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1.     To review tax laws and suggest ways for a stable and non-adversarial tax administration, the Government of India on August 26, 2013 set up a Tax Administration Reform Com mission (TARC) under the Chairmanship of?
 
     1) Parthasarathy Shome
     2) Y.G.Parande           
     3) S.S.N. Moorthy        
     4) M.R.Diwakar       
     5) None of these     
 
 2. National Media Center was inaugurated by the Prime Mini ster Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gan dhi on August 24, 2013 in which of the following cities?
     1) Hyderabad    2) New Delhi
     3) Mumbai    4) Chandigarh
     5) Bangalore
 
 3.    Who has been chosen for 2012-13 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour for a sportsperson? (The award will be given on August 31, 2013)
     1) Krishna Poonia
     2) Gagan Narang
     3) Ronjan Sodhi
     4) P.V.Sindhu    5) Vijay Kumar
 
 4.     Who is the author of the book "My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions"? (It was launched in August 2013)
     1) Amartya Sen
     2) Barack Obama
     3) Tony Blair
     4) A P J Abdul Kalam
     5) Pranab Mukherjee
 
 5.    As per a Global digital measur ement and analytics ComScore report released in August 2013, what is India's rank in Internet usage?
     1) First    2) Second
     3)  Third    4) Fourth
     5) Fifth
 
 6.    Telugu novelist Malathi Chan dur passed away in August 2013. She was a winner of?
     1) Jnanpith Award
     2) Vyas Samman
     3) Saraswati Samman
     4) Sahitya Akademi Award
     5) None of these
 
 7. Head Office of which of the following banks is in Delhi?
     1) UCO Bank      2) Bank of India  
     3) Corporation Bank  
     4) United Bank of India
     5) Punjab National Bank
 
 8.    Pakistan is a member of?
     1) ASEAN     2) APEC
     3) NATO    4) OPEC
     5) SAARC  
 
 9.    Who is the author of the book 'Diamond Dust'?
     1) Salman Rushdie
     2) Anita Desai
     3) Chetan Bhagat
     4) Arundhati Roy
     5) Rashmi Bansal
 
 10.    Which of the following is the name of a country?
     1) Afghani     2) Peso
     3) Zagreb     4) Botswana
     5) Brasilia
 
 11. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking/Finance?  
     1) Letter of Credit     
     2) LIBOR          
     3) Back up guarantee       
     4)  Factoring services     
     5) Polymerization
 
 12. Which Russian city will host the 2015 World Aquatic Cham pionships?
     1) Kazan     2) Samara  
     3) Omsk      4)  Perm  
     5) Volgograd
 
 13.    'Copa America', an internatio nal tournament involving 12 teams, is associated with?
     1) Basketball     2) Football
     3) Tennis     4) Golf  
     5) Snooker   
 
 14.     Which of the following terms is used in the field of Banking /Finance?
     1) Amendment  2) Reflex Action    
     3) Dribble     4) Active Asset
     5) None of these
 
 15. SAFTA is a trade agreement among the members of?
     1) G8        2) G20
     3)  BRICS    4) SAARC
     5) ASEAN
 
 16.    The Head of the Public Sector Bank in India is designated as?
     1) Governor     2) President  
     3) Vice President
     4) Chief Executive Officer
     5)    Chairman and MD
 
 17. Who among the following is a famous economist?
     1) John Milton        2) John Keats
     3) Thomas Malthus  
     4) Robert Frost
     5) O Henry   
 
 18. World Ozone Day is celebrated on?
     1) September 8    
     2) November 8
     3) November 16
     4) September 16
     5) September 27
 
 19.    The capital of Vietnam is?
     1) Phnom Penh     2) Jakarta        
     3) Manila            4) Hanoi    
     5) Yangon   
 
 20.    The term 'Insider Trading' is associated with?
     1) Insurance          2) Defense
     3) Stock market     4) Parliament
     5) Journalism  
 
 21.    Which of the following is a major function of the Reserve Bank of India?
     1) Regulating stock exchanges
     2) Deciding foreign trade policy of India  
     3) Preparing Union Budget   
     4) Framing Fiscal policy  
     5) None of these
 
 22.    Which of the following coun tries is a member of OPEC?
     1) Jordan    2) Libya
     3) Syria      4) Bangladesh  
     5) Bahrain  
 
 23. Cotton is normally grown in?
     1) Red soil     2) Yellow soil     
     3) Regur soil     4) Laterite soil    
     5) Sand
 
 24. Buddh International Circuit is related to?
     1) Cricket     2) Hockey
     3) Football     4) Formula One
     5) Lawn Tennis  
 
 25. Which of the following is an advance to priority sector by the banks?
     1)    Loan to a sick industry
     2)    Loan given to purchase     a house  
     3)    Loan to farmers for agricultu ral purpose   
     4) Loan to establish a hospital in a city  
     5) None of these   
 
 26. Who is the author of the book 'Inside the Third World: The Anatomy of Poverty'?
     1) Paul Harrison
     2) Paul Krugman  
      3) Amartya Sen   
      4) William Golding   
     5) Gunnar Myrdal
 
 27.    Which was the principal plant used in Green Revolution?
     1) Japonica Rice
     2) Indian Rice  
     3) Emmer Wheat
     4) Mexican Wheat
     5) None of these  
 
 28.    The rotation of crops is essen tial for?
     1) Increasing protein content in plants
     2) Getting different crops
     3) Increasing soil fertility
     4) Both 1 and 2
     5) All 1, 2 and 3
 
 29.    The study of vegetables is called?
     1) Pomology       2) Floriculture
     3) Sericulture     4) Olericulture
     5) None of these
 
 30.    A statement that depicts the financial position of a business organization at a given point of time is called?
     1) Reconciliation statement
     2) Statement of product details
     3) Balance sheet
     4) Trading account
     5) None of these
 
 31.    The currency of Ethiopia is?
     1) Birr        2) Rial  
     3) Peso    4) Manat      
     5) Dinar
 
 32.    By what name were the Comm on wealth Games known when they were first held in 1930?
     1)    British Empire Games
     2)    British Empire and Common wealth Games
     3)    British Common wealth Games
     4)    Queen's Empire Games
     5)    None of these
 
 33. Sunita Narain is the editor of which science and environment focused magazine?
     1) Seminar      
     2) Sanctuary
     3) Down to Earth   
     4) National Geography
     5) None of these
 
 34.    Who propounded the theory of 'Hierarchy of Needs'?
     1) Peter Drucker
     2) Gary Becker  
     3) Amos Tversky
     4) Abraham Maslow  
     5) None of these
 
 35. 'Kahani', a Bollywood film that won several awards, was dire cted by?
     1) Anurag Basu
     2) Anurag Kashyap
     3) Sujoy Ghosh   4) Prakash Jha
     5) Rituparno Ghosh