CURRENT AffAIRS N A T I O N A L

1. Union Rural Development Min­ister Jairam Ramesh, on July 1, 2012, laid the foundation stone for nine roads to be built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and inau­gurated the check-dams in the erstwhile Maoist bastion in (1) Raipur (2) Purulia (3) West Singhbhum (4) Hazaribagh

2. The six-member panel consti­tuted to review the cartoons used in social sciences text­books of the NCERT ordered deletion of several cartoons in July 2012. This panel is head­ed by ( l )S .K . Thorat (2) Bina Sen (3) A.K. Chaturvedi (4) D.R. Ghosh

3. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 2, 2012, an­nounced an ad hoc support of Rs. 500-crore for flood-hit (1) Bihar (2) Maharashtra (3) Assam (4) West Bengal

4. The United Nation's Millenni­um Development Goals Report of the U.N. Secretary-General, 2012, was released in July 2012. According to this report, India's Maternal Morta l i ty Rate (MMR) is per one lakh live births. (1)189 (2)212 (3)228 (4) 235

5. The Western Ghats, in July 2012, made it to the coveted list of World Heritage Sites.

_ Which of the following related statements is/are correct?

a. It was inscribed under criteria 9 and 10 of the Operational Guidelines of the World Heri­tage Convention.

b. The World Heritage Commit­tee meeting was held in Rus­sia in July 2012. Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: (1) Only a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

6. With reference to the inclu­sion of Western Ghats to the coveted list of World Heritage Sites, Criterion nine of the Op­erational Guidel ines of the World Heritage Convention deals with properties which are "outstanding examples rep­resenting significant ongoing ecological and biological pro­cesses in the evolution and de­velopment of

(1) Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

(2) Coastal and marine ecosys­tems

(3) Communities of plants and animals

(4) All of the above 7. A lmost three decades after

deadly gases spewed out of the Union Carbide plant in Bho-pal, the Union Cabinet recent­ly approved the proposal to airl i ft 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the defunct pesti­cide factory site to

(1) Bhutan (2) Germany (3) New Zealand (4) Norway

8. With a view to protecting the Jarawa tribes, the Supreme Court in July 2012 banned all kinds of commercial and tour­ism activities within a five-ki­lometre radius around the Jarawa Tribal Reserve in

(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Andaman and Nicobar Is­

lands (3) Lakshadweep (4) Assam

9. Which country, in July 2012, assured India of its readiness to resolve the controversy over its tax treaties and appreciat­ed New Delhi's help to bolster its security and safety?

(1) Poland (2) Denmark (3) Mauritius (4) Morocco

10. The government on July 13, 2012, announced the setting up of a five-member commit­tee, to be headed by Cabinet Secretary, to look into pay and pension-related issues of de­fence services personnel and ex-servicemen. Who is the Cab­inet Secretary?

(1) Alok Dhuria (2) Kumar Mitra (3) Ajit Seth (4) Pancham Seth

11. Which of the following state­ments is/are correct regarding Pranab Mukherjee who was sworn in as the new President of India on July 25, 2012?

( l ) H e is the first Bengali to hold the post of President of India

(2) He was sworn-in by the Chief Justice of India

(3) He bested P. A. Sangma in the race to Rashtrapati Bha-van

(4) All of the above 12. Which country, in July 2012,

agreed to extend a $3.4-billion credit for setting up two more 1,000-MW atomic power plants at Kudanku lam in Tami l Nadu? (1) Britain (2) Russia (3) France (4) USA

13. Known as 'Paniwali Bai,' a vet­eran socialist and dauntless activist on the issues of price rise, water rights and women's empowerment, passed away in Thane district in July 2012. Who was she? (1) Amrita Bhosle (2) Mrinal Gore (3) Sushma Prakash (4) Aruna Roy

14. Rajesh Khanna, a famous Bol­lywood actor, film producer and politician, died in Mumbai on July 18. 2012. Which of the following statements regarding him is/are correct? ( l ) H e was referred to as the

"first superstar" and the "original superstar" of Indi­an cinema

(2) He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards and was nom­inated for the same four­teen times

(3) He was a Lok Sabha mem­ber of the Indian National Congress from New Delhi constituency from 1992 to 1996

(4) All of the above 15. The Union Cabinet, on July 19,

2012, approved a proposal to replace the word "rape" with the phrase "sexual assault," making it a gender-neutral of­fence, and identified acid at­tacks as a separate offence punishable by a maximum of

(1 )2 years (2) 5 years (3) 10 years (4) 14 years

16. Seeking to end the discretion in the allotment of retail out­lets for which of the following, the government on July 20, 2012, announced that in the future such allotments would be decided through lotteries? (1) Tatkal Railway Tickets (2) Petrol pumps (3) Food grains for Public Dis­

tribution System (4) Free seeds and other provi­

sions to farmers 17. The Supreme Court, on July

23, 2012, reduced the number of seats to from the 5,050 recommended under the gov­ernment's discretionary quota for the 2012 Haj pilgrimage. (1)2500 (2)1000 (3)300 (4)200

18. Home Minister P. Chidam­baram announced in July 2012 that over 500 new border out posts (BOPs) would be con­structed along international borders with which of the fol­lowing to check infiltration and cross border movement of terrorists? (1) Pakistan (2) Afghanistan (3) Bangladesh (4) Both 1 and 3

19. Which of the following Indian environmental phi losopher and activist was, in July 2012, chosen for the 2012 Fukuoka Prize? (1) Anna Hazare (2) Vandana Shiva (3) Aruna Roy (4) Arundhati Ghosh

20. Who among the following were, in July 2012, chosen for the prestigious Gujar Mai Modi Award for Innovative Science & Technology? (1) Physicist A. K. Sood (2) Geologist K. S. Valdiya (3) Astronomer S.K. Mehrotra (4) Both 1 and 2

21. India test-fired which 290 supersonic cruise missile fro the integrated test range a Chand ipur off the Odish coast on July 29. 2012? ( l )Nag (2)Dhanush (3) BrahMos (4) Agni-IV

22. The Union Power Ministry o July 30, 2012, announced constitution of a three-me ber panel to probe the North ern grid collapse which brought the northern states to a virtu­al halt. Who is heading this panel? (1) A.S. Singh (2) M.N. Rathod (3) Sulabh Sharma (4) Aniket Sachdeva

23. Which of the following pairs (New Cabinet Minister as on July 31, 2012: Portfolio) is not correct? (1) P. Chidambaram: Finance (2 )Sush i l Kumar Shinde:

Home (3) Veerappa Moily: Power (4)Ambika Soni: Human Re­

source Development 24. Four key Finance Ministry

functionaries demitted office on July 31, 2012. With refer­ence to them, match List I (Fi­nance Ministry functionaries) with List II (Position) and se­lect the correct answer using the codes given below the list: List I

A. R. Gopalan B. Kaushik Basu C. Laxman Das

S.K. Goel List-II Department of Economic Af­fairs (DEA) Secretary

2. Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) 3. Central Board of Direct Taxes

(CBDT) Chairman 4. Central Board of Excise and

Customs (CBEC) Chief Codes:

D.

1.

(1) (2) (3) (4)

A 1 2 3 4

B C D 2 3 4 3 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 3

25. The Prime Minister, in July 2012, halved the number of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) from the earlier 12 to six at present, while reducing the number of the GoMs from 27 to (1)21 (2)18 (3) 15 (4) 12

S T A T E S

26. Which s ta te of Ind ia an­nounced on July 2, 2012, that one crore jobs will be created in the state during the 12th Five Year Plan period (21012-17)? (1) Bihar (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Tamil Nadu

27. The Union Cabinet on July 3, 2012, gave the green signal for the Rs.5,128-crore Metro Rail project of (1) Salem (2) Kochi (3) Pune (4) Panaji

28. Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi. in July 2012, pro­posed establishment of a Char Dham Development Authority to look after shrines of (l)Gangotri and Yamunotri (2) Badrinath and Kedarnath (3)Tirupati and Ajmer Sharif

Dargah (4) Both 1 and 2

29. According to the report "Crime in India 2011," put out by the National Crime Records Bu­reau (NCRB), which state tops the list in cases registered for obscene publication or trans­mission in electronic form? (1) Bihar (2) Delhi (3) Kerala (4) Maharashtra

30. The Chief Minister of which state, on July 5, 2012, asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately withdraw any proposal to impose a 12.36 per cent tax on remittances from NRIs?

(1) Kerala (2) Gujarat (3) Punjab (4) Jammu & Kashmir

31. The Legislative Assembly of which state, on July 6, 2012, passed a Bill that would pro­vide 17 per cent reservation to Other Backward C lasses (OBC) in government jobs? (1) Punjab (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal

32. Which state government, on July 11,2012. announced a Rs. 2,685-crore relief package to alleviate the water crisis in the state? (1) West Bengal (2) Assam (3) Maharashtra (4) Madhya Pradesh

33. Which state, in July 2012, claimed to have emerged as the first hookah bar-free State in the country?

(1) Punjab (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Haryana (4) Bihar

34. Fifty s ix-year-o ld Lingayat leader from north Karnataka Jagadish Shettar was sworn in Chief Minister on July 12, 2012, becoming the Chief Minister of the state. (1) 18 t h ( 2 )21 s l

(3 )27 l h (4 )36 l h

35. Union Human Resource Devel­opment Ministry, in July 2012, announced establishment of two Central universit ies in which state of India? (1) Bihar (2) Gujarat (3) West Bengal (4) Odisha

36. The Cabinet of which state, on July 16, 2012. decided to ex­tend the benefit of enhanced pension of Rs. 1,500 per month to all categories of women in distress — widows, divorced, abandoned and separated?

(1) Delhi (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Kerala

37. The Raj as than government de­cided on July 18. 2012. to ban the production, storage, distri­bution and sale of gutkha. Which other states have done it before?

(1) Bihar (2) Kerala (3) Maharashtra (4) All of the above

38. Which state recently replaced Kerala as the best in the com­posite educational develop­ment index (EDI), to be among the top three States? (1) Punjab (2) Bihar (3) Maharashtra (4) Gujarat

39. Scientists from the Indian In­stitute of Chemical Technolo­gy (IICT), in July 2012. an­nounced to have a developed a know-how to produce bio-hy­drogen, a renewable energy, through wastewater and in­dustrial effluents. Where is IICT located? (1) Chennai (2) Bangalore (3) Hyderabad (4) Pune

40. Which state and Punjab signed an MoU in July 2012 for exe­cution of the Shri Naina Devi-A n a n d p u r Sah ib ropeway project to link the two most famous shrines in the States? (1) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Uttarakhand

41. The Centre, in July 2012, an­nounced a relief package of what amount to the States fac­ing drought-like situation and offered a diesel subsidy of 50 per cent to farmers for saving standing crops? (1) Rs. 1.000 crore (2) Rs. 1,900 crore (3) Rs. 2,400 crore (4) Rs. 3.600 crore

42. The Supreme Court, in July 2012, granted permission for controversial US ship Oriental Nicety, earlier known as 'Exx­on Valdez', involved in one of the worst US oil spills off Alas­ka, to beach at Gujarat coast. When did the Alaska spill off take place? (1) 1976 (2) 1981 (3) 1986 (4) 1993

43. The Centre, in July 2012, ap­proved a pilot project for a vo­cational education programme for school children above Class IX in (1) Assam (2) Bihar (3) West Bengal (4) Odisha

44. Which state government, in July 2012, announced MLAs to get 20 lakh each to buy swanky cars from "Vidhayak Nidhi" (lo­cal area development fund for the legislators)? (1) Bihar (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Haryana

45. The Karnataka High Court on July 5, 2012, constituted a committee comprising three sitt ing judges of the High Court as the State-Level Com­mittee (SLC) to strategise an action plan for the implemen­tation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Chil­dren) Act, (1) 1985 (2) 1991 (3) 2000 (4) 2009

46. Which State Cabinet decided in July 2012 that 75 per cent intake of students of a noti­fied minority community is mandatory for an institution to be accorded minority sta­tus? (1) Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Karnataka (4) Maharashtra

47. Which state government, in July 2012, announced to es­

tablish literacy committees at all v i l l age panchaya t s to achieve the targets of "Saak-shar Bharat" programme and spread l i teracy among the youths above 15 years of age? ( l )Chhattisgarh (2) Rajasthan (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Himachal Pradesh

48.,Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), / the Central armed police force

under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, in July 2012, announced to set up its sector headquarters at Mauzpur vil­lage in (1) Jaipur (2) Jodhpur (3) Alwar (4) Bharatpur

49. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NA-BARD) , in Ju ly 2012 , an­nounced to have identified warehousing as one of the pri­ority areas for financially sup­porting

(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh (3) Rajasthan (4) Jharkhand

50. Which State government, in July 2012, approved commit­tees formed to examine and recommend means of imple­mentat ion of eco-sensi t ive zone guidel ines around 12 sanctuaries in the State? (1) Kerala (2) Odisha (3) Assam (4) West Bengal

INTERNATIONAL 51. Protests were recently held in

Hong Kong amid swearing-in of Leung Chun-ying as the new and third Chief Executive. The present polit ical system of Hong Kong has been in place since (1) 1981 (2) 1988 (3) 1997 (4) 2006

52. In a report titled "Women Mat­ter," released by consultancy firm McKinsey & Company in July 2012, which country came first with respect to percent­age of women in board rooms of companies? (1) China (2) Hong Kong (3) Australia (4) USA

53. Protesters shouted and danced , at the gate of a Japanese nu-

v clear power plant as it restart­ed on July 1, 2012. Which is that plant? ( l ) O h i (2) Hiroshima (3) Iwo Jima (4) Tokyo

54. Islamist rebels, in July 2012, smashed the entrance of a 15th cen tury T imbuktu mosque, escalating a campaign of destruction of the city's cul­tural treasures despite threats of prosecution for war crimes. In wh i ch count ry is this mosque located? (1) Botswana (2) Mali (3) Algeria (4) Egypt

55. Pakistan, in July 2012, decid­ed to reopen the NATO supply lines running through its ter­ritory into Afghanistan after USA said "sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistan mili­tary" in the attack of Novem­ber 26, 2011. Which attack is being hinted here? (1) Karachi (2) Rawalpindi (3) Salala (4) Quetta

56. Iran, on July 3, 2012, took the first step towards military in­tervention in which of the fol­lowing bays/straits — a move that could skyrocket global oil prices? (1) Bay of Fundi (2) Hormuz Strait (3) Cala Luna Bay (4) Oakura Bay

57. Which country, in July 2012, declared a national animal health emergency in the face of an aggressive bird flu epi­demic?

(1) Japan (2) Mexico (3) Spain (4) Chile

58. A bill granting official status to Russian and other languag­es triggered a major political crisis in which country in July 2012, with the Speaker of Par­liament resigning in protest and the President threatening to dissolve the legislature?

(1) Latvia (2) Ukraine (3) Uzbekistan (4) Lithuania

59. Which country, on July 5, 2012, pledged financial aid to Cuba as it undertook historic economic reforms, promising visiting President Raul Castro a new credit line as well as help in health care and technolo­gy? ( l )USA (2) China (3) India (4) Russia

60. Which of the following coun­tries boycotted the "Friends of Syria" meeting that was held in July 2012? (1) Russia and China (2) USA and Britain (3) France and Germany (4) USA and Germany

61. The Obama administration, on July 7, 2012, declared which of the following countries as the United States' newest "ma­jor non-NATO ally?.

(1) India (2) Afghanistan (3) Pakistan (4) Libya

62. Severe flash floods killed al­most 100 people and displaced about 13,000 in which coun­try in July 2012? (1) China (2) Thailand (3) Russia (4) Indonesia

63. Donors at a major develop­ment conference for Afghani­stan in July 2012 pledged aid of more than $16 billion for four years to 2015. Where was this conference held? (1) New York (2) Islamabad (3) Tokyo (4) Moscow

64. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in July 2012, announced that her country would itself implement the $3-b i l l ion br idge pro jec t through mobilising domestic resources after the World Bank cancelled the loan deal recent-iy-( l )Padma (2) Majuli (3) Sonapani (4) Alvira

65. Which of the following major international developments are associated with July 9, 2012? (1) Aung San Suu Kyi attend­

ed Pa ament as a lawmak­er for the first time

(2) South Sudan marked its first year of independence

3) Egypt's top court rejected a decree by President Moham-ed Morsy to reinstate Par­liament

(4) All of the above 66. The International Monetary

Fund (IMF) said in July 2012: 'The economy is expected to continue contracting through the year owing to tight finan­cial condi t ions, the global slowdown, and the needed fis­cal consolidation." IMF said this about the economy of (1) Greece (2) Spain (3) Italy (4) Croatia

67. The United States, on July 12, 2012, unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran. The actions

a. Impose additional sanctions on Iran's "nuclear and ballis­tic missile proliferation net­works".

b. Identifies Iranian "front com­panies and banks". Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: ( l )On ly a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

68. The lower house of parliament of which country, on July 13, 2012, approved a bill that brands as "foreign agents" non­governmental organisations who rece ive funding from abroad? (1) China (2) Australia (3) Russia (4) Britain

69. For the first time, which coun­try admitted in July 2012 that its colonial forces in Kenya tortured and abused Mau Mau rebels in the 1950s and 1960s? (1) France (2) Germany (3) Britain (4) Spain

70. The Upper House of Parliament of which country, in July 2012. ratified the agreement to join the World Trade Organisation despite widespread opposition inside the country? (1) China (2) Russia (3) Venezuela (4) Iraq

71. The United States House of Representatives, on July 21. 2012, unanimously voted to cut American military aid to which country by $650 million? ( l ) I raq (2) Afghanistan (3) Pakistan

. (4) India

72. Which country, in July 2012, marked the 70th anniversary of the start of Nazi Germany's mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the death clamp of Treblinka, one of the darkest episodes of the Holo­caust? (1) The Czech Republic (2) France (3) Poland (4) Switzerland

73. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in July 2012, unveiled a digitised 3-D image of which leader, based on remains ex­humed two years ago to deter­mine whe the r the South American independence hero was murdered? (1) Che Guevara (2) Simon Bolivar (3) Alfred Allende (4) Kirk Bishop

74. Which country, on July 29, 2012, won the exclusive right to exploit a deep-sea mine in the Indian Ocean that could produce mo r e than $300 mil­lion worth of minerals a year? (1) China (2) USA (3) South Korea (4) Japan

75. Which country, on July 30, 2012, announced a massive naval rearmament and un­veiled plans to build scores of warships by the end of decade? (1) China (2) Russia (3) Iran (4) North Korea

ECONOMY & BUSINESS 76. According to the data released

by the Commerce Ministry in New Delhi on July 2, 2012, India's exports took a plunge in May, registering a drop of (1)2.25 per cent (2) 3.56 per cent (3) 4.16 per cent (4) 5 per cent

77. In the data released by the Commerce Ministry in July 2012, the decline in exports in May was particularly witnessed in top exporting commodities such as

(1) Petroleum products and en­gineering goods

(2) Gems and jewellery (3) Readymade garments (4) All of the above

78. The Central Government, in July 2012, decided to set up a v en ture cap i ta l fund of Rs.2,000 crore which will pro­mote research and develop­ment (R&D) in (1) Export sector (2) Pharmaceutical sector (3) GM Food Sector (4) Readymade Garment Sec­

tor 79. Reserve Bank of ? dia Gover­

nor, D. Subbprat, 'on July 4, 2012, asked t ks to look at the feasibility oi re-occupying the last mile' in which of the following operations? (1) Micro finance (2) Crop loans (3) Retail Banking (4) Personalized Banking

80. In a bid to prop up housing construction for the middle and lower middle-class, the-government, in July 2012, ex­tended the one per cent inter­est subvent ion scheme on housing loans of up to Rs.15 lakh by a year, provided the cost of the house does not ex­ceed

(1) Rs.25 lakh (2) Rs.35 lakh

(3) Rs.45 lakh (4) Rs.60 lakh

81. Aditya Birla Group announced in July 2012 to have signed an agreement to buy the Terrace Bay Pulp Mill in North West­ern Ontario in (1) Venezuela (2) Canada (3) Mexico (4) Brazil

82. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahl-uwalia, on July 6, 2012, con­ceded that achieving a GDP expansion of through the XII Plan would require a "ma­jor effort." (1 )8 per cent (2) 9 per cent (3) 9.5 per cent (4) 10 per cent

83. India and which of the follow­ing countries, in July 2012, de­cided to fast-track the negoti­ations for sealing a Preferen­tial Trade Agreement (PTA)? (1) UAE (2) Mauritius (3) Singapore (4) South Africa

84. International ratings agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Ser­vices (S&P), on July 9, 2012; announced to have raised its long-term corporate credit rat­ing on which of the following to 'BB' from 'BB-' with a posi­tive outlook? (1) State Bank of India (2) Kingfisher Airlines (3) Tata Motors (4) All of the above

85. In the official data on direct tax collection released in New Delhi in July 2012, the growth in which of the following tax sectors was described as a 'worrying factor'?

(1) Wealth Tax (2) Corporate Tax (3) Sales Tax (4) Securities Transaction Tax

86. Steel Authority oflndia (SAIL), in July 2012, announced plans to invest a whopping Rs.1.31 lakh crore to expand its pro­duction capacity to 45 million tonnes per annum, leaving IIS-CO Steel plant out of the ex­pansion purview. Where is it located? (1) Bokaro (2) Jamshedpur (3) Bumpur (4) Rourkela

87. How many Indian companies made the cut in the list of world's 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine in July 2012, with Indian Oil and Reliance Industries find­ing a place in the top 100? (1) Three (2) Six (3) Eight (4) Twelve

88. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), on July 10, 2012, clarified that remit­tances from abroad would not attract (1) Excise Duty (2) Custom Duty (3) Service tax (4) Sales Tax

89. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in July 2012, granted permission to MCX Stock Ex­change (MCX-SX) to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange which would be able to offer additional asset classes such as

(1) Equity and equi ty F&O (Futures and Options)

(2) Interest rate futures (3) Wholesale debt segments (4) All of the above

90. India, in July 2012, announced to have set a target of $40 bil­lion trade turnover with which of the following nations from the present $20 billion?

(1) G8 nations (2) West African nations (3) Latin American nations (4) South East Asian nations

91. For setting up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron ore nug­get plant at the Alloy Steel Plant in which place, did SAIL and Kobe Steel of Japan enter into a MoA in Tokyo in July 2012? (1) Durgapur (2) Bokaro (3) Rourkela (4) Bhilai

92. As per the data released in New Delhi on India's exports and imports in July 2012, which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Shaip compression in imports and declining exports has nar­rowed the trade deficit to a 15-month low of $10.3 billion in June.

b. In June 2011, the trade gap stood at $14.42 billion. Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: ( l )On ly a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

93. In a bid to bring 'greater clari­ty' on GAAR (General Anti-Avoidance Rules), Prime Min­ister Manmohan Singh, on July 13, 2012, constituted an expert committee which is headed by

(1) Parthasarthi Shome (2) N. Rangachary (3) Ajay Shall (4) Sunil Gupta

94. As per an a n n o u n c e m e n t made by Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharmaon July 16, 2012, the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) would be con­t inued in the XII Plan for which sector with an alloca­tion of Rs. 15,886 crore? (1) Textile (2) Jute sacks

(3) Special Economic Zones (4) Gems and Jewellery

95. In the WPI data for June 2012 released in New Delhi in July 2012, headline inflation eased a tad to 7.25 per cent in June following a marginal cooling in prices of (1) Food items (2) Petroleum products (3) Manufactured goods (4) All of the above

96. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in July 2012, mar­ginally reduced India's growth projections from 6.8 per cent to 6.1 per cent for 2012. and from 7.2 per cent what per cent in 2013? (1) 6.9 per cent (2) 7 per cent (3) 6.5 per cent (4) 6.3 per cent

97. Who among the following, on July 17. 2012, proposed a Pro­ducer Price Index (PPI), which would measure the average change over time in the sale prices of domestic goods and services? (1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia (2) D. Subbarao (3) Manmohan Singh (4) Anand Sharma

98. Which of the following banks, in July 2012, decided to start supporting deals denominated in their local currencies under its Trade Finance Programme (TFP)? (1) World Bank (2) State Bank of India (3) Asian Development Bank (4) Reserve Bank of India

99. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on July 18, 2012, issued guidelines al­lowing overseas individual in­vestors to invest up to how much in corporate bonds and debt schemes of mutual funds without any lock-in period? (1) $1 billion (2) $2.5 billion (3) $4 billion (4) $5 billion

100. As per the CPI inflation data released in New Delhi in July 2012. retail inflation eased marginally to 10.02 per cent in June from 10.36 per cent in May. Which of the following kept retail inflation in double digits for the third straight month? (1) Vegetables (2) Edible oils (3) Milk products (4) All of the above

101. The Prime Minister's Office ( PMO) , in Ju l y 2 0 1 2 , an­nounced the setting up of a Project Clearance Board under which of the following to speed up clearances for infrastruc­ture and energy projects? (1) Cabinet Secretary (2) Home Secretary (3) Finance Secretary (4) Deputy Governor of RBI

102. U.S. oil giant Chevron Corpo­rat ion, in Ju ly 2012 . an­nounced to have bought 80 per cent stake in Reliance Indus­tries Limited's (RIL's) two oil blocks in Kurdistan region of

(1) Libya (2) Oman (3) Iraq (4) Saudi Arabia

103. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), in July 2012, approved the disin­vestment in Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to the tune of 10.82 per cent. The gov­ernment at present holds what percentage stake in SAIL?

(1) 51.6 per cent (2) 68.2 per cent (3) 85.82 per cent (4) 90.45 per cent

104. For protecting the interests of domest ic power equipment manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports, which of the following decisions was taken by the Union Cabinet in July 2012?

a. The Cabinet approved the im­position of 21 per cent duty on import of power equipment.

b. The Cabinet approved 5 per cent basic customs duty, 12 per cent counter-veiling duty and 4 per cent special addition­al duty on import of power gear. Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: (1) Only a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

105. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on July 20, 2012, said that foreign banks having or more branches in the coun­try will be brought on par with domestic banks for priority sec­tor targets in a phased man­ner over a maximum period of five years (1 )5 (2)10 (3) 20 (4) 25

106. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in July 2012, introduced a new category of NBFCs, Non-Banking Financial Company-Factors and stipulated that every company seeking registra­tion as NBFC-Factors would have a minimum net-owned fund (NOF) of (1)Rs. 1 crore (2) Rs. 3 crore (3) Rs.5 crore (4) Rs, 10 crore

107. Tata Power, on July 24, 2012, announced the commissioning of the second unit (525 MW) of the Maithon power project in

(1) Odisha (2) Jharkhand (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Andhra Pradesh

108. According to the quarterly re­port on 'Public debt manage­ment' which was released in New Delhi on July 27, 2012, the Centre's total public debt, excluding liabilities, increased by what per cent at the end of

the first quarter (April-June) ] this fiscal? (1) 2.2 per cent (2) 3.61 percent (3) 4.9 per cent (4) 5.5 per cent

109. In its Macroeconomic am Monetary Developments firs quarter review 2012-13, which was released on July 31.2012. the Reserve Bank of India cut the gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for the current financial year from 7.3 per cent to (1) 7.1 per cent (2) 7 per cent (3) 6.5 percent (4) 6.3 per cent

110. In its Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments first quarter review 2012-13, which of the following was not done by the Reserve Bank of India? ( l )Cu t the Statutory Liquidi­

ty Ratio (SLR) by one per­centage point from 24 per cent to 23 per cent

(2) Left in teres t rates un­changed for the second straight review

(3) Increased the Repo rate to at 8.5 per cent

(4) Kept the Cash Reserve Ra­tio (CRR) at 4.75 per cent

SPORTS

111. India lost wickets in a heap to­wards the end of the innings as the under-19 Asia Cup fi­nal ended in a thrilling tie at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur on July 1,2012. Which team shared the title with India? ( l )S r i Lanka (2) Pakistan (3) Bangladesh (4) Afghanistan

112. Who among the following won the 1500 metres in the Asian All Stars meet that recently concluded in Almaty, Kazakh­stan? (1) Sandeep Karan Singh (2) Avinash Bansal (3) Sunil Sinha (4) Anil Manocha

113. Who, on July 3, 2012, became India's 28th Grandmaster on his way to the runner-up spot behind compatriot Abhijeet Gupta in the Philadelphia In­ternat iona l chess tourna­ment? (1) M.R. Venkatesh (2) S.N. Tyagi (3) Krishan Swamy (4) Joseph Verghese

114. Serena Williams, on July 7, 2012, grabbed her fifth Wim­bledon title with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Agnieszka Rad-wanska of (1) Romania (2) Croatia (3) Poland (4) Lithuania

115. Which of the following state­ments related to Wimbledon 2012 is/are correct?

a. Serena and Venus Williams de­feated the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradec-ka in the women's doubles fi­nal.

b. In the final of the men's dou­bles, Marray and Denmark's Frederik Nielsen beat Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Roma­nia's Horia Tecau. Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below:

(1) Only a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

116. Who. on July 8, 2012. claimed the ninth win of his career, when he swept to a dramatic victory in an incident-filled British Grand Prix in Silver-stone? (1) Mark Webber (2) Lewis Hamilton (3)Jenson Button

» (4) Fernando Alonso 117. Roger Federer, in July 2012, re­

gained the Wimbledon crown when he beat Andy Murray in four sets in the final. The vic­tory was his major title. (1 )9" ' (2) 13 t h

(3) 17* (4) 19'" 118. Sri Lanka won its first Test se­

ries in three years on July 12, 2012 , after the final Tes t against which team ended in a thrilling draw in Pallekele? (1) India (2) Pakistan (3) Bangladesh (4) South Africa

119. David Millar, on July 13,2012, won the longest stage of the Tour de France after dominat­ing a two -up spr int w i th Frenchman Jean-Christophe Peraud in Annonay (France). Millar is from (1) Australia (2) Germany (3) Britain (4) Spain

120. Which of the following teams, on July 15, 2012, clinched the overall championship at the Nat iona l j un i o r a th le t i cs championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Ban­galore?

(1) Karnataka (2) Tamil Nadu (3).Kerala (4) Andhra Pradesh

121.Who among the fo l lowing sportspersons of India was the flag-bearer of the Indian con­tingent at the opening ceremo­ny of the Olympics in London on July 27, 2012?

(1) Sushil Kumar (2) Gagan Narang (3) Saina Nehwal (4) Sania Mirza

L22. Which Indian golfer, in July 2012, birdied the first play-off hole to defeat Italy's Francesco Molinari and claimed the Scot­tish Open golf title?

(1) Jeev Milkha Singh (2) Anirudh Gogia (3) Sunil Mann (4)Vinit Solanki

123. Which of the following teams emerged the overall champion at the 39th junior National aquat ic championsh ips in Chennai in July 2012?

(1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra (3) Goa (4) Gujarat

124. Nandini Parmar, in July 2012, became the first Indian to win a medal in the Asian karate championships when she won a bronze medal in the Asian senior , j un i o r and cadet championship at Tashkent. She is from

(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Himachal Pradesh

125. Queen Elizabeth declared open 30th Olympic Games in Lon­don on July 27. 2012. The spec­tacular opening ceremony was brilliantly crafted by which Oscar-winning director?

(1) Francis Ford Coppola (2) Christopher Nolan (3) Danny Boyle

(4) Ridley Scott 126. Alexandre Vinokourov claimed

an unexpected but deserved win in the men's Olympic road race on July 28, 2012. Which country is he from?

(1) Uzbekistan (2) Tajikistan (3) Russia (4) Ukraine

127. China's world number one player won the first gold of the London Olympics in the wom­en's 10m air rifle competition at London's Royal Arti l lery Barracks in July 2012. Who is she? ( l ) Y i Siling (2) Nin Li (3) Pi Chu (4) Yu You

128. Which American swimmer, on July 29, 2012, powered her way to a brilliant world record in

' the women's 100m butterfly of the swimming competitions in London? (1) Christina Palmer (2) Dana Vollmer (3) Daniela Williams (4) Susan Mitchell

129. Who delivered a flawless per­formance from the pole posi­tion to the chequered flag to win the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest in July 2012? (1) Lewis Hamilton (2) Bruno Senna (3) Mark Webber (4) Felipe Massa

130. Which team won its seventh consecutive Olympic gold med­al in the women's team ar­chery compet i t ion in Ju ly 2012, defeating China in a rainy final? (1) Japan (2) South Korea (3) India (4) Iran

131. Lasha Shavdatuashvil i won the men's under-66kg gold in the Olympic judo competition in July 2012. Which country is he from? (1) Hungary (2) Georgia (3) Belarus (4) Ukraine

132. Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina, on July 30, 2012, caused an upset by winning gold in the women's individual epee with a victory over defending cham­pion Britta Heidemann of

(1) France (2) Latvia (3) Germany (4) Italy

133. Gagan Narang, on July 29, 2012, shot the bronze medal for India, its first medal, on the fourth day of the Olympics, at the Royal Artillery Barracks. He won in men's (1) 10m air rifle competition (2) 25m pistol competition (3) 3-Gun shooting event (4) 30m Crossbow

134.Who among the fo l lowing have/had won an Olympic medal for India in shooting? (1) Ra jyavardhan S ingh

Rathore-Si lver Medal in Athens 2004

(2) Abhinav Bindra-Gold Med­al in Beijing 2008

(3) K.D. Jadhav^Silver Medal in 1952

(4) Both 1 and 2 135.At just 15, schoolgirl Ruta

Meilutyte, on July 31, 2012, showed nerves of steel as she claimed Lithuania's first ever swimming medal. Which of the following related statements is/are correct?

a. She has become one of the youngest women to win an Olympic title.

b. In 1980, at the Moscow Olym­pics, Lina Kaciusyte became Li thuania 's first champion when she won the 200m breaststroke, competing for the Soviet Union.

Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: ( l )On ly a (2) Only b (3) Both a and b (4) Neither a nor b

PERSONS, PLACES & AWARDS

136. Footbal l 's world governing body FIFA, in July 2012, agreed to allow the introduction of goal-line technology (GLT) at a meeting of the sport's exec­utives in (1) Zurich (2) Paris (3) Venice (4) Geneva

137. Australian pace bowler Brett Lee announced his retirement from international cricket on July 13, 2012. He would con­tinue to play the less demand­ing Twenty20 cricket in the (1) Indian Premier League (2) Australian Big Bash League (3) Champions Trophy (4) Both 1 and 2

138. Which former Indian cricketer and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ce­mented their recent efforts to bury the differences and came on. a common platform for the improvement of the game and its image in July 2012?

(1) Dilip Vengsarkar (2) Kapil Dev (3) Sunil Gavaskar (4) Sourav Ganguly

139. Who among the following was/ were elected vice-president(s) of the International Olympic Committee on July 26, 2012? (1) Sir Craig Reedie and Nawal

El Moutawakel ( 2 )Ch ing -Kuo Wu and Pat

Hickey (3) Sergei Bukka (4) Thomas Bach and Sebas­

tian Coe 140. Match List I (Formula One

Motor Racers in news in July 2012) with List It (Country) and select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below the list:

List I A. Nico Rosberg B. Mark Webber C. Lewis Hamilton D. Romain Grosjean

List-II 1. Germany 3. Britain

Codes: A B

(1) 4 3 (2) 2 3 (3) 1 2 (4) 3 1

2. 4.

C 2 4 3 2

Australia France

D 1 1 4 4

141. A global leader in addressing women's issues who helped prod the U.N. to define a wom­an's right to say no to sex as an essential human right, died on Jun 29, 2012. Who was she? ( l ) Joan Dunlop (2) Jenny Finch (3) Hagar Finer (4) Vonetta Flowers

142. Indian-American Governor Ni-kki Haley was recently cleared of wrongdoing by an ethics committee which probed alle­gations that she lobbied on behalf of her employers when she was a legislator. She is the Governor of (1) Dakota (2) Ohio (3) South Carolina (4) Kansas

143. Which city in the south-west­ern province of Sichuan in China , in Ju ly 2 0 1 2 , an­nounced to have scrapped plans for a copper plant after thousands of people protested the project's possible health risks? ( l )Shi fang (2) Sania (3) Beijing (4) Wuhan

144. Enrique Pena Nieto claimed victory in the presidential polls of which country in July 2012? (1) Venezuela (2) Cuba (3) Mexico (4) Argentina

145. A former South American dic­tator Jorge Rafael Videla was, in July 2012, convicted and sentenced to 50 years for a sys­tematic programme to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta's war on Leftist dissidents. Which country is in reference here? (1) Brazil (2) Chile (3) Argentina (4) Colombia

146. Which of the following cities hosted the third meeting of the 'Friends of Syria' in July 2012 which insisted that President Bashar al-Assad would have to quit and sought a resolution under the U.N. charter's Chap­ter 7? (1) Tokyo (2) Moscow (3) Paris (4) Beijing

147. The International Criminal Court, in July 2012, sentenced Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison, a watershed mo­ment for the 10-year-old tri­bunal. Lubanga is from

(1) Uganda (2) Rwanda (3) Congo (4) Sudan

148. An Israeli court, on July 10, 2012, cleared the former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, of the central charges in a multi-case corruption trial that forced him from power in (1) 1989 (2) 1991 (3) 2002 (4) 2009

149. France's far-right National Front , in Ju l y 2 0 1 2 , an­nounced to sue which singer and performer over a video at a concert in France showing the party leader, Marine Le Pen, with a swastika on her forehead? (1) Lady Gaga (2) Madonna (3) Lindsay Lohan (4)Alizee

150. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, on July 16, 2012, became the first woman elected to head the Af­rican Union (A.U.) Commis­sion. Which country is she from? (1) Kenya (2) South Africa (3) Somalia (4) Ghana

151. U.S. President Barack Obama, in Ju ly 2 0 1 2 , nomina t ed James B. Cunningham as the new U.S. Ambassador to Af­ghanistan; and Richard G. Olson as the new envoy to (1) India (2) Pakistan (3) Russia (4) Britain

152. Nearly 12 mill ion chi ldren across South Africa kicked oil celebrations on July 18. 2012, for the 94th birthday of Nel­son Mande la who became South Africa's first black pres­ident in (1) 1989 (2) 1991 (3) 1994 (4) 1997

153. On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at a Centu­ry movie theater in Aurora. Colorado, United States, dur­ing a midnight screening of the film (1) Total Recall (2) The Dark Knight Rises (3) Spiderman III (4) Gothica

154. A 1979 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service took charge as the Controller-Gen­eral of Accounts (CGA) in the Union Finance Ministry in July 2012. Who is he? (1) Ashok Bais (2) Jawahar Thakur (3) Abhishek Rastogi (4) Deepak Verma

155. Which popular and celebrated Assamese poet and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award and several honours passed away in Guwahati on July 4, 2012? (1) Hiren Bhattacharyya (2) Kaushik Bose (3) Sudhendu Mitra (4) Anand Sen

156. Which batting great was, in July 2012, recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the BCCI?

(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Virendra Sehwag (3) Rahul Dravid (4) V. Lakshman

157. Pr ime Minister Manmohan Singh was dubbed an "under-achiever" by which magazine/ newspaper in July 2012? ( l ) T h e Sun (2) The Guardian (3) Time (4) The Economist

158. Who recently became the first Indian ever to win the junior Asian badminton champion­ship girls' title in South Ko­rea? ( l )Anjal i Bose (2) P.V. Sindhu (3) S.N. Negi (4) Nirmala Agarwal

2012, upheld the life imprii onment sentence awarded t which former Lok Sabha men ber for instigating a mob to ki erstwhile Gopalganj Distri* Magistrate G. Krishnaiah i 1994?

(1) Munna Shukla (2) Anand Mohan Singh (3) Pappu Yadav (4) Surajdev Singh

160. Uttarakhand Chief Ministc Vijay Bahuguna, on July 1 2012, emerged winner in whic Assembly by-poll, defeating h: nearest rival, former Speak< Prakash Pant of the Oppos tion BJP? (1) Dehradun (2) Almora (3) Sitarganj (4) Haridwar

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

161. Which country on July 7, 201! announced to have begu mass production of Dehlaviel a new and advanced lasei guided anti-armour missil< which can destroy a "variety < tanks"? (1) Syria (2) Libya (3) Iran (4) Algeria

162. NASA announced in July 201 that the US astronomers ha

/ found S/2012, a fifth moo orbiting (1) Jupiter (2) Saturn (3) Pluto (4) Mars

163. The U.S. Food and Drug Ac ministration, in July 2015 gave its first ever nod for a anti-HIV drug, known chem cally as a fixed-dose, daily ir take combination of emtricii abine and tenofovir disoprox fumarate. What is the name ( that drug?

( l )Truvada (2) Angela 16! (3) Kinky (4) Chinmai

54. Using cells from rat hearts and a seer polymer film, scientists on July 22, 2012, reported they had created an artificial jellyfish that could one day help save patients with heart 1 7

advance in so-called (1) Nanotechnology (2) Biomimicry (3) Stem cell research (4) Photon

165. China successfully launched a satellite in Sichuan province in July 2012, completing the country's first data relay sat­ellite network system. The name of the satellite was ( l )T ianl ian 1-03 (2) Izmit L-101 (3 )ChaoP-12 (4) Ming T-112

166. Which of the following African countries was in news in July 2012 for wrong reasons when the deadly Ebola virus killed a lot of people and forced its Pres­ident to warn against shaking hands and other physical con­tact? (1) Uganda (2) Nigeria (3) Botswana (4) Ivory Coast

167. The University of Technology of which city, on July 31, 2012, announced to have created a 'Swumanoid' robot using a 3D scanner to perfectly map a human swimmer's physique, which has perfected the back­stroke and tries freestyle swim­ming? (1) Birmingham (2) Tokyo (3) Montreal (4) Darwin

168. Scientists at the world's big­gest atom smashing facility, on July 4, 2012, claimed the dis­covery of a new subatomic par­ticle. They found it to be "con­sistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson, popularly known as . ( l ) T h e God particle (2) Plasma (3) Photon (4) Fourth state particle

169. India on July 13, 2012, suc­cessfully test-fired which nu­clear- capable ballistic missile, from a test range on Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast? ( l )Agni- I (2)Agni-III (3) Agni-IV (4) Agni-V

170. The All-India Institute of Med

ical Sciences (AIIMS), in July 2012, launched Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) programme at its National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC). The project

a is a joint effort of AIIMS and : e a. The United Nations Office on l e Drugs and Crime (UNODC) • l" b. The Regional Office for South l e Asia (ROSA).

Select the correct answer us­ing the codes given below: (1) Only a (2) Only b

2 (3) Both a and b ^ (4) Neither a nor b ly . » MISCELLANEOUS a I s- 171. Which bank, on July 2, 2012, ig sold its entire debt of Rs.430 i- crore in the crisis-ridden King­

fisher Airline to Srei Venture Capital Ltd., a group company

3t of Srei Infrastructure Finance o f L t d ?

2, ( l ) IC IC IBank a (2) State Bank of India D (3) HDFC Bank a (4) Canara Bank

e- 172. European aerospace giant Air-t _ bus. in July 2012. announced *" to build its first assembly plant

in the United States in ( l ) O h i o (2) Dakota (3) Alabama (4) Nebraska

173. The Union Cabinet, on July 4, %" 2012, approved the proposal of i n the Tamil Nadu Government to 9- set up a Petroleum Chemicals r~ and Petrochemicals Investment i- Region in which of the follow-it ing districts? n (1) Cuddalore and Nagapatti-

nam (2) Salem and Madurai (3) Chennai and Salem (4) Cuddalore and Madurai

174. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of In­dia (Assocham), in July 2012, pitched for a postponement of GAAR till (1)2013 (2)2014 (3) 2015 (4) 2016

175. Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) , on Ju l y 6, 2 0 1 2 , launched a probe into which bank at the centre of an inter­est rate fixing scandal? (1) Citibank (2) Standard and Chartered

Bank (3) Barclays Bank (4) Royal Bank of Scotland

176. Wh ich of the f o l l ow ing launched its application cen­tre, App Centre, in India and six other countries in July 2012, a move that will help users to find games, music ser-. vices and other media content easily?

(1) Google (2) Apple (3) Facebook (4) Yahoo

177. Samsung won a patent battle on July 9, 2012, against U.S. rival Apple , with a Brit ish judge ruling that Samsung's Galaxy tablet was not "cool" enough to be confused with Apple's iPad. Samsung is a company of (1) China (2) Japan (3) South Korea (4) Singapore

178. European Union finance min­isters bought which country more time to revive its sickly economy on July 10, 2012, of­fering 30 billion euro to save the country's banks? (1) Greece (2) Italy (3) Spain (4) Croatia

179. Reliance Power, in July 2012, tied up loans of $1.1 billion from three Chinese lenders for its upcoming 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in (1) Gujarat (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Karnataka (4) Chhattisgarh

180. According to official figures re­leased in Beijing on July 13, 2012, China's economy grew by what per cent in the second quarter of the year, marking a three-year low? (1) 6.1 per cent (2) 6.9 per cent (3) 7.6 per cent (4) 8.2 per cent

181. The eurozone nations, on July 20, 2012, sealed a deal to pro­vide rescue loans up to 100 billion euro ($122 billion) to the ailing banks of which of the following countries? (1) Spain (2) France (3) Italy (4) Greece

182. The reconstituted Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on natural gas and al location was, in July 2012, announced to be headed by (1) Sharad Pawar (2) A. K. Antony (3) Kapil Sibal (4) P. Chidambaram

183. Which of the following Islam­ic nations, in July 2012, sent women to the Olympics (Lon­don) for the first time? (1) Qatar (2) Brunei (3) Iraq (4) Both 1 and 2

184. Which Bol lywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, on July 26, 2012, carried the Olympic torch at Southwark in London, a day before the opening cere­mony of the sporting specta­cle? ( l )Shahrukh Khan (2) Aamir Khan (3) Amitabh Bachchan (4) Dilip Kumar

185. Which Indian business con­glomerate, in July 2012, an­nounced to reward gold medal winners at the London Olym­pics with a five kg medal of pure gold?

(1) Reliance (2) Bennett and Coleman (3) Sahara India Pariwar (4) Tata Group

186. Buddhist artefacts worth mil­lions — possibly dating back to the first century A .D . Qandhara School of Art — were recovered by the police in which Pakistani city in July 2012? (1) Islamabad (2) Karachi (3) Multan (4) Lahore

187. The U.N. food agency FAO and the OECD said on July 11, 2012, that the world farm pro­duction must rise by what per­cent by 2050 to meet the needs of a growing population but this has to happen in a "more sustainable way"? (1 )30 per cent (2) 45 per cent (3) 60 per cent (4) 80 per cent

188. A cargo ship carrying humani­tarian aid from the U.S. to Cuba — in the first expedition of its kind in 50 years — ar­rived in Havana in July 2012. What was the name of this ship? (1) Mary Rose (2) Ana Cecilia (3) Catherine Pie (4) Shay Doron

189. With which of the following ti­tles was the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un named in July 2012, cementing his sta­tus atop the authoritarian nation's military as he makes key changes to the 1.2-million-man force? (1) Chief (2) Marshal (3) Boss (4) General

190. According to the new official data released by Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, who is also Citizenship minister, in July 2012, which country has become the larg­est source of permanent mi­grants who chose to make Aus-tralia their home in 2011-2012?

(1) China (2) India (3) Iraq (4) Pakistan

191. In a recent report titled The Globalisation of Crime,' the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) claimed in July 2012 that In­ternational crime generates a whopping $870 billion. What per cent of global GDP is it? (1)1 per cent (2) 1.5 per cent (3) 2.5 per cent (4) 5 per cent

192. French troops, on July 31, 2012, handed over one of their bases near Kabul to Afghan soldiers as part of the transi­tion to Afghan control over security and the pullout of 2,000 French combat soldiers by the year-end. Which is that base? (1) Begram (2) Sadiq (3) Surobl (4) Manjra

193. Which of the following banks, on July 1, 2012, nationally launched its exclusive range of credit cards for doctors to mark the Doctors Day in Chan­digarh? (1) State Bank of India (2) Axis Bank (3) HDFC Bank (4) Citibank

194. Which of the following compa­nies announced a 'family sup­port' scheme for its Olympic Ratnas at a function in New Delhi on July 2, 2012? (1) Nokia (2) Samsung (3) Toshiba (4)LG

195. The World Heritage Committee, in July 2012, decided to in­scribe 39 serial sites of the Western Ghats on the World Heritage List. Where was this important meeting held? (1) Seattle (2) Munich (3) St. Petersburg (4) Jakarta

196. Which country, on July 5, 2012, banned the Indian Mu-jahideen (IM) describing it as a threat to national security and citing its alleged involve­ment in several terror attacks? (1) Britain (2) USA (3) India (4) Australia

197. South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, in July 2012, retired from international cricket after suffering a severe eye injury during his country's tour match against (1) Nottingham (2) Sussex (3) Somerset (4) Berkley

198. Which of the following was ad­judged the best university in the country, according to the National Assessment and Ac­creditation Council? (1) University of Delhi (2) Mumbai University (3) Jawaharlal Nehru Univer­

sity (4) Madras University

199. Dara Singh, the famous Indi­an wrestler-turned-actor, died in Mumbai in July 2012. Which of the following state­ments is/are correct regarding him? (1) He was the first sportsman

to be nominated to the Ra-jya Sabha

(2) In 1996 he was inducted into the Wrestling Observ­er Newsletter Hall of Fame

(3) His real name was Deedar Singh Randhawa

(4) All of the above 200. The Organisation for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD) on July 18, 2012, amended its rules on obtain­ing classified tax information by partner-countries. Where is it based? (1) Frankfurt (2) Vienna (3) Paris (4) Geneva

ANSWERS

1. (3) 2.(1) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (2) 8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (3) 11- (4) 12. (2)

13. (2) 14. (4) 15. (3) 16. (2) 17. (3) 18. (4) 19. (2) 20.(4) 21. (3) 22. (1) 23. (4) 24. (1) 25. (3) 26. (3) 27. (2) 28. (4) 29. (3) 30. (3) 31. (4) 32. (3) 33. (3) 34. (2) 35. (1) 36.(1) 37. (4) 38. (1) 39. (3) 40.(3) 41. (1) 42. (3) 43. (3) 44.(3) 45. (3) 46. (3) 47. (2) 48. (3) 49. (3) 50. (2) 51. (3) 52. (3) 53. (1) 54. (2) 55. (3) 56. (2) 57. (2) 58. (2) 59. (2) 60. (1) 61. (2) 62. (3) 63. (3) 64. (1) 65. (4) 66. (3) 67. (3) 68. (3) 69. (3) 70. (2) 71. (3) 72.(3) 73. (2) 74. (3) 75. (2) 76. (3) 77. (4) 78. (2) 79. (1) 80. (1) 81. (2) 82. (1) 83. (2) 84. (3) 85. (2) 86. (3) 87. (3) 88. (3) 89. (4) 90. (2) 91. (1) 92. (3) 93. (1) 94. (1) 95. (4) 96.(3) 97. (2) 98. (3) 99. (1) 100. (4)

101. (1) 102. (3) 103. (3) 104. (3) 105. (3) 106. (3) 107. (2) 108. (3) 109. (3) 110. (3) 111. (2) 112. (1) 113. (1) 114. (3) 115. (3) 116. (1) 117. (3) 118. (2) 119. (3) 120. (3) 121. (1) 122. (1) 123. (1) 124. (3) 125. (3) 126. (4) 127. (1) 128. (2) 129. (1) 130. (2) 131. (2) 132. (3) 133. (1) 134. (4) 135. (3) 136.(1) 137. (4) 138. (2) 139. (2) 140. (1) 141. (1) 142. (3) 143. (1) 144. (3) 145. (3) 146. (3) 147. (3) 148. (4) 149. (2) 150. (2) 151. (2) 152. (3) 153. (2) 154. (2) 155. (1) 156. (3) 157. (3) 158. (2) 159. (2) 160. (3) 161. (3) 162. (3) 163. (1) 164. (2) 165. (1) 166. (1) 167. (2) 168. (1) 169. (1) 170. (3) 171. (1) 172. (3) 173. (1) 174. (3) 175. (3) 176. (3) 177. (3) 178. (3) 179. (2) 180. (3) 181. (1) 182. (2) 183. (4) 184. (3) 185. (3) 186. (2) 187. (3) 188. (2) 189. (2) 190. (2) 191. (2) 192. (3) 193. (3) 194. (2) 195. (3) 196. (1) 197. (3) 198. (3) 199. (4) 200. (3)