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Nobel Personalities in India

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

He was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'. He was a nationalist Muslim leader of the North-

West Frontier Province. He first started a militant organisation known as the 'Red Shirt',

and later on joined the non-violent Civil Disobedience Movement started by Mahatma

Gandhi.

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Saintly personality; had devoted his life to social welfare; founder of the Bhoodan

movement.

Amir Khusrau

Assumed 'Parrot of India', was a famous poet and author who wrote in poetry and prose

and also composed music. He enjoyed the patronage of successive Sultans of Delhi from

Balban to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq. He died in 1324-25. His works include Tughluqnamah

and the Tarikh-i-Alai.

Anand Mohan Bose

He was a prominent Indian public man in his times. He was the first Indian to be a

Wrangler of Cambridge University in 1873. He was the founder-secretary of the Indian

Association which was established in Calcutta in 1876, and presided over the 14th session

of the Indian National Congress held in Ma

Ashutosh Mukherjee

He was an eminent lawyer and educationist. He was certainly a maker of modern Bengal,

if not of India, by virtue of his eminent services to the cause of education. At the early

age of 25 he became a member of the Senate of the Calcutta University of which he

became the vice-chancellor.

Aurobindo Ghosh

An ardent nationalist who later became a saint, was educated in England. His views were

readily accepted by Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab and Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and

led to the formation of an extremist school within the Congress.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Patriot and statesman, known as Lokmanya. He organised Extremist Party within the

Congress with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pai. Britishers called him "Father of

Indian Unrest". He gave the clarion call "Swaraj is my birth right". Tilak was the founder-

editor of Mahratta (English) and Kesar

Bhagat Singh


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Known as Shahid-e-Azam. Founded Naujawan Bharat Sabha. Exploded bomb in Central

Legislative Assembly at Lahore on April 8, 1929. He was arrested and sentenced for life.

He along with Sukh Dev and Shivram Rajguru, was hanged on March 23, 1931 for

participating in Lahore conspiracy.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

A prominent Indian politician, born in South India in 1879. He was the General Secretary

of the Indian National Congress in 1921-22 and was a member of the Congress Working

Commitee. Rajagopalachari was the Chief Minister of Madras from 1937-39.

Dadabhai Naoro Ji

He was elected president of the Indian National Congress at its second session held in

Calcutta in 1886. He was the first Indian to be elected a member of the House of

Commons in England on a ticket of Liberal Party. Twice again, in 1893 and in 1906, he

was elected president of the INC.

Nobel Personalities in India

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

A prominent leader of the Scheduled Castes. Built up a party of the untouchables, became

a member of the Constitutent Assembly and piloted through it the Indian Constitution Act

which declared India to be Republic. He also piloted the Hindu Code through the Indian

Legislature.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

He was the first President of the Republic of India. Born in Bihar in 1884, educated at the

Calcutta Universty, he began his career as an advocate and soon commanded a very large

practice at Patna High Court. Prasad became the president of Congress in 1934, 1939 and

1947; a minister in Nehru's cabin

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

He was a prominent Indian nationalist, and presided over the 1905 session of the Indian

National Congress. In 1905 he founded at Poona the Servants of India Society. He died in

1915. He is considered as the 'Political Guru' of Gandhiji.

Govinda Ballabh Pant

The celebrated Sanskrit grammarian, was the author of Ashtadhyayi. He was one of the

leading members and leaders of the Indian National Congress. He became the ChiefMinister in his native province of Uttar Pradesh after independence.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


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Social reformer and educationist from Bengal and a pioneer in the field of primary

education and widow re-marriage.

Jamshedji Tata

Parsi industrialist and philanthropist. Father of Indian industry, founded Tata, Iron andSteel Company in Bihar.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Prime Minister of India from May, 1964 to his death on 11 January, 1966. He was

conferred Bharat Ratna posthumously. He was a martyr for the cause of peace between

India and Pakistan at Tashkent.

Lala Lajpat Rai

Indian national leader known as "Lion of Punjab". Founder editor of Bande Mataram, ThePunjabeeand The People. Died of injuries caused by police lathi-charge while leading a

demonstration against Simon Commission at Lahore in 1928. Author of Young India, The

Arya Samaj and England's Debt to India.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Better known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat.

Became a barrister-at-law (1891) in England. Went to South Africa in 1893. Stayed there

till 1914 for the cause of the emancipation of the Indians from the insulting life.

Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Born in 1900, was a talented daughter of Pandit Motilal Nehru. She held many high offices

after Indian independence including the post of India's High Commissioner in England

(1955-61) and India's Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. as well as to the U. S. A.

Mrs. Annie Besant

English theosophist, bom in London in October 1847. She founded the Central Hindu

College at Banaras and was elected president of the Theosophical Society in 1907. In

1916 she founded the Indian Home Rule League and became its first president and in

1917.

Mrs. Sarojini Naldu

The most talented Indian lady, born of Bengali parents, was a poet and orator who took a

prominent part in Indian politics. She presided over the Kanpur session of the Indian

National Congress in 1925 and was the first lady to be appointed a state Governor in the

Republic of India.

Netaji Subhash Bose


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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

A renowned Indian patriot and politician, was born on the 31st, October, 1875 in Gujarat

and began his career as a lawyer. He took a leading part in the Bardoli Satyagraha

movement. In 1931 he became the president of the Congress. He joined the "interim

Government" set up in 1946 as the Home Ministe

Sarvapalli Radha Krishan

The second President of the Republic of India. Radha Krishnan was appointed as India's

ambassador to the USSR in 1949. In 1962 he became the President of India. His birthday,

Sept 5, is celebrated as Teacher's Day.'

Shaukat Ali

A prominent leader and politician amongst the Indian Muhammadans. He along with his

brother Muhammad All, led the Khilafat Movement in 1919-20. He also joined the Indian

National Congress and the non-co-operation movement.

Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan

He was a prominent leader of the Indian Muhammadans. Remained loyal to the British

during the Sepoy Mutiny (1857-58), founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at

Aligarh in 1875. In 1920 the college was raised to the status of University and called the

Aligarh Muslim University.

Sister Nivedita

A famous disciple of Swami Vivekananda, was an Irish lady named Miss Margaret Nobel.

Swami Vivekananda

Disciple of Rama Krishna Paramahansa, and founder of Ramakrishna Mission at Belur. He

championed the supremacy of Vedantic philosophy and his talk at the Chicago conference

of world religions in 1893 made westerners realise the greatness of Hinduism for the first

time.

V. D. C Savarkar

He founded Mitra Mandal aimed at achieving freedom by armed rebellion, founded

Abhinav Bharat, started Free Indian Society in England (London). Savarkar was arrestedin Nasik conspiracy case and sentenced to transportation for life and freed in 1937. He

authored Indian War of Independence.

Wumesh Chandra Banerjee


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The first president of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay in 1885. He was made

Congress President a second time at its Allahabad session in 1892.

Zakir Hussain

Proposed Wardha Scheme of education, formerly Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia. He waselected as President of India in 1967.

Q. Which film has bagged the National Film Award for best feature film?

1 Anumati

2 Paan Singh Tomar

3 Dhag

4 Spirit

Ans: 2

Q. Who has won the National Film Award as best actor?

1 Irrfan Khan & Vikram Gokhale

2 Shivaji Lotan

3 Kamal Hasan

4 Ranbir Kapoor

Ans: 1

Q. Who has bagged the National Film Award as best actress?

1 Priyanka Chopra

2 Ananya Chatterjee

3 Usha Jadhav

4 Arundhuti Nag

Ans: 3

Q. The 24th Arab League Summit got underway in which of the following city

1 Dubai

2 Doha

3 Khartun

4 Cairo

Ans: 2

Q. Who is the head of the panel on Energy Security constituted by Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas?

1 C. Ranjarajan

2 Montek Singh Ahluwalia

3 Vijay Kelkar

4 Kaushik Basu

Ans: 3

Q. Which of the following states has bagged the National Tourism Award?

1 Assam


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2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Andhra Pradesh

Ans: 4

Q. Asia's largest Solar Power Project set at which of the following cities?

1 Jaipur

2 Nagpur

3 Jodhpur

4 Bikaner

Ans: 3

Q. India has signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on March 28, 2013 at Bern,Switzerland with which of the following country?

1 Switzerland

2 Liechtenstein

3 Mauritius

4 Finland

Ans: 2

Q. United Nation has released "One Women" album on the occasion of International Women'sDay. Name the Indian Artist who was the member of this album?

1 A. R. Rahaman

2 Anoushka Shankar

3 Mallika Sarabhai

4 Amzad Ali Khan

Ans: 2

Q. The Government of India and the RBI to introduce one billion pieces of Rs. 10 notes in

polymer/plastic on a field trial basis. The field trial will be conducted in five cities. Which ofthe following is not among them?

1 Shimla

2 Jaipur

3 Nagpur

4 Bhubaneswar

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Q. On 12th March 2013 the President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee attending the celebration of45th Anniversary of Independence of which country?

1 Maldive

2 Sri Lanka

3 Vietnaam

4 Mauritius

Ans: 4

Q. On February 14th 2013 India has conclude $6 billion Missile deal with which country?

1 Russia
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2 France

3 England

4 USA

Ans: 2

Q. The first indigenously developed weaponised helicopter was handed over to Indian Army on8th February 2013 is -

1 Rudra

2 Varun

3 Chetak

4 Indra

Ans: 1

Q. Mata Jijabai Award for 2012 was given to -

1 Smt. Omana T.K

2 Ms. Sonika Agarwal

3 Smt. Olga Dmello

4 Smt. Guramma H. Sankina

Ans: 2

Q. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar award, 2012 confer to -

1 Smt. Pranita Talukdar

2 Smt. Omana T.K

3 Smt. Olga Dmello

4 Smt. Guramma H. Sankina

Ans: 3

Q. The Uttar Pradesh government on 4 December, 2012 decided to issue Cards to industrialistsand industrial associations for easy access to its offices. What is the name of that card?

1 Platinum Cards

2 Silver cards

3 Golden Cards

4 Industrial cards

Ans: 3

Q. Union Government of India on 5 December, 2012 cleared the decks for transferring the prime12.5 acre United Mill land in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government for building a state-of-the-art memorial for an Indian revolutionary and political leader. Name the political leader

___

1 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

2 B. R. Ambedkar

3 Ramabai Ambedkar

4 Balasaheb Thackrey

Ans: 2

Q. The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on December 7, 2012 asked Karnataka to provideTamil Nadu with how many TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery water duringDecember 2012 ____

1 12 TMC feet


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2 10 TMC feet

3 8 TMC feet

4 6 TMC feet

Ans: 1

Q. Where did the American Depositary Shares (ADS) of Infosys, India's second-largest ITservices provider start trading on 12 December, 2012?

1 Bombay Stock Exchange

2 National Stock Exchange

3 New York Stock Exchange

4 Singapore Stock Exchange

Ans: 3

Q. Scientists in northern Mexico discovered a new dinosaur with a large prominent nose whichlived about 73 million years ago. what is the name of this new dinosaur?

1 Latirhinus Uitstlani

2 Gigantoraptor

3 Khaan

4 Raptorex

Ans: 1

Q. Who was the first top ranking Indian official to visit China after changes in Communist Partyof China?

1 Shiv Shankar Menon

2 Ajit Singh

3 Anand Sharma

4 Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna

Ans: 1

Q. Software engineers as well as neuroscientists at University of Waterloo, Canada claimed thatthey have developed a closest model of the functioning human brain. What is this artificialhuman brain called?

1 AbioCor

2 Bioartifical

3 Spaun

4 i-Limb

Ans: 3

Q. Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer claimed that a new missile was tested which canpermanently blackout the electronics of the country without causing any harm to people.What is the name of this missile?

1 Mathago

2 CHAMP

3 Ikara

4 ERYX

Ans: 2

Q. Government had constituted a panel for suggesting de-control of sugar industry. This panelsubmitted its report in October 2012 under the Chairmanship of -


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1 Anand Sinha

2 C. Rangarajan

3 M. Rafeeq Ahmed

4 Deepak Parekh

Ans: 2

Q. Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the following countries?

1 India

2 Thailand

3 China

4 Japan

Ans: 3

Q. The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the thedeserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is thisUnion Carbide plant located?

1 Indore

2 Raipur

3 Jabbalpur

4 Bhopal

Ans: 4

Q. Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of InternationalSpace Station on September 2012.

1 Rakesh Sharma

2 Kalpana Chawla

3 Sunita Williams

4 Tessy Thomas

Ans: 3

Q. World Trade Organization (WTO) has ranked India as the _____ largest player in the globalservice trade.

1 Fifth

2 Fourth

3 Seventh

4 Sixth

Ans: 3

Q. A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of -

1 Anita Kapur

2 N. Rangacharya3 Y. B. Reddy

4 C. Rangarajan

Ans: 2

Q. Which Indian Bollywood actress was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador for theUnited Nation programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)?

1 Aishwarya Rai


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2 Katrina Kaif

3 Kareena Kapoor

4 Vidya Balan

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Q. China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venture withanother country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following is that country?

1 Taiwan

2 South Korea

3 Sri Lanka

4 Vietnam

Ans: 4

Q. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which trequency band from satellite for internet ontrains?

1 C Band

2 KU Band

3 S Band

4 3G Spectram

Ans: 2

Q. Which among the following states is not awarded Krishi Karman Awards for 2011-12?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Manipur

3 Maharastra

4 Nagaland

Ans: 3

Q. Who is the chairman of Fourteenth Finance Commission?

1 Prof Abhijit Sen

2 Dr. Y.V.Reddy

3 Ms. Sushma Nath

4 Dr. M.Govinda Rao

Ans: 2

Q. Who is the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India?1 Justice Balakrishnan

2 Justice M. Kartzu

3 Justice J. S. Verma

4 Justice D. K. Jain

Ans: 4

Q. As per the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13, brought out by World Economic


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Forum, a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva, India ranks is -

1 59th

2 56th

3 57th

4 58th

Ans: 1

Q. Water Conservation Day observed on -

1 20th November

2 19th November

3 24th November

4 31st October

Ans: 2

Q. National Education Day observed on

1 11th November

2 14

th

November3 5th September

4 21st May

Ans: 1

Q. Antyodaya scheme is meant to help the

1 Muslims

2 Minorities

3 Poorest of the poor section of the society

4 Harijans

Ans: 3

Q. The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects(UMPPs) at Cheyyur and Sarguja are locatedrespectively in

1 Kerala and Chhattisgarh

2 Tamil Nadu and Odisha

3 Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh

4 Kerala and Odisha

Ans: 3

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Q. Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. KumarReddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counter-terrorist

commando force?1 Anti Terrorism Agency (ATA)

2 Organization to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)

3 Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS)

4 Anti Terrorism Operations (ATO)

Ans: 2

Q. Which two countries signed Agreement for the Modernisation of Indian Railways?


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1 India and Belgium

2 Indian and China

3 USA and India

4 Russia and India

Ans: 1

Q. Name the Indian telecom service company which had acquired US firm WPCS International?

1 Shyam Telecom

2 MTNL

3 Tata Teleservices

4 Kavvery Telecom

Ans: 4

Q. Which company was directed by the Supreme Court to refund an amount of 17400 crore ofrupees to their Investors?

1 Sahara Group of Company

2 Reliance Industries

3 Air India

4 Vodafone

Ans: 1

Q. Isle of Wight rock yielded three fossil footprints of Dinosaurs. In which one of the followingcountries Isle of Wight located?

1 Germany

2 USA

3 Africa

4 UK

Ans: 4

Q. Which Indian Company signed a pact with French Energy company GDF Suez to import LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas)?

1 Indian Oil Corporation(IOC)

2 GAIL

3 ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)

4 Reliance Petroleum Limited

Ans: 2

Q. What was the theme of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting organized in Davos,Switzerland?

1 Shaping the Post-Crisis World

2 Shared Norms for a New Reality3 The power of collaborative innovation

4 Improve the state of the world: rethink, redesign, rebuild

Ans: 2

Q. Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the Index of Industrial Production(IIP)?

1 Coal


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2 Crude Oil

3 Electricity

4 Petroleum refinery Products

Ans: 3

Q. Which of the following has a 51:49 joint venture with Japanese automobile company Nissanfor manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India?

1 Tata Motors

2 Ashok Leyland

3 Mahindra and Mahindra

4 Bajaj Auto

Ans: 4

Q. According to the FDI data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 10, 2012,Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in India declined to what amount in the April-Junequarter of fiscal 2012-13?

1 6.4 billion dollar

2 5 billion dollar3 5.4 billion dollar

4 7 billion dollar

Ans: 3

Q. Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India tilldate?

1 Vodafone

2 BP Plc

3 Vedanta Resource

4 Dailchi Sankyo

Ans: 1

Q. SEBI, on August 16, 2012 has made it mandatory that all listed companies must haveminimum ________ public shareholdings by June 2013.

1 10%

2 20%

3 30%

4 25%

Ans: 4

Q. Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to EveronnEducation?

1 Reliance

2 Bharti Group

3 Toyota

4 LIC

Ans: 2

Q. Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for the reconstructionof the Nalanda University?

1 Japan


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2 UK

3 USA

4 China

Ans: 4

Q. Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developed byISRO?

1 Saga-220

2 Aakash-A1

3 Tianhe-1A

4 Jaguar-Cray

Ans: 1

Q. In the year 2011, a missile named 'PRAHAR', developed by DRDO was test fired. This is a -

1 short-range surface to air missile

2 long-range surface to air missile

3 short-range surface to surface missile

4 long-range surface to surface missile

Ans: 3

Q. Which one of the following countries had recently joined World Trade Organisation?

1 Myanmar

2 Austria

3 Russia

4 Taiwan

Ans: 3

Q. The Thar Express goes to

1 Bangladesh2 Pakistan

3 Afghanistan

4 Myanmar

Ans: 2

Q. Census data related on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in

1 Bihar

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Rajasthan

4 Maharashtra

Ans: 4

Q. National Social Assistance Programme is aimed at providing

1 financial support to Scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes

2 old age pension to very poor

3 insurance for the poor

4 all of the above

Ans: 4


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Q. As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have Uranium reserve of

1 1 lakh tonnes

2 2 lakh tonnes

3 1.5 lakh tonnes

4 2.5 lakh tonnes

Ans: 3

Q. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Unaccustomed Earth?

1 Jhumpa Lahiri

2 Meera Nair

3 Salman Rushdie

4 Dalai Lama

Ans: 1

Q. Which is not a feature of the American Constitution?

1 Written Constitution

2 Federation

3 Cabinet System

4 Republic

Ans: 3

Q. China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture withanother country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country?

1 Myanmar

2 South Korea

3 Vietnam

4 Taiwan

Ans: 3

Q. An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a new countrynamed South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its -

1 minerals

2 agricultural product

3 fishery product

4 forest product

Ans: 1

Q. Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012?

1 Jawahar Thakur

2 Neeraj Kumar

3 A.K. Aggarwal

4 Arun Mishra

Ans: 1
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Q. Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the lines : An Auto-biography'?

1 Sharad Pawar

2 Khushwant Singh

3 Kuldip Nayar

4 General J.J. Singh

Ans: 3

Q. Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India?

1 Marissa Mayer

2 Michael Steiner

3 Ross Csatary

4 None of the above

Ans: 2

Q. 'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for-

1 National Gangotri River Basin Authority

2 National Godavari River Basin Authority3 National Ganga River Basin Authority

4 None of the above

Ans: 3

Q. Who is the author of the book 'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges'?

1 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

2 Hamid Ansari

3 Jaswant Singh

4 None of the above

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Q. Who has been awarded the world Food Prize 2012?

1 Kofi Annan

2 Daniel Hillel

3 Ban Ki-Moon

4 None of the above

Ans: 2

Q. P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great -

1 Poet

2 Scientist

3 Musician

4 Economist


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Ans: 4

Q. Who has been appointed the Prime Minister of Egypt on July 24, 2012?

1 Mohammed Morsi

2 Kamal Ganzouri

3 Hesham Qandil

4 None of them

Ans: 3

Q. Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012?

1 Eastern Ghats

2 Western Ghats

3 Kaziranga National Park

4 Konkan Railway

Ans: 2

Q. India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in -

1 Jaipur

2 Kanpur

3 Chittoor

4 Pune

Ans: 3

Q. Who is China's first woman astronaut?

1 Li Xei

2 Liu Yang

3 Yang Xei

4 None of them

Ans: 2

Q. Who is the author of the book 'A Soldier's General'?

1 General V.K. Singh

2 Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma

3 General J.J. Singh

4 None of them

Ans: 3

Q. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on

trains?

1 S Band

2 C Band

3 KU Band

4 3G Spectrum

Ans: 3

Q. Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the followingaward -

1 Dadasaheb Phalke Award


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2 Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award

3 Lifetime Achievement Award

4 Sahitya Academy Award

Ans: 1

Q. Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador forsanitation programme?

1 Kareena Kapoor

2 Aishwarya Rai

3 Vidya Balan

4 Hema Malini

Ans: 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 ...

. A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to beestablished at -

1 Edinburgh

2 London

3 Tokyo

4 Washington

Ans: 1

Q. One of the Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise with India.The nation is -

1 Australia

2 USA

3 Japan

4 Vietnam

Ans: 2

Q. Muktinath Temple, a pilgrimage destination for Hindus is situated at which of the followingnation?

1 Nepal

2 Malaysia

3 Trinidad & Tobago

4 India

Ans: 1

Q. Francois Hollande has been elected at the President of which of the following nation?

1 Poland

2 Portugal

3 France

4 Greece

Ans: 3


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Q. The Teesta treaty has becomes a bone of contention between India and ...?

1 China

2 Pakistan

3 Bangladesh

4 Nepal

Ans: 3

Q. Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the country?

1 China

2 India

3 Japan

4 Thailand

Ans: 1

Q. A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was dedicated to the person ofwhich one of the following places?

1 Anand, Gujarat

2 Badmer, Rajasthan

3 Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

4 Patan, Gujarat

Ans: 4

Q. Which one of the following will be the longest tunnel of India being constructed in J&K?

1 Banihal tunnel

2 Chennai-Nashri tunnel

3 Rohtang tunnel

4 None of them

Ans: 2

Q. Government has fixed the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of tur (Arhar) for 2012-13 at

1 Rs 3740 per quintal




Ans: 4

Q. A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of -

1 Y.B. Reddy

2 N. Rangachary

3 Anita Kapur4 Rashmi Sahani Saxena

Ans: 2

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Q. During April 2011-February-2012, which of the following state stood first in creating largestemployment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Karnataka

3 West Bengal

4 Andhra Pradesh

Ans: 3

Q. Which of the following bank has been awarded Finance Asia Award 2012?

1 AXIS Bank

2 HDFC Bank

3 ICICI Bank

4 Kotak Bank

Ans: 4

Q. 4th Advance Estimates of Ministry of Agriculture, puts oilseeds production for 2011-12 at -

1 30.01 MT

2 28.89 MT

3 32.32 MT

4 31.01 MT

Ans: 1

Q. Govt. approves an ordinance to completely digitise TV Broad-casting. The entire nation hasbeen targeted to be covered by -

1 2013

2 2014

3 2016

4 2015

Ans: 2

Q. First Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr. The country reffred here is:

1 Kazakhstan

2 Argentina

3 North Korea

4 Iran

Ans: 4

Q. She started her career as an IFS officer and was unanimously elected the 15th Lok SabhaSpeaker. She was elected to Lok Sabha and representing a constituency in the state of:

1 Jharkhand

2 Madhya Pradesh

3 Bihar

4 West Bengal

Ans: 3

Q. Who among the following is the author of the book "My Country, My Life?

1 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee


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3 L.K. Advani

4 Shashi Tharoor

Ans: 3

Q. In the year 2012, which actor bagged the Best Actor Award at the 59th National Film Awards?

1 Ranbir Kapoor

2 Appu Kutty

3 Girish KulKarni

4 Hrithik Roshan

Ans: 3

Q. Emomali Rahmon recently visited India is the president of

1 Turkmenistan

2 Russia

3 Republic of Tajikistan

4 Turkey

Ans: 3

Q. Who is the UN Messengers of Peace

1 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

2 Michael Douglas

3 Monique Coleman

4 Elie Wiesel

Ans: 2

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