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Q.Government had constituted a panel for suggesting de-control of sugar industry. Thispanel submitted its report in October 2012 under the Chairmanship of -

1 Anand Sinha

2 C. Rangarajan

3 M. Rafeeq Ahmed4 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 thethe deserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Whereis 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 ofInternational 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

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Q.A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under theChairmanship of -

1 Anita Kapur

2 N. Rangacharya

3 Y. B. Reddy4 C. Rangarajan

Ans: 2

Q.Which Indian Bollywood actress was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassadorfor the United Nation programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)?

1 Aishwarya Rai

2 Katrina Kaif

3 Kareena Kapoor

4 Vidya BalanAns: 1

Q.China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venturewith another country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following isthat 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 interneton 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

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Who is thechairman ofFourteenthFinanceCommission?

1 Prof Abhijit Sen

2 Dr. Y.V.Reddy

3 Ms. Sushma Nath

4 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 WorldEconomic Forum, a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva, India ranks is -

1 59t

2 56t

3 57t

4 58t

Ans: 1

Q.Water Conservation Day observed on -

1 20t

November

2 19t November

3 24t November

4 31st

October

Ans: 2

Q.National Education Day observed on

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1 11t

November

2 14t November

3 5t

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 counter-

terrorist 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 WPCSInternational?

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1 Shyam Telecom

2 MTNL

3 Tata Teleservices

4 Kavvery Telecom

Ans: 4

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Which company was directed by the Supreme Court to refund an amount of 17400 croreof rupees to their Investors?

1Sahara Group of Company

2Reliance Industries

3Air India

4Vodafone

Ans: 1

Q. Isle of Wight rock yielded three fossil footprints of Dinosaurs. In which one of thefollowing countries Isle of Wight located?

1 Germany

2 USA

3 Africa4 UK

Ans: 4

Q.Which Indian Company signed a pact with French Energy company GDF Suez toimport LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)?

1 Indian Oil Corporation(IOC)

2 GAIL

3 ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)

4 Reliance Petroleum LimitedAns: 2

Q.What was the theme of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting organizedin Davos, Switzerland?

1 Shaping the Post-Crisis World

2 Shared Norms for a New Reality

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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 companyNissan for manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India?

1 Tata Motors2 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 April-June 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 Indiatill 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 haveminimum ________ public shareholdings by June 2013.

1 10%

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2 20%

3 30%

4 25%

Ans: 4

Q.Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning toEveronn Education?

1 Reliance

2 Bharti Group

3 Toyota

4 LIC

Ans: 2

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Q.Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for thereconstruction of the Nalanda University?

1 Japan

2 UK

3 USA

4 ChinaAns: 4

Q.Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developedby ISRO?

1 Saga-220

2 Aakash-A1

3 Tianhe-1A

4 Jaguar-Cray

Ans: 1Q. 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

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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 livesin

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

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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

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Chinarecentlyobjected theparticipationof an Indiancompany inits jointventure withanothercountry foroffshore oilexploration.which oneamong thefollowing isthatcountry?

1 Myanmar

2 South Korea3 Vietnam

4 Taiwan

Ans: 3

Q.An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a newcountry named South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its -

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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 for-

1 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

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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

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Whichpart ofIndia wasincludedin WorldHeritageList byUNESCO

on July1,2012?

1 Eastern Ghats

2 Western Ghats

3 Kaziranga National Park

4 Konkan Railway

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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 interneton 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 thefollowing award -

1 Dadasaheb Phalke Award

2 Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award

3 Lifetime Achievement Award

4 Sahitya Academy Award

Ans: 1

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Q.Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador forsanitation programme?

1 Kareena Kapoor

2 Aishwarya Rai

3 Vidya Balan4 Hema Malini

Ans: 3

Q.A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed tobe established at -

1 Edinburgh

2 London

3 Tokyo

4 WashingtonAns: 1

Q.One of the Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise withIndia. 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 thefollowing nation?

1 Nepal

2 Malaysia

3 Trinidad & Tobago

4 India

Ans: 1

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elected atthePresidentof whichof the

followingnation?

1 Poland

2 Portugal

3 France

4 Greece

Ans: 3

Q.The Teesta treaty has becomes a bone of contention between India and ...?

1 China2 Pakistan

3 Bangladesh

4 Nepal

Ans: 3

Q.Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the country?

1 China

2 India

3 Japan4 Thailand

Ans: 1

Q.A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was dedicated to theperson 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 inJ&K?

1 Banihal tunnel

2 Chennai-Nashri tunnel

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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 theChairmanship 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 creatinglargest employment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Karnataka

3 West Bengal4 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 2011-12at -

1 30.01 MT

2 28.89 MT

3 32.32 MT

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4 31.01 MT

Ans: 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 ...

Govt. approves an ordinance to completely digitise TV Broad-casting. The entire nationhas been targeted to be covered by -

12013

22014

32016

42015

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 LokSabha Speaker. She was elected to Lok Sabha and representing a constituency in thestate of:

1 Jharkhand2 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. Advani4 Shashi Tharoor

Ans: 3

Q. In the year 2012, which actor bagged the Best Actor Award at the 59th National FilmAwards?

1 Ranbir Kapoor

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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 theMinistry of Rural Development, Govt. of India is -

1 2017

2 2015

3 2018

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4 2019

Ans: 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 1

Which film actress has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal BharatAbhiyan?

1Priyanka Chopra

2Aishwarya Roy

3Vidya Balan

4Katrina Kaif

Ans: 3

Q.The joint exercise carried out by the Army and the Indian Air Force in the desert ofRajasthan 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 croreproject under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)?

1 North eastern region

2 Gorkhaland3 Bundelkhand

4 Naxalite-affected districts

Ans: 4

Q.As per data released by Indian statistical organisation in May 2012, India's Industrialproduction declined by 3.5 per cent in March 2012, the chief factor behind this declineis -

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

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2 Canada

3 South Africa

4 USA

Ans: 4

Q.United States has decided to ease the stiff economic and diplomatic sanctions imposedon 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 theirold 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 Kalam2 M. S. Swaminathan

3 Dr Verghese Kurien

4 KPS Gill

Ans: 3

Q.16t 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

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3 Samantha Stosur

4 Serena Williams

Ans: 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910

. Who is the winner of US Open Tennis 2012 men section?

1Novak Djokovic

2Andy Murray

3Roger Federer

4Rafel Nadal

Ans: 2

Q.Vedanta Alumina is a company operating in the area of

1 Mining2 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 Copper4 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: 1Q.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

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Q.Which one of the following States has passed a legislation to confiscate the property ofcorrupt 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 setup?

1 Haryana

2 Maharashtra

3 Orissa4 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 followingschemes?

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 in1 Gulbarga

2 Kanpur

3 Jaipur

4 Bhopal

Ans: 1

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Which one of the following is the objective of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)issued by the Government?

1To ensure that Companies take steps for rehabilitation of project-affected people

2To ensure that Companies use some of their profits for educating the project-affected people

3To ensure that Companies provide health care to project-affected people

4None of these

Ans: 1

Q.The disease which has been declared by the Union Government to be a mandatorilynotifiable in order to provide better diagnosis and treatment and reduce itstransmission is -

1 Tuberculosis

2 Diabetes3 Malaria

4 Cancer

Ans: 1

Q.The first Credit Information Company in India was -

1 CARE

2 ICRA

3 CIBIL

4 None of the aboveAns: 3

Q.To review the determination of poverty line by Suresh Tendulkar Committee, PlanningCommission 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 ofservice tax w.e.f. July 1, 2012. How many services have been included in the negativelist?

1 17

2 15

3 21

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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 followingstatements 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

3The world would have to be 50 per cent bigger to have enough land and forests to providefor current levels of consumption and carbon emissions

4 The report is titled Living Planet Report 2012

Ans: 2

Q.With a view to strengthening regional financial and economic cooperation the ReservedBank of India has announced Swap Arrangement of how much amount of US$ billionboth 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 fordevelopment 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 oninformation technology to accelerate economic and joint investment with-

1 Qatar

2 Yaman

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3 Iraq

4 Bahrain

Which country took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in June2012?

1China

2 Iraq

3 India

4 Iran

Ans: 1

Q.Which country has increased its defence budget by nearly 10 per cent to 545 billionrupees ($ 5.8 billion) for the 2012-13?

1 India

2 Iran3 Iraq

4 Pakistan

Ans: 4

Q.Who authored the bookMind Positive, Life Positive ?

1 Buta Singh

2 Sushma Swaraj

3 S. Joginder Singh

4 Sonia GandhiAns: 3

Q.Who had been made the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment(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 forthe World Environment Day 2012 was -

1 Water-all we need

2 Green Economy : Does it include you?

3 Forests-Nature at your Service

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4 None of the above

Ans: 2

Q. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.) an independent PublicSector 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 inbio-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. Hisbirth 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 inatmosphere and to save LPG amount during food cooking for 20000 people daily inShri Sai Baba Institute Nyas, Shirdi (Maharashtra)was established in

1 June 2012

2 June 2009

3 June 20114 June 2010

Ans: 4

Q.The estimates of National Income are prepared by-

1 National Development Council

2 National Productivity Council

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3 National Income Council

4 Central Statistical Organization