1. Which country has been chosen to host the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)?
1) Mauritius 2) Cyprus
3) Malta 4) Australia
5) New Zealand
2. Who was named the Male World Athlete of the Year for the fifth time by the International Associ-ation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in November 2013?
1) Mo Farah (Great Britain)
2) David Rudisha (Kenya)
3) Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
4) Dwight Phillips (USA)
5) Yohan Blake (Jamaica)
3. Who was named the Female Wo-rld Athlete of the Year for 2013?
1) Valerie Adams (New Zealand)
2) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
3) Sandra Perkovic (Croatia)
4) Svetlana Shkolina (Russia)
5) Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic)
4. Who will be honored with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013?
1) Christine Lagarde (France)
2) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
3) Christina Fernandez (Argentina)
4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
5. Buxa Tiger reserve is in?
1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha
3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal
5) Madhya Pradesh
6. Which of the following airlines of India sold 24 per cent stake to Etihad Airways for Rs. 2,069 crore in November 2013?
1) Air India 2) Jet Airways
3) IndiGo 4) Air Deccan
5) SpiceJet
7. Which cricketer created history with a record 546 runs in the Mumbai School Sports Associati-on's Harris Shield elite division match in Mumbai on November 20, 2013?
1) Armaan Jaffer
2) Sarfaraz Khan 3) Prithvi Shaw
4) Prashant Chopra
5) None of these
8. British Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013. She is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Which one of the following books is not written by her?
1) The Grass is Singing
2) Alfred and Emily
3) The Good Terrorist
4) The Golden Notebook
5) Listening to Grasshoppers
9. Abdulla Yameen assumed office as the 6th President of which of the following countries on November 17, 2013?
1) Bahrain 2) Jordan
3) Mali 4) Maldives 5) Morocco
10. Which country retained the Davis Cup tennis championships by beating Serbia 3-2 in the final in Belgrade in November 2013?
1) Czech Republic
2) Argentina 3) Italy
4) Switzerland 5) Spain
11. India plans to have a nuclear power generation capacity of 63,000 MW by the year?
1) 2020 2) 2025
3) 2032 4) 2028 5) 2038
12. The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Government's decision allowing 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in which of the following sectors?
1) Banking 2) Insurance
3) Single brand retail
4) Multi brand retail 5) Defense
13. Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) all rural households in India will have 100% access to sanitation by?
1) 2022 2) 2017
3) 2020 4) 2030 5) 2018
14. Which of the following is not a pulse crop?
1) Cow pea 2) Green gram
3) Pigeon pea 4) Black gram
5) Sesamum
15. According to the Telephone Reg-ulatory Authority of India(TRAI) data, which state has a total of 121.60 million mobile phone connections, the highest in India?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Bihar
16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the Reserve Bank of India
2) Interest on savings deposits is fixed by the respective banks
3) A non-performing asset is an asset that ceases to generate income
4) The target market for debit cards is all existing account holders
5) Interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is known as Bank rate
17. Which of the following ensures that public funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose?
1) Election Commission
2) Planning Commission
3) Finance Commission
4) Comptroller and Auditor General
5) National Development Council
18. The Reserve Bank of India acts as a bankers' bank. This would imply which of the following?
1) RBI lends funds to the commercial banks in times of need
2) RBI advises the commercial banks on monetary matters
3) Commercial banks retain their deposits with the RBI
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
19. Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming?
1) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops
2) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
3) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
4) Cultivation of both cereals and pulses
5) None of these
20. The Cottage and Village Industry Department of which of the following states bagged the United Nations Public Service Award for the year 2013 for its initiative named 'Graamin Haat'? (Graamin Haat was started with the aim of strengthening and empowering the women's self-help groups)
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand
3) Bihar 4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
21. Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab woman to conquer Mount Everest. She is also the first woman from which of the following countries to climb Mount Everest?
1) Kuwait 2) Saudi Arabia
3) Libya 4) Yemen 5) Syria
22. The fifth India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum meet was held in which of the following cities in May 2013?
1) Mumbai 2) Durban
3) New Delhi 4) Brasilia
5) Rio de Janeiro
23. India got observer status in which of the following in May 2013?
1) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
2) Association of South East Asian Nations
3) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
4) Arctic Council
5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
24. Who chaired the committee that was set up to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states?
1) Suresh Tendulkar
2) D. Subbarao
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
5) Bharat Ramaswami
25. The government constituted the National Skill Development Age-ncy(NSDA) as an autonomous body in June 2013. NSDA includes?
1) The Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD)
2) The National Skill Developm-ent Coordination Board (NSDCB)
3) The Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
26. Which of the following countries is the biggest borrower of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
1) China 2) Japan
3) Vietnam 4) South Korea
5) India
27. Etihad Airways, one of the largest airlines, is based in?
1) Kuwait 2) Oman
3) Malaysia 4) Qatar
5) Unites Arab Emirates
28. Which of the following companies became the biggest profit maker in 2012 by replacing Exx-on Mobil, according to the Fortu-ne magazine's Fortune 500 list?
1) Wal-Mart
2) Berkshire Hathaway
3) Apple 4) General Motors
5) General Electric
29. Who won the Malaysia Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold title in May 2013?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) P.V. Sindhu 3) Gutta Jwala
4) Ashwini Ponnappa
5) None of these
30. Which of the following stock exchanges launched an Islamic Equity Index in April 2013?
1) NSE 2) BSE
3) CSE 4) DSE
5) None of these
31. New guidelines for Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) were issued on May13, 2013. Under this the allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from Rs 45,000 to?
1) Rs 50,000 2) Rs 60,000
3) Rs 75,000 4) Rs 1, 00,000
5) Rs 90,000
32. ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) was launched recently. It is assisted by the?
1) ADB 2) IMF
3) WEF 4) World Bank
5) None of these
33. David Beckham retired from professional football recently. He played for?
1) Argentina 2) Spain
3) England 4) Italy
5) Ireland
34. Curtis Cup is associated with?
1) Polo 2) Chess
3) Billiards 4) Golf
5) Motor Racing
35. Which of the following cups is also called the World Team Championships for Women in Badminton?
1) Thomas Cup 2) Uber Cup
3) Fed Cup 4) Corbillion Cup
5) Confederations Cup
36. Lalgudi Jayaraman passed away recently. He is a renowned?
1) Sitar player 2) Tabla player
3) Violinist
4) Western classical musician
5) Flautist
37. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Digital Media?
1) Marissa Mayer
2) Sheryl Sandburg
3) Ross Leinsohn
4) Jeff Bezos 5) Larry Page
38. Catherine Day is the current Secretary-General of?
1) Commonwealth
2) European Commission
3) SAARC 4) ASEAN
5) APEC
Answers
1) 3; 2) 3; 3) 2; 4) 4; 5) 4;
6) 2; 7) 3; 8) 5; 9) 4; 10) 1;
11) 3; 12) 4; 13) 1; 14) 5; 15) 1;
16) 5; 17) 4; 18) 5; 19) 3; 20) 5;
21) 2; 22) 3; 23) 4; 24) 3; 25) 5;
26) 5; 27) 5; 28) 1; 29) 2; 30) 2;
31) 3; 32) 4; 33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 2;
36) 3; 37) 3; 38) 2.
