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General Awareness 2012

General Awareness 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS_2012

January 2013 Week 4

1) Which Pakistani writer has chronicled the tradition-bound way of tribal life in Balochistan in his first book 'The Wandering Falcon'? 1. Jamil Ahmad 2. Asad Shabbir 3. Amjad Parvez 4.

2) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of is developing a new kind of anti-radiation missile that can target enemy- 1. Nuclear power plants 2. Nuclear powered ships and submarines 3. Radars and communication facilities 4. Seattleites orbiting in space

3) Who among the following was the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade 2013? 1. President of 2. King of 3. King of 4. King of Bhutan

4) Food and Agriculture Organisation, to change global practices that in the loss of 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year, has introduced a campaign dubbed "Think-Eat-Save Reduce Your Foodprint" with- 1. United Nations Environment Programme 2. United Nations Development Programme 3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 4. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

5) Which of the following countries recently has granted permission to install the statue of 12 century Indian social reformer, Basaveshwara, at its capital city? 1. 2. 3. 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

6) The recently has sounded ‘high alert’ in Border States against avian influenza after outbreak of the dreaded poultry disease in which of the following countries? 1. 2. 3. Bhutan 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) Major tea producing countries have decided to get together on a global platform, called the International Tea Producers’ Forum (ITPF). For now it will be headquartered at- 1. New 2. 3. Nairobi 4. Colombo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) The first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters was recently handed over to the . It is manufactured by which of the following companies? 1. Lockheed Martin 2. Boeing 3. Dassault 4. Embraer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Which Indian-origin women has been selected for Order of Medal 2013? 1. Joyce Westrip 2. Mala Mehta 3. Vettath 4. Arora NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

10) Which of the following Britain's Deputy Prime Minister has been embroiled in a 'cash for honours' row over a planned peerage for Indian-origin business tycoon Rumi Verjee? 1. John Prescott 2. Nick Clegg 3. Michael Heseltine 4. Sir Geoffrey Howe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) '', a special train for an eight-day long journey to various Buddhist heritage sites across India, is a joint initiative of the Catering and Tourism Corporation and the Government of: 1. 2. 3. Sikkim 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

12) Who won Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship 2013? 1. Justin Rose 2. Robert Rock 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Jamie Donaldson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

13) Which among the following State governments has announced 10% reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker sections in general category? 1. 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Who among the following Indian has been conferred with 's top science award for his important contributions in boosting Sino-Indian scientific cooperation? 1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2. Dr C N R Rao 3. S.S. Abhyankar 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Who among the following won award 2013? 1. Prof. 2. 3. 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Which female playback singers has rejected the award 2013? 1. Anupama 2. S. P. Sailaja 3. Hemlata 4.S. Janaki NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) First Indian writer, who won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature prize, 2013, is: 1. Jeet Thayil 2. 3. 4. Aravind Adiga NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) Who won Women's Singles Australian Open title 2013? 1. Serena Williams 2. Li Na 3. Victoria Azarenka 4. Caroline Wozniacki NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) Which among the following pair has become the most successful men’s pair in Grand Slam history? 1. John Newcombe and Tony Roche 2. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 3. Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 4. Jonathan Marray & Frederik Nielsen NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who has been awarded 'Atibadi Jagannath Das Award 2009', Odisha’s highest State honour for contribution to literature? 1. Dasarathi Das 2. 3. Basanta Das 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January 2013 Week 3

1) The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has asked to return the Olympic Bronze Medal and Certificate of 2000 Games to which among the following all time popular Cyclist? 1.Miguel Indurain 3.Lance Armstrong 2.Bradely Wiggins 4.Tyler Hamilton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

2) Which of the following country’s head has been declared to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade for the year 2013? 1.Nepal 3. 2.Bhutan 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Recently, the has commissioned its largest shore patrol vessel for the maritime surveillance around Andaman and . Name it: 1.INS Jatayu 3.INS Saryu 2.INS Divydrishti 4.INS Radar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Recently, thirty one Black Bucks were killed by the stray dogs in the enclosure of which of the following Zoo? 1.Kolkakta 3.Jaipur 2. 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Which of the following Telecom Service Provider launched its video telephony service in Delhi and , the first by any service provider? 1.MTNL 3.Reliance 2.Airtel 4.Vodafone NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) In which of the following regions the has banned the tourists to pass through an area which is Jarawas habitat? 1.Nagaland 3.Puducherry 2.Lakshadweep 4.Andaman and Nicobar Islands NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

7) Which is the world's number two arms exporter? 1. 3.France 2.USA 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) Recently, a tunnel named Ghat Ki Guni was inaugurated by the Prime Minister and Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance Sonia in: 1.Meghalaya 3.Rajasthan 2.Jammu and Kashmir 4.Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

9) Which film has bagged the award for the Best Film at 58th Film Fare Awards? 1.Barfi 3.Kahaani 2Jab Tak Hai Jaan 4.Gangs of Wasseypur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) Which among the following States has been awarded the Krishi Karman Award for 2011-12 for best performance under total foodgrain category 1 (States with production over 10 million tonne)?

1.Punjab 3.Uttar Pradesh 2. 4.Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following Courts has passed orders banning sale of packaged food items especially “junk food” in non-biodegradable polythene that would come into effect from April 1,2013?

1.Delhi High Court 3. High Court 2.Himachal Pradesh High Court 4.Uttarakhand High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Who is the present head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, recently has arrived in Myanmar, as the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president?

1.Peter Maurer 3.Alexandre Hay 2.Jakob Kellenberger 4.Cornelio Sommaruga NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Who has recently been presented Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)’s lifetime achievement award 2011 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? 1. S. Sridhar 2. R.B. Grover 3. Ramgopal Rao 4. M. Muthukrishnan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Which among the following countries is the biggest cooking oil consumer in the world? 1. China 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Iran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs has suggested that food entitlements under the National Food Security Act be made available to 67 per cent of the population, leaving out the 33 per cent who pay taxes, have a 'pucca' house and so on. The committee is headed by: 1. Kapil Chopra 2. Vilas Muttemwar 3. K. Srinivasan 4. B. Suresh Lal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) The implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will now come into force from: 1. January 1, 2016 2. April 1, 2015 3. January 1, 2015 4. April 1, 2016 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) The Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve in: 1. Karnataka 2. Andaman and Nicobar 3. 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) In which of the following Indian states President Rule was imposed recently?

1. Punjab 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Sikkm 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti” is a book, has been shortlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian literature. Name the writer: 1. Mohammad Hanif 2. Nadeem Aslam 3. 4. Jamil Ahmad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Who among the following social activists has been honoured with the Basava Krishi Award 2013 in Karnataka? 1. 2. 3. 4. Medha Patkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January Week 2

1) Who won Tennis-Sydney International women's singles final 2012?

1) Agnieszka Radwanska 3) Svetlana Kuznetsova 2) Dominika Cibulkova 4) Li Na NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Who among the following Assamese poet has been awarded the prestigious Assam Valley Literary Award for the year 2012?

1) Purobi Bormudoi 3) Harekrishna Deka 2) Sameer Tanti 4) Imran Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has launched the first fast patrol vessel (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard. Name the vessel:

1) Sandesh 3) Aadesh 2) Nirdesh 4) Drishti NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) The first space weather-reading centre of India is scheduled to be opened by Mid-2013 in:

1) Bengaluru 3) 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Who among the following activists has been selected for the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award 2012?

1) Marimuthu Bharathan 3) Jupudi Prabhakar Rao 2) 4) Anand Teltumbde NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Who among the following has been conferred the B.C. Sanyal Dedicated Teacher Award 2013 by Delhi Art School?

1) V. Nag Das 3) Kanchan Chander 2) H.A. Anil Kumar 4) Anil Naik 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Who among the following Hindustani classical vocalists has been selected for the Samagana Matanga award 2012, instituted by the Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, ? 3) Pandit 1) Pandit Shivkumar 4) Dr. 2) Smita Bellur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

8) Who has been nominated as the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by the President ?

1) David Petraeus 3) Michael Morell 2) John Brennan 4) Leon Panetta NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Which among the following committees has been appointed by the RBI on gold loan companies (GLCs)?

1) K U B Rao committee 3) N.C. Saxena committee 2) Committee 4) Ram Pradhan Committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) 'Bhagyalakshmi', a new home loan product for women home seekers, has been launched by:

1) IDBI Home Finance 3) PNB Housing Finance 2) SBI Home Loan 4) LIC Housing Finance

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following countries has not been named as the hub of illegal migration to the UK?

1) 3) 2) India 4) China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) First country of the world, which has launched construction of fourth generation nuclear power plant with a 200 mw for commercial usage?

1) 3) Russia 2) China 4) France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Over 180 Harvard Clubs operate in more than 70 countries around the world under the auspices of Harvard Alumni Association. Who has been elected Harvard Club of India president?

1) P. H. Parekh 3) G. K. Kwatra 2) Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh 4) Devashish Bharuka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Which among the following films is based on the capture of Osama bin Laden?

1) The Godfather 3) Life of Pi 2) Lincoln 4) Zero Dark Thirty NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Which among the following novels of Jeet Thayil has been shortlisted for the USD 30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize?

1) Narcopolis 3) The Briefcase 2) Between Clay and Dust 4) Silent House NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the Sultan of Selangor state, has decreed that non-Muslims in the region should be barred from using the word “Allah”. Selangor is the state of:

1) 3) Oman 2) 4) UAE NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Who among the following scientists has won the Infosys Prize 2012 in the field of engineering and computer sciences for his work on smart gels based on the notion of connecting molecular properties to microscopic properties?

1) 3) Ashutosh Sharma 2) 4) Ashish Lele NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

18) Who has been named the FIFA world football player of the year 2012?

1) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Lionel Messi 2) Andres Iniesta 4) Xavi Hernández NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) Who was the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2013 ?

1) Rajkeswur Purryag 3) Anand Satyanand 2) Kamla Persad Bissessar 4) Khalid Hameed NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Which among the following IT/web-enabled initiative has been launched by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister to enable consumers book and track refills online as well on mobile phone?

1) WebFil 3) Lakshya 2) TrackOn 4) Web-LP NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

January Week 1

1) Who has been appointed as the Director of the Sarabhai Space Centre in Tiruvananthapuram?

1. S Ramakrishnan 3. K. Radhakrishnan 2. P S Veeraraghavan 4. V.S. Hegde NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Along with who has been named PETA's hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012? 3) Shahid Kapoor 1) 4) 2) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) ‘Genocide of Eelam Tamils - Heart Bleeds’ is a book written by:

1) M. Jagannadha Rao 3) M Karunanidhi 2) Thol. Thirumavalavan 4) Vai Gopalsamy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) Who has been given Ireland’s prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 for her courage and determination to speak out in support of equal access to education for every child?

1) Sonia Gandhi 3) Malala Yousafzai 2) 4) Morgan Tsvangirai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

5) Name the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country and has been granted Russian citizenship?

1) Daniel Auteuil 3) Claudine Auger 2) Gerard Depardieu 4) Dany Boon 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

6) Which among the following countries is the first country in to adopt chemical castration?

1) Jordan 3) 2) 4) Saudi Arabia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) A five-member committee was set up to suggest measures to lower the high costs of Air India’s operations and improve utilisation of resources. Committee is headed by:

1) Prabhat Kumar 3) Rajesh Agrawal 2) Ravindra H. Dholakia 4) S. Mukherjee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

8) Who has been selected for the 8th National Award 2012?

1) 3) 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

9) The Union government has announced the constitution of the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of:

1) Y. V. Reddy 3) Sudipto Mundle 2) M. Govinda Rao 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) Who has been announced the chairman of 20th Law Commission of India?

1) Justice M. Jagannadha Rao 3) Justice A. R. Lakshmanan 2) Justice D K Jain 4) Justice P. V. Reddi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Which State government has decided to dedicate the year 2013 to daughters and observe it as ‘Save the Girl Child Year’?

1) Madhya Pradesh 3) Delhi 2) Rajasthan 4) Jammu & Kashmir NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

12) Who topped Gallup’s ‘most admired women’s list of 2012?

1) Malala Yousafzai 3) Hillary Clinton 2) Aung San Suu Kyi 4) Queen Elizabeth II NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

13) MobiCash Easy, a mobile wallet which offers facilities such as fund transfer, bill payment, balance inquiry, mini statement, mobile top-ups and DTH recharge, has been launched by:

1) State Bank of India 3) Union Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank 4) ICICI Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Who has been announced as winner of the prestigious Aryabhatta award 2011 for his efforts in rocketry?

1) A.E. Muthunayagam 3) 2) V K Saraswat 4) Devaraj Prashasthi 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Who has been conferred the 5th Memorial International Award 2012 for Social Justice?

1) Dalai Lama 3) Sanjiv Bhatt 2) Baroness Caroline Cox 4) Malala Yousafzai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Which Australian player has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2012?

1) 3) 2) Glenn McGrath 4) Shane Watson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Which Telecom company has launched 'mEducation services' that will enable its customers to access courses for English learning, competitive exam preparation and career counselling on their mobile phones?

1) Tata Indicom 3) Vodafone 2) BSNL 4) Bharti Airtel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

18) Recently, who among the following won International tennis tournament?

1) Andy Murray 3) Rafael Nadal 2) Grigor Dimitrov 4) Roger Federer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Who among the following Indian-Americans has been nominated as federal judge by the US President Barack Obama for the US Court of Appeals?

1) Rajiv Shah 3) Arun Majumdar 2) Srikanth Srinivasan 4) Cathy Bissoon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who won ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award?

1) Hashim Amla 3) Michael Clarke 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

December week 4

1) Who among the following Odidya novelists has been selected for the prestigious 2011 for her contribution to the field of ?

1) 3) 2) Sitakant Mohapatra 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) World's longest high-speed rail route, covering a distance of 2298 kms was launched recently in:

1) Russia 3) USA 2) China 4) France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Who is the current Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?

1) Justices G.S. Singhvi 3) Justice Swatanter Kumar 2) Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya 4) Justice P. Jyothimani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Who won Women’s Air Rifle Gold in the Sahara 56th National Shooting Championship 2012?

1) Avneet Sidhu 3) Nikita Salunke 2) Apurvi Chandela 4) Pournima Zanane NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Which among the following sites has become the number-one travel destination in Google’s search trends for India for 2012?

1) Kerala 3) Wagah Border 2) Taj Mahal 4) Vaishno Devi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Who among the following scientists of Indian origin has been awarded recently with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – the Order of Canada?

1) Dr Sanjay Vashee 3) George Sudarshan 2) Mani Bhaumik 4) Mannar 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

7) As per the data released by the Planning Commission of India which state became the fastest growing state in India at 10.9 per cent between 2006 and 2010?

1) Haryana 3) Bihar 2) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

8) Who won Mubadala World Tennis Championship final in Abu Dhabi?

1) Nicolas Almagro 3) David Ferrer 2) Novak Djokovic 4) Janko Tipsarevic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Along with who has jointly bagged the Prize for Translation 2012?

1) K.K. Nair 3) Rita Choudhury 2) Jagat Debnath 4) Radhika Mohan Bhagowati NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) Who has been recently named the ‘African Footballer of the Year’ 2012?

1) Seydou Keita 3) Samuel Eto'o 2) Yaya Toure 4) Didier Drogba NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Who is the head of three-member Commission of inquiry that will suggest ways for improving safety and security of women?

1) Justice Lalita Seth 3) Justice J.S. Verma 2) Gopal Subramaniam 4) Justice P. Jyothimani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) Which state has been declared best in the country in citizen security, environment and water and sanitation categories?

1) Gujarat 3) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh 4) Sikkim NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

13) Indian-American who has been appointed as the member of the president's Global Development Council by Obama administration is:

1) Swati Dandekar 3) Harry Sidhu 2) Smita Singh 4) Bhagwan Dashairya 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Myshkin Ingawale has created a hand-held needle-free battery operated device that enables screening of anaemia and simplifies monitoring of treatment on a regular basis. Name the device.

1) ToucHb 3) HbTouch 2) TouchHb 4) IngaHb NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) Which country has emerged as the top trading partner of India within with around $23.8 billion or 18.3 billion euro turnover during 2011-12?

1) France 3) Germany 2) UK 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Which state government has decided to provide free travel facility to cancer patients in State roadways buses?

1) Haryana 3) Uttar Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Which Maoist-affected state government has announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 1 to 25 lakh to encourage maoist cadres to surrender?

1) Chhattisgarh 3) Jharkhand 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Which country has announced to restart production of railway-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by 2020?

1) France 3) Germany 2) China 4) Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) Who among the following former Indian cricket players has been conferred with the prestigious Member of British Empire (MBE)?

1) 3) 2) M.V. Narasimha Rao 4) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Australian researchers have discovered the Gene which is responsible for making the tumours of breast cancer more aggressive as well as resistant to treatments. Name the gene:

1) CCR5 3) IL5 2) ELF5 4) CD8 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

December week 3

1) Who among the following actors has been awarded with the prestigious BrandLaureate Legendary Award in Malaysia?

1) 3) Amitabh Bachchan 2) 4) Anil Kapoor NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Which among the following State governments has announced to hold Bandi Darbars in jails across the state for on-the-spot resolution of complaints by jail inmates related to food, health and other civic facilities?

1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 2) Rajasthan 4) Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

3) Who among the following has been awarded 35th Foundation Award 2012 for Outstanding Contribution in the field for Constructive Work? 1) Shanti Prathistan 3) 2) Jaywant Mathkar 4) Chunibhai Vaidya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4) Who among the following has been crowned as 2012 in Las Vegas? 1) 3) Irene Esser 2) Janine Tugonon 4) Camila Solorzano NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

5) Which among the following States has the lowest per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at 23,435 in 2012? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 2) Odisha 4) Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

6) Name the India’s triple Olympic gold medallist in hockey who has died recently. 1) 3) 2) 4) Ashok Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

7) Who among the following has been chosen as president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)? 1) Sandeep Dikshit 3) Subhash Chopra 2) Praful Patel 4) Shrinivas V. Dempo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

8) The Special Forces of India and Sri Lanka has started recently a war exercises ‘SLINEX’ in which of the following States? 1) Andhra Pradesh 3) 2) Karnataka 4) Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

9) Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?

1) Mahboob Alam 3) Ranjit Sinha 2) Ajay Chadha 4) A.P Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) According to India State of Forest Report-2011, which among the following States has the highest forest cover in the country? 1) Maharashtra 3) Madhya Pradesh 2) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Chhattisgarh 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

11) Who among the following has been selected for K Karunakaran Foundation award 2012 for his brilliant administration? 1) Jairam Ramesh 3) Ghulam Nabi Azad 2) P Chidambaram 4) 5) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Latest hybrid notebook/tablet, 'IdeaPad Yoga' has been launched by: 1) Lenovo 3) Toshiba 2) Hewlett-Packard 4) Dell NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Long-range rocket 'Unha-3' has been launched by: 1) Israel 3) Japan 2) China 4) North Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

14) Who among the following has become the first woman President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI)? 1) Kalpana Morparia 3) Neelam Dhawan 2) Naina Lal Kidwai 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) The Union Government of India has lowered down the growth projection for the current financial year 2012-13 from 7.6 percent to: 1) 5.5 percent 3) 5.7 percent 2) 6.5 percent 4) 7 percent NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Who has bought the world’s first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed ‘the flying palace’ for his luxury? 1) Niwas Mittal 3) Bernard Arnault 2) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal 4) Warren Buffett NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Who among the following won FIFA’s World Player of the Year award 2012? 1) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Fernando Torres 2) Lionel Messi 4) Xavi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Who among the following has been selected for Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 for his poetry collection 'These Errors are Correct'? 1) Jeet Thayil 3) Bal Krishna Bhaura 2) Subrata Mukhopadhyaya 4) D. Selvaraj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Rajkeswur Purryag would be the chief guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 in Kochi. He is the president of: 1) 3) 2) 4) Trinidad & Tobago NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who among the following Indian golfer won the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement award along with Jack Nicklaus and Colin Montgomerie? 1) Jyoti Randhawa 3) Gaganjeet Bhullar 2) Jeev 4) Arjun Atwal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

December week 2

1) A new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73 million years ago, has been discovered by the scientists in which of the following countries? 1) 3) 2) 4) Australia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) The ‘One Billion Rising’ campaign, as a global movement, to stop violence against women, was launched in which of the following states? 1) Rajasthan 3) Gujarat 2) Madhya Pradesh 4) Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) The European Union declared to donate the amount of the Nobel Prize for Peace-2012 to projects that- 1) promote preservation of environment. 2) promote women empowerment. 3) help children struggling in war zones. 4) help children to ensure their access to education. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Recently the residence of ex-President of India , a heritage site, was in news. It is located in: 1) Bengaluru 3) 2) Mysore 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) The Centre for Sustainable Development has been declared to be established at which of the following universities? 1) University of Oxford 3) University of Leeds 2) University of Cambridge 4) University of Liverpool NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Which among the following State's public grievance redressal website has been awarded Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012? 1) Bihar 3) Karnataka 2) Andhra Pradesh 4) Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

7) Which among the following state governments has approved new jail manual that has provision for elaborate computer generated record of inmates including their voice samples, replacing the existing 88-year-old prison guidelines formulated in 1924? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Punjab 2) Bihar 4) Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

8) Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman 2012 for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture? 1) Kapoor 3) 2) Hema Malini 4) Lata Mangeshkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Who won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2012? 1) 3) 2) Pakistan 4) Australia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

10) The Central government has decided to set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to accord single-window approval to mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore. CCI will be headed by- 1) Finance Minister 3) Governor of RBI 2) Prime Minister 4) Finance Secretary NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) According to Yahoo! India's Year in Review 2012 (YIR), who among the following personalities was most searched news maker? 1) Anna Hazare 3) Narendra Modi 2) 4) Akhilesh Yadav NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Which among the following country's scientists have developed the first 100% ultrasound toothbrush of the world called Emmident toothbrush which makes use of the ultrasound waves for cleaning teeth? 1) UK 3) Japan 2) China 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Who among the following has been recently elected as the chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations? 1) Jagbans Singh 3) Norbert Hauser 2) 4) Amyas Morse NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Who among the following was the first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who died recently? 1) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari 3) N.D. Tiwari 2) BC Khanduri 4) Nityanand Swami NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Name the film which is made by Kashmiri film-maker Suresh Goswami on the displacement of Kashmiri Pandit families from the Valley? 1) Minar e Dilli 3) Lamha 2) Ziyarat 4) 80 Million NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) Which among the following committee is associated with non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)? 1) Usha Thorat committee 3) Bhootlingam committee 2) B.D Shah committee 4) D.R Gadgil committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has decided to add Abuj Maria tribe to the list of Scheduled Tribes. Abuj Maria tribe is located in: 1) Kerala 3) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Chhattisgarh 4) Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Who among the following has been recently appointed as adviser to the Finance Minister? 1) Mukesh Patel 3) Ashok Dhingra 2) Sriram Balakrishnan 4) Parthasarathi Shome NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has constituted a five-member panel to take important decisions in its day-to-day functioning. Panel is headed by: 1) Lalit Bhanot 3) Virendra Nanavati 2) Vijay Kumar Malhotra 4) N. Ramachandran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) First Indian to be awarded lifetime achievement Grammy award is: 1) A.R. Rahman 3) Pt. Shankar 2) Lata Mangeshkar 4) M.S Subbulakshmi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

December week 1

1) According to Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living Index report, which among the following cities has been emerged as the best city to live in India? 1. Bengaluru 3. Mumbai 2. 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Who among the following won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012 for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age? 1) David Godwin 3) Basharat Peer 2) Tishani Doshi 4) Fernandes NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

3) Who among the following has been recently honoured with Asian Business Leadership Forum Statesman Award in Abu Dhabi? 1) Kamal Nath 3) 2) Mallika Srinivasan 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

4) According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2012, out of 176 countries, India is ranked at: 1) 95th 3) 88th 2) 94th 4) 72nd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Central government has decided to transfer 12.5 acres of Indu Mill land at for the memorial of which among the following personalities? 1) BR Ambedkar 3) Shivaji Bhosale 2) Balasaheb Thackeray 4) Hemant Karkare NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Recently, typhoon Bopha created a havoc in: 1) 3) Mexico 2) 4) Haiti NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

7) Recently, a pair of endangered Amur leopards has been spotted in: 1) Nepal 3) China 2) Brazil 4) India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

8) Brazilian architect, who designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, won Pritzker Prize 1988, has died recently. Name the personality: 1) Oscar Niemeyer 3) Lina Bo Bardi 2) Lúcio Costa 4) Paulo Mendes da Rocha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

9) Along with five ex-Soviet States, which of the following countries has agreed to reduce its dependence on the dollar, and promote payments in national currencies? 1) China 3) 2) Russia 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Which of the following states has decided to issue Golden Cards to industrialists and industrial associations for easy access to its offices? 1) Uttar Pradesh 3) Gujarat 2) Maharashtra 4) Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) What is Cyber Monday? 1) It is a step of cyber intelligence to trace the cyber criminals on weekly basis. 2) In order to develop the concept of cyber trading, it is a listed company. 3) For organized online shopping in India, it is a partnership between Google India leading e-commerce websites. 4) It is a weekly journal published by Interpol NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) (RBI) has recently signed Currency Swap Agreement with: 1) Bank of Japan 3) Citi Bank 2) Bank of America 4) RBS NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Recently International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) because: 1) India was following the Sports Code of government in the IOA elections which is against the Olympic Charter 2) India has stopped funding to IOC 3) A large number of Indian players have been found positive for different banned drugs by WADA 4) Ministry of Youth and Sports did not give its approval to organize a training camp in Brazil, the venue of forthcoming Olympics NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Recently, World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) was held in: 1) 3) 2) 4) Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Recently which of the following institutes has developed anti collision safety device train collision avoidance system (TCAS)? 1) Bharat Dynamics Limited 3) BHEL 2) BEL 4) Hyderabad Batteries Limited NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

16) Graeme McDowell of won World Challenge event recently, an event of: 1) 3) Cycling 2) Golf 4) Rowing NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Fraud Survey Report 2012 was released by: 1) Accenture 3) Mind Tree 2) McKinsey and company 4) KPMG NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

18) Who among the following Indian cricketer recently became only Indian to score three triple centuries in First-Class Cricket? 1) 3) 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer has codenamed CHAMP to: 1) a new missile 3) a new nuclear reactor 2) a new engine for aircrafts 4) a nuclear powered submarine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Which of the following states has topped on the chart of states for significantly exceeding the revenue mobilization targets as per the report released by the Planning Commission on State Finances during 11th Five Year Plan? 1) Maharashtra 3) Uttar Pradesh 2) Goa 4) Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

November week 4

1) Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of the charge of murder and torture during the 1990s war of independence. He is ex-Prime Minister of: 1) Kosovo 3) 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) China is now capable of deploying fighter jets on its first aircraft carrier after successful landing and take off the J-15 jet on it. Name the aircraft carrier : 1) Stalin 3) Mao Tse-tung 2) Chiang Kai Shek 4) 'The Liaoning' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

3) Tagore's bust unveiled recently at 9th century Buddhist 'Borobudur Temple' which is located in: 1) Cambodia 3) Thailand 2) 4) Myanmar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4) Who among the following has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazil’s Supreme Court? 1. Joaquim Barbosa 3. Carmen Lúcia 2. Ricardo Lewandowski 4. Gilmar Mendes NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

5) Who won Brazilian Grand Prix 2012? 1. Fernando Alonso 3. Sebastian Vettel 2. Jenson Button 4. Michael Schumacher NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

6) Who among the following won men's IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award 2012? 1. Aries Merritt 3. David Rudisha 2. Usain Bolt 4. Yohan Blake NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the All People's Congress, has been re-elected as the President of: 1. 3. 2. Mali 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) The Union Government has announced to set up a National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a National Cardio Care Centre (NCCC) at the second campus of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in: 1. Delhi 3. Rajasthan 2. Uttar Pradesh 4. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

9) Scientists from UK, has developed a new drug for stopping the cancerous cells from multiplying. The new drug called: 1. Aflibercept 3. Nivaquine 2. Atripla 4. Maraviroc NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) Which among the following won (IPL) title sponsorship for next five years? 1. Airtel 3. Coca Cola 2. PepsiCo 4. DLF NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Who among the following is present director general of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)? 1. Tony Hall 3. Tim Davie 2. George Entwistle 4. Mark Thompson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) Which State government has waived the loans of farmers who had taken up to Rs. 50,000 from the cooperative rural development bank? 1. Haryana 3. Punjab 2. Uttar Pradesh 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Who among the following is the present director of Central Bureau of Investigation? 1) A.P. Singh 3) V.S Tiwari 2) W Ashwini Kumar 4) Ranjit Sinha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

14) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has announced the launch of its Sildenafil Tablets (20 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Revatio tablets in: 1) USA 3) 2) UK 4) Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto have discovered a new planet which is thirteen times enormous than Jupiter, called: 1) Jupiter- 13 3) Androme-12 2) Super-Jupiter 4) Jupiter Kappa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) Which among the following countries won the 100th Davis Cup 2012 finals? 1) 3) 2) Argentina 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) Who among the following former cricket players has been conferred with BCCI’s prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2011-12? 1) 3) 2) Sunil Gavaskar 4) Dillip Vengsarkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Along with K.V. Prabhu, who among the following scientists has been awarded Borlaug award 2012? 1) Ashok Kumar Singh 3) Dr 2) Dr S Nagarajan 4) Dr. Aditi Mukherji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) 26 percent stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been acquired by Japan based oil firm: 1) Nippon Oil 3) Inpex Corp 2) JAPEX 4) Idemitsu Kosan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

20) Which among the following countries has cancelled its biggest foreign investment project with Indian firm GMR Group to develop its international airport? 1) 3) Mali 2) Maldives 4) Myanmar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

November week 3

1) Which among the following countries has created the world's largest network of marine reserves, protecting more than 2.3 million square kilometres of ocean environment? 1) Australia 3) South 2) New Zealand 4) Brazil NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Ami Bera, -based, Indian-American has become the only 3rd of the community to win Congressional Election. Ami Bera defeated Republican: 1) Richard Nixon 3) Eric Cantor 2) Dan Lungren 4) Cathy McMorris Rodgers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Astronomers for the first time have discovered a young "homeless planet", up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties. The planet is: 1) Nutella-12 3) CFBDSIR2149 2) Ju-7 4) TRIX-47 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan? 1) Hina Naseem 3) Somira soomro 2) Malala Yousafzai 4) Shahida Hassan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) According to the ‘Transparency Report’ published by Google, which among the following countries stands second in demanding Web user information? 1) USA 3) UK 2) China 4) India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

6) Islamist group, Ansar Dine is active in which among the following countries? 1) Mali 3) 2) Syria 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

7) The Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), a laboratory that comes under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is located in: 1) 3) Pune 2) 4) Dehradun NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has notified rules under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Act has classified any sexual act with a child as a punishable offence below: 1) 18 3) 21 2) 14 4) 16 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

9) According to Maplecroft's fifth annual 'Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013', which of the following capitals has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades? 1) 3) Dhaka 2) 4) Ho Chi Minh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

10) A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the US after reports of 13 deaths. Name the product. 1) '5-Hour Energy' 3) '24 Hour Energy' 2) 'All Time Energy' 4) 'Instant Energy' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have discovered the farthest galaxy. Name the galaxy. 1) TRIX-47 3) CFBDSIR2149 2) MACS0647-JD 4) DSIR2150 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) The Communist Party of China (CPC) has selected whom as Hu Jintao’s successor? 1) Wen Jiabao 3) Xi Jinping 2) Li Keqiang 4) Yang Shangkun NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

13) Along with senior journalists T.N. Ninan, who among the following has been awarded the Fellowships on the occasion of 123rd birth anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister? 1) Harish Khare 3) S.S. Dubey 2) Sidharth Mishra 4) Vinit Wahi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Who among the following Indian scholars has been awarded the USD 500,000 WISE prize for his relentless work of providing low cost education to children in Mumbai slums? 1) Anil Pandey 3) Harsh Goswami 2) Madan Kumar 4) Madhav Chavan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Which airlines has signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each other’s’ clients? 1) Maldivian airlines 3) American airlines 2) Indian airlines 4) Sri Lankan airline NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) In which of the following countries Indian origin dentist Savita Halappanavar has died after the doctors refused her abortion despite her body being sick and weak due to 17 weeks of pregnancy? 1) 3) 2) 4) Ireland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) In which among the following States, NTPC is going to start a skill development programme for 144 youngsters, under the central government's 'UDAAN' initiative? 1) Jharkhand 3) Chhattisgarh 2) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Which among the following Chinese films won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at 18th Kolkata International Film Festival? 1) Apart Together 3) Buddha Mountain 2) 14 Blades 4) 11 Flowers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) Who among the following eminent scholars has been presented 2010 for his outstanding work on Urdu ? 1) Gulab Kothari 3) Dr. Israr Ahmed 2) 4) Dr. Zakir Naik NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan? 1) Malala Yousafzai 2) Hina Naseem 3) Somira soomro 4) Shahida Hassan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

November week 2

1) Which among the following States is the first kerosene-free State? 1) Kerala 3) Haryana 2) Delhi 4) Goa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Which among the following is the first Indian-American elected to the U.S. Congress? 1) Dalip Singh Saund 3) Bobby Jindal 2) Dr. Ami Bera 4) Tulsi Gabbard NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) Along with Colorado, which of the following States has become the first U.S. state to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in defiance of federal law? 1) Wisconsin 3) Florida 2) Arizona 4) Washington NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) Who among the following is the present president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)? 1) R K Shetty 3) V. Dinesh Reddy 2) Ashok Mathur 4) R.K Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

5) The Sultanate of which among the following countries has banned the import of eggs and chicken from India? 1) Oman 3) Saudi Arabia 2) UAE 4) Kuwait NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) The Himalaya Drug Company won the fifteen years long battle in the Delhi High Court against the homoeopathic firm SBL Limited over infringement of its medicine Liv-52 with its own preparation that was named as: 1) Liv-B 3) Liv-L 2) Liv-T 4) Liv-V NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Who among the following has been awarded the WISE Prize 2012 in Doha, which is known as the ‘Nobel prize for Education’? 1) Dr Madhav Chavan 3) Kiranjit Nijindar Singh 2) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed 4) Milica Radisic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) Which among the following words has been chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2012? 1) 'squeezed middle' 3) 'Big society' 2) 'Omnishambles' 4) 'Unfriend' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Which of the following pairs has won the men's doubles title of the ATP World Tour Finals 2012 in ? 1) M. Bhupathi and R. Bopanna 3) J. Marray and F. Nielsen 2) M. Granollers and M. Lopez 4) L. Paes and R. Stepanek NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which of the following countries would takeover Saudi Arabia as world’s biggest oil producing nation by 2017? 1) Russia 3) Nigeria 2) China 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Who won the prestigious Kyoto Prize 2012 in the category of Arts and Philosophy? 1) Paul Thieme 3) Charles Taylor 2) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 4) Karl Popper NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Who among the following is the chief investigating officer of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? 1) K Ragothaman 3) R Karthikeyan 2) M. Narayanan 4) P. Dwarakanath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Which State government has decided to introduce 'single window system' in the agriculture sector for the benefit of farmers? 1) Bihar 3) Gujarat 2) West Bengal 4) Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Who among the following Pakistani Sufi legends has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Kaladharmi Academy of Ghazal in ? 1) 3) Jameel Khan 2) Hamid Ali Bela 4) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) “SENAHIYA”, a National Defence Force hospital, has been opened by Defence Minister of India, A.K. Antony, in: 1) Colombo 3) Male 2) Dhaka 4) Kathmandu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Recently, which boxing Champion has been honoured with Liberty Medal in Philadelphia? 1) Muhammad Ali 3) Michael Moorer 2) Mice Tyson 4) Riddick Bowe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Which among the following countries has won 2nd South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women Championship 2012 in Colombo? 1) Pakistan 3) Sri Lanka 2) India 4) Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Name the cricket player who has been named as the of ICC’s ODI team of the year 2011-12. 1) 3) Sangakkara 2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4) Hashim Amla NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

19) Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched a comprehensive life and health protection oriented unit linked endowment insurance plan. Name the plan. 1) 'Sure Suraksha' 3) 'Jivan Anand' 2) 'Suraksha Kosh' 4) 'Suraksha Kavach' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Under the brand name of 'm-pesa', Vodafone India has announced to offer mobile money transfer and payment service with which of the following banks? 1) ICICI bank 3) Kotak Mahindra Bank 2) HDFC Bank 4) Punjab National Bank NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

November week 1

1) Who one of the following Indian was not conferred the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by France? 1) 3) Shahrukh Khan 2) Amir Khan 4) Aishwarya Rai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Indian-American writer/director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi have won the South Asian Rising Star Film Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the feature film: 1) "Patang" (The Kite) 3) “Gandhi My Father” 2) “Gangs Of Wasseypur” 4) “Taxi to the Dark Side” NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) According to the report of Deutsche Bank, along with India, which among the following countries has the highest Government debt ratios (70%) of the gross domestic product (GDP) among top ten emerging market economies? 1) China 3) Brazil 2) Russia 4) Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) According to the fifth edition of the World Economic Forum's Financial Development Report 2012, out of 62 leading financial systems and capital markets which of the following countries has topped the list? 1) Singapore 3) UK 2) 4) USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Who among the following cricket players has received the prestigious Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2012? 1) Sunil Gavaskar 3) 2) G.R. Viswanath 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Who among the following has received Indira Gandhi National Integration Award 2012 ? 1) 3) A. R. Rahman 2) 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Who among the following forward football player won 'Golden Boot Award' 2012 for most goals in Europe? 1) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Henrik Mkhitaryan 2) Andres Iniesta 4) Lionel Messi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) Which among the following State has topped the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) list of being best-performing States and Union territories, released by Planning Commission? 1) Uttarakhand 3) Himachal Pradesh 2) Chandigarh 4) Sikkim NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

9) One of the top squash players of India, has claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top most squash player Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia. Name the player: 1) Saurav Ghosal 3) Dipika Pallikal 2) Joshna Chinappa 4) Ritwik Bhattacharya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Who among the following won seventh World Billiards Championship title 2012? 1) Mike Russell 3) Pankaj Advani 2) Daniel Sanchez 4) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

11) India's ace pugilist is planning to setting up a boxing academy in which of the following States? 1) Haryana 3) Rajasthan 2) Delhi 4) Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

12) Oceansat-2 is satellite, designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) instrument on Oceansat-1, launched by: 1) Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) 2) National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) 3) UK Space Agency(UKSA) 4) Russian Federal Space Agency(RFSA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) "Conspiracy to kill Rajiv Gandhi - From CBI files" is the book written by: 1) M K Narayanan 3) R Karthikeyan 2) K Ragothaman 4) P. Dwarakanath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) Who among the following won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book" Water: Asia's New Battleground"? 1) Jairam Ramesh 3) Brahma Chellaney 2) V. Narayan Murthy 4) R.K. Pachauri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

15) Sultan Qaboos Said bin Said will be the chief guest at the Republic Day of India in 2013. He is ruler of: 1) Oman 3) UAE 2) Saudi Arabia 4) Qatar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Who among the following cricket player has announced 25 scholarships for aspiring Indian students to live, learn, work in New Zealand and excel in a field of their ? 1) 3) 2) John Wright 4) Brett Lee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) The developers of Dubai are planning to build a replica of the Taj Mahal four times bigger than the original monument in Dubai. The replica is: 1) Burj Arabia 3) Taj Arabia 2) Taj Khalifa 4) Taj- E- Sultan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

18) 10th Dr. Awards for Women’s Development presented for the years 2007 was awarded to: 1) Milind E. Kulkarni 3) Veronica Zatluangi 2) Govind Patnaik 4) S.G. Susheelamma NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Gadar movement's year-long centenary celebrations have been launched in the presence of Ambassadors to the US from four countries. Which of the following was not involved among four countries? 1) India 3) 2) Guyana 4) Suriname NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

20) Which of the following countries is planning to cut its £280 million per year programme of aid to India from 2015? 1) USA 3) Japan 2) UK 4) France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

October Week 4 1. Qutb Minar

2. Charminar 1) Recently the picture of a footballer John 3. Gol Gumbaz Terry was in news to be used as pictorial 4. Taj Mahal warning on cigarette packets in India, which is NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 replaced now. John Terry is a player of-

6) Who among the following won the 1. France Indian Grand Prix formula one race, 2012? 2. Britain

3. Brazil 1. Michael Schumacher 4. Argentina 2. Sebastian Vettel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Alain Prost

4. Jim Clark 2) Which among the following Australian NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 cricket players has launched the annual scholarship scheme in honour of Sir Donald 7) Pope Benedict XVI recently has named six Bradman for an Indian student to study at the new cardinals, among whom Baselios Cleemis University of Wollongong (UOW)? Thottunkal is an Indian and he was the

Archbishop of- 1.

2. Shane Watson 1. Thiruvananthapuram 3. Brett Lee 2. Goa and Daman 4. Ricky Ponting 3. Gandhinagar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Guwahati

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Recently the government of which of the following states has decided to set up a 8) Recently the services of a World Heritage gymnasium and a library in all its jails to Site, Himalayan Railway were promote physical and mental health of adversely affected because a portion of prisoners? Darjeeling station was damaged by-

1. Goa 1. Flood 2. Kerala 2. Fire 3. Uttar Pradesh 3. Earthquake 4. Bihar 4. Landslide NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4) Which of the following movies was 9) Who among the following has been awarded with the best Indian Film Award at awarded recently with an Honorary the Mumbai Film Festival, 2012? of Arts for his/her outstanding contribution to

Indian cinema by the Edinburgh Napier 1. Valley of Saints University? 2. Aquí Y Alla

3. Miss Lovely 1. Amitabh Bachchan 4. Ship of Theseus 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Sharmila Tagore

4. Jeetendra 5) Which of the following historic monument NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 recently has been decided to have a solar power plant to get uninterrupted power supply? 10) A Tamil-Brahmi script inscribed on a 3. Wagah border potsherd, 1900 years before, which reads 4. Processions, organized in “nantai kiran”, was recently found in which of Pakistan against United States the following countries of West Asia? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Syria 15) Lance Armstrong was stripped of his 2. Lebanon seven Tour de France titles and banned for 3. Yemen lifetime after being found guilty of drug use. 4. Oman He was associated with- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Boxing 11) Which among the following countries is 2. Cycling the world's largest rice exporter in 2012? 3. Sprints 4. Football 1. Thailand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. India 3. 16) Who among the female actors was 4. USA honoured with the life achievement award at NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 the closing function of the 14th Mumbai Film Festival? 12) Recently, 664 Gram Panchayat members have been declared ineligible for failing to 1. construct a toilet in their houses in which of 2. Rakhi the following state? 3. 4. Zarina Wahab 1. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Kerala 3. Haryana 17) Kuldeep Singh was recently in news 4. Himachal Pradesh because he- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. is an athlete and he reserved a gold medal 13)The country, which recently decided its in London Paralympics, 2012. ambitious plan to develop deeper relations 2. has polio and has taken up a tour of the with India and other booming economies of country by tricycle. the region, including through teaching 3. was a journalist, who was killed in a languages like and Mandarin in its terrorist attack in Afghanistan. schools, is- 4. is a statesman of Punjab and has been convicted by the Punjab and Haryana High 1. United States Court for an economic offence. 2. Brazil NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Australia 4. Japan 18) Felix Baumgartner became the first NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 person to reach supersonic speed without travelling in a jet or spacecraft during plunging 14) Mehr Din, known as Uncle Pakistan, from a balloon to the desert of- recently passed away. He was known for his specific presence at- 1. New Mexico 2. Kalahari 1. Ambassy of Pakistan in India 3. Atacama 2. Venues of cricket matches participated by 4. Gobi Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) The recently 1. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore constituted a high-power National Committee 2. Vijay kumar on Direct Cash Transfers in a bid to reduce 3. Ram Singh Yadav corruption at the cutting edge, which will be 4. Dhan Singh chaired by- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Finance Minister 4) At which among the following places Prime 2. Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh on 20 October 3. Home Minister 2012 launched Aadhaar Enabled Service 4. Corporates Affairs Ministers ? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Dudu, Rajasthan 20) Which of the following countries, was 2. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh suspended after a military revolt in March 3. Ennore, Andhra Pradesh 2012, recently has been readmitted into the 4. Wardha, Maharashtra African Union? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Mauritania 5) Recently, the Eleventh Conference of the 2. Liberia Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological 3. Diversity (CBD) was held at: 4. Mali NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Hyderabad 2. Jakarta October Week 3 3. Abu Dhabi 4. Nairobi

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1) Recently, in a report released by

Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) it has 6) Panna Tiger Reserve is located in which been declared that Sonbhadra district of Uttar among the following states? Pradesh is critically-polluted area due to the presence of high levels of: 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Rajasthan 1. Lead 3. Madhya Pradesh 2. Mercury 4. Maharashtra 3. Arsenic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Asbestos

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) Recently, for the first time, the country’s

defence establishment led by Union Defence 2) Filmmaker was not Minister A. K. Antony on October 20, 2012 conferred with which among the following paid homage to whom? honour/award?

1.Martyrs of First India-Pakistan war 1. 2.Those who fought the 1962 war with China 2. Padma Bhushan 3.Martyrs of Kargil war 3. Swiss Ambassador's Award 4.Martyrs of 26/11 incident of Mumbai 4. Padma Vibhushan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) In October 2012, AADHAR Scheme marked 3) Who among the following sports which anniversary of the Unique Identification personalities has been honoured with the Citizenship Number Project? Services Best Sportsman award for 2012?

1. First 13) Recently, The Supreme Court of India 2. Second rejected the plea of which among the 3. Third following IPL teams for not to terminate the 4. Fourth franchise from being in Indian Premier League NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 (IPL)?

9) Recently which among the following 1. KKR aviation company’s license was suspended by 2. Chennai Super Kings the DGCA? 3. Deccan Chargers 4. Delhi Dare Devils 1. Jet Airways NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Go Air 3. Indigo 14) In which among the following two states 4. Kingfisher the Election Commission has issued a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 complete ban on broadcast and publication of the opinion polls during the period of 10) Recently, Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley Assembly Elections to be held in November were awarded the Nobel Prize for economics and December for 2012. They belong to which of the following countries? 1. Assam and Kerala 2. Rajasthan and Punjab 1. Russia 3. Tamilnadu and Bihar 2. Israel 4. Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 3. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 15) Leftist FARC rebels are related with which among the following countries? 11) Recently World Food Day has been celebrated across the globe in honour of the 1. Mexico date of the founding of the Food and 2. Agriculture Organization of the United 3. Nations. It is celebrated every year on: 4. Cuba NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. 14 October 2. 15 October 16) The Union Cabinet recently gave its nod 3. 16 October for setting up of the National Automotive 4. 20 October Board (NAB). What is the purpose of National NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Automotive Board (NAB)?

12) Films Division Ministry of Information & 1. to promote the research and development Broadcasting, Government of India on 16 activities of the industry October 2012 announced its plan of 2. to promote the research and development establishing a National Museum of Indian activities in the field of nuclear science Cinema (NMIC), first of its kind in India at: 3. to act as a facilitator in between the civil society organizations and the government 1. New Delhi 4. to act as a facilitator in between the 2. Mumbai Naxalites and the government 3. Kolkata NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Pune NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) India has planned to get Invar Missiles NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 from: 2) In which of the following countries, 1. France Hyderabad-based GVK Power and 2. Israel Infrastructure Limited, has received the green 3. Russia nod for port development? 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. 2. Australia 18) Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute 3. Singapore Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) are caused by : 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Virus 2. Bacteria 3) Which of the following National Parks will 3. Protozoan get remote controlled aircraft and a satellite 4. Fungi based electronic eye for round-the-clock NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 surveillance of the animals?

19) Recently, which among the following 1. Bandipur National Park magazines has announced that it would shut 2. Kanha National Park down its print operations completely and go 3. Kaziranga National Park all-digital? 4. Buxa Tiger Reserve NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. TIME 2. The Week 4) Which of the following services has been 3. The Economist launched by the Indian Railways to find out 4. Newsweek the location of 6500 trains on real-time basis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 on Google Map?

20) Recently, Tata Starbucks, a joint venture 1. RailMap between Tata Global Beverages (TGBL) and 2. RailLoc Starbucks Coffee Company, opened its first 3. RailSearch store in India at: 4. RailRadar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. New Delhi 2. Jaipur 5) Who of the following has been conferred 3. Mumbai the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National 4. Bengaluru Award 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Yashpal October Week 2 2. Smt. Tessy Thomas 3. Sunil Bharti Mittal

4. 1) India has signed the agreement on joint NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 research project into pricing structures in LNG markets with which among the following 6) At present which among the following countries? countries is the Russia’s second largest

defense customer after India? 1. Japan

2. Vietnam 1. Algeria 3. Sweden 2. Syria 4. South Korea 3. Iraq 3. Saul Perlmutter 4. Iran 4. George E. Smith NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

7) China based Research firm, Hurun on 12) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) October10, 2012 has released ‘INDIA Rich List’ in collaboration with LEAD Pakistan and Buksh a list of India’s rich individuals. Who among Foundation has launched which among the the following has topped the list? following campaigns in Pakistan?

1. L.N. Mittal 1. “Lighting a Country” 2. Dilip Shanghvi 2. “Lighting People” 3. 3. “ Lighting a Million People” 4. Mukesh Ambani 4. “Lighting a Million Lives” NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) , has won the Nobel Prize 13) Which among the following 2012 in Chemistry for study and research on pharmaceutical companies has launched its Protein Receptors along with- first indigenously manufactured re-usable insulin pen 'AllStar'? 1. David J. Wineland 2. Brian Kobilka 1. Sanofi India 3. Saul Perlmutter 2. Novartis India Ltd. 4. Richard F. Heck 3. Pfizer Ltd. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Merck Ltd. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Which among the following countries has won women's T-20 world cup 2012? 14) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, is the current President 1. of: 2. South Africa 3. Australia 1. Yemen 4. New Zealand 2. Liberia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. 4. Argentina 10) A British biologist who was a key member NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 of the Ian Wilmut team that created Dolly the sheep, has died recently. Name the 15) Along with Shinya Yamanaka which one personality. of the following won the Nobel Prize 2012 in physiology or medicine? 1. Peter Englund 2. Keith Campbell 1. Ralph M. Steinman 3. Victor Boshi 2. Jules A. Hoffmann 4. Hans Spemann 3. John B. Gurdon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Bruce A. Beutler NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Along with Serge Haroche who among the following American scientists won 16) Antisa Khvichava, who claimed to be the Nobel Prize 2012 in physics? world's oldest living person surviving through two World Wars and the Russian Revolution, 1. David Wineland has died at the age of 132. She belongs to: 2. Adam G. Riess 1. 2. Russia 1. Punjab 3. Switzerland 2. Delhi 4. Japan 3. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) In which of the following States, ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre is not 2) The tunnel that connects the two located? monuments of historical importance- Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort, has been inaugurated 1. Tamil Nadu in which of the following cities of Rajasthan? 2. Karnataka 3. Kerala 1. Udaipur 4. Andhra Pradesh 2. Jaipur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. 4. Nagaur 18) Who among the following personalities NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 won Nobel Prize in Literature for year 2012? 3) The Shadman Chowk has been renamed as 1. Liu Xiaobo Bhagat Singh Chowk on the 105th birth 2. Mo Yan anniversary. Shadman Chowk is located in 3. Gao Xingjian which among the following cities? 4. Mario Vargas Llosa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. 2. Peshawar 19) Which among the following bollywood 3. actor is brand ambassador of West Bengal? 4. Patiala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Shah Rukh Khan 2. Sharmila Tagore 4) According to latest reports, the highest 3. Aishwarya Rai incidence of the juvenile rape cases ((23.6%) 4. Mithun Chakraborty was reported from: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Uttar Pradesh 20) Which among the following Indian born 2. Maharashtra women has become the First Woman Team 3. Haryana Principal in Formula one team ’Sauber’, a 4. Madhya Pradesh swiss Formula one team? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Lella Lombardi 5) The tomb of a powerful seventh-century 2. Manisha Williams Maya queen 'K’abel', who carried the title 3. Sunita Maria ‘Supreme Warrior’, has been discovered 4. Monisha Kalterborn recently by archaeologists in which of the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 following countries?

October Week 1 1. 2. Jamaica

3. Cuba 1) Which of the following State Governments 4. Honduras has announced to launch the biggest ever NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 door-to-door campaign for early detection of cancer? 6) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bought 30 2. Nico Rosberg per cent stake in Houston-based Carrizo Oil & 3. Michael Schumacher Gas's Niobrara shale oil and gas assets in 4. Niko Hülkenberg Colorado for $82.5 million (about Rs.428 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 crore) jointly with which of the following oil companies? 11) Who among the following is the brand ambassador of the 'Nirmal Bharat Yatra'? 1. Hindustan Petroleum 2. Oil India Ltd. (OIL) 1. 3. Bharat Petroleum 2. Vidya Balan 4. Reliance Petroleum 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 7) MagicBoard, an integrated portable device, is a mobile office that can issue a policy on the 12) Endangered Gangetic dolphin ( Platanista spot, has been launched by which among the Gangetica ) is also known as: following insurance companies? 1. 'Tiger of the Ganges' 1. IndiaFirst Life Insurance 2. 'Queen of the Ganges' 2. National Insurance Co Ltd 3. 'Doughter of the Ganges' 3. Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd 4. 'Elephant of the Ganges' 4. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which among the following banks has 8) Which among the following Life Insurance been awarded recently gold trophy of Niryat companies is a joint venture between Bank of Bandhu Award? Baroda, Andhra Bank and U.K.'s Legal & General? 1. Bank of Baroda 2. Punjab National Bank 1. Pramerica Life Insurance 3. Bank of India 2. Future Generali India Life Insurance 4. Canara Bank 3. Aviva Life Insurance NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. IndiaFirst Life Insurance NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) Which of the following countries has unveiled a colossal radio telescope that will 9) '30-Plus', popular energiser brand, allow astronomers to detect distant galaxies relaunched by Dabur, has been promoted by and explore the depths of the universe with which Bollywood female actors? unprecedented precision?

1. Kareena Kapoor 1. Germany 2. Malaika Arora Khan 2. Australia 3. Priyanka Chopra 3. Switzerland 4. Katrina Kaif 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Which among the following seven times 15) A Maldivian court has issued an arrest world Champion German Formula-one driver, warrant against the country’s first has recently announced his retirement from democratically elected President. Name the Formula one Race? personality.

1. Sebastian Vettel 1. 2. Md. Waheed Hassan Manik September Week 4 3. Ibrahim Nasir

4. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom 1) Which among the following former naval NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 chief has been appointed India's new high

commissioner to Canada recently? 16) Who among the following is the longest- serving chief minister of the Gujarat? 1. Sureesh Mehta

2. 1. Hitendra K Desai 3. 2. Madhav Singh Solanki 4. 3. Chimanbhai Patel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Narendra Modi

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2) Recently, Human Rights activist Sima

Samar won the Swedish Right Livelihood 17) Who among the following is the current Award. She belongs to: administrator of National Aeronautics and

Space Administration(NASA)? 1. Pakistan

2. Bangladesh 1. Christopher Scolese 3. Afghanistan 2. Charles Bolden 4. 3. Michael D. Griffin NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Frederick D. Gregory

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) 'The Casual Vacancy' is a novel written by:

18) 'Liaoning', is the first aircraft carrier of: 1. Salman Rushdie

2. J.K. Rowling 1. China 3. 2. Japan 4. Amitav Ghose 3. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Sri Lanka

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4) The Group of Ministers (GoM) on

pharmaceutical pricing policy is headed by: 19) Who among the following won Japanese

Grand Prix 2012? 1. Ghulam Nabi Azad

2. 1. Felipe Massa 3. Srikant Jena 2. Sebastian Vettel 4. Salman Khurshid 3. Kamui Kobayashi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Jenson Button

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 5) Recently which among the following

acquired the Indian business of Australia 20) Who among the following is the current based Woolworths? chairperson of the Indian Central Board of

Film Certification? 1. Infiniti Retail Ltd

2. J P Infratech 1. Nandita Das 3. DLF 2. 4. Lanco Infrastructure 3. Sharmila Tagore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4.

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 6) Samsung has recently unveiled upgraded

version of its phablet in India. Name it: 3. Bajaj Auto 1. Galaxy Note I 4. Honda 2. Galaxy Note II NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Galaxy Note III 4. Galaxy Note V 12) Which among the following Indian is a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 member in the board of U.K.-based global banking giant HSBC Holdings? 7) Who among the following won FIDE Grand Prix 2012 held in Ankara? 1. N. R. Narayana Murthy 2. Azim Premji 1. A. Muzychuk 3. 2. 4. 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Ruan Lufei NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) Lewis Hamilton has recently signed a three-year deal with which of the following 8) India’s first National Security Adviser has formula one team? been died recently. Name the personality: 1. Red bull 1. J N Dixit 2. Mercedes 2. 3. McLaren 3. M K Narayanan 4. Ferrari 4. Shivshankar Menon NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) 'Dans le harem de Kadhafi' is a book 9) To promote the message of making the written by: country open defecation-free and ensuring proper sanitation in rural areas which among 1. Annick Cojean the following campaign has been started 2. Larry Ellison recently? 3. Jeff Bezos 4. Lewis Hamilton 1. Swachchha Bharat Yatra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Nirmal Bharat Yatra 3. Swastha Bharat Yatra 15) E Lobby, a new initiative with 24x7 cash 4. Nirmal Gram Yatra deposit, cash withdrawal, cheque deposit and NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 passbook updating facility launched for which of the following banks customers? 10) Who among the following is/was the chairman of 13th Finance Commission? 1. Punjab National Bank 2. Union Bank of India 1. C.Rangarajan 3. ICICI Bank 2. A.M.Khusro 4. Kotak Mahindra Bank 3. Vijay L. Kelkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. K.C Pant NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 16) Who among the following won Singapore Grand Prix 2012? 11) ‘Phoenix’ a 125-cc motorcycle, has been launched by: 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Sebastian Vettel 1. Hero Motor 3. Fernando Alonso 2. TVS 4. Jenson Button NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Tokyo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 17) Which among the following High Courts has permitted a Jain trust to preserve an 2)'Samajwadi Swastha Sewa' is a: ancient 15-ft statue of deity Lord Adinath, popularly known as 'Bade Baba'? 1. Free emergency ambulance service in Uttar Pradesh 1. Gujarat 2. Free medicine scheme in Uttar Pradesh 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Free telemedicine scheme for villagers in 3. Bihar Uttar Pradesh 4. Rajasthan 4. Free health check up scheme launched by NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Uttar Pradesh government NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Which among the following Universities is also known by “Oxford of the East”? 3) Swami Keshawanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU) Vice- 1. Calcutta University Chancellor has been recently conferred as the 2. University honorary “Colonel” of Indian Army in Bikaner. 3. Name the personality: 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. M Abdul Salam 2. Balkrishna Charanlal Kanojia 19) The first indigenously built ship by Alcock 3. Anil Kumar Dahama Ashdown Gujarat Ltd, a Gujarat Government 4. T C Shivashankara Murthy unit, has been commissioned into the Navy. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Name the ship: 4) Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali, also 1. INS Makaradhwaj known as “The Greatest” inside the ring, has 2. INS Makar been suffering from which of the following 3. INS Magar disease? 4. INS Kark NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Parkinson's 2. Schizophrenia 20) 'Arrogant Master' is the book written by 3. Epilepsy which of one the following cricket players? 4. Dysthymia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Kapil Dev 2. Yuvraj Singh 5) Which of the following IT company has 3. Rahul Dravid been found guilty of infringing Apple patents 4. Saurav Ganguly on the design of smartphones and tablets by a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 German court?

September Week 3 1. Motorola 2. Nokia

3. Samsung 1) The 56th General Conference of 4. Micromax International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 was held in:

6)'Joseph Anton' is a book written by: 1.

2. Vienna 1. Andre Dubus 3. 2. Salman Rushdie 3. Vitendra Singh 3. Cormac McCarthy 4. Aditya Romeo Dev 4. Denis Johnson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Who among the following is the current 7) Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, believed to Prime Minister of ? have been constructed 200 years ago, has been prevented from demolition by a court in 1. Meles Zenwai which of the following countries recently? 2. Haile Mariam Desalegn 3. Tamirat Layne 1. Pakistan 4. Hailu Yimenu 2. Bangladesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Afghanistan 4. Indonesia 13) Which of the following retail Groups, in NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 India, is the 50:50 partner of world’s largest retailer Walmart Stores Inc? 8) Which has won Miss Almaty-2012 title among the following Indian-Kazakh girls? 1. Bharti Group 2. Reliance group 1. Alia Raikhan 3. Sara Group 2. Farida Malik 4. Future Group 3. Sabina Siddiqi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Sabina Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Which of the following hospitals group has bagged the Asian Hospital Management 9) FIFA has labelled 10-month ban on Awards 2012 in four categories- customer Juventus coach Antonio Conte for not service, corporate social responsibility, cost reporting match-fixing. Antonio belongs to: reduction and patient safety?

1. Spain 1. Fortis hospitals 2. France 2. Apollo hospitals 3. Italy 3. Max hospital 4. 4. Wockhardt hospitals NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Who among the following is the current 15) An Odisha-based Kalinga Institute of President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)? Industrial Technology, self-financing university, has decided to confer an honorary 1. N. Srinivasan doctorate to which of the following chief 2. Mustafa Kamal Minister for his/her “ and efforts to 3. Ijaz Butt improve the conditions of the poor and 4. Nasim Ashraf backward sections of society”. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Nitish Kumar 11) World’s smallest bodybuilder from India, 2. Navin Patnaik who was 2ft 9ins, has passed away recently 3. Mamata Banerjee after collapsing from a brain aneurysm. Name 4. Akhilesh Yadav the personality: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Ranjit Pal 16) Who among the following has been 2. Mansoor Badshah recently recommended for the post of Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal by NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 the Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia? September Week 2 1. Justice Altamas

2. Justice Swatanter Kumar 1) Who among the following pairs won 3. Justice R V Raveendran US Open men's doubles final 2012? 4. Justice L S Pant

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Bob and Mike Bryan

2. and Radek 17) has taken over the Stepanek command of the International Space Station, 3. J. Benneteau and N. Mahut becoming the second woman in history to do 4. J. Benneteau and N. Mahut so. Who was the first record holder? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Peggy Whitson 2) Which among the following countries 2. Kathryn D. Sullivan won FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup 2012? 3. Shannon Lucid

4. Valentina Tereshkov 1. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. USA

3. Japan 18) Pakistan has successfully test fired the 4. Nigeria nuclear-capable Hatf-VII cruise missile with a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 range of 700 km. Hatf-VII is also known as:

3)'Aditya-1' is a: 1. Ghauri

2. Ghaznavi 1. India's first solar satellite 3. Babur 2. Intercontinental Ballistic 4. Abdali Missile NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. unmanned aircraft

4. radar 19) The Supreme Court has recently initiated NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 suo motu contempt proceedings against which of the following newspapers along with 4) Which among the following films won the '’ for distorting court Golden Lion for best film at the 69th Venice proceedings? Film Festival?

1. The 1. 'Paradise-Faith' 2. 2. 'Fill the Void' 3. 3. The Master' 4. The Pioneer 4. 'Pieta' NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

20) An ambitious Airborne Warning and 5) Who among the following won the Italian Control System( AWACS) project has mounted Grand Prix 2012? an Israeli Phalcon radar system on which of the following Russian aircrafts? 1. Lewis Hamilton

2. Sebastian Vettel 1. Sukhoi Su-27 3. Fernando Alonso 2. Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder' 4. Sergio Perez 3. Ilyushin IL-76 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Mikoyan MiG-29

6) 'Narcopolis' was shortlisted for the 2012 11) The Coal Ministry has recently Man Booker Prize for fiction. Who among the accepted the recommendations of the Inter- following is the writer of this novel? Ministerial Group (IMG) and notified de- allocation of four blocks. The IMG, was 1. Aravind Adiga headed by: 2. Jeet Thayil 3. Kiran Desai 1. B K Chaturvedi 4. Hilary Mantel 2. Zohra Chatterjee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. B K Saxsena 4. Anjali Anand Srivastava 7) As per United Nations Children’s Fund NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 (UNICEF) in its “Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012,”the world’s highest under-five 12) The Allain Duhangan Hydro Project mortality rates were in: Limited (ADHPL), a joint venture between Bhilwara Energy Limited and Norway’s SN 1. Ethiopia Power, is located in: 2. Bangladesh 3. Nigeria 1. Uttarakhand 4. India 2. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jammu & Kashmir 8) Christopher Stevens, ambassador of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 the United States, has been recently killed during an armed mob attack in: 13) Uralkali, the world's second largest potash producer by capacity, belongs to: 1. Egypt 2. Syria 1. USA 3. Libya 2. China 4. Afghanistan 3. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Which among the following nationalised banks has recently opened its 14) The uninhabited group of Islands Senkaku first branch in South Africa? or Diaoyu turned up to be the cause for mounting tensions between China and: 1. SBI 2. Bank of India 1. Japan 3. Punjab National Bank 2. South Korea 4. Bank of Baroda 3. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) Who among the following is the current president of the Indian Newspaper 15) India's Virender Singh won the bronze Society? medal in the Men's 84 kgs free category in 3rd World Deaf Championship held in: 1. K.N. Tilak Kumar 2. Ashish Bagga 1. Canada 3. K. Balaji 2. Bulgaria 4. Sonthalia 3. South Africa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Israel 16) Which among the following books, edited NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 by Laurent Gayer and Christopher Jafferlot, has been recently released by Vice president September Week 1 of India Hamid Ansari?

1) Which of the following has been the 1. I Believe – A Philosophy for the Global 100th mission of Indian Space Research Society Organisation (ISRO)? 2 .Muslim in Indian cities

3. The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty 1. PSLV C-21 4. Chronicle Of A Corpse Bearer 2. GSLV 8 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. PSLV C-15

4. RISAT 17) To promote worldwide action to prevent NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 suicides World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed every year on: 2) Which of the following players recently

announced hid retirement from the Tennis? 1. September 12

2. September 10 1. Andy Murry 3. September 15 2. Rafael Nadal 4. September 14 3. Roger Federer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Andy Roddick

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 18) Which among the following software companies has recently acquired Switzerland 3) Dr. is related with: based global management consultancy firm

Lodestone? 1. Yellow Revolution

2. Green Revolution 1. TCS 3. Blue Revolution 2. Wipro 4. White Revolution 3. Infosys NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. HCL Technologies

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4) Which of the following countries is not a

member of The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation 19) 16th Non-Aligned Movement(NAM ) (MGC)? summit was held in:

1) China 1. Egypt 2) Cambodia 2. Iran 3) Lao Peoples Democratic Republic 3. Cuba 4) Myanmar 4. Malaysia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Which of the following countries is 20) Which one of the following countries known as the ‘Rock of Polynesia’? has recently successfully tested the new

14,000 km-range Dongfeng-41 1. Tonga Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)? 2. New Zealand

3. Nieu 1. China 4. Samoa 2. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Japan

6) Recently, a special court convicted 32 11) Recently, which of the following people, in infamous 2002 Naroda Patiya riots young politician has been commissioned to be case. Naroda Patiya riots are related with: a Lieutenant in Territorial Army?

1. Punjab 1. Omar Abdulla 2. Maharashtra 2. Rahul Gandhi 3. Gujarat 3. Akhilseh Yadav 4. Uttar Pradesh 4. Sachin Pilot NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: null NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

7) What was India’s official rank in 12) High jumper Girisha Hosanagara Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 Nagarajegowda won a silver medal at London released on 5 September 2012 by the World Paralympics Games. He belongs to: Economic Forum? 1. Archery 1. 59 2. Long jump 2. 60 3. High jump 3. 61 4. Hurdle event 4. 62 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Which of the following personalities has 8) Which of the following personalities been appointed as the chief economist and has become the first person from Indian- senior vice president of The World Bank? American origin to serve as a parliamentarian for Democratic National Convention? 1. Raghuramji Raman 2. 1. Preeta Shah 3. C Rangarajan 2. 4. Y C Deveshwar 3. Kiran Majumdar Shaw NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Smita Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) 16th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was held at: 9) Recently Aditi Mukherjee won which of the following the prestigious award? 1. 2. Baghdad 1. Stockholm Water Prize 3. Cairo 2. Award 4. Riyadh 3. Pulitzer Prize NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Booker Prize NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Recently, Supreme Court directed to which of the following group to refund around 10) Recently, CIC Energy Corp of Canada 17400 crore rupees to their investors within was acquired by which of the following Indian three months with 15 per cent interest? companies? 1. Reliance Capital 1. Tata Steel 2. JAYPEE Finances 2. Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) 3. Sahara 3. SAIL 4. HDFC Investments 4. Bhushan Steels NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) Which of the following countries topped the medal tally in London Olympics? August Week 4

1. China 1) Which among the following States of India 2. Russia has highest Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)? 3. USA

4. South Korea 1. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Bihar

3. Rajasthan 17) Recently, The ‘Bloomberg Markets’ 4. Odisha magazine has included which Indian NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 personality in the list of 50 most influential people in the finance category? 2) 'AH-64 Apache' is a four-blade, twin-engine

attack helicopter developed in: 1. Chanda Kochar

2. Sikha Sharma 1. Russia 3. Kiran Majumdar Shaw 2. France 4. Mamta Banerjee 3. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. UK

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) Which of the following banks has announced that it is going to launch its 3) Who among the following personalities is services on social media platform ‘Facebook’ the oldest Indian woman to scale Mt Everest? in order to expand its internet banking services? 1. Meghlal Mahato

2. Sunita Mahato 1. SBI 3. Binita Soren 2. HDFC 4. 3. PNB NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. ICICI

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) Who among the following is the current

president of SAARC Chamber of Commerce 19) Recently, which of the following and Industry? countries has unanimously passed a resolution to label the Haqqani network as a 1. Mahendra Parmir foreign terrorist group? 2. Kosala Wikramanayake

3. Iftikhar Ali Malik 1. France 4. Vikramjit Singh Sahaney 2. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. USA

4. Russia 5) Sixth Asian Science Camp was recently held NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 in:

20) Which of the following personality is 1. Tsukuba, Japan current CAG? 2. , Israel

3. Daejeon, Korea 1. Pradeep Kumar 4. , China 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Vinod Rai

4. V S Sampath 6) Pharmaceutical company Wockhardt is NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 going to launch a generic version of Comtan tablets, used in treating Parkinson’s disease in 95.4 lakh metric tonne production in 2011-12 which of the following companies? fiscal years?

1. USA 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. UK 2. Meghalaya 3. India 3. Gujarat 4. South Africa 4. Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

7) Who among the following won men's 12) Which of the following Power Cincinnati Masters title 2012? companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Datang Corporation 1. Novak Djokovic (CDT) to form a strategic partnership for 2. Roger Federer development and operation of power and 3. Andy Murray energy projects in India and abroad? 4. Andy Roddick NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Suzlon Energy 2. Tata Power 8) A unique species of near-toothless rat 3. Reliance Power that lives off earthworms and does not chew 4. Jaipraksh Power or gnaw has been recently found in: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Malaysia 13) Recently, who among the following 2. Ethiopia has been appointed as the chief economic 3. India adviser in the finance ministry? 4. Indonesia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Kaushik Basu 2. Raghuram G Rajan 9) Who among the following has been 3. Dr. Rajiv Kumar selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National 4. Anil Bisen Sadbhavana Award 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. 14) Six top coaches of the country, 2. D. R. Mehta including London Olympic Games bronze 3. Gautam Bhai medallist wrestler 's mentor 4. N Radhakrishnan Yashvir Singh has been recommended for the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 prestigious Dronacharya Award 2012 by 15- member award committee. The committee 10) Which among the following States has was headed by: recently announced that any person below 18 years will be considered a child labourer if he 1. Aslam Sher Khan or she is employed? 2. Rajkumar Sangwan 3. Morad Ali Khan 1. Haryana 4. Prem Chand Degra 2. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Rajasthan 4. Maharashtra 15) Who among the following won NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Indianapolis MotoGP 2012?

11)Which among the following States has 1. Andrea Dovizioso bagged top position in dairy farming with a 2. Casey Stoner 3. Dani Pedrosa 4. Jorge Lorenzo 1. Bushehr port NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Khoramshahr port 3. Chabahar port 16) Who among the following 4. Noushahr port Indian women has been ranked top in the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ list, recently released by the Forbes magazine? August Week 3

1. Indra Nooyi 1) Who among the following won men’s 2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw singles Western & Southern Open Title 3. Chanda Kochhar (Cincinnati Masters ) at Cincinnati on 19 4. Sonia Gandhi August 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Roger Federer 17) Which of the following 2. Novak Djokovic States’ tourism has been recently awarded as 3. Andy Murray the 'Best State for Pilgrimage Tourism 2012' 4. Rafael Nadal by Safari India? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Rajasthan 2) Which among the following 2. Odisha Bollywood female actors has been signed 3. Himachal Pradesh recently as the Brand Ambassador of 4. Sikkim Japanese FMCG Firm, Unicharm? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Katrina Kaif 18) Who among the following has 2. been appointed as India's Governor on the 3. Kareena Kapoor Board of Governors of the African 4. Vidya Balan Development Bank and African Development NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Fund?

3) Who among the following won the 1. Arvind Mayaram 2012 ? 2. Bimal Julka

3. Namo Narain 1. Sophie Moulds 4. P. Chidambaram 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3.

4. 19) Who among the following is the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 president of the International Paralympic

Committee? 4) Who among the following has been

recently appointed as the head of the 15- 1. Philip Craven member committee, set up to select the Rajiv 2. Jacques Rogge Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee and Arjun Award 3. John W. Mitchell winners? 4. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Ravi Shastri

2. Omkar Singh 20) India has planned to invest between 3. Vishvanathan Anand Rs 300-Rs 400 crore in the second phase of 4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Iran’s port expansion. Name the port: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Ghana 5) Who among the following 2. Algeria has been recently appointed as the head of 3. Lebanon the 15-member committee, set up to select 4. Ezypt the Dronacharya Awardees? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Akhil Kumar 10) According to latest ICC Test 2. Aslam Sher Khan Championship table which among the 3. Khajan Singh following cricket teams is the World’s Number 4. Baichung Bhutia One team? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. South Africa 6) Who among the following 2. England has been recently appointed as the Chairman 3. Australia of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? 4. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Poonam Kishore Saxena 2. Laxman Das 11) Which among the following States 3. Sudhir Chandra has recently declared House Sparrow as the 4. M C Joshi official bird of the state? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Haryana 7) Along with Vijay Kumar who 2. Rajasthan among the following has been conferred with 3. New Delhi the country’s highest sporting honour Rajiv 4. Uttarakhand Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. 12) Which of the following state 2. government has recently announced a 3. Yogeshwar Dutt comprehensive ban on gutka that will come 4. Vishvanathan Anand into effect from 11 September 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Chattisgarh 8) According to data disclosed by the 2. Gujarat Drug Controller-General of India, during the 3. Uttarakhand period (January 2008- January 2012) which of 4. Punjab the following States has recorded the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 maximum number of deaths due to SAEs (Serious Adverse Events) during drug trials? 13) Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands is a disputed territory between which of the 1. Madhya Pradesh following countries? 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Karnataka 1. South Korea & Japan 4. Maharashtra 2. China & Taiwan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Malaysia & Indonesia 4. China & Japan 9) Lakhdar Brahimi has been recently NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 appointed as the new joint special representative of the UN and the League of 14) The X-51A WaveRider, is a Arab States for Syria. He belongs to: hypersonic missile currently being tested by:

1. USA 19) Indian Railways has started an AC 2. Russia double-decker train from August 16, 2012 3. Israel between: 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Delhi and Jaipur 2. Agra and Jaipur 15) Union Ministry of Labour and 3. Surat and Mumbai Employment has announced the Prime 4. Howrah and Dhanbad Minister Shram Awards for year 2011 on 15 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 August 2012. Who among the following has been nominated for the prestigious Shram 20) Who among the following would be Ratna Award? conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), the third highest civilian honour of Pakistan? 1. Shri Nagaraja 2. Sunil Maruti Naikawadi 1. Wahab Asharafi 3. S.P. Gupta 2. Gopi Chand Narang 4. None of these 3. Rahat Indori NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Syed Waheed Ashraf NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 16) Who among the following sports person has been conferred the ‘Himachal Gaurav Samman’? August Week 2

1. Vijay Kumar 1) A district court in Wisconsin, U.S., 2. Yogeshwar Dutt recently issued summons to the visiting Chief 3. Akhil Kumar Minister of which of the following state of 4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni India, accusing him of overseeing human NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 rights violations and torture in his State?

17) President has 1. Jammu and Kashmir recently appointed whom as the first 2. Gujarat Chancellor of the Central University of 3. Punjab Kashmir (CUK)? 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. 2. 2) A new online radio ‘Dubai 3. Yellapragada Subba Rao Telugu Radio’ (DTR) is going to be launched 4. Satyanarayan Gangaram soon. The radio’s website Pitroda ‘www.dubaiteluguradio.com’ was launched NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 recently at a function in which of the following city? 18) Nadezhda Ostapchuk has been stripped of the women’s Olympic shot put 1. title after failing a drugs test. She belongs to: 2. Hyderabad 3. Dubai 1. Russia 4. Riyadh 2. Ukraine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. 4. Italy 3) Which of the following board, NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 recently has entered into a partnership with a private foreign education company, Pearson?

1. Central Board of Secondary Education 3. Amnesty International 2. Indian Council for Secondary Education 4 .International Bank for Reconstruction and 3. Punjab School Education Board Development 4. Board of Secondary Education, Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 8) Biju Kolara Veettil, who was believed 4) The Government of India has to have been executed after being kidnapped given all statutory clearances, to the Bhilai in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf group, steel plant, for mining at which of the recently has been freed. He belongs to which following iron-ore mine, after Dalli-Rajhara, to of the following state of India? continue the plant? 1. Andhra Pradesh 1. Bailadila 2. Karnataka 2. Mahamaya-Dulki 3. Tamil Nadu 3. Sinshi Gaval 4. Kerala 4. Rowghat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) Which of the following, Asia’s largest 5) India's first financial super fresh water lake, was recently in news to be market aimed at cross-selling non-standard encroached upon over the past century banking products recently has been opened in reducing it from 217 sq km to just 125 sq km? which of the following city? 1. Aral Sea 1. Jaipur 2. Wullar Lake 2. Ahmedabad 3. Caspian Sea 3. Hyderabad 4. Vembanad Lake 4. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) The Dokdo island was recently 6) India Post has chosen, as its in news as a cause of tautness between which technology and consulting partner to of the following countries? integrate its delivery of financial products across its network of 1.5 lakh post offices in 1. Japan and South Korea the country, to which of the following 2. China and Taiwan company? 3. Russia and Japan 4. North Korea and South Korea 1. TCS NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Infosys 3. Wipro 11) Union Minister for Women & 4. Mahindra Satyam Child Development Krishna Tirath recently NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 represented India at the Global Nutrition Event, which was held in- 7) G. Ananthapadmanabhan, recently called for an impartial investigation led by the 1. Geneva United Nations to render justice to those 2. affected in war crimes in Sri Lanka, is the Chief 3. Van Executive, in India, of which of the following 4. London organisation? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. United Nations Human Rights Commission 12) Attacks, in which Afghans turn 2. United Nations Refugee Agency their weapons against their foreign allies and have killed a total of 34 international soldiers 4. V.V. Giri this year, are known as- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Green-on-Red attacks 17) Well-known litterateur and 2011 2. Red on Green attacks Kendra winner, 3. Green-on-blue attacks Samala Sadasiva recently passed away at the 4. Blue on Red attacks age of 85. He belongs to- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Telugu 13) During the second week of 2. august, which of the following country faced 3. Gujarati two strong quakes, that caused death of at 4. Marathi least 50 people and injury of hundreds? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. North Korea 18) Union Finance Minister P. 2. Singapore Chidambaram recently presented the Gujar 3. Syria Mal Modi Award for Innovation. The awards 4. Iran are given for- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Literature 14) Stateless refugee Guor Marial 2. Science and Technology shared as a rare Independent Olympic Athlete 3. Trade and Enterprise in London. Basically he belongs to which of 4. Social Services the following country? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Sierra Leone 19) Which of the following state recently 2. Burkina Faso bagged the Best State for Adventure Tourism 3. Sudan Destination Award, being a global tourist 4. Libya destination, in the world, during last over two NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 decades?

15) The women sprint relay team of 1. Kerala which of the following country drew a new 2. Karnataka world record of 40.82 seconds at the London 3. Himachal Pradesh Olympic? 4. Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Jamaica 2. United States of America 20) Celebration of Platinum 3. Australia Jubilee of Legislative Assembly of which of the 4. Germany following state was started from 13th of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 August, 2012?

16) Hamid Ansari has became the second 1. Maharashtra Vice-President of India to get a second 2. Tamilnadu consecutive term. Who among the following 3. Bihar was the first Vice-President of India to get 4. West Bengal second consecutive tenure? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. S. Radhakrishnan 2. 3. G.S. Pathak August Week 1 3. INS Tanaji 4. INS Arihant

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1) Which among the following is India's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine? 6) Francois Hollande has pledged that

the 2,000 combat troops in Afghanistan will 1. INS Sindhuvir return home by the end of 2012. Francois 2. INS Arihant Hollande is the president of: 3. INS Chakra

4. INS Sindhuratna 1. Canada NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. France

3. New Zealand 2) 'SQ-4 Recon', a new 'nanodrone' 4. weighing just 198 grams, one of the smallest NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 unmanned aerial vehicles in world, has been devised in which of the following countries? 7) Which of the following State

governments has launched “Sakala” scheme, 1. UK the Guarantee of Services to Citizens System 2. USA within a stipulated time limit? 3. Israel

4. Germany 1. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Andhra Pradesh

3. Kerala 3) Which of the following electronics 4. Maharashtra manufacturer has announced to launch a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 special range of robot and tablet bearing the

Indian shooter’s name 'Gagan'? 8) 'INDRA-2012' is the joint military

exercises that will be held from August 7 to 17 1. Samsung Electronics between: 2. Milagrow Human Tech

3. Sony India Ltd. 1. India-Israel 4. LG Electronics India 2. Japan- India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. India – USA

4. Russia- India 4) According to latest Forbes survey, NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 who among the following has topped the list of the world's highest paid women in 9) 14th International Braille chess professional sports? Association (IBCA) chess Olympiad 2012 will

be held in: 1. Caroline Wozniacki

2. Danica Patrick 1. India 3. Maria Sharapova 2. Germany 4. Venus Williams 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Hungary

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 5) First Naval Air Station in Nicobar

Group of Islands has been recently 10) Former Indian cricket player commissioned by Nirmal Verma at Venkatesh Prasad has been recently Campbell Bay. Name the Naval station: appointed as coach of which of the following

States cricket team? 1. INS Baaz

2. INS Rajali 1. Karnataka 2. Haryana 1. Subhash Ghising 3. Uttar Pradesh 2. D.S Gurung 4. Andhra Pradesh 3. Bimal Gurung NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Roshan Giri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Guyana’s Parliament has planned to investigate the $15,000 monthly 16) Which of the following former Prime pension that lawmakers earlier approved for Minister of Fiji has been found guilty on which of the following former President? corruption charges and punished for one year prison by the Supreme Court of Fiji? 1. Bharrat Jagdeo 2. Janet Jagan 1. Frank Bainimarama 3. Sam Hinds 2. Jona Senilagakali 4. Cheddi Jagan 3. Mahendra Chaudhry NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Laisenia Qarase NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 12) 'Fifty Shades Darker' is a book written by: 17) Vijay Kumar won the silver medal in which of the following events at the London 1. E L James Olympic Games 2012? 2. Barbara Taylor Bradford 3. Janet Dailey 1. 25m rapid fire pistol 4. Jackie Collins 2. 10m air rifle NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. 10m air pistol 4. 50m pistol 13) Which among the following State NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Governments has recently launched 'Ladli Laxmi Scheme' for girls who lie between the 18) Who among the following has been age group of 18-40 years would be provided selected for Rajiv Gandhi National with Rs. 1 Lakh for their marriage? Sadbhavana Puraskar 2012?

1. Goa 1. Swami Agnivesh 2. Uttar Pradesh 2. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan 3. Haryana 3. D. R. Mehta 4. New Delhi 4. Lata Mangeshkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

14) A new species of spider found only on 19) According to latest Annual Health one island in Queensland, Australia was Survey (AHS) of India, the world's largest named after the British naturalist: demographic exercise with a sample size of 20.1 million people from 4.1 million 1. Charles Darwin households, the highest percentage( 31.6%) of 2. David Attenborough men guzzlers is in: 3. James Franklin 4. Albert Ernest Kitson 1. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Jharkhand 3. Odisha 15) Who among the following has been 4. Uttar Pradesh sworn in as the Head of Gorkhaland Territorial NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Administration? 20) In which of the following States the 2. Fernando Alonso unmarried daughters of retired government 3. Sebastian Vettel employees will be entitled to a share in the 4. Mark Webber family pension even after attaining the age of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 25? 5) Who among the following has been 1. Haryana chosen for Fukuoka Prize 2012? 2. Rajasthan 3. Punjab 1. 4. New Delhi 2. Vandana Shiva NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Pt. 4. Romila Thapar July Week 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

6) Codenamed D-104, the bike is 1) Speaker Meira Kumar has set up Lok expected to be launched by which of the Sabha’s Fellowship Committee to enabling following companies in October-November better understanding of the functioning of 2012? Parliament and to identify the changing nature and role of parliamentary institutions. 1. Bajaj Committee is headed by: 2. Hero MotoCorp

3. Honda 1. Prem Das Rai 4. Yamaha 2. L. Hanumanthaiah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. B. S. Mangal Murty

4. Vyas 7) Fourth-seeded American Andy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Roddick defeated which among the following

tennis players in the final of the ATP Atlanta 2) After the blacklisting of an Israeli, Open 2012? supplier of the FSAPDS (Fin Stabilized Armour

Piercing Discarding Sabot) used by T-90 and T- 1. M. Russell 72 tanks, India has now approached for 2. Gilles Muller supplying these tank shells with: 3. Lleyton Hewitt

4. David Ferrer 1. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Russia

3. France 8) Olympian Neil Hawgood has took over 4. South Africa as the head coach of the Indian women’s NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 hockey team. He belongs to:

3) Who among the following is the 1. Germany current ? 2. New Zealand

3. Australia 1. Raouf Bundhun 4. Italy 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Rajkeshwur Purryag

4. Ariranga Pillay 9) Who among the following won the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 99th Edition of Tour de France Bicycle Race?

4) Who won German Grand Prix 2012? 1. Bradley Wiggins

2. Froom Christopher 1. Lewis Hamilton 3. Mark Cavendish Early Career Awards for Scientists and 4. Alberto Contador Engineers in USA? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Sabeer Bhatia 10) Who among the following won 59th 2. Parag A Pathak Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011? 3. Krishna Bharat 4. Sharmila Bhattacharya 1. K. Balachander NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Soumitra Chatterejee 3. D. Ramanaidu 15) Elly Katabira is the current president 4. V. K. Murthy of the International AIDS Society. She belongs NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 to:

11) Which of the following state 1. governments has decided to completely ban 2. Austria the production, storage, distribution and sale 3. Italy of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco 4. South Africa and nicotine? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Punjab 16) Who among the following is the 2. Jharkhand current Central Provident Fund Commissioner 3. Odisha of India? 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Samirendra Chatterjee 2. R.C. Mishra 12) Who among the following has been 3. chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012 4. Mahendra Raju for economic empowerment of thousands of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 women and their families in rural India? 17) Along with noted physicist A. K. Sood 1. P. Sainath who among the following have been chosen 2. Laxminarayan Ramdas for the prestigious Gujar Mal Modi Award 3. 2012? 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. T.V Ramakrishnan 2. K. S. Valdiya 13) Jeet Thayil, noted Kerala-born poet 3. and novelist, has been long-listed for the Man 4. Palle Rao Booker Prize 2012 for his debut novel: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Narcopolis 18) Syeda has won the 2. The Garden of Evening Mists Ramon Magsaysay Award 2012 for her 3. Umbrella outstanding contribution in judicial activism 4. The Lighthouse for environment. He belongs to: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: null 1. India 14) Along with Sridevi Vedula Sarma, 2. Pakistan Pawan Sinha and Biju Parekkadan who among 3. Malaysia the following Indian-American has been 4. Bangladesh recently honoured by prestigious Presidential NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

19) The expert committee on GAAR 4. IIM, Calcutta (General Anti Avoidance Rules) has been set NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under the chairmanship of: 4) FIDE women’s Grand Prix , in which Koneru Humpy posted 1. Gaurav Choudhury her second straight win, was recently held at: 2. Parthasarathi Shome 3. Y.V Reddy 1. Kieve, Ukrain 4. V.T Dehejia 2. , NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Mosow, Russia 4. Jermuk, Armenia 20) Name the first American woman NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 space traveller, who has recently passed away owing to pancreatic cancer. 5) Which among the following State governments has recently rolled back from its 1. Judith Resnik order banning sale and storage of tobacco 2. Sally Ride products like gutka, pan masala and khaini? 3. Anna Lee Fisher 4. Mary L. Cleave 1. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Bihar July Week 3 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1) Recently, India made history by 6) A rare Indian snake species Red Coral winning a bronze medal for the first time in Kukri has been recently discovered at the world junior men’s squash championship Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS). 2012, which was held at: Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is

located in: 1. Doha

2. Dubai 1. Assam 3. Windhoek 2. Chhattisgarh 4. Wroclaw 3. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Uttar Pradesh

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2) The World Squash Federation has confirmed that the WSF World Junior Squash 7) Who among the following Indian Championships 2013 will be held in: American has been appointed US

Government’s first-ever Chief Technology 1. Poland Officer by President Barack Obama? 2.

3. UK 1. Aneesh Chopra 4. China 2. V Ramakrishnan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. K. Mani Chandy

4. 3) The Common Admission Test (CAT) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 for 2012 for admission to Indian Institutes of

Management will be coordinated by: 8) Which one of the following USA based

oil companies has announced to buy 80 per 1. IIM, Ahmedabad cent stake in Limited’s 2. IIM, Bangalore 3. IIM, Kozhikode (RIL’s) two oil blocks in Kurdistan region of 3. Odisha Iraq? 4. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Apache Corporation 2. Occidental Petroleum 13) Who among the following is the 3. Chevron Corporation current Registrar-General and Census 4. Devon Energy Commissioner of India? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. C. Chandramouli 9) The worlds first 2. Jayant Kumar Banthia democratically elected Communist 3. Devender Kumar Sikri Government was formed in which of the 4. M. Vijayanunni following States of India? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. West Bengal 14) The country's first satellite dedicated 2. Kerala to astronomy will be launched in 2013. Name 3. Tripura the satellite: 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. AstronoSat 2. AntrikshSat 10) Who among the following has 3. Astrosat become the first Anglo-Indian to vote in the 4. GaganSat presidential poll as members of his NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 community? 15) Which among the following State 1. Derek O' Brien governments has taken steps to blacklist 2. Mrs.Ingrid Mcleod Pakistani cricketer Muhammed Junaid Khan 3. Dr. Charles Dias under the visa rules for coming on a tourist 4. Shri Francis Fanthome visa and acting in an advertisement film? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Kerala 11) Haryana Government has recently 2. Maharashtra banned the manufacture, storage, distribution 3. Rajasthan or sale of gutka, pan masala, zarda or other 4. Andhra Pradesh products containing tobacco and nicotine in NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 the State. The ban would be effective from: 16) Which among the following women 1. August 15 has been elected as the first woman head of 2. October 2 the African Union (A.U.) Commission? 3. January 26 4. August 1 1. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Hajia Bola Shagaya 3. Joyce Banda 12) Which among the following State 4. Mama Ngina Kenyatta governments has signed a memorandum of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 understanding with Life Insurance Corporation to provide insurance coverage for 17) According to the latest National Crime kendu leaves pluckers? Records Bureau, the rate of crime against children was highest in Delhi (25.4 per cent) 1. Chhattisgarh followed by: 2. Madhya Pradesh 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Maharashtra 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3. Madhya Pradesh 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Haryana 4. Goa NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3) A committee on security reforms has 18) Zach Johnson is associated with: recommended that India set up a dedicated new agency or department to generate 1. Golf intelligence based on information available 2. Tennis from open sources. Committee is headed by: 3. Cricket 4. football 1. B. K. Chaturvedi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Prabhat Kumar 3. 19) Who among the following is the 4. Zafar Saifullah current Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. 4) Who among the following cricket 2. Steve A. Ballmer players has been roped in by Pakistani 3. Paul Allen authorities and UNICEF to boost an anti-polio 4. Scott Baker campaign in the tribal belt Waziristan region? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Shoaib Malik 20) 22 light years away, a planet has been 2. Misbah-ul-Haq discovered that may be capable of supporting 3. human life. Name the planet: 4. Shahid Afridi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. 'Gliese 581g' 2. Super Universe 5) Who among the following won the US 3. Natural Earth Women's Open championship 2012? 4. NuLife 2012 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Na Yeon Choi 2. Inbee Park July Week 2 3. Eun-Hee Ji 4. So Yeon Ryu

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1) Who among the following is the current chief minister of Karnataka? 6) With a tagline of 'Pehchano

Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai', which of 1. Jagadish Shettar the following Banks has launched the website 2. Sadananda Gowda to detect counterfeit notes? 3. B. S. Yeddyurappa

4. H. D. Kumaraswamy 1. State Bank of India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Reserve Bank of India

3. Union Bank of India 2) According to National Crime Record 4. Punjab National Bank Bureau (NCRB) report which State has the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 highest number of abandoned new-borns and is placed sixth in cases of infanticide and 7) Which among the following foeticide in the country? badminton players has become the first

1. Rajasthan Indian ever to win the junior Asian badminton championship girls’ title in Korea recently? 12) Which among the following countries won 6th Junior Women's Asia Cup hockey 1. championship 2012, held in Bangkok? 2. Ashwini Ponnappa 3. Jwala Gutta 1. China 4. P.V. Sindhu 2. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Malaysia 4. Japan 8) To provide the health insurance cover NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 for the entire resident population of the state, which among the following States has become 13) The United Nations' (UN) World the first state in the country to launch Population Day is annually observed on: "Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana"? 1. July 21 1. Kerala 2. July 10 2. Goa 3. July 11 3. New Delhi 4. July 9 4. Pondicherry NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Which of the following airports has 9) Who among the following is the been recently termed as 'unsafe' by current Chairman of Prime Minister’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)? for the operation of big aircraft like Boeing 737 and Airbus A-320? 1. Dr. Y. V. Reddy 2. Dr. D. Subbarao 1. Airport, Raipur 3. Dr. C. Rangarajan 2. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, 4. Dr. Saumitra Chaudhury 3. , Ranchi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) India currently ranks as the fourth largest steel-maker in the world with around 15) Who among the following is current 80 mtpa installed capacity, which among the president of World Anti-Doping Agency following countries is the largest steel-maker (WADA)? in the world? 1. John Fahey 1. China 2. Dick Pound 2. Russia 3. Donald A. Berry 3. USA 4. David Howman 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following won 11) Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime 'MotoGP Germany 2012'? Minister of: 1. Casey Stoner 1. Philippines 2. Jorge Lorenzo 2. 3. Dani Pedrosa 3. Brunei 4. Andrea Dovizioso 4. Singapore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) In which of the following countries 1. Leon Max Lederman two tombs has been recently destroyed by 2. Jack Steinberger Islamic extremists at the ancient Djingareyber 3. mud mosque, an endangered world heritage 4. Steven Weinberg site? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Algeria 2) According to the latest report, 2. Mali released by the Union Ministry of Tourism for 3. Nigeria 2011which of the following States has topped 4. Yemen the list in number of foreign tourist visits? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Jammu & Kashmir 18) Professional golfer Marcel Siem won 2. Rajasthan the French Open Golf 2012. Marcel Siem 3. Maharashtra belongs to: 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Italy 2. France 3) Popular Assamese poet Hiren 3. Spain Bhattacharyya was awarded the Sahitya 4. Germany Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 poems:

19) In the New Economics Foundation's 1. Saichor Pathar Manuh 'Happy Planet Index' which among the 2. Lora Dhemali following countries has been named as the 3. Akou Dhemali happiest place in the world? 4. Sugandhi Pokhila NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. 2. Vietnam 4) Who among the following Spain's 3. Colombia football players has been named the player of 4. Norway Euro 2012 ? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. David Silva 20) Which among the following States has 2. Andres Iniesta been emerged as the first 'hookah bar'-free 3. Fernando Torres State in the country? 4. Álvaro Negredo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. New Delhi 2. Gujarat 5) The chairman of the National 3. Haryana Curriculum Framework (2005) review 4. Madhya Pradesh committee has rejected the S.K. Thorat panel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 recommendations for deletion of cartoons on politicians and bureaucrats from NCERT July Week 1 textbooks. Name the chairman:

1. Yash Pal 1) Higgs boson, is popularly known as 2. Shantikam Hazarika the “God particle” that helps explain what 3. Pankaj Chandra gives size and shape to all matter in the 4. Ved Prakash universe. The phrase “God particle” was NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 coined by Nobel Prize-winning physicist:

6) 'A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of 11) Along with Ajanta Caves which of the Time' is an autobiography of: following sites has been inscribed on the World Heritage Sites list in 1983? 1. Pranab Mukherjee 2. Arjun Singh 1. Agra Fort 3. A.P.J Abdul Kalam 2. Humayun’s Tomb 4. V.K Singh 3. Elephanta Caves NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 7) Who among the following women sports person has been recently conferred 12) The Central Board of Direct Taxes has honorary Lt Colonel in the country's defence made e-filing of income-tax returns forces and become first Indian woman to hold mandatory for all assesses whose annual rank? earnings exceeded Rs. 10 lakh during the fiscal 2011-12. The electronically filed returns are 1. P.T. Usha processed at the Centralised Processing 2. M.C Centre in: 3. 4. 1. Bengaluru NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Hyderabad 3. Mumbai 8) 17th Asian games 2014 will be held in 4. New Delhi which of the following countries? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. China 13) At present, the Maternal Mortality 2. South Korea Rate (MMR) of India on per one lakh live 3. Qatar births is: 4. Thailand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. 212 2. 437 9) Which among the following 3. 109 companies has been recently become the 4. 199 country's most valued company with a market NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 capitalisation of over Rs 2.47 lakh crore? 14) The Directorate General of Foreign 1. TCS Trade (DGFT) has issued the gazette 2. ONGC notification extending the ban on import of 3. Reliance milk and milk products till June 2013 from: 4. Coal India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Pakistan 2. China 10) Who among the following won Dutch 3. Norway Moto GP 2012 in Netherlands? 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Dani Pedrosa(Spn) 2. Casey Stoner(Aus) 15) Which of the following banks has sold 3. Ben Spies(USA) its entire debt of Rs.430 crore in the crisis- 4. Andrea Dovizioso(Italy) ridden Kingfisher Airline to Srei Venture NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Capital Ltd., a group company of Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd?

1. Bank of Baroda 2. State Bank of India 1. Travel E-Point 3. ICICI Bank 2. Thomas Cook India 4. Punjab National Bank 3. Arzoo.com India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Yatra.com India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) Which of the following football players won the Golden Boot award for top June Week 4 scorer in Euro 2012?

1) Who among the following 1. Fernando Torres personalities recently has been awarded with 2. Mario Gomez lifetime Achievement Award by the Rockfeller 3. Andres Iniesta Foundation in New York for his innovation in 4. Mario Balotelli philanthropy? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. 17) According to National Crime Records 2. Azim Premji Bureau (NCRB) report 2011 which among the 3. Mukesh Ambwani following States has the worst conviction rate 4. in the country? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Uttar Pradesh 2) Tata Power, India's largest integrated 2. New Delhi power company's Jojobera thermal power 3. Maharashtra station is located in: 4. Bihar

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Tamil Nadu

2. Himachal Pradesh 18) Who among the following football 3. Jharkhand players has been conferred the ‘Mohun Bagan 4. Odisha Ratna' award 2012? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Sailendra Nath Manna 3) Who among the following has been 2. Samar Banerjee appointed as the new president of the 3. P.K Banerjee International Cricket Council (ICC)? 4. Jarnail Singh Dhillon

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Alan Issac

2. James Beiber 19) 20th FIFA World Cup 2014 will be held 3. Michael Clarke in which of the following countries? 4. None of the above

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. South Africa

2. Brazil 4) Who among the following is current 3. Germany president of NASSCOM? 4. South Korea

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Pramod Bhasin

2. 20) Travelguru is the country's largest 3. Som Mittal hotel distribution network, with access to 4. Rajiv Vaishnav more than 6,500 hotels in India and 72,000 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 hotels worldwide. Travelguru has been recently acquired by: 5) Who among the following is the ambassador of Honda Motorcycles and China's first female astronaut? Scooters India?

1. Yi So-yeon 1. 2. Liu Yang 2. John Abraham 3. Yang Ju Liu 3. Salman Khan 4. Chiaki Mukai 4. Hrithik Roshan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Archaeologist Luca Olivieri has come 11) Russia has suspended its contract, for to the rescue of the 1500 years old rock the supply of deadly 'S-300' long-range anti- carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan. He aircraft missile systems, with: belongs to: 1. Iran 1. Italy 2. India 2. South Korea 3. Turkey 3. Germany 4. Syria 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 12) Union Rural Development Minister 7) Aci has unveiled the lowest-priced and Jairam Ramesh has announced to launch bio- fully-functional laptop computer 'ACi Icon toilets in rural India and has suggested their 1100' for the Indian market. Aci is based in: name as:

1. UK 1. Rajeev 2. China 2. Sonia 3. Taiwan 3. Indira 4. South Korea 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) 'Shimi' is: 13) All England Club, recently declared dress code for which of the following sports 1. a terrorist group event? 2. the smallest aircraft made by Israel 3. an Android smartphone-enabled robot 1. Euro Cup 2012 4. a new tablet launched by Microsoft 2. All England Athletics Championship NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Wimbledon 4. London Olympics 2012 9) 'Hayate' motorcycles have been NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 recently launched by which one of the following companies? 14) The ICC’s Chief Executive Committee recently recommended mandatory use of 1. Yamaha which of the following innovations in Tests 2. Suzuki and ODIs? 3. Honda 4. Bajaj 1. Referral system NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Decision review system 3. Recall the player system 10) Which of the following Bollywood 4. Abandon the game system stars has been announced as the brand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Human papilloma virus (HPV) type is 20) According to latest National Crime associated with which of the following types Records Bureau (NCRB), which of the of cancer? following States is the most crime-prone state in the country? 1. Heart cancer 2. Blood cancer 1. Kerala 3. Cervical cancer 2. Uttar Pradesh 4. Bone cancer 3. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Recently, which of the following court ruled that Union Carbide Company (UCC) and June Week 3 its erstwhile CEO Warren Anderson did not face any direct liability towards the victims of 1) Who among the following is the the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy? current Chief Election Commissioner of India?

1. International Criminal Court (ICC) 1. J.S.Khehar 2. Delhi High Court 2. S. Y. Quraishi 3. Supreme Court of India 3. Navin Chawla 4. A District Court in New York 4. VS Sampath NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) Who among the following is the first 2) Who among the following is the woman on Facebook’s board? current President of France?

1. Sheryl Sandberg 1. Francois Hollande 2. Maria Klawe 2. Nicolas Sarkozy 3. Mary Lou Jepsen 3. Jacques Chirac 4. Marissa Mayer 4. François Mitterrand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) Google has unveiled its first own- 3) Hinduja Group flagship company brand tablet 'Nexus 7'. Which of the following Ashok Leyland has recently exported 100 computer manufacturing companies made ‘Falcon' buses worth $7.6 million to: the device?

1. Bangladesh 1. Acer 2. Ghana 2. Dell 3. Myanmar 3. Toshiba 4. South Africa 4. Asus NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) Who among the following won F1 19) Football sensation, Neymar belongs Canadian Grand Prix 2012? to:

1. Sergio Perez 1. Spain 2. Sebastian Vettel 2. Brazil 3. Romain Grosjean 3. Italy 4. Lewis Hamilton 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Who among the following won the 1. Australia French Open Final 2012? 2. India 3. South Africa 1. Rafael Nadal 4. Sri Lanka 2. Novak Djokovic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Roger Federer 4. Robin Söderling 10) Who among the following has been NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 recently re-appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India by the Central 6) World junior champion Asher Noria Government for a further period of three finished fifth in the junior men's double trap months beyond June 14, 2012, or until further with a total of 182 in the international junior orders? shooting competition in Suhl, Germany. Who among the following was first with a total of 1. V.K.Sharma 192? 2. K. C. Chakrabarty 3. Usha Thorat 1. Shayan Masood 4. Anand Sinha 2. Artem Nekrasov NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Roman Zagumennov 4. Filip Praj 11) Reserve Bank said it would soon issue NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 banknotes of Rs 20 denomination with the rupee symbol and insert letter R in the 7) Sixty per cent of people living in India Series-2005 notes. The do not have access to toilets. Which among banknotes will bear signature of: the following countries ranked first in the world where open defecation is practised? 1. Y. V. Reddy 2. Sunil Mitra 1. Indonesia 3. C. Rangarajan 2. Bangladesh 4. D Subbarao 3. India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Sri Lanka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) The Aditya Birla Group’s flagship company and aluminium maker Hindalco has 8) As per the 'Global Financial literacy been seeking environmental clearance to barometer', India ranked 23rd among the 28 begin mining coal from the Mahan coal block countries. Which of the following countries to feed its 750-MW captive power plant to topped the ranking with 50.4 per cent of its make aluminium. Mahan coal block is located population as financially literate? in:

1. USA 1. Jharkhand 2. Mexico 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Australia 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Brazil 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

9) Which among the following countries 13) Currently which among the following has been presented ICC ODI shield by ICC countries is the second largest crude supplier Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat in recognition to India? of the team being ranked number one in the 50-over World Cup? 1. Iran 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Kuwait 4. Jim Furyk 4. Iraq NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 19) Who among the following won British 14) Who among the following has been MotoGP? recently sentenced to 110 years in jail for a $7 billion Ponzi scheme? 1. Jorge Lorenzo 2. Casey Stoner 1. Allen Stanford 3. Dani Pedrosa 2. James Carlisle 4. Cal Crutchlow 3. Larry Ellison NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Karl Albrecht NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Who among the following won Indonesian Super Series Premier title 2012 in 15) Chairperson of the Central Sangeet Jakarta. Natak Akademi, Leela Samson is associated with: 1. Li Xuerui 2. Saina Nehwal 1. 3. Wang Yihan 2. Bharatanatyam 4. Zhang Ning 3. Kathak NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Odissi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 June Week 2

16) Who among the following Indian 1) Who among the following is the cricket player has been recently appointed current Chief Election Commissioner of India? brand ambassador of Nepal Cricket

Association? 1. J.S.Khehar

2. S. Y. Quraishi 1. Pragyan Ojha 3. Navin Chawla 2. 4. VS Sampath 3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Sachin Tendulkar

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2) Which among the following States has

been awarded the 'WHO South East Asia 17) The world's tallest and longest steel Regional Office Award 2012' by World Health rail bridge is coming up over which of the Organisation? following rivers ?

1. Himachal Pradesh 1. Chenab 2. Gujarat 2. Brahmaputra 3. Goa 3. Yalong Jiang 4. Kerala 4. Danube NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) Hinduja Group flagship company 18) Who among the following won 112th Ashok Leyland has recently exported 100 US Open golf tournament 2012? ‘Falcon' buses worth $7.6 million to:

1. Graeme McDowell 1. Bangladesh 2. Michael Thompson 2. Ghana 3. Webb Simpson 3. Myanmar 4. South Africa knowledge-based industries, including NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 software and hardware firms with entire supply chain? 4) Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur has been sworn in as a judge of the Supreme 1. Bengaluru Court. Justice Lokur was Chief Justice of which 2. Mumbai of the following High Courts? 3. Hyderabad 4. Chennai 1. Madras NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Calcutta 3. Andhra Pradesh 9) The Women and Child Development 4. Bombay (WCD) Ministry has planned a major NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 information, education and communication campaign against malnutrition with which of 5) Who among the following is the first the following actors? politician of the ruling Pakistan People's Party to be suspended from Parliament over dual 1. Aamir Khan nationality? 2. Salman Khan 3. Amitabh Bachchan 1. Rehman Malik 4. Vidya Balan 2. Farahanaz Ispahani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Hafiz Sheikh 4. Hamid Saeed Kazmi 10) Which of the following countries is NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 not member of Cooperation Organization (SCO)? 6) Who among the following is the current President of France? 1. 2. Kyrgyzstan 1. Francois Hollande 3. Tajikistan 2. Nicolas Sarkozy 4. Russia 3. Jacques Chirac NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. François Mitterrand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) World Chess Champion expressed his willingness to lend his 7) The global house price index survey support to which of the following State by property consultants Knight Frank shows government's scheme to introduce chess in recently that Indian property prices increased schools? by 12%, propelling to third position among 53 countries. Which among the following 1. Tamil Nadu countries has recorded the strongest annual 2. Gujarat growth (23.5%) in the past year? 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Kanataka 1. Estonia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Brazil 3. UAE 12) Who among the following won the 4. South Africa women's 48kg gold medal in the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Commonwealth weightlifting championships at Apia, Samoa? 8) Which among the following cities will have the country's first Information 1. Tikina Gopal Technology Investment Region (ITIR) for 2. K. Sanjita Chanu 3. N. Sumanbala Devi 17) Which of the following Electronics 4. K. Venkata Lakshmi companies has recently unveiled its new 'Vaio NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 T' Series Ultrabook?

13) Kareena Kapoor is brand Ambassador 1. Hitachi of which of the following Japanese electronics 2. Panasonic companies? 3. Sony 4. HP 1. Ricoh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Panasonic 3. Sony 18) Who among the following won mixed 4. Canon doubles French Open 2012 final in Paris? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. and 14) Axiata telecom company has 2. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez approached Aditya Birla group-owned Idea 3. Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina Cellular to build a transnational tower 4. Petra Kvitova & Daniel Nestor company, with operations across Southeast NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Asian market. Axiata belongs to: 19) along with boxer 1. Sweden Vijender Singh, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, five 2. Singapore times World boxing champion Mary Kom and 3. Norway wrestler Sushil Kumar have been roped to 4. Malaysia become the brand ambassadors of: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Nestle India Ltd 15) Who among the following won 2. Britannia Ltd Catalunya MotoGP Race 2012? 3. Emami Ltd 4. Dabur India Ltd 1. Jorge Lorenzo NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Andrea Dovizioso 3. Casey Stoner 20) In the second half of 2012 the joint 4. Dani Pedrosa venture of Japanese car maker Nissan and NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland will be rolling out its multi- 16) A Sattriya dance troupe will perform purpose vehicle: an innovative dance drama in France and Switzerland from June 14 to July 15 based on 1. Evalia the tales depicted on Vrindavani Vastra. 2. Hexa Space Sattriya has remained a living tradition since 3. Enjoy its creation by the Vaishnav saint Srimanta 4. Ertiga Sankardeva in 15th century in: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Manipur June Week 1 2. Kerala

3. Assam 1) Which of the following Indian banks 4. Karnataka will open its representative office in Yangon, NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Myanmar towards the agreed goal of doubling

the $1.2-billion bilateral trade?

1. Union Bank of India 2. State Bank of India 2. Bangladesh 3. Reserve Bank of India 3. Sri Lanka 4. Central Bank of India 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife 7) Which among the following Sanctuary (GSWS) was established to protect pharmaceuticals companies has recently the Vulnerable Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa announced to launch Absorica, a patented macroura). GSWS is located in: acne treatment drug developed by Canadian firm Cipher Pharmaceuticals, in the U.S. 1. Tamil Nadu Market? 2. Kerala 3. Chhattisgarh 1. Ranbaxy Laboratories 4. Madhya Pradesh 2. Pfizer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. GlaxoSmithKline 4. Merck & Co. 3) Shahrukh Khan is brand ambassador NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 of which of the following States? 8) Recently, which of the following High 1. Maharashtra Courts has set aside the office memoranda 2. New Delhi issued by the Central government, carving out 3. West Bengal a sub-quota for minorities, from within the 4. Jammu & Kashmir quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBC), NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 in the fields of public employment and education? 4) Who among the following won Monaco Grand Prix 2012? 1. Andhra Pradesh High Court 2. Allahabad High Court 1. Mark Webber 3. Jabalpur High Court 2. Nico Rosberg 4. Calcutta High Court 3. Fernando Alonso NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Sebastian Vettel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Former President of which of the following Arab country recently became the 5) Cinema lovers can watch Asian and first ever to be awarded with life Arab movies at the 12th edition of Osian's- imprisonment by the court? Cinefan Film Festival that will be held after a gap of two years, from July 27 to August 5 in: 1. Sudan 2. Algeria 1. Mumbai 3. Somalia 2. New Delhi 4. Egypt 3. Hyderabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Panaji NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Rajiv Gandhi University Vice- Chancellor Prof. David R. Syiemlieh recently 6) has recently entered into has been appointed a member of which one a distribution agreement with Apex Greatest of the following bodies of India? Industrial Co Ltd (AGI) to sell its commercial vehicles (CVs) and passenger cars in: 1. Union Public Service Commission 2. Election Commission 1. Myanmar 3. Planning Commission 4. National Development Council NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Charles G. Taylor 2. Moses Blah 11) The Vajra Corps, of the Indian Army, 3. Samuel Doe recently, carried out its annual training 4. William R. Tolbert exercise 'Ashwamedh' in the hinterland of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 which one of the following states? 16) Who won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 1. Arunanchal Pradesh hockey tournament 2012? 2. Sikkim 3. Rajasthan 1. Malaysia 4. Punjab 2. New Zealand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Argentina 4. South Korea 12) Recently nine countries expelled NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Syrian ambassadors and diplomats, opposing the means used by Syrian President Bashar 17) Who won the World chess Assad's to meet the domestic challenges. Championship 2012 held in ? Which one of the following country is not among them? 1. 2. 1. Italy 3. 2. Spain 4. Viswanathan Anand 3. Ukraine NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Netherlands NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 18) After its dedicated Aerospace Centre in Hamburg, Germany, Mahindra Satyam is 13) What is the “Flame”, which was setting up an exclusive delivery centre for recently in news? Aerospace and Defence in:

1. A satellite 1. France 2. A computer virus 2. UK 3. A spacecraft 3. Italy 4. A submarine 4. Sweden NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Pakistan declared that it recently had 19) Who among the following won the successfully test fired a 60 kilometres range “Copenhagen Sand Art Championship 2012”? nuclear-capable ballistic missile, which is known as- 1. 2. Mark Mason 1. Hatf I 3. Joe Castillo 2. Hatf II 4. Kseniya Simonova 3. Hatf V NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Hatf IX NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) The book, 'Barack Obama: The Story' is written by: 15) Name the former president of Liberia who has been sentenced to 50 years in prison 1. Mick Jagger recently for his role in atrocities committed in 2. David Maraniss Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s? 3. Mark Parsons 4. Ismat Tahseen 4. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

May Week 4 5) Under the Lakshmibai Pension Yojana, women living below the poverty line

would be paid Rs.400 per month. Which 1) Kudumbasree Mission experiment, among the following State governments involving 3.5 million women, is becoming a launched Rani Lakshmibai Pension Yojana? replicable model for the nation for the abolition of poverty. The mission is introduced 1. Madhya Pradesh in which one of the following states? 2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Rajasthan 1. Kerala 4. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Andhra Pradesh

4. Karnataka 6) Who among the following tennis NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 players won the Italian Open men's tennis

tournament 2012? 2) Recently, s seven-year-old boy has become the youngest mountaineer to 1. Novak Djokovic successfully trek to the Everest Base Camp 2. Rafael Nadal (EBC) in Nepal, at a height of 5,364 metres, 3. Roger Federer and scale Mount Kalapattar at an altitude of 4. Carlos Moyà 5,554 metres. What is the name of the boy? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Arjun 7) According to ‘’, 2. Shyam Sundar who among the following is the most 3. M. aditya powerful CEO of India for the year 2012? 4. Aaryan Balaji

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Ratan Tata

2. Sunil Mittal 3) Sachin Tendulkar remained the 3. Mukesh Ambani highest-ranked Indian batsman at the 12th 4. Azim Premji spot in the latest ICC Test charts. The NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 batsmen's chart is headed by:

8) Who among the following Indian- 1. origin-boy won 'National Geographic Bee prize 2. Azhar Ali 2012'? 3.

4. AB de Villiers 1. Rahul Nagvekar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Vansh Jain

3. Varun Mahadevan 4) The TAPI pipeline will have a capacity 4. Rohit Goswami to carry 90 million metric standard cubic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 metres a day (mmscmd) of gas for a 30-year period and is likely to become operational by 9) Who among the following tennis 2018.Which among the following countries is players won the Italian Open women's tennis not associated with TAPI project? tournament 2012?

1. Tajikistan 1. Li Na 2. Turkmenistan 2. Serena Williams 3. Afghanistan 3. Maria Sharapova 4. Kim Clijsters 14) The Union government has set up an NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 expert technical group to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for 10) The Lok Sabha recently passed the estimating poverty and overhaul the norms in Anand Marriage Act, for which one of the keeping with the present-day prices. The following communities and thus allowing committee has been established under the them to register their marriages under a chairmanship of: separate Act, instead of the Hindu Marriage Act? 1. C. Rangarajan 2. Ram Nandan Prasad 1. Persian 3. V. Kelkar 2. Sikh 4. Tarvinder Singh Bhasin 3. Jain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Buddhist NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) Who among the following is the first Indian to qualify for marathon in 36 years for 11) The Princess Tower, which the Olympic 2012? Guinness World Records website has declared the world's tallest residential building, is 1. Arun Bhardwaj situated in which one of the following 2. Ram Singh Yadav countries? 3. Sandeep Kumar 4. Kashinath 1. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. USA 3. Malaysia 16) Khesari dal, also known as Grass pea, 4. China was banned for consumption in 1961 as it was NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 believed that Beta-N-Oxalyl-aminoalanine, a neuro-toxic amino-acid in the legume, caused 12) Recently, which among the following neurolathyrim or a paralysis of the lower states has imposed a ban on the manufacture, limbs. In which one of the following states the storage and sale of gutkha, pan masala, and sale of Khesari dal for human consumption their variants in the State? has not banned?

1. Kerala 1. West Bengal 2. New Delhi 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Bihar 3. Bihar 4. Uttar Pradesh 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) According to a research and analysis 17) NHPC has submitted detailed project released by the Associated Chambers of reports (DPRs) for 1,200 MW Tamanthi and Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), 880 MW Shwezaye hydro power projects in: which of the following coastal states has highest growth rate in fish production? 1. Myanmar 2. Bhutan 1. Karnataka 3. Bangladesh 2. Goa 4. Nepal 3. Maharashtra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Which of the following countries won the grasslands of the Gorumara National Park Uber Cup 2012? in north Bengal?

1. India 1. Black Deer 2. China 2. White Tiger 3. South Korea 3. Pygmy Hog 4. Malaysia 4. Montane Mouse Shrew NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) The Asian Nations Chess Cup 2012 3) Templeton Prize established in 1972, was organised in: to honour a living person who affirms life's spiritual dimension be it through insight, or 1. India practical works, was recently conferred to 2. China whom one among the following? 3. Pakistan 4. Indonesia 1. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Sri Sri Ravishankar 3. Aung San Suu Kyi 20) India-born Suma Chakrabarti recently 4. Dalai Lama has been selected as the President of which NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 one of the following organisations? 4) The Regional Counter-Terrorism 1. Asian Development Bank Structure (RCTS) of Shanghai Cooperation 2. European Bank for Reconstruction and Organisation (SCO) is based in which one of Development the following cities? 3. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1. 4. United Nations Conference on Trade and 2. Development 3. Astana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Dushanbe NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 May Week 3 5) Recently Moody's has downgraded

three top private sector banks in India. Which 1) Recently actor Ranjitha appeared one of the following is not among them? before the Additional Chief Metropolitan

Magistrate Court, , and filed a 1. ICICI Bank complaint against Sri Jayendra Saraswati who 2. HDFC Bank is the pontiff of: 3. Axis Bank

4. ING Vysya Bank 1. Sringeri Pheetha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2. Kanchi Peetha

3. Kalika Peetha 6) Who one among the following has to 4. Jyotih Peetha lead the Indian women's cricket team for a NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Twenty20 and ODI cricket series in England

from June 26 to July 11, 2012? 2) The West Bengal Forest Department recently has decided to reintroduce which one 1. of the following animal, that is listed as 2. Rumeli Dhar critically endangered by the International 3. Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in 4. Mamtha Maben NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) The Indian Para badminton team 7) According to the conclusion of the returned with a gold, two silver and five chairman of the National Human Rights bronze medals in the third Spanish Para Commission of India, in at least 77 badminton tournament, from May 11 to 13, villages of which one of the following states 2012, that was held at which one of the recently have been forced to migrate due to following cities? social boycotts? 1. Barcelona 1. Rajasthan 2. Palma Marcco 2. Gujarat 3. Madrid 3. Karnataka 4. Bilbo 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) In a first in the whole of North India, 8) The government of India had the state government of which one of the launched the fourth phase of ‘Reserve Level following states has nominated a Catholic Monitoring' to study the tigers' population nun, Sister Mariola Sequeira, as a member of and habitat on an annual basis, in May, 2012. the State's Minority Commission? According to the latest official data, mentioned in the study report, how many 1. Bihar tigers have died this year? 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Gujarat 1. 20 4. Rajasthan 2. 25 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. 32 4. 35 13) The Mumbai Cricket Association NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 (MCA), recently, filed a written complaint, before the Mumbai Police, against who one 9) Recently three new members were among the following actors for allegedly nominated simultaneously to Rajya Sabha. misbehaving, abusing, and threatening MCA Who one among the following is not one of and BCCI (Board of Control for ) them? officials?

1. Sachin Tendulkar 1. Shah Rukh Khan 2. Rekha 2. Salman Khan 3. Anu Aga 3. Akshay Khanna 4. H.K. Dua 4. Ranveer Singh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

10) Recently Francois Hollande was 14) One of the oldest living ancient sports appointed as the President of France, marking seen in the modern era, Jallikattu or a return to the left after 17 years of Eruthazhuvuthal or Manju Virattu, a bull conservative rule. He belongs to which one of taming sport, is played in which one of the the following political parties of France? following states?

1. French Communist Party 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Socialist Party 2. Karnataka 3. Left Party 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Democratic Convention 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Chelsea 15) Which of the following 2. Bayern company/companies is/are the principal 3. Barcelona sponsors for the Indian squad for the 4. Manchester United Olympics in London? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Indo Nissin Foods Limited 20) India’s leading telecom company (INFL) Bharti Airtel has acquired 49 per cent stake in: 2. Samsung 3. Amul 1. Spectranet’s broadband wireless 4. Both (a) and (b) access (BWA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2. Qualcomm’s broadband wireless access (BWA) 16) What is the name of the 73-year-old 3. Blue Chip’s broadband wireless access Japanese woman, who climbed to Mount (BWA) Everest's peak smashing her own record to 4. Foxconn’s broadband wireless access become the oldest woman to scale the (BWA) world's highest mountain? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Tamae Watanabe May Week 2 2. Naomi Uemura

3. Yukiko Kada 1) According to a report recently 4. Fusae Ohta published by Save the Children, titled ‘Born NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Too Soon' which of the following countries

has the highest number of deaths due to 17) Which of the following companies has premature births and ranks 36th in the list of acquired fast food chain Nirula’s? pre-term births globally?

1. Kraft foods 1. India 2. Kargil foods 2. Pakistan 3. McDonald 3. Bangladesh 4. Navis 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) The Foundation 2) Steel tower structure in the form of (SACF) has decided to honour with the South five rings, for the London Olympic, has been Asian Cinema Foundation's 'Excellence in designed by: Cinema’ award to which of the following veteran cinema personality? 1. Shekhar Kapoor

2. Sukhdev Malhotra 1. 3. Vikash Kumar Jha 2. Amitabh Bachchan 4. 3. Rajesh Khanna NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Shyam Benegal

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3) Recently, a bill to establish three high

courts in north east states has been passed by 19) Which of the following football club Lok Sabha. In which of the following states the has won Union of European Football High Court will not be established? Association (UEFA) Champions League Title for the first time? 1. Manipur

2. Meghalaya 3. Mizoram NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Tripura NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 9) Which of the following team won 39th edition of sub-junior National basketball 4) Recently, the government of Uttar tournament in women section? Pradesh has decided to give an allowance of Rs. 1,000 a month to unemployed persons in 1. Chhattisgarh the 30-40 age group. What is the minimum 2. West Bengal qualifications to get the benefit of this 3. Tamilnadu scheme? 4. Uttar Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Class X 2. Intermediate 10) Who has been chosen for the lifetime 3. Graduation achievement award 2012 instituted by the 4. Post Graduation fraternity for arts and media entertainment NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 (FRAME)?

5) India is going to buy 145 M777 BAE 1. Tusha Mittal Systems guns from: 2. Mukesh Bhatt 3. K.M. Roy 1. Israel 4. Shahrukh Khan 2. U.S.A NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Russia 4. France 11) Who is the current Chief Managing NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited?

6) The first ‘zero waste toilet system' 1. Sutirtha Bhattacharya (ZWTS) in India was inaugurated at which of 2. S. Narsing Rao the following villages? 3. Ms. Chanda Kochhar 4. Sudip Bandyopadhyay 1. Evoor, Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Tundlam, Tamil Nadu 3. Mattur, Karnatka 12) Who is the current president of the 4. Kunkalamarru Andhra Pradesh International Olympic Committee (IOC)? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Jacques Rogge 7) Phu Khanh Basin is situated in: 2. Sebastian Coe 3. Alexander Loukos 1. Java Sea 4. Spyros Gianniotis 2. South China Sea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Bay of Bengal 4. Yellow sea 13) In which of the following states now NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 it has become compulsory for the pregnant women to show their identity proof for 8) P. Kunhumohammed is associated undergoing ultrasound scan? with which of the following sports? 1. Haryana 1. Athletics 2. Punjab 2. Tennis 3. Karnataka 3. Football 4. Bihar 4. Cricket NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 19) A major university centre dedicated to 14) 'Sachin: Tribute to a Legend' has been the life and works of has released by: been opened in:

1. The Times of India 1. 2. The Hindu 2. France 3. Dainik Bhaskar 3. Germany 4. Hindustan Times 4. Poland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle 20) sworn as Russia's Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) will be launched by the President for: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in : 1. third term 1. 2014 2. second term 2. 2013 3. fourth term 3. 2015 4. None of the above 4. 2019 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 May Week 1 16) Who is the current director of the

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)? 1) Which State government has

renamed the ‘108 Ambulance Service' as ‘108 1. P. S. Veeraraghavan Atal Ambulance Sewa'? 2. K Radhakrishnan

3. B. N. Suresh 1. Himachal Pradesh 4. Vijayasekar Subramaniam 2. Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Madhya Pradesh

4. Gujarat 17) 17. Who among the following won the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 World snooker championship, 2012?

2) Which of the following countries is 1. Ronnie O'Sullivan the world's largest producer and exporter of 2. Ali Carter uranium? 3. Dennis Taylor

4. John Higgins 1. Australia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2.

3. Canada 18) Recently, the 4. France allowed the destruction of a ship that has NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 been grounded since it collided with a merchant vessel, m.v. Nordlake in January 3) “Shoor Veer,” the war games and 2011. What is the name of that ship? military training exercise termed the biggest-

ever war games in the Thar Desert, conducted 1. INS Arihant in which of the following district of Rajasthan? 2. INS Tarangini

3. INS Vikrant 1. Bikaner 4. INS Vindhyagiri 2. Hanumangarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Barmer

4. Jaisalmer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 8) A U.S. treasure hunter claims to have 4) A 12-year-old boy, Chinmay found the exact spot where al-Qaeda leader Chandranshuh received the best child artist Osama bin Laden's body was dumped by U.S. award at the 59th National Awards for 2011 forces in the waters about 320 km west of function in New Delhi along with nine other Surat in Gujarat. Name the treasure: children for his performance in: 1. Bill Warren 1. Chillar Party 2. Van Zeck 2. Stanley ka Dabba 3. Jayson Wechter 3. Game 4. Andrew Lewis 4. Deool NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Who among the following is the 5) Which one of the following Tamil current Governor of Goa? writers won 6th NTR National Literary Award for his novel 'Thanneer'? 1. K. Sankaranarayanan 2. Bharat Vir Wanchoo 1. 3. Shivinder Singh Sidhu 2. S.Ramakrishnan 4. S. C. Jamir 3. Balakumaran NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Jeyamohan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 10) The empowered committee appointed by the Supreme Court to examine 6) Gujarat government has refused to the safety of 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam impose a total ban on distribution of the has concluded that it is hydrologically, Monsanto hybrid seed named “Prabal” to the structurally and seismically safe. Committee farmers in the state, particularly the tribal headed by: agriculturists. Prabal is the seed of: 1. Justice B.P. Saraf 1. wheat 2. Justice A.S. Anand 2. maize 3. Justice J. C. Shah 3. cotton 4. Justice B.N.Kirpal 4. brinjal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 11) A central government panel has 7) Which among the following High rejected Bihar's demand for a special category Courts has stayed the Government of India's status. Panel was headed by: notifications that sought to introduce the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) 1. Sudha Pillai for admissions to graduate and postgraduate 2. Sindhushree Khullar medical courses across the country from 3. Syeda Hameed 2013-14 by amending the Medical Council of 4. M.S. Ahluwalia India Act, 1956? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Madras 12) HLL Lifecare Ltd, a mini-ratna public 2. Allahabad sector undertaking, has floated a wholly- 3. Delhi owned subsidiary, HLL Biotech Ltd, to execute 4. Karnataka the Rs.594-crore Integrated Vaccine Complex NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 (IVC) project in:

1. Gujarat 2. Tamil Nadu continuous, real-time passive 3D geo-spatial 3. Maharashtra positioning and speed measurement and is 4. Himachal Pradesh second-generation satellite navigation system NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 of:

13) Mud fort of Golconda built and 1. USA developed by Kakatiyas as a world diamond 2. Russia trade centre is located in which of the 3. China following states? 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Karnataka 2. Andhra Pradesh 18) Which among the following 3. Tamilnadu Norwegian Olympic swimmers, who won the 4. Odisha gold medal in the 100m breaststroke in the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, has died at a training camp in Arizona, USA? 14) James Alix Michel is present President of: 1. Alexander Dale Oen 2. Elin Austevoll 1. Madagascar 3. Vibeke Johansen 2. Swaziland 4. John Johnsen 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 19) International Workers' Day, also known as 'May Day' or Labor Day, is observed 15) Who among the following has been on: selected for the C.N.R Rao national prize for chemical sciences for the year 2012-13? 1. May 27 2. May 2 1. S. Chandrasekhar 3. May 14 2. V Surya Prakasa Rao 4. May 1 3. J. K. Bera NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. A.K.Sood NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 20) Who among the following has been conferred ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of 16) India will chair the E-9 group to hosts the Rising Sun' title by Japan for his the Ninth E-9 Ministerial Review Meeting on contribution in strengthening economic “Inclusive, relevant quality Education for All”. relations between Japan and India? Eighty-five per cent of the world’s non-literate population resides in the E-9 countries. Which 1. Laxmi Nivas Mittal of the following countries is not member of E- 2. Ratan Tata 9 group? 3. Mukesh Ambani 4. 1. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Sri Lanka 3. Egypt April Week 4 4. Nigeria

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1) Recently, the Leader of the

Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma 17) 'BeiDou-2' or Compass Navigation handed over a railway project built with Satellite System (CNSS) is capable of providing Indian assistance to which of the following 6) President Salva Kiir has ordered the countries? immediate withdrawal of his troops from the contested Heglig oil field. Salva Kiir is current 1. Bangladesh President of: 2. Sri Lanka 3. Bhutan 1. Brazil 4. Nepal 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Bolivia 4. Ethiopia 2) Football club Livorno's midfielder NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Piermario Morosini died after collapsing on the pitch during a game. He belongs to: 7) Wilson Kipsang won the men's London Marathon. He belongs to: 1. Portugal 2. Germany 1. 3. 2. Ethiopia 4. Italy 3. Jamaica NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Uganda NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) The former Special Protection Group (SPG) chief B.V. Wanchoo recently has been 8) Who won the Barcelona Open men's appointed as the Governor of: Lawn Tennis tournament 2012?

1. Goa 1. David Ferrer 2. Uttarakhand 2. Fernando Verdasco 3. Rajasthan 3. Milos Raonic 4. Andhra Pradesh 4. Rafael Nadal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) What is the range of Agni- V missile? 9) Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur has recently signed a 1. 3000 km memorandum of understanding with a State 2. 3500 km government to open an extension centre in 3. 5000 km the State to impart quality improvement and 4. 6000 km knowledge up-gradation training to university NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 and college teachers. Name the State.

5) Which of the following High Courts 1. Chattisgarh upheld the validity of a decision taken by 2. Jharkhand Indian Banks Association to not give 3. Bihar educational loan to students who had secured 4. Odisha less than 60 per cent of marks in qualifying NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 examinations and secured seats in private colleges under the management quota? 10) The ambitious Agni missile programme of the Defence Research 1. Madras High Court Development Organisation (DRDO), whose 2. Delhi High Court efficacy at developing a long range ballistic 3. Allahabad High Court missile was successfully tested. Who among 4. Gujarat High Court the following is current chief of DRDO? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. M Natarajan 2. V.K. Saraswat 4. United India Insurance Co Ltd 3. R Sreehari Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. S. Sundaresh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 15) SunEdison, a worldwide solar energy services provider, announced the activation of 11) National AIDS Control Organisation a 25 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant and Karnataka State AIDS Control Society has located within a multi-developer, multi-facility launched a single-window project in four solar park in: districts of Karnataka to facilitate social protection and deliver social entitlements for 1. Rajasthan people living with HIV. Name the project? 2. Gujarat 3. Haryana 1. Swavlamban 4. Maharashtra 2. Utthan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Utkarsha 4. Nirbhay 16) Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 a Supreme Court judge, raising the strength of the apex court to 27 still lagging from the 12) In a significant decision the National approved strength of 31. He was the former Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the chief justice of: Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the 4 MTPA Coal Mining Project of Jindal Steel and 1. Punjab and Haryana High Power Ltd and 4 MTPA Coal Washery on Court grounds of faulty public hearing. These 2. Guwahati High Court projects were located in which of the 3. Calcutta High Court following states? 4. Madras High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Odisha 17) Which of the following countries is 3. Jharkhand planning to install two coastal nuclear power 4. Karnataka pants (CNPP-1, CNPP-2) each with the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 capacity to generate 1000MW?

13) Which among the following countries 1. India accounted for 47 per cent of global measles 2. Pakistan deaths in 2010? 3. Iran 4. North Korea 1. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. India 3. Bangladesh 18) Which among the following satellites 4. Uganda is heaviest satellite of India till date? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. RISAT-1 14) Which of the following Insurance 2. RESOURCESAT-1 Companies is planning to come out with a 3. CARTOSAT-1 new product that may enable to extend 4. INSAT-4G coverage to HIV positive and AIDS patients? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) 19) Which of the following countries has 2. Apollo Munich Health Insurance recently allowed imports of basmati rice from 3. ICICI Lombard India? technology. Which of the following countries 1. Japan do not have the ICBM technology? 2. South Korea 3. China 1. U.S 4. Pakistan 2. Russia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. China 4. Germany 20) A Karnataka High Court-appointed NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 committee on malnutrition among children will submit a report to Chief Justice Vikramjit 5) Cobra has been chosen as the sole Sen by June 15. The committee is headed by: supplier of beer for British Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee picnic, to be held in the 1. N. K Patil gardens of Buckingham Palace on June 4. The 2. BL Patil founder of Cobra Beer is: 3. M. Srinivasan 4. B. Sivaraman 1. Karan Bilimoria NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Shaikh Zahoor Alam 3. Samuel Adams April Week 3 4. William Bass NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1) “Fortune at the Bottom of the 6) According to the latest data of the Pyramid” is a book written by: Stockholm International Peace Research

Institute (SIPRI) which of the following 1. C. K. Prahlad countries was the world's largest arms 2. Amartya Sen importer between 2007- 2011? 3. Stephen J. Dubner

4. Sudeep Reddy 1. Pakistan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. China

3. South Korea 2) Which of the following Indian films 4. India has been nominated for the Cannes film NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 festival 2012?

7) Which of the following female actors 1. Miss Lovely will act as brand ambassadors to fight open 2. Ra One defecation, propagate sanitation and appeal 3. The Dirty Picture to the people to get clean along with 4. Pan Singh Tomar Shahrukh Khan? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Katrina Kaif 3) Which State governments has banned 2. Vidya Balan the use of the expression, ‘handicapped'? 3. Madhuri Dixit

4. Karina Kapoor 1. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. New Delhi

3. Kerala 8) Which one of the following persons 4. West Bengal has been recently elected as the all India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 president of the Progressive Writers

Association? 4) After successfully launching Agni-V missile, India became the country which has 1. Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) 2. 1. Ashok Parija 3. 2. Manan Kumar Mishra 4. 3. Zafar Ahmed Khan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Shri Gopal Subramanium NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 9) India launched its first indigenously manufactured anti-malaria new-age drug 14) Who among the following has won 'Synriam'. 'Synriam' produced by: 'Sulabh Kala Sarjak Samman' instituted by Sulabh International, founded by Bindeshwar 1. Ranbaxy Laboratories Pathak? 2. Aventis Pharma 3. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 1. 4. Sun Pharmaceuticals 2. Karan Thapar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. 4. Dr. Prannoy Roy 10) Ace tennis player and Rajiv Gandhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Khel Ratna awardee, Leander Paes, will be the Sports Ambassador of: 15) “How to fight Islamist terror from a missionary position” is a book written by: 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Kerala 1. Shashi Tharoor 3. Haryana 2. Butalia 4. Gujarat 3. Tabish Khair NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Salman Rushdie NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) Which of the following State's Chief Minister has been recently named as one of 16) The Central Government is planning the 100 most influential people of the world to install solar panels in individual households. by 'Time magazine'? Initially it will be launched in which of the following states/Union territories? 1. Gujarat 2. New Delhi 1. Odisha 3. Bihar 2. Puducherry 4. West Bengal 3. Chandigarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Recently, in which of the following state, Atomic Energy Commission of India has 17) Who among the following will be commissioned a uranium ore mine and conferred the “International Indu Sharma processing plant set up by Uranium Katha Samman-2012'' for his Hindi novel “ Corporation of India? Teesri Tali”at the House of Commons in London on June 28? 1. Karnataka 2. Andhra Pradesh 1. Pradeep Saurabh 3. Madhya Pradesh 2. Chitra Mudgal 4. Jharkhand 3. Dr. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Vibhuti Narain Rai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 13) Who among the following is the current chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI)? 18) Which of the following countries is on top in the latest FIFA world ratings? 3) “The Tin Drum “ is the famous novel 1. Uruguay written by: 2. Germany 3. Netherland 1. Anne Frank 4. Spain 2. James Chapman NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Margaret Mitchell 4. Gunter Grass 19) Who among the following has been NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 selected as the chairman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC)? 4) The syllabus restructuring committee has submitted its report to the West Bengal 1. Ajay Banga Council of Higher Secondary Education Board 2. Indra K. Nooyi with the recommendation that an entire 3. Ron Somers chapter on the Bolshevik Revolution and 4. Harold "Terry" McGraw III references to Karl Marx be dropped from the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 syllabus. The committee is headed by:

20) Jim Yong Kim has been selected as 1. Avik Majumdar new President of the World Bank. He belongs 2. Muktinath Chattopadhyay to: 3. Bratya Basu 4. Subrata Mukherjee 1. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. South Korea 3. Vietnam 5) To improve corporate governance, 4. Philippines the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 constituted a high-level committee headed by: April Week 2 1. Kiran Majumdar Shaw

2. Adi Goderage 1) Which of the following State 3. Sidharth Birla governments has decided to give cycles to the 4. M. K Chanu girls studying in Classes XI and XII under the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 'Mai Bhago Vidya scheme'?

6) Recently, Indian Government has 1. Punjab imposed anti-dumping duty for five years on 2. Haryana imports of phosphoric acid from Israel and: 3. West Bengal

4. Himachal Pradesh 1. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Canada

3. South Korea 2) Who is the current Chief information 4. Taiwan commissioner of Central Information NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 commission?

7) A unique scheme titled ‘Master 1. Wajahat Habibullah Health Card' of Rahbar Group of Companies, 2. Satyananda Mishra was launched in which of the following 3. A. N. Tiwari States? 4. Rajiv Mathur

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Karnataka 1. Pashupatinath temple 4. New Delhi 2. Padmanabhaswamy Temple NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Swaminarayan temple 4. Tirupatibalaji temple 8) The environmental appraisal committee of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 the Ministry of environment and forests has approved the construction of 'Renuka dam 13) A group of social activists, led by former project' in which of the following States? Chairman of SC/ ST Commission B. D. Sharma, have recently told that over 44,000 tribal 1. Kerala people have migrated to the border districts 2. Uttarakhand of the neighbouring State due to continuing 3. Himachal Pradesh oppression of tribal people by the police in: 4. Assam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Jharkhand 2. Odisha 9) Who among the following is the 3. Chhattisgarh current president of International Hockey 4. Andhra Pradesh Federation (FIH)? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Leandro Negre 14) Which of the following State 2. Seif Ahmed governments has launched 'Nirbhaya Scheme' 3. Martin Gotheridge to prevent atrocities against women and 4. Pam Elgar minor girls? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Punjab 10) Which of the following motor 2. Kerala companies will launch a new bike in 250 cc 3. New Delhi category under Korean brand 'Hyosung'? 4. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Garware Motors 2. TVS Motors 15) Justice M.M. Kumar of the Punjab and 3. LML Haryana High Court has been recommended 4. Honda Motors to be the next Chief Justice of which of the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 following High Courts?

11) According to International Air 1. Madhya Pradesh Transport Association (IATA), India recently 2. Kerala experienced the second strongest domestic 3. Gujarat air traffic growth among the major domestic 4. Jammu and Kashmir markets at 12.3 per cent in the world after: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. USA 16) Name the Chairman of Cauvery Water 2. Brazil Disputes Tribunal, which recently has resigned 3. Saudi Arabia on health grounds, after having remained in 4. Russia office for about 16 years? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Justice N.P. Singh 12) For the first time, Indian priests will 2. Justice D M Dharmadhikari get a fixed salary instead of a share in which 3. Justice J. C. Shah of the following famous temples? 4. Justice A.S. Anand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) Who one the following is the current 2) Which of the following States has Permanent Representative of India to the become the first state in India to make public United Nations? the names of people, government officials and others, facing corruption cases? 1. Manjeev Singh 2. Hardeep Singh Puri 1. Odisha 3. Nirupam Sen 2. Bihar 4. Vijay Kunhianandan Nambiar 3. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Himachal Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 18) Siddhartha Kar, Suhasini Sen and Anand Srivastava are three Indian students 3) Which of the following countries is among 50 'world's most brilliant' scholars not member of an elite league of six nations, chosen for this year's prestigious: who have nuclear-powered submarine?

1. Marion Wright Edelman Scholarship 1. China 2. Gates Cambridge scholarship 2. India 3. UNESCO -L’OREAL Co- Sponsored fellowship 3. Germany 4 Fulbright Scholarships 4. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) 'The Casual Vacancy' is the book 4) National Film Development written by which of the following Corporation of India (NFDC) is the central personalities? agency established in 1975. Who is the current chairman of NFDC? 1. Khaled Hossenin 2. J.K. Rowling 1. Manmohan Shetty 3. Yann Martel 2. 4. Salman Rushdie 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. D. V Suryanarayana Raju NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Who is the current Director General of World Trade Organization? 5) The Titanic, with 2,200 people on board, departed from which of the following 1. Pascal Lamy Britain's ports on April 10, 1912, for its first 2. Supachai Panitchpakdi and last voyage from Europe to the US? 3. Mike Moore 4. Renato Ruggiero 1. Port of Southampton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Port of Barrow 3. Port of Swansea April Week 1 4. Port of Immingham NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1) 'Gotipua' is a traditional dance of 6) The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national which of the following States? park in India located in which of the following

district of Rajasthan? 1. Odisha

2. West Bengal 1. Bharatpur 3. Jharkhand 2. Alwar 4. Sikkim 3. Jhalawar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Sirohi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 12) Who among the following is the 7) Which of the following State current Director-General of United Nations governments has organised fairs to help Educational Scientific and Cultural 65,000 youths to get jobs in 'Swami Organization (UNESCO)? Vivekananda Yuva Rojgar Mela'? 1. Irina Bokova 1. West Bengal 2. Luther Evans 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Koïchiro Matsuura 3. Gujarat 4. Federico Mayor Zaragoza 4. Bihar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) GSM Association has said 3G mobile 8) After WWE wrestler Great Khali who connections in India are expected to grow to is the second sportsperson keen to open more than 10 crore by 2014 the highest in the cricket academy in Himachal Pradesh? world while India would become the second largest mobile broadband market globally 1. Suresh Raina within the next four years after: 2. Yuvraj Singh 3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 1. USA 4. 2. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. UK 4. China 9) Ms. Tawakul Karman, who has been NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 titled the “Mother of the Revolution” and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. She 14) 'Malabar 2012' is a structured belongs to: bilateral annual naval exercise between India and: 1. Kenya 2. Liberia 1. Japan 3. Yemen 2. Russia 4. Morocco 3. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. USA NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 10) Which of the following IT companies has finally launched 'MyEdu tablet' in India? 15) Which of the following is the first Indian woman appointed as dean of top US 1. HCL Business School? 2. Wipro 3. Dell 1. Srilata Zaheer 4. Samsung 2. Nikki Haley NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Renu Khator 4. Gayatri Chakravorty 11) Who among the following won 'Sony NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Ericsson Open Tennis Tittle 2012'? 16) Who among the following won 'Miami 1. Novak Djokovic Masters women singles Title' 2012? 2. Andy Murray 3. Rafael Nadal 1. Maria Sharapova 4. Roger Federer 2. Marion Bartoli 3. Caroline Wozniacki 4. Agnieszka Radwanska 1. James Cameron NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2. Robert Wise 3. Steven Soderbergh 17) After completing 70 years of services 4. William Wyler which of the following bank has come out NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 with a unique limited period fixed deposit scheme of 70:70:70.? 2) Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university located in: 1. Punjab National Bank 2. State Bank of Hyderabad 1. New Delhi 3. Bank of Baroda 2. Kolkata 4. State Bank of Bikaner 3. Lucknow NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Bhopal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 18) Which of the following States has the highest percentage of widowed/divorced or 3) Tiger Woods' former swing coach, separated (WDS) individuals in India? Hank Haney, has written a book about his time working with the golfer. The name of 1. New Delhi book is: 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh 1. The Lord of the Rings 4. Karnataka 2. Rules of Attraction NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. The Big Miss 4. Strong Motion 19) AIBA Women's World Boxing NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Championships will be held in which of the following countries from May 9-20? 4) Para Athletics National Championship 2012 was held in: 1. China 2. Australia 1. Hyderabad 3. Philippine 2. Gurgaon 4. Canada 3. Bhopal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Bengaluru NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 20) ‘Secrets of Wild India', a three-part series highlighting the diversity of Indian 5) Oil has been discovered for the first wildlife, has won the ‘Best Television Series' time in which East African nation recently? award at the International Wildlife Film Festival in: 1. 2. Kenya 1. UK 3. Burundi 2. USA 4. Uganda 3. Switzerland NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Germany NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 6) Prime Minister has appointed panel on the feasibility of executing the March Week 4 controversial Sethusamudram project through Dhanuskodi instead of routing it through the 1) Who among the following Hollywood Rama Sethu. Committee is headed by directors is the first person to make a solo environmentalist: dive to the Pacific Ocean trench? 2. Vasant Purushottum Kale 1. Vandana Shiva 3. Vasant Abaji Dahake 2. Ashok Khosla 4. Manik Godghate 3. T. Srinivasa Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. RK Pachauri NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 11) 'Tatra' is

7) ‘Pudhu Vazvu Thittam' scheme has 1. a vehicle manufacturer in Czech Republic been launched in which of the following 2. a drug that increases the life expectancy of States with the aim of improving livelihood the elderly suffering from a heart disease. activities of the poorest of the poor, 3. a new variety of Bt Cotton developed by differently abled, destitute widows and Monsanto orphaned women? 4. a new operating system developed by Samsung 1. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Kerala 3. Karnataka 12) 'Luhri hydro-electric project' is located 4. Andhra Pradesh in which of the following districts of Himachal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Pradesh?

8) Global private equity major Warburg 1. Kinnaur Pincus has sold its 3.6 per cent stake in which 2. Sirmaur of the following banks for about Rs.1,400 3. Simla crore? 4. Kangra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. HDFC Bank 2. Kotak Mahindra Bank 13) Which one of the following countries 3. ICICI Bank is the largest importer out of whole volume of 4. Yes Bank trade in the world? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. USA 9) Recently, which among the following 2. China countries has given United Nations children's 3. Japan fund (UNICEF) a grant of Rs. 7.2 crore, for 4. India buying vaccines, supplies, equipment and NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 services in 2012 to ensure India remains free of polio virus? 14) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 1. USA 22nd August 1966 to facilitate economic 2. UK development of countries in Asia, 3. Japan headquartered in: 4. South Korea NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Singapore 2. Philippines 10) Popularly known as ‘Grace', which of 3. Japan the following Marathi author won Sahitya 4. Malaysia Akademi award for his prose 'Varyane halte NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 raan' (The forest swings with the wind) in 2011? 15) Which of the following social activists became a part of the ‘Global March to 1. Shyam Manohar Jerusalem' to uphold secularism in the region? 1. Jim Yong Kim 1. Swami Agnivesh 2. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 2. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 3. Jose Antonio Ocampo 3. Anna Hazare 4. Robert Zoellick 4. Medha Patkar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 March Week 3 16) The Indian Navy has deployed the

Indo-Russian first version of the BrahMos 1) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the supersonic cruise missile on: highest density of rhinoceros population in

the world. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is 1. INS Talwar located in: 2. INS Brahmaputra

3. INS Godavari 1. Assam 4. INS Rajput 2. West Bengal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Meghalaya

4. Arunachal Pradesh 17) Which of the following countries NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 ranked first among the 27 MDR-TB high- burden countries world wide? 2) Who among the following has been

awarded the prestigious 'Dadasaheb Phalke 1. India award' for the year 2012? 2. China

3. Bangladesh 1. 4. Pakistan 2. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. VK Murthy

4. K. Balachander 18) Koya Commando is special police NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 officers to fight against the Naxal violence in which of the following States? 3) According to the report from the

Stockholm International Peace Research 1. Chhattisgarh Institute(SIPRI) which of the following country 2. Odisha is the world’s second largest weapons 3. Maharashtra importer? 4. West bengal

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Pakistan

2. India 19) Bhitarkanika National Park is a 3. China national park located in which of the following 4. South Korea district of Odisha? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Bhadrak 4) Who among the following politicians 2. Jagatsinghpur has been declared winner for the prestigious 3. Mayurbhanj ‘International Jurists Award-2012.'? 4. Kendrapada

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Sheila Dixit

2. Mulayam Singh Yadav 20) Who among the following is the 3. Narendra Modi surprise choice of US President Barack Obama 4. Nitish Kumar for the post of World Bank president? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) To promote institutional deliveries, create awareness and “responsibility towards 1. 'Padho aur Padhao' health” in pregnant women, which of the 2. 'Aao Padhein' following State Governments has recently 3. 'Padhana Likhana Sikho' introduced ‘Surakshit Maa' and ‘Swasth Maa' 4. 'Aao Sakshar Bane' awards? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Bihar 10) Which famous painters received 2. Haryana Padma Bhushan award from President 3. Madhya Pradesh Pratibha Patil during the Padma Awards 2012 4. New Delhi function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi ? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. 6) The first World Sparrow Day was 2. celebrated in 2010, across the globe to 3. Rajendra Mishra celebrate the beauty of the house sparrow. 4. Sujata Achrekar World Sparrow Day is observed on: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. March 21 11) Chennai airport will soon get a new 2. March 20 and advanced satellite-based precision 3. January 5 approach and landing system instead of: 4. January 27 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Transponder Landing System 2. Microwave Landing System 7) 'Kalbelia' is one of the most sensuous 3. Local Area Augmentation System dance forms of: 4. Instrument Landing System NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Gujarat 2. Assam 12) The National Institute of Open 3. Madhya Pradesh Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National 4. Rajasthan Open School (NOS) was established in NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 November 1989. Which among the following personalities is the current chairman of NIOS? 8) Which among the following airports authorities has won the prestigious 1. Bisht international 'Jane's ATC Award' for the year 2. Sitansu Sekhar Jena 2012? 3. M.C. Pant 4. N.K Ambasht 1. Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Thunder Bay Airport Authority (TBAA) 3. Airports Authority of India (AAI) 13) World Water Day is observed on: 4. Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) 1. March 22 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. March 23 3. March 24 9) Tihar Prisons became the first jail in 4. March 25 the country to attain near total literacy among NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 inmates. Which of the following programmes has been launched in Tihar jail in collaboration 14) Which of the following States has with the National Literacy Mission to increase launched ‘Jawahar Bala Arogya Raksha literacy levels among inmates? programme’? 19) According to 'France Football 1. Haryana magazine' who among the following 2. Andhra Pradesh footballer is the world's highest-paid 3. New Delhi footballer of year? 4. Odisha NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Lionel Messi 2. David Beckham 15) Mahari Award has been instituted by 3. Cristiano Ronaldo Guru Pankaj Charan Odissi Research 4. Ronaldinho Foundation. Who among the following won NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Mahari award 2012? 20) Padma Awards 2012 function at 1. Shubhada Varadkar Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi ? 2. Sujata Mohapatra 3. Sharmila Biswas 1. Jatin Das 4. Minati Pradhan 2. Vijay Sharma NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Rajendra Mishra 4. Sujata Achrekar 16) 'Phaeton' is a full-size luxury sedan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 launched by: March Week 2 1. Audi

2. Volkswagen 1) Name the country’s first sub-sonic 3. BMW cruise missile, which is going to be test 4. Daimler launched in April 2012. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Tomahawk 17) Which among the following sitar 2. BrahMos player has been awarded 'Pandit Amarnath 3. Nirbhay Vaggeyakar Samman' by Lok Sabha Speaker 4. Lakshya Meira Kumar on the 88th birth anniversary NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 celebrations of Pandit Amarnath?

2) Which of the following organisations 1. Ustad Rias Khan has been chosen for the Skoll Award, 2012 for 2. Ustad Sharif Khan Social Entrepreneurship by the Skoll 3. Ustad Ikhlaq Hussain Khan Foundation in Oxford, England? 4. Ustad

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. The National Association of Street

Vendors of India (NASVI) and Nidan 18) Council of Scientific and Industrial 2. Sulabh International Social Service Research (CSIR) is India's largest Research and Organisation Development (R&D) organization. Who is the 3. Sambhav and Rashtriya Swayamsevak current director-general of CSIR? Sangh

4. Zed Tech Social Organisation 1. Samir K. Brahmachari NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Raghunath A. Mashelkar

3. M. K. Bhan 3) Recently, who has been appointed as 4. the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Vijay Bahuguna 2. Harish Rawat 3. Yashpal Arya 8) Who of the following has been chosen 4. Ramesh Pokhriyal for Chameli Devi Jain award? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Tusha Mittal 4) Recently, State-owned Kudremukh 2. Aruna Sharma Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) has signed, a 3. Shailaja Bajpai contract for exploration, development and 4. Shahina K.K mining in Akjoujt Iron Ore project at NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Mauritania in West Africa, with which of the following companies? 9) Recently, an Indian NGO, has been selected for the U.S.' first Innovation Award 1. Curve Capital Ventures for the Empowerment of Women and Girls for 2. South African Mining Company training and organising waste-pickers and 3. Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. eliminating child labour from recycling. Name 4. North Bay Resources Inc. the NGO. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Chintan 5) Which of the following female actors 2. Smile foundation has been awarded best actress award in 59th 3. HelpAge India ? 4. Chintan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi 2. Vidya Balan 10) Who will take over as the Chief 3. Ananya Chatterjee Executive Officer and Managing Director of 4. Arundhati Nag engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 (L&T) from April 1, 2012?

6) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram 1. A. M. Naik Yojana(PMAGY) is going to be transferred 2. K. Venkataramanan from the Ministry of Social Justice and 3. C.S. Verma Empowerment to which of the following 4. Ratan Tata Ministry? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. The Ministry of Urban Development 11) Recently, which of the following 2. The Ministry of Human Resource countries has qualified for silver medal in the Development women's 4x400m relay of the last Asian 3. The Ministry of Labour and athletics championships due to doping Employment disqualifications of athletes from Kazakhstan 4. The Ministry of Rural Development and Iraq? (MoRD) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. India 2. Pakistan 7) Which of the following server chips 3. Sri Lanka has recently been launched by Intel Corp? 4. China NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. 64-bit ARM server chip 2. Opteron 6200 12) Recently, the University Grants 3. Opteron 4200 Commission (UGC) has chalked out several 4. Xeon E5-2600 plans to increase gross enrolment ratio (GER) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 of students in higher education during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) from present:

1. 20 per cent to 25 per cent 17) Who is the current chairman and chief 2. 20 per cent to 30 per cent executive officer of Pepsico? 3. 20 per cent to 35 per cent 4. 20 per cent to 40 per cent 1. John Compton NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Pamela Culpepper 3. Indira K. Nooyi 13) Union Minister for Rural 4. Josh Luis Parado Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation, NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 Jairam Ramesh announced a national award for sanitation and water. This award has been 18) The Central government proposes to instituted in the name of: convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a mission with changed name to 1. Sant Gadge Baba provide health care to the urban poor also, in 2. Sant Vadiraja Tirtha the course of the 12th Plan. What will be its 3. Sant Variyar Swamigal new name? 4. Swami Yogaswami NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. National Health Mission 2. National Rural and Urban Health Mission 14) Which of the following committees 3. Pradhan Mantri Health Mission has recommended elimination of all level 4. Jawaharlal Nehru Health Mission crossings from the railway landscape within NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 the next five years as a measure of avoiding accidents and deaths? 19) Aamir Khan is national goodwill ambassador of which of the following 1. A. P. Shah Committee organisations? 2. Raghurajan Committee 3. V. Kelkar Committee 1. UNESCO 4. Anil Kakodkar Committee 2. UNICEF NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. ILO 4. WIPO 15) Which of the following countries is NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 India’s second largest supplier of crude oil against whom, western countries have 20) Pajero Sports car is associated with sanctioned to curtail import of oil? which of the following car manufacturing companies? 1. Iraq 2. Iran 1. Hindustan Motor's Limited (HM) 3. Russia 2. Volkswagen Group 4. Saudi Arabia 3. Volkswagen Group NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Hyundai Kia Automotive Group NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 16) Who among the following sports personalities recently won the All England March Week 1 Open badminton title 2012?

1) Which oil company has recently 1. Lee Chong Wei agreed to pay $7.8 billion in a settlement 2. Sung Hwan reached with claimants affected by the spill 3. Jin Chen from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico in 4. Lin Dan April 2010? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. BP 1. Bihar 2. Schlumberger 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Petrofac 3. Odisha 4. Transocean 4. Chhattisgarh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Who among the following is the current 7) Which among the following Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Posco- Motorcycle companies has launched its India? gearless scooter portfolio with the launch of its latest offering, ‘Swish 125'? 1. Yong-Won Yoon 2. Jang Jae-Hyung 1. Suzuki Motor 3. Jin Sang-Yoon 2. Hero MotoCorp 4. Yoon Eun-Gee 3. Bajaj motorcycles NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Honda Motorcycle NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) is a partner of the 8) A.P. Choudhary is the current Government of India in promoting India’s Chairman-cum-Managing Director of which of exports. Who among the following is the the following companies? current Director General & CEO of FIEO ? 1. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) 1. Ajay Sahai 2.National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) 2. Ramu S.Deora 3. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) 3. M. Rafeeque Ahmed 4. Rashtriya Ispat Nigal Limited (RINL) 4. A.Sakthivel NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 9) Which among the following railway 4) 'Bandar Abbas port' is located in stations became the first railway network to which of the following countries? offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that will provide passengers with a 1. Kazakhstan wealth of information? 2. Iran 3. Ukrain 1. Bangalore City 4. Turkmenistan 2. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Hyderabad 4. CST Mumbai 5) Recently, which California-based NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 company has been acquired by Chip-maker AMD for $334 million? 10) Recently, the Supreme Court has appointed Justice H.S. Bedi as Chairman of the 1. Antec Monitoring Authority to probe all cases of 2. SeaMicro fake encounter deaths in Gujarat from 2003 3. Intel to 2006. Justice Bedi replaces Justice: 4. Memorex NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. M.B. Shah 2. K G Shah 6) Which Indian State has recently 3. U C Banerjee launched a scheme of free distribution of 4. G T Nanavati goats/sheep to the poorest of the poor? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) Who among the following is the present Prime Minister of Fiji? 16) Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) is Asia's largest Sports Institute 1. Jona Senilagakali located in which of the following States? 2. Bainimarama 3. Mahendra Chaudhry 1. West Bengal 4. Laisenia Qarase 2. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Punjab 4. Andhra Pradesh 12) Houses are constructed under the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 'Griha Bhagya scheme' for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families in which of the 17) 'Bhavani Island' is located in which of following States? the following States?

1. Chhattisgarh 1. West Bengal 2. Andhra Pradesh 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Karnataka 3. Kerala 4. Madhya Pradesh 4. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Who among the following 18) Which of the following writers has personalities has recently won the 'Pritzker written 18. ‘Threads of Hope - The Magical Architecture Prize 2012', considered as the Weaves of Andhra Pradesh’ book? Nobel prize in architecture? 1. Mrs. Noopur Kumar 1. Eduardo Souto de Moura 2. C. Narayana Reddy 2. Wang Shu 3. 3. Peter Zumthor 4. Pulapaka Susheela 4. Richard Rogers NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 19) Who among the following is the 14) The Naval Science and Technological current chairman of the Asian organisation of Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam has Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)? designed and developed the Torpedo Advanced Light (TAL). Torpedoes are 1. Muhammad Akhtar Rana 2. Vinod Rai 1. radar 3. Kun YANG 2. surface-to-air missile 4. Tan Sri Ambrin Buang 3. underwater missiles NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. anti-aircraft defence system NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) Which of the following railway stations has bagged ‘Best Tourist Friendly 15) Who among the following is the Railway Station' award for 2010-11? current Chairman and CEO of General Motors? 1. Madgaon railway station 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai 1. Daniel F. Akerson 3. New station 2. Edward Whitacre 4. Mangalore railway station 3. Frederick Henderson NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Stephen J. Girsky NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 February Week 4 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Andhra Pradesh

4. Madhya Pradesh 1) Which among the following National NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Parks has the largest population of one- horned rhinos in the world? 6) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) already

approved an investment of Rs.4, 300 crore for 1. Kaziranga National Park setting up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) 2. Manas National Park terminal in Tamil Nadu with which of the 3. Chitwan National Park following Port trusts? 4. Corbett National Park

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Chennai Port

2. Ennore Port 2) Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) 3. Cochin Port was set-up on 22 April 1946 in which of the 4. Tuticorin following States? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. West Bengal 7) 'Enrica Lexie' is a ship of which of the 2. Odisha following countries? 3. Chhattisgarh

4. Bihar 1. Italy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. France

3. Spain 3) Recently, veteran American war 4. Syria correspondent Marie Colvin of 'The Sunday NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Times' was killed along with French photographer Remi Ochlik in which of the 8) Which of the following computer following countries? peripherals manufacturer companies has

introduced world's smallest wireless laser 1. Iran mouse ‘baby beans'? 2. Pakistan

3. Syria 1. Panasonic 4. Afghanistan 2. Toshiba NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Hitachi

4. Elecom 4) Britain forcibly occupied Malvinas NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Islands (Falkland Islands) in 1833. Which among the following countries has sought 9) Who among the following has bagged Indian assistance in pressing its claim over the prestigious Hans Raj Nayyar Memorial Malvinas Islands? Award for his research on critical care and

therapy for high-risk patients? 1. Uruguay

2. Madagascar 1. Dr. V. Rastogi 3. Brazil 2. Ashish Nimgaonkar 4. Argentina 3. Dr. Nikhil Kothari NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4. Dr. Camilla

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 5) Nagarhole National Park also known as "Rajiv Gandhi National Park", is located in 10) The Karnataka High Court has which of the following States? appointed which of the following Justice as

1. Karnataka the mediator in the dispute between Wakf 3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel board and Windsor Manor? International Airport 4. Bengaluru International Airport 1. Justice V. Appa Suri Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 2. Justice R.V. Raveendran 3. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil 15) The National Commission for Women 4. Justice K. Sreedhar Rao Khehar (NCW) is a statutory body for women NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 established in 1992 by Government of India under the provisions of the Indian 11) Which among the following Female Constitution. Who among the following is the actors has extended her wholehearted current Chairperson of NCW? support to ‘Join My Village' to give girls and women from disadvantaged communities in 1. Girija Vyas the country access to education and prepare 2. Mamta Sharma them to build strong communities? 3. Ayushi Vashishth 4. Dr. Poornima Advani 1. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. Priyanka Chopra 3. 16) Which among the following 4. companies has entered into a MoU with the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Indian Railways for doubling of the railway line between Kirandul and Jagdalpur in 12) Which among the following State Hyderabad? governments has announced to launch ‘Samajik Mukti Card' (Social Freedom Card) 1. SAIL for workers in the unorganised sector to avail 2. MMTC Ltd the various benefits provided by the State 3. NMDC Ltd government? 4. Coal India Ltd NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Haryana 2. West Bengal 17) The International Atomic Energy 3. Andhra Pradesh Agency (IAEA) is an international organization 4. Punjab that seeks to promote the peaceful use of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 nuclear energy established on 29 July 1957. IAEA has its headquarters in: 13) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is located 1. USA in which of the following cities? 2. Austria 3. Switzerland 1. Pune 4. France 2. Chennai NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Bengaluru 4. Hyderabad 18) The Louis Philippe Cup is India's NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 richest domestic golf tournament with a prize money of Rs. 1.14 crores, will commence on 14) Which among the following 5th March, 2012 in which of the following International Airports is the first airport in the cities? country to run ground vehicles on biofuel? 1. Chandigarh 1. Veer Savarkar International Airport 2. Chennai 2. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport 3. Bengaluru 4. Kolkata 3) Kerala has launched a project titled NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 “Hunger Free City” aims to provide highly subsidized meals once a day to public at 19) Which among the following designated centers in a city and ensure that companies has announced a cash incentive of no person in the city goes without at least one Rs. 1.16 crore to be distributed amongst the square meal a day. Which among the players and support staff of the Indian hockey following cities is the first city chosen for this? team for qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics? 1. Kozhikode 2. Kannur 1. PepsiCo 3. Ernakulam 2. Hero MotoCorp 4. Kottayam 3. DLF Infra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Sahara India NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 4) The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee on priority sector 20) Recently, which among the following under the Chairmanship of Mr. M V Nair, he is Pharmaceuticals companies has announced to Chairman of which of the following banks? sell 11.93 per cent stake to US- based healthcare investment firm OrbiMed for Rs 50 1. State Bank of India crore? 2. Union Bank of India 3. Indian Overseas Bank 1. Shasun Pharmaceuticals 4. Syndicate Bank 2. Sudershan Biotech Ltd. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Reliance Life Sciences 4. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. 5) Who among the following is the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 current chief coach of Indian men's hockey team? February Week 3 1. Jacques Brinkman

2. Michael Nobbs 1) Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) 3. Michael Nobbs was setup in year 1946 in which of the 4. Jose Brasa following states? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. West Bengal 6) Akhlaq Mohammad Khan 'Shahryar' 2. Odisha was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 3. Chhattisgarh 2008 and the Sahitya Akademi Award for his 4. Bihar book: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

1. Satwan Dar 2) The Sariska Tiger Reserve is a national 2. Khwab ka Dar Band Hai park in India located in which of the following 3. Hijr Ke Mausam districts of Rajasthan? 4. Mere Hisse ki Zamin

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Sawai Madhopur

2. Jhalawar 7) 'Snehasparsham' is a pension project 3. Alwar for the unwed tribal mothers in which of the 4. Bharatpur following states? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. Chhattisgarh 2. Kerala 12) Which of the following personalities 3. Tamil Nadu has been selected for the S.R. Jindal Prize for 4. Andaman & Nicobar his outstanding contribution in his field ,along NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 with the former Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice N. Santosh Hegde ? 8) Which among the following river interlinking project is proposed to be the first 1. Anna Hazare river interlinking project in the country? 2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 3. Kiran Bedi 1. Ken to Chambal 4. Nitish Kumar 2. Burhi Gandak to Noon, Baya and Ganga NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Krishna to Cauvery 4. Ken to Betwa 13) Go Airlines is a leading low-fare NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 service airline, flying to 21 destinations within India with 160 daily flights. Who among the 9) Sahitya Akademi president Sunil following is the CEO of GoAir? Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Awards 2011 in New Delhi to which of the 1. Giorgio de Roni following Telugu poets for his book 2. Christoph Franz ‘Swaralayalu' on Hindustani music? 3. Bruce Ashby 4. Antonio Vázquez 1. M. Bhoopal Reddy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad 3. Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma 14) Which among the following States last 4. Samala Sadasiva registered a case of wild poliovirus ? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. West Bengal 10) Public sector major, Canara Bank has 2. Uttar Pradesh opened its first ultra small branch which 3. Bihar would be open all seven days in a week and 4. Gujarat would be linked with the bank's Core Banking NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Solution in which of the following states? 15) 'Pancheshwar dam' is to be 1. Andhra Pradesh constructed on which of the following rivers? 2. Gujarat 3. Tamil Nadu 1. Sarada (Mahakali) 4. Maharashtra 2. Gandak NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Karnali 4. Kosi 11) Which of the following States has NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 launched ‘Zero Landless programme' for distributing land to the landless and eligible 16) Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has persons from among the weaker sections of set up a three-member panel to examine the society? report on Air India-Indian Airlines merger and prepare a schedule for their implementation 1. Kerala recommended by which of the following 2. Tamil Nadu Committee? 3. Karnataka 4. Gujarat 1. Banerjee Committee NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Khanna Committee 3. Kunzru and Sikri Committees 4. Dharmadhikari Committee poets for his book ‘Swaralayalu' on Hindustani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 music?

17) Vempalli Gangadhar has bagged 1. M. Bhoopal Reddy Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2011 for 2. Yarlagadda Laxmi Prasad which of the following books of short-stories 3. Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma in Telugu? 4. Samala Sadasiva NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 1. “Silabandi” 2. “Molakala Punnami” 2) Who among the following is the 3. “Toorupu Kommalu” maker of documentary film ‘Jashn-e-Azadi,’? 4. “Kolimmaanu” NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Dilip Chitre 2. Sanjay Kak 18) Which among the following country's 3. Kak President has decorated tennis World No. 1 4. Novak Djokovic with the highest state honour NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 medal 'Gold Star of Karadjordje'? 3) Who among the following is the 1. Spain current President of Maldives? 2. Switzerland 3. Serbia 1. Waheed Hassan 4. Belarus 2. Mohammed Nasheed NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Ahmed Shihan 4. Abdullah Fairoosh 19) Which among the following Odia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 writers has been selected for Kendra Sahitya Akademi for his/her novel ‘Achinha 4) Which among the following states has Basabhumi'? launched “Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana (IBSY)” to provide free treatment to all children? 1. Kalpana Kumari Devi 2. Narayan Rath 1. Gujarat 3. Yasodhara Mishra 2. Rajasthan 4. Padmja Pal 3. Haryana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 20) 'Megha-Tropiques' is a: 5) Recently, Tata Power along with SN 1. satellite mission to study the water Power has signed a 236 MW ‘Duger Hydro cycle in tropical atmosphere Electric Project' in which of the following 2. Aircraft made in France states? 3. local wind of tropical region 4. new method of cloud computing 1. Uttarakhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Himachal Pradesh February Week 2 4. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1) Sahitya Akademi president Sunil 6) Central Research Institute of Unani Gangopadhyaya presented Sahitya Akademi Medicine (CRIUM) was established in Award 2011, to which of the following Telgu December 1971 it is located in: 4. Goa 1. Hyderabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. New Delhi 3. Lucknow 11) Insecticides India has entered into a 4. Mumbai marketing tie-up with which of the following NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Japanese Chemicals companies to distribute ‘Pulsor', a fungicide which prevents sheath 7) Which among the following Biosphere blight in rice in India? Reserves has been nominated for the prestigious Michael Batisse Award under the 1. Mitsubishi Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of 2. Sumitomo the United Nations Educational, Science and 3. Nissan Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)? 4. Mitsui NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1. Devi Biosphere Reserve 2. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve 12) On the grounds of “disagreement 3. Simlipal Biosphere Reserve with certain State policies and inability of the 4. Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) government to deal with mining scam and NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 other scandals, which one of the following social activists has declined the Karnataka 8) To boost dryland crop production, government's Basava Puruskar 2010? which of the following states has launched 'Bhoo Chetana' programme in 2009? 1. Medha Patkar 2. Anna Hazare 1. Maharashtra 3. Kiran Bedi 2. Karnataka 4. Aruna Roy 3. Madhya Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Hyderabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 13) 'Etisalat' is a telecommunications services provider company of which of the 9) 23rd National sub-junior “kho-kho” following countries? championship was recently held in which of the following states? 1. Norway 2. Iran 1. Andhra Pradesh 3. UAE 2. Haryana 4. Sweden 3. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Karnataka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 14) “The Last Lecture” is a book authored by which of the following author? 10) For imparting training to less- educated and unemployed youths to improve 1. Jeffrey Zaslow their skills in the hospitality sectors, India 2. Susan Alcorn Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has 3. Salman Rushdi launched “Hunar Se Rozgar” (Employment 4. Graham Diamond through Skills) scheme in which among the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 following states? 15) Which of the following state 1. Uttarakhand governments would get an assistance of Rs. 2. Rajasthan 2,000 crore from the Union government to set 3. Gujarat up internal infrastructure for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical 20) Who among the following has been Investment Regions (PCPIRs)? declared for 'Vyas Samman' for his poetry collection “ Aam Ke Patte ”? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Tamil Nadu 1. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari 3. Odisha 2. Mannu Bhandari 4. Assam 3. Amar Kanth NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. Ramdarash Mishra NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) VE Commercial Vehicles, a 50:50-joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher February Week 1 Motors, is setting up a bus manufacturing plant in: 1) Who among the following is the

writer of 'Nirbasan' ? 1. Gujarat

2. Madhya Pradesh 1. Taslima Nasreen 3. Haryana 2. Salman Rushdie 4. Tamil Nadu 3. Begum Rokeya NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Selina Hossain

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 17) Who among the following authors has written the book “Feeding the forgotten 2) Recently, Karnataka Government has poor”? opposed the proposal of Central Government

for a tiger reserve because of opposition from 1. William D. Dar local people and elected representatives in 2. the region. This tiger reserve is proposed in 3. Kuldip Nayyar which of the following national parks? 4. Amartya Sen

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Bandipur National Park

2. Kudremukh National Park 18) Recently, Sun pharmaceutical 3. Nagarhole National Park company has formed joint venture with: 4. Bannerghatta National Park

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Pfizer

2. Merck 3) “Bhooya Sangharsher Hatya” is a book 3. Eli Lilly written by: 4. Novartis

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Taslima Nasreen

2. 19) Who among the following 3. Sujato Bhadra personalities is the current Project Director of 4. Iffat Ara Chandrayaan II? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

1. T.G.K. Murthy 4) “Power of Music” is a book on music 2. S Ramakrishnan as therapy, which is authored by 3. M. Annadurai

4. Koteswara Rao 1. T. Mythily NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2.

3. 4. Ustad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 commenced production at its hydraulic crane 5) Which of the following states will host manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh. It belongs the International Children Film Festival in to: association with CFSI in April 2012? 1. South Korea 1. Goa 2. Germany 2. Maharashtra 3. Japan 3. Odisha 4. Sweden 4. New Delhi NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 11) An urban drinking water supply 6) Which of the following Bangladeshi project worth Rs.740 crore will be launched writers has written the book 'Dwikhandito' ? shortly with loan assistance to be provided by L'Agence Française de Développement (AFD), 1. Taslima Nasreen the French public institution in which of the 2. Jahanara Imam following districts of Rajasthan? 3. Anisul Hoque 4. Dilawar Khan 1. Jodhpur NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Bikaner 3. Jaisalmer 7) The 'Ghodahad reservoir' is located in: 4. Barmer NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Odisha 12) “Kiran-Mk 2” is a/an: 3. Assam 4. Himachal Pradesh 1. Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. scheme, launched by Andhra Pradesh government for adolescent girls 8) The 'World Wetlands Day' is 3. scheme, launched by West Bengal celebrated globally on: government for pregnant women 4. satellite to be launch by ISRO 1. February 3 dedicated to Kalpana Chawla 2. February 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. January 30 4. February 2 13) Which of the following State NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 Governments has launched “Atal Bijli Bachat Yojna” to reduce energy consumption and 9) An athlete from Kerala has national Green House Gas emission by distributing free record in 800-metre race and won silver 4 CFL bulbs to every household? medal in the 800-metre race at the Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Jakarta. The 1. Karnataka name of the athlete is: 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Gujarat 1. Jinu Maria 4. Himachal Pradesh 2. Tintu Luka NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Mayookah Johny 4. Preeja Sreedharan 14) The Aerospace Company of which of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 the following countries has designed and built 'Rafale' a twin-engine delta-wing multi-role jet 10) Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd (KCI) is a fighter aircraft? part of Kobelco Cranes Company has 1. USA 2. France 19) Swedish commercial vehicle 3. Sweden manufacturer Scania AB has announced to 4. Germany establish a completely knocked down (CKD) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 assembly unit for truck and bus chassis in which of the following cities? 15) The 11th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention ‘Wetlands, 1. Pune Tourism and Recreation' (Ramsar COP11) will 2. Bengaluru be held in which of the following countries 3. Hyderabad from 6 - 13 July 2012? 4. Faridabad NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. Burkina Faso 2. South Africa 20) Which of the following cargo airlines 3. Romania has bagged the ‘Air Cargo Carrier of the Year' 4. Uganda award for 2012, at the Air Cargo India summit NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 held in Mumbai?

16) The K.K. Birla Foundation has 1. FedEx Express awarded the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to 2. American Airlines Cargo Arjun deo Charan for his Rajasthani poetry 3. Lufthansa Cargo collection. The name of Rajasthani poetry 4. SkyCargo collection is: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

1. Anta Ke Sanshaya January Week 4 2. Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau

3. Jagah Jaisi Jagah 1) Who among the following is the 4. Utsav Ka Nirmam Samai current chairperson of National Commission NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?

17) Aerospace company of which of the 1. Sudha Sundararaman following countries has manufactured the 2. 'Saab JAS 39 Gripen', which is a lightweight 3. Jyotsna Chatterjee single-engine multi-role fighter? 4. Pramila Loomba

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 1. France

2. Israel 2) Recently, The National Thermal Power 3. Sweden Corporation (NTPC) has put on fast track the 4. Germany process of procuring equipment for the first NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 unit of the 4,000 MW supercritical coal-based

thermal power station at Kudgi. Kudgi is 18) 'Dollu Kunitha' (dance), is a major situated in: form of art, occupies the pride of place among folk dances accompanied by singing. Dollu 1. Chhattisgarh Kunitha is a popular drum dance of: 2. Tamil Nadu

3. Kanartaka 1. Karnataka 4. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 3. Andhr Pradesh

4. Kerala 3) The Federation of Indian Export NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Organisations (FIEO) represents the Indian entrepreneur's spirit of enterprise in the global market. Who among the following is 8) The High Court of which of the the current president of FIEO? following States has issued a notice to its State Government in regard to seeking 1. M. Rafeeque Ahmed inclusion of orphaned children in the 2. Ramu S Deora disadvantaged group for admission to private 3. J. K. Jain un-aided schools? 4. Jayant Kumar NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Maharashtra 2. Tamil Nadu 4) Recently, the Union Cabinet has given 3. New Delhi the final approval to the acquisition of a 4. Kerala majority stake, by a London-based mining NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 group, in Cairn India for $8.48 billion. The name of the group is: 9) Recently, B.P. Acharya has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his 1. Petropavlovsk plc role in the fast-snowballing scandal relating to 2. Vedanta Resources irregularities in the allotment of high-priced 3. Xstrata plots for villas in the township project of 4. Glencore Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar. He NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 isHome Secretary of:

5) Who is the writer of “The Rivered 1. Andhra Pradesh Earth” ? 2. Karnataka 3. Goa 1. Ruchir Joshi 4. Maharashtra 2. Vikram Seth NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Salman Rushdie 4. 10) The State Government of which of the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 following States has announced to launch the schemes such as “Majoni” and “Mamoni” to 6) Inc is an American the girl child and to improve the health of multinational financial services corporation, would-be mothers? headquartered in New York, United States. Who among the following is the chairman of 1. Assam Citigroup Inc ? 2. West Bengal 3. Tripura 1. Richard D. Parsons 4. Odisha 2. Vikram Pandit NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. F. W. Bischoff 4. Michael O'Neill 11) Constituent Assembly adopted ‘Jana NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Gana Mana' as the National Anthem on 24 January, 1950. Who among the following 7) Who among the following has written personalities has named it as ‘The morning the noval, “The Moor's Last Sigh”? song of India'?

1. Sidney Sheldon 1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Harold Robbins 2. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Salman Rushdie 3. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Stephen King 4. Rabindranath Tagore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 16) Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is the 12) Chitwan National Park is the most largest pharmaceutical company of India. popular tourist destination in the Chitwan Who among the following persons is the Valley. It was established in 1973 and granted current Chief Executive Officer and Managing the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. Director of Ranbaxy? Chitwan Valley is situated in: 1. Malvinder Singh 1. Assam 2. Atul Sobti 2. Sikkim 3. Mohan Singh 3. Bhutan 4. Arun Sawhney 4. Nepal NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 17) In a step to increase the capital 13) Karvan-e-Aman (Peace Caravan) is the adequacy and improve the asset quality, the weekly bus service between which of the Government of India has decided to subscribe following places? to preferential equity shares issued by State Bank of India (SBI) along with a famous bank. 1. Kathua and Gujarnwala What is the name of that bank? 2. Amritsar and Lahore 3. Srinagar and Muzaffarabad 4. Faridkot and Bahawalpur 1. Punjab National Bank (PNB) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Bank of India 3. Central Bank of India 14) The Chief Minister of which of the 4. United Bank of India following States has announced an increase in NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 the amount of cash prizes given to girls for encouraging them to go to schools and 18) The Organisation for Economic Co- included the girls of general category in the operation and Development (OECD) is an popular 'Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award'? international economic organisation of 34 countries, founded in 1961, to stimulate 1. Andhra Pradesh economic progress and world trade. Its 2. Rajasthan headquarter is situated in : 3. Maharashtra 4. Haryana 1. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 2. USA 3. Singapore 15) Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) is a home 4. France to seven vulture species long-billed, white- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 backed, Egyptian, red-headed, Eurasian griffon, Himalayan griffon and cinereous, the 19) Recently, An animal rights group first four are permanent residents of the park announced a plan to launch a Europe-wide while the last three are migratory. Panna Tiger campaign for a “tourism boycott” of India to Reserve is located in which one of the protest against ‘Jallikattu,' describing it as “a following States? cruel bull-abusing contact game. This group belongs to which of the following countries? 1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Rajasthan 1. Germany 3. Gujarat 2. Ireland 4. Chhattisgarh 3. UK NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Norway NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) The Board of Approval (BoA) under 1. Bangalore the Commerce Ministry has approved the 2. Pune proposal of a company to set up a special 3. Hyderabad economic zone (SEZ) at Indore in Madhya 4. Kolkata Pradesh. The name of that company is: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 5) The headquarters of Commonwealth 2. Videocon Realty War Graves Commission (CWGC) is located 3. Parsvnath which of the following countries? 4. Larsen & Toubro NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. UK 2. Australia January Week 3 3. India 4. South Africa

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1) Which of the following states Chief

Minister has offered treatment to the ailing 6) Recently, Food Safety Standards gazal singer in India? Authority of India (FSSAI), found 100% of the

sample tested confirm to required standards 1. Rajasthan only in Goa and: 2. Gujarat

3. Punjab 1. Kerala 4. New Delhi 2. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Puducherry

4. Himachal Pradesh 2) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 recently would assume additional charge as

Governor of which of the following states? 7) The Solicitor General of India is

subordinate to the Attorney General of India. 1. Kerala Who among the following is the current 2. Goa Solicitor-General? 3. Andhra Pradesh

4. Tamil Nadu 1. Gopal Subramaniam NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 2. Rohinton Nariman

3. G. E. Vahanvati 3) The Chepauk Palace which was 4. Harish Salve recently in news comprises two blocks—the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 northern block is known as Khalsa Mahal while the southern block is known as 8) Recently, which among the following Humayun Mahal. Chepauk Palace is located in Courts has ruled out any modification in the which of the following cities? electronic voting machine (EVM), including

incorporation of the technology for a paper 1. Chennai trail? 2. New Delhi

3. Lucknow 1. Allahabad High Court 4. Lahore 2. Delhi High Court NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Chandigarh High Court

4. Supreme Court 4) The National Tuberculosis Institute NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 was established in 1959 in which of the following cities? 9) Which among the following states has become the first state to setup a special 14) Chilka Lake is a brackish water lagoon, commondo unit for protecting tigers in its it is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the dense forest from poachers and hunters? second largest lagoon in the World. It is located in which of the following states? 1. Karnataka 2. Tamil Nadu 1. Tamil Nadu 3. Madhya Pradesh 2. Odisha 4. Chhattisgarh 3. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Kerala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 10) Who among the following personalities is the current chairman of Prime 15) The National Anti Doping Appeal Minister's Scientific Advisory Council? Panel (NADAP) is headed by:

1. C. N. R. Rao 1. Justice D M Dharmadhikari 2. 2. Justice P.N. Bhagwati 3. R. Chidambaram 3. Justice K.T. Thomas 4. R. Narasimha 4. Justice C.K. Mahajan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Who among the following 16) India Trade Promotion Organisation personalities is the current coach of Indian (ITPO) is the nodal agency of the Government women's hockey team? of India for promoting the country's external trade. Who among the following personalities 1. Sandeep Somesh is the current Chairman-cum-Managing 2. Mir Ranjan Negi Director of ITPO? 3. C.R. Kumar 4. Khalid Modi 1. Subhas Pani NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. Rita Menon 3. A. Sakthivel 12) National Mineral Development 4. Rajive Kaul Corporation (NMDC) is India's largest iron ore NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 producer and exporter. Who among the following personalities is the current 17) Costa Concordia, one of the most Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NMDC? exciting and innovative ships was recently in news, it belongs to: 1. Rana Som 2. N.K Nanda 1. Germany 3. S.Thiagarajan 2. Spain 4. Subimal Bose 3. Italy NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. France NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 13) The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in headquartered in: 18) Who among the following is the current president of the ATP Players' Council? 1. Bengaluru 2. Mumbai 1. Rafael Nadal 3. Nagpur 2. Roger Federer 4. Chandigarh 3. Brad Drewett NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Ivan Ljubicic NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Porbandar 4. Bhavnagar 19) In which of the following states the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 houses are provided to displaced families under the 'Aasare scheme' ? 4) Who among the following is the current MD & CEO of Essar Oil? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 1. Naresh Nayyar 3. Bihar 2. Lalit Gupta 4. Odisha 3. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Anshuman Ruia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 20) Recently, the Literary Festival was celebrated in which of the following cities? 5) The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is a national 1. Jaipuir agency of the Government of India, formed by 2. Hyderabad an act of Indian Parliament known as IRDA Act 3. Kolkata 1999. Its head office is located in which of the 4. Chennai following cities? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Hyderabad January Week 2 2. New Delhi 3. Mumbai

4. Bengaluru 1) Which one of the following Courts has NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 warned Facebook and Google that their websites could be “blocked” as was done in 6) Which of the following Indian states China if they failed to devise a mechanism to has been summoned by the National Human remove objectionable materials? Rights Commission (NHRC) for the delay in

providing compensation and rehabilitation to 1. Delhi High Court the silicosis victims? 2. Supreme Court

3. Madras High Court 1. Odisha 4. Mumbai High Court 2. Jharkhand NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Karnataka

4. Chhattisgarh 2) H.R. Bhardwaj is the Governer of NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 which of the following states?

7) Which one of following states is the 1. Karnataka largest turmeric producer in the country? 2. Manipur

3. Goa 1. Tamil Nadu 4. Assam 2. Andhra Pradesh NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Odisha

4. Karnataka 3) The Gir Forest National Park and NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest and wildlife sanctuary established in 1965 in which of the 8) Which of the following Committees following district of Gujarat? has been appointed by the Central

government to study the impact of the 1. Junagarh 2. Jamnagar disease in areca-growing areas in the sate of 13) Who among the following is the Karnataka? Chairman & Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)? 1. M K Bhan committee 2. Gorakh Singh committee 1. S.A. Bhardwaj 3. M R S Rao committee 2. Dr. Arbind Prasad 4. Rajendra Prashad Gupta committee 3. Dr. G. Nageswara Rao NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 4. Dr. S.K. Jain NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 9) “Areva” is nuclear power Company of which of the following countries? 14) Who among the following is the current coach of Indian Football National 1. Japan Team? 2. Russia 3. French 1. Bob Houghton 4. Ukrain 2. Armando Colaco NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 3. Savio Medeira 4. Marcus Pacheco 10) Central Board of Excise and Customs NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 (CBEC) is a part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of 15) Which among the following Tennis India. Who is the current Chairman of CBEC? players has withdrawn from the Australian Open as she struggles to return from 1. V. Sridhar autoimmune disease 'Sjogren's syndrome'? 2. S. K. Goel 3. Sumit Dutt Majumder 1. Serena Williams 4. Sudhir Chandra 2. Martina Navratilova NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 3. Justine Henin 4. Venus Williams 11) “When Loss is Gain” is a book set in NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, was launched in New 16) Who among the following is the Delhi. It is written by: current President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? 1. Shiv Khera 2. Chetan Bhagat 1. Rajeev Chandrashekhar 3. Pavan K. Varma 2. Sunil Mittal 4. Rashmi Bansal 3. Harsh Mariwala NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 4. H P Singhania NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 12) “The Muddy River”is the English novel written by which of the following writers? 17) Arysta LifeScience Corporation, a pesticide manufacturing company, has 1. Snehasish Majumdar launched its new product ‘Orthene' in 2. K. Satyanarayan Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to: 3. P.A. Krishnan 4. Kiran Desai 1. Australia NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2. South Korea 3. France 4. Japan NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4 six months after found guilty of testing the 18) Which of the following Iranian- drug “Tadalafil”? American ex-Marine has been sentenced to death by an Iranian judge for spying for the 1. Indore CIA? 2. Pune 3. Kolkata 1. Amir Mirzai Hekmati 4. Bhopal 2. Shaahin Cheyene NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 3. Goli Ameri 4. Salar Kamangar 3) Supreme Court appointed- NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Empowered Committee (EC) on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, is headed by: 19) G. D. Midea of China has signed to form an air-conditioner manufacturing and 1. Justice A.S. Anand distribution joint venture in India, along with 2. Justice K.T. Thomas which of the following air-conditioner 3. Justice A.R. Lakshmanan manufacturing companies? 4. C.D. Thatte NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Carrier 2. Daikin 4) 22 Indian diamond traders have been 3. Modine detained in which of the following countries 4. Blue Star on the charge of smuggling? NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. China 20) The Indian Premier League has 2. Bulgaria announced that former England captain Kevin 3. Zambia Pietersen will leave Deccan Chargers and 4. Ethiopia further he will join: NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

1. Delhi Daredevils 5) National Commission for Religious 2. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) is headed 3. Rajasthan Royal by : 4. Kings Eleven Punjab NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1. Justice Ranganath Misra 2. Justice Rajinder Sachar January Week 1 3. Wajahat Habibullah 4. Justice MB Shah

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 1) Who among the following is the current Chairman of the United States Export- 6) Who among the following persons has Import Bank? won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2011 along

with Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess? 1. Fred Hochberg

2. Max Cleland 1. Andre Geim 3. April Foley 2. George E. Smith 4. Philip Merrill 3. Saul Perlmutter NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Charles K. Kao

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2) Doctors of which of the following cities have been restricted by the Drug 7) Who among the following is the current Controller General of India (DCGI) from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)? conducting any fresh drug trials for the next

1. Dr Surinder Singh 1. Tata 2. Dr V G Somani 2. Wipro 3. Dr. S. E. Reddy 3. Birla 4. Dr. K. Bangarurajan 4. Reliance NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) Which of the following state 13) Who among the following is the current governments has handed over 26.85 hectares CEO and Managing Director of Yamaha Motor, of land for setting up the country's first of its India? kind neutrino observatory project? 1. Yukimine Tsuji 1. Maharashtra 2. Hiroyuki Suzuki 2. Tamil Nadu 3. H Yanagi 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. S S Kang 4. Gujarat NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 14) Which of the following persons is the 9) Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj will current president of Global Association of be conferred the honorary doctorate degree Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)? recently by: 1. Prathap C. Reddy 1. Utkal University of Culture 2. Dr. Preetha Reddy 2. 3. 3. University of Pune 4. Dr. Pradeep Chowbey 4. NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 15) The Union government has set up an 10) 'Jaguar-Land Rover', now owned by expert committee under the Chairmanship of Tata Motors is based in which of the following which of the following members of Planning countries? Commission to study the impact of futures trading on prices of agricultural commodities? 1. UK 2. Sweden 1. Abhijit Sen 3. France 2. Saumitra Choudhuri 4. Germany 3. Narendra Jadhav NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 4. Mihir Shah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 11) Who among the following is the current Chief Information Commissioner? 16) Which of the following US based Motorcycle companies has announced that 1. A. N. Tiwari two of its bikes 'Street Bob' and 'Super Glide 2. Siby Mathews Custom' will now be assembled at Bawal plant 3. Satyananda Mishra in Haryana? 4. Wajahat Habibullah NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 1) Harley-Davidson 2) Alligator 12) Which among the following 3) MotoCzysz companies is expanding its footprint in the 4) Ridley media sector, with a major investment in the NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 TV18 group? 17) Who among the following is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Formula One Bank?

1. Sri R Ramachandran Winners_2012 2. B. A. Prabhakar 3. Sri R S Reddy Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)* 4. B. Vasanth Shenoy 2012 winner: Nico Rosberg(Germany) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2 Spanish Grand Prix (Catalunya)* 2012 winner: Pastor Maldonado(Venezuela) 18) Recently, who among the following has been appointed Director of the National Australian Grand Prix () Council of Educational Research and Training 2012 winner: Jenson Button(UK) (NCERT)? Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)* 2012 winner: Jenson Button(UK) 1. Krishna Kumar 2. G. Ravindra Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo)* 3. Parvin Kiran Sinclair 2012 winner: Mark Webber(Australia) 4. K.G. Rastogi British Grand Prix (Silverstone)* NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3 2012 winner: Mark Webber(Australia)

19) Taliban forces in Afghanistan have Malaysia Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpar) announced to open a political office in which 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) of the following countries for the negotiations German Grand Prix (Hockenheim) “with the international community”? 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) European Grand Prix (Valencia)* 1. Qatar 2012 winner: Fernando Alonso(Spain) 2. 3. Saudi Arabia Hungarian Grand Prix (Budapest) 4. Turkey 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal)brazil 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) 20) Prime Minister of which of the following Italian Grand Prix (Monza) countries, was the chief guest at the 10th 2012 winner: Lewis Hamilton(UK) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) events, held in Jaipur? Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir) 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) 1) Singapore Grand Prix (Singapore)* 2) Suriname 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) 3) Guyana Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka) 4) Mauritius 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1 Korean Grand Prix (Yeongam)* 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Brazillian Grand Prix 2012 winner: Sebastian Vettel(Germany) Indian Grand Prix(Gr. Noida) Winner : Sebastian Vettel(Germany)

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