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1.
Which Indian-American won the Scripps National Spelling Bee
competition in Maryland, USA, in June 2012? (This is the 5th
consecutive win for Indian-Americans)
1) Stuti Mishra, 2) Arvind
Mahamkali, 3) Snigdha Nandipati, 4) Vanya Shivshankar, 5)
None
2. Who became the 25th Chief of the Indian Army on May
31, 2012?
1) J.J.Singh, 2) Bikram Singh, 3) V.K.Singh, 4)
Dalbir Singh Suhag, 5) None
3 Which country's Prime Minister
was India's chief guest of honor at the 63rd Republic Day Parade on
January 26, 2012?
1) Cambodia, 2) Australia, 3) Bangladesh, 4)
Thailand, 5) Russia
4. Which is India's highest peacetime
gallantry award?
1) Param Vir Chakra , 2) Maha Vir Chakra, 3)
Ashok Chakra, 4) Kirti Chakra, 5) Shourya Chakra
5. The 10th
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) conclave was held in Jaipur from
January 7 to 9, 2012. Who was the chief guest for this conference?
1)
Lakshmi Nivas Mittal, 2) Datuk S.Subramaniam, 3) Yingluck
Shinawatra
4) Anand Satyanand, 5) Kamla Persad Bissessar
6.
Which city hosted the 99th Indian Science Congress in January
2012?
1) Chennai, 2) Pune, 3) New Delhi, 4) Bhubaneshwar, 5)
Bangalore
7. According to a report on hunger and malnutrition
(HUNGaMA), what percent of India's children are malnourished and
underw-eight?
1) 42, 2) 32, 3) 38, 4) 48, 5) 53
8. The
proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) will work as an
integral part of which of the following agencies?
1) Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 2) Intelligence Bureau (IB)
3)
National Investigation Agency (NIA) , 4) Research and Analysis Wing
(RAW)
5) National Security Guard (NSG)
9. India and
Thailand have decided to develop a seaport at Dawei, earlier known as
Tavoy. In which Asian country is this town located?
1) Thailand,
2) Cambodia, 3) Myanmar, 4) Vietnam, 5) Laos
10. Who is the
defense secretary of the United States of America?
1) Leon
Panetta, 2) John Bryson, 3) Tom Vilsack, 4) Eric Holder, 5)
None
11. Nathpa Jhakri, India's largest hydroelectric project
generated 7,610 million units of electricity in 2011-12 which is a
record. In which state is this project located?
1) Assam, 2)
Arunachal Pradesh, 3) West Bengal, 4) Himachal Pradesh, 5)
None
12. Which state has instituted the Mallikarjun Mansur
award?
1) Madhya Pradesh, 2) Maharashtra, 3) Odisha, 4) Goa, 5)
Karnataka
13. Which state made Chess classes compulsory in
schools to impr-ove cognitive skills of students from this academic
year? (Gujarat is the first state to start chess programmes in
schools)
1) Andhra Pradesh , 2) Tamil Nadu, 3) Kerala, 4)
Bihar, 5) Jharkhand
14. Who became the new President of the
Federation of Indian Cha-mbers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI)
in January 2012?
1) Naina Lal Kidwai , 2) Sidharth Birla, 3) R.V.
Kanoria, 4) Shikha Sharma, 5) None
15. Homai Vyarawala passed
away recently. She is India's first woman?
1) Jnanpith award
winner, 2) Photo journalist, 3) Mountaineer, 4) Cricketer, 5)
None
16. Which of the following is not a National Bravery
Award?
1) Geeta Chopra Award, 2) Sanjay Chopra Award, 3) Bharat
Award, 4) Bapu Gaidhani Award
5) Chameli Devi Jain Award
17.
Who was given the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and
Reconciliation in Bodh Gaya in 2012?
1) Aung San Suu Kyi, 2)
Nelson Mandela, 3) Dalai Lama, 4) Ela Bhatt, 5) Sheikh Hasina
18.
Who won the best actor award at the 57th Filmfare Awards 2011?
1)
Hrithik Roshan, 2) Shah Rukh Khan, 3) Aamir Khan, 4) Ranbir
Kapoor, 5) None
19. Francois Hollande became the President of
which of the following countries in May 2012?
1) Netherlands, 2)
Germany, 3) France, 4) Greece, 5) Spain
20. Rahul
Khullar took charge as the Chairman of which of the following
regulators on May 14, 2012?
1) Insurance Regulatory Development
Authority, 2) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3) Pension
Fund Regulatory Development Authority, 4) Securities Exchange Board
of India
5) None
21. The Standing Committee of the Inter
State Council has been reconstituted. Who is the Chairman of this
committee?
1) P.Chidambaram, 2) Pranab Mukherjee, 3) Sharad Pawar,
4) M.Veerappa Moily, 5) Mukul Roy
22. Who is the Chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of
Atomic Energy?
1) K.Radhakrishnan, 2) V.K.Saraswat, 3) Avinash
Chander, 4) Ratan Kumar Sinha, 5) None
23. Who has been
nominated for the first 'Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony' in May
2012? (It was instituted by the Government to commemorate the 150th
birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore)
1) Anna
Hazare, 2) Pandit Ravishankar, 3) Amartya Sen, 4) Shanta Sinha, 5)
None
24. Which country has launched Hatf III (Ghaznavi), a
short range ballistic missile capable of carry-ing both nuclear and
conven-tional warheads across 290 km?
1) Iran, 2) Afghanistan, 3)
Pakistan, 4) Iraq, 5) Syria
25. The Union Cabinet
cleared a Rs.8500 crore project under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY) to connect how many habitations in the 78 naxalite
affected districts of nine states?
1) 6000, 2) 5000, 3) 10000, 4)
4000, 5) 20000
26. Who among the following is not a woman
squash player?
1) Joshna Chinappa, 2) Dipika Pallikal, 3) Anaka
Alankamony, 4) Aparajitha Balamurukan, 5) Preeja Sreedharan
27.
Which city hosted the Nuclear Security Summit in March 2012?
1)
Washington D.C., 2) Perth, 3) Seoul, 4) Paris, 5) None
28.
India has voted against which of the following countries at the
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for its alleged
war crimes?
1) Sudan, 2) North Korea, 3) Rwanda, 4) Sri Lanka, 5)
None
29. Who was chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2011 for his
book on Ramayana? (This literary prize is awarded by the K.K. Birla
Foundation)
1) Surjit Paatar , 2) A.A.Manavalan, 3) Lakshmi Nandan
Bora, 4) K.Ayyappa Panicker, 5) Jagannath Prasad Das
30. In
the Union Budget for 2012-13, how many crores of rupees are allocated
for the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)?
1) 3,534, 2)
5,615, 3) 3,915, 4) 2,914, 5) 4,535
31. Which of the
following Cups/Trophies is associated with Lawn tennis?
1)
Santosh Trophy, 2) Davis Cup, 3) FIFA Cup, 4) Subrato Cup, 5)
Copa America
32. Coin of which of the following denominations
is called small coin?
1) Rs.5/-, 2) Rs.2/-, 3) 50 paisa, 4)
Rs.1/-, 5) None
33. Who among the following is not a Deputy
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India at present?
1)
K.C.Chakraborty, 2) Anand Sinha, 3) Subir Gokarn, 4) H.R.Khan,
5) Usha Thorat
34. What does the letter F denote in NBFC, a
banking term?
1) Fiscal, 2) Financial, 3) Functional, 4)
Formal, 5) None
35. Who is the author of the book
"Unleashing India"?
1) Kamal Nath, 2) S.Jaipal Reddy,
3) Veerappa Moily, 4) P.Chidambaram, 5) Pranab Mukherjee
36.
Which programme was launched in 2009 to create a slum free India?
1)
Indira Awas Yojana, 2) Rajiv Awas Yojana, 3) Bharat Nirmanm, 4)
PURA, 5) None
37. Which of the following is a credit rating
agency of Indian origin?
1) FMC, 2) SEBI, 3) CRISIL, 4) IBA,
5) None
38. Sensex is a term associated with which of the
following stock exchanges?
1) BSE, 2) NSE, 3) USE, 4) OTCEI,
5) None
39. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
2011?
1) Ralph Steinman, 2) Bruce Beutler, 3) Jules Hoffman,
4) Tomas Transtromer, 5) None
40. Who is the present
Solicitor-General of India?
1) Rohinton Nariman , 2) Vinod Rai,
3) Ashok Chawla, 4) Soli Sorabjee, 5) None
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