GK FOR YOU

SECTION-I

1. ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains?
A. C Band
B. KU band
C. S Band
D. 3G Spectrum
2. Who is recently appointed New Governer of Goa:
A. Shivraj singh
B. Manohar Parrikar
C. BV Vachoo
D. Kamla Beniwal
3. Employees’ Provident Fund(EPF) launches new service on 1st May 2012:
A. Pay Online EPF
B. E-Challan and Receipt (ECR) facility
C. EPF Balance Check Online facility
D. RTI File Online for RPF Issues
4. Supreme Court Cancelled All 2G Licenses of which Operator in Feb. 2012
A. Uninor
B. Airtel
C. Reliance
D. MTNL
5. Which foreign restaurant chain is planning to open 1,000 stores in India by 2015?
A. Pizza Hut
B. Dominos
C. Nascafe
D. Subway
6. Who won the award in the best Actress category at the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) 2012 for film "BOL":
A. Sabana Azami
B. Veena Malik
C. Humaima Malick
D. Frieda Pinto
7. 28th Asian Snooker Title winner is:
A. Pankaj Adwani
B. Geet sethi
C. Aditya Mehta
D. Somdev Barman
8. Winner of Dada Saheb Falke award on 3rd May 2012:
A. Soumitra Chatterjee
B. Vidya Balan
C. Satyajit Ray
D. Umesh Kulkarni
9. Winner of 59th National Award for Best Actress:A. Rani Mukharjee
B. Tabu
C. Vidya Balan
D. Priyanka Chopra
10. NCTC Stands for A. National Communication and Telecom Center
B. Nation Counter-terrorism Center
C. National Cancer Treatment Center
D. National Committee for Terrorism Control
11. Who is appointed Governor of Rajasthan on 12th May 2012:
A. Shivraj Singh
B. Aruna Roy
C. Margaret Alwa
D. Prabha Singh
12. Mother's day is celebrated on:
A. 14 November
B. 8 April
C. 13 May
D. 8 May
13. Junior Hockey World Cup 2012 winner is:
A. India
B. Australia
C. Pakistan
D. Malesia
14. Which US IT company removed "Patni" from its name after recent acquisition:
A. Microsoft
B. IBM
C. iGate
D. Infosys
15. Captain of IPL 2012 Winner team is:
A. MS Dhoni
B. Shahrukh Khan
C. Gautam Gambhir
D. Saurav Ganguly
16. India recently sighned MoU of Rs. $500 Million credit with country:
A. South Africa
B. Bangladesh
C. Myanmar
D. Pakistan
17. 20th Commonwealth Games will be held in:
A. Glasgow
B. Britain
C. Toronto
D. Sidney
18. Winner of World Chess Championship 2012 is:
A. Boris Gelfand
B. Vishvanathan Anand
C. Garry Casparov
D. Novak Djokovic
 

ANSWER KEY:
1. B   2. C   3.B    4. A   5.  D
6. C   7. C   8. A   9. C   10.B 
11. C 12. C, 13.C, 14. C, 15.C,
16.C, 17.A, 18. B

SECTION-II 

(ANSWERS ARE MARKED IN RED)

 

1.  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Budget 2012-13 proposed raising
     custom duty on gold from 2 per cent to _________.
     a) 4 per cent
     b) 5 per cent
     c) 6 per cent
     d) 8 per cent
     e) None of the above

2.  How much amount has been given to the PSU Banks and Financial Institutions in the
     2012-13 Union Budget?
     a) Rs.17, 278 crore
     b) Rs.14, 768 crore
     c) Rs.15, 888 crore
     d) Rs.16, 665 crore
     e) None of the above

3.  In a move to accelerate the growth and penetrations of ATMs across the country,
     the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed non-banking entities having a minimum
     net worth of ___________ to set up their ATMs.
     a) Rs 100 crore
     b) Rs 200 crore
     c) Rs 300 crore
     d) Rs 500 crore
     e) None of the above

4.  How many blocks offered by the government for exploration and production of oil
     and gas in the ninth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP)?
     a) 31
     b) 32
     c) 33
     d) 34
     e) None of the above

5.  The government on 26^th March raised interest rates on post office-operated small
     savings schemes by up to 0.5 per cent. The hike in interest rates on small savings
     schemes is based on the recommendations of the:
     a) Pranob Sen Committee
     b) Shyamala Gopinath Committee
     c) Y H Malegam Committee
     d) Madhava Menon Committee
     e) None of the above
  
6.  In which of the following beauty pageants, Transgender women will be allowed to
     participate next year?
     a) Miss Earth
     b) Miss World
     c) Miss Universe
     d) Miss India
     e) None of the above

7.  Recently, the US government puts a bounty of USD 10 million on Hafiz Mohammad
     Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed is 
     Chief of the Pakistan’s outlawed Islamic hardliner:
     a) Harakat ul-Ansar (HUA)
     b) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
     c) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
     d) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)
     d) None of the above

8.  Which of the following countries is largest supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
     to India?
     a) Iran
     b) Qatar
     c) Kuwait
     d) UAE
     e) Australia

9.  Which language of the Indian state of Meghalaya has been removed from UNESCO’s
     Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger as it is now considered as safe?
     a) Lotha
     b) Garo
     c) Khasi
     d) Konyak
     e) Angami

10. Which of the following is name of annual military exercise between the navies of 
      India and the United States?
      a) MALABAR
      b) VARUNA
      c) SIMBEX
      d) FRIENDSHIP
      e) None of the above

11. In which district of Gujarat, the Ode village massacre took place on March 1, 2002?
      a) Anand
      b) Jamnagar
      c) Vadodara
      d) Ahmedabad
      e)  Gandhi Nagar

12. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on 8^th April visited the dargah (shrine) of
      Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in:
      a) Nizamuddin (Delhi)
      b) Ajmer (Rajasthan)
      c) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
      d) Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh)
      e) None of the above

13. Tamil writer A A Manavalan has recently been chosen for the:
      a) Vyas Samman 2012
      b) Kabeer Samman 2012
      c) Kalidas Samman 2011
      d) Saraswati Samman 2011
      e) None of the above

14. The champion of Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy in 2012 is:
      a) Mumbai
      b) Punjab
      c) Karanataka
      d) Tamilnadu
      e) West Bengal

15. The Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh has qualified for the London
      Olympics in the category of :
      a) 72 kg
      b) 70 kg
      c) 75 kg
      d) 66 kg
      e) None of the above

16. The professional cricket league ‘IPL’ started playing in tournaments in:   
      a) 2007
      b) 2008
      c) 2009
      d) 2010
      e) None of the above

17. DLF, the main sponsor for the Indian Premier League (IPL) stands for:
      a) Delhi Land and Finance
      b) Delhi Leasing and Finance
      c) Developers Loan and Finance
      d) Developers Leasing and Finance
      e) None of the above

18. Which of the following is a commercial unit of weight for shipments of cotton?
      a) Ounce
      b) Scuple
      c) Dram
      d) Quintal
      e) Bale

19. Fixed Foreign Exchange Rate can be changed by:
      a) RBI
      b) SEBI
      c) FIPB
      d) Ministry of Finance
      a) All the above

20. RBI sometimes devalues its currency primarily to promote:
      a) Import and reduce Exports
      b) Export and reduce Imports
      c)  Both Import and Export
      d) Outflow of Foreign Exchange
      e) None of the above

SECTION-III (Answers are marked in red)

1.  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 India’s 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 Pakistan’s 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 People’s 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