GK Quiz: General Awareness for IBPS PO and NICL AO Examination 2013

Ques.1. The Cabinet has recently approved formation of the Special Purpose Vehicle(SPV) for TAPI Pipeline Project. The SPV was proposed by Turkmenistan and has been approved by Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. Which of the following will work as SPV for the project?
1) TAPl Ltd
2) GAIL India Ltd
3) Dragon Oil
4) GAC Marine
5) None of these
TAPI Ltd.
Ques.2. The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a distributed computing project designed to hunt for a particular kind of prime number, has identified the world’s largest prime number yet. The new prime will have over…………….digits.
1) 13 million
2) 14 million
3) 16 million
4) 17 million
5) None of these
17 million
Ques.3. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief VK Saraswat recently announced developing Agni VI ballistic missile that will allow taking out several targets at a time with its MIRV capability. MIRV stands for
1) Multiple Integrated Targets Re-entry Vehicle
2) Moving Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
3) Multiple Indentified Targets Re-entry Vehicle
4) Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
5) None of these
Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
Ques.4. Which of the following committees/commissions was set up to suggest measures for effective implementation of Public Distribution System (PDS)?
1) Gadgil Committee
2) Ventakachaliah Commissiom
3) DP Wadhwa Committee
4) Kirit Parikh Committee
5) None of these
DP Wadhwa Committee
Ques.5. The IRDA has approved revised investment regulations for companies and now the LIC and other large private insurers are open to increase their exposure in equity in a given company from earlier 10 per cent to          per cent depending on the size of the controlled fund.
1) 12
2) 13
3) 15
4) 20
5) None of these
15
Ques.6. Finance Minister P Chidambaram launched the much-awaited Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme in Mumbai recently. Which of the following statements is/are correct about RGESS?
1) The scheme is aimed at encouraging new investors to put their money in the stock market.
2) The scheme announced in the Budget for 2012-13, seeks to provide tax benefits to first-time investors in stock market.
3) Under the scheme, an individual with an income of less than Rs 10 lakh would get tax incentives for  
investing up to Rs 50,000 in the stock market.
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
All 1), 2) and 3)
Ques.7. Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rashid Khan are the two potent players associated with which of the following games?
1) Golf
2) Squash
3) Billiards
4) Table Tennis
5) None of these
Golf
Ques.8. Samba is a popular form of dance famous as the dance of celebrations. Which of the following countries is known for this dance?
1) South Africa
2) Philippine
3) Brazil
4) Nigeria
5) None of these
Brazil
Ques.9. Who among the following is the author of the graphic novel ‘Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean’? The book is based on the first section of the Mahabharata.
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Ashwin Sanghi
3) Amruta Patil
4) S Hussain Zaidi
5) None of these
Amruta Patil
Ques.10. MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) begun trading in equities and equity derivatives from February 11. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the new stock exchange?
1) Its 40-stock index is named SX40.      2) It is the third full-fledged equity bourse after BSE and NSE.
3) Its Managing Director and Chief Executive is Joseph Massey.
4) Only 1) and 3)
5) All 1), 2) and 3)
All 1), 2) and 3)
Ques.11. Rohinton Nariman resigned as the solicitor general of India recently. Who among the following has been appointed the new solicitor general of India?
1) Mohan Parasaran
2) GR Rajagopaul
3) Abdul Rehman
4) Harish Salve
5) Abdul Rehman
Mohan Parasaran
Ques.12. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) unveiled its latest supercomputer recently which is capable of crunching data up to 524 teraflops, about 10 times faster than the previous supercomputer. Name the latest supercomputer.
1) Param Yuva-I 2) Param Yuva-II
3) Param Yuva-III           4) Param Yuva-IV
5) None of these
Param Yuva II
Ques.13. The World Radio Day is observed on which of the following dates? The United Nations Radio was established in 1946 on this date.
1) 13th February            2) 14th February
3) 15th February            4) 16th February
5) None of these
13th February
Ques.14. India’s first geothermal power plant is going to be established in the newly formed
Balrampur district of state/UT-
1) Chandigarh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Bihar
4) Puducherry
5) U.P.
Chhattisgarh
Ques.15.  Which of the following becomes the country’s first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) under the Non Banking Finance Company (NBFC) `
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
2) National Housing Bank of India (NHB)
3) India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. (IIFC)
4) India Infra Debt Ltd. (Infradebt)
5) Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI)
India Infra Debt Ltd.
Ques.16. SEBI approves India's first social venture fund which was launched by the organisation-
1) Vedanta Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
2) Info Edge (India) Ltd.
3) Incube Ventures Pvt. Ltd
4) Kochhar & Co.
5) None of These
Incube Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
Ques.17. Who among the following took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)?
1) Nanda Nilekani
2) Sam Pitroda
3) J. Hari Narayana
4) T. S. Vijayan
5) None of these
T.S Vijayan
Ques.18. Almost three years after it was first promised in the Union Budget of 2010-11, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed all private and public sector companies to apply for bank licences. Who among the following is the last player to have been issued a licence earlier?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Aditya Birla group
4) Yes Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
Yes Bank
Ques.19. Which of the following commissions is investigating illegal mining in different states?
1) Justice Chandrasekariah Commission
2) Justices KS Radhakrishnan and Madan B Lokur Commission
3) Justice OP Bhatt Commission
4) Justice MB Shah Commission
5) None of these
Justice MB Shah Commission
Ques.20. The National Science Day is observed in the honour of Nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, which he announced in 1928.National Science Day is observed on
1) February 27
2) March 1
3) February 28
4) March 3
5) February 26
February 28
Ques.21. Who amongst the following is the author of the book titled ‘Economic Policies and India’s Reform Agenda: New Thinking’?
1) Subir Gokarn
2) C Rangarajan
3) YV Reddy
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Duvvuri Subbarao
YV Reddy
Ques.22.  Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in order to curb the menace of insider trading, has set up a new committee headed by
1) Justice Kriti Singh
2) Justice. N.K. Sodhi
3) Justice Mohit Shah
4) Justice Arun Mishra
5) Justice D. Murugesan
Justice NK Sodhi
Ques.23. A committee which has been constituted by the centre to examine the legal position and look at the entire process of film clearances, is led by
1) Justice KS Radhakrishnan
2) Justice G S Singhvi
3) Justice Mukul Mudgal           
4) Justice Madan B Lokur
5) None of these
justice Mukul Mudgal
Ques.24. The memoir, “The Test of My Life”, is based on the life of        
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Yuvraj Singh
3) MS Dhoni
4) Virat Kohli
5) None of these
Yuvraj Singh
Ques.25. Which of the following is NOT a banking related term? 
1) Creditor
2) Outstanding amount
3) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate
4) Explicit Guarantee
5) Centre Pass

Centre Pass

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