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1. Neeraj Sahai, an Indian-Ameri-can, has been appointed President of which of the following ratings firms? (He will assume office on January 6, 2014) 1) Moody's Investor Service 2) Fitch Ratings 3) CRISIL 4) Standard & Poor's 5) None of these 2. Sachin Tendulkar has been named the brand ambassador for South Asia by which of the following organizations to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region? 1) UNESCO 2) UNICEF 3) UNEP 4) UNDP 5) World Health Organization 3. Which of the following firms has withdrawn its application for a new bank license? 1) Aditya Birla Nuvo 2) Bajaj Finserve 3) Tata Sons 4) L&T Finance 5) IndiaBulls 4. The Chief Justice of India P.Sathasivam has constituted a 10-member Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Commi-ttee (GSICC) in the Supreme Court to receive and decide complaints against sexual harassment. It will be headed by? 1) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra 2) Justice Usha Mehra 3) Justice T. Meena Kumari 4) Justice Ranjana Desai 5) None of these 5. Who will take charge from Naina Lal Kidwai as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013? 1) Jyotsna Suri 2) Arbind Prasad 3) R.V. Kanoria 4) Alwyn Didar Singh 5) Siddharth Birla 6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year grew at? 1) 4% 2) 4.8% 3) 5.2% 4) 4.4% 5) 4.5% 7. Who took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan on November 29, 2013? (He succeeded General Ashfaque Parvez Kayani) 1) Raheel Sharif 2) Rashid Mehmood 3) Haroon Aslam 4) Khalid Shameen Wynne 5) None of these 8. Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on November 27, 2013 over the deadly collapse of a supermarket. He was the Prime Minister of? 1) Croatia 2) Latvia 3) Estonia 4) Lithuania 5) Ukraine 9. Justice Tassaduq Jillani will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of? 1) Bangladesh 2) Iran 3) Pakistan 4) Afghanistan 5) Iraq 10. In the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year which sector grew 4.6% compared to 2.7% in the first quarter? 1) Agriculture 2) Electricity Production 3) Manufacturing 4) Construction 5) Services 11. The classical language status was granted to? 1) Tamil and Telugu 2) Tamil and Kannada 3) Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 4) Telugu and Kannada 5) Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam 12. The first fighter plane base of the Indian Air Force in the southern peninsula was inaugurated recently in? 1) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 2) Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu 3) Nagapattinam,Tamil Nadu 4) Kollam, Kerala 5) Idukki, Kerala 13. The Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013 came into effect recently. It lowered the prices of how many essential drugs? 1) 74 2) 348 3) 454 4) 241 5) 311 14. The Cabinet Committee on Econ-omic Affairs (CCEA) has approv-ed the proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for setting up a new major port at Sagar Island in? 1) Goa 2) Gujarat 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Maharashtra 15. Sri Lanka opened a $500 million container terminal at Colombo Port in August 2013. It was built by? 1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) USA 5) Belgium 16. Which of the following political parties is led by former cricketer Imran Khan? 1) Pakistan Muslim League-N 2) Pakistan People's Party 3) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4) Awami League 5) None of these 17. The 50th anniversary of which of the following organizations was celebrated in May 2013? 1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization 2) World Trade Organization 3) Organization of African Unity /African Union 4) Association of South East Asian Nations 5) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 18. Kyrgyzstan has announced that it would shut Manas Air Base by July 2014. Manas Air Base is primarily operated by which of the following countries? 1) Russia 2) USA 3) France 4) Afghanistan 5) Pakistan 19. Which is the world's largest supplier of drones that are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)? 1) USA 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Israel 5) China 20. Which of the following schemes is implemented by the Govern-ment of India for the welfare of disabled persons? 1) DDRS 2) JNNURM 3) IAY 4) DPAP 5) RAY 21. On May 23, 2013 who became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80? 1) Yuichiro Miura (Japan) 2) Conrad Anker (USA) 3) Peter Athans (USA) 4) Anna Czerwinska (Poland) 5) Wang Fuzhou (China) 22. Arunima Sinha is the? 1) Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest 2) Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest 3) First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than a year 4) First Indian woman to ascend Mount Everest 5) First Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest 23. Alex Ferguson retired recently. He is regarded as one of the most admired managers in the history of Football. He was the manager of which of the following football clubs from 1986 to 2013? 1) Arsenal 2) Chelsea 3) Manchester United 4) Blackburn Rovers 5) Manchester City 24. WorldFloat is an Indian social networking site launched by? 1) Pushkar Mahatta 2) Sabir Bhatia 3) Shantanu Narayan 4) Phaneesh Murthy 5) Rajat Gupta 25. Eesha Khare, an Indian-American teenager, invented a super capacitor device that could charge cell phones in less than 20 seconds. Eesha Khare was awarded the? 1) ISRO Young Scientist Award 2) Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award 3) United Nations Public Service Award 4) Whitley Award 5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 26. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes what per cent to India's Gross Domestic Product? 1) 40% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 8% 5) 5% 27. Which of the following retailers has a partnership with Tata Group's Trent? 1) Wal-Mart 2) IKEA 3) Carrefour 4) Tesco 5) Metro 28. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is written by? 1) Sheryl Sandberg 2) Padmasree Warrior 3) Ginni Rometty 4) Marissa Mayer 5) Indra Nooyi 29. The Government has set up a committee to suggest measures to boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) exports under the Chairmanship of? 1) S.R.Rao 2) Sumit Bose 3) Madhav Lal 4) Rajiv Takru 5) R.S. Gujral 30. Which of the following is not a land locked state? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Mizoram 5) Odisha 31. Countries and their intelligence agencies are given below. Identify the mismatched pair? 1) USA -- CIA 2) UK -MI6 3) France - Mossad 4) India - RAW 5) Pakistan - ISI 32. Loya Jirga is an assembly of reg-ional leaders and tribal chiefs in? 1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Kazakhstan 33. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in? 1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Jaipur 34. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has signed an agreement with Vale SA for sourcing rock phosphate. Vale SA is a metals and mining company based in? 1) Russia 2) South Africa 3) USA 4) Brazil 5) Mexico 35. Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market? 1) Blackberry OS 2) Apple iOS 3) Symbian OS 4) Windows Phone OS 5) Android OS 36. The United States of America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima on? 1) May 13, 1945 2) May 9, 1945 3) May 25, 1945 4) August 6, 1945 5) August 9, 1945 37. Which of the following states do-es not have bicameral legislature? 1) Bihar 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Madhya Pradesh 38. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is? 1) Imphal 2) Aizawl 3) Agartala 4) Shillong 5) Itanagar 39. 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1. Which country has been chosen to host the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)? 1) Mauritius 2) Cyprus 3) Malta 4) Australia 5) New Zealand 2. Who was named the Male World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time by the International Associ-ation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in November 2013? 1) Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2) David Rudisha (Kenya) 3) Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 4) Dwight Phillips (USA) 5) Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 3. Who was named the Female Wo-rld Athlete of the Year for 2013? 1) Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 3) Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) 4) Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 5) Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) 4. Who will be honored with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013? 1) Christine Lagarde (France) 2) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) 3) Christina Fernandez (Argentina) 4) Angela Merkel (Germany) 5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) 5. Buxa Tiger reserve is in? 1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha 3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal 5) Madhya Pradesh 6. Which of the following airlines of India sold 24 per cent stake to Etihad Airways for Rs. 2,069 crore in November 2013? 1) Air India 2) Jet Airways 3) IndiGo 4) Air Deccan 5) SpiceJet 7. Which cricketer created history with a record 546 runs in the Mumbai School Sports Associati-on's Harris Shield elite division match in Mumbai on November 20, 2013? 1) Armaan Jaffer 2) Sarfaraz Khan 3) Prithvi Shaw 4) Prashant Chopra 5) None of these 8. British Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013. She is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Which one of the following books is not written by her? 1) The Grass is Singing 2) Alfred and Emily 3) The Good Terrorist 4) The Golden Notebook 5) Listening to Grasshoppers 9. Abdulla Yameen assumed office as the 6th President of which of the following countries on November 17, 2013? 1) Bahrain 2) Jordan 3) Mali 4) Maldives 5) Morocco 10. Which country retained the Davis Cup tennis championships by beating Serbia 3-2 in the final in Belgrade in November 2013? 1) Czech Republic 2) Argentina 3) Italy 4) Switzerland 5) Spain 11. India plans to have a nuclear power generation capacity of 63,000 MW by the year? 1) 2020 2) 2025 3) 2032 4) 2028 5) 2038 12. The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Government's decision allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following sectors? 1) Banking 2) Insurance 3) Single brand retail 4) Multi brand retail 5) Defense 13. Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) all rural households in India will have 100% access to sanitation by? 1) 2022 2) 2017 3) 2020 4) 2030 5) 2018 14. Which of the following is not a pulse crop? 1) Cow pea 2) Green gram 3) Pigeon pea 4) Black gram 5) Sesamum 15. According to the Telephone Reg-ulatory Authority of India(TRAI) data, which state has a total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections, the highest in India? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Maharashtra 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Bihar 16. Which of the following statements is not correct? 1) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India 2) Interest on savings deposits is fixed by the respective banks 3) A non-performing asset is an asset that ceases to generate income 4) The target market for debit cards is all existing account holders 5) Interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is known as Bank rate 17. Which of the following ensures that public funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose? 1) Election Commission 2) Planning Commission 3) Finance Commission 4) Comptroller and Auditor General 5) National Development Council 18. The Reserve Bank of India acts as a bankers' bank. This would imply which of the following? 1) RBI lends funds to the commercial banks in times of need 2) RBI advises the commercial banks on monetary matters 3) Commercial banks retain their deposits with the RBI 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 19. Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming? 1) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops 2) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field 3) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together 4) Cultivation of both cereals and pulses 5) None of these 20. The Cottage and Village Industry Department of which of the following states bagged the United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2013 for its initiative named 'Graamin Haat'? (Graamin Haat was started with the aim of strengthening and empowering the women's self-help groups) 1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand 3) Bihar 4) Odisha 5) Madhya Pradesh 21. Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab woman to conquer Mount Everest. She is also the first woman from which of the following countries to climb Mount Everest? 1) Kuwait 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Libya 4) Yemen 5) Syria 22. The fifth India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum meet was held in which of the following cities in May 2013? 1) Mumbai 2) Durban 3) New Delhi 4) Brasilia 5) Rio de Janeiro 23. India got observer status in which of the following in May 2013? 1) Shanghai Cooperation Organization 2) Association of South East Asian Nations 3) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 4) Arctic Council 5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization 24. Who chaired the committee that was set up to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states? 1) Suresh Tendulkar 2) D. Subbarao 3) Raghuram Rajan 4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 5) Bharat Ramaswami 25. The government constituted the National Skill Development Age-ncy(NSDA) as an autonomous body in June 2013. NSDA includes? 1) The Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD) 2) The National Skill Developm-ent Coordination Board (NSDCB) 3) The Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development 4) Both 1and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 26. Which of the following countries is the biggest borrower of Asian Development Bank (ADB)? 1) China 2) Japan 3) Vietnam 4) South Korea 5) India 27. Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines, is based in? 1) Kuwait 2) Oman 3) Malaysia 4) Qatar 5) Unites Arab Emirates 28. Which of the following companies became the biggest profit maker in 2012 by replacing Exx-on Mobil, according to the Fortu-ne magazine's Fortune 500 list? 1) Wal-Mart 2) Berkshire Hathaway 3) Apple 4) General Motors 5) General Electric 29. Who won the Malaysia Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold title in May 2013? 1) Saina Nehwal 2) P.V. Sindhu 3) Gutta Jwala 4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these 30. Which of the following stock exchanges launched an Islamic Equity Index in April 2013? 1) NSE 2) BSE 3) CSE 4) DSE 5) None of these 31. New guidelines for Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) were issued on May13, 2013. Under this the allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from Rs 45,000 to? 1) Rs 50,000 2) Rs 60,000 3) Rs 75,000 4) Rs 1, 00,000 5) Rs 90,000 32. ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) was launched recently. It is assisted by the? 1) ADB 2) IMF 3) WEF 4) World Bank 5) None of these 33. David Beckham retired from professional football recently. He played for? 1) Argentina 2) Spain 3) England 4) Italy 5) Ireland 34. Curtis Cup is associated with? 1) Polo 2) Chess 3) Billiards 4) Golf 5) Motor Racing 35. Which of the following cups is also called the World Team Championships for Women in Badminton? 1) Thomas Cup 2) Uber Cup 3) Fed Cup 4) Corbillion Cup 5) Confederations Cup 36. Lalgudi Jayaraman passed away recently. He is a renowned? 1) Sitar player 2) Tabla player 3) Violinist 4) Western classical musician 5) Flautist 37. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Digital Media? 1) Marissa Mayer 2) Sheryl Sandburg 3) Ross Leinsohn 4) Jeff Bezos 5) Larry Page 38. Catherine Day is the current Secretary-General of? 1) Commonwealth 2) European Commission 3) SAARC 4) ASEAN 5) APEC Answers 1) 3; 2) 3; 3) 2; 4) 4; 5) 4; 6) 2; 7) 3; 8) 5; 9) 4; 10) 1; 11) 3; 12) 4; 13) 1; 14) 5; 15) 1; 16) 5; 17) 4; 18) 5; 19) 3; 20) 5; 21) 2; 22) 3; 23) 4; 24) 3; 25) 5; 26) 5; 27) 5; 28) 1; 29) 2; 30) 2; 31) 3; 32) 4; 33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 2; 36) 3; 37) 3; 38) 2.
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