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Current Affairs

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?
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) South Africa
(d) Brazil

2. Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted on charges of murder and torture during the 1990s war of independence. He is the ex-Prime Minister of:
(a) Kosovo
(b) Hungary
(c) Austria
(d) Liberia

3. Ami Bera, a California-based Indian-American, has become the third of the community to win a Congressional election. Ami Bera defeated Republican:
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Dan Lungren
(c) Eric Cantor
(d) Cathy McMorris Rodgers

4. Tagore's bust was unveiled recently at the ninth century Buddhist 'Borobudur Temple' located in:
(a) Cambodia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Thailand
(d) Myanmar

5. Astronomers have discovered a young ‘homeless planet’, up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties. The planet is:
(a) Nutella-12
(b) Ju-7
(c) CFBDSIR2149
(d) TRIX-47

6. Who among the following has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazil’s Supreme Court?
(a) Joaquim Barbosa
(b) Ricardo Lewandowski
(c) Carmen Lúcia
(d) Gilmar Mendes

7. Who among the following has been awarded by the World Peace and Prosperity Foundation for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan?
(a) Hina Naseem
(b) Malala Yousafzai
(c) Somira soomro
(d) Shahida Hassan

8. Who won the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix 2012?
(a) Fernando Alonso
(b) Jenson Button
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Michael Schumacher

9. Islamist group Ansar Dine is active in which among the following countries?
(a) Mali
(b) Syria
(c) Lebanon
(d) Ghana

10. Who among the following won the men's IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award 2012?
(a) Aries Merritt
(b) Usain Bolt
(c) David Rudisha
(d) Yohan Blake

11. 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 if below the age of:
(a) 18
(b) 14
(c) 21
(d) 16

12. Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the All People's Congress, has been re-elected as the President of:
(a) Sierra Leone
(b) Mali
(c) Gabon
(d) Honduras

13. 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?
(a) Manila
(b) Bangkok
(c) Dhaka
(d) Ho Chi Minh

14. Scientists from UK have developed a new drug for stopping cancerous cells from multiplying. The new drug is named:
(a) Aflibercept
(b) Atripla
(c) Nivaquine
(d) Maraviroc

15. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has selected whom as Hu Jintao’s successor?
(a) Wen Jiabao
(b) Li Keqiang
(c) Xi Jinping
(d) Yang Shangkun

16. Who among the following is the present director of Central Bureau of Investigation?
(a) AP Singh
(b) W Ashwini Kumar
(c) VS Tiwari
(d) Ranjit Sinha

17. Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto have discovered a new planet which is 13 times larger than Jupiter. The planet is called:
(a) Jupiter- 13
(b) Super-Jupiter
(c) Androme-12
(c) Jupiter Kappa

18. 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?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chennai

19. Along with senior journalist TN Ninan, who among the following has been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships on the occasion of 123rd birth anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister?
(a) Harish Khare
(b) Sidharth Mishra
(c) SS Dubey
(d) Vinit Wahi

20. Which country won the 100th Davis Cup 2012?
(a) Spain
(b) Argentina
(c) Serbia
(d) Czech Republic

21. Who among the following won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012 for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age?
(a) David Godwin
(b) Tishani Doshi
(c) Basharat Peer
(d) Naresh Fernandes

22. Who among the following Indian scholars has been awarded the $500,000 WISE prize for his relentless work in providing low-cost education to children in Mumbai slums?
(a) Anil Pandey
(b) Madan Kumar
(c) Harsh Goswami
(d) Madhav Chavan

23. Who among the following former cricket players has been conferred with the BCCI’s prestigious Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2011-12?
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Ravi Shastri
(d) Dillip Vengsarkar

24. Who among the following has been recently honoured with the Asian Business Leadership Forum Statesman Award in Abu Dhabi?
(a) Kamal Nath
(b) Mallika Srinivasan
(c) Baba Kalyani
(d) Anand Mahindra

25. Indian origin dentist Savita Halappanavar died after the doctors of which nation refused her an abortion despite her body being sick and weak?
(a) Finland
(b) Norway
(c) Sweden
(d) Ireland

Business & Economy

1. In which state will the NTPC start a skill development programme for 144 youngsters, under the central government's 'UDAAN' initiative?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Uttarakhand

2. A 26% stake of the Krishna Godavari deep sea block of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been acquired by which Japan based oil firm?
(a) Nippon Oil (b) JAPEX
(c) Inpex Corp
(d) Idemitsu Kosan

3. Which among the following countries has cancelled its biggest foreign investment project with Indian firm GMR Group to develop its international airport?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Maldives
(c) Mali
(d) Myanmar

4. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has announced the launch of its Sildenafil Tablets (20 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Revatio tablets in:
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Singapore
(d) Malaysia

5. According to the Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index 2013, compiled by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the US Council on Competitiveness, India is likely to emerge as the second most competitive economy in the world after:
(a) Brazil
(b) China
(c) Singapore
(d) Taiwan

6. In which country is the 'Thilawa project' being led by a consortium of Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Corp, Sumitomo Corp and Marubeni Corp?
(a) India
(b) Vietnam
(c) Myanmar
(d) Bangladesh

7. Which of the following states has decided to issue Golden Cards to industrialists and industrial associations for easy access to its offices?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh

8. What is Cyber Monday?
(a) A cyber intelligence process to trace cyber criminals on weekly basis.
(b) In order to develop the concept of cyber trading, it is a listed company.
(c) For organised online shopping in India, it is a partnership between Google India and leading e-commerce websites.
(d) It is a weekly journal published by Interpol

9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently signed a Currency Swap Agreement with:
(a) Bank of Japan
(b) Bank of America
(c) Citi Bank
(d) RBS

10. The International Labour Organisation, in a bid to raise awareness about its global programme aimed at helping small and medium enterprises, recently held a workshop at-
(a) Jaipur
(b) Chennai
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Thiruvananthapuram

11. Which among the following States is the first kerosene-free State?
(a) Kerala
(b) Goa
(c) Haryana
(d) Delhi

12. Which nation has banned the import of eggs and chicken from India?
(a) Oman
(b) UAE
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Kuwait

13. Which among the following telecom companies has been directed to pay 5 paise per SMS in termination fee to Vodafone till it resolves the dispute by Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal?
(a) Idea
(b) Airtel
(c) Aircel
(d) Reliance

14. Which state government has decided to introduce 'single window system' in the agriculture sector for the benefit of farmers?
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh

15. Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched a comprehensive life and health protection oriented unit-linked endowment insurance plan. Name the plan.
(a) 'Sure Suraksha'
(b) 'Suraksha Kavach'
(c) 'Jivan Anand'
(d) 'Suraksha Kosh'

16. Under the brand name of 'm-Pesa', Vodafone India has announced it will offer mobile money transfer and payment service with which of the following banks?
(a) ICICI bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank

17. Which among the following states’ public grievance redressal website has been awarded the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Delhi

18. Which airline has agreed with Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each others’ clients?
(a) Maldivian airlines
(b) Indian airlines
(c) American airlines
(d) Sri Lankan airline

19. Which state government has waived the loans of farmers who had taken up to Rs 50,000 from the cooperative rural development bank?
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Madhya Pradesh

20. Who among the following has emerged as Britain's most influential Asian in a list of 101 powerful people?
(a) Lord Swraj Paul
(b) Lakshmi Mittal
(c) Keith Vaz
(d) Anish Kapoor

21. Which country will have to pay $1.3 bn to hedge funds that refused to restructure their debts after the country’s 2001 default when it makes regular payments to its restructured bondholders in December?
(a) Argentina
(b) Brazil
(c) Cuba
(d) Greece

22. Which among the following telecommunications services provider has completed a network transformation programme across its mobile operations in 16 African countries in partnership with Ericsson?
(a) Tata Indicom
(b) Vodafone
(c) Reliance
(d) Bharti Airtel

23. 'Yogakshemam Vahamyaham' is the motto of which insurance company?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation(LIC)
(b) SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd
(c) Oriental Insurance Co Ltd
(d) Birla Sunlife

24. Which among the following service numbers, currently available on BSNL and MTNL networks across 23 banks and allowing customers to check bank balance or place a request for a cheque book, has been launched by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)?
(a) *111#
(b) *91#
(c) *99#
(d) *999#

25. The GoI 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 the:
(a) Finance Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Governor of RBI
(d) Finance Secretary

— Compiled by Dr Rohit Singh