सोमवार, 6 मई 2013

Important Current Affairs Question for Civil Services Exam (pre) 2013- Part 2


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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