QUESTION BANK Test your general awareness quotient

BUSINESS & ECONOMY c. Lucknow a. `1,049 crore

d. Hyderabad b. `1,149 crore
1. By the end of February, the num- c. `1,249 crore
ber of unsatisfied mobile phone 6. Punj Lloyd Group bagged a con- d. `1,349 crore
users crossed ___. tract from GAIL India for lay-
a. 1.8 million ing a natural gas pipeline from 11. Two Indian-origin economists
b. 2.8 million Dabhol to Bangalore for ___. short-listed for the Financial
c. 3.8 million a. `539 crore Times and Goldman Sachs Busi-
d. 4.8 million b. `544.22 crore ness Book of the Year Award are
c. `594 crore Sheena Iyengar and ___.
2. Identify the industrialist who d. `602 crore a. Raghuram Rajan
was named the businessman of b. Ajay Maken
the decade for 2001-2010. 7. ICON of the Year award given c. Prem Bhatia
a. N Vaghul by Institute of Cost and Works d. R P Goenka
b. O P Bhatt Accountants of India in January
c. Harsh S Mariwala 2011 was awarded to whom? 12. India has become a part of $10
d. Ratan Tata a. C S Verma billion Gas Pipeline Project.
b. Akhilesh Ranjan This project is backed by which
3. Tata Steel signed an agreement c. Ramu S Deora country?
with a consortium of 13 banks, d. Sanjay Sawant a. Japan
led by Standard Chartered and b. The USA
State Bank of India, for raising 8. Which company is the largest c. Indonesia
___. exporter of Indian iron ore to d. China
a. `15,000 crore China?
b. `20,000 crore a. KK Exports 13. The Brand Ambassador of ICI-
c. `25,000 crore b. Madeeha enterprises CI Prudencial Life Insurance
d. `30,000 crore c. Sesa Goa is ___.
d. Sealine impex a. Amir Khan
4. Huawei, chinese telecom equip- b. Shahrukh Khan
ment maker has planned to set 9. Which of the following econo- c. Amitabh Bachchan
up a $500 million manufacturing mies has been rated as the fre- d. Imran Khan
facility in which Indian state? est economy in the world for the
a. Karnataka 17th consecutive year? 14. Jindal Steel plans to set up two
b. Tamil Nadu a. Beijing new steel plants over the next
c. Bihar b. Italy two and a half years worth ___.
d. Rajasthan c. Hong Kong a. `42, 070 crore
d. Kuala Lumpur b. `43, 500 crore
5. The first indigenously manufac- c. `44, 000 crore
tured helicopter cabin will roll 10. Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) d. `44, 800 crore
out from the aerospace Special bagged an order from Kolkata’s
Economic Zone (SEZ) near ___. Techno Electric Group to devel- 15. Who bagged the Vigyan Ratan
a. Bangalore op over 202.2 megawatt (MW) Award in Chandigarh during
b. Nasik wind power projects worth ___. the 59th convocation of Punjab

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University? Decade” by Indo – Israel Cham- district. Balaghat is located in

a. Professor Anand ber of Commerce has been bagged ___.
b. Professor Shankar by ___. a. Andhra Pradesh
c. Professor Yashpal a. Mukesh Ambani b. Madhya Pradesh
d. Professor Mrinal b. R P Goenka c. Arunachal Pradesh
c. O P Goenka d. Maharashtra
16. HSBC has increased its stake d. None of these
in the Maruti Suzuki India 28. What is the maximum invest-
marginally to ___. 22. The two Indian women to be ment limit for retail investors
a. 7.03 % listed in the Forbes’ most inspir- in any public issue as per SEBI
b. 7.30% ing women list were Arundhati rules?
c. 7.45% Roy and ___. a. `50,000
d. 7.98% a. Saina Nahwal b. `75,000
b. Indira Nooyi c. `1,00,000
17. Name the Education and Place- c. Sania Mirza d. `1,25,000
ment Services Company that d. Meira Kumar
has recently tied up with the 29. India recently signed a pipeline
Canada-headquartered Corel 23. Name the global head of equity contract with which country?
to become its authorized online strategy, Religare Capital. a. Sri Lanka
training partner. a. Morgan Stanley b. Nepal
a. Landmark b. Jason Todd c. Japan
b. Naukari c. Martin Newson d. Turkmenistan
c. EdServ d. Tarun Kataria
d. Shine 30. The effective rate of interest
24. World Investment Report is to be charged by Public sector
18. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) published by which of the banks on farm loans in 2010-11
has signed an e-governance con- following? is ___.
tract with the Madhya Pradesh a. IBRD a. 2% pa
government worth ___. b. WTO b. 2.5% pa
a. `110 crore c. UNCTAD c. 4% pa
b. `115 crore d. IMF d. 5.0% pa
c. `120 crore
d. `130 crore 25. Who has been appointed as the 31. Name the bank which will work
Managing Director of Jindal as the first Registrar for Unique
19. Who amongst the following Powers? Identification Authority of
was honoured with the Indian a. R S Sharma India.
Chamber of Commerce Lifetime b. Ajay Maken a. Cooperation bank
Award? c. Prem Bhatia b. State Bank of India
a. Ritu Sarin d. R P Nayak c. Axis Bank
b. Prem Bhatia d. Central Bank of India
c. Dilip Chenoy 26. Tata Motors has increased
d. R P Goenka the prices of Nano by ___ 32. Vishal Pandit has been appoint-
approximately. ed as senior vice president at
20. The First Income Tax Day will a. `9,000 Genpact for which region?
be celebrated on ___. b. `12,000 a. Middle East
a. June 20 c. `15,000 b. Asia Pacific
b. June 24 d. `20,000 c. Eurasia
c. July 24 d. SAARC Countries
d. August 24 27. MOIL Limited will invest `300
crore to expand work at its base 33. The Asian Development Bank
21. The title “Businessman of the underground mine in Balaghat approved loan for National

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Capital Region of Delhi worth 39. During the fiscal year 2010 – 45. Which organisation invested
___. 2011, which of the following sec- `4.7 crore in an online food
a. $130 million tors registered highest growth guide and directory, Foodiebay?
b. $150 million rate? a. Shine
c. $170 million a. Manufacturing b. Indiamart
d. $190 million b. Construction c. Info Edge
c. Transportation d. Fortune Group
34. The FDI inflow in India during d. Farming
the first quarter of 2011 recorded 46. Apollo Hospitals have planned
a ___. 40. Jindal Steel and Power acquired to invest ___ in the 2012-14 pe-
a. Rise of 20% Shadeed Iron & Steel plant in riod to increase their capacity
b. Rise of 27% Oman, for ___. by about 3,000 beds.
c. Decline of 20% a. $404 million a. `2,200 crore
d. Decline of 27% b. $464 million b. `2,400 crore
c. $504 million c. `2,500 crore
35. J Kumar Infra projects bagged d. $554 million d. `2,700 crore
orders for construction of bus
rapid transit system corridors 41. Edify Education, a part of DRS 47. Nestle recently invested `360
worth ___. Group will invest `500 crore to crore in setting up a new
a. `126 crore open a network of 300 schools manufacturing plant in which
b. `136 crore across ___. state?
c. `146 crore a. Sri Lanka a. Gujarat
d. `156 crore b. Pakistan b. Punjab
c. India c. Chennai
36. Name the state that has an- d. Bangladesh d. Karnataka
nounced a scheme to provide
free electric connection to 2 lakh 42. Who has been named as the Ex- 48. Power Grid Corporation is
BPL families. ecutive Director of public sector among the three firms short-
a. Haryana Indian Bank? listed by the ___ Government to
b. Uttar Pradesh a. Rajeev Ranjan manage the country’s electricity
c. Punjab b. Rishi Raj grid to be constructed at a cost
d. Gujarat c. Rajesh Ranjan of $ 3.5 billion.
d. Rajeev Rishi a. Algerian
37. The World steel demand is ex- b. Australian
pected to grow at ___ to a record 43. Most Admired Retailer 2010 c. Nigerian
1.34 billion tonnes by December award was bagged by ___. d. African
2011. a. Big Bazaar
a. 4.3% b. Croma 49. Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has been
b. 5.2% c. MAX appointed the Chancellor of
c. 5.3% d. None of these ___.
d. 6.2% a. IIM Mumbai
44. Global Offshore Services, a b. HST Thiruvananthapuram
38. HSBC has picked up 6.22 per cent leading offshore vessels services c. HM Ahmedabad
stake in which pharmaceutical provider, bagged a four-year d. IIT Kanpur
company through institutional contract in ___ worth `194.5
placement of shares? crore. 50. The 17th SAARC Summit is
a. Strides Arcolab a. Brazil scheduled to be held in 2011 at
b. Procter & Gamble b. India ___.
c. Johnson and Johnson c. Indonesia a. Nepal
d. GlaxoSmithKline d. Canada b. Bhutan
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d. Maldives Open woman’s Singles title for d. None of these

2011?
CURRENT AFFAIRS a. Serena Williams 14. Hosni Mubarak is associated
b. Venus Wiliams with which of the following
1. In which of the following cities c. Kim Clijsters countries?
has Indian Railways set up its d. None of these a. France
Wheel and Axle factory? b. Egypt
a. Delhi 8. Who recently won Australian c. Argentine
b. Mughalsarai Open men’s Singles title for d. None of these
c. Varanasi 2011?
d. Chappra a. Novak Djokovic 15. Shunglu Committee is associ-
b. Mahesh Bhupati ated with the ___.
2. The Golden Gate is a novel c. Andy Murray a. 2G Scam
by ___. d. None of these b. Commonwealth Scam
a. Arundhati Roy c. DDA Scam
b. Khushwant Singh 9. By what name was the Nation- d. None of these
c. VS Naipaul al Anthem of India known as
d. Vikram Seth earlier? 16. BMW Golf Cup International
a. Rashtra Gaan 2011 was recently held in ___.
3. Matters of Discretion is an au- b. Desh Prem a. Chennai
tobiographical work by ___. c. Bhagya Vidhata b. Bangalore
a. I K Gujral d. None of these c. Pune
b. Rajeev Gandhi 10. The Government of India is d. Delhi
c. P V Narasimha Rao planning to issue coins of which
d. Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the following denominations 17. With which company will you
to mark 150 years of taxation? associate Testing as a Service
4. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the a. 25 (TaaS) Portal?
President of which of the fol- b. 50 a. IBM
lowing countries? c. 10 b. Google
a. Uganda d. 150 c. Wipro
b. Philippines d. HCL
c. Cairo 11. Which country hosted the ICC
d. None of these cricket World Cup 2011? 18. ___ is a collection of stamps.
a. Bangladesh a. Indistamps 2011
5. Jasmine Revolution is associ- b. India b. Indipex 2011
ated with which country? c. Pakistan c. Stampex 2011
a. Pakistan d. None of these d. None of these
b. India
c. Nepal 12. The ___ National Games were 19. Indian agricultural research-
d. Tunisia recently held in Jharkand. ers along with which of the
a. 34th following country’s scientists
6. One of the following has been b. 35th are working together on joint
elected as President of Karna- c. 36th research projects to improve
taka State Cricket Association. d. 37th agricultural production?
Select the correct option. a. Burma
a. Sunil Gavaskar 13. Which of the following foot- b. China
b. Kapil Dev ball players recently announced c. Australia
c. Anil Kumble retirement? d. Russia
d. Ajay Jadeja a. Laurent Blanc
b. Ronaldo 20. Where was the 6th National
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a. New Delhi b. Dehradun c. Rajasthan

b. Bangalore c. Bangalore d. Uttar Pradesh
c. Chennai d. Jaipur
d. Goa 33. Which of the following Minis-
27. Moodler is a ___. tries of Energy and Resources of
21. Where was the 4th Internation- a. Snack the Province of Saskatchewan,
al Climate Change Exhibition b. Car model signed a Memorandum of Un-
(ICCE) 2011 held? c. Micro blogging platform derstanding (MoU) to establish
a. Agra d. Book a cooperation programme in
b. Mumbai the field of geology and mineral
c. New Delhi 28. Who was recently awarded resources?
d. Pune with the very prestigious ‘Ma- a. Education Ministry
nav Sewa Puraskar’, an emblem b. Environment Ministry
22. The mascot of Census is named of excellence in medical sciences c. Ministry of Mines
___. presented by the Institute of d. None of these
a. Raja Economic Studies?
b. Appu a. Korn Dabbaransi 34. Albert F Del Rosario is the For-
c. Guru b. Dr Anil Khetarpal eign Minister of which of the
d. Enumator c. Dr Vijay Nagpal following countries?
d. Habib Ullah a. Philippines
23. India recently signed an agree- b. Russia
ment for the avoidance of dou- 29. According to a British Council c. Japan
ble taxation and prevention of survey, which of the following d. Mexico
fiscal evasion with respect to countries comes first in an inter-
taxes on income and on capital national league table of higher 35. To commemorate the ___ birth
(DTAA) with which country? education? anniversary of Guru Rabi-
a. Norway a. Australia ndranath Tagore, Railway
b. Japan b. Germany Minister Mamata Banerjee re-
c. Russia c. United Kingdom cently announced the intro-
d. Burma d. China duction of Kavi Guru Express
Trains to pay homage to the
24. Who is the Chairperson for 30. Who is the creator of World great poet.
National Commission for Wide Web? a. 150th
Minorities? a. Tim Berners-Lee b. 125th
a. Rakesh Gautam b. Bill Gates c. 175th
b. Wajahat Habibullah c. Robert Williams d. 200th
c. Keki N. Daruwalla d. None of these
d. None of these 36. The Chairman and Managing
31. Recently, which country banned Director of which of the follow-
25. Who has recently taken over as the entry of tankers carrying oil ing companies is in custody in a
Secretary, Department of Finan- for Afghanistan-bound NATO bribery case?
cial Services, Ministry of Fi- forces? a. ONGC
nance? a. Pakistan b. NHPC
a. Shashi Kant Sharma b. Afghanistan c. NALCO
b. R. Gopalan c. Uzbekistan d. None of these
c. Achyut Dhar d. None of these
d. None of these 37. The Chairman and Managing
32. Sopore is located in which of the Director of which of the fol-
26. Where was Aero India 2011 following states? lowing banks has been selected
held? a. Jammu for this year's prestigious TA
a. Delhi b. Kashmir Pai memorial 'Best Banker'

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award instituted by Dehali c. West Bengal a. Delhi

Kannadiga? d. None of these b. Bangalore
a. Chanda Kochar c. Pune
b. M D Mallya 42. Biz Stone is associated with d. Chennai
c. O P Bhatt ___.
d. Ajay Puri a. Facebook 47. Who is the Census Commission-
b. Twitter er of India?
38. Recently, in which of the follow- c. Hi5 a. Nandan Nilekani
ing states did maoists abducted d. Linkedin b. C Chandramouli
R Vineel Krishna, Collector and c. Rajesh Sharma
District Magistrateof a state 43. Recently, a nuclear plant d. Ajay Chautala
Government? exploded in Japan. Which city
a. Bihar was it located in? 48. 'Swabhimaan' campaign is as-
b. West Bengal a. Tokyo sociated with ___.
c. Madhya Pradesh b. Fukushima a. Banking Services
d. Orissa c. Osaka b. Malnutrition
d. None of these c. Gender Inequality
39. Dandabadi is located in ___. d. Education
a. Bihar 44. Kevin Rudd is the Foreign
b. West Bengal Minister of which country? 49. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
c. Madhya Pradesh a. Australia is the Defence Minister of
d. None of these b. Russia country?
c. Japan a. Burma
40. Where are the 34th National d. Mexico b. China
Games being held? c. Germany
a. Bihar 45. With which state will you d. Russia
b. Jharkhand associate Jalpaiguri?
c. Rajasthan a. West Bengal 50. B K Chaturvedi is associated
d. West Bengal b. Orissa with the ___.
c. Bihar a. Babri Masjid
41. Kantha is located in which of d. None of these b. Planning Commission
the following states? c. Godhra Riots
a. Orissa 46. 7th Eco-Products International d. None of these
b. Bihar Fair was held at ___.

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— Compiled by Pratiksha Singh and Debashish Mukherjee

BUSINESS & ECONOMY 37. c. 5.3% 18. b. Indipex 2011

38. a. Strides Arcolab 19. c. Australia
1. c. 3.8 million 39. a. Manufacturing 20. a. New Delhi
2. d. Ratan Tata 40. b. $464 million
21. c. New Delhi
3. c. `25,000 crore 41. c. India
42. d. Rajeev Rishi 22. d. Enumator
4. b. Tamil Nadu
43. b. Croma 23. a. Norway
5. d. Hyderabad
6. a. `539 crore 44. a. Brazil 24. b. Wajahat Habibullah
7. a. C S Verma 45. c. Info Edge 25. a. Shashi Kant Sharma
8. c. Sesa Goa 46. b. Rs.2,400 crore 26. c. Bangalore
9. c. Hong Kong 47. d. Karnataka 27. c. Micro blogging platform
10. b. `1,149 crore 48. c. Nigerian
28. b. Dr Anil Khetarpal
11. a. Raghuram Rajan 49. b. HST Thiruvananthapuram
50. d. Maldives 29. b. Germany
12. b. The USA
13. c. Amitabh Bachchan 30. a. Tim Berners-Lee
14. c. `44, 000 crore 31. a. Pakistan
15. c. Professor Yashpal CURRENT AFFAIRS 32. b. Kashmir
16. a. 7.03 % 33. c. Ministry of Mines
17. c. EdServ 1. d. Chappra 34. a. Philippines
18. d. `130 crore
2. d. Vikram Seth 35. a. 150th
19. d. R P Goenka
20. c. July 24 3. a. I K Gujral 36. c. NALCO
21. d. None of these 4. a. Uganda 37. b. M D Mallya
22. b. Indira Nooyi 5. d. Tunisia 38. d. Orissa
23. b. Jason Todd 6. c. Anil Kumble 39. d. None of these
24. c. UNCTAD 7. c. Kim Clijsters 40. b. Jharkhand
25. a. R S Sharma
8. a. Novak Djokovic 41. c. West Bengal
26. a. `9,000
27. b. Madhya Pradesh 9. c. Bhagya Vidhata 42. b. Twitter
28. a. `50,000 10. d. 150 43. b. Fukushima
29. d. Turkmenistan 11. a. Bangladesh 44. a. Australia
30. d. 5.0% pa 12. a. 34th 45. a. West Bengal
31. b. State Bank of India 13. b. Ronaldo 46. a. Delhi
32. c. Eurasia
14. b. Egypt 47. b. C Chandramouli
33. b. $150 million
34. d. Decline of 27% 15. b. Commonwealth Scam 48. a. Banking Services
35. b. `136 crore 16. a. Chennai 49. c. Germany
36. b. Uttar Pradesh 17. c. Wipro 50. b. Planning Commission

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