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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Which country hosted the 39th G8 summit on June 17-18, 2013?
1) USA

2) Germany

3) UK

4) Italy

5) France

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2. The FIFA Confederations Cup is an international football tournament for national teams held
every four years. Which country hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2013?
1) Spain

2) Brazil

3) Uruguay

4) Argentina

5) Italy

3. Who became the first Indian-American judge in the US Court of Appeals, the second most
powerful court in USA, on June 17, 2013?
1) Amol Rajan

2) Bobby Jindal

4) Kamla Harris

5) None of these

3) Srikanth Srinivasan

4. The Finance Minister had set up a committee for giving clear definitions to FDI and FII. Who
is the Chairman of this committee?
1) Anand Sinha

2) C.Rangarajan

4) Arvind Mayaram

5) Vijay Kelkar

3) Y.V.Reddy

5. Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Oscar Fernandes---Road and Highways

2) Girija Vyas ---- Housing and Urban poverty alleviation

3) K.Sambasiva Rao---Textiles

4) Sis Ram Ola ---Labour and Employment

5) Ghulam Nabi Azad---New and Renewable Energy

6. RBI in its mid-quarter monetary policy on June 17, 2013 left its repo rate unchanged at?
1) 7.5%

2) 7.25%

3) 6.5%

4) 6.25%

5) 4%

7. Which of the following political parties ended ties with the BJP and walked out of the
National Democratic Alliance on June 16, 2013?
1) Shiv Sena

2) INLD

3) AGP

4) JD (U)

5) SAD

8. Who was elected President of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in
June 2013?
1) John Ashe

2) Ban Ki-moon
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3) Joseph Deiss

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4) Srgjan Kerim

5) Jean Ping

9. Windhoek is the capital of?

1) Kenya

2) Namibia

3) Ghana

4) Zambia

5) Zimbabwe

4) Hyderabad

5) Coimbatore

10. The Central Rice Research Institute is located in?

2) Nagpur

3) Cuttack

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1) Shimla

11. Berlin, the capital city of Germany, is located on the river?

1) Spree

2) Danube

3) Kizil

4) Avon

5) Thames

12. Which of the following crops is used to make biofuels?

1) Wheat

2) Paddy

3) Sugarcane

4) Onion

5) Coconut

13. Which of the following Cups is associated with Cricket?

1) Davis Cup

2) Aga Khan Cup

4) Thomas Cup

5) None of these

3) Durand Cup

14. The currency of Bangladesh is?

1) Rupee

2) Rupiah

3) Rial

4) Taka

5) Kip

15. Which of the following Nobel Prizes was not started in 1901?
1) Physics

2) Chemistry

3) Medicine

4) Peace

5) Economics

4) Hockey

5) Badminton

16. The term '16 yards hit' is associated with?

1) Polo

2) Baseball

3) Golf

17. Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is in?
1) North America

2) South America

4) Asia

5) Australia

3) Africa

18. Majuli is a large river island in the Indian state of?

1) Odisha

2) Assam

3) Uttar Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

5) West Bengal

19. Turkey joined which of the following organizations as its dialogue partner on April 26,
2013?
1) APEC

2) SCO

3) ASEAN

4) OPEC

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5) SAARC

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20. What is the interest rate on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for 2012-13?
1) 8.5%

2) 9%

3) 9.25%

4) 9.5%

5) 7.5%

21. Which country will host the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton tournaments in May
2014?
2) Malaysia

3) India

4) Pakistan

5) Sri Lanka

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1) China

22. David Beckham announced his retirement from professional foot ball in May 2013. He is
from?

1) Spain

2) Portugal

3) England

4) Germany

5) Netherlands

23. What is the full form of FCCBs?

1) Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

2) Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds

3) Financial Consortium and Credit Bureau

4) Future Credit and Currency Bureau
5) None of these

24. Which of the following is/are considered as policy rate(s) in the hands of the RBI?
1) Repo rate

2) SLR

3) Inflation

4) Both 1 and 2

5) All 1, 2 and 3

4) 7 years

5) 12 years

25. The Census in India is done after a gap of every?

1) 5 years

2) 10 years

3) 15 years

26. Which of the following terms is not used in Economics?

1) Balance of Trade

2) Break Even

4) Capital Account

5) Kyoto Protocol

3) Fiscal Deficit

27. Who is the author of the book 'Invisible'?

1) Paul Auster

2) Albert Camus

4) Rimbaud

5) Raymond Carver

3) Jacques Lacan

28. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Hockey?
1) Backline

2) Centre pass

4) Marking

5) Downswing

3) Goal line

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29. NABARD is?

1) A nationalized bank

2) A government commercial bank

3) A subsidiary of SBI

4) The apex bank for agriculture

5) A private bank

30. 'Between the Assassinations' is written by?

2) Anita Desai

3) Vikram Seth

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1) Kiran Desai
4) Meghnad Desai

5) Arvind Adiga

31. The Union Government has approved a proposal to declare 2013 as?
1) Education Year

2) Water Conservation Year

4) Human Rights Year

5) Year of Forests

3) Tourism Year

32. Ben Bernanke is in the news recently. He is US?

1) Secretary of State

2) Federal Reserve Chairman

4) Treasury secretary

5) None of these

3) Defense Secretary

33. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid became the first Indian Minister to visit which
of the following countries in 23 years in June 2013?
1) Iran

2) Syria

3) Iraq

4) Yemen

5) Myanmar

34. Who was elected the ninth President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in April 2013?
1) Yukia Amano

2) Shinzo Abe

4) Takehiko Nakao

5) None of these

3) Akihito

35. Which country will host the 40th G-8 Summit in June 2014?
1) Canada

2) UK

3) France

4) Japan

5) Russia

36. Norman Borlaug is the founder of the World Food Prize. Who won this prize in June 2013?
1)Marc Van Montague (Belgium) 2) Mary-Dell Chilton (USA)
3) Robert Fraley (USA)

4) Both 2 and 3

5) All 1, 2 and 3

37. Which one of the following Countries is not a Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)?
1) Brazil

2) Mexico

3) South Africa

4) Turkey

5) France

38. Which of the following terms is not used in the world of Economics/Finance?
1) Sinking Fund

2) Third World Countries

4) Open Door Policy

5) Privilege Motion
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3) Devaluation

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39. The National Food for Work program has been merged with?
1) PMGSY

2) MGNREGP

3) IAY

4) JNNURM

5) Bharat Nirman

40. The 5th Summit of which of the following organizations took place in South Africa recently?
1) G-8

2) G20

3) SAARC

4) BRICS

5) NAM

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41. 'Sacred Games' is written by?

1) Vikram Chandra

2) Namitha Gokhale

4) Hilary Mantel

5) Herta Muller

3) Chetan Bhagat

42. Which of the following is not a cash crop?

1) Tobacco

2) Cotton

3) Coffee

4) Bajra

5) Tea

43. Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of Football?
1) Lineman

2) Corner kick

3) Wide out

4) Full back

5) Follow on

44. One rupee currency notes bear the signature of the?

1) Finance Minister

2) RBI Governor

3) President of India

4) Finance Secretary

5) Chief Economic Adviser

45. Fiscal Policy is concerned with?

1) Exports and Imports

2) Public revenue and expenditure

currency 4) Population control

5) None of these

3)

Issue

46. Which of the following is a regulator?

1) LIC

2) CII

3) FICCI

4) NASSCOM

5) SEBI

47. Which of the following is a form of 'Small Savings Bank', popular among the children?
1) Core Banking

2) Merchant Banking

4) Piggy Banking

5) None of these

3) Credit Banking

48. Aros Junior Cup is associated with?

1) Badminton

2) Football

3) Cricket

4) Lawn Tennis

49. Who among the following is not a famous author?

1) V.S.Naipaul

2) Anita Desai

4) Amitav Ghosh

5) Naina Lal Kidwai

3) Kiran Desai

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5) Table Tennis

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50. Which of the following terms is not used in Cricket?

1) Ashes

2) Crease

3) LBW

4) Smash

5) Back foot Shot

51. Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates?
1) CRR

2) SLR

3) Repo Rate

4) Reverse Repo Rate

5) BPLR

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52. Identify the mismatched pair?

1) Moortidevi Award---Literature
2) Arjuna Award ---Sports

3) Saraswati Samman---Literature

4) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award---Science and Technology

5) Kalinga Prize---Music

53. B.C. Roy award is given in the field of?

1) Journalism

2) Medicine

4) Environment

5) Literature

3) Music

54. Which of the following grand slam events in Tennis is played on a grass court?
1) Australian open

2) French Open

4) US Open

5) None of these

3) Wimbledon

55. Which of the following is/are the major roles of the Union Ministry of Environment and
Forests?

1) Prevention and control of pollution

2) Welfare of animals

3) Afforestation

5) All 1, 2 and 3

4) Both 1 and 2

56. When the Union Government takes the approval of the Parliament regarding expected
expenditure for a short period, instead of presenting full budget, it is known as?
1) Partial Budget

2) Interim Budget

3) Vote on Account

4) Consolidated Fund Budget

5) Annual Financial Statement

57. Which of the following schemes was launched by the Government of India to give focused
attention to integrated development of infrastructure in urban areas?
1) PURA

2) JNNURM

4) Both 1and 2

5) All 1, 2 and 3

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3) Bharat Nirman

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58. Which of the following is a food crop?

1) Castor

2) Cotton

3) Sunflower

4) Sun hemp

5) Maize

59. Who is the author of the book 'A Better India: A Better World'?
2) C.Rangarajan

4) Nandan Nilekani

5) Gurucharan Das

3) N.R.Narayana Murthy

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1) Y.V.Reddy

60. The policy of the RBI that influences the monetary and other financial conditions in the
country with the objective of price stability and sustainable growth is known as?
1) Budget Policy

2) Fiscal Policy

4) Monetary Policy

5) Control Policy

3) Growth Policy

Answers

1) 3;

2) 2;

3) 3;

4) 4;

5) 5;

6) 2;

7) 4;

8) 1;

9) 2;

10) 3;

11) 1;

12) 3;

13) 5;

14) 4;

15) 5;

16) 4;

17) 1;

18) 2;

19) 2;

20) 1;

21) 3;

22) 3;

23) 1;

24) 4;

25) 2;

26) 5;

27) 1;

28) 5;

29) 4;

30) 5

31) 2;

32) 2;

33) 3;

34) 4;

35) 5;

36) 5;

37) 5;

38) 5;

39) 2;

40) 4;

41) 1;

42) 4;

43) 5;

44) 4;

45) 2;

46) 5;

47) 4;

48) 1;

49) 5;

50) 4;

51) 3;

52) 5;

53) 2;

54) 3;

55) 5;

56) 3;

57) 2;

58) 5;

59) 3;

60) 4.

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