Indian & Global Environment

1. Christian Louboutin, who designed the shoe named Bollywoodyis based in

(1) France
(2) Italy
(3) Russia
(4) Romania
2. Who has developed the worlds first hydrogen-powered three- wheeler, HyAlfa which was showcased
at Delhi Auto Expo 2012?
(1) UN Industrial Development Organization
(2) International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies
(3) Mahindra and Mahindra and IIT- Delhi
(4) All of above
3. You look the world, we look after you is the tag line of which brand?
(1) Microsoft
(2) LIC
(3) SOTC
(4) Bharti Airtel
4. Recently, Irans first nuclear power plant has started contributing to its national grid. Where in Iran is
it located?
(1) Siraf
(2) Bushehr
(3) Knvormuj
(4) Borazjan
5. Infocrossing was acquired by
(1) Wipro
(2) JSW Steel
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(3) Craves Software International

(4) Godrej Sana Lee
6. Boston Communications Group was acquired by
(1) Elder Pharmaceutical
(2) Megasoft
(3) NovoZymes
(4) Wipro
7. MTV Networks India was acquired by
(1) The Television 18 group
(2) Reliance Communications
(3) Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection
(4) Fashion TV
8. The Web driven photo printing service Snapfish is owned by
(1) HP
(2) Microsoft
(3) Yahoo
(4) Google
9. Which mobile company has signed a deal with Apple to sell their iPhone in India?
(1) Vodaphone
(2) RCom
(3) Airtel
(4) Idea
10. Which one of the following is the most famous product of Harley Davidson?
(1) Cars
(2) Motorcycles
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(3) Jackets
(4) Helicopters
11. In IPL-5, Kevin Pietersen has been selected to play with which team?
(1) Delhi Daredevils
(2) Deccan Charges
(3) Rajasthan Royals
(4) Royal Challengers
12. Who partnered Leander Paes to win Chennai Open Tennis Championship in January, 2012?
(1) Janko Tipsarevic
(2) Mahesh Bhupathi
(3) Andy Ram
(4) Rohan Bopanna
13. Which player has won FIFAs Ballon d Or Trophy for the straight third time as worlds best player in
2011?
(1) Lionel Messi
(2) Xavi Hemanderz
(3) Christiano Ronaldo
(4) Carlos Tevez
14. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards Title?
(1) Geet Sethi
(2) Wilson Jones
(3) Michael Ferrira
(4) Manoj Kothari
15. Who has won the recent Africa Open Golf Title?
(1) Louis Oosthuizen

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(2) van der Walt

(3) Retief Goosen
(4) Jaco Van Zyl
16. Who is the Governor of Andhra Pradesh?
(1) ESL Narasimham
(2) Kiran Kumar Reddy
(3) YSR Reddy
(4) Jalagam Vengala Rao
17. Who has inaugurated NCC Republic Day Camp 2012?
(1) Hamid Ansari
(2) Pratibha Patil
(3) Maria Kumar
(4) Manmohan Singh
18. Who is the Chairman of SAIL?
(1) CS Verma
(2) C Rangarajan
(3) P Chidambaram
(4) Veerappa Moily
19. Kisan Ghat is the memorial ground of which political leader?
(1) Ch. Charan Singh
(2) Jagivan Ram
(3) Jayaprakash Narayan
(4) Rajendra Prasad
20. Who was the first Indian scientist to become a Member of Parliament?
(1) Vikram Sarabhai
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(2) Sir CV Raman

(3) Meghnad Saha
(4) S Chandrasekhar
21. RBIs action to reduce CRR would
(1) increase stress on money markets
(2) decrease stress on money markets
(3) warrant banks to invest more in government securities
(4) warrant increase in interest rates by banks
22. How does RBI ease liquidity in the economy?
A. By cutting frequency of open market operations.
B. By cutting cash reserve ratio.
C. By cutting the repo and reverse repo rates.
(1) A and B
(2) B and C
(3) A, B and C
(4) A and C
23. Which among the following has the Cabinet decision on small saving schemes?
(1) National Savings Certificates
(2) Kisan Vikas Patras
(3) Monthly Income Schemes
(4) Recurring Deposit Schemes
24. Which among the following organized the annual India Economic the annual India Economic Summit
in India?
(1) FICCI
(2) CII

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(3) AIMA
(4) World Economic Forum
25. Interest payable on Saving Bank Accounts in India is
(1) not regulated
(2) regulated by RBI
(3) Regulated by State Governments
(4) Regulated by Central Government
26. Slogan Applying Thought is used by ?
(1) TCS
(2) Wipro
(3) Infosys
(4) Mahindra Satyam
27. What was the approximately pay package (equivalent to) of Apple CEO Tim Cook drew in 2011 ?
(1) 2000 crore
(2) 800 crore
(3) 100 crore
(4) 500 crore
28. Which among the following is also known as a Pacific Rim Trade Group?
(1) Marcosur
(2) ASEAN
(3) APEC
(4) OPEC
29. Which Countrys Parliament has passed laws recently against 500 polluting companies to pay a price
equivalent to US $ 22.90 a ton for carbon emission from mid 2012?
(1) USA

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(2) Canada
(3) Australia
(4) New Zealand
30. Tranquility Base is situated on the surface of
(1) Moon
(2) Mars
(3) Jupiter
(4) Saturn
31. Which of these political leaders won the Nobel prizes for literature?
(1) Benito Mussolini
(2) Woodrow Wilson
(3) Winston Churchill
(4) William Gladstone
32. Who was the Danish Anatomist, whose 374th birth anniversary was celebrated on 11 January and
was widely regarded as the Father of Geology?
(1) Nicholas Steno
(2) Jon Hronsky
(3) Joannes Janssonius
(4) Johan Huizinga
33. What is the real name of the fictional character Winnie- the- Pooh?
(1) Edward Bear
(2) Christopher Robin
(3) AA Milen
(4) None of these

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34. What is the name of tallest bridge in the world?

(1) Baluarte, Mexico
(2) London Bridge, Arizona
(3) Golden Gate Bridge, California
(4) Brooklyn Bridge, New York
35. Who is the director of Agni-IV Missible?
(1) Tessy Thomas
(2) Avinash Chander
(3) APJ Abdul Kalam
(4) SK Sharma
36. Who is the absolute owner of the luxury tourist train Maharaja Express as per Delhi High Court?
(1) IRCT
(2) Cox and Kings
(3) Thomsons
(4) None of these
37. The tagline Pure Poorabhi` belong to
(1) Reliance Petroleum
(2) Indian oil
(3) Bharat Petroleum
(4) IBP
38. The software named Sea monkey` is used in computer to
(1) delete the virus infected files
(2) recover lost data
(3) browse the internet
(4) use as a media player
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39. Which company has bagged the ICS National Awards for adopting for governance practices?
(1) ONGC
(2) BEL
(3) Indian oil
(4) BHEL
40. Stephen Hawking, the famous Scientist who turned 70 recently, has been working throughout his life
on the theory of the origin of the Universe. What do Scientist call this theory?
(1) The Universal Truth
(2) The Theory of Everything
(3) The Grand Unified Theory
(4) The Theory of Universe

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