1. In India’s first sale of rupee perpetual bonds by a non-finance company Rs 1500 crore ($332 million) was raised. Name the non-finance company.
(A) Tata Steel
(B) Pantallons Retail
(C) RIL
(D)Maruti Suzuki
2. Praveen Kumar Tripathi took over as the Chief Secretary of which of the following governments on 4 April 2011?
(A) Delhi Government
(B) Haryana Government
(C) Uttar Pradesh Government
(D) Uttarakhand Government
3. What amount of money was allocated for Bharat Nirman?
(A) 1000 crore
(B) 58000 crore
(C) 55438 crore
(D) 14362 crore
4. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of—
(A) Britain
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Japan
(D) Canada
5. Which of the following countries had decided to come out of the membership of OPEC?
(A) Iran
(B) Kuwait
(C) Indonesia
(D) Saudi Arabia
6. The World Environment Day is celebrated on which of the following days?
(A) 5th October
(B) 5th August
(C) 5th July
(D) 5th June
7. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which registered its victory in tri-series ODI matches against Australia played in March 2008?
(A) M.S. Dhoni
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
8. Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open 2008 Women’s singles by defeating—
(A) Shahar Peer
(B) Kateryna Bondarenko
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) Ana Ivanovic
9. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation is known as—
(A) NIAM
(B) NAFED
(C) MARKFED
(D) NACMF
10. National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at—
(A) Nagpur
(B) Mumbai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kolkata
11) Cochin shipyard Ltd. on January 8, 2013 launched the first patrol vessel (FPV) named ---------- build for the Indian coast guards?
11) Aadesh
12) Rakshak
13) Akula
14) Jawan
12) Indian on January 27, 2013 successfully test fired the underwater ballistic missile from ----- coast?
1) Visakhapatnam
2) Sri Harikota
3) Chandipore
4) None of these
13) Who on January 4, 2013 launched Pilot project of crime and criminal Tacking systems?
1) Dr. Manmohan SIngh
2) Sushil Kumar Shinde
3) P. Chidambaram
4) A.K Antony
14) Who has been appointed chairman of the 20th law commission of India
1) Justice D.K Jain
2) Justic Markandey katju
3) Justic Swatanter
4) None of these
15) The Union Government on January 1, 2013 launched cash transfer scheme in
1) 5 district
2) 10 District
3) 15 District
4) 20 District
16) With which country, India on January 15, 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strength micro, small and medium enterprises?
1) Myanmar
2) Vietnam
3) Bangladesh
4) Malaysia
17) Name the country which became first country in Asia to order chemical castration of child rapists ?
1) South Korea
2) North korea
3) China
4) Japan
18) Who has been appointed new Chinese Ambassador to India in January 2013?
1) Wei Wei
2) Xi Jinping
3) Zhang Yan
4) None of these
19) With which country, India on January 28, 2013 signed liberalized visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty?
1) Myanmar
2) Bangladesh
3) Srilanka
4) Nepal
20) Which country will launch a robotic lunar station in 2015?
1) USA
2) France
3) Russia
4) Japan
21) The Union Minister of Commerce Anand sharma on January 28, 2013 launched an eBiz portal at the CII partnership summit in ------
1) Agra
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
22) GDP growth in the 11th Plan period stood at
1) 7.9 %
2) 8 %
3) 7.5 %
4) 8.5 %
23) The Union Government on January 10, 2013 approved 10 percent stake sale in ?
1) NTPC
2) BHEL
3) GAIL
4) Engineers India Ltd( EIL)
24) Which of the following companies on Jauary 17, 2013 launched its video telephony service in Delhi and Mumbai?
1) MTNL
2) Vodafone
3) Idea
4) Aircel
25) The current Repo Rate stands at
1) 8.5%
2) 7.75%
3) 8.25%
4) 7.5%
26) The mineral in which India depends largely on imports is ?
A. Iron Ore
B. Bauxite
C. Mica
D. Mercury
27) The last Mughal Emperor was ?
A. Akbar
B. Bahadur Shah
C. NoorJehan
D. Babur
28) The state which leads in agricultural production is ?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu
29) The longest mountain range in the world is ?
A. The Alps
B. The Himalayas
C. The Andes
D. The Rockies
30) The most populous city in the world is ?
A. Paris
B. London
C. Peking
D. Tokyo
