These are some expected questions related to general awareness section
1. Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Finance Ministry in August 2012?
1) Kaushik Basu
2) C. Rangarajan
3) Y.V.Reddy
4) Raghuram Rajan
5) Ajay Chhibber
2. Which city hosted the 20th ASEAN Summit on April 3, 2012?
1) Jakarta (Indonesia)
2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Manila (Philippines)
4) Bangkok (Thailand)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)
3. India launched its third research station in Antarctica recently. What is its name?
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Maitri
3) Bharti
4) Bhuvan
5) Akash
4. Ahmed Ben Bella passed away on April 11, 2012. He was the first President of which of the following African countries from 1963 to 1965?
1) Morocco
2) Tunisia
3) Mauritania
4) Algeria
5) Egypt
5. Which of the following statements about the Nuclear Security Summit is not true?
1) The second Nuclear Security Summit was held in Seoul, South Korea on March 26-27, 2012.
2) The leaders from 53 nations called for strong steps to combat nuclear terrorism.
3) The leaders also called for safeguarding world stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and Plutonium.
4) The next Summit will be held in Washington in 2014.
5) The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced that India
would contribute 1 million US dollars to the IAEA's Nuclear Security Fund for 2012-13.
6. Who became the President of Germany on March 18, 2012?
1) Angela Merkel
2) Joachim Gauck
3) Christian Wulff
4) Horst Kohler
5) Sigmar Gabriel
7. Who has been appointed as the Pakistan's High Commissioner to India?
1) Sherry Rehman
2) Hina Rabbani Khar
3) Salman Bashir
4) Riaz Mohammad Khan
5) None of these
8. N.K.P.Salve passed away recently. He was the former president of which of the following sports governing bodies?
1) AIFF
2) IOA
3) BCCI
4) ICC
5) IPL
9. Who was re-elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in April 2012?
1) V.S.Achuthanandan
2) Prakash Karat
3) A.K.Padmanabhan
4) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
5) Sitaram Yechury
10. The Swavalamban pension scheme is targeted to benefit which of the following workers?
1) Anganwadi workers
2) Construction workers
3) Fishermen
4) Dairy workers
5) All the above
11. The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 to provide for registration of marriages of which of the following communities?
1) Sikhs
2) Hindus
3) Buddhists
4) Jains
5) Parsis
12. Which state has launched 'Udaan', a website to provide skills and enhance employability for the youth?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Jammu and Kashmir
13. A consortium led by Japanese firm Hitachi has signed an agreement with which of the following states to set up Asia's biggest desalination plant in Dahej Special Economic Zone (DSEZ)?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5) West Bengal
14. With effect from which of the following dates the validity of cheques and drafts has been reduced to three months?
1) March 1, 2012
2) January 1, 2012
3) August 1, 2012
4) April 1, 2012
5) June 1, 2012
15. To boost credit flows to the farm sector, the government has proposed to provide how many crores of rupees to NABARD during 2012-13?
1) 500
2) 750
3) 1000
4) 2000
5) None of these
16. Which of the following programmes aims at developing the rural electricity infrastructure and household electrification?
1) RAY
2) RGGVY
3) IAY
4) RGSEAG
5) MGNREGS
17. Which of the following days is observed as the World House Sparrow Day?
1) March 20
2) March 21
3) March 22
4) March 23
5) March 24
18. 'Malabar' naval exercise was organized in the Bay of Bengal from April 7 to 16, 2012 by India and which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) USA
3) China
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
19. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) Act that mandates unaided private schools to keep what percent of seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society?
1) 20
2) 15
3) 25
4) 50
5) 33
20. Which country has recently said that it is threatened by the Kudankulam nuclear plant, in case of a nuclear accident?
1) Pakistan
2) Myanmar
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Russia
21. The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) was held on April 13, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Moscow
2) Sanya
3) Beijing
4) Shanghai
5) New Delhi
22. Which state won the best state award for strengthening the Panchayat Raj Institutions on April 24, 2012?
1) Haryana
2) Sikkim
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
5) Andhra Pradesh
23. Who replaced Robert Zoellick as the President of World Bank on July 1, 2012?
1) Yukiya Amano
2) Yoshihiko Noda
3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Irina Bokova
5) Haruhiko Kuroda
24. Who is the United States Ambassador to India?
1) Michele Sison
2) Nancy Powell
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Robert Gates
5) Timothy Geithner
25. Who was named 'Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World' for the year 2011?
1) Virender Sehwag
2) Hashim Amla
3) Jacques Kallis
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Sachin Tendulkar
26. Who has been chosen for the first International Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace Award?
1) Dalai Lama
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Ela Bhatt
5) Julian Assange
27. Which of the following terms is used in Badminton?
1) Tee
2) Trump
3) Hoops
4) Grand slam
5) Drop Shot
28. Which of the following is not a famous brand of cement sold in India?
1) ACC
2) Ambuja
3) Ultra Tech
4) Religare
5) J.K.Lakshmi
29. Ranthambore National Park is situated in which of the following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttarakhand
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
30. In which year was the Planning Commission established?
1) 1951
2) 1950
3) 1952
4) 1956
5) 1947
31. What is money laundering?
1) Conversion of cash into gold
2) Conversion of gold into cash
3) Conversion of assets into cash
4) Conversion of illegally obtained money into accou-ntable money 5) None
32. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics?
1) Balance of Trade
2) Debt Instrument
3) Surface Tension
4) Fiscal Deficit
5) Capital Account Convertibility
33. What is the full form of ASBA?
1) Application Supported by Bank Amount
2) Application Supported by Blocked Amount
3) Allotment Supported by Blocked Amount
4) Allotment Supported by Bank Account
5) None of these
34. Speed of a ship is measured in?
1) Ohm
2) Horse power
3) Kilometer
4) Knot
5) Candela
35. Who is the author of the book 'Dr.Zhivago'?
1) H.G.Wells
2) Pearl S. Buck
3) Emile Zola
4) Boris Pasternak
5) Charles Dickens
36. Whose autobiography is titled 'Nirbasan'?
1) Taslima Nasrin
2) Salman Rushdie
3) Shobha De
4) Arundhati Roy
5) None
37. Who among the following has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world?
1) J.Jayalalitha
2) Mayawati
3) Sheila Dixit
4) Mamata Banerjee
5) Sushma Swaraj
38. Who was adjudged the Women's Professional Golf Player of the Year for 2011-12 season?
1) Smriti Mehra
2) Pallavi Jain
3) Aditi Ashok
4) Vani Kapoor
5) Ankita Tiwana
39. Pankaj Advani clinched the 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship in April 2012. Where was this tournament held?
1) Chennai
2) Panaji
3) Mohali
4) Hyderabad
5) Lucknow
40. Non Resident Indian Day (NRI Day) is celebrated on?
1) January 15
2) January 9
3) January 24
4) January 12
5) January 8
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1. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesian Open Super Series Premier tournament in Jakarta in June 2012. This is her third Indonesian Open badminton title in four years. Which of the following players did she defeat in the final?
1) Shixian Wang
2) Sayaka Sato
3) Wang Yihan
4) Ji Hyun Sung
5) Li Xuerui
2. Alex Paul Menon was abducted on April 21, 2012 by the Maoists and was released after 13 days. He is the district collector of which of the following districts in Chhattisgarh?
1) Balod
2) Narayanpur
3) Bilaspur
4) Sukma
5) Dantewada
3. Panch Parameshwar Yojana was launched in which of the following states recently for overall development of villages?
1) Bihar
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Jharkhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh
4. Which cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy for 2011-12?
1) Rajasthan
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Baroda
4) Mumbai
5) Karnataka
5. With which game is B.C.Roy Trophy associated?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Cricket
4) Tennis
5) Billiards
6. Who was elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) in June 2012?
1) J.P.Dua
2) Ajay Kumar
3) Alok Misra
4) M.Narendra
5) Pratip Chaudhary
7. Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak are the national champions in men's and women's sections respecti-vely in which of the following sports?
1) Billiards
2) Table Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Lawn Tennis
5) Chess
8. Which of the following leaders was associated with the Velvet Revolution?
1) Lech Walesa
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Vaclav Havel
4) Joseph Stalin
5) Helmet Kohl
9. Ajit Singh, the Union Civil Aviation Minister, belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) Samajwadi Party
2) Bahujan Samaj Party
3) Trinamool Congress
4) Rashtriya Lok Dal
5) Biju Janata Dal
10. Who is the author of the book 'Non-Stop India'?
1) Mark Tully
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Julian Barnes
4) Philip Roth
5) None of these
11. The United Nations Organisation (UNO) has declared 2012 as International Year of?
1) Mathematics
2) Chemistry
3) Banks
4) Cooperatives
5) Water
12. Expand the term FSDC?
1) Financial Security and Development Council
2) Financial Stability and Development Council
3) Fiscal Stability and Development Committee
4) Financial Stability and Development Commission
5) Fiscal Stability and Development Council
13. India is a member of which of the following groups of countries?
1) OPEC
2) APEC
3) ASEAN
4) NATO
5) BIMSTEC
14. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
1) Back Hand
2) Volley
3) Deuce
4) Follow on
5) Jockey
15. 'Dhanush' is a?
1) Nuclear submarine
2) Nuclear capable aircraft
3) Nuclear capable missile
4) Surface ship
5) Nuclear reactor
16. 'Bulava', also known as SS-NX-30, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile of which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Iran
4) North Korea
5) South Korea
17. Expand the term CCEA?
1) Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs
2) Cabinet Council on External Affairs
3) Cabinet Committee on External Agencies
4) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
5) None of these
18. Who is the President of the European Parliament?
1) Jerzy Buzek (Poland)
2) Martin Schulz (Germany)
3) Alexander Alvaro (Germany)
4) Isabelle Durant (Belgium)
5) None of these
19. Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected the President of which of the following countries in 2012?
1) South Korea
2) North Korea
3) Taiwan
4) Myanmar
5) Vietnam
20. Jerry Yang quit which of the following companies in 2012?
1) Google
2) Apple
3) You tube
4) Yahoo
5) Facebook
21. Which three former Soviet republics have introduced Common Economic Space (CES) in 2012?
1) Russia, Ukraine& Armenia
2) Russia, Belarus& Kazakhstan
3) Ukraine, Belarus& Moldova
4) Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan& Uzbekistan
5) None of these
22. Which of the following states has declared 2012 as 'Year of Youth' to properly harness young talent?
1) Punjab
2) Gujarat
3) Karnataka
4) Haryana
5) Andhra Pradesh
23. Which agency/institution has launched a micro ATM that would enable beneficiaries like MGNREGA workers with Aadhar to withdraw money near their doors through core banking system?
1) RBI
2) IBA
3) SEBI
4) SBI
5) UIDAI
24. 'When Loss is Gain' is a book set in contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Which Indian diplomat has written this book?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Pavan K.Varma
3) Ranjan Mathai
4) Shiv Shankar Menon
5) Meera Shankar
25. Which state has launched a website known as 'Civil Conseq-uences of Crime' that will provide details of those convic-ted in criminal cases? (Criminals would be deprived of certain benefits provided to the citizens)
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Bihar
4) Maharashtra
5) Tamil Nadu
26. Narendra Singh is the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following nationalized banks?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) Indian Bank
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Indian Overseas Bank
27. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is the name of a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean nations. It consists of 33 countries in the Americas. Its inaugural Summit was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Caracas (Venezuela)
2) Santiago (Chile)
3) Havana (Cuba)
4) San Jose (Costa Rica)
5) Bogotá (Colombia)
28. The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) has been constituted to rewrite and harmonize financial sector legislations, rules and regula-tions. Who is its Chairman?
1) D.Swarup
2) P.J.Nayak
3) Jayanth Varma
4) B.N.Sri Krishna
5) M.Govinda Rao
29. The value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year is known as?
1) PPP
2) BOP
3) GDP
4) CSO
5) None of these
30. Which of the following statements about the Indian economy is not correct?
1) Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
2) Economic growth rate for 2011-12 is 6.5 per cent.
3) India is one of the global leaders in software and business process outsourcing.
4) The World Bank has said that the Indian economy would grow by 6.9 per cent in fiscal 2012-13.
5) The primary sector's contrib-ution to Indian economy is 27%.
31. Which of the following progra-mmes is implemented in all the districts of India for providing employment for 100 days in a financial year to those willing to do manual jobs in rural areas?
1) NRHM
2) PMGSY
3) SGSY
4) MGNREGA
5) Bharat Nirman
32. India and Vietnam are engaged in which of the following activities in the South China Sea?
1) Mineral exploration 2) Fishing
3) Oil exploration
4) Disposal of nuclear waste
5) None of these
33. Which of the following financial institutions was established in 1990 to promote micro, small and medium-scale enterprises in India?
1) EXIM Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) NABARD
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI Bank
34. Which of the following is not a core industry?
1) Coal
2) Crude oil
3) Steel
4) Cement
5) Gems
35. Which of the following agencies/ organizations compiles Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?
1) RBI
2) Planning Commission
3) Central Statistics Office
4) NDC
5) None of these
36. Kamla Persad Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, visited her native village Bhelupur, Buxar district in January 2012. In which state is Bhelupur located?
1) Haryana
2) Bihar
3) Punjab
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
37. Dassault Rafale has bagged India's biggest defense deal for supplying 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMR-CA) for the Indian Air Force. To which country does this company belong? (The deal is worth $10.2 Billion)
1) Spain
2) France
3) Belgium
4) Russia
5) Czech Republic
38. The theme of which of the following Summits in 2012 was "The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models?
1) BRICS
2) G8
3) G20
4) WEF
5) ASEAN
39. Which city hosted the European Union Leaders' Summit in January 2012?
1) Brussels
2) London
3) Berlin
4) Rome
5) Paris
40. Who was given the Ernst& Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2011?
1) Rahul Bhatia
2) B.S.Ajaikumar
3) Vivek Chaand Sehgal
4) T.K.Kurien
5) None of these
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1. Gagan Narang became the first Indian to win a medal at the London Olympic Games on July 30, 2012 when he won a bronze medal in 10 metre air rifle shooting. Who won gold medal in this event?
1) Alin George Moldoveanu (Romania)
2) Niccolo Campriani (Italy)
3) Wang Tao (China)
4) Zhu Qinan (China)
5) None
2. Joyce Banda became the Presi-dent of which of the following African countries on April 7, 2012?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Malawi
4) Mozambique
5) Liberia
3. Debabrata Sarkar assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following public sector banks on April 4, 2012?
1) UCO Bank
2) Andhra Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) Union Bank of India
5) None
4. Macky Sall assumed office as the President of which of the following African countries on April 2, 2012?
1) Senegal
2) Mali
3) Mauritania
4) Guinea
5) Guinea-Bissau
5. Prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won 43 seats in the by-elections for Myanmar parliament in April 2012. What is the name of her party?
1) National Unity Party (NUP)
2) Democracy and Peace Party (DPP)
3) Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
4) National League for Democracy (NLD)
5) None
6. RBI signed a pact with which one of the following countries' central banks in April 2012 that will establish an arrangement for sharing of supervisory inform-ation and enhancing cooperation in the area of banking super-vision?
1) Pakistan
2) Qatar
3) UAE
4) Saudi Arabia
5) None of these
7. Which one of the following stat-ements about BRICS is not true?
1) The fourth BRICS Summit was organized in New Delhi on March 29, 2012.
2) The theme is "BRICS Partner-ship for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity".
3) The five countries considered the possibility of setting up a new development bank.
4) The leaders have advocated for reforms in World Bank, IMF and UN Security Council by increasing representation from developing countries.
5) The next BRICS summit will be held in China in 2013.
8. Gunter Grass, the German Nobel literature laureate, has accused which of the following countries as a threat to world peace in his poem 'What Must Be Said'?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Myanmar
4) North Korea
5) Syria
9. In April 2012, the United States announced a reward of $ 10 million on Hafeez Saeed, for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He is the founder of which of the following terrorist organizations?
1) Al Qaeda
2) Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
3) Lashkar-e-Taiba
4) Jaish-e-Mohammed
5) None
10. "My Unforgettable Memories" is a book written by which of the following political leaders?
1) Sharad Pawar
2) Mamata Banerjee
3) J.Jayalalitha
4)Naveen Patnaik
5) Narendra Modi
11. Fortune magazine has released the list of "12 Greatest Entrepre-neurs of our Time". Who is the only Indian in this list?
1) Ratan Tata
2) Dhirubhai Ambani
3) Mukesh Ambani
4) N.R.Narayana Murthy
5) Azim Premji
12. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 59th National Film Awards for 2011?
1) Best Film-Deool (Marathi) and Byari (Byari)
2) Best Actor-Girish Kulkarni (Deool)
3) Best Actress-Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
4) Best Director-Gurvinder Sin-gh (Anhe Ghorey Da Daan)
5) Best Special Effects- Rockstar
13. Gopichand Narang was given the Moorti Devi award for 2010 for his book in which of the following languages?
1) Hindi
2) Urdu
3) Kannada
4) Marathi
5) Bengali
14. Who became the first overseas player to get the honorary Life Membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 2012?
1) Jonathan Trot
2) Brian Lara
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) V.V.S.Laxman
15. Which country has been ranked as the world's richest country per capita in a list compiled by the US magazine Forbes?
1) Qatar
2) Luxembourg
3) Singapore
4) Norway
5) Brunei
16. Who topped the list of "12 Greatest Entrepreneurs of our Time", released by Fortune magazine in March 2012?
1) Steve Jobs (Apple)
2) Bill Gates (Microsoft)
3) Fred Smith (FedEx)
4) Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
5) Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
17. Bharti Airtel became the first telecom player to launch the 4G service in India on April 11, 2012. In which city was this service launched?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bangalore
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
18. The Indian School of Business (ISB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Business Adminis-tration (IBA) to provide execu-tive education in which of the following countries?
1) Maldives
2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Afghanistan
19. Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa is a leading player in which of the following sports?
1) Rugby
2) Billiards
3) Squash
4) Golf
5) Motor Racing
20. India successfully test-fired its first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on which of the following dates?
1) April 4, 2012
2) April 12, 2012
3) April 19, 2012
4) April 24, 2012
5) None
21. Which of the following countries is not a member of OPEC?
1) Angola
2) Ecuador
3) Libya
4) China
5) Venezuela
22. Who is the author of the book 'A Brush with Life'?
1) V.S.Naipaul
2) Vikram Seth
3) Satish Gujral
4) Vikram Chandra
5) M.F.Hussain
23. Expand the term FATF?
1) Fiscal Accountability Task Force
2) Financial Action Task Force
3) Fiscal Accountability Trade Force
4) Funds, Accounts and Trade Finance
5) None
24. The rate at which banks lend their surplus funds to RBI is called?
1) Bank Rate
2) Repo Rate
3) CRR
4) Reverse Repo Rate
5) None of these
25. Which of the following is not a Banking or Finance company?
1) RBS
2) Barclays
3) Lufthansa
4) HSBC
5) BNP Paribas
26. In which of the following cities is the head office of the Bank of Maharashtra located?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Nasik
4) New Delhi
5) None
27. Which of the following is the unit of electric current?
1) Kelvin
2) Bar
3) Calorie
4) Decibel
5) Ampere
28. Which of the following companies manufactures 'Ace', a mini truck?
1) Bajaj Auto
2) Piaggio
3) Mahindra
4) Ashok Leyland
5) Tata Motors
29. 'Carbon Credit' is concerned with which of the following issues?
1) Contract farming
2) Rural infrastructure
3) Environment protection
4) Urban infrastructure
5) Diamond trading
30. With which game is the term 'Half Nelson' associated?
1) Polo
2) Golf
3) Tennis
4) Wrestling
5) Swimming
31. Which of the following days is observed as 'UNO Day'?
1) October 8
2) October 25
3) October 16
4) October 22
5) October 24
32. 'Deficit Financing' means the Government borrows money from the?
1) Local bodies
2) IMF
3) RBI
4) Large corporates
5) Neighboring countries
33. Golden Revolution refers to the development of?
1) Pulses
2) Fishes
3) Oil seeds
4) Horticulture
5) Cereals
34. Which country has recently overtaken UK to become the world's sixth largest economy?
1) USA
2) China
3) Japan
4) India
5) Brazil
35. Christine Lagarde is holding which of the following posts at present?
1) President of ADB
2) Managing Director of IMF
3) Minister of Finance, France
4) Chancellor of Germany
5) Director General of WHO
36. What is the present name of the erstwhile UTI Bank?
1) Yes Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) RBS
4) Axis Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
37. Which state contributes nearly 70% of India's total mulberry silk production?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) West Bengal
3) Karnataka
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) None
38. Which of the following terms is used in Banking?
1) Carbon Test
2) Liquidity
3) Latent Heat
4) Refractive Index
5) Kepler's Law
39. The Port of Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe. In which country is it situated?
1) Germany
2) Poland
3) Belgium
4) France
5) Netherlands
40. Runako Morton was killed in a road accident recently. He played 15 Tests for which of the following teams?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) England
4) South Africa
5) West Indies
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1. Who was the flag bearer for India during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics on August 12, 2012?
1) MC Mary Kom
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Sushil Kumar
4) Gagan Narang
5) Vijay Kumar
2. Which of the following countries granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on August 16, 2012?
1) Sweden
2) Australia
3) Cuba
4) Venezuela
5) Ecuador
3. The 25th North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit was held on May 20-21, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Camp David
2) Brussels
3) London
4) Chicago
5) Washington D.C.
4. Anshu Jain took over as co-CEO of which of the following banking giants on June 1, 2012?
1) HSBC
2) Deutsche Bank
3) Citibank
4) BNP Paribas
5) Royal Bank of Scotland
5. Which of the following statements about ASEAN is not true?
1) The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries.
2) It was formed in 1967 with the secretariat in Singapore.
3) The 20th ASEAN Summit was held in April 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
4) The theme for this summit is "ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny".
5) This year's Summit chair is Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
6. Who has been elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2012-13?
1) B.Muthuraman
2) Ajay Shriram
3) Adi Godrej
4) Swati Piramal
5) Ratan Tata
7. Who among the following is not a Supreme Court Judge at present?
1) Justice Jasti Chalameswar
2) Justice Fakir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla
3) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
4) Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur
5) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
8. After Pratibha Patil and Prabha Rau, Margaret Alva is the third woman Governor of which of the following states?
1) Maharashtra
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Uttarakhand
5) Punjab
9. Murray Rose of Australia passed away on April 15, 2012. He was a six- time Olympic medalist in which of the following sports?
1) Swimming
2) Shooting
3) Gymnastics
4) Athletics
5) Weightlifting
10. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Shikha Sharma
3) Nainalal Kidwai
4) Shyamala Gopinath
5) None of these
11. Who took over as the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Compa-nies (NASSCOM) for 2012-13?
1) Avinash Vashistha
2) N.Chandrasekaran
3) T.K.Kurien
4) B.V.R.Mohan Reddy
5) C.P.Gurnani
12. Senior IPS officer Subhash Joshi has been appointed as the Director General of which of the following forces?
1) NSG
2) CRPF
3) BSF
4) CISF
5) ITBP
13. Who among the following Indian Cardiologists was elected as President of the World Heart Federation (WHF), a global NGO dedicated to prevention of heart diseases in low and middle income countries in April 2012?
1) Dr.S.Padmavati
2) Dr.Naresh Trehan
3) Dr.Devi Shetty
4) Dr.Srinath Reddy
5) None of these
14. Oscar winning actor Sean Penn received the 2012 Peace Summit Award in April 2012 for his humanitarian work in which of the following earthquake ravag-ed countries?
1) Japan
2) Haiti
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) None of these
15. S.R. Nathan was conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bhara-tiya Samman, the highest honor accorded to people of Indian-origin overseas. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1999 to 2011?
1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) Guyana
4) Nepal
5) Trinidad &Tobago
16. Who won the Asian continental chess championship in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on May13, 2012?
1) Parimarjan Negi
2) M.R.Venkatesh
3) P.Harikrishna
4) Vishwanathan Anand
5) Suryashekar Ganguly
17. Who won the World Snooker Championship for the fourth time in Sheffield, UK on May 7, 2012?
1) John Higgins
2) Stephen Hendry
3) Steve Davis 4) Ali Carter
5) Ronnie O' Sullivan
18. The Defense Ministry cleared a Rs.3,000 crore deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzer (ULH) artillery guns from which of the following countries on May11, 2012?
1) France
2) USA
3) Russia
4) Sweden
5) None of these
19. The Pranahita-Chevella irrigat-ion project will serve Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states. Pranahita is a major tributary of which of the following rivers?
1) Krishna
2) Narmada
3) Godavari
4) Tapati
5) Mahanadi
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 5 3) 4 4) 2 5) 2 6) 3 7) 5 8) 2 9) 1 10) 4
11) 2 12) 1 13) 4 14) 2 15) 1 16) 1 17) 5 18) 2 19) 3
1. Pranab Mukherjee has been recently elected as the ____ th President of India?
A) 12th
B) 13th
C) 15th
D) 14th
Answer- B) 13th
2. Which Indian Bank has taken step to form India’s first Mortgage guarantee entity just like other developed countries?
A) SBI
B) National Housing Bank
C) LIC Housing
D) HDFC
Answer- B) National Housing Bank
3. Which only Indian President won the Presidential Election without any contest?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Pratibha Patil
Answer- B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4. Eminent Freedom Fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away in Kanpur on 23 July 2012. She was one of the most important members of S C Bose’s Indian National Army. She contested Presidential election in 2002 against whom?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Pratibha Patil
Answer- A) APJ Abdul Kalam
5. Which Country is the largest producer of Cocoa, which is mainly used for Chocolate?
A) Ghana
B) Ivory Coast
C) Kenya
D) Zimbabwe
Answer- B) Ivory Coast
6. Leader of National Advisory Council, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UPA government’s manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme (CMP)?
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Kausik Basu
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) Manmohan Singh
Answer- A) Sonia Gandhi
7. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Egypt?
A) Hosni Mubarak
B) Hisham Kandil
C) Mohamed Morsi
D) None of these
Answer- B) Hisham Kandil
8. International donor conference on Afghanistan was held recently to donate funding for Afghanistan development. It was held in?
A) Kabul
B) Tokyo
C) Hong Kong
D) Singapore
Answer- B) Tokyo
9. Which country will host the 4th Champions League T20 in October this year?
A) India
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) England
Answer- C) South Africa
10. QFI (Qualified Foreign Investment) is regulated in India by?
A) RBI
B) Financial Action Task Force
C) SEBI
D) IRDA
Answer- B) Financial Action Task Force
1. Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Finance Ministry in August 2012?
1) Kaushik Basu
2) C. Rangarajan
3) Y.V.Reddy
4) Raghuram Rajan
5) Ajay Chhibber
2. Which city hosted the 20th ASEAN Summit on April 3, 2012?
1) Jakarta (Indonesia)
2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Manila (Philippines)
4) Bangkok (Thailand)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)
3. India launched its third research station in Antarctica recently. What is its name?
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Maitri
3) Bharti
4) Bhuvan
5) Akash
4. Ahmed Ben Bella passed away on April 11, 2012. He was the first President of which of the following African countries from 1963 to 1965?
1) Morocco
2) Tunisia
3) Mauritania
4) Algeria
5) Egypt
5. Which of the following statements about the Nuclear Security Summit is not true?
1) The second Nuclear Security Summit was held in Seoul, South Korea on March 26-27, 2012.
2) The leaders from 53 nations called for strong steps to combat nuclear terrorism.
3) The leaders also called for safeguarding world stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and Plutonium.
4) The next Summit will be held in Washington in 2014.
5) The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced that India
would contribute 1 million US dollars to the IAEA's Nuclear Security Fund for 2012-13.
6. Who became the President of Germany on March 18, 2012?
1) Angela Merkel
2) Joachim Gauck
3) Christian Wulff
4) Horst Kohler
5) Sigmar Gabriel
7. Who has been appointed as the Pakistan's High Commissioner to India?
1) Sherry Rehman
2) Hina Rabbani Khar
3) Salman Bashir
4) Riaz Mohammad Khan
5) None of these
8. N.K.P.Salve passed away recently. He was the former president of which of the following sports governing bodies?
1) AIFF
2) IOA
3) BCCI
4) ICC
5) IPL
9. Who was re-elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in April 2012?
1) V.S.Achuthanandan
2) Prakash Karat
3) A.K.Padmanabhan
4) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
5) Sitaram Yechury
10. The Swavalamban pension scheme is targeted to benefit which of the following workers?
1) Anganwadi workers
2) Construction workers
3) Fishermen
4) Dairy workers
5) All the above
11. The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 to provide for registration of marriages of which of the following communities?
1) Sikhs
2) Hindus
3) Buddhists
4) Jains
5) Parsis
12. Which state has launched 'Udaan', a website to provide skills and enhance employability for the youth?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Jammu and Kashmir
13. A consortium led by Japanese firm Hitachi has signed an agreement with which of the following states to set up Asia's biggest desalination plant in Dahej Special Economic Zone (DSEZ)?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Odisha
4) Karnataka
5) West Bengal
14. With effect from which of the following dates the validity of cheques and drafts has been reduced to three months?
1) March 1, 2012
2) January 1, 2012
3) August 1, 2012
4) April 1, 2012
5) June 1, 2012
15. To boost credit flows to the farm sector, the government has proposed to provide how many crores of rupees to NABARD during 2012-13?
1) 500
2) 750
3) 1000
4) 2000
5) None of these
16. Which of the following programmes aims at developing the rural electricity infrastructure and household electrification?
1) RAY
2) RGGVY
3) IAY
4) RGSEAG
5) MGNREGS
17. Which of the following days is observed as the World House Sparrow Day?
1) March 20
2) March 21
3) March 22
4) March 23
5) March 24
18. 'Malabar' naval exercise was organized in the Bay of Bengal from April 7 to 16, 2012 by India and which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) USA
3) China
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
19. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) Act that mandates unaided private schools to keep what percent of seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society?
1) 20
2) 15
3) 25
4) 50
5) 33
20. Which country has recently said that it is threatened by the Kudankulam nuclear plant, in case of a nuclear accident?
1) Pakistan
2) Myanmar
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Russia
21. The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) was held on April 13, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Moscow
2) Sanya
3) Beijing
4) Shanghai
5) New Delhi
22. Which state won the best state award for strengthening the Panchayat Raj Institutions on April 24, 2012?
1) Haryana
2) Sikkim
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
5) Andhra Pradesh
23. Who replaced Robert Zoellick as the President of World Bank on July 1, 2012?
1) Yukiya Amano
2) Yoshihiko Noda
3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Irina Bokova
5) Haruhiko Kuroda
24. Who is the United States Ambassador to India?
1) Michele Sison
2) Nancy Powell
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Robert Gates
5) Timothy Geithner
25. Who was named 'Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World' for the year 2011?
1) Virender Sehwag
2) Hashim Amla
3) Jacques Kallis
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Sachin Tendulkar
26. Who has been chosen for the first International Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace Award?
1) Dalai Lama
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Ela Bhatt
5) Julian Assange
27. Which of the following terms is used in Badminton?
1) Tee
2) Trump
3) Hoops
4) Grand slam
5) Drop Shot
28. Which of the following is not a famous brand of cement sold in India?
1) ACC
2) Ambuja
3) Ultra Tech
4) Religare
5) J.K.Lakshmi
29. Ranthambore National Park is situated in which of the following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttarakhand
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
30. In which year was the Planning Commission established?
1) 1951
2) 1950
3) 1952
4) 1956
5) 1947
31. What is money laundering?
1) Conversion of cash into gold
2) Conversion of gold into cash
3) Conversion of assets into cash
4) Conversion of illegally obtained money into accou-ntable money 5) None
32. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics?
1) Balance of Trade
2) Debt Instrument
3) Surface Tension
4) Fiscal Deficit
5) Capital Account Convertibility
33. What is the full form of ASBA?
1) Application Supported by Bank Amount
2) Application Supported by Blocked Amount
3) Allotment Supported by Blocked Amount
4) Allotment Supported by Bank Account
5) None of these
34. Speed of a ship is measured in?
1) Ohm
2) Horse power
3) Kilometer
4) Knot
5) Candela
35. Who is the author of the book 'Dr.Zhivago'?
1) H.G.Wells
2) Pearl S. Buck
3) Emile Zola
4) Boris Pasternak
5) Charles Dickens
36. Whose autobiography is titled 'Nirbasan'?
1) Taslima Nasrin
2) Salman Rushdie
3) Shobha De
4) Arundhati Roy
5) None
37. Who among the following has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world?
1) J.Jayalalitha
2) Mayawati
3) Sheila Dixit
4) Mamata Banerjee
5) Sushma Swaraj
38. Who was adjudged the Women's Professional Golf Player of the Year for 2011-12 season?
1) Smriti Mehra
2) Pallavi Jain
3) Aditi Ashok
4) Vani Kapoor
5) Ankita Tiwana
39. Pankaj Advani clinched the 11th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship in April 2012. Where was this tournament held?
1) Chennai
2) Panaji
3) Mohali
4) Hyderabad
5) Lucknow
40. Non Resident Indian Day (NRI Day) is celebrated on?
1) January 15
2) January 9
3) January 24
4) January 12
5) January 8
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 2 7) 3 8) 3 9) 2 10) 5 11) 1 12) 5 13) 2 14) 4 15) 1 16) 2 17) 1 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4 21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 2 25) 4 26) 3 27) 5 28) 4 29) 3 30) 2 31) 4 32) 3 33) 2 34) 4 35) 4 36) 1 37) 4 38) 1 39) 2 40) 2
1. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesian Open Super Series Premier tournament in Jakarta in June 2012. This is her third Indonesian Open badminton title in four years. Which of the following players did she defeat in the final?
1) Shixian Wang
2) Sayaka Sato
3) Wang Yihan
4) Ji Hyun Sung
5) Li Xuerui
2. Alex Paul Menon was abducted on April 21, 2012 by the Maoists and was released after 13 days. He is the district collector of which of the following districts in Chhattisgarh?
1) Balod
2) Narayanpur
3) Bilaspur
4) Sukma
5) Dantewada
3. Panch Parameshwar Yojana was launched in which of the following states recently for overall development of villages?
1) Bihar
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Jharkhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh
4. Which cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy for 2011-12?
1) Rajasthan
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Baroda
4) Mumbai
5) Karnataka
5. With which game is B.C.Roy Trophy associated?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Cricket
4) Tennis
5) Billiards
6. Who was elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) in June 2012?
1) J.P.Dua
2) Ajay Kumar
3) Alok Misra
4) M.Narendra
5) Pratip Chaudhary
7. Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak are the national champions in men's and women's sections respecti-vely in which of the following sports?
1) Billiards
2) Table Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Lawn Tennis
5) Chess
8. Which of the following leaders was associated with the Velvet Revolution?
1) Lech Walesa
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Vaclav Havel
4) Joseph Stalin
5) Helmet Kohl
9. Ajit Singh, the Union Civil Aviation Minister, belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) Samajwadi Party
2) Bahujan Samaj Party
3) Trinamool Congress
4) Rashtriya Lok Dal
5) Biju Janata Dal
10. Who is the author of the book 'Non-Stop India'?
1) Mark Tully
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Julian Barnes
4) Philip Roth
5) None of these
11. The United Nations Organisation (UNO) has declared 2012 as International Year of?
1) Mathematics
2) Chemistry
3) Banks
4) Cooperatives
5) Water
12. Expand the term FSDC?
1) Financial Security and Development Council
2) Financial Stability and Development Council
3) Fiscal Stability and Development Committee
4) Financial Stability and Development Commission
5) Fiscal Stability and Development Council
13. India is a member of which of the following groups of countries?
1) OPEC
2) APEC
3) ASEAN
4) NATO
5) BIMSTEC
14. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
1) Back Hand
2) Volley
3) Deuce
4) Follow on
5) Jockey
15. 'Dhanush' is a?
1) Nuclear submarine
2) Nuclear capable aircraft
3) Nuclear capable missile
4) Surface ship
5) Nuclear reactor
16. 'Bulava', also known as SS-NX-30, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile of which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Iran
4) North Korea
5) South Korea
17. Expand the term CCEA?
1) Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs
2) Cabinet Council on External Affairs
3) Cabinet Committee on External Agencies
4) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
5) None of these
18. Who is the President of the European Parliament?
1) Jerzy Buzek (Poland)
2) Martin Schulz (Germany)
3) Alexander Alvaro (Germany)
4) Isabelle Durant (Belgium)
5) None of these
19. Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected the President of which of the following countries in 2012?
1) South Korea
2) North Korea
3) Taiwan
4) Myanmar
5) Vietnam
20. Jerry Yang quit which of the following companies in 2012?
1) Google
2) Apple
3) You tube
4) Yahoo
5) Facebook
21. Which three former Soviet republics have introduced Common Economic Space (CES) in 2012?
1) Russia, Ukraine& Armenia
2) Russia, Belarus& Kazakhstan
3) Ukraine, Belarus& Moldova
4) Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan& Uzbekistan
5) None of these
22. Which of the following states has declared 2012 as 'Year of Youth' to properly harness young talent?
1) Punjab
2) Gujarat
3) Karnataka
4) Haryana
5) Andhra Pradesh
23. Which agency/institution has launched a micro ATM that would enable beneficiaries like MGNREGA workers with Aadhar to withdraw money near their doors through core banking system?
1) RBI
2) IBA
3) SEBI
4) SBI
5) UIDAI
24. 'When Loss is Gain' is a book set in contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Which Indian diplomat has written this book?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Pavan K.Varma
3) Ranjan Mathai
4) Shiv Shankar Menon
5) Meera Shankar
25. Which state has launched a website known as 'Civil Conseq-uences of Crime' that will provide details of those convic-ted in criminal cases? (Criminals would be deprived of certain benefits provided to the citizens)
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Bihar
4) Maharashtra
5) Tamil Nadu
26. Narendra Singh is the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following nationalized banks?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) Indian Bank
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Indian Overseas Bank
27. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is the name of a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean nations. It consists of 33 countries in the Americas. Its inaugural Summit was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Caracas (Venezuela)
2) Santiago (Chile)
3) Havana (Cuba)
4) San Jose (Costa Rica)
5) Bogotá (Colombia)
28. The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) has been constituted to rewrite and harmonize financial sector legislations, rules and regula-tions. Who is its Chairman?
1) D.Swarup
2) P.J.Nayak
3) Jayanth Varma
4) B.N.Sri Krishna
5) M.Govinda Rao
29. The value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year is known as?
1) PPP
2) BOP
3) GDP
4) CSO
5) None of these
30. Which of the following statements about the Indian economy is not correct?
1) Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
2) Economic growth rate for 2011-12 is 6.5 per cent.
3) India is one of the global leaders in software and business process outsourcing.
4) The World Bank has said that the Indian economy would grow by 6.9 per cent in fiscal 2012-13.
5) The primary sector's contrib-ution to Indian economy is 27%.
31. Which of the following progra-mmes is implemented in all the districts of India for providing employment for 100 days in a financial year to those willing to do manual jobs in rural areas?
1) NRHM
2) PMGSY
3) SGSY
4) MGNREGA
5) Bharat Nirman
32. India and Vietnam are engaged in which of the following activities in the South China Sea?
1) Mineral exploration 2) Fishing
3) Oil exploration
4) Disposal of nuclear waste
5) None of these
33. Which of the following financial institutions was established in 1990 to promote micro, small and medium-scale enterprises in India?
1) EXIM Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) NABARD
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI Bank
34. Which of the following is not a core industry?
1) Coal
2) Crude oil
3) Steel
4) Cement
5) Gems
35. Which of the following agencies/ organizations compiles Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?
1) RBI
2) Planning Commission
3) Central Statistics Office
4) NDC
5) None of these
36. Kamla Persad Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, visited her native village Bhelupur, Buxar district in January 2012. In which state is Bhelupur located?
1) Haryana
2) Bihar
3) Punjab
4) West Bengal
5) None of these
37. Dassault Rafale has bagged India's biggest defense deal for supplying 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMR-CA) for the Indian Air Force. To which country does this company belong? (The deal is worth $10.2 Billion)
1) Spain
2) France
3) Belgium
4) Russia
5) Czech Republic
38. The theme of which of the following Summits in 2012 was "The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models?
1) BRICS
2) G8
3) G20
4) WEF
5) ASEAN
39. Which city hosted the European Union Leaders' Summit in January 2012?
1) Brussels
2) London
3) Berlin
4) Rome
5) Paris
40. Who was given the Ernst& Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2011?
1) Rahul Bhatia
2) B.S.Ajaikumar
3) Vivek Chaand Sehgal
4) T.K.Kurien
5) None of these
ANSWERS: 1) 5 2) 4 3) 4 4) 1 5) 2 6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1 11) 4 12) 2 13) 5 14) 4 15) 3 16) 2 17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4 21) 2 22) 4 23) 5 24) 2 25) 3 26) 2 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 5 31) 4 32) 3 33) 4 34) 5 35) 3 36) 2 37) 2 38) 4 39) 1 40) 1
1. Gagan Narang became the first Indian to win a medal at the London Olympic Games on July 30, 2012 when he won a bronze medal in 10 metre air rifle shooting. Who won gold medal in this event?
1) Alin George Moldoveanu (Romania)
2) Niccolo Campriani (Italy)
3) Wang Tao (China)
4) Zhu Qinan (China)
5) None
2. Joyce Banda became the Presi-dent of which of the following African countries on April 7, 2012?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Malawi
4) Mozambique
5) Liberia
3. Debabrata Sarkar assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following public sector banks on April 4, 2012?
1) UCO Bank
2) Andhra Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) Union Bank of India
5) None
4. Macky Sall assumed office as the President of which of the following African countries on April 2, 2012?
1) Senegal
2) Mali
3) Mauritania
4) Guinea
5) Guinea-Bissau
5. Prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won 43 seats in the by-elections for Myanmar parliament in April 2012. What is the name of her party?
1) National Unity Party (NUP)
2) Democracy and Peace Party (DPP)
3) Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
4) National League for Democracy (NLD)
5) None
6. RBI signed a pact with which one of the following countries' central banks in April 2012 that will establish an arrangement for sharing of supervisory inform-ation and enhancing cooperation in the area of banking super-vision?
1) Pakistan
2) Qatar
3) UAE
4) Saudi Arabia
5) None of these
7. Which one of the following stat-ements about BRICS is not true?
1) The fourth BRICS Summit was organized in New Delhi on March 29, 2012.
2) The theme is "BRICS Partner-ship for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity".
3) The five countries considered the possibility of setting up a new development bank.
4) The leaders have advocated for reforms in World Bank, IMF and UN Security Council by increasing representation from developing countries.
5) The next BRICS summit will be held in China in 2013.
8. Gunter Grass, the German Nobel literature laureate, has accused which of the following countries as a threat to world peace in his poem 'What Must Be Said'?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Myanmar
4) North Korea
5) Syria
9. In April 2012, the United States announced a reward of $ 10 million on Hafeez Saeed, for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He is the founder of which of the following terrorist organizations?
1) Al Qaeda
2) Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
3) Lashkar-e-Taiba
4) Jaish-e-Mohammed
5) None
10. "My Unforgettable Memories" is a book written by which of the following political leaders?
1) Sharad Pawar
2) Mamata Banerjee
3) J.Jayalalitha
4)Naveen Patnaik
5) Narendra Modi
11. Fortune magazine has released the list of "12 Greatest Entrepre-neurs of our Time". Who is the only Indian in this list?
1) Ratan Tata
2) Dhirubhai Ambani
3) Mukesh Ambani
4) N.R.Narayana Murthy
5) Azim Premji
12. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 59th National Film Awards for 2011?
1) Best Film-Deool (Marathi) and Byari (Byari)
2) Best Actor-Girish Kulkarni (Deool)
3) Best Actress-Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
4) Best Director-Gurvinder Sin-gh (Anhe Ghorey Da Daan)
5) Best Special Effects- Rockstar
13. Gopichand Narang was given the Moorti Devi award for 2010 for his book in which of the following languages?
1) Hindi
2) Urdu
3) Kannada
4) Marathi
5) Bengali
14. Who became the first overseas player to get the honorary Life Membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 2012?
1) Jonathan Trot
2) Brian Lara
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) V.V.S.Laxman
15. Which country has been ranked as the world's richest country per capita in a list compiled by the US magazine Forbes?
1) Qatar
2) Luxembourg
3) Singapore
4) Norway
5) Brunei
16. Who topped the list of "12 Greatest Entrepreneurs of our Time", released by Fortune magazine in March 2012?
1) Steve Jobs (Apple)
2) Bill Gates (Microsoft)
3) Fred Smith (FedEx)
4) Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
5) Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
17. Bharti Airtel became the first telecom player to launch the 4G service in India on April 11, 2012. In which city was this service launched?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bangalore
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
18. The Indian School of Business (ISB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Business Adminis-tration (IBA) to provide execu-tive education in which of the following countries?
1) Maldives
2) Pakistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Afghanistan
19. Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa is a leading player in which of the following sports?
1) Rugby
2) Billiards
3) Squash
4) Golf
5) Motor Racing
20. India successfully test-fired its first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on which of the following dates?
1) April 4, 2012
2) April 12, 2012
3) April 19, 2012
4) April 24, 2012
5) None
21. Which of the following countries is not a member of OPEC?
1) Angola
2) Ecuador
3) Libya
4) China
5) Venezuela
22. Who is the author of the book 'A Brush with Life'?
1) V.S.Naipaul
2) Vikram Seth
3) Satish Gujral
4) Vikram Chandra
5) M.F.Hussain
23. Expand the term FATF?
1) Fiscal Accountability Task Force
2) Financial Action Task Force
3) Fiscal Accountability Trade Force
4) Funds, Accounts and Trade Finance
5) None
24. The rate at which banks lend their surplus funds to RBI is called?
1) Bank Rate
2) Repo Rate
3) CRR
4) Reverse Repo Rate
5) None of these
25. Which of the following is not a Banking or Finance company?
1) RBS
2) Barclays
3) Lufthansa
4) HSBC
5) BNP Paribas
26. In which of the following cities is the head office of the Bank of Maharashtra located?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Nasik
4) New Delhi
5) None
27. Which of the following is the unit of electric current?
1) Kelvin
2) Bar
3) Calorie
4) Decibel
5) Ampere
28. Which of the following companies manufactures 'Ace', a mini truck?
1) Bajaj Auto
2) Piaggio
3) Mahindra
4) Ashok Leyland
5) Tata Motors
29. 'Carbon Credit' is concerned with which of the following issues?
1) Contract farming
2) Rural infrastructure
3) Environment protection
4) Urban infrastructure
5) Diamond trading
30. With which game is the term 'Half Nelson' associated?
1) Polo
2) Golf
3) Tennis
4) Wrestling
5) Swimming
31. Which of the following days is observed as 'UNO Day'?
1) October 8
2) October 25
3) October 16
4) October 22
5) October 24
32. 'Deficit Financing' means the Government borrows money from the?
1) Local bodies
2) IMF
3) RBI
4) Large corporates
5) Neighboring countries
33. Golden Revolution refers to the development of?
1) Pulses
2) Fishes
3) Oil seeds
4) Horticulture
5) Cereals
34. Which country has recently overtaken UK to become the world's sixth largest economy?
1) USA
2) China
3) Japan
4) India
5) Brazil
35. Christine Lagarde is holding which of the following posts at present?
1) President of ADB
2) Managing Director of IMF
3) Minister of Finance, France
4) Chancellor of Germany
5) Director General of WHO
36. What is the present name of the erstwhile UTI Bank?
1) Yes Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) RBS
4) Axis Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
37. Which state contributes nearly 70% of India's total mulberry silk production?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) West Bengal
3) Karnataka
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) None
38. Which of the following terms is used in Banking?
1) Carbon Test
2) Liquidity
3) Latent Heat
4) Refractive Index
5) Kepler's Law
39. The Port of Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe. In which country is it situated?
1) Germany
2) Poland
3) Belgium
4) France
5) Netherlands
40. Runako Morton was killed in a road accident recently. He played 15 Tests for which of the following teams?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) England
4) South Africa
5) West Indies
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1 5) 4 6) 2 7) 5 8) 2 9) 3 10) 2
11) 4 12) 5 13) 2 14) 4 15) 1 16) 1 17) 4 18) 2 19) 4 20) 3
21) 4 22) 3 23) 2 24) 4 25) 3 26) 2 27) 5 28) 5 29) 3 30) 4
31) 5 32) 3 33) 4 34) 5 35) 2 36) 4 37) 3 38) 2 39) 3 40) 5
1. Who was the flag bearer for India during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics on August 12, 2012?
1) MC Mary Kom
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Sushil Kumar
4) Gagan Narang
5) Vijay Kumar
2. Which of the following countries granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on August 16, 2012?
1) Sweden
2) Australia
3) Cuba
4) Venezuela
5) Ecuador
3. The 25th North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit was held on May 20-21, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Camp David
2) Brussels
3) London
4) Chicago
5) Washington D.C.
4. Anshu Jain took over as co-CEO of which of the following banking giants on June 1, 2012?
1) HSBC
2) Deutsche Bank
3) Citibank
4) BNP Paribas
5) Royal Bank of Scotland
5. Which of the following statements about ASEAN is not true?
1) The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries.
2) It was formed in 1967 with the secretariat in Singapore.
3) The 20th ASEAN Summit was held in April 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
4) The theme for this summit is "ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny".
5) This year's Summit chair is Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
6. Who has been elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2012-13?
1) B.Muthuraman
2) Ajay Shriram
3) Adi Godrej
4) Swati Piramal
5) Ratan Tata
7. Who among the following is not a Supreme Court Judge at present?
1) Justice Jasti Chalameswar
2) Justice Fakir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla
3) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
4) Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur
5) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
8. After Pratibha Patil and Prabha Rau, Margaret Alva is the third woman Governor of which of the following states?
1) Maharashtra
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Uttarakhand
5) Punjab
9. Murray Rose of Australia passed away on April 15, 2012. He was a six- time Olympic medalist in which of the following sports?
1) Swimming
2) Shooting
3) Gymnastics
4) Athletics
5) Weightlifting
10. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Shikha Sharma
3) Nainalal Kidwai
4) Shyamala Gopinath
5) None of these
11. Who took over as the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Compa-nies (NASSCOM) for 2012-13?
1) Avinash Vashistha
2) N.Chandrasekaran
3) T.K.Kurien
4) B.V.R.Mohan Reddy
5) C.P.Gurnani
12. Senior IPS officer Subhash Joshi has been appointed as the Director General of which of the following forces?
1) NSG
2) CRPF
3) BSF
4) CISF
5) ITBP
13. Who among the following Indian Cardiologists was elected as President of the World Heart Federation (WHF), a global NGO dedicated to prevention of heart diseases in low and middle income countries in April 2012?
1) Dr.S.Padmavati
2) Dr.Naresh Trehan
3) Dr.Devi Shetty
4) Dr.Srinath Reddy
5) None of these
14. Oscar winning actor Sean Penn received the 2012 Peace Summit Award in April 2012 for his humanitarian work in which of the following earthquake ravag-ed countries?
1) Japan
2) Haiti
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) None of these
15. S.R. Nathan was conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bhara-tiya Samman, the highest honor accorded to people of Indian-origin overseas. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1999 to 2011?
1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) Guyana
4) Nepal
5) Trinidad &Tobago
16. Who won the Asian continental chess championship in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on May13, 2012?
1) Parimarjan Negi
2) M.R.Venkatesh
3) P.Harikrishna
4) Vishwanathan Anand
5) Suryashekar Ganguly
17. Who won the World Snooker Championship for the fourth time in Sheffield, UK on May 7, 2012?
1) John Higgins
2) Stephen Hendry
3) Steve Davis 4) Ali Carter
5) Ronnie O' Sullivan
18. The Defense Ministry cleared a Rs.3,000 crore deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzer (ULH) artillery guns from which of the following countries on May11, 2012?
1) France
2) USA
3) Russia
4) Sweden
5) None of these
19. The Pranahita-Chevella irrigat-ion project will serve Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states. Pranahita is a major tributary of which of the following rivers?
1) Krishna
2) Narmada
3) Godavari
4) Tapati
5) Mahanadi
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 5 3) 4 4) 2 5) 2 6) 3 7) 5 8) 2 9) 1 10) 4
11) 2 12) 1 13) 4 14) 2 15) 1 16) 1 17) 5 18) 2 19) 3
1. Pranab Mukherjee has been recently elected as the ____ th President of India?
A) 12th
B) 13th
C) 15th
D) 14th
Answer- B) 13th
2. Which Indian Bank has taken step to form India’s first Mortgage guarantee entity just like other developed countries?
A) SBI
B) National Housing Bank
C) LIC Housing
D) HDFC
Answer- B) National Housing Bank
3. Which only Indian President won the Presidential Election without any contest?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Pratibha Patil
Answer- B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4. Eminent Freedom Fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal passed away in Kanpur on 23 July 2012. She was one of the most important members of S C Bose’s Indian National Army. She contested Presidential election in 2002 against whom?
A) APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Pratibha Patil
Answer- A) APJ Abdul Kalam
5. Which Country is the largest producer of Cocoa, which is mainly used for Chocolate?
A) Ghana
B) Ivory Coast
C) Kenya
D) Zimbabwe
Answer- B) Ivory Coast
6. Leader of National Advisory Council, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UPA government’s manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme (CMP)?
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Kausik Basu
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) Manmohan Singh
Answer- A) Sonia Gandhi
7. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Egypt?
A) Hosni Mubarak
B) Hisham Kandil
C) Mohamed Morsi
D) None of these
Answer- B) Hisham Kandil
8. International donor conference on Afghanistan was held recently to donate funding for Afghanistan development. It was held in?
A) Kabul
B) Tokyo
C) Hong Kong
D) Singapore
Answer- B) Tokyo
9. Which country will host the 4th Champions League T20 in October this year?
A) India
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) England
Answer- C) South Africa
10. QFI (Qualified Foreign Investment) is regulated in India by?
A) RBI
B) Financial Action Task Force
C) SEBI
D) IRDA
Answer- B) Financial Action Task Force
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