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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Rakesh Sethi was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following public sector banks in March 2014? (He succeeded Shubhalaxmi
Panse)
1) Punjab National Bank 2) Andhra Bank 3) Bank of India
4) United Bank of India 5) Allahabad Bank
2. Who among the following won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 86th Academy
Awards in Los Angeles in March 2014?
1) Christian Bale 2) Matthew McConaughey 3) Bruce Dern
4) Leonardo DiCaprio 5) Chiwetel Ejiofor
3. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of MCX-SX in March 2014?
1) Ashima Goyal 2) Jignesh Shah 3) Thomas Mathew
4) Saurabh Sarkar 5) T.S. Vijayan
4. Which of the following teams won the 68th Santosh Trophy Football tournament at the
Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal, in March 2014? (Santosh Trophy is the
National Championships for Football)
1) Railways 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Kerala 4) Mizoram 5) Maharashtra
5. Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy
Awards in Los Angeles in March 2014?
1) The Hunt (Denmark) 2) The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
3) The Missing Picture (Cambodia) 4) Omar (Palestine)
5) The Great Beauty (Italy)
6. Which of the following teams won the Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket tournament at Eden
Gardens in Kolkata in March 2014?
1) Karnataka 2) Railways 3) Jharkhand 4) Gujarat 5) Mumbai
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7. Bailey Women's Prize for Fiction is annually awarded for best full-length novel written
in English by a woman of any nationality. It was previously called?
1) Man Booker Prize 2) David Cohen Prize 3) Kim Scott Walwyn Prize
4) Orange Prize 5) None of these
8. Which one of the following specialized agencies of the United Nations Organization
is not in Geneva?
1) International Labor Organization 2) World Meteorological Organization
3) World Health Organization 4) International Telecommunication Union
5) International Maritime Organization
9. The longest circle which can be drawn on the Earth's surface passes through?
1) Equator 2) Arctic Circle 3) Tropic of Cancer
4) Tropic of Capricorn 5) None of these
10. Vilnius is the capital city of which of the following European countries?
1) Lithuania 2) Albania 3) Estonia 4) Austria 5) Macedonia
11. Which of the following countries are known as the Baltic States?
1) France, Switzerland, Italy 2) Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
3) Lithuania, Luxemburg, Belgium 4) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
5) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Romania
12. Which one of the following countries does not have a woman President?
1) Argentina 2) South Korea 3) Costa Rica 4) Liberia 5) Bangladesh
13. Who is the author of the book "Take Me Home - The Inspiring Stories of 20
Entrepreneurs from Small town India with Big-time Dreams"?
1) Chetan Bhagat 2) Varun Agarwal 3) Rashmi Bansal
4) Tuhin A. Sinha 5) Deepak Chopra
14. The International Day of Peace is observed annually on?
1) November 20 2) September 21 3) October 24 4) May 24 5) March 20
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15. Plants that grow on stones and rocks are?
1) Halophytes 2) Aerophytes 3) Lithophytes
4) Psammophytes 5) None of these
16. The study of the preservation of life at low temperatures is?
1) Dermatology 2) Cryobiology 3) Kalology 4) Malacology 5) None of these
17. The reward for labor is?
1) Profit 2) Interest 3) Rest 4) Asset 5) Wage
18. The value of a commodity when expressed in terms of money is called?
1) Profit 2) Loss 3) Utility 4) Price 5) None of these
19. The Indian economy is a?
1) Capital abundant economy 2) Marketable surplus economy
3) Food abundant economy 4) Labor abundant economy
5) None of these
20. The relationship that developed between the USA and the USSR after World War II is
called?
1) Nuclear war 2) Crisis 3) Entente
4) Cold War 5) Capitalism versus Communism
21. Henry Becquerel discovered?
1) Neutron 2) Proton 3) Electron 4) Uranium 5) Radioactivity
22. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth?
1) Australia 2) Brunei 3) Canada 4) Egypt 5) Jamaica
23. The unit of atmospheric pressure is?
1) Dyne 2) Watt 3) Newton 4) Bar 5) None of these
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24. Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is situated in?
1) India 2) Bhutan 3) Nepal
4) New Zealand 5) Afghanistan
25. Who was appointed the Group President, Asia, of the Atlanta based beverages
company Coca Cola in November 2013?
1) Venkatesh Kini 2) Atul Singh 3) Manu Anand
4) Indra Nooyi 5) None of these
26. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India?
1) Wular Lake 2) Dal Lake 3) Chilka Lake
4) Sambhar Lake 5) Powai Lake
27. Which Committee was formed to suggest means for eradicating Black Money?
1) Janaki Ram Committee 2) Chellaiah Committee
3) Rangarajan Committee 4) Chakravarty Committee
5) Malhotra Committee
28. Which of the following organisations deals with computation of National Income?
1) National Development Council 2) Planning Commission
3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Central Statistics Organization
5) Finance Commission
29. Dhruv is a/an?
1) Indigenous submarine 2) Advanced Light Helicopter
3) Inter Continental Ballistic Missile 4) Aircraft Carrying Warship
5) None of these
30. Economic Survey is published by?
1) Indian Statistical Institute 2) Reserve Bank of India
3) Ministry of Finance 4) Planning Commission
5) Finance Commission
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31. V.S. Ramadevi was the only female?
1) Indian High Commissioner to UK 2) Indian Ambassador to USA
3) Chief Election Commissioner of India 4) Governor of Reserve Bank of India
5) None of these
32. "The Orphan Master's Son" was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is a
novel by American author?
1) Nathan Englander 2) Adam Johnson 3) Eowyn Ivey
4) Lydia Davis 5) None of these
33. Which of the following is a tertiary activity?
1) Farming 2) Weaving 3) Manufacturing 4) Trading 5) None of these
34. The main functioning of the banking system is to?
1) Accept deposits and provide subsidies 2) Accept deposits and provide credit
3) Provide credit and subsidies 4) Accept deposits
5) None of these
35. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to introduce one billion pieces of Rs 10
polymer notes on a field trial basis. Which of the following is/are the objectives
behind this move?
1) Increase of the lifetime of the notes 2) Combating counterfeiting
3) Reducing the cost of production of currency notes
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
36. British scientist Robert Edwards passed away recently. He was the pioneer in the field of?
1) Cloning 2) Human genome project 3) Test tube baby
4) Artificial heart transplantation 5) Artificial kidney transplantation
37. Who is the winner of The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 for his novel "Vanity Bagh"?
1) Anees Salim 2) Jeet Thayil 3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Vikram Chandra 5) Vikram Seth
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38. Which of the following instruments measures the rotation speed of a shaft or disk?
1) Tachometer 2) Hygrometer 3) Anemometer
4) Hydrometer 5) Barometer
39. NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) recently to
study?
1) Jupiter 2) Sun 3) Moon 4) Mars 5) Venus
40. Rem is the unit of measurement of?
1) Force 2) Tsunami intensity 3) Radiation
4) Explosion intensity 5) Earthquake intensity
41. The Reserve Bank of India granted in-principle approval to which of the following
applicants to set up banks on April 2, 2014?
1) IFCI 2) Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd 3) IDFC
4) Both 1 and 2 5) Both 2 and 3
42. Manuel Valls assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries
on April 1, 2014?
1) Spain 2) France 3) Italy 4) Argentina 5) Peru
43. On April 1, 2014, the RBI in its monetary policy kept the repo rate unchanged at?
1) 9% 2) 7% 3) 8% 4) 9.5% 5) 8.5%
44. Who was appointed as RBI Deputy Governor for three years in place of Anand
Sinha on April 3, 2014?
1) S.S. Mundra 2) Nachiket Mor 3) V. Kannan
4) R. Gandhi 5) None of these
45. Gurdial Singh Sandhu is the?
1) Finance Secretary 2) Revenue Secretary 3) Economic Affairs Secretary
4) Home Secretary 5) Financial Services Secretary
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46. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) suspended its ties with which of
the following countries in April 2014?
1) Ukraine 2) Syria 3) Afghanistan 4) Russia 5) China
47. Kumba Yala died on April 4, 2014. He was the former President of?
1) Ghana 2) Guinea-Bissau 3) Gambia 4) Djibouti 5) Malawi
48. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and which of the following companies jointly
launched 360-degree panoramic imagery of nationally important monuments in
February 2014?
1) Google 2) Yahoo 3) Bing 4) MSN 5) None of these
49. October 8 is celebrated in India as?
1) Army Day 2) Air Force Day 3) Navy Day
4) Armed Forces Flag Day 5) Kargil Divas
50. Which instrument measures the electric current?
1) Altimeter 2) Calorimeter 3) Galvanometer
4) Durometer 5) None of these
51. Who among the following architects designed the city of Chandigarh?
1) Charles Correa 2) Le Corbusier 3) Edwin Lutyens
4) Herbert Baker 5) None of these
52. Which of the following cups/ trophies is associated with Hockey?
1) DCM Trophy 2) Davis Cup 3) Derby Trophy
4) Durand Cup 5) None of these
53. Who invented the Thermos Flask?
1) Thomas Alva Edison 2) Humphry Davy 3) James Dewar
4) Alexander Bain 5) Lewis Waterman
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54. Zloty is the currency of?
1) Poland 2) Mexico 3) Slovakia 4) Slovenia 5) Latvia
55. The Jadugada Mine commenced operation in 1967 and is the first Uranium mine in
India. It is located in?
1) Odisha 2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar 4) West Bengal 5) Chhattisgarh
56. Mahatma Gandhi Setu, one of the longest river bridges in Asia, is a bridge over the
river?
1) Narmada 2) Tapti 3) Ganga 4) Godavari 5) Mahanadi
57. Nikhat Zareen of India is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Badminton 2) Boxing 3) Chess 4) Tennis 5) Archery
58. Which of the following private banks celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in October
2013?
1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Yes Bank
4) ING Vysya Bank 5) J&K Bank
59. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is an initiative of the Ministry of?
1) Minority Affairs 2) Information and Broadcasting
3) Drinking Water and Sanitation 4) Health and Family Welfare
5) Home Afairs
60. Which country faced the first Government shutdown in seventeen years in October 2013?
1) UK 2) France 3) Germany 4) USA 5) Italy
61. Which Indian industrialist was inducted into the prestigious National Academy of
Engineering (NAE) in the United States for his contributions to industrial development
in India and across the world in 2013?
1) E. Sreedharan 2) Ratan Tata 3) N. Chandrasekaran
4) Azim Premji 5) Krishnakumar Natarajan
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62. Mayaram Committee was formed by the Government of India to examine the?
1) Progress in 2G spectrum scam case
2) Alleged irregularities in the functioning of Indian Olympic Association
3) Alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL)
4) Progress in coal block allocation scam
5) None of these
63. The 9th edition of "Naseem Al Bahr", the biennial naval exercise, took place between the
Indian Navy and?
1) Royal Omani Navy 2) Bangladesh Navy 3) UAE Navy
4) Indonesian Navy 5) Iranian Navy
64. Which of the following is the capital city of Croatia?
1) Astana 2) Pyongyang 3) Vaduz 4) Zagreb 5) Conakry
65. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which put the Mangalyaan into Earth's
orbit is?
1) PSLV-A22 2) PSLV-C22 3) PSLV-A11 4) PSLV-C11 5) PSLV-C25
66. Who was named the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the India region of
food and beverage company Pepsi Co in December 2013?
1) D. Shivakumar 2) Manu Anand 3) Phaneesh Muty
4) Sanjeev Chaddha 5) None of these
67. Who was fondly known as "Madiba"?
1) Martin Luther King Junior 2) Abraham Lincoln 3) Nelson Mandela
4) Kenneth Kaunda 5) None of these
68. Petra Kvitova is a professional tennis player from?
1) Russia 2) Belarus 3) Bulgaria 4) Czech Republic 5) Ukraine
69. What does the letter F denote in the term NBFC?
1) Fiscal 2) Functional 3) Formal 4) Federal 5) Financial
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70. Which of the following is the name of a credit rating agency in India?
1) IBA 2) SEBI 3) IRDA 4) CRISIL 5) PFRDA
Answers:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 4 8) 5
9) 1 10) 1 11) 4 12) 5 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 2
17) 5 18) 4 19) 4 20) 4 21) 5 22) 4 23) 4 24) 3
25) 2 26) 1 27) 2 28) 4 29) 2 30) 3 31) 3 32) 2
33) 4 34) 2 35) 5 36) 3 37) 1 38) 1 39) 2 40) 3
41) 5 42) 2 43) 3 44) 4 45) 5 46) 4 47) 2 48) 1
49) 2 50) 3 51) 2 52) 5 53) 3 54) 1 55) 2 56) 3
57) 2 58) 5 59) 3 60) 4 61) 2 62) 3 63) 1 64) 4
65) 5 66) 1 67) 3 68) 4 69) 5 70) 4
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and
Low-Income Households submitted its report in January 2014. Who headed this
committee?
1) Urjit Patel 2) K.C. Chakrabarty 3) Anand Sinha
4) Nachiket Mor 5) Raghuram Rajan
2. Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister for her second straight
term and third overall on January 12, 2014. She is the leader of?
1) Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2) Bangladesh Awami League
3) Jatiya Party 4) Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
5) Workers Party
3. The Indian Ordnance Factory in Kanpur launched a light weight revolver designed
especially for women to defend themselves from assault in January 2014. It is known as?
1) Nirbhaya 2) Nirbhay 3) Nirbheek 4) Abhaya 5) None of these
4. Who, among the following Prime Ministers, will be the Chief Guest at this year's
Republic Day Parade in Delhi?
1) Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 2) Yingluck Shinawatra (Thailand)
3) David Cameron (UK) 4) Shinzo Abe (Japan)
5) Li Keqiang (China)
5. Ariel Sharon died on January 11, 2014. He was the former Prime Minister of?
1) Syria 2) Lebanon 3) Iran 4) Bahrain 5) Israel
6. India won the Under-19 Asia Cup cricket title in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in
January 2014. India defeated which of the following countries in the final?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Pakistan 3) Afghanistan 4) Bangladesh 5) Malaysia
7. Who picked up the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a second time after being named the
world's grea test footballer at a ceremony in Zurich in January 2014?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Lionel Messi 3) Franck Ribery
4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5) None
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8. Which state bagged the Oil and Gas Conservation Award for the best performance
among the big states? (The award is given by the Petroleum Conservation Research
Association under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)
1) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra 3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu 5) Andhra Pradesh
9. Which of the following films won the Best motion picture-drama at the 71st Annual
Golden Globe Awards announced in Los Angeles on January 12, 2014?
1) 12 Years a Salve 2) Captain Phillips 3) Gravity
4) Philomena 5) Rush
10. Eusebio, one of the greatest footballers of all time, passed away on January 5, 2014.
He played for?
1) Brazil 2) Argentina 3) Spain 4) Germany 5) Portugal
11. Robert Mugabe has been the President of which of the following countries since
December 1987? (He was sworn in on August 22, 2013 for another term)
1) Zambia 2) Kenya 3) Zimbabwe
4) South Africa 5) Mozambique
12. India announced a financial package worth Rs. 5000 crore for which of the following
countries on August 31, 2013?
1) Nepal 2) Bangladesh 3) Sri Lanka 4) Bhutan 5) Pakistan
13. Who was conferred the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award in October 2013? (This
award has been instituted by the TSR Foundation of T. Subbarami Reddy)
1) Subhash Ghai 2) Simi Garewal 3) Lata Mangeshkar
4) Hema Malini 5) Anil Kapoor
14. James Comey is the?
1) United States Attorney General
2) United States Ambassador to India
3) United States Ambassador to Indonesia
4) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
5) United States National Security Adviser
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15. Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Buriuly are associated with which of the
following sports?
1) Archery 2) Athletics 3) Golf 4) Badminton 5) Hockey
16. King Philippe ascended the throne of which of the following countries on July 21,
2013?
1) Belgium 2) Netherlands 3) UK 4) Spain 5) None of these
17. M.Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, has launched IGL
Suraksha Yojana, a group accident insurance scheme for nearly 2.5 lakh drivers of CNG
run public transport vehicles in?
1) Kolkata 2) Delhi 3) Bangalore 4) Mumbai 5) Chandigarh
18. The Parliament has recently passed the Companies Bill, 2012. As per the new bill the
companies are required to spend at least what percent of their net profit on
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
1) 1% 2) 2% 3) 3% 4) 4% 5) 5%
19. What is the estimated government spending on the food security program annually?
1) Rs 1 lakh crore 2) Rs 50,000 crore 3) Rs 80,000 crore
4) Rs 1.25 lakh crore 5) None
20. Which of the following universities will be established in Raebareli in Uttar
Pradesh?
1) Indira Gandhi National University for Women
2) Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
3) Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
21. Which of the following airports is renamed as Kempegowda International Airport?
1) Mangalore 2) Belgaum 3) Bellary 4) Gulbarga 5) Bengaluru
22. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the new aviation regulator. CAAwill replace?
1) DGCA 2) AERA 3) AERB 4) ICAO 5) GEAC
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23. The poverty in India declined by what percent between 1994 and 2010 as per the
report of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals released in July 2013?
1) 10% 2) 16% 3) 18% 4) 9% 5) 12%
24. Port Pipavav is India's first port in the private sector. It is located in?
1) Karnataka 2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat 4) Kerala 5) Odisha
25. Which country recently cancelled the construction of a nuclear processing plant in
Guangdong province?
1) Vietnam 2) China 3) North Korea 4) South Korea 5) Myanmar
26. The Marrakesh Treaty will provide access to various books for the print disabled,
visually impaired and blind. Marrakesh is in?
1) Russia 2) Switzerland 3) Morocco 4) Indonesia 5) Algeria
27. Mount Fuji was given world heritage status by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2013. Mount Fuji is the highest
mountain in?
1) Malaysia 2) Laos 3) Vietnam 4) Japan 5) Philippines
28. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was reelected as the President of which of the following
countries in 2013?
1) Mongolia 2) China 3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 5) Kyrgyzstan
29. The Union Government recently launched the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha
Yojana (MGPSY). The scheme will benefit the?
1) Adolescent girls 2) Children in rural areas 3) Women in rural areas
4) Urban slum dwellers 5) Overseas Indian workers
30. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has given green clearance for an
international airport in Kannurin?
1) Karnataka 2) Kerala 3) Goa 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Maharashtra
31. The International Olympic Day is celebrated on?
1) June 21 2) June 22 3) June 23 4) June 24 5) June 26
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32. Who has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)?
1) Rajiv Takru 2) Sunil Soni 3) Tapan Ray
4) Som Mittal 5) None of these
33. Which of the following awards was given to E. Sreedharan, the architect of Delhi
Metro Project, in 2013?
1) Lal Bahadur Shastri Award 2) Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
3) Lokmanya Tilak Award 4) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
5) None of these
34. Who joined as the first Director General of Government of India's Independent
Evaluation Office (IEO) on August 12, 2013? (IEO, was set up under Planning
Commission, conducts independent evaluation of central government schemes)
1) Kaushik Basu 2) Rakesh Mohan 3) Ajay Chibber
4) R.S. Gujral 5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
35. Pandit Jasraj, a famous Hindustani classical singer, is the winner of the 'Bharat
Ratna Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Lifetimes Achievement Award' given by the
government of?
1) Karnataka 2) Maharashtra 3) Haryana 4) Punjab 5) Gujarat
36. Mother Teresa's sculpture was unveiled at the University of Santo Tomas (UST)
recently. UST is the Asia's oldest university located in?
1) Japan 2) Thailand 3) Singapore 4) Philippines 5) Malaysia
37. The term 'Mint Road' is associated with?
1) Finance Minister's Office 2) State Bank of India 3) Reserve Bank of India
4) SEBI 5) Bombay Stock Exchange
Answers:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 5
9) 1 10) 5 11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 4 15) 1 16) 1
17) 2 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 5 22) 1 23) 2 24) 3
25) 2 26) 3 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 2 31) 3 32) 2
33) 3 34) 3 35) 2 36) 4 37) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The World's first artificial heart transplant was performed in which of the following
countries in December 2013?
1) France 2) UK 3) South Africa 4) USA 5) Germany
2. Former Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal has been appointed as the Governor of?
1) Nagaland 2) Manipur 3) Assam
4) Tripura 5) Arunachal Pradesh
3. Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Environment and Forests, resigned on December 21, 2013. Who is given the
additional charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests?
1) Kapil Sibal 2) Anand Sharma 3) Veerappa Moily
4) Beni Prasad Verma 5) Sharad Pawar
4. Who succeeded Nirupama Rao as the Indian Ambassador to the United States of
America on December 23, 2013?
1) Jamini Bhagwati 2) Sudhir Vyas 3) Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
4) S. Jaishankar 5) Ashok K. Kantha
5. Veteran journalist Pran Chopra passed away in December 2013. He was the former
editor of?
1) The Indian Express 2) Deccan Herald 3) India Today
4) The New Indian Express 5) The Statesman
6. Graeme Swann announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket
in December 2013. He played 60 tests for?
1) Australia 2) South Africa 3) West Indies
4) England 5) New Zealand
7. The Chief Financial Officer of Infosys quit the company in December 2013. Name him?
1) Ashok Vemuri 2) Basab Pradhan 3) S. Goparaju
4) V. Balakrishnan 5) S.D. Shibulal
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8. Which State was adjudged the Best State for Governance by the India Today Group
in its "State of The States" study in December 2013?
1) Gujarat 2) Karnataka 3) Maharashtra 4) Odisha 5) AP
9. Who won the men's title at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championship in
New Delhi on December 23, 2013?
1) Kidambi Srikanth 2) R.M.V. Gurusai Dutt 3) P. Kashyap
4) B. Sai Praneeth 5) Saurabh Verma
10. Who won the women's title at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championship
in New Delhi on December 23, 2013?
1) Rituparna Das 2) Sayali Gokhale 3) P. Thulasi
4) Arundhati Pantawane 5) P.V. Sindhu
11. "An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions" is written by Amartya Sen and?
1) Jean Dreze 2) Neil Gairnan 3) Abdul Kalam
4) A.G. Noorani 5) Gurucharan Das
12. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), what percent of the
world's population has access to Internet?
1) 31% 2) 40% 3) 77% 4) 50% 5) 33%
13. As per the findings of the Planning Commission, poverty in India declined to 21.9
per cent in 2011-12 from what per cent in 2004-05?
1) 28.9 % 2) 29.9% 3) 37.2% 4) 32.3% 5) 33.3%
14. Which is the most profitable foreign bank in India in 2012-13?
1) Standard Chartered Bank 2) HSBC 3) Citibank
4) Barclays 5) BNP Paribas
15. Shiv Thapa won a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan
recently. He is associated with?
1) Boxing 2) Archery 3) Athletics 4) Chess 5) Shooting
16. The United Nations General Assembly designated which of the following days as
Public Service Day?
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1) June 26 2) June 23 3) July 21 4) June 21 5) June 25
17. The 2013 Ramn Magsaysay Awards winners and their countries are given below.
Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Habiba Sarabi - Afghanistan 2) Lahpai Seng Raw - Myanmar
3) Ernesto Domingo - Philippines 4) Corruption Eradication Commission - Malaysia
5) Shakti Samuha - Nepal
18. Who is the first ever Indian woman to receive 'Emirates Woman Award' for business
excellence recently?
1) Indra Nooyi 2) Mallika Srinivasan 3) Vandana Gandhi
4) Padmasree Warrior 5) None of these
19. The National Capital Region Planning Board has approved the inclusion of
Bharatpur district in the National Capital Region. Bharatpur district is in?
1) Haryana 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Rajasthan
4) Punjab 5) Himachal Pradesh
20. Which state has been declared the first smoke-free state in India in compliance with
Section 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003?
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Gujarat
4) West Bengal 5) Himachal Pradesh
21. Which state government has launched 'Phulwari' scheme for children between ages
of 6 months and 3 years, aiming to curb malnutrition?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Jharkhand
4) Bihar 5) Uttar Pradesh
22. IRNSS-1A is India's first navigation satellite. In this 'R' stands for?
1) Regional 2) Regulatory 3) Research 4) Rural 5) Remote
23. The controversial businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi died recently. He belonged to?
1) Sweden 2) Italy 3) Poland 4) Portugal 5) Spain
24. The city of Incheon was named World Book Capital for the year 2015. Incheon is in?
1) China 2) Laos 3) South Korea 4) Thailand 5) Myanmar
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25. Jean-Claude Juncker was the Prime Minister of which of the following countries
from January 20, 1995 to December 4, 2013? (He was the longest-serving head of
government of any European Union State)
1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Slovenia 4) Luxembourg 5) Bulgaria
26. Which of the following companies has not applied for a new banking license?
1) Bandhan Financial Services 2) Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
3) LIC Housing Finance 4) SKS 5) IFCI
27. Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Alti, an IT services company which belongs to?
1) France 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Finland 5) Japan
28. To curb the menace of Ponzi schemes and protect investors, which of the following
regulators has been granted more powers?
1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) SEBI 4) IRDA 5) PFRDA
29. Telefonica launched the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system.
Telefonica is a mobile network provider which belongs to?
1) USA 2) Spain 3) China 4) Argentina 5) Brazil
30. India's first air-to-air missile is back on track after a long delay due to technical
glitches. It is known as?
1) Prahar 2) Prithvi 3) Astra 4) Agni I 5) AgniV
31. Which is the first country in South Asia to ban the testing of cosmetics and its
ingredients on animals?
1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Sri Lanka 5) Nepal
32. AltaVista was shut down recently. It was an early?
1) Social Networking Site 2) Search Engine 3) Operating System
4) Online Encyclopedia 5) None of these
33. Which state government has started the "Anna Bhagya" scheme under which 30 kg of
rice per month will be given to below poverty line (BPL) families at rupees 1 per kg?
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra 5) Goa
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34. Tungurahua volcano erupted recently. It is an active volcano located in?
1) Ecuador 2) Mexico 3) Japan 4) Philippines 5) Bolivia
35. Which of the following is the central bank of China?
1) People's Bank of China 2) Agricultural Bank of China
3) Bank of China 4) China Development Bank
5) Hua Xia Bank
36. The United Nations Organization Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared which
of the following days as 'Malala Day' in 2013?
1) July 18 2) July11 3) July 12 4) July 10 5) July 15
37. In the Commonwealth Chess Championship held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in
July 2013, which Indian Grand Master emerged as champion?
1) Abhijeet Gupta 2) Dibyendu Barua 3) M.R. Lalith Babu
4) P. Harikrishna 5) Parimarjan Negi
38. Jean-Yves Le Drian visited India recently. He is the Defense Minister of?
1) UK 2) France 3) Germany 4) Norway 5) Italy
39. In July 2013, who became the first US Vice President to visit India in three decades?
1) Mitt Romney 2) John Kerry 3) Joe Biden
4) Chuck Hagel 5) None of these
40. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia won a Gold Medal in the World Para Athletics
Championships in July 2013 in?
1) London, UK 2) Seoul, South Korea 3) Bangkok, Thailand
4) Lyon, France 5) Tokyo, Japan
Answers
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 4 7) 4 8) 5
9) 1 10) 5 11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 1 15) 1 16) 2
17) 4 18) 3 19) 3 20) 5 21) 2 22) 1 23) 2 24) 3
25) 4 26) 4 27) 1 28) 3 29) 2 30) 3 31) 1 32) 2
33) 3 34) 1 35) 1 36) 3 37) 1 38) 2 39) 3 40) 4
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-American, has been appointed President of which of the
following ratings firms? (He will assume office on January 6, 2014)
1) Moody's Investor Service 2) Fitch Ratings 3) CRISIL
4) Standard & Poor's 5) None of these
2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which
of the following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?
1) UNESCO 2) UNICEF 3) UNEP 4) UNDP 5) WHO
3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?
1) Aditya Birla Nuvo 2) Bajaj Finserve 3) Tata Sons
4) L&T Finance 5) IndiaBulls
4. The Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender
Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court
to receive and decide complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?
1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra 2) Justice Usha Mehra
3) Justice T. Meena Kumari 4) Justice Ranjana Desai
5) None of these
5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?
1) Jyotsna Suri 2) Arbind Prasad 3) R.V. Kanoria
4) Alwyn Didar Singh 5) Siddharth Birla
6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the
current financial year grew at?
1) 4% 2) 4.8% 3) 5.2% 4) 4.4% 5) 4.5%
7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29,
2013? (He succeeded General Ashfaque Parvez Kayani)
1) Raheel Sharif 2) Rashid Mehmood 3) Haroon Aslam
4) Khalid Shameen Wynne 5) None of these
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8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a
supermarket. He was the Prime Minister of?
1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Estonia 4) Lithuania 5) Ukraine
9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?
1) Bangladesh 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) Iraq
10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector
grew 4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter?
1) Agriculture 2) Electricity Production
3) Manufacturing 4) Construction
5) Services
11. The classical language status was granted to?
1) Tamil and Telugu 2) Tamil and Kannada
3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 4) Telugu and Kannada
5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam
12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was
inaugurated recently in?
1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu 4) Kollam, Kerala
5) Idukki, Kerala
13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered
the prices of how many essential drugs?
1) 74 2) 348 3) 454 4) 241 5) 311
14. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal of
the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?
1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Maharashtra
15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August
2013. It was built by?
1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) USA 5) Belgium
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16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?
1) Pakistan Muslim League-N 2) Pakistan People's Party
3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4) Awami League
5) None of these
17. The 50
th
anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?
1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2) World Trade Organization
3) Organization of African Unity /African Union
4) Association of South East Asian Nations
5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas
Air Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?
1) Russia 2) USA 3) France 4) Afghanistan 5) Pakistan
19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs)?
1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Israel 5) China
20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Government of India for the
welfare of disabled persons?
1) DDRS 2) JNNURM 3) IAY 4) DPAP 5) RAY
21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount
Everest at the age of 80?
1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan) 2) Conrad Anker (USA) 3) Peter Athans (USA)
4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland) 5) Wang Fuzhou (China)
22. Arunima Sinha is the?
1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year
4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest
5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest
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23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers
in the history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football
clubs from 1986 to 2013?
1) Arsenal 2) Chelsea 3) Manchester United
4) Blackburn Rovers 5) Manchester City
24. World Float is an Indian social networking site launched by?
1) Pushkar Mahatta 2) Sabir Bhatia 3) Shantanu Narayan
4) Phaneesh Murthy 5) Rajat Gupta
25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that
could charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the?
1) ISRO Young Scientist Award 2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
3) United Nations Public Service Award 4) Whitley Award
5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to
India's Gross Domestic Product?
1) 40% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 8% 5) 5%
27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?
1) Wal-Mart 2) IKEA 3) Carrefour 4) Tesco 5) Metro
28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?
1) Sheryl Sandberg 2) Padmasree Warrior 3) Ginni Rometty
4) Marissa Mayer 5) Indra Nooyi
29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?
1) S.R.Rao 2) Sumit Bose 3) Madhav Lal
4) Rajiv Takru 5) R.S. Gujral
30. Which of the following is not a land locked state?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Mizoram 5) Odisha
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31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched
pair?
1) USA -- CIA 2) UK -MI6 3) France - Mossad
4) India - RAW 5) Pakistan - ISI
32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in?
1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Kazakhstan
33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Jaipur
34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an
agreement with Vale SAfor sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SAis a metals and mining
company based in?
1) Russia 2) South Africa 3) USA 4) Brazil 5) Mexico
35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone
market?
1) Blackberry OS 2) Apple iOS 3) Symbian OS
4) Windows Phone OS 5) Android OS
36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on?
1) May 13, 1945 2) May 9, 1945 3) May 25, 1945
4) August 6, 1945 5) August 9, 1945
37. Which of the following states does not have bicameral legislature?
1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?
1) Imphal 2) Aizawl 3) Agartala 4) Shillong 5) Itanagar
39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?
1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton 2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton
3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain 4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook
5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss
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Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2
9) 3 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3
17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1 21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 1
25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 5 31) 3 32) 1
33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The P5+1 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) signed a historic
nuclear deal with which of the following countries in Geneva on November 24, 2013?
1) Syria 2) North Korea 3) Libya 4) Iran 5) Lebanon
2. Magnus Carlsen became the new world chess champion beating five-time title-holder
Viswana-than Anand in Chennai in November 2013. Magnus Carlsen belongs to?
1) Russia 2) Norway 3) Israel 4) USA 5) Sweden
3. Virat Kohli is the joint-fastest to score 5000 one day international runs in 114 innings.
He equaled the world record of?
1) Brian Lara 2) Gordon Greenidge 3) Vivian Richards
4) AB de Villiers 5) Sourav Ganguly
4. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 20
th
Law Commission of India on
November 22, 2013? (He succeeded Justice D.K. Jain)
1) Justice A.K. Patnaik 2) Justice T.S. Thakur
3) Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar 4) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
5) Justice Dipak Misra
5. Which of the following is not a hill station in South India?
1) Ooty 2) Kodaikanal 3) Munnar 4) Coimbatore 5) Wayanad
6. Which of the following words was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in
November 2013?
1) Selfie 2) Twerk 3) Binge-watch 4) Schmeat 5) Bitcoin
7. Who has been elected honorary foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS), the first Indian to be so honored?
1) Yash Pal 2) Roddam Narsimha 3) CNR Rao
4) K. Radhakrishnan 5) V.K. Saraswat
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8. The 3
rd
BRICS International Competition Conference was held in November 2013 in?
1) Durban 2) Brasilia 3) Sanya 4) Moscow 5) New Delhi
9. Who was named Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year for the fifth
time in November 2013?
1) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 2) Sara Errani (Italy)
3) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 4) Serena Williams (USA)
5) Marion Bartoli (France)
10. Who is the youngest world chess champion?
1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Garry Kasparov 3) Veselin Topalov
4) Anatoly Karpov 5) Viswanathan Anand
11. How many crore jobs were created in India between 2001 and 2011?
1) 10 crore 2) 8 crore 3) 11crore 4) 12 crore 5) 5 crore
12. Which country won the Sudirman Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in May 2013?
1) China 2) South Korea 3) Malaysia 4) India 5) Thailand
13. Ronnie O' Sulivan and Barry Hawkins are associated with?
1) Basketball 2) Badminton 3) Snooker 4) Boxing 5) Golf
14. Which team won the 64
th
Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Hockey Championship
in May 2013?
1) Karnataka 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Mumbai
4) Punjab 5) Andhra Pradesh
15. India signed Extradition Treaty with which of the following countries in May 2013
after two decades of negotiations?
1) Japan 2) Germany 3) South Korea 4) Pakistan 5) Thailand
16. The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor will be set up with the help of?
1) Japan 2) Russia 3) China 4) Bangladesh 5) Sri Lanka
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17. Who among the following is not a Prime Minister of a country?
1) Shinzo Abe 2) Yingluck Shinawatra 3) Li Keqiang
4) Nawaz Sharif 5) Hassan Rouhani
18. Which country's Prime Minister was conferred Pakistan's highest civil award
Nishan-e- Pakistan in May 2013?
1) India 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) UK 5) Australia
19. The President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of
elected members of?
1) Both Houses of Parliament 2) The Legislative Assemblies of the States
3) Union Council of Ministers 4) Both 1 and 2
5) Both 1 and 3
20. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Baichung Bhutia - Football 2) Gagan Narang - Shooting
3) Vijay Kumar - Shooting 4) Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing
5) Mary Kom - Boxing
21. SEBI introduced "Basic Services Demat Account" (BSDA) recently. What is the
maximum value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?
1) Rs 1 lakh 2) Rs 2 lakh 3) Rs 3 lakh 4) Rs 4 lakh 5) Rs 5 lakh
22. Ericsson, one of the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturers, is based in?
1) Spain 2) Iceland 3) Ireland 4) Switzerland 5) Sweden
23. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad
2) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam
3) Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre - Thiruvananthapuram
4) Indian Space Research Organization - Sriharikota
5) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited - Mumbai
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24. What is Wakhan Corridor?
1) An area of far north-eastern Afghanistan that forms a corridor between Afghanistan
and China
2) Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region
3) A passage between Iran and Afghanistan
4) A corridor between India and Pakistan
5) None of these
25. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on integration of thousands of employees
after the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines?
1) D.M. Dharmadhikari 2) Sam Pitroda 3) Anil Kakodkar
4) C. Rangarajan 5) None of these
26. Adi Godrej Committee is related to?
1) Telecom Sector Reforms
2) National Corporate Governance Policy
3) Indian Railways High Level Safety Review
4) Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
5) Banking Sector Reforms
27. Which of the following programs aims to help build or upgrade dwelling units of
below the poverty line rural families?
1) MGNREGP 2) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana 3) JNNURM
4) National Social Assistance Program 5) None of these
28. In Indian context NSAB stands for?
1) National Society for Animal Breeders
2) National Support Activity for Banks
3) National Security Advisory Board
4) National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists
5) None of these
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29. Adly Mansour, Francois Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the current Presidents
respectively of?
1) Qatar, France, Lebanon 2) Jordan, Germany, Syria 3) Egypt, Canada , Iraq
4) Egypt , France, Syria 5) Iraq, France, Jordan
30. Essar group of companies is promoted by?
1) Ruias 2) Tatas 3) Goenkas 4) Kanorias 5) Ambanis
31. Hero group of companies is owned by?
1) Hindujas 2) Firodias 3) Munjals 4) Birlas 5) None of these
32. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is located on the border of?
1) USA and Canada 2) USA and Mexico 3) Peru and Bolivia
4) Chile and Argentina 5) Namibia and South Africa
33. The Great Victoria is the largest desert in?
1) Australia 2) Mongolia 3) Namibia 4) Argentina 5) Algeria
34. Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding
(artificial rains)?
1) Zinc Sulphate 2) Silver Iodide 3) Magnesium Hydroxide
4) Potassium Chloride 5) Potassium Nitrate
Key
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 1 7) 3 8) 5
9) 4 10) 2 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1 15) 5 16) 1
17) 5 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 2 22) 5 23) 4 24) 1
25) 1 26) 2 27) 5 28) 3 29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 3
33) 1 34) 2
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who defeated Sheila Dikshit, the three-time Chief Minister of Delhi in the New Delhi
assembly constituency which she had held for 15 years, in December 2013?
1) Harsh Vardhan 2) Manish Sisodia 3) Jagdeep Singh
4) Pradyuman Rajput 5) Arvind Kejriwal
2. Nelson Mandela, South Afri-cas first black President, died at the age of 95 years on
December 5, 2013. In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with?
1) Fidel Castro 2) F.W. de Klerk 3) Oliver Tambo
4) Yasser Arafat 5) Desmond Tutu
3. Who will succeed Deepak Sandhu as the next Chief Infor- mation Commissioner
(CIC) of India?
1) Sudha Sharma 2) Satyanand Misra 3) Sushma Singh
4) Sujatha Singh 5) Sanjay Baru
4. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2013 in Muntinlupa City, Phili- ppines on December 7,
2013?
1) Katia Wagner (Austria) 2) Catharina Choi (South Korea)
3) Kristal Silva (Mexico) 4) Alyz Henrich (Venezuela)
5) Punika Kulsoontornrut (Thailand)
5. Who represented India in the Miss Earth beauty pageant in Philippines in December
2013?
1) Navneet Kaur Dhillon 2) Manasi Moghe 3) Shobita Dhulipala
4) Neena Davuluri 5) Vasuki Sunkavalli
6. Who was reappointed as the Director General of Organi-zation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in December 2013?
1) Yukia Amano 2) Roberto Azvedo 3) Ahmet Uzumcu
4) Anthony Lake 5) Irina Bokova
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7. Which country has won the right to host the 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup
Football?
1) Ireland 2) South Africa 3) Uzbekistan 4) India 5) Japan
8. The official ball to be used in the 2014 Football World Cup was unveiled in Rio de
Janeiro in December 2013. It is called?
1) Jabulani 2) Selecao 3) Brazuca
4) Bossa Nova 5) Cuiaba
9. Nabil Fahmy visited India in December 2013. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Pakistan 2) Egypt 3) Libya 4) Lebanon 5) Iran
10. Who is the only woman to have been first lady of two different countries, serving as
the First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986 and the First Lady of South Africa
from 1998 to 1999?
1) Winnie Mandela 2) Zanele Mbeki 3) Graca Machel
4) Marcelina Chissano 5) Maria da Luz Guebuza
11. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain peak in?
1) North America 2) South America 3) Africa
4) Australia 5) Europe
12. Who became the first Indian woman to scale the seven continental peaks after
climbing McKinley peak in May 2013?
1) Arunima Sinha 2) Premlata Agrawal 3) Bachendri Pal
4) Santoshi Yadav 5) None of these
13. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Oil and Natural Gas Corporations mega
power project in June 2013 in Pala-tana in?
1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) West Bengal
4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Meghalaya
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14. Which of the following organizations has designated Nicobar Islands as a world
biosphere reserve under its Man and Biosphere Program (MAB)?
1) WIPO 2) UNICEF 3) UNESCO 4) WMO 5) IPCC
15. Indian philanthropist Binde- shwar Pathak received the Legend of Planet award in
Paris in June 2013. He is the founder of?
1) Child Relief and You 2) SEWA 3) Chipko Movement
4) IVDP 5) Sulabh International
16. Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts were ravaged in the recent floods.
They are in?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Odisha 3) Bihar 4) Uttarakhand 5) West Bengal
17. Which of the following is the currency of Brazil?
1) Peso 2) Dollar 3) Franc 4) Pound 5) Real
18. SEBI has appointed a committee on Rationalization of Investment Routes and
Monitoring of Foreign Portfolio Invest-ments under the Chairmanship of ?
1) K.M. Chandrasekhar 2) U.K. Sinha 3) Y.V. Reddy
4) R. Damodaran 5) None of these
19. India's first Technical University for women was inaugurated in June 2013 in?
1) Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Hyderabad 4) Jaipur 5) Chennai
20. According to the Times Higher Education magazine Pohang University of Science
&Tech nology, also known as POS TECH, has topped the rankings of the worlds
top 100 universities under 50 years old. POSTECH is in?
1) Singapore 2) South Korea 3) Vietnam 4) Thailand 5) China
21. Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?
1) Danube 2) Ural 3) Rhine 4) Volga 5) Rhone
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22. What is the priority sector lending target for domestic banks and foreign banks with
branch network of 20 and above in India?
1) 32 per cent 2) 40 per cent 3) 50 per cent
4) 46 per cent 5) 35 per cent
23. Manodhairya Yojana is aimed at providing financial, medical and legal aid,
rehabilitation and counseling to victims of rape and child abuse. This scheme was
launched recently by?
1) Maharashtra 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Delhi 5) Andhra Pradesh
24. Gregg Clark has been appointed as the chief coach of the Junior Men's National
Hockey Team. He belongs to?
1) Germany 2) Belgium 3) Australia
4) South Africa 5) Netherlands
25. In which event in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships Vikas Gowda won a gold
medal in Pune in July 2013?
1) High Jump 2) Long Jump 3) Shot Put
4) 10,000 meter race 5) Discus Throw
26. Marwar Festival is celebrated every year in?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Gujarat 3) Rajasthan
4) Maharashtra 5) Uttar Pradesh
27. Countries and their capitals are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Australia Canberra 2) Austria Vienna 3) Finland Helsinki
4) Denmark Copenhagen 5) Switzerland Geneva
28. Ramesh Abhishek is the Chairman of?
1) Securities and Exchange Board of India
2) Forward Markets Commission
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3) Insurance Regulatory Deve- lopment Authority
4) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
5) Competition Commission of India
29. According to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED)
Act 2006, a medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment
is more than Rupees 2crore but does not exceed?
1) Rs.3 crore 2) Rs.4 crore 3) Rs.5 crore
4) Rs.10 crore 5) None of these
30. Rajiv Gandhi Ann Yojana under the Food Security Sche me was launched in
September 2013 by the Chief Minister of?
1) Maharashtra 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Rajasthan
4) Assam 5) Karnataka
31. Which of the following is not regulated by the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Reporate 2) CRR 3) SLR
4) Cess 5) Marginal Standing Facility
32. Which of the following sets standards and promotes effective implementation of
legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering and
terrorist finan cing?
1) AMLA 2) SWIFT 3) KYC 4) FATF 5) None of these
33. The National Payments Corpo-ration of India (NPCI) has launched an instant
interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones. It is called?
1) IMPS 2) NEFT 3) INSTAPAY 4) RTGS 5) None of these
Key
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 3 7) 4 8) 3
9) 2 10) 3 11) 1 12) 2 13) 2 14) 3 15) 5 16) 4
17) 5 18) 1 19) 1 20) 2 21) 4 22) 2 23) 1 24) 4
25) 5 26) 3 27) 5 28) 2 29) 3 30) 2 31) 4 32) 4
33) 1
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. C.V.R. Rajendran became the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of
the following public sector banks on December 13, 2013?
1) Indian Bank 2) Syndicate Bank 3) Andhra Bank
4) Vijaya Bank 5) Canara Bank
2. Michelle Bachelet was elected the President of which of the following South American
countries for the second time in December 2013? (She will take office on March 11, 2014)
1) Uruguay 2) Chile 3) Argentina 4) Paraguay 5) Bolivia
3. Pakistan appointed which of the following diplomats as its new High Commissioner
to India on December 19, 2013?
1) Syed Ibne Abbas 2) Jalil Abbas Jilani 3) Abdul Basit
4) Aizaz Chaudhry 5) Salman Bashir
4. Who took over as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) on December 19, 2013? (He succeeded Prakash Bakshi)
1) L.C. Goyal 2) R.S. Butola 3) D.K. Mehrotra
4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 5) Sudhir Vasudeva
5. Which cricketer will receive the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for
2013?
1) Mohinder Amarnath 2) B.S. Bedi 3) S. Venkataraghavan
4) Sunil Gavaskar 5) Kapil Dev
6. Which country won the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup title at the Major Dhyan
Chand National Stadium in New Delhi for a record sixth time on December 15, 2013?
1) Germany 2) France 3) Argentina 4) Spain 5) Canada
7. Sis Ram Ola passed away on December 15, 2013. At the time of his death he was the
Union Minister of?
1) Water Resources 2) Tribal Affairs and Panchayat Raj
3) Mines 4) Labor and Employment
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
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8. Ursula von der Leyen was appointed the first female Minister of Defense of which of
the following countries on December 17, 2013?
1) France 2) Spain 3) Germany 4) Argentina 5) Portugal
9. Who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra on
November 9, 2013?
1) S.L. Bansal 2) Sushil Muhnot 3) D.P. Singh
4) M. Narendra 5) M.D. Mallya
10. The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review, announced on
December 18, 2013, kept the repo rate unchanged at?
1) 8.75% 2) 8.5% 3) 7.5% 4) 7.75% 5) 7.25%
11. Which is India's most admired company, as per a Fortune magazine list released in
July 2013?
1) Tata Consultancy Services 2) Hindustan Unilever 3) ITC
4) Infosys 5) State Bank of India
12. Chris Martin retired recently from international Cricket. He played 71 Tests for?
1) South Africa 2) Australia 3) West Indies 4) New Zealand 5) England
13. Who is the World's Most Powerful Musician, according to the Forbes Magazine's
2013 list?
1) Lady Gaga 2) Beyonce 3) Madonna 4) Britney Spears 5) None
14. Tshering Tobgay assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following
countries on July 30, 2013?
1) Vietnam 2) Myanmar 3) Bhutan 4) Laos 5) South Korea
15. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, has been conferred
with 'Virangana Lakshmibai Rashtriya Samman 2013-14' by the Government of?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Haryana
4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
16. Sunabeda Tiger Reserve is located in the Nuapada district of?
1) Karnataka 2) Odisha 3) West Bengal 4) Assam 5) Gujarat
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17. Which two countries together hold about 90 per cent of the world's nuclear
weapons?
1) Russia and USA 2) USA and China 3) USA and India
4) USA and Australia 5) Japan and Russia
18. China topped the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championship held in Pune in
July 2013. What is India's rank?
1) Second 2) Fourth 3) Third 4) Fifth 5) Sixth
19. In the event of recalibration of the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) of the Reserve
Bank of India, which of the following rates gets automatically readjusted?
1) Bank Rate 2) Repo Rate 3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Base Rate 5) Prime Lending Rate
20. Moscow hosted which of the following Summits on July 19, 2013?
1) G20 2) G8 3) BRICS
4) G20 Ministers of Finance 5) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
21. The Shura Council is the upper house of the Parliament of?
1) Egypt 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Afghanistan 5) Syria
22. India is developing new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat with?
1) Russia and USA 2) Russia and Bangladesh 3) Russia and Japan
4) Australia and USA 5) Australia and Russia
23. Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place
every?
1) Year 2) Two years 3) Three years 4) Four years 5) None
24. Who is the author of the book "Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past"?
1) Shashi Tharoor 2) Hamid Ansari 3) K. Natwar Singh
4) Salman Khurshid 5) George Fernandes
25. Tata Steel has acquired majority stake in Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) for rupees 163
crore. LIM is based in?
1) USA 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Canada 5) Mexico
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26. Which company bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in
2013 for the next five years?
1) DLF 2) Reliance 3) PepsiCo 4) Hero 5) Essar
27. Which of the following companies launched 'ElitePad 900', a Windows 8 tablet, in
India?
1) Lenovo 2) Dell 3) Microsoft 4) HP 5) Samsung
28. Who is the present Lt. Governor of Delhi?
1) A.K. Singh 2) B.S. Bhalla 3) Najeeb Jung
4) Virendra Kataria 5) None of these
29. Douglas Engelbart of USA passed away recently. He invented?
1) Computer 2) Keyboard 3) Monitor
4) Computer mouse 5) Hard drive disk
30. Which country was ranked the world's happiest nation among developed economies
for the third consecutive year in the Better Life Index compiled by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
1) Australia 2) Sweden 3) Canada 4) Norway 5) Switzerland
31. India has offered US $ 150 million of credit for project exports for establishing a
Special Economic Zone at Sittwe in?
1) Afghanistan 2) Myanmar 3) Sri Lanka 4) Nepal 5) Bhutan
32. India's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at Nyoma at a height of
about 14,000 feet. Nyoma is in?
1) Sikkim 2) Assam 3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jammu& Kashmir 5) Arunachal Pradesh
33. Kerberos and Styx are the moons of?
1) Uranus 2) Neptune 3) Pluto 4) Jupiter 5) Saturn
34. The Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) was installed recently at Rangachang in?
1) Daman and Diu 2) Andaman and Nicobar 3) Lakshadweep
4) Puduchery 5) Tamil Nadu
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35. Which three-times world table tennis champion from China, popularly known as
the 'Architect of Ping-Pong Diplomacy', died recently?
1) Li Furong 2) Zhuang Zedong 3) Liang Geliang
4) Xi Enting 5) Li Ping
36. The government has proposed to run special luxury coach to provide high-level
comfort to travelers which is called?
1) Anubhuti coach 2) Sampurna coach 3) Suraksha coach
4) Duronto coach 5) None of these
37. Which of the following banks has acquired 30% stake in Metlife India Insurance?
1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank 3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Overseas Bank 5) Syndicate Bank
38. Who is the Chairman of the committee that has been appointed to re-start 215 large
projects worth over rupees 7 lakh crore that have been stalled for various reasons?
1) T. Damodaran 2) N. Chandrasekhar 3) Usha Thorat
4) C. Rangarajan 5) Anil Swarup
39. Who, among the following journalists, was given the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award
for Political Reporting 2013?
1) Shalini Singh 2) Smita Gupta 3) Pallavi Aiyar
4) Meena Menon 5)Neenavyas
40. "The Race of My Life" is the autobiography of?
1) P.T. Usha 2) Shiny Abraham 3) Usain Bolt
4) Milkha Singh 5) Carl Lewis
Answers
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 4 8) 3 9) 2
10) 4 11) 1 12) 4 13) 1 14) 3 15) 5 16) 2 17) 1 18) 5
19) 1 20) 4 21) 1 22) 4 23) 2 24) 3 25) 4 26) 3 27) 4
28) 3 29) 4 30) 1 31) 2 32) 4 33) 3 34) 2 35) 2 36) 1
37) 2 38) 5 39) 1 40) 4
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-American, has been appointed President of which of the following
ratings firms? (He will assume office on January 6, 2014)
1) Moody's Investor Service 2) Fitch Ratings 3) CRISIL
4) Standard & Poor's 5) None of these
2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which of the
following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?
1) UNESCO 2) UNICEF 3) UNEP
4) UNDP 5) World Health Organization
3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?
1) Aditya Birla Nuvo 2) Bajaj Finserve 3) Tata Sons
4) L&T Finance 5) IndiaBulls
4. The Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender Sensitization
and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court to receive and decide
complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?
1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra 2) Justice Usha Mehra
3) Justice T. Meena Kumari 4) Justice Ranjana Desai
5) None of these
5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?
1) Jyotsna Suri 2) Arbind Prasad 3) R.V. Kanoria
4) Alwyn Didar Singh 5) Siddharth Birla
6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the current
financial year grew at?
1) 4% 2) 4.8% 3) 5.2% 4) 4.4% 5) 4.5%
7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29, 2013?
(He succeeded General Ashfaque Parvez Kayani)
1) Raheel Sharif 2) Rashid Mehmood 3) Haroon Aslam
4) Khalid Shameen Wynne 5) None of these
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8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a super-
market. He was the Prime Minister of?
1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Estonia 4) Lithuania 5) Ukraine
9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?
1) Bangladesh 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) Iraq
10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector grew
4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter?
1) Agriculture 2) Electricity Production 3) Manufacturing
4) Construction 5) Services
11. The classical language status was granted to?
1) Tamil and Telugu 2) Tamil and Kannada
3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 4) Telugu and Kannada
5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam
12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was inaugu-
rated recently in?
1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu 4) Kollam, Kerala
5) Idukki, Kerala
13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered the
prices of how many essential drugs?
1) 74 2) 348 3) 454 4) 241 5) 311
14. The Cabinet Committee on Econ-omic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal of the
Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?
1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Maharashtra
15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August 2013. It
was built by?
1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) USA 5) Belgium
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16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?
1) Pakistan Muslim League-N 2) Pakistan People's Party
3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4) Awami League
5) None of these
17. The 50
th
anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?
1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2) World Trade Organization
3) Organization of African Unity /African Union
4) Association of South East Asian Nations
5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas Air
Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?
1) Russia 2) USA 3) France 4) Afghanistan 5) Pakistan
19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs)?
1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Israel 5) China
20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Government of India for the wel-
fare of disabled persons?
1) DDRS 2) JNNURM 3) IAY 4) DPAP 5) RAY
21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
at the age of 80?
1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan) 2) Conrad Anker (USA) 3) Peter Athans (USA)
4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland) 5) Wang Fuzhou (China)
22. Arunima Sinha is the?
1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year
4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest
5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest
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23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers in the
history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football clubs from
1986 to 2013?
1) Arsenal 2) Chelsea 3) Manchester United
4) Blackburn Rovers 5) Manchester City
24. WorldFloat is an Indian social networking site launched by?
1) Pushkar Mahatta 2) Sabir Bhatia 3) Shantanu Narayan
4) Phaneesh Murthy 5) Rajat Gupta
25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that could
charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the?
1) ISRO Young Scientist Award 2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
3) United Nations Public Service Award 4) Whitley Award
5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to India's
Gross Domestic Product?
1) 40% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 8% 5) 5%
27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?
1) Wal-Mart 2) IKEA 3) Carrefour 4) Tesco 5) Metro
28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?
1) Sheryl Sandberg 2) Padmasree Warrior 3) Ginni Rometty
4) Marissa Mayer 5) Indra Nooyi
29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?
1) S.R.Rao 2) Sumit Bose 3) Madhav Lal
4) Rajiv Takru 5) R.S. Gujral
30. Which of the following is not a land locked state?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh
4) Mizoram 5) Odisha
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31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) USA -- CIA 2) UK -MI6 3) France - Mossad
4) India - RAW 5) Pakistan - ISI
32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in?
1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Kazakhstan
33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Jaipur
34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an agreement with
Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and mining company based in?
1) Russia 2) South Africa 3) USA 4) Brazil 5) Mexico
35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?
1) Blackberry OS 2) Apple iOS 3) Symbian OS
4) Windows Phone OS 5) Android OS
36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on?
1) May 13, 1945 2) May 9, 1945 3) May 25, 1945
4) August 6, 1945 5) August 9, 1945
37. Which of the following states does not have bicameral legislature?
1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?
1) Imphal 2) Aizawl 3) Agartala 4) Shillong 5) Itanagar
39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?
1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton 2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton
3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain 4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook
5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss
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Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1
8) 2 9) 3 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4
15) 3 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1 21) 1
22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1
29) 5 30) 5 31) 3 32) 1 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5
36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3
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General Awareness
1. The P5+1 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) signed a historic nuclear
deal with which of the following countries in Geneva on November 24, 2013?
1) Syria 2) North Korea 3) Libya 4) Iran 5) Lebanon
2. Magnus Carlsen became the new world chess champion beating five-time title-holder
Viswana-than Anand in Chennai in November 2013. Magnus Carlsen belongs to?
1) Russia 2) Norway 3) Israel 4) USA 5) Sweden
3. Virat Kohli is the joint-fastest to score 5000 one day international runs in 114 innings. He
equaled the world record of?
1) Brian Lara 2) Gordon Greenidge 3) Vivian Richards
4) AB de Villiers 5) Sourav Ganguly
4. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 20
th
Law Commission of India on
November 22, 2013? (He succeeded Justice D.K. Jain)
1) Justice A.K. Patnaik 2) Justice T.S. Thakur
3) Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar 4) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
5) Justice Dipak Misra
5. Which of the following is not a hill station in South India?
1) Ooty 2) Kodaikanal 3) Munnar
4) Coimbatore 5) Wayanad
6. Which of the following words was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in
November 2013?
1) Selfie 2) Twerk 3) Binge-watch
4) Schmeat 5) Bitcoin
7. Who has been elected honorary foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS), the first Indian to be so honored?
1) Yash Pal 2) Roddam Narsimha 3) CNR Rao
4) K. Radhakrishnan 5) V.K. Saraswat
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8. The 3
rd
BRICS International Competition Conference was held in November 2013 in?
1) Durban 2) Brasilia 3) Sanya
4) Moscow 5) New Delhi
9. Who was named Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year for the fifth time
in November 2013?
1) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 2) Sara Errani (Italy)
3) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 4) Serena Williams (USA)
5) Marion Bartoli (France)
10. Who is the youngest world chess champion?
1) Magnus Carlsen 2) Garry Kasparov 3) Veselin Topalov
4) Anatoly Karpov 5) Viswanathan Anand
11. How many crore jobs were created in India between 2001 and 2011?
1) 10 crore 2) 8 crore 3) 11crore 4) 12 crore 5) 5 crore
12. Which country won the Sudirman Cup badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in May 2013?
1) China 2) South Korea 3) Malaysia 4) India 5) Thailand
13. Ronnie O' Sulivan and Barry Hawkins are associated with?
1) Basketball 2) Badminton 3) Snooker 4) Boxing 5) Golf
14. Which team won the 64
th
Rangaswamy Cup Senior National Hockey Championship in May
2013?
1) Karnataka 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Mumbai
4) Punjab 5) Andhra Pradesh
15. India signed Extradition Treaty with which of the following countries in May 2013 after
two decades of negotiations?
1) Japan 2) Germany 3) South Korea 4) Pakistan 5) Thailand
16. The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor will be set up with the help of?
1) Japan 2) Russia 3) China 4) Bangladesh 5) Sri Lanka
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17. Who among the following is not a Prime Minister of a country?
1) Shinzo Abe 2) Yingluck Shinawatra 3) Li Keqiang
4) Nawaz Sharif 5) Hassan Rouhani
18. Which country's Prime Minister was conferred Pakistan's highest civil award Nishan-e-
Pakistan in May 2013?
1) India 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) UK 5) Australia
19. The President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of
elected members of?
1) Both Houses of Parliament 2) The Legislative Assemblies of the States
3) Union Council of Ministers 4) Both 1 and 2
5) Both 1 and 3
20. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Baichung Bhutia - Football 2) Gagan Narang - Shooting
3) Vijay Kumar - Shooting 4) Yogeshwar Dutt - Boxing
5) Mary Kom - Boxing
21. SEBI introduced "Basic Services Demat Account" (BSDA) recently. What is the maximum
value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?
1) Rs. 1 lakh 2) Rs. 2 lakh 3) Rs. 3 lakh 4) Rs. 4 lakh 5) Rs. 5 lakh
22. Ericsson, one of the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturers, is based in?
1) Spain 2) Iceland 3) Ireland 4) Switzerland 5) Sweden
23. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad
2) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam
3) Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre - Thiruvananthapuram
4) Indian Space Research Organization - Sriharikota
5) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited - Mumbai
24. What is Wakhan Corridor?
1) An area of far north-eastern Afghanistan that forms a corridor between Afghanistan and
China
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2) Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region
3) A passage between Iran and Afghanistan
4) A corridor between India and Pakistan
5) None of these
25. Who was the Chairman of the Committee on integration of thousands of employees after
the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines?
1) D.M. Dharmadhikari 2) Sam Pitroda 3) Anil Kakodkar
4) C. Rangarajan 5) None of these
26. Adi Godrej Committee is related to?
1) Telecom Sector Reforms
2) National Corporate Governance Policy
3) Indian Railways High Level Safety Review
4) Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
5) Banking Sector Reforms
27. Which of the following programs aims to help build or upgrade dwelling units of below
the poverty line rural families?
1) MGNREGP 2) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
3) JNNURM 4) National Social Assistance Program
5) None of these
28. In Indian context NSAB stands for?
1) National Society for Animal Breeders
2) National Support Activity for Banks
3) National Security Advisory Board
4) National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists
5) None of these
29. Adly Mansour, Francois Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the current Presidents respec-
tively of?
1) Qatar, France, Lebanon 2) Jordan, Germany, Syria
3) Egypt, Canada , Iraq 4) Egypt , France, Syria
5) Iraq, France, Jordan
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30. Essar group of companies is promoted by?
1) Ruias 2) Tatas 3) Goenkas 4) Kanorias 5) Ambanis
31. Hero group of companies is owned by?
1) Hindujas 2) Firodias 3) Munjals 4) Birlas 5) None of these
32. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is located on the border of?
1) USA and Canada 2) USA and Mexico
3) Peru and Bolivia 4) Chile and Argentina
5) Namibia and South Africa
33. The Great Victoria is the largest desert in?
1) Australia 2) Mongolia 3) Namibia 4) Argentina 5) Algeria
34. Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificial
rains)?
1) Zinc Sulphate 2) Silver Iodide
3) Magnesium Hydroxide 4) Potassium Chloride
5) Potassium Nitrate
Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 1 7) 3
8) 5 9) 4 10) 2 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1
15) 5 16) 1 17) 5 18) 2 19) 4 20) 4 21) 2
22) 5 23) 4 24) 1 25) 1 26) 2 27) 5 28) 3
29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 3 33) 1 34) 2
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Yogesh Agarwal resigned as the Chairman of which of the following regulators on
November 13, 2013?
1) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
2) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3) Airport Economic Regulatory Authority
4) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
5) Securities and Exchange Board of India
2. Who was appointed as the Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharatiya Mahila
Bank (BMB), the first women's bank, in November 2013?
1) Shubhalaxmi Panse 2) Vijayalaxmi Iyer
3) Arundhathi Bhattacharya 4) Usha Ananthasubramanian
5) Archana Bhargava
3. The nineteenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP-19) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in which of the following
cities in Nov. 2013?
1) Copenhagen (Denmark) 2) Moscow (Russia)
3) Warsaw (Poland) 4) Stockholm (Sweden)
5) Oslo (Norway)
4. Miss Universe beauty pageant was held in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013. Who was
crowned Miss Universe 2013?
1) Maria Gabriela Isler (Venezuela) 2) Patricia Rodriguez (Spain)
3) Constanza Baez (Ecuador) 4) Ariella Arida (Philippines)
5) Megan Young (Philippines)
5. Who represented India at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013?
(She was placed 10th)
1) Gurleen Grewal 2) Sristi Rana 3) Preeti Chauhan
4) Manasi Moghe 5) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
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6. Which country will host the women's World Cup Hockey in 2018?
1) India 2) Netherlands 3) England 4) Malaysia 5) South Korea
7. Whose 125th birth anniversary was celebrated on November 11, 2013?
1) C. Rajagopalachary 2) Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad
3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
5) Bhagat Singh
8. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals Tennis tournament for the second year in a row in
November 2013?
1) Novak Djokovic 2) Rafael Nadal 3) Roger Federer
4) Richard Gasquet 5) Andy Murray
9. Who was honored with the first CII President's award for his contributions to the industry and
nation building on November 15, 2013?
1) Adi Godrej 2) Rahul Bajaj 3) S. Ramadorai
4) S. Gopalakrishnan 5) Ratan Tata
10. Which team won the Men's Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Kakamighara city, Japan
in November 2013?
1) Pakistan 2) Japan 3) Malaysia 4) China 5) India
11. Who was sworn-in as Malaysia's Prime Minister for the second time in May 2013?
1) Anwar Ibrahim 2) Tuanku Abdul Halim
3) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 4) Najib Tun Razak
5) Muhyiddin Yassin
12. The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) was signed recently by Preneet Kaur,
Minister of State for External Affairs of India and George William Vella, the Foreign
Minister of?
1) Malta 2) Hungary 3) Greece 4) Romania 5) Ireland
13. Indian biologist Dr. Aparajita Datta has been honored with which of the following awards
for her work to save threatened hornbills in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh?
1) Asom Ratna Award 2) Whitley Award 3) Baby Nobel Award
4) Right Livelihood Award 5) Ramon Magsaysay Award
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14. Narinder Nath Vohra was appointed as Governor of which of the following states for a
second five-year term recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) West Bengal 5) Gujarat
15. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is the current and the first woman speaker of the Parliament
of which of the following countries?
1) Pakistan 2) Singapore 3) Indonesia
4) Bangladesh 5) Iran
16. Aparna Bhattacharya and Pramila Jayapal were honored recently as 'champions of change'
by?
1) UK 2) USA 3) Sri Lanka 4) Canada 5) Australia
17. Mike Denness died of cancer at the age of 72 on April 19, 2013. He was the former cricket cap-
tain of?
1) Australia 2) England 3) South Africa
4) New Zealand 5) West Indies
18. Elaine Lobl Konigsburg of USA passed away recently. She won John Newbery Medal which
is given for?
1) Mathematics 2) Films 3) Music
4) Fashion Designing 5) Children's Literature
19. Which of the following paramilitary forces declared 2013 as the 'Year of the Jawan'?
1) Border Security Force 2) Central Industrial Security Force
3) Assam Rifles 4) Central Reserve Police Force
5) Indo Tibetan Border Police
20. Which of the following is a disaster response agency created by the Ministry of Home
Affairs in 2009 for disaster management?
1) BSF 2) CRPF 3) CISF 4) NDRF 5) Sashastra Seema Bal
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21. President Pranab Mukherjee recently released commemorative postage stamps depicting
50 personalities including Durga Khote, Suraiya, Geeta Dutt, Bhalji Pendharkar, Sohrab
Modi who were associated with?
1) Sports 2) Literature 3) Films 4) Education 5) Governance
22. The Tribal Forest Dwellers Empowerment Scheme for the economic upliftment of
Scheduled Tribe forest dwellers was launched recently by which of the following Union
Ministers?
1) Kapil Sibal 2) Mallikarjun Kharge 3) Sharad Pawar
4) V.Kishore Chandra Deo 5) Chandresh Kumari Katoch
23. The final Census was released by the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on April 30,
2013. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the Census?
1) India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion
2) 833.5 million persons live in rural areas while 377.1 million persons live in urban areas
3) Urban population has gone up from 17.3 per cent in 1951 to 31.2 per cent in 2011
4) Highest proportion of urban population is in National Capital Territory Delhi (97.5 per
cent)
5) Literacy rate in India in 2011 is 64.8 per cent
24. The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for setting up
of an Electric Locomotive Factory at Madhepura and Diesel Locomotive Factory at
Marhowra. Both Madhepura and Marhowra are in?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) West Bengal 3) Bihar
4) Chhattisgarh 5) Jharkhand
25. With effect from May 1, 2013 what is the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for booking
reserved train tickets?
1) 120 days 2) 90 days 3) 60 days 4) 150 days 5) 100 days
26. The Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project (1500 MW) is located in Jhajjar in?
1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan
4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
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27. According to the final Census India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1.21 billion.
India's population grew by what per cent during 2001-11?
1) 21.5 % 2) 17.7 % 3) 25.4 % 4) 19.6 % 5) 20.6 %
28. Sabin Award is given for the conservation of?
1) Birds 2) Reptiles 3) Amphibians 4) Mammals 5) Corals
29. Which one of the following is a super computer built by the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)?
1) Titan 2) SAGA-220 3) Jaguar 4) K-computer 5) Aakash
30. Lieutenant General (retired) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn in as the 15th Governor of which
of the following states on May 29, 2013?
1) Assam 2) Jharkhand 3) Kerala
4) Nagaland 5) Arunachal Pradesh
31. The National Florence Nightingale Awards are presented to?
1) Doctors 2) Engineers 3) Journalists
4) Nurses 5) Social workers
32. In the ranking of 189 economies, which country topped the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing
Business Report' for 2014?
1) Singapore 2) Hong Kong 3) New Zealand
4) USA 5) Denmark
33. 'Sethji' is a book written by?
1) Arundhati Roy 2) Shobhaa De 3) Anita Desai
4) Kiran Desai 5) Jhumpa Lahiri
34. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in?
1) France 2) Belgium 3) UK
4) Italy 5) Switzerland
35. The retail chain 'More' belongs to?
1) Reliance 2) Bharti Enterprises 3) Aditya Birla Group
4) Wal-Mart 5) None of these
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36. The DAX is a blue chip stock market index of?
1) Germany 2) Singapore 3) China
4) USA 5) Hong Kong
37. Angry Birds is a video game franchise created by?
1) Amazon 2) Rovio 3) Nintendo
4) Zynga 5) Google
38. Which of the following African countries underwent political turmoil in the recent years?
1) Tunisia 2) Egypt 3) Libya
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
39. Which of the following combination of scholars have won the Nobel Prize in Economics?
1) Amartya Sen, Mohammad Yunus, Ronald Coase
2) Mohammad Yunus, Paul Krugman, Elinor Ostrom
3) Mehaboob Haque, Alvin Roth, Amartya Sen
4) Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Paul Krugman
5) Robert McNamara, Joseph Stiglitz, Jagdish Bhagwathi
40. In which of the following states the Chief Minister belongs to Congress party?
1) Bihar 2) Goa 3) Odisha 4) Tripura 5) Karnataka
Answers
1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 1 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4
8) 1 9) 5 10) 1 11) 4 12) 1 13) 2 14) 3
15) 4 16) 2 17) 2 18) 5 19) 1 20) 4 21) 3
22) 4 23) 5 24) 3 25) 3 26) 1 27) 2 28) 3
29) 2 30) 5 31) 4 32) 1 33) 2 34) 5 35) 3
36) 1 37) 2 38) 5 39) 4 40) 5
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The RBI has recently permitted Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (WOS) of foreign banks to
acquire which of the following domestic banks in November 2013?
1) Government Banks 2) Private Banks 3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks 5) Both 1 and 2
2. Who took over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LIC Housing Finance
Limited in November 2013?
1) Anita Dongre 2) Renu Sood Karnad 3) Sunita Sharma
4) Naina Lal Kidwai 5) Chitra Ramakrishna
3. The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) held its 13th Council of Ministers meeting in
which of the following places on November 1, 2013?
1) New Delhi (India) 2) Colombo (Sri Lanka) 3) Perth (Australia)
4) Dhaka (Bangladesh) 5) Port Louis (Mauritius)
4. The International Hockey Federation (IHF) on November 7, 2013 selected which of the fol-
lowing countries to host the Mens World Cup Hockey in 2018?
1) Australia 2) England 3) Netherlands 4) India 5) Argentina
5. The 12th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention will be held in which of
the following cities from January 7 to 9, 2014?
1) Jaipur 2) Kochi 3) Bangalore 4) Hyderabad 5) New Delhi
6. Who has been named the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive
year by Fortune magazine? (Fortune released the list of Indias 50 most powerful busi-
nesswomen in November 2013)
1) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank) 2) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
3) Aruna Jayanthi (Capgemini) 4) Preetha Reddy(Apollo Hospitals)
5) Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE)
7. The leader of Pakistani Taliban was killed in a drone strike in November 2013. Name him?
1) Waliur Rehman 2) Husain Madani 3) Shabbir Usmani
4) Hakimullah Mehsud 5) Ubaidullah Sindhi
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8. Emomali Rakhmon was re-elected as the President of which of the following countries in
November 2013?
1) Kazakhstan 2) Uzbekistan 3) Tajikistan
4) Kyrgyzstan 5) Azerbaijan
9. Hand-in-Hand is a joint military exercise between India and ___?
1) China 2) USA 3) Sri Lanka 4) Singapore 5) France
10. Interventions: A Life in War and Peace is written by?
1) Kofi Annan 2) Ban Ki-moon 3) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
4) U Thant 5) None of these
11. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?
1) Solicitor General 2) Home Secretary 3) CBI Director
4) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
5) Secretary to the Government of India
12. The One- Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming was written by?
1) Norman Borlaug 2) M.S. Swaminathan 3) Masanobu Fukuoka
4) William Gaud 5) None of these
13. The first Hindu-American to become a member of the United States House of Represen-
tatives is?
1) Tammy Duckworth 2) Sunita Williams 3) Ami Bera
4) Jyothi Sengupta 5) Tulsi Gabbard
14. Which of the following is called the Crossroads of the Pacific?
1) Hawaii 2) Tonga 3) Ellice 4) Fiji 5) Nauru
15. How many states in India are coastal states?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 10 5) 11
16. A trees age can be found by?
1) Measuring its height 2) Counting the number of branches
3) Counting the number of annual rings 4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these
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17. ISDN stands for?
1) Integrated Services Digital Network 2) Indian Standard Digital Network
3) Intelligent Services Digital Network 4) Integrated Services Data Network
5) None of these
18. Jayaprakash Narayan is the author of the book?
1) India Divided 2) Why Socialism? 3) Discovery of India
4) India wins Freedom 5) None of these
19. Which one of the following books is written by an Indian author?
1) Harry Potter
2) Animal Farm
3) Wolf Hall
4) Beautiful Mind
5) Five Point Someone
20. Who is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS)?
1) S. Ramadorai 2) K. Natarajan 3) N. Chandrasekaran
4) Cyrus Mistry 5) S.D. Shibulal
21. CPI and WPI refer to?
1) Political parties 2) Price indices 3) Poverty indices
4) Unemployment indices 5) None of these
22. Davos is famous for?
1) EU headquarters 2) ICJ headquarters
3) World Economic Forum 4) NATO members meet here every year
5) Best ski resorts in the world
23. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?
1) Poverty eradication 2) Improving maternal health
3) Universal primary education 4) Combating HIV/AIDS
5) Reducing trade barriers
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24. Which of the following countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis?
1) Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland
2) Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
3) Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland
4) Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic
5) Portugal, UK, Germany, Switzerland
25. Bretton Woods Twins are?
1) World Bank, UNESCO 2) IMF, World Bank 3) IMF, WTO
4) World Bank, WTO 5) WTO, UNESCO
26. Barak is a surface to air missile produced by?
1) Israel 2) USA 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Syria
27. Teratali is the folk dance of?
1) Punjab 2) Gujarat 3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan 5) Uttar Pradesh
28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) World Wide Web Tim Berners Lee
2) WikiLeaks Julian Assange
3) Google Larry Page
4) Amazon.com Vint Cerf
5) Internet Protocol Bob Kahn
29. Palme d Or award is given in the field of?
1) Soccer 2) Television 3) Movies 4) Literature 5) Environment
30. Harish Hande, a Magsaysay Award winner, is famous for?
1) RTE Act 2) RTI Act 3) MRTPC 4) Lokpal Bill 5) SELCO
31. Sanjukta Panigrahi was a famous?
1) Kathak dancer 2) Kathakali dancer 3) Manipuri dancer
4) Odissi dancer 5) Bharatanatyam dancer
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32. Awards and their respective fields are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Grammy Music 2) Booker Literature
3) Cannes Lions Advertising 4) Emmy Television
5) Pulitzer Movies
33. Department of Pharmaceuticals comes under the Ministry of?
1) Health 2) Food processing 3) Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Consumer Affairs 5) Defense
34. The main constituents of biogas are?
1) Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide 2) Methane and Carbon dioxide
3) Methane and Carbon monoxide 4) Butane and Hydrogen
5) Butane and Carbon dioxide
35. G-8 was started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them?
1) Canada 2) France 3) Italy 4) Japan 5) Russia
36. Which of the following countries does not follow Euro as currency?
1) Germany 2) Belgium 3) Switzerland
4) Portugal 5) Finland
37. The Education Innovation Fund for India (EIFI) is an initiative of?
1) IBM 2) Microsoft 3) Intel 4) Hewlett-Packard 5) Dell
38. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is located in?
1) New Delhi 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata 5) Chennai
39. GAAR will be implemented from April 2016. The purpose of GAAR is to?
1) Increase agriculture income
2) Increase rural income
3) Regulate foreign investment in agriculture
4) Check tax avoidance
5) Regulate foreign banks
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40. Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize in Economics in?
1) 1990 2) 1995 3) 1998 4) 2009 5) 2000
ANSWERS
1) 2 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 4
8) 3 9) 1 10) 1 11) 4 12) 3 13) 5 14) 4
15) 3 16) 3 17) 1 18) 2 19) 5 20) 3 21) 2
22) 3 23) 5 24) 2 25) 2 26) 1 27) 4 28) 4
29) 3 30) 5 31) 4 32) 5 33) 3 34) 2 35) 5
36) 3 37) 4 38) 3 39) 4 40) 3
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Which country has been chosen to host the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM)?
1) Mauritius 2) Cyprus 3) Malta 4) Australia 5) New Zealand
2. Who was named the Male World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time by the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in November 2013?
1) Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2) David Rudisha (Kenya)
3) Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 4) Dwight Phillips (USA)
5) Yohan Blake (Jamaica)
3. Who was named the Female World Athlete of the Year for 2013?
1) Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
3) Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) 4) Svetlana Shkolina (Russia)
5) Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic)
4. Who will be honored with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2013?
1) Christine Lagarde (France) 2) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
3) Christina Fernandez (Argentina) 4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
5. Buxa Tiger reserve is in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha 3) Gujarat
4) West Bengal 5) Madhya Pradesh
6. Which of the following airlines of India sold 24 per cent stake to Etihad Airways for Rs.
2,069 crore in November 2013?
1) Air India 2) Jet Airways 3) IndiGo 4) Air Deccan 5) SpiceJet
7. Which cricketer created history with a record 546 runs in the Mumbai School Sports
Association's Harris Shield elite division match in Mumbai on November 20, 2013?
1) Armaan Jaffer 2) Sarfaraz Khan 3) Prithvi Shaw
4) Prashant Chopra 5) None of these
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8. British Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013. She
is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Which one of the following books is
not written by her?
1) The Grass is Singing 2) Alfred and Emily 3) The Good Terrorist
4) The Golden Notebook 5) Listening to Grasshoppers
9. Abdulla Yameen assumed office as the 6th President of which of the following countries
on November 17, 2013?
1) Bahrain 2) Jordan 3) Mali 4) Maldives 5) Morocco
10. Which country retained the Davis Cup tennis championships by beating Serbia 3-2 in the
final in Belgrade in November 2013?
1) Czech Republic 2) Argentina 3) Italy
4) Switzerland 5) Spain
11. India plans to have a nuclear power generation capacity of 63,000 MW by the year?
1) 2020 2) 2025 3) 2032 4) 2028 5) 2038
12. The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Government's deci-
sion allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following sec-
tors?
1) Banking 2) Insurance 3) Single brand retail
4) Multi brand retail 5) Defense
13. Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) all rural households in India will have 100%
access to sanitation by?
1) 2022 2) 2017 3) 2020 4) 2030 5) 2018
14. Which of the following is not a pulse crop?
1) Cow pea 2) Green gram 3) Pigeon pea
4) Black gram 5) Sesamum
15. According to the Telephone Reg-ulatory Authority of India(TRAI) data, which state has a
total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections, the highest in India?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Maharashtra
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4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Bihar
16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India
2) Interest on savings deposits is fixed by the respective banks
3) A non-performing asset is an asset that ceases to generate income
4) The target market for debit cards is all existing account holders
5) Interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is known as Bank rate
17. Which of the following ensures that public funds are used efficiently and for intended
purpose?
1) Election Commission 2) Planning Commission
3) Finance Commission 4) Comptroller and Auditor General
5) National Development Council
18. The RBI acts as a bankers' bank. This would imply which of the following?
1) RBI lends funds to the commercial banks in times of need
2) RBI advises the commercial banks on monetary matters
3) Commercial banks retain their deposits with the RBI
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
19. Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming?
1) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops
2) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
3) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
4) Cultivation of both cereals and pulses 5) None of these
20. The Cottage and Village Industry Department of which of the following states bagged the
United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2013 for its initiative named 'Graamin
Haat'? (Graamin Haat was started with the aim of strengthening and empowering the
women's self-help groups)
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar
4) Odisha 5) Madhya Pradesh
21. Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab woman to conquer Mount Everest. She is also the
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first woman from which of the following countries to climb Mount Everest?
1) Kuwait 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Libya 4) Yemen 5) Syria
22. The fifth India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum meet was held in which of the
following cities in May 2013?
1) Mumbai 2) Durban 3) New Delhi 4) Brasilia 5) Rio de Janeiro
23. India got observer status in which of the following in May 2013?
1) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
2) Association of South East Asian Nations
3) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
4) Arctic Council
5) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
24. Who chaired the committee that was set up to evolve a composite index to measure
backwardness of states?
1) Suresh Tendulkar 2) D. Subba Rao 3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 5) Bharat Ramaswami
25. The government constituted the National Skill Development Agency(NSDA) as an
autonomous body in June 2013. NSDA includes?
1) The Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD)
2) The National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB)
3) The Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
26. Which of the following countries is the biggest borrower of Asian Development Bank
(ADB)?
1) China 2) Japan 3) Vietnam 4) South Korea 5) India
27. Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines, is based in?
1) Kuwait 2) Oman 3) Malaysia
4) Qatar 5) Unites Arab Emirates
28. Which of the following companies became the biggest profit maker in 2012 by replacing
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Exxon Mobil, according to the Fortune magazine's Fortune 500 list?
1) Wal-Mart 2) Berkshire Hathaway 3) Apple
4) General Motors 5) General Electric
29. Who won the Malaysia Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold title in May 2013?
1) Saina Nehwal 2) P.V. Sindhu 3) Gutta Jwala
4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these
30. Which of the following stock exchanges launched an Islamic Equity Index in April 2013?
1) NSE 2) BSE 3) CSE 4) DSE 5) None of these
31. New guidelines for Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) were issued on May13, 2013. Under this the
allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from Rs 45,000 to?
1) Rs 50,000 2) Rs 60,000 3) Rs 75,000
4) Rs 1, 00,000 5) Rs 90,000
32. ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) was launched
recently. It is assisted by the?
1) ADB 2) IMF 3) WEF 4) World Bank 5) None of these
33. David Beckham retired from professional football recently. He played for?
1) Argentina 2) Spain 3) England 4) Italy 5) Ireland
34. Curtis Cup is associated with?
1) Polo 2) Chess 3) Billiards 4) Golf 5) Motor Racing
35. Which of the following cups is also called the World Team Championships for Women in
Badminton?
1) Thomas Cup 2) Uber Cup 3) Fed Cup
4) Corbillion Cup 5) Confederations Cup
36. Lalgudi Jayaraman passed away recently. He is a renowned?
1) Sitar player 2) Tabla player 3) Violinist
4) Western classical musician 5) Flautist
37. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Digital Media?
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1) Marissa Mayer 2) Sheryl Sandburg 3) Ross Leinsohn
4) Jeff Bezos 5) Larry Page
38. Catherine Day is the current Secretary-General of?
1) Commonwealth 2) European Commission 3) SAARC
4) ASEAN 5) APEC
Answers
1) 3 2) 3 3) 2 4) 4 5) 4 6) 2 7) 3
8) 5 9) 4 10) 1 11) 3 12) 4 13) 1 14) 5
15) 1 16) 5 17) 4 18) 5 19) 3 20) 5 21) 2
22) 3 23) 4 24) 3 25) 5 26) 5 27) 5 28) 1
29) 2 30) 2 31) 3 32) 4 33) 3 34) 4 35) 2
36) 3 37) 3 38) 2
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat has been hiked by Rs. 50 a quintal in the
2013-14 rabi season. It will now be? (Per quintal)
1) Rs 1400 2) Rs 1450 3) Rs 1300 4) Rs 1350 5) Rs 1550
2. The US senate has confirmed which Indian-American woman as the Assistant Secretary of
State for South and Central Asia?
1) Kamla Harris 2) Nisha Desai Biswal 3) Nikki Haley
4) Renu Khator 5) None of these
3. Ravuri Bharadwaja, the 2012 Jnanpith Award winner, passed away on October 18, 2013.
Which of the following books is not written by him?
1) Pakudurallu 2) Kadambari 3) Jeevana Samaram
4) Ragini 5) Viswambhara
4. Which country hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting on
October 7-8, 2013?
1) Brunei 2) Malaysia 3) Singapore 4) Indonesia 5) Japan
5. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
(CERC) on October 17, 2013?
1) U.K. Sinha 2) Yogesh Agarwal 3) Gireesh Pradhan
4) Ramesh Abhishek 5) None of these
6. Which of the following statements about the Man Booker Prize is not correct?
1) Eleanor Catton of New Zeala-nd won the Man Booker Prize 2013 for her second novel
'The Luminaries'.
2) At the age of 28, she is the youngest ever winner.
3) The previous youngest winner was Ben Okri who was 32 when he won for 'The Famished
Road' in 1991.
4) 'The Luminaries' is the longest ever Booker winner with 832 pages.
5) Indian author Jhumpa Lahiri's book 'Namesake' was also sho-rt listed for this year's prize.
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7. The United Nations Organisation declared which of the following days as International Day
for the Eradication of Poverty?
1) October 15 2) October 16 3) October 11
4) October 17 5) October 20
8. Which former Australian cricketer's forthcoming autobiography is titled "At The Close of
Play"?
1) Mike Hussey 2) Andrew Symonds 3) Mathew Hayden
4) Adam Gilchrist 5) Ricky Ponting
9. "1283" is the title of a book that was launched in October 2013. This book is about which
of the following football players?
1) Diego Maradona 2) Lionel Messi 3) Pele
4) David Beckham 5) Ronaldo
10. Which country will grant honorary citizenship to Pakistani teenage activist Malala
Yousafzai?
1) Myanmar 2) Canada 3) South Africa 4) Sweden 5) Norway
11. Which woman tennis player won the maximum number of Grand Slam singles titles in the
history of tennis?
1) Steffi Graf 2) Serena Williams 3) Billi Jean King
4) Martina Navratilova 5) Margaret Court
12. Kisan Ghat is a memorial to?
1) Mahatma Gandhi 2) Jagjivan Ram 3) Charan Singh
4) Chandra Shekhar 5) Devi Lal
13. Who was the first Indian scientist to become the Member of Parliament?
1) C.V. Raman 2) S. Chandrasekhar 3) Meghnad Saha
4) Vikram Sarabhai 5) APJ Abdul Kalam
14. Which among the following is also known as Pacific Rim Trade Group?
1) ASEAN 2) APEC 3) OPEC 4) Mercosur 5) BRICS
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15. Tranquility Base is situated on the surface of?
1) Mars 2) Jupiter 3) Saturn 4) Moon 5) Venus
16. Which of these political leaders won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
1) Woodrow Wilson 2) Franklin Roosevelt 3) Winston Churchill
4) Benito Mussolini 5) Nelson Mandela
17. "The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe" is written by?
1) Peter Higgs 2) Stephen Hawking 3) David Wineland
4) Serge Harosche 5) None of these
18. Cheraw dance is performed in?
1) Assam 2) Gujarat 3) Rajasthan 4) Mizoram 5) Andhra Pradesh
19. The Hornbill Festival is held every year in the first week of December in?
1) Nagaland 2) Mizoram 3) Tripura 4) Assam 5) Manipur
20. Which of the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?
1) Krishna 2) Godavari 3) Mahanadi 4) Cauvery 5) Tapti
21. Renewable energy can be obtained from?
1) Fossils 2) Radioactive elements 3) Biomass
4) Natural gas 5) None of these
22. Which of the following committees is/are committee/s of Parliament?
1) Public Accounts Committee 2) Estimates Committee
3) Committee on Public Undertakings 4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
23. Ekistics is the?
1) Science of Body Mass 2) Science of human settlements
3) Study of coins 4) Art of card tricks
5) Study of water sports
24. What is Red Herring in an IPO?
1) Submission of form 2) Prospectus 3) Funds generated
4) Minimum offer per share 5) None of these
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25. Bio-diesel is extracted from?
1) Hibiscus 2) Aloe Vera 3) Castor 4) Jatropha 5) Sunflower
26. Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is a premier association of?
1) Financial Professionals 2) World's Richest Industrialists
3) World's Richest Sportspersons 4) World's Richest Women
5) None of these
27. Which is the world's largest landlocked country?
1) Kazakhstan 2) Mongolia 3) Chad
4) Zambia 5) Afghanistan
28. Tine Baun is the 2013 All-England Badminton Championships women's singles title win-
ner. She belongs to?
1) Belgium 2) Norway 3) Denmark 4) UK 5) Malaysia
29. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) The main purpose of the Public Distribution System in India is to provide essential com-
modities such as rice, wheat, oil, etc to poor people at subsidized price.
2) The Millennium Developme-nt Goals of the UNO are to be achieved by the year 2015.
3) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched to provide health insurance cover-
age for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
4) Central Law Commission is set up to decide the share of states in revenue earned by the
Union Government.
5) Human Development Report is published by UNDP.
30. The Attorney General of India is appointed by the?
1) Chief Justice of India 2) Prime Minister 3) Law Minister
4) President 5) Speaker of Lok Sabha
31. Which of the following pairs of States and their capital cities is mismatched?
1) Manipur - Imphal 2) Meghalaya - Shillong 3) Mizoram - Aizawl
4) Nagaland - Mokokchung 5) Sikkim - Gangtok
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32. Which of the following organizations brokered a historic peace accord between Serbia
and Kosovo in April 2013?
1) United Nations Organisation 2) European Union
3) Amnesty International 4) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
5) The Commonwealth
33. Who won the Asian Billiards Championship in Indore, Madhya Pradesh in April 2013?
1) Rupesh Shah 2) Alok Kumar 3) Pankaj Advani
4) Devendra Joshi 5) Ashok Shandilya
34. Who became the first-ever Indian to win a World Cup Gold in pistol shooting at the ISSF
World Cup in Changwon, South Korea in April 2013?
1) Anjali Bhagwat 2) Rahi Sarnobat 3) Sanjeev Rajput
4) Ronjan Sodhi 5) None of these
35. MiG-21, the first supersonic fighter jet in the Indian Air Force fleet completed 50 years in
2013. It belongs to?
1) France 2) Germany 3) Russia 4) Czech Republic 5) Slovakia
36. Dendrochronology is?
1) The study of glaciers
2) The scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings
3) The study of landforms
4) The study of fossil plants
5) The study of fossil animals
37. Which company launched the first cellular phone service in India in 1995?
1) Vodafone 2) Bharti Airtel 3) Essar 4) Reliance 5) Modi Telstra
38. What is the full form of BIFR?
1) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
2) Board for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
3) Bureau for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
4) Bureau for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
5) None of these
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39. Which of the following countries is not included in Southern Cone?
1) Argentina 2) Chile 3) Paraguay 4) Uruguay 5) Venezuela
40. Who invented the integrated circuit or microchip?
1) Larry Page and Sergey Brin
2) Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby
3) Sabir Bhatia and Bill Gates
4) Bill Gates and Paul Allen
5) Larry Page and Eric Schmidt
Answers
1) 1 2) 2 3) 5 4) 4 5) 3 6) 5 7) 4
8) 5 9) 3 10) 2 11) 5 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2
15) 4 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 1 20) 5 21) 3
22) 5 23) 2 24) 2 25) 4 26) 1 27) 1 28) 3
29) 4 30) 4 31) 4 32) 2 33) 1 34) 2 35) 3
36) 2 37) 5 38) 1 39) 5 40) 2
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Korea in October 2013?
1) Shah Rukh Khan 2) Aamir Khan 3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Aishwarya Rai 5) None of these
2. Rajiv Takru is?
1) Finance Secretary 2) Financial Services Secretary
3) Revenue Secretary 4) Defense Secretary 5) Foreign Secretary
3. State Bank of India will get how many crores of rupees for capital infusion this financial
year?
1) Rs. 1800cr 2) Rs. 1000cr 3) Rs. 2000cr 4) Rs. 700cr 5) Rs. 500cr
4. Playback singer Manna Dey passed away on October 24, 2013. The Government of India
honored him with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in?
1) 2005 2) 2011 3) 2009 4) 2007 5) 2010
5. India signed the Border Defense Co-operation Agreement (BDCA) with which of the
following countries in October 2013?
1) Bhutan 2) Bangladesh 3) Pakistan 4) Myanmar 5) China
6. Festival of India was inaugurated on October 26, 2013 in Lima, the capital of?
1) Cuba 2) Chile 3) Peru 4) Bolivia 5) Ecuador
7. Who became Formula Ones youngest four-time World Champion on October 27, 2013?
1) Felipe Massa 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Kimi Raikkonen
4) Sebastian Vettel 5) Fernando Alonso
8. Fortune magazine compiled a list for most powerful business women in the United States
in October 2013. The list is topped by Ginni Rometty, the Chief Executive Officer of?
1) IBM 2) PepsiCo 3) DuPont 4) Lockheed Martin 5) Yahoo
9. The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in which of
the following coun-tries from 15 to 17 November 2013?
1) Australia 2) England 3) India 4) Sri Lanka 5) New Zealand
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10. Who was crowned Miss America on September 15, 2013 in Atlantic City, New Jersey? (She
is the first Indian-American to win the title)
1) Indira Talwani 2) Nina Davuluri 3) Renu Khator
4) Anju Bhargava 5) None of these
11. Which businessmans debut book is How Not to Make Money?
1) Anil Ambani 2) Raj Kundra 3) Vijay Mallya
4) R. Thyagarajan 5) G.Mallikarjun Rao
12. Sachin Tendulkar is the 16th player to reach a grand total of 50,000 runs in all forms of
senior cricket. With 67,057 runs who heads this list?
1) Graham Gooch (England) 2) Graeme Hick (England)
3) Jack Hobbs (England) 4) Viv Richards (West Indies)
5) Don Bradman (Australia)
13. Which of the following is a major indicator of the state of the economy of a country?
1) Rate of Inflation 2) Number of Banks 3) Stock of Food Grains
4) Rate of GDP Growth 5) Literacy Rate
14. Demat Accounts are?
1) Accounts which are zero balance accounts
2) Accounts which are opened to facilitate repayment of a loan taken from the bank
3) Accounts in which shares of various companies are traded in electronic form
4) Accounts which are operated through internet banking facility
5) None of these
15. Sakhalin oil fields are in?
1) Myanmar 2) China 3) South Korea 4) Russia 5) Vietnam
16. The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is held annually in?
1) Macau 2) Hyderabad 3) Goa 4) Mumbai 5) Kolkata
17. Business@the Speed of Thought is written by?
1) Steve Jobs 2) Bill Gates 3) Nandan Nilekani
4) N.R. Narayan Murty 5) Mark Zuckerburg
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18. The government normally does not announce the minimum support price for?
1) Wheat 2) Paddy 3) Pulses 4) Jowar 5) Mango
19. Which of the following statements about Raghuram Rajan is not correct?
1) Raghuram Rajan is the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He succeeded
Duvvuri Subbarao on Septem ber 4, 2013.
2) He worked as the Chief Economic Advisor to PM before this.
3) He was awarded the fifth Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics in 2013.
4) He authored Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden
Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy.
5) He was the Chief Economist at the World Bank from October 2003 to December 2006.
20. The Style Diary of A Bollywood Diva is written by?
1) Sri Devi 2) Madhuri Dixit 3) Katrina Kaif
4) Kareena Kapoor 5) Deepika Padukone
21. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced in April 2013 that it has recognised
which of the following governments after a 22-year gap in relations with the country?
1) Myanmar 2) Somalia 3) North Korea 4) Ethiopia 5) Vietnam
22. Which of the following territories held a referendum in March 2013 in which 99.8 per-
cent people voted in favor of remaining a British Over seas Territory?
1) Falkland Islands 2) Bermuda 3) Gibraltar
4) Cayman Islands 5) British Virgin Islands
23. Margaret Thatcher passed away recently. She was the first woman to become the Prime
Minister of?
1) Argentina 2) Canada 3) United Kingdom
4) Australia 5) None of these
24. Who was reelected as President of Italy in April 2013? (He is the longest serving President
in the history of Italy.)
1) Romano Prodi 2) Mario Monti 3) Enrico Letta
4) Giorgio Napolitano 5) Silvio Berlusconi
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25. Countries and their Presidents are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Venezuela Nicolas Maduro 2) Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta
3) Ecuador Rafael Correa 4) Iran Hassan Rouhani
5) Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
26. Devanand Konwar was sworn in as the Governor of which of the following states in March
2013?
1) West Bengal 2) Tripura 3) Assam
4) Meghalaya 5) Jharkhand
27. Who has been appointed as the President of International Cha- mber of Commerce (ICC)
India?
1) Som Mittal 2) R. Chandrasekhar 3) Ranjan Bharti Mittal
4) Naina Lal Kidwai 5) None of these
28. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the largest and the most representative
business organization in the world. Its headquarters is in?
1) Paris 2) Geneva 3) Berne 4) Rome 5) Dubai
29. Satyagraha, a Hindi film is directed by?
1) Siddarth Roy Kapur 2) Sujay Ghosh 3) Farhan Akhtar
4) Prakash Jha 5) Karan Johar
30. Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana aims to provide loans through banks to youth to
set up their own industries or business. Which state government has launched this
scheme?
1) Gujarat 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
31. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) was instituted by which of the following
financial institutions with the sole objective of giving low-cost fund support to state
governments?
1) RBI 2) EXIM Bank 3) IDBI Bank 4) NABARD 5) IFCI
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32. The Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) for adolescents has been laun-
ched to tackle?
1) Anemia 2) Night Blindness 3) Scurvy
4) Rickets 5) Osteoporosis
33. The headquarters of which of the following nationalised banks is not in Kolkata?
1) Allahabad Bank 2) UCO Bank 3) United Bank of India
4) Oriental Bank of Commerce 5) All are in Kolkata
34. Which state government has demanded that the Gojjri language be included in the eighth
schedule of the Indian constitution, thereby giving it the status of an official language?
1) Nagaland 2) Assam 3) Jammu &Kashmir
4) Rajasthan 5) Andhra Pradesh
35. Sneha Sparsh (Caring Touch) is a special healthcare initiative to extend financial help for
super specialty treatment of complicated diseases for children below 12 years. This
scheme was launched by?
1) Assam 2) Punjab 3) Haryana
4) Gujarat 5) Uttar Pradesh
36. Amma Hastam, a scheme launched by the Andhra Pradesh government is related to?
1) Employment 2) Literacy 3) Healthcare
4) Food security 5) Women empowerment
37. SBI General Insurance is a joint venture between the State Bank of India and?
1) Insurance Australia Group 2) AMP Limited 3) CGU Insurance
4) American International Group 5) Zurich Insurance Services
38. SEBI has ordered Saradha Realty India to close all its collective schemes and refund the
money collected from investors. Saradha Realty India is based in?
1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Kolkata 4) Hyderabad 5) Bangalore
39. Which is the first exchange to offer a separate trading plat form for debts?
1) NSE 2) BSE 3) MCX-SX 4) CSE 5) None of these
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40. Sarajevo is the capital of?
1) Croatia 2) Kosovo 3) Serbia
4) Bosnia Herzegovina 5) Montenegro
Answers
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 1 9) 4
10) 2 11) 2 12) 1 13) 4 14) 3 15) 4 16) 3 17) 2 18) 5
19) 5 20) 4 21) 2 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 2 27) 3
28) 1 29) 4 30) 5 31) 4 32) 1 33) 4 34) 3 35) 1 36) 4
37) 1 38) 3 39) 1 40) 4
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The 23rd ASEAN Summit was held in which of the following cities in October 2013?
1) Bali (Indonesia) 2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia) 4) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)
2. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in December 1988 by
the European Parliament. Who is the winner of the 2013 Sakharov Prize?
1) Nelson Mandela 2) Malala Yousafzai 3) Anatoly Marchenko
4) Aung San Suu Kyi 5) Taslima Nasrin
3. Which Bangladeshi cricketer became the first player to score a century and take a
hat-trick in the same Test match in October 2013?
1) Tamim Iqbal 2) Shakib Al Hasan 3) Sohag Gazi
4) Abdur Razzak 5) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to OPCW?
1) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the
2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to stop chemical warfare.
2) It was established in 1997 with headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
3) It has 189 member states and currently involved in destroying Syria's stockpiles of
chemical weapons.
4) Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey is the present Director General of OPCW.
5) OPCWis an agency of the United Nations.
5. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to?
1) Eugene Fama (USA) 2) Lars Peter Hansen (USA) 3) Robert Shiller (USA)
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
6. Who is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature?
1) Ruth Ozeki (ATale for the Time Being) 2) Jim Crace (Harvest)
3) Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries) 4) Colm Toibin (The Testament of Mary)
5) NoViolet Bulawayo (We Need New Names)
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7. The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on October 14, 2013 by the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). What is India's rank?
1) 118 2) 56 3) 37 4) 63 5) 78
8. The United Nations Organization declared which of the following days as the
International Day of the Girl Child?
1) October 10 2) October 11 3) October 12
4) October 14 5) October 15
9. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to?
1) Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel
2) Michael Levitt and Robert Shiller
3) James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Sudhof
4) Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
5) None of these
10. On October 9, 2013 US President Barack Obama nominated which of the following
women to be Chair of the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of USA?
1) Susan Rice 2) Sheryl Sandberg 3) Janet Yellen
4) Janet Napolitano 5) Melinda Gates
11. Laiki Bank was closed in 2013. It was the second largest banking group in?
1) Greece 2) Spain 3) Cyprus 4) Portugal 5) Italy
12. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which
is the largest exporter of major conventional arms worldwide?
1) USA 2) Russia 3) Germany 4) France 5) China
13. An elected government completed its five-year term for the first time in which of the
following countries in 2013?
1) Bangladesh 2) Myanmar 3) Italy 4) Pakistan 5) Australia
14. Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne was given the 2013 Abel Prize. This Prize is
given by?
1) Belgium 2) USA 3) UK 4) Sweden 5) Norway
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15. Which of the following books is not written by R.K. Narayan?
1) Swami and Friends 2) The Bachelor of Arts 3) The Guide
4) The Sword and the Sickle 5) Waiting for the Mahatma
16. Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located in Hisar district of?
1) Rajasthan 2) Haryana 3) Punjab
4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Uttar Pradesh
17. India has entered into a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with
Liechtenstein. This country is located in?
1) East Asia 2) West Asia 3) Europe
4) Africa 5) South America
18. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Africa: A partnership for
Development, Integration and Industrialization"?
1) G20 2) ASEAN 3) African Union
4) BRICS 5) None of these
19. Akshay Urja shops are set up by the Ministry of?
1) Commerce and Industry 2) Power
3) Science and Technology 4) New and Renewable Energy
5) Petroleum and Natural Gas
20. Shanti Prayas-2 is the name of a military exercise in?
1) India 2) Sri Lanka 3) Nepal 4) Bhutan 5) Mauritius
21. Which of the following schemes is not an employment generation scheme?
1) Food for Work scheme
2) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
3) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program
4) Mid Day Meal scheme
5) MGNREGS
22. Which of the following dams is built across Narmada River?
1) Tehri Dam 2) Bhakra Dam 3) Hirakud Dam
4) Mullaperiyar Dam 5) Sardar Sarovar Dam
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23. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is the author of?
1) The End of Poverty 2) Small is Beautiful 3) Development as Freedom
4) Towards Hunger Free India 5) Argumentative Indian
24. When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to
maintain a healthy and active life, it is called?
1) Food Preservation 2) Food Production 3) Food Security
4) Food Distribution System 5) None of these
25. Which of the following is not included while calculating Human Development Index
(HDI)?
1) Life Expectancy at Birth 2) Per Capita Income 3) Literacy Rate
4) Rate of Migration to Urban Areas 5) Both 1 and 2
26. The scheme launched for the empowerment of adolescent girls in India is?
1) Prerna 2) Swabhiman 3) Sabla 4) SEWA 5) Kutir Jyothi
27. 'Key Resolve' is an annual joint military exercise between the United States and?
1) India 2) China 3) France 4) South Korea 5) UK
28. Which bank has launched an 'Incredible India Travel Card' in association with the
Tourism Ministry?
1) SBI 2) HDFC Bank 3) YES Bank
4) ICICI Bank 5) Bank of Baroda
29. The Petroleum Ministry has appointed a Committee to prepare a roadmap for
enhancing domestic production of oil and gas so as to reduce the country's import
dependency by 2030. Who is its Chairman?
1) Y.V. Reddy 2) Vijay Kelkar 3) Bimal Jalan
4) D. Subba Rao 5) None of these
30. Who is the director of the award winning Hindi film 'Paan Singh Tomar'?
1) Irfan Khan 2) Anurag Basu 3) Sujay Ghosh
4) Tigmanshu Dhulia 5) Prakash Jha
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31. Who won the men's singles title at the 2013 All-England Badminton Championship?
1) Chen Long 2) Lee Chong Wei 3) Zhengming Wang
4) Pengyu Du 5) None of these
32. Which of the following has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
1) Haryana 2) Delhi 3) Gujarat 4) Punjab 5) Rajasthan
33. The Government has constituted a committee of experts to prepare a blueprint for
all-women bank. This panel was headed by?
1) M.D. Mallya 2) Jayshree Vyas 3) M.B.N. Rao
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya 5) Usha Ananthasubramanian
34. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
1) Raghuvamsa 2) Meghaduta 3) Kumarasambhava
4) Vikramorvasiyam 5) Ramcharitmanas
35. Which of the following schemes was launched with the aim of increasing self-
reliance and autonomy of women by providing self employment?
1) STEP 2) IFAD 3) Aadhar 4) Aastha 5) None of these
36. The Ministry of Petroleum and Gas constituted a panel to advice on Pricing
Methodology for Diesel, Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene which submitted its
report on October 30, 2013. The panel was headed by?
1) Kirit Parikh 2) P.K. Singh 3) Deepak Parekh
4) R.K. Singh 5) Vijay Kelkar
37. Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes India rich list for the sixth consecutive year in
October 2013. Who is the second richest Indian?
1) Azim Premji 2) Lakshmi Mittal 3) Shiv Nadar
4) Adi Godrej 5) Sunil Mittal
38. P.S. Raghavan, a secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed
as India's next ambassador to?
1) USA 2) China 3) Russia 4) France 5) Germany
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39. Who will be the next Indian Air Force Chief? (He will succeed Air Chief Marshal
NAK Browne, who is retiring on December 31, 2013)
1) P.V. Naik 2) S.P. Tyagi 3) N.C. Suri
4) Arup Raha 5) None of these
40. The Vice President Hamid Ansari launched INCHAM, the Indian Chamber of
Commerce in which of the following countries in October 2013?
1) Kazakhstan 2) China 3) Russia 4) Peru 5) Brazil
41. RBI in its second-quarter review of monetary policy on October 29, 2013 raised the
repo rate by how many basis points?
1) 25 basis points 2) 50 basis points 3) 75 basis points
4) 100 basis points 5) None of these
42. The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management on
October 1, 2013 to?
1) Rajendra Achyut Badwe 2) Tessy Thomas 3) Sunil Mittal
4) M.S. Swaminathan 5) D.R. Mehta
43. The Reserve Bank of India on October 29, 2013 reduced the marginal standing
facility (MSF) rate. What is the present MSF rate?
1) 10.25% 2) 8.75% 3) 9.5% 4) 9% 5) None of these
44. The Reserve Bank of India reduced the growth forecast for the current fiscal to what
per cent from 5.5 per cent projected earlier?
1) 5.25 per cent 2) 4.75 per cent 3) 5 per cent
4) 4.5 per cent 5) None of these
45. Dilip Shanghvi is the third richest person in India, according to the Forbes
magazine. He is the founder of?
1) Essar Group 2) Vedanta Resources
3) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 4) Shapoorji Pallonji Group
5) Wipro
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46. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson visited India recently. He is the President of?
1) Ireland 2) Norway 3) Iceland 4) Austria 5) Finland
47. The Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has inaugurated the 100th overseas office of
which of the following public sector banks at Dubai International Finance Centre
(DIFC)?
1) State Bank of India 2) State Bank of Hyderabad 3) Indian Overseas Bank
4) Bank of Baroda 5) Bank of India
48. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the?
1) International Year of Biodiversity 2) International Year of Water Cooperation
3) International Year of Youth 4) International Year of Forests
5) International Year of Cooperatives
49. Indian Cinema completed 100 years on which of the following days in 2013?
1) March 3 2) April 3 3) May 3 4) June 3 5) February 3
50. V.S. Rama Devi passed away in April 2013. She was the only woman to occupy the
post of?
1) Attorney General 2) Comptroller and Auditor General
3) Chief Information Commissioner 4) Home Secretary
5) Chief Election Commissioner
51. Which Indian journalist is TIME magazine's World Editor?
1) Fareed Zakaria 2) Bobby Ghosh 3) Sanjay Gupta
4) Sanjay Baru 5) Arnab Goswami
52. 'Kai Po Che' is a Hindi film based on the novel?
1) Sea of Poppies 2) The Loving Doll
3) The 3 Mistakes of My Life 4) 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
5) None of these
53. Which of the following is not a primary greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
1) Water vapour 2) Carbon dioxide 3) Methane
4) Ozone 5) Ammonia
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54. The disease caused by the deficiency of protein in children is?
1) Rickets 2) Scurvy 3) Marasmus 4) Osteomalacia 5) Beriberi
55. Which of the following functions is not performed by the commercial banks?
1) Giving loans and advances 2) Mobilization of savings
3) Financing priority sector 4) Providing locker facilities
5) Issuing currency notes
56. Which country holds first rank in the production of Coffee?
1) India 2) Vietnam 3) Indonesia 4) Brazil 5) Malaysia
57. Who is the author of the book "Sachin: Cricketer of the Century"?
1) Vimal Kumar 2) Vijay Lokapally 3) Ramachandra Guha
4) Boria Mazumdar 5) None of these
58. Francois Bozize fled to Cameroon in March 2013 because of rebellion. He was the
President of?
1) Chad 2) Sudan 3) South Sudan
4) Democratic Republic of the Congo 5) Central African Republic
59. Acid rain is caused by emissions of?
1) Sulfur dioxide 2) Nitrogen Oxide 3) Methane
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
60. The Writers' Building is the secretariat building of the state government of?
1) Assam 2) Maharashtra 3) Rajasthan
4) Orissa 5) West Bengal
61. 'Swadhar' is a scheme for?
1) Unique Identification 2) Senior citizens 3) Adolescent girls
4) Women in Difficult Circumstances 5) Urban employment
62. The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped is situated in?
1) Mumbai 2) Jaipur 3) Nagpur 4) Hyderabad 5) Coimbatore
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63. Psephology is the study of?
1) Rainfall Pattern 2) Coins 3) Gene Disorders
4) Behavior of Human Beings 5) Elections
64. Hemis Gompa festival is celebrated in?
1) Tripura 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Nagaland 5) Meghalaya
65. Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating park in the world. It is located in?
1) Manipur 2) Mizoram 3) Meghalaya
4) Tripura 5) Andhra Pradesh
66. Navy Day is observed on?
1) December 7 2) December 4 3) January 24
4) January 25 5) January 1
67. Saxo Bank recently entered India. It is an investment bank based in?
1) Denmark 2) Finland 3) UK 4) Norway 5) Australia
68. Who won the maximum number of Gold medals in the Summer Olympic Games?
1) Carl Lewis 2) Mark Spitz 3) Michael Phelps
4) Paavo Nurmi 5) Jesse Owens
69. Anthony De Mello Trophy is associated with Test cricket series played between?
1) Australia and India 2) England and India 3) England and South Africa
4) India & South Africa 5) India and West Indies
70. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is associated with the ban on?
1) Terrorism 2) Tobacco products 3) Money Laundering activities
4) Nuclear Tests for Developing Arsenals 5) None of these
71. The Reserve Bank of India celebrated its platinum jubilee in the year?
1) 2009 2) 2010 3) 2011 4) 2012 5) 2013
72. Who was recently appointed the captain of the Indian women's cricket team?
1) Harmanpreet Kaur 2) Poonam Rout 3) Poonam Yadav
4) Archana Das 5) None of these
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Which country has test-fired the Abdali, short range surface to surface ballistic
missile?
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Iran
4) Syria 5) Iraq
2. How many people in India are killed by indoor pollution every year as per the study
of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
1) 1.3 million 2) 1.7 million 3) 2 million
4) 6.20 lakh 5) 7.20 lakh
3. Which of the following teams won the Irani Cup Cricket for the eighth time in a row
in 2013?
1) Rest of India 2) Mumbai 3) Delhi
4) Tamil Nadu 5) Karnataka
4. Nabil Elaraby is the Secretary General of?
1) Commonwealth 2) OPEC 3) SAARC
4) Arab League 5) None of these
5. Which of the following is/are the specific goal (s) of Bharat Nirman?
1. To provide more employment opportunities to rural youth
2. To provide best technical education to rural youth
3. To provide more employment opportunities to urban youth
4. Both 1 and 2 5. None of these
6. Which of the following is not a civilian award?
1) Sahitya Academy 2) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar 3) Padma Shri
4) Bharat Ratna 5) Kirti Chakra
7. Rolex is a brand of?
1) Luxury cars 2) Luxury pens 3) Luxury watches
4) Home accessories 5) Confectionary
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8. Which of the following terms is not used in Cricket?
1) Maiden over 2) Stumped 3) Hat trick
4) Gulley 5) Hoops
9. The agricultural productivity in India is low in comparison to other countries. What
is/are the main reason(s)?
1. Lack of credit and marketing facilities 2. Uneconomic holdings
3. Outdated agricultural techniques 4. Both 1 and 2
5. All 1, 2 and 3
10. Which of the following conditions indicate the impact of global warming?
1) Melting of glaciers 2) Rise in sea level
3) Changes in weather conditions 4) Rise in global temperature
5) All the above
11. Who is the author of book 'What I Require from Life'?
1) Salim Ali 2) S.Radhakrishnan 3) J.B.S.Haldane
4) J.C.Bose 5) None of these
12. Which of the following Ministries lays down the policies and programs for the
development and regulation of the country's water resources?
1) Ministry of Rural Development 2) Ministry of Agriculture
3) Ministry of Environment and Forests 4) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
5) None of these
13. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) World Meteorological Organization is in Geneva
2) The area of Coffee is maximum in Karnataka
3) The Headquarters of FAO is in Rome
4) Banana has the largest area in India among all fruit crops
5) India is the world's largest tea-drinking nation
14. David Cohen prize is given for?
1) Agriculture 2) Literature 3) Progress in religion
4) Popularization of science 5) None of these
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15. The Reserve Bank of India increased the repo rate or the short term lending rate by
25 basis points on September 20, 2013. What is the present repo rate?
1) 7.5% 2) 7.25% 3) 7.75% 4) 6.25% 5) 6.5%
16. Which country's Parliament approved a new five year term for long serving Prime
Minister Hun Sen on September 24, 2013?
1) Vietnam 2) Cambodia 3) Malaysia
4) South Korea 5) North Korea
17. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward
Classes (NCBC) on September 23, 2013?
1) Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre 2) Justice Deepak Gupta
3) Justice Vangala Eswaraiah 4) Justice S.R. Sen
5) None of these
18. The 16th National Integration Council (NIC) meeting was held in New Delhi on
September 23, 2013. It was chaired by?
1) Sonia Gandhi 2) P. Chidambaram 3) Sushil Kumar Shinde
4) Dr. Manmohan Singh 5) None of these
19. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF) on
September 22, 2013?
1) Leander Paes 2) Sushil Kumar 3) Vijay Kumar
4) Ronjan Sodhi 5) Virat Kohli
20. Who was appointed as the non- playing captain of the Indian Davis Cup tennis team
in September 2013?
1) Vijay Amritraj 2) Anand Amritraj 3) Ramesh Krishnan
4) Ramnath Krishnan 5) None of these
21. Which of the following movies was nominated as India's official entry to 2014
Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category on September 21, 2013?
1) The Lunch Box 2) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 3) English Vinglish
4) The Good Road 5) Celluloid
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22. On September 20, 2013 the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate was brought down
by 0.75 per cent to?
1) 10.25% 2) 9.5% 3) 8.5% 4) 9.25% 5) 10.5%
23. Which of the following High Courts was/were established in 2013?
1) Manipur High Court 2) Meghalaya High Court 3) Tripura High Court
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
24. East Garo Hills district was awarded for achieving 90.39 average person-days in
implementation of MGNREGS. This district is in?
1) Tripura 2) Manipur 3) Meghalaya 4) Assam 5) Sikkim
25. Which state has been conferred the National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13
for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' program aimed towards the disabled and the aged?
1) Rajasthan 2) Haryana 3) Punjab
4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Uttar Pradesh
26. What is the number of High Courts in India at present?
1) 21 2) 22 3) 23 4) 24 5) 25
27. Japan won the right to host Olympic Games for the second time. It had previously
hosted Olympics in?
1) 1956 2) 1960 3) 1964 4) 1968 5) 1972
28. Deutsche Bundes bank is the central bank of?
1) Sweden 2) Germany 3) Spain 4) Greece 5) Italy
29. SAPPHIRE and NEOSSAT are satellites from?
1) Canada 2) Austria 3) Denmark 4) UK 5) India
30. Which country is setting up the Mangdechhu and the Punatsangchhu-I and II
hydroelectric projects with the support of India?
1) Nepal 2) China 3) Sri Lanka 4) Bhutan 5) Bangladesh
31. Mohammed Afzal Guru, the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case convict, was
hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex in New Delhi on?
1) February 3, 2013 2) February 6, 2013 3) February 9, 2013
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4) February 12, 2013 5) February 13, 2013
32. Fordow is the site of an underground Uranium enrichment facility in?
1) North Korea 2) Germany 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Pakistan
33. Arrow 3 is an anti ballistic missile jointly funded and developed by?
1) Israel and USA 2) China and Pakistan 3) Iran and Pakistan
4) USA and Russia 5) India and Russia
34. Which of the following does not come under the services sector?
1) Insurance 2) Banking 3) Finance
4) Real Estate 5) Petroleum refinery products
35. Thirty Indian software companies have formed a new association called the Indian
Software Product Industry Round Table (iSpirt). It is a break away group of?
1) CII 2) ASSOCHAM 3) FICCI
4) NASSCOM 5) None of these
36. Which state set a new record for the highest voter turnout with 93 percent polling
in Assembly elections conducted recently?
1) Meghalaya 2) Manipur 3) Karnataka 4) Gujarat 5) Tripura
37. Nigeria won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football championship in South Africa
recently. In the final Nigeria defeated?
1) Burkina Faso 2) Mali 3) Ghana 4) Egypt 5) South Africa
38. The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship will be played in?
1) Botswana 2) Cameroon 3) Zambia 4) Morocco 5) Zimbabwe
39. The Louis Philippe Cup is associated with?
1) Squash 2) Golf 3) Chess 4) Polo 5) Baseball
40. Which of the following is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)?
1) Prithvi 2) INS Chakra 3) K-5 4) INS Arihant 5) None of these
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41. The Union Government has constituted an expert committee to improve the
functioning of the public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati. Who is the Chairman of
this seven-member committee?
1) Sam Pitroda 2) Jawhar Sircar 3) M.P.Gupta
4) B.K. Gairola 5) Shekhar Kapur
42. India discussed progress in negotiations over the Jaitapur nuclear power project
and the $10 billion deal for 126 Rafale Fighter jets with which of the following counties
recently?
1) UK 2) France 3) Japan 4) Spain 5) Germany
43. Luna-Glob is planned to be launched in 2015. Luna-Glob is the name of a Moon-
exploration program by?
1) China 2) Japan 3) Russia 4) USA 5) India
44. Which Indian scientist has been conferred with China's top science award for his
contributions in boosting Sino-India scientific cooperation?
1) V.K. Saraswat 2) Ashoke Sen 3) B. N. Suresh
4) C.N.R.Rao 5) None of these
45. Which is the world's fourth largest steel maker for the third consecutive year?
1) China 2) Japan 3) USA 4) India 5) None of these
46. The government granted Maharatna status to which of the following public sector
enterprises in 2013?
1) BSNL & MTNL 2) BSNL & BHEL 3) HPCL & BPCL
4) HPCL & GAIL 5) GAIL & BHEL
47. A Maharatna company can take investment decision of up to what amount without
going to the government?
1) Rs 1,000crore 2) Rs 2,000crore 3) Rs 3,000crore
4) Rs 5,000crore 5) Rs 10,000crore
48. The Rashtriya Bal Swaasthya Karyakram of the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare was launched recently in Palghar in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Maharashtra 3) Karnataka
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4) Haryana 5) Himachal Pradesh
49. How many times did Australia win the women's world cup cricket?
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 5) 7
50. What is TIEA?
1) Total Information Exchange Agreement 2) Tax Information Employment Agreement
3) Tax Investment Exchange Agreement 4) Tax Information Exchange Agreement
5) None of these
51. India has finalized a Rs 3,000 crore deal for supplying 99 jet engines to be used in
the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' with?
1) USA 2) France 3) UK 4) Russia 5) Japan
52. India, along with five other tea producing countries, has formed the International
Tea Producers Forum (ITPF). ITPF is headquartered in?
1) New Delhi 2) Nairobi 3) Colombo 4) Jakarta 5) Kigali
Answers
1) 1 2) 1 3) 1 4) 4 5) 5 6) 5 7) 3 8) 5
9) 5 10) 5 11) 3 12) 5 13) 4 14) 2
15) 1 16) 2
17) 3 18) 4 19) 5 20) 2 21) 4 22) 2 23) 5 22) 3
25) 4 26) 4 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 4 31) 3 32) 3
33) 1 34) 5 35) 4 36) 5 37) 1 38) 4 39) 2 40) 3
41) 1 42) 2 43) 3 44) 4 45) 4 46) 5 47) 4 48) 2
49) 4 50) 4 51) 1 52) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. To review tax laws and suggest ways for a stable and non-adversarial tax administration,
the Government of India on August 26, 2013 set up a Tax Administration Reform Com
mission (TARC) under the Chairmanship of?
1) Parthasarathy Shome 2) Y.G.Parande 3) S.S.N. Moorthy
4) M.R.Diwakar 5) None of these
2. National Media Center was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on August 24, 2013 in which of the following cities?
1) Hyderabad 2) New Delhi 3) Mumbai
4) Chandigarh 5) Bangalore
3. Who has been chosen for 2012-13 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour for a
sportsperson? (The award will be given on August 31, 2013)
1) Krishna Poonia 2) Gagan Narang 3) Ronjan Sodhi
4) P.V. Sindhu 5) Vijay Kumar
4. Who is the author of the book "My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions"? (It was
launched in August 2013)
1) Amartya Sen 2) Barack Obama 3) Tony Blair
4) A P J Abdul Kalam 5) Pranab Mukherjee
5. As per a Global digital measurement and analytics ComScore report released in August
2013, what is India's rank in Internet usage?
1) First 2) Second 3) Third 4) Fourth 5) Fifth
6. Telugu novelist Malathi Chandur passed away in August 2013. She was a winner of?
1) Jnanpeet Award 2) Vyas Samman 3) Saraswati Samman
4) Sahitya Akademi Award 5) None of these
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7. Head Office of which of the following banks is in Delhi?
1) UCO Bank 2) Bank of India 3) Corporation Bank
4) United Bank of India 5) Punjab National Bank
8. Pakistan is a member of?
1) ASEAN 2) APEC 3) NATO 4) OPEC 5) SAARC
9. Who is the author of the book 'Diamond Dust'?
1) Salman Rushdie 2) Anita Desai 3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Arundhati Roy 5) Rashmi Bansal
10. Which of the following is the name of a country?
1) Afghani 2) Peso 3) Zagreb 4) Botswana 5) Brasilia
11. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking/Finance?
1) Letter of Credit 2) LIBOR 3) Back Up Guarantee
4) Factoring services 5) Polymerization
12. Which Russian city will host the 2015 World Aquatic Championships?
1) Kazan 2) Samara 3) Omsk 4) Perm 5) Volgograd
13. 'Copa America', an international tournament involving 12 teams, is associated with?
1) Basketball 2) Football 3) Tennis
4) Golf 5) Snooker
14. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Banking /Finance?
1) Amendment 2) Reflex Action 3) Dribble
4) Active Asset 5) None of these
15. SAFTA is a trade agreement among the members of?
1) G8 2) G20 3) BRICS 4) SAARC 5) ASEAN
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16. The Head of the Public Sector Bank in India is designated as?
1) Governor 2) President 3) Vice President
4) Chief Executive Officer 5) Chairman and MD
17. Who among the following is a famous economist?
1) John Milton 2) John Keats 3) Thomas Malthus
4) Robert Frost 5) O Henry
18. World Ozone Day is celebrated on?
1) September 8 2) November 8 3) November 16
4) September 16 5) September 27
19. The capital of Vietnam is?
1) Phnom Penh 2) Jakarta 3) Manila 4) Hanoi 5) Yangon
20. The term 'Insider Trading' is associated with?
1) Insurance 2) Defense 3) Stock Market
4) Parliament 5) Journalism
21. Which of the following is a major function of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Regulating Stock Exchanges 2) Deciding Foreign Trade Policy of India
3) Preparing Union Budget 4) Framing Fiscal Policy
5) None of these
22. Which of the following countries is a member of OPEC?
1) Jordan 2) Libya 3) Syria 4) Bangladesh 5) Bahrain
23. Cotton is normally grown in?
1) Red soil 2 2) Yellow soil 3) Regur soil 4) Laterite soil 5) Sand
24. Buddh International Circuit is related to?
1) Cricket 2) Hockey 3) Football 4) Formula One 5) Tennis
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25. Which of the following is an advance to priority sector by the banks?
1) Loan to a sick industry
2) Loan given to purchase a house
3) Loan to farmers for agricultu ral purpose
4) Loan to establish a hospital in a city
5) None of these
26. Who is the author of the book 'Inside the Third World: The Anatomy of Poverty'?
1) Paul Harrison 2) Paul Krugman 3) Amartya Sen
4) William Golding 5) Gunnar Myrdal
27. Which was the principal plant used in Green Revolution?
1) Japonica Rice 2) Indian Rice 3) Emmer Wheat
4) Mexican Wheat 5) None of these
28. The rotation of crops is essential for?
1) Increasing protein content in plants 2) Getting different crops
3) Increasing soil fertility 4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
29. The study of vegetables is called?
1) Pomology 2) Floriculture 3) Sericulture
4) Olericulture 5) None of these
30. Astatement that depicts the financial position of a business organization at a given point
of time is called?
1) Reconciliation statement 2) Statement of Product Details
3) Balance Sheet 4) Trading Account
5) None of these
31. The currency of Ethiopia is?
1) Birr 2) Rial 3) Peso 4) Manat 5) Dinar
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32. By what name were the Common Wealth Games known when they were first held in
1930?
1) British Empire Games 2) British Empire and Common Wealth Games
3) British Common Wealth Games 4) Queen's Empire Games
5) None of these
33. Sunita Narain is the editor of which science and environment focused magazine?
1) Seminar 2) Sanctuary 3) Down to Earth
4) National Geography 5) None of these
34. Who propounded the theory of 'Hierarchy of Needs'?
1) Peter Drucker 2) Gary Becker 3) Amos Tversky
4) Abraham Maslow 5) None of these
35. 'Kahani', a Bollywood film that won several awards, was directed by?
1) Anurag Basu 2) Anurag Kashyap 3) Sujoy Ghosh
4) Prakash Jha 5) Rituparno Ghosh
36. What is India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the first quarter (April-June) of
the fiscal year 2013-14?
1) 5.4 per cent 2) 4.8 per cent 3) 2.8 per cent
4) 4.4 per cent 5) 5.5 per cent
37. Seamus Heaney of Ireland died on August 30, 2013. He had won the 1995 Nobel Prize
in?
1) Economics 2) Literature 3) Peace 4) Physics 5) Medicine
38. Which country defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia
on September 1, 2013?
1) Pakistan 2) Malaysia 3) South Korea
4) Japan 5) Oman
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39. Which Tennis player is the author of the book 'The Moon Baller'?
1) Sania Mirza 2) Ramesh Krishnan 3) Nirupama Vaidyanathan
4) Leander Paes 5) Mahesh Bhupathi
40. Which company on August 23, 2013 announced that its CEO, Steve Ballmer, will retire
from the company after a successor is chosen?
1) Google 2) Oracle 3) Yahoo!
4) Microsoft 5) Amazon.com
41. Which team won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) in Mumbai
on August 31, 2013?
1) Pune Pistons 2) Awadhe Warriors 3) Hyderabad Hotshots
4) Mumbai Masters 5) None of these
42. Samuel Santos Lopez visited India in August 2013. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Colombia 2) Ecuador 3) Venezuela 4) Nicaragua 5) Bolivia
43. Who scored the highest ever individual score in a Twenty20 International in August 2013?
(He smashed 156 off 63 balls with 14 sixes, both world records)
1) Brendon McCullum 2) Chris Gayle 3) Suresh Raina
4) Tilakaratne Dilshan 5) Aaron Finch
44. Justice N.V.Ramana was sworn in the new Chief Justice of which of the following High
Courts on September 2, 2013?
1) Allahabad High Court 2) Delhi High Court 3) Andhra Pradesh High Court
4) Gujarat High Court 5) None of these
45. "Big Apple" is a nickname for?
1) Canberra 2) Madrid 3) New York 4) Berne 5) Ottawa
46. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is located in?
1) Panaji 2) Pune 3) Hyderabad 4) Chandigarh 5) Nagpur
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47. Which of the following is the name of the organization created by the Government of
India to promote small scale industries in India?
1) SEBI 2) IFCI 3) IDBI Bank 4) ECGC 5) None of these
48. Which of the following is designed specially as a strong measure for control of inflation
in India?
1) Public Distribution System 2) Heavy taxation on import and export
3) Ban on export of excess food grain 4) Monetary Policy of the RBI
5) None of these
49. 'Swayamsidha' scheme is related to?
1) School Children 2) Health Workers 3) Senior Citizens
4) Women 5) None of these
50. "Unto This Last" is a book written by?
1) John Ruskin 2) Ruskin Bond 3) Leo Tolstoy
4) Rudyard Kipling 5) George Bernard Shaw
51. Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?
1) ADR 2) GDR 3) SDR
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
52. The basic characteristic of a capitalistic economy is?
1) Absence of Monopoly 2) Large Scale Production in Primary Sector
3) Full Employment 4) The Private Ownership of the Means of Production
5) None of these
53. UNDP prepares?
1) Standard of Living Index 2) Physical Quality Index
3) Human Development Index 4) Wholesale Price Index
5) None of these
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54. Fiscal Policy refers to?
1) Sharing of its revenue by the central government with states
2) Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
3) Keeping foreign exchange reserves
4) Government taxes, expenditure and borrowings
5) None of these
55. Which of the following famous events is being held in Jaipur in January every year since
2006?
1) Cattle Fair 2) Literature Festival 3) Elephant Festival
4) International Film Festival 5) Kite Festival
56. Which event is held to mark the Onam festivities in Kerala?
1) Bull Fighting 2) Bull Race 3) Cock Fights
4) Boat Race 5) None of these
57. The film awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in USA are
popularly known as?
1) IIFAAwards 2) BAFTAAwards 3) Oscars
4) Grammy Awards 5) None
58. ITPO stands for?
1) International Traders and Promoters Organization
2) India Trade Promotion Organization
3) International Telecom and Postal offices
4) International Trade Policy Organization
5) None of these
59. Which country is called Cockpit of Europe?
1) Denmark 2) Spain 3) Belgium 4) Turkey 5) Italy
60. The term 'Let' is associated with?
1) Chess 2) Hockey 3) Cricket 4) Badminton 5) Soccer
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61. Mahe is a part of?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Puducherry 3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra 5) Karnataka
62. Psephology is the study of?
1) Flags 2) Rainfall pattern 3) Gene Disorders
4) Stamps 5) Elections
63. The term 'Cue' is related to?
1) Badminton 2) Basketball 3) Baseball
4) Billiards 5) Boxing
64. Who acts as the Secretary of the National Development Council (NDC)?
1) Secretary, Ministry of Finance 2) Secretary, Ministryof Planning
3) Secretary, Planning Commission 4) Secretary, Finance Commission
5) None of these
65. Which one of the following full forms is wrong?
1) SIM- Subscriber Identity Module 2) MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3) IPR- Intellectual Property Rights 4) PIL - Public Interest Litigation
5) SLBC-State Level Business Committee
66. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojana is associated with?
1) Construction of houses for low income groups
2) Construction of houses for rural people
3) Community toilets in slum areas
4) Employment in rural areas
5) None of these
67. 'Pride and Prejudice' is written by?
1) Leo Tolstoy 2) Jane Austen 3) George Eliot
4) Charles Dickens 5) R.K.Narayan
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68. Which one among the following statements regarding SAARC is correct?
1) Headquarters of SAARC is located in Dhaka
2) Myanmar is a member of SAARC
3) The present Secretary General of SAARC is from India
4) It was started in 1980
5) Next SAARC Summit will be held in Nepal
69. Bamako is the capital city of?
1) Mali 2) Guinea 3) Haiti 4) Laos 5) Burundi
70. Which one of the following scales is used to measure the intensity of tornadoes?
1) Richter Scale 2) Mercalli Scale 3) Fujita Scale
4) Saffir-Sampson Scale 5) None of these
Answers
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 4 7) 5 8) 5
9) 2 10) 4 11)5 12)1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 4 16) 5
17) 3 18) 4 19) 4 20) 3 21) 5 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4
25) 3 26)1 27) 4 28) 3 29) 4 30) 3 31)1 32) 1
33) 3 34) 4 35) 3 36) 4 37) 2 38) 3 39) 3 40) 4
41) 3 42) 4 43) 5 44) 2 45) 3 46) 2 47) 5 48) 4
49) 4 50) 1 51) 3 52) 4 53) 3 54) 4 55) 2 56) 4
57) 3 58) 2 59) 3 60) 4 61) 2 62) 5 63) 4 64) 3
65) 5 66) 3 67) 2 68) 5 69) 1 70) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who was appointed as the 23rd RBI Governor? (His term is three years)
1) Kaushik Basu 2) Rakesh Mohan 3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Anand Sinha 5) None of these
2. The Government had appointed Arundhati Bhattacharya as the Managing Director of?
1) Oriental Bank of Commerce 2) State Bank of India 3) Bank of India
4) Allahabad Bank 5) Andhra Bank
3. Who topped the Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes for the ninth straight year?
(The Forbes list was released on August 6, 2013.)
1) Serena Williams (USA) 2) Li Na (China) 3) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 5) None of these
4. Who was appointed as the new Director General of the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) on July 30, 2013?
1) S.A.Ibrahim 2) Alok Joshi 3) Ranjit Sinha
4) Sharad Kumar 5) N.R.Wasan
5. Who won the 40th National Women's Challengers' Chess Championship in Thrissur in
August 2013?
1) Swati Ghate 2) Soumya Swaminathan 3) G.K.Monisha
4) Nisha Mehatha 5) Bhakti Kulkarni
6. The Washington Post news paper will be sold to Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos is the founder and
CEO of?
1) World Wide Web 2) Yahoo! 3) Amazon.com
4) Google 5) Facebook
7. Which of the following is/are an intangible asset(s)?
1) Goodwill 2) Copyright 3) Patent 4) Both 1 & 2 5) All 1,2 and 3
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8. Excessive dependence on agriculture and inequalities of income and wealth are some of
the important features of a?
1) Capitalistic Economy 2) Socialistic Economy 3) Developing Economy
4) Developed Economy 5) None of these
9. Which bank's old name is 'Imperial Bank of India'?
1) RBI 2) PNB 3) SBI
4) Union Bank of India 5) United Bank of India
10. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) NABARD stimulates the agricultural and rural development
2) Banking Regulation Act was passed in the year 1934
3) SIDBI is an apex financial institution for micro, small and medium scale enterprises in
India
4) Minimum Reserve System of Note issue is followed by RBI
5) FERA has been replaced by FEMA
11. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) works under the?
1) Reserve Bank of India 2) Ministry of External Affairs
3) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs 4) Ministry of Finance
5) Ministry of Commerce
12. Which of the following is a military alliance?
1) ASEAN 2) SAARC 3) NATO 4) NAFTA 5) APEC
13. Laissez-faire is a feature of?
1) Socialism 2) Capitalism 3) Communism
4) Mixed Economy 5) None of these
14. 'The Lost Child' was written by?
1) Mulk Raj Anand 2) Khushwant Singh 3) Nirad C.Chowdhury
4) R.K.Narayan 5) R.K. Laxman
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15. Note Issue Department of RBI should always possess the minimum gold stock worth
Rupees?
1) 85 crore 2) 115 crore 3) 200 crore
4) 125 crore 5) None of these
16. The aim of the Differential Rate of Interest scheme is to provide concessional loans to?
1) Public Sector Enterprises 2) Private Sector Industries 3) Exporters
4) Business People 5) Weaker Sections of Society
17. The term 'Bishop' is related to?
1) Hockey 2) Golf 3) Chess 4) Badminton 5) Bridge
18. India is a permanent member of?
1) NATO 2) NAM 3) G-8 4) OPEC 5) SCO
19. Yakshagana is the famous dance form of the state of?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Kerala 3) Gujarat 4) Karnataka 5) Andhra Pradesh
20. Denmark, Norway and Sweden are together called?
1) Netherlands 2) Australasia 3) Eurasia 4) Slovakia 5) Scandinavia
21. The device used for locating submerged objects under sea is?
1) SONAR 2) RADAR 3) LASER 4) MASER 5) None of these
22. Bull fighting is the national game of?
1) Poland 2) Spain 3) Italy 4) England 5) Portugal
23. What percentage of world's economy is represented by G20 nations?
1) 50% 2) 60% 3) 85% 4) 70% 5) 65%
24. What is the full form of CFSA?
1) Corporation of Farmers and Subsidiary Allocation
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2) Committee on Financial Sector Assessment
3) Committee on Farming Sector and Agronomy
4) Commission to Float Scientific Agriculture
5) None of these
25. Which of the following is an insurance scheme for the agriculture sector?
1) NAIS 2) AICIL 3) RIDF 4) CACP 5) IARI
26. The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram recently said that the disinvestment
proceeds of about Rs. 20,000 crore from which of the following public sector undertakings
will be invested in public sector banks?
1) IOC 2) NMDC 3) NTPC 4) CIL 5) MMTC
27. The market in which long term securities such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold
is commonly known as?
1) Bull Market 2) Bear Market 3) Bullion Market
4) Capital Market 5) Commodities Exchange
28. Which of the following terms is not associated with Cricket?
1) Swing 2) Hook 3) Googly 4) Slip 5) Fullback
29. World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on?
1) March 27 2) May 17 3) September 27 4) November 17 5) December 7
30. Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is located in?
1) Hyderabad 2) Mysore 3) Lucknow
4) New Delhi 5) Shimla
31. May 17 is celebrated as?
1) International Day for the Elderly 2) World No Tobacco Day
3) World Telecommunications Day 4) World Food Day
5) None of these
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32. Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?
1) Gujarat 2) Assam 3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
33. An increase in CRR by the RBI results in?
1) Decrease in debt of the government
2) Reduction in liquidity in the economy
3) Attracting more FDI in the country
4) More flow of credit to primary sector
5) None of these
34. Beirut is the capital city of?
1) Libya 2) Liberia 3) Lebanon 4) Cyprus 5) Turkey
35. Integrated Wasteland Development Program (IWDP) has been launched by?
1) Ministry of Rural Development 2) Ministry of Agriculture
3) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 4) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
5) None of these
36. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was elected the President of which of the following African
countries in August 2013? (He will take office on September 19, 2013)
1) Algeria 2) Niger 3) Burkina Faso 4) Mali 5) Senegal
37. Who won the 200-metre sprint at the World Athletics Cham pionships in Moscow on
Au gust 17, 2013?
1) Warren Weir 2) Usain Bolt 3) Curtis Mitchell
4) Tyson Gay 5) Yohan Blake
38. The 15,000th branch of which of the following banks was inaugurated in Sooranam,
Tamil Nadu on August 17, 2013?
1) Punjab National Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) State Bank of India
4) Indian Bank 5) Indian Overseas Bank
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39. Who was appointed the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on
August 17, 2013? (He succee ded Pranay Sahay)
1) R.K.Singh 2) Alok Joshi 3) Ranjit Sinha
4) Dilip Trivedi 5) Vijay Kumar
40. Who among the following Arjuna award winners is a Squash player?
1) P.V. Sindhu 2) Kavita Chahal 3) Rupesh Shah
4) Dharmendra Dalal 5) Joshna Chinappa
41. Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party was merged with which of the following political
parties in August 2013?
1) Congress 2) Janata Dal (Secular) 3) Bharatiya Janata Party
4) Janata Dal (United) 5) Samajwadi Party
42. What does NDTL mean?
1) New Demand and Tenure Liabilities
2) Net Demand and Time Liabilities
3) National Deposits and Total Liquidity
4) New Deposits and Term Liquidity
5) None of these
43. Which of the following terms is used in Banking?
1) Epicenter 2) Gravity 3) Latitude 4) Longitude 5) None of these
44. Fiscal Policy is concerned with?
1) Export and Import 2) Education 3) Population control
4) Public revenue and expenditure 5) None of these
45. Foreign exchange reserves of India are kept in the custody of?
1) IBRD 2) IMF 3) SBI
4) Government treasury 5) RBI
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46. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking?
1) Holding company 2) Post dated cheque 3) Credit
4) Time deposit 5) Centripetal force
47. The Score of My Life is written by?
1) Pandit Ravi Shankar 2) Zubin Mehta 3) Javed Akhtar
4) APJ Abdul Kalam 5) None of these
48. Anshu Jain is associated with which of the following foreign banks?
1) RBS 2) Deutsche Bank 3) HSBC
4) Barclays 5) Bank of America
49. The National Science Day is celebrated in honour of?
1) J.C. Bose 2) S. Ramanujan 3) H.J. Bhabha
4) C.V. Raman 5) S. Chandrasekhar
50. Which of the following is not a cash crop?
1) Jute 2) Cashew nut 3) Rubber
4) Cotton 5) Wheat
51. Which of the following books is not written by Indira Goswami?
1) The Man from Chinnamasta 2) Pages Stained with Blood
3) The Moth Eaten Howdah of a Tusker 4) An Unfinished Autobiography
5) Rudali
52. Harare is the capital of?
1) Zambia 2) Yemen 3) Congo 4) South Sudan 5) Zimbabwe
53. Galvanometer is an instrument to measure?
1) Relative density of liquids 2) Electric currents 3) Pressure of gases
4) Distances 5) None of these
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54. In a current account the withdrawals can be made?
1) Once a day 2) Once a week 3) Once a month
4) As many times as needed 5) None of these
55. A short term government security paper is called?
1) Share 2) Debenture 3) Mutual Fund
4) Treasury bill 5) None of these
56. WTO basically promotes?
1) Tourism 2) Global Peace 3) Unilateral Trade
4) Multilateral Trade 5) Disarmament
57. CDS stands for?
1) Credit Demand Swap 2) Collateral Default Swap 3) Credit Default Swap
4) Collateral Demand Swap 5) None of these
58. The headquarters of International Olympic Committee is at?
1) Los Angeles 2) New York 3) Moscow 4) Lausanne 5) Paris
59. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Hockey?
1) Volley 2) Bull'seye 3) Trump
4) Serve 5) Centre Forward
60. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?
1) Intas 2) Novartis 3) Roche
4) Hindustan Unilever Limited 5) Glaxo SmithKline
61. Which of the following commissions is formed to guard against predatory and collusive
behavior of the business organizations?
1) Knowledge Commission 2) Finance Commission
3) Administrative Reforms Commission 4) Competition Commission
5) Labour Commission
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62. Two Leaves is the symbol of which of the following political parties?
1) SP 2) BSP 3) DMK 4) AIADMK 5) JD (U)
63. When too much of money is chasing too few goods, the situation is called?
1) Recession 2) Depression 3) Inflation 4) Deflation 5) Stagflation
64. Which of the following schemes provides social security cover to the people working in
the unorganized sector?
1) Raj Lakshmi 2) Kuteer Jyothi 3) Swavalamban
4) Antyodaya 5) None of these
65. Who is the Chairman of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)?
1) Pratip Chaudhuri 2) Arun Kaul 3) T.M. Bhasin
4) K.R. Kamath 5) M.Narendra
66. Which of the following abbre viations and their full forms is not matched correctly?
1) LAF ---Liquidity Adjustment Facility
2) SWIFT --- Society for World wide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
3) AFSPA---Armed Forces Super Powers Act
4) MDG---Millennium Develo pment Goals
5) MAT--Minimum Alternate Tax
67. The foreign trade policy in India is announced by the?
1) RBI
2) Ministry of Finance
3) Ministry of Commerce
4) Planning Commission
5) Ministry of External Affairs
68. Who is the author of the book 'Building Social Business'?
1) Amartya Sen 2) Muhammad Yunus 3) Paul Krugman
4) Alvin Roth 5) None of these
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69. Which of the following agencies/organizations plays a major role to control inflation in
a country?
1) Central Bank of the country 2) Stock markets of the country
3) Planning Commission 4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
70. NPAs in commercial banks means?
1) Bank deposits which are not invested
2) Capital assets not in use
3) Loans in which interest or principal amount is not recovered
4) Low interest rate loans
5) High interest rate loans
KEY
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 3 7) 5 8) 3
9) 3 10) 2 11) 4 12) 3 13) 2 14) 1 15) 2 16) 5
17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 5 21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 2
25) 1 26) 4 27) 4 28) 5 29) 1 30) 2 31) 3 32) 1
33) 2 34) 3 35) 1 36) 4 37) 2 38) 3 39) 4 40) 5
41) 3 42) 2 43) 5 44) 4 45) 5 46) 5 47) 2 48) 2
49) 4 50) 5 51) 5 52) 5 53) 2 54) 4 55) 4 56) 4
57) 3 58) 4 59) 5 60) 4 61) 4 62) 4 63) 3 64) 3
65) 4 66) 3 67) 3 68) 2 69) 1 70) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Abdul Rahim Rather was appointed as the new Chairman of Goods and Services Tax (GST)
panel on July 21, 2013. He is the Finance Minister of?
1) Bihar 2) Karnataka 3) Rajasthan
4) Jammu and Kashmir 5) Uttar Pradesh
2. Ramon Magsaysay Awards are given by Philippines. Habiba Sarobi is one of the five winners
for the year 2013. She is a politician from?
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Indonesia
4) Malaysia 5) Bangladesh
3. Who won the 100
th
edition of the Tour de France on July 21, 2013? (Tour de France is an
annual bicycle race)
1) Bradley Wiggins (Britain) 2) Alberto Contador (Spain)
3) Chris Froome (Britain) 4) Cadel Evans (Australia)
5) Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
4. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) is one of the apex trade
associations of India. Who took over as the President of ASSOCHAM in July 2013?
1) Deepak Parekh 2) Aditya Puri 3) K. R. Kamath
4) Rana Kapoor 5) Naina Lal Kidwai
5. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of banking and finance?
1) Blue chip companies 2) Commercial paper 3) Hedge
4) Premium bonds 5) Wobbe Index
6. 'FBTR' is an abbreviated name related to the area of?
1) Agriculture 2) Economy 3) Medical science
4) Sports 5) Nuclear power
7. Developing an effective and efficient monitoring and control system for the Indian capital
market is the basic aim of?
1) RBI 2) SEBI 3) FMC 4) SBI 5) NABARD
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8. The first stock exchange in India was established in?
1) Calcutta 2) Delhi 3) Bombay 4) Madras 5) Hyderabad
9. Which institution is known as the 'Soft Loan Window' of World Bank?
1) IFC 2) IDA 3) IMF 4) WTO 5) None of these
10. The Life Insurance in India was nationalized in the year?
1) 1870 2) 1956 3) 1960 4) 1966 5) 1969
11. Countries and capital cities are given below. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
matched?
1) Ghana --- Accra 2) Kenya --- Nairobi 3) Namibia --- Windhoek
4) Nigeria --- Rabat 5) Egypt --- Cairo
12. The river Tapti flows into the?
1) Palk Straits 2) Bay of Bengal 3) Arabian Sea
4) Indian Ocean 5) None of these
13. 'Land of Midnight Sun' is?
1) Japan 2) Finland 3) Thailand 4) Norway 5) Netherlands
14. 'My Truth' was written by?
1) Sarojini Naidu 2) RK Narayan 3) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Indira Gandhi 5) Jawaharlal Nehru
15. Reliance Power is constructing a 3,960 MWcoal based Ultra Mega Power Project in?
1) Sasan (Madhya Pradesh) 2) Angul (Orissa) 3) Banswara (Rajasthan)
4) Barauni (Bihar) 5) None of these
16. RBI's stake in NABARD is?
1) 10% 2) 5% 3) 3% 4) 1% 5) None of these
17. Which of the following is not amongst the core industries/ sectors?
1) Coal 2) Services 3) Crude oil 4) Power 5) Steel
18. What is the minimum shareholding of the Central Government in the Public Sector Banks?
1) 49% 2) 50% 3) 51% 4) 59% 5) 74%
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19. What is the purpose of National Green Tribunal?
1) It is a Save Earth campaign
2) It promotes awareness towards climate changes
3) It will hear cases related to environmental degradation
4) It gives suggestions to protect forest cover
5) None of these
20. Croatia recently became the 28
th
member of the European Union. Croatia was once a part of?
1) Russia 2) Yugoslavia 3) Armenia 4) Lithuania 5) Czechoslovakia
21. NKP Salve Challenger Trophy is associated with?
1) Hockey 2) Football 3) Cricket 4) Tennis 5) Badminton
22. Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) is the world's largest diamond exchange located in?
1) Kolkata 2) New Delhi 3) Jaipur 4) Surat 5) Mumbai
23. The largest source of India's GDP is?
1) Agriculture 2) Foreign Trade 3) Manufacturing 4) Services 5) None of these
24. Planning Commission is a?
1) Statutory Body 2) Non-Statutory Body 3) Constitutional Body
4) Both 1 and 3 5) None of these
25. Which one of the following rates is not determined by the Reserve Bank of India?
1) CRR 2) SLR 3) Repo Rate
4) Prime Lending Rate 5) Bank Rate
26. Which of the following prizes/awards is not given for excellence in literature?
1) Murtidevi Award 2) Laureus Award 3) Vyas Samman
4) Saraswati Samman 5) Pulitzer Prize
27. Which of the following is the full form of G in 'G-sec'?
1) Good 2) Global 3) Government 4) Guaranteed 5) None of these
28. The Reserve Bank of India scaled down the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast
for 2013-14 to what per cent from its earlier projection of 5.7% growth?
1) 5.5% 2) 5% 3) 5.1% 4) 5.3% 5) None of these
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29. The G 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting was held on July 20, 2013
in?
1) Mexico City 2) Moscow 3) Los Cabos
4) Saint Petersburg 5) Yekaterinburg
30. Rajeev Rishi took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following
Government Banks on August 1, 2013?
1) Bank of India 2) Indian Bank 3) Central Bank of India
4) Oriental Bank of Commerce 5) Indian Overseas Bank
31. After the First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14, the RBI on July 30, 2013 kept
the repo rate unchanged at?
1) 7% 2) 6.25% 3) 7.25% 4) 6% 5) None of these
32. Who was elected as the 12th President of Pakistan on July 30, 2013? (He will take office on
September 8, 2013, succeeding Asif Ali Zardari)
1) Fakhruddin Ebrahim 2) Mamnoon Hussain 3) Wajihuddin Ahmed
4) Raza Rabbani 5) Nawaz Sharif
33. U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum by which of the
following countries?
1) China 2) Australia 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Russia
34. The rate of interest charged by RBI for lending money to various commercial banks by redis-
counting of the bills in India is called?
1) CRR 2) SLR 3) Bank Rate 4) Interest Rate 5) Exchange Rate
35. FIFAWorld Cup 2018 will be organized in?
1) Brazil 2) Russia 3) Germany 4) South Africa 5) Italy
36. Excise Duty is levied on?
1) Agro products 2) Imported goods 3) Goods produced within the country
4) Services provided by hotels 5) All the above
37. Which of the following countries is not a partner in TAPI project?
1) Turkey 2) Afghanistan 3) Pakistan 4) India 5) None
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38. The World Habitat Day is observed every year on the?
1) Second Thursday of October 2) First Monday of October
3) Second Monday of March 4) Second Thursday of March 5) None of these
39. Which of the following is not an objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM)?
1) Development of urban infrastructure
2) Inclusive growth of cities
3) Provide safe drinking water
4) Provide improved public transport
5) Provide 100 days employment to all eligible persons
40. To increase financial inclusion banks introduced?
1) Internet banking 2) Stimulus package 3) Business correspondent
4) Corporate banking 5) None of these
41. Which of the following countries is not a member of G20?
1) Argentina 2) South Korea 3) Brazil 4) China 5) Iran
42. The art and science of map making is called?
1) Mapping 2) Cartography 3) Photogrammetry
4) Remote sensing 5) None of these
43. TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with?
1) IMF 2) WTO 3) World Bank 4) WEF 5) None of these
44. The National Development Council (NDC) was set up on?
1) August 6, 1952 2) August 16, 1950 3) April 1, 1951
4) April 1, 1950 5) April 1, 1952
45. 'Blossoms from the Dust' is a book written by?
1) Vikram Seth 2) Barack Obama 3) R.K. Pachauri
4) Amartya Sen 5) None of these
46. Which of the following is used as a fuel in Nuclear power stations in India?
1) Tin 2) Copper 3) Thorium 4) Chromium 5) Nickel
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47. Who among the following held the post of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) L.K.Jha 2) Usha Thorat 3) Rakesh Mohan 4) Kaushik Basu 5) Subir Gokarn
48. At which of the following places RBI does not have a regional office?
1) Shimla 2) Lucknow 3) Panaji 4) Guwahati 5) Kota
49. The exchange of commodities between two countries is called?
1) Balance of trade 2) Volume of trade 3) Bilateral trade
4) Multilateral trade 5) None of these
50. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Football?
1) Caddy 2) Mid on 3) Love 4) Cut back 5) Long on
51. With regard to RBI what is basis point?
1) One hundredth of 1% 2) One hundredth of 10%
3) Ten percent of 1000 4) Ten percent of one hundredth point
5) None of these
52. Which one of the following issues cannot come under the purview of the functioning of the
Human Rights Commission of a country?
1) Racial discrimination 2) Treatment to Prisoners of War
3) Human Trafficking 4) Child Abuse 5) Climate Migration
KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 5 7) 2 8) 3
9) 2 10) 2 11) 4 12) 3 13) 4 14) 4 15) 1 16) 4
17) 2 18) 3 19) 3 20) 2 21) 3 22) 5 23) 4 24) 2
25) 4 26) 2 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 3 31) 3 32) 2
33) 5 34) 3 35) 2 36) 3 37) 1 38) 2 39) 5 40) 3
41) 5 42) 2 43) 2 44) 1 45) 3 46) 3 47) 1 48) 5
49) 3 50) 4 51) 1 52) 5
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who will succeed Michelle Bachelet as the Executive Director of the United Nations
Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)?
1) Mlambo-Ngcuka 2) Dlamini Zuma 3) Laura Chinchilla
4) Dilma Rousseff 5) Christina Fernandez
2. Sudhir Kumar Jain has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of?
1) Bank of Baroda 2) Syndicate Bank 3) Canara Bank
4) Corporation Bank 5) Vijaya Bank
3. Who took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on July
8, 2013?
1) Tejender Khanna 2) Narendra Kumar 3) A.K. Singh
4) Amar Nath 5) None of these
4. Who was named for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year-13 on July 10?
1) Zakir Hussein 2) A.R. Rehman 3) Shiv Kumar Sharma
4) Zubin Mehta 5) None of these
5. Hazem el-Beblawi was appointed as the interim Prime Minister of which of the following
countries in July 2013?
1) Libya 2) Mali 3) Mauritania 4) Brunei 5) Egypt
6. Ashton Agar scored 98 runs on his Test debut in July 2013. It is the highest by a No. 11
batsman. He plays for?
1) England 2) Australia 3) New Zealand
4) South Africa 5) West Indies
7. 'My Tryst with Justice' was written by?
1) Justice P.N. Bhagwati 2) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer 3) Justice Y.V. Chandrachud
4) Justice D.K. Jain 5) Justice Amitava Roy
8. Indra Nooyi is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of?
1) ICICI Bank 2) HSBC 3) PepsiCo 4) CISCO 5) Biocon
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9. Which of the following banks has launched 'Mobicash Easy', a mobile wallet, which
offers services like balance enquiry, mini statement, funds transfer, bill payment, etc?
1) PNB 2) SBI 3) OBC 4) IDBI Bank 5) ICICI Bank
10. The 100th session of the Indian Science Congress was organized in January 2013 in?
1) Cuttack 2) Chennai 3) Bhubaneswar 4) Kolkata 5) New Delhi
11. A three member committee was constituted to recommend amendments to the criminal
law so as to provide for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for criminals accused of
committing sexual assault against women. Who headed this committee?
1) Justice Leila Seth 2) Gopal Subramanium 3) Justice J.S.Verma
4) Justice Ranganath Mishra 5) Justice B.S. Chauhan
12. Salma Dam is an under construction hydroelectric and irrigation dam project located on
the Hari river in?
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Iran 5) Indonesia
13. Which of the following banks is planning to launch 'by-invitation-only' branches under
Kohinoor brand in 20 cities which will serve affluent customers?
1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Axis Bank
4) State Bank of India 5) IDBI Bank
14. The 12
th
Plan Document seeks to generate how many million jobs in non-farm sector?
1) 50 2) 25 3) 100 4) 75 5) 40
15. A new passenger terminal in the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was
inaugurated recently. It is in?
1) Bhubaneswar 2) Kolkata 3) Cuttack 4) Kohima 5) Aizawl
16. Novak Djokovic won the 2013 Australian Open men's singles title by defeating?
1) Andy Murray 2) Roger Federer 3) David Ferrer
4) Rafael Nadal 5) Nocolas Almagro
17. Soumyajit Ghosh is the national champion in?
1) Shooting 2) Weightlifting 3) Archery 4) Table Tennis 5) Cycling
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18. The letter 'D' stands for which of the following in the abbreviated name OECD?
1) Defense 2) Direction 3) Dominance
4) Development 5) Devaluation
19. Who is the author of the book 'Faith and Compassion: The Life and Work of Mother
Teresa'?
1) Arun Gandhi 2) Navin Chawla 3) Kuldeep Nayar
4) Amit Chaudhury 5) None of these
20. The currency of Saudi Arabia is?
1) Dinar 2) Manat 3) Rial 4) Dirham 5) Shekel
21. The Reserve Bank of India increased the Bank Rate on July 15, 2013. What is the present
Bank Rate?
1) 8.25% 2) 9.25% 3) 10.25% 4) 9% 5) 10%
22. Which State/Union Territory has been ranked first amongst 35 States and Union
Territories with regard to Financial Inclusion, according to a recent CRISIL report?
1) Puducherry 2) Chandigarh 3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu 5) Andhra Pradesh
23. The 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup was held in Turkey in June-July 2013. Which
country won the tournament for the first time?
1) France 2) Uruguay 3) Ghana 4) Iraq 5) Turkey
24. Hemant Soren became the Chief Minister of which of the following states on July13, 2013?
1) Bihar 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Uttarakhand
4) Jharkhand 5) Madhya Pradesh
25. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights (NCPCR)?
1) Girija Vyas 2) Sudha Sharma 3) Kushal Singh
4) Krishna Tirat 5) Aruna Roy
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26. Who was honored with the National Lata Mangeshkar Award in May 2013? (This award
is instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government)
1) A.R. Rehman 2) Hariharan 3) Shreya Ghoshal
4) Shaan 5) None of these
27. Books and Authors are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) In Custody ---Anita Desai
2) Sea of Poppies---Amitav Ghosh
3) The Argumentative Indian ---Amartya Sen
4) Unaccustomed Earth---Jhumpa Lahiri
5) River of Smoke---V.S. Naipaul
28. Ethanol as a viable bio-fuel can be obtained from?
1) Paddy 2) Potato 3) Sugarcane 4) Wheat 5) Tobacco
29. Who among the following Padma Shri winners is not a sportsperson?
1) Yogeshwar Dutt 2) Girish Nagarajegowda 3) Dingko Singh
4) Premlata Agrawal 5) Vandana Luthra
30. Other than Venezuela, which one among the following from South America is a member
of OPEC?
1) Argentina 2) Brazil 3) Ecuador 4) Bolivia 5) Chile
31. KB Kookmin Bank is based in?
1) Japan 2) South Korea 3) China 4) Malaysia 5) Singapore
32. Crystal Award is given by?
1) APEC 2) IBRD 3) WHO 4) WEF 5) WTO
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33. Which one of the following was the earliest event to take place?
1) Establishment of LIC 2) Nationalization of SBI
3) Enactment of Banking Regulation Act 4) Introduction of First Five Year Plan
5) Nationalization of SBI Associate Banks
34. Who is the Chairman of the National Water Resources Council?
1) Prime Minister 2) Minister of Water Resources
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3) Minister of Environment and Forests 4) Minister of Science and Technology
5) None of these
35. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?
1) Chevron 2) Piramal India 3) Pfizer
4) Zydus Cadila 5) Sanofi-Aventis
36. Who among the following is a football player?
1) Fernando Alonso 2) Kimi Raikkonen 3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Sebastian Vettel 5) Fernando Torres
37. Organizations and their Headquarters are given below. Which of the following pairs is
not correctly matched?
1) ADB---Manila 2) World Bank -Washington
3) APEC---Singapore 4) ASEAN---Bangkok 5) WTO---Geneva
38. The founder of World Economic Forum?
1) Robert Zoellick 2) Paul Krugman 3) Pascal Lamy
4) John Galbraith 5) Klaus Schwab
39. The 10 non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are elected
by the General Assembly for a term of?
1) 1 year 2) 2 years 3) 3 years 4) 4 years 5) 5 years
40. Which one of the following car makers does not belong to Japan?
1) Toyota 2) Honda 3) Nissan 4) Suzuki 5) Hyundai
41. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank Rate---10.25% 2) Repo Rate---7.25%
3) Reverse Repo Rate---6.25% 4) CRR---4.25% 5) SLR---23%
42. Who among the following was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Award this year?
1) Late Rajesh Khanna 2) Vijay Kumar Saraswat 3) Gayatri Spivak
4) Raghunath Mohapatra 5) Abdul Rashid Khan
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43. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will come into force from?
1) April 1, 2014 2) April 1, 2015 3) April 1, 2016
4) April 1, 2017 5) April 1, 2018
44. 'An Angel in the Cockpit' is written by?
1) Vijay Mallya 2) Vijaypat Singhania 3) Kiran Bedi
4) Ratan Tata 5) None of these
45. The small borrowers in rural areas still prefer to take informal route for their credit
needs. Which of the following is the informal route of credit?
1) Credit cards 2) Debit cards 3) RRBs
4) Commercial banks 5) Money lenders
Answers
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 3
9) 2 10) 4 11) 3 12) 2 13) 4 14) 1 15) 2 16) 1
17) 4 18) 4 19) 2 20) 3 21) 3 22) 1 23) 1 24) 4
25) 3 26) 2 27) 5 28) 3 29) 5 30) 3 31) 2 32) 4
33) 3 34) 1 35) 1 36) 5 37) 4 38) 5 39) 2 40) 5
41) 4 42) 4 43) 3 44) 2 45) 5
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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Adly Mansour was sworn in as interim President of which of the following countries
on J uly 4, 2013?
1) Egypt 2) Syria 3) Yemen 4) Libya 5) Tunisia
2. Who took charge as the new Union Home Secretary on J une 30, 2013?
1) R.S.Gujral 2) Anil Goswami 3) Bimalesh Kumar J ha
4) Pradip Kumar 5) None of these
3. Who was declared as the Best Player at the Confederations Cup Football tournament
that was held in Brazil recently? (He is the Golden Ball winner)
1) Fernando Torres (Spain) 2) J ulio Cesar (Brazil) 3) Neymar (Brazil)
4) Fred (Brazil) 5) Paulinho (Brazil)
4. The Reserve Bank of India had received how many applications for new bank
licenses recently?
1) 22 2) 23 3) 20 4) 26 5) 29
5. Who will succeed Ranjan Mathai as India's next Foreign Secretary?
1) S.J aishankar 2) Nirupama Rao 3) Shivshankar Menon
4) Sharat Sabharwal 5) Sujatha Singh
6. Which country will host the One Day International World Cup Cricket in 2023?
1) Australia 2) New Zealand 3) India
4) England 5) West Indies
7. Which organization makes major credit policies for the Regional Rural Banks
(RRBs)?
1) ADB 2) World Bank 3) SBI 4) NABARD 5) RBI
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8. Which of the following scheme(s) is/are now merged with the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)?
1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
2) Food For Work Program
3) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
4) Both 2 and 3
5)All 1, 2 and 3
9. In micro credit, bank credit is extended to the poor through?
1) Cooperative Credit Societies 2) RBI 3) SIDBI
4) Self Help Groups 5) None of these
10. NABARD was established in the year?
1) 1969 2) 1975 3) 1982 4) 1980 5) 1970
11. Which of the following books is written by Dan Brown?
1) Inferno 2) A Wanted Man 3) Best Kept Secret
4) The Last Man 5) The Racketeer
12. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperative
Organization (SCO)?
1) China 2) Russia 3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 5) Mongolia
13. What is the name of the concept that was floated to bring the rural population in
the net of financial and banking services?
1) Wealth Creation 2) Financial Inclusion 3) Corporate Governance
4) Credit Management 5) Risk Management
14. Which of the following was/were the reasons for construction of major dams in
India?
1) Flood control 2) Power generation 3) Irrigation
4) Both 1and2 5) All 1, 2and3
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15. What is the full form of RIDF?
1) Rural India Decoration Forum
2) Research and Industrial Development Fund
3) Research and Industrial Development Forum
4) Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
5) None of these
16. The Head Office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) is located in?
1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Lucknow
4) Hyderabad 5) Kolkata
17. Which organization deals in procurement, distribution, export and import of
selected agricultural commodities?
1) NAFED 2) NABARD 3) EXIM Bank
4) SIDBI 5) IDBI Bank
18. Which of the following is an easy way of providing credit to the farmer
community?
1) Indira Vikas Patra 2) Loan against gold 3) Kisan Credit Card
4) National Savings Certificate 5) None of these
19. "Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs" is popularly known as?
1) Sustainable Development 2) Uniform Growth 3) Target-driven Growth
4) Social Viability 5) None of these
20. 'Subprime Lending' is a term applied to the loans made to?
1) Those borrowers who are the most preferred customers of the bank
2) Those borrowers who do not have a good credit history
3) Those who have a good credit history
4) Thosewho areknown to bank since10years 5) Noneof these
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21. Which of the following is/are credit rating agencies?
1) CARE 2) CRISIL 3) ULIP
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
22. What is the full form of 'SPV'?
1) Small Power Venture 2) Special Power Venture 3) Small Purpose Vehicle
4) Special Purpose Vehicle 5) None of these
23. Yen is the currency of?
1) China 2) France 3) Philippines 4) J apan 5) South Korea
24. M.S. Raghavan took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following public sector banks in J uly 2013?
1) Oriental Bank of Commerce 2) Canara bank 3) Andhra Bank
4) Indian Bank 5) IDBI Bank
25. Andy Murray became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles title since
1936. Whom did he defeat in the final on J uly 7, 2013?
1) J uan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 2) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
3) J erzy J anowicz (Poland) 4) Roger Federer (Switzerland)
5) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
26. Who is the 2013 Wimbledon women's singles champion? (This is her first Grand
Slam title)
1) Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 2) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
3) Marion Bartoli (France) 4) Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)
5) Serena Williams (USA)
27. Former Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar will become the President of which
of the following business associations in J anuary 2014? (He will succeed Som Mittal)
1) CII 2) ASSOCHAM 3) FICCI
4) NASSCOM 5) Noneof these
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28. India has raised the ceiling for foreign direct investment (FDI) in asset
reconstruction compan-ies (ARCs) to?
1) 26% 2) 74% 3) 49% 4) 51% 5) 100%
29. The government has decided to set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI)
which will accord single window approval to mega projects of over Rs. 1,000crore.
CCI will be headed by the?
1) Finance Minister 2) Defence Minister 3) Prime Minister
4) Parliamentary Affairs Minister 5) HRD Minister
30. Which one of the following Constitution (Amendment) Bills seeks special status
for six backward districts in Karnataka -Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal and
Bellary?
1) 115
th
Amendment 2) 116
th
Amendment 3) 117
th
Amendment
4) 118
th
Amendment 5) None
31. Which of the following states has launched Annshree Yojana, a food security
scheme integrated with UID Aadhar?
1) Maharashtra 2) Delhi 3) Rajasthan 4) Gujarat 5) Andhra Pradesh
32. Which of the following is a power generating company?
1) HINDALCO 2) TISCO 3) HPCL 4) CIPLA 5) Reliance
33. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on?
1) J une 14 2) J uly 26 3) May 31 4) November 27 5) November 2
34. Nityanand Swami died recently. He was the first Chief Minister of?
1) J harkhand 2) Chhattisgarh 3) Uttarakhand 4) Goa 5) Madhya Pradesh
35. The 12
th
Five-Year Plan aims to achieve a growth rate of what per cent in the
agriculture sector?
1) 4 2) 8 3) 5 4) 6 5) 9
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36. The list of winners of the 58
th
Filmfare Awards is given below. Identify the
incorrect pair?
1) Best Actor---Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi) 2) Best Actress---Vidya Balan (Kahani)
3) Best Film---Barfi 4) Best Director---Anurag Basu (Barfi)
5) Critics Award for Best Movie--- Gangs of Wasseypur
37. France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom has been awarded to?
1) Sima Samar 2) Nirbhaya 3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Neelima Mishra 5) None of these
38. Halimah Yacob is the first woman Speaker of Parliament of which of the following
countries?
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) UK 4) Singapore 5) Malaysia
39. Cricketer turned Commentator Tony Greig passed away recently. He played 58
Tests for?
1) England 2) Australia 3) South Africa
4) New Zealand 5) West Indies
40. Which is the first state in India to enact the law according legal status to the Sub-
Plans for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
1) J harkhand 2) Odisha 3) Andhra Pradesh
4) West Bengal 5) None of these
41. Which state has launched a minority welfare scheme 'Hamari Beti Uska Kal', under
which girls of poor section would get finan-cial assistance of Rs. 30,000?
1) Bihar 2) Uttarakhand 3) Chhattisgarh
4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Uttar Pradesh
42. The 117
th
Constitution Amend-ment Bill deals with?
1) Land acquisition
2) Recovery of badloans
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3) Prevention of money laundering
4) Reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs
5) None of these
43. Tipperary International Peace Prize was recently given to Malala Yousafzai by?
1) UK 2) Ireland 3) Pakistan 4) Canada 5) Australia
44. 'Engaging Diaspora-The Indian Growth Story' was the theme of this year's?
1) National Youth Day 2) National Voters Day 3) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
4) National Science Day 5) Republic Day
Answers:
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6)3; 7) 4; 8) 4;
9) 4; 10) 3; 11) 1; 12) 5; 13) 2; 14) 5; 15) 4; 16) 2;
17) 1; 18) 3; 19) 1; 20) 2; 21) 4; 22) 4; 23) 4; 24) 5;
25) 2; 26) 3; 27) 4; 28) 2; 29) 3; 30) 4; 31) 2; 32) 5;
33) 2; 34) 3; 35) 1; 36) 4; 37) 3; 38) 4; 39) 1; 40) 3;
41) 5; 42) 4; 43) 2; 44) 3.
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India? (He succeeds Justice Altamas
Kabir on July 19, 2013)
1) Justice G.S.Singhvi 2) Justice R.M.Lodha 3) Justice H.L.Dattu
4) Justice P.Sathasivam 5) Justice Anil Dave
2. 'State Bank Day' is celebrated on?
1) June 29 2) July 1 3) July 19 4) April 15 5) April 1
3. Which country won the FIFAConfederations Cup for the fourth time by beating Spain 3-0 in
the final at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 30, 2013?
1) Brazil 2) Mexico 3) Italy 4) Uruguay 5) Argentina
4. Which of the following countries became the 28
th
member of the European Union (EU) on
July 1, 2013?
1) Albania 2) Kosovo 3) Macedonia 4) Croatia 5) Bosnia-Herzegovina
5. Queen Beatrix abdicated the throne in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander in April
2013. She was the queen of which of the following countries for 33 years?
1) Norway 2) Sweden 3) UK 4) Spain 5) Netherlands
6. Abdul Hamid became the President of which of the following countries in April 2013?
1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh 3) Maldives 4) Iran 5) Libya
7. Which of the following pairs of Books and Authors is mismatched?
1) Six Suspects---Vikas Swaroop 2) White Tiger---Arvind Adiga
3) The Three Mistakes of My Life---Chetan Bhagat
4) The Audacity of Hope---Bill Clinton 5) Sea of Poppies---Amitav Ghosh
8. 'Legal Services Day' is observed on?
1) November 9 2) December 9 3) September 8 4) March 8 5) April 7
9. India is not a member of?
1) Commonwealth 2) SAARC 3) NAM 4) APEC 5) WTO
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10. Zimbabwe was earlier known as?
1) Gold Coast 2) Ivory Coast 3) Southern Rhodesia
4) Persia 5) None of these
11. Biosphere reserves are areas to preserve?
1) Grasslands 2) Agricultural produce 3) Atmospheric balance
4) Genetic diversity 5) None of these
12. Inflation is based on?
1) Consumer Price Index 2) Wholesale Price Index
3) Rural Labour Consumer Price Index 4) Industrial Workers Consumer Price Index
5) None of these
13. The purpose of promoting Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India is?
1) SEZs promote exports
2) They attract investments from foreign countries
3) The activities of these zones are reserved only for the poor
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
14. Gerontology is related to diseases associated with?
1) Children 2) Young adults 3) Old age people 4) Women 5) None of these
15. Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary is in?
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka 5) Kerala
16. The Central Institute of Indian Languages is situated in?
1) Hyderabad 2) Mysore 3) Ujjain 4) Varanasi 5) Ranchi
17. The currency of Cambodia is?
1) Riel 2) Rupiah 3) Shekel 4) Baht 5) Kyat
18. Bar is a unit of?
1) Force 2) Energy 3) Pressure 4) Frequency 5) None of these
19. Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?
1) Cambodia 2) Malaysia 3) Singapore 4) South Korea 5) Indonesia
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20. Parimarjan Negi is associated with?
1) Badminton 2) Snooker 3) Chess 4) Archery 5) Table Tennis
21. Who was the first Law Minister of India?
1) T.Krishnamachari 2) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar 3) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 5) None of these
22. Who is the author of the book 'The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes'?
1) Sir C.V.Raman 2) J.V.Narlikar 3) S.Chandrasekar
4) H.J.Bhabha 5) Vikram Sarabhai
23. What is the full form of PPP?
1) Purchase Price and Power 2) Producer Price and Power
3) Poverty Production and Purchases 4) Purchasing Power Parity
5) Product Price and Power
24. A farmer engaged in organic farming will never use?
1) Compost 2) Sewage sludge 3) Cow dung 4) Urea 5) Municipal waste
25. Which of the following is a cricket related term?
1) Push in the back 2) Scissor kick 3) Hook 4) Smash 5) Dribble
26. Which of the following is not a Banking/Finance term?
1) Current Account 2) Pay order 3) Par value
4) Short position 5) Infringement
27. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the area of music?
1) Saraswati Samman 2) Vyas Samman 3) Tansen Samman
4) Jnanpith Award 5) Moortidevi Award
28. Which of the following is a major Jute producing state?
1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) West Bengal
29. The Radcliffe Line is a boundary demarcation line between?
1) India and China 2) Russia and China 3) Russia and Afghanistan
4) Pakistan and Afghanistan 5) India and Pakistan
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30. Which of the following is not a Tiger Reserve in India?
1) Kanha 2) Sariska 3) Sunderbans
4) Kaziranga 5) Keoladeo Ghana National Park
31. Which city hosted the three-day International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ministerial
Conference on Nuclear Energy in June 2013?
1) Tokyo 2) Vienna 3) Saint Petersburg
4) New Delhi 5) Tehran
32. Who was named the most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine on June 26, 2013?
1) Oprah Winfrey 2) Lady Gaga 3) Steven Spielberg
4) Beyonce 5) Madonna
33. India won the ICC Champions Trophy defeating England by five runs in the final in
Birmingham on June 23, 2013. Who was named Player of the Tournament?
1) Virat Kohli 2) Ravindra Jadeja 3) Shikhar Dhawan
4) R.Ashwin 5) Ravi Bopara
34. Kevin Rudd was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries on
June 27, 2013?
1) UK 2) Canada 3) Sweden 4) Australia 5) New Zealand
35. Article 370 of the Indian Constit-ution is in the news again. It confers special status on?
1) Assam 2) Nagaland 3) Punjab 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) J & K
36. Presidential elections were held in Iran on June14, 2013. The term of Iran President is?
1) 2 years 2) 3 years 3) 4 years 4) 5 years 5) 6 years
37. Disguised unemployment generally exists in?
1) Urban societies 2) Small scale industries 3) Agriculture
4) Manufacturing sector 5) None of these
38. Abbreviations and their full forms are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) PPP---Public Private Partnership
2) APEC---Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
3) ASEAN---Association of South East Asian Nations
4) NATO---North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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5) ASHA---Association of Social Health Activists
39. Which of the following is a non-cash transaction product?
1) ATM card 2) Credit card 3) Debit card
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2and 3
40. 'Termites in the Trading System' is written by?
1) Jagdish Bhagwati 2) Paul Krugman 3) Amartya Sen
4) M.S.Swaminathan 5) Jaswant Singh
41. What is the full form of 'SEPA'?
1) Single Exchange Processing Agency
2) Single Euro Payments Area
3) Single Electronic Processing Agency
4) Super Electronic Purchase Agency
5) None of these
42. Institutions that offer a wide range of financial services under one roof are referred to as?
1) Multinationals 2) Market regulators 3) Brand promoters
4) Financial supermarkets 5) None of these
43. Which of the following is not a component of Bharat Nirman?
1) Irrigation 2) Rural roads 3) Rural housing
4) Rural water supply 5) Rural employment
44. 'Dirham' is the currency of?
1) Malta 2) Iran 3) Morocco 4) Libya 5) Turkey
45. Siam is now known as?
1) Laos 2) Vietnam 3) Thailand 4) Cambodia 5) Philippines
46. Who wrote 'The Structure of the Universe'?
1) S.Chandrasekar 2) Jayant Narlikar 3) Robert Jastrow
4) Carl Sagan 5) Stephen Hawking
47. Minimum support prices of crops are recommended by the?
1) Planning Commission 2) Finance Commission 3) Farmers Commission
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4) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
5) National Development Council
48. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is situated in?
1) Hyderabad 2) Chennai 3) Mumbai 4) Delhi 5) Kolkata
49. Which of the following states is a member of the 'Seven Sisters'?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Tripura 4) West Bengal 5) Odisha
50. 'Mixed Economy' denotes?
1) Existence of both rural and urban sectors
2) Existence of both heavy and small industries
3) Existence of both developed and underdeveloped sectors
4) Existence of both private and public sectors
5) Existence of both agriculture and industry
51. Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the Security Council of the
United Nations Organization?
1) China 2) USA 3) Japan 4) UK 5) France
52. Who is the author of the book 'The Road Ahead'?
1) Bill Gates 2) Steve Jobs 3) Steve Ballmer 4) Larry Page 5) Larry Ellison
53. The study of the origin of universe is known as?
1) Chronology 2) Orography 3) Selenology 4) Geology 5) Cosmology
54. Which of the following books is written by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
1) The Transparent Mind 2) A Brief History of Time 3) Indian Modernity
4) India Unbound 5) None of these
55. Which of the following Committees recommended the revival of cooperative credit institu-
tions in states?
1) Vaidyanathan Committee 2) Rangarajan Committee 3) Sachar Committee
4) Rakesh Mohan Committee 5) Kelkar Committee
56. Veselin Topalov is associated with?
1) Golf 2) Chess 3) Snooker 4) Badminton 5) Polo
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57. 'Queensberry Rules' is the name given to the rules in?
1) Hockey 2) Cricket 3) Tennis 4) Boxing 5) Golf
58. 'Hertz' is a unit of?
1) Velocity 2) Wavelength 3) Frequency of sound waves
4) Magnetic field 5) None of these
59. Which of the following is not a banking/finance related term?
1) NPA 2) NAV 3) Liquidity 4) NAM 5) IPO
60. Ramon Magsaysay Awards are not given in which of the following categories?
1) Government service 2) Community leadership 3) Journalism
4) Public service 5) Music
Answers
1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 1; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 2; 7) 4; 8) 1;
9) 4; 10) 3; 11) 4; 12) 2; 13) 4; 14) 3; 15) 4; 16)2;
17) 1; 18) 3; 19) 4; 20) 3; 21) 2; 22) 3; 23) 4; 24) 4;
25) 3; 26) 5; 27) 3; 28) 5; 29) 5; 30) 5. 31)3; 32) 1;
33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 5; 36) 3; 37) 3; 38) 5; 39)5; 40) 1;
41) 2; 42) 4; 43) 5; 44) 3; 45) 3; 46) 2; 47)4; 48) 3;
49) 3; 50) 4; 51) 3; 52) 1; 53) 5; 54)5; 55)1; 56) 2;
57) 4; 58) 3; 59) 4; 60) 5.
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Which country hosted the 39
th
G8 summit on June 17-18, 2013?
1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Italy 5) France
2. The FIFAConfederations Cup is an international football tournament for national teams held
every four years. Which country hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2013?
1) Spain 2) Brazil 3) Uruguay 4) Argentina 5) Italy
3. Who became the first Indian-American judge in the US Court of Appeals, the second most
powerful court in USA, on June 17, 2013?
1) Amol Rajan 2) Bobby Jindal 3) Srikanth Srinivasan
4) Kamla Harris 5) None of these
4. The Finance Minister had set up a committee for giving clear definitions to FDI and FII. Who
is the Chairman of this committee?
1) Anand Sinha 2) C.Rangarajan 3) Y.V.Reddy
4) Arvind Mayaram 5) Vijay Kelkar
5. Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Oscar Fernandes---Road and Highways
2) Girija Vyas ---- Housing and Urban poverty alleviation
3) K.Sambasiva Rao---Textiles
4) Sis Ram Ola ---Labour and Employment
5) Ghulam Nabi Azad---New and Renewable Energy
6. RBI in its mid-quarter monetary policy on June 17, 2013 left its repo rate unchanged at?
1) 7.5% 2) 7.25% 3) 6.5% 4) 6.25% 5) 4%
7. Which of the following political parties ended ties with the BJP and walked out of the
National Democratic Alliance on June 16, 2013?
1) Shiv Sena 2) INLD 3) AGP 4) JD (U) 5) SAD
8. Who was elected President of the 68
th
session of the United Nations General Assembly in
June 2013?
1) John Ashe 2) Ban Ki-moon 3) Joseph Deiss
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4) Srgjan Kerim 5) Jean Ping
9. Windhoek is the capital of?
1) Kenya 2) Namibia 3) Ghana 4) Zambia 5) Zimbabwe
10. The Central Rice Research Institute is located in?
1) Shimla 2) Nagpur 3) Cuttack 4) Hyderabad 5) Coimbatore
11. Berlin, the capital city of Germany, is located on the river?
1) Spree 2) Danube 3) Kizil 4) Avon 5) Thames
12. Which of the following crops is used to make biofuels?
1) Wheat 2) Paddy 3) Sugarcane 4) Onion 5) Coconut
13. Which of the following Cups is associated with Cricket?
1) Davis Cup 2) Aga Khan Cup 3) Durand Cup
4) Thomas Cup 5) None of these
14. The currency of Bangladesh is?
1) Rupee 2) Rupiah 3) Rial 4) Taka 5) Kip
15. Which of the following Nobel Prizes was not started in 1901?
1) Physics 2) Chemistry 3) Medicine 4) Peace 5) Economics
16. The term '16 yards hit' is associated with?
1) Polo 2) Baseball 3) Golf 4) Hockey 5) Badminton
17. Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is in?
1) North America 2) South America 3) Africa
4) Asia 5) Australia
18. Majuli is a large river island in the Indian state of?
1) Odisha 2) Assam 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 5) West Bengal
19. Turkey joined which of the following organizations as its dialogue partner on April 26,
2013?
1) APEC 2) SCO 3) ASEAN 4) OPEC 5) SAARC
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20. What is the interest rate on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for 2012-13?
1) 8.5% 2) 9% 3) 9.25% 4) 9.5% 5) 7.5%
21. Which country will host the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton tournaments in May
2014?
1) China 2) Malaysia 3) India 4) Pakistan 5) Sri Lanka
22. David Beckham announced his retirement from professional foot ball in May 2013. He is
from?
1) Spain 2) Portugal 3) England 4) Germany 5) Netherlands
23. What is the full form of FCCBs?
1) Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
2) Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds
3) Financial Consortium and Credit Bureau
4) Future Credit and Currency Bureau
5) None of these
24. Which of the following is/are considered as policy rate(s) in the hands of the RBI?
1) Repo rate 2) SLR 3) Inflation 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
25. The Census in India is done after a gap of every?
1) 5 years 2) 10 years 3) 15 years 4) 7 years 5) 12 years
26. Which of the following terms is not used in Economics?
1) Balance of Trade 2) Break Even 3) Fiscal Deficit
4) Capital Account 5) Kyoto Protocol
27. Who is the author of the book 'Invisible'?
1) Paul Auster 2) Albert Camus 3) Jacques Lacan
4) Rimbaud 5) Raymond Carver
28. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Hockey?
1) Backline 2) Centre pass 3) Goal line
4) Marking 5) Downswing
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29. NABARD is?
1) A nationalized bank 2) A government commercial bank
3) A subsidiary of SBI 4) The apex bank for agriculture 5) A private bank
30. 'Between the Assassinations' is written by?
1) Kiran Desai 2) Anita Desai 3) Vikram Seth
4) Meghnad Desai 5) Arvind Adiga
31. The Union Government has approved a proposal to declare 2013 as?
1) Education Year 2) Water Conservation Year 3) Tourism Year
4) Human Rights Year 5) Year of Forests
32. Ben Bernanke is in the news recently. He is US?
1) Secretary of State 2) Federal Reserve Chairman 3) Defense Secretary
4) Treasury secretary 5) None of these
33. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid became the first Indian Minister to visit which
of the following countries in 23 years in June 2013?
1) Iran 2) Syria 3) Iraq 4) Yemen 5) Myanmar
34. Who was elected the ninth President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in April 2013?
1) Yukia Amano 2) Shinzo Abe 3) Akihito
4) Takehiko Nakao 5) None of these
35. Which country will host the 40th G-8 Summit in June 2014?
1) Canada 2) UK 3) France 4) Japan 5) Russia
36. Norman Borlaug is the founder of the World Food Prize. Who won this prize in June 2013?
1)Marc Van Montague (Belgium) 2) Mary-Dell Chilton (USA)
3) Robert Fraley (USA) 4) Both 2 and 3 5) All 1, 2 and 3
37. Which one of the following Countries is not a Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)?
1) Brazil 2) Mexico 3) South Africa 4) Turkey 5) France
38. Which of the following terms is not used in the world of Economics/Finance?
1) Sinking Fund 2) Third World Countries 3) Devaluation
4) Open Door Policy 5) Privilege Motion
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39. The National Food for Work program has been merged with?
1) PMGSY 2) MGNREGP 3) IAY 4) JNNURM 5) Bharat Nirman
40. The 5th Summit of which of the following organizations took place in South Africa recently?
1) G-8 2) G20 3) SAARC 4) BRICS 5) NAM
41. 'Sacred Games' is written by?
1) Vikram Chandra 2) Namitha Gokhale 3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Hilary Mantel 5) Herta Muller
42. Which of the following is not a cash crop?
1) Tobacco 2) Cotton 3) Coffee 4) Bajra 5) Tea
43. Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Football?
1) Lineman 2) Corner kick 3) Wide out 4) Full back 5) Follow on
44. One rupee currency notes bear the signature of the?
1) Finance Minister 2) RBI Governor 3) President of India
4) Finance Secretary 5) Chief Economic Adviser
45. Fiscal Policy is concerned with?
1) Exports and Imports 2) Public revenue and expenditure 3) Issue of
currency 4) Population control 5) None of these
46. Which of the following is a regulator?
1) LIC 2) CII 3) FICCI 4) NASSCOM 5) SEBI
47. Which of the following is a form of 'Small Savings Bank', popular among the children?
1) Core Banking 2) Merchant Banking 3) Credit Banking
4) Piggy Banking 5) None of these
48. Aros Junior Cup is associated with?
1) Badminton 2) Football 3) Cricket 4) Lawn Tennis 5) Table Tennis
49. Who among the following is not a famous author?
1) V.S.Naipaul 2) Anita Desai 3) Kiran Desai
4) Amitav Ghosh 5) Naina Lal Kidwai
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50. Which of the following terms is not used in Cricket?
1) Ashes 2) Crease 3) LBW 4) Smash 5) Back foot Shot
51. Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates?
1) CRR 2) SLR 3) Repo Rate 4) Reverse Repo Rate 5) BPLR
52. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Moortidevi Award---Literature
2) Arjuna Award ---Sports
3) Saraswati Samman---Literature
4) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award---Science and Technology
5) Kalinga Prize---Music
53. B.C. Roy award is given in the field of?
1) Journalism 2) Medicine 3) Music
4) Environment 5) Literature
54. Which of the following grand slam events in Tennis is played on a grass court?
1) Australian open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these
55. Which of the following is/are the major roles of the Union Ministry of Environment and
Forests?
1) Prevention and control of pollution 2) Welfare of animals
3) Afforestation 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
56. When the Union Government takes the approval of the Parliament regarding expected
expenditure for a short period, instead of presenting full budget, it is known as?
1) Partial Budget 2) Interim Budget 3) Vote on Account
4) Consolidated Fund Budget 5) Annual Financial Statement
57. Which of the following schemes was launched by the Government of India to give focused
attention to integrated development of infrastructure in urban areas?
1) PURA 2) JNNURM 3) Bharat Nirman
4) Both 1and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
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58. Which of the following is a food crop?
1) Castor 2) Cotton 3) Sunflower 4) Sun hemp 5) Maize
59. Who is the author of the book 'A Better India: A Better World'?
1) Y.V.Reddy 2) C.Rangarajan 3) N.R.Narayana Murthy
4) Nandan Nilekani 5) Gurucharan Das
60. The policy of the RBI that influences the monetary and other financial conditions in the
country with the objective of price stability and sustainable growth is known as?
1) Budget Policy 2) Fiscal Policy 3) Growth Policy
4) Monetary Policy 5) Control Policy
Answers
1) 3; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 2; 7) 4; 8) 1;
9) 2; 10) 3; 11) 1; 12) 3; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 5; 16) 4;
17) 1; 18) 2; 19) 2; 20) 1; 21) 3; 22) 3; 23) 1; 24) 4;
25) 2; 26) 5; 27) 1; 28) 5; 29) 4; 30) 5 31) 2; 32) 2;
33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 5; 36) 5; 37) 5; 38) 5; 39) 2; 40) 4;
41) 1; 42) 4; 43) 5; 44) 4; 45) 2; 46) 5; 47) 4; 48) 1;
49) 5; 50) 4; 51) 3; 52) 5; 53) 2; 54) 3; 55) 5; 56) 3;
57) 2; 58) 5; 59) 3; 60) 4.
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India in June
2013?
1) V.K.Sharma 2) Sushobhan Sarkar 3) T.S.Vijayan
4) S.K.Roy 5) None of these
2. Who became the new Railways Minister on June 17, 2013?
1) Oscar Fernandes 2) Mallikarjun Kharge 3) Veerappa Moily
4) K.H.Muniyappa 5) K.Rahman Khan
3. Who was elected as the new President of Iran on June 15, 2013? (He will take office on
August 3, 2013)
1) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 2) Mohammad Khatami 3) Hassan Rouhani
4) Ali Akbar Velayati 5) None of these
4. Apollo Tyres would acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in a cash transaction valued at
Rs. 14,500 crore. Cooper Tire is based in?
1) UK 2) France 3) Italy 4) USA 5) Spain
5. 'The Garden of Evening Mists' by the Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won which of the fol-
lowing prizes in June 2013?
1) Man Booker Prize 2) Man Booker International Prize 3) Ondaatje Prize
4) Commonwealth Prize 5) Walter Scott Prize
6. The World Population Prospects report released by the UNO on June 13, 2013 forecasted that
India will be the most populous country by?
1) 2020 2) 2028 3) 2025 4) 2030 5) 2037
7. Abbreviations and their full forms are given. Identify the incorrect one?
1) CCEA---Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
2) MNP---Mobile Number Protectability
3) LAF---Liquidity Adjustment Facility
4) AABY---Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana
5) AAP---Aam Aadmi Party
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8. The Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric project is being developed on which of the following
rivers in Uttarakhand state?
1) Ganga 2) Alaknanda 3) Yamuna 4) Sabarmati 5) Bramhaputra
9. Teen Bigha corridor links India and?
1) Pakistan 2) China 3) Bangladesh 4) Bhutan 5) Nepal
10. Namdapha National Park is located in?
1) Manipur 2) Mizoram 3) Tripura 4) Assam 5) Arunachal Pradesh
11. CTBT stands for?
1) Continued Test Ban Treaty 2) Continued Test Based Treaty
3) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 4) Commercial Test Based Tariff
5) None of these
12. Who among the following held the office of the Vice President of India for two consecutive
terms?
1) R.Venkatraman 2) Shankar Dayal Sharma 3) S.Radhakrishnan
4) V.V.Giri 5) Krishna Kanth
13. The National School of Drama is situated in?
1) New Delhi 2) Bhopal 3) Pune 4) Nagpur 5) Hyderabad
14. How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra of the National Flag?
1) 22 2) 24 3) 26 4) 18 5) 14
15. 'National Science Day' is celebrated on?
1) January 12 2) February 28 3) August 29 4) January 9 5) January 25
16. Which of the following pairs of Books and Authors is mismatched?
1) Discovery of India ---Jawaharlal Nehru
2) My Experiments with Truth---Mahatma Gandhi
3) My Country, My Life---L.K.Advani
4) Malgudi Days---R.K.Narayan
5) Satyartha Prakash---Swami Vivekananda
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17. Epicenter is concerned with?
1) Volcano 2) Cyclone 3) Earthquake 4) Land-sliding 5) Hurricane
18. The name of S. Chandrasekhar is associated with which of the following subjects?
1) Chemistry 2) Fluid Mechanics 3) Astrophysics
4) Welfare Economics 5) Physiology
19. Bolometer is an instrument for measuring?
1) Frequency 2) Radiation 3) Velocity 4) Wavelength 5) Pressure
20. Garba is a dance form of?
1) Assam 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan 4) Gujarat 5) Karnataka
21. The present Indian monetary system is based on?
1) Gold Reserve System 2) Proportional Reserve System
3) Minimum Reserve System 4) Convertible Currency System
5) None of these
22. Vyas Samman is given for excellence in the field of?
1) Films 2) Literature 3) Music 4) Dance 5) Science
23. Which of the following issues a license to launch a bank in India?
1) SEBI 2) IIBF 3) IBA
4) Registrar of Companies 5) None of these
24. Which of the following terms is not related to banking?
1) BPLR 2) Creditor 3) Explicit Guarantee
4) Percolation 5) Outstanding amount
25. Insurance service provided by banks is commonly known as?
1) Microfinance 2) Investment Banking 3) Portfolio Management
4) Merchant Banking 5) Bancassurance
26. Which of the following prizes/awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature?
1) Nobel Prize 2) Man Booker Prize 3) Kalinga Prize
4) Pulitzer Prize 5) Moortidevi Award
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27. Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Hockey?
1) Bully 2) Goal 3) Short corner 4) Penalty corner 5) Ashes
28. Which of the following is not a foodgrain?
1) Paddy 2) Sorghum 3) Wheat 4) Jatropha 5) Pearl millet
Answers
1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 2; 7) 2; 8) 2;
9) 3; 10) 5; 11) 3; 12) 3; 13) 1; 14) 2; 15) 2; 16) 5;
17) 3; 18) 3; 19) 2; 20) 4; 21) 3; 22) 2 23) 5; 24) 4;
25) 5; 26) 3; 27) 5; 28) 4.
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. What is India's rank in this year's Global Peace Index (GPI) that measured peace in 162 coun-
tries?
1) 141 2) 110 3) 132 4) 134 5) 152
2. The Reserve Bank of India imposed fine on which of the following private sector banks for
violation of KYC (Know Your Customer) norms in June 2013?
1) Axis Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) ICICI Bank 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
3. Rafael Nadal of Spain won the French Open Men's Lawn Tennis Grand Slam title for a record
8
th
time. Whom did he defeat in the final in Paris in June 2013?
1) Roger Federer 2) Novak Djokovic 3) David Ferrer
4) Andy Murray 5) Jo Wilfred Tsonga
4. Who was appointed the United States National Security Adviser in June 2013?
1) Samantha Power 2) John McCain 3) Lindsey Graham
4) Susan Rice 5) John Kerry
5. Who won her second French Open Women's tennis title in Paris on June 8, 2013?
1) Maria Kirilenko 2) Maria Sharapova 3) Jelena Jankovic
4) Victoria Azarenka 5) Serena Williams
6. Who was re-elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) for 2013-14
tenure in June 2013?
1) Aditya Puri 2) Pratip Chaudhuri 3) Rana Kapoor
4) K.R.Kamath 5) B.A.Prabhakar
7. The headquarters of European Union is situated in which of the following countries?
1) UK 2) Germany 3) France 4) Belgium 5) Netherlands
8. The name 'Bluetooth' gets its name from a 10
th
century king of?
1) China 2) Denmark 3) Greece 4) Thailand 5) Spain
9. Baglihar Dam is constructed on the river?
1) Chenab 2) Raavi 3) Indus 4) Sutlej 5) Beas
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10. Which country will host both the World Cup Football 2014 and Olympics 2016?
1) Russia 2) USA 3) Brazil 4) Japan 5) Germany
11. Bharat Ratna was instituted in?
1) 1954 2) 1955 3) 1961 4) 1969 5) 1960
12. The present Pope chosen in March 2013 hails from?
1) Canada 2) Mexico 3) Brazil 4) Argentina 5) Uruguay
13. 'Paradise Regained' was written by?
1) John Keats 2) Charles Dickens 3) John Milton
4) Oliver Goldsmith 5) Lord Byron
14. 'CRY' is an NGO which works for the welfare of?
1) Senior citizens 2) Cancer patients 3) War victims
4) Children 5) AIDS patients
15. The USP of a Current Account is?
1) High minimum balance 2) No restrictions on transactions
3) No interest payable 4) Restricted deposits 5) None of these
16. Leads for Home Loans can be obtained from?
1) Traders 2) Trusts 3) Builders
4) Cooperative societies 5) None of these
17. The target group for SME loans is?
1) Students 2) Housewives 3) Entrepreneurs
4) Salaried persons 5) Government undertakings
18. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking?
1) Metabolism 2) Genetic process 3) Centrifugal force
4) Debt instrument 5) Experimental error
19. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) helps which of the following groups of society?
1) Bank employees 2) Central government employees
3) Workers in the unorganized sector 4) Workers in the textile industry
5) Women employees
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20. Which of the following tools is used by the RBI to control credit and monetary situations of
the markets?
1) RTGS 2) NEFT 3) ECS 4) CRR 5) Balance of trade
21. Which of the following countries is located in South America?
1) South Sudan 2) South Korea 3) Uganda 4) Angola 5) Uruguay
22. Which of the following is the currency of Myanmar?
1) Taka 2) Dinar 3) Kyat 4) Yen 5) Dollar
23. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics?
1) Net income 2) Cost of project 3) Flow of fund
4) Balance sheet 5) Cold chain
24. Reverse Mortgage scheme is designed keeping which of the following groups of society in
consideration?
1) Defense personnel 2) Senior citizens 3) Youngsters who just started earning
4) Dependent women 5) None of these
25. What happens when an economy is in recession?
1) GDP growth slows down 2) Unemployment rate rises 3) Bankruptcies rise
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
26. Retail investors means which of the following types of stock market investors?
1) Mutual funds 2) Corporate bodies 3) Promoters of companies
4) Individuals 5) FIIs
27. Which of the following is not an agricultural commodity?
1) Cardamom 2) Cumin 3) Garlic 4) Turmeric 5) Sulphur
Answers
1) 1; 2) 5; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 4; 7) 4; 8) 2;
9) 1; 10)3; 11) 1; 12) 4; 13) 3; 14) 4; 15)2; 16) 3;
17) 3; 18) 4; 19) 3; 20) 4; 21) 5; 22) 3; 23) 5; 24) 2;
25) 5; 26) 4; 27) 5;
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. "Think. Eat. Save" is the theme for this year's?
1) World Water Day 2) World Food Day 3) World Ozone Day
4) World Environment Day 5) World Forestry Day
2. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT)?
1) Archana Bhargava 2) Sudha Sharma 3) Chitra Ramakrishna
4) Poonam Saxena 5) None of these
3. Who was appointed as the new Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Director
General of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on June1, 2013? (He
succeededs V.K.Saraswat)
1) Tessy Thomas 2) K.Radhakrishnan 3) Avinash Chander
4) M.Y.S.Prasad 5) V.G.Sekaran
4. Who was appointed the Executive Chairman of Infosys, an IT major, in June 2013?
1) S.Gopalakrishnan 2) S.D.Shibulal 3) Nandan Nilekani
4) N.R.Narayana Murthy 5) V.Balakrishnan
5. Lydia Nsekera is the first woman to be elected to the Executive Committee of FIFA, the foot-
ball governing body. She belongs to?
1) Rwanda 2) Uganda 3) Ghana 4) Nigeria 5) Burundi
6. Which of the following regulators celebrated its 25th anniversary in May 2013?
1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) TRAI 4) SEBI 5) IRDA
7. South-South dialogue is associated with?
1) Cooperation among developing nations 2) Arms conference
3) Summit between developed and developing countries
4) Environment 5) None of these
8. The Nobel Prize in Economics was established by the?
1) Will of Alfred Nobel 2) Sveriges Riksbank 3) Nobel Committee
4) World Bank 5) Government of Norway
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9. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?
1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar 3) Assam 4) West Bengal 5) Kerala
10. Telecom sector is considered as?
1) Priority sector 2) Core energy sector 3) Infrastructural sector
4) Primary sector 5) None of these
11. The National Tree of India is?
1) Mango 2) Peepal 3) Neem 4) Banyan 5) None of these
12. Who has the sole right to mint coins?
1) RBI 2)The Govern-ment of India 3) SBI
4) IOB 5) IBA
13. The Asian Tigers is a term used in reference to the four highly developed economies. Which
of the following is not one of them?
1) Taiwan 2) South Korea 3) Singapore
4) Hong Kong 5) Malaysia
14. Which of the following books was written by Kamala Das?
1) Tonight This Savage Rite 2) Earth and Ashes 3) The Red Devil
4) Unaccustomed Earth 5) None
15. Which of the following countries is neither a member of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) nor associated with it as an observer?
1) China 2) Russia 3) Kazakhstan 4) India 5) Japan
16. The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited was launched with the help of?
1) RBI 2) IDBI 3) SIDBI 4) NABARD 5) ECGC
17. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) S.S.Tarapore Committee is related to Capital Account Convertibility
2) Central Statistics Office is responsible for computation of National Income
3) The full form of KCC is Kisan Credit Card
4) IMF is located in Geneva
5) YH Malegam Committee is related to microfinance
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18. Which of the following countries is not a member of OPEC?
1) Ecuador 2) Iran 3) Kuwait 4) Saudi Arabia 5) Russia
19. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Banking/ Finance?
1) Refund 2) TDS 3) Goods and Services
4) Fundamental Duties 5) Relief to exporters
20. Who among the following is one of the Deputy Governors of RBI at present?
1) Rakesh Mohan 2) Parthasarathy Shome 3) Anand Sinha
4) Usha Thorat 5) Bimal Jalan
21. Which of the following organisations/institutions is called the World Bank?
1) IMF 2) IBRD 3) OECD 4) ADB 5) ECB
22. Which of the following countries is not a member of the European Union?
1) Estonia 2) Lithuania 3) Latvia 4) Slovakia 5) Lesotho
23. The Economic Survey is compiled by the?
1) Ministry of Rural Development 2) Ministry of Finance
3) Ministry of Home Affairs 4) CBDT 5) CSO
24. Which of the following countries is a member of SAARC?
1) China 2) Indonesia 3) South Korea 4) Myanmar 5) None
25. What is the full form of NSG?
1) Nuclear Submarines Group 2) National Supporters Group
3) Nuclear Suppliers Group 4) North Atlantic Supporters Group
5) None of these
26. Which of the following is the association of the countries producing and exporting petrole-
um and oil?
1) SCO 2) ASEAN 3) BRICS 4) OECD 5) None
27. The name of Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is associated with the manufacturing of?
1) Cement 2) Computers 3) Pharmacy products
4) Steel 5) Cell phones
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28. 'Blood Brothers' is a book written by?
1) M. J. Akbar 2) Shobha De 3) Kushwant Singh
4) Suketu Mehta 5) Tavleen Singh
29. Deflation refers to?
1) Price decline in specific sectors
2) Price decline in specific commodities
3) Decrease in the general price level of goods and services
4) Sudden decline in foreign exchange reserves
5) None of these
30. Which of the following is the currency of South Korea?
1) Koruna 2) Yen 3) Rouble 4) Won 5) Krona
31. What is the full form of BCBS?
1) Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
2) Bank's Committee on Banking Supervision
3) Bank's Commission on Banking Supervision
4) Basel Commission on Banking Supervision 5) None of these
32. Which of the following countries is not a member of BASIC?
1) Brazil 2) India 3) Australia 4) South Africa 5) China
33. The difference between a country's imports and its exports is called?
1) Balance of trade 2) Balance of payment 3) Fiscal deficit
4) Gains from trade 5) None of these
34. Rosa Thermal Power plant is located in?
1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar 3) Haryana
4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh
35. India is not a member of which of the following organizations?
1) SAARC 2) BRICS 3) WTO 4) World Bank 5) OPEC
36. Audi, an automobile manufacturer, is based in?
1) France 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) USA 5) Italy
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37. Chinnaswamy Stadium is located in which of the following states?
1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Maharashtra
38. Which Act was introduced to combat financing of terrorism and other illegal activities?
1) Banking Regulation Act 2) FRBM 3) FEMA
4) Anti Money Laundering Act 5) None of these
39. The Finance Minister presents the Union Budget on which of the following days?
1) In the last week of February 2) In the first week of February
3) On the last day of February 4) On the last working day of February
5) On the first working day of April
40. Which of the following terms is used in Economics?
1) Plasma 2) Coulomb's Law 3) Achromatic
4) Troposphere 5) Inclusive growth
41. Who was conferred 'Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur' (Legion of Honor), France's
highest civilian honor, in February 2013?
1) M.S.Swaminathan 2) Amartya Sen 3) Ratan Tata
4) Ela Bhatt 5) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
42. Which team won the inaugural Hockey India League in February 2013?
1) Ranchi Rhinos 2) Delhi Wave Riders 3) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
4) Jaypee Punjab Warriors 5) Mumbai Magicians
43. Which of the following is an employment generation program of the Government of India?
1) ASHA 2) SGSY 3) Midday Meal 4) Pulse Polio 5) Janani Suraksha
Answers
1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 4; 7) 1; 8) 2;
9) 3; 10) 3; 11) 4; 12) 2; 13) 5; 14) 1; 15) 5; 16) 4;
17) 4; 18) 5; 19) 4; 20) 3; 21) 2; 22) 5; 23) 2; 24) 5;
25) 3; 26) 5; 27) 4; 28) 1; 29) 3; 30) 4; 31) 1; 32) 3;
33) 1; 34) 4; 35) 5; 36) 3; 37) 2; 38) 4; 39) 4; 40)5;
41) 2; 42) 1; 43) 2.
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition for 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-
American to win the title in a row?
1) Arvind Mahankali 2) Pranav Shivshankar 3) Sriram Hathwar
4) Chetan Reddy 5) Vismaya Kharkar
2. What is India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the entire 2012-13? (It is the
lowest in the last decade)
1) 6 per cent 2) 5 per cent 3) 6.2 per cent 4) 5.5 per cent 5) 6.5 per cent
3. Salwa Judum is a civilian outfit aimed at countering Naxalite violence in Chhattisgarh. Its
founder was killed in a Maoist ambush on May 25, 2013. Name him?
1) Kawasi Lakhma 2) Nandkumar Patel 3) Mahendra Karma
4) Uday Mudaliar 5) None of these
4. The Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Uzbekistan in May 2013 and met its President in
Tashkent. Name him?
1) Iligzar Sobirov 2) E.Ganiev 3) D. Tashmukhamedova
4) Islam Karimov 5) None
5. Mumbai Indians won the Pepsi Indian Premier League-VI defeating Chennai Super Kings in
the final in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 26, 2013. Who is the captain of Mumbai Indians
cricket team?
1) Dinesh Karthik 2) Harbhajan Singh 3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Kieron Pollard 5) Rohit Sharma
6. Who won the prestigious National Geographic Bee contest in Washington in May 2013?
1) Conrad Oberhaus 2) Sathwik Karnik 3) Ricky Uppaluri
4) Akhil Rekulapelli 5) None
7. What is the GDP growth for the fourth quarter (January-March) of the last financial year i.e.
2012-13?
1) 5.5 per cent 2) 5.3 per cent 3) 4.7 per cent
4) 4.8 per cent 5) None of these
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8. The Champions League is an annual continental club football competition for the top football
clubs in Europe. Which team won the UEFA Champions League title in London?
1) Bayern Munich 2) Borussia Dortmund 3) Real Madrid
4) Liver Pool 5) Barcelona
9. Which country will host the 2019 cricket world cup?
1) Australia 2) England 3) Bangladesh
4) South Africa 5) New Zealand
10. Arjen Robben excelled in which of the following sports?
1) Hockey 2) Lawn Tennis 3) Football 4) Basketball 5) Squash
11. Which one of the following rates is not determined by the Reserve Bank of India?
1) CRR 2) SLR 3) Repo Rate
4) Prime Lending Rate 5) Reverse Repo Rate
12. The headquarters of SAARC is in?
1) Dhaka 2) Kathmandu 3) Colombo 4) New Delhi 5) Islamabad
13. Open Market Operations are carried out by?
1) Planning Commission 2) Reserve Bank of India 3) Finance Ministry
4) External Affairs Ministry 5) Ministry of Commerce
14. Under provisions of which of the following Acts, the RBI has the power to supervise and
control the banking sector?
1) RBI Act 2) Banking Regulation Act 3) Essential Commodities Act
4) Coinage Act 5) NI Act
15. Teaser loans are offered by banks for which one of the following loan products?
1) Education loans 2) Retail trade loans 3) Home loans
4) Loans against security of gold 5) None of these
16. Which one of the following provides long term financial assistance to various viable infra-
structure projects in India?
1) RBI 2) IDBI 3) SBI 4) IIFCL 5) SIDBI
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17. Kaveri is India's?
1) Cheapest tablet personal computer 2) Air to air missile
3) Indigenous aircraft engine 4) Surface to air missile
5) Unmanned aircraft
18. Julian Assange is the founder of?
1) Google 2) Rediffmail 3) Yahoo! 4) Wikipedia 5) WikiLeaks
19. Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in the state of?
1) Orissa 2) Gujarat 3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Rajasthan
20. Biometric security is based on which of the following characteristics?
1) Finger print 2) Face recognition 3) Palm print
4) Iris recognition 5) All the above
21. Major producer of spices is?
1) Gujarat 2) Kerala 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Karnataka 5) Assam
22. What is the full form of CDMA?
1) Code Division Multiple Access 2) Calculated Division of Many Applications
3) Computer Divided Multiple Access 4) Code Diversified Memory Applications
5) None of these
23. Which of the following is a financial asset?
1) Gold 2) Silver 3) Land
4) Shares in a Demat account 5) None
24. Zero balance account is generally allowed to be opened for?
1) Children 2) Salaried persons 3) Business people
4) Foreign customers 5) Senior citizens
25. Loan against the security of immovable property is by executing an agreement of?
1) Pledge 2) Transfer 3) Mortgage 4) Assignment 5) None of these
26. Abbreviations and their full forms are given. Find the wrong one?
1) RTGS---Real Time Gross Settlement
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2) TRAI---Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3) IFRS--- International Financial Reporting Standards
4) ASBA---Amount Saved and Balance in Account
5) CBS---Core Banking Solution
27. Which of the following banks has been merged with ICICI Bank?
1) Global Trust Bank 2) Bank of Rajasthan 3) State Bank of Saurashtra
4) State Bank of Indore 5) None of these
28. The expenses of the Government of India are highest on which of the following 'head of
expenses'?
1) Food subsidy 2) Fertilizer subsidy 3) Oil subsidy
4) Bharat Nirman 5) None of these
29. Centurion Bank of Punjab and Times Bank have been taken over by?
1) ICICI Bank 2) IDBI Bank 3) HDFC Bank
4) Axis Bank 5) Yes Bank
30. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Credit rating is used to rate the borrowers while giving advances
2) Ten Rupee notes contain the signature of RBI Governor
3) Bangladesh is considered the originator of microfinance
4) In a saving bank deposit account the deposits are made only once in a year
5) Yuan is the currency of China
KEY
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5)5; 6) 2; 7) 4; 8) 1;
9) 2; 10)3; 11) 4; 12) 2; 13) 2; 14) 2; 15)3; 16) 4;
17) 3; 18) 5; 19) 5; 20)5; 21) 2; 22) 1; 23) 4; 24) 2;
25)3; 26) 4; 27) 2; 28) 1; 29) 3; 30)4;
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who won the 2013 Man Booker International Prize on May 22, 2013?
1) Marilynne Robinson (USA) 2) Peter Stamm (Switzerland)
3) Yan Lianke (China) 4) Lydia Davis (USA)
5) None of these
2. Who succeeded Vinod Rai as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in May
2013?
1) Ajit Kumar Seth 2) Shashikant Sharma 3) R.K.Singh
4) R.S.Gujral 5) None of these
3. Who topped the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women List for the third year running in
May 2013?
1) Angela Merkel 2) Dilma Rousseff 3) Melinda Gates
4) Michelle Obama 5) Hillary Clinton
4. Anand Shetty died in a road accident in May 2013. He excelled in which of the following
sports?
1) Table Tennis 2) Basketball 3) Badminton 4) Athletics 5) Cricket
5. Which one of the following is not a function of the central bank?
1) Dealing with foreign exchange 2) Controlling monetary policy
3) Controlling government spending 4) Acting as a banker's bank
5) Regulating all commercial banks.
6. Which of the following institutes regulates the external commercial borrowings?
1) SEBI 2) RBI 3) TRAI 4) FMC 5) PFRDA
7. INS-Shakti is?
1) Fleet tanker 2) Submarine 3) Destroyer
4) Rocket launcher 5) None of these
8. The 13th Finance Commission's recommendations are for the period of?
1) 2009-14 2) 2012-17 3) 2007-12 4) 2010-15 5) 2015-20
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9. Milk cooperatives have been very successful in which of the following states in India?
1) Odisha 2) Assam 3) Gujarat 4) Kerala 5) West Bengal
10. Which of the following has become an example of the great success of microfinance in the
world?
1) Doha Bank 2) Habib Bank 3) RAK Bank
4) Yes Bank 5) Bangla Grameen Bank
11. Which of the following schemes was renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission
(NRLM)?
1) PMRY 2) TRYSEM 3) SGSY 4) MGNREGP 5) JNNURM
12. Production of silk for commercial purposes is known as?
1) Horticulture 2) Pomology 3) Aquaculture 4) Sericulture 5) Apiculture
13. The term White Revolution is associated with?
1) Norman Borlaug 2) M.S. Swaminathan 3) Verghese Kurien
4) J.C.Bose 5) S.N.Bose
14. BIPA is an agreement for?
1) Peaceful use of atomic power 2) Investment in a country
3) Allowing students to visit each other's nation
4) Allowing people to come for medical treatment
5) None of these
15. Which of the following terms is not related to the field of international relations?
1) Exchange rate 2) Free trade 3) MFN 4) Alluvial 5) OECD
16. The RBI does not have an office in?
1) Kanpur 2) Jaipur 3) Lucknow 4) Bhopal 5) Gulbarga
17. The Synagogue is?
1) An epic 2) A religion 3) The Parsi Temple
4) Jewish House of Prayer 5) A city
18. Which of the following is not a name of a Northeastern state?
1) Meghalaya 2) Manipur 3) Mizoram 4) Tripura 5) Agartala
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19. Dr. C. Rangarajan is?
1) RBI Governor 2) 14th Finance Commission Chairman
3) Adviser to the Finance Minister 4) Chairman, PMEAC
5) Chief Economist, World Bank
20. Which of the following is an oilseed?
1) Garlic 2) Clove 3) Cardamom 4) Ginger 5) Mustard
21. The administrative capital of Malaysia is?
1) Ipoh 2) Putrajaya 3) Pinang 4) Jakarta 5) Male
22. 'The Future of India: Politics, Economics and Governance' is written by?
1) Deepak Chopra 2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Bimal Jalan
4) Y.V.Reddy 5) C.Rangarajan
23. The world's wettest continent is?
1) Asia 2) Africa 3) North America
4) South America 5) Europe
24. Which of the following is the name of nuclear submarine?
1) INS Vikrant 2) INS Shiwalik 3) INS Airavat
4) INS Arihant 5) None of these
25. Which of the following countries is a member of the ASEAN?
1) India 2) China 3) Sri Lanka 4) Thailand 5) Nepal
26. Which of the following is not a capital city?
1) Riyadh 2) Helsinki 3) Sydney 4) Wellington 5) Copen Hagen
27. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by the?
1) CAG 2) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
3) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 4) President of India
5) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
28. The Planning Commission was established in?
1) 1947 2) 1950 3) 1948 4) 1951 5) 1952
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29. Yellow Revolution is associated with the production of?
1) Eggs 2) Fruits 3) Oil seeds 4) Vegetables 5) Gold
30. World Trade Organization (WTO) replaced General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
in?
1) 1990 2) 1997 3) 1999 4) 2001 5) 1995
31. Which of the following is a horticultural crop?
1) Wheat 2) Jute 3) Jowar 4) Mango 5) Sugarcane
32. The Human Development Index is developed by?
1) UNESCO 2) UNDP 3) UNICEF 4) IMF 5) UNCTAD
33. The headquarters of International Court of Justice (ICJ) is at?
1) Geneva 2) Paris 3) Hague 4) Berne 5) New York
34. Tax proceeds are distributed between the Center and the states on the basis of the
recommendations of the?
1) Planning Commission 2) Finance Commission 3) National Development Council
4) Parliamentary Affairs Committee 5) Inter State Council
35. Fali S. Nariman is the author of?
1) Before Memory Fades 2) Turning Points 3) A Passage to England
4) The Great Indian Novel 5) River of Smoke
36. The final approval to the draft Five Year Plan is given by the?
1) Parliament 2) President 3) Planning Commission
4) National Development Council 5) Finance Commission
37. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) Nov 14 2) May 14 3) July14 4) June 14 5) October 14
38. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania 2) Ireland 3) Latvia 4) Hungary 5) Lithuania
39. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951 2) 1960 3) 1957 4) 1955 5) 1952
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40. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969 2) 1980 3) 1955 4) 1975 5) 1982
41. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine launched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi 2) Agni I 3) Shourya 4) Sagarika 5) None of these
42. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans 2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers 4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these
43. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker
International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga 2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy 5) Salman Rushdie
44. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these
45. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23 2) June 23 3) December 23 4) September 23 5) April 23
46. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice 2) Maize 3) Wheat 4) Cotton 5) Jowar
47. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC 2) Tata AIG 3) IDBI Fortis 4) Bajaj Allianz 5) GE Money
48. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and
standard of living of people in a country?
1) Sensex 2) Nifty 3) Inflation 4) HDI 5) WPI
Key
1) 4 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 1 8) 4
9) 3 10)5 11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 5
17) 4 18) 5 19) 4 20) 5 21) 2 22) 3 23) 4 24) 4
25) 4 26) 3 27) 2 28) 2 29) 3 30) 5 31) 4 32) 2
33) 3 34) 2 35) 1 36) 4 37) 1 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4
41) 4 42) 3 43) 4 44) 2 45) 3 46)4 47) 5 48) 4
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Which of the following political parties in Pakistan is headed by Nawaz Sharif?
1) Pakistan People's Party 2) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
3) Pakistan Muslim League (N) 4) Awami National Party
5) None of these
2. Who was elected Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in May 2013? (He
will succeed Pascal Lamy on September 1, 2013)
1) Romano Prodi 2) Roberto Azevedo 3) Leon Brittan
4) Peter Mandelson 5) Angel Gurria
3. Enrico Letta became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on April 28,
2013?
1) Greece 2) Cyprus 3) Italy 4) Poland 5) Portugal
4. With effect from May 3, 2013 what is the repo rate?
1) 7% 2) 7.75% 3) 8% 4) 7.25% 5) 6.25%
5. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was set up in 1956 with its central office in
Mumbai.
2) D.K.Mehrotra is the present Chairman of LIC.
3) General Insurance Corporation of India is the sole reinsurer.
4) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) regulates insurance industry.
5) The headquarters of IRDA is in Mumbai.
6. Typhoon Bopha, a tropical cyclone, hit the island of Mindanao recently. This island is in?
1) Japan 2) Philippines 3) Vietnam 4) Indonesia 5) Malaysia
7. Jagdish Bhagwati is a famous?
1) Scientist 2) Sculptor 3) Painter 4) Economist 5) Lawyer
8. Who recommended multimember set up for Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)?
1) C. G. Somaiah 2) Vinod Rai 3) V. K. Shunglu 4) Vijay Kelkar 5) T.N.Chaturvedi
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9. Who is the author of the book 'Women of Vision'?
1) Preeti Shenoy 2) Amish Tripathi 3) Alam Srinivas
4) Ravinder Singh 5) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
10. Who appoints Banking Ombudsman?
1) ECGC 2) SBI 3) Government of India 4) RBI 5) Concerned Banks
11. Invisible Export means export of?
1) Prohibited goods 2) Restricted goods 3) Services
4) Consumer goods 5) None of these
12. 'Lolita' is a novel written by?
1) Leo Tolstoy 2) Vladimir Nabokov 3) Anton Chekhov
4) James Joyce 5) Nikolai Gogol
13. The term MIST has been coined to describe the next tier of large emerging economies.
Which country is not a member of MIST?
1) Mexico 2) Indonesia 3) South Korea 4) Turkey 5) Thailand
14. Which is the first Indian company to trade on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in
February 2013?
1) TCS 2) Infosys 3) Wipro 4) HCL 5) Polaris
15. A non-performing asset is?
1) Cash balance with RBI 2) Cash balance with commercial banks
3) An asset that ceases to generate income 4) Call money 5) None of these
16. Which of the following terms is associated with Cricket?
1) Forehand 2) Rook 3) Mid court 4) Bouncer 5) Bishop
17. The holidays for the banks are declared as per?
1) RBI Act 2) Banking Regulation Act
3) Negotiable Instruments Act 4) Companies Act 5) None of these
18. Interest on savings bank deposits is fixed by the?
1) RBI 2) Depositors 3) Respective banks
4) Government of India 5) None of these
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19. According to the guidelines issued by RBI for entry of new banks what per cent of branches
of new bank should be set up in unbanked rural areas with population up to 9,999?
1) 5% 2) 4% 3) 16% 4) 25% 5) 20%
20. Which organization is responsible for empowering Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in
India?
1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) SIDBI 4) SEBI 5) EXIM Bank
21. Muhammad Yunus is associated with which of the following concepts in the field of
Banking?
1) Retail banking 2) Internet banking 3) Micro credit
4) CBS 5) RTGS
22. Which country won the 34
th
edition of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne
in December 2012?
1) Australia 2) Netherlands 3) Pakistan 4) India 5) Germany
23. What is the full form of CTS?
1) Cheque Testing System 2) Cheque Transfer System
3) Cheque Tracking System 4) Cheque Truncation System
5) Cheque Transaction System
24. Mount Tongariro, a volcano, erupted recently. It is in?
1) Italy 2) Argentina 3) Japan 4) Zambia 5) New Zealand
25. The Xayaburi Dam is proposed to be built on the Lower Mekong River in which of the
following countries?
1) Cambodia 2) Laos 3) Vietnam 4) Myanmar 5) Thailand
26. Which state government is constructing an assembly building at Gairsain and hold at least
one session of the House every year?
1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar 3) Uttarakhand 4) Chhattisgarh 5) Uttar Pradesh
27. Mykola Azarov was re-elected to the post of Prime Minister of which of the following
countries recently?
1) Belarus 2) Ukraine 3) Georgia 4) Kazakhstan 5) Kyrgyzstan
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28. The Great Dividing Mountain Range or the Eastern Highlands is located in?
1) Europe 2) Asia 3) South America 4) Australia 5) North America
29. Which of the following books is written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?
1) My Presidential Years 2) Voice of Conscience 3) Ignited Minds
4) The Hindu View of Life 5) India Divided
30. Recurring accounts can be best canvassed among?
1) Traders 2) Farmers 3) Minors
4) Agriculture laborers 5) Salaried persons
31. The interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is called?
1) Bank rate 2) Repo rate 3) Discount rate
4) Base rate 5) Prime Lending Rate
32. The national income of a country divided by the total population is called?
1) Purchasing power 2) Per capita income 3) Exchange value
4) Rate of inflation 5) None of these
33. Fast Breeder Test Reactors are used in the field of?
1) Space Research 2) Civil Aviation 3) Atomic Energy
4) Medical Science 5) Shipping
34. What should be the minimum age of a person to become the President of India?
1) 25 years 2) 30 years 3) 35 years 4) 40 years 5) 50 years
35. Normally banks accept fixed deposits for a maximum period of?
1) 3 years 2) 5 years 3) 10 years 4) 20 years 5) None of these
36. The objective of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms is?
1) To give boost to bank deposits 2) To safeguard bank advances
3) To monitor transactions of suspicious nature
4) Both 1 and 2 5) None of these
37. A customer can approach banking ombudsman if he/she does not get satisfactory response
to the grievance from the bank within how many days?
1) 10 days 2) 15 days 3) 20 days 4) 30 days 5) 60 days
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38. Which of the following books was written by Dominique Lapierre?
1) A New World 2) City of Joy 3) Two Lives
4) Living History 5) A Suitable Boy
39. Which of the following will set up core banking infrastructure for regional rural banks?
1) RBI 2) IBA 3) NABARD 4) SIDBI 5) SBI
40. Which of the following is not a public sector undertaking?
1) SEBI 2) SIDBI 3) ECGC 4) BHEL 5) Axis Bank
KEY
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 4 8) 3
9) 3 10) 4 11) 3 12) 2 13) 5 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4
17) 3 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3 21) 3 22) 1 23) 4 24) 5
25) 2 26) 3 27) 2 28) 4 29) 4 30) 5 31) 4 32) 2
33) 3 34) 3 35) 3 36) 3 37) 4 38) 2 39) 3 40) 5
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. As per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, Mahatma Gandhi figured among the top three
most admired leaders of the world. Who topped the list of 10 most admired leaders?
1) Winston Churchill 2) Steve Jobs 3) Jack Welch
4) Abraham Lincoln 5) Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Who was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election in April 2013?
1) Henrique Capriles 2) Jorge Arreaza 3) Nicolas Maduro
4) Elias Jaua 5) None of these
3. Who was appointed as the Chairman of National Association of Software and Services
Companies (NASSCOM) for 2013-14? (He succeeds N.Chandrasekaran, CEO&MD of TCS)
1) R.Chandrasekaran (Cognizant) 2) C.P.Gurnani (Satyam Computers)
3) Krishnakumar Natarajan (MindTree) 4) B.V.R.Mohan Reddy (Infotech)
5) Pramod Bhasin (Genpact)
4. Which of the following stock exchanges launched Carbonex, the first carbon-based thematic
index in India on November 30, 2012? (Carbonex was launched with the aim of increasing
awareness about the risks posed by climate change)
1) NSE 2) OTCEI 3) DSE 4) BSE 5) MCX-SX
5. After an epic voyage of over six months to South East Asia, which Indian Navy's sail training
ship returned to Kochi on March 25, 2013?
1) INS Mysore 2) INS Tabar 3) INS Sudarshini
4) INS Varuna 5) INS Tarangini
6. The Indo-Russian joint military exercise was organized from November 28 to December 3,
2012. It is called?
1) Yudh Abhyas 2) Vajra Prahar 3) Exercise Malabar
4) INDRA 5) None of these
7. India signed a Bilateral Swap Agreement (BSA) with which of the following countries on
December 3, 2012, that enables both countries to swap their local currencies?
1) Japan 2) Vietnam 3) China 4) Sweden 5) Norway
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8. Which country has announced it no longer recognizes the jurisdiction of the International
Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, after the ICJ redrew its maritime border in the Caribbean
in favour of Nicaragua?
1) Honduras 2) Cuba 3) Colombia 4) Panama 5) Costa Rica
9. What is India's rank out of 176 countries in Transparency International's 2012 Corruption
Perception Index (CPI)?
1) 94 2) 134 3) 132 4) 87 5)77
10. To mark the 20
th
anniversary of the ASEAN-India dialogue partnership and the 10
th
anniversary of ASEAN-India Summit level partnership, which city hosted the ASEAN-India
Commemo-rative Summit on December 20-21, 2012?
1) Singapore 2) Phnom Penh 3) Manila 4) New Delhi 5) Mumbai
11. What is the full form of CDR?
1) Company Debt Rollover 2) Corporate Debt Rollover
3) Corporate Deposit Restructuring 4) Company Deposit Restructuring
5) Corporate Debt Restructuring
12. Which of the following is not a plant/plant product?
1) Camphor 2) Isabgol 3) Tobacco 4) Nickel 5) Jute
13. Monetary Policy is administered by?
1) Government of India 2) RBI 3) SBI
4) Governments of the respective states 5) None of these
14. Which of the following activities are performed by the Business Correspon-dents (BCs)?
1) Disbursal of small value credit 2) Collection of small value deposits
3) Sale of micro insurance/mutual fund products/pension products
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
15. Which of the following organizations provides credit history of commercial and consumer
borrowers?
1) SEBI 2) RBI 3) CIBIL 4) BCSBI 5) CII
16. Which of the following awards/prizes is given for excellence in the field of literature?
1) Templeton Prize 2) Abel Prize 3) Kalinga Prize
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4) Pulitzer Prize 5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
17. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Vice President is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha
2) Only a retired Chief Justice of India can be the Chairman of the National Human Rights
Commission
3) Finance Minister presents the Union Budget in the Parliament every year
4) Union Budget is normally presented in the month of February
5) To be chosen as a member of the Lok Sabha, a person must not be less than 30 years of
age.
18. Which of the following is an Inter-Governmental body that devises policies to combat
money laundering and terrorist financing?
1) FATF 2) FSDC 3) ECGC 4) WTO 5) IFRS
19. Loans of very small amounts given to low income groups is called?
1) Overdraft 2) No frills loans 3) Micro credit
4) Rural credit 5) Cash credit
20. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Durand Cup is associated with Football
2) Bauxite is an ore of Aluminium
3) The index of Bombay Stock Exchange is called Sensex
4) Sikkim is one of the seven Union Territories of India
5) Mid Day Meal scheme was launched to attract children to school
21. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Iran 2) Ghana 3) Libya 4) Sudan 5) South Sudan
22. World Food Day is observed on?
1) October 8 2) September 16 3) September 8
4) October 16 5) November 8
23. Alicia Coutts of Australia is associated with?
1) Horse Racing 2) Swimming 3) Table Tennis
4) Cricket 5) Lawn Tennis
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24. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
1) Love 2) Hoops 3) Back Hand 4) Penalty Stroke 5) Leg Break
25. Which of the following is the name of the Airborne Early Warning and Control System
(AEWACS) developed by Israel?
1) Eagle 2) Kite 3) Phoenix 4) Phalcon 5) Sphinx
26. Brent index is associated with?
1) Gold prices 2) Crude oil prices 3) Copper prices
4) Shipping rate index 5) Human development index
27. Which of the following is an indigeno-usly built light combat aircraft?
1) Arjun 2) Akash 3) Vikrant 4) Tejas 5) Arihant
28. Insurance cover for bank deposits is provided by?
1) LIC 2) GIC 3) DICGC 4) RBI 5) Government of India
29. Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC)?
1) USA 2) Russia 3) France 4) China 5) Japan
30. Thumba, rocket launching centre, is located in?
1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Maharashtra 5) Gujarat
31. The full form of BIPA is Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection?
1) Agreement 2) Arrangement 3) Allocation 4) Association 5) Approval
32. Which of the following is the best way to get cash immediately from one's bank account at
a time when banks are not working?
1) Internet Banking 2) NEFT 3) ATM 4) Phone Banking 5) None of these
KEY
1) 1 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 4 7) 1 8) 3
9) 1 10) 4; 11) 5; 12) 4; 13) 2; 14) 5; 15) 3; 16) 4;
17) 5; 18) 1; 19) 3; 20) 4; 21) 3; 22) 4; 23) 2; 24) 5;
25) 4; 26) 2; 27) 4; 28) 3; 29) 5; 30) 1; 31) 1; 32) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who was elected the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and
Deve-lopment (AFPPD) during the 73
rd
Executive Committee Meeting of AFPPD at Bangkok
in April 2013?
1) P.J.Kurien 2) Hamid Ansari 3) Karia Munda 4) Arun Jaitley 5) None of these
2. Who was awarded the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, India's highest film honor, for
the year 2012?
1) Manoj Kumar 2) Pran 3) Rajesh Khanna
4) Vinod Khanna 5) Amitabh Bachchan
3. Which state decided to declare Malkhamb as the state sport in April 2013? (Malkhamb is one
of the most ancient traditional sports of India)
1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Himachal Pradesh
4. With effect from April 1, 2013 the rate of interest on Public Provident Fund (PPF) has been
lowered from 8.8 per cent to?
1) 8.7 per cent 2) 8.6 per cent 3) 8.5 per cent
4) 8.4 per cent 5) None of these
5. Who is the only head of state or head of government to attend all BRICS Summits, held so
far?
1) Hu Jintao 2) Xi Jinping 3) Dilma Rousseff
4) Dr. Manmohan Singh 5) Vladimir Putin
6. Which state will set up the first public health university in India?
1) Manipur 2) Gujarat 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) West Bengal 5) Odisha
7. Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a savings-cum-tax saving instr-ument. What is the minimum
tenure of the PPF account?
1) 5 years 2) 7 years 3) 10 years 4) 15 years 5) 20 years
8. What is the maximum amount that can be invested under the PPF scheme in a year?
1) Rs.25, 000 2) Rs.50, 000 3) Rs.75, 000 4) Rs.1, 00,000 5) Rs.2, 00,000
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9. Code of Bank's Commitment to micro and small enterprises is prepared by?
1) RBI 2) IBA 3) BCSBI 4) SEBI 5) None
10. KYC guidelines have been framed as per the guidelines of?
1) Ministry of Finance 2) Financial Action Task Force 3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Indian Banks Association 5) Ministry of Home Affairs
11. The term 'Power of Attorney' refers to?
1) Power of a person
2) An authority to operate a bank account
3) A written authorization to act on another person's behalf
4) Both 1 and 2 5) None of the above
12. Bridge loan refers to?
1) Loan granted to companies for construction of bridges
2) A short term loan that is used until a person secures permanent financing
3) Loan granted to PWD for construction of bridges over rivers
4) Both 1 and 2 5) None of these
13. If a customer is not satisfied with the decision passed by the Banking Ombudsman, he/she
can approach the appellate authority. Who is the Appellate Authority?
1) Governor of RBI 2) Chairman of the concerned Bank 3) Finance Secretary
4) Deputy Governor of RBI 5) Finance Minister
14. Which of the following books is written by Chetan Bhagat?
1) The Golden Gate 2) Fasting Feasting 3) Fire on the Mountain
4) The Inheritance of Loss 5) 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
15. Trupti Murgunde is a famous?
1) Badminton player 2) Tennis player 3) Golf player
4) Chess player 5) None of these
16. Sukhoi is a?
1) Missile 2) Fighter aircraft 3) Battle tank
4) Submarine 5) Radar system
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17. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Cricket?
1) Doosra 2) Bouncer 3) Deuce 4) Googly 5) Ashes
18. Recession occurring two times with a small gap in between is known as?
1) Depression 2) Deflation 3) Deep Recession
4) Double Dip Recession 5) Double Deflation
19. Booker Prize is given in the field of ?
1) Films 2) Music 3) Science 4) Sports 5) None of these
20. KfWbanking group is based in?
1) France 2) Italy 3) Germany 4) Japan 5) Poland
21. Hawala transactions in India are prohibited under the provision of which of the following
Acts?
1) FRBM Act 2) FEMA 3) RBI Act
4) FATF Act 5) Banking Regulation Act
22. What is the full form of DIPP?
1) Directorate of Industrial Policy and Publicity
2) Department of Industrial Procedures and Promotions
3) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
4) Directorate of Industrial Procedures and Promotions
5) None of these
23. The Business Correspondent Model adopted by the banks provides banking facilities to?
1) Corporate borrowers
2) Those who are taking housing loans
3) Weaker sections of the society and rural people
4) Both 1 and 2 5) None of these
24. Carbon credit concept is associated with?
1) Women empowerment 2) Coal mines 3) Development of rural infrastr-ucture
4) Development of urban infrastr-ucture 5) None of these
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25. Which of the following is not a core industry?
1) Crude oil 2) Coal 3) Cement 4) Automobile 5) Steel
26. The Micro Finance Development and Equity Fund (MFDEF) is maintained by?
1) CII 2) IBA 3) SIDBI 4) NABARD 5) FICCI
27. Demat accounts are useful for?
1) ATMs 2) Locker operations 3) Online trading of shares
4) Export transactions 5) None of these
28. Which of the following is not a type of cheque issued by an individual?
1) Crossed cheque 2) Bearer cheque 3) Order cheque
4) Savings cheque 5) Post dated cheque
29. The Head Office of which of the following banks is in Mumbai?
1) Bank of Maharashtra 2) UCO Bank 3) Punjab National Bank
4) Corporation Bank 5) Union Bank of India
30. Which of the following terms is used in banking?
1) Vacuum 2) Chinaman 3) Density 4) Acoustics 5) None of these
KEY
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1 5) 4 6) 5 7) 4 8) 4
9) 3 10) 3 11) 3 12)2 13) 4 14) 5 15) 1 16) 2
17) 3 18) 4 19) 5 20) 3 21) 2 22) 3 23) 3 24) 5
25) 4 26) 4 27) 3 28) 4 29) 5 30) 5
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Which of the following organisations/institutions cut its forecast for global trade growth
in 2013 to 3.3 per cent from 4.5 per cent?
1) World Bank 2) IMF 3) WEF 4) WTO 5) OECD
2. The Templeton Prize is award-ed for outstanding con-tributi-ons in affirming life's
spiritual dimension. Who has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million in April
2013?
1) Dalai Lama (Tibet) 2) Desmond Tutu (South Africa) 3) Martin Rees (UK)
4) Charles Taylor (Canada) 5) Francisco Ayala (Spanish-American)
3. National Safe Motherhood Day was observed across India on which of the following
days in 2013 to create awareness on proper healthcare and mater-nity facilities to
pregnant and lactating women?
1) April 7 2) April 10 3) April 11 4) April 8 5) April 12
4. Pioneer of in Vitro Fertilization (test-tube baby) and the 2010 Nobel Medicine winner
passed away on April 10, 2013. Name him? (The world's first- test tube baby Louise
Brown was born in 1978)
1) John Gurdon 2) Richard Roberts 3) Philip Sharp
4) Robert Edwards 5) Edwin Krebes
5. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a Ger-manborn British and Ameri-can novelist, passed away on
April 3, 2013. She is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. She
won the Booker Prize in 1975 for?
1) A Passage to India 2) A House for Mr.Biswas 3) A Passage to England
4) A Handful of Dust 5) Heat and Dust
6. The 5
th
BRICS Summit was held in which of the following cities of South Africa on
March 26-27, 2013?
1) Pretoria 2) Cape Town 3) Durban 4) Bloemfontein 5) Johannesburg
7. Saurav Ghosal won the men's national championship title in which of the following
sports in December 2012?
1) Squash 2) Archery 3) Shooting 4) Golf 5) Billiards
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8. Anna Ushenina won the wome-n's world chess cham-pionship in December 2012. She
belongs to?
1) Ukraine 2) Russia 3) Bulgaria 4) Serbia 5) Romania
9. Who was appointed adviser to the Finance Minister P.Chida-mbaram with the rank of
Mini-ster of State in December 2012?
1) Raghuram Rajan 2) Parthasarathy Shome 3) Kaushik Basu
4) C.Rangarajan 5) None of these
10. The 18
th
session of the Confer-ence of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in which of the following cities in
November-December 2012?
1) Kyoto 2) Tehran 3) Doha 4) Copen Hagen 5) Tokyo
11. The government policies about credit flow to the agriculture sector are implemented
throu-gh?
1) RBI 2) ECGC 3) SIDBI 4) NABARD
5) DCCB
12. Which of the following abbre-viations and their full forms is not matched correctly?
1) IPO- Initial Public Offer
2) NRHM- National Rural Health Mission
3) ASHA-Accredited Social Health Activist
4) SME-Small and Monopolistic Economy
5) VAT-Value Added Tax
13. Ashok Leyland is the flagship company of which of the follo-wing groups?
1) TVS 2) Shriram 3) Aditya Birla 4) K.K.Birla 5) Hinduja
14. Chameli Devi Jain award is given to?
1) Actresses 2) Poetesses 3) Women media persons
4) Women authors 5) None
15. Which of the following is not a search engine?
1) Baidu 2) Bing 3) Google 4) Yahoo! 5) Orkut
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16. Which of the following is a target group for current accounts?
1) Common people 2) Farm laborers 3) Companies
4) Businessmen 5) Industries
17. Fixed deposits and recurring deposits are?
1) Repayable on demand 2) Repayable after an agreed period
3) Not repayable 4) Repayable after the death of depositors 5) None of these
18. Accounts are allowed to be operated by cheques in respect of?
1) Savings bank accounts and fixed deposit accounts
2) Savings bank accounts and current accounts
3) Loans accounts and current accounts
4) Current accounts and fixed deposit accounts
5) None of these
19. Financial inclusion means provision of which of the following financial services at an
affordable cost to low income groups?
1) Payments 2) Savings 3) Loans 4) Insurance 5) All the above
20. When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called?
1) Payment of the cheque 2) Drawing of the cheque 3) Dishonor of the cheque
4) Canceling of the cheque 5) None of these
21. Which of the following is the largest shareholder (in percentage shareholding) of a
nationalized bank?
1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) LIC 4) Govt of India 5) SEBI
22. What is the full form of 'ESOP'?
1) Executive Salary Options 2) Employee Stock Ownership Plan
3) Emergency Stock Operations 4) Early Sales Opportunities 5) None of these
23. Which of the following terms is used in the field of banking /finance?
1) Elasticity 2) Cathode 3) Hot waves 4) Plasma 5) Fiscal policy
24. The main feature of the National Agricultural Insur-ance Scheme is to insure?
1) Life of the farmer 2) Crop of the farmer 3) Land of the farmer
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4) Family of the farmer 5) Animals that are used in agricultural activities
25. Which of the following places in India does not have a stock exchange?
1) Kolkata 2) Ahmedabad 3) Mumbai 4) Delhi 5) Udaipur
26. Which of the following is a private sector bank?
1) IDBI Bank 2) UCO Bank 3) IndusInd Bank
4) Dena Bank 5) All are private banks
27. Which of the following is a food crop?
1) Castor 2) Palm 3) Jute 4) Jatropha 5) None
28. Vedanta Resources is headqua-rtered in London. It is a com-pany operating in the area
of ?
1) Cement 2) Mining 3) Shipping 4) Textiles 5) Banking
29. Which of the following rates/ ratios cannot be seen in finan-cial newspapers?
1) Bank rate 2) Repo rate 3) Reverse repo rate
4) Pulse rate 5) Cash reserve ratio
30. Who among the following is not a famous writer?
1) Mira Nair 2) V.S.Naipaul 3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Kiran Desai 5)Namita Gokhale
31. The judges of the Supreme Court of India retire at the age of?
1) 58 years 2) 60 years 3) 62 years 4) 65 years 5) None of these
32. Fernando Alonso is associated with?
1) Snooker 2) Tennis 3) Golf 4) Soccer 5) Formula one
33. Deepak Parekh is the chairman of?
1) CIL 2) HDFC 3) Infosys 4) SAIL 5) NABARD
34. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?
1) Afghanistan 2) Nepal 3) Pakistan 4) Bangladesh 5) Japan
35. Kharif crops are?
1) Sown in June 2) Wheat and Barley 3) Sown in winter
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4) Raised in summer 5) Both 1 and 2
KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 1
9) 2 10) 3 11) 4 12) 4 13) 5 14) 3 15) 5 16) 4
17) 2 18) 2 19) 5 20) 3 21) 4 22) 2 23) 5 24) 2
25) 5 26) 3 27) 5 28) 2 29) 4 30) 1 31) 4 32) 5
33) 2 34) 5 35) 1
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who has been chosen for the 2013 Abel Prize in Mathematics? (It is given by the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters)
1) Pierre Deligne (Belgium) 2) Jean-Pierre Serre (France)
3) Lennart Carleson (Sweden) 4) John Milnor (USA) 5) None of these
2. Who has been elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for
2013-14? (He succeeds Adi Godrej)
1) Cyrus Mistry 2) S.Gopalakrishnan 3) Ratan Tata
4) Sumit Mazumdar 5) N.Chandrasekaran
3. With effect from April 1, 2013 Chitra Ramakrishna took over as the Managing Director
and CEO of?
1) SEBI 2) BSE 3) NSE 4) Axis Bank 5) Yes Bank
4. The Government appointed S.C.Sinha as National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
member in April 2013. He is the Chief of?
1) CBI 2) IB 3) RAW 4) NIA 5) None of these
5. Who won the 2013 Pritzker Prize for Architecture?
1) Wang Shu (China) 2) Tadao Ando (Japan) 3) Fumihiko Maki (Japan)
4) Toyo Ito (Japan) 5) Jean Nouvel (France)
6. India and which of the following countries signed a Memorandum of Unders-tanding
(MoU) on bilateral air services arrangement on April 2, 2013?
1) Singapore 2) China 3) Japan 4) USA 5) Philippines
7. Raymond Lane resigned as the Chairman of which of the follo-wing companies in April
2013?
1) Dell 2) Microsoft 3) Oracle 4) Hewlett-Packard 5) Google
8. Rory McIlroy won the DPWorld Tour Golf Champi-onship in Dubai in November 2012.
He belongs to?
1) Scotland 2) Denmark 3) Northern Ireland 4) Norway 5) Sweden
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9. Who was named WTA Tour Pl-ayer of the Year for the fourth time on November 29,
2012?
1) Victoria Azarenka 2) Maria Sharapova 3) Serena Williams
4) Caroline Wozniacki 5) None
10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the Natio-nal Security Guard
(NSG)?
1) Arun Chaudhary 2) Ashutosh Shukla 3) Arvind Ranjan
4) A.T.Parnaik 5) None of these
11. Subhash Joshi has been appo-inted as Director General of?
1) BSF 2) ITBP 3) CISF 4) CRPF 5) None of these
12. Django Sissoko has been the Prime Minister of which of the following countries since
December 2012?
1) Namibia 2) Mali 3) Algeria 4) Mauritania 5) Uganda
13. Borut Pahor assumed office as the President of which of the following countries on
December 22, 2012?
1) Slovakia 2) Romania 3) Slovenia 4) Czech Republic 5) Macedonia
14. Who was/were appointed as the new national icons of Elec-tion Commission of India to
enhance voters' participation in elections?
1) Saina Nehwal 2) Mary Kom 3) Deepika Kumari
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
15. 'Anhe Ghorhey Da Daan' bagged the Golden Peacock for best film at the 43
rd
Inter-
national Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji, Goa in Dece-mber 2012. It is made in
which of the following languages?
1) Marathi 2) Punjabi 3) Bengali 4) Hindi 5) None of these
16. Who was bestowed with the Medal of Honor by the Prince of Morocco at the 12
th
Marrakech International Film Festival in December 2012?
1) Shah Rukh Khan 2) Sri Devi 3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Hrithik Roshan 5) Amitabh Bachchan
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17. Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away on Dece-mber 11, 2012 in San Diego,
USA at the age of 92. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in?
1) 2001 2) 1999 3) 2008 4) 1987 5) 1990
18. Who was ranked 12th on the Forbes list of 'The World's Most Powerful People'
released on December 6, 2012?
1) Manmohan Singh 2) Mukesh Ambani 3) Sonia Gandhi
4) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal 5) None of these
19. Which of the following is the name of the legislation that provides employment to the
poor in villages?
1) POTA 2) FEMA 3) MGNREGA
4) COFEPOSA 5) None of these
20. Which of the following organ-izations/banks has done an excellent work in the field of
micro finance and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006?
1) NABARD 2) CRY 3) CARE
4) Prathama Grameen Bank 5) Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
21. Which of the following is not a member of Asian Clearing Union (ACU)?
1) India 2) Bangladesh 3) Nepal 4) Pakistan 5) Indonesia
22. 'Areva' in France is associated with which of the following fields/areas?
1) Airbus industries 2) Pharmaceuticals 3) Textiles
4) Nuclear power 5) Petroleum
23. The objective of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is to provide basic health
cover to?
1) Rural poor 2) Urban poor 3) Senior citizens
4) People living below poverty line 5) None of these
24. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking?
1) Refraction 2)Gauge pressure 3) Adjustment credit
4) Absolute zero 5) Quantum number
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25. Investor Protection Fund was established by?
1) RBI 2) SBI 3) SIDBI 4) BSE 5) Ministry of Finance
26. Which of the following schemes is related exclusively to Financial Inclusion?
1) SGSY 2) Swavalamban 3) Swabhiman
4) Bharat Nirman 5) Aajeevika
27. On which of the following issues can SEBI penalize any company in India?
1) Violation of Banking Regulation Act
2) Violation of foreign portfolio investment guidelines
3) Violation of Negotiable Instruments Act
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
28. What is a teaser loan rate?
1) Fixed rate of interest charged by banks
2) Floating rate of interest charged by banks
3) Rate of interest in the initial period is less and goes up subsequently
4) Rate of interest in the initial period is more and it goes down subse-quently
5) None of these
29. Pranab Sen Com-mittee is related to?
1) Inflation 2) Slums 3) Food security
4) MGNREGA 5) None of these
30. Which of the follo-wing cups is asso-ciated with the game of badmin-ton?
1) Aga Khan Cup 2) Davis Cup 3) Fed Cup
4) Uber Cup 5) Merdeka Cup
31. Which of the follo-wing terms is used in the banking field?
1) Convolution 2) De phasing 3) Rotation matrix
4) Atomic number 5) None of these
32. Millennium Development Goals are issued by?
1) Planning Commission 2) World Bank 3) UNO
4) IMF 5) Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council
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33. "Economic Nightmare of India: Its Cause and Cure" was written by?
1) Charan Singh 2) Morarji Desai 3) Indira Gandhi
4) I.K.Gujral 5) Jawaharlal Nehru
34. Which of the following is an economic term?
1) Lampoon 2) Zero Hour 3) Plaintiff
4) Deflation 5) Bunker Blaster
35. What is the full form of the term LIBOR?
1) Local Indian Bank Offered Rate
2) London Inter Bank Offered Rate
3) Liberal International Bank Official Ratio
4) London-India Bureau of Regulations 5)None of these
36. Patratu Thermal Power Plant is in?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) West Bengal 4)Madhya Pradesh 5) Chhattisgarh
37. Which of the following expan-ded terms is not correct?
1) ALM:Asset Liability Management
2) CCEA:Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
3) FSDC:Financial Stability and Development Council
4) GSLV:Geo synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
5) GNP: Gross Net Product
38. 'Goodbye Shahzadi' is written by Shyam Bhatia. It is the biography of?
1) Sheikh Hasina 2) Benazir Bhutto 3) Khaleda Zia
4) Heena Rabbani Khar 5) None of these
KEY
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 4; 6) 1; 7) 4; 8) 3;
9) 3; 10) 3; 11) 1; 12) 2; 13) 3; 14) 4; 15) 2; 16) 1;
17) 2; 18) 3; 19) 3; 20) 5; 21) 5; 22) 4; 23) 4; 24) 3;
25) 4; 26) 3; 27) 2; 28) 3; 29) 2; 30) 4; 31) 5; 32) 3;
33) 1; 34) 4; 35) 2; 36) 2; 37) 5; 38) 2;
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review on March
19, 2013 cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. What is the present repo rate?
1) 8% 2) 8.25% 3) 7.25% 4) 7.5% 5) 7%
2. Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2013?
1) Navneet Kaur Dhillon 2) Sobhita Dhulipala 3) Zoya Afroz
4) Srishti Rana 5) Anushka Shah
3. According to the Human Development Report 2013 released by the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP), what is India's rank on its human development
index (HDI)?
1) 126 2) 124 3) 136 4) 139 5) 144
4. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated on?
1) May 13 2) August 11 3) August 9 4) March 20 5) May 25
5. What is the present reverse repo rate?
1) 6% 2) 6.25% 3) 6.75% 4) 7% 5) 6.5%
6. Chinua Achebe, the father of African literature, passed away on March 21, 2013.
He belonged to?
1) Sudan 2) Zambia 3) Zimbabwe 4) South Africa 5) Nigeria
7. INS Tarkash, a new warship, joined the Indian Navy in December 2012. It is built
by?
1) Israel 2) China 3) Russia 4) France 5) USA
8. Who was given the Polly Umrigar Award for Cricketer of the Year for 2011-12?
1) Ravindra Jadeja 2) Gautam Gambhir 3) Yuvraj Singh
4) Virat Kohli 5) Rahul Dravid
9. Who was elected President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in November
2012?
1) K.P.S.Gill 2) V.Dinesh Reddy 3) R.K.Shetty
4) Ranjit Sinha 5) None of these
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10. Viktor Yanukovych visited India in December 2012. He is the President of?
1) Georgia 2) Ukraine 3) Belarus 4) Kazakhstan 5) Kyrgyzstan
11. South African President Jacob Zuma was re-elected leader of which of the
following parties on December 18, 2012?
1) Democratic Alliance 2) Congress of the People
3) African National Congress 4) African Peoples' Convention
5) Pan Africanist Congress
12. John Dramani Mahama won a new term as President of which of the following
African countries in December 2012?
1) Nigeria 2) Algeria 3) Kenya 4) Ghana 5) Uganda
13. Congress leader Virbhadra Singh took oath as the Chief Minister of which of the
following states for a record sixth time on December 25, 2012?
1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Himachal Pradesh
14. Who has taken over as Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to
decide on cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests
and natural resources?
1) Justice Swatanter Kumar 2) Justice P. Jyothimani 3) Justice L.S.Panta
4) Justice R.V.Raveendran 5) None of these
15. Who was re-elected Chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United
Nations in December 2012?
1) V.K.Shunglu 2) Vinod Rai 3) H.S.Brahma
4) V.S.Sampath 5) None of these
16. Who was awarded the Brand Laureate Legendary Award in Malaysia in
December 2012?
1) Aamir Khan 2) Salman Khan 3) Shah Rukh Khan
4) Hrithik Roshan 5) Amitabh Bachchan
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17. Leslie Claudius passed away on December 20, 2012. He was one of the legends of
the game of?
1) Hockey 2) Cricket 3) Lawn Tennis 4) Chess 5) Table Tennis
18. Who was presented with the K.Karunakaran Foundation award, instituted in
memory of late congress leader, in December 2012?
1) A.K.Antony 2) P.Chidambaram 3) Vayalar Ravi
4) K.V.Thomas 5) S.Jaipal Reddy
19. Who won the inaugural T20 World Cup for the Blind in Bangalore on December
13, 2012?
1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Sri Lanka 4) England 5) South Africa
20. Who was named the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year on
December 20, 2012?
1) Sunil Chhetri 2) Syed Rahim Nabi 3) Nirmal Chhetri
4) Robin Singh 5) Manandeep Singh
21. "My Decade in the Premier League" is written by which of the following soccer
players?
1) David Beckham 2) Wayne Rooney 3) Lionel Messi
4) Criastino Ronaldo 5) Iker Casillas
22. The aim of Janani Suraksha Yojana Program is to?
1) Promote institutional deliveries
2) Provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery
3) Provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3
23. 'Opening Up: My Autobiography' is written by?
1) Nasser Hussain 2) Mike Atherton 3) Andrew Strauss
4) Alastair Cook 5) Alec Stewart
24. World Post Day is celebrated on?
1) January 30 2) August 6 3) September 9
4) October 9 5) November 26
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25. Dudhwa National Park is located in?
1) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra 3)Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Uttarakhand
26. Monisha Kaltenborn is associ-ated with?
1) Golf 2) Cycling 3) Formula One 4) Tennis 5) Athletics
27. Which Indian IT company has acquired Lodestone Manage-ment Consultants, a
Swiss company?
1) TCS 2) Infosys 3) Wipro 4) HCL 5) Mahindra Satyam
28. Steve Ballmer is the CEO of?
1) Google 2) Vodafone 3) Microsoft 4) Oracle 5) Apple
29. Which is the only public sector company in the field of life insurance?
1) GIC 2) Sahara Life Insurance 3) New India Assurance
4) LIC 5) Oriental Insurance
30. Which of the following is an example of micro finance?
1) Letter of credit 2) Insurance for life 3) Self Help Groups
4) Investment in Mutual Funds 5) None of these
31. Which of the following terms is not used in the world of ban-king/finance?
1) Devaluation 2) Hard currency 3) Sinking fund
4) Amnesty 5) Preference share
32. ULIP is a product offered by?
1) Banks 2) RBI 3) NABARD 4) TRAI 5) Insurance companies
33. Which of the following corporates is the India partner of American coffee
company Starbucks?
1) Godrej 2) Tata 3) RIL 4) ADAG 5) Aditya Birla
34. CBDT stands for?
1) Central Board of Direct Tariffs 2) Central Board of Direct Taxes
3) Central Board of Daily Taxes 4) Central Board of Direct Taxation
5) None of these
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35. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research is located in?
1) Lucknow 2) Pune 3) Nasik 4) Kasargod 5) Kochi
36. Which of the following is not a part of infrastructure?
1) Ports 2) Railways 3) Power 4) Food processing 5) Roads
37. Which of the following is the oldest development financial institution in India?
1) NABARD 2) UTI 3) IDBI 4) IFCI 5) ICICI
38. Tata Prima is a?
1) Car 2) Tractor 3) Truck 4) Motorcycle 5) SUV
39. Which of the following is an Indian origin banking firm?
1) HSBC 2) Citibank 3) Barclays 4) RBS 5) None of these
40. Sandy is a?
1) Missile 2) Tank 3) Hurricane 4) Ship 5) Planet
41. What is the percent of FDI allowed in insurance and pension sector?
1) 20% 2) 49% 3) 51% 4) 100% 5) 74%
42. Which of the following is a direct tax?
1) VAT 2) Road tax 3) Infrastructure tax
4) Income tax 5) None of these
43. Which of the following is a common man's account?
1) Current account 2) Savings account 3) Demat account
4) Temporary account 5) None of these
44. Money earned from stocks is called?
1) Monetary gain 2) Stocks gain 3) Capital gain
4) Fringe benefit 5) None of these
45. Who is the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports?
1) Manish Tiwari 2) Sachin Pilot 3) Jayanthi Natarajan
4) Ajay Maken 5) Jitendra Singh
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46. Malathion is?
1) An Instrument 2) An Explosive 3) An Insecticide
4) AVitamin 5) A Protein
47. What does the letter 'S' denote in 'AFSPA'?
1) State 2) Security 3) Sovereign 4) Special 5) None of these
48. 'Free throw' is a term associated with?
1) Volleyball 2) Football 3) Basketball 4) Baseball 5) Table Tennis
49. The social infrastructure of an economy consists of?
1) Transport, Banking 2) Education, Health 3) Industry, Trade
4) Industry, Agriculture 5) None of these
50. Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary is a Tiger Reserve in the state of?
1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Odisha 5) AP
KEY
1) 4 11) 3 21) 2 31) 4 41) 2
2) 1 12) 4 22) 5 32) 5 42) 4
3) 3 13) 5 23) 2 33) 2 43) 2
4) 4 14) 1 24) 4 34) 2 44) 3
5) 5 15) 2 25) 3 35) 1 45) 5
6) 5 16) 3 26) 3 36) 4 46) 3
7) 3 17) 1 27) 2 37) 4 47) 4
8) 4 18) 2 28) 3 38) 3 48) 3
9) 2 19) 1 29) 4 39) 5 49) 2
10) 2 20) 2 30) 3 40) 3 50) 3
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Who would step down as a director on the board of Bank of America and instead join its
Global Advisory Council in May 2013?
1) Ratan Tata 2) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal 3) Vikram Pandit
4) Mukesh Ambani 5) N.R.Narayana Murthy
2. Pope Francis was elected as the 266
th
Pope of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. His
birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He is a native of?
1) Italy 2) Argentina 3) Austria 4) Spain 5) Belgium
3. Who succeeded Wen Jiabao as the new Premier of the People's Republic of China on March
15, 2013?
1) Zhang Gaoli 2) Liu Yandong 3) Li Keqiang 4) Ma Kai 5) Wang Yang
4. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, was the Chief Guest at the 45
th
Indepen-dence Day
celebrations of which of the following coun-tries on March 12, 2013?
1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka 3) Nepal 4) Mauritius 5) Maldives
5. Anand Kumar was named the 'People's Hero' by People magazine of the TIME maga-zine
group. He is the founder of Super 30 coaching institute in?
1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) Kota 4) Hyderabad 5) Patna
6. Who has been crowned the "King of Boxing" at the World Boxing Council's 50
th
annual
convention in Mexico in December 2012?
1) Joe Louis 2) Rocky Marciano 3) George Foreman
4) Muhammad Ali 5) Sugar Ray Robinson
7. Who was honored with the National Book Award, a US literary award, in November 2012 for
her work 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Unde-rcity'?
1) Shirley Hazzard 2) Tea Obreht 3) Katherine Boo
4) Dorothy Allison 5) None
8. Which of the following words was named Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dict-ionary
in November 2012?
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1) Eurogeddon 2)Green-on-Blue 3) Games Maker
4) Omnishambles 5) Second Screening
9. Travel guide book Lonely Planet has named which of the follow-ing Indian cities as the
world's third best city to visit in 2013?
1) Bangalore 2) New Delhi 3) Hyderabad 4) Mumbai 5) Chennai
10. The World Bank has agreed to grant Rs 800 crore for the 2
nd
phase of the watershed develo-
pment program, Gram-ya, in which of the following states?
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Uttarakhand 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Uttar Pradesh
11. Who retained the National women's chess championship title in Jalgaon, Maharashtra in
November 2012?
1) Mary Ann Gomes 2) Nisha Mohta 3) Bhakti Kulkarni
4) Eesha Karavade 5) Soumya Swaminathan
12. Which team retained the title of the 117
th
all India Beighton Cup hockey tournament in
Kolkata in November 2012?
1) Indian Oil 2) Punjab National Bank 3) Punjab Police
4) CRPF 5) Indian Airlines
13. Which of the following terms is used in more than one game/ sport?
1) Caddie 2) Silly Point 3) Googly
4) Love 5) Grand Master
14.Which of the following countr-ies unveiled its 2nd stealth figh-ter jet, named J-31, recently?
1) Vietnam 2) China 3) Japan 4) Philippines 5) North Korea
15. The World Bank has resumed its aid to which of the following countries after a gap of 25
years?
1) Cuba 2) Sudan 3) Myanmar 4) Nigeria 5) Ethiopia
16. Which of the following districts in Haryana is the first district in the country where all villa-
ges have solar lights?
1) Sirsa 2) Ambala 3) Karnal 4) Rohtak 5) Yamunanagar
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17. What is the full form of FINO?
1) Farmers Inclusion News and Operations
2) Financial Investment Network and Operations
3) Financial Inclusion Network and Operations
4) Farmers Investment in National Organization
5) None of these
18. Which of the following state-ments is not correct?
1) Subsidy is given to the poor/ farmers on fertilizer, kerosene and LPG.
2) Bhagyam oil fields are in Rajasthan.
3) Portugal is a member of the TAPI pipeline project.
4) START is between the USA and Russia.
5) Goodluck Jonathan is the President of Nigeria.
19. What does the letter 'L' denote in the term LAF?
1) Liability 2) Leveraged 3) Linear 4) Liquidity 5) None
20. Who among the following veteran journalists is the author of the book 'Durbar'?
1) Aaarti Dhar 2) Shalini Singh 3) Tavleen Singh
4) Smita Gupta 5) Swapan Dasgupta
21. Dr. Madhav Chavan has been awarded the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
Prize at the WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar in November 2012. He is the co-founder and CEO
of?
1) Pratham 2) Goonj 3) Deepalaya 4)HelpAge India 5) Smile Foundation
22. '11 Flowers' has won the prestigious NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema)
award at the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). It is a?
1) Bengali movie 2) Chinese movie 3) Thai movie
4)Malay movie 5) Hebrew movie
23. The Sonepur Cattle Fair, also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela, is Asia's biggest cattle fair.
Sonepur is a town in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Haryana 3) Bihar 4) Gujarat 5) Madhya Pradesh
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24. MESSENGER is a NASA spac-ecraft orbiting the planet?
1) Mars 2) Uranus 3) Neptune 4) Mercury 5) Jupiter
25. The Royal Indian Open is a tournament organized for female professional tennis players.
Elina Svitolina won the title in Pune on November 11, 2012. She belongs to?
1) Russia 2) Belarus 3) Ukraine 4) Croatia 5) Czech Republic
26. Which of the following cities is the capital of Colombia?
1) Santiago 2) Lima 3) San Jose 4) Bogota 5) Podgorica
27. Dirham is the currency of?
1) Algeria 2) Jordan 3) Iraq 4) Kuwait 5) None of these
28. Who became the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match in November 2012?
1) Virender Sehwag 2) David Warner 3) Chris Gayle
4) Alastair Cook 5) Nick Compton
29. Cris Valdez was awarded the 2012 International Children's Peace Prize in Hague, Nether-
lands. He is from?
1) Argentina 2) Spain 3) Singapore 4) Philippines 5) Brazil
30. Who won the IAAF Women's World Athlete of the Year Award for 2012?
1) Allyson Felix 2) Valerie Adams 3)Jessica Ennis
4) Tianna Madison 5) None
31. Which of the following has presented its second annual 'Report to the People 2012'?
1) Planning Commission 2) UIDAI 3) National Integration Council
4) National Innovation Council 5) None of these
32. The Centre cleared road proje-cts worth Rs.3, 432 crore main-ly in the three Maoist affected
districts of Purulia, Bankura and Paschim Medinipur in?
1) Odisha 2) Maharashtra 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Jharkhand 5) West Bengal
33. The allocation for the health sector during the 12
th
Plan is fixed at?
1) Rs.1 lakh crore 2) Rs.2 lakh crore 3) Rs.3 lakh crore
4) Rs.4 lakh crore 5) None
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34. Naya Raipur is the new capital city of?
1) Uttarakhand 2) Tripura 3) Assam
4) Chhattisgarh 5) Madhya Pradesh
35. Col.C.K.Naidu Lifetime Achi-evement award was recently given by the BCCI to?
1) Ravi Shastri 2) Dilip Vengsarkar 3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Mohinder Amarnath 5) Kapil Dev
36. Who became only the third Indian-American ever to be elected to the US House of
Representatives on November 6, 2012?
1) Autar Kaw 2) Ami Bera 3) Nikki Haley 4) Indra Nooyi 5) None of these
37. 'Awaz Do' is an initiative taken by which of the following orga-nizations to mobilize Indian
society to speak up for more than eight million childr-en currently out of school in the
country?
1) UNHCR 2) WHO 3) CRY 4) UNESCO 5) UNICEF
38. Which of the following is the currency of Israel?
1) Real 2) Rial 3) Dinar 4) New Shekel 5) Dirham
39. Who is the author of the book ''I Predict: A Century of Hope towards an Era of Harmony
with Nature and Freedom from Hunger"?
1) P.Sainath 2) Amartya Sen 3) M.S.Swaminathan
4) Norman Borlaug 5) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
40. The rivers Doyang, Jhanji, Dhansiri and Dikhu flow through which of the following states?
1) Manipur 2) Nagaland 3) Sikkim 4) Tripura 5) Arunachal Pradesh
41. Which of the following is the capital city of Yemen?
1) Sanaa 2) Tripoli 3) Cairo 4) Manama 5) Ankara
42. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consists of a total of?
1) 5 members 2) 10 members 3) 15 members 4) 18 members 5) None of these
43. The holy city of Ujjain is situated on the banks of river?
1) Narmada 2) Shipra 3)Son 4) Tapti 5) Betwa
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44. Which country is known as "Rainbow Nation"?
1) South Sudan 2) Sudan 3) Japan 4) South Africa 5) USA
45. "India-Pakistan: Coming to Terms" is written by?
1) Khushwant Singh 2) L.K.Advani 3) Jaswant Singh
4) Ashutosh Misra 5) None
KEY
1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 4; 7) 3; 8) 4;
9) 3; 10) 2; 11) 1; 12) 1; 13) 4; 14) 2; 15) 3; 16)1;
17) 3; 18) 3; 19) 4; 20) 3; 21) 1; 22) 2; 23) 3; 24)4;
25) 3; 26) 4; 27) 5; 28) 3; 29) 4; 30) 1; 31) 4; 32)5;
33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 3; 36) 2; 37) 5; 38) 4; 39) 3; 40) 2;
41) 1; 42) 3; 43) 2; 44) 4; 45) 4;
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. Economic Survey 2012-13 projected a growth rate of what percent for 2013-14?
1) 5.5-5.7 2) 6.3-6.5 3) 6.1-6.7 4) 8.1-8.5 5) 5.5-6.1
2. Who received the Ernst &Young Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2013?
1) T.T.Jagannathan 2) Ratan Tata 3) Rahul Bajaj
4) Francisco D' Souza 5) None of these
3. Which team won the 67
th
Santosh Trophy Football tournament in Kochi on March 3, 2013?
1) Services 2) Kerala 3) Goa 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Bengal
4. Chuck Hagel has been appointed as the US?
1) Secretary of State 2) Treasury Secretary 3) Vice President
4) Defense Secretary 5) Ambassador to India
5. Who won the Best Actress Award at the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013?
1) Jessica Chastain 2) Quvenzhane Wallis 3) Naomi Watts
4) Jennifer Lawrence 5) None of these
6. Which of the following films won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 85
th
Oscar
awards?
1) Kon-Tiki (Norway) 2) No (Chile) 3) Amour (Austria)
4) A Royal Affair (Denmark) 5) War Witch (Canada)
7. India's GDP growth in the third quarter of 2012-13 slipped to what percent? (It is the decade's
lowest quarterly growth)
1) 5.5% 2) 5.3% 3) 4.5% 4) 4.9% 5) 5.2%
8. Manik Sarkar has been the Chief Minister of which of the follow ing states since March 1998?
1) Mizoram 2) Assam 3) Nagaland 4) Tripura 5) Manipur
9. India's first all-women bank will start operations from November this year. The government
annou nced an initial capital of how many crores of rupees for this purpose?
1) 2,000crore 2) 2,500crore 3) 1,000crore 4) 1,500crore 5) None of these
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10. How many crores will be made available to NABARD to finance construction of godowns
and warehouses, as per the 2013-14 Union Budget?
1) Rs 5,000cr 2) Rs 10,000cr 3) Rs 1,000cr 4) Rs 2,000cr 5) Rs 20,000cr
11. Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) elected Mir eille Ballestrazzi as its first
fe male President. She belongs to?
1) France 2) Italy 3) UK 4) Germany 5) Poland
12. The 10th ASEAN-India Summit was held on November 19, 2012 at?
1) Singapore 2) Bangkok 3) Phnom Penh 4) Bali 5) Jakarta
13. ASEAN-India trade reached how many billion dollars in 2011-12?
1) 75.5 2) 79.3 3) 82.5 4) 81.3 5) None of these
14. India signed a social security agreement with which country on November 26, 2012?
(Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and that country's Minister Ulf Kristersson signed the
pact)
1) Norway 2) Russia 3) Sweden 4) Denmark 5) Germany
15. Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving perpetrator of the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November
2008, was hanged at Pune's Yerawada central prison on which of the following dates in 2012?
1) Nov 26 2) Nov 24 3) Nov 14 4) Nov 25 5) Nov 21
16. According to a UNICEF report released on November 16, 2012, which country topped the
global pneumonia mortality charts, with four lakh children dying each year from the disease?
1) Nigeria 2) India 3) Bangladesh 4) Tanzania 5) Pakistan
17. The 2G mobile telephony spectrum auction fetched the government how many crores of
rupees in November 2012?
1) 7,504.64 2) 8,504.64 3) 9,407.64 4) 7,407.64 5) 8,322.64
18. India and Canada held talks recently in New Delhi. The focus was on?
1) Defense 2) Counter-terrorism 3) Cooperation in cyber security
4) Cooperation in coal 5) Supply of Uranium
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19. The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for
Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) held a meeting in November 2012 in?
1) Mysore 2) Gurgaon 3) Dehradun 4) Chandigarh 5) New Delhi
20. William Hague visited India in November 2012. He is the Foreign Secretary of?
1) Canada 2) Australia 3) UK 4) USA 5) Netherlands
21. "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story" is the autobiography of?
1) Brad Pitt 2) Will Smith 3) Bruce Willis
4) Denzel Washington 5) Arnold Schwarzenegger
22. Ernest Bai Koroma was re-elected the President of which of the following African countries
in November 2012?
1) Angola 2) Lesotho 3) Cape Verde 4) Sierra Leone 5) Swaziland
23. Who was appointed the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) Director- General
recently? (He will take charge on April 2, 2013)
1) Tony Hall 2)Graham Norton 3) James Purnell
4) Tim Davie 5) None of these
24. Alok Joshi has been appointed the new Chief of?
1) IB 2) CBI 3) RAW 4) CRPF 5) ITBP
25. The 21
st
Summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) was held in which
of the following countries in November 2012?
1) Vietnam 2) Cambodia 3) Laos 4) Thailand 5) Malaysia
26. Jackie Janmohammed is the first female to head a national cricket board. She is the
Chairperson of which of the following cricket boards?
1) Kenya 2) Zimbabwe 3) South Africa 4) Bangladesh 5) West Indies
27. Which name has been chosen for the armadillo mascot for the 2014 FIFA world cup to be
held in Brazil?
1) Zuzeco 2) Fuleco 3) Amijubi 4) Armada 5) None of these
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28. Which company has won the title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
cricket for the next five seasons?
1) Sahara 2) Idea 3) Pepsi 4) Bharti Airtel 5) Vodafone
29. BP Plc is a major international company in the field of?
1) Atomic Energy 2) Heavy Machinery 3) Oil Exploration
4) Information Technology 5) None of these
30. Shunglu Committee is related to?
1) Jan Lokpal Bill 2) Commonwealth Games Scam 3) Telecom Scam
4) Financial Inclusion 5) None of these
31. Farkhor Air Base is operated by the Indian Air Force. It is a military air base located in?
1) Kazakhstan 2) Uzbekistan 3) Kyrgyzstan 4) Tajikistan 5) Afghanistan
32. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is an organiza-tion
under?
1) IMF 2) ADB 3) World Bank 4) UNO 5) World Economic Forum
33. Who is the author of the biography "Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, An Indian
Destiny"?
1) Rani Singh 2) Anita Desai 3) Anjali Joseph 4) Moni Mohsri 5) None of these
34. What is 'Jhum'?
1) A tribe 2) A folk dance 3) A type of cultivation
4) A type of music 5) None of these
35. Japan has decided to shut down all 50 of its nuclear reactors by?
1) 2020 2) 2025 3) 2040 4) 2030 5) 2050
36. Former Navy Chief Nirmal Kumar Verma has been appointed India's High Commissioner to
which of the following countries?
1) UK 2) Canada 3) Australia 4) Pakistan 5) New Zealand
Key
1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 3 8) 4
9) 3 10) 1 11) 1 12) 3 13) 2 14) 3 15) 5 16) 2
17) 3 18) 5 19) 2 20) 3 21) 5 22) 4 23) 1 24) 3
25) 2 26) 1 27) 2 28) 3 29) 3 30) 2 31) 4 32) 4
33) 1 34) 3 35) 3 36) 2
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) drastically lowered the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
growth estimate to what per cent for 2012-13?
1) 5.5% 2) 5.7% 3) 5.9% 4) 5% 5) 5.3%
2. The Union Cabinet approved the raising of the authorized capital of the National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to how many crores of rupees from Rs. 5,000
crore and expanding its scope of operations on February 7, 2013?
1) Rs. 10,000crore 2) Rs. 20,000crore 3) Rs.15, 000crore
4) Rs.25, 000crore 5) None of these
3. Glenn Maxwell was bought by Mumbai Indians for $1 million, the biggest buy in the Pepsi-
Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction on February 3, 2013. He is an all-rounder from?
1) England 2) South Africa 3) Australia
4) West Indies 5) New Zealand
4. Milos Zeman is the first directly elected President of which of the following countries?
1) Serbia 2) Slovenia 3) Hungary
4) Czech Republic 5) Slovakia
5. Which of the following statements about polymer notes is not correct?
1) The Reserve Bank of India has proposed to conduct field trials of Rs 10 polymer banknotes
in five cities-Jaipur, Shimla, Mysore, Kochi and Bhubaneswar.
2) Polymer notes will help in checking counterfeiting.
3) Printing cost is low.
4) They have relatively longer life compared to the prevailing paper notes.
5) The average lifespan of polymer currency notes is one year.
6. Who among the following New Zealand cricketers won the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for
2011-12?
1) Martin Guptill 2) Ross Taylor 3) Brendon McCullum
4) Tim Southee 5) Doug Bracewell
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7. Pakistan government has renamed Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk in which of the
following cities?
1) Karachi 2) Lahore 3) Peshawar 4) Islamabad 5) Hyderabad
8. Which city hosted the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) in October 2012?
1) Manila 2) New Delhi 3) Tokyo 4) London 5) Washington
9. Which team won the Champions League Twenty20 Championship in Johannesburg, South
Africa on October 28, 2012?
1) Sydney Sixers 2) Highveld Lions 3) Delhi Daredevils
4) Kolkata Knight Riders 5) Mumbai Indians
10. Sayali Gokhale is the women's national champion in?
1) Chess 2) Tennis 3) Squash 4) Badminton 5) Billiards
11. The scheme which gives tax exemptions to first time equity market investors is?
1) Indira Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme
2) Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme
3) Prime Minister's Equity Savings Scheme
4) National Equity Savings Scheme 5) None of these
12. James Bond 007 celebrated 50th anniversary in October 2012. Which is the first Bond
movie? (James Bond is a character created by Ian Fleming )
1) Dr. No 2) Goldfinger
3) From Russia with Love 4) You Only Live Twice 5) Skyfall
13. The National Museum of Indian Cinema, that will showcase the evolution of Indian cinema,
is being built in?
1) Kolkata 2) Jaipur 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) Hyderabad
14. Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery was launched on October 20, 2012 in Dudu in?
1) Bihar 2) Haryana 3) Punjab 4) Rajasthan 5) Maharashtra
15. Which of the following books was written by Salman Rushdie?
1) Wolf Hall 2) The Lighthouse 3) Joseph Anton
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4) River of Smoke 5) Bring up the Bodies
16. Sunil Gangopadhyay passed away recently. He was a renowned?
1) Film actor 2) Sculptor 3) Painter 4) Author 5) Theatre artist
17. Which film won the Best Picture Award at the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, 2013?
1) Life of Pi 2) Lincoln 3) Django Unchained
4) Argo 5) Silver Linings Playbook
18. Nicos Anastasiades won the Presidential elections of which of the following countries on
February 24, 2013?
1) Greece 2) Cyprus 3) Turkey 4) Syria 5) Lebanon
19. Who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDA) on February 21, 2013? (He succeeded J.Hari Narayan)
1) U.K. Sinha 2) D.K. Mehrotra 3) T.S.Vijayan
4) Rahul Khullar 5) N.Chandrasekaran
20. Who is the only actor to have won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor three times?
1) Spencer Tracy 2) Tom Hanks 3) Marlon Brando
4) Daniel Day-Lewis 5) Dustin Hoffman
21. Which of the following statements is not true?
1) Plastic money refers to ATM/Credit cards.
2) Carbon tax is a tax on the emissions from burning fossil fuels.
3) PAN should be quoted on all large value financial transactions.
4) FTZ stands for Financial Trade Zone.
5) Warren Buffet of USA is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
22. Anuradha Roy is the author of which of the following books?
1) The Folded Earth 2) A Free Man 3) The Incredible Banker
4) Umbrella 5) The Lighthouse
23. Kevin Curran died recently at the age of 53. He played internati onal cricket for which of the
following countries?
1) England 2) Australia 3) South Africa 4) Zimbabwe 5) West Indies
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24. The Indian Ocean Rim-Asso ciation for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) is an
international organization with 20 member states. Which of the following countries was
inducted into this group as its 20th member recently?
1) India 2) Malaysia 3) Comoros 4) Mauritius 5) Seychelles
25. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the integrated termi nal building at Swami Viveka
nanda Airport in which of the following cities in November 2012?
1) Ranchi 2) Raipur 3) Dehradun 4) Kolkata 5) Patna
26. The Centre for DNA Finger prin ting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is located in?
1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Bangalore 4) Pune 5) Hyderabad
27. A referendum will be held in 2014 on the independence of which of the following in the
United Kingdom?
1) Scotland 2) Wales 3) Northern Ireland 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All
28. Babu Jagjivan Ram was posthu mously awarded with the Friends of Liberation War Honor by the
Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in the 1971 war. He was the then Indian Minister
for?
1) Defense 2) External Affairs 3) Home 4) Finance 5) None of these
29. Who was named South Africa's Sportsman of the Year in November 2012?
1) Hashim Amla 2) Dale Steyn 3) Graeme Smith
4) Vernon Philander 5) Oscar Pistorius
30. EKUVERIN 2012 was held in Belgaum, India in November 2012. It is the fourth joint military training
exercise between India and?
1) Japan 2) China 3) UK 4) Maldives 5) Sri Lanka
31. Who won the International Asso ciation of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Athlete of the
Year award for the fourth time in November 2012?
1) David Rudisha 2) Keshorn Walcott 3) Usain Bolt
4) Aries Merritt 5) None of these
32. Who bagged the world youth chess championship in Slovenia on November 18, 2012?
1) Sahajasree 2) Nuthaki Priyanka 3) Dronavalli Harika
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4) Arushi Kotwal 5) None of these
33. Tarapore Committee is associated with?
1) SEZs 2) Foreign exchange reserves 3) Full capital account convertibility
4) Infrastructure 5) None of these
34. What is the capital city of South Sudan?
1) Khartoum 2) Juba 3) Moroni 4) Malabo 5) Conakry
35. Which of the following nuclear power stations is located in Karnataka?
1) Kaiga 2) Kalpakkam 3) Rawatbhata 4) Narora 5) Tarapur
36. On the coast of which of the following states is Wheeler Is land situated?
1) Gujarat 2) Goa 3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu 5) Odisha
KEY
KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 3
9) 1 10) 4 11) 2 12) 1 13) 4 14) 4 15) 3 16) 4
17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4 21) 4 22) 1 23) 4 24) 3
25) 2 26) 5 27) 1 28) 1 29) 4 30) 4 31) 3 32) 2
33) 3 34) 2 35) 1 36) 5
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GENERALAWARENESS
1. The Reserve Bank of India reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points on January 29,
2013. What is the present repo rate?
1) 8.25% 2) 8.5% 3) 8.75% 4) 7.75% 5) 7.25%
2. Who among the following was given Padma Vibhushan this year?
1) V.K.Saraswat 2) Yashpal 3) Ashok Sen 4) N.Suresh 5)Jogesh Chandra
3. Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-2013 for his debut novel
Narcopolis in January 2013?
1) Amitav Ghosh 2) Jamil Ahmad 3) Jeet Thayil
4) Uday Prakash 5) Tahmima Anam
4. Who defended the Australian Open women's singles tennis title in Melbourne on
January 26, 2013?
1) Li Na (China) 2) Sloane Stephens (USA) 3) Serena Williams (USA)
4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 5) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
5. Who among the following was the Chief Guest for the 64
th
Republic Day parade on
January 26, 2013?
1) Spain King 2) Norway King 3) Thailand King
4) Cambodia King 5) Bhutan King
6. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy cricket for the 40
th
time in January 2013. It defeated
which of the following teams in the final in Mumbai?
1) Karnataka 2) Rajasthan 3) Saurashtra 4) Delhi 5) Uttar Pradesh
7. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the portion of deposits banks must keep with the RBI.
What is the present CRR?
1) 3.5% 2) 4.5% 3) 4.75% 4) 4% 5) 3.75%
8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 80
th
anniversary on which of the following
days in 2012?
1) September 16 2) October 8 3) December 7
4) November 11 5) October 7
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9. The world's highest polling booth is located at the height of 15,000 feet above the mean
sea level at Hikkam in Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituency in which of the follow-
ing states?
1) Assam 2) Uttarakhand 3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Jammu& Kashmir 5) Himachal Pradesh
10. The Election Commission has set up a polling booth solely for Bharat Das in which
of the following assembly constituencies of Gujarat? (The booth was created inside the
Gir National Park)
1) Una 2) Valsad 3) Mehsana 4) Mandvi 5) Lathi
11. The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government
of India every?
1) Two years 2) Three years 3) Four years 4) Six years 5) Five years
12. Who among the following Indian golfers won the Venetian Macau Open Golf title in
October 2012?
1) Gaganjeet Bhullar 2) Shiv Kapur 3) Himmat Rai
4) Ajeetesh Sandhu 5) None of these
13. Mount Lokon erupted recently. It is one of the most active volcanoes in?
1) Italy 2) Japan 3) Indonesia 4) Ireland 5) Philippines
14. UN Women's Executive Director Michelle Bachelet launched the first ever knowledge
hub for elected women representatives living in rural areas of South Asia in which of
the following cities on October 4, 2012?
1) Jaipur 2) Hyderabad 3) Cuttack 4) Mysore 5) Bhopal
15. Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim insurgency outfit, signed a pact with which
of the following governments to end the conflict in October 2012?
1) Laos 2) Indonesia 3) Philippines 4) Sri Lanka 5) Myanmar
16. The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is a body created in 2002 to promote cooper-
ation among Asian countries. Which city hosted the first ACD Summit in October
2012?
1) Jakarta 2) Bangkok 3) New Delhi 4) Kuwait City 5) Dhaka
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17. Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a militant group, signed a peace accord with the union
government and which of the following state governments in October 2012?
1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Manipur 4) West Bengal 5) Assam
18. The Rs.1000 coin has been issued in commemoration of 1,000 years of the
Brihadeeswara temple in?
1) Madurai 2) Kanchi 3) Kumbakonam
4) Tanjavur 5) Tiruchirapalli
19. "Dare to Do! For the New Generation" is a book written by?
1) Anna Hazare 2) Kiran Bedi 3) Prashant Bhushan
4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) None of these
20. Who won his fourth Allan Border Medal as Australia's Cricketer of the Year on
February 4, 2013?
1) Ricky Ponting 2) Mike Hussey 3) Michael Clarke
4) Shane Watson 5) Phil Hughes
21. Rohinton Nariman resigned from which of the following posts in February 2013?
1) Supreme Court Judge 2) Election Commissioner 3) Attorney General
4) Solicitor General 5) None of these
22. The 8th Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
Divas was celebrated on which of the following days in 2013?
1) February 1 2) February 2 3) February 3 4) February 4 5) February 5
23. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2013? (He
succeeded Hillary Clinton)
1) Kit Bond 2) Joe Biden 3) Bob Menendez
4) John Kerry 5) William Joseph Burns
24. The Ministry of Rural Development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra
which focuses on making the country free from open defecation on October 3, 2012.
The yatra was started from Wardha district, Maharashtra and ended in Bettiah in?
1) Odisha 2) Bihar 3) Assam 4) West Bengal 5) Haryana
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25. UPAChairperson Sonia Gandhi handed over the 21st crore (210 million) Aadhar card
to Bali Devi, a resident of which of the following states?
1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Rajasthan
4) Maharashtra 5) Himachal Pradesh
26. Which of the following private sector banks has tied-up with state-owned Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) to provide banking services in rural areas? (IOC's rural petrol pump
outlets-Kisan Seva Kendras-will act as the bank's Business Correspondents)
1) Yes Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) KVB 4) Axis Bank 5) HDFC Bank
27. Brooks Brothers has unveiled a luxury boutique in New Delhi. It is the oldest men's
clothier chain in which of the following countries?
1) Spain 2) UK 3) USA 4) France 5) Australia
28. The 2012 Ryder Cup was won by Europe. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf
competition between teams from Europe and?
1) Brazil 2) Canada 3) Argentina 4) Australia 5) USA
29. India's heaviest satellite, the 3400 kg GSAT-10, was successfully launched on
September 29, 2012 from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana in?
1) Asia 2) Africa 3) North America 4) South America 5) Europe
30. Pranay Sahay was appointed as the new Director General of which of the following
armed forces in October 2012?
1) CRPF 2) CISF 3) NSG 4) ITBP 5) Sashastra Seema Bal
31. Dmitry Rogozin visited India recently. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of which of
the following countries?
1) Ukraine 2) Georgia 3) Russia 4) Belarus 5) Kazakhstan
32. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of?
1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Spain 4) Egypt 5) Israel
33. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?
1) Steve Ballmer 2) Larry Page 3) Jimmy Wales
4) Tim Berners Lee 5) Steve Jobs
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34. Who is the author of "What Young India Wants: Selected Essays and Columns"?
1) Gurcharan Das 2) Chetan Bhagat 3) Robin Sharma
4) Abdul Kalam 5) Jeet Thayil
35. G.K.Vasan, Minister of Shipping, and Doris Bures signed a memorandum of under-
standing (MoU) for technology cooperation in the shipping and ports infrastructure in
October 2012. Doris Bures is the Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of
which of the following countries?
1) Austria 2) Canada 3) Australia
4) Czech Republic 5) New Zealands
36. Which of the following is not a financial term?
1) Acid Test Ratio 2) Gross profit 3) Cash flow
4) Depreciation 5) Double fault
KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2
9) 5 10) 1 11) 2 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1 15) 3 16) 4
17) 5 18) 4 19) 2 20) 3 21) 4 22) 2 23) 4 24) 2
25) 3 26) 5 27) 3 28) 5 29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 5
33) 4 34) 2 35) 1 36) 5
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