GENERAL AWARENESS SET 2

1. Name the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was named the winner of one of the world's leading religion prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012 by the John Templeton Foundation on 29 March 2012.

(A) The Dalai Lama

(B) Tawakkol Karman

(D) Baba Ram Dev

2. US Senate on 30 March 2012 confirmed career diplomat as ambassador to India. Identify the person in question.

(A) William Clark, Jr.

(B) Albert Peter Burleigh

(D) Nancy Powell

3. Amadou Toumani Toure, who was ousted from his position following a military coup, was the president of

(A) Tunisia

(B) Azerbaijan

(D) Maldives

4. Which of the following nationalized bank on 1 April 2012 appointed D Sarkar as chairman and

Managing Director

(A) Indian Bank

(B) Allahabad Bank

(D) Canara Bank

5. Volkswagen launched the new IPL edition of Vento and Polo. Volkswagen is a carmaker headquartered in

(A) South Korea

(B) Italy

(D) Germany

6. NKP Salve who passed away on 1 April 2012 was the president of BCCI, when the Indian cricket team won the cricket world cup in .

(A) 1987

(B) 1996

(D) 1983

7. Geeta Poghat, who on 1 April 2012 qualified for London Olympics 2012 belongs to which of the following sports?

(A) Wrestling

(B) Boxing

(D) Weight-Lifting

8. Union Power Ministry did not approve of the gas price pooling mechanism within the power sector as proposed by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.With reference to the statement which of the following facts are not true?

1. The Power Ministry deemed the pooling price mechanism with 7 mmscmd of additional RLNG

to be non-workable

2. As per the Power Ministry the pool proposed to be formed could only envisage 20-25 per cent of

RLNG with 75-80 per cent of domestic gas

3. Petroleum Ministry specifically stated that no new power plants will be considered for gas allocation till 2019-20

4. Until 2013-14, only around 7 mmscmd of RLNG is expected to be imported due to infrastructure constraints

(A) Only 1

(B) 2 & 3

(D) Only 2

9. The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on 28 March 2012 fixed the issue price for the

National Buildings Construction Corporation's public offer at what amount per share?

(A) Rs 100 per share

(B) Rs 106 per share

(D) Rs 115 per share

10. Following RBI's decision to hike bank rate, the Food Ministry increased the interest rate on loans provided to sugar factories from the Sugar Development Fund (SDF) to what per cent from the earlier 4% from 14 February 2012?

(A) 7%

(B) 7.5%

(D) 8.8%

11. Finance ministry concerned over the steep rise in bad loans, set up a committee to suggest sector-specific mechanisms to address rising issue. With respect to the statement which of the following statement is not true?

1. The ministry decided to set up the committee after rating agency Moody’s downgraded the Union Bank of India one notch on 19 March 2012 due to its high level of troubled assets and low provisions for coverage

2. The committee will have representation from the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India and some banks.

3. Finance Minister in Budget 2012-13 allowed $1-billion external commercial borrowing (ECB) for the airline industry for one year, and allowed foreign debt to part- finance rupee debt taken by power companies and also for affordable housing.

4. Rise in bad loans affected farm sector lending as well. In November 2010, the share of farm loans was 13.10%, and dropped to 9.18% in November 2011

(A) 1 & 3

(B) Only 3

(D) Only 1

12. Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy rolled back the railway fare hike as proposed by Dinesh Trivedi in the first Union Rail Budget 2012-13 presented on 14 March 2012. Which of the following statement is not true with respect to the roll back?

1. Roy withdrew the hike for second class suburban and non-suburban, and sleeper class travel fare by 2 paise, 3 paise and 5 paise per km

2. All railway reform measures suggested by Trivedi such as setting up of an independent tariff regulator, restructuring of Railway Board on professional lines, and creation of posts of Member PPP and Member Safety was also ignored

3. Roy's budget paved the way for the cash-strapped railways to earn a mere Rs 450 crore from increased passenger fares instead of Rs 1000 crore that Trivedi budgeted

4. Following the rollback proposed by Roy the railways can now generate only Rs 1000 crore more.

(A) 2 & 4

(B) Only 3

(D) Only 4

13. Union government raised interest rates on post office-operated small savings like Monthly

Income Scheme (MIS) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) by what per cent in March 2012?

(A) O.5%

(B) 1.1%

(D) 1.75%

14. Marathi poet and Sahitya Akademi awardwinner, Manik Godghate passed away in Pune on 26

March 2012 after battling liver cancer for a year. For which of his work did he receive the Sahitya

Akademi Award in 2012?

(A) Waryane Halte Raan

(B) Sandhyakalchya Kavita

(D) Sandhyaparvatil Vaishnavi

15. Name the Tamil author who was announced the winner of the Saraswati Samman 2011 by K K Birla Foundation announced on 22 March 2012 for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum.

(A) Dhanushkodi Ramasamy

(B) Jeyamohan

(D) A A Manavalan

16. Which legendary versatile Bengali actor was on 21 March 2012 selected for India's highest film honour - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012?

(A) Prasanjeet Chatterjee

(B) Soumitra Chatterjee

(D) Suvendu Chakroborty

17. Report of the probe by the income-tax department into the allegations that relatives of former chief justice had amassed huge wealth during his tenure was submitted on 12 March 2012 to the Supreme Court. Identify the CJI in question.

(A) KG Balakrishnan

(B) R.C. Lahoti

(D) B.N. Kripal

18. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during his tour of Maharashtra's Satara district announced on 11 March 2012 a national award for sanitation and water in the name of which of the following Maharashtrian saints?

(A) Bhaktha Pundarikar

(B) Sant Gadge Baba

(D) Bhaktha Goma Bai

19. The Chief Election Commissioner of India, on 17 march 2012 lead a delegation to Amman in response to an invitation by the Prime Minister of Jordan, to explore modalities of supporting Jordan’s electoral process against the backdrop of political reforms. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

(A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

(B) S M Krishna

(D) Dr. Manmohan Singh

20. Defence Minister AK Antony inaugurated the 36th DRDO Directors’ Conference on 19 March

2012. What was the theme of the conference?

(A) Self-Reliance Strategy in Globalised World

(B) World Disarmament Strategy

(D) Information Warfare / Electronic Warfare

ANSWERS

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.C 5.D

6.D 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.B

11.C 12.B 13.A 14.A 15.D

16.B 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.A

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