1. The term Balance of Payment is used in relation to?
1) Tax collection
2) Exports and Imports
3) Deficit in Union Budget
4) Nuclear Power
5) None of these
2. 'Fianchetto' is a strategy in the game of?
1) Chess
2) Car racing
3) Billiards
4) Bullfight
5) Polo
3. 'The Fall of a Sparrow' was written by?
1) Jim Corbett
2) Kushwant Singh
3) Salim Ali
4) Satyajit Ray
5) None of these
4. Which of the following instrum-ents measures blood pressure?
1) Stethoscope
2) Hydrometer
3) Seismometer
4) Sphygmomanometer
5) None of these
5. Decibel unit is used to measure?
1) Intensity of heat
2) Intensity of sound
3) Speed of light
4) Radioactive frequency
5) None of these
6. CTBT is a term associated with?
1) Global warming
2) Central taxes
3) Nuclear weapons
4) Trade sanctions
5) Terrorism
7. IFCI is the name of a?
1) Fertilizer company
2) Foreign bank
3) Finance institution
4) Industries association
5) None of these
8. Which of the following abbreviations and their full forms is not matched correctly?
1) CAR---Capital Adequacy Ratio
2) CRAR---Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
3) AMFI---Association of Mutual Funds in India
4) FATF---Financial Action Task Force
5) PIN---Personal Index Number
9. Interest rates on which of the following deposit schemes is fixed by the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Fixed deposits
2) Recurring deposits
3) Saving bank deposits
4) All 1, 2 and 3
5) None of these
10. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Anemometer---Wind velocity
2) Seismograph---Earthquakes
3) Hygrometer---Humidity
4) Thermometer---Temperature
5) Barograph---Salinity
11. Valley of Flowers National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the state of?
1) Kerala
2) Uttarakhand
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh
12. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy. It is compiled and released by?
1) RBI
2) BSE
3) CII
4) CSO
5) Registrar of Companies
13. Mumbai Gold Cup is associated with the game of?
1) Football
2) Hockey
3) Cricket
4) Badminton
5) Lawn Tennis
14. Which of the following books is written by Suketu Mehta?
1) City of Joy
2) Magic Seeds
3) Maximum City
4) Inheritance of Loss
5) A Suitable Boy
15. Red Cross was founded by?
1) Henry Dunant
2) Peter Benenson
3) Baden Powell
4) Alfred Nobel
5) None of these
16. 'A Good Woman' is a novel written by?
1) Danielle Steel
2) Orhan Pamuk
3) Herta Muller
4) Hilary Mantel
5) None of these
17. The 1200 MW Teesta-III hydro power project is being set up in?
1) Sikkim
2) Haryana
3) Assam
4) Punjab
5) Arunachal Pradesh
18. Which of the following terms is not associated with Agriculture?
1) Arid climate
2) Horticulture
3) Contract acreage
4) Cereals
5) Total Ionic Equation
19. The currency of Kuwait is?
1) Baht
2) Dirham
3) Dinar
4) Dollar
5) Taka
20. Ashwini Akkunji's name is associated with?
1) Athletics
2) Squash
3) Badminton
4) Table Tennis
5) Chess
21. 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain' is written by?
1) Vikram Seth
2) Vikram Chandra
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Siddartha Mukherjee
5) Rahul Bhattacharya
22. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of sports?
1) Saraswati Samman
2) Kalidas Samman
3) Shram Vir Award
4) Kalinga Prize
5) Dhyanchand Award
23. What is the full form of the term GM with reference to certain crops?
1) Globally Marketed
2) Globally Modified
3) Genetically Modified
4) Geographically Moderated
5) None of these
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 1 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 3 7) 3 8) 5 9) 5 10) 5
11) 2 12) 4 13) 2 14) 3 15) 1 16) 1 17) 1 18) 5 19) 3 20) 1
21) 2 22) 5 23) 3
