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TEST III – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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101. Major producer of mulberry silk in India is
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Karnataka
(4) Assam
(5) Himachal Pradesh
102. We come across the term ‘PPP’ in financial news nowadays. What does ‘PPP’ represent ?
(1) Personal Percapita Power
(2) Private Public Partnership
‘ (3) Percapita Potential for Purchases
(4) Present Purchasing Power
(5) Pure Purchase Parity
103. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in newspapers. What is the full form of ‘ECB’ ?
(1) Essential Commercial Banking
(2) European Credit Borrowing
(3) External Credit for Business
(4) External Commercial Borrowing
(5) None of these
104. What is meant by financial inclusion ?
(1) Making available banking services at an affordable cost
(2) Opening Savings Accounts in rural areas without any deposit
(3) Opening any type of account without introduction
(4) Distributing money through rural branches
(5) Distributing wages through bank accounts
105. Which one of these countries is the largest producer of milk products in the world ?
(1) USA (2) China
(3) India (4) New Zealand
(5) None of these
106. Which of the following is the most important rabi crop of India ?
(1) Rice (2) Millet
(3) Sugarcane (4) Groundnut
(5) Mustard
107. Who is the regulatory authority for insurance business in India ?
(1) RBI (2) IRDP
(3) SEBI (4) NABARD
(5) IRDA
108. What is money laundering ?
(1) Conversion of assets into cash
(2) Conversion of illegally obtained money into accountable money
(3) Conversion of assets into cash
(4) Conversion of gold into cash
(5) None of these
109. Golden revolution refers to the development of which of the following agricultural products ?
(1) Oilseeds
(2) Pulses
(3) Horticultural products
(4) Cereals
(5) Fodder
110. Which programme was launched by Government of India to improve irrigation facilities in rural India ?
(1) Annapurna Scheme
(2) National Social Assistance Programme
(3) Integrated Rural Development Programme
(4) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(5) National Watershed Development Programme
111. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is holding which of the following positions at present ?
(1) Chairman of Planning Commission
(2) Governor of RBI
(3) Secretary of UNO
(4) Economic Adviser to Prime Minister
(5) Dy. Chairman of Planning Commission
112. Bird flu is a disease which affects and spreads through
(1) Cattle (2) Sheep
(3) Prawn (4) Silkworm
(5) Poultry
113. Which country won the Davis Cup Tennis Tournament 2011 held in December 2011 ?
(1) Argentina (2) USA
(3) Australia (4) Jaipur
(5) Spain
114. Who among the following cricketers recently became the 10 Batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket ?
(1) Mahela Jayawardene
(2) Vijay Zol
(3) Yuvraj Singh
(4) Younis Khan
(5) Umar Akmal
115. The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Summit took place in December 2011 in
(1) Tokyo (2) Moscow
(3) New Delhi (4) Paris
(5) Perth
116. Who represented India in the 12th Consecutive Annual India-Russia Summit held in December 2011 ?
(1) Smt. Pratibha Patil
(2) Manmohan Singh
(3) Smt. Sonia Gandhi
(4) Sri S.M. Krishna
(5) None of these
117. Which of the following currencies is used in Britain ?
(1) Pound (2) Dollar
, (3) Euro (4) France
(5) Pesso
118. Which of the following cups/ trophies is associated with the game of Football ?
(1) Grand Prix
(2) Rangaswami Cup
(3) – Wimbledon Trophy
(4) FIFA Cup
(5) Ranji Trophy
119. The head office of the Bank of Maharashtra is located in which of the following cities ?
(1) Kolkata (2) New Delhi
(3) Pune (4) Ahmedabad
(5) Mumbai
120. Which country hosted the summit of SAARC nations in the year 2011 ?
(1) India
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Nepal *
(4) Maldives
(5) Pakistan
121. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics ?
(1) Balance of Trade
(2) Break Even Point
(3) Plasma
(4) Capital Account Convertibility
(5) Fiscal Deficit
122. “Carbon credit” is concerned with which one of these international sensitive issues ?
(1) Deforestation
(2) Contract farming
(3) Rural infrastructure
(4) Diamond trading
(5) Protection of environment
123. Which of the following terms is used in the game of cricket ?
(1) Half Nelson
(2) Love
(3) Backhand Drive
(4) Penalty Stroke
(5) Clean Bowled
124. India recently signed a Currency Swap Agreement with which of the following countries ?
(1) USA
(2) Pakistan
(3) Japan
(4) Germany
(5) Australia
125. What is the full form of the term ASBA ?
(1) Allotment Supported by Blocked Amount
(2) Application Supported by Bank Amount
(3) Allotment Supported by Bank Account
(4) Application Supported by Blocked Amount
(5) Allotment and Social Banking Amount
126. Dipika Pallikal who won an international tournament recently in Hong Kong is a
(1) Golf player
(2) Badminton player
(3) Squash player
(4) Swimmer
(5) Table Tennis player
127. The term “Deficit Financing” means the Government borrows money from the
(1) IMF
(2) Local bodies
(3) RBI
(4) Large corporates
(5) Public at large
128. Regional Rural Banks
(1) have limited area of operation and access to refinance from NABARD.
(2) are required to lend only to weaker sections.
(3) are mandated to do only narrow banking
(4) can only extend agricultural loans.
(5) have unrestricted area of operation.
129. Ms Christine Lagarde is holding which of the following positions at present ?
(1) Chief of Asian Development Bank 2) Chief of International Monetary Fund
(3) Chancellor of Germany
(4) Chief of Morgan Stanley
(5) Chief of World Bank
130. What is the present reverse repo rate ?
(1) 7.5%
(2) 8.5%
(3) 8%
(4) 6.5%
(5) None of these
131. General Assembly elections were held in which of the following North East state in January 2012 ?
(1) Assam
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Arunachal Pradesh «
(4) Manipur
(5) Tripura
132. What is the full form of the term FDI
(1) Foreign Direct Investment
(2) Foreign Diverse Investment
(3) Fixed Deposit Investment
(4) Floating Deposit Investment
(5) Financial Derivatives in India
133. The erstwhile UTI Bank is presendy known as
(1) ING Yysya Bank
(2) Yes Bank
(3) Indus Ind Bank
(4) Axis Bank
(5) IDBI
134. Which of the following telecom giants recently won its case against the Income Tax Department ?
(1) Bharti Airtel
(2) Vodafone
(3) Idea Cellular
. (4) Reliance Communications
(5) Tata Telecom
135. Which of the following countries recendy attained the status of world’s sixth largest economy ?
(1) Russia
(2) Japan
(3) China
(4) India
(5) Brazil
136. Which of the following countries decided to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol ?
(1) Canada
(2) Russia
(3) India
(4) USA
(5) China
137. Which of the following is not a Banking or Finance Company ?
(1) Barclay
(2) Lufthansa
(3) BNP Paribas
(4) American Express
(5) HSBC
138. India and Russia were having some differences over which of the following nuclear power plants ?
(1) Kaiga (2) Kudankulam
(3) Rawatbhata (4) Narora
(5) None of these
139. Excise Duty is a tax levied on which of the following ?
(1) Production of goods
(2) Purchase of goods
(3) Export of goods
(4) Movement of goods beyond municipal limits
(5) Sale of goods
140. India and Pakistan started fresh talks on conventional CBM – was the news in all major newspapers. What does the letter ‘M’ denote in the term ‘CBM’ as used above ?
(1) Money (2) Mechanism
(3) Modalities (4) Measures
(5) Memorial
141. Which of the following is the unit of electrical current ?
(1) Bar (2) Calorie
(3) Ampere (4) Decibel
(5) Angstrom
142. ‘Global Meet on Emerging Economies’ was organised in December 2011 in
(1) New Delhi (2) Dhaka
(3) Islamabad (4) Kathmandu
(5) Cape Town
143. Which of the following awards is given to the coaches of sportspersons ?
(1) Kalidas Samman
(2) Dronacharya Award
(3) Arjuna Award
(4) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
(5) Saraswati Samman
144. Which of the following countries recently agreed to sell Uranium to India ?
(1) Australia (2) USA
(3) Iran (4) Germany
(5) Bangladesh
145. Which of the following schemes launched by the Government of India is aimed at developing rural infrastructure ?
(1) MNREGA
(2) ASHA
(3) Bharat Nirman
(4) Operation Flood
(5) Operation Black board
146. Who among the following is a famous sports person ?
(1) Dhanush (2) Saina Nehwal
(3) Charles Correa (4) Ajit Singh (5) Kim Jong-un
147. Speed of a ship is expressed in (1) Kilometre (2) Horse power
(3) Ohm (4) Knot
(5) Coulomb
148. USA and some other European countries recently imposed fresh sanctions on which of the following countries as they are not in favour of its nuclear advancement ?
(1) Iraq (2) Pakistan
(3) India (4) Iran
(5) Kuwait
149. Who among the following has written book ‘Dr. Zhivago’ ?
(1) Pearl S. Buck (2) H.G. Wells
(3) Saul Bellow (4) Emile Zola
(5) Boris Pasternak
150. Yoshihiko Noda who was on a visit to India recendy is the present Prime Minister of
(1) Myanmar (2) South Korea
(3) North Korea (4) Japan
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
101. (3) 102. (2) 103. (4) 104. (2)
105. (3) 106. a) 107. (5) 108. (2)
109. (3) 110. (5) 111. (5) 112. (5)
113. (5) 114. (1) 115. (2) 116. (2)
117. (1) 118. (4) 119. (3) 120. (4)
121. (3) 122. (5) 123. (5) 124. (3)
125. (4) 126. (3) 127. (3) 128. (1)
129. (2) 130. (3) 131. (4) 132. (1)
133. (4) 134. (2) 135. (5) 136. a)
137. (2) 138. (2) 139. a) 140. (4)
141. (3) 142. (1) 143. (2) 144. (1)
145. (3) 146. (2) 147. (4) 148. (4)
149. (4) 150. (4)

Honours and Awards

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Indian philanthropist Mr. Bindeshwar Pathak received the Legend of Planet I award from Vice President of the French Senate Ms. Chantaljourdan at Palais du Luxembourg in Paris on June 3, 2013. Mr. Pathak, one of India’s most notable Bindeshmr Pathak | activists, founded Sulabh International in 1973 and has for decades campaigned for the use of simple indoor toilets and also fought for the Dalit cause.

Ecology and Environment

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Ecology and Environment

UNESCO designates Nicobar as ‘world biosphere reserve’ : The UNESCO has designated the Nicobar Islands as a world biosphere reserve under its ‘Man and Biosphere 0 S 10 Programme’ (MAB). The Island chain of the Nicobars is home to approximately 1,800 animal species and is also the abode of some of the world’s most endangered tribes. These regions are considered as sites of excellence, where new and optimal practices to manage nature and human activities are tested and demonstrated. It is among 12 new areas added to the global network of biosphere reserves in Paris. Such reserves are located in 17 countries and nine of them are located in India

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Energy

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President inaugurates Tripura power plant : Hon’ble President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee dedicated the first unit of Tripura’s 726 MW gas-based power plant at Palatana near Agartala to the nation on June 21, 2013. Mr. Mukherjee specially thanked the President, Prime Minister and Government of Bangladesh for their support in making the Rs. 10,000 crore project a reality by extending help to India’s oil PSU, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The first unit has started generating electricity and the second unit is set to commence operations soon.
Mr. Mukherjee also pointed out that the power project not only constituted the largest in the North East but it was also
the largest project in the world registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of the UNFCCC and would earn 1.6 million carbon credits. The 726 MW ONGC Tripura Power Plant is the single largest investment in the North-East region.

Education

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First technical varsity for women opened : India’s first technical university for women was inaugurated on }une 13, 2013 by Delhi Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dikshit in Delhi. The erstwhile Indira Gandhi Women Institute of Technology has been upgraded as a State University by the Delhi Government. Ms. Dikshit said that it is a non-affiliated teaching and research university and has been set up to facilitate and promote studies, research, technology, innovation and extension work in emerging areas of professional education among women with focus on engineering, technology, applied sciences, fnanagement and its allied areas.
Times Higher Education 100 under-50 rankings released : A global ranking of world universities by ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ released in London on June 19, 2013 gave the top spot once again to South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech). This is the second year of the list’s release. To
aalify for inclusion in the ranking, universities have to be 50-years-old or younger. Asia again makes an impressive show in the under-50 rankings, with as many as eight countries in the continent being represented.
The UK has a maximum number of under-50 universities followed by Australia and the US. Mr. Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education Rankings, said, “we haven’t found many examples of India’s universities under-50 years which are currently meeting our tough global standards”. The Indian universities that feature in the traditional Times Higher Education World University Rankings mainly Indian Institutes of Technology, are mostly older than 50 years

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