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5. According to the economic survey 2011-12 tabled in the parliament on March 15 2012 what will be the GDP growth rate during the fiscal 2012-13? [A]7.3% [B]7.6% [C]7.9% [D]8.2%
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4. Uday Chopra, the CEO of YRF Entertainment, launched a new venture(comic book) featuring popular characters from films under the Yash Raj banner on 24th July 2012. What is the name of the comic? [A]YashRaj Comics [B]Yomics [C]Ucomics [D]Filmomics
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3. How much amount have been allocated under MGNREGA in the Budget 201213 for providing jobs to Below Poverty Line households in rural areas [A]Rs 36000cr [B]Rs 33000cr [C]Rs 30000cr [D]Rs 27000cr
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2. Which of the following statement is correct about the Laddakh Film Festival to be organised from June 15 to June 17 in 2012? [A]It will be the first international Film Festival in Laddakh at 35000 feet above the sea level [B]Shyam Benegal is chosen as the Chairman of the festival [C]The mascot of the Festival is Schan- the snow leopard [D]All of the above
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10. The Planning Commission on March 19 2012 declared the latest poverty estimates of the country showing a decline in the incidence of poverty by what percent over the past five years? [A]5.9% [B]6.6% [C]7.3% [D]8.1%
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9. The cabinet of which state has grant of Rs 30000 to high school pass muslim girls for pursuing their education and marriage in the month of march? [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]West Bengal [C]Andhra Pradesh [D]Delhi
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8. Which Hollywood actor has been tapped to the star as the late Apple co- founder Steve Jobs in a biopic titled JOBS to be directed by Joshua Micheal Stern? The movie JOBS centres on the popular figures life when he when he was a wayward Hippie from North California until he became the co founder of the Apple. [A]Tom Cruise [B]Ashton Kutcher [C]Nicolas Cage [D]Tom Hanks
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6.Internet company Yahoo Inc. launched this week on Wednesday 23rd May, its mobile browser. What is the name of the browser? [A]Chrome [B]Bing [C]Axis [D]Thunderhawk 7. Noble peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyis won a landslide in an election for vacant parliamentary seats, a victory she hailed as the triumph of the people after a decade of military dictatorship. National League for Democracy (NDL) party won 40 out of 45 seats. In which country did the election happen [A]Burma [B]Vietnam [C]Thailand [D]Combodia
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15. India and which country has resolved their longstanding issue of payments for export shipments? [A]Iran [B]Syria [C]Lebanon [D]Pakistan 16. The indigenously developed advanced light weight torpedo and the Akash
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14. A meeting at the PMO on 29 Feb 2012 decided to increase the overall expenditure on health to what percentage of GDP from current 1.4% by the end of the coming 12th plan? [A]2% [B]2.5% [C]3% [D]4%
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13. Which of the following in March 2012 cleared the transfer of Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAGY) to the Ministry of Rural Development from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment? [A]Interstate Council [B]National Development Council [C]Planning Commission [D]Finance Ministry
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12. Governor Shivraj Patil in March administered the oath of office to Prakash Singh Badal who took over as the chief minister of Punjab for a record____ time? [A]Fifth [B]Third [C]Fourth [D]Second
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20. The union cabinet in March 2012 approved the proposal to bring subsidy on decontrolled fertilisers for 2012-13. Which of the following are those fertilisers? [A]Phosphatic (P) [B]Potassic (K) [C]Nitrogenous (N) [D]Only 1& 2
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19. The high level safety Review Committee recently submitted its number of recommendations to the Ministry of Railway. Who is the chairman of the committee? [A]C Rangarajan [B]Lalu Yadav [C]Anil Kakodkar [D]Harish Rawat
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18. Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh in March announced a national award for the sanitation and water in the name of Maharashtrian saint [A]Romesh Hatangdi [B]Gadge Baba [C]Suresh Bhagwan [D]Shiv Sagar Baba
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17. Which of the following was pointed by the Union Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee in the March 2012 as one of the major challenges facing the Indian Banking Industry in emerging as the potential global leaders? [A]Human Capital Deficit [B]Human Talent Deficit [C]Innovation Deficit [D]Technology Deficit
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25. A PROTON-M rocket carrying Intelsat-22 has left Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, Russias Roscomos space agency has announced. The satellite is equipped with 48 C Band and 24-KU Band transponders and will provide telecommunication services to customers in Africa, South East Asia, Middle East. The Russian rocket has carried telecommunication satellite of which country? [A]India [B]Singapore [C]North Korea
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24. Who is the face of the year for Earth Hour in India? [A]Shah Rukh khan [B]Sania Mirza [C]Sachin Tendulkar [D]Abhinav Bindra
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23. Which Indian city started the run up to the event of Earth Hour with an Earth Hour 2012 Cyclothon? [A]New Delhi [B]Kolkata [C]Mumbai [D]Hyderabad
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30. Swine flu claimed its first victim in which Indian state who is a septuagenarian farmer from kanyegam village who succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus at a private hospital? [A]Kerala [B]Maharashtra [C]Tamil Nadu [D]West Bengal
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29. Which extravagant tech capital tech capital earned a new sobriquet- the costliest Indian city? An analysis of RBI Consumer Price Index(CPI) shows that this city is couple notches higher than the all India cost of living average, with financial capital Mumbai just a shade away. [A]New Delhi [B]Bangalore [C]Hyderabad [D]Gurgaon
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28. Which country has hosted 2012 BRICS Summit with leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in the capital city to discuss ways to strengthen economic ties? [A]Brazil [B]India [C]Russia [D]China
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27. India successfully test fired Brahmos supersonic cruise missile as a part of a user trial by army from the test range at Chandipur, Odisha(A) The Missile, which has a flight range upto 290 km. is capable of carrying a warhead of 200 to 300 kg. the missile was joint project between and which country? [A]USA [B]Russia [C]UK [D]Iran
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26. Who clinched gold medals in the 6th Asia Boxing Champion in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia helping India finish a creditable second in the overall standing? [A]MC Mary Kom & L Sarita Devi [B]Monica Saun & Puja Rani [C]Pinky Jangre & Sonia Lather [D]None
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36.According to the detailed analysis of the census 2011 data released in march 2012 which one of the following states came after UP to have joint families? [A]Haryana
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35. Who has replaced Sachin Tendulkar to become the new captain of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premium League this season? [A]Rohit sharma [B]Kieron pollard [C]Harbhajan singh [D]Hershcelle Gibbs
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34. Which budget airline applied to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to permitting airline to directly import jet fuel? [A]Indigo [B]Paramount [C]Spicejet [D]Go air
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33. Mahatma Gandhi had set up which farm as an experiment in community living during his tenure in Johannesburg at the turn of last century which now being call to revive? [A]Tolstoy [B]Gandhi [C]Ahimsahas [D]Freedom
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32. Which state has recorded a remarkable growth in its elephant population, according to the recently concluded elephant census done recently [A]Assam [B]west Bengal [C]Meghalaya [D]Sikkim
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31. Which Bollywood actor has become the face of autism in India? Walking an extra mile to promote the cause, the actor has joined the campaign to spread autism inkids any it is a disorder and not a disease [A]Amitabh Bachchan [B]Shah rukh Khan [C]Amir Khan [D]Salmaan Khan
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41. Who is the newly appointed Director of Space Application Centre (SAC) Ahmadabad? [A]AS Kiran Kumar [B]Dr RR Navalgund
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40. Funbook tablet has been launched in India featuring both educational programmes for all classes according to the course curricular on 3-D technology and the availability of around 48 TV channels apart from games and other facilities. This tablet belongs to which company? [A]Micromax [B]Airtel [C]Blackberry [D]Samsung
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39. The RBI on march 9 2012 reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by how many basis points wef March 10 2012 [A]25 points [B]50 points [C]75 points [D]100 points
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38. Who among the following won the Pritzker Prize on March 1 2012 for producing excellent pieces of architecture? [A]Jiang Shetu [B]Wang Shu [C]Yung Ho Chang [D]None
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37. Who among the following made the Union Railway Minister on March 20 2012 following the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi? [A]K Rajalingam [B]Mamta Banerjee [C]Mukul Roy [D]Sudip Bandopadhyay
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46. Giving push to infrastructure sector in the budget Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee allowed financial institutions to raise how much from tax free bonds and opening decks for larger private participation [A]Rs 30000 cr
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45. In a mjor relief to the airline industry the Union Budget 2012-13 proposed to allow it to raise funds through external commercial borrowings worth how much for a year? [A]$ 1 BILLION [B]$2 billion [C]$3 billion [D]$4 billion
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44. Global mining giant Rio Tinto announced plan to invest $2 billion in iron ore and diamond mining project in Madhya Pradesh and [A]Rajasthan [B]West Bengal [C]Orissa [D]Jharkhand
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43. Which of the following joined hands in march 2012 to set up $2Billion (Rs 10000 cr ) infrastructure Debt Fund? [A]ICICI Bank [B]Citi Financials [C]Bank of Baroda & LIC [D]All of the above
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42 Geeta Pogat created a history by becoming the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics after winning Gold medal in the 55 kg category at the Asian___________ qualifying event in Astana, Kazakhstan [A]Boxing [B]Wrestling [C]Weight lifting [D]Javelin
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51. RBI has deregulated the rate of interest to be provided by different banks to their depositors w.e.f 25 oct 2011 on their ______account. [A]Loan [B]Time deposit [C]Saving Bank [D]Fixed deposit 52. About 150 ________school girls were poisoned after contaminated water at
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50. Who among the following is the recipient of the Nobel Peace prize 2011? [A]Jules A Hoffman [B]Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [C]Adam G Reisse [D]Bruce A Beutler
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49. Dada Saheb Phalke Awards are given by Ministry of ______ [A]Social welfare [B]Home affairs [C]Human resource development [D]Information and broadcasting
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48. The Reliance Industries has decided to return some KG fields to the Govt. of India. What is the major production in KG fields owned by RIL? [A]Gas [B]Crude oil [C]Coal [D]Iron ore
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47. Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover announced in march 2012 to have finalised Chery Automobile company as partner to form an equal joint venture in [A]China [B]Japan [C]Brazil [D]Mexico
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57. As per data released by Union Health Ministry the infant mortality rate is lowest in_____ [A]Kerala [B]Goa [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Punjab
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56. India has decided to acquire Rafale Fighter planes for its air force wings which country is going to supply Rafael Fighter planes? [A]Italy [B]Britain [C]France [D]Germany
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55. The total number of Kisan credit card holders in our country is _____ [A]8 cr [B]10cr [C]7.5 cr [D]5 cr
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54. SBI has merged which of the following two associate banks with itself? [A]State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Patiala [B]State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Travancore [C]State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Travancore [D]State Bank of Indore and State Bank of Saurashtra
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53. The food security bill 2011 which is in the process of becoming an act divides the whole population of the country into two groups. Which are these two groups [A]Below poverty line and above poverty line [B]Included household excluded population [C]General household priority households [D]None
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63. Maoist in which country recently decided to accept governments offer of Golden Handshake and enter into civilian life or mainstream of the society? [A]Myanmar [B]China [C]Nepal [D]India
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62. Which top Indian mobile carrier signed upto 2.5 million subscribers in march , its highest monthly addition in a year partly held by a court order revoking the licenses of its smaller rivals over corruption scandal? [A]Bharti Airtel [B]Vodafone [C]Tata Teleservices [D]Idea telecom
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61. Who among the following is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan given in 2012? [A]Dr Bhupen Hazarika [B]Vanraj Bhatia [C]Jadev Akhtar [D]Amitabh Bachhan
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60. Mullaperiyar dam was recently in news, is located in which country? [A]Maharashtra [B]Karnataka [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Kerala
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68. A tribal MLA Jhina Hikaka a legislator from Laxmipur of which ruling party in Odisha was abducted by more than 50 armed maoist in koraput district? [A]Biju Janata Dal [B]Samajwadi party [C]BJP [D]Congress
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67. 64 yrs after Indias Independence many villagers of which Indian state saw a locomotive for the first time as it traversed 12 km from Jiriban to Dholakhal station? [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Assam [C]Manipur [D]Orrisa
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66. A Delhi court in march 2012 dismissed a case against internet giant for allegedly hosting objectionable content and penalised the petitioner for dragging it to court [A]AOL [B]Google [C]Yahoo [D]YouTube
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65. The comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India came down heavily on the state Excise department in March 2012 blaming it on the serious lapse in controlling liquor sale in [A]Karnataka [B]Kerala [C]Haryana [D]Andhra Pradesh
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73. An Assam based wildlife conservationist group has questioned legality behind the assam forest departments move of which activity of rhinos which has led to the death of the animal? [A]Vaccination [B]Dehorning [C]Cleaning of nail [D]None 74. Who has won Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix 2012? [A]Fernando Alonso
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72. A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit which country on 20 march 2012 damaging some 800 homes near epicentre [A]Japan [B]Chile [C]Haiti [D]Mexico
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71. In which of the following states that went to polls recently did the congress secure absolute majority? [A]Karnataka [B]Goa [C]Manipur [D]Uttarakhand
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70. Akhilesh yadav became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. What is the of Mr Yadav? [A]35 [B]38 [C]32 [D]39
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80. The department of information technology in march 2012 has been renamed as________ [A]Department of electronics
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79. Who was named as the worst actor at the fourth Golden Kela Award a spinoff of Hollywoods Razzies awards , which recognises the worst in cinema? [A]Ali Zafar [B]Tushar Kapoor [C]Imran Khan [D]Saif Ali Khan
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78. Foreign direct investment in india declined about ____% to 1.35billion in December 2011 [A]22 [B]33 [C]44 [D]55
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77. In Jan 2012 indias exports grew by ____% year on year to $25.34 billion despite weak demand [A]8 [B]11 [C]10 [D]5
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76. The gates foundation of US in march 2012 announvced 220$ million grant to develop modern vaccine [A]Cancer [B]AIDS [C]Tuberculosis [D]None
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75. Vijay Mallya is considering the sale of a portion of his stake in which flagship business as Kingfisher Airliners cash crunch continues to worsen and banks refuse to lend more money without equity support from the promoter? [A]IPL Team [B]Liquor business [C]Luxury goods [D]Constructions
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85. Which drug maker in march 2012 received demand notices for 424 cr from national Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority towards interest for alleged drug overpricing? [A]Ranbaxy [B]Cipla ltd [C]Dr Reddy
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84. The bhoja Air passenjer jet crashed at Islamabad main airport killing all 127 people on board. The small domestic airline which operation in march after after ____ a pause has said weather was the cause. [A]5 [B]10 [C]11 [D]15
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83. Which bollywood actress has been honoured with the Raj Kapoor Special contribution award 2012 constituted by the Maharashtra govt.? [A]Madhuri Dixit [B]Rekha [C]Sridevi [D]Priyanka chopra
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82. Reliance industries ltd in march 2012 increased its stake in hospitality firm EIH Ltd to 18.53% by investing [A]100 cr [B]124cr [C]192cr [D]175 cr
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81. India in march 2012 banned ______exports to ensure supplies for domestic industry [A]Cotton [B]Sugarcane [C]Jute [D]Coffee
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90. Who among the following took over the Director General of the ISI on march 18 2012? [A]Ashfaq parvez kayani [B]Zaheer Ul Islam [C]Asad Durrani
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89. In which state mass marriage of states mass marriage of girls in the wadia village- the village of sex workers took place on march 11? [A]Haryana [B]Rajasthan [C]Odisha [D]Gujarat
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88. With increased number of mouth cancer cases in the country which Indian has becme the first to ban all Gutka products which contain tobacco or nicotine under a new law governing food safety standards ?the ban came into effect from April 1 [A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Tamil Nadu
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87. The international monetary Fund(IMF) has marginally lowered Indias economic growth forecaste to how much percent in 2012, from 7% projected earlier on weak global and domestic demand? [A]6.8 [B]6.9 [C]6.7 [D]6.5
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86. The Reserve Bank of India in March 2012 bought _____ of government bonds through an open market operation. [A]5000 cr [B]7766cr [C]10776 cr [D]9678 cr
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95. Archaeological experts from Cambridge and BHU dug out relics associated with which civilisation at khalsa bohla village in karnal district ? [A]Vedas [B]Mughal era [C]East india company [D]Harappa
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94. The finanace ministry on march 15 gave its approval for labour and employment ministry to to fix the rate of interest payable on EPF at what percentage? [A]8.25 [B]9.25 [C]8.5 [D]9
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93. FIFA President SEPP Blatter in March 2012 strongly supported the initiative of which country to host the 2017 under-17 World Cup? [A]China [B]India [C]Malaysia [D]Russia
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92. Egypts Ahmed Hassan recently became the most capped footballer in history during his teams 1-0 win over Niger. He took over Mohammed al Deayeas record of 178 caps the Goal keeper of ______ [A]Oman [B]Qatar [C]Saudi Arab [D]Kuwait
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91. According to the Economic Survey 2011-12 the fiscal deficit during 2012-13 would be ____% of the GDP [A]4.1 [B]4.2 [C]4.3 [D]4.4
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100. Which company has its biggest global deal for cloud computing which will provide provide free services to AICTE? the project will afford IT access to 11000 AICTE affliated institutions across India. [A]Microsoft [B]Apple [C]IBM [D]TCS
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99. A chemistry professor from jadavpur university has been held for caricature of which political leader discussing with the aid with an aid how to get rid of party MP? [A]Narendra modi [B]Mukul roy [C]Mamta Banerjee [D]Nitish Kumar
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98. India batting maestro and captain Rahul Dravid on March 9 2012 announced his retirement from international cricket how many test matches did he play for india? [A]126 [B]152 [C]164 [D]178
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97. Moaist rebels have taken sukma distict collector-Alex Paul Menon as hostage while he was touring the village.In which Indian State is Sukma? [A]Chattisgarh [B]Orissa [C]Jharkand [D]Uttarakhand
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96. The state govt has granted exemtion to which team on entertainment tax for the tickets sold for IPL matches held in Andhra Pradesh? [A]Royal challangers Bangalore [B]Kolkata knight riders [C]Deccan chargers [D]Chennai superkings
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