701. Which third national stock
exchange made its debut in India on 11 February 2013?
a) SX40
b) MCX-SX
c) BSE
d) NSE
Answer: (b) MCX-SX
702. Which company in February 2013
became the first Indian FMCG brand that crossed 5000 crore Rupees mark in terms
of retail sales in one year?
a) Britannia's Tiger
b) ITC's Sunfeast
c) Parle-G
d) None of these
Answer: (c)
703. Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M)
acquired stake of Navistar International Corporation in how many joint
ventures?
a) One joint venture
b) Two joint ventures
c) Three joint ventures
d) Four joint ventures
Answer: (b)
704. Name the Mars rover of NASA.
a) Era
b) Curiosity
c) Discovery
d) Challenger
Answer: (b)
705. Where was the first bionic man of
the world called Rex unveiled on 7 February 2013?
a) London's Science Museum
b) American Science Museum
c) Paris Science Museum
d) Europe Science Museum
Answer: (a)
706. Which of the following statements
is not true?
a) NASA on 9 February 2013 announced
that its Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the surface of the planet for first
time.
b) The drilling into Martian surface
took place for the first time on 8 February 2013.
c) As an outcome of the drilling, the
pictures were sent by Challenger which depicted a hole of around 0.63 inches
wide and 2.5 inches deep in the fine-grained sedimentary bedrock.
d) The first drill target of Curiosity
was a Martian rock which was laced with the veins which appeared like
water-deposited minerals.
Answer: (c)
707. In the first bionic man of the
world, Rex, where did the synthetic blood come from?
a) MIT
b) Swansea
c) University College London
d) Sheffield University
Answer: (d)
708. Curiosity is on a _________
mission on Mars for finding out the chemical and geologic conditions on Mars
which are required for supporting as well as preserving the microbial life.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
a) 3-year
b) 5-year
c) 2-year
d) 10-year
Answer: (c)
709. NASA on 9 February 2013 announced
that its Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the surface of the planet for first
time. Which of the following statements is not true in context to this
statement?
a) As an outcome of the drilling, the
pictures were sent by Curiosity which depicted a hole of around 0.63 inches
wide and 2.5 inches deep in the fine-grained sedimentary bedrock.
b) Engineers are absolutely clear
whether the powder was produced in what quantity but it is enough for laboratory
analysis.
c) NASA announced that using drill was
the biggest achievement for the team of Curiosity ever since the rover landed
on Mars in August 2012.
d) The final target of Curiosity is
3-mile- (5-km) high mound of layered sediment which rises from floor of Gale
Crater landing site.
Answer: (b)
710. A new study using data from a
pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites found on 12 February 2013 that large
parts of the arid __________ region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the
past decade. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Middle East
b) South Eastern
c) Saudi Arabia
d) North Western
Answer: (a)
711. Astronomers in the third week of
February 2013 discovered six speeding stars which were racing through the space
at a speed of 3.2 million kilometres per hour. The mass of these stars is
equivalent to what?
a) Moon
b) Earth
c) Milky Way
d) Sun
Answer: (d)
712. NASA scientists discovered the
youngest black hole in our galaxy, Milky Way in February 2013. How far is this
black hole from Earth?
a) 26000 light years away
b) 12000 light years away
c) 10000 light years away
d) 25000 light years away
Answer: (a)
713. The core of Milky Way is actually
cloaked in dust which makes all stars unclear from telescopes of the
astronomers, except the brightest stars. But these hypervelocity stars were
useful in providing a peep into _________. Fill in the blank with an
appropriate option.
a) Deaths of stars in Milky Way
b) Birth of the stars in the universe
c) Deaths of the stars around the Sun
d) Formation of stars in Milky Way
Answer: (d)
714. A group of various banks agreed
to loan 937 crore Rupees for 1000-MW NTPL power project. NTPL power project is
the joint venture of Tamil Nadu Power Generation and Distribution Corporation
as well as Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC). Where will the project come up?
a) Vishakhapatnam
b) Tuticorin
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kalpakkam
Answer: (b)
715. Which company launched WiFi-only
Galaxy Camera in February 2013? The new WiFi-only Galaxy Camera is powered by
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system.
a) Nikon
b) Sony
c) Samsung
d) Cannon
Answer: (c)
716. Dabur India on 18 February 2013
launched Dabur Babool + Salt Powder Toothpaste. Who was chosen for endorsing
this brand?
a) Bipasha Basu
b) Sonakshi Sinha
c) Salman Khan
d) Irrfan Khan
Answer: (d)
717. Telecom Regulator Authority of
India (TRAI) started the pre-consultation process for the country-wide
__________. Fill in the blank with appropriate option.
a) mobile number portability
b) free roaming
c) free international SMS
d) lower STD rates
Answer: (a)
718. The Union Cabinet of India
approved merger of Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) Vishakhapatnam
with which company?
a) Akaltara Power Ltd.
b) BEML Ltd.
c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL)
d) Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Answer: (c)
719. UK scientists in the third week
of January 2013 discovered a set of hydrothermal vents, the deepest anywhere in
the world while exploring the ocean floor in the __________. Fill in the blank with
an appropriate option.
a) Caribbean Islands
b) Cayman Trough
c) Atlantic
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
720. Where did the researchers in the
third week of February 2013 detected water traces inside the crystalline
structure?
a) Mars
b) Sun
c) Earth
d) Moon
Answer: (d)
721. The astronomers in the second
week of February 2013 discovered the proof that cosmic rays originate as the
results of explosions of stars or supernova, these are termed as the most
energetic event in the galaxy. Who discovered the cosmic rays first in 1912?
a) Eratosthenes
b) Victor Hess
c) Claudius Ptolemy
d) Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Answer: (b)
722. Scientists discovered in their
study that Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) can detect the electric fields of
_________. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Plants
b) Vegetables
c) Flowers
d) Fruits
Answer: (c)
723. Where will the first wildlife
skywalk of India come up?
a) Shillong
b) Manali
c) Manipur
d) Sikkim
Answer: (d)
724. I&B Ministry Constituted
Expert Committee to Review Functioning of Prasar Bharti in February 2013. Which
of the below mentioned statements in relation to the committee is true?
i. Expert Committee to review the
institutional frame work of Prasar Bharati as well as its relationship with
Government, its role in continuance as a public broadcaster and the measures
that needs to be taken to ensure technical upgradation of the organization
ii. To suggest measures to sustain,
strengthen and amplify Prasar Bharati`s role as a Public Broadcaster with
special reference to its relationship with Government in the emerging context.
iii. The committee is responsible for
reviewing the status of implementation of the recommendations, which were made
by different committees after undertaking the study of Prasar Bharati, mainly,
the Sengupta committee, the Bakshi Committee and the Narayanamurthy committee.
It is also responsible to suggest a road map ahead to enhance the reach and
potential of Prasar Bharati
iv. The committee is responsible for
identifying the ways for digitization of the archived material available with
Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR), which includes digitization of the
materials of the Independence Movement. As well suggest the measures for development
of infrastructure data centre, digitalization system and networks
a) Statements i, ii, and iii are true
b) Statement, i and ii are true
c) All the four statements are true
d) Statements i, iii and iv are true
Answer: (c)
725. I&B Ministry Constituted
Expert Committee to Review Functioning of Prasar Bharti under the chairmanship
of?
a) Sam Pitroda
b) Shekhar Kapur
c) Shri Jawhar Sircar
d) Dr. B.K. Gairola
Answer: (a)
726. The Union Cabinet of India on 6
February 2013 gave its nod to the proposal of decreasing the headcounts to what
number in habitations under the government's flagship programme, Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadak Yojana, PMGSY.
a) 125
b) 140
c) 100
d) 200
Answer: (c)
727. My India Initiative-A Digital
Volunteer Programme was launched by which ministry of the Government of India?
a) Information and Broadcasting
Ministry
b) Agricultural Ministry
c) Science and Technology Ministry
d) New and Renewable Energy
Answer: (a)
728. The Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting on 8 February 2013 arranged the first of its kind Live Twitter
Conference. What was the theme of the conference?
a) Urban Mobility India (UMI)
Conference
b) Community Radio: Road Travelled
& Way Forward
c) Climate Change and Sustainable
Development Conference
d) Live Twitter Conference
Answer: (b)
729. National AIDS Control
Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed the first MoU
with the Ministry of Shipping on 14 February 2013 as a part of its efforts to
highlight issues relating to HIV/AIDS. Which of the below mentioned statements
in relation to the MoU is true?
i. NACO’s commitment is to provide
technical support and build capacity of ports health personnel to facilitate
integration of HIVIAIDS in the Health Services.
ii. Ministry of Shipping is
responsible to provide training to major port health personnel (Doctors,
nurses, laboratory technicians) on integrated counseling and testing services
for HIV, which could be direct training or training of trainers as per the
number of personnel. Provide technical support for implementation of IEC and
awareness activities around major ports with support of ports authorities
iii. Ministry of Shipping is
responsible for promotion of safe sexual practices among vulnerable population
in port setting with necessary support from State AIDS Control Societies.
iv. NACO’s responsibility is to share
reporting formats and monitoring mechanisms
a) Statements i, iii, and iv are true
b) Statement, i, ii and iv are true
c) All the four statements are true
d) Statements i, ii and iii are true
Answer: (b)
730. Supreme Court of India ordered
Seizure of operations of Unsuccessful Bidders of Auction of 2G Spectrum
Auction. Which of the following statements mentioned below is false in context
of the court’s order?
a) Supreme Court bench of two Judges
directed the telecom companies whose licenses were scrapped on 2 February 2012
but allowed to function were supposed to pay back the reserved price fixed for
the licenses during the first round of November 2012 auction
b) Court in its declaration cleared
that the Judgment pronounced in February 2012 was not applicable for the telecom
companies that holds spectrum in 900 MHz band as the orders of February 2012
held’s no bearing on litigations related to 900 MHz band
c) Court also ordered to put on
immediate and fresh auction the entire 2G Spectrum, whose licenses were
cancelled by it
d) The fresh auction took place before
the licenses issued earlier were scrapped by the Court
731. The President in February 2005
announced that Government of India would recast the 15 Point Programme for the
Welfare of Minorities. Which of the statements in relation to the objectives of
the 15 point program true?
i. To enhance the opportunities for
agriculture
ii. To ensure an equitable share for
minorities in economic activities and employment, through existing and new
schemes, enhanced credit support for self-employment, and recruitment to State
and Central Government jobs
iii. Improve the living conditions of
minorities by ensuring an appropriate share for them in infrastructure
development schemes
iv. Prevention and control of communal
disharmony and violence
a) Statements i, iii, and iv are true
b) Statement, ii, iii and iv are true
c) All the four statements are true
d) Statements i, ii and iii are true
Answer: (a)
732. Name the Commission that was
constituted by the Union Government on 26 December 2012 to inquire into the
different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16
December 2012 on the streets of Delhi and was asked to submit the report of its
findings within three months?
a) Kalelkar Commission
b) Usha Mehra Commission
c) Narendran Commission
d) Mandal Commission
Answer: (b)
733. Life Time Achievement Award 2012
was conferred to an Indian by Ernst & Young. Name the person who was
conferred with the award?
a) Azim Premji
b) Aditya Vikram Birla
c) Gautam Thapar
d) Ratan Tata
Answer: (d)
734. India dropped itself nine places
in the list of 179 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index 2013,
which is the lowest since 2002.India was ranked at which position in context of
World Press Freedom Index 2013?
a) 149
b) 131
c) 79
d) 140
Answer: (d)
735. Name the winner of Nobel Prize
for literature, 2012 and the movie star who were given a political role in
China by being selected as members of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament.
a) Mo Yan and Jackie Chan
b) Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Jackie Chan
c) Mo Yan and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
d) Zhang Ziyi and Mo Yan
Answer: (a)
736. The result of first direct
Presidential elections held in Czech Republic was declared on 25 January 2013.
Name the person who emerged as the winner in the Presidential Elections of
Czech Republic?
a) Karel Schwarzenberg
b) Milos Zeman
c) Vaclav Klaus
d) Petr Necas
Answer: (b)
737. World cancer day was observed on
4 February 2013 in order to raise awareness about this illness as well as to
promote the measures, early detection, prevention and treatment of the disease.
What was the theme for World Cancer Day, 2013?
a) Global burden of cancer
b) Cancer - Did you know?
c) Together it is possible
d) Teach children and teenagers to
avoid UV exposure by being "sun smart"
Answer: (b)
738. A box of books said to be that of
Sir Isaac Newton, in the school physics laboratory of UK was discovered in the
first week of February 2013. The textbooks are over 300 years old and contain
works of Sir Issac Newton who is credited with discovery of gravity. Name the
institute where these books were discovered?
a) Newcastle-under-Lyme School,
Staffordshire
b) The Royal Institution of Great
Britain
c) Institute of Grassland and
Environmental Research
d) Silsoe Research Institute
Answer: (a)
739. Name the two PSUs, which were
granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013?
a) ONGC and Gail
b) NTPC and BHEL
c) BHEL and GAIL
d) ONGC and NTPC
Answer: (c)
740. Match the following PSUs with the
status granted to them?
i. Coal India Limited a. Navratna
ii. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited b. Miniratna Category I
iii. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited c. Miniratna Category I
iv. RITES Limited d. Maharatana
a) i&d, ii&a, iii&b and
iv&c
b) i&c, ii&a, iii&b and
iv&d
c) i&d, ii&b, iii&a and
iv&c
d) i&a, ii&d, iii&c and
iv&c
Answer: (a)
741. Rajasthan Royals was penalized
with a fine amount of around 100 crore Rupees for violating the Forex laws in
February 2013. Name the body that slapped the fine on the IPL team?
a) BCCI
b) Competition Commission of India
c) Enforcement Directorate
d) None of these
Answer: (c)
742. Which of the following statements
mentioned below are true?
i. The Union Government of India gave
the Maharatna status to three PSUs- BHEL, AAI and GAIL on 1 February 2013.
Granting Maharatna status to BHEL, AAI and GAIL will provide them with better
functional and financial freedom and will also guarantee them with better
valuation of the shares.
ii. Enforcement Directorate issued a
penalty notice to IPL team Rajasthan Royals for violation of Forex Laws. The
penalty notice was issued after investigating the matter for 2 years under the
Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
iii. Maharatna firm has a capacity to
take investment decision of around 10000 crore Rupees without taking assistance
from the government. On the other hand, forms with Navratna status have this
capability of 5000 crore Rupees.
iv. The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) in February 2013 gave its principle approval for the price
pooling mechanism of coal. The mechanism includes cost blending of the domestic
coal with the imported one to counterbalance price hike.
a) Statements ii, iii and iv are true
b) Statements ii and iv are true
c) Statements i and iii are true
d) Statement ii is only true
Answer: (b)
743. The Reserve Bank of India on 29
January 2013 slashed its key interest rates by 0.25 per cent and released 18000
crore rupees additional liquidity into the system to perk up growth through
reduced cost of borrowing. Which of the following statements in context of the
same is true?
i. RBI in its third quarter monetary
policy review surprised the market by cutting short-term lending rate called
repo, by 0.25 per cent to 7.75 per cent
ii. The Cash Reserve Ratio was slashed
to 4 percent
iii.The repo rate cut will increase
the cost of borrowing for individuals and corporate, whereas the reduction in
CRR, which is the portion of deposits that banks have to park with RBI, would
improve the availability of funds.
iv. the stance of monetary policy in
this review is intended to provide an appropriate interest rate environment to
support growth as inflation risks moderate
a) All the four statements are true
b) Statements i, ii and iv are true
c) Statements ii and iii are true’
d) Only statement iii is true
Answer: (b)
744. The World Bank in the month of
March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects
funded by it for a period of six months?
a) Punj Lloyd Group
b) Lanco Infratech Limited
c) Larsen & Toubro
d) IVRCL Infrastructures &
Projects Ltd
Answer: (c)
745. The Foreign Investment Promotion
Board (FIPB) on 6 March 2013 cleared the investment proposal of which Malaysian
budget carrier to launch the new airline along with Tata Group and Arun
Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace?
a) Cebu Pacific
b) AirAsia
c) JetStar
d) Tiger Airways
Answer: (b)
746. Which confectionary giant was
slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore Rupees by the Directorate General of
Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds of excise duty evasion?
a) Cadbury India Ltd
b) Wrigley India
c) Lotte India
d) Perk India Ltd
Answer: (a)
747. Which telecom company in the
month of March 2013 launched high quality voice service for its subscribers in
Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African sub-continent?
a) Vodafone
b) Reliance
c) Idea Cellular
d) Bharti Airtel
Answer: (d)
748. Microsoft launched the new
version of which software for the businesses running in India? This software
will facilitate sharing the data seamlessly across the computers and mobiles
with the help of cloud computing technology.
a) MS Office 2009
b) MS Office 365
c) MS Office 2013
d) MS Office 2010
Answer: (b)
749. Researchers working on the
accurate calculation of the distance of Milky Way to the nearest galaxy found
the exact distance to our nearest galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). What is
the exact distance?
a) 163000 light years
b) 175000 light years
c) 183000 light years
d) 150000 light years
Answer: (a)
750. Which country ranked first on
list of countries which distribute spam all over the world, according to new
report of Sophos Labs?
a) China
b) India
c) US
d) Spain
Answer: (c)
751. Which research centre announced
that it was developing the largest magnet of the world? This largest magnet
would weigh 50000 tons.
a) CERN, Geneva
b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
India
c) NASA, US
d) Neutrino Observatory, India
Answer: (b)
752. According to the study conducted
by University of Minnesota in the first week of March 2013, which species of
Africa would decline to almost extinction over the period of coming 20-40 years
if conservation measures were not undertaken?
a) Elephants
b) Wild Cat
c) Wild Lizard
d) Wild Lion
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