1. According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Quarter 3 2011 Mobile Phone Tracker
release, the Indian mobile phone market grew by what percentage in units shipped in the July-September
quarter of 2011 to clock 47.07 million units?
a. 10%
b. 10.5%
c. 11.3%
d. 12%
2. Diesel consumption in Delhi declined by a startling 26% in 2010-11 compared to 2009-10. Delhi was
however found to have used 2.24% more petrol in the same period. As per the latest Delhi government
figures, the consumption of diesel in the city stood at what amount in 2010-2011?
a. 10.98 lakh metric tonnes
b. 7.5 lakh metric tonnes
c. 8.11 lakh metric tonnes
d. 6 lakh metric tonnes
3. Fears of continuing economic slowdown, lack of decision making at the centre, rising fiscal deficit
combined with not-so-impressive revenue collections upset Dalal Street investors on 20 December 2011.
Which of the foolowing facts related to the above statement is/are not true?
1. Fears of continuing economic slowdown, lack of decision making at the centre, rising fiscal deficit
combined with not-so-impressive revenue collections led to a 204 points loss in sensex that ended at
15175
2. The slide on 20 December 2011 was triggered by FII selling which recorded a net outflow of Rs 600
crore, taking the month’s total net outflow to about Rs 1700 crore.
3. The combined effect of the market’s slide and the depreciation of the rupee forced India to exit from
the select group of countries with a $1 trillion market capitalization
4. There was not even a single ADR issue in 2011. However, companies raised about $220 million
through GDRs (Global Depository Receipts) during 2011
a. Only 1
b. 3 & 4
c. Only 3
d. Only 2
4. Credit rating agency Moody's on 21 December 2011 upgraded the credit rating of the Indian
government's bonds from the speculative to investment grade. Which of the following facts related to the
above statement is/are true?
1. According to a release issued by the Finance Ministry, Moody's unified India's local and foreign
currency bond ratings at Baa3
2. Moody's Investor Service upgraded its local currency rating for Indian government bonds to Baa3
which is speculative grade as compared to the earlier Ba1 which is junk or investment grade.
3. India's foreign currency bond ceiling is unchanged at Baa2, and the foreign currency bank deposit
ceiling is Baa3. The local currency bond and bank deposit ceilings are unified at A1.
4. The government's local currency short-term rating has been changed to P-3 from NP, indicating the
government's ability to repay short-term debts.
a. Only 2
b. Only 1
c. 1 & 3
d. Only 4
5. According to official data released here on 22 December 2011, food inflation dropped sharply to an
almost four-year low of what per cent during the week ended 10 December indicating an overall easing of
prices?
a. 1.5%
b. 1.32%
c. 1.81 %
d. 2.32%
6. Former Czech president Vaclav Havel who had been suffering from chronic respiratory problems
died on 18 December 2011. Which of the following facts mentioned about him is/are not true?
2. He was the tenth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the second President of the
Czech Republic (1993–2003)
3. He played a seminal role in the Velvet Revolution that ended four decades of repression by a regime
which Havel ridiculed as Absurdistan.
4. He co-authored the human rights manifesto Charter 77, which drew wide attention in the West.
5. As president, he oversaw the country's transition to democracy and a free-market economy and also
the peaceful 1993 breakup into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
a. Only 3
b. Only 1
c. 1 & 4
d. Only 4
7. The enigmatic leader of North Korea Kim who led his nation for 17 years through a devastating famine
while frustrating the United States and other global powers with approach to talks on giving up nuclear
arms in return for food and other assistanceon died on 17 December 2011 after he suffered a massive
heart attack. Name the leader
a. Kim Jong-il
b. Kim Il-sung
c. Kim Jong-un
d. Kim Jong-chul
8. Which Controversial film based on the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam and directed by Sohan Roy
made it to a shortlist for the Oscars under the Best Picture category?
a. Rio and The Muppets
b. Undefeated
c. Project Nim
d. Dam 999
9. As per the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index which one of the following nations was
adjudged as the most generous one in terms of charitable acts and monetary donations?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) China
d) Sri Lanka
10. India and Australia on 16 December 2011 signed an agreement to amend DTAA (Double Taxation
Avoidance Agreement). DTAA was signed between India and Australia in__.
a) 1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1995
11. The leaders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) on 21 December 2011 agreed that
the deployment of foreign bases in their territory will be done with the approval of all partners of the
defence alliance. Which one of the following nations is not the member of CSTO?
a)Armenia
b) Russia
c) China
d) Uzbekistan
12. A parliamentary committee on 13 December 2011 rejected the proposal to allow what percentage
foreign direct investment in the insurance sector?
a. 51%
b. 49%
c. 43%
d. 29%
13. According to data from research body All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD),
Indian drugmakers posted a certain per cent month-on-month growth in sales of November 2011 which
was the highest in the past 14 months. What was the per cent of sales growth projected for the month?
a. 23%
b. 31%
c. 21%
d. 43%
14. The government waived loan of handloom weavers in India to help revive the sector under the
scheme of Revival, Reform and Restructuring Package for Handloom Sector. What amount of loan was
waived?
a. Rs 548.35 crore
b. Rs 420.66 crore
c. Rs 506.64 crore
d. Rs 3521 crore
15. Food inflation fell to nearly a four-year low at what per cent for the week ended 3 December 20112
due to significant fall in prices of wheat and vegetable owing to seasonal factors?
a. 4.35%
b. 4%
c. 5.21%
d. 5.33%
16. A committee on mutual funds, constituted by SEBI in december 2011 recommended to the
regulator’s board to break down the bifurcation within the fee structure known as expense ratio. Which of
the following facts are not true with regard to the above statement?
1. Currently mutual funds are allowed to charge up to 2.25% as expense ratio. fund houses are allowed
to accept only 1.25% as asset management charges
2. Funds with large corpuses currently charge 1.55% as expenses charges
3. SEBI was suggested to keep overall scheme expenses unchanged at 2.25% for schemes with assets
under management not exceeding Rs 400 crore
4. Expense ratio is more than important in debt schemes where the rate of return is not hig.
a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 4
c. 1 & 3
d. Only 2
e. None of the above
17. Which player became the first player to win the Orders of Merit on both sides of the Atlantic on 11
December 2011 when he shot a closing 66 to finish third in the Dubai World Championship?
a. Luke Donald
b. Alvaro Quiros
c. Rory McIlroy
d. Paul Lawrie
18. Which country defeated Spain 1-0 to win for the 4th time hockey’s Champions Trophy title on 11
December 2011?
a. Pakistan
b. New Zealand
c. Australia
d. Greece
19. Name the woman squash player who on 10 December 2011 annexed the elusive women’s title while
in the Senior National Squash Championship in Chennai.
a. Sarah Fitz-Gerald
b. Dipika Pallikal
c. Anaka Alankamony
d. Sushma Pillai
20. Who defeated David Vofsonof Canada 1-6, 6-1, 10-6 in the final of the under-14 boys' section of the
23rd America Cup international tennis championship at the Miccosukee Tennis Club in Miami?
a. Evgeny Tyurnev
b. Bobby Mahal
c. Fernando Gonzalez
d. Sumit Nagal
21. Which squash player retained the men's crown in the Senior National Squash Championship in
Chennai on 10 December 2011?
a. Saurav Ghosal
b. Harinder Pal Sandhu
c. Rohit Thanwani
d. Cyrus Poncha
22. NASA’s Kepler mission recently discovered a Habitable Earth-like planet__.
a) Kepler 22-b
b)Kepler-22 b
c) Kepler 22-c
c) kepler 22-a
23. Which one of the following countries recently approved the bill that reformed the rules on the amount
of land farmers must preserve as forest?
a) Brazil
b) India
c) USA
d) China
24. The Labour Party conference in Australia approved Uranium Exports to India. What is the atomic
number of Uranium?
a) 92
b) 82
c) 88
d) 86
25. Scientists produced the most detailed map of Antarctica called BEDMAP. Consider the following
statements on BEDMAP:
i) This is the second generation of the digital BEDMAP.
ii) It incorporates 27 million measurement points.
Choose the right option:
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
d) Both i and ii are incorrect.
release, the Indian mobile phone market grew by what percentage in units shipped in the July-September
quarter of 2011 to clock 47.07 million units?
a. 10%
b. 10.5%
c. 11.3%
d. 12%
2. Diesel consumption in Delhi declined by a startling 26% in 2010-11 compared to 2009-10. Delhi was
however found to have used 2.24% more petrol in the same period. As per the latest Delhi government
figures, the consumption of diesel in the city stood at what amount in 2010-2011?
a. 10.98 lakh metric tonnes
b. 7.5 lakh metric tonnes
c. 8.11 lakh metric tonnes
d. 6 lakh metric tonnes
3. Fears of continuing economic slowdown, lack of decision making at the centre, rising fiscal deficit
combined with not-so-impressive revenue collections upset Dalal Street investors on 20 December 2011.
Which of the foolowing facts related to the above statement is/are not true?
1. Fears of continuing economic slowdown, lack of decision making at the centre, rising fiscal deficit
combined with not-so-impressive revenue collections led to a 204 points loss in sensex that ended at
15175
2. The slide on 20 December 2011 was triggered by FII selling which recorded a net outflow of Rs 600
crore, taking the month’s total net outflow to about Rs 1700 crore.
3. The combined effect of the market’s slide and the depreciation of the rupee forced India to exit from
the select group of countries with a $1 trillion market capitalization
4. There was not even a single ADR issue in 2011. However, companies raised about $220 million
through GDRs (Global Depository Receipts) during 2011
a. Only 1
b. 3 & 4
c. Only 3
d. Only 2
4. Credit rating agency Moody's on 21 December 2011 upgraded the credit rating of the Indian
government's bonds from the speculative to investment grade. Which of the following facts related to the
above statement is/are true?
1. According to a release issued by the Finance Ministry, Moody's unified India's local and foreign
currency bond ratings at Baa3
2. Moody's Investor Service upgraded its local currency rating for Indian government bonds to Baa3
which is speculative grade as compared to the earlier Ba1 which is junk or investment grade.
3. India's foreign currency bond ceiling is unchanged at Baa2, and the foreign currency bank deposit
ceiling is Baa3. The local currency bond and bank deposit ceilings are unified at A1.
4. The government's local currency short-term rating has been changed to P-3 from NP, indicating the
government's ability to repay short-term debts.
a. Only 2
b. Only 1
c. 1 & 3
d. Only 4
5. According to official data released here on 22 December 2011, food inflation dropped sharply to an
almost four-year low of what per cent during the week ended 10 December indicating an overall easing of
prices?
a. 1.5%
b. 1.32%
c. 1.81 %
d. 2.32%
6. Former Czech president Vaclav Havel who had been suffering from chronic respiratory problems
died on 18 December 2011. Which of the following facts mentioned about him is/are not true?
2. He was the tenth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the second President of the
Czech Republic (1993–2003)
3. He played a seminal role in the Velvet Revolution that ended four decades of repression by a regime
which Havel ridiculed as Absurdistan.
4. He co-authored the human rights manifesto Charter 77, which drew wide attention in the West.
5. As president, he oversaw the country's transition to democracy and a free-market economy and also
the peaceful 1993 breakup into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
a. Only 3
b. Only 1
c. 1 & 4
d. Only 4
7. The enigmatic leader of North Korea Kim who led his nation for 17 years through a devastating famine
while frustrating the United States and other global powers with approach to talks on giving up nuclear
arms in return for food and other assistanceon died on 17 December 2011 after he suffered a massive
heart attack. Name the leader
a. Kim Jong-il
b. Kim Il-sung
c. Kim Jong-un
d. Kim Jong-chul
8. Which Controversial film based on the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam and directed by Sohan Roy
made it to a shortlist for the Oscars under the Best Picture category?
a. Rio and The Muppets
b. Undefeated
c. Project Nim
d. Dam 999
9. As per the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index which one of the following nations was
adjudged as the most generous one in terms of charitable acts and monetary donations?
a) India
b) Thailand
c) China
d) Sri Lanka
10. India and Australia on 16 December 2011 signed an agreement to amend DTAA (Double Taxation
Avoidance Agreement). DTAA was signed between India and Australia in__.
a) 1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1995
11. The leaders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) on 21 December 2011 agreed that
the deployment of foreign bases in their territory will be done with the approval of all partners of the
defence alliance. Which one of the following nations is not the member of CSTO?
a)Armenia
b) Russia
c) China
d) Uzbekistan
12. A parliamentary committee on 13 December 2011 rejected the proposal to allow what percentage
foreign direct investment in the insurance sector?
a. 51%
b. 49%
c. 43%
d. 29%
13. According to data from research body All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD),
Indian drugmakers posted a certain per cent month-on-month growth in sales of November 2011 which
was the highest in the past 14 months. What was the per cent of sales growth projected for the month?
a. 23%
b. 31%
c. 21%
d. 43%
14. The government waived loan of handloom weavers in India to help revive the sector under the
scheme of Revival, Reform and Restructuring Package for Handloom Sector. What amount of loan was
waived?
a. Rs 548.35 crore
b. Rs 420.66 crore
c. Rs 506.64 crore
d. Rs 3521 crore
15. Food inflation fell to nearly a four-year low at what per cent for the week ended 3 December 20112
due to significant fall in prices of wheat and vegetable owing to seasonal factors?
a. 4.35%
b. 4%
c. 5.21%
d. 5.33%
16. A committee on mutual funds, constituted by SEBI in december 2011 recommended to the
regulator’s board to break down the bifurcation within the fee structure known as expense ratio. Which of
the following facts are not true with regard to the above statement?
1. Currently mutual funds are allowed to charge up to 2.25% as expense ratio. fund houses are allowed
to accept only 1.25% as asset management charges
2. Funds with large corpuses currently charge 1.55% as expenses charges
3. SEBI was suggested to keep overall scheme expenses unchanged at 2.25% for schemes with assets
under management not exceeding Rs 400 crore
4. Expense ratio is more than important in debt schemes where the rate of return is not hig.
a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 4
c. 1 & 3
d. Only 2
e. None of the above
17. Which player became the first player to win the Orders of Merit on both sides of the Atlantic on 11
December 2011 when he shot a closing 66 to finish third in the Dubai World Championship?
a. Luke Donald
b. Alvaro Quiros
c. Rory McIlroy
d. Paul Lawrie
18. Which country defeated Spain 1-0 to win for the 4th time hockey’s Champions Trophy title on 11
December 2011?
a. Pakistan
b. New Zealand
c. Australia
d. Greece
19. Name the woman squash player who on 10 December 2011 annexed the elusive women’s title while
in the Senior National Squash Championship in Chennai.
a. Sarah Fitz-Gerald
b. Dipika Pallikal
c. Anaka Alankamony
d. Sushma Pillai
20. Who defeated David Vofsonof Canada 1-6, 6-1, 10-6 in the final of the under-14 boys' section of the
23rd America Cup international tennis championship at the Miccosukee Tennis Club in Miami?
a. Evgeny Tyurnev
b. Bobby Mahal
c. Fernando Gonzalez
d. Sumit Nagal
21. Which squash player retained the men's crown in the Senior National Squash Championship in
Chennai on 10 December 2011?
a. Saurav Ghosal
b. Harinder Pal Sandhu
c. Rohit Thanwani
d. Cyrus Poncha
22. NASA’s Kepler mission recently discovered a Habitable Earth-like planet__.
a) Kepler 22-b
b)Kepler-22 b
c) Kepler 22-c
c) kepler 22-a
23. Which one of the following countries recently approved the bill that reformed the rules on the amount
of land farmers must preserve as forest?
a) Brazil
b) India
c) USA
d) China
24. The Labour Party conference in Australia approved Uranium Exports to India. What is the atomic
number of Uranium?
a) 92
b) 82
c) 88
d) 86
25. Scientists produced the most detailed map of Antarctica called BEDMAP. Consider the following
statements on BEDMAP:
i) This is the second generation of the digital BEDMAP.
ii) It incorporates 27 million measurement points.
Choose the right option:
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
d) Both i and ii are incorrect.
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