Q.1 "Swayamsidha"
is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help.
a Women
only
b School
children only
c Health
workers only
d None
of these
Ans:
a
Q.2 In the financial
newspapers we read about International Growth. What are the activities involved
in Industrial Sector for the purposes of economic planning?
a Mining
b Manufacturing
c Construction
d All
of the above
Ans:
d
Q.3 A person
eligible to become the President of India should not be less than
a 60
years of age
b 35
years of age
c 40
years of age
d 50
years of age
Ans:
b
Q.4 Who amongst
the following has written the book "The City of Joy"?
a Ingram
Smith
b V.
Harrison
c Dominique
Lapierre
d Guentar
Grass
Ans:
c
Q.5 India's
first Defence University is set up in
a Haryana
b Uttar
Pradesh
c Punjab
d Delhi
Ans:
a
Q.6 The Supreme
Court of India has upheld the Government's decision to provide reservation to
Other Backward Class candidates in central educational institutes. How much
reservation they get?
a 27%
b 13%
c 15%
d 20%
Ans:
a
Q.7 Who amongst
the following Indians has featured in the list of 'World's 100 most influential
Women", selected by the "Time" Magazine?
a Mamata
Banerjee
b Sania
Mirza
c Jaya
Bachchan
d Pratibha
Patil
Ans:
a
Q.8 "Vachaspati
Puraskars" are given by the
a Madhya
Pradesh Government
b Uttar
Pradesh Hindi Akademy
c Birla
Foundation
d None
of these
Ans:
c
Q.9 Which of
the following films was given the award of "the Best Motion Picture of the
Year" by Oscar Foundation?
a There
will be Blood
b No
country for Old Men
c Peter
& the Wolf
d None
of these
Ans:
b
Q.10 Who amongst
the following was the Chairman of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission
who submitted its report to the Government a few months back?
a Veerappa
Moily
b Natwar
Singh
c M.S.
Gill
d None
of these
Ans:
a
Q.11 Which of the
following companies/commissions of Indians Origin signed a pact for obtaining
oil blocks in Libya?
a Reliance
Petroleum
b Oil
India Ltd.
c Oil
& Natural Gas Corporation
d None
of these
Ans:
b
Q.12 Which of the
following companies of Indian Origin has become the first Indian Company to
launch financial services to retail investors in China?
a Bajaj
Finance
b SBI
Capital Markets
c Reliance
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
d None
of these
Ans:
c
Q.13 Tata Motors
has signed a long term partnership agreement with which of the following auto
companies?
a Ford
Motor Company
b Maruti
Suzuki
c Toyota
Motor Corporation
d None
of these
Ans:
a
Q.14 Many times
we read in financial newspapers/magazines about "Share Swap" done by
big corporates. What is "Share Swap"?
(A) A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its
own stock to pay for the acquired company
(B) When a company uses its own shares to get some short
term loan for working capital requirement, it is known as Share Swap
(C) When companies are required to float a new issue to earn
capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional
preferential shares. The process of the allotment of preferential share is
known as Share Swap.
a Only
A
b Only
B
c Only
C
d None
of these
Ans:
a
Q.15 On the basis
of the study done by the Government of India, various states were divided into
two groups "Low Poverty States", "High Poverty States".
Which of the following is not a low poverty state?
a Kerala
b Orissa
c Karnataka
d Gujarat
Ans:
b
Q.16 As reported
in the major financial newspapers the Federal Reserve has made certain
changes/corrections in its base federal funds rates. This act of the Federal
Reserve will bring an effect directly and immediately on the banks located in
a USA
b China
c Japan
d Russia
Ans:
a
Q.17 Which of the
following countries has the largest cheques truncation facility in Asia?
a China
b India
c Myanmar
d None
of these
Ans:
b
Q.18 Which of the
following is the name of the asset reconstruction company created by various
banks in India?
a ARCIL
b HCR
c SEBI
d None
of these
Ans:
a
Q.19 India does
not have a single branch/office of any one of its banks in which of the
following countries?
a USA
b Russia
c Nepal
d Switzerland
Ans:
d
Q.20 RISAT-1,
which was put in orbit in April 2012 by PSLV-C19, is the heaviest satellite
launched by India so far with a weight of
a 1,658
kg
b 1,768
kg
c 1,858
kg
d 1,968
kg
Ans:
c
Q.21 The two-day
20th ASEAN Summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2012 in the month of
a February
b March
c April
d May
Ans:
c
Q.22 Abd-Rabbu
Mansour was recently elected as the President of which one of the following
Arab nation?
a Yemen
b Iraq
c Oman
d Iran
Ans:
a
Q.23 Name the
Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by K.K.
Birla Foundation announced on March 22, 2012 for his book Irama Kathaiyum
Iramayakalum.
a Jeyamohan
b Dhanushkodi
Ramasamy
c A.A.
Manavalan
d Sundara
Ramasami
Ans:
c
Q.24 Which
legendary versatile Bengali actor was on March 21,2012 selected for India's
highest film honour the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012?
a Prasanjeet
Chatterjee
b Soumitra
Chatterjee
c Ranjit
Mallick
d Suvendu
Chakroborty
Ans:
b
Q.25 Union Rural
Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during his tour of Maharashtra's Satara
district announced on March 11,2012 a national award for sanitation and water
in the name of which of the following Maharashtrian saints?
a Sant
Gadge Baba
b Sant
Yoga Paramanandar
c Bhaktha
Pundarikar
d Bhaktha
Goma Bai
Ans:
a
Q.26 Akali Dal
Chief Prakash Singh Badal, sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on March
14, 2012. Badal became the chief minister of the state for-
a Fourth
time
b Fifth
time
c Third
time
d Second
time
Ans:
b
Q.27 Which one of
the following state governments imposed restrictions on the visit of foreign
tourists to the areas inhabited by Tribals?
a Odisha
b Bihar
c Madhya
Pradesh
d Uttar
Pradesh
Ans:
a
Q.28 Indian black
eagle was spotted in the Aravali Biodiversity park after a gap of ____ years.
a 60
b 70
c 80
d 90
Ans:
d
Q.29 Recently
India has raised its objection over the construction of the Zangmu dam. In this
Context which country is building this Zangmu dam?
a Pakistan
in Pol
b Bangladesh
on the Brahmaputra river
c China
on the Brahmaputra
d Pakistan
with the help of china assistance
Ans:
c
Q.30 Kundankulam
Nuclear Power Plant is being established in -
a Tamil
Nadu
b Karnataka
c Kerala
d Andhra
Pradesh
Ans:
a
Q.31 Which one of
the following States/Union Territories has the least number of females per 1000
males as per provisional figures of C1ensus 2011?
a Daman
and Diu
b Dadar
and Nagar Haveli
c Haryana
d Puducherry
Ans:
a
Q.32 Which of the
following has the highest share in power generation in India?
a Thermal
power
b Nuclear
power
c Hydro
power
d All
the above have equal share
Ans:
a
Q.33 Volkswagen
launched the new IPL edition of Vento and Polo. Volkswagen is a car maker head
quartered in
a Itali
b Japan
c South
Korea
d Germany
Ans:
d
Q.34 The White
House on February 10,2012 named India's renowned economist as the recipient of
the 2011 US National Humanities Medal, Identify him -
a Usha
Thorat
b C.
Rangarajan
c Amartya
Sen
d Montek
SIngh Ahluwalia
Ans:
c
Q.35 Pakistani
archaeologists discovered a rare Indus Valley civilization era seal in steatite
dating back to 2500-2000 BC from the Cholistan area of which of the following
province in Pakistan?
a FATA
b Balochistan
c Punjab
Province
d Sindh
Province
Ans:
c
Q.36 The new
President of the World Bank to take charge w.e.f July 2012 is -
a Jim
Young Kim
b Robert
Zoellick
c Christine
Lagarde
d Obiageli
Katryn Ezekwesili
Ans:
a
Q.37 In
'Meritorious Awards' of SCOPE for the year 2010 - 11, which of the following
Public Sector company has been awarded the Gold Trophy for the best corporate
governance?
a ONGC
b HAL
c GAIL
d SAIL
Ans:
d
Q.38 As per the
latest estimates of Planning Commission, what was the total population
percentage was below poverty line in the year 2009-10?
a 42%
b 25.5%
c 29.8%
d 37.2%
Ans:
c
Q.39 'Environment
Excellency' award under SCOPE Meritorious Awards 2010-11 has been given to -
a SAIL
b ONGC
c EIL
d IOC
Ans:
b
Q.40 Finance
Minister in his rollback announcements in budget proposals 2012-13 deferred
GAAR for -
a Three
year
b One
year
c Two
year
d Till
end of 12th plan
Ans:
b
Q.41 South Sudan
has become a member of International Monetary Fund (IMF). It became IMF's -
a 189th
Member
b 187th
Member
c 186th
Member
d 188th
Member
Ans:
d
Q.42 How many
Indian Companies have been included in Forbes 2000 list of the year 2012?
a 71
b 61
c 57
d 65
Ans:
b
Q.43 National
Dairy Plan (Phase - I) has been launched to give a boost to milk production in
the country. In the first phase this plan will cover -
a All
states except North Eastern region
b Only
Gujarat
c Only
14 states
d Only
5 states
Ans:
c
Q.44 20th Summit
of ASEAN was held on April3-4,2012 in -
a Phnom
Penh(Cambodia)
b Bankok
(Thailand)
c Singapore
d Jakarta
(Indonesia)
Ans:
a
Q.45 6 MMTPA
pellet making plant in Odisha has been commissioned by -
a Tata
Steels
b Essar
Steels
c Jindal
Steels
d Steel
Authority of India Ltd.
Ans:
b
Q.46 Which of the
following telecom authority has recently given the power to act like a civil
court?
a Depart
of Telecommunication(DoT)
b Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)
c Wireless
Planning & Coordination (WPC) Wing
d Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
Ans:
b
Q.47 Recently the
Union Government of India has set up NATGRID. It is related to which one of the
following?
a Health
b Intelligence
c Education
d Space
Ans:
b
Q.48 The
Government of India has recently set up Financial Stability and Development
Council (FSDC). It will be headed by which of the followings -
a Finance
Minister
b Economic
Advisor to the Prime Minister
c Governor
of RBI
d Prime
Minister
Ans:
c
Q.49 Which of the
following national organization has completed 150th year of its existence in
2011?
a Zoological
Survey of India
b Archaeological
Survey of India
c Anthropological
Survey of India
d Geological
Survey of India
Ans:
b
Q.50 Mutual
Acceptance of Data (MAD) in the Assessment of Chemicals, a multilateral
agreement supported by which one of the followings -
a WEF
b WTO
c OECD
d IMF
Ans:
c
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