GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAMS

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    Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license?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

GENERAL PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAMS

1.    Which committee recommended for privatization of Insurance industry in India?
     a) Narisimhan committee
     b) Rangarajan Committee
     c) Kanna committee
     d) Malhotra committee
     e) Goiporia Committee

 2.    The minimum amount of Paid up capital for starting Life insurance business?
     a) 25 cr    
b) 50 Cr    
c) 100 Cr     
d) 250 Cr     
e) 500 Cr

 3.    How a bank can enter Insurance sector?
     a) Risk Participation
     b) Strategic Investment
     c)    Distribution of insurance policies as Agent
     d) a, b & c    
e) b & c.

 4.    Banks can invest in an insurance company 'without participation Basis' Up To ____?
     a)    5% of net worth or 25 crs whichever is less
     b)    10% of net worth or 50 crs whichever is less
     c)    Rs 100 crs    
d) a,b & c
     e)    Passed IRDA Test & license as per IRDA Rules.

 5.    Who is the specified person in case of Life Insurance business?
     a)    Any person canvassing Life insurance products
     b)    Person having minimum 3 years experience in Life insurance business
     c)    An agent of Life insurance corporation of India
     d)    Person has undergone IRDA training, passed IRDA test and license as per IRDA Rules & nominated by corporate as agent.
     e) None.

 6.    To make operations easier Kisan ATMs are provided with?
     a)    Regular monitor
     b)    Touch screen monitor
     c)    Regular monitor with bio-metric authentication like finger print verification and voice enabled.
     d)    Touch screen monitor with bio-metric authentication like finger print verification and voice enabled.
     e)    None of the above

 7.    What are Essential Requirements for complaint to Banking Ombudsman?
     a)    Bank has rejected a complaint
     b)    Complainant has not received any reply within 30 days after the bank has received his representation
     c)    He is not satisfied with the reply given.
     d)    One year time has not elapsed from the date of cause of action
     e)    All the above

 8.    The NAV of a mutual fund?
     a)    is always constant
     b)    Keeps going up at a steady rate
     c)    Fluctuates with market price movements
     d)    Cannot go down at all
     e)    None of the above

 9.    Who among the following are not eligible to invest in MF?
     a)    Indian Companies    
b) Banks
     c)    Non Banking Finance Companies
     d)    Foreign Citizens
     e)    All the above

 10.    The most important link between Mutual Fund and Investors is?
     a) Government    
b) SEBI
     c) Fund distributors    
d) AMFI
     e) None of the above

 11.    If the subject matter is pending with any other court can a customer lodge complaint with Ombudsman?
     a) Yes     
b) No
     c) With the permission of court
     d) All the above    
e) None

 12.    Nomination facility in Bank is available in the following accounts:?
     a)    Cash credit, Term loans
     b)    Secured overdraft accounts
     c)    Deposits, safe custody and Safe deposit locker
     d)    Only a&b    
e) All the above

 13.    A balance sheet gives two main groups of figures, the?
     a)    Owners' equity and shareholders' funds
     b)    Assets and liabilities
     c)    Profits and total finance employed
     d)    Big and small
     e)    None of these

 14.    The electronic Cheque is defined in?
     a) IT Act    
b) NI Act
     c) RBI Act    
d) BR Act
     e) None of these

 15.    Even though the cheque is a bill of exchange, it is exempted from stamp duty because:?
     a)    It is payable on demand and hence exempted from stamp duty
     b)    RBI has given permission for banks to exempt the cheque from stamp duty
     c)    NI Act has exempted cheque from stamp duty
     d) Banking Regulation Act 1949
     e) None of these

 16.    Crossing applies to:?
     a) cheques    
b) Bills of exchange
     c) Promissoy Notes
     d) a,b&c     
e) None

 17.    For General Crossing, two parallel transverse lines are?
     a) Required    
b) not required
     c) it is the option of drawer
     d) Branch Manager's discretion
     e) None of these

 18.    Who can cross the cheque?
     a) Drawer    
b) Payee
     c) Holder    
d) a or b or c
     e) None of these

 19.    An account payee crossing is a?
     a)    Direction to collecting banker to collect the cheque only to the payee
     b)    Direction to the paying banker to pay the cheque only to the payee
     c)    Direction to both the collecting and paying banker
     d)    Direction to the payee to take cash from any bank
     e)    None of these

 20.    KYC guidelines take into accou-nt the recommendations of an int-ernational Financial Action Task Force (1) on anti money laundering standards (2)on combating fi-nancing of terrorism (3) on mani-pulation of economic indicators?
     a) 1 and 2 only     
b) 2 and 3 only
     c) 1 and 3 only     
d) 1, 2, 3 all
     e) None of the above

 21.    As per KYC guidelines, the banks cannot have correspondent arrangements with 'Shell Banks'. For this purpose, the 'Shell Bank' means?
     a)    a bank having no existence but on paper only
     b)    a bank incorporated outside India and having a branch in India
     c)    a bank incorporated in a country where it has no existence and it is not regulated by a regulating authority
     d)    a bank incorporated outside India and banned by UNO to have Operations other than in country of incorporation.
     e)    None of the above

 22    The Ministry of Rural Develop-ment, Government of India has launched National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) by restructuring?
     a)    SJSY (Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojna)
     b)    SJSRY (Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rojgar Yojna)
     c)    DRI (Differential Rate of Interest)
     d)    PMGSY(Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna)
     e)    None of these

 23.    Domestic banks to deposit in RIDF with NABARD, the shortfall in respect of?
     a)    Agriculture advances target of 18%
     b)    Overall priority sector target of 40%
     c)    Self Help Groups
     d)    both a & b     
e) None of these

 24.    Foreign banks are to deposit in SEDF with SIDBI, the shortfall in respect of?
     a) Export advances target of 12%
     b)    Overall priority sector target of 32%
     c)    Micro & small enterprises target of 10%
     d)    All the above
     e)    None of these

 25.    Deposit period/interest rate for deposit with RIDF and SEDF are fixed by?
     a) NABARD in case of RIDF
     b) SIDBI in case of SEDF
     c) RBI in both the cases
     d) Ministry of Finance
     e) None of the above

 26.    What is the priority sector target for RRBs with reference to their adjusted net bank credit?
     a) 32%     
b) 40%
     c) 60%     
d) All the above
     e) None of the above

 27.    Objective of PMEGP is?
     (1) To generate employment opportunities in rural and urban areas through self employment ventures (2) To provide continuous employment to artisans and educated unemployed persons. (3) To arrest migration of rural youth to urban areas.
     a) 1, 2 and 3 all    
b) 1 and 2 only
     c) 1 and 3 only    
d) 2 and 3 only
     e) None of these

 28.    The SGSY aims at betterment of the rural poor by assisting properly identified families below poverty line in the rural areas .It seeks in particular to improve the lot of poorest of the poor viz?
     a)    Rural poor with land and Landless labourer
     b)    Educated unemployed
     c)    Rural artisans and disabled persons
     d)    All of these    
e) none of these

 29.    A person assisted under SGSY scheme is known as a?
     a) Beneficiary    
b) Borrower
     c) Swarozgari    
d) Loanee
     e) None of these

 30.    Funding Under SJSRY shared between Centre and States in general in the ratio of …?
     a) 50:50    
b) 80:20
     c) 75:25    
d) 60:40
     e) 30:20

 31.    Which of the following statement is true about CGTMSE?
     a)    It is floated by SIDBI & Govt. of India
     b)    It's coverage is restricted to Micro and Small Enterprises
     c)    Encourage the Banks to Finance more to all those units who are not capable of offering any Collateral Securities
     d)    All the above
     e)    None of these

 32.    Foreign Exchange Means?
     a)    It means the claims of residents of one country to the foreign currency payable abroad
     b)    It includes all deposits, credits, balances payable in any foreign currency
     c)    It includes Drafts, TCs, LCs and bills of exchange expressed or drawn in Indian currency and payable in foreign exchange
     d)    It includes Drafts, TCs, LCs or bills of exchange drawn by banks, institutions or persons outside India but payable in Indian currency
     e)    All the above

 Answers
     1) d;    2) c;    3) d;    4) b;    5) d;      6) d;    7) e;    8) c;    9) d;    10) c;
     11) b;    12) c;    13) b;    14) b;    15) b;     16) a;    17) a;    18) d;    19) a;    20) a;
     21) c;    22) a;    23) d;    24) d;    25) c;    26) c;    27) a;    28) d;    29) c;    30) c;
     31) d;    32) e.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1.    Which country has been chosen to host the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)?
     1) Mauritius     
2) Cyprus
     3) Malta     
4) Australia
     5) New Zealand
 2.    Who was named the Male World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time by the International Associ-ation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in November 2013?
     1) Mo Farah (Great Britain)
     2) David Rudisha (Kenya)
     3) Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
     4) Dwight Phillips (USA)
     5) Yohan Blake (Jamaica)
 3.    Who was named the Female Wo-rld Athlete of the Year for 2013?
     1)    Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
     2)    Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
     3) Sandra Perkovic (Croatia)
     4) Svetlana Shkolina (Russia)
     5)    Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic)
 4.    Who will be honored with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013?
     1) Christine Lagarde (France)
     2) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
     3)    Christina Fernandez (Argentina)
     4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
     5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
 5.    Buxa Tiger reserve is in?
     1) Rajasthan    
2) Odisha
     3) Gujarat     
4) West Bengal
     5) Madhya Pradesh
 6.    Which of the following airlines of India sold 24 per cent stake to Etihad Airways for Rs. 2,069 crore in November 2013?
     1) Air India    
2) Jet Airways
     3) IndiGo    
 4) Air Deccan
     5) SpiceJet
 7.    Which cricketer created history with a record 546 runs in the Mumbai School Sports Associati-on's Harris Shield elite division match in Mumbai on November 20, 2013?
     1) Armaan Jaffer
     2) Sarfaraz Khan    
3) Prithvi Shaw
     4) Prashant Chopra
     5) None of these
 8.    British Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013. She is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Which one of the following books is not written by her?
     1) The Grass is Singing
     2) Alfred and Emily
     3) The Good Terrorist
     4) The Golden Notebook
     5) Listening to Grasshoppers
 9.    Abdulla Yameen assumed office as the 6th President of which of the following countries on November 17, 2013?
     1) Bahrain     
2) Jordan
     3) Mali  
4) Maldives  
5) Morocco
 10.    Which country retained the Davis Cup tennis championships by beating Serbia 3-2 in the final in Belgrade in November 2013?
     1) Czech Republic
     2) Argentina     
3) Italy
     4) Switzerland     
5) Spain
 11.    India plans to have a nuclear power generation capacity of 63,000 MW by the year?
     1) 2020     
2) 2025
     3) 2032    
4) 2028    
5) 2038
 12.    The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Government's decision allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following sectors?
     1) Banking     
2) Insurance
     3) Single brand retail
     4) Multi brand retail    
5) Defense
 13.    Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) all rural households in India will have 100% access to sanitation by?
     1) 2022     
2) 2017
     3) 2020     
4) 2030     
5) 2018
 14.    Which of the following is not a pulse crop?
     1) Cow pea     
2) Green gram
     3) Pigeon pea     
4) Black gram
     5) Sesamum
 15.    According to the Telephone Reg-ulatory Authority of India(TRAI) data, which state has a total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections, the highest in India?
     1) Uttar Pradesh    
2) Tamil Nadu
     3) Maharashtra
     4) Andhra Pradesh    
5) Bihar
 16.    Which of the following statements is not correct?
     1)    Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India
     2)    Interest on savings deposits is fixed by the respective banks
     3)    A non-performing asset is an asset that ceases to generate income
     4)    The target market for debit cards is all existing account holders
     5)    Interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is known as Bank rate
 17.    Which of the following ensures that public funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose?
     1) Election Commission
     2) Planning Commission
     3) Finance Commission
     4)    Comptroller and Auditor General
     5)    National Development Council
 18.    The Reserve Bank of India acts as a bankers' bank. This would imply which of the following?
     1)    RBI lends funds to the commercial banks in times of need
     2)    RBI advises the commercial banks on monetary matters
 3)    Commercial banks retain their deposits with the RBI
     4)    Both 1 and 2
     5)    All 1, 2 and 3
 19.    Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming?
     1)    Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops
     2)    Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
     3)    Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
     4)    Cultivation of both cereals and pulses
     5)    None of these
 20.    The Cottage and Village Industry Department of which of the following states bagged the United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2013 for its initiative named 'Graamin Haat'? (Graamin Haat was started with the aim of strengthening and empowering the women's self-help groups)
     1) Chhattisgarh     
2) Jharkhand
     3) Bihar     
4) Odisha
     5) Madhya Pradesh
 21.    Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab woman to conquer Mount Everest. She is also the first woman from which of the following countries to climb Mount Everest?
     1) Kuwait     
2) Saudi Arabia
     3) Libya    
4) Yemen    
5) Syria
 22.    The fifth India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum meet was held in which of the following cities in May 2013?
     1) Mumbai     
2) Durban
     3) New Delhi    
 4) Brasilia
     5) Rio de Janeiro
 23.    India got observer status in which of the following in May 2013?
     1)    Shanghai Cooperation Organization
     2)    Association of South East Asian Nations
     3)    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
     4)    Arctic Council
     5)    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 24.    Who chaired the committee that was set up to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states?
     1) Suresh Tendulkar
     2) D. Subbarao
     3) Raghuram Rajan
     4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
     5) Bharat Ramaswami
 25.    The government constituted the National Skill Development Age-ncy(NSDA) as an autonomous body in June 2013. NSDA includes?
     1)    The Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD)
     2)    The National Skill Developm-ent Coordination Board (NSDCB)
     3)    The Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development
     4)    Both 1and 2
     5)    All 1, 2 and 3
 26.    Which of the following countries is the biggest borrower of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
     1) China     
2) Japan
     3) Vietnam    
4) South Korea
     5) India
 27.    Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines, is based in?
     1) Kuwait     
2) Oman
     3) Malaysia     
4) Qatar
     5) Unites Arab Emirates
 28.    Which of the following companies became the biggest profit maker in 2012 by replacing Exx-on Mobil, according to the Fortu-ne magazine's Fortune 500 list?
     1) Wal-Mart
     2) Berkshire Hathaway
     3) Apple    
4) General Motors
     5) General Electric
 29.    Who won the Malaysia Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold title in May 2013?
     1) Saina Nehwal
     2) P.V. Sindhu    
3) Gutta Jwala
     4) Ashwini Ponnappa
     5) None of these
 30.    Which of the following stock exchanges launched an Islamic Equity Index in April 2013?
     1) NSE    
2) BSE
     3) CSE    
4) DSE
     5) None of these
 31.    New guidelines for Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) were issued on May13, 2013. Under this the allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from Rs 45,000 to?
     1) Rs 50,000    
2) Rs 60,000
     3) Rs 75,000     
4) Rs 1, 00,000
     5) Rs 90,000
 32.    ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) was launched recently. It is assisted by the?
     1) ADB    
2) IMF
     3) WEF    
4) World Bank
     5) None of these
 33.    David Beckham retired from professional football recently. He played for?
     1) Argentina     
2) Spain
     3) England     
4) Italy
     5) Ireland
 34.    Curtis Cup is associated with?
     1) Polo    
2) Chess
     3) Billiards    
 4) Golf
     5) Motor Racing
 35.    Which of the following cups is also called the World Team Championships for Women in Badminton?
     1) Thomas Cup     
2) Uber Cup
     3) Fed Cup     
4) Corbillion Cup
     5) Confederations Cup
 36.    Lalgudi Jayaraman passed away recently. He is a renowned?
     1) Sitar player     
2) Tabla player
     3) Violinist
     4) Western classical musician
     5) Flautist
 37.    Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Digital Media?
     1) Marissa Mayer
     2) Sheryl Sandburg
     3) Ross Leinsohn
     4) Jeff Bezos    
5) Larry Page
 38.    Catherine Day is the current Secretary-General of?
     1) Commonwealth
      2) European Commission
     3) SAARC    
4) ASEAN
     5) APEC

 Answers
     1) 3;         2) 3;     3) 2;      4) 4;       5) 4;         6) 2;    7) 3;    8) 5;    9) 4;    10) 1;
     11) 3;    12) 4;    13) 1;    14) 5;    15) 1;      16) 5;    17) 4;    18) 5;    19) 3;    20) 5;
     21) 2;    22) 3;    23) 4;    24) 3;    25) 5;      26) 5;    27) 5;    28) 1;    29) 2;    30) 2;
     31) 3;    32) 4;    33) 3;    34) 4;    35) 2;      36) 3;    37) 3;    38) 2.