Sunita Williams took-off her second space odyssey in July 2012 from…..
1.
Florida
2.
Atlanta
3.
Baikonur
4.
Seville
3
Which among the following has recently been placed in endangered list by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature?
1.
King Cobra
2.
Pashmina goat
3.
One-horned Bull
4.
None of these
4
Maria, a satellite TV channel, exclusively operated and managed by women wearing the full-face veil, started airing in July 2012 in……..
1.
Saudi Arabia
2.
Kuwait
3.
Afghanistan
4.
Egypt
5
Which among the following has unveiled language.com, an online information exchange platform to save endangered languages in July 2012?
1.
Yahoo
2.
Google
3.
Apple
4.
Microsoft
6
Where was the largest ever meteorite crater discovered on the earth in July 2012?
1.
India
2.
Greenland
3.
China
4.
Laos
7
Which among the following is the first state to ban pan masala in July 2012?
1.
Haryana
2.
Madhya Pradesh
3.
Rajasthan
4.
Maharashtra
8
Which Indian state has decided in-principle to implement the seaplane project aimed at boosting tourism in the state in July 2012?
1.
Karnataka
2.
Andhra Pradesh
3.
Kerala
4.
Goa
9
Which European Country has banned Indian Mujahideen in July 2012, citing the indiscriminate mass casualty attacks?
1.
Germany
2.
France
3.
England
4.
Italy
10
Name the Indian state which has made the e-tendering compulsory for mining in July 2012.
1.
Bihar
2.
Uttar Pradesh
3.
Karnataka
4.
Rajasthan
11
Delhi Safari is……………
1.
India's first 3D stereoscopic animation film
2.
An exhibition on the eve of 100 years of nation's capital
3.
A tourist package for foreigners
4.
None of these
12
Who has been appointed as the United Nations’ special envoy for global education in July 2012?
1.
Tony Blair
2.
Gordon Brown
3.
Bill Clinton
4.
George Bush
13
The International Criminal Court sentenced a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on July 10. Name the warlord.
1.
Thomas Lubanga
2.
Muhammed Ansar
3.
Anwar Shadique
4.
Jibril Muhamed
14
Which Indian has been chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award-2012 in July 2012 for women empowerment in rural areas?
1.
Kulandei Francis
2.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan
3.
Sushant Amolker
4.
Mohan Gandhi
15
Against which country US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization of antidumping and countervailing duties?
1.
India
2.
Singapore
3.
Japan
4.
China
16
Renowned Assamesese Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya, who was fondly called Hiru-da by his admirers, passed away on 4 July 2012. Which facts about the concerned person is/are not true?
A. He was well known as Prem aru Rodalir Kobi(Poet of Love and Sunshine) in the Assamese literature.
B. He had received the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992.
C. Lora Dhemali (1991) and Akon Dhemali (1991) were two of his most famous collections of children writing including Shyam Benegal’s Nishant, Ankur, Kalyug and Bhumika.
D. He was born in West Bengal
1.
Only A
2.
Only D
3.
B & C
4.
Only B
17
Identify the person with the help of the following clues.
A. He was appointed the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India
B. Earlier he served as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
C. He is a 1979 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer
D. He is known for his initiatives in the area of development of an effective financial management information system.
1.
Jawahar Thakur
2.
J.H.Patel
3.
Rahul Khullar
4.
Sudheesh Bhatacharya
18
Name the person who was appointed the Director of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on 2 July 2012.
1.
Amar Pradhan
2.
M Balachandran
3.
Anup Sankar Bhattacharya
4.
Shankar Sharan
19
National Crime Record Bureau recently released the statistics for crime in year 2011. Consider the following statements and state which of the following facts are wrong referring to the NCRB statistics:
(i) Rape with 24206 cases in 2011, emerged as the biggest crime in India.
(ii) Nearly 14027 farm suicide cases were reported in 2011
Choose the right option:
1.
Both (i) and (ii) are correct
2.
Only (i) is correct
3.
Only ii is correct
4.
Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct
20
The Union Government of India on 4 July 2012 unveiled the 5.4 billion dollar free drug policy. Consider the following statements:
(i) Under the new policy, every citizen of the country will be provided free medicines in all public health centres spread across the country
(ii) The policy will remain effective over the next five years
Choose the right option:
1.
Both (i) and (ii) are correct
2.
Only (i) is correct
3.
Only (ii) is correct
4.
Neither (i) nor (ii)
21
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 10 July 2012 permitted which of the following bourses to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange thereby ending nearly four-year-long wait of the bourse?
1.
Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (ASE)
2.
Calcutta Stock Ex-change (CSE)
3.
National Stock Ex-change (NSE)
4.
MCX-SX
22
India's direct tax collections registered what per cent increase in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2012- 13?
1.
47.16%
2.
41.22%
3.
45%
4.
43.33%
23
____________ US defence secretary arrived in India on a two-day visit in June, 2012 ?
1.
Barak Obama
2.
Antonis Samara
3.
Mohammed Moorsi
4.
Leon Panetta
24
Who was held responsible by the Pakistan Judicial Commission for not being fair to his country while serving as an envoy to the United States of America and also for memo seeking help to stave off a feared coup in that country.
1.
Yusuf Raja Gilani
2.
Antonis Samara
3.
Husain Haqqani
4.
P. Chidambaram
25
Which of the following regulators on 26 June 2012 made it mandatory for top 500 listed companies to hold e-voting with an objective to widen shareholder participation in key decisions?
1.
IRDA
2.
SEBI
3.
CCI
4.
TRAI
26
In a move aimed at arresting the unrelenting fall of Indian rupee, India's central bank the Reserve Bank of India on 25 June 2012 hiked the limit of foreign investment in government bonds by 5 billion dollar to what amount?
1.
10 billion dollar
2.
15 billion dollar
3.
20 billion dollar
4.
30 billion dollar
27
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 21 June 2012 notified new rules for ownership and governance of stock exchanges. Which of the following statements given below are not true in this respect?
A. The amendments were announced following the legal tussle between the regulator and MCX Stock Exchange, which had earlier sought approval to start an equity platform.
B. The new norms require the recognized stock exchange to have a minimum net worth of Rs 100 crore at all times and at least 51 per cent of stake has to be held by public.
C. The ownership of a single investor was capped at 10% with an exemption for stock exchanges, depositories, insurance and banking companies and public financial institutions, which have been permitted to hold up to 5 per cent.
D. SEBI also specified that direct and indirect exposure to any stock exchange will be considered while calculating the prescribed shareholding limit.
1.
B & D
2.
Only B
3.
A & B
4.
Only C
28
Ratings agency Fitch on 20 June 2012 revised the outlook on India's financial institutions to negative from stable. Which of the following facts related to the statement are not true?
A. The outlook of six government banks, two private banks, two wholly owned government institutions and one infrastructure finance company was lowered by the rating agency.
B. Major public sector lender, Reserve Bank of India which recently announced its plans to raise $2 billion from overseas markets will be hit the most by the revision.
C. The rating agency listed high customer deposit base, established domestic franchises and adequate capitalisation as the strengths of banks. On the other hand it also mentioned that non-banking institutions are at greater risk because they lack the funding advantage
D. Fitch mentioned that in case sovereign long-term IDR is downgraded, banks with viability rating (VR) of BBB- would also be affected because of these linkages.
1.
A & C
2.
B
3.
A & D
4.
C
29
The Central Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on 22 July 2012 approved Rs 30000-crore National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) for broadband connectivity to 2500 Panchayats in India. The project will be funded through which of the following?
1.
Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund
2.
World Bank
3.
IMF
4.
UNO
30
According to the state-wise cotton crop data released by the Agriculture Ministry for 2010-11 on 25 July 2012 which variety of cotton emerged as the largest cotton crop in all the major cotton producing states?
1.
V-797
2.
RS2013
3.
Digvijay
4.
Bt cotton
31
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a bid to tame inflationary pressure hiked the short-term indicative policy rate (repo rate) by 50 basis points on 26 July 2012. The repo rate currently stands at what percentage?
1.
7%
2.
7.5%
3.
8%
4.
8.5%
32
World Investment Report 2011 was released by UNCTAD on 26 July 2012. According to the report, what is India's position among the top 20 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recipients?
1.
8th
2.
14th
3.
10th
4.
4th
33
The Union government on 26 July 2012 announced restoration of the popular duty entitlement pass book (DEPB) scheme for export of cotton. Which of the following is/are not true with regard to the following?
A. Restoration of the popular duty entitlement pass book (DEPB) scheme was announced for export of cotton with retrospective effect from 1 April 2011 and on cotton yarn from 1 October 2010.
B. Cotton yarn had been placed under Open General Licence for exports from 1 October 2011.
C. Exports of cotton were dis-incentivised by virtue of export tax, following a sharp rise in prices in January 2011.
D. Restrictions continue to remain on export of cotton, that is, 65 lakh bales this year.
1.
Only A
2.
Only B
3.
Both A & B
4.
Only D
34
The Union government in July 2012 allowed imports of 40,000 tonnes of natural rubber at a concessional duty. At what percentage concessional duty was the import permitted?
1.
7.5%
2.
7.8%
3.
8%
4.
8.5%
35
The labour ministry controlled Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on 14 July 2012 appointed four fund managers for its 3.5 trillion pension fund corpus. Which of the following was not appointed?
1.
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd
2.
State Bank of India
3.
Reliance Capital
4.
HSBC Asset Management
36
The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. on 18 July 2012 sanctioned loans worth $1.4 billion (about Rs.6300 crore) for companies in which of the following Indian sectors, thereby increasing their investment in that sector?
1.
Handloom & Cottage industries
2.
Renewable energy sector
3.
IT
4.
Media & Entertainment
37
For which project did an independent fact finding mission led by former Chief Justice of Sikkim S.N. Bhargava, released a report - 'The Real Cost of Power'?
1.
Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project in Gujarat
2.
Reliance Hydroelectricity Project in Sikkim
3.
2500 MW UMPP in Assam
4.
None of the above
38
Consider the following statements and identify which is correct:
I. Aung San Suu Kyi attended the Parliament as a lawmaker for the first time in 20 years in July 2012.
II. She has been elected the new External Affairs Minister of the country.
1.
Only I
2.
Only II
3.
Neither I nor II
4.
Both I and II
39
In the recent riots which broke out in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, the Rakhinese Buddhists were at conflict with which community?
1.
Karens
2.
Chins
3.
Kachins
4.
Rohingyas
40
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
I. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that her country would not implement the $3- billion Padma bridge project after the World Bank cancelled the loan deal recently.
II. Ms. Hasina also announced that her government would shelve the construction of the ambitious multi- purpose project immediately.
