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July 2012 GK Quiz Collection

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GK Questions Sl No. Question

1831 Which Company has recently invested in media group TV 18?

A) Reliance

B) Tata

C) Aditya Birla Group

D) Godrej

1832 Which Country is the world's largest producer and exporter of uranium?

A) Australia

B) Kazakhstan

C) China

D) France

1833 Who has been conferred ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun' title by Japan recently?

A) Mukesh Ambani

B) Ratan Tata

C) Adi Godrej

D) Anand Mahindra

1834 Who is the Chairman and MD of General Insurance Corporation (GIC)?

A) Mr. Mangu Singh

B) Smt. Rita Menon

C) Harsh Pati Singhania

D) Ashok Kumar Roy

1835 Who is the new President of International Chamber of Commerce India (ICC India)?

A) Mr. Mangu Singh

B) Harsh Pati Singhania

C) Smt. Rita Menon

D) M. Rafeeque Ahmed

1836 Who is the Chairman & MD of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)?

A) Smt. Rita Menon


C) M. Rafeeque Ahmed



D) Mr. Mangu Singh

1837 Who is the Secretary General of SAARC ?

A) Herman Van Rompuy

B)

C) Ahmad Saleem

D)

1838 Who is the President of the European Council?

A)

B)

C) Ahmad Saleem

D) Herman Van Rompuy

1839 Who is the President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)?

A) Smt. Rita Menon


C) Mr. Mangu Singh


1840 Who is Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 's new MD?

A) Smt. Rita Menon


C) Mr. Mangu Singh


1841 Who is the CEO of Prasar Bharti?

A) Jawhar Sircar


C) Mr. Mangu Singh


1842 Who is Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation?

A) Yash Chopra

B) Shyam Benegal

C) Ramesh Sippy

D) Subhas Ghai

1843 Who is the General president of the Indian Science Congress?



A) Pranab Mukherjee

B) Manmohan Singh

C) Abdul Kalam

D) Kapil Sibal

1844 Who is the President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)?

A) Vinod Rai

B) DK Mittal

C) Rajkumar Dhoot

D) R.V. Kanoria

1845 Who is the President of FICCI ?

A) Vinod Rai

B) DK Mittal

C) Rajkumar Dhoot

D) R.V. Kanoria

1846 Who is Director of RBI's central board?

A) Vinod Rai

B) DK Mittal

C) Rajkumar Dhoot

D) R.V. Kanoria

1847 Who is the President of Asian organisation of the Institution of the Accountants General (ASOASI) ?

A) Vinod Rai

B) DK Mittal

C) Rajkumar Dhoot

D) R.V. Kanoria

1848 Which PSU has recently acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund?

A) Bank of India

B) State bank of India

C) Punjab National Bank

D) Bank of Baroda

1849 World Red Cross day observed on?

A) 4th May

B) 8th May



C) 18th May

D) 14th May

1850 3 Northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts. Which state is not there in the list of those 3 states?

A) Manipur

B) Tripura

C) Meghalaya

D) Nagaland

1851 Where in India "Veer Bharat Premises", a unique museum dedicated to Indian heroes will be setup?

A) Indore

B) Jaipur

C) Bhopal

D) Nagpur

1852 Which bank has is ranked 2nd most profitable public sector bank in terms of annual profit for the fiscal year 2011-12?

A) Bank of India

B) Central Bank

C) Punjab National Bank

D) Bank of Baroda

1853 In which state India's first 2MW solar power plant started functioning?

A) Gujarat

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Maharashtra

D) Madhya Pradesh

1854 Which Indian who became the youngest to win Asian Chess Championship?

A) Parimarjan Negi

B) Srinath Narayanan

C) Sahaj Grover

D) Pendyala Harikrishna

1855 Which Asian country was invited by NATO to Chicago summit 2nd day with focus on Afghanistan?

A) India



B) Pakistan

C) Iran

D) Iraq

1856 Which football club won the 2012 English Premier League Championship after 44 years?

A) Manchester United

B) Liverpool

C) Manchester city

D) Chelsea

1857 President of which country has been fined USD 17,000 by its electoral authorities for urging his Facebook followers on polling day to vote for him?

A) Thailand

B) Taiwan

C) Malaysia

D) Indonesia

1858 Bharti Airtel tied-up with which bank recently for mobile banking services?

A) Axis Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) YES Bank

1859 What value of swap facility has RBI set up for SAARC nations?

A) USD 1.5 Billion

B) USD 1 Billion

C) USD 2 Billion

D) USD 750 Million

1860 Which Mobile E-commerce App was acquired by Facebook recently?

A) Karma

B) Yammer

C) Slideshare

D) None of These

1861 Whichglobal automotive majors announced its decision to divest 30% stake in an engine company in Iran?

A) General Motors



B) Daimler

C) Toyota

D) Ford

1862 Who won the Pulitzer Prize for the year 2010 for feature writing?

A) Gene Weingarten

B) Kathleen Parker

C) Tod Robberson

D) Kathleen Parker

1863 Which of the following development programmes has recently been launched by the Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education (USE)?

A) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)

B) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna

C) Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)

D) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

1864 Which international organization has appointed a three-member independent panel to probe the assassination of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?

A) United Nations

B) Interpol

C) Red Cross

D) Scotland Yard

1865 Who was the winner of IPL 2009?

A) Mumbai Indians

B) Deccan Chargers

C) Kolkatta Knight Riders

D) Kings XI Punjab

1866 James Fenimore Cooper is the author of?

A) Around the World in Eighty Days

B) Uncle Tom's Cabin

C) The Grapes of Wrath

D) The Last of the Mohicans

1867 In which year was India’s first paperless newspaper ‘The News Today’ launched?

A) 2001

B) 1999

C) 2005

D) 2000

1868 William Jones cup is associated with which of the following games?

A) Baseball

B) Volleyball



C) Tennis

D) Basketball

1869 Costantino Rocca is associated with which of the following sports?

A) Golf

B) Tennis

C) Volleyball

D) Basketball

1870 Which was the first Indian newspaper?

A) The Times of India

B) The Bengal Gazette

C) NavBharat Times

D) The Telegraph

1871 China is building a hydropower project on the river

A) Brahmaputra

B) Tapi

C) Beas

D) Ravi

1872 Who was named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row in 2010?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Virender Sehwag

C) Ricky Ponting

D) Adam Gilchrist

1873 Who is referred to as the “gentleman of Indian politics?”

A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

C) Jawaharlal Nehru

D) Mahatma Gandhi

1874 Who has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers?

A) Ms Sushma Swaraj

B) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

C) K. C. Pant

D) Sharad Pawar

1875 What is the old name for Indonesia?

A) Batavia

B) Dutch Guiana

C) Dutch East Indies

D) Loro See

1876 How many stock exchanges are there in India?



A) 19

B) 22

C) 23

D) 24

1877 Who became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000 for her book "Interpreter of Maladies?"

A) Kiran Desai

B) Arvind Adiga

C) Arundhati Roy

D) Jhumpa Lahiri

1878 What is the study of fingerprints called?

A) Graphology

B) Botany

C) Dactyloscopy

D) Biology

1879 __________ is the national flower of China

A) Tree Peony

B) Rose

C) Lily

D) Daffodil

1880 What does APEC stand for?

A) Asia-Pacific Economic Consulate

B) Asia-Pacific Economic Climate

C) Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation

D) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

1881 Which Indian Telecom Company has acquired the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom company Zain for $ 10.7 billion?

A) Idea

B) Reliance

C) Vodafone

D) Bharti Airtel

1882 Which country does not have the rupee as its currency?

A) Indonesia

B) Bangladesh

C) India

D) Sri Lanka

1883 Which airline is the official umpire partner of the IPL tournament 2010?

A) Kingfisher Airlines

B) Indigo



C) Spicejet

D) None of the above

1884 Who is the current US Treasury Secretary?

A) Timothy Geithner

B) Paul Krugman

C) Nancy Pelosi

D) Alan Greenspan

1885 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China's largest private-run car maker bought _________ for $1.8 billion.

A) Ford Motor’s Volvo Unit

B) Chrysler’s Caravan minivan

C) GM’s Hummer

D) Tata Motors’ Jaguar brand

1886 Which American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor designed the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975 and is most often known as the father of the personal computer?

A) Michael Dell

B) Howard Hughes

C) Adam Osborne

D) H Edward Roberts

1887 Who is the author of ‘My Experiments with Truth’?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) Rabindranath Tagore

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1888 Which of the following Asian countries is referred to as “Nippon” ?

A) Japan

B) South Korea

C) China

D) Malaysia

1889 Which is the largest pyramid in the world?

A) The Pyramid of Khafre

B) The Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico.

C) The Bosnian Pyramid

D) The Great Pyramid of Giza

1890 The Prince of Wales Cup is associated with which of the following games?

A) Tennis

B) Golf

C) Badminton



D) Volley ball

1891 With which of the following international aviation majors has Spanish Airline Iberia inked a merger deal to form one of the largest airline groups in the world?

A) US Airways

B) Air France- KLM

C) British Airways

D) Lufthansa

1892 Name the controversial film which was directed by Shekhar Kapur and was banned by the Indian authorities in 1994

A) Bandit Queen

B) The Guru

C) The Four Feathers

D) Elizabeth

1893 Which of the following Indian states was separated from Bengal on April 1, 1912

A) Manipur

B) Orissa

C) Assam

D) Bihar

1894 __________ Ocean is also called the ‘Herring Pond’

A) Indian

B) Atlantic

C) Pacific

D) Artic

1895 _________ is the National bird of India

A) Greater Flamingo

B) Indian Roller

C) Peacock

D) Asian Koel

1896 The Ochterlony Monument was built in 1848 by Sir David Ochterlony to commemorate his victory in the Nepal War (1814 – 1816). What was it renamed as after India achieved independence?

A) Victory Tower

B) Qutub Minar

C) Shaheed Minar

D) Char Minar

1897 Who is the author of "Twilight"?

A) Stephanie Meyer

B) Stephen King

C) Mary Higgins Clark

D) J K Rowling



1898 __________ award is annually conferred for outstanding contribution to public service, community leadership, journalism, literature, creative arts and international understanding

A) Right Livelihood

B) Pulitzer

C) The Golden Peacock

D) Magsaysay

1899 What does WMO stand for

A) Windows Mobile Organisation

B) World Mimicry Organisation

C) World Meteorological Organisation

D) World Mobile Organisation

1900 Which foreign influence is seen in the rock cut architecture of India?

A) Arabic

B) Persian

C) Indo-European

D) Greek

1901 __________ is the highest gallantry award in India

A) Shaurya Chakra

B) Ashok Chakra

C) Maha Vir Chakra

D) Param Vir Chakra

1902 Shakespeare's character named "Beatrice" appears in which play?

A) The Tempest

B) Othello

C) A Midsummer Night's Dream

D) Much Ado About Nothing

1903 Which is the largest country with only one time zone.

A) Canada

B) Argentina

C) Sudan

D) China

1904 The permanent secretariat of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is located at _____________

A) Pokhara

B) Kathmandu

C) Bhaktapur

D) Patan

1905 Koraput is related to which of the following industry.



A) Aeroplane

B) Ship Building

C) Iron and Steel

D) Electric Locomotives

1906 __________ is known as the father of English poetry

A) John Keats

B) John Milton

C) Geoffrey Chaucer

D) Walt Whitman

1907 ________ is a professional sport in Thailand

A) Soccer

B) Boxing

C) Football

D) Kite flying

1908 Which country has 13 months in a year?

A) Ethiopia

B) Estonia

C) East Timor

D) Eritrea

1909 ‘The Gathering’, written by Anne Wright won the Man Booker Prize in the year

A) 2006

B) 2007

C) 2005

D) 2009

1910 Jeff Bezos is the founder of which of the following websites?

A) Ebay.com

B) Overstock.com

C) Kidsreads.com

D) Amazon.com

1911 In which year were banks in India nationalized?

A) 1969

B) 1980

C) 1985

D) 1978

1912 In which state is Jawahar Tunnel located?

A) Himachal Pradesh

B) Uttaranchal

C) Goa

D) Jammu and Kashmir



1913 The ________ nerve is related to the sense of smell in the human body

A) Olfactory

B) Optic

C) Cranial

D) Sciatic

1914 Thumba in Kerala is famous of..?

A) It has several industries

B) It is a rocket launching station

C) It is a harbour

D) It has an international airport

1915 Asia's largest residential university?

A) Banaras Hindu University

B) The Utkal University

C) Jawaharlal Nehru University

D) Anna University

1916 Who defeated Belgium’s Justine Henin to win the women’s singles title for the fifth time and her 12th Grand Slam title?

A) Monica Seles

B) Jesse Levine

C) Venus Williams

D) Serena Williams

1917 Who is the author of "Indian War of Independence"?

A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

B) V.D.Savarkar

C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

D) Deve Gowda

1918 Kangra valley is in which of the following Indian states?

A) Himachal Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Arunachal Pradesh

1919 Mein Kampf is the autobiography of __________

A) Che Guevara

B) Mario Adorf

C) Adolf Hitler

D) Madam Curie

1920 _________ is the study of fungus and fungi diseases

A) Seismology

B) Etiology

C) Zoology

D) Mycology



1921 _________ is India’s first indigenously built super computer

A) Param

B) Eka

C) Blizzard

D) Blue Gene Watson

1922 Who was the first Muslim invader of India?

A) Mohd. Bin Kasim

B) Mahmud Ghazni

C) Kutubuddin Aibak

D) Mohammed Gori

1923 Which is the world’s principal producer of soyabean followed by Brazil and China?

A) Japan

B) The Philippines

C) USA

D) Poland

1924 The Right To Information (RTI) act came into force in __________

A) 1995

B) 1998

C) 2000

D) 2005

1925 Tiananmen Square is in which of the following countries?

A) Singapore

B) China

C) Burma

D) Romania

1926 Which wild life sanctuary in Rakasthan is recently included in the world heritage list

A) Bharatpur

B) Sariska

C) Mount Abu

D) Ranthambore

1927 Which relates to fish farming

A) Orange revolution

B) Red revolution

C) Green revolution

D) Blue revolution

1928 Which article of the Indian constitution declares Hindi as the official language?

A) Article 344



B) Article 341

C) Article 343(1)

D) Article 351

1929 What is the minimum age to become a member of the Lok Sabha?

A) 35

B) 21

C) 30

D) 25

1930 Which was made the 25th state of the Indian republic as per the constitution act 1987

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Mizoram

C) Goa

D) Punjab

1931 What is the old name of Taiwan?

A) Batavia

B) Sam

C) Basutoland

D) Formosa

1932 Which is the union territory of India that has a legislature?

A) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

B) Daman and Diu

C) Lakshadweep

D) Pondicherry

1933 Which state was formed as the 24th state of India as per the constitution 55th amendment act, 1987?

A) Himachal Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Arunachal Pradesh

D) Madhya Pradesh

1934 Where is the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) located?

A) Vienna

B) Salzburg

C) Sydney

D) Albury

1935 Which prime minister of India is the only Indian to have received the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan, the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-Pakistan?

A) Gulzarilal Nanda

B) Morarji Desai



C) Charan Singh

D) Rajiv Gandhi

1936 Who is the CEO of Google?

A) Terry Semel

B) Eric. E.Schmidt

C) Steve Ballmer

D) Vittoria Colao

1937 The science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code is called

A) Cryptanalysis

B) Cryptosystem

C) Ciphertext

D) Cryptology

1938 Which is the parliament of Sweden

A) Liblandla

B) Staten

C) Riksdag

D) Storting

1939 Who is the author of Discovery of India?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) A P J Abdul Kalam

C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

D) Indira Gandhi

1940 Which city in Madhya Pradesh is called the ‘Detroit of India’?

A) Pachor

B) Panna

C) Porsa

D) Pithampur

1941 Who is known as the father of genetics?

A) Gregor Mendel

B) Adam Smith

C) Dr. Vinton Cerf

D) Archimedes

1942 Who is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in lawn tennis?

A) Vijay Amritraj

B) Leander Paes

C) Mahesh Bhupathi

D) Sania Mirza

1943 Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games?

A) Baseball



B) Tennis

C) Golf

D) Volleyball

1944 Which film won the National Award for the best film on family welfare?

A) Little Zizou (English)

B) Gubbachigalu (Kannada)

C) Antaheen (Bengali)

D) Naan Kadavul (Tamil)

1945 In which of the novels penned by Bankimchandra does the song "Vande Mataram" appear?

A) Durgeshnandini

B) Anand Math

C) Kapalkundala

D) Parineeta

1946 Who was the religious leader whose murder triggered the “Kandhamal riots ” in Orissa.

A) Swami Laxmananand

B) Swami Dayanand

C) Swami Laxman prasad

D) Swami Saraswati

1947 Which was the first fully indigenous silent feature film by Budhiraj Govind Phalke which hit the screens on May 3, 1913.

A) Satyavan Savitri

B) Raja Harishchandra

C) Pundalik

D) Nala-Damayanti

1948 The operations of Which of the below organizations was formally launched in 1936 with an objective to inform, educate and entertain the masses. (It covers 24 languages and 146 dialects. The coverage is 90% in terms of area and 97.3% in terms of population.)

A) The Times of India Group

B) Doordarshan

C) All India Radio

D) Asiatic Society

1949 What does NPCIL stand for?

A) Nuclear Power Center of India Ltd

B) Nuclear Power Company of India Ltd

C) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd

D) Nuclear Power and Co-operation Industries Ltd.

1950 Which of the following is not a neighboring state of Zimbabwe?

A) Botswana



B) Zaire

C) South Africa

D) Mozambique

1951 Which nation state in Europe had its security and justice operations overlooked by the UN since it declared independence,EU has taken over this position?

A) Serbia

B) Georgia

C) Kosovo

D) Ukraine

1952 Which International treaty, Established in 2005, accepted a framework conventions on Climate Change?

A) The Kyoto Protocol

B) The Clean Development Mechanism Treaty

C) Treaty of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

D) The EU Emissions Trading Scheme

1953 Which country has recenty winthdrawn its membership from Kyoto Protocol?

A) USA

B) Canada

C) Brazil

D) Russia

1954 Which of the following countries has recenty joined WTO?

A) Australia

B) Ghana

C) Lybia

D) Russia

1955 Except Toshihide Maskawa and Makoto Kobayashi, which scientists has shared the Nobel prize in Physics for 2008?

A) Thomas Kyle

B) Steven Chu

C) Albert Fert

D) Yoichiro Nambu

1956 He was the last monarch of Nepal before he was ousted from his throne in 2008 by the Maoists?

A) King Gyanendra

B) King Dipendra

C) King Birendra

D) King Mahendra



1957 According to new guidelines set by which body, participation of every child artist is entitled to a set of conditions which should be ensured by the producers and parents to check the child participation in the reality shows?

A) CRY

B) UNICEF

C) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

D) Film and Television Institute of India

1958 Name the cricketer who faced the first ball in the first ever one-day international cricket match?

A) Don Bradman

B) Geoffrey Boycott

C) John Traicos

D) Sunil Gavaskar

1959 A “baker's dozen” would signify which of the following numbers?

A) 14

B) 12

C) 13

D) 15

1960 Which sea does the River Volga,largest river in Europe in terms of the length, discharge and watershed flow out into?

A) Red Sea

B) Caspian Sea

C) Mediterranean Sea

D) Dead Sea

1961 Which Indian President has instituted Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award on 2 January, 1954 by then President of India?

A) Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

B) Govind Ballabh Pant

C) Dr Rajendra Prasad

D) Jawaharlal Nehru

1962 Which Indian personality had rocked the entire world with his rousing rhetoric in this speech delivered in 1893 in Chikago?

A) Rabindranath Tagore

B) Mahatma Gandhi

C) Swami Vivekananda

D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

1963 Which amendment act of the Indian Constitution lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years?

A) (60th amendment) Act,1988

B) (61st amendment) Act,1989

C) (50th amendment) Act,1987

D) (65th amendment) Act,1990



1964 60-year old Dennis Tito made history when he became the first private tourist to outer space in April 2001, paying $20-million for his eight-day holiday aboard the International Space Station. Mr. Tito was a former employee of

A) Microsoft

B) NASA

C) Russian Federal Space Agency

D) Apple Computers

1965 Which former governor of the Reserve Bank of India has written a book called "India’s Politics – A View from the Backbench"?

A) C. Rangarajan

B) Bimal Jalan

C) Venugopal Reddy

D) I G Patel

1966 Who is the present Chief Justice of India, also the first Dalit member of judiciary to occupy the post?

A) Y K Sabharwal

B) K G Balakrishnan

C) R C Lahoti

D) None of the above

1967 Which actor became the youngest non-royal ever to have an individual portrait in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery?

A) Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

B) Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films)

C) Daniel Craig (James Bond)

D) William Shatner (Captain James Kirk in the Star Trek movies)

1968 Skoda India, a fully owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group’s SkodaAuto of the Czech Republic, launched its small car in India under the name

A) Superb

B) Octavia

C) Fabia

D) Scout

1969 The juice brand Minute Maid is a product of which food and beverage major?

A) Coca Cola

B) Pepsico

C) Godrej Beverages and Foods

D) Dabur Foods

1970 Infosys Technologies Ltd., the global Indian leader in IT services and consulting, is listed in which of the following international stock exchanges ?



A) Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE)

B) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

C) S&P

D) NASDAQ

1971 Which of the following corporate offices/campuses in India has been awarded the prestigious LEED platinum rating, which recognizes commitment to superior standards of quality, and efficient utilization and conservation of energy, water and natural resources?

A) Patni Knowledge Centre, Noida

B) Infosys Global Education Centre, Mysore

C) Technopolis Knowledge Park, Mumbai

D) RMZ Ecospace, Bangalore

1972 A plutocracy could be typically characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) disproportionate influence of the wealthy on political processes

B) ownership and control of mass media by the wealthy

C) low social mobility

D) ban on public religious gatherings

1973 Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister upon his death in May 1964, and is often referred to as the first acting Prime Minister of India?

A) Lal Bahadur Shastri

B) V V Giri

C) Gulzari Lal Nanda

D) Gopal Swarup Pathak

1974 The United Kingdom is

A) a Federal Republic

B) a constitutional monarchy

C) a totalitarian state

D) none of the above

1975 The President of the United States of America is all of the following EXCEPT

A) the head of state

B) the chief justice of the Supreme Court

C) the leader of the executive branch of the federal government

D) the commander-in-chief of the armed forces

1976 Which Indian industrialist has been honoured by the Italian Government for his contribution towards strengthening economic and social relations between the European country and India?

A) R Seshasayee

B) Pawan Munjal

C) L. V. Subrahmanyam



D) Sunil Mittal

1977 Name the Indian IT Company that has been presented with two prestigious Banker Technology Awards (awarded by The Banker magazine of the FT group) in June 2008 for its outstanding work in the field of wholesale and capital markets?

A) Accenture

B) TCS

C) Infosys

D) Wipro

1978 Who is the CEO of the new group Ranbaxy and Daichi post acquisition?

A) Takashi Shoda

B) Malvinder Singh

C) Kensi Masuzoe

D) Shivinder Singh

1979 The construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi was completed during the reign of

A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

D) Raziya Sultan

1980 Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was the

A) 12th President of India

B) 14th President of India

C) 11th President of India

D) none of the above

1981 Who was appointed as the Indian Finance Minister by Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in 1991?

A) Manmohan Singh

B) P Chidambaram

C) Madhav Rao Scindia

D) Jaswant Singh

1982 Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

A) The Vice-President

B) The Prime Minister

C) The President

D) The Speaker

1983 Which of the following is not among the New Seven Wonders of the World?

A) The Taj Mahal, India

B) The Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Brazil

C) The Eiffel Tower, France

D) Chichen Itza, Mexico



1984 Who was the founder of the Mughal empire?

A) Babur

B) Akbar

C) Humayan

D) Ala-ud-din Khilji

1985 What does UPSC stand for?

A) Uttar Pradesh Service Commission

B) Union Police Service Commission

C) Union Public Service Commission

D) Union Postal Services Company

1986 A financial condition in which there is an undue decrease in the amount of money available relative to its buying power, leading to a consistent reduction in general price levels, is termed

A) Inflation

B) Deflation

C) Demonetization

D) Destabilization

1987 How many fundamental rights are guaranteed under the constitution of India?

A) 6

B) 9

C) 7

D) 5

1988 Novelis, a leading company in aluminium rolling and recycling, belongs to the

A) Tata Group

B) Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

C) Aditya Birla Group

D) Reliance Industries Ltd. (Mukesh Ambani)

1989 Which state hosted the 2011 National Games of India?

A) Madhya Pradesh

B) Karnataka

C) Sikkim

D) Goa

1990 Name the Indian journalist and novelist who recently received the 'National Amity Award' in recognition of his commendable service towards national integration and unity of the people?

A) Dr. Khushwant Singh

B) Vikram Chandra

C) Arvind Adiga

D) Sagarika Ghosh



1991 Which of the following is NOT a group company of Indian automotive major TVS, named after its founder T V Sundaram Iyengar?

A) Royal Sundaram Insurance Co Ltd.

B) Sundaram Textiles Ltd.

C) Sundaram Clayton Ltd.

D) Brakes India Ltd.

1992 When was the Reserve Bank of India established?

A) January 1938

B) April 1932

C) Jan 1935

D) April 1935

1993 What famous incident, in the history of Indian Freedom Movement, took place on March 12, 1930?

A) Civil Disobedience Movement

B) Quit India Movement

C) Dandi March

D) Promulgation of the Government of India Act

1994 The tag line of Louis Philips is

A) Honestly Impressive

B) The Upper Crest

C) The Complete Man

D) Bond with the Best

1995 The first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons was?

A) S.N.Banerjee

B) W.C.Banerjee

C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

D) Dadabhai Naoroji

1996 An AFFIDAVIT is

A) A written statement made on oath

B) A pardon for wrong doers

C) A written document that outlines the legal arguments in a case.

D) A legal promise to abide by certain norms of state

1997 Who is the Managing Director of Google India?

A) Richard Kimbar

B) Shailesh Rao

C) Mark Howe

D) Phil Santora

1998 Who discovered penicillin?



A) Alexander Fleming

B) Paul Ehrlich

C) Gregory Mendel

D) Dr. Jonas E.Salk

1999 The largest river of Asia is:

A) Mekong

B) Indus

C) Yenisei

D) Yangtze

2000 When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

A) 1919

B) 1918

C) 1914

D) 1920

2001 The study of origin and history of words is called

A) Ethology

B) Etymology

C) Genealogy

D) Linguistics

2002 Which country is called the “The Land of the Rising Sun?”

A) China

B) Germany

C) Japan

D) Australia

2003 The capital of Belgium is:

A) Brussels

B) Minsk

C) Manama

D) Sofia

2004 Who discovered America?

A) Sir John Ross

B) Christopher Columbus

C) Leif Ericsson

D) Sir James Clark

2005 The study of the sign system language is:

A) Penology

B) Phytology

C) Phonology

D) Psephology

2006 The total strength of the Rajya Sabha is



A) 545

B) 540

C) 525

D) 250

2007 Who was the first President of India?

A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

B) N. Sanjeeva Reddy

C) Dr. S Radhakrishnan

D) Mahatma Gandhi

2008 The sea route to India was discovered by:

A) Columbus

B) Magellan

C) Hopkins

D) Vasco de Gama

2009 In which year was the World Health Organization (WHO) established?

A) 1948

B) 1947

C) 1945

D) 1950

2010 Who was the first Roman Catholic and the youngest American to be elected to the office of the President of USA?

A) Harry S. Truman

B) John Adams

C) John. F. Kennedy

D) Theodore Roosevelt

2011 Who was the founder of the Brahma Samaj?


B) Raja Rammohan Roy

C) Dayanand Saraswati

D) V.V Giri

2012 In which year and where the first Asian Games held?

A) Canada, 1951

B) New Zealand, 1948

C) Kenya, 1958

D) Scotland, 1995

2013 The law of gravitation was defined by

A) Faraday

B) Galileo

C) Archimedes

D) Newton



2014 Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2008?

A) Harold Pinter

B) Orhan Pamuk

C) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

D) Dorris Lessing

2015 Somalian pirates hijacked which Japanese vessel carrying 18 Indian crewmembers in 2008?

A) MV Faina

B) MT Stolt Valor

C) TM Liner

D) Lifeline

2016 Which Indian conductor was recently honoured with Japan's Praemium Imperiale, one of art's richest awards, for his lifetime work with orchestras around the world?

A) Prateek Chaudhury

B) L. Subramaniam

C) Zubin Mehta

D) Abraham Mazumder

2017 What is the full form of RAW?

A) Records and Analysis Wing

B) Research and Anti-terrorism Wing

C) Records Amalgamation Wing

D) Research and Analysis Wing

2018 The rivers Beas and Sutlej bring water to the Thar Desert through a canal. What is the name of the canal?

A) Sethu Canal

B) Indra Gandhi Canal

C) Kalingarayan Canal

D) Lower Bhavani Project Canal

2019 Who was elected Sri Lanka’s first Prime Minister in 1944?

A) Wijeyananda Dahanayake

B) Sirimavo Bandaranaike

C) Don Stephen Senanayake

D) John Lionel Kotalawela

2020 Which is the first Indian Bank to open an office in Qatar?

A) Standard Chartered Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) State Bank of India

D) Bank of India

2021 Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

A) K.V Sundaram



B) S.B Sen Verma

C) Sukumar Sen

D) T.N Seshan

2022 Who among the following is the Chief of the Trinamool Congress?

A) Mamata Banerjee

B) Partha Chatterjee

C) Soumen Roy

D) Subroto Mukherjee

2023 Of which country are Pashto and Dari the official languages?

A) Pakistan

B) Afghanistan

C) Bhutan

D) Turkey

2024 Which of the following states has the largest coastline in India?

A) Gujarat

B) Tamilnadu

C) Kerala

D) Karnataka

2025 Solid Carbon Dioxide is commonly called

A) Ice Cubes

B) Icicles

C) Crystal

D) Dry ice

2026 What is the full form of SEZ?

A) Special Economic Zone

B) Special Educational Zone

C) Social and Economic Zone

D) Special Execution Zone

2027 Which of the following words does NOT appear in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

A) Justice

B) Opportunity

C) Peace

D) Faith

2028 When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held?

A) August 1947

B) September 1947

C) December 1946

D) August 1950



2029 Who is the present Director General of the WTO?

A) Pascal Lamy

B) Rufus H. Yerxa

C) Alejandro Jara

D) Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza

2030 In the context of Indian trade policy, what does the EPCG scheme stand for?

A) Export Promotion Consumer Goods Scheme

B) Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme

C) Earnings Provided by Consumer Goods Scheme

D) Exim Policy Capital Goods Scheme

2031 The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize was:


B) Dr C.V Raman

C) Dr. M.S Swaminathan

D) Dr Hargobind Khorana

2032 The engineering giant Bosch belongs to which country?

A) France

B) Italy

C) USA

D) Germany

2033 Which famous world leader was assassinated in Memphis, USA in 1968?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) J F Kennedy

C) Harper Lee

D) Martin Luther King Jr.

2034 In the book ‘Maximum City’ by Suketu Mehta, which city does he write about?

A) Kolkata

B) Delhi

C) Mumbai

D) Chennai

2035 The Kol Dam Hydro Electric project is being built in which of the following states?

A) Jammu & Kashmir

B) Himachal Pradesh

C) Uttaranchal

D) Tamil Nadu

2036 Where are the passenger coaches for the Indian Railways built?



A) Benares

B) Vijayawada

C) Chittaranjan

D) Kochi

2037 The Declaration of Rights for American Independence was drafted in:

A) 1779

B) 1778

C) 1773

D)1776

2038 Who among the following has been nominated by Barack Obama as the US Secretary of State?

A) Bill Clinton

B) Hillary Clinton

C) Janet Napolitano

D) Eric Holder

2039 Which of the following rivers was declared the national river of India in November 2008?

A) The Ganges

B) The Cauvery

C) The Narmada

D) The Tapti

2040 Which of the following banks have been adjudged Global Bank of the Year 2008 by London-based magazine, ‘The Banker’ published by the Financial Times group?

A) BNP Paribas

B) HSBC

C) Royal Bank of Scotland

D) Bank of America

2041

Swiss-born Ackermann and Indian born Anshu Jain have been appointed as Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank in June 2012, They have succeeded?

A) Josef Ackermann

B) Bob Diamond

C) Brian Moynihan

D) None of These

2042

Which brand has been named as the “Numero Uno” brand in the UK in terms of customer satisfaction by the ’2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study (VOSS)’?

A) Vodafone

B) Land Rover

C) Jaguar

D) None of These



2043 Which country in the list has the highest unemployment rate in the euro zone?

A) Spain

B) Portugal

C) UK

D) Italy

2044 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the India’s largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India in June 2012?

A) K C Chakrabarty

B) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra

C) Sekhar Basu

D) None of These

2045 Which IT company has acquired Logica for GBP 1.7 billion recently?

A) Capgemini

B) CGI Group

C) Accenture

D) CSC

2046 India's export growth in April stood at?

A) 3.5%

B) 13%

C) 3.2%

D) 8.5%

2047 Which country will host the 2013 Asia Cup hockey for the second consecutive time?

A) Japan

B) Thailand

C) Malaysia

D) South Korea

2048 Which country won bronze medal in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in May-June 2012?

A) England

B) Pakistan

C) New Zealand

D) India

2049 India's which state has become the fastest growing state for the second consecutive year in 2011-12?

A) Gujarat

B) Delhi

C) Bihar

D) Maharashtra

2050 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in June 2012?



A) Argentina

B) New Zealand

C) India

D) England

2051 Rating agency Crisil has lowered India’s economic growth projection for the current fiscal year 2012-13 to?

A) 6.5%

B) 7%

C) 6%

D) 7.5%

2052 Who has been appointed as the the next Chief of the Indian Navy?

A) Sureesh Mehta

B) Nirmal Verma

C) Devendra Kumar Joshi

D) None of These

2053 Who has recently taken the oath as the new Supreme Court judge in June 2012?

A) Ranjan Gogoi

B) Ranjana Desai

C) Madan Bhimarao Lokur

D) None of These

2054 Which global telecom giant has acquired Hughes Telematics for USD 612 million in June 2012?

A) Verizon

B) AT&T

C) Vodafone

D) Telenor

2055 Which Tech giant has recently acquired online chat site Meebo in June 2012?

A) Microsoft

B) Facebook

C) Google

D) Yahoo

2056 Which day was observed as the World Environment Day (WED)?

A) 10th June

B) 15th June

C) 5th June

D) 25th June

2057 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner?

A) S Y Quraishi




C) V S Sampath

D) None of These

2058 Which social networking site has acknowledged the security breach by hackers in June 2012 which has impacted 6.4 million accounts?

A) Facebook

B) LinkedIn

C) Twitter

D) None of These

2059 Who has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics ?

A) Kwon Oh-hyun

B) Lee Kun-hee

C) Choi Gee-sung

D) Jay Lee

2060 Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have won the mixed doubles title at which Gland Slam tournament in June 2012?

A) Wimbledon

B) French Open

C) Australian Open

D) US Open

2061 India has allowed foreign direct investment from which Neighbour country recently?

A) Pakistan

B) Nepal

C) China

D) Iran

2062 Who won the Thailand Open title held in June 2012?

A) Ratchanok Inthanon

B) Xuerui Li

C) Saina Nehwal

D) None of These

2063 Which Indian PSU got involved in Tatra truck deal scam recently?

A) BEML

B) BHEL

C) ISRO

D) SAIL

2064 India's IIP growth for April 2012 stood at?

A) 2.1%

B) 0.1%

C) 1.1%

D) -1.1%



2065 India's headline inflation for May stood at?

A) 7.85%

B) 7.55%

C) 7.32%

D) 9.55%

2066 What is the retirement age of deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

A) 60

B) 62

C) 65

D) None of These

2067 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has brought formal doping charges against which iconic Sportsperson?

A) Tiger Woods

B) Lance Armstrong

C) Michael Johnson

D) Pete Sampras

2068 A Chinese-Swedish investment group, National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) bought which company recently?

A) Saab

B) Logica

C) Spyker

D) None of These

2069

USA has exempted India and six other countries from Iran Oil Sanctions following steep drop in Oil imports from Iran. The list does not include?

A) South Korea

B) Sri Lanka

C) Malaysia

D) China

2070 Which badminton player won the Indonesia Open Super Series title in June 2012?

A) Ratchanok Inthanon

B) Xuerui Li

C) Saina Nehwal

D) None of These

2071 Who (Female) has won the French open singles title in June 2012?

A) Maria Sharapova

B) Sara Errani

C) Serena Willams

D) Venus Williams



2072 Who (Male) has won the French open singles title in June 2012?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Roger Federar

C) Rafael Nadal

D) None of These

2073 Who is the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

A) Kaushik Basu

B) Deepak Parekh

C) K C Chakrabarty

D) None of These

2074 Which Indian domestic airlines registered highest market share in May 2012?

A) Indigo

B) Jet Airways

C) Air India

D) Spice Jet

2075 Global credit rating agency Moody’s has cut debt rating of which global mobile company to Junk status recently (June 2012)?

A) RIM

B) Motorola

C) Nokia

D) HTC

2076 India's retail inflation in May stood at?

A) 10.02%

B) 10.36%

C) 10.45%

D) 10.22%

2077 Which global tech giant has unveiled its first tablet named “Surface” in June 2012?

A) Nokia

B) Amazon

C) Google

D) Microsoft

2078 Which Indian Hockey player has been suspended for 1 year for his anti- doping rule violation?

A) Sandeep Singh

B) Manpreet Singh

C) Adrin D’Souza

D) V R Raghunath

2079 Which Global credit rating agency has affirmed India's outlook as "Stable" recently?



A) S&P

B) Fitch

C) Moody's

D) CRISIL

2080 Who won the won the historic presidential polls in Egypt recently held in June 2012?

A) Ahmed Shafiq

B) Hosni Mubarak

C) Mohammed Mursi

D) None of These

2081 Who has been appointed as the 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan?

A) Raja Parvez Ashraf

B) Shahbuddin

C) Yousuf Raja Gilani

D) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

2082 The RB has raised FII investment cap in Government securities (G-Secs) recently to?

A) USD 10 billion

B) USD 15 billion

C) USD 20 billion

D) USD 25 billion

2083

Which Indian corporate has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation for innovation in philanthropy in June 2012?

A) N R Narayana Murthy

B) Azim Premji

C) Ratan Tata

D) Vineet Nayar

2084 Who is the new President of International Cricket Council (ICC)?

A) Sharad Pawar

B) Alan Isaac

C) David Richardson

D) Haroon Lorgat

2085 Which global tech firm has acquired office social networking site Yammer for USD 1.2 billion?

A) Facebook

B) LinkedIn

C) Google

D) Microsoft

2086 Who has been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan?

A) Raja Parvez Ashraf



B) Shahbuddin

C) Yousuf Raja Gilani

D) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

2087 Which state has the largest forest area as per the India state of forest report 2011?

A) Madhya Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Karnataka

D) Arunachal Pradesh

2088 India's Q4, FY2011-12 GDP growth stood at?

A) 5.3%

B) 5.8%

C) 6.5%

D) 7.1%

2089 India's FY2011-12 cumulative GDP growth stood at?

A) 5.3%

B) 5.8%

C) 6.5%

D) 7.1%

2090 Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has recently inked MoU with which Indian state to work on different development related issues?

A) Madhya Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Bihar

D) Assam

2091 India's Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza won their second mixed doubles Grand Slam in which Tennis tournament in June 2012?

A) French Open

B) Wimbledon

C) Australian Open

D) US Open

2092 India based US corporate Rajat Gupta has recently been convicted in which case?

A) Corporate Fruad

B) Money Laundering

C) Insider Trading

D) None of These

2093 North-East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) will be established in which place?

A) Guwahati

B) Aizwal



C) Shillong

D) Siliguri

2094 India has recently demand full membership in SCO. Full form of SCO?

A) Sahanghai Corporation Organization

B) Space Co-operation Organization

C) Science Co-operation Organization

D) None of These

2095 Which of this is not a member state of SCO?

A) Russia

B) Uzbekistan

C) Kazakhstan

D) Mangolia

2096 India has inked agreement with which country recently in June 2012 to promote Textile sector?

A) China

B) Kazakhstan

C) Malaysia

D) Turkey

2097 Which company is the main sponsor of London Olympics which drew lots of controversy in India for its involvement in Bhopal gas Tragedy?

A) Exxon Mobil

B) Dow Chemical

C) British Petrolem

D) Shell

2098

Who has been appointed as the head of Metro Advisoy Board, which was set up to co-ordinate Metro rail network development plans across the country?

A) K C Chakrabarty

B) Sudhir Krishna

C) R K Sinha

D) Sekhar Basu

2099 Rajat Gupta, recently convicted in Insider Trading case, was the first India born CEO of which global corporation?

A) Goldman Sachs

B) P&G

C) Pepsico

D) McKinsey

2100 Who will lead the Indian hockey team in London Olympics?

A) Bharat Chetri

B) Manpreet Singh

C) Sandeep Singh



D) V R Raghunath

2101 Who won the French Open 2012 Grand Slam in Men's singles category?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Rafael Nadal

C) Roger Federer

D) Andy Murray

2102 "World day against child labor" was observed on?

A) 15th June

B) 22nd June

C) 12th June

D) 2nd June

2103 World Blood donor day obsered on?

A) 4th June

B) 14th June

C) 21st June

D) 24th June

2104 Who has been re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI?

A) K C Chakrabarty


C) Shekhar Basu

D) R K Sinha

2105 Who became new Director of BARC?

A) R K Sinha

B) Sekhar Basu

C) K C Chakrabarty

D) None of These

2106 Who is the new Prime Minister of Greece?

A) Panagiotis Pikrammenos

B) Karolos Papoulias

C) Antonis Samara

D) George Papandreou

2107 IKEA, World's largest furniture manufacturer plans to enter into India. Which country it belongs?

A) Finland

B) Sweden

C) UK

D) Germany

2108 Who won the European Grand Prix in June 2012?

A) Fernando Alonso

B) Kimi Raikkonen



C) Mochael Schumacher

D) None of These

2109 International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking observed on?

A) 16th June

B) 26th June

C) 22nd June

D) 28th June

2110 Which Country will host the 2012 Champions League T20 in October 2012?

A) Australia

B) Sri Lanka

C) South Africa

D) England

2111 The number of the Rajya Sabha members elected by the President is:

A) 14

B) 10

C) 12

D) 11

2112 What is the radio code signal of extreme distress called?

A) Morse

B) SOS

C) Dots and Dashes

D) 009

2113 What is the full form of INTERPOL?

A) International Crime Police Commission

B) International Political Conference

C) International Committee of Police Officers

D) International Police

2114 What is the acronym used to refer to the elite special operations commando unit of the Indian Navy?

A) NAVCOS

B) MARCON

C) MARCOS

D) NAVCOF

2115 The Boston Tea Party was a major protest incident leading to the:

A) French Revolution

B) American Revolution

C) Russian Revolution

D) Irish Revolution



2116 What are the temperate grasslands of Asia and Europe called?

A) Pampas

B) Veldt

C) Savannah

D) Steppes

2117 The country topping global production of wool is:

A) Australia

B) Argentina

C) USA

D) China

2118 Who is the present ISI chief of Pakistan?

A) Lt Gen Ehsan ul Haq

B) Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha

C) Lt Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

D) Lt Gen Zaheerul-Islam

2119 How many (number) fundamental duties have been enumerated in the Constitution of India?

A) 11

B) 12

C) 13

D) 14

2120 The 55th Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by Lok Sabha on December 8,1986, to grant statehood to:

A) Arunachal Pradesh

B) Mizoram

C) Meghalaya

D) Manipur

2121 Who among the following was the first Minister of Law in India?

A) Hansraj Bhardwaj

B) Arun Jaitley

C) Sir Dinshaw Mulla

D) Dr. B.R Ambedkar

2122 During any sitting of the Lok Sabha, the first hour of sitting is called the:

A) Question hour

B) Review hour

C) Zero hour

D) Eleventh hour

2123 What is the full form of MODVAT?

A) Modified Value Additional Tax



B) Modified Value Added Tax

C) Multiplied Value Added Tax

D) Modified Value Added Tariff

2124 The Mid Day Meal scheme was launched by the

A) Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

B) Union Ministry of Rural Development

C) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development

D) Union Ministry of Labour and Employment

2125 Two countries were suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations on 6/6/2008. Which were they?

A) Pakistan and Fiji

B) Uganda and Fiji

C) Indonesia and Pakistan

D) Sudan and Uganda

2126 When was the first Constitution Amendment Act passed?

A) 1950

B) 1956

C) 1951

D) 1952

2127 Who was the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation when it started?

A) Mr E. Sreedharan

B) Nirmal Shekar

C) Mr. J Harinarayan

D) Sunil Mittal

2128 Who is the present Secretary General of Amnesty International?

A) Pierre Sané

B) Irene Zubaida Khan

C) Salil Shetty

D) Hans Blix

2129 The world’s longest sea-bridge situated in which country?

A) Tokyo

B) China

C) Bosnia

D) Germany

2130 When was Bal Gangadhar Tilak given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’?

A) During the Home Rule Movement

B) During the Swadeshi Movement

C) During the Quit India Movement



D) When he was imprisoned in 1908

2131 This divides India into two parts. Which is it?

A) The Tropic of Cancer

B) The Line of Control

C) The Tropic of Capricorn

D) The MacMohan Line

2132 Which of the following is not a primary fuel?

A) Coal

B) Wood

C) Kerosene

D) Natural gas

2133 Who is the present Chief Minister of Kerala?

A) A. K. Antony

B) Oommen Chandy

C) V.S. Achuthanandan

D) E. K. Nayanar

2134 Who became Australia’s first ever-female Governor General in September 2008?

A) Ursula Stephens

B) Kate Ellis

C) Justine Elliot

D) Quentin Bryce

2135 Who among the following won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

A) Mr Roger Tsien

B) Mr Yochiro Nambu

C) Mr Harald zur Hausan

D) Mr Luc Montagnier

2136 Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission?

A) Dayananda Saraswati

B) Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

C) Swami Vivekananda

D) Acharya S

2137 What does CLASP stand for?

A) Comprehensive, Lightweight Application Security Process

B) Child Labour Action and Support Project

C) Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program

D) Concealed Lightweight Application Security Process



2138 What does ad valorem mean?

A) It refers to the duty or tax imposed on the commodity depending upon the value of the commodity

B) It is a tax based on the value of a real-estate property

C) It is a customs duty or tax imposed on the value of an imported commodity,

D) Import duty and export rebate/tax rates

2139 Where did the Olympic games originate?

A) France

B) Switzerland

C) Ancient Greece

D) Great Britain

2140 Which of the following is not a fundamental right of an Indian citizen as per the Constitution?

A) Right to property

B) Right to equality

C) Right against exploitation

D) Right to constitutional remedies

Answers

Sl No. Question Answer

1831 Which Company has recently invested in media group TV 18? Ans) Reliance

1832 Which Country is the world's largest producer and exporter of uranium? Ans) Kazakhstan

1833 Who has been conferred ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun' title by Japan recently? Ans) Ratan Tata

1834 Who is the Chairman and MD of General Insurance Corporation (GIC)? Ans) Ashok Kumar Roy

1835 Who is the new President of International Chamber of Commerce India (ICC India)? Ans) Harsh Pati Singhania

1836 Who is the Chairman & MD of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)? Ans) Smt. Rita Menon

1837 Who is the Secretary General of SAARC ? Ans) Ahmad Saleem

1838 Who is the President of the European Council? Ans) Herman Van Rompuy

1839 Who is the President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)? Ans) M. Rafeeque Ahmed

1840 Who is Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 's new MD? Ans) Mr. Mangu Singh

1841 Who is the CEO of Prasar Bharti? Ans) Jawhar Sircar



1842 Who is Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation? Ans) Ramesh Sippy

1843 Who is the General president of the Indian Science Congress? Ans) Manmohan Singh

1844 Who is the President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)? Ans) Rajkumar Dhoot

1845 Who is the President of FICCI ? Ans) R.V. Kanoria

1846 Who is Director of RBI's central board? Ans) DK Mittal

1847 Who is the President of Asian organisation of the Institution of the Accountants General (ASOASI) ? Ans) Vinod Rai

1848 Which PSU has recently acquired 51% stake in Bharti Axa Mutual Fund? Ans) Bank of India

1849 World Red Cross day observed on? Ans) 8th May

1850 3 Northeastern Indian states will have its own high courts. Which state is not there in the list of those 3 states? Ans) Nagaland

1851 Where in India "Veer Bharat Premises", a unique museum dedicated to Indian heroes will be setup? Ans) Bhopal

1852 Which bank has is ranked 2nd most profitable public sector bank in terms of annual profit for the fiscal year 2011-12? Ans) Bank of Baroda

1853 In which state India's first 2MW solar power plant started functioning? Ans) Uttar Pradesh

1854 Which Indian who became the youngest to win Asian Chess Championship? Ans) Parimarjan Negi

1855 Which Asian country was invited by NATO to Chicago summit 2nd day with focus on Afghanistan? Ans) Pakistan

1856 Which football club won the 2012 English Premier League Championship after 44 years? Ans) Manchester city

1857 President of which country has been fined USD 17,000 by its electoral authorities for urging his Facebook followers on polling day to vote for him? Ans) Taiwan

1858 Bharti Airtel tied-up with which bank recently for mobile banking services? Ans) Axis Bank

1859 What value of swap facility has RBI set up for SAARC nations? Ans) USD 2 Billion

1860 Which Mobile E-commerce App was acquired by Facebook recently? Ans) Karma

1861 Whichglobal automotive majors announced its decision to divest 30% stake in an engine company in Iran? Ans) Daimler

1862 Who won the Pulitzer Prize for the year 2010 for feature writing? Ans) Gene Weingarten

1863 Which of the following development programmes has recently been launched by the Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education (USE)?

Ans) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)



1864 Which international organization has appointed a three-member independent panel to probe the assassination of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto? Ans) United Nations

1865 Who was the winner of IPL 2009? Ans) Deccan Chargers

1866 James Fenimore Cooper is the author of?

ans) The Last of the Mohicans

1867 In which year was India’s first paperless newspaper ‘The News Today’ launched? Ans) 2001

1868 William Jones cup is associated with which of the following games? Ans) Basketball

1869 Costantino Rocca is associated with which of the following sports? Ans) Golf

1870 Which was the first Indian newspaper? Ans) The Bengal Gazette

1871 China is building a hydropower project on the river Ans) Brahmaputra

1872 Who was named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row in 2010? Ans) Virender Sehwag

1873 Who is referred to as the “gentleman of Indian politics?” Ans) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1874 Who has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers?

Ans) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

1875 What is the old name for Indonesia? Ans) Dutch East Indies

1876 How many stock exchanges are there in India? Ans) 23

1877 Who became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000 for her book "Interpreter of Maladies?" Ans) Jhumpa Lahiri

1878 What is the study of fingerprints called? Ans) Dactyloscopy

1879 __________ is the national flower of China Ans) Tree Peony

1880 What does APEC stand for?

Ans) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

1881 Which Indian Telecom Company has acquired the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom company Zain for $ 10.7 billion? Ans) Bharti Airtel

1882 Which country does not have the rupee as its currency? Ans) Bangladesh

1883 Which airline is the official umpire partner of the IPL tournament 2010? Ans) Kingfisher Airlines

1884 Who is the current US Treasury Secretary? Ans) Timothy Geithner

1885 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China's largest private-run car maker bought _________ for $1.8 billion.

Ans) Ford Motor’s Volvo Unit

1886

Which American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor designed the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975 and is most often known as the father of the personal computer? Ans) H Edward Roberts

1887 Who is the author of ‘My Experiments with Truth’? Ans) Mahatma Gandhi

1888 Which of the following Asian countries is referred to as “Nippon” ? Ans) Japan

1889 Which is the largest pyramid in the world?

Ans) The Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico.

1890 The Prince of Wales Cup is associated with which of the following games? Ans) Golf

1891 With which of the following international aviation majors has Spanish Airline Iberia inked a merger deal to form one of the largest airline groups in the world? Ans) British Airways



1892 Name the controversial film which was directed by Shekhar Kapur and was banned by the Indian authorities in 1994 Ans) Bandit Queen

1893 Which of the following Indian states was separated from Bengal on April 1, 1912 Ans) Assam

1894 __________ Ocean is also called the ‘Herring Pond’ Ans) Atlantic

1895 _________ is the National bird of India Ans) Peacock

1896

The Ochterlony Monument was built in 1848 by Sir David Ochterlony to commemorate his victory in the Nepal War (1814 – 1816). What was it renamed as after India achieved independence? Ans) Shaheed Minar

1897 Who is the author of "Twilight"? Ans) Stephanie Meyer

1898

__________ award is annually conferred for outstanding contribution to public service, community leadership, journalism, literature, creative arts and international understanding Ans) Magsaysay

1899 What does WMO stand for

Ans) World Meteorological Organisation

1900 Which foreign influence is seen in the rock cut architecture of India? Ans) Persian

1901 __________ is the highest gallantry award in India Ans) Param Vir Chakra

1902 Shakespeare's character named "Beatrice" appears in which play?

Ans) Much Ado About Nothing

1903 Which is the largest country with only one time zone. Ans) China

1904 The permanent secretariat of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is located at _____________ Ans) Kathmandu

1905 Koraput is related to which of the following industry. Ans) Aeroplane

1906 __________ is known as the father of English poetry Ans) Geoffrey Chaucer

1907 ________ is a professional sport in Thailand Ans) Kite flying

1908 Which country has 13 months in a year? Ans) Ethiopia

1909 ‘The Gathering’, written by Anne Wright won the Man Booker Prize in the year Ans) 2007

1910 Jeff Bezos is the founder of which of the following websites? Ans) Amazon.com

1911 In which year were banks in India nationalized? Ans) 1969

1912 In which state is Jawahar Tunnel located? Ans) Jammu and Kashmir

1913 The ________ nerve is related to the sense of smell in the human body Ans) Olfactory

1914 Thumba in Kerala is famous of..?

Ans) It is a rocket launching station

1915 Asia's largest residential university?

Ans) Banaras Hindu University

1916 Who defeated Belgium’s Justine Henin to win the women’s singles title for the fifth time and her 12th Grand Slam title? Ans) Serena Williams

1917 Who is the author of "Indian War of Independence"? Ans) V.D.Savarkar

1918 Kangra valley is in which of the following Indian states? Ans) Himachal Pradesh

1919 Mein Kampf is the autobiography of __________ Ans) Adolf Hitler

1920 _________ is the study of fungus and fungi diseases Ans) Mycology

1921 _________ is India’s first indigenously built super computer Ans) Param

1922 Who was the first Muslim invader of India? Ans) Mohd. Bin Kasim



1923 Which is the world’s principal producer of soyabean followed by Brazil and China? Ans) USA

1924 The Right To Information (RTI) act came into force in __________ Ans) 2005

1925 Tiananmen Square is in which of the following countries? Ans) China

1926 Which wild life sanctuary in Rakasthan is recently included in the world heritage list Ans) Bharatpur

1927 Which relates to fish farming Ans) Blue revolution

1928 Which article of the Indian constitution declares Hindi as the official language? Ans) Article 343(1)

1929 What is the minimum age to become a member of the Lok Sabha? Ans) 25

1930 Which was made the 25th state of the Indian republic as per the constitution act 1987 Ans) Goa

1931 What is the old name of Taiwan? Ans) Formosa

1932 Which is the union territory of India that has a legislature? Ans) Pondicherry

1933 Which state was formed as the 24th state of India as per the constitution 55th amendment act, 1987? Ans) Arunachal Pradesh

1934 Where is the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) located? Ans) Vienna

1935 Which prime minister of India is the only Indian to have received the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan, the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-Pakistan? Ans) Morarji Desai

1936 Who is the CEO of Google? Ans) Eric. E.Schmidt

1937 The science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code is called Ans) Cryptology

1938 Which is the parliament of Sweden Ans) Riksdag

1939 Who is the author of Discovery of India? Ans) Jawaharlal Nehru

1940 Which city in Madhya Pradesh is called the ‘Detroit of India’? Ans) Pithampur

1941 Who is known as the father of genetics? Ans) Gregor Mendel

1942 Who is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in lawn tennis? Ans) Leander Paes

1943 Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games? Ans) Golf

1944 Which film won the National Award for the best film on family welfare? Ans) Little Zizou (English)

1945 In which of the novels penned by Bankimchandra does the song "Vande Mataram" appear? Ans) Anand Math

1946 Who was the religious leader whose murder triggered the “Kandhamal riots ” in Orissa. Ans) Swami Laxmananand

1947 Which was the first fully indigenous silent feature film by Budhiraj Govind Phalke which hit the screens on May 3, 1913. Ans) Raja Harishchandra

1948

The operations of Which of the below organizations was formally launched in 1936 with an objective to inform, educate and entertain the masses. (It covers 24 languages and 146 dialects. The coverage is 90% in terms of area and 97.3% in terms of population.) Ans) All India Radio

1949 What does NPCIL stand for?

Ans) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd



1950 Which of the following is not a neighboring state of Zimbabwe? Ans) Zaire

1951 Which nation state in Europe had its security and justice operations overlooked by the UN since it declared independence,EU has taken over this position? Ans) Kosovo

1952 Which International treaty, Established in 2005, accepted a framework conventions on Climate Change? Ans) The Kyoto Protocol

1953 Which country has recenty winthdrawn its membership from Kyoto Protocol? Ans) Canada

1954 Which of the following countries has recenty joined WTO? Ans) Russia

1955 Except Toshihide Maskawa and Makoto Kobayashi, which scientists has shared the Nobel prize in Physics for 2008? Ans) Yoichiro Nambu

1956 He was the last monarch of Nepal before he was ousted from his throne in 2008 by the Maoists? Ans) King Gyanendra

1957

According to new guidelines set by which body, participation of every child artist is entitled to a set of conditions which should be ensured by the producers and parents to check the child participation in the reality shows?

Ans) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

1958 Name the cricketer who faced the first ball in the first ever one-day international cricket match? Ans) Geoffrey Boycott

1959 A “baker's dozen” would signify which of the following numbers? Ans) 13

1960 Which sea does the River Volga,largest river in Europe in terms of the length, discharge and watershed flow out into? Ans) Caspian Sea

1961 Which Indian President has instituted Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award on 2 January, 1954 by then President of India?

Ans) Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

1962 Which Indian personality had rocked the entire world with his rousing rhetoric in this speech delivered in 1893 in Chikago? Ans) Swami Vivekananda

1963 Which amendment act of the Indian Constitution lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years?

Ans) (61st amendment) Act,1989

1964

60-year old Dennis Tito made history when he became the first private tourist to outer space in April 2001, paying $20-million for his eight-day holiday aboard the International Space Station. Mr. Tito was a former employee of Ans) NASA

1965 Which former governor of the Reserve Bank of India has written a book called "India’s Politics – A View from the Backbench"? Ans) Bimal Jalan

1966 Who is the present Chief Justice of India, also the first Dalit member of judiciary to occupy the post? Ans) K G Balakrishnan

1967 Which actor became the youngest non-royal ever to have an individual portrait in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery?

Ans) Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

1968 Skoda India, a fully owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group’s SkodaAuto of the Czech Republic, launched its small car in India under the name Ans) Fabia

1969 The juice brand Minute Maid is a product of which food and beverage major? Ans) Coca Cola

1970 Infosys Technologies Ltd., the global Indian leader in IT services and consulting, is listed in which of the following international stock exchanges ? Ans) NASDAQ



1971

Which of the following corporate offices/campuses in India has been awarded the prestigious LEED platinum rating, which recognizes commitment to superior standards of quality, and efficient utilization and conservation of energy, water and natural resources?

Ans) Patni Knowledge Centre, Noida

1972 A plutocracy could be typically characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Ans) ban on public religious gatherings

1973 Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister upon his death in May 1964, and is often referred to as the first acting Prime Minister of India? Ans) Gulzari Lal Nanda

1974 The United Kingdom is

Ans) a constitutional monarchy

1975 The President of the United States of America is all of the following EXCEPT

Ans) the chief justice of the Supreme Court

1976

Which Indian industrialist has been honoured by the Italian Government for his contribution towards strengthening economic and social relations between the European country and India? Ans) R Seshasayee

1977

Name the Indian IT Company that has been presented with two prestigious Banker Technology Awards (awarded by The Banker magazine of the FT group) in June 2008 for its outstanding work in the field of wholesale and capital markets? Ans) Infosys

1978 Who is the CEO of the new group Ranbaxy and Daichi post acquisition? Ans) Malvinder Singh

1979 The construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi was completed during the reign of Ans) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

1980 Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was the Ans) 11th President of India

1981 Who was appointed as the Indian Finance Minister by Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in 1991? Ans) Manmohan Singh

1982 Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha? Ans) The Vice-President

1983 Which of the following is not among the New Seven Wonders of the World?

Ans) The Eiffel Tower, France

1984 Who was the founder of the Mughal empire? Ans) Babur

1985 What does UPSC stand for?

Ans) Union Public Service Commission

1986

A financial condition in which there is an undue decrease in the amount of money available relative to its buying power, leading to a consistent reduction in general price levels, is termed Ans) Deflation

1987 How many fundamental rights are guaranteed under the constitution of India? Ans) 6

1988 Novelis, a leading company in aluminium rolling and recycling, belongs to the Ans) Aditya Birla Group

1989 Which state hosted the 2011 National Games of India? Ans) Goa

1990

Name the Indian journalist and novelist who recently received the 'National Amity Award' in recognition of his commendable service towards national integration and unity of the people? Ans) Dr. Khushwant Singh



1991 Which of the following is NOT a group company of Indian automotive major TVS, named after its founder T V Sundaram Iyengar?

Ans) Royal Sundaram Insurance Co Ltd.

1992 When was the Reserve Bank of India established? Ans) April 1935

1993 What famous incident, in the history of Indian Freedom Movement, took place on March 12, 1930? Ans) Dandi March

1994 The tag line of Louis Philips is Ans) The Upper Crest

1995 The first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons was? Ans) Dadabhai Naoroji

1996 An AFFIDAVIT is

Ans) A written statement made on oath

1997 Who is the Managing Director of Google India? Ans) Shailesh Rao

1998 Who discovered penicillin? Ans) Alexander Fleming

1999 The largest river of Asia is: Ans) Yangtze

2000 When was the treaty of Versailles signed? Ans) 1919

2001 The study of origin and history of words is called Ans) Etymology

2002 Which country is called the “The Land of the Rising Sun?” Ans) Japan

2003 The capital of Belgium is: Ans) Brussels

2004 Who discovered America?

Ans) Christopher Columbus

2005 The study of the sign system language is: Ans) Phonology

2006 The total strength of the Rajya Sabha is Ans) 250

2007 Who was the first President of India? Ans) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2008 The sea route to India was discovered by: Ans) Vasco de Gama

2009 In which year was the World Health Organization (WHO) established? Ans) 1948

2010 Who was the first Roman Catholic and the youngest American to be elected to the office of the President of USA? Ans) John. F. Kennedy

2011 Who was the founder of the Brahma Samaj? Ans) Raja Rammohan Roy

2012 In which year and where the first Asian Games held? Ans) Canada, 1951

2013 The law of gravitation was defined by Ans) Newton

2014 Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2008?

Ans) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

2015 Somalian pirates hijacked which Japanese vessel carrying 18 Indian crewmembers in 2008? Ans) MT Stolt Valor

2016 Which Indian conductor was recently honoured with Japan's Praemium Imperiale, one of art's richest awards, for his lifetime work with orchestras around the world? Ans) Zubin Mehta

2017 What is the full form of RAW?

Ans) Research and Analysis Wing

2018 The rivers Beas and Sutlej bring water to the Thar Desert through a canal. What is the name of the canal? Ans) Indra Gandhi Canal

2019 Who was elected Sri Lanka’s first Prime Minister in 1944?

Ans) Don Stephen Senanayake

2020 Which is the first Indian Bank to open an office in Qatar? Ans) ICICI Bank

2021 Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India? Ans) Sukumar Sen

2022 Who among the following is the Chief of the Trinamool Congress? Ans) Mamata Banerjee

2023 Of which country are Pashto and Dari the official languages? Ans) Afghanistan



2024 Which of the following states has the largest coastline in India? Ans) Gujarat

2025 Solid Carbon Dioxide is commonly called Ans) Dry ice

2026 What is the full form of SEZ? Ans) Special Economic Zone

2027 Which of the following words does NOT appear in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

Ans) Peace

2028 When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held?

Ans) December 1946

2029 Who is the present Director General of the WTO? Ans) Pascal Lamy

2030 In the context of Indian trade policy, what does the EPCG scheme stand for?

Ans) Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme

2031 The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize was: Ans) Dr C.V Raman

2032 The engineering giant Bosch belongs to which country? Ans) Germany

2033 Which famous world leader was assassinated in Memphis, USA in 1968?

Ans) Martin Luther King Jr.

2034 In the book ‘Maximum City’ by Suketu Mehta, which city does he write about?

Ans) Mumbai

2035 The Kol Dam Hydro Electric project is being built in which of the following states?

Ans) Himachal Pradesh

2036 Where are the passenger coaches for the Indian Railways built?

Ans) Chittaranjan

2037 The Declaration of Rights for American Independence was drafted in:

Ans) 1778

2038 Who among the following has been nominated by Barack Obama as the US Secretary of State?

Ans) Hillary Clinton

2039 Which of the following rivers was declared the national river of India in November 2008?

Ans) The Ganges

2040 Which of the following banks have been adjudged Global Bank of the Year 2008 by London-based magazine, ‘The Banker’ published by the Financial Times group?

Ans) BNP Paribas

2041

Swiss-born Ackermann and Indian born Anshu Jain have been appointed as Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank in June 2012, They have succeeded?

Ans) Josef Ackermann

2042

Which brand has been named as the “Numero Uno” brand in the UK in terms of customer satisfaction by the ’2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study (VOSS)’?

Ans) Jaguar

2043 Which country in the list has the highest unemployment rate in the euro zone?

Ans) Spain

2044 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the India’s largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India in June 2012?

Ans) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra

2045 Which IT company has acquired Logica for GBP 1.7 billion recently?

Ans) CGI Group

2046 India's export growth in April stood at? Ans) 3.2%

2047 Which country will host the 2013 Asia Cup hockey for the second consecutive time?

Ans) Malaysia

2048 Which country won bronze medal in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in May-June 2012?

Ans) India



2049 India's which state has become the fastest growing state for the second consecutive year in 2011-12?

Ans) Bihar

2050 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in June 2012?

Ans) New Zealand

2051 Rating agency Crisil has lowered India’s economic growth projection for the current fiscal year 2012-13 to?

Ans) 6.5%

2052 Who has been appointed as the the next Chief of the Indian Navy?

Ans) Devendra Kumar Joshi

2053 Who has recently taken the oath as the new Supreme Court judge in June 2012?

Ans) Madan Bhimarao Lokur

2054 Which global telecom giant has acquired Hughes Telematics for USD 612 million in June 2012?

Ans) Verizon

2055 Which Tech giant has recently acquired online chat site Meebo in June 2012?

Ans) Google

2056 Which day was observed as the World Environment Day (WED)?

Ans) 5th June

2057 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner?

Ans) V S Sampath

2058 Which social networking site has acknowledged the security breach by hackers in June 2012 which has impacted 6.4 million accounts?

Ans) LinkedIn

2059 Who has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics ?

Ans) Kwon Oh-hyun

2060 Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have won the mixed doubles title at which Gland Slam tournament in June 2012?

Ans) French Open

2061 India has allowed foreign direct investment from which Neighbour country recently?

Ans) Pakistan

2062 Who won the Thailand Open title held in June 2012? Ans) Saina Nehwal

2063 Which Indian PSU got involved in Tatra truck deal scam recently?

Ans) BEML

2064 India's IIP growth for April 2012 stood at? Ans) 0.1%

2065 India's headline inflation for May stood at? Ans) 7.55%

2066 What is the retirement age of deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Ans) 62

2067 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has brought formal doping charges against which iconic Sportsperson?

Ans) Lance Armstrong

2068 A Chinese-Swedish investment group, National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) bought which company recently?

Ans)

2069

USA has exempted India and six other countries from Iran Oil Sanctions following steep drop in Oil imports from Iran. The list does not include?

Ans) China

2070 Which badminton player won the Indonesia Open Super Series title in June 2012?

Ans) Saina Nehwal

2071 Who (Female) has won the French open singles title in June 2012?

Ans) Maria Sharapova

2072 Who (Male) has won the French open singles title in June 2012?

Ans) Rafael Nadal

2073 Who is the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India? Ans) K C Chakrabarty

2074 Which Indian domestic airlines registered highest market share in May 2012?

Ans) Indigo



2075 Global credit rating agency Moody’s has cut debt rating of which global mobile company to Junk status recently (June 2012)?

Ans) Nokia

2076 India's retail inflation in May stood at? Ans) 10.36%

2077 Which global tech giant has unveiled its first tablet named “Surface” in June 2012?

Ans) Microsoft

2078 Which Indian Hockey player has been suspended for 1 year for his anti- doping rule violation?

Ans) Adrin D’Souza

2079 Which Global credit rating agency has affirmed India's outlook as "Stable" recently?

Ans) Moody's

2080 Who won the won the historic presidential polls in Egypt recently held in June 2012?

Ans) Mohammed Mursi

2081 Who has been appointed as the 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Ans) Raja Parvez Ashraf

2082 The RB has raised FII investment cap in Government securities (G-Secs) recently to?

Ans) USD 20 billion

2083

Which Indian corporate has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation for innovation in philanthropy in June 2012?

Ans) Ratan Tata

2084 Who is the new President of International Cricket Council (ICC)?

Ans) Alan Isaac

2085 Which global tech firm has acquired office social networking site Yammer for USD 1.2 billion?

Ans) Microsoft

2086 Who has been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Ans) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

2087 Which state has the largest forest area as per the India state of forest report 2011?

Ans) Madhya Pradesh

2088 India's Q4, FY2011-12 GDP growth stood at? Ans) 5.3%

2089 India's FY2011-12 cumulative GDP growth stood at? Ans) 6.5%

2090 Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has recently inked MoU with which Indian state to work on different development related issues?

Ans) Uttar Pradesh

2091 India's Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza won their second mixed doubles Grand Slam in which Tennis tournament in June 2012?

Ans) French Open

2092 India based US corporate Rajat Gupta has recently been convicted in which case?

Ans) Insider Trading

2093 North-East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) will be established in which place?

Ans) Shillong

2094 India has recently demand full membership in SCO. Full form of SCO?

Ans) Sahanghai Corporation Organization

2095 Which of this is not a member state of SCO? Ans) Mangolia

2096 India has inked agreement with which country recently in June 2012 to promote Textile sector?

Ans) Kazakhstan

2097 Which company is the main sponsor of London Olympics which drew lots of controversy in India for its involvement in Bhopal gas Tragedy?

Ans) Dow Chemical

2098

Who has been appointed as the head of Metro Advisoy Board, which was set up to co-ordinate Metro rail network development plans across the country?

Ans) Sudhir Krishna



2099 Rajat Gupta, recently convicted in Insider Trading case, was the first India born CEO of which global corporation?

Ans) McKinsey

2100 Who will lead the Indian hockey team in London Olympics? Ans) Bharat Chetri

2101 Who won the French Open 2012 Grand Slam in Men's singles category?

Ans) Rafael Nadal

2102 "World day against child labor" was observed on? Ans) 12th June

2103 World Blood donor day obsered on? Ans) 14th June

2104 Who has been re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI? Ans) K C Chakrabarty

2105 Who became new Director of BARC? Ans) Sekhar Basu

2106 Who is the new Prime Minister of Greece? Ans) Antonis Samara

2107 IKEA, World's largest furniture manufacturer plans to enter into India. Which country it belongs?

Ans) Sweden

2108 Who won the European Grand Prix in June 2012? Ans) Fernando Alonso

2109 International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking observed on?

Ans) 26th June

2110 Which Country will host the 2012 Champions League T20 in October 2012?

Ans) South Africa

2111 The number of the Rajya Sabha members elected by the President is:

Ans) 12

2112 What is the radio code signal of extreme distress called? Ans) SOS

2113 What is the full form of INTERPOL? Ans) International Crime Police Commission

2114 What is the acronym used to refer to the elite special operations commando unit of the Indian Navy?

Ans) MARCOS

2115 The Boston Tea Party was a major protest incident leading to the:

Ans) American Revolution

2116 What are the temperate grasslands of Asia and Europe called? Ans) Steppes

2117 The country topping global production of wool is: Ans) Australia

2118 Who is the present ISI chief of Pakistan? Ans) Lt Gen Zaheerul-Islam

2119 How many (number) fundamental duties have been enumerated in the Constitution of India?

Ans) 11

2120 The 55th Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by Lok Sabha on December 8,1986, to grant statehood to:

Ans) Arunachal Pradesh

2121 Who among the following was the first Minister of Law in India?

Ans) Dr. B.R Ambedkar

2122 During any sitting of the Lok Sabha, the first hour of sitting is called the:

Ans) Question hour

2123 What is the full form of MODVAT? Ans) Modified Value Added Tax

2124 The Mid Day Meal scheme was launched by the Ans) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development

2125 Two countries were suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations on 6/6/2008. Which were they?

Ans) Pakistan and Fiji

2126 When was the first Constitution Amendment Act passed? Ans) 1951

2127 Who was the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation when it started?

Ans) Mr E. Sreedharan

2128 Who is the present Secretary General of Amnesty International?

Ans) Salil Shetty



2129 The world’s longest sea-bridge situated in which country? Ans) China

2130 When was Bal Gangadhar Tilak given the epithet of ‘Lokmanya’?

Ans) When he was imprisoned in 1908

2131 This divides India into two parts. Which is it? Ans) The Tropic of Cancer

2132 Which of the following is not a primary fuel? Ans) Kerosene

2133 Who is the present Chief Minister of Kerala? Ans) Oommen Chandy

2134 Who became Australia’s first ever-female Governor General in September 2008?

Ans) Quentin Bryce

2135 Who among the following won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

Ans) Mr Roger Tsien

2136 Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission? Ans) Swami Vivekananda

2137 What does CLASP stand for? Ans) Child Labour Action and Support Project

2138 What does ad valorem mean?

Ans) It refers to the duty or tax imposed on the commodity depending upon the value of the commodity

2139 Where did the Olympic games originate? Ans) Ancient Greece

2140 Which of the following is not a fundamental right of an Indian citizen as per the Constitution?

Ans) Right to property

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