GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Ibrahim Boubacar Keit* was elected the Pr esident of which of the following African coontries in August 2013? (He will take office on September 19,2013)
1) Algeria       2) Niger     3) Burkina Faso     4) Mali      5) Senegal

2. Who won the 200-metr e sprint at the World Athletics Chainpionships in Moscow on August 17, 2013?
1) Warren Weir    2) Usain Bolt   3) Curtis Mitchell   4) Tyson Gay   5) Yohan Blake

3. The 15,000th branch of which of the following banks was loan gurated in Sooranam, TamilNadu on August17, 2013?
1) Punjab National Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) State Bank of India 4) Indian Bank 5) Indian Overseas Bank

4. Who was appointed the Director General of Central Reserves Police For ce (CRPF) on Au:gust 17, 2013? (He succeeded Pranay Sahay)
1) R.K.Singh    2) Alok Joshi    3) Ranjit Sinha   4) Dilip Trivedi    5) Vijay Kumar

5. Who among the following Arjuna award winners is a Squash player?
1) RV. Sindhu 2) Kavita Chain! 3) Rupesh Shah 4) Dharmendra Dalai 5) Joshua Chinappa

6. Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party was merged with whichof the following political parties in August 2013?
1) Congress 2) Janata Dal (Secular) 3) BJP 4) Janata Dal (United) 5) Samajwadi Party

7. Fiscal Policy is concerned with?
1) Export and Import 2) Education 3) Population control 4) Public revenue and expenditure 

8. Foreign exchange reserves of India are kept in the custody of?
1) IBRD 2) IMF 3) SBI 4) Govenunent treasury 5) RBI

9. The Score of My Life' is written by?
1) Pandit Ravi Shankar 2) Zubin Mehta 3) laved .Alchtar 4) .A.PJ Abdul Kalam 5) None of these

10. The National Science Day is celebrated in honour of?

1) J.C.Bose 2) SRamanujan 3) H.J.Bhabha 4) C.V.Raman 5) S. Chandrasekhar

11. Which of the following is not a cash crop?

1) Jute 2) Cashew nut 3) Rubber 4) Cotton 5) Wheat

12. . Harare is the capital of?

1) Zambia 2) Yemen 3) Congo 4) South Sudan 5) Zimbabwe

13. Galvanometer is an instrument to measure?

1) Relative density of liquids 2) Electric curents 3) Pressure of gases 4) Distances

14. WTO basically promotes?

1) Tourism 2) Global peace 3) Unilateral trade 4) Multilateral trade 5) Disarmament

15. The headquarters of International Olympic Committee is at?

1) Los Angeles 2) New York 3) Moscow 4) Lausaime 5) Paris

16. Which of the following is not a pharmaceutical company?

1) Intas 2) Novartis 3) Roche 4) Hindustan Unilever Limited 5) Glaxo SmithKline

17. Two Leaves is the symbol of which of the following political parties?

1) SP 2) BSI' 3) Diva 4) .A.LADNIK 5) JD (U)

18. When too much of money is chasing too few goods, the situation is called?

1) Recession 2) Depression 3) Inflation 4) Deflation 5) Stagflation

19. Which of the following scherues pr ovides social securitycover to the people working in the unorganized sector?

1) Raj Laksluni 2) Kuteer Jyothi 3) Swavalamban 4) Antyodaya 5) None of these

20. Who is the Chairman of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)?

1) Pratip Chaudlitui 2) Arun Kaul 3) TM. Bhasin 4) K.R. Kamath 5) Mliarendra

21. The for eign trade policy in India is announced by the?

1) RBI 2) Ministry of Finance  3) Planning Commission 4) Ministry of External Affairs

22. Who is the author of the book 'Building Social Business'?

1) Amartya Sen 2) Muhammad 3) Paul Kmgman 4) Alvin Roth 5) None of these

23. Which of the following agencies/organizations plays a major role to control inflation in a country?

1) Central Bank of the country 2) Stock markets of the country 3) Planning Commission

4) Both 1 and 2      5) All 1, 2 and 3