1.Which of the following countries has agreed to accept the payment of export of oil and petroleum products to India, in rupee terms instead of dollar or any other currency?
AKuwait
BUAE
CIran
DIraq
AnswerIran
2.As per the newspaper reports Government of India has finally agreed to purchase advanced MRMRs for its naval forces. What are these MRMRs?
AAircrafts
BWarships
CSubmarines
DRadar Systems
AnswerAircrafts
3.Which of the following agencies/organizations decided to cancel 122 Licenses of 2G Spectrum issued by the Government of India to various companies and asked the Government to do the process afresh?
Acomptroller and auditor general of India
Bsupreme court of India
Ctelecom regulatory authority of India
Dconfederation of Indian Industry
Answersupreme court of India
4.Who among the following is the Prime Minister of a country at present and has also won the Presidential Elections held in March 2012? (He had been President of the country twice in the past. This will be his third term as President. He will join office in July 2012),
AMohammed Waheed Hassan
BAbd. Rabbo Mansour Hadi
CDaniel Ortega
DVladimir Putin
AnswerVladimir Putin
5.Which of the following countries approved a new constitution of the country in a referendum through secret voting held in February 2012?
ALibya
BIraq
CIran
DSyria
AnswerSyria
6.Which of the following countries has signed a 'Non-Aggression Pact' with Sudan?
ASouth Sudan
BKenya
CEthiopia
DSouth Africa
AnswerSouth Sudan
7.General Clients of various banks in India can make a complaint to which of the following offices, on the issues related to deficiency in services which do not get resolved at banks level?
AComptroller and auditor general of India
BAttorney general of India
COmbudsman
DIndian Audit Bureau
AnswerOmbudsman
8.The sensitive index of National Stock Exchange of India is popularly known as....
ASENSEX
BNIFTY
CCSE
DMCS
AnswerNIFTY
9.Which of the following countries decided to add 3000 more centrifuges to its Uranium enrichment programs, despite touch economic sanctions on it from various western countries?
ASyria
BIran
CLibya
DEgypt
AnswerIran
10.Who among the following Indians was conferred the prestigious, "National Medal o Arts and Humanities, awarded by US President in February 2012?
ADr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
BDr. Amartya Sen
CMs. Meira Kumar
DShri Nr Narayan Murthy
AnswerDr. Amartya Sen
11.The proceeds from disinvestment of various public-sector undertaking are channelized into
ANational Investment Fund.
BVenture Capital Fund
CRural Innovation Fund
DPortfolio Risk Fund
AnswerNational Investment Fund
12.World Day for Water is observed on which of the following dates?
A22 August
B22 October
C22 July
D22 March
Answer22 March
13.As per new data released recently what was GDP real growth rate?
A7%
B8%
C9%
D10%
Answer8%
14.Meryl Streep who was awarded one of the Oscar Awards 2012, is a famous
AFilm Director
BActress
CSongwriter
DScreen play writer
AnswerActress
15.Which of the following countries has announced to freeze its Nuclear Program so that it can avail food aid from US and other countries?
ANorth Korea
BSouth Korea
CIran
DIndia
AnswerNorth Korea
16.Which of the following organisations has agreed to give a financial aid of US $ 4.3 billion to India to help it in eliminating poverty?
AInternational Monetary Fund
BWorld Bank
CBank of Tokyo and HSBC Jointly
DAsian Development Bank
AnswerWorld Bank
17.What is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) at present?
A20%
B22%
C25%
D24%
Answer24%
18.Which of the following is one of the major functions of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development?
AProvide loans to State Government for developing rural infrastructures.
BPreparing Monetary and Credit Policy of India
CDeciding Bank Rate
DProviding Credit to Small Industrial Units
AnswerProvide loans to State Government for developing rural infrastructures
19.India conducted a joint naval coast guard exercise Sahyog-Kaijin-XI with.
AChina
BMyanmar
CThailand
DJapan
AnswerJapan
20.Which of the following teams won the Africa Cup Football championship final held in February 2012?
AKenya
BZambia
CSouth Africa
DIvory Coast
AnswerZambia
21.The Curiosity rover built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a part of Astrobiology mission successfully landed on the planet
AMars
BSaturn
CVenus
DMercury
AnswerMars
22.Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?
APituitary gland
BPancreas
CPineal gland
DNone of these
AnswerNone of these
23.Which of the following is not correctly matched?
ACyrus Mistry: Tata Group
BSheryl Sandberg: Facebook
CLarry Page: Google
DDeepak Parekh: HFCL
AnswerDeepak Parekh: HFCL
24.Which of the following acts as both exocrine and endocrine gland?
APancreas
BSpleen
CLiver
DPituitary gland
AnswerPancreas
25.Which of the following does not produce hormone
AHeart
BKidney
CGastro-intestinal tract
DNone of these
AnswerNone of these
26.Who among the following Viceroys wrote the book ‘Problems of the East’?
ALord Curzon
BLord Clive
CLord Mayo
DLord Mountbatten
AnswerLord Curzon
27.Which among the following Philosophical Systems expounds ‘Critical Examination’ or ‘Solution of a problem by reflection’?
AVaishesika
BSamkhya
CMimansa
DYoga
AnswerMimansa
28.Who among the following said about Md. Ali Jinnah that he was an ‘Ambassador of Hindu- Muslim Unity’?
AAnnie Besant
BSarojini Naidu
CB. G. Tilak
DNone of these
AnswerSarojini Naidu
29.Which among the following is considered as the best rock cut temple in the world?
ABrihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur
BLingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar
CKailasha Temple, Ellora
DKandariya Temple, Khajuraho
AnswerKailasha Temple, Ellora
30.Badayuni said that “Sultan got freedom from his masses and masses from the Sultan”. Who among the following kings does he refer to?