1.    The Ministry of Petroleum and Gas constituted a panel to advice on Pricing Methodology for Diesel, Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene which submitted its report on October 30, 2013. The panel was headed by?
      1) Kirit Parikh    2) P.K. Singh
      3) Deepak Parekh
      4) R.K. Singh     5) Vijay Kelkar
  2.    Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes India rich list for the sixth consecutive year in October 2013. Who is the second richest Indian?
      1) Azim Premji
      2) Lakshmi Mittal
      3) Shiv Nadar     4) Adi Godrej
      5) Sunil Mittal
  3.    P.S. Raghavan, a secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as India's next ambassador to?
      1) USA     2) China
      3) Russia     4) France
      5) Germany
  4.    Who will be the next Indian Air Force Chief? (He will succeed Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, who is retiring on December 31, 2013)
      1) P.V. Naik     2) S.P. Tyagi
      3) N.C. Suri     4) Arup Raha
      5) None of these
  5.    The Vice President Hamid Ansari launched INCHAM, the Indian Chamber of Commerce in which of the following countries in October 2013?
      1) Kazakhstan     2) China
      3) Russia     4) Peru
      5) Brazil
  6.    RBI in its second-quarter review of monetary policy on October 29, 2013 raised the repo rate by how many basis points?
      1) 25 basis points
      2) 50 basis points
      3) 75 basis points
      4) 100 basis points
      5) None of these
  7.    The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Lal Bahadur Shas-tri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management on October 1, 2013 to?
      1) Rajendra Achyut Badwe
      2) Tessy Thomas    3) Sunil Mittal
      4) M.S. Swaminathan
      5) D.R. Mehta
  8.    The Reserve Bank of India on October 29, 2013 reduced the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate. What is the present MSF rate?
      1) 10.25%    2) 8.75%
      3) 9.5%     4) 9%
      5) None of these
  9.    The Reserve Bank of India reduced the growth forecast for the current fiscal to what per cent from 5.5 per cent projected earlier?
      1) 5.25 per cent    2) 4.75 per cent
      3) 5 per cent     4) 4.5 per cent
      5) None of these
  10.    Dilip Shanghvi is the third richest person in India, according to the Forbes magazine. He is the founder of?
      1) Essar Group
      2) Vedanta Resources
      3) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
      4) Shapoorji Pallonji Group
      5) Wipro
  11.    Olafur Ragnar Grimsson visited India recently. He is the President of?
      1) Ireland     2) Norway
      3) Iceland     4) Austria
      5) Finland
  12.    The Finance Minister P. Chidam-baram has inaugurated the 100th overseas office of which of the following public sector banks at Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC)?
      1) State Bank of India
      2) State Bank of Hyderabad
      3) Indian Overseas Bank
      4) Bank of Baroda
      5) Bank of India
  13.    The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the?
      1)    International Year of Biodiversity
      2)    International Year of Water Cooperation
      3)    International Year of Youth
      4)    International Year of Forests
      5)    International Year of Cooperatives
  14.    Indian Cinema completed 100 years on which of the following days in 2013?
      1) March 3    2) April 3
      3) May 3    4) June 3
      5) February 3
  15.    V.S. Rama Devi passed away in April 2013. She was the only woman to occupy the post of?
      1)    Attorney General
      2)    Comptroller and Auditor General
      3)    Chief Information Commissioner
      4)    Home Secretary
      5)    Chief Election Commissioner
  16.    Which Indian journalist is TIME magazine's World Editor?
      1) Fareed Zakaria
      2) Bobby Ghosh
      3) Sanjay Gupta    4) Sanjay Baru
      5) Arnab Goswami
  17.    'Kai Po Che' is a Hindi film based on the novel?
      1)    Sea of Poppies
      2)    The Loving Doll
      3)    The 3 Mistakes of My Life
      4)    2 States: The Story of My Marriage
      5)    None of these
  18.    Which of the following is not a primary greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
      1) Water vapour
      2) Carbon dioxide
      3) Methane     4) Ozone
      5) Ammonia
  19.    The disease caused by the deficiency of protein in children is?
      1) Rickets     2) Scurvy
      3) Marasmus     4) Osteomalacia
      5) Beriberi
  20.    Which of the following functions is not performed by the commercial banks?
      1) Giving loans and advances
      2) Mobilization of savings
      3) Financing priority sector
      4) Providing locker facilities
      5) Issuing currency notes
  21.    Which country holds first rank in the production of Coffee?
      1) India     2) Vietnam
      3) Indonesia     4) Brazil
      5) Malaysia
  22.    Who is the author of the book "Sachin: Cricketer of the Century"?
      1) Vimal Kumar
      2) Vijay Lokapally
      3) Ramachandra Guha
      4) Boria Mazumdar
      5) None of these
  23.    Francois Bozize fled to Camer-oon in March 2013 because of re-bellion. He was the President of?
      1) Chad     2) Sudan
      3) South Sudan
      4)    Democratic Republic of the Congo
      5) Central African Republic
  24.    Acid rain is caused by emissions of?
      1) Sulfur dioxide
      2) Nitrogen Oxide
      3) Methane
      4) Both 1 and 2
      5) All 1, 2 and 3
  25.    The Writers' Building is the secretariat building of the state government of?
      1) Assam     2) Maharashtra
      3) Rajasthan     4) Orissa
      5) West Bengal
  26.    'Swadhar' is a scheme for?
      1) Unique identification
      2) Senior citizens
       3) Adolescent girls
      4)    Women in difficult circumstances
      5) Urban employment
  27.    The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped is situated in?
      1) Mumbai     2) Jaipur
      3) Nagpur     4) Hyderabad
      5) Coimbatore
  28.    Psephology is the study of?
      1) Rainfall pattern
      2) Coins    3) Gene disorders
      4) Behavior of human beings
      5) Elections
  29.    Hemis Gompa festival is celebrated in?
      1) Tripura
      2) Himachal Pradesh
      3) Jammu and Kashmir
      4) Nagaland     5) Meghalaya
  30.    Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating park in the world. It is located in?
      1) Manipur     2) Mizoram
      3) Meghalaya     4) Tripura
      5) Andhra Pradesh
  31.    Navy Day is observed on?
      1) December 7    2) December 4
      3) January 24     4) January 25
      5) January 1
  32.    Saxo Bank recently entered India. It is an investment bank based in?
      1) Denmark     2) Finland
      3) UK     4) Norway
      5) Australia
  33.    Who won the maximum number of Gold medals in the Summer Olympic Games?
      1) Carl Lewis     2) Mark Spitz
      3) Michael Phelps
      4) Paavo Nurmi
      5) Jesse Owens
  34.    Anthony De Mello Trophy is associated with Test cricket series played between?
      1) Australia and India
      2) England and India
      3) England and South Africa
      4) India and South Africa
      5) India and West Indies
  35.    Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is associated with the ban on?
      1)    Terrorism
      2)    Tobacco products
      3)    Money laundering activities
      4)    Nuclear tests for developing arsenals
      5) None of these
  36.    The Reserve Bank of India celebrated its platinum jubilee in the year?
      1) 2009    2) 2010
      3) 2011     4) 2012
      5) 2013
  37.    Who was recently appointed the captain of the Indian women's cricket team?
      1) Harmanpreet Kaur
      2) Poonam Rout
      3) Poonam Yadav
      4) Archana Das    5) None of these
  
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