Wednesday, April 11, 2012

TEST: CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. State Government of Tamil Nadu has recently banned a movie named Dam 999. This movie is believed to be based on the disputed dam between two states. What are the names of the states?
(a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

2. Which Chinese General has been awarded by Pakistan with Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military)?
(a) Wen Jiabao (b)JiaQinglin
(c) General Hou Shusen (d) Wu Bangguo

3. Which Bank has received the 'most socially responsive bank 2011'?
(a) Canara Bank (b) Yes Bank
(c) Punjab National Bank (d) UCO Bank

4. Which rocket hoisted the NASA's the . curiosity Rover, rocketed towards Mars recently?
(a) Tiagong (b) Atlas 5 (c) Soyuz 2 (d) None

5. In which city Golf World Cup finals were held in the year 2011?
(a) Haikou (b) California (c) Los Angeles (d) None

6. Which of the following is the only Stock Exchange in India to offer facility to trade on three trading platforms?
(a) Bombay Stock Exchange
(b) Calcutta Stock Exchange
(c) Delhi Stock Exchange
(d) None of the above

7. Which Company GVK Biosciences has entered into alliance with?
(a) Acry Med (b) Moulder Centre for Drug Discovery
(c) Pfizer (d) Axial Biotech

8. Which leading Research Firm scaled down India's GDP forecast to 7.8 for 2011-12 from the earlier forecast of 7.9?
(a) RNB Research (b) CMIE
(c) Economic Research India Ltd (d) None of the above

9. Which bank is the biggest issuer of credit cards in India?
(a) HDFC (b) Yes Bank (c) ICICI (d) HSBC

10. Which Pharma company launched the generic any Lipitor in the US stores in the year 2011 ?
(a)Ranbaxy (b) Pfizer (c) Cognizant (d) None

11. The ministry of communication does not support a spectrum return policy for new entrants like
(a) Videocon (b) Etisalat DBC
(c) Loop Mobile (d) All of the above

12. Which financial body's operations has been cancelled by RBI recently?
(a) Bharat Urban Co-op Bank (b)HDFC
(c) Gurgaon Gramin Bank
(d) Non-banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs)

13. In which city was annual Hombill festival held in the year 2011 ?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Kohima (c) Nnida (d) Darjeeling

14. Which of the following recommen- dations of Khandelwal Committee have been deffered by the Government?
(a) Wage negotiation (b) Variable pay
(c) Increase in welfare fund and incentive for top management and other staff
(d)AII of the above

15. Which of these Audit firms is not included in the combo, which will split up under a draft of European Union Law?
(a) Ernst and Young (b) Deloitte
(c) KPMG . (d) Touche Ross

16. Which of the following banks has the largest the ATM network in India?
(a)SBI (c) ICICI (b) Axis Bank (d)HDFC

17. Which of the following Central Banks joined act to save European Union Debt crisis?
(a) Bank of Canada (b) Bank of England
(c) Bank of japan (d) All of the above

18. Which political party has launched 'Save UP' Campaign?
(a) Trinamool Congress (b) Bhartiya janta Party (BjP)
(c) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
(d) Samajwadi Party (SP)

19. Which of the following Infrastructure Company is building Maldives' largest Airport?
(a)GMR (b)DynCorp (c) Odyssey (d) BAE System

20. Which Company has launched . Generic Lipitor other than Ranbaxy?
(a) Watson (b) Pfizer (c) Cognizant (d) None

21. ............. Policy aimed at removing disparity in taxation and pricing of various fibres in the country has been embedded in the 12th Five Year Plan.
(a) National Fibre (b) New Exim Policy
(c) jute Trade Policy (d) None of the above

22. Which of the following is/are included in the rescue efforts taken by EU to fight the EU Debt Crisis?
(a) EU Ministers agreed on a plan to guarantee up to 30 of new bonds issues from troubled government.
(b) EU will develop investment vehicles to intervene in bond markets.
(c) EFSF can now issue short term bills and use Government bonds for repo deals.
(d) All of the above

23. Who coined the acronym BRIC@ Brazil, Russia, India and China?
(a) Boris Gryzlov (b)Marco Maia
(c)JimO'Neill (d) None of the above

24. Who has been named as the European Top investment Banker of the year 2011?
(a) Anshujain (b) Anil Jain
(c) KV Kamath (d) None of the above

25. Which rating firm assigned a stable tag to Indian banks indicating that a downgrade is unlikely in the next 18-24 months?
(a) Standard and Poor's (S & P) (b) Fitch
(c) Moody's (d) None of the above

26. The President Pratibha Paul constituted a 12 member committee to study and recommend measures for increasing productivity, profitably and sustainability of the Agriculture Sector in India. Under whose chairmanship will this committee work?
(a) Virbhadra Singh (b)Shivraj Patil
(c)Jitendra Singh (d) Sonia Gandhi

27. Which of the following Sewage Treatment Plants will be rehabilitated under the i Phase-3 Yamuna Action Plan?
(a) Kondii (c) Okhia (b) Rithala (d) All of these

28. Which of the following International Agencies is providing financial help to the Phase-3 Yamuna Action Plan?
(a) Russian International Co-operation Agency
(b) China International Co-operation Agency
(c) Japan . International Co-operation Agency (JICA) (d) Bangladesh International Co-operation Agency

29. Which of the following Banks has launched mobile bank accounts in association with Vodafone (M-paisa)?
(a) ICICI (b) HDFC (c) HSBC (d) Axis Bank

30. Which sports utility vehicle car did Toyota Motor Corporation introduce in 2011?.
(a) Toyota Fortuner II (b) F6 86 Coupe
(c) Toyota Yaris (d) Toyota Hiace

31. Who is the director of the movie 'The- Artist', This movie won the New York Critics Circle Award?
(a) Michael Hazanividus (b) Fred Zinneman
(c) Carmen Toscano (d) Andre Cagatte

32. What is the name of the diamond encrypted book, which was unveiled by Italian Luxury Automaker Ferrari in 2011?
(a) The Codex Leicester (b) The Greater Gatsby
(c) Corburetion (d) Enzo Diamante

33. Which movie won the special Jury Award at International Film Festival of India (IFFI)2011?
(a) WuXia (b) The Truth of Lie
(c) Adaminte Maken Abu (d) Outside Saten

34. Who won the Best Actor' (female) Award for her role in Russian Film 'Elena' at International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
(a) Chan Kit (b) Silvia Gerena
(c) Leonel Arancibia (d) Nadezhda Markina

35. Where was the 42th IFFI held?
. (a) Delhi (b) Goa (c) Mumbai (d) Bengaluru

36. What is the name of the screening tool developed to detect breast cancer in just 8 seconds?
(a) MARIA (b) NBCCED (c)PDQ (d) None

37. Who conducted the specialized Tennis Workshop-PTR (Professional Tennis Registry), held in New Delhi from November 29 to December 1,2011.
(a) Todd Martin (b) Dean Goldfire
(c) Dr Louis Cap (d) Brad Gilbert

38. Who has been appointed as head of Advisory Committee for investor protection and education fund by SEBI?
(a) KV Kamath (b) Abraham Koshi
(c)JayashreeVyas (d) Ramesh Narayan

39. Which car won India Top Gear Car of the year 2011, Award?
(a) BMW 6 (b) Nissan GTR
(c) Audi RS 5 (d) Nissan Juke R

40. On which financial services SEBI has imposed a penalty of ? 5 Lakhs?
(a) Biria Global Financial Limited
(b) L & T Finance Limited (c) Karvy Group
(d) Anand Rathi Financial Services

41. JBM India is entering into a collaboration with'. for research on solutions for differently abled a part of its university connect initiative.
(a) IIT-Delhi (c) IIT-Roorkee
(b) HT-Guwahati (d) IIT-Kanpur

42. Which funding Agency provided $ 48 million loan to Reliance Power for its solar energy project in Rajasthan?
(a) Axis Bank (b)HSBCBank (c) Asian Development Bank (d) None

43. Who is the Head of NACO'S ART Programme?
(a) Dr B B Rewari (b) Sayan Chatterjee
(c)NKJain (d) Lalit Kumar

44. Who among the following former President of Israel has been sentenced for 7 years in the rape case by the court?
(a) Chain Herzog (b) Yitzhak Navou
(c) Ezer Weizman (d) Moshe Katsav

45. The empowered committee to inspect the Mullaperiyar dam is headed by
(a) A S Anand (b) K T Thomas
(c) I C D Thatte (d) D K Mehta

46. Coal Ministry turned down ....... for ' scaling down current fiscal I 2011-2012 output target to 448 j million tonnes from 452 million tonnes.
(a) Tata Steel (b) Central Coalfields Limited
(c) Eastern Coalfields Limited (d) Coal India

47. The Global Hydraulic business of Wipro, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering has entered into a joint venturewith.............. toproducethe hydraulic pumps.
(a) Sapricorn (b) Kawasaki
(c) Invotech (d) Power Tag System Pvt Ltd

48. Which of the following won the Green Award (Clean Development Mechanism Award) for reducing emissions of polluting gases in New Delhi?
(a) Access Initiative (b)ONGC (c) DMRC (d) None

49. Which country emerged as the third largest purchaser of US arms with contract worth $ 4.5 billion in fiscal 2011-12?
(a) France (c) India (b) Pakistan (d) China

50. Which of the following changes are made in FDI regime for pharma- ceutical sector?
(a) All FDI into Indian pharmaceuticals sector is approved by the Government.
(b) The greenfield for investment in the sector will continue to be on approved route.
(c) Overall FDI limit, limit sector is to remain at 100.
(d) All of the above

51. Who amongst the following Illinois Governor was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment on corruption charges in the year 2011?
(a) George Ryan (b) Jim Edgar
(c) David Walker (d) Rod Blagojevich

52. Which of the following is a features of the bill approved by the senate of Brazil that reforms rules on the amount of land farmers must preserve as forest is/are correct?
(a) The bill allowed agriculture closer to environment fragile areas.
(b) The bill suspended fines for land cleared legally before 2008, if farmers sign up to replant trees over the next 20 years.
(c) The forest's along side rivers and lakes can be counted by farmers on their land as part of their conserved area.
(d) All of the above

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