1. Who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India on February 13, 2013?
1) Mohan Jain
2) P.P.Malhotra
3) G.E.Vahanavati
4) Mohan Parasaran
5) Gopal Subramaniam
2. Who was given The Hindu Literary Prize 2013 for his novel "Em and the Big Hoom"?
1) Jeet Thayil
2) Jerry Pinto
3) Kiran Nagarkar
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) None of these
3.
Rafael Correa was re-elected for third term as the President of which
of the following South American countries in February 2013?
1) Peru
2) Chile
3) Ecuador
4) Venezuela
5) Uruguay
4. Who was conferred the 2011 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on February 18, 2013?
1) Sheikh Hasina
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Medha Patkar
4) Ela Bhatt
5) Shanta Sinha
5. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in for a second three-year term in November 2012 as the President of?
1) Cyprus
2) Fiji
3) Latvia
4) Burkina Faso
5) Malta
6. E. Donnall Thomas of USA died recently. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in which of the following fields?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Literature
5) Economics
7.
Which of the following is a voluntary force that serves as auxiliary to
the police and helps in maintaining internal security?
1) Home Guards
2) CISF
3) CRPF
4) RAF
5) National Security Guard
8.
Which of the following is a statutory, quasi-judicial body set up in
1966 by the Parliament with the object of preserving the freedom of the
press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India?
1) United News of India
2) Press Trust of India
3) Press Information Bureau
4) Press Council of India
5) None of these
9.
State Bank of India opened its second Kohinoor premium banking centre
for very high net worth individuals on November 7, 2012 in which of the
following cities?
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Pune
4) Vijayawada
5) Visakhapatnam
10.
Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL), one of the largest security
custodians to financial institutions, will be merged with?
1) IFCI
2) GIC
3) IDBI Bank
4) LIC
5) SBI
11. An indirect tax levied on those goods which are manufactured in India is called?
1) Sales Tax
2) Income Tax
3) Excise Duty
4) VAT
5) None of these
12. Outlook.com is a web mail service launched by?
1) Google
2) Rediff
3) Apple
4) Microsoft
5) None of these
13. Naresh Chandra Task Force is related to?
1) Black Money
2) Corruption
3) National Security
4) Income Tax
5) None of these
14.
India won the inaugural Asian Cricket Council's Women T-20 Asia Cup by
defeating which of the following teams in the final in Guangzhou, China?
1) China
2) Thailand
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) Pakistan
15.
The Art of Living Foundation is one of the world's largest
volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-govern men tal
organizations (NGO). It was founded in 1981 by?
1) Baba Ram Dev
2) Acharya Rajneesh
3) Sri Narayan Guru
4) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
5) None of these
16. Kanha National Park is a Tiger Reserve in?
1) Odisha
2) Rajasthan
3) Bihar
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
17. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is Asia's first stock exchange. It was established in?
1) 1882
2) 1887
3) 1875
4)1897
5) 1895
18. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on?
1) May 25
2) March 15
3) June 25
4) May 15
5)January 15
19. Which of the follow ing scientific research institutions is located in Bangalore?
1) National Institute of Nutrition
2) Indian Institute of Geomagne tism
3) Agarkar Research Institute
4) Indian Institute of Astro physics
5) None of these
20. 'Associated Press' is the main news agency of?
1) UK
2) France
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) USA
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 5 10) 3
11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 5 15) 4 16) 5 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 5
