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_________________________________________________________________________________ Dalai Lama wins 1.1 million pounds Templeton Prize: The Dalai Lama was today named as the winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize 2012 for his exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has vigorously focused on the connections between the investigative traditions of science and Buddhism as a way to better understand and advance what both disciplines might offer the world, a release from the John Templeton Foundation said. The 1.1 million pounds prize will be presented to the Dalai Lama at the St Paul's Cathedral in London on May 14.

Hi all ! I am listing out some important awards and achievements given recently: 21st Vyas Samman Award: # Prof Ramdarash Mishra for his poetry collection "Aam Ke Patte". # 2.5 lakh prize money # Instituted by KK Birla Foundation # for outstanding work in Hindi V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award: # Veteran filmmaker Mike Pandey # He is known for acclaimed documentaries like The Last Migration-Wild Elephant Capture in Sarguja, Shores of Silence, Vanishing Giants and Khullam Khulla. # The award was given at the Mumbai International Festival 2012. # It carries a citation, a trophy and cash prize of 5 lakh Rs and is given in the memory of legendary filmmaker V. Shantaram. Barack Obama honours Amartya Sen with US Humanities Medal # Economist Dr. Amartya SEn was given 2011 National Humanities Medal. # For his insights into the causes of povery, famine and injustice. # 1st Indian citizen to receive this award Pride of India Award: # Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge # For his over 4 decades of publicn service # Presented jointly by the Indian American Friendship Council(IAFC) and India Association of North Texas(IANT) in Dallas S.R. Jindal Prize: # Mr. A.P.J. abdul Kalam for his contributions in science and technology # Justice N. Santosh Hegde for his service in social development. # Instituted by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, it carries a cash prize of 1 crore Rs Lata Mangeshkar Award: # Veteran Hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan # Given by Madhya Pradesh govt

Israel's First Presidential Awards of Distinction: # Music conductor Zubin Mehta, who is the music director of Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Awards: # Entrepreneur of the Year: Rahul Bhatia, Group Management Director, InterGlobe Enterprises. # Lifetime Achievement: Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC. # Services: Analjit Singh, Founder and Cairman, Max India Group. # Consumer Products: Dr. Anand Burman, Chairman, Dabur India. # Startup: Dr. B. S. Ajaikumar, Founder and Chairman, Healthcare Global Enterprises. # Business Transformation: Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO, Makemytrip(India). # Lifesciences and Healthcare:Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin
Current Affairs Update - March 29 2012 1. Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy has been selected among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by the Fortune magazine list. This list is topped by Apples late chief Steve Jobs and It includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 2. Indias central government has stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana following pressure from Punjabs state government and clemency plea from Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal. 3. India has test fired its Surface to Surface cruise missile Brahmos from it Chandipur test range. It can carry 200-300 kgs of nuclear weapon for up to 300 km distance. 4. Kingfisher Airlines has appointed three independent directors to fill in the vacancies caused by recent exits. It has appointed Manmohan Singh Kapur,Lalit Bhasin and Shrikant Ruparel as new independent directors.

A few more points to boost our info : why Indian Aviation industry is in such a bad shape ( reference CAPA, India report 2012 ) 1.Highly punitive fiscal regime in India : cost of aviation turbine fuel in India is 60 % more than international benchmark. withholding tax etc 2.Increasing cost environment 3. India's policy and regulatory framework : no strategic plan . 4. foreign investment allowed but foreign airlines not allowed till now. , service tax ,

Awareness part 2 Qn 1 : who is the chairman of SEBI ? (IIFT 2011 Qn ) Ans : U.K.Sinha Related info: 1)Upendra kumar sinha (IAS ,Bihar cadre) was appointed as SEBI chairman in 2011 for a period of 5

years . 2)SEBI (securities and exchange board of India) was formed by the Govt. of india in 1992. 3)It is the regulator of securities market in india.( laws of stock exchange etc) 4)headquarter :bandra curla complex, Mumbai Qn 2: The president of world bank ,(father and mother of all bank on 29th march 2012. Ans : Robert Zoellick. Qn3: Who is the president of ASSOCHAM ? Ans: Rajkumar dhoot. ( not bhoot ) Related info: 1)Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is one of the trade organisation of india. The organisation represents the interests of trade and commerce in India, and acts an interface between industry, government and other relevant stakeholders on policy issues. 2)members : over 200000 companies. 3)estb: 1920 4)headoffice :New Delhi Hope it helps a bit. Correction and suggestions are most welcome. , bit filmy ) who visited India

CUBA : pope benedict XVI is on a maiden visit to Cuba .This has been the 1st papal visit after 14 years .Visit to cuba follows his trip to Mexico. CUBA is on the verge of transforming its governance , as communism is no more working there .Churches in Cuba are playing an active role in this transformation , working along with Government .Pope's visit to Cuba is seen by some some people as an attempt to assert the healthy relationship that Churches and government share at present . Havana -capital of cuba Raul castro (Brother of fidel Castro)- president of cuba Cuba has dual currency system.2 different currencies are accepted as legal tender. I> CUC(Cuban convertible Peso) II > CUP(Cuban Peso) Bay of pigs 1961 Invasion : This invasion was against Cuban govt of Fidel castro in 1961 by Cuban exile .This operation was endorsed by US Govt .At that time kENNEDY was the president of US DEFENCE CONTROVERSY :

the recent contoversy surrounding Ministry of defence is about procurement of Substandard trucks from Czech firm TATRA(Not TATA :-)). Indian PSU BEML(Bharat Earth movers limited) impots these trucks from TATRA, do some value addition and finaly deploy them to indian army HUNGARY PRESIDENT : Hungary president Mr Schmitt has been accused of Plagiarism for his thesis "Analysis of the Programme of the Modern Olympic Games", submitted in 1992 to Budapest College of Physical Education FOXCONN REPORT : Foxconn is a chinese company , which supplies different products including accessoris to Apple inc , HP ,Microsoft etc. Foxconn employs 1.2 million workforce. Last year the company was dogged with the scandal of not paying salary to its employees on time , unsafe work environment and violation of labour rights.Employees of Foxconn used to work 60hrs a week in spite of the fact that as per chainese law they sholud not work for more than 49 hours a week

Following this Apple inc has sought for an investigation of working condition by an independent agency USFLA(US fair labor association) blacklisted companies by MOD The six blacklisted companies include the Singapore Technologies, Israeli Military Industry, Germany's Rheinmetall Air Defence, Corporation Defence of Russia, Delhi-based TS Kisan and Co Pvt Ltd and RK Machine Tools of Ludhiana.

Some important fact about TempleTon prize: First recipient is mother Teressa in 1973 Monetary value exceeds Nobel Prize. Intially named as "TempleTon prize for progess in religion" .Award renamed in 2001 as "Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities". Given in memeoy of Businessman turned philanthropist Jhon TempleTon

Some Important News... 1)Germany will be the first country to phase out its all Nuclear Plant by 2022 2)Every Government school come under RTE-Right To Education except Navodya Vidalya

3)UNESCO removed danger tag from Manas National Park, Assam 4)2012 is named as "International Year of Co-operation" by United Nations. 5)World Book Fair 2012- New Delhi 6)International Kite Festival 2012- Rajasthan on 28 March which is Rajasthan Day

I would suggest you people to purchase hard copies of Pratiyogita Darpan monthwise and follow it religiously.Try to start the process now itself and don't wait for September. IIFT/SNAP GK sections may or may not stress on Current Affairs , but by doing this you will find yourself in a completely different league during your GD-PI process. It's always better to be overprepared than underprepared. Here are the links to download pdf copy of PD... December 2011 issue December 2011.pdf January 2012 issue PD JAN2012 ENG www.bankofsharing.com.pdf OAs of SET ABC: On 24 January, 2012, the Union Cabinet of India renamed the Mana Airport at Raipur as the ___ Airport, Raipur. 1. Swami Vivekananda 2. Ramakrishna Paramhamsa 3. Mahatma Gandhi 4. Jawaharlal Nehru Pavan K. Vermas latest book set in contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, was launched in the New Delhi by the Queen Mother of Bhutan- Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck- in January 2012. Which is the book is being referred to here? 1. When Loss is Gain 2. Ghalib: The Man 3. The Great Indian Middle Class 4. The Times The Planning Commission of India on 18 January 2012 approved the Rudrasagar development scheme which is related to which of the following states of India? 1. Tripura 2. Bihar

3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Assam

Who among the following diplomats was conferred with the first S K Singh Award for excellence in the Indian Foreign Service on 6 January 2012? 1. Ashwin Shastri 2. Ranjan Mathai 3. Shivshankar Menon 4. D Bala Venkatesh Verma Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on 11 January 2012 launched the signature tune of the Indian Customs Pragati ki Dhadkan in New Delhi. Who has composed this signature tune? 1. Jatin Lalit 2. A. R. Rahman 3. Aadesh Shrivastava 4. Pritam What is SHADE? 1. A new pact among the naval forces of India, Japan and China 2. A new pact among the armed forces of India, Japan and China 3. A new pact among the naval forces of India, Japan and Russia 4. A new pact among the armed forces of India, Japan and Russia

Answers in Blue...

SET DEF: Which Indian State Government recently launched the Panch Parmeshwar Scheme? a) Delhi b) Chattisgarh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Punjab Whose Autobiography is "Nirbhashan?" a) Jaswant Singh b) Tasleema Nasreen c) Salman Rushdie d) Medha Patkar

Which team won both women's as well as men's title in the 10th All-India Invitational Volleyball Tournament for the Vajpayee Cup? a) Haryana b) Maharashtra c) Kerala d) Services Which renowned architect was recently bestowed with the Gomant Vibhushan- the highest civilian honour of Goa- on the eve of the Golden Jubilee of Goas Liberation on 18 December, 2011? a)Kevin Kannon b)Wendell Rodericks c)Remo Fernandis d)Charles Correa On which day is World's Consumer Rights Day is celebrated? a) March 13 b) March 15 c) March 17 d) March 19 Name the first European country to recognize the Libyan rebels. a)Germany b)Poland c)France d)Greece

NEWS 1)Vanya Mishra- Miss India World 2012 2)BCAS (Bureau of Civil Aviation Service) completed 25 years of its existence 3)India's first Solar Power Plant inaugurated in Dhudsar Village of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan 4)BEML-(Bharat Earth Movers) In News recently due to the General VK Singh interview to The Hindu of offering him bribe in purchasing Tatra Truck. Tatra is 160 years old Automobile company whose headquarter is in Czech Republic.Mr Ravi Rashi is also in news because he have a large share in Vectra Group which provides truck parts(Axle and rest parts) to BEML. CMD of BEML-V.R. Natrajan 5)N.K.P Salve passed away yesterday-1 April 2012 He was 90 years old He was a CA (Charted Accountant) by profession

He served as president of BCCI, was also a Finance Commissioner. His Son Harish Salve-is an eminent lawyer and served as Solicitor General of India for a period of 3 years from November 1999 to November 2002 2 April- World Autism Awareness Day

108 branches of which PSU Bank were recently inaugurated electronically by the Union Minister of State for Finance- Namo Narain Meena? Syndicate Bank Which Indian state celebrated its 77th Foundation Day on 1st April, 2012? Odisha Name the Indian state which recently passed Rs.201.05 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2012-13? Arunachal Pradesh Who has been recently named as president of Pay Pal unit? David Marcus ( to replace Scott Thompson) Which IPL team has recently signed up with the UNICEF in a bid to support the adolescent girls in India? Delhi Daredevils Name the bill recently passed against conduct of any constitutional authority in India. Judicial Accountability Bill Suzlon recently had a tie-up with which Chinese company to develop 800 MW of domestic and international projects over the next 3 years? CGN Wind Energy Co
Pirojsha Godrej steps into the corner office of Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL) today, he will be the first of the current lot of this family's scions to head a business. JAISALMER: Reliance Power has commissioned India's largest solar photovoltaic project in Rajasthan with a capacity of 40 MW, and will supply electricity to Reliance Infrastructure

1 : Who is founder of NLD (National league for democracy) in Myanmar ANS : Aung San su Kyi 2 : Which party own general election in Myanmar in 1990

ANS : NLD 3: Ruling party in Myanmar ANS : USDP (United solidarity and development party) 4: Which organisation defines the standard of Sim cards to be used in Mobile phone ANS : ETSI (European telecommunication standard institute) 5:CEO of TIGA (NON-PROFIT trade association representing game industry in UK) ANS : Richard Wilson 6: Which investment firm is set to take over GAME GROUP Ans : Obcapita 7: Who led Myanmar struggel of independence against British Ans : Aung San

1) The President has appointed Shri Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India 2)MP Forest Department has been awarded by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) The Green Globe Foundation Award 3)Government of India (GOI), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and States of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand sign a $ 43.84 Million Loan Agreement for the Second Tranche of Infrastructure Development Investment Program to boost Tourism in two States 4)On 2 April Special Protection Group(SPG) completed its 27 Years of existence. SPG is a premier organisation which works for the protection of the VIP's. 5)Right to Education completed its two years of implementation on 1 April 2012. RTE was implemented on 1 April 2010. Presently there are 32 states which notified RTE Rules, Goa and Karnataka are the only tow states which have not notified RTE Rules till yet. 6)Smt Priti Mohanty has taken over as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) 7) STAR Group bagged broadcasting of Cricket in India from July 2012 to March 2018. AT previous this right was with NIMBUS. Between this period of time 96 Matches will be held and Star Group will pay approx 40 Crore for each match.

Star Group have three channels namely- ESPN, Star Cricket and Star Sports. STAR Group CEO-UDAY SHANKAR 8 )Bihar completed its 100 yrs on 2 April 2012.

Today's special insights Hafiz saeed joins Ranks of World's most wanted More about him here - Who is Hafiz Saeed? | Firstpost Falklands war anniversary . About them - Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

India This Week: 26 March-1 April 2012

26 March 2012 Marathi poet and Sahitya Akademi awardwinner, Manik Godghate passed away in Pune Reserve Bank of India restructured the fair practices code (FPC) to be adopted by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) while doing lending business Union government raised interest rates on post office-operated small savings like Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) by up to 0.5% 27 March 2012 Forty seven varieties of hybrid paddy released/notified for cultivation in India 28 March 2012 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a several revisions with an objective to liberalise the norms for direct investment abroad by Indian residents The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) fixed the issue price for the National Buildings Construction Corporation's public offer at Rs.106 a share 29 March 2012 As per the data on the core industries released, eight core infrastructure industries registered a robust 6.8 per cent growth in output in February 2012 30 March 2012 Chandigarh girl Vanya Mishra crowned as the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 in the grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant As per the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) data, union governments fiscal deficit during the April-February period of 2011-12 stood at Rs 4.93 lakh crore, or 95% of the revised estimates 31 March 2012 India's first solar power plant of 40 MW capacity was inaugurated in Jaisalmer district's Dhudsar

village in Rajasthan Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued broad guidelines on Algorithmic Trading 1 April 2012 Former BCCI president and union minister NKP Salve passed away

World This Week: 26 March-1 April 2012

26 March, 2012 Italy PM raised marines custody issue with Manmohan Singh Pakistans acid victim, Fakhra Yunus committed suicide in Italy James Cameron, director of Hollywood movie, Titanic, made a journey to the deepest part of the ocean Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister GL Peiris said his country will not abide by the UN resolution 27 March, 2012 China accused exiled Tibetan religious leader, the Dalai Lama, of masterminding Tibet independence protests a day after Jamphel Yeshi, a Tibetan activist, set himself on fire in New Delhi Syrian President Bashar al Assad accepted Nations special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for the country Indian politician-diplomat D.P. Dhar was honoured posthumously by Bangladesh for his special role in the countrys 1971 Liberation War. Nuclear Security Summit started in South Korean capital Seoul. The summit was attended by 53 countries and five international organisations 28 March, 2012 BRICS summit began in New Delhi An Indian citizen, living ''illegally'' in the US, was found guilty by a US court of providing material support to Lebanese group Hezbollah and faces a maximum sentence of 75 years in prison. Two Indians, who were freed from illegal custody of Chinese traders three months ago, went on a hunger strike in Shanghai, demanding that they be allowed to go home within a week failing which they will commit suicide. Pope Benedict XVI visited Cuba and met Cuban Leader Fidel Castro 29 March, 2012 Afghan policeman kills 9 sleeping fellow officers Police detain 19 suspected extremists in France 13 dead in Honduran prison fire amid inmate riot Arab leaders urged a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria at a landmark summit in Baghdad China welcomed commitments made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during talks on 29 March that India would neither participate in any containment strategy" aimed at China nor allow anti-China activities by exiled Tibetans

 Japan executed three inmates, the first since July 2010 30 March, 2012 A US court sentenced Kasmiri separatist Gulam Nabi Fai two-year imprisonment American historian Peter Heehs, who has been working in India for the past 41 years was abruptly told by the registration office in Puducherry that his visa wont be extended Norway social workers decided to hand over two Indian children to their uncle in India 31 March, 2012 BY-elections held in Myanmar Chinese authorities detained people, shut websites over coup rumours US President Barack Obama approved new sanctions against Iran 1 April, 2012 Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi won the by-election Mali coup leader reinstated old constitution The British government proposes to acquire unprecedented powers to snoop on phone calls and online activity of ordinary people irrespective of whether they are suspected of any unlawful action. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raja Gilani made a visit to China, called for a stronger Pakistan China tie

Latest Happenings: Name the person who has quit as the CEO of BSE and will join Tata Groups holding company, Tata Sons and will head the groups business development. ---> Madhu Kannan Name person who quit as the chairman of the BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting Group plc) satellite broadcaster. ---> James Murdoch As the nation gears up to select its 16th President, which Gujarati techie has emerged as one of the candidates for the post? ---> Sam Pitroda Name the new Chairman of HSBC, India. ---> Stuart Milne Who has been appointed as the president of the Computer Society of India (CSI)? Satish Babu Which team has won the 2012 World Series Hockey title? ---> Sher-e-Punjab In which Indian state, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) headquarters is to be set up? --->Bihar

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Links to docs uploaded by Shanky : http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/prep-resources/79527-official-gk-thread-mba-entrance15.html#post3395004 All are posted one below the other.

SET-3 1).Poll monitoring system was implemented in which of the following states in india for the 1st time? 1.Goa 2).Which of the following countries recently agreed to suspend nuclear and missile tests and halt a uranium enrichment programme in return for US food aid? 1.N korea 3).Jail olympics was organized in which of following Jails recently? 2.patiala

4).General nortan Schwartz. who was making news recently is related to which among the following organizations?? 3.US air force

5).Which of the following industry generates Invisible exports? 2.Travel & tourism 6).Majlis-e-Shura , which was recently in news for its elections is the parliment of which of the following countries? 1.Iran 7).Which of the following missiles is called the indian patriot? 2.Akash .The Sualkuchi textile park is located in which of the followwing states of india? 3.Assam

9).The direct tax Code is related to which among the following? 1.income Tax 10).Lt General Bikram Singh , the next Army chief has served as deputy force commander of a multi nation UN Peace keeping mission in whcih among the following countries? 2.Congo 11).Which of the following country is the host of ASEAN 2014 meet? 3.Myanmaar 12).Gravity recovery and Interior Laboratory(GRAIL) refers to? 2. NASA's mission to moon 13).Who among the following recieved the prestigious National medals of arts and humanities award by Barack Obama in Feb 2012? 2.Amartya Sen 14).Which African Country won the first ever Africa Cup of national Football tournment held in 2012? 1.Zambia 15).Who is the Author of the Controversial Book "Nirbasan"?? 3.Taslima Narseen 16).Who among the following was never a RBI governer? 4.Captain Sir Sikander hyat khan 17).In the context of National Bravery Awards, the prestigious "Geeta Chopra Award" for 2012 for bravery was given to?? 1.Mittal Mahendrabhai Patadiya 1 .Who is the Author of the book "River of smoke"?? 1.Amitav Ghosh

The below links will be useful for GD/PI prep as most of the vague questions asked by profs in PI come in these areas . Also these links will be helpful for quizzing . Rogue state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pariah state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia International isolation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Failed state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

Ps : If there are any quizzers or puys interested in quizzing here , you can have a look at this thread http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-c...omath-532.html (quizzophile cum phylomath) One can get tons of info from this quiz thread ! Will try contributing in this thread from now on !

Latest Happenings: Education solutions provider Educomp said its ICT division, Edureach has bagged an order worth Rs 209 crore from the Assam government under the ICT@Schools project. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd would be laying pipelines to Jammu and Himachal Pradesh for supply of diesel, petrol and kerosene and the land where the pipeline will be set has been identified for the purpose. Iraq has issued a tender to buy a minimum of 30,000 tonnes of basmati rice from India and Pakistan origin. India to become the 6th country in the world to operate a nuclear-powered submarine-inducted the Russian-built Akula class Nerpa submarine---> Rechristened as INS CHAKRA. THE OTHER FIVE In this league: the US, Russia, France, the UK and China. Narayana Murthy conferred with the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal. Serbian President who resigned recently-Boris Tadic
Important News from April 1st to April 5th :International News :1) The Second Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People was held in Istanbul. 2) The head of the Iran parliaments Foreign Policy and National Security Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi has condemned the US move to provide a Missile defense shield to the gulf countries. 3) U.S President Barack Obama hosted the sixth North American Leaders' Summit by welcoming Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the White House. 4) In Myanmar, Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's party won almost all the seats it contested in elections, becoming the main opposition force in the national parliament.

5) The three day Global Dubai Tea Forum 2012 meet comes to close in Dubai. 6) The Japanese government on 2 April 2012 decided to extend the sanctions against North Korea for one year. Sports :1) India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek have won the Men's Doubles title in the Miami Open Tennis tournament at Florida. 2) Three Haryana wrestlers, Geeta, Amit and Yogeshwar Dutt have qualified for London Olympics. 3) Serbia's World Number One Novak Djokovic has won the Men's Singles title at the Miami Open Tennis tournament at Florida. 4) Sher-e-Punjab has won the inaugural edition of the World Series Hockey tournament. Persons :First Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Olympics - Geeta Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) - Smt. Priti Mohanty Chef-de-Mission of national contingent for the London Olympics - Ajitpal Singh Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Limited (CIL ) - S Narsing Rao Haryana state information commissioner (SIC) - Urvashi Gulati

GK Gyaan: Electronics Voting Machine was first introduced in the elections (on experimental basis) in 1989-1990 in 16 Assembly Constituencies in the states of Rajasthan (5), M.P. (5) and NCT of Delhi (6) at the General Elections to the respective Legislative Assemblies held in November, 1998. The maximum number of candidates in any INDIAN constituency at any election so far has been 1033- In the Modakurichi Assembly Constituency of Tamil Nadu in 1996. The UDYAMI helpline launched by the Government is for Micro, Small and Medium enterprises. Electronic Voting Machines can record a maximum of 3840 votes. PRANAV MISTRY: An MIT Graduate whose project "SPARSH" will allow users to copy the desired data from a device by just a touch and then transfer it simply by touching another device. He had demonstrated his SPARSH project at the NASSCOM summit. The first Indian commodity to have been registered as a Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) product by the European Commission (EC) ---> Darjeeling Tea

1)India's first Spice park was inaugurated in Rajasthan in the Rampur Bhatia village of Ozian Tehsil near Jodhpur. It was inaugurated by Anand Sharma who is Union Commerce and Industry Minister in the presence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Mr Ashok Gehlot Rajasthan Government also launched Ambition Food Fortification program. 2)On World Health Day, i.e. 7 April Union Minister of Family and Health Welfare minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad launched a magazine "Swasth Bharat". WHO has declared theme of this year as Ageing and Health(was in news some time back so added here) 3)Vice President of India- Mr Hamid Ansari inaugurated Raijv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre on 11 Annual conference of RGCON which was held in Delhi. 4) INS Chakkra-Nuclear Power Submarine commissioned in Vishakapatnam.

1. According to the new Lokpal Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha by UPA government on 27th December, all NGOs that receive annual grants of more than ______ under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 will be under the Lokpal. a) Rs 10 Lakhs b) Rs 15 Lakhs c) Rs 20 Lakhs d) Rs 25 Lakhs e) None of the above 2. India presently meets how much percent of its oil needs through imports? a) 70% b) 79% c) 85% d) 90% e) None of the above 3. According to the latest data available with the RBI as on November 11, 2011, the total gold holding with the Reserve Bank is estimated at________. a) 525.6 tonnes b) 476.8 tonnes c) 557.7 tonnes d) 487.2 tonnes e) None of the above 4. How much lengths of roads have been given by NHAI so far (November 2011), as opposed to the financial year 2012 target of 7,300 km? a) 4500 km b) 4300 km c) 4650 km d) 4200 km e) None of the above 5. India and Bulgaria on 28th November signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) on a) Local Governance b) Health & Medicines c) Financial Dialogue d) Information and Communication Technology e) None of the above 6. In which of the following States, CBI has recently registered a case against 20 policemen in Ishrat Jahan encounter case? a) Karanatka b) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh e) Gujarat 7. Who among the following persons has won the prestigious Unesco Kalinga Prize for the year 2011? a) Oliver Williamson b) Margaret Mead c) Drucker Colin d) Trinh Xuan Thuan e) Elinor Ostrom 8. Recently, the state-owned oil companies reduce ATF price by 1.3% to ease the burden on the cash-strapped airlines. What is the exapansion of ATF in the same context. a) Aviation Turbine Fuel b) Alcoholic Turbine Fuel c) Aeroplane Turbine Fuel d) Aircraft Turbine Fuel e) None of the above 9. Which movie was adjudged Best Childrens Feature Film in Hindi at the 17th International Childrens Film Festival concluded on 16-17 Nov 2011 in Hyderabad? a) Gattu b) I Am Kalam c) Chillar Party d) Stanley Ka Dabba e) Bumm Bumm Bole 10. Which of the following days is designated as International Anti-Corruption Day by the United Nations? a) 5 December b) 7 December c) 8 December d) 9 December e) None of the above 11. Seyisa Lilesa, who won the seventh edition of the Delhi Half Marathon in mens elite section is an athlete from a) Kenya b) Sudan c) Somalia

d) Ghana e) Ethiopia 12. The worlds deepest metro station Admiralteiskaya, which lies over 100 m below the surface has recently opened in which of the following countries? a) China b) Russia c) USA d) India e) Japan 13. India won 2nd World Cup Kabaddi Championship on 20th November 2011 by defeating a) Pakistan b) Australia c) Kazakhstan d) Canada e) Turkmenistan 14. Skoda, which launched its mid-sized car Sedan Rapid in India on 14 November, is an automobile manufacturer based in the a) Czech Republic b) Japan c) France d) South Korea e) None of the above 15. Which of the following statements about Central Governments job guarantee scheme MGNREGA is correct? 1. Men and women are paid the same wages 2. Only the adults under BPL can apply for employment 3. It provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment in every financial year 4. Extra living allowance are paid, if employment is not provided within the radius of 5km a) 1, 2 and 4 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1, 3 and 4 d) 1, 2 and 3 e) All 1, 2, 3 & 4 16. Which among the following non governmental organizations (NGO) is founded by social activist Arvind Kejriwal? a) Aawaaz b) Navjyoti c) Parivartan d) Aap aur Hum e) India Vision Foundation 17. Avian flu is also known as a) Swine flu b) Bird flu c) Eye flu d) Dengue fever

e) None of the above 18. Pig flu is caused by a) H1N1 virus b) H5N1 virus c) H3N1 virus d) H5N2 virus e) None of the above 19. As per the standard practice, Indias external debt statistics are released by a) Ministry of External Affairs b) Reserve Bank of India c) Ministry of Finance d) Both (b) & (c) e) All (a), (b) & (c) 20. The general budget is usually presented on the last day of _________ every year. a) January b) February c) March d) April e) None of the above

1. How much amount has been allocated to 10 states for Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) during 2011-12? a) Rs 180 crore b) Rs 200 crore c) Rs 220 crore d) Rs 250 crore e) None of the above 2. The Government of India has announced a National Manufacturing Policy with the objective of enhancing the share of manufacturing in GDP to ________. a) 20% b) 25% c) 27% d) 30% e) None of the above 3. At end-September 2011, Indias external debt stock was ________. a) US$ 296.8 billion b) US$ 306.4 billion c) US$ 326.6 billion d) US$ 334.8 billion e) None of the above

4. Memogate scandal which exposed the deep fissures between the civilian government and the powerful army took place in which of the following countries? a) Pakistan b) Nepal c) Egypt d) Libya e) Tunisia 5. Which among the following countries has emerged as the second largest defence supplier to India after Russia? a) USA b) France c) Britain d) Singapore e) Israel 6. NASAs GRAIL mission will help scientists refine our theories for a) how the Jupiter formed b) how the Sun formed c) how the Marsh formed d) how the Moon, Earth and other rocky planets evolved. e) None of the above 7. According to a report titled World Livestock 2011 published by FAO in December 2011, meat consumption is projected to rise nearly __________by 2050. a) 45 percent b) 50 percent c) 73 percent d) 65 percent e) None of the above 8. Which of the following countries government has decided to close down all luxury spas, health centres and massage parlours in the country after the opposition parties describing them as un-Islamic activities? a) Iraq b) Iran c) Qatar d) Kuwait e) Maldives 9. The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2012 as: a) The International Year of Mathematics b) The International Year of Biodiversity c) The International Year of Forests d) The International Year of Cooperatives

e) None of these 10. Which among the following countries has been elected as Chairman of International Sugar Council? a) India b) Brazil c) China d) Thialand e) Mexico 11. According to a report released by Economist Intelligence Unit, USA which of the following countries has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material, the worlds most destructive weapons? a) France b) Australia c) Germany d) USA e) China 12. Which of the following countries is NOT an official member of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)? a) Oman b) Kuwait c) Yemen d) Qatar e) Bahrain 13. The Government has given in principle approval for establishing the Spice Park at which of the following locations? a) Kota (Rajasthan) b) Surat (Gujarat) c) Cochin (Kerala) d) Kovai (Tamilnadu) e) None of the above mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan has recently been declared as National Mathematics Day by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. National Mathematics Day will be celebrated every year on__________. a) 20 December b) 22 December c) 27 November d) 23 November e) None of the above 15. According to a statement announced on December 29, 2011 by The Central

Government, India became free of which of the following disease? a) AIDS b) Swine flu c) Bird flu d) Poliomyelitis e) None of the above 16. On 26 December, 2011, the Government of India (GOI) extended the import prohibition on milk and milk products from ________ for a period of six months. a) Canada b) Japan c) Italy d) USA e) China 17. Recently, The Ministry of Shipping has awarded ISO certification to which of the following ports in India? a) Mangalore Port b) Tuticorin Port c) Marmugao Port d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port e) None of the above 18. Which of the following is name of first car launched by Bajaj Auto, Indias leading two-wheeler manufacturer? a) RE 40 b) RE 50 c) RE 60 d) RE 80 e) None of the above 19. The visible surface of the Sun is called : a) Photosphere b) Ionosphere c) Stratosphere d) Cyanosphere e) None of the above 20. Presently, Service tax for a month can be paid to the government by the _____of next month. a) fifth b) sixth c) tenth d) fifth or sixth e) first or second

1. According to the UNs annual economic report titled World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012, Indias gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by how much percent in 2012? a) 7.7 percent b) 8.6 percent c) 9.0 percent d) 9.5 percent e) None of the above 2. According to the UNs annual economic report titled World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012, the world economic growth will fall to ___________in 2012. a) 2.3 percent b) 2.5 percent c) 2.6 percent d) 2.7 percent e) None of the above 3. As per the latest release from the Ministry of Agriculture, India has set a production tagret of how much amount (in tonnes) of Wheat crops for the year 2011-12? a) 820 lakh b) 825 lakh c) 840 lakh d) 865 lakh e) None of the above 4. Recently, with which among the following countries, India has extended the validity of the existing bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Military Cooperation, for a further period of five years? a) Indonesia b) Canada c) Russia d) Sweden e) Oman 5. The Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route is a Flashpoint of Tension between Iran and the US. The Strait of Hormuz is situated between___________. a) Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Tonkin b) Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Genova c) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Tonkin d) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman e) None of the above 6. Tensions with Iran have risen in recent weeks after the UNs nuclear watchdog IAEA confirmed Iran was producing 20% enriched uranium at its Fordo plant

situated in__________. a) Shiraz b) Mashhad c) Tehran d) Esfahan e) Kashan 7. On 1st January 2012, Jose Graziano da Silva took over as new director-general of a) FAO b) IFAD c) IAEA d) NATO e) UNIDO 8. The Government of India (GoI) is set to create a National Electricity Fund (NEF) to provide interest subsidy on loans to be disbursed to the distribution companies both in the public and private sector. Which of the following entities will be the nodal agency for monitoring the fund NEF? a) Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd b) Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) c) National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) d) State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) e) None of the above 9. The Planning Commission on 28 December 2011, gave investment clearance for the Rs 154.92-crore Upper Kundalika project in__________. a) West Bengal b) Uttar Pradesh c) Karanatka d) Tamilnadu e) Maharashtra 10. The Ministry of Earth Sciences provides SMS and IVRS services to farmers, giving them farming information, weather and climatic details to help them meet agricultural targets. What does the term IVRS stands for? a) Information Voice Response System b) Integrated Voice Response System c) Infrared Voice Response System d) Integrated Voice Recoginition System e) None of these 11. Match the following: States Incidents/Cases A. Gujarat 1. Bhanwari Devi case B. Rajasthan 2. Aarushi murder case C. New Delhi 3. Batla House encounter

D. Uttar Pradesh 4. Ishrat Jahan encounter ABCD a) 1 3 2 4 b) 4 1 2 3 c) 4 1 3 2 d) 3 1 4 2 12. On 11 January 2012, Sri Lankas cricket team crashed to 43 all out to equal the fourth lowest total in one-day international history. Which of the following nations cricket team has lowest score in ODI matches? a) Canada b) Namibia c) Kenya d) Bangladesh e) Zimbabwe 13. Shinkansen system is related to a) Bullet trains b) Air traffic control tower c) Environmental pollution control measures d) Nuclear reactor safety measures e) None of the above 14. Presently, which among the following companies is official maker & supplier of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to Election Commission (EC) in the country? a) Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) b) Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) c) Hindustan Electronics Ltd (HEL) d) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) e) None of the above 15. Which among the following operations undertaken by the NSG commandos to clear Gujarats Akshardham temple of terrorists in 2002? a) Operation Black Thunder b) Operation Black Tornado c) Operation Vajra Shakti d) Operation Ashwamedh e) None of the above 16. Under the SABLA scheme, the Body Mass Index (BMI) of Adolescent Girls (AGs), is calculated as ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meter square).The nutrition status of the AG is marked as M (malnourished) in SABLA Register if the Body Mass Index (BMI) is less than__________. a) 18.5 kg/m2 b) 19.0 kg/m2

c) 19.5 kg/m2 d) 20.0 kg/m2 e) None of the above 17. Kishori Diwas is a special health day celebrated under the SABLA scheme once in a) every month b) three month c) six month d) every year e) first week of evry month 18. Traditionally, the Char-Dham yatra is undertaken from the west to the east. As per the tradition, The Dhams are always visited in an ordera) Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath b) Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath c) Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath d) Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath e) None of the above 19. Kedarnath Dham is a temple dedicated to a) Lord Vishnu b) Lord Brhama c) Lord Shiva d) Lord Krishna e) None of the above 20. Rabi crops are harvested in a) April/May b) June/July c) September/October d) October/December e) None of the above

1. Recently, the target of plantation fixed under National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been achieved in the country. How much area was targeted to be covered from 2006-07 to 2011-12 under the mission NBM? a) 1.57 lakh hectare b) 1.76 lakh hectare c) 1.65 lakh hectare d) 1.89 lakh hectare e) None of the above

2. The Central Government on 17 January hiked import duty on gold and silver from specific duty to ad valorem. An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the a) quality of taxed item b) quantity of taxed item c) monetary value of the taxed item d) demand of taxed item e) None of the above 3. Presently, how much percent of countrys export earnings is contributed by Textiles industry? a) 10.63 percent b) 12.24 percent c) 13.52 percent d) 11.72 percent e) None of the above 4. As per the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) norms the minimum capital base of insurance firms should be_________. a) Rs. 10 crore. b) Rs. 20 crore. c) Rs. 25 crore. d) Rs. 50 crore. e) Rs.100 crore. 5. Which among the following mobile majors have won the $2.2 billion tax case against the income tax department of India? a) Idea b) Telstra c) T-Mobile d) Vodafone e) Airtel 6. US forces has recently vacated the Shamsi airbase that had been used to launch drone attacks target Taliban and Al Qaeda militants. Shamsi airbase is located in which of the following provinces of Pakistan? a) Sindh b) Punjab c) Balochistan d) North West Frontier e) None of the above 7. Which among the following nations has largest gas reserves in the world? a) Russia b) Iran c) Kuwait

d) Saudi Arab e) Australia 8. Presently, the retail prices of which of following items is NOT dictated by the Government of India (GoI)? a) Urea b) Diesel c) LPG d) Kerosene e) None of the above 9. Which among the following States is NOT covered under The North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP)? a) Tripura b) Meghalaya c) Nagaland d) Mizoram e) Sikkim 10. Indias first 500-MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is being set up at which of following locations? a) Jaitpur b) Rawatbhata c) Kudankulam d) Tiruvallur e) Kalpakkam 11. Who took over the presidency of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a period of two years? a) Rajesh Janey b) Annisul Huq c) R.V. Kanoria d) Vikramjit Singh Sahney e) None of the above 12. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recently joined Twitter to capture the attention of young Indians and inform people about the work done by his office. Which of the following is the traditional character limit of Twitters message? a) 120 b) 140 c) 160 d) 180 e) None of the above 13. Which of the following is the theme of 17th National Youth Festival 2012 concluded

at Manglore recently? a) Uplifting Mind and Body b) One sky, one earth, one family c) Celebrating Diversity in Unity d) Youth for peace, progress and prosperity e) None of the above 14. Oprah Gail Winfrey, who visits India recently, is a famous________. a) Candaian television presenter. b) American television presenter. c) Scottish television presenter. d) Australian television presenter. e) None of the above 15. The 3rd phase of Red Ribbon Project has recently been launched in India to draw the attention of youth to the a) Ozone depletion b) Influenza pandemic c) Swineflu epidemic d) HIV/AIDS pandemic e) None of the above 16. Aishwarya oil field is located in_______. a) Bombay High b) KG basin c) Barmer basin d) Cauveri basin e) None of the above 17. Match the following: Nuclear power plant Locations A. Bushehr 1. China B. Daya Bay 2. Pakistan C. Chashma 3. Ukraine D. Chernobyl 4. Iran ABCD a) 4 1 2 3 b) 3 2 1 4 c) 4 3 2 1 d) 1 2 3 4 18. Recently, the 12th Asian Shooting Championship was concluded at________. a) Bijieng b) Doha c) Jakarta

d) Bangkok e) Kuala Lumpur 19. How many gold medals have been won by India in the Olympics so far? a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 e) 10 20. The Head of Government of Pakistan is known as a) Sadr-e-Riyasat b) Mughal-e Azam c) Quaid-e Azam d) Wazir-e Azam e) None of the above

1. Who is appointed as COO of Intel? Brain Krzanich 2. Who is appointed as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal? Raju Narisetti 3. Where did India open its 5th Consulate in US? Atlanta 4. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013? Coratia 5. Name the year that is been celebrated across China? Dragon year 6. What rank does India hold to have a nuclear submarine? 6th position 7. Which parliament passed Armenian gernocide bill? French Parliament 8. What is the prevailing CRR as on 25th January 2012? It is now 4.75% Bank Rate-9.5% Repo Rate-8.5%

Reverse Repo Rate-7.5% SLR-24% 9. Who won Grand slam title in mens Australian Open 2012? Djokovic 10.Who won the Ranji Trophy 2011-12? Rajasthan

ONGC inks a MoU with ConocoPhillips (a US Oil Major) for Shale resources. BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BPYL) wins the Prestigious 54th British International Safety Award. India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has been admitted as the 11th member of MDEP (Multinational Design Evaluation Program), thereby becoming the first NEW member in the MEDP since its inception in 2006. Joyce Banda becomes the President of Malawi. The Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist has been nominated by the US President for the post of the World Bank President - Jim Yong Kim India has become a member of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)- an international apex body for micro-finance. This is the first time that a DEVELOPING country has been made a member of CGAP. Bilateral (Indo-US) Naval Exercise- "MALABAR" commences in the Bay of Bengal. European nation that has tied up with the Indian Railways for the purpose of renovating 14 Indian railway stations - Belgium The KHASI language of the Indian state of Meghalaya has been REMOVED from the UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, as it is now considered safe. Bank which recently celebrated its 75th Anniversary - Indian Overseas Bank. Indian city chosen as the city of focus at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival - Mumbai The British newspaper that has won the Annual Press Award- considered the Oscars of British Journalism Daily Mail (it won the Newspaper and Website of the year)

IL&FS may buy Hershey's 51% in JV China surpasses US as worlds largest food market

Sailesh Bolisetti, the only Indian to compete in the 2012 British GT championship in Qulton Park (Cheshire, United Kingdom), finished an impressive second on his debut in the inaugural race, which is deemed one of the most demanding racing events. Bubba Watson of the United States wins the 2012 Masters Tournament (Golf)

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Which Indian company has entered into an agreement with Kaspersky Lab (a Moscow-based IT security solution firm), to offer managed security services to telecom companies? Tech Mahindra/ Mahindra Satyam Name the Four financial institutions that have agreed to form India's first $2bn (around 10,000cr Rs.) Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects in India. LIC, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank and Citi Financial. Recently, Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony signed a deal to merge their small and medium-sized LCD businesses and to create a new company. The name of the company being referred to here is: Japan Display Which Indian city hosted the sixth International Conference on Aluminum in December 2011? Hyderabad Aditi Technologies has announced the acquisition of which cloud computing company? Cumulex Indian Railways recently signed a contract to carry out reconstruction of a 56-km rail line in which Asian country? Sri Lanka Titan Industries has acquired which Swiss watch brand? Favre Leuba Where was FICCI FRAMES 2012- Asia's largest global convention on film media and entertainment inaugurated? Kolhapur, Maharashtra Which Indian state celebrated its 77th Foundation Day on April 1, 2012? Odisha What is the name of the 26/11 survivor who has been selected as a flag bearer at the 2012 London Olympics? Harnish Patel Name the Indian NGO chosen for the USA's first Innovation Award for Empowerment of Women and Girls. Chintan (Founder: Ms. Bharati Chaturvedi)

1. The largest revenue in India is obtained from __________ (A) Railways (B) Excise Duty (C) Sales Tax (D) Direct Taxes 2. The tax levied by Central Government and collected by State Government is ________ (A) Stamp Duty (B) Excise Duty (C) Income Tax (D) Gift Tax 3. What is the major share in revenue of State Governments? (A) Stamp Duty (B) Excise Duty (C) Sales Tax (D) Income Tax 4. The tax levied by Local Governments i.e. Municipal Corporations and municipalities is ____________ (A) Income Tax (B) Wealth Tax (C) House Tax (D) Gift Tax 5. The tax collected by the State Governments and given to local bodies is __________ (A) Income Tax (B) Wealth Tax (C) House Tax (D) Professional Tax 6. Which of the following is not an organized sector in India? (A) Nationalised Banks (B) Regional Rural Banks (C) Cooperative Banks (D) Chits and Money lenders 7.Who will settle the grievances of customers of banks? (A) Reserve Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Local Courts (D) Ombuds Men 8.Which was the 1st Bank corporated by the Indians? (1881) (A) Imperial Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Avadh Commercial Bank (D) Reserve Bank of India

9.When was OMBUDS MEN SCHEME first introduced? (A) November 2006 (B) October 1981 (C) June 1995 (D) January 1998 10.Which was the first Bank corporated by the Indians? (1881) (A) Imperial Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Avadh Commercial Bank (D) Reserve Bank of India 11.When was Reserve Bank of India established? (A) 1920 (B) 1925 (C) 1935 (D) 1948 12.When was Reserve Bank of India Nationalised? (A) 1947 (B) 1948 (C) 1949 (D) 1950 13. Imperial Banks were amalgamated and changed as _________ (A) Reserve Bank of India (B) State Bank of India (C) Subsidiary Banks (D) Union Bank of India 14. Where is the Head quarters of RBI? (A) Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Ahmedabad (D) Kolkata 15. who was the first governor of RBI? (A) A. K Vadiya (B) A.B.A Smith (C) Malhotra (D) Narshimha

Bharti Airtel launches Indias first 4G service Facebook buys Instagram (popular photo-sharing application) for $1 billion Google takes Indian modern art online,as part of the Google Art project . iGate to pay Rs 520 per share to delist Patni Computer Rupee down 13 paise vs dollar in early trade Vijender Singh (75kg) became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games for a third successive time

According to the budget estimates of 2012-13, the non-plan expenditure is estimated at : a) Rs.6,65,216 crore b) Rs 5,21,025 crore c) Rs.9,69,900 crore d) Rs 7,26,567 crore e) None of the above 2. Which of the following statement(s) is/are major highlight of Union Budget 2012-13? A) Fiscal deficit estimated at 5.9 per cent of GDP in 2012-13. B) Total expenditure for 2012-13 budgeted at Rs 14,90,925 crore. C) Target for agricultural credit in 2012-13 raised to Rs 5,75,000 crore a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Both (A) & (B) d) Both (B) & (C) e) All (A), (B) & (C) 3. About how much amount have been allocated by central government for National Rural Livelihood Mission in Budget 2012-13? a) Rs. 3,915 crore b) Rs. 4,217 crore c) Rs. 5,000 crore d) Rs. 2,242 crore e) None of these 4. To increase the capacity of godowns, how much amount has been provided by the government under Grameen Bhandaran Yojana for the year 2012-13? a) Rs.650 crore b) Rs.716 crore c) Rs.582 crore d) Rs.450 crore e) None of the above 5. As per Railway Budget 2012 highlights, the travel distance under Izzat Scheme has been extended from 100 km to _________. a) 150 km b) 200 km c) 225 km d) 250 km e) None of the above 6. In Rail Budget 2012, the total market borrowing for railways in 2012-13 is estimated at : a) Rs 58,467 crore b) Rs 67,785 crore. c) Rs.72,730 crore.

d) Rs 65,000 crore e) None of these 7. How much amount of education loan has been approved by World Bank to support Indias secondary education progamme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)? a) 250 million dollar b) 375 million dollar c) 435 million dollar d) 500 million dollar e) None of the above 8. Which countries name has recently been removed from the list of the polio-ridden countries of the world by World Health Organisation? a) Angola b) Pakistan c) India d) Nigeria e) Afghanistan 9. Consider the following statements about re-drafted Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 passed by the Cabinet on 23rd March 2012: A) Irretrievable break-down of marriage to be made ground for divorce B) Women to have right over marital property in the event of the divorce C) Adopted children to have right on property on par with biological children. Which of the above statement(s) is/are TRUE? a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (A) & (B) d) Both (B) & (C) e) All (A), (B) & (C) 10. The Government has declared 2012 as the year of: a) Horticulture b) Sericulture c) Pisciculture d) Entrepreneur e) None of the above 11. Recently, on 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, the debate of ownership of Flakland Islands has reignited between a) Russia and Finland b) Scotland and Ireland c) Norway and Finland d) Britain and Argentina e) None of the aboe

12. The new chief of Pakistans powerful spy agency ISI is: a) Tahir Rafique Butt b) Ahmed Shuja Pasha c) Zahir-ul-Islam d) Rao Qamar Suleman e) None of the above 13. The prominent insurgent group, United Peoples Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) operates primarily in the eastern area of a) Bihar b) Assam c) Sikkim d) Jharkhand e) West Bengal 14. The skill development and employment programme called Himayat is operating in which of the following States? a) Bihar b) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh e) Jammu & Kashmir 15. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be observing its 32nd Foundation Day on: a) April 6, 2012 b) April 13, 2012 c) April 23. 2012 d) April 17, 2012 e) None of the above 16. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international ton against: a) Pakistan b) Australia c) Sri Lanka d) Bangladesh e) South Africa 17. Saina Nehwal retained the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold trophy on 18 March by defeating ___________ in Switzerland.. a) Yang Wei b) Wang Yihan c) Zhang Ning d) Maria Kristin e) Shixian Wang

18. A recession is when output falls for a) two consecutive quarters b) three consecutive quarters c) five consecutive quarters d) six consecutive quarters e) None of the above 19. Which of the following banking facilities helps us to make payments out of our bank account without actually carrying money with us? a) ATM b) Credit Card c) Phone Banking d) Net Banking e) None of the above 20. Purchasing a Brent Crude ETF gives Investors exposure to: a) Coal Prices b) Oil Prices c) Gas Prices d) Gold Prices e) Stock Prices

One Hundred Rupee Coin in India, One Hundred Rupee Coin Picture | Banking Awareness Rs 100 COIN 49% FDI to be proposed in AVIATION sector . 8.6 quake rattles Indonesia, spreads panic in India Mitt Romney is the new US Republican presidential hopeful against Obama 18 get life term in Gujarat Ode village massacre case Important News... 1)Conference on National Safe Motherhood Day was held at Jaipur. National Motherhood day is observed on 12 April. 2)India Water Week to be celebrated as Annual International Event. WATER EXPO at Pragati Maidan inaugurated by PM. 3)AASOCHAM 5th International Gold Summit 2012 at DELHI. 4)Beni Prasad- Union Minister of Steel visits Afghanistan and signed an MoU in field of Steel. This is the first visit of any Economic Minister to Afghanistan. 5)13 April- Public Sector Day 6) Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Award was given to Amir Ahmad Khan

Some Important news The Supreme Court on 12th April upheld the various provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009. The apex court ruled that the RTE Act would apply to all categories of public and private schools except unaided minority schools. Read about RTE here Right to Education Act, 2009 Rules 2011

Air India Bailout The government approved a Rs 30,000 crore bailout for Air India on Thursday despite several Cabinet ministers being sceptical of the move. The funds are proposed to be pumped in over the next nine years but there will be an immediate infusion of Rs 6,750 crore to meet the airline's working capital requirement. This is in addition to the equity infusion of Rs 3,200 crore that has already been done.

Awards (2011 -2012 ) :Saraswati Samman 2011 - AA Manavalan for his book on Ramayana (Tamil Writer) Chameli Devi Jain Award 2012 - Tusha Mittal of Tehelka's Kolkata News Bureau Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 - Raul Bhatia 21st Vyas Samman - Ramdarash Mishra for his poetry collection Aam ke patte 2011 US National Humanities Medal - Amartya Sen Lata Manageshkar Award - Rajesh Roshan Top International Olympic Committee Award - Manisha Malhotra Gold Star of Karadjordje - Novak Djokovic NDTV Awards :Legend of Sport Award - Leander paes Lifetime Achievement Award - Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Baichung Bhutia V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - Mike Pandey Padma Vibhushan ( 5 Awards ):1) Mario Miranda ( Cartoonist ) 2) Bhupen Hazarika ( Musician ) 3) K G Subramanyam ( Art ) 4) Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti ( Medicine ) 5) TV Rajeshwar ( Civil Service )

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Maldives - Suspended from Commonwealth ministerial Action Group Dinesh K Patnaik ( Deputy Chief of Mission of Embassy in India ) - Next Ambassador of India to Cambodia John Glenn - First Person to orbit the earth Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi - New President of Yemen Ekta Kapoor - Topped Forbes Magazines Asia Power Businesswomen list. Rahul Batia - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 Valdimir putin - President of Russia Carlos Slim Helu - Forbes latest richest person in the World Akhilesh Yadav - CM of Uttar Pradesh Praksah Singh Badal - CM of Punjab Okram Ibobi Singh - CM of Manipur Manohar Parrikar - CM of Goa Vijay Bahuguna - CM of Uttarakhand Joe Daves - New Bowling coach of Indian Cricket Team Nancy J Powell - US Ambassador to India ( First woman to be nominated to this coveted post) Mohammed Waheed Hassan - President of Maldives Navinchandra Ramgoolam - Prime Minister of Mauritius Herman Van Rompuy - President of European Council Jose Manuel Durao Barroso - President of the European Commission Indonesia - Became 157th Country to adopt Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) New Delhi - It became the first state in the country to issue e-stamp papers in all denominations Guernsey - India Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Guernsey SHADE - Pact signed by India, Japan and China to achieve the most efficient use of Naval Forces present in Indian Ocean Region Goa - State with lowest Infant Mortality Rate ( 10 infants per 1000) Davos (Switzerland) - Annual meeting of World Economic Forum 2012 was held here Laxman Das - New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Kazuo Hirai - New CEO of Sony Pankaj Pachauri - Communication advisor to the Prime Minister's Office Laura Dekker - Youngest Sailor to complete a solo Circumnavigation of the World. Homai Vyarawalla - India's First Woman Press Photographer Ma Ying-jeou - President of Taiwan Satyendra S Huja - Mayor of historic city of Charlottesville, Virginia

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US telecom giant AT&T has sold the Yellow Pages, its local listing business, to a private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for USD 950 million to focus on its core telecom business. Global social networking giant Facebook has announced its acquisition of Instagram, a photo sharing smartphone application which is very popular among iPhone and Android phone users. Facebook will pay USD 1 billion in cash and stock to fund the takeover. Instagram was launched only in October 2010 L&T Finance has announced that it is all set to acquire the Indian asset management business of Fidelity International. The boards of Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam have approved the much awaited merger of the two IT Services companies. Mahindra Satyam has acquired global BPO firm vCustomer for USD 27 million which will help the IT company to expand its BPO services into the retail and consumer technology sectors. Europes largest Oil producer Royal Dutch Shell has offered to buy African explorer Cove Energy for nearly 992.4 million pounds (USD 1.6 billion) to gain a foothold in African territory. Kellogg Co has announced its Pringles acquisition plan from its current owner Procter & Gamble Co for USD 2.7 billion Flipkart acquires Letsbuy for USD 25 million Twitter acquires internet security firm Dasient for an undisclosed sum Japans Nippon Life Insurance to buy 26% stake in Reliance Asset Management

TV18 to acquire ETV channels for Rs 2100 crore; signs deal with RIL

GK Gyaan: Who among the following will head the National Council for Senior Citizens? [A]Prime Minister of India [B]Chairman of National Development Council [C]Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission [D]Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Which among the following was the venue of Arab league summit, that was held from 27 March 2012 to 29 March 2012? Baghdad

Which among the following panel of RBI has recently recommended to raise the Priority sector targets for foreign banks to 40% of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent with subtargets of 15 per cent for exports and 15 per cent for the MSE sector? MV Nair Panel Which among following urban transport systems has recently entered the Guiness Book of World Record as the longest driverless metro network in the world? Dubai Metro As per the latest World Trade Report 2011 published by WTO, India is one of the largest Service Exporters of the world. What rank as been assigned to India in terms of largest Service Exporters? 10th Recently, the Finance Ministry of Government of India has developed a new index shortened as CRIS. What is the correct full form of CRIS? Comparative Rating Index for Sovereigns A national award in India in the name of Maharashtrian saint Sant Gadge Babaji has been announced in relation to what? Sanitation and Cleanliness

1) Mr. Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman & MD of Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India's most influential tweeters according to a study by klout.com and Burson-Marsteller. 2) Vikram Akula, microfinance king, is back in business - he's part of AgriSri, an agriculture related company, along with founder Mr Bisksham Gujja. 3) Britain is planning to introduce plain packaging without attractive branding for cigarettes in order to discourage citizens from smoking. Australia is the only other nation to do so. 4) Mr. Ajay Banga, President and CEO of MasterCard, has been selected as Chairman of US Indian Business Council (USIBC). 5) India has signed double taxation avoidance treaty with UAE. 6) Wema Bank, Nigeria's oldest bank, has deployed Finacle - Infosys's finance software product. 7) Westpac, Australia's leading bank, is set to open its first branch in India in Mumbai.

Rajasthan Royals has signed up Essel Marketing & Promotions as the team's official merchandise partner. 9) Mr Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, partner and shipowner of Maersk group, died on Monday. 10) Piramal Healthcare buys potential Alzheimer's tracer from Bayer.

Indian Political System India with a population of around a billion and an electorate of over 700 million is the world's largest democracy and, for all its faults and flaws, this democratic system stands in marked contrast to the democratic failures of Pakistan and Bangladesh which were part of India until 1947.

The head of state in India is the President. He has the executive power. Any bill that has to be passed must have his approval. Around 4,500 members of the national parliament and state legislators are eligible to vote in the election of the President.

There is also the post of Vice-President who is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of both houses of parliament. The Vice-President chairs the the upper house called the Rajya Sabha

TheRajya Sabha is the upper house of the Parliament. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature, science, and social services. These members are known as nominated members. The remainder of the body is elected by the state and territorial legislatures. Terms of office are six years, with one third of the members retiring every two years.

The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by people in Assembly elections. The Lok Sabha has 545 members,and two appointed non-partisan members to represent the Anglo-Indian community (if the President feels that that community is not adequately represented).

For a bill to be passed, it has to get the majority in Lok Sabha first, then Rajya Sabha and then finally signed by the president. For constitutional amendments 2/3rd majority is needed. The speaker of Lok Sabha only votes when there is a vote tie up at 272-272 Prime minister is the head of the government and both the upper house and the lower house form the legislative powers President has the executive power The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature, the highest national court being the Supreme Court of India.

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners Public Service - The Philadelphia Inquirer Fiction - No award Drama - "Water by the Spoonful" by Quiara Alegra Hudes History - "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention," by the late Manning Marable (Viking) Biography - "George F. Kennan: An American Life," by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press) Poetry - "Life on Mars" by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press) General Nonfiction - "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton and Company) Music - "Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts" by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press)

GK Mantra... Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) BANS the use of live animals in dissection and other experiments. Zee TV becomes the first Indian Channel to get landing rights in China. MasterCard CEO, Ajay Banga, elected as the new Chairman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC). Himachal Pradesh celecbrates its 65 years of foundation.

Asia's first Dolphin Research center to be set up in Patna. India and UAE ink an agreement to amend the double taxation avoidance treaty and also agreed to set up a joint committee to look after consular issues. Religion-Neutral Marriage Registration and a separate Marriage Act for the Sikhs gets cabinet nod. New Speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly --> Mata Prasad Pandey Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim chosen as the new WORLD BANK CHIEF. The 20th ASEAN summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodian Capital, on April 3-4.

Came across a question on following topic so just copying and pasting here Source-Wiki Black Revolution----------Petroleum Production Blue Revolution-----------Fish Production Brown Revolution---------Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production Golden Fibre Revolution-------Jute Production Golden Revolution----------------Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Green Revolution----------------Food grain (Cereals, Wheat &Leguminous plant) production Grey Revolution---------------Fertilizer Revolution Pink Revolution---------------Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production Red Revolution------------------Meat & Tomato Production Round Revolution-----------------Potato Revolution Silver Fiber Revolution--------------Cotton Revolution Silver Revolution----------------------Egg/Poultry Production White Revolution------------------------Milk/Dairy production (In India - Operation Flood) Yellow Revoution----------------------Oil Seeds production Evergreen Revolution--------------------Overall development of Agriculture

Two private airlines are at war with leading online travel agency MakeMyTrip, alleging it continued to offer arbitrary and opaque fares despite objection by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). IndiGo has withdrawn all content from MakeMyTrip, and Jet Airways has drastically reduced its inventory on the site Wipro Technologies, the information technology, consulting and outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd, has appointed Ms Suchira Iyer as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Agni-V missile test fired successfully, capable of reaching China

A few current happenings worth pondering upon: We are all Khans A Bonfire Of Free Speech Owning an Airline in India Who decides When You Should Stop Being Young (this one may be a li'l off-topic but can be quite a read (read: personal opinion)

NOT-SO-CURRENT yet IMPORTANT AFFAIRS... 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 (American Airlinesfrom Boeing 737 family) 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) (Culminated with the receipt of the final order from the Ministry of corporate affairs) c. Tata Steel d. ArcelorMittal Dhamm Processing Pvt Ltd 5. The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) formed to look into nancial woes of 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 rst 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 Indias rst 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 On finding any kinda error, Kindly UPDATE...

1. By how much percent, the value of Rupee has declined from the level of Rs. 43.94 per US$ on July 27, 2011 to Rs. 51.46 per US$ on December 07, 2011? a) 14.2 per cent b) 14.6 per cent c) 14.8 per cent d) 13.7 per cent e) None of the above 2. The Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) on 22 Februrary 2012 has pegged gross domestic product growth at _______ for 2011-12. a) 7.1 percent b) 7.3 percent c) 7.5 percent d) 7.6 percent e) None of the above 3. Presently, how many number of Offices of Banking Ombudsmen are functioning across the country? a) 13 b) 15 c) 17 d) 21 e) 25 4. For how many number of constituencies, seven-phased polling held in Uttar Pradesh in 2012? a) 408 b) 405 c) 407 d) 403 e) None of the above 5. RBI has recently announced to issue coins Rs 5 bearing the image of which of the following freedom fighters and martyrs? a) Subash Chandra Bosh b) Chandra Shekhar Azad c) Shaheed Bhagat Singh d) Shaheed Udham Singh e) None of the above 6. The Government of India had made the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the nodal agency for the implementation of the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS) by the A) Public Sector Banks B) Regional Rural Banks C) Cooperative Banks a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) Both (A) & (B) e) Both (B) & (C) 7. Indias 50th Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) has been opened at Herald House in a) Kolkata b) Chennai

c) Mumbai d) Hyderabad e) New Delhi 8. Which of the following States government has recently alloted 1500 hectares of land in Nalia taluka for developing a habitat for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB)? a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh e) Madhya Pradesh 9. In which of the following cases, Supreme Court has accepted the proposal of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct common entrance test viz. National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) medical courses in the country? a) Simarn Jain case b) Asghar Khan case c) Zakiya Jafri case d) Subramanyam Swamy case e) None of the above 10. Which among the following pairs of countries are associated with the dispute over controversial Rogun dam project? a) Tajikistan Kazaksthan b) Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan c) Uzbekistan Kazaksthan d) Tajikistan Uzbekistan e) None of the above 11. Who among the following persons is founder of file sharing website Megaupload which recently seized and shut down by FBI on account of Internet piracy? a) Elon Musk b) Julian Assange c) Jeff Bezos d) Christian Schmid e) Kim Dotcom 12. The National Tansen Award for the year 2011 has been conferred on a) Sushri Savita Devi b) Pandit Ajay Pohankar c) Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan d) Pandit Gokulotsav Maharaj e) None of the above 13. In which of the following States of India, assembly elections were NOT held in January of 2012? a) Punjab b) Manipur c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Uttarakhand e) None of the above 14. Which of the following days is celebrated annually by UNESCO on 21 February? a) International Womens Day b) International Integration Day c) International Biodiversity Day d) International Mother Language Day e) None of the above 15. Who won the prestigious FIFA Ballon dOr award for the year 2011? a) Hugo Lloris b) Lionel Messi c) Cristiano Ronaldo d) Zinedine Zidane e) Abby Wambach 16. Who among the following persons took over as president of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)? a) Som Mittal b) Rana Kapoor c) Rajkumar Dhoot d) Sunil Kanoria e) Ranjan Mathai 17. Which of the following is name of programme launched by GOI to provide safe drinking water in rural schools by installing standalone water purification system? a) Jalmani Programme b) Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) c) Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ILCS) d) National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) e) None of the above 18. The Centrally-sponsored Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) renamed as a) Indira Vidya Mission b) Rajiv Vidya Mission c) Saakshar Bharat Mission d) National Literacy Mission e) None of the above 19. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a disease caused by a) neurotropic viruses b) variola virus c) acute respiratory viruses d) mosquito-borne flavivirus e) None of the above 20. Grenz Schutz Gruppe-9 (GSG-9) is the counter-terrorism unit of which of following countries? a) Russia b) France c) USA

d) Britain e) German Answears in BOLD

1. Dharmadhikari Committee was constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in May, 2011 for examining the a) Traffic Signal Issues / Problems b) Air India Wage issues c) current issues in aviation safety d) financial issues of Kingfisher Airlines e) None of the above 2. To improve water supply and sanitation services in several districts of Kerala, The Union Government has recently entered into a credit agreement with the World Bank, for a grant of __________. a) Rs.632.25 crore b) Rs.574.82 crore c) Rs.764.54 crore d) Rs.814.23 crore e) None of the above 3. The National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is set to come into effect from March 1, 2012. NCTC will have the power to seek information from a) National Security Guard (NSG) b) National Investigation Agency (NIA) c) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) d) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) e) All the above 4. India and Israel sign a joint declaration on cooperation and exchange between the two countries in the field of _________. a) water technology b) nuclear technology c) information technology d) food and processing technology e) None of the above 5. According to a report released by Industry body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), at present, the countrys real GDP amounts to __________. a) USD 1 trillion. b) USD 2 trillion. c) USD 3 trillion. d) USD 4 trillion.

e) None of the above 6. Which of the following States of India has celebrated its 25th Statehood Day on 20 February 2012? a) Assam b) Manipur c) Mizoram d) Nagaland e) Arunachal Pradesh 7. How much amount of pension is given to the persons above the age of 80 years under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme? a) 200/- per month b) 500/- per month c) 700/- per month d) 800/- per month e) 1000/- per month 8. Enrica Lexie which came into news recently on account of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast is a a) a oil tanker from Quwait b) a oil tanker from Iran c) a oil tanker from UAE d) a oil tanker from Italy e) None of the above 9. Recently, the worlds largest offshore windfarm opened off the coast of Cumbria in a) France b) Italy c) Britain d) Germany e) Switzerland 10. Rs 10,000 crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam which became main headline of TV/Newspapers recently, took place in a) Tamilnadu b) Karanatka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh 11. John Dawes who recently became new bowling coach of Indian Cricket Team belongs to which of the following countries? a) Australia b) England

c) Newzeland d) West Indies e) South Africa 12. Navid-e Elm-o Sanat is a) name of prayer in Jewish b) a Iranian ballistic missile program c) a communication satellite launched by Iran d) a Earth observation microsatellite launched by Iran e) None of the above 13. Akhlaq Mohammed Khan who died on 13 February 2012 was renowned a) Sitar player from India b) Urdu poet from India c) Journalist from Pakistan d) Nuclear scientist from Pakistan e) None of the above 14. Match the following: Folk theatre forms States a. Maach 1. Madhya Pradesh b. Bhavai 2. Rajasthan c. Bhaona 3. Assam d. Mudiyettu 4. Kerala abcd A) 1 2 3 4 B) 2 1 3 4 C) 4 3 2 1 D) 3 4 2 1 15. SAFTA pact is associated with which of the following Intergovernmental Group of countries?. a) G-8 b) OPEC c) SAARC d) G-20 e) ASEAN 16. Which of the following countries is NOT associated with NAFTA agreement? a) France b) USA c) Canada d) Mexico e) None of the above 17. Which of the following planet(s) have no moons?

a) Venus b) Mercury c) Neptune d) Both (a) and (b) e) Both (b) and (c) 18. In March of 2011, NASAs Messenger probe entered a) Saturns orbit b) Jupiters orbit c) Marss orbit d) Mercurys orbit e) None of the above 19. Which of the following is name of largest moon in Solar System? a) Luna b) Titan c) Phobos d) Miranda e) Ganymede 20. The Macmohan Line has long been a bone of contention between a) India and Pakistan b) India and China c) India and Nepal d) India and Bangladesh e) None of the above

1. How much amount has been released to seven States for extending green revolution to east India in the current financial year 2011-12 (as on 20.1.2012)? a) Rs. 365.36 crore b) Rs. 292.45 crore c) Rs. 382.57 crore d) Rs. 332.87 crore e) None of the above 2. According to 2011 forest assessment, released by the Forest Survey of India on 7 February, India has lost how much areas of forest cover over the past two years (2009-2011)? a) 327 sq km b) 367 sq km c) 285 sq km d) 387 sq km

e) None of the above 3. According to the advanced estimates of National Income released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in Feb 2012, the National Income is expected to rise by ___________ during 2011-12. a) 6.8 percent b) 7.5 percent c) 7.0 percent d) 8.2 percent e) 8.6 percent 4. In accordance with the National Policy on Skill Development Government has set a target of skilling how many people (in crores) by 2022? a) 20 crore b) 25 crore c) 30 crore d) 35 crore e) 50 crore 5. As per the Tendulkar Committee Report on Estimates of Poverty, the estimated number of urban poor in the country is________. a) 807.6 Lakh b) 753.8 Lakh c) 865.4 Lakh d) 927.6 Lakh e) None of the above 6. As per the advance GDP growth estimates released by the Finance Ministry on 7 February, in which of the following sectors the growth is estimated to be negative in current financial year? a) agriculture, forestry and fishing b) manufacturing c) constructon d) mining and quarrying e) None of the above 7. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), in their Report on Price Policy for Rabi Crops for the Marketing Season 2012-13 had recommended an increase of ____________per quintal in the MSP of wheat. a) Rs.200 b) Rs.220 c) Rs.230 d) Rs.225 e) None of the above

8. Which of the following associate banks of SBI has recently joined the Interbank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) network, which facilitates cellphone-based financial transactions? a) State Bank of Mysore b) State Bank of Patiala c) State Bank of Indore d) State Bank of Travancore e) State Bank of Hyderabad 9. Indian railwayss express train Punjab Mail has achieved the distinction of being the first train to enter the 100th year of its run in January 2012. Punjab Mail runs from________. a) Ludhiana to Mumbai b) Ferozpur to Mumbai c) Jalandhar to Kolkata d) Amritsar to Kolkata e) None of the above 10. Who among the following army commandos has been conferred the Ashok Chakra, Indias highest peacetime gallantry award at Indias 63rd Republic Day ceremony? a) Lt. Navdeep Singh b) Lt Sushil Khajuria c) Lt Gen S A Hasnain d) Lt Gen K T Patnaik e) None of the above 11. Which of the following movies is NOT directed by Mira Nair who conferred Padma Bhushan, the countrys third highest civilian honour on the eve of Republic Day 2012? a) Vanity Fair b) The Namesake c) Monsoon Wedding d) Salaam Bombay e) None of the above 12. Who among the following is chairman of Expert Committee on Sugar Sector constituted by Prime Minister recently, to examine issues relating to the sugar industries? a) Kaushik Basu b) Vijay Kelkar c) C. Rangarajan d) Suresh Tendulkar e) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 13. Under which of the following articles of Indian Constitution, the President has

the power to call a joint sitting of both Houses if a Bill passed by one House and rejected by the other House? a) Article 108 b) Article 113 c) Article 127 d) Article 163 e) None of the above 14. Which of the following is name of India women teams bowler who recently gets ICC clearance to resume bowling in International cricket? a) Jhulan Goswami b) Gouher Sultana c) Anjum Chopra d) Snehal Pradhan e) Amita Sharma 15. 2012 World Table Tennis Championships will be held in which of the following countries? a) China b) Thailand c) South Korea d) Malyasia e) Germany 16. Poulami Ghatak, who recently became the national champion for the seventh time is associated with the game of : a) Chess b) Table Tennis c) Lawn Tennis d) Badminton e) Boxing 17. The Ministry of Railways has decided to increase the advance reservation period for booking train tickets from existing 90 days to ________ w.e.f. March 10, 2012. a) 120 days b) 125 days c) 130 days d) 135 days e) None of the above 18. Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (EPFAT) is located at: a) Banglore b) Mumbai c) Chennai d) Kolkata e) New Delhi

19. India ranks first in the world in production of : 1. Milk 2. Pulses 3. Tea a) Only (1) b) Only (2) c) Both (1) & (3) d) Both (1) & (2) e) All (1), (2) &(3) 20. Which is the largest onion growing state in the country? a) Karanataka b) West Bengal c) Tamilnadu d) Maharashtra e) Andhra Pradesh

1. Which of the following rates for banking system is NOT correctly matched with its value announced by RBI in third quarter monetary policy review on January 24, 2012? a) RR - 8.5% b) RRR - 7.5% c) CRR - 6.0% d) MSF - 9.5% e) None of the above 2. Which of the following is rank of India in 2012 Environmental Performance Index released by Yale University of Davos?. a) 134 b) 125 c) 119 d) 113 e) 108 3. Phobos-Grunt, the Russian satellite failed to reach orbit after a computer malfunction and crashed back to Earth on Jan 15, 2012. The Phobos-Grunt mission lifted off Nov 8, 2011 on a mission to collect samples from the ______. a) Mars moon b) Mars soil c) Mars weather d) Mars rocky mountains e) None of the above 4. In which of the following States, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) term has recently been extended by Central Government for one more year? a) Nagaland b) Tripura

c) Mizoram d) Assam e) Jammu & Kashmir 5. Recently, the government took a decision to stop releasing weekly inflation data in a bid to curb speculative movement in prices of essential commodities. Weekly primary articles inflation data based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry mostly every ___________. a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Thrusday d) Saturday e) None of the above 6. Which of the following aerospace companies has won the 10.4 billion dollars deal to supply 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) to the Indian Air Force (IAF)? a) Saab b) Boeing c) Lockheed Martin d) Dassault Rafale e) United Aircraft Corporation 7. The National Population Register (NPR) is the biggest biometric identity database to be maintained by which of the following institutions/agencies? a) Planning commision of India b) National Development Council c) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India d) Unique Identification Authority of India e) None of the above 8. Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has recently been set up in which of the following States to protect tigers from poachers and hunters? a) Odisha b) Karanatka c) Rajasthan d) Gujarat e) West Bengal 9. Which of the following is the name of Indias first cloud based tablet solution for school students launched recently? a) Aaksah b) Sakshat c) e-Tutor d) e-Guru

e) Galaxy 10. Who among the following was chief guest at Indias 63rd Republic Day? a) Dilma Rousseff b) Yingluck Shinawatra c) Helle Thorning-Schmidt d) Kamla Persad Bissessar e) None of the above 11. Name the tennis player who has won the Australian Open Womens title in the final played on January 28, 2012? a) Kim Clijsters b) Maria Sharapova c) Svetlana Kuznetsova d) Martina Navratilova e) Victoria Azarenka 12. Who among the following persons has been appointed as new chief of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)? a) Rajiv b) Ajit M Sharan c) Ramesh Sharma d) Shankar Aggarwal e) None of the above 13. Name the book authored by Salman Rushdie? a) Revolution 2020 b) River of Smoke c) Moth Smoke d) The Satanic Verses e) Last Man in Tower 14. At the State level, a Lokayukta (ombudsman) is appointed by whom? a) President of India b) Governor of the State c) Chief Minister of State d) Speaker of State Legislative Assembly e) None of the above 15. Nirbhashan (Exile ) is the autobiography of : a) Shobha De b) Medha Patkar c) Arundhati Roy d) Leela Samson e) Taslima Nasrin

16. Pesky message(s) is/are a) a type of phishing e-mail b) a spam message in mail-inbox c) unsolicited telemarketing text messages d) a text message for micro-blogging site e) None of the above 17. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use applications without ____. a) remote server b) installation c) internet d) authetication e) All the above 18. Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in a) hearing b) speaking c) reading d) walking e) None of the above 19. Inflation happens when there are a) less goods and more buyers b) more goods and less buyers c) less goods and less buyers d) more goods and more buyers e) None of the above 20. Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of a) Ethane b) Methane c) Propane d) Butane

1. According to the new Lokpal Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha by UPA government on 27th December, all NGOs that receive annual grants of more than ______ under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 will be under the Lokpal. a) Rs 10 Lakhs b) Rs 15 Lakhs c) Rs 20 Lakhs d) Rs 25 Lakhs

e) None of the above 2. India presently meets how much percent of its oil needs through imports? a) 70% b) 79% c) 85% d) 90% e) None of the above 3. According to the latest data available with the RBI as on November 11, 2011, the total gold holding with the Reserve Bank is estimated at________. a) 525.6 tonnes b) 476.8 tonnes c) 557.7 tonnes d) 487.2 tonnes e) None of the above 4. How much lengths of roads have been given by NHAI so far (November 2011), as opposed to the financial year 2012 target of 7,300 km? a) 4500 km b) 4300 km c) 4650 km d) 4200 km e) None of the above 5. India and Bulgaria on 28th November signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a) Local Governance b) Health & Medicines c) Financial Dialogue d) Information and Communication Technology e) None of the above 6. In which of the following States, CBI has recently registered a case against 20 policemen in Ishrat Jahan encounter case? a) Karanatka b) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh e) Gujarat 7. Who among the following persons has won the prestigious Unesco Kalinga Prize for the year 2011? a) Oliver Williamson b) Margaret Mead c) Drucker Colin

d) Trinh Xuan Thuan e) Elinor Ostrom 8. Recently, the state-owned oil companies reduce ATF price by 1.3% to ease the burden on the cash-strapped airlines. What is the exapansion of ATF in the same context. a) Aviation Turbine Fuel b) Alcoholic Turbine Fuel c) Aeroplane Turbine Fuel d) Aircraft Turbine Fuel e) None of the above 9. Which movie was adjudged Best Childrens Feature Film in Hindi at the 17th International Childrens Film Festival concluded on 16-17 Nov 2011 in Hyderabad? a) Gattu b) I Am Kalam c) Chillar Party d) Stanley Ka Dabba e) Bumm Bumm Bole 10. Which of the following days is designated as International Anti-Corruption Day by the United Nations? a) 5 December b) 7 December c) 8 December d) 9 December e) None of the above 11. Seyisa Lilesa, who won the seventh edition of the Delhi Half Marathon in mens elite section is an athlete from a) Kenya b) Sudan c) Somalia d) Ghana e) Ethiopia 12. The worlds deepest metro station Admiralteiskaya, which lies over 100 m below the surface has recently opened in which of the following countries? a) China b) Russia c) USA d) India e) Japan 13. India won 2nd World Cup Kabaddi Championship on 20th November 2011 by defeating a) Pakistan

b) Australia c) Kazakhstan d) Canada e) Turkmenistan 14. Skoda, which launched its mid-sized car Sedan Rapid in India on 14 November, is an automobile manufacturer based in the a) Czech Republic b) Japan c) France d) South Korea e) None of the above 15. Which of the following statements about Central Governments job guarantee scheme MGNREGA is correct? 1. Men and women are paid the same wages 2. Only the adults under BPL can apply for employment 3. It provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment in every financial year 4. Extra living allowance are paid, if employment is not provided within the radius of 5km a) 1, 2 and 4 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1, 3 and 4 d) 1, 2 and 3 e) All 1, 2, 3 & 4 16. Which among the following non governmental organizations (NGO) is founded by social activist Arvind Kejriwal? a) Aawaaz b) Navjyoti c) Parivartan d) Aap aur Hum e) India Vision Foundation 17. Avian flu is also known as a) Swine flu b) Bird flu c) Eye flu d) Dengue fever e) None of the above 18. Pig flu is caused by a) H1N1 virus b) H5N1 virus c) H3N1 virus d) H5N2 virus e) None of the above

19. As per the standard practice, Indias external debt statistics are released by a) Ministry of External Affairs b) Reserve Bank of India c) Ministry of Finance d) Both (b) & (c) e) All (a), (b) & (c) 20. The general budget is usually presented on the last day of _________ every year. a) January b) February c) March d) April e) None of the above

1. How much amount has been allocated to 10 states for Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) during 2011-12? a) Rs 180 crore b) Rs 200 crore c) Rs 220 crore d) Rs 250 crore e) None of the above 2. The Government of India has announced a National Manufacturing Policy with the objective of enhancing the share of manufacturing in GDP to ________. a) 20% b) 25% c) 27% d) 30% e) None of the above 3. At end-September 2011, Indias external debt stock was ________. a) US$ 296.8 billion b) US$ 306.4 billion c) US$ 326.6 billion d) US$ 334.8 billion e) None of the above 4. Memogate scandal which exposed the deep fissures between the civilian government and the powerful army took place in which of the following countries? a) Pakistan b) Nepal

c) Egypt d) Libya e) Tunisia 5. Which among the following countries has emerged as the second largest defence supplier to India after Russia? a) USA b) France c) Britain d) Singapore e) Israel 6. NASAs GRAIL mission will help scientists refine our theories for a) how the Jupiter formed b) how the Sun formed c) how the Marsh formed d) how the Moon, Earth and other rocky planets evolved. e) None of the above 7. According to a report titled World Livestock 2011 published by FAO in December 2011, meat consumption is projected to rise nearly __________by 2050. a) 45 percent b) 50 percent c) 73 percent d) 65 percent e) None of the above 8. Which of the following countries government has decided to close down all luxury spas, health centres and massage parlours in the country after the opposition parties describing them as un-Islamic activities? a) Iraq b) Iran c) Qatar d) Kuwait e) Maldives 9. The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2012 as: a) The International Year of Mathematics b) The International Year of Biodiversity c) The International Year of Forests d) The International Year of Cooperatives e) None of these 10. Which among the following countries has been elected as Chairman of International Sugar Council?

a) India b) Brazil c) China d) Thialand e) Mexico 11. According to a report released by Economist Intelligence Unit, USA which of the following countries has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material, the worlds most destructive weapons? a) France b) Australia c) Germany d) USA e) China 12. Which of the following countries is NOT an official member of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)? a) Oman b) Kuwait c) Yemen d) Qatar e) Bahrain 13. The Government has given in principle approval for establishing the Spice Park at which of the following locations? a) Kota (Rajasthan) b) Surat (Gujarat) c) Cochin (Kerala) d) Kovai (Tamilnadu) e) None of the above mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan has recently been declared as National Mathematics Day by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. National Mathematics Day will be celebrated every year on__________. a) 20 December b) 22 December c) 27 November d) 23 November e) None of the above 15. According to a statement announced on December 29, 2011 by The Central Government, India became free of which of the following disease? a) AIDS b) Swine flu c) Bird flu

d) Poliomyelitis e) None of the above 16. On 26 December, 2011, the Government of India (GOI) extended the import prohibition on milk and milk products from ________ for a period of six months. a) Canada b) Japan c) Italy d) USA e) China 17. Recently, The Ministry of Shipping has awarded ISO certification to which of the following ports in India? a) Mangalore Port b) Tuticorin Port c) Marmugao Port d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port e) None of the above 18. Which of the following is name of first car launched by Bajaj Auto, Indias leading two-wheeler manufacturer? a) RE 40 b) RE 50 c) RE 60 d) RE 80 e) None of the above 19. The visible surface of the Sun is called : a) Photosphere b) Ionosphere c) Stratosphere d) Cyanosphere e) None of the above 20. Presently, Service tax for a month can be paid to the government by the _____of next month. a) fifth b) sixth c) tenth d) fifth or sixth e) first or second

1. According to the UNs annual economic report titled World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012, Indias gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow

by how much percent in 2012? a) 7.7 percent b) 8.6 percent c) 9.0 percent d) 9.5 percent e) None of the above 2. According to the UNs annual economic report titled World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012, the world economic growth will fall to ___________in 2012. a) 2.3 percent b) 2.5 percent c) 2.6 percent d) 2.7 percent e) None of the above 3. As per the latest release from the Ministry of Agriculture, India has set a production tagret of how much amount (in tonnes) of Wheat crops for the year 2011-12? a) 820 lakh b) 825 lakh c) 840 lakh d) 865 lakh e) None of the above 4. Recently, with which among the following countries, India has extended the validity of the existing bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Military Cooperation, for a further period of five years? a) Indonesia b) Canada c) Russia d) Sweden e) Oman 5. The Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route is a Flashpoint of Tension between Iran and the US. The Strait of Hormuz is situated between___________. a) Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Tonkin b) Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Genova c) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Tonkin d) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman e) None of the above 6. Tensions with Iran have risen in recent weeks after the UNs nuclear watchdog IAEA confirmed Iran was producing 20% enriched uranium at its Fordo plant situated in__________. a) Shiraz

b) Mashhad c) Tehran d) Esfahan e) Kashan 7. On 1st January 2012, Jose Graziano da Silva took over as new director-general of a) FAO b) IFAD c) IAEA d) NATO e) UNIDO 8. The Government of India (GoI) is set to create a National Electricity Fund (NEF) to provide interest subsidy on loans to be disbursed to the distribution companies both in the public and private sector. Which of the following entities will be the nodal agency for monitoring the fund NEF? a) Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd b) Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) c) National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) d) State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) e) None of the above 9. The Planning Commission on 28 December 2011, gave investment clearance for the Rs 154.92-crore Upper Kundalika project in__________. a) West Bengal b) Uttar Pradesh c) Karanatka d) Tamilnadu e) Maharashtra 10. The Ministry of Earth Sciences provides SMS and IVRS services to farmers, giving them farming information, weather and climatic details to help them meet agricultural targets. What does the term IVRS stands for? a) Information Voice Response System b) Integrated Voice Response System c) Infrared Voice Response System d) Integrated Voice Recoginition System e) None of these 11. Match the following: States Incidents/Cases A. Gujarat 1. Bhanwari Devi case B. Rajasthan 2. Aarushi murder case C. New Delhi 3. Batla House encounter D. Uttar Pradesh 4. Ishrat Jahan encounter ABCD

a) 1 3 2 4 b) 4 1 2 3 c) 4 1 3 2 d) 3 1 4 2 12. On 11 January 2012, Sri Lankas cricket team crashed to 43 all out to equal the fourth lowest total in one-day international history. Which of the following nations cricket team has lowest score in ODI matches? a) Canada b) Namibia c) Kenya d) Bangladesh e) Zimbabwe 13. Shinkansen system is related to a) Bullet trains b) Air traffic control tower c) Environmental pollution control measures d) Nuclear reactor safety measures e) None of the above 14. Presently, which among the following companies is official maker & supplier of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to Election Commission (EC) in the country? a) Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) b) Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) c) Hindustan Electronics Ltd (HEL) d) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) e) None of the above 15. Which among the following operations undertaken by the NSG commandos to clear Gujarats Akshardham temple of terrorists in 2002? a) Operation Black Thunder b) Operation Black Tornado c) Operation Vajra Shakti d) Operation Ashwamedh e) None of the above 16. Under the SABLA scheme, the Body Mass Index (BMI) of Adolescent Girls (AGs), is calculated as ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meter square).The nutrition status of the AG is marked as M (malnourished) in SABLA Register if the Body Mass Index (BMI) is less than__________. a) 18.5 kg/m2 b) 19.0 kg/m2 c) 19.5 kg/m2 d) 20.0 kg/m2

e) None of the above 17. Kishori Diwas is a special health day celebrated under the SABLA scheme once in a) every month b) three month c) six month d) every year e) first week of evry month 18. Traditionally, the Char-Dham yatra is undertaken from the west to the east. As per the tradition, The Dhams are always visited in an ordera) Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath b) Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath c) Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath d) Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath e) None of the above 19. Kedarnath Dham is a temple dedicated to a) Lord Vishnu b) Lord Brhama c) Lord Shiva d) Lord Krishna e) None of the above 20. Rabi crops are harvested in a) April/May b) June/July c) September/October d) October/December e) None of the above

1. Recently, the target of plantation fixed under National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been achieved in the country. How much area was targeted to be covered from 2006-07 to 2011-12 under the mission NBM? a) 1.57 lakh hectare b) 1.76 lakh hectare c) 1.65 lakh hectare d) 1.89 lakh hectare e) None of the above 2. The Central Government on 17 January hiked import duty on gold and silver from specific duty to ad valorem. An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the

a) quality of taxed item b) quantity of taxed item c) monetary value of the taxed item d) demand of taxed item e) None of the above 3. Presently, how much percent of countrys export earnings is contributed by Textiles industry? a) 10.63 percent b) 12.24 percent c) 13.52 percent d) 11.72 percent e) None of the above 4. As per the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) norms the minimum capital base of insurance firms should be_________. a) Rs. 10 crore. b) Rs. 20 crore. c) Rs. 25 crore. d) Rs. 50 crore. e) Rs.100 crore. 5. Which among the following mobile majors have won the $2.2 billion tax case against the income tax department of India? a) Idea b) Telstra c) T-Mobile d) Vodafone e) Airtel 6. US forces has recently vacated the Shamsi airbase that had been used to launch drone attacks target Taliban and Al Qaeda militants. Shamsi airbase is located in which of the following provinces of Pakistan? a) Sindh b) Punjab c) Balochistan d) North West Frontier e) None of the above 7. Which among the following nations has largest gas reserves in the world? a) Russia b) Iran c) Kuwait d) Saudi Arab e) Australia

8. Presently, the retail prices of which of following items is NOT dictated by the Government of India (GoI)? a) Urea b) Diesel c) LPG d) Kerosene e) None of the above 9. Which among the following States is NOT covered under The North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP)? a) Tripura b) Meghalaya c) Nagaland d) Mizoram e) Sikkim 10. Indias first 500-MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is being set up at which of following locations? a) Jaitpur b) Rawatbhata c) Kudankulam d) Tiruvallur e) Kalpakkam 11. Who took over the presidency of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a period of two years? a) Rajesh Janey b) Annisul Huq c) R.V. Kanoria d) Vikramjit Singh Sahney e) None of the above 12. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recently joined Twitter to capture the attention of young Indians and inform people about the work done by his office. Which of the following is the traditional character limit of Twitters message? a) 120 b) 140 c) 160 d) 180 e) None of the above 13. Which of the following is the theme of 17th National Youth Festival 2012 concluded at Manglore recently? a) Uplifting Mind and Body

b) One sky, one earth, one family c) Celebrating Diversity in Unity d) Youth for peace, progress and prosperity e) None of the above 14. Oprah Gail Winfrey, who visits India recently, is a famous________. a) Candaian television presenter. b) American television presenter. c) Scottish television presenter. d) Australian television presenter. e) None of the above 15. The 3rd phase of Red Ribbon Project has recently been launched in India to draw the attention of youth to the a) Ozone depletion b) Influenza pandemic c) Swineflu epidemic d) HIV/AIDS pandemic e) None of the above 16. Aishwarya oil field is located in_______. a) Bombay High b) KG basin c) Barmer basin d) Cauveri basin e) None of the above 17. Match the following: Nuclear power plant Locations A. Bushehr 1. China B. Daya Bay 2. Pakistan C. Chashma 3. Ukraine D. Chernobyl 4. Iran ABCD a) 4 1 2 3 b) 3 2 1 4 c) 4 3 2 1 d) 1 2 3 4 18. Recently, the 12th Asian Shooting Championship was concluded at________. a) Bijieng b) Doha c) Jakarta d) Bangkok e) Kuala Lumpur

19. How many gold medals have been won by India in the Olympics so far? a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 e) 10 20. The Head of Government of Pakistan is known as a) Sadr-e-Riyasat b) Mughal-e Azam c) Quaid-e Azam d) Wazir-e Azam e) None of the above