BANKING GA
July
31, 2013
1. Sub-prime lending refers to
(A) lending to the customers who are most valued for the bank.
(B) lending to the customers who come to the bank for the very first time
(C) lending to the people with less than standard credit status
(D) lending to the people who live a sub-standard life.
(E) None of these
2. The Banking Ombudsman
(A) is in charge of bank loans for buses
(B) fixes the rates of interest for loans
(C) resolves complaints of customer
(D) is the head of all nationalized bank
(E) none of these
3. Insurance cover for bank deposits in our country is provided by
(A) SBI
(B) Government of India
(C) DICGC
(D) GIC
(E) None of these
4. The following contains an order to pay money
(A) Bill of exchange
(B) Cheque
(C) Promissory Note
(D) Only (1) and (2)
(E) None of these
5. Which of the following cannot be a feature of a Debit card?
(A) These cards cannot be used as POS Centres
(B) Banks earn huge amount as penalties for defaulting on payment through these cards.
(C) Can be used normal withdrawals.
(D) Only 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2 and 3
ANSWERS
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. D
July 12, 2013
1. Banking sector falls under which of the following sectors?
A) Service Sector
B) Industrial Sector
C) Manufacturing Sector
D) None of these
2. Goldman Prize was declared recently. The award is also known as
A) Oscars of the corporate excellence
B) Oscars of sports
C) Oscars of the environmental activists
D) Oscars of architecure
3. “Not for Turning” is the biography of ____
A) Anthony Blair
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Winston Churchill
4. Name the only women chief election commissioner of India, who passed away in April 2013.
A) Rajani Rai
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) VS. Ramadevi
D) Fathima Beevi
5. When "World Population Day" is observed?
A) 24 August
B) 3 July
C) 13 February
D) 11 July
ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. D
1. Sub-prime lending refers to
(A) lending to the customers who are most valued for the bank.
(B) lending to the customers who come to the bank for the very first time
(C) lending to the people with less than standard credit status
(D) lending to the people who live a sub-standard life.
(E) None of these
2. The Banking Ombudsman
(A) is in charge of bank loans for buses
(B) fixes the rates of interest for loans
(C) resolves complaints of customer
(D) is the head of all nationalized bank
(E) none of these
3. Insurance cover for bank deposits in our country is provided by
(A) SBI
(B) Government of India
(C) DICGC
(D) GIC
(E) None of these
4. The following contains an order to pay money
(A) Bill of exchange
(B) Cheque
(C) Promissory Note
(D) Only (1) and (2)
(E) None of these
5. Which of the following cannot be a feature of a Debit card?
(A) These cards cannot be used as POS Centres
(B) Banks earn huge amount as penalties for defaulting on payment through these cards.
(C) Can be used normal withdrawals.
(D) Only 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2 and 3
ANSWERS
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. D
July 12, 2013
1. Banking sector falls under which of the following sectors?
A) Service Sector
B) Industrial Sector
C) Manufacturing Sector
D) None of these
2. Goldman Prize was declared recently. The award is also known as
A) Oscars of the corporate excellence
B) Oscars of sports
C) Oscars of the environmental activists
D) Oscars of architecure
3. “Not for Turning” is the biography of ____
A) Anthony Blair
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Winston Churchill
4. Name the only women chief election commissioner of India, who passed away in April 2013.
A) Rajani Rai
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) VS. Ramadevi
D) Fathima Beevi
5. When "World Population Day" is observed?
A) 24 August
B) 3 July
C) 13 February
D) 11 July
ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. D
July 06, 2013
1. Which of the following committees/commissions was set up to suggest measures for effective implementation of Public Distribution System (PDS)?
A) Kelkar Committee
B) Verma Commissiom
C) DP Wadhwa Committee
D) Kirit Parikh Committee
2. Padmashri Mahasundari Devi, who died July 4, 2013 was famous for -
A) Classical Singing
B) Classical dancer
C) Madhubani Painting
D) Social activities
3. Who brought India’s its first gold in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships?
A) Vikas Gowda
B) Raghubeer Pratap
C) Deepika
D) Deelip Tirky
4. Pakistan’s cricket player _____ has been banned for life by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
A) Shoaib Malik
B) Shoeb Akhtar
C) Moin Khan
D) Danish Kaneria
ANSWERS
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. D
July 02, 2013
1. The tax levied on manufacture or production of goods is called
A) Value Added Tax
B) Customs Duty
C) Sales Tax
D) Excise Duty
2. Who is the first US woman to fly into space?
A) Kathryn Sullivan
B) Sunita Williams
C) Sally Ride
D) Ellen Ochoa
3. Which country joined the European Union as the 28th member of the Union?
A) Croatia
B) Hvar
C) Italy
D) Spain
4. Which team won the Confederations Cup?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Brasil
D) Japan
ANSWERS
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
June 30, 2013
1. Which of the following countries celebrate “Bastil Day” as “National Day”?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Japan
D) Thailand
2. Fiat Money is known as–
A) Legally declared Money
B) Advance Money
C) Soft Money
D) Hot Money
3. Finance commission is included under ____ of Indian constitution.
A) Article 180
B) Article 220
C) Article 280
D) Article 260
4. The book “Wings of Fire” is a auto biography of?
A) Homi Jahangir Bhaba
B) Abdul Kalam
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Ramanujan
ANSWERS
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
June 27, 2013
1. Bretton Woods Conference led to the formation of?
A) WTO
B) World Bank
C) IMF
D) World Bank and IMF
2. Who is the head of the National Water Resources Council in India?
A) President of India
B) Prime Minister
C) Vice President
D) Union Water Minister
3. Who can discharge the function of President and Vice President of India when both the offices are vacant?
A) Chief Justice of India
B) Prime Minister
C) Parliament
D) None of These
4. 2015 cricket world cup will be held in which country?
A) South Africa
B) Australia & New Zealand
C) England
D) West Indies
5. 2014 FIFA world cup will be held in which country?
A) Brasil
B) Australia & New Zealand
C) England
D) West Indies
ANSWERS
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. A
June 19, 2013
1. Who has been elected As the President of Editors Guild of India in April 2013?
A) Aroon Purie
B) T.N. Ninan
C) Alok Mehta
D) Narasimhan Ravi
2. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population and Development in April 2013?
A) PJ Kurien
B) Kapil Sibal
C) P Chidambaram
D) Anand Sharma
3. Who has been unanimously Re-Elected As the National President of Janata Dal in April 2013?
A) Lalu Prasad Yadav
B) Sharad Yadav
C) Sharad Pawar
D) Nitish Kumar
4. India has recently raised its objection over the construction of the Zangmu dam with which country?
A) China
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) Pakistan
5. Sahara India Pariwar has launched a new retail chain across Maharashtra in April 2013. What is the name of its newly launched retail chain?
A) Sahara-Shop
B) R-Shop
C) Q-Shop
D) Pariwar-Shop
ANSWERS
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C(http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/sahara-to-launch-q-shops-in-maharashtra/article4516113.ece )
June 17, 2013
1. Which India’s leading IT Services Company has partnered with US based IPsoft in April 2013 to achieve high automation in the IT Services outsourcing business?
A) TCS
B) Wipro
C) Infosys
D) HCL Technologies
2. Which bank has recently decided in April 2013 to provide about USD 6 billion loan to India over the next three years?
A) IMF
B) World Bank
C) Asian Development Bank
D) None of These
3. Who has been conferred with the Asom Ratna award 2012?
A) Indira Goswamy
B) Dr Bhupen Hazarika
C) Mamoni Raisom Goswami
D) None of These
4. As per World Bank report, which country is the largest recipient of remittances in the world in 2012?
A) USA
B) Japan
C) China
D) India
5. Which country has Successfully Test-Fired Nuclear-Capable Hatf-IV Ballistic Missile in April 2013?
A) Iran
B) Pakistan
C) Syria
D) None of These
ANSWERS
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. B
June 09, 2013
1. Who was named ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ at the third edition of the annual Asian Awards held in April 2013?
A) Azim Premji
B) Narayana Murthy
C) Adi Godrej
D) Ratan Tata
2. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction announced in April 2013?
A) Adam Johnson
B) Nathan Englander
C) Eowyn Ivey
D) None of These
3. Which British club won the English Premier League title 2013?
A) Arsenal
B) Manchester City
C) Manchester United
D) Aston Villa
4. Which bollywood actor was awarded with the Asian Award in London for his performances in movies held in April 2013?
A) Amir Khan
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Anupam Kher
5. Noted ________ Lalgudi Jayaraman passed away in April 2013.
A) Actor
B) Violinist
C) Historian & Author
D) Guitarist
ANSWERS
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
June 04, 2013
1. Who was bagged the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for his contribution to Indian industry at the third edition of the annual Asian Awards held in April 2013?
A) Ravi Ruia
B) Narayana Murthy
C) Adi Godrej
D) Ratan Tata
2. Famous industrialist and known as king of takeovers, Rama Prasad Goenka passed away in April 2013. He has set up which company?
A) RPG Group
B) JP Group
C) Adani Group
D) None of These
3. Global credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded credit rating of which country to “AA+” from top most “AAA” in April 2013?
A) Luxemberg
B) USA
C) Germany
D) UK
4. Famous Cricketer Mike Denness passed away in April 2013. He was captain of which cricket team?
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) England
D) West Indies
5. India’s Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi passed away in April 2013. She was also known as?
A) Super Computer
B) Human computer
C) Life Computer
D) None of These
ANSWERS
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
June 02, 2013
1. Which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of 26.4% for the month of February 2013?
A) Greece
B) Spain
C) Portugal
D) Ireland
2. Which company has acquired 50% stake in L&T-Komatsu (LTK) held by Komatsu Asia & Pacific in April 2013?
A) Unitec
B) Larsen & Toubro
C) Hitachi
D) None of These
3. Which Indian PSU Company was conferred with the Miniratna – Category – 1 status by the President of India in April 2013?
A) National Seeds Corporation Limited
B) HMT (International) Limited
C) North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
D) Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited
4. Which Internet company has acquired Pulse, which makes an e-reader platform used on mobile devices, for USD 90 million in April 2013?
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) LinkedIn
D) Yahoo
5. Polish-born researcher Dr Hilary Koprowski passed away in April 2013. He was famous for developing oral vaccination for which disease?
A) Diptheria
B) Polio
C) Maleria
D) Flu
ANSWERS
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. B
May 29, 2013
1. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has recently removed the ____ exposure limit on reverse repo transactions by insurers in April 2013. After this, the Insurance companies will now be free to invest in reverse repo transactions in government securities
A) 15%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 20%
2. The ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India) has conferred a Life Time Achievement Award to whom in April 2013 for translating excellence in corporate governance into reality?
A) Ratan Tata
B) Adi Godrej
C) Deepak Parekh
D) Anand Mahindra
3. Which global auto giant has recently roped in professional golfer Jeev Milkha Singh as its brand ambassador in April 2013?
A) Audi
B) Marcedez
C) BMW
D) Volvo
4. “World Health Day” is observed on?
A) 5-Apr
B) 7-Apr
C) 11-Apr
D) 4-Apr
ANSWERS
1.C
2.C
3.D
4.B
May 21, 2013
1. Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra passed away in March 2013. He was famous ____________.
A) Author
B) Painter
C) Environmentalist
D) Social Worker
2. Which Indian City hosted SAARC journalists’ summit held in March 2013?
A) Hyderabad
B) New Delhi
C) Indore
D) Mumbai
3.Who won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 announced in March 2013?
A) S. Venkata Mohan
B) N Chandrasekhar Rao
C) J Karthikeyan
D) PN Sarma
4. Which Indian state became the first state to introduce e-GPF or electronic GPF in March 2013?
A) New Delhi
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Himachal Pradesh
5. “World Sparrow Day” is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 20-Mar
C) 28-Mar
D) 22-Mar
ANSWERS
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.B
5.B
May
19, 2013
1. Which indian PSU company has been awarded as the most Efficient Maharatna-in Manufacturing for the year 2012 by a leading Stock Magazine at the 4th DSIJ Award held in New Delhi in Mach 2013?
A) Oil India
B) ONGC
C) BHEL
D) NTPC Limited
2. Famous South Indian actor and Padma Shri recipient S. Sukumari passed away in March 2013. She was a famous _________ actor.
A) Malaylam
B) Telegu
C) Tamil
D) Kannada
3. Who won the WTA Miami women’s single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013?
A) Carla Suarez-Navarro
B) Serena Williams
C) Maria Sharapova
D) Agnieszka Radwanska
4. Which Indian state clocked the highest growth of gross state domestic product for current financial year 2012-13?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
5. The Income Tax department has served a 2000 crore notice Rupees on __________ for suspected evasion of taxes in its business transactions in the country in March 2013?
A) Samsung India
B) Nokia India
C) Vodafone India
D) Siemens India
ANSWERS
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
May 13, 2013
1. Who was crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 held in March 2013?
A) Sobhita Dhulipala
B) Zoya Afroz
C) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
D) None of These
2. Who won the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March 2013?
A) Mark Webber
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Fernando Alonso
D) Lewis Hamilton
3. Who has been awarded with the Healthcare Businessman of the Year Award 2013 at the Asian Business Awards ceremony in March 2013?
A) Kartar Lalvani
B) Amit Bhatia
C) Sudhir Choudhrie
D) Laksmi Mittal
4. Which Indian private bank has signed up as the official partner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the financial services category in March 2013?
A) HDFC Bank
B) Axis Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Yes Bank
ANSWERS
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
May
11, 2013
1. Who has been named as the new head of Google’s Android division in March 2013?
A) Ram Shriram
B) Sunder Pichai
C) Nikesh Arora
D) Krishna Bharat
2. As per January 2013 data, India received maximum FDI inflow from which country?
A) Singapore
B) Japan
C) Mauritius
D) USA
3. Who was sworn in as the 20th Governor of Kerala in March 2013?
A) D Y Patil
B) S C Jamir
C) Devanand Konwar
D) Nikhil Kumar
4. Who will be the first Chief Justice of the new Manipur High Court announced in March 2013?
A) Abhay Manohar Sapre
B) T Meena Kumari
C) Dr. D Y Patil
D) None of These
5. Three North East Indian states have got their new High Courts which was announced in March 2013. Which in the list is not among them?
A) Tripura
B) Meghalaya
C) Manipur
D) Nagaland
ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. D
May 07, 2013
1. The Government has constituted a four-member committee headed by whom today to remove ambiguity in the definitions of FDI and FII in March 2013?
A) N. K. Sodhi
B) Arvind Mayaram
C) S Verma
D) None of These
2. Which Country has become the first country in the World to Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate which it has announced in March 2013?
A) China
B) Canada
C) Japan
D) USA
3. India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in February stood at ___________.
A) USD 1.85 billion
B) USD 2.75 billion
C) USD 2.21 billion
D) USD 4.29 billion
4. Malala Yousafzai,the 15-year-old girl who was attacked by the Taliban for campaigning for girls education, has joined a school in the UK in March 2013. She was attacked by Taliban in which country?
A) Iraq
B) Afghanistan
C) Pakistan
D) Iran
5. The Supreme Court had issued a notice to the Italian Ambassador and restrained him from leaving the country without its permission in the Italian Marine case in March 2013. Later he resigned once they returned India to face trial. What is his name?
A) Daniele Mancini
B) Antonio Armellini
C) Giorgio Napolitano
D) Gianfranco Fini
ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. A
May
03, 2013
1. Who
won a Bronze medal in the final of women’s juniors of 500m cycle event in Asian
Cycling Championship held on 7 March 2013 in New Delhi?
A) Taipai’s Yu Shiou Cheng
B) Jang Yeonhee
C) Deborah
D) None of These
B) Jang Yeonhee
C) Deborah
D) None of These
2. Indian Hockey team finished at which place in the
Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013?
A) 6th
B) 5th
C) 7th
D) 4th
B) 5th
C) 7th
D) 4th
3. Airports Council International (ACI), the global
body of Airports has declared Which Indian International airport as second best
airport of the world in the category of airports that handles 25 to 40 million
passengers per year (MPPA) in March 2013?
A) Bangalore
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Mumbai
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Mumbai
4. Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi
National Quality Award In the category of Large Scale Manufacturing Industry,
announced in March 2013?
A) Bosch India private Limited
B) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited
C) Nokia Siemens Networks Private Limited
D) None of These
B) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited
C) Nokia Siemens Networks Private Limited
D) None of These
5. Union Minister of Communications & IT, Kapil
Sibal has inaugurated the First All Women Employees Post Office of India in which
city in March 2013?
A) Mumbai
B) Bangalore
C) New Delhi
D) Hyderabad
B) Bangalore
C) New Delhi
D) Hyderabad
ANSWERS
1. C
2. B
3. C
5. C
April 30, 2013
1. Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013?
A) D Y Patil
B) S C Jamir
C) Devanand Konwar
D) Nikhil Kumar
2. Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013 held in March 2013 in England?
A) Wang Xin
B) Ratchanok Intanon
C) Tine Baun
D) Juliane Schenk
3. Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March 2013. He was a famous _________.
A) Actor
B) Author
C) Painter
D) Director
4. The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030?
A) T L Shankar
B) J Verma
C) Sam Pitroda
D) Vijay Kelkar
5. Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013?
A) Mohammad Hafeez
B) Saeed Ajmal
C) Ravindra Jadeja
D) None of These
ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. B
April
29, 2013
1. Who
has sworn in as Venezuela’s
acting president following death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013?
A) Henrique Capriles Radonski
B) Nicolas Maduro
C) Diosdado Cabello
D) Elías Jaua
B) Nicolas Maduro
C) Diosdado Cabello
D) Elías Jaua
2. Argentina’s
Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013.
A) 267th
B) 264th
C) 266th
D) 261th
B) 264th
C) 266th
D) 261th
3. Which Indian state won the award for best civic
management of a tourist destination and for the most innovative and unique
tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
4. After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004
crore in State Bank of India by the Indian Government, the shareholding of the
government in the bank has increased to __________.
A) 61.58%
B) 59.23%
C) 62.31%.
D) 65.82%
B) 59.23%
C) 62.31%.
D) 65.82%
5. Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One
Grand Prix in Melbourne
in March 2013?
A) Kimi Raikkonen
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Fernando Alonso
D) Lewis Hamilton
ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. A
April 23, 2013
1. Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non-American Editor of Time International?
A) Sanjay Gupta
B) Bobby Ghosh
C) Fareed Zakaria
D) Uma Pemmaraju
2. Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013?
A) Y. Bhaskar Rao
B) B. Sudarshan Reddy
C) Shivraj V. Patil
D) H. R. Bhardwaj
3. “Earth Day” is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 23-April
C) 21-Mar
D) 22-April
4. Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was founder of which Indian pharma company?
A) Ranbaxy
B) Aurovindo Pharma
C) Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
D) None of These
ANSWER
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. C
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April 21, 2013
1. Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March 2013?
A) Carlos Slim Helu
B) Bill Gates
C) Amancio Ortega
D) Warren Buffett
2. The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)?
A) P Chidambaram, Karan Singh,Kapil Sibal
B) Kapil Sibal, Murli Manhor Joshi, Pawan Bansal
C) Sharad Yadav, Jaitley, Karan Singh
D) None of These
3. Which film won the award in the “Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment” category in the “60th National Film Awards” announced in March 2013?
A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Vicky Donor
4. Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013?
A) DowJones
B) Time Warner
C) Forbes
D) Bloomberg
5. Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March 2013?
A) Xi Jinping
B) Wen Jiabao
C) Li Keqiang
D) Hu Jintao
ANSWER
1.A (http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2013/03/04/inside-the-2013-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/)
2. C
3. D (http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2013/mar/180313-irrfan-khan-paan-singh-tomar-vicky-donor-shine-at-60th-national-film-awards.htm)
4. B
5. A
April 19, 2013
1. Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it the 18th nations to join the euro currency?
A) Turkey
B) Latvia
C) Jordon
D) Russia
2. The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has been fasting for how many years now?
A) 6 Years
B) 8 Years
C) 12 Years
D) 10 Years
3. Who won the the Mexican Open men’s single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013?
A) Tomas Berdych
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Rafael Nadal
D) David Ferrer
4. “World Consumer Rights Day” is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 15-Mar
5. Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female Security Index (FSI), based on the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?
A) Chennai
B) Delhi
C) Bangalore
D) Mumbai
ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. B (http://freepressjournal.in/punjab-haryana-delhi-top-well-being-index/)
April 11, 2013
1. Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) YES Bank
D) Axis Bank
2. Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in Feb 2013?
A) Mary Kom
B) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Sushil Kumar
3. Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Anupam Kher
C) Shahrukh Khan
D) Irfaan Khan
4. Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013?
A) Dinesh Chandimal
B) Lasith Malinga
C) Angelo Mathews
D) Kumar Sangakara
5. Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) Singapore
ANSWERS
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. C
April
09, 2013
1. Who
has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR) in Feb 2013?
A) P.R. Vasudeva Rao
B) P.S. Veeraraghavan
C) M.C. Dathan
D) M.Y.S. Prasad
B) P.S. Veeraraghavan
C) M.C. Dathan
D) M.Y.S. Prasad
2. The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming
up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated in ___________.
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Sikkim
D) Meghalaya
B) Assam
C) Sikkim
D) Meghalaya
3. Which committee was constituted by the Union
Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the different aspects of the brutal rape
and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the streets of Delhi? It has submitted
its report in Feb 2013.
A) Justice Kabir Committee
B) Justice Shome Committee
C) Justice Verma Committee
D) Justice Usha Mehra Committee
4. Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in
Feb 2013. His original name is?
A) Albino Luciani
B) Karol Józef Wojtyła
C) Joseph Alois Ratzinger
D) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. C
April 08, 2013
1. An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013.
A) J Verma
B) Sam Pitroda
C) N. R. Narayana Murthy
D) None of These
2. Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013.
A) Chennai
B) Secunderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Kanpur
3. The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013?
A) Justice Jain
B) Justice Shome
C) Justice Verma
D) Justice Bhatt
4. Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE?
A) Nabeel Gareeb
B) Francisco D’Souza
C) Kumar Mangalam Birla
D) None of These
5. Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its ‘Sparsh Abhiyan’ aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013?
A) Bihar
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujarat
ANSWERS
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C
April 07, 2013
1. Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into space?
A) Iran
B) North Korea
C) China
D) Australia
2. Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
A) Gujarat
B) Delhi
C) Karnataka
D) Goa
3. Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013 Oscar) held in February 2013?
A) Les Misérables
B) Lincoln
C) Argo
D) Life of Pi
4. Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his contribution to Power sector?
A) Arup Roy Choudhury
B) Vishwaroop
C) Chandra Shekhar Verma
D) N.N. Mishra
5. Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013.
A) Shahid
B) Azadi
C) Jawan
D) None of These
ANSWERS
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. B
April 05, 2013
1. Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India” Initiative in Feb 2013?
A) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
B) Ministry of Tourism
C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D) Ministry of External Affairs
2. What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists?
A) Saz
B) Rex
C) Jax
D) None of These
3.Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb 2013?
A) Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik
B) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands
C) Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua
D) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
4.Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?
A) BJP
B) Congress
C) CPM
D) NPF
ANSWERS
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. D
April 03, 2013
1. Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013?
A) Jamie Oliver
B) Sugata Mitra
C) Jill Tarter
D) Ela Bhatt
2. Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?
A) BJP
B) Congress
C) CPM
D) None of These
3. India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Saurav Ganguly
D) Mohammad Azharuddin
4. Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013?
A) Adi Godrej
B) Azim Premji
C) Ratan Tata
D) N R Narayana Murthy
ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
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