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1 Who is the new chairman of Oil India?
A) N. M. Borah
B) SK Srivastava-Answer
C) S Roy Choudhury
D) None of Them

2 India’s core sector growth for March stood at?
A) 2%-Answer
B) 2.5%
C) 2.2%
D) 6.5%

3Australian Analytics firm Promax has been acquired by which Indian IT company recently?
A) Mahindra Satyam
B) Infosys
C) Wipro-Answer
D) TCS

4Who has been appointed as the new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)?
A) R K Medhekar
B) NPS Aulakh
C) Subhas Joshi-Answer
D) AK Tandon

5Indian President has re-appointed whom as the Attorney-General for two more years with effect from 8 June 2012?
A) Soli Sorabjee
B) Goolam E. Vahanvati-Answer
C) Milon K. Banerji
D) Ashok Desai

6The RBI has notified all the banks to be ready for Basel III norms which will be effective in phassed manner from?
A) January 2013-Answer
B) April 2013
C) April 2014
D) December 2013

7Which Indian business house has acquired controlling stake in Pantaloon retail?
A) Reliance Group
B) ADAG Group
C) Aditya Birla group-Answer
D) RPG Group

8Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in to Myanmar’s parliament in May. She struggled for how many years for the power?
A) 25 years-Answer
B) 20 Years
C) 15 Years
D) 18 Years

9India’s total exports jumped by which percentage for FY 2011-12?
A) 25%
B) 23%
C) 21%-Answer
D) 29%

10For FY 2011-12, India’s total trade deficit stood at nearly?
A) USD 155 billion
B) USD 205 billion
C) USD 195 billion
D) USD 185 billion-Answer

11 Which Spanish football club tops the Spanish league in 2012?
A) Barcelona
B) Valencia
C) Real Madrid-Answer
D) None of These

12Lionel Messi became the top goal scorer in a season with 68 goals as of now in the history. He broke whose 39 year old record?
A) Sepp Maier
B) Franz Beckenbauer
C) MuellerAnswer
D) Klaus Fischer

13Which developed country has recently become a country with no nuclear power after 4 decades when it shut down its last nuclear reactor?
A) Germany
B) JapanAnswer
C) France
D) USA

14Which Social Networking company has acquired online hosting services company SlideShare for USD 118.75 million in May 2012?
A) Twitter
B) Facebook
C) LinkedIn-Answer
D) None of These

15Which veteran Bengali Actor has been awarded with most esteemed Dada Saheb Phalke award by Vice President at the 59th National awards ceremony?
A) Utpal Datta
B) Soumitra Chatterjee
C) Prasenjit
D) None of These

16India has recently approved the tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) facility for 3 European countries? Which in the list is not among them?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Italy-Answer

17Patni Computer Systems (PCS) lost its existance when its acquirer removed the brand name from the combined entity. Who acquired the company last year 2011?
A) Tech Mahindra
B) iGate-Answer
C) Wipro
D) Cognitzant

18Which Indian business group becomes the Only Indian Company to get place in the list of 10 best companies for Leadership in Asia?
A) TATA Group-Answer
B) Aditya Birla Group
C) Reliance Group
D) Jindal Group

19Which Indian Telecom operator became the first one to launch 4G services?
A) Reliance Communication
B) Bharti Airtel-answer
C) Ideal Cellular
D) BSNL

20Who has been elected as France’s first Socialist president in May 2012?
A) Jacques Chirac
B) Nicolas Sarkozy
C) Francois Hollande-Answer
D) Marine Le Pen
21 The Supreme Court has given 10 years deadline to Government to eliminate which famous subsidy program?
A) Subsidies given to Haj Pilgrims-Answer
B) Subsidies given to Fertilizer producers
C) Subsidies given to farmers
D) Subsidies given on cooking LPG Gas

22 Which IT company has became the world’s fourth most valuable Information Technology (IT) services brand compiled by leading global brand valuation company Brand Finance?
A) TCS-Answer
B) IBM
C) HP
D) Accenture

23Which women squash team has won Gold at the 16th Asian Squash Championship recently held in Kuwait?
A) Malaysia
B) Iraq
C) India-Answer
D) China

24 Who has been re-elected as the Russian President for the second time in May 2012?
A) Boris Yeltsin
B) Vladimir Putin-Answer
C) Dmitry Medvedev
D) None of these

25 Which US brand has recently opeded their Indian first store at Canaught Place in New Delhi in May 2012?
A) Starbucks
B) Subway
C) Dunkin’Donuts-Answer
D) KFC

26 Which Company has secured no. 1 rank in the list of Fortune 500 companies for 2012?
A) Chevron
B) Wal-Mart
C) ConocoPhillips
D) Exxon Mobil -Answer

27 India received highest ever monthly FDI in March 2012… What is the FDI it has received in that month?
A) USD 8.1 billion-Answer
B) USD 9.1 billion
C) USD 12.1 billion
D) USD 5.1 billion

28 As per the Microfinance (MFI) bill 2012, which entiry will regulate all the Indian Microfinance Companies?
A) SEBI
B) RBI-Answer
C) IRDA
D) None of These

29 Which Indian PSU Bank hass become India’s second largest public sector Bank in terms of annual profit after State Bank of India in 2012?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Bank of Baroda-Answer
C) Central Bank
D) Bank of India

30 India’s IIP growth for March stood at?
A) -3.5%-Answer
B) 3.5%
C) 4.1%
D) -4.1%

31 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
A) J S Sarma
B) Saurabh Chandra
C) Mr Rahul Khullar-Answer
D) None of Them

32 Recently whch global credit rating agency has cut rating state-run Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) to Baa3?
A) S&P
B) Moody’s-Answer
C) Fitch
D) None of These

33 Who has stepped down as the CEO of Yahoo in May this year?
A) Scott Thompson-Answer 
B) Ross Levinsohn
C) Tim Morse
D) None of These

34 Which English Football club won the English title (English Premier League) for the first time in last 44 years?
A) Manchester United-Answer
B) Manchester City
C) Chelsea
D) Liverpool

35 Who has won the Madrid Open title for Men in May 2012?
A) Tomas Berdych
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Roger Federar-Answer
D) Novak Djokovic

36 What was India’s benchmark inflation in April?
A) 7.23%-Answer
B) 6.23%
C) 6.85%
D) 7.11%

37 Which Indian Pharma Company has announced the acquisition of US based Decision Resources Group for nearly USD 635 million in May 2012?
A) Dr Reddy’s Laboratory
B) Fortis Healthcare
C) Ranbaxy
D) Piramal Healthcare-Answer

38 Name the Chief Investment Officer of JP Morgan Chase who has resigned from the company following huge trading loss of USD 2 billion?
A) Jamie Dimon
B) Matt Zames
C) Ina Drew-Answer
D) None of These

39 Who is the new Prime Minister of France?
A) Jean-Pierre Raffarin
B) Francois Fillon
C) Jean-Marc Ayrault-Answer
D) Dominique de Villepin

40 What was India’s retail inflation in April?
A) 10.32%-Answer
B) 10.45%
C) 10%
D) 11.5%
D) None of Them