350.
Indian Oil Corporation has recently tied up with a Bank to provide
banking services in rural areas at places of rural petrol pumps outlets of the
company. These outlets would act as Bank Business Correspondent in the areas
and 1000 would come up with 1000 Kisan Seva Kendras at different locations.
Name the bank with which the tie-up has been done?
a)
HDFC Bank
b)
ICICI Bank
c)
State Bank of India
d)
IDBI
Answer: (a)
351.
Kingfisher Airlines was recently issued the show-cause notice asking why
the license of the airlines was not a subject of being cancelled. Name the
agency that issued this notice and under which section the notice was issued?
a)
Airport Authority of India under Section 93 - 118 PART XII Personnel Of
Air Traffic Services
b)
Directorate General of Civil Aviation under Section 15(2)(b) of Schedule
XI of the Aircraft Rules of 1937
c)
Rule 41 of Aircraft Rules 1937, Section 7 – Flight Crew Standards,
Training And License, Series 'G' Part Iv, Issue I
d)
The regulators of air transport services, Section 5 in The Aircraft Act,
1934
Answer: (b)
352.
In response to the digitisation of cable channels for eradication of the
cable operators control over the content of the presentation, that was about to
blackout the screens of almost all the TV Sets in the four cities, Delhi,
Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata on 31st October 2012 a setup box providing company,
announced services of 70 channels at basic rates for next five years. Name the
company?
a)
Airtel
b)
Dish TV
c)
Sun TV
d)
DTH
Answer: (b)
353.
Which of the following statements are true?
a.
Air India in October 2012 got its third Boeing Dreamliner from the new
North Charleston Facility of the American manufacturer
b.
Kingfisher Airlines, the struggling airlines company of Vijay Mallya in
October 2012 was asked to start booking tickets with immediate effect by the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
c.
As per Section 15(2)(b) of Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules 1937, DGCA
can’t cancel or suspend permit of an Airline services
d.
Carrizo is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the
exploration, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas
i.
Statement a and b are true
ii.
Statement a, b and c are true
iii.
Statement a and d are true
iv.
Only statement a is true
Answer: (iii)
354.
Out of the four statements mentioned below, which one of them is false?
a)
Dish TV in October 2012 announced a basic service of 70 channels at
affordable rates for five year before the blackout that effected the
transmission of television signals from 31st October
b)
Mercedes Benz India in October 2012 rolled out its first locally
assembled SUV, the ML 250, from its Chakan plant near, Pune.
c)
GVK Power Secured Green Nod for Port Development in Austria
d)
None of the above statements are true
Answer: (c)
355.
Name the company that has unveiled the first locally assembled SUV in
the Indian market?
a)
Corolla motors
b)
Honda
c)
Mercedes Benz
d)
BMW
Answer: (c)
356.
Name the Indian company that received Australian federal government's
approval for its Terminal-III (T3) development at the port of Abbot Point, near
Bowen in Australia, under the environment protection and biodiversity
conservation Act 1999 recently in October 2012.
a)
DLF Group
b)
GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited
c)
Jay Pee Group
d)
IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd
Answer: (b)
357.
Name the car making company that recalled 7.4 million on road vehicles
for rectification of the faulty Power Window Switches, having a potential of fire
hazards?
a)
Honda City
b)
Skoda Auto
c)
Toyota Moto Corps
d)
Hyundai Motor Company
Answer: (c)
358. Which compost plant became first
in India to receive carbon credits worth 25 lakh rupees from the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change?
a) Okhla Compost Plant
b) ROTOPALA Composting Plant
c) Mumbai Compost Plant
d) Kanpur Composting Plant
Answer: (a)
359.
Maruti Suzuki in the month of October launched a new model of car
targeting the competitive market of Nano and Eon. Name the model?
a)
Alto 800
b)
Alto’s 800
c)
Zen 800
d)
Omni 800
Answer: (a)
360.
ICICI Bank in October 2012 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with an African bank to extend its banking services diagonally to their
combined footprint in India and Africa. Name the bank with which the MoU was
signed?
a)
Bank of Africa
b)
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated of Africa
c)
State Bank of Africa
d)
Environmental Insurance Bank of Nigeria
Answer: (b)
361.
Name the new channel launched by ZEE network for children
a)
ZeeEdu
b)
ZeeQ
c)
ZeeLife
d)
ZeeChild
Answer: (b)
362.
Mahindra Satyam signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a
University to facilitate joint research and development projects and
consultancies in the oil and gas industry. Name the University and the place
where it is located?
a)
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun
b)
CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
c)
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat
d)
School of Petroleum Technology, Gujarat
Answer: (a)
363.
Vikram Pandit, the former CEO of Citigroup Inc. Serve the bank as CEO
resigned in the month of October 2012. What was the period during which he
handled the bank as its CEO?
a)
October 2008 to October 2012
b)
2007 to 2012
c)
2006 to 2012
d)
2008 to 2012
Answer: (b)
364. Name the Swiss Company that
acquired French apparel company Lacoste?
a) Nestlé
b) Cargill International SA
c) Maus Freres
d) Triumph
Answer. (c)
365. What is the logo of the French
apparel company Lacoste?
a) Crocodile
b) Lion
c) Tiger
d) Chimpanzee
Answer. (a)
366. Name the integrated travel and
travel-related financial services company that launched prepaid foreign
exchange borderless prepaid card in collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide, a
global payments and technology company?
a) Thomas Cook (India)
b) Thomas Cook (Australia)
c) Make My Trip (India)
d) Make My Trip (Singapore)
Answer. (a)
367. Japan’s oil firm acquired 26
percent stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation (ONGC) in November 2012. Name the company that acquired this
sea block from ONGC?
a) Mitsui Oil Exploration
b) Cosmo Oil Company
c) Idemitsu Kosan
d) Inpex Corp
Answer. (d)
368. Name the state that slapped a
fine of 6000 crore rupees on Tata Steel for illegal mining in the month of
November 2012?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Goa
d) Chattishgarh
Answer. (b)
369. Name the Online travel company
that in November 2012 acquired the Hotel Travel Group (HT Group) for $25
million.
a) Thomas Cook (India)
b) Make My Trip India Pvt Ltd
c) Club Mahindra
d) Trip Advisor
Answer. (b)
370. Name the British Defence major
that signed an agreement with Smile Foundation, a Non-Government Organisation
for supporting the underprivileged in Health Care and Primary Education?
a) BAE Systems
b) AB Precision (Poole) Ltd
c) Abbott & Co (Newark) Ltd
d) Avon Inflatables Ltd/Zodiac Milpro
Answer. (a)
371. Vodafone recently tied up with a
Bank for launching its Mobile Payment Services. Name the Bank with which the
tie-up was done?
a) HDFC Bank
b) SBI
c) ICICI Bank
d) IDBI
Answer. (c)
372. In November 2012 a chain of
coffee bar and a English Book Publishing company tied up to launch the books
together. Name the two brands?
a) Penguin Books and Café Coffee Day
b) Café Coffee Day and Rupa
c) Rupa and Barista Lavazza
d) Barista Lavazza and Penguin Books
Answer. (d)
373. The first book to be released at
Barista Lavazza would be of renowned writer Shobha De’s much anticipated book.
Which of the following statement in relation to the book launch is false?
a) Sethji Coffee is the name of book
and Barista Lavazza as an Innovative marketing strategy has planned to launch a
new flavor of coffee, titled the ‘Sethji Coffee’ which is inspired from the
traits of the lead character of the book.
b) As per the deal Barista Lavazza is
going to provide space to the Penguin Books for its high profile book launches
and in return it will bring the enriching collection of Penguin Books for free
reading to its customers
c) The launches would be attended only
by the invited guests from the two parties but restrictions would be imposed on
the fans and followers of the book from attending the Author Meet n Greet Sessions
for meeting and interacting with the authors.
d) In order to attract customers,
Barista Lavazza would start a Book Club at its cafes, wherein customers can
enjoy book reading sessions while sipping coffee
i. Statements a, b and d are false
ii. Statement a b and c are false
iii. Statement c is false
iv.Statement c and d is false
Answer. (iii)
374. Karishma Kapoor was appointed as
the Brand Ambassador of a reputed French Fries and Potato Specialties firm in
India. Name the company that appointed her as its ambassador?
a) Surya Food and Agro Limited
b) McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd.
c) Kellogg’s
d) ITC
Answer. (b)
375. Himalaya Drug Company in second
week of November 2012 won a fifteen years long battle in the Delhi High Court
against the homoeopathic firm over infringement of its medicine Liv 52 with its
own preparation that was named as Liv-T. Name the Homeopathic firm from which
the battle was won?
a) Heel and BHI
b) Hemkund
c) Boiron Homeopathic
d) SBL Limited
Answer. (d)
376. Name the financial services giant
that in November 2012 named 16 Indians as MDs and 3 as Partners of its group?
a) Belize Banks and Banking System
b) Master Card Inc.
c) Goldman Sachs
d) Prudential plc international financial
services company
Answer. (c)
377. The General Motors recently in
November 2012 announced its plans of expand its annual commissioning capacity
at a Plant to 1.10 lakh units per year. The recent capacity of that plant is
85000 units. Name the plant?
a) Coimbatore Plant, Tamil Nadu
b) Uttarkashi Plant, Uttarakhand
c) Halol Plant, Gujarat
d) Jaipur Plant, Rajasthan
Answer. (c)
378. Name the Airlines Maldivian
Airlines that signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to
give discounts to each others’ clients in the month of November 2012?
a) Air Astana
b) Maldivian Airlines
c) Ethiopian Airlines
d) SriLankan Airlines
Answer. (b)
379. Name the country that has issued
ban on the import of Egg and Chicken from India in wake up of the
recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health about the outbreak
of bird-flu in the Government run Turkey Farm at Hesaraghatta, Karnataka.
a) Oman
b) Germany
c) USA
d) Korea
Answer. (a)
380. The Union Government of India in
the Month of November 2012 announced a revised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for
cotton and this would help in inducing stabilisation in cotton price. Cotton
has witnessed a sharp decline in the past and remained operational round about
its minimum support price. The previous minimum support price of medium staple
cotton was 2800 rupees per quintal. What is the revised price for the same?
a) 3000 rupees per quintal
b) 3600 rupees per quintal
c) 3200 rupees per quintal
d) 4300 rupees per quintal
Answer. (b)
381. The GAIL Gas Limited and a State
Petroleum Corporation Limited recently in November 2012 signed an agreement for
a Joint Venture to lay down the natural gas supply pipeline in the state. Name
the state petroleum corporation with which GAIL inked the agreement?
a) Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
Limited
b) Maharashtra State Petroleum
Corporation Limited
c) Andhra Pradesh State Petroleum
Corporation Limited
d) Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation
Limited
Answer. (d)
382. The South African Reserve Bank in
November 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the country’s
iconic personality of the nation, marking it as a tribute to him. Name the
person, whose face was introduced in the currency notes?
a) Marais Viljoen
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Frederik Willem de Klerk
d) Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Answer. (b)
383. What was the percentage of retail
inflation registered by Indian Market in the month of October 2012, as per the
data released by the Union Government of India in November 2012 as per the
measurement done on the scale of Consumer Price Index?
a) 9.75 percent
b) 9.43 percent
c) 9.99 percent
d) 10 percent
Answer. (a)
384. Name the leading
telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across
Asia and Africa that completed a network transformation programme across its
mobile operations in 16 African countries in partnership with Ericsson in
November 2012?
a) Bharti Airtel
b) Vodafone
c) Aircel
d) Hutch
Answer. (a)
385. Sahara Group moved to a body
against SEBI asking for some more time for submission of the documents in
context with around 3 crore investors in a case which involves two companies-
Sahara Housing Investment Corporation (SHICL) and Sahara India Real Estate
Corporation (SIRECL). Name the authority to which Sahara group filed its
petition.
a) Supreme Court of India
b) Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)
c) Commerce Ministry
d) Ministry of Economic Affairs
Answer. (b)
386. Nokia India in November 2012
launched its re-branded mobile map services in the Indian market. Name the
service?
a) HERE
b) MAPs
c) DIRECTION
d) FORECAST
Answer. (a)
387. Airtel recently lost title
sponsorship race for the Indian Premier League to a close competition. Name the
company?
a) Cocacola
b) DLF
c)
PepsiCo
d) Hero
Answer. (c)
388. Name the Rating Agency that
downgraded the Debt Rating of Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp to Junk status in
the month of November 2012?
a) Fitch
b) Moody's Investors Service
c) Standard & Poor's
d) NRSRO (Nationally Recognized
Statistical Rating Organization)
Answer. (a)
389. The Ministry for Housing and
Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) raised the income criterion for EWS
(Economically Weaker Sections) housings from 60000 Rupees per year to a
particular level. What is the new declared for EWS?
a) 80,000 rupees per year
b) 1 lakh rupees per year
c)
50,000 lakh rupees per year
d) 1.80 lakh rupees per year
Answer. (b)
390. Petrol Prices in Indian market
was slashed for the second time since October 2012 and the decision of slashing
down the rates of petrol came in response to the weakening of the petrol rates
per barrel in the international market. In October there was a cut of 56 paise
per liter in the price of petrol. What was the cost cut per liter in November
2012?
a) 90 paise
b) 95 paise
c) 25 paise
d) 94 paise
Answer. (b)
391. The Reserve Bank of India, in its
notification released in November 2012 directed banks not to provide loans to
its customers for purchase of all types of gold, which includes primary gold,
jewellery, bullion, gold coins, units of Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and
units of gold mutual funds. Which of the statements mentioned below is false in
case of the notification released?
a) The order was directed for
discouraging people from getting involved in speculative activities
b) The notification from the Reserve
Bank of India also directed the banks not to grant advances against gold
bullion to traders or dealers
c) This decision of RBI came up in
response to the significant growth in the imports of the gold in past few years
that has created pressure on the current account deficit. in 2011-12 that stood
up at 60 billion dollar
d) The decision of RBI came up in
response to the suggestion of the working Group constituted after the
announcement if the Monetary Policy Statement of April 2011
i.
Statement c is false
ii. Statement a and b are false
iii. Statements a, b and c are false
iv. All the above mentioned statements
are false
Answer. (i)
392. Government of India in November
2012 signed a 70-million US Dollar loan agreement with World Bank. The
agreement was signed for?
a) Financing the Kerala Health Systems
Development as well as Reform Project
b) Financing the Karnataka Health
Systems Development as well as Reform Project
c) Financing the Odisha Health Systems
Development as well as Reform Project
d) Financing the Bihar Health Systems
Development as well as Reform Project
Answer. (b)
393. The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved the disinvestment of a certain percent of Government
Stake in the Maharatna PSU-National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in
November 2012 from its present holding of 84.50 percent. What is the percentage
of holding that CCEA has agreed on disinvestment?
a) 9.5 percent
b) 9.43 percent
c) 9.99 percent
d) 7.6 percent
Answer. (a)
394. Which of the following statements
in relation to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decision for approval
9.5 percent Stake Disinvestment in NTPC is correct?
a) With this equity disinvestment of
NTPC would bring back a sum of about 13000 crore rupees.
b) With this disinvestment the
governments holding on NTPC would fall down from present 84.5 percent to 75
percent
c) This will adhere to the minimum
public shareholding norms that was stipulated by the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI), the market regulators
d) At present Government holding on
the NTPC was 84. 5 percent
i. Statements a, b, c and d are false
ii. Statements a, b, c and d are true
iii. Statements a, b, and c are true
iv. Statement b is false
Answer. (ii)
395. In the Forbes Global 2000 ranking
list of the World’s biggest companies NTPC was ranked at which position in
2012?
a) 337th position
b) 200th Position
c) 90th position
d) 11th Position
Answer. (a)
396. The Union Government of India on
24 November 2012 announced to set up a National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a
National Cardio Care Centre (NCCC) at the second campus of All-India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at?
a) Milakpur village of Bhiwani
b) Khairi Gaoin village in Hisar
c) Kheri Sher Khan village in Kaithal
d) Badhsa village of Jhajjar, Haryana
Answer. (d)
397. The Union Government of India in
November 2012 inaugurated an Outreach OPD of the AIIMS-II campus spread over
300 acres. This outreach OPD is well equipped with all types of facilities and
has a capacity of how many beds?
a) 1000 beds
b) 1500 beds
c) 800
beds
d) None of these
Answer. (a)
398. The Reserve Bank of India asked
Banks not to Provide Loans for Purchase of Gold but allowed the banks to
sanction loans as per the general working capital requirements to one section
of the business market. Name the section that has been kept aside from the
cover of no loan policy for purchase of gold?
a) Gold Merchants
b) Normal people buying gold for
household purposes and celebrations
c) Jewelers
d) Common man from buying gold for
making investments in the share market
Answer. (c)
399. Which of the following statements
mentioned below is/are incorrect?
a) Global Gasoline Rates helps in
creating a benchmark in fixing the price of petrol in the domestic market.
b) Oman that is the biggest egg export
market of India issued the ban following the recommendations of the World
Organisation for Animal Health about the outbreak of bird-flu was confirmed by
the Government run Turkey Farm at Hesaraghatta, Karnataka in the month of
October.
c) Petrol Prices in Indian market on
15 November 2012 was slashed by 95 paise per litre. The decision came up as a
result of the fall in oil prices in the International Market.
d) The Union Government of India in
June 2010 deregulated the prices of petrol by offering freedom to the oil
companies for fixing the petrol rates following the costs prevalent in the
international market.
i.
All the four statements are true
ii. Statement a is true
iii. Statement a and b are true
iv. Statements a, b and d are true
Answer. (i)
400. Which of the following statements
is/are False?
a) The GAIL Gas Limited and the
Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation Limited (RSPCL) signed an agreement of
Joint Venture on 5 November 2012 to lay down the natural gas supply pipeline in
the state. Both the bodies will together formulate a long-term plan on
commercial, domestic as well as industrial consumption of the gas.
b) The Union Government in November
2012 announced a revised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for cotton and this would
help in inducing stabilisation in cotton price
c) The South African Reserve Bank in
November 2012 rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the country’s first
black President Nelson Mandela marking it as a tribute to him.
d) The Civil Aviation Ministry in the
first week of November 2012 disapproved new traffic rights to Indian carriers
for the next three seasons to expand international air travel out of the
country. The new cities include Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Sydney, Melbourne,
Nairobi, Al Najaf in Iraq, Moscow, Zurich, Macau, Tashkent and Ho Chi Minh City
i. Statement a and d are false
ii. Statement b and c are false
iii. Statement d is false
iv. Statement a, b, c and d are false
Answer. (iii)
