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Who is the well-known collector of artifacts and curios?

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Quiz 12


1) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar awards are given for


a) Excellence in scientific studies and research

b) Outstanding contribution to science

c) Exploring new dimensions in creative writing in Indian languages

d) Creating mass awareness on environmental issues


2) The Roaring Forties is


a) the biggest waterfalls in the world

b) one of the major water currents of the Atlantic Ocean

c) the most dangerous river of China

d) the westerly winds in the Southern hemisphere


3) Dr. Amiya Chakrovarty is known for


a) His work in the Chipko movement

b) Composing musical score in Satyajit Ray's films

c) Being literary secretary to R. N. Tagore

d) Patenting a living organism


4) For which of the following purposes has the RBI constituted a Working Group with Deepak Mohanty as Chairman ?


a) Deregulation of primary markets

b) Deregulation of secondary markets

c) Deregulation of savings bank rates

d) Introduction of base rate


5) Match the following : Member countries Trading Bloc


A. Luxemburg 1. SAARC

B. Iceland 2. NAFTA

C. Mexico 3. EU

D. India 4. EFTA


Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 2 1

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 1 4 2 3


6) Which of the following groups are adversely affected by inflation?

1. Wage earners in the informal sector.

2. Profit earners.

3. Salary earners with salaries indexed to inflation

4. Pensioners with fixed pensions.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:


a) 1 and 2

b) 3 and 4

c) 1 and 4

d) 2 and 3


7) Which of the following account(s) is / are not maintained by the Comptroller and Auditor General of

India?


1. The accounts of a state

2. The railway accounts

3. The Union Government accounts

4. Defence accounts


Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 2 only

b) 2 and 4

c) 1 and 3

d) 1 and 2


8) An over-valued currency in the foreign exchange market will have which one of the following

impacts in India?


a) Make imports costlier and exports cheaper

b) Make imports cheaper and exports costlier

c) Will have no effect on cost of imports

d) Give protection to domestic industry against foreign competition


9) who will host famous Badminton championships- Thomas Cup and Uber Cup finals for the first time

in May 2014.


A) new delhi

B) chennai

C) Hyderabad

D) Tamil nadu


10) Who joined as the fourth Vice-President of the freshly formed Tennis body in India : ITPA (Indian

Tennis Players Association).


A) Sania mirza

B) vijay amrutraj

C) rohan bopanna

D) roger federer


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Quiz 13


1) The Medini Puraskar is given to a author who writes a book in Hindi on subject related to ???


A) Science

B) Environment

C) Medicine

D) Grammar


2)Interest Subsidy scheme for housing the urban poor(ISHUP) scheme which was under pilot phase

during Eleventh five year plan period is being revised for launch with enhanced credit limits and

targets as :


A) Rajiv Rinn Yojana(RRY)

B) Indira Gandhi Awas Vikas Yojana(IGAVY)

C) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for housing the Urban Poor(RGSHUP)

D) Nehru Awas Vikas Yojana(IGAVY)


3) A commercial bank will launch a medium term note(MTN) programme to :


A) provide loans

B) Raise funds

C) Sell equity

D) Purchase Shares


4) US Scientists at the Harvard University created a robot of the size of fly. What is the name of this

robot?


a) Robo-Fly

b) Robotic Fly

c) Fly-Robot

d) Fly Me


5) What is the name of six huge wildfires that broke out in California on 2 May 2013 near Camarillo?


a) McNally Fire

b) Camarillo Springs Wildfire

c) Esperanza Fire

d) Cedar Fire


6) Which company on 15 May 2013 achieved 50 billion apps download milestone?


a) Apple

b) Google

c) Yahoo!

d) Samsung


7) Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative (IFFCO), on 11 May 2013 signed a long-term agreement with

which Brazilian mining company for supply of rock phosphate?


a) Vale SA

b) Ferrous Resources

c) Votorantim Metais

d) Caemi


8) Name the International Cricket Team with which India Lost the Series by 2-1 after it won the last

match by 10 runs on 6th January 2013.


(a) England

(b) Australia

(c) Pakistan

(d) South Africa


9) Name the Indian Women Weightlifter who on 10 January 2013 Won Maiden National Title in National

Weightlifting Championship 2013.


(a) Binitha Devi

(b) Amanpreet Kaur

(c) Manpreet Kaur

(d) Karnam Malleswar


10) Rajasthan Royals was penalized with a fine amount of around 100 crore Rupees for violating the

Forex laws in February 2013. Name the body that slapped the fine on the IPL team?

a) BCCI

b) Competition Commission of India

c) Enforcement Directorate

d) None of these


Best of Luck.....:)

Which among the following day is celebrated as National Girl child day every year????

The first airport in the country to use solar power for running its utility grid system is ???

In which state Aishwarya Oil field is located ?

Brazil signed currency swap agreement with whch country in Durban,SA ?

Who won 3rd PGA Tour title 2013 ?

Processing power of computers doubles approximately every two years.

this law was expressed by

DBT scheme was launched in Jan , ___ ?

Recruitment for the post of Assistant(525) by RBI

SEE DETAILS ---link below---

Reserve Bank of India


Whch standard code is used to exchange info. among data processing & communication system ?

ROUND TRIP DELAY TIME --- IS RELATED TO (COMPUTER FIELD)---

Which standard is used for converting keystroke into corresponding bits ?