1. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India in June 2013?
1) V.K.Sharma
2) Sushobhan Sarkar
3) T.S.Vijayan
4) S.K.Roy
5) None of these
2. Who became the new Railways Minister on June 17, 2013?
1) Oscar Fernandes
2) Mallikarjun Kharge
3) Veerappa Moily
4) K.H.Muniyappa
5) K.Rahman Khan
3. Who was elected as the new President of Iran on June 15, 2013?
1) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
2) Mohammad Khatami
3) Hassan Rouhani
4) Ali Akbar Velayati
5) None of these
4. Apollo Tyres would acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in a cash transaction valued at Rs. 14,500 crore. Cooper Tire is based in?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) USA
5) Spain
5. 'The Garden of Evening Mists' by the Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won which of the following prizes in June 2013?
1) Man Booker Prize
2) Man Booker International Prize
3) Ondaatje Prize
4) Commonwealth Prize
5) Walter Scott Prize
6. The World Population Prospects report released by the UNO on June 13, 2013 forecasted that India will be the most populous country by?
1) 2020
2) 2028
3) 2025
4) 2030
5) 2037
7. Abbreviations and their full forms are given. Identify the incorrect one?
1) CCEA---Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
2) MNP---Mobile Number Protectability
3) LAF---Liquidity Adjustment Facility
4) AABY---Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana
5) AAP---Aam Aadmi Party
8. The Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric project is being developed on which of the following rivers in Uttarakhand state?
1) Ganga
2) Alaknanda
3) Yamuna
4) Sabarmati
5) Bramhaputra
9. Teen Bigha corridor links India and?
1) Pakistan
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal
10. Namdapha National Park is located in?
1) Manipur
2) Mizoram
3) Tripura
4) Assam
5) Arunachal Pradesh
11. CTBT stands for?
1) Continued Test Ban Treaty
2) Continued Test Based Treaty
3) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
4) Commercial Test Based Tariff
5) None of these
12. Who among the following held the office of the Vice President of India for two consecutive terms?
1) R.Venkatraman
2) Shankar Dayal Sharma
3) S.Radhakrishnan
4) V.V.Giri
5) Krishna Kanth
13. The National School of Drama is situated in?
1) New Delhi
2) Bhopal
3) Pune
4) Nagpur
5) Hyderabad
14. How many spokes are there in the Ashoka Chakra of the National Flag?
1) 22
2) 24
3) 26
4) 18
5) 14
15. 'National Science Day' is celebrated on?
1) January 12
2) February 28
3) August 29
4) January 9
5) January 25
16. Which of the following pairs of Books and Authors is mismatched?
1) Discovery of India ---Jawaharlal Nehru
2) My Experiments with Truth---Mahatma Gandhi
3) My Country, My Life---L.K.Advani
4) Malgudi Days---R.K.Narayan
5) Satyartha Prakash---Swami Vivekananda
17. Epicenter is concerned with?
1) Volcano
2) Cyclone
3) Earthquake
4) Land-sliding
5) Hurricane
18. The name of S. Chandrasekhar is associated with which of the following subjects?
1) Chemistry
2) Fluid Mechanics
3) Astrophysics
4) Welfare Economics
5) Physiology
19. Bolometer is an instrument for measuring?
1) Frequency
2) Radiation
3) Velocity
4) Wavelength
5) Pressure
20. Garba is a dance form of?
1) Assam
2) Punjab
3) Rajasthan
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka
21. The present Indian monetary system is based on?
1) Gold Reserve System
2) Proportional Reserve System
3) Minimum Reserve System
4) Convertible Currency System
5) None of these
22. Vyas Samman is given for excellence in the field of?
1) Films
2) Literature
3) Music
4) Dance
5) Science
23. Which of the following issues a license to launch a bank in India?
1) SEBI
2) IIBF
3) IBA
4) Registrar of Companies
5) None of these
24. Which of the following terms is not related to banking?
1) BPLR
2) Creditor
3) Explicit Guarantee
4) Percolation
5) Outstanding amount
25. Insurance service provided by banks is commonly known as?
1) Microfinance
2) Investment Banking
3) Portfolio Management
4) Merchant Banking
5) Bancassurance
26. Which of the following prizes/awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature?
1) Nobel Prize
2) Man Booker Prize
3) Kalinga Prize
4) Pulitzer Prize
5) Moortidevi Award
27. Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Hockey?
1) Bully
2) Goal
3) Short corner
4) Penalty corner
5) Ashes
28. Which of the following is not a foodgrain?
1) Paddy
2) Sorghum
3) Wheat
4) Jatropha
5) Pearl millet
Answers:
1) 4; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 2; 7) 2; 8) 2; 9) 3; 10) 5;
11) 3; 12) 3; 13) 1; 14) 2; 15) 2; 16) 5; 17) 3;18) 3; 19) 2; 20) 4;
21) 3; 22) 2 23) 5; 24) 4; 25) 5; 26) 3; 27) 5; 28) 4.
