1.
In a recent cabinet reshuffle who among the following has been appointed as the
New Labour and Employment Minister? (1)
K.S. Rao (2) Girija Vyas (3) C.P. Joshi
(4) SiS Ram Ola (5) None of these
2.
Recently Bahukutumbi Raman passed away in Chennai. He is a ____?(1) Former MP
from Rajya Sabha(2) One of the founders of India's external intelligence wing
-- the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)(3) Renowned Journalist(4) Telugu
writer(5) Former Governor of West Bengal
3.
Recently Tan Twan Eng, the Malaysian author was declared as the winner of
Walter Scott Prize 2013 for his English fiction novel ___? (1) The Streets (2)
The Stranger’s Child (3) The Garden of Evening Mists (4) Bring Up the Bodies
(5) None of these
4.
Who among the following has been elected as the new President of Iran? (1)
Hassan Rohani (2) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (3) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (4) Mohammad
Khatani (5) None of these
5.
Recently John Ashe in news. He is ____?
(1) Elected as the New US envoy to Libya (2) Elected as the New President of UN
General Assembly (3) Elected as the New President of Indonesia (4) Elected as
the New President of ADB (Asian Development Bank) (5) None of these
6.
“Umeed” a central social welfare scheme for poor rural women launched in which
State/UT?(1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) J&K
(4) Himachal Pradesh(5) None of these
7.
39th G-8 Summit to be held in which among the following countries to discuss
the issue of "tax avoidance" by companies in increasingly globalised
economy?(1) USA (2) France(3) Italy (4)
Ireland(5) Russia
8.
Recently Google has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the first time in
India under its Education Initiative, with which among the following State/
U.T. of India?(1) Bihar (2) Pondicherry(3) Goa (4) Andhra Pradesh(5) Rajasthan
9.
Name the Indo-Russian military exercise is scheduled to take place in October
2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India.(1) Sampriti –III (2) Indra(3) Kurukshetra (4) Yudh Abhyas (5) None of these
10. Who among the following took charge as the
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Secretary?(1) Rajiv Takru (2) M. F.
Farooqui(3) Rentala Chandrashekhar (4) RK Singh(5) None of these
11.
World Refugee Day observed on ___?(1) 22 April (2) 20 June(3) 21 May (4) 24
July(5) None of these
12.
Which among the following organization to provide $225 million loan to India
for AIDS Control Project National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)' to promote
safe behaviour among high risk groups?(1)
World Bank (2) ADB (Asian
Development Bank)(3) UNAIDS United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(4) UNDP(5)
None of these
13.
Which among the following cities to host World Economic Forum (India chapter)
on November 8 and 9?(1) Bangalore (2)
Mysore(3) Gurgaon(4) Kochi(5) None of these
14.
A book “The Future is Now” written by:(1) Abhinav Adiga(2) Chetan Bhagat(3)
Shashi Tharoor(4) Mrinal Pandey(5) Alok Mehta
15.
Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of Air Asia?(1)
Ratan Tata(2) Subramanian Ramadorai(3) Arun Bhatia(4) Sachin Verma(5) None of
these
16.
World highest wind tunnel to open in ____?(1) India(2) USA(3) China(4)
Australia(5) Dubai
17.
Professor Ramdarash Mishra conferred with the Vyas Samman for the year___?(1)
2012 (2) 2011(3) 2010 (4)2013(5) None of
these
18.
Gershwin Prize given in which among the following field?(1) Science (2) Sports(3) Literature (4) Music(5) Art
19.
46th annual meeting of the Manila –based multilateral lending agency held in _
?(1) Gurgaon (2) New Delhi(3) Greater
Noida (4) Bangalore(5) Chennai
20. Recently Which among the following company
become first company to suspend gold
sales?(1) Muthoot Finance Corp.(2) Mannapuram Finance Gold Loan(3) Reliance
Capital(4) HDFC (5) SBI
21. Recently which among the following player
won the Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament?(1)
Jaideep Singh (2) Ajay Kumar (3) Manjeet Singh (4) Sunil Kumar (5) None of
these
22. Vijay Kelkar Committee was constituted for
____?(1) Frame Rules for Foreign Investors(2) to suggest a roadmap for fiscal
consolidation(3) Bhopal Gas Disaster(4) to give report on decontrol of sugar
industry(5) None of these
23.
Which among the following countries became the 5th country to Ratify Istanbul
Convention?(1) Iraq (2) Syria(3)
Italy (4) Portugal(5) None of these
24.
Recently Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) set up a Committee
to examine aspects related indecent depiction of women in mass media. Who is
the head of the committee?(1) K. Ratna Prabha (2) Dr. Charu Sharma(3) Prof.
Shefali Bhagat (4) Priyanka Agarwal(5) Mamta Sharma
25.
Recently Barack Obama nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal Bureau of
Investigation) Director. He will succeed _____?(1) Louis Freeh (2) Stanley Finch(3)
William J. Burns (4) Robert Mueller (5)
None of these
26. Recently 39th G-8 Summit held in which among
the following country? (1) China (2)
Russia (3) France (4) USA (5) UK
27.
As per RBI’s assessment, wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation is
expected to be range bound around 5.5 per cent during 2013-14. (1) 3.5% (2) 4.5% (3) 5.5% (4) 6.5% (5) None of these
28.
To which among the following countries NTPC has ink an agreement for the
execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project? (1) Bangladesh (2)
Nepal (3) Pakistan (4) Bhutan (5) Sri Lanka
29. “Umeed” a central social welfare scheme for
poor rural women launched in which State/UT? (1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh (3)
J&K (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) None
of these
30.
Which among the following Indian Film Bags Yellow Oscar Award at the Uranium
Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil? (1) Laggan (2) High Power (3) Printed
Rainbow (4) Little Energy (5) None of
these
31.
According to a study, World Wealth Report 2013, India has clocked the second
highest growth in the population of High Net-worth Individuals (HNIs) in 2012
only behind 1) Hong Kong 2) China 3) Brazil 4) Malaysia 5) None of these
32.Which
of the following companies has come up with the plans of beaming Internet with
the help of giant balloons in the areas without access to Internet? 1)
Microsoft 2) IBM 3) Google 4) Yahoo 5) None of these
33.
Which of the following is not a function of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? 1)
Issuance of currency 2) Banker of the Govt 3) Controller of banks 4) Controller
of credit 5) All are functions of the RBI
34.
Consider the following with respect to Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT) and
choose the correct statement(s): 1) The CTT will come into effect from July 1,
2013. 2) The CTT will be charged at 0.01 per cent on the transactions of
various non-agricultural commodities, including gold, sugar and edible oils. 3)
The tax would be levied on futures trading and not on spot trading in the
commodities. 4) All the above 5) None of these
35.
Italy has become the recent country to ratify Istanbul Convention. This
convention is aimed at which of the following? 1) Combating violence against
women 2) Combating violence against children 3) Combating violence against
animals 4) Combating violence against development of fissile material 5) None
of these
36.
The UN General Assembly had declared which of the following days as “Nelson
Mandela International Day” in recognition of the former South African
President’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom? 1) Jun 18 2) Jul
18 3) Aug 18 4) Sep 18 5) None of these
37. The NSSO under the Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation has released the key indicators of employment and
unemployment in India recently. NSSO stands for 1) National Statistics Survey
Office 2) National Sample Survey Office 3) National Specific Survey Office 4)
National Systematic Survey Office 5) None of these
38. Who among the following has been appointed
the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently? 1)
Sudha Sharma 2) Poonam Kishore Saxena 3) AK Singh 4) Sudhir Chandra 5) None of
these
39.
Name the university which has become the country’s first-ever technical
university for women? 1) Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University 2) Bharati
Vidyapeeth's Technical University 3) Indraprastha Institute of Information
Technology 4) National Institute of Technology, Delhi 5) None of these
40.
The recent forest fire in which of the following countries has increased the
pollution in the neighbouring countries, Singapore and Malaysia to a hazardous
level? 1) Indonesia 2) Papua New Guinea 3) Cambodia 4) Philippines 5) None of
these
41.
Which of the following states/UTs has been ranked on top in the recent
financial inclusion index released by the rating and analysis agency CRISIL? 1)
Gujarat 2) Kerala 3) Chandigarh 4) Puducherry 5) None of these
42.
Which of the following instruments cannot be endorsed? 1) A bank draft 2) A
promissory note 3) A fixed deposit receipt 4) A cheque 5) None of these
43.
The Bank of England is considering replacing the image of Charles Darwin from
one of its notes and replacing it with that of Jane Austen. Which of the
following novels was not authored by the renowned novelist Jane Austen? 1)
Mother 2) Pride and Prejudice 3) Sense and Sensibility 4) Emma 5) Persuasion
44.
The state run ONGC and OIL has acquired gas assets of Videocon located in which
of the following countries for $2.5 bn? 1) Nigeria 2) Vietnam 3) Mozambique 4)
Algeria 5) None of these
45.
The merger of Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam was in news recently. The new
single entity Tech Mahindra has become the ____biggest IT firm in India. 1)
third 2) fourth 3) fifth 4) sixth 5) None of these
46.
The KM Chandrasekhar Committee is associated with which of the following? 1)
Standardising and unifying the rules regarding foreign investments into the
capital markets 2) Standardising and unifying the rules regarding domestic
investments into the capital markets 3) Standardising and unifying the rules
regarding Indian investments into the foreign capital markets 4) Standardising
and unifying the rules regarding fund collection by chit fund companies from
public 5) None of these
47.
Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed the manager of which of the following famous
soccer teams? 1) Real Madrid (Spain) 2) Chelsea (England) 3) Barcelona (Spain) 4)
Manchester United 5) None of these
48.
The market regulator Sebi has announced to merge FIIs, sub-accounts and QFIs in
a new class called 1) Foreign Preferential Investors 2) Foreign Portfolio
Investors 3) Foreign Priority Investors 4) Foreign Periodic Investors 5) None
of these
49.
The Indian contingent took home the highest tally of awards so far in the recently-concluded
60th Cannes Lions festival of creativity. India clinched ____lions (awards). 1)
14 2) 22 3) 33 4) 54 5) None of these
50.
In a dramatic swipe just ahead of elections, ruling Labor Party has dethroned
Julia Gillard and brought ____as the new Prime Minister of Australia. 1) Penny
Wong 2) Stephen Conroy 3) Kevin Rudd 4) Anthony Albanese 5) None of these
