G.K 1. The venue for 2016 Olympics will be a) London b) Lausanne c) Rio de Janeiro d) Geneva 2.

Name the operation that killed Osama bin Laden a) Operation zero b) Operation Neptune Spear c) Operation Laden d) Operation Blue star 3.Which of the following sports is proposed to be excluded from the 2020 Olympics a) Boxing b) Weight lifting c) Wrestling d) Hockey 4. NASSCOM is a) A research organization b) A company engaged in IT solutions c) An association of software & services companies d) An Association of fertilizer companies 5.Finmeccanica is the name of a) An international financial company b) An international bank c) A defence and aerospace company d) A film production company 6. World Radio Day is celebrated on a) January 13 b) February 13 c) March 13 d) April 13 7. What is the name of Kashmiri all-girl rock band which was branded Un-Islamic a) Pragaash b) Rock-12 c) Zea d) Pralay 8. Dell a computer giant has recently been in news for a) Getting a global contract for more than $78 billion b) Striking a deal for $24.4 billion to make it private

c) For making the largest super computer d) For manufacturing the smallest super computer 9. Monarch of which of the following countries proposes to abdicate the throne in April 2013 a) Britain b) Cambodia c) Brunei d) The Netherlands 10. Rangaswamy Srinivasan, an Indian American has been awarded the most prestigious American National Medal of Technology & Innovation for his work in the field of a) Space technology b) Taking the US economy out of depression c) LASIK surgery d) Reviving the health care system 11. Which of the following banks has been merged with ICICI Bank a) Karur Vysya Bank b) State Bank of Indore c) Bank of Rajasthan d) Lord Krishna Bank 12. Delhi gang rape victim was treated in which of the following hospitals a) Mount Kermal Hospital b) Mount Elizabeth Hospital c) Queen Victoria Hospital d) St. Stephens Hospital 13. If the demand for separate state of Telangana is acceded to, from which part of India it will be carved out a) Orissa b) Karnataka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Maharashtra 14. Pricing of which petroleum product has been deregulated a) Diesel b) Petrol c) LPG d) Kerosene 15. Tsangpo, on which China proposes to build three more dams, is another name of which river a) Amazen b) Ganga c) Brahmaputtra

d) Yamuna 16. Metlife India Insurance Company has collaborated with a) State Bank of India b) Canara Bank c) Punjab National Bank d) Punjab & Sind Bank 17. The book For the New Generation is authored by a) Chetan Bhagat b) Arvind Kejriwal c) Kiran Bedi d) Kuldeep Nayyar 18. How much stake can an insurance company hold in the equity in a company a) 10 percent b) 15 percent c) 20 percent d) 25 percent 19. Name the solicitor General of India a) Rohinton Nariman b) Mohan Parasaran c) Gopal Subramaniam d) Vijay Govindarajan 20. Who is the author of the book A Little Book of Life a) Salman Rushdie b) Rusking Bond c) Charan Deep Singh d) Ameesh Tripathi 21. What is the target for Indias exports for 2012-13 a) US$ 350 billion b) US$ 560 billion c) US$ 400 billion d) US$ 270 billion 22. Where is the stone testing laboratory established a) Udaipur b) Jaipur c) Jabalpur d) Indore 23. When is the World Autism Awareness day observed a) February 13th b) March 5th c) April 2nd

d) May 3rd 24. Name of the state that leads in highest minimum wages in the country a) Kerala b) Gujarat c) Haryana d) Punjab 25. Which state banned the showing of the film Vishwaroopam a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu c) Andhra Pradesh d) Kerala Answers

Q. no Ans Q. no Ans Q. no Ans Q. no Ans Q. no Ans 1c 2b 3c 4c 5c 6b 7a 8b 9d 10 c 11 c 12 b 13 c 14 b 15 c 16 c 17 c 18 b 19 b 20 b 21 a 22 b 23 c 24 c 25 b

26. Monetary policy of the country is decided by the a) Ministry of Finance Government of India b) Group of Nationalized and commercial banks of the country c) Reserve Bank of India d) Government of India in consultation with leading corporate groups 27. Increasing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) will (a) Expand the money supply in the country (b) Contract the money supply in the economy (c) Neither expand nor contract the supply of money (d) The term is not related to Money supply but the demand of cash 28. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) isa) Direct credit provider to Individuals in Rural areas b) Rural Bulk credit provider and functions as a refinancing institution c) Provides seasonal credit to farmers only d) Provides credit to Rural housing only

29. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) defined and maintained by a) World Bank b) IMF c) Federal Reserve d) European Central Bank 30. Gilt edged market refers to a) Government securities b) FII c) Bullion market d) None of these 31. Where is the headquarter of Green peace a) Paris b) New York c) Madrid d) Amsterdam 32. Regional Rural Banks were given freedom to fix rate of interest from which year a) 1996 b) 1999 c) 2003 d) 2007 33. Bhoomi is the project of on line delivery and management of land records in a) Kerala b) Bihar c) Assam d) Karnataka 34. Who is the CMD of National Housing Bank a) A.Kartikeyan b) R.V.Verma c) Ravi Agarwal d) O.P.Munjal 35. Which bank has been awarded finance Asia award 2012 a) HSBC b) ICICI

c) STANDARD CHARTERED d) KOTAK 36. Which Airline in India is supposed to strike a deal with Etihad Airways a) Indigo b) Kingfisher c) Jet d) Indian 37. Anil Kakodkar committee is related to... a) Airlines safety b) Nuclear reactors c) Sugar pricing d) Railway modernization 38.Which of the following regulates the commodities trading market a) SEBI b) Forward Markets Commission c) RBI d) IRDA 39. Nobel Prize for Economics in 2012 has been given for a) Welfare index b) Match making theory c) Inflation theory d) Trade variable theory 40. Softbank is a mobile operator of which country a) China b) Norway c) Japan d) Singapore 41. Which of the following is not an indirect tax a) Excise duty b) Service tax c) Custom duty d) None of these 42. Where is headquarter of OECD(organisation of Economic

cooperation and development) a) Madrid b) Paris c) Washington d) Montreal 43. Which of the following committee is related to flow of credit to small scale industries a) Sukumar Sen committee b) R A Mashelkar committee c) V.N Khare committee d) A.S.Ganguly committee 44. ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION has how many members a) 17 b) 19 c) 21 d) 28 45. Deficit Financing is resorted to by a) The Government b) Central Bank of the country c) Scheduled Commercial Banks d) Jointly by the Government and Central Bank of the country 46. Budgetary estimates 2012 projected India GDP to grow by 6.9% in 2011-12 after having grown at ( ) per cent in preceding two years. a) (7.6) b) (7.0) c) (8.4) d) (8.1) 47. How much amount does the Government propose to raise through disinvestment during 2012-13 (Rs. In crores) a) 15,000 b) 20,000 c) 25,000 d) 30,000

48. Number of jobs, the National Manufacturing Policy announced in 2012 aims to create is a) 77 lacs b) 4.5 crores c) 99 lacs d) 10 crores 49. Rajat Gupta, an Indian American philanthropist is convicted on the charges of a) Living in America with an expired passport b) Lobbying for multi brand retailing c) Insider Trading d) Outsider Trading 50. How many seats are to be won in Lok Sabha or Legislative Assemble by the registered political party to get recognition from Election Commission of India. a) Minimum 8% of total valid votes are to be secured b) Minimum 2 seats are to be won c) Minimum 8 seats are to be won d) No minimum requirement 51 Who has recently been appointed Chairman of Tata Group a) Ratan Tata b) Cyrus Pallonji Mistry c) N A Soonawala d) R K Krishnakumar 52. How many more years from 1.1.2013 does India require to be declared polio free a) Three b) Five c) Two d) One 53. Amount of black money in foreign banks deposited by Indians is estimated to the tune of ( in billion US dollars)a) 950 b) 780 c) 500 d) 600 54. Humane in Khaki is a book written by a) General V.K. Singh b) Ashok Kumar

c) Arvind Kejriwal d) Kiran Bedi 55. A bill has recently been passed by the Parliament to allow a) FDI in Petroleum sector b) FDI in Wholesale c) FDI in single brand retail d) FDI in Multi Brand Retail 56. According to the recent Amendment to Hindu Marriage Act a) Wife can not claim share in her husbands property b) Wife can claim share in her husbands property in case of valid Will c) Wife will have right to her husbands property d) Wife and adopted children will have same right in the property as the biological offsprings. 57. The ban on tourism activities in all tiger reserves was imposed by a) Ministry of Tourism Govt. of India b) Respective State Governments where Tiger Reserves are located c) The Supreme Court of India d) The President of India 58. Which companys vehicle sparked off the controversy in defence supply a) Tata b) Nissan c) Tatra d) Leyland 59. Which of the following aircrafts is also called DREAMLINER a) Boeing 747 b) Boeing 787 c) Airbus a 320 d) Airbus a 380 60. National Green Tribunal was established in which year a) 2007 b) 2009 c) 2010 d) 2012 61. Which of the following is National Aquatic animal of India a) Dolphin b) Penguin

c) Hilsa d) saras crane 62. Sarojini Naidu prize is given in which of the following areas a) Public Administration b) Journalism c) Cinema d) None of these 63. Which movie has been nominated as Indias entry to Oscars in 2012 a) Barfi b) Deool c) Moner Manush d)King lear 64. Who has been awarded Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for excellence in Public Administration a) Arvind Kejriwal b) Mukul Roy c) Tessy Thomas d) S.S Brar 65. Operation Meghdoot is related to a) Siachen glacier b) Chandrayan Mission c) Taj hotel attack d) 1971 Indo Pak war 66. Vice President of India is the ex-officio chairman of a) Election Commission of India b) Planning Commission of India c) Rajya Sabha d) National Development Council 67. Which of the following is called the Fourth Estate a) Parliament b) Judiciary c) Council of Ministers d) Press 68. The future of india is a book authored by a) Mohsin Ahmad b) Shashi Tharoor c) Vimal Jalan d) Y. V. Reddy

69. Keoladeo National Park is located in a) Orissa b) Manipur c) Rajasthan d) Jharkhand 70. National Dairy Development Board was established in which year a) 1965 b) 1969 c) 1973 d) 1978 71. India Outlook has been downgraded by which rating Agency a) CRISIL b) ICRA c) Standard & Poor d) FITCH 72. What is the name of the spectrum scam that aroused furorea) 1G b) 2G c) 3G d) 4G 73. Name the organization to which Anna Hazare belongs to a) Aam Aadmi Party b) Civil Society c) Anti Corruption Society d) Society against corruption 74. Arvind Kejriwal has floated a) An NGO only b) A non political organization c) A political party d) A party dedicated to religious values 75. Ping Pong Diplomacy paved the way for normalizing relations betweena) India and Pakistan b) China and The United States of America c) India and China d) Israel and Syria 76. How many countries are not the members of UNO a) 1 b) 3

c) 5 d) 6 77. Silvio Berlusconi was the (____) longest serving Prime Minister of Italy since its unification a) first b) second c) third d) fourth 78. When was the currency EURO introduced a) January 01,2002 b) February 01, 2001 c) December 25, 2000 d) March 01, 2002 79. Mohammed Nasheed, was the President of a) Malaysia b) Indonesia c) Maldives d) Myanmar 80. Which of the following countries celebrated 60 years of its Head of the State in Chair a) United Arab Emirates b) Saudi Arabia c) United Kingdom (Britain) d) Iran 81 Which former President of a country was sentenced to 50 years in jail for war crimes a) Sarath Fonseka b) Francoise Hollande c) Charles Taylor d) Hosni Mubarak 82. Which is the country that joined World Trade Organization as its 156th member in 2012a) India b) China c) Germany d) Russia 83. In which year Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. a) 1965

b) 1967 c) 1969 d) 1971 84. Who has been named as the most powerful celebrity by Forbes a) Suu Kyi b) Amitabh Bachchan c) Jennifer Lopez d) Rafael Nadal 85. International Maritime Bureau is located at a) Geneva b) London c) Kingston d) Vienna 86. Who is the new chief executive of Barclays? a) John shore b) Antony Jenkins c) Sally ride d) Rajat Gupta 87. Who is the director general of UNESCO a) Supachai Panich Pakdi b) Kamdeh Yumkella c) Jan Eliasson d) Irina Bokova 88. Who is the director of UNEP a) Braulio Souza b) Amina Mohammad c) Anousheh Ansari d) none of these 89. Jill Abramson became the first ever woman executive editor of which newspaper a) Economist b) New York Times c) Washington Post d) None of these

90. Charles Flint was the founder of which of the following organization a) Nestle b) Dunlop c) IBM d) Bank of America 91. What is the former name of Thailand? a) Malaya b) Malagasy c) Siam d) Ceylon 92. Who is the World Chess Champion (Man) 2012 a) Boris Gelfand b) Vishwanath Anand c) Andrey Filatov d) Yifan Hou 93. What is the Indian term for caste-based councils that have been in the news recently a) Gram Panchayat b) Gram Sabha c) Khap Panchayat d) Khullar Panchayat 94. Which musical instrument did former US president Bill Clinton play a) Piano b) Accordian c) Saxaphone d) Guitar 95. Which iconic computer was introduced in January 1984 a) CM-5 b) Dell super c) Super Bowl d) Apple Macintosh 96. His Masters Voice is a a) Tools manufacturing company b) Music company c) Film Production Company d) Large studio devoted to photography

97.Mahakumbh is a religious congregation organized once in a) 6 years b) 8 years c) 12 years d) 15 years 98. Name the mountain range where a test run through Indias longest railway tunnel was recently conducted a) Himalayan b) Aravali c) Pir Panjal d) Sahyadri 99. Which legendry Australian player was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of fame recently? a) Glenn McGrath b) Dan Christian c) Peter Forrest d) George Bailey 100. What heavenly object does NASA plan to place making it a refueling space station? a) A Meteor b) An asteroid c) A refueling moving space shuttle d) A satellite Answers Q. no. Ans

Q.No. ans 41 d 42 b 43 d 44 c 45 a 46 c 47 d

Q. no. Ans 56 d 57 c 58 c 59 b 60 c 61 a 62 b

Q.No. Ans 71 c 72 b 73 b 74 c 75 b 76 d 77 c

Q.no. Ans. 86 b 87 d 88 b 89 b 90 c 91 c 92 b

26 c 27 b 28 b 29 b 30 a 31 d 32 a

33 d 34 b 35 d 36 c 37 d 38 b 39 b 40 c

48 d 49 c 50 d 51 b 52 d 53 c 54 b 55 d

63 a 64 c 65 a 66 c 67 d 68 c 69 c 70 a

78 a 79 c 80 c 81 c 82 d 83 c 84 c 85 a

93 c 94 c 95 d 96 b 97 c 98 c 99 a 100 b