1. The limit of overseas investment in government bonds/securities has been raised
from $15 billion to _________.
a) $20 billion
b) $25 billion
c) $30 billion
d) $35 billion
e) None of the above
2. According to “World Investment Report 2012″, the total FDI inflow in India in
2011 stood at ________.
a)
$67 billion
b) $87 billion
c) $52 billion
d) $78 billion
e) None of the above
3. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, India ranks at ____.
a) 42nd
b) 36th
c)
56th
d) 53rd
e) 62nd
4. Which country tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report
2011-2012?
a) Sweden
b) Singapore
c) Netherland
d)
Switzerland
e) None of the above
5. The World Bank Group have entered into an agreement with which among the
following industrial bodies to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC)
to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development?
a) Industrial Development Bank of India
b) Indian Industries Association
c)
Confederation of Indian Industry
d) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
e) None of the above
6. The country’s first indigenously designed microwave imaging satellite, Radar
Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation
on April 26, 2012. Which of the following statments about RISAT-1 is/are correct?
1. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-19 was used to launch RISAT-1.
2. It has cloud penetrating capability and can imaging even without sunlight.
3. The RISAT-1 is an advanced C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite
working in 5.35 Giga Hertz frequency.
4. It was launched from Sriharikota located in Rajasthan.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c)
1, 2and 3 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4
7. Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Expert Committee
on GAAR for examining issues on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?
a) Sudhir Gupta
b) C. Rangarajan
c) N. Rangachary
d)
Parthasarathi Shome
e) None of the above
8. Which of the followings scheme(s) is/are launched by Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(MoPR)?
1. Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
2. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)
3. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)
a) Only 1 a) Only 2 a) Only 3 a) 2 and 3 only a)
All 1, 2 and 3
9. Name the person who took oath as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan recently?
a) Yusuf Raza Gilani
b) Makhdoom Shahbuddin
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d)
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
e) None of the above
10. Which country became a major non-NATO ally of the United States recently?
a) Japan
b) Israel
c) Pakistan
d) Newzeland
e)
Afghanistan
11. Jim Yong Kim who assumed the World Bank presidency recently, is the _____
president of the World Bank Group.
a)
12th
b) 13th
c) 14th
d) 15th
e) None of the above
12. A highly controversial book ‘Beyond the Lines’ is an autobiography written by
a) Aravind Adiga
b) Salman Rushdie
c)
Kuldip Nayyar
d) Khushwant Singh
e) Taslima Nasreen
13. Which of the followings recommendations were made by National Commission for
Women (NCW) in concern to the proposed amendments to the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961?
1. Amendment to definition of Dowry
2. Provision for registration of lists of gifts received at the time of marriage.
3. Penalties for non-maintenance of lists of gifts received at the time of the marriage.
4. Protection officers appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act, 2005 to carry out the duties of the Dowry Prohibition Officers.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 4 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e)
All 1, 2, 3 and 4
14. An e-TDS return should be filed under ________ of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
a)
Section 206
b) Section 205
c) Section 208
d) Section 192
e) None of the above
15. The e-TDS prepared by the deductor has to be submitted at
a)
TIN Facilitation Centres
b) TAN Facilitation Centres
c) PIN Facilitation Centres
d) PAN Facilitation Centres
e) None of the above
16. Which is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume/market value?
a) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
b) London Stock Exchange (LSE)
c)
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
d) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
e) None of the above
17. FBI’s two-year investigation project called “Operation Ghost Click” was aimed
to uncovered a network of
a)
Rogue DNS Servers
b) Rogue FTP Servers
c) Rogue Proxy Servers
d) Rogue HTTP Servers
e) None of the above
18. Internet’s phone book is :
a) ISP
b) FTP
c) TCP
d)
DNS
e) Gopher
19. A collection of infected computers under the control of one or more attackers is:
a) Bolnet
b)
Botnet
c) Spybot
d) Intranet
e) Web spider
20. Which country ranks at the top in Bt.Cotton cultivation (Area wise)?
a) USA
b) Britain
c) Russia
d) China
e)
India
21. According to the ILO, a worker under the following age is a child labourer:
a) 14 years
b)
15 years
c) 16 years
d) 17 years
e) None of the above
22. The largest share (nearly 60 percent) of child labourers is found in
a) Mining Sector
b) Service sector
c) Industrial sector
d)
Agricultural sector
e) Construction and contracting sector
23. In which year, ILO establishes the International Programme on the Elimination of
Child Labour (IPEC)?
a)
1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1994
e) None of the above
24. Alan Isaac has recently been elected as new President of
a)
ICC
b) WWF
c) AITA
d) FIFA
e) FIDE
25. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Cricket?
a) LBW
b) DRS
c) Duck
d) Cow Corner
e)
None of above
