51. Identify the person with whom the
following facts are related.
1.
He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil
Liberties
2.
He has recently been awarded with the International Peace Award given by
the Gandhi Foundation
3.
He was detained by the Chhattisgadh government under Chhattisgarh
Special Public Security Act 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act 1967
4.
He was granted bail on 25 May 2009 by a vacation bench of the Supreme
Court comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma
a.
Bulu Imam
b.
Binayak Sen
c.
Seema Azad
d.
Narayan Sanyal
Answer: (b)
52. Name the Indian human rights
activists who were honoured with the International Peace Award given by the
Gandhi Foundation at the House of Lords.?
a.
Binayak Sen & Bulu Imam
b.
Medha Patkar & Abahay
Amte
c.
Anna Hazare & Kiran Bedi
d.
Arvind Kejariwal & Aruna Roy
Answer: (a)
53. The Supreme Court of India on 11
June 2012 upheld which one of the following high court’s ruling to quash 4.5
per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions?
a.
Allahabad High Court
b.
Karnataka High Court
c.
Delhi High Court
d.
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Answer: (d)
54. Name the BEML chairman and MD, who
was suspended by the Union defence Ministry on 11 June 2012 to ensure fair
investigation into the Tatra truck deal and other cases ?
a.
G Madhavan Nair
b.
Surendra Khanna
c.
VRS Natarajan
d.
Amit Barua
Answer: (c)
55. Identify the person, with whom the
following statements are attached.
1.
She was awarded the life imprisonment by Allahabad court on 8 June 2012
2.
She was arrested in Allahabad on 6 February 2010 on charges of being
members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and involved in
unlawful activities
3.
She was the Organizing Secretary of PUCL’s Uttar Pradesh unit
4.
She was charged under Sections 121, 121A and 120B of IPC
a.
Reema Kaushik
b.
Geeta Basu
c.
Seema Azad
d.
Sunita Behra
Answer: (c)
56. Dipankar Mukherjee, National
Secretary of Centre of Indian Trade
Union (CITU), passed away on 18 June 2012 in New Delhi at the age of 69. Figure
out which of the following facts related to Dipankar Mukherjee is not true?
1.
He was born in June 1943 at Calcutta in West Bengal
2.
He joined CITU as its full time member in 1991
3.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian
Parliament, in April 1994 from West Bengal as a CPI(M) member
4.
He was also the longest serving chairman of CITU
a.
Only 3
b.
2 & 3
c.
3 & 4
d.
Only 4
Answer: (d)
57. The Hyderabad bench of Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT) set aside the appointment of V. Dinesh Reddy as
Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh.
What was the ground of Reddy’s removal as the state DGP?
a.
Seniority
b.
Corruption
c.
misconduct
d.
none of the above
Answer: (a)
58. Which one of the following
ministeries decided to defer its plan to digitalise cable TV services in metros
by four months as they were found not to be ready for it?
a.
Union Finance Ministry
b.
Union Home Ministry
c.
Union Science Ministry
d.
Union Information & Technology Ministry
Answer: (d)
59. Name the person who was served the
Enforcement Directorate notice to question him on charges of money laundering ?
a.
Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
b.
A Raja
c.
Suresh Kalmadi
d.
Virbhadra Singh
Answer: (a)
60. Identify the person, with whom the
following statements are attached.
1.
He was appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
on 19 June 2012
2.
He earlier served as the Chief Executive of Nuclear Recycle Board of the
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
3.
Basu was the Project Director of the Plutonium Recycling Project at
Kalpakkam, which built India's first indigenous Pressurised Water Reactor
4.
He joined BARC in 1974
a.
Ratan Kumar Sinha
b.
Shekher Basu
c.
KS Sreekrishnan
d.
Ramesh Kulkarni
Answer: (b)
61. Pranab Mukherjee on 26 June 2012 resigned
as the Union Finance Minister. A veteran Congress party leader, Mukherjee was
appointed the Union Finance Minister on 24 January 2009, during the UPA I
government and was reallocated the same portfolio following the victory of UPA
in the 2009 general elections. Figure out which of the following developments
did not take place during his tenure as the Union Finance Minister?
1.
Union Finance Ministry announced a 0.3 per cent excise duty on unbranded
jewellery
2.
UPA government approved up to 51% foreign direct investment in
multi-brand retail
3.
Union Finance Ministry announced the general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR)
4.
Indian Rupee witnessed its historic low against the US dollar
a.
Only 3
b.
2 & 3
c.
3 & 4
d.
All the above given facts are right
Answer: (d)
62. The Pakistan government on 28 June
2012, released Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh after he served life imprisonment
in Pakistani Prison. Who is the other
Indian citizen who has been languishing in Pakistani prison and was denied
liberty by the Pakistani authorities on 26 June 2012?
a.
Sarabjeet Singh
b.
Swarnjeet Singh
c.
Sarvajeet Singh
d.
Amarjeet Singh
Answer: (a)
63. Union Minister Virbhadra Singh
resigned on 26 July 2012 in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing
corruption charges against him. Which one of the following facts about
Virbhadra Singh is not true?
1.
He was the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
2.
He first became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in April 1983
3.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mandi constituency
4.
Before joining Congress he was the member of BJP
a.
Only 4
b.
Only 2
c.
Only 1
d.
Only 3
Answer: (a)
64. Name the person who was appointed
the new Commissioner of Delhi Police by the Union Home Ministry on 28 June 2012
?
a.
BK Gupta
b.
Neeraj Kumar
c.
Surendra Singh
d.
CP Vergese
Answer: (b)
65. Identify the person, with whom the
following statements are attached.
1.
He was born on 1 September 1947, Meghalaya, India
2.
He is a former Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chief Minister of Meghalaya
3.
He is contesting the Presidential Elections 2012 as NDA candidate
4.
He joined BARC Training School in
1974
a.
Pawan Chamling
b.
V Kishore Chandradeo
c.
PA Sangma
d.
D Raja
Answer: (c)
66. Who Indian player won Thailand
Open Grand Prix Gold title in Bangkok 2012?
a.Madhumita Bisht
b. Saniya nehwal
c. Jwala Gupta
d. Aparna Popat
Answer. (b)
67. which one of the following is
correct:
Rafael Nadal defeated _______ to win
his seventh French Open Singles Title.
a. Mats Wilander
b. Roy Emerson
c. Serbian Novak Djokovic
d. Roland Garros
Answer. (c)
68. Which one of the following won
French Open 2012?
a. Maria Sharapova
b. Petra Kvitova
c. Venus Williams
d. Sara Errani
Answer. (a)
69. Which one of the following is
correct?
Maria Sharapova defeated _______ to
win French Open 2012
a. Kim Clijsters
b. Agnieszka Radwanska
c. Venus Williams
d. Sara Errani
Answer. (d)
70. Consider the following:
Who won the in Asian junior wrestling
championship 2012?
a. Indu Chaudhary
b. Sakshi Malik
c. Both A and B
d. None of the Above
Answer. (c)
71. Which one of the following
launched Purview 808?
a. Nokia
b. BlackBerry
c. Motorola
d. Samsung
Answer. (a)
72. which of the following is
correct?
Nokia Pureview 808 is a ___________
a.
Featured Phone
b.
Smart Phone
c.
Both A and B
d.
None of the above
Answer. (b)
73. which one of the following
decided to buy London Metal Exchange?
a. Tokyo Stoke Exchange
b. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
c. Toronto Stoke Exchange
d. Korea Exchange
Answer. (b)
74. Which of the following is
correct?
Maruti Suzuki decided to merge with
________
a.
Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd
b.
Honda Ltd
c.
Hyundai Ltd
d.
Ford Ltd
Answer. (a)
75. who was the first company in
India who had mass-production and sell more than a million cars?
a. Maruti Suzuki
b.
Honda Ltd
c. Hyundai Ltd
d. Ford Ltd
Answer. (a)
76. which one of the following is the
second largest car seller in India?
a) BMW
b) Audi
c) Mercedes-Benz
d) TATA
Answer. (c)
Q 77. which one of the following
appointed as Brand Ambassador of Nepal Cricket Association?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d) Virat Kohli
Answer. (c)
Q 78. Which one of the following is
the maker of BlackBerry?
a) HP
b) RIM
c) AIM
d) Apple
Answer. (b)
Q 79. Consider the following two
Statements:
I. BlackBerry is a Featured phone.
II. BlackBerry was developed and
designed by Apple.
Which of the following answer is
correct?
a) I is correct
b) II is correct
c) Both I) and II are correct
d) Both I) and II are incorrect
Answer. (d)
80. Consider the following Statment?
a) BlackBerry- Featured Phone
b) Motorola MOTO Q8 – Featured Phone
c) BlackBerry- Smartphone
d) Motorola MOTO Q8- Smartphone
Which two of the following is correct?
a)
A and B
b)
B and C
c)
C and D
d)
D and A
Answer. (c)
81. which one of the following is the
current Nasscom President?
a. Bijoy Ghosh
b. Som Mittal
c. Anil Ambani
d. Krishnakumar Natarajan
Answer. (b)
82. Consider the following two
Statements:
I. Som Mittal is the Nasscom president
II. He is assigned as Nassom president
till 2014.
Which of the following answer is
correct?
a) I is correct
b) II is correct
c) Both I) and II are correct
d) Both I) and II are incorrect
Answer. (c)
83.
What is the full form of Nasscom?
a. National Association of services
and software companies
b. National Association of Software
and Service Companies
c. national Association of Safety and services
d. National Association of Services
and Safety
Answer. (b)
84. Who is the owner of Kingfisher
Airlines?
a. Vijay Mallay’s
b. Goyal
c. Siddhanta Sharma
d. Harsha Viji
Answer. (a)
85. Which Airlines Launched Daily
Flights to Dubai from Delhi and Mumbai in 2012?
a. Indigo
b. Spice jet
c. Kingfisher Airlines
d. Go
Answer. (b)
86.Which one of the following is
Spice jet CEO?
a. Vijay Mallay’s
b. Neil Mills
c. Kalanithi Maran
d. Neil Raymond
Answer. (b)
87. Identify the false fact about The
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2012
(a) The Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) 2012 concluded in Beijing on 7 June 2012
(b)
The member states of the SCO adopted 100 agreements on the concluding
day of the summit.
(c)
Leaders and officials from the four SCO observer countries of Mongolia,
Iran, Pakistan and India were also present at the summit.
(d)
Chinese President Hu Jintao offered a 10 billion U.S. dollars loan to
the SCO which will be used be used to promote the development of SCO members
Answer: (b)
88. A US drone strike in northwest
Pakistan killed al-Qaida's second-in-command -------------?
(a)
Ayman al-Zawahiri
(b)
Abu Yahya al-Libi
(c)
Hasan Qayid
(d)
Osama Bin Laden
Answer: (b)
89. A Boeing MD83 aircraft crashed on
3 June 2012. All 153 people on board
were killed in the worst air disaster of the country in nearly past two
decades. Identify the place.
(a)
Lagos, the largest Nigerian city Antonis Samara
(b)
Naha Airport, Japan
(c)
Verona, Italy,
(d)
Cricklewood Aerodrome, North London
Answer: (a)
90. A country’s pro-democracy leader
-------------carried out her first trip outside the country since 1988.
a.
Yusuf Raja Gilani
b.
Aung Saan Suu Kyi
c.
Husain Haqqani
d.
P. Chidambaram
Answer: (c)
91. Which missile did Pakistan
successfully test-fire on 5 June 2012?
(a)
Hatf-VII (Babur) cruise missile
(b)
Agni –VI (air drone)
(c)
Alacrán missile
(d)
Velvet Glove
Answer: (a)
92. Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav on
29 May 2012 removed …………………………from his post,
(a) Khil Raj Regmi
(b) Parmanand Jha
(c) Baburam Bhattarai
(d) Purna Kumari Subedi
Answer: (c)
93. In what location did a powerful
5.8 magnitude earthquake hit, killing at least 16 people and injuring 350 on 30
May 2012
(a) Northeastern Italy
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bali
(d) Sikkim
Answer: (a)
94. A Boeing MD83 aircraft crashed on
3 June 2012. All 153 people on board
were killed in the worst air disaster of the country in nearly past two
decades. Identify the place.
(a) Lagos, the largest Nigerian city
Antonis Samara
(b) Naha Airport, Japan
(c) Verona, Italy,
(d) Cricklewood Aerodrome, North
London
Answer: (a)
95. The United Nations Human Rights
Council on 1 June 2012 approved an investigation into the mass killing of
civilians at ……….. and condemned Syria for the massacre. (identify the place
out of the names)
a. Gilani
b. Houla
c. Haqqani
d. Chidambaram
Answer: (c)
96. Which two countries on 31 May 2012
inked a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and
joint investment between the two countries.
(a) India and Bahrain
(b) India and Singapore
(c) India and China
(d) India and South Korea
Answer: (a)
97. Which the following two countries
have had talks in Siachen that were held at the Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi
on 11 – 12 June 2012.
(a)
India and Pakistan
(b)
Afghanistan and India
(c)
India and United States of America
(d)
India and Israel
Answer: (a)
98._______________ US defence
secretary arrived India on a two-day visit in June, 2012 ?
(a)
Barak Obama
(b)
Antonis Samara
(c)
Mohommed Moorsi
(d)
Leon Panetta
Answer: (d)
99. Who was held responsible by the
Pakistan judicial commission for not being fair to his country while serving as
an envoy to the United States of America and also Held him responsible for memo
seeking help to stave off a feared coup in that country.
a. Yusuf Raja Gilani
b. Antonis Samara
c. Husain Haqqani
d. P. Chidambaram
Answer: (c)
100.Identify the false date of the
World Anti-child Labour Day which is observed across the globe to highlight the
need to protect the rights of the child.
(a) 6 January
(b) 15 August
(c) 25 November
(d)
12 June
Answer. (d)
