सोमवार, 13 मई 2013

Important Current Affairs Question for Civil Services Exam (pre) 2013- Part 13


350.    Indian Oil Corporation has recently tied up with a Bank to provide banking services in rural areas at places of rural petrol pumps outlets of the company. These outlets would act as Bank Business Correspondent in the areas and 1000 would come up with 1000 Kisan Seva Kendras at different locations. Name the bank with which the tie-up has been done?

a)    HDFC Bank
b)    ICICI Bank
c)    State Bank of India
d)    IDBI

Answer: (a)

351.    Kingfisher Airlines was recently issued the show-cause notice asking why the license of the airlines was not a subject of being cancelled. Name the agency that issued this notice and under which section the notice was issued?

a)    Airport Authority of India under Section 93 - 118 PART XII Personnel Of Air Traffic Services
b)    Directorate General of Civil Aviation under Section 15(2)(b) of Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules of 1937
c)    Rule 41 of Aircraft Rules 1937, Section 7 – Flight Crew Standards, Training And License, Series 'G' Part Iv, Issue I
d)    The regulators of air transport services, Section 5 in The Aircraft Act, 1934

Answer: (b) 

352.    In response to the digitisation of cable channels for eradication of the cable operators control over the content of the presentation, that was about to blackout the screens of almost all the TV Sets in the four cities, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata on 31st October 2012 a setup box providing company, announced services of 70 channels at basic rates for next five years. Name the company?

a)    Airtel
b)    Dish TV
c)    Sun TV
d)    DTH

Answer: (b) 

353.    Which of the following statements are true?

a.    Air India in October 2012 got its third Boeing Dreamliner from the new North Charleston Facility of the American manufacturer
b.    Kingfisher Airlines, the struggling airlines company of Vijay Mallya in October 2012 was asked to start booking tickets with immediate effect by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
c.    As per Section 15(2)(b) of Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules 1937, DGCA can’t cancel or suspend permit of an Airline services
d.    Carrizo is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas

i.    Statement a and b are true
ii.    Statement a, b and c are true
iii.    Statement a and d are true
iv.    Only statement a is true

Answer: (iii) 

354.    Out of the four statements mentioned below, which one of them is false?

a)    Dish TV in October 2012 announced a basic service of 70 channels at affordable rates for five year before the blackout that effected the transmission of television signals from 31st October
b)    Mercedes Benz India in October 2012 rolled out its first locally assembled SUV, the ML 250, from its Chakan plant near, Pune.
c)    GVK Power Secured Green Nod for Port Development in Austria
d)    None of the above statements are true

Answer: (c) 

355.    Name the company that has unveiled the first locally assembled SUV in the Indian market?

a)    Corolla motors
b)    Honda
c)    Mercedes Benz
d)    BMW

Answer: (c)

356.    Name the Indian company that received Australian federal government's approval for its Terminal-III (T3) development at the port of Abbot Point, near Bowen in Australia, under the environment protection and biodiversity conservation Act 1999 recently in October 2012.

a)    DLF Group
b)    GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited
c)    Jay Pee Group
d)    IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd

Answer: (b) 

357.    Name the car making company that recalled 7.4 million on road vehicles for rectification of the faulty Power Window Switches, having a potential of fire hazards?

a)    Honda City
b)    Skoda Auto
c)    Toyota Moto Corps
d)    Hyundai Motor Company

Answer: (c) 

 358.   Which compost plant became first in India to receive carbon credits worth 25 lakh rupees from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

a) Okhla Compost Plant
b) ROTOPALA Composting Plant
c) Mumbai Compost Plant
d) Kanpur Composting Plant

Answer: (a)

359.    Maruti Suzuki in the month of October launched a new model of car targeting the competitive market of Nano and Eon. Name the model?

a)    Alto 800
b)    Alto’s 800
c)    Zen 800
d)    Omni 800

Answer: (a) 

360.    ICICI Bank in October 2012 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an African bank to extend its banking services diagonally to their combined footprint in India and Africa. Name the bank with which the MoU was signed?

a)    Bank of Africa
b)    Ecobank Transnational Incorporated of Africa
c)    State Bank of Africa
d)    Environmental Insurance Bank of Nigeria

Answer: (b) 

361.    Name the new channel launched by ZEE network for children

a)    ZeeEdu
b)    ZeeQ
c)    ZeeLife
d)    ZeeChild

Answer: (b) 

362.    Mahindra Satyam signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a University to facilitate joint research and development projects and consultancies in the oil and gas industry. Name the University and the place where it is located?

a)    University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun
b)    CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
c)    Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat
d)    School of Petroleum Technology, Gujarat

Answer: (a) 

363.    Vikram Pandit, the former CEO of Citigroup Inc. Serve the bank as CEO resigned in the month of October 2012. What was the period during which he handled the bank as its CEO?

a)    October 2008 to October 2012
b)    2007 to 2012
c)    2006 to 2012
d)    2008 to 2012

Answer: (b)

364. Name the Swiss Company that acquired French apparel company Lacoste?

a) Nestlé
b) Cargill International SA
c) Maus Freres
d) Triumph

Answer. (c)

365. What is the logo of the French apparel company Lacoste?

a) Crocodile
b) Lion
c) Tiger
d) Chimpanzee

Answer. (a)

366. Name the integrated travel and travel-related financial services company that launched prepaid foreign exchange borderless prepaid card in collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company?

a) Thomas Cook (India)
b) Thomas Cook (Australia)
c) Make My Trip (India)
d) Make My Trip (Singapore)

Answer. (a) 

367. Japan’s oil firm acquired 26 percent stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in November 2012. Name the company that acquired this sea block from ONGC?

a) Mitsui Oil Exploration
b) Cosmo Oil Company
c) Idemitsu Kosan
d) Inpex Corp

Answer. (d) 

368. Name the state that slapped a fine of 6000 crore rupees on Tata Steel for illegal mining in the month of November 2012?

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Goa
d) Chattishgarh

Answer. (b)

369. Name the Online travel company that in November 2012 acquired the Hotel Travel Group (HT Group) for $25 million.

a) Thomas Cook (India)
b) Make My Trip India Pvt Ltd
c) Club Mahindra
d) Trip Advisor

Answer. (b)

370. Name the British Defence major that signed an agreement with Smile Foundation, a Non-Government Organisation for supporting the underprivileged in Health Care and Primary Education?

a) BAE Systems
b) AB Precision (Poole) Ltd
c) Abbott & Co (Newark) Ltd
d) Avon Inflatables Ltd/Zodiac Milpro

Answer. (a)

371. Vodafone recently tied up with a Bank for launching its Mobile Payment Services. Name the Bank with which the tie-up was done?

a) HDFC Bank
b) SBI
c) ICICI Bank
d) IDBI

Answer. (c)

372. In November 2012 a chain of coffee bar and a English Book Publishing company tied up to launch the books together. Name the two brands?

a) Penguin Books and Café Coffee Day
b) Café Coffee Day and Rupa
c) Rupa and Barista Lavazza
d) Barista Lavazza and Penguin Books

Answer. (d)

373. The first book to be released at Barista Lavazza would be of renowned writer Shobha De’s much anticipated book. Which of the following statement in relation to the book launch is false?

a) Sethji Coffee is the name of book and Barista Lavazza as an Innovative marketing strategy has planned to launch a new flavor of coffee, titled the ‘Sethji Coffee’ which is inspired from the traits of the lead character of the book.
b) As per the deal Barista Lavazza is going to provide space to the Penguin Books for its high profile book launches and in return it will bring the enriching collection of Penguin Books for free reading to its customers
c) The launches would be attended only by the invited guests from the two parties but restrictions would be imposed on the fans and followers of the book from attending the Author Meet n Greet Sessions for meeting and interacting with the authors.
d) In order to attract customers, Barista Lavazza would start a Book Club at its cafes, wherein customers can enjoy book reading sessions while sipping coffee

i. Statements a, b and d are false
ii. Statement a b and c are false
iii. Statement c is false
iv.Statement c and d is false

Answer. (iii) 

374. Karishma Kapoor was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of a reputed French Fries and Potato Specialties firm in India. Name the company that appointed her as its ambassador?

a) Surya Food and Agro Limited
b) McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd.
c) Kellogg’s
d) ITC

Answer. (b) 

375. Himalaya Drug Company in second week of November 2012 won a fifteen years long battle in the Delhi High Court against the homoeopathic firm over infringement of its medicine Liv 52 with its own preparation that was named as Liv-T. Name the Homeopathic firm from which the battle was won?

a) Heel and BHI
b) Hemkund
c) Boiron Homeopathic
d) SBL Limited

Answer. (d) 

376. Name the financial services giant that in November 2012 named 16 Indians as MDs and 3 as Partners of its group?

a) Belize Banks and Banking System
b) Master Card Inc.
c) Goldman Sachs
d) Prudential plc international financial services company

Answer. (c) 

377. The General Motors recently in November 2012 announced its plans of expand its annual commissioning capacity at a Plant to 1.10 lakh units per year. The recent capacity of that plant is 85000 units. Name the plant?

a) Coimbatore Plant, Tamil Nadu
b) Uttarkashi Plant, Uttarakhand
c) Halol Plant, Gujarat
d) Jaipur Plant, Rajasthan

Answer. (c) 

378. Name the Airlines Maldivian Airlines that signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each others’ clients in the month of November 2012?

a) Air Astana
b) Maldivian Airlines
c) Ethiopian Airlines
d) SriLankan Airlines

Answer. (b) 

379. Name the country that has issued ban on the import of Egg and Chicken from India in wake up of the recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health about the outbreak of bird-flu in the Government run Turkey Farm at Hesaraghatta, Karnataka.

a) Oman
b) Germany
c) USA
d) Korea

Answer. (a) 

380. The Union Government of India in the Month of November 2012 announced a revised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for cotton and this would help in inducing stabilisation in cotton price. Cotton has witnessed a sharp decline in the past and remained operational round about its minimum support price. The previous minimum support price of medium staple cotton was 2800 rupees per quintal. What is the revised price for the same?

a) 3000 rupees per quintal
b) 3600 rupees per quintal
c) 3200 rupees per quintal
d) 4300 rupees per quintal

Answer. (b) 

381. The GAIL Gas Limited and a State Petroleum Corporation Limited recently in November 2012 signed an agreement for a Joint Venture to lay down the natural gas supply pipeline in the state. Name the state petroleum corporation with which GAIL inked the agreement?

a) Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
b) Maharashtra State Petroleum Corporation Limited
c) Andhra Pradesh State Petroleum Corporation Limited
d) Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation Limited

Answer. (d) 

382. The South African Reserve Bank in November 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the country’s iconic personality of the nation, marking it as a tribute to him. Name the person, whose face was introduced in the currency notes?

a) Marais Viljoen
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Frederik Willem de Klerk
d) Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

Answer. (b) 

383. What was the percentage of retail inflation registered by Indian Market in the month of October 2012, as per the data released by the Union Government of India in November 2012 as per the measurement done on the scale of Consumer Price Index?

a) 9.75 percent
b) 9.43 percent
c) 9.99 percent
d) 10 percent

Answer. (a) 

384. Name the leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa that completed a network transformation programme across its mobile operations in 16 African countries in partnership with Ericsson in November 2012?

a) Bharti Airtel
b) Vodafone
c) Aircel
d) Hutch

Answer. (a) 

385. Sahara Group moved to a body against SEBI asking for some more time for submission of the documents in context with around 3 crore investors in a case which involves two companies- Sahara Housing Investment Corporation (SHICL) and Sahara India Real Estate Corporation (SIRECL). Name the authority to which Sahara group filed its petition.

a) Supreme Court of India
b) Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)
c) Commerce Ministry
d) Ministry of Economic Affairs

Answer. (b) 

386. Nokia India in November 2012 launched its re-branded mobile map services in the Indian market. Name the service?

a) HERE
b) MAPs
c) DIRECTION
d) FORECAST

Answer. (a) 

387. Airtel recently lost title sponsorship race for the Indian Premier League to a close competition. Name the company?

a) Cocacola
b) DLF
c)  PepsiCo
d) Hero

Answer. (c) 

388. Name the Rating Agency that downgraded the Debt Rating of Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp to Junk status in the month of November 2012?

a) Fitch
b) Moody's Investors Service
c) Standard & Poor's
d) NRSRO (Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization)

Answer. (a) 

389. The Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) raised the income criterion for EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) housings from 60000 Rupees per year to a particular level. What is the new declared for EWS?

a) 80,000 rupees per year
b) 1 lakh rupees per year
c)  50,000 lakh rupees per year
d) 1.80 lakh rupees per year

Answer. (b) 

390. Petrol Prices in Indian market was slashed for the second time since October 2012 and the decision of slashing down the rates of petrol came in response to the weakening of the petrol rates per barrel in the international market. In October there was a cut of 56 paise per liter in the price of petrol. What was the cost cut per liter in November 2012?

a) 90 paise
b) 95 paise
c) 25 paise
d) 94 paise

Answer. (b) 

391. The Reserve Bank of India, in its notification released in November 2012 directed banks not to provide loans to its customers for purchase of all types of gold, which includes primary gold, jewellery, bullion, gold coins, units of Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and units of gold mutual funds. Which of the statements mentioned below is false in case of the notification released?

a) The order was directed for discouraging people from getting involved in speculative activities
b) The notification from the Reserve Bank of India also directed the banks not to grant advances against gold bullion to traders or dealers
c) This decision of RBI came up in response to the significant growth in the imports of the gold in past few years that has created pressure on the current account deficit. in 2011-12 that stood up at 60 billion dollar
d) The decision of RBI came up in response to the suggestion of the working Group constituted after the announcement if the Monetary Policy Statement of April 2011

i.  Statement c is false
ii. Statement a and b are false
iii. Statements a, b and c are false
iv. All the above mentioned statements are false

Answer. (i)

392. Government of India in November 2012 signed a 70-million US Dollar loan agreement with World Bank. The agreement was signed for?

a) Financing the Kerala Health Systems Development as well as Reform Project
b) Financing the Karnataka Health Systems Development as well as Reform Project
c) Financing the Odisha Health Systems Development as well as Reform Project
d) Financing the Bihar Health Systems Development as well as Reform Project

Answer. (b) 

393. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the disinvestment of a certain percent of Government Stake in the Maharatna PSU-National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in November 2012 from its present holding of 84.50 percent. What is the percentage of holding that CCEA has agreed on disinvestment?

a) 9.5 percent
b) 9.43 percent
c) 9.99 percent
d) 7.6 percent

Answer. (a) 

394. Which of the following statements in relation to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decision for approval 9.5 percent Stake Disinvestment in NTPC is correct?
a) With this equity disinvestment of NTPC would bring back a sum of about 13000 crore rupees.
b) With this disinvestment the governments holding on NTPC would fall down from present 84.5 percent to 75 percent
c) This will adhere to the minimum public shareholding norms that was stipulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the market regulators
d) At present Government holding on the NTPC was 84. 5 percent

i. Statements a, b, c and d are false
ii. Statements a, b, c and d are true
iii. Statements a, b, and c are true
iv. Statement b is false

Answer. (ii) 

395. In the Forbes Global 2000 ranking list of the World’s biggest companies NTPC was ranked at which position in 2012?

a) 337th position
b) 200th Position
c) 90th position
d) 11th Position

Answer. (a) 

396. The Union Government of India on 24 November 2012 announced to set up a National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a National Cardio Care Centre (NCCC) at the second campus of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at?

a) Milakpur village of Bhiwani
b) Khairi Gaoin village in Hisar
c) Kheri Sher Khan village in Kaithal
d) Badhsa village of Jhajjar, Haryana

Answer. (d) 

397. The Union Government of India in November 2012 inaugurated an Outreach OPD of the AIIMS-II campus spread over 300 acres. This outreach OPD is well equipped with all types of facilities and has a capacity of how many beds?

a) 1000 beds
b) 1500 beds
c) 800  beds
d) None of these

Answer. (a) 

398. The Reserve Bank of India asked Banks not to Provide Loans for Purchase of Gold but allowed the banks to sanction loans as per the general working capital requirements to one section of the business market. Name the section that has been kept aside from the cover of no loan policy for purchase of gold?

a) Gold Merchants
b) Normal people buying gold for household purposes and celebrations
c) Jewelers
d) Common man from buying gold for making investments in the share market

Answer. (c) 

399. Which of the following statements mentioned below is/are incorrect?
a) Global Gasoline Rates helps in creating a benchmark in fixing the price of petrol in the domestic market. 
b) Oman that is the biggest egg export market of India issued the ban following the recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health about the outbreak of bird-flu was confirmed by the Government run Turkey Farm at Hesaraghatta, Karnataka in the month of October.
c) Petrol Prices in Indian market on 15 November 2012 was slashed by 95 paise per litre. The decision came up as a result of the fall in oil prices in the International Market.
d) The Union Government of India in June 2010 deregulated the prices of petrol by offering freedom to the oil companies for fixing the petrol rates following the costs prevalent in the international market.

i.  All the four statements are true
ii. Statement a is true
iii. Statement a and b are true
iv. Statements a, b and d are true

Answer. (i) 

400. Which of the following statements is/are False?

a) The GAIL Gas Limited and the Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation Limited (RSPCL) signed an agreement of Joint Venture on 5 November 2012 to lay down the natural gas supply pipeline in the state. Both the bodies will together formulate a long-term plan on commercial, domestic as well as industrial consumption of the gas.
b) The Union Government in November 2012 announced a revised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for cotton and this would help in inducing stabilisation in cotton price
c) The South African Reserve Bank in November 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the country’s first black President Nelson Mandela marking it as a tribute to him.
d) The Civil Aviation Ministry in the first week of November 2012 disapproved new traffic rights to Indian carriers for the next three seasons to expand international air travel out of the country. The new cities include Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Sydney, Melbourne, Nairobi, Al Najaf in Iraq, Moscow, Zurich, Macau, Tashkent and Ho Chi Minh City

i. Statement a and d are false
ii. Statement b and c are false
iii. Statement d is false
iv. Statement a, b, c and d are false

Answer. (iii)  

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