1. Famous writer and Jnanpith Award recipient U.R.Ananthamurthy is short-listed for this year’s $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He writes in which of the following languages?
a. Tamil b. Malayalam c. Kannada d. Telugu
2. Which among the following person has become the first person to win the full prize money of Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of popular quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)?
a. Anil Kumar b. Sunil Kumar c. Sushil Kumar d. Manish Kumar
3. Which among the following Corvette is the second in aseries of four Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes that will be commissioned into the Navy’s fleet?
a. INS Kadmatt b. INS Karmotta c. INS Tejaswini d. INS Kavalya
4. As per a study conducted by the World Bank, what percent increase in GDP growth will take place with every 10 per cent increase in broadband penetration?
a. 0.4% b. 0.5% c. 1.4% d. 1.5%
5. The Head Office of Geological Survey of India (GSI), is situated at which of the following places?
a. New Delhi b. Kolkata c. Hyderabad d. Chennai
6. According to recent reports published in a medical journal, which of the following virus resulted in a diarrhea which resulted in number of deaths in children younger than 5 years.?
a. Rota virus b. Normalk virus c. Cytomegalo virus d. Virus Hepatitis
7. Two women have created history by cycling from Turkey to India to explore nature and to spread the message of “look beyond borders”. They belong to which of the following countries?
a. Turkey b. India c. Germany d. Canada
8. Which of the following country’s governments have banned lots of Indian banks, mostly small regional cooperatives, for the purpose of verifying applicants’ maintenance funds?
a. United States of America b. Britain c. Australia d. Germany
9. The term Green Revolution was given by:
a. M.S Swaminathan b. Norman Borlaug c. Varghese Kurien d. William Gande
10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently has approved the setting up of how many new Mega Food Park projects in addition to the 15 ongoing projects under the Infrastructure Development Scheme?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18
11. B. K. Chaturvedi Committee has been constituted to provide recommendation on which of the following matters?
a. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Jharkhand.
b. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Rajasthan
c. Relocation of NTPC’s 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in odisha
d. Relocation of NTPC’ 1,980-MW Plant in West Bengal
12. Which one of the following fertility drugs has been banned by the central government of India on the recommendation of D.C. Jain committee?
a. Albendazole b. Letrozole c. Anastrozole d. Fadrozole
13. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has made a foray into the insurance sector by acquiring a 30 per cent stake in which of the following company?
a. MetLife India b. R Allianze c. Oriental life insurance Ltd. d. Sahara Life insurance Ltd.
14. “Impulse” Motorbike has been launched by which of the following companies?
a. Enfield Corporation Ltd. b. Bajaj Motor Corp. Ltd. c. Yamaha Motor Ltd. d. Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
15. Which among the following industrialists from India has been honored with ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award-2011 for Exceptional Leadership?’
a. Mukesh Ambani b. Ratan Tata c. Anil Ambani d. N R Narayana Murthy
ANSWERS:
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 b 9 d 10 b 11 a 12 b 13 a 14 d 15
