1. Who is India’s permanent representative to United Nations?

(a) Hardeep Singh Puri 

(b) M.K. Agnihotri

(c) Vijay Pasricha 

(d) None of these

Ans :a

2. Who is the principal scientific advisor to Government of India?

(a) R. Chidambaram 

(b) V.K. Saraswat

 (c) T.K. Thomas 

(d) None of these

Ans – a

3. Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?

(a) Balraj Madhok 

(b) A.K. Bajaj

(c) Shivran Puri

 (d) None of these

Ans – b

4. Who is the Deputy National Security Advisor?

(a) Shiv Shankar Menon 

(b) M.K. Narayanan

(c) Shekhar Dutt 

(d) None of these

Ans:c

5. Aligarh Muslim University is going to set its new campus at:

(a) Saharanpur

 (b) Meerut

(c) Murshidabad 

(d) Azamgarh

Ans-c

6. Who is the new Chairperson of National Commission for Backward classes?

(a) M.N. Rao

(b) T.K. Maken

(c) Ram Singh Senbar

(d) None of these

Ans-a

7. Who is the Chairperson of 19th Law Commission?

(a) P.V. Reddy 

(b) A.K. Lakshmanan

 (c) K.R. Kurup

 (d) None of these

Ans-a

8. Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?

(a) Buta Singh 

(b) M.K. Kurup

(c) Shanta Sinha 

(d) Dheeraj Rohatgi

Ans:c

9. Mini Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in October 2010 was held at:

(a) Cape Town

 (b) Durban

(c) Johannesburg 

(d) None of these

Ans: b

10. G-8 summit in June 2010 was held at:

(a) Ontario 

(b) Vancouver

(c) Huntsville 

(d) Quebec

Ans:-c

11. Who is the CEO of Twitter?

(a) Dick Costello 

(b) Jorma Olila (c) Allan Bolt 

(d) None of these

Ans-a

12. Which country topped the Global Peace Index Report in 2010?

(a) New Zealand

(b) Iceland

 (c) Denmark

(d) Sweden

Ans-a

13. Who of the following is the recipient of Turner Prize 2010?

(a) Alex Rodriques

(b) Sergie Bryan

(c) Susan Philipsz

 (d) None of these

Ans-c

14. Who is the Chairperson of Railway Board?

(a) Vivek Sahay

 (b) J P Batra

(c) D P Aggarwal

(d) None of these

Ans-a

15. Who of the following is the recipient of Cervantes Prize 2010?

(a) John Stocker

 (b) Ana Maria

(c) C Andrew Stephen

 (d) None of these

Ans-b

16. Who founded the Telangana Praja Front in October 2010?

(a) G V Rao

 (b) K Chandrashekhar Rao

(c) N Srinivas

(d) None of these

Ans-a

17. M. B. Shah Commission is related to:

(a) Illegal mining

(b) Agricultural Statistics

 (c) Microfinance Institutions

(d) None of these

Ans-a

18. Who is the secretary General of Rajya Sabha?

(a) T.K. Vishwanathan

(b) Vivek Agnihotri

(c) V.K. Gupta

(d) None of these

Ans-b

19. What is RBI’s share in NABARD equity currently?

a. 99%

b. 51%

c. 49%

d. 1%

Ans:d. 1%

20.   is the indirect tax that registered maximum growth during the first half of 2010-11

a. Excise duty

b. Custom duty

c. Service tax

d. None of the above

Ans:  b. Custom duty

21. India recently signed a Line of Credit Agreement worth $ 1 billion with

a. Germany

b. Australia

c. Malaysia

d. Indonesia

Ans:  a. Germany

22. Which of the following key rate of RBI was highest among all as on November 2, 2010?

a. Repo rate

b. Reverse repo rate

c. Bank rate

d. Cash reserve ratio

Ans:a. Repo rate

23. US recently announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history worth about $ 60 billion to which country?

a. Kuwait

b. Saudi Arabia

c. Pakistan

d. Afghanistan

Ans: b. Saudi Arabia

24. Who among the following did not bag the Nobel Prize 2010 for Economics?

a. Christopher Pissarides

b. Peter Diamond

c. Dale Mortensen

d. Akira Suzuki

Ans: d. Akira Suzuki

25. Among the following, who did not fi gure in the Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list?

a. Indra Nooyi

b. Chanda Kochhar

c. Savitri Jindal

d. Shikha Sharma

Ans: c. Savitri Jindal

26. The direct tax that registered negative growth during the first half of 2010-11 is

a. Corporate tax

b. Income tax

c. Wealth tax

d. Securities transaction tax

Ans: d. Securities transaction tax

27.   is not a financial regulator.

a. IRDA

b. PFRDA

c. AMFI

d. SEBI

Ans: c. AMFI

28. The Indian rupee symbol is based on which script?

a. Roman

b. Devnagri

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Ans: c. Both a and b

29. The Nobel Prize in Economics 2010 was shared by how many  economists?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

Ans: b. 3

30. Indentify  the Indian state that was the fi  rst to introduce Public Service Guarantee Act 2010.

a. Gujarat

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Haryana

d. Bihar

Ans:  b. Madhya Pradesh

31. Who won the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ title at Economic Times Corporate Excellence

Awards 2010?

a. R. C. Bhargava(Maruti Suzuki)

b. Mukesh Ambani (RIL)

c. Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank)

d. Ratan Tata (Tata Group)

Ans: c. Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank)

32. The Union Government has declared   as the ‘National Heritage  nimal’  recently.

a. Tiger

b. Elephant

c. Lion

d. Camel

Ans:a. Elephant

33. India was ranked   in the Global Hunger Index released by IFPRI in October 2010.

a. 67th

b. 69th

c. 71st

d. 74th

Ans: a. 67th

34. The new chief of National Green Tribunal, constituted in October 2010 is

a. S. K. Puri

b. Anil K. Pandey

c. Lokeshewar Singh

d. Y. S. Dadwal

Ans:  c. Lokeshewar Singh

35. The Goods and Service (GST) proposed to be introduced in 2011 is likely to cover

a. Trade, Sales tax

b. Service, Trade tax

c. Service, Excise, Sales tax

d. Excise, Service, VAT tax

Ans: d. Excise, Service, VAT tax

36. India is exploring Shale gas reserves with which country?

a. France

b. Germany

c. United Kingdom

d. USA

Ans: d. USA

37. Who won the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award 2010 for excellence in public administration academia

and management?

a. Arvind Kezeriwal

b. Aruna Roy

c. Kapil Sibal

d. Zia Modi

Ans: b. Aruna Roy

38. The first World Statistics Day was celebrated on

a. October 17, 2010

b. October 18, 2010

c. October 19, 2010

d. October 20, 2010

Ans: d. October 20, 2010

39.Is not a part of the TAPI gas pipeline project.

a. India

b. Afghanistan

c. Turkmenistan

d. Pakistan

Ans: b. Afghanistan

40. The two-day summit of Finance Ministers of G-20 nations was held in which country?

a. China

b. India

c. South Korea

d. Canada

Ans: c. South Korea

41. Name the chairman of the high level infra finance committee formed by the Indian

Government.

a. Y. K. Alagh

b. Y. B. Reddy

c. C. Rangrajan

d. Rakesh Mohan

Ans:d. Rakesh Mohan

42. ‘Udyami’, a newly inaugurated helpline assists

a. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises

b. Large capital industries

c. Only female entrepreneurs

d. Farmers introducing technology in farming

Ans: a. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises

43. What is the term ‘Smart Money’ used for?

a. FDRs in Banks

b. Demand Drafts

c. Credit Cards

d. Internet Banking

Ans:c. Credit Cards

44. Companies are required to list shares within   days of the closure of the Initial Public Offers (IPOs), as per the new guidelines issued by SEBI.

a. 9

b. 12

c. 15

d. 18

Ans:b. 12

45. According to Census 2001, what is the percentage of urban population in India?

a. 26.7

b. 27.1

c. 27.8

d. 28.6

Ans: c. 27.8

46. India is placed at   position, out of 169 countries, in the ‘Medium  Human Development’ category classified by Human Development Report

2010.

a. 116th

b. 117th

c. 118th

d. 119th

Ans: d. 119th

47. Name the country that tops the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Human Development Report 2010.

a. Norway

b. United States

c. Australia

d. New Zealand

Ans: a. Norway

48. What is the number of Finance Commissions set up till date?

a. 11

b. 12

c. 13

d. 14

Ans: c. 13

49. RBI did not alter   in its review of monetary policy 2010-11 on November 2, 2010.

a. Only CRR

b. Only Bank Rate

c. Repo and Reverse Repo Rates

d. Both CRR and Bank Rate

Ans: d. Both CRR and Bank Rate

50. The per capita income in India stands at   (as per the revised estimated data for 2009-10)

a. Rs. 40,000

b. Rs. 44,354

c. Rs. 47,690

d. Rs. 48,356

Ans: b. `44,354

51. Identify the private telecom operator that was the first to introduce 3G services in India.

a. Vodafone

b. Docomo

c. Airtel

d. Aircel

Ans: b. Docomo

52. Foodgrains production stood at   million tonnes for the year 2009-10, as per the 4th advance estimates.

a. 218.20

b. 218.25

c. 218.50

d. 218.75

Ans: a. 218.20