Ques. : 1 Which of the following has recently invited India to be a partner in its ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme?
1) The United States 2) European Union
3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 4) Russia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 2 Dan Shechtman, who has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasi-crystal, belongs to:
1) US 2) Britain
3) Israel 4) Sweden
5) Germany
Ans.) 3
Ques. : 3 Name the Swedish poet who has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for his work “New Collected Poems”?
1) Phillip Roth 2) Bob Dylan
3) Cees Nooteboom 4) Tomas Transtromer
5) Ko Un
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 4 What is the name of the world’s cheapest tablet PC, costing just Rs 2,276, which has been produced by India and that would be available at around half this price to students as part of the government’s programme to expand education through IT?
1) Sudarshan 2) Aakash
3) Khoj 4) Saraswati
5) Laxmi
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 5 Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moody’s in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?
1) Punjab National Bank 2) Bank of Baroda
3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Central Bank of India
5) State Bank of India
Ans.) 5
Ques. : 6 Manjeet Singh, for whom the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel, seeking a life ban on him, is associated with:
1) Athletics 2) Hockey
3) Football 4) Boxing
5) Wrestling
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 7 What is Kala Patthar?
1) A land rover to be placed on India’s moon mission Chandrayan 2) The world’s highest webcam installed onMt Everest
3) Huge uranium ores discovered recently in Andhra Pradesh 4) Milestones placed on the Golden Quadrilateral Highway
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 8 With which country India has signed a treaty to train that country’s security forces?
1) Iraq 2) South Sudan
3) Libya 4) Afghanistan
5) Syria
Ans.) 4
Ques. : 9 Which bank is in process of acquiring select assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in India for which it is in consultation of the banking regulator RBI?
1) ICICI 2) HSBC
3) HDFC 4) State Bank of India
5) Axis Bank
Ans.) 2
Ques. : 10 Which country has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits recently?
1) Denmark 2) Britain
3) Canada 4) France
5) Austria
Ans.) 1
