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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