1) Ilham Aliyev was re-elected as the president d) Football

of - 10) Mention the odd man out -

a) Turkey a) Didier Drogba
b) Sudan b) Oliver Kahn
c) Azerbaijan c) Lionel Messi
d) Maldive d) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) World's first underwater rail link between two 11) The most appropriate measure of a
continents was unveiled in - country's economic growth is its -
a) Japan a) Gross Domestic Product(GDP)
b) China b) Net Domestic Product(NDP)
c) Turkey c) Net National Product(NNP)
d) United Kingdom d) Per Capita Product(PCP)
3) Eleanor Catton was awarded the Man Booker 12) Which of the following places in India does
Prize 2013 for her novel - not have a Stock Exchange?
a) The Paradise Lost a) Udaipur
b) The Luminaries b) Delhi
c) Circle of the Region c) Mumbai
d) Desert Village d) Ahmedabad
4) INDRA 2013 is a joint military exercise 13) Which of the following schemes launched
between by the Government of India aims at
a) India and China enhancing the livelihood security of the
b) India and Singapore people in rural areas by guaranteeing
c) India and USA hundred days of employment in a financial
d) India and Russia
year to a rural household whose adult
5) Who was crowned Miss World 2013?
a) Megan Young members volunteer to do unskilled manual
b) Srishti Rana work?
c) Ersela Kurti a) MGNREGA
d) Maryia Vialichka b) ASHA
6) The group of stars arranged in a defined c) TRYSEM
pattern is called - d) Kutir Jyoti Scheme
a) Milky Way 14) Which of the following organisations
b) Constellation prepares rural credit plans on annual basis for
c) Andromedia all districts in India, which in turn from the
d) Solar System base for annual credit plans of all rural
7) On March 29, 2013 a Russian Space Craft financial institutions?
established a new record by reaching the a) CII
International Space Station (ISS) in only 6 b) RBI
hours, while earlier the space craft used to c) SIDBI
take two to three days to reach the ISS Which d) NABARD
15) Who amongst the following is the
is this space craft ?
a) Sputnik-II Regulator of Insurance sector in India?
b) Soyuz a) IRDA
c) Zond b) SEBI
d) Venera2 c) AMFI
8) The winner of ICC Women's World Cup held in 16) What is the full form of ESOPs as seen in
February 2013, was - financial newspapers?
a) Australia a) Early Sales Opportunities
b) England b) Employee Stock Options
c) New Zealand c) Executive Salary Options
d) West Indies d) Emergency Stock Operations
9) PV Sindhu was recently in news, associated 17) Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) is a
with which of the following sports? company originally based in
a) Tennis a) Vietnam
b) Badminton b) South Korea
c) Chess c) USA
 d) Italy d) 4.00%
18) Disinvestment in Public Sector is called 26) Consider the Following
a) Privatisation
b) Globlisation 1. Individual Money Lenders
c) Liberalisation 2. Cooperative Banks
d) Industrialisation 3. Primary Agri-Credit Societies
19) At present the funds allocated to the Which among the above are the parts of
Member of Parliaments (MPs) for spending on Indian Money Market?
Local Area Development under the MPLAD a) None of them
scheme is: b) Only 2
a) Rs. 1 crore per year c) Only 2 & 3
b) Rs. 2 crore per year d) All of them
c) Rs. 5 crore per year 27) Asset Reconstruction Company of
d) Rs. 10 crore per year India(ARCIL) has been launched primarily to
20) Consider the following:
deal with______?
1. Central Government
a) Infrastructure Lending
2. State Governments
b) Asset Planning
3. Public Banks
c) Non Performing Assets
4. Private Banks
d) Credit Rating
5. General Public
28) Which among the following is not a must
Who among the following can borrow from
condition for a Scheduled Commercial Banks
RBI?
a) 1 2 of India ?
b) 1 2 3 a) It should be in the second scheduled of RBI
c) 1 2 3 4 Act 1934
d) 1 2 3 4 5 b) Its paid up capital should be at least Rs. 1
21) Which among the following is NOT the crore
function of Commercial Banks in India? c) It must deposit with RBI as per the CRR
a) Selling National Saving Certificates d) It must have facilities for a clearing house
b) Purchasing corporate bonds 29) Which among the following is used by RBI
c) Operating in Call Money Market for sterilization of the Capital Inflows?
d) Providing no-frill services a) Base Rate system
22) Which of the following does NOT partner in b) CRAR obligations
Bharat Nirman c) Open Market Operation
a) Govt. of India d) Credit Authorization Scheme
b) State Govts. 30) IFCI is a subsidiary of which among the
c) Panchayati Raj institutions following Banks?
d) Private Entrepreneurs a) RBI
23) Department of disinvestment comes under b) IDBI
which of the following ministries. c) ICICI
a) Ministry of Finance d) NABARD
b) Ministry of Commerce and Industries 31) Nation Equity Fund is managed by which
c) Ministry of Programme Implementation among the following?
d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs a) RBI
24) Which among the following are the two b) SIDBI
states in India, where Thorium is found in c) IDBI
good quantities? d) NABARD
a) Kerala and Andhra Pradesh 32) Which among the following is the largest
b) Kerala and Tamil Nadu steel producing company of the world?
c) Kerala and Rajasthan a) ArcellorMittal
d) Kerala and Odisha b) Nippon Steel
25) What is the Interest on Savings Bank c) Hebei Group
Account in India at present d) Baosteel Group
a) 3.00% 33) Which of the following correctly represents
b) 3.25% the worlds top four largest steel producing
c) 3.50% Companies?
 a) China, Japan, USA and India
b) China, USA, India and Japan
c) China, USA, Japan and India
d) USA, China, Japan and India
34) In Banking System, an account is
designated as inoperative if it is not used for
more than __ Years.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
35) The seventh schedule of the constitution
of India contains the provisions regarding?
a) Oaths and Affirmations
b) Scheduled Languages
c) Administration of Tribal Areas
d) Union, State and Concurrent Lists.
36) In which of the following states Melghat
and Tadobha-Andheri Tiger Reserves are
located?
a) Odisha
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) West Bengal
37) Dhanush Missile is a naval variat of Indias
indigenously developed ______ missile.
a) Akash
b) Trishul
c) Agni
d) Prithvi
38) Who among the following has been named
WTA Player of the Year 2013?
e) Serena Williams
f) Maria Sharapova
g) Cara Black Numerical Ability
h) Kim Clijters
39) Who among the following is the author of The following pie-chart shows the percentage
the Book Chronicle of the Corpse Bearer? distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a
a) Anand book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the
questions based on it.
b) Cyrus Mistry
c) Mohammad Hasin
Various Expenditures (in percentage) Incurred in
d) Amitabh Ghosh Publishing a Book
40) Govt. of India has planned to erect a
Security Wall (similar to Berlin Wall) along the
borders of which one of the following
neighbouring countries?
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh
1. If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has
to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing cost, then what will be
amount of royalty to be paid for these books?
A. Rs. 19,450 B. Rs. 21,200
C. Rs. 22,950 D. Rs. 26,150
2. What is the central angle of the sector
corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty?
A. 15 B. 24
C. 54 D. 48 Village % Population Below Poverty Line
3. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P.
X 38
If the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then what
Y 52
is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the
book? Z 42

A. Rs. 36 B. Rs. 37.50 R 51

C. Rs. 42 D. Rs. 44.25 S 49
4. If 5500 copies are published and the transportation
T 46
cost on them amounts to Rs. 82500, then what should
be the selling price of the book so that the publisher V 58

can earn a profit of 25%?

A. Rs. 187.50 B. Rs. 191.50
C. Rs. 175 D. Rs. 180
5. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost 10. If the population of village R in 1997 is 32000,
by: then what will be the population of village Y below
poverty line in that year?
A. 5% B. 33.2%
A. 14100 B. 15600
C. 20% D. 25% C. 16500 D. 17000
6. If the difference between the two expenditures is 11. The ratio of population of village T below poverty
represented by 18 in the pie-chart, then these line to that of village Z below poverty line in 1997 is:
expenditures possibly are A. 11 : 23B. 13 : 11
A. Binding Cost and Promotion Cost C. 23 : 11D. 11 : 13
B. Paper Cost and Royalty 12. Find the population of village S if the population of
village X below poverty line in 1997 is 12160.
C. Binding Cost and Printing Cost
A. 18500 B. 20500
D. Paper Cost and Printing Cost C. 22000 D. 26000
7. For an edition of 12,500 copies, the amount of 13. If in 1998, the population of villages Y and V
Royalty paid by the publisher is Rs. 2,81,250. What increase by 10% each and the percentage of
should be the selling price of the book if the publisher population below poverty line remains unchanged for
desires a profit of 5%? all the villages, then find the population of village V
A. Rs. 152.50 B. Rs. 157.50 below poverty line in 1998, given that the population
of village Y in 1997 was 30000.
C. Rs. 162.50 D. Rs. 167.50
A. 11250 B. 12760
8. If for an edition of the book, the cost of paper is Rs. C. 13140 D. 13780
56250, then find the promotion cost for this edition.
A. Rs. 20,000 B. Rs. 22,500
C. Rs. 25,500 D. Rs. 28,125 The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by
9. Which two expenditures together have central two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 - 2001.
angle of 108? Percentage profit earned by Two Companies X and Y
A. Biding Cost and Transportation Cost
over the Given Years
B. Printing Cost and Paper Cost
Income - Expenditure
C. Royalty and Promotion Cost %Profit = x 100
D. Binding Cost and Paper Cost Expenditure

Study the following pie-chart and the table and

answer the questions based on them.
Proportion of Population of Seven Villages in 1997
 19. The maximum difference between the amount
invested in Raw materials and value of sales of
finished goods was during the year?
A. 1995 B. 1996
14. The incomes of two Companies X and Y in 2000 C. 1997 D. 1998
were in the ratio of 3:4 respectively. What was the 20. The value of sales of finished goods in 1999 was
respective ratio of their expenditures in 2000 ? approximately what percent of the sum of amount
invested in Raw materials in the years 1997, 1998 and
A. 7:22 B. 14:19
1999?
C. 15:22 D. 27:35 A. 33% B. 37%
15. If the expenditure of Company Y in 1997 was Rs. C. 45% D. 49%
220 crores, what was its income in 1997? 21. What was the difference between the average
A. Rs. 312 crores B. Rs. 297 crores amount invested in Raw materials during the given
C. Rs. 283 crores D. Rs. 275 crores period and the average value of sales of finished
16. If the expenditures of Company X and Y in 1996 goods during this period?
A. Rs. 62.5 lakhs B. Rs. 68.5 lakhs
were equal and the total income of the two
C. Rs. 71.5 lakhs D. Rs. 77.5 lakhs
Companies in 1996 was Rs. 342 crores, what was the 22. In which year, the percentage change (compared
total profit of the two Companies together in 1996? to the previous year) in the investment on Raw
(Profit = Income - Expenditure) materials is same as that in the value of sales of
A. Rs. 240 crores B. Rs. 171 crores finished goods?
C. Rs. 120 crores D. Rs. 102 crores A. 1996 B. 1997
17. The expenditure of Company X in the year 1998 C. 1998 D. 1999
23. In which year, there has been a maximum
was Rs. 200 crores and the income of company X in
percentage increase in the amount invested in Raw
1998 was the same as its expenditure in 2001. The materials as compared to the year?
income of Company X in 2001 was? A. 1996 B. 1997
A. Rs. 465 crores B. Rs. 385 crores C. 1998 D. 1999
C. Rs. 335 crores D. Rs. 295 crores
24. The avg. age of a husband, wife and their
18. If the incomes of two Companies were equal in daughter ten years ago was 25 years and that of the
husband and wife 6 years ago was 37 years. What is
1999, then what was the ratio of expenditure of
the present age of the daughter in years?
Company X to that of Company Y in 1999 ?
A. 6:5 B. 5:6 A. 19 B. 20 C. 35 D. 31
C. 11:6 D. 16:15
25. The avg. wt. of a school football team, consisting
of 22 members and a goalkeeper, decreases by half a
Out of the two bar graphs provided below, one shows kilogram if the goalkeeper is not included. What is the
the amounts (in Lakh Rs.) invested by a Company in goalkeepers wt., if the avg. wt. of the team initially
purchasing raw materials over the years and the other was 60 kg?
shows the values (in Lakh Rs.) of finished goods sold
by the Company over the years. A. 71 Kg B. 72 Kg C. 71.5 Kg
Amount invested in Raw Materials (Rs. in Lakhs) D. 70.5 Kg

26. A horse and a carriage were bought for Rs. 12000.

The carriage was sold at a loss of 10% and horse was
sold at a profit of 20%. Together I received Rs.13500.
What is the C.P. and S.P. of the horse?

Value of Sales of Finished Goods (Rs. in Lakhs) A. Rs. 9,000 B. Rs. 8,000 C. Rs. 8,500 D. Rs.
7,200
27. In an exam, a student scored 50% of the
maximum marks and yet failed by 12 marks. If he had
scored 10% more than what he scored, he would have
just managed to get the pass percentage. What are
the maximum marks of the paper?
A. 120 B. 150 C. 140 D. 240
28. Of the two vendors, V1 and V2, V1 gives r%
discount and manages r% profit and V2 increases the
price by r% over cost and then gives r% discount.
Who is doing a profitable business?
A. V1 B. V2
C. Both V1 & V2 D. None of them
29. The radius of a circle has increased by 20%. By
what % will the area and circumference of the circle
increase respectively?
conditions). He has to cover another 25% of his total
journey in city driving conditions. What should be the
minimum percentage increase in fuel efficiency for
non-city driving over that in city driving, so that he is
just able to cover his entire journey without having to
refuel?
a) 39.2% b) 43.5% c) 45.6%
d) 51.2%
36. During a given period, 30% of the total FDI goes
to UP, 20% of which goes to rural areas. The FDI in UP
which goes to urban areas, is $72 million. MP
accounts for 20% of the total FDI, 50% of which goes
to urban MP. Find the sum of FDI in rural UP and rural
MP.
a)$48 million b)$49 million c)$50 million d)$58
million

A. 20% and 44% B. 40% and 20% 37. By weight, liquid A makes up 7 percent of solution
C. 44% and 20% D. 20% and 20% I and 14.5 percent of solution II. If 3 grams of solution
I is mixed with 2 grams of solution II, then liquid A
Directions for Questions 30 to 34: accounts for what percent of the weight of the
resultant solution?
What should come in place of the question
mark in the following question? a) 6.09% b) 10% c) 10.75%
d) 21.5% e) 50%
38. In a certain election, 20 percent of the people who
30. 90780? = 85 x 12
voted were from party X and the remaining voters
were from party Y. On a certain issue, all of the voting
a) 89 b) 7921 c) 7569 d) 87 members of party X say no and 60 percent of the
entire group of voters say no. What percent of the
31. 1862 / 28 = ? voting members of party Y say no?
a) 66.5 b) 67 c) 64.5 d) 69
a) 20% b) 40% c) 50%
32. 63% of 962 + ? = 999 d) 60% e) 100%
a) 346.92 b) 368.64 d) 392.94 e) 39. A sum of Rs. 43 was divided among 100 boys and
402.68 girls. Each boy gets 53 paise and each girl gets 28
paise. What is the number of boys?
33. 743 + 958 = ? % of 5670
a) 80 b) 60 c) 40 d) 36
a) 34 b) 26 c) 30 d)
22 40. Two vessels contain mixtures of spirit and water.
In the first vessel, the ratio of spirit to water is 8 : 3
34. 45% of 720 = 30% of ? and in the second vessel, the ratio is 5 : 1. A 35 l cask
is filled from these vessels so as to contain a mixture
a) 960 b)1080 c) 1240 d) 820 e) None of of spirit and water in the ratio of 4 : 1. How many
these litres are taken from the first vessel?
35. A motorist uses 24% of his fuel in covering the a) 5 b) 6 c) 8 d) 11
first 20% of his total journey (in city driving