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20. The World Wide Web is celebrating its 20th year in the service. Who among the
following had invented the
WWW at Cern laboratory 20 years back?
1) Robert Hooke 2) Tim Berners-Lee
3) Zacharias Janssen 4) VA Shiva Ayyadurai
5) None of these Ans.) 2
21. Krishna Poonia will participate in the opening leg of the prestigious Diamond
League Meetings series in
Doha soon. She is an ace Indian player of ________.
1) Badminton 2) Discus Throw
3) Archery 4) Long Jump
5) None of these Ans.) 2
22. The Parliament of Bangladesh has elected who amongst the following as its first
woman and the youngest
speaker till date recently?
1) Dipu Moni 2) Shahara Khatun
3) Begum Motia Chowdhury 4) Shrin Sharmin Chowdhury
5) None of these Ans.) 4
23. The Peshawar High Court in Pakistan imposed a ban on former President Pervez
Musharraf recently. He
has been banned ________from contesting elections.
1) for life 2) for one year
3) for two years 4) for five years
5) None of these Ans.) 1
24. Name the person who has been listed by the Forbes as the first billionaire of
Nepal with a net worth of $1billion recenlty. He is also known as the noodle billionaire for his Wai Wai noodles.
1) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 2) Upendra Mahato
3) Binod Chaudhary 4) Min Bahadur Gurung
5) None of these Ans.) 3
25. For the most of the last eight quarters, Indias second largest software service
company, Infosys, has been
lagging behind the industry average causing worries for stock markets. Who among
the following is the CEO of the company at the present?
1) K Gopalakrishnan 2) SD Shibulal
3) Srinath Batni 4) Srikantan Moorthy
5) V Balakrishnan Ans.) 2
26. The Chief Economic Advisor at the Finance Ministry, Raghuram Rajan, is pitching
for the early passage of the insurance bill which seeks to increase the foreign direct
investment level to __________from the current 26 per cent.
1) 49 per cent 2) 51 per cent
3) 76 per cent 4) 100 per cent
5) None of these Ans.) 1
3) He had won gold in both singles and doubles in the Guangzhou Asian Games in
2010. 4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3) Ans.) 4
34. World Press Freedom Day observed on which of the following dates?
1) April 29 2) April 30
3) May 3 4) May 5
5) None of these Ans.) 3
35. The 92nd birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, the legendary artist counted among
the great masters of world cinema, was celebrated on May 2. Which of the following
is not a film made by him?
1) Pather Panchali 2) Teesri Kasam
3) Apur Sansar 4) Shatranj Ke Khilari
5) All are Satyajit Rays films Ans.) 2
36. Sticking to its cautious stance, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the repo
rate by just 0.25 per cent in
its recent policy review. Now the effective repo rate has become
1) 7.75 per cent 2) 7.50 per cent
3) 7.25 per cent 4) 7 per cent
5) None of these Ans.) 3
37. Name the Indian who has won Whitley Award recently, an international nature
conservation prize dubbed as Green Oscar.
1) Aparajita Datta 2) Anil Agarwal Madhay
3) Maneka Gandhi 4) Medha Patkar
5) None of these Ans.) 1
38. Which of the following is the highest award given for the lifetime achievement in
sports in India?
1) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2) Dhyan Chand Award
3) Dronacharya Award 4) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Award
5) None of these Ans.) 2
39. Who among the following has been voted the new president of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC)
recently?
1) Hafez Al Medlej 2) Yusuf Al Sarkel
3) Worawai Makudi 4) Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
5) None of these Ans.) 4
40. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has finally approved
Swedish furniture retailer IKEAs proposal to start single brand retail venture in India.
IKEA has proposed to invest______ in India in single brand retail venture.
1) Rs 10,500 crore 2) Rs 8,500 crore
3) Rs 6,500 crore 4) Rs 5,500 crore
5) None of these Ans.) 1
41. Who among the following is the current Director-General of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO), a Unite Nations body? He was in Indian recently to
attend the 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy.
1) Kamil Idris 2) Francis Gurry
3) Pascal Lamy 4) Takehiko Nakao
5) None of these Ans.) 2
42. RBI in its monetary policy for 2013-14 had reduced the repo (short-term lending)
rate by 0.25 percent and pegged the economic growth rate for the current fiscal at
1) 5.7 percent 2) 6.1 percent
3) 6.7 percent 4) 7.1 percent
5) None of these Ans.) 1
43. Consider the following statements with respect to National Urban Health Mission
(NUHM) and indentify the
correct statement(s):
1) The Rs 22,507-crore mission has got the Cabinet nod recently.
2) The government has introduced this scheme to provide healthcare to the urban
poor on the lines of its flagship National Rural Health Mission.
3) The Mission will be implemented through a PPP model at all the levels and
includes setting up one primary health centre for every 50,000- 60,000 people
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Ans.) 4
44. The Finance Minister P Chidambaram cautioned Rajan Katoch recently not to hurt
legitimate investments while probing money laundering cases. Rajan Katoch is the
Director of which of the following institutions at present?
1) Sebi 2) Enforcement Directorate (ED)
3) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) 4) Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
5) None of these
Ans.) 2
45. The 15-member Indian cricket squad has been picked up for the ICC Champions
Trophy to be held in _____in coming June.
1) South Africa 2) New Zealand
3) England 4) Australia
5) None of these
Ans.) 3
46. What is the current ranking of India among 179 countries in the 2013 World Press
Freedom Index released by the Reporters Without Borders recently?
1) 173th 2) 160th
3) 154th 4) 140th
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
47. Who among the following heads the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) in
India?
1) The Prime Minister 2) The Finance Minister
3) The Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission 4) The Governor of RBI
5) None of these Ans.) 1
48. The young woman scientist, Jenita Mary Nongkynrih, hails from which of the
following states? She has been selected for this year's ISRO Young Scientist Award
for her urban information system project in the North East.
1) Mizoram 2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya 4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) None of these Ans.) 3
49. The 46th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors was held in which of the
following Indian cities recently?
1) Mumbai 2) Bangalore
3) Chennai 4) Noida
5) None of these
Ans.) 4
50. The rising Indian shuttler, PV Sindhu, has entered into her maiden Grand Prix
Gold final in Kuala Lumpur. She defeated who amongst the following in the semifinals?
1) Juan Gu 2) Sapsiree Tearattanachai
3) Wang Yihan 4) LI Xuerui 5) None of these Ans.) 2