Ques. : 1 Which of the following has recently invited India to be a partner in its ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme?1) The United States 2) European Union3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 4) Russia5) None of these Ans.) 3Ques. : 2 Dan Shechtman, who has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasi-crystal, belongs to:1) US 2) Britain3) Israel 4) Sweden5) Germany Ans.) 3Ques. : 3 Name the Swedish poet who has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for his work “New Collected Poems”?1) Phillip Roth 2) Bob Dylan3) Cees Nooteboom 4) Tomas Transtromer5) Ko Un Ans.) 4Ques. : 4 What is the name of the world’s cheapest tablet PC, costing just Rs 2,276, which has been produced by India and that would be available at around half this price to students as part of the government’s programme to expand education through IT?1) Sudarshan 2) Aakash3) Khoj 4) Saraswati5) Laxmi Ans.) 2Ques. : 5 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moody’s in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5Ques. : 6 Manjeet Singh, for whom the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel, seeking a life ban on him, is associated with:1) Athletics 2) Hockey3) Football 4) Boxing5) Wrestling Ans.) 4Ques. : 7 What is Kala Patthar?1) A land rover to be placed on India’s moon mission Chandrayan

2) The world’s highest webcam installed on Mt Everest

3) Huge uranium ores discovered recently in Andhra Pradesh4) Milestones placed on the Golden Quadrilateral Highway

5) None of these Ans.) 2Ques. : 8 With which country India has signed a treaty to train that country’s security forces?1) Iraq 2) South Sudan3) Libya 4) Afghanistan5) Syria Ans.) 4Ques. : 9 Which bank is in process of acquiring select assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in India for which it is in consultation of the banking regulator RBI?1) ICICI 2) HSBC3) HDFC 4) State Bank of India5) Axis Bank Ans.) 2Ques. : 10 Which country has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits recently?1) Denmark 2) Britain3) Canada 4) France5) Austria Ans.) 1Ques. : 11 Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for:

1) Drug resistant Japanese encephalitis 2) New cancer research

3) Breakthrough in treating HIV/AIDS4) Two-tier structure of the immune system

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 12 Indian agro industry is eying China as a potential importer of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) grown mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka? FCV is the variety of:

1) Tea 2) Coffee

3) Tobacco 4) Betel nut

5) Rubber Ans.) 3

Ques. : 13 Who has been presented the Dilip Bose ‘lifetime achievement award’ recently by the All India Tennis Association?

1) Praveen Kumar 2) Kawaljeet Singh

3) Vijay Amritraj 4) Vijay Damani

5) Harsh Mankad Ans.) 2

Ques. : 14 The government has hiked the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in FM radio to 26 from:

1) 10% 2) 12%

3) 16% 4) 18%

5) 20% Ans.) 5

Ques. : 15 The ambitious Rs 1,800-crore Indira Jal Prabha programme launched recently, aims at providing irrigation facilities to the land belonging to:

1) Drought-hit farmers 2) People below poverty line

3) Marginal farmers 4) SCs/STs

5) War widows Ans.) 4

Ques. : 16 Ram Dayal Munda, who passed away recently, was a famous:

1) Musician 2) Politician

3) Dramatist 4) Novelist

5) Educationist Ans.) 1

Ques. : 17 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against government-backed banking

bailouts and corporate influence in politics?

1) Greece 2) Italy

3) US 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 18 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government to move a similar bill in the island nation’s parliament?

1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill

3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill

5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

Ques. : 19 Which is the first West Asian country for which the government has launched a web-based procedure of attesting contracts of Indian workers working there to prevent exploitation by foreign employers?

1) United Arab Emirates 2) Saudi Arabia

3) Bahrain 4) Turkey

5) Egypt Ans.) 1

Ques. : 20 World Tourism Day (WTD) is observed annually on 27 September. What was the theme for WTD 2011?

1) Tourism – Linking Cultures2) Tourism & Biodiversity

3) Tourism opens doors for women 4) Sport and tourism

5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. : 21 Which country has been hit by Hurricane Jova recently?

1) Mexico 2) Brazil

3) Peru4) Venezuela

5) The United States Ans.) 1

Ques. : 22 In which state the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has indicted the government for illegal mining in the state?

1) Karnataka 2) Jharkhand

3) Orissa 4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Goa Ans.) 5

Ques. : 23 Who has written the biography of the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi “Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, an Indian Destiny”?

1) Amit Chaudhuri 2) Rani Singh

3) Anjali Joseph 4) Rana Dasgupta

5) Moni Mohsin Ans.) 2

Ques. : 24 Who among the following has been bestowed with the prestigious Akshay Mohanty Samman for 2011 recently?

1) Manna Dey 2) Ilayaraja

3) Gulzar 4) Asha Bhosle

5) Lata Mangeshkar Ans.) 4

Ques. : 25 Which Indian cricketer has launched a sports academy recently in Jhajjar in Haryana?

1) MS Dhoni 2) Virendra Sehwag

3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Ajay Jadeja

5) Kapil Dev Ans.) 2

Ques. : 26 Against which country India has decided to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for imposing ‘illegal’ duties by the country on cotton yarn imports?

1) Egypt 2) Turkey

3) China 4) Nigeria

5) Saudi Arabia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 27 In which country recently Indian-origin tycoon Pankaj Oswal has been accused of one of the country’s biggest corporate frauds for siphoning $113 million out of his Burrup Fertilizers?

1) Britain 2) Australia

3) Canada 4) New Zealand

5) South Africa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 28 Three women of Africa – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkul Karman and Leymah Gbowee have shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Ellen Johnon became the first elected woman head of state of Africa. Ellen belongs to:

1) Liberia 2) Sudan

3) Burundi 4) Yemen

5) Congo Ans.) 1

Ques. : 29 Government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira in its report presented recently has suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect to mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector?

1) Competition Commission of India 2) Finance Ministry

3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Ans.) 1

Ques. : 30 Under whose chairmanship the Union Government has recently announced the reconstitution of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) to energise and sustain the growth of manufacturing industries and help in the implementation of strategies by the government?

1) V Krishnamurthy 2) Pranab Mukherjee

3) U K Sinha 4) Dr D Subbarao

5) C Rangarajan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 31 Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK entered the mortgage market in the country for the first time?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Oriental Bank of Commerce

3) State Bank of India 4) Indian Overseas Bank

5) Canara Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. : 32 With which one of the following countries India agreed to allow the entry of law firms?

1) United Kingdom 2) USA

3) China 4) Pakistan

5) France Ans.) 1

Ques. : 33 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moody’s in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?

1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda

3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India

5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. : 34 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government to move a similar bill in the island nation’s parliament?

1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill

3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill

5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

Ques. : 35 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against government-backed banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics?

1) Greece 2) Italy

3) US 4) France

5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 36 Justice M B Shah Commission is probing into:

1) Illegal mining in Karnataka 2) Illegal mining in Goa

3) Exact determinant to fix income level for people living below poverty line

4) Police excesses in Maoist-infested areas

5) Gopalgarh firing in Rajasthan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 37 Between which of the following stations, Indian Railways flagged off its first air-conditioned double-decker chair-car train recently?

1) Mumbai-Surat 2) Howrah-Dhanbad

3) Howra-Patna 4) Mumbai-Goa

5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. : 38 Which country has abolished the official retirement, which makes mandatory for companies’ to give objective reasons for asking someone to go away their job on grounds of age?

1) Japan 2) Russia

3) Britain 4) US

5) Sweden Ans.) 3

Ques. : 39 Which state government has awarded those who have achieved 100 years of age with “Shatayu Samman”, in order to build consciousness about healthy ageing?

1) Bihar 2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Rajasthan 4) Orissa

5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 40 Who among the following has got this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics for providing ways to understand the impacts of policy changes or shocks such as surging oil prices on output, inflation and employment?

1) Richard Thaler and Robert Schiller 2) Martin Weitzman and William Nordhaus

3) Jean Tirole and Oliver Hart 4) Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 41 Which of the following is NOT True regarding the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 announced recently?

1) It proposes to accord telecom industry status of infrastructure industry

2) There will be no roaming charges

3) Mobile Numbers can be ported to any part of the country4) There will be one telecom, without any circles

5) It proposes to do away with the telecom regulator TRAI Ans.) 5

Ques. : 42 Who among the following has won the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration?

1) Javed Akhtar 2) Mahashweta Devi

3) Balraj Puri 4) Mohan Dharia

5) Shyam Benegal Ans.) 4

Ques. : 43 Delhi state government has recently launched a micro-finance project for women. Which of the following is correct?

1) The project aims at providing financial support to over one lakh vulnerable women in New Delhi.

2) The project will be implemented by the Samajik Suvidha Sangam in collaboration with Delhi chapter of SEWA.

3) A separate cell in finance ministry of the Delhi government has been set up to monitor the project.

4) Both (A) & (B) are correct

5) None of the above is correct Ans.) 4

Ques. : 44 Which one of the following states has launched the social auditing programme of gram panchayats?

1) Goa 2) Assam

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Bihar

5) Orissa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 45 The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh has been inaugurated in __ district.

2

1) Kangra 2) Kullu

3) Kinnaur 4) Sirmaur

5) Manali Ans.) 1

Ques. : 46 The Supreme Court has ordered Delhi’s private hospitals to provide free treatment to the poor. The bench asked the city hospitals to reserve __ percent of their out-patient department capacity and__ percent of beds at the indoor level for free treatment of the poor.

1) 25; 10 2) 35; 20

3) 10; 25 4) 25; 25

5) 50; 25 Ans.) 1

Ques. : 47 The youngest country of the world South Sudan recently chose __ as its official language.

1) French 2) Arabic

3) English 4) Spanish

5) Zulu Ans.) 3

Ques. : 48 Which country has been made chairman of the United Nations South Asian Regional Commission for Tourism at the recently held United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference at Gyeongju in South Korea?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh

3) India 4) Pakistan

5) Bhutan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 49 With which country India has signed an extradition treaty recently?

1) Denmark 2) Turkmenistan

3) South Korea 4) Turkey

5) Vietnam Ans.) 5

Ques. : 50 According to the latest Election Commission guidelines, what percentage of votes a party must get for being recognized as a State Party, irrespective of the number of seats it gets?

1) Four 2) Five

3) Six 4) Five

5) Four Ans.) 4

Ques. : 51 Which country has announced a mass prisoner amnesty, which include pro-democracy campaigners, journalists, monks and lawyers, in a major sign of change in the authoritarian state?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Cuba

3) Myanmar 4) China

5) Libya Ans.) 3

Ques. : 52 In the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) what is the rank of India in a group of 81 countries?

1) Fourth 2) 25th

3) 67th 4) 36th

5) 19th Ans.) 3

Ques. : 53 Which of the following life insurance company has launched two unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs) – Elite Life and Elite Wealth – aimed at high net worth individuals?

1) SBI Life 2) Reliance Life Insurance

3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance 4) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

5) Max New York Life Insurance Ans.) 4

Ques. : 54 With which country India has held its first Higher Education Summit recently?

1) Britain 2) US

3) Russia 4) France

5) Japan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 55 What is newly introduced “Niryat Bandhu” scheme?

1) Universalising computer education in India

2) Incentives offered to exporters from Bangladesh

3) A package for IT exporters of India4) A scheme to guide first generation of entrepreneurs involved in international trade

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 56 Name the rival prize of Man Booker Prize recently announced by a group of prominent British writers, literary agents and critics, amid growing row over the quality of this year’s Booker shortlist?

1) The British Nobel Prize 2) The British Booker

3) The Literature Prize 4) The Best Literature

5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. : 57 In which country India’s flagship oil and gas explorer ONGC’s overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh has sealed a deal to take 25% stake in Satpayev hydrocarbon reserve?

1) Russia 2) Vietnam

3) Turmenistan 4) Azerbaijan

5) Kazakhstan Ans.) 5

Ques. : 58 Malimath Committee report is related to:

1) Accountability measures for lower bureaucracy 2) Judicial reforms

3) Welfare of weaker sections 4) Reservation for Muslims in states

5) Pay revision for high court judges Ans.) 2

Ques. : 59 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) which has been launched recently is carrying Megha-Tropiques to study the weather and climate in the tropical regions of the world. The Megha-Tropiques is the joint mission of India and

1) France 2) Luxembourg

3) Italy 4) Singapore

5) Russia Ans.) 1

Ques. : 60 In which city the Reserve Bank of India’s exhibition named “Mint Road Milestone” showcasing the bank’s 75-year-long journey recently?

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Kolkata 4) Chennai

5) Jaipur Ans.) 5

Ques. :61 Who has written the book “Looking Back Into the Future: Identity & Insurgency in Northeast India”?

1) Philipp Heimerdinger 2) Indira Jaising

3) Purshottam Agarwal 4) Vasant G. Gadre

5) MS Prabhakaran Ans.) 5

Ques. :62 Which of the following life insurance company has launched two unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs) – Elite Life and Elite Wealth – aimed at high net worth individuals?

1) SBI Life 2) Reliance Life Insurance

3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance 4) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

5) Max New York Life Insurance Ans.) 4

Ques. :63 In the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) what is the rank of India in a group of 81 countries?

1) Fourth 2) 25th

3) 67th 4) 36th

5) 19th Ans.) 3

Ques. :64 Which country has announced a mass prisoner amnesty, which include pro-democracy campaigners, journalists, monks and lawyers, in a major sign of change in the authoritarian state?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Cuba

3) Myanmar 4) China

5) Libya Ans.) 3

Ques. :65 According to the latest Election Commission guidelines, what percentage of votes a party much get for being recognized as a State Party, irrespective of the number of seats it gets?

1) Four 2) Five

3) Six 4) Eight

5) Ten Ans.) 4

Ques. :66 With which country India has signed an extradition treaty recently?

1) Denmark 2) Turkmenistan

3) South Korea 4) Turkey

5) Vietnam Ans.) 5

Ques. :67 Which country has been made chairman of the United Nations South Asian Regional Commission for Tourism at the recently held United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference at Gyeongju in South Korea?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh

3) India 4) Pakistan

5) Bhutan Ans.) 3

Ques. :68 . Government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira in its report presented recently has suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect to mergers and acquisitions in the

pharmaceutical sector?

1) Competition Commission of India 2) Finance Ministry

3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Ans.) 1

Ques. :69 The government is considering raising the limit of foreign investment in bonds of infrastructure companies. What is the current limit?

1) $ 3 billion 2) $ 5 billion

3) $ 6 billion 4) $ 8 billion

5) $ 10 billion Ans.) 2

Ques. :70 Which state of India has constituted a task force to make the state tobacco free?

1) Bihar 2) Delhi

3) Punjab 4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 3

Ques. :71 In which country the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa plus Russia and China) summit has been organized in October?

1) Brazil 2) India

3) South Africa 4) Russia

5) China Ans.) 3

Ques. :72 At which of the following place recently the Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair, Asia’s biggest such event was organized?

1) Chandigarh 2) Agra

3) Manesar 4) Greater Noida

5) Ranchi Ans.) 4

Ques. :73 Recently four employees have been given the Prime Minister’s Sharam Award for 2009. They are the employees of:

1) Hindustan Zinc 2) BHEL

3) HPCL 4) SAIL

5) NTPC Ans.) 1

Ques. :74 Chicken’s Neck in northern West Bengal is India’s link with which country?

1) Bangladesh 2) Myanmar

3) Nepal 4) Bhutan

5) China Ans.) 2

Ques. :75 Dennis Ritchie, who was found dead recently at his home in New York, was a/an

1) Economist 2) Gay rights activist

3) Expert of chemical weapons 4) Computer wizard

5) Hollywood actor Ans.) 4

Ques. :76 In which state India’s longest rail tunnel (11-kilometer-long) has been completed recently?

1) Kerala 2) Maharashtra

3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Arunachal Pradesh Ans.) 3

Ques. :77 At which of the following place the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati has recently inaugurated multi-billion Dalit Prerna Sthal?

1) Lucknow 2) Rai Barreily

3) Agra 4) Noida

5) Ghaziabad Ans.) 4

Ques. :78 In which country the minority Coptic Christians were protesting against the burning of a church recently, many people died in clashes and the country’s finance resigned over the issue?

1) Turkey 2) Egypt

3) Uganda 4) Nigeria

5) South Africa Ans.) 2

Ques. :79 Which country’s parliament has recently passed three long-stalled free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama?

1) India 2) Japan

3) US 4) Russia

5) China Ans.) 3

Ques. :80 Which country will implement “Volcker rule” from next year, which would limit proprietary trading at

banks and restrict the investments they can make in hedge funds and private equity?

1) China 2) US

3) Greece 4) Italy

5) Spain Ans.) 2

Ques. :81 . Name the film being made by the Hollywood film-maker Roger Spottiswoode based on mathematical genius Srinivas Ramanujan, starring actor Siddharth?

1) Tomorrow Never Dies 2) The Man of Future

3) The First Class Man 4) King’s Speech

5) Inkheart Ans.) 3

Ques. :82 G-20 finance ministers’ meeting was held recently in:

1) London 2) Glasgow

3) Maastricht 4) Washington

5) Paris Ans.) 5

Ques. :83 Which among the following is the most polluted city of India as per recent World Health Organization estimates?

1) Kanpur 2) Ludhiana

3) Chennai 4) Jamshedpur

5) Delhi Ans.) 2

Ques. :84 Which among the following entity was renamed by Jet Airways as JetLite to market it as a low-cost carrier, after acquisition?

1) Air Sahara 2) Air Deccan

3) Indus Air 4) Archana Airways

5) Alliance Air Ans.) 1

Ques. :85 Sudhir Vasudeva has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of which among the following state-owned PSU’s?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) HPCL

5) SAIL Ans.) 2

Ques. :86 Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the chief of which among the following?

1) Council of Europe 2) Federal Reserves

3) NATO 4) WTO

5) World Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. :87 Which among the following is the NASA telescope that tries to search for life in every corner of Galaxy?

1) Chandra 2) Hubble

3) Kepler 4) Euclid

5) Atlantis Ans.) 3

Ques. :88 What was the name of China’s first lunar probe that impacted moon a few years ago?

1) Chang’e 1 2) Fengyun

3) HaiYang 4) Tansuo-1

5) Tiangong Ans.) 1

Ques. :89 Femina, the famous women’s magazine of India is published by which among the following publishers?

1) Times Group 2) Hindu Group

3) HT Group 4) Indian Express Group

5) India Today Group Ans.) 1

Ques. :90 Which among the following is the venue of November 2011 G-20 Summit?

1) Rome 2) London

3) Tokyo 4) Cannes

5) St Petersburg Ans.) 4

Ques. : 91 Fauja Singh was recently making headlines because:

1) He is the oldest person in the world to climb Mt Everest 2) He was the head of India-Pakistan joint marathon race

3) He has been appointed the new chief of the RSS 4) He is the world’s oldest marathon winner

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 92 In which country, in a historic step, the armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided to end more than four decades of violence?

2

1) Turkey 2) Spain

3) Thailand 4) Spain

5) Turkey Ans.) 2

Ques. : 93 Name the Indian who has won the 13rd Raid de Himalaya motor rally in extreme four-wheeler category recently?

1) Suresh Rana 2) Navdeep Thareja

3) Umesh Raheja 4) Hardeep Bawa

5) Shakti Bajaj Ans.) 1

Ques. : 94 Which two states have jointly launched an operation named “Operation Thunder” against the Maoists?

1) Bihar and Jharkhand 2) Jharkhand and Orissa

3) Jharkhand and Chattisgarh 4) Jharkhand and Orissa

5) Bihar and Jharkhand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 95 World Food Day is observed every year on:

1) June 12 2) October 16

3) November 24 4) March 8

5) April 26 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 96 The government is considering raising the limit of foreign investment in bonds of infrastructure companies. What is the current limit?

1) $ 3 billion 2) $ 5 billion

3) $ 6 billion 4) $ 8 billion

5) $ 10 billion Ans.) 2

Ques. : 97 Which state of India has constituted a task force to make the state tobacco free?

1) Bihar 2) Delhi

3) Punjab 4) Uttar Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 3

Ques. : 98 Which country has recently pleaded to be made a member of the India-Brazil-South Africa grouping (IBSA), which India has rejected?

1) China 2) Turkey

3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan

5) Russia Ans.) 2

Ques. : 99 The International Film Festival of India is held every year in:

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Hyderabad 4) Goa

5) Kolkata Ans.) 4

Ques. : 100 What is “Occupy Wall Street” campaign?

1) Libyan rebel leaders’ protest against American hegemony in the country

2) A major movement in Western countries against dollar as international currency of trade

3) A fight between developed and developing countries over the leadership of IMF and the World Bank

4) A protest against bank bailouts, corporate greed, and the unchecked power of business in US

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 101 Which of the following private bank of India has announced the opening of 66 new branches and 34 ATMs all over India?

1) Federal Bank 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank

3) Yes Bank 4) South Indian Bank

5) Karur Vysya Bank Ans.) 1

Ques. : 102 In which blue chip public sector undertaking (PSU) the government has decided to sell 5 per cent of its equity, in order to gear up for meeting the ambitious disinvestment target of Rs 40,000 crore for the current fiscal year?

1) Power Finance Corporation 2) ONGC

3) SAIL 4) HPCL

5) Hindustan Cables Ans.) 2

Ques. : 103 Who among the following Hindi novelist has been given the country’s highest literary award Jnanpith Award, who wrote novels like Raag Darbari, Agyatvas, Bisrampur Ka Sant, etc?

1) Aruna Sitesh 2) Satish Varma

3) Shrilal Shukla 4) Ravindra Kalia

5) Vishwaranjan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 104 In which state Saanjh Kendras have been started, which enable the people to go for permissions,

certificates, verification of passports, vehicles, tenants and servants, etc in these Kendras, rather than going to police?

1) Bihar 2) Haryana

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Punjab

5) Madhya Praesh Ans.) 4

Ques. : 105 The Tshwane Declaration, recently signed by India and some other countries is related to:

1) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit 2) IBSA summit

3) BIMSTEC summit 4) SAARC summit

5) BRICS summit Ans.) 2

Ques. : 106 Which among the following is the most polluted city of India as per recent World Health Organization estimates?

1) Kanpur 2) Ludhiana

3) Chennai 4) Jamshedpur

5) Delhi Ans.) 2

Ques. : 107 Which among the following entity was renamed by Jet Airways as JetLite to market it as a low-cost carrier, after acquisition?

1) Air Sahara 2) Air Deccan

3) Indus Air 4) Archana Airways

5) Alliance Air Ans.) 1

Ques. : 108 Sudhir Vasudeva has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of which among the following state-owned PSUs?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) HPCL

5) SAIL Ans.) 2

Ques. : 109 Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the chief of which among the following?

1) Council of Europe 2) Federal Reserves

3) NATO 4) WTO

5) World Bank Ans.) 2

Ques. : 110 Which among the following is the NASA telescope that tries to search for life in every corner of Galaxy?

1) Chandra 2) Hubble

3) Kepler 4) Euclid

5) Atlantis Ans.) 3

Ques. : 111 Fauja Singh was recently making headlines because:

1) He is the oldest person in the world to climb Mt Everest2) He was the head of India-Pakistan joint marathon race

3) He has been appointed the new chief of the RSS 4) He is the world’s oldest marathon winner

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 112 In which country, in a historic step, the armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided to end more than four decades of violence?

1) Turkey 2) Spain

3) Palestine 4) Egypt

5) Italy Ans.) 2

Ques. : 113 Who has written the book “Pages from the Past: A Journalist Looks Back”?

1) Neerja Chowdhary 2) Kumkum Chaddha

3) KP Srivastava 4) Haroon Habib

5) AG Noorani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 114 After Kolkata and Delhi, which city of India has started Metro train services named “Namma Metro” for daily commuters?

1) Jaipur 2) Hyderabad

3) Bangalore 4) Chennai

5) Ahmedabad Ans.) 3

Ques. : 115 Which city of India is all set to host the first international coloured gemstones “Mines to Market” conference?

1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi

3) Bangalore 4) Hyderabad

5) Jaipur Ans.) 5

Ques. : 116 Which of the following journalist has won the International Committee of the Red Cross award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues?

1) Aman Seth 2) Uma Baba

3) Reji Joseph 4) Anup Sharma

5) P Sainath Ans.) 1

Ques. : 117 George Varghese Kakkanadan, who passed away recently, was a famous writer of:

1) Telgu 2) Tamil

3) Kannad 4) Malayalam

5) Marathi Ans.) 4

Ques. : 118 Who among the following writer has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for his fiction “The Sense of an Ending”?

1) Carol Birch 2) Patrick deWitt

3) Esi Edugyan 4) Patrick deWitt

5) Carol Birch Ans.) 5

Ques. : 119 Which among the following MLA of Uttar Pradesh has been disqualified by the Election Commission in a historic decision for advertising herself in newspapers without revealing the money paid on these “paid news”?

1) Seema Upadhyay 2) Dharmendra Yadav

3) Umlesh Yadav 4) St. Mithilesh Pal

5) Premlata Devi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 120 Name the state of India where people are protesting against the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village and recently released a film “3 Mile to Gorakhpur” to strengthen their resolve?

1) Maharashtra 2) Haryana

3) West Bengal 4) Haryana

5) Maharashtra Ans.) 2

Ques. : 121 In which of the following university, the Haryana government has approved a Centre of Excellence for bajra, known as the primary food of the poor?

1) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra2) Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar

3) Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa4) Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak

5) Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar Ans.) 5Ques. : 122 Which city of India has launched an active campaign for seeking World Heritage City status from UNESCO?1) Lucknow 2) Mysore3) Aurangabad 4) Hyderabad5) Delhi Ans.) 5Ques. : 123 The army of which country is engaged with Indian army for the first time in ‘Shakti’ exercises, the terrestrial war games, after regularly held joint naval exercises under the ‘Varuna’ and ‘Garuda’ series by the two air forces?1) Indonesia 2) Russia3) France 4) Britain5) Japan Ans.) 3Ques. : 124 Who among the following has been given the 40th Dhanvantri Award recently?1) Dr Venugopal 2) Dr Naresh Trehan3) Dr PN Tandon 4) Dr MK Mani5) Dr Vikram Kalra Ans.) 4Ques. : 125 According the latest World Bank report which country tops the list of countries for ease of doing business, in which India ranks 132?1) Hong Kong 2) Singapore3) United States 4) United Kingdom5) Denmark Ans.) 2Ques. : 126 The next South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit is to be held in November in:1) Pakistan 2) Nepal3) Sri Lanka 4) India5) Maldives Ans.) 5Ques. : 127 The 12th International Mineral Processing Technology Conference (MPT – 2011) was held recently in:1) Ranchi 2) Raipur3) Udaipur 4) New Delhi5) Bhubneswar Ans.) 3Ques. : 128 In which state the State Tourism Department recently organized a two-day Shikara Festival?1) Rajasthan 2) West Bengal3) Karnataka 4) Jammu & Kashmir5) Gujarat Ans.) 4Ques. : 129 Which public sector bank is opening “Crorepati Only” branch in Jaipur, inviting

1,000 millionaires on Diwali to open privileged accounts with a minimum opening balance of Rs 1 crore?1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank3) Bank of Baroda 4) Oriental Bank of Commerce5) Corporation Bank Ans.) 1Ques. : 130 Which state is the worst performer in all human development indices, as per the Human Development Index (HDI), recently released by the Planning Commission of India?1) Bihar 2) Chhattisgarh3) Jharkhand 4) Uttar Pradesh5) Uttarakhand Ans.) 2Ques. : 131 In which city talks on a global treaty on banning the deadly chemical mercury was organized recently?

1) Copenhagen 2) Durban

3) Nairobi 4) Paris

5) Cancun Ans.) 3

Ques. : 132 From which country the United States has declared to pull out all its troops by the end of 2011?

1) Afghanistan 2) Libya

3) Liberia 4) Iraq

5) Pakistan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 133 Which Indian woman has been awarded by the US President Barack Obama posthumously with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the highest civilian award of the US, for her courage in overcoming and speaking out against domestic abuse in the Indian-American community?

1) Vijaya Emani 2) Manjula Padmanabhan

3) Kiran Majumdar Shaw 4) Manjula Padmanabhan

5) Vijaya Emani Ans.) 1

Ques. : 134 According to the Human Development Index (HDI), released recently, in which state of India there is the highest incidence of malnutrition among Muslims SC and ST women?

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Bihar

3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal

5) Jammu & Kashmir Ans.) 3

Ques. : 135 Against which country India is approaching the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the imposition of 18% to 500% penal duties on imports of hot-rolled steel, which has priced Indian producers out of that country?

1) China 2) Italy

3) Israel 4) US

5) Japan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 136 In which of the following place pre-historic rock paintings have been unearthed matching the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bhimbetka rock shelter in Madhya Pradesh?

1) Aurangabad, Maharashtra 2) Bundi, Rajasthan

3) Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 4) Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

5) Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 137 Which of the following international grouping of nations has taken forward a proposal to establish a new global body, within the United Nations framework, to oversee global Internet governance?

1) BRICS 2) BIMSTEC

3) Sanghai Cooperation Organisation 4) IBSA

5) ASEAN Ans.) 4

Ques. : 138 Who has written the book “Autumn Raga”?

1) Sidhartha Mishra 2) Chandan Mitra

3) Ruskin Bond 4) Chandan Mitra

5) Sidhartha Mishra Ans.) 5

Ques. : 139 In which city of India, the State Bank of India opened its first millionaire branch named “Kohinoor Banjara Premium Banking Centre” in 2010, inviting celebrities and wealthy people to open account with a minimum balance of Rs 1 crore?

1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai

3) Bangalore 4) Hyderabad

5) Ahmadabad Ans.) 4

Ques. : 140 After Kolkata and Delhi, which city of India has started Metro train services named “Namma Metro” for daily commuters?

1) Jaipur 2) Hyderabad

3) Bangalore 4) Chennai

5) Ahmadabad Ans.) 3

Ques. : 141 Who among the following writer has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for his fiction “The Sense of an Ending”?

1) Carol Birch 2) Patrick deWitt

3) Esi Edugyan 4) Stephen Kelman

5) Julian Barnes Ans.) 5

Ques. : 142 Name the state of India where people are protesting against the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village and recently released a film “3 Mile to Gorakhpur” to strengthen their resolve?

1) Maharashtra 2) Haryana

3) West Bengal 4) Punjab

5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 2

Ques. : 143 Which city of India has launched an active campaign for seeking World Heritage City status from UNESCO?

1) Lucknow 2) Mysore

3) Aurangabad 4) Hyderabad

5) Delhi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 144 Which famous journalist was recently appointed as one of the Information Commissioners of Bihar?

1) Deepak Chaurasia 2) MJ Akbar

3) Farzand Ahmad 4) Mammen Mathew

5) Vikas Kumar Jha Ans.) 3

Ques. : 145 Name the chief of the panel which has submitted its report asking the state-run banks to introduce and implement a performance management system to promote high performance culture among banks and outsource more and more non-core activities?

1) RP Goyal 2) KR Kamath

3) Deepak Parekh 4) AC Mahajan

5) AK Khandelwal Ans.) 5

Ques. : 146 Who is the head of the committee recently set up by the Planning Commission to help restore the financial health of the power distribution sector, which is reeling under huge losses?

1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 2) Arun Maira

3) BK Chaturvedi 4) M Govinda Rao

5) C Rangarajan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 147 In which state the ambitious Rs 40,000 crore Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan (PMRP) was launched to improve the infrastructure facilities across the state?

1) Nagaland 2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Bihar 4) Manipur

5) Arunachal Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 148 Union government of India decided to ban the use of infertility drug Letrozole. Letrozole is mainly recommended for treating ____.

1) Cancer 2) Dengue

3) AIDS 4) Malaria

5) Hepatitis B Ans.) 1

Ques. : 149 World Food Day was observed on which of the following dates with the theme- Food Prices – From Crisis to Stability?

1) 15 October 2) 16 October

3) 17 October 4) 18 October

5) 25 October Ans.) 2

Ques. : 150 Which of the following McLaren’s driver won the Japanese Grand Prix in his adopted homeland, Japan on 9 October 2011?

1) Sebastian Vettel 2) Max Webber

3) Jenson Button 4) Fernando Alonso

5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. : 151 Which football club/team won the 2011 Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi with a 5-4 tie-break win?

1) East Bengal 2) Churchill Brothers

3) Prayag United 4) Mohun Bagan

5) Dempo Sports Club Ans.) 2

Ques. : 152 The Union agriculture ministry has proposed a hike of Rs 115 per quintal in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat to what sum per quintal to cover rising farm input cost and encourage farmers to increase acreage?

1) Rs 1250 per quintal 2) Rs 1300 per quintal

3) Rs 1285 per quintal 4) Rs 1315 per quintal

5) Rs 1335 per quintal Ans.) 3

Ques. : 153 Who has been appointed as the head of a committee constituted by the government to form a comprehensive policy that will stipulate penalties for corrupt practices in private sector dealings?

1) Srinath Batni 2) Gautam Hari Singhania

3) Kiran Karnik 4) Shikha Sharma

5) Nikhil Meswani Ans.) 3

Ques. : 154 With which country India is putting in place infrastructure for 4,000-crore grid connection project to exchange nearly 1,000 MW of power?

1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka

3) Pakistan 4) Bhutan

5) Nepal Ans.) 2

Ques. : 155 Al-Shabab, which owes allegiance to al-Qaeda, is a militant group, operating in:

1) Palestine 2) Pakistan

3) Russia 4) Somalia

5) Tunisia Ans.) 4

Ques. : 156 Which media publication house/s has/have been given the International Press Institute (IPI) – India award for excellence in journalism, 2011?

1) India Today 2) Indian Express & Outlook

3) Malayalam Manorama & Tughlaq 4) Tehelka & The Week

5) The Times of India Ans.) 4

Ques. : 157 Who among the following famous personalities runs the non-governmental organization (NGO) named “India Vision Foundation”?

1) Baba Amte 2) Anna Hazare

3) Aruna Roy 4) Swami Agnivesh

5) Kiran Bedi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 158 Name the country where the moderate Islamist Ennahda party has taken lead in the country’s first democratic elections?

1) Syria 2) Egypt

3) Libya 4) Tunisia

5) Sudan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 159 DEPB Scheme which ended in September 2011 was related to:

1) Foreign Direct Investment 2) Foreign Institutional Investment

3) Export Promotion 4) Import Substitution

5) Administered Price Mechanism Ans.) 3

Ques. : 160 “SLINEX II” is the name of the joint naval exercise conducted recently between India

and

2) France

4) Sri Lanka

5) Britain Ans.) 4

Ques. : 161 As on October 25, 2011, what is the reverse repo rate stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) 6.5% 2) 7%

3) 7.25% 4) 7.5%

5) 8% Ans.) 4

Ques. : 162 Which private insurer of India has launched the participatory endowment plan, Suraksha Kavach, which promises continuation of life cover for up to three years even in the event of premiums not being paid?

1) Bharti AXA Life Insurance 2) Max New York Life Insurance

3) ING Vysya Life Insurance 4) Aviva Life Insurance

5) Star Union Dai-ichi Ans.) 5

Ques. : 163 On which segment of power generation in India, EU and US are objecting to the national mission under the trade related investment measures (TRIMs) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), arguing that the mission requirements prevent them from exporting their technology and equipment?

1) India’s wind power mission 2) India’s bio-mass energy mission

3) India’s geo-thermal energy mission 4) India’s solar mission

5) India’s nuclear energy mission Ans.) 4

Ques. : 164 Salva Kirr is the President of:

1) Kenya 2) South Sudan

3) Tunisia 4) South Africa

2

5) Canada Ans.) 2

Ques. : 165 Forbes magazine has named which of the following women the most powerful woman of the world?

1) Sonia Gandhi 2) Condeela Rice

3) Angela Markel 4) Queen Elizabeth

5) Hillary Clinton Ans.) 3

Ques. : 166 Asia Pacific Parliamentarians’ Conference was recently held in:

1) Chiang Mai 2) Ho Chi Minh City

3) Delhi 4) Jakarta

5) Manila Ans.) 1

Ques. : 167 Who among the following has not been honoured with Arjun Award 2011?

1) Shabbir Ali 2) Somdev Devvarman

3) Pras Antha Karmaka 4) Rajpal Singh

5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. : 168 Who among the following has been honoured with Sahitya Akademy Award for Children’s Literature in Hindi language?

1) Shyam Dutt Parag 2) Hari Krishna Dev Sare

3) Ramesh Parekh 4) ML Thangappa

5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. : 169 Who among the following has requested the government to declare “No Meat Day” on January 12, as a measure to fight against climate change?

1) Narendra Modi 2) Baba Ramdev

3) Shashi Tharoor 4) LK Advani

5) M Karunanidhi Ans.) 3

Ques. : 170 Which mobile company has launched “Asha” series of mobile phones with Windows

Operating System?

1) Apple 2) Samsung

3) LG 4) Nokia

5) Sony Ericsson Ans.) 4

Ques. : 171 Which country is scheduled to host the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which many countries are threatening to boycott?

1) Zimbabwe 2) Sri Lanka

3) Myanmar 4) Pakistan

5) Libya Ans.) 2

Ques. : 172 India has been providing assistance to which among the following neighbors for strengthening and extension of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?

1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal

3) Pakistan 4) China

5) Myanmar Ans.) 2

Ques. : 173 National Optical Fiber Network will be providing broadband connectivity to which among the following?

1) Municipalities 2) Gram Panchayats

3) Panchayat Samitis 4) Nagarpalikas

5) Metropolitan cities Ans.) 2

Ques. : 174 Recently, the Government has approved a new Manufacturing policy, which aims to create one hundred million jobs in next 10 years. Government wants to lift the share of manufacturing sector in the GDP to 25 per cent in the next decade. What is the current (approximate) share of manufacturing sector in the GDP?

1) 12% 2) 16%

3) 19% 4) 20%

5) 22% Ans.) 2

Ques. : 175 Recently, the Government has decided to raise its quota in the International

Monetary Fund, IMF from 2.44 to which among the following fractions so that India will be among the 10 largest quota share holders at the IMF?

1) 2.75% 2) 2.95%

3) 3.15% 4) 3.25%

5) 4% Ans.) 1

Ques. : 176 The Government has recently decided to augment the capital base of which among the following institutions by infusing 3000 crore rupees as government’s equity?

1) SIDBI 2) EXIM Bank

3) NABARD 4) LIC

5) HUDCO Ans.) 3

Ques. : 177 Recently, the Government has decided to launch a Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) for rehabilitation of 223 dams in the states of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu with the assistance of which among the following bodies?

1) World Bank 2) International Monetary Fund

3) Asian Development Bank4) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

5) United Nations Development Programme

Ans.) 1

Ques. : 178 NATO’s Operation Unified Protector was conducted in which among the following countries recently?

1) Egypt 2) Libya

3) Syria 4) Pakistan

5) Afghanistan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 179 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been recently re-elected for a second term as President of which among the following countries?

1) Brazil 2) Peru

3) Argentina 4) Chile

5) Denmark Ans.) 3

Ques. : 180 Rajat Gupta, a prominent Indian-American recently surrendered before the FBI in New York in the case of insider trading scam. He belongs to which among the following companies?

1) Credit Suisse 2) Goldman Sachs

3) BNP Paribas 4) JP Morgan & Co

5) Standard & Poor’s Ans.) 2

Ques. : 181 Which among the following is the venue of the recent (October 2011) Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM)?

1) Venice 2) Perth

3) Ottawa 4) Canberra

5) Windhoek Ans.) 2

Ques. : 182 In which European country the Prime Minister needed the support of his coalition partners and the opposition to defeat a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers, who wanted Parliament to call a voters’ referendum on whether the country should stay in the European Union?

1) Italy 2) Greece

3) France 4) Britain

5) Germany Ans.) 4

Ques. : 183 Japanese researchers scouring the deep seabed around Nagasaki uncovered the remains of a shipwreck of 13th century, belonging to:

1) China 2) India

3) Mongolia 4) Persia

5) Greece Ans.) 3

Ques. : 184 Which of the following rates is/are not fixed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) Base Rate 2) Bank Rate

3) Savings Account Rate 4) Repo Rate

5) Reverse Repo Rate Ans.) 1

Ques. : 185 Which historical figure of India has found place in Iran’s Parliament Majlis, with his plaque being unveiled by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar recently in Tehran?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru 2) Indira Gandhi

3) Rabindranath Tagore 4) Bhagat Singh

5) Subhas Chandra Bose Ans.) 3

Ques. : 186 Which Indian cricketer along with the Olympic gold-medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra has been conferred the rank of honourary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army recently?

1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) MS Dhoni

3) Rahul Dravid 4) Suresh Raina

5) Harbhajan Singh Ans.) 2

Ques. : 187 The bi-monthly newspaper “The Peace Gong” which has been launched recently by the Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Foundation in association with the Food and Agriculture Organisation in New Delhi, caters to the needs of:

1) The poor and destitute 2) Women

3) Children 4) Elders

5) Foreign nationals living in India Ans.) 3

Ques. : 188 The Hay Festival, one of the biggest literary events in the world, is scheduled to be held for the second time in November in:

1) Neemrana 2) Jaipur

3) Patna 4) Nagpur

5) Thiruvananthapuram Ans.) 5

Ques. : 189 Which state of India is to launch the Chacha Nehru Health Scheme, under which free medical check-up and treatment will be provided to all the school children?

1) Bihar 2) Delhi

3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Karnataka Ans.) 2

Ques. : 190 In which city global conference on sea piracy will be held in 2012?

1) Melbourne 2) Johannesburg

3) New Delhi 4) Perth

5) Paris Ans.) 4

Ques. : 191 In which country, the country’s telecom regulator has threatened to fine Airtel if it fails to improve the quality of its services and prevent from registering new subscribers?

1) South Africa 2) Egypt

3) Malaysia 4) Nigeria

5) Kenya Ans.) 4

Ques. : 192 Which of the following luxury hotel group is the first Indian group to set up its hotel in China?

1) ITC Hotels 2) Maurya Shereton Group

3) Taj Group 4) Welcome Group

5) Jaypee Hotels Ans.) 3

Ques. : 193 The students of which among the following institutions have built the “Jugnu” satellite which is a remote-sensing satellite that will minor vegetation and waterbodies?

1) IIT Kanpur 2) IIT Kharagpur

3) SRM University 4) Andhra University

5) IIT Delhi Ans.) 1

Ques. : 194 Truong Tan Sang, who recently visited India is the president of which among the following countries?

1) Cambodia 2) Laos

3) Vietnam 4) Thailand

5) Myanmar Ans.) 3

2

Ques. : 195 Which among the following offices has recently become India’s first digital signature enabled department?

1) Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal (DGS&D)

2) Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

3) Department of Income Tax4) Agricultural and processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

5) Enforcement Directorate Ans.) 2

Ques. : 196 Who among the following was recently awarded Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2011 for excellence in Public Administration, academics and Management?

1) NR Madhava Menon 2) Professor Yashpal

3) Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri 4) Naresh Dadhich

5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. : 197 The Ex Eastern Bridge – 2011, was a joint exercise between the airforces of India and ___?

1) Bahrain 2) Saudi Arabia

3) Oman 4) Qatar

5) Syria Ans.) 3

Ques. : 198 In which among the following states of India, the National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) is being set up?

1) Uttarkhand 2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Sikkim Ans.) 4

Ques. : 199 For which among the following products, Ramganj Mandi near Kota in Rajasthan was making news recently?

1) Handicraft Hub 2) Spice Park

3) Tech Park 4) National Investment Zone

5) New Tiger Reserve Ans.) 2

Ques. : 200 The composite-bodied Boeing 787 Dreamliner recently made its first commercial flight between ____?

1) Hong Kong and Tokyo 2) Tokyo and New York

3) New York and Washington4) Washington and Tokyo

Ques. : 201 Rajat Gupta, a prominent Indian-American recently surrendered before the FBI in New York in the case of insider trading scam. He belongs to which among the following companies?1) Credit Suisse 2) Goldman Sachs3) BNP Paribas 4) JP Morgan & Co5) Standard & Poor’s Ans.) 2Ques. : 202 Sabastian Vettel, a Formula One racing driver who has recently won the F1 Indian Grand Prix driving for Red Bull Racing, belongs to:1) Austria 2) Spain3) Germany 4) France5) Britain Ans.) 3Ques. : 203 In which country Michael D Higgins, a poet and peace activist who campaigned against the Iraq invasion, has been elected as the new President?1) Denmark 2) Scotland3) Ireland 4) Spain5) Sweden Ans.) 3Ques. : 204 . In which state district-level powers of five departments viz elementary education, medical and health, agriculture, social justice and empowerment and women and child development have been transferred to village panchayats?1) Bihar 2) Haryana3) Punjab 4) Rajasthan5) Karnataka Ans.) 4Ques. : 205 Who among the following has been re-appointed as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) for four more years?1) Sir Don McKinnon 2) Emeka Anyaoku3) Shridath Ramphal 4) Kamlesh Sharma5) Arnold Smith Ans.) 4

Ans.) 1

Ques. : 206 In which city the environment ministers of BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) are to meet shortly to frame common position ahead of the crucial Durban climate conference?1) Johannesburg 2) New Delhi3) Beijing 4) Shanghai5) Brasilia Ans.) 3Ques. : 207 Who has written the book “The Sly Company of People Who Care”?1) Shashi Tharoor 2) Rahul Bhattacharya3) Chetan Bhagat 4) Niira Radia5) Rajmohan Gandhi Ans.) 2Ques. : 208 Name the Bengali film which has been selected as the inaugural film of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, 2011, in Florence, Italy?1) Moner Manush 2) Chaplin3) Howra Express 4) Motir Moina5) Morshedul Islam Ans.) 2Ques. : 209 Which of the following colonial award is proposed to be revived by the David Cameron government in Britain, which was awarded to people not considered suitable for the more grand honours because of their lowly social status?1) Order of the British Empire

2) Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

3) Knighthood 4) Order of Merit5) British Empire Medal Ans.) 5Ques. : 210 On which of the following Chinese imports the European Union (EU) recently decided to impose anti-dumping tariffs?1) Toys 2) Footwear3) Sanitary goods 4) Polymer5) Textile Ans.) 25) Beijing and New Delhi

Ques. : 211 Which country has agreed with India to accelerate joint development of rare-earth mineral deposits in India?1) France 2) China3) Vietnam 4) Japan5) Turkey Ans.) 4Ques. : 212 Name the Indian baby girl who is credited to have become the world seven billionth inhabitant?

1) Nargis 2) Indira3) Dolly 4) Bharati5) Kavita Ans.) 1Ques. : 213 For revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from a few districts of which state, there have been wide ranging consultations at the Centre?1) Manipur 2) Chhattisgarh3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Nagaland5) Arunachal Pradesh Ans.) 3Ques. : 214 Who among the following has been given the 40th Dhanvantari award for excellence in medical services recently?1) Dr Naresh Tarehan 2) Dr AC Thomas3) Dr Sampath Kumar 4) Dr Vinay Mahendra5) Dr MK Mani Ans.) 5Ques. : 215 Which of the following world body has recently granted full membership to Palestine, which enjoyed only observer status with this agency?1) United Nations 2) UNESCO3) World Bank 4) IMF5) UNESCO Ans.) 2Ques. : 216 In which country the pre-Christian era Gorakhnath Temple, which was mentioned in Babur’s autobiography Baburnama, has been reopened for worship recently?1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan3) Nepal 4) Myanmar5) Sri Lanka Ans.) 2Ques. : 217 Who has been elected as the new President of Kyrgyzstan, amidst opposition claims of poll rigging?1) Almazbek Atambayev 2) Roza Otunbayeva3) Kurmanbek Bakiyev 4) Askar Akayev5) Ishenbai Kadyrbekov Ans.) 1Ques. : 218 Who has written the book “The Journey of Indian Micro-Finance”?1) Usha Thorat 2) Vijay Mahajan3) RS Arunachalam 4) D Subbarao5) Subir Gokaran Ans.) 3Ques. : 219 Which Indian cricketer has launched his dream project “Centre of Excellence” at Pathways School in New Delhi?1) Gautam Gambhir 2) Virendra Sehwag3) Aashish Nehra 4) Yuvraj Singh5) Virat Kohli Ans.) 4Ques. : 220 Name the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has resigned recently following a move of dissidents to oust him?1) Dorjee Khandu 2) Gegong Apang

3) Jarbom Gamblin 4) Mukut Mithi5) Tomo Riba Ans.) 3In which city diplomats from 20 countries, including Pakistan and the US, and representatives of aid agencies are to attend a talk to chart the future course for war-torn Afghanistan after Western troops withdrawal?

1) Islamabad 2) Istanbul

3) Ankara 4) Bonn

5) Washinton Ans.) 2

Ques. : 222 In which country, India has planned to build a strategic 900-km-long railway line?

1) Myanmar 2) Nigeria

3) Namibia 4) Sri Lanka

5) Afghanistan Ans.) 5

Ques. : 223 To which drug-maker, India’s drug regulator has given conditional market approval for its anti-malaria drug, paving the way for the launch of the country’s first privately-developed medicine?

1) Sun Pharma 2) Cadila

3) Ranbaxy Laboratories 4) Natco Pharma

5) Dr Reddy’s Lab Ans.) 3

Ques. : 224 2012 has been declared as the International Year of:

1) Forests 2) Cooperatives

3) Indigenous people 4) Developing countries

5) Downtrodden Ans.) 2

Ques. : 225 Name the global sport-life-style brand, which has been endorsed by the Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh as the face it’s #Love 12 campaign?

1) Reebok 2) Woodland

3) Red Tape 4) Adidas

5) Puma Ans.) 5

Ques. : 226 In which state Nayachar Island is proposed to be developed as an industrial hub?

1) Gujarat 2) Andman & Nicobar Islands

3) Gujarat 4) Lakshdweep

5) West Bengal Ans.) 5

Ques. : 227 What is the theme for the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit to be held in Male on November 10-11?

1) Fraternity of South Asia 2) Towards a Green and Happy South Asia

3) Providing Shelter to All 4) Building Bridges

5) Making South Asia Tourist Paradise Ans.) 4

Ques. : 228 Name the Russian two-time Grand Slam winner, who has entered politics, with many predicting that he may become the President of the country one day?

1) Svetlana Kuznetsova 2) Igor Andreev

3) Dmitri Sitak 4) Sergei Demekhine

5) Marat Safin Ans.) 5

Ques. : 229 In which country after years of political instability a five-year-old peace process has been concluded with the pledge to integrate the former armed rebels into security forces and provide suitable rehabilitation package to others left out?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Libya

3) South Sudan 4) Nepal

5) Myanmar Ans.) 4

Ques. : 230 In which country, Abdel Rahim al-Keib has been elected as the interim

Prime Minister?

1) Tunisia 2) Zambia

3) Libya 4) Chile

5) Thailand Ans.) 3

Ques. : 231 Name the Indian-American lawyer, a Republican, as a Commissioner on the bipartisan Federal Communications Commission?1) Sreenath Srineevasan 2) Ajit Varadaraj Pai3) Swati Dandekar 4) Arun Jhaveri5) Dalip Singh Saund Ans.) 2Ques. : 232 Which state government has embarked upon offering Nano cars, motorcycles, refrigerators, etc in order to promote family planning to those who opt for sterilization?1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh3) Haryana 4) Rajasthan5) Meghalaya Ans.) 4Ques. : 233 According to the new procurement policy, what will be the mandated percentage of goods and services to be procured from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) by all government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs)?1) 20% 2) 25%3) 30% 4) 35%5) 40% Ans.) 1Ques. : 234 Who is the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?1) Nabam Tuki 2) Dorjee Khandu3) Mukut Mithi 4) Jarbom Gamblin5) Tomo Riba Ans.) 1Ques. : 235 Which state has launched ‘Save the Girl Child’ campaign recently?1) Orissa 2) Madhya Pradesh3) Punjab 4) Delhi5) Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 2Ques. : 236 With which country Bangladesh has signed a deal to build its first nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Pabna district recently?1) France 2) Britain3) Russia 4) China5) US Ans.) 3Ques. : 237 In which state the Army and other central forces have been pursuing “Operation Sadbhavana” to win over the goodwill of the people?

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1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Manipur3) Nagaland 4) Assam5) Jammu & Kashmir Ans.) 5Ques. : 238 In which state women’s collective farming initiative, billed as the largest livelihood venture of this kind in the country, which transforms women labourers into master cultivators, has been launched as the first project sanctioned under the Mahil Kisan Sasahthikaran Pariyojna (MKSP) by the Centre?1) Kerala 2) Tamil Nadu3) Maharashtra 4) Chhattisgarh5) West Bengal Ans.) 1Ques. : 239 After successful completion of global mega sporting events, Commonwealth Games and Formula 1 Car Racing, which Indian city will host the World Air Race next year?1) Bangalore 2) Vizag3) Mumbai 4) Pune5) Lucknow Ans.) 3Ques. : 240 Name the cyclonic storm blowing from Arabian Sea, which caused heavy rains in October-November in parts of Karnataka for more than a week?1) Gonu 2) Keila3) Murjan 4) Nilam5) Mahasen Ans.) 2What is the rank of the Human Development Report, 2011, prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

1) 119 2) 124

3) 132 4) 134

5) 149 Ans.) 4

Ques. : 242 In which country there has been widespread opposition to the government’s Bill which aims at taking over under-performing, underutilized companies, if they had received tax breaks, got land from the government or they are prejudicial to the country’s economy?

1) Pakistan 2) Iran

3) Myanmar 4) Sri Lanka

5) Nigeria Ans.) 4

Ques. : 243 Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry is probing into:

1) 3G Spectrum Scam 2) Adarsh Housing Society Scam

3) Illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka 4) Illegal iron ore mining in Goa

5) Insider trading in Bombay Stock Exchange Ans.) 4

Ques. : 244 Against which newspaper of Goa, charges of carrying ‘paid news’ regularly have been lodged with the Press Council for action against it?

1) Gomantak Times 2) OHeraldo

3) Times of India 4) Deccan Herald

5) Goa365 Ans.) 2

Ques. : 245 Recently, India has proposed a special $ 10 Billion Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) fund for which among the following organizations?

1) SAARC 2) BRICS

3) IBSA 4) Non-Aligned Movement

5) CHOGM Ans.) 2

Ques. : 246 Lt. Gen Palvinder Singh Bhalla was recently appointed the head of which among the following organizations?

1) ITBP 2) BSF

3) NCC 4) NSG

5) CISF Ans.) 3

Ques. : 247 Which among the following Public Sector Giants of India have recently launched the “Harit-Moksha”, a unique CSR initiative for bringing in energy efficiency in the cremation sector?

1) NTPC 2) ONGC

3) BHEL 4) OIL

5) NHPC Ans.) 2

Ques. : 248 The leading scientists from around the world are meeting to say good bye to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Which type of clock will replace GMT for more accuracy of time?

1) Water Clock 2) Pendulum Clock

3) Atomic Clock 4) Obelisk

5) Gear-controlled Clock Ans.) 3

Ques. : 249 Which country is mediating between Russia and Georgia for peace, after years of bitter relations which followed the war between two countries in which Russia captured Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia and declared them independent in 2008?

1) Norway 2) US

3) Japan 4) Sitzerland

5) Sweden Ans.) 4

Ques. : 250 Which state of India has approved the setting up of a 1,500 kilowatt Khara hydro power project?

1) Uttarakhand 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Madhya Pradesh 4) West Bengal

5) Assam Ans.) 2

Ques. : 251 What is the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in automobile sector in India?1) 26% 2) 49%3) 74% 4) 89%5) 100% Ans.) 5Ques. : 252 From which high-profile mobile company, Frenny Bawa has recently stepped down from her position of managing director of India?1) Nokia 2) Samsung3) Research in Motion 4) LG5) Microman Ans.) 3

Ques. : 253 According to the latest notification of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to what limit Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) can invest in non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and bonds issued by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) that lend to the infrastructure sector?1) $ 10 billion 2) $ 15 billion3) $ 20 billion 4) $ 15 billion5) $ 10 billion Ans.) 4Ques. : 254 Who was heading the panel on whose recommendations a new National Policy on Older persons is to be unveiled shortly by the Union government?1) Aruna Roy 2) Kiran Bedi3) Girija Vyas 4) Mohini Giri5) Mamta Sharma Ans.) 4Ques. : 255 Name the automobile hub of India where French manufacturer Peugeot has started its car manufacture in India for the first time?1) Sanand (Gujarat) 2) Manesar (Haryana)3) Oragadam (Tamil Nadu) 4) Nasik (Maharashtra)5) Maraimalai (Tamil Nadu) Ans.) 1Ques. : 256 Which of the following country is to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which had even been outside the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT)?1) Iran 2) China3) Russia 4) Syria5) Afghanistan Ans.) 3Ques. : 257 India was to participate in a trilateral military exercise this year on the Okinawa coast but it was postponed due to Fukushima earthquake. Earlier, in 2007 it was conducted in India as ‘Malabar’ exercise with Japan and…………..1) China 2) France3) Russia 4) US5) South Korea Ans.) 4Ques. : 258 Which Indian corporate house is to bid for securing thermal-coal mine named New Hope of Australia?1) GVK Infrastructure 2) Essar Group3) Jindal Group 4) Reliance Group5) Tata Group Ans.) 5Ques. : 259 Who has been crowned the Miss World, 2011 recently in London?1) Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela 2) Kanishtha Dhankhar, India3) Gwendoline Ruais, Philippines 4) Amanda Perez, Puerto Rico5) Leila Lopes, Angola Ans.) 1Ques. : 260 Name the Australian national airlines which was recently making news for grounding its fleet due to intense labour dispute?1) Garuda Airlines 2) Qantas

3) Ariana Airlines 4) Qantas5) Garuda Airlines Ans.) 2Ques. : 261 What is “Shadow Banking”?1) A practice in which banks serve only high net investors (HNIs) only

2) A practice in which banks serve only urban customers

3) A practice by which transactions are not shown up on bank’s conventional balance sheets

4) A practice in which banks do business through their subsidiaries

5) None of these Ans.) 3Ques. : 262 What is the average pay per day for workers in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)?1) Rs 100 2) Rs 1203) Rs 150 4) Rs 1605) Rs 175 Ans.) 2Ques. : 263 For which major Central project of India, the first ever person of India who has won Rs 5 crore in the reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Sushil Kumar, is to sign an endorsement deal?1) Right to Food 2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme3) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan 4) Mid-day Meal Programme5) Bharat Nirman Ans.) 2Ques. : 264 World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on:1) November 7 2) November 103) November 13 4) November 165) November 18 Ans.) 3Ques. : 265 In which city the Prime Ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held on November 7, in which granting full membership to India was high on the agenda?1) Shanghai 2) Dushanbe3) Almaty 4) St Petersburg5) Moscow Ans.) 4Ques. : 266 With the deregulation of savings bank (SB) account interest rate, according to the guidelines of RBI, up to what amount all banks will have to implement uniform SB deposit interest rate?1) Rs 1 lakh 2) Rs 2 lakh3) Rs 2.5 lakh 4) Rs 3 lakh5) Rs 4 lakh Ans.) 1Ques. : 267 In which country Abdurrahim al-Keib has been elected as the Prime Minister of the interim government?1) Tunisia 2) Libya3) Argentina 4) Syria5) Belarus Ans.) 2

Ques. : 268 Who has written the book “Lucknow Boy: A Memoir”?1) Vir Sanghvi 2) Vinod Dua3) Vindo Mehta 4) HK Dua5) Khushwant Singh Ans.) 3Ques. : 269 Name the state where the former South African President Nelson Mandela has been conferred the People’s Parliament Global Award recently?1) Meghalaya 2) Chhattisgarh3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Orissa5) Jharkhand Ans.) 1Ques. : 270 What is “Smile Train”?1) New toy train service which recently became operational between Guwahati and Shillong

2) A special train service of Indian Railways for foreign tourists

3) A global charity movement for surgical correction of cleft lip and palate

4) An NGO working for orphan children

5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. : 271 In which city the World Cotton Reference Conference was organized recently?

1) Shanghai 2) Chicago

3) Mumbai 4) Rome

5) Ankara Ans.) 3

Ques. : 272 Which subsidiary bank of the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched the Double Deposit Scheme, which aims at doubling the deposit for customers in the shortest time (87 months)?

1) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur 2) State Bank of Hyderabad

3) State Bank of Mysore 4) State Bank of Patiala

5) State Bank of Travancore Ans.) 2

Ques. : 273 The interest rate paid on Post Office savings bank deposits without any fixed maturity has been raised to:

1) 3.5% 2) 4%

3) 4.5% 4) 5%

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5) 5.5% Ans.) 2

Ques. : 274 Rate reduction of which of the following instruments of liquidity control of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), public sector banks are demanding, claiming it to be another non-performing asset (NPA)?

1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

3) Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 4) Bank Rate

5) Repo Rate Ans.) 1

Ques. : 275 There has been proliferation of nuclear technology to many state and non-state players by rogue nuclear scientists like Pakistan’s AQ Khan. It is said that Iran is on the verge of making a nuclear bomb with assistance from a rogue nuclear scientist Vyacheslav Danilenko. Denilenko belongs to:

1) China 2) Russia

3) North Korea 4) Germany

5) Japan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 276 What is the rank of India in terms of Internet users in the world?

1) First 2) Second

3) Third 4) Fourth

5) Fifth Ans.) 3

Ques. : 277 Name the leader of the Task Force of Experts on Clean Energy Investment Project at Columbia Law School’s Centre for Climate Change Law, set up as an advisory body to identify key areas of concern from Indian perspective for facilitating inflow of US investments in clean energy projects?

1) PP Malhotra 2) Vivek K Tankha

3) Arun Jaitley 4) R Mohan

5) Mohan Parasaran Ans.) 5

Ques. : 278 Who has written the book “Understanding Caste: From Buddha to Ambedkar and Beyond”?

1) MN Srinivas 2) André Béteille

3) Gail Omvedt 4) Gurmukh Ram Madan

5) Tulsi Badrinath Ans.) 3

Ques. : 279 Which country has offered to invest $ 500 million in the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Trade and Transmission Project, CASA 1000, which will provide energy to power-starved Afghanistan and Pakistan?

1) Russia 2) Kyrgyzstan

3) Tajikistan 4) Iran

5) Kazakhstan Ans.) 1

Ques. : 280 To which Indian personality Russia has announced to present ‘Order of Friendship’ award recently?

1) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam 2) Sam Petroda

3) N Ram 4) D Jayakanthan

5) K Kasturirangan Ans.) 4

Ques. : 281 Who among the following has been awarded the KL Saigal Lifetime Award?

1) Farukh Seikh 2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Hridaynath Mangeshkar 4) Both 1) & 2)

5) Both 2) & 3) Ans.) 5

Ques. : 282 Name the famous film director of India the world launch of DVD of whose film “Iti Mrinalini” took place recently after critical acclaim at home and abroad?

1) Indraneil Sengupta 2) Rituparno Ghosh

3) Aparna Sen 4) Deepa Mehta

5) Shekhar Kapoor Ans.) 3

Ques. : 283 Which Indian corporate house is to bid for securing thermal-coal mine named New Hope of Australia?

1) GVK Infrastructure 2) Essar Group

3) Jindal Group 4) Reliance Group

5) Tata Group Ans.) 5

Ques. : 284 Who has been crowned the Miss World, 2011 recently in London?

1) Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela 2) Kanishtha Dhankhar, India

3) Gwendoline Ruais, Philippines 4) Amanda Perez, Puerto Rico

5) Leila Lopes, Angola Ans.) 1

Ques. : 285 Name the Australian national airlines which had been recently making news for grounding its fleet due to intense labour dispute?

1) Garuda Airlines 2) Qantas

3) Ariana Airlines 4) Cathay Pacific Airlines

5) Lion Air Ans.) 2

Ques. : 286 In which city the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is scheduled to be held where US wants to push for free trade in renewable energy technology trade as part of the stalled Doha Round of WTO talks?

1) Vladivostok 2) Hong Kong

3) Honolulu 4) Washington

5) Tokyo Ans.) 3

Ques. : 287 For which of the following centrally-sponsored programmes, mobile courts, empowered by the respective High Courts, are to be set up in every district of

India?

1) Mid-Day Meal Programme 2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

3) Public Distribution System 4) Bharat Nirman

5) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojna Ans.) 2

Ques. : 288 Bihar has become the second state to bring the Chief Minister under the ambit of the Lokayukta. Which is the first state to do so?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Gujarat

3) Uttarakhand 4) Karnataka

5) Chhattisgarh Ans.) 3

Ques. : 289 Who is the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), the regulator of insurance sector in India?

1) UK Sinha 2) J Hari Narayan

3) JS Sarma 4) R Gopalan

5) Vinod Dhall Ans.) 2

Ques. : 290 In which state of India the Chinese energy company, TBEA has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a landmark Rs 2,500-crore investment?

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Maharashtra 4) Delhi

5) Gujarat Ans.) 5

Ques. : 291 What is the status of China in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

1) Dialogue partner 2) Chair

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3) Observer 4) Diplomatic advisor

5) Non-member Ans.) 3

Ques. : 292 Which country has requested India for military assistance, primarily in the naval field, which can irk China?

1) Sri Lanka 2) Myanmar

3) Vietnam 4) Philippines

5) South Korea Ans.) 3

Ques. : 293 World famous sportsman Joe Frazier, who died recently, was a…………………….champion.

1) Baseball 2) Boxing

3) Athletics 4) Shooting

5) Football Ans.) 2

Ques. : 294 Name the third station being set by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCoACR) of India in Antartica after earlier two Indian stations installed in the glacier continent named Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri?

1) Sindhu 2) Durga

3) Bharati 4) Gayatri

5) Mimansa Ans.) 3

Ques. : 295 Which Indian mining company has got the finance ministry’s permission to acquire stakes in overseas unlisted firms?

1) Bharat Gold Mines Limited 2) Neyveli Lignite Corporation

3) Sesa Goa 4) Coal India Ltd

5) Central Coalfields Ltd Ans.) 4

Ques. : 296 Who took over as Indraprastha Gas Limited ‘s (IGL) new Managing

Director in late October 2011?

1) M Ravindran 2) Rajesh Vedvyas

3) S Venkatraman 4) Ujjwal Goswami

5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. : 297 The $12.5-billion Omnicom Group has decided to acquire a majority stake in one of the largest domestic advertising firms in India to step up its growth in the country. Name the advertising firm.

1) Mudra Group 2) Madison Advertising Pvt Ltd

3) Ogilvy and Mather 4) J Walter Thompson India

5) None of these Ans.) 1

Ques. : 298 Scientists are set to begin a six-week mission to explore the Indian Ocean’s underwater mountains. Name the ship, which will carry out the mission.

1) RRS James Cook 2) RRS Ernest Shackleton

3) RRS James Clark Ross 4) Royal Research Ship

5) None of the above Ans.) 1

Ques. : 299 The government gave its approval to revive 60 mines in the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is located in ___.

1) Goa 2) Jharkhand

3) Tamil Nadu 4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Gujarat Ans.) 1

Ques. : 300 Name the legendary Bollywood playback singer who entered the Guinness World Records for the most number of single studio recordings.

1) Kavita Krisnamurthy 2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Asha Bhosle 4) Shreya Ghoshal

5) Kumar Sanu Ans.) 3

Ques. :301 Which cricket journalist bagged The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011 for his “The Sly Company of People Who Care” on 30 October 2011?

1) Pradeep Vijayakar 2) Mihir Bose

3) Balbir Dutt 4) Rahul Bhattacharya

5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. :302 UN study ranked India 134 among a total of 187 countries in terms of Human Development Index. Which country topped the Human Development Index list?

1) Australia 2) USA

3) Netherlands 4) New Zealand

5) Switzerland Ans.) 3

Ques. :303 Manisha Girotra has recently resigned as the India head of:

1) ICICI Bank 2) BNP Paribas

3) UBS 4) BNP Paribas

5) ICICI Bank Ans.) 3

Ques. :304 . Which state government has raised the pitch for the second State Reorganisation Commission (SRC) for dividing the existing state in four parts?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan

3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamil Nadu

5) Uttar Pradesh Ans.) 5

Ques. :305 With the assistance of which country India is building a nuclear power plant in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where there have been massive protests against

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the project and all foreign engineers had to be sent back?

1) France 2) Britain

3) Germany 4) Russia

5) Australia Ans.) 4

Ques. :306 To which country India has sent a 140-strong Formed Police Unit contingent of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for the United Nations stabilization mission?

1) Libya 2) Sudan

3) Haiti 4) Somalia

5) Tunisia Ans.) 3

Ques. :307 In which holy city the Gayatri Mahakumbh was held recently, in which many devotees were killed in a stampede?

1) Allahabad 2) Nasik

3) Vanaras 4) Nasik

5) Allahabad Ans.) 5

Ques. :308 ‘Saranda Action Plan’, has been recently launched by Rural Development Ministry. It will be implemented firstly in Naxal-hit Saranda district of which among the following states?

1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand

3) Odisha 4) West Bengal

5) Madhya Pradesh Ans.) 2

Ques. :309 Which among the following countries has recently obtained approval to explore a 10,000-square-km polymetallic sulphide ore deposit in an international seabed region in the southwest Indian Ocean?

1) India 2) China

3) United States 4) France

5) Pakistan Ans.) 2

Ques. :310 Vasanth Sathe , who recently died is known for spearheading the move to bring which among the following to India in 1980s?

1) Personal Computers 2) Colour TVs

3) Washing Machines 4) Motor Cycles

5) Motor Cars Ans.) 2