General Awareness / Current Affairs April 2013

1. Veteran actor Pran Sikand has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012, and then who was the winner for 2011?
A. D. Rama Naidu      B. Soumitra Chatterjee                      

C. K. Balachander      D. Adoor Gopalakrishnan       E. None

d

2. What is the meaning of M in (AMT) ?

A. Membrane              B. Motor

C. Management                      D. Marketing   E. None

 a

3. Name the port which India is trying to complete so that it becomes a vital link to transport its goods to the war ravaged nation Afghanistan?
 A. Chabahar Port in Iran        B. Gwadar Port in Pakistan    C. Navlakhi Port in Gujarat

D. Manglore Port Karnataka               E. None

a

4. Which company has overtaken Bajaj Auto as the country's second largest two wheeler supplier?
A. Yamaha      B. Hero motors                       C.TVS Motors

 D. Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India                   E. None 

d

5. According to Supreme Court after Gujarat which will become second home for Gir lions to protect the endangered species?
A. Madhya Pradesh    B. Uttar Pradesh         C. Haryana    

D. Punjab        E. None

a

6. When world health day was celebrated recently?

A. 25 march    B. 30 march    C.  2nd april
D. 7th april       E. None

d

7. The Tagore award has been established by government of India, celebrating 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore, Who got the 1^st Tagore Award ?

A. Dwaram V. Naidu   B. Pandit  Ravi Sankar          C. L. Subramaniam

D. Subhankar Hazarika                      E. None

b

8. Nagas in Manipur recently celebrated their annual seed sowing festival unique to their culture. Can you name the festival?
A. Bihu                        B. Pongal        C. Lui-Ngai-Ni

D. Baisakhi      E.None

c

9. Which indigenously produced armed helicopter has been accorded the initial operational clearance, marking an important milestone in military aviation history in the country ?

A. Kali              B. Ravan         C. Indra                       D. Rudra         E. None

d

10. Which Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle put India-French satellite SARAL and six others into their precise orbits after its successful launch from the Sriharikota spaceport. ?

A. PSLV-C20  B.PSLV-C19   C.PSLV-C21   D.PSLV-C22   E.None

a

11. Newly released Sania Mirza AutoBiography  Book  is

A. Playing To Win       B. Against All Odds     C. The Green Room   D. My Vision

E. Me and Myself

b

12. Which of the following statements are correct about the Union Budget 2012-13 presented by the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee on March 16, 2012?
A. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana is restructured into National Rural Livelihoods Mission to provide self employment opportunities.
B. A sum of Rs.3915 crore was allocated for NRLM
C. An allocation of Rs. 750 crore was made for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
D. All the above
E. None of the Above

d

13. In which of the following states a new scheme called ‘Himmat’ will be introduced according to the Budget 2012-13 tabled in the Parliament on March 16,2012, to provide skill training to 100,000 youth in the next five years?
A. Jammu and Kashmir          B. Uttar Pradesh         C. West Bengal
D. Rajasthan   E. None

a

14. How much amount was allocated under MGNREGA in the budget 2012-13, tabled in the parliament on March 16, 2012, for providing jobs to below poverty line hose holds in rural areas?
A. Rs 36,000 crore
B. Rs 34,000 crore
C .Rs 33,000 crore
D .Rs 35,000 crore 

C

15.In the budget for 2012-13 presented in the parliament on March 16, 2012, the Gross Tax Receipts are estimated at
A. Rs 11, 76,823 crore
B. Rs 10, 87,622 crore
C. Rs 10, 77,612 crore
D. Rs 11, 71,071 crore 

C

16. Which of the following statements related to increase in passenger trains fare is correct?
A. 2 paisa per km for suburban and ordinary second class
B. 3 paisa per km for mail and express second class
C.  5 paisa per km for sleeper class
D.  All the above
E. Only A and B

D

17. Who has been appointed as Director General, National Human Rights Commission?
A. Dr. Ashok Sahu      B. Kanwalijit Deol        C. Krishna Kumar Shrivastava
D. Madhulata Sansi    E. None of these

E

18. Which state government has recently announced to set up Rural Administrative Service?
A. Bihar           B. West Bengal           C. Assam
D. Uttar Pradesh         E. None of these

c 

19. Who is the new Prime Minister of Belarus?
A.Ahmed Shafiq         B.  David Cameron
C. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed      D. Mikhail Myasnikovich
E. None of these

d

20. Who has been appointed as the BBC’s new Director General?
A. Karan Thapar         B. Jimmy Savile
C. George Entwistle    D. Tony Hall                E. None of these

d

21. Pranay Sahay has been appointed Director General, ——.
A. Assam Rifles
B. RPF
C. NCC
D. ITBP
E.  CRPF

e

22. Who have been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund?
A. Narasimhan Ram and T.N. Ninan
B. Pankaj Pachauri and Kuldip Naya
C. Harish Khare and Pankaj Pachauri
D. Harish Khare and T.N. Ninan
E.  None of these

d

23. Syed Ahmed is the current Governor of which state?
A. Jharkhand  B. Orissa         C. Tamil Nadu             D. Jammu And Kasmir
D. Uttar Pradesh         E. None

a

24. The banks shall have to state their lending policies. These would include
A.  Exposure limits and eligible borrowers
B. Documentation standards, maturity and pricing options
C. Write off review procedures
D. All the above
E. None of the above 

d

25.Regional Rural Banks are classified as
A. Scheduled commerce banks         B. Public sector banks
C. Cooperative banks             D. Private sector banks
E. None of the above 

A

26.In case of safe custody of articles, relationship between bank and customer is
A. Agent and Principal            B. Bailee and Bailor    C. Lessor and Lessee
D. Credit and Debitor  E. None of the above 

b 

27. Which of the following fall under the qualitative method of credit control adopted by the Reserve Bank of India?
A. Selective credit control
B. Moral suasion
C. Credit authorization scheme
D. All the above
E. None of the above

d

28. Merchant bankers which have networth of more than Rs.1crore are allowed by SEBI to function as
A. Lead managers for issue of shares
B. Underwriters for issue of shares
C. Both of the above
D. Collection of cheques
E. None of the above 

c

29. T Samuel, who died recently, was a veteran
A. Guitarist      B. Cartoonist
C. Singer         D. Novelist      E. None of these

b

30. What is the theme of the soon be organized ‘World Economic Forum on India’?
A. From Deliberation to Transformation
B. Deliberation for determination
C. Support the Super Democracy
D. From Development to Sustainable Development
E. None of these

a