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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Practise Bits

1. Which team won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) in Mumbai on August 31, 2013?
    1) Pune Pistons         2) Awadhe Warriors
    3) Hyderabad Hotshots     4) Mumbai Masters  
    5) None of these
2. Samuel Santos Lopez visited India in August 2013. He is the Foreign Minister of?
    1) Colombia     2) Ecuador          3) Venezuela
    4) Nicaragua     5) Bolivia
3. Who scored the highest ever individual score in a Twenty20 International in August 2013?
    (He smashed 156 off 63 balls with 14 sixes, both world records)
    1) Brendon McCullum     2) Chris Gayle
    3) Suresh Raina        4) Tilakaratne Dilshan
    5) Aaron Finch
4. Justice N.V.Ramana was sworn in the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts on September 2, 2013?
    1) Allahabad High Court     2) Delhi High Court
    3) Andhra Pradesh High Court
    4) Gujarat High Court     5) None of these
5. \"Big Apple\" is a nickname for?
    1) Canberra     2) Madrid     3) New York
    4) Berne     5) Ottawa
6. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is located in?
    1) Panaji     2) Pune     3) Hyderabad
    4) Chandigarh     5) Nagpur
7. Which of the following is the name of the organization created by the Government of India to promote small scale industries in India?
    1) SEBI     2) IFCI     3) IDBI Bank
    4) ECGC     5) None of these
8. Which of the following is designed specially as a strong measure for control of inflation in India?
    1) Public Distribution System
    2) Heavy taxation on import and export
    3) Ban on export of excess food grain
    4) Monetary Policy of the RBI
    5) None of these
9. 'Swayamsidha' scheme is related to?
    1) School Children     2) Health Workers
    3) Senior Citizens    4) Women         5) None of these
10. \"Unto This Last\" is a book written by?
    1) John Ruskin     2) Ruskin Bond  3) Leo Tolstoy
    4) Rudyard Kipling     5) George Bernard Shaw
11. Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?
    1) ADR     2) GDR     3) SDR
    4) Both 1 and 2     5) All 1, 2 and 3
12. The basic characteristic of a capitalistic economy is?
    1) Absence of Monopoly
    2) Large Scale Production in Primary Sector
    3) Full Employment
    4) The Private Ownership of the Means of Production
    5) None of these
13. UNDP prepares?
    1) Standard of Living Index
    2) Physical Quality Index
    3) Human Development Index
    4) Wholesale Price Index
    5) None of these
14. Fiscal Policy refers to?
    1) Sharing of its revenue by the central government with states
    2) Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
    3) Keeping foreign exchange reserves
    4) Government taxes, expenditure and borrowings
    5) None of these
15.     Which of the following famous events is being held in Jaipur in January every year since 2006?
    1) Cattle Fair   2) Literature Festival    
    3) Elephant Festival
    4) International Film Festival      5) Kite Festival
16.     Which event is held to mark the Onam festivities in Kerala?
    1) Bull Fighting     2) Bull Race        3) Cock Fights
    4) Boat Race     5) None of these
17. The film awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in USA are popularly known as?
    1) IIFAAwards     2) BAFTAAwards    3) Oscars
    4) Grammy Awards  5) None
18.     ITPO stands for?
    1) International Traders and Promoters Organization
    2) India Trade Promotion Organization
    3) International Telecom and Postal offices
    4) International Trade Policy Organization
    5) None of these
19. Which country is called Cockpit of Europe?
    1) Denmark 2) Spain 3) Belgium 4) Turkey 5) Italy
20. The term 'Let' is associated with?
    1) Chess     2) Hockey     3) Cricket
    4) Badminton     5) Soccer
21. Mahe is a part of?
    1) Tamil Nadu     2) Puducherry     3) Kerala
    4) Maharashtra     5) Karnataka
22.     Psephology is the study of ?
    1) Flags      2) Rainfall pattern      3) Gene Disorders
    4) Stamps     5) Elections
23. The term 'Cue' is related to?
    1) Badminton     2) Basketball   3) Baseball
    4) Billiards     5) Boxing
24. Who acts as the Secretary of the National Development Council (NDC)?
    1) Secretary, Ministry of Finance
    2) Secretary, Ministryof Planning
    3) Secretary, Planning Commission
    4) Secretary, Finance Commission
    5) None of these
25. Which one of the following full forms is wrong?
    1) SIM- Subscriber Identity Module
    2) MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    3) IPR- Intellectual Property Rights
    4) PIL - Public Interest Litigation
    5) SLBC-State Level Business Committee
26. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojana is associated with?
    1) Construction of houses for low income groups
    2) Construction of houses for rural people
    3) Community toilets in slum areas
    4) Employment in rural areas
    5) None of these
27. 'Pride and Prejudice' is written by?
    1) Leo Tolstoy        2) Jane Austen    3) George Eliot
    4) Charles Dickens  5) R.K.Narayan
28. Which one among the following statements regarding SAARC is correct?
    1) Headquarters of SAARC is located in Dhaka
    2) Myanmar is a member of SAARC
    3) The present Secretary General of SAARC is from India
    4) It was started in 1980
    5) Next SAARC Summit will be held in Nepal
29.     Bamako is the capital city of?
    1) Mali 2) Guinea 3) Haiti 4) Laos 5) Burundi
30. Which one of the following scales is used to measure the intensity of tornadoes?
    1) Richter Scale         2) Mercalli Scale 3) Fujita Scale
    4) Saffir-Sampson Scale 5) None of these

Answers
1.  3     2.  4     3.  5     4.  2     5.  3     6.  2     7.  5     8.  4    9.  4     10. 1     11. 3     12. 4
13. 3     14. 4     15. 2     16. 4    17. 3     18. 2
19. 3     20. 4     21. 2     22. 5     23. 4     24. 3
25. 5     26. 3     27. 2     28. 5     29. 1     30. 3

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