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Ques. : 1 Which Indian power company has sold 30% stake in its energy unit in Singapores Jurong

Island to a subsidiary of Malaysian state-run oil and gas firm Petronas?

1) Reliance Energy 2) GVK Power & Infrastructure

3) GMR Infrastructure 4) Essar Group

5) Adani Group Ans.) 3

Ques. : 2 What is current mandatory cooling off period for senior bureaucrats who want to take up

plum posts in private sector after retirement?

1) One year 2) Two years

3) Three years 4) Four years

5) Five years Ans.) 1

Ques. : 3 What is the striking range of surface-to-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile,

which has been successfully test fired recently from Chandipur, Orissa?

1) 200 km 2) 350 km

3) 500 km 4) 800 km

5) 1000 km Ans.) 2

Ques. : 4 What is the targeted fiscal deficit figure for the financial year 2011-12?

1) 2.8% 2) 3.5%

3) 4% 4) 4.6%

5) 6% Ans.) 4

Ques. : 5 The high-level expert panel of the Planning Commission on universal health, which has

submitted its report recently, has recommended to lower theforeign direct investment

(FDI) in pharmaceutical sector from the present 100% to below:

1) 26% 2) 72%

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Ques. : 8 Who among the following led the Indian delegation to the first-ever Strategic and

Economic Dialogue (SED) between India and China in Beijing in September?

1) Manmohan Singh 2) Pranab Mukherjee

3) Mauntek Singh Ahluwalia 4) Anand Sharma

5) Jairam Ramesh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 9 Wangari Maathai, who was the first African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize and died

recently, was the citizen of:

1) South Africa 2) Nigeria

3) Egypt 4) Namibia

5) Kenya Ans.) 5

Ques. : 10 The south-west Iranian city of Ahvaz has been in news recently because:

1) Iran has commissioned a new nuclear power plant in the city. 2) A war memorial of the soldierswho died in Iran-Iraq war has been built here.

3) The city has been the venue of fresh Palestine-Israel talks. 4) The WHO has declared it as the

worst polluted city in the world.

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 11 Name the head of the 15-member group on universal health coverage (UHC) set up by

the Planning Commission, which has recommended a new national health regulatory authority to

ensure assured quality and rational pricing of healthcare services?

1) K Srinath Reddy 2) Syeda Hamid

3) Gita Sen 4) Jashodhara Dasgupta

5) Govinda Rao Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 13 Which of the following is a major hurdle in the way of the South Asian Free Trade

Area (SAFTA)?

1) India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement 2) Indo-Nepal unrestricted trade and business

3) Land transit facility between India and Bangladesh 4) Pakistans denial to accord India Most

Favoured Nation (MFN) status


Ques. : 14 Which of the following Indian movie has been included in the all-time 25 best sports

movies list compiled by Time magazine?

1) Lagaan 2) Iqbal

3) Chak De India 4) Speedy Singhs

5) Rascals Ans.) 1

Ques. : 16 Which country has for the first time granted women the right to vote and run as

candidates in local elections to be held in 2015?

1) Iran 2) North Korea

3) UAE 4) Saudi Arabia

5) Iran Ans.) 4

Ques. : 17 In which of the following statesa Court of Arbitration has restrained the

authorities from undertaking any permanent dam works in the disputed

Kishenganga project?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Punjab

3) Jharkhand 4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Jammu & Kashmir Ans.) 5

Ques. : 18 Which domestic carrier has announced the extension of its short term promotion

scheme, Silver and Platinum Pass, aimed at providing air travel at competitive and affordable rates?

1) Spice Jet 2) Air India

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3) Jet Airways 4) Kingfisher

5) Go Air Ans.) 2

Ques. : 19 HALCON along with terminal operator Clarion Solutions has announced the

commencement of air cargo services at which of the following airports?

1) Visakhapatnam Airport (Andhra Pradesh) 2) Safdarjung Airport (New Delhi)

3) Kochi Airport (Kochi) 4) Ojhar airport (Nashik, Maharashtra)

5) Raja Bhoj Airport (Bhopal) Ans.) 4

Ques. : 20 Which PSU has clinched five awards including the best financial performance award inMaharatna and Navaratna categories?

1) BHEL 2) ONGC

3) NTPC 4) Indian Oil

5) Coal India Ans.) 2

Ques. : 21 Which of the following Russian grandmasters has won the Chess World Cup titlerecently?

1) Peter Svidler 2) Alexander Grischuk

3) Vladas Mikenas 4) Nikolay Novotelnov


Ques. : 22 According to the latest ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen, which cricketer has topped

the rankings of ODI batsmen?

1) HM Amla 2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Alastair Cook 4) Kumar Sangakkara

5) Saqibul Hassan Rana Ans.) 1

Ques. : 23 Which one of the following state government has announcedfree housing for

Schedule Castes living in jhuggis under the Rajiv Ratna Yojana?

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5) 1000 km Ans.) 2

Ques. : 33 What are Conflict commodities?

1) Minerals mined in naxalite-infested areas 2) International trade in arms

3) Valuable minerals which are claimed by warring groups in civil war-torn countries 4) Narcotics

supplied by international drug cartels


Ques. : 34 Who is heading the Indian womens hockey team on its tour to Australia to participate in

four test series and a three-nation International Super Series?

1) Yogita Bali 2) Asunta Lakra

3) Saba Anjum 4) Rosalin Dung Dung

5) Poonam Rani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 35 For which segments of people India Post, the worlds largest postal network, has tied up

with US-based Money Gram International to provide money transfer solutions?

1) Armed forces 2) Senior citizens

3) Migrant labourers 4) Indians living abroad

5) Workers of MNREGS Ans.) 4

Ques. : 36 Which is the only country after Russia and the United States to have successfully

launched its first space laboratory module (Tiangong) to assemble its own space station by 2020?

1) India 2) China

3) Japan 4) Germany

5) France Ans.) 2

Ques. : 37 Name the US-based broadcaster and author who was recently denied entry into India

ostensibly on the reason that he was banned from entering the country?

1) Anuradha Chenoy 2) Mirza Waheed

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3) Noam Chomsky 4) Vrinda Grover

5) David Barsamian Ans.) 5

Ques. : 38 In which country India is negotiating for development of Farzad gas field in that country?

1) Saudi Arabia 2) Tajikistan

3) Iran 4) Afghanistan

5) Russia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 39 In which of the following Western country the Left parties have won absolute majority in

the upper house of parliament, Senate, for the first time since the republic was founded in 1958?

1) US 2) Germany

3) France 4) Italy

5) Austria Ans.) 3

Ques. : 40 For which sport triple Olympian Mukesh Kumar has been appointed as the assistant

coach to the chief national coach Michael Nobbs?

1) Athletics 2) Badminton

3) Golf 4) Hockey

5) Football Ans.) 4

Ques. : 41 What target has been set by India and Pakistan to increase bilateral trade recently?

1) $ 2.7 billion 2) $ 3 billion

3) $ 4 billion 4) $ 5 billion

5) $ 6 billion Ans.) 5

Ques. : 42 September 29 is celebrated every year throughout the world as:

1) World Health Day 2) World Heart Day

3) World Diabetes Day 4) World Climate Day

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5) World Anti-Corruption Day Ans.) 2

Ques. : 43 Who has been given the Hridaynath Award recently?

1) Alka Yagnik 2) Asha Bonsley

3) Lata Mangeshkar 4) Shabana Azmi

5) Amitabh Bachchan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 44 The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayati has carved out three more districts in the

state viz Panchsheel Nagar, Prabudh Nagar and Bhim Nagar. With this the total number of districts in

the state has gone up to:

1) 68 2) 70

3) 75 4) 78

5) 80 Ans.) 3

Ques. : 45 BK Chaturvedi Committee report is related to:

1) Issues related to development of National Highways 2) Revival of sick public sector units

3) Consolidation of public sector banks 4) Restructuring Air India


Ques. : 46 Which domestic carrier has announced the extension of its short term promotion

scheme, Silver and Platinum Pass, aimed at providing air travel at competitive and affordable rates?

1) Spice Jet 2) Air India

3) Jet Airways 4) Kingfisher

5) Go Air Ans.) 2

Ques. : 47 Which PSU has clinched five awards including the best financial performance award in

Maharatna and Navaratna categories?

1) ONGC 2) BHEL

3) NTPC 4) Indian Oil

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5) Coal India Ans.) 1

Ques. : 48 Which of the following has recently invited India to be a partner in its ballistic missile

defence (BMD) programme?

1) The United States 2) European Union

3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 4) Russia


Ques. : 49 Dan Shechtman, who has won this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasi-

crystal, belongs to:

1) US 2) Britain

3) Israel 4) Sweden

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 50 Name the Swedish poet who has been awarded this years Nobel Prize in literature for

his work New Collected Poems?

1) Phillip Roth 2) Bob Dylan

3) Cees Nooteboom 4) Tomas Transtromer

5) Ko Un Ans.) 4

Ques. : 51 What is the name of the worlds cheapest tablet PC, costing just Rs 2,276, which has

been produced by India and that would be available at around half this price to students as part of

the governments programme to expand education through IT?

1) Sudarshan 2) Aakash

3) Khoj 4) Saraswati

5) Laxmi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 52 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the

Moodys in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda

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3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India

5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. : 53 Manjeet Singh, for whom the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with

the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel, seeking a life ban on him, is associated with:

1) Athletics 2) Hockey

3) Football 4) Boxing

5) Wrestling Ans.) 4

Ques. : 54 What is Kala Patthar?

1) A land rover to be placed on Indias moon mission Chandrayan 2) The worlds highest

webcam installed on Mt Everest

3) Huge uranium ores discovered recently in Andhra Pradesh 4) Milestones placed on the Golden

Quadrilateral Highway


Ques. : 55 With which country India has signed a treaty to train that countrys security forces?

1) Iraq 2) South Sudan

3) Libya 4) Afghanistan

5) Syria Ans.) 4

Ques. : 56 Which bank is in process of acquiring select assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in

India for which it is in consultation of the banking regulator RBI?

1) ICICI 2) HSBC

3) HDFC 4) State Bank of India

5) Axis Bank Ans.) 2

Ques. : 57 Which country has imposed a fat tax on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb

unhealthy eating habits recently?

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1) Denmark 2) Britain

3) Canada 4) France

5) Austria Ans.) 1

Ques. : 58 Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman have been awarded this years Nobel

Prize in Medicine for:

1) Drug resistant Japanese encephalitis 2) New cancer research

3) Breakthrough in treating HIV/AIDS 4) Two-tier structure of the immune system


Ques. : 59 Indian agro industry is eying China as a potential importer of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV)

grown mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka? FCV is the variety of:

1) Tea 2) Coffee

3) Tobacco 4) Betel nut

5) Rubber Ans.) 3

Ques. : 60 Who has been presented the Dilip Bose lifetime achievement award recently by the All

India Tennis Association?

1) Praveen Kumar 2) Kawaljeet Singh

3) Vijay Amritraj 4) Vijay Damani

5) Harsh Mankad Ans.) 2

Ques. : 61 The government has hiked the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in FM radio to 26

from:

1) 10% 2) 12%

3) 16% 4) 18%

5) 20% Ans.) 5

Ques. : 62 The ambitious Rs 1,800-crore Indira Jal Prabha programme launched recently, aims at

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providing irrigation facilities to the land belonging to:

1) Drought-hit farmers 2) People below poverty line

3) Marginal farmers 4) SCs/STs

5) War widows Ans.) 4

Ques. : 63 Ram Dayal Munda, who passed away recently, was a famous:

1) Musician 2) Politician

3) Dramatist 4) Novelist

5) Educationist Ans.) 1

Ques. : 64 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against government-

backed banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics?

1) Greece 2) Italy

3) US 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 65 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government

to move a similar bill in the island nations parliament?

1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill

3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill

5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

Ques. : 66 Which is the first West Asian country for which the government has launched a web-

based procedure of attesting contracts of Indian workers working there to prevent exploitation by

foreign employers?

1) United Arab Emirates 2) Saudi Arabia

3) Bahrain 4) Turkey

5) Egypt Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 72 Which Indian cricketer has launched a sports academy recently in Jhajjar in Haryana?

1) MS Dhoni 2) Virendra Sehwag

3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Ajay Jadeja

5) Kapil Dev Ans.) 2

Ques. : 73 Against which country India has decided to file a complaint with the World Trade

Organisation (WTO) for imposing illegal duties by the country on cotton yarn imports?

1) Egypt 2) Turkey

3) China 4) Nigeria

5) Saudi Arabia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 74 In which country recently Indian-origin tycoon Pankaj Oswal has been accused of one of

the countrys biggest corporate frauds for siphoning $113 million out of his Burrup Fertilizers?

1) Britain 2) Australia

3) Canada 4) New Zealand

5) South Africa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 75 Three women of Africa Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkul Karman and Leymah Gbowee

have shared this years Nobel Peace Prize. Ellen Johnon became the first elected woman head of

state of Africa. Ellen belongs to:

1) Liberia 2) Sudan

3) Burundi 4) Yemen

5) Congo Ans.) 1

Ques. : 76 Government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira in its report

presented recently has suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect

to mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector?

1) Competition Commission of India 2) Finance Ministry

3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 77 Under whose chairmanship the Union Government has recently announced the

reconstitution of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) to energise and

sustain the growth of manufacturing industries and help in the implementation of strategies by the

government?

1) V Krishnamurthy 2) Pranab Mukherjee

3) U K Sinha 4) Dr D Subbarao

5) C Rangarajan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 78 Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK

entered the mortgage market in the country for the first time?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Oriental Bank of Commerce

3) State Bank of India 4) Indian Overseas Bank

5) Canara Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. : 79 With which one of the following countries India agreed to allow the entry of law firms?

1) United Kingdom 2) USA

3) China 4) Pakistan

5) France Ans.) 1

Ques. : 80 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the

Moodys in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda

3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India

5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. : 81 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government

to move a similar bill in the island nations parliament?

1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill

3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill

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5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

Ques. : 82 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against government-

backed banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics?

1) Greece 2) Italy

3) US 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 83 Justice M B Shah Commission is probing into:

1) Illegal mining in Karnataka 2) Illegal mining in Goa

3) Exact determinant to fix income level for people living below poverty line 4) Police excesses in

Maoist-infested areas

5) Gopalgarh firing in Rajasthan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 84 Between which of the following stations, Indian Railways flagged off its first air-

conditioned double-decker chair-car train recently?

1) Mumbai-Surat 2) Howrah-Dhanbad

3) Howra-Patna 4) Mumbai-Goa


Ques. : 85 Which country has abolished the official retirement, which makes mandatory for

companies to give objective reasons for asking someone to go away their job on grounds of age?

1) Japan 2) Russia

3) Britain 4) US

5) Sweden Ans.) 3

Ques. : 86 Which state government has awarded those who have achieved 100 years of age with

Shatayu Samman, in order to build consciousness about healthy ageing?

1) Bihar 2) Madhya Pradesh

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3) Rajasthan 4) Orissa

5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 87 Who among the following has got this years Nobel Prize in Economics for providing ways

to understand the impacts of policy changes or shocks such as surging oil prices on output, inflation

and employment?

1) Richard Thaler and Robert Schiller 2) Martin Weitzman and William Nordhaus

3) Jean Tirole and Oliver Hart 4) Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims


Ques. : 88 Which of the following is NOT True regarding the draft National Telecom Policy 2011

announced recently?

1) It proposes to accord telecom industry status of infrastructure industry 2) There will be no

roaming charges

3) Mobile Numbers can be ported to any part of the country 4) There will be one telecom,

without any circles

5) It proposes to do away with the telecom regulator TRAI Ans.) 5

Ques. : 89 Who among the following has won the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National

Integration?

1) Javed Akhtar 2) Mahashweta Devi

3) Balraj Puri 4) Mohan Dharia

5) Shyam Benegal Ans.) 4

Ques. : 90 Delhi state government has recently launched a micro-finance project for women. Which

of the following is correct?

1) The project aims at providing financial support to over one lakh vulnerable women in New Delhi.

2) The project will be implemented by the Samajik Suvidha Sangam in collaboration with

Delhi chapter of SEWA.

3) A separate cell in finance ministry of the Delhi government has been set up to monitor the

project. 4) Both (A) & (B) are correct

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3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance 4) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

5) Max New York Life Insurance Ans.) 4

Ques. : 101 With which country India has held its first Higher Education Summit recently?

1) Britain 2) US

3) Russia 4) France

5) Japan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 102 What is newly introduced Niryat Bandhu scheme?

1) Universalising computer education in India 2) Incentives offered to exporters from Bangladesh

3) A package for IT exporters of India 4) A scheme to guide first generation of entrepreneurs

involved in international trade


Ques. : 103 Name the rival prize of Man Booker Prize recently announced by a group of prominent

British writers, literary agents and critics, amid growing row over the quality of this years Bookershortlist?

1) The British Nobel Prize 2) The British Booker

3) The Literature Prize 4) The Best Literature


Ques. : 104 In which country Indias flagship oil and gas explorer ONGCs overseas investment arm,

ONGC Videsh has sealed a deal to take 25% stake in Satpayev hydrocarbon reserve?

1) Russia 2) Vietnam

3) Turmenistan 4) Azerbaijan

5) Kazakhstan Ans.) 5

Ques. : 105 Malimath Committee report is related to:

1) Accountability measures for lower bureaucracy 2) Judicial reforms

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3) Welfare of weaker sections 4) Reservation for Muslims in states

5) Pay revision for high court judges Ans.) 2

Ques. : 106 Indias Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) which has been launched recently is

carrying Megha-Tropiques to study the weather and climate in the tropical regions of the world. The

Megha-Tropiques is the joint mission of India and

1) France 2) Luxembourg

3) Italy 4) Singapore

5) Russia Ans.) 1

Ques. : 107 In which city the Reserve Bank of Indias exhibition named Mint Road Milestone

showcasing the banks 75-year-long journey recently?

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Kolkata 4) Chennai

5) Jaipur Ans.) 5

Ques. : 108 Who has written the book Looking Back Into the Future: Identity & Insurgency in

Northeast India?

1) Philipp Heimerdinger 2) Indira Jaising

3) Purshottam Agarwal 4) Vasant G. Gadre

5) MS Prabhakaran Ans.) 5

Ques. : 109 Which of the following life insurance company has launched two unit-linked insurance

plans (ULIPs) Elite Life and Elite Wealth aimed at high net worth individuals?

1) SBI Life 2) Reliance Life Insurance

3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance 4) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

5) Max New York Life Insurance Ans.) 4

Ques. : 110 In the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) what is the rank of India in a groupof 81 countries?

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presented recently has suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect

to mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector?

1) Competition Commission of India 2) Finance Ministry

3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Ans.) 1

Ques. : 116 The government is considering raising the limit of foreign investment in bonds of

infrastructure companies. What is the current limit?




Ques. : 117 Which state of India has constituted a task force to make the state tobacco free?

1) Bihar 2) Delhi

3) Punjab 4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 3

Ques. : 118 In which country the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa plus Russia and China) summit has

been organized in October?

1) Brazil 2) India

3) South Africa 4) Russia

5) China Ans.) 3

Ques. : 119 At which of the following place recently the Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair, Asias

biggest such event was organized?

1) Chandigarh 2) Agra

3) Manesar 4) Greater Noida

5) Ranchi Ans.) 4

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church recently, many people died in clashes and the countrys finance resigned over the issue?

1) Turkey 2) Egypt

3) Uganda 4) Nigeria

5) South Africa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 126 Which countrys parliament has recently passed three long-stalled free trade

agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama?

1) India 2) Japan

3) US 4) Russia

5) China Ans.) 3

Ques. : 127 Which country will implement Volcker rule from next year, which would limit

proprietary trading at banks and restrict the investments they can make in hedge funds and private

equity?

1) China 2) US

3) Greece 4) Italy

5) Spain Ans.) 2

Ques. : 128 . Name the film being made by the Hollywood film-maker Roger Spottiswoode based on

mathematical genius Srinivas Ramanujan, starring actor Siddharth?

1) Tomorrow Never Dies 2) The Man of Future

3) The First Class Man 4) Kings Speech

5) Inkheart Ans.) 3

Ques. : 129 G-20 finance ministers meeting was held recently in:

1) London 2) Glasgow

3) Maastricht 4) Washington

5) Paris Ans.) 5

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Ques. : 130 Which among the following is the most polluted city of India as per recent World Health

Organization estimates?

1) Kanpur 2) Ludhiana

3) Chennai 4) Jamshedpur

5) Delhi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 131 Which among the following entity was renamed by Jet Airways as JetLite to market it as

a low-cost carrier, after acquisition?

1) Air Sahara 2) Air Deccan

3) Indus Air 4) Archana Airways

5) Alliance Air Ans.) 1

Ques. : 132 Sudhir Vasudeva has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of which

among the following state-owned PSUs?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) HPCL

5) SAIL Ans.) 2

Ques. : 133 Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the chief of which among the following?

1) Council of Europe 2) Federal Reserves

3) NATO 4) WTO

5) World Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. : 134 Which among the following is the NASA telescope that tries to search for life in every

corner of Galaxy?

1) Chandra 2) Hubble

3) Kepler 4) Euclid

5) Atlantis Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 135 What was the name of Chinas first lunar probe that impacted moon a few years ago?

1) Change 1 2) Fengyun

3) HaiYang 4) Tansuo-1

5) Tiangong Ans.) 1

Ques. : 136 Femina, the famous womens magazine of India is published by which among the

following publishers?

1) Times Group 2) Hindu Group

3) HT Group 4) Indian Express Group

5) India Today Group Ans.) 1

Ques. : 137 Which among the following is the venue of November 2011 G-20 Summit?

1) Rome 2) London

3) Tokyo 4) Cannes

5) St Petersburg Ans.) 4

Ques. : 138 Fauja Singh was recently making headlines because:

1) He is the oldest person in the world to climb Mt Everest 2) He was the head of India-Pakistan

joint marathon race

3) He has been appointed the new chief of the RSS 4) He is the worlds oldest marathon winner


Ques. : 139 In which country, in a historic step, the armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided

to end more than four decades of violence?

1) Turkey 2) Spain

3) Thailand 4) Spain

5) Turkey Ans.) 2

Ques. : 140 Name the Indian who has won the 13rd Raid de Himalaya motor rally in extreme four-

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wheeler category recently?

1) Suresh Rana 2) Navdeep Thareja

3) Umesh Raheja 4) Hardeep Bawa

5) Shakti Bajaj Ans.) 1

Ques. : 141 Which two states have jointly launched an operation named Operation Thunder

against the Maoists?

1) Bihar and Jharkhand 2) Jharkhand and Orissa

3) Jharkhand and Chattisgarh 4) Jharkhand and Orissa

5) Bihar and Jharkhand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 142 World Food Day is observed every year on:

1) June 12 2) October 16

3) November 24 4) March 8

5) April 26 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 143 The government is considering raising the limit of foreign investment in bonds of

infrastructure companies. What is the current limit?




Ques. : 144 Which state of India has constituted a task force to make the state tobacco free?

1) Bihar 2) Delhi

3) Punjab 4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 3

Ques. : 145 Which country has recently pleaded to be made a member of the India-Brazil-South

Africa grouping (IBSA), which India has rejected?

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1) China 2) Turkey

3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan

5) Russia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 146 The International Film Festival of India is held every year in:

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Hyderabad 4) Goa

5) Kolkata Ans.) 4

Ques. : 147 What is Occupy Wall Street campaign?

1) Libyan rebel leaders protest against American hegemony in the country 2) A major

movement in Western countries against dollar as international currency of trade

3) A fight between developed and developing countries over the leadership of IMF and the World

Bank 4) A protest against bank bailouts, corporate greed, and the unchecked power of business in

US


Ques. : 148 Which of the following private bank of India has announced the opening of 66 new

branches and 34 ATMs all over India?

1) Federal Bank 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank

3) Yes Bank 4) South Indian Bank

5) Karur Vysya Bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 149 In which blue chip public sector undertaking (PSU) the government has decided to sell 5

per cent of its equity, in order to gear up for meeting the ambitious disinvestment target of Rs

40,000 crore for the current fiscal year?

1) Power Finance Corporation 2) ONGC

3) SAIL 4) HPCL

5) Hindustan Cables Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 150 Who among the following Hindi novelist has been given the countrys highest literary

award Jnanpith Award, who wrote novels like Raag Darbari, Agyatvas, Bisrampur Ka Sant, etc?

1) Aruna Sitesh 2) Satish Varma

3) Shrilal Shukla 4) Ravindra Kalia

5) Vishwaranjan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 151 In which state Saanjh Kendras have been started, which enable the people to go for

permissions, certificates, verification of passports, vehicles, tenants and servants, etc in these

Kendras, rather than going to police?

1) Bihar 2) Haryana

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Punjab

5) Madhya Praesh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 152 The Tshwane Declaration, recently signed by India and some other countries is related

to:

1) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit 2) IBSA summit

3) BIMSTEC summit 4) SAARC summit

5) BRICS summit Ans.) 2

Ques. : 153 Which among the following is the most polluted city of India as per recent World Health

Organization estimates?

1) Kanpur 2) Ludhiana

3) Chennai 4) Jamshedpur

5) Delhi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 154 Which among the following entity was renamed by Jet Airways as JetLite to market it as

a low-cost carrier, after acquisition?

1) Air Sahara 2) Air Deccan

3) Indus Air 4) Archana Airways

5) Alliance Air Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 155 Sudhir Vasudeva has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of which

among the following state-owned PSUs?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) HPCL

5) SAIL Ans.) 2

Ques. : 156 Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the chief of which among the following?

1) Council of Europe 2) Federal Reserves

3) NATO 4) WTO

5) World Bank Ans.) 2

Ques. : 157 Which among the following is the NASA telescope that tries to search for life in every

corner of Galaxy?

1) Chandra 2) Hubble

3) Kepler 4) Euclid

5) Atlantis Ans.) 3

Ques. : 158 Fauja Singh was recently making headlines because:

1) He is the oldest person in the world to climb Mt Everest 2) He was the head of India-Pakistan

joint marathon race

3) He has been appointed the new chief of the RSS 4) He is the worlds oldest marathon winner


Ques. : 159 In which country, in a historic step, the armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided

to end more than four decades of violence?

1) Turkey 2) Spain

3) Palestine 4) Egypt

5) Italy Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 160 Who has written the book Pages from the Past: A Journalist Looks Back?

1) Neerja Chowdhary 2) Kumkum Chaddha

3) KP Srivastava 4) Haroon Habib

5) AG Noorani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 161 After Kolkata and Delhi, which city of India has started Metro train services named

Namma Metro for daily commuters?

1) Jaipur 2) Hyderabad

3) Bangalore 4) Chennai

5) Ahmedabad Ans.) 3

Ques. : 162 Which city of India is all set to host the first international coloured gemstones Mines to

Market conference?

1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi

3) Bangalore 4) Hyderabad

5) Jaipur Ans.) 5

Ques. : 163 Which of the following journalist has won the International Committee of the Red Cross

award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues?

1) Aman Seth 2) Uma Baba

3) Reji Joseph 4) Anup Sharma

5) P Sainath Ans.) 1

Ques. : 164 George Varghese Kakkanadan, who passed away recently, was a famous writer of:

1) Telgu 2) Tamil

3) Kannad 4) Malayalam

5) Marathi Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 165 Who among the following writer has won this year's Man Booker Prize for his fiction

The Sense of an Ending?

1) Carol Birch 2) Patrick deWitt

3) Esi Edugyan 4) Patrick deWitt

5) Carol Birch Ans.) 5

Ques. : 166 Which among the following MLA of Uttar Pradesh has been disqualified by the Election

Commission in a historic decision for advertising herself in newspapers without revealing the money

paid on these paid news?

1) Seema Upadhyay 2) Dharmendra Yadav

3) Umlesh Yadav 4) St. Mithilesh Pal

5) Premlata Devi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 167 Name the state of India where people are protesting against the proposed nuclear

power plant at Gorakhpur village and recently released a film 3 Mile to Gorakhpur to strengthen

their resolve?

1) Maharashtra 2) Haryana

3) West Bengal 4) Haryana

5) Maharashtra Ans.) 2

Ques. : 168 In which of the following university, the Haryana government has approved a Centre of

Excellence for bajra, known as the primary food of the poor?

1) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 2) Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar

3) Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa 4) Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak

5) Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar Ans.) 5

Ques. : 169 Which city of India has launched an active campaign for seeking World Heritage City

status from UNESCO?

1) Lucknow 2) Mysore

3) Aurangabad 4) Hyderabad

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3) Udaipur 4) New Delhi

5) Bhubneswar Ans.) 3

Ques. : 175 In which state the State Tourism Department recently organized a two-day Shikara

Festival?

1) Rajasthan 2) West Bengal

3) Karnataka 4) Jammu & Kashmir

5) Gujarat Ans.) 4

Ques. : 176 Which public sector bank is opening Crorepati Only branch in Jaipur, inviting 1,000millionaires on Diwali to open privileged accounts with a minimum opening balance of Rs 1 crore?

1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank

3) Bank of Baroda 4) Oriental Bank of Commerce

5) Corporation Bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 177 Which state is the worst performer in all human development indices, as per theHuman Development Index (HDI), recently released by the Planning Commission of India?

1) Bihar 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Jharkhand 4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Uttarakhand Ans.) 2

Ques. : 178 In which city talks on a global treaty on banning the deadly chemical mercury was

organized recently?

1) Copenhagen 2) Durban

3) Nairobi 4) Paris

5) Cancun Ans.) 3

Ques. : 179 From which country the United States has declared to pull out all its troops by the end

of 2011?

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1) Afghanistan 2) Libya

3) Liberia 4) Iraq

5) Pakistan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 180 Which Indian woman has been awarded by the US President Barack Obama

posthumously with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the highest civilian award of the US, for her

courage in overcoming and speaking out against domestic abuse in the Indian-American community?

1) Vijaya Emani 2) Manjula Padmanabhan

3) Kiran Majumdar Shaw 4) Manjula Padmanabhan

5) Vijaya Emani Ans.) 1

Ques. : 181 According to the Human Development Index (HDI), released recently, in which state of

India there is the highest incidence of malnutrition among Muslims SC and ST women?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Bihar

3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal


Ques. : 182 Against which country India is approaching the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over

the imposition of 18% to 500% penal duties on imports of hot-rolled steel, which has priced Indian

producers out of that country?

1) China 2) Italy

3) Israel 4) US

5) Japan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 183 In which of the following place pre-historic rock paintings have been unearthed

matching the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bhimbetka rock shelter in Madhya Pradesh?

1) Aurangabad, Maharashtra 2) Bundi, Rajasthan

3) Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 4) Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

5) Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 189 Name the state of India where people are protesting against the proposed nuclear

power plant at Gorakhpur village and recently released a film 3 Mile to Gorakhpur to strengthen

their resolve?

1) Maharashtra 2) Haryana

3) West Bengal 4) Punjab

5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 190 Which city of India has launched an active campaign for seeking World Heritage City

status from UNESCO?

1) Lucknow 2) Mysore

3) Aurangabad 4) Hyderabad

5) Delhi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 191 Which famous journalist was recently appointed as one of the Information

Commissioners of Bihar?

1) Deepak Chaurasia 2) MJ Akbar

3) Farzand Ahmad 4) Mammen Mathew

5) Vikas Kumar Jha Ans.) 3

Ques. : 192 Name the chief of the panel which has submitted its report asking the state-run banks

to introduce and implement a performance management system to promote high performance

culture among banks and outsource more and more non-core activities?

1) RP Goyal 2) KR Kamath

3) Deepak Parekh 4) AC Mahajan

5) AK Khandelwal Ans.) 5

Ques. : 193 Who is the head of the committee recently set up by the Planning Commission to help

restore the financial health of the power distribution sector, which is reeling under huge losses?

1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 2) Arun Maira

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3) BK Chaturvedi 4) M Govinda Rao


Ques. : 194 In which state the ambitious Rs 40,000 crore Prime Ministers Reconstruction Plan

(PMRP) was launched to improve the infrastructure facilities across the state?

1) Nagaland 2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Bihar 4) Manipur

5) Arunachal Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 195 Union government of India decided to ban the use of infertility drug Letrozole.Letrozole is mainly recommended for treating ____.

1) Cancer 2) Dengue

3) AIDS 4) Malaria

5) Hepatitis B Ans.) 1

Ques. : 196 World Food Day was observed on which of the following dates with the theme- FoodPrices From Crisis to Stability?

1) 15 October 2) 16 October

3) 17 October 4) 18 October

5) 25 October Ans.) 2

Ques. : 197 Which of the following McLarens driver won the Japanese Grand Prix in his adopted

homeland, Japan on 9 October 2011?

1) Sebastian Vettel 2) Max Webber

3) Jenson Button 4) Fernando Alonso


Ques. : 198 Which football club/team won the 2011 Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium in New

Delhi with a 5-4 tie-break win?

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1) East Bengal 2) Churchill Brothers

3) Prayag United 4) Mohun Bagan

5) Dempo Sports Club Ans.) 2

Ques. : 199 The Union agriculture ministry has proposed a hike of Rs 115 per quintal in the

minimum support price (MSP) of wheat to what sum per quintal to cover rising farm input cost and

encourage farmers to increase acreage?

1) Rs 1250 per quintal 2) Rs 1300 per quintal

3) Rs 1285 per quintal 4) Rs 1315 per quintal

5) Rs 1335 per quintal Ans.) 3

Ques. : 200 Who has been appointed as the head of a committee constituted by the government to

form a comprehensive policy that will stipulate penalties for corrupt practices in private sector

dealings?

1) Srinath Batni 2) Gautam Hari Singhania

3) Kiran Karnik 4) Shikha Sharma

5) Nikhil Meswani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 201 With which country India is putting in place infrastructure for 4,000-crore grid

connection project to exchange nearly 1,000 MW of power?

1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka

3) Pakistan 4) Bhutan

5) Nepal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 202 Al-Shabab, which owes allegiance to al-Qaeda, is a militant group, operating in:

1) Palestine 2) Pakistan

3) Russia 4) Somalia

5) Tunisia Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 203 Which media publication house/s has/have been given the International Press Institute

(IPI) India award for excellence in journalism, 2011?

1) India Today 2) Indian Express & Outlook

3) Malayalam Manorama & Tughlaq 4) Tehelka & The Week

5) The Times of India Ans.) 4

Ques. : 204 Who among the following famous personalities runs the non-governmental

organization (NGO) named India Vision Foundation?

1) Baba Amte 2) Anna Hazare

3) Aruna Roy 4) Swami Agnivesh

5) Kiran Bedi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 205 Name the country where the moderate Islamist Ennahda party has taken lead in the

countrys first democratic elections?

1) Syria 2) Egypt

3) Libya 4) Tunisia

5) Sudan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 206 DEPB Scheme which ended in September 2011 was related to:

1) Foreign Direct Investment 2) Foreign Institutional Investment

3) Export Promotion 4) Import Substitution

5) Administered Price Mechanism Ans.) 3

Ques. : 207 SLINEX II is the name of the joint naval exercise conducted recently between India

and

1) Japan 2) France

3) Indonesia 4) Sri Lanka

5) Britain Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 208 As on October 25, 2011, what is the reverse repo rate stipulated by the Reserve Bank of

India (RBI)?

1) 6.5% 2) 7%

3) 7.25% 4) 7.5%

5) 8% Ans.) 4

Ques. : 209 Which private insurer of India has launched the participatory endowment plan,

Suraksha Kavach, which promises continuation of life cover for up to three years even in the event of

premiums not being paid?

1) Bharti AXA Life Insurance 2) Max New York Life Insurance

3) ING Vysya Life Insurance 4) Aviva Life Insurance

5) Star Union Dai-ichi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 210 On which segment of power generation in India, EU and US are objecting to the

national mission under the trade related investment measures (TRIMs) of the World Trade

Organisation (WTO), arguing that the mission requirements prevent them from exporting their

technology and equipment?

1) Indias wind power mission 2) Indias bio-mass energy mission

3) Indias geo-thermal energy mission 4) Indias solar mission

5) Indias nuclear energy mission Ans.) 4

Ques. : 211 Salva Kirr is the President of:

1) Kenya 2) South Sudan

3) Tunisia 4) South Africa

5) Canada Ans.) 2

Ques. : 212 Forbes magazine has named which of the following women the most powerful woman

of the world?

1) Sonia Gandhi 2) Condeela Rice

3) Angela Markel 4) Queen Elizabeth

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5) Hillary Clinton Ans.) 3

Ques. : 213 Asia Pacific Parliamentarians Conference was recently held in:

1) Chiang Mai 2) Ho Chi Minh City

3) Delhi 4) Jakarta

5) Manila Ans.) 1

Ques. : 214 Who among the following has not been honoured with Arjun Award 2011?

1) Shabbir Ali 2) Somdev Devvarman

3) Pras Antha Karmaka 4) Rajpal Singh


Ques. : 215 Who among the following has been honoured with Sahitya Akademy Award for

Childrens Literature in Hindi language?

1) Shyam Dutt Parag 2) Hari Krishna Dev Sare

3) Ramesh Parekh 4) ML Thangappa


Ques. : 216 Who among the following has requested the government to declare No Meat Day on

January 12, as a measure to fight against climate change?

1) Narendra Modi 2) Baba Ramdev

3) Shashi Tharoor 4) LK Advani

5) M Karunanidhi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 217 Which mobile company has launched Asha series of mobile phones with Windows

Operating System?

1) Apple 2) Samsung

3) LG 4) Nokia

5) Sony Ericsson Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 218 Which country is scheduled to host the next Commonwealth Heads of Government

Meeting (CHOGM), which many countries are threatening to boycott?

1) Zimbabwe 2) Sri Lanka

3) Myanmar 4) Pakistan

5) Libya Ans.) 2

Ques. : 219 India has been providing assistance to which among the following neighbors for

strengthening and extension of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?

1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal

3) Pakistan 4) China

5) Myanmar Ans.) 2

Ques. : 220 National Optical Fiber Network will be providing broadband connectivity to which

among the following?

1) Municipalities 2) Gram Panchayats

3) Panchayat Samitis 4) Nagarpalikas

5) Metropolitan cities Ans.) 2

Ques. : 221 Recently, the Government has approved a new Manufacturing policy, which aims to

create one hundred million jobs in next 10 years. Government wants to lift the share of

manufacturing sector in the GDP to 25 per cent in the next decade. What is the current

(approximate) share of manufacturing sector in the GDP?

1) 12% 2) 16%

3) 19% 4) 20%

5) 22% Ans.) 2

Ques. : 222 Recently, the Government has decided to raise its quota in the International Monetary

Fund, IMF from 2.44 to which among the following fractions so that India will be among the 10

largest quota share holders at the IMF?

1) 2.75% 2) 2.95%

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3) 3.15% 4) 3.25%

5) 4% Ans.) 1

Ques. : 223 The Government has recently decided to augment the capital base of which among the

following institutions by infusing 3000 crore rupees as governments equity?

1) SIDBI 2) EXIM Bank

3) NABARD 4) LIC

5) HUDCO Ans.) 3

Ques. : 224 Recently, the Government has decided to launch a Dam Rehabilitation andImprovement Project (DRIP) for rehabilitation of 223 dams in the states of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,

Orissa and Tamil Nadu with the assistance of which among the following bodies?

1) World Bank 2) International Monetary Fund

3) Asian Development Bank 4) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

5) United Nations Development Programme Ans.) 1

Ques. : 225 NATOs Operation Unified Protector was conducted in which among the following

countries recently?

1) Egypt 2) Libya

3) Syria 4) Pakistan

5) Afghanistan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 226 Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner has been recently re-elected for a second term as

President of which among the following countries?

1) Brazil 2) Peru

3) Argentina 4) Chile

5) Denmark Ans.) 3

Ques. : 227 Rajat Gupta, a prominent Indian-American recently surrendered before the FBI in NewYork in the case of insider trading scam. He belongs to which among the following companies?

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1) Credit Suisse 2) Goldman Sachs

3) BNP Paribas 4) JP Morgan & Co

5) Standard & Poors Ans.) 2

Ques. : 228 Which among the following is the venue of the recent (October 2011) Commonwealth

Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM)?

1) Venice 2) Perth

3) Ottawa 4) Canberra

5) Windhoek Ans.) 2

Ques. : 229 In which European country the Prime Minister needed the support of his coalition

partners and the opposition to defeat a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers, who wanted

Parliament to call a voters referendum on whether the country should stay in the European Union?

1) Italy 2) Greece

3) France 4) Britain

5) Germany Ans.) 4

Ques. : 230 Japanese researchers scouring the deep seabed around Nagasaki uncovered the

remains of a shipwreck of 13th century, belonging to:

1) China 2) India

3) Mongolia 4) Persia

5) Greece Ans.) 3

Ques. : 231 Which of the following rates is/are not fixed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) Base Rate 2) Bank Rate

3) Savings Account Rate 4) Repo Rate

5) Reverse Repo Rate Ans.) 1

Ques. : 232 Which historical figure of India has found place in Irans Parliament Majlis, with his

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Ques. : 242 Which among the following offices has recently become Indias first digital signature

enabled department?

1) Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal (DGS&D) 2) Directorate General of ForeignTrade (DGFT)

3) Department of Income Tax 4) Agricultural and processed Food Products Export Development

Authority (APEDA)

5) Enforcement Directorate Ans.) 2

Ques. : 243 Who among the following was recently awarded Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

2011 for excellence in Public Administration, academics and Management?

1) NR Madhava Menon 2) Professor Yashpal

3) Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri 4) Naresh Dadhich


Ques. : 244 The Ex Eastern Bridge 2011, was a joint exercise between the airforces of India and

___?

1) Bahrain 2) Saudi Arabia

3) Oman 4) Qatar

5) Syria Ans.) 3

Ques. : 245 In which among the following states of India, the National Institute of Mountaineering

& Allied Sports (NIMAS) is being set up?

1) Uttarkhand 2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Sikkim Ans.) 4

Ques. : 246 For which among the following products, Ramganj Mandi near Kota in Rajasthan was

making news recently?

1) Handicraft Hub 2) Spice Park

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3) Tech Park 4) National Investment Zone

5) New Tiger Reserve Ans.) 2

Ques. : 247 The composite-bodied Boeing 787 Dreamliner recently made its first commercial flight

between ____?

1) Hong Kong and Tokyo 2) Tokyo and New York

3) New York and Washington 4) Washington and Tokyo

5) Beijing and New Delhi Ans.) 1

Ques. : 248 Rajat Gupta, a prominent Indian-American recently surrendered before the FBI in NewYork in the case of insider trading scam. He belongs to which among the following companies?

1) Credit Suisse 2) Goldman Sachs

3) BNP Paribas 4) JP Morgan & Co

5) Standard & Poors Ans.) 2

Ques. : 249 Sabastian Vettel, a Formula One racing driver who has recently won the F1 IndianGrand Prix driving for Red Bull Racing, belongs to:

1) Austria 2) Spain

3) Germany 4) France

5) Britain Ans.) 3

Ques. : 250 In which country Michael D Higgins, a poet and peace activist who campaigned against

the Iraq invasion, has been elected as the new President?

1) Denmark 2) Scotland

3) Ireland 4) Spain

5) Sweden Ans.) 3

Ques. : 251 . In which state district-level powers of five departments viz elementary education,

medical and health, agriculture, social justice and empowerment and women and child developmenthave been transferred to village panchayats?

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1) Bihar 2) Haryana

3) Punjab 4) Rajasthan

5) Karnataka Ans.) 4

Ques. : 252 Who among the following has been re-appointed as the Secretary-General of the

Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) for four more years?

1) Sir Don McKinnon 2) Emeka Anyaoku

3) Shridath Ramphal 4) Kamlesh Sharma

5) Arnold Smith Ans.) 4

Ques. : 253 In which city the environment ministers of BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)

are to meet shortly to frame common position ahead of the crucial Durban climate conference?

1) Johannesburg 2) New Delhi

3) Beijing 4) Shanghai

5) Brasilia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 254 Who has written the book The Sly Company of People Who Care?

1) Shashi Tharoor 2) Rahul Bhattacharya

3) Chetan Bhagat 4) Niira Radia

5) Rajmohan Gandhi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 255 Name the Bengali film which has been selected as the inaugural film of the River toRiver Florence Indian Film Festival, 2011, in Florence, Italy?

1) Moner Manush 2) Chaplin

3) Howra Express 4) Motir Moina

5) Morshedul Islam Ans.) 2

Ques. : 256 Which of the following colonial award is proposed to be revived by the David Cameron

government in Britain, which was awarded to people not considered suitable for the more grand

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honours because of their lowly social status?

1) Order of the British Empire 2) Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

3) Knighthood 4) Order of Merit

5) British Empire Medal Ans.) 5

Ques. : 257 On which of the following Chinese imports the European Union (EU) recently decided to

impose anti-dumping tariffs?

1) Toys 2) Footwear

3) Sanitary goods 4) Polymer

5) Textile Ans.) 2

Ques. : 258 Which country has agreed with India to accelerate joint development of rare-earth

mineral deposits in India?

1) France 2) China

3) Vietnam 4) Japan

5) Turkey Ans.) 4

Ques. : 259 Name the Indian baby girl who is credited to have become the world seven billionth

inhabitant?

1) Nargis 2) Indira

3) Dolly 4) Bharati

5) Kavita Ans.) 1

Ques. : 260 For revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from a few districts of

which state, there have been wide ranging consultations at the Centre?

1) Manipur 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Nagaland

5) Arunachal Pradesh Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 261 Who among the following has been given the 40th Dhanvantari award for excellence in

medical services recently?

1) Dr Naresh Tarehan 2) Dr AC Thomas

3) Dr Sampath Kumar 4) Dr Vinay Mahendra

5) Dr MK Mani Ans.) 5

Ques. : 262 Which of the following world body has recently granted full membership to Palestine,

which enjoyed only observer status with this agency?

1) United Nations 2) UNESCO

3) World Bank 4) IMF

5) UNESCO Ans.) 2

Ques. : 263 In which country the pre-Christian era Gorakhnath Temple, which was mentioned in

Baburs autobiography Baburnama, has been reopened for worship recently?

1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan

3) Nepal 4) Myanmar

5) Sri Lanka Ans.) 2

Ques. : 264 Who has been elected as the new President of Kyrgyzstan, amidst opposition claims of

poll rigging?

1) Almazbek Atambayev 2) Roza Otunbayeva

3) Kurmanbek Bakiyev 4) Askar Akayev

5) Ishenbai Kadyrbekov Ans.) 1

Ques. : 265 Who has written the book The Journey of Indian Micro-Finance?

1) Usha Thorat 2) Vijay Mahajan

3) RS Arunachalam 4) D Subbarao

5) Subir Gokaran Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 266 Which Indian cricketer has launched his dream project Centre of Excellence at

Pathways School in New Delhi?

1) Gautam Gambhir 2) Virendra Sehwag

3) Aashish Nehra 4) Yuvraj Singh

5) Virat Kohli Ans.) 4

Ques. : 267 Name the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has resigned recently following a

move of dissidents to oust him?

1) Dorjee Khandu 2) Gegong Apang

3) Jarbom Gamblin 4) Mukut Mithi

5) Tomo Riba Ans.) 3

Ques. : 268 In which city diplomats from 20 countries, including Pakistan and the US, and

representatives of aid agencies are to attend a talk to chart the future course for war-torn

Afghanistan after Western troops withdrawal?

1) Islamabad 2) Istanbul

3) Ankara 4) Bonn

5) Washinton Ans.) 2

Ques. : 269 In which country, India has planned to build a strategic 900-km-long railway line?

1) Myanmar 2) Nigeria

3) Namibia 4) Sri Lanka


Ques. : 270 To which drug-maker, Indias drug regulator has given conditional market approval for

its anti-malaria drug, paving the way for the launch of the countrys first privately-developed

medicine?

1) Sun Pharma 2) Cadila

3) Ranbaxy Laboratories 4) Natco Pharma

5) Dr Reddys Lab Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 271 2012 has been declared as the International Year of:

1) Forests 2) Cooperatives

3) Indigenous people 4) Developing countries

5) Downtrodden Ans.) 2

Ques. : 272 Name the global sport-life-style brand, which has been endorsed by the Indian cricketer

Yuvraj Singh as the face its #Love 12 campaign?

1) Reebok 2) Woodland

3) Red Tape 4) Adidas

5) Puma Ans.) 5

Ques. : 273 In which state Nayachar Island is proposed to be developed as an industrial hub?

1) Gujarat 2) Andman & Nicobar Islands

3) Gujarat 4) Lakshdweep

5) West Bengal Ans.) 5

Ques. : 274 What is the theme for the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

(SAARC) Summit to be held in Male on November 10-11?

1) Fraternity of South Asia 2) Towards a Green and Happy South Asia

3) Providing Shelter to All 4) Building Bridges

5) Making South Asia Tourist Paradise Ans.) 4

Ques. : 275 Name the Russian two-time Grand Slam winner, who has entered politics, with many

predicting that he may become the President of the country one day?

1) Svetlana Kuznetsova 2) Igor Andreev

3) Dmitri Sitak 4) Sergei Demekhine

5) Marat Safin Ans.) 5

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Ques. : 276 In which country after years of political instability a five-year-old peace process has

been concluded with the pledge to integrate the former armed rebels into security forces and

provide suitable rehabilitation package to others left out?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Libya

3) South Sudan 4) Nepal

5) Myanmar Ans.) 4

Ques. : 277 In which country, Abdel Rahim al-Keib has been elected as the interim Prime Minister?

1) Tunisia 2) Zambia

3) Libya 4) Chile

5) Thailand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 278 Name the Indian-American lawyer, a Republican, as a Commissioner on the bipartisan

Federal Communications Commission?

1) Sreenath Srineevasan 2) Ajit Varadaraj Pai

3) Swati Dandekar 4) Arun Jhaveri

5) Dalip Singh Saund Ans.) 2

Ques. : 279 Which state government has embarked upon offering Nano cars, motorcycles,

refrigerators, etc in order to promote family planning to those who opt for sterilization?

1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Haryana 4) Rajasthan

5) Meghalaya Ans.) 4

Ques. : 280 According to the new procurement policy, what will be the mandated percentage of

goods and services to be procured from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) by all government

departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs)?

1) 20% 2) 25%

3) 30% 4) 35%

5) 40% Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 281 Who is the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?

1) Nabam Tuki 2) Dorjee Khandu

3) Mukut Mithi 4) Jarbom Gamblin

5) Tomo Riba Ans.) 1

Ques. : 282 Which state has launched Save the Girl Child campaign recently?

1) Orissa 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Punjab 4) Delhi

5) Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 283 With which country Bangladesh has signed a deal to build its first nuclear power plant

at Rooppur in Pabna district recently?


3) Russia 4) China

5) US Ans.) 3

Ques. : 284 In which state the Army and other central forces have been pursuing Operation

Sadbhavana to win over the goodwill of the people?

1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Manipur

3) Nagaland 4) Assam


Ques. : 285 In which state womens collective farming initiative, billed as the largest livelihood

venture of this kind in the country, which transforms women labourers into master cultivators, has

been launched as the first project sanctioned under the Mahil Kisan Sasahthikaran Pariyojna (MKSP)

by the Centre?

1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu

3) Maharashtra 4) Chhattisgarh

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5) West Bengal Ans.) 1

Ques. : 286 After successful completion of global mega sporting events, Commonwealth Games and

Formula 1 Car Racing, which Indian city will host the World Air Race next year?

1) Bangalore 2) Vizag

3) Mumbai 4) Pune

5) Lucknow Ans.) 3

Ques. : 287 Name the cyclonic storm blowing from Arabian Sea, which caused heavy rains in

October-November in parts of Karnataka for more than a week?

1) Gonu 2) Keila

3) Murjan 4) Nilam

5) Mahasen Ans.) 2

Ques. : 288 What is the rank of the Human Development Report, 2011, prepared by the United

Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

1) 119 2) 124

3) 132 4) 134

5) 149 Ans.) 4

Ques. : 289 In which country there has been widespread opposition to the governments Bill which

aims at taking over under-performing, underutilized companies, if they had received tax breaks, got

land from the government or they are prejudicial to the countrys economy?

1) Pakistan 2) Iran

3) Myanmar 4) Sri Lanka

5) Nigeria Ans.) 4

Ques. : 290 Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry is probing into:

1) 3G Spectrum Scam 2) Adarsh Housing Society Scam

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3) Illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka 4) Illegal iron ore mining in Goa

5) Insider trading in Bombay Stock Exchange Ans.) 4

Ques. : 291 Against which newspaper of Goa, charges of carrying paid news regularly have been

lodged with the Press Council for action against it?

1) Gomantak Times 2) OHeraldo

3) Times of India 4) Deccan Herald

5) Goa365 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 292 Recently, India has proposed a special $ 10 Billion Science, Technology and Innovation(STI) fund for which among the following organizations?

1) SAARC 2) BRICS

3) IBSA 4) Non-Aligned Movement

5) CHOGM Ans.) 2

Ques. : 293 Lt. Gen Palvinder Singh Bhalla was recently appointed the head of which among thefollowing organizations?

1) ITBP 2) BSF

3) NCC 4) NSG

5) CISF Ans.) 3

Ques. : 294 Which among the following Public Sector Giants of India have recently launched the

Harit-Moksha, a unique CSR initiative for bringing in energy efficiency in the cremation sector?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) OIL

5) NHPC Ans.) 2

Ques. : 295 The leading scientists from around the world are meeting to say good bye to Greenwich

Mean Time (GMT). Which type of clock will replace GMT for more accuracy of time?

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1) Water Clock 2) Pendulum Clock

3) Atomic Clock 4) Obelisk

5) Gear-controlled Clock Ans.) 3

Ques. : 296 Which country is mediating between Russia and Georgia for peace, after years of bitter

relations which followed the war between two countries in which Russia captured Abkhazia and

South Ossetia from Georgia and declared them independent in 2008?

1) Norway 2) US

3) Japan 4) Sitzerland

5) Sweden Ans.) 4

Ques. : 297 Which state of India has approved the setting up of a 1,500 kilowatt Khara hydro power

project?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Madhya Pradesh 4) West Bengal

5) Assam Ans.) 2

Ques. : 298 What is the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in automobile sector in India?

1) 26% 2) 49%

3) 74% 4) 89%

5) 100% Ans.) 5

Ques. : 299 From which high-profile mobile company, Frenny Bawa has recently stepped down

from her position of managing director of India?

1) Nokia 2) Samsung

3) Research in Motion 4) LG

5) Microman Ans.) 3

Ques. : 300 According to the latest notification of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to what limit

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Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) can invest in non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and bonds

issued by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) that lend to the infrastructure sector?




Ques. : 301 Who was heading the panel on whose recommendations a new National Policy on

Older persons is to be unveiled shortly by the Union government?

1) Aruna Roy 2) Kiran Bedi

3) Girija Vyas 4) Mohini Giri

5) Mamta Sharma Ans.) 4

Ques. : 302 Name the automobile hub of India where French manufacturer Peugeot has started its

car manufacture in India for the first time?

1) Sanand (Gujarat) 2) Manesar (Haryana)

3) Oragadam (Tamil Nadu) 4) Nasik (Maharashtra)

5) Maraimalai (Tamil Nadu) Ans.) 1

Ques. : 303 Which of the following country is to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which

had even been outside the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT)?

1) Iran 2) China

3) Russia 4) Syria


Ques. : 304 India was to participate in a trilateral military exercise this year on the Okinawa coast

but it was postponed due to Fukushima earthquake. Earlier, in 2007 it was conducted in India as

Malabar exercise with Japan and..

1) China 2) France

3) Russia 4) US

5) South Korea Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 305 Which Indian corporate house is to bid for securing thermal-coal mine named New

Hope of Australia?

1) GVK Infrastructure 2) Essar Group

3) Jindal Group 4) Reliance Group

5) Tata Group Ans.) 5

Ques. : 306 Who has been crowned the Miss World, 2011 recently in London?

1) Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela 2) Kanishtha Dhankhar, India

3) Gwendoline Ruais, Philippines 4) Amanda Perez, Puerto Rico

5) Leila Lopes, Angola Ans.) 1

Ques. : 307 Name the Australian national airlines which was recently making news for grounding its

fleet due to intense labour dispute?

1) Garuda Airlines 2) Qantas

3) Ariana Airlines 4) Qantas

5) Garuda Airlines Ans.) 2

Ques. : 308 What is Shadow Banking?

1) A practice in which banks serve only high net investors (HNIs) only 2) A practice in which banks

serve only urban customers

3) A practice by which transactions are not shown up on banks conventional balance sheets 4) A

practice in which banks do business through their subsidiaries


Ques. : 309 What is the average pay per day for workers in the National Rural Employment

Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)?

1) Rs 100 2) Rs 120

3) Rs 150 4) Rs 160

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5) Rs 175 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 310 For which major Central project of India, the first ever person of India who has won Rs 5

crore in the reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Sushil Kumar, is to sign anendorsement deal?

1) Right to Food 2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

3) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan 4) Mid-day Meal Programme

5) Bharat Nirman Ans.) 2

Ques. : 311 World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on:

1) November 7 2) November 10


5) November 18 Ans.) 3

Ques. : 312 In which city the Prime Ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

(SCO) was held on November 7, in which granting full membership to India was high on the agenda?

1) Shanghai 2) Dushanbe

3) Almaty 4) St Petersburg

5) Moscow Ans.) 4

Ques. : 313 With the deregulation of savings bank (SB) account interest rate, according to the

guidelines of RBI, up to what amount all banks will have to implement uniform SB deposit interest

rate?

1) Rs 1 lakh 2) Rs 2 lakh

3) Rs 2.5 lakh 4) Rs 3 lakh

5) Rs 4 lakh Ans.) 1

Ques. : 314 In which country Abdurrahim al-Keib has been elected as the Prime Minister of the

interim government?

1) Tunisia 2) Libya

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3) Argentina 4) Syria

5) Belarus Ans.) 2

Ques. : 315 Who has written the book Lucknow Boy: A Memoir?

1) Vir Sanghvi 2) Vinod Dua

3) Vindo Mehta 4) HK Dua

5) Khushwant Singh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 316 Name the state where the former South African President Nelson Mandela has been

conferred the Peoples Parliament Global Award recently?

1) Meghalaya 2) Chhattisgarh

3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Orissa

5) Jharkhand Ans.) 1

Ques. : 317 What is Smile Train?

1) New toy train service which recently became operational between Guwahati and Shillong 2) A

special train service of Indian Railways for foreign tourists

3) A global charity movement for surgical correction of cleft lip and palate 4) An NGO working

for orphan children


Ques. : 318 In which city the World Cotton Reference Conference was organized recently?

1) Shanghai 2) Chicago

3) Mumbai 4) Rome

5) Ankara Ans.) 3

Ques. : 319 Which subsidiary bank of the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched the Double Deposit

Scheme, which aims at doubling the deposit for customers in the shortest time (87 months)?

1) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur 2) State Bank of Hyderabad

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3) State Bank of Mysore 4) State Bank of Patiala

5) State Bank of Travancore Ans.) 2

Ques. : 320 The interest rate paid on Post Office savings bank deposits without any fixed maturity

has been raised to:

1) 3.5% 2) 4%

3) 4.5% 4) 5%

5) 5.5% Ans.) 2

Ques. : 321 Rate reduction of which of the following instruments of liquidity control of the ReserveBank of India (RBI), public sector banks are demanding, claiming it to be another non-performing

asset (NPA)?

1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

3) Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 4) Bank Rate

5) Repo Rate Ans.) 1

Ques. : 322 There has been proliferation of nuclear technology to many state and non-state players

by rogue nuclear scientists like Pakistans AQ Khan. It is said that Iran is on the verge of making a

nuclear bomb with assistance from a rogue nuclear scientist Vyacheslav Danilenko. Denilenko

belongs to:

1) China 2) Russia

3) North Korea 4) Germany

5) Japan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 323 What is the rank of India in terms of Internet users in the world?

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Fourth

5) Fifth Ans.) 3

Ques. : 324 Name the leader of the Task Force of Experts on Clean Energy Investment Project at

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Columbia Law Schools Centre for Climate Change Law, set up as an advisory body to identify key

areas of concern from Indian perspective for facilitating inflow of US investments in clean energy

projects?

1) PP Malhotra 2) Vivek K Tankha

3) Arun Jaitley 4) R Mohan

5) Mohan Parasaran Ans.) 5

Ques. : 325 Who has written the book Understanding Caste: From Buddha to Ambedkar and

Beyond?

1) MN Srinivas 2) Andr Bteille

3) Gail Omvedt 4) Gurmukh Ram Madan

5) Tulsi Badrinath Ans.) 3

Ques. : 326 Which country has offered to invest $ 500 million in the Central Asia-South Asia

Electricity Trade and Transmission Project, CASA 1000, which will provide energy to power-starved

Afghanistan and Pakistan?

1) Russia 2) Kyrgyzstan

3) Tajikistan 4) Iran

5) Kazakhstan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 327 To which Indian personality Russia has announced to present Order of Friendship

award recently?

1) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam 2) Sam Petroda

3) N Ram 4) D Jayakanthan

5) K Kasturirangan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 328 Who among the following has been awarded the KL Saigal Lifetime Award?

1) Farukh Seikh 2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Hridaynath Mangeshkar 4) Both 1) & 2)

5) Both 2) & 3) Ans.) 5

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5) Tokyo Ans.) 3

Ques. : 334 For which of the following centrally-sponsored programmes, mobile courts,

empowered by the respective High Courts, are to be set up in every district of India?

1) Mid-Day Meal Programme 2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

3) Public Distribution System 4) Bharat Nirman

5) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojna Ans.) 2

Ques. : 335 Bihar has become the second state to bring the Chief Minister under the ambit of the

Lokayukta. Which is the first state to do so?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Gujarat

3) Uttarakhand 4) Karnataka

5) Chhattisgarh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 336 Who is the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA),

the regulator of insurance sector in India?

1) UK Sinha 2) J Hari Narayan

3) JS Sarma 4) R Gopalan

5) Vinod Dhall Ans.) 2

Ques. : 337 In which state of India the Chinese energy company, TBEA has recently signed a

memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a landmark Rs 2,500-crore investment?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Maharashtra 4) Delhi

5) Gujarat Ans.) 5

Ques. : 338 What is the status of China in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

(SAARC)?

1) Dialogue partner 2) Chair

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1) M Ravindran 2) Rajesh Vedvyas

3) S Venkatraman 4) Ujjwal Goswami


Ques. : 344 The $12.5-billion Omnicom Group has decided to acquire a majority stake in one of the

largest domestic advertising firms in India to step up its growth in the country. Name the advertising

firm.

1) Mudra Group 2) Madison Advertising Pvt Ltd

3) Ogilvy and Mather 4) J Walter Thompson India


Ques. : 345 Scientists are set to begin a six-week mission to explore the Indian Ocean's underwater

mountains. Name the ship, which will carry out the mission.

1) RRS James Cook 2) RRS Ernest Shackleton

3) RRS James Clark Ross 4) Royal Research Ship

5) None of the above Ans.) 1

Ques. : 346 The government gave its approval to revive 60 mines in the Netravali Wildlife

Sanctuary. The sanctuary is located in ___.

1) Goa 2) Jharkhand

3) Tamil Nadu 4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 1

Ques. : 347 Name the legendary Bollywood playback singer who entered the Guinness World

Records for the most number of single studio recordings.

1) Kavita Krisnamurthy 2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Asha Bhosle 4) Shreya Ghoshal

5) Kumar Sanu Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 348 Which cricket journalist bagged The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011 for his

The Sly Company of People Who Care on 30 October 2011?

1) Pradeep Vijayakar 2) Mihir Bose

3) Balbir Dutt 4) Rahul Bhattacharya


Ques. : 349 UN study ranked India 134 among a total of 187 countries in terms of Human

Development Index. Which country topped the Human Development Index list?

1) Australia 2) USA

3) Netherlands 4) New Zealand

5) Switzerland Ans.) 3

Ques. : 350 Manisha Girotra has recently resigned as the India head of:

1) ICICI Bank 2) BNP Paribas

3) UBS 4) BNP Paribas

5) ICICI Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. : 351 . Which state government has raised the pitch for the second State Reorganisation

Commission (SRC) for dividing the existing state in four parts?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan

3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamil Nadu

5) Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 5

Ques. : 352 With the assistance of which country India is building a nuclear power plant in

Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where there have been massive protests against the project and all

foreign engineers had to be sent back?


3) Germany 4) Russia

5) Australia Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 353 To which country India has sent a 140-strong Formed Police Unit contingent of the

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for the United Nations stabilization mission?

1) Libya 2) Sudan

3) Haiti 4) Somalia

5) Tunisia Ans.) 3

Ques. : 354 In which holy city the Gayatri Mahakumbh was held recently, in which many devotees

were killed in a stampede?

1) Allahabad 2) Nasik

3) Vanaras 4) Nasik

5) Allahabad Ans.) 5

Ques. : 355 Saranda Action Plan, has been recently launched by Rural Development Ministry. It

will be implemented firstly in Naxal-hit Saranda district of which among the following states?

1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand

3) Odisha 4) West Bengal

5) Madhya Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 356 Which among the following countries has recently obtained approval to explore a

10,000-square-km polymetallic sulphide ore deposit in an international seabed region in the

southwest Indian Ocean?

1) India 2) China

3) United States 4) France

5) Pakistan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 357 Vasanth Sathe , who recently died is known for spearheading the move to bring which

among the following to India in 1980s?

1) Personal Computers 2) Colour TVs

3) Washing Machines 4) Motor Cycles

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5) Motor Cars Ans.) 2

Ques. : 358 The Ennahda Party has emerged as largest political party in the first elections after the

Arab Spring in which among the following countries?

1) Tunisia 2) Syria

3) Libya 4) Algeria

5) Egypt Ans.) 1

Ques. : 359 Who among the following has recently topped the Fortune Indias 50 Most Powerful

Women in Business list?

1) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 2) Chanda Kochar

3) Ekta Kapoor 4) Shikha Sharma

5) Indira Nooyi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 360 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which provides AADHAAR is a part of

which among the following?

1) National Development Council 2) Planning Commission

3) Ministry of Home Affairs 4) Ministry of Planning and Implementation

5) Ministry Social Welfare Ans.) 2

Ques. : 361 For which among the following criminal activities related to business, tycoon Raj

Rajaratnam was sent to jail recently in the US?

1) Terrorist Funding 2) Insider Trading

3) Tax Evasion 4) Hawala Transaction

5) Money Laundering Ans.) 2

Ques. : 362 After the resignation of the Prime Minister of Italy, George Papandreou following an

unprecedented financial crisis in the country, who has taken over as the new Prime Minister of

Greece?

1) Karolos Papoulias 2) Antonis Samaras

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3) Evangelos Venizelos 4) Lucas Papademos


Ques. : 363 In which city of India over 800 corporate honchos from 40 countries are assembling

between November 12 and 14 for the annual India Economic Summit?

1) New Delhi 2) Ahmadabad

3) Mumbai 4) Bangalore

5) Patna Ans.) 3

Ques. : 364 What is the daily cap set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) per customer for InterbankMobile Payment Service (IMPS)?

1) Rs 10,000 2) Rs 20,000

3) Rs 50,000 4) Rs 1 lakh

5) Rs 1.5 lakh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 365 In the SAARC summit in Maldives, India has issued a notification to reduce the sensitivelist for the least developed countries under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) from 480 tariff

line totariff lines.

1) 120 2) 105

3) 55 4) 25

5) 20 Ans.) 4

Ques. : 366 Which of the following mobile player of India has been adjudged the Best Brand

Campaign at the World Communication Awards 2011 held at London recently?

1) Reliance 2) Vodafone

3) Airtel 4) IDEA

5) Tata Indicom Ans.) 4

Ques. : 367 Which Indian steel maker has prized El Mutun iron ore reserves in Bolivia, half of whichthe countrys government is threatening to take over?

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1) Haridwar 2) Nasik

3) Allahabad 4) Ujjain

5) Varanasi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 373 Who among the following was the first Indian sportsman to boycott the Olympic torch

relay in support of the Tibetan independence movement?

1) Baichung Bhutia 2) Dhanraj Pillay

3) Chandu Borde 4) Dibyendu Barua

5) PT Usha Ans.) 1

Ques. : 374 Which among the following countries has recently developed humanoid robot

Robonaut 2??

1) Japan 2) United States

3) Russia 4) China

5) France Ans.) 2

Ques. : 375 Origin of El Tor, a particular strain of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that caused Cholera

Outbreak in Haiti last year has been found in which among the following recently?

1) Pacific Ocean 2) Antarctica

3) Bay of Bengal 4) Arabian Sea

5) Indian Ocean Ans.) 3

Ques. : 376 Moodys Investors Service has recently cut its rating government of which of the

following countries debt by one notch Aaa to Aa3?

1) United States 2) Japan

3) Greece 4) Spain

5) India Ans.) 2

Ques. : 377 Who among the following heads Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

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(FSLRC)?

1) Justice B N Srikrishna 2) Justice Debi Prasad Pal

3) Prof. Y H Malegam 4) Justice Shivraj V Patil


Ques. : 378 Recently, the underground Hamza River was found below the basin of which among the

following rivers?

1) Nile River 2) Amazon River

3) Mississippi River 4) Congo River


Ques. : 379 Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao has received the Dronacharya Award 2011 for which

among the following sports?

1) Boxing 2) Gymnastics

3) Athletics 4) Hockey

5) Archery Ans.) 1

Ques. : 380 Sandhya Rani Devi was recently awarded Arjuna Award for which among the following

sports?

1) Shooting 2) Archery

3) Wushu 4) Basket Ball

5) Boxing Ans.) 3

Ques. : 381 Pune-based social activist Baba Adhav is known for championing the cause of

protection for which among the following segments of Indian society?

1) Leprosy patients 2) Poor women

3) Tribals 4) Workers of unorganized sector

5) Untouchables Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 382 The India-born US citizen Har Govind Khorana, who died recently, shared Nobel Prize

with some others in which category?

1) Physics 2) Economics

3) Medicine 4) Chemistry

5) Literature Ans.) 3

Ques. : 383 . In which city of India, for construction of Ganga Driveway on the model of the Marine

Drive in Mumbai, the Planning Commission of India has cleared the project, which will cost Rs 2,400

crore?

1) Varanasi 2) Kanpur

3) Patna 4) Allahabad

5) Haridwar Ans.) 3

Ques. : 384 Which country will host the next South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

(SAARC) summit?

1) India 2) Nepal

3) Bangladesh 4) Bhutan

5) Pakistan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 385 Which of the following celebrities are not among those who have ganged up with the

Indian Railways to take part in documentaries to be produced by Pritish Nandy on critical safety

issues related to railways in India?

1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Amitabh Bachchan

3) Jackie Shroff 4) Aamir Khan

5) All the above are involved Ans.) 2

Ques. : 386 Under the new National Small Savings (NSS) schemes policy, rate of public provident

fund (PPF) has been increased from 8% to

1) 8.2% 2) 8.4%

3) 8.6% 4) 8.8%

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5) 9% Ans.) 3

Ques. : 387 Who is Africas first and only woman President whose re-election has been contested

because the opposition boycotted the poll?

1) Joice Mujuru 2) Winnie Mandela

3) Mathabiso Lepono 4) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

5) Esther Murugi Mathenge Ans.) 4

Ques. : 388 Which of the following is not correct regarding the new government policy in the

National Small Savings (NSS) schemes?

1) Interest rate on Post Office Saving Accounts has been raised from 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent. 2)

The Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) scheme has been discontinued.

3) The annual investment ceiling in PPF savings accounts has been raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from the

current limit of Rs 70,000. 4) The changes in the NSS schemes have been brought about on the

line of the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee report.

5) All the above are true Ans.) 3

Ques. : 389 In which state Shiksha ka Haq, a public awareness programme on the Right to

Education Act, has been inaugurated recently?

1) Rajasthan 2) Bihar

3) Delhi 4) Haryana

5) Madhya Pradesh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 390 On which day the National Education Day is celebrated every year?



5) November 30 Ans.) 3

Ques. : 391 Which of the following countries has recently test fired its long-range Jericho missile

capable of carrying nuclear warheads?

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1) Iran 2) Pakistan

3) Turkey 4) Israel

5) Saudi Arabia Ans.) 4

Ques. : 392 Hargovin

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