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(A) 7.6% (B) 6.9% (C) 6.4% (D) 6.1% 1. As per advance estimates of CSO for the year 2011-12, the GDP growth rate has been estimated at— (A) 7.6% (B) 6.9% (C) 6.4% (D) 6.1% 2. The primary sector growth in advance estimate for 2011-12 was2.5% which was......in 2010-11 (Quick Estimates). (A) 5.4% (B) 6.4% (C) 7.0% (D) 7.3% 3. 'Sensitive Sector' as defined by RBI includes— (A) Capital Market (B) Real Estate (C) Commodities (D) All of the above 4. PMEAC has revised its GDP growth estimates for 2011-12 to 7-1% and projected GDP growth for 2012-13 at— (A) 7-0%-7-4% (B) 7-5%-8-0% (C) 8-l%-8-3% (D) 8-5% 5. The newly launched CPI-based inflation for January 2012 on point to point basis is 7-65%. This inflation has the base year— (A) 2004 (B) 2006 (C) 2008 (D) 2010 6. The new Chairman of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) who took charge in January 2012 is— (A) Harsh Mariwala (B) R.V.Kanoria (C) Naina Lai Kidwai (D) Siddharth Birla 7. As per advance estimates of CSO, the estimated growth rate in tertiary (service) sector for 2011- 12 is— (A) 8-6% (B) 9-0% (C) 9-4% (D) 9-8% 8. Which of the following sector show the negative growth in the advance estimates of CSO for the year 2011-12 ? (A) Mining and Quarrying (B) Agriculture and Fisheries (C) Manufacturing (D) Electricity, Gas and Water supply 9. Which organisation is meant to ensure exports from India ? (A) EXIMBank (B) ECGC (C) Ministry of Commerce (D) None of the above 10. Which of the following is considered lending for promotion of exports ? (A) Packing Credit (B) Overdraft (C) Cash Credit Account (D) Bill Discounting 11. Which of the major port in India celebrated its Golden Jubilee in January 2012 ? (A) Kolkata/Haldia Port (B) ParadeepPort (C) Vishakhapatnam Port (D) KandlaPort 12. As per India State of Forest Report 2011, the State having the maximum forest area is— (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh 13. India State of Forest Report 2011 puts forest area in the country at— (A) Below 25% (B) Between 25% and 27% (C) Between 27% to 30% (D) Above 30% 14. At the end-December 2011, the teledensity in the country stood at— (A) 72.38% (B) 76.86% (C) 79.03% (D) 80.76% 15. As per the changed import duty structure on gold and silver, the import duty on gold and silver will be charged at.................respectively of the value of the imported metal. (A) 1.5% and 5% (B) 2.0% and 6% (C) 1.5% and 6% (D) 2.5% and 6% 16. As per the status of end-December 2011, which of the following company holds the maximum share in telephone services ? (A) Vodafone (B) BhartiAirtel (C) Reliance (D) BSNL 17. Which type of bank account can be opened by a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) in India ? (A) Current Account (B) Fixed Deposit Account (C) Savings Account (D) Locker Account 18. 'HUNGAMA' report of Nandi Foundation is related to— (A) Hunger and Malnutrition (B) 2-G Spectrum Scam (C) Tax-evasion (D) Black Money deposited in foreign banks 19. 'Trust Card' has been launched by an organisation to make consumer's payment more easier. The organisation is— (A) Delhi Metro (B) ICERT (C) BSNL (D) BhartiAirtel 20. The Sixth Economic Census of commercial units was/will be done in the year— (A) 2011 (B) 2012 (C) 2013 (D) 2014 21. As per the HUNGAMA report, the percentage of underweight (malnourished) children younger than five years in India is— (A) 65% (B) 54% (C) 42% (D) 31% 22. As per the second advance foodgrains estimates for 2011-12, foodgrains production during 2011-12 is estimated at— (A) 246-46 MT (B) 250-42 MT (C) 254-68 MT (D) 262-32 MT 23. As per final estimates, wheat and rice production in 2010-11 stood at— (A) 86-87 MT and 95-98 MT respectively (B) 95-98 MT and 86-87 MT respectively (C) 88-31 MT and 102-75 MT respectively (D) 86-87 MT and 102-75 MT respectively 24. The Fourth Rail Coach Manufacturing Factory (The first in India to be built on PPP model) is being made in— (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Tamil Nadu 25. In which of the following currencies, India has decided to make payment to buy crude oil from Iran ? (A) US Dollar (B) Indian Rupee (C) Pound Sterling (D) Euro Answers 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (B) 1. Kiro Gligorov, the former President of Macedonia died in Skopje on January 1, 2012. Which facts about Gligorov given below are not true ? 1. Gligorov was the first democratically elected President of Macedonia. 2. He joined the partisan movement fighting against the Nazi occupation and was one of the organizers of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia, or ASNOM in 1945. 3. Gligorov served four consecutive presidential terms, leading the nation from January 1991 to November 2009. 4. The early days his presidency were overshadowed by a bitter dispute with Greece over the newly independent nation's name, the dispute that continues till date. (A) Only 1 (B) 1 and 2 (C) Only 3 (D) 2 and 4 2. Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on January 4, 2011 the fourth day of the ten-day Kalachakra initiations ? (A) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (B) South African leader Nelson Mandela (C) Tanzania's Julius Nyerere (D) Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi 3. European Union agreed in principle to ban import of Iranian Crude oil. Consider the following statements: 1. The European Union (EU) is one of Iran's biggest markets for oil. 2. The EU is a political and economical union of 27 member states. Choose the right option : (A) Both 1 and 2 are correct (B) Only 1 is correct (C) Only 2 is correct (D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct 4. The Israel-Palestine talks, in the first week of January 2012 were held in Amman. Amman is the capital of— (A) Jordan (B) Syria (C) Iraq (D) Iran 5. Maldives on January 4,2012 lifted ban on Spas in the upmarket tourist destination. Consider the following statements: 1. The tourism industry is an important foreign exchange earner in the Maldives. 2. Maldives in 2011 received more than 850000 tourists. Choose the right option: (A) Both 1 and 2 are correct (B) Only 1 is correct (C) Only 2 is correct (D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct 6. Scientists for the first time produced mixed embryo monkeys. Consider the following statements : 1. Scientists produced monkeys composed of cells taken from separate embryos. 2. The cells stay together and work together to form tissues and organs. Choose the right option : (A) Both 1 and 2 are correct (B) Only 1 is correct (C) Only 2 is correct (D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct 7. Scientists discovered unknown species off the coast of Antarctica. Consider the following statements— 1. The temperature in this region rises to 380 degree Celsius. 2. There is plenty of light in this region. Which of the above statement is/are correct? (A) Onlyl (B) Only 2 (C) Both land 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 8. The world's first hybrid sharks were discovered by the researchers in Australian waters. The hybrid shark is the result of cross-breeding between which one of the following sets of shark species ? (A) Common black tip Shark and Australian black-tip shark (B) Indian black-tip Shark and Australian black-tip Shark (C) Blue Whale and Common black-tip Shark (D) Blue Whale and Australian black-tip Shark 9. Scientists produced artificial human semen to help infertile men. Consider the following statements— 1. The scientists grew the sperm by enveloping the germ cells in a special compound called agar jelly. 2. The artificial human semen could help infertile men father their own children. Choose the right option : (A) Both 1 and 2 are correct (B) Only 1 is correct (C) Only 2 is correct (D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct 11. Health Authorities in Australia recently detected Deadly Disease, Murray Valley Encephalitis. The disease is caused by the— (A) Flies (B) Mosquitoes (C) Birds (D) Dogs 31. Union government raised the ad valorem duty (export duty) on iron ore exports to what per cent from 20 per cent ? (A) 30% (B) 33% (C) 41% (D) 43% 12. As per the Commerce Ministry data released on January 2, 2012, India's exports recorded their slowest pace of growth in two years in November 2011. What was the percentage of growth recorded ? (A) 4-2% (B) 3-8% (C) 2-2% (D) 0-94% 13. Union government on January 3 2012 approved Reliance Industries' (RIL) investment plan for developing four satellite fields in the flagging KG-D6 block. What was the proposed sum to be invested for developing the satellites ? (A) $1-500 billion (B) $1-692 billion (C) $1-529 billion (D) $ 1-375 billion 14. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) estimated Corporate India's sales to grow by what per cent in 2011-12 ? (A) 21-6% (B) 20-8% (C) 22% (D) 23-7% 15.
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