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1. Foodgrain production in India's Kharif season, the summer crop is estimated to increase by on expectations of normal monsoon rains. (1) 12 per cent (2) 10 per cent (3) 8 per cent (4) 7 per cent (5) 6 per cent The cabinet committee in May 2013 raised the eligibility benchmark for applying the creamy-layer restrictions on reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) to per annum. ( 1 ) ` 4 lakh (2) ` 4.5 lakh (3) ` 5 lakh (4) ` 5.5 lakh (5) ` 6 lakh May 15 replacing the existing DPCO of (1)2008 (2)2003 (3) 2000 (4) 1998 (5) 1995 T h e finance ministry in April 2013 has red-flagged over suspicious banking transactions and has alerted agencies concerned. (1)210 (2)245 (3) 255 (4) 272 (5) 281 Country's largest two wheeler company Hero MotoCorp Ltd. in April 2013 increased prices of all its models upto (1)`200 (2)`400 (3)`750 (4)`1000 (5) ` 1500 T h e Reserve Bank of India in April 2013 set a ceiling for the market stabilisation scheme (MSS). under which it sells government bonds. (1) ` 10000 crore (2) ` 20000 crore (3) ` 30000 crore (4) ` 40000 crore (5) ` 50000 crore Which company in April 2013 raised about ` 1300 crore from Singapore market through an international bond offering at a coupon rate of 4.95 per cent ? (1) Reliance Power (2) Infosys (3) HCL Tech (4) Tata Steel (5) All of the above G o v e r n m e n t o w n e d IDBI Bank Ltd in April 2013 posted a drop in net profit for the quarter ended March 2012. (1) 12 per cent (2) 16 per cent (3) 20 per cent (4) 24 per cent (5) 28 per cent The Reserve Bank of India in May 2 0 1 3 trimmed its key lending rate by (1) 1.25 p e r c e n t (2) 1 per cent (3)0.75 per cent (4) 0.5 per cent (5) 0.25 per cent UK-based construction equipment maker JC Bamfered Ex ecutors Ltd. in May 2013 decided to invest ` 500 crore in India to set up its fourth manufacturing facility in (1) Jaipur (2) Ajmer (3) Chandigarh (4) Nagpur (5) Gandhi Nagar Which company in May 2013 became the first company to receive Reserve Bank of India approval to set up and operate white-label ATMs in India? (l)Tata Communications Payment Solution Ltd. (2) Infosys Technologies (3) Auto Teller Solutions (4) All of the above (5) Only (1) and (2) India's sugar production in 2012-13 declined by due to lower recovery in Maharashtra and Karnataka. (1) 1 per cent (2) 2 per cent (3) 3 per cent (4) 4 per cent (5) 5 per cent Which state in May 2013 decided to continue to oppose the proposed goods and services tax (GST) in its current form as it encroaches on the autonomy of states ? (1) Gujarat (2) Bihar (3) West Bengal (4) Madhya Pradesh (5) Delhi India's foodgrain production is projected to drop in 2013 because of last year's erratic monsoon. (1) 0.5 per cent (2) 1 percent (3) 1.5 per cent (4) 2 per cent (5) 2.5 per cent

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18. A government committee in May 2013 approved viability gap funding of ` 1458 crore for the development ol Metro Rail in (1) Pune (2) Hyderabad (3) Ahmedabad (4) Mumbai (5) Meerut 19. In a major boost to the country's first telecom incubator . market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India approved $ 10 million fund. (1) Start up Village (2) Our India (3) Shoe India (4) Fame India (5) Village India 20. Tata Chemicals Ltd in May 2013 temporarily closed two * units of DAP in due to disruption is in supply of phos acid. (1) West Bengal (2) Punjab (3) Rajasthan (4) Gujarat (5) Maharashtra 21. India's coal imports rise by nearly a third to a record in 2012-13. (1) 100 million tonnes (2) 115 million tonnes (3) 125 million tonnes (4) 135 million tonnes (5) 150 million tonnes 22. The Securities and Exchange Board of India in May 2013 imposed a fine of on a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd. in insider trading case of 2007. (1)` 5 crore (2) ` 7 crore (3) ` 9 crore (4) ` 11 crore (5) ` 13 crore 23. Crompton Greeves Ltd. in May 2013 signed a joint venture agreement to m a n u f a c t u r e and sell high voltage switchgear with . (1) Indonesia (2) Italy (3) Finland (4) Belgium (5) Norway 24. Who among the following in May 2013 was appointed as the chairman of Glaxo SmithKlin consumer Healthcare Ltd.? (1) Subodh Bhargava (2) Arjun Tyagi (3) Arvind Taneja (4) Anuj Shukla (5) Ajay Saxena

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Government in May 2013 cut the jet fuel prices by (1) 1.3 per cent (2) 2.3 per cent (3) 3.3 per cent (4) 4.3 per cent (5) 5.3 per cent Asian Development Bank in May 2013 made its first equity investment, to the tune of in NSL renwable Power for funding the company's clean energy projects. (1) $ 10 million (2) $ 15 million (3) $ 20 million (4) $ 25 million (5) $ 30 million The Delhi Government in May 2013 decided to hike autos and taxis fares by up to (1) 10 per cent (2) 20 per cent (3) 30 per cent (4) 40 per cent (5) 50 per cent W h o among the following in May 2013 was appointed as the first chief executive officer of Air Asia India ? (1) Mr. Chandilga (2) B. Shastri (3) S. Khanna (4) R. Kumar (5) P. Sachdeva Tata Motors Ltd. in May 2013 reported a fall in its global sales lor April at $ 1.241 units. ( 1 ) 4 . 0 2 per cent (2) 5.02 per cent (3) 6.02 per cent (4) 7.02 per cent (5) 8.02 p e r c e n t Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad in May 2 0 1 3 announced to borrow from Japan International Cooperation Agency to set up infrastructure and expand academic capability (1) ` 500 crore (2) ` 750 crore (3) ` 1000 crore (4) ` 1250 crore (5) ` 1500 crore E s s a r E n e r g y P i c in May 2 0 1 3 agreed to buy a stake in Essar Oil Ltd. for ^ 267 crore. (1) 1.10 per cent (2) 1.47 p e r c e n t (3) 2 per cent (4) 2.41 per cent (5) 3 per cent

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Coal India Ltd. in May 2013 reported a nearly rise in stand alone net profit for the quarter ended March 3 1 . (1) 20 per cent (2) 40 per cent (3) 50 per cent (4) 70 per cent (5) 90 per cent India's PC shipment in the first quarter of 2013 rises to 2.71 million units. (1) 2.5 per cent(2) 4 per cent (3) 5 per cent (4) 6.5 per cent (5) 7.5 per cent India's gold imports during April 2013 soared to $ 7.5 billion causing the trade deficit to wideh. (1) 95 per cent (2) 103 per cent (3) 120 p e r c e n t (4) 126 per cent (5) 138 per cent Who among the following in May 2 0 1 3 w a s n a m e d a s chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies ? (1) Ravi Gururaj (2) Anand Misra (3)Suraj Bhan (4) Ajay Trivedi (5) Arvind Sharma The Securities and Exchange Board of India in May 2013 extended the deadline for new employee stock option schemes (Esops) to ( 1 ) 3 0 June. 2013 (2) 31 July. 2013 ( 3 ) 3 1 August. 2013 (4) 30 November. 2013 (5) 3 1 . December. 2013 W h i c h nation in May 2 0 1 3 h a n d e d over a b o u t 1 5 0 0 0 passports of stranded India's workers to resolve cases of immigrations law violation ? (1) Saudi Arabia (2) Pakistan (3) Bangladesh (4) Afghanistan (5) North Korea The government in May 2013 hiked the m o n e t a r y assistance under its h o u s i n g scheme for the poor by (1) ` 5000 (2)`10000 (3)`15000 (4) ` 20000 (5) ` 25000

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Over the past four years, resi d e n t i a l p r o p e r t y p r i c e s in M u m b a i have increased by about (1) 20 per cent (2) 26 per cent (3) 40 per cent (4) 53 per cent (5) 66 per cent Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in May 2013 has invested in BPL Medical Technologies for an equity stake. (1) ` 30 crore (2) ` 50 crore (3) ` 75 crore (4) ` 90 crore (5) ` 110 crore Hindustan Media V e n t u r e s Ltd., reported a increase in net profit for the quarter ended 31 March. 2013. ( 1 ) 1 5 per cent (2) 30 per cent ` (3) 40 per cent (4) 55 per cent (5) 65 per cent Indian bank's credit to industry in March 2013 increased by(1)0.7 per cent (2) 11.7 p e r c e n t (3) 12.7 per cent (4) 13. 7 p e r c e n t (5) 15.7 per cent India's infrastructure sector output raised in March 2013 from a year ago. ( 1 ) 0 . 7 per cent (2) 1.3 per cent (3) 2 per cent (4) 2.4 per cent (5) 2.9 per cent According to the final census data released by the government in May 2 0 1 3 . India's total population stands at (1) 1 billion (2) 1.07 billion (3) 1.16 billion (4) 1.21 billion (5) 1.3 billion Which o n l i n e n e w s site in May 2013 named four Indian banks as part of its exposure of alleged money laundering practices ? (1) Coprapost (2) Speed Post (3) Allen Post (4) Depost . (5) Compost

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(1) Bank of Baroda (2) State Bank of India (3) Indus Ind Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) United Bank of India Piramal Enterprises Ltd. in May 2013 acquired a stake in Shriram Transport Finance Ltd. for ` 1652 crore. ( 1 ) 4 0 per cent (2) 30 per cent (3) 20 per cent (4) 15 per cent (5) 10 per cent Tata Power Co. Ltd. in May 2013 signed an agreement with Clean Energy invest As to develop hydro projects in . (1) Georgia (2) Netherlands (3) Australia (4) Denmark 112 (5) Belgium Volkswagan Czech brand Skoda Auto As in May 2013 decided to stop producing its Fabia Compact car in India because the firms (1) is shutting its operation (2) to increasing loss on this model (3) running cost is high (4) of obsolete technology (5) low efficiency The World Bank in May 2013 granted a concessional loan to National Housing Bank for a period of 25 years. (1) $ 20 million (2) $ 90 million (3) $ 60 million (4) $ 80 million ( 5 ) $ 100 million The average for rice, the main s u m m e r crop in May 2013 shown a sharp j u m p by hectares. (1) 20000 hectares (2) 26000 hectares (3) 31000 hectares (4) 140000 hectares (5) 52000 hectares India's factory output growth in March 2013 expanded by its fastest pace in last five months. (1) 0.5 per cent (2) 1 per cent (3) 1.5 per cent (4) 2 per cent (5) 2.5 per cent W h i c h b a n k in May 2 0 1 3 signed a n a g r e e m e n t w i t h K o r e a n Industrial b a n k to fund the business operations of small and medium enterprises ?

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(1) State Bank of India (2) Bank of Baroda (3) ICICI Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) IDBI Bank Piramal Enterprises Ltd. in May 2 0 1 3 a c q u i r e d a stake in Shriram Transport Finance for ` 1652 crore to expand its presence in financial sector. ( l ) 5 p e r c e n t (2) 10 per cent (3) 15 per cent (4) 20 per cent (5) 25 per cent Central Bank of India in May 2 0 1 3 swraj to a profit for quarts ended March 2013. Its profit stand at crore (2) ` 121.5 crore (3) ` 134 crore (4) ` 152.5 crore (5) ` 169.15 crore In May 2 0 1 3 . g o v e r n m e n t hiked the diesel prices fourth time in 2013 by per litre. (1)`0.5 (2) ` 9 (3)`1.02 (4)`1.48 (5)`2 In its bid to plug revenue leakage, the finance ministry in May 2013 has deterted custom duty and service tax evasion of . (1) ` 100 crore (2) ` 200 crore (3) ` 300 crore (4) ` 400 crore (5) ` 500 crore Hero Moto Corp. Ltd. in May 2013 tied up with a based distributor to sell its products in the country. (1) Guatemala (2) Venezuela (3) Italy (4) Belgium (5) Sweden J a g u a r Land R o v e r Pic in April 2 0 1 3 reported strong sales of Jaguar cars. The sales rose to 7411 vehicles. ( 1 ) 2 per cent (2) 4 per cent (3) 7 per cent (4) 10 per cent (5) 12 per cent The Reserve Bank of India in May 2013 extended the external commercial borrowing relaxation for affordable housing for . ( 1 ) 6 months (2) 1 year (3) 15 months (4) 18 months (5) 2 years

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61. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in May 2013 posted a rise in net profit for the quarter ended March 31. 2013. (1)1 per cent (2) 1.3 per cent (3) 1.7 per cent (4) 2 per cent (5) 2.4 per cent 62. TVS Logistics Services Ltd. in May 2 0 1 3 a c q u i r e d W a i n wright Industries for ( 1 ) ` 1 0 crore (2) ` 20 crore (3) ` 30 crore (4) ` 40 crore (5) ` 50 crore 63. I D F C Ltd, in May 2013 agreed to buy entire phase 1 of Blue Redge Special Economic Zone in Pune at an enterprise value of ( 1 ) $ 13 million (2) $ 20 million (3) $ 42 million (4) $ 76 million (5) $ 83 million 64. With which nation India in May 2013 signed the much awaited extradition treaty after 20 years of negotiations ? (1) Indonesia (2) Italy (3) Thailand (4) Finland (5) Sweden 65. A i m i n g to s t r e n g t h e n t h e framework for checking unlawful interception of phones, the department of telecom in May 2013 suggested a steeprise in fine for illegal phone tapping to . (1) ` 20 lakh (2) ` 60 lakh (3) ` 90 lakh (4) ` 1 crore (5) ` 2 crore 66. Which Bank in J u n e 2 0 1 3 objected to budget aviation pioneer and serial entrepreneur G.R. Gopinath's bid for a national airline permit on the grounds that his company has not repaid its loans ? (1) Bank of Baroda (2) State Bank of India (3) ICICI Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) Punjab National Bank 67. Stepping up efforts to control India's rising current account deficit, the g o v e r n m e n t in June 2013 raised the import duty on gold to ( 1 ) 6 per cent

(2) 6.5 per cent (3) 7 per cent (4) 7.5 per cent (5) 8 per cent 68. Which state owned Bank in J u n e 2013 decided to raise upto $ 1 billion from its overseas m a r k e t as part of its medium term note programme ? (1) Canara Bank (2) A X I M Bank (3) Union Bank (4) Central Bank of India (5) Bank of Baroda 69. With which nation India in J u n e 2013 decided to boister defence ties, as they acknowledge that maritime security and freedom of navigation is critical for their growth ? (1) Australia (2) Netherland (3) Canada (4) Belgium (5) Indonesia 70. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. in J u n e 2013 decided to give upto stake in its four coal bed methane blocks to Brisbane based Dart Energy Ltd. ( 1 ) 5 per cent (2) 10 per cent (3) 15 per cent (4) 20 per cent (5) 25 per cent

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7 1 . According to the new norms of e-commerce issued by government in J u n e 2 0 1 3 , the companies are group companies, if a company is able to exercise direct or indirect voting right of atleast in another company. ( 1 ) 1 8 per cent (2) 21 per cent (3) 23 per cent (4) 25 per cent (5) 26 per cent 72. T h e broadcasting industry in May 2013 agreed to decide by a limit on advertising per hour of programming starting 1 October. 2013. (1) 4 minutes (2) 7 minutes (3) 9 minutes (4) 10 minutes (5) 11 minutes 73. United Spirits Ltd's board in May 2013 approved the sale of 14.5 million shares at to Relay BV, a unit of Diaged Pic. on a preferential basis. (1)`990 (2)`1020

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(3)`1215 (4) ` 1345 (5) ` 1440 T h e Reserve Bank of India in May 2013 told banks not to g i v e loans against units of gold e x c h a n g e traded fund and gold mutual funds because (1) these are illegal products (2) it promotes gambling (3) it promotes black money (4) these products are backed by bullion and primary gold (5) All of the above Telecom operator Sistema Ltd. in May 2013 reported a loss of for the quarter ended March 31 ? (1) ` 600 crore (2) ` 643 crore (3) ` 650 crore (4) ` 713 crore (5) ` 751 crore Independent software testing company Cigniti T e c h n o l o gies Ltd. in May 2 0 1 3 acquired US-based for $ 15 million. (1) Gallop Solutions (2) Dunlop Solutions (3) Goll out Mid (4) Onload solutions (5) Giapo Solutions Apollo Tyres Ltd. in May 2013 sold its South African business along with a passenger car tyre plant to Sumitomo Rubber for . (1) $ 10 million (2) $ 25 million (3) $ 40 million (4) $ 50 million (5) $ 60 million The Reserve Bank of India in June 2013 auctioned the first inflation indexed bonds worth (1) ` 200 crore (2) ` 400 crore (3) ` 600 crore (4) ` 800 crore (5) ` 1000 crore Who among the following in May 2013 has opted out of the S o n i a - G a n d h i led National Advisory Council for not accepting the councils recommendation on minimum wages under the central governments rural j o b scheme ? (1) Aruna Roy (2) Shyama Rani (3) Anita Misra (4) Arun Ghosh (5) Amita Shourie

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India's total telecom subscriber base increased marginally to in March 2013. ( 1 ) 7 3 crore (2) 78.80 crore (3) 81.40 crore (4) 85 crore (5) 89.80 crore W h o among the following in J u n e 2013 was named as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India ? ( l ) S . K . Roy (2) M.N. Trivedi ( 3 ) A . K . Jha (4) Manan Jain (5) Sagar Misra Ssangyong Motor Co. part of Mahindra Group in May 2013 sold a total of 12730 vehicles. a rise of over over the year ago period. (l)5percent (2)10percent (3) 15 per cent (4) 20 per cent (5) 25 per cent India in May 2013 cut its Iranian oil imports by more than in the first five months of the year 2013. (1) 10 per cent (2) 20 per cent (3) 30 per cent (4) 40 per cent (5) 50 per cent T h e government in June 2013 allowed units in special economic zones to export gold items after a minimum value addition of ( 1 ) 1 per cent (2) 2 per cent (3) 3 per cent (4) 4 per cent (5) 5 per cent Pipauav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. in J u n e 2013 won a contract for building two specialised off shore vessels for Europe. (1) ` 960 crore (2) ` 1000 crore (3) ` 1160 crore (4) ` 1200 crore (5) ` 1315 crore Aiming to promote industrial development in J a m m u and Kashmir the centre in June 2013 extended a special package, under which subsidy on investment and interest rate is offered to business units, to (1)2014 (2)2015 (3)2016 (4)2017 (5)2018 Global venture firm Norwest Venture Partners in J u n e 2013 decided to invest In snowman logistics Ltd. for a stake of 14 per cent.

(1) ` 10 crore (2) ` 25 crore (3) ` 40 crore (4) ` 50 crore (5) ` 60 crore 88. During April May 2013 period. Urea imports in the country rise by on account of a normal monsoon. (1) 15 per cent (2) 35 per cent (3) 55 per cent (4) 70 per cent (5) 85 per cent 89. With which country India in June 2013 agreed to establish a joint working group to look at p r o m o t i o n of films and made content, and the exchange of personnel and stu' dents ? (1) Pakistan (2) Japan- (3) Australia (4) China (5) Canada 90. S m a l l I n d u s t r i e s D e v e l o p ment Bank of India (SIDBI) in June 2013 decided to invest upto to pick up equity stakes in small businesses in 2013-14. (1) ` 2000 crore (2) ` 1800 crore (3) ` 1500 crore (4) ` 1200 crore (5) ` 1000 crore

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