BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1. Nano knowledge city has been established at which Indian city?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Tiruchi
c. Chandigarh
d. Lucknow
2. Which finance company will soon offer loans again gold ETF units?
a. Muthoot Finance
b. ICICI Loans
c. Bajaj Capital
d. Birla Global Finance Limited
3. Infosys’ Executive Council will now have how many members?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
4. Which company bought the .CO domain just before the completion of one year of its public
launch?
a. Yahoo
b. Hotmail
c. Google
d. Rediff
5. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Sun TV Network?
a. Rakesh Singh
b. K.Vijay Kumar
c. Dinesh Trivedi
d. Kishore Chandra Rao
6. Which of the following brands is NOT a part of Sony Corporation?
a. VIAO
b. Bravia
c. Xbox
d. Play stations
7. Which of the brands follow a ‘fast fashion’ trend?
a. Lee
b. Adidas
c. Levis
d. Zara
8. June 2011 infl ation closed at what rate?
a. 8.44%
b. 9.44%
c. 10.44%
d. 11.44%
9. French tyre maker Michilen is going to start its Indian operations from which city?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkatta
10. Which country is set to roll out its first phase of National internet for home users in August with a speed of 8MB?
a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Afganistan
d. Saudi Arabia
11. According to March 2010 estimation, how much land is under organic certifi cation?
a. 4.4 million hectares
b. 4.6 million hectares
c. 6.4 million hectares
d. 6.6 million hectares
12. Where has Posco planned its latest project costing more than `50,000 Crores in India?
a. Rajasthan
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Gujarat
13. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Fortis Healthcare?
a. Bhavdeep Singh
b. Aditya Vij
c. Suneeta Reddy
d. Shivinder Singh
14. Which Indian city is hosting the 3 day International Leather Fair from 28th July 2011?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkata
15. Which of these brands DO NOT belong to Hindustan Uni Lever?
a. Bru
b. Taj Mahal
c. Ashirwad
d. Annapurna
16. Who is the new RBI Deputy Governor?
a. Shyamala Gopinath
b. Y. Vnugopal Reddy
c. Harun Rashid Khan
d. D. Subbarao
17. What is the public offer made by Zyanga Inc.?
a. $2 billion
b. $1 billion
c. $1.5 billion
d. $3 billion
18. Which website is used most popularly in Brazil?
a. Facebook
b. LinkedIn
c. Orkut
d. MySpace
19. Keki Mistry is CEO of which bank?
a. HDFC
b. ICICI
c. Standard Chartered
d. Deutsche Bank
20. Which Indian City will be home for Nano Science and Technology?
a. Hyderabad
b. Bangalore
c. Ahmedabad
d. Bhubaneshwar
21. Which Indian state suffers most from lack of opportunity of Jobs?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Goa
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Chattisgarh
22. To which country does the new Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
belong?
a. India
b. United States of America
c. Brazil
d. China
23. Which Indian city will host the 11th conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2012?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Bangalore
d. Hyderabad
24. How many FDI proposals did Indian Govt approve in June 2011?
a. 16
b. 17
c. 18
d. 19
25. ‘Beta’ range of pens belong to which brand?
a. Parker
b. Emonte
c. Luxor
d. Pilot
26. Brands like Parachute, Saffola, Sweekar, Medikar, Top Ramen etc., are owned by which Indian
giant?
a. HUL
b. P&G
c. Marico Industries
d. Nestle
27. what is India’s position among the top 20 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recipients, according
to World investment report released by UNCTAD?
a. 12th
b. 14th
c. 16th
d. 18th
28. General Motors launched the diesel version of which car?
a. Chevrolet Beat
b. Chevrolet Optra
c. Chevrolet Cruze
d. Spark
29. Which Public sector bank selected Metlife as its partner in the life insurance segment?
a. Syndicate Bank
b. Corporation Bank
c. United Bank of India
d. Punjab National Bank
30. Which telecom announced its decision to merge its divisions providing GSM and CDMA?
a. Tata
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Aircel
d. Vodafone
31. Maharashtra Electrosmelt is merging which PSU?
a. IOC
b. SAIL
c. BHEL
d. HPCL
32. What does ‘M’ in IMFA stand for?
a. Metal
b. Mineral
c. Micro
d. Money
33. Usha Ananathsubramanian is the Executive Director of which Pubic sector bank?
a. Gramin Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
c. United Bank of India
d. Central Bank of India
34. Who amongst the following is the recipient of best CFO in public sector?
a. R.K. Aggarwal
b. P.K.Bajpai
c. A.K.Singhal
d. D.K. Sarraf
35. Which of the following Indian states will host the limestone mining operations of Lafarge India?
a. West Bengal
b. Chattisgarh
c. Meghalaya
d. Maharashtra
36. How many Indian companies featured in the list of 500 companies released by Fortune magazine in July 2011?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
37. P.K. Bajpai is the Director of which Navratna company?
a. BHEL
b. SAIL
c. IOC
d. HAL
38. According to the report compiled by Swiss Re named World Insurance in 2010, India stands
at what position as an insurance market in the world?
a. 8th
b. 10th
c. 11th
d. 13th
39. What does ‘F’ in IRFC stand for?
a. Force
b. Finance
c. Facilitating
d. None of the above
40. Jeevan Arogya, is a health insurance plan of which Indian insurance company?
a. LIC
b. HDFC
c. SBI Life insurance
d. IDBI Fortis life insurance
41. Who is India’s largest Liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) exporter?
a. GAIL
b. PFC
c. RasGas
d. Petronet
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Which among the following has been named the most valuable sports team in the world?
a. The Red Devils
b. Dallas Cowboys
c. New York Yankees
d. Manchester United
2. Patrick Vieira is related with which of the following sports?
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Swimming
3. What was the name of NASA’s spacecraft which entered an asteroid’s orbit recently?
a. Dawn
b. Lycosta
c. Vesta
d. Horbid
4. Rowghat, an area of Iron ore minning recently in news is situated in which of the following
state?
a. Jharkhand
b. Orissa
c. Chhatisgarh
d. Karnataka
5. Who among the following was unanimously chosen the next Central Vigilance Commissioner?
a. Yogesh Wadhwa
b. Atul Pratap Singh
c. Nirbhay Sachan
d. Pradeep Kumar
6. Recently which country’s airways have planned to operate aircraft powered by cooking oil?
a. Britain
b. United States
c. Australia
d. Germany
7. Which state recently has launched 24x7 web cast of Chief Minister's offi ce?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Bihar
8. GSAT-12 communication satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit, was injected by -
a. PSLV-C15
b. PSLV-C16
c. PSLV-C17
d. PSLV-C18
9. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully fl ighttested its latest surface-to-surface missile, named-
a. Prahaar
b. Pradyumna
c. Arjuna
d. Bheem
10. U.S. National Hurricane Center is located at
a. Miami
b. New York
c. Washington
d. Chicago
11. Hurricane Dora has recently affected –
a. Indonesia
b. Philippines
c. Japan
d. Mexico
12. China has opened the world’s longest sea bridge. It stretches across –
a. Jiaozhou Bay
b. Shanjhou Bay
c. Yangtze Bay
d. Hangjhou Bay
13. Which country recently has enforced new immigration rules that focus on higher qualifi cation and advance English language skills as requirements for those wanting to migrate to this country?
a. United States
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Canada
14. Which country’s parliament looked set to approve an exit from nuclear energy by 2022?
a. Germany
b. United States
c. India
d. France
15. Who among the following has taken over as the new Railway Board Chairman?
a. Prakash Sharma
b. Pradeep Roy
c. Vinay Mittal
d. Vijay Narain
16. Petra Kvitova has recently won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships singles title. She belongs
to which countrty?
a. Czech Republic
b. United States
c. Russia
d. Ukraine
17. Which among the following is the fi rst e-hospital in the country?
a. MediAngels
b. MediCures
c. E -Care
d. Regency
18. DRDO laboratory, Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials (ACEM) is established at -
a. Nashik
b. Bengaluru
c. Ahmedabad
d. Hyderabad
19. US is seeking to ban the production of ammonium nitrate used in fertilizers in which of the
following countries?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Brazil
d. China
20. Which country recently has announced that it would stop granting work permits to domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, following hiring conditions imposed by the Asian countries?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. France
c. Germany
d. Australia
21. Who among the following is the new coach of Indian Cricket team?
a. Andy Flower
b. Eddo Brandes
c. Duncan Fletcher
d. Heath Streak
22. Where is Mount Kailash located?
a. India
b. Tibet
c. China
e. Nepal
23. The 12th IIFA awards ceremony was held at which of the following place?
a. New York
b. Sun City
c. Goa
d. Toronto
24. Who got the World Food Prize 2011?
a. John A Kufur
b. Lula da Silva
c. Manmohan Singh
d. a and b both
25. Who among the following had coined the term “Biodiversity”?
a. W GRosen
b. Dr Normem Mayers
c. Raymond F.Dasmann
d. Peter Hamilton
26. Who among the following had observed fast for equal rights for Indian prisoners?
a. Bhagat Singh
b. Potti srimalu
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Lala Lajpat Rai
27. Which among the following countries has topped the list of most failed states ?
a. Somalia
b. Sudan
c. Iraq
d. Zimbabwe
28. Indian Institute of Public Management is situated at which place?
a. Hyderabad
b. Shimla
c. Bengaluru
d. New Delhi
29. The National Solar Mission aims at tapping 20,000 mw of solar power by –
a. 2012
b. 2022
c. 2020
d. 2025
30. Khallas: An A to Z guide to Underworld, is written by –
a. Shobha Dey
b. Arundhati Roy
c. Jyotendra Dey
d. Ashutosh Mukherjee
31. Who among the following publishes the magazine 'Rail Bandhu' ?
a. The Pioneer
b. Times Of India
c. Dainik Jagran
d. The Hindu
32. C.K. Naidu Lifetime Achievement award in 2011 has been conferred to -
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Salim Durrani
c. Abhimanyu Mithun
d. Sunil Gavaskar
33. Who among the following is known as Dr. Death?
a. James Mandis
b. Notjirker Posch
c. Jack Kevorkian
d. Mac Dinghty
34. Who among the following is the President of Sudan ?
a. Ali Abdullah Saleh
b. Tayyip Erdogen
c. Omar al Bashir
d. Bashar Al Asad
35. Who among the following is known as “Andhra Natyam”?
a. Natraja Ramkrishna
b. Sujata Krishnamurti
c. Radha Swaminatham
d. Krishna Reddy
36. Which is the world’s youngest country?
a. South Sudan
b. North Sudan
c. Serbia
d. Montenegro
37. Which country's explorers recently have found large deposits of the rare earth metal on the
fl oor of the Pacifi c Ocean?
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. Indonesia
38. Which country does not have a dedicated court to decide on “green cases”?
a. India
b. Australia
c. New Zealand
d. United States of America
39. What is the rank of India in Global Innovation Index?
a. 29
b. 52
c. 62
d. 78
40. Which Pharmaceutical company has received a warning letter from US health regulator, Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) over violation of current good manufacturing practice (GMP)
regulations for fi nished pharmaceuticals?
a. Zydus Cadila
b. Cipla
c. GlaxoSmithKline
d. Aventis Pharma
41. Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro all the three belongs to
which of the following sports?
a. Archery
b. Wrestling
c. Swimming
d. Hockey
ANSWERS:
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1. C. Chandigarh
2. A. Muthoot Finance
3. B. 13
4. C. Google
5. B. K. Vijay Kumar
6. C. Xbox
7. D. Zara
8. B. 9.44%
9. B. Chennai
10. B. Iran
11. A. 4.4 million hectares
12. C. Orissa
13. B. Aditya Vij
14. A. New Delhi
15. C. Ashirwad
16. C. Harun Rashid Khan
17. B. $1 billion
18. C. Orkut
19. A. HDFC
20. B. Bangalore
21. C. Jammu & Kashmir
22. C. Brazil
23. D. Hyderabad
24. A. 16
25. A. Parker
26. C. Marico Industries
27. B. 14th
28. A. Chevrolet Beat
29. D. Punjab National Bank
30. A. Tata
31. C. BHEL
32. A. Metal
33. B. Punjab National Bank
34. D. D.K. Sarraf
35. C. Meghalaya
36. C.– 8
37. A. BHEL
38. C. 11th
39. C. Facilitating
40. A. LIC
41. D. Petronet
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. d. Manchester united
2. b Football
3. a Dawn
4. c . Chhatisgarh
5. d . Pradeep kumar
6. a. Britain
7. b. Kerala
8. c. PSLV –C17
9. a. Prahar
10. a. Miami
11. d. Mexico
12. a Jiajhou Bay
13. b.Australia
14. a. Germany
15 .c. Vinay mittal
16. a. Czech Republic
17. a. Medi Angels
18. a. Nasik
19. b.Pakistan
20. a. Saudi Arabia
21. c. Duncan Fletcher
22. b.Tibet
23. d Toranto
24. d. a and b both
25. a. W G Rosen
26. a. Bhagat Singh
27. a. Somalia
28. d. New delhi
29. b. 2022
30. c. Jyotendra dey
31. a. The Pioneer
32. b. Salim durrani
33. c. Jack kevorkian
34. c. Omar al Bashir
35. a. Natraj Ramkrishna
36. a. South sudan
37. c. Japan
38. d. United States
39. c . 62
40 a. Zydus cadila
41. a. Archery
