Friday, July 12, 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Who was elected the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) during the 73rd xecutive Committee Meeting of AFPPD at Bangkok in April 2013?
1) P.J.Kurien
2) Hamid Ansari
3) Karia Munda
4) Arun Jaitley
5) None

2. Which state decided to declare Malkhamb as the state sport in April 2013?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

3. Who is the only head of state or head of government to attend all BRICS Summits, held so far?
1) Hu Jintao
2) Xi Jinping
3) Dilma Rousseff
4) Dr. Manmohan Singh
5) Vladimir Putin

4. Which state will set up the first public health university in India?
1) Manipur
2) Gujarat
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Odisha

5. What is the maximum amount that can be invested under the PPF scheme in a year?
1) Rs.25,000
2) Rs.50,000
3) Rs.75,000
4) Rs.1,00,000
5) Rs.2,00,000

6. Code of Bank’s Commitment to micro and small enterprises is prepared by?
1) RBI
2) IBA
3) BCSBI
4) SEBI
5) None

7. KYC guidelines have been framed as per the guidelines of?
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Financial Action Task Force
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Indian Banks Association
5) Ministry of Home Affairs

8. Trupti Murgunde is a famous?
1) Badminton player
2) Tennis player
3) Golf player
4) Chess player
5) None

9. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Cricket?
1) Doosra
2) Bouncer
3) Deuce
4) Googly
5) Ashes

10. Booker Prize is given in the field of ..?
1) Films
2) Music
3) Science
4) Sports
5) None

11. What is the full form of DIPP?
1) Directorate of Industrial Policy and Publicity
2) Department of Industrial Procedures and Promotions
3) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
4) Directorate of Industrial Procedures and Promotions
5) None

12. Which of the following is not a core industry?
1) Crude oil
2) Coal
3) Cement
4) Automobile
5) Steel

13. The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review on March 19, 2013 cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. What is the present repo rate?
1) 8%
2) 8.25%
3) 7.25%
4) 7.5%
5) 7%

14. Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2013?
1) Navneet Kaur Dhillon
2) Sobhita Dhulipala
3) Zoya Afroz
4) Srishti Rana
5) Anushka Shah

15. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated on?
1) May 13
2) August 11
3) August 9
4) March 20
5) May 25

16. What is the present reverse repo rate?
1) 6%
2) 6.25%
3) 6.75%
4) 7%
5) 6.5%

17. INS Tarkash, a new warship, joined the Indian Navy in December 2012. It is built by?
1) Israel
2) China
3) Russia
4) France
5) USA

18. Who was elected President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in November 2012?
1) K.P.S.Gill
2) V.Dinesh Reddy
3) R.K.Shetty
4) Ranjit Sinha
5) None

19. ‘Opening Up: My Autobiography’ is written by?
1) Nasser Hussain
2) Mike Atherton
3) Andrew Strauss
4) Alastair Cook
5) Alec Stewart

20. Dudhwa National Park is located in?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttarakhand

21. Which Indian IT company has acquired Lodestone Management Consultants, a Swiss company?
1) TCS
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) HCL
5) Mahindra Satyam

22. Steve Ballmer is the CEO of?
1) Google
2) Vodafone
3) Microsoft
4) Oracle
5) Apple

23. Which of the following is an example of micro finance?
1) Letter of credit
2) Insurance for life
3) Self Help Groups
4) Investment in Mutual Funds
5) None

24. ULIP is a product offered by?
1) Banks
2) RBI
3) NABARD
4) TRAI
5) Insurance companies

25. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research is located in?
1) Lucknow
2) Pune
3) Nasik
4) Kasargod
5) Kochi

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-4, 6-3, 7-3, 8-1, 9-3, 10-5, 11-3, 12-4, 13-1, 14-2, 15-1,
16-4, 17-4, 18-3, 19-3, 20-4, 21-3, 22-4, 23-5, 24-3, 25-1