101.Major producer of mulberry silk in India is (1)Jammu and Kashmir (2)Jharkhand (3)Karnataka (4)Assam (5)Himachal Pradesh 102.We come across the term ‘PPP’ in financial news nowadays. What does ‘PPP’ represent ? (1)Personal Percapita Power (2)Private Public Partnership (3) Percapita Potential for Purchases (4)Present Purchasing Power (5)Pure Purchase Parity 103.Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in newspapers. What is the full form of ‘ECB’ ? (1)Essential Commercial Banking (2)European Credit Borrowing (3)External Credit for Business (4)External Commercial Borrowing (5)None of these 104.What is meant by financial inclusion ? (1)Making available banking services at an affordable cost (2)Opening Savings Accounts in rural areas without any deposit (3)Opening any type of account without introduction (4)Distributing money through rural branches (5)Distributing wages through bank accounts 105.Which one of these countries is the largest producer of milk products in the world ? (1)USA(2)China (3)India(4)New Zealand (5) None of these 106.Which of the following is the most important rabi crop of India ? (1)Rice(2)Millet (3)Sugarcane(4)Groundnut (5) Mustard 107.Who is the regulatory authority for insurance business in India ? (1)RBI(2)IRDP (3)SEBI(4)NABARD (5) IRDA 108.What is money laundering ? (1)Conversion of assets into cash (2)Conversion of illegally obtained money into accountable money (3)Conversion of assets into cash (4)Conversion of gold into cash (5)None of these 109.Golden revolution refers to the development of which of the following agricultural products ? (1)Oilseeds (2)Pulses (3)Horticultural products (4)Cereals (5)Fodder 110.Which programme was launched by Government of India to improve irrigation facilities in rural India ? (1)Annapurna Scheme (2)National Social Assistance Programme (3)Integrated Rural Development Programme (4)Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (5)National Watershed Development Programme 111.Montek Singh Ahluwalia is holding which of the following positions at present ? (1)Chairman of Planning Commission (2)Governor of RBI (3)Secretary of UNO (4)Economic Adviser to Prime Minister (5)Dy. Chairman of Planning Commission 112.Bird flu is a disease which affects and spreads through (1)Cattle(2)Sheep (3)Prawn(4)Silkworm (5) Poultry 113.Which country won the Davis Cup Tennis Tournament 2011 held in December 2011 ? (1)Argentina(2)USA (3)Australia(4)Jaipur (5) Spain 114.Who among the following cricketers recently became the 10 Batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket ? (1)Mahela Jayawardene (2)Vijay Zol (3)Yuvraj Singh (4)Younis Khan (5)Umar Akmal 115.The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Summit took place in December 2011 in (1)Tokyo(2)Moscow (3)New Delhi(4) Paris (5) Perth 116.Who represented India in the 12th Consecutive Annual India-Russia Summit held in December 2011 ? (1)Smt. Pratibha Patil (2)Manmohan Singh (3)Smt. Sonia Gandhi (4)Sri S.M. Krishna (5)None of these 117.Which of the following currencies is used in Britain ? (1)Pound(2) Dollar , (3) Euro(4) France (5)Pesso 118.Which of the following cups/ trophies is associated with the game of Football ? (1)Grand Prix (2)Rangaswami Cup (3)- Wimbledon Trophy (4)FIFA Cup (5)Ranji Trophy 119.The head office of the Bank of Maharashtra is located in which of the following cities ? (1) Kolkata(2) New Delhi (3) Pune(4) Ahmedabad (5)Mumbai 120.Which country hosted the summit of SAARC nations in the year 2011 ? (1)India (2)Bangladesh (3)Nepal * (4)Maldives (5)Pakistan 121.Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics ? (1)Balance of Trade (2)Break Even Point (3)Plasma (4)Capital Account Convertibility (5)Fiscal Deficit 122.“Carbon credit” is concerned with which one of these international sensitive issues ? (1)Deforestation (2)Contract farming (3)Rural infrastructure (4)Diamond trading (5)Protection of environment 123.Which of the following terms is used in the game of cricket ? (1)Half Nelson (2)Love (3)Backhand Drive (4)Penalty Stroke (5)Clean Bowled 124.India recently signed a Currency Swap Agreement with which of the following countries ? (1)USA (2)Pakistan (3)Japan (4)Germany (5)Australia 125.What is the full form of the term ASBA ? (1)Allotment Supported by Blocked Amount (2)Application Supported by Bank Amount (3)Allotment Supported by Bank Account (4)Application Supported by Blocked Amount (5)Allotment and Social Banking Amount 126.Dipika Pallikal who won an international tournament recently in Hong Kong is a (1)Golf player (2)Badminton player (3)Squash player (4)Swimmer (5)Table Tennis player 127.The term “Deficit Financing” means the Government borrows money from the (1)IMF (2)Local bodies (3)RBI (4)Large corporates (5)Public at large 128.Regional Rural Banks (1)have limited area of operation and access to refinance from NABARD. (2)are required to lend only to weaker sections. (3)are mandated to do only narrow banking (4)can only extend agricultural loans. (5)have unrestricted area of operation. 129.Ms Christine Lagarde is holding which of the following positions at present ? (1) Chief of Asian Development Bank \2) Chief of International Monetary Fund (3)Chancellor of Germany (4)Chief of Morgan Stanley (5)Chief of World Bank 130.What is the present reverse repo rate ? (1)7.5% (2)8.5% (3)8% (4)6.5% (5)None of these 131.General Assembly elections were held in which of the following North East state in January 2012 ? (1)Assam (2)Meghalaya (3)Arunachal Pradesh« (4)Manipur (5)Tripura 132.What is the full form of the term FDI (1)Foreign Direct Investment (2)Foreign Diverse Investment (3)Fixed Deposit Investment (4)Floating Deposit Investment (5)Financial Derivatives in India 133.The erstwhile UTI Bank is presendy known as (1)ING Yysya Bank (2)Yes Bank (3)Indus Ind Bank (4)Axis Bank (5)IDBI 134.Which of the following telecom giants recently won its case against the Income Tax Department ? (1)Bharti Airtel (2)Vodafone (3)Idea Cellular .(4)Reliance Communications (5) Tata Telecom 135.Which of the following countries recendy attained the status of world’s sixth largest economy ? (1)Russia (2)Japan (3)China (4)India (5)Brazil 136.Which of the following countries decided to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol ? (1)Canada (2)Russia (3)India (4)USA (5)China 137.Which of the following is not a Banking or Finance Company ? (1)Barclay (2)Lufthansa (3)BNP Paribas (4)American Express (5)HSBC 138.India and Russia were having some differences over which of the following nuclear power plants ? (1) Kaiga(2) Kudankulam (3) Rawatbhata(4) Narora (5) None of these 139.Excise Duty is a tax levied on which of the following ? (1)Production of goods (2)Purchase of goods (3)Export of goods (4)Movement of goods beyond municipal limits (5)Sale of goods 140.India and Pakistan started fresh talks on conventional CBM - was the news in all major newspapers. What does the letter ‘M’ denote in the term ‘CBM’ as used above ? (1)Money(2)Mechanism (3)Modalities(4)Measures (5) Memorial 141.Which of the following is the unit of electrical current ? (1)Bar(2)Calorie (3)Ampere(4)Decibel (5) Angstrom 142.‘Global Meet on Emerging Economies’ was organised in December 2011 in (1) New Delhi(2) Dhaka (3) Islamabad(4) Kathmandu (5) Cape Town 143.Which of the following awards is given to the coaches of sportspersons ? (1)Kalidas Samman (2)Dronacharya Award (3)Arjuna Award (4)Dada Saheb Phalke Award (5)Saraswati Samman 144.Which of the following countries recently agreed to sell Uranium to India ? (1) Australia(2) USA (3) Iran(4) Germany (5) Bangladesh 145.Which of the following schemes launched by the Government of India is aimed at developing rural infrastructure ? (1)MNREGA (2)ASHA (3)Bharat Nirman (4)Operation Flood (5)Operation Black board 146.Who among the following is a famous sports person ? (1) Dhanush(2) Saina Nehwal (3) Charles Correa (4) Ajit Singh (5) Kim Jong-un 147.Speed of a ship is expressed in (1) Kilometre(2) Horse power (3)Ohm(4)Knot (5)Coulomb 148.USA and some other European countries recently imposed fresh sanctions on which of the following countries as they are not in favour of its nuclear advancement ? (1) Iraq(2)Pakistan (3)India(4)Iran (5)Kuwait 149.Who among the following has written book ‘Dr. Zhivago’ ? (1) Pearl S. Buck (2) H.G. Wells (3)Saul Bellow (4) Emile Zola (5)Boris Pasternak 150.Yoshihiko Noda who was on a visit to India recendy is the present Prime Minister of (1) Myanmar(2)SouthKorea (3)NorthKorea (4) Japan (5)None of these ANSWERS
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