) Forward Rate Agreements

(E) Electronic Clearing Service

Ans: (A)

3. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) launched with a corpus of Rs.

1000 crore will help which of the following groups of society ?

(A) Bank Employees

(B) Central and State Government Employees

(C) Workers of the unorganized sectors

(D) War widows

(E) Women employees engaged in textile industry

Ans: (C)

4. What is the full form of the term ‘PDS’ which is a channel of distribution

of foodgrains and other essentials to poor people on subsidized rates ?

(A) Public Distribution System

(B) Potential Development System

(C) Profitable Distribution Source

(D) Public Development Syndication

(E) Public Distribution Stores

Ans: (A)

5. India and Afghanistan recently signed a Strategic Partnership

Agreement. Who among the following signed on it for Afghanistan during

his visit to New Delhi ?

(A) President of Afghanistan

(B) Vice President of Afghanistan

(C) Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

(D) Finance Minister of Afghanistan

(E) None of these

Ans: (A)

6. Mr. Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who was on a state visit to India is the

Commerce Minister of—

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Pakistan

(C) Afghanistan

(D) Nepal

(E) Myanmar

Ans: (B)

7. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking

?

(A) Metabolism

(B) Genetic Process

(C) Centrifugal force

(D) Debt instrument

(E) Experimental Error

Ans: (D)

8. Who among the following Indian Leaders was in New York in September

2011 to address UN General Assembly ?

(A) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi

(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(C) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

(D) Ms. Meira Kumar

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

9. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Gujarat at present ?

(A) Sri Arun Jaitley

(B) Sri Praful Patel

(C) Sri L. K. Advani

(D) Sri Narendra Modi

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

10. The 12th plan papers are sent to ‘NDC’ for approval-was the news in

various newspapers recently. This means the plan was sent to—

(A) New Democratic Council

(B) National Development Council

(C) New Democratic Committee

(D) National Democratic Council

(E) New Departmental Committee

Ans: (B)

11. India recently signed a Tax treaty with ‘Uruguay’. This is a country in—

(A) South America

(B) South Africa

(C) South East Asia

(D) Gulf

(E) Europe

Ans: (A)

12. Which of the following is not a member of North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation (NATO) ?

(A) Italy

(B) Germany

(C) USA

(D) France

(E) India

Ans: (E)

13. Which of the following countries launched its first Space Laboratory

Module named ‘Tiangong-1’ recently ?

(A) South Korea

(B) North Korea

(C) China

(D) Japan

(E) Italy

Ans: (C)

14. India recently signed a significant Border Pact with which of the

following SAARC countries ?

(A) Myanmar

(B) Nepal

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

(E) Bangladesh

Ans: (E)

15. Northern Rashidpur Field, where a huge stock of gas is found, is a place

in—

(A) Pakistan

(B) Nepal

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Sri Lanka

(E) India

Ans: (C)

16. Women of which of the following countries got voting rights in General

Elections for the first time ?

(A) China

(B) Bangladesh

(C) Pakistan

(D) Nepal

(E) Saudi Arabia

Ans: (E)

17. Which of the following is the currency of Myanmar ?

(A) Dinar

(B) Kyat

(C) Pesso

(D) Euro

(E) Dollar

Ans: (B)

18. Which of the following countries recently decided to lift ban on Foreign

News, Websites, etc. as a reforms measure ?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Nepal

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

(E) Myanmar

Ans: (E)

19. Who among the following is the first recipient of the Hridaynath

Mangeshkar Award presented in September 2011 ?

(A) Asha Bhosle

(B) Lata Mangeshkar

(C) Sonu Nigam

(D) Kailash Kher

(E) Anu Malik

Ans: (B)

20. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was associated with which of the following

games ?

(A) Badminton

(B) Cricket

(C) Football

(D) Hockey

(E) Lawn Tennis

Ans: (B)

21. Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt has become the first woman Prime

Minister of—

(A) New Zealand

(B) Malaysia

(C) Denmark

(D) Brazil

(E) None of these

Ans: (C)

22. Miss Leila Lopes who was crowned Miss Universe 2011, is a resident

of—

(A) Britain

(B) Denmark

(C) New Zealand

(D) Angola

(E) Brazil

Ans: (D)

23. Sri B. C. Khanduri has become the Chief Minister of which of the

following States for the second term ?

(A) Orissa

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Uttarakhand

(E) Chhattisgarh

Ans: (D)

24. First share market in India was established in which of the following

cities ?

(A) Kanpur

(B) Chennai

(C) Jaipur

(D) Mumbai

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

25. Which of the following is not decided by the Finance Minister while

presenting Union Budget every year ?

(A) Rate of Income Tax

(B) Expenditure on Defence Services

(C) Relief packages to various sections of the society

(D) Repo and Reverse Repo

(E) Revenue expected from various sources

Ans: (D)

26. Which country is at the top in production of milk in the world ?

(A) India

(B) Brazil

(C) Japan

(D) South Korea

(E) China

Ans: (A)

27. Who amongst the following is the President of France at present ?

(A) Angela Markel

(B) Elena Vesnina

(C) David Cameron

(D) Dilma Rousseff

(E) Nicolas Sarkozy

Ans: (E)

28. Which of the following is not an agricultural commodity ?

(A) Mango

(B) Cumin

(C) Sulphur

(D) Tomato

(E) Garlic

Ans: (C)

29. Which organization is being given the status of Micro Finance

Regulating Authority ?

(A) SIDBI

(B) IDBI

(C) NABARD

(D) SEBI

(E) ICICI Bank

Ans: (D)

30. GNP, the term used by economist, stands for—

(A) Group Net Product

(B) Gross National Product

(C) Grand Nuclear Process

(D) Group Net Working Process

(E) Grand National Promotion

Ans: (B)

31. Some rural people still prefer to go to which of the following non

institutional source for their credit needs ?

(A) Micro Finance Institutions

(B) Commercial Banks

(C) Urban Cooperative Banks

(D) Money Lenders

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

32. Term ‘Balance of Payment’ is used in relation to which of the following

?

(A) Tax collection

(B) Exports and Imports

(C) Annual sales of a factory

(D) Deficit in Union Budget

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

33. Which of the following is not a foodgrain ?

(A) Paddy

(B) Jowar

(C) Bajra

(D) Maize

(E) Isabgol

Ans: (E)

34. Which of the following is an employment generating programme of

Govt. of India ?

(A) MGNREGA

(B) NRHM

(C) Bharat Nirman

(D) Pulse Polio

(E) ASHA

Ans: (A)

35. When the loan is granted by a bank for purchase of Electronic goods, it

is called—

(A) Priority Sector

(B) White goods loan

(C) Consumer durable loan

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

36. Which of the following metals is used for generation of Nuclear Power

by most of the Nuclear Power Plants across the world ?

(A) Iron

(B) Copper

(C) Uranium

(D) Nickel

(E) Barium

Ans: (C)

37. Which of the following is/are considered a Renewable Source of

Energy ?

1. Wind Energy

2. Solar Energy

3. Nuclear Energy

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3

(D) Both 1 and 2

(E) All 1, 2, and 3

Ans: (E)

38. Which of the following is the full form of the abbreviation IFRS as used

in corporate/financial sector ?

(A) Indian Financial Reconciliation Standards

(B) Interpretation and Formal Reporting System

(C) International Financial Reporting Standards

(D) International Financial Reporting system

(E) Indian Formal Reporting System

Ans: (C)

39. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following fields ?

(A) Textile Industry

(B) Cement Industry

(C) Iron and Steel Industry

(D) Nuclear Power

(E) Pharma Industry

Ans: (D)

40. At present who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ?

(A) Dr. Y. V. Reddy

(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan

(C) Dr. D. Subbarao

(D) Dr. Subir Gokarn

(E) None of these

Ans: (C)

41. As per the reports in various newspapers, many private companies are

trying to obtain the licences to launch a banking company in India. Which

of the following organizations / agencies issues the licence for the same ?

(A) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

(B) Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF)

(C) Indian Banks’ Association


(E) Reserve Bank of India

Ans: (E)

42. ‘Pulitzer Prize’ is given in the field of—

(A) Literature

(B) Social Service

(C) Films

(D) Science

(E) Sports

Ans: (A)

43. Which of the following terms/trophies is related with the game of

Cricket ?

(A) Love

(B) Trump

(C) Grand slam

(D) Fifa Cup

(E) Ashes

Ans: (E)

44. Who amongst the following is the Prime Minister of Pakistan ?

(A) Yusuf Raza Gillani

(B) Nawaz Sharif

(C) Hina Rabbani Khar

(D) Asif Ali Zardari

(E) None of these

Ans: (A)

45. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006,

is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field

of banking ?

(A) Core Banking

(B) Micro Credit

(C) Retail Banking

(D) Real Time Gross Settlement

(E) Internet Banking

Ans: (B)

46. Which of the following phenomenon is considered responsible for

‘Global Warming’ ?

(A) Greenhouse Effect

(B) Fire in coal mines

(C) Dry Farming

(D) Monsoon

(E) Trade winds

Ans: (A)

47. OPEC is a group of countries which are—

(A) Exporting oil

(B) Producing cotton

(C) Members of G-20

(D) Developing and poor

(E) Nuclear powers

Ans: (A)

48. Which of the following books is written by Chetan Bhagat ?

(A) A Bend in the River

(B) A China Passage

(C) A Suitable Boy

(D) Revolution 2020

(E) A House for Mr. Biswas

Ans: (D)

49. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with—

(A) Football

(B) Chess

(C) Hockey

(D) Badminton

(E) Lawn Tennis

Ans: (E)

50. Baichung Bhutia is a famous—

(A) Politician

(B) Cine actor

(C) Social worker

(D) Football Player

(E) Journalist

1. Which of the following is one of the core functions of the Reserve Bank

of India ?

(A) To act as Tax collector of the Govt. of India

(B) Work as Banker to the Banks

(C) Help in finalization of the Union Budget

(D) Participate in annual meetings of the various financial institutes world

wide

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

2. Which of the following tools is used frequently by the RBI to control

credit and monetary situations of the markets in the country ?

(A) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

(B) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

(C) Balance of Trade

(D) Forward Rate Agreements

(E) Electronic Clearing Service

Ans: (A)

3. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) launched with a corpus of Rs.

1000 crore will help which of the following groups of society ?

(A) Bank Employees

(B) Central and State Government Employees

(C) Workers of the unorganized sectors

(D) War widows

(E) Women employees engaged in textile industry

Ans: (C)

4. What is the full form of the term ‘PDS’ which is a channel of distribution

of foodgrains and other essentials to poor people on subsidized rates ?

(A) Public Distribution System

(B) Potential Development System

(C) Profitable Distribution Source

(D) Public Development Syndication

(E) Public Distribution Stores

Ans: (A)

5. India and Afghanistan recently signed a Strategic Partnership

Agreement. Who among the following signed on it for Afghanistan during

his visit to New Delhi ?

(A) President of Afghanistan

(B) Vice President of Afghanistan

(C) Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

(D) Finance Minister of Afghanistan

(E) None of these

Ans: (A)

6. Mr. Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who was on a state visit to India is the

Commerce Minister of—

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Pakistan

(C) Afghanistan

(D) Nepal

(E) Myanmar

Ans: (B)

7. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking

?

(A) Metabolism

(B) Genetic Process

(C) Centrifugal force

(D) Debt instrument

(E) Experimental Error

Ans: (D)

8. Who among the following Indian Leaders was in New York in September

2011 to address UN General Assembly ?

(A) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi

(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(C) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

(D) Ms. Meira Kumar

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

9. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Gujarat at present ?

(A) Sri Arun Jaitley

(B) Sri Praful Patel

(C) Sri L. K. Advani

(D) Sri Narendra Modi

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

10. The 12th plan papers are sent to ‘NDC’ for approval-was the news in

various newspapers recently. This means the plan was sent to—

(A) New Democratic Council

(B) National Development Council

(C) New Democratic Committee

(D) National Democratic Council

(E) New Departmental Committee

Ans: (B)

11. India recently signed a Tax treaty with ‘Uruguay’. This is a country in—

(A) South America

(B) South Africa

(C) South East Asia

(D) Gulf

(E) Europe

Ans: (A)

12. Which of the following is not a member of North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation (NATO) ?

(A) Italy

(B) Germany

(C) USA

(D) France

(E) India

Ans: (E)

13. Which of the following countries launched its first Space Laboratory

Module named ‘Tiangong-1’ recently ?

(A) South Korea

(B) North Korea

(C) China

(D) Japan

(E) Italy

Ans: (C)

14. India recently signed a significant Border Pact with which of the

following SAARC countries ?

(A) Myanmar

(B) Nepal

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

(E) Bangladesh

Ans: (E)

15. Northern Rashidpur Field, where a huge stock of gas is found, is a place

in—

(A) Pakistan

(B) Nepal

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Sri Lanka

(E) India

Ans: (C)

16. Women of which of the following countries got voting rights in General

Elections for the first time ?

(A) China

(B) Bangladesh

(C) Pakistan

(D) Nepal

(E) Saudi Arabia

Ans: (E)

17. Which of the following is the currency of Myanmar ?

(A) Dinar

(B) Kyat

(C) Pesso

(D) Euro

(E) Dollar

Ans: (B)

18. Which of the following countries recently decided to lift ban on Foreign

News, Websites, etc. as a reforms measure ?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Nepal

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

(E) Myanmar

Ans: (E)

19. Who among the following is the first recipient of the Hridaynath

Mangeshkar Award presented in September 2011 ?

(A) Asha Bhosle

(B) Lata Mangeshkar

(C) Sonu Nigam

(D) Kailash Kher

(E) Anu Malik

Ans: (B)

20. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was associated with which of the following

games ?

(A) Badminton

(B) Cricket

(C) Football

(D) Hockey

(E) Lawn Tennis

Ans: (B)

21. Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt has become the first woman Prime

Minister of—

(A) New Zealand

(B) Malaysia

(C) Denmark

(D) Brazil

(E) None of these

Ans: (C)

22. Miss Leila Lopes who was crowned Miss Universe 2011, is a resident

of—

(A) Britain

(B) Denmark

(C) New Zealand

(D) Angola

(E) Brazil

Ans: (D)

23. Sri B. C. Khanduri has become the Chief Minister of which of the

following States for the second term ?

(A) Orissa

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Uttarakhand

(E) Chhattisgarh

Ans: (D)

24. First share market in India was established in which of the following

cities ?

(A) Kanpur

(B) Chennai

(C) Jaipur

(D) Mumbai

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

25. Which of the following is not decided by the Finance Minister while

presenting Union Budget every year ?

(A) Rate of Income Tax

(B) Expenditure on Defence Services

(C) Relief packages to various sections of the society

(D) Repo and Reverse Repo

(E) Revenue expected from various sources

Ans: (D)

26. Which country is at the top in production of milk in the world ?

(A) India

(B) Brazil

(C) Japan

(D) South Korea

(E) China

Ans: (A)

27. Who amongst the following is the President of France at present ?

(A) Angela Markel

(B) Elena Vesnina

(C) David Cameron

(D) Dilma Rousseff

(E) Nicolas Sarkozy

Ans: (E)

28. Which of the following is not an agricultural commodity ?

(A) Mango

(B) Cumin

(C) Sulphur

(D) Tomato

(E) Garlic

Ans: (C)

29. Which organization is being given the status of Micro Finance

Regulating Authority ?

(A) SIDBI

(B) IDBI

(C) NABARD

(D) SEBI

(E) ICICI Bank

Ans: (D)

30. GNP, the term used by economist, stands for—

(A) Group Net Product

(B) Gross National Product

(C) Grand Nuclear Process

(D) Group Net Working Process

(E) Grand National Promotion

Ans: (B)

31. Some rural people still prefer to go to which of the following non

institutional source for their credit needs ?

(A) Micro Finance Institutions

(B) Commercial Banks

(C) Urban Cooperative Banks

(D) Money Lenders

(E) None of these

Ans: (D)

32. Term ‘Balance of Payment’ is used in relation to which of the following

?

(A) Tax collection

(B) Exports and Imports

(C) Annual sales of a factory

(D) Deficit in Union Budget

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

33. Which of the following is not a foodgrain ?

(A) Paddy

(B) Jowar

(C) Bajra

(D) Maize

(E) Isabgol

Ans: (E)

34. Which of the following is an employment generating programme of

Govt. of India ?

(A) MGNREGA

(B) NRHM

(C) Bharat Nirman

(D) Pulse Polio

(E) ASHA

Ans: (A)

35. When the loan is granted by a bank for purchase of Electronic goods, it

is called—

(A) Priority Sector

(B) White goods loan

(C) Consumer durable loan

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

36. Which of the following metals is used for generation of Nuclear Power

by most of the Nuclear Power Plants across the world ?

(A) Iron

(B) Copper

(C) Uranium

(D) Nickel

(E) Barium

Ans: (C)

37. Which of the following is/are considered a Renewable Source of

Energy ?

1. Wind Energy

2. Solar Energy

3. Nuclear Energy

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3

(D) Both 1 and 2

(E) All 1, 2, and 3

Ans: (E)

38. Which of the following is the full form of the abbreviation IFRS as used

in corporate/financial sector ?

(A) Indian Financial Reconciliation Standards

(B) Interpretation and Formal Reporting System

(C) International Financial Reporting Standards

(D) International Financial Reporting system

(E) Indian Formal Reporting System

Ans: (C)

39. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following fields ?

(A) Textile Industry

(B) Cement Industry

(C) Iron and Steel Industry

(D) Nuclear Power

(E) Pharma Industry

Ans: (D)

40. At present who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ?

(A) Dr. Y. V. Reddy

(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan

(C) Dr. D. Subbarao

(D) Dr. Subir Gokarn

(E) None of these

Ans: (C)

41. As per the reports in various newspapers, many private companies are

trying to obtain the licences to launch a banking company in India. Which

of the following organizations / agencies issues the licence for the same ?

(A) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

(B) Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF)

(C) Indian Banks’ Association


(E) Reserve Bank of India

Ans: (E)

42. ‘Pulitzer Prize’ is given in the field of—

(A) Literature

(B) Social Service

(C) Films

(D) Science

(E) Sports

Ans: (A)

43. Which of the following terms/trophies is related with the game of

Cricket ?

(A) Love

(B) Trump

(C) Grand slam

(D) Fifa Cup

(E) Ashes

Ans: (E)

44. Who amongst the following is the Prime Minister of Pakistan ?

(A) Yusuf Raza Gillani

(B) Nawaz Sharif

(C) Hina Rabbani Khar

(D) Asif Ali Zardari

(E) None of these

Ans: (A)

45. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006,

is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field

of banking ?

(A) Core Banking

(B) Micro Credit

(C) Retail Banking

(D) Real Time Gross Settlement

(E) Internet Banking

Ans: (B)

46. Which of the following phenomenon is considered responsible for

‘Global Warming’ ?

(A) Greenhouse Effect

(B) Fire in coal mines

(C) Dry Farming

(D) Monsoon

(E) Trade winds

Ans: (A)

47. OPEC is a group of countries which are—

(A) Exporting oil

(B) Producing cotton

(C) Members of G-20

(D) Developing and poor

(E) Nuclear powers

Ans: (A)

48. Which of the following books is written by Chetan Bhagat ?

(A) A Bend in the River

(B) A China Passage

(C) A Suitable Boy

(D) Revolution 2020

(E) A House for Mr. Biswas

Ans: (D)

49. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with—

(A) Football

(B) Chess

(C) Hockey

(D) Badminton

(E) Lawn Tennis

Ans: (E)

50. Baichung Bhutia is a famous—

(A) Politician

(B) Cine actor

(C) Social worker

(D) Football Player

(E) Journalist

Ans: (D)

Which the following two countries had signed strategic partnership

agreement on 27 June 2012?

(a) India and Pakistan

(b) Pakistan and Norway

(c) Afghanistan and Norway

(d) Afghanistan and United States of America

Answer: (c)

Which Country Chaired the seventh G20 Summit on 18 and 19 June 2012?

(a) United States of America

(b) Mexico

(c) South Africa

(d) Netherlands

Answer: (b)

________________ became the president of Egypt on 24 June 2012?

(a) Pranab Mukherjee

(b) Barak Obama

(c) Mohommed Moorsi

(d) Yusuf Raja Gilani

Answer: (c) Mohommed Moorsi

____________emerged as the largest trading partner of___________in

the first quarter of 2012-13?

(a) India, Dubai

(b) India, USA

(c) India, UK

(d) India, Iran

Answer: (a) India, Dubai

Which one of the following High Courts on 28 May 2012 scrapped the

Union Government's 4.5 per-cent quota for minorities, carved out of the

27 per cent reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs)?

a. Andhra Pradesh High Court

b. Allahabad High Court

c. Karnataka High Court

d. Patna High Court

Answer: a

The DRDO test-fired indigenously built ‘Akash' missile from the Integrated

Test Range at Chandipur on 28 May 2012. What kind of missile Akash is?

a. Surface-to-air missile

b. Air-to-surface missile

c. Surface-to-surface missile

d. Water-to-surface missile

Answer: a

The Union Cabinet on 31 May 2012 approved the National Telecom Policy

(NTP) 2012. Which of the following facts are not related to the National

Telecom Policy?

1. The policy also allows national number portability but with no visible

timelines

2. NTP 2012 expects to take India's presently 39% rural teledensity to

70% in the next 5 years

3. The new policy will make roaming free of any charge

4. Spectrum pricing falls under the purview of new telecom policy

a. Only 1

b. 1 &4

c. 2&3

d. Only 4

Answer: (d)

9. Army Chief General V.K. Singh, who led over the one-million-strong

Indian Army for the past 26 months, retired on 20 May 2012. Figure out

which one of the following fact is not correct about General V.K. Singh?

1. He became the Chief of Staff of the Army on 31 March 2010

2. He was commissioned into the Rajput regiment on 14 June 1970

3. He was the first Army Chief who moved to The Supreme Court of India

against the Union Government

4. He raised the issue of shortages and deficiencies in the Army

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. All the facts are correct

Answer: d

Brahmeshwar Singh alias ‘Mukhiyaji,' the head of a dreaded private militia

of upper caste landowners in Bihar, was shot dead on 1 June 2012. Name

the group he was head of?

a. MCC

b. Ranvir Sena

c. People’s War Group

d. CPI( Maoist)

Answer: b

India decided how many athletes to send in London Olympics 2012?

a. 57

b. 81

c. 62

d. 75

Answer: (b)

Who is the Indian flag bearer in London Olympics 2012?

a. Susil Kumar

b. Vijender Singh

c. Abhinav Bindra

d. Leander Paes

Answer: (a)

According to which international organisation’s report, India is listed

among the top five countries across the world where a large number of

children dies due to diseases like pneumonia and diarrhoea ?

a. UNICEF

b. WHO

c. World Bank

d. NHRC

Answer: (a)

Name the Indian human rights activists who were honoured with the

International Peace Award given by the Gandhi Foundation at the House of

Lords.?

a. Binayak Sen & Bulu Imam

b. Medha Patkar & Abahay Amte

c. Anna Hazare & Kiran Bedi

d. Arvind Kejariwal & Aruna Roy

Answer: (a)

The Supreme Court of India on 11 June 2012 upheld which one of the

following high court’s ruling to quash 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities

in central educational institutions?

a. Allahabad High Court

b. Karnataka High Court

c. Delhi High Court

d. Andhra Pradesh High Court

Answer: (d)

Name the BEML chairman and MD, who was suspended by the Union

defence Ministry on 11 June 2012 to ensure fair investigation into the

Tatra truck deal and other cases ?

a. G Madhavan Nair

b. Surendra Khanna

c. VRS Natarajan

d. Amit Barua

Answer: (c)

The Hyderabad bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) set aside

the appointment of V. Dinesh Reddy as Director General of Police of

Andhra Pradesh. What was the ground of Reddy’s removal as the state

DGP?

a. Seniority

b. Corruption

c. misconduct

d. none of the above

Answer: (a)

Which one of the following ministeries decided to defer its plan to

digitalise cable TV services in metros by four months as they were found

not to be ready for it?

a. Union Finance Ministry

b. Union Home Ministry

c. Union Science Ministry

d. Union Information & Technology Ministry

Answer: (d)

Name the person who was served the Enforcement Directorate notice to

question him on charges of money laundering ?

a. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy

b. A Raja

c. Suresh Kalmadi

d. Virbhadra Singh

Answer: (a)

The Pakistan government on 28 June 2012, released Indian prisoner

Surjeet Singh after he served life imprisonment in Pakistani Prison. Who is

the other Indian citizen who has been languishing in Pakistani prison and

was denied liberty by the Pakistani authorities on 26 June 2012?

a. Sarabjeet Singh

b. Swarnjeet Singh

c. Sarvajeet Singh

d. Amarjeet Singh

Answer: (a)

Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned on 26 July 2012 in the wake of a

Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him. Which

one of the following facts about Virbhadra Singh is not true?

1. He was the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2. He first became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in April 1983

3. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mandi constituency

4. Before joining Congress he was the member of BJP

a. Only 4

b. Only 2

c. Only 1

d. Only 3

Answer: (a)

34. Name the person who was appointed the new Commissioner of Delhi

Police by the Union Home Ministry on 28 June 2012 ?

a. BK Gupta

b. Neeraj Kumar

c. Surendra Singh

d. CP Vergese

Answer: (b)

36. Who Indian player won Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title in Bangkok

2012?

a.Madhumita Bisht

b. Saniya nehwal

c. Jwala Gupta

d. Aparna Popat

Answer. (b)

Which one of the following is correct:

Rafael Nadal defeated _______ to win his seventh French Open Singles

Title.

a. Mats Wilander

b. Roy Emerson

c. Serbian Novak Djokovic

d. Roland Garros

Answer. (c)

38. Which one of the following won French Open 2012?

a. Maria Sharapova

b. Petra Kvitova

c. Venus Williams

d. Sara Errani

Answer. (a)

39. Which one of the following is correct?

Maria Sharapova defeated _______ to win French Open 2012

a. Kim Clijsters

b. Agnieszka Radwanska

c. Venus Williams

d. Sara Errani

Answer. (d)

40. Consider the following:

Who won the in Asian junior wrestling championship 2012?

a. Indu Chaudhary

b. Sakshi Malik

c. Both A and B

d. None of the Above

Answer. (c)

Which one of the following signed as Brand Ambassador of Kalyan

Jewellers?

a. Kajol

b. Katrina Kaif

c. Amitabh Bachchan

d. Diya Mirza

Answer: (c)

42. Which one of the following launched first educational tablet PC?

a. Alphabetics Computer

b. HP

c. IBM

d. Apple

Answer: (a)

Which Hindi news channel acquired English News channel NewsX?

a. Aaj Tak

b. Good Morning India

c. India News

d. Information TV

Answer: (d) Information TV

Which one of the following launched Purview 808?

a. Nokia

b. BlackBerry

c. Motorola

d. Samsung

Answer. (a) Nokia

47. which of the following is correct?

Nokia Pureview 808 is a ___________

a. Featured Phone

b. Smart Phone

c. Both A and B

d. None of the above

Answer. (b) Smart Phone

48. which one of the following decided to buy London Metal Exchange?

a. Tokyo Stoke Exchange

b. Hong Kong Stock Exchange

c. Toronto Stoke Exchange

d. Korea Exchange

Answer. (b) Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Who was the first company in India who had mass-production and sell

more than a million cars?

a. Maruti Suzuki

b. Honda Ltd

c. Hyundai Ltd

d. Ford Ltd

Answer. (a)

52. which one of the following appointed as Brand Ambassador of Nepal

Cricket Association?

a) Rahul Dravid

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

d) Virat Kohli

Answer. (c)

53. Which one of the following is the maker of BlackBerry?

a) HP

b) RIM

c) AIM

d) Apple

Answer. (b)

54. Consider the following two Statements:

I. BlackBerry is a Featured phone.

II. BlackBerry was developed and designed by Apple.

Which of the following answer is correct?

a) I is correct

b) II is correct

c) Both I) and II are correct

d) Both I) and II are incorrect

Answer. (d)

55. Consider the following Statment?

a) BlackBerry- Featured Phone

b) Motorola MOTO Q8 – Featured Phone

c) BlackBerry- Smartphone

d) Motorola MOTO Q8- Smartphone

Which two of the following is correct?

a) A and B

b) B and C

c) C and D

d) D and A

Answer. (c)

56. which one of the following is the current Nasscom President?

a. Bijoy Ghosh

b. Som Mittal

c. Anil Ambani

d. Krishnakumar Natarajan

Answer. (b)

57. Consider the following two Statements:

I. Som Mittal is the Nasscom president

II. He is assigned as Nassom president till 2014.

Which of the following answer is correct?

a) I is correct

b) II is correct

c) Both I) and II are correct

d) Both I) and II are incorrect

Answer. (c)

58. What is the full form of Nasscom?

a. National Association of services and software companies

b. National Association of Software and Service Companies

c. national Association of Safety and services

d. National Association of Services and Safety

Answer. (b)

59. Who is the owner of Kingfisher Airlines?

a. Vijay Mallay’s

b. Goyal

c. Siddhanta Sharma

d. Harsha Viji

Answer. (a)

60. Which Airlines Launched Daily Flights to Dubai from Delhi and Mumbai

in 2012?

a. Indigo

b. Spice jet

c. Kingfisher Airlines

d. Go

Answer. (b)

61.Which one of the following is Spice jet CEO?

a. Vijay Mallay’s

b. Neil Mills

c. Kalanithi Maran

d. Neil Raymond

Answer. (b)

62. Identify the false fact about The Shanghai Cooperation Organization

(SCO) 2012

(a) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2012 concluded in

Beijing on 7 June 2012

(b) The member states of the SCO adopted 100 agreements on the

concluding day of the summit.

(c) Leaders and officials from the four SCO observer countries of

Mongolia, Iran, Pakistan and India were also present at the summit.

(d) Chinese President Hu Jintao offered a 10 billion U.S. dollars loan to the

SCO which will be used be used to promote the development of SCO

members

Answer: (b)

63. A US drone strike in northwest Pakistan killed al-Qaida's second-in-

command -------------?

(a) Ayman al-Zawahiri

(b) Abu Yahya al-Libi

(c) Hasan Qayid

(d) Osama Bin Laden

Answer: (b)

64. A Boeing MD83 aircraft crashed on 3 June 2012. All 153 people on

board were killed in the worst air disaster of the country in nearly past two

decades. Identify the place.

(a) Lagos, the largest Nigerian city Antonis Samara

(b) Naha Airport, Japan

(c) Verona, Italy,

(d) Cricklewood Aerodrome, North London

Answer: (a)

65. A country’s pro-democracy leader -------------carried out her first trip

outside the country since 1988.

a. Yusuf Raja Gilani

b. Aung Saan Suu Kyi

c. Husain Haqqani

d. P. Chidambaram

Answer: (c)

66. Which missile did Pakistan successfully test-fire on 5 June 2012?

(a) Hatf-VII (Babur) cruise missile

(b) Agni –VI (air drone)

(c) Alacrán missile

(d) Velvet Glove

Answer: (a)

67. Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav on 29 May 2012 removed

…………………………from his post,

(a) Khil Raj Regmi

(b) Parmanand Jha

(c) Baburam Bhattarai

(d) Purna Kumari Subedi

Answer: (c)

68. In what location did a powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit, killing at

least 16 people and injuring 350 on 30 May 2012

(a) Northeastern Italy

(b) Pakistan

(c) Bali

(d) Sikkim

Answer: (a)






(c) Verona, Italy,


Answer: (a)

70. The United Nations Human Rights Council on 1 June 2012 approved an

investigation into the mass killing of civilians at ……….. and condemned

Syria for the massacre. (identify the place out of the names)

a. Gilani

b. Houla

c. Haqqani

d. Chidambaram

Answer: (c)

71. Which two countries on 31 May 2012 inked a Tax Information

Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint

investment between the two countries.

(a) India and Bahrain

(b) India and Singapore

(c) India and China

(d) India and South Korea

Answer: (a)

72. Which the following two countries have had talks in Siachen that were

held at the Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi on 11 – 12 June 2012.


(b) Afghanistan and India

(c) India and United States of America

(d) India and Israel

Answer: (a)

73._______________ US defence secretary arrived India on a two-day visit

in June, 2012 ?

(a) Barak Obama

(b) Antonis Samara

(c) Mohommed Moorsi

(d) Leon Panetta

Answer: (d) Leon Panetta

74. Who was held responsible by the Pakistan judicial commission for not

being fair to his country while serving as an envoy to the United States of

America and also Held him responsible for memo seeking help to stave off

a feared coup in that country.

a. Yusuf Raja Gilani

b. Antonis Samara

c. Husain Haqqani

d. P. Chidambaram

Answer: (c)

75. Identify the false date of the World Anti-child Labour Day which is

observed across the globe to highlight the need to protect the rights of the

child.

(a) 6 January

(b) 15 August

(c) 25 November

(d) 12 June

Answer. (d)

76. Which of the following two countries have decided to make serious

efforts for amicable solution to Siachen issue.


(b) India and Russia

(c) India and South Korea

(d) India and Afghanistan

Answer: (a)

77. Renowned Assamese Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya, who was fondly called

Hiru-da by his admirers, passed away on 4 July 2012. Which facts about

the concerned person is/are not true?

1. He was well known as Prem aru Rodalir Kobi (Poet of Love and

Sunshine) in the Assamese literature

2. He had received the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992

3. Lora Dhemali (1991) and Akon Dhemali (1991) were two of his most

famous collections of children writingincluding Shyam Benegal's Nishant,

Ankur, Kalyug and Bhumika

4. He was born in West Bengal

a. Only 1

b. Only4

c. 2 & 3

d. Only 2

Answer: (b)

78. Identify the person with the help of the following clues.

1. He was appointed the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of

India

2. Earlier he served as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the

Central Board of Direct Taxes

3. He is a 1979-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer

4. He is known for his initiatives in the area of development of an

effective financial management information system

a. Jawahar Thakur

b. J. H. Patel

c. Rahul Khullar

d. Sudheesh Bhattacharya

Answer: (a)

79. Name the person who was appointed the Director of the Institute of

Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on 2 July 2012.

a. Amar Pradhan

b. M Balachandran

c. Anup Sankar Bhattacharya

d. Shankar Sharan

Answer: (c)

80. National Crime Record Bureau released the statistics for crime in year

2011. Consider the following statements and state which of the following

facts are wrong referring to the NCRB statistics:

i) Rape with 24206 cases in 2011, emerged as the biggest crime in India in

India.

ii) Nearly 14027 farm suicide cases were reported in 2011

Choose the right option:

a) Both i and ii are correct.

b) Only i is correct.

c) Only ii is correct.

d) Neither i nor ii is correct.

Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct

81. The Union Government of India on 4 July 2012 unveiled the 5.4 billion

dollar free drug policy.

Consider the following statements:

i)Under the new policy, every citizen of the country will be provided free

medicines in all public health centres spread across the country

ii) The policy will remain effective over the next five years

Choose the right option:

a) Both i and ii are correct.

b) Only i is correct.

c) Only ii is correct.

d) Neither i nor ii is correct.

Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct

82. As per the latest data released by the commerce and industry ministry

on 29 May 2012, the eight core sectors registered a higher growth rate in

May 2012? What was the percentage growth recorded?

a. 3.8 per cent

b. 4.3 per cent

c. 5 per cent

d. 6.1 per cent

Answer: (a)

83. According to the latest foreign trade data released by the Union

Commerce Ministry, on 2 June 2012, India’s exports slipped by what per

cent to 25.68 billion dollar in May 2012?

a. 3.25%

b. 4.16%

c. 4.71%

d. 5.22%

Answer: (b)

84. As per the latest data released by the Controller General of Accounts

(CGA), India's fiscal deficit during the April-May, the first two months of

the fiscal year 2012-13 stood at 27 per cent of the budget estimates? What

was the deficit figure?

a. 1.75 lakh crore rupees

b. 2.12 lakh crore rupees

c. 1.41 lakh crore rupees

d. 2.75 lakh crore rupees

Answer: (c)

85. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 10

July 2012 permitted which of the following bourses to operate as a full-

fledged stock exchange thereby ending nearly four-year-long wait of the

bourse?

(a). Ahmadabad Stock Exchange (ASE)

(b). Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE)

(c). National Stock Exchange (NSE)

(d). MCX-SX

Answer: (d)

86. India’s direct tax collections registered what per cent increase in the

first quarter of the fiscal year 2012-13?

(a) 47.16%

(b) 41.22%

(c) 45%

(d) 43.33%

Answer: (a)

87. Which two of the following credit cards HDFC launched for Doctors?

a. Superia & Platinum

b. Platinum & Titanium

c. Titanium & Gold

d. Gold & Superia

Answer. (a)

89. Which one of the following is correct?

TATA AIG Life Insurance turned in to ___________

a. TATA AIP Life

b. TATA AIA Life

c. TATA AIT Life

d. TATA TIA Life

Answer. (b)

90. What was the following is correct?

The full form of TATA AIG Life was _____________ .

a. Tata Australian International Group

b. Tata America International Group

c. Tata American International Grouping

d. Tata American International Group

Answer. (d)

91. Consider the statement

Apple paid 60 million dollar to Shenzhen Proview Technology to settle

_______.

Which one of the following is correct?

a. Legal Dispute

b. Business Dispute

c. Personal Dispute

d. Financial Dispute

Answer. (a)

92. Consider the Statement:

Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd. signed an agreement with

_____________.


a. Kandla Bulk Terminal

b. Adani Bulk Terminal

c. Kandla Port Trust

d. Adani Port Trust

Answer. (c)


_____________ launched famous Triangular Swiss Chocolate Brand

Toblerone.

a. Cadbury

b. Nestle

c. Ferrero

d. Callebaut

Answer. (a)

94. Which two of the following shared Under-19 Asia Cup 2012?

a. India & Pakistan

b. India & Nepal

c. Malaysia & Pakistan

d. Pakistan & Nepal

Answer. (a)

95. Where Under-19 Asia Cup 2012 was played?

a. Malaysia

b. Kuala Lampur

c. Lahore

d. Kathmandu

Answer. (b)


Three _____ athletes were suspended from London Olympics 2012.

a. Indian

b. American

c. Russian

d. England

Answer. (c)

97. Which one of the following discarded Arsenal Contract Offer in 2012?

a. Van Persie

b. Mickelson

c. Kerwin

d. Samir Nasri

Answer. (a)

98. Which one of the following won Euro Cup Football Championship

2012?

a. Denmark

b. Germany

c. Italy

d. Spain

Answer. (d)

99. Which two companies listed in top 100 of Fortune’s World magazine

2012?

a. State Bank of India & Indian Oil

b. Hindustan Petroleum & State Bank of India

c. Reliance Industries & Hindustan Petroleum

d. Indian Oil & Reliance Industries

Answer. (d)

100. Consider the statement:

FaceBook introduced _________ to allow developers to translate the

names and descriptions into other languages.


a. App Center

b. App Dashboard

c. App xpress

d. App Translator

Answer. (b)

101. Which one of the following is appointed as the Joint Managing

director of AirIndia?

a Arvind Jadav

b. Sunil Arora

c. Rohit Nandan

d. Nasir Ali

Answer. (d)

102. In which year Air India and Indian Airlines merged?

a. 2008

b 2007

c. 2006

d. 2005

Answer. (a)

103. Which one of the following launched Apparel and Fashion xPress for

Oracle Retail?

a. Mahindra Satyam

b. Tech Mahindra

c. MphasiS Corporation

d. Larsen & Toubro

Answer.(a)

104. which one of the following division was introduced in London

Olympics 2012?

a. SAC ad hoc

b. CAS ad hoc

c. PAC ad hoc

d. CBS ad hoc

Answer. (b)

105. Consider the statement:

__________ titled book was released on Indian hockey Olympians.


a. Report of Indian Hockey Olympians

b. Synopsis of Indian Olympians

c. Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians

d. Hockey Olympians Biography

Answer. (c)

106. Which one of the following beat Andy Murray to claim Wimbledon

Open Championship Gentlemen’s Singles Final 2012?

a. Pete Sampras

b. Mikhail Youzhny

c. Djokovic

d. Roger Federer

Answer. (d)

107. Which one of the following beat Agnieszka Radwanskato claim

Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final 2012?

a. Petra Kvitová

b. Serena Williams

c. Venus Williams

d. Victoria Azarenka

Answer. (b)

108. Which one of the following has a world record of 555 dismissals?

a. Jeff Dujon

b. Rodney William Marsh

c. Mark Boucher

d. Adam Gilchrist

Answer. (c)

109. American Actor ……………… passed away on 8 July 2012. He was 95

years old. He took his last breath at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He won

the Oscar Award for his role in the film named Marty in the year 1955

(a) George Clooney

(b) Ernest Borgnine

(c) Jim Carrey

(d) Bee Gees

Answer: (b) Ernest Borgnine

110. Which two countries signed three key bilateral agreements and a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 11 July 2012, New Delhi.

(a) India and Afghanistan

(b) India and Peru

(c) India and Singapore

(d) India and Mozambique

Answer: (c) India and Singapore

111. World Population Day is celebrated on which day? It aims to make

aware people about the increasing population in the country.

a. 27 March

b. 11 July

c. 10 February

d. 25 December

Answer: (b)

112. Which of the following statement/statements is/are not true in

relation to Derek Mitchell on 11 July 2012,who assumed the charge as the

first US Ambassador to Myanmar

(a) Derek Mitchell on 11 July 2012 assumed the charge as the first US

Ambassador to Myanmar in the past 22 year

(b) Prior to his current assignment, Mitchell served as President Bush’s

special envoy to Myanmar.

(c) The decision marked a strong indication of US’ support to the political

reforms being unfolded in Myanmar.

(d) Prompted by the series of political reforms in the country, the US

Government in January 2012 had announced to restore diplomatic relation

with Myanmar.

Answer: (c)

113. Where was the international donors meeting that pledged $16 billion

contribution for development aid to Afghanistan until 2015, held on 8 July

2012?

a) United States

b) India

c) Tokyo

d) Maldives

Answer: (c) Tokyo

114. Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav on 29 May 2012 removed

…………………………from his post,

(a) Khil Raj Regmi

(b) Parmanand Jha

(c) Baburam Bhattarai

(d) Purna Kumari Subedi

Answer: (c)

115. In what location did a powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit, killing

at least 16 people and injuring 350 on 30 May 2012

(a) Northeastern Italy

(b) Pakistan

(c) Bali

(d) Sikkim

Answer: (a)






(c) Verona, Italy,


Answer: (a)

117. The United Nations Human Rights Council on 1 June 2012 approved

an investigation into the mass killing of civilians at ……….. and condemned

Syria for the massacre. (identify the place out of the names)

a. Gilani

b. Houla

c. Haqqani

d. Chidambaram

Answer: (c)

118. Which two countries on 31 May 2012 inked a Tax Information

Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint

investment between the two countries.

(a) India and Bahrain

(b) India and Singapore

(c) India and China

(d) India and South Korea

Answer: (a)

119. Which one of the following Indian IT company started its exclusive

delivery centre for Aerospace and Defence in Toulouse in France?

(a) Wipro

(b) Mahidra Satyam

(c) TCS

(d) HCL

Answer: (b)

120. Which one of the following Indian industrialists was chosen for the

leadership award of the India-U.S. bilateral trade promotion organisation

U.S. India Business Council?

(a) Azim Premjee

(b) Shiv Nadar

(c) Anand Mahindra

(d) Ratan Tata

Answer: (c)

‘Indira Gandhi Canal’ which is around 450 km long provide irrigation

facility mainly to which of the following states ?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Gujarat

(E) Rajasthan

Ans : (E)

Which of the following is not a public sector undertaking under the

Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India ?

(A) Mazagaon Dock Ltd.

(B) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.

(C) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

(D) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

(E) Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.

Ans : (C)

Which of the following is not a missile developed by the Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ?

(A) Shaurya

(B) Pinaka

(C) BrahMos

(D) Agni

(E) Nag

Ans : (A)

Which of the following declarations/treaties was adopted by the BRIC

countries recently to promote Global Food Security ?

(A) Moscow Declaration

(B) Doha Treaty

(C) Delhi Declaration

(D) Kabul Treaty

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

Which of the following metals is used for generation of nuclear Energy by

most of the Nuclear Power Plants ?

(A) Zinc

(B) Platinum

(C) Uranium

(D) Nickel

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

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