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1. Government of India has signed an agreement with which of the following bank for the loan to support the provision of reliable, 24-hour electricity to rural households in Madhya Pradesh?
1. World Bank
2. International Development Association
3. Asian Development Bank -Answer
4. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
5. International Finance Corporation
2. Which state-run company has won a Rs. 774-crore contract for supplying onshore drilling rigs to upstream oil company ONGC?
1. SAIL
2. BHEL -Answer
3. HAL
4. Jindal
5. NTPC
3. According to the World Bank report, the number of poor in the developing world declined to how much during 2005-08?
1. 3.50 billion
2. 1.00 billion
3. 4.90 billion
4. 3.00 billion
5. 1.29 billion-Answer
4. Which company has become the first Indian firm to be certified as “Responsible Care Company”under the American Chemistry Council?
1. Britannia Industries Ltd
2. Reliance Industries Ltd -Answer
3. Apeejay Tea Ltd
4. Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd
5. Hindustan Unilever Ltd
5. RCom, in a consortium led by which IT firm, have bagged the Rs. 300 crore network and subscribercontract for government’s national identity card programme, Aadhaar?
1. Aplab Ltd
2. Patni Computers Systems Ltd
3. Tata Consultancy Services
4. TECH Mahindra
5. HCL Infosystems-Answer
6. The theme of which of the following summit in 2012 was “The Great Transformation’ shaping New Models ?
1. BRICS
2. G8
3. G20
4. WEF -Answer
5. ASEAN
7. Which company has signed a five-year outsourcing agreement for IT infrastructure services with Helsinki-based UPM?
1. TVS Electronics Ltd
2. HCL Technologies Ltd-Answer
3. Sony Electricals Ltd
4. Dell India
5. Acer Aspire India
8. Who among the following is the new CEO and MD of L & T?
1. Natarajan Chandashekaran
2. S. Gopalakrishnan
3. K. Venkataraman -Answer
4. Malvinder M Singh
5. None of these
10. The market size of Indian Media and Entertainment (M & E) industry is expected to touch Rs. 1,457 billion by which year?
1. 2012
2. 2013
3. 2014
4. 2015
5. 2016-Answer
11. RBI will bring out Rs. 5 coin to commemorate which of the following freedom fighter and martyr?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Shahid Bhagat Singh-Answer
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. Chandra Shekhar Azad
5. Dadabhai Naoroji1
12. Which of the following has announced the formation of a joint venture with the US-based Iconix Brand to hawk the latter’s brands?
1. Reliance Brands -Answer
2. Apgenco
3. Apple India
4. Sony India
5. Toshiba
13. The average annual compensation for a CEO in which of the following country stands at over Rs.two crore as per a new study?
1. Libya
2. India -Answer
3. United Arab Emirates
4. China 5. Russia
14. CCI has approved the merger of which of the following company with its parent firm ReliancePower?
1. GE Power Money
2. Digital Power Infrastructure
3. Sasan Power Infrastructure -Answer
4. Reliance Energy
5. Reliance Fresh
15. The Indian Army successfully test fired which of the following 290 km range supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range?
1. C-803
2. P-270 Poskit
3. Brah Mos -Answer
4. P-500 Bazait
5. KD 88
16. Which state Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NABARD Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd?
1. Nagaland -Answer
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam 4. Manipur
5. None of these
17. Which bank appointed Madhukant Girdharlal Sanghvi as its new Chairman ?
1. Syndicate Bank -Answer
2. Bank of Maharashtra
3. Bank of India
4. Central Bank of India
5. None of these
18. The Indian Railways proposes to target carrying ----- Million Tonnes of revenue earning traffic during 2012-13.
1. 1025 -Answer
2. 2025
3. 3025
4. 4025
5. 5025
19. India and Indonesia are set to reach their target of trade worth US $ 25 billion by ----.
1. 2015 -Answer
2. 2020
3. 2025
4. 2030
5. 2035
20. Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the Month of February, 2012 was ------- lakh.
1. 2.77
2. 3.77
3. 4.77
4. 5.77
5. 6.77-Answer
21. Which country has clinched the first women’s Kabaddi World Cup championship title?
1. Iran
2. India -Answer
3. Canada
4. Germany
5. None of these
22. Which State Government introduced the Mamoni scheme in the state under the National Rural Health Mission?
1. West Bengal
2. Bihar
3. Assam -Answer
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. None of these
23. Who has been elected a judge in the US state of Louisiana?
1. Dr. Terence D’Souza
2. Bernadette D’Souza -Answer
3. Howard Stern
4. Shirley Chisholm
5. None of these
24. The World Environment Day was observed across the globe on 5 June 2012. Theme for the World Environment Day 2012 was
1. Green Economy: Does it include you -Answer
2. Forests-Nature At Your Service
3. Water- all we need
4. Both 2 & 3
5. None of these
25. Who took over as 28th chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh succeeding Avani Vaish?
1. Neela Gangadharan
2. D. S. Poonia
3. S. S. Kapur
4. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava
5. R.Parasuram1 -Answer
26. Which state’s Chief Minister has demanded law to deal with cases of discrimination against northeastern students?
1. Meghalaya -Answer
2. Nagaland
3. Gujarat
4. Uttarakhand
5. Assam
27 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided assistance of how many USD aid to India?
1. $8.25 billion
2. $5.25 billion
3. $3.25 billion
4. $6.25 billion -Answer
5. $7.25 billion
28. Who is the EU Ambassador to India visited Nagaland to interact with chamber of commerce and industry recently?
1. Joao Cravinho -Answer
2. Ettore Sequi
3. Franz Jessen
4. Richard Jones
5. Aivo Orav
29. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012?
1. Rs.20,000 crore
2. Rs.26,000 crore -Answer
3. Rs.32,000 crore
4. Rs.25,000 crore
5. Rs.30,000 crore
30. Who is the Chief of Lashkar e-Taiba, a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him by America?
1. Hafiz Saeed -Answer
2. Abdullah Azzam
3. Yusuf Muzammil
4. Nasr Javed
5. None of these
31. India’s which board was admitted as the 11th member of Multinational Design Evaluation Programme recently?
1. Nuclear Energy Agency
2. Atomic Energy Regulatory-Answer
3. Permanent Court of Arbitration
4. East Asia Regulatory Summit
5. None of these
32. Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently?
1. Giani Zail Singh
2. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
3. K.R.Narayanan
4. R.Venkataraman -Answer
5. None of these
33. According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012?
1.5.25%
2. 6.9% -Answer
3. 7.6%
4. 5.8%
5. 7.0%
34. Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently?
1. Kofi Annan
2. Sophia Loren
3. Angelina Jolie -Answer
4. Richard Burton
5. Muazzez Ersoy
35. Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ?
1. Srinath Reddy-Answer
2. Sidney C Smith
3. Deborah Chen
4. Roberto Ferrari
5. None of these
36 Nomura, the global financial services firm, on 26 June 2012 slashed the country's growth forecast for the fiscal year 2012-13 to what per cent?
1. 5.8% -Answer
2. 5%
3. 4.6%
4. 3%
5. None of these
37 Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik won gold Medals in Asian Junior Wrestling Championship 2012.Asian Junior Wrestling Championship 2012 was organised in which of the following country?
1. Iran
2. China
3. Kazhakhistan -Answer
4. South Korea
5. None of these
38. Which one of the following cities has been slated to host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012?
1. Rio de Janeiro -Answer
2. Buenos Aires
3. Hawana
4. Toronto
5. None of these
39 The World Bank on 12 June 2012 released its report on Global Economic Prospect, which of the following given statements are not true according to the World Bank report?
A. Indian economy will grow by 6.9 per cent in the financial year 2012-13
B. The World Bank predicted India’s growth 7.2 per cent and 7.4 per cent in fiscal years 2012-13
C. The World Bank report estimated the global economy to expand 2.5% in the fiscal year 2012-13
D. The World Bank report predicted western economy to grow significantly in the fiscal year 2012-13
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C
4. Only D -Answer
5. None of these
40. India’s gross direct tax collections grew by what per cent in April-May 2012?
1. 3.62 per cent -Answer
2. 3 per cent
3. 2.62 per cent
4. 4.62 per cent
5. None of these
41. The Commerce Ministry of India on 14 June 2012 released the export-import data for the month of May 2012. Which of the following given statement are not true according to the data?
A. India's export dropped by 4.16 per cent at 25.68 billion dollar in May 2012
B. India’s imports also registered a decline of 7.36 per cent at 41.9 billion dollar in May 2012
C. The trade deficit figure also shrank to 16.3 billion dollar during the May 2012, from 18.5 billion dollar in May 2011
D. Import of crude oil witnessed a decline
1. Only A
2. Both C & D
3. Only D -Answer
4. All the statements are true
5. None of these
MARKETING & COMPUTER
1. Which concept of marketing is based on ‘customer satisfaction’ key point ?
1. Entity concept of business
2. Old concept of marketing
3. Modern concept of marketing -Answer
4. Determination of the marketing objects
5. None of these
2. Marketing is a --
1. quantitative process
2. logical process
3. mathematical process
4. managerial process -Answer
5. qualitative process
3. What is Product Line ?
1. Group of different products -Answer
2. More than one product
3. Group of different brands
4. Group of markets
5. All of these
4. Marketing Aggregation is ––––
1. Just like segmentation
2. Just opposite of segmentation-Answer
3. Target market
4. All of these
5. None of these
5. Marketing is related with ––––
1. exchange
2. transferring
3. selling-Answer
4. distribution
5. sending
6. The element of marketing mix is –––
1. selling
2. costing
3. creating
4. product -Answer
5. buying
7. What is Marketing Information System ?
1. Gathering information from the market -Answer
2. Gathering information related with sale
3. Gathering information related with purchase
4. All of these
5. None of these
8. Which of the following is a survey technique?
1. Personal interview
2. Questionnaire
3. Telephonic interview
4. All of these -Answer
5. None of these
9. Capital goods market deals with –––
1. non durable goods
2. consumable goods
3. all products
4. durable goods -Answer
5. All of these
10. Marketing audit helps a business in ––––
1. Identification of challenges -Answer
2. marketing research
3. marketing planning
4. audit planning
5. All of these
11. Advertising is a part of ––––
1. Sales promotion -Answer
2. distribution
3. brand image
4. brand equity
5. All of these
12. What is Strategy ?
1. Setting a goal
2. Creating a vision
3. Allocation of resources -Answer
4. All of these
5. None of these
13. Marketing environment consists of
1. a set of interacting forces -Answer
2. external forces
3. internal forces
4. information about the product
5. None of these
14. Product label is concerned with –––
1. monogram
2. information about the product
3. information about the market
4. 1 and 2 -Answer
5. None of these
15. What is Standardisation ?
1. standard of living
2. charateristics of product-Answer
3. pricing of product
4. brand image of product
5. All of these
16. Product life cycle’s third stage is related with ––
1. maturity -Answer
2. decline
3. introduction
4. growth
5. None of these
17. Marketing techniques include
1. good arguing skill
2. observation skill
3. effective negotiation skill -Answer
4. watching skill
5. listening skill
18. A prospect means
1. newly designed product
2. a team leader
3. a likely buyer -Answer
4. ATM usage
5. internet transaction
19. Savings Account can be opened by ––––
1. all individuals fulfilling KYC norms -Answer
2. all individuals earning more than Rs.1,00,000 per annum
3. all individuals above the age of 18
4. all salaried persons
5. all students below the age of 18
20. Marketing is –––––
1. a skilled persons job -Answer
2. a oneday function
3. a one - time act
4. required only when a new product is launched
5. None of these
21. Which of the following is the India’s fastest Super Computer ?
1. K - Computer
2. PARAM
3. SAGA 220-Answer
4. Stuxnet
5. None of these
22. Which technology is used to remote login into a computer system ?
1. Telnet -Answer
2. Intranet
3. Extranet
4. Internet
5. Ethernet
23. Hard disk drives are considered as –––––– storage.
1. non Volatile -Answer
2. flash
3. temporary
4. permanent
5. None of these
24. Speed of super computers can be measured in the unit is known as –––––
1. Gelops -Answer
2. MHZ
3. MB
4. HZ
5. None of these
25. The extension name for powerpoint document is
1. .pwrpt
2. .pt
3. .ppt -Answer
4. .ppoint
5. .pxpt
26. Printed copy is often called
1. hard copy -Answer
2. soft copy
3. true copy
4. printed copy
5. None of these
27. The operations like AND, NOT, OR which can be used while searching for information using any search engine is ––––––
1. boolean operator
2.operators
3. logical operators -Answer
4. relational operators
5. none of these
28. The unauthorised use of computer and network resources is called –––––
1. netiquette
2. hacking -Answer
3. pass code
4. phishing
5. none of these
29. Commercially produced first computer
1. IBM
2. EDSAC
3. UNIVAC-1 -Answer
4. MIPS
5. ENIAC1
30. Which of the following can be used to browse the internet ?
1. Amiga OS
2. Perl
3. Foxpro
4. NCSA Mosaic -Answer
5. None of these
31. Which menu is selected to cut, copy and paste ?
1. File
2. Tools
3. Edit -Answer
4. Help
5. Format
32. The speed at which the monitor accepts data is called
1. band width -Answer
2. interfacing
3. maximum speed
4. response time
5. None of these
33. MS Excel is a
1. DOS based spreadsheet Package
2. Windows based accounting package
3. Windows based spreadsheet package -Answer
4. Dos based accounting package
5. None of these
34. A magnetic disc is coated by
1. phosphorus penta oride
2. iron oxide -Answer
3. magnesium oxide
4. sodium peroxide
5. None of these
35. Punched card system were first introduced by
1. Blaise Pascal
2. James Gosling
3. John Vonn Newmann
4. Herman Hollerith -Answer
5. None of these
36. Ellipse motion is a/an
1. colour scheme
2. layout collection
3. design template
4. sound format
5. animation scheme-Answer
37. –––––– cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more selected cells
1. Splitting
2. Formatting
3. Merging-Answer
4. Compressing
5. None of these
38. Which of the following is not a special program in MS Office ?
1. Clip art
2. Word art
3. Paint art-Answer
4. All of these
5. None of these
39. Which part of system performs the ‘housekeeping’ chores ?
1. Operating system -Answer
2. Interpreter
3. Translator
4. Compiler
5. Converter
40. Which of the following is the largest unit of storage ?
1. Giga byte
2. Mega byte
3. Terra byte
4. Kilo byte
5. Peta byte-Answer
