Tuesday, August 28, 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS CAPSULES


1) Which Indian state will set up 200 hi-tech mini-dairy units to boost milk production?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttar pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Karnataka
Ans 1
2) Who will become the first Indian Women and 5th sports person to be conferred with IT Wlonel Rank?
1) P.T Usha
2) Aparna Popat
3) Geeta Phogat
4) MC Mary Kom
5) Saina Nehwal
Ans 4
3) Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme court in June 2012. with this, the strength of the apex court has gone up to 26.What is the sanctioned strength of the supreme court?
1) 28 Judges
2) 29 Judges
3) 30 Judges
4) 31 Judges
5) 32 Judges
Ans 4
4) Who among the following Presidents was impeached by the Parliament of his/her country in June ?
a) Jose Mujica
b) Sebastian Pinera
c) Dilma Rousseff
d) Ollanta Humala
e) Fernando Lugo 
Ans 5
5) Who among the following Presidents has offered to provide political asylum to Wiki leaks founder Julian Assange Who is facing extradition to Sweden from Britain in June 2012?
1) Jose Mujica
2) Rafeal Correa
3) Dilma Rousseff
4) Ollanta Humala
5) Sabastian Pinera
Ans 2
6) Who among the following Indian Americans was convicted of insider trading by US Court in June 2012?
1) Gururaj Deshpande
2) Preet Bharara
3) Kanwal Rekhi
4) Vinod Dham
5) Rajat Gupta
Ans 5
7) Who among the following was appointed as the new CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited in June 2012?
1) Sekhar basu
2) Ratan Kumar Sinha
3) Srikumar  Bannerjee
4) Kailash Chandra Purohit
5) Shreyans Kumar Jain
Ans 4
8) Who among the following was elected as President of Egypt in June 2012?
1) Amir Moussa
2) Ahmed Shafik
3) Hamdeen Sabbahi
4) Mohammed Mursi
5) Abdul Moneim Adoul Fotouh
Ans 4
9) Which album has the only duet song in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar and Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan, Who passed away in Karachi at the age of 84 in June 2012?
1) Aman
2) Rishte
3) Faasle
4) darmiyan
5) sarhadein
Ans 4
10) Which government appointed committee had recommended a higher excise duty on diesel cars to compensate for subsided sale of diesel Fuel?
1) Ashok Chawla Committee
2) Arun Maira Committee
3) Kaushik Basu Committee
4) Kirit Parikh Committee
5) Rakesh Mohan Committee
Ans 4


 
11) Who among the following is the chairperson of Financial stability Development Council (FSDC)?
1) Planning Commission Vice-Chairman
2) Finance Minister
3) RBI Governor
4) SEBI Chairman
5) IRDA Chairman
Ans 2
12) What is the special initiative launched by the centre to Protect children’s right in the areas affected by Armed conflict such as the naxal district through Local youth volunteers of children defenders called?
1) Shishu Kalyan Scheme
2) Vidya Jagruti Scheme
3) Yuva Pragati Scheme
4) Bal bandhu Scheme
5) Balak Raksha Scheme
Ans 4
13) What is the India’s rank in the Global Peace Index of 158 countries produced by the Australia and US-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in June 2012?
 1) 112th
2) 122nd
3) 132nd
4) 142nd
5) 152nd
Ans 4
14) Which of the following has developed “bio-toilets” being installed in Gram panchayat across the country according to a MOU signed in June 2012?
1) TERI
2) ISRO
3) DRDO
4) HUDCO
5) Indian Railways
Ans 3
15) The high Level United Nations Frame work convention on climate change has met in August 2012 at
1) Paris
2) Singapore
3) Beijing
4) London
5) Bangkok
Ans 5
16) Many Times we read  the financial news paper about public debt which of the following is the component of the public Debts?
a) Market loans
b) External Loans
c) outstanding against saving scheme/provident funds
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) A & B
4) Only C
5) All A, B & C
Ans 5
17) Who won the mixed doubles title at the french open 2012?
1) Kaludia Jams- Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez
2) Mahesh Bhupati and sania Mirza
3) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza
4) Laender Paes and Elena Vesnina
5) Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond
Ans 2
18) Who won the Asian shah cup men's hockey tournamaent Final on June 3rd 2012?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) New zealand
4) Argentina
5) Great Britian
Ans 3
19) The third and the last warship under project-17 of the Indian navy were commissioned in June 2012.Which of the following is not among the Three?
1) INS Sahyadri
2) INS Satpura
3) INS Shivalik
4) INS Sathyamangalam
5) Both 2 and 4
Ans 4
20) Works related to which of the following will be included in the ambit of Mahatama Gandhi national Rural Employment Gurantee Act(MNREGA) from April 2012?
1) Animal Husbandry
2) Drinking Water and sanitation
3) Poultary
4) All of the above
5) None of these
Ans 4
21) XBRL stands for which of the following?
1) Excellent Business Response Languages
2) External Business Recording Language
3) Extensible Business Reporting Languages
4) Exterior Business response language
5) None of these
Ans 3
22) Which of the following was launched by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to Promote free movement of goods, capital and workforce?
1) Common Economic Space
2) Joint Economic Initiative
3) Eurasian Free Trade Area
4) Eurasian Economic Union
5) None of these
  
Ans 1
23) Who among the following is the newely elected Prime minister of Pakistan?
1) Iftkhar Chaudhary
2) Chaudhary Parvey Ilahi
3) Raza Parvez Ashraf
4) Parveh Musharaf
5) Yosuf Raza Gilani
Ans 3
24) Which of the following committee is related to " Financial Inclusion?
1) Deepak Mohanty Committee
2) Usja Thorat Committee
3) Y.H Malegam Committee
4) Shymla Gopinath Committee
5) V.K.Shuglu Committee
Ans 2
25) Who is the writer of the book " Anna Ki Jung" ?
1) Anna Hazara
2) Sudarashan Bhatia
3) Arvind Khejriwal
4) Kiran Bedi
5) None of these
Ans 2
26) Navi Pillay was given a new-two year term as head of which of the following UN-affailated organisations by UN General Assembly in May 2012?
1) ILO
2) WHO
3) UNHRC
4) UNESCO
5) UNICEF
Ans 3
27) What is the rank of Indian in Global Innovation Index in 2012?
1) 64th
2) 65th
3) 66th
4) 68th
5) 70th
Ans 1
28) Which football team is set to file-IPO in New York stock Exchange?
1) A.C Milan
2) Mohan Bagan
3) Chelsea
4) Real Madrid
5) Manchester United
Ans 5
29) Prime minister Manmohan SIngh took charge of the Finance Portfolio Following the resignation of Paranb Mukherjee to contest the Presidential poll in June 2012.  Which of the following Portfoloios is not headed  by PM?
1) Personnel, Public Grievances and pensions
2) Planning
3) Panchayati Raj
4) Atomic Energy
5) Space
Ans 3
30) Who among the following is the Author of the Book " The Turning Point-- A Journey Through Challenges" released in July 2012?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Amartya Sen
3) K.Natwar Singh
4) APJ Abdul Kalam
5) Mani Shankar Aiyar
Ans 4