Q. United Nations Day is Observed on1 October 10 2 October 16 3 October 24 4 October 28 Ans: 3 Q.

World Foods Day is observed on1 October 16 2 October 5 3 October 10 4 October 15 Ans: 1 Q. Who among the following has been named UNESCO'S National Ambassador? 1 Aishwarya Rai 2 Priyanka Chopra 3 Sharmila Tagore 4 Kajol Ans: 2 Q. Who Among the Following has Been conferred the sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman? 1 Gurudev singh 2 K.Srirammurithy 3 Both of the Above 4 None of the above Ans: 3 Q. Who among the following has been declared as Businessman of the Decade? 1 Mukesh Ambani 2 Anil Ambani 3 Ratan Tata 4 Azim premzi Ans: 3 Q. Jimena Vavarrete who has been crowned Miss Universe 2010 is from1 Brazil 2 Mexico 3 Argentina 4 Chile Ans: 2 Q. Who was given 18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award? 1 Shabana Azmi 2 Maulana Wahid Uddin Khan 3 Javed Akhtar 4 Professor Radha Kumar

Ans: 2 Q. Nuclear Submarine Akula has been handed over to India recently by1 France 2 Russia 3 USA 4 Germany Ans: 2 Q. North India's first food Processing park is being developed in1 Haryana 2 Kerala 3 Himachal Pradesh 4 Karnataka Ans: 1 Q. 13 the constituted commission was constituted under the chairmanship of1 C. Rangrajan 2 Vijay L. Kelkar 3 Deepak Parekh 4 Indira Bhargava Ans: 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Q. Which year was declared as International Year of Potato by the U.N.? 1 2007 2 2008 3 2009 4 2010 Ans: 2 Q. Total Fertility Rate(TFR) per woman for the year 2007 has been estimated at1 2.5 2 2.7 3 2.8 4 2.9 Ans: 2 Q. Which of the rate is not determined by Reserve Bank of India? 1 Bank Rate 2 CRR 3 SLR 4 PLR Ans: 4 Q. Which day is observed as World Health Day? 1 September 15

2 September 30 3 April 7 4 October 30 Ans: 3 Q. The Present Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission is1 Manmohan Singh 2 Montek Singh Ahluwalia 3 Shivraj Patil 4 Kirit Parekh Ans: 2 Q. The last State in the country which ultimately decided to introduce VAT for replacing Trade Tax is1 Uttar Pradesh 2 Tripura 3 Meghalaya 4 Rajasthan Ans: 1 Q. For Public Sector Refineries, the Foreign direct investment limit has been raised from 26% to1 49% 2 51% 3 61% 4 75% Ans: 1 Q. Aam Admi Bima Yojana, Launched on October 2, 2007 provides insurance on natural death of1 Rs. 30,000 2 Rs. 50,000 3 Rs. 75,000 4 Rs. 1,00,000 Ans: 1 Q. How Many Company's Shares have been included in bombay Stock Market's new share names as BSE power index? 1 10 2 12 3 14 4 16 Ans: 3 Q. Videsh Sanchar nigam Ltd. has been renamed as1 Tata Communication Ltd. 2 Reliance Communication Ltd. 3 Air Bharti communication Ltd. 4 None of the above Ans: 1

Q. Which of the following corporate houses is developing a port in Mundra(Gujarat)? 1 Adani 2 Ambani 3 Goyanka 4 Birla Ans: 1 Q. After European Union, which another group of countries have come forward for adopting common currency? 1 OPEC 2 Gulf countries 3 SAARC 4 ASEAN Ans: 2 Q. Among BRICS nations , which of the following countries has competitiveness Report 2010? 1 India 2 Brazil 3 china 4 Russia Ans: 3 Q. On the lines of Amul in Gujarat, which of the Following State has come forward to bring a 'White revolution' in the State? 1 Himachal Pradesh 2 Punjab 3 Uttarakhand 4 Uttar pradesh Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following has merged at first with SBI? 1 State Bank of Saurashtra 2 State bank of Indore 3 State Bank of Patiala 4 State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Ans: 1 Q. Hutch-Essar was acquired by1 Bharti Airtel 2 Vodafone 3 Reliance 4 Tata Mobile Ans: 2 Q. Shahina K. K. has been honoured with 1 Meera Award 2 Vyas Samman 2010 3 Chameli Devi Awards 2010 4 None of the Above

Ans: 3 Q. Who has been honoured with FICCI Frames Decade of Global Achievement honour? 1 Amir Khan 2 Amitabh Bachchan 3 Shah Rukh Khan 4 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Ans: 4 Q. Vyas Samman has been conferred to 1 Shahina K. K. 2 Mahashweta Devi 3 V. Kalidas 4 Vishwanath Prashad Tiwari Ans: 4 Q. Which NRI has occupied the slot of being the richest Asian in the United Kingdom? 1 Lord Swaraj Paul 2 Indira Nooyi 3 Arun Sarin 4 Lakshmi N. Mittal Ans: 4 Q. Who was recentky appointed as National research Professor for a second term of five year? 1 Lalit Bhasin 2 Varun De 3 Professor Yashpal 4 Mahashweta Devi Ans: 4 Q. Hatf-2 a short range surface to surface ballistic missile was recently successfully tested by 1 North Korea 2 Iran 3 Pakistan 4 Israel Ans: 3 Q. UN recently launched scheme for widows in three South Asian countries? Which of the following is not included? 1 Bangladesh 2 India 3 Nepal 4 India Ans: 1 Q. Government recently approved 1 11 FDI Proposals 2 12 FDI Proposals 3 13 FDI Proposal

4 14 FDI Proposal Ans: 4 Q. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 8, 2011 gave its approval to a safeguards agreement for two new reactors in 1 India 2 Pakistan 3 Libya 4 Iran Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following states has enter the hundredth year of it's foundation? 1 Bengal 2 Orissa 3 Bihar 4 Kerala Ans: 3 Q. FSLRC stands for 1 Financial Sectional Law Reforms Commission 2 Financial Sector Legal Reforms Commission 3 Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission 4 None of these Ans: 3 Q. A ferocious tsunami hit Japan on 1 March 20,2011 2 March 11, 2011 3 March 15, 2011 4 March 13, 2011 Ans: 2 Q. The first European country to recognise Libyan rebels is 1 Pakistan 2 USA 3 France 4 Germany Ans: 3 Q. Asian Development Bank has modified itd earlier India's GDP growth projection for 2011-12 from 8.7% to 1 8.5% 2 9.0% 3 9.3% 4 8.2% Ans: 4 Q. Which country has planned road link to India? 1 Vietnam 2 Laos 3 Malaysia

4 Indonesia Ans: 4 Q. Government has constituted a Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) on March 24, 2011 under the Chairmanship of 1 C. Rangarajan 2 M. Govind Rao 3 D. Swaroop 4 B. N. Srikrishna Ans: 4 Q. Member of Parliament's Constituency fund has been hiked up to 1 6 Crore 2 3 Crore 3 4 Crore 4 5 Crore Ans: 4 Q. Which of the following states has the highest number of Special Economic Zones? 1 Keral 2 Tamil Nadu 3 Andhra Pradesh 4 Karnataka Ans: 3 Q. India has taken giant leap in ballastic missile defence capability with the successful test firing of an interceptor missile on 1 March 6, 2011 2 March 9, 2011 3 March 7, 2011 4 March 10, 2011 Ans: 2 Q. Who is the new Chairman of FICCI taking charge on March 1, 2011 is 1 Rajan Bharati Mittal 2 Swati Piramal 3 Harsh C. Meriwala 4 Amit Mitra Ans: 3 Q. Government has introduce a Bill in Parliament for a new Goods and Service Tax (GST). It is ------ Constitutional Amendment bill? 1 116th 2 114th 3 115th 4 113th Ans: 3 Q. As per Forbes annual list of the world's top billionaries 2011, which of the following Indian got the highest rank among Indians? 1 Azim Premji 2 Laxi N. Mittal

3 Gautam Adani 4 Mukesh Ambani Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following decade registered highest growth rate in India? 1 2001-2011 2 1991-2001 3 1971-1981 4 1961-1971 Ans: 4 Q. Child sex ratio (age group 0-6) which was 927 females/1000 males in 2001, the ratio in 2011 is 1 915 per 1000 male 2 914 per 1000 male 3 913 per 1000 male 4 912 per 1000 male Ans: 2 Q. After ONGC, IOC, NTPC and SAIL which of the following Navratna PSU has been awarded 'Maharatna' status? 1 GAIL 2 BHEL 3 Coal India Ltd. 4 HAL Ans: 3 Q. Population density in India as per Census 2011 stand at 1 333 and 392 per sq. km respectively 2 323 and 382 per sq. km respectively 3 325 and 382 per sq. km respectively 4 325 and 378 sq. km respectively Ans: 3 Q. Sex ratio in India as per Census 2011 has gone up from 933 to 1 942 2 936 3 940 4 938 Ans: 3 Q. As per Census 2011 which of the two states have been ranked first and second most populous states? 1 Bihar and U.P. 2 Maharastra and Bihar 3 U.P. and Bihar 4 U.P. & Maharastra Ans: 4 Q. Which state in India shows the lowest population as per Census 2011? 1 Manipur

2 Sikkim 3 Pruducherry 4 Arunachal Pradesh Ans: 2 Q. During 1991-2001, India's population had population growth of 21.65% which during 2001-2011 became 1 20.61% 2 17.64% 3 16.62% 4 18.62% Ans: 2 Q. Literacy rate in India shows an improvement in Census 2011 which rose from 64.83% to 1 69% 2 74.1% 3 72% 4 72.3% Ans: 2 Q. As per Census 2011 Statistics, India's population is 2011 stands at 1 1.25 billion 2 1.21 billion 3 1.20 billion 4 1.23 billion Ans: 2 Q. In which of one of the following states/UTs is the National Institute of Water Sports situated? 1 Goa 2 Kerala 3 Andaman 4 Daman and Diu Ans: 1 Q. According to the reports released in March 2011, China's total military spending is 2011 will be 1 $95 billion 2 92.5 billion 3 94.3 billion 4 91.5 billion Ans: 4 Q. As per the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute of Sweden released in March 2011, the largest arms importer in the world is 1 Iran 2 North Korea 3 India 4 Pakistan Ans: 3

Q. The recent earthquake followed by a tsunami in Japan, which brought super modern Tokyo to standstill, had a magnitude of 1 9.1 2 8.9 3 8.3 4 8.9 Ans: 4 Q. According to the provisional data of the 2011 Census of India, the gap in literacy between men and women has been reduce to 1 16.5 percentage point 2 20 percentage point 3 18 percentage point 4 17 percentage point Ans: 1 Q. 'Diet'is a joint session of the Parliament of which nations? 1 China 2 Japan 3 Vietnam 4 Germany Ans: 2 Q. 'New Horizons' spacecraft was launched by NASA to Study which of the following Planet? 1 Mars 2 Pluto 3 Jupiter 4 Mercury Ans: 2 Q. The International Day for Elimination of Racial discrimination is observed on 1 20th February 2 21st February 3 20th March 4 21st March Ans: 4 Q. Telecom Company Nokia belongs to which Country? 1 Denmark 2 USA 3 Sweden 4 Finland Ans: 4 Q. Which of the following is not a news agency in India? 1 Press Council in India 2 Press Trust of India 3 United News Of India 4 Hindustan Samachar

Ans: 1 Q. TBT Agreement under the WTO stands for 1 Technical Barriers to Trade 2 Technically Backward Trade 3 Towards Better Trade 4 Territory for business and Trade Ans: 1 Q. As Per recent figures released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), which of the following years was the wettest in the historical record since 1880? 1 1905 2 1910 3 2005 4 2010 Ans: 4 Q. Which of the following Countries is the host for the 2016 olympic Games? 1 South Africa 2 Netherlands 3 Brazil 4 Italy Ans: 3 Q. Who among the following 2011 Padma Bhushan recipients belongs to the field of Painting? 1 Ramdas Madhava Pai 2 Ajai Chowdhary 3 Shobhana Ranade 4 Arpita Singh Ans: 4 Q. According to a report on India released in January 2011 by the International Monetary fund, the Indian economy will grow in 2011 by 1 8 Percent 2 8.5 Percent 3 8.75 Percent 4 8.95 Percent Ans: 3 Q. As per a report released by the New York-based think tank,the conference Board,in January 2011, the largest and most dynamic economy in terms of labour productivity is 1 Brazil 2 India 3 Russia 4 China Ans: 4 Q. Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are based on 1 Nuclear Fusion

2 Nuclear Fission 3 Cold Fusion 4 Superconductivity Ans: 2 Q. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was earlier known as 1 UNICEF 2 GATT 3 UNCTAD 4 FAO Ans: 2 Q. The threat of global Warming is increasing due to rising concentration of 1 Nitrous Oxide 2 Ozone 3 Sulphur dioxide 4 Carbon dioxide Ans: 4 Q. The US Census Bureau released its 2010 census figures in March 2011 which say that the 308.74 million US population comprises a large number of Asians and they contitute 1 3 percent 2 4 percent 3 5 percent 4 6 percent Ans: 3 Q. As per an announcement made by the International Monrtary Fund(IMf)in February 2011, it would lend Sri Lanka 1 $ 215.9 million 2 $ 216.6 million 3 $ 216.8 million 4 $ 216.9 million Ans: 2 Q. According to the State of the World's Children 2011 report released by UNICEF, the percentage of adolescents living in the developing nations is 1 72 2 75 3 85 4 88 Ans: 4 Q. India signed the fourth Tax Information Exchange Agreement(TIEA) in February 2011 with a country considered a tax heaven. This TIEA is with 1 Bermuda 2 Bahamas 3 Virgin Islands 4 Isle of Man Ans: 2

Q. As per a report published by the World Bank in February 2011, India has the scope for generating green power from renewable sources like wind, hydro and biomass up to 1 53,000 MW 2 58,000 MW 3 62,000 MW 4 68,000 MW Ans: 4 Q. The Sixth Economic Census is being done in 2011. What was the year of the first Economic Census? 1 1951 2 1961 3 1977 4 1971 Ans: 3 Q. Under which of the Rural Development programmes is 'self help group'? 1 Prime Minister's Rural Road Yojana 2 Swarna Jayanti Rural Self Employment Yojana 3 TRYSEM 4 Indira Aawas Yojana Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following is not include in 'Bharat Nirman' plan? 1 Irrigation 2 Rural Roads 3 Education 4 Rural telecommunication Ans: 3 Q. Who has been made the Brand Ambassador of ICICI Prudencial Life Insurance in January 2011? 1 Amir Khan 2 Preeti Zinta 3 Amitabh Bachchan 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ans: 3 Q. Civil Aviation Ministry has declared to Celebrated its Centenary Year During1 2010-11 2 2011-12 3 2012-13 4 2011 Ans: 2 Q. In SCOPE Excellence Awards 2008-09, Which of the following got 'Outstanding Chief Executive' award for individual category? 1 Arup Roy Chowdhary of NTPC 2 P.S. Bhattacharya of Coal India Ltd. 3 A.K. Chaturvedi of Power Grid Corporation

4 A.K. Ghosh of MECON Ans: 1 Q. The New ASSOCHAM's Chairman (name announced on December 10,2010) is1 Swati Peermal 2 Dilip Modi 3 Ramu S. Deora 4 Naseem Zaidi Ans: 2 Q. Make 2010 (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise 2010) award has been given to1 Infosys 2 Reliance Industries Ltd. 3 Tata Steels 4 ONGC Ans: 3 Q. India-EU summit was held in December 2010 in1 France 2 Belgium 3 Italy 4 Netherlands Ans: 2 Q. Who has been elected as the Chairman of FIEO(Federation of India Export Organisation) in December 2010 for the period of two years? 1 Swati Peeramal 2 Ramu S.Deora 3 Dilip Modi 4 C.S. Verma Ans: 2 Q. Who wrote the famous book "Global Crisis Recession and Uneven Recovery" on various issues of global recession? 1 C.Rangrajan 2 Montek Singh Ahluwaliah 3 Amritya Sen 4 Y.B. Reddy Ans: 4 Q. 'ICON of the Year' award given by Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in January 2011, goes to1 Arup Roy Chowdhary of NTPC 2 C.S. Verma of SAIL 3 P.S. Bhattacharya of coal India Ltd. 4 B.R.S. Natrajan of BEML Ans: 2 Q. Government has decided to stop the circulation of 25 paise coin w.e.f1 April 1,2011 2 June 1,2011

3 June 30,2011 4 September 30,2011 Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following economy has been raised as the freest economy in the world for the 17th consecutive year? 1 Singapore 2 Hong Kong 3 United States 4 South Korea Ans: 2 Q. Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011 was organised on1 January 1-2, 2011 2 January 8-9, 2011 3 January 12-13, 2011 4 January 18-19, 2011 Ans: 3 Q. Wages paid to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment guarantee Scheme has now been linked with1 Wholesale Price Index 2 Consumer Price Index for Agriculture Labour 3 Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers 4 Food Inflation Ans: 2 Q. Mobile Number Portability Service has been Launched Nationwide w.e.f1 January 19, 2011 2 January 20, 2011 3 January 22, 2011 4 January 25, 2011 Ans: 2 Q. It is estimated that India wastes more fruits and vegetables than what is consumed every year in1 U.S.A 2 United Kingdom 3 Germany 4 Brazil Ans: 2 Q. On which of the following dates in 2010 did the safeguard agreement with regard to civilian nuclear facilities between India and the International Atomic Agency(IAEA) come into force? 1 February 28 2 February 21 3 February 11 4 February 4 Ans: 4 Q. Who has been selected for the 'Niwano Peace Prize, 2010' for her contribution to the

uplift of poor women in India? 1 Ela Bhatt 2 jhumpa 3 Punam Suri 4 Mandakni Apte Ans: 1 Q. In a rare recognition, the Government of Mauritius decides to introduce a book written by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in the School Syllabus of the island nation, what is the name of the book? 1 Sound of Hills 2 Sparsh Ganga 3 Heaven 4 Amrit Ans: 2 Q. Shikha Sharma recently included in Forbes' Top 100 Powerful women of the World list is associated with1 ICICI Bank 2 Axis Bank 3 HDFC Bank 4 HSBC Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following Country has declared Broadband Service as the fundamental right in the Country? 1 Britain 2 Denmark 3 Finland 4 United States of America Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following Company gets the Highest Rank among Indian Companies included in Forbes-500 list for the Year 2010? 1 ONGC 2 Indian Oil Corporation 3 Reliance Industries Ltd. 4 ONGC Ans: 2 Q. Which of the Following Indian Private Company is the biggest employer? 1 TCS 2 Reliance Industries 3 Wipro 4 ITC Ans: 1 Q. World Investment Report is Annually published by1 IBRD 2 WTO 3 IMF

4 UNCTAD Ans: 4 Q. Which of the following state has registered the maximum growth in Gross State Domestic Product in the year 2009-10? 1 Chhattisgarh 2 Kerala 3 Gujarat 4 Goa Ans: 1 Q. Asian Development Bank has approved $132 million to Bihar for the development of1 Rural Roads 2 Electricity System 3 Primary Education 4 Child Health and Nutrition Ans: 2