शुक्रवार, 10 मई 2013

Important Current Affairs Question for Civil Services Exam (pre) 2013- Part 8


201. PRI Leader Enrique Peña Nieto elected the New President of ………………………
(a)    Britain
(b)    Iran
(c)    Mexico
(d)    Russia

Answer: (c)

202. Which are the two countries signed an signed Collaborative Academic Research Programme Agreement
a.    China and United Kingdom
b.    India and Israel
c.    France and United States
d.    China and France

Answer: (b)

203.  Romania’s President ……….. survived the impeachment
a) Traian Basescu
b) Ion Iliescu
c) Nicolae Văcăroiu
d) Crin Antonescu

Answer: (a) 

204. Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. Kumar Reddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counter-terrorist commando force?
a) Organisation to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)
b) Anti Terrorism Agengy (ATA)
c) Anti Terrorism squad (ATS)
d) Anti terrorism Operations (ATO)

Answer:  (a)
  
205. On which date, Mahindra & Mahindra signed an MoU with the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) for personal and commercial vehicle financing?
a) 14 Feb 2012
b) 17 Mar 2012
c) 17 Aug 2012
d) 30 July 2012

Answer:  (b) 

206. In which Indian State, Hoppr on 9 August 2012 launched its service to allow users explore rewards and offers available with brands and merchants in a locality. Hoppr is a brand of Y2CF Digital Media, which is funded by Bharti SoftBank.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Punjab
d) Chennai

Answer: (d) 

207. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its incisive audit report noted that India’s exchequer suffered a massive loss of 1.86 lakh crore due to the distribution of coal blocks without bidding. The CAG report was tabled in the parliament on which date?
a) 17 Aug 2012
b) 14 May 2012
c) 13 July 2012
d) 14 Jan 2012

Answer:  (a) 

208. Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry.
a) G. K. Vasan
b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Mukul Roy
d) Ajay Maken

Answer:  (b) 

209. In an initiative to make Delhi Kerosene free, the Delhi Government launched a Kerosene-free Delhi scheme on _____________?
a) 21 Aug 2012
b) 13 Aug 2012
c) 10 Aug 2012
d) 14 Aug 2012

Answer: (a) 

210. Which Indian-American entrepreneur was selected among the 18 Presidential Innovation Fellows who would work on five high-impact projects in the US capital Washington DC?
a) Satish K. Tripathi
b) Karl Mehta
c) Renu Khator
d) Beheruz Sethna

Answer: (b) 

211. On 23rd Aug 2012, which Social media site banned six accounts similar in appearance to the Prime Minister's Office account?
a) Facebook
b) Skype
c) Linkedin
d) Twitter

Answer : (d)

212. Which Leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to Everonn Education?
a) Bharti Group
b) LIC
c) Reliance
d) Toyota

Answer: (a) 

213. Footwear maker Relaxo Footwear on 22 August 2012 signed which Bollywood actor as brand ambassador for its Flite brand.
a) Shahrukh Khan
b) Hritik Roshan
c) Katrina Kaif
d) Imran Hashmi

Answer: (c) 

214.    Which Indian company signed a pact with a French Energy company GDF Suez to import LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)?
(a)    GAIL
(b)    Indian Oil corporation
(c)    ONGC ( oil and natural gas corporation)
(d)    Reliance petroleum limited

Answer:  (a)

215.    Name the Indian telecom service company which had acquired US firm WPCS International.
(a)    Tata teleservices
(b)    MTNL
(c)    Kavveri telecom
(d)    Shyam Telecom

Answer:  (c)

216.    Which personality is appointed as the new Group Chief Executive of Barclay’s?
(a)    Antony Jenkins
(b)    Bob Diamond
(c)    Marcus Agius
(d)    David Walker

Answer:  (a)

217.    Name the steel plant of India which has won the Prime Minister trophy for the 10th Time.
(a)    Bhilai steel plant, Chattisgarh
(b)    Bokaro steel plant, Jharkhand
(c)    Durgapur steel plant, West Bengal
(d)    Salem steel plant, Tamil Nadu

Answer:  (a)

218. Which company was directed by the Supreme Court to refund an amount of 17400 crore of rupees to their Investors?
(a) Sahara group of company
(b) Reliance industries limited
(c) Maruti Suzuki
(d) Air India

Answer:  (a)

219. According to the retail inflation data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), on 21 August 2012, India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation came down to _________ in July 2012.
a) 9.86%
b) 2.34%
c) 7.33%
d)14.88%

Answer: (a) 

220. Which market regulator in August 2012 permitted seven Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to start operation in India under a newly formulated route that enable pooling of funds for investments in areas such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds.
a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) Ministry of Finance
d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Answer: (b) 

221. The high-level committee on external commercial borrowings (ECB),chaired by secretary, department of economic affairs Arvind Mayaram on ____________ decided to further liberalise the foreign borrowing norms.
a) 22 Aug 2012
b) 13 Aug 2012
c) 04 Aug 2012
d) 14 Aug 2012

Answer: (a) 

222. In a move aimed at encouraging investment sentiment in the country, the Union Finance Ministry on 22 August 2012 approved what percent foreign direct investment in insurance and pension sector.
a) 52%
b) 33%
c) 49%
d) 37%

Answer: (c) 

223. According to the data provided by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in August 2012, India's marine exports are likely to grow by over what percent year-on-year to USD 4.5 billion in 2012-13 fiscal.
a) 28%
b) 40%
c) 33%
d) 18%

Answer: (a) 

224.    Supreme Court extended the deadline for 2G Spectrum auction. The auction will be now held on________
(a)    12 February 2013
(b)    10 December 2012
(c)    11 January 2013
(d)    13 July 2013

Answer: (c) 

225.    Union Government approved ____________Crore Rupees Fund to spur Production of Hybrid and Electrical Vehicle in the month of August.
(a)    12000
(b)    13000
(c)    14000
(d)    25000

Answer: (c) 

226.   India’s market regulator Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 28 August 2012 allowed partial flexibility in the conversion of Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs)     into ___________by   investors.
(a) Equity shares
(b) Provident Fund
(c) Gratuity
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) 

227.    RBI, the central bank put an overall cap of ______________for raising of capital through IDRs byforeign companies in Indian markets.
(a)    10billion dollar
(b)    6 billion dollar
(c)    4 billion dollar
(d)    5 billion dollar

Answer: (d) 

228.    Japan-based Nissan Motor Co. Ltd’s electric car is the largest-selling car in the world that runs on battery. What is the name of that electric car?
(a)    Leaf
(b)    Buffet car
(c)    Reva
(d)    Green car

Answer: (a) 

229. Which Indian batsman announced his retirement from International cricket on August 18, 2012?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) VVS Laxman
c) Virat Kohli
d) Saurav Ganguly

Answer:  (b) 

230. In London Olympics, Sushil Kumar won a silver medal in Men's wrestling event and silver medal in 2008 Olympics. In which wrestling event he won the medals?
a)    66 kg Freestyle wrestling
b)    59 kg Freestyle wrestling
c)    73 kg Freestyle category
d)    85 kg Freestyle category

Answer: (a)

231. Who was appointed as the head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards Committee?
a) Aslam Sher Khan
b) Yogeshwar Dutt
c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
d) Sushil Kumar

Answer: (c)

232. Which association set up a three-member committee to resolve the issues in Indian Hockey?
a) Indian Olympic Association
b)  Indian Oil corporation
c) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards Committee
d) Indian Sorts Association

Answer (a) 

233. London Olympic medalists, shooter _________ and Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt have been the country’s highest sporting honour “Rajiv Gandhi Kel Ratna”. 
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Vijay Kumar
c) Gagan Narang
d) Niccolo Campriani

Answer:  (b)

234. South Africa replaced England as the World’s Number One Test Cricket team. The feat was achieved after its 2-0 victory over England in the three Test-match series, which ended at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on ___________.
a) 21 Aug 2012
b) 14 Aug 2012
c) 10 Aug 2012
d) 16 Aug 2012

Answer: (a) 

235. The names of six sporting coaches were recommended for the Dronacharya Awards for the year 2012.The awards was presented by ________________ at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29 August 2012, the National Sports Day.
a) P Chidambaram
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Rahul Gandhi

Answer: (b) 

236. How Many Medals did India Win in London Olympics 2012?
a) Four
b) Eight
c) Six
d) Nine

Answer: (c) 

237. On 23rd Aug 2012, which sportsperson has announced that he will not contest against US Anti doping Agency charges of doping?
a) Carl Lewis
b) Lance Armstrong
c) George Hincapie
d) Bradley Wiggins

Answer: (b)

238. Which country won the highest number of medals in London Olympics 2012?
a) USA
b) France
c) India
d) Japan

Answer: (a)

239.    Name the Captain of India’s Under-19 team  under whose captaincy India won the  U-19 world cup final 2012
(a)    Prashant Chopra
(b)    Akshdeep Nath
(c)    Sandipan Das
(d)    Unmukt Chand
(e)    None of these

Answer: (d) 

240.    Inauguration of the London Paralympic games was done by whom.
(a)    Prince Charles
(b)    Queen Elizabeth
(c)    Barack Hussein Obama
(d)    David Cameron

Answer: (b) 

241.    Winner team for 23rd Federation Cup National Throw ball Championship
(a)    J&K
(b)    Manipur
(c)    Andhra Pradesh
(d)    Delhi

Answer: (d) 

242.    England’s Andrew Strauss, who retired recently from International Cricket, was a captain to which format of game
(a)    Twenty-Twenty
(b)    Test
(c)    One-day
(d)    None of these

Answer: (b)

243.  Name the player who recently became the fastest player to achieve the landmark of 3000 international runs in one day cricket
(a)    Hasim Amla
(b)    Virat Kohli
(c)    Ricky Pointing
(d)    Virendra Sehwag

Answer: (a) 

244. Prime Minister said India will send a mission to "Mars" to collect scientific information. What is the name of this mission?
a) Mars Orbitor Mission
b) Mars Yojana
c) Mangal Yaan
d) India Mars Plan

Answer: (a) 

245. The House Sparrow was on ___________ declared as state bird of Delhi by the state government. The new status of the bird is likely to help in its conservation.
a) 14 August 2012
b) 13 Feb 2012
c) 12 March 2012
d) 16 July 2012

Answer: (a) 

246. Which Indian institute developed a web-based system for advising farmers the right quantity of fertilizers that they should use in their soils for a particular type of crop?
a) Indian Institute of Management
b) Indian Institute of Soil Sciences
c) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
d) Indian Institute of Finance

Answer: (b) 

247. On which date in August 2012, the Ring-planet Saturn and Red planet Mars came together in Western Sky after sunset?
a) August 12
b) August 05
c) August 15
d) August 11

Answer: (c) 

248. Scientists in the second week of August 2012 found a stem cell therapy to prevent which disease? Scientists used MSCs (mesenchymal) stem cells in mice with fractures that typically result into developing arthritis.
a) Osteoarthritis after a joint injury
b) Cataract
c) Cancer
d) Skin Infection

Answer: (a) 

249. Which Indian University signed an agreement for establishing a centre for earthquake and hydrological studies with Hyderabad based NGRI (National Geophysical Research Institute) on August 15, 2012?
a) University of Kerala
b) University of West Bengal
c) University of Kashmir
d) University of Assam

Answer :(c) University of Kashmir

250. On 25 August 2012, the ballistic missile "Prithvi II" was successfully launched from the test range off Odisha Coast. Which type of missile is Prithvi II?
a) Air-to-air missile
b) Surface-to-air missile
c) Air-to-surface missile
d) Surface-to-surface missile

Answer: (d) 

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