501. Researchers of the University of
Michigan Health System and Harvard Medical School in the second week of
December 2012 showed that anti-ageing genes might be helpful in curtailing the
multiplication of cancer. Which of the following statements is not true in
context of this?
a) The researchers had shown that the
decrease in SIRT6 protein in rats increased the size, aggressiveness as well as
number of tumours.
b) In the new research the role of SIRT6
in diminishing the growth of cancer by repressing aerobic glycolysis was
highlighted.
c) SIRT6 is also responsible for
inhibiting the activity of major cancer gene called Myc.
d) SIRT6 does not play any role in
stopping cancer or controlling cellular metabolism.
Answer: (d)
502. Scientists in northern Mexico
discovered a new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73
million years ago. What is the name of this new dinosaur?
a) Latirhinus Uitstlani
b) Gigantoraptor
c) Khaan
d) Raptorex
Answer: (a)
503. British scientists claimed that
they developed in the first week of December 2012, the first toothbrush of the
world called Emmident toothbrush which makes use of the _________ for cleaning
teeth. Fill in the blank with appropriate word:
a) X-Ray
b) Ultrasound waves
c) 3D Imaging
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
504. PetroChina in the third week of
December 2012 agreed to buy a 49.9 percent stake in which Canadian firm?
a) Encana's Natural Gas Project
b) Mackenzie Gas Project
c) Pengrowth Gas Project
d) Anderson Gas Project
Answer: (a)
505. Who was appointed as the new
Chief Financial Officer of Levi Strauss & Co?
a) Harmit Singh
b) Harpreet Singh
c) Harkeerat Singh
d) Hardeep Singh
Answer: (a)
506. What kinds of clauses were added
by Marks & Spencer (M&S), the British retail company to the agreements
in India?
a) Anti-theft clauses
b) Anti-bribery clauses
c) Anti-fraud clauses
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
507. ICICI Bank, the largest private
sector bank of India on 13 December 2012 opened 101 distinct gramin branches or
rural branches as the part of its financial enclosure plan. In how many states
were these branches opened?
a) Ten states
b) Three states
c) Four states
d) Six states
Answer: (d)
508. Where did the American Depositary
Shares (ADS) of Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services provider started
trading on 12 December 2012?
a) Bombay Stock Exchange
b) National Stock Exchange
c) New York Stock Exchange
d) Singapore Stock Exchange
Answer: (c)
509. The Competent Authority on 3
December 2012 approved the appointment an IPS officer (MP-77) as officer on
Special Duty in the Intelligence Bureau and also as the Director for
Intelligence Bureau. Name the Person.
(a) Syed Asif Ibrahim
(b) Ali Haider
(c) Venkat Rangaswamy
(d) K.C.Roy
Answer: (a)
510. Name the Senior party leader and
former Deputy Chief Minister of Indian National Congress who on 6 December 2012
switched sides and joined the BJP with his supporters.
(a) Narhari Amin
(b) Kantilal Ghiya
(c) Arjun Modhwadia
(d) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: (a)
511. The Uttar Pradesh government on 4
December 2012 decided to issue Cards to industrialists and industrial
associations for easy access to its offices. What is the name of that card?
(a) Golden cards
(b) Silver cards
(c) Platinum cards
(d) Industrial cards
Answer: (a)
512. Union Government of India on 5
December 2012 cleared the decks for transferring the prime India 12.5 acre
United Mill land in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government for building a
state-of-the-art memorial for an Indian revolutionary and political leader.
Name the political leader.
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Ramabai Ambedkar
(d) Balasaheb Thackrey
Answer: (b)
513. The Cauvery Monitoring Committee
(CMC) on 7 December 2012 asked Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with how many
TMC(thousand million cubic) feet of
Cauvery water during December 2012
(a) 12 TMC feet
(b) 10 TMC feet
(c) 8 TMC feet
(d) 6 TMC feet
Answer: (a)
514. Name the bank with which the
Reserve Bank of India on 4 December 2012 signed a three year Bilateral Swap
Arrangement (BSA) for swapping of the local currencies to address short-term
liquidity problems.
(a) Bank of Australia
(b) Bank of Scotland
(c) Bank of Japan
(d) None Of these
Answer: (c)
515. State Bank of India (SBI), the
largest lender of India on 5 December 2012 announced about its expectation of
infusion of what amount from the government in 2012-2013 fiscal year?
(a) 4000 Crore rupees
(b) 3000 crore rupees
(c) 2500 crore rupees
(d) 3500 crore rupees
Answer: (a)
516. Infosys decided to transfer
listing of American shares of the company from Nasdaq to an stock exchange.
Name the particular stock exchange.
(a) Bombay Stock Exchange
(b) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
(c) Taiwan stock Exchange
(d) New York Stock Exchange
Answer: (d)
517. Which Government body on 29
November 2012 dismissed appeals of two Sahara companies- Sahara India Real
Estate Corp (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corp (SHICL) against SEBI?
(a) Securities Appellate Tribunal
(SAT)
(b) Primary Market Advisory Committee
(c) Mutual Fund Advisory Committee
(d) Derivatives Market Review
Committee
Answer: (a)
518. Eight core sectors of the Indian
Economy grew by how much percent in the eight-month high in October 2012-2013
as compare with the 0.4 percent in same time period last year?
(a) 6.5 Percent
(b) 5 Percent
(c) 3.5 percent
(d) 4.5 Percent
Answer: (a)
519. Name the renowned soccer player
who on 9 December 2012 set the record for most goals in a calendar year by
scoring his 86th goal of 2012
(a) David Beckham
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Cristiano Ronaldo
(d) Roberto Carlos
Answer: (b)
520. Name the giant of Indian domestic
cricket who died on 11 December and was famous for coming close to breaking Sir
Don Bradman's first-class score in the Ranji Trophy.
(a) Syed Kirmani
(b) Deepak Shodhan
(c) BB Nimbalkar
(d) Prakash Bhandari
Answer: (b)
521. Name the team that was defeated
by to win the inaugural SBI T20 World Cup for the Blind on 13 December 2012 at
Central College grounds in Bangalore.
(a) Australia
(b) Pakistan
(c) England
(d) New Zealand
Answer: (b)
522. Which team on 15 December 2012
won the 3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in the
Men’s category and second consecutive time in the Women’s category?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Australia
(d) England
Answer: (a)
523. Which Country won the Junior
Table Tennis Championship claiming all the titles?
(a) Germany
(b) China
(c) Hungary
(d) Sweden
Answer: (b)
524. Market regulator Security and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed entities to set up Alternative
Investment Funds (AIFs) which is a newly created class of pooled-in investment
vehicles for real estate, private equity and hedge funds. Specify the number of
entities allowed to set up.
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 16
Answer: (b)
525. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data
released on 12 December 2012 showed that the retail inflation increased for the
second successive month to how many percent in November 2012?
(a) 9.90
(b) 8.90
(c) 9.25
(d) 7.90
Answer: (a)
526. The Union government of India on
13 December 2012 approved the setting up of Committee to fast track investment
clearances for mega projects. Name the Committee approved.
(a) Coalition Committee
(b) Social Justice Committee
(c) Cabinet Committee on Investment
(CCI)
(d)Cabinet Committee on Expenditure
Answer: (c)
527. Name the Stock exchange which on
14 December 2012 launched an SME index which primarily aims at tracking the
current primary market conditions in the Indian capital market and measuring
the growth in investors’ wealth over a period.
(a) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
(b) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
(c) Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE)
(d) Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange
(MPSE)
Answer: (a)
528. As per the report of Aviation
Ministry IndiGo lost huge amount in fiscal year, 2011-2012, the airline was
operating in profits constantly in last three financial years. What was the
loss amount in said fiscal year 2011-12?
(a) 87.6 crore Rupees
(b) 84.3 crore Rupees
(c) 95.2 crore Rupees
(d) 51.9 crore rupees
Answer: (a)
529. The Central Zoo Authority of
India approved exchanging white tigress from the Delhi Zoo against an animal
from the Krasnoyarks Park of flora and fauna, Roev Ruchey in Russia. Which
animal was traded in exchange of white tigress?
a) South American Jaguars
b) Kangaroos
c) Puma
d) Leopard
Answer: (c)
530. NASA developed new next-gen
spacesuit called Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System
(PLSS) 2.0 for the sophisticated and complex space ventures, which also include
Mars mission. Which of the following statement is not true in this context:
a) The spacesuit is crafted out of
various hard elements on the fabric. It also becomes flexible after being
inflated.
b) There is no need of an airlock for
seeking entry or getting exit in and out of this suit.
c) It makes use of the recent
technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
d) The spacesuit packs in itself water
membrane evaporation cooler which cools the suit through same method like
sweating.
Answer: (c)
531. The gravity mapping satellites of
NASA ended the successful mission to Moon by crashing on the rim of crater.
What is the name of these gravity mapping satellites of NASA?
a) Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
b) Ebb and Flow
c) Orion and Kepler
d) Dawn and Orion
Answer: (b)
532. Scientist in the month of
December revealed a planet that could support life, orbits a Sun-like star near
the Earth. What is the name of the star around which this planet was found
orbiting?
a) Tau Ceti
b) Sirius
c) 36 Ophiuchi
d) Gliese 33
Answer: (a)
533. A microbe led to extinction of
more than 90 species on Earth’s surface around 251 million years ago, the
researchers found out in the second week of December 2012. Which of the following
statements is true in this context:
a) According to the current theory,
mass extinction by end of Permian period was started because of volcanic
eruptions on a large area, now called Siberia.
b) When the group of researchers
analysed genome of Methanosarcina - a methanogen which is accountable for most
of the biogenic methane on Earth today, it was discovered that microbe acquired
this ability some 231 million years ago.
c) Methanosarcina needs huge amount of
nickel for producing methane fast.
d) All the statements are true
Answer: (d)
534. Who was signed as the brand
ambassador of Blackberry Smartphone maker Research-In-Motion (RIM) in third
week of December 2012?
a) Shahrukh Khan
b) Ranbir Kapoor
c) Salman Khan
d) Shahid kapoor
Answer: (b)
535. The New York Stock Exchange which
is said to be the foundation of American capitalism for 220 years now, agreed
to sell itself as part of the 8.2 billion dollar takeover by
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE). Which of the following statements is true
in this context?
a) ICE is an Atlanta-based company and
laid its foundation just 12 years ago.
b) ICE operates derivatives as well as
commodities markets across the world.
c) ICE is highly renowned among
general public.
d) ICE never aligned with NASDAQ OMX
Group for making combined 11 billion dollar bid for NYSE Euronext.
i. Statements (a) and (b) are true.
ii. Only statement (a) is true.
iii. Statements (a), (b) and (d) are
true.
iv. None of the statements if true.
Answer: (i)
536. Which is the only company
headquartered in India to be named in the list of 100 key liaison service
outsourcing companies, by China’s Ministry of Commerce in the third week of
December?
a) Wipro
b) NIIT
c) Amazon
d) Infosys
Answer: (d)
537. Who was appointed as the chairman
of Tata Sons, the firm that holds more than 100 billion dollar Tata Group, on
18 December 2012?
a) Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
b) Ratan Tata
c) Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
d) None of these
Answer: (c)
538. As per the research firm IHS
iSuppli, which mobile brand displaced Nokia to become the world’s leading top
mobile brand for the year 2012?
a) Samsung
b) Motorola
c) Apple
d) HTC
Answer: (a)
539. India and Ukraine on 10 December
2012 signed five agreements in New Delhi to enhance cooperation including in
areas of defence, Nuclear, Science and Technology and also to remove barriers
in trade and commerce. During whose visit were these agreements signed?
a) Ukraine President
b) Ukraine Prime Minister
c) Ukraine Foreign Minister
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
540. Who was re-elected as the
Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors?
a) Amyas Morse
b) Vinod Rai
c) AK Chanda
d) VN Kaul
Answer: (b)
541. A controversial new global treaty
on telecom regulations was signed on 14 December 2012 by how many International
Telecommunication Union member states out of a possible 144 Countries
regardless of US objections to prospective regulation of the Internet?
a) 100
b) 90
c) 89
d) 112
Answer: (c)
542. Which country launched a
long-range rocket Unha-3 on 12 December 2012 despite international opposition
and growing tensions in the region?
a) North Korea
b) South America
c) Ukraine
d) South Korea
Answer: (a)
543. India and Pakistan jointly
operationalised the new Agreement on 14 December 2012 in New Delhi during the
visit of Pakistan interior minister A. Rehman Malik to India. Which agreement
was signed between the two countries?
a) Tourism Agreement
b) Business Agreement
c) Visitor Agreement
d) Visa Agreement
Answer: (d)
544. The Union home ministry in Month
of December extended the ban on United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) under which Act?
a) The Arms (Amendment) Act
b) The Code of Criminal Procedure
(Amendment) Act
c) The Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act
d) The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Act
Answer: (c)
545. Which of the following statements
is false:
i. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is the
mosquito-borne virus which mainly affects the CNS or Central Nervous System.
ii. JE usually affects children who
are below 15 years of age.
iii. In 2011, it was reported that JE
had occurred in 135 districts in 17 states of India.
iv. Around 25 percent affected
children usually survive.
a) Statements (i) and (iv) are false.
b) Only statement (iv) is false.
c) All the above statements are false.
d) None of these statements is false.
Answer: (b)
546. The Government of India on 17
December decided to set up 113 Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Stations
along which river?
a) River Yamuna
b) River Godavari
c) River Ganga
d) River Brahmaputra
Answer: (c)
547. National Commission for
Minorities celebrates Minorities Rights Day on which date?
a) 18 December
b) 19 December
c) 20 December
d) 21 December
Answer: (a)
548. Which bill was passed by Lok
Sabha on 18 December 2012 for improving corporate governance?
a) Corporate Bill 2012
b) Companies Bill 2011
c) Companies Act 2011
d) Corporate Act 2012
Answer: (b)
549. The Constitution Amendment Bill
was approved in Rajya Sabha in India on 17 December 2012 by an overwhelming
majority. What is the purpose of this Constitution Amendment Bill?
a) It provides quotas for OBCs in
corporate job promotions.
b) It provides quotas for SCs and STs
in government job promotions.
c) It provides quotas for SCs, STs and
OBCs in all kinds of job promotions.
d) It provides quotas only for STs in
government job promotions.
Answer: (b)
550. Which country recently planned to
replace its paper money with plastic banknotes?
a) Northern Ireland
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) UK
Answer: (d)
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