1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-Ameri-can, has been appointed President of which of the following ratings firms?
1) Moody's Investor Service
2) Fitch Ratings
3) CRISIL
4) Standard & Poor's
5) None of these
2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which of the following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?
1) UNESCO
2) UNICEF
3) UNEP
4) UNDP
5) World Health Organization
3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?
1) Aditya Birla Nuvo
2) Bajaj Finserve
3) Tata Sons
4) L&T Finance
5) IndiaBulls
4. The Chief Justice of India P.Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Commi-ttee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court to receive and decide complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?
1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra
2) Justice Usha Mehra
3) Justice T. Meena Kumari
4) Justice Ranjana Desai
5) None of these
5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?
1) Jyotsna Suri
2) Arbind Prasad
3) R.V. Kanoria
4) Alwyn Didar Singh
5) Siddharth Birla
6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year grew at?
1) 4%
2) 4.8%
3) 5.2%
4) 4.4%
5) 4.5%
7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29, 2013?
1) Raheel Sharif
2) Rashid Mehmood
3) Haroon Aslam
4) Khalid Shameen Wynne
5) None of these
8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a supermarket. He was the Prime Minister of?
1) Croatia
2) Latvia
3) Estonia
4) Lithuania
5) Ukraine
9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?
1) Bangladesh
2) Iran
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Iraq
10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector grew 4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter?
1) Agriculture
2) Electricity Production
3) Manufacturing
4) Construction
5) Services
11. The classical language status was granted to?
1) Tamil and Telugu
2) Tamil and Kannada
3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
4) Telugu and Kannada
5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam
12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was inaugurated recently in?
1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu
4) Kollam, Kerala
5) Idukki, Kerala
13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered the prices of how many essential drugs?
1) 74
2) 348
3) 454
4) 241
5) 311
14. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approv-ed the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?
1) Goa
2) Gujarat
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) Maharashtra
15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August 2013. It was built by?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) China
4) USA
5) Belgium
16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?
1) Pakistan Muslim League-N
2) Pakistan People's Party
3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
4) Awami League
5) None of these
17. The 50th anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?
1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2) World Trade Organization
3) Organization of African Unity /African Union
4) Association of South East Asian Nations
5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas Air Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) USA
3) France
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan
19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)?
1) USA
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Israel
5) China
20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Govern-ment of India for the welfare of disabled persons?
1) DDRS
2) JNNURM
3) IAY
4) DPAP
5) RAY
21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80?
1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan)
2) Conrad Anker (USA)
3) Peter Athans (USA)
4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland)
5) Wang Fuzhou (China)
22. Arunima Sinha is the?
1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year
4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest
5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest
23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers in the history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football clubs from 1986 to 2013?
1) Arsenal
2) Chelsea
3) Manchester United
4) Blackburn Rovers
5) Manchester City
24. WorldFloat is an Indian social networking site launched by?
1) Pushkar Mahatta
2) Sabir Bhatia
3) Shantanu Narayan
4) Phaneesh Murthy
5) Rajat Gupta
25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that could charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the?
1) ISRO Young Scientist Award
2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
3) United Nations Public Service Award
4) Whitley Award
5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to India's Gross Domestic Product?
1) 40%
2) 10%
3) 14%
4) 8%
5) 5%
27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?
1) Wal-Mart
2) IKEA
3) Carrefour
4) Tesco
5) Metro
28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?
1) Sheryl Sandberg
2) Padmasree Warrior
3) Ginni Rometty
4) Marissa Mayer
5) Indra Nooyi
29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?
1) S.R.Rao
2) Sumit Bose
3) Madhav Lal
4) Rajiv Takru
5) R.S. Gujral
30. Which of the following is not a land locked state?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Mizoram
5) Odisha
31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) USA -- CIA
2) UK -MI6
3) France - Mossad
4) India - RAW
5) Pakistan - ISI
32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of reg-ional leaders and tribal chiefs in?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Kazakhstan
33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Jaipur
34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an agreement with Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and mining company based in?
1) Russia
2) South Africa
3) USA
4) Brazil
5) Mexico
35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?
1) Blackberry OS
2) Apple iOS
3) Symbian OS
4) Windows Phone OS
5) Android OS
36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on?
1) May 13, 1945
2) May 9, 1945
3) May 25, 1945
4) August 6, 1945
5) August 9, 1945
37. Which of the following states do-es not have bicameral legislature?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?
1) Imphal
2) Aizawl
3) Agartala
4) Shillong
5) Itanagar
39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?
1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton
2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton
3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain
4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook
5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss
Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 5
31) 3 32) 1 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3
1) Moody's Investor Service
2) Fitch Ratings
3) CRISIL
4) Standard & Poor's
5) None of these
2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which of the following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region?
1) UNESCO
2) UNICEF
3) UNEP
4) UNDP
5) World Health Organization
3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?
1) Aditya Birla Nuvo
2) Bajaj Finserve
3) Tata Sons
4) L&T Finance
5) IndiaBulls
4. The Chief Justice of India P.Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Commi-ttee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court to receive and decide complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by?
1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra
2) Justice Usha Mehra
3) Justice T. Meena Kumari
4) Justice Ranjana Desai
5) None of these
5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013?
1) Jyotsna Suri
2) Arbind Prasad
3) R.V. Kanoria
4) Alwyn Didar Singh
5) Siddharth Birla
6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year grew at?
1) 4%
2) 4.8%
3) 5.2%
4) 4.4%
5) 4.5%
7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29, 2013?
1) Raheel Sharif
2) Rashid Mehmood
3) Haroon Aslam
4) Khalid Shameen Wynne
5) None of these
8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a supermarket. He was the Prime Minister of?
1) Croatia
2) Latvia
3) Estonia
4) Lithuania
5) Ukraine
9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of?
1) Bangladesh
2) Iran
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Iraq
10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector grew 4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter?
1) Agriculture
2) Electricity Production
3) Manufacturing
4) Construction
5) Services
11. The classical language status was granted to?
1) Tamil and Telugu
2) Tamil and Kannada
3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
4) Telugu and Kannada
5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam
12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was inaugurated recently in?
1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu
4) Kollam, Kerala
5) Idukki, Kerala
13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered the prices of how many essential drugs?
1) 74
2) 348
3) 454
4) 241
5) 311
14. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approv-ed the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in?
1) Goa
2) Gujarat
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) Maharashtra
15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August 2013. It was built by?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) China
4) USA
5) Belgium
16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan?
1) Pakistan Muslim League-N
2) Pakistan People's Party
3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
4) Awami League
5) None of these
17. The 50th anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013?
1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2) World Trade Organization
3) Organization of African Unity /African Union
4) Association of South East Asian Nations
5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas Air Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) USA
3) France
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan
19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)?
1) USA
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Israel
5) China
20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Govern-ment of India for the welfare of disabled persons?
1) DDRS
2) JNNURM
3) IAY
4) DPAP
5) RAY
21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80?
1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan)
2) Conrad Anker (USA)
3) Peter Athans (USA)
4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland)
5) Wang Fuzhou (China)
22. Arunima Sinha is the?
1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest
3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year
4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest
5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest
23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers in the history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football clubs from 1986 to 2013?
1) Arsenal
2) Chelsea
3) Manchester United
4) Blackburn Rovers
5) Manchester City
24. WorldFloat is an Indian social networking site launched by?
1) Pushkar Mahatta
2) Sabir Bhatia
3) Shantanu Narayan
4) Phaneesh Murthy
5) Rajat Gupta
25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that could charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the?
1) ISRO Young Scientist Award
2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
3) United Nations Public Service Award
4) Whitley Award
5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to India's Gross Domestic Product?
1) 40%
2) 10%
3) 14%
4) 8%
5) 5%
27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent?
1) Wal-Mart
2) IKEA
3) Carrefour
4) Tesco
5) Metro
28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by?
1) Sheryl Sandberg
2) Padmasree Warrior
3) Ginni Rometty
4) Marissa Mayer
5) Indra Nooyi
29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of?
1) S.R.Rao
2) Sumit Bose
3) Madhav Lal
4) Rajiv Takru
5) R.S. Gujral
30. Which of the following is not a land locked state?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Mizoram
5) Odisha
31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) USA -- CIA
2) UK -MI6
3) France - Mossad
4) India - RAW
5) Pakistan - ISI
32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of reg-ional leaders and tribal chiefs in?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Kazakhstan
33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Jaipur
34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an agreement with Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and mining company based in?
1) Russia
2) South Africa
3) USA
4) Brazil
5) Mexico
35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?
1) Blackberry OS
2) Apple iOS
3) Symbian OS
4) Windows Phone OS
5) Android OS
36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on?
1) May 13, 1945
2) May 9, 1945
3) May 25, 1945
4) August 6, 1945
5) August 9, 1945
37. Which of the following states do-es not have bicameral legislature?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is?
1) Imphal
2) Aizawl
3) Agartala
4) Shillong
5) Itanagar
39. 'An Ashes Summer' is co-written by?
1) Steve Waugh, Mike Atherton
2) Mark Taylor, Mike Atherton
3) Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain
4) Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook
5) Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss
Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
11) 5 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 1
21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 29) 5 30) 5
31) 3 32) 1 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 3
