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Ques. : 1 India has revised its earlier interpretation of the bilateral visa agreement with which of the following countriesrecently? Now, citizens of that country will need valid medical visas for treatment in Indian hospitals.

1) Sri Lanka 2) Bhutan

3) Maldives 4) Bangladesh

5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. : 2 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 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 3 Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games? He has clinched a goldmedal in a national level championship of the game recently.

1) Wrestling 2) Shooting

3) Badminton 4) Archery


Ques. : 4 Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of Arjuna award?

1) The Arjuna award carries a cash prize of Rs 5lakh.

2) Yuvraj Singh (cricket), Sardar Singh (hockey)and Deepika Pallikal (squash) are among thesportspersons awarded with Arjuna Award 2012.

3) Arjuna award is the country’s highest sportinghonour.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) Only 1) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 5 Which of the following statements is/are correct about South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)?

1) The SAFTA Agreement was signed on 6thJanuary 2004 during Twelfth SAARC Summit heldin Islamabad, Pakistan.

2) SAFTA requires all the participating countries toreduce customs duties of all traded goods to zeroby the year 2012.

3) Afghanistan, as the 8th member state of theSAARC, has also ratified the SAFTA protocol.

4) Only 1) and 3)


Ques. : 6 “A contract sold by an insurance company designed to provide payments to the policy holder at specifiedintervals, usually after retirement” is technically called a/an

1) Periodic Pay Plan 2) Annuity Plan

3) Jeevan Nidhi Plan 4) Jeevan Akshay Plan


Ques. : 7 The tax levied on manufacture or production of goods is called

1) Value Added Tax 2) Customs Duty

3) Sales Tax 4) Excise Duty


Ques. : 8 Which of the following countries is NOT a member of Golf Co-operation Council (GCC)?

1) United Arab Emirates 2) Bahrain

3) Saudi Arabia 4) Kuwait



5) All are members Ans.) 5

Ques. : 9 The sources of revenue of the state governments are

1) entertainment tax 2) land revenue

3) excise duty on intoxicants 4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 10 FIDE is an international organisation which acts as the governing body of international competition of

1) Formula One 2) Football

3) Baseball 4) Chess


Ques. : 11 The government has rolled out Direct Transfer of Benefits into beneficiaries accounts effective from January 1,2013. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the scheme?

1) Initially the system will roll out in 20 districtscovering seven schemes.

2) Subsidies relating to cooking gas (LPG),kerosene, diesel, food and fertilisers are includedin the first phase.

3) Total 26 schemes are to be covered under thisscheme in phased manner.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 12 “The amount on a life insurance policy that is payable to the beneficiary when the annuitant passes away” istechnically known as

1) Additional Benefit 2) Death Benefit

3) Endorsement 4) Flat Benefit


Ques. : 13 In which of the following states police have decided to prepare a database of people involved in landgrabbing, habitual exploitation of women, local toughies and communal elements?

1) Delhi 2) Bihar

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Madhya Pradesh


Ques. : 14 The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has banned the elite Mohun Bagan football club from the I-League fortwo years for

1) abandoning a match mid-way against EastBengal

2) refusing to play the scheduled match againstDempo Sports Club

3) not adhering to its promise to select only Indianplayers

4) irresponsible behaviour by its players on thefield

5) None of theseq Ans.) 1

Ques. : 15 Name the archer who has won seven medals in the women’s recurve section at the 33rd Senior NationalArchery Championships that concluded in Chennai recently?

1) Jhano Hansda 2) Deepika Kumari

3) Vrushali Gorle 4) Ritul Chatterjee

5) Dola Banerjee Ans.) 2

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

1) the leader of opposition in South Korea2) the deputy party secretary of ChineseCommunist Party

3) the supreme leader of North Korea 4) the defence minister of North Korea


Ques. : 17 Asia’s largest Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband, has banned the use of which of the following



electronic devices on its campus in a move to ward off corrupting influence of these devices on students?

1) Multimedia mobile phone 2) Computer

3) Set-top box 4) Music players


Ques. : 18 In which of the following countries terrorist group al-Qaida has captured a part of the country and has built anelaborate network of tunnels, trenches, shafts and ramparts? An international military intervention by United Nations inthe country is expected.

1) Afghanistan 2) Iraq

3) Kenya 4) Mali


Ques. : 19 The Nanavati Commission has been granted extension of six months till June 30, 2013. The term ofreference (TOR) of the commission appointed by the Gujarat government in 2002 is

1) to inquire into facts that led to burning of the S-6coach of Sabarmati Express.

2) to inquire into the incidents of violence that tookplace after the train burning.

3) to figure out the role foreign forces in the 2002riots.

4) Both 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 20 What is India’s current ranking in the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2012 released by the WorldIntellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)?

1) First 2) Third

3) Sixth 4) Seventh

5) Ninth Ans.) 4

Ques. : 21 The eight core sector industries, crude oil, petroleum refinery products, natural gas, fertilisers, coal, electricity,cement and finished steel, have a weight of _____in the overall Index of Industrial Production (IIP) at present.

1) 33.5 per cent 2) 37.9 per cent


5) 67.8 per cent Ans.) 2

Ques. : 22 Who among the following archers has won men’s recurve summit clash at the Sahara-33rd senior Nationalarchery championship that concluded in Chennai recently?

1) Mangal Singh Champia 2) Tarundeep Rai

3) Pawan Xalxo 4) Kapil

5) Rajat Chauhan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 23 Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of Women’s World Cup scheduled to beginon January 31?

1) The ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 will bestaged in India. This will be the third time thatIndia has hosted Women’s World Cup in 50-overformat.

2) India has named Mithali Raj as the captain ofthe 15-member women’s cricket squad for theWorld Cup.

3) This is the eleventh edition of the Women’sWorld Cup tournament.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 24 Somdev Devvarman is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis 2) Badminton

3) Squash 4) Snooker

5) Billiards Ans.) 1



Ques. : 25 Economist and public finance expert Urjit Patel is all set to be named as the

1) chief economic advisor to the Union FinanceMinister

2) deputy governor of RBI

3) chief economist in the World Bank4) deputy director in the International MonetaryFund


Ques. : 26 The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 4th World Telugu Conference at which of thefollowing places in Andhra Pradesh recently?

1) Tirupati 2) Hyderabad

3) Visakhapatnam 4) Warangal

5) Chittoor Ans.) 1

Ques. : 27 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


Ques. : 28 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


Ques. : 29 Hockey India League (HIL) has signed a multi-year title sponsorship deal with the two-wheeler manufacturer

1) Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (P) Ltd 2) Hero MotoCorp

3) TVS Motor Company 4) Suzuki Motorcycle India (P) Ltd

5) None of thees Ans.) 2

Ques. : 30 “The written document issued by an insurance company to a policy owner which represents the insurancecontract between the insurance company and the policy owner” is called `

1) Endorsement 2) Policy

3) Prescription 4) Beneficiary note


Ques. : 31 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 cutsfor most Americans but increase tax rates on thewealthy.

2) It allows the nation to avoid the severe austeritymeasures that were slated to take effect in thenew year.

3) It will dramatically shrink the government’ssoaring national debt and address the naggingproblem of persistent unemployment.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 32 “The amount of money to be paid by a policy owner to the insurance company for the benefits provided underan insurance policy” is called

1) Collateral 2) Premium

3) Broker 4) Benefit


Ques. : 33 The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir are set to hold asummit meeting in Addis Ababa recently. Addis Ababa is the capital city of

1) Ethiopian 2) Zaire



3) Zambia 4) Tanzania

5) MozambicAns.) 1

Ques. : 34 Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), an armed rebel group, is active in which of the following countries?It had recently captured an army base and the army used helicopters to get their camp back.

1) Bangladesh 2) Myanmar

3) Sudan 4) Mali


Ques. : 35 CACP is a key advisory body to the Centre on farm prices. CACP stands for

1) Commission for Aggregate Costs and Prices 2) Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices

3) Central Agency for Costs and Prices4) Commission for Agriculture Costs andProcureme


Ques. : 36 The Supreme Court has upheld the decision to appoint Justice RA Mehta as the Lokayukta of Gujarat state.Who is the present governor of Gujarat?

1) Ram Naresh Yadav 2) Urmila Singh

3) Kamla Beniwal 4) Margaret Alva


Ques. : 37 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled India’s fourth science policy at the centenary edition of the IndianScience Congress held in

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Kolkata 4) Chennai

5) Bangalore Ans.) 3

Ques. : 38 A US court is awaited to sentence Pakistani American LeT terrorist David Headley and his accompliceTahawwur Rana. Both the accused have also been involved in

1) attack on Indian Parliament 2) bomb blasts in New Delhi

3) setting the coach of Sabarmati Express on fire 4) Mumbai terror attacks


Ques. : 39 Rajkeswur Purryag, who visited India as the first foreign leader to visit India in 2013, is the President of

1) Mauritius 2) Fiji

3) Nepal 4) Trinidad and Tobago

5) Suriname Ans.) 1

Ques. : 40 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India every year to mark the contribution of the overseas Indiancommunity to the development of India. 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is scheduled to be held in

1) New Delhi 2) Kochi

3) Ahmedabad 4) Jaipur

5) Hyderabad Ans.) 2

Ques. : 41 Seleka rebels are active in which of the following countries? They announced to have halted their offensive onthe capital city Bangui to take part in peace talks recently.

1) The Republic of Chad 2) Central African Republic

3) Cameroon 4) Democratic Republic of the Congo

5) South Sudan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 42 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?

1) It is celebrated in India on January 9 each year2) The day commemorates the arrival of Mahatma



to mark the contribution of the overseas Indiancommunity to the development of India.

Gandhi in India from South Africa.

3) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held inNew Delhi.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 43 The impeachment of its first woman chief justice is in process in which of the following countries? A three-judge bench of the Apex court of the country ruled the probing committee as unconstitutional recently.

1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka

3) Myanmar 4) Philippines


Ques. : 44 Ministry of Civil Aviation has constituted a committee headed by Professor Ravindra Dholkia to suggestmeasures for cost cutting and optimal utilization of resources in Air India. Dholkia has been associated with one of theIndia’s premier management institute,

1) IIM Lucknow 2) IIM Bangalore

3) IIM Calcutta 4) IIM Ahmedabad

5) International School of Business Ans.) 4

Ques. : 45 M S Gopalakrishnan, a renowned musician and a recipient of various awards including Padma Bhushan andPadma Shri, died recently. He was a maestro of

1) Violin 2) Sitar

3) Sarod 4) Santoor


Ques. : 46 What was the name of the NASA’s mission to the moon that ended with a deliberate crash of two probesatellites into a lunar mountainside?

1) Luna-Glob 2) ARTEMIS

3) GRAIL 4) LCROSS

5) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Ans.) 3

Ques. : 47 Capital Account Deficit (CAD) will increase with the increase in which of the following?

1) Import of gold 2) Import of crude oil

3) Inflow of foreign money 4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 48 ASBA is a mechanism for subscribing to applications in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). ASBA stands for

1) Application Supported by Blocked Amount 2) Application Submitted with Blocked Amount

3) Acquired Shares by Blocked Amount 4) Application Supported by Balance Amount


Ques. : 49 “A provision of an insurance policy that is purchased separately from the basic policy and that providesadditional benefits at additional cost which helps policyholders create insurance products that meet their specific needs”is termed in insurance world as

1) Rider 2) Coinsurance

3) Carrier 4) Assignment

5) Allowable Charge Ans.) 1

Ques. : 50 The United Nations General Assembly had declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of

1) Sustainable Energy for All 2) Water Cooperation

3) Youth 4) Family Farming

5) Biodiversity Ans.) 2



Ques. : 51 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)?

1) It is a mechanism for subscribing toapplications in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).

2) The banks offering ASBA are called self-certified syndicate banks (SCSB).

3) The ASBA scheme played a big role in the CoalIndia issue as about 75-80% of the money put inby the foreign institutional bidders came throughASBA route.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 52 The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), launched recently by the government, isaimed at

1) Creating a comprehensive and integrateddatabase of crimes and criminals from across thecountry.

2) Installing computers with internet connection atevery police station across the country.

3) Creating awareness among civilianspublishing photographs and names of criminalson social networking sites.

4) Creating a database of policemen who arefound involved in crime.


Ques. : 53 The Centre has set up a 13-member special task force to look at safety issues of women in the city andreview the functioning of the Delhi Police on a regular basis. The special task force is headed by

1) Ashish Bahaguna 2) R K Singh

3) Pulok Chatterji 4) Omita Paul

5) KM Chandrasekhar Ans.) 2

Ques. : 54 Name the American of Indian origin who has become the first Hindu ever to be sworn in as a member of theUS House of Representatives, and also being the first ever US lawmaker to have taken oath of office on the sacredBhagavad Gita.Ami Bera

1) Ami BeraTulsi Gabbard 2) Tulsi Gabbard

3) Dalip Singh Saundh 4) Bobby Jindal


Ques. : 55 Which of the following states has been selected for the Krishi Karman Award for its best performance in theincrease in food-grain production during 2010-11?

1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Punjab 4) Haryana

5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 1

Ques. : 56 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices(CACP)?

1) It advises the Government on price policy ofmajor agricultural commodities.

2) Recently, it opposed direct cash transfer tobeneficiaries for food and fertilisers.

3) Dr Ashok Gulati is the present chairman ofCACP.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 57 Which of the following state government has announced to launch ‘Kanyadan’ scheme under which anincentive of Rs 11,000 will be given to brides during mass marriage ceremony organised by Red Cross Societies or anyregistered NGO?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Punjab

3) Bihar 4) Haryana


Ques. : 58 Recently, who among the following Australian cricketers has been inducted into the International Cricket



Council’s Hall of Fame as its 68th male member?

1) Dennis Lillee 2) Brad Hogg

3) Brett Lee 4) Glenn McGrath

5) Steve Waugh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 59 Name the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran who visited India on a three-day officialvisit recently.

1) Ahmad Jannati 2) Sadeq Larijani

3) Saeed Jalili 4) Ali Larijani

5) Ali Akbar Salehi, Ans.) 3

Ques. : 60 Which of the following states in India has announced to observe year 2013 as Information Technology (IT)Empowerment Year?

1) Karnataka 2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Bihar 4) Madhya Pradesh


Ques. : 61 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems(CCTNS) launched by the Government recently?

1) It aims at creating an IT-enabled sophisticateddatabase of crimes and criminals.

2) This project was approved in 2009 and it coversall the 35 states and Union Territories.

3) It will cost Rs 2,000 crore to the Governmentexchequer.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 62 A three day long International Buddhist Conference, which was inaugurated by Buddhist spiritual leader DalaiLama and attended by nearly 1500 delegates from various parts of the world, was held recently at

1) Patna 2) Kushinagar

3) Rajgir 4) Gaya

5) Sarnath Ans.) 1

Ques. : 63 The prestigious Aryabhatta award for 2011 has been given to who among the following for his achievement inrocketry? The award is instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI).

1) P Kunhikrishnan 2) G Satheesh Reddy

3) VK Saraswat 4) AE Muthunayagam


Ques. : 64 “A permanent life insurance contract with level premiums that pays a stated amount upon death of theinsured or provides cash endowment upon policy maturity that the policyholder can withdraw or borrow against” is called

1) Variable Life Insurance 2) Whole Life Insurance

3) Universal Life Insurance 4) Term Life Insurance


Ques. : 65 Recently, an army officer belonging to which of the following countries has been arrested in Britain on thecharges of torture under a law that allows prosecution of alleged war criminals? The army officer is currently employed asa UN peace keeper in Sudan.

1) Sri Lanka 2) Nepal

3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan


Ques. : 66 Recently, a committee headed by the Finance Minister has been formed to assess the situation of drought hitareas of the delta districts of Cauvery in

1) Karnataka 2) Tamil Nadu



3) Kerala 4) Pondicherry


Ques. : 67 Recently, the President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 125th year celebrations of the Legislature of

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) West Bengal

3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh


Ques. : 68 Which of the following statements is/are correct about the commercial paper in India?

1) It is an unsecured money market instrumentissued in the form of a promissory note.

2) It is usually backed by some form of collateral.

3) It can be issued for maturities between 7 days(minimum) and up to one year (maximum) fromthe date of issue.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 69 Who among the following has clinched the men’s singles title in Chennai Open ATP tournament recently?

1) Janko Tipsarevic 2) Roberto Bautista Agut

3) N Sriram Balaji 4) Marin Cilic

5) Tomas Berdych Ans.) 1

Ques. : 70 After raising its stake to 55.57 per cent, the government has restructured the board of which of the followingfinancial institutions recently?

1) IDBI Bank Ltd 2) IFCI Ltd

3) EXIM Bank 4) NABARD

5) IIFC Ltd Ans.) 2

Ques. : 71 Which of the following state governments has decided to strictly implement ‘no work no pay’ regulation forgovernment employees recently? The state has witnessed prolonged strikes over the past few months on the issue ofreservation in promotion.

1) Himachal Pradesh 2) Uttarakhand



Ques. : 72 “The termination of an insurance policy due to non-payment of premium” is technically called

1) Lapse 2) Death

3) Forfeiture 4) Seize


Ques. : 73 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Law Commission of India? TheCommission gives advice to the government on complex legal issues.

1) Justice A R Lakshmanan 2) Justice D K Jain

3) Justice P V Reddi 4) Justice Gopal Subramanium

5) Justice Goolam E Vahanvati Ans.) 2

Ques. : 74 Eric Emerson Schmidt, an American software engineer and businessman, is the Executive Chairman of

1) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 2) Google

3) Dell 4) Adobe Systems

5) None of theseAns.) 2

Ques. : 75 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Salma Dam constructed by India in Afghanistan?



1) It is a multipurpose dam to be built on the HiraRud river near Chisht-e-Sharief in the Heratprovince of Afghanistan.

2) It is being constructed by the Water and PowerConsultancy Services (India) Limited (Wapcos).

3) It will be constructed within two years at arevised cost of nearly Rs 1,500 crore funded byAmerica.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 76 Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS), the Asia’s largest Sports Institute, is located in

1) Patiala 2) Ahmedabad

3) Kolkata 4) Bangalore


Ques. : 77 Name the American insurance firms which was bailed out by the government from a financial crisis last yearand is now weighing the option to sue the government for allegedly cheating its shareholders.

1) America International Group 2) Prudential Financial

3) New York Life Insurance Company 4) AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

5) Lincoln National Corporation Ans.) 1

Ques. : 78 Halimah Yacob, a politician and person of Indian origin (PIO), is set to become the first woman speaker of theparliament of which of the following countries?

1) Singapore 2) Fiji

3) Trinidad and Tobago 4) Mauritius


Ques. : 79 Which of the following statements is/are NOT correct about the Star Alliance network?

1) It is the world’s first and largest global airlinealliance, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

2) It was established in 1997 and has 28 memberairlines.

3) Jet Airways is a member of this global airline’salliance.

4) Air India is set to join the alliance soon.

5) Mark Schwab is Chief Executive Officer of StarAlliance.

Ans.) 3

Ques. : 80 Name the person who has been closely identified with the killing of Osama bin Laden and the USgovernment’s drone programme and now has been nominated as the next director of US intelligence agency CIA.

1) John Brennan 2) David Petraeus

3) Chuck Hagel 4) Robert Mueller


Ques. : 81 The fourth ship in the series of eight Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) designed and built by M/s Garden ReachShipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, commissioned at Chennai recently is

1) ICGS Raj Kamal 2) ICGS Samrat

3) ICGS Sankalp 4) ICGS Samar

5) ICGS Sukanya Ans.) 1

Ques. : 82 In regards to insurance, “A policy provision that allows a policy to be restored from a lapsed status andresume active coverage” is called

1) Reinstatement 2) Reaffirmation

3) Reinsurance 4) Revocation


Ques. : 83 The Pakistani teenaged girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai has been given Simone de Beauvoir Prizefor Women’s Freedom recently by which of the following country?

1) Germany 2) Italy



3) Spain 4) France


Ques. : 84 Christina Fernandez is the president of which of the following countries at present?

1) Norway 2) Argentina

3) Spain 4) Mexico


Ques. : 85 Who among the following cricketers has been given CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2011-12 award?

1) Virat Kohli 2) Saeed Ajmal

3) Michael Clarke 4) Kumar Sangakkara

5) Hashim Amla Ans.) 1

Ques. : 86 Who among the following footballers has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the fourth consecutive time?

1) Radamel Falcao 2) Lionel Messi

3) Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4) Andrés Iniesta,

5) Cristiano Ronaldo Ans.) 2

Ques. : 87 Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag is among the 15 persons and organisations selected for the_____awards for this year.

1) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize2) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for InternationalUnderstanding

3) Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 4) Padma Shri


Ques. : 88 Recently, a rare strike by journalists of a state-run publication, which ended only after the ruling partypromised to review the tight control on media by the state, took place in _____.

1) North Korea 2) Egypt

3) China 4) Vietnam


Ques. : 89 BAFTA awards are associated with which of the following fields?

1) Science and Technology 2) Film and Television

3) Literature 4) Bravery


Ques. : 90 Which of the following statements is/are correct about iGATE, an American multinational corporation?

1) It provides IT, consulting and BPO services.2) It has been assigned the job to outsource theservices for ambitious Direct Transfer of Benefitscheme.

3) It acquired Indian IT services firm PatniComputer Systems in 2011.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 91 The meeting of national security advisors of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) took placein _____recently.

1) New Delhi 2) Beijing

3) Brasilia 4) Cape Town

5) Pittsburg Ans.) 1

Ques. : 92 Beneficiaries of Indira Awaas Yojana can avail Rs 20,000 loan of differential rate of 4 per cent interest. Whichof the following states topped in availing the benefit last year?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Madhya Pradesh



3) Gujarat 4) Bihar

5) Jharkhand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 93 Name the present Governor of West Bengal who has created controversy with his remarks on recent CPM-TMC clashes in the state.

1) Devanand Konwar 2) HR Bhardwaj

3) Konijeti Rosaiah 4) MK Narayan

5) Ram Naresh Yadav Ans.) 4

Ques. : 94 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)?

1) It is the ratio of capital fund to risk weightedassets expressed in percentage terms.

2) Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved acapital infusion of Rs 12,517 crore to helpmaintain capital adequacy ratios of about 10public sector banks.

3) At present Indian banks are required to haveCAR of at least 11.7 per cent.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 95 Steven Spielberg’s film ‘Lincoln’, which has got 12 Oscar nominations, has been produced by

1) Paramount Pictures 2) Reliance-DreamWorks

3) Orion Pictures Corporation 4) Blue Sky Studios

5) 20th Century Fox Ans.) 2

Ques. : 96 Recently, the Union cabinet has given its nod to offload its stake in Engineers India Limited (EIL) and to raiseRs 800 crore. It will sell___ stake in EIL.

1) 05% 2) 10%

3) 20% 4) 49%


Ques. : 97 National Voters Day, which was initiated last year to commemorate the foundation day of the ElectionCommission of India, is observed on_____every year.

1) January 21 2) January 22


5) January 25 Ans.) 5

Ques. : 98 In regards to insurance, “An individual employed by an insurance company to calculate premium rates,reserves, dividends and other important figures using risk factors obtained from experience tables” is called

1) Auditor 2) Carrier

3) Actuary 4) Curator


Ques. : 99 Which of the following statements is correct?

1) Interest payable on savings bank account is notregulated by RBI.

2) Interest payable on savings bank account isregulated by Finance Ministry.

3) Interest payable on savings bank account isregulated by State Government.

4) Interest payable on savings bank account isregulated by Indian Bank Association.

5) None of the above statements is correct. Ans.) 1

Ques. : 100 Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

1) Cheques are not issued against currentaccounts.

2) There is no restriction on the number oftransactions in the current account.

3) Normally no interest is paid on currentaccounts.

4) Both 1) and 2)



5) Both 1) and 3) Ans.) 1

Ques. : 101 The Sports Ministry has issued a letter to all the National Sports Federations (NSFs) asking them to amendtheir constitution in accordance with the sports code, failing which their recognition by the Government may be impacted.The deadline given to them is


3) February 15 4) March 31


Ques. : 102 Name the Indian Carnatic music vocalist who has been nominated in the Original song category at theOscars for her song ‘Pi’s Lullaby’ in the film Life of Pi.

1) Lalgudi Jayaraman 2) Nithyashree Mahadevan

3) Bombay Jayashri Ramnath 4) Unni Krishnan

5) AR Rahman Ans.) 3

Ques. : 103 The book titled The Bankster is written by who among the following?

1) T Bagshave 2) Ravi Subramanian

3) Preeti Shenoy 4) Robin S Sharma


Ques. : 104 Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled that the chief minister, and not the chief justice of the high court, willhave primacy in selecting a person for the post of Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta

1) if the concerned state’s law includes thegovernor in the consultation process

2) if the concerned state’s law includes the CM inthe consultation process

3) if the concerned state’s law excludes the chiefjustice of the high court in the consultationprocess

4) irrespective of what the concerned state’s lawmentions


Ques. : 105 The Union Oil Ministry has launched a new service, starting from Chandigarh, under which consumers ofcooking gas have been initially allowed to

1) change their dealer 2) change their company

3) surrender their LPG connection and shift toPNG

4) convert their commercial connection into adomestic one and vice-versa


Ques. : 106 The legendary astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin are the first human to step on the moon. In1969, which of the following spacecrafts carried them to the moon?

1) Apollo 1 2) Apollo 9

3) Apollo 11 4) Eagle

5) Little Joe II Ans.) 3

Ques. : 107 The US President Barack Obama has nominated who amongst the following as the next treasury secretarysucceeding Timothy Geithner.

1) Jack Lew 2) Henry Paulson

3) Stuart A Levey 4) William Joseph Burns


Ques. : 108 In which of the following countries a state of emergency has been declared by the President as the Islamistrebels have taken over half the country?

1) Rwanda 2) Mali

3) Nigeria 4) Algeria

5) Sudan Ans.) 2



Ques. : 109 Recently, the chairman of USCIRF asked the US government to impress upon Islamabad to ensureprotection of minorities in the country. USCIRF stands for

1) US Commission on International ReligiousFreedom

2) US Commission on International ReligiousFaith

3) US Commission on Inter-Religious Freedom 4) US Commission on Intra-Religious Freedom


Ques. : 110 In regards to insurance, “A policy provision that allows an insured to renew his/her term life insurance policyat the end of the term based on the attained age and health status as well as evidence of insurability” is termed as

1) Free-Entry 2) Open-Entry

3) Re-Entry 4) Re-terming


Ques. : 111 Recently, the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has named 30 female members in the top consultative bodyof the Government for the first time in the history. Name the top advisory body of Saudi Arabia.

1) Shura Council 2) Majlis-e-Shoora

3) Islamic Consultative Assembly 4) Majlis Watani Itihadi


Ques. : 112 Which of the following services come(s) under the ambit of services tax?

1) Dry Cleaning 2) Cable Operator

3) Security Agency 4) Courier

5) All the above Ans.) 5

Ques. : 113 Rajeev Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme, announced in the Union Budget 2012-13, gives a tax rebate of 50%under which of the following sections to the first time investors investing up to Rs 50,000 and whose gross total annualincome is less than or equal to Rs 10 lakh?

1) Section 32A 2) Section 80CCG

3) Section 80-IA 4) Section - 080DDB

5) Section - 072AA Ans.) 2

Ques. : 114 Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari is on a four-day visit to which of the following countries to mark the40th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties and 5th anniversary of strategic partnership between the twocountries?


3) Vietnam 4) Mozambique


Ques. : 115 Which of the following statements is/are correct about International Rescue Committee (IRC)?

1) It is a nongovernmental international relief anddevelopment organization based in the UnitedStates.

2) It is working in more than 40 countries providingemergency relief, post-conflict development andresettlement services.

3) It came into existence with the formation ofUnited Nations in 1945 after World War II.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 116 Which of the following is NOT a team participating in the ongoing Hockey India League (HIL)?

1) Delhi Wave Riders 2) Mumbai Magicians

3) Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4) Ranchi Rhinos

5) Pune Warriors Ans.) 5

Ques. : 117 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Oscar awards?

1) These awards are given by the US-based



Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forachievement in film industry.

2) The awards are given in 24 categories and thefirst awards were given in 1929.

3) The 1957 film Mother India was India’s first andthe only submission to Oscars.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 118 Which of the following statements is/are correct about demat accounts in India?

1) The term ‘demat’ refers to a dematerialisedaccount for individual Indian citizens to trade inlisted stocks or debentures in electronic form.

2) A demat account is opened by an investor whileregistering with an investment broker (or sub-broker).

3) It is a type of savings account offered by all thescheduled banks.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 119 Which of the following best defines mortgage?

1) A movable or liquid assets that a borroweroffers a lender to secure a loan.

2) Security of immovable property for a depositreceived by a bank.

3) A debt instrument that is secured by thecollateral of specified movable property.

4) A debt instrument that is secured by thecollateral of specified immovable property.


Ques. : 120 In regards to insurance, “Transfer by the holder of a life insurance policy (the assignor) of the benefits orproceeds of the policy to a lender (the assignee), as a collateral for a loan in which in the event of the death of theassignor, the assignee is paid first and the balance (if any) is paid to the policy’s beneficiary” is termed as

1) Prioritisation 2) Assignment

3) Ownership transfer 4) Proprietorship


Ques. : 121 Which of the following statement is/are correct about the General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?

1) It was introduced by the then Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee in the Budget 2012-13, which isaimed at checking tax avoidance by overseasinvestors.

2) The government had set up the Shomecommittee on this matter which suggestedpostponement of the GAAR by three years andnon-application of tax laws with retrospective effecton indirect transfers of assets.

3) The government has postponedimplementation of GAAR provisions by two yearsto April 1, 2016.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 122 Which of the following are among the eight states that have been awarded the Krishi Karman 2011-12awards for their best performance in increasing food-grain production?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Manipur 4) Bihar


Ques. : 123 The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) is the world’s foremost annual event, dedicated to advancingfuture energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies. The sixth edition of this summit is being held in

1) Berne 2) Abu Dhabi

3) Singapore 4) Cape Town

5) Manama Ans.) 2

Ques. : 124 Who among the following is not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present?

1) Subir Gokarn 2) Harun R Khan



3) Anand Sinha 4) KC Chakrabarty

5) Urjit Patel Ans.) 1

Ques. : 125 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Army Day observed in India?

1) This day is celebrated on January 15 every year.

2) It is celebrated in recognition of LieutenantGeneral KM Cariappa’s taking over as the firstCommander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from SirFrancis Butcher, the last British commander, in1948.

3) The day also commemorates India’s victoryover Pakistan in 1971 war.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 126 Recently, the 5th Annual Defence Dialogue (ADD) between India and which of the following countries tookplace? The two sides agreed upon a plan of bilateral military exchanges for 2013, including their next joint militaryexercise.

1) China 2) Sri Lanka

3) Russia 4) US


Ques. : 127 India and Pakistan are set to enter a new era of relations with the implementation of a liberal visa regimebetween the two nations from January 15. India will provide visa on arrival to Pakistani citizens of which of the followingcategories?

1) Persons above 65 years of age 2) Children below 12 years of age

3) Women above 45 years of age 4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 128 Name the star batsman of Pakistan cricket team who was declared man-of-the-series in the recentlyconcluded three match ODI series played between India and Pakistan.

1) Nasir Jamshed 2) Saeed Ajmal

3) Taufeeq Umar 4) Misbah-ul-Haq

5) Mohammad Hafeez Ans.) 1

Ques. : 129 A Russian cyber security firm, Kaspersky Lab, revealed recently that several countries across the world hasbeen hit by a cyber espionage that has been targeting diplomatic, governmental as well as scientific researchorganization. The cyber espionage campaign is termed as

1) MiniFlame 2) Red October

3) ZombieMistfall 4) AvatarAcid

5) Sobig B Ans.) 2

Ques. : 130 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) investingin India?

1) FII is an investor or investment fund that is fromor registered in a country outside of the one inwhich it is currently investing.

2) FIIs include hedge funds, insurancecompanies, pension funds and mutual funds.

3) It is not needed for FIIs to register with theSecurities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) toparticipate in the financial market.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 131 The vice President Hamid Ansari, while on the visit of which of the following countries has announced thatIndia will open a Cultural Centre in the capital city Hanoi to promote interchange of ideas and greater interaction betweenthe people of the two nations?



1) Zambia 2) Vietnam

3) Singapore 4) Philippine


Ques. : 132 Which of the following statements is/are NOT correct with respect to imposition of the President’s rule in anIndian state?

1) The Constitution of India provides the Presidentwith the authority to impose the President rule in astate under the Article 356 if there has been failureof the constitutional machinery.

2) When President’s rule is imposed, theassembly is either dissolved or kept insuspended animation and the Governor of thestate assumes executive authority.

3) The Supreme Court of India has defined theuse of Article 356 and imposition of President’srule in the SR Bommai vs Union of India case andhas laid down guidelines.

4) Recently, the governor of Jharkhand state hassent his recommendation to the Centre and hassuggested the state assembly to be kept undersuspended animation.

5) All the above statements are correct. Ans.) 5

Ques. : 133 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to current political situation in Pakistan?

1) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered toarrest the PM Raja Pervez Ashraf and has set a24-hour deadline for authorities to implement itsorders.

2) Pakistan’s PM has sacked the government ofBaluchistan province bowing to the protests fromShiite minority that refused to bury victims of recentbombings unless action is taken.

3) A cleric-turn-politician, Tahirul Qadri, is leadinga protest seeking dissolution of provincial andnational assemblies. He is said to have backingof Taliban and the Army.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 134 Amid the rising tension between India and Pakistan, it has been decided by the authorities that all ninePakistani hockey players taking part in Hockey India League would be sent back home. Which of the following is thegoverning authority for the game of hockey in India?

1) Hockey India 2) Indian Hockey Federation

3) Hockey Association of India 4) Board for Control of Hockey in India


Ques. : 135 The All India Football Federation has revoked the two-year ban imposed on which of the following clubs forabandoning its I-League derby against East Bengal mid-way? AIFF has imposed a meagre fine of Rs 2 crore instead.

1) Mohammedan Sporting Club 2) Mohun Bagan

3) Churchill Brothers 4) Delhi United


Ques. : 136 Name the former Chief Minister of an Indian state who has been convicted by a court for the illegalrecruitment of over 3000 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state recently?

1) Mayawati 2) Muthuvel Karunanidhi

3) Lalu Prasad Yadav 4) Om Prakash Chautala

5) BS Yeddyurappa Ans.) 4

Ques. : 137 The Election Commission of India has deployed 36 observers for monitoring the flow of illegal cash andother inducements during the upcoming assembly polls in three North-eastern states. These sates are

1) Tripura, Nagaland and Manipur 2) Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura

3) Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura 4) Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya


Ques. : 138 The Department-related Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha has invitedsuggestions from public on the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2012. The bill seeks to amend which of the following forstringent punishment for offences against women?



1) Indian Penal Code, 1860 2) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

3) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 139 Consider the following statements in the context of RBI and its monetary policy and find which of them is/areNOT correct?

1) The repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends tobanks and CRR is the slice of deposits that bankshave to keep with RBI. Cut in both the above ratesis sought by bankers.

2) One basis point is equal to 0.01 percentagepoint.

3) At present, repo rate and CRR are at 4.25% and8% respectively.

4) After RBI lowered CRR in October 2012, nolarge bank lowered its base rate, the minimumrate at which funds could be lent.

5) Banks are free to determine their savings bankdeposit interest rate for resident Indians only.

Ans.) 3

Ques. : 140 The BSE Sensex, the stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed onBSE, breached the 20,000-mark for the first time in two years on January 15. Which of the following step(s)/factor(s) is/areseen to be responsible for the rally?

1) The postponement of the implementation of theanti-tax avoidance rules GAAR until 2016.

2) Declining inflation that has raised hopes of theRBI cutting interest rates in its quarterly monetarypolicy review.

3) The aggression shown by the governmentagainst Pakistan.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 141 The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC), which is tasked with simplifying andrewriting the legislation affecting financial markets in India, will submit its report in the last week of March. Thecommission is headed by who amongst the following?

1) Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 2) Justice Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

3) Justice BN Srikrishna 4) Justice KG Balakrishnan

5) Justice SH Kapadia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 142 Name the French power major India is to sign a commercial pact with for building two nuclear powerreactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. The pact will be signed during the visit of French President Francois Hollande to NewDelhi in February.

1) Areva 2) EdF

3) Bouyges Construction 4) Eurodif


Ques. : 143 Consider the following statements with respect to Afghan Parliament and decide which of them is/arecorrect:

1) The House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) makeslaws and approves the actions of the president.

2) The House of the People is the upper house ofthe bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan,alongside the House of Elders.

3) Recently, the Wolesi Jirga has rejected thenational budget for the next financial year citingover- allocation of funds for some sectors andinsufficient allocation for some provinces andsectors of economy.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 144 Who among the following has become the India’s youngest national champion after winning the summitclash of the 74th National Table Tennis Championships?

1) Achanta Sharath Kamal 2) Soumyajit Ghosh



3) Noel Pinto 4) G Sathiyan

5) Sourav Chakraborty Ans.) 2

Ques. : 145 Who among the following has won the women’s +75kg gold medal of the National weightliftingchampionship recently?

1) Sanamacha Chanu 2) Amanpreet Kaur

3) Pratima Kumari 4) Nandini Devi


Ques. : 146 Pakistan government has agreed to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister by consensus ahead of the nextgeneral election after protests against the government put intense pressure on the country’s fragile coalition. Theseprotests were lead by the fiery cleric

1) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 2) Ramzi bin al-Shibh

3) Tahir-ul-Qadri 4) Sheikh Said Masri

5) Jalaluddin Haqqani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 147 In view of growing number of minors getting involved in various offences, a bench headed by CJI AltamasKabir has issued which of the following directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories?

1) A special officer in plain clothes be appointed inevery police station across the country to deal withjuveniles.

2) A special female officer in plain clothes beappointed in every police station across thecountry to deal with juvenile girl victims.

3) A special officer be appointed in every policestation across the country to keep track of juvenileoffenders.

4) A special officer be appointed in every policestation across the country to for arrest andinvestigation in case of juvenile offenders.


Ques. : 148 According to the statistics of NCRB, 1,17,480 children have gone missing in 392 districts in the countrybetween January 2008 to January 2010 and out of these, 41,546 are still untraced . Expand the term NCRB.

1) National Crime Reporting Bureau 2) National Crime Research Bureau

3) National Criminal Record Board 4) National Centralised Record Bureau


Ques. : 149 In which of the following countries an al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group recently held several people,including 41 foreigners, hostage demanding to halt the French military operation against fellow militant groups in theneighbouring country Mali?

1) Argentina 2) Algeria

3) Armenia 4) Austria


Ques. : 150 Recently, which of the following countries has announced to move nearly half of its gold reserves backhome? Two-thirds of its gold reserves has been parked in US, France and UK since the cold war?

1) Spain 2) Japan

3) South Korea 4) Germany


Ques. : 151 Examine the following regarding the trial of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen andthe direction(s) given by the Supreme Court in this matter recently and then decide which of the statements is/are correct.

1) The two Italians, the security crew aboard anItalian cargo vessel, allegedly killed two Indianfishermen off Kollam coast in February, 2012mistaking them as pirates.

2) The apex court has directed that a special courtwill adjudicate the matter under the internationallaw and the Kerala court has no independentjurisdiction in this matter.

3) The apex court has directed that the caseshould be transferred to a court in Italy which willconduct the trial.

4) Only 1) and 2)




Ques. : 152 The London Stansted Airport is being sold by its holding company Heashrow Airport Holdings to which ofthe following companies recently for 1.5 billion pounds?

1) International Airlines Group 2) Manchester Airports Group

3) Royal Air Maroc 4) LTU International


Ques. : 153 The Union Finance Minister had announced to implement a new taxation system for services called theNegative List while presenting the Union Budget 2012-13. Which of the following services is/are exempted from servicetax after the negative list came into effect?

1) Advocate firms2) Construction works under some governmentschemes

3) Services by public libraries4) Services by Employees State InsuranceCorporation

5) All of the above Ans.) 5

Ques. : 154 Five members of the UN Security Council – France, Britain, Luxembourg, Australia and South Korea haveasked the International Criminal Court to prosecute the regime of which of the following countries for war crimes?

1) Syria 2) Egypt

3) Myanmar 4) Sri Lanka

5) Sudan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 155 Olympic bronze-medalist Saina Nehwal attained a new high as she climbed to a career-best in the latestBadminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on January 17. What is her present BWF ranking?

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Seventh


Ques. : 156 Sophiya Haque, who died in London recently, was a/an

1) Indian actress 2) Video Jockey

3) Model 4) All the above

5) None of the above Ans.) 4

Ques. : 157 Name the NGO which has carried the Annual Status of Education Survey (ASER) 2012 which shows a sharpdrop in the learning levels among the students in the age group of three-16 years in the country.

1) Pratham 2) CRY

3) Focus on Life India 4) CURE


Ques. : 158 Who amongst the following is the author of the recently published book titled Our Moon Has Blood Clots?

1) Chetan Bhagat 2) Rahul Pandita

3) Preeti Shenoy 4) Ravinder Singh

5) Ashwin Sanghi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 159 Firebrand cleric Tahirul Qadri, who led a massive protest against the Pakistan government, has beensummoned by which of the following countries recently asking to explain the violation of the oath he had taken whileseeking asylum in that country?

1) UK 2) Canada

3) France 4) Germany


Ques. : 160 The first International Tourism Mart that focuses on promoting tourism activities and travel in the North-Eastregion is being held from January 18 to 20 at which of the following places?



1) Darjeeling 2) Itanagar

3) Guwahati 4) Agartala

5) Dispur Ans.) 3

Ques. : 161 Recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the ‘Ghat Ki Guni’ tunnel in which of the followingstates?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Jammu and Kashmir 4) Rajasthan


Ques. : 162 Examine the following statements with respect to National Pension Scheme (NPS) and decide which ofthem is/are correct?

1) The NPS was launched on January 1, 2004, forall new entrants to the Central governmentservices, except those in the Armed Forces.

2) 28 states and Union Territories have joined thescheme so far. Tripura along with West Bengalare the only two states that are yet to join the NPS.

3) With the NPS, the Government of India movedfrom a defined benefit pension to a definedcontribution based pension system.

4) Only 1) and 2

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 163 Jackson Kiprop of Uganda has set new course records in the men’s title of the 10th Standard CharteredMumbai Marathon in Mumbai recently. Name the woman who also broke the course record in the women’s title of thesame event.

1) Valentine Kipketer 2) Dinkesh Mekash

3) Aberu Mekuria 4) Fantu Jimma

5) Yeshimebet Tadesse Ans.) 1

Ques. : 164 Indigenously designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited, Naval Offshore Patrol Vesssel (NOPV) INS Saryuhas been inducted into Indian Navy recently. The induction of the INS Saryu is aimed at which of the following?

1) To undertake surveillance of the exclusiveeconomic zones

2) Anti-piracy patrols

3) Fleet support operations4) Providing security to offshore assets and carryout escort duties for high value assets.


Ques. : 165 Consider the following statements with respect to Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and decide which of themis/are correct.

1) The SAR is the unit of measurement for theamount of Radio Frequency (RF) energy absorbedby the body when using a mobile phone.

2) Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibalinaugurated NGN lab at the TelecommunicationEngineering Centre in New Delhi recently whichwill measure SAR values of mobile phones.

3) India is adopting stringent standards as in US,China and some other countries to audit SARvalues.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 166 Recently, the Women and Child Development minister, Ms Krishna Tirath announced that the governmentwill spend around 100 crore rupees per annum on appointment of protection officers for the implementation of

1) Protection of Women from Sexual Harassmentat Workplace Act, 2005

2) Protection of Women from Domestic ViolenceAct, 2005

3) Imparting Education on Gender Sensitivity Act,2005.

4) Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Act, 2005


Ques. : 167 Arab leaders from various countries are holding the third two-day Arab Economic and Social Development



Summit at which of the following places? It is aimed at tackling the issues related to people’s hopes and aspirations inthe region in the wake of the Arab Spring.

1) Doha 2) Abu Dhabi

3) Riyadh 4) Manama


Ques. : 168 ‘Rah-e-Milan’ is the name of the bus service between which of the following countries?

1) India and Pakistan 2) India and Bangladesh

3) India and Nepal 4) India and Myanmar


Ques. : 169 The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has opened the country’s first ‘Technology InnovationResearch Centre’ in which of the following cities recently?

1) Ahmedabad 2) Gurgaon

3) Masore 4) Bhopal

5) Mumbai Ans.) 2

Ques. : 170 A feature named ‘graph search’ has been launched by which of the following social networking sites? Itallows users to search their social network for people, places, photos and other things that interest them.

1) Facebook 2) Twitter

3) Google+ 4) Orkut

5) LinkedIn Ans.) 1

Ques. : 171 Name the team, the 44-time finalists, which will meet Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy Cricket title clashslated to begin from January 26 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

1) Services 2) Rajasthan

3) Railways 4) Punjab

5) Mumbai Ans.) 5

Ques. : 172 Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to the Minamata Convention, the world’s firstlegally-binding treaty on mercury reached in Geneva at a UN-sponsored conference?

1) It has been named after a city in Japan whereserious health damage occurred as a result ofmercury pollution in the mid-20th Century.

2) Over 140 governments have agreed to theglobal, legally-binding treaty.

3) It provides controls and reductions across arange of products, processes and industrieswhere mercury is used, released or emitted.

4) Mercury-based blood pressure-measuringmachines, thermometers, tooth fillings and itsglobal trade will have to be banned by 2020.

5) India has rejected the treaty as it could affectavailability of energy efficient lights and cheapmedical instruments.

Ans.) 5

Ques. : 173 The sixth edition of India International Pet Trade Fair (IIPTF), a pet and pet care extravaganza, held recently atthe expo centre in

1) Gurgaon 2) Noida

3) Faridabad 4) Gaziabad


Ques. : 174 Consider the following statements with respect to National Investigation Agency (NIA) and choose thecorrect one(s).

1) It was created by an Act of the Parliament ofIndia in December, 2008 following the traumaticParliament Terror Attack.

2) It is functioning as the Central CounterTerrorism Law Enforcement Agency in India andits present Director General is SC Sinha.



3) Recently, NIA has arrested a top IndianMujahideen operative Mohammed Danish Ansarifrom Darbhanga in Bihar.

4) Only 2) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 175 Australia, which has about 40 per cent of the world’s uranium reserves, has agreed to start negotiations ona Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement in March 2013. The agreement would enable

1) India to export uranium to Australia2) India to import uranium from countries otherthan Australia

3) India to import uranium from Australia4) India to acquire uranium processing technologyfrom Australia`


Ques. : 176 The Supreme Court of India, in its recent order has declared the forest habitat of an extremely endangeredtribe of Andaman Island numbering just over 300 and a 5-km area around it as ‘no go’ zone for tourists or any otherperson. Name the tribe.

1) Sentinelese 2) Onge

3) Jangil 4) Jarawa


Ques. : 177 The Election Commission of India has selected the collector of Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh for theBest Electoral Process Award-2012. Name the collector.

1) Akash Tripathi 2) Rajendra Singh

3) Jaishree Kiyawa 4) Swati Meena

5) Neeraj Dubey Ans.) 3

Ques. : 178 In Israel, voting for the 120 seats in the unicameral legislature took place recently. What is the name of theIsrael’s parliament?

1) Pyithu Hluttaw 2) Knesset

3) Althing 4) Folketing

5) Tshogdu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 179 The France and Germany are celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark treaty signed in 1963 betweenthe two countries that marked an important step in reconciling the former enemies at the World War II. What is the nameof the treaty?

1) Elysee Treaty 2) General Treaty

3) Treaty of Warsaw 4) Vientiane Treaty

5) Basic Treaty Ans.) 1

Ques. : 180 The government, in a decision aimed to rein in spending on gold and reduce the import bill, has increasedthe import duty on gold and platinum from existing 4 per cent to ______ with immediate effect. Gold is the biggestcontributor to the import bill after crude oil.

1) 5 per cent 2) 6 per cent



Ques. : 181 A revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, and wars occurring in the Arab world, dubbed as ArabSpring, began in 2010 in Tunisia. To date, ruler(s) in which of the following countries have been forced out from power bythis civil uprising?

1) Egypt 2) Libya

3) Yemen 4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5



Ques. : 182 The ninth edition of the biennial air show, Aero India, will be held at which of the following places from 6February to 10 February? It aims to bring under one roof exhibitors from around the globe to showcase the best inaviation.

1) Chennai 2) Bangalore

3) Thiruvananthapuram 4) Allahabad

5) Nagpur Ans.) 2

Ques. : 183 The three-member committee set up to suggest measures for tougher laws for crimes against womenheaded by former chief justice of India JS Verma has submitted its report recently. Who were the other two members ofthe committee?

1) Leila Seth 2) Gopal Subramaniam

3) DK Jain 4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 184 The Matale mass grave was discovered recently in which of the following countries? The grave has 79human skulls and skeletal remains of 78 persons which experts believe to be dating around 1987.

1) Myanmar 2) Sri Lanka

3) China 4) Yemen


Ques. : 185 Recently, RBI has directed urban co-operative banks to extend interest subvention of 2 per cent for exportersin segments like handicraft, carpets, small and medium enterprises and certain engineering goods from April 1, 2013 to

1) September 30, 2013 2) March 31, 2014

3) March 31, 2015 4) March 31, 2016


Ques. : 186 Who among the following has been elected the new President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)unanimously?

1) Nitin Gadkari 2) Ananth Kumar

3) Rajnath Singh 4) Yashwant Sinha


Ques. : 187 The tenth-edition of the three-day annual bio-technology and life sciences meet, BioAsia, will kick off inwhich of the following Indian cities from January 28?

1) New Delhi 2) Bangalore

3) Hyderabad 4) Chennai


Ques. : 188 Consider the following statements with respect to the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) and choosethe correct one(s).

1) It is a Commodities exchange in India, a jointventure of Financial Technologies (I) Ltd (FTIL)and National Agricultural Cooperative MarketingFederation of India (NAFED).

2) George Iype is the Managing Director and CEOof NSEL.

3) For the first time in India, it has introduceddemat delivery based instrument products callede-Series, in commodities like gold, silver, copper,zinc, lead, nickel and Platinum.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 189 On the lines of Mumbai’s Marine Drive, which of the following state governments is planning to constructGanga Expressway?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Bihar

3) West Bengal 4) Uttarakhand




Ques. : 190 Atal Jyoti Abhiyan, a scheme under which the government would provide 24 hours power supply fordomestic use in rural areas, while for agriculture connection holders will get minimum eight hours power supply, hasbeen launched recently in

1) Maharashtra 2) Uttar Pradesh



Ques. : 191 The three-member panel set up by the government to look into the issue of women’s safety has submittedits report to Union Home Ministry. Which of the following is not among the recommendations made by the panel?

1) It rejects death penalty for rape and retainsexisting punishment but recommends 20 years torest of convict’s life punishment if rape causesdeath or leaves victim in vegetative state.

2) It recommends marital rape to be recognizedas an offence for women of all ages.

3) It introduces offence of ‘breach of commandresponsibility’, making a senior officer of securityforces liable to jail of 7-10 years if his/hersubordinates commit rape.

4) It recommends ‘Intentional touching’ toconstitute offence of sexual assault with maximumpunishment of 5 years.

5) It recommends lowering juvenile age andstresses juvenile justice system be strengthened.

Ans.) 5

Ques. : 192 According to the Global Open Budget Survey 2012 conducted by the International Budget Partnership (IBP),what is India’s current ranking among the 100 countries surveyed? The score indicates that the government providessignificant information on its budget and financial activities during the year.

1) 14th 2) 16th

3) 20th 4) 43rd


Ques. : 193 The accused below 18 years of age, termed as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Act, are brought before

1) A Normal Criminal Court 2) A Metropolitan Magistrate

3) A Juvenile Justice Board 4) A Female Judicial Magistrate


Ques. : 194 The Women and Child Development Ministry, in its initiatives aimed at ensuring that girls are born andnurtured to become empowered citizens with equal rights and opportunities, has announced to observe which of thefollowing dates as the National Girl Child Day?




Ques. : 195 As per recent announcement by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), anyone entering theformal sector workforce from March 2013 will have to get which of the following numbers before they can enroll with theEPFO?

1) Vote ID 2) UID

3) PAN 4) ESIC Registration


Ques. : 196 Which of the following insurer has exited its insurance business in India selling its 26% stake in its jointventure with the Exide Industries recently? Insurers like AMP (Australia), Chubb (US) and New York Life (US) had exitedinsurance business in India earlier.

1) AXA 2) AIG

3) ING 4) Met Life

5) Prudential Ans.) 3



Ques. : 197 The coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu has narrowly won the recent Israeli general election. What is thename of his party?

1) Labour 2) Likud

3) Jewish Home 4) Yesh Atid


Ques. : 198 Name the World Bank-aided community-driven rural development project for the uplift of rural poor beingimplemented in Bihar state. The state government is planning to cover all the 38 districts under this programme.

1) Sanjeevani 2) Aajeevika

3) Jeevika 4) Swavalamban


Ques. : 199 Recently, which of the following states has decided to distribute free laptops and tablets to students whohave passed class 10th and 12th exams? The cabinet of the state has cleared the proposal to purchase 15 lakh laptopsand tablets at a cost of Rs 2,858 crore.

1) Bihar 2) Odisha



Ques. : 200 The committee headed by KK Vohra, RBI Chief General Manager for internal debt management department,has submitted its suggestions. The committee was formed to serve which of the following purposes?

1) To assess the feasibility of introducing morelong-term fixed interest rate loan products bybanks.

2) To assess the feasibility of introducing moreshort-term fixed interest rate loan products bybanks.

3) To assess the feasibility of introducing moreintermediate-term fixed interest rate loan productsby banks.

4) To assess the feasibility of introducing morelong-term flexible interest rate loan products bybanks.


Ques. : 201 Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in jail by a US Court for

1) helping plot the 2011 World Trade Centreattacks

2) helping plot the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

3) his hands in a series of suicide attacks on USforces deployed in Afghanistan

4) planning terrorist attack against a Danishnewspaper in Copenhagen


Ques. : 202 Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the modification in the SpecialIndustry Initiative scheme named Udaan. This scheme is meant for which of the following states through which 40,000youth will be trained in five years.

1) Jammu and Kashmir 2) Punjab

3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Manipur

5) Nagaland Ans.) 1

Ques. : 203 Chinese Academy of Sciences has given its 2012 Award for International Scientific Cooperation to whoamong the following Indian scientists for his important contributions in boosting Sino-India scientific cooperation?

1) Sunder Lal Hora 2) Vijay P Bhatkar

3) Dr CNR Rao 4) William Stephen Atkinson

5) Yellapragada Subbarao Ans.) 3

Ques. : 204 Kannada author UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted among 10 other authors for the international ManBooker Prize for fiction. Which of the following is a book written by him?

1) Yuvi 2) The Magic



3) What Young India Wants 4) Samskara

5) The Krishna Key Ans.) 4

Ques. : 205 Which of the following countries lifted the ban on women in combat roles in the armed forces recently?

1) US 2) UK

3) India 4) Israel


Ques. : 206 The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has opened the country’s first ‘Technology InnovationResearch Centre’ at the Council-run Apparel Training and Design Centre situated in ____ .

1) Noida 2) Ghaziabad

3) Mysore 4) Gurgaon


Ques. : 207 In one of the rare direct appointment offers made by a public sector bank, Prema Jayakumar has beenoffered a manager’s position in Indian Bank. Prema has topped which of the following exams recently?q

1) CAT 2) All India CA exam

3) MAT 4) SNAP


Ques. : 208 Which of the following airports in India is set to become the first airport of the country to use solar power forrunning its utility grid system?

1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport 2) Cochin International Airport

3) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport 4) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

5) Veer Savarkar International Airport Ans.) 2

Ques. : 209 Who among the following has been appointed the new CEO of India’s fourth largest IT-Company HCLTechnologies?

1) Anant Gupta 2) SD Shibulal

3) Natarajan Chandrasekaran 4) Shiv Nadar

5) Vineet Nayar Ans.) 1

Ques. : 210 ASSOCHAM organised the 10th Knowledge Millennium Summit with the theme “Curing the Incurables:Sharing of Innovations” in which of the following cities recently?


3) New Delhi 4) Bangalore


Ques. : 211 Who among the following has won the Australian Open men’s singles title? He has become the first man inthe Open era to win three consecutive Australian Open titles.

1) Andy Murray 2) Novak Djokovic

3) J Tsonga 4) R Federer


Ques. : 212 In a major breakthrough, the team led by the Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute forthe Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has successfully completed sequencing of 90 genomes of _____recently.

1) Chickpea 2) Rajma

3) Soybean 4) Potato


Ques. : 213 In one of the deadliest prison riots of the country, a fierce gun-battle between inmates and National Guardtroops at the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto claimed about 61 lives recently. The Uribana prison is situated in which ofthe following countries?



1) Sri Lanka 2) Myanmar

3) Egypt 4) Venezuelan


Ques. : 214 Aimed at connecting field units of health department and the district and state headquarters, Sampark Setuscheme has been launched in ____. Under the scheme closed user group (CUG) SIM cards of BSNL would be providedto the health workers, doctors and officials.`

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Gujarat

3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Odisha

5) Maharashtra Ans.) 3

Ques. : 215 Name the country’s first underwater ballistic missile which completed its developmental trials with thetwelfth successful test conducted from a submerged platform in the Bay of Bengal recently. The 750-km rangesubmarine-launched missile is now ready for induction.

1) Dhanush 2) K-15

3) Brahmos 4) SA-6


Ques. : 216 Axis Bank is all set to raise around Rs 6,000 crore through private placement of its equity shares to QIPs.QIP stands for

1) Qualified Institutional Players 2) Quantitative Institutional Players

3) Qualified International Players 4) Quality Institutionalized Players


Ques. : 217 The Postal Department will launch which of the following services in all departmental Post offices in thecountry by May 2014.

1) On-line parcel tracking system 2) On-line inquiry system

3) On-line banking facilities 4) On-line parcel booking system


Ques. : 218 The Middle East and North Africa region’s largest health care industry event, Arab Health is going on atwhich of the following places? Medical professionals and companies from 32 countries including India are taking part inthe four day long Exhibition and Congress.

1) Doha 2) Dubai

3) Davos 4) Manama


Ques. : 219 India has improved its position in ICC ODI ranking after winning 3-2 over England in the recently concludedODI series. What is India’s current ODI ranking?

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Forth

5) Sixth Ans.) 1

Ques. : 220 Hopman Cup is associated with which of the following games?

1) Billiards 2) Chess


5) Golf Ans.) 3

Ques. : 221 One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country witha trained female community health activist called ASHA who works as an interface between the community and the publichealth system. ASHA stands for

1) Accredited Social Health Activists 2) Associate Social Health Activists

3) Approved Social Health Activists 4) Approved Social Health Advisor




Ques. : 222 A legislation in the name of Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl’s education activist who was shotby the Taliban, has been introduced in which of the following countries to provide scholarship to girls from Pakistan?

1) UK 2) US

3) Norway 4) France


Ques. : 223 Which of the following countries has recently approved a landmark extradition treaty with India agreeing todeport wanted criminals hiding or lodged in each other’s jails? The Home Minister of India was on a two day visit to thecountry.

1) Bhutan 2) Myanmar

3) Bangladesh 4) Nepal


Ques. : 224 India’s Viswanathan Anand finished joint third at the recently concluded 75th Tata Steel Chess tournamentheld in the Netherlands. Who won the tournament?

1) Sergey Karjakin 2) Anish Giri

3) Magnus Carlsen 4) Wang Hao


Ques. : 225 Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy by an innings and 125-run in the five-day final that endedinside three days at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai?

1) Mumbai 2) Saurshtra

3) Punjab 4) Sevices


Ques. : 226 The Special Olympics World Winter Games 2013, the global event for the people with intellectual disability,will be organised in which of the following countries? A 79-member Indian delegation will take part in the games.

1) Boise, United States 2) Pyeongchang, South Korea

3) Nagano, Japan 4) Collingwood & Toronto, Canada

5) Salzburg & Schladming, Austria Ans.) 2

Ques. : 227 Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open men’s singles title recently. Who among the following clinched thewomen’s singles title?

1) Na Li 2) Victoria Azarenka

3) Serena Williams 4) Kim Clijsters


Ques. : 228 The RBI, in its third quarter monetary policy review surprised the market by cutting short-term lending ratecalled repo rate and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by similar margins releasing Rs 18,000 crore into the system. The RBIhas cut these key interest rates by




Ques. : 229 The government has constituted an expert committee to review institutional framework of Prasar Bharti. Theseven-member committee will be headed by

1) PV Jayakrishnan 2) Ranjan Khanna

3) Sam Pitroda 4) Rajesh Mehta


Ques. : 230 Which of the following districts in Tamil Nadu has bagged the MGNREG national award for habitation basedplanning and record keeping? It will be awarded on the eve of the eighth Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment



Guarantee Act Diwas on February 2?

1) Vellore 2) Tirunelveli

3) Thanjavur 4) Tiruchirapalli

5) Salem Ans.) 4

Ques. : 231 . Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open tennischampionship recently. They defeated which of the following pairs?

1) Nadia Petrova and Mahesh Bhupathi 2) Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes

3) Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 4) Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden


Ques. : 232 Choose the incorrect statement amongst the following in the context of eBiz portal launched by thegovernment as a one-stop clearance platform for investment proposals.

1) It is a Government-to-Business (G2B) portaldeveloped by Infosys in a Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) Model.

2) The portal will provide all business andinvestment related regulatory services acrosscentral, state and local governments on a singleplatform.

3) As part of the 10-year programme, services willbe rolled out in a phased manner with 29 servicesin the first year.

4) From the second year onwards, the project willsee more than 200 services rolled out across thecountry.

5) It will use an inbuilt payment gateway allowingall payments to be collected at one point androuted to the respective central/state agencies.

Ans.) 4

Ques. : 233 Which of the following countries is all set to play Davis Cup tie against India in New Delhi in the beginning ofthe February?

1) Australia 2) South Korea

3) Singapore 4) Japan


Ques. : 234 Examine the following sentences with respect to the historic Lonar lake situated in Buldhana in Maharashtraand choose the correct statement.

1) The lake is believed to be created when ameteorite crashed into the earth some 50,000years ago.

2) The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Courtrecently asked the government to submit a plan intwo weeks to develop the lake into a world classtourist destination.

3) The unplanned growth of human habitation onall sides of the crater lake has resulted in itsdegradation.

4) The human habitation residing within 500metres of the crater Lake has been suffering froma mysterious infection which claims several livesevery year.

5) The state government had constituted a state-level 14-member apex body headed by formerUniversity Grants Commission chairperson ArunNigwekar to look into the issue.

Ans.) 4

Ques. : 235 Who among the following has been appointed by the Government of India as the new chairman of theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC), the apex regulatory authority of the higher education in the country?

1) Sukhadeo Thorat 2) Ved Prakash

3) Arun Nigwekar 4) Raju Sharma


Ques. : 236 India’s most important economic reform, Goods and Services Tax (GST), is set to become reality soon asstate finance ministers have reached a consensus. Who among the following headed the Empowered Committee ofstate finance ministers?



1) P Chidambaram 2) Sushil Kumar Modi

3) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 4) Navin Patnaik


Ques. : 237 The RBI has slashed the repo and cash reserve ratio by 25 basis points. Which of the following is seen asthe possible impact of the rate cut?

1) Auto loans will become dearer 2) Deposit rates will increase

3) Home loans will become cheaper 4) Personal loan will become dearer


Ques. : 238 Who amongst the following is not an awardee of Padma Bhushan this year? Padma Bhushan is the thirdhighest civilian award of the country.

1) Sharmila Tagore 2) Late Rajesh Khanna

3) Late Jaspal Bhatti 4) Nana Patekar

5) All are Padma Bhushan awardees Ans.) 4

Ques. : 239 The Know Your Customer (KYC) norms are applicable to which of the following categories of customers ofthe banks?

1) A person or entity that maintains an accountand/or has a business relationship with the bank

2) One on whose behalf an account is maintained(i.e. the beneficial owner)

3) Beneficiaries of transactions conducted byprofessional intermediaries, such as StockBrokers, Chartered Accountants, Solicitors etc. aspermitted under the law

4) All the above


Ques. : 240 The 27th Federation Cup is scheduled to commence from January 30 in Bangalore. It is associated withwhich of the following games?

1) Basketball 2) Football

3) Hockey 4) Gulf


Ques. : 241 Which of the following US newspapers recently revealed that the Chinese hackers have repeatedly attackedits website after it published a story detailing 2.7 billion dollars allegedly accumulated by the family of outgoing ChinesePremier Wen Jiabao?

1) The Washington Post 2) The New York Times

3) USA Today 4) Newsday

5) The Wall Street Journal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 242 World anti Leprosy Day is observed internationally on which of the following dates?


3) January 31 4) October 2


Ques. : 243 Name the United Nations special envoy for Syria. He has reported the Security Council recently that theconflict in Syria has reached unprecedented levels of horror and the country is being destroyed bit by bit.

1) Jacqueline Carol Badcock 2) Lakhdar Brahimi

3) Martin Kobler 4) Robert H Serry


Ques. : 244 The annual meeting 2013 of World Economic Forum took place in Davos recently. Davos is located in whichof the following countries?



1) Cuba 2) Switzerland

3) New Zealand 4) Brazil


Ques. : 245 Name the 11th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) launched by NASA recently. It is a newcommunication satellite to be used by the space agency to communicate with astronauts living on the International SpaceStation.

1) Atlas V 2) Atlas IIA

3) AO-40 4) SuitSat


Ques. : 246 The Amnesty International, in its report, has alleged that the inquiry made by Lessons Learnt andReconciliation Commission (LLRC) is flawed at every level and it has not properly pursued allegations of war crimescommitted by the army and rebels. LLRC was set up by which of the following countries?


3) Libya 4) Vietnam

5) Sri Lanka Ans.) 5

Ques. : 247 The Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna is soon to be started in which of the following states? Startedunder NRHM programme, it will cover the rural children of two to 18 years of age by providing them a complete healthcheckup and medication.

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Bihar

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) West Bengal

5) Uttarakhand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 248 The two-day 16th Birding Fair, which is organised by the Tourism and Wildlife Society of India, is being heldin which of the following cities? This year’s fair is devoted to conservation of urban lakes which are getting extinct at analarming rate.

1) Jaipur 2) Bangalore

3) Bhopal 4) New Delhi


Ques. : 249 Noted social activist Anna Hazare has renamed his former organisation India Against Corruption as

1) Jantantra Morcha 2) Loktantra Morcha

3) Bhrashtrachar Mukti Morcha 4) Nav-Bharat Morcha


Ques. : 250 India has dropped nine places in the list of 179 countries in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index publishedby Reporters Without Borders. What is India’s current ranking?

1) 91 2) 108

3) 117 4) 140

5) 173 Ans.) 4

Ques. : 251 . In which of the following countries tens of thousands of citizens gathered in the streets of Phnom Penh forthe funeral of the late King Norodom Sihanouk? His body was kept on display at the royal palace for nearly three monthsbefore an official funeral.

1) Vietnam 2) Cambodia

3) Thailand 4) Philippine


Ques. : 252 Recently, the US warned Syria not to transfer weapons to terrorist group Hezbollah saying such moves willfurther destabilize the region. Hezbollah group is active in

1) Lebanon 2) Egypt



3) Jordon 4) Iraq


Ques. : 253 Name the disputed island on which countries like Argentina, the UK and now Uruguay have staked theirclaim of ownership. A crucial referendum is to be held in March in the archipelago which is currently recognized as aBritish Overseas Territory by the West.

1) Ellesmere Island 2) Borneo

3) Falkland Islands 4) Baffin Island


Ques. : 254 The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to extend the services of DANICS Officers to the States ofMizoram and Arunachal Pradesh which is opposed by the association of the officers. DANICS stands for

1) Delhi Assam and Nicobar Islands Civil Service2) Darjeeling Andaman and Nicobar Islands CivilService

3) Dadar Andaman and Nicobar Islands CivilService

4) Delhi Andaman and Nicobar Islands CivilService


Ques. : 255 The 27th Surajkund International Crafts Mela opened at which of the following places recently? The 15-dayMela’s theme State this year is Karnataka which has returned as the theme State of the Mela after a gap of 18 years.

1) Faridabad 2) Gurgaon

3) Ghaziabad 4) Rohtak


Ques. : 256 Who among the following has been appointed the new director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research(IGCAR)?

1) SC Chetal 2) PR Vasudev Rao

3) RK Sinha 4) Sekhar Basu


Ques. : 257 Which of the following airlines is all set to buy a stake in Naresh Goyal led Jet Airways?

1) Air Arabia 2) Al Jaber Aviation

3) Etihad Airline 4) Emirates Airline


Ques. : 258 Recently, the Cabinet has approved a revival package for ailing public sector unit Scooters India Ltd (SIL).The revival package includes the infusion of about _______ in the company.

1) Rs 200-crore 2) Rs 250-crore

3) Rs 275-crore 4) Rs 300-crore


Ques. : 259 The growth rate of eight core industries declined to 2.6 per cent in December 2012 from 4.9 per cent in theyear-ago period as shows the data released by the government. Which of the following is not amongst the eight coresector industries?

1) Fertilizers 2) Natural Gas

3) Coal 4) Electricity

5) All are core industries Ans.) 5

Ques. : 260 Thirush Kamini Murugesan plays for India in which of the following games?

1) Cricket 2) Tennis

3) Badminton 4) Wrestling


Ques. : 261 The share sale of which of the following PSUs got over-subscribed within hours of opening recently and is



estimated to fetch a minimum of Rs 3,100 crore for the 10 per cent share auction of the company?

1) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited 2) Oil India

3) Hindustan Copper 4) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited


Ques. : 262 Name the rare migratory birds which have been spotted in Pong Dam lake in Himachal Pradesh after ahiatus of 113 years. These birds come from Central Asia and Europe and are rare migrants to India last spotted in 1900.

1) Whooper Swans 2) Northern Pintail

3) Spotted Sandpiper 4) Black winged Stilt

5) Siberian Cranes Ans.) 1

Ques. : 263 Recently, the US President Barack Obama awarded the eminent Indian-American scientist RangaswamySrinivasan for his groundbreaking work LASIK laser refractive surgical techniques, which have revolutionised visionenhancement. He has been given_____ award.

1) The IET Innovation Awards 2) National Medal of Science

3) National Medal of Technology and Innovation 4) National Science and Technology Award


Ques. : 264 Every year 2 lakh school children in the age group of 10 to 15 years studying in government or non-government schools are given the INSPIRE Awards aimed at fostering science leaders of tomorrow. What is theexpanded form of INSPIRE?

1) Innovation in Science Pursuit for InspiredResearch

2) Initiative for Science Pursuit and InspiredResearch

3) Innovative and Scientific Performance forInspired Research

4) Innovative and Scientific Pursuit for InspiredResearch


Ques. : 265 Name the country which denied visas to a delegation of jurists of The International Bar Association’s HumanRights Institute (IBAHARI) headed by former Chief Justice of India J S Verma recently? The delegation had to visit thecountry on a ten day fact finding mission.

1) Egypt 2) Syria

3) Pakistan 4) Sri Lanka


Ques. : 266 Consider the following statements with respect to Battle of Stalingrad and choose the incorrect sentence:

1) The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad,fought on the banks of the Volga River, is beingcelebrated in Russia. It came to an end onFebruary 2 1943.

2) Around one million people are said to have diedin the battle, as Soviet troops defeated theGermans.

3) It is considered one of the major turning pointsof World War II which turned the tide against theNazis.

4) All the above sentences are correct

5) The World War II ended with the defeat ofGermany in the battle of Stalingrad.

Ans.) 5

Ques. : 267 Which of the following statements is/are correct about the World Book Fair, organized by the National BookTrust, under the aegis of human resource development ministry?

1) The annual book fair will now be held bienniallyfrom this year onwards.

2) The theme of this year’s fair is “IndigenousVoices – Mapping India’s Folk and TribalLiterature”.

3) While 18 countries and three internationalorganizations are participating in the fair, France isthe ‘guest of honour country’.

4) The first edition of the fair was organized in1972.

5) This year’s Fair will be held at Pragati MaidanAns.) 1



from Feb 4-10.

Ques. : 268 Who amongst the following is the author of the books The Immortals of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagaswhich are the first two books of the Shiva trilogy series?

1) S Hussain Zaidi 2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ashwini Sanghi 4) Ravinder Singh


Ques. : 269 The Pakistan cabinet has approved a proposal to transfer the operational control of the Chinese builtGwadar Port to the state-run Chinese Overseas Port Holdings Limited. Earlier the operation control was in the hands ofPSA International of

1) North Korea 2) Malaysia

3) Singapore 4) Japan


Ques. : 270 Who amongst the following is the non-playing captain of Indian men’s tennis squad for ongoing Davis Cuptie against South Korea in New Delhi?

1) Gaurav Natekar 2) Leander Paes

3) Anand Amritraj 4) Shiv Prakash Misra


Ques. : 271 As per the data released by the Ministry of Rural Development recently, job generation under the MNREGAscheme has _______ over the years.

1) increased 2) declined

3) remained constant 4) mixed trend


Ques. : 272 The controversial film Vishwaroopam, which is a spy thriller film written, directed and co-produced by KamalHaasan, in now ready to be screened as state government has lifted its ban from the film. It is basically a/an

1) Tamil film 2) Telugu film

3) Kannada film 4) Hindi film

5) English film Ans.) 1

Ques. : 273 Purav Raja represents India in which of the following games?

1) Cricket 2) Badminton

3) Tennis 4) Shooting

5) Archery Ans.) 3

Ques. : 274 Recently, we read in newspaper about the dinosaur’s eggs in Madhya Pradesh dating back to Cretaceousperiod some 145 to 66 million years ago are being smuggled. Which of the following places in Madhya Pradesh is theonly notified site of dinosaur nesting?

1) Padlya 2) Datia

3) Sanchi 4) Besvagar

5) Ujjain Ans.) 1

Ques. : 275 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 biometrics-photographs, fingerprints and iris impression.

4) All the residents above five years of age have tobe enrolled mandatorily.

5) It will be used for identification and providingtarget groups access to government schemesand social sector benefits.

Ans.) 2



Ques. : 276 Thirty Indian software product companies recently came together and form a new association called IndianSoftware Industry Round Table (iSpirt). Earlier which of the following was the sole association of the software companiesin India?

1) Society of Indian Software Manufacturers2) The National Association of Software andServices Companies

3) Manufacturers Association for InformationTechnology

4) Federation of Indian Software ExportOrganisations

5) Association of Indian Software Industry Ans.) 2

Ques. : 277 The central and state governments have resolved the contentious issue of Central Sales Tax (CST)compensation with the states agreeing for a lower payment for phasing out the CST. What amount states have agreed toaccept as compensation to make way for GST?

1) Rs 30,000 crore 2) Rs 32,000 crore

3) Rs 34,000 crore 4) Rs 36,000 crore


Ques. : 278 Which of the following auto major has become the world’s top selling auto company in 2012?

1) General Motors 2) Volkswagen

3) Toyota Motor Corp 4) Renault

5) Hyundai Ans.) 3

Ques. : 279 The loss of the space shuttle Columbia was commemorated by NASA recently. It had met an accident adecade ago killing its entire crew aboard including Kalpana Chawla. Which of the following is/are the space shuttles fromNASA that also met an accident?

1) Apollo 1 2) Challenger

3) Endeavour 4) Both 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 280 Battling debts and litigations for years, which of the following tyre-makers was ordered by the Calcutta highcourt recently to wind up its operations? A liquidator appointed by the court will now take control of the assets andaccounts books of the company.

1) Dunlop 2) Modi Rubber

3) Continental Corporation 4) Alliance Tire Company Ltd


Ques. : 281 Name the Major of the Bihar Regiment who is the sole awardee of the Kirti Chakra, the nation’s second-highest peacetime gallantry medal, in the Republic Day awards’ list this year.

1) Anup Joseph Manjali 2) Krishan Kumar

3) Anil Kumar 4) Rajeshver Singh

5) A Rahul Ramesh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 282 Who amongst the following is the author of the book titled ‘Economic Policies and India’s Reform Agenda:New Thinking’?

1) Subir Gokarn 2) C Rangarajan

3) YV Reddy 4) Bimal Jalan

5) Duvvuri Subbarao Ans.) 3

Ques. : 283 A Taiwanese billionaire, Samuel Yin, has announced to establish a new prize with an initial endowment of$103 million which is being dubbed as Asia’s Nobel Prize. Name the prize that will be awarded yearly.

1) Ron Brown Award 2) Tang Prize

3) Jake Award 4) Deming Prize for Quality




Ques. : 284 Who amongst the following has won the first presidential election decided by direct vote in the CzechRepublic recently?

1) Karel Schwarzenberg 2) Milos Zeman

3) Vaclav Klaus 4) Petr Necas


Ques. : 285 The market regulator Sebi has appointed a committee under ex-Cabinet secretary K M Chandrashekhar toframe guidelines for

1) Foreign Institutional Investors 2) Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCIs)

3) Qualified Financial/Institutional Investors (QFIs) 4) All types of foreign investors


Ques. : 286 Who has emerged as the highest bid player in the recent auction for the sixth edition of IPL? The all-rounderhas grabbed a whopping one million dollar (around Rs 5.3 crore) deal with Mumbai Indians.

1) Thisara Perera 2) Glenn Maxwell

3) RP Singh 4) Michael Clarke


Ques. : 287 India lost the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against which of the following countries recently?

1) Spain 2) Indonesia

3) Canada 4) South Korea


Ques. : 288 The President has given his assent to the ordinance mandating harsher punishment for offenders in sexualassault cases and the amended law came into force immediately. The ordinance introduces which of the following asspecific offences under the Indian Penal Code?

1) Voyeurism 2) Stalking

3) Disrobing of women 4) Acid attacks


Ques. : 289 In Odisha, land acquisition for the South Korean steel major Posco’s steel plant project is going on. It isIndia’s biggest single foreign direct investment with the investment proposal of

1) Rs 50,000-crore 2) Rs 52,000-crore

3) Rs 55,000-crore 4) Rs 1,00,000-crore


Ques. : 290 The Delhi World Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan recently with over a thousand publishers from 23countries displaying thousands of titles for the book lovers. Name the guest country at this year’s fair.


3) Spain 4) Norway


Ques. : 291 The World Cancer Day is observed on which of the following dates?

1) February 1 2) February 2



Ques. : 292 Which of the following PSUs has got the Maharatna status from the Central Government recently? It will nowget enhanced powers to expand its operations in domestic and global markets.

1) The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd 2) Oil India Limited

3) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 4) Bharat Electronics Limited




Ques. : 293 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


Ques. : 294 For the first time since 2006, Spain crashed out of the first round of the Davis Cup recently. Which of thefollowing countries has defeated Spain in the world group tie?

1) Sweden 2) France

3) Canada 4) Japan


Ques. : 295 What is the name of the Kashmir’s first all-girl rock band whose singing was termed as against Islam byIslamic religious groups? The band recently announced to disband due to steep opposition from fundamentalists.

1) Pragaash 2) Cactus

3) Soulmate 4) Fossils

5) Avial Ans.) 1

Ques. : 296 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a panel to examine issues of certificationunder the Cinematograph Act 1952. The panel is headed by

1) Javed Akhtar 2) Mukul Mudgal

3) Sharmila Tagore 4) Lalit Bhasin

5) Pankaja Thakur Ans.) 2

Ques. : 297 The conference of Vice Chancellors of 40 Central Universities presided by the President Pranab Mukherjeewill be held in which of the following places soon? The last such conference was convened by former President APJAbdul Kalam in 2003.

1) Chennai 2) Bangalore

3) Kolkata 4) New Delhi


Ques. : 298 Name the disputed chain of islands in East China Sea, which is at the centre of a bitter dispute betweenJapan and China. The chain is claimed as the Diaoyus by Beijing.

1) Paracel 2) Senkaku

3) Scarborough Shoal 4) Spratly

5) Macclesfield Bank Ans.) 2

Ques. : 299 The five year project ‘Health for Life’, which is funded by USAID, has been launched in which of the followingcountries? The project is estimated to cost $18mn and will cover 14 districts with the aim to improve overall health andsupport family planning programs.

1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal 4) Bhutan


Ques. : 300 The first All India Barefoot Beach soccer is going to be held at which of the following places? This sport is apart of the FIFA family and India will join the Beach Soccer family worldwide with this tournament.

1) Cherai Beach, Kochi 2) Marina Beach, Chennai

3) Calangute Beach, Goa 4) Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram

5) Juhu Beach, Mumbai Ans.) 3

Ques. : 301 Which of the following countries recently approved an amendment proposal on the existing Double TaxationAvoidance Convention with India for the exchange of income tax related information? The proposal amended the existingconvention effective since 1991.





5) Bhutan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 302 Which of the following countries is in news for the smog and heavy pollution enveloping most of its majorcities recently? The PM 2.5, the microscopic pieces of solid or liquid matter in the air that adversely affect human health,has risen 20 times higher than permissible limits.

1) UK 2) Japan

3) China 4) South Korea


Ques. : 303 Which amongst the following countries has emerged as the number one team in the Test cricket once againin the latest ICC rankings for test cricket released in Dubai?

1) Pakistan 2) India

3) Australia 4) England

5) South Africa Ans.) 5

Ques. : 304 Name the Indian-American who recently quit as Director of National Science Foundation in the USadministration to become the President of the century-old institution Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), which hosts theworld’s top ranked school for computer studies.

1) Renu Khator 2) Subra Suresh

3) S Shankar Shashtry 4) Satish K Tripathi

5) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 305 The Patna high court recently quashed the election of MP Dinesh Chandra Yadav in 2009 from the KhagariaLok Sabha constituency in Bihar and directed the Election Commission of India to conduct a by-poll. DC Yadav belongsto_____party.

1) BJP 2) JD (U)

3) Congress 4) RJD


Ques. : 306 Name the trophy which was instituted in 1959-60, to commemorate the silver jubilee of the Ranji Trophy withthe idea to have the Ranji Trophy winners play the Rest of India. In its 51st edition Mumbai is taking on rest of India at theWandhede stadium in Mumbai.

1) Duleep Trophy 2) Deodhar Trophy

3) Irani Cup 4) Challenger Trophy


Ques. : 307 Recently, India held a partnership meet with Ras Al Kheimah, one of the seven emirates of the UAE. Whichof the following is not amongst the seven emirates of UAE?

1) Bahrain 2) Dubai

3) Abu Dhabi 4) Umm Al Qaiwain

5) Ajman Ans.) 1

Ques. : 308 Who amongst the following will lead the Indian men’s hockey team in the Hero Hockey World LeagueRound 2 scheduled to be played from February 18 to 24 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi?

1) Gurvinder Singh Chandi 2) Sardara Singh

3) PR Sreejesh 4) Bharat Chetri

5) Sandeep Singh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 309 The Indian squad of the specially-abled sportspersons have won highest tally of medals to date in the 10thSpecial Olympics World Winter Games 2013 held in South Korea recently. They have won a total of ___medals.

1) 16 2) 28

3) 31 4) 75




Ques. : 310 The president of Egypt and one of the world’s most sought-after leaders, ______will visit India next month.

1) Mohamed Morsi 2) Hosni Mubarak

3) Bashar al-Assad 4) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


Ques. : 311 According to the preliminary data released recently, agriculture, industry, services and manufacturingsectors seems to miss expected targets and the economy is set to have grown at _____ in fiscal year ending next month.




Ques. : 312 The Cabinet has recently approved formation of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for TAPI Pipeline Project.The SPV was proposed by Turkmenistan and has been approved by Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. Which of thefollowing will work as SPV for the project?

1) TAPl Ltd 2) GAIL India Ltd

3) Dragon Oil 4) GAC Marine


Ques. : 313 The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a distributed computing project designed to hunt for aparticular kind of prime number, has identified the world’s largest prime number yet. The new prime will have over ____digits.

1) 13 million 2) 14 million

3) 16 million 4) 17 million


Ques. : 314 Name the Indian-American businessman and the chairman of USINDIA Forum, who have been felicitatedwith the prestigious ‘Minority Business Leader Award’ recently by the prestigious US journal, Dallas Business Journal forhis accomplishments in the field of business.

1) Krishnakant Dave 2) Shaji K Daniel

3) Pete K Patel 4) Ashok Mago


Ques. : 315 The Solomon Islands was in news for being hit by an earthquake of 6.6 magnitude recently triggering atsunami which killed at least 6 people. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Solomon Islands?

1) It is a collection of nearly one thousand islands. 2) It is a sovereign country.

3) There is a dispute between Russia and Japanover the ownership of the islands.

4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 316 India has managed to retain their spot in the ICC T20 Championship table released by ICC recently. What isthe India’s current ranking amongst the Twenty20 teams?

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Sixth

5) None of theseq Ans.) 3

Ques. : 317 In which of the following countries, the crisis following the assassination of the prominent opposition leaderChokri Belaid has further aggravated? This country is said to be the nursery of the Arab Spring.

1) Libya 2) Egypt

3) Syria 4) Tunisia




Ques. : 318 The sit-in demonstration by thousands of people at the Shahbagh intersection of the capital city demandingdeath sentence for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for his crimes against humanity during the country’sliberation war is being held in

1) Egypt 2) Bangladesh

3) Malaysia 4) Iraq


Ques. : 319 After receiving the Initial Operational Clearance from the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification,the indigenously developed ‘Rudra’ has been handed over to the Army recently. Rudra is a

1) Advanced Light Battle Tank 2) Advanced Light Helicopter

3) Advanced Light Combat Aircraft 4) Advanced Light Multi-barrel Rocket Launcher


Ques. : 320 Examine the following statements with respect to NTPC’s offer for sale (OFS) to offload 9.5 per cent of thegovernment’s stake which witnessed a strong response from all investor classes and choose the correct sentence(s).

1) The OFS was oversubscribed 1.7 times 2) The OFS generated around Rs 19,380 crore

3) The OFS is the biggest till date and marks thehighest disinvestment receipt for the governmentin 2012-13

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 321 India’s women’s brigade ended its stint in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 defeating which ofthe following teams to grab the seventh place?

1) New Zealand 2) Pakistan

3) South Africa 4) West Indies


Ques. : 322 The US, Japan and Australia jointly conducted a trilateral air defence exercise in the western pacific involvingfighter jets and other war time air support systems recently named

1) Cope North 2) Cope Dragon

3) Cope Pacific 4) Cope Counter


Ques. : 323 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recently convened its first ever Live conference on the theme“Community Radio: Road Travelled & Way Forward” on which of the following networking sites?

1) Facebook 2) Twitter

3) Google+ 4) Outlook


Ques. : 324 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief VK Saraswat recently announceddeveloping Agni VI ballistic missile that will allow taking out several targets at a time with its MIRV capability. MIRV standsfor

1) Multiple Integrated Targets Re-entry Vehicle2) Moving Independently Targetable Re-entryVehicle

3) Multiple Indentified Targets Re-entry Vehicle4) Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entryVehicle


Ques. : 325 The convict of the Parliament attack in December 2001, Afzal Guru, has been hanged recently. He was amilitant of which of the following terrorist groups?q

1) Lashkar-e-Taiba 2) Jamaat-e-Islami

3) al-Qaeda 4) Jaish-e-Mohammad




Ques. : 326 Which of the following committees/commissions was set up to suggest measures for effectiveimplementation of Public Distribution System (PDS)?

1) Gadgil Committee 2) Ventakachaliah Commissiom

3) DP Wadhwa Committee 4) Kirit Parikh Committee


Ques. : 327 Sachin Tendulkar has reached a new feat equaling Sunil Gavaskar’s record of hitting maximum first classhundreds by an Indian batsman. He achieved this landmark by cracking ___ century in the Irani Cup recently.

1) 80th 2) 81st

3) 82nd 4) 84th


Ques. : 328 The XXII Olympic Winter Games will be played from 7 to 23 February 2014, in which of the following cities inRussia?

1) Sarov 2) Sochi

3) Volgograd 4) Kazan

5) Moscow Ans.) 2

Ques. : 329 The Market watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently imposed a penalty of Rs 52.24crore on the BCCI for abuse of its dominant position against

1) Sri Lanka Premier League 2) Indian Cricket League (ICL)

3) Bangladesh Premier League 4) Pakistan Premier League


Ques. : 330 The IRDA has approved revised investment regulations for companies and now the LIC and other largeprivate insurers are open to increase their exposure in equity in a given company from earlier 10 per cent to ___ per centdepending on the size of the controlled fund.

1) 12 2) 13

3) 15 4) 20


Ques. : 331 According to the agriculture ministry, despite drought in several parts of the country, India’s food-grainproduction is estimated to have crossed ___ million tonne in 2012-13 crop year.

1) 210 2) 250

3) 260 4) 300


Ques. : 332 Finance Minister P Chidambaram launched the much-awaited Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme inMumbai recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct about RGESS?

1) The scheme is aimed at encouraging newinvestors to put their money in the stock market.

2) The scheme announced in the Budget for 2012-13, seeks to provide tax benefits to first-timeinvestors in stock market.

3) Under the scheme, an individual with anincome of less than Rs 10 lakh would get taxincentives for investing up to Rs 50,000 in thestock market.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 333 Which of the following teams won the inaugural edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) recently?

1) Mumbai Magicians 2) Delhi Waveriders

3) Ranchi Rhinos 4) Punjab Warriors


Ques. : 334 Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rashid Khan are the two potent players associated with which of the following



games?

1) Golf 2) Squash

3) Billiards 4) Table Tennis


Ques. : 335 Name the Executive Chairman of the Google Inc who has announced to sell his 42 per cent stake in theInternet search company.

1) Marissa Mayer 2) Eric Schmidt

3) Steve Ballmer 4) Timothy D Cook


Ques. : 336 Samba is a popular form of dance famous as the dance of celebrations. Which of the following countries isknown for this dance?

1) South Africa 2) Philippine

3) Brazil 4) Nigeria


Ques. : 337 Which of the following films has won three awards, including best-picture award at the recently held BritishAcademy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) ceremony?

1) Argo 2) Lincoln

3) Skyfall 4) Les Miserables


Ques. : 338 Who among the following is the author of the graphic novel ‘Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean’? The book isbased on the first section of the Mahabharata.

1) Amish Tripathi 2) Ashwin Sanghi

3) Amruta Patil 4) S Hussain Zaidi


Ques. : 339 Three-day third Annual Indian Comics Convention was organised in which of the following cities recently?

1) Kolkata 2) Mumbai

3) Bengalore 4) New Delhi


Ques. : 340 MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) begun trading in equities and equity derivatives from February 11. Which ofthe following statements is/are correct about the new stock exchange?

1) Its 40-stock index is named SX40.2) It is the third full-fledged equity bourse after BSEand NSE.

3) Its Managing Director and Chief Executive isJoseph Massey.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 341 Recently, Rest of India team defeated Ranji Trophy winner Mumbai to clinch which of the following cups?

1) Challenger Trophy 2) Irani Cup

3) Deodhar Trophy 4) Duleep Trophy


Ques. : 342 Sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who was posthumously honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award by TheRecording Academy, also clinched which of the following trophies at the 55th Grammys?

1) Best World Music Album 2) Album of the Year

3) Song of the year 4) Best Country Song




Ques. : 343 The BASIC is a platform of the four countries for coordination on issues related to climate change. The 14thmeeting of the Group in scheduled to be held on February 15 and 16 in which of the following Indian cities?

1) New Delhi 2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad 4) Bangalore

5) Mumbai Ans.) 2

Ques. : 344 According to the ICC ODI Championship table released recently in Dubai, which of the following teams isthe number one team in the world at present?

1) England 2) Australia

3) India 4) South Africa


Ques. : 345 An earth tremor has been detected in North Korea recently. Which of the following is suspected in thisregard?

1) An earthquake hit the country2) A tsunami is feared to hit the country’s coastssoon

3) A rocket test may ended in a blast on the spotcausing the tremor

4) A nuclear test may have been conducted


Ques. : 346 Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world recently announcing his resignation. The announcement has madehim the first pontiff to step down since 1415 AD. He will step down on



5) February 28 Ans.) 5

Ques. : 347 The United States has slapped non-proliferation sanctions against 12 foreign companies from China, Iran,Belarus, Sudan and Venezuela. These sanctions prohibits transferring of equipment and technology to

1) Iran, North Korea and Palestine 2) Iran, North Korea and Libya

3) Iran, North Korea and Syria 4) Iran, North Korea and Vietnam


Ques. : 348 Indian telecommunication major Reliance Communication has outsourced its network operations andmanagement in northern and western India to which of the following companies for eight years for about Rs 5,385 crorerecently?

1) Quippo Telecom 2) Bharati Infratel

3) Ericsson 4) Indus Towers


Ques. : 349 According to SIAM, the apex body of Indian automakers, auto industry will miss all growth targets this fiscaland is headed towards its worst performance in a decade. SIAM stands for

1) Services to Indian Automobile Manufacturers 2) Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers

3) Specialized Indian Auto-association ofManufacturers

4) Society of Indian Auto Makers


Ques. : 350 According to ‘The Worldwide Cost of Living 2013’ survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU),which of the following cities is the most expensive to live in the world?

1) New York 2) London

3) Tokyo 4) Mumbai

5) Sydney Ans.) 3

Ques. : 351 Which of the following establishments released the advance estimates of GDP recently forecasting only a



5% growth in the current fiscal, the lowest since 2002-03?

1) Ministry of Finance 2) Reserve Bank of India

3) Planning Commission of India 4) Central Statistics Office


Ques. : 352 The Ministers of the BASIC group will meet in Chennai on February 13-14 to chalk out a joint strategy for thepost-2020 global climate regime. Which amongst the following is not a member of the group?

1) Brazil 2) South Africa

3) Sri Lanka 4) China

5) India Ans.) 3

Ques. : 353 Rohinton Nariman resigned as the solicitor general of India recently. Who among the following has beenappointed the new solicitor general of India?

1) Mohan Parasaran 2) GR Rajagopaul

3) Abdul Rehman 4) Harish Salve

5) Abdul Rehman Ans.) 1

Ques. : 354 The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) unveiled its latest supercomputer recentlywhich is capable of crunching data up to 524 teraflops, about 10 times faster than the previous supercomputer. Name thelatest supercomputer.

1) Param Yuva-I 2) Param Yuva-II

3) Param Yuva-III 4) Param Yuva-IV


Ques. : 355 Examine the following statements with respect to latest announcement made by the US President towithdraw its troops from Afghanistan and choose the correct statement(s):

1) The US has announced to withdraw 34,000American troops in the next one year from war-tornAfghanistan.

2) By the end of next 2014, the US will end the warin Afghanistan but its commitment to a unified andsovereign Afghanistan will continue.

3) The US will continue training and equippingAfghan forces so that the country does not againslip into chaos.

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 356 Recently, the Home Ministry has announced to take necessary action against Hurriyat Leader Yasin Malik.

Which of the following statements is/are correct in this regard?

1) He shared the dais with 26/11 attackmastermind Hafiz Saeed during his recent visit toPakistan.

2) His passport may be canceled if the reports arefound true in the inquiry.

3) He will be booked for conspiring against thecountry and may be awarded a life term.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 357 Examine the following statements with respect to the order of a CBI probe into the alleged scam in adefence deal with an Italian firm and choose the correct statement(s):

1) The CBI will now probe into the alleged scam inthe Rs 3600 crore defence helicopter deal with an

Italian firm AgustaWestland, a subsidiary ofaerospace giant Finmeccanica.

2) The head of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, hasbeen arrested in relation to a probe into

international corruption which prompted thegovernment in India to order a CBI probe.

3) Orsi is suspected of involvement in the paymentof bribes regarding the sale of 12 helicopters

produced by AgustaWestland to the Indiangovernment.

4) Only 1) and 2)

5) All 1), 2) and 3) Ans.) 5



Ques. : 358 The Department of Posts will release commemorative stamps this year honouring eminent musicians ofIndia. The ‘Musicians’ series, scheduled for release on July 2, includes who among the following?

1) Late Pandit Ravi Shankar 2) Bhimsen Joshi

3) DK Pattammal 4) All the above


Ques. : 359 International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dropped which of the following games from the 2020 Games?The IOC acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic format and the ousted game will now be listed with

seven others in applying for inclusion in 2020.

1) Wrestling 2) Badminton

3) Squash 4) Karate

5) Baseball Ans.) 1

Ques. : 360 Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to introduce e-court fee in all its district

courts? This achievement is seen as a major step towards modernizing the judicial system to avoid Telgi scam likeevents.

1) Haryana 2) Delhi

3) Bihar 4) Odisha


Ques. : 361 The World Radio Day is observed on which of the following dates? The United Nations Radio was

established in 1946 on this date.

1) 13th February 2) 14th February

3) 15th February 4) 16th February


Ques. : 362 A 5000 year old temple has been discovered by the archaeologists in which of the following countries

recently? It was discovered at El Paraiso, one of the biggest archaeological sites in of the country near the capital cityLima.

1) Cambodia 2) Bolivia

3) Peru 4) Equador


Ques. : 363 Which of the following states has bagged National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13 to be presentedduring the two-day 16th National e-Governance Conference in Jaipur? The state has won the award for its programme

‘Sparsh Abhiyan’.

1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha


5) Karnataka Ans.) 4

Ques. : 364 Name the first state to introduced Right to Hearing Act. After being introduced in 2012, more than 10

thousand cases have been disposed under this Act so far in the state.

1) Delhi 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Bihar 4) Rajasthan


Ques. : 365 Name the ace Indian cueist who recently created history by becoming the first Indian ever to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the BetVictor Welsh Open Pro Snooker Series, defeating former world champion, England’s ShaunMurphy.

1) Anuja Thakur 2) Pankaj Advani

3) Geet Sethi 4) Aditya Mehta




Ques. : 366 Over 400 archers from 25 states are participating in the 35th Junior National Archery Championship beingheld in


3) Bangalore 4) Goa


Ques. : 367 Which of the following leading two-wheeler manufacturer recently decided to move out of all cricketsponsorships? But the automobile giant will stay associated with other sports like hockey and golf.

1) Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India Ltd 2) Suzuki Motorcycles

3) Hero Moto Corp 4) TVS Motor Company


Ques. : 368 In a dramatic development in Maldives, in a bid to evade an arrest warrant issued by a court, formerPresident Mohamed Nasheed took refuge in the High Commission of which of the following countries recently?

1) China 2) India

3) Pakistan 4) America


Ques. : 369 The BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) Car Rally, being organised by the Confederation ofIndian Industry (CII) on behalf of the Government of India, is scheduled to set out on an epic 3,000-km odyssey from

________ in India.

1) Kolkata 2) Guwahati

3) Darjeeling 4) Itanagar

5) Shimla Ans.) 1

Ques. : 370 Which of the following two teams have stormed into the finals of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to be

played on 17th February?

1) Australia and West Indies 2) Australia and England

3) South Africa and West Indies 4) Australia and Sri Lanka

5) England and West Indies Ans.) 1

Ques. : 371 A stern actions against Sahara Group of ordering freezing of bank accounts and attachment of all properties

of two of its group firms in the high-profile investor refund case involving over Rs 24,000 crore has been taken by

1) The Supreme Court of India 2) The Securities and Exchange Board of India

3) The Ministry of Finance 4) The Reserve Bank of India


Ques. : 372 Who amongst the following business tycoons of India has joined hands with the Global Ocean Commission(GOC), an independent body of international leaders to reverse degradation of the ocean and restoring it to full health andproductivity?

1) Anil Ambani 2) Sunil Mittal

3) Ratan Tata 4) Navin Jindal


Ques. : 373 The Sparsh Abhiyan which is a special programme for rehabilitation and empowerment of the disabled,

aged and the destitute is being implemented in which of the following states?

1) Rajasthan 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Karnataka 4) Gujarat

5) Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 374 Which of the following states set a new record for the country’s highest-ever voter turnout with 94 percent

polling in the Assembly elections recently?

1) Meghalaya 2) Mizoram

3) Assam 4) Tripura



5) Nagaland Ans.) 4

Ques. : 375 The Paralympic gold medallist, Oscar Pistorius, has been arrested after shooting dead his girlfriend having

mistaken her for an intruder recently. Know as the ‘Blade Runner’, the first amputee to compete in the Olympics belongsto which country?

1) US 2) France

3) South Africa 4) Uganda

5) Kenya Ans.) 3

Ques. : 376 Examine the following statements with respect to the Short Range-Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) deal

concluded between India and France recently and choose the correct sentence(s):

1) The SR-SAM deal worth Rs 30,000 crore wan

recently concluded during the India visit of Frenchpresident Francois Hollande between the two

countries.

2) The SR-SAM would be co-developed by MBDA

of France and DRDO of India and will be co-produced.

3) The SR-SAM would be deployed by the IAF, the

French Air Force and its other European allies.4) Only 1) and 2)


Ques. : 377 The government of which of the following countries has recently approved a new draft law regulating public

demonstrations? The new law is aimed at ensuring the peaceful demonstrations, preventing attacks on people andproperty as well as disrupting public order.

1) Syria 2) Egypt

3) Bangladesh 4) Tunisia


Ques. : 378 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka recently? The post waslying vacant since September 2011.

1) Justice Shivaraj Patil 2) Justice Rajendra Nath Aggarwal

3) Justice Yarabati Bhaskar Rao 4) Justice N K Mehrotra


Ques. : 379 The US Open Champion, Serena Williams, is all set to regain the World Number one spot at the ongoing

Qatar Open Championship in Doha. What is Serena’s current ranking?

1) World Number 2 2) World Number 3

3) World Number 4 4) World Number 6


Ques. : 380 The Damodaran panel, comprising government officials and corporate honchos, looking into ways to

improve the country’s overall business climate is likely to finalise its report soon. The committee headed by former SebiChairman M Damodaran was set up by

1) The Ministry of Finance 2) The Corporate Affairs Ministry

3) Minister of Commerce4) Minister of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises

5) Minister of Labour and Employment Ans.) 2

Ques. : 381 France has bestowed its highest decoration- ‘Commandeur de la Legion d’ Honneur’ (Legion of Honour) to

which of the following Indian Economists?

1) P Chidambaram 2) Amartya Sen

3) C Rangrajan 4) Manmohan Singh


Ques. : 382 Which of the following countries has strongly pitched for India’s full-fledged membership at the UN Security

Council recently and said the security of the world needs India’s presence?



1) USA 2) France

3) UK 4) Russia


Ques. : 383 Serena Williams has been crowned the new World number one women’s tennis player after a gap of two

and a half years. She defeated which of the following players in Qatar Open Tennis Championship in Doha recently grabthe spot?

1) Li Na 2) Caroline Wozniacki

3) Maria Sharapova 4) Petra Kvitova

5) Marion Bartoli Ans.) 4

Ques. : 384 Which of the following country’s lawmakers have introduced a new Bill in its legislature to create more than125,000 new visas to attract global talents specially targeting talents from India and China?

1) Vietnam 2) France

3) US 4) Mauritius

5) Singapur Ans.) 3

Ques. : 385 Which of the following countries will slaughter about half a million chicken to check the spread of bird fluafter an outbreak of H7N3 influenza in its central state has been found?

1) Mexico 2) Australia

3) South Africa 4) Uganda


Ques. : 386 As the largest ever takeover in the food industry Billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment powerhouseBerkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital announced to take over which of the following US ketchup maker in a deal worth $28

billion?

1) Campbell Soup 2) Burger King

3) AB InBev 4) Heinz


Ques. : 387 Name the country which recently warned North Korea about ‘damaging consequences’ if it went ahead withanother nuclear test as being reported in the media.

1) Syria 2) India

3) US 4) Russia

5) China Ans.) 3

Ques. : 388 American Airlines and US Airways have agreed to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world’sbiggest airline

1) American Airlines 2) US Airways

3) AMR Corp. 4) Delta Airlines


Ques. : 389 ‘Puduvai Vaani’, the five-year old Community Radio Station of which of the following universities has baggedthe first prize at the national level for its thematic performance entitled ‘Ungalai Thedi’ (in search of you)?

1) Mumbai University 2) Pondicherry University

3) Delhi University 4) Kolkata University

5) Orissa University Ans.) 2

Ques. : 390 Which of the following countries has offered Zero Customs Duty Regime for Indian firms recently?

1) France 2) US

3) Maurititus 4) Bangladesh

5) Nepal Ans.) 3



Ques. : 391 India’s first geothermal power plant is going to be established in the newly formed Balrampur district of

state/UT-

1) Chandigarh 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Bihar 4) Puducherry

5) U.P. Ans.) 2

Ques. : 392 In a major step forward to resolve the land boundary issue, India has exchanged maps of demarcatedstretches and is ready to release USD 50 million out of a USD 200 million credit line to its capital, with which country?

1) Bangladesh 2) Bhutan

3) Pakistan 4) Nepal

5) Myanmar Ans.) 1

Ques. : 393 Australia clinched their sixth Women's World Cup title by a huge margin of 114 runs in the final at theBrabourne Stadium in Mumbai after defeating the country-

1) South Africa 2) England

3) India 4) West Indies


Ques. : 394 Who has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations?

1) Asoke Kumar Mukerji 2) Hardeep Singh Puri

3) Sharad Sharma 4) Mohan Parasran


Ques. : 395 Which drama won the Golden Bear top prize at the 63rd Berlin film festival?

1) Child's Pose 2) Prince Avalanche

3) Either Way 4) Gloria

5) Harmony Lessons Ans.) 1

Ques. : 396 World champion Viswanathan Anand bagged his first title of the year to lift the Grenke Chess Classic trophyin Baden-Baden after defeating --

1) Topalov, Veselin 2) Carlsen, Magnus

3) Radjabov, Teimour 4) Leko, peter

5) Naiditsch, Arkadij Ans.) 5

Ques. : 397 Which of the following countries has banned large-calibre arms after experiencing a surge in elephantpoaching in its national parks?

1) Syria 2) Gabon

3) Egypt 4) Tunisia


Ques. : 398 President Pranab Mukherjee on February 18 conferred the 2011 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,

Disarmament and Development to renowned Women social worker Mrs. Ela Ramesh Bhatt. What is the name of thefamous organisation of Ela Ramesh Bhatt?

1) SOS 2) SAMARPAN

3) One Billion Rising Campaign 4) SEWA


Ques. : 399 Name the first Indian FMCG brand to cross the Rs 5,000-crore mark in retail sales in a year.

1) Vatika 2) Parle-G

3) LUX 4) Krackjack




Ques. : 400 Who has won the Qatar Open Tennis title after defeating Serena Williams?

1) Victoria Azarenka 2) Maria Sharapova

3) Samantha Stosur 4) Agnieszka Radwanska

5) Ana Ivanovic Ans.) 1

Ques. : 401 Name the software services major which will get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets on

February 19, becoming the first Indian company to be admitted to trade on the leading global bourse.

1) TCS 2) Infosys

3) Wipro 4) Hindustan Computers Ltd.

5) HCL Ans.) 2

Ques. : 402 The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding for the development of underground metro in Mumbai with a British company that operates LondonUnderground Metro. The British company is

1) Transport for London 2) McKinsey & Company

3) Holcrow 4) Mass Transit System


Ques. : 403 The Kishanganga hydroelectric project (KHEP) in Kashmir, for which the International Court of Arbitration at

The Hague has upheld India’s stand on the project, is a matter of dispute between/among the countries

1) India and China 2) India and Pakistan

3) India and Afghanistan 4) India, Pakistan and China

5) India, Afghanistan and Pakistan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 404 Britain’s Royal Mint has started manufacturing gold sovereign coins in India for the first time in almost 100

years. The commemorative sovereigns will be produced by

1) MMTC-PAMP 2) PAMP-SA

3) Royal Mint-PAMP 4) MMTC-Royal Mint


Ques. : 405 Rafael Correa has been re-elected as president for a third term of the country

1) Maldives 2) Thailand

3) Peru 4) Brazil

5) Ecuador Ans.) 5

Ques. : 406 Nestle has become the latest food company hit by Europe's horsemeat scandal, announcing it is removingtwo pasta meals from supermarket shelves in Italy and Spain due to contamination. In which country is the headquarters

of Nestle Company located?

1) Sweden 2) Switzerland

3) Germany 4) Netherlands

5) Britain Ans.) 2

Ques. : 407 India’s first wildlife skywalk will come up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary in the north-eastern state of

1) Sikkim 2) Manipur


5) Tripura Ans.) 1

Ques. : 408 The inaugural meeting of the India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investments was held on February 19 in

1) Abu Dhabi, UAE 2) New Delhi, India

3) Dubai, UAE 4) Chennai, India




Ques. : 409 Abhishek Kapoor's “Kai Po Che” was premiered on February 18. It is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel

1) Five Point Someone 2) Two States

3) 3 Mistakes of My Life 4) What Young India Wants


Ques. : 410 Which of the following countries has banned the Hindi-dubbed version of the popular Japanese cartoonDoraemon from its TV screens over fears that youngsters hooked to it might struggle to learn their native tongue?

1) Myanmar 2) Bangladesh

3) Sri Lanka 4) China

5) Nepal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 411 Which of the following becomes the country’s first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) under the Non BankingFinance Company (NBFC) `

1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) 2) National Housing Bank of India (NHB)

3) India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. (IIFC) 4) India Infra Debt Ltd. (Infradebt)

5) Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 412 Who among the following has become the first Indian to sign up for Gates- Buffet Charity?



5) Azim Premji Ans.) 5

Ques. : 413 Name the first Indian-American woman governor of a US state, who has been presented with the leadershipaward for giving boost to employment in the automobile sector-

1) Kalpana Kochhar 2) Nikki Haley

3) Ameet Shah 4) Tulsi Gabbard


Ques. : 414 Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on February 19 after his attempt to end a political stand-off byforming a government of technocrats failed, is the prime minister of

1) Iran 2) Egypt

3) Tunisia 4) Malaysia


Ques. : 415 SEBI approves India's first social venture fund which was launched by the organisation-

1) Vedanta Ventures Pvt. Ltd. 2) Info Edge (India) Ltd.

3) incube Ventures Pvt. Ltd 4) Kochhar & Co.

5) None of These Ans.) 3

Ques. : 416 Which is the first national exchange in the country, to offer incentives for liquidity enhancement in the equitycash market, as it will introduce the liquidity enhancement scheme (LES) in equity and equity derivatives segments witheffect from March 6?

1) MCX-SX 2) NSE

3) BSE 4) OTCEI

5) ICEX Ans.) 1

Ques. : 417 The 42nd Senior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship will be held from 26th February to 3rd

March at

1) Goa 2) Maharashtra

3) New Delhi 4) Karnataka

5) Chennai Ans.) 2

Ques. : 418 Which of the following countries has decided to make an investment in India of $2 billion in infrastructure?



1) USA 2) UK

3) UAE 4) France


Ques. : 419 Saxo Bank has announced its entry into the Indian market to provide trading platform for foreign equities.The bank specialises in online trading and investment across global financial markets has its headquarters at

1) China 2) Denmark

3) Germany 4) Italy

5) Japan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 420 The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the stampede at the Allahabad railwaystation, which claimed 37 lives and left several others injured, on February 10. The probe will be conducted by a one-man

committee led by-

1) Justice Onkareshwar Bhatt 2) Justice JS Verma

3) Justice K.M. Chandrashekhar 4) Justices KS Radhakrishnan


Ques. : 421 The low-cost airline “Air Asia” has tied up with Tata Sons and Arun Bhatia of Telestra Tradeplace Pvt. Ltd tostart a low-cost airline in India. Air Asia is the airlines of

1) Singapore 2) Malaysia

3) Indonesia 4) Thailand

5) China Ans.) 2

Ques. : 422 The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on February 20 cleared major bottlenecks in the way of

developing the Rs. 14,000 crore plus, 1980 mega watt North Karanpura super thermal power project of state-ownedNTPC in the state-

1) Jharkhand 2) Chhattisgarh

3) West Bengal 4) Bihar

5) M.P. Ans.) 1

Ques. : 423 In a remarkable achievement, which of the following universities has become the first school to collect morethan USD 1 billion for college fund-raising in a single year?

1) Harvard University 2) Yale University

3) University of Southern California 4) Columbia University

5) Stanford University Ans.) 5

Ques. : 424 The government of which country, resigned on February 20 after mass protests against high power pricesand falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt

crisis?

1) Bulgaria 2) Poland

3) Denmark 4) Belgium

5) Cyprus Ans.) 1

Ques. : 425 Which of the following state government on February 20 ratified the Abkari Act Amendment Ordinance 2013,

which envisages raising the age for buying and selling liquor from 18 to 21?

1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) U.P.

3) Karnataka 4) New Delhi

5) Kerala Ans.) 5

Ques. : 426 Bangladesh on February 21 signed a loan deal with which country for construction of the country's first-ever

metro rail system?

1) US 2) China



3) Japan 4) UK

5) India Ans.) 3

Ques. : 427 Which country was criticized by Amnesty International, a non-governmental organisation focused on humanrights with over 3 million members and supporters around the world, for recent violent attacks against journalists and

media workers?

1) Bhutan 2) Bangladesh

3) China 4) Malaysia

5) Nepal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 428 IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed, which of the following cricketers,as its captain for theupcoming sixth edition of Indian Premier League?

1) Virat Kohli 2) Daniel Vettori

3) Sunil Narine 4) Saeed Ajmal

5) Hashim Amla Ans.) 1

Ques. : 429 Which of the following countries has passed a law,that will empower its intelligence and security agenciesto tap phone calls, monitor emails and gather data from SMSs and other means of electronic communications as part of

the war on terrorism?

1) Myanmar 2) Bangladesh

3) China 4) Pakistan

5) Afghanistan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 430 The Portuguese Commonwealth Games, also known as Lusofonia Games that will kick off on November 3,

2013 will be hosted by which of the following Indian states-

1) Jharkhand 2) Maharashtra

3) Goa 4) Sikkim

5) New Delhi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 431 Who among the following took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority(IRDA)?

1) Nanda Nilekani 2) Sam Pitroda

3) J. Hari Narayana 4) T. S. Vijayan


Ques. : 432 The bus maker giant Volvo plans to launch a new “Value Brand” in the Indian market as part of globalstrategy to make the country its manufacturing hub for emerging markets. In which country is the headquarters of Volvo

Bus Corporation located?

1) Sweden 2) Switzerland

3) Germany 4) The Netherlands

5) Britain Ans.) 1

Ques. : 433 The Indian Air Force conducted its first ever day-night exercise and displayed its full combat capability during

'Iron Fist' to be held in

1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat

3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Assam

5) Himachal Pradesh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 434 According to latest World badminton rankings issued on February 21, which of the following Indian shuttlerslipped out of the top-10 bracket and is now ranked at number 11?

1) Sania Nehwal 2) Jwala Gutta

3) Sindhu PV 4) Parupalli Kashyap

5) Chetan Anand Ans.) 4



Ques. : 435 Which of the following cities of Siberia survived the meteorite shower?

1) Chaykovsky 2) Chelyabinsk

3) Chita 4) Chulym


Ques. : 436 Concerned over rising current account deficit, the commerce ministry has asked to suspend import of gold

jewellery from the country

1) Maldives 2) Thailand

3) Mauritius 4) Malaysia

5) Indonesia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 437 Who among the following is the recipient of this year’s ‘lifetime achievement award’ instituted by Ernst &

Young, for ‘asserting a greater role for Indian entrepreneurs on the global business landscape?

1) Ratan Tata 2) Adi Godrej

3) Cyrus Mistry 4) Azim Premji

5) Mukesh Ambani Ans.) 1

Ques. : 438 The US-India Business Council (USIBC), representing top-of-the-line US companies, has pitched for hikingthe foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence sector to 74%. What is the current FDI limit in the Indian defence sector?

1) 49% 2) 26%

3) 0% 4) 51%


Ques. : 439 The world’s best-known technology tycoons, including Google co-founder and Facebook founder, launcheda $15-million annual prize on February 20 to reward ground-breaking achievements in the field of

1) Space 2) Sports

3) Literature 4) Life Sciences


Ques. : 440 As per WTO's International Statistics, 2012, in merchandise trade, India is 12th largest importer with a shareof 2.5 per cent in 2011.India’s share in exports is 1.7 per cent. What is its rank in the world as an exporter?

1) 13th 2) 19th

3) 20th 4) 11th

5) 21th Ans.) 2

Ques. : 441 Which of the following states went to polls on Feb 23?

1) Meghalaya and Nagaland 2) Assam and Meghalaya

3) Sikkim and Assam 4) Tripura and Sikkim

5) Nagaland and Tripura Ans.) 1

Ques. : 442 Indian Coast Guard’s C-154, an interceptor boat (IB) with new-generation Arneson Surface Drive (ASD), hasbeen commissioned in Mumbai. Who among the following built the boat?

1) ABG Shipyard 2) Bharati Shipyard

3) Cochin Shipyard 4) Mazgon Dock

5) Vadyar Boats Ans.) 2

Ques. : 443 Moody's has stripped this country of its triple-A rating.This is the country’s first ever sovereign ratingsdowngrade. Identify the country.

1) Japan 2) US

3) Britain 4) Australia

5) India Ans.) 3

Ques. : 444 Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said there is need to move towards a technology-driven tax



administration and called on all assessees to file tax returns. According to him, what is the number of tax deductees

(under TDS) at present?

1) 7 lakh 2) 14 lakh

3) 21 lakh 4) 28 lakh

5) 35 lakh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 445 Reliance Industries' joint venture with Russian petrochemicals company SIBUR has started construction of

its plant at Jamnagar to produce which of the following?

1) Butadeine 2) 2-Ethylhexanol

3) Acrylic fibre 4) Polypropylene

5) Butyl rubber Ans.) 5

Ques. : 446 The Delhi High Court has restrained Sony TV channel from broadcasting an episode of which programmebased on a teachers' recruitment scam involving former Haryana chief minister Om PrakashChautala and 54 others?

1) Crime Patrol 2) CID Chhote Heroes

3) Adalat 4) Dial 100

5) Saboot Ans.) 1

Ques. : 447 Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers ransacked a police station in Chaighoriaon Feb 22 over alleged policeinaction on complaints of financial irregularities by a panchayat member. In which district is Chaighoria located?

1) Murshidabad 2) North 24 Parganas

3) South Dinajpur 4) East Midnapore

5) Hooghly Ans.) 2

Ques. : 448 Who among the following cricketers has become the 10th Indian to play his 100th Test?

1) MS Dhoni 2) VirendraSehwag

3) Harbhajan Singh 4) Ishant Sharma

5) R Ashwin Ans.) 3

Ques. : 449 Almost three years after it was first promised in the Union Budget of 2010-11, the Reserve Bank of India has

allowed all private and public sector companies to apply for bank licences. Who among the following is the last player tohave been issued a licence earlier?

1) ICICI Bank 2) HDFC Bank

3) Aditya Birla group 4) Yes Bank

5) IndusInd Bank Ans.) 4

Ques. : 450 Which of the following chemicals is said to have been used in the recent Hyderabad bomb blast case?

1) HBT 2) Trinitrotoluene

3) 1, 3, 5-Trinitrobenzene 4) Ammonium Chlorate

5) Ammonium Nitrate Ans.) 5

Ques. : 451 Which of the followings states has become the first to produce over 500 million kilogram tea for two years ina row?

1) Assam 2) Karnataka

3) West Bengal 4) Meghalaya


Ques. : 452 Ang Lee got the best director trophy at the 85th Academy Awards for the film

1) Argo 2) Amour

3) Life of Pi 4) Zero Dark Thirty

5) Django Unchained Ans.) 3

Ques. : 453 The first female President of South Korea who has promised zero tolerance with provocation from North



Korea is

1) Park Ji-man 2) Park Geun-Hye

3) Park Chung-hee 4) Kim Young-sam

5) Kim Dae-jung Ans.) 2

Ques. : 454 Raul Castro has been re-elected as the president of which country?

1) Haiti 2) Cuba

3) Ecuador 4) Jamacia

5) Bahamas Ans.) 2

Ques. : 455 Mahendra Singh Dhoni has made the record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain en routehis majestic 224 in the first cricket test against Australia. Whose record has he surpassed?

1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Kapil Dev 4) Ravi Shastri

5) Sourav Ganguly Ans.) 2

Ques. : 456 Sania Mirza clinched her second doubles title the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, with her partner

1) Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2) Nadia Petrova

3) Katarina Srebotnik 4) Cara Black

5) Anastasia Rodionova Ans.) 1

Ques. : 457 Name the Hindi litterateur who has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2012 for his

historical novel ‘Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati’ based on Swami Vivekananda and the era he belonged to.

1) Ramdarash Misra 2) Pratibha Ray

3) Amar kanth 4) Shri Kunwar Narayana

5) Narendra Kohli Ans.) 5

Ques. : 458 Which of the following banks is planning to lay off staff in India as a part of its plan to wind down its retail and

commercial operations in the country?

1) Citi Bak 2) Saxo Bank

3) Standard and chartered bank 4) Royal bank of Scotland

5) Deutsche Bank Ans.) 4

Ques. : 459 Name the world's oldest marathon runner of Indian-origin nicked named, “Turbaned Tornado” who retired

from competitive events as a "very happy" man after finishing his last race in Hong Kong on Februry24.

1) Fauja Singh 2) Budhia singh

3) Amby Singh 4) Bobby Singh


Ques. : 460 All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite 'SARAL', aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign

mini and micro satellites on board ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV from which of the following spaceports ?

1) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), atThiruvananthapuram

2) ISRO Satellite Centre at Bangalore

3) Space Applications Centre (SAC) atAhmedabad

4) Sathish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota


Ques. : 461 Retirement fund body EPFO on February 25 decided to pay 8.5 per cent interest rate to its over five crore

subscribers on their PF deposits for 2012-13. What was the interest rate provided in the previous fiscal?

1) 8 per cent 2) 8.25per cent

3) 9 per cent 4) 9.25 per cent




Ques. : 462 The 81-year old ‘Padma Bhushan’ awardee Hari Shankar Singhania, who died recently, was an eminent

1) Economist 2) Violinist

3) Archaeologist 4) Scientist

5) Industrialist Ans.) 5

Ques. : 463 Which of the following countries has made it clear that it will not entertain any banking -and tax-relatedrequests that are based on information acquired illegally?

1) India 2) Switzerland

3) Mauritius 4) China

5) US Ans.) 2

Ques. : 464 What is the total no. of awards won by Ang Lee’s film “Life of Pi” out of its 11 nominations?

1) Three 2) Two

3) Four 4) Six

5) Five Ans.) 3

Ques. : 465 Which of the following global software firms has rolled out in India DigiGirlz, a programme aimed at driving

high school girls towards science and engineering by giving them an opportunity to learn about careers in technology,connect with the company's employees and participate in hands-on workshops?

1) Microsoft 2) Google

3) Apple 4) SAP

5) Adobe Systems Ans.) 1

Ques. : 466 According to railway budget 2013-14, which state has been brought into the railway network for the firsttime?

1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Mizoram

3) Maghalaya 4) Nagaland

5) Tripura Ans.) 1

Ques. : 467 According to railway budget 2013-14, Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management to train rail officerson a regular basis is to be set up at

1) New Delhi 2) Lucknow

3) Hyderabad 4) Secunderabad

5) Rai Bareilly Ans.) 4

Ques. : 468 Arun Tadanki, Managing Director, India & Southeast Asia, of a company, announced his decision to leavethe company. Identify the company.

1) Microsoft 2) Yahoo

3) Google 4) linkedin


Ques. : 469 Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented his maiden Rail Budget on February 25. He is the firstCongress minister to be presenting the Rail Budget in 17 years. The last Congress minister to present the rail budget

was

1) CP Joshi 2) CK Jaffar Sharief

3) ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury 4) Manmohan Singh


Ques. : 470 For the first time the Federation of Film Societies of India in association with the Embassy of Israel is

hosting a three-day Israeli Film Festival in India. Where is it being held?

1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi



3) Kolkata 4) Hyderabad

5) Chennai Ans.) 3

Ques. : 471 The government has extended the term of which of the following Deputy Governors of the RBI?

1) Anand Sinha 2) KC Chakrabarty

3) HR Khan 4) Urjit Patel


Ques. : 472 Which of the following commissions is investigating illegal mining in different states?

1) Justice Chandrasekariah Commission2) Justices KS Radhakrishnan and Madan BLokur Commission

3) Justice OP Bhatt Commission 4) Justice MB Shah Commission


Ques. : 473 The Economic Survey is customarily tabled in Parliament by the Finance Minister a day before the General

Budget for the coming fiscal year .Economic Survey is prepared by a team of economists led by Chief Economic Advisor.Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India?

1) C Rangarajan 2) Raghuram Rajan

3) Subir Gokarn 4) Kalpana Kochhar

5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 474 Which of the following government corporations has been slapped with a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a consumerforum for selling soft drinks above the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) to two customers?

1) Food Corporation of India 2) Bureau of Indian Standards

3) Department of Food and Public Distribution ofIndia Limited

4) Indian Railway Catering and TourismCorporation


Ques. : 475 The annual international men's field hockey tournament, Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is scheduled to be heldfrom 9th -17th March, in which of the following countries?

1) Malaysia 2) Singapore

3) Indonesia 4) Iran

5) Egypt Ans.) 1

Ques. : 476 The Rajya Sabha on February 26 approved the proclamation of President's rule in Jharkhand where formerChief Minister Arjun Munda had resigned after his government was reduced to a minority last month. Since its formation

12 years ago, Jharkhand will come under President's Rule for the

1) Third time 2) Fourth time

3) First time 4) Second time

5) Eighth time Ans.) 1

Ques. : 477 According to the Economic Survey the overall economy of India is expected to grow in 2013-14 in the range

of

1) 7.1to 7.6 per cent 2) 6.1 to 6.7 per cent

3) 5.2 to 5.8 per cent 4) 8.1to 8.8 per cent

5) 4.5 to 5.1 per cent Ans.) 2

Ques. : 478 Who among the following has been confirmed as the new US Defence Secretary?

1) Chuck Hagel 2) John Kerry

3) Steven Chu 4) Leon Panetta


Ques. : 479 More than 140 Nobel laureates led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged which country, on February 27, to



release itsq Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, jailed for subversion since 2009?

1) Japan 2) China

3) South Korea 4) North Korea


Ques. : 480 Which of the following has become the first State in the country to ban manual scavenging and has barred

the deployment of ‘safai karamcharis’ (cleaning staff) for manual sewer cleaning?

1) Maharastra 2) Delhi

3) UP 4) Karnataka

5) West Bangal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 481 Which of the following Australian cricketers was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for sporting amanufacturer's logo on his helmet, breaching the specific requirements of the ICC's Clothing and Equipment

Regulations during the fourth day's play in the first test between Australia and India which finished on February 26?

1) Shane Warne 2) Ricky Ponting

3) Adam Gilchrist 4) Alan Border

5) Moises Henriques Ans.) 5

Ques. : 482 The Government of Japan has, nominated Haruhiko Kuroda for the designation of next governor of the

central bank of the country, the Bank of Japan. At present, Haruhiko Kuroda is the head of

1) International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2) World Bank

3) Asian Development bank (ADB) 4) Brics development bank


Ques. : 483 The Union Budget- 2013-14was presented by the Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 28. It is his.

1) Sixth budget 2) Eighth budget

3) Fourth budget 4) Ninth budget

5) Seventh budget Ans.) 2

Ques. : 484 The National Science Day is observed in the honour of Nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman’s discovery

of the Raman Effect, which he announced in 1928.National Science Day is observed on



5) February 26 Ans.) 3

Ques. : 485 In the budget 2013-14 Finance minister (FM) has Proposed to set up India's first all-women bank as thepublic sector. The FM indicated that the move to set up an all-women bank is prompted by many women heading PSUbank. At present, which of the following are the only two PSU banks headed by women?

1) Bank of India and Allahabad Bank 2) Canara Bank and Oversees Bank

3) Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda 4) Central Bank of India and Corporation bank

5) Syndicate Bank and UCO Bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 486 According to Union budget 2013-14 the Indian Institute of Biotechnology will be set up at

1) Jamshedpur 2) Lucknow

3) Patna 4) Ranchi

5) Jabalpur Ans.) 4

Ques. : 487 According to Union budget 2013-14 the Government has imposed what per cent surcharge on incomeexceeding Rs.1 crore a year?





5) 30 per cent Ans.) 1

Ques. : 488 The fiscal deficit for the current financial year has been contained at 5.2 per cent of GDP. According tofinance minister, fiscal deficit for year2013-14 has proposed to bring it down to what per cent?


3) 4.8 per cent 4) 3.2 per cet


Ques. : 489 Which of the following NRI education pioneer, known for his innovative “hole-in-the-wall” experiment to givecomputer education to slum children, has been awarded with the prestigious $1 million TED prize?

1) Sugata Mitra 2) Ashok Mago

3) Nikki Haley 4) Rangaswamy Srinivasan


Ques. : 490 In the Budget for 2013-14, Finance Minister has proposed that two new major ports will be set up in the state

1) Gujarat and Maharashtra 2) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

3) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu 4) West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh


Ques. : 491 In the budget 2013-14 Finance Minister has allowed an additional interest deduction of Rs 1 lakh to first-

time home buyers for loan up to

1) Rs 25 lakh 2) Rs 20 lakh


5) Rs 15 lakh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 492 According to budget 2013-14, income limit under Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) will be

raised up to Rs. 12 lakh. The earlier income limit of the scheme was



5) Rs 11 lakh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 493 According to the report of World Health Organization (WHO), radiation leakage from the 2011 Fukushimanuclear disaster in Japan has increased the risk of which disease for people living in the vicinity of the crippled plant?

1) Polio 2) Ebola

3) Cancer 4) Asthma

5) Lupus Erythematosus Ans.) 3

Ques. : 494 Who among the following took over as the new director-general of the Indian Coast Guard?

1) Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan 2) Vice Admiral Prabhakaran Paleri

3) Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal 4) Vice Admiral Rameshwar Singh


Ques. : 495 In the budget 2013-14, which of the following funds has been set up with Rs. 1,000 crore to empower

women and to keep them safe and secure?

1) ICDS Fund 2) Nirbhaya Fund

3) SEWA Fund 4) Malala Fund


Ques. : 496 With which country did India ink an MoU on March 1to strengthen co-operation in Earth Sciences by sharing

information on meteorology, hydrology and climate variability?

1) US 2) UK

3) China 4) Japan

5) Switzerland Ans.) 2



Ques. : 497 According to Union Budget 2013-14, Fiscal Deficit for 2013-14 has been pegged at 4.8 per cent of GDP.What will be the Revenue Deficit for the same period?

1) 3.3 percent 2) 3.5 per cent


5) 5.2 per cent Ans.) 1

Ques. : 498 In the budget 2013-14, Finance Minister has proposed the National Institute of Sports Coaching at a cost ofRs 250 crore over a period of three years to be set up at

1) Gwalior 2) Patiala

3) Allahabad 4) Kochi

5) Dispur Ans.) 2

Ques. : 499 According to budget 2013-14, all branches of public sector banks will have ATM by

1) March 2014 2) March 2018

3) March 2015 4) March 2017

5) March 2016 Ans.) 1

Ques. : 500 In the Budget for 2013-14, Finance Minister has announced which of the following new schemes to addressthe environmental concerns of the textile industry that will be implemented in the 12th five-year plan?

1) Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of TraditionalIndustries (SFURTI)

2) DISCOMS

3) Integrated Processing Development Scheme 4) Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS)


Ques. : 501 Mukul Sangma, who steered the Congress to retain power, will be sworn as the 23rd CM of which state on

March 5th -

1) Tripura 2) Meghalaya

3) Nagaland 4) Manipur

5) Mizoram Ans.) 2

Ques. : 502 Which of the following states has become the highest Muga and Eri silk producer in the country for the year

2011-2012?

1) Assam 2) Karnataka

3) West Bengal 4) Tamil Nadu

5) Kerala Ans.) 1

Ques. : 503 Vijitha Bandara won the eighth NCR Cup golf tournament at the Delhi Golf Club on March 1. He belongs towhich country?

1) India 2) Sri Lanka

3) Bhutan 4) Nepal

5) Myanmar Ans.) 2

Ques. : 504 Congress MP, Mukesh Gadhvi, passed away on March 1. He was an MP from

1) Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh 2) Banaskantha, Ahmadabad

3) Dhule, Maharashtra 4) Jangipur, West Bengal

5) Kannauj, MP Ans.) 2

Ques. : 505 The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released a book on March 1 titled Walking with Lions: Tales

from a Diplomatic Past, written by

1) Ashwani Kumar 2) Harish Rawat

3) K. Natwar Singh 4) Chandresh Kumari Katoch

5) Kamal Nath Ans.) 3



Ques. : 506 Which of the following countries has hosted the largest Indian Education Fair on March 2, to showcase

opportunities for studying in India?

1) China 2) UK

3) Sri Lanka 4) Japan


Ques. : 507 The government will set up Akshay Urja Shops in all the distrcits of the country to make solar energyproducts easily available and to provide easy after sales repair services. The shops will be set up by the

1) Ministry of Commerce & Industry 2) Ministry of Environment & Forests

3) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises4) Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

5) Ministry of Power Ans.) 4

Ques. : 508 An expert committee, which was appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati,

has sought suggestions from the public on issues related to the national broadcaster is headed by

1) Usha Thorat 2) HR Khan

3) C Rangarajan 4) Sam Pitroda


Ques. : 509 A former navy lieutenant of Taiwan was sentenced to three-year imprisonment for leaking confidential

military information to the country-

1) India 2) China

3) US 4) UK

5) Syria Ans.) 2

Ques. : 510 Who among the following finished a creditable fifth in a top-class field in the International Association of

Athletics Federations (IAAF) 20 km Race Walking Challenge event held at Taicang, China, on March 2?

1) Irfan Kolothum Thodi 2) Gaurav Kumari

3) Mikha Singh 4) Ajit Pal Singh


Ques. : 511 Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast for about 12 years demanding repeal of the controversial ArmedForces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), and was flown in New Delhi ,on March 4 appeared before a court in case ofattempted suicide. She belongs to

1) Tripura 2) Meghalaya


5) Mizoram Ans.) 4

Ques. : 512 Name the Italian musician and composer who has died aged 95. He wrote the scores for about 300 films

and is also known as the “voice of Rome”.

1) Miles Davis 2) Armando Trovajoli

3) Duke Ellington 4) Louis Armstrong

5) Gianni Alemanno Ans.) 2

Ques. : 513 Ace woman Deepika Kumari has been named Jharkhand’s ‘Sportsperson of the year' for her outstanding

achievements world over. The announcement was made by Tata Steel on the occasion of the174th birth anniversary of itsfounder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata on March 3. Which game is she associated with?

1) Archery 2) Boxing

3) Hockey 4) Swimming

5) Weightlifting Ans.) 1

Ques. : 514 Who among the following won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013?

1) Novak Djokovic 2) Tomas Berdych



3) Roger Federer 4) M. Granollers

5) M. Jaziri Ans.) 1

Ques. : 515 The team “Services” defended Santosh Trophy title after defeating which state in the summit clash of the67th edition of the National Football Championships in Kochi on March 3.

1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu

3) Karnataka 4) Assam


Ques. : 516 In a major step forward to resolve the land boundary issue, India has exchanged maps of demarcatedstretches and is ready to release USD 50 million out of a USD 200 million credit line to its capital, with which country?

1) Bangladesh 2) Bhutan

3) Pakistan 4) Nepal

5) Myanmar Ans.) 1

Ques. : 517 Who among the following has become the first Indian to sign up for Gates- Buffet Charity?



5) Azim Premji Ans.) 5

Ques. : 518 Which of the following countries has decided to make an investment in India of $2 billion in infrastructure?

1) USA 2) UK

3) UAE 4) France


Ques. : 519 Who amongst the following is the author of the book titled ‘Economic Policies and India’s Reform Agenda:

New Thinking’?

1) Subir Gokarn 2) C Rangarajan

3) YV Reddy 4) Bimal Jalan


Ques. : 520 India lost the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against which of the following countries recently?

1) Spain 2) Indonesia

3) Canada 4) South Korea


Ques. : 521 Which of the following Bollywood actors has signed a deal worth about Rs 400 crore with Star India forexclusive satellite rights to all his upcoming releases until 2017?

1) Ajay Devgan 2) Salman Khan

3) shahrukh khan 4) Amir Khan

5) Ranbir kapoor Ans.) 1

Ques. : 522 Which of the following trains will be the first to have “Anubhuti” coaches, the special AC luxury classproposed in this year’s rail budget, providing higher travel comfort to passengers?

1) Bhopal Shatabdi 2) Jan Shatabdi Express

3) Jaipur Shatabdi 4) Chandigarh Shatabdi


Ques. : 523 What is India’s current ranking in the world in steel production?

1) 4th 2) 3rd

3) 2nd 4) 1st




Ques. : 524 Mahesh Bhupathi won the first title of the 2013 season, combined with which of the following French players

to edge past Robert Lindstedt and Nenand Zimonjic in the summit clash of the Dubai Tennis Championships, in Dubaion March 2?

1) Arnaud Boestsh 2) Michael Llodra

3) Rodoplphe Gilbert 4) Olivier Delaitre

5) Guillaume Raoux Ans.) 2

Ques. : 525 According to Finance Minister P Chidambaram, India's first all-women bank will start its operations fromNovember this year through the initiation of how many branches?

1) Six 2) Five

3) Three 4) Four

5) Eight Ans.) 1

Ques. : 526 Who among the following will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland on March 5?

1) Manik Sarkar 2) S.C. Jamir

3) Neiphiu Rio 4) Vizol Angami


Ques. : 527 With which country did India conduct a ‘friendship jump’ during Sampriti-III, the Joint Special ForcesExercise, at the Malpura Dropping Zone in Agra on March 2?

1) China 2) Myanmar


5) Bhutan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 528 Which of the following countries’ Parliament passed a law, which will force search engines such as Googleand other news aggregators, to pay royalties to publishers for posting extracts of their articles?

1) Germany 2) USA

3) UK 4) France

5) Italy Ans.) 1

Ques. : 529 Who among the following won the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) Players Championship Title 2013

1) Mukesh Kumar 2) Prince Kajotia

3) Jeev Milkha Singh 4) Sahmim Khan


Ques. : 530 Raising hopes of a sovereign credit upgrade, which of the following global rating agencies has applaudedFinance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget saying that it pursues realistic fiscal consolidation path and is 'credit

positive’?

1) S & P 2) Moodys

3) Morningstar 4) Fitch

5) CRISIL Ans.) 2

Ques. : 531 Which of the following countries has selected the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim 'Nirbhaya' for the

International Women of Courage Award? The award to 'Nirbhaya' would be presented posthumously on 8th March.

1) USA 2) UK

3) Italy 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 1

Ques. : 532 Which of the following State/ UT Governments on March 4 decided to introduce Nucleic Acid Amplification

Test (NAT) to check safety of donated blood in all major government hospitals in its state?

1) Puducherry 2) Kerala




5) Delhi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 533 With which country did India sign an agreement on March 5 to provide relief to their nationals from doublepayment on social security contributions while working in each other’s country?

1) Indonesia 2) Sri Lanka

3) Portugal 4) China

5) USA Ans.) 3

Ques. : 534 With which of the following neighbouring countries did India sign a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement(DTAA) on March 5 for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income?

1) Bangladesh 2) Afghanistan

3) China 4) Nepal

5) Bhutan Ans.) 5

Ques. : 535 Which of the following Asian countries will raise military spending by 10.7 percent this year to $119 billion?

The government announced this on March 5, adding to a nearly unbroken series of double-digit increases in the defencebudget over two decades.

1) China 2) India



Ques. : 536 Bangladesh conferred its second highest award, 'Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona' (Liberation Waraward) on March 4 to which Indian for his valuable contribution to the country's liberation war in 1971?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru 2) Smt. Indira Gandhi

3) Pranab Mukherjee 4) Manmohan Singh

5) Sonia Gandhi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 537 Geeta Phogat stood out in an otherwise average performance by the Indian team, which finished fifth in the

senior women’s wrestling World Cup held in from March 1 to 3 in

1) Belarus 2) Mongolia

3) Japan 4) China

5) India Ans.) 2

Ques. : 538 US President Barack Obama has nominated Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physicist ErnieMoniz as his new Energy Secretary. Moniz would replace which of the following as his new Energy Secretary?

1) Gina McCarthy 2) Steven Chu

3) John Kerry 4) Ameet Shah


Ques. : 539 Which of the following state/ UT governments is planning to promote its state/UT as medical tourism hub?

1) Delhi 2) Puducherry

3) Chandigarh 4) Maharashtra

5) Gujarat Ans.) 2

Ques. : 540 The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to hand over Hyderabad bomb blasts case to which of the

following bodies?

1) Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) 2) Intelligence Bureau (IB)

3) Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) 4) National Investigation Agency (NIA)

5) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 541 Name the four-day festival, the first of its kind ,displaying arts, craft and literature from eastern India , that will

organised in Jodhpur from 9th to 12th March.

1) Lait kala-2013 2) Octave-2013



3) Shilp Haat -2013 4) Divine Connection-2013


Ques. : 542 Akshayraj Kore became the latest Indian chess player to achieve the Grandmaster title after he came up with

a career-best rating performance to win the ‘A’ category of the Cannes Festival that concluded in the French city .To whichcity does he belong?

1) Pune 2) Hyderabad

3) Ranchi 4) Ahmedabad

5) Mumbai Ans.) 1

Ques. : 543 Which of the following Bollywood stars was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connectionwith the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the second season of the Indian Premier League on March 5?

1) Shilpa Shetty 2) Shah Rukh Khan

3) Preity Zinta 4) Juhi Chawla

5) Rahul Bose Ans.) 3

Ques. : 544 Which of the following pairs of countries introduced a joint resolution at the United Nations Security Council

on March 5 that would intensify sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test last month, targeting the country's bankingactivities and its diplomats?

1) US and China 2) US and India

3) US and France 4) US and South Korea

5) US and Japan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 545 Bharti Airtel on March 6 launched a new roaming scheme for its prepaid customers in Delhi which willenable them to receive free incoming calls in five states. Which of the following states is not included under the scheme?

1) Rajasthan 2) UP

3) Bihar 4) Uttarakhand


Ques. : 546 Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in order to curb the menace of insidertrading, has set up a new committee headed by

1) Justice Kriti Singh 2) Justice. N.K. Sodhi

3) Justice Mohit Shah 4) Justice Arun Mishra

5) Justice D. Murugesan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 547 Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI),

while southern states, Gujarat and most of the north-eastern states emerged as the most secure ones for women in theFemale Security Index (FSI). These indexes have been released by which of the following groups?

1) Ebay Strategic Group 2) Tata Strategic Management Group

3) Rubicon Strategy Group 4) Infosys - Aligning Sourcing Strategy


Ques. : 548 Unknown to many, the world's largest magnet, weighing 50,000 tonnes and slated to be several timesbigger than the one at the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN, Geneva, is being designed at which of the following

Indian research centres?

1) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). 2) Tata institute of fundamental research

3) Indian Institute of Science4) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for AdvancedScientific Research


Ques. : 549 The China Football Association has named which of the following football stars as the Ambassador for theChinese Super League?

1) Zinedine Zidane 2) David Beckham

3) Lionel Messi 4) Cristiano Ronaldo



5) Radamel Falcao Ans.) 2

Ques. : 550 Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer, is a president of which of the following countries?

1) Venezuela 2) Ecuador

3) Indonesia 4) Cuba


Ques. : 551 Which of the following state government has announced, ban on import, manufacturing, transportation,

stocking and sale of chewable tobacco and increased rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on cigarettes and related productsfrom the next financial year, while presenting budget in its State Legislative Assembly for 2013-14 on March 6?

1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Nagaland

3) Rajasthan 4) Tripura


Ques. : 552 The board of governors of UN atomic agency's on March 7 approved giving director general of InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano a new four-year term without even resorting to a vote. Yukiya Amano belong

to country

1) Japan 2) North Korea

3) South Korea 4) China

5) Thailand Ans.) 1

Ques. : 553 Who among the following has been selected for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2012?

1) Karan Singh 2) Arun Jaitley

3) Sharad Yadav 4) Sachin piolot

5) Sushma Swaraj Ans.) 3

Ques. : 554 Which of the following Indian states presented a zero-deficit budget for its state?

1) Rajasthan 2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) UP 4) Meghalaya


Ques. : 555 Who among the following will succeed Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela who died on March 5 after

a two-year battle with cancer?

1) Ramón Carrizales 2) Elías Jaua

3) Nicolas Maduro 4) Jorge Rodríguez Gómez

5) José Vicente Rangel Vale Ans.) 3

Ques. : 556 Neha Ramu, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in UK has stunned everyone after she scored an incredible 162-even higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking ,in which of the following IQ tests ?

1) Stanford-Binet IQ test 2) Mensa IQ Test

3) Miller Analogies Test 4) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

5) Otis-Lennon School Ability Test Ans.) 2

Ques. : 557 Which of the following Indian composting plants has become the first to get carbon credits from UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the country?

1) composting plant of East Delhi MunicipalCorporation

2) composting plant of West Delhi MunicipalCorporation

3) composting plant of North Delhi MunicipalCorporation

4) composting plant of South Delhi MunicipalCorporation


Ques. : 558 With which country US has agreed on exemptions for the auto industry in a mooted Pacific-wide free tradepact?



1) India 2) China

3) South Korea 4) Japan

5) Singapore Ans.) 4

Ques. : 559 Who among the following has been sworn in for the fourth straight term as Chief Minister to head the fifthconsecutive Left Front government in Tripura on March 6?

1) Manik Sarkar 2) Tapan Chakraborty

3) Manik De 4) Ratan Bhowmick

5) Khagendra Jamatiya Ans.) 1

Ques. : 560 The European Union has fined, which of the following corporations, 561 million euros for failing to offerusers a choice of Web browser?

1) Microsoft Corp 2) Google

3) Apple 4) Oracle

5) Adobe system Ans.) 1

Ques. : 561 Which of the following cities is hosting the five-day Indo-Pak International Trade Expo, IPEX-13, starting onMarch 7?

1) Jalandhar 2) Lahore

3) Patiala 4) Karachi


Ques. : 562 “The worst may be over for the Indian economy and it sees economic growth at around 7% from 2014onwards in India” is a statement given by which of the following rating agencies?

1) S&P 2) Fitch

3) ONICRA 4) CRISIL

5) Moody’s Ans.) 5

Ques. : 563 Who among the following has been conferred with the first-ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - 2012 ?

1) Pandit Ravi Shankar 2) Bhimsen Joshi

3) Ustad Iliad Khan 4) Mallikarjun Mansur

5) Gangubai Hangal Ans.) 1

Ques. : 564 The political party “National League for Democracy” (NLD) is holding its first-ever party conference on March8, as it sets its sights on the challenges of power in the country. It belongs to

1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal

3) India 4) Myanmar

5) Pakistan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 565 India’s first all-women post office, which will be completely operated by women employees, opened onMarch 7 at

1) Delhi 2) Chandigarh

3) Kochi 4) Raipur

5) BangaloreAns.) 1

Ques. : 566 Name the Tsunami survivor who bagged a bronze medal to mark an impressive beginning to India'scampaign on the opening day of the Hero Asian Cycling Championship at the IG Velodrome in New Delhi on March 7.

1) Deborah 2) Jashanjit Kaur

3) Armin Arethna 4) Minati Mahapatra




Ques. : 567 A committee which has been constituted by the centre to examine the legal position and look at the entireprocess of film clearances, is led by

1) Justice KS Radhakrishnan 2) Justice G S Singhvi

3) Justice Mukul Mudgal 4) Justice Madan B Lokur


Ques. : 568 A four day Indo-US workshop on nano-structured electronic materials, “Challenges and Relevance toElectronics and Energy”, was held on 8th March at

1) Thrissur, Kerala 2) Kochi, Kerala

3) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 4) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh


Ques. : 569 The memoir, “The Test of My Life”, is based on the life of

1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Yuvraj Singh

3) MS Dhoni 4) Virat Kohli


Ques. : 570 Which of the following state governments has decided to hike the minimum wages for labourers in the state

by nearly 22 per cent?

1) UP 2) Uttarakhand

3) Bihar 4) Jharkhand

5) Chhattisgarh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 571 With which country has India signed a currency swap agreement for up to $100 million to further economicco-operation?

1) Bhutan 2) Sri Lanka

3) Nepal 4) Myanmar

5) Bangladesh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 572 The government on March 8 has set up a committee of experts to prepare the blueprint of India’s firstwomen’s bank. The bank is expected to start functioning from November. The committee is headed by

1) V R Iyer 2) M B N Rao

3) S A Panse 4) B A Prabhakar

5) Pratip Chaudhuri Ans.) 2

Ques. : 573 Who among the following has been selected for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2011?

1) Karan Singh 2) Arun Jaitley

3) Sharad Yadav 4) Ajay Makan

5) Pakistan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 574 Who among the following has been newly elected the President of Kenya?

1) Raila Odinga 2) Mwai Kibaki

3) Daniel arap Moi 4) Jomo Kenyatta

5) Uhuru Kenyatta Ans.) 5

Ques. : 575 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 released the Commemorative Postage Stamp

on Sahir Ludhianvi on occasion of his birth anniversary. Sahir Ludhianvi was an eminent-

1) Poet 2) Industrialist

3) Musician 4) Writer


Ques. : 576 UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on March 8 laid the foundation stone of a residential, educational-cum-

vocational training centre for persons with autism spectrum disorders at village Gairatpur Bass. The village is situated in



1) UP 2) Bihar

3) Jharkhand 4) Haryana

5) Chhatisgarh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 577 Irda on March 8 tweaked norms for insurance companies to invest their funds in different market

instruments .According to new guideline, Life insurance companies can now invest in central government securitieswhich should not be less than how much per cent of the total corpus?




Ques. : 578 The World Bank has barred which of the following firms from doing any business with it or the projects

funded by it for six months, after finding that a senior executive of the conglomerate has indulged in fraud?

1) Microsoft 2) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)

3) Google 4) SAP

5) Apple Ans.) 2

Ques. : 579 Which of the following is NOT a banking related term?

1) Creditor 2) Outstanding amount

3) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate 4) Explicit Guarantee

5) Centre Pass Ans.) 5

Ques. : 580 What is the full form ‘CBS’ in banking?

1) Core Banking Solution 2) Core Banking System

3) Core Banking Service 4) Core Banking Statistics

5) None of theseAns.) 1

Ques. : 581 Which of the following is India’s first subsonic cruise missile?

1) Brahmos 2) Trishul

3) Nirbhay 4) Dhanush


Ques. : 582 India’s biggest shopping mall has been opened in Kochi recently which is developed by Lulu group at an

investment of Rs 1, 600 crore. The Lulu group belong to which of the following countries?

1) US 2) UK

3) UAE 4) Singapore

5) Russia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 583 Which of the following countries’ Football Federation has decided to halt all football activity in the country for

an indefinite period over a stadium riot in February2012?

1) Brazil 2) Egypt

3) Argentina 4) Vietnam

5) Malaysia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 584 The two week long ‘Key Resolve’ exercise, a largely computer simulated joint military exercise, started on

March 11 between which of the following two countries?

1) US and Japan 2) US and South Korea

3) US and China 4) US and India

5) US and Australia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 585 SAARC Literature Award was presented to five writers at Agra during the two days SAARC Festival of



Literature recently. Who among the following is the Indian poet who was honoured with the prestigious Literature Award?

1) Abhay K 2) Farheen Chaudhary

3) Daya Dissanayake 4) Abdul Khaliq Rashid


Ques. : 586 Who among the following has been appointed as Governor of Nagaland recently?

1) DY Pail 2) Ashwani Kumar

3) SC Jamir 4) MC Bhandare

5) HR Bharadwaj Ans.) 2

Ques. : 587 Lilian, who died recently at the age of 97, was the princess of which of the following countries?

1) Spain 2) Sweden

3) Australia 4) Canada

5) Switzerland Ans.) 2

Ques. : 588 Tine Baun has won the women’s singles title recently at the All England Open Badminton Championships

2013 in Birmingham defeating who among the following?

1) Ratchanok Intanon 2) Sania Nehwal

3) Yang-Xiaoli 4) Cheng Shu

5) Lee Chong Wei Ans.) 1

Ques. : 589 Deodhar trophy is associated with which of the following games?

1) Football 2) Cricket



Ques. : 590 What is the full form IDR as used in banking/financial sector?

1) Indian Depository Receipt 2) Indian Deferred Receipt

3) Inaugural Dividend Receipt 4) Inaugural Deposit Receipt


Ques. : 591 Which of the following former Permanent Representatives of India to United Nations received on March 12the Thomas Jefferson Eternal Vigilance award for his/her exemplary service to humanity?

1) Vijay K. Nambiar 2) Hardeep Singh Puri

3) Dilip Sinha 4) Arundhati Ghose


Ques. : 592 According to World Bank, the Indian economy will grow during 2013-14 at over

1) 6% 2) 7%

3) 8% 4) 5%

5) 4.7% Ans.) 1

Ques. : 593 Manorama Devi is associated with which of the following sports?

1) Swimming 2) Cycling

3) Badminton 4) Shooting

5) Boxing Ans.) 2

Ques. : 594 For the first time, India on March 12 test-fired its indigenously developed medium-range sub-sonic cruise

missile 'Nirbhay' from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, which is located in the state of

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Odisha

3) Karnataka 4) Rajasthan




Ques. : 595 India and Mauritius on March 12 signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during the state visit

of President Pranab Mukherjee. Which of the following is not covered under the MoU?

1) Co-operation in field of health and medicine 2) Co-operation in the field of nuclear energy

3) Co-operation in the field of tourism 4) Co-operation in the field of education

5) Both 2 and 4 Ans.) 5

Ques. : 596 Name the new Ministry of Tourism film which received first prize at the 11th Golden City Gate Tourism MediaAwards ceremony held in Berlin to coincide with ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) Berlin 2013.

1) Find What You Seek 2) Incredible India

3) Bharat Shakti 4) Go Beyond


Ques. : 597 Sistema’s Indian unit, on March 11, won telecom spectrum in eight circles or zones for Rs.3, 639 crore in anauction shunned by all other companies. Sistema is a conglomerate of

1) Japan 2) US

3) China 4) Russia


Ques. : 598 Which of the following banks has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the TourismMinistry?

1) YES Bank 2) SBI

3) ICICI Bank 4) HDFC Bank

5) PNB Ans.) 1

Ques. : 599 Which of the following is not a credit rating agency of India?

1) CRISIL 2) CARE

3) ICRA 4) Fitch

5) All the above are Indian Ans.) 4

Ques. : 600 Who among the following has been appointed as Governor of Odisha?

1) S.C. Jamir 2) Ashwani Kumar

3) Devanand Konwar 4) D.Y. Patil


Ques. : 601 An eminent structural engineer, Dr. Vistasp M Karbhari, joined the small but expanding league of Indian-

Americans heading educational institutions in the US. He has been approved as president of which of the followinguniversities?

1) University of Texas 2) University of Alabama

3) Stanford University 4) University of California


Ques. : 602 President Pranab Mukherjee has been conferred with which of the following honours by Mauritius

University?

1) Doctorate of Science 2) Doctorate of Civil Law

3) Doctorate of Economy 4) Doctorate of Social sciences

5) Doctorate of Theology Ans.) 2

Ques. : 603 The Government of India and RBI have decided to introduce one billion currency notes in polymer/plastic on

a field trial. The field trial will be conducted in five cities. Which of the following is not among them?

1) Kochi 2) Mysore

3) Jaipur 4) Bhubaneswar



5) Kanpur Ans.) 5

Ques. : 604 In which of the following countries has a court set a date for the exhumation of the remains of the NobelPrize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, whose death in 1973 is being reinvestigated?

1) Denmark 2) Chile

3) Belgium 4) Greece


Ques. : 605 Ganesh Pyne, who died recently, was a legendary_______.

1) Painter 2) Composer

3) Author 4) Critic


Ques. : 606 Name the much-hyped stealth cruise missile which failed in its maiden test recently. The over -1,000-kmrange sub-sonic missile was in the making for at least seven years.

1) Agni V 2) Trishul

3) Prithvi III 4) Nirbhay


Ques. : 607 Which of the following countries has become the first in the world to extract natural gas from MethaneHydrate?

1) China 2) Japan

3) USA 4) India

5) South Korea Ans.) 2

Ques. : 608 Who has been awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2012?

1) Rohit Gautam 2) AA Manavalan

3) SL Bhyrappa 4) Narendra Kohli


Ques. : 609 Which of the following companies announced on March 12 a partnership with public sector general

insurance company, New India Assurance, for offering its mobile phone users insurance against theft and damage ofhandsets?

1) Nokia 2) Samsung

3) Spice 4) Reliance


Ques. : 610 International Finance Corporation (IFC) will cooperate in development of select sectors’ projects underPublic Private Partnership (PPP) mode in Madhya Pradesh. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed

between the two parties on March 12. The IFC is an institution of

1) World Bank 2) IMF

3) ADB 4) BRICS Bank


Ques. : 611 The new pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected to be the new leader of the troubled Roman CatholicChurch on March 13.He belongs to the country

1) Vatican City 2) US

3) Argentina 4) Germany

5) France Ans.) 3

Ques. : 612 Who among the following was named as China's new President and head of the military on March 14,succeeding Hu Jintao?

1) Li Yuanchao, 2) Xi Zhongxun

3) Xi Jinping 4) Bo Xilai




Ques. : 613 It is for the first time in Nepalese political history that a sitting Chief Justice is being named as the PrimeMinister (PM). He will head the interim government that will hold elections in three months. Identify him.

1) Khil Raj Regmi 2) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

3) Jhalanath Khanal 4) Sushil Koirala

5) Baburam BhattaraiAns.) 1

Ques. : 614 The world's largest ground-based observatory opened for business on March 14 in the country

1) France 2) Switzerland

3) Chile 4) US

5) Italy Ans.) 3

Ques. : 615 Airports Council International (ACI), a global body of airports, has adjudged Delhi's Indira GandhiInternational (IGI) airport as second best in the category of airports handling 25-40 million passengers per annum(MPPA) for its service quality for the year 2012.Which of the following airports has ranked first?

1) Beijing Airport2) Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport

(Mumbai)

3) Incheon airport (Seoul) 4) Changi airport (Singapore)

5) Nagoya airport (Japan) Ans.) 3

Ques. : 616 Who among the following heavyweight boxers became the second Indian pugilist to advance to the medalrounds after defeating Yousef al-Nubani of Jordan 16-9 in the quarterfinals of the ASBC Asian Youth BoxingChampionship in Subic Bay, Philippines on March 13?

1) Amritpreet Singh 2) Abhishek Beniwal

3) Narender Berwal 4) Akhil Kumar


Ques. : 617 The 28th International Food and Hospitality Fair, Aahar, showcasing a wide range of food products,

processing and packaging tools and housekeeping equipment, began on March 14 in

1) New Delhi 2) Jodhpur

3) Thiruvananthapuram 4) Hyderabad

5) Pune Ans.) 1

Ques. : 618 Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Anand Sharma, inaugurated the second India Engineering

Sourcing Show in Mumbai on March 14. Which of the following is the partner country of the show?

1) Czech Republic 2) Cuba

3) Japan 4) Mauritius


Ques. : 619 HPCL on March 14 announced signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a State government to

set up a 9 million tonne per annum petroleum refining-cum-petrochemical complex at Barmer. Barmer is situated in thestate

1) M.P. 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Jharkhand 4) Rajasthan

5) Haryana Ans.) 4

Ques. : 620 Which of the following is NOT an institutional credit agency?

1) Cooperative society 2) Money Lender

3) Regional Rural Banks 4) Commercial Banks




Ques. : 621 Li Keqiang, Communist Party of China's second-ranking leader, was on March 15 elected as Prime Ministerby the Parliament. He will succeed

1) Zhu Rongji 2) Wen Jiabao

3) Li Peng 4) Zhao Ziyang

5) Hua Guofeng Ans.) 2

Ques. : 622 World Consumer Rights Day is being observed on March 15 to create awareness about consumer rightsand consumer protection measures to ensure fair trade and business practices under the theme of

1) Consumer justice now 2) Our money, our rights

3) Consumer for fair financial services 4) Junk food generation

5) Unethical drug promotion Ans.) 1

Ques. : 623 Defending champion and top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open GrandPrix Gold badminton tournament on March 13 after defeating

1) Petya Nedelcheva 2) Jiang Yanjiao

3) Juliane Schenk 4) Youn Joo Bae

5) Tine Baun Ans.) 1

Ques. : 624 Despite its unimpressive performance in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers earlier this month, the

India football team jumped 24 places in the FIFA Rankings issued on March 13.What is the current rank of India?

1) 140th 2) 142th

3) 143rd 4) 145th


Ques. : 625 Which of the following countries has launched an anti-espionage investigation against the US-based Coca-

Cola for allegedly conducting illegal mapping in many sensitive areas of its mainland, a move that may escalate a spyingrow between the country and Washington?

1) UK 2) Switzerland

3) China 4) Russia


Ques. : 626 Chennai-lad Sundar Pichai, an Indian American computer engineer, will lead Google’s Android, the most

used mobile operating system in the world. He was an alumnus of

1) IIT Kharagpur 2) IIT Delhi

3) IIT Kanpur 4) IIT Guwahati

5) IIT Roorke Ans.) 1

Ques. : 627 Name the noted environmentalist and former professor of Banaras Hindu University who was awarded with

TIME Magazine's ‘Hero of the Planet' in 1999 for his work related to cleaning of Ganga and who passed away recently.

1) Professor Veer Bhadra Mishra 2) Professor Satish K. Tripathi

3) Professor S. Shankar Sastry 4) Professor Vijay K. Dhir

5) Professor Paul Shrivastava Ans.) 1

Ques. : 628 Which of the following is an easy way of providing credit to the farmer community?

1) Kisan Credit Card 2) Indira Vikas Patra

3) National Savings Certificate 4) Loan against gold


Ques. : 629 Peter Banks,who has been described as one of the "architects of progressive music", has died aged 65recently. He was a famous

1) Guitarist 2) Violinist

3) Flutist 4) Clarinetist




Ques. : 630 Who among the following has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for his Hindi novel 'Dhuni TapeTeer'?

1) Nand Kishore Acharya 2) Hariram Meena

3) Vijaydan Dethav 4) Italian Ambassador


Ques. : 631 Which of the following states has announced on March 16 that the state government will launch a new RuralEmployment Generation Scheme to generate employment opportunities for rural youths?

1) Meghalaya 2) Assam

3) Manipur 4) Nagaland

5) Mizoram Ans.) 2

Ques. : 632 Name the eminent Indian journalist who has been named the new editor of Time International. He is the firstnon-American world editor in Times's history.

1) Aveek Sarkar 2) Bobby Ghosh

3) Arnab Goswami 4) B.G. Varghese

5) Cho Ramaswamy Ans.) 2

Ques. : 633 Name the Pharma pioneer of India who passed away on March 15.

1) Ajay Piramal 2) Kallam Anji Reddy

3) GV Prasad 4) Malvinder Mohan Singh


Ques. : 634 Which of the following is the bank rate at present?

1) 8.75% 2) 7.75%

3) 6.75% 4) 5.75%


Ques. : 635 The Indian archery team collected a haul of eight medals, including two gold, two Silver and four bronze, in

the first Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship 2013 that was held at

1) Singapore 2) Bangkok

3) Beijing 4) Kuala lumpur

5) Tokyo Ans.) 2

Ques. : 636 The world's largest biogas plant was inaugurated recently in which of the following countries?

1) Finland 2) India

3) Malaysia 4) Afghanistan


Ques. : 637 Isuzu Motors signed agreements on March 15 with the Andhra Pradesh Government and the specialeconomic zone of Sri City to set up a manufacturing facility for its MU-7 variant of sports utility vehicle (SUV) and D-MAX

range of pick-up truck in Chittoor district on the Tamil Nadu border. Isuzu Motors is automotive giant of


3) Japan 4) China


Ques. : 638 Who among the following will be the next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maruti SuzukiIndia Ltd.?

1) Shinzo Nakanishi, 2) Kenichi Ayukawa

3) Ryozo Tsukioka 4) Takeshi Yagi




Ques. : 639 Which of the following Indian cities will host a three-day SAARC journalists' convention beginning from 28thMarch?

1) New Delhi 2) Jamshedpur

3) Indore 4) Hyderabad

5) Banglore Ans.) 3

Ques. : 640 The government has ordered, which of the following mobile phone companies, to stop providing third-generation (3G) services in seven circles by March 18, as it cracks the whip on companies offering these services in

areas where they do not have permits?

1) Idea 2) Bharti Airtel

3) Vodafone 4) Reliance Communications


Ques. : 641 Who among the following won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix 2013 on 17 March 2013?

1) Heikki Kovalainen 2) Kimi Raikkonen

3) Pastor Maldonado 4) Nico Rosberg

5) Robert Kubica Ans.) 2

Ques. : 642 The world’s largest concentrated solar power plant was formally opened on March 17 in

1) Abu Dhabi 2) Dubai

3) Al Hyal 4) Qatar


Ques. : 643 Which of the following countries is the winner of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament held in Malaysia?

1) Australia 2) Malaysia

3) India 4) Pakistan


Ques. : 644 Who among the following is the first Indian cricketer to score a ton on Test debut as an opener?

1) Shikhar Dhawan 2) KC Ibrahim

3) VVS Laxman 4) Sachin Tendulker

5) Sunil Gawaskar Ans.) 1

Ques. : 645 Name the first regional navigational satellite that an India plans to launch in June from Sriharikota.

1) Sputnik-1 2) IRNSS-1

3) GSAT-7 4) GSAT-14

5) INSAT-3D Ans.) 2

Ques. : 646 Name the AIFF Fitness Coach who became the first Indian to be nominated as a FIFA ConditioningInstructor.

1) Arthur Papas 2) Pradip Dutta

3) Sujit Chakravarty 4) Tanumoy Basu

5) Aaron Symons Ans.) 2

Ques. : 647 Who among the following Indian will join the Bank of America Global Advisory Council in May?

1) Mukesh Ambani 2) Anil Ambani

3) Aziz Premji 4) Ratan Tata


Ques. : 648 Muradian Khalmuratov stole the limelight by winning the Asian champion's title on the final day of the Hero

Asian Cycling Championship on March 17.He belong to the country

1) Kazakhstan 2) Uzbekistan

3) Turkmenistan 4) Afghanistan




Ques. : 649 Which political party of Pakistan has made history by completing its full five-year term on March 16?

1) Pakistan People’s Party 2) Pakistan Muslim League

3) Pakistan Social Democratic Party 4) Pakistan Socialist Party


Ques. : 650 India’s first viability-gap funded transmission line project was inaugurated recently in

1) M.P. 2) Haryana

3) U.P. 4) Bihar


Ques. : 651 'Paan Singh Tomar' was named the best picture at the 60th National Film Awards. The movie was directed

by

1) Shivaji Lotan Patil 2) Tigmanshu Dhulia

3) Basu Chatterjee 4) Bedabrata Pain


Ques. : 652 According to an international leader, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) would one day

become E-BRICS. E represents the country

1) Ecuador 2) Egypt

3) East Timor 4) Estonia

5) Ethiopia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 653 India and Egypt signed five MoUs in different areas on March 19.Which of the following is not among the

areas covered?

1) Space 2) Cyber security

3) Education 4) Information technology

5) Nuclear Energy Ans.) 5

Ques. : 654 Who among the following US citizens has been elected as the provisional Prime Minister of Syria?

1) Ghassan Hitto 2) Ernie Moniz

3) Steven Chu 4) Mathews Burwell

5) Gina McCarthy Ans.) 1

Ques. : 655 In a first-of-its-kind venture, Manipal Education and Medical Group is launching a chain of branded youthhostels that will offer premium student living facilities on campuses in India and abroad, through a new independent

brand named

1) Yoho 2) Quixote

3) MAIT 4) Idiom


Ques. : 656 Malayalam poetess Sugathakumari has been selected for the Saraswati Samman 2012 for her poetrycollection titled

1) Paavam Maanavahridayam 2) Manalezhuthu

3) Pathirappookkal 4) Irul Chirakukal

5) Raathrimazha Ans.) 2

Ques. : 657 Which of the following software companies has partnered with India Post for developing a service deliveryplatform that will allow more than 1,30,000 rural post offices to offer online services?

1) TCS 2) Wipro

3) Infosys 4) NIIT Technologies




Ques. : 658 Which of the following countries will host a multinational army exercise, dubbed Shanti Prayas-2, from March

25 to April 7?

1) India 2) Bangladesh

3) Nepal 4) Sri Lanka


Ques. : 659 Which of the following countries has unveiled a five-point formula to improve relations with India?



5) China Ans.) 5

Ques. : 660 An architect Toyo Ito has been awarded the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, one of the field's mostprestigious awards, for his conceptually creative designs and "timeless" buildings. Which of the following countries does

he belong to?

1) China 2) Japan

3) North Korea 4) South Korea


Ques. : 661 The Central Government has constituted a panel to formulate a policy on public-private partnershipframework with state-owned Coal India Ltd. as one of the partners to increase coal output. . The nine-member committee

is chaired by

1) Vijay Kelkar 2) S. K. Srivastava

3) C. Rangarajan 4) Raghuram Rajan

5) Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 662 According to a respected Sweden-based think tank, China has become the world's fifth-largest arms

exporter. Who is the largest recipient of arms exported by china?

1) Pakistan 2) India

3) US 4) Bangladesh

5) Myanmar Ans.) 1

Ques. : 663 The first UN International Day of Happiness is being observed on March 20.Which of the following countries

is celebrating the day as a public holiday where families can spend the day together?

1) Nepal 2) US

3) Bhutan 4) UK

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 664 DMK on March 19 withdrew its support to the UPA over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and ruled out anyreconsideration, a move that makes the government vulnerable despite its assertions of having a parliamentary majority.Who among the following is the president of the DMK?

1) T R Baalu 2) M Karunanidhi

3) MK Stalin 4) Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi


Ques. : 665 Seventh National Twenty20 Cricket Tournament for the disabled started on March 20 at

1) Ranchi 2) Kolkata

3) Mumbai 4) New Delhi


Ques. : 666 The budget minister, Jerome Cahuzac, who resigned on March 19 amid a ballooning scandal oversuspected tax fraud and money laundering centering on him, belongs to which country?



1) US 2) UK

3) France 4) Canada

5) Italy Ans.) 3

Ques. : 667 Who among the following actors got the Best Actor Trophy at the 60th National Film Awards?

1) Kamal Haasan 2) Aamir Khan

3) Irrfan Khan 4) Shahrukh Khan


Ques. : 668 Delhi court on March 19 summoned as accused Ravi Ruia and five others in a case relating to allegedirregularities in allocation of additional spectrum to Airtel and Vodafone during the NDA regime. Ravi Ruia belongs to

1) Essar 2) Bharti Cellular

3) Hutchison Max Telecom Pvt. Ltd 4) Sterling Cellular Ltd


Ques. : 669 RBI cuts policy rate by 0.25% on March 19. What is the repo rate at present?

1) 7% 2) 7.25%

3) 7.50% 4) 8%

5) 8.25% Ans.) 3

Ques. : 670 Which of the following Indian banks plans to open about 1,200 branches in the country and another eightbranch offices overseas, including China and the UK, in the next fiscal?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) ICICI Bank

3) State Bank of India 4) Axis Bank


Ques. : 671 Horror writer James Herbert, whose best-selling spine-tinglers included "The Rats" and "The Fog," has diedat the age of 69.He belonged to

1) US 2) Britain

3) France 4) Italy


Ques. : 672 Name the German Bank, the world's largest aviation financing bank, which will be sending a team to India toget two of its planes leased to grounded Kingfisher de-registered so that it can reclaim its property.

1) DVB Bank 2) Deutsche Bank

3) Post Bank 4) DSL Bank

5) Noris Bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 673 Who among the following has been appointed the chairman of the All India Football Federation's technicalcommittee?

1) Mohammad Habib 2) Sunil Chhetri

3) Bhaichung Bhutia 4) Peter Thangaraj


Ques. : 674 Who among the following is the President of Cyprus at present?

1) Nicos Anastasiades 2) Demetris Christofias

3) Tassos Papadopoulos 4) Aliki Stylianou


Ques. : 675 Which of the following films was declared the best film on environment conservation/preservation in 60thNational Film Awards?

1) Dekh Indian Circus 2) Black Forest

3) Chittagong 4) Thanichalla Njan




Ques. : 676 World Forestry Day is celebrated on March21. Which of the following states has maximum forest cover areaamong all other states in the country?

1) UP 2) MP

3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Chattisgarh

5) Bihar Ans.) 2

Ques. : 677 President M Zillur Rahman, who passed away on March 20,was the president of

1) Bangladesh 2) Egypt

3) Afganistan 4) Pakistan


Ques. : 678 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is associated with which of the following games?

1) Hockey 2) Cycling

3) Football 4) Cricket


Ques. : 679 Which of the following communities are celebrating Jamshedi Navroz marking the New Year for the

community on March 21 across the country?

1) Muslims 2) Parsis

3) Sikh 4) Jain


Ques. : 680 India successfully test fired world's first underwater supersonic cruise missile on March 20 named

1) Shaurya 2) Brahmos

3) Rudra 4) Nirbhaya-1


Ques. : 681 Name an audio book containing poems and prose by Indian spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy which was releasedat the United Nations headquarters recently.

1) The Jewels of Happiness 2) Sweet Gems of Wisdom

3) Truths Full of Encouragement and Love 4) The Secret


Ques. : 682 World Water Day is observed on

1) March 21 2) March 22

3) April 18 4) April 23


Ques. : 683 George Lowe, the last surviving climber from the team that made the first successful ascent of MountEverest, has died. He belongs to

1) UK 2) US

3) New Zealand 4) Denmark

5) Sweden Ans.) 3

Ques. : 684 Baba Kalyani has been nominated by the government to be the chairman of the India-Japan BusinessLeader’s Forum (IJBLF). He is the CMD of

1) JK Industries 2) Bharat Forge Limited

3) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories 4) Dockyard Ltd.


Ques. : 685 Who among the following has won the National Bioscience Award for 2012?



1) Dr. Sugata Mitra, 2) S. Venkata Mohan

3) Vistasp M Karbhari 4) Sundar Pichai


Ques. : 686 Which of the following films has won the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film in national integrationcategory?

1) Chittagong 2) 101 Chodiyangal

3) Thanichalla Njan 4) Dhag

5) Anumati Ans.) 3

Ques. : 687 Misao Okawa, the world's oldest woman, celebrated her 115th birthday recently. She belongs to


3) Japan 4) China


Ques. : 688 Which of the following is not a banking-related term?

1) Discount 2) Credit

3) Reynolds Number 4) Post-Dated Cheque

5) Time Deposit Ans.) 3

Ques. : 689 Which of the following is NOT a private Bank in India?

1) Yes Bank 2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank 4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5) IDBI Bank Ans.) 5

Ques. : 690 Dighi Port, which will invest Rs. 1000 cr for setting up a new berth, rail and road infrastructure at the port, is

located in the state of

1) Maharashtra 2) Goa



Ques. : 691 Which of the following State Government has decided to start a monthly stipend for old Writers and

Litterateurs on March 23?

1) UP 2) West Bengal

3) Bihar 4) Rajasthan

5) Jammu & Kashmir Ans.) 2

Ques. : 692 Reliance Industries on March 22 has been awarded the prestigious 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013

at HART Energy's 27th World Refining & Fuel Conference at San Antonio, Texas, USA. RIL has received this Award for itsJamnagar Refinery for the

1) First time 2) Second time

3) Third time 4) Ninth time


Ques. : 693 US President Barack Obama has pledged $200 million for Syrian refugees in

1) Jordan 2) Lebanon

3) Somalia 4) Congo


Ques. : 694 Chinua Achebe, the African Literary titan, who died on March 21 came into prominence through his first novel

named

1) Christmas in Biafra 2) Things Fall Apart

3) Anthills of the Savannah 4) Racism of British Colonial Administrators




Ques. : 695 Which of the following states has become the first state to introduce e-GPF (General Provident Fund) withthe state Finance Department facilitating online access to 34,000 GPF accounts through its redesigned Website?

1) Maharashtra 2) Sikkim

3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Gujarat

5) Rajasthan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 696 Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced his government's resignation on March 22 after a cabinet disputewith Shiite group Hezbollah. He belongs to

1) Syria 2) Jordan

3) South Sudan 4) Lebanon


Ques. : 697 Italian great player Pietro Mennea, the 200m gold medallist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, passed away on

March 23.He was associated with

1) Athletics 2) Football

3) Hockey 4) Swimming

5) Squash Ans.) 1

Ques. : 698 Name the Anglo-Indian pharmacist and businessman who has been commissioned as the first Indiandiplomat in Wales at a special ceremony on March 22.

1) Raj K Aggarwal 2) Dr Jaimini Bhagwati

3) Mihir Bose 4) Anish Kapoor


Ques. : 699 Earth hour which is being observed across globe on March 23, has been organised by

1) World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)2) United Nations Environment Programme

(UNEP)

3) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

(IPCC)4) Greenpeace

5) Friends of the Earth Ans.) 1

Ques. : 700 Prof. Nibir Mandal of Jadavpur University has been selected for the G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research

for his work in the area of.

1) Genetic Engineering 2) Structural geology

3) Biotechnology 4) Geophysics


Ques. : 701 Who among the following won the Femina Miss India 2013 contest in a glittering grand finale of the 50th

edition of the beauty pageant held on March 24?

1) Sobhita Dhulipala 2) Navneet Kaur Dhillon

3) Zoya Afroz 4) Monica D’Suza


Ques. : 702 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 25 left New Delhi on a 4-day visit to Durban for attending the 5thBRICS Summit. Durban is situated in

1) China 2) Brazil

3) South Africa 4) Russia


Ques. : 703 UPA chairpersons and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on March 25 announced for setting up an All IndiaRadio studio at



1) Raebareli 2) Amethi

3) New Delhi 4) Kochi


Ques. : 704 Who among the following NRI entrepreneurs has been conferred with the Healthcare Businessman of theYear Award 2013 at the Asian Business Awards ceremony on March 23?

1) Amit Bhatia 2) Kartar Lalvani

3) Sudhir Choudhrie 4) Ammet Shah


Ques. : 705 India has agreed with which country to cooperate on future missions to the Moon and Mars on March 23 aftersuccessful collaboration in Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission?

1) Russia 2) US

3) UK 4) Egypt

5) China Ans.) 2

Ques. : 706 In Tripura, who among the following was sworn-in as the new Governor on March 25?

1) Ashwani Kumar 2) Shivraj Patil

3) Devanand Konwar 4) S. C. Jamir

5) Iqbal Singh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 707 Who among the following political leaders has been awarded ‘Friends of Liberation War Honour’ byBangladesh on March 24 for his contribution to the country’s liberation war in 1971?

1) Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh 2) Jyoti Basu

3) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 4) Mamata Banerjee

5) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Ans.) 2

Ques. : 708 Team India recorded a historic 6-wicket victory over Australia in the fourth and final cricket test at Delhi onMarch 24, to record their biggest ever series win in their 81-year test history. Who was declared the ‘Man of the series’?

1) R. Jadeja 2) R. Ashwin

3) Murali Vijay 4) MS Dhoni


Ques. : 709 Who among the following was sworn in as Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister on March 25?

1) Yousuf Raza Gilani 2) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim

3) Raja Pervez Ashraf 4) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso


Ques. : 710 Which of the following is NOT a public Sector Unit/Undertaking/Agency?

1) ECGC 2) SEBI

3) SIDBI 4) Axis Bank

5) BHEL Ans.) 4

Ques. : 711 The Delhi High Court has designated which of the following courts in New Delhi for holding the trial of thetwo Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen?

1) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) ofPatiala House Court

2) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) ofSaket Court

3) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of TisHazari Court

4) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) ofKarkardooma Court


Ques. : 712 Who amongst the following has become the world’s number one golfer after winning his recent PGA title?



1) Rickie Fowler 2) Rory Mcllroy

3) Tiger Woods 4) Arjun Atwal

5) Justin Rose Ans.) 3

Ques. : 713 As per the recent announcement made by the Finance Ministry, the interest rate of Small Savings Schemesand Public Provident Fund (PPF) will come down by _____ per cent with effect from April 1.

1) 0.01 2) 0.10

3) 0.02 4) 0.20


Ques. : 714 Examine the following statements with respect to recent financial crisis in Cyprus and choose the correctsentence(s):

1) Recently, Cyprus agreed to a deal with the IMFand the EU that released 10 billion Euros to

streamline its financial structure.

2) The country will raise $7.5 billion on its own byforcing losses on large bank deposit holders,

increasing taxes and privatisations.

3) It will drastically shrink its banking sector, cut its

budget, implement structural reforms andprivatise state assets.

4) All the above


Ques. : 715 Which of the following cities is set to host the Asian Athletics Championships in July after the Tamil Nadugovernment cancelled the prestigious event, earlier scheduled to be held in Chennai, on the ground that it cannot host SriLankan athletes?

1) New Delhi 2) Ranchi

3) Ahmedabad 4) Bhopal

5) Lucknow Ans.) 2

Ques. : 716 Who amongst the following is the writer of the book ‘In Good Faith’?

1) S Irfan Habib 2) Saba Naqvi

3) Duncan Green 4) Arundhati Roy


Ques. : 717 Bagram jail, which was in news recently, is situated in which of the following countries?

1) Syria 2) Afghanistan

3) Iraq 4) Egypt


Ques. : 718 The Income Tax department has served Rs 2,000 crore demand notice to which of the following mobilehandset makers for alleged evasion of taxes in its business transactions in the country? Further, the Delhi High Court

has granted an interim stay on the demand.

1) Samsung 2) Nokia

3) Blackberry 4) Apple

5) Micromax Ans.) 2

Ques. : 719 In which of the following gulf countries the Nitaqat programme is being implemented? It has been initiated

in the wake of rising protests over unemployment of citizen in the country but the expatriate Indian community has raisedconcern that they might lose jobs and face hardships due to this programme.

1) United Arab Emirates 2) Oman

3) Bahrain 4) Saudi Arabia


Ques. : 720 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has cleared first-ever offensive UN peacekeeping brigade tobattle rebel groups in which of the following troubled African countries?



1) Democratic Republic of Congo 2) Mali

3) Angola 4) South Sudan

5) Tanzania Ans.) 1

Ques. : 721 Soyuz space capsule docked at International Space Station (ISS) after journey of less than 6 hours recently.

This space capsule has been send by which of the following countries?

1) China 2) US

3) Russia 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 722 Who amongst the following has been named captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team for the limited-

overs series against Bangladesh to be played in the first week of April in India?

1) Poonam Raut 2) Mithali Raj

3) Harmanpreet Kaur 4) Smriti Mandhana

5) Anagha Deshpande Ans.) 3

Ques. : 723 Which of the following countries has been given the ICC Test Championship trophy as the world’s numberone test cricket team for the calendar year 2012-13? The team has been given prize money of $450,000 for the same.

1) South Africa 2) England



Ques. : 724 The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy tournament, which will start on the 6th of June,will be played in which of the following countries?

1) West Indies 2) South Africa

3) England 4) New Zealand

5) Australia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 725 The 4th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting will be held in which of the following countries on 17thApril? Energy ministers from 23 countries will sit together to review the progress of clean energy initiatives.

1) India 2) US

3) Germany 4) UK


Ques. : 726 Indian Navy launched its new warship INS Kiltan recently. It is a _____ warfare corvette.

1) anti-submarine 2) anti-aircraft

3) anti-piracy 4) nuclear-capable


Ques. : 727 Which of the following states in India celebrated its 63rd foundation day on 30th March? The state wasformed after merger of 22 princely states on this day in 1949.

1) Gujarat 2) West Bengal

3) Rajasthan 4) Bihar


Ques. : 728 Thein Sein, who was in news recently, is the president of which of the following countries?

1) Thailand 2) Myanmar

3) Bhutan 4) Singapore

5) Philippines Ans.) 2

Ques. : 729 The Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) scheme is associated with which of the following?

1) Initial Public Offer (IPO) 2) Certificate of Deposit (CD)

3) Commercial Paper (CP) 4) All the above




Ques. : 730 A London based teen, Nick D’Aloisio, has become one of the world’s youngest tech millionaires after selling

his mobile app named Summly to which of the following companies? The app summarises news stories for mobiledevices.

1) Microsoft 2) Google

3) Facebook 4) Yahoo


Ques. : 731 President Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who arrived in New Delhi on April 1 on a seven day visit to India,belongs to

1) Bahamas 2) Cuba

3) Iceland 4) Lebanon

5) Oman Ans.) 3

Ques. : 732 Who among the following has been appointed the President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)India?

1) Ms Naina Lal Kidwai 2) Rajan Bharti Mittal

3) Mr. RV Kanoria 4) Chanda Kochar


Ques. : 733 Which of the following states had clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Championship title after

registering a thumping six-wicket victory over Punjab in the summit clash on March 31?

1) Haryana 2) Gujarat

3) Goa 4) Karnataka


Ques. : 734 Which of the following state government on April 1 launched Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana, a

scheme which aims to provide loans through banks to youths to set up their own industries or business?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Gujarat 4) Bihar


Ques. : 735 Which of the following countries will host the 4th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting on 17th April?

1) India 2) US

3) Switzerland 4) Egypt

5) China Ans.) 1

Ques. : 736 World No 1 Serena Williams wins a record 6th WTA Miami title after defeating

1) Venus Williams 2) Billie Jean King

3) Maria Sharapova 4) Anna Kournikova


Ques. : 737 The Supreme Court on April 1 dismissed Swiss pharmaceutical chain Novartis AG's petition seeking patentprotection for its anti-cancer drug, Glivec (Imatinib mesylate).Novartis is a company of

1) Sweden 2) Japan

3) Switzerland 4) China

5) UK Ans.) 3

Ques. : 738 Which of the following public sector units has been awarded as the most Efficient Maharatna-in the field ofManufacturing for the year 2012 by a leading Stock Magazine at the 4th Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ) award?

1) NTPC 2) BHEL

3) SAIL 4) GAIL




Ques. : 739 NTPC’s first greenfield renewable solar Photo Voltaic power project has been commissioned recently in

1) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2) Puducherry

3) Lakshadweep Islands 4) Dadra and Nagar Haveli


Ques. : 740 Which of the following banks is the second largest public sector bank in India?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda

3) Canara Bank 4) Bank of India


Ques. : 741 Which of the following State Governments on April 1 launched the Industrial Infrastructure Corporation’s

online services for entrepreneurs and grievance redressal system?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Karnataka 4) West Bengal

5) Maharashtra Ans.) 2

Ques. : 742 Who among the following took charge as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Secretary on April

1?

1) Rajiv Takru 2) M. F. Farooqui

3) Rentala Chandrashekhar 4) RK Singh


Ques. : 743 The stage is set for the opening of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket in Kolkata on April 2.The no. of

teams in IPL is

1) Nine 2) Ten

3) Eight 4) Six


Ques. : 744 World Autism Awareness Day is observed on




Ques. : 745 Which of the following agencies was on April 1 handed over the probe into killing of two Indian fishermen

allegedly by Italian marines off the Kerala coast?

1) Research and Analysis Wing 2) Intelligence Bureau

3) National Investigation Agency 4) Defence Intelligence Agency


Ques. : 746 Which of the following does not come under the eight core sector industries in India?

1) Coal 2) Natural Gas

3) Telecom 4) Fertilizers

5) Refinery Products Ans.) 3

Ques. : 747 World champion Rupesh Shah is associated with which of the following games?

1) Golf 2) Billiards

3) Boxing 4) Chess

5) Archery Ans.) 2



Ques. : 748 Who among the following has been appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of pharma major DrReddy’s Laboratories Ltd?

1) GV Prasad 2) Satish Reddy

3) RV Prasad 4) Phoolji Reddy


Ques. : 749 Google doodle on April 2 celebrated the 366th birth anniversary of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria

Sibylla Merian. She belonged to the country

1) France 2) Italy

3) Russia 4) Germany

5) Austria Ans.) 4

Ques. : 750 The Supreme Court on April 2 asked Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Group, to pay Rs.

100 crore as compensation for polluting environment through its copper smelting plant in the state of

1) Odisha 2) Tamil Nadu

3) Rajasthan 4) M.P.


Ques. : 751 India has signed an enhanced air services agreement with which country, immediately raising airline seatsby 10 per cent on each way in a response to growing passenger traffic between the two countries?

1) Malaysia 2) Singapore

3) Mauritius 4) Thailand


Ques. : 752 Name the state government which introduced a New Lokayukta Bill in its Assembly which curtails the

'primacy' of the Chief Justice of the state High Court and the Governor in the matter of appointment of the Lokayukta, on

April 3.


3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Maharashtra


Ques. : 753 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under Rural Infrastructure Development

Fund (RIDF) has sanctioned 500 crore rupees to carry out development works during the current financial year for the

state

1) UP 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Assam 4) Bihar

5) Jammu & Kashmir Ans.) 3

Ques. : 754 Which of the following is the only company to have 4G airwaves for all of India's 22 service areas?

1) Reliance Industries Ltd 2) Reliance Communications

3) Bharti Airtel 4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited


Ques. : 755 State-owned organization which signed loan agreements worth Rs 1,870 crore with three public sectorbanks, to partially finance its capital expenditure plans on April2?

1) BHEL 2) GAIL

3) SAIL 4) NTPC


Ques. : 756 Which of the following states has launched-a national flagship programme Weekly Iron and Folic Acid

Supplementation (WIFS) for adolescents on April 2?

1) Assam 2) Sikkim




5) Mizoram Ans.) 3

Ques. : 757 Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, hit by Maoist movement, will raise specialised forces trained in

guerrilla warfare on the lines of the 'Greyhounds'. Greyhounds is a special police unit in

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Assam

3) West Bengal 4) Jammu & Kashmir

5) Nagaland Ans.) 1

Ques. : 758 India on April 2 inked a $252-million loan agreement with which of the following organizations for continued

improvement of rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal?

1) Asian Development Bank (ADB) 2) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

3) World Bank 4) SAARC development Bank


Ques. : 759 Federal Reserve is the financial organisation of

1) USA 2) Britain

3) France 4) Japan

5) Germany Ans.) 1

Ques. : 760 The Finance Minister, Michalis Sarris who has resigned after an investigation was ordered into how the

country’s economy nearly collapsed last month belongs to

1) Greece 2) Cyprus

3) Syria 4) France


Ques. : 761 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala who died on April 3 was a legendary

1) Musician and Composer 2) Screenwriter and Novelist

3) Vocalist and Lyricist 4) Singer and Actor


Ques. : 762 The state government demanded that the Gojjri language be included in the Eighth Schedule of theConstitution, giving it the status of an official language. The Gojjri language is spoken in which of the following states?

1) Assam 2) Mizoram

3) Jammu and Kashmir 4) Rajasthan

5) Sikkim Ans.) 3

Ques. : 763 The government of India on April 3 said there was no reason for two million plus strong Indian workforce in

the country to be "paranoid" on account of a new labour law -'Nitaqat'. Nitaqat is the law of the country

1) Bahrain 2) Saudi Arabia

3) United Arab Emirates 4) Qatar

5) Oman Ans.) 2

Ques. : 764 The Country’s first fully private greenfield airport is scheduled to commence in May at

1) Pune 2) Karaikal

3) Kochi 4) Tiruchi

5) Goa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 765 Finance Minister P Chidambaram has inaugurated the 100th overseas office of which bank at DubaiInternational Finance Centre (DIFC) recently?

1) Bank of Baroda 2) State bank of India

3) Punjab National Bank 4) Punjab and Sindh Bank


Ques. : 766 Which of the following countries of South Asia is the first to roll out a full nationwide mobile fourth-generation



(4G) network?


3) Bangladesh 4) Thailand


Ques. : 767 In which of the following states a campaign called “My vote is not for sale” has launched on April 4 by a body

of social activists?

1) Jammu and Kashmir 2) Karnataka

3) Maharashtra 4) Gujarat

5) West Bengal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 768 The events of the International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF Shooting World Cup 2013 began on April 4

in

1) Changwon, South Korea 2) Seoul, South Korea

3) Chongju, North Korea 4) Pyongsong, North Korea


Ques. : 769 The CRF Institute has ranked which of the following software Companies in India as the number one

employer in Europe for 2013?

1) Wipro 2) HCL Technologies

3) Tata Consultancy Services 4) Infosys


Ques. : 770 The U.N. made history on April 2 when it passed an unprecedented arms trade treaty (ATT) to better regulatethe international sale in weapons. Which of the following group of countries opposed the treaty?

1) Iraq, Syria and North Korea 2) Iran, Syria and North Korea

3) Iran, Syria and Pakistan 4) Iraq, Syria and South Korea


Ques. : 771 Renowned American Roger Ebert died on April 4 at 70 after a long battle with cancer. He was a

1) Novelist 2) Film critic

3) Screenwriter 4) Lyricist

5) Actor Ans.) 2

Ques. : 772 Babu Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as Babuji, was a freedom fighter and social reformer.The nation paid

homage to this great leader on 5th April, which was his 106th birth anniversary. His birth anniversary is celebrated as

1) Shanti Diwas 2) Samta Diwas

3) Kisan Diwas 4) Shakti Diwas


Ques. : 773 Chinese scientists have developed the world’s lightest substance with a density only one-sixth that of theair, named

1) Graphite aerogel 2) Diamond aerogel

3) Carbon aerogel 4) Helium aerogel


Ques. : 774 What is the full form of IFRS?

1) International Financial Reporting Standards 2) International Financial Reporting System

3) International Financial Reporting Solution 4) International Financial Reporting Service


Ques. : 775 Which country did India sign a treaty with on April 5 to cooperate with each other in dealing with various



crimes, including terrorism?

1) South Africa 2) Somalia

3) Nigeria 4) Azerbaijan

5) Mali Ans.) 4

Ques. : 776 In the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup in Korea, Rahi Sarnobat

beat Kyeongae Kim 8-6 to become the first pistol shooter from India to win a World Cup gold medal in

1) 10-metre pistol 2) 20-metre pistol

3) 25-metre pistol 4) 30-metre pistol


Ques. : 777 The third ministerial-level meet of SAARC on Poverty Alleviation started in Nepal on April 5.Which of thefollowing countries is NOT a member of SAARC?

1) India 2) Bangladesh

3) Myanmar 4) Bhutan

5) Maldives Ans.) 3

Ques. : 778 The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the

1) United Nations International Year of WomenEmpowerment

2) United Nations International Year of WaterCooperation

3) United Nations International Year of Peace 4) United Nations International Year of Biodiversity

5) United Nations International Year of Forests Ans.) 2

Ques. : 779 Name the President who will return 5% of his salary to the country’s treasury in a show of solidarity with

workers reeling under the pressure of $85 billion in government-wide spending cuts.

1) Francois Hollande 2) Barack Obama

3) Pranab Mukherjee 4) Asif Ali Zardari


Ques. : 780 World Bank lauded achievements of which Indian state under National Livelihoods Mission on April 4 as 46

development blocks of 10 districts of the state have been covered under the project’s first phase?

1) UP 2) MP

3) Bihar 4) Gujarat

5) Jammu and Kashmir Ans.) 2

Ques. : 781 Name the renowned historian who died on April 5. He was an expert in epigraphy and deciphered severalancient scripts.

1) Anand Krishna 2) Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

3) Ranabir Chakrabarti 4) Suchandra Ghosh

5) S. P. Gupta Ans.) 2

Ques. : 782 One of the world's largest hypermarket chains Auchan, which entered India last year under an agreementwith Max Hypermarket India, has plans to open 60 stores in India, is company of

1) US 2) UK

3) France 4) Australia

5) Japan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 783 Facebook on April 4 announced an "operating system" like app that would convert Android phones into a

'Facebook phone', named

1) Mapathon 2) Real

3) Home 4) Friend

5) Chacha Ans.) 3



Ques. : 784 Nomination papers of which former president of Pakistan for a parliamentary constituency in Pakistan’sPunjab province was rejected on April 5?

1) Asif Ali Zardari 2) Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

3) Pervez Musharraf 4) Muhammad Mian Soomro


Ques. : 785 Which country has launched an inquiry into the mapping contest ‘Mapathon 2013’ held by Internet giant

Google in February-March this year?

1) US 2) Germany

3) UK 4) India

5) China Ans.) 4

Ques. : 786 Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for

2013-14?

1) S. Gopalakrishnan 2) Adi Godrej

3) N. S. Raghavan 4) Naina Lal Kidwai

5) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Ans.) 1

Ques. : 787 Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of cricket?

1) Long leg 2) Hook

3) Cut 4) Mid-wicket

5) Love Ans.) 5

Ques. : 788 Jnanpith Award is given for excellence in the field of

1) Music 2) Politics

3) Literature 4) Sports


Ques. : 789 The Union Cabinet recently gave its approval to the home ministry's plan to raise anti-Naxal Special Forces

in four states of India on the lines of Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh. Which of the following is not covered under the

plan?

1) West Bengal 2) Bihar

3) Chhattisgarh 4) Jharkhand

5) OdishaAns.) 1

Ques. : 790 The Indian women's cricket team finished the Twenty20 International series with 3-0 clean sweep against

1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh

3) Sri Lanka 4) Indonesia


Ques. : 791 Which of the following Indian states is all set to send a woman representative to Rajya Sabha for the first

time?

1) Manipur 2) Nagaland

3) Meghalaya 4) Tripura

5) Mizoram Ans.) 3

Ques. : 792 Who among the following has been appointed as the President of the newly-formed Indian Tennis PlayersAssociation (ITPA).The Association has come up after 11 top players revolted against AITA, demanding better playing

conditions.

1) Leander Paes 2) Mahesh Bhupathi

3) Jaideep Mukherjea 4) Somdev Devvarman



5) Mustafa Ghouse Ans.) 3

Ques. : 793 Who among the following has won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards championship

2013 held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh?

1) Geet Sethi 2) Pankaj Advani

3) Rupesh Shah 4) Siddharth Parikh

5) Dhruv Sitwala Ans.) 3

Ques. : 794 Name the Indian Navy's Lt Cdr who became the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe, solo and non-stop,in a sail boat over a 150-day voyage.

1) DK Joshi 2) Abhilash Tomy

3) Uday Kumar 4) Abhishek Kumar


Ques. : 795 Name the Indian bank which will discontinue a free accident insurance cover given to its home and car loan

customers from July 2013.

1) State Bank of India 2) Bank of Baroda

3) ICICI Bank 4) HDFC

5) Axis bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 796 Which of the following states has launched free diagnosis scheme in a phased manner from April 7 on theeve of the World Health Day? Under this scheme, patients can undergo 57 free diagnostic tests at government hospitals

linked to medical colleges.

1) New Delhi 2) Rajasthan

3) UP 4) Gujarat

5) Karnataka Ans.) 2

Ques. : 797 This year the World Health Day was Celebrated on 7th April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO

(World Health Organisation) in 1948. The theme for 2013 is

1) High Blood Pressure 2) Good Health adds life to years

3) Anti-microbial resistance: no action today, no

cure tomorrow4) Road safety

5) Safe Motherhood Ans.) 1

Ques. : 798 With which country has India signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to strengthen cooperation between the two

nations in Steel & Mining?

1) UK 2) Tanzania

3) Nepal 4) South Africa


Ques. : 799 India's London Olympics Silver medalist Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games?

1) Billiards 2) Shooting

3) Cycling 4) Athletics

5) Tennis Ans.) 2

Ques. : 800 India's Praksh Nanjappa won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup at Changwon, Korea on April 6 in the

1) 10m air pistol 2) 25m air pistol

3) 30m air pistol 4) 50m air pistol


Ques. : 801 Who among the following took over as the National Association of Software and Services Companies(Nasscom) Chairman for the year 2013-14 on April 8?

1) N Chandrasekaran 2) R Chandrasekaran



3) Krishnakumar Natarajan 4) N. R. Narayana Murthy


Ques. : 802 Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, died on March 8. Which of the following political

parties did she lead?

1) Labour Party 2) Democratic Unionist Party

3) Conservative Party 4) Scottish National Party


Ques. : 803 Which of the following oil producers made its latest oil discovery, the 26th discovery so far, in the RJ-ON-

90/1 block (Rajasthan) on April 9?

1) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 2) Gas Authority of India Ltd.

3) Cairn India 4) Reliance Industries Limited


Ques. : 804 Which of the following organisations has Venu Srinivasan-led TVS Motor Company inked a long-term co-

operation agreement with to roll out ‘Made in India’ bikes in the below-500cc category?

1) Yamaha 2) BMW Motorrad

3) Chevrolet 4) Porsche


Ques. : 805 Which of the following famous persons has Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Auto India signed as its brand

ambassador?

1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Saina Nehwal

3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4) Jeev Milkha Singh


Ques. : 806 India on April 8 joined the Madrid Protocol. The protocol pertains to the

1) Free trade agreement 2) Sustainable development

3) Registration of trade marks 4) Cutting carbon emissions


Ques. : 807 Recently, the medium-range nuclear-capable Agni-II missile was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler

Island off Odisha coast with a strike range of more than 2,000 km. The missile is a(n)

1) Surface-to-air missile 2) Surface-to-surface missile

3) Air-to-air missile 4) Air-to-water missile


Ques. : 808 Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head at point-blank range by the Taliban for advocating

girls' education, has signed a deal for around USD 3 million to publish her memoir. The book will be titled

1) The Test of My Life 2) The Truth of My Life

3) I am Malala 4) Malala: The braveheart


Ques. : 809 Which of the following is CAPART associated with?

1) Energy Sector 2) Rural development

3) Infrastructure 4) Foreign trade

5) High-end technology Ans.) 2

Ques. : 810 In which of the following cities is the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) located?

1) New York 2) Washington

3) Basel 4) Davos

5) Paris Ans.) 3



Ques. : 811 Name the weightlifter who won silver in the 50kg boys’ category at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, giving India the first

medal in the World Youth Weightlifting Championships on April 8.

1) Deepak Lather 2) Ravi Kumar Katulu

3) Soram Hitlar Tagru 4) Jamjang Deru


Ques. : 812 Name the state government which has announced a special health care scheme named ‘Sneha Sparsh’ fortreatment of complicated diseases like liver transplant for 12 year -old children on April 10.

1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) UP

3) Assam 4) Maharashtra

5) Kerala Ans.) 3

Ques. : 813 With an aim to creating experts in public health, which of the following states will establish the country's first

public health university in the state?

1) Sikkim 2) Odisha

3) Bihar 4) Karnataka


Ques. : 814 Name the French technology services company which was bought by Tata Consultancy Services for over 75million euro (Rs 530 crore) in a deal aimed at giving India's largest software company an extra edge in the crucial

European market.

1) Lodestone 2) Alti SA

3) Dassault Systèmes 4) Auralog


Ques. : 815 Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer Yamaha Motor has announced setting up of its fifth global research

and development (R & D) headquarters that would help develop low-cost models in future, in India at

1) Devas, MP 2) Manesar, Haryana

3) Surajpur, UP 4) Aithar, Uttarakhand


Ques. : 816 Pakistan on April 10 successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Hatf-IV ballistic missile with a range of

1) 200km 2) 500km

3) 600km 4) 900km


Ques. : 817 Which of the following states has decided to start a new scheme called Mission Olympics-2020 for special

coaching to selected state’s players to represent the country in Olympics-2020 on April 10?

1) UP 2) Haryana

3) MP 4) Chhattisgarh

5) Manipur Ans.) 3

Ques. : 818 Recently, the UN Security Council has unanimously approved the first-ever "offensive" UN peacekeeping

brigade to battle rebels groups in which of the following countries?

1) Mali 2) Somalia

3) Democratic Republic of Congo 4) South Sudan


Ques. : 819 Summer Olympics 2016 will be organised in

1) China 2) Brazil

3) Russia 4) South Africa

5) UK Ans.) 2



Ques. : 820 Banking sector falls under which of the following sectors?

1) Service Sector 2) Industrial Sector

3) Small Scale Sector 4) Medium Scale Sector


Ques. : 821 Name the British scientist who died on April 10.He was awarded a Nobel prize for his pioneering work in

developing In vitro fertilisation (IVF) leading to the birth of the first test tube baby.

1) Dr Patrick Steptoe 2) Robert Edwards

3) Martin Johnson 4) Ruth Rendell


Ques. : 822 Uruguay becomes the second Latin American country to allow gay marriage on April 11.The first was

1) Brazil 2) Venezuela

3) Chile 4) Argentina

5) Peru Ans.) 4

Ques. : 823 Which among the following is the largest economy of Europe?


3) Italy 4) UK


Ques. : 824 Zao Wou-ki, whose works routinely fetch millions of dollars at auction, has died on April 9 in Switzerlandaged 93.He was a legendary

1) Screenwriter 2) Painter

3) Singer 4) Writer


Ques. : 825 National Safe Motherhood Day is observed on which of the following days?




Ques. : 826 Bangladesh has opposed the process of constructing dams on two rivers — the Mawphu dam across river

Umiew and Myntdu dam across river Myntdu. These two dams are situated in

1) Manipur 2) Mizoram

3) Meghalaya 4) Sikkim

5) Tripura Ans.) 3

Ques. : 827 Which of the following stock exchange is all set to unveil India’s first debt trading platform?

1) NSE 2) BSE

3) MCX-SX 4) HSE


Ques. : 828 Who among the following has took over as Managing Director and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE) inthe first week of April?

1) Ravi Narain 2) Chitra Ramkrishna

3) Shikha Sharma 4) Harsh Mariwala


Ques. : 829 With which country has India crossed the first milestone towards the development of the fifth generation

fighter aircraft (FGFA), completing the preliminary design?

1) US 2) Germany



3) Russia 4) Japan


Ques. : 830 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new president of Kenya?

1) Uhuru Kenyatta 2) Mwai Kibaki

3) Daniel arap Moi 4) Jomo Kenyatta


Ques. : 831 Which of the following state/UT governments has launched a centralised emergency response system

“Dial-100” to enable the police to reach a complainant within minutes?

1) Karnataka 2) Goa

3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Maharastra


Ques. : 832 The Conference on Sustainable Tourism of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

began on April 12 in

1) Bangalore 2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad 4) New Delhi

5) Pune Ans.) 3

Ques. : 833 Which of the following Internet giants will allow users to decide what happens to their data after they die orbecome inactive online? It is the first major company to deal with the sensitive issue.

1) Google 2) Microsoft

3) Facebook 4) Yahoo


Ques. : 834 Which of the following international organizations has come out with a multi-billion-dollar four-year plan

aimed at bringing down poverty levels in seven low-income Indian states?

1) International Monetary Fund 2) World Bank

3) Asian Development Bank 4) SAARC Development Bank


Ques. : 835 Which of the following state governments on April 11 launched a new scheme named “Amma Hstam” on theoccasion of Ugadi festival to supply nine essential food items to the poor at a subsidized rate?


3) Karnataka 4) Andhra Pradesh


Ques. : 836 Which country did India sign an agreement with on April 11 for cooperation in disaster management?

1) US 2) China

3) Japan 4) Russia


Ques. : 837 Which country did India sign an agreement with on April 12 for cooperation in the field of election

management and administration?

1) Bhutan 2) Nepal

3) Mauritius 4) Sri Lanka


Ques. : 838 Name the Member of Parliament of India who has been elected unanimously as the chairman of the Asian

Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD).

1) Meira Kumar 2) P.J. Kurien



3) Shashi Tharoor 4) Sachin Pilot

5) Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 839 The most powerful tool used by the Reserve Bank of India to control inflation is to

1) Raise interest rates 2) Reduce currency supply

3) Raise currency supply 4) Reduce interest rates

5) Raise interest rates and reduce currency supply Ans.) 1

Ques. : 840 Which of the following is the currency of South Korea?

1) Yen 2) Kyat

3) Won 4) Rupee

5) Ringgit Ans.) 3

Ques. : 841 Which of the following organisations has been conferred with the status of 'Miniratna - Category 1' recently?

1) NMDC Limited 2) Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

3) North Eastern Electric Power Corporation

(Neepco)

4) Central Mine Planning & Design Institute

Limited

5) Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited Ans.) 3

Ques. : 842 Who among the following has been conferred with prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award 2012, the highest

official recognition for film personalities in India?

1) Amrish Puri 2) Amitabh Bacchan

3) Rajesh khanna 4) Pran Sikand


Ques. : 843 India is the 3rd largest agri producer in the world. Which is the first?

1) China 2) US

3) Brazil 4) Japan


Ques. : 844 Name the country whose new government will be recognised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), aftera 22-year break in relations with the once-chaotic country, towards encouraging rehabilitation there?

1) Mali 2) South Sudan

3) Somalia 4) Haiti


Ques. : 845 Moody’s is a/an

1) Mutual Fund Company 2) International charity organization

3) Military risk Assessment Company 4) Credit rating agency


Ques. : 846 Germany will support building up which of the following sectors in India by providing soft loans of up to 1

billion euros (USD 1.3 billion) for a six-year period starting next year?

1) Nuclear energy 2) Oil and Natural gas

3) Renewable energy 4) Coal exploring


Ques. : 847 London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped a place to achieve his career-best worldranking of 7 in the latest list. He is associated with the game of

1) Tennis 2) Cricket

3) Badminton 4) Chess

5) Billiards Ans.) 3



Ques. : 848 The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari released the book entitled “Religion, Law and Society Across

the Globe” on April 12, 2013 authored by,

1) Ismat Chughtai 2) Shri Sanil Sachar

3) Prof. Tahir Mahmood 4) Ashok Banker

5) Amitav Ghosh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 849 The country's first interoperable RIFD-based electronic toll system was rolled out on which of the following

National Highway? The system would allow vehicles fitted with electronic tags to sail through six toll plazas automatically.

1) Delhi-Gurgaon 2) Delhi-Jaipur

3) Ahmedabad-Mumbai 4) Mumbai-Pune


Ques. : 850 Name a doyen of anti-British Bengal revolutionary era who died on April 11. He was a part of Masterda’s

Jugantor, a revolutionary group that took part in the famous Chittagong Armoury Raid on April 18, 1930.

1) Surya Sen 2) Binod Bihari Chowdhury

3) Benoy Basu 4) Bina Das


Ques. : 851 Name the industrialist popularly known as the country's 'takeover specialist', who passed away on April 14.

1) Sanjiv Goenka 2) Harsh Vardhan Goenka

3) Rama Prasad Goenka 4) Keshav Prasad Goenka


Ques. : 852 The Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has resigned, after a long-running dispute with President Mahmoud

Abbas. Salam Fayyad belongs to

1) Cyprus 2) Syria

3) State of Palestine 4) Israel

5) Jordan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 853 The Chief Minister of which state has announced the inauguration of first railway station of the state at

Mendipathar very soon?

1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Sikkim



Ques. : 854 Which of the following is not a part of World Bank?

1) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 2) International Finance Corporation

3) International Centre for Settlement ofInvestment Disputes

4) Bank for International Settlements Committee


Ques. : 855 Who among the following is the winner of Augusta Masters golf tournament 2013? He is the first Australian

winner of the Masters.

1) Angel Cabrera 2) Jason Day

3) Adam Scott 4) Louis Oosthuizen

5) Kenny Perry Ans.) 3

Ques. : 856 Dr Hilary Koprowski, the Polish-born researcher who died on April 11, developed the first successful oral

vaccination for which of the following diseases?

1) Polio 2) Rabies

3) Measles 4) Mumps




Ques. : 857 Who among the following has won the Venezuelan Presidential polls, declared on April 15?

1) Henrique Capriles 2) Nicolas Maduro

3) Jorge Rodriguez 4) Tibisay Lucena


Ques. : 858 US Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed a 20 per cent cut in the American aid to which of the

following countries? It is a move reflecting the unease in their ties over issues related to human rights, reconstruction and

political integration.

1) Syria 2) Sri Lanka

3) Afghanistan 4) Pakistan

5) Iraq Ans.) 2

Ques. : 859 Which of the following organizations is headquartered at Manila, capital of the Philippines?

1) ASEAN 2) ADB

3) SAARC 4) APEC


Ques. : 860 Which of the following nations is NOT a member of G8?

1) US 2) China

3) Italy 4) France

5) Canada Ans.) 2

Ques. : 861 Name the country which is planning to fire 15,000 public sector workers by next year as part of a reform

programme -- a highly controversial issue in the Mediterranean country long criticised for its large and sluggish civil

service.

1) Syria 2) Palestine

3) Greece 4) Algeria

5) Turkey Ans.) 3

Ques. : 862 Chandigarh lifted the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship (North Zone) title afterdefeating

1) Karnataka 2) Punjab

3) UP 4) Tamil Nadu


Ques. : 863 Doling out sops for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers, Delhi Government on April 16 increased

their minimum wages by

1) 6% 2) 4%

3) 3% 4) 8%

5) 12% Ans.) 1

Ques. : 864 Which country did India sign the new Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with on April 8?

1) Malta 2) Austria

3) Mauritius 4) Belgium

5) Croatia Ans.) 1

Ques. : 865 India and Finland have identified several key areas of collaboration in sustainable development for mutual

benefits. Which of the following is the focus of the key areas?

1) Solar energy applications for oil and gasprojects

2) Solar energy applications for electricitygeneration

3) Solar energy applications for water treatment4) Solar energy applications for transport and

reconnaissance




Ques. : 866 Goldman Prize was declared recently. The award is also known as

1) Oscars of the corporate sector 2) Oscars of sports

3) Oscars of the environment movement 4) Oscars of Information Technology


Ques. : 867 The Nobel Prize won by British scientist Francis Crick has sold for $2.27m (£1.47m) at auction in New York

.The award had been given for the discovery of

1) Polypeptide hormone 2) DNA

3) X-rays 4) Treatment of skin diseases with light

5) Non-cellular fermentation Ans.) 2

Ques. : 868 Name the Indian-American economist from Harvard University whose pioneering work was cited by US

President Barack Obama in his last year's State of the Union Address. He has won the prestigious John Bates Clarkmedal 2013, often described as the 'Baby Nobel'.

1) Jagdish Bhagwati 2) Narayana Kocherlakota

3) Alok Bhargava 4) Avinash Kamalakar Dixit

5) Raj Chetty Ans.) 5

Ques. : 869 Which of the following is called plastic money?

1) Debit Card 2) Identity Card

3) Visiting Card 4) Banker’s Cheque


Ques. : 870 An earthquake rocked Delhi, NCR and Jaipur in North India at around 4.19 pm on April 16. The earthquake

was also felt in Afghanistan, Pakistan and some other parts of Asia. The earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter Scale had

its epicentre on the

1) India-Pakistan border 2) India-Afghanistan border

3) Pakistan-Iran border 4) Pakistan-Afghanistan border


Ques. : 871 “Not for Turning” is the biography of

1) K. Anji Reddy 2) Margaret Thatcher

3) Phil Ramone 4) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

5) Rama Prasad Goenka Ans.) 2

Ques. : 872 World Haemophilia Day is observed on April 17.What is the theme of this year?

1) "Count Me In" 2) “50 years of Advancing Treatment for All”

3) The Many Faces of Bleeding Disorders – United

to Achieve Treatment for All"4) "Together, We Care"

5) "Improve Your Life” Ans.) 2

Ques. : 873 Who among the following became the youngest athlete of the state to be conferred with the Sher-i-Kashmir

Sports Award declared on April 16?

1) Navjot Singh 2) Harleen Singh

3) Sonal Gupta 4) Kamal Singh

5) Manvinder Singh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 874 Banks in India are regulated under

1) Companies Act, 1956 2) Banking Regulation Act, 1949



3) Reserve Bank of India, 1934 4) International IFRS Act


Ques. : 875 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 Ans.) 4

Ques. : 876 “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


Ques. : 877 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


Ques. : 878 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 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 879 The famous 'Pooram' festival, whose main attraction is a parade by caparisoned elephants, organisers arein 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


Ques. : 880 IMF on April 17, cut its 2013 forecast for global growth to 3.3 per cent, down from its projection in January of




Ques. : 881 Name the Telugu writer who was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012.

1) R Ananthamurthy 2) Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja

3) Jayakanthan 4) JM Sali


Ques. : 882 The recent CAG reports point out several performances and financial anomalies in Kol Dham Hydro ElectricPower Project. The project belongs to

1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Uttarakhand

3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Meghalaya


Ques. : 883 As per the data released by the Ministry of Rural Development recently, job generation under the MNREGA

scheme has _______ over the years.

1) increased 2) declined

3) remained constant 4) mixed trend




Ques. : 884 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 biometrics-photographs, fingerprints and iris impression.

4) All the residents above five years of age have tobe enrolled mandatorily.

5) It will be used for identification and providing

target groups access to government schemes

and social sector benefits.

Ans.) 2

Ques. : 885 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


Ques. : 886 Indian cinema will complete its journey of 100 years on May 3 this year. India's first silent feature film "Raja

Harishchandra" was screened on May 3, 1913 at

1) Coronation Theatre 2) Majestic Cinema

3) Prabhat Studios 4) Bombay Talkies

5) Wadia Movietone Ans.) 1

Ques. : 887 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


Ques. : 888 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


Ques. : 889 Although the Union Cabinet approved a proposal for FDI in insurance to 49 per cent. The current percentage

of FDI in India




Ques. : 890 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


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