GENERAL AWARENESS_2012

January 2013 Week 4

1) Which Pakistani writer has chronicled the tradition-bound way of tribal life in Balochistan in his first book 'The Wandering Falcon'? 1. Jamil Ahmad 2. Asad Shabbir 3. Amjad Parvez 4. Arshad Sharif 2) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India is developing a new kind of anti-radiation missile that can target enemy1. Nuclear power plants 2. Nuclear powered ships and submarines 3. Radars and communication facilities 4. Seattleites orbiting in space 3) Who among the following was the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade 2013? 1. President of Nepal 2. King of Oman 3. King of Cambodia 4. King of Bhutan 4) Food and Agriculture Organisation, to change global practices that result in the loss of 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year, has introduced a campaign dubbed "Think-Eat-Save Reduce Your Foodprint" with1. United Nations Environment Programme 2. United Nations Development Programme 3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 4. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 5) Which of the following countries recently has granted permission to install the statue of 12 century Indian social reformer, Basaveshwara, at its capital city? 1. United States 2. Canada 3. France 4. United Kingdom NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 6) The Government of India recently has sounded high alert in Border States against avian influenza after outbreak of the dreaded poultry disease in which of the following countries? 1. Bangladesh 2. Myanmar 3. Bhutan 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 7) Major tea producing countries have decided to get together on a global platform, called the International Tea Producers Forum (ITPF). For now it will be headquartered at1. New Delhi 2. Jakarta 3. Nairobi 4. Colombo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) The first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters was recently handed over to the Indian Air Force. It is manufactured by which of the following companies? 1. Lockheed Martin 2. Boeing 3. Dassault 4. Embraer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Which Indian-origin women has been selected for Order of Australia Medal 2013? 1. Joyce Westrip 2. Mala Mehta 3. Vettath Rajkumar 4.Krishna Arora NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Which of the following Britain's Deputy Prime Minister has been embroiled in a 'cash for honours' row over a planned peerage for Indian-origin business tycoon Rumi Verjee? 1. John Prescott 2. Nick Clegg 3. Michael Heseltine 4. Sir Geoffrey Howe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) 'Mahaparinirvan Express', a special train for an eight-day long journey to various Buddhist heritage sites across India, is a joint initiative of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation and the Government of: 1. Odisha 2. Bihar 3. Sikkim 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Who won Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship 2013? 1. Justin Rose 2. Robert Rock 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Jamie Donaldson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) Which among the following State governments has announced 10% reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker sections in general category? 1. Haryana 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Rajasthan 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Who among the following Indian scientists has been conferred with China's top science award for his important contributions in boosting Sino-Indian scientific cooperation? 1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2. Dr C N R Rao 3. S.S. Abhyankar 4. Raj Reddy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Who among the following won Padma Vibhushan award 2013? 1. Prof. Yash Pal 2. Rajesh Khanna 3. Sharmila Tagore 4. Saroja Vaidyanathan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Which female playback singers has rejected the Padma Bhushan award 2013? 1. Anupama 2. S. P. Sailaja 3. Hemlata 4.S. Janaki NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) First Indian writer, who won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature prize, 2013, is: 1. Jeet Thayil 2. Amitav Ghosh 3. Arundhati Roy 4. Aravind Adiga NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) Who won Women's Singles Australian Open title 2013? 1. Serena Williams 2. Li Na 3. Victoria Azarenka 4. Caroline Wozniacki NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Which among the following pair has become the most successful mens pair in Grand Slam history? 1. John Newcombe and Tony Roche 2. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 3. Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 4. Jonathan Marray & Frederik Nielsen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who has been awarded 'Atibadi Jagannath Das Award 2009', Odishas highest State honour for contribution to literature? 1. Dasarathi Das 2. Manoj Das 3. Basanta Das 4. Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January 2013 Week 3

1) The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has asked to return the Olympic Bronze Medal and Certificate of 2000 Sydney Games to which among the following all time popular Cyclist? 1.Miguel Indurain 3.Lance Armstrong 2.Bradely Wiggins 4.Tyler Hamilton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2) Which of the following countrys head has been declared to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade for the year 2013? 1.Nepal 3.Japan 2.Bhutan 4.Thailand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Recently, the Indian Navy has commissioned its largest shore patrol vessel for the maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Name it: 1.INS Jatayu 3.INS Saryu 2.INS Divydrishti 4.INS Radar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Recently, thirty one Black Bucks were killed by the stray dogs in the enclosure of which of the following Zoo? 1.Kolkakta 3.Jaipur 2.Ahmedabad 4.Kanpur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Which of the following Telecom Service Provider launched its video telephony service in Delhi and Mumbai, the first by any service provider? 1.MTNL 3.Reliance 2.Airtel 4.Vodafone NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) In which of the following regions the Supreme Court of India has banned the tourists to pass through an area which is Jarawas habitat? 1.Nagaland 3.Puducherry 2.Lakshadweep 4.Andaman and Nicobar Islands NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) Which is the world's number two arms exporter? 1.Russia 3.France 2.USA 4.Israel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Recently, a tunnel named Ghat Ki Guni was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi in: 1.Meghalaya 3.Rajasthan 2.Jammu and Kashmir 4.Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Which film has bagged the award for the Best Film at 58th Film Fare Awards? 1.Barfi 3.Kahaani 2Jab Tak Hai Jaan 4.Gangs of Wasseypur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Which among the following States has been awarded the Krishi Karman Award for 2011-12 for best performance under total foodgrain category 1 (States with production over 10 million tonne)? 1.Punjab 2.Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED 3.Uttar Pradesh 4.Madhya Pradesh Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following Courts has passed orders banning sale of packaged food items especially junk food in non-biodegradable polythene that would come into effect from April 1,2013? 1.Delhi High Court 2.Himachal Pradesh High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3.Maharashtra High Court 4.Uttarakhand High Court

12) Who is the present head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, recently has arrived in Myanmar, as the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president? 1.Peter Maurer 2.Jakob Kellenberger NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3.Alexandre Hay 4.Cornelio Sommaruga

13) Who has recently been presented Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)s lifetime achievement award 2011 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? 1. S. Sridhar 2. R.B. Grover 3. Ramgopal Rao 4. M. Muthukrishnan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Which among the following countries is the biggest cooking oil consumer in the world? 1. China 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Iran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs has suggested that food entitlements under the National Food Security Act be made available to 67 per cent of the population, leaving out the 33 per cent who pay taxes, have a 'pucca' house and so on. The committee is headed by: 1. Kapil Chopra 2. Vilas Muttemwar 3. K. Srinivasan 4. B. Suresh Lal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) The implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will now come into force from: 1. January 1, 2016 2. April 1, 2015 3. January 1, 2015 4. April 1, 2016 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) The Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve in: 1. Karnataka 2. Andaman and Nicobar 3. Kerala 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) In which of the following Indian states President Rule was imposed recently? 1. Punjab 3. Sikkm NOT ATTEMPTED 2. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jharkhand Correct option is: 4

19) Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is a book, has been shortlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian literature. Name the writer: 1. Mohammad Hanif 2. Nadeem Aslam 3. Fahmida Riaz 4. Jamil Ahmad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Who among the following social activists has been honoured with the Basava Krishi Award 2013 in Karnataka? 1. Anna Hazare 2. Rajendra Singh 3. Kiran Bedi 4. Medha Patkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January Week 2
1) Who won Tennis-Sydney International women's singles final 2012? 1) Agnieszka Radwanska 2) Dominika Cibulkova NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Svetlana Kuznetsova 4) Li Na

2) Who among the following Assamese poet has been awarded the prestigious Assam Valley Literary Award for the year 2012? 1) Purobi Bormudoi 2) Sameer Tanti NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Harekrishna Deka 4) Imran Shah

3) Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has launched the first fast patrol vessel (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard. Name the vessel: 1) Sandesh 2) Nirdesh NOT ATTEMPTED 4) 3) Aadesh 4) Drishti Correct option is: 3

The first space weather-reading centre of India is scheduled to be opened by Mid-2013 in: 3) Bhopal 4) Kolkata

1) Bengaluru 2) Pune NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Who among the following Dalit activists has been selected for the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award 2012? 1) Marimuthu Bharathan 2) Krishnammal Jagannathan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Jupudi Prabhakar Rao 4) Anand Teltumbde

6) Who among the following has been conferred the B.C. Sanyal Dedicated Teacher Award 2013 by Delhi Art School? 1) V. Nag Das 2) H.A. Anil Kumar 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Kanchan Chander 4) Anil Naik

7) Who among the following Hindustani classical vocalists has been selected for the Samagana Matanga award 2012, instituted by the Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, Bangalore? 3) Pandit Jasraj 1) Pandit Shivkumar 4) Dr. Prabha Atre 2) Smita Bellur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) Who has been nominated as the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by the President Barack Obama? 1) David Petraeus 2) John Brennan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Michael Morell 4) Leon Panetta

9) Which among the following committees has been appointed by the RBI on gold loan companies (GLCs)?

1) K U B Rao committee 2) Kirit Parikh Committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10)

3) N.C. Saxena committee 4) Ram Pradhan Committee

'Bhagyalakshmi', a new home loan product for women home seekers, has been launched by: 1) IDBI Home Finance 2) SBI Home Loan 3) PNB Housing Finance 4) LIC Housing Finance

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following countries has not been named as the hub of illegal migration to the UK? 1) Nigeria 2) India NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Sri Lanka 4) China Correct option is: 3

12) First country of the world, which has launched construction of fourth generation nuclear power plant with a 200 mw for commercial usage? 1) Germany 2) China NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Russia 4) France Correct option is: 2

13) Over 180 Harvard Clubs operate in more than 70 countries around the world under the auspices of Harvard Alumni Association. Who has been elected Harvard Club of India president? 1) P. H. Parekh 2) Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) 3) G. K. Kwatra 4) Devashish Bharuka

Which among the following films is based on the capture of Osama bin Laden? 3) Life of Pi 4) Zero Dark Thirty

1) The Godfather 2) Lincoln NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Which among the following novels of Jeet Thayil has been shortlisted for the USD 30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize? 1) Narcopolis 2) Between Clay and Dust NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The Briefcase 4) Silent House

16) Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the Sultan of Selangor state, has decreed that non-Muslims in the region should be barred from using the word Allah. Selangor is the state of: 1) Saudi Arabia 2) Malaysia 3) Oman 4) UAE

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 2

17) Who among the following scientists has won the Infosys Prize 2012 in the field of engineering and computer sciences for his work on smart gels based on the notion of connecting molecular properties to microscopic properties? 1) Kalyanmoy Deb 2) Satyajit Mayor NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) 3) Ashutosh Sharma 4) Ashish Lele

Who has been named the FIFA world football player of the year 2012? 3) Lionel Messi 4) Xavi Hernndez

1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Andres Iniesta NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19)

Who was the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2013 ? 3) Anand Satyanand 4) Khalid Hameed

1) Rajkeswur Purryag 2) Kamla Persad Bissessar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Which among the following IT/web-enabled initiative has been launched by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister to enable consumers book and track refills online as well on mobile phone? 1) WebFil 2) TrackOn NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Lakshya 4) Web-LP Correct option is: 3

January Week 1
1) Who has been appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Tiruvananthapuram? 1. S Ramakrishnan 2. P S Veeraraghavan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) 3. 4. K. Radhakrishnan V.S. Hegde

Along with Vidya Balan who has been named PETA's hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012? 3) Shahid Kapoor 1) Neha Dhupia 4) Kareena Kapoor 2) Amitabh Bachchan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Genocide of Eelam Tamils - Heart Bleeds is a book written by: 3) M Karunanidhi 4) Vai Gopalsamy

1) M. Jagannadha Rao 2) Thol. Thirumavalavan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) Who has been given Irelands prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 for her courage and determination to speak out in support of equal access to education for every child? 1) Sonia Gandhi 2) Aung San Suu Kyi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Malala Yousafzai 4) Morgan Tsvangirai

5) Name the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country and has been granted Russian citizenship? 1) Daniel Auteuil 2) Gerard Depardieu 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Claudine Auger 4) Dany Boon

6) Which among the following countries is the first country in Asia to adopt chemical castration? 1) Jordan 2) Qatar NOT ATTEMPTED 3) South Korea 4) Saudi Arabia Correct option is: 3

7) A five-member committee was set up to suggest measures to lower the high costs of Air Indias operations and improve utilisation of resources. Committee is headed by: 1) Prabhat Kumar 2) Ravindra H. Dholakia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) 3) Rajesh Agrawal 4) S. Mukherjee

Who has been selected for the 8th Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award 2012? 3) Shyam Benegal 4) Hema Malini

1) Shabana Azmi 2) Lata Mangeshkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

9) The Union government has announced the constitution of the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of: 1) Y. V. Reddy 2) M. Govinda Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) 3) Sudipto Mundle 4) Abhijit Sen

Who has been announced the chairman of 20th Law Commission of India? 3) Justice A. R. Lakshmanan 4) Justice P. V. Reddi

1) Justice M. Jagannadha Rao 2) Justice D K Jain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Which State government has decided to dedicate the year 2013 to daughters and observe it as Save the Girl Child Year?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12)

3) Delhi 4) Jammu & Kashmir

Who topped Gallups most admired womens list of 2012? 3) Hillary Clinton 4) Queen Elizabeth II

1) Malala Yousafzai 2) Aung San Suu Kyi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

13) MobiCash Easy, a mobile wallet which offers facilities such as fund transfer, bill payment, balance inquiry, mini statement, mobile top-ups and DTH recharge, has been launched by: 1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Union Bank of India 4) ICICI Bank

14) Who has been announced as winner of the prestigious Aryabhatta award 2011 for his efforts in rocketry? 1) A.E. Muthunayagam 2) V K Saraswat 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Pramod Kale 4) Devaraj Prashasthi

15) Who has been conferred the 5th Mother Teresa Memorial International Award 2012 for Social Justice? 1) Dalai Lama 2) Baroness Caroline Cox NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) 3) Sanjiv Bhatt 4) Malala Yousafzai

Which Australian cricket player has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2012? 3) Belinda Clark 4) Shane Watson

1) Steve Waugh 2) Glenn McGrath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Which Telecom company has launched 'mEducation services' that will enable its customers to access courses for English learning, competitive exam preparation and career counselling on their mobile phones? 1) Tata Indicom 2) BSNL NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) 3) Vodafone 4) Bharti Airtel

Recently, who among the following won Brisbane International tennis tournament? 3) Rafael Nadal 4) Roger Federer

1) Andy Murray 2) Grigor Dimitrov NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Who among the following Indian-Americans has been nominated as federal judge by the US President Barack Obama for the US Court of Appeals? 1) Rajiv Shah 2) Srikanth Srinivasan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) 3) Arun Majumdar 4) Cathy Bissoon

Who won CEAT international cricketer of the year 2011-12 award? 3) Michael Clarke 4) Virat Kohli

1) Hashim Amla 2) Kumar Sangakkara NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 December week 4

1) Who among the following Odidya novelists has been selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award 2011 for her contribution to the field of Indian literature? 1) Pratibha Ray 2) Sitakant Mohapatra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Gopinath Mohanty 4) Sachidananda Routray

2) World's longest high-speed rail route, covering a distance of 2298 kms was launched recently in: 1) Russia 2) China NOT ATTEMPTED 3) 3) USA 4) France Correct option is: 2

Who is the current Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)? 3) Justice Swatanter Kumar 4) Justice P. Jyothimani

1) Justices G.S. Singhvi 2) Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4)

Who won Womens Air Rifle Gold in the Sahara 56th National Shooting Championship 2012? 3) Nikita Salunke 4) Pournima Zanane

1) Avneet Sidhu 2) Apurvi Chandela NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Which among the following sites has become the number-one travel destination in Googles search trends for India for 2012? 1) Kerala 2) Taj Mahal NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Wagah Border 4) Vaishno Devi Correct option is: 1

6) Who among the following scientists of Indian origin has been awarded recently with Canadas Highest Civilian Award the Order of Canada?

1) Dr Sanjay Vashee 2) Mani Bhaumik 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

3) George Sudarshan 4) Venkatesh Mannar

7) As per the data released by the Planning Commission of India which state became the fastest growing state in India at 10.9 per cent between 2006 and 2010? 1) Haryana 2) Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED 8) 3) Bihar 4) Maharashtra Correct option is: 3

Who won Mubadala World Tennis Championship final in Abu Dhabi? 3) David Ferrer 4) Janko Tipsarevic

1) Nicolas Almagro 2) Novak Djokovic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Along with Ashok Kumar who has jointly bagged the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2012? 1) K.K. Nair 2) Jagat Debnath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) 3) Rita Choudhury 4) Radhika Mohan Bhagowati

Who has been recently named the African Footballer of the Year 2012? 3) Samuel Eto'o 4) Didier Drogba

1) Seydou Keita 2) Yaya Toure NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Who is the head of three-member Commission of inquiry that will suggest ways for improving safety and security of women? 1) Justice Lalita Seth 2) Gopal Subramaniam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Justice J.S. Verma 4) Justice P. Jyothimani

12) Which state has been declared best in the country in citizen security, environment and water and sanitation categories? 1) Gujarat 2) Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Uttarakhand 4) Sikkim

13) Indian-American who has been appointed as the member of the president's Global Development Council by Obama administration is: 1) Swati Dandekar 2) Smita Singh 5) 3) Harry Sidhu 4) Bhagwan Dashairya

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 2

14) Myshkin Ingawale has created a hand-held needle-free battery operated device that enables screening of anaemia and simplifies monitoring of treatment on a regular basis. Name the device. 1) ToucHb 2) TouchHb NOT ATTEMPTED 3) HbTouch 4) IngaHb Correct option is: 1

15) Which country has emerged as the top trading partner of India within Europe with around $23.8 billion or 18.3 billion euro turnover during 2011-12? 1) France 2) UK NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Germany 4) Italy Correct option is: 3

16) Which state government has decided to provide free travel facility to cancer patients in State roadways buses? 1) Haryana 2) Maharashtra 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Madhya Pradesh

17) Which Maoist-affected state government has announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 1 to 25 lakh to encourage maoist cadres to surrender? 1) Chhattisgarh 2) Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Jharkhand 4) West Bengal

18) Which country has announced to restart production of railway-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by 2020? 1) France 2) China NOT ATTEMPTED 3) Germany 4) Russia Correct option is: 4

19) Who among the following former Indian cricket players has been conferred with the prestigious Member of British Empire (MBE)? 1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) M.V. Narasimha Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Bishan Singh Bedi 4) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

20) Australian researchers have discovered the Gene which is responsible for making the tumours of breast cancer more aggressive as well as resistant to treatments. Name the gene: 1) CCR5 2) ELF5 NOT ATTEMPTED 3) IL5 4) CD8 Correct option is: 2

December week 3
1) Who among the following bollywood actors has been awarded with the prestigious BrandLaureate Legendary Award in Malaysia? 1) Aamir Khan 2) Shah Rukh Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Amitabh Bachchan 4) Anil Kapoor

2) Which among the following State governments has announced to hold Bandi Darbars in jails across the state for on-the-spot resolution of complaints by jail inmates related to food, health and other civic facilities? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Rajasthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Bihar 4) Delhi

3) Who among the following has been awarded 35th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Award 2012 for Outstanding Contribution in the field for Constructive Work? 1) Shanti Prathistan 3) Anupam Mishra 2) Jaywant Mathkar 4) Chunibhai Vaidya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Who among the following has been crowned as Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas? 1) Olivia Culpo 3) Irene Esser 2) Janine Tugonon 4) Camila Solorzano NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Which among the following States has the lowest per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at 23,435 in 2012? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 2) Odisha 4) Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Name the Indias triple Olympic gold medallist in hockey who has died recently. 1) Leslie Claudius 3) Gurbux Singh 2) Keshav Dutt 4) Ashok Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Who among the following has been chosen as president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)? 1) Sandeep Dikshit 3) Subhash Chopra 2) Praful Patel 4) Shrinivas V. Dempo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) The Special Forces of India and Sri Lanka has started recently a war exercises SLINEX in which of the following States? 1) Andhra Pradesh 3) Tamil Nadu 2) Karnataka 4) Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 6) 4)

9) Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)? 1) Mahboob Alam 2) Ajay Chadha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Ranjit Sinha 4) A.P Singh

10) According to India State of Forest Report-2011, which among the following States has the highest forest cover in the country? 1) Maharashtra 3) Madhya Pradesh 2) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Chhattisgarh 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Who among the following has been selected for K Karunakaran Foundation award 2012 for his brilliant administration? 1) Jairam Ramesh 3) Ghulam Nabi Azad 2) P Chidambaram 4) Kapil Sibal 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Latest hybrid notebook/tablet, 'IdeaPad Yoga' has been launched by: 1) Lenovo 3) Toshiba 2) Hewlett-Packard 4) Dell NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Long-range rocket 'Unha-3' has been launched by: 1) Israel 3) Japan 2) China 4) North Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Who among the following has become the first woman President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI)? 1) Kalpana Morparia 3) Neelam Dhawan 2) Naina Lal Kidwai 4) Chanda Kochhar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) The Union Government of India has lowered down the growth projection for the current financial year 2012-13 from 7.6 percent to: 1) 5.5 percent 3) 5.7 percent 2) 6.5 percent 4) 7 percent NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Who has bought the worlds first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed the flying palace for his luxury? 1) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal 3) Bernard Arnault 2) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal 4) Warren Buffett NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Who among the following won FIFAs World Player of the Year award 2012? 13) 12)

1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Lionel Messi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Fernando Torres 4) Xavi

18) Who among the following has been selected for Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 for his poetry collection 'These Errors are Correct'? 1) Jeet Thayil 3) Bal Krishna Bhaura 2) Subrata Mukhopadhyaya 4) D. Selvaraj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Rajkeswur Purryag would be the chief guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 in Kochi. He is the president of: 1) Suriname 3) Guyana 2) Mauritius 4) Trinidad & Tobago NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who among the following Indian golfer won the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement award along with Jack Nicklaus and Colin Montgomerie? 1) Jyoti Randhawa 3) Gaganjeet Bhullar 2) Jeev Milkha Singh 4) Arjun Atwal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

December week 2
1) A new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73 million years ago, has been discovered by the scientists in which of the following countries? 1) Brazil 3) New Zealand 2) Mexico 4) Australia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) The One Billion Rising campaign, as a global movement, to stop violence against women, was launched in which of the following states? 1) Rajasthan 3) Gujarat 2) Madhya Pradesh 4) Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The European Union declared to donate the amount of the Nobel Prize for Peace-2012 to projects that1) promote preservation of environment. 2) promote women empowerment. 3) help children struggling in war zones. 4) help children to ensure their access to education. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Recently the residence of ex-President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a heritage site, was in news. It is located in: 1) Bengaluru 3) Chennai 2) Mysore 4) Coimbatore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) The Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development has been declared to be established at which of the following universities? 1) University of Oxford 3) University of Leeds 2) University of Cambridge 4) University of Liverpool NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Which among the following State's public grievance redressal website has been awarded Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012? 1) Bihar 3) Karnataka 2) Andhra Pradesh 4) Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Which among the following state governments has approved new jail manual that has provision for elaborate computer generated record of inmates including their voice samples, replacing the existing 88-year-old prison guidelines formulated in 1924? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Punjab 2) Bihar 4) Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman 2012 for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture? 1) Sridevi Kapoor 3) Madhuri Dixit 2) Hema Malini 4) Lata Mangeshkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Who won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2012? 1) Netherlands 2) Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9)

3) Argentina 4) Australia

10) The Central government has decided to set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to accord single-window approval to mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore. CCI will be headed by1) Finance Minister 3) Governor of RBI 2) Prime Minister 4) Finance Secretary NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) According to Yahoo! India's Year in Review 2012 (YIR), who among the following personalities was most searched news maker? 1) Anna Hazare 3) Narendra Modi 2) Arvind Kejriwal 4) Akhilesh Yadav NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Which among the following country's scientists have developed the first 100% ultrasound toothbrush of the world called Emmident toothbrush which makes use of the ultrasound waves for cleaning teeth? 1) UK 3) Japan 2) China 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Who among the following has been recently elected as the chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations?

1) Jagbans Singh 2) Vinod Rai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14)

3) Norbert Hauser 4) Amyas Morse

Who among the following was the first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who died recently? 1) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari 3) N.D. Tiwari 2) BC Khanduri 4) Nityanand Swami NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Name the film which is made by Kashmiri film-maker Suresh Goswami on the displacement of Kashmiri Pandit families from the Valley? 1) Minar e Dilli 3) Lamha 2) Ziyarat 4) 80 Million NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Which among the following committee is associated with non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)? 1) Usha Thorat committee 3) Bhootlingam committee 2) B.D Shah committee 4) D.R Gadgil committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has decided to add Abuj Maria tribe to the list of Scheduled Tribes. Abuj Maria tribe is located in: 1) Kerala 3) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh 4) Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Who among the following has been recently appointed as adviser to the Finance Minister? 1) Mukesh Patel 3) Ashok Dhingra 2) Sriram Balakrishnan 4) Parthasarathi Shome NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has constituted a five-member panel to take important decisions in its day-to-day functioning. Panel is headed by: 1) Lalit Bhanot 3) Virendra Nanavati 2) Vijay Kumar Malhotra 4) N. Ramachandran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 First Indian to be awarded lifetime achievement Grammy award is: 1) A.R. Rahman 3) Pt. Ravi Shankar 2) Lata Mangeshkar 4) M.S Subbulakshmi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) 18)

December week 1
1) According to Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living Index report, which among the following cities has been emerged as the best city to live in India? 1. Bengaluru 3. Mumbai 2. Hyderabad 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Who among the following won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012 for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombays Jazz Age? 1) David Godwin 3) Basharat Peer 2) Tishani Doshi 4) Naresh Fernandes NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Who among the following has been recently honoured with Asian Business Leadership Forum Statesman Award in Abu Dhabi? 1) Kamal Nath 3) Baba Kalyani 2) Mallika Srinivasan 4) Anand Mahindra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) According to Transparency Internationals Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2012, out of 176 countries, India is ranked at: 1) 95th 3) 88th 2) 94th 4) 72nd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Central government has decided to transfer 12.5 acres of Indu Mill land at Dadar for the memorial of which among the following personalities? 1) BR Ambedkar 3) Shivaji Bhosale 2) Balasaheb Thackeray 4) Hemant Karkare NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Recently, typhoon Bopha created a havoc in: 1) Philippines 2) Jamaica NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) 6)

3) Mexico 4) Haiti

Recently, a pair of endangered Amur leopards has been spotted in: 1) Nepal 3) China 2) Brazil 4) India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) Brazilian architect, who designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, won Pritzker Prize 1988, has died recently. Name the personality: 1) Oscar Niemeyer 3) Lina Bo Bardi 2) Lcio Costa 4) Paulo Mendes da Rocha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Along with five ex-Soviet States, which of the following countries has agreed to reduce its dependence on the dollar, and promote payments in national currencies? 1) China 3) Azerbaijan 2) Russia 4) Ukraine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Which of the following states has decided to issue Golden Cards to industrialists and industrial associations for easy access to its offices? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra 4) Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) What is Cyber Monday? 1) It is a step of cyber intelligence to trace the cyber criminals on weekly basis. 2) In order to develop the concept of cyber trading, it is a listed company. 3) For organized online shopping in India, it is a partnership between Google India leading e-commerce websites. 4) It is a weekly journal published by Interpol NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently signed Currency Swap Agreement with: 1) Bank of Japan 3) Citi Bank 2) Bank of America 4) RBS NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Recently International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) because: 1) India was following the Sports Code of government in the IOA elections which is against the Olympic Charter 2) India has stopped funding to IOC 3) A large number of Indian players have been found positive for different banned drugs by WADA 4) Ministry of Youth and Sports did not give its approval to organize a training camp in Brazil, the venue of forthcoming Olympics NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Recently, World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) was held in: 1) Doha 3) Dublin 2) Dubai 4) Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Recently which of the following institutes has developed anti collision safety device train collision avoidance system (TCAS)? 1) Bharat Dynamics Limited 3) BHEL 2) BEL 4) Hyderabad Batteries Limited NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland won World Challenge event recently, an event of: 1) Chess 3) Cycling 2) Golf 4) Rowing NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Fraud Survey Report 2012 was released by: 1) Accenture 2) McKinsey and company NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) 16) 14) 12)

3) Mind Tree 4) KPMG

18) Who among the following Indian cricketer recently became only Indian to score three triple centuries in First-Class Cricket? 1) Virender Sehwag 3) Ravindra Jadeja 2) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Yuvraj Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer has codenamed CHAMP to: 1) a new missile 3) a new nuclear reactor 2) a new engine for aircrafts 4) a nuclear powered submarine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Which of the following states has topped on the chart of states for significantly exceeding the revenue mobilization targets as per the report released by the Planning Commission on State Finances during 11th Five Year Plan? 1) Maharashtra 3) Uttar Pradesh 2) Goa 4) Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19)

November week 4
1) Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of the charge of murder and torture during the 1990s war of independence. He is ex-Prime Minister of: 1) Kosovo 3) Austria 2) Hungary 4) Liberia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) China is now capable of deploying fighter jets on its first aircraft carrier after successful landing and take off the J-15 jet on it. Name the aircraft carrier : 1) Stalin 3) Mao Tse-tung 2) Chiang Kai Shek 4) 'The Liaoning' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) in: Tagore's bust unveiled recently at 9th century Buddhist 'Borobudur Temple' which is located 3) Thailand 4) Myanmar Correct option is: 2

1) Cambodia 2) Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED

4) Who among the following has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazils Supreme Court? 1. Joaquim Barbosa 3. Carmen Lcia 2. Ricardo Lewandowski 4. Gilmar Mendes NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Who won Brazilian Grand Prix 2012? 1. Fernando Alonso 2. Jenson Button NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 6) 5)

3. Sebastian Vettel 4. Michael Schumacher

Who among the following won men's IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award 2012? 1. Aries Merritt 3. David Rudisha 2. Usain Bolt 4. Yohan Blake NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) of: Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the All People's Congress, has been re-elected as the President

1. Sierra Leone 2. Mali NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3. Gabon 4. Honduras

8) The Union Government has announced to set up a National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a National Cardio Care Centre (NCCC) at the second campus of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in: 1. Delhi 3. Rajasthan 2. Uttar Pradesh 4. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Scientists from UK, has developed a new drug for stopping the cancerous cells from multiplying. The new drug called: 1. Aflibercept 3. Nivaquine 2. Atripla 4. Maraviroc NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Which among the following won Indian Premier League (IPL) title sponsorship for next five years? 1. Airtel 3. Coca Cola 2. PepsiCo 4. DLF NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Who among the following is present director general of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)? 1. Tony Hall 3. Tim Davie 2. George Entwistle 4. Mark Thompson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) Which State government has waived the loans of farmers who had taken up to Rs. 50,000 from the cooperative rural development bank? 1. Haryana 3. Punjab 2. Uttar Pradesh 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Who among the following is the present director of Central Bureau of Investigation? 1) A.P. Singh 3) V.S Tiwari 2) W Ashwini Kumar 4) Ranjit Sinha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Dr. Reddys Laboratories (DRL) has announced the launch of its Sildenafil Tablets (20 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Revatio tablets in: 1) USA 3) Singapore 2) UK 4) Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto have discovered a new planet which is thirteen times enormous than Jupiter, called: 1) Jupiter- 13 3) Androme-12 2) Super-Jupiter 4) Jupiter Kappa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13)

Which among the following countries won the 100th Davis Cup 2012 finals? 1) Spain 3) Serbia 2) Argentina 4) Czech Republic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Who among the following former cricket players has been conferred with BCCIs prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2011-12? 1) Kapil Dev 3) Ravi Shastri 2) Sunil Gavaskar 4) Dillip Vengsarkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Along with K.V. Prabhu, who among the following scientists has been awarded Borlaug award 2012? 1) Ashok Kumar Singh 3) Dr Rattan Lal 2) Dr S Nagarajan 4) Dr. Aditi Mukherji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) 26 percent stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been acquired by Japan based oil firm: 1) Nippon Oil 3) Inpex Corp 2) JAPEX 4) Idemitsu Kosan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) Which among the following countries has cancelled its biggest foreign investment project with Indian firm GMR Group to develop its international airport? 1) Bolivia 3) Mali 2) Maldives 4) Myanmar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16)

November week 3
1) Which among the following countries has created the world's largest network of marine reserves, protecting more than 2.3 million square kilometres of ocean environment? 1) Australia 3) South Africa 2) New Zealand 4) Brazil NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Ami Bera, California-based, Indian-American has become the only 3rd of the community to win Congressional Election. Ami Bera defeated Republican: 1) Richard Nixon 3) Eric Cantor 2) Dan Lungren 4) Cathy McMorris Rodgers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Astronomers for the first time have discovered a young "homeless planet", up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties. The planet is: 1) Nutella-12 3) CFBDSIR2149 2) Ju-7 4) TRIX-47 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan? 1) Hina Naseem 3) Somira soomro 2) Malala Yousafzai 4) Shahida Hassan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) According to the Transparency Report published by Google, which among the following countries stands second in demanding Web user information? 1) USA 3) UK 2) China 4) India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Islamist group, Ansar Dine is active in which among the following countries? 1) Mali 3) Lebanon 2) Syria 4) Ghana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) The Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), a laboratory that comes under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is located in: 1) Lucknow 3) Pune 2) Nagpur 4) Dehradun NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has notified rules under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Act has classified any sexual act with a child as a punishable offence below: 1) 18 3) 21 2) 14 4) 16 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) According to Maplecroft's fifth annual 'Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013', which of the following capitals has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades? 1) Manila 3) Dhaka 2) Bangkok 4) Ho Chi Minh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the US after reports of 13 deaths. Name the product. 1) '5-Hour Energy' 3) '24 Hour Energy' 2) 'All Time Energy' 4) 'Instant Energy' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have discovered the farthest galaxy. Name the galaxy. 1) TRIX-47 3) CFBDSIR2149 2) MACS0647-JD 4) DSIR2150 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) The Communist Party of China (CPC) has selected whom as Hu Jintaos successor? 6)

1) Wen Jiabao 2) Li Keqiang NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

3) Xi Jinping 4) Yang Shangkun

13) Along with senior journalists T.N. Ninan, who among the following has been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships on the occasion of 123rd birth anniversary of the countrys first Prime Minister? 1) Harish Khare 3) S.S. Dubey 2) Sidharth Mishra 4) Vinit Wahi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Who among the following Indian scholars has been awarded the USD 500,000 WISE prize for his relentless work of providing low cost education to children in Mumbai slums? 1) Anil Pandey 3) Harsh Goswami 2) Madan Kumar 4) Madhav Chavan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Which airlines has signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each others clients? 1) Maldivian airlines 3) American airlines 2) Indian airlines 4) Sri Lankan airline NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) In which of the following countries Indian origin dentist Savita Halappanavar has died after the doctors refused her abortion despite her body being sick and weak due to 17 weeks of pregnancy? 1) Finland 3) Sweden 2) Norway 4) Ireland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) In which among the following States, NTPC is going to start a skill development programme for 144 youngsters, under the central government's 'UDAAN' initiative? 1) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 2) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which among the following Chinese films won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at 18th Kolkata International Film Festival? 1) Apart Together 3) Buddha Mountain 2) 14 Blades 4) 11 Flowers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Who among the following eminent Urdu scholars has been presented Moortidevi Award 2010 for his outstanding work on Urdu Ghazal? 1) Gulab Kothari 3) Dr. Israr Ahmed 2) Gopi Chand Narang 4) Dr. Zakir Naik NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan? 1) Malala Yousafzai 2) Hina Naseem

3) Somira soomro NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

4) Shahida Hassan

November week 2
1) Which among the following States is the first kerosene-free State? 1) Kerala 3) Haryana 2) Delhi 4) Goa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Which among the following is the first Indian-American elected to the U.S. Congress? 1) Dalip Singh Saund 3) Bobby Jindal 2) Dr. Ami Bera 4) Tulsi Gabbard NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Along with Colorado, which of the following States has become the first U.S. state to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in defiance of federal law? 1) Wisconsin 3) Florida 2) Arizona 4) Washington NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Who among the following is the present president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)? 1) R K Shetty 3) V. Dinesh Reddy 2) Ashok Mathur 4) R.K Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) The Sultanate of which among the following countries has banned the import of eggs and chicken from India? 1) Oman 3) Saudi Arabia 2) UAE 4) Kuwait NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) The Himalaya Drug Company won the fifteen years long battle in the Delhi High Court against the homoeopathic firm SBL Limited over infringement of its medicine Liv-52 with its own preparation that was named as: 1) Liv-B 3) Liv-L 2) Liv-T 4) Liv-V NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Who among the following has been awarded the WISE Prize 2012 in Doha, which is known as the Nobel prize for Education? 1) Dr Madhav Chavan 3) Kiranjit Nijindar Singh 2) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed 4) Milica Radisic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Which among the following words has been chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2012? 1) 'squeezed middle' 3) 'Big society' 2) 'Omnishambles' 4) 'Unfriend' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) 4) 2)

9) Which of the following pairs has won the men's doubles title of the ATP World Tour Finals 2012 in London? 1) M. Bhupathi and R. Bopanna 3) J. Marray and F. Nielsen 2) M. Granollers and M. Lopez 4) L. Paes and R. Stepanek NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which of the following countries would takeover Saudi Arabia as worlds biggest oil producing nation by 2017? 1) Russia 3) Nigeria 2) China 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Who won the prestigious Kyoto Prize 2012 in the category of Arts and Philosophy? 1) Paul Thieme 3) Charles Taylor 2) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 4) Karl Popper NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Who among the following is the chief investigating officer of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? 1) K Ragothaman 3) R Karthikeyan 2) M. Narayanan 4) P. Dwarakanath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which State government has decided to introduce 'single window system' in the agriculture sector for the benefit of farmers? 1) Bihar 3) Gujarat 2) West Bengal 4) Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Who among the following Pakistani Sufi legends has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in New Delhi? 1) Abida Parveen 3) Jameel Khan 2) Hamid Ali Bela 4) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) SENAHIYA, a National Defence Force hospital, has been opened by Defence Minister of India, A.K. Antony, in: 1) Colombo 3) Male 2) Dhaka 4) Kathmandu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Recently, which boxing Champion has been honoured with Liberty Medal in Philadelphia? 1) Muhammad Ali 3) Michael Moorer 2) Mice Tyson 4) Riddick Bowe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Which among the following countries has won 2nd South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women Championship 2012 in Colombo? 1) Pakistan 3) Sri Lanka 2) India 4) Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) 11)

18) Name the cricket player who has been named as the Captain of ICCs ODI team of the year 2011-12. 1) Alastair Cook 3) Sangakkara 2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4) Hashim Amla NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched a comprehensive life and health protection oriented unit linked endowment insurance plan. Name the plan. 1) 'Sure Suraksha' 3) 'Jivan Anand' 2) 'Suraksha Kosh' 4) 'Suraksha Kavach' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Under the brand name of 'm-pesa', Vodafone India has announced to offer mobile money transfer and payment service with which of the following banks? 1) ICICI bank 3) Kotak Mahindra Bank 2) HDFC Bank 4) Punjab National Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

November week 1
1) Who one of the following Indian was not conferred the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres) by France? 1) Nandita Das 3) Shahrukh Khan 2) Amir Khan 4) Aishwarya Rai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Indian-American writer/director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi have won the South Asian Rising Star Film Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the feature film: 1) "Patang" (The Kite) 3) Gandhi My Father 2) Gangs Of Wasseypur 4) Taxi to the Dark Side NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) According to the report of Deutsche Bank, along with India, which among the following countries has the highest Government debt ratios (70%) of the gross domestic product (GDP) among top ten emerging market economies? 1) China 3) Brazil 2) Russia 4) Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) According to the fifth edition of the World Economic Forum's Financial Development Report 2012, out of 62 leading financial systems and capital markets which of the following countries has topped the list? 1) Singapore 3) UK 2) Hong Kong 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Who among the following cricket players has received the prestigious Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2012? 1) Sunil Gavaskar 3) Mohinder Amarnath 2) G.R. Viswanath 4) Ajit Wadekar

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 1

6) Who among the following has received Indira Gandhi National Integration Award 2012 ? 1) Mohan Dharia 3) A. R. Rahman 2) Gulzar 4) Javed Akhtar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Who among the following forward football player won 'Golden Boot Award' 2012 for most goals in Europe? 1) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Henrik Mkhitaryan 2) Andres Iniesta 4) Lionel Messi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) Which among the following State has topped the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) list of being best-performing States and Union territories, released by Planning Commission? 1) Uttarakhand 3) Himachal Pradesh 2) Chandigarh 4) Sikkim NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) One of the top squash players of India, has claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top most squash player Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia. Name the player: 1) Saurav Ghosal 3) Dipika Pallikal 2) Joshna Chinappa 4) Ritwik Bhattacharya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Who among the following won seventh World Billiards Championship title 2012? 1) Mike Russell 3) Pankaj Advani 2) Daniel Sanchez 4) Geet Sethi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh is planning to setting up a boxing academy in which of the following States? 1) Haryana 3) Rajasthan 2) Delhi 4) Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Oceansat-2 is satellite, designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) instrument on Oceansat-1, launched by: 1) Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) 2) National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) 3) UK Space Agency(UKSA) 4) Russian Federal Space Agency(RFSA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 "Conspiracy to kill Rajiv Gandhi - From CBI files" is the book written by: 1) M K Narayanan 3) R Karthikeyan 2) K Ragothaman 4) P. Dwarakanath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Who among the following won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book" Water: Asia's New Battleground"? 13) 10)

1) Jairam Ramesh 2) V. Narayan Murthy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

3) Brahma Chellaney 4) R.K. Pachauri

15) Sultan Qaboos Said bin Said will be the chief guest at the Republic Day of India in 2013. He is ruler of: 1) Oman 3) UAE 2) Saudi Arabia 4) Qatar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following cricket player has announced 25 scholarships for aspiring Indian students to live, learn, work in New Zealand and excel in a field of their choice? 1) Shane Warne 3) Ricky Ponting 2) John Wright 4) Brett Lee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) The developers of Dubai are planning to build a replica of the Taj Mahal four times bigger than the original monument in Dubai. The replica is: 1) Burj Arabia 3) Taj Arabia 2) Taj Khalifa 4) Taj- E- Sultan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) 10th Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Awards for Womens Development presented for the years 2007 was awarded to: 1) Milind E. Kulkarni 3) Veronica Zatluangi 2) Govind Patnaik 4) S.G. Susheelamma NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Gadar movement's year-long centenary celebrations have been launched in the presence of Ambassadors to the US from four countries. Which of the following was not involved among four countries? 1) India 3) Fiji 2) Guyana 4) Suriname NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) Which of the following countries is planning to cut its 280 million per year programme of aid to India from 2015? 1) USA 3) Japan 2) UK 4) France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

October Week 4
1) Recently the picture of a footballer John Terry was in news to be used as pictorial warning on cigarette packets in India, which is replaced now. John Terry is a player of1. France 2. Britain 3. Brazil 4. Argentina NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Which among the following Australian cricket players has launched the annual scholarship scheme in honour of Sir Donald Bradman for an Indian student to study at the University of Wollongong (UOW)? 1. Adam Gilchrist 2. Shane Watson 3. Brett Lee 4. Ricky Ponting NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Recently the government of which of the following states has decided to set up a gymnasium and a library in all its jails to promote physical and mental health of prisoners? 1. Goa 2. Kerala 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) Which of the following movies was awarded with the best Indian Film Award at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2012? 1. Valley of Saints 2. Aqu Y Alla 3. Miss Lovely 4. Ship of Theseus NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) Which of the following historic monument recently has been decided to have a solar power plant to get uninterrupted power supply?

1. Qutb Minar 2. Charminar 3. Gol Gumbaz 4. Taj Mahal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 6) Who among the following won the Indian Grand Prix formula one race, 2012? 1. Michael Schumacher 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Alain Prost 4. Jim Clark NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Pope Benedict XVI recently has named six new cardinals, among whom Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal is an Indian and he was the Archbishop of1. Thiruvananthapuram 2. Goa and Daman 3. Gandhinagar 4. Guwahati NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Recently the services of a World Heritage Site, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway were adversely affected because a portion of Darjeeling station was damaged by1. Flood 2. Fire 3. Earthquake 4. Landslide NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Who among the following has been awarded recently with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for his/her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema by the Edinburgh Napier University? 1. Amitabh Bachchan 2. Jaya Bachchan 3. Sharmila Tagore 4. Jeetendra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

10) A Tamil-Brahmi script inscribed on a potsherd, 1900 years before, which reads nantai kiran, was recently found in which of the following countries of West Asia? 1. Syria 2. Lebanon 3. Yemen 4. Oman NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 11) Which among the following countries is the world's largest rice exporter in 2012? 1. Thailand 2. India 3. Vietnam 4. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Recently, 664 Gram Panchayat members have been declared ineligible for failing to construct a toilet in their houses in which of the following state? 1. Maharashtra 2. Kerala 3. Haryana 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13)The country, which recently decided its ambitious plan to develop deeper relations with India and other booming economies of the region, including through teaching languages like Hindi and Mandarin in its schools, is1. United States 2. Brazil 3. Australia 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) Mehr Din, known as Uncle Pakistan, recently passed away. He was known for his specific presence at1. Ambassy of Pakistan in India 2. Venues of cricket matches participated by Pakistan

3. Wagah border 4. Processions, organized in Pakistan against United States NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 15) Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for lifetime after being found guilty of drug use. He was associated with1. Boxing 2. Cycling 3. Sprints 4. Football NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Who among the female actors was honoured with the life achievement award at the closing function of the 14th Mumbai Film Festival? 1. Rekha 2. Rakhi 3. Waheeda Rehman 4. Zarina Wahab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) Kuldeep Singh was recently in news because he1. is an athlete and he reserved a gold medal in London Paralympics, 2012. 2. has polio and has taken up a tour of the country by tricycle. 3. was a journalist, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. 4. is a statesman of Punjab and has been convicted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for an economic offence. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Felix Baumgartner became the first person to reach supersonic speed without travelling in a jet or spacecraft during plunging from a balloon to the desert of1. New Mexico 2. Kalahari 3. Atacama 4. Gobi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) The Prime Minister of India recently constituted a high-power National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers in a bid to reduce corruption at the cutting edge, which will be chaired by1. Finance Minister 2. Prime Minister 3. Home Minister 4. Corporates Affairs Ministers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Which of the following countries, was suspended after a military revolt in March 2012, recently has been readmitted into the African Union? 1. Mauritania 2. Liberia 3. Namibia 4. Mali NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2. Vijay kumar 3. Ram Singh Yadav 4. Dhan Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4) At which among the following places Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 20 October 2012 launched Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery? 1. Dudu, Rajasthan 2. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 3. Ennore, Andhra Pradesh 4. Wardha, Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Recently, the Eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held at: 1. Hyderabad 2. Jakarta 3. Abu Dhabi 4. Nairobi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Panna Tiger Reserve is located in which among the following states? 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Rajasthan 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 7) Recently, for the first time, the countrys defence establishment led by Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony on October 20, 2012 paid homage to whom? 1.Martyrs of First India-Pakistan war 2.Those who fought the 1962 war with China 3.Martyrs of Kargil war 4.Martyrs of 26/11 incident of Mumbai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) In October 2012, AADHAR Scheme marked which anniversary of the Unique Identification Citizenship Number Project?

October Week 3
1) Recently, in a report released by Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) it has been declared that Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh is critically-polluted area due to the presence of high levels of: 1. Lead 2. Mercury 3. Arsenic 4. Asbestos NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Filmmaker Yash Chopra was not conferred with which among the following honour/award? 1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2. Padma Bhushan 3. Swiss Ambassador's Award 4. Padma Vibhushan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Who among the following sports personalities has been honoured with the Services Best Sportsman award for 2012?

1. First 2. Second 3. Third 4. Fourth NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Recently which among the following aviation companys license was suspended by the DGCA? 1. Jet Airways 2. Go Air 3. Indigo 4. Kingfisher NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Recently, Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley were awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for 2012. They belong to which of the following countries? 1. Russia 2. Israel 3. France 4. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 11) Recently World Food Day has been celebrated across the globe in honour of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It is celebrated every year on: 1. 14 October 2. 15 October 3. 16 October 4. 20 October NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) Films Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India on 16 October 2012 announced its plan of establishing a National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC), first of its kind in India at: 1. New Delhi 2. Mumbai 3. Kolkata 4. Pune NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Recently, The Supreme Court of India rejected the plea of which among the following IPL teams for not to terminate the franchise from being in Indian Premier League (IPL)? 1. KKR 2. Chennai Super Kings 3. Deccan Chargers 4. Delhi Dare Devils NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) In which among the following two states the Election Commission has issued a complete ban on broadcast and publication of the opinion polls during the period of Assembly Elections to be held in November and December 1. Assam and Kerala 2. Rajasthan and Punjab 3. Tamilnadu and Bihar 4. Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Leftist FARC rebels are related with which among the following countries? 1. Mexico 2. Colombia 3. Venezuela 4. Cuba NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) The Union Cabinet recently gave its nod for setting up of the National Automotive Board (NAB). What is the purpose of National Automotive Board (NAB)? 1. to promote the research and development activities of the industry 2. to promote the research and development activities in the field of nuclear science 3. to act as a facilitator in between the civil society organizations and the government 4. to act as a facilitator in between the Naxalites and the government NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) India has planned to get Invar Missiles from: 1. France 2. Israel 3. Russia 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) are caused by : 1. Virus 2. Bacteria 3. Protozoan 4. Fungi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Recently, which among the following magazines has announced that it would shut down its print operations completely and go all-digital? 1. TIME 2. The Week 3. The Economist 4. Newsweek NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) Recently, Tata Starbucks, a joint venture between Tata Global Beverages (TGBL) and Starbucks Coffee Company, opened its first store in India at: 1. New Delhi 2. Jaipur 3. Mumbai 4. Bengaluru NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 1

2) In which of the following countries, Hyderabad-based GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, has received the green nod for port development? 1. South Africa 2. Australia 3. Singapore 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Which of the following National Parks will get remote controlled aircraft and a satellite based electronic eye for round-the-clock surveillance of the animals? 1. Bandipur National Park 2. Kanha National Park 3. Kaziranga National Park 4. Buxa Tiger Reserve NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Which of the following services has been launched by the Indian Railways to find out the location of 6500 trains on real-time basis on Google Map? 1. RailMap 2. RailLoc 3. RailSearch 4. RailRadar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Who of the following has been conferred the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2012? 1. Yashpal 2. Smt. Tessy Thomas 3. Sunil Bharti Mittal 4. Aruna Roy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) At present which among the following countries is the Russias second largest defense customer after India? 1. 2. Algeria Syria

October Week 2
1) India has signed the agreement on joint research project into pricing structures in LNG markets with which among the following countries? 1. 2. 3. 4. Japan Vietnam Sweden South Korea

3. Iraq 4. Iran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 7) China based Research firm, Hurun on October10, 2012 has released INDIA Rich List a list of Indias rich individuals. Who among the following has topped the list? 1. L.N. Mittal 2. Dilip Shanghvi 3. Azim Premji 4. Mukesh Ambani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) Robert Lefkowitz, has won the Nobel Prize 2012 in Chemistry for study and research on Protein Receptors along with1. David J. Wineland 2. Brian Kobilka 3. Saul Perlmutter 4. Richard F. Heck NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Which among the following countries has won women's T-20 world cup 2012? 1. England 2. South Africa 3. Australia 4. New Zealand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) A British biologist who was a key member of the Ian Wilmut team that created Dolly the sheep, has died recently. Name the personality. 1. Peter Englund 2. Keith Campbell 3. Victor Boshi 4. Hans Spemann NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Along with Serge Haroche who among the following American scientists won Nobel Prize 2012 in physics? 1. 2. David Wineland Adam G. Riess

3. Saul Perlmutter 4. George E. Smith NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with LEAD Pakistan and Buksh Foundation has launched which among the following campaigns in Pakistan? 1. Lighting a Country 2. Lighting People 3. Lighting a Million People 4. Lighting a Million Lives NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) Which among the following pharmaceutical companies has launched its first indigenously manufactured re-usable insulin pen 'AllStar'? 1. Sanofi India 2. Novartis India Ltd. 3. Pfizer Ltd. 4. Merck Ltd. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, is the current President of: 1. Yemen 2. Liberia 3. Bulgaria 4. Argentina NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Along with Shinya Yamanaka which one of the following won the Nobel Prize 2012 in physiology or medicine? 1. Ralph M. Steinman 2. Jules A. Hoffmann 3. John B. Gurdon 4. Bruce A. Beutler NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Antisa Khvichava, who claimed to be the world's oldest living person surviving through two World Wars and the Russian Revolution, has died at the age of 132. She belongs to:

1. Georgia 2. Russia 3. Switzerland 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) In which of the following States, ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre is not located? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Karnataka 3. Kerala 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) Who among the following personalities won Nobel Prize in Literature for year 2012? 1. Liu Xiaobo 2. Mo Yan 3. Gao Xingjian 4. Mario Vargas Llosa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) Which among the following bollywood actor is brand ambassador of West Bengal? 1. Shah Rukh Khan 2. Sharmila Tagore 3. Aishwarya Rai 4. Mithun Chakraborty NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Which among the following Indian born women has become the First Woman Team Principal in Formula one team Sauber, a swiss Formula one team? 1. Lella Lombardi 2. Manisha Williams 3. Sunita Maria 4. Monisha Kalterborn NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Punjab 2. Delhi 3. Haryana 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) The tunnel that connects the two monuments of historical importance- Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort, has been inaugurated in which of the following cities of Rajasthan? 1. Udaipur 2. Jaipur 3. Jodhpur 4. Nagaur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) The Shadman Chowk has been renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk on the 105th birth anniversary. Shadman Chowk is located in which among the following cities? 1. Amritsar 2. Peshawar 3. Lahore 4. Patiala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) According to latest reports, the highest incidence of the juvenile rape cases ((23.6%) was reported from: 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Maharashtra 3. Haryana 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) The tomb of a powerful seventh-century Maya queen 'Kabel', who carried the title Supreme Warrior, has been discovered recently by archaeologists in which of the following countries? 1. Guatemala 2. Jamaica 3. Cuba 4. Honduras NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

October Week 1
1) Which of the following State Governments has announced to launch the biggest ever door-to-door campaign for early detection of cancer?

6) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bought 30 per cent stake in Houston-based Carrizo Oil & Gas's Niobrara shale oil and gas assets in Colorado for $82.5 million (about Rs.428 crore) jointly with which of the following oil companies? 1. Hindustan Petroleum 2. Oil India Ltd. (OIL) 3. Bharat Petroleum 4. Reliance Petroleum NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) MagicBoard, an integrated portable device, is a mobile office that can issue a policy on the spot, has been launched by which among the following insurance companies? 1. IndiaFirst Life Insurance 2. National Insurance Co Ltd 3. Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd 4. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Which among the following Life Insurance companies is a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and U.K.'s Legal & General? 1. Pramerica Life Insurance 2. Future Generali India Life Insurance 3. Aviva Life Insurance 4. IndiaFirst Life Insurance NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) '30-Plus', popular energiser brand, relaunched by Dabur, has been promoted by which Bollywood female actors? 1. Kareena Kapoor 2. Malaika Arora Khan 3. Priyanka Chopra 4. Katrina Kaif NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Which among the following seven times world Champion German Formula-one driver, has recently announced his retirement from Formula one Race? 1. Sebastian Vettel

2. Nico Rosberg 3. Michael Schumacher 4. Niko Hlkenberg NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Who among the following is the brand ambassador of the 'Nirmal Bharat Yatra'? 1. Priyanka Chopra 2. Vidya Balan 3. Rahul Dravid 4. Salman Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Endangered Gangetic dolphin ( Platanista Gangetica ) is also known as: 1. 'Tiger of the Ganges' 2. 'Queen of the Ganges' 3. 'Doughter of the Ganges' 4. 'Elephant of the Ganges' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which among the following banks has been awarded recently gold trophy of Niryat Bandhu Award? 1. Bank of Baroda 2. Punjab National Bank 3. Bank of India 4. Canara Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Which of the following countries has unveiled a colossal radio telescope that will allow astronomers to detect distant galaxies and explore the depths of the universe with unprecedented precision? 1. Germany 2. Australia 3. Switzerland 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) A Maldivian court has issued an arrest warrant against the countrys first democratically elected President. Name the personality. 1. Mohamed Nasheed

2. Md. Waheed Hassan Manik 3. Ibrahim Nasir 4. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following is the longestserving chief minister of the Gujarat? 1. Hitendra K Desai 2. Madhav Singh Solanki 3. Chimanbhai Patel 4. Narendra Modi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Who among the following is the current administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)? 1. Christopher Scolese 2. Charles Bolden 3. Michael D. Griffin 4. Frederick D. Gregory NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) 'Liaoning', is the first aircraft carrier of: 1. China 2. Japan 3. India 4. Sri Lanka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Who among the following won Japanese Grand Prix 2012? 1. Felipe Massa 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Kamui Kobayashi 4. Jenson Button NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who among the following is the current chairperson of the Indian Central Board of Film Certification? 1. Nandita Das 2. Anupam Kher 3. Sharmila Tagore 4. Leela Samson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

September Week 4
1) Which among the following former naval chief has been appointed India's new high commissioner to Canada recently? 1. Sureesh Mehta 2. Nirmal Verma 3. Arun Prakash 4. Madhvendra Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Recently, Human Rights activist Sima Samar won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award. She belongs to: 1. Pakistan 2. Bangladesh 3. Afghanistan 4. Egypt NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) 'The Casual Vacancy' is a novel written by: 1. Salman Rushdie 2. J.K. Rowling 3. Vikram Seth 4. Amitav Ghose NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4) The Group of Ministers (GoM) on pharmaceutical pricing policy is headed by: 1. Ghulam Nabi Azad 2. Sharad Pawar 3. Srikant Jena 4. Salman Khurshid NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Recently which among the following acquired the Indian business of Australia based Woolworths? 1. Infiniti Retail Ltd 2. J P Infratech 3. DLF 4. Lanco Infrastructure NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Samsung has recently unveiled upgraded version of its phablet in India. Name it:

1. Galaxy Note I 2. Galaxy Note II 3. Galaxy Note III 4. Galaxy Note V NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Who among the following won FIDE Grand Prix 2012 held in Ankara? 1. A. Muzychuk 2. Zhao Xue 3. Koneru Humpy 4. Ruan Lufei NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) Indias first National Security Adviser has been died recently. Name the personality: 1. J N Dixit 2. Brajesh Mishra 3. M K Narayanan 4. Shivshankar Menon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) To promote the message of making the country open defecation-free and ensuring proper sanitation in rural areas which among the following campaign has been started recently? 1. Swachchha Bharat Yatra 2. Nirmal Bharat Yatra 3. Swastha Bharat Yatra 4. Nirmal Gram Yatra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Who among the following is/was the chairman of 13th Finance Commission? 1. C.Rangarajan 2. A.M.Khusro 3. Vijay L. Kelkar 4. K.C Pant NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Phoenix a 125-cc motorcycle, has been launched by: 1. 2. Hero Motor TVS

3. Bajaj Auto 4. Honda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Which among the following Indian is a member in the board of U.K.-based global banking giant HSBC Holdings? 1. N. R. Narayana Murthy 2. Azim Premji 3. Nandan Nilekani 4. Vikram Pandit NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Lewis Hamilton has recently signed a three-year deal with which of the following formula one team? 1. Red bull 2. Mercedes 3. McLaren 4. Ferrari NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) 'Dans le harem de Kadhafi' is a book written by: 1. Annick Cojean 2. Larry Ellison 3. Jeff Bezos 4. Lewis Hamilton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) E Lobby, a new initiative with 24x7 cash deposit, cash withdrawal, cheque deposit and passbook updating facility launched for which of the following banks customers? 1. Punjab National Bank 2. Union Bank of India 3. ICICI Bank 4. Kotak Mahindra Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following won Singapore Grand Prix 2012? 1. 2. 3. 4. Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso Jenson Button

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 2

4. Tokyo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2)'Samajwadi Swastha Sewa' is a: 1. Free emergency ambulance service in Uttar Pradesh 2. Free medicine scheme in Uttar Pradesh 3. Free telemedicine scheme for villagers in Uttar Pradesh 4. Free health check up scheme launched by Uttar Pradesh government NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Swami Keshawanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU) ViceChancellor has been recently conferred as the honorary Colonel of Indian Army in Bikaner. Name the personality: 1. M Abdul Salam 2. Balkrishna Charanlal Kanojia 3. Anil Kumar Dahama 4. T C Shivashankara Murthy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali, also known as The Greatest inside the ring, has been suffering from which of the following disease? 1. Parkinson's 2. Schizophrenia 3. Epilepsy 4. Dysthymia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Which of the following IT company has been found guilty of infringing Apple patents on the design of smartphones and tablets by a German court? 1. Motorola 2. Nokia 3. Samsung 4. Micromax NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6)'Joseph Anton' is a book written by: 1. Andre Dubus

17) Which among the following High Courts has permitted a Jain trust to preserve an ancient 15-ft statue of deity Lord Adinath, popularly known as 'Bade Baba'? 1. Gujarat 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Bihar 4. Rajasthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which among the following Universities is also known by Oxford of the East? 1. Calcutta University 2. Allahabad University 3. Utkal University 4. Banaras Hindu University NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) The first indigenously built ship by Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd, a Gujarat Government unit, has been commissioned into the Navy. Name the ship: 1. INS Makaradhwaj 2. INS Makar 3. INS Magar 4. INS Kark NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) 'Arrogant Master' is the book written by which of one the following cricket players? 1. Kapil Dev 2. Yuvraj Singh 3. Rahul Dravid 4. Saurav Ganguly NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

September Week 3
1) The 56th General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held in: 1. 2. 3. New York Vienna Paris

2. Salman Rushdie 3. Cormac McCarthy 4. Denis Johnson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, believed to have been constructed 200 years ago, has been prevented from demolition by a court in which of the following countries recently? 1. Pakistan 2. Bangladesh 3. Afghanistan 4. Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Which has won Miss Almaty-2012 title among the following Indian-Kazakh girls? 1. Alia Raikhan 2. Farida Malik 3. Sabina Siddiqi 4. Sabina Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) FIFA has labelled 10-month ban on Juventus coach Antonio Conte for not reporting match-fixing. Antonio belongs to: 1. Spain 2. France 3. Italy 4. Portugal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) Who among the following is the current President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)? 1. N. Srinivasan 2. Mustafa Kamal 3. Ijaz Butt 4. Nasim Ashraf NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Worlds smallest bodybuilder from India, who was 2ft 9ins, has passed away recently after collapsing from a brain aneurysm. Name the personality: 1. 2. Ranjit Pal Mansoor Badshah

3. Vitendra Singh 4. Aditya Romeo Dev NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Who among the following is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia? 1. Meles Zenwai 2. Haile Mariam Desalegn 3. Tamirat Layne 4. Hailu Yimenu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Which of the following retail Groups, in India, is the 50:50 partner of worlds largest retailer Walmart Stores Inc? 1. Bharti Group 2. Reliance group 3. Sara Group 4. Future Group NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Which of the following hospitals group has bagged the Asian Hospital Management Awards 2012 in four categories- customer service, corporate social responsibility, cost reduction and patient safety? 1. Fortis hospitals 2. Apollo hospitals 3. Max hospital 4. Wockhardt hospitals NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) An Odisha-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, self-financing university, has decided to confer an honorary doctorate to which of the following chief Minister for his/her sacrifice and efforts to improve the conditions of the poor and backward sections of society. 1. Nitish Kumar 2. Navin Patnaik 3. Mamata Banerjee 4. Akhilesh Yadav NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Who among the following has been recently recommended for the post of

Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal by the Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia? 1. Justice Altamas Kabir 2. Justice Swatanter Kumar 3. Justice R V Raveendran 4. Justice L S Pant NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Sunita Williams has taken over the command of the International Space Station, becoming the second woman in history to do so. Who was the first record holder? 1. Peggy Whitson 2. Kathryn D. Sullivan 3. Shannon Lucid 4. Valentina Tereshkov NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Pakistan has successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VII cruise missile with a range of 700 km. Hatf-VII is also known as: 1. Ghauri 2. Ghaznavi 3. Babur 4. Abdali NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) The Supreme Court has recently initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against which of the following newspapers along with 'The Indian Express for distorting court proceedings? 1. The Hindustan Times 2. The Times of India 3. The Hindu 4. The Pioneer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) An ambitious Airborne Warning and Control System( AWACS) project has mounted an Israeli Phalcon radar system on which of the following Russian aircrafts? 1. 2. 3. 4. Sukhoi Su-27 Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder' Ilyushin IL-76 Mikoyan MiG-29

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 3

September Week 2
1) Who among the following pairs won US Open men's doubles final 2012? 1. Bob and Mike Bryan 2. Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek 3. J. Benneteau and N. Mahut 4. J. Benneteau and N. Mahut NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Which among the following countries won FIFA U-20 womens World Cup 2012? 1. Germany 2. USA 3. Japan 4. Nigeria NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3)'Aditya-1' is a: 1. India's first solar satellite 2. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 3. unmanned aircraft 4. radar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Which among the following films won the Golden Lion for best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival? 1. 'Paradise-Faith' 2. 'Fill the Void' 3. The Master' 4. 'Pieta' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Who among the following won the Italian Grand Prix 2012? 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Fernando Alonso 4. Sergio Perez NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) 'Narcopolis' was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for fiction. Who among the following is the writer of this novel? 1. Aravind Adiga 2. Jeet Thayil 3. Kiran Desai 4. Hilary Mantel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) As per United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) in its Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012,the worlds highest under-five mortality rates were in: 1. Ethiopia 2. Bangladesh 3. Nigeria 4. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) Christopher Stevens, ambassador of the United States, has been recently killed during an armed mob attack in: 1. Egypt 2. Syria 3. Libya 4. Afghanistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Which among the following nationalised banks has recently opened its first branch in South Africa? 1. SBI 2. Bank of India 3. Punjab National Bank 4. Bank of Baroda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Who among the following is the current president of the Indian Newspaper Society? 1. K.N. Tilak Kumar 2. Ashish Bagga 3. K. Balaji 4. Manoj Kumar Sonthalia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) The Coal Ministry has recently accepted the recommendations of the InterMinisterial Group (IMG) and notified deallocation of four blocks. The IMG, was headed by: 1. B K Chaturvedi 2. Zohra Chatterjee 3. B K Saxsena 4. Anjali Anand Srivastava NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) The Allain Duhangan Hydro Project Limited (ADHPL), a joint venture between Bhilwara Energy Limited and Norways SN Power, is located in: 1. Uttarakhand 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jammu & Kashmir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Uralkali, the world's second largest potash producer by capacity, belongs to: 1. USA 2. China 3. Germany 4. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) The uninhabited group of Islands Senkaku or Diaoyu turned up to be the cause for mounting tensions between China and: 1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. India 4. Taiwan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) India's Virender Singh won the bronze medal in the Men's 84 kgs free style category in 3rd World Deaf Championship held in: 1. Canada 2. Bulgaria 3. South Africa 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) Which among the following books, edited by Laurent Gayer and Christopher Jafferlot, has been recently released by Vice president of India Hamid Ansari? 1. I Believe A Philosophy for the Global Society 2 .Muslim in Indian cities 3. The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty 4. Chronicle Of A Corpse Bearer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) To promote worldwide action to prevent suicides World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed every year on: 1. September 12 2. September 10 3. September 15 4. September 14 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which among the following software companies has recently acquired Switzerland based global management consultancy firm Lodestone? 1. TCS 2. Wipro 3. Infosys 4. HCL Technologies NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) 16th Non-Aligned Movement(NAM ) summit was held in: 1. Egypt 2. Iran 3. Cuba 4. Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Which one of the following countries has recently successfully tested the new 14,000 km-range Dongfeng-41 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)? 1. 2. 3. China Russia Japan

4. Israel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

September Week 1
1) Which of the following has been the 100th mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)? 1. PSLV C-21 2. GSLV 8 3. PSLV C-15 4. RISAT NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Which of the following players recently announced hid retirement from the Tennis? 1. Andy Murry 2. Rafael Nadal 3. Roger Federer 4. Andy Roddick NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Dr. Verghese Kurien is related with: 1. Yellow Revolution 2. Green Revolution 3. Blue Revolution 4. White Revolution NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) Which of the following countries is not a member of The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC)? 1) China 2) Cambodia 3) Lao Peoples Democratic Republic 4) Myanmar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Which of the following countries is known as the Rock of Polynesia? 1. Tonga 2. New Zealand 3. Nieu 4. Samoa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

6) Recently, a special court convicted 32 people, in infamous 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case. Naroda Patiya riots are related with: 1. Punjab 2. Maharashtra 3. Gujarat 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: null 7) What was Indias official rank in Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 released on 5 September 2012 by the World Economic Forum? 1. 59 2. 60 3. 61 4. 62 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Which of the following personalities has become the first person from IndianAmerican origin to serve as a parliamentarian for Democratic National Convention? 1. Preeta Shah 2. Indra Nooyi 3. Kiran Majumdar Shaw 4. Smita Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Recently Aditi Mukherjee won which of the following the prestigious award? 1. Stockholm Water Prize 2. Norman Borlaug Award 3. Pulitzer Prize 4. Booker Prize NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Recently, CIC Energy Corp of Canada was acquired by which of the following Indian companies? 1. Tata Steel 2. Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) 3. SAIL 4. Bhushan Steels NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Recently, which of the following young politician has been commissioned to be a Lieutenant in Territorial Army? 1. Omar Abdulla 2. Rahul Gandhi 3. Akhilseh Yadav 4. Sachin Pilot NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) High jumper Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda won a silver medal at London Paralympics Games. He belongs to: 1. Archery 2. Long jump 3. High jump 4. Hurdle event NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Which of the following personalities has been appointed as the chief economist and senior vice president of The World Bank? 1. Raghuramji Raman 2. Kaushik Basu 3. C Rangarajan 4. Y C Deveshwar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at: 1. Tehran 2. Baghdad 3. Cairo 4. Riyadh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Recently, Supreme Court directed to which of the following group to refund around 17400 crore rupees to their investors within three months with 15 per cent interest? 1. Reliance Capital 2. JAYPEE Finances 3. Sahara 4. HDFC Investments NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Which of the following countries topped the medal tally in London Olympics? 1. China 2. Russia 3. USA 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) Recently, The Bloomberg Markets magazine has included which Indian personality in the list of 50 most influential people in the finance category? 1. Chanda Kochar 2. Sikha Sharma 3. Kiran Majumdar Shaw 4. Mamta Banerjee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) Which of the following banks has announced that it is going to launch its services on social media platform Facebook in order to expand its internet banking services? 1. SBI 2. HDFC 3. PNB 4. ICICI NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Recently, which of the following countries has unanimously passed a resolution to label the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist group? 1. France 2. UK 3. USA 4. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) Which of the following personality is current CAG? 1. Pradeep Kumar 2. Bikram Singh 3. Vinod Rai 4. V S Sampath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

August Week 4
1) Which among the following States of India has highest Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Bihar 3. Rajasthan 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) 'AH-64 Apache' is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter developed in: 1. Russia 2. France 3. USA 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Who among the following personalities is the oldest Indian woman to scale Mt Everest? 1. Meghlal Mahato 2. Sunita Mahato 3. Binita Soren 4. Premlata Agrawal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) Who among the following is the current president of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry? 1. Mahendra Parmir 2. Kosala Wikramanayake 3. Iftikhar Ali Malik 4. Vikramjit Singh Sahaney NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Sixth Asian Science Camp was recently held in: 1. Tsukuba, Japan 2. Jerusalem, Israel 3. Daejeon, Korea 4. Taipei, China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Pharmaceutical company Wockhardt is going to launch a generic version of Comtan

tablets, used in treating Parkinsons disease in which of the following companies? 1. USA 2. UK 3. India 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Who among the following won men's Cincinnati Masters title 2012? 1. Novak Djokovic 2. Roger Federer 3. Andy Murray 4. Andy Roddick NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and does not chew or gnaw has been recently found in: 1. Malaysia 2. Ethiopia 3. India 4. Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Who among the following has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2012? 1. Wahiduddin Khan 2. D. R. Mehta 3. Gautam Bhai 4. N Radhakrishnan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Which among the following States has recently announced that any person below 18 years will be considered a child labourer if he or she is employed? 1. Haryana 2. Gujarat 3. Rajasthan 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11)Which among the following States has bagged top position in dairy farming with a

95.4 lakh metric tonne production in 2011-12 fiscal years? 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Meghalaya 3. Gujarat 4. Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Which of the following Power companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Datang Corporation (CDT) to form a strategic partnership for development and operation of power and energy projects in India and abroad? 1. Suzlon Energy 2. Tata Power 3. Reliance Power 4. Jaipraksh Power NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Recently, who among the following has been appointed as the chief economic adviser in the finance ministry? 1. Kaushik Basu 2. Raghuram G Rajan 3. Dr. Rajiv Kumar 4. Anil Bisen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Six top coaches of the country, including London Olympic Games bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's mentor Yashvir Singh has been recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya Award 2012 by 15member award committee. The committee was headed by: 1. Aslam Sher Khan 2. Rajkumar Sangwan 3. Morad Ali Khan 4. Prem Chand Degra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Who among the following won Indianapolis MotoGP 2012? 1. 2. Andrea Dovizioso Casey Stoner

3. Dani Pedrosa 4. Jorge Lorenzo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Who among the following Indian women has been ranked top in the Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women list, recently released by the Forbes magazine? 1. Indra Nooyi 2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 3. Chanda Kochhar 4. Sonia Gandhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Which of the following States tourism has been recently awarded as the 'Best State for Pilgrimage Tourism 2012' by Safari India? 1. Rajasthan 2. Odisha 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Sikkim NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Who among the following has been appointed as India's Governor on the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank and African Development Fund? 1. Arvind Mayaram 2. Bimal Julka 3. Namo Narain Meena 4. P. Chidambaram NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Who among the following is the president of the International Paralympic Committee? 1. Philip Craven 2. Jacques Rogge 3. John W. Mitchell 4. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) India has planned to invest between Rs 300-Rs 400 crore in the second phase of Irans port expansion. Name the port:

1. Bushehr port 2. Khoramshahr port 3. Chabahar port 4. Noushahr port NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

August Week 3
1) Who among the following won mens singles Western & Southern Open Title (Cincinnati Masters ) at Cincinnati on 19 August 2012? 1. Roger Federer 2. Novak Djokovic 3. Andy Murray 4. Rafael Nadal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Which among the following Bollywood female actors has been signed recently as the Brand Ambassador of Japanese FMCG Firm, Unicharm? 1. Katrina Kaif 2. Anushka Sharma 3. Kareena Kapoor 4. Vidya Balan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Who among the following won the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant? 1. Sophie Moulds 2. Jessica Kahawaty 3. Yu Wenxia 4. Ivian Sarcos NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the head of the 15member committee, set up to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee and Arjun Award winners? 1. Ravi Shastri 2. Omkar Singh 3. Vishvanathan Anand 4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the head of the 15-member committee, set up to select the Dronacharya Awardees? 1. Akhil Kumar 2. Aslam Sher Khan 3. Khajan Singh 4. Baichung Bhutia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? 1. Poonam Kishore Saxena 2. Laxman Das 3. Sudhir Chandra 4. M C Joshi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Along with Vijay Kumar who among the following has been conferred with the countrys highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2012? 1. Sushil Kumar 2. Deepika Kumari 3. Yogeshwar Dutt 4. Vishvanathan Anand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) According to data disclosed by the Drug Controller-General of India, during the period (January 2008- January 2012) which of the following States has recorded the maximum number of deaths due to SAEs (Serious Adverse Events) during drug trials? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Karnataka 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Lakhdar Brahimi has been recently appointed as the new joint special representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria. He belongs to:

1. Ghana 2. Algeria 3. Lebanon 4. Ezypt NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) According to latest ICC Test Championship table which among the following cricket teams is the Worlds Number One Test Cricket team? 1. South Africa 2. England 3. Australia 4. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Which among the following States has recently declared House Sparrow as the official bird of the state? 1. Haryana 2. Rajasthan 3. New Delhi 4. Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) Which of the following state government has recently announced a comprehensive ban on gutka that will come into effect from 11 September 2012? 1. Chattisgarh 2. Gujarat 3. Uttarakhand 4. Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands is a disputed territory between which of the following countries? 1. South Korea & Japan 2. China & Taiwan 3. Malaysia & Indonesia 4. China & Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) The X-51A WaveRider, is a hypersonic missile currently being tested by:

1. USA 2. Russia 3. Israel 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced the Prime Minister Shram Awards for year 2011 on 15 August 2012. Who among the following has been nominated for the prestigious Shram Ratna Award? 1. Shri Nagaraja 2. Sunil Maruti Naikawadi 3. S.P. Gupta 4. None of these NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) Who among the following sports person has been conferred the Himachal Gaurav Samman? 1. Vijay Kumar 2. Yogeshwar Dutt 3. Akhil Kumar 4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) President Pranab Mukherjee has recently appointed whom as the first Chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK)? 1. Anil Kakodkar 2. Srikumar Banerjee 3. Yellapragada Subba Rao 4. Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Nadezhda Ostapchuk has been stripped of the womens Olympic shot put title after failing a drugs test. She belongs to: 1. Russia 2. Ukraine 3. Belarus 4. Italy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) Indian Railways has started an AC double-decker train from August 16, 2012 between: 1. Delhi and Jaipur 2. Agra and Jaipur 3. Surat and Mumbai 4. Howrah and Dhanbad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Who among the following would be conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), the third highest civilian honour of Pakistan? 1. Wahab Asharafi 2. Gopi Chand Narang 3. Rahat Indori 4. Syed Waheed Ashraf NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

August Week 2
1) A district court in Wisconsin, U.S., recently issued summons to the visiting Chief Minister of which of the following state of India, accusing him of overseeing human rights violations and torture in his State? 1. Jammu and Kashmir 2. Gujarat 3. Punjab 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2) A new online radio Dubai Telugu Radio (DTR) is going to be launched soon. The radios website www.dubaiteluguradio.com was launched recently at a function in which of the following city? 1. Visakhapatnam 2. Hyderabad 3. Dubai 4. Riyadh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Which of the following board, recently has entered into a partnership with a private foreign education company, Pearson?

1. Central Board of Secondary Education 2. Indian Council for Secondary Education 3. Punjab School Education Board 4. Board of Secondary Education, Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) The Government of India has given all statutory clearances, to the Bhilai steel plant, for mining at which of the following iron-ore mine, after Dalli-Rajhara, to continue the plant? 1. Bailadila 2. Mahamaya-Dulki 3. Sinshi Gaval 4. Rowghat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) India's first financial super market aimed at cross-selling non-standard banking products recently has been opened in which of the following city? 1. Jaipur 2. Ahmedabad 3. Hyderabad 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) India Post has chosen, as its technology and consulting partner to integrate its delivery of financial products across its network of 1.5 lakh post offices in the country, to which of the following company? 1. TCS 2. Infosys 3. Wipro 4. Mahindra Satyam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) G. Ananthapadmanabhan, recently called for an impartial investigation led by the United Nations to render justice to those affected in war crimes in Sri Lanka, is the Chief Executive, in India, of which of the following organisation? 1. United Nations Human Rights Commission 2. United Nations Refugee Agency

3. Amnesty International 4 .International Bank for Reconstruction and Development NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) Biju Kolara Veettil, who was believed to have been executed after being kidnapped in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf group, recently has been freed. He belongs to which of the following state of India? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Which of the following, Asias largest fresh water lake, was recently in news to be encroached upon over the past century reducing it from 217 sq km to just 125 sq km? 1. Aral Sea 2. Wullar Lake 3. Caspian Sea 4. Vembanad Lake NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) The Dokdo island was recently in news as a cause of tautness between which of the following countries? 1. Japan and South Korea 2. China and Taiwan 3. Russia and Japan 4. North Korea and South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Union Minister for Women & Child Development Krishna Tirath recently represented India at the Global Nutrition Event, which was held in1. Geneva 2. Rome 3. Van 4. London NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Attacks, in which Afghans turn their weapons against their foreign allies and

have killed a total of 34 international soldiers this year, are known as1. Green-on-Red attacks 2. Red on Green attacks 3. Green-on-blue attacks 4. Blue on Red attacks NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) During the second week of august, which of the following country faced two strong quakes, that caused death of at least 50 people and injury of hundreds? 1. North Korea 2. Singapore 3. Syria 4. Iran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Stateless refugee Guor Marial shared as a rare Independent Olympic Athlete in London. Basically he belongs to which of the following country? 1. Sierra Leone 2. Burkina Faso 3. Sudan 4. Libya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 15) The women sprint relay team of which of the following country drew a new world record of 40.82 seconds at the London Olympic? 1. Jamaica 2. United States of America 3. Australia 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Hamid Ansari has became the second Vice-President of India to get a second consecutive term. Who among the following was the first Vice-President of India to get second consecutive tenure? 1. 2. 3. S. Radhakrishnan Zakir Hussain G.S. Pathak

4. V.V. Giri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Well-known litterateur and 2011 Kendra Sahitya Akademi award winner, Samala Sadasiva recently passed away at the age of 85. He belongs to1. Telugu 2. Malayalam 3. Gujarati 4. Marathi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram recently presented the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovation. The awards are given for1. Literature 2. Science and Technology 3. Trade and Enterprise 4. Social Services NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) Which of the following state recently bagged the Best State for Adventure Tourism Destination Award, being a global tourist destination, in the world, during last over two decades? 1. Kerala 2. Karnataka 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) Celebration of Platinum Jubilee of Legislative Assembly of which of the following state was started from 13th of August, 2012? 1. Maharashtra 2. Tamilnadu 3. Bihar 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

August Week 1
1) Which among the following is India's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine? 1. INS Sindhuvir 2. INS Arihant 3. INS Chakra 4. INS Sindhuratna NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) 'SQ-4 Recon', a new 'nanodrone' weighing just 198 grams, one of the smallest unmanned aerial vehicles in world, has been devised in which of the following countries? 1. UK 2. USA 3. Israel 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Which of the following electronics manufacturer has announced to launch a special range of robot and tablet bearing the Indian shooters name 'Gagan'? 1. Samsung Electronics 2. Milagrow Human Tech 3. Sony India Ltd. 4. LG Electronics India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4) According to latest Forbes survey, who among the following has topped the list of the world's highest paid women in professional sports? 1. Caroline Wozniacki 2. Danica Patrick 3. Maria Sharapova 4. Venus Williams NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) First Naval Air Station in Nicobar Group of Islands has been recently commissioned by Admiral Nirmal Verma at Campbell Bay. Name the Naval station: 1. 2. INS Baaz INS Rajali

3. INS Tanaji 4. INS Arihant NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Francois Hollande has pledged that the 2,000 combat troops in Afghanistan will return home by the end of 2012. Francois Hollande is the president of: 1. Canada 2. France 3. New Zealand 4. Poland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which of the following State governments has launched Sakala scheme, the Guarantee of Services to Citizens System within a stipulated time limit? 1. Karnataka 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Kerala 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) 'INDRA-2012' is the joint military exercises that will be held from August 7 to 17 between: 1. India-Israel 2. Japan- India 3. India USA 4. Russia- India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) 14th International Braille chess Association (IBCA) chess Olympiad 2012 will be held in: 1. India 2. Germany 3. Romania 4. Hungary NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Former Indian cricket player Venkatesh Prasad has been recently appointed as coach of which of the following States cricket team?

1. Karnataka 2. Haryana 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Guyanas Parliament has planned to investigate the $15,000 monthly pension that lawmakers earlier approved for which of the following former President? 1. Bharrat Jagdeo 2. Janet Jagan 3. Sam Hinds 4. Cheddi Jagan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) by: 'Fifty Shades Darker' is a book written

1. Subhash Ghising 2. D.S Gurung 3. Bimal Gurung 4. Roshan Giri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Which of the following former Prime Minister of Fiji has been found guilty on corruption charges and punished for one year prison by the Supreme Court of Fiji? 1. Frank Bainimarama 2. Jona Senilagakali 3. Mahendra Chaudhry 4. Laisenia Qarase NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Vijay Kumar won the silver medal in which of the following events at the London Olympic Games 2012? 1. 25m rapid fire pistol 2. 10m air rifle 3. 10m air pistol 4. 50m pistol NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Who among the following has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Puraskar 2012? 1. Swami Agnivesh 2. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan 3. D. R. Mehta 4. Lata Mangeshkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) According to latest Annual Health Survey (AHS) of India, the world's largest demographic exercise with a sample size of 20.1 million people from 4.1 million households, the highest percentage( 31.6%) of men guzzlers is in: 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Jharkhand 3. Odisha 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. E L James 2. Barbara Taylor Bradford 3. Janet Dailey 4. Jackie Collins NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which among the following State Governments has recently launched 'Ladli Laxmi Scheme' for girls who lie between the age group of 18-40 years would be provided with Rs. 1 Lakh for their marriage? 1. Goa 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Haryana 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) A new species of spider found only on one island in Queensland, Australia was named after the British naturalist: 1. Charles Darwin 2. David Attenborough 3. James Franklin 4. Albert Ernest Kitson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Who among the following has been sworn in as the Head of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration?

20) In which of the following States the unmarried daughters of retired government employees will be entitled to a share in the family pension even after attaining the age of 25? 1. Haryana 2. Rajasthan 3. Punjab 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2. Fernando Alonso 3. Sebastian Vettel 4. Mark Webber NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Who among the following has been chosen for Fukuoka Prize 2012? 1. Muhammad Yunus 2. Vandana Shiva 3. Pt. Ravi Shankar 4. Romila Thapar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Codenamed D-104, the bike is expected to be launched by which of the following companies in October-November 2012? 1. Bajaj 2. Hero MotoCorp 3. Honda 4. Yamaha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Fourth-seeded American Andy Roddick defeated which among the following tennis players in the final of the ATP Atlanta Open 2012? 1. M. Russell 2. Gilles Muller 3. Lleyton Hewitt 4. David Ferrer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Olympian Neil Hawgood has took over as the head coach of the Indian womens hockey team. He belongs to: 1. Germany 2. New Zealand 3. Australia 4. Italy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Who among the following won the 99th Edition of Tour de France Bicycle Race? 1. 2. Bradley Wiggins Froom Christopher

July Week 4
1) Speaker Meira Kumar has set up Lok Sabhas Fellowship Committee to enabling better understanding of the functioning of Parliament and to identify the changing nature and role of parliamentary institutions. Committee is headed by: 1. Prem Das Rai 2. L. Hanumanthaiah 3. B. S. Mangal Murty 4. Girija Vyas NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) After the blacklisting of an Israeli, supplier of the FSAPDS (Fin Stabilized Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot) used by T-90 and T72 tanks, India has now approached for supplying these tank shells with: 1. Japan 2. Russia 3. France 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Who among the following is the current president of Mauritius? 1. Raouf Bundhun 2. Anerood Jugnauth 3. Rajkeshwur Purryag 4. Ariranga Pillay NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) 1. Who won German Grand Prix 2012? Lewis Hamilton

3. Mark Cavendish 4. Alberto Contador NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Who among the following won 59th Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011? 1. K. Balachander 2. Soumitra Chatterejee 3. D. Ramanaidu 4. V. K. Murthy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Which of the following state governments has decided to completely ban the production, storage, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine? 1. Punjab 2. Jharkhand 3. Odisha 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Who among the following has been chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012 for economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families in rural India? 1. P. Sainath 2. Laxminarayan Ramdas 3. Kulandei Francis 4. Nileema Mishra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Jeet Thayil, noted Kerala-born poet and novelist, has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2012 for his debut novel: 1. Narcopolis 2. The Garden of Evening Mists 3. Umbrella 4. The Lighthouse NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: null 14) Along with Sridevi Vedula Sarma, Pawan Sinha and Biju Parekkadan who among the following Indian-American has been recently honoured by prestigious Presidential

Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers in USA? 1. Sabeer Bhatia 2. Parag A Pathak 3. Krishna Bharat 4. Sharmila Bhattacharya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Elly Katabira is the current president of the International AIDS Society. She belongs to: 1. Uganda 2. Austria 3. Italy 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following is the current Central Provident Fund Commissioner of India? 1. Samirendra Chatterjee 2. R.C. Mishra 3. Abid Hussain 4. Mahendra Raju NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Along with noted physicist A. K. Sood who among the following have been chosen for the prestigious Gujar Mal Modi Award 2012? 1. T.V Ramakrishnan 2. K. S. Valdiya 3. Asis Datta 4. Palle Rama Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Syeda Rizwana Hasan has won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012 for her outstanding contribution in judicial activism for environment. He belongs to: 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Malaysia 4. Bangladesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) The expert committee on GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rules) has been set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under the chairmanship of: 1. Gaurav Choudhury 2. Parthasarathi Shome 3. Y.V Reddy 4. V.T Dehejia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Name the first American woman space traveller, who has recently passed away owing to pancreatic cancer. 1. Judith Resnik 2. Sally Ride 3. Anna Lee Fisher 4. Mary L. Cleave NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4. IIM, Calcutta NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) FIDE womens Grand Prix chess tournament, in which Koneru Humpy posted her second straight win, was recently held at: 1. Kieve, Ukrain 2. Istanbul, Turkey 3. Mosow, Russia 4. Jermuk, Armenia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Which among the following State governments has recently rolled back from its order banning sale and storage of tobacco products like gutka, pan masala and khaini? 1. Maharashtra 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Bihar 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) A rare Indian snake species Red Coral Kukri has been recently discovered at Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS). Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in: 1. Assam 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) Who among the following Indian American has been appointed US Governments first-ever Chief Technology Officer by President Barack Obama? 1. Aneesh Chopra 2. V Ramakrishnan 3. K. Mani Chandy 4. Thomas Kailath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Which one of the following USA based oil companies has announced to buy 80 per cent stake in Reliance Industries Limiteds

July Week 3
1) Recently, India made history by winning a bronze medal for the first time in the world junior mens squash championship 2012, which was held at: 1. Doha 2. Dubai 3. Windhoek 4. Wroclaw NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) The World Squash Federation has confirmed that the WSF World Junior Squash Championships 2013 will be held in: 1. Poland 2. Ecuador 3. UK 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The Common Admission Test (CAT) for 2012 for admission to Indian Institutes of Management will be coordinated by: 1. 2. 3. IIM, Ahmedabad IIM, Bangalore IIM, Kozhikode

(RILs) two oil blocks in Kurdistan region of Iraq? 1. Apache Corporation 2. Occidental Petroleum 3. Chevron Corporation 4. Devon Energy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) The worlds first democratically elected Communist Government was formed in which of the following States of India? 1. West Bengal 2. Kerala 3. Tripura 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Who among the following has become the first Anglo-Indian to vote in the presidential poll as members of his community? 1. Derek O' Brien 2. Mrs.Ingrid Mcleod 3. Dr. Charles Dias 4. Shri Francis Fanthome NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Haryana Government has recently banned the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of gutka, pan masala, zarda or other products containing tobacco and nicotine in the State. The ban would be effective from: 1. August 15 2. October 2 3. January 26 4. August 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Which among the following State governments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Life Insurance Corporation to provide insurance coverage for kendu leaves pluckers? 1. 2. Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh

3. Odisha 4. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Who among the following is the current Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India? 1. C. Chandramouli 2. Jayant Kumar Banthia 3. Devender Kumar Sikri 4. M. Vijayanunni NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) The country's first satellite dedicated to astronomy will be launched in 2013. Name the satellite: 1. AstronoSat 2. AntrikshSat 3. Astrosat 4. GaganSat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 15) Which among the following State governments has taken steps to blacklist Pakistani cricketer Muhammed Junaid Khan under the visa rules for coming on a tourist visa and acting in an advertisement film? 1. Kerala 2. Maharashtra 3. Rajasthan 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Which among the following women has been elected as the first woman head of the African Union (A.U.) Commission? 1. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 2. Hajia Bola Shagaya 3. Joyce Banda 4. Mama Ngina Kenyatta NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau, the rate of crime against children was highest in Delhi (25.4 per cent) followed by:

1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Goa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Zach Johnson is associated with:

2. Maharashtra 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) A committee on security reforms has recommended that India set up a dedicated new agency or department to generate intelligence based on information available from open sources. Committee is headed by: 1. B. K. Chaturvedi 2. Prabhat Kumar 3. Naresh Chandra 4. Zafar Saifullah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Who among the following cricket players has been roped in by Pakistani authorities and UNICEF to boost an anti-polio campaign in the tribal belt Waziristan region? 1. Shoaib Malik 2. Misbah-ul-Haq 3. Younis Khan 4. Shahid Afridi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Who among the following won the US Women's Open championship 2012? 1. Na Yeon Choi 2. Inbee Park 3. Eun-Hee Ji 4. So Yeon Ryu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) With a tagline of 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai', which of the following Banks has launched the website to detect counterfeit notes? 1. State Bank of India 2. Reserve Bank of India 3. Union Bank of India 4. Punjab National Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which among the following badminton players has become the first

1. Golf 2. Tennis 3. Cricket 4. football NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Who among the following is the current Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft? 1. Bill Gates 2. Steve A. Ballmer 3. Paul Allen 4. Scott Baker NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) 22 light years away, a planet has been discovered that may be capable of supporting human life. Name the planet: 1. 'Gliese 581g' 2. Super Universe 3. Natural Earth 4. NuLife 2012 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

July Week 2
1) Who among the following is the current chief minister of Karnataka? 1. Jagadish Shettar 2. Sadananda Gowda 3. B. S. Yeddyurappa 4. H. D. Kumaraswamy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report which State has the highest number of abandoned new-borns and is placed sixth in cases of infanticide and foeticide in the country? 1. Rajasthan

Indian ever to win the junior Asian badminton championship girls title in Korea recently? 1. Saina Nehwal 2. Ashwini Ponnappa 3. Jwala Gutta 4. P.V. Sindhu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) To provide the health insurance cover for the entire resident population of the state, which among the following States has become the first state in the country to launch "Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana"? 1. Kerala 2. Goa 3. New Delhi 4. Pondicherry NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Who among the following is the current Chairman of Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)? 1. Dr. Y. V. Reddy 2. Dr. D. Subbarao 3. Dr. C. Rangarajan 4. Dr. Saumitra Chaudhury NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) India currently ranks as the fourth largest steel-maker in the world with around 80 mtpa installed capacity, which among the following countries is the largest steel-maker in the world? 1. China 2. Russia 3. USA 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime Minister of: 1. Philippines 2. East Timor 3. Brunei 4. Singapore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

12) Which among the following countries won 6th Junior Women's Asia Cup hockey championship 2012, held in Bangkok? 1. China 2. India 3. Malaysia 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) The United Nations' (UN) World Population Day is annually observed on: 1. July 21 2. July 10 3. July 11 4. July 9 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) Which of the following airports has been recently termed as 'unsafe' by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the operation of big aircraft like Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320? 1. Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur 2. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 3. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 4. Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Who among the following is current president of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)? 1. John Fahey 2. Dick Pound 3. Donald A. Berry 4. David Howman NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following won 'MotoGP Germany 2012'? 1. Casey Stoner 2. Jorge Lorenzo 3. Dani Pedrosa 4. Andrea Dovizioso NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

17) In which of the following countries two tombs has been recently destroyed by Islamic extremists at the ancient Djingareyber mud mosque, an endangered world heritage site? 1. Algeria 2. Mali 3. Nigeria 4. Yemen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Professional golfer Marcel Siem won the French Open Golf 2012. Marcel Siem belongs to: 1. Italy 2. France 3. Spain 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) In the New Economics Foundation's 'Happy Planet Index' which among the following countries has been named as the happiest place in the world? 1. Costa Rica 2. Vietnam 3. Colombia 4. Norway NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Which among the following States has been emerged as the first 'hookah bar'-free State in the country? 1. New Delhi 2. Gujarat 3. Haryana 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Leon Max Lederman 2. Jack Steinberger 3. Herbert Kroemer 4. Steven Weinberg NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) According to the latest report, released by the Union Ministry of Tourism for 2011which of the following States has topped the list in number of foreign tourist visits? 1. Jammu & Kashmir 2. Rajasthan 3. Maharashtra 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Popular Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems: 1. Saichor Pathar Manuh 2. Lora Dhemali 3. Akou Dhemali 4. Sugandhi Pokhila NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Who among the following Spain's football players has been named the player of Euro 2012 ? 1. David Silva 2. Andres Iniesta 3. Fernando Torres 4. lvaro Negredo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) The chairman of the National Curriculum Framework (2005) review committee has rejected the S.K. Thorat panel recommendations for deletion of cartoons on politicians and bureaucrats from NCERT textbooks. Name the chairman: 1. Yash Pal 2. Shantikam Hazarika 3. Pankaj Chandra 4. Ved Prakash NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

July Week 1
1) Higgs boson, is popularly known as the God particle that helps explain what gives size and shape to all matter in the universe. The phrase God particle was coined by Nobel Prize-winning physicist:

6) 'A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time' is an autobiography of: 1. Pranab Mukherjee 2. Arjun Singh 3. A.P.J Abdul Kalam 4. V.K Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Who among the following women sports person has been recently conferred honorary Lt Colonel in the country's defence forces and become first Indian woman to hold rank? 1. P.T. Usha 2. M.C Mary Kom 3. Anjali Bhagwat 4. Karnam Malleswari NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) 17th Asian games 2014 will be held in which of the following countries? 1. China 2. South Korea 3. Qatar 4. Thailand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Which among the following companies has been recently become the country's most valued company with a market capitalisation of over Rs 2.47 lakh crore? 1. TCS 2. ONGC 3. Reliance 4. Coal India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Who among the following won Dutch Moto GP 2012 in Netherlands? 1. Dani Pedrosa(Spn) 2. Casey Stoner(Aus) 3. Ben Spies(USA) 4. Andrea Dovizioso(Italy) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Along with Ajanta Caves which of the following sites has been inscribed on the World Heritage Sites list in 1983? 1. Agra Fort 2. Humayuns Tomb 3. Elephanta Caves 4. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) The Central Board of Direct Taxes has made e-filing of income-tax returns mandatory for all assesses whose annual earnings exceeded Rs. 10 lakh during the fiscal 2011-12. The electronically filed returns are processed at the Centralised Processing Centre in: 1. Bengaluru 2. Hyderabad 3. Mumbai 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) At present, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of India on per one lakh live births is: 1. 212 2. 437 3. 109 4. 199 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the gazette notification extending the ban on import of milk and milk products till June 2013 from: 1. Pakistan 2. China 3. Norway 4. Denmark NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Which of the following banks has sold its entire debt of Rs.430 crore in the crisisridden Kingfisher Airline to Srei Venture Capital Ltd., a group company of Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd?

1. Bank of Baroda 2. State Bank of India 3. ICICI Bank 4. Punjab National Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Which of the following football players won the Golden Boot award for top scorer in Euro 2012? 1. Fernando Torres 2. Mario Gomez 3. Andres Iniesta 4. Mario Balotelli NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2011 which among the following States has the worst conviction rate in the country? 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. New Delhi 3. Maharashtra 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Who among the following football players has been conferred the Mohun Bagan Ratna' award 2012? 1. Sailendra Nath Manna 2. Samar Banerjee 3. P.K Banerjee 4. Jarnail Singh Dhillon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) 20th FIFA World Cup 2014 will be held in which of the following countries? 1. South Africa 2. Brazil 3. Germany 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Travelguru is the country's largest hotel distribution network, with access to more than 6,500 hotels in India and 72,000 hotels worldwide. Travelguru has been recently acquired by:

1. Travel E-Point 2. Thomas Cook India 3. Arzoo.com India 4. Yatra.com India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

June Week 4
1) Who among the following personalities recently has been awarded with lifetime Achievement Award by the Rockfeller Foundation in New York for his innovation in philanthropy? 1. Ratan Tata 2. Azim Premji 3. Mukesh Ambwani 4. Sunil Mittal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company's Jojobera thermal power station is located in: 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Jharkhand 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Who among the following has been appointed as the new president of the International Cricket Council (ICC)? 1. Alan Issac 2. James Beiber 3. Michael Clarke 4. None of the above NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Who among the following is current president of NASSCOM? 1. Pramod Bhasin 2. Kiran Karnik 3. Som Mittal 4. Rajiv Vaishnav NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

5) Who among the following is the China's first female astronaut? 1. Yi So-yeon 2. Liu Yang 3. Yang Ju Liu 4. Chiaki Mukai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Archaeologist Luca Olivieri has come to the rescue of the 1500 years old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan. He belongs to: 1. Italy 2. South Korea 3. Germany 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Aci has unveiled the lowest-priced and fully-functional laptop computer 'ACi Icon 1100' for the Indian market. Aci is based in: 1. UK 2. China 3. Taiwan 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) 'Shimi' is:

ambassador of Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India? 1. Akshay Kumar 2. John Abraham 3. Salman Khan 4. Hrithik Roshan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Russia has suspended its contract, for the supply of deadly 'S-300' long-range antiaircraft missile systems, with: 1. Iran 2. India 3. Turkey 4. Syria NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has announced to launch biotoilets in rural India and has suggested their name as: 1. Rajeev 2. Sonia 3. Indira 4. Bapu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) All England Club, recently declared dress code for which of the following sports event? 1. Euro Cup 2012 2. All England Athletics Championship 3. Wimbledon 4. London Olympics 2012 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) The ICCs Chief Executive Committee recently recommended mandatory use of which of the following innovations in Tests and ODIs? 1. Referral system 2. Decision review system 3. Recall the player system 4. Abandon the game system NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. a terrorist group 2. the smallest aircraft made by Israel 3. an Android smartphone-enabled robot 4. a new tablet launched by Microsoft NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) 'Hayate' motorcycles have been recently launched by which one of the following companies? 1. Yamaha 2. Suzuki 3. Honda 4. Bajaj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Which of the following Bollywood stars has been announced as the brand

15) Human papilloma virus (HPV) type is associated with which of the following types of cancer? 1. Heart cancer 2. Blood cancer 3. Cervical cancer 4. Bone cancer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Recently, which of the following court ruled that Union Carbide Company (UCC) and its erstwhile CEO Warren Anderson did not face any direct liability towards the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy? 1. International Criminal Court (ICC) 2. Delhi High Court 3. Supreme Court of India 4. A District Court in New York NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Who among the following is the first woman on Facebooks board? 1. Sheryl Sandberg 2. Maria Klawe 3. Mary Lou Jepsen 4. Marissa Mayer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Google has unveiled its first ownbrand tablet 'Nexus 7'. Which of the following computer manufacturing companies made the device? 1. Acer 2. Dell 3. Toshiba 4. Asus NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) to: Football sensation, Neymar belongs

20) According to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which of the following States is the most crime-prone state in the country? 1. Kerala 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. New Delhi 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

June Week 3
1) Who among the following is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India? 1. J.S.Khehar 2. S. Y. Quraishi 3. Navin Chawla 4. VS Sampath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2) Who among the following is the current President of France? 1. Francois Hollande 2. Nicolas Sarkozy 3. Jacques Chirac 4. Franois Mitterrand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland has recently exported 100 Falcon' buses worth $7.6 million to: 1. Bangladesh 2. Ghana 3. Myanmar 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4) Who among the following won F1 Canadian Grand Prix 2012? 1. Sergio Perez 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Romain Grosjean 4. Lewis Hamilton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Spain 2. Brazil 3. Italy 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Who among the following won the French Open Final 2012? 1. Rafael Nadal 2. Novak Djokovic 3. Roger Federer 4. Robin Sderling NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) World junior champion Asher Noria finished fifth in the junior men's double trap with a total of 182 in the international junior shooting competition in Suhl, Germany. Who among the following was first with a total of 192? 1. Shayan Masood 2. Artem Nekrasov 3. Roman Zagumennov 4. Filip Praj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Sixty per cent of people living in India do not have access to toilets. Which among the following countries ranked first in the world where open defecation is practised? 1. Indonesia 2. Bangladesh 3. India 4. Sri Lanka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) As per the 'Global Financial literacy barometer', India ranked 23rd among the 28 countries. Which of the following countries topped the ranking with 50.4 per cent of its population as financially literate? 1. USA 2. Mexico 3. Australia 4. Brazil NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Which among the following countries has been presented ICC ODI shield by ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat in recognition of the team being ranked number one in the 50-over World Cup?

1. Australia 2. India 3. South Africa 4. Sri Lanka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Who among the following has been recently re-appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India by the Central Government for a further period of three months beyond June 14, 2012, or until further orders? 1. V.K.Sharma 2. K. C. Chakrabarty 3. Usha Thorat 4. Anand Sinha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Reserve Bank said it would soon issue banknotes of Rs 20 denomination with the rupee symbol and insert letter R in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 notes. The banknotes will bear signature of: 1. Y. V. Reddy 2. Sunil Mitra 3. C. Rangarajan 4. D Subbarao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) The Aditya Birla Groups flagship company and aluminium maker Hindalco has been seeking environmental clearance to begin mining coal from the Mahan coal block to feed its 750-MW captive power plant to make aluminium. Mahan coal block is located in: 1. Jharkhand 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Currently which among the following countries is the second largest crude supplier to India? 1. 2. Iran Saudi Arabia

3. Kuwait 4. Iraq NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) Who among the following has been recently sentenced to 110 years in jail for a $7 billion Ponzi scheme? 1. Allen Stanford 2. James Carlisle 3. Larry Ellison 4. Karl Albrecht NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Chairperson of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Leela Samson is associated with: 1. Kuchipudi 2. Bharatanatyam 3. Kathak 4. Odissi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Who among the following Indian cricket player has been recently appointed brand ambassador of Nepal Cricket Association? 1. Pragyan Ojha 2. Suresh Raina 3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4. Sachin Tendulkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) The world's tallest and longest steel rail bridge is coming up over which of the following rivers ? 1. Chenab 2. Brahmaputra 3. Yalong Jiang 4. Danube NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Who among the following won 112th US Open golf tournament 2012? 1. 2. 3. Graeme McDowell Michael Thompson Webb Simpson

4. Jim Furyk NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Who among the following won British MotoGP? 1. Jorge Lorenzo 2. Casey Stoner 3. Dani Pedrosa 4. Cal Crutchlow NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Who among the following won Indonesian Super Series Premier title 2012 in Jakarta. 1. Li Xuerui 2. Saina Nehwal 3. Wang Yihan 4. Zhang Ning NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

June Week 2
1) Who among the following is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India? 1. J.S.Khehar 2. S. Y. Quraishi 3. Navin Chawla 4. VS Sampath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2) Which among the following States has been awarded the 'WHO South East Asia Regional Office Award 2012' by World Health Organisation? 1. Himachal Pradesh 2. Gujarat 3. Goa 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland has recently exported 100 Falcon' buses worth $7.6 million to: 1. 2. 3. Bangladesh Ghana Myanmar

4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4) Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur has been sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Lokur was Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts? 1. Madras 2. Calcutta 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Bombay NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) Who among the following is the first politician of the ruling Pakistan People's Party to be suspended from Parliament over dual nationality? 1. Rehman Malik 2. Farahanaz Ispahani 3. Hafiz Sheikh 4. Hamid Saeed Kazmi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Who among the following is the current President of France? 1. Francois Hollande 2. Nicolas Sarkozy 3. Jacques Chirac 4. Franois Mitterrand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) The global house price index survey by property consultants Knight Frank shows recently that Indian property prices increased by 12%, propelling to third position among 53 countries. Which among the following countries has recorded the strongest annual growth (23.5%) in the past year? 1. Estonia 2. Brazil 3. UAE 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Which among the following cities will have the country's first Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) for

knowledge-based industries, including software and hardware firms with entire supply chain? 1. Bengaluru 2. Mumbai 3. Hyderabad 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has planned a major information, education and communication campaign against malnutrition with which of the following actors? 1. Aamir Khan 2. Salman Khan 3. Amitabh Bachchan 4. Vidya Balan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Which of the following countries is not member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? 1. Mongolia 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Tajikistan 4. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand expressed his willingness to lend his support to which of the following State government's scheme to introduce chess in schools? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Gujarat 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Kanataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Who among the following won the women's 48kg gold medal in the Commonwealth weightlifting championships at Apia, Samoa? 1. 2. Tikina Gopal K. Sanjita Chanu

3. N. Sumanbala Devi 4. K. Venkata Lakshmi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Kareena Kapoor is brand Ambassador of which of the following Japanese electronics companies? 1. Ricoh 2. Panasonic 3. Sony 4. Canon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) Axiata telecom company has approached Aditya Birla group-owned Idea Cellular to build a transnational tower company, with operations across Southeast Asian market. Axiata belongs to: 1. Sweden 2. Singapore 3. Norway 4. Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Who among the following won Catalunya MotoGP Race 2012? 1. Jorge Lorenzo 2. Andrea Dovizioso 3. Casey Stoner 4. Dani Pedrosa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) A Sattriya dance troupe will perform an innovative dance drama in France and Switzerland from June 14 to July 15 based on the tales depicted on Vrindavani Vastra. Sattriya has remained a living tradition since its creation by the Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva in 15th century in: 1. Manipur 2. Kerala 3. Assam 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

17) Which of the following Electronics companies has recently unveiled its new 'Vaio T' Series Ultrabook? 1. Hitachi 2. Panasonic 3. Sony 4. HP NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Who among the following won mixed doubles French Open 2012 final in Paris? 1. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi 2. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 3. Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina 4. Petra Kvitova & Daniel Nestor NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Gautam Gambhir along with boxer Vijender Singh, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, five times World boxing champion Mary Kom and wrestler Sushil Kumar have been roped to become the brand ambassadors of: 1. Nestle India Ltd 2. Britannia Ltd 3. Emami Ltd 4. Dabur India Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) In the second half of 2012 the joint venture of Japanese car maker Nissan and Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland will be rolling out its multipurpose vehicle: 1. Evalia 2. Hexa Space 3. Enjoy 4. Ertiga NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

June Week 1
1) Which of the following Indian banks will open its representative office in Yangon, Myanmar towards the agreed goal of doubling the $1.2-billion bilateral trade? 1. Union Bank of India

2. State Bank of India 3. Reserve Bank of India 4. Central Bank of India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS) was established to protect the Vulnerable Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura). GSWS is located in: 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Kerala 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Shahrukh Khan is brand ambassador of which of the following States? 1. Maharashtra 2. New Delhi 3. West Bengal 4. Jammu & Kashmir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Who among the following won Monaco Grand Prix 2012? 1. Mark Webber 2. Nico Rosberg 3. Fernando Alonso 4. Sebastian Vettel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Cinema lovers can watch Asian and Arab movies at the 12th edition of Osian'sCinefan Film Festival that will be held after a gap of two years, from July 27 to August 5 in: 1. Mumbai 2. New Delhi 3. Hyderabad 4. Panaji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Tata Motors has recently entered into a distribution agreement with Apex Greatest Industrial Co Ltd (AGI) to sell its commercial vehicles (CVs) and passenger cars in: 1. Myanmar

2. Bangladesh 3. Sri Lanka 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Which among the following pharmaceuticals companies has recently announced to launch Absorica, a patented acne treatment drug developed by Canadian firm Cipher Pharmaceuticals, in the U.S. Market? 1. Ranbaxy Laboratories 2. Pfizer 3. GlaxoSmithKline 4. Merck & Co. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Recently, which of the following High Courts has set aside the office memoranda issued by the Central government, carving out a sub-quota for minorities, from within the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBC), in the fields of public employment and education? 1. Andhra Pradesh High Court 2. Allahabad High Court 3. Jabalpur High Court 4. Calcutta High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Former President of which of the following Arab country recently became the first ever to be awarded with life imprisonment by the court? 1. Sudan 2. Algeria 3. Somalia 4. Egypt NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Rajiv Gandhi University ViceChancellor Prof. David R. Syiemlieh recently has been appointed a member of which one of the following bodies of India? 1. 2. 3. Union Public Service Commission Election Commission Planning Commission

4. National Development Council NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) The Vajra Corps, of the Indian Army, recently, carried out its annual training exercise 'Ashwamedh' in the hinterland of which one of the following states? 1. Arunanchal Pradesh 2. Sikkim 3. Rajasthan 4. Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Recently nine countries expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats, opposing the means used by Syrian President Bashar Assad's to meet the domestic challenges. Which one of the following country is not among them? 1. Italy 2. Spain 3. Ukraine 4. Netherlands NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) What is the Flame, which was recently in news? 1. A satellite 2. A computer virus 3. A spacecraft 4. A submarine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Pakistan declared that it recently had successfully test fired a 60 kilometres range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, which is known as1. Hatf I 2. Hatf II 3. Hatf V 4. Hatf IX NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Name the former president of Liberia who has been sentenced to 50 years in prison recently for his role in atrocities committed in Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s?

1. Charles G. Taylor 2. Moses Blah 3. Samuel Doe 4. William R. Tolbert NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2012? 1. Malaysia 2. New Zealand 3. Argentina 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Who won the World chess Championship 2012 held in Moscow? 1. Boris Gelfand 2. Veselin Topalov 3. Vladimir Kramnik 4. Viswanathan Anand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) After its dedicated Aerospace Centre in Hamburg, Germany, Mahindra Satyam is setting up an exclusive delivery centre for Aerospace and Defence in: 1. France 2. UK 3. Italy 4. Sweden NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Who among the following won the Copenhagen Sand Art Championship 2012? 1. Sudarsan Pattnaik 2. Mark Mason 3. Joe Castillo 4. Kseniya Simonova NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) The book, 'Barack Obama: The Story' is written by: 1. 2. 3. Mick Jagger David Maraniss Mark Parsons

4. Ismat Tahseen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Under the Rani Lakshmibai Pension Yojana, women living below the poverty line would be paid Rs.400 per month. Which among the following State governments launched Rani Lakshmibai Pension Yojana? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Rajasthan 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Who among the following tennis players won the Italian Open men's tennis tournament 2012? 1. Novak Djokovic 2. Rafael Nadal 3. Roger Federer 4. Carlos Moy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) According to The Economic Times, who among the following is the most powerful CEO of India for the year 2012? 1. Ratan Tata 2. Sunil Mittal 3. Mukesh Ambani 4. Azim Premji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Who among the following Indianorigin-boy won 'National Geographic Bee prize 2012'? 1. Rahul Nagvekar 2. Vansh Jain 3. Varun Mahadevan 4. Rohit Goswami NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Who among the following tennis players won the Italian Open women's tennis tournament 2012? 1. 2. Li Na Serena Williams

May Week 4
1) Kudumbasree Mission experiment, involving 3.5 million women, is becoming a replicable model for the nation for the abolition of poverty. The mission is introduced in which one of the following states? 1. Kerala 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Recently, s seven-year-old boy has become the youngest mountaineer to successfully trek to the Everest Base Camp (EBC) in Nepal, at a height of 5,364 metres, and scale Mount Kalapattar at an altitude of 5,554 metres. What is the name of the boy? 1. Arjun Vishnuvardhan 2. Shyam Sundar 3. M. aditya 4. Aaryan Balaji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Sachin Tendulkar remained the highest-ranked Indian batsman at the 12th spot in the latest ICC Test charts. The batsmen's chart is headed by: 1. Shivnarine Chanderpaul 2. Azhar Ali 3. Jacques Kallis 4. AB de Villiers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) The TAPI pipeline will have a capacity to carry 90 million metric standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) of gas for a 30-year period and is likely to become operational by 2018.Which among the following countries is not associated with TAPI project? 1. 2. 3. Tajikistan Turkmenistan Afghanistan

3. Maria Sharapova 4. Kim Clijsters NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) The Lok Sabha recently passed the Anand Marriage Act, for which one of the following communities and thus allowing them to register their marriages under a separate Act, instead of the Hindu Marriage Act? 1. Persian 2. Sikh 3. Jain 4. Buddhist NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) The Princess Tower, which the Guinness World Records website has declared the world's tallest residential building, is situated in which one of the following countries? 1. United Arab Emirates 2. USA 3. Malaysia 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Recently, which among the following states has imposed a ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of gutkha, pan masala, and their variants in the State? 1. Kerala 2. New Delhi 3. Bihar 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) According to a research and analysis released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), which of the following coastal states has highest growth rate in fish production? 1. Karnataka 2. Goa 3. Maharashtra 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) The Union government has set up an expert technical group to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty and overhaul the norms in keeping with the present-day prices. The committee has been established under the chairmanship of: 1. C. Rangarajan 2. Ram Nandan Prasad 3. V. Kelkar 4. Tarvinder Singh Bhasin NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Who among the following is the first Indian to qualify for marathon in 36 years for Olympic 2012? 1. Arun Bhardwaj 2. Ram Singh Yadav 3. Sandeep Kumar 4. Kashinath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Khesari dal, also known as Grass pea, was banned for consumption in 1961 as it was believed that Beta-N-Oxalyl-aminoalanine, a neuro-toxic amino-acid in the legume, caused neurolathyrim or a paralysis of the lower limbs. In which one of the following states the sale of Khesari dal for human consumption has not banned? 1. West Bengal 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Bihar 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) NHPC has submitted detailed project reports (DPRs) for 1,200 MW Tamanthi and 880 MW Shwezaye hydro power projects in: 1. Myanmar 2. Bhutan 3. Bangladesh 4. Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) Which of the following countries won Uber Cup 2012? 1. India 2. China 3. South Korea 4. Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) The Asian Nations Chess Cup 2012 was organised in: 1. India 2. China 3. Pakistan 4. Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) India-born Suma Chakrabarti recently has been selected as the President of which one of the following organisations? 1. Asian Development Bank 2. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 3. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 4. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

the grasslands of the Gorumara National Park in north Bengal? 1. Black Deer 2. White Tiger 3. Pygmy Hog 4. Montane Mouse Shrew NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3) Templeton Prize established in 1972, to honour a living person who affirms life's spiritual dimension be it through insight, or practical works, was recently conferred to whom one among the following? 1. Desmond Tutu 2. Sri Sri Ravishankar 3. Aung San Suu Kyi 4. Dalai Lama NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) The Regional Counter-Terrorism Structure (RCTS) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is based in which one of the following cities? 1. Tashkent 2. Beijing 3. Astana 4. Dushanbe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Recently Moody's has downgraded three top private sector banks in India. Which one of the following is not among them? 1. ICICI Bank 2. HDFC Bank 3. Axis Bank 4. ING Vysya Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 6) Who one among the following has to lead the Indian women's cricket team for a Twenty20 and ODI cricket series in England from June 26 to July 11, 2012? 1. 2. 3. 4. Jhulan Goswami Rumeli Dhar Mithali Raj Mamtha Maben

May Week 3
1) Recently actor Ranjitha appeared before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Egmore, and filed a complaint against Sri Jayendra Saraswati who is the pontiff of: 1. Sringeri Pheetha 2. Kanchi Peetha 3. Kalika Peetha 4. Jyotih Peetha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) The West Bengal Forest Department recently has decided to reintroduce which one of the following animal, that is listed as critically endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 3 11) The Indian Para badminton team returned with a gold, two silver and five bronze medals in the third Spanish Para badminton tournament, from May 11 to 13, 2012, that was held at which one of the following cities? 1. Barcelona 2. Palma Marcco 3. Madrid 4. Bilbo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) In a first in the whole of North India, the state government of which one of the following states has nominated a Catholic nun, Sister Mariola Sequeira, as a member of the State's Minority Commission? 1. Bihar 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Gujarat 4. Rajasthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), recently, filed a written complaint, before the Mumbai Police, against who one among the following actors for allegedly misbehaving, abusing, and threatening MCA and BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) officials? 1. Shah Rukh Khan 2. Salman Khan 3. Akshay Khanna 4. Ranveer Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) One of the oldest living ancient sports seen in the modern era, Jallikattu or Eruthazhuvuthal or Manju Virattu, a bull taming sport, is played in which one of the following states? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) According to the conclusion of the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India, Dalits in at least 77 villages of which one of the following states recently have been forced to migrate due to social boycotts? 1. Rajasthan 2. Gujarat 3. Karnataka 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) The government of India had launched the fourth phase of Reserve Level Monitoring' to study the tigers' population and habitat on an annual basis, in May, 2012. According to the latest official data, mentioned in the study report, how many tigers have died this year? 1. 20 2. 25 3. 32 4. 35 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Recently three new members were nominated simultaneously to Rajya Sabha. Who one among the following is not one of them? 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. Rekha 3. Anu Aga 4. H.K. Dua NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Recently Francois Hollande was appointed as the President of France, marking a return to the left after 17 years of conservative rule. He belongs to which one of the following political parties of France? 1. French Communist Party 2. Socialist Party 3. Left Party 4. Democratic Convention NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Which of the following company/companies is/are the principal sponsors for the Indian squad for the Olympics in London? 1. Indo Nissin Foods Limited (INFL) 2. Samsung 3. Amul 4. Both (a) and (b) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) What is the name of the 73-year-old Japanese woman, who climbed to Mount Everest's peak smashing her own record to become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain? 1. Tamae Watanabe 2. Naomi Uemura 3. Yukiko Kada 4. Fusae Ohta NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Which of the following companies has acquired fast food chain Nirulas? 1. Kraft foods 2. Kargil foods 3. McDonald 4. Navis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) The South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) has decided to honour with the South Asian Cinema Foundation's 'Excellence in Cinema award to which of the following veteran cinema personality? 1. Dilip Kumar 2. Amitabh Bachchan 3. Rajesh Khanna 4. Shyam Benegal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Which of the following football club has won Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League Title for the first time?

1. Chelsea 2. Bayern Munich 3. Barcelona 4. Manchester United NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Indias leading telecom company Bharti Airtel has acquired 49 per cent stake in: 1. Spectranets broadband wireless access (BWA) 2. Qualcomms broadband wireless access (BWA) 3. Blue Chips broadband wireless access (BWA) 4. Foxconns broadband wireless access (BWA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

May Week 2
1) According to a report recently published by Save the Children, titled Born Too Soon' which of the following countries has the highest number of deaths due to premature births and ranks 36th in the list of pre-term births globally? 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Bangladesh 4. Malawi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Steel tower structure in the form of five rings, for the London Olympic, has been designed by: 1. Shekhar Kapoor 2. Sukhdev Malhotra 3. Vikash Kumar Jha 4. Anish Kapoor NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Recently, a bill to establish three high courts in north east states has been passed by Lok Sabha. In which of the following states the High Court will not be established? 1. 2. Manipur Meghalaya

3. Mizoram 4. Tripura NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Recently, the government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to give an allowance of Rs. 1,000 a month to unemployed persons in the 30-40 age group. What is the minimum qualifications to get the benefit of this scheme? 1. Class X 2. Intermediate 3. Graduation 4. Post Graduation NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) India is going to buy 145 M777 BAE Systems guns from: 1. Israel 2. U.S.A 3. Russia 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) The first zero waste toilet system' (ZWTS) in India was inaugurated at which of the following villages? 1. Evoor, Kerala 2. Tundlam, Tamil Nadu 3. Mattur, Karnatka 4. Kunkalamarru Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Phu Khanh Basin is situated in:

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 1

9) Which of the following team won 39th edition of sub-junior National basketball tournament in women section? 1. Chhattisgarh 2. West Bengal 3. Tamilnadu 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Who has been chosen for the lifetime achievement award 2012 instituted by the fraternity for arts and media entertainment (FRAME)? 1. Tusha Mittal 2. Mukesh Bhatt 3. K.M. Roy 4. Shahrukh Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Who is the current Chief Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited? 1. Sutirtha Bhattacharya 2. S. Narsing Rao 3. Ms. Chanda Kochhar 4. Sudip Bandyopadhyay NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Who is the current president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)? 1. Jacques Rogge 2. Sebastian Coe 3. Alexander Loukos 4. Spyros Gianniotis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) In which of the following states now it has become compulsory for the pregnant women to show their identity proof for undergoing ultrasound scan? 1. Haryana 2. Punjab 3. Karnataka 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Java Sea 2. South China Sea 3. Bay of Bengal 4. Yellow sea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) P. Kunhumohammed is associated with which of the following sports? 1. 2. 3. 4. Athletics Tennis Football Cricket

14) 'Sachin: Tribute to a Legend' has been released by: 1. The Times of India 2. The Hindu 3. Dainik Bhaskar 4. Hindustan Times NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in : 1. 2014 2. 2013 3. 2015 4. 2019 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who is the current director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)? 1. P. S. Veeraraghavan 2. K Radhakrishnan 3. B. N. Suresh 4. Vijayasekar Subramaniam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) 17. Who among the following won the World snooker championship, 2012? 1. Ronnie O'Sullivan 2. Ali Carter 3. Dennis Taylor 4. John Higgins NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Recently, the Bombay High Court allowed the destruction of a ship that has been grounded since it collided with a merchant vessel, m.v. Nordlake in January 2011. What is the name of that ship? 1. INS Arihant 2. INS Tarangini 3. INS Vikrant 4. INS Vindhyagiri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) A major university centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore has been opened in: 1. Scotland 2. France 3. Germany 4. Poland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Vladimir Putin sworn as Russia's President for: 1. third term 2. second term 3. fourth term 4. None of the above NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

May Week 1
1) Which State government has renamed the 108 Ambulance Service' as 108 Atal Ambulance Sewa'? 1. Himachal Pradesh 2. Uttarakhand 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Which of the following countries is the world's largest producer and exporter of uranium? 1. Australia 2. Kazakhstan 3. Canada 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Shoor Veer, the war games and military training exercise termed the biggestever war games in the Thar Desert, conducted in which of the following district of Rajasthan? 1. Bikaner 2. Hanumangarh 3. Barmer 4. Jaisalmer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4) A 12-year-old boy, Chinmay Chandranshuh received the best child artist award at the 59th National Awards for 2011 function in New Delhi along with nine other children for his performance in: 1. Chillar Party 2. Stanley ka Dabba 3. Game 4. Deool NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Which one of the following Tamil writers won 6th NTR National Literary Award for his novel 'Thanneer'? 1. Ashokamitran 2. S.Ramakrishnan 3. Balakumaran 4. Jeyamohan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Gujarat government has refused to impose a total ban on distribution of the Monsanto hybrid seed named Prabal to the farmers in the state, particularly the tribal agriculturists. Prabal is the seed of: 1. wheat 2. maize 3. cotton 4. brinjal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which among the following High Courts has stayed the Government of India's notifications that sought to introduce the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) for admissions to graduate and postgraduate medical courses across the country from 2013-14 by amending the Medical Council of India Act, 1956? 1. Madras 2. Allahabad 3. Delhi 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) A U.S. treasure hunter claims to have found the exact spot where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's body was dumped by U.S. forces in the waters about 320 km west of Surat in Gujarat. Name the treasure: 1. Bill Warren 2. Van Zeck 3. Jayson Wechter 4. Andrew Lewis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Who among the following is the current Governor of Goa? 1. K. Sankaranarayanan 2. Bharat Vir Wanchoo 3. Shivinder Singh Sidhu 4. S. C. Jamir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) The empowered committee appointed by the Supreme Court to examine the safety of 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam has concluded that it is hydrologically, structurally and seismically safe. Committee headed by: 1. Justice B.P. Saraf 2. Justice A.S. Anand 3. Justice J. C. Shah 4. Justice B.N.Kirpal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) A central government panel has rejected Bihar's demand for a special category status. Panel was headed by: 1. Sudha Pillai 2. Sindhushree Khullar 3. Syeda Hameed 4. M.S. Ahluwalia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) HLL Lifecare Ltd, a mini-ratna public sector undertaking, has floated a whollyowned subsidiary, HLL Biotech Ltd, to execute the Rs.594-crore Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) project in: 1. Gujarat

2. Tamil Nadu 3. Maharashtra 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Mud fort of Golconda built and developed by Kakatiyas as a world diamond trade centre is located in which of the following states? 1. Karnataka 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Tamilnadu 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) of: James Alix Michel is present President

continuous, real-time passive 3D geo-spatial positioning and speed measurement and is second-generation satellite navigation system of: 1. USA 2. Russia 3. China 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Which among the following Norwegian Olympic swimmers, who won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, has died at a training camp in Arizona, USA? 1. Alexander Dale Oen 2. Elin Austevoll 3. Vibeke Johansen 4. John Johnsen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) International Workers' Day, also known as 'May Day' or Labor Day, is observed on: 1. May 27 2. May 2 3. May 14 4. May 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) Who among the following has been conferred The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun' title by Japan for his contribution in strengthening economic relations between Japan and India? 1. Laxmi Nivas Mittal 2. Ratan Tata 3. Mukesh Ambani 4. Rahul Bajaj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Madagascar 2. Swaziland 3. Zambia 4. Seychelles NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Who among the following has been selected for the C.N.R Rao national prize for chemical sciences for the year 2012-13? 1. S. Chandrasekhar 2. V Surya Prakasa Rao 3. J. K. Bera 4. A.K.Sood NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) India will chair the E-9 group to hosts the Ninth E-9 Ministerial Review Meeting on Inclusive, relevant quality Education for All. Eighty-five per cent of the worlds non-literate population resides in the E-9 countries. Which of the following countries is not member of E9 group? 1. China 2. Sri Lanka 3. Egypt 4. Nigeria NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) 'BeiDou-2' or Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS) is capable of providing

April Week 4
1) Recently, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj handed over a railway project built with

Indian assistance to which of the following countries? 1. Bangladesh 2. Sri Lanka 3. Bhutan 4. Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Football club Livorno's midfielder Piermario Morosini died after collapsing on the pitch during a game. He belongs to: 1. Portugal 2. Germany 3. Uruguay 4. Italy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) The former Special Protection Group (SPG) chief B.V. Wanchoo recently has been appointed as the Governor of: 1. Goa 2. Uttarakhand 3. Rajasthan 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) What is the range of Agni- V missile?

6) President Salva Kiir has ordered the immediate withdrawal of his troops from the contested Heglig oil field. Salva Kiir is current President of: 1. Brazil 2. South Sudan 3. Bolivia 4. Ethiopia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Wilson Kipsang won the men's London Marathon. He belongs to: 1. Kenya 2. Ethiopia 3. Jamaica 4. Uganda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Who won the Barcelona Open men's Lawn Tennis tournament 2012? 1. David Ferrer 2. Fernando Verdasco 3. Milos Raonic 4. Rafael Nadal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a State government to open an extension centre in the State to impart quality improvement and knowledge up-gradation training to university and college teachers. Name the State. 1. Chattisgarh 2. Jharkhand 3. Bihar 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) The ambitious Agni missile programme of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), whose efficacy at developing a long range ballistic missile was successfully tested. Who among the following is current chief of DRDO? 1. M Natarajan

1. 3000 km 2. 3500 km 3. 5000 km 4. 6000 km NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) Which of the following High Courts upheld the validity of a decision taken by Indian Banks Association to not give educational loan to students who had secured less than 60 per cent of marks in qualifying examinations and secured seats in private colleges under the management quota? 1. Madras High Court 2. Delhi High Court 3. Allahabad High Court 4. Gujarat High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2. V.K. Saraswat 3. R Sreehari Rao 4. S. Sundaresh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) National AIDS Control Organisation and Karnataka State AIDS Control Society has launched a single-window project in four districts of Karnataka to facilitate social protection and deliver social entitlements for people living with HIV. Name the project? 1. Swavlamban 2. Utthan 3. Utkarsha 4. Nirbhay NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) In a significant decision the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the 4 MTPA Coal Mining Project of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and 4 MTPA Coal Washery on grounds of faulty public hearing. These projects were located in which of the following states? 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Odisha 3. Jharkhand 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which among the following countries accounted for 47 per cent of global measles deaths in 2010? 1. Pakistan 2. India 3. Bangladesh 4. Uganda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Which of the following Insurance Companies is planning to come out with a new product that may enable to extend coverage to HIV positive and AIDS patients? 1. National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) 2. Apollo Munich Health Insurance 3. ICICI Lombard

4. United India Insurance Co Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) SunEdison, a worldwide solar energy services provider, announced the activation of a 25 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant located within a multi-developer, multi-facility solar park in: 1. Rajasthan 2. Gujarat 3. Haryana 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge, raising the strength of the apex court to 27 still lagging from the approved strength of 31. He was the former chief justice of: 1. Punjab and Haryana High Court 2. Guwahati High Court 3. Calcutta High Court 4. Madras High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Which of the following countries is planning to install two coastal nuclear power pants (CNPP-1, CNPP-2) each with the capacity to generate 1000MW? 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Iran 4. North Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which among the following satellites is heaviest satellite of India till date? 1. RISAT-1 2. RESOURCESAT-1 3. CARTOSAT-1 4. INSAT-4G NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Which of the following countries has recently allowed imports of basmati rice from India?

1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. China 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) A Karnataka High Court-appointed committee on malnutrition among children will submit a report to Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen by June 15. The committee is headed by: 1. N. K Patil 2. BL Patil 3. M. Srinivasan 4. B. Sivaraman NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

technology. Which of the following countries do not have the ICBM technology? 1. U.S 2. Russia 3. China 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Cobra has been chosen as the sole supplier of beer for British Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee picnic, to be held in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on June 4. The founder of Cobra Beer is: 1. Karan Bilimoria 2. Shaikh Zahoor Alam 3. Samuel Adams 4. William Bass NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) According to the latest data of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) which of the following countries was the world's largest arms importer between 2007- 2011? 1. Pakistan 2. China 3. South Korea 4. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) Which of the following female actors will act as brand ambassadors to fight open defecation, propagate sanitation and appeal to the people to get clean along with Shahrukh Khan? 1. Katrina Kaif 2. Vidya Balan 3. Madhuri Dixit 4. Karina Kapoor NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Which one of the following persons has been recently elected as the all India president of the Progressive Writers Association? 1. Ponneelan

April Week 3
1) Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid is a book written by: 1. C. K. Prahlad 2. Amartya Sen 3. Stephen J. Dubner 4. Sudeep Reddy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Which of the following Indian films has been nominated for the Cannes film festival 2012? 1. Miss Lovely 2. Ra One 3. The Dirty Picture 4. Pan Singh Tomar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Which State governments has banned the use of the expression, handicapped'? 1. Haryana 2. New Delhi 3. Kerala 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) After successfully launching Agni-V missile, India became the country which has Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

2. Amrita Pritam 3. Vijaydan Detha 4. Habib Tanvir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) India launched its first indigenously manufactured anti-malaria new-age drug 'Synriam'. 'Synriam' produced by: 1. Ranbaxy Laboratories 2. Aventis Pharma 3. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 4. Sun Pharmaceuticals NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Ace tennis player and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee, Leander Paes, will be the Sports Ambassador of: 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Kerala 3. Haryana 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Which of the following State's Chief Minister has been recently named as one of the 100 most influential people of the world by 'Time magazine'? 1. Gujarat 2. New Delhi 3. Bihar 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) Recently, in which of the following state, Atomic Energy Commission of India has commissioned a uranium ore mine and processing plant set up by Uranium Corporation of India? 1. Karnataka 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Who among the following is the current chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI)?

1. Ashok Parija 2. Manan Kumar Mishra 3. Zafar Ahmed Khan 4. Shri Gopal Subramanium NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Who among the following has won 'Sulabh Kala Sarjak Samman' instituted by Sulabh International, founded by Bindeshwar Pathak? 1. Virendra Prabhakar 2. Karan Thapar 3. Rajdeep Sardesai 4. Dr. Prannoy Roy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) How to fight Islamist terror from a missionary position is a book written by: 1. Shashi Tharoor 2. Urvashi Butalia 3. Tabish Khair 4. Salman Rushdie NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) The Central Government is planning to install solar panels in individual households. Initially it will be launched in which of the following states/Union territories? 1. Odisha 2. Puducherry 3. Chandigarh 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Who among the following will be conferred the International Indu Sharma Katha Samman-2012'' for his Hindi novel Teesri Taliat the House of Commons in London on June 28? 1. Pradeep Saurabh 2. Chitra Mudgal 3. Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi 4. Vibhuti Narain Rai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Which of the following countries is on top in the latest FIFA world ratings?

1. Uruguay 2. Germany 3. Netherland 4. Spain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Who among the following has been selected as the chairman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC)? 1. Ajay Banga 2. Indra K. Nooyi 3. Ron Somers 4. Harold "Terry" McGraw III NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Jim Yong Kim has been selected as new President of the World Bank. He belongs to: 1. Japan 2. South Korea 3. Vietnam 4. Philippines NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) The Tin Drum is the famous novel written by: 1. Anne Frank 2. James Chapman 3. Margaret Mitchell 4. Gunter Grass NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) The syllabus restructuring committee has submitted its report to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Board with the recommendation that an entire chapter on the Bolshevik Revolution and references to Karl Marx be dropped from the syllabus. The committee is headed by: 1. Avik Majumdar 2. Muktinath Chattopadhyay 3. Bratya Basu 4. Subrata Mukherjee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) To improve corporate governance, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a high-level committee headed by: 1. Kiran Majumdar Shaw 2. Adi Goderage 3. Sidharth Birla 4. M. K Chanu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Recently, Indian Government has imposed anti-dumping duty for five years on imports of phosphoric acid from Israel and: 1. China 2. Canada 3. South Korea 4. Taiwan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) A unique scheme titled Master Health Card' of Rahbar Group of Companies, was launched in which of the following States? 1. 2. Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

April Week 2
1) Which of the following State governments has decided to give cycles to the girls studying in Classes XI and XII under the 'Mai Bhago Vidya scheme'? 1. Punjab 2. Haryana 3. West Bengal 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Who is the current Chief information commissioner of Central Information commission? 1. Wajahat Habibullah 2. Satyananda Mishra 3. A. N. Tiwari 4. Rajiv Mathur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3. Karnataka 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) The environmental appraisal committee of the Ministry of environment and forests has approved the construction of 'Renuka dam project' in which of the following States? 1. Kerala 2. Uttarakhand 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Who among the following is the current president of International Hockey Federation (FIH)? 1. Leandro Negre 2. Seif Ahmed 3. Martin Gotheridge 4. Pam Elgar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Which of the following motor companies will launch a new bike in 250 cc category under Korean brand 'Hyosung'? 1. Garware Motors 2. TVS Motors 3. LML 4. Honda Motors NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), India recently experienced the second strongest domestic air traffic growth among the major domestic markets at 12.3 per cent in the world after: 1. USA 2. Brazil 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) For the first time, Indian priests will get a fixed salary instead of a share in which of the following famous temples?

1. Pashupatinath temple 2. Padmanabhaswamy Temple 3. Swaminarayan temple 4. Tirupatibalaji temple NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) A group of social activists, led by former Chairman of SC/ ST Commission B. D. Sharma, have recently told that over 44,000 tribal people have migrated to the border districts of the neighbouring State due to continuing oppression of tribal people by the police in: 1. Jharkhand 2. Odisha 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) Which of the following State governments has launched 'Nirbhaya Scheme' to prevent atrocities against women and minor girls? 1. Punjab 2. Kerala 3. New Delhi 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Justice M.M. Kumar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been recommended to be the next Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Kerala 3. Gujarat 4. Jammu and Kashmir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) Name the Chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, which recently has resigned on health grounds, after having remained in office for about 16 years? 1. Justice N.P. Singh 2. Justice D M Dharmadhikari 3. Justice J. C. Shah 4. Justice A.S. Anand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Who one the following is the current Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations? 1. Manjeev Singh Puri 2. Hardeep Singh Puri 3. Nirupam Sen 4. Vijay Kunhianandan Nambiar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Siddhartha Kar, Suhasini Sen and Anand Srivastava are three Indian students among 50 'world's most brilliant' scholars chosen for this year's prestigious: 1. Marion Wright Edelman Scholarship 2. Gates Cambridge scholarship 3. UNESCO -LOREAL Co- Sponsored fellowship 4 Fulbright Scholarships NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) 'The Casual Vacancy' is the book written by which of the following personalities? 1. Khaled Hossenin 2. J.K. Rowling 3. Yann Martel 4. Salman Rushdie NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who is the current Director General of World Trade Organization? 1. Pascal Lamy 2. Supachai Panitchpakdi 3. Mike Moore 4. Renato Ruggiero NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Which of the following States has become the first state in India to make public the names of people, government officials and others, facing corruption cases? 1. Odisha 2. Bihar 3. Kerala 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Which of the following countries is not member of an elite league of six nations, who have nuclear-powered submarine? 1. China 2. India 3. Germany 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) is the central agency established in 1975. Who is the current chairman of NFDC? 1. Manmohan Shetty 2. Ramesh Sippy 3. Om Puri 4. D. V Suryanarayana Raju NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) The Titanic, with 2,200 people on board, departed from which of the following Britain's ports on April 10, 1912, for its first and last voyage from Europe to the US? 1. Port of Southampton 2. Port of Barrow 3. Port of Swansea 4. Port of Immingham NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national park in India located in which of the following district of Rajasthan? 1. 2. 3. Bharatpur Alwar Jhalawar

April Week 1
1) 'Gotipua' is a traditional dance of which of the following States? 1. Odisha 2. West Bengal 3. Jharkhand 4. Sikkim NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

4. Sirohi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which of the following State governments has organised fairs to help 65,000 youths to get jobs in 'Swami Vivekananda Yuva Rojgar Mela'? 1. West Bengal 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Gujarat 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 8) After WWE wrestler Great Khali who is the second sportsperson keen to open cricket academy in Himachal Pradesh? 1. Suresh Raina 2. Yuvraj Singh 3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4. Harbhajan Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Ms. Tawakul Karman, who has been titled the Mother of the Revolution and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. She belongs to: 1. Kenya 2. Liberia 3. Yemen 4. Morocco NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) Which of the following IT companies has finally launched 'MyEdu tablet' in India? 1. HCL 2. Wipro 3. Dell 4. Samsung NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Who among the following won 'Sony Ericsson Open Tennis Tittle 2012'? 1. 2. 3. 4. Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Roger Federer

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 1

12) Who among the following is the current Director-General of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)? 1. Irina Bokova 2. Luther Evans 3. Kochiro Matsuura 4. Federico Mayor Zaragoza NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) GSM Association has said 3G mobile connections in India are expected to grow to more than 10 crore by 2014 the highest in the world while India would become the second largest mobile broadband market globally within the next four years after: 1. USA 2. South Korea 3. UK 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) 'Malabar 2012' is a structured bilateral annual naval exercise between India and: 1. Japan 2. Russia 3. France 4. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Which of the following is the first Indian woman appointed as dean of top US Business School? 1. Srilata Zaheer 2. Nikki Haley 3. Renu Khator 4. Gayatri Chakravorty NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following won 'Miami Masters women singles Title' 2012? 1. 2. Maria Sharapova Marion Bartoli

3. Caroline Wozniacki 4. Agnieszka Radwanska NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) After completing 70 years of services which of the following bank has come out with a unique limited period fixed deposit scheme of 70:70:70.? 1. Punjab National Bank 2. State Bank of Hyderabad 3. Bank of Baroda 4. State Bank of Bikaner NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which of the following States has the highest percentage of widowed/divorced or separated (WDS) individuals in India? 1. New Delhi 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships will be held in which of the following countries from May 9-20? 1. China 2. Australia 3. Philippine 4. Canada NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Secrets of Wild India', a three-part series highlighting the diversity of Indian wildlife, has won the Best Television Series' award at the International Wildlife Film Festival in: 1. UK 2. USA 3. Switzerland 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. James Cameron 2. Robert Wise 3. Steven Soderbergh 4. William Wyler NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university located in: 1. New Delhi 2. Kolkata 3. Lucknow 4. Bhopal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Tiger Woods' former swing coach, Hank Haney, has written a book about his time working with the golfer. The name of book is: 1. The Lord of the Rings 2. Rules of Attraction 3. The Big Miss 4. Strong Motion NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Para Athletics National Championship 2012 was held in: 1. Hyderabad 2. Gurgaon 3. Bhopal 4. Bengaluru NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Oil has been discovered for the first time in which East African nation recently? 1. Tanzania 2. Kenya 3. Burundi 4. Uganda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Prime Minister has appointed panel on the feasibility of executing the controversial Sethusamudram project through Dhanuskodi instead of routing it through the Rama Sethu. Committee is headed by environmentalist:

March Week 4
1) Who among the following Hollywood directors is the first person to make a solo dive to the Pacific Ocean trench?

1. Vandana Shiva 2. Ashok Khosla 3. T. Srinivasa Rao 4. RK Pachauri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) Pudhu Vazvu Thittam' scheme has been launched in which of the following States with the aim of improving livelihood activities of the poorest of the poor, differently abled, destitute widows and orphaned women? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Kerala 3. Karnataka 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Global private equity major Warburg Pincus has sold its 3.6 per cent stake in which of the following banks for about Rs.1,400 crore? 1. HDFC Bank 2. Kotak Mahindra Bank 3. ICICI Bank 4. Yes Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Recently, which among the following countries has given United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) a grant of Rs. 7.2 crore, for buying vaccines, supplies, equipment and services in 2012 to ensure India remains free of polio virus? 1. USA 2. UK 3. Japan 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) Popularly known as Grace', which of the following Marathi author won Sahitya Akademi award for his prose 'Varyane halte raan' (The forest swings with the wind) in 2011? 1. Shyam Manohar

2. Vasant Purushottum Kale 3. Vasant Abaji Dahake 4. Manik Godghate NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 11) 'Tatra' is

1. a vehicle manufacturer in Czech Republic 2. a drug that increases the life expectancy of the elderly suffering from a heart disease. 3. a new variety of Bt Cotton developed by Monsanto 4. a new operating system developed by Samsung NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) 'Luhri hydro-electric project' is located in which of the following districts of Himachal Pradesh? 1. Kinnaur 2. Sirmaur 3. Simla 4. Kangra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Which one of the following countries is the largest importer out of whole volume of trade in the world? 1. USA 2. China 3. Japan 4. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 22nd August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia, headquartered in: 1. Singapore 2. Philippines 3. Japan 4. Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Which of the following social activists became a part of the Global March to Jerusalem' to uphold secularism in the region?

1. Swami Agnivesh 2. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 3. Anna Hazare 4. Medha Patkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) The Indian Navy has deployed the Indo-Russian first version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on: 1. INS Talwar 2. INS Brahmaputra 3. INS Godavari 4. INS Rajput NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Which of the following countries ranked first among the 27 MDR-TB highburden countries world wide? 1. India 2. China 3. Bangladesh 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Koya Commando is special police officers to fight against the Naxal violence in which of the following States? 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Odisha 3. Maharashtra 4. West bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Bhitarkanika National Park is a national park located in which of the following district of Odisha? 1. Bhadrak 2. Jagatsinghpur 3. Mayurbhanj 4. Kendrapada NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) Who among the following is the surprise choice of US President Barack Obama for the post of World Bank president?

1. Jim Yong Kim 2. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 3. Jose Antonio Ocampo 4. Robert Zoellick NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

March Week 3
1) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of rhinoceros population in the world. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in: 1. Assam 2. West Bengal 3. Meghalaya 4. Arunachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Who among the following has been awarded the prestigious 'Dadasaheb Phalke award' for the year 2012? 1. Manna Dey 2. Soumitra Chatterjee 3. VK Murthy 4. K. Balachander NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) According to the report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI) which of the following country is the worlds second largest weapons importer? 1. Pakistan 2. India 3. China 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Who among the following politicians has been declared winner for the prestigious International Jurists Award-2012.'? 1. Sheila Dixit 2. Mulayam Singh Yadav 3. Narendra Modi 4. Nitish Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) To promote institutional deliveries, create awareness and responsibility towards health in pregnant women, which of the following State Governments has recently introduced Surakshit Maa' and Swasth Maa' awards? 1. Bihar 2. Haryana 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated in 2010, across the globe to celebrate the beauty of the house sparrow. World Sparrow Day is observed on: 1. March 21 2. March 20 3. January 5 4. January 27 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) 'Kalbelia' is one of the most sensuous dance forms of: 1. Gujarat 2. Assam 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Rajasthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) Which among the following airports authorities has won the prestigious international 'Jane's ATC Award' for the year 2012? 1. Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) 2. Thunder Bay Airport Authority (TBAA) 3. Airports Authority of India (AAI) 4. Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Tihar Prisons became the first jail in the country to attain near total literacy among inmates. Which of the following programmes has been launched in Tihar jail in collaboration with the National Literacy Mission to increase literacy levels among inmates?

1. 'Padho aur Padhao' 2. 'Aao Padhein' 3. 'Padhana Likhana Sikho' 4. 'Aao Sakshar Bane' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Which famous painters received Padma Bhushan award from President Pratibha Patil during the Padma Awards 2012 function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi ? 1. Jatin Das 2. Vijay Sharma 3. Rajendra Mishra 4. Sujata Achrekar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Chennai airport will soon get a new and advanced satellite-based precision approach and landing system instead of: 1. Transponder Landing System 2. Microwave Landing System 3. Local Area Augmentation System 4. Instrument Landing System NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November 1989. Which among the following personalities is the current chairman of NIOS? 1. Dinesh Singh Bisht 2. Sitansu Sekhar Jena 3. M.C. Pant 4. N.K Ambasht NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) World Water Day is observed on:

1. March 22 2. March 23 3. March 24 4. March 25 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Which of the following States has launched Jawahar Bala Arogya Raksha programme?

1. Haryana 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. New Delhi 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Mahari Award has been instituted by Guru Pankaj Charan Odissi Research Foundation. Who among the following won Mahari award 2012? 1. Shubhada Varadkar 2. Sujata Mohapatra 3. Sharmila Biswas 4. Minati Pradhan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) 'Phaeton' is a full-size luxury sedan launched by: 1. Audi 2. Volkswagen 3. BMW 4. Daimler NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Which among the following sitar player has been awarded 'Pandit Amarnath Vaggeyakar Samman' by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on the 88th birth anniversary celebrations of Pandit Amarnath? 1. Ustad Rias Khan 2. Ustad Sharif Khan 3. Ustad Ikhlaq Hussain Khan 4. Ustad Shahid Parvez NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is India's largest Research and Development (R&D) organization. Who is the current director-general of CSIR? 1. Samir K. Brahmachari 2. Raghunath A. Mashelkar 3. M. K. Bhan 4. Swaminathan Sivaram NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) According to 'France Football magazine' who among the following footballer is the world's highest-paid footballer of year? 1. Lionel Messi 2. David Beckham 3. Cristiano Ronaldo 4. Ronaldinho NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Padma Awards 2012 function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi ? 1. Jatin Das 2. Vijay Sharma 3. Rajendra Mishra 4. Sujata Achrekar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

March Week 2
1) Name the countrys first sub-sonic cruise missile, which is going to be test launched in April 2012. 1. Tomahawk 2. BrahMos 3. Nirbhay 4. Lakshya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2) Which of the following organisations has been chosen for the Skoll Award, 2012 for Social Entrepreneurship by the Skoll Foundation in Oxford, England? 1. The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and Nidan 2. Sulabh International Social Service Organisation 3. Sambhav and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 4. Zed Tech Social Organisation NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Recently, who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? 1. 2. Vijay Bahuguna Harish Rawat

3. Yashpal Arya 4. Ramesh Pokhriyal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Recently, State-owned Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) has signed, a contract for exploration, development and mining in Akjoujt Iron Ore project at Mauritania in West Africa, with which of the following companies? 1. Curve Capital Ventures 2. South African Mining Company 3. Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. 4. North Bay Resources Inc. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) Which of the following female actors has been awarded best actress award in 59th National Film Awards? 1. Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi 2. Vidya Balan 3. Ananya Chatterjee 4. Arundhati Nag NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY) is going to be transferred from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to which of the following Ministry? 1. The Ministry of Urban Development 2. The Ministry of Human Resource Development 3. The Ministry of Labour and Employment 4. The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 7) Which of the following server chips has recently been launched by Intel Corp? 1. 64-bit ARM server chip 2. Opteron 6200 3. Opteron 4200 4. Xeon E5-2600 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) Who of the following has been chosen for Chameli Devi Jain award? 1. Tusha Mittal 2. Aruna Sharma 3. Shailaja Bajpai 4. Shahina K.K NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Recently, an Indian NGO, has been selected for the U.S.' first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls for training and organising waste-pickers and eliminating child labour from recycling. Name the NGO. 1. Chintan 2. Smile foundation 3. HelpAge India 4. Chintan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Who will take over as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) from April 1, 2012? 1. A. M. Naik 2. K. Venkataramanan 3. C.S. Verma 4. Ratan Tata NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Recently, which of the following countries has qualified for silver medal in the women's 4x400m relay of the last Asian athletics championships due to doping disqualifications of athletes from Kazakhstan and Iraq? 1. India 2. Pakistan 3. Sri Lanka 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has chalked out several plans to increase gross enrolment ratio (GER) of students in higher education during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) from present:

1. 20 per cent to 25 per cent 2. 20 per cent to 30 per cent 3. 20 per cent to 35 per cent 4. 20 per cent to 40 per cent NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jairam Ramesh announced a national award for sanitation and water. This award has been instituted in the name of: 1. Sant Gadge Baba 2. Sant Vadiraja Tirtha 3. Sant Variyar Swamigal 4. Swami Yogaswami NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Which of the following committees has recommended elimination of all level crossings from the railway landscape within the next five years as a measure of avoiding accidents and deaths? 1. A. P. Shah Committee 2. Raghurajan Committee 3. V. Kelkar Committee 4. Anil Kakodkar Committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Which of the following countries is Indias second largest supplier of crude oil against whom, western countries have sanctioned to curtail import of oil? 1. Iraq 2. Iran 3. Russia 4. Saudi Arabia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Who among the following sports personalities recently won the All England Open badminton title 2012? 1. Lee Chong Wei 2. Sung Hwan 3. Jin Chen 4. Lin Dan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) Who is the current chairman and chief executive officer of Pepsico? 1. John Compton 2. Pamela Culpepper 3. Indira K. Nooyi 4. Josh Luis Parado NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) The Central government proposes to convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a mission with changed name to provide health care to the urban poor also, in the course of the 12th Plan. What will be its new name? 1. National Health Mission 2. National Rural and Urban Health Mission 3. Pradhan Mantri Health Mission 4. Jawaharlal Nehru Health Mission NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Aamir Khan is national goodwill ambassador of which of the following organisations? 1. UNESCO 2. UNICEF 3. ILO 4. WIPO NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Pajero Sports car is associated with which of the following car manufacturing companies? 1. Hindustan Motor's Limited (HM) 2. Volkswagen Group 3. Volkswagen Group 4. Hyundai Kia Automotive Group NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

March Week 1
1) Which oil company has recently agreed to pay $7.8 billion in a settlement reached with claimants affected by the spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010?

1. BP 2. Schlumberger 3. Petrofac 4. Transocean NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Who among the following is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of PoscoIndia? 1. Yong-Won Yoon 2. Jang Jae-Hyung 3. Jin Sang-Yoon 4. Yoon Eun-Gee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) is a partner of the Government of India in promoting Indias exports. Who among the following is the current Director General & CEO of FIEO ? 1. Ajay Sahai 2. Ramu S.Deora 3. M. Rafeeque Ahmed 4. A.Sakthivel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) 'Bandar Abbas port' is located in which of the following countries? 1. Kazakhstan 2. Iran 3. Ukrain 4. Turkmenistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Recently, which California-based company has been acquired by Chip-maker AMD for $334 million? 1. Antec 2. SeaMicro 3. Intel 4. Memorex NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Which Indian State has recently launched a scheme of free distribution of goats/sheep to the poorest of the poor?

1. Bihar 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Odisha 4. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which among the following Motorcycle companies has launched its gearless scooter portfolio with the launch of its latest offering, Swish 125'? 1. Suzuki Motor 2. Hero MotoCorp 3. Bajaj motorcycles 4. Honda Motorcycle NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) A.P. Choudhary is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of which of the following companies? 1. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) 2.National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) 3. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) 4. Rashtriya Ispat Nigal Limited (RINL) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Which among the following railway stations became the first railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that will provide passengers with a wealth of information? 1. Bangalore City 2. New Delhi 3. Hyderabad 4. CST Mumbai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Recently, the Supreme Court has appointed Justice H.S. Bedi as Chairman of the Monitoring Authority to probe all cases of fake encounter deaths in Gujarat from 2003 to 2006. Justice Bedi replaces Justice: 1. M.B. Shah 2. K G Shah 3. U C Banerjee 4. G T Nanavati NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) Who among the following is the present Prime Minister of Fiji? 1. Jona Senilagakali 2. Commodore Bainimarama 3. Mahendra Chaudhry 4. Laisenia Qarase NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Houses are constructed under the 'Griha Bhagya scheme' for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families in which of the following States? 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Karnataka 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Who among the following personalities has recently won the 'Pritzker Architecture Prize 2012', considered as the Nobel prize in architecture? 1. Eduardo Souto de Moura 2. Wang Shu 3. Peter Zumthor 4. Richard Rogers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) The Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam has designed and developed the Torpedo Advanced Light (TAL). Torpedoes are 1. radar 2. surface-to-air missile 3. underwater missiles 4. anti-aircraft defence system NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 15) Who among the following is the current Chairman and CEO of General Motors? 1. Daniel F. Akerson 2. Edward Whitacre 3. Frederick Henderson 4. Stephen J. Girsky NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in which of the following States? 1. West Bengal 2. Haryana 3. Punjab 4. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) 'Bhavani Island' is located in which of the following States? 1. West Bengal 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Kerala 4. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which of the following writers has written 18. Threads of Hope - The Magical Weaves of Andhra Pradesh book? 1. Mrs. Noopur Kumar 2. C. Narayana Reddy 3. Nataraja Ramakrishna 4. Pulapaka Susheela NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) Who among the following is the current chairman of the Asian organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)? 1. Muhammad Akhtar Rana 2. Vinod Rai 3. Kun YANG 4. Tan Sri Ambrin Buang NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Which of the following railway stations has bagged Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station' award for 2010-11? 1. Madgaon railway station 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai 3. New Delhi railway station 4. Mangalore railway station NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

February Week 4
1) Which among the following National Parks has the largest population of onehorned rhinos in the world? 1. Kaziranga National Park 2. Manas National Park 3. Chitwan National Park 4. Corbett National Park NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) was set-up on 22 April 1946 in which of the following States? 1. West Bengal 2. Odisha 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Recently, veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin of 'The Sunday Times' was killed along with French photographer Remi Ochlik in which of the following countries? 1. Iran 2. Pakistan 3. Syria 4. Afghanistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Britain forcibly occupied Malvinas Islands (Falkland Islands) in 1833. Which among the following countries has sought Indian assistance in pressing its claim over Malvinas Islands? 1. Uruguay 2. Madagascar 3. Brazil 4. Argentina NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 5) Nagarhole National Park also known as "Rajiv Gandhi National Park", is located in which of the following States? 1. Karnataka

2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) already approved an investment of Rs.4, 300 crore for setting up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Tamil Nadu with which of the following Port trusts? 1. Chennai Port 2. Ennore Port 3. Cochin Port 4. Tuticorin NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) 'Enrica Lexie' is a ship of which of the following countries? 1. Italy 2. France 3. Spain 4. Syria NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Which of the following computer peripherals manufacturer companies has introduced world's smallest wireless laser mouse baby beans'? 1. Panasonic 2. Toshiba 3. Hitachi 4. Elecom NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Who among the following has bagged the prestigious Hans Raj Nayyar Memorial Award for his research on critical care and therapy for high-risk patients? 1. Dr. V. Rastogi 2. Ashish Nimgaonkar 3. Dr. Nikhil Kothari 4. Dr. Camilla Rodrigues NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) The Karnataka High Court has appointed which of the following Justice as

the mediator in the dispute between Wakf board and Windsor Manor? 1. Justice V. Appa Suri Rao 2. Justice R.V. Raveendran 3. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil 4. Justice K. Sreedhar Rao Khehar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Which among the following Female actors has extended her wholehearted support to Join My Village' to give girls and women from disadvantaged communities in the country access to education and prepare them to build strong communities? 1. Juhi Chawla 2. Priyanka Chopra 3. Sonali Bendre 4. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Which among the following State governments has announced to launch Samajik Mukti Card' (Social Freedom Card) for workers in the unorganised sector to avail the various benefits provided by the State government? 1. Haryana 2. West Bengal 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is located in which of the following cities? 1. Pune 2. Chennai 3. Bengaluru 4. Hyderabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Which among the following International Airports is the first airport in the country to run ground vehicles on biofuel? 1. 2. Veer Savarkar International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport 4. Bengaluru International Airport NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body for women established in 1992 by Government of India under the provisions of the Indian Constitution. Who among the following is the current Chairperson of NCW? 1. Girija Vyas 2. Mamta Sharma 3. Ayushi Vashishth 4. Dr. Poornima Advani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Which among the following companies has entered into a MoU with the Indian Railways for doubling of the railway line between Kirandul and Jagdalpur in Hyderabad? 1. SAIL 2. MMTC Ltd 3. NMDC Ltd 4. Coal India Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy established on 29 July 1957. IAEA has its headquarters in: 1. USA 2. Austria 3. Switzerland 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) The Louis Philippe Cup is India's richest domestic golf tournament with a prize money of Rs. 1.14 crores, will commence on 5th March, 2012 in which of the following cities? 1. 2. 3. Chandigarh Chennai Bengaluru

4. Kolkata NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Which among the following companies has announced a cash incentive of Rs. 1.16 crore to be distributed amongst the players and support staff of the Indian hockey team for qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics? 1. PepsiCo 2. Hero MotoCorp 3. DLF Infra 4. Sahara India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) Recently, which among the following Pharmaceuticals companies has announced to sell 11.93 per cent stake to US- based healthcare investment firm OrbiMed for Rs 50 crore? 1. Shasun Pharmaceuticals 2. Sudershan Biotech Ltd. 3. Reliance Life Sciences 4. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) Kerala has launched a project titled Hunger Free City aims to provide highly subsidized meals once a day to public at designated centers in a city and ensure that no person in the city goes without at least one square meal a day. Which among the following cities is the first city chosen for this? 1. Kozhikode 2. Kannur 3. Ernakulam 4. Kottayam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee on priority sector under the Chairmanship of Mr. M V Nair, he is Chairman of which of the following banks? 1. State Bank of India 2. Union Bank of India 3. Indian Overseas Bank 4. Syndicate Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Who among the following is the current chief coach of Indian men's hockey team? 1. Jacques Brinkman 2. Michael Nobbs 3. Michael Nobbs 4. Jose Brasa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 'Shahryar' was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 2008 and the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book: 1. Satwan Dar 2. Khwab ka Dar Band Hai 3. Hijr Ke Mausam 4. Mere Hisse ki Zamin NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) 'Snehasparsham' is a pension project for the unwed tribal mothers in which of the following states? 1. Chhattisgarh

February Week 3
1) Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) was setup in year 1946 in which of the following states? 1. West Bengal 2. Odisha 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national park in India located in which of the following districts of Rajasthan? 1. Sawai Madhopur 2. Jhalawar 3. Alwar 4. Bharatpur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

2. Kerala 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Andaman & Nicobar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Which among the following river interlinking project is proposed to be the first river interlinking project in the country? 1. Ken to Chambal 2. Burhi Gandak to Noon, Baya and Ganga 3. Krishna to Cauvery 4. Ken to Betwa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Sahitya Akademi president Sunil Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Awards 2011 in New Delhi to which of the following Telugu poets for his book Swaralayalu' on Hindustani music? 1. M. Bhoopal Reddy 2. Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad 3. Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma 4. Samala Sadasiva NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Public sector major, Canara Bank has opened its first ultra small branch which would be open all seven days in a week and would be linked with the bank's Core Banking Solution in which of the following states? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Gujarat 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Which of the following States has launched Zero Landless programme' for distributing land to the landless and eligible persons from among the weaker sections of society? 1. Kerala 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Karnataka 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

12) Which of the following personalities has been selected for the S.R. Jindal Prize for his outstanding contribution in his field ,along with the former Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice N. Santosh Hegde ? 1. Anna Hazare 2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 3. Kiran Bedi 4. Nitish Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) Go Airlines is a leading low-fare service airline, flying to 21 destinations within India with 160 daily flights. Who among the following is the CEO of GoAir? 1. Giorgio de Roni 2. Christoph Franz 3. Bruce Ashby 4. Antonio Vzquez NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 14) Which among the following States last registered a case of wild poliovirus ? 1. West Bengal 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Bihar 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) 'Pancheshwar dam' is to be constructed on which of the following rivers? 1. Sarada (Mahakali) 2. Gandak 3. Karnali 4. Kosi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has set up a three-member panel to examine the report on Air India-Indian Airlines merger and prepare a schedule for their implementation recommended by which of the following Committee? 1. 2. 3. Banerjee Committee Khanna Committee Kunzru and Sikri Committees

4. Dharmadhikari Committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) Vempalli Gangadhar has bagged Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2011 for which of the following books of short-stories in Telugu? 1. Silabandi 2. Molakala Punnami 3. Toorupu Kommalu 4. Kolimmaanu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which among the following country's President has decorated tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic with the highest state honour medal 'Gold Star of Karadjordje'? 1. Spain 2. Switzerland 3. Serbia 4. Belarus NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Which among the following Odia writers has been selected for Kendra Sahitya Akademi for his/her novel Achinha Basabhumi'? 1. Kalpana Kumari Devi 2. Narayan Rath 3. Yasodhara Mishra 4. Padmja Pal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) 'Megha-Tropiques' is a:

poets for his book Swaralayalu' on Hindustani music? 1. M. Bhoopal Reddy 2. Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad 3. Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma 4. Samala Sadasiva NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2) Who among the following is the maker of documentary film Jashn-e-Azadi,? 1. Dilip Chitre 2. Sanjay Kak 3. Siddharth Kak 4. Prakash Jha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Who among the following is the current President of Maldives? 1. Waheed Hassan 2. Mohammed Nasheed 3. Ahmed Shihan 4. Abdullah Fairoosh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Which among the following states has launched Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana (IBSY) to provide free treatment to all children? 1. Gujarat 2. Rajasthan 3. Haryana 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) Recently, Tata Power along with SN Power has signed a 236 MW Duger Hydro Electric Project' in which of the following states? 1. Uttarakhand 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 6) Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM) was established in December 1971 it is located in:

1. satellite mission to study the water cycle in tropical atmosphere 2. Aircraft made in France 3. local wind of tropical region 4. new method of cloud computing NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

February Week 2
1) Sahitya Akademi president Sunil Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Award 2011, to which of the following Telgu

1. Hyderabad 2. New Delhi 3. Lucknow 4. Mumbai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Which among the following Biosphere Reserves has been nominated for the prestigious Michael Batisse Award under the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)? 1. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve 2. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve 3. Simlipal Biosphere Reserve 4. Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 8) To boost dryland crop production, which of the following states has launched 'Bhoo Chetana' programme in 2009? 1. Maharashtra 2. Karnataka 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Hyderabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) 23rd National sub-junior kho-kho championship was recently held in which of the following states? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Haryana 3. Kerala 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) For imparting training to lesseducated and unemployed youths to improve their skills in the hospitality sectors, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has launched Hunar Se Rozgar (Employment through Skills) scheme in which among the following states? 1. 2. 3. Uttarakhand Rajasthan Gujarat

4. Goa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) Insecticides India has entered into a marketing tie-up with which of the following Japanese Chemicals companies to distribute Pulsor', a fungicide which prevents sheath blight in rice in India? 1. Mitsubishi 2. Sumitomo 3. Nissan 4. Mitsui NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) On the grounds of disagreement with certain State policies and inability of the government to deal with mining scam and other scandals, which one of the following social activists has declined the Karnataka government's Basava Puruskar 2010? 1. Medha Patkar 2. Anna Hazare 3. Kiran Bedi 4. Aruna Roy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) 'Etisalat' is a telecommunications services provider company of which of the following countries? 1. Norway 2. Iran 3. UAE 4. Sweden NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) The Last Lecture is a book authored by which of the following author? 1. Jeffrey Zaslow 2. Susan Alcorn 3. Salman Rushdi 4. Graham Diamond NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) Which of the following state governments would get an assistance of Rs. 2,000 crore from the Union government to set up internal infrastructure for the proposed

Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIRs)? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Odisha 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) VE Commercial Vehicles, a 50:50-joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, is setting up a bus manufacturing plant in: 1. Gujarat 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Haryana 4. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Who among the following authors has written the book Feeding the forgotten poor? 1. William D. Dar 2. Jagdish Bhagwati 3. Kuldip Nayyar 4. Amartya Sen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Recently, Sun pharmaceutical company has formed joint venture with: 1. Pfizer 2. Merck 3. Eli Lilly 4. Novartis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) Who among the following personalities is the current Project Director of Chandrayaan II? 1. T.G.K. Murthy 2. S Ramakrishnan 3. M. Annadurai 4. Koteswara Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

20) Who among the following has been declared for 'Vyas Samman' for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte ? 1. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari 2. Mannu Bhandari 3. Amar Kanth 4. Ramdarash Mishra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

February Week 1
1) Who among the following is the writer of 'Nirbasan' ? 1. Taslima Nasreen 2. Salman Rushdie 3. Begum Rokeya 4. Selina Hossain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Recently, Karnataka Government has opposed the proposal of Central Government for a tiger reserve because of opposition from local people and elected representatives in the region. This tiger reserve is proposed in which of the following national parks? 1. Bandipur National Park 2. Kudremukh National Park 3. Nagarhole National Park 4. Bannerghatta National Park NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) Bhooya Sangharsher Hatya is a book written by: 1. Taslima Nasreen 2. Mahasweta Devi 3. Sujato Bhadra 4. Iffat Ara NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Power of Music is a book on music as therapy, which is authored by 1. T. Mythily 2. Bhimsen Joshi 3. Anurag Kashyap 4. Ustad Bismillah Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

5) Which of the following states will host the International Children Film Festival in association with CFSI in April 2012? 1. Goa 2. Maharashtra 3. Odisha 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 6) Which of the following Bangladeshi writers has written the book 'Dwikhandito' ? 1. Taslima Nasreen 2. Jahanara Imam 3. Anisul Hoque 4. Dilawar Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) The 'Ghodahad reservoir' is located in:

commenced production at its hydraulic crane manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to: 1. South Korea 2. Germany 3. Japan 4. Sweden NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) An urban drinking water supply project worth Rs.740 crore will be launched shortly with loan assistance to be provided by L'Agence Franaise de Dveloppement (AFD), the French public institution in which of the following districts of Rajasthan? 1. Jodhpur 2. Bikaner 3. Jaisalmer 4. Barmer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Kiran-Mk 2 is a/an:

1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Odisha 3. Assam 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) The 'World Wetlands Day' is celebrated globally on: 1. February 3 2. February 1 3. January 30 4. February 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) An athlete from Kerala has national record in 800-metre race and won silver medal in the 800-metre race at the Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Jakarta. The name of the athlete is: 1. Jinu Maria 2. Tintu Luka 3. Mayookah Johny 4. Preeja Sreedharan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd (KCI) is a part of Kobelco Cranes Company has

1. Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft 2. scheme, launched by Andhra Pradesh government for adolescent girls 3. scheme, launched by West Bengal government for pregnant women 4. satellite to be launch by ISRO dedicated to Kalpana Chawla NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which of the following State Governments has launched Atal Bijli Bachat Yojna to reduce energy consumption and Green House Gas emission by distributing free 4 CFL bulbs to every household? 1. Karnataka 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Gujarat 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) The Aerospace Company of which of the following countries has designed and built 'Rafale' a twin-engine delta-wing multi-role jet fighter aircraft?

1. USA 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) The 11th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention Wetlands, Tourism and Recreation' (Ramsar COP11) will be held in which of the following countries from 6 - 13 July 2012? 1. Burkina Faso 2. South Africa 3. Romania 4. Uganda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) The K.K. Birla Foundation has awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjun deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection. The name of Rajasthani poetry collection is: 1. Anta Ke Sanshaya 2. Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau 3. Jagah Jaisi Jagah 4. Utsav Ka Nirmam Samai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Aerospace company of which of the following countries has manufactured the 'Saab JAS 39 Gripen', which is a lightweight single-engine multi-role fighter? 1. France 2. Israel 3. Sweden 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) 'Dollu Kunitha' (dance), is a major form of art, occupies the pride of place among folk dances accompanied by singing. Dollu Kunitha is a popular drum dance of: 1. Karnataka 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhr Pradesh 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania AB has announced to establish a completely knocked down (CKD) assembly unit for truck and bus chassis in which of the following cities? 1. Pune 2. Bengaluru 3. Hyderabad 4. Faridabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Which of the following cargo airlines has bagged the Air Cargo Carrier of the Year' award for 2012, at the Air Cargo India summit held in Mumbai? 1. FedEx Express 2. American Airlines Cargo 3. Lufthansa Cargo 4. SkyCargo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

January Week 4
1) Who among the following is the current chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)? 1. Sudha Sundararaman 2. Shantha Sinha 3. Jyotsna Chatterjee 4. Pramila Loomba NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2) Recently, The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has put on fast track the process of procuring equipment for the first unit of the 4,000 MW supercritical coal-based thermal power station at Kudgi. Kudgi is situated in: 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Kanartaka 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) represents the Indian

entrepreneur's spirit of enterprise in the global market. Who among the following is the current president of FIEO? 1. M. Rafeeque Ahmed 2. Ramu S Deora 3. J. K. Jain 4. Jayant Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Recently, the Union Cabinet has given the final approval to the acquisition of a majority stake, by a London-based mining group, in Cairn India for $8.48 billion. The name of the group is: 1. Petropavlovsk plc 2. Vedanta Resources 3. Xstrata 4. Glencore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Who is the writer of The Rivered Earth ? 1. Ruchir Joshi 2. Vikram Seth 3. Salman Rushdie 4. Kuldip Nayar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Citigroup Inc is an American multinational financial services corporation, headquartered in New York, United States. Who among the following is the chairman of Citigroup Inc ? 1. Richard D. Parsons 2. Vikram Pandit 3. F. W. Bischoff 4. Michael O'Neill NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Who among the following has written the noval, The Moor's Last Sigh? 1. Sidney Sheldon 2. Harold Robbins 3. Salman Rushdie 4. Stephen King NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

8) The High Court of which of the following States has issued a notice to its State Government in regard to seeking inclusion of orphaned children in the disadvantaged group for admission to private un-aided schools? 1. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu 3. New Delhi 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Recently, B.P. Acharya has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his role in the fast-snowballing scandal relating to irregularities in the allotment of high-priced plots for villas in the township project of Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar. He isHome Secretary of: 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Goa 4. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) The State Government of which of the following States has announced to launch the schemes such as Majoni and Mamoni to the girl child and to improve the health of would-be mothers? 1. Assam 2. West Bengal 3. Tripura 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Constituent Assembly adopted Jana Gana Mana' as the National Anthem on 24 January, 1950. Who among the following personalities has named it as The morning song of India'? 1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Rabindranath Tagore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

12) Chitwan National Park is the most popular tourist destination in the Chitwan Valley. It was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. Chitwan Valley is situated in: 1. Assam 2. Sikkim 3. Bhutan 4. Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) Karvan-e-Aman (Peace Caravan) is the weekly bus service between which of the following places? 1. Kathua and Gujarnwala 2. Amritsar and Lahore 3. Srinagar and Muzaffarabad 4. Faridkot and Bahawalpur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 14) The Chief Minister of which of the following States has announced an increase in the amount of cash prizes given to girls for encouraging them to go to schools and included the girls of general category in the popular 'Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award'? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Rajasthan 3. Maharashtra 4. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) is a home to seven vulture species long-billed, whitebacked, Egyptian, red-headed, Eurasian griffon, Himalayan griffon and cinereous, the first four are permanent residents of the park while the last three are migratory. Panna Tiger Reserve is located in which one of the following States? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Rajasthan 3. Gujarat 4. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is the largest pharmaceutical company of India. Who among the following persons is the current Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Ranbaxy? 1. Malvinder Singh 2. Atul Sobti 3. Mohan Singh 4. Arun Sawhney NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) In a step to increase the capital adequacy and improve the asset quality, the Government of India has decided to subscribe to preferential equity shares issued by State Bank of India (SBI) along with a famous bank. What is the name of that bank?

1. Punjab National Bank (PNB) 2. Bank of India 3. Central Bank of India 4. United Bank of India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an international economic organisation of 34 countries, founded in 1961, to stimulate economic progress and world trade. Its headquarter is situated in : 1. UK 2. USA 3. Singapore 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) Recently, An animal rights group announced a plan to launch a Europe-wide campaign for a tourism boycott of India to protest against Jallikattu,' describing it as a cruel bull-abusing contact game. This group belongs to which of the following countries? 1. Germany 2. Ireland 3. UK 4. Norway NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) The Board of Approval (BoA) under the Commerce Ministry has approved the proposal of a company to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The name of that company is: 1. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 2. Videocon Realty 3. Parsvnath 4. Larsen & Toubro NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Bangalore 2. Pune 3. Hyderabad 4. Kolkata NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) The headquarters of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is located which of the following countries? 1. UK 2. Australia 3. India 4. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Recently, Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), found 100% of the sample tested confirm to required standards only in Goa and: 1. Kerala 2. Gujarat 3. Puducherry 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 7) The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General of India. Who among the following is the current Solicitor-General? 1. Gopal Subramaniam 2. Rohinton Nariman 3. G. E. Vahanvati 4. Harish Salve NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Recently, which among the following Courts has ruled out any modification in the electronic voting machine (EVM), including incorporation of the technology for a paper trail? 1. Allahabad High Court 2. Delhi High Court 3. Chandigarh High Court 4. Supreme Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

January Week 3
1) Which of the following states Chief Minister has offered treatment to the ailing gazal singer Mehdi Hassan in India? 1. Rajasthan 2. Gujarat 3. Punjab 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj recently would assume additional charge as Governor of which of the following states? 1. Kerala 2. Goa 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The Chepauk Palace which was recently in news comprises two blocksthe northern block is known as Khalsa Mahal while the southern block is known as Humayun Mahal. Chepauk Palace is located in which of the following cities? 1. Chennai 2. New Delhi 3. Lucknow 4. Lahore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) The National Tuberculosis Institute was established in 1959 in which of the following cities?

9) Which among the following states has become the first state to setup a special commondo unit for protecting tigers in its dense forest from poachers and hunters? 1. Karnataka 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Who among the following personalities is the current chairman of Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council? 1. C. N. R. Rao 2. Bikash Sinha 3. R. Chidambaram 4. R. Narasimha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Who among the following personalities is the current coach of Indian women's hockey team? 1. Sandeep Somesh 2. Mir Ranjan Negi 3. C.R. Kumar 4. Khalid Modi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is India's largest iron ore producer and exporter. Who among the following personalities is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NMDC? 1. Rana Som 2. N.K Nanda 3. S.Thiagarajan 4. Subimal Bose NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in headquartered in: 1. Bengaluru 2. Mumbai 3. Nagpur 4. Chandigarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Chilka Lake is a brackish water lagoon, it is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the World. It is located in which of the following states? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Odisha 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) The National Anti Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP) is headed by: 1. Justice D M Dharmadhikari 2. Justice P.N. Bhagwati 3. Justice K.T. Thomas 4. Justice C.K. Mahajan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for promoting the country's external trade. Who among the following personalities is the current Chairman-cum-Managing Director of ITPO? 1. Subhas Pani 2. Rita Menon 3. A. Sakthivel 4. Rajive Kaul NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Costa Concordia, one of the most exciting and innovative ships was recently in news, it belongs to: 1. Germany 2. Spain 3. Italy 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Who among the following is the current president of the ATP Players' Council? 1. 2. 3. 4. Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Brad Drewett Ivan Ljubicic

NOT ATTEMPTED

Correct option is: 2

19) In which of the following states the houses are provided to displaced families under the 'Aasare scheme' ? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Bihar 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Recently, the Literary Festival was celebrated in which of the following cities? 1. Jaipuir 2. Hyderabad 3. Kolkata 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3. Porbandar 4. Bhavnagar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) Who among the following is the current MD & CEO of Essar Oil? 1. Naresh Nayyar 2. Lalit Gupta 3. Arjun Vajpai 4. Anshuman Ruia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is a national agency of the Government of India, formed by an act of Indian Parliament known as IRDA Act 1999. Its head office is located in which of the following cities? 1. Hyderabad 2. New Delhi 3. Mumbai 4. Bengaluru NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Which of the following Indian states has been summoned by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for the delay in providing compensation and rehabilitation to the silicosis victims? 1. Odisha 2. Jharkhand 3. Karnataka 4. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Which one of following states is the largest turmeric producer in the country? 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Odisha 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Which of the following Committees has been appointed by the Central government to study the impact of the

January Week 2
1) Which one of the following Courts has warned Facebook and Google that their websites could be blocked as was done in China if they failed to devise a mechanism to remove objectionable materials? 1. Delhi High Court 2. Supreme Court 3. Madras High Court 4. Mumbai High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) H.R. Bhardwaj is the Governer of which of the following states? 1. Karnataka 2. Manipur 3. Goa 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest and wildlife sanctuary established in 1965 in which of the following district of Gujarat? 1. 2. Junagarh Jamnagar

disease in areca-growing areas in the sate of Karnataka? 1. M K Bhan committee 2. Gorakh Singh committee 3. M R S Rao committee 4. Rajendra Prashad Gupta committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Areva is nuclear power Company of which of the following countries? 1. Japan 2. Russia 3. French 4. Ukrain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 10) Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is a part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Who is the current Chairman of CBEC? 1. V. Sridhar 2. S. K. Goel 3. Sumit Dutt Majumder 4. Sudhir Chandra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) When Loss is Gain is a book set in contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, was launched in New Delhi. It is written by: 1. Shiv Khera 2. Chetan Bhagat 3. Pavan K. Varma 4. Rashmi Bansal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) The Muddy Riveris the English novel written by which of the following writers? 1. Snehasish Majumdar 2. K. Satyanarayan 3. P.A. Krishnan 4. Kiran Desai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

13) Who among the following is the Chairman & Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)? 1. S.A. Bhardwaj 2. Dr. Arbind Prasad 3. Dr. G. Nageswara Rao 4. Dr. S.K. Jain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Who among the following is the current coach of Indian Football National Team? 1. Bob Houghton 2. Armando Colaco 3. Savio Medeira 4. Marcus Pacheco NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 15) Which among the following Tennis players has withdrawn from the Australian Open as she struggles to return from autoimmune disease 'Sjogren's syndrome'? 1. Serena Williams 2. Martina Navratilova 3. Justine Henin 4. Venus Williams NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) Who among the following is the current President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? 1. Rajeev Chandrashekhar 2. Sunil Mittal 3. Harsh Mariwala 4. H P Singhania NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 17) Arysta LifeScience Corporation, a pesticide manufacturing company, has launched its new product Orthene' in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to: 1. Australia 2. South Korea 3. France 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

18) Which of the following IranianAmerican ex-Marine has been sentenced to death by an Iranian judge for spying for the CIA? 1. Amir Mirzai Hekmati 2. Shaahin Cheyene 3. Goli Ameri 4. Salar Kamangar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) G. D. Midea of China has signed to form an air-conditioner manufacturing and distribution joint venture in India, along with which of the following air-conditioner manufacturing companies? 1. Carrier 2. Daikin 3. Modine 4. Blue Star NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) The Indian Premier League has announced that former England captain Kevin Pietersen will leave Deccan Chargers and further he will join: 1. Delhi Daredevils 2. Royal Challengers Bangalore 3. Rajasthan Royal 4. Kings Eleven Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

six months after found guilty of testing the drug Tadalafil? 1. Indore 2. Pune 3. Kolkata 4. Bhopal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Supreme Court appointedEmpowered Committee (EC) on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, is headed by: 1. Justice A.S. Anand 2. Justice K.T. Thomas 3. Justice A.R. Lakshmanan 4. C.D. Thatte NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) 22 Indian diamond traders have been detained in which of the following countries on the charge of smuggling? 1. China 2. Bulgaria 3. Zambia 4. Ethiopia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) is headed by : 1. Justice Ranganath Misra 2. Justice Rajinder Sachar 3. Wajahat Habibullah 4. Justice MB Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 6) Who among the following persons has won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2011 along with Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess? 1. Andre Geim 2. George E. Smith 3. Saul Perlmutter 4. Charles K. Kao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 7) Who among the following is the current Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)?

January Week 1
1) Who among the following is the current Chairman of the United States ExportImport Bank? 1. Fred Hochberg 2. Max Cleland 3. April Foley 4. Philip Merrill NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2) Doctors of which of the following cities have been restricted by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) from conducting any fresh drug trials for the next

1. Dr Surinder Singh 2. Dr V G Somani 3. Dr. S. E. Reddy 4. Dr. K. Bangarurajan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) Which of the following state governments has handed over 26.85 hectares of land for setting up the country's first of its kind neutrino observatory project? 1. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj will be conferred the honorary doctorate degree recently by: 1. Utkal University of Culture 2. University of Calcutta 3. University of Pune 4. University of Madras NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) 'Jaguar-Land Rover', now owned by Tata Motors is based in which of the following countries? 1. UK 2. Sweden 3. France 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Who among the following is the current Chief Information Commissioner? 1. A. N. Tiwari 2. Siby Mathews 3. Satyananda Mishra 4. Wajahat Habibullah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) Which among the following companies is expanding its footprint in the media sector, with a major investment in the TV18 group?

1. Tata 2. Wipro 3. Birla 4. Reliance NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 13) Who among the following is the current CEO and Managing Director of Yamaha Motor, India? 1. Yukimine Tsuji 2. Hiroyuki Suzuki 3. H Yanagi 4. S S Kang NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Which of the following persons is the current president of Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)? 1. Prathap C. Reddy 2. Dr. Preetha Reddy 3. Analjit Singh 4. Dr. Pradeep Chowbey NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) The Union government has set up an expert committee under the Chairmanship of which of the following members of Planning Commission to study the impact of futures trading on prices of agricultural commodities? 1. Abhijit Sen 2. Saumitra Choudhuri 3. Narendra Jadhav 4. Mihir Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Which of the following US based Motorcycle companies has announced that two of its bikes 'Street Bob' and 'Super Glide Custom' will now be assembled at Bawal plant in Haryana? 1) Harley-Davidson 2) Alligator 3) MotoCzysz 4) Ridley NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Who among the following is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank? 1. Sri R Ramachandran 2. B. A. Prabhakar 3. Sri R S Reddy 4. B. Vasanth Shenoy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Recently, who among the following has been appointed Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)? 1. Krishna Kumar 2. G. Ravindra 3. Parvin Kiran Sinclair 4. K.G. Rastogi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Taliban forces in Afghanistan have announced to open a political office in which of the following countries for the negotiations with the international community? 1. Qatar 2. Bahrain 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Turkey NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Prime Minister of which of the following countries, was the chief guest at the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) events, held in Jaipur? 1) Trinidad and Tobago 2) Suriname 3) Guyana 4) Mauritius NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

Formula One Winners_2012

Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)* 2012 winner: Nico Rosberg(Germany) Spanish Grand Prix (Catalunya)* 2012 winner: Pastor Maldonado(Venezuela) Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne) 2012 winner: Jenson Button(UK) Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)* 2012 winner: Jenson Button(UK) Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo)* 2012 winner: Mark Webber(Australia) British Grand Prix (Silverstone)* 2012 winner: Mark Webber(Australia) Malaysia Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpar) 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) German Grand Prix (Hockenheim) 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) European Grand Prix (Valencia)* 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) Hungarian Grand Prix (Budapest) 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal)brazil 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) Italian Grand Prix (Monza) 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir) 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Singapore Grand Prix (Singapore)* 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka) 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Korean Grand Prix (Yeongam)* 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Brazillian Grand Prix 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Indian Grand Prix(Gr. Noida) Winner : Sebastian Vettel(Germany)

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