1. The limit of overseas investment in government bonds/securities has been raised
from $15 billion to _________.
a) $20 billion
b) $25 billion
c) $30 billion
d) $35 billion
e) None of the above
2. According to “World Investment Report 2012″, the total FDI inflow in India in
2011 stood at ________.
a) $67 billion
b) $87 billion
c) $52 billion
d) $78 billion
e) None of the above
3. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, India ranks at ____.
a) 42nd
b) 36th
c) 56th
d) 53rd
e) 62nd
4. Which country tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report
2011-2012?
a) Sweden
b) Singapore
c) Netherland
d) Switzerland
e) None of the above
5. The World Bank Group have entered into an agreement with which among the
following industrial bodies to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC)
to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development?
a) Industrial Development Bank of India
b) Indian Industries Association
c) Confederation of Indian Industry
d) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
e) None of the above
6. The country’s first indigenously designed microwave imaging satellite, Radar
Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation
on April 26, 2012. Which of the following statments about RISAT-1 is/are correct?
1. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-19 was used to launch RISAT-1.
2. It has cloud penetrating capability and can imaging even without sunlight.
3. The RISAT-1 is an advanced C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite
working in 5.35 Giga Hertz frequency.
4. It was launched from Sriharikota located in Rajasthan.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2and 3 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4
7. Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Expert Committee
on GAAR for examining issues on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?
a) Sudhir Gupta
b) C. Rangarajan
c) N. Rangachary
d) Parthasarathi Shome
e) None of the above
8. Which of the followings scheme(s) is/are launched by Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)?
1. Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
2. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)
3. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)
a) Only 1 a) Only 2 a) Only 3 a) 2 and 3 only a) All 1, 2 and 3
9. Name the person who took oath as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan recently?
a) Yusuf Raza Gilani
b) Makhdoom Shahbuddin
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
e) None of the above
10. Which country became a major non-NATO ally of the United States recently?
a) Japan
b) Israel
c) Pakistan
d) Newzeland
e) Afghanistan
11. Jim Yong Kim who assumed the World Bank presidency recently, is the _____
president of the World Bank Group.
a) 12th
b) 13th
c) 14th
d) 15th
e) None of the above
12. A highly controversial book ‘Beyond the Lines’ is an autobiography written by
a) Aravind Adiga
b) Salman Rushdie
c) Kuldip Nayyar
d) Khushwant Singh
e) Taslima Nasreen
13. Which of the followings recommendations were made by National Commission for
Women (NCW) in concern to the proposed amendments to the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961?
1. Amendment to definition of Dowry
2. Provision for registration of lists of gifts received at the time of marriage.
3. Penalties for non-maintenance of lists of gifts received at the time of the marriage.
4. Protection officers appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act, 2005 to carry out the duties of the Dowry Prohibition Officers.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 4 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4
14. An e-TDS return should be filed under ________ of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
a) Section 206
b) Section 205
c) Section 208
d) Section 192
e) None of the above
15. The e-TDS prepared by the deductor has to be submitted at
a) TIN Facilitation Centres
b) TAN Facilitation Centres
c) PIN Facilitation Centres
d) PAN Facilitation Centres
e) None of the above
16. Which is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume/market value?
a) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
b) London Stock Exchange (LSE)
c) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
d) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
e) None of the above
17. FBI’s two-year investigation project called “Operation Ghost Click” was aimed
to uncovered a network of
a) Rogue DNS Servers
b) Rogue FTP Servers
c) Rogue Proxy Servers
d) Rogue HTTP Servers
e) None of the above
18. Internet’s phone book is :
a) ISP
b) FTP
c) TCP
d) DNS
e) Gopher
19. A collection of infected computers under the control of one or more attackers is:
a) Bolnet
b) Botnet
c) Spybot
d) Intranet
e) Web spider
20. Which country ranks at the top in Bt.Cotton cultivation (Area wise)?
a) USA
b) Britain
c) Russia
d) China
e) India
21. According to the ILO, a worker under the following age is a child labourer:
a) 14 years
b) 15 years
c) 16 years
d) 17 years
e) None of the above
22. The largest share (nearly 60 percent) of child labourers is found in
a) Mining Sector
b) Service sector
c) Industrial sector
d) Agricultural sector
e) Construction and contracting sector
23. In which year, ILO establishes the International Programme on the Elimination of
Child Labour (IPEC)?
a) 1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1994
e) None of the above
24. Alan Isaac has recently been elected as new President of
a) ICC
b) WWF
c) AITA
d) FIFA
e) FIDE
25. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Cricket?
a) LBW
b) DRS
c) Duck
d) Cow Corner
e) None of above
26. Which of the following banks removes minimum balance stipulations for Saving Bank
accounts recently?
a) SBI
b) PNB
c) OBC
d) HDFC
e) ICICI
27. Which of the following statements correctly define the meaning of reverse repo rate?
a) The rate at which apex bank RBI lends money to commercial banks.
b) The rate at which the apex bank RBI borrows money from commercial banks.
c) The amount of funds that the commercial banks have to keep with the RBI.
d) The rate at which apex bank RBI allows finance to commercial banks.
e) None of the above
28. Which is the name of new air station opened by Indian Navy at Campbell bay recently,
to keep an eagle eye on China’s strategic moves in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
a) INS Baaz
b) INS Eagle
c) INS Garuda
d) INS Prahar
e) None of the above
29. The government of India has decided to permit a citizen of Pakistan or any entity
incorporated in Pakistan to make investments in India under government route.
Pakistani citizens and companies will be allowed to invest in all sectors other than
a) Space
b) Defence
c) Atomic Energy
d) Both (a) & (c)
e) All (a), (b) & (c)
30. According to the latest edition of Forbes magazine, which of the following oil and gas
companies became the world’s most profitable company in 2011?
a) ONGC
b) Areva
c) Aramco
d) Gazprom
e) ExxonMobil
31. Which computing giant has recently posted its first ever loss since becoming a public
company 26 years ago?
a) IBM
b) Apple
c) Google
d) Facebook
e) Microsoft
32. Which city ranks at the top in India City Competitiveness Report-2012, compiled
by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) recently?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chennai
d) Banglore
e) Hyderabad
33. A Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Mihir Shah, Member,
Planning Commission for suggesting revisions to
a) SABLA Operational Guidelines
b) MGNREGA Operational Guidelines
c) JNNURM Operational Guidelines
d) Swavalamban Operational Guidelines
e) None of the above
34. India’s first ever bio toilets developed by DRDO, has been launched in which of
the following States?
a) Bihar
b) Kerala
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
e) Odisha
35. India’s largest industrial solar power plant became operational in
a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above
36. The Andmans and Nicobars are separated by
e) Coco Channels
b) Great Channles
c) Ten Degree Channles
d) Duncan Passage
e) None of the above
37. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission was launched by the Indian
government in
a) 2008
b) 2009
c) 2010
d) 2011
e) None of the above
38. Shri Pranab Mukherjee took oath as India’s ________ president.
a) 13th
b) 14th
c) 15th
d) 16th
e) None of the above
39. Who administers the oath of office to the president of India?
a) Prime Minister
b) Lok Sabha Speaker
c) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
d) Chief Justice of India
e) None of the above
40. Who won the first gold medal of the 2012 London Olympic Games?
a) Yu Dan
b) Yi Siling
c) Katrina Emmons
d) Sylwia Bogacka
e) None of the above
41. India’s flag- bearer at opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games was
a) Sushil Kumar
b) Gagan Narang
c) Leander Paes
d) Saina Nehwal
e) None of the above
42. Google Fibre, an ultra-high speed internet service offers
a) 10Mbps download and upload speeds
b) 100Mbps download and upload speeds
c) 500Mbps download and upload speeds
d) 1Gbps download and upload speeds
e) None of the above
43. The annual Amarnath yatra to Holy Amarnath Cave is organized every year by the
a) Tamilnadu State Government
b) Jammu & Kashmir State Government
c) Maharashtra State Government
d) Karanatka State Government
e) None of the above
44. Amarnath Yatra is a pride for Hindu devotees who have faith in
e) Lord Vishnu
b) Lord Krishna
c) Lord Shiva
d) Lord Brahma
e) None of the above
45. Which of the following statements is/are correct about ‘Amarnath yatra’?
1. A person cannot take Amarnath Yatra without taking the permission from
Government of India.
2. A prior Amarnath Yatra registration is must.
3. Helicopter can be used to go Amarnath Cave.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Only 3
d) 1 and 2 Only
e) All 1, 2 and 3
46. Which is the projected target of power generation for the Twelfth Five Year Plan?
a) 72,864 MW
b) 75,785 MW
c) 78,385 MW
d) 76,765 MW
e) None of the above
47. The Working Group on Power constituted by Planning Commission for formulation
of the 12th Five Year Plan has estimated total fund requirement of __________ for
the power sector during the 12th Plan.
a) Rs.15,35,765 Crore
b) Rs.12,42,543 Crore
c) Rs.13,72,580 Crore
d) Rs.18,64,382 Crore
e) None of the above
48. To what percent of the country’s population, the National Food Security Bill, 2011
confers a legal right to cheaper food grains?
a) 63.5 per cent
b) 65.0 per cent
c) 70.5 per cent
d) 75.0 per cent
e) None of the above
49. The contribution by the IT sector in India’s GDP has increased from 6.4% in the
year 2008 to _______in year 2012.
a) 6.8%
b) 7.2%
c) 7.5%
d) 8.2%
e) None of the above
50. In the first quarter review of monetary policy of FY 2012-13, RBI cut the statutory
liquidity ratio (SLR) by a percentage point to ease the flow of credit to industry.
Consider the follwoing statements about SLR:
1. SLR is the amount of deposits banks park in government bonds/securities.
2. The maximum limit of SLR has been reduced from 24% to 23%.
3. SLR ensures that banks do not provide all the deposits as loan.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1 and 3 only
e) All 1, 2 and 3
