Tuesday, May 22, 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1) As per the news published in the various news paper that china had to face its first "Trade Deficit" in six years.This means that china
1) did not earn as much from its exports as it had to pay for its imports.
2) earn much more than its expectations on its exports and paid very less or imports.
3) has decided to stop imports and exports for the time being as it is producing just enough for its consumption.
4) has failed to keep its commitment to supply goods as promised to various countries.The result is it may have to devalue its currency(yuan) as it lost its credit in the market

Ans 1

2) Iron ore is found in which of the following states in India?
1) Punjab
2) Rajasthan
3) Odisha
4) Jammu & kashmir
5) Uttar Pradesh

Ans 3

3) Who among the following is NOT a famous lawn Tennis player?
1) cara Black
2) Mike Bryan
3) Denis Ndiso
4) Sereme Williams
5) Leander Paes

Ans 3

4) The Union Budget 2012-13 presented to the LokSabha in March 2012 proposedto set up a Rs 5000 Crore India opportunities venture funds wuth which of the following bodies to enhance availability of equity to Micro, small and Medium enterprises?
1) NABARD
2) SIDBI
3) FICCI
4) ASSOCHAM
5) None of these

Ans 2

5) The Union Budget 2012-13 said thatto enable greater aaccess to finance by small and medium enterprises(SME), two SME exchanges were recently launched in
1) Chennai
2) Pune
3) Mumbai
4) Hyderabad
5) None of these

Ans 3

6) According to the Reserve bank of India annual policy statement 2012-13, the bank rate stands adjusted to what percent with immediate effect?
1) 8.5 percent
2) 9.0 percent
3) 9.5 percent
4) 8.0 percent
5) None of these

Ans 2

7) The Economic survey 2011-12 notes that capital to risk-weighted assets ratio(CRAR) of all bank groups both under Basel I and II remained well above the stipulated regulatory norm of --- in 2010-11
1) 3 percent
2) 6 percent
3) 9 percent
4) 12 percent
5) None of these

Ans 3

8) As per the Economic survey 2011-12, the major contributory factors to headline inflation during the current financial year include
1) Higher primary articles prices driven by vegetables, egg,meat and fish due to changing dietary pattern of consumers.
2) Increasing global commodity prices especilly metl and chemical prices.
3) Persistently high international crude petroleum prices in the last two years.
4) All of the above
5) None of these

Ans 4

9) The Railway Budget 2012-13 mentioned that railways has taken up the ionic infrastructure project of construction of dedicated freight corridors from Ludhiana?
1) Bhatinda
2) kapurthala
3) Dankuni
4) Wagah
5) None of these

Ans 3

10) Which among the following won the french Presidential elections on March 6,2012?
1) Nicolas sarkozy
2) Valery Giscard
3) Francois Hollande
4) Amadou toumani
5) None of these

Ans 3

11) Which of the following newspapers won the Pulitzer in National reporting category on April 16,2012?
1) The Huffington post
2) The Patriot News
3) New York times
4) The Philadelphia Inqeuier
5) None of these

Ans 1

12) Which among the following Indians were elected to the Pretigious fellowship of the royal society,Britian in April 2012?
1) Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan
2) Prof. Tejinder Singh
3) Varinder Singh Aggarwal
4) Shankar Balasubramanian
5) All of the above

Ans 5 

13) Which among the following has authored the book titled "Bitter Wormword" that was in news in April 2012?
1) Charles Allen
2) Easterine Kire
3) Pico lyer
4) Alain de Botton
5) None of these

Ans 2

14) Which among the following won the Asian Snooker Championship in doha on April 29,2012?
1) Pankaj Advani
2) Hossein Vafaei
3) Thawat Sujaritthurakarn
4) Aditya Mehta
5) None of these

Ans 4

15)
Which among the following was crowned as the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 on March 30,2012?
1) Prachi Mishra
2) Vanya Mishra
3) Rochelle Mario Rao
4) Hasleen kaur
5) None of these

Ans 2