MCQ ON LATEST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

 

Q1) Who wrote the book Suleiman Charitra of Kalyana Malla, a translation of Suleiman Charitra written by Kalyan Malla, which was released on 9 April 2015?

A. A.N.D. Haskar

B. Arvind Adiga

C. Kushwant Singh

D. Uma Lele

Q.2) The legislature of which state of the United States passed legislation on 9 April 2015 that allows the use of nitrogen gas chambers for executions?

A. California

B. Oklahoma

C. Washington 

D. Columbia

Q.3) Which of the following missile was successfully test-fired on 9 April 2015 by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of India's Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal?

A. Dhanush  

B. Agni

C. Trishul

D. Nag

Q.4) Name the state government whose proposal to grant mining license to South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed 12 billion dollar mega steel plant near Paradip was rejected by the Union Government.

 

A. Jharkhand  

B. Odisha 

C. Chhattisgarh  

D. Madhya Pradesh

Q.5) India was re-elected to the Executive Board of which UN agency on 8 April 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York, USA?

A. World Food Programme (WFP)

B. World Health Organisation (WHO)

C. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

D. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Q.6) WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge 2015 results were declared on 9 April 2015. Name the city of India that was named the National Earth Hour Capital 2015.

 

A. Mumbai, Maharashtra  

B. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

C. Jaipur, Rajasthan

D. Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Q.7) WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge 2015 results were declared on 9 April 2015. Name the city that was awarded the title of Global Earth Hour Capital 2015.

 

A. Paris, France

B. Gothenburg, Sweden

C. Lahti, Finland

D. Seoul, South Korea

Q.8) According to a research article published on 13 March 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters online journal, which one of the following anesthetic substances forms the 80 percent of the combined global release of these substances in the global atmosphere?

A. Desflurane 

B. Nitrous Oxide

C. Chloroform

D. None of the above

Q.9) Name the former Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force who dies on 9 April 2015.

   

A. Hrushikesh Moolgavkar

B. Idris Hasan latif

C. Lakshman Madhav Katre

D. Surinder Kumar Mehra

Q.10) Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on 9 April 2015 suspended the minimum monthly pension scheme from April 2015. What was the minimum pension that was paid under this scheme?

   

A. 500 rupees

B. 1000 rupees

C. 1500 rupees

D. 3000 rupees 

ANSWERS:1-A; 2-B; 3-A; 4-B; 5-A; 6-A; 7-D; 8-A; 9-A; 10-B

PRACTICE SET FOR SBI PO EXAM

1. India and which of the following countries have called for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea recently?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Vietnam
4) Laos
5) Philippines

2. The Prime Minister launched 'Swavalamban Abhiyan', a new pro-poor initiative of the Government of?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh

3. Who inaugurated the Nalanda University in Bihar in September 2014?
1) Sushma Swaraj
2) Narendra Modi
3) Smriti Irani
4) Pranab Mukherjee
5) Hamid Ansari

4. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2014. He is the?
1) President of Israel
2) Prime Minister of Israel
3) President of Syria
4) Prime Minister of Syria
5) None of these

5. Yudh Abhyas 2014 is a combined military training exercise of India and?
1) Nepal
2) Singapore
3) Malaysia
4) USA
5) France

6. Which of the following declared 2014 as the Year of the Commando?
1) CRPF
2) NSG
3) BSF
4) ITBP
5) RAF

7. The Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) is being set up with its headquarters in?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Hyderabad
4) Pune
5) Lucknow

8. Nadir Patel has been appointed as which country's new High Commissioner to India?
1) UK
2) New Zealand
3) Canada
4) South Africa
5) None of these

9. Who replaced Arvind Mayaram as the new Finance Secretary?
1) Shaktikanta Das
2) G.S. Sandhu
3) Arvind Ranjan
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) None of these

10. Which of the following general insurance companies will provide an accident insurance cover of up to Rs. 1 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana?
1) Bajaj Allianz
2) ICICI Lombard
3) IFFCO-Tokio
4) Reliance
5) HDFC Ergo

11. MICR code consists of how many digits?
1) 9
2) 11
3) 8
4) 10
5) 12

12. In which of the following indexes India is ranked 135?
1) Global Competitiveness Index
2) Global Corruption Index
3) Human Development Index
4) Gender Gap Index
5) Global Peace Index

13. Expenditure Management Commission is headed by?
1) Deepak Mohanty
2) G. Padmanabhan
3) H.R. Khan
4) Bimal Jalan
5) None of these

14. Who was appointed as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia for child nutrition in October 2014?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Aamir Khan
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Deepika Padukone

15. Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai was presented which of the following awards in 2014?
1) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
2) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
3) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
4) Indira Gandhi National Integration Award
5) None of these

16. Which of the following days is observed as National Sports Day?
1) September 24
2) April 24
3) June 25
4) August 29
5) July 31

17. What is the minimum capital requirement for a new bank in the private sector?
1) Rs. 100 crore
2) Rs. 50 crore
3) Rs. 500 crore
4) Rs. 1000 crore
5) Rs. 1500 crore

18. Which country finished second in the medals tally at the 2014 Asian Games?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Kazakhstan
4) India
5) Iran

19. Which of the following is the tag line of State Bank of Hyderabad?
1) The Bank with a Vision
2) Nation Banks on Us
3) Blending Modernity with Tradition
4) With you all the way
5) Modern Innovative Dependable

20. The idea of Small and Payments banks was proposed by a committee chaired by?
1) P.J. Nayak
2) Anand Sinha
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Nachiket Mor
5) C. Rangarajan

21. The term of the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council is?
1) One year
2) Two years
3) Three years
4) Four years
5) Five years

22. Which of the following has been selected as the SAARC Cultural Capital for a year beginning April 2015?
1) Bamiyan
2) Dhaka
3) New Delhi
4) Varanasi
5) Kathmandu

23. Which of the following has rejected independence and decided to stay with UK?
1) Wales
2) England
3) Scotland
4) Northern Ireland
5) None of these

24. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the new President of?
1) Turkey
2) Lebanon
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Libya

25. The 2014 US Open tennis women's singles runner-up is?
1) Serena Williams
2) Caroline Wozniacki
3) Petra Kvitova
4) Maria Sharapova
5) Venus Williams

26. Which of the following is the most recent stage of marketing evolution?
1) Marketing department era
2) Production era
3) Sales era
4) Marketing company era
5) None of these

27. McDonald's and KFC are good examples of:
1) Distributors
2) Franchising
3) Merchant
4) Retailers
5) Sellers

28. _____is defined as the difference between the benefits a customer sees from a market offering and the costs of obtaining those benefits.
1) Customer value
2) Satisfaction scale
3) Profit margin
4) Competitive benefit
5) None of these

29. Users are able to create content and become more involved with a brand through:
1) Door to door
2) Online communities
3) Direct mail
4) Telemarketing
5) All of the above

30. This is part of the communication process and refers to the responses offered by receivers:
1) Encoding
2) Decoding
3) Transfer
4) Feedback
5) None of these

31. The quadrant of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix that represents both a high market share and a high rate of market growth includes the:
1) Cash cows
2) Question marks
3) Cats
4) Dogs
5) Stars

32. Which of the following elements is not part of Porter's Five Forces model for industry competitiveness?
1) Threat of substitutes
2) Threat of suppliers
3) Power of buyers
4) Threat from government
5) None of these

33. Which is NOT classified in buy classes?
1) New task
2) Information gathering
3) Modified re-buy
4) Straight re-buy
5) All of the above

34. The purchasing strategy is based on collaboration in research and development. This is called:
1) Bargainer
2) Clock wiser
3) Adaptation
4) Updater
5) None of these

35. What is the term used to describe the degree to which the data elicited in a study is replicated in a repeat study?
1) Replication
2) Pre-code
3) Reliability
4) Convenience
5) None of these

36. The PC (personal computer) and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different:
1) Platforms
2) Applications
3) Programs
4) Storage devices
5) CPU's

37. Smaller and less expensive PCbased servers are replacing ____ in many businesses.
1) supercomputers
2) clients
3) laptops
4) Users
5) Mainframes

38. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:
1) Digital divide
2) Internet divides
3) Web divides
4) Broadband divide
5) Cable divides

39. __ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.
1) The platform
2) The operating system
3) Application software
4) The motherboard
5) Power socket

40. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as:
1) System software
2) Application software
3) Proprietary programs
4) Open source software
5) None of these

41. The operating system is the most common type of ___ software.
1) communication
2) application
3) system
4) word-processing
5) digital

42. ____ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks.
1) An instruction
2) Software
3) Hardware
4) Memory
5) A processor

43. Any part of the computer that you can physically touch is called:
1) Hardware
2) Software
3) A device
4) A peripheral
5) An application

44. Which of the following is not available on the Ruler of MS Word screen?
1) Tab stop box
2) Left Indent
3) Right Indent
4) Center Indent
5) All of these are available on ruler

45. The radian of a number system:
1) Is variable
2) Has nothing to do with digit position value
3) Equals the number of its distinct counting digits
4) Is always an even number
5) None of these

46. Which of the following is not a type of page margin?
1) Left
2) Right
3) Center
4) Top
5) Bottom

47. The term MIPS refers to _____
1) millions of instructions per second
2) multiple instructions per second
3) megabytes of instructions per seconds
4) millions input processor set
5) multi-inductance processing system

48. Punched cards are associated with the name:
1) Leibniz
2) Jacquard
3) Pascal
4) Cabal
5) Hollerith

49. The ____ layer change bits onto electromagnetic signals.
1) Physical
2) Transport
3) Data Link
4) Presentation
5) All of the above

50. Which of the following is section of the CPU that selects, interprets and sees to the execution
of program instructions?
1) Memory
2) Register unit
3) Control unit
4) ALU
5) System unit

ANSWERS:
1) 3; 2) 2; 3) 1; 4) 2; 5) 4; 6) 2; 7) 1; 8) 3; 9) 4; 10) 5
11) 1, 12) 3 13) 4 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 19) 5 20) 4
21) 2 22) 1 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 2 28) 1 29) 2 30) 4
31) 5 32) 4 33) 2 34) 4 35) 3 36) 1 37) 5 38) 1 39) 2 40) 2
41) 3 42) 2 43) 1 44) 4 45) 3 46) 3 47) 1 48) 5 49) 1 50) 3

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COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE FOR SBI GROUP EXAM

SBI CLERK COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Register is a
(a) Set of capacitors used to register input instructions in a digital computer
(b) Set of paper tapes and cards put in a file
(c) Temporary storage unit within the CPU having dedicated or general purpose use
(d) part of the auxiliary memory (e) device to convert current signal into voltage signal
Ans (c)
2. Errors in computer results could be due to
(a) encoding of data (b) transmission of data (c) manipulation of data (d) all of the above
(e) none of above
Ans (d)
3. Terminal is a
(a) device used to give supply to a computer (b) Point at which data may leave or enter the computer (c) ending point in a program (d) point where wires are interconnected
(e) an input/output device
Ans (b)
4. A computer programmer
(a) enters data into computer (b) writes programs (c) changes flow chart into instructions
(d) provides solutions to complex problems (e) does total planning and thinking for a computer
Ans (e)
5.Pickup wrong definition
(a) Off line - is a system peripheral equipment not controlled by CPU
(b) Online - is system in which peripheral equipment is in direct contact with CPU
(c) Peripherals - are hardware under the control of CPU, like punched card readers, tapes, drums, disk, output devices (d) PL/I is the acronym Peripheral Listing /Index
(e) Program or routine is a set sequence of instructions given to computer for problem solving
Ans (d)
6. When a CD (Compact Disc used in audio and Video system) is seen in sunlight, rainbow like colours are seen. This can be explained on the basis of phenomenon of
(a) reflection and diffraction(b) reflection and transmission(c) diffraction and transmission
(d) refraction, diffraction and transmission(e) none of these
Ans (d) Internet is an inter-networking of information from one part of the network to any other provided the information is packed according to certain conventions
7. For reproducing sound, a CD (Compact Disc) audio player uses a
(a) quartz crystal(b) titanium needle(c) laser beam(d) barium titanium ceramic(e) none of these
Ans (c) LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
8. The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of
(a) eight decimal digits (b) eight binary digits(c) two binary digits (d) two decimal digits (e) none of these
Ans (b) A byte consists of 8 bits—8 binary digits
9. Which of the following circuit is used as a 'Memory device' in computers?
(a) Rectifier (b) Flip-Flop (c) Comparator (d) Attenuator (e) none of these
Ans (b) Flip-flop refers to an electronic component which can adopt one of two possible states -0 or 1. It acts as an electronic switch which gets changed its state when input signals are received
10. Which is/are the main provisions of Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000?
(a) Legal recognition to digital signatures and documents.(b) Finalisation of contracts through electronic media.(c) Making hacking with computer system an office.(d) All of the above
Ans (d)
11. Consider the following statements about Internet facility:
I. It serves as the largest one-line information system.
II. It provides the most dependable and latest mode for sending E-mail.
III. Recurring expenditure on communication E-mail is very high.
IV. It is often misused and has triggered cyber-crimes.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) I, II and IV (b) I and IV (c) II, III and IV (d) II and III
Ans (a)
12. The computer device primarily used to provide hard copy is the
(a) CRT (b) Line Printer (c) Computer Console (d) Card Reader
Ans (b)
13. The unit of hardware, which an operator uses to monitor computer processing, is the
(a) Card Reader (b) CPU (c) Line Printer (d) Console
Ans (d)
14. Computers can be classified in which of the following hierarchical orders?
(a) PC, Large, Super Micro, Super Computer(b) Super Micro, PC, Large, Super Computer
(c) PC, Super Micro, Large, Super Computer(d) Large, Super Micro, Super Computer, PC
Ans (c)
15. Which one of the following is a stored program machine?
(a) Micro-processor (b) Calculator(c) Analog-computer (d) Micro-computer
Ans (d)
16. First generation computer systems used
(a) Transistors (b) Vacuum tubes(c) Magnetic cores (d) Silicon chips
Ans (b)
17. Transistors are associated with which computer system?
(a) First generation (b) Fifth generation(c) Second generation (d) None of these
Ans (c)
18. Charles Babbage invented
(a) ENIAC (b) Difference engine (c) Electronic computer (d) Punched card
Ans (b)
19. Who wrote the book 'Computer Liberation and Dream Machine', the first book on personal computers?
(a) John McCarthy (b) Ted Nelson (c) Niklaus Wirth (d) Karl Capek
Ans (b)
20. Who was the inventor of mechanical calculator for adding numbers?
(a) Charles Babbage (b) Peano (c) Newton (d) Pascal
Ans (D)
21. The most widely used commercial programming computer language is
(a) BASIC (b) COBOL (c) FORTRAN (d) PASCAL
Ans (b) Cobol is abbreviated term for Common Business Oriented Language. It is high level programme language designed to assist the task of programs by enabling them to write programme in more simple manner
22.The brain of a computer is
(a) CPU (b) CD (c) Floppy disc (d) Megabyte
Ans (A) CPU is abbreviated term for Central Processing Unit. It is the principal operating part of a computer
23. Foxpro' is
(a) a medicine (b) a disease (c) a computer language (d) an animal
Ans (C)
24.In computer language, one kilobyte equals
(a) 1000 bytes (b) 1024 bytes (c) 100 bytes (d) 8 bytes
Ans (b) The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of kilobytes
25. Which one of the following is not a programming language of a computer?
(a) BASIC (b) FORTRAN (c) LASER (d) PASCAL
Ans (c)
26.Which of the following packages is used for composition in printing press?
(a) Lotus (b) dBase (c) Page Maker (d) Word Perfect
Ans (c)
27. Which one of the following is not a computer language?
(a) BASIC (b) COBOL (c) LOTUS (d) FORTRAN
Ans (d)
28. The individual within the operations group who ordinarily uses a variety of keyboard devices, is the
(a) Data Clerk (b) Keypunch Operator(c) Data Entry Clerk (d) Computer Operator
Ans (c)
29. An advantage of a distributed word processing network is
(a) increased number of reports handled(b) less delay in inter-office communications
(c) greater corporate control over outputs(d) All of these
Ans (b)
30.The retrieval of information from the computer is defined as
(a) collection of data (b) data retrieval operations(c) output (d) data output collection
Ans (c)
31. Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs via CRTs, on one computer system?
(a) Time sharing (b) On-line processing(c) Interactive processing (d) All of these
Ans (d)
32.The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of
(a) batch processing (b) real-time processing(c) time-sharing (d) off-line processing
Ans (a)
33. A characteristic of card system is
(a) slowness in processing data(b) using cards as records of transactions(c) needing a larger data staff(d) All of these
Ans (d)
34. Which of the following floppy sizes exists?
(a) 5.25 inches (b) 4.75 inches (c) 6 inches (d) 8 inches
Ans (a)
35. MS-DOS is the name of a/an
(a) Application software (b) Hardware(c) System software (d) None of these
Ans (c)
36. A peripheral device used in a word processing system is
(a) Floppy disk (b) Magnetic card reader (c) CRT (d) All of these
Ans (d)
37. A term used interchangeably with diskette is
(a) Disk cartridge (b) Disk pack (c) Floppy disk (d) Packette disk
Ans (c)
38. An I/O device which provides photographic outputs for printing galleys, is the
(a) Camera printer (b) Automatic typesetter (c) Radix printer (d) All of these
Ans (d)
39. Which one of the following a file?
(a) Floppy disk (b) Magnetic drum (c) magnetic tape (d) None of these
Ans (d)
40.A decimal equivalent of m second is
(a) 0.000001 sec (b) 1000000 sec (c) 0.001 sec (d) 1000 sec
Ans (a)
41. A characteristic of the ASCII code is
(a) its limitation to a maximum of 96 character configuration (b) its use of the zone codes 1010, 1011 and 1100 (c) its independence from Hollerith code (d) All of these
Ans (c)
42. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations, is a
(a) Channel (b) Buffer (c) Register (d) Core
Ans (b)
43. The computer code for interchange of information between terminals is
(a) ASCII (b) BCD (c) BCDIC (d) Hollerith
Ans (a)
44. Modern ROM is
(a) Magnetic cores (b) Flash memory type  (c) Photoelectric cells (d) Floppy disks
Ans (b)
45. Which of the following is true?
(a) Plotters are not available for microcomputer systems (b) Micro-computer are not programmed like conventional computers (c) Mini-computers are task-oriented (d) The contents of ROM are easily changed
Ans (c)
46. Magnetic disk a medium known as
(a) Serial access (b) Direct access (c) Sequential access (d) Sequential and rotational access
Ans (b)
47. A dot-matrix printer
(a) is an input-output device (b) is an output device only (c) is an input device only (d) None of these
Ans (b)
48.An octal number 237 is equal to the binary number
(a) 010 011 111 (b) 010 111 011 (c) 011 101 101 (d) 011 000 001
Ans (c)
49. A term associated with the comparison of processing speed is
(a) FFTS (b) MPG (c) MIPS (d) CPS
Ans (c)
50. The maximum size of a memory addressed by 12 bits is
(a) 1 K bytes (b) 16 K bytes (c) 32 K bytes (d) 4 K bytes
Ans (d)

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