1. Who among the following is the chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
Correct : A. sam pitroda
2. Suchitra Mitra, who died recently, was an artist of which among the following types of Music?
Correct : A. hindustani classical
3. After Uttar Pradesh, which among the following states has the maximum share in the total Route Km of Indian Railways?
Correct : A. rajasthan
4. In which of the following states of India is located a tiger reserve, which is also a World Heritage site?
Correct : A. rajasthan
5. Which among the following Industrial Policy resolution/ statement was based upon the Mahalanobis Model of growth?
Correct : C. industrial policy statement -1977
6. in which of the following states, maximum Coast Guard stations have been established in India?
Correct : C. rbi
7. 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
8. In which of the following states of India, there is no petroleum chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment region (PCPIR)?
Correct : A. asom
9. 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.
10. 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
11. 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
12. Kerala is the only state which does not have any gender critical district o city
Correct : A. i only
13. Which country’s gold output of 30.88 tonnes was the highest in the world in 2010?
Correct : C. china
14. 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)
15. IV. Carrefour – France
Correct : D. i, ii, iii and iv
16. Which advertising agency was in news recently fro creating the “Enumerator’ mascot fro Census 2011?
Correct : B. ddb india
17. III. IMR is the lowest in Kerala
Correct : A. i only
18. III. Nine states have IMR above the national average
Correct : D. i,ii and iii
19. S. Sundar Committee was in news recently for its report on which of the following?
Correct : D. motor vehicles act, 1988
20. There should be a minimum gap of six months between each visit
Correct : D. 3 and 1 only
21. III. Labour productivity improved in 2010
Correct : C. ii and iii only
22. ‘Committed to Improving the state of the world’ is the motto of which of the following?
Correct : D. world economic forum
23. III. Growth forecast for china is higher than for India in 2011
Correct : C. ii and iii only
24. III. Global youth unemployment rate increased in 2010
Correct : D. i, ii and iii
25. III. Cash Reserve Ratio – 6%
Correct : D. i, ii and iii
26. The union finance Ministry raised the tax collection target for 2010-11 to _________ recently.
Correct : A. rs 782000 crore
27. III. FDI flow to India declined in 2010
Correct : D. iii and i only
28. Which of the following became the first oil & Gas Company to find shale gas deposits in India recently?
Correct : D. ongc
29. ‘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
30. III. Among the four meters, Greater Mumbai has the highest percentage of its population living in slums
Correct : D. ii and iii only
31. IV. Starbucks – USA
Correct : C. ii, iii and iv
32. III. BNP Paribhas – France
Correct : D. iii and i only
33. Which of the following companies belonging to the Tata Group has not been acquired from abroad?
Correct : D. trent
34. Software made by which company will be used in scanning and processing of Census 2011 data?
Correct : C. top image systems
35. Code: ABC
Correct : C. 2 4 1 3
36. III. Sex ratio is less than 900
Correct : D. iii and i only
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?
Correct : C. diageo
41. Which of the following has decided to dins satya Elementary schools fro underprivileged children in rural India?
Correct : D. oracle
42. IV. Cushman & Wakefield
Correct : C. i, ii and iv only
43. Which of the following started production at India’s largest naphtha cracker project recently?
Correct : C. indian oil
44. III. Per Capita National Income in 2009-10 was more than Rs 30,000
Correct : D. ii and iii only
45. China emerged as the world’s second largest economy in 2010 overtaking_________
Correct : D. japan
46. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completed has many years of operation recently?
Correct : C. 5 years
47. Which of the following has made the largest inbound foreign direct investment in India till date?
Correct : B. vodafone
48. Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the index of Industrial Production (IIP)?
Correct : D. electricity
49. III. The districts identified for focused attention account for nearly 70% of the infant and material deaths in the country
Correct : D. ii and iii only
50. III. The project involves construction of 14 million tone steel plant in Sinhbhum district of Jharkhand
Correct : B. i and ii only
51. III. Jairam Ramesh was conferred with the sustainable development Leadership Award
Correct : A. i only
52. III. Average Number of classrooms in Primary Schools was more than 3 in 2009-10
Correct : D. ii and iii only
53. III. Average Student-Classroom Ration (SCR) for all schools was less than 35 in 2009-10
Correct : D. i and iii only
54. ASBA (application Supported by Blocked Amounts) is a term used in which of the following sectors?
Correct : D. capital markets
55. III. NKN is jointly funded by Ministry of Science and Technology and the CII