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1.The Fifth Edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held in

[A]Abu Dhabi [B]New Delhi[C]Tehran[D]Dhaka

2. Planning Commission of India on January 18,2012 approved Rudrasagar developmentscheme.The Scheme is related to[A]Tripura [B]Assam[C]Manipur[D]Sikkim

3. The Board of approval (Bounder the Commerce ministry on January 24,2012 approved theproposal of this company to set up a special economics zone( SEZ) at Indore in MadhyaPradesh, Identify the Company ?[A]Reliance Industry[B]Tata Consultancy services( TCS) [C]Hero Motors[D]Infoysys

4. According to the draft Sports Policy of this State Govt released on Jan 11,2012, a Speciallife-time achievement award in memory of G.V.Raja, the Founder-President of the State

Sports Council is to be instituted.Which State is being referred to ?[A]Karnataka[B]Kerala [C]Tamil Nadu[D]Andhra Pradesh

5. Which team defeated Uttarakhand in the Men's category to win the National title for thefourth time, in the 60th Senior national Volleyball Championship at Raipur on Jan 11, 2012 ?[A]Kerala [B]Andhra Pradesh[C]West Bengal

[D]Tamil Nadu

6. Which team extended their hegemony by defeating Kerala 25-12, 25-14, 25-16 in a onesided final in the women category at the 60th Senior National Volley-ball Championship ?[A]Punjab[B]Services[C]Railways [D]Delhi





7. This Footballer was awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Oran January 9, 2012 in Zurich. He Won the award for the third Consecutive year for the world's outstanding footballer.Identifythe Footballer ?

[A]Cristiano Ronaldo[B]Xavi[C]Sergio Ramos[D]Lionel Messi

8. Which car took home the Crown of Indian car of the Year 2012 in Jan 2012[A]Toyota Etios liva[B]Maruti Suzuki Swift [C]Hyundai Verna[D]Hyundai Eon

9. As per the Wholesale Price Index, Published by the govt on Jan 16,2012.Reduced foodPrices Caused the inflation to dip to a year low at what percent in December 2011 ?[A]7.47%[B]7.65%[C]6.33% [D]5.41%

10. India Signed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding ) on Tourism with ASEAN onJanuary12,2012.The agreement took place in-[A]Manado

[B]Jakarta[C]Malaysia[D]Manila

11. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2012 was held in Jaipur. Jaipur is the Capital of which one of thefollowing states?[A]Rajasthan [B]Bihar[C]UP[D]Madhya Pradesh

12. India and Japan on Jan 12,2012 agreed to enhance their cooperation in the .................Sector.[A]Infrastructure [B]Tourism[C]Road and Transport[D]Coal and Mining

13. He was Conferred the first S.K Singh Award for excellence in the Indian Foreign services





in Jan 6,2012. Identify the diplomat[A]Ranjan Mathai[B]Shivshankar Menon[C]D.Bala venkatesh Verma

[D]K.Raghunath

14. Name the auto making company which launched three new variants of the Eon-D-LitePlus,Era Plus and Magna Plus in the Indian market on jan 2012 ?[A]Tata Motors[B]Hyundai Motors India [C]Volkswagen[D]Maruti Suzuki

15. Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Awards for Peace and Reconciliationon Jan 4,2012 the fourth day of the tenth day Kalachakra initiations ?[A]Tibetan Spiritual leader, Dalai Lama[B]South African leader Nelson Mandela[C]Tanzania's Julius Nyerere[D]Burmese Pro-democracy leader Aung san suu kyi

16.As per the Data on the core industries released on March 29,2012 eight core infrastructureindustries registered a robust growth in output in February 2012. What was the growth recordedin February 2012?

[A]6.8% [B]7.5%[C]8.2%[D]9%

17. Following RBI’s decision to hike Bank Rates, The Food Ministry increased the rate on loanprovided to sugar factories from the Sugar Development Fund to what percent from the earlier4% from 14 February 2012?[A]7%[B]7.5%[C]8%

[D]8.8%

18. Amadou Toumani Toure who was ousted from his position following a military coup was thepresident of-[A]Tunisia[B]Azerbaijan[C]Mali [D]Maldives





19. Macky Sall became the new president of Senegal. Sall replaced ______to the top post?[A]Abdoulaye Wade [B]Naseer Abdullah

[C]Erich Sherry[D]None of the above

20. The Largest (12.76 Carat) rough pink diamond ever found in Australia by a mine owned byRio Tinto. What was the diamond named?[A]Argyle Pink Jubilee [B]Williamson Pink [C]Aurora Butterflies of Peace[D]Eureka Diamond

21. Which of the following films was chosen as the best film category in the Oscar Awards

2012?[A]The Help[B]The Artist [C]The Tree of Life[D]The Descendents

22. The White House on February 10, 2012 named India’s renowned economist as the recipientof the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. Who is s/he?[A]Montek Singh Ahluwalia[B]C Rangarajan

[C]Usha Thorat[D]Amartya Sen

23. The sixty fifth annual British Academy Films Awards - BAFTA was held at the Royal OperaHouse in London on Feb 12 2012. Which film swept the award ceremony by winning a total of 6awards?[A]The Iron Lady[B]The Artist [C]Hugo[D]We need to talk about Kevin

24. This British singer with Six Nominations won all six awards at 54th Annual Grammy awardfor the album 21, identify the singer.[A]Bon Iver[B]Lady Gaga[C]Adele [D]Whitney Huston





25. Pakistani archaeologists have identified a rare Indus Valley civilization era seal in steatite dating back to 2500-2000 BC from the Cholistan area of which of the following province inPakistan?[A]Punjab Province

[B]Balochistan[C]Kyber Pakhtunkhwa[D]FATA

26. Abd Rabbu Mansour was recently elected as the president of which of the following Arabnation?[A]Oman[B]Yemen[C]Iran[D]Iraq

27. Jalial Abbas Jilani who was expelled by India in 2003 is recently named as the foreignsecretary of which of the following countries?[A]Afghanistan[B]Pakistan [C]Saudi Arab[D]Iran

28. Which of the following countries recently unveiled country’s first domestically producedenriched nuclear fuel?[A]Pakistan[B]Saudi Arab

[C]Iran [D]Iraq

29. A former Kashmiri American Council (KAC) was sentenced a two year in prison in a DistrictCourt in Eastern District of Virginia. Name the person.[A]Hafees Saeed[B]Mushtaq Ahmed[C]David Coleman[D]Gulam Nabi Azad

30. Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 byKK Birla Foundation for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum.[A]Jeyamohan[B]AA Manavalan [C]Sundara Ramasami[D]Dhanushkodi Ramasamy





31. The Arab League which discussed the crisis at its Baghdad Summit 2012 in Marchcomprises:[A]21 countries

[B]22 countries [C]23 countries[D]19 countries

32. As per the Data released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) inMarch 2012 which of the following countries was the largest importers of arms between 207 to2011[A]India [B]Pakistan[C]Israel[D]South Korea

33. A report released by international campaign to abolish Nuclear weapon, a world famousNGO, in March 2012 said that number of Pakistan’s nuclear weapon was[A]95[B]112[C]110 [D]115

34. According to official Data released in March 2012 the share of agriculture and allied sectorin India’s GDP in 2011-12 came down to:[A]10.8%

[B]11.2%[C]12.9%[D]13.9%

35. Which member(s) of the European Union did not sign a new "fiscal compact" in March2012?[A]United Kingdom[B]Czech Republic[C]Both A & B [D]None of the above

36. Which legendary versatile Bengali actor was on March 21 2012 selected for India’s highestfilm honour The Dada Phalke Award for 2012?[A]Prasanjeet Chattarjee[B]Soumitra Chatterjee [C]Ranjit Mallick [D]Sunendu Chakroborty





37. Marathi Poet and Sahitya Academi award winner Manik Godghate passed away in Pune onMarch 26 2012 after battling liver cancer for a year. For which of his work did he receive theSahitya Akademi Award in 2012?[A]Waryane Halte Raan

[B]Sandhyakalchya Kavita[C]Chandramadhavichya Pradeshat[D]Sandhyaparvatil Vaishanavi

38. Name the Noble Peace Prize winner who was named the winner of one of the world’s leadingreligious prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012 by John Templeton Foundation on March 29 2012?[A]The Dalai Lama [B]Tawakkol Karman[C]Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [D]Baba Ram Dev

39. US senate on March 30 2012 confirmed career diplomat as ambassador to India. Identify theperson in question.[A]William Clarke Jr[B]Albert Peter Burleigh[C]Robert Blackwill[D]Nancy Powell

40. Name the Union Minster who on March 20 2012 was sworn in as the Union Minister by thePresident Pratibha Patil in New Delhi following the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi[A]Mukul Roy [B]Subhodh Kant Sahay

[C]MK Alagiri[D]Kishore Chandra Deo

41. Matanhy Saldanha the tourism minister of Goa died of a heart attack on March 21 2012 Healso held the portfolio of-[A]Health[B]Finance[C]Science and Environment [D]Home

42. Report of probe by the Income Tax department into the allegation that relatives of the former

chief justice had amassed huge wealth during his tenure was submitted on March 12 2012 to thesupreme court Identify this CIJ in person[A]KG Balakrishnan [B]RC Lahoti[C]GB Patnaik [D]BN Kripal





43. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during the tour of Maharashtra Sataradistrict announced on March 11 2012 a national award for Sanitation and water in the name of which of the following Maharashtrian saints?[A]Bhakhta Pundarikar

[B]Sant gadge Baba [C]Sant Yoga Parmanandar[D]Bhakta Goma Rai

44. The Chief Election commissioner of India on March 17 2012 lead a delegation to Amman inresponse to an invitation by the Prime Minister of Jordan to explore the modality of supportingJordan’s Electoral Process against the political backdrop of reforms. Who is the Chief ElectionCommissioner of India?[A]Montek Singh Ahluwalia[B]SM Krishna[C]SY Qureshi

[D]Manmohan Singh

45. which of the given statement is wrong[A]Under the 1960 Indus Water treaty Pakistan has exclusice rights over three common rivers –Indus Jhelum Chenab[B]India has exclusive rights over Sutlej Ravi and Beas[C]World Bank has the role of neutral arbitrator under the Indus Water treaty in the disputebetween both the countries[D]Recently India withdraws its objections to the construction of India’s Krishnaganga Project

46. Which bank in March announced its shareholders to have approved Rs 7900 cr capital

infusion by the government?[A]Punjab National Bank [B]Indian Overseas Bank [C]State Bank of India [D]Syndicate Bank

47. Defence ministry on march 5, 2012 blacklisted six vendors for alleged involvement in theordinance factory board scam in 2009 including Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd, IsraelMilitary Industry, Rheinmetall Air Defence, Zurich and[A]Corporation defence Russia[B]TS Kisan Delhi

[C]RK Machine Tools Punjab[D]All of the above

48. India and china on March 6 2012 put into operation a new mechanism to diffuse any tensionsthat may arise along the disputed ______Km border[A]3488 [B]3256[C]3356





[D]3788

49. The bhoomipujan of the proposed Virat Ankorwat Ram mandir in Hajipur was held on march5. The proposed temple is a replica of combodia’s 12th century Ankor vat the largest HinduTemple complex in the world built by a Combodian king[A]Suryavarman I[B]Suryavarman II [C]Narsimhavaeman I[D]Narsimhavarman II

50. As per data released in march 2012 india’s exports registered how much growth in jan 2012

at $25.34 billion with the demand from western market remaining weak [A]11.1%[B]8.75%[C]10.1% [D]9.1%

51. The prime minister of India inaugurated the 50th anniversary celebration of the Afro-AsianRural Development Organisation on March 5 2012 in New Delhi. How many African countriesare its members?[A]14[B]15

[C]16[D]17

52. Tata Power in March 2012 joined hands with South Africa based Exxaro to form a jointventure. What is the generation capacity of Tata Powers from all sources of energy?[A]4678 MW[B]4772 MW [C]4776 MW[D]4798 MW

53. Four private and public sector financial institution-ICICI Bank, LIC, Citi Financials and

Bank Of Baroda joined hands to make India’s first $2 Billion Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF).Which institution has the largest stake in the joint venture?[A]LIC[B]ICICI Bank [C]Citi Financials[D]Bank of Baroda

54. Which of the following automaker companies on March 6 2012 launched small car B MAX





at the Geneva Motor Show?[A]Volkswagon[B]Hyundai[C]Tata Motors

[D]Ford

55. Who among the following was/were honoured the 67TH National Grassroots InnovationAward on March 9 2012 in New Delhi?[A]Archana Konwar[B]Shalin Kumar[C]Abhishek Bhagat[D]All of the above

56. Which of the following country won the first women Kabbadi World Cup title in Patna on

March 4 2012?[A]Japan[B]India [C]Iran[D]Thailand

57. The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Delhi celebrated national childhood cancer dayon march 2 2012 on the theme[A]Love cures cancer [B]Fight cancer[C]Beat cancer with love

[D]Healthy life no cancer

58. Which of the following may be considered as the objectives of the Union Budget 2012-13?[A]Focus on domestic demand driven growth recovery[B]Intervene decisively to address the problem of malnutrition[C]Address and improve the supply side of the economy[D]All of the above

59. Which of the following proposals are true about the new trains according to Union RailwayBudget presented on March 14 2012 by Dinesh Trivedi?[A]75 express trains and 21 new passenger trains

[B]Extension of 39 trains[C]Frequency of 23 trains increased[D]All of the above

60. China on March 5 2012 sets its target Growth rate for 2012-13 at 7.55%. what was thegrowth rate of Chinese Economy during 2011?[A]0.087[B]0.088





[C]0.0925 [D]0.0975

61. ich ministry on its meeting on 17th April 2012, decided to set up three new committee to

accelerate procurements and border infrastructure projects[A]Defence Ministry [B]Railways Ministry[C]Commerce Ministry[D]Home Ministry

62Name the Italian tourist who was released by the Maoist in Orissa on 12 April 2012?[A]Bosusco Paolo [B]Joel Melchiori[C]Giacomo Carr[D]Allen Carr

63.The two member Adarsh Judicial commission set up to probe in to the scam-tainted AdarshHousing society submitted its interim report to the state Govt. on 13th April 2012? By which of the following bodies/entities was the committee set up?[A]Maharashtra Government [B]Union Government[C]Gujarat Government

[D]Lok Sabha

64. Name the Samajwadi Party MLA from Etawah in Sidhhartnagar district who wasunanimously elected speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 13th April 2012[A]Arvind Prakesh[B]Sukhdev Rajbhar[C]Mata Prasad Pandey [D]Syed Ahmed Bukhari

65. MLA, N.Varadarajan, died in Chennai on 10th April 2012.Which of the following facts withregards to Varadarjan is not true?

[A]N. Varadarajan was former Tamil Nadu state secretary of the CPI(M) and three times MLA.[B]He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly twice (1997 and 1980)[C]He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Vedasandur Constituency in 1983 [D]He was elected Party secretary in Tamil Nadu in 2005 and again in 2008.

66. The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) in April 2012 constituted anoffshore wing energy committee(OWESC) under the chairmanship of secretary,MNRE, to steerthe off shore wind power development in a focussed manner, especially in





[A]Tamil Nadu[B]Maharashtra[C]Gujarat[D]All of the above

67. The Union Cabinet, on April 26, 2012 decided to retain the voting rights in the private sectorbanks at 10 percent and felt it could be raised progressively to[A]26 percent [B]11 percent[C]33 percent[D]42 percent

68. NTPC in April 2012 successful the automation package for the simhadri stage-II 2 X 500MW super thermal power project located near which of the following places--NTPC's firstcoastal-based coal-fired thermal power project?

[A]Visakhapatnam [B]Mangalore[C]Cuttack [D]Satara

69. The Union Cabinet on April 27, 2012, cleared the proposal by which country to hike the gasprice for an Indian fertilizer Plant in the Gulf nation to $ 1.5 per million metric British thermal

unit?[A]Oman [B]Qatar[C]Kuwait[D]Saudi Arabia

70. The Union Cabinet on April 2012,gave its approval for signing a new liberal visa regimewith which of the following countries paving way for easing travel restrictions and increasingpeople-to-people exchange?[A]Afghanistan[B]Pakistan

[C]Sri Lanka[D]Bangladesh

71. India was in April 2012 announced to host the 46th annual meeting of the board of governorsof the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May 2013.What is ADB based?[A]Singapore City[B]Tokyo





[C]Manila [D]Jakarta

72. Global agency Moody's on April 30, 2012, placed credit ratings of which of the following onwatch for a possible downgrade within three months?[A]ICICI Bank [B]HDFC Bank [C]Axis Bank [D]All of the above

73. Which of the following on April 2012 became the first state to ban all Gutka Productscontaining tobacco or nicotine under a new Law to govern food safety standards?[A]Delhi

[B]Madhya Pradesh [C]Maharashtra[D]Kerala

74. The Union Govt. and which of the following along Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand on April2,2012, signed a $ 43.84-million loan agreement towards the second tranche for an infrastructuredevelopment investment programme for tourism in the two states?[A]World Bank [B]Asian Development Bank [C]National Development Council

[D]Inter State Council

75. The 1,200-MW Rosa Thermal Power Project of Reliance Power in Shahjahanpur district inApril 2012 became fully operational with the final unit of 300 MW being commissioned onMarch 31,2012.In which of the state it is located?[A]Bihar[B]Haryana[C]Orissa[D]Uttar Pradesh

76.The high court of which state on March 8 2012 ordered issue of notices to the Centre,Broadcasting Ministry, the States on PILs seeking the direction to the media to telecast visualportraying the alleged attacks on the lawyers?[A]Karnataka[B]Goa[C]Gujarat[D]Rajasthan





77. Narendar Kumar a young IPS officer was crushed by the mining mafia in which district of Madhya Pradesh in March 2012?[A]Morena

[B]Jabalpur[C]Satna[D]Bhopal

78 Manipal – headquartered Jnana Jyothi Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling trust inMarch 2012 announced to start five financial literacy centres in which of the following states of India?[A]Uttar Pradesh[B]Delhi[C]Haryana[D]A and C

79. the Tagore University for Liberal Arts , first Institution to be held under the Human ResourceDevelopment Ministry’s once ambitious Universities for Innovation programmes was recentlyannounced to be set up in[A]Pune [B]Cuttack [C]Haldia[D]Patna

80. Bihar recently announced a project to rejuvenate and rebuild the Patna Museum. Which of the following were announced to adorn the museum?

[A]Didarganj Yakshi[B]Lohanipur Tirthankara[C]Buddhist Bronzes from Nalanda[D]All of the above

81. The government of which state in March 2012 made it clear that it could not make anexception for Infosys which had been seeking SEZ status for a proposed project in the state?[A]Bihar[B]Kerala[C]West Bengal [D]Assam

82. Which of the following committees was set up by the Union Ministry of Culture for making areport on modernising the Indian Museums?[A]BN Goswami committee [B]AR Sahay committee[C]Dinesh Chaturvedi committee[D]Arvind Solanki committee





83. Which state government in March 2012 constituted the 8 member committee to extent‘revival package’ for 360 primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the state?[A]Gujarat[B]Uttar Pradesh

[C]Andhra Pradesh [D]Haryana

84. Moody’s Investor Services on March 7 2012 downgraded the ratings assigned to the variousDebt programmes of Bank of Baroda by one notch citing[A]An accelerated rate of asset quality deterioration[B]Stressed core capital levels[C]Increased pressure on profitability[D]All of the above

85. In a significant move the RBI tightened the ruled for lending against ______ jewellery by

non banking finance companies (NBFC)[A]Diamond[B]Gold[C]Silver[D]All of the above

86. Telecom Company Etisalat in March 2012 announced to have started proceedings forwinding up operations of its Indian venture. Etisalat is based in which country?[A]UAE [B]Saudi Arabia[C]Malaysia

[D]Iran

87. Hyundai Motors India ltd (HMIL) appointed whom as the managing director wef march 52012?[A]Bo Shin Seo [B]Arvind Shukla[C]Mohnish Bhatia[D]Chung Ming

88. Pakistani cricket board in march confirmed the appointment of whom as its new head coachfor the next 2 years?

[A]Geoff Marsh[B]David Boon[C]Dav Whatmore [D]Tim May

89. Christine Lagarde on March 19 2012 had a meeting with finance minster Pranab Mukherjee





and discussed the global economic environment. She is the managing director of-[A]World Trade Organisation[B]World Bank [C]International Monetary Fund

[D]European Union

90. The Indian Army on March 4, 2012sucessfully test fired which supersonic cruise missile atPokhran to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service?[A]Agni II[B]BrahMos [C]Nag[D]Dhanush

91.Which one of the following companies topped the list of India’s 50 most admired companies

released by Fortune and global management consultancy Hay Group?[A]Tata Steel [B]Hindustan Unilever Group[C]Cadbury India[D]Colgate Palmolive

92. Census data on housing, household amenities and assets released on march 13 2012 revealsthat out of total 246.6 million households only _______% households have toilet facility[A]46.9% [B]44.2%[C]45.7%

[D]47.1%

93. Usha Chomar who was once manual scavenger delivered a special lecture at the World WaterForum in France on March 14 2012. She is a native of [A]Bihar[B]Uttar Pradesh[C]Rajasthan [D]Orissa

94. How many seats were won by the Bahujan Samajwadi Party of Mayawati in UP StateAssembly elections of 2012?

[A]75[B]77[C]79 [D]81

95. Pakistan on March 5 successfully test fired the nuclear capable Hatf-II surface to surfaceballistic missile. What is the range of this missile also known as Abdali?[A]160 Km





[B]170 Km[C]180 Km[D]190 Km

96. Chintan, an Indian NGO was honoured with the United States First Innovation Award for theEmpowerment of Women and Girls on March 9 2012. Who is the founder of Chintan?[A]Julie Marium[B]Bharti Chaturvedi[C]Babita Dwivedi[D]Natasha Mukerjee

97. New Jaipur Foot Prototype was unveiled on March 5 2012 which is the world’s cheapest andthe most user friendly limb. The new version was created with collaboration of scientist from[A]Houston University USA[B]Berkley University California

[C]Michigan University USA [D]New Jersey University USA

98. In which of the following states a new scheme called ‘Himmat’ will introduced according tobudget 2012-13, to provide skill training to 1,00,000 youths in the next five years?[A]Jammu and Kashmir [B]Uttar Pradesh[C]West Bengal[D]Rajasthan

99. Select the correct statement according to the Railways Union Budget presented in

Parliament?[A]Wagon factory at Sitapali in Odisha[B]Rail coach factory in Palakkad[C]Factory at Shyam Nagar in West Bengal to manufacture technology propulsion system for theuse in high power electric locomotives[D]All of the above

100. The Nuclear Security Summit Held in Seoul in March 26-27 2012 to discuss ways to protectnuclear materials and facilities. Who represented India at the Summit?[A]Dr Manmohan Singh [B]A K Antony

[C]Kapil Sibal[D]P Chidambaram

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