Q. Government had constituted a panel for suggesting de-control of sugar industry.

This panel submitted its report in October 2012 under the Chairmanship of 1 Anand Sinha 2 C. Rangarajan 3 M. Rafeeq Ahmed 4 Deepak Parekh Ans: 2 Q. Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the following countries? 1 India 2 Thailand 3 China 4 Japan Ans: 3 Q. The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the the deserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union Carbide plant located? 1 Indore 2 Raipur 3 Jabbalpur 4 Bhopal Ans: 4 Q. Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on September 2012. 1 Rakesh Sharma 2 Kalpana Chawla 3 Sunita Williams 4 Tessy Thomas Ans: 3 Q. World Trade Organization (WTO) has ranked India as the _____ largest player in the global service trade. 1 Fifth 2 Fourth 3 Seventh 4 Sixth Ans: 3

Q. A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of 1 Anita Kapur 2 N. Rangacharya 3 Y. B. Reddy 4 C. Rangarajan Ans: 2 Q. Which Indian Bollywood actress was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)? 1 Aishwarya Rai 2 Katrina Kaif 3 Kareena Kapoor 4 Vidya Balan Ans: 1 Q. China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following is that country? 1 Taiwan 2 South Korea 3 Sri Lanka 4 Vietnam Ans: 4 Q. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which trequency band from satellite for internet on trains? 1 C Band 2 KU Band 3 S Band 4 3G Spectram Ans: 2 Q. Which among the following states is not awarded Krishi Karman Awards for 2011-12? 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 Manipur 3 Maharastra 4 Nagaland Ans: 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Who is the chairman of Fourteenth Finance Commission? 1 2 3 4 Prof Abhijit Sen Dr. Y.V.Reddy Ms. Sushma Nath Dr. M.Govinda Rao Ans: 2 Q. Who is the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India? 1 Justice Balakrishnan 2 Justice M. Kartzu 3 Justice J. S. Verma 4 Justice D. K. Jain Ans: 4 Q. As per the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13, brought out by World Economic Forum, a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva, India ranks is 1 59th 2 56th 3 57th 4 58th Ans: 1 Q. Water Conservation Day observed on 1 20th November 2 19th November 3 24th November 4 31st October Ans: 2 Q. National Education Day observed on

1 11th November 2 14th November 3 5th September 4 21st May Ans: 1 Q. Antyodaya scheme is meant to help the 1 Muslims 2 Minorities 3 Poorest of the poor section of the society 4 Harijans Ans: 3 Q. The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects(UMPPs) at Cheyyur and Sarguja are located respectively in 1 Kerala and Chhattisgarh 2 Tamil Nadu and Odisha 3 Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh 4 Kerala and Odisha Ans: 3 Q. Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. Kumar Reddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counterterrorist commando force? 1 Anti Terrorism Agency (ATA) 2 Organization to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus) 3 Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) 4 Anti Terrorism Operations (ATO) Ans: 2 Q. Which two countries signed Agreement for the Modernisation of Indian Railways? 1 India and Belgium 2 Indian and China 3 USA and India 4 Russia and India Ans: 1 Q. Name the Indian telecom service company which had acquired US firm WPCS International?

1 Shyam Telecom 2 MTNL 3 Tata Teleservices 4 Kavvery Telecom Ans: 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Which company was directed by the Supreme Court to refund an amount of 17400 crore of rupees to their Investors? 1 Sahara Group of Company 2 Reliance Industries 3 Air India 4 Vodafone Ans: 1 Q. Isle of Wight rock yielded three fossil footprints of Dinosaurs. In which one of the following countries Isle of Wight located? 1 Germany 2 USA 3 Africa 4 UK Ans: 4 Q. Which Indian Company signed a pact with French Energy company GDF Suez to import LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)? 1 Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) 2 GAIL 3 ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) 4 Reliance Petroleum Limited Ans: 2 Q. What was the theme of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting organized in Davos, Switzerland? 1 Shaping the Post-Crisis World 2 Shared Norms for a New Reality

3 The power of collaborative innovation 4 Improve the state of the world: rethink, redesign, rebuild Ans: 2 Q. Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)? 1 Coal 2 Crude Oil 3 Electricity 4 Petroleum refinery Products Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following has a 51:49 joint venture with Japanese automobile company Nissan for manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India? 1 Tata Motors 2 Ashok Leyland 3 Mahindra and Mahindra 4 Bajaj Auto Ans: 4 Q. According to the FDI data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 10, 2012, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in India declined to what amount in the AprilJune quarter of fiscal 2012-13? 1 6.4 billion dollar 2 5 billion dollar 3 5.4 billion dollar 4 7 billion dollar Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India till date? 1 Vodafone 2 BP Plc 3 Vedanta Resource 4 Dailchi Sankyo Ans: 1 Q. SEBI, on August 16, 2012 has made it mandatory that all listed companies must have minimum ________ public shareholdings by June 2013. 1 10%

2 20% 3 30% 4 25% Ans: 4 Q. Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to Everonn Education? 1 Reliance 2 Bharti Group 3 Toyota 4 LIC Ans: 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Q. Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for the reconstruction of the Nalanda University? 1 Japan 2 UK 3 USA 4 China Ans: 4 Q. Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developed by ISRO? 1 Saga-220 2 Aakash-A1 3 Tianhe-1A 4 Jaguar-Cray Ans: 1 Q. In the year 2011, a missile named 'PRAHAR', developed by DRDO was test fired. This is a 1 short-range surface to air missile 2 long-range surface to air missile 3 short-range surface to surface missile

4 long-range surface to surface missile Ans: 3 Q. Which one of the following countries had recently joined World Trade Organisation? 1 Myanmar 2 Austria 3 Russia 4 Taiwan Ans: 3 Q. The Thar Express goes to 1 Bangladesh 2 Pakistan 3 Afghanistan 4 Myanmar Ans: 2 Q. Census data related on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in 1 Bihar 2 Uttar Pradesh 3 Rajasthan 4 Maharashtra Ans: 4 Q. National Social Assistance Programme is aimed at providing 1 financial support to Scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes 2 old age pension to very poor 3 insurance for the poor 4 all of the above Ans: 4 Q. As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have Uranium reserve of 1 1 lakh tonnes 2 2 lakh tonnes 3 1.5 lakh tonnes 4 2.5 lakh tonnes Ans: 3

Q. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Unaccustomed Earth? 1 Jhumpa Lahiri 2 Meera Nair 3 Salman Rushdie 4 Dalai Lama Ans: 1 Q. Which is not a feature of the American Constitution? 1 Written Constitution 2 Federation 3 Cabinet System 4 Republic Ans: 3 123456 China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country? 1 2 3 4 Myanmar South Korea Vietnam Taiwan Ans: 3 Q. An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a new country named South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its -

1 minerals 2 agricultural product 3 fishery product 4 forest product Ans: 1 Q. Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012? 1 Jawahar Thakur 2 Neeraj Kumar 3 A.K. Aggarwal 4 Arun Mishra Ans: 1 Q. Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the lines : An Auto-biography'? 1 Sharad Pawar 2 Khushwant Singh 3 Kuldip Nayar 4 General J.J. Singh Ans: 3 Q. Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India? 1 Marissa Mayer 2 Michael Steiner 3 Ross Csatary 4 None of the above Ans: 2 Q. 'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for1 National Gangotri River Basin Authority 2 National Godavari River Basin Authority 3 National Ganga River Basin Authority 4 None of the above Ans: 3 Q. Who is the author of the book 'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges'? 1 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2 Hamid Ansari 3 Jaswant Singh

4 None of the above Ans: 1 Q. Who has been awarded the world Food Prize 2012? 1 Kofi Annan 2 Daniel Hillel 3 Ban Ki-Moon 4 None of the above Ans: 2 Q. P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great 1 Poet 2 Scientist 3 Musician 4 Economist Ans: 4 Q. Who has been appointed the Prime Minister of Egypt on July 24, 2012? 1 Mohammed Morsi 2 Kamal Ganzouri 3 Hesham Qandil 4 None of them Ans: 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012? 1 2 3 4 Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Kaziranga National Park Konkan Railway

Ans: 2 Q. India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in 1 Jaipur 2 Kanpur 3 Chittoor 4 Pune Ans: 3 Q. Who is China's first woman astronaut? 1 Li Xei 2 Liu Yang 3 Yang Xei 4 None of them Ans: 2 Q. Who is the author of the book 'A Soldier's General'? 1 General V.K. Singh 2 Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma 3 General J.J. Singh 4 None of them Ans: 3 Q. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains? 1 S Band 2 C Band 3 KU Band 4 3G Spectrum Ans: 3 Q. Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the following award 1 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2 Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award 3 Lifetime Achievement Award 4 Sahitya Academy Award Ans: 1

Q. Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme? 1 Kareena Kapoor 2 Aishwarya Rai 3 Vidya Balan 4 Hema Malini Ans: 3 Q. A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at 1 Edinburgh 2 London 3 Tokyo 4 Washington Ans: 1 Q. One of the Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise with India. The nation is 1 Australia 2 USA 3 Japan 4 Vietnam Ans: 2 Q. Muktinath Temple, a pilgrimage destination for Hindus is situated at which of the following nation? 1 Nepal 2 Malaysia 3 Trinidad & Tobago 4 India Ans: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Francois Hollande has been

elected at the President of which of the following nation? 1 2 3 4 Poland Portugal France Greece Ans: 3 Q. The Teesta treaty has becomes a bone of contention between India and ...? 1 China 2 Pakistan 3 Bangladesh 4 Nepal Ans: 3 Q. Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the country? 1 China 2 India 3 Japan 4 Thailand Ans: 1 Q. A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was dedicated to the person of which one of the following places? 1 Anand, Gujarat 2 Badmer, Rajasthan 3 Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 4 Patan, Gujarat Ans: 4 Q. Which one of the following will be the longest tunnel of India being constructed in J&K? 1 Banihal tunnel 2 Chennai-Nashri tunnel

3 Rohtang tunnel 4 None of them Ans: 2 Q. Government has fixed the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of tur (Arhar) for 2012-13 at 1 Rs 3740 per quintal 2 Rs 3640 per quintal 3 Rs 3940 per quintal 4 Rs 3840 per quintal Ans: 4 Q. A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of 1 Y.B. Reddy 2 N. Rangachary 3 Anita Kapur 4 Rashmi Sahani Saxena Ans: 2 Q. During April 2011-February-2012, which of the following state stood first in creating largest employment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)? 1 Uttar Pradesh 2 Karnataka 3 West Bengal 4 Andhra Pradesh Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following bank has been awarded Finance Asia Award 2012? 1 AXIS Bank 2 HDFC Bank 3 ICICI Bank 4 Kotak Bank Ans: 4 Q. 4th Advance Estimates of Ministry of Agriculture, puts oilseeds production for 2011-12 at 1 30.01 MT 2 28.89 MT 3 32.32 MT

4 31.01 MT Ans: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Govt. approves an ordinance to completely digitise TV Broad-casting. The entire nation has been targeted to be covered by 1 2013 2 2014 3 2016 4 2015 Ans: 2 Q. First Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr. The country reffred here is: 1 Kazakhstan 2 Argentina 3 North Korea 4 Iran Ans: 4 Q. She started her career as an IFS officer and was unanimously elected the 15th Lok Sabha Speaker. She was elected to Lok Sabha and representing a constituency in the state of: 1 Jharkhand 2 Madhya Pradesh 3 Bihar 4 West Bengal Ans: 3 Q. Who among the following is the author of the book "My Country, My Life? 1 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3 L.K. Advani 4 Shashi Tharoor Ans: 3 Q. In the year 2012, which actor bagged the Best Actor Award at the 59th National Film Awards? 1 Ranbir Kapoor

2 Appu Kutty 3 Girish KulKarni 4 Hrithik Roshan Ans: 3 Q. Emomali Rahmon recently visited India is the president of 1 Turkmenistan 2 Russia 3 Republic of Tajikistan 4 Turkey Ans: 3 Q. Who is the UN Messengers of Peace 1 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 2 Michael Douglas 3 Monique Coleman 4 Elie Wiesel Ans: 2 Q. Kaushik Basu the ex-economic adviser of PM recently in news, appointed as 1 President of IMF 2 President of World Bank 3 Economic Adviser of UNO 4 Chief Economist of World Bank Ans: 4 Q. The UN theme for the 2012 International Day of Peace is 1 Sustainable Peace 2 Sustainable Future 3 Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future. 4 None of the above Ans: 3 Q. The year by which India is expected to achieve total sanitation coverage, as per the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India is 1 2017 2 2015 3 2018

4 2019 Ans: 1 1234567891 Which film actress has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan? 1 Priyanka Chopra 2 Aishwarya Roy 3 Vidya Balan 4 Katrina Kaif Ans: 3 Q. The joint exercise carried out by the Army and the Indian Air Force in the desert of Rajasthan is named 1 Neptune 2 Malabar 2012 3 Exercise Shoorveer 4 Bhumi Raksha Ans: 3 Q. For which region of the country the Union Government has cleared a 8,500 crore project under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)? 1 North eastern region 2 Gorkhaland 3 Bundelkhand 4 Naxalite-affected districts Ans: 4 Q. As per data released by Indian statistical organisation in May 2012, India's Industrial production declined by 3.5 per cent in March 2012, the chief factor behind this decline is 1 Surplus rain 2 Contraction in manufacturing and mining output 3 Devaluation of rupee 4 Eurozone crisis Ans: 2 Q. Recently Wikipedia city Monmouth has been built. In which city is it located? 1 Australia

2 Canada 3 South Africa 4 USA Ans: 4 Q. United States has decided to ease the stiff economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed on which country and appointed envoy to her after 22 years? 1 Sri Lanka 2 Myanmar 3 South Africa 4 South Sudan Ans: 2 Q. The Government has launched a scheme called _____ for encourages and enables Overseas Indian Workers to save for their return and resettlement and to save for their old age by providing a co-contribution from the Government, is 1 Indira Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana 2 Pravasi Suraksha Yojana 3 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana 4 Rajiv Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana Ans: 3 Q. Who was the father of Operation Flood? 1 APJ Abdul Kalam 2 M. S. Swaminathan 3 Dr Verghese Kurien 4 KPS Gill Ans: 3 Q. 16th NAM Summit recently held at 1 Singapore 2 Cairo 3 Teheran 4 Manila Ans: 3 Q. Who is the winner of US Open Tennis 2012 in women section? 1 Victoria Azarenka 2 Venus Williams

3 Samantha Stosur 4 Serena Williams Ans: 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . Who is the winner of US Open Tennis 2012 men section? 1 Novak Djokovic 2 Andy Murray 3 Roger Federer 4 Rafel Nadal Ans: 2 Q. Vedanta Alumina is a company operating in the area of 1 Mining 2 Textiles 3 Banking 4 Cement Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following is used as a fuel in Nuclear power stations in India? 1 Tin 2 Thorium 3 Copper 4 All of these Ans: 2 Q. In which one of the following States was the first UID card issued? 1 Maharashtra 2 Assam 3 Manipur 4 West Bangal Ans: 1 Q. Expand the term MGNREGA. 1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Agency 3 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act 4 None of these

Ans: 1 Q. Which one of the following States has passed a legislation to confiscate the property of corrupt officials and to open schools in these properties? 1 Bihar 2 Jharkhand 3 Rajasthan 4 Haryana Ans: 1 Q. In which one of the following States, Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant is proposed to be set up? 1 Haryana 2 Maharashtra 3 Orissa 4 Karnataka Ans: 2 Q. The Eleventh 'Five-Year Plan' of India is for the Five years ranging from? 1 2007-2012 2 2009-2014 3 2008-2013 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q. The Government of India provides direct financial support to which of the following schemes? 1 Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana 2 Packing Credit Guarantee Scheme 3 ULIP 4 All of the above Ans: 1 Q. The Reserve Bank does not have an office in 1 Gulbarga 2 Kanpur 3 Jaipur 4 Bhopal Ans: 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Which one of the following is the objective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)issued by the Government? 1 To ensure that Companies take steps for rehabilitation of project-affected people 2 To ensure that Companies use some of their profits for educating the project-affected people 3 To ensure that Companies provide health care to project-affected people 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q. The disease which has been declared by the Union Government to be a mandatorily notifiable in order to provide better diagnosis and treatment and reduce its transmission is 1 Tuberculosis 2 Diabetes 3 Malaria 4 Cancer Ans: 1 Q. The first Credit Information Company in India was 1 CARE 2 ICRA 3 CIBIL 4 None of the above Ans: 3 Q. To review the determination of poverty line by Suresh Tendulkar Committee, Planning Commission has constituted a committee under the chairmanship 1 S.K. Goel 2 C. Rangrajan 3 Mihir Shah 4 Prakash Bukshi Ans: 2 Q. All services excluding services in negative list have been brought under the umbrella of service tax w.e.f. July 1, 2012. How many services have been included in the negative list? 1 17 2 15 3 21

4 19 Ans: 1 Q. For 2011-12, the external debt as percentage of GDP stands at 1 22% 2 20% 3 23% 4 25% Ans: 2 Q. With reference to The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report which one of the following statements is correct? 1 By 2030 even two planet Earths would not be enough to sustain human activity 2 Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 50 per cent globally since 1970 3 The world would have to be 50 per cent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions Ans: 2 Q. With a view to strengthening regional financial and economic cooperation the Reserved Bank of India has announced Swap Arrangement of how much amount of US$ billion both in foreign currency and Indian rupee for SAARC member countries? 1 USD 2 billion 2 USD 2.5 billion 3 USD 4.5 billion 4 USD 3.25 billion Ans: 1 Q. In the 12th Five Year Plan the Government of India has proposed to invest for development of various projects in port sector the amount of 1 73,893.95 crore 2 76,793.95 crore 3 76,000.00 crore 4 75,793.95 crore Ans: 2 Q. India has signed a key tax information exchange agreement and another pact on information technology to accelerate economic and joint investment with1 Qatar 2 Yaman

4 The report is titled Living Planet Report 2012

3 Iraq 4 Bahrain Which country took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in June 2012? 1 China 2 Iraq 3 India 4 Iran Ans: 1 Q. Which country has increased its defence budget by nearly 10 per cent to 545 billion rupees ($ 5.8 billion) for the 2012-13? 1 India 2 Iran 3 Iraq 4 Pakistan Ans: 4 Q. Who authored the book Mind Positive, Life Positive ? 1 Buta Singh 2 Sushma Swaraj 3 S. Joginder Singh 4 Sonia Gandhi Ans: 3 Q. Who had been made the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(EBRD)? 1 Bobby Jindal 2 Adi Goderej 3 Mr. Suma Chakrabarti 4 Rahul Khullar Ans: 3 Q. The World Environment Day was observed across the globe on June 5,2012. Theme for the World Environment Day 2012 was 1 Water-all we need 2 Green Economy : Does it include you? 3 Forests-Nature at your Service

4 None of the above Ans: 2 Q. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.) an independent Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) was established in 1 1988 2 1985 3 1987 4 1986 Ans: 3 Q. SSS-NIRE (Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy) working in bio-energy, bio-fuel, synthetic fuel etc is located at 1 Mumbai 2 Wadala Kalan, Kapurthala (Punjab) 3 Bangalore 4 Dehradun Ans: 2 Q. RGAUD (Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas) i.e. Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day, Sadbhavana Day is celebrate each year on the birth day of ex. PM Rajiv Gandhi. His birth day is 1 20th November 2 20th December 3 20th August 4 20th October Ans: 3 Q. The Solar Evapo-Cooking System (SECS) for controlling excretion of CO2 in atmosphere and to save LPG amount during food cooking for 20000 people daily in Shri Sai Baba Institute Nyas, Shirdi (Maharashtra)was established in 1 June 2012 2 June 2009 3 June 2011 4 June 2010 Ans: 4 Q. The estimates of National Income are prepared by1 National Development Council 2 National Productivity Council

3 National Income Council 4 Central Statistical Organization