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January 2013 Week 4

1) Which Pakistani writer has chronicled the tradition-bound way of tribal life in Balochistan in hisfirst book 'The Wandering Falcon'?1. Jamil Ahmad 2. Asad Shabbir3. Amjad Parvez 4. Arshad Sharif

2) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India is developing a new kind ofanti-radiation missile that can target enemy-1. Nuclear power plants 2. Nuclear powered ships and submarines3. 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 Nepal 2. King of Oman3. King of Cambodia 4. King of Bhutan

4) Food and Agriculture Organisation, to change global practices that result in the loss of 1.3 billiontonnes of food each year, has introduced a campaign dubbed "Think-Eat-Save Reduce YourFoodprint" with-1. United Nations Environment Programme2. United Nations Development Programme3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation4. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

5) Which of the following countries recently has granted permission to install the statue of 12century Indian social reformer, Basaveshwara, at its capital city?1. United States 2. Canada3. France 4. United KingdomNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

6) The Government of India 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. Bangladesh 2. Myanmar3. Bhutan 4. Pakistan

NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) Major tea producing countries have decided to get together on a global platform, called theInternational Tea Producers Forum (ITPF). For now it will be headquartered at-1. New Delhi 2. Jakarta3. Nairobi 4. ColomboNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) The first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters was recently handed over to the Indian Air Force. It ismanufactured by which of the following companies?1. Lockheed Martin 2. Boeing

3. Dassault 4. EmbraerNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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18) Who won Women's Singles Australian Open title 2013?1. Serena Williams 2. Li Na3. Victoria Azarenka 4. Caroline WozniackiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) Which among the following pair has become the most successful mens pair in Grand Slamhistory?1. John Newcombe and Tony Roche 2. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan3. Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 4. Jonathan Marray & Frederik NielsenNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who has been awarded 'Atibadi Jagannath Das Award 2009', Odishas highest State honour for

contribution to literature?1. Dasarathi Das 2. Manoj Das3. Basanta Das 4. Mohapatra Nilamani SahooNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January 2013 Week 3

1) The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has asked to return the Olympic Bronze Medaland Certificate of 2000 Sydney Games to which among the following all time popular Cyclist?1.Miguel Indurain2.Bradely Wiggins

3.Lance Armstrong4.Tyler Hamilton


2) Which of the following countrys head has been declared to be the chief guest at theRepublic Day parade for the year 2013?

1.Nepal2.Bhutan

3.Japan4.Thailand


3) Recently, the Indian Navy has commissioned its largest shore patrol vessel for the maritimesurveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Name it:1.INS Jatayu2.INS Divydrishti

3.INS Saryu4.INS Radar


4) Recently, thirty one Black Bucks were killed by the stray dogs in the enclosure of which of

the following Zoo?1.Kolkakta2.Ahmedabad

3.Jaipur

4.KanpurNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Which of the following Telecom Service Provider launched its video telephony service inDelhi and Mumbai, the first by any service provider?1.MTNL2.Airtel

3.Reliance4.Vodafone


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6) In which of the following regions the Supreme Court of India has banned the tourists to passthrough an area which is Jarawas habitat?1.Nagaland2.Lakshadweep

3.Puducherry4.Andaman and Nicobar Islands


7) Which is the world's number two arms exporter?1.Russia2.USA

3.France4.Israel


8) Recently, a tunnel named Ghat Ki Guni was inaugurated by the Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi in:1.Meghalaya2.Jammu and Kashmir

3.Rajasthan4.Haryana


9) Which film has bagged the award for the Best Film at 58th Film Fare Awards?1.Barfi2Jab Tak Hai Jaan

3.Kahaani4.Gangs of Wasseypur


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

1.Punjab

2.Gujarat

3.Uttar Pradesh

4.Madhya PradeshNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following Courts has passed orders banning sale of packaged food itemsespecially junk food in non-biodegradable polythene that would come into effect from April1,2013?

1.Delhi High Court2.Himachal Pradesh High Court

3.Maharashtra High Court4.Uttarakhand High Court


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

1.Peter Maurer2.Jakob Kellenberger

3.Alexandre Hay4.Cornelio Sommaruga


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. Grover3. Ramgopal Rao 4. M. MuthukrishnanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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14) Which among the following countries is the biggest cooking oil consumer in the world?1. China 2. India3. Pakistan 4. IranNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs has suggested thatfood entitlements under the National Food Security Act be made available to 67 per cent of thepopulation, leaving out the 33 per cent who pay taxes, have a 'pucca' house and so on. Thecommittee is headed by:1. Kapil Chopra 2. Vilas Muttemwar3. K. Srinivasan 4. B. Suresh LalNOT 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, 20153. January 1, 2015 4. April 1, 2016


17) The Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius ofthe Jarawa Tribal Reserve in:1. Karnataka 2. Andaman and Nicobar3. Kerala 4. Madhya PradeshNOT 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. JharkhandNOT 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 Aslam3. Fahmida Riaz 4. Jamil AhmadNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Who among the following social activists has been honoured with the Basava Krishi Award 2013in Karnataka?1. Anna Hazare 2. Rajendra Singh3. Kiran Bedi 4. Medha PatkarNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

January Week 2

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

1) Agnieszka Radwanska2) Dominika Cibulkova 3) Svetlana Kuznetsova4) Li Na


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

1) Purobi Bormudoi2) Sameer Tanti 3) Harekrishna Deka4) Imran Shah


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

1) Sandesh2) Nirdesh 3) Aadesh4) Drishti


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

1)

Bengaluru2) Pune 3) Bhopal4) KolkataNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

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

1) Marimuthu Bharathan2) Krishnammal Jagannathan 3) Jupudi Prabhakar Rao4) Anand Teltumbde


6) Who among the following has been conferred the B.C. Sanyal Dedicated Teacher Award2013 by Delhi Art School?

1) V. Nag Das2) H.A. Anil Kumar 3) Kanchan Chander4) Anil Naik5)


7) Who among the following Hindustani classical vocalists has been selected for the SamaganaMatanga award 2012, instituted by the Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, Bangalore?

1) Pandit Shivkumar2) Smita Bellur

3) Pandit Jasraj4) Dr. Prabha Atre


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

1) David Petraeus2) John Brennan 3) Michael Morell4) Leon Panetta


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

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1) K U B Rao committee2) Kirit Parikh Committee 3) N.C. Saxena committee4) Ram Pradhan Committee


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

1) IDBI Home Finance2) SBI Home Loan 3) PNB Housing Finance4) LIC Housing Finance


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

1) Nigeria2)

India

3) Sri Lanka4)

ChinaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

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

1) Germany2) China 3) Russia4) France


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. Parekh2) Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh 3) G. K. Kwatra4) Devashish Bharuka


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

1) The Godfather2) Lincoln 3) Life of Pi4) Zero Dark Thirty


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

1) Narcopolis2) Between Clay and Dust 3) The Briefcase4) Silent House


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

1) Saudi Arabia2) Malaysia 3) Oman4) UAE

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

1) Kalyanmoy Deb2) Satyajit Mayor 3) Ashutosh Sharma4) Ashish Lele


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

1) Cristiano Ronaldo2) Andres Iniesta 3) Lionel Messi4) Xavi Hernndez


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

1) Rajkeswur Purryag2) Kamla Persad Bissessar 3) Anand Satyanand4) Khalid Hameed


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

1) WebFil2) TrackOn 3) Lakshya4) Web-LP


January Week 1

1) Who has been appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre inTiruvananthapuram?

1. S Ramakrishnan2. P S Veeraraghavan

3. K. Radhakrishnan4. V.S. Hegde


2) Along with Vidya Balan who has been named PETA's hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012?

1) Neha Dhupia2) Amitabh Bachchan

3) Shahid Kapoor4) Kareena Kapoor


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

1) M. Jagannadha Rao2) Thol. Thirumavalavan 3) M Karunanidhi4) Vai Gopalsamy


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

1) Sonia Gandhi2) Aung San Suu Kyi 3) Malala Yousafzai4) Morgan Tsvangirai


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

1) Daniel Auteuil2) Gerard Depardieu 3) Claudine Auger4) Dany Boon5)


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

castration?

1) Jordan2) Qatar 3) South Korea4) Saudi Arabia


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

1) Prabhat Kumar2) Ravindra H. Dholakia 3) Rajesh Agrawal4) S. Mukherjee


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

1) Shabana Azmi2) Lata Mangeshkar 3) Shyam Benegal4) Hema Malini


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

1) Y. V. Reddy2) M. Govinda Rao 3) Sudipto Mundle4) Abhijit Sen


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

1) Justice M. Jagannadha Rao2) Justice D K Jain 3) Justice A. R. Lakshmanan4) Justice P. V. Reddi


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

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1) Madhya Pradesh2) Rajasthan 3) Delhi4) Jammu & Kashmir


12) Who topped Gallups most admired womens list of 2012?

1) Malala Yousafzai2) Aung San Suu Kyi 3) Hillary Clinton4) Queen Elizabeth II


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 India2) Punjab National Bank 3) Union Bank of India4) ICICI Bank


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

1) A.E. Muthunayagam2) V K Saraswat 3) Pramod Kale4) Devaraj Prashasthi5)


15) Who has been conferred the 5th Mother Teresa Memorial International Award 2012 forSocial Justice?

1) Dalai Lama2) Baroness Caroline Cox 3) Sanjiv Bhatt4) Malala Yousafzai


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

1) Steve Waugh2) Glenn McGrath 3) Belinda Clark4) Shane Watson


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

1) Tata Indicom2) BSNL 3) Vodafone4) Bharti Airtel


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

1) Andy Murray2) Grigor Dimitrov 3) Rafael Nadal4) Roger Federer


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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 Shah2) Srikanth Srinivasan

3) Arun Majumdar4) Cathy BissoonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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

1) Hashim Amla2) Kumar Sangakkara 3) Michael Clarke4) Virat Kohli


December week 4

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

1) Pratibha Ray2) Sitakant Mohapatra 3) Gopinath Mohanty4) Sachidananda Routray


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

1) Russia2)

China

3) USA4)

FranceNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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

1) Justices G.S. Singhvi2) Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya 3) Justice Swatanter Kumar4) Justice P. Jyothimani


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

1) Avneet Sidhu2) Apurvi Chandela 3) Nikita Salunke4) Pournima Zanane


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

1) Kerala2) Taj Mahal 3) Wagah Border4) Vaishno Devi


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

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1) Dr Sanjay Vashee2) Mani Bhaumik 3) George Sudarshan4) Venkatesh Mannar5)


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

1) Haryana2) Gujarat 3) Bihar4) Maharashtra


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

1) Nicolas Almagro2)

Novak Djokovic

3) David Ferrer4)

Janko TipsarevicNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Along with Ashok Kumar who has jointly bagged the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2012?

1) K.K. Nair2) Jagat Debnath 3) Rita Choudhury4) Radhika Mohan Bhagowati


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

1)

Seydou Keita2) Yaya Toure 3) Samuel Eto'o4) Didier DrogbaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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

1) Justice Lalita Seth2) Gopal Subramaniam 3) Justice J.S. Verma4) Justice P. Jyothimani


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

1) Gujarat2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Uttarakhand4) Sikkim


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

1) Swati Dandekar2) Smita Singh 3) Harry Sidhu4) Bhagwan Dashairya5)

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

1) ToucHb2) TouchHb 3) HbTouch4) IngaHbNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

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

1) France2) UK 3) Germany4) Italy


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

1) Haryana2) Maharashtra 3) Uttar Pradesh4) Madhya Pradesh5)


17) Which Maoist-affected state government has announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 1 to25 lakh to encourage maoist cadres to surrender?

1)

Chhattisgarh2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Jharkhand4) West BengalNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

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

1) France2) China 3) Germany4) Russia


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

1) Sunil Gavaskar2) M.V. Narasimha Rao 3) Bishan Singh Bedi4) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar


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

1) CCR52) ELF5 3) IL54) CD8


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December week 3

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

1) Aamir Khan2) Shah Rukh Khan 3) Amitabh Bachchan4) Anil Kapoor


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

1) Uttar Pradesh2) Rajasthan 3) Bihar4) Delhi


3) Who among the following has been awarded 35th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Award 2012 forOutstanding Contribution in the field for Constructive Work?

1) Shanti Prathistan2) Jaywant Mathkar 3) Anupam Mishra4) Chunibhai Vaidya


4) Who among the following has been crowned as Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas?1) Olivia Culpo2) Janine Tugonon 3) Irene Esser4) Camila Solorzano


5) Which among the following States has the lowest per capita Net State Domestic Product(NSDP) at 23,435 in 2012?

1) Uttar Pradesh2) Odisha 3) Bihar4) Chhattisgarh


6) Name the Indias triple Olympic gold medallist in hockey who has died recently.1) Leslie Claudius2) Keshav Dutt 3) Gurbux Singh4) Ashok Kumar


7) Who among the following has been chosen as president of the All India Football Federation(AIFF)?

1) Sandeep Dikshit2) Praful Patel 3) Subhash Chopra4) Shrinivas V. Dempo


8) The Special Forces of India and Sri Lanka has started recently a war exercises SLINEX inwhich of the following States?

1) Andhra Pradesh2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu4) Himachal Pradesh


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9) Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the Indo-Tibetan

Border Police (ITBP)?

1) Mahboob Alam2) Ajay Chadha

3) Ranjit Sinha4) A.P SinghNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) According to India State of Forest Report-2011, which among the following States has thehighest forest cover in the country?

1) Maharashtra2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Madhya Pradesh4) Chhattisgarh5)


11) Who among the following has been selected for K Karunakaran Foundation award 2012 for

his brilliant administration?1) Jairam Ramesh2) P Chidambaram 3) Ghulam Nabi Azad4) Kapil Sibal5)


12) Latest hybrid notebook/tablet, 'IdeaPad Yoga' has been launched by:1) Lenovo2) Hewlett-Packard 3) Toshiba4) Dell


13) Long-range rocket 'Unha-3' has been launched by:1) Israel2) China 3) Japan4) North Korea


14) Who among the following has become the first woman President of Federation of IndianChambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI)?

1) Kalpana Morparia2) Naina Lal Kidwai 3) Neelam Dhawan4) Chanda Kochhar


15) The Union Government of India has lowered down the growth projection for the currentfinancial year 2012-13 from 7.6 percent to:

1) 5.5 percent2) 6.5 percent 3) 5.7 percent4) 7 percent


16) Who has bought the worlds first customised A380 superjumbo, dubbed the flying palacefor his luxury?

1) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal2) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal 3) Bernard Arnault4) Warren Buffett


17) Who among the following won FIFAs World Player of the Year award 2012?

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1) Cristiano Ronaldo2) Lionel Messi 3) Fernando Torres4) Xavi


18) Who among the following has been selected for Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 for his poetry

collection 'These Errors are Correct'?1) Jeet Thayil2) Subrata Mukhopadhyaya 3) Bal Krishna Bhaura4) D. Selvaraj


19) Rajkeswur Purryag would be the chief guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 in Kochi. He isthe president of:

1) Suriname2) Mauritius 3) Guyana4) Trinidad & Tobago


20) Who among the following Indian golfer won the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement awardalong with Jack Nicklaus and Colin Montgomerie?1) Jyoti Randhawa2) Jeev Milkha Singh 3) Gaganjeet Bhullar4) Arjun Atwal


December week 2

1) A new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73 million years ago, hasbeen discovered by the scientists in which of the following countries?

1) Brazil2) Mexico

3) New Zealand4) Australia


2) The One Billion Rising campaign, as a global movement, to stop violence against women,was launched in which of the following states?

1) Rajasthan2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Gujarat4) Maharashtra


3) The European Union declared to donate the amount of the Nobel Prize for Peace-2012 toprojects 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.


4) Recently the residence of ex-President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a heritage site, wasin news. It is located in:

1) Bengaluru2) Mysore 3) Chennai4) Coimbatore


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5) The Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development has been declared to be establishedat which of the following universities?

1) University of Oxford2) University of Cambridge 3) University of Leeds4) University of Liverpool


6) Which among the following State's public grievance redressal website has been awardedSilver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012?

1) Bihar2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Karnataka4) Delhi


7) Which among the following state governments has approved new jail manual that hasprovision for elaborate computer generated record of inmates including their voice samples,replacing the existing 88-year-old prison guidelines formulated in 1924?

1) Uttar Pradesh2)

Bihar

3) Punjab4)

HaryanaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

8) Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Bharat Muni Samman 2012for her outstanding contribution to the field of art and culture?

1) Sridevi Kapoor2) Hema Malini 3) Madhuri Dixit4) Lata Mangeshkar


9) Who won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2012?1) Netherlands2)

Pakistan

3) Argentina4)

AustraliaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

10) The Central government has decided to set up a Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) toaccord single-window approval to mega projects of over Rs 1,000 crore. CCI will be headed by-

1) Finance Minister2) Prime Minister 3) Governor of RBI4) Finance Secretary


11) According to Yahoo! India's Year in Review 2012 (YIR), who among the followingpersonalities was most searched news maker?

1) Anna Hazare2) Arvind Kejriwal 3) Narendra Modi4) Akhilesh Yadav


12) Which among the following country's scientists have developed the first 100% ultrasoundtoothbrush of the world called Emmident toothbrush which makes use of the ultrasound waves forcleaning teeth?

1) UK2) China 3) Japan4) USA


13) Who among the following has been recently elected as the chairman of the panel of externalauditors of the United Nations?

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1) Jagbans Singh2) Vinod Rai 3) Norbert Hauser4) Amyas Morse


14) Who among the following was the first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who died recently?

1) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari2) BC Khanduri 3) N.D. Tiwari4) Nityanand SwamiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Name the film which is made by Kashmiri film-maker Suresh Goswami on the displacementof Kashmiri Pandit families from the Valley?

1) Minar e Dilli2) Ziyarat 3) Lamha4) 80 Million


16) Which among the following committee is associated with non-banking finance companies

(NBFCs)?1) Usha Thorat committee2) B.D Shah committee 3) Bhootlingam committee4) D.R Gadgil committee


17) Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has decided to add Abuj Mariatribe to the list of Scheduled Tribes. Abuj Maria tribe is located in:

1) Kerala2) Chhattisgarh 3) Arunachal Pradesh4) Himachal Pradesh


18) Who among the following has been recently appointed as adviser to the Finance Minister?1) Mukesh Patel2) Sriram Balakrishnan 3) Ashok Dhingra4) Parthasarathi Shome


19) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has constituted a five-member panel to take importantdecisions in its day-to-day functioning. Panel is headed by:

1) Lalit Bhanot2) Vijay Kumar Malhotra 3) Virendra Nanavati4) N. Ramachandran


20) First Indian to be awarded lifetime achievement Grammy award is:1) A.R. Rahman2) Lata Mangeshkar 3) Pt. Ravi Shankar4) M.S Subbulakshmi


December week 1

1) According to Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living Index report, which among the following citieshas been emerged as the best city to live in India?1. Bengaluru2. Hyderabad

3. Mumbai4. Chennai


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2) Who among the following won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012 for Taj Mahal Foxtrot:The Story of Bombays Jazz Age?

1) David Godwin2) Tishani Doshi 3) Basharat Peer4) Naresh Fernandes


3) Who among the following has been recently honoured with Asian Business LeadershipForum Statesman Award in Abu Dhabi?

1) Kamal Nath2) Mallika Srinivasan 3) Baba Kalyani4) Anand Mahindra


4) According to Transparency Internationals Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2012, out of176 countries, India is ranked at:

1) 95th2) 94th 3) 88th4) 72nd


5) Central government has decided to transfer 12.5 acres of Indu Mill land at Dadar for thememorial of which among the following personalities?

1) BR Ambedkar2) Balasaheb Thackeray 3) Shivaji Bhosale4) Hemant Karkare


6) Recently, typhoon Bopha created a havoc in:1) Philippines2) Jamaica 3) Mexico4) Haiti


7) Recently, a pair of endangered Amur leopards has been spotted in:1) Nepal2) Brazil 3) China4) India


8) Brazilian architect, who designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, wonPritzker Prize 1988, has died recently. Name the personality:

1) Oscar Niemeyer2) Lcio Costa 3) Lina Bo Bardi4) Paulo Mendes da Rocha


9) Along with five ex-Soviet States, which of the following countries has agreed to reduce itsdependence on the dollar, and promote payments in national currencies?

1) China2) Russia 3) Azerbaijan4) Ukraine


10) Which of the following states has decided to issue Golden Cards to industrialists andindustrial associations for easy access to its offices?

1) Uttar Pradesh2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat4) Andhra Pradesh


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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 InterpolNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently signed Currency Swap Agreement with:1) Bank of Japan2) Bank of America 3) Citi Bank4) RBS


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 theOlympic Charter2) India has stopped funding to IOC3) A large number of Indian players have been found positive for different banned drugs by

WADA4) Ministry of Youth and Sports did not give its approval to organize a training camp in Brazil,

the venue of forthcoming OlympicsNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Recently, World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) was held in:1) Doha2)

Dubai

3) Dublin4)

DelhiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Recently which of the following institutes has developed anti collision safety device traincollision avoidance system (TCAS)?

1) Bharat Dynamics Limited2) BEL 3) BHEL4) Hyderabad Batteries Limited


16) Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland won World Challenge event recently, an event of:1) Chess2) Golf 3) Cycling4) Rowing


17) Fraud Survey Report 2012 was released by:1) Accenture2) McKinsey and company 3) Mind Tree4) KPMG


18) Who among the following Indian cricketer recently became only Indian to score three triplecenturies in First-Class Cricket?

1) Virender Sehwag2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Ravindra Jadeja4) Yuvraj Singh


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19) Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer has codenamed CHAMP to:

1) a new missile2) a new engine for aircrafts 3) a new nuclear reactor4) a nuclear powered submarine


20) Which of the following states has topped on the chart of states for significantly exceedingthe revenue mobilization targets as per the report released by the Planning Commission on StateFinances during 11th Five Year Plan?

1) Maharashtra2) Goa 3) Uttar Pradesh4) Haryana


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) Kosovo2) Hungary 3) Austria4) Liberia


2) China is now capable of deploying fighter jets on its first aircraft carrier after successfullanding and take off the J-15 jet on it. Name the aircraft carrier :

1) Stalin2) Chiang Kai Shek 3) Mao Tse-tung4) 'The Liaoning'


3) Tagore's bust unveiled recently at 9th century Buddhist 'Borobudur Temple' which is locatedin:

1) Cambodia2) Indonesia 3) Thailand4) Myanmar


4) Who among the following has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazils SupremeCourt?

1. Joaquim Barbosa2. Ricardo Lewandowski 3. Carmen Lcia4. Gilmar Mendes


5) Who won Brazilian Grand Prix 2012?1. Fernando Alonso2. Jenson Button 3. Sebastian Vettel4. Michael Schumacher


6) Who among the following won men's IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award 2012?1. Aries Merritt2. Usain Bolt 3. David Rudisha4. Yohan Blake


7) Ernest Bai Koroma, leader of the All People's Congress, has been re-elected as the Presidentof:

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1. Sierra Leone2. Mali 3. Gabon4. Honduras


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. Delhi2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Rajasthan4. Haryana


9) Scientists from UK, has developed a new drug for stopping the cancerous cells frommultiplying. The new drug called:

1. Aflibercept2. Atripla 3. Nivaquine4. Maraviroc


10) Which among the following won Indian Premier League (IPL) title sponsorship for next fiveyears?

1. Airtel2. PepsiCo 3. Coca Cola4. DLF


11) Who among the following is present director general of British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC)?

1. Tony Hall2. George Entwistle 3. Tim Davie4. Mark Thompson


12) Which State government has waived the loans of farmers who had taken up to Rs. 50,000from the cooperative rural development bank?

1. Haryana2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Punjab4. Madhya Pradesh


13) Who among the following is the present director of Central Bureau of Investigation?1) A.P. Singh2) W Ashwini Kumar 3) V.S Tiwari4) Ranjit Sinha


14) Dr. Reddys Laboratories (DRL) has announced the launch of its Sildenafil Tablets (20 mg), abioequivalent generic version of Revatio tablets in:

1) USA2) UK 3) Singapore4) Malaysia


15) Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto have discovered a new planet which is thirteentimes enormous than Jupiter, called:

1) Jupiter- 132) Super-Jupiter 3) Androme-124) Jupiter Kappa


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16) Which among the following countries won the 100th Davis Cup 2012 finals?

1) Spain2) Argentina 3) Serbia4) Czech Republic


17) Who among the following former cricket players has been conferred with BCCIs prestigiousCol. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2011-12?

1) Kapil Dev2) Sunil Gavaskar 3) Ravi Shastri4) Dillip Vengsarkar


18) Along with K.V. Prabhu, who among the following scientists has been awarded Borlaugaward 2012?

1) Ashok Kumar Singh2) Dr S Nagarajan 3) Dr Rattan Lal4) Dr. Aditi Mukherji


19) 26 percent stake of Krishna Godavari basin of deep sea block of Oil and Natural GasCorporation (ONGC) has been acquired by Japan based oil firm:

1) Nippon Oil2) JAPEX 3) Inpex Corp4) Idemitsu Kosan


20) Which among the following countries has cancelled its biggest foreign investment projectwith Indian firm GMR Group to develop its international airport?

1) Bolivia2)

Maldives

3) Mali4)

MyanmarNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

November week 3

1) Which among the following countries has created the world's largest network of marinereserves, protecting more than 2.3 million square kilometres of ocean environment?

1) Australia2) New Zealand 3) South Africa4) Brazil


2) Ami Bera, California-based, Indian-American has become the only 3rd of the community towin Congressional Election. Ami Bera defeated Republican:

1) Richard Nixon2) Dan Lungren 3) Eric Cantor4) Cathy McMorris Rodgers


3) Astronomers for the first time have discovered a young "homeless planet", up to seventimes the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties. The planet is:

1) Nutella-122) Ju-7 3) CFBDSIR21494) TRIX-47


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4) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation forher bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan?

1) Hina Naseem2) Malala Yousafzai 3) Somira soomro4) Shahida Hassan


5) According to the Transparency Report published by Google, which among the followingcountries stands second in demanding Web user information?

1) USA2) China 3) UK4) India


6) Islamist group, Ansar Dine is active in which among the following countries?1) Mali2) Syria 3) Lebanon4) Ghana


7) The Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), a laboratory that comesunder the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is located in:

1) Lucknow2) Nagpur 3) Pune4) Dehradun


8) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has notified rules under the Protection ofChildren from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Act has classified any sexual act with a child as apunishable offence below:

1) 182)

14

3) 214)

16NOT 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 changerisks in the coming decades?

1) Manila2) Bangkok 3) Dhaka4) Ho Chi Minh


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'2) 'All Time Energy' 3) '24 Hour Energy'4) 'Instant Energy'


11) By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature'sown natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have discovered the farthest galaxy. Name thegalaxy.

1) TRIX-472) MACS0647-JD 3) CFBDSIR21494) DSIR2150


12) The Communist Party of China (CPC) has selected whom as Hu Jintaos successor?

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1) Wen Jiabao2) Li Keqiang 3) Xi Jinping4) Yang Shangkun


13) Along with senior journalists T.N. Ninan, who among the following has been awarded the

Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships on the occasion of 123rd birth anniversary of the countrys first PrimeMinister?

1) Harish Khare2) Sidharth Mishra 3) S.S. Dubey4) Vinit Wahi


14) Who among the following Indian scholars has been awarded the USD 500,000 WISE prize forhis relentless work of providing low cost education to children in Mumbai slums?

1) Anil Pandey2) Madan Kumar 3) Harsh Goswami4) Madhav Chavan


15) Which airlines has signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to givediscounts to each others clients?

1) Maldivian airlines2) Indian airlines 3) American airlines4) Sri Lankan airline


16) In which of the following countries Indian origin dentist Savita Halappanavar has died afterthe doctors refused her abortion despite her body being sick and weak due to 17 weeks ofpregnancy?

1) Finland2)

Norway

3) Sweden4)

IrelandNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) In which among the following States, NTPC is going to start a skill development programmefor 144 youngsters, under the central government's 'UDAAN' initiative?

1) Jharkhand2) Jammu & Kashmir 3) Chhattisgarh4) Uttarakhand


18) Which among the following Chinese films won the Network for the Promotion of AsianCinema (NETPAC) Award at 18th Kolkata International Film Festival?

1) Apart Together2) 14 Blades 3) Buddha Mountain4) 11 Flowers


19) Who among the following eminent Urdu scholars has been presented Moortidevi Award2010 for his outstanding work on Urdu Ghazal?

1) Gulab Kothari2) Gopi Chand Narang 3) Dr. Israr Ahmed4) Dr. Zakir Naik


20) Who among the following has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation forher bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan?

1) Malala Yousafzai 2) Hina Naseem

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3) Somira soomro 4) Shahida HassanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

November week 2

1) Which among the following States is the first kerosene-free State?1) Kerala2) Delhi 3) Haryana4) Goa


2) Which among the following is the first Indian-American elected to the U.S. Congress?1) Dalip Singh Saund2) Dr. Ami Bera 3) Bobby Jindal4) Tulsi Gabbard


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) Wisconsin2) Arizona 3) Florida4) Washington


4) Who among the following is the present president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)?1) R K Shetty2) Ashok Mathur 3) V. Dinesh Reddy4) R.K Singh


5) The Sultanate of which among the following countries has banned the import of eggs and

chicken from India?1) Oman2) UAE 3) Saudi Arabia4) Kuwait


6) The Himalaya Drug Company won the fifteen years long battle in the Delhi High Courtagainst the homoeopathic firm SBL Limited over infringement of its medicine Liv-52 with its ownpreparation that was named as:

1) Liv-B2) Liv-T 3) Liv-L4) Liv-V


7) Who among the following has been awarded the WISE Prize 2012 in Doha, which is knownas the Nobel prize for Education?

1) Dr Madhav Chavan2) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed 3) Kiranjit Nijindar Singh4) Milica Radisic


8) Which among the following words has been chosen as Oxford University's Word of 2012?1) 'squeezed middle'2) 'Omnishambles' 3) 'Big society'4) 'Unfriend'


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9) Which of the following pairs has won the men's doubles title of the ATP World Tour Finals2012 in London?

1) M. Bhupathi and R. Bopanna2) M. Granollers and M. Lopez 3) J. Marray and F. Nielsen4) L. Paes and R. Stepanek


10) According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which of the following countries wouldtakeover Saudi Arabia as worlds biggest oil producing nation by 2017?

1) Russia2) China 3) Nigeria4) USA


11) Who won the prestigious Kyoto Prize 2012 in the category of Arts and Philosophy?1) Paul Thieme2) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 3) Charles Taylor4) Karl Popper


12) Who among the following is the chief investigating officer of the Rajiv Gandhi assassinationcase?

1) K Ragothaman2) M. Narayanan 3) R Karthikeyan4) P. Dwarakanath


13) Which State government has decided to introduce 'single window system' in the agriculturesector for the benefit of farmers?

1) Bihar2) West Bengal 3) Gujarat4) Uttar Pradesh


14) Who among the following Pakistani Sufi legends has been honoured with a lifetimeachievement award by Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in New Delhi?

1) Abida Parveen2) Hamid Ali Bela 3) Jameel Khan4) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan


15) SENAHIYA, a National Defence Force hospital, has been opened by Defence Minister ofIndia, A.K. Antony, in:

1) Colombo2) Dhaka 3) Male4) Kathmandu


16) Recently, which boxing Champion has been honoured with Liberty Medal in Philadelphia?1) Muhammad Ali2) Mice Tyson 3) Michael Moorer4) Riddick Bowe


17) Which among the following countries has won 2nd South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)women Championship 2012 in Colombo?

1) Pakistan2) India 3) Sri Lanka4) Nepal


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18) Name the cricket player who has been named as the Captain of ICCs ODI team of the year

2011-12.1) Alastair Cook2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3) Sangakkara4) Hashim Amla


19) Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched a comprehensive life and health protection orientedunit linked endowment insurance plan. Name the plan.

1) 'Sure Suraksha'2) 'Suraksha Kosh' 3) 'Jivan Anand'4) 'Suraksha Kavach'


20) Under the brand name of 'm-pesa', Vodafone India has announced to offer mobile moneytransfer and payment service with which of the following banks?

1) ICICI bank2)

HDFC Bank

3) Kotak Mahindra Bank4)

Punjab National BankNOT 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 andLetters (Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres) by France?

1) Nandita Das2) Amir Khan 3) Shahrukh Khan4) Aishwarya Rai


2) Indian-American writer/director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi have wonthe South Asian Rising Star Film Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the feature film:

1) "Patang" (The Kite)2) Gangs Of Wasseypur 3) Gandhi My Father4) Taxi to the Dark Side


3) According to the report of Deutsche Bank, along with India, which among the followingcountries has the highest Government debt ratios (70%) of the gross domestic product (GDP) amongtop ten emerging market economies?

1) China2) Russia 3) Brazil4) Indonesia


4) According to the fifth edition of the World Economic Forum's Financial Development Report2012, out of 62 leading financial systems and capital markets which of the following countries hastopped the list?

1) Singapore2) Hong Kong 3) UK4) USA


5) Who among the following cricket players has received the prestigious Col. C.K. NayuduLifetime Achievement Award 2012?

1) Sunil Gavaskar2) G.R. Viswanath 3) Mohinder Amarnath4) Ajit Wadekar

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6) Who among the following has received Indira Gandhi National Integration Award 2012 ?1) Mohan Dharia2) Gulzar 3) A. R. Rahman4) Javed Akhtar


7) Who among the following forward football player won 'Golden Boot Award' 2012 for mostgoals in Europe?

1) Cristiano Ronaldo2) Andres Iniesta 3) Henrik Mkhitaryan4) Lionel Messi


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) Uttarakhand2)

Chandigarh

3) Himachal Pradesh4)

SikkimNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

9) One of the top squash players of India, has claimed the IJM Land Penang Open afterdefeating top most squash player Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia. Name the player:

1) Saurav Ghosal2) Joshna Chinappa 3) Dipika Pallikal4) Ritwik Bhattacharya


10) Who among the following won seventh World Billiards Championship title 2012?1) Mike Russell2)

Daniel Sanchez

3) Pankaj Advani4)

Geet SethiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

11) India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh is planning to setting up a boxing academy in which of thefollowing States?

1) Haryana2) Delhi 3) Rajasthan4) Andhra Pradesh


12) Oceansat-2 is satellite, designed to provide service continuity for operational users of theOcean 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)


13) "Conspiracy to kill Rajiv Gandhi - From CBI files" is the book written by:1) M K Narayanan2) K Ragothaman 3) R Karthikeyan4) P. Dwarakanath


14) Who among the following won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for hisrecently published book" Water: Asia's New Battleground"?

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1) Jairam Ramesh2) V. Narayan Murthy 3) Brahma Chellaney4) R.K. Pachauri


15) Sultan Qaboos Said bin Said will be the chief guest at the Republic Day of India in 2013. He is

ruler of:1) Oman2) Saudi Arabia 3) UAE4) Qatar


16) Who among the following cricket player has announced 25 scholarships for aspiring Indianstudents to live, learn, work in New Zealand and excel in a field of their choice?

1) Shane Warne2) John Wright 3) Ricky Ponting4) Brett Lee


17) The developers of Dubai are planning to build a replica of the Taj Mahal four times biggerthan the original monument in Dubai. The replica is:1) Burj Arabia2) Taj Khalifa 3) Taj Arabia4) Taj- E- Sultan


18) 10th Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Awards for Womens Development presented for the years2007 was awarded to:

1) Milind E. Kulkarni2) Govind Patnaik 3) Veronica Zatluangi4) S.G. Susheelamma


19) Gadar movement's year-long centenary celebrations have been launched in the presence ofAmbassadors to the US from four countries. Which of the following was not involved among fourcountries?

1) India2) Guyana 3) Fiji4) Suriname


20) Which of the following countries is planning to cut its 280 million per year programme ofaid to India from 2015?

1) USA2) UK 3) Japan4) France


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October Week 4

1) Recently the picture of a footballer JohnTerry was in news to be used as pictorialwarning on cigarette packets in India, which is

replaced now. John Terry is a player of-

1. France2. Britain3. Brazil4. ArgentinaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Which among the following Australiancricket players has launched the annualscholarship scheme in honour of Sir Donald

Bradman for an Indian student to study at theUniversity of Wollongong (UOW)?

1. Adam Gilchrist2. Shane Watson3. Brett Lee4. Ricky PontingNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) Recently the government of which of thefollowing states has decided to set up a

gymnasium and a library in all its jails topromote physical and mental health ofprisoners?

1. Goa2. Kerala3. Uttar Pradesh4. BiharNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

4) Which of the following movies was

awarded with the best Indian Film Award atthe Mumbai Film Festival, 2012?

1. Valley of Saints2. Aqu Y Alla3. Miss Lovely4. Ship of TheseusNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

5) Which of the following historic monumentrecently has been decided to have a solar

power plant to get uninterrupted powersupply?

1. Qutb Minar2. Charminar3. Gol Gumbaz4. Taj Mahal


6) Who among the following won theIndian Grand Prix formula one race, 2012?

1. Michael Schumacher2. Sebastian Vettel3. Alain Prost4. Jim ClarkNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Pope Benedict XVI recently has named sixnew cardinals, among whom Baselios CleemisThottunkal is an Indian and he was theArchbishop of-

1. Thiruvananthapuram2. Goa and Daman3. Gandhinagar4. GuwahatiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) Recently the services of a World HeritageSite, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway wereadversely affected because a portion ofDarjeeling station was damaged by-

1. Flood2. Fire3. Earthquake4. LandslideNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Who among the following has beenawarded recently with an Honorary Doctorateof Arts for his/her outstanding contribution toIndian cinema by the Edinburgh NapierUniversity?

1. Amitabh Bachchan2. Jaya Bachchan3. Sharmila Tagore4. JeetendraNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

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10) A Tamil-Brahmi script inscribed on apotsherd, 1900 years before, which readsnantai kiran, was recently found in which of

the following countries of West Asia?

1. Syria2. Lebanon3. Yemen4. OmanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Which among the following countries isthe world's largest rice exporter in 2012?

1. Thailand2. India

3. Vietnam4. USANOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Recently, 664 Gram Panchayat membershave been declared ineligible for failing toconstruct a toilet in their houses in which ofthe following state?

1. Maharashtra2. Kerala

3. Haryana4. Himachal PradeshNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13)The country, which recently decided itsambitious plan to develop deeper relationswith India and other booming economies ofthe region, including through teachinglanguages like Hindi and Mandarin in itsschools, is-

1. United States2. Brazil3. Australia4. JapanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

14) Mehr Din, known as Uncle Pakistan,recently passed away. He was known for hisspecific presence at-

1. Ambassy of Pakistan in India2. Venues of cricket matches participated byPakistan

3. Wagah border4. Processions, organized inPakistan against United StatesNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

15) Lance Armstrong was stripped of hisseven Tour de France titles and banned forlifetime after being found guilty of drug use.He was associated with-

1. Boxing2. Cycling3. Sprints4. FootballNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) Who among the female actors washonoured with the life achievement award atthe closing function of the 14th Mumbai FilmFestival?

1. Rekha2. Rakhi3. Waheeda Rehman4. Zarina WahabNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

17) Kuldeep Singh was recently in newsbecause he-

1. is an athlete and he reserved a gold medalin London Paralympics, 2012.2. has polio and has taken up a tour of thecountry by tricycle.3. was a journalist, who was killed in aterrorist attack in Afghanistan.4. is a statesman of Punjab and has beenconvicted by the Punjab and Haryana HighCourt for an economic offence.NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Felix Baumgartner became the firstperson to reach supersonic speed withouttravelling in a jet or spacecraft during plungingfrom a balloon to the desert of-

1. New Mexico2. Kalahari3. Atacama4. GobiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

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19) The Prime Minister of India recently

constituted a high-power National Committeeon Direct Cash Transfers in a bid to reducecorruption at the cutting edge, which will be

chaired by-

1. Finance Minister2. Prime Minister3. Home Minister4. Corporates Affairs MinistersNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Which of the following countries, wassuspended after a military revolt in March2012, recently has been readmitted into the

African Union?

1. Mauritania2. Liberia3. Namibia4. MaliNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

October Week 3

1) Recently, in a report released by

Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) it hasbeen declared that Sonbhadra district of UttarPradesh is critically-polluted area due to thepresence of high levels of:

1. Lead2. Mercury3. Arsenic4. AsbestosNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Filmmaker Yash Chopra was notconferred with which among the followinghonour/award?

1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award2. Padma Bhushan3. Swiss Ambassador's Award4. Padma VibhushanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

3) Who among the following sports

personalities has been honoured with theServices Best Sportsman award for 2012?

1. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore2. Vijay kumar3. Ram Singh Yadav4. Dhan Singh


4) At which among the following places PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh on 20 October2012 launched Aadhaar Enabled ServiceDelivery?

1. Dudu, Rajasthan2. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh3. Ennore, Andhra Pradesh4. Wardha, Maharashtra


5) Recently, the Eleventh Conference of theParties (CoP) to the Convention on BiologicalDiversity (CBD) was held at:

1. Hyderabad2. Jakarta3. Abu Dhabi4. NairobiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Panna Tiger Reserve is located in whichamong the following states?

1. Uttar Pradesh2. Rajasthan3. Madhya Pradesh4. MaharashtraNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) Recently, for the first time, the countrysdefence establishment led by Union DefenceMinister A. K. Antony on October 20, 2012paid homage to whom?

1.Martyrs of First India-Pakistan war2.Those who fought the 1962 war with China3.Martyrs of Kargil war4.Martyrs of 26/11 incident of MumbaiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

8) In October 2012, AADHAR Scheme markedwhich anniversary of the Unique IdentificationCitizenship Number Project?

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1. First2. Second3. Third4. Fourth


9) Recently which among the followingaviation companys license was suspended by

the DGCA?

1. Jet Airways2. Go Air3. Indigo4. KingfisherNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

10) Recently, Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapleywere awarded the Nobel Prize for economicsfor 2012. They belong to which of thefollowing countries?

1. Russia2. Israel3. France4. USANOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

11) Recently World Food Day has beencelebrated across the globe in honour of thedate of the founding of the Food andAgriculture Organization of the UnitedNations. It is celebrated every year on:

1. 14 October2. 15 October3. 16 October4. 20 OctoberNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

12) Films Division Ministry of Information &Broadcasting, Government of India on 16October 2012 announced its plan ofestablishing a National Museum of IndianCinema (NMIC), first of its kind in India at:

1. New Delhi2. Mumbai3. Kolkata4. PuneNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Recently, The Supreme Court of Indiarejected the plea of which among thefollowing IPL teams for not to terminate thefranchise from being in Indian Premier League

(IPL)?

1. KKR2. Chennai Super Kings3. Deccan Chargers4. Delhi Dare DevilsNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

14) In which among the following two statesthe Election Commission has issued acomplete ban on broadcast and publication of

the opinion polls during the period ofAssembly Elections to be held in Novemberand December

1. Assam and Kerala2. Rajasthan and Punjab3. Tamilnadu and Bihar4. Gujarat and Himachal PradeshNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

15) Leftist FARC rebels are related with which

among the following countries?

1. Mexico2. Colombia3. Venezuela4. CubaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

16) The Union Cabinet recently gave its nodfor setting up of the National AutomotiveBoard (NAB). What is the purpose of NationalAutomotive Board (NAB)?

1. to promote the research and developmentactivities of the industry2. to promote the research and developmentactivities in the field of nuclear science3. to act as a facilitator in between the civilsociety organizations and the government4. to act as a facilitator in between theNaxalites and the governmentNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

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17) India has planned to get Invar Missilesfrom:

1. France2. Israel

3. Russia4. UKNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

18) Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and AcuteEncephalitis Syndrome (AES) are caused by :

1. Virus2. Bacteria3. Protozoan4. Fungi


19) Recently, which among the followingmagazines has announced that it would shutdown its print operations completely and goall-digital?

1. TIME2. The Week3. The Economist4. Newsweek


20) Recently, Tata Starbucks, a joint venturebetween Tata Global Beverages (TGBL) andStarbucks Coffee Company, opened its firststore in India at:

1. New Delhi2. Jaipur3. Mumbai4. BengaluruNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

October Week 2

1) India has signed the agreement on jointresearch project into pricing structures in LNGmarkets with which among the followingcountries?

1. Japan2. Vietnam

3. Sweden4. South Korea


2) In which of the following countries,Hyderabad-based GVK Power andInfrastructure Limited, has received the green

nod for port development?

1. South Africa2. Australia3. Singapore4. JapanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3) Which of the following National Parks willget remote controlled aircraft and a satellitebased electronic eye for round-the-clock

surveillance of the animals?

1. Bandipur National Park2. Kanha National Park3. Kaziranga National Park4. Buxa Tiger ReserveNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Which of the following services has beenlaunched by the Indian Railways to find outthe location of 6500 trains on real-time basis

on Google Map?

1. RailMap2. RailLoc3. RailSearch4. RailRadarNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Who of the following has been conferredthe prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri NationalAward 2012?

1. Yashpal2. Smt. Tessy Thomas3. Sunil Bharti Mittal4. Aruna RoyNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

6) At present which among the followingcountries is the Russias second largest

defense customer after India?

1. Algeria2. Syria

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3. Iraq4. IranNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

7) China based Research firm, Hurun on

October10, 2012 has released INDIA Rich Lista list of Indias rich individuals. Who among

the following has topped the list?

1. L.N. Mittal2. Dilip Shanghvi3. Azim Premji4. Mukesh AmbaniNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) Robert Lefkowitz, has won the Nobel Prize

2012 in Chemistry for study and research onProtein Receptors along with-

1. David J. Wineland2. Brian Kobilka3. Saul Perlmutter4. Richard F. HeckNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) Which among the following countries haswon women's T-20 world cup 2012?

1. England2. South Africa3. Australia4. New ZealandNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

10) A British biologist who was a key memberof the Ian Wilmut team that created Dolly thesheep, has died recently. Name thepersonality.

1. Peter Englund2. Keith Campbell3. Victor Boshi4. Hans SpemannNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

11) Along with Serge Haroche whoamong the following American scientists wonNobel Prize 2012 in physics?

1. David Wineland2. Adam G. Riess

3. Saul Perlmutter4. George E. SmithNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

12) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

in collaboration with LEAD Pakistan and BukshFoundation has launched which among thefollowing campaigns in Pakistan?

1. Lighting a Country2. Lighting People3. Lighting a Million People4. Lighting a Million LivesNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

13) Which among the following

pharmaceutical companies has launched itsfirst indigenously manufactured re-usableinsulin pen 'AllStar'?

1. Sanofi India2. Novartis India Ltd.3. Pfizer Ltd.4. Merck Ltd.NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, winner of the Nobel

Peace Prize in 2011, is the current Presidentof:

1. Yemen2. Liberia3. Bulgaria4. ArgentinaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) Along with Shinya Yamanaka which oneof the following won the Nobel Prize 2012 inphysiology or medicine?

1. Ralph M. Steinman2. Jules A. Hoffmann3. John B. Gurdon4. Bruce A. BeutlerNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Antisa Khvichava, who claimed to be theworld's oldest living person surviving throughtwo World Wars and the Russian Revolution,has died at the age of 132. She belongs to:

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1. Georgia2. Russia3. Switzerland4. JapanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

17) In which of the following States, ISRO'sLiquid Propulsion Systems Centre is notlocated?

1. Tamil Nadu2. Karnataka3. Kerala4. Andhra PradeshNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

18) Who among the following personalitieswon Nobel Prize in Literature for year 2012?

1. Liu Xiaobo2. Mo Yan3. Gao Xingjian4. Mario Vargas LlosaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

19) Which among the following bollywoodactor is brand ambassador of West Bengal?

1. Shah Rukh Khan2. Sharmila Tagore3. Aishwarya Rai4. Mithun ChakrabortyNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

20) Which among the following Indian bornwomen has become the First Woman TeamPrincipal in Formula one team Sauber, a

swiss Formula one team?

1. Lella Lombardi2. Manisha Williams3. Sunita Maria4. Monisha KalterbornNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

October Week 1

1) Which of the following State Governmentshas announced to launch the biggest ever

door-to-door campaign for early detection ofcancer?

1. Punjab2. Delhi3. Haryana4. West Bengal


2) The tunnel that connects the twomonuments of historical importance- AmberPalace and Jaigarh Fort, has been inauguratedin which of the following cities of Rajasthan?

1. Udaipur2. Jaipur3. Jodhpur4. Nagaur


3) The Shadman Chowk has been renamed asBhagat Singh Chowk on the 105th birthanniversary. Shadman Chowk is located inwhich among the following cities?

1. Amritsar2. Peshawar3. Lahore4. Patiala


4) According to latest reports, the highestincidence of the juvenile rape cases ((23.6%)was reported from:

1. Uttar Pradesh2. Maharashtra3. Haryana4. Madhya PradeshNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) The tomb of a powerful seventh-centuryMaya queen 'Kabel', who carried the title

Supreme Warrior, has been discovered

recently by archaeologists in which of thefollowing countries?

1. Guatemala2. Jamaica3. Cuba4. HondurasNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

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6) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bought 30per cent stake in Houston-based Carrizo Oil &Gas's Niobrara shale oil and gas assets inColorado for $82.5 million (about Rs.428crore) jointly with which of the following oil

companies?

1. Hindustan Petroleum2. Oil India Ltd. (OIL)3. Bharat Petroleum4. Reliance PetroleumNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) MagicBoard, an integrated portable device,is a mobile office that can issue a policy on thespot, has been launched by which among the

following insurance companies?

1. IndiaFirst Life Insurance2. National Insurance Co Ltd3. Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd4. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. LtdNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) Which among the following Life Insurancecompanies is a joint venture between Bank ofBaroda, Andhra Bank and U.K.'s Legal &

General?

1. Pramerica Life Insurance2. Future Generali India Life Insurance3. Aviva Life Insurance4. IndiaFirst Life InsuranceNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

9) '30-Plus', popular energiser brand,relaunched by Dabur, has been promoted bywhich Bollywood female actors?

1. Kareena Kapoor2. Malaika Arora Khan3. Priyanka Chopra4. Katrina KaifNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Which among the following seven timesworld Champion German Formula-one driver,has recently announced his retirement fromFormula one Race?

1. Sebastian Vettel

2. Nico Rosberg3. Michael Schumacher4. Niko HlkenbergNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

11) Who among the following is the brandambassador of the 'Nirmal Bharat Yatra'?

1. Priyanka Chopra2. Vidya Balan3. Rahul Dravid4. Salman KhanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Endangered Gangetic dolphin ( PlatanistaGangetica ) is also known as:

1. 'Tiger of the Ganges'2. 'Queen of the Ganges'3. 'Doughter of the Ganges'4. 'Elephant of the Ganges'NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Which among the following banks hasbeen awarded recently gold trophy of NiryatBandhu Award?

1. Bank of Baroda2. Punjab National Bank3. Bank of India4. Canara BankNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

14) Which of the following countries hasunveiled a colossal radio telescope that willallow astronomers to detect distant galaxiesand explore the depths of the universe withunprecedented precision?

1. Germany2. Australia3. Switzerland4. ChinaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) A Maldivian court has issued an arrestwarrant against the countrys first

democratically elected President. Name thepersonality.

1. Mohamed Nasheed

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2. Md. Waheed Hassan Manik3. Ibrahim Nasir4. Maumoon Abdul GayoomNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Who among the following is the longest-serving chief minister of the Gujarat?

1. Hitendra K Desai2. Madhav Singh Solanki3. Chimanbhai Patel4. Narendra ModiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

17) Who among the following is the currentadministrator of National Aeronautics and

Space Administration(NASA)?

1. Christopher Scolese2. Charles Bolden3. Michael D. Griffin4. Frederick D. GregoryNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) 'Liaoning', is the first aircraft carrier of:

1. China

2. Japan3. India4. Sri LankaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

19) Who among the following won JapaneseGrand Prix 2012?

1. Felipe Massa2. Sebastian Vettel3. Kamui Kobayashi4. Jenson ButtonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) Who among the following is the currentchairperson of the Indian Central Board ofFilm Certification?

1. Nandita Das2. Anupam Kher3. Sharmila Tagore4. Leela SamsonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

September Week 4

1) Which among the following former navalchief has been appointed India's new highcommissioner to Canada recently?

1. Sureesh Mehta2. Nirmal Verma3. Arun Prakash4. Madhvendra SinghNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2) Recently, Human Rights activist SimaSamar won the Swedish Right LivelihoodAward. She belongs to:

1. Pakistan2. Bangladesh3. Afghanistan4. EgyptNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

3) 'The Casual Vacancy' is a novel written by:

1. Salman Rushdie2. J.K. Rowling3. Vikram Seth

4. Amitav GhoseNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

4) The Group of Ministers (GoM) onpharmaceutical pricing policy is headed by:

1. Ghulam Nabi Azad2. Sharad Pawar3. Srikant Jena4. Salman KhurshidNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

5) Recently which among the followingacquired the Indian business of Australiabased Woolworths?

1. Infiniti Retail Ltd2. J P Infratech3. DLF4. Lanco InfrastructureNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

6) Samsung has recently unveiled upgradedversion of its phablet in India. Name it:

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1. Galaxy Note I2. Galaxy Note II3. Galaxy Note III4. Galaxy Note V


7) Who among the following won FIDE GrandPrix 2012 held in Ankara?

1. A. Muzychuk2. Zhao Xue3. Koneru Humpy4. Ruan LufeiNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

8) Indias first National Security Adviser hasbeen died recently. Name the personality:

1. J N Dixit2. Brajesh Mishra3. M K Narayanan4. Shivshankar MenonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) To promote the message of making thecountry open defecation-free and ensuring

proper sanitation in rural areas which amongthe following campaign has been startedrecently?

1. Swachchha Bharat Yatra2. Nirmal Bharat Yatra3. Swastha Bharat Yatra4. Nirmal Gram YatraNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

10) Who among the following is/was thechairman of 13th Finance Commission?

1. C.Rangarajan2. A.M.Khusro3. Vijay L. Kelkar4. K.C PantNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

11) Phoenix a 125-cc motorcycle, has beenlaunched by:

1. Hero Motor2. TVS

3. Bajaj Auto4. HondaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

12) Which among the following Indian is a

member in the board of U.K.-based globalbanking giant HSBC Holdings?

1. N. R. Narayana Murthy2. Azim Premji3. Nandan Nilekani4. Vikram PanditNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

13) Lewis Hamilton has recently signed athree-year deal with which of the following

formula one team?

1. Red bull2. Mercedes3. McLaren4. FerrariNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

14) 'Dans le harem de Kadhafi' is a bookwritten by:

1. Annick Cojean2. Larry Ellison3. Jeff Bezos4. Lewis HamiltonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

15) E Lobby, a new initiative with 24x7 cashdeposit, cash withdrawal, cheque deposit andpassbook updating facility launched for whichof the following banks customers?

1. Punjab National Bank2. Union Bank of India3. ICICI Bank4. Kotak Mahindra BankNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

16) Who among the following won SingaporeGrand Prix 2012?

1. Lewis Hamilton2. Sebastian Vettel3. Fernando Alonso4. Jenson Button

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17) Which among the following High Courtshas permitted a Jain trust to preserve anancient 15-ft statue of deity Lord Adinath,

popularly known as 'Bade Baba'?

1. Gujarat2. Madhya Pradesh3. Bihar4. RajasthanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

18) Which among the following Universities isalso known by Oxford of the East?

1. Calcutta University2. Allahabad University3. Utkal University4. Banaras Hindu UniversityNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

19) The first indigenously built ship by AlcockAshdown Gujarat Ltd, a Gujarat Governmentunit, has been commissioned into the Navy.Name the ship:

1. INS Makaradhwaj2. INS Makar3. INS Magar4. INS KarkNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

20) 'Arrogant Master' is the book written bywhich of one the following cricket players?

1. Kapil Dev2. Yuvraj Singh3. Rahul Dravid4. Saurav GangulyNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

September Week 3

1) The 56th General Conference ofInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)was held in:

1. New York

2. Vienna3. Paris

4. TokyoNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

2)'Samajwadi Swastha Sewa' is a:

1. Free emergency ambulance service in UttarPradesh2. Free medicine scheme in Uttar Pradesh3. Free telemedicine scheme for villagers inUttar Pradesh4. Free health check up scheme launched byUttar Pradesh governmentNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

3) Swami Keshawanand RajasthanAgricultural University (SKRAU) Vice-

Chancellor has been recently conferred as thehonorary Colonel of Indian Army in Bikaner.Name the personality:

1. M Abdul Salam2. Balkrishna Charanlal Kanojia3. Anil Kumar Dahama4. T C Shivashankara MurthyNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

4) Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali, also

known as The Greatest inside the ring, hasbeen suffering from which of the followingdisease?

1. Parkinson's2. Schizophrenia3. Epilepsy4. DysthymiaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

5) Which of the following IT company hasbeen found guilty of infringing Apple patentson the design of smartphones and tablets by aGerman court?

1. Motorola2. Nokia3. Samsung4. MicromaxNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

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

1. Andre Dubus

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2. Salman Rushdie3. Cormac McCarthy4. Denis JohnsonNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, believed tohave been constructed 200 years ago, hasbeen prevented from demolition by a court inwhich of the following countries recently?

1. Pakistan2. Bangladesh3. Afghanistan4. IndonesiaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

8) Which has won Miss Almaty-2012 titleamong the following Indian-Kazakh girls?

1. Alia Raikhan2. Farida Malik3. Sabina Siddiqi4. Sabina KhanNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

9) FIFA has labelled 10-month ban onJuventus coach Antonio Conte for not

reporting match-fixing. Antonio belongs to:

1. Spain2. France3. Italy4. PortugalNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

10) Who among the following is the currentPresident of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)?

1. N. Srinivasan2. Mustafa Kamal3. Ijaz Butt4. Nasim AshrafNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

11) Worlds smallest bodybuilder from India,

who was 2ft 9ins, has passed away recentlyafter collapsing from a brain aneurysm. Namethe personality:

1. Ranjit Pal2. Mansoor Badshah

3. Vitendra Singh4. Aditya Romeo DevNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

12) Who among the following is the current

Prime Minister of Ethiopia?

1. Meles Zenwai2. Haile Mariam Desalegn3. Tamirat Layne4. Hailu YimenuNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

13) Which of the following retail Groups, inIndia, is the 50:50 partner of worlds largest

retailer Walmart Stores Inc?

1. Bharti Group2. Reliance group3. Sara Group4. Future GroupNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

14) Which of the following hospitals grouphas bagged the Asian Hospital ManagementAwards 2012 in four categories- customerservice, corporate social responsibility, cost

reduction and patient safety?

1. Fortis hospitals2. Apollo hospitals3. Max hospital4. Wockhardt hospitalsNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

15) An Odisha-based Kalinga Institute ofIndustrial Technology, self-financinguniversity, has decided to confer an honorarydoctorate to which of the following chiefMinister for his/her sacrifice and efforts to

improve the conditions of the poor andbackward sections of society.

1. Nitish Kumar2. Navin Patnaik3. Mamata Banerjee4. Akhilesh YadavNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

16) Who among the following has beenrecently recommended for the post of

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Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal bythe Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia?

1. Justice Altamas Kabir2. Justice Swatanter Kumar

3. Justice R V Raveendran4. Justice L S PantNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

17) Sunita Williams has taken over thecommand of the International Space Station,becoming the second woman in history to doso. Who was the first record holder?

1. Peggy Whitson2. Kathryn D. Sullivan

3. Shannon Lucid4. Valentina TereshkovNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

18) Pakistan has successfully test fired thenuclear-capable Hatf-VII cruise missile with arange of 700 km. Hatf-VII is also known as:

1. Ghauri2. Ghaznavi3. Babur

4. AbdaliNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 3

19) The Supreme Court has recently initiatedsuo motu contempt proceedings againstwhich of the following newspapers along with'The Indian Express for distorting court

proceedings?

1. The Hindustan Times2. The Times of India3. The Hindu4. The PioneerNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

20) An ambitious Airborne Warning andControl System( AWACS) project has mountedan Israeli Phalcon radar system on which ofthe following Russian aircrafts?

1. Sukhoi Su-272. Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder'3. Ilyushin IL-764. Mikoyan MiG-29


September Week 2

1) Who among the following pairs won

US Open men's doubles final 2012?

1. Bob and Mike Bryan2. Leander Paes and RadekStepanek3. J. Benneteau and N. Mahut4. J. Benneteau and N. MahutNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

2) Which among the following countrieswon FIFA U-20 womens World Cup 2012?

1. Germany2. USA3. Japan4. NigeriaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

3)'Aditya-1' is a:

1. India's first solar satellite2. Intercontinental Ballistic

Missile3. unmanned aircraft4. radarNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 1

4) Which among the following films won theGolden Lion for best film at the 69th VeniceFilm Festival?

1. 'Paradise-Faith'2. 'Fill the Void'

3. The Master'4. 'Pieta'NOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

5) Who among the following won the ItalianGrand Prix 2012?

1. Lewis Hamilton2. Sebastian Vettel3. Fernando Alonso4. Sergio Perez


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6) 'Narcopolis' was shortlisted for the 2012Man Booker Prize for fiction. Who among thefollowing is the writer of this novel?

1. Aravind Adiga

2. Jeet Thayil3. Kiran Desai4. Hilary MantelNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 2

7) As per United Nations Childrens Fund

(UNICEF) in its Child Mortality Estimates

Report 2012,the worlds highest under-fivemortality rates were in:

1. Ethiopia

2. Bangladesh3. Nigeria4. IndiaNOT ATTEMPTED Correct option is: 4

8) Christopher Stevens, ambassador ofthe United States, has been recently killedduring an armed mob attack in:

1. Egypt2. Syria

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