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General Knowledge

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Number of Questions: 24
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What is the full form of SCO?

  1. Soviet Comraderie Organisation

  2. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

  3. Singapore Commercials Organisation

  4. Security Council Organisation


Correct Option: B

What was the name of the robot dog introduced by Sony in 1969?

  1. Aibo

  2. Robodog

  3. Robopup

  4. Sondogrobo


Correct Option: A

Expand SASER.

  1. Superior Amplification of Source Emitted Rays

  2. Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

  3. Stronger Amplitudinal Synchronised Emission of Radiation

  4. Signalling Awareness for Sound Emitting Radars


Correct Option: B

What is a dense, hot, tiny star reaching its final stage called?

  1. Red Giant

  2. Red Dwarf

  3. White Dwarf

  4. Black Dwarf


Correct Option: C

Expand OAS.

  1. Organisation of Atomic States

  2. Organisation of American States

  3. Organisation of Arab Sultanates

  4. Organisation for South Asia


Correct Option: B

Who is regarded as the Father of Chemotherapy?

  1. Pierre Curie

  2. Roentgen

  3. Paul Ehrlich

  4. Pascal


Correct Option: C

Where is the HQ of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated?

  1. Austria

  2. UAE

  3. Algeria

  4. Kuwait


Correct Option: A

How many Indian inland waterways have been declared as National waterways till 2011?

  1. 11

  2. 7

  3. 5

  4. 6


Correct Option: D

What does the term 'Paper Gold' refer to?

  1. Special Drawing Rights of IMF

  2. Receipt of Gold deposits

  3. Loans on Gold Biscuits

  4. Sanction letter of Gold Loan


Correct Option: A

What are Treasury Bills?

  1. The main instruments of short-term borrowings by the Government which serve as a convenient gilt-edged security for the money market

  2. Bills issued by scheduled commercial banks to raise funds for more than 90 days

  3. Bills issued by treasuries to give short term funds to local self governments

  4. Bills prepared and presented to treasury for eventual payment


Correct Option: A

The distinction between Capital and Revenue is essential for preparing

  1. cash flow statement

  2. final account

  3. receipts and payment account

  4. profit and loss account


Correct Option: B

Who are the participants in Call Money Market?

  1. Primary Dealers(PD) and selected Mutual Funds (MFs)

  2. Insurance Companies and Development Financial Institutions

  3. Banks

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

With which country did India hold the first Anti-terrorism military exercise 'hand-in-hand' in 2007?

  1. Russia

  2. Australia

  3. China

  4. USA


Correct Option: C

Which of the following instruments have been used to hedge interest and currency risks?

  1. Swaps

  2. Options

  3. Forwards

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

How is Orissa now being spelt as?

  1. Yudisa

  2. Oyudisha

  3. Udeesa

  4. Odisha


Correct Option: D

Which of the following IAS officers won the 2008 UN Public Service Award (UNPSA)?

  1. V.N.Rai

  2. R.S.Pandey

  3. Meena Gupta

  4. M.ChandraSekhar


Correct Option: B

Which state has consistently been ranked as first in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGS)?

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Haryana

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Gujarat


Correct Option: A

Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan was the CEO and MD of

  1. Wipro

  2. US Technologies

  3. TCS

  4. Infosys


Correct Option: D

Which Indian International Airport is slated to be the biggest in India?

  1. Delhi

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Bangaluru

  4. Mumbai


Correct Option: A

What does S&P indicate (in financial/commercial circles)?

  1. Statistic & Policy

  2. Socialism & Poverty

  3. Standard & Poor

  4. Scheming and Planning


Correct Option: C

Expand AIFTA.

  1. All India Financial Transactions Agency

  2. Association of South East Asian nations-India Free Trade Agreement

  3. Association of Indian Financial Transactional Analysts

  4. Association of Indian Foreign Travel Agencies


Correct Option: B

Where was the Eigth Summit of SCO held?

  1. Vilnius, Lithuania

  2. Vaduz, Liechtenstein

  3. Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  4. Budapest, Hungary


Correct Option: C

Where is the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science (IACS) based?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Chennai

  3. Trombay

  4. Kolkatta


Correct Option: D

In banking parlance, what is meant by spread?

  1. Difference between total income and expenditure

  2. Difference between interest on advances and interest on investments

  3. Difference between maximum rate of interest paid on deposits and maximum rate of interest charged on advances

  4. Difference between interest on loans and advances, investments, balances with RBI and interest paid on deposits


Correct Option: D
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