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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Who will succeed Michelle Bachelet as the Executive Director of the United Nations
Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)?
2) Dlamini Zuma

3) Laura Chinchilla

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1) Mlambo-Ngcuka
4) Dilma Rousseff

5) Christina Fernandez

2. Sudhir Kumar Jain has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of?
1) Bank of Baroda

2) Syndicate Bank

4) Corporation Bank

5) Vijaya Bank

3) Canara Bank

3. Who took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on July
8, 2013?

1) Tejender Khanna

2) Narendra Kumar

4) Amar Nath

5) None of these

3) A.K. Singh

4. Who was named for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year-13 on July 10?
1) Zakir Hussein

2) A.R. Rehman

4) Zubin Mehta

5) None of these

3) Shiv Kumar Sharma

5. Hazem el-Beblawi was appointed as the interim Prime Minister of which of the following
countries in July 2013?
1) Libya

2) Mali

3) Mauritania

4) Brunei

5) Egypt

6. Ashton Agar scored 98 runs on his Test debut in July 2013. It is the highest by a No. 11
batsman. He plays for?
1) England

2) Australia

4) South Africa

5) West Indies

3) New Zealand

7. 'My Tryst with Justice' was written by?

1) Justice P.N. Bhagwati

2) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

4) Justice D.K. Jain

5) Justice Amitava Roy

3) Justice Y.V. Chandrachud

8. Indra Nooyi is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of?

1) ICICI Bank 2) HSBC

3) PepsiCo

4) CISCO

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5) Biocon

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9. Which of the following banks has launched 'Mobicash Easy', a mobile wallet, which
offers services like balance enquiry, mini statement, funds transfer, bill payment, etc?
1) PNB

2) SBI

3) OBC

4) IDBI Bank

5) ICICI Bank

10. The 100th session of the Indian Science Congress was organized in January 2013 in?
2) Chennai

3) Bhubaneswar

4) Kolkata

5) New Delhi

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1) Cuttack

11. A three member committee was constituted to recommend amendments to the criminal
law so as to provide for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for criminals accused of
committing sexual assault against women. Who headed this committee?
1) Justice Leila Seth

2) Gopal Subramanium

3) Justice J.S.Verma

4) Justice Ranganath Mishra 5) Justice B.S. Chauhan

12. Salma Dam is an under construction hydroelectric and irrigation dam project located on
the Hari river in?
1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) Bangladesh

4) Iran

5) Indonesia

13. Which of the following banks is planning to launch 'by-invitation-only' branches under
Kohinoor brand in 20 cities which will serve affluent customers?
1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

4) State Bank of India

5) IDBI Bank

3) Axis Bank

14. The 12th Plan Document seeks to generate how many million jobs in non-farm sector?
1) 50

2) 25

3) 100

4) 75

5) 40

15. A new passenger terminal in the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was
inaugurated recently. It is in?
1) Bhubaneswar

2) Kolkata

3) Cuttack

4) Kohima

5) Aizawl

16. Novak Djokovic won the 2013 Australian Open men's singles title by defeating?
1) Andy Murray

2) Roger Federer

4) Rafael Nadal

5) Nocolas Almagro

3) David Ferrer

17. Soumyajit Ghosh is the national champion in?

1) Shooting

2) Weightlifting

3) Archery

4) Table Tennis

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5) Cycling

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18. The letter 'D' stands for which of the following in the abbreviated name OECD?
1) Defense

2) Direction

4) Development

5) Devaluation

3) Dominance

19. Who is the author of the book 'Faith and Compassion: The Life and Work of Mother

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Teresa'?
1) Arun Gandhi

2) Navin Chawla

4) Amit Chaudhury

5) None of these

3) Kuldeep Nayar

20. The currency of Saudi Arabia is?

1) Dinar

2) Manat

3) Rial

4) Dirham

5) Shekel

21. The Reserve Bank of India increased the Bank Rate on July 15, 2013. What is the present
Bank Rate?
1) 8.25%

2) 9.25%

3) 10.25%

4) 9%

5) 10%

22. Which State/Union Territory has been ranked first amongst 35 States and Union
Territories with regard to Financial Inclusion, according to a recent CRISIL report?
1) Puducherry

2) Chandigarh

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Andhra Pradesh

3) Kerala

23. The 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup was held in Turkey in June-July 2013. Which
country won the tournament for the first time?
1) France

2) Uruguay

3) Ghana

4) Iraq

5) Turkey

24. Hemant Soren became the Chief Minister of which of the following states on July13, 2013?
1) Bihar

2) Chhattisgarh

4) Jharkhand

5) Madhya Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand

25. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights (NCPCR)?
1) Girija Vyas

2) Sudha Sharma

4) Krishna Tirat

5) Aruna Roy

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3) Kushal Singh

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26. Who was honored with the National Lata Mangeshkar Award in May 2013? (This award
is instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government)
1) A.R. Rehman

2) Hariharan

3) Shreya Ghoshal

4) Shaan

5) None of these

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27. Books and Authors are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) In Custody ---Anita Desai

2) Sea of Poppies---Amitav Ghosh

3) The Argumentative Indian ---Amartya Sen

4) Unaccustomed Earth---Jhumpa Lahiri
5) River of Smoke---V.S. Naipaul

28. Ethanol as a viable bio-fuel can be obtained from?

1) Paddy

2) Potato

3) Sugarcane

4) Wheat

5) Tobacco

29. Who among the following Padma Shri winners is not a sportsperson?
1) Yogeshwar Dutt

2) Girish Nagarajegowda

3) Dingko Singh

4) Premlata Agrawal 5) Vandana Luthra

30. Other than Venezuela, which one among the following from South America is a member
of OPEC?

1) Argentina

2) Brazil

3) Ecuador

4) Bolivia

5) Chile

3) China

4) Malaysia

5) Singapore

3) WHO

4) WEF

5) WTO

31. KB Kookmin Bank is based in?

1) Japan

2) South Korea

32. Crystal Award is given by?

1) APEC
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2) IBRD

33. Which one of the following was the earliest event to take place?
1) Establishment of LIC

2) Nationalization of SBI

3) Enactment of Banking Regulation Act 4) Introduction of First Five Year Plan

5) Nationalization of SBI Associate Banks
34. Who is the Chairman of the National Water Resources Council?
1) Prime Minister

2) Minister of Water Resources

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3) Minister of Environment and Forests

4) Minister of Science and Technology

5) None of these
35. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?
2) Piramal India

4) Zydus Cadila

5) Sanofi-Aventis

3) Pfizer

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1) Chevron

36. Who among the following is a football player?

1) Fernando Alonso

2) Kimi Raikkonen

4) Sebastian Vettel

5) Fernando Torres

3) Lewis Hamilton

37. Organizations and their Headquarters are given below. Which of the following pairs is
not correctly matched?
1) ADB---Manila

2) World Bank -Washington

3) APEC---Singapore

4) ASEAN---Bangkok

5) WTO---Geneva

38. The founder of World Economic Forum?

1) Robert Zoellick

2) Paul Krugman

4) John Galbraith

5) Klaus Schwab

3) Pascal Lamy

39. The 10 non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are elected
by the General Assembly for a term of?
1) 1 year

2) 2 years

3) 3 years

4) 4 years

5) 5 years

40. Which one of the following car makers does not belong to Japan?
1) Toyota

2) Honda

3) Nissan

4) Suzuki

5) Hyundai

41. Identify the mismatched pair?

1) Bank Rate---10.25%

2) Repo Rate---7.25%

3) Reverse Repo Rate---6.25%

4) CRR---4.25%

5) SLR---23%

42. Who among the following was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Award this year?
1) Late Rajesh Khanna

2) Vijay Kumar Saraswat

4) Raghunath Mohapatra

5) Abdul Rashid Khan

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3) Gayatri Spivak

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43. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will come into force from?
1) April 1, 2014

2) April 1, 2015

4) April 1, 2017

5) April 1, 2018

3) April 1, 2016

44. 'An Angel in the Cockpit' is written by?

2) Vijaypat Singhania

3) Kiran Bedi

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1) Vijay Mallya
4) Ratan Tata

5) None of these

45. The small borrowers in rural areas still prefer to take informal route for their credit
needs. Which of the following is the informal route of credit?
1) Credit cards

2) Debit cards

4) Commercial banks

5) Money lenders

3) RRBs

Answers
1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

5) 5

6) 2

7) 1

8) 3

9) 2

10) 4

11) 3

12) 2

13) 4

14) 1

15) 2

16) 1

17) 4

18) 4

19) 2

20) 3

21) 3

22) 1

23) 1

24) 4

25) 3

26) 2

27) 5

28) 3

29) 5

30) 3

31) 2

32) 4

33) 3

34) 1

35) 1

36) 5

37) 4

38) 5

39) 2

40) 5

41) 4

42) 4

43) 3

44) 2

45) 5

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