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LIST OF AWARDS
CIVILIAN AWARDS Awards Bharat Ratna Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Significance The award is given for exceptional work for the advancement of art, literature and science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order The award is given for exceptional and distinguished services in any field including service rendered by government servants. The award is given for distinguished service of a high order in any field, including service rendered by government servants. The award is given for distinguished service in any field including service rendered by government servants. GALLANTRY AWARDS Awards Param Vir Chakra Significance The highest decoration for valour is the Param Vir Chakra, which is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or preeminent act of Valour of self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. Mahavir Chakra is the second highest decoration and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. Vir Chakra is third in the order of awards given for act of gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. The medal is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air. The decoration is awarded for an act of gallantry. It is exactly like Ashok Chakra, except that it is made of bronze. OTHER NATIONAL AWARDS Awards India Science Award Vyas Samman Shanti swarup Dada Saheb Phalke Rajiv Gandhi Khel Award Dronacharya Award Arjuna Awards Dewang Mehta Award GD Birla Award for Scientific Research Kalinga Award Ratna Significance The Government of India instituted this award in 2004. It is awarded to a noted scientist. The award is given to an outstanding Hindi Literary work, authored by an Indian. It is given by K.K. Birla Foundation. These awards are given to Scientists and Engineers for their research and development work Instituted in 1970, the award is given to a person in Award recognition for his contribution to Indian Cinema. The award constituted in the year 1991-92 honouring the outstanding sports person in the year for his/her achievement in sports. Instituted in 1985, the award honours eminent coaches who have successfully trained sports persons or teams and enabled team to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. Arjuna award was instituted in 1961. It is given to sportsmen for their outstanding performance. The awardees are given a statuette, a scroll of honour, ceremonial dress and a cash award of Rs. Three lakhs. The award instituted by department of information technology in memory of Mr. Dewang Mehta, former chief of NASSCOM. This award is given to an Indian scientist living and working in India, for the high calibre scientific research undertaken by him. Kalinga award was constituted by Mr. Biju Patnaik, the founder of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in Orissa in 1952. The award is given for popularization of science by the United Nation

Mahavir Chakra Vir Chakra Ashok Chakra Shaurya Chakra

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Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) It is awarded Biannually. This award was instituted by the Government of India in honour of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who passed away in 1964. The award is given annually for outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship among the people of world. The award was instituted in 1965. Prize money for this award is Rs. 15,00,000 and a citation, This award was constituted in the year 1992 by K.K. Birla foundation. This award is given for the outstanding contribution to literature in any language include in Eight Schedule. Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was the first recipient of this award. It carries a cash award of Rs. 3 lakhs. This award was constituted in 1965 by literary organization in India. It is India's highest literary Award This award is given for the outstanding contribution in India literature Prize money is 2.5 lakh Noted Tamil Writer D. Jayakanthan was awarded for the 2002. This award is given for the constructive work in society, emphasis on the use of science and technology for rural development, upliftment of women and social welfare and for spreading the Gandhian values outside India These are the most prominent film award ceremony in India, and the country's oldest alongside the Filmfare Awards. Established in 1954, these have been administrated by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country.

Nehru Award for International understanding

Saraswati Samman

Bharatiya Jnanptith Award

Jamna Lai Bajaj Award

National Film Awards

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BHARAT RATNA AWARDEES S.NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Name Dr. S. Radhakrishnan C. Rajagopalachari Dr. C.V. Raman Dr. Bagawan Das M. Visweswarayya Jawaharlal Nehru Govind Ballabh Pant Dhondo Keshav Karve Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Purushottam Das Tandon Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dr. Zakir Hussairn Pandurang Vaman Kane Lal Bahadur Sastry Indira Gandhi Varahagiri Venkatagiri Kumarasami Kamaraj Mother Teresa Acharya Vinobha Bhave Khan Abdul Ghaffar khan M.G. Ramachandran Year 1954 1954 1954 1955 1955 1955 1957 1958 1961 1961 1962 1963 1963 1966 1971 1975 1976 1980 1983 1987 1987 S.NO. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Name

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Year 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 2001 2001 2008

Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Morarji Ranchodji Desai Rajiv Gandhi Sardar Vallabhai Patel J.R.D Tata Sathyajit Ray Subhas Chandra Bose Molana Abdul Kalam Azad Aruna Asaf Ali Gulzari Lal Nanda APJ Abdul Kalam M.S. Subbulakshmi C. Subramaniam Loknayak Jayaprakash Narain Prof. Dr. Amarthya Sen Pandit Ravi Shankar Gopinath Bordoloi Lata Dinanath Mangeshkhar Ustad Bismillah Khan Bhimsen Joshi

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS Awards Nobel prize Significance This award was set up in 1900 under the Will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel. Alfred Nobel was an unmarried Swedish scientist and chemical engineer who discovered Nitroglycerine and its use in the manufacture of dynamite in 1866. This award was instituted in 1901 and is given annually to those persons who have made outstanding contributions in literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, peace and economics. Instituted in 1968, it is the highest literary award conferred annually by the Booker Company and the British Publisher Association. Instituted in 1972. It is conferred by the Templeton foundation for progress in religion. It was instituted in the year 1957. It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of Philippines, It is conferred for outstanding contribution in the field of public service, journalism, | literature, community leadership and international understanding. This prize was instituted in 1970 and named after the U.S. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer. Is conferred annually in the United States for accomplishments in journalism, literature and music

Booker prize Templeton Award Magsaysay Award

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This awards was instituted in 1929 and is conferred annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures in the United States. Mahboob Khan's Mother India was the first Indian film to be nominated in the best foreign film category in 1958. The first Indian to share the Oscar was Bhanu Athaiya for the film Gandhi. Satyajeet Ray was the first Indian who was awarded Oscar for lifetime achievement in cinema in the 1992 It is often called the Green Oscar. It is the UK's top conservation prize. The Whitley Awards were established in 1994 by Edward Whitley and are designed to support passionate individuals who are committed to precipitating long-lasting conservation benefits. INDIAN NOBEL LAUREATES

Oscar Award

Whitley Award

Name Rabindranath Tagore C.V. Raman Mother Teresa Hargobind Khorana Subramanian Chandrasekhar Amartya Sen V.S. Naipaul Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Field Literature, 1913 Physics, 1930 Peace, 1979 Medicine, 1968 Physics, 1983 Economics, 1998 Literature, 2001 Chemistry, 2009

BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS OF INDIAN ORIGIN Year 1971 1981 1993 1997 2006 2008 2008 Name V.S. Naipaul Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie Booker of Booker (Best Novel in 25 years of Booker) Arundhati Roy Kiran Desai Salman Rushdie Best of Booker (40 years of the Booker) Arvind Adiga Name of Work In a Free State Midnights Children Midnights Children The God of Small Things The Inheritance of Loss Midnights Children The White Tiger

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International Literacy Year International Space Year International Year of the World's Indigenous People International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal International Year of the Family World Year of Peoples Commemoration of Victims of the Second World War United Nations Year for Tolerance International Year for the Eradication of Poverty International Year of the Ocean International Year of Older Persons International Year for the Culture of Peace International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance/United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations International Year of Ecotourism, International Year of Mountains, United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage International Year of Freshwater, European Disability Year International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition and International Year of Rice International Year for Sport & Physical Education, International Year of Microcredit and World Year of Physics (declared by IUPAP) International Year of Deserts and Desertification (by the UN) (International) Year of the Dolphin (by the UN and UNEP), India-Japan Friendship Year International Year of the Potato (proposed FAO, adopted by UN) International Year of Natural Fibres and International Year of Astronomy (proposal accepted by the UNESCO) International year of communications International Year of Forests (UN) INTERNATIONAL DECADES

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) It was established on December 27, 1945 at the Brettonwoods Conference, but it started its operations on March 1, 1947. Objectives According to Articles of Agreement of the IMF, its main objectives are as follows: 1. To promote international monetary co-operation. 2. To ensure balanced international trade. 3. To ensure exchange rate stability. 4. To grant economic assistance to member countries for eliminating the adverse imbalance in balance of payment Constitution, Membership and Capital of IMF The main source of IMF resources is the quotas allotted to member countries. Earlier, quotas and the assistance provided were denominated in US dollars, now they are expressed in SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) which is also known as Paper Gold. In 1971, an SDR was assumed to be equivalent to 1 dollar but due to subsequent decline in dollar value, one SDR became equivalent to $ 1.585 by the end of April 1995. These days the value of the SDR is being determined by the basket of currencies of 5 largest exporting member countries: US Dollar, Deutsche Mark, Yen, Franc and Pound Sterling. India and IMF IMF has played an important role in Indian economy. IMF has provided economic assistance from time to time to India and has also provided appropriate consultancy in determination of various policies in the country. India is a founder-member of IMF. The Finance Minister is ex-officio Governor on the IMF Board of Governors. Till 1970, India was among the first five nations having the highest quota with IMF and due to this status India was allotted a permanent place in Executive Board of Directors. India has taken IMF loans for improving its BoP position and also technical consultancy for solving its internal economic problems. The economic reforms programme was launched in India under the aegis of the IMF and its progress is being constantly monitored by the IMF. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (IBRD) The IBRD and its associates as a group are known as the World Bank, set up to rehabilitate the World War II-damaged economies. In 1945, it was decided to concentrate on reconstructing these war affected economies. Besides, it was also planned to develop under-developed economies in a planned way. IBRD was established in December 1945 with the IMF on the basis of the recommendation of the Brettonwoods Conference. That is the reason why IMF and IBRD are called Bretton Wood Twins. IBRD started functioning in June 1946. Objectives According to the Agreement at the time of establishment of World Bank, it was assigned the following objectives: I. To provide long-run capital to member countries for economic reconstruction and development o To rehabilitate war-ruined economies. o To finance productive efforts according to peacetime requirements. o To develop resources and production facilities in under-developed countries. o To induce long-run capital investment for assuring BOP equilibrium and balanced development of international trade. II. To promote capital investment in member countries by following ways : o To provide guarantee on private loans or capital investment. o If private capital is not available even after providing guarantee, then IBRD provides loans for productive activities on considerate conditions. o To provide guarantee for loans granted to small and large units and other projects of member countries.

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To ensure the implementation of development projects so as to bring about a smooth transfer from a wartime to a peace economy.

Since both these were together formed at the Brettonwoods Conference, they are referred to as Brettonwoods Twins. Both the institutions were established to promote international economic cooperation but a basic difference is found in the nature of economic assistance given by these two institutions. The World Bank provides long-term loans for promoting balanced economic development and finances developmental projects, while the IMF provides short-term loans to member countries for eliminating BOP disequilibrium. Both these institutions are complementary to each other. Membership Generally every member country of the IMF automatically becomes the member of World Bank. Similarly, any country which quits IMF is automatically expelled from the World Banks membership. But under a certain provision a country leaving the membership of IMF can continue its membership with World Bank if 75% members of their Bank give their vote in its favour. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA) The IDA is an associate institution of the World Bank known as soft loan window of World Bank. IDA was established on September 24, 1960. It kept its membership open to all members of World Bank. At present 159 countries are its members and no interest is charged on these long-term loans. These soft loans are provided to the poor countries. The resources of IDA include subscribed capital by member countries, general replenishments by developed countries, net income transferred by IBRD etc. The IDA is administered by the same group, which manages the working of World Bank. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC) Established in July 1956, this corporation provides loans to private industries of developing nations without any government guarantee and also promotes the additional capital investment in these countries. GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) During the Great Depression of the 1930s (actually, it began in 1929), international trade was badly affected and various countries imposed import restrictions for safeguarding their economies. This resulted in a sharp decline in world trade. In 1945, the USA put forward many proposals for extending international trade and employment. In 1947, 23 countries at Geneva, signed an agreement related to tariffs imposed on trade. This agreement is known as General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). It came into force in 1948. Initially GATT was established in the form of a temporary arrangement but later on it took the shape of a permanent agreement. The World Trade Organization (WTO), which came into existence on January 1, 1995 after many years of Uruguay Round negotiations, replaced GATT. Objectives 1. To provide equal opportunities to all countries in international market for trading purpose without any favour. 2. To increase the effective demand for real income growth and goods. 3. To minimize tariffs and other restrictions on trade for ensuring mutual benefits and to eliminate favours from international trade. 4. To provide amicable solution to the disputes related to international trade by giving co-operation and advice to member countries. These objectives were the guidelines for the GATT, which became the guiding force for promoting independent and multilateral trade. GATT also introduced MFN (Most Favoured Nation Clause) according to which every member country was considered as an MFN country and any concession given to any nation was automatically given to all the member countries.

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Between 1947 and the last year of GATT there were 8 rounds of negotiations. The first 6 rounds were related to curtailing tariff rates. The 7th round included the non-tariff obstacles. The 8th round was entirely different from the previous rounds because it included a number of new subjects for consideration. This 8th round is known as Uruguay Round, which became most controversial. The discussions at this round gave birth to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Uruguay Round and Dunkel Proposals The 8th round of GATT popularly known as Uruguay Round was started in September 1986. The negotiations were expected to be concluded in 4 years but on account of differences among participating countries on certain critical areas, agreement could not be reached. To break this deadlock Mr. Arthur Dunkel, Director General of GATT, compiled a very detailed document, popularly known as Dunkel Proposals. This proposal culminated into the Final Act on December 15, 1993. India signed this proposal on April 15, 1994. In all 124 countries signed it. The Uruguay Round contained the mandate to have negotiations in 15 areas. WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) The Uruguay Round of GATT gave birth to the World Trade Organization. The members of GATT signed an agreement of Uruguay Round in April 1994 in Marrakesh (Morocco) for establishing a new organization named WTO. It was officially constituted on January 1, 1995, which replaced GATT as an effective informal organization. Contrary to GATT, WTO is a permanent organization and has international status like IMF and IBRD, but it is not an agency of the UNO. Administration The WTO has a General Council for its administration, which includes one permanent representative of each member nation. Generally, it has one meeting per month, held at Geneva. The highest authority of policy-making is WTOs Ministerial Conference, which is held after every 2 years. The Director General is the highest official of the Organization to look after day to day working. The General Council of the WTO elects the Director-General for 4 years. Like GATT, WTOs headquarters is also at Geneva. There are a number of important committees for administration of WTO, out of which 2 committees play pivotal roles in the WTO. They are: 1. Dispute Settlement Body DSB 2. Trade Policy Review Body TPRB

The DSB considers the complaints of member-countries against violation of rules by any other membercountry. This body appoints a group of experts to investigate into such complaints. This body meets twice a month for such cases. TPRB reviews the trade policy of member countries. The trade policies of all big trade powers of the World are reviewed after every 2 years. All the members of WTO are the members of TPRB. Other important bodies of WTO are: 1. Council for Trade in Goods. 2. Council for Trade in Services. 3. Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Objectives of WTO 1. To improve standards of living of people in the member countries. 2. To ensure full employment and broad increase in effective demand. 3. To enlarge production and trade of goods. The above three objectives were also included in the GATT agreement, but the WTO also included some other objectives which are: 4. To enlarge production and trade of services. 5. To ensure optimum utilization of world resources. 6. accept the concept of sustainable development. 7. To protect environment.

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1. To provide facilities for implementation, administration and operation of multilateral and bilateral agreements of the world trade. 2. To provide a platform a member countries to decide future strategies related to trade and tariff. 3. To administer the rules and processes related to dispute settlement. 4. To implement rules and provisions related to trade policy review mechanism. 5. To assist IMF and IBRD for establishing coherence in universal economic policy determination 6. To ensure the optimum use of world resources. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT At present, UNCTAD has become a permanent organization for promoting international trade. Its headquarters is at Geneva, Switzerland. Generally, UNCTAD has its session after every 4 years. IMF has got a permanent representation in all its bodies. That is why IMF includes all UNCTAD proposals in its policies. UNCTAD recommendations are only suggestions and no country can be compelled to accept them. Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To To To To To promote international trade. make policies and principles for international trade and economic development. make a plan for implementing these principles and policies. assist the Economic and Social Council of the UNO. provide a suitable platform for trade dialogues.

Though UNCTAD is functioning as a permanent agency of the UNO, but its membership is fully optional. Any country may join or quit the UNCTAD. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) The ADB was established in Dec. 1966 on the recommendations of ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and Far East). The aim of this Bank was to promote economic development in Asian countries. The head office of the Bank is located at Manila, Philippines. SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION (SAARC) India, Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal constituted an organization known as SAARC, on the recommendations of Dhaka Conference in 1985. Its headquarters has been established at Kathmandu. Afghanistan was made a member in 2005. A conference of heads of the countries is held every year but the conferences have been generally delayed for one reason or the other. The mutual misunderstandings among member nations have created a big question mark on its ability to achieve its objectives. The latest Summit was held in thimphu (Bhutan) in April, 2010. In 1995, the Eighth SAARC Summit at New Delhi decided to establish SAFTA by 2001. (earlier it was decided to establish it by 2005). Agreement was finally signed on January 2004 at the 12th SAARC summit. Agreement entered into force from January 1st 2006 Members include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Requires developing countries in South Asia: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, to bring duties down to 20 percent in the first phase of the two year period ending in 2007 Final five year phase ending 2012, 20 percent duty be reduced to zero Least developed nations: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Maldives have additional three years to reduce tariffs to zero

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) ASEAN is a union of South-East Asian Nations. Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand constituted this association in 1967. Brunei also joined the ASEAN in 1984. At present, 9 countries are the members of ASEAN. The object of ASEAN is to promote economic co-operation in South-East Asia and also to ensure economic stability in the region. Its headquarters is in Jakarta but a Secretary of ASEAN lives in the capital of each member country. The post of General Secretary of ASEAN is rotated

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among each member country alphabetically, after every two years. In 1996, ASEAN gave advisory status or full-dialogue partner status to India. Besides India, China and Russia also got this status. India cannot join the ASEAN as a member due to its geographical location. However, India entered into a Free Tree Agreement with this grouping on Jan 1, 2010. EAST ASIA SUMMIT It has 16 members constituting all the members of ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia , Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and six neighbouring nations of India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Its first summit was held in 2005. At the Fourth Summit held in October 2009 in Thailand, it was decided to reestablish Nalanda University in Bihar. It is also moving towards Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia (CEPEA). ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) OPEC was constituted in Baghdad in 1960. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela were its founder members. The goal of OPEC was to control production and price of petroleum so as to safeguard the interests of oil exporting countries. OPEC also attempts not only to stabilize oil prices but also to seek the maximum oil prices from the oil importing countries. Any country exporting crude oil may join OPEC. Its headquarter is in Vienna (Austria). OPEC has adopted the strategy to limit the oil production with a view to get higher prices of their crude oil in international market. SOUTH COMMISSION The South Commission is also known as South-South Commission, which was constituted under nonaligned movement. The objective of this Commission was to protect the interests of Third World from the discriminatory policies of international financial institutions and loan giving countries. Its headquarter was opened at Geneva on October 2, 1987. The ex-President of Tanzania Mr. Julius Nyerere, was appointed the President of the Commission. Dr. Manmohan Singh of India was its first General Secretary. Mutual economic co-operation among developing countries at the international level was termed as South-South Co-operation. G-8 The Group of Eight is a forum, created by France in 1975, for governments of six countries in the world: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1976, Canada joined the group (thus creating the G7). In becoming the G8, the group added Russia in 1997. In addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair. Together the eight countries making up the G8 represent about 14% of the world population, but they represent about 60% of the Gross World Product as measured by gross domestic product, Lately, both France and the United Kingdom have expressed a desire to expand the group to include five developing countries, referred to as the Outreach Five (O5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa. These countries have participated as guests in previous meetings, which are sometimes called G8+5. GROUP OF TWENTY FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20) is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the european single currency. Their heads of government or heads of state have also periodically conferred at summits since their initial meeting in 2008. Collectively, the G-20 economies comprise 85% of global gross national product, 80% of world trade (including EU intra-trade) and two-thirds of the world population. The G-20 is a forum for cooperation and consultation on matters pertaining to the international financial system. It studies, reviews, and promotes discussion (among key industrial and emerging market countries) of policy issues pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability, and seeks to address issues that go beyond the responsibilities of any one organization. With the G-20 growing in stature since the 2008 Washington summit, its leaders announced at their Pittsburgh summit on September 25, 2009, that the group will replace the G8 as the main economic council of wealthy nations.

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The heads of the G-20 nations have met semi-annually at G-20 summits since 2008. The most recent was held in Toronto on June 2627, 2010, and the next will be in Seoul on November 1112, 2010. Starting in 2011, G-20 summits will be held annually. ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT To rehabilitate the weak economies of Europe after Second World War, an organization named OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) was founded. Its headquarter is in Paris (France). The aim of the OECD is to co-ordinate the welfare policies of the member countries and also to induce member countries for promoting welfare activities in their respective economies. EUROPEAN UNION Six European countries known as Inner Six (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, W. Germany and Italy) constituted EEC on the basis of Rome Treaty (1957) which was constituted for promoting economic co-operation among non-communist countries of Europe. EEC started its functioning since January 1, 1958. EEC attempted to unite economic policies of all 15 members. In 1991, important decisions relating to political, monetary and economic unification of Europe were taken by Heads of States of the then 12 member countries. This treaty was a major effort in the direction of European unification and is known as the Maastricht Treaty. Since, November 1, 1993 this treaty was implemented for political and economic unification of these countries. This treaty gave birth to a new organization known as European Union. This treaty and documents of European Union, signed in February, 1992, state that all the countries of the union will make all efforts to implement homogeneous economic and monetary policies. Important Treaties 1. European Coal and Steel Community-1957 2. European Economic Community- 1957 3. European Atomic Energy Community 4. Merger Treaty European Communities-1967 5. Schengen Agreement- 1985 6. Single European Act 1986 7. Single Flag 8. The Treaty of Maastricht -1992 9. EU was formed 10. Euro Launched- 1999 11. Lisbon Treaty- 2007 Lisbon Treaty came into force on December 1, 2009. Czech President Vaclav Klaus was the last to ratify the treaty in November 2009. Its salient features are Replaces European Constitution Facilitate speedy decision making Give EU, US-style President (term=2.5 years). It makes Herman Van Rompuy (Belgium), the first permanent President of European Council (Dec 1, 2009 May 31, 2012) Common Foreign Policy. Baroness Catherine Ashton (UK) has been appointed as the first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Voting rights in proportion of population size of the member countries delayed till 2014 due to Polish concerns.

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) In 1992, a trilateral agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico took place, which declared North American region as Free Trade Area. This agreement is known as NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). The USA played a dominant role in its establishment. NAFTA was constituted mainly to meet the challenges of EEC and Japanese economic policies. Before NAFTA, free trade was already taking place between USA and Canada, but this free trade facility was has now been extended to Mexico. NAFTA has been in operation in USA, Canada and Mexico since January 1, 1994.

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ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) APEC is a new economic grouping appearing on the international forum after EEC and NAFTA. APEC was constituted on the initiative of Australian Prime Minister Mr. Bob Hawk. All the developing and developed economies of the world ranging from Himalayas to Andes and from New Zealand to Canada are the members of APEC. The countries having membership with APEC share more than 40% of the total world trade. Member countries are making all efforts to develop APEC as a free trade zone like EEC and NAFTA. It has been decided to convert Asia Pacific region of the world into a Free Trade Area by 2020 A.D. As on date, APEC is the biggest economic bloc in terms of total business transacted. BRIC In economics, BRIC is an acronym that refers to the fast growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Country Brazil Russia India China Dominant global supplier of Raw Material - Iron Ore Raw Material - Oil and Gas Services Manufactured goods

Term was first prominently used in a Goldman Sachs report from 2003, which speculated that by 2050 these four economies would be wealthier than most of the current major economies. First Summit was held on June 16, 2009 at Yekaterinaburg, Russia and the Second Summit was held on April 15-16, 2010 at Brasilia, Brazil.

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION Amnesty International Commonwealth International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Green Peace Action Aid Asian Development Bank Asean Commonwealth of Independent States Economic Cooperation Organization European Union Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Labour Organization International Monetary Fund Interpol NATO North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) OPEC Shanghai Cooperation Organization South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) The World Meteorological Organization United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) UNEP United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Trade Organization (WTO) Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) NATIONAL ORGANISATION Imperial Bank of India State bank of India Nationalization of RBI Reserve Bank of India Regional Rural Banks National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABRAD) Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) Unit Trust of India (UTI) Industrial Credit & Investment corporation of India Bank (ICICI) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) National Stock Exchange

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RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
1. MEDICAL RESEARCH All-India Institute of Medical Sciences All-India Institute of Speech and Hearing Indian Council of Medical Research 2. DFPARTMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRES Anthropological Survey of India Central Water Power Research Station Central Power Research Institute Forest Research Institute Geological Survey of India Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology 3. NUCLEAR RESERACH Atomic Energy Commission Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Electronics Corporation of India High Altitude Research Laboratory Indian Rare Earths Ltd. Radio Astronomy Centre Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Memorial Centre Uranium Corporation of India Mumbai Trombay (Mumbai) Hyderabad Gulmarg (Kashmir) Alwaye Ootacamund Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai Jaduguda (Bihar) Kolkata Khadakvasla (Pune) Bangalore and Bhopal Dehradun Kolkata Pune New Delhi Mysore New Delhi.

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Indian Scientific Satellite Project Indian Space Research Organization Physical Research Laboratory Propelling Fuel Complex Satellite Launch Vehicle Project Space Applications Centre Space Commission Sriharikota Range Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Bangalore Bangalore Ahmedabad Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Ahmedabad Bangalore Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Thumba Thiruvananthapuram

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5. OCEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS National Institute of Oceanography Indian National Centre for Ocean and Information Services Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology 6. PHYSICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES National Physical Laboratory Central Fuel Research Institute Indian Institute of Petroleum National Chemical Laboratory 7. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Central Leather Research Institute National Botanical Research Institute 8. ENGINEERING National Aeronautical Laboratory National Environmental Engineering Institute National Metallurgical Laboratory 9. SCIENTIFIC MUSEUMS Birla Industrial Technological Museum Indian National Scientific Documentation Center Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological 10. CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS Cement Research Institute of India 11. MEDICAL RESEARCH Institute of Research in Reproduction National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases National Institute of Occupational Health National Institute of Nutrition National Institute of Virology 12. DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE Central Power Research Institute Mumbai Kolkata Ahmedabad Hyderabad Pune Ballabhgarh Kolkata New Delhi Bangalore Research Bangalore Nagpur Bangalore Chennai Lucknow New Delhi Dhanbad Dehradun Pune Panaji, Goa Hyderabad Chennai Kochi

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MAIN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AMD BOTANICAL GARDENS IN INDIA Indian Agricultural Research Institute Indian Council of Agriculture Research National Botanical Research Institute Central Tobacco Research Institute Central National Plant Herbarium National Institute of Oceanography Hindustan Antibiotics Plant Research Institute Hindustan Antibiotics Institute Central Potato Research Institute Forest Research Institute Central Drug Research Institute Birbal Sahni Institute of Pale botany Central Food Technological Research Institute National Biological Laboratory Central Mango Research Institute Fruit Research Institute Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Central Coconut Research Institute (Station) Central Jute Technological Research Institute Central Tuber-Crop Research Institute Indian Institute of Sugarcane Laboratory Cotton Technological Research Institute Butler Plant Herbarium Llyod Botaical Garden Central Arid Zone Research Institute Central Rice Research Institute Central Sugarcane Breeding Institute Central Vegetable Breeding Station Botanical Survey of India Industrial Toxicological Research Station Central Inland Fisheries Research Station Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology Centre Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute Indian Institute of Soil Science New Delhi New Delhi Lucknow (U.P.) Rajmudari (A.P) Sibpur, Kolkata (W.B) Panaji (Goa) Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) Hyderabad (A.P.) Shimla (H.P) Dehradun (Uttarakhand) Lucknow (U.P.) Lucknow (U.P.) Mysore (Karnataka) Palampur (H.P.) Lucknow (UP) Sabour, Bhagalpur (Bihar) Lucknow (UP) Ernakulam (Kerala) Kolkata (WB) Trivandrum (Kerala) Kanpur (UP) Mantunga (Mumbai) St. Xaviers college, Fort (Mumbai) Darjeeling (W.B) Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Cuttack (Orissa) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Kullu (HP) Kolkata (WB) Cochin (Kerala) Barrakpore (WB) Hyderabad (AP) Dehradun (Uttarakhand) Bhopal (MP)

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SPORTS
National Sports and Games of some Important Countries Australia Cricket Japan Russia Canada Ice Hockey Scotland England Cricket & Rugby Football Spain India Hockey USA Trophies Associated with Sports International Trophies Games American Cup Yacht Racing Ashes Cricket (Australia, England) Asia Cup Cricket Canada Cup Golf (World Championship) Davis Cup Tennis / Lawn Tennis Derby Horse Race (England) King's Cup Air Races (England) National Trophies Aga Khan Cup Bombay Gold Cup D.C.M. Trophy Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy Duleep Trophy Durand Cup Ezra Cup Gurmit Trophy Indira Gold Cup Irani Cup Lady Rattan Tata Trophy Miscellenaous King's Cup, Schneider Cup, Jawahar Challenge Trophy. Federation Cup. Charminar Trophy, World Cup, Federation Cup. asalat Jha Trophy, B.C. Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, S.M. Arjuna Raja Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, William Jones Cup. Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup. Boxing ASPY Trophy, Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy. Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy, Limca Trophy, Linares City Trophy, World Cup. Cricket Asia Cup, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challenge Cup, C.K. Nagender Trophy, Cooch-Behar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, ICC World Cup, Lombard World Challenge Cup, McDonells Challenge Cup, Federation Cup, World Cup. Football Airlines Cup, African Nations Cup, America Cup, Asia Cup, Asian Women's Cup, B.C. Roy Trophy, Lai Bahadur Shastri Trophy, Great Wall Cup, IFA Shield, Winners' Cup, World Cup. Golf Canada Cup, Inter-Continental Cup, President's Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino Trophy, Walker Cup, Waterfost Crystal Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy, Paralamdy Trophy, World Cup. Hockey Agha Khan Cup, Allwin Asia Cup, Bhim Sain Trophy, BMW Trophy, Bombay Gold Cup, Champion Trophy, Clarke Trophy, European Nations Cup, Gurmeet Trophy, Guru Nanak Cup, Gyanvati Devi Trophy, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, International Cup, Wellington Cup, World Cup. Horse Racing Baresford Cup, Blue Riband, Derby, Grand National Cup. Kabadi Federation Cup. Kho-Kho Federation Cup. Air Racing Archery Athletics Badminton Ju-Jitsu Chess Rugby Football Bull Fighting Base ball

Trophies MRF World Cup Thomas Cup U Thant Cup Uber Cup Westchester Cup Wimbledon Trophy World Cup World Cup

Games Cricket & Boxing World Badminton Tennis World Badminton Polo (England) Lawn Tennis Cricket Hockey

Games Hockey Hockey Football National Football (Junior) Cricket Football Polo Hockey Hockey Cricket Hockey

Trophies Murugappa Gold Cup Nehru Trophy Nizam Gold Cup Prithi Singh Cup Radha Mohan Cup Rangaswamy Cup Ranji Trophy Rovers Cup Sahni Trophy Santosh Trophy

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Ezar Cup, Gold Cup, King's Cup, President Cup, Prithi Singh Cup, Radha Mohan Cup, Winchester Cup. Rowing Beefeaker's Gin Shooting North Wales Cup, Welsh-Grand Prix. Snooker Team Tournament Asean Cup. Table Tennis Asian Cup, Berna Black Cup, Corbillion Cup (Women) Grand Prix, World Cup. Tennis Champions Cup, ATP President's Cup, Davis Cup, Rajendra Prasad Cup, Evert Cup, Federation Cup, Ghafar Cup, Grand Prix, Grand Slam Cup, Hamlet Cup, Lipton Trophy, Mercedes Cup, Nations' Cup, Watson's Water Trophy, Wightman Cup, Wimbledon Trophy, World Cup, World Team Cup. Volleyball Federation Cup, Centennial Cup, Indian Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi Cold Cup, World League Cup and World Cup. Wrestling Bharat Kesari, Burdwan Shield, World Cup. Olympic Games The origin of the ancient Olympic games is lost in the midst of pre-history, but for many centuries they were only a festival of the Greek people. The Games were first held in honour of the Greek god, Zeus in 776 BC in the plains of Kingdom of Elis, nestled in lush valley between the Alpheus River and Mount Kronion, 15 km from the Ionian Sea Modern Olympic Games The revival work of the games was undertaken by Baron Pierre de Coubertin nearly 1500 years after the last of the ancient Games. The first Games to be held in 1896. Athens was, therefore, the venue. The aims of the Olympic Movement are to promote the development of those fine physical and moral qualities, which are the basis of amateur sports, and to bring together the athletes of the world in a great quadrennial festival of sports. The honour of holding the Olympic games is entrusted to a city and not a country or area. Winter Olympic Games The winter Olympic games started in 1924 AD when the first Games were held at Chamonix, France. Olympic Symbol It comprises of five rings or circles, linked together to represent the sporting friendship of all people. The rings also symbolize the continents- Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America. Each ring is of a different colour, i.e., blue, yellow, black, green and red. Olympic Flag The Olympic Flag, created in 1913 at the suggestion of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was solemnly inaugurated in Paris in June 1914 but it was raised, over an Olympic stadium for the first time at the Antwerp Games (Belgium) in 1920. There is also a second Olympic Flag, which is used for the winter Games. These flags are made of white silk and contain five intertwined rings. From left to right the rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. The rings are meant to represent five continents viz., Africa (black), America (red), Asia (yellow), Australia (green), Europe (blue). At least one of these colours is found on the flag of every country. Olympic Flame It was at the Amsterdam Games in 1982 that for the first time an Olympic flame was ceremonially lighted and burned in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium. The modern version of the flame was adopted in 1936 at the Berlin Games. Olympic Motto The Olympic Motto is "Citius-Altius-Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger). Rev. Father Didon (1840 - 1900), headmaster of a school near Paris and a great promoter of sports in the French Catholic colleges near the end of the nineteenth century, first used the motto and had it embroidered on the pennants of his school clubs. Sites of Summer Olympic Games Year Place 1896 1900 1904 1908 Athens Paris St. Louis London Year 1968 1972 1976 1980 Place Mexico City Munich Montreal Moscow

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With five Gold medals in Swimming, the Australian Alicia Coutts was the most successful athlete at the Games. Gagan Narang, the ace Indian shooter was the most successful male athlete. He won four Gold medals. Asian Games The Asian Games, commonly known as 'The Asiad' is a multi-sport event of only the Asian continent. It was first held in New Delhi in India in 1951. Since then it is regularly being held in various cities of Asian countries once every four years. In 2006 the 15th Asian Games were held at Busan in South Korea. The 16th Asian Games will be held in 2010 in Guanzhou, China. SAF Games (South Asian Games) The South Asian Federation Games (SAF Games) is a sport festival of South Asian countries. The South Asian sports Federation comprising India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives were formed in New Delhi in November 1982. The first SAF Games were held in Kathmandu in 1984. The SAF games have been renamed as South Asian Games. The 10th South Asian Games were held between August 18th - August 28th 2006 in Sri Lanka. India finished on top of the medals tally. World Cup Foot Ball Championship The World Cup Foot Ball Tournament is organized by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) once in four years since 1930. It was on July 18, 1930 that the first-ever World Cup match was played between Uruguay and Chile, at the newly built Centenary Stadium in Montevideo (Uruguay). The 2010 FIFA World Cup Football was hosted by South Africa. Spain defeated Netherland 1-0 in the finals. Afro Asian Games The first Afro Asian Games were held between October 24th - November 1st 2003 in Hyderabad. China bagged the maximum gold in the tournament. The 2nd Afro Asian Games, supposed to have been held in Algeria has been postponed indefinitely. CRICKET T20 WORLD CUP Year 2007 2009 2010 2012 Venue South Africa England West Indies Sri Lanka Winner India beat Pakistan by 5 runs Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets England beat Australia by 7 wickets (Scheduled)

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West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs West Indies beat England by 92 runs India beat West Indies by 43 runs Australia beat England by 7 runs Pakistan beat England by 22 runs Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets Australia beat India by 125 runs Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs (Scheduled) (Scheduled) (Scheduled)

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SLOGANS Punchliness ELECTRONICS COMPANIES Company BPL Sansui Epson Xerox Crompton Greaves LG Canon Aiwa Nokia Voltas Videocon Panasonic MTNL Onida Samsung Mobile IT COMPANIES Punchlines Your potential, Our passion Powered by intellect, driven by values Making the internet work for you On demand business First you pay for it then it pays you back with interest Applying thought We hear you Invent Consider the possibilities AIRLINES Company Austrian Airlines Singapore Airlines Jet Airways Spice jet Air India Cathay Pacific Lufthansa Air Sahara British Airways Indian Airlines Ltd. AUTOMOBILES Company Microsoft Infosys Sify IBM Lenovo Wipro Acer HP Dell Computer

Believe in the best Born in Japan, Entertaining the World Exceed your vision The document company Everyday solutions Lifes good Delighting you always Pure passion Connecting people The global cooling expert The Indian multinational Ideas for Life Lifeline of Delhi & Mumbai Nothing but the truth Dil ko Jeb Me Rakha Hai

Punchlines The most friendly airlines A great way to fly The joy of flying Flying for everyone Fly Well (tag-line) A heart of Asia There is no better way to fly Emotionally yours The world is waiting New Horizons, Enduring values

Punchlines Rediscover luxury Even more car per car

Company Hyundai Sonata Indica V2

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Driven by the passion Moving forward The ultimate driving machine Desh ki dhadkan Definitely male The joy of travelling together Change your life Designed to excel Technology to the max Get noticed Nothing else will do For a special journey called life Be a wing rider Sheer pleasure The future of the automobile Affordable luxury The josh machine Own the road India's favourite family car Two luxury cars in one Count on us Let's go Ride it to believe it The sunshine car The science of comfort Feeling at home Making everyday exciting Anything Karega All you desire The most well built luxury car Fiat Toyota BMW Hero Honda Motors Bajaj Pulsar Maruti Versa Maruti 300

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Hero Honda Splendor Fiat Palio Fiat Siena Mahindra Scorpio Chevrolet Honda Unicorn Hyundai Accent Mercedes Benz Hyundai Accent Ford Ikon Mitsubishi lancer Santro Maruti Versa Maruti Suzuki Alto LML Freedom Santro Zip plus Opel Astra Wagon R Ford Motors Ford Fusion Toyota Innova Skoda Octavia

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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Company State Bank of India ICICI Prudential Life Insurance: Union Bank of India The Vysya Bank Ltd. Aviva Life Insurance SBI Kotak Vijaya Bank SBI Mutual Fund Tata AIG Bank of Rajasthan Punjab National Bank LIC HSBC Canara Bank Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Allahabad bank

With you -All the way We cover you. At every step of life Good people to bank with Experience relationship banking Kal par control For your better tomorrow (ad-line) Investment Banking A friend you can bank upon Soch hamari, Fayda aapka (ad-line) A new look at life Dare to dream The name you can bank upon We know India better The world's local bank Lifelong Banking The life you deserve A tradition of trust

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India's International Bank Your perfect banking partner The banking for a changing world The edge is efficiency Good people to grow with MEDIA Bank of Baroda The Federal Bank Ltd. BNP Paribas

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Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Indian Overseas Bank

Punchliness Let truth prevail

Company The Times of India Business Standard Business India CNN IndiaInfoline.com Hindustan Times Business World NDTV CNBC India The Economic time Outlook Zee Business Channel CNBC Awaz

When you are sure The magazine of the corporate world Be the first to know Its all about money honey Makes you look good (ad-line) Magazine of the new economy Experience, Truth first Profit from it The power of knowledge Speak out (ad-line) Aapka fayda The voice of the Indian consumer

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TOBACCO COMPANIES Company Gold Flake Wills Four Square MISCELLANEOUS

Quality That's Forever Made for each other Live life kingsize

Punchlines Do you have it in you? More is less The taste of India Growth is life The sign of excellence Be 100 percent sure Bond with the best USA 1851 (tag-line) God's own country Boond boond mein vishwas Aisee azadi aur kahan Simply the best

Company Indian Army Peter England Amul Reliance Industries Omega Dettol Reid and Taylor Arrow Kerala Kinley Airtel HBO Liberty Raymond Bombay Dyeing Amway BHEL Max Healthcare Berger Paints Lee Cooper

We are about people The complete man since 1925 Bring style home Better ideas. Better life Committed to making a better nation Caring for you, for life Colours of joy Original European Jeanswear

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Play the lead One State. Many worlds Karlo duniya muthi mein Unstoppable Inspire the next Building India BRAND ENDORSEMENTS BY INDIAN CELEBRITIES Company/Brand Hajmola, Reid & Taylor, BPL, Pepsi, Mirinda, ICICI, Parker pens, Nerolac, Dabur, Reid & Taylor, Maruti Versa, Hajmola, Tide, Cadbury, Zen Mobile Hyundai, Nokia, Dish TV, Bel Monte Suitings, Emami's Fair & Handsome, Hyundai, Omega watches, Pepsi, Compaq, Clinic All Clear, Tag Heuer, Pepsodent, Nerolac Pepsi, TVS Motors, Videocon, Reliance Communication, Reliance Energy, Exide. Siyaram, Titan Sonata, Bharat Petroleum, NDTV, GE, Orient PSPO, Reebok Pepsi, MRF, Britannia, Boost, Adidas, TVS, Visa, Aviva Life Insurance, , Reynolds, Sunfeast, Airtel, Royal Bank of Scotland Airtel, Sony Viao, Globus, Anne French, Emami, Vivel, Head and Shoulders, Boro Plus, Citizen watches, LG, Sangini jewellery LG Mobiles, Fanta, Vatika Hair Oil, Fa deodorants, Cadbury Perk, Garnier Panasonic, Provogue, Pepsi, Nissan Donear Suitings, Reebok, Pepsi, Royal stag and SBI card Airtel DTH, Royal Stag, Lays, LG Coca Cola, Levi Strauss Yamaha, LG Mobiles, Clinic All Clear Dixie Scott Innerwear, Wheel Detergent, Sangini jewellery Parle, Titan, Tata Sky, Coca Cola, Samsung Mobile Provogue, Parle Hide and Seek, Reliance Com, Hero Honda Clinic All Clear, Vaseline, Levis, VIP Luggage, Mahindra 2-wheelers Idea Cellular, Videocon DTH, Motorola, BIG 92.7, Lux Lux, LOreal, Longines watches Mirinda, Big Bazaar, Lux, Tata Sky, Fairever, Clinic All Clear Thums Up, LG TV, Levis, Dollar Innerwear Nokia, Sunsilk, Lux, Hero Honda, Levis, Asmi Slice, Nakshatra, Olay, Pantene Mayur Suitings, Boost, Samsung, Britannia, Hero Honda, Colgate, Adidas Nestle, BSNL, Sony Cameras, Fiama DWills Nokia, Airtel LOreal, Spice Mobiles, Electrolux, Coca Cola, Mont Blanc Clinic All Clear, Emami, Sugar Free, Reebok, Aristocrat Luggage Knorr Soup, Alpenliebe, Olay, Whirlpool Kurkure, Roohafza, Ashoka Pickles Pizza hut, Streax BRAND OF MAJOR FMCG COMPANIES ITC Cigarettes Hotels Packaged Foods, Confectionery Branded Apparel : : : : Wills, Classic, Gold Flake, NAVY Cut, Welcome Group Hotel Aashirvaad, Sunfeast, Mint-O, Candyman, Bingo Wills Lifestyle, John Players, Miss Players Park Avenue Apollo Tyres Hitachi DLF

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Karnataka Reliance India Mobile

Brand Ambassadors Amitabh Bachchan

Shahrukh Khan

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Sachin Tendulkar Kareena Kapoor Genelia DSouza Ranbir Kapoor Yuvraj Singh Saif Ali Khan Imran Khan John Abraham Salman Khan Aamir Khan Hrithik Roshan Shahid Kapoor Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Asin Akshay Kumar Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif Virender Sehwag Deepika Padukone Sharman Joshi Sonam Kapoor Bipasha Basu Kajol Juhi Chawla Mallaika Arora Khan

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: : : : Essenza Di Wills, Fiama Di Wills Expressions Mangal Deep, Delite Classmate, Paperkraft, Saathi Proctor & Gamble

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Personal Care Greeting Card Safety matches Stationery

Feminine Care Health Care Fabric Care Hair Care Baby Care

Whisper Vicks Action 500+, Vicks Vapo Rub, Vicks Cough Drops, and Vicks Inhaler. Tide, Ariel Head & Shoulders Pantene. Olay, Max Factor, Cover Girl. Joy. Essences and Clairol Nice "n' Easy, Rejoice : Pampers Hindustan Lever

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Soaps Beverages Detergents Creams and Beauty products Shampoos Dishwashers Toothpaste and Brushes Deosprays Ice Cream Squashes and Jams

Lifebuoy, Lux, Breeze, Liril, Rexona. Hamam, Moti Lipton tea, Brooke Bond tea, Bru Coffee Surf, Rin, Wheel Pond's talcs and creams, Vaseline lotions, Fair & Lovely creams, Lakme beauty products : Clinic Plus, Clinic All Clear, Sunsilk Dove : Vim dishwash, Ala bleach, Domex disinfectant : Pepsodent, Close Up : Rexona, Axe : Kwality Walls : Kissan Dabur

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Foods Healthcare Health Supplements Digestives Natural Cures Hair Care Oil Hair Care Shampoo Oral Care Skin Care

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Real juice, Real Active, Real Twist, Capsico, Honey Dabur Lal Tail, Dabur Baby Olive Oil, Dabur Janma Ghunti Dabur Chyawanprash, Dabur Glucose D Hajmola, Anardana, Hajmola Candy, Pudin Hara, Dabur Hingoli Shilajit Gold, Isabgol, Itch Care, Dabur Balm, Amla Hair Oil, Vatika Hair Oil, Dabur Olive Oil, Jasmine Hair Oil Vatika Henna Conditioning Shampo, Vatika Anti-Dandruff Shampoo Dabur Red Toothpaste, Dabur Lal Dant Manjan Dabur Binaca Toothbrush, Miswak, Promise : Vatika Fairness Face Pack Marico

Hair Care Food

: Parachute, Hair & Care, Mediker, Revive : Saffola Nestle

Beverages Food

: Nescafe classic, Nescafe sunrise. Nestle milo : Maggi, Kit kat, Munch, Milkybar, Bar-one, Eclairs, Polo, Polo Powermint Pepsi Co

Beverages Snacks

:Pepsi, 7UP, Mirinda and Mountain Dew, Aquafina, Tropicana and Slice. Lehar Soda, Dukes lemonade and Mangola :Lays Potato Chips; Cheetos snacks, Uncle Chips and namkeen snacks under the Kurkure and Lehar brands. Coca-Cola

Beverages

: Coca-Cola, Thums Up, Fanta , Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Kinley, Georgia, Minute Maid

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Biscuits : VitaMaricGold, Tiger, Nutrichoice Junior, Good Day, 50-50, Treat, Pure Magic and Good Morning.

Maruti Maruti 800, Zen, Omni. Baleno, Esteem, WagonR, Gypsy, Alto, Swift Honda City, Chic, Accord Fiat Siena, Uno. Palio, Punto Ford Ikon, Escort. Mondeo Mitsubishi Lancer, Pajero Hyundai Sonata, Accent, Santro, Xing, i10, 120 Tata Indica, Sierra, Safari, Sumo. Indigo Tata Nano Toyota Qualis, Corolla, Carmy, CoronaLand Cruiser, Innova M&M Scorpio, Armada, Balero Skoda Octavia, Fabia. Laura Chevrolet Optra, Spark, Beat Motorcycles Bajaj Caliber, Eliminator, Boxer, Pulsar LML Adreno, Energy, Freedom Hero Honda Splendor. Dawn. CBZ, Passion. Ambition, Karizma Yamaha CruxR, YBx, Enticer, Libero TVS Victor. Fiero, Max 100, Apche Kinetic Challenger, Boss, Aquila Royal Enfield Bullet. Machismo. Electra. Lightning Scooters Bajaj LML Honda Kinetic Chetak. Super. Legend. Sunny, Scooty. Saffire NV, Select, Star, Supremo Activa, Dio, Eterno Marvel, Nova

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ABBREVIATIONS
A AAAS AAFI AARRO ABM ABU ACC AD ADB ADF AFSPA AFTS ASSOCHAM APEC AICTE AID AIMPLB AMU ANERT ANMC-21 APEC APM APPLE ARC ARF ARDC ASEAN ASSOCHAM ASLV ATM ATR B BALCO BARC BBC Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd., Bhabha Automic Research Centre British Broadcasting Corporation American Association of Advancement of Science Amateur Athletics Federation of India Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organization Anti Ballistic Missiles Asian Broadcasting Union Auxiliary Cadet Corps Anno Domini (After Christ) Asian Development Bank Asian Development Fund Armed Forces (5pecial Powers) Act Asian Foundation for "Thermonuclear Studies Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry Asia Pacific Economic Community All India Council for Technical Education Agency for International Development All India Muslim Personal Law Board Asian Monetary Union Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology Asian Network of Major Cities-21 Asia Pacific Economic Community Administered Price Mechanism Asian Passenger Pay Load Experiment Administrative Reforms Commission ASEAN Regional Forum Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation Association of South East Asian Nations Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle Automated Teller Machine Action Taken Report

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BC BCCI BCG BCL BENELUX BIFR BINSTEC BIS BOOT BOLT BPL BSE BSF BSI BSS C C2C CAB CABE CAG CAPART CARD CAS CARE CBDT CBEC CBFC CBI CEC CENVAT CFC CGF CHOGM CIA CICA CID CIS Consumer to Consumer Civil Aeronautics Board; Central Advisory Board Central Advisory Board for Education Comptroller and Auditor - General of India Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology Centre for Astronomical Research and Development Conditional Access System Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere Central Board of Direct Taxes Central Board of Excise and Customs Central Board of Film Certification Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Election Commissioner Central Value Added Tax Chloro Fluoro Carbon Commonwealth Games federation Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting Central Intelligence Agency Before Christ Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (Preventive vaccine for tuberculosis) Bachelor of Civil Law Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg Board for Industrial and financial Reconstruction

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Board of Control for Cricket in India; Bank of Credit and Commerce international

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation. Bureau of Indian Standards Build-Own-Operate-Transfer Bui Id-Own-Lease-Transfer Below Poverty lone Bombay Stock Exchange Border Security Force Botanical Survey of India British Standard Specifications

Conference on interaction and confidence - Building measures in Asia Criminal Investigation Department Commonwealth of Independent States

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CISF CITIES CLAWS CLB CMIE CNG COFEPOSA COMESA COMECON COPRA CPC CPCB CPCSEA CRISIL CRR CRRI CRY CSCAP C5CE CSIO CSIR CSO CTBT CWC D DA DAE DLO DPT DRDO DTAC DTH E ECG ECHR ECOSOC ECS Electrocardiogram European Commission on Human Rights Economic and Social Council (of UNO) Electronic Clearance Service?

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Central Industrial Security Force Convention on international Trade on Endangered Species Centre for Land Warfare Studies Company Law Board Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Compressed Natural Gas

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Council for Mutual Economic Assistance Consumer Protection Act Civil Procedure Code Central Pollution Control Board Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd., Cash Reserve Ratio Central Road Research Institute Child Rights Ratio Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Central Scientific Instruments Organization Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Central Statistical Organization Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Central Warehousing Corporation Dearness Allowance Department of Atomic Energy Dead Letter Office Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus (Vaccine) Defence Research and Development Organization Double Taxation Avoidance Convention Direct-to-home

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EEC EEG EEZ EFTA EUSA EPZ ESCAP ESMA EVM F FAQ FBI. FBTR FCI FDI FEMA FIPB FICCI FIFA FIPB FIR FOB FTU FTZ G G-7 G-8 G-15 GAIL GATS GATT GAPP GDP GIS GLOBE GMAT GMO Food and Agriculture Organization (of UNO) Federal Bureau of Investigation Fast Breeder Test Reactor Food Corporation of India Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Exchange Management Act Foreign Investment Promotion Board Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry European Economic Community Electro Encephalogram Exclusive Economic Zone European Free Trade Association Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay Export Processing Zone Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific Essential Services Maintenance Act Electronic Voting Machine

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Federation International de Football Association (International Football Federation) Foreign Investment Promotion Board First Information Report Free on Board Free Trade Union Free Trade Zone

Group of Seven Nations (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan & Canada) Group of Eight Nations (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan & Canada and Russia) Group of Fifteen Nations Gas Authority of India Limited General Agreement on Trade and Services General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Generally accepted accounting practices Gross Domestic Product Global Information System Global Learning and observation to Benefit the Environment Graduate Management Admission Test Genetically Modified Organisms

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GNP GRE GSLV H HAL HC HDML HIV HLC HTML HSD I I&B IAA IAEA IARI IATA IBRD ICRO ICAR ICCR ICHR ICJ ICCR ICRA ICSSR IDA IDBI IIP ILA ILO INTERPOL IPO IPR IQ IRDA IRDP Information and Broadcasting International Airport Authority International Atomic Energy Agency Indian Agricultural Research Institute International Air Transport Association Hindustan Aeronautics Limited House of Commons; High Court Hyper Devices Markup Language Human Immunodeficiency Virus Humanitarian Law Commission (Red Cross) Hyper Test Markup Language High Speed Diesel

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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) International Civil Aviation Organization Indian Council of Agricultural Research Indian Council of Cultural Research Indian Council of Historical Research International Court of Justice Indian Council of Cultural Relations Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Indian Council of Social Science Research International Development Agency Industrial Development Bank Indian Institute of Petroleum International Law Association International Labour Organization International Criminal Police Organization Initial Public Offering Intellectual Property Rights Intelligence Quotient Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Integrated Rural Development Programme

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IREDA ISBN ISDN ISP ISRO INTEPOL J JPC K KVIC L LAC LAN LBW LTTE LLD LLB LNG LOC LSE M MICR M1SA MODEM MFA MFN MODVAT N NABARD NAFEP NAFTA NASDAQ NASSCOM NASA NATO NAV NCAER National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development National Agricultural Co-operation Marketing Federation North American Free Trade Agreement National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Association of Software and Services Company National Aeronautics Space Association North Atlantic Treaty Organization Net Asset Value National Council of Applied Economic Research Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Maintenance of Internal Security Act Modulator Demodulator Multi-Fibre Agreement. Most Favoured Nation Modified Value Added Tax Line of Actual Control Local Area Network Leg before wicket (in cricket) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws) Legum Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Laws) Liquefied Natural Gas Line of Control London School of Economics Khadi and Village Industries Commission Joint Parliamentary Committee Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency International Standard Book Number International Subscribing Dialing Network Internet Service Provider Indian Space Research Organization International Criminal Police Org.

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National Coal Board National Commission for Scheduled Castes National Commission for Scheduled Tribes National Commission on Women National Defence Academy National Environmental Engineering Research Institute National Economic Development Council National Film Development Corporation National Human Rights Commission National Integration Council; National Informs Centre National Industrial Development Corporation

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National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development No Objection Certificate Notary Public Northern Railway National Rule Employment Guarantee Programme Nehru Rozgar Yojana National Stock Exchange of India National Stock Exchange National Small Industries Corporation National Union of Journalist National Water Resources Council

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PSP Q QR R RADAR RRB S SAARC SAFMA SAFTA SALT SAPTA SARS SAT SDR SEBI SENSEX SEWA SEZ SEATO SGPC SPCA START SIDBI S1TA SPNHC ST STARS SUNFED SWOT T TADA TRYSEM TRIMS TRIPS TRAI TIGER Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment Trade Related Investment Measures Trade related Intellectual Property Agreement Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environment Research South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation South Asia Free Media Association South Asian Free Trade Agreement Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Scholastic Aptitude Test Special Drawing Rights Securities Exchange Board of India Sensitivity Index (of Bombay Stock Exchange) Self-Employed Women's Association Special Economic Zone South East Asia Treaty Organization Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals System for Analysis, Research and Training Small Industries Development Bank of India Society International Telecommunications Aeronautics Society for Preservation of Natural History Collection Schedule Tribes Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats Radio detecting and Ranging Rural Regional Bank Quantitative Restrictions Praja Socialist Party

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U UN UNAEC UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCTAD UNDC UNDP UNEP UNESCO UNFPA UNFCCC UNHCR UNIDO UNICEF USAID UNDP UNCSTD USMC V VHP VAT VISTA W WHC WEF WIPO WMO WWF WCRP Y YMCA YWCA YMIA Z ZS ZUPO Zoological Society Zimbabwe United People's Organization Young Men's Christian Association Young Women's Christian Association Young Men's Indian Association World Heritage Centre (UNESCO) World Economic Forum World Intellectual Property Organization World Meteorological Organization World Wildlife Fund World Climate Research Programme United Nations United Nations Atomic Energy Commission United Nations Commission on Human Settlements United Nations Conference on International Trade Law United Nations Conference on Trade- and Development United Nations Disarmament Commission United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations United National Fund for Population Activities United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Children's Fund United States Agency for International Development United Nations Development Programme

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United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development United States Marine Corps Vishwa Hindu Parishad Value Added Tax Volunteers in service to America

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30 minutes 50 questions

Maris Erasmus who has been inducted in Elite Panel of ICC umpires for 2010-2011 belongs to _____. 1. South Africa 2. Zimbabwe 3. Australia 4. New Zealand

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What is 'Sarath'? 1. An infantry combat vehicle 3. An anti-battle tank 2. A virus reponsible for Dengue 4. A surface-to-air missile

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Name the former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and the guiding force behind India's first nuclear test who died recently. 1. A Anantha Narayanan 3. Homi Jahangir Bhabha 2. K Kasturirangan 4. Homi Sethna

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Name the head of the radical women's organization Dukhtaran-e-Millat who has been arrested in Srinagar. 1. Asiya Andrabi 2. Mehbooba Mufti 3. Sakina Itoo 4. Salima Jan

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Name the state govt. which has launched an ambitious scheme to promote and help young men pursue a career in sports. 'Play4India', a state government-supported initiative, aims at enabling young boys and girls in the State to get an idea of their athletic potential and subsequently encouraging and supporting them to hone their skills. 1. Haryana 2. Punjab 3. MP 4. UP

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The next Indian Science Congress in 2011 will be organized in _____. 1. Patna 2. Goa 3. Chennai 4. Jaipur

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Which of the following Indian pugilists failed to win a Gold in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010? 1. Suronjoy Singh 2. Vijender Singh 3. Paramjeet Samota 4. Manoj Kumar

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Name the BJPMLA of Orissa who has been awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment by a court in a case of murder during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal. 1. Manoj Pradhan 2. Surcsh Sahu 3. Harit Patnaik 4. Sakshi Dash

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Anuvrat Award has been conferred on _______ . 1. S.N. Prasad 2. Mahendra Jain 3. S. N. Subba Rao 4. N.P. Rao

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011. He is president of which of the following countries? 1. Malaysia 2. Indonesia 3. Singapore 4. Vietnam

11.

The Union Cabinet has announced the ________ scheme to cover workers in the unorganised sector and provide old-age security to all, especially the vulnerable sections. 1. Swabhiman 2. Suraksha 3. Sanraksha 4. Swawalamban

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Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, the tale of an actor who sees the emptiness of his existence through the eyes of his child, walked away with the top Golden Lion prize at the 1. Venice film festival 2. Berlin film festival 3. Tokyo film festival 4. Toronto film festival

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Recently Justice Rekha Manharal Doshit has been appointed as the first woman Chief Justice of ______. 1. Patna High Court 2. Mumbai High Court 3. Chennai High Court 4. Allahabad High Court

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Which of the following States/Union Territories recently launched the e-waste disposal scheme to minimise the damage being done by it to the environment? 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Delhi 3. Kerala 4. Karnataka

15.

A Journey is the memoir of1. David Cameron 2. Tony Blair 3. George Bush 4. Fidel Castro

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Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana which aims to achieve all-round, integrated development of selected villages has been taken up for implementation in five states. Which of the following is not amongst them 1. Bihar 2. Assam 3. Rajasthan 4. Punjab

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In the first instance of its kind in the country, the _________ government has banned the use of mobile phones in schools and colleges, saying they are affecting educational activities. 1. Mahashtra 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Gujarat 4. Kerela

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Ending months of fractious debates across the political spectrum, a Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Pranab Mukherjee, gave its seal of approval to the enumeration of _______ in Census 2011. 1. Religion 2. Race 3. Ethnicity 4. Caste

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Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts has converted to ___________ in the hope of having a peaceful life in her next incarnation. 1. Buddhism 2. Judaism 3. Hinduism 4. Jainism

20.

Which of the following countries is not the part of the Customs Union formed recently? 1. Uzbekistan 2. Singapore 3. Uzbekistan 4. Mongolia

21.

Who is the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand? 1. Babulal Marandi 2. Arjun Munda 3. Kariya Munda 4. Hemant Soren

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Who won the gold medal world championship title (Wrestling) 2010? 1. Sushil Kumar 2. Sunil Kumar 3. Jitender Kumar 4. Rakesh Kumar

23.

Who among the following in September 2010 took over as managing director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd? 1. Arun Sawhney 2. Ajay Bakshi 3. Ketan Misra 4. Ajay Mehta

24.

Buchi Babu All India invitation tournament is associated with 1. Hockey 2. Cricket 3. Football 4. Volleyball

25.

India has decided to suspend defence exchanges with ______ following its refusal to allow the Army's Northern Command chief, Lt Gen BS Jaswal to join a military delegation for a high-level visit. 1. China 2. US 3. France 4. Britain

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4. Andrew Reeves

The Prem Bhatia Award (2010) has been conferred on. 1. Kuldeep Nayyar 2. Vinod Sharma 3. Anand Sharma 4. Ritu Sarin

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Match the List I with List II. List-I (Books Name) 1. A Compendium of Kisses 3. Coalition Politics in India List-II (Writer) 1. Lana Citron Codes: a 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 b 2 3 1 4 c 3 4 2 1 d 4 1 3 2 2. Orhan Pamuk 3. C.P. Bhambri 4. Girraj Kishore 2. The Museum of Innocence 4. The Girmitiya Saga

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Film Maker Rituparno Ghosh won the 57th National Award for which Bengali movie? 1. Abohoman 2. Meghla Akash 3. Kittankhola 4. Jaijatra

30.

Who has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke award 2009? 1. D. Ramanaidu 2. Asha Bhosle 3. Javed Aakhtar 4. Shabana Azmi

31.

Hindi Diwas is observed on . 1. 14 September 2. 15 September 3. 16 September 4. 24 September

32.

The 2nd Acharya Sushil Muni Ahimsa Peace Award has been given to 1. DKSheth 3. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan 2. Dalai Lama 4. Naresh Trehan

33.

The Israeli finance ministry has issued a tender asking commercial airlines to design an advanced airplane having features similar to the Air Force One, the Boeing aircraft used for the _____ President. 1. France 2. China 3. Germany 4. US

34.

Paul Kagame has been sworn in as the President of ________for the second term. 1. Rwanda 2. Uganda 3. Sierra Leone 4. Nigeria

35.

The first Asia Cup Bridge championship was held recently in 1. Taiwan 2. China 3. Korea 4. Thailand

36.

Name the new Surveyor-General of India? 1. NC Jain 2. Pratyush Sinha 3. PC Thomas 4. Swarna Subba Rao

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Germany has signed recently important trade deals with . 1. England 2. China 3. Japan 4. USA

39.

Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls which aims at enhancing the nutritional and economic status of adolescent girls has been named as 1. POSHAN 2. SABLA 3. LAKSHMI 4. YUVIKA

40.

Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner? 1. P.J.Thomas 2. P.K. Garg 3. P.N. Podar 4. P. K. Singh

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Name the country whose President signed a new constitution into law that institutes a US- style system of checks and balances and that has been hailed as the most significant political event since its independence nearly half a century ago. 1. Uganda 2. Nigeria 3. Kenya 4. Ghana

42.

Which state government has announced a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the Maoist guerrillas? 1. Bihar 2. West Bengal 3. Jharkhand 4. Madhya Pradesh

43.

Match the List-I with List-II List I (Books Name) 1. Dreams and Realities 3. States in Conflict with their Minorities List II (Writer) 1. R. Suryanarayanan Codes: a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 b 2 3 4 3 c 3 4 1 2 d 4 1 2 1 2. Kaushik Basu 3. Rita Manchanda 4. Ritty A Lukose 2. Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics 4. Liberalizations Children

44.

Who became the first Indian to bag the Callaway Junior World Golf Championship (2010)? 1. Virat Badhwar 2. Virat Kohli 3. Vikram Singh 4. Shyam Sunder

45.

The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh plans to create a district named after Dalit leader ____________ to be carved out of the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency represented by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. 1. Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj 3. Chhat/apati Shivaji Maharaj 2. JyotibaPhule 4. Dr BR Ambedkar

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Which of the following Indian athletes failed to win a Gold in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010? 4. Rahul Banerjee

In which state was recently launched the Mahatma Gandhi Dispute Free Village Mission? 1. Gujarat 2. Maharashtra 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Karnataka

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Union Minister of State for Commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has been reelected president of the_________. 1. Rajasthan Cricket Association 3. Chhattisgarh Cricket Association 2. Madhya Pradesh cricket Association 4. Gujarat Cricket Association

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Who among the following has received the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award "for his contribution in promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill" on Aug20? 1. Medha Patkar 3. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan 2. Teesta Setelvad 4. Javcd Akhtar

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After shock: Reshaping the world Economy After the Crisis is the book written by ______. 1. Phillipe Legrain 2. Khushwant Singh 3. Richard McGregar 4. Stefan Harper

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Who among the following is the biographer of Mother Teresa, for the book published by Penguin Books India? 1. Navin Chawla 2. Karan Singh 3. Shashi Tharoor 4. David Davidar

2.

In which state cloned buffalo Garima-II has born? 1. Punjab 2. Gujarat 3. Haryana 4. Bihar

3.

Name the magazine which has apologized to Indian Americans following the publication of a column by journalist Joel Stein which offended and outraged the large community, especially those in New Jersey. 1. Newsweek 2. Time 3. Fortune 4. Forbes

4.

The heaviest sounding rocket vehicle developed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is ____. 1. MTV-D01 2. STV- D01 3. ATV-D01 4. ATV-B01

5.

Who is the writer of the book Science and Sustainable Food Security? 1. M.S. Swaminathan 2. Sharad Pawar 3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 4. P. Chauhan

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Name the country whose unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in Feb 2008 did not violate international law, said the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a groundbreaking ruling that could have far-reaching implications for separatist movements around the world, as well as for Belgrades stalled EU membership talks. 1. Bosnia 2. Croatia 3. Kosovo 4. Macedonia

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Ritwik Bnattacharya is related to _____. 1. Badminton 2. Squash 3. Chess 4. Football

8.

Recently, the international event, Congress of Mathematicians 2010 was held in 1. Bangalore 2. Chennai 3. Hyderabad 4. Kolkata

9.

Rafael Nadal (Spain) entered in the club of professionals, who have won all four Grand Slams. Nadal defeated whom in the final of the US Open 2010? 1. Andy Murray 2. Robin Soderling 3. Novak Djokovic 4. Nikolay Devydenko

10.

Consider the following statements about The National Innovation Council: 1. Prime Minister has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council to prepare a road map for the Decade of Innovation 2010-2020. 2. The Council has been given the mandate to evolve an Indian model of innovation focusing on Inclusive Growth. 3. The National Innovation council would be headed by the Prime Minister himself. 4. The National Innovation council would be headed by Sam Pitroda. Which of the above statement is/are are true? 1. (1), (2) and (3) 2. (1), (2) and (4) 3. (1), (3) and (4) 4. All the above

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With which of the following country India is working on Electrical Grid Interconnection Project, which could provide at least 500 MW of extra electricity to this country? 4.Bangladesh

Who won the popular singing reality show, Indian Idiol-5? 1. Sreeram Chandra 2. Krishna Chandra 3. Bhumika 4. Rakesh

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Ace Indian shuttle- Saina Nehwal is just a step away from realising her goal of becoming the world's No. 1 player as she jumped one place to a career-best second in the latest intemational rankings. Who is on the top? 1. Yihan Wang 2. Xin Wang 3. Yuan Lee 4. Taufik Hidayat

14.

Which of the following has became the first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote carried live on national television? 1. Cuba 2. Bolivia 3. Mexico 4. Argentina

15.

Which bank in September 2010 scrapped all charges on banking transaction by its saving and current account holders? 1. ICICI Bank 2. HDFC Bank 3. IDBI Bank 4. Canara Bank

16.

The Fragrance of Forgotten Years is the book by . 1. F.S. Nariman 2. Vikram Seth 3. Bilkees Latif 4. Khushwant Singh

17.

Which of the following two countries have signed MoU to develop technical and professional co-operation in agriculture ? 1. India and Argentina 2. India and USA 3. India and Nepal 4. India and Myanmar

18.

Which film has been selected for screening during the 34th Montreal World Film Festival? 1. Aarohan 2. 3 Idiots 3. PeepliLive 4. Dabang

19.

In 57th National Film Awards, who won the Indira Gandhi Award for best debut film director for Lahore (Hindi)? 1. Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan 3. Archana Puran Singh 2. Rituparno Ghosh 4. Farooque Sheikh

20.

The worlds a largest shore wind farm is poised to begin generating power off the coast of ______ with 100 turbines producing enough electricity to supply heat and light for some two lakh homes. 1. Lisbon, Portugal 3. Normandy, France 2. Kent, UK 4. Amsterdam, Netherland

21.

Who was recently given the Journalist of the year Award under the fourth Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism? 1. Siddharth Vardarajan 2. Barkha Dutt 3. Ajay Kumar 4. Sandip Chaudhary

22.

The 64th Senior National football championship for the Santosh Trophy has been won by 1. Punjab 2.Manipur 3.Goa 4. West Bengal

23.

Which country has worlds biggest Solar Power Station? 1. India 2. Spain 3. USA 4. Germany

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25.

With which nation India in September 2010 agreed on a free trade deal that aims to reduce most tariffis between the two nations? 1. Japan 2. China 3. Pakistan 4. South Korea

26.

Who won the mens Single Title of US Open Tennis- 2010? 1. Andy Murray 2. Rogar Federer 3. Rafael Nadal 4. Novak djokovic

27.

Rajpal Singh is related to .. 1. Hockey 2. Tennis 3. Golf 4. Polo

28.

Who is the writer of the book the World Around Us? 1. Radha Brunier 2. S.D. Muni 3. Ira Berlin 4. Orhan Parnuk

29.

At present, how many families are categorized as BPL? 1. 5.10cr 2. 6.52cr 3. 7.81cr 4. 10.40cr

30.

World Heart Day is observed on . 1. 18 September 2. 20 September 3. 25 September 4. 28 September

31.

Which state will set up State Police Complaint Authority to inquire into allegations of serious misconduct against police personnel? 1. Haryana 2. Bihar 3. Maharashtra 4. Punjab

32.

Lokmanya Tilak Award (2010) has been conferred on. 1. Sheila Dikshit 2. Sharad Pawar 3. Nitish Kumar 4. Bala Sahab Thakre

33.

Consider the following statements about 57th National Film Awards announced on 15 September, 2010 1. 2. 3. 4. Best feature film Kutty Srank (Malayalam) Award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment- 3 Idiots (Hindi). Best film on social issue Well Done Abba (Hindi) Best supporting actor Abhishek Bachan (Hindi)

Which of the above statements are true? 1. Only 1, 2 and 4 34. 2. Only 1, 2 and 3 3. Only 2 and 3 4. All the above

Which country has successfully launched two intercontinental missiles Sineva? 1. Russia 2. USA 3. Israel 4. Iran

35.

In a major step to alleviate delays in wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which state govt. has launched an "e-Shakti Financial Inclusion" scheme, the first of its kind in the country? 1. UP 2. MP 3. Bihar 4. Maharashtra

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Name the minister whose statement that a new phenomenon of "saffron terrorism" involved in many bomb blasts, has created a controversy? 4. Ambika Soni

Name the the al-Qaida-linked terror plot which was unearthed by Canadian security agencies on Aug 24, with one of the suspects reportedly hailing from India. 1. Project Biryani 2. Project Chocolate 3. Project Jalebi 4. Project Samosa

38.

Consider the following statements about Rajiv Gandhi Adhivakta Prashikshan Yojana: 1. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has launched Rajiv Gandhi Adhivakta Prashikshan Yojana. 2. The Government would spend Rs. 70 lakh every year on this training. 3. The main objective of the scheme is to give motivation and encouragement to young lawyers who are practicing in Magistrate and Munsif Courts. Which of the above statement is/are true? 1. Only (1) 2. Only (2) 3. Only (3) 4. All the above

39.

Which of the following states is not a part of the group of states for which recently a unified command to tackle naxal menace has been formed? 1. Jharkhand 2. Orissa 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Maharashtra

40.

Iran will be build its third uranium enrichment plant by.. 1. 2012 2. 2015 3. 2011 4. 2025

41.

Who is the US Ambassador to India? 1. K.M. Roemer 2. N.S. Rose 3. R. David 4. Timoth J. Roemer

42.

"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touchpaper and set the universe going" is written by Stephen Hawking in his recently released bestseller book. What is the name of the book? 1. 2. 3. 4. Illustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe The Grand Design The Universe in a Nutshell The Universe

43.

Union law minister M Veerappa Moily has launched a scheme to improve the skills of young advocates belonging to economically and socially weaker sections, working at the grass roots level of magistrate and munsif courts. Named after the former Prime Minister _________, the scheme would offer advocates an opportunity to undergo a month-long training programme in top law institutes and another month of training under senior lawyers attached to High Courts. 1. P.V. Narsimha Rao 2. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. Indira Gandhi 4. Rajiv Gandhi

44.

A postage stamp commemorating the birth centenary of _______________went on sale on 26 August, 2010 in Washington. 1. John F. Kennedy 2. C. V. Raman 3. Mother Teresa 4. None of these

45.

Name the US President Barack Obama's special envoy who said that Bihar's 'Super 30,' which provides free coaching for the IIT entrance examination to the underprivileged, is the best institute in India. 1. Farah Pandit 2. Rashad Hussain 3. Fareed Zakaria 4. Anju Bhargava

46.

India's first Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC) for the Navy at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited was launched in Kolkata. Its name is 1. Sagarilui 2. Kamorta 3. INS Betwa 4. INS Beas

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In the wake of the concern expressed by the Supreme Court at food grains rotting, the Union government has decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of rice and wheat to the states for distribution to the poor under. 1. MGNREGA 2. Antyodaya 3. Food for Work 4. TPDS

48.

Who recently won European Grand Prix? 1. Fernando Alonso 2. Valentino Rossi 3. Sebastian Vettel 4. Jenson Batton

49.

Who became the first Indian woman shooter to be crowned a world champion when she won the 50m rifle prone event with a world record 597 in the 50th world shooting championship in Munich? 1. Tejaswini Sawant 2.NehaAgarwal 3. Saina Nehwal 4. Sania Minra

50.

Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed to step up joint fight against terrorism and narcotics at a quadripartite summit held at 1. Sochi 2. Reva 3. Ural 4. Nera

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1.

Rosa Otunbayeva is the new President of __________. 1. Tazikistan 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Belarus 4. Ukrain

2.

Who is winner of recently held Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix? 1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Felipe Massa 3. Jenson Button 4. Fernando Alonso

3.

We celebrated this 15th Sep as Engineers day. This day is celebrated to commemorate which of the following great personality of India? 1. C V Raman 3.Homi Jehnagir Bhabha 2. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya 4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

4.

Alicia Coutts, the Australian athlete who claimed the maximum Gold Medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 competed in which sport? 1. Shooting 2. Swimming 3. Gymnastics 4. Athletics

5.

Union minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal said that the government aimed to send 30 per cent of the school-going population to colleges by ______. At present, a mere 12.4 per cent of India's 220 million school-going population can get higher education. 1. 2015 2. 2020 3. 2025 4. 2030

6.

Who has been crowned as the Miss Universe 2010? 1. Jimena Navarrete 2. Stefania Fernandez 3. Yendi Philipps 4. All the above

7.

The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation organization was recently held in _______. 1. Baku 2. Mosco 3. Tashkent 4. Beijing

8.

Name the National champion from Chennai who became India's 23rd Grandmaster when he completed the final Grandmaster norm in style by winning the Olomouc International tournament in the Czech Republic. 1. B Adhiban 2. Parimarjan Negi 3. Sharath Kamal 4. Praveen Thipsay

9.

Which Indian athlete won the maximum gold medals for the country in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 1. Gagan Narang 2. Abhinav Bindra 3. Saina Nehwal 4. Tejaswani Sawant

10.

Which of the following statements are true about the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls'SABLA' 1. 2. 3. 4. The scheme will empower adolescent girls of 11 -18 years It will be implemented in 200 selected districts using the ICDS platform. It will benifit nearly 100 lakh adolescent girls every year in all States/UTs. Rs. 2,000 cr will be allocated for it per year. 2. Only B, C & D 3. Only C & D 4. Only A

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Music maestro AR Rahman has lent voice to the Commonwealth Games theme song, __________, which is about winning and not giving up. 1. Swagatham 2. Welcome 3. Atithi Deo Bhav 4. Namaskaram

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Name the country which became without a government after the cabinet resigned en masse amid a worsening power struggle between President Mohamed Nasheed and the opposition-controlled parliament. 1. Sri Lanka 2. Maldives 3. Brunei 4. Malaysia

14.

The Obama government has nominated yet another Indian-American _______ . 1. Nisha Desai Biswal 3. Chandra Bhushan Paliwa 2. Gita Gopinath 4. Balwinder Singh

15.

Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian is the autobiography of 1. Somnath Chatterjee 2. Mohan Singh 3. Shivraj Patit 4. George Femandes

16.

Match the List I with List II List I (Books Name) 1. Mind Warriors 3. Invisible Confidence Visible Faith List II (Author) 1. Dipankar Khanna 3. Sirshree Codes: (a) 1 2 4 3 (b) 2 3 3 1 (c) 3 4 2 3 (d) 4 1 1 4 2. Patyala Down the Throat 3. Lord Jagannath Through the ages 2. Chandraprakash Mohata 4. Suryanarayan Das

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Name the People's Democratic Party leader who has been arrested in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts case. 1. Abdul Nasir Maudany 2. Mahmud Madani 3. Bashir Basha 4. PK Mohammed Kutty

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The Indian Mens Hockey Team ended on which spot in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010? 4. Fourth

Al Shabaab, which has declared allegiance to Al Qaida, is active in 1. Somalia 2. Kenya 3. Sudan 4. Palestine

20.

Krishna Poonia is related to _____ 1. Shot Put 2. Discus Throw 3. Badminton 4. Hockey

21.

Name the country whose visiting prime minister has witnessed the signing of an agreement at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's facility for the supply of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft to the Indian Air Force and the Navy. 1. US 2. France 3. Germany 4. Britain

22.

Name the country which announced suspension of visa-on-arrival facility extended to citizens of 79 countries, including India, with effect from Sep 30. 1. Nepal 2. Maldives 3. Bhutan 4. Sri Lanka

23.

Which of the following is not related to Golf? 1. Jyoti Randhawa 2. Anirban Lahiri 3. Gaganieet Bhullar 4. Somdev Dev Verman

24.

Name the Konkani literature and Jnanpith Award winner who died recently. 1. Ravindra R Kelekar 2. Vijay Tendulkar 3. Ravindra Sonekar 4. Akkarmashi

25.

Justice N. Santosh Hegde who recently came into news is the Lokayukta of. 1. Karnataka 2. Kerala 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Andhra Pradesh

26.

Who won the Womens Single Title of US Open Tennis- 2010? 1. Kim Clistjers 2. Ana Ivanovic 3. Francesca Schiavone 4. Venus Williams

27.

Name the state whose Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda resigned following allegations of his involvement in the illegal recruitment of 350 people for two new medical colleges in the state. 1. AP 2. Kerala 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Karnataka

28.

The India Gender Gap Review 2009 released at the India Economic Summit ranked India behind Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. It said close to 300 Indian women die every day during childbirth or of pregnancy-related causes, and the country has virtually the worst sex ratio at birth in the world, ranking _______on this variable. 1. 98th 2. 120th 3. 131st 4. 145th

29.

According to the World Economic Forum report, India's performance in empowering women politically, relative to the rest of the work, is strong, ranking at the ______position. Women hold 11 per cent of the positions in Parliament and 10 per cent ministerial-level positions. 1. 24th 2. 34th 3. 44th 4. 55th

30.

Name the state government which is all set to initiate rapid privatisation of higher education in the state. For this purpose, chief minister has decided to set up Special Education Zones (SEdZs) on the lines of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). 1. UP 2. MP 3. Bihar 4. Chhattisgarh

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32.

Who is the writer of the book My World? 1. Peter Andre 2. Katie Price 3. Khushwant Singh 4. Vikram Seth

33.

The Pakistan government has extended the tenure of the Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashraf Pervez Kayani, by ________ years beginning Nov 29, 2010. 1. One 2. Two 3. Three 4. Four

34.

Which Indian shooter won a Gold in Mens 10-meter Air rifle event in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010. 1. Gagan Narang 3. Samresh Jung 2. Abhinav Bindra 4. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

35.

Australia have appointed former skipper ______ as its first full time national selector. 1. Greg Chappel 2. Ian Chappel 3. Steve Waugh 4. Shane Warne

36.

The government has set up a committee to evolve a comprehensive policy on autonomy for Central universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management. The committee is being headed by 1. Sayed Hasnain 2. Pankaj Chandra 3. Ved Prakash 4. Madhavan Menon

37.

Which state govt has issued a notification for the formal roll-out of the amnesty scheme for Maoists willing to surrender? 1. Jharkhand 2. Orissa 3. West Bengal 4. Assam

38.

Who among the following will head a high-profile, representative Advisory Committee for overseeing the implementation of drought mitigation strategies in the Bundelkhand region of UP and MP? 1. Pranab Mukherjee 3. Montek Singh Ahluwalia 2. Jairam Ramesh 4. Manmohan Singh

39.

The first-ever meeting of defence ministers of ASEAN+8 formal meeting was held in 1. Singapore 2. Jakarta 3. Bangkok 4. Hanoi

40.

Who has been nominated as Uttarakhand's first honorary wildlife warden as part of the state's tiger conservation campaign? 1. Saina Nehwal 2. MS Dhoni 3. Sushil Kumar 4. Vijender Singh

41.

Sonia Gandhi on Sep 3 became the Congress president for the record ________ consecutive term 1. second 2. third 3. fourth 4. fifth

42.

Match the List I with List II List-I (Indian Player) 1. Vijendra Singh 2. Sharath Kamal List-II (Games) 1. Boxing 2. Table Tennis 3. Abhinav Bindra 3. Shooting 4. Saina Nehwal 4. Badminton

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In human trafficking, India has been ranked among _____. 1. Tier-II countries 2. Tier-I countries 3. Tier-III countries 4. Tier-IV countries

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The Supreme Court has upheld an order of the Bombay high court to lift a four-year-old ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on publication and circulation of a controversial book 'ShivajiThe Hindu King in Muslim India', authored by scholar _____ . 1. James Lainc 2. Christopher Sand ford 3. AK Srikumar 4. Soumya Bhattacharya

45.

Which country has deployed S-300 air defense missiles in Abkhazia, Georgia's former breakaway region? 1. Russia 2. Ukraine 3. US 4. France

46.

Name the table tennis player who teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the gold medal for India in mens doubles event in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 1. Sanjeev Rajput 3. Arun Murugesan 2. Sharath Achanta 4. Somdev Devvarman

47.

Which country test fired surface-to-surface Qiam missile recently? 1. Iran 2. Israel 3. Pakistan 4. Indonesia

48.

Who won the 57th National Award in the Best Supporting Actress category? 1.Ananya Chatterjee 2. Arundhati Naag 3. Vidya Balan 4. Madhura Velankar

49.

At which of the following places were tripartite talks between Israelis, Palestinians and the US held recently? 1. Geneva 2. Oslo 3. Jerusalem 4. Washington

50.

Consider the following statements about India and Mayanmar: 1. India and Myanmar inked five pacts. 2. The pact includes a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. 3. Under the agreements India has to continue development in Myanmar. Which of the above statement is/are true? 1. Only (1) 2. Only (2) 3. Only (3) 4. All the above

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The 11th edition of the women's hockey World Cup was held in 1. Germany 2. France 2. Australia 4. Argentina

2.

General than Show who visited India in recently is a military ruler of . 1. Myanmar 2. Thailand 3. Malaysia 4. Tiawan

3.

Who among the following Pakistan cricket players have allegedly been accused of match-fixing recently? 1. Mohammed Amir 1. Only A,B&C 2. Mohammed Asif 2. Only B,C&D 3. Salman Butt 3. Only A&B 4. Shahid Afridi 4. All the above

4.

NGRB which was recently in news, stands for_________. 1. National Guided Regional Basic Aircraft 3. National Guided Regional Basin 2. National Ganga River Basin Authority 4. National Guided Role Specific Band

5.

Which film recently won the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration? 1. Delhi 6 2. Dabangg 3. Kutty Srank 4. 3 Idiots

6.

Balika Cycle Yojana, Balika Poshak Yojana, and Akshar Aanchal Yojina are associated with 1. Bihar 2. UP 3. MP 4. Haryana

7.

The Government has decided to extend the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission to 1. 28 more cities 2. 38 more cities 3. 48 more cities 4. 58 more cities

8.

In a first for the Army, a woman officer was awarded Sena Medal for bravery overseas, on the occasion of I-Day. 1. Major Mitali Madhumita 3. Major Anju Bhargava 2. Major Ritu Singh 4. Major Meena Vashist

9.

To boost efforts towards environmental conservation and increasing green cover, India will have a dedicated forest statellite in 1. 2012 2. 2013 3. 2015 4. 2017

10.

Who won the Cincinnati Masters title (Tennis) (2010)? 1. Rodger Federer 2. Rafael Nadal 3. Mardy Fish 4. Mike Bryan

11.

Who is the writer of the book The Eight Powers within you? 1. Shishir Shrivastava 2. Vikram Seth 3. Khushwant Singh 4. Peter Andre

12.

Who has been award this year's Lokmanya Tilak award in Pune, on the 90th death anniversary anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak? 1. Raman Singh 2. Shivraj Singh Chauhan 3. Omar Abdullah 4. Shiela Dikshit

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Which state has been awarded for implementing the centres flagship health insurance scheme for poor families despite the prevalence of naxalism problem ? 4. Orissa

Sachin tendulkar played his 169th Test match beginning Aug 3, 2010 in ________. He overtook former Australian captain Steve Waughs record of 168 Tests. 1. Colombo 2. Candy 3. Galle 4. Sydney

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For the first time ever, a woman will lead the International Mathematical Union. The Union's General Assembly has elected __________ of the US as its president for the 2011 -14 term. 1. Manuel de Leon 2. Yiming 3. Cheryl E Praeger 4. Ingrid Daubechies

16.

Name the chief editor of the mass-circulation Malayalam newspaper Manorama who passed away recently. 1. KM Mathew 2. Thomas Mathew 3. Mathew Ommcn 4. Mathen Hyden

17.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presented the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2006 to octogenarian litterateur Ravindra Kelekar, He writes in 1. Marathi 2. Konkani 3. Kannada 4. Telegu

18.

Samresh Jung is related to _____. 1. Swimming 2. Golf 3. Shooting 4. Chess

19.

China's military has launched a major air defence exercise along the country's eastern coast bordering the Yellow Sea, in the wake of heightened tensions over China's territorial claims in the region. The exercise has been named 1. Vanguard 2010 2. Dragon 20l0 3. Redguard 2010 4. Defend China-2010

20.

Match the List I with List II List-I (State) 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Maharashtra 3. Bihar 3. 90 million 4. West Bengal 4. 85 Million

List- II: Population (Latest) 1. 183 Million 2. 104 million Codes:1 2 3 4 21. (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 4 3 (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 1 2 1

The Union Cabinet has cleared the Nalanda University Bill thus paving the way for the establishment of Nalanda University at an estimated cost of Rs. _____ cr. 1. 995 2. 1005 3. 1025 4. 1035

22.

Who is the writer of the book Before Memory Fades? 1. Fali S. Nariman 2. S. Ramnathan 3. Pranab Bardhan 4. Mushirul Hasan

23.

American twin brothers, Bob and Mike Bryan, set an ATP record with their 62nd career double crown won by capturing their sixth title at the ______ . 1. New York Open 2. Tokyo Open 3. ATP Rogers Cup 4. Los Angeles Open

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Name the Indian-American professor at the University of Texas, Austin who has won the prestigious Dirac Medal for his contribution to the understanding of theoretical physics. 1. EC George Sudarshan 2. AK Peter Prem 3. Bhiku Parekh 4. Navneet Dholakia

25.

Archaeologist recently discovered oldest text in __________. 1. Cairo 2. Jerusalem 3. Khartoum 4. Bonn

26.

Castigating former DGP for his "shameful" conduct and "betrayal" of trust, the Punjab and Harayana High Court upheld his conviction and 18-month jail term for molesting a budding tennis player two decades ago. 1. KPS Gill 2. SPS Rathore 3. AK Jain 4. BP Singhal

27.

Who has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010? 1. PT Usha 2. Shiny Wilson 3. Kapil Dev 4. Jasdev Singh

28.

Which pair lost the Mens doubles title of US Open Tennis (2010)? 1. Rohan Bopana and Aisam Qureshi 3. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati 2. Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber 4. Leander Paes and D. Dlouby

29.

Consider the following statements about India and USA: 1. India and the USA have signed counter Terrorism co-operation initiative. 2. Both countries will increase the capabilities to effectively combat terrorism. 3. Both countries will enhance the capabilities to act against money laundering, counterfeit currency and financing of terrorism. 4. Both countries will give full access to convicts lodged in each others prisons. 1. (1), (2) and (3) 2. (1), (2) and (4) 3. (1), (3) and (4) 4. All the above

30.

With which country India in September 2010 signed an agreement for setting up a 2900cr joint venture to co-develop and co-produce military multi-role transport aircrafts? 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. China 4. Japan

31.

China has signed a Rail Deal worth 10 billion dollar with. 1. Argentina 2. Mexico 3. Chile 4. Peru

32.

Name the Uttarakhand Chief Minister who has bagged the Rahul Sankrityayan Tourism Award 2008-09 for his book Himalaya Ka Mahakumbh Nanda Raj Jat 1. Ramesh Pokhriyal 2. Nityanand Swami 3. Hnrish Rawat 4. ND Tiwari

33.

Presently horticultural crops occupy around ____ percent of gross cropped area of the country. 1. 5 2. 10 3. 15 4. 20

34.

Stung by allegation of sexual harassment, the Indian womens hockey coach resigned recently. Identify him. 1. Zafar Iqbal 2. Pargat Singh 3. Aslam Sher Khan 4. MK Kaushik

35.

Pugilist Manoj Kumar who won gold medal in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 competed in which of the following categories? 1. 52 kg 2. 64 kg 3. 69 kg 4. 75 kg

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Name the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town who decided to withdraw from public life. 4. Jonathan Blair

The government has reached about 76% of the target for building rural roads under the Bharat Nirman Project in 2009-10. What is the length of the roads constructed? 1. 17,240 km. 2. 18,240 km. 3. 19,240 km. 4. 20,240 km.

38.

Name the former Attorney General of India who passed away recently after a brief illness 1. Soil Sorabjee 3. A Ahmadi 2. Milon Kumar Banerjee 4. KG Balakrishnan

39.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has signalled that he would prefer a complete withdrawal of the foreign forces from the country by _________ in tune with a gradual takeover of security in the provinces by Afghan forces from next year. 1. 2012 2. 2014 3. 2016 4. 2018

40.

President Prathiba Patil recently conferred the honorary rank of the Indian Air Force Group Captain on _____. 1. Sachin Tendulkar 3. Kapil Dev 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4. Virender Sehwag

41.

Name the secretary of the CPI (Maoist) in Andhra Pradesh who carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head and who was arrested at Relibera, near Bokaro. 1. Narasimha Reddy 2. Azad 3. Jagannath Reddy 4. Chhatradhar Mahto

42.

P. Kashyap who won a bronze medal after defeating his compatriot Chetan Anand in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 belongs to which sport? 1. Badminton 2. Table Tennis 3. Squash 4. Lawn Tennis

43.

Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto (Live, Rise, Progress, Win) is the theme song of 1. National Games 2012 3. Commonwealth Games 2010 2. National Youth Games 2010 4. ICC World Cup

44.

According to the recent US Population Reference Bureau research estimates, the world population in 2050 will be 1. 9.4 billion 2. 15 billion 3. 12.3 billion 4. 10.9 billion

45.

Who was conferred with the honorary rank of Group captain by the IAF on 3 September, 2010 1. Kapil Dev 2. Sachin Tendulkar 3. Leander Paes 4. Vishvanathan Anand

46.

The two countries invited to join East Asia Summit coinciding with the summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are . 1. Russia and USA 2. Russia and Japan 3. Japan and China 4. USA and UK

47.

Which country has opened a short-cut northern sea route from Europe to Asia across the Arctic, reasserting itself as the dominant power in the strategic mineral-rich region? 1. Russia 2. Ukraine 3. Belarus 4. Lithuania

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Name the key figure in the anti-segregation civil rights movement in the US who died in Columbus, Ohio recently. 1. Jefferson Thomas 3. Jesse Jackson 2. Desmond Tutu 4. Malcolm X

49.

The former Power Secretary, Harishankar Brahma, has been appointed 1. Chief Vigilance Commissioner 3. Election Commissioner 2. Member, Planning Commission 4. Member, Finance Commission

50.

Name the Bollywood star who came under fire for claiming in an interview to a Pakistani channel that the 26/11 attacks were hyped because the "elite" were targeted. 1. Aamir Khan 2. Shahrukh Khan 3. Arbaaz Khan 4. Salman Khan

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Test Duration Number

30 minutes 50 questions

1.

FII stands for 1. Foreign Income and Interest 3. Foreign Institutional Involvement 2. Foreign Institutional Investment 4. Foreign Investment Interest

2.

Delhi Metro Rail Corp. Ltd. in August 2010 signed an agreement to construct Rs. 1250 cr metro rail for _____. 1. Jaipur 2. Nagpur 3. Ahmedabad 4. Chandigarh

3.

Recently one of Indias leading online travel companies, made a dream Listing on the NASDAQ with its American depository receipts gaining as much as 75% on debut. What is the name of the company? 1. Cleartrip.com 2. MakemyTrip.com 3. Easygo.com 4. Yatra. com

4.

What is the name of a mobile van for issuing railways reserved/unreserved tickets? 1. Mushkil-Aasaan 2. Ab Mushkil Nahi 3. AassanVan 4. None of these

5.

Lifeline of Delhi & Mumbai is the tag line of 1. VSNL 2. MTNL 3. BSNL 4. DoT

6.

Which bank has been awarded the certificate of Merit by South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)? 1. Union Bank 2. Indian Bank 3. Punjab National Bank 4. Bank of Baroda

7.

Who among the following was named businessman of the century (the 20th century) by the Fortune magazine? 1. Henry Ford 2. Alfred Sloan 3. Bill Gates 4. Henry Hughes

8.

Which hospital in secured a 10 year loan of $50 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? 1. Apollo Hospital 2. Medical Institute 3. Cancer Hospital 4. Leelawati Hospital

9.

Global ratings agency Standard & Poors recently raised Tata Motors credit ratings to positive citing improved performance by auto makers premium brand. Which of the brands are not owned by Tata Motors? 1. Hummer 2. Jaguar 3. Novus 4. Land Rover

10.

Which Bollywood actress replaced Priety Zinta as the brand ambassador of Cadbury Perk? 1. Asin 2. Deepika Padukone 3. Genelia DSouza 4. Sonam Kapoor

11.

Which state in India is being advertised as Gods own country? 1. Himachal Pradesh 2. Goa 3. Kerala 4. Madhya Pradesh

12.

Which bank entered into a strategic marketing tie-up with India First Life Insurance Co. Ltd.? 1. Bank of Baroda 2. Union Bank 3. Indian Bank 4. All of these

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14.

National Securities Depository Limited launched a facility named ______ that will enable investors to submit delivery instructions to transfer securities to their broker account. 1. LARGE 2. EASY 3. SIMPLE 4. TOUGH

15.

Indian Govt. recently lifted restrictions on __________ to buy telecommunication gear from Chinese vendors. 1. MTNL 2. BSNL 3. Tata Tele 4. DoCoMo

16.

HCL lnfosystems Ltd. acquired a _____ stake in Dubai-based information technology services firm NTS Group for $ 6.5 million. 1. 20 per cent 2. 40 per cent 3. 50 per cent 4. 60 per cent

17.

Who has been recently given the award Businessman of the Decade on behalf of Indo Israeli Chambers of Commerce? 1. Kiran Majumdar 2. Ratan Tata 3. Kishore Biyani 4. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani

18.

Which company recently signed an agreement on wage revision with the employees of its Manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur near Chennai ? 1. Samsung 2. Videocon 3. Nokia 4. LG

19.

Kanan Devan is a leading brand of in South Indian. 1. Tea 2. Coffee 3. Beer 4. Cigarettes

20.

Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Ltd. announced to open its manufactures facility in _______ 1. Chennai 2. Delhi 3. Surat 4. Ahmednagar

21.

What is the line of colourful childrens wear owned by Reebok called? 1. Weebok 2. Reebok Kids 3. Seebok 4. Little Reebok

22.

India entered into a pact with _______to pave the way for increased participation of the private sector, to enhance bilateral trade and investment. 1. USA 2. Canada 3. Pakistan 4. China

23.

Bollywood icon Salman Khan doesnt promote which of the following products? 1. Thums Up 2. Dixie Scott Innerwear 3. Wheel Detergent 4. Sangini Jewellery

24.

Lord Swaraj Paul owned Caparo Group Ltd. announced its entry into the power generation business through a joint venture with Wartsila Corp, which is a ___ based company. 1. America 2. Finland 3. Austria 4. Japan

25.

Which of the following companies is not a Government of India enterprises? 1. GAIL 2. NHPC 3. HSBC 4. BHEL

26.

Which of the following banks acquired J.P. Morgan Investment Services? 1. Royal Bank of Baroda 3. Sberbank 2. Standard Chartered Bank 4. Citi Bank

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The government recently setup a panel of experts including actor Aamir Khan, to examine the issue of _________ and submit a report. 1. copyright 2. investment 3. trade unions 4. All of these

29.

Which company is Indias largest global logistic service provider? 1. Lemuir Group 2. Reliance 3. Net 4 India 4. I-Flex Solutions

30.

Which bank recently announced to launch voice enabled website as well as special ATMs for the visually challenged? 1. State Bank of India 2. Punjab National Bank 3. ICICI Bank 4. HDFC Bank

31.

Complete Silence claims the baseline of 1. Samsung washing machines 3. Daikin air conditioners 2. Symphony air coolers 4. Crompton Greaves fans

32.

Steelmaker Posco recently received approval from India to acquire forest land needed for its $12 billion project. The company belongs to ___ 1. America 2. Japan 3. South Korea 4. France

33.

What does ISDN stand for? 1. Inter-Satellite Data Network 3. International Satellite Data Network 2. Integrated Services Digital Network 4. International Services and Data Network

34.

Dettol is a product of which company? 1. Procter and Gamble 2. Hindustan Lever 3. Johnson & Johnson 4. Reckitt-Beneckiser

35.

Making tomorrow brighter is the promotional line of which major corporate? 1. ONGC 2. SAIL 3. Hewlett-Packard 4. Wipro

36.

India ranks _________ among 134 countries on gender equality in World Economic Forum rankings. 1. 100th 2. 114th 3. 131st 4. 149th

37.

What is an ISO series? 1. 2. 3. 4. Documentation of production processes Engineering process flowchart Quality management and quality assurance standards None of these

38.

How many circles have been allotted to Vodafone for 3G mobile services? 1. 9 2. 10 3. 8 4. 7

39.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was founded in 1927 by 1. Birla and Tata 2. Tata and Thakurdas 3. Thakurdas and Birla 4. Tata and Godrej

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Lately, as part of its global expansion initiatives, Union Bank of India in setup its Representative Office in _____. 1. Australia 2. Bangladesh 3. Norway 4. Canada

41.

Citibank has launched a programme to accelerate the electronic payment mechanisms in India in association with 1. IDBI 2. Master Card 3. SBI 4. Diners Club International

42.

D. Swaroop Committee is associated with. 1. Banking 3. Financial Products Marketing 2. Sugar Marketing 4. Capital Marketing

43.

Who among the following has played a significant role in the White Revolution? 1. Verghese Kurien 2. A.N. Khusro 3. M.S. Ahluwalia 4. K.C. Pant

44.

Which TV company recently tied up with Geodesic Ltd. on content, communication and collaboration for mobile phones and computers ? 1. Zee Entertainment 2.Sony TV 3.Colors 4.Star TV

45.

Which company in September 2010 announced to buy stakes in Australian shale gas assets from Norwest Energy NL? 1. BPCL 2. NTPC 3. BHEL 4. SAIL

46.

Karuturi Global Ltd. announced to invest $100 million for setting up a sugar-cane crushing plant in 1. Brazil 2. Sydney 3. Ethiopia 4. Denmark

47.

The 13th Finance Commission in January 2010 in its report proposed a compensation package in the tune of ___________ to state governments to sign off on the implementation of goods and services tax (GST). 1. Rs. 10.000 crore 2. Rs. 20.000 crore 3. Rs. 30.000 crore 4. Rs. 50,000 crore

48.

What is Brilliant Sun? 1. A book by Bill Gates 2. A biographical film directed by Zafar Hia, on the late Aditya Vikram Birla 3. A programme launched by Exim Bank oriented towards research and development activities for axports 4. None of these

49.

The Business Leader of the year Economic Times Corporate Excellence Award 2009 has been given to. 1. Anand Mahindra 2. Anil Ambani 3. Mukesh Ambani 4. RatanTata

50.

Which among the following is number 1 brand of India has per the recent Economic Times Brand Equity Survey 2010? 1. Nokia Mobile Phones 2. Colgate 3. Lux 4. Dettol

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30 minutes 50 questions

Airways service company Spice Jet is being acquired by _____. 1. Wipro Group 2. Jet Group 3. Sun Group 4. Spice Group

2.

Swiss made since 1848 is the tagline of 1. Omega 2. Citizen 3. Casio 4. Bulova

3.

Which of the following companies is not an American company? 1. Shell 2. Hewlett Packard 3. Coca-Cola 4. Citizen

4.

Parliament has passed the SBI (Amendment) Bill-2010 which Changes the minimum level of share of the government in SBIs equity 1. From 51% to 55% 2. From 65% to 67% 3. From 70% to 75% 4. From 74% to 78%

5.

Government is going to divest 5% of its stake in ONGC which will reduce governments share holding in ONGC to.. 1. 69.14% 2. 65.14% 3. 79.14% 4. 55.14%

6.

Star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are seen promoting products of various companies. Which of the following isnt one? 1. Reliance Industries Limited 3. Metro Shoes 2. Bharti Enterprises 4. LG Electronics

7.

Name the country with which India has signed a protocol to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement that would enable the government get information about some of the wealth illegally stashed away in banks. 1. Britain 2. US 3. Switzerland 4. France

8.

Which Hollywood actress is seen in the latest print advertisements of Omega watches? 1. Julia Roberts 2. Anne Hathaway 3. Nicole Kidman 4. Sarah Jessica Parker

9.

Paul Allen has announced that he has launched a raft of patent infringement lawsuits against some of the giants of the Internet search space, including Google, Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, YouTube and AOL. He is the co-founder of 1. Microsoft 2. Intel 3. HP 4. HCL

10.

Which of the following countries has recently developed a "super online banking system" that would allow customers to access any number of accounts through a single website? 1. England 2. United States 3. China 4. India

11.

Which IT company in August 2010 signed a seven year deal with five regional rural banks sponsored by public sector UCO Bank? 1. Wipro Infotech Ltd. 2. HCL tech 3. Infosys Technologies 4. IBM

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Russia, Kazakhstan and _____ have launched a customs union as a first step towards forming a broader EU-type economic alliance of former Soviet states1. Tajikistan 2. Ukrain 3. Belarus 4. Kyrgyzstan

13.

Which country became the first in the world to adopt a policy to provide broadband Internet service to all citizens? 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Finland 4. US

14.

Fiat India Automobiles Ltd. in August 2010 announced to start exporting cars to neighboring markets of .. 1. Bhutan 2. Sri Lanka 3. Nepal 4. All of these

15.

Powered by intellect, driven by values- is the punchline of which company? 1. Infosys 2. Wipro 3. HCL 4. IBM

16.

Indian Chamber of Commerces (ICC) Lifetime Achievement Award has been bestowed on. 1. Ratan Tata 2. R. P. Goenka 3. Indira Nooyi 4. Arundhati Roy

17.

Which TV brand claims to have a monolithic design? 1. Videocon d2h LCD 2. LG Infinia 3. Panasonic Plasma 4. Sony Bravia

18.

Turanor, a giant catamaran launched by the __________ Company Planet Solar, is planning to circumnavigate the globe simply by harnessing the power of the sun. 1. German 2. French 3. Russian 4. Swiss

19.

In a surprise move and to the disappointment of taxpayers, the government recently deferred the implementation of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) by a year to _________ 2012, and sought to waive the preferential treatment to women in tax payment in the name of gender equity. 1. Jan 1 2. Mar31 3. Apr 1 4. Dec31

20.

Indo-Israel chamber of commerce has honored an Indian industrialist as Businessman of the Decade. The honoured person is 1. Anil Ambani 2. Azim Premji 3. Ratan Tata 4. Laxmi Mittal

21.

What percentage of governments stake in domestic Shipping Company, Shipping Corporation of India has been planned to get divested? 1. 10% 2. 20% 3. 30% 4. 40%

22.

Bank of Baroda in August 2010 raised its lending rate by ______ in response to the Reserve Banks sustained monetary tightening. 1. 25 basis points 2. 30 basis points 3. 50 basis points 4. 75 basis points

23.

The Union government in August 2010 gave an assurance in the Rajya Sabha that tribals would be given a ______ share from mining profits. 1. 20 per cent 2. 22 per cent 3. 24 per cent 4. 26 per cent

24.

Broadcaster Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. in August 2010 bought the satellite television rights to nearly 30new Hindi Films that are lined up for theatrical release at an estimated cost of ______. 1. Rs. 100cr 2. Rs. 150cr 3. Rs. 200cr 4. Rs. 250cr

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Tata Teleservices ltd. in August 2010 selected . for the supply of 3G telecom equipment. 4. Nokia Motorala BV

In a major draw-down from its stringent listing norms for public sector enterprises (PSEs) announced in Jun this year, the government has scaled down the minimum public shareholding to ____________ per cent from the 25 percent mandated earlier to stay listed. 1. 5 2. 10 3. 15 4. 20

27.

The health monitoring wrist watch was launched by which company? 1. Titan 2. Swatch 3. Hitachi 4. Time

28.

Which airport in India was in the news because of its table top runway? 1. Mangalore 2. Shimla 3. Srinagar 4. Bengaluru

29.

Amitabh Bachan is the brand ambassador for _________ tourism. 1. Jammu and Kashmir 2. Gujarat 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. West Bengal

30.

Recently in news, Vedanta bauxite mining refinery project is related to______ . 1. Bihar 2. Jharkhand 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Orissa

31.

Find the odd man out. 1. Allianz Group 2. HSBC 3. MRF 4. IDBI

32.

Which bank recently received the Best Public Sector Bank Award in SME Financing from global business information provider Dun and Broadstreet (D&B)? 1. ICICI Bank 2. HDFC Bank 3. Bank of India 4. IDBI Bank

33.

Which Engineering firm recently tied up with privately held Turkish firm Limak to jointly bid for road projects in India? 1. IVRCL 2. Punj lioyd 3. Patel Engineering 4. Larsen & Toubro

34.

Which Telecom company in August 2010 announced to invest 10 million in its newly acquired telecom network in the Seychelles? 1. Bharti Airtel 2. Aircel 3. Vodafone Essar 4. MTNL

35.

Nutri Choice brand of are fibre biscuits belongs to which of the following companies? 1. Britannia 2. ITC 3. Parle 4. Priya Gold

36.

India has launched satellite-based navigation system________. 1. Gagan 2. Gomon 3. Akash 4. Star

37.

PMEACs Economic outlook 2010-11 forecasts 9% growth rate for Indian economy for the year 1. 2010-11 2. 2011-12 3. 2012-13 4. 2013-14

38.

India has signed an agreement on the nuclear fuel reprocessing arrangements with . 1. USA 2. UK 3. Brazil 4. France

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State run NMDC Ltd. in September 2010 signed a shareholders agreement with Kopano Logistics Services to form a joint venture company in . 1. America 2. South Africa 3. Japan 4. Australia

40.

Giving a clean chit to Sharad Pawar, the Bombay High Court said there was "nothing on record" to show that the Union minister had influenced the Maharashtra government's decision to exempt IPL matches from __________. 1. VAT 2. Entertainment Tax 3. GST 4. DTC

41.

Adani group has acquired an Australian Coal Asset in a cash and royalty deal worth 1. 2.7 billion dollar 2. 3.7 billion dollar 3. 4.7 billion dollar 4. 5.7 billion dollar

42.

Tata Power Co. Ltd. in September 2010 bagged its fourth overseas power generation project, a 240 MW geothermal plant in .. 1. Indonesia 2. Malaysia 3. China 4. Denmark

43.

What is 'Ira: one divine creation for another? 1. Diamond jewellery 2. Cosmetics 3. Shoes 4. Nailpolish

44.

Japanese car maker . recently doubled the production of its small car Micra in order to clean an order backlog. 1. Nissan Motor 2. Maruti Suzuki 3. Tata Motors 4. Hyundai India

45.

Making sense of it all is the promotional line of which of the following international news channels? 1. BBC World 2. CNN 3. Channel 4 4. Fox News Network

46.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) in August 2010 made a strongpitch for foreign investment in ______. 1. Multi-brand retail 2. Cottage industry 3. Wine industry 4. All of these

47.

Name the India-born former President of Penguin Canada who was forced to quit following allegation of sexual harassment by a colleague 1. Amit Chaudhri 2. Amitav Ghosh 3. David Davidar 4. Arvind Adiga

48.

Who among the following is appointed as the new chairman of Central Depository Services Ltd. in August 2010? 1. N Rangachary 2. S Rawat 3. K Madhawan 4. R Pillai

49.

Which of the following brands does not belong to P & G ? 1. Kotex 2. Pantene 3. Rejoice 4. Tide

50.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) in August 2010 tightened the disclosure norms for ______ of life insurance products. 1. Registration 2. Advertisements 3. Premium 4. Total Tax Deductions

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BUSINESS GK TEST 03
Test Duration Number
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30 minutes 50 questions

Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) in August 2010, declared a growth of 19.3 per cent in 2009-10. The Federation markets dairy products under the brand name of 1. Amul 2. Mother Dairy 3. Delhi Milk Scheme 4. Parag

2.

Who among the following owns the company Leapfrog which deals with the ads on social issues? 1. Sharmila Tagore 2. Sanjay Dutt 3. John Abraham 4. Nandita Das

3.

Which Indian Ayurvedic products company set up a state-of-the art greenhouse facility in Nepal to standardize cultivation practices for rare medicinal plants? 1. Zandu 2. Ayurvedic Concepts 3. Dabur 4. Himalaya Drugs

4.

Global consultancy firm Price Waterhouse Coopers has said the mobile subscriber base in India would cross the 100-cr mark by 2014, while there will be over 10 cr 3G broadband subscribers by ____ . 1. 2012 2. 2015 3. 2017 4. 2019

5.

President Barack Obama has signed into law a _________ that stoked controversy recently when the United States Congress said it would be financed by a $2,000 visa fee hike for Infosys, Wipro and other Indian IT firms with operation in the US. 1. Border Security Bill 2. Defence Security Bill 3. Corporate Security Bill 4. Outsourcing Security Bill

6.

Sony has roped in which of the following Bollywood diva to promote its range of cameras? 1. Sonam Kapoor 2. Deepika Padukone 3. Katrina Kaif 4. Kareena Kapoor

7.

After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world's second-largest economy behind the 1.US 2. Britain 3. France 4. Russia

8.

Which company has launched Eye Fresh Technology (EFI) and Magic Green slim monitors in the Indian market? 1. Samsung 2. LG 3. Wipro 4. HCL

9.

NABARD in August 2010 extended grant support of _____ to IIT, Kanpur out of its Financial Inclusion Fund for a research project. 1. Rs. 33.09 lakh 2. Rs. 35 lakh 3. Rs. 36.1 lakh 4. Rs. 39 lakh

10.

Clarity, Cartage, Cut and Colour-the four Cs refer to 1. Suitings 2. Silk textiles 3. Diamonds 4. Jewellery

11.

The Raga series of watches belongs to which company? 1. Titan 2. Timex 3. Swatch 4. Rado

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Government has issued an ordinance announcing ULIP as Insurance Product. The regulations of ULIPs will now be done by ______. 1. IRDA only 2. NABARD only 3. SEBI only 4. SBI only

13.

The Lok Sabha approved a Bill that would allow State Bank of India (SBI) to reduce government holding in the bank to 51 per cent from _________ per cent and raise funds from the capital markets. 1. 100 2. 74 3. 59 4. 55

14.

MSNBC, a media channel, is owned by which corporate giant? 1. Star TV 2. Sahara 3. Microsoft 4. NDTV 24x7

15.

Who owns Lakme? 1. Procter & Gamble 2. CavinKlare 3. Hindustan Unilever Ltd 4. Wipro

16.

Which Indian state in August 2010 invited bids to develop 18 hydroelectric projects with a total capacity of 1358 MW to tap clean energy sources? 1. Uttranchal 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jammu and Kashmir

17.

Your potential, Our Passion is the punchline of which of the following? 1. Oracle 2. Microsoft 3. IBM 4. HCL

18.

Which among, the following is the Josh Machine? 1. Honda Unicorn 2. TVS Apache 3. Ford Fiesta 4. Bajaj Pulsar

19.

In which city are the headquarters of International Monetary Fund located? 1. New York 2. Sydney 3. Gleneagles 4. Washington D.C.

20.

Which among the following is the world's largest motor vehicle manufacturer? 1. General Motors 2. Suzuki 3. Hyundai 4. Toyota

21.

What is Modex? 1. A smart card 2. A car 3. A medicine 4. A soft drink

22.

Devyani Aggarwal is related to ______. 1. Golf 2. Shout put 3. Chese 4. Swimming

23.

Which among the following organizations has taken up the agenda of "Business for Livelihood" for the year 2010-11? 1. 2. 3. 4. Federation of Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC )

24.

Which among the following country is India's biggest Trade partner? 1. China 2. United States 3. UAE 4. Saudi Arab

25.

Personal care products maker Marico Ltd. in August 2010 acquired healthcare brand from Guideline Trading CC of ______. 1. South Africa 2. Denmark 3. Sweden 4. Austria

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Tata Motors has overtaken Hyundai as India's second- biggest carmaker in June, behind only 4. GM

Dabur India Ltd. recently acquired Hobi Kozmetik group of _______ for Rs. 325cr as part of a strategy to spread in to overseas markets. 1. Egypt 2. Jordan 3. Morocco 4. Turkey

28.

Name the country which has decided not to impose any duty on exports from Bangladesh and Nepal. This zero duty treatment to exporters in these countries is likely to affect Indian exporters adversely. 1. US 2. Britain 3. Japan 4. China

29.

The countrys largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. in August 2010 launched compressed natural gas versions of _______ of its models. 1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5

30.

The International Monetary Fund has raised India's growth forecast for 2010 to _________, stating that favorable financing conditions and robust corporate profits will accelerate economic expansion. 1. 6.5% 2. 7.5% 3. 8.5% 4. 9.5%

31.

Arcelor Mittal, the worlds largest steel maker in July 2010 announced to increase its prices of steel by ______ in fiscal 2010. 1. 4 per cent 2. 6 per cent 3. 8 per cent 4. 10 per cent

32.

Citibank has launched a programme to accelerate the electronic payment mechanisms in India in association with 1. IDBI 2. Master Card 3. SBI 4. Diners Club International

33.

Find the odd man out. 1. Zodiac 2. Colour Plus 3. Arrow 4. Axe

34.

Which company uses the slogan, Clothes Makers for Your Majesty? 1. Excalibur 2. Benetton 3. Bentley 4. Givo

35.

Which bank recently received the license from the financial services authority of UK to open its branch in London? 1. Exim Bank 2. Nabard 3. ICICI Bank 4. HDFC Bank

36.

Crafted for fantasies is the ad slogan of which innerwear brand? 1. Amul Macho 2. Rupa Frontline 3. Jockey 4. VIP Premium Briefs

37.

US drugs multinational Abbott Laboratories in September 2010 completed its acquisition of the 17000cr ____________________ domestic pharma business. 1. Daburs 2. Dr. Reddys Labs 3. Ranbaxys 4. Piramal Healthcares

38.

Quality Revolution is the tagline associated with 1. Tata 2. Toyota 3. Hyundai 4. Suzuki

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India has registered 10 lakh hectares under cotton so far this year. For cotton, this is a new world record, beating the 104 lakh hectares recorded in 1934 in 1. US 2. UK 3. Germany 4. France

40.

India has slipped to from the 49th spot to ______ spot in the World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Report (GCS) 2010-11 among 139 countries rated for institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity. 1. 51st 2. 61st 3. 71st 4. 81st

41.

Australias Oilex Ltd. has made a huge natural gas discovery in .. that may hold over 1.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable reserves. 1. Gujarat 2. West Bengal 3. Bihar 4. Orissa

42.

Kona Coffee comes from Kona. Where is Kona? 1. California 2. Mexico City 3. Hawaii 4. Toronto

43.

Indias largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank recently acquired a ______ stake in the United Stock Exchange. 1. 0.7 per cent 2. 1 per cent 3. 1.33 per cent 4. 1.75 per cent

44.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed exchanges to introduce currency options on the pairing of ______ with the rupee, a development that provides another alternative to corporates for hedging against currency fluctuations. 1. US dollar 2. Yen 3. Euro 4. British Pound

45.

The Union Cabinet has approved the release of _________ as interest subvention to state-owned lending agencies to ensure short-term crop loans to farmers at a concessional rate of seven per cent during the current fiscal. 1. Rs. 1,232 cr 2. Rs. 2,430cr 3. Rs. 4,868cr 4. Rs. 6,000 cr

46.

FII stands for 1. Foreign Income and Interest 3. Foreign Institutional Involvement 2. Foreign Institutional Investment 4. Foreign Investment Interest

47.

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of _______ on ICICI Bank for violating Know Your Customer norms, and a similar amount on Standard Chartered Bank for not providing information on time about its foreign currency loan facility. 1. Rs. 21akhs 2. Rs. 5 lakhs 3. Rs. 10 lakhs 4. Rs. 15 lakhs

48.

Ashok Leyland recently announced to acquire a 26 percent stake in UK-based Optare Plc. Ashok Leyland is a flagship firm of ______. 1. Ambani Group 2. Hinduja Group 3. Premji Group 4. Tata Group

49.

Luxury car maker Mercedez-Benz India Pvt. Ltd. in July 2010 sold record ______ units of cars. 1. 521 2. 500 3. 471 4. 350

50.

Which state government has decided to levy environment tax on commercial vehicles which are over eight years old and private vehicles which are over 15 years? 1. AP 2. UP 3. MP 4. Maharashtra

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Which bank recently honoured young painters on How to save mother earth to bring out their creative best? 1. State Bank of India 2. Exim Bank 3. Punjab National Bank 4. IDBI Bank loan to flood-hit Pakistan. 4. $ 900 million

2.

The World Bank in August 2010 agreed to provide a _____ 1. $500 million 2. 8 600 million 3. $ 700 million

3.

Who among the following is appointed as new chief executive officer of Hyper City Retail in August 2010? 1. Mark Ashman 2. Spicy Men 3. Lee Ronaldo 4. Ronaldo Mac

4.

Hi-fidelity stereo pioneer Sidney Harman has bought _______ from The Washington Post Co. for a nominal amount reported to be just a dollar. l. Time 2. Newsweek 3. Wall Street Journal 4. Fortune

5.

To which company do Tide, Old Spice and Pampers belongs? 1. Johnson & Johnson 2. SmithKline 3. Procter & Gamble 4. Hindustan Lever

6.

Indias largest group of angel investors, Indian Angel Network Services Pvt. Ltd. in August 2010 announced to set up an incubation centre in ______. 1. Bangalore 2. Chennai 3. Delhi 4. Ahmedabad

7.

Which of the following companies paid the highest price for 3G Spectrum? 1. MTNL 2. BSNL 3. AIRTEL 4. AIRCEL

8.

Who initiated the Scientific Management Movement? 1. F.W. Taylor 2. Schumacher 3. Gilberth 4. Davidson

9.

The ministry of corporate affair has handed over investigation into alleged fund diversion by struggling retailer _____ to the serious fraud investigation office (SFIO). 1. Subhiksha 2. Reliance Fresh 3. Sabka Bazaar 4. 6 Ten

10.

Sensiflow is the trade mark for a refrigerator concept from. 1. LG 2. Samsung 3. Godrej 4. Videocon

11.

In which city are gold rats fixed? 1. London 2. Hong Kong 3. New York 4. Dubai

12.

China and ______ the Worlds top two exporting nations signed in Beijing a series of trade deals reportedly worth several billion dollars. 1. Japan 2. Germany 3. Brazil 4. South Korea

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Which of the following reports and the organizations which bring them out is wrongly paired? 2. State of Food Insecurity in the World: FAO 4. Human Development Report: UNDP

14.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said India would emerge as the _________ largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) for the three-year period ending 2012. 1. Second 2. Third 3. Fourth 4. Fifth

15.

Name the leading British newspaper which has apologized for publishing an article about the United Nations climate body chairman RK Pachauri accusing him of making a fortune from his link with "carbon trading" firms. 1. Sunday Times 2. Daily Telegraph 3. The Observer 4. London times

16.

The Rajya Sabha in August 2010 passed a bill named _________ paving way for a new law to regulate foreign contributions in the wake of internal security. 1. Foreign Contribution Regulation Bill, 2006 3. Foreign Contribution Al-1 Bill, 2009 2. Foreign Aid Bill. 200G 4. None of these

17.

How many Indian companies have figured in Fortunes list? 1. Nine 2. Eight 3. Seven 4. Ten

18.

Software firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltds subsidiary . in September 2010 won two life and Pension contracts worth $ 250 million in revenue in UK. 1. Iligenta 2. Diligenta 3. Siligenta 4. Cligenta

19.

EXIM policy review has projected ______ percent growth rate of exports by 2014. 1. 20 2. 25 3. 30 4. 35

20.

According to a recent survey conducted by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India replaced which of the following country from the second most desired place of FDIs for Transnational Corporations (TNCs). 1. China 2. Brazil 3. USA 4. Singapore

21.

Textiles maker and retailer Raymond Ltd. in August 2010 announced to add around _____ retail outlets in fiscal 2011. 1. 75 2. 90 3. 100 4. 110

22.

India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world accounting ______ per cent of world production. 1. 17 2. 20 3. 27 4. 37

23.

JK Tyre and Industries Ltd. took up an aggressive expansion plan to add 5 million car tyres from its new facility in .. to meet the growing demand from the automobile industry. 1. Chennai 2. Hyderabad 3. Ahmedabad 4. Jaipur

24.

Name the billionaire who has announced a $ 100-million grant to Human Rights Watch in a bid to transform it into a global organization. 1. George Soros 2. Bill Gates 3. Carlos Slim 4. Paul Allen

25.

RBI has decided to release Plastic Notes in circulation. The first such series to be circulated will be of . 1. Rs. 2 notes 2. Rs. 5 notes 3. Rs. 10 notes 4. Rs. 20 notes

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The government in September 2010 decided to limit the number of national commodity exchanges at in order to foster sustained growth of the commodity futures market? 1. 4 2. 6 3. 7 4. 8

28.

According to UNCTAD India would emerge as the third largest recipient of foreign direct investment for the three year period ending ________. 1. 2011 2. 2012 3. 2013 4. 2014

29.

In a big boost to the disinvestment programme of the UPA-II Government, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry gave its green signal to the sale of government's stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a move aimed at raising around __________this fiscal. 1. Rs 14,000 cr 2. Rs 18,000 cr 3. Rs 24,000 cr 4. Rs 30,000 cr

30.

The Reserve Bank of India in September 2010 gave its go ahead to. to restructure the ballooning debt of the airline industry. 1. State Bank of India 2. ICICI Bank 3. Punjab National Bank 4. All of these

31.

Heineken is an international brand originating in 1. Sweden 2. Japan 3. The Netherlands 4. The USA

32.

Which Bank in August 2010 introduced new home loans and vehicle loan schemes on which the rate of Interest is offered at 8.25 per cent for the first year? 1. Corporation Bank 2. ICICI Bank 3. IDBI Bank 4. Vijaya Bank

33.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed to double the investment limit for retail investors to ______ in public issues, a move that will enable individuals to aggressively participate in primary issues of companies. 1. Rs. 1 lakh 2. Rs. 2 lakh 3. Rs. 3 lakh 4. Rs. 4 lakh

34.

The government has approved of 10% stake disinvestment in two public sector units. One of them is Coal India, which is the other one: 1. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. 3. Hindustan Iron Ltd. 2. Hindustan Copper Ltd. 4. Hindustan Aluminum Ltd.

35.

The GMR Group, which runs the airport in New Delhi announced its net revenue of ______ for JanuaryJune 2010 period. 1. Rs. 1000cr 2. Rs. 1150cr 3. Rs. 1230cr 4. Rs. 1387cr

36.

The first two leading countries as per the statistics of 2009 in natural rubbers consumption in the world are ______. 1. China and India respectively 3. China and USA respectively 2. China and Brazil respectively 4. USA and India respectively

37.

The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year 1. 1935 2. 1947 3. 1950 4. 1951

38.

The Indian income tax is I. Direct 1. I and II II. Progressive 2. I and IV III. Indirect 3. II and III IV. Proportional 4. III and IV

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The slogan The way the world lives is used by 1. AIWA 2. Kenstar 3. Thomson

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4. LG

40.

British Petroleum, the oil company responsible for the oil spill in gulf of Mexico has been penalized by the US government. What is the amount of fine? 1. 20 billion dollar 2. 15 billion dollar 3. 25 billion dollar 4. 35 billion dollar

41.

Saina Nehwal will be the brand ambassador for _________ tourism. 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Kerala

42.

Round Revolution in India is associated with 1. Potato production 2. Onion production 3. Maize production 4. Tomato production

43.

Hyderabad based Transgene Biotek Ltd. in August 2010 announced to acquire _____ based bio pharma research firm Marillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1. America 2. Australia 3. Japan 4. China

44.

Which mobile company in August 2010 announced the launch of Braille bill service for its mobile subscribers? 1. R Com 2. BSNL 3. Aircel 4. MTNL

45.

The Asian Development Bank in August 2010 announced to provide a financial assistance of _______ to India to develop urban infrastructure in the NCR. 1. $100million 2. $125million 3. $150million 4. $175 million

46.

To boost the availability of project finance for India's _____ sector the Reserve Bank of India in July 2010 has ceased restrictions on external commercial borrowings. 1. Infrastructure 2. Cement 3. Textile 4. Agriculture

47.

If you were wearing something genuine since 1937, what would you be wearing? 1. Ray Ban 2. Picasso Paloma 3. Mont Blanc 4. Sheffers

48.

Union Bank of India in August 2010 paid a dividend of ______ to the Government of India for the year 2009-10. 1. Rs. 106cr 2. Rs. 121cr 3. Rs. 136cr 4. Rs. 154cr

49.

The term mixed economy implies the co-existence of 1. Large-scale and cottage industries 3. Agriculture and manufacturing industries 2. Home industry and foreign collaborations 4. Public and private sectors

50.

Which bank is with you all the way? 1. Allahabad Bank 2. State Bank of India 3. Indian Bank 4. Union Bank of India

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