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Current Awareness Multiple Choice Question 2011
1- Sathya Sai Baba was born on Nov 23, 1926 in Puttaparthi as
(A). Sathyanarayana Raju (correct)
(B). Sadanarayan Raju
(C). Sadanand Raju
(D). Satyam Raju
2- Who has been elected as President of Nigeria?
(A). Muhammadu Buhari
(B). Goodluck Jonathan (correct)
(C). Festus Mogal
(D). Umara Yar Adua
3- Who among the following has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2010?
(A). Gulzar
(B). OP Nayyar
(C). K Balachander (correct)
(D). Mohanlal
4- National Panchayati Raj Day was observed on
(A). 24th April 2011 (correct)
(B). 2nd May,2011
(C). 10th May, 2011
(D). 15th May, 2011
5- Name the US Ambassador to India who has announced his resignation recently, citing personal commitments and saying he has accomplished all strategic objectives set two years ago.
(A). David C Mulford
(B). Robert Blackwill
(C). George R Merrell
(D). Timothy Roemer (correct)
6- Name the former Indian cricketer who carried a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head and who has been arrested by the Delhi Police in a human trafficking case. His alleged involvement came to light during the interrogation of Nimesh Kumar, who was found travelling on a fake passport on December 11,2004, when he arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from the United Kingdom.
(A). Maninder Singh
(B). Jacob Martin (correct)
(C). Madan Lal
(D). Venkatpathy Raju
7- The Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva has approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of and its isomers worldwide, subject to certain exemptions.
(A). Endosulfan (correct)
(B). Nimesulide
(C). Paracetamol
(D). GM organism
8- Name the Indian mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who has been awarded die 2011 Knuth Prize, a prestigious international recognition for research in computer science. The professor who leads the Algorithms Research Group at Microsoft Research Labs India is the first Indian to receive the award.
(A). PK Banerji
(B). Ravi Kannan (correct)
(C). VM Shah
(D). JR Patadia
9- Which has become the first State in the country to constitute an exclusive “agriculture Cabinet” to address the problems afflicting the farmers that arise from the recurrence of floods and droughts?
(A). West Bengal
(B). Assam
(C). Bihar (correct)
(D). UP
10- The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has announced as the new Chairman of its Executive Council for 2011-12 ?
(A). Som Mittal
(B). Jerry Rao
(C). Arun Kumar
(D). Rajendra S Pawar (correct)
October 2011
1.What is the purpose of "Niryat bandhu" Scheme Launched this year?
a.International business mentoring for young turks in international business
b.To increase the import of high quality goods
c.Providing tax concessions to importers.
d.All the above
2.Dhanvantari Award 2011 is given to ........?
a.P.K. Vaidya
b.M.K. Mani
c.Dr. Verghese Kurien
d.Dr. Devi Shetty
3.Who won gold for India at Halloween Throws Meet at Portland ?
a.C. Ramesh
b.Krishna Poonia
c.Jyoti Kunier
d.Vijay Singh
4.Policy for Acquisition of Raw Material Assets abroad by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is applicable to which secotrs?
a.Agriculture
b.Mining
c.Manufacturing
d.All the above
5. Which country recently won the membership of UNESCO?
a.Kuwait
b.Syria
c.Indonesia
d.Palestine
Answers:
1.a 2.b 3.b 4.d 5.d
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November 2011
1.The Indian boxer who has been ranked No. 2 in the international rankings released by AIBA on 01 Nov 11
a.Vikas Krishan
b.Vijender Kumar
c.Dinesh Kumar
d.Jai Bhagwan
2.The validity period of cheques and drafts has been reduced by the Reserve Bank from six months to (with effect from 01.04.2012)?
a.4 months
b.5 months
c.3 months
d.2 months
3.The country which tops the Human Development Index 2011 ?
a.Norway
b.Japan
c.Denmark
d.USA
Answers:
1.a 2.c 3.a
March 2012
April 2012
Current Affairs April 2012
1. Who’s temporary home, the property title of ‘Gyuto Monastery’ has been transferred in the Himachal Pradesh state government’s name?
(a) 17th Karmapa (b) 16th Karmapa (c) 18th Karmapa (d) 15th Karmapa
2. Which Committee has been constituted to examine the appropriateness of the telecom policies and allocation of spectrum from 2001 to 2009?
(a) Justice Shivaraj V. Patil Committee (b) Justice M M Punchhi Committee (c) Justice Bhagwati Committee (d) Justice Vahanvati Committee
3. The Egyptian military constituted a panel of legal experts, including a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to suggest amendments to the Mubarak-era constitution, headed by Tareq al-Bishry, who is a -
(a) politician (b) economist (c) judge (d) social activist
4. Who has invented and claimed that he has made a flying car with the help of India’’s first small car, Maruti, which was the star attraction at the Aero India 2011 air show in Bangalore?
a) A.K. Vishwanath (b) K. Uday Kumar (c) J. Ramesh (d) T. Kuppuswami
5. With which country India proposed a $9 billion ‘revolving fund’ jointly to finance and start implementation of the crucial Delhi Mumbai Industrial corridor (DMIC) link to address the infrastructure concerns?
(a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) Russia (d) South Africa
6. World Philatelic Exhibition Indipex-2011 was held recently in which of the following place?
(a) Bangkok (b) London (c) New Delhi (d) New York
7. Which among the following is the world’s oldest postal organisation?
(a) India Post (b) U.S. Postal Service (c) Mexican postal sevice (d) The Royal Mail from Britain
8. Which country vetoed a UNSC resolution that would have condemned illegal” Israeli settlements, despite all other states in the 15-member body, including India, voting for it?
(a) USA (b) Great Britain (c) China (d) Russia
9. India signed a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with which of the following country, which gives its doctors,accountants , two-wheelers , cotton garments and basmati rice greater access to its market?
(a) USA (b) Malaysia (c) Austria (d) Iran
10. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently said that Malegam panel’s suggestion of capping lending rate at 24% for micro finance institutions (MFI) will be implemented from:
(a) May 1, 2011 (b) April 1,2011 (c) November 1, 2011 (d) April 1, 2012
11. Global Governance Report 2025, an assessment report,is prepared by-
(a) United States National Intelligence Council (b) European Union Institute for security studies (c) a and b both (d) World Bank
12. In a bid to preserve and promote Tibetan culture, which university is planning to set up a centre for Tibetan studies at Dharamshala?
(a) Indira Gandhi National Open University (b) Jawaharlal Nehru University (c) Aligarh Muslim University (d) None of the above
13. What is the name of the District Collector of Malkangiri district of Orissa, who was abducted and later released by cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) recently?
(a) S.V. Naidu (b) Sumit Sharma (c) R.V. Krishna (d) Navin Kumar
14. Who among the following has been selected for the Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2010?
(a) V. Shanta (b) Arvind Kejriwal (c) Kiran Bedi (d) Anna Hazare
15. Which is the largest brackish water lagoon in the country?
(a) Pulicat Lake (b) Chilika Lake (c) Sambhar Lake (d) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1 a 2 a 3 c4 a 5 b 6 c 7 d 8 a 9 b 10 b 11 c 12 a 13 c 14 a 15 b
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Miscellaneous
1. Recently which Ghazal Singer and Padmabhushan Awardee, Passed Away in Mumbai ?
Jagjit Singh
2. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently.
B.S.Yeddyurappa
3. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online.
Super K
4. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network?
Nandan Nilekani
5.Which business has NIIT sold to Skillsoft for $110 million?
Element K
6. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final?
FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar
7. Name the men’s and women’s singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship.
Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle
8. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament.
Chiragh Kumar
9. Name the Indian women’s discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA.
Krishna Poonia
10. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed?
Kirani James Boulevard
11. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Roger Spottiswoode
12. Name the team which won the Durand Cup?
Churchill Brothers
13. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam?
K.R.Krishna Varma
14. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africa’s highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Alistair Cook
15. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release?
Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots
16. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years?
Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)
17. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India.
STEMpower
18. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently?
Dr.Vyjayanthimala
19. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa?
Dalai Lama
20. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August’s space ship crash.
Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite
21. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US?
Indra Nooyi
22. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka?
Cairn India
23. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012?
Scottish rocker Mark Ronson
24. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open?
Arundhati Pantawane
25. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister’s principal secretary?
Pulok Chatterjee
26. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research.
Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada
27. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata?
OYE 104.8 FM
28. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil?
Lia Diskin
29. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm?
Wilson Greatbatch
30. What is the name of the China’s first space Laboratory?
Tiangong-1
31. Name the famous television personality of CBS News channel’s program called “60 minutes” retired recently?
Andy Rooney
32. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE?
Etisalat
33. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently?
Yang Seung-suk
34. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died?
Micheal J.Drake
35. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012?
Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar
36. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit.
Hamid Karzai
37. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation?
Sudhir Vasudeva
38. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region.
D.Shivakumar
39. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently.
Adobe
40. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled ‘Facebook’?
RP.Patnaik
41. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals
42. Name the world’s cheapest laptop launched in India.
Aakash
43. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52.
Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley
44. Who won the Irani Cup 2011?
Rest of India Team
45. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users.
BeKnown
46. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India.
Galaxy Y
47. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI’s rating is downgraded from ‘C-’ to ‘D+’ by Moody’s?
C-
48. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women’s Award for her contribution to world’s first green steel manufacturing process.
Veena Sahajwalla
49. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently.
Steve Jobs
50. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket?
Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore
51. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature.
Tomas Transtromer
52. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently.
Mathoor Krishnamurthi
53. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country?
Austrian President
54. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote?
Palestine
55. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka?
7.2per cent
56. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently?
Schwarzenegger
57. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women’s rights
58. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011?
Royal Challengers Bangalore
59. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK.
Lord Mayor Michael Bear
60. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody’s.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB
61. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship?
Hrishika Basappa
62. Which software’s updated version has been launched by Infosys?
Finacle e-Banking solution
63. Who won the Shanghai Masters title?
Andy Murray
64. Which day has been declared as ‘Steve Jobs Day’?
16th October
65. Name the businessman who won the Queen’s award for enterprise 2011 in london.
Dr.Rami Ranger
66. Who won the MotoGP title for the fifth consecutive year at the Australian Grand Prix?
Casey Stoner
67. Who won the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix 2011?
Sebastian Vettel
68. Name the Australian University which has offered Amitabh Bachchan honorary doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
69. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India?
China
70. Name India’s longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently.
Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km)
71. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012?
April 4th to May 27th 2012
72. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor’s?
AA- from AA
73. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently.
Michael Woodford
74. Who is set to replace Liam Fox as UK defence minister?
Philip Hammond
75. Name the Italian Prime Minister who survived confidence vote.
Silvio Berlusconic
76. Where was the world’s largest blind symbol unveiled?
A yellow banner with three black spots was unveiled at Vienna’s St.Stephen’s Cathedral
77. Which technology major acquired Skype for $8.5 billion?
Microsoft
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1. United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is officially referred to as the … session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
a. 18th
b. 17th
c. 16th
d. 15th
2. Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near which of the following hills?
a. Anamalai Hills
b. Nilgiri Hills
c. Khasi Hills
d. Patkai Hills
3. Where was first the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit held?
a. Thailand
b. Malaysia
c. India
d. Pakistan
4. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010?
a. Richard Heck
b. Ei-ichi Negishi
c. Akira Suzuki
d. Robert Edwards
5. Ajay Jayaram is a well known … player.
a. Badminton
b. Golf
c. Tennis
d. Hockey
6. Toxic red sludge, a waste product from making which metal, burst out of a Hungarian factory’s reservoir reached Danube River of Europe?
a. Copper
b. Aluminum
c. Lithium
d. Rubidium
7. Who authored Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter?
a. Ruskin Bond
b. Mario Vargas
c. Jonathan
d. None of these
8. Suresh Tendulkar is associated with …
a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund
b. Telecom Regulatory Au- thority of India
c. UN
d. None of these
9. Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are associated with which of the following games?
a. Hockey
b. Basketball
c. Shooting
d. Cricket
10. With which company would you associate Partha S. Bhattacharyya?
a. Coal India Limited
b. NTPC
c. IOC
d. Bharat Electronics Limited
11. Robert Edwards shares an association with?
a. Physics
b. Chemistry
c. Biology
d. Mathematics
12. The total number of medals that India has won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is …
a. 101
b. 102
c. 103
d. 105
13. Which of the following is a Tennis Player?
a. Dan Carter
b. Greg Jones
c. Johnny Weissmuller
d. None of these
14. H. R. Bhardwaj is the governor of …
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andra Pradesh
15. Who has been awarded the Nobel Economics Prize2010?
a. Peter Granger
b. Jilly Cooper
c. Dale Mortensen
d. None of these
16. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is in which city?
a. Ratnagiri
b. Nagpur
c. Pune
d. Mumbai
17. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fl agged off the construction of which space centre?
a. Vostochny Space Center
b. Vladimir Space Center
c. Hioto Space Center
d. None of these
18. Who is the State Chief Information Commissioner of Chennai?
a. Hiren Singh
b. R. K. Narayan
c. Vinod Joshi
d. K. S. Sripathi
19. Who is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?
a. Norman Ernest Borlaug
b. M. S. Swaminathan
c. J. S. Thomson
d. None of these
20. Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by …
a. Arundhati Ray
b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra
c. Shivani Jain
d. None of these
21. South Korean Pohang-class cor-vette sank because of which of the following torpedoes?
a. Wang Geon
b. Ulchi Mundok
c. Cheonan
d. None of these
22. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by …
a. Yukio Hatoyama
b. Yon Ki
c. Chiang Zell
d. Yukoto Ziang
23. Srikumar Banerjee is associated with which of the following?
a. Atomic Energy Commission
b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
c. Defence Research And Development Organisation
d. None of these
24. Who built the Brihadishwara Temple?
a. Rajaraja
b. Vengi
c. Rajendra Chola
d. None of these
25. Sutlej River originates from?
a. India
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. None of these
26. Pallavan Double Plus and Pallavan Muthusaram RD are deposit schemes that belong to …
a. Indian Bank
b. Bank of Baroda
c. State Bank of India
d. Allahabad Bank
27. Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the design of Indian National flag on?
a. August 23, 1947
b. September 13, 1947
c. August 15, 1947
d. July 22, 1947
28. The Indian National Anthem was sung for the fi rst time in …
a. 1910
b. 1911
c. 1947
d. 1945
29. National fruit of India is?
a. Apple
b. Sugarcane
c. Orange
d. Mango
30. When was the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution adopted?
a. 1970
b. 1972
c. 1974
d. 1976
31. Who elects the Vice President of India?
a. Members of Parliament
b. Members of Lok Sabha
c. Only b
d. Both a and b
32. Department of Agricultural Research and Education comes under the Ministry of …
a. Commerce and Industry
b. Agriculture
c. Commerce and Industry
d. Food Processing Industries
33. An insurance plan, ‘JiyoFit’, has been launched by …
a. HDFC standard life
b. Bharti AXA
c. LIC
d. Bajaj Allianz
34. Where is the National Institute of Smart Government located?
a. Hyderabad
b. Mumbai
c. Pune
d. Chennai
35. Defender Z+ is a …
a. Locker
b. Fighter plane
c. Car
d. Motorbike
36. Asia’s 1st EPZ was set up at …
a. Kandla
b. Delhi
c. Falta
d. Noida
37. In which year was the Integrated Defence Staff formed?
a. 1959
b. 1961
c. 1981
d. 2001
38. How many Integrated Test Ranges does DRDO have?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
39. The Integrated Education for Disabled Children scheme was launched in …
a. 1954
b. 1965
c. 1974
d. 1991
40. When was the Rural Electrifi -cation Corporation Limited incorporated as a Company under Companies Act, 1956?
a. 1969
b. 1971
c. 1989
d. 1991
41. Fort William is located in …
a. Chennai
b. Goa
c. Kolkata
d. Mysore
42. The Indian Tennis player who turned to Hollywood filmmaking is …
a. Leander Paes
b. N. Night Shyamlan
c. Vijay Amritraj
d. Ashok Amritraj
43. Tritum is an isotope of …
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Hydrogen
d. Phosphorous
44. In which country would you buy things using Lira?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. USA
d. Myanmar
45. What does the acronym cc in an email mean?
a. Character conversion
b. Column code
c. Carbon Copy
d. Computer control
46. “Love” is associated with which of the following games?
a. Tennis
b. Horse riding
c. Lawn ball
d. Billiards
47. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games 2014?
a. Australia
b. Srilanka
c. Scotland
d. Canada
48. The Vrindavan Gardens are located in…
a. Mathura
b. Manali
c. Mysore
d. Mohali
49. For measuring the diameter of a thin wire, you would use …
a. Screw driver
b. Screw gauge
c. Screw metre
d. Measuring tape
50. El sueño del celta has been written by …
a. Pablo Neruda
b. Shakespeare
c. Mario Llosa
d. None of these
ANSWERS
1. c. 16th
2. b. Nilgiri Hills
3. a. Thailand
4. d. Robert Edwards
5. a. Badminton
6. b. Aluminum
7. b. Mario Vargas
8. a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund
9. c. Shooting
10. a. Coal India Limited
11. c. Biology
12. a. 101
13. b. Greg Jones
14. a. Karnataka
15. d. None of these
16. a. Ratnagiri
17. a. Vostochny Space Center
18. d. K.S. Sripathi
19. a. Norman Ernest Borlaug
20. b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra
21. c. Cheonan
22. a. Yukio Hatoyama
23. b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
24. a. Rajaraja
25. b. China
26. a. India Bank
27. d. 22nd July 1947
28. b. 1911
29. d. Mango
30. d. 1976
31. d. Both a and b
32. b. Agriculture
33. d. Bajaj Allianz
34. a. Hyderabad
35. a. Locker
36. a. Kandla
37. d. 2001
38. b. 2
39. c. 1974
40. a. 1969
41. c. Kolkata
42. c. Vijay Amritraj
43. c. Hydrogen
44. b. Italy
45. c. Carbon copy
46. a. Tennis
47. c. Scotland
48. c. Mysore
49. b. Screw guage
50. c. Mario Llosa
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1. Who authored the book ‘The Science of Bharat Natyam’?
(a) Saroja Vaidyanathan (b) Yamini Krishnamurthi ( c) J. Sushila (d) None of these
Answer a;
2.International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on:
(a) 9th August (b) 13th October (c) 24th November (d) 11th December
Answer-b;
3. Tianhe 1A, the world’s fastest supercomputer is made by
(a) United States (b) Japan (c) China (d) None of these
Answer :c
4. Which is India’s first ever Pollution Control Warship?
(a) Samudra Prahari (b) Nischaya (c) Varuna (d) None of these
Answer:a
5. Who became India’s youngest grandmaster?
(a) Parimarjan Negi (b) Dronavali Harika (c) Praveen Thipse (d) S P Sethuraman
Answer:d
6. K C Kulich International Award is associated with:
(a) Medicine (b) Economics (c) Journalism (d) Sports
Answer:c
7. ‘Open’ is the autobiography of which sports personality?
(a) Adam Gilchrest b) Glenn Merges (c) Andre Agassiz (d) None of these
Ans-c
8. World Cup Football in 2022 is to be held at:
(a) Qatar (b) UK (c) Spain (d) France
Answer:a
9. Who is the first head of UN WOMEN?
(a) Laura Chinchilla (b) Julia Gillard (c) Mitchell blachettt (d) None of these
Answer:c
10.Which of the following committee is related to Corporatisation of Stock Exchanges?
(a) Bimal Jalan Committee (b) V Achuthan Committee (c) P M Nair Committee (d) None of these
Ans-a
11. Which is India’s newest stock exchange for currency derivatives
(a) BSE (b) NSE (c) United Stock Exchange (USE) (d) None of these
Answer :c
12. Jeevan Reddy Committee is related to
(a)Illegal mining (b) Armed Forces Special Power Act (c) Environmental Impact Assessment (d) None of these
Ans-b
13. Which of the following scheme is related with social security for unorganised sector?
(a) Swabhiman (b) Sabla (c) Swavalamban (d) None of these
Ans-c
14. Polavaram Project is located in which state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Answer:a
15. David Perlman Award is given in which field?
(a) Sports (b) Music (c) Photography (d) Journalism
Ans-d
16.Which of the following committee has redefined the definition of Slums?
(a) Pranab Sen Committee(b) Arjun Sen gupta committee (c) C Ibrahim Committee (d) None of these
Ans-a
17. Arrow-III is an anti missile system of
(a) France (b) Pakistan (c) Israel (d) UK
Ans-c
18. India’s first jail BPO is going to came up at:
(a) Bangalore (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad
Answer:a
19.World’s first aviation university coming up at:
(a) Bangalore (b) Nice (c) Glasgow (d) Venice
Answer: a
20. Khoj lab has been launched by which group?
(a) Future Group (b) dell (c) IBM d) Times group
Answer:a
21. Which of the following became the first smoke free state in India?
(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) None of these
Ans-a
22. Lightest element:- Hydrogen
Only Metal liquid at room temperature:- Hg Mercury
Tungsten symbol –W
Tin –Sn
Element with maximum number of compounds –Carbon ( due to catenation)
22. Which of the following became the Ist Asian Country to sign Free Trade Agreement with European Union?
(a) South Korea (b) China (c) India (d) None of these
Ans-a
23. The Emissary’ is the book authored by:
(a) Tarun Tejpal b) Vinod Mehta (c) Aniruddh Bahl (d) None of these
Ans-c
24. Who is the new PM of Netherlands?
(a) Mark Ruttea (b) Bill Carey (c) Thakshin Sinawatra (d) None of these
Ans-a
25. Who is the new PM of Kosovo?
(a) Hashim Taci (b) N K Name Krumoh (c) Jose Borosso d) None of these
Ans-a
26. Who is the chairman of National Democratic Front of Bodoland?
(a) Paresh Barna (b) Aravind Rajakhowa (c) Ranjan Daimary (d) None of these
Ans-c
27. With which of the following countries India has not signed civil nuclear agreement?
(a) Namibia (b) Sweden c) Mongolia (d) Argentina
Ans-b
28. Who is the PM of Sweden?
(a) Fredrick Rainfeldt (b) Silvio Berlusconi (c) Garry Wanders (d) None of these
Ans-a
29. APEC Summit in November 2010 was held at :
(a) Yokohama (b) Sydney (c) Singapore (d) Busan
Answer a;
30. Which public sector bank was the banking partner in Commonwealth Games 2010?
(a) Central Bank of India (b) State Bank of India (c) Bank of Baroda (d) None of these
Answer-a;
31. Who is the new vice chief of army staff?
(a) V.K. Singh (b) A.S. Lamba (c) C. Shekhawat (d) None of these
Answer :b
32. Who has became the vice president of ICC?
(a) Ehsaan Mani (b) John Mulford (c) Alan Isaac (d) Molcom Speed
Answer: c
33. Who is the Director General of National Investigation Agency ?
(a) R.V. Raju (b) Ved Marwah (c) K.F. Rustomji (d) Sharad Chandra Sinha
Answer:d
34. Who is the Director of National Security Guard?
(a) R.K. Medhekar (b) J.K Dutt (c) B.K. Banerjee (d) None of these
Answer:a
35. Who of the following Indian got the Australia Day achievement medal 2010?
(a) V.P. Unnikrishnan (b) Sandeep Pandey (c) Vandana Shiva (d) None of these
Answer: a
36. Which of the following country became the 187th member of IMF?
(a) Marshall Islands (b) Tuvalu (c) Fiji (d) None of these
Answer: b
37. India’s second National Institute of Design will come up at which of the following
(a) Amethi (b) Jorahat (c) Aizowl (d) Itanagar
Ans- b
38. Benghazi is a port of :
(a) Libya (b) Yemen (c) Egypt (d) None of these
Answer:a
39. Jakhol Sankri Hydro Electric Project has been commissioned at
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) J&K (d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a
Answer: a
40. ‘Home Boy’ is a novel written by
(a) H M Naqvi (b) H S Narula (c) Anand Sarkar d) Stephen Lipsett
Ans- a
41. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in 2011 was held at:
(a) Jaipur (b) New Delhi (c) Ujjain (d) Varanasi
Answer :b
42. 98th Indian Science Congress in January 2011 was held at:
(a) Chennai (b) Kharagpur (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi
Ans - a
43. Who of the following is the present Lokayukta of Karnataka:
(a) N Vittal (b) Santosh Hegde (c) Yashwant Sonawane(d) None of these
Answer:b
44. Georgia’s capital is to be shifted from Tbilisi to:
(a) Akhan (b) Yeren (c) Kutaisi (d) Chisinau
Ans-c
45. Which country topped the Terrorism Risk Index in 2010:
(a) Somalia b) Samoa (c) Jamaica (d) Iraq
Ans-a
46. Which district is going to be named after Indira Gandhi?
(a) Medak (b) Rai Bareli
(c) Chikmaglur (d) Bellary
Ans-a
47. Who received the Elis Island Medal of Honour in 2010?
(a) Dalai Lama (b) Zinedine Zidene
(c) Rao Anumlu (d) B K Varghese
Answer:c
48. Enam Securities is to be purchased by:
(a) Union Bank of India (b) BNP Paribas
(c) ANZ Grindlays (d) Axis Bank
Answer: d
49. Which famous personality bagged the Man of Peace Award in 2010?
(a) Roberto Baggio (b) Diegs Maradona
(c) Pope John Paul II (d) None of these
Answer:a
50. Who is the new National Security Advisor of United States?
(c) W Singham (b) Thomas Donilon
(a) Colin Powell (b) Larry Page
Ans-b
51. Who is the new president of UN General Assembly?
(a) Joseph Deiss (b) Hans Rasmus Sen
(c) Leon Panetta (d) None of these
Ans-a
52. Luka and Fire of Life is the latest book by:
(a) Arun Som (b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Vikram Seth (d) None of these
Ans-b
53. What is the name of India’s latest and Seventh Super Computer?
(a) Annapurna (b) Param
(c) Pinak (d) None of these
Ans-a
54. Tembli became the first village in India to get UID. In which state it is located?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Chattisgarh
(c) Maharashtra (d) None of these
Ans-c
55.Who has been declared the ‘Business Leader of the year’ in Economic Times Corporate Excellence Awards 2010?
(a) Aditya Puri (b) N Nrayanmurthy
(c) Azim Premji (d) Mukesh Ambani
Ans-a
56. What is the mascot of 2011 cricket world cup?
(a) Hoho (b) Cobe
(c) Stumpy (d) None of these
Ans-c
57. SAF (South Asian Federation) games in 2012 will be held at
(a) Kathmandu (b) Delhi
(c) Bangalore (d) None of these
Ans-b
58. Agni III was launched from which of the following places:
(a) Wheeler Island (b) Sriharikota
(c) Bikaner (d) None of these
Answer a;
59. Who of the following is the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal?
(a) Lokeshwar Singh Parata (b) Anil Pandey
(c) K Vijay Kumar (d) None of these
Answer-a;
60. Which Indian Company is slated to buy the English football club Blackburn?
(a) U B groups (b) RPG
(c) Videocon (d) Vicky
Answer : d
61. Who is the Union Minister of Corporate Affairs?
(a) Murali Deora (b) Jaipal Reddy
(c) C P Joshi (d) M S Gill
Answer: a
62. Who is the new President Elect of BCCI?
(a) Chirayu Amin (b) Jyotiraditya Schindia
(c) Shashank manohar (d) Jagmohan Dalmia
Answer:c
63. Karrar is the unmaned bomber aircraft of which country?
(a) Iran (b) Syria
(c) Israel (d) None of these
Answer:a
64. Who is the CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited?
(a) S K Jain (b) Harsh Marital
(c) Oskar Singh (d) None of these
Answer: a
65. Who is the Director of Intelligence Bureau?
(a) Rajeev Mathur (b) Nehchal Sandhu
(c) Saikat Dutta (d) None of these
Answer: b
66. Ramagundanar thermal power project is in which state?
a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
Ans- a
67. Project Big Green has been initiated by which company?
(a) Microsoft (b) Apple
(c) Infosys (d) IBM
Answer:d
68. Vansadhara River dispute is between which states?
(a) Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu (d) None of these
Answer: a
69. Who is the Chairperson of National Housing Board?
(a) B N Kapoor (b) Mata Prasad
(c) R B Verma (d) None of these
Ans- c
70. Who is India’s permanent representative to United Nations?
(a) Hardeep Singh Puri (b) M.K. Agnihotri
(c) Vijay Pasricha (d) None of these
Answer :a
71. Who is the principal scientific advisor to Government of India?
(a) R. Chidambaram (b) V.K. Saraswat
(c) T.K. Thomas (d) None of these
Ans - a
72. Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?
(a) Balraj Madhok (b) A.K. Bajaj
(c) Shivran Puri (d) None of these
Ans - b
73. Who is the Deputy National Security Advisor?
(a) Shiv Shankar Menon (b) M.K. Narayanan
(c) Shekhar Dutt (d) None of these
Answer:c
74. Aligarh Muslim University is going to set its new campus at:
(a) Saharanpur (b) Meerut
(c) Murshidabad (d) Azamgarh
Ans-c
75. Who is the new Chairperson of National Commission for Backward classes?
(a) M.N. Rao (b) T.K. Maken
(c) Ram Singh Senbar (d) None of these
Ans-a
76. Who is the Chairperson of 19th Law Commission?
(a) P.V. Reddy (b) A.K. Lakshmanan
(c) K.R. Kurup (d) None of these
Ans-a
77. Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?
(a) Buta Singh (b) M.K. Kurup
(c) Shanta Sinha (d) Dheeraj Rohatgi
Answer:c
78. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in October 2010 was held at:
(a) Cape Town (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg (d) None of these
Answer: b
79. G-8 summit in June 2010 was held at:
(a) Ontario (b) Vancouver
(c) Huntsville (d) Quebec
Answer:-c
80. Who is the CEO of Twitter?
(a) Dick Costello (b) Jorma Olila (c) Allan Bolt (d) None of these
Ans-a
81. Which country topped the Global Peace Index Report in 2010?
(a) New Zealand (b) Iceland
(c) Denmark (d) Sweden
Ans-a
82. Who of the following is the recipient of Turner Prize 2010?
(a) Alex Rodriques (b) Sergie Bryan
(c) Susan Philipsz (d) None of these
Ans-c
83. Who is the Chairperson of Railway Board?
(a) Vivek Sahay (b) J P Batra
(c) D P Aggarwal (d) None of these
Ans-a
84. Who of the following is the recipient of Cervantes Prize 2010?
(a) John Stocker (b) Ana Maria
(c) C Andrew Stephen (d) None of these
Ans-b
85. Who founded the Telangana Praja Front in October 2010?
(a) G V Rao (b) K Chandrashekhar Rao
(c) N Srinivas (d) None of these
Ans-a
86. M. B. Shah Commission is related to:
(a) Illegal mining (b) Agricultural Statistics
(c) Microfinance Institutions (d) None of these
Ans-a
87. Who is the secretary General of Rajya Sabha?
(a) T.K. Vishwanathan (b) Vivek Agnihotri
(c) V.K. Gupta (d) None of these
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Current Affair for IBPS-CWE: 2011
1. Famous writer and Jnanpith Award recipient U.R.Ananthamurthy is short-listed for this year’s $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He writes in which of the following languages?
a. Tamil b. Malayalam c. Kannada d. Telugu
2. Which among the following person has become the first person to win the full prize money of Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of popular quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)?
a. Anil Kumar b. Sunil Kumar c. Sushil Kumar d. Manish Kumar
3. Which among the following Corvette is the second in aseries of four Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes that will be commissioned into the Navy’s fleet?
a. INS Kadmatt b. INS Karmotta c. INS Tejaswini d. INS Kavalya
4. As per a study conducted by the World Bank, what percent increase in GDP growth will take place with every 10 per cent increase in broadband penetration?
a. 0.4% b. 0.5% c. 1.4% d. 1.5%
5. The Head Office of Geological Survey of India (GSI), is situated at which of the following places?
a. New Delhi b. Kolkata c. Hyderabad d. Chennai
6. According to recent reports published in a medical journal, which of the following virus resulted in a diarrhea which resulted in number of deaths in children younger than 5 years.?
a. Rota virus b. Normalk virus c. Cytomegalo virus d. Virus Hepatitis
7. Two women have created history by cycling from Turkey to India to explore nature and to spread the message of “look beyond borders”. They belong to which of the following countries?
a. Turkey b. India c. Germany d. Canada
8. Which of the following country’s governments have banned lots of Indian banks, mostly small regional cooperatives, for the purpose of verifying applicants’ maintenance funds?
a. United States of America b. Britain c. Australia d. Germany
9. The term Green Revolution was given by:
a. M.S Swaminathan b. Norman Borlaug c. Varghese Kurien d. William Gande
10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently has approved the setting up of how many new Mega Food Park projects in addition to the 15 ongoing projects under the Infrastructure Development Scheme?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18
11. B. K. Chaturvedi Committee has been constituted to provide recommendation on which of the following matters?
a. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Jharkhand.
b. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Rajasthan
c. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in odisha
d. Relocation of NTPC’ 1,980-MW Plant in West Bengal
12. Which one of the following fertility drugs has been banned by the central government of India on the recommendation of D.C. Jain committee?
a. Albendazole b. Letrozole c. Anastrozole d. Fadrozole
13. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has made a foray into the insurance sector by acquiring a 30 per cent stake in which of the following company?
a. MetLife India b. R Allianze c. Oriental life insurance Ltd. d. Sahara Life insurance Ltd.
14. “Impulse” Motorbike has been launched by which of the following companies?
a. Enfield Corporation Ltd. b. Bajaj Motor Corp. Ltd. c. Yamaha Motor Ltd. d. Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
15. Which among the following industrialists from India has been honored with ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award-2011 for Exceptional Leadership?’
a. Mukesh Ambani b. Ratan Tata c. Anil Ambani d. N R Narayana Murthy
ANSWERS:
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 b 9 d 10 b 11 a 12 b 13 a 14 d 15
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IBPS CWE Clerical Exam: General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry): Practice Set 2
1. Which of the following bodies tightened the norms for foreign exchange risk cover in India mentioning that only companies with a networth of Rs 200 crore can use derivatives to hedge against risk of volatility in currency rates?
a. IMF b. Reserve Bank of India c. SEBI d. Union Ministry of Finance
Ans: b
2. Which body in India finally provided tax exemption on the 9.5 per cent interest income on PF deposits for 2010-11?
a. Reserve Bank of India b. Income Tax Department c. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation d. Corporate Affairs Ministry
Ans: b
3. (1) The report on Customer Service in Banks by a committee chaired by M. Damodaran, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that was released on 3 July 2011 recommended an increased deposit insurance cover of Rs.5 lakh so as to encourage individuals to keep all their deposits in banks.
(2) The panel also suggested blocking of lost ATM cards through SMS and immediate restoration of funds in case of non-dispensation of cash at an ATM within 5 working days.
Which of the above is not true?
a. Only 1 b. Only 2 c. Both 1 & 2 d. None of the above
Ans: b
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a bid to tame inflationary pressure hiked the short-term indicative policy rate (repo rate) by 50 basis points on 26 July 2011. The repo rate currently stands at what percentage?
a. 7% b. 7.5% c. 8% d. 8.5%
Ans: c
5. Which bank posted a 99 per cent drop in net profit at Rs 21 crore for the fourth quarter ended 31 March 2011 against Rs 1867 crore during the corresponding period in 2010?
a. Indian Overseas Bank b. State Bank of India c. Bank of India d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
6. Who did global payments processing company MasterCard appoint as the General Manager, South Asia and Country President, India?
a. T. V. Seshadri b. Vicky Bindra c. Tunde Lemo d. Ajay Banga
Ans: a
7. Government of India on 19 July 2011 appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian, former general manager of Bank of Baroda (BoB) as executive director of which public sector lender?
a. Central Bank of India b. Punjab National Bank c. United Bank of India
d. Gramin Bank
Ans: b
8. Name the public sector lender that selected Metlife as its partner for a proposed foray into the life insurance segment.
a. Syndicate Bank b. Punjab National Bank c. Corporation Bank d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
9. Which bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) under which DHFL will distribute home loans to Yes Bank's customers?
a. Canara Bank b. ABN Amro bank c. Yes Bank d. HSBC
Ans: c
10. Which life insurance company in India launched a new non-linked health insurance plan, Jeevan Arogya?
a. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd b. Life Insurance Corporation of India
c. IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Company Ltd. d. SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd
Ans: b
11. Which of the following public sector banks in November 2011 froze its lending to the power sector?
a. State Bank of India b. Allahabad Bank c. Punjab National Bank
d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
12. Which Indian bank on 10 May 2011 raised benchmark prime lending rate 75 basis points to 14% following raising of interest rates by RBI by basis points on 3 May 2011?
a. State Bank of India b. Union Bank c. Punjab National Bank d. Bank of Baroda
Ans: a
13. The Reserve Bank of India on 26 April 2011 fined 19 banks, including the country's top private and foreign banks for violating its guidelines on derivatives. Which is the only public sector bank on the list of banks to be fined?
a. State bank of India b. Punjab National Bank c. Bank of India d. Indian Bank
Ans: a
14. The Reserve Bank of India on 25 August 2011 released its Annual Report for 2010-11. Which of the following was not discussed in the Annual Report the Central Board of the RBI?
a. assessment of the macroeconomic performance during 2010-11
b. prospects for 2011-12
c. working and operations of the Reserve Bank and its financial accounts
d. role of regulatory bodies in controlling the financial markets
Ans: d
15. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel headed by headed by Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) on 29 August 2011 came up with suggestion on non-banking finance company (NBFC). Which of the following related to this statement is not true?
1. The panel suggested the central bank to insist on a minimum asset size of more than Rs.25 crore for registering any new non-banking finance company (NBFC)
2. Transfer of shareholding, direct or indirect, of 25 per cent and above, change in control, merger or acquisition of any registered NBFC will require prior approval of the Reserve Bank.
3. Tier-I capital for capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) purposes would be specified at 12 per cent to be achieved in three years for all registered deposit-taking and non-deposit-taking NBFCs.
4. NBFCs would be subject to regulations similar to banks while lending to stock brokers and merchant banks and similar to stock brokers, as specified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
a. 1 & 4 b. 2 & 4 c. Only 4 d. Only 1
Ans: d
16. Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK entered the mortgage market in the country for the first time?
a. Punjab National Bank b. Oriental Bank of Commerce c. State bank of India
d. Indian Overseas Bank
Ans: c
17. Which of the following banks set up two loan processing centres for the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment on a pilot basis in Bangalore & in New Delhi in September 2011?
a. Corp Bank b. United Bank of India c. Syndicate Bank d. Bank of Baroda
Ans: c
18. The government suspended M Ramadoss for alleged violations in issuing insurance cover to an airline during his stint as head of another state-run insurer. To which insurance group did he belong to?
a. New India Assurance b. LIC c. GIC d. ICICI Insurance
Ans: a
19. Which of the following banks in early May 2011 entered into a tie-up with non-banking finance companies such as Future Capital, Bajaj Finance, and Reliance Capital to grow its retail portfolio?
a. Central Bank of India b. State Bank of India c. Bank of India d. HDFC Bank
Ans: a
20. Which are the two Gujarat-based cooperative sector lenders on which Reserve bank of India imposed a financial penalty of Rs 1 lakh each for violation of various rules, including anti-money laundering guidelines?
1. Shree MahalaxmiMercantile Co-operative Bank
2. Rander People's Co-operative Bank
3. Abad District Co Op Bank
4. Ahd Mercantile Co-Op Bank Ltd
a. 1 & 2
b. 2 & 3
c. 1 & 4
d. 3 & 4
Ans: (a)
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Current Awareness Multiple Choice Question 2011
1- Sathya Sai Baba was born on Nov 23, 1926 in Puttaparthi as
(A). Sathyanarayana Raju (correct)
(B). Sadanarayan Raju
(C). Sadanand Raju
(D). Satyam Raju
2- Who has been elected as President of Nigeria?
(A). Muhammadu Buhari
(B). Goodluck Jonathan (correct)
(C). Festus Mogal
(D). Umara Yar Adua
3- Who among the following has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2010?
(A). Gulzar
(B). OP Nayyar
(C). K Balachander (correct)
(D). Mohanlal
4- National Panchayati Raj Day was observed on
(A). 24th April 2011 (correct)
(B). 2nd May,2011
(C). 10th May, 2011
(D). 15th May, 2011
5- Name the US Ambassador to India who has announced his resignation recently, citing personal commitments and saying he has accomplished all strategic objectives set two years ago.
(A). David C Mulford
(B). Robert Blackwill
(C). George R Merrell
(D). Timothy Roemer (correct)
6- Name the former Indian cricketer who carried a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head and who has been arrested by the Delhi Police in a human trafficking case. His alleged involvement came to light during the interrogation of Nimesh Kumar, who was found travelling on a fake passport on December 11,2004, when he arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from the United Kingdom.
(A). Maninder Singh
(B). Jacob Martin (correct)
(C). Madan Lal
(D). Venkatpathy Raju
7- The Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva has approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of and its isomers worldwide, subject to certain exemptions.
(A). Endosulfan (correct)
(B). Nimesulide
(C). Paracetamol
(D). GM organism
8- Name the Indian mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who has been awarded die 2011 Knuth Prize, a prestigious international recognition for research in computer science. The professor who leads the Algorithms Research Group at Microsoft Research Labs India is the first Indian to receive the award.
(A). PK Banerji
(B). Ravi Kannan (correct)
(C). VM Shah
(D). JR Patadia
9- Which has become the first State in the country to constitute an exclusive “agriculture Cabinet” to address the problems afflicting the farmers that arise from the recurrence of floods and droughts?
(A). West Bengal
(B). Assam
(C). Bihar (correct)
(D). UP
10- The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has announced as the new Chairman of its Executive Council for 2011-12 ?
(A). Som Mittal
(B). Jerry Rao
(C). Arun Kumar
(D). Rajendra S Pawar (correct)
October 2011
1.What is the purpose of "Niryat bandhu" Scheme Launched this year?
a.International business mentoring for young turks in international business
b.To increase the import of high quality goods
c.Providing tax concessions to importers.
d.All the above
2.Dhanvantari Award 2011 is given to ........?
a.P.K. Vaidya
b.M.K. Mani
c.Dr. Verghese Kurien
d.Dr. Devi Shetty
3.Who won gold for India at Halloween Throws Meet at Portland ?
a.C. Ramesh
b.Krishna Poonia
c.Jyoti Kunier
d.Vijay Singh
4.Policy for Acquisition of Raw Material Assets abroad by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is applicable to which secotrs?
a.Agriculture
b.Mining
c.Manufacturing
d.All the above
5. Which country recently won the membership of UNESCO?
a.Kuwait
b.Syria
c.Indonesia
d.Palestine
Answers:
1.a 2.b 3.b 4.d 5.d
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November 2011
1.The Indian boxer who has been ranked No. 2 in the international rankings released by AIBA on 01 Nov 11
a.Vikas Krishan
b.Vijender Kumar
c.Dinesh Kumar
d.Jai Bhagwan
2.The validity period of cheques and drafts has been reduced by the Reserve Bank from six months to (with effect from 01.04.2012)?
a.4 months
b.5 months
c.3 months
d.2 months
3.The country which tops the Human Development Index 2011 ?
a.Norway
b.Japan
c.Denmark
d.USA
Answers:
1.a 2.c 3.a
January 2012
March 2012
Current Affairs Quiz March 2012
April 2012
Current Affairs April 2012
1. Who’s temporary home, the property title of ‘Gyuto Monastery’ has been transferred in the Himachal Pradesh state government’s name?
(a) 17th Karmapa (b) 16th Karmapa (c) 18th Karmapa (d) 15th Karmapa
2. Which Committee has been constituted to examine the appropriateness of the telecom policies and allocation of spectrum from 2001 to 2009?
(a) Justice Shivaraj V. Patil Committee (b) Justice M M Punchhi Committee (c) Justice Bhagwati Committee (d) Justice Vahanvati Committee
3. The Egyptian military constituted a panel of legal experts, including a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to suggest amendments to the Mubarak-era constitution, headed by Tareq al-Bishry, who is a -
(a) politician (b) economist (c) judge (d) social activist
4. Who has invented and claimed that he has made a flying car with the help of India’’s first small car, Maruti, which was the star attraction at the Aero India 2011 air show in Bangalore?
a) A.K. Vishwanath (b) K. Uday Kumar (c) J. Ramesh (d) T. Kuppuswami
5. With which country India proposed a $9 billion ‘revolving fund’ jointly to finance and start implementation of the crucial Delhi Mumbai Industrial corridor (DMIC) link to address the infrastructure concerns?
(a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) Russia (d) South Africa
6. World Philatelic Exhibition Indipex-2011 was held recently in which of the following place?
(a) Bangkok (b) London (c) New Delhi (d) New York
7. Which among the following is the world’s oldest postal organisation?
(a) India Post (b) U.S. Postal Service (c) Mexican postal sevice (d) The Royal Mail from Britain
8. Which country vetoed a UNSC resolution that would have condemned illegal” Israeli settlements, despite all other states in the 15-member body, including India, voting for it?
(a) USA (b) Great Britain (c) China (d) Russia
9. India signed a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with which of the following country, which gives its doctors,accountants , two-wheelers , cotton garments and basmati rice greater access to its market?
(a) USA (b) Malaysia (c) Austria (d) Iran
10. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently said that Malegam panel’s suggestion of capping lending rate at 24% for micro finance institutions (MFI) will be implemented from:
(a) May 1, 2011 (b) April 1,2011 (c) November 1, 2011 (d) April 1, 2012
11. Global Governance Report 2025, an assessment report,is prepared by-
(a) United States National Intelligence Council (b) European Union Institute for security studies (c) a and b both (d) World Bank
12. In a bid to preserve and promote Tibetan culture, which university is planning to set up a centre for Tibetan studies at Dharamshala?
(a) Indira Gandhi National Open University (b) Jawaharlal Nehru University (c) Aligarh Muslim University (d) None of the above
13. What is the name of the District Collector of Malkangiri district of Orissa, who was abducted and later released by cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) recently?
(a) S.V. Naidu (b) Sumit Sharma (c) R.V. Krishna (d) Navin Kumar
14. Who among the following has been selected for the Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2010?
(a) V. Shanta (b) Arvind Kejriwal (c) Kiran Bedi (d) Anna Hazare
15. Which is the largest brackish water lagoon in the country?
(a) Pulicat Lake (b) Chilika Lake (c) Sambhar Lake (d) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1 a 2 a 3 c4 a 5 b 6 c 7 d 8 a 9 b 10 b 11 c 12 a 13 c 14 a 15 b
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Miscellaneous
1. Recently which Ghazal Singer and Padmabhushan Awardee, Passed Away in Mumbai ?
Jagjit Singh
2. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently.
B.S.Yeddyurappa
3. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online.
Super K
4. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network?
Nandan Nilekani
5.Which business has NIIT sold to Skillsoft for $110 million?
Element K
6. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final?
FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar
7. Name the men’s and women’s singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship.
Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle
8. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament.
Chiragh Kumar
9. Name the Indian women’s discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA.
Krishna Poonia
10. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed?
Kirani James Boulevard
11. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Roger Spottiswoode
12. Name the team which won the Durand Cup?
Churchill Brothers
13. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam?
K.R.Krishna Varma
14. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africa’s highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Alistair Cook
15. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release?
Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots
16. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years?
Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)
17. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India.
STEMpower
18. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently?
Dr.Vyjayanthimala
19. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa?
Dalai Lama
20. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August’s space ship crash.
Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite
21. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US?
Indra Nooyi
22. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka?
Cairn India
23. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012?
Scottish rocker Mark Ronson
24. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open?
Arundhati Pantawane
25. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister’s principal secretary?
Pulok Chatterjee
26. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research.
Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada
27. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata?
OYE 104.8 FM
28. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil?
Lia Diskin
29. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm?
Wilson Greatbatch
30. What is the name of the China’s first space Laboratory?
Tiangong-1
31. Name the famous television personality of CBS News channel’s program called “60 minutes” retired recently?
Andy Rooney
32. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE?
Etisalat
33. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently?
Yang Seung-suk
34. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died?
Micheal J.Drake
35. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012?
Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar
36. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit.
Hamid Karzai
37. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation?
Sudhir Vasudeva
38. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region.
D.Shivakumar
39. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently.
Adobe
40. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled ‘Facebook’?
RP.Patnaik
41. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals
42. Name the world’s cheapest laptop launched in India.
Aakash
43. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52.
Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley
44. Who won the Irani Cup 2011?
Rest of India Team
45. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users.
BeKnown
46. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India.
Galaxy Y
47. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI’s rating is downgraded from ‘C-’ to ‘D+’ by Moody’s?
C-
48. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women’s Award for her contribution to world’s first green steel manufacturing process.
Veena Sahajwalla
49. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently.
Steve Jobs
50. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket?
Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore
51. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature.
Tomas Transtromer
52. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently.
Mathoor Krishnamurthi
53. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country?
Austrian President
54. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote?
Palestine
55. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka?
7.2per cent
56. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently?
Schwarzenegger
57. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women’s rights
58. Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011?
Royal Challengers Bangalore
59. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK.
Lord Mayor Michael Bear
60. Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody’s.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB
61. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship?
Hrishika Basappa
62. Which software’s updated version has been launched by Infosys?
Finacle e-Banking solution
63. Who won the Shanghai Masters title?
Andy Murray
64. Which day has been declared as ‘Steve Jobs Day’?
16th October
65. Name the businessman who won the Queen’s award for enterprise 2011 in london.
Dr.Rami Ranger
66. Who won the MotoGP title for the fifth consecutive year at the Australian Grand Prix?
Casey Stoner
67. Who won the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix 2011?
Sebastian Vettel
68. Name the Australian University which has offered Amitabh Bachchan honorary doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
69. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India?
China
70. Name India’s longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently.
Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km)
71. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012?
April 4th to May 27th 2012
72. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor’s?
AA- from AA
73. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently.
Michael Woodford
74. Who is set to replace Liam Fox as UK defence minister?
Philip Hammond
75. Name the Italian Prime Minister who survived confidence vote.
Silvio Berlusconic
76. Where was the world’s largest blind symbol unveiled?
A yellow banner with three black spots was unveiled at Vienna’s St.Stephen’s Cathedral
77. Which technology major acquired Skype for $8.5 billion?
Microsoft
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1. United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is officially referred to as the … session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
a. 18th
b. 17th
c. 16th
d. 15th
2. Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near which of the following hills?
a. Anamalai Hills
b. Nilgiri Hills
c. Khasi Hills
d. Patkai Hills
3. Where was first the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit held?
a. Thailand
b. Malaysia
c. India
d. Pakistan
4. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010?
a. Richard Heck
b. Ei-ichi Negishi
c. Akira Suzuki
d. Robert Edwards
5. Ajay Jayaram is a well known … player.
a. Badminton
b. Golf
c. Tennis
d. Hockey
6. Toxic red sludge, a waste product from making which metal, burst out of a Hungarian factory’s reservoir reached Danube River of Europe?
a. Copper
b. Aluminum
c. Lithium
d. Rubidium
7. Who authored Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter?
a. Ruskin Bond
b. Mario Vargas
c. Jonathan
d. None of these
8. Suresh Tendulkar is associated with …
a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund
b. Telecom Regulatory Au- thority of India
c. UN
d. None of these
9. Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are associated with which of the following games?
a. Hockey
b. Basketball
c. Shooting
d. Cricket
10. With which company would you associate Partha S. Bhattacharyya?
a. Coal India Limited
b. NTPC
c. IOC
d. Bharat Electronics Limited
11. Robert Edwards shares an association with?
a. Physics
b. Chemistry
c. Biology
d. Mathematics
12. The total number of medals that India has won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is …
a. 101
b. 102
c. 103
d. 105
13. Which of the following is a Tennis Player?
a. Dan Carter
b. Greg Jones
c. Johnny Weissmuller
d. None of these
14. H. R. Bhardwaj is the governor of …
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andra Pradesh
15. Who has been awarded the Nobel Economics Prize2010?
a. Peter Granger
b. Jilly Cooper
c. Dale Mortensen
d. None of these
16. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is in which city?
a. Ratnagiri
b. Nagpur
c. Pune
d. Mumbai
17. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fl agged off the construction of which space centre?
a. Vostochny Space Center
b. Vladimir Space Center
c. Hioto Space Center
d. None of these
18. Who is the State Chief Information Commissioner of Chennai?
a. Hiren Singh
b. R. K. Narayan
c. Vinod Joshi
d. K. S. Sripathi
19. Who is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”?
a. Norman Ernest Borlaug
b. M. S. Swaminathan
c. J. S. Thomson
d. None of these
20. Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by …
a. Arundhati Ray
b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra
c. Shivani Jain
d. None of these
21. South Korean Pohang-class cor-vette sank because of which of the following torpedoes?
a. Wang Geon
b. Ulchi Mundok
c. Cheonan
d. None of these
22. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by …
a. Yukio Hatoyama
b. Yon Ki
c. Chiang Zell
d. Yukoto Ziang
23. Srikumar Banerjee is associated with which of the following?
a. Atomic Energy Commission
b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
c. Defence Research And Development Organisation
d. None of these
24. Who built the Brihadishwara Temple?
a. Rajaraja
b. Vengi
c. Rajendra Chola
d. None of these
25. Sutlej River originates from?
a. India
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. None of these
26. Pallavan Double Plus and Pallavan Muthusaram RD are deposit schemes that belong to …
a. Indian Bank
b. Bank of Baroda
c. State Bank of India
d. Allahabad Bank
27. Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the design of Indian National flag on?
a. August 23, 1947
b. September 13, 1947
c. August 15, 1947
d. July 22, 1947
28. The Indian National Anthem was sung for the fi rst time in …
a. 1910
b. 1911
c. 1947
d. 1945
29. National fruit of India is?
a. Apple
b. Sugarcane
c. Orange
d. Mango
30. When was the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution adopted?
a. 1970
b. 1972
c. 1974
d. 1976
31. Who elects the Vice President of India?
a. Members of Parliament
b. Members of Lok Sabha
c. Only b
d. Both a and b
32. Department of Agricultural Research and Education comes under the Ministry of …
a. Commerce and Industry
b. Agriculture
c. Commerce and Industry
d. Food Processing Industries
33. An insurance plan, ‘JiyoFit’, has been launched by …
a. HDFC standard life
b. Bharti AXA
c. LIC
d. Bajaj Allianz
34. Where is the National Institute of Smart Government located?
a. Hyderabad
b. Mumbai
c. Pune
d. Chennai
35. Defender Z+ is a …
a. Locker
b. Fighter plane
c. Car
d. Motorbike
36. Asia’s 1st EPZ was set up at …
a. Kandla
b. Delhi
c. Falta
d. Noida
37. In which year was the Integrated Defence Staff formed?
a. 1959
b. 1961
c. 1981
d. 2001
38. How many Integrated Test Ranges does DRDO have?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
39. The Integrated Education for Disabled Children scheme was launched in …
a. 1954
b. 1965
c. 1974
d. 1991
40. When was the Rural Electrifi -cation Corporation Limited incorporated as a Company under Companies Act, 1956?
a. 1969
b. 1971
c. 1989
d. 1991
41. Fort William is located in …
a. Chennai
b. Goa
c. Kolkata
d. Mysore
42. The Indian Tennis player who turned to Hollywood filmmaking is …
a. Leander Paes
b. N. Night Shyamlan
c. Vijay Amritraj
d. Ashok Amritraj
43. Tritum is an isotope of …
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Hydrogen
d. Phosphorous
44. In which country would you buy things using Lira?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. USA
d. Myanmar
45. What does the acronym cc in an email mean?
a. Character conversion
b. Column code
c. Carbon Copy
d. Computer control
46. “Love” is associated with which of the following games?
a. Tennis
b. Horse riding
c. Lawn ball
d. Billiards
47. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games 2014?
a. Australia
b. Srilanka
c. Scotland
d. Canada
48. The Vrindavan Gardens are located in…
a. Mathura
b. Manali
c. Mysore
d. Mohali
49. For measuring the diameter of a thin wire, you would use …
a. Screw driver
b. Screw gauge
c. Screw metre
d. Measuring tape
50. El sueño del celta has been written by …
a. Pablo Neruda
b. Shakespeare
c. Mario Llosa
d. None of these
ANSWERS
1. c. 16th
2. b. Nilgiri Hills
3. a. Thailand
4. d. Robert Edwards
5. a. Badminton
6. b. Aluminum
7. b. Mario Vargas
8. a. Prime Minister’s Relief Fund
9. c. Shooting
10. a. Coal India Limited
11. c. Biology
12. a. 101
13. b. Greg Jones
14. a. Karnataka
15. d. None of these
16. a. Ratnagiri
17. a. Vostochny Space Center
18. d. K.S. Sripathi
19. a. Norman Ernest Borlaug
20. b. Deepti Priya Mehrotra
21. c. Cheonan
22. a. Yukio Hatoyama
23. b. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
24. a. Rajaraja
25. b. China
26. a. India Bank
27. d. 22nd July 1947
28. b. 1911
29. d. Mango
30. d. 1976
31. d. Both a and b
32. b. Agriculture
33. d. Bajaj Allianz
34. a. Hyderabad
35. a. Locker
36. a. Kandla
37. d. 2001
38. b. 2
39. c. 1974
40. a. 1969
41. c. Kolkata
42. c. Vijay Amritraj
43. c. Hydrogen
44. b. Italy
45. c. Carbon copy
46. a. Tennis
47. c. Scotland
48. c. Mysore
49. b. Screw guage
50. c. Mario Llosa
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1. Who authored the book ‘The Science of Bharat Natyam’?
(a) Saroja Vaidyanathan (b) Yamini Krishnamurthi ( c) J. Sushila (d) None of these
Answer a;
2.International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on:
(a) 9th August (b) 13th October (c) 24th November (d) 11th December
Answer-b;
3. Tianhe 1A, the world’s fastest supercomputer is made by
(a) United States (b) Japan (c) China (d) None of these
Answer :c
4. Which is India’s first ever Pollution Control Warship?
(a) Samudra Prahari (b) Nischaya (c) Varuna (d) None of these
Answer:a
5. Who became India’s youngest grandmaster?
(a) Parimarjan Negi (b) Dronavali Harika (c) Praveen Thipse (d) S P Sethuraman
Answer:d
6. K C Kulich International Award is associated with:
(a) Medicine (b) Economics (c) Journalism (d) Sports
Answer:c
7. ‘Open’ is the autobiography of which sports personality?
(a) Adam Gilchrest b) Glenn Merges (c) Andre Agassiz (d) None of these
Ans-c
8. World Cup Football in 2022 is to be held at:
(a) Qatar (b) UK (c) Spain (d) France
Answer:a
9. Who is the first head of UN WOMEN?
(a) Laura Chinchilla (b) Julia Gillard (c) Mitchell blachettt (d) None of these
Answer:c
10.Which of the following committee is related to Corporatisation of Stock Exchanges?
(a) Bimal Jalan Committee (b) V Achuthan Committee (c) P M Nair Committee (d) None of these
Ans-a
11. Which is India’s newest stock exchange for currency derivatives
(a) BSE (b) NSE (c) United Stock Exchange (USE) (d) None of these
Answer :c
12. Jeevan Reddy Committee is related to
(a)Illegal mining (b) Armed Forces Special Power Act (c) Environmental Impact Assessment (d) None of these
Ans-b
13. Which of the following scheme is related with social security for unorganised sector?
(a) Swabhiman (b) Sabla (c) Swavalamban (d) None of these
Ans-c
14. Polavaram Project is located in which state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Answer:a
15. David Perlman Award is given in which field?
(a) Sports (b) Music (c) Photography (d) Journalism
Ans-d
16.Which of the following committee has redefined the definition of Slums?
(a) Pranab Sen Committee(b) Arjun Sen gupta committee (c) C Ibrahim Committee (d) None of these
Ans-a
17. Arrow-III is an anti missile system of
(a) France (b) Pakistan (c) Israel (d) UK
Ans-c
18. India’s first jail BPO is going to came up at:
(a) Bangalore (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad
Answer:a
19.World’s first aviation university coming up at:
(a) Bangalore (b) Nice (c) Glasgow (d) Venice
Answer: a
20. Khoj lab has been launched by which group?
(a) Future Group (b) dell (c) IBM d) Times group
Answer:a
21. Which of the following became the first smoke free state in India?
(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) None of these
Ans-a
22. Lightest element:- Hydrogen
Only Metal liquid at room temperature:- Hg Mercury
Tungsten symbol –W
Tin –Sn
Element with maximum number of compounds –Carbon ( due to catenation)
22. Which of the following became the Ist Asian Country to sign Free Trade Agreement with European Union?
(a) South Korea (b) China (c) India (d) None of these
Ans-a
23. The Emissary’ is the book authored by:
(a) Tarun Tejpal b) Vinod Mehta (c) Aniruddh Bahl (d) None of these
Ans-c
24. Who is the new PM of Netherlands?
(a) Mark Ruttea (b) Bill Carey (c) Thakshin Sinawatra (d) None of these
Ans-a
25. Who is the new PM of Kosovo?
(a) Hashim Taci (b) N K Name Krumoh (c) Jose Borosso d) None of these
Ans-a
26. Who is the chairman of National Democratic Front of Bodoland?
(a) Paresh Barna (b) Aravind Rajakhowa (c) Ranjan Daimary (d) None of these
Ans-c
27. With which of the following countries India has not signed civil nuclear agreement?
(a) Namibia (b) Sweden c) Mongolia (d) Argentina
Ans-b
28. Who is the PM of Sweden?
(a) Fredrick Rainfeldt (b) Silvio Berlusconi (c) Garry Wanders (d) None of these
Ans-a
29. APEC Summit in November 2010 was held at :
(a) Yokohama (b) Sydney (c) Singapore (d) Busan
Answer a;
30. Which public sector bank was the banking partner in Commonwealth Games 2010?
(a) Central Bank of India (b) State Bank of India (c) Bank of Baroda (d) None of these
Answer-a;
31. Who is the new vice chief of army staff?
(a) V.K. Singh (b) A.S. Lamba (c) C. Shekhawat (d) None of these
Answer :b
32. Who has became the vice president of ICC?
(a) Ehsaan Mani (b) John Mulford (c) Alan Isaac (d) Molcom Speed
Answer: c
33. Who is the Director General of National Investigation Agency ?
(a) R.V. Raju (b) Ved Marwah (c) K.F. Rustomji (d) Sharad Chandra Sinha
Answer:d
34. Who is the Director of National Security Guard?
(a) R.K. Medhekar (b) J.K Dutt (c) B.K. Banerjee (d) None of these
Answer:a
35. Who of the following Indian got the Australia Day achievement medal 2010?
(a) V.P. Unnikrishnan (b) Sandeep Pandey (c) Vandana Shiva (d) None of these
Answer: a
36. Which of the following country became the 187th member of IMF?
(a) Marshall Islands (b) Tuvalu (c) Fiji (d) None of these
Answer: b
37. India’s second National Institute of Design will come up at which of the following
(a) Amethi (b) Jorahat (c) Aizowl (d) Itanagar
Ans- b
38. Benghazi is a port of :
(a) Libya (b) Yemen (c) Egypt (d) None of these
Answer:a
39. Jakhol Sankri Hydro Electric Project has been commissioned at
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) J&K (d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a
Answer: a
40. ‘Home Boy’ is a novel written by
(a) H M Naqvi (b) H S Narula (c) Anand Sarkar d) Stephen Lipsett
Ans- a
41. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in 2011 was held at:
(a) Jaipur (b) New Delhi (c) Ujjain (d) Varanasi
Answer :b
42. 98th Indian Science Congress in January 2011 was held at:
(a) Chennai (b) Kharagpur (c) Kanpur (d) Delhi
Ans - a
43. Who of the following is the present Lokayukta of Karnataka:
(a) N Vittal (b) Santosh Hegde (c) Yashwant Sonawane(d) None of these
Answer:b
44. Georgia’s capital is to be shifted from Tbilisi to:
(a) Akhan (b) Yeren (c) Kutaisi (d) Chisinau
Ans-c
45. Which country topped the Terrorism Risk Index in 2010:
(a) Somalia b) Samoa (c) Jamaica (d) Iraq
Ans-a
46. Which district is going to be named after Indira Gandhi?
(a) Medak (b) Rai Bareli
(c) Chikmaglur (d) Bellary
Ans-a
47. Who received the Elis Island Medal of Honour in 2010?
(a) Dalai Lama (b) Zinedine Zidene
(c) Rao Anumlu (d) B K Varghese
Answer:c
48. Enam Securities is to be purchased by:
(a) Union Bank of India (b) BNP Paribas
(c) ANZ Grindlays (d) Axis Bank
Answer: d
49. Which famous personality bagged the Man of Peace Award in 2010?
(a) Roberto Baggio (b) Diegs Maradona
(c) Pope John Paul II (d) None of these
Answer:a
50. Who is the new National Security Advisor of United States?
(c) W Singham (b) Thomas Donilon
(a) Colin Powell (b) Larry Page
Ans-b
51. Who is the new president of UN General Assembly?
(a) Joseph Deiss (b) Hans Rasmus Sen
(c) Leon Panetta (d) None of these
Ans-a
52. Luka and Fire of Life is the latest book by:
(a) Arun Som (b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Vikram Seth (d) None of these
Ans-b
53. What is the name of India’s latest and Seventh Super Computer?
(a) Annapurna (b) Param
(c) Pinak (d) None of these
Ans-a
54. Tembli became the first village in India to get UID. In which state it is located?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Chattisgarh
(c) Maharashtra (d) None of these
Ans-c
55.Who has been declared the ‘Business Leader of the year’ in Economic Times Corporate Excellence Awards 2010?
(a) Aditya Puri (b) N Nrayanmurthy
(c) Azim Premji (d) Mukesh Ambani
Ans-a
56. What is the mascot of 2011 cricket world cup?
(a) Hoho (b) Cobe
(c) Stumpy (d) None of these
Ans-c
57. SAF (South Asian Federation) games in 2012 will be held at
(a) Kathmandu (b) Delhi
(c) Bangalore (d) None of these
Ans-b
58. Agni III was launched from which of the following places:
(a) Wheeler Island (b) Sriharikota
(c) Bikaner (d) None of these
Answer a;
59. Who of the following is the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal?
(a) Lokeshwar Singh Parata (b) Anil Pandey
(c) K Vijay Kumar (d) None of these
Answer-a;
60. Which Indian Company is slated to buy the English football club Blackburn?
(a) U B groups (b) RPG
(c) Videocon (d) Vicky
Answer : d
61. Who is the Union Minister of Corporate Affairs?
(a) Murali Deora (b) Jaipal Reddy
(c) C P Joshi (d) M S Gill
Answer: a
62. Who is the new President Elect of BCCI?
(a) Chirayu Amin (b) Jyotiraditya Schindia
(c) Shashank manohar (d) Jagmohan Dalmia
Answer:c
63. Karrar is the unmaned bomber aircraft of which country?
(a) Iran (b) Syria
(c) Israel (d) None of these
Answer:a
64. Who is the CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited?
(a) S K Jain (b) Harsh Marital
(c) Oskar Singh (d) None of these
Answer: a
65. Who is the Director of Intelligence Bureau?
(a) Rajeev Mathur (b) Nehchal Sandhu
(c) Saikat Dutta (d) None of these
Answer: b
66. Ramagundanar thermal power project is in which state?
a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
Ans- a
67. Project Big Green has been initiated by which company?
(a) Microsoft (b) Apple
(c) Infosys (d) IBM
Answer:d
68. Vansadhara River dispute is between which states?
(a) Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu (d) None of these
Answer: a
69. Who is the Chairperson of National Housing Board?
(a) B N Kapoor (b) Mata Prasad
(c) R B Verma (d) None of these
Ans- c
70. Who is India’s permanent representative to United Nations?
(a) Hardeep Singh Puri (b) M.K. Agnihotri
(c) Vijay Pasricha (d) None of these
Answer :a
71. Who is the principal scientific advisor to Government of India?
(a) R. Chidambaram (b) V.K. Saraswat
(c) T.K. Thomas (d) None of these
Ans - a
72. Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?
(a) Balraj Madhok (b) A.K. Bajaj
(c) Shivran Puri (d) None of these
Ans - b
73. Who is the Deputy National Security Advisor?
(a) Shiv Shankar Menon (b) M.K. Narayanan
(c) Shekhar Dutt (d) None of these
Answer:c
74. Aligarh Muslim University is going to set its new campus at:
(a) Saharanpur (b) Meerut
(c) Murshidabad (d) Azamgarh
Ans-c
75. Who is the new Chairperson of National Commission for Backward classes?
(a) M.N. Rao (b) T.K. Maken
(c) Ram Singh Senbar (d) None of these
Ans-a
76. Who is the Chairperson of 19th Law Commission?
(a) P.V. Reddy (b) A.K. Lakshmanan
(c) K.R. Kurup (d) None of these
Ans-a
77. Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?
(a) Buta Singh (b) M.K. Kurup
(c) Shanta Sinha (d) Dheeraj Rohatgi
Answer:c
78. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in October 2010 was held at:
(a) Cape Town (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg (d) None of these
Answer: b
79. G-8 summit in June 2010 was held at:
(a) Ontario (b) Vancouver
(c) Huntsville (d) Quebec
Answer:-c
80. Who is the CEO of Twitter?
(a) Dick Costello (b) Jorma Olila (c) Allan Bolt (d) None of these
Ans-a
81. Which country topped the Global Peace Index Report in 2010?
(a) New Zealand (b) Iceland
(c) Denmark (d) Sweden
Ans-a
82. Who of the following is the recipient of Turner Prize 2010?
(a) Alex Rodriques (b) Sergie Bryan
(c) Susan Philipsz (d) None of these
Ans-c
83. Who is the Chairperson of Railway Board?
(a) Vivek Sahay (b) J P Batra
(c) D P Aggarwal (d) None of these
Ans-a
84. Who of the following is the recipient of Cervantes Prize 2010?
(a) John Stocker (b) Ana Maria
(c) C Andrew Stephen (d) None of these
Ans-b
85. Who founded the Telangana Praja Front in October 2010?
(a) G V Rao (b) K Chandrashekhar Rao
(c) N Srinivas (d) None of these
Ans-a
86. M. B. Shah Commission is related to:
(a) Illegal mining (b) Agricultural Statistics
(c) Microfinance Institutions (d) None of these
Ans-a
87. Who is the secretary General of Rajya Sabha?
(a) T.K. Vishwanathan (b) Vivek Agnihotri
(c) V.K. Gupta (d) None of these
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Q1. | What is the purpose of "Niryat bandhu" Scheme Launched this year? a.International business mentoring for young turks in international business b.To increase the import of high quality goods c.Providing tax concessions to importers. d.All the above Answer :
L.I.C. Apprentice Development Officers Recruitment Exam., 2010
(Held on 13-6-2010) General Knowledge & Current Affairs : Solved Paper 1. Which of the following types of companies / organizations issue ‘ULIP’ ? (The ULIPs were recently in news) (A) Insurance companies (B) Banks (C) NABARD (D) RBI (E) All of these Ans : (A) 2. Insurance business in India is regulated by which of the following authorities ? (A) NFCG (B) IRDA (C) CII (D) FICCI (E) All of these Ans : (B) 3. Which amongst the following is NOT an insurance company functioning in India ? (A) ICICI Prudential (B) ING Vysya (C) ICICI Lombard (D) New India Assurance Company (E) National Securities Depository Ltd. Ans : (E) 4. Which of the following is the only Public Sector Company in the field of life insurance? (A) General Insurance Company (B) New India Assurance Company (C) Oriental Insurance Company (D) Sahara Life Insurance (E) Life Insurance Corporation of India Ans : (E) 5. As per the news in various financial newspapers, Larson & Toubro (L & T) is planning to enter the insurance business in India. Otherwise, what is the major business of L & T, which it is known for ? (A) Newspaper Publications (B) Media Entertainment (C) Car & Automobile Production (D) Textiles (E) Heavy Engineering & Construction Ans : (E) 6. “A contract that pledges payment on an agreed upon amount to the person (or his/her nominee) on the happening of an event covered against” is technically known as— (A) Death coverage (B) Life Insurance (C) Savings for future (D) Provident Fund (E) None of these Ans : (B) 7. As per the news published in various news papers, Life Insurance policies may become paperless in the near future. This means— (A) LIC will not insure any person hereafter as it has already reached its peak (B) LIC will not ask for any documents from a person who wishes to purchase an insurance policy (C) All policy related documents and policy certificates will henceforth be available in electronic form and not in their present physical form (D) LIC henceforth will not entertain any claim or complaint in written form or on paper. Things should be in electronic mode only (E) None of these Ans : (C) 8. In Insurance policies, we always find a date which is “Date of Maturity”. What does it mean ? (A) This is the date on which the policy was sold to the customer/person insured (B) This is the date on which the policy holder will have to submit his/her claim seeking the amount of the policy. Otherwise the company will not make any payment to him/her (C) This is the date on which the contract between the person and insurance company will come to an end (D) The date on which the insurance company makes the final payment to the insured person which is normally fifteen days after the “Payment due date” (E) None of these Ans : (D) 9. As we know, the Govt. is paying much attention to “Micro Finance” these days. Which of the following is one of the examples of Micro Finance ? (A) Insurance for life (B) Investment in Mutual Funds (C) Self Help Groups (D) Letter of Credit (E) All of these Ans : (C) 10. Which of the following insurance plans is NOT launched by the LIC ? (A) Jeevan Chhaya (B) Life Mahalife Gold Plan (C) Child Career Plan (D) Child Future Plan (E) Jeevan Saral Ans : (B) 11. Which of the following is/are the highlights of the Union Budget for 2010-11 ? 1. Rs. 3000 crores allotted for agriculture sector. 2. Fertilizer Subsidy to be reduced. 3. Hope to implement Direct Tax code from April 2011. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 12. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “The White Tiger” ? (A) Arundhati Roy (B) V.S. Naipaul (C) Kiran Desai (D) Vikram Seth (E) Aravind Adiga Ans : (E) 13. Who amongst the following is the Man Booker Prize winner of 2009 for his/her life-time achievement ? (A) Alice Munro (B) Chetan Bhagat (C) Shobha De (D) Graham Swift (E) None of these Ans : (A) 14. Which of the following is the best description of what insurance is ? (Many times companies also communicate the same to the person interested in getting an insurance policy)— (A) Insurance = Collective bearing of risk (B) Insurance = Paying for other’s mistake (C) Insurance = Taking from ‘A’ to pay ‘B’ (D) Insurance = Paying for something which will never happen (E) All of these Ans : (A) 15. Who amongst the following won OSCAR Award for his/her contribution in a film in 2009 and also two Grammy Awards in 2010— for his/her achievements in the field ? (A) Aamir Khan (B) Rituparno Ghosh (C) Deepa Mehta (D) Mani Ratnam (E) A. R. Rahman Ans : (E) 16. As per the announcements made in the Union Budget for 2010-11, public sector banks will get around Rs. 16,500 crores from the Govt. of India. For what purpose are banks getting this amount ? (A) To strengthen their capital base (B) To provide retirement benefits to their employees (C) To give the public sector banks an image make over (D) All A, B & C given above (E) None of these Ans : (A) 17. Who amongst the following Indian Players was one of the members of the team which won the Australian Open Lawn Tennis Tournament -2010 ? (A) Leander Paes (B) Mahesh Bhupati (C) Sania Mirza (D) Sunitha Rao (E) None of these Ans : (A) 18. Which of the following organizations/agencies frame the Monetary and Credit Policy which is followed by all banks in India? (A) Indian Bank’s Association (B) Reserve Bank of India (C) Securities & Exchange Board of India (D) Govt. of India (E) None of these Ans : (B) 19. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket ? (A) Penalty Stroke (B) Knock out (C) Bully (D) Checkmate (E) Silly point Ans : (E) 20. Which of the following countries was the host of the SAARC Summit 2010 ? (A) Bangladesh (B) Nepal (C) India (D) Bhutan (E) None of these Ans : (D) 21. Who amongst the following is not a winner of the “Padmashri Award” given away in 2010 ? (A) Ulhas Kashalkar (B) Saif Ali Khan (C) Rekha (D) Lalit Modi (E) Raghunath Panigrahi Ans : (D) 22. Which of the following terms is NOT used in the world of finance, banking and insurance ? (A) Devaluation (B) Amnesty (C) Hard Currency (D) Preference share (E) Sinking fund Ans : (B) 23. Who amongst the following is NOT amongst the winners of the 56th National Film Awards? (A) Shreya Ghosal (B) Priyanka Chopra (C) Hariharan (D) Shilpa Shetty (E) Arjun Rampal Ans : (D) 24. The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2009 was given to the— (A) President of Nepal (B) Prime Minister of Nepal (C) President of Afghanistan (D) Prime Minister of Bangladesh (E) None of these Ans : (D) 25. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of Sports ? (A) Gnanpith Award (B) Bharat Ratna (C) Arjuna Award (D) Kalidas Samman (E) None of these Ans : (C) |
Current Affair for IBPS-CWE: 2011
1. Famous writer and Jnanpith Award recipient U.R.Ananthamurthy is short-listed for this year’s $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He writes in which of the following languages?
a. Tamil b. Malayalam c. Kannada d. Telugu
2. Which among the following person has become the first person to win the full prize money of Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of popular quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)?
a. Anil Kumar b. Sunil Kumar c. Sushil Kumar d. Manish Kumar
3. Which among the following Corvette is the second in aseries of four Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes that will be commissioned into the Navy’s fleet?
a. INS Kadmatt b. INS Karmotta c. INS Tejaswini d. INS Kavalya
4. As per a study conducted by the World Bank, what percent increase in GDP growth will take place with every 10 per cent increase in broadband penetration?
a. 0.4% b. 0.5% c. 1.4% d. 1.5%
5. The Head Office of Geological Survey of India (GSI), is situated at which of the following places?
a. New Delhi b. Kolkata c. Hyderabad d. Chennai
6. According to recent reports published in a medical journal, which of the following virus resulted in a diarrhea which resulted in number of deaths in children younger than 5 years.?
a. Rota virus b. Normalk virus c. Cytomegalo virus d. Virus Hepatitis
7. Two women have created history by cycling from Turkey to India to explore nature and to spread the message of “look beyond borders”. They belong to which of the following countries?
a. Turkey b. India c. Germany d. Canada
8. Which of the following country’s governments have banned lots of Indian banks, mostly small regional cooperatives, for the purpose of verifying applicants’ maintenance funds?
a. United States of America b. Britain c. Australia d. Germany
9. The term Green Revolution was given by:
a. M.S Swaminathan b. Norman Borlaug c. Varghese Kurien d. William Gande
10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently has approved the setting up of how many new Mega Food Park projects in addition to the 15 ongoing projects under the Infrastructure Development Scheme?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18
11. B. K. Chaturvedi Committee has been constituted to provide recommendation on which of the following matters?
a. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Jharkhand.
b. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Rajasthan
c. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in odisha
d. Relocation of NTPC’ 1,980-MW Plant in West Bengal
12. Which one of the following fertility drugs has been banned by the central government of India on the recommendation of D.C. Jain committee?
a. Albendazole b. Letrozole c. Anastrozole d. Fadrozole
13. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has made a foray into the insurance sector by acquiring a 30 per cent stake in which of the following company?
a. MetLife India b. R Allianze c. Oriental life insurance Ltd. d. Sahara Life insurance Ltd.
14. “Impulse” Motorbike has been launched by which of the following companies?
a. Enfield Corporation Ltd. b. Bajaj Motor Corp. Ltd. c. Yamaha Motor Ltd. d. Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
15. Which among the following industrialists from India has been honored with ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award-2011 for Exceptional Leadership?’
a. Mukesh Ambani b. Ratan Tata c. Anil Ambani d. N R Narayana Murthy
ANSWERS:
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 b 9 d 10 b 11 a 12 b 13 a 14 d 15
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IBPS CWE Clerical Exam: General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry): Practice Set 2
1. Which of the following bodies tightened the norms for foreign exchange risk cover in India mentioning that only companies with a networth of Rs 200 crore can use derivatives to hedge against risk of volatility in currency rates?
a. IMF b. Reserve Bank of India c. SEBI d. Union Ministry of Finance
Ans: b
2. Which body in India finally provided tax exemption on the 9.5 per cent interest income on PF deposits for 2010-11?
a. Reserve Bank of India b. Income Tax Department c. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation d. Corporate Affairs Ministry
Ans: b
3. (1) The report on Customer Service in Banks by a committee chaired by M. Damodaran, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that was released on 3 July 2011 recommended an increased deposit insurance cover of Rs.5 lakh so as to encourage individuals to keep all their deposits in banks.
(2) The panel also suggested blocking of lost ATM cards through SMS and immediate restoration of funds in case of non-dispensation of cash at an ATM within 5 working days.
Which of the above is not true?
a. Only 1 b. Only 2 c. Both 1 & 2 d. None of the above
Ans: b
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a bid to tame inflationary pressure hiked the short-term indicative policy rate (repo rate) by 50 basis points on 26 July 2011. The repo rate currently stands at what percentage?
a. 7% b. 7.5% c. 8% d. 8.5%
Ans: c
5. Which bank posted a 99 per cent drop in net profit at Rs 21 crore for the fourth quarter ended 31 March 2011 against Rs 1867 crore during the corresponding period in 2010?
a. Indian Overseas Bank b. State Bank of India c. Bank of India d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
6. Who did global payments processing company MasterCard appoint as the General Manager, South Asia and Country President, India?
a. T. V. Seshadri b. Vicky Bindra c. Tunde Lemo d. Ajay Banga
Ans: a
7. Government of India on 19 July 2011 appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian, former general manager of Bank of Baroda (BoB) as executive director of which public sector lender?
a. Central Bank of India b. Punjab National Bank c. United Bank of India
d. Gramin Bank
Ans: b
8. Name the public sector lender that selected Metlife as its partner for a proposed foray into the life insurance segment.
a. Syndicate Bank b. Punjab National Bank c. Corporation Bank d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
9. Which bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) under which DHFL will distribute home loans to Yes Bank's customers?
a. Canara Bank b. ABN Amro bank c. Yes Bank d. HSBC
Ans: c
10. Which life insurance company in India launched a new non-linked health insurance plan, Jeevan Arogya?
a. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd b. Life Insurance Corporation of India
c. IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Company Ltd. d. SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd
Ans: b
11. Which of the following public sector banks in November 2011 froze its lending to the power sector?
a. State Bank of India b. Allahabad Bank c. Punjab National Bank
d. United Bank of India
Ans: b
12. Which Indian bank on 10 May 2011 raised benchmark prime lending rate 75 basis points to 14% following raising of interest rates by RBI by basis points on 3 May 2011?
a. State Bank of India b. Union Bank c. Punjab National Bank d. Bank of Baroda
Ans: a
13. The Reserve Bank of India on 26 April 2011 fined 19 banks, including the country's top private and foreign banks for violating its guidelines on derivatives. Which is the only public sector bank on the list of banks to be fined?
a. State bank of India b. Punjab National Bank c. Bank of India d. Indian Bank
Ans: a
14. The Reserve Bank of India on 25 August 2011 released its Annual Report for 2010-11. Which of the following was not discussed in the Annual Report the Central Board of the RBI?
a. assessment of the macroeconomic performance during 2010-11
b. prospects for 2011-12
c. working and operations of the Reserve Bank and its financial accounts
d. role of regulatory bodies in controlling the financial markets
Ans: d
15. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel headed by headed by Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) on 29 August 2011 came up with suggestion on non-banking finance company (NBFC). Which of the following related to this statement is not true?
1. The panel suggested the central bank to insist on a minimum asset size of more than Rs.25 crore for registering any new non-banking finance company (NBFC)
2. Transfer of shareholding, direct or indirect, of 25 per cent and above, change in control, merger or acquisition of any registered NBFC will require prior approval of the Reserve Bank.
3. Tier-I capital for capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) purposes would be specified at 12 per cent to be achieved in three years for all registered deposit-taking and non-deposit-taking NBFCs.
4. NBFCs would be subject to regulations similar to banks while lending to stock brokers and merchant banks and similar to stock brokers, as specified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
a. 1 & 4 b. 2 & 4 c. Only 4 d. Only 1
Ans: d
16. Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK entered the mortgage market in the country for the first time?
a. Punjab National Bank b. Oriental Bank of Commerce c. State bank of India
d. Indian Overseas Bank
Ans: c
17. Which of the following banks set up two loan processing centres for the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment on a pilot basis in Bangalore & in New Delhi in September 2011?
a. Corp Bank b. United Bank of India c. Syndicate Bank d. Bank of Baroda
Ans: c
18. The government suspended M Ramadoss for alleged violations in issuing insurance cover to an airline during his stint as head of another state-run insurer. To which insurance group did he belong to?
a. New India Assurance b. LIC c. GIC d. ICICI Insurance
Ans: a
19. Which of the following banks in early May 2011 entered into a tie-up with non-banking finance companies such as Future Capital, Bajaj Finance, and Reliance Capital to grow its retail portfolio?
a. Central Bank of India b. State Bank of India c. Bank of India d. HDFC Bank
Ans: a
20. Which are the two Gujarat-based cooperative sector lenders on which Reserve bank of India imposed a financial penalty of Rs 1 lakh each for violation of various rules, including anti-money laundering guidelines?
1. Shree MahalaxmiMercantile Co-operative Bank
2. Rander People's Co-operative Bank
3. Abad District Co Op Bank
4. Ahd Mercantile Co-Op Bank Ltd
a. 1 & 2
b. 2 & 3
c. 1 & 4
d. 3 & 4
Ans: (a)
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Q1. | 'Ek Tukda Dharti, Ek Tukda Aakash', a collection of poems, contains poems written by which former Prime Minister of India ? (A) Chandrashekhar (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Vishwanath Pratap Singh Answer : |
Q2. | What is the electoral symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party ? (A) Bicycle (B) Elephant (C) Rising Sun (D) Two Leaves Answer : |
Q3. | The purity of precious metal Gold is measured in Carat. Which of the following refers to a Gold alloy having 75 percent of Gold and rest 25 percent of other metals ? (A) 18 carat Gold (B) 20 carat Gold (C) 22 carat Gold (D) 24 carat Gold Answer : |
Q4. | In which of the following sport India has never won the World Championship ? (A) Polo (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Cricket Answer : |
Q5. | Which is the largest lake in the world ? (A) Lake Baikal (B) Caspian Sea (C) Lake Superior (D) Lake Victoria Answer : |
Q6. | What is the chemical name of Washing Soda ? (A) Sodium carbonate (B) Sodium bicarbonate (C) Sodium chloride (D) Sodium nitrate Answer : |
Q7. | From which Indian ruler did the Britishers aquire the Kohinoor diamond ? (A) Mir Qasim (B) Dalip Singh (C) Ranjit Singh (D) Tipu Sultan Answer : |
Q8. | 'Gyandarshan' is an educational TV channel of which Indian open university ? (A) Nalanda Open University, Patna (B) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad (C) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (D) Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata Answer : |
Q9. | In which of the following field are the National Florence Nightingale Awards given for rendering meritorious services ? (A) Banking (B) Teaching (C) Insurance (D) Nursing Answer : |
Q10. | In which Union Territory of India would you come across the 'Interview Island', 'Landfall Island' and 'Barren Island' ? (A) Lakshadweep (B) Daman and Diu (C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (D) Dadra & Nagar Haveli Answer : |
