1. Which of the following terms is used in the field of
finance and banking?
(A) Metabolism
(B) Genetic process
(C) Centrifugal force
(E) Experimental Error
2. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) launched with a
corpus of ~ 1000 crore will help which of the following groups of society?
(A) Bank Employees
(B) Central & State Government Employees
(C) Workers of the unorganized sectors
(D) War widows
(E) Women employees engaged in textile industry
3. Which of the following tools is used frequently by the
RBI to control credit and monetary situations of the markets in the country?
(A) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
(B) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
(C) Balance of Trade
(D) Forward Rate Agreements
(E) Electronic Clearing Service
4. What is the full form of the term 'PDS' which is a
channel of distribution of foodgrains and other essentials to poor people on
subsidized rates?
(A) Public Distribution System
(B) Potential Development System
(C) Profitable Distribution Source
(D) Public Development Syndication
(E) Public Distribution Stores
5. Which of the following is one of the core functions of
the Reserve Bank of India?
(A) To act as Tax collector of the Govt. of India
(B) Work as Banker to the Banks
(C) Help in finalization of the Union Budget
(D) Participate in annual meetings of the various financial
institutes world wide
(E) None of these
6. Sri B. C. Khanduri has become the Chief Minister of which
of the following States for the second term?
(A) Orissa
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Uttarakhand
(E) Chhattisgarh
7. Women of which of the following countries got voting
rights in General Elections for the first time?
(A) China
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Pakistan
(D) Nepal
(E) Saudi Arabia
8. Northern Rashidpur Field, where a huge stock of gas is
found, is a place in-
(A) Pakistan
(B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka
(E) India
9. Who among the following is the first recipient of the
Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award presented in September 2011?
(A) Asha Bhosle
(B) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) Sonu Nigam
(D) Kailash Kher
(E) Anu Malik
10. Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt has become the first woman
Prime Minister of-
(A) New Zealand
(B) Malaysia
(C) Denmark
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these
11. Which of the following phenomenon is considered
responsible for 'Global Warming'?
(A) Greenhouse Effect
(B) Fire in coal mines
(C) Dry Farming
(D) Monsoon
(E) Trade winds
12. Who is J. Hari Narayan?
(A) Chairman IRDA
(B) Chairman SEBI
(C) Chairman, Coal India
(D) Member, Planning Commission
(E) None of these
13. Eminent Author, Chandrashekhar Kambar has been chosen
for Jnanpith Award for the year
2010. In which one of the following languages does he write?
(A) Urdu
(B) Tamil
(C) Kannada
(D) Hindi
(E) Punjabi
14. Which one of the following honorary ranks has been
conferred on MS Dhoni by the President
Mrs. Pratibha Patil?
(A) Major
(B) Colonel
(C) Lt. Colonel
(D) Lt. General
(E) None of these
15. Salman Khurshid is Minister incharge of which of the
following Ministries in Union Cabinet?
(A) Coal
(B) Environment
(C) Corporate Affairs
(D) Law
(E) None of these
16. Expand the term 'MAT'-
(A) Minimum Add-on Tax
(B) Maximum Add-on Tax
(C) Minimum Alternate Tax
(D) Maximum Alternate Tax
(E) None of these
17. Gagan Narang is associated with which one of the
following sports?
(A) Shooting
(B) Boxing
(C) Swimming
(D) Golf
(E) Badminton
18. Standard and Poor's had reduced the Credit rating of
which one of the following countries a few months back?
(A) Ireland
(B) Portugal
(C) Greece
(D) Italy
(E) USA
19. Which is a popular name in the field of Banking?
(A) Dr. K. C. Chakraborty
(B) Shri Sachin Pilot
(C) Ms. Uma Bharati
(D) Shri Kamal Nath
(E) None of these
20. With which one of the following fields is Somdev
Oevvarman associated?
(A) Literature
(B) Cinema
(C) Medical
(D) Politics
(E) Sports
ANSWERS:
1.(D) 2.(C) 3.(A) 4.(A)
5.(B)
6.(D) 7.(E) 8.(C) 9.(B)
10.(C)
11.(A) 12.(A) 13.(C)
14.(C) 15.(D)
