1 . ......... bank is not a foreign bank? 1) HSBC 2) IDBI 3) ANZ 4) SCB 5) ICBC 2 2 Increase in deposit rate results .........?

1) lower savings 2) lower investments 3) increase bank branches 4) increase savings 5) none 4 3 Project 'Surakhya' an Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) introduced by ............? 1) Odisha 2) Chattisgarh 3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Goa 1 4 A person who expects share prices in general to decline and who is likely to indulge in SHORT SALES is called ............? 1) Bear 2) Bull 3) Dog 4) Duck 1 5 Meghdoot awards conferred by ............? 1) Air India 2) Department of Water Resources

3) Postal Department 4) Department of Communications 5) Supreme Court 3 6 India's first indigenous payment gateway is ............? 1) India Expenditure 2) India Payment 3) India Challan 4) India Pay 5) India Rupee 4 7 One billionth of a second is a) gigabyte b) nanosecond c) terabyte d) megabyte e) None of these 8 The Planning Commission has set GDP growth target for 12th Plan (2012-17) at _______. a) 7.5 8.0 per cent b) 8.0 8.5 per cent c) 9 9.5 per cent d) 9.5 10.0 per cent e) None of the above

10 The amount of liquid assets, such as cash, precious metals or other short-term securities, that a financial institution or bank must maintain in its reserves is called a) CRR b) Bank Deposits c) Fixed Assets d) SLR e) None of these

11 Before launching the new indices to measure food inflation, earlier it is measured on the basis of a) Wholesale Price Index b) Consumer Price Index c) Nifty Index c) BSE & NSE index e) None of these 12 Which of the following is NOT a scheduled Commercial Bank? 1) IDBI Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) NABARD 5) Kotak Mahindra Bank 4 13 Which of the following Acts is specially launched to facilitate banks in recovery of bad loans? 1) RBI Act 2) Banking Regulation Act 3) Companies Act 4) Income Tax Act 5) SARFAESI Act

4 14 What does letter 'P' denote in the term 'PAN' issued by the Income Tax Department? 1) Provisional 2) Private 3) Personal 4) Permanent 5) Postal 4 15 As predicted by the World Bank, Indian economy will grow faster than which of the following countries in 2012? 1) China 2) USA 3) Japan 4) France 5) Germany 1 16 'Mardeka Cup' is associated with game of 1) Hockey 2) Golf 3) Football 4) Badminton 5) None of these 3 17 The difference between Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product is 1) Govt. Revenue 2) Net Indirect Tax (Indirect Tax Subsidy) 3) Consumption of fixed Capital 4) Net Capital formation 5) None of these 4

18 Which contries are separated by Mac Mohan Line ? 1) India & Pak 2) China and Tibet 3) India and China 4) India & Bangladesh 5) None of these 3 19 Which one of the following is a millitary alliance? 1) ASEAN 2) SAARC 3) NATO 4) NAFTA 5) None of these 3 20 Many a time we read in the newspapers that RBI has changed or revised a particular ratio/rate by a few basis points. What is basis point? 1) Ten per cent of one hundredth point 2) one hundredth of 1% 3) one hundredth of 10% 4) Ten per cent of 1000 5) None of these 2 21 Sir Mota Singh who was Knighte by the Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year is---

(1) First Sikh Judge in UK

(2) first Sikh Minister in UK

(3) First Indian to become Vice Chancellor in Cambridge

(4) First Indian to become Governor of a State in USA

(5) None of these 1 22 Names of which of the following rates/ratios cannot be seen in financial newspapers?

(1) Bank Rate

(2) Repo Rate

(3) Cash Reserve Ratio

(4) Pulse Rate

(5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio 4

23. Which of the following is an economic term? (1) Plaintiff (2) Bunker Blaster (3) Deflation (4) Lampoon (5) Zero Hour 3 24. Private equity investors, invest in a company based mainly on (A) The age of the company (B) The location of the company (C) The activity undertaken by the company (D) The creditability and the valuation of the company (E) The existing profitability of the company Ans : (E)

25. Who is Indra Nooyi ? (A) CEO Coca Cola (B) CFO PepsiCo. (C) Managing Director Nano Division (D) Indias permanent representative to UNO (E) None of these Ans : (B)

26. The RBI reviews its credit and monetary policy at regular intervals and also in between. What is the purpose of the same ? 1. To ensure that inflation does not cross the limit 2. To ensure that banks have enough liquidity 3. To ensure that cost of the fund does not reach a very high level (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) All 1, 2 and 3 (D) Only 2 and 3 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 27. According to mid term review of Indian economy, which one of the following segments will be the major contributor to GDP growth ? (A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) Mining (E) None of these Ans : (C) 28 Which of the following will be the venue of the India-ASEAN Summit to be held in 2012 ? (A) Tokyo (B) Jakarta (C) Beijing (D) New Delhi (E) None of these Ans : (D) 29. Govt. of India recently approved the national policy on Bio fuels. Which of the following crops is one which is used to make biofuels ? (A) Onion (B) Sugarcane

(C) Wheat (D) Coconut (E) None of these Ans : (B 30. An individual going to Bangladesh will be required to make all his/her payments in which of the following currencies ? (A) Rial (B) Dinar (C) Taka (D) Rupee (E) Dollar Ans : (C)

31. Indias First Financial Archive has been set up at (A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Ahmedabad (D) Kolkata D 32. Which of the following is not the part of the structure of the Financial System in India ? (A) Industrial Finance (B) Agricultural Finance (C) Government Finance (D) Development Finance (E) Personal Finance A 33. Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book. "A Passage to India" ? (A) Mark Twain (B) Nayantara Sehgal (C) Nirad C. Choudhuri (D) E. M. Foster (E) None of these D 34. The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as plan for (A) Indias Health (B) Eradication of poverty from India

(C) Indias Education (D) Development of Rural India (E) None of these Answer : (C) 35. Which of the following policies of a country brings a crucial impact on the economic growth of the nation ? 1. Fiscal policy 2. Foreign policy 3. Social policies (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 1 and 2 (D) Only 2 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Answer : (C) 36. Saniya Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati won which of the following titles recently ? (A) Australia Open (B) U.S. Open (C) Wimbledon Finals (D) Davis Cup Finals (E) None of these Answer : (A) 37. Payment of a cheque cannot be made on a cash counter of bank if the cheque is (A) Bearer (B) Cross (C) Order (D) All of these B

38. Which of the following statement is not completely true ? (A) An increase in the supply of money will result in inflation (B) Cost inflation occurs when prices rise to cover increased factor costs (C) Inflation occurs when the value of money declines (D) Inflation will have the effect of redistributing incomes within a country A 39. Increase in bank rates generally is followed by (A) An increase in market rate of interest

(B) A fall in market rates of interest (C) A rise only in the deposits rates but not the lending rates (D) A rise only in the lending rates A 40. Which of the following is not a liability of Commercial Banks (A) Security Holdings (B) Treasury deposit at banks (C) Demand deposits and time deposits (D) Borrowing from Central Bank

41.World Food Day is observed on which of the following days? a)July 16 b)September 16 c)June 16 d)October 16 e)none

42. Recently Sachin Tendulkar created world record by scoring 200 runs in ODIs. He scored against ______? a)Srilanka b)New Zealand c) Bangladesh d)South Africa e)Australia
Q67. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ? (A) Kapil Dev (B) Bishen Singh Bedi (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Anil Kumble Q61. What is the minimum age limit to become the Governor of a state in India ? (A) 18 years (B) 25 years (C) 30 years (D) 35 years