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Statistical Methods | Set 1

1. Which among the following is the only correct statement?

Correct : C. ? ways and means advances is given by rbi are nowhere related to state’s revenue

2. Which among the following is the top dividend paying company of India, as per a study done by economic Times?

Correct : A. ongc

3. Many a times we read in the newspapers hat the Government of India signs DTAA to broaden the scope of article of exchange of information to include exchange of banking information. What does the DTSS refers to here?

Correct : B. double taxation avoidance agreement

4. What does the Canada India Research U.S. refer to?

Correct : D. a proposed space research organization.

5. Which among the following decides the oil Prices in India?

Correct : D. oil companies

6. Which among the following is India’s largest indigenous Research and Production Nuclear Reactor?

Correct : B. dhurva

7. Bring out the only incorrect statement:

Correct : C. ? rupee appreciation results in decrease in imports

8. Which among the following is headed by Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta?

Correct : B. national green tribunal

9. Christine Lagarde, who recently headed the G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Governors of Central Banks, Is the Finance minister of which among the following countries?

Correct : B. france

10. Which among the following is not a feature of the proposed Companies Bill 2009?

Correct : C. ? reduction in the types of the companies’ categories

11. The universal service obligation fund (USOF) has been established under which among the following departments of Government of India?

Correct : C. ? department of telecommunication

12. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is being proposed as a new home for some relocated Gir lions from Gujarat, is located in which among the following states.

Correct : B. madhya pradesh

13. Which among the following sports is NOT a part of the London Olympics?

Correct : B. baseball

14. We read the various newspapers that during the period from June, 20009 to September 2010, the Ministry of Road transport and Highways have achieved a target of constructing on an average 12.01 km of National Highways per day. However, this achievement if shorter compared to the target of constructing 20 km of Highways per day. To achieve this target, it is time approximately ________ of works are under way. Which among the following fills the blank correctly?

Correct : C. ? 20000 km

15. Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss open grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so?

Correct : A. ji hyun sung

16. Which among the following correctly defines the Net Interest Income?

Correct : D. difference between interest earned and interest paid

17. Where is going to be established the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of education fro Peace and Sustainable development (MGIEP), the latest & first category-I institute of UNECO in South Asia?

Correct : A. new delhi

18. Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’, who recently died was the creator of which among the following comic series?

Correct : B. amar chitra katha

19. Which among the following is not a Nonpermanent member of United Nations Security Council for the Period of 1 January 2011 -31 December 2012?

Correct : A. nigeria

20. In which among the following types comes the Interest Rate Risk?

Correct : B. market risk

21. Which among the following international sports body had unveiled an anti-corruption committee to enhance credibility and increase transparency?

Correct : C. ? fifa

22. E.S. L. Narasimhan is the Governor of which among the following states?

Correct : B. andhra pradesh

23. When there is an inflationary trend in the economy what would be trend in the pricing of the Bank products?

Correct : A. increasing trend

24. In which among the following courts, Chennai open is played?

Correct : C. hard court

25. Which of the following countries is located the temple of Preah Vihear, one of the famous world Heritage sites?

Correct : C. ? cambodia

26. Which among the following body gives the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture every year?

Correct : B. hyatt foundation

27. Which among the following is the correct character of the Foreign Exchange Markets?

Correct : C. ? foreign exchange markets are dynamic and round the clock markets

28. Who among the following headed the forest Rights Act review Committee that submitted its report in the first half of 2010?

Correct : D. n c saxena

29. Who among the following is the chairman of National Knowledge Commission?

Correct : A. sam pitroda

30. Suchitra Mitra, who died recently, was an artist of which among the following types of Music?

Correct : A. hindustani classical

31. After Uttar Pradesh, which among the following states has the maximum share in the total Route Km of Indian Railways?

Correct : A. rajasthan

32. In which of the following states of India is located a tiger reserve, which is also a World Heritage site?

Correct : A. rajasthan

33. Which among the following Industrial Policy resolution/ statement was based upon the Mahalanobis Model of growth?

Correct : C. ? industrial policy statement -1977

34. in which of the following states, maximum Coast Guard stations have been established in India?

Correct : C. ? rbi

35. In which of the following states of India, world’s first Global Center for Nuclear energy Partnership was started a few months back?

Correct : C. ? haryana

36. In which of the following states of India, there is no petroleum chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment region (PCPIR)?

Correct : A. asom

37. Which among the following is correct about the Vostro Account?

Correct : A. it is an account maintained by a foreign bank with a bank in india in indian rupees.

38. The term ‘round-tripping’ often appears in financial news these days. What does it mean?

Correct : C. ? bringing back illicit money hidden abroad by indian s under a different name

39. Infant Mortality rate (IMR) data for high focus states (states where IMR is above national average) is collected once every five years. The union Health Ministry has now decided to collect such data __________.

Correct : B. annually

40. The government has tasked three institutions to conduct studies to estimate the quantum of illicit funds generated by Indian citizens recently. Which of the following is not among one of the three institutions selected?

Correct : B. national institute of bank management

41. India announced that it was taking steps to reduce the” sensitive lists” of items for trade with SAARC countries recently. Which of the following is correct about items in “sensitive lists”?

Correct : C. items whose import reduces the market share of domestic producers

42. Which country’s gold output of 30.88 tonnes was the highest in the world in 2010?

Correct : C. ? china

43. Government of India has launched a publicity campaign for census 2011 in association with which of the following UN organization?

Correct : C. ? untied nations children’s fund (unicef)

44. Which advertising agency was in news recently fro creating the “Enumerator’ mascot fro Census 2011?

Correct : B. ddb india

45. S. Sundar Committee was in news recently for its report on which of the following?

Correct : D. motor vehicles act, 1988

46. ‘Committed to Improving the state of the world’ is the motto of which of the following?

Correct : D. world economic forum

47. The union finance Ministry raised the tax collection target for 2010-11 to _________ recently.

Correct : A. rs 782000 crore

48. Which of the following became the first oil & Gas Company to find shale gas deposits in India recently?

Correct : D. ongc

49. ‘Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Ltd’ was incorporated as a joint venture between Nuclear power Corporation of India Ltd and which of the following recently?

Correct : D. ntpc

50. Which of the following companies belonging to the Tata Group has not been acquired from abroad?

Correct : D. trent

51. Which of the following was founded in 1956 by the Government of India with funding from the Ford Foundation?

Correct : D. national council of applied economic research

52. What was the theme of the annual world economic Forum (WEF) meeting organized in Davos, Switzerland recently?

Correct : C. ? shared norms for a new reality

53. Which of the following has a 51:49 joint venture with Japanese automobile company Nissan for manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India?

Correct : D. bajaj auto

54. Which of the following has decided to dins satya Elementary schools fro underprivileged children in rural India?

Correct : D. oracle

55. Which of the following is the densest city in Asia as per the Asian Green City Index unveiled recently?

Correct : A. mumbai

56. Which of the following started production at India’s largest naphtha cracker project recently?

Correct : C. ? indian oil

57. China emerged as the world’s second largest economy in 2010 overtaking_________

Correct : D. japan

58. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completed has many years of operation recently?

Correct : C. ? 5 years

59. Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India till date?

Correct : B. vodafone

60. Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the index of Industrial Production (IIP)?

Correct : D. electricity

61. ASBA (application Supported by Blocked Amounts) is a term used in which of the following sectors?

Correct : D. capital markets

62. Which among the following body promoted securities Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCI) jointly with the Public sector Banks?

Correct : B. reserve bank of india

63. The state bank of India (Amendment) Bill-2010, which was passed in the parliament in the latter half of 2010, apart from other things, reduces the statutory minimum shareholding of the Central Government in the bank from ­________ to ______ %, which among the following set of figures fills the blank correctly?

Correct : B. 55, 51

64. What do we call an agreement whereby an issuing Bank at the request of the Importer (Buyer) undertakes to take payment to the exporter (Beneficiary) against stipulated documents?

Correct : C. letter of credit

65. Mutual funds are regulated in India by which among the following?

Correct : B. sebi

66. Which of the following country was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently?

Correct : A. thailand

67. Which among the following body authorizes the credit limit to the National Co-operative Marketing Federation?

Correct : C. nabard

68. Which among the following duties is applied by a government to control the exports of a commodity, so that the commodity can be used by the local markets than in foreign countries?

Correct : A. custom duty

69. Which among the above is/are most suitable reason/reasons for the given statement?

Correct : A. only 1

70. Which among the following body finalizes the market-borrowing programmers of State Governments in India?

Correct : D. planning commission

71. Which among the following is the only correct statement?

Correct : C. ways and means advances is given by rbi are nowhere related to state’s revenue

72. Which among the following is the top dividend paying company of India, as per a study done by economic Times?

Correct : A. ongc

73. Many a times we read in the newspapers hat the Government of India signs DTAA to broaden the scope of article of exchange of information to include exchange of banking information. What does the DTSS refers to here?

Correct : B. double taxation avoidance agreement

74. What does the Canada India Research U.S. refer to?

Correct : D. a proposed space research organization.

75. Which among the following decides the oil Prices in India?

Correct : D. oil companies

76. Which among the above is/are correct?

Correct : C. only 2 is correct

77. Which among the following is India’s largest indigenous Research and Production Nuclear Reactor?

Correct : B. dhurva

78. Bring out the only incorrect statement:

Correct : C. rupee appreciation results in decrease in imports

79. Which among the following is headed by Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta?

Correct : B. national green tribunal

80. Christine Lagarde, who recently headed the G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Governors of Central Banks, Is the Finance minister of which among the following countries?

Correct : B. france

81. Increase in deposit rate results in increase in investment which among the above statement/statements is /are correct?

Correct : B. 1 & 3

82. Which among the following is not a feature of the proposed Companies Bill 2009?

Correct : C. reduction in the types of the companies’ categories

83. The universal service obligation fund (USOF) has been established under which among the following departments of Government of India?

Correct : C. department of telecommunication

84. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is being proposed as a new home for some relocated Gir lions from Gujarat, is located in which among the following states.

Correct : B. madhya pradesh

85. Which among the following sports is NOT a part of the London Olympics?

Correct : B. baseball

86. We read the various newspapers that during the period from June, 20009 to September 2010, the Ministry of Road transport and Highways have achieved a target of constructing on an average 12.01 km of National Highways per day. However, this achievement if shorter compared to the target of constructing 20 km of Highways per day. To achieve this target, it is time approximately ________ of works are under way. Which among the following fills the blank correctly?

Correct : C. 20000 km

87. Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss open grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so?

Correct : A. ji hyun sung

88. Which among the following correctly defines the Net Interest Income?

Correct : D. difference between interest earned and interest paid

89. Where is going to be established the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of education fro Peace and Sustainable development (MGIEP), the latest & first category-I institute of UNECO in South Asia?

Correct : A. new delhi

90. Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’, who recently died was the creator of which among the following comic series?

Correct : B. amar chitra katha

91. Which among the following is not a Nonpermanent member of United Nations Security Council for the Period of 1 January 2011 -31 December 2012?

Correct : A. nigeria

92. In which among the following types comes the Interest Rate Risk?

Correct : B. market risk

93. Where was held the 98thIndian Science Congress in early 2011?

Correct : B. chennai

94. Which among the following international sports body had unveiled an anti-corruption committee to enhance credibility and increase transparency?

Correct : C. fifa

95. E.S. L. Narasimhan is the Governor of which among the following states?

Correct : B. andhra pradesh

96. When there is an inflationary trend in the economy what would be trend in the pricing of the Bank products?

Correct : A. increasing trend

97. Which of the following countries is located the temple of Preah Vihear, one of the famous world Heritage sites?

Correct : C. cambodia

98. Which among the following body gives the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture every year?

Correct : B. hyatt foundation

99. Which among the following is the correct character of the Foreign Exchange Markets?

Correct : C. foreign exchange markets are dynamic and round the clock markets

100. Who among the following headed the forest Rights Act review Committee that submitted its report in the first half of 2010?

Correct : D. n c saxena