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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. The Reserve Bank of India reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points on January 29,
2013. What is the present repo rate?
2) 8.5%

3) 8.75%

4) 7.75%

5) 7.25%

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1) 8.25%

2. Who among the following was given Padma Vibhushan this year?
1) V.K.Saraswat 2) Yashpal

3) Ashok Sen

4) N.Suresh

5)Jogesh Chandra

3. Who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-2013 for his debut novel
Narcopolis in January 2013?
1) Amitav Ghosh

2) Jamil Ahmad

4) Uday Prakash

5) Tahmima Anam

3) Jeet Thayil

4. Who defended the Australian Open women's singles tennis title in Melbourne on
January 26, 2013?
1) Li Na (China)

2) Sloane Stephens (USA)

4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

3) Serena Williams (USA)

5) Maria Sharapova (Russia)

5. Who among the following was the Chief Guest for the 64th Republic Day parade on
January 26, 2013?
1) Spain King

2) Norway King

4) Cambodia King

5) Bhutan King

3) Thailand King

6. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy cricket for the 40th time in January 2013. It defeated
which of the following teams in the final in Mumbai?
1) Karnataka

2) Rajasthan

3) Saurashtra

4) Delhi

5) Uttar Pradesh

7. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the portion of deposits banks must keep with the RBI.
What is the present CRR?
1) 3.5%

2) 4.5%

3) 4.75%

4) 4%

5) 3.75%

8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 80th anniversary on which of the following
days in 2012?
1) September 16

2) October 8

4) November 11

5) October 7

3) December 7

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9. The world's highest polling booth is located at the height of 15,000 feet above the mean
sea level at Hikkam in Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituency in which of the following states?
2) Uttarakhand

4) Jammu& Kashmir

5) Himachal Pradesh

3) Arunachal Pradesh

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1) Assam

10. The Election Commission has set up a polling booth solely for Bharat Das in which
of the following assembly constituencies of Gujarat? (The booth was created inside the
Gir National Park)
1) Una

2) Valsad

3) Mehsana

4) Mandvi

5) Lathi

11. The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government
of India every?
1) Two years

2) Three years

3) Four years

4) Six years

5) Five years

12. Who among the following Indian golfers won the Venetian Macau Open Golf title in
October 2012?

1) Gaganjeet Bhullar

2) Shiv Kapur

4) Ajeetesh Sandhu

5) None of these

3) Himmat Rai

13. Mount Lokon erupted recently. It is one of the most active volcanoes in?
1) Italy

2) Japan

3) Indonesia

4) Ireland

5) Philippines

14. UN Women's Executive Director Michelle Bachelet launched the first ever knowledge
hub for elected women representatives living in rural areas of South Asia in which of
the following cities on October 4, 2012?
1) Jaipur

2) Hyderabad

3) Cuttack

4) Mysore

5) Bhopal

15. Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim insurgency outfit, signed a pact with which
of the following governments to end the conflict in October 2012?
1) Laos

2) Indonesia

3) Philippines

4) Sri Lanka

5) Myanmar

16. The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is a body created in 2002 to promote cooperation among Asian countries. Which city hosted the first ACD Summit in October
2012?
1) Jakarta

2) Bangkok

3) New Delhi

4) Kuwait City

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5) Dhaka

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17. Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a militant group, signed a peace accord with the union
government and which of the following state governments in October 2012?
1) Bihar

2) Jharkhand

3) Manipur

4) West Bengal

5) Assam

18. The Rs.1000 coin has been issued in commemoration of 1,000 years of the

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Brihadeeswara temple in?

1) Madurai

2) Kanchi

3) Kumbakonam

4) Tanjavur

5) Tiruchirapalli

19. "Dare to Do! For the New Generation" is a book written by?
1) Anna Hazare

2) Kiran Bedi

3) Prashant Bhushan

4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) None of these

20. Who won his fourth Allan Border Medal as Australia's Cricketer of the Year on
February 4, 2013?

1) Ricky Ponting

2) Mike Hussey

4) Shane Watson

5) Phil Hughes

3) Michael Clarke

21. Rohinton Nariman resigned from which of the following posts in February 2013?
1) Supreme Court Judge

2) Election Commissioner

4) Solicitor General

5) None of these

3) Attorney General

22. The 8th Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
Divas was celebrated on which of the following days in 2013?
1) February 1 2) February 2

3) February 3

4) February 4

5) February 5

23. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2013? (He
succeeded Hillary Clinton)
1) Kit Bond

2) Joe Biden

3) Bob Menendez

4) John Kerry

5) William Joseph Burns

24. The Ministry of Rural Development started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra
which focuses on making the country free from open defecation on October 3, 2012.
The yatra was started from Wardha district, Maharashtra and ended in Bettiah in?
1) Odisha

2) Bihar

3) Assam

4) West Bengal

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5) Haryana

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25. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi handed over the 21st crore (210 million) Aadhar card
to Bali Devi, a resident of which of the following states?
1) Haryana

2) Punjab

3) Rajasthan

4) Maharashtra

5) Himachal Pradesh

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26. Which of the following private sector banks has tied-up with state-owned Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) to provide banking services in rural areas? (IOC's rural petrol pump
outlets-Kisan Seva Kendras-will act as the bank's Business Correspondents)
1) Yes Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) KVB

4) Axis Bank

5) HDFC Bank

27. Brooks Brothers has unveiled a luxury boutique in New Delhi. It is the oldest men's
clothier chain in which of the following countries?
1) Spain

2) UK

3) USA

4) France

5) Australia

28. The 2012 Ryder Cup was won by Europe. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf
competition between teams from Europe and?
1) Brazil

2) Canada

3) Argentina

4) Australia

5) USA

29. India's heaviest satellite, the 3400 kg GSAT-10, was successfully launched on
September 29, 2012 from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana in?
1) Asia

2) Africa

3) North America 4) South America 5) Europe

30. Pranay Sahay was appointed as the new Director General of which of the following
armed forces in October 2012?
1) CRPF

2) CISF

3) NSG

4) ITBP

5) Sashastra Seema Bal

31. Dmitry Rogozin visited India recently. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of which of
the following countries?
1) Ukraine

2) Georgia

3) Russia

4) Belarus

5) Kazakhstan

4) Egypt

5) Israel

32. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of?

1) Iran

2) Iraq

3) Spain

33. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?

1) Steve Ballmer

2) Larry Page

4) Tim Berners Lee

5) Steve Jobs

3) Jimmy Wales

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34. Who is the author of "What Young India Wants: Selected Essays and Columns"?
1) Gurcharan Das

2) Chetan Bhagat

4) Abdul Kalam

5) Jeet Thayil

3) Robin Sharma

35. G.K.Vasan, Minister of Shipping, and Doris Bures signed a memorandum of under-

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standing (MoU) for technology cooperation in the shipping and ports infrastructure in
October 2012. Doris Bures is the Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of
which of the following countries?
1) Austria

2) Canada

4) Czech Republic

5) New Zealands

3) Australia

36. Which of the following is not a financial term?

1) Acid Test Ratio

2) Gross profit

4) Depreciation

5) Double fault

3) Cash flow

KEY
1) 4

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

5) 5

6) 3

7) 4

8) 2

9) 5

10) 1

11) 2

12) 1

13) 3

14) 1

15) 3

16) 4

17) 5

18) 4

19) 2

20) 3

21) 4

22) 2

23) 4

24) 2

25) 3

26) 5

27) 3

28) 5

29) 4

30) 1

31) 3

32) 5

33) 4

34) 2

35) 1

36) 5

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