GK Quiz

Ques. : 1   Name the FMGC major of India which has roped in Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra as the brand ambassador for its new look hair oil?
1) Dabur 2) L’Oreal  3) Unilever 4) Modi Revlon             5) Marico Industries Ltd
Ques. : 2   In which central Asian country India is building a ‘friendship hospital’ to treat military personnel and civilians and has upgraded Ayni air base, where there is a considerable military presence of India?
1) Kazakhstan 2) Tajikistan 3) Kirgizstan 4) Iran 5) Afghanistan

Ques. : 3   Which of the following countries recently witnessed communal violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, the relief operation for which India has given $200,000?
1) Kenya 2) Sri Lanka 3) Myanmar 4) Indonesia 5) Nigeria

Ques. : 4   Who among the following has been recommended by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice SH Kapadia as his successor, who is to retire on September 28, 2012?
1) Justice Altamas Kabir 2) Justice RM Lodha 3) Justice DK Jain 4) Justice Aftab Alam
5) Justice P Sathasivam


Ques. : 5   Which bank of India has increased its ATM cash withdrawal fee at international locations by 17 per cent from Rs 107 to Rs Rs 125?
1) State Bank of India        2) Punjab National Bank 3) Bank of Punjab  
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank   5) ICICI Bank


Ques. : 6   The Supreme Court has recently directed resumption of operations by 18 mining companies in which state on the basis of the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC)?
1) Goa 2) Karnataka 3) Odisha   4) Madhya Pradesh  5) Jharkhand

Ques. : 7   Which bank of Iran has been denied permission by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to open its branch in India?
1) Karafarin Bank 2) Saman Bank 3) Sina Bank 4) Parsian Bank
5) Ansar Bank


Ques. : 8   India’s central bank the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its policy review left the key policy rates unchanged. Which of the following facts are not true with regards to this?
1) The repo rate remained unchanged at 8 percent while the reverse repo rate remained stable at 7 percent
2) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) - the amount of total deposits that banks are required to keep with the central bank - also remained unchanged at 5.25
3) The statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) - the percentage of total deposits that banks need to invest in the government bonds was changed to 23 percent from the erstwhile 24 percent
4) RBI also cut its economic growth outlook for the fiscal year 2012-13 to 6.5 percent, from the earlier projection of 7.3 percent
5) All of the above are true

Ques. : 9   Who is heading the panel appointed by the finance minister P Chidambaram to formulate roadmap for fiscal consolidation?
1) Parthasarathi Shome 2) Indira Rajaram 3) Sanjiv Mishra 4) Kaushik Basu 5) Vijay Kelkar

Ques. : 10   RK Pachauri panel report is associated with which of the following issues?
1) Golden Quadrilateral project 2) Sethusamudram project  
3) Repatriation of Bangladeshi refugees      4) Allowing FDI from Pakistan  
5) India-Nepal trade agreement

Answer

Que	Ans	Que	Ans
1	1	6	2
2	2	7	4
3	3	8	2
4	1	9	5
5	5	10	2