SNAP GK QUESTION BANK - 2012 1. Templeton Prize established in 1972, to honour a living 2. The water requirements of coastal cities with person who affirms life’s spiritual dimension be it through inadequate alternative source of water will be met insight, or practical works, was recently conferred to- by adopting appropriate technologies that allow for (a) Desmond Tutu (b) Sri Sri Ravishankar the use of ocean water. (c) Aung San Suu Kyi (d) Dalai Lama 3. All the rivers of Himalayan origin will be linked to the rivers of peninsular India. 2. Name the first Indian to qualify for marathon in 36 years 4. The expenses incurred by farmers for digging bore- for Olympic 2012. wells and for installing motors and pump-sets to draw (a) Arun Bhardwaj (b) Ram Singh Yadav ground-water will be completely reimbursed by the (c) Sandeep Kumar (d) Kashinath Government. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 3. Which among the following statement is incorrect? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (a) GDP = consumption + investment + government (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 spending + (exports - imports) (b) GNP = GDP + Net income inflow from assets abroad 8. Which of the following retail Groups, in India, is the 50:50 or Net Income Receipts - Net payment outflow to partner of world’s largest retailer Walmart Stores Inc? foreign assets (a) Bharti Group (b) Reliance group (c) GNP: GDP + Income earned and received in foreign (c) Sara Group (d) Future Group countries - income received by foreign national in India 9. E Lobby, a new initiative with 24 × 7 cash deposit, cash (d) None of the above withdrawal, cheque deposit and passbook updating facility has been launched by which of the following 4. Who among the following has been chosen for the Ramon banks? Magsaysay Award 2012 for economic empowerment of (a) Kotak Mahindra Bank (b) Union Bank of India thousands of women and their families in rural India? (c) ICICI Bank (d) Punjab National Bank (a) P. Sainath (b) Laxminarayan Ramdas (c) Kulandei Francis (d) Nileema Mishra 10. Plan Holiday was the period between: (a) First and Second Five Year Plan 5. Which of the following countries won Uber Cup 2012? (b) Third and Fourth Five Year Plan (a) India (b) China (c) Fourth and Fifth Five Year Plan (c) South Korea (d) Japan (d) None of these 6. In the Indian Parliament, the purpose of an adjournment 11. The California-based firm ‘Apple’ has lost a case against motion is mobile maker HTC in the U.K. over the same technology. (a) To allow a discussion on a definite matter of urgent HTC belongs to: public importance (a) South Korea (b) Taiwan (b) To let opposition members collect information from (c) Germany (d) China the ministers (c) To allow a reduction of specific amount in demand 12. Who among the following won the Miss World 2012 for grant beauty pageant? (d) To postpone the proceedings to check the (a) Sophie Moulds (b) Jessica Kahawaty inappropriate or violent behaviour on the part of some (c) Yu Wenxia (d) Ivian Sarcos members 13. Who among the following topped the list of 400 richest 7. If National Water Mission is properly and completely Americans, released by Forbes ? implemented, how will it impact the country? (a) Warren Buffet (b) Bill Gates 1. Part of the water needs of urban areas will be met (c) Larry Ellison (d) Jeff Bezos through recycling of waste-water. SNAP-2012 Page 1 14. With reference to consumers' rights/privileges under the 21. Under the Rani Lakshmibai Pension Yojana women living provisions of law in India, which of the following below the poverty line would be paid Rs.400 per month. statements is/are correct? Which among the following State governments launched 1. Consumers are empowered to take samples for food this Pension Yojana? testing. (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh 2. When a consumer files a complaint in any consumer (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra forum, no fee is required to be paid. 3. In case of death of a consumer, his/her legal heir 22. Which among the following banks has been awarded can file a complaint in the consumer forum on his/ recently gold trophy of Niryat Bandhu Award? her behalf. (a) Bank of Baroda (b) Punjab National Bank (c) Bank of India (d) Canara Bank Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only 23. Which among the following pharmaceutical companies (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 has launched its first indigenously manufactured re- usable insulin pen ‘AllStar’? 15. Name the chairman of 13th Finance Commission. (a) Sanofi India (b) Novartis India Ltd. (a) C.Rangarajan (b) A.M.Khusro (c) Pfizer Ltd. (d) Merck Ltd. (c) Vijay L. Kelkar (d) K.C Pant 24. Consider the following kinds of organisms: 16. Who among the following is the only Indian member in 1. Bacteria the board of U.K.-based global banking giant HSBC 2. Fungi Holdings? 3. Flowering Plants (a) N. R. Narayana Murthy (b) Azim Premji (c) Nandan Nilekani (d) Vikram Pandit Some species of which of the above kinds of organisms are employed as biopesticides? 17. Who among the following Indian-origin-boy won ‘National (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only Geographic Bee prize 2012’? (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) Rahul Nagvekar (b) Vansh Jain (c) Varun Mahadevan (d) Rohit Goswami 25. Which of the following services has been recently launched by the Indian Railways to find out the location 18. Which of the following statements is correct regarding of 6500 trains on real-time basis on Google Map? Blue Collar Jobs? (a) RailMap (b) RailLoc (a) These jobs are concerned with skilled/unskilled (c) RailSearch (d) RailRadar workers doing manual works (b) These jobs are concerned with skilled/unskilled 26. According to Guinness World Records website the workers doing office or desk works tallest residential building in the world, the Princess (c) Both (a) and (b) Tower, is situated in- (d) None of the above (a) New York (b) Moscow (c) Kuala Lumpur (d) Dubai 19. Which insurance company has launched MagicBoard, an integrated portable device, which is a mobile office 27. SDR, which is also known as paper gold, is associated that can issue a policy on the spot? with which of the following organizations? (a) India First Life Insurance (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF) (b) National Insurance Co Ltd (b) International Development Association (IDA) (c) Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd (c) Asian Development Bank (ADB) (d) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd (d) World Trade Organization (WTO) 20. Which of the following company has been chosen for 28. United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has declared the “Best PSU Award 2012” in the Mini Ratna category? to celebrate World Refugee Day on: (a) Bharat Dynamics Limited (a) June 20 (b) March 20 (b) Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (c) May 21 (d) August 31 (c) Central Coalfields Limited (d) Hindustan Newsprint Limited 29. Which one of the following is the only operational stealth fighter in the world? (a) F-22 (b) F-16 (c) FJ-20 (d) Hawk Page 2 SNAP-2012 30. Who is the current head of IMF? 38. River of Smoke, The Hungry Tide and Sea of Poppies (a) Dominique Strauss Kahn are some famous literary works of: (b) Robert Zoellick (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Anurag Mathur (c) Christine Lagarde (c) Amitav Ghosh (d) Arvind Adiga (d) Ban Ki Moon 39. Which of the following temple is known as the Black 31. Which sector has the highest contribution in the GDP Pagoda? of the country? (a) Meenakshi Temple (b) Konark Temple (a) Agriculture (c) Somnath Temple (d) Akshar Dham Temple (b) Manufacturing (c) Services 40. Who is the chairman of National Commission of (d) Research & Development Population? (a) Prime Minister of India 32. Which one of the following state contributes the (b) Union Minister of Health maximum number of seats in the Lok Sabha (The Lower (c) Deputy chairman of Planning Commission House)? (d) President of India (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh 41. Kirit Parikh committee is related to which of the following issues? 33. Where is the Headquarters of ICC located? (a) fuel policy (b) poverty (a) London (b) Mumbai (c) rural development (d) cereal production (c) Melbourne (d) Dubai 42. The Ashden Awards are an internationally recognized 34. A progressive income tax means that those with a higher yardstick for excellence in the field of sustainable energy. income pay Which country is the convener of this award? (a) a lower percentage of their income in taxes than (a) UK (b) France (c) Russia (d) USA low-income people. (b) a higher percentage of their income in taxes than 43. According to latest reports, the highest incidence of the low-income people. juvenile rape cases (23.6%) was reported from: (c) the same percentage of their income in taxes as (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra low-income people. (c) Haryana (d) Madhya Pradesh (d) all the taxes in the economy. 44. What is the role of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the water 35. Which state in India is the first to release HDI report? purification systems? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu 1. It inactivates/kills the harmful microorganism in (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Kerala water. 2. It removes all the undesirable odours from the water. 36. Prime Minister ManMohan Singh is a member of 3. It quickens the sedimentation of solid particles, parliament (MP) from which of the following states? removes turbidity and improves the clarity of water.