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6. Which team extended their hegemony by defeating Kerala 25-12, 25-14, 25-16 in a one sided final in the women category at the 60th Senior National Volley-ball Championship ? [A]Punjab [B]Services [C]Railways [D]Delhi Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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5. Which team defeated Uttarakhand in the Men's category to win the National title for the fourth time, in the 60th Senior national Volleyball Championship at Raipur on Jan 11, 2012 ? [A]Kerala [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]West Bengal [D]Tamil Nadu
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4. According to the draft Sports Policy of this State Govt released on Jan 11,2012, a Special life-time achievement award in memory of G.V.Raja, the Founder-President of the State Sports Council is to be instituted.Which State is being referred to ? [A]Karnataka [B]Kerala [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Andhra Pradesh
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3. The Board of approval (Bounder the Commerce ministry on January 24,2012 approved the proposal of this company to set up a special economics zone( SEZ) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Identify the Company ? [A]Reliance Industry [B]Tata Consultancy services( TCS) [C]Hero Motors [D]Infoysys
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2. Planning Commission of India on January 18,2012 approved Rudrasagar development scheme.The Scheme is related to [A]Tripura [B]Assam [C]Manipur [D]Sikkim
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1.The Fifth Edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held in [A]Abu Dhabi [B]New Delhi [C]Tehran [D]Dhaka
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12. India and Japan on Jan 12,2012 agreed to enhance their cooperation in the ................. Sector. [A]Infrastructure [B]Tourism [C]Road and Transport [D]Coal and Mining 13. He was Conferred the first S.K Singh Award for excellence in the Indian Foreign services Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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11. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2012 was held in Jaipur. Jaipur is the Capital of which one of the following states? [A]Rajasthan [B]Bihar [C]UP [D]Madhya Pradesh
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10. India Signed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding ) on Tourism with ASEAN on January12,2012.The agreement took place in[A]Manado [B]Jakarta [C]Malaysia [D]Manila
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9. As per the Wholesale Price Index, Published by the govt on Jan 16,2012.Reduced food Prices Caused the inflation to dip to a year low at what percent in December 2011 ? [A]7.47% [B]7.65% [C]6.33% [D]5.41%
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8. Which car took home the Crown of Indian car of the Year 2012 in Jan 2012 [A]Toyota Etios liva [B]Maruti Suzuki Swift [C]Hyundai Verna [D]Hyundai Eon
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18. Amadou Toumani Toure who was ousted from his position following a military coup was the president of[A]Tunisia [B]Azerbaijan [C]Mali [D]Maldives Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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17. Following RBIs decision to hike Bank Rates, The Food Ministry increased the rate on loan provided to sugar factories from the Sugar Development Fund to what percent from the earlier 4% from 14 February 2012? [A]7% [B]7.5% [C]8% [D]8.8%
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16.As per the Data on the core industries released on March 29,2012 eight core infrastructure industries registered a robust growth in output in February 2012. What was the growth recorded in February 2012? [A]6.8% [B]7.5% [C]8.2% [D]9%
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15. Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Awards for Peace and Reconciliation on Jan 4,2012 the fourth day of the tenth day Kalachakra initiations ? [A]Tibetan Spiritual leader, Dalai Lama [B]South African leader Nelson Mandela [C]Tanzania's Julius Nyerere [D]Burmese Pro-democracy leader Aung san suu kyi
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14. Name the auto making company which launched three new variants of the Eon-D-Lite Plus,Era Plus and Magna Plus in the Indian market on jan 2012 ? [A]Tata Motors [B]Hyundai Motors India [C]Volkswagen [D]Maruti Suzuki
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24. This British singer with Six Nominations won all six awards at 54th Annual Grammy award for the album 21, identify the singer. [A]Bon Iver [B]Lady Gaga [C]Adele [D]Whitney Huston
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23. The sixty fifth annual British Academy Films Awards - BAFTA was held at the Royal Opera House in London on Feb 12 2012. Which film swept the award ceremony by winning a total of 6 awards? [A]The Iron Lady [B]The Artist [C]Hugo [D]We need to talk about Kevin
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22. The White House on February 10, 2012 named Indias renowned economist as the recipient of the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. Who is s/he? [A]Montek Singh Ahluwalia [B]C Rangarajan [C]Usha Thorat [D]Amartya Sen
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21. Which of the following films was chosen as the best film category in the Oscar Awards 2012? [A]The Help [B]The Artist [C]The Tree of Life [D]The Descendents
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20. The Largest (12.76 Carat) rough pink diamond ever found in Australia by a mine owned by Rio Tinto. What was the diamond named? [A]Argyle Pink Jubilee [B]Williamson Pink [C]Aurora Butterflies of Peace [D]Eureka Diamond
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30. Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by KK Birla Foundation for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum. [A]Jeyamohan [B]AA Manavalan [C]Sundara Ramasami [D]Dhanushkodi Ramasamy
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29. A former Kashmiri American Council (KAC) was sentenced a two year in prison in a District Court in Eastern District of Virginia. Name the person. [A]Hafees Saeed [B]Mushtaq Ahmed [C]David Coleman [D]Gulam Nabi Azad
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28. Which of the following countries recently unveiled countrys first domestically produced enriched nuclear fuel? [A]Pakistan [B]Saudi Arab [C]Iran [D]Iraq
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27. Jalial Abbas Jilani who was expelled by India in 2003 is recently named as the foreign secretary of which of the following countries? [A]Afghanistan [B]Pakistan [C]Saudi Arab [D]Iran
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26. Abd Rabbu Mansour was recently elected as the president of which of the following Arab nation? [A]Oman [B]Yemen [C]Iran [D]Iraq
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36. Which legendary versatile Bengali actor was on March 21 2012 selected for Indias highest film honour The Dada Phalke Award for 2012? [A]Prasanjeet Chattarjee [B]Soumitra Chatterjee [C]Ranjit Mallick [D]Sunendu Chakroborty
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35. Which member(s) of the European Union did not sign a new "fiscal compact" in March 2012? [A]United Kingdom [B]Czech Republic [C]Both A & B [D]None of the above
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34. According to official Data released in March 2012 the share of agriculture and allied sector in Indias GDP in 2011-12 came down to: [A]10.8% [B]11.2% [C]12.9% [D]13.9%
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33. A report released by international campaign to abolish Nuclear weapon, a world famous NGO, in March 2012 said that number of Pakistans nuclear weapon was [A]95 [B]112 [C]110 [D]115
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32. As per the Data released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in March 2012 which of the following countries was the largest importers of arms between 207 to 2011 [A]India [B]Pakistan [C]Israel [D]South Korea
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42. Report of probe by the Income Tax department into the allegation that relatives of the former chief justice had amassed huge wealth during his tenure was submitted on March 12 2012 to the supreme court Identify this CIJ in person [A]KG Balakrishnan [B]RC Lahoti [C]GB Patnaik [D]BN Kripal
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41. Matanhy Saldanha the tourism minister of Goa died of a heart attack on March 21 2012 He also held the portfolio of[A]Health [B]Finance [C]Science and Environment [D]Home
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40. Name the Union Minster who on March 20 2012 was sworn in as the Union Minister by the President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi following the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi [A]Mukul Roy [B]Subhodh Kant Sahay [C]MK Alagiri [D]Kishore Chandra Deo
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39. US senate on March 30 2012 confirmed career diplomat as ambassador to India. Identify the person in question. [A]William Clarke Jr [B]Albert Peter Burleigh [C]Robert Blackwill [D]Nancy Powell
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38. Name the Noble Peace Prize winner who was named the winner of one of the worlds leading religious prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012 by John Templeton Foundation on March 29 2012? [A]The Dalai Lama [B]Tawakkol Karman [C]Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [D]Baba Ram Dev
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48. India and china on March 6 2012 put into operation a new mechanism to diffuse any tensions that may arise along the disputed ______Km border [A]3488 [B]3256 [C]3356 Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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47. Defence ministry on march 5, 2012 blacklisted six vendors for alleged involvement in the ordinance factory board scam in 2009 including Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd, Israel Military Industry, Rheinmetall Air Defence, Zurich and [A]Corporation defence Russia [B]TS Kisan Delhi [C]RK Machine Tools Punjab [D]All of the above
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46. Which bank in March announced its shareholders to have approved Rs 7900 cr capital infusion by the government? [A]Punjab National Bank [B]Indian Overseas Bank [C]State Bank of India [D]Syndicate Bank
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45. which of the given statement is wrong [A]Under the 1960 Indus Water treaty Pakistan has exclusice rights over three common rivers Indus Jhelum Chenab [B]India has exclusive rights over Sutlej Ravi and Beas [C]World Bank has the role of neutral arbitrator under the Indus Water treaty in the dispute between both the countries [D]Recently India withdraws its objections to the construction of Indias Krishnaganga Project
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44. The Chief Election commissioner of India on March 17 2012 lead a delegation to Amman in response to an invitation by the Prime Minister of Jordan to explore the modality of supporting Jordans Electoral Process against the political backdrop of reforms. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India? [A]Montek Singh Ahluwalia [B]SM Krishna [C]SY Qureshi [D]Manmohan Singh
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53. Four private and public sector financial institution-ICICI Bank, LIC, Citi Financials and Bank Of Baroda joined hands to make Indias first $2 Billion Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF). Which institution has the largest stake in the joint venture? [A]LIC [B]ICICI Bank [C]Citi Financials [D]Bank of Baroda 54. Which of the following automaker companies on March 6 2012 launched small car B MAX Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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52. Tata Power in March 2012 joined hands with South Africa based Exxaro to form a joint venture. What is the generation capacity of Tata Powers from all sources of energy? [A]4678 MW [B]4772 MW [C]4776 MW [D]4798 MW
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51. The prime minister of India inaugurated the 50th anniversary celebration of the Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation on March 5 2012 in New Delhi. How many African countries are its members? [A]14 [B]15 [C]16 [D]17
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50. As per data released in march 2012 indias exports registered how much growth in jan 2012 at $25.34 billion with the demand from western market remaining weak [A]11.1% [B]8.75% [C]10.1% [D]9.1%
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49. The bhoomipujan of the proposed Virat Ankorwat Ram mandir in Hajipur was held on march 5. The proposed temple is a replica of combodias 12th century Ankor vat the largest Hindu Temple complex in the world built by a Combodian king [A]Suryavarman I [B]Suryavarman II [C]Narsimhavaeman I [D]Narsimhavarman II
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60. China on March 5 2012 sets its target Growth rate for 2012-13 at 7.55%. what was the growth rate of Chinese Economy during 2011? [A]0.087 [B]0.088 Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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59. Which of the following proposals are true about the new trains according to Union Railway Budget presented on March 14 2012 by Dinesh Trivedi? [A]75 express trains and 21 new passenger trains [B]Extension of 39 trains [C]Frequency of 23 trains increased [D]All of the above
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58. Which of the following may be considered as the objectives of the Union Budget 2012-13? [A]Focus on domestic demand driven growth recovery [B]Intervene decisively to address the problem of malnutrition [C]Address and improve the supply side of the economy [D]All of the above
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57. The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Delhi celebrated national childhood cancer day on march 2 2012 on the theme [A]Love cures cancer [B]Fight cancer [C]Beat cancer with love [D]Healthy life no cancer
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56. Which of the following country won the first women Kabbadi World Cup title in Patna on March 4 2012? [A]Japan [B]India [C]Iran [D]Thailand
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55. Who among the following was/were honoured the 67TH National Grassroots Innovation Award on March 9 2012 in New Delhi? [A]Archana Konwar [B]Shalin Kumar [C]Abhishek Bhagat [D]All of the above
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66. The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) in April 2012 constituted an offshore wing energy committee(OWESC) under the chairmanship of secretary,MNRE, to steer the off shore wind power development in a focussed manner, especially in Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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65. MLA, N.Varadarajan, died in Chennai on 10th April 2012.Which of the following facts with regards to Varadarjan is not true? [A]N. Varadarajan was former Tamil Nadu state secretary of the CPI(M) and three times MLA. [B]He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly twice (1997 and 1980) [C]He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Vedasandur Constituency in 1983 [D]He was elected Party secretary in Tamil Nadu in 2005 and again in 2008.
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64. Name the Samajwadi Party MLA from Etawah in Sidhhartnagar district who was unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 13th April 2012 [A]Arvind Prakesh [B]Sukhdev Rajbhar [C]Mata Prasad Pandey [D]Syed Ahmed Bukhari
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63.The two member Adarsh Judicial commission set up to probe in to the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing society submitted its interim report to the state Govt. on 13th April 2012? By which of the following bodies/entities was the committee set up? [A]Maharashtra Government [B]Union Government [C]Gujarat Government [D]Lok Sabha
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62Name the Italian tourist who was released by the Maoist in Orissa on 12 April 2012? [A]Bosusco Paolo [B]Joel Melchiori [C]Giacomo Carr [D]Allen Carr
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61. ich ministry on its meeting on 17th April 2012, decided to set up three new committee to accelerate procurements and border infrastructure projects [A]Defence Ministry [B]Railways Ministry [C]Commerce Ministry [D]Home Ministry
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71. India was in April 2012 announced to host the 46th annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May 2013.What is ADB based? [A]Singapore City [B]Tokyo Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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70. The Union Cabinet on April 2012,gave its approval for signing a new liberal visa regime with which of the following countries paving way for easing travel restrictions and increasing people-to-people exchange? [A]Afghanistan [B]Pakistan [C]Sri Lanka [D]Bangladesh
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69. The Union Cabinet on April 27, 2012, cleared the proposal by which country to hike the gas price for an Indian fertilizer Plant in the Gulf nation to $ 1.5 per million metric British thermal unit? [A]Oman [B]Qatar [C]Kuwait [D]Saudi Arabia
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68. NTPC in April 2012 successful the automation package for the simhadri stage-II 2 X 500 MW super thermal power project located near which of the following places--NTPC's first coastal-based coal-fired thermal power project? [A]Visakhapatnam [B]Mangalore [C]Cuttack [D]Satara
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67. The Union Cabinet, on April 26, 2012 decided to retain the voting rights in the private sector banks at 10 percent and felt it could be raised progressively to [A]26 percent [B]11 percent [C]33 percent [D]42 percent
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76.The high court of which state on March 8 2012 ordered issue of notices to the Centre, Broadcasting Ministry, the States on PILs seeking the direction to the media to telecast visual portraying the alleged attacks on the lawyers? [A]Karnataka [B]Goa [C]Gujarat [D]Rajasthan
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75. The 1,200-MW Rosa Thermal Power Project of Reliance Power in Shahjahanpur district in April 2012 became fully operational with the final unit of 300 MW being commissioned on March 31,2012.In which of the state it is located? [A]Bihar [B]Haryana [C]Orissa [D]Uttar Pradesh
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74. The Union Govt. and which of the following along Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand on April 2,2012, signed a $ 43.84-million loan agreement towards the second tranche for an infrastructure development investment programme for tourism in the two states? [A]World Bank [B]Asian Development Bank [C]National Development Council [D]Inter State Council
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73. Which of the following on April 2012 became the first state to ban all Gutka Products containing tobacco or nicotine under a new Law to govern food safety standards? [A]Delhi [B]Madhya Pradesh [C]Maharashtra [D]Kerala
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72. Global agency Moody's on April 30, 2012, placed credit ratings of which of the following on watch for a possible downgrade within three months? [A]ICICI Bank [B]HDFC Bank [C]Axis Bank [D]All of the above
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82. Which of the following committees was set up by the Union Ministry of Culture for making a report on modernising the Indian Museums? [A]BN Goswami committee [B]AR Sahay committee [C]Dinesh Chaturvedi committee [D]Arvind Solanki committee
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81. The government of which state in March 2012 made it clear that it could not make an exception for Infosys which had been seeking SEZ status for a proposed project in the state? [A]Bihar [B]Kerala [C]West Bengal [D]Assam
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80. Bihar recently announced a project to rejuvenate and rebuild the Patna Museum. Which of the following were announced to adorn the museum? [A]Didarganj Yakshi [B]Lohanipur Tirthankara [C]Buddhist Bronzes from Nalanda [D]All of the above
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79. the Tagore University for Liberal Arts , first Institution to be held under the Human Resource Development Ministrys once ambitious Universities for Innovation programmes was recently announced to be set up in [A]Pune [B]Cuttack [C]Haldia [D]Patna
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78 Manipal headquartered Jnana Jyothi Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling trust in March 2012 announced to start five financial literacy centres in which of the following states of India? [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]Delhi [C]Haryana [D]A and C
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89. Christine Lagarde on March 19 2012 had a meeting with finance minster Pranab Mukherjee Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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88. Pakistani cricket board in march confirmed the appointment of whom as its new head coach for the next 2 years? [A]Geoff Marsh [B]David Boon [C]Dav Whatmore [D]Tim May
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87. Hyundai Motors India ltd (HMIL) appointed whom as the managing director wef march 5 2012? [A]Bo Shin Seo [B]Arvind Shukla [C]Mohnish Bhatia [D]Chung Ming
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86. Telecom Company Etisalat in March 2012 announced to have started proceedings for winding up operations of its Indian venture. Etisalat is based in which country? [A]UAE [B]Saudi Arabia [C]Malaysia [D]Iran
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85. In a significant move the RBI tightened the ruled for lending against ______ jewellery by non banking finance companies (NBFC) [A]Diamond [B]Gold [C]Silver [D]All of the above
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84. Moodys Investor Services on March 7 2012 downgraded the ratings assigned to the various Debt programmes of Bank of Baroda by one notch citing [A]An accelerated rate of asset quality deterioration [B]Stressed core capital levels [C]Increased pressure on profitability [D]All of the above
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95. Pakistan on March 5 successfully test fired the nuclear capable Hatf-II surface to surface ballistic missile. What is the range of this missile also known as Abdali? [A]160 Km Previously posted in http://www.facebook.com/groups/guide4bankexams/ by Mohan Das.
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94. How many seats were won by the Bahujan Samajwadi Party of Mayawati in UP State Assembly elections of 2012? [A]75 [B]77 [C]79 [D]81
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93. Usha Chomar who was once manual scavenger delivered a special lecture at the World Water Forum in France on March 14 2012. She is a native of [A]Bihar [B]Uttar Pradesh [C]Rajasthan [D]Orissa
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92. Census data on housing, household amenities and assets released on march 13 2012 reveals that out of total 246.6 million households only _______% households have toilet facility [A]46.9% [B]44.2% [C]45.7% [D]47.1%
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91.Which one of the following companies topped the list of Indias 50 most admired companies released by Fortune and global management consultancy Hay Group? [A]Tata Steel [B]Hindustan Unilever Group [C]Cadbury India [D]Colgate Palmolive
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90. The Indian Army on March 4, 2012sucessfully test fired which supersonic cruise missile at Pokhran to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service? [A]Agni II [B]BrahMos [C]Nag [D]Dhanush
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100. The Nuclear Security Summit Held in Seoul in March 26-27 2012 to discuss ways to protect nuclear materials and facilities. Who represented India at the Summit? [A]Dr Manmohan Singh [B]A K Antony [C]Kapil Sibal [D]P Chidambaram
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99. Select the correct statement according to the Railways Union Budget presented in Parliament? [A]Wagon factory at Sitapali in Odisha [B]Rail coach factory in Palakkad [C]Factory at Shyam Nagar in West Bengal to manufacture technology propulsion system for the use in high power electric locomotives [D]All of the above
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98. In which of the following states a new scheme called Himmat will introduced according to budget 2012-13, to provide skill training to 1,00,000 youths in the next five years? [A]Jammu and Kashmir [B]Uttar Pradesh [C]West Bengal [D]Rajasthan
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97. New Jaipur Foot Prototype was unveiled on March 5 2012 which is the worlds cheapest and the most user friendly limb. The new version was created with collaboration of scientist from [A]Houston University USA [B]Berkley University California [C]Michigan University USA [D]New Jersey University USA
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96. Chintan, an Indian NGO was honoured with the United States First Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls on March 9 2012. Who is the founder of Chintan? [A]Julie Marium [B]Bharti Chaturvedi [C]Babita Dwivedi [D]Natasha Mukerjee
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