Aptitude and General Awareness for Competive exams 2012 October
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16. The minute hand of a clock overtakes thehour hand at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose? Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.
108 so find the width Ans:l=8 9 Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace. 17. Solve for x and y: 1/x – 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + Ans. 64/2210. 1/y2 = 5/9. Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2. 10. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. 18. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. During last month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg. Each cat killed more mice than there were By how much percent should a family cats. How many cats do you think reduce its consumption so as to keep the there were ? Ans. 991. expenditure fixed? Ans. 20 %. 11. If Log2 x – 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x be? 19. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = Ans. x = e2 or e3. 6. Ans. 10. 12. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After 36 is 20. Can you find out what day of the week added to the quotient, this sum is then was January 12, 1979? Ans. Friday. divided by 2. The digits of the resulting number are the same as those in the 21. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions original for 32 days, when given at a rate of 850 number, but they are in reverse order. The grams per head. At the end of 7 days a ten’s place of the original number is equal reinforcement arrives and it was found that to twice the difference between its digits. now the provisions will last 8 days less, What is the number? Ans. 46 when given at the rate of 825 grams per head. How, many more men can it feed? 13.Can you tender a one rupee note in such Ans. 1700 men. a manner that there shall be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.? 22. From 5 different green balls, four Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 different blue balls and three different red ten paise coins, and 1 twenty-five paise balls, how many combinations of balls can coins. be chosen taking at least one green and one blue ball? Ans. 3720. 14.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 23. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a 2ft. How much time would it take the tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes monkey to reach the top? respectively while C can empty it in 15 Ans.18 hours. minutes. If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon 15. What is the missing number in this will the tank be filled? Ans. 167 minutes. series? 8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12 Ans. 9 24. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 1. What should come in the place of (?) in 40 minutes late. What is his usual time? the given series? Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes. ACE, FGH, ?, PON (A) KKK 25. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the (B) JKI escalator of a tube station. He found that if (C) HJH he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 (D) IKL Ans. (A) seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only 2. Typist : Typewriter : : Writer: ? require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If (A) Script the time is measured from the moment the (B) Pen top step begins to descend to the time he (C) Paper steps off the last step at the bottom, find (D) Book Ans. (B) out the height of the stair way in steps? Ans.46 steps. 3. Paint: Artist : : Wood: ? (A) Furniture 1.A certain type of mixture is prepared by (B) Forest mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at (C) Fire Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., (D) Carpenter Ans. (D) how many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture? 4. acme : mace :: alga: ? Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs. (A) glaa (B) gaal 2. A wizard named Nepo says “I am only (C) laga three times my son’s age. My father is 40 (D) gala Ans. (D) years more than twice my age. Together the three of us are a mere 1240 years old.” How 5. EIGHTY : GIEYTH : : OUTPUT:? old is Nepo? Ans. 360 years old. (A) UTOPTU (B) UOTUPT 3. One dog tells the other that there are two (C) TUOUTP dogs in front of me. The other one also (D) TUOTUP shouts that he too had two behind him. Ans. (D) How many are they? Ans. Three. 6. ‘Medicine’ is related to ‘Patient’ in the 4. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each same way as ‘Education’ is related to— day eating 6 more than the previous day. (A) Teacher How many bananas did he eat on the first (B) School day? (C) Student Ans. Eight. (D) Tuition Ans. (C) 5. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will it take to boil four eggs? Ans. Five minutes. 7. Fill in the missing letter in the following series— S, V, Y, B, ? (A) C 6. Three containers A, B and C have volumes (B) D a, b, and c respectively; and container A is (C) E full of water while the other two are empty. (D)G Ans. (C) If from container A water is poured into container B which becomes 1/3 full, and 8. What should come in the place of into container C which becomes 1/2 full, question mark in the following series? how much water is left in container A? 3, 8, 6, 14, ?, 20 (A) 11 7. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE (B) 10 is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is (C) 8 the length of AE? (D) 9 Ans. (D) Ans. AE = 10. 8. A Rectangular room had width half of its 9. Select the correct option in place of the lengdth. When 6 is decreased from both question mark. length and width then its area is differed by AOP, CQR, EST, GUV, ? (A) IYZ
(B) HWX (C) IWX (D) JWX Ans. (C) 10. What should come in the place of question mark in the following series? 1, 4, 9, 25, 36, ? (A) 48 (C) 52 (B) 49 (D) 56 Ans. (B) Directions—(Q. 11 to 14): Select the one which is different from the other three. 11. (A) Bokaro (B) Jamshedpur (C) Bhilai (D) Agra Ans. (D) 12. (A) January (B) February (C) July (D) December Ans. (B) 13. (A) Bible (B) Panchsheel (C) Geeta (D) Quran Ans. (B) 14. (A) Star (B) Sun (C) Sky (D) Moon Ans. (C) Directions—(Q. 15 to 17): based on alphabets. 15. If the sequence of the alphabets is reversed which of the following would be the 14th letter from your left? (A) N (B) L (C) O (D) None of these Ans. (D) 16. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter, which is 12th from the left? (A) V (B) T (C) W (D) Y Ans. (B) 17. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter which is 10th to the left of the last but one letter from the right? (A) V (B) X (C) W (D) I Ans. (C) Directions—(Q. 18 to 23) Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? 18. (A) Green (B) Red (C) Colour (D) Orange Ans. (C) 19. (A) Rabbit (B) Crocodile (C) Earthworm (D) Snail Ans. (A) 20. (A) Polo (B) Chess (C) Ludo (D) Carrom Ans. (A) 21. (A) Sun (B) Universe (C) Moon (D) Star Ans. (B) 22. (A) Cheese (B) Milk (C) Curd (D) Ghee Ans. (B) 23. (A) Carrot (B) Radish (C) Potato (D) Brinjal Ans. (D) 24. In a certain code ‘CONTRIBUTOR’ is written as ‘RTNOCIROTUB’. How is ‘prohibition’ written in that code? (A) NOITIBIHORP (B) IHORPBITION (C) ITIONBIHOTP (D) IHORPBNOITI Ans. (D)
“sensitive lists”? (a) Items which are costlier to produce in India (b) Items whose import leads to lower prices for Indian consumer (c) tems whose import reduces the market share of domestic producers-Answer d) Items which are injurious to health such as tobacco and alcohol
I. The number of unemployed increased in 2010. II. The global unemployment rate declined in 2010 III. Labour productivity improved in 2010 (a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only-Answer (d) III and I only
(D) b >= a Ans: A 12 .Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament.Of the 23. In june a baseball team that played 60 three games played: games had won 30% of its game played. a)In only the first game werethe two players After a phenomenal winning streak this married to each other. team raised its average b)The men won two games and the women to 50% .How many games must the team won one game. have won in a row to attain this average? c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees. A. 12 d)Anyone who lost game did not play the B. 20 subsequent game. C. 24 Who did not lose a game? D. 30 Ans:Mrs.Bee did not lose a game. Ans: C
If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of getting red shoes Ans: 6c2/10c2 38. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol. Ans : 15%
B) Goolam E. Vahanvati-Answer C) Milon K. Banerji D) Ashok Desai
A) TATA Group-Answer B) Aditya Birla Group C) Reliance Group D) Jindal Group 19Which Indian Telecom operator became the first one to launch 4G services? A) Reliance Communication B) Bharti Airtel-answer C) Ideal Cellular D) BSNL 20Who has been elected as France’s first Socialist president in May 2012? A) Jacques Chirac B) Nicolas Sarkozy C) Francois Hollande-Answer D) Marine Le Pen 21 The Supreme Court has given 10 years deadline to Government to eliminate which famous subsidy program? A) Subsidies given to Haj Pilgrims-Answer B) Subsidies given to Fertilizer producers C) Subsidies given to farmers D) Subsidies given on cooking LPG Gas
13.Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning 24 M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. at a speed of 50kmph and the other at If three men drop out how much more will 40kmph . How much time will it take for the each have to contribute towards the two cars to meet? purchase of the gift/ Ans: 3/2 hours A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3 14.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one C. M/(D-3) chip, pile II consists of chips, and pile III D. 3D/(M2-3M) consists of three chips--are to be used in Ans: D game played by Anita and Brinda.The game requires: 25 A company contracts to paint 3 houses. a)That each player in turn take only one Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while 22 Which IT company has became the chip or all chips from just one pile. Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 world’s fourth most valuable Information b)That the player who has to take the last days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on Technology (IT) services brand compiled by chip loses. vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a leading global brand valuation company c)That Anita now have her turn. period of 6 days. How many days will it take Brand Finance? From which pile should Anita draw in order Mr.Blue to complete the contract? A) TCS-Answer to win? A. 7 B) IBM Ans:Pile II B. 8 C) HP C. 11 D) Accenture 15. 9.In a class composed of x girls and y D. 12 43 An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch 10For FY 2011-12, India’s total trade deficit boys what part of the class is composed of each is given. How many equilateral stood at nearly? 23Which women squash team has won Gold girls 26. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from A) USD 155 billion at the 16th Asian Squash Championship A.y/(x + y) a passenger train leaves the same station it? B) USD 205 billion recently held in Kuwait? B.x/xy travelling in the same direction at an Ans: 9 C) USD 195 billion A) Malaysia C.x/(x + y) average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling D) USD 185 billion-Answer B) Iraq D.y/xy 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the 44. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ? C) India-Answer Ans:C freight train. The average speed of the Ans : 9B 11 Which Spanish football club tops the D) China freight train was? Spanish league in 2012? 16.One of the following is my secret A. 30 45. Each side of a rectangle is increased by A) Barcelona 24 Who has been re-elected as the Russian word:AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE.With the list in B. 40 100% .By what percentage does the area B) Valencia President for the second time in May 2012? front of you, if I were to tell you any one of C.58 increase? C) Real Madrid-Answer A) Boris Yeltsin my secret word, then you would be able to D. 60 Ans : 300% D) None of These B) Vladimir Putin-Answer tell me the number of vowels in my secret Ans: B C) Dmitry Medvedev word.Which is my secret word? 46 Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, 12Lionel Messi became the top goal scorer D) None of these Ans:TIE 27. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ? front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, in a season with 68 goals as of now in the A.-5 the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more history. He broke whose 39 year old record? 25 Which US brand has recently opeded 17.If the operation,^ is defined by the B. 4 than the back wheel.What is the distance? A) Sepp Maier their Indian first store at Canaught Place in equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a C. 2 Ans : 315 feet. B) Franz Beckenbauer New Delhi in May 2012? in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3 D. 8 C) MuellerAnswer A) Starbucks A.0 Ans: D 47. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back D) Klaus Fischer B) Subway B.1 wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 C) Dunkin’Donuts-Answer C.-1 28. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If times. How many revolutions will the back 13Which developed country has recently D) KFC D.4 one draw randomly a shoe what is the wheel take? become a country with no nuclear power Ans:B probability of getting a red shoe Ans: 360 times after 4 decades when it shut down its last 26 Which Company has secured no. 1 rank Ans: 5c1/ 9c1 nuclear reactor? in the list of Fortune 500 companies for 18.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of 48. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 A) Germany 2012? coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. 29. What is the selling price of a car? If the litre solution are mixed. What percentage of B) JapanAnswer A) Chevron grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit of 10% the mixture of solution C) France B) Wal-Mart is changed to 1 part over selling price is earned Ans: 36% D) USA C) ConocoPhillips of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less Ans: Rs 66/D) Exxon Mobil -Answer expensive grade,how much will the shop 49.City A's population is 68000, decreasing 14Which Social Networking company has save in blending 100 gms. 30 . 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having acquired online hosting services company 27 India received highest ever monthly FDI A.Rs.90 .What factor and total number of population 42000 is increasing at a rate of SlideShare for USD 118.75 million in May in March 2012… What is the FDI it has B.Rs.1.00 classmates go to canteen. 120 people per year. In how many years 2012? received in that month? C.Rs.3.00 Ans: Cannot be determined. both the cities will have same population? A) Twitter A) USD 8.1 billion-Answer D.Rs.8.00 Ans: 130 years B) Facebook B) USD 9.1 billion Ans:C 31. The price of a product is reduced by 30% C) LinkedIn-Answer C) USD 12.1 billion . By what percentage should it be increased 1 Who is the new chairman of Oil India? D) None of These D) USD 5.1 billion 19 .There are 200 questions on a 3 hr to make it 100% A) N. M. Borah examination.Among these questions are 50 Ans: 42.857% B) SK Srivastava-Answer 15Which veteran Bengali Actor has been 28 As per the Microfinance (MFI) bill 2012, mathematics problems.It is suggested that C) S Roy Choudhury awarded with most esteemed Dada Saheb which entiry will regulate all the Indian twice as much time be spent on each maths 32 There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is D) None of Them Phalke award by Vice President at the 59th Microfinance Companies? problem as for each other question.How inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of National awards ceremony? A) SEBI many minutes should be spent on the area of circle to square. 2 India’s core sector growth for March stood A) Utpal Datta B) RBI-Answer mathematics problems Ans: 11/14 at? B) Soumitra Chatterjee C) IRDA A.36 A) 2%-Answer C) Prasenjit D) None of These B.72 33. There are two candles of equal lengths B) 2.5% D) None of These C.60 and of different thickness. The thicker one C) 2.2% 29 Which Indian PSU Bank hass become D.100 lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less D) 6.5% 16India has recently approved the tourist India’s second largest public sector Bank in Ans:B than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two Visa on Arrival (TVoA) facility for 3 European terms of annual profit after State Bank of candles at the same time. When he went to 3Australian Analytics firm Promax has been countries? Which in the list is not among India in 2012? 20 .In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 bed he saw the thicker one is twice the acquired by which Indian IT company them? A) Punjab National Bank have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied length of the thinner one. How long ago did recently? A) France B) Bank of Baroda-Answer either.How many of these studied both Ramesh light the two candles . A) Mahindra Satyam B) Germany C) Central Bank Latin and Greek Ans: 3 hours. B) Infosys C) Russia D) Bank of India A.0 B.3 C.4 D.5 C) Wipro-Answer D) Italy-Answer Ans.B 34 If M/N = 6/5,then 3M+2N = ? D) TCS 30 India’s IIP growth for March stood at? 17Patni Computer Systems (PCS) lost its A) -3.5%-Answer 21 If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 = 35 If p/q = 5/4 , then 2p+q= ? 4Who has been appointed as the new existance when its acquirer removed the B) 3.5% A.1/4 Director General of National Security Guard brand name from the combined entity. Who C) 4.1% B.1/2 31. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the (NSG)? acquired the company last year 2011? D) -4.1% C.1 ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST A) R K Medhekar A) Tech Mahindra D.2 Ans: 1:2 B) NPS Aulakh B) iGate-Answer 31 Who has been appointed as the new Ans:C C) Subhas Joshi-Answer C) Wipro Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory 36 The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the D) AK Tandon D) Cognitzant Authority of India (TRAI)? 22. If a and b are positive integers and (a- profit is 10% over selling price what is the A) J S Sarma b)/3.5 = 4/7, then selling price ? 5Indian President has re-appointed whom 18Which Indian business group becomes B) Saurabh Chandra (A) b < a Ans: Rs 13.86/as the Attorney-General for two more years the Only Indian Company to get place in the C) Mr Rahul Khullar-Answer (B) b > a with effect from 8 June 2012? list of 10 best companies for Leadership in D) None of Them (C) b = a 37. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . A) Soli Sorabjee Asia?
6The RBI has notified all the banks to be ready for Basel III norms which will be effective in phassed manner from? A) January 2013-Answer B) April 2013 39. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days C) April 2014 work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a D) December 2013 week. What is the total amount paid for that worker ? 7Which Indian business house has acquired Ans : 57.50 controlling stake in Pantaloon retail? A) Reliance Group 40. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 B) ADAG Group which of the following is the largest? C) Aditya Birla group-Answer (a) x D) RPG Group (b) x2 (c) -x 8Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in to (d) 1/x Myanmar’s parliament in May. She Ans : (d) struggled for how many years for the power? 41. If the total distance of a journey is 120 A) 25 years-Answer km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back B) 20 Years at 40kmph what is the average speed during C) 15 Years the journey? D) 18 Years Ans: 48kmph 9India’s total exports jumped by which 42. A school has 30% students from percentage for FY 2011-12? Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey A) 25% students. Find the total percentage of B) 23% Bombay? C) 21%-Answer Ans: 6% D) 29%
32 Recently whch global credit rating agency has cut rating state-run Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) to Baa3? A) S&P B) Moody’s-Answer C) Fitch D) None of These
2. It is done to control the general inflation 3. SAARC countries have offered some (A) Only 1 (D) R. Balakrishnan in the country as the inordinate exports of assistance to some of severely affected (B) Only 2 (E) None of these various commodities create imbalance and countries like Portugal, Spain & Greece. (C) Only 3 Ans : (C) also cost push inflation. (A) Only 1 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 3. It is a good short time measure to collect (B) Only 2 (E) Only 1 and 3 26. India recently signed an agreement to more revenue from the exports of the (C) Only 1 and 2 Ans : (B) import Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from a commodity which is in high demand in (D) All 1, 2 and 3 country which is the largest LNG producer overseas markets. (E) None of these 17. The 34th National Game which were and supplier of the world. Which is that 33 Who has stepped down as the CEO of (A) Only 1 Ans : (A) postponed several times are country ? Yahoo in May this year? (B) Only 2 scheduled to be held in which of the (A) Kuwait A) Scott Thompson-Answer (C) Only 3 10. As we all know the RBI has raised the following states ? (B) Qatar B) Ross Levinsohn (D) All 1, 2 and 3 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 bps. in April (A) Gujarat (C) Iran C) Tim Morse (E) None of these 2010. What action banks will have to take to (B) Kerala (D) Saudi Arabia D) None of These Ans : (A) implement the same ? (C) Tamil Nadu (E) None of these 4. As per the reports published in some 1. They will have to deposit some more (D) Uttar Pradesh Ans : (B) 34 Which English Football club won the major news papers ‘ADAG companies’ made money with the RBI as a reserved money. (E) Jharkhand English title (English Premier League) for the good profits during the year. ADAG 2. Banks will be required to give some more Ans : (E) 27. As a measure to help countries hit by first time in last 44 years? companies are popularly known as— loan to projects of the priority sector. global financial meltdown the RBI has A) Manchester United-Answer (A) Companies owned by Tata Group 3. Banks will be required to give loan 18. Waste Water generates which of the purchased notes worth US $ 10 billion in B) Manchester City (B) Aditya Birla Companies equivalent to the CRR to the Govt. of India following gases which is more powerful and terms of Special Drawing Rights from a C) Chelsea (C) Reliance companies for its day to day expenditure as and when dangerous than CO2 ? World Organisation/agency. Which is this D) Liverpool (D) Companies owned by Aptech required. (A) Nitrogen agency/organization ? (E) None of these (A) Only 1 (B) Sulphur di-oxide (A) Federal Reserve of U.S.A. 35 Who has won the Madrid Open title for Ans : (C) (B) Only 2 (C) Hydrogen (B) Asian Development Bank Men in May 2012? (C) Only 3 (D) Methane (C) World Bank A) Tomas Berdych 5. ONGC – Mittal Energy finds hydrocarbons (D) Only 1 and 2 (E) None of these (D) International Monetary Fund B) Rafael Nadal in two blocks OPL-279 & OPL -285 in (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (D) (E) None of these C) Roger Federar-Answer Nigerian sea was the news in some major Ans : (A) Ans : (D) D) Novak Djokovic news papers. what is the full form of the 19. Which of the following days was term OPL as used in the above head line ? 11. As per estimates given by the RBI the observed as World Water Day 2010 ? 28. Which of the following is not a public 36 What was India’s benchmark inflation in (A) Oil Prospecting License Economic Growth during the year 2010-11 (A) 20th June sector undertaking under the Ministry of April? (B) Ownership and Partnership Lease will be at which of the following levels ? (B) 22nd July Defence, Govt. of India ? A) 7.23%-Answer (C) Overseas Private Line (A) 6•5% (C) 22nd March (A) Mazagaon Dock Ltd. B) 6.23% (D) ONGC Petroleum Ltd. (B) 7% (D) 20th May (B) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and C) 6.85% (E) None of these (C) 7•5% (E) None of these Engineers Ltd. D) 7.11% Ans : (A) (D) 8% Ans : (C) (C) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (E) None of these (D) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 37 Which Indian Pharma Company has 6. “Mutual Funds reported exceptional Ans : (D) 20. Late Vinda Karandikar who died a few (E) Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. announced the acquisition of US based performance in 2009-10? was the news in months back was a famous— Ans : (C) Decision Resources Group for nearly USD major financial news papers recently. What 12. Which of the following is/are correct (A) Author 635 million in May 2012? is a mutual fund ? about the RBI’s credit policy announced in (B) Cine-Actor 29. Which of the following states won the A) Dr Reddy’s Laboratory 1. A type of collective investment scheme April 2010 ? (C) Sportsman senior National Women’s Football B) Fortis Healthcare that pools money from many investors and 1. Repo rate raised by 25 bps. (D) Classical Singer Tournament 2010 ? C) Ranbaxy invest it in stocks, bonds or other money 2. A new reporting platform was introduced (E) Social Worker (A) Manipur D) Piramal Healthcare-Answer market instruments. for secondary market transactions in Ans : (A) (B) Assam 2. It is a subsidiary of a bank or financial Certificate of Deposits (CDs) and (C) Tamil Nadu 38 Name the Chief Investment Officer of JP company created specially to ralse money Commercial Papers (CPs). 21. As per the reports published recently (D) Kerala Morgan Chase who has resigned from the to be invested in a particular industry i.e. 3. Core Investment Companies (CICs) having the Govt. of India has decided to create a (E) Delhi company following huge trading loss of USD housing or insurance etc. The money raised an asset size of Rs. 100 crore are required to separate agency/body scrutinize all Foreign Ans : (A) 2 billion? thus cannot be invested anywhere else. register also with the RBI. Direct Investments (FDIs) officially. Up till A) Jamie Dimon 3. When several banks and financial (A) Only 1 now the security screening was being done 30. Which of the following is not a missile B) Matt Zames companies come together and create a (B) Only 2 by the— developed by the Defence Research and C) Ina Drew-Answer common pool of money to fund mega (C) Only 3 (A) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Govt. of India Development Organisation (DRDO) ? D) None of These infrastructural project like bridges, roads, (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (B) Reserve Bank of India (A) Shaurya power plants etc. the common pool is (E) None of these (C) Securities & Exchange Board of India (B) Pinaka 39 Who is the new Prime Minister of known as Mutual Fund. Ans : (A) (D) Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (C) Brahmos France? (A) Only 1 (E) Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India (D) Agni A) Jean-Pierre Raffarin (B) Only 2 13. As per the announcement made by the Ans : (E) (E) Nag B) Francois Fillon (C) Only 3 RBI some Stock Exchanges in India are Ans : (A) C) Jean-Marc Ayrault-Answer (D) All 1, 2 and 3 allowed to introduce Plain Vanilla Currency 22. As per the news reports in various news D) Dominique de Villepin (E) None of these Options. The term Plain Vanilla Currency papers the USA has outlined some major 31. Which of the following Ans : (B) Options is associated with which of the policy goals to prevent the danger of declarations/treaties was adopted by the 40 What was India’s retail inflation in April? following activities / operations ? nuclear terrorism. Which of the following BRIC countries recently to promote Global A) 10.32%-Answer 7. As we all know the Bank Rate at present (A) Dollar – Rupee Exchange Rate is/are included in those policy goals ? Food Security ? B) 10.45% is fixed at 6%. What does it mean in context (B) Floating of Commercial Papers 1. Convene a nuclear security summit within (A) Moscow Declaration C) 10% to the banking operations ? (C) Launch of new mutual funds a year’s time under the leadership of the (B) Doha Treaty D) 11.5% (A) No bank will be able to give loan to any (D) Deciding the opening price of a share on USA. (C) Delhi Declaration D) None of Them party on a rate lower than the Bank Rate a particular business day 2. A new agreement/pact should be (D) Kabul Treaty 1.Equity schemes managed strong NAV (B) Bank should give loan to their priority (E) None of these introduced in place of present Nuclear Non (E) None of these gains, which boost their assets’ was a news sector customers/borrowers at the rate of Ans : (A) Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Ans : (A) in some financial newspapers. What is the 6% only. They cannot charge less or more 3. Call for a global effort to secure all full form of the term NAV as used in above than this from their priority sector clients 14. Which of the following is not a term nuclear weapons at all vulnerable sites all 32. Which of the following statements head lines ? (C) Banks are required to invest 6% of their related to banking/finance operations ? over the world. represent(s) the main objective(s) of the (A) Nil Accounting Variation total capital on financial inclusion and (A) Provision Coverage Ratio (A) Only 1 revised National Health Policy–2002 of the (B) Net Accounting Venture inclusive banking operations (B) Securitization (B) Only 2 Govt. of India ? (C) Net Asset Value (D) Banks will be required to give 6% of their (C) Consolidation (C) Only 1 and 3 1. Increase Public expenditure from 0•9 per (D) New Asset Venture total deposits to the Govt. of India for (D) Commodification (D) Only 2 and 3 cent to 2 per cent of the GDP. (D) None of these meeting its Balance of Trade requirements (E) Derivatives (E) All 1, 2 and 3 2. Setting up of Medical Grants Commission Ans : (C) (E) None of these Ans : (C) Ans : (E) for funding new Govt. Medical & Dental Ans : (A) colleges. 2. As per reports published in various news 15. The process of “Artificial Application of 23. ‘Indira Gandhi Canal’ which is around 3. Mandatory two years rural posting before papers, mutual fund companies showed 94 8. As per the reports in various news papers Water to the soil usually for assisting in 450 km long provide irrigation facility mainly awarding the degree to Medical Graduates. per cent growth in their total profits during many private companies are trying to obtain growing crops”, is technically known as— to which of the following states ? (A) Only 1 2009-10. This means the profits earned by the licences to launch a banking company in (A) water harvesting (A) Punjab (B) Only 2 these companies were 94 per cent— India. Which of the following (B) irrigation (B) Haryana (C) Only 3 (A) Of the total investments they made organizations/agencies issue the licence for (C) water recharging (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Only 1 and 3 collectively during the year the same ? (D) percolation (D) Gujarat (E) All 1, 2 and 3 (B) More than their profits during previous (A) Securities & Exchange Board of India (E) None of these (E) Rajasthan Ans : (E) year (SEBI) Ans : (B) Ans : (E) (C) Of the total capital of the company (B) Indian Institute of Banking & Finance 33. Which of the following metals is used for (D) Less than the total expenditure of the (IIBF) 16. As per the news published in major 24. Former caption of the Indian Cricket genration of nuclear Energy by most of the companies (C) Indian Bank Association news papers/journals henceforth the Credit team, Ajit Wadekar is conferred which of Nuclear Power Plants ? (D) None of these (D) Registrar of Companies Card holders will be able to access their the following awards for the year 2010 ? (A) Zinc Ans : (B) (E) None of these credit card information though automated (A) Bharat Ratna (B) Platinum Ans : (E) interactive voice response system over (B) Khel Shri Award (C) Uranium 3. As per the news published in various the phone instead of speaking to the staff. (C) Dronacharya Award (D) Nickel news papers Pakistan has imposed 15 per 9. We very frequently read about Europe’s This decision ofthe banks/credit card (D) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (E) None of these cent regulatory duty on exports of cotton Sovereign—debt crisis these day. Which of companies will provide— (E) None of these Ans : (C) yarn. Why countries are required to impose the following statement/s is/are true about 1. an additional hurdle to the customers as Ans : (E) regulatory duties on exports of some of the same ? people feel comfortable in talking to the 34. Indus Water Treaty is a pact on sharing their commodities while in the eyes of the 1. In early 2010 the Euro crisis developed in staff instead of talking to a machine. 25. Who amongst the following is the of river water between India and— layman more exports means more foreign some countries like Greece, Spain and 2. an additional security to the customers as director of the popular Hindi film “Oye (A) Bangladesh exchange and more revenue for the Govt. ? Portugal. this does not allow any staff to handle any Lucky ! Lucky Oye” ? (B) Pakistan 1. It is done to control the exports of a 2. This created a credit default swap transaction directly. (A) Mani Ratnam (C) Nepal commodity as it may be needed more in between the countries of the European 3. some comfort to the banks as they will be (B) David Dhavan (D) Afghanistan local markets than in foreign countries. Union. able to reduce their staff strength. (C) Dibankar Banerjee (E) Myanmar
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46. Who amongst the following is the Chess ? Who is the leading wicket taker in the Ans) Badminton author of the English novel ‘solo’, which was Ans) S. Vijayalakshmi history of Test cricket? Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are given Common Wealth Writers’ Prize 2010 ? The new ICC President belongs to which of Ans) Muttiah Muralitharan associated with which of the following (A) Aamer Hussain the following countries? Who has scored the most Test hundreds games? (B) Jonathan Tel Ans) England ever? Ans) Shooting (C) Rana Dasgupta The youngest Indian to achieve a Grand Ans) Sachin Tendulkar The total number of medals that India has (D) John Torrence Tate Master norm in Chess is Which player has scored the most runs in a won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is (E) None of these Ans) Parimarjan Negi single Test innings? Ans) 101 Ans : (C) Which among the following team won the Ans)Brian Lara Which country will host the Commonwealth 2009 Asia Cup final women’s Hockey ? Which country won the World Cup in 1999? Games 2014? 47. Mr. Surjit Patar who was awarded Ans)China Ans) Australia Ans) Scotland Saraswati Samman recently is a well known Which player won the country’s highest In what year was the first international Which Batsman has scored 13000 runs in poet of— ever professional Golf Prize held in China? cricket match held? Test Cricket after Sachin Tendulkar? (A) Hindi Ans) Jeev Milkha Singh Ans) 1844 between Canada and the USA Ans) Rahul Dravid (B) English Recently who among the following has Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India? 1. Name the freedom fighter with picture of (C) Punjabi broken the record of Sachin Tendulkar by Ans)Milkha Singh whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by (D) Urdu scoring 439 runs against Indian Education How many rings are on the Olympic Flag? RBI. (E) Bengali Society in the U-16 inter school Harris Shield Ans) 5 Ans. Bhagat Singh 36. Which of the following is/are considered Ans : (C) three-day match in November? Which city will host 2012 summer Olympic 2. Name the news search engine introduced a Renewable Source of Energy ? Ans) Sarfaraz Khan games by Rediff.com 1. Wind Energy 48. Which of the following is the book Who among the following has become the Ans) London Ans. Relatime News Search 2. Solar Energy written by Kiran Desai ? first Indian to score a triple century in Tests Sachin Tendulkar has become the first 3. Tiger brand is associated with which 3. Nuclear Energy (A) Higher than Everest ? person to play more number of test company? (A) Only 1 (B) A Passage to England Ans) Virender Sehwa matches to overtake the previous record of Ans. Britannia (B) Only 2 (C) Affluent Society The 11th South Asian Federation Games Ans) Steve Waugh 4. Name the cricketer who was honoured (C) Only 3 (D) All my Yester Years were held recently in which of the following Ryder Cup is associated with which of the with lifetime membership the Sydney (D) Only 1 and 2 (E) The Inheritance of Loss Ans : (E) cities ? following sports? Cricket Ground. (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans) Dhaka Ans)Golf Ans. Sachin Tendulkar Ans : (D) 49. Which of the following Trophies/cups is Who was the first cricketer to take all 10 Abhinav Bindra is associated with which 5. Which country has been ranked as the associated with the game of Hockey ? wickets in a Test-match innings? sports? world’s richest country in the list compiled 37. Which of the following countries is not (A) Durand Cup Ans) Jim Laker Ans) Shooting by US magazine Forbes? amongst the top ten in industrial production (B) Santosh Trophy FIFA World Cup 2010 held in South Africa The 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Ans. Qatar in the world during 2010 ? (C) Rangaswami Cup was won by Spain. Which country was were declared after a bidding process: 6. Which country did India beat to qualify (A) India (D) Ranji Trophy placed third? Ans) Russia and Qatar for London Olympics men’s hockey 2012? (B) Iran (E) K. D. Singh Babu Trophy Ans)Germany Who is the first Indian to win the World’s Ans. France (C) China Ans : (C) Madison Square Garden (USA) ia a place Billiards Championship? 7. Name the service that is to be launched (D) France associated to which sport Ans) Geet Sethi by Times Group to enable viewers to watch (E) U.S.A. Ans : (B) 50. Sandra Bullock who was awarded Oscar Ans)Tennis Dronacharya Award was given to A.K. Bansal movies and TV shows online. recently is a famous— Which country was on the top in medal tally in July 2010. He is a Ans. BoxTV.com 38. Commonwealth Games 2010 are being (A) Actress in South Asian Games 2010? Ans) Hockey Coach 8. Name the football player who led India to organized in which of the following (B) Director Ans)India Tejaswani Sawant is related to which sport? the gold in the inaugural Asian Games in countries (C) Music Composer Who won men’s 2010 Wimbledon final? Ans)Shooting. New Delhi who passed away recently. (A) Australia (D) Screen play writer Ans)Rafael Nadal Hopman cup is related to; Ans. Sailendra Nath Manna (B) South Africa (E) None of these In which citt will the 2016 Olympic games be Ans) Tennis 9. Who won the Allan Border medal (C) Canada Ans : (A) conducted Murugappa Gold Cup is related to which (Australia cricketer of the year) award (D) New Zealand Ans) Rio De Jenario among the following sports? 2012? (E) India Ans : (E) Who won the 2011 Davis cup? Ashok Shandilya is a professional player of ? Ans)Hockey Ans. Michael Clarke Ans) Rafael Nadal Ans) Billiards What does the Olympic Flame symbolize? 10. Which west Asian country approved for 39. Which of the following is not a banking Vijay Singh is associated to which of the The first official international cricket match Ans)Continuity new constitution recently? related term ? following sports? was held in 1844, Which were the Ajay Jayaram is a well known player of Ans. Syria (A) Radiation Ans) Golf participating countries? Ans) Badminton 11. Which model of Nokia phone has been (B) Outstanding amount Sports footwear maker Reebok is a Ans) Canada and the United States Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed are built with 41-megapixel sensor camera? (C) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate subsidiary of …? Who became the first player to score 1000 associated with which of the following Ans. Nokia 808 Pureview camera phone (D) Explicit Guarantee Ans) Adidas runs in T20 international ? games? 12. Name the digital music store launched (E) CreditorAns : (A) Which of the following country is the host of Ans) Brendon McCullum Ans)Shooting by flipkart.com. 2014 FIFA World Cup? World cup football winner of 2006 was The total number of medals that India has Ans. FlyteDownload From 40. Insurance service provided by various Ans) Brazil Ans) Italy won in Common Wealth Games 2010 is … http://www.jbigdeal.com banks is commonly known as— Which of the following country is the host of Commonwealth Games was first held as Ans) 101 13. Name the online property search portal (A) Investment Banking 2018 FIFA World Cup? British Empire games at Which of the following country was the host launched by HDFC in Kolkata (B) Portfolio Management Ans)Russia Ans) Hamilton, Canada of First Asian Yoga Championship held Ans. HDFC Red (C) Merchant Banking Who won 8 Gold medals in one Olympics Who amomg the following has won the recently? 14. Name the application launched by (D) Bancassurance and created record? highest number of Grand Slam singlesTitle Ans) Thailand Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU as a free SMS (E) Micro FinanceAns : (D) Ans) Michael Phelps Ans) Roger Federer Who among the following has been service for mobile users that delivers In which international tennis championship Which company owns the Delhi Daredevils defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the content on science and related areas. 41. Who amongst the following has recently was the longest match held? Franchise through GM Rao? Swiss open grand Prix Gold title recently, Ans. Science@Mobile taken over as the Chairmanof the 19th Law Ans) Wimbledon Championship Ans) GMR becoming the First Indian to do so? 15. Name the Kerala-based UAE business Commission ? Which country is expected to be the next in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is associated with the Ans) Ji Hyun Sung magnate who was awarded with Interfaith (A) Mr. A. R. Lakshmanan line to host the FIFA World Cup for the game of Which among the following international Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur. (B) Mr. P. V. Reddy second time? Ans) Hockey sports body had unveiled an anti-corruption Ans. M.A.Yusuf Ali (C) Mr. Yashwant Sinha Ans) Brazil In which year Hockey World Cup committee? 16. Which country has India agreed ‘in(D) Mr. Ranjan Bharti Mittal How many times has Unites States played tournament started? Ans) FIFA principle’ to the participation in hydro (E) None of theseAns : (B) host to each of the Summer Olympics as Ans) 1971 In which among the following courts, power-projects in the North-East? well as Winter Olympics? Who has won his maiden International Chennai open is played? Ans. Bangladesh 42. Moortidevi Award is given for excellence Ans) Four Times Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Ans) Hard court 17. Name the Tech-savvy state which set a in the field of— Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments Tennis Association on April 25, 2009? Which of the following world champions record by winning the National Tourism (A) Classical dance during a career is termed a Career Grand Ans) Yuki Bhambari won the first Indian Grand Prix? Award for its website for 5th time in last 10 (B) Literature Slam. Who amongst the following playes Who was one of the team member has won Ans) Sebastien Vettel years. (C) Classical music has not won a Career Grand Slam.? the All England Lawn Tennis Championships Which Indian golfer won the Panasonic Ans. Kerala (D) Cinematography Ans) Pete Sampras at the Wimbledon in 2010 ? Open 2011 held at the Delhi Golf Club? 18. Who has been appointed as brand (E) Social serviceAns : (B) Who is the only cricketer in world to score Ans) Leander Paes Ans) Anirban Lahiri ambassador of fruit drink maker rasna? 200 runs in the ODI? Name this Indian Tennis player who has Which of the following golfer won the 75th Ans. Genelia D’souza 43. Which of the following terms is used in Ans) Sachin Tendulkar and sehwag turned Hollywood filmmaker? U.S. Masters? 19. Name the book which is set to be the game of Cricket ? Which city of India will host the 12th edition Ans) Ashok Amritraj Ans) Charl Schwartzel launched by model-turnedactress Diana (A) Love of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? Where did India play its 1st one day Which of the following Indian cricket players Hayden. (B) Tee Ans) Delhi international match? took the highest number of wickets in the Ans. A Beautiful Truth (C) Penalty stroke Which of the following countries have won Ans) Headingley recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011 20. Who has been awarded the Pritzker (D) No Ball a maximum of Gold medals in recently held Who was the 1st ODI captain for India? along with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi? Architecture Prize considered as Nobel prize (E) None of theseAns : (D) 2010 Winter Olympics? Ans) Ajit Wadekar Ans) Zaheer Khan in Architecture? Ans) Canada Where did the 1st ODI match was played in Which Indian hockey player was in April Ans. Wang Shu 44. Which of the following awards is given Which of the following team was defeated India? 2011 named captain of the Indian Hockey 21. Which railway station became the first by an agency of the United Nations by Australia recently to win the 2010 Ans) Ahmedabad team for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup? railway network to offer BluFi, a Organization ? Hockey World Cup? Who was the 1st president of BCCI (Board of Ans) Arjun Halappa combination of Bluetooth and WiFi to (A) Normon Borloug Award Ans) Germany Control for Cricket in India)? Which badminton player topped the BFW provide information to passengers? (B) Kalinga Prize Who is the official Mascot of FIFA World Ans) R.E. Grant Govan world ranking in March 2011? Ans. Bangalore City Railway Station (C) Ramon Magsaysay Award Cup 2010? Which was the 1st non Test playing country Ans) Shixian Wang 22. Name the Indian golfer who qualified for (D) Pulitzer Prize Ans) Zakumi to beat India in an international match? Which of the following Formula One drivers The Open Championship to be played in July (E) None of theseAns : (B) In snooker what is the colour of the ball last Ans) Sri Lanka won the season-opening Australian Grand at the Royal Lytham St Annes. putted? Who was the first captain of Indian Test Prix by outpacing McLaren’s Lewis Ans. Anirban Lahiri 45. Which of the following countries won Ans) Black team? Hamilton? 23. Which state bagged the second best the Hockey World Cup 2010 ? Which country has most appearances in Ans)C K Nayudu Ans) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) national award in the Comprehensive (A) Spain football World Cup final ? When was the first cricket Test match India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the Development of Tourism category? (B) England Ans) Brazil played? semi finals of the ICC World Cup 2011 Ans. RajasthanDownload (C) India Which soccer team is also known as Ans) 1877 played at Mohali. Who was declared man of 24. Name the men’s mixed doubles winner (D) Australia ‘Squadra Azzurra’ or ‘Blue Team’ ? Who has scored the most runs in a single the match of the high powered game? of the ATP Dubai Open 2012. (E) None of theseAns : (D) Ans) Italy First-class innings? Ans) Sachin Tendulkar Ans. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna Who is India’s first Woman Grand Master in Ans) Brian Lara Ajay Jayaram is a well known player.of 25. Who won the men’s singles of ATP 35. The Union Cabinet recently cleared Prohibition of unfair Practices in Technical Medical Educational Institutes and Universities Bill 2010. As per the bill which of the following will now be treated as a cognizable offence ? (A) Accepting capitation fee from the students (B) Running a private college (C) Not allowing students to change their course in between (D) Running a college without proper facilities (E) None of these Ans : (A)
Dubai Open 2012? 17. Name the Gujarati techie whose name 46. Who will be the sports ambassador for B.V.Wanchoo, Margaret Alva and Aziz Ans. Roger Federer has emerged for India’s President as the the state of Haryana? Qureshi 26. Name the Indian American filmmaker nation has to elect 16th President in July Leander Paes 75. Who were given fresh terms as who won the ’2012 Rising Star Award’ for 2012 ? 47. Which category of women will be Governor of Andhra Pradesh and his feature film ’9 Eleven’ at the Canada Sam Pitroda allowed to participate in the Miss Universe Maharashtra? International Film Festival. 18. Atwhat value Air India’s restructuring beauty pageant from next year? E.S.L.Narasimhan and K.Sankaranarayanan Ans. Manan Singh Katohora plan was approved by a group of 19 banks Transgender women 76. Which Indian state will be showcased at 27. Who has been elected as Russian led by SBI? 48. Which rank does Bangalore hold as the Cannes Film Festival? President recently? 18,000 crore preferred entrepreneurial locations Gujarat Ans. Vladimir Putin 19. Which services Airtel is planning to worldwide? 77. Which 2 Asian countries will hold 1st 28. Name of Taslima Nasreen’s launch in Kolkata in April 2012? 9th rank ever economic dialogue on 30th April 2012? autobiography? 4G services 49. Which TV has become the first Indian India and Japan Ans. Nirbasan 20. Name the nuclear submarine which television channel to enter the Chinese 78. Name the first of the four Dreamliner 29. Who is World’s shortest man as per joined Indian Navy. market? aircraft that Air India got from Nikki Haley’s recent Guinness World Records ? INS Chakra Zee TV state.Boeing 78779. Who won the Asian Ans. 72-year old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of 21. Which education company bagged 50. Which act was amended to include Snooker Championship 2012? Nepal Rs.209 crore order from Assam compulsory registration of marriages in Aditya Mehta 30. Name the Romanian Prime Minister who Government? India? 80. Who retained the crown as Britain’s quit recently. Educomp Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 richest man? Ans. Emil Boc 22. Which 2 north Indian states will have 51. Where in Himachal Pradesh Indian Lakshmi Mittal 31. Name the Maldives President who was pipeline connected oil terminals for supply Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) 81. Where was the India Investrade 2012 appointed after Mohamed Nasheed quit. of diesel, petrol and kerosene? would be opened? organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce, Ans. Mohammad Waheed Hassan Jammu and Himachal Pradesh Una district Kolkata held? 32. Which singer is launching her own social 23. Which Asian country has issued tender 52. What denominations of currency note Colombo, Sri Lanka networking website exclusively for her fans? to buy minimum of 30,000 tonnes of will RBI introduce bearing rupee symbol? 82. Name the mango variety named after Ans. Lady Gaga [www.littlemonsters.com] basmati rice from India and Pakistan? Rs.20 and Rs.50 currency notes the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar 33. Which country released world’s highest Iraq 53. Name the index on which NSE is set to Pradesh. ‘Akhilesh aam’, named after resolution lunar images taken by its 2nd 24. NSE founder who passes away Recently? launch derivative trade. Akhilesh Yadav moon orbiter, Chang’e-2? RH PatilDr R H Patil, chairman, Clearing FTSE 100 index 83. Which Indian state is planning to make Ans. China Corporation of India (CCIL) and founder54. What percentage and value of US based 100 the common number to dial in any 34. Who was honoured with Lata managing director of the National Stock Max New York Life Insurance was sold to emergency? Mangehkar award by the Madhya Pradesh Exchange (NSE) passed away in Mumbai Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI)? Tamil Nadu government recently? 25. Who donated 1 million Singapore 26% and Rs.2,731 crore 84. Who became the 1st player to cross Ans. Rajesh Roshan Dollars to Indian Heritage Centre? 55. Which country replaced China as Iran’s 2000 runs in cricket tournament IPL? 35. Why zebras have black and white stripes 26. Name the world’s highest and longest top oil client? Suresh Raina (recently solved mystery)? bridge that was officially opened to India 85. Which country is keen to boost trade Ans. To keep blood-sucking files away motorists in China.Anzhaite Long-span 56. India has recently decided to allow ties with Kerala? 36. Who was honoured with a posthumous Suspension Bridge in Jishou Foreign Direct Investment from which Asian Singapore Grammy award for his contributions to the 27. Which bank has opened 16 Ultra Small country? 86. Who became the 1st player to win music industry in area other than branches in 16 locations in villages to cater Pakistan Barcelona title for 7 times? performance? to financial needs of the rural populace? 57. What value of equity infusion did Air Rafael Nadal Ans. Steve Jobs IDBI Bank India get spread over a period of 9 years? 87. Name the former BCCI president who 1. Name the yesteryear actress who 28. Who has been conferred with Sir Rs. 30,000 crore passed away recently after whom the featured in the popular song ‘Ae Meri Zohra Jehangir Ghandy Medal? 58. Where in India Integrated Check Post challenger trophy was named. Jabeen’ from the film ‘Waqt’who passed Narayana Murthy was inaugurated on the occasion of Baisakhi N.K.P.Salve away recently. 29. In which city in Kerala will Infosys setup to enhance trade between India-Pakistan? 88.Who won the Champions Trophy Achala Sachdev passed away at a Pune its 2nd campus? Attari women’s hockey tournament for the 5th hospital on April 30, 2012. was 91 year old. Thiruvananthapuram 59. Which education council in India would time? 2. Where in India, largest solar power plant 30. Which bank will set up 1-person micro have its own job portal for the students of Argentina with an installed capacity of 40 MW started branches to serve remote areas of the technical and professional institutions? 89.Who has been appointed as Chief producing electricity? northeastern region financially? All India Council for Technical Education executive operations for China’s Walmart? Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan Indian Overseas Bank (AICTE) Greg Foran 3. Which department in India plans to set up 31 Which act does not allow to prosecute 60. Which 2 countries have agreed to 90.When is Windows 8 set to be released by 1000 ATM’s across 6 states? (no wife can claim compensation or resume dialogue on disarmament and non- Microsoft? Postal department maintenance) husband’s girlfriend? proliferation after a gap of 9 years? February 29th 2012 4. Who created history by becoming the Protection of Women from Domestic India and China first Indian female wrestler to have qualified Vilonce Act, 2005 61. Which repayment transaction is now for the London Olympics 2012? 32. Name the 3 Indian hockey players after allowed by RBI electronically i.e. NEFT? Geeta whom tube stations in London has been Repayment of Loan EMI’s 5. Who has been appointed next Chairman renamed.Dhyan Chand, Roop Singh and 62. How many co-sponsors are against the of Atomic Energy Commission? Leslie Claudius Bill of outsourcing call centers in USA? Ratan Kumar Sinha 33. Who has been signed up as brand 106 co-sponsors 6. In which part of India, Indo Tibetan ambassador of Toyota Kirloskar Motors? 63. How much basis point did RBI cut key Border Police headquarters is to be Virat Kohli rates after 3 years? opened? 34. When was 63rd Rajasthan Day 50 basis points Bihar celebrated? 64. Name the Master Card’s President and 7. Which state’s High Court has insisted that 30th March 2012 CEO who has been elected next chairman of banks cannot freeze accounts nor stop 35. Where in Rajasthan Spices Board’s first the US-India Business Council? services of issuing cheque book or ATM Spices Park is setup? Ajay Banga facility where the account holder has not Jodhpur 65. Which Indian FMCG company crossed $1 supplied KYC (Know Your Customers) 36. Which Asian country recently became billion mark in 2011-12? documents? member of Consultative Group to Assist the Dabur India Gujarat Poor (CGAP)? 66. Which 14 year old ICC cricket 8. Name the former Haryana chief secretary India tournament would end after 2013? who took oath as state information 37. Who won her 6th world sprint title at ICC Champions Trophy commissioner ? the world track cycling championships 67. Which state has included services of the Urvashi Gulati 2012? petroleum industry, including that provided 9. Which State becames the 3rd state in Victoria Pendleton by tanker operations as essential services India to launch State Portal (SP) and State 38. Name the Malawi President who died under the state’s Essential Services Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) project? after heart attack. Maintenance Act 1971, (Act 20 of 1971)? Nagaland Bingu wa Mutharika Andhra Pradesh 10. Who won the World Series Hockey 2012 39. Who was sworn in as Malawi’s President 68. Which Indian state’s 100th anniversary title? following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika? was celebrated recently? Sher-E-Punjab Joyce Banda Bihar 11. In which state Urdu medium 40. Which Asian country made Hindu 69. Who replaces Simon Leung chief Government schools would be setup as marriage registration a must by bringing the executive of the greater China region of announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh law in lines with India? Microsoft? Yadav? Bangladesh Ralph Haupter Uttar Pradesh 41. Israel has decided to setup its consulate 70. Bill to include children with disabilities 12. Where is the World’s first Virtual office in which part of India? under which Act was recently passed by shopping store opened? Bangalore Rajya Sabha recently? Korea 42. Which Indian city is likely to get water Right to Education Act 13. Who is named as HSBC’s India CEO? taxis and airconditioned trams? 71. Name the spy satellite launched by ISRO Stuart Milne Kolkata recently.RISAT-1 14. Which Indian state bans guthka from 1st 43. Name the young doctor who is set to 72. Which cricket player and lady actor were of April 2012 to curb the increasing number become the first foreign national of Indian recommended for Rajya Sabha membership of mouth cancer cases? origin to walk across Antarctica carrying the in India? Madhya Pradesh Indian Flag. Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha 15. Which Indian state chief minister has Dr.Alexander Kumar 73. Name the Indian origin entrepreneur urged union Finance Minister to bail it out 44. Name the youngest Indian boxer who and educator who is named as the Goodwill of its huge burden? qualified for London Olympics 2012. Ambassador for Education Partnerships for West Bengal Shiva Thapa UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural 16. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High 45. What percentage hike was allocated for Organisation (UNESCO). Court Chief Justice who was sworn in as Karnataka by Planning Commission for Sunny-Varkey Supreme court judge ? current fiscal 2012-13 in the 12th Plan? 74. Who has been appointed as Governor of F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla 10% Goa, Rajasthan and Uttarkhand?