BUSINESS & ECONOMY
1. India recently signed an agreement on technology transfer with …
a. Oman
b. France
c. Dubai
d. Qatar
2. When was the Mobile Number Portability Service launched nationwide?
a. January 12, 2011
b. January 17, 2011
c. January 20, 2011
d. January 26, 2011
3. India has became a part of $ 10 billion Gas Pipeline Project that is backed by …
a. Japan
b. USA
c. Indonesia
d. China
4. Who was awarded the title of “Time Magazine’s Person” of the year 2010?
a. Ajay Maken
b. Prem Bhatia
c. R.P. Goenka
d. Mark Zuckerberg
5. The India-EU Summit that was held in December 2010 at Brussels was the …
a. IXth India EU Summit
b. Xth India EU Summit
c. XIth India EU Summit
d. XIIth India EU Summit
6. Allied Digital Services bought back the equity shares of the company worth `28 crore at a
price of …
a. `140 per piece
b. `150 per piece
c. `190 per piece
d. `240 per piece
7. According to audits, ONGC 64 domestic fi elds have total reserves of … tonne of oil and oil equivalent natural gas.
a. 1 billion
b. 1.06 billion
c. 1.16 billion
d. 1.56 billion
8. Who became the new Brand Ambassador of ICICI Prudencial Life Insurance in January 2011?
a. Amir Khan
b. Shahrukh Khan
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Imran Khan
9. Which of the following public sector banks will complete 100 years of its establishment on
December 21, 2011?
a. Axis Bank
b. Central Bank of India
c. State bank
d. UCO Bank
10. Civil Aviation Ministry has declared the celebration of its Centenary Year during …
a. 2009-12
b. 2011-12
c. 2011-13
d. 2012-13
11. As per UNO’s declaration, the year 2011 will be celebrated as International Year of …
a. Forests
b. Women welfare
c. Community Heatlh
d. Water conservation
12. The third summit of BRIC is scheduled to be organised in China in which month?
a. March 2011
b. April 2011
c. May 2011
d. June 2011
13. Who has been elected as the new chairman of ASSOCHAM?
a. Dilip Modi
b. Dilip Chenoy
c. Swati Piramal
d. Ajay K. Chauhan
14. During SCOPE Excellence Awards 2008-09, which of the following got ‘Outstanding Chief Executive’ award in the individual category?
a. Arindam Chowdhary
b. Arup Roy Chowdhary
c. Akhilesh Ranjan
d. Amitendra Jha
15. Central Excise Day is celebrated on …
a. February 11
b. February 19
c. February 24
d. February 28
16. Who is the Chairman of the panel constituted to study the recommendation of National Advisory Council (NAC) on the proposed Food Security Bill?
a. Anil K Raju
b. S.K. Suri
c. Sameer Ajwani
d. C. Rangarajan
17. Which of the following was the first state in the country to introduce Mobile Number Portability Service in November 2010?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Punjab
d. Rajasthan
18. Who has been elected as the Chairman of FIEO (Federation of Indian Expert Organisation), in December 2010 for a period of two years?
a. Shivendra Doegar
b. Akhilesh Ranjan
c. Ramu S. Deora
d. Vinayak puri
19. Name the person who has been appointed as the Executive Director of public sector Indian Bank.
a. Martin Newson
b. Rajeev Rishi
c. Harsh Chitale
d. Jason Todd
20. Central transmission utility PowerGrid Corp reported a net profi t of 21% for the quarter
ended December 31, 2010. The worth of the profi t is …
a. `500.1 crore
b. `550.1 crore
c. `591.1 crore
d. `600.1 crore
21. 92.7 Big FM, the radio arm of Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL) has entered into a strategic marketing and sales alliance with the leading 92.7 High FM of …
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Srilanka
22. Taiwanese electric motor manufacturing major TECO Group has planned to set up a large
electric motor plant in which city in India?
a. Vadodara
b. Bhuj
c. Jaipur
d. Ranchi
23. DLF plans to launch one of the costliest residential projects offering housing units at a price
range of `15-25 crore. What is the total number of luxury housing units to be built up?
a. 18
b. 28
c. 38
d. 41
24. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is owned by …
a. Tata
b. Hundai
c. BMW
d. Rolls Royce
25. Name the healthcare that recently joined hands with the International Centre for Robotic
Surgery (ICRS) to enable the hospital chain to offer advanced robotic surgery at its facilities.
a. Max
b. Fortis
c. Apollo
d. AIIMS
26. German luxury car-maker Mercedes-Benz rolled out its G class sports utility vehicle (SUV), G
55 AMG in the domestic market at a price of…
a. `1.1 crore
b. `1.2 Crore
c. `1.5 Crore
d. `2 Crore
27. Hyundai Motor India recently exported 5 lakh units of its flagship car, …, from India.
a. Elantra
b. Santro
c. I 10
d. I 20
28. Dell Inc has reported a threefold jump in its net income to … million for the three-month
period ended January 28, 2011.
a. $800 million
b. $827 million
c. $927 million
d. $977 million
29. Vocational training institute IndiaCan has set a target to train five lakh students in ... years.
a. Five Years
b. Seven Years
c. Eight Years
d. Ten Years
30. Vishal Pandit has been appointed as senior vice president at Genpact for which region?
a. Middle East region
b. South African region
c. Eurasia
d. SAARC Countries
31. The Sixth Economic Census is being done in 2011. What was the year of the first Economic
Census?
a. 1974
b. 1977
c. 1979
d. 1980
32. Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011 was organised on …
a. January 1-3, 2011
b. January 8-9, 2011
c. January 10-11, 2011
d. January 12-13, 2011
33. Which of the following economy has been rated as the freest economy in the world for the
17th consecutive year?
a. Beijing
b. Italy
c. Hong Kong
d. Kuala Lumpur
34. Name the person selected for Forbes India’s person award for the year 2010.
a. Nitish Kumar
b. Ajay Makhan
c. Arun Wadhwa
d. Tanmai Shah
35. Government has decided to stop the circulation of 25 paise coin w.e.f …
a. May 31, 2011
b. June 30, 2011
c. July 31, 2011
d. August 15, 2011
36. Who was taken charge of the Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxation) w.e.f. January 1, 2011?
a. Chandra Sen
b. Ajit Grover
c. Sudhir Chandra
d. Akash Sharma
37. ‘ICON of the Year’ award given by Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in January
2011 was awarded to …
a. C.S. Verma
b. Akhilesh Ranjan
c. Ramu S. Deora
d. Sanjay Sawant
38. ‘BANCON’ is the Annual Summit of banking sector. Which company sponsored the December 2010 summit that was organised in Mumbai?
a. Axis Bank
b. ICICI Bank
c. Central Bank of India
d. State Bank Of India
39. Which company received the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) 2010 award?
a. SAIL
b. TATA Steels
c. Jindal Steels
d. Anchor
40. India-EU Summit was held in December 2010 in …
a. Paris
b. Agra
c. Belgium
d. Capetown
41. At the end of September 2010, the total foreign debt on India stood at …
a. $ 265.8 billion
b. $ 275.8 billion
c. $ 275.8 billion
d. $ 295.8 billion
42. Fortune-500 list was released in December 2010. How many Indain companies were featured
in the list?
a. 2 public sector and 7 private sector
b. 4 public sector and 6 private sector
c. 5 public sector and 2 private sector
d. 6 public sector and 4 private sector
43. Which of the following airway companies has been acquired by South India’s Sun group?
a. Indigo
b. Go Air
c. Spice Jet
d. Jet Airways
44. Punjab & Sind Bank’s initial public offer (IPO) hit the capital market in …
a. December 2010
b. January 2011
c. February 2011
d. March 2011
45. What is the maximum investment limit for retail investors in any public issue as per SEBI
rules?
a. `50000
b. `75000
c. `100000
d. `125000
46. What is the worth of the contract between GAIL India and Punj Lloyd Group for laying a natural gas pipeline from Dabhol to Bangalore?
a. `539 crore
b. `544.22 crore
c. `594 crore
d. `602 crore
47. Who has been named as the businessman of the decade?
a. O.P. Bhatt
b. Harsh S. Mariwala
c. Ratan Tata
d. N. Vaghul
48. Name the India’s third largest software firm.
a. HCL
b. Wipro
c. INFOSYS
d. IBM
49. BAFTA awards are associated with which of the following industries?
a. Cinema
b. Exports
c. Telecom
d. Tourism
50. According to the forecast made by the Forbes magazine, who may become the richest man in
the world in 2014?
a. J. Frank Brown
b. Tarun Kataria
c. Mukesh Ambani
d. L.M. Mittal
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Where will the French Open be held this year?
a. Tennis Club de Paris
b. Île de Puteaux
c. Racing Club de France
d. Stade Roland Garros
2. Who is the CEO of Devas Multimedia that was in news recently regarding its agreement with
Antrix?
a. Ramachandran Vishwanathan
b. M.G. Chandrasekhar
c. Raja Mohan
d. None of these
3. Who among the following is the secretary to the Department of Space and also the chairman of
the Space Commission, ISRO and Antrix?
a. M.G. Chandrasekhar
b. Raja Mohan
c. K Radhakrishnan
d. None of these
4. The President of Egypt recently handed over the power of the country to the state military. Name him.
a. Hoshni Mubarak
b. Blaise Compaoré
c. Ahmed Abdallah
d. Isaias Afewerki
5. Rory McIlroy is associated with which of the following games?
a. Tennis
b. Cricket
c. Volley Ball
d. Golf
6. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court issued an arrest warrant for which former President of the country over the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?
a. Muhammad Rafi q Tarar
b. Wasim Sajjad
c. Muhammad Mian Soomro
d. Pervez Musharraf
7. TecSar is an … satellite.
a. American
b. Israeli
c. Chinese
d. None of these
8. BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is jointly prepared by Russia and …
a. America
b. China
c. India
d. Germany
9. Who was awarded the Jnanpith Award in the year 2007?
a. O. N. V. Kurup
b. Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
c. Ravindra Kelekar
d. Kunwar Narayan
10. Indipex 2011 is an exhibition of …
a. Coins
b. Stamps
c. Vintage Cars
d. Stationary
11. Name the person who is the founding member and former chairman of the Association of Combatant Clerics party of Iran. He is also the Secretrary General of National Trust Party of Iran. Currently, he is under house arrest for his calls to support of anti-government demonstrations in Egypt.
a. Mahdi Karroubi
b. Adel Labib
c. Talaat Sadat
d. Hossam Badrawi
12. According to Wall Street Journal, which of the following blogging websites has discussed
the prospect of acquisition with Google and Facebook?
a. Blogster
b. Fitfi nder
c. Fotolog
d. Twitter
13. Justice Shivraj Patil Committee is associated with …
a. Telangana State
b. 2G Scam
c. Babri Masjid
d. None of these
14. Where was the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference held?
a. India
b. London
c. Nairobi
d. None of these
15. Who among the following was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005, who took active part in Egypt protests this year?
a. Yukiya Amano
b. Hans Blix
c. Shirin Ebadi
d. Mohamed Mustafa El
Baradei
16. Julian Assange is associated with …
a. Wikileaks
b. Microsoft
c. Hyundai
d. None of these
17. Name the CEO of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd.
a. Kushagra Bajaj
b. Sanjeev Kumar
c. Shishir Bajaj
d. None of
18. Which day is observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day?
a. 21st December
b. 12th July
c. 18th October
d. 5th February
19. Who is the current President of Burma?
a. Than Shwe
b. Maung Maung Saw Maung
c. Sein Lwin
d. Thein Sein
20. In which year was Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi awarded the Bharat Ratna?
a. 2002
b. 2003
c. 2005
d. 2008
21. Who is the current Finance Secretary of India?
a. Ashok Chawla
b. Sushma Nath
c. Ranjan Roy
d. Amrita Bhargava
22. Who is the current Prime Minister of Nepal?
a. Jhalanath Khanal
b. Pushpa Kamal Dahal
c. Bijay Kumar Gachhedar
d. None of these
23. On which date did the Census 2011began?
a. January 11
b. February 9
c. March 21
d. April 18
24. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is situated in …
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andra Pradesh
d. None of these
25. Who is the current President of Yemen?
a. Ali Abdullah Saleh
b. Hosni Mubarak
c. Ali Mohammed Mujur
d. Faisal Bin Shamlan
26. The oil giant, Rosneft, is based in which of the following countries?
a. Russia
b. Germany
c. Saudi Arabia
d. None of these
27. Pradeep Vasant Naik, Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal recently visited which country to discuss the need to build a peace-time relationship between the armed forces of the two countries?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. USA
d. None of these
28. India recently renewed Inland Water Transit & Trade Protocol with which of the following companies?
a. Nepal
b. Pakistan
c. Srilanka
d. Bangladesh
29. Where are the 34th National Games being held?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Jharkhand
c. Bihar
d. Madhya Pradesh
30. Russia began construction of new space centre at …
a. Vostochny
b. Arsk
c. Asha
d. None of these
31. Agenda 21 is associated with which of the following?
a. IMF
b. World Bank
c. UN
d. Red Cross
32. Where is National Biodiversity Authority located?
a. Chennai
b. Delhi
c. Bangalore
d. Pune
33. Nagoya Protocol is associated with which of the following?
a. Health Ministry
b. Finance Ministry
c. Biodiversity
d. None of these
34. "Nomadic Elephant", a two-week long joint counterinsurgency exercise, was organised jointly by India and …
a. Malaysia
b. Sri Lanka
c. Mongolia
d. Myanmar
35. Jasmine Revolution took place in which of the following places?
a. Tunisia
b. France
c. Egypt
d. None of these
36. Panchasiddhantika, an ancient book, is written by …
a. Valmiki
b. Kabir
c. Surdas
d. Varāhamihira
37. Who heads the committee created for examination of the Food Security Bill?
a. C. Rangrajan
b. Bimal Jalan
c. Sonia Gandhi
d. Jean Dreze
38. Jean- Claude Trichet is associated with …
a. Red Cross
b. World Bank
c. European Central Bank
d. IMF
39. The slogan for Census 2011 is …
a. Everyone counts
b. You count, so we count
c. Count on me, everyone counts
d. Include me
40. Rail Bandhu is a …
a. Railway volunteer
b. Magazine
c. Hotel
d. Credit Card
41. The Naive and The Sentimental Novelist is the work of …
a. Günter Grass
b. J. M. Coetzee
c. Orhan Pamuk
d. V. S. Naipaul
42. Who has been appointed to succeed Rajiv Mathur, IB Chief?
a. Nehchal Sandhu
b. Ajay Garg
c. Sanjeev Uppal
d. None of these
43. Jal Hans is India’s first …
a. Floating hospital
b. Sea-cargo service
c. Water boat
d. Seaplane service
44. Name the political party in West Bengal that celebrated its 85th foundation day recently.
a. Forward Bloc
b. Revolutionary Socialist Party
c. Communist Party of India
d. None of these
45. Google has recently decided to give a $5 million grant to which of the following organisations?
a. WHO
b. Bharati Foundation
c. CRY
d. None of these
46. Who is the COO of World Trade Centre Association?
a. Kofi A. Boateng
b. Mad Catz
c. Ian Watmore
d. None of these
47. Birla Carbon will acquire … for $875 million dollars.
a. Columbian Chemicals
b. Europian Chemicals
c. Hinduja Chemicals
d. None of these
48. India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project is located near …
a. Anamalai Hills
b. Nilgiri Hills
c. Khasi Hills
d. Patkai Hills
49. Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed on river …
a. Periyar
b. Kaveri
c. Ganga
d. Yamuna
50. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan was preceded by …
a. Yukio Hatoyama
b. Yon Ki
c. Chiang Zell
d. Yukoto Ziang
ANSWERS
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
1. a. Oman
2. c. January 20, 2011
3. b. USA
4. d. Mark Zuckerberg
5. c. XIth India EU Summit
6. a. Rs. 140 per piece
7. b. 1.06 billion
8. c. Amitabh Bachchan
9. b. Central Bank of India
10. b. 2011-12
11. a. wForests
12. b. April 2011
13. a. Dilip Modi
14. b. Arup Roy Chowdhary
15. c. February 24
16. d. C. Rangarajan
17. b. Haryana
18. c. Ramu S. Deora
19. b. Rajeev Rishi
20. c. `591.1 crore
21. b. Bhutan
22. a. Vadodara
23. c. 38
24. a. Tata
25. b. Fortis
26. a. `1.1 crore
27. b. Santro
28. c. $927 million
29. a. Five Years
30. c. Eurasia
31. b. 1977
32. d. January 12-13, 2011
33. c. Hong Kong
34. a. Nitish Kumar
35. b. June 30, 2011
36. c. Sudhir Chandra
37. a. C.S. Verma
38. c. Central Bank of India
39. b. TATA Steels
40. c. Belgium
41. d. $ 295.8 billion
42. d. 6 public sector and 4 private sector
43. c. Spice Jet
44. a. December 2010
45. a. `50000
46. a. `539 crore
47. c. Ratan Tata
48. b. Wipro
49. a. Cinema
50. c. Mukesh Ambani
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. d. Stade Roland Garros
2. a. Ramachandran Vishwanathan
3. c. K Radhakrishnan
4. a. Hoshni Mubarak
5. d. Golf
6. d. Pervez Musharraf
7. b. Israeli
8. c. India
9. a. O. N. V. Kurup
10. b. Stamps
11. a. Mahdi Karroubi
12. d. Twitter
13. b. 2G Scam
14. a. India
15. d. Mohamed Mustafa El Baradei
16. a. Wikileaks
17. a. Kushagra Bajaj
18. d. 5th February
19. d. Thein Sein
20. d. 2008
21. b. Sushma Nath
22. a. Jhalanath Khanal
23. b. February 9
24. b. Tamil Nadu
25. a. Ali Abdullah Saleh
26. a. Russia
27. a. Sri Lanka
28. d. Bangladesh
29. b. Jharkhand
30. a. Vostochny
31. c. UN
32. a. Chennai
33. c. Biodiversity
34. c. Mongolia
35. a. Tunisia
36. d. Varāhamihira
37. a. C. Rangrajan
38. c. European Central Bank
39. b. You count, so we count
40. b. Magazine
41. c. Orhan Pamuk
42. a. Nehchal Sandhu
43. d. Seaplane service
44. c. Communist Party of India
45. b. Bharati Foundation
46. a. Kofi A. Boateng
47. a. Columbian Chemicals
48. b. Nilgiri Hills
49. a. Periyar
50. a. Yukio Hatoyama
— Compiled by Pratiksha Singh and Debashish Mukherjee
