BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1. The government approved merger of State Bank of India Commercial and International Bank
Ltd (SBICI) with its parent bank SBI. SBICI was set up in which of the following year?
a. 1991
b. 1992
c. 1993
d. 1994
2. Airlines company of which country has recently placed largest aircraft order in history?
a. Australia
b. Germany
c. United States
d. Russia
3. Government has lowered its GDP forecast for 2011-12 to how much per cent from the earlier estimate of about 9 per cent in view of a likely moderation in industrial output?
a. 7.9%
b. 8.2%
c. 8.6%
d. 8.9%
4. The Central Government has recently sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of Maharashtra
Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL) with :
a. Jindal Steel and Power
b. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
c. Tata Steel
d. ArcelorMittal Dhamm Processing Pvt Ltd
5. The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) formed to look into fi nancial woes of fl agship carrier and
gave its in-principle approval for Rs.1,200 crore equity infusion to
a. Air India
b. Railways of India
c. Shipping Corporation of India
d. Steel Authority of India Limited
6. Which Indian company along with Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd. (SIS) launched the first of its kind Voice & Video Telephony (VVOIP) over Internet protocol services in India?
a. MTNL
b. BSNL
c. Vodafone
d. Airtel
7. Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL) has been merged with which of the following given company?
a. NTPC
b. SAIL
c. NPCIL
d. OIL
8. Which company has recently commissioned India’s first thermal set of 525 MW rating at Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand?
a. Bharat Electronics Limited
b. National Hydro Power Corporation
c. Bharat Heavy Electric Limited
d. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
9. Two Indian cities had been ranked 2nd and 4th respectively, according to a global study of
fastest developing cities conducted by 'The City Mayors Foundation', an international think tank on urban affairs. Identify the cities.
a. Surat and Ghaziabad
b. Ghaziabad and Surat
c. Mumbai and Delhi
d. Delhi and Mumbai
10. The LCV (light commercial vehicle), a joint venture between which of the two following companies has produced “Dost”?
a. Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and Nissan Motor Company of Japan
b. Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and Renault group of France
c. Tata Motors Group of India and Nissan Motor Company of Japan
d. Mahindra & Mahindra Group of India and Nissan Motor Company of Japan
11. Recently central government has sought a partnership in publicizing of Bharat Nirman
11. Recently central government has sought a partnership in publicizing of Bharat Nirman
Programme with which of the following organisations?
a. ONGC
b. Indian Railways
c. India Post
d. Doordarshan
12. Religare Enterprises's investment banking arm, Religare Capital Markets has acquired
majority stake in which of the following South African broking firm?
a. Noah Financial Innovation
b. Rainbow Financial Services (RFS)
c. Royal African Finances
d. SA Assets Managemnet
13. The Deutsche Bank has confirmed to appoint which of the following Indian investment
banker as its co-CEO?
a. Navin Chandra
b. Rahul Jain
c. Anshu Jain
d. Ravi Mallick
14. Which of the following world's fourth largest car-maker has decided to set up a three lakhcars-per-annum manufacturing plant in Sanand?
a. Ford
b. General Motors
c. Toyota Motors
d. Hyundai
Fund Organisation, approved appointment of which of the following bank as the custodian of securities of the EPFO?
a. RBS
b. HSBC
c. Standard Chartered Bank
d. ABN Amro
16. Recently a 12-month ban of synthetic cannabis products has come into effect in New Zealand. The government says the 43 artificial cannabis products can harm health, including causing heart problems. Cannabis is used since ancient times, for which of the following given medical purpose?
a. As an antibiotic drug
b. As a catalyst drug
c. As a mineral supplement
d. As a recreational drug
17. Which one of the following Indian company has entered into collaboration with the Singapore Management University (SMU) for a new R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions for cities worldwide?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Wipro Technologies
c. Infosys
d. Mahindra Satyam
18. Recently the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave a major fi llip to Maharatna SAIL
by approving its proposal for revival of the Sindri fertilizermanufacturing unit by SAIL. The Sindri fertilizer- manufacturing unit belongs to which one of the following company?
a. Krishak Bharti Cooperative
Limited (KRIBHCO)
b. Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
c. Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL)
d. Fertilizer Cooperation of India (FCIL)
19. Recently Nissan Motor India unveiled its premium mid-size sedan offering for India, by name:
a. Vista
b. Sunny
c. Verna
d. Figo
20. European airlines are pressing ahead with biofuel plans in order to cut use of regular jet fuel.
Which one of the following airline of the Europe became the fi rst airline to use biofuels on regular commercial flights in a six-month trial?
a. Lufthansa
b. International
Airlines Group
c. Air France
d. Turkish Airline
a. Standard Chartered Bank
b. ANZ Grindlays
c. Kotak Mahindra
d. Oriental Bank of Commerce
22. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the first time for mineral exploration?
a. Japan
b. Canada
c. China
d. India
23. India plans its own 90-seater aircraft series by which of the following year?
a. 2015
b. 2016
c. 2017
d. 2020
24. Which state has the highest rural teledensity of 70.23 ?
a. Karnataka
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujarat
25. Which one of the following is the world's most valuable company with market capitalization of $337 billion?
a. Apple
b. Exxon Mobile
c. Microsoft
d. Berkshire Hathaway Inc
26. For the fi rst time, two leading private sector groups have joined hands with state-owned
undertakings to jointly bid for iron ore blocks in Afghanistan’s Hajigak mines. They are:
a. Tata and Jindal
b. Tata and Reliance
c. Reliance and Jindal
d. Reliance and Sterlite
27. Which company has bagged the Safety and Quality award instituted by the Safety and Quality
Forum of The Institution of Engineers (India), Tamil Nadu?
a. ONGC
b. Reliance Info
c. Wipro
d. Infosys
28. Which among the following has launched a mobile messaging application for Apple's iPhone
and Android devices?
a. Twitter
b. Google
c. Face book
d. None of the above
29. The Centre plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act to acquire land in and around the world’s
biggest nuclear plant in the works at :
a. Jaitapur
b. Narora
c. Uduppi
d. Karnal
30. Fortis Healthcare International, holding company of India's billionaire Singh brothers,is based
at:
a. Singapore
b. Mauritius
c. Germany
d. United Kingdom
31. Which country is rocked by reports that its hospitals has sold dead infants and placenta to an
underground factory to manufacture nutrition pills?
a. India
b. South Korea
c. China
d. Japan
32. Which among the following countries are banning short selling on select stocks amid efforts
to calm market turmoil that has sent bank shares gyrating wildly and aggravated worries about Europe's huge debts?
a. France
b. Italy
c. Both
d. None of the above
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Which among the following constitutional amendment bill contains the provision of increase in women reservation in panchayats?
a. 110th
b. 111th
c. 112th
d. 113th
2. Who among the following Lokayukta has asked President to censure Chief Minister of Delhi?
a. Santosh Hegde
b. Manmohan Sarin
c. Alok Vadhwa
d. Purshottam Jaiswal
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3. Which state has announced the decision to demerge its National Institute of Sports (NIS), from
the Sports Authority of India (SAI)?
a. Punjab
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra
4. What is the name of the New Intelligence Chief, who handed over command of US and NATOled troops in Afghanistan?
a. General David Petraeus
b. General Rodrigue
c. General Basil Peterson
d. General Farimon Luasa
5. Who among the following has recently taken over as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
a. J P Sinha
b. Sharmila Tagore
c. Shabana Azmi
d. Dharmendra Jai Narain
6. The GSAT-12 communication satellite has been launched successfully on July 15, 2011 by
which of the following launch vehicle?
a. GSLV G-6
b. GSLV-F7
c. PSLV C-16
d. PSLV C-17
7. Recently the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully fl ighttested its latest missile Prahaar from the Launch Complex III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Chandipur coast in Balasore district. Prahaar is a
a. Surface to surface missile
b. Surface to air missile
c. Air to surface missile
d. Sea to air missile
8. Chinese and Southeast Asian officials have agreed on a draft of guidelines to avert tension in
the South China Sea at a meeting held with senior officials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN at:
a. Manila (Philippines)
b. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
c. Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam)
d. Bali (Indonesia)
9. Who is the current Prime Minister of Egypt?
a. Essam Sharaf
b. Gouda Abdel Khalek
c. Mahmoud Eissa
d. Hazem El-Beblawi
10 Hurricane Dora was active recently over the region of
a. Australia
b. Europe
c. South America
d. North America
11. The Cabinet approved the proposal for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats from
the present 33 per cent to 50 per cent with the provision being applicable to all seats filled through
a. Direct election
b. Indirect election
c. Nomination
d. Both direct election and nomination
12. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which of the following country paving the way for the possibility of exporting its atomic power plants recently?
a. North Korea
b. South Kora
c. China
d. Singapore
13. Recently English has been dropped as final year subject in which of the following state
university?
a. Mumbai
b. Saurashtra
c. Odisha
d. Himachal Pradesh
14. Which IIM has announced extension of the reach of its publisher training programme to
countries in South East Asia from next year?
a. IIM Lucknow
b. IIM Ahmedabad
c. IIM Kozhikode
d. IIM Bangalore
15. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner who resigned following criticism for hiring former News of the World executive Neil Wallis - who was questioned by police investigating hacking - as an adviser in UK?
a. Sir Vinfery simpson
b. Sir Maddley Thomson
c. Sir Anerdson Majle
d. Sir Paul Stephenson
16. Who among the following was offi cially named as the next envoy of India to the United States
of America ?
a. Nirupama Roy
b. A N Ahuja
c. R K Sharma
d. J P S hukla
17. Which of the following personality has been appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji as an advisor to ‘Resurgent Bengal’ scheme?
a. Amartya sen
b. Sam Pitroda
c. Arjun Sengupta
d. Usha Thorat
18. The world’s largest Indian flag weighing 250 kg was unfurled at the ‘Vibrant India Festival’
which began recently in –
a. France
b. China
c. Russia
d. USA
19. Minister for Defense A K Antony recently presented the first Mercy Ravi Award for Woman
of Substance to
a. Kiran Bedi
b. Vandana Shiva
c. Sheila Dikshit
d. Arundhati Roy
20. Which among the following state has announced that 90 per cent seats in sports academies
will be fi lled by players from the state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Punjab
21. Who among the following was elected president of the Mumbai Cricket Association at its 77th
annual general body meeting recently?
a. Manohar Joshi
b. Vilasrao Deshmukh
c. Gajanan karve
d. Sharad Pawar
22. Which among the following is the oldest commissioned ship of the Indian Navy, ‘a landing ship
tanker, which was given a fond farewell after 35 years of service recently?
a. INS Jaladh
b. INS Sharabh
c. INS Shankul
d. INS Padmesh
23. Which state has the highest rural teledensity of 70.23 ?
a. Karnataka
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujarat
24. Who among the following has become the world’s No. 1 double trap shooter as per the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) rankings released?
a. Gagan Narang
b. Sanjeev Rathore
c. Vijay Kumar
d. Ronjan Sodhi
25. Which Indian wildlife research and bio-diversity conservation organization will assist Indonesian authorities to undertake non-invasive genetics research on two critically endangered species — the Javan and the Sumatran rhinos — in Indonesia?
a. Aaranyak
b. Parivesh
c. Paryavaran
d. Sanrakshak
26. Which country is stepping into the Indian Ocean for the first time for mineral exploration?
a. Japan
b. Canada
c. China
d. India
27. Which among the following is the latest European country to act against the burqa after
France and Belgium have banned the wearing of burqa in public?
a. Germany
b. Spain
c. Italy
d. Denmark
28. Which Indian-American who is an expert in international finance law, has been appointed as Senior Advisor in the US State Department's South and Central Asia Bureau to cement ties with the Diaspora groups?
a. Mitul Desai
b. Sanjeev Upadhyay
c. Upendra Bansal
d. Manendra Singh
29. Which airline has become the fi rst airline to use biofuels on regular commercial fl ights in a
six-month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tones during the period?
a. Lufthansa
b. Air India
c. Kingfi sher
d. Airbus
30. Which among the following Governor Generals of India was the fi rst occupant of Rashtrapati Bhawan of India?
a. Warren Hastings
b. Lord Irwin
c. Lord Willington
d. Lord Rippon
31. Typhoon Muifa has devastated which among the following countries eastern coast?
a. Indonesia
b. Japan
c. China
d. Hongkong
1. d 1994
2. c United States
3. c 8.6%
4. b Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
5. a Air India
6. b BSNL
7. b SAIL
8. c Bharat Heavy Electric Limited
9. b Ghaziabad and Surat
10. a Ashok Leyland of Hinduja Group and
Nissan Motor Company of Japan
11. b Indian Railways
12. a Noah Financial Innovation
13. c Anshu Jain
14. a Ford
15. c Standard Chartered Bank
16. d As a recreational drug
17. a Tata Consultancy Services
18. d Fertilizer Cooperation of India (FCIL)
19. b Sunny
20. a Lufthansa
21. a Standard Chartered Bank
22. c China
23. c 2017
24. b Himachal Pradesh
25. a Apple
26. a Tata & Jindal
27. a ONGC
28. c Facebook
29. a Jaitapur
30. a Singapore
31. c China
32. c Both
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. d Manchester united
1. a 10th
2. b Manmohan Sarin
3. a Punjab
4. a General David Petraeus
5. d Dharmendra Jai Narain
6. d PSLV C-17
7. a Surface to surface
missile
8. d Bali (Indonesia)
9. a Essam Sharaf
10. d North America
11. a Direct election
12. b South Korea
13. b Saurashtra
14. b IIM, Ahmedabad
15. d Sir Paul Stephenson
16. a Nirupama Roy
17. b Sam Pitroda
18. c USA
19. c Sheela Diskshit
20. b Madhya Pradesh
21. b Vialsrao Deshmukh
22. b INS Sharabh
23. b Himachal Pradesh
24. d Ronjan Sodhi
25. a Aranyak
26. c China
27. c Italy
28. a Mitul Desai
29. a Lufthansa
30. b Lord Irwin
31. c China
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