Monday, 7 November 2011

General Awareness Practice Series-3


1.Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc on 24 August 2011. In
which year was Apple founded?
a. 1970
b. 1973
c. 1975
d. 1976


2.Which IPO proposal was cleared by SEBI recently?


3. Five-day 71st International Congress of FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) was inaugurated by president Pratibha Patil on 4 September 2011 in which of the following cities?
a. Tokyo
b. Tehran
c. Hyderabad
d. Dhaka


4. Name the American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician chosen to host the 84th Academy Awards/ Oscars in February 2012.
a. Eddie Murphy
b. Woody Allen
c. Johnny Carson
d. Steve Martin


5. The European Union on 2 September 2011 announced a ban on oil imports from Syria. The European Union is an economic and political union of __member states.
a) 27
b) 22
c) 20
d) 16


6. India and Bangladesh Signed a Historic Protocol on Land Boundary Agreement in__.
a) Dhaka
b) New Delhi
c) Islamabad
d) Mumbai


7. India and Israel have decided to enhance cooperation in Tourism Sector. This was decided at a meeting between Stas Misezhnikov, Tourism Minister of Israel and Union Tourism Minister, held in New Delhi on 5 September 2011. Who among the following is the union tourism minister of India?
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Subodh Kant Sahai
c) Ambika Soni
d) Shivraj Patil



8. The Reserve Bank of India on 25 August 2011 released its Annual Report for 2010-11. Which of the following was not discussed in the Annual Report the Central Board of the RBI?
a. assessment of the macroeconomic performance during 2010-11
b. prospects for 2011-12
c. working and operations of the Reserve Bank and its financial accounts
d. role of regulatory bodies in controlling the financial markets


9. CRISIL launched the first gold index in India on 29 August 2011. What was the base date fixed for the index?
a. 2 January 2007 b. 31 march 2008 c. 1 April 2009 d. 1 April 2010


10. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel headed by headed by Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) on 29 August 2011 came up with suggestion on non-banking finance company (NBFC). Which of the following related to this statement is not true?
1. The panel suggested the central bank to insist on a minimum asset size of more than Rs.25 crore for registering any new non-banking finance company (NBFC)
2. Transfer of shareholding, direct or indirect, of 25 per cent and above, change in control, merger or acquisition of any registered NBFC will require prior approval of the Reserve Bank.
3. Tier-I capital for capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) purposes would be specified at 12 per cent to be achieved in three years for all registered deposit-taking and non-deposit-taking NBFCs.
4. NBFCs would be subject to regulations similar to banks while lending to stock brokers and merchant banks and similar to stock brokers, as specified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
a. 1 & 4
b. 2 & 4
c. Only 4
d. Only 1


11. As per the Directorate of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics data (provisional) published in August 2011, India’s pulses imports declined by whar percentage to 2.6 million tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal?
a. 20%
b. 19.3%
c. 26%
d. 22.5%


12. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 30 August 2011 approved disinvestment of 5 per cent of its stake in which of the following Central Public Service Enterprises (CPSE)?
a. NTPC
b. HPCL
c. BHEL
d. SAIL


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