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August 2012

Ques. : 1 Which of the following has recently invited India to be a partner in its ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme? 1) The United States 2) European Union 3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 4) Russia 5) None of these Ans.) 3

Ques. : 2 Dan Shechtman, who has won this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasicrystal, belongs to: 1) US 2) Britain 3) Israel 4) Sweden 5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 3 Name the Swedish poet who has been awarded this years Nobel Prize in literature for his work New Collected Poems? 1) Phillip Roth 2) Bob Dylan 3) Cees Nooteboom 4) Tomas Transtromer 5) Ko Un Ans.) 4

Ques. : 4 What is the name of the worlds cheapest tablet PC, costing just Rs 2,276, which has been produced by India and that would be available at around half this price to students as part of the governments programme to expand education through IT?

1) Sudarshan 2) Aakash 3) Khoj 4) Saraswati 5) Laxmi Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 5 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moodys in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank? 1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda 3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India 5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. : 6 Manjeet Singh, for whom the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel, seeking a life ban on him, is associated with:
1) Athletics 2) Hockey 3) Football 4) Boxing 5) Wrestling Ans.) 4

Ques. : 7 What is Kala Patthar?

1) A land rover to be placed on Indias moon mission Chandrayan 2) The worlds highest webcam installed on Mt Everest 3) Huge uranium ores discovered recently in Andhra Pradesh 4) Milestones placed on the Golden Quadrilateral Highway 5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. : 8 With which country India has signed a treaty to train that countrys security forces?
1) Iraq 2) South Sudan 3) Libya 4) Afghanistan 5) Syria Ans.) 4 Ques. : 9 Which bank is in process of acquiring select assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in India for which it is in consultation of the banking regulator RBI? 1) ICICI 2) HSBC 3) HDFC 4) State Bank of India 5) Axis Bank Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 10 Which country has imposed a fat tax on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits recently? 1) Denmark 2) Britain 3) Canada 4) France 5) Austria Ans.) 1 Ques. : 11 Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman have been awarded this years Nobel Prize in Medicine for: 1) Drug resistant Japanese encephalitis 2) New cancer research 3) Breakthrough in treating HIV/AIDS 4) Two-tier structure of the immune system 5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 12 Indian agro industry is eying China as a potential importer of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) grown mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka? FCV is the variety of: 1) Tea 2) Coffee 3) Tobacco 4) Betel nut 5) Rubber Ans.) 3

Ques. : 13 Who has been presented the Dilip Bose lifetime achievement award recently by the All India Tennis Association?
1) Praveen Kumar 2) Kawaljeet Singh 3) Vijay Amritraj 4) Vijay Damani 5) Harsh Mankad Ans.) 2

Ques. : 14 The government has hiked the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in FM radio to 26 from:
1) 10% 2) 12% 3) 16% 4) 18% 5) 20% Ans.) 5 3|IBPS
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Ques. : 15 The ambitious Rs 1,800-crore Indira Jal Prabha programme launched recently, aims at providing irrigation facilities to the land belonging to: 1) Drought-hit farmers 2) People below poverty line 3) Marginal farmers 4) SCs/STs 5) War widows Ans.) 4

Ques. : 16 Ram Dayal Munda, who passed away recently, was a famous:
1) Musician 2) Politician 3) Dramatist 4) Novelist 5) Educationist Ans.) 1

Ques. : 17 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against governmentbacked banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics? 1) Greece 2) Italy 3) US 4) France 5) Germany Ans.) 3 Ques. : 18 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government to move a similar bill in the island nations parliament? 1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill 3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill 5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

Ques. : 19 Which is the first West Asian country for which the government has launched a webbased procedure of attesting contracts of Indian workers working there to prevent exploitation by foreign employers? 1) United Arab Emirates 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Bahrain 4) Turkey 5) Egypt Ans.) 1 4|IBPS
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Ques. : 20 World Tourism Day (WTD) is observed annually on 27 September. What was the theme for WTD 2011? 1) Tourism Linking Cultures 2) Tourism & Biodiversity 3) Tourism opens doors for women 4) Sport and tourism 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 21 Which country has been hit by Hurricane Jova recently? 1) Mexico 2) Brazil 3) Peru 4) Venezuela 5) The United States Ans.) 1

Ques. : 22 In which state the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has indicted the government for illegal mining in the state? 1) Karnataka 2) Jharkhand 3) Orissa 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Goa Ans.) 5

Ques. : 23 Who has written the biography of the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, an Indian Destiny? 1) Amit Chaudhuri 2) Rani Singh 3) Anjali Joseph 4) Rana Dasgupta 5) Moni Mohsin Ans.) 2

Ques. : 24 Who among the following has been bestowed with the prestigious Akshay Mohanty Samman for 2011 recently? 1) Manna Dey 2) Ilayaraja 3) Gulzar 4) Asha Bhosle 5) Lata Mangeshkar Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 25 Which Indian cricketer has launched a sports academy recently in Jhajjar in Haryana? 1) MS Dhoni 2) Virendra Sehwag 3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Ajay Jadeja 5) Kapil Dev Ans.) 2 Ques. : 26 Against which country India has decided to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for imposing illegal duties by the country on cotton yarn imports? 1) Egypt 2) Turkey 3) China 4) Nigeria 5) Saudi Arabia Ans.) 2 Ques. : 27 In which country recently Indian-origin tycoon Pankaj Oswal has been accused of one of the countrys biggest corporate frauds for siphoning $113 million out of his Burrup Fertilizers?

1) Britain 2) Australia 3) Canada 4) New Zealand 5) South Africa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 28 Three women of Africa Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkul Karman and Leymah Gbowee have shared this years Nobel Peace Prize. Ellen Johnon became the first elected woman head of state of Africa. Ellen belongs to: 1) Liberia 2) Sudan 3) Burundi 4) Yemen 5) Congo Ans.) 1

Ques. : 29 Government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira in its report presented recently has suggested giving more powers to which of the following bodies with respect to mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector? 1) Competition Commission of India 2) Finance Ministry 3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Ans.) 1

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Ques. : 30 Under whose chairmanship the Union Government has recently announced the reconstitution of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) to energise and sustain the growth of manufacturing industries and help in the implementation of strategies by the government? 1) V Krishnamurthy 2) Pranab Mukherjee 3) U K Sinha 4) Dr D Subbarao 5) C Rangarajan Ans.) 1 Ques. : 31 Which Indian PSU bank in tune with its plans to expand its retail division in the UK entered the mortgage market in the country for the first time? 1) Punjab National Bank 2) Oriental Bank of Commerce 3) State Bank of India 4) Indian Overseas Bank 5) Canara Bank

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Ques. : 32 With which one of the following countries India agreed to allow the entry of law firms?
1) United Kingdom 2) USA 3) China 4) Pakistan 5) France Ans.) 1 Ques. : 33 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moodys in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank? 1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda 3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India 5) State Bank of India Ans.) 5

Ques. : 34 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government to move a similar bill in the island nations parliament? 1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2) Food Security Bill 3) Right to Education Bill 4) Right to Employment Bill 5) New Direct Tax Code Bill Ans.) 2

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Ques. : 35 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against governmentbacked banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics?
1) Greece 2) Italy 3) US 4) France 5) Germany Ans.) 3

Ques. : 36 Justice M B Shah Commission is probing into: 1) Illegal mining in Karnataka 2) Illegal mining in Goa 3) Exact determinant to fix income level for people living below poverty line 4) Police excesses in Maoist-infested areas 5) Gopalgarh firing in Rajasthan Ans.) 2

Ques. : 37 Between which of the following stations, Indian Railways flagged off its first airconditioned double-decker chair-car train recently?
1) Mumbai-Surat 2) Howrah-Dhanbad 3) Howrah-Patna 4) Mumbai-Goa 5) None of these Ans.) 2

Ques. : 38 Which country has abolished the official retirement, which makes mandatory for companies to give objective reasons for asking someone to go away their job on grounds of age?
1) Japan 2) Russia 3) Britain 4) US 5) Sweden Ans.) 3

Ques. : 39 Which state government has awarded those who have achieved 100 years of age with Shatayu Samman, in order to build consciousness about healthy ageing?
1) Bihar 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Rajasthan 4) Orissa 5) Tamil Nadu Ans.) 2 8|IBPS
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Ques. : 40 Who among the following has got this years Nobel Prize in Economics for providing ways to understand the impacts of policy changes or shocks such as surging oil prices on output, inflation and employment?
1) Richard Thaler and Robert Schiller 2) Martin Weitzman and William Nordhaus 3) Jean Tirole and Oliver Hart 4) Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims 5) None of these Ans.) 4

Ques. : 41 Which of the following is NOT True regarding the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 announced recently? 1) It proposes to accord telecom industry status of infrastructure industry 2) There will be no roaming charges 3) Mobile Numbers can be ported to any part of the country 4) There will be one telecom, without any circles 5) It proposes to do away with the telecom regulator TRAI Ans.) 5

Ques. : 42 Who among the following has won the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration? 1) Javed Akhtar 2) Mahashweta Devi 3) Balraj Puri 4) Mohan Dharia 5) Shyam Benegal Ans.) 4

Ques. : 43 Delhi state government has recently launched a micro-finance project for women. Which of the following is correct? 1) The project aims at providing financial support to over one lakh vulnerable women in New Delhi. 2) The project will be implemented by the Samajik Suvidha Sangam in collaboration with Delhi chapter of SEWA. 3) A separate cell in finance ministry of the Delhi government has been set up to monitor the project. 4) Both (A) & (B) are correct 5) None of the above is correct Ans.) 4

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Ques. : 44 Which one of the following states has launched the social auditing programme of gram panchayats? 1) Goa 2) Assam 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Bihar 5) Orissa Ans.) 2

Ques. : 45 The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh has been inaugurated in __ district. 1) Kangra 2) Kullu 3) Kinnaur 4) Sirmaur 5) Manali Ans.) 1

Ques. : 46 The Supreme Court has ordered Delhis private hospitals to provide free treatment to the poor. The bench asked the city hospitals to reserve __ percent of their out-patient department capacity and__ percent of beds at the indoor level for free treatment of the poor. 1) 25; 10 2) 35; 20 3) 10; 25 4) 25; 25 5) 50; 25 Ans.) 1

Ques. : 47 The youngest country of the world South Sudan recently chose __ as its official language. 1) French 2) Arabic 3) English 4) Spanish 5) Zulu Ans.) 3

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Ques. : 48 Which country has been made chairman of the United Nations South Asian Regional Commission for Tourism at the recently held United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference at Gyeongju in South Korea? 1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh 3) India 4) Pakistan 5) Bhutan Ans.) 3

Ques. : 49 With which country India has signed an extradition treaty recently? 1) Denmark 2) Turkmenistan 3) South Korea 4) Turkey 5) Vietnam Ans.) 5

Ques. : 50 According to the latest Election Commission guidelines, what percentage of votes a party must get for being recognized as a State Party, irrespective of the number of seats it gets?
1) Four 2) Five 3) Six 4) Five 5) Four Ans.) 4

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