General Awareness Questions

1)      The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in March 2012 hiked bank rate for primary cooperative banks to

          a) 10.5%     b) 9.5%       c) 5.5%       d) 8%                   e) 7%

2)      Which Indian City in March 2012 became the first one to provide guaranteed land titles by distributing property cards?

           a) Hyderabad                b) Mysore             c) Mangalore

d) Ahmedabad               e) Chandigarh

3)      According to the economic survey 2011-12, the expected economic growth

          rate for 2013-14 is

          a) 7.6%       b) 6.9%       c) 8.4%       d) 8.6%       e) None of these

4)      Which country has suspended its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from an environmental group ?

          a) Japan      b) India       c) China      d) Russia    e) None of these.

5)      Who has been chosen as next censor board chief ?

          a) Sharmila Tagore        b) Anumpam Kher                  c) Leela Samson

          d) Vijay Anand              e) None of these.

6)      IT company HCL technologies Ltd in March 2012 signed a five year information technology outsourcing deal worth _______ with Finnish recyclable product maker UPM.

          a) $50 million                 b) $100 million               c) $150 million

          d) $250 million              e) $300 million

  

7)      The department of information technology in March 2012 was renamed as _____

          a) Department of Electronics            b) Department of IT

          c) Department of Electronics and IT d) All of the above

          e) None of these

8)      Which of the following acts have been amended as a part of the finance bill, 2012?

          a) FEMA    b) FRBM    c) CAMELS                   d) RBI act   e) None of these

9)      Which of the following South American countries is a member of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

          a) Peru        b) Ecuador  c) Chile      d) Brazil      e) Argentina

10)    Which of the following EU countries did not sign the fiscal compact agreement?

          a) Britain and Czech Republic          b) Britain and Italy

          c) France and Sweden                       d) France and Italy

          e) None of these.

11)    Who is the richest person in the U.S. magazine Forbes annual list ?

          a) Larry Ellison              b) Warren Buffett          c) Charles Koch

          d) Bill Gates                            e) Carlos Slim Helu

12)    Sushil Kumar, the winner of  ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, was appointed as the brand ambassador for which of the following programmes ?

          a) JNNURM                            b) IAY                  c) Bharat Nirman

          d) MGNREGA               e) None of these

13)    Which of the following city has topped Tokyo to become the world’s expensive city ?

          a) Stockholm                 b) Karachi            c) Rio de Janerio

          d) Bangkok                    e) Zurich

14)    The mascot for the 2014 football World cup in Brazil will be _______

          a) A tiger             b) An Ostich                  c) Armadillo

          d) A Whale           e) None of these

15)    Who has been appointed new chief of Pak ISI?

          a) Zaheerul Islam           b) Saif Islam                  c) Hyder Ibrahim

          d) Mohammed Syeed     e) None of these   

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