GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. First woman Chief Information Commissioner is...
1) Deepak Sandhu
2) Kushal Singh
3) Mamatha Sharma
4) Subba Laxmi Panse
5) Chanda Kocchar

2. On 11 September 2013, RBI said the BSBDA account is also applicable to Foreign banks as they are also Scheduled Banks. It provides zero balance accounts to poor people. What is the expansion of BSBDA?
1) Basic Savings Bank Dual Account
2) Base Savings Bank Deposit Account
3) Basic Small Bank Deposit Account
4) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Application
5) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

3. SBI opened its 15000th branch in Sooranam in .......... on 17 August 2013.
1) West Bengal
2) AP
3) Kerala
4) Tamilnadu
5) Haryana

4. If the involvement of financial intermediary in aiding credit creation without regulatory oversight is called ...
1) Virtual banking
2) Common banking
3) Unit banking
4) Shadow banking
5) Yes banking

5. On 23 August 2013, RBI sold 48 days CMB to meet the temporary cash flow mismatches of the Government of India. CMB means ....?
1) Cash Money Bill
2) Call Management Bill
3) Cash Management Borrowing
4) Core Management Bill
5) Cash Management Bill

6. On 8 August 2013, RBI declared the ....... sale of government bonds to decrease the liquidity of funds in the market?
1) monthly
2) yearly
3) bi-monthly
4) half yearly
5) weekly

7. As per the promise given to World Trade Organization earlier, India should allow how many branches of foreign banks in India per year?
1) 12
2) 24
3) 45
4) 15
5) 20

8. The Reserve Bank of India had given statement relating to the growth of bank deposits and credit of 2012-13 given. Pick the correct statement.
1) Banks have recorded credit and deposit growth of 14 percent each in 2012-13.
2) RBI had projected credit and deposit growth of 16 percent and 15 percent during the same period.
3) It means banks had shown the credit grow by Rs.6,76,176 crore and deposit grow by Rs.8,65,208 crore.
4) credit demand was sluggish due to slowdown in the economy and Deposits accretion also was impacted as inflation adjusted returns were negative due to high inflation.
5) All of above

9. First breast milk bank inaugurated on 7 August 2013 at ......
1) Kochi
2) Chennai
3) Hubli
4) Goa
5) Bhopal

10. On 4 September 2013, Raghuram announced constitution of a panel to strengthen monetary policy framework headed by ....
1) K.C.Chakravarthy
2) Anand Sinha
3) H.R.Khan
4) Subba Rao
5) Urjith Patel

11. Nachiket Mor appointed as the head to assess the approach to financial inclusion by ...
1) SEBI
2) GOI
3) WTO
4) RBI
5) World Bank

12. ...... heads the panel to take a close look at rising NPAs and suggest steps to improve the recovery of bad debts as announced by RBI on 4 September 2013?
1) H.R.Khan
2) Anand Sinha
3) K.C.Chakravarthy
4) Urjith Patel
5) Syamala Gopinath

13. Raghuram Rajan announced the setting up of an outside panel of experts to screen applications for new bank licenses under the headship of .....?
1) Subba Rao
2) Kelkar
3) Bimal Jalan
4) Rangarajan
5) None

14. .... headed the committee to improve the country's overall business climate in the country?
1) Ashok Chawla
2) Muttuswami
3) Damodaran
4) Pydi Kone
5) None

15. ..... became the first state to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts as declared on 7 August 2013?
1) AP
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa
4) Tamilnadu
5) MP

Reserve Bank of India Assistants Exam 2012 General Awareness Solved Papers

1. USA has asked India to reduce its dependence on crude oil supply from which of the following countries which is also a member of the OPEC ? 
(A) Venezuela (B) Iraq (C) Libya 
(D) Iran (E) Nigeria 
Ans : (D)

2. Which of the following is the most’ essential financial service which should be provided to the poor people to bring them in the network of financial inclusion? 
(A) Insurance for life (B) Investment plan for future 
(C) Pension for old age (D) A bank account where he/she can save small amount 
(E) Health insurance for minor illnesses and hospitalisation in case of need 
Ans : (D)

3. Who among the following is the President of a country at present ? 
(A) Rupert Murdoch (B) Ban Ki-moon (C) Yoshihiko ode 
(D) Nicolas Sarkozy (E) None of these 
Ans : (D)

4. What does the letter F denote in ‘BFCs’, a term seen very frequently in Banking world these days ?
(A) Formal (B) Fiscal (C) Federal 
(D) Functional (E) Financial 
Ans : (E)

5. Who among the following is a Deputy Governor of the RBI at present?
(A) Sri Sunil Mitra (B) Sri Azim Premji (C) Sri H. R. Khan 
(D) Mrs. Sushma Nath (E) None of these 
Ans : (C)

6. Standard and Poor’s is a Credit Rating Agency of international repute. Which of the following is one such agency of Indian origin? 
(A) IBA (B) BASEL (C) SEBI 
(D) IRDA (E) CRISIL 
Ans : (E)

7. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Uttrar Pradesh at present ? 
(A) Akhilesh Yadav (B) Mulayarn Singh Yadav (C) Mayawati 
(D) Amar Singh (E) None of these 
Ans : (A)

8. Coin of which of the following denominations is called Small Coin ? 
(A) Re. 1 (B) Rs. 2 (C) Rs. 5 
(D) 50 paisa (E) Rs. 10 
Ans : (D)

9. Which of the following is not a highlight of the Union Budget 2012-13 ? 
(A) No change in rate of Corporate Tax (B) All types of loans up to Rs. 35 lacs will be given on 6% interest only 
(C) Service Tax raised from 10% to 12% (D) Fiscal Deficit is targeted at 5.1 % of GDP 
(E) Substantial increase in Defence Budget 
Ans : (A)

10. Which of the following services/products of banks is specially designed and launched to help students? 
(A) Personal loan (B) Corporate loan (C) Business loan 
(D) Medical loan (E) Education loan 
Ans : (E)

11. Which of the following terms is not directly associated with the functioning of RBI ? 
(A) Open Marker Operations (B) Cash Reserve Ratio (C) SENSEX 
(D) Liquidity Adjustment Facility (E) Public Debt Office 
Ans : (C)

12. Which of the following is one of the major activities of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) ? 
(A) On-site inspection of Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) 
(B) Helping Government of India in preparing Union Budget and presenting it in the Cabinet Meeting 
(C) Acting as custodian of the foreign exchange reserves of the country 
(D) Deciding rate of interest on Savings Bank Accounts in Public Sector Banks 
(E) Representing India in World Bank and other such agencies 
Ans : (A)

13. Dipika who won Crocodile Challenge Cup Finals, played in December 2011, is a famous– 
(A) Badminton player (B) Table Tenn. is player (C) Lawn Tennis player 
(D) Chess player (E) Squash player 
Ans : (E)

14. Who among the following is the recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature given in 2011 ? 
(A) Bruce A. Beutler (B) V.S. Naipaul (C) Tomas Transtromer 
(D) Ralph M. Steinman (E) Chetan Bhagat 
Ans : (C)

15. The 59th National Film Award for Best Actress was given to– 
(A) Vidya Balan (B) Kareena Kapoor (C) Priyanka Chopra 
(D) Lara Dutta (E) Roopa Ganguly 
Ans : (A)

16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the body/agency set up to boost foreign investments in India? 
(A) FOREX (B) FCCB (C) FIPB 
(D) FEMA (E) AITAF 
Ans : (C)

17. Performance of which of the following is not considered infrastructural sector of economy? 
(A) Electricity (B) Textile Sector (C) Telecom 
(D) Cement (E) Road and Railways 
Ans : (B)

18. Sachin Tendulkar made his 100th century in the match played between India and–
(A) Pakistan (B) England (C) Australia 
(D) Bangladesh (E) Sri Lanka 
Ans : (D)

19. Who amongst the following was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2012 ? 
(A) T.V. Rajeswar (B) Aruna Irani (C) A.R. Rahman 
(D) Shabana Azrni (E) Anup Jalota 
Ans : (A)

20. Which of the following countries is a member of BRICS ? 
(A) Bhutan (B) Iran (C) Romania 
(D) Sudan (E) South Africa 
Ans : (E)

21. Which of the following countries recently placed its first Spacelab ‘Tiangong-1’ into orbit? 
(A) North Korea (B) Japan (C) India 
(D) France (E) China 
Ans : (E)

22. Who among the following is the Solicitor-General of India at present ? 
(A) Jacob Mathew (B) Rohinton Nariman (C) Gopal Subrarnaniam 
(D) Ashok Chawla (E) None of these 
Ans : (B)

23. Which of the following schemes is launched by the Government of India to motivate school children to attend school regularly? 
(A) Kutir Jyoti (B) lid-Day Meal (C) MGREGA 
(D) RAY (E) Bharat Nirman 
Ans : (B)

24. As per the news published in various newspapers, Government is planning to set up a Regulatory Body in educational field specially for– 
(A) Higher Education (B) Medical Education (C) Elementary Education 
(D) Secondary Education (E) Adult Education
Ans : (A)

25. Which of the following countries is selected as a host of Commonwealth Games-2018 ? 
(A) India (B) Australia (C) Pakistan 
(D) South Africa (E) Sri Lanka 
Ans : (B)

26. France has agreed to supply ‘Rafale’ to India. The deal is about the supply of– 
(A) Warships (B) RADAR system (C) Fighter Aircrafts 
(D) Nuclear Reactors (E) Submarines 
Ans : (C)

27. ‘Seychelles’, where China is going to set up its new military base, is a country in– 
(A) Bay of Bengal (B) China Sea (C) Indian Ocean 
(D) Red Sea (E) Caspian Sea 
Ans : (C)

28. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Economics ? 
(A) Absolute Zero (B) Molecular Equation (C) Zero Point Energy 
(D) Balance of Payment (E) Mass Defect 
Ans : (D)

29. ‘Kyoto Protocol’, an agreement signed by various countries, is associated with the field of– 
(A) International trade (B) Clean environment and climate change 
(C) Currency swap (D) Deep sea mining and oil exploration 
(E) Building a common food stock to save mankind in case of any natural calamity 
Ans : (B)

30. World’s AIDS Day is observed on which of the following days ? 
(A) 1st December (B) 1st March (C) 1st April 
(D) 1st May (E) 1st January 
Ans : (A)

31. USA decided to withdraw its army from which of the following countries after a 9 years’ long stay of the same there? 
(A) Afghanistan (B) Libya (C) Egypt 
(D) Iraq (E) Iran 
Ans : (D)

32. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with the game of Lawn Tennis ? 
(A) FIFA Cup (B) Champions Trophy (C) Ranji Trophy 
(D) Subroto Cup (E) Davis Cup 
Ans : (E)

33. Which award is given to the coaches of Sportspersons ? 
(A) Dronacharya Award (B) Arjuna Award (C) Kalidas Samman 
(D) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (E) Saraswati Samman 
Ans : (A)

34. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket ? 
(A) Heave (B) Silly Point (C) Tee 
(D) Smash (E) Grand Slam 
Ans : (B)

35. A new Nuclear Power Plant is being set up in which of the following places in India ? 
(A) Amethi (B) Firozabad (C) Jaitapur 
(D) Joshi Math (E) Satha 
Ans : (C)

36. Which of the following schemes is launched to make cities in India slum- free? 
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (B) Bharat Nirman (C) Rajiv Awas Yojana 
(D) Indira Awas Yojana (E) None of these 
Ans : (C)

37. Who among the following is a famous author of Indian origin ? 
(A) Homi K. Bhabha (B) Kiran Desai (C) Swati A. Piramal 
(D) Shabana Azmi (E) Ronen Sen 
Ans : (B)

38. Who among the following has written the famous book “Malgudi Days”? 
(A) V.S. Naipaul (B) Deepak Chopra (C) Rabindranath Tagore 
(D) Vijay Tendulkar (E) R.K. Narayan 
Ans : (E)

39. Which of the following is not the name of the currency of a country? 
(A) Rand (B) Pound (C) Dinar 
(D) Eucador (E) Dollar 
Ans : (D)

40. Which of the following is the unit of heat ? 
(A) Joule (B) Ohm (C) Ampere 
(D) Volt (E) Newton
Ans : (A)

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.    Which country has test-fired the Abdali short range surface to surface ballistic missile?
     1) Pakistan     
     2) Afghanistan
     3) Iran     
     4) Syria
     5) Iraq

 2.    How many people in India are killed by indoor pollution every year as per the study of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
     1) 1.3 million    
     2) 1.7 million
     3) 2 million    
     4) 6.20 lakh
     5) 7.20 lakh

 3.    Which of the following teams won the Irani Cup Cricket for the eighth time in a row in 2013?
     1) Rest of India  
     2) Mumbai
     3) Delhi    
     4) Tamil Nadu
     5) Karnataka

 4.    Nabil Elaraby is the Secretary General of?
     1) Commonwealth
     2) OPEC     
     3) SAARC    
     4) Arab League
     5) None of these

 5.    Which of the following is/are the specific goal (s) of Bharat Nirman?
      1)    To provide more employment     opportunities to rural youth
      2)    To provide best technical    education to rural youth
     3) To provide more employment opportunities to urban youth
     4) Both 1 and 2  
     5) None of these

 6.    Which of the following is not a civilian award?
     1) Sahitya Academy
     2) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
     3) Padma Shri     
     4) Bharat Ratna
     5) Kirti Chakra

 7.    Rolex is a brand of?
     1) Luxury cars    
     2) Luxury pens
     3) Luxury watches
     4) Home accessories
     5) Confectionary

 8.    Which of the following terms is not used in Cricket?
     1) Maiden over 
     2) Stumped
     3) Hat trick    
     4) Gulley     
     5) Hoops

 9.    The agricultural productivity in India is low in comparison to other countries. What is/are the main reason(s)?     1) Lack of credit and marketing    facilities
     2) Uneconomic holdings
     3)    Outdated agricultural techniques
     4) Both 1 and 2
     5) All 1, 2 and 3

 10.    Which of the following conditions indicate the impact of global warming?
     1) Melting of glaciers
     2) Rise in sea level
     3) Changes in weather conditions
     4) Rise in global temperature
     5) All the above

 11.    Who is the author of book 'What I Require from Life'?
     1) Salim Ali
     2) S.Radhakrishnan
     3) J.B.S.Haldane
     4) J.C.Bose
     5) None of these

 12.    Which of the following Ministries lays down the policies and programs for the development and regulation of the country's water resources?
     1)    Ministry of Rural Development
     2) Ministry of Agriculture
     3) Ministry of Environment and Forests
     4) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
     5) None of these

 13.    Which of the following statements is not correct?
 1) World Meteorological     Organization is in Geneva
 2) The area of Coffee is maximum in Karnataka
 3) The Headquarters of FAO is in Rome
 4) Banana has the largest area    in India among all fruit crops
 5) India is the world's largest tea-drinking nation

 14. David Cohen prize is given for?
     1) Agriculture  
     2) Literature
     3) Progress in religion
     4) Popularization of science
     5) None of these

 Answers:
 1) 1    2) 1    3) 1    4) 4    5) 5
 6) 5    7) 3    8) 5    9) 5    10) 5
 11) 3    12) 5    13) 4    14) 2    

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAMS

1. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was elected the President of which of the following African coun tries in August 2013? 
     1) Algeria       
      2) Niger       
     3) Burkina Faso  
     4) Mali      
     5) Senegal       

 2. Who won the 200-metre sprint at the World Athletics Cham pionships in Moscow on Au gust 17, 2013?
     1) Warren Weir   
     2) Usain Bolt      
     3) Curtis Mitchell              
     4) Tyson Gay     
     5) Yohan Blake            

 3.     The 15,000th branch of which of the following banks was inau gurated in Sooranam, Tamil Nadu on August 17, 2013?
     1) Punjab National Bank
      2) ICICI Bank            
     3) State Bank of India         
     4) Indian Bank    
     5) Indian Overseas Bank       

 4.     Who was appointed the Dire ctor General of Central Reser ve Police Force (CRPF) on Au gust 17, 2013? 
     1) R.K.Singh     
     2) Alok Joshi
     3) Ranjit Sinha     
     4) Dilip Trivedi
     5) Vijay Kumar       

 5. Who among the following Arjuna award winners is a Squash player?
     1) P.V. Sindhu      
     2) Kavita Chahal   
     3)  Rupesh Shah     
     4) Dharmendra Dalal          
     5) Joshna Chinappa          

 6. Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party was merged with which of the following political parties in August 2013?
     1) Congress  
     2) Janata Dal (Secular)
     3) Bharatiya Janata Party   
     4) Janata Dal (United)   
     5) Samajwadi Party       

 7.     What does NDTL mean?
     1)    New Demand and Tenure Lia bilities
     2)    Net Demand and Time Liabi lities
     3) National Deposits and Total Liquidity
     4)    New Deposits and Term Liquidity       
     5) None of these  
       
 8.     Which of the following terms is used in Banking?
     1) Epicenter     
     2) Gravity      
     3) Latitude         
     4) Longitude     
     5) None of these   

 9.     Fiscal Policy is concerned with?
     1) Export and Import
     2) Education
     3) Population control  
     4) Public revenue and expenditure     
     5) None of these          

 10. Foreign exchange reserves of India are kept in the custody of?
     1) IBRD    
     2) IMF
     3) SBI    
     4) Government treasury
     5) RBI

 11. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking?  
     1) Holding company    
     2) Post dated cheque          
     3) Credit      
     4)  Time deposit    
     5) Centripetal force    
      
 12. The Score of My Life' is written by?
     1) Pandit Ravi Shankar
     2) Zubin Mehta
     3) Javed Akhtar
     4) APJ Abdul Kalam
     5) None of these

 13. Anshu Jain is associated with which of the following foreign banks?
     1) RBS    
     2) Deutsche Bank  
     3) HSBC      
     4) Barclays      
     5) Bank of America       

 14. The National Science Day is celebrated in honour of?
     1) J.C.Bose  
     2) S.Ramanujan         
     3) H.J.Bhabha    
     4) C.V.Raman
     5) S. Chandrasekhar   
     
 15. Which of the following is not a cash crop?
     1) Jute      
     2) Cashew nut      
     3) Rubber      
     4) Cotton          
     5) Wheat   

 16. Which of the following books is not written by Indira Goswami?
     1) The Man from Chinnamasta
     2) Pages Stained with Blood
     3) The Moth Eaten Howdah of a Tusker     
     4) An Unfinished Autobiography     
     5) Rudali      

 17. Harare is the capital of?
     1) Zambia     
     2) Yemen     
     3) Congo     
     4) South Sudan   
     5) Zimbabwe  

 18. Galvanometer is an instrument to measure?
     1) Relative density of liquids
     2) Electric currents
     3) Pressure of gases
     4) Distances
     5) None of these

 19.    In a current account the with drawals can be made?
     1) Once a day    
     2) Once a week       
     3) Once a month     
     4) As many times as needed   
     5) None of these  

 20.    A short term government secu rity paper is called?
     1) Share
     2) Debenture
     3) Mutual Fund
     4) Treasury bill
     5) None of these    

 21. WTO basically promotes?
     1) Tourism
     2) Global peace
     3) Unilateral trade  
     4) Multilateral trade
     5) Disarmament   

 22.     CDS stands for?
     1) Credit Demand Swap   
     2) Collateral Default Swap        
     3) Credit Default Swap     
     4) Collateral Demand Swap
     5) None of these

 23.    The headquarters of International Olympic Committee is at?
     1) Los Angeles  
      2) New York    
     3) Moscow     
     4) Lausanne    
     5) Paris

 24.     Which of the following terms is used in the game of Hockey?
     1) Volley     
     2) Bull'seye          
      3) Trump           
     4) Serve   
     5) Centre forward

 25. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?
     1) Intas     
     2) Novartis    
     3) Roche   
     4) Hindustan Unilever Limited
     5) Glaxo SmithKline    

 26.    Which of the following commi ssions is formed to guard agai nst predatory and collusive behavior of the business organi zations?
     1)     Knowledge Commission     
     2)     Finance Commission
      3)     Administrative Reforms Commission  
      4)     Competition Commission  
     5)     Labour Commission

 27. Two Leaves is the symbol of which of the following political parties?    
     1) SP     
     2) BSP
     3) DMK    
     4) AIADMK
     5) JD (U)

 28. When too much of money is chasing too few goods, the situ ation is called?
     1) Recession     
     2) Depression
     3) Inflation    
     4) Deflation
     5) Stagflation

 29.     Which of the following sche mes provides social security cover to the people working in the unorganized sector?
     1) Raj Lakshmi  
     2) Kuteer Jyothi
     3) Swavalamban  
     4) Antyodaya     
    5) None of these

 30.    Who is the Chairman of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)?
     1) Pratip Chaudhuri
     2) Arun Kaul      
     3) T.M. Bhasin
     4) K.R. Kamath  
     5) M.Narendra

 31.    Which of the following abbre viations and their full forms is not matched correctly?
     1)    LAF ---Liquidity Adjustment Facility
     2)    SWIFT --- Society for World wide Interbank Financial Tele communication  
     3) AFSPA---Armed Forces Super Powers Act
     4)    MDG---Millennium Develo pment Goals  
     5) MAT--Minimum Alternate Tax

 32.    The foreign trade policy in India is announced by the?
     1) RBI
     2) Ministry of Finance
     3) Ministry of Commerce
     4) Planning Commission
     5) Ministry of External Affairs

 33. Who is the author of the book 'Building Social Business'?
     1) Amartya Sen  
     2) Muhammad Yunus  
     3) Paul Krugman  
     4) Alvin Roth  
     5) None of these

 34.    Which of the following agen  cies/organizations plays a major role to control inflation in a country?
     1) Central Bank of the country
     2) Stock markets of the country
     3) Planning Commission
     4) Both 1 and 2
     5) All 1, 2 and 3

 35.    NPAs in commercial banks means?
     1) Bank deposits which are not invested  
     2) Capital assets not in use
     3) Loans in which interest or principal amount is not recovered
     4) Low interest rate loans   
     5) High interest rate loans  


ANSWERS:
  1) 4      2) 2      3) 3      4) 4      5) 5
   6) 3      7) 2      8) 5      9) 4    10) 5
 11) 5    12) 2    13) 2    14) 4    15) 5
 16) 5    17) 5    18) 2    19) 4    20) 4
 21) 4    22) 3    23) 4    24) 5    25) 4
 26) 4    27) 4    28) 3    29) 3    30) 4
 31) 3    32) 3    33) 2    34) 1    35) 3  

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR IBPS EXAMS

1.    What is India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the first quarter (April-June) of the fiscal year 2013-14?  
     1) 5.4 per cent     
     2) 4.8 per cent       
     3) 2.8 per cent     
     4) 4.4 per cent        
     5) 5.5 per cent   
 
 2.    Seamus Heaney of Ireland died on August 30, 2013. He had won the 1995 Nobel Prize in?
     1) Economics     
     2) Literature
     3) Peace    
      4) Physics
     5) Medicine  
 
 3.     Which country defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia on September 1, 2013?
     1) Pakistan     
     2) Malaysia              
     3) South Korea    
    4) Japan     
     5) Oman
 
 4.    Which Tennis player is the author of the book 'The Moon Baller'?
     1) Sania Mirza  
     2) Ramesh Krishnan  
     3) Nirupama Vaidyanathan    
     4) Leander Paes
     5) Mahesh Bhupathi
 
 5.    Which company on August 23, 2013 announced that its CEO, Steve Ballmer, will retire from the company after a successor is chosen?
     1) Google    
     2) Oracle
     3)  Yahoo!      
     4) Microsoft          
     5) Amazon.com
 
 6.    Which team won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) in Mumbai on August 31, 2013?
     1) Pune Pistons
     2) Awadhe Warriors   
     3) Hyderabad Hotshots     
     4) Mumbai Masters     
     5) None of these    
 
 7.    Samuel Santos Lopez visited India in August 2013. He is the Foreign Minister of?
     1) Colombia     
     2) Ecuador   
     3) Venezuela       
    4) Nicaragua         
     5) Bolivia  
 
 8.    Who scored the highest ever individual score in a Twenty20 International in August 2013? (He smashed 156 off 63 balls with 14 sixes, both world records)
     1) Brendon McCullum  
     2) Chris Gayle  
     3) Suresh Raina     
     4) Tilakaratne Dilshan     
     5) Aaron Finch   
 
 9.    Justice N.V.Ramana was sworn in the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts on September 2, 2013?
     1) Allahabad High Court
     2) Delhi High Court  
     3) Andhra Pradesh High Court    
     4) Gujarat High Court       
     5) None of these
 
 10. "Big Apple" is a nickname for?
     1) Canberra     
     2) Madrid
     3) New York     
     4) Berne
     5) Ottawa
 
 11.    The National Chemical Labo-ratory (NCL) is located in?  
     1) Panaji    
     2) Pune          
     3) Hyderabad      
     4)  Chandigarh      
     5) Nagpur  
     
 12. Which of the following is the name of the organization created by the Government of India to promote small scale industries in India?
     1) SEBI    
     2) IFCI  
     3) IDBI Bank      
     4)  ECGC
     5) None of these
 
 13. Which of the following is designed specially as a strong measure for control of inflation in India?
     1) Public Distribution System
     2) Heavy taxation on import and export
     3) Ban on export of excess food grain
     4) Monetary policy of the RBI
     5) None of these    
 
 14.    'Swayamsidha' scheme is rela-ted to?
     1) School children  
     2) Health workers           
     3) Senior citizens   
     4) Women       
     5) None of these   
 
 15.    "Unto This Last" is a book written by?
     1) John Ruskin     
     2) Ruskin Bond  
     3)  Leo Tolstoy
     4) Rudyard Kipling        
     5) George Bernard Shaw
 
 16. Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?
     1) ADR    
     2) GDR
     3) SDR          
     4) Both 1 and 2       
     5) All 1, 2 and 3
 
 17. The basic characteristic of a capitalistic economy is?
     1) Absence of monopoly  
     2)    Large scale production in primary sector  
     3)     Full employment   
     4)    The private ownership of the means of production     
     5)     None of these    
 
 18. UNDP prepares?
     1) Standard of Living Index
     2) Physical Quality Index  
     3) Human Development Index  
     4) Wholesale Price Index
     5) None of these
 
 19. Fiscal Policy refers to?
 1)    Sharing of its revenue by the    central government with states  
 2)    Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
 3)    Keeping foreign exchange reserves
 4)    Government taxes, expendi-ture and borrowings
 5)    None of these   
 
 20. Which of the following famous events is being held in Jaipur in January every year since 2006?
     1) Cattle Fair
     2) Literature Festival
     3) Elephant Festival   
     4) International Film Festival
     5) Kite Festival
   
 21. Which event is held to mark the Onam festivities in Kerala?
     1) Bull fighting   
     2) Bull Race   
     3) Cock fights     
     4) Boat Race  
     5) None of these   
 
 22. The film awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in USA are popularly known as?
     1) IIFA Awards
     2) BAFTA Awards  
     3) Oscars
     4) Grammy Awards   
    5) None
 
 23. ITPO stands for?
 1)    International Traders and Promoters Organization
 2)    India Trade Promotion Organization
 3)    International Telecom and Postal offices
 4)    International Trade Policy Organization
 5)    None of these
 
 24.    Which country is called Cockpit of Europe?
     1) Denmark     
     2) Spain
     3) Belgium     
     4) Turkey  
     5) Italy   
 
 25. The term 'Let' is associated with?
     1) Chess    
      2) Hockey   
     3) Cricket        
     4) Badminton   
     5) Soccer     
 
 26. Mahe is a part of?
     1) Tamil Nadu      
     2) Puducherry   
     3) Kerala        
      4) Maharashtra    
     5) Karnataka
 
 27. Psephology is the study of?
     1) Flags         
     2) Rainfall pattern        
     3) Gene disorders
     4) Stamps          
     5) Elections
   
 28.     The term 'Cue' is related to?
     1) Badminton    
     2) Basketball  
     3) Baseball       
     4) Billiards
     5) Boxing
 
 29. Who acts as the Secretary of the National Development Council (NDC)?
     1)    Secretary,Ministry of Finance
     2)    Secretary,Ministryof Planning
     3)    Secretary, Planning Commission
     4)    Secretary,Finance Commission
     5)    None of these
 
 30. Which one of the following full forms is wrong?
 1)    SIM- Subscriber Identity Module
 2)    MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
 3)    IPR- Intellectual Property Rights
 4)    PIL - Public Interest Litigation
 5)    SLBC-State Level Business Committee   
 
 31. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojana is associated with?
 1)    Construction of houses for low income groups
 2)    Construction of houses for rural people
 3)    Community toilets in slum areas
 4)    Employment in rural areas
 5)    None of these
 
 32. 'Pride and Prejudice' is written by?
     1)    Leo Tolstoy 
     2) Jane Austen
     3)    George Eliot  
     4)    Charles Dickens
     5)    R.K.Narayan
 
 33.    Which one among the following statements regarding SAARC is correct?
 1)    Headquarters of SAARC is located in Dhaka
 2)    Myanmar is a member of SAARC
 3)    The present Secretary General of SAARC is from India
 4) It was started in 1980
 5) Next SAARC Summit will be held in Nepal
 
 34.    Bamako is the capital city of?
     1) Mali    
     2) Guinea    
     3) Haiti  
     4) Laos    
     5) Burundi  
 
 35.    Which one of the following scales is used to measure the intensity of tornadoes?
     1) Richter scale
     2) Mercalli scale
     3) Fujita scale
     4) Saffir-Sampson scale
     5) None of these
 
 Answers
 1) 4    2) 2    3) 3    4) 3    5) 4    6) 3    7) 4    8) 5    9) 2    10) 3    
11) 2    12) 5    13) 4    14) 4    15) 1    16) 3    17) 4    18) 3    19) 4    20) 2    
21) 4    22) 3    23) 2    24) 3    25) 4    26) 2    27) 5    28) 4    29) 3    30) 5    
31) 3    32) 2    33) 5    34) 1    35) 3