Objective

IMPORTANT QUIZ

1) Rana Kapoor is all set to be re-appointed as MD & CEO of which of the following private sector banks operating in India?
1) YES Bank 
2) Federal Bank
3) Axis Bank 
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) YES Bank

2) Infrastructure finance company IDFC plans to start bank operations by Oct 2015. IDFC bagged a commercial banking licence along with which of the following financial institutions, recently?
1) India Post
2) Reliance Capital
3) Bandhan
4) Mahindra Finance
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bandhan

3) The visiting Indian cricket team won a three match ODI series against which of the following countries, recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bangladesh

4)Which of the following teams has won the women’s World Cup hockey title, recently?
1) Australia
2) Netherlands
3) USA
4) Argentina
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Netherlands

5)Dmitry O Rogozin, who visited India, recently, is the deputy Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Uzbekistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Ukraine
5) Russia
Answer:- 5) Russia

6)Which of the following teams has won the men’s World Cup hockey title, recently?
1) Australia
2) Germany
3) Netherlands
4) Malaysia
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Australia

7) Andhra Pradesh is considering taking help from space agencies ISRO and NASA to trace the 17 missing engineering students after sudden release of water from a reservoir in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The incident took place in which of the following rivers?
1) Sutlej
2) Ganges
3) Chenab
4) Beas
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Beas

8) Militant separatist group ISIS is in news for its activities in which of the following countries, recently?
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) Libya
4) Nigeria
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Iraq

9)Which of the following countries lay thrust on ‘Gross National Happiness’ rather than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the parameters for measuring its economic development?
1) Bangladesh
2) Thailand
3) Bhutan
4) Singapore
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bhutan

10 )The govt is mulling Centre of National Excellence status for the institutions FTII, SRFTI as announced by the Information and Broadcasting Minister _________, recently.
1) Ramvilas Paswan
2) Prakash Javadekar
3) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
4) M Venkaiah Naidu
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Prakash Javadekar

1. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between
Mars and Uranus?
(a) Earth and Jupiter
(b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Saturn and Earth
(d) Saturn and Neptune
Answer. (b)

2. Comets revolve around:
(a) Sun
(b) Earth
(c) Venus
(d) No single heavenly body
Answer. (a)

3. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a
(a) Galaxy
(b) Planet
(c) Star
(d) Constellation
Answer. (d)

4. The hottest planet is:
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Answer. (b)

5. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Mars
Answer. (b)

6. Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days
for rotation And revolution?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
Answer. (b)

7. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus
(d) Earth
Answer. (c)

8. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Satum
Answer. (c)

7. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Answer. (b)

8. Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets?
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Earth
Answer. (d)

9. A black hole is a:
(a) Contracted star with intense gravitational pull
(b) Star with very low surface temperature
(c) Star with no atmosphere
(d) Pulsating star
Answer. (a)

10. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets:
(a) Mercury and Venus
(b) Earth and Mars
(c) Mars and Jupiter
(d) Jupiter and Saturn
Answer. (c)

11. The orbits of planets around the Sun, or of satellites around the Earth, can be:
(a) Circular and elliptic
(b) Circular and hyperbolic
(c) Elliptic and parabolic
(d) Parabolic and hyperbolic
Answer. (a)

12. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
(a) Halley’s Comet
(b) Hale-Bopp
(c) Hyakutake
(d) Temple
Answer. (d)

13. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following?
(a) Revolution of Earth
(b) Rotation of Earth
(c) Rotation of Moon
(d) Revolution of Moon
Answer. (b)

14. The earth rotates around its axis from:
(a) North to south
(b) East to west
(c) South to north
(d) West to east
Answer. (d)

15. “Mohs’ Scale” is used to indicate the:
(a) Degree of brittleness of a substance
(b) Degree of hardness of minerals.
(c) Degree of viscosity of a liquid
(d) Degree of elasticity of a material
Answer. (b)

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)