Q.

1 Union cabinet has given nod to raise FDI in insurance sector to 49 per cent which was
till date restricted to
1) 74% 2) 40% 3) 25% 4) 26% 5) 100%

Q.2 The government has approved the 12th Five Year Plan document in which allocation
for health has increased by 335 per cent with a target of achieving a total public spending
of 1.85 per cent of the GDP. The allocated amount is
1) Rs 3,00,018 cr 2) Rs 2.00518 cr 3) Rs 1,17,707 cr 4) Rs 2,15,113cr 5) None of these

Q.3 Recently Turkey’s parliament approved a bill authorizing military operation against
Syria after Syrian shelling on Rukish territory. Name the present Turkish prime minister
who led this process.
1) Recep Tyyip Erdogan 2) Reza Rahimiin 3) Abdullah Gut 4) Bulent Ecevit 5) None of
these

Q.4 NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Corporation) which have foreign holding of more than
75 per cent and up to 100 per cent are now allowed to open any number of subsidiaries.
What is the minimum paid up capital required for NBFCs to avail the above facility?
1 ) $100 million 2) $50 million 3) $75 million 4) $125 million 5) None of these

Q.5 Oil India and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) are set to complete acquisition of 30 per cent
stake in Carizo Oil and Natural Gas Niobrara Shale Asset for $52.5 million making their
foray into
1) Australian market 2) Vietnamese market 3) US market 4) European market 5)
None of these

Q.6 After acquiring a majority stake in Gujarat Gas Co Ltd (GGCL) for about Rs 2,464 crore
the acquiring company is optiong to acquiring another 26 per cent from the market. Name
the company. 1) IOC 2) HPCL 3) ONGC 4) GSPC 5) None of these
Q.7 After lagging behind in net run rate in current T-20 World Cup 2012 in quarter final
match with South African team, Indian Cricket team fail to make it to semi-final
constructively for
1) three times 2) four times 3) five times 4) two times 5) None of these

Q.8 Indian football team won Nehru Cup last month and moved a place up in the latest FIFA
ranking. What is India’s current position in FIFA ranking?
1) 167th 2) 168th 3) 169th 4) 170th 5) 175th

Q.9 I ventured capital fund dedicated to promoting Dalit entrepreneurs has been registered
by market regulator SEBI, which will pave way for creating a corpus to support business
owned by people for the Scheduled Castes. Name the venture capital fund.
1) Dalit Venture Capital 2) SC Venture Capital 3) DICCI Venture Capital Fund
4) Start up Venture Capital 5) none of these

Q.10 The UN women launched the first ever knowledge hub for elected women
representatives living in rural areas of South Asia recently. The centre will train 65000
women of Panchayati Raj institutions in 16 districts of five states. Name the executive
direction of UN women.
1) Helen Clark 2) Carlos Lopes 3) Jimmy Kolker 4) Michelle Bachelet 5) None of
these

Q.11 Name the noted Islamic scholar and former president of Jama’at-e-Islami Hind, a
leading Islamic organisation and founder of Islamic Academy of India who passed away
recently at the age of 81 years.
1) Dr. Abdul Haq 2) Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari 3) Mohammad Hidayatullah 4)
Zameer Uddin Shah 5) None of these
Q.12 Recently President Pranab Mukherjee presented Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu
awards at Vigyan Bhawan. These awards are presented by which organisation?
1) Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry 2) Federation of Indian Export
organisation 3) Export Promotion Department 4) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 5)
None of these

Q.13 Based on the recommendations of the standing committee of the ministry of food and
consumer affairs the Union cabinet recently cleared amendments to the FCRA. It stands for
1) Foreign Companies Regulation Act 2) Forward Contract Regulation Act 3) Failed
Companies Regulation Act 4) Future Commodities Regulation Act 5) None of these

Q.14 India First Life Insurance has launched a device comprising a samsung tablet PC and a
battery powered printer which enables an agent to issue a policy on the spot with or
without access to internet. Name the service.
1) Magic Bricks 2) Magic Stick 3) Magic Boards 4) Magic Box 5) None of these

Q.15 Who is the writer of the book “An Indian Summer: A Personal Experience of India”?
1) James Cameron 2) N. Ram 3) Ken Auletta 4) Henrique Capriles 5) None of these

Q.16 Vijay Kelkar Committee had suggested the government to sell part of its shares in
SUUTI meet its Rs 30,000 crore disinvestment target. SUUTI stands for
1) Special Undertaking of Unit Trust of India 2) Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India
3) Significant Undertaking of Unit Trust of India 4) Specified Unit Undertaking Transfer
Initiative 5) None of these

Q.17 The Indian Air Force which turns 80 on October 8 will get brand new heavy duty
helicopters. Therese heavy duty helicopters are
1) Apache 2) Mi-28 Havoc 3) CH-47 Chinooks 4) MI-26 5) MI-17 V-5
Q.18 Pfizer, the Indian unit of US drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has decided to challenge the
country’s patent office for revoking a patent for its cancer drug used to cure a certain type
of kidney cancer. Name the drug.
1) Plerixafor 2) Avastin 3) Synovir 4) Sutent 5) None of these

Q.19 Diversified conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra has announced to start its fifth
school in Srinagar as part of its strategy to train and create a pool of one million
employable youth by 2012. What is the name of that school?
1) Mahindra Prime School 2) Mahindra Prepratory School 3) Mahindra Technology School
4) Mahindra Pride School 5) None of these

Q.20 After achieving the distinction of being the first district in the country to achieve
100% literacy which district of Kerala state is on way to become first district in the country
to have bank account for every adult?
1) Kozhikode 2) Ernakulam 3) Thiruvananthapuram 4) Thrissur 5) None of these

Q.21 Government has decided to merge two centrally sponsored schemes—Horticulture

Mission for North East and Himalayan states and National Bamboo Mission with which
ongoing programme for 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) period?
1) National Agriculture Mission 2) National Mission for Green India 3) National
Horticulture Mission 4) National Water Mission 5) None of these

Q.22 Recently Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued notice to which troubled
airline asking why its permit should to be canceled or suspended as it has grounded its
fleet temporarily?
1) Air India 2) Alliance Air 3) Jagson Airlines 4) Kingfisher 5) None of these

Q.23 Which of the following birds has been declared as state bird of Delhi recently with the
issue of a notification in this effect?
1) Pigeon 2) Sparrow 3) Peacock 4) Pelican 5) None of these
Q.24 Ananay Classical dance festival being organised in Purana Qila was participated by
Saroja Viadyanathan and others with form of dance is she associated with
1) Bharatnatyam
2) Kathak
3) Odissi
4) Kuchipudi
5) None of these

Q.25 The Union Cabinet recently approved amendments to the Companies Bill 2011. Which
of the following statements is correct in this regard?
1) It limits the number of companies an auditor can serve to 20.
2) Appointment of auditors for five years shall be subject to ratification by members at
every annual general meeting.
3) The rate of interest on inter corporate loans will be prevailing rate of interest on dated
government securities.
4) All the above
5) None of these

Q.26 Recently Russia extended its lease of a key military base in which country for 30 years
strengthening Moscow’s strategic position in the region ahead of NATO withdrawal from
Afghanistan?
1) Tajikistan
2) Turkmenistan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Pakistan
5) None of these
Q.27 Name the company owned by billionaire Paypal co-founder Elon Musk which is
among several private companies working with NASA to send flights to and from the ISS.
1) Space-Z
2) Boeing
3) Space-X
4) Orbital
5) None of these

Q.28 Name the world’s third most popular web browser which turned 10 recently. It has
come up with a new project to generate and collect content in local languages
1) Netscape navigator
2) Mozilla Firefox
3) Internet Explorer
4) Chrome
5) None of these

Q.29 Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanedk lost ATP Japan open Men’s
double final to
1) J. Monaco and K Nishikori
2) D Boracciali and F Cermak
3) B Paire and S wawrinka
4) Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares
5) None of these

Q.30 Name the world no. 2 tennis player who won China open for a third time beating Jo-
Wilfried Tsonga of France.
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Roger Federar
3) Milas Rasnic
4) Tomas Berdych
5) None of these
Q.31 Organised by Wash United and Quicksand design studio jointly and supported by
several NGOs, starting from Sevagram in Vardha district of Maharashtra and ending at
Bettiah, Bihar, Nirmal Bharat Yatra is aimed at:
1) making the country open defecation free
2) to ensure proper sanitation in rural India
3) distributing free soaps to poor families
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) None of these

Q.32 With the seal of approval from government, India hopes to officially become the
seventh nation to ratify the Nagoya Protocol. This protocol will ensure
1) preventing biopiracy
2) communities getting benefitted from the commercial exploration of their natural genetic
resources
3) protection of farmer’s right
4) Both 2) and 3)
5) Both 1) and 2)

Q.33 Name the first movie depicting raid by US Special forces to kill Osama Bin Laden
which is made by National Geographic Channel and will be telecasted on November 4.
1) The Superb Seal
2) Zero Dark Thirty
3) Seal Team Six
4) Osama Assassination
5) None of these

Q.34 Sania Mirza with her partner defeated Slovakia-Chinese pair to enter final of women’s
doubles of the China open tournament. Name her Spanish partner.
1) Katarina Srebotnik
2) Nuria Llagostera Vives
3) Jie Zheng
4) Milos Ruonic
5) None of these

Q.35 Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition for removal of the governor of Tamil
Nadu on the ground that he faces a criminal case in Andhra Pradesh. Who is the present
governor of Tamil Nadu?
1) ELS Narsimhan
2) K Rosaiah
3) Hansraj Bhardwaj
4) Sardar Surjit Singh Barnala
5) None of these

Q.36 Much awaited delivery of aircraft carrier Gorshkov (rechristened as INS

Vikramaditya) is likely to be further delayed by at least six months from the promised
December 2012. At a cost of about $2.34 billion it is bring refurbished at which Russian
shipyard?
1) Admiralty Shipyard
2) Baltic Shipyard
3) Sevmash Shipyard
4) Russian Shipyard No. 10
5) None of these

Q.37 Karnataka recently decided to file review petition before Cauvery River Authority’s
chairman to reconsider the order to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. Name the
Chairman of Cauvery River Authority (CRA).
1) Manmohan singh
2) Justice NP Singh
3) M Mallikarjun Kharge
4)KH Muniyappa
5) None of these
Q.38 Delhi cabinet recently gave its nod for an agreement with INTACH for conservation
and refurbishment work of 16 monuments. INTACH stands for
1) Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
2) International Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
3) Indian National Tourism, Art and Cultural Hosting
4) Indo-Nepalese Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
5) None of these

Q.39 The eleventh meeting of conference of parties (COP-11) to the convention on

Biological Diversity (CBT) which was represented by over 170 countries began in
Hyderabad recently. Who assumed the charge as president of COP-11 for next two years?
1) Mohammad Saif Ali Afkham
2) Ryu Matsumoto
3) Daid Cadman
4) Jayanthi Natarajan
5) None of these

Q.40 In which country Hugo Chavez won yet another re-election, defeating Henrique
Capriles and gaining six more years in the power?
1) Greece
2) Venezuela
3) Turkey
4) Yugoslavia
5) None of these

Q.41 Nobel prize for medicine for 2012 is shared by John B Gardon of UK and Shinya
Yamanaka of Japan for their discovery:
1) of stem cells
2) in virto fertilization technique
3) that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripolent
4) of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity
Q.42 With the relaxing the souring norms of FDI in single brand retail, IKEA, a furniture and
home furnishing chain recently filed the final document seeking permission. Which country
does IKEA belongs to?
1) Sweden
2) Switzerland
3) Netherlands
4) Germany
5) Italy

Q.43 Cisco systems Inc recently ended a longstanding sales partnership with which Chinese
major after allegations that it sold CISCO networking gear to Iran?
1) Huawei
2) China Unicon
3) ZTE
4) Haier
5) Lenovo

Q.44 In the latest ICC T20 ranking what is India’s position?

1) 1st
2) 2nd
3) 3rd
4) 4th
5) 6th

Q.45 Name the first Indian corporate to receive the go-ahead from RBI for refinancing
expensive rupee loans with cheaper dollar credit.
1) Shell
2) Videcon Industries
3) General Inswaran Corporation of India
4) Essar Group
5) None of these
Q.46 From which country Abu Hamza-al-Masri, extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four
other extradited to US recently?
1) Egypt
2) Greece
3) UK
4) Malaysia
5) None of these

Q.47 The popular Mobile game of wingless birds, Angry Bird’s franchise is making mullah
through licensing pacts with Indian Companies. Its original licensed merchandise is:
1) Rovio Entertainment
2) Dream Theatre
3) Cross Word
4) Excel group
5) None of these

Q.48 Name the film by Sanjiv Jaiswal about how the caste system came into existence which
faced unnecessary delay due to objections by a high-caste group which is to be released
soon.
1) Fareb
2) Chakrabyuh
3) Shudra: The Rising
4) Dharma Chakra
5) None of these

Q.49 Who won recently concluded Japanese Grand Prix?

1) Fernando Alonso
2)SebastianVettol
3) Kamai Kobayashi
4) Lewis Hamilton
5) Jenson Button
Q.50 Name the committee set up to examine issues related to sugar decontrol.
1) Tejendra Khanna Committee
2) Ghosh Committee
3) Rangarajan Committee
4) RK Talwar Committee
5) None of these

Answers:- 1) 4 2) 1 3) 1 4) 2 5) 3 6) 4 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 1 12) 2 13) 2 14) 3 15) 1 16)

2 17) 1 18) 4 19) 4 20) 2 21) 3 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1 25) 4 26) 1 27) 3 28) 2 29) 4 30) 1 31) 4
32) 5 33) 3 34) 2 35) 2 36) 3 37) 1 38) 1 39) 4 40) 2 41) 3 42) 1 43) 3 44) 3 45) 4 46) 3 47)
1 48) 3 49) 2 50) 3

Q.1 Europe has retained the Ryder Cup after beating the U.S. 14.5-13.5. This cup is
associated with
1) Golf
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Football
5) None

Q.2 Name the Canada only Olympic title winner in women’s figure skating and who died
recently.
1) Dick Button
2) Barbara Ann Scott
3) Katarina Witt
4) Oleg Protopopov
5) Sergei Grinkov
Q.3 Which team has regained the Federation Cup after a season, outclassing Dempo SC 3-2
in the final?
1) Mohun Bagan
2) Mohammdan Sportings
3) East Bengal
4) Chirag United
5) None

Q.4 Name the country in which a police officer has invoked Section 295-A of the penal code
to register a blasphemy case against Muslims who vandalized a Hindu temple during the
rioting against the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims.
1) Britain
2) America
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) None

Q.5 In which Pakistani city, officials have finally given in to a long-standing demand of
peace activists regarding the renaming of Shadman Chowk after revolutionary freedom
fighter Bhagat Singh.
1) Karachi
2)Lahore
3) Islamabad
4) Peshawar
5) None

Q.6 The Internet has established its role as a powerful economic force multiplier with a
new study projecting that its contribution to India’s GDP will explode to $100 billion (Rs. 5
lakh crore) by ________ from $30 billion (Rs.1.5 lakh crore) at present.
1) 2013
2) 2015
3) 2017
4) 2020
5) None

Q.7 Which state government will submit a letter to the Prime Minister-led Cauvery River
Authority to act swiftly on its request to withhold the September 19 order that directed the
State to release 9,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu until October 15?
1) Pudduchery
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) None of these

Q.8 Name the state whose Assembly Speaker D. Jayakumar resigned from the post on 29
September. The development comes exactly a month before the Diamond Jubilee
celebration of the Assembly.
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) None

Q.9 Al-Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters are associated with

1) Ethiopia
2) Somalia
3) Tanzania
4) Mali
5) None

Q.10 Durand cup is associated with

1) Golf
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Football
5) None of these

Q.11 Name the person who led the controversial operation Blue Star to flush out territorial
from the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 and was stabled near a hotel in Central
London on September 30.
1) Lt. Gen (Rtd) KS Brar
2) Lt. Gen (Rtd) AS Vaidy
3) Lt. Gen (Rtd) ZU Shah
4) Lt. Gen (Rtd) MA Zaki
5) None of these

Q.12 Name the British Marxist historian who had profound influence on the Indian Left and
who died recently.
1) Christopher Hill
2) EP Thompson
3) Eric Hobsbawm
4) CLR James
5) None

Q.13 Name the person who has been reelected as President on the World Squash
Federation on Sep 30 at Stockholm.
1) VK Malhotra
2) N Ramachandran
3) Ajay Chautala
4) Jahangir Khan
5) None of these

Q.14 Famous Indian player Sunil Chhetri is associated with

1) Boxing
2) Athletics
3) Football
4) Hockey
5) None

Q.15 Which among the followings has won the Subroto Cup (Football ) recently?
1) Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
2) MSP HS School (Kerala)
3) Little Angel School (Manipur)
4) Esthqlal High School (Kabul) 5) None of these

Q.16 Which among report has said that by 2050, 1 out of 5 Indian will be elderly?
1) World Bank
2)UN population Fund
3) UN Development Programme
4) Asian Development Bank
5) None of these

Q.17 Which state govt has roped in Indian Air Force (IAF) airlift rhino?
1) J&K
2) Assam
3) Meghalaya
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) None of these

Q.18 The finance minister P Chidambaram on Oct 1 unveiled a 12-point revival package for
the
1) Telecom sector
2) capital market
3) Insurance sector
4) Pension fund schemes
5) None of these

Q.19 Name the govt appointed commission to review financial sector legislation and which
has recommended sweeping in all regulators except RBI under a unified Financial Agency.
1) Justice Srikrishna Commission
2) C Rangarajan Commission
3) Kelkar Committee
4) Deepak Parekh Committee
5) None of these

Q.20 Name the country in which a draft budget presented to the parliament forecasts a
sixth straight year of recession in 2013 with a 3.8% contraction and a public deficit of 4.2%
of GDP.
1) Greece
2) Ireland
3) Spain
4) Portugal
5) None

Q.21 Name the BJP leader who has filed a criminal delamation case against senior Congress
leader Digvijay Singh in Delhi count on Oct 1 for accusing him of having business links with
BJP MP Ajay Sancheti, who allegedly made Rs 500 cr in coal block allocation.
1) Arun Jaitely
2) Nitin Gadkari
3) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
4) VK Malhotra
5) None

Q.22 Name the scheme launched by the J&K govt for school drop-outs with the intent of
making youths with no college education employable.
1) Hidayat
2) Himayat
3) Riyayat
4) Hamdard
5) None of these

Q.23 Name the Union minister who triggered a controversy on Oct 2 saying wives lose
charm over time
1) Digvijay Singh
2) Sriparaksh Jaiswal
3) Kaip Sibal
4) Mukul Roy
5) None

Q.24 In which of the following countries a gummen wearing military attires raided
university hostels killing 46 student in a deadly Independence Day measure?
1) Ghana
2) Yemen
3) Sudan
4) Syria
5) Nigeria

Q.25 Name the Georgian President who conceded defeat in the parliamentary election.
1) Mikheil Saakashvili
2) Bidzina Ivanishvili
3) GP Peterson
4) Mark P Becker
5) None
Q.26 Name the head of the committee constitute by the PM on funding of infrastructure
sector, the requirement of which has been estimated at close to $1 trillion during the 12th
Plan period?
1) Deepak Parekh Committee
2) Justice Srikrishna Commission
3) C Rangarajan Commission
4) Kelkar Committee
5) None

Q.27 Which of the following statement is not true about RBI?

1) Central Bank of India
2) Issue monetary and credit policy
3) Issue Fiscal Policy
4) Bankers Bank
5) None

Q.28 Which among the following is not financial term?

1) Fiscal Defecit
2) Budget Defecit
3) Revenue Defecit
4) Trust Defecit
5) Primary Defecit

Q.29 Which among the following state government has recently introduce a bill to protect a
TIGERS ?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan
5) None
Q.30 Altamas Kabir selected as ………. Th Chief justice of India.
1) 38th
2) 40th
3) 39th
4) 41th
5) None of these.

Q.31 Japanese Prime Minister----------- appointed as finance minister on Monday a senior

lawmaker who worked with him on a plan to raise the sales tax, in a cabinet reshuffle
aimed at boosting his ruling party's chances in an election expected in months
1) Taro aso
2) Naoto kan
3) Yoshihiko Noda
4) Yukio Hatoyama
5) None of these

Q.32 The Government will provide interest subvention of -----% per annum to Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) in respect of short-term production credit up to Rs 3 lakh during the year
2012-13
1) 5
2) 10
3) 2
4) 3
5) 4

Q.33 Who appointed the West Bengal Chief Secretary ?

1) Samar Ghosh
2) Sanjay Mitra
3) Sri subash biswas
4) S.K thade
5) None
Q.34 Who appointed as the chief economic advisor to the Indian government ?
1) Raghuram G. Rajan
2) Dr. M Govinda Rao
3) Dr. Saumitra Chaudhury
4) Dr. Vijay Shankar Vyas
5) none of these

Q.35 The 12th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military

Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will be held on
1) 09 Oct 2012
2) 10 Oct 2012
3) 5 Oct 2012
4) 06 Oct 2012
5) None of these

Q.36 Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi and H S Brahma are

1) Election Commissioners
2) election advisor
3) economic adviser
4) Authors
5) None

Q.37 Name the Venezuelan company with which Reliance Industries Limited has recently
signed a 15 year heavy crude oil supply deal.
1) Salamander Energy
2) Petroleos de Venezuela
3) Naftha Industrija Srbije
4) Compania Espanola de Petroleos
5) None
Q.38 Future Venture and Elephant Capital backed Amar Chitra Katha which is a house hold
name telling folk, historical and heritage tales on the comic format, is all set to release its
first 3D animation movie titled
1) Naache Din Din-Bal Ganesh
2) Bal Pandavas
3) Gods of Indian mythology
4) Sons of Ram – Heroes will rise
5) None

Q.39 Who has taken charge as the chairperson and managing director of Allahabad Bank
with effect from October 1?
1) Shubhalakshmi Panse
2) JP Dua
3) Keki M Mistry
4) Srinivasa Ranganhas
5) Renu Sud Karnad

Q.40 Banks and financial institutions, which have cumulative non-performing assets
(NPAs) worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore as on March 2012 are seeking help from dedicated portals
for resolving the issue. One such portal is NPAsource.com. Name the group which floated
this portal last year.
1) CRISIL Ltd
2) Atishya Group
3) Onicra
4) ICRA
5) CARE

Q.41 Name the India’s heaviest (3.4 tonne) communication satellite till date which was
placed in the geo-synchronous orbit about 36000 km above the earth is third and final
orbit raising manoeuvre.
1) GSAT - 10
2) GSAT - 8
3) GSAT - 12
4) GSAT - 7
5) GSAT - 6

Q.42 Which of the following refers to bank rate?

1) the rate at which a bank lends to its prime borrowers
2) the maximum rate for deposit which a bank can pay
3) the rate at which banks rediscount bills with RBI
4) the rate at which RBI lends to banks for short term period
5) the rate of interest charged by RBI on interbank transactions

Q.43 RBI’s monetary policy is not targeted to

1) strengthen economic growth
2) make the credit flow in desired direction
3) bring the inflationary pressure under control
4) ensure social justice
5) None of these

Q.44 Open market operation of RBI refers to

1) selling of shares in open market
2) auctioning the foreign exchange
3) trading in securities
4) trading in gold
5) allowing banks to borrow directly from open market

Q.45 What population on an average does a bank branch serve at present?

1) 8500
2) 10800
3) 12900
4) 25200
Q.46 The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the
processing mode of:
1) Batch processing
2) Real-time processing
3) Interactive processing
4) Multi processing
5) All of the above.

Q.47 A character is represented in EBCDIC by

1) one bit
2) four bits
3) eight bits
4) sixteen bits
5) None of the above

Q.48 Which is the computer memory that does not forget?

1) ROM
2) RAM
3) PROM
4) All of the above
5) None of the above

Q.49 The most common binary code in use today is the 8 bit ASCII code. What do the letters
ASCII stand for?
1) American Standard Code for International Interchange
2) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
3) American Standard Code for Intelligence interchange
4) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange
5) None of the above
Q.50 A computer derives its basic strength from
1) Speed
2) Accuracy
3) Memory
4) all of the above
5) None of the above

Answers :- 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 2 7) 4 8) 1 9) 2 10) 4 11) 1 12) 3 13) 2 14) 3 15) 1 16)

2 17) 2 18) 3 19) 1 20) 1 21) 2 22) 2 23) 2 24) 5 25) 1 26) 1 27) 3 28) 4 29) 1 30) 3 31) 3
32) 3 33) 2 34) 1 35) 2 36) 1 37) 2 38) 4 39) 1 40) 2 41) 1 42) 4 43) 4 44) 3 45) 3 47) 3 48)
1 50) 4 

1. Recently who among the following has been appointed as the new Judge of the
prestigious US court of Appeals?
(1) Sashi Kant Sharma
(2) Bobby Jindal
(3) Srikanth Srinivasan
(4) Avinash Chander
(5) None of these

2. Recently Indo – Swiss Bilateral meeting was held, with the aim of giving further
impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. A bilateral meeting was held in____?
(1) New Delhi
(2) Geneva
(3) Basel
(4) Mumbai
(5) None of these
3. Who among the following has appointed as the new Chairman of the LIC (Life Insurance
Cooperation of India)?
(1) Deepak Singh
(2) Kaushak Saxena
(3) Thomas Mathew
(4) D.K. Mehrotra
(5) None of these

4. Recently which among the following organization approved a concessional loan of $

100 million for the National Housing Bank (NHB) for the implementation of a low income
housing programme?
(1) RBI
(2) Govt. of India
(3) World Bank
(4) ADB
(5) IMF

5. Recently Union Cabinet has approved key changes to the National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (NRLM), aiming to eradicate poverty in villages by empowering women and
ensuring that they shall avail loans up to Rs. three lakh at an interest rate of _____per cent
per annum?
(1) 5%
(2) 3%
(3) 6%
(4) 7%
(5) None of these

6. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chief CBDT (Central Board of
Direct Taxes)?
(1) Poonam Saxena
(2) Rishi Mathur
(3) Viviek Agarwal
(4) Sudha Sharma
(5) None of these

7. Recently Indian National Defence University (INDU) is being set up at ___?

(1) Gurgaon
(2) Pune
(3) Lucknow
(4) Mumbai
(5) None of these

8. Name the 3rd anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette which was launched in Kolkata?
(1) Vaibhav
(2) Sudarshani
(3) Kiltan
(4) Chetak
(5) None of these

9. Recently Sajjan Singh Kothari was in news. He is a ____?

(1) New Lokayukta of Rajasthan
(2) Governor of Goa
(3) Governor of Utrakhand
(4) New Lokayukta of Goa
(5) None of these

10. Which among the following country has won the Sudirman Cup In Badminton?
(1) India
(2) China
(3) Malaysia
(4) South Korea
(5) None of these
11. The monetary assistance under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), the housing scheme for
the poor, giving priority to the scheduled castes, tribes and minorities has been raised by
what amount?
a) 25000 rupees
b) 35000 rupees
c) 15000 rupees
d) 30000 rupees

12. Name the first Indigenous developed Rotavirus Vaccine of India.

a) Rotavac
b) Rotacid
c) Rotovac
d)Rotomid

13. The Union Government on 15 May 2013 had set up an expert Committee under the
supervision_____ to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states.
a) Bharat Ramaswami
b) Raghuram G Rajan
c) Najeeb Jung
d)Nirija G Jayal

14. The government on 13 May 2013 approved new guidelines for the Indira Awas Yojna
Scheme for rural poor. Which of the following statements about the newly issued
guidelines are true?

I. Building Toilets has been made compulsory under the Indira Awas Yojna.
II. Manual scavengers freed bonded labourers and tribal groups will be given preference in
allotments.
III. The allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from 45000 rupees to75000 rupees.
IV. In Maoist-affected and hilly regions, the allocation would now be 75000 rupees from the
existing 48500 rupees. Landless labourers which were given 10000 rupees for buying land
would now be given 20000 rupees.

a) All the statements are true

b) Only statement I is true
c) Only statement II are true
d) Only statements II and III true

15. Union Government of India on 16 May 2013 revised the criteria for creamy layer of
Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 4.5 lakh rupees to _____ lakh rupees to avail benefits of
reservations in government jobs and admissions to central educational institutions.
a) 6.5 lakh
b) 5.7 lakh
c) 12 lakh
d) 6 lakh

16. The Union Cabinet on 6 May 2013 had cleared important changes to the National Rural
Livelihoods Mission _____ in a major boost to the roll out of the women’s self help group
model across the country?
a) Khadyaan
b) Sukhoslam
c) Jeevan Suraksha
d) Aajeevika

17. The Union government keeping into consideration the widening trade gap, had set up a
six-member inter-ministerial committee in the last week of April 2013 under the
chairmanship of _____ to suggest measures for enhancing MSME exports.
a) R S Gujral
b) Sumit Bose
c) Madhav Lal
d) S R Rao
18. Which of the following statements about the roles and duties will the six member
committee on trade-gap is true?
I. The committee will suggest short and long term measures to enhance exports from
MSME sector.
II. It will submit its recommendations by mid-May 2013.
III. The other members of the committee include Commerce Secretary S R Rao, Revenue
Secretary Sumit Bose, MSME Secretary Madhav Lal, Financial Services Secretary Rajiv
Takru and Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan.
IV. None of these statements are true
a) Statements IV is true
b) Statements I, II, and III are true
c) Statements I and II are true
d)Statements II and III are true 

19. The Union Cabinet of India on 1 May 2013 approved the launch of the ___________
Mission to reduce rates of infant mortality, maternal mortality and for universal access to
reproductive health care.
a) National Urban Health Mission
b) National Maternity Management Mission
c) National Infant and Mother Mortality Mission
d) Universal Access To Reproductive Health Care Mission

20. The recently proposed National Urban Health Mission is will implemented in how many
cities of towns across the country?
a) 999
b) 779
c) 949
d)786
21. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) under the Prime Minister of India,
Manmohan Singh approved 11000 crore Rupees project on 1 May 2013 for modernisation
of ______?
a) Delhi police
b) Central paramilitary forces.
c) Black Commando Force
d)IndianArmy 

22. Yahoo, in the month of May 2013, redesigned the Flickr photo-sharing service by
offering which facility to its users?
a) New app for Android devices
b) Redesigned user-interface
c) 1 TB storage without levying any fee
d) New Activity Feed

23. Morgan Stanley on 20 May 2013 signed an agreement to sell its Indian wealth
management unit to which company?
a) Bajaj Alliance b) Mahindra and Mahindra
c) Muthoot Finance d) Standard Chartered

24. Which cricketer’s face and signature were engraved on limited edition gold coins of
Valuemart Gold and Jewels?
a) Chris Gayle b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Ricky Ponting d) Don Bradman
 
25. Where is Morgan Stanley, the American multinational financial services corporation
headquartered? 
a) New York b) Las Vegas
c) Canada d) Texas
26. How many limited edition gold coins with Sachin Tendulkar’s face and signature
engraved on them were launched on 13 May 2013 by Valuemart Gold and Jewels on the
occasion of Akshaya Tritiya?
a) 34000 b) 50000
c) 200000 d) 100000

27. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking forward to lease out
the historic launch pad in Florida. For what purpose was this launch pad used? 
a) For the first moon mission and by the Atlantis Shuttle 
b) By the Kennedy Space Centre commercial purposes
c) For carrying the astronauts to distant destinations
d) For International Space Station purposes
 
28. Name the only satellite of Ecuador that collided with the Russian rocket debris which
was launched 30 years ago.
a) Kryasor b) Peaguo
c) None of these d) Pegaso (Pegasus)

29. The University Science Instrumentation Centre at Mangalagangotri and Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre (BARC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for what purpose?
a) Research on volcanic activities b) Research on radioactivity
c) Research on uranium activities d) Research on power production

30. Which Russian Capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other animals
returned from a month’s long mission in Orbit on 19 May 2013?
a) Orenburg Capsule b) Kryasor
c) Bion-M craft d) None of these 
31. Astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory discovered a cluster of _____
clouds between our two nearby galaxies- Triangulum (M33) and Andromeda (M31).
a) Carbon b) Sulphur
c) Nitrogen d) Hydrogen

32. The Union Cabinet of India on 1May 2013 approved major changes to the National
Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) with the objective of removing poverty in rural areas by
empowering women. Approximately, 25 lakh Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) will be given
bank loans at an interest rate of ____ percent?
a) 7 % b) 6 %
c) 7.2 % d) 6.8 %
 
33. The Union Government of India on 8 May 2013 approved _______ policy with an aim to
create a secured Computing environment across the country?
a) Computing Policy of India b) National Cyber Policy 
c) National Policy of Computing  d) National Cyber Security Policy

34. The Minister for Women & Child Development, Krishna Tirath on 9 May 2013 launched
the World Bank assisted___________. The aim of the programme is improvement of child
development and nutritional outcomes for children in selected districts having higher
proportional of child under nutrition.
a) ICDS Systems Nutrition Improvement Project
 b) ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project 
c) ICDS Systems Strengthening for the Nutrition Improvement Project 
d) ICDS Nutrition Improvement Project 

35. Ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution introduced amendments in
the National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha on 9 May 2013 and placed the amended
Bill for consideration and passing by the House. Which of the following statements related
to the Bill are true?
I. the Government decided to move certain amendments to the Bill Based on the
recommendations of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public
Distribution
II. These amendments seek to make the framework of the proposed legislation simpler,
provide more flexibility to States/UTs in its implementation and to address some of the
concerns raised by them.
III. Protection of entitlements under Targeted Public Distribution System:The entitlement
of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households, which constitute poorest of the poor will,
however, be protected at 35 kg per household per month.
IV. Statement I and II are only true
a) Statement I, II and III are true b) Statement IV is true
c) Statement I and II are only true d) Only statement I is true

36. India has revised its earlier interpretation of the bilateral visa agreement with which of
the following countries recently? Now, citizens of that country will need valid medical visas
for treatment in Indian hospitals.
1) SriLanka 2) Bhutan
3) Maldives 4) Bangladesh 5) none

37. who among the following has won the AICF-AAI Chess Cup recently?
1) Viswanathan Anand 2) Anton Korobov
3) Vladimir Kramnik 4) Levon Aronian 5) Magnus Carlsen

38. Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games ?
He has clinched a gold medal in a national level championship of the game recently.
1)Wrestling 2)Shooting
3)Badminton 4)Archery 5)none
39. Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of Arjuna award?
1)The Arjuna award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
2)Yuvraj Singh (cricket), Sardar Singh (hockey) & Deepika Pallikal (squash) are among the
sports persons awarded with Arjuna Award 2012.
3)Arjuna award is the country’s highest sporting honour.
4) Only1)&2)
5) Only1)&3)

40. Which of the following statements is/are correct about South Asian Free Trade Area
(SAFTA)?
1) The SAFTA Agreement was signed on 6 th Jan. 2004 during 12th SAARC Summit held in
Islamabad, Pakistan.
2) SAFTA requires all the participating countries to reduce customs duties of all traded
goods to zero by the year 2012.
3) Afghanistan, as the 8th member state of the SAARC, has also ratified the SAFTA protocol.
4) Only 1 & 3
5) Only 2 & 3

41. “A contract sold by an insurance company designed to provide payments to the policy
holder at specified
Intervals , usually after retirement” is technically called a/an
1) Periodic Pay Plan 2) Annuity Plan
3) Jeevan Nidhi Plan 4) Jeevan Akshay Plan 5) none

42. The tax levied on manufacture or production of goods is called

1) Value Added Tax 2) Customs Duty
3) Sales Tax 4) Excise Duty 5) none
43. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of Golf Co-operation Council (GCC)?
1) UAE 2) Bahrain
3) Saudi Arabia 4) Kuwait 5) All are members

44. The sources of revenue of the state governments are

1) entertainment tax 2) land revenue
3) excise duty on intoxicants 4) Only 1 & 2 5) All 1, 2 & 3

45. FIDE is an international organization which acts as the governing body of international
competition of
1) Formula One 2) Football
3) Baseball 4) Chess 5) none

46. The government has rolled out Direct Transfer of Benefits in to beneficiaries accounts
effective from Jan.1,
2013. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the scheme?
1) Initially the system will roll out in 20 districts Covering seven schemes.
2) Subsidies relating to cooking gas (LPG), kerosene, diesel, food & fertilizers are included
In the first phase.
3) Total 26 schemes are to be covered under this scheme in phased manner.
4) Only 1 & 2
5) Only 1 & 3

47. “The amount on a life insurance policy that is payable to the beneficiary when the
annuitant passesaway” is Technically known as
1) Additional Benefit
2) Death Benefit
3) Endorsement
4) Flat Benefit
5) none
48. In which of the following states police have decided to prepare a database of people
involved in land grabbing, habitual exploitation of women, local toughies & communal
elements ?
1) Delhi 2) Bihar
3)Uttar P 4) MP 5) none

49. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has banned the elite Mohun Bagan football
club from the I-League for two years for
1) abandoning a match mid-way against East Bengal
2) Refusing to play the scheduled match against Dempo Sports Club
3) not adhering to its promise to select only Indian players
4) Irresponsible behavior by its players on the field
5) None

50. Name the archer who has won seven medals in the women’s recurve section at the 33 rd
Senior National
Archery Championships that concluded in Chennai recently?
1) Jhano Hansda 2) Deepika Kumari
3) Vrushali Gorle 4) Ritul Chatterjee 5) Dola Banerjee

Answers :- 1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (4) 6. (4) 7. (1) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (b)
14 (a) 15 (d) 6 lakh 16 (d) 17 (a) 18 (b) 19 (a) 20 (b) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24 (b) 25 (a) 26
(d) 27 (a) 28 (d) 29 (b) 30 (c) 31 (d) 32 (a) 33 (d) 34 (b) 35 (a) 1)3 2)2 3)2 4)4 5)4 6)2 7)4
8)5 9)5 10)4 11)5 12)2 13)3 14)1 15)2

Q.1 To check the spiraling gold imports, which is putting huge pressure on the current
account deficit, the govt has hiked the import duty on gold from existing 6% to
1) 7 % 2) 8 %
3) 9 % 4) 10 % 5) None of these
Q.2 India and which of the following countries have been agreed to hold their first ever
bilateral naval exercise in 2015 and make it a regular feature in coming years?
1) Japan 2) Singapore
3) Australia 4) US 5) None of these

Q.3 Which of the following automobile companies in India has launched a small car named
Vibe recently?
1) General Motor 2) Mahindra and Mahindra
3) Renault 4) Nissan 5) None of these

Q.4 The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), the apex body of the financial
sector regulators in India, is led by
1) The governor of RBI 2) The Finance Minister
3) The Prime Minister 4) The Law Minister 5) None of these

Q.5 Name the athlete who has set a new meet record in the men’s long jump event (jumping
8m) in the National Inter-State Athletics meet in New Delhi recently?
1) Arshad Khan 2) Prem Kumar
3) Ankit Sharma 4) Neeraj Kumar 5) None of these

Q.6 Name the world’s largest online retail company which has entered the Indian e-
commerce space recently.
1) ebay 2) Amazon
3) Staples Inc 4) Walmart 5) None of these

Q.7 The term ICAAP is used in the context of which of the following?
1) Risk Management 2) Dealing with Public Companies
3) Capital Adequacy Ratio 4) Right to Information Act 5) None of these
Q.8 Which of the following type of contract is ‘interest rate swap’?
1) Trade Contract 2) Loan Contract
3) Financial Contract 4) Risk Contract 5) None of these

Q.9 what is the expanded form of the term FRBM Act?

1) Financial Responsibility and Budget Management Act
2) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
3) Forward Responsibility and Budget Management Act 4) Financial Restrictions and
Budget Management Act
5) None of these

Q.10 The US president Barack Obama has appointing who among the following as his
national security adviser recently?
1) Susan Rice 2) Tom Donilon
3) Paul Ryan 4) Colin Powell 5) None of these

Q. 11 Which of the following is NOT a type of Broadband internet connection?

1) Cable 2) DSL
3) Dial-up 4) Satellite 5) None of these

Q 12 in making a field this property show that it cannot be left blank

1) Numeric 2) Required
3) Calculated 4) Validated 5) None of these

Q. 13 There are viruses that are triggered by the Passage of time or on a certain date
1) Boot-sector viruses 2) Macro viruses
3) Time bombs 4) Worms 5) None of these
Q. 14 The internet is
1) A large network of networks 2) An internal communication system for a Business
3) A communication system for the Indian Government 4) All of the above 5) None of the
above

Q. 15 The main system board of a computer is called the………

1) Integrated circuit 2) Motherboard
3) Processor 4) Microchip 5) None of these

Q.16 Kim Jong-un, who has been in news in recent time, is

1) the leader of opposition in South Korea
2) the deputy party secretary of Chinese Communist Party
3) the supreme leader of North Korea
4) the defence minister of North Korea
5)none

Q.17 In which of the following countries terrorist group al-Qaida has captured a part of the
country & has built an elaborate network of tunnels, trenches, shafts & ramparts? An
international military intervention by United Nations in the country is expected.
1) Afghanistan 2) Iraq
3) Kenya 4) Mali 5)none

Q.18 The Nanavati Commission has been granted extension of six months till June 30,2013.
The term of Reference (TOR) of the commission appointed by the Gujarat government in
2002 is
1) to inquire in to facts that led to burning of the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express.
2) to inquire in to the incidents of violence that took place after the train burning.
3) to figure out the role foreign forces in the 2002 riots.
4) Both 1 & 2
5) All 1 ,2&3
Q.19 What is India’s current ranking in the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2012
released by the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)?
1)1st 2)3rd
3)6th 4)7th 5)9th

Q.20 The eight core sector industries, crudeoil, petroleum refinery products, natural gas,
fertilisers, coal, electricity, cement & finished steel, havea weight of _____ in the overall
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) at present.
1) 33.5% 2) 37.9 %
3) 46.6% 4)51.2% 5)67.8%

Q.21 who among the following archers has won men’s recurve summit clash at the Sahara-
33rd senior National
Archery championship that concluded in Chennai recently?
1) Mangal Singh Champia 2) Tarun deep Rai
3) Pawan Xalxo 4) Kapil 5) Rajat Chauhan

Q.22 The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 4 th World Telugu
Conference at which of the
Following places in Andhra Pradesh recently?
1) Tirupati 2) Hyderabad
3) Visakhapatnam 4) Warangal 5) Chittoor

Q.23 Who among the following has reclaimed the Luge Asian Championship for the second
successive time?
1)Yann Fricheteau 2) Hidenari Kanayama
3) Sanjay Bangar 4) Shiva Keshavan 5)none
Q.24 Which among the following comes/come under the category of Asset Reconstruction
Company(ARC)
Functioning in India?
1)ARCIL 2)CRISIL
3)CIBIL 4)RARC 5)Only 1 & 4

Q.25 Hockey India League (HIL) has signed a multi-year title sponsorship deal with the
two-wheeler manufacturer
1) Honda Motor cycle & Scooter India (P) Ltd
2) Hero Moto Corp
3) TVS Motor Company
4) Suzuki Motorcycle India (P) Ltd
5) None

Q.26 “The written document issued by an insurance company to a policy owner which
represents the insurance
Contract between the insurance company & the policy owner” is called`
1) Endorsement 2) Policy
3) Prescription 4) Beneficiary note 5) none

Q.27 The US Congress has passed the bill to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. What the bill is all
about?
1) It is a measure that sought to maintain tax cuts for most Americans but increase tax
rates on the wealthy.
2) It allows the nation to avoid the severe austerity measures that were slated to take effect
in the New Year.
3) It will dramatically shrink the government’s soaring national debt & address the nagging
problem of persistent unemployment.
4) Only 1 & 2
5) Only1&3
Q.28 The Sudanese President Omaral-Bashir & his South Sudanese counterpart Salva
Kiirare set to hold a
Summit meeting in Addis Ababa recently. Addis Ababa is the capital city of
1)Ethiopian 2)Zaire
3)Zambia 4)Tanzania 5)Mozambic

Q.29 Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), an armed rebel group, is active in which of
the following countries? It had recently captured an army base & the army used helicopters
to get their camp back.
1)Bangladesh 2)Myanmar
3)Sudan 4)Mali 5)none

Q.30 CACP is a key advisory body to the Centre on farm prices. CACP stands for
1) Commission forAggregate Costs & Prices
2) Commission for Agriculture Costs & Prices
3) Central Agency for Costs & Prices
4) Commission for Agriculture Costs & Procureme
5)none

Q. 31. Recently The Central Information Commission (CIC) in a landmark judgment held
that all political parties are answerable under the Right to Information Act? Who among the
following is the Chief Information Commissioner of India?
(1) Raghunath Sharma (2) Satyanad Mishra
3) M L Sharma (4) Annapurna Dixit (5) None of these

Q. 32. Recently first all women police station opens in which among the following
state/Union Territory?
(1) New Delhi (2) Goa
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (5) Arunachal Pradesh
Q. 33. Recently Janez Jansa, has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to two years
in prison. He is a ____?
(1) Former President of Slovenia (2) Former Prime Minister of Cuba
(3) Former Prime Minister of Italy (4) Former Prime Minister of Slovenia (5) Former
President of Italy

Q. 34. Recently Bangladesh Cricket Board has suspended which among the following
former captain of Bangladesh on match fixing charges?
(1) Habibul Bashar (2) Mohammad Ashraful
(3) Shakib Al Hasan (4) Mushfiqur Rehman (5) None of these

Q. 35. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), how much
percent of World GDP lost due to malnutrition?
(1) 4% (2) 6%
(3) 5% (4) 7% (5) 10%

Q. 36. Recently Raghav Joneja is in news. He is ____?

(1) Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the year 2013 (2) Winner of Junior
Boxing Championship
(3) Won Gold in Judo Championship (4) Youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest (5)
None of these

Q. 37. Recently Rami Hamdallah became New Prime Minister of ____?

(1) Venezuela (2) Palestine
(3) Italy (4) Slovenia (5) None of these

Q. 38. India and which country decided to boost defence ties and maritime security for
growth and prosperity of Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean regions?
(1) Malaysia (2) Vietnam
(3) Japan (4) Australia (5) Myanmar
Q. 39. Recently which among the following pair has won the French Open mixed doubles
title 2013?
(1) Katarina Srebotnik and Piet Norval
(2) Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka
(3) Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic
(4) Nenad Zimonjić and Katarina Srebotnik
(5) None of these

Q. 40. Country's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at:
(1) New Delhi (2) Jammu & Kashmir
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Goa (5) None of these

Q. 41 Which of the following statements is/are not correct about National Population
Register (NPR)?
1) It is a project of home ministry.
2) It is a substitute for Aadhar (UID).
3)It collects identity through three biometricsphotographs, fingerprints and iris
impression.
4) All the residents above five years of age have to be enrolled mandatorily.
5) It will be used for identification and providing target groups access to government
schemes and social sector benefits.

Q42. Name the player who became the first bowler to take three hat-tricks in the Indian
Premier League (IPL).
1) Yuvraj Singh 2) Rohit Sharma
3) Amit Mishra 4) Praveen Kumar 5) None of these

Q43 FirstRand Bank which opened ATM in the nation’s largest slum Dharavi last month, is
bank of the country
1) US 2) UK
3) India 4) South Africa 5) Germany
Q44. Rohinton Nariman, who resigned from his post recently, was the
1) Advocate General of Delhi 2) Solicitor General of India
3) Attorney General of India 4) Assistant Solicitor General of India 5) None of these

Q45. For the first time since 2006, Spain crashed out of the first round of the Davis Cup
recently. Which of the following countries has defeated Spain in the world group tie?
1) Sweden 2) France
3) Canada 4) Japan 5) None of these

Q46. Name the only women chief election commissioner of India, who died on April 17
1) Rama Devi 2) Leela Seth
3) Fathima Beevi 4) Anna Chandy 5) None of these

Q47. “Damodaran Committee, which submitted its report in 2011, is related to

1) Customer services in banks 2) Management of co-operative Sector
3) Reforms in the insurance sector 4) Rejuvenation of higher education 5) None of these

Q48. Which of the following retail venture, has entered into the Guinness World Records by
opening a record 315 outlets across 10 states in the country, at one time
1) Reliance Q Shop 2) Sahara Q Shop
3) Big Bazaar 4) SPAR 5) None of these

Q49. Noted personality of yesteryear, T K Ramamurthy died in Chennai on April 17

following brief illness. He was a legendry
1) Film critic 2) Music composer
3) Lyricist 4) Singer 5) Screen Writer
Q50. The famous 'Pooram' festival, whose main attraction is a parade by caparisoned
elephants, organisers are in a fix over its successful conduct due to a ban on parading them
in daytime to protect them from heatwave, is a festival of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) None of these

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