Questions Asked Answers

Good road directed by Gyan correa

Basis point difference between repo and msf (indirectly given) 150 bps

Aircel partnered with which mobile company Micromax

Allard prize given to whom? Anna hazare

Which state best performing in respect of elderly person’s program execution?  

Name of scheme to increase population of parsi community Jio Parsi

Nikkei stock exchange of which country Japan

First Greeco Roman medal from india in world championshp Sandeep tulsi Yadav

National tobacco control appointed whom as its brand ambassador? Rahul dravid

Head of fianancial commitee on low income and financial inclusion Nachiket Mor

Who 1st RBI Governor?  Sir Osborne Smith

KBC Season? 7

Currency of Bhutan Ngultrum

IIFL full form?INDIA INFOLINE FINANCE LIMITED

Who is Ranjan Mathai? Indian ambassdor to UK

Saraswathi samman 2013 given to? SugathaKumari

1st indigenous sub marine INS Arihant

Good Road director Gyan correa

Basis point difference between repo and msf (indirectly given) 150 bps

Nokia was bought by Microsoft at what price $7.2 billion

Allard prize given to whom? Anna hazare

Book on meira kumari wriiten by whom (name of book was given)  

Amazon. com is which type (options are b2b,b2c like this)? B2C

Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 Women’s title ? Victoria Azarenka

Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 men’s title ? Novak Djokovic

Who is the Indian tennis star , who came into the Top 10 Worls Womes’s Doubles ranking?

Sania Mirza.

Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ? Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)

Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ?Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan

Who is first female President of South Korea ? Park Guen-hye

How many member countries are in the European countries? 28

How many alphanumeric digits are in the PAN card? 10

ABM stands for___? Anti Ballistic Missile

M-pesa is launched by which company? Vodafone

Which movie got the highest number of awards in Oscar Awards 2013? Life Of Pi(4 awards).

Who is Manna dey? Playback singer .

Sebestian vettel , famous formula one racing driver, belongs to which nation? Germany.

A money deposited in a bank that cannot be withdrawn for a fixed period of time is known as a__?

Term deposit.

Which is not a function of RBI? Fiscal policy regulation.

Where 17th SAARC summit will be held? Maldives

What is the theme for 17th SAARC summit? “Building Bridges”.

Who is appointed as 14th chief vigilance commissioner of India? P.J.Thomas.

Finance ministry announced to infuse ____equity in banks in current financial year 2013-14?

Rs. 14,000 crore .

As per Telecom authority ‘s latest data, by the end of july 2013, how many broadband subscriber are in India?

15.24 million.

Which Indian nuclear submarine exploded and sink at Mumbai port? INS Sindhurakshak

Which of the institute is related with credit rating in india? ICRA.

Word related with Swimming____? Butterfly stroke.

Which bollywood actor is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador ,who is promoting “The World Needs More”?

 Amitabh Bachchan.

Largest volcano is discovered in which ocean? Pacific Ocean.

Which missile is test fired by DRDO recently? Agni-5(5000km)

What is the current FDI rate in Telecommunication Sector? 100%(earlier 74%).

Which international tennis star decided to take retirement from his/ her career? Marian Bartoli.

Which kind of bonds are issued by RBI to discourage the purchasing of Gold in the market?

Inflation Bonds.

World Health Day 7-Apr

Who was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012 by the President of India recently

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Which Woman Tennis Player won 15 grand slams and one doubles recently Serena Williams

Name the German chancelor who won the elections again recently Angela Merkel

Author of the book ” My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions” A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Who won the Best Actress Award at Oscars 2013 Jennifer Lawerence

Rice, Pulses, Millets come under which crops Food Crops

FTSE-100 is the stock exchange of which country London

Ambassadors for prestige cooking ware Abhishek, Aishwarya

TVS Motor bike new model launched name-(jupitar,saturn,uranus) Jupitar

“Jo biwi se kare pyar wo prestize se kaise kare inkaar” ad done by which couple-

Abhishek and Aishwaryya Bachchan

Head of Committee formed by RBI for low income households Nachiket Mor

Saraswati Samman 2013? Sugathakumari

IBSA full form?India Brazil South Africa

Which bank has HQ in Bangalore? Vijaya Bank

MSF rate 9.5 has decreased to how much on 07/10/2013? 9%

Director of movie “Lunch Box”? Ratish Batra

Who received International Child Peace Prize? Malala Yousafzai

First CYBER FORENSIC LAB will be set up in which state? Tripura

DICGC insured how much money? 1 lakh

New DG of WTO? Roberto Azevedo

Life of Pie novel writer by? Yann Martel

Duration of 12th year plan? 2012-17

Gujar Mal Modi Award 2013? Vinod Prakash Sharma

Limit of educational loans under priority sector for abroad? 20 Lakh

Which tennis player has retired in 14 august 2013? Marion Bartoli

According to 2004, Senior citizens can invest upto? 15 Lakh

GDP Growth rate of India as per Central Statistics Office (CSO) for 2013?  

Trade deficit was how much low as __________ on September? USD 6.7 billion

According to 2011 census which state has highest Rural Population Uttar Pradesh

Full form of CDS Credit Default Swap

Aadhaar Bill name? UIDAI bill

Which option will be provided to voters by Election Commission in upcoming elections as per the directives of Supreme Court?

Option to Reject All(NOTA)

Which Indian actor is/has been selected for a US award for his television show by the America Abroad Media (AAM)?

Aamir Khan for Satyameva Jayathe

DAX is the Stock Market index of which country? Germany

NEFT maximum limit? No Limit

Record made by Indian Women players by winning bronze medal for the first time in which sport event recently?

Hockey

Who is the Head of WTO? Robert Azevedo

What is the MSF rate as on October 2013? 9%

Who is the writer of the novel ‘Life of Pie’? Yann Martel

International Children’s Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to? Malala Yousafzai

Duration of 12th five year plan? 2012-2017

Full Form of FTP? File Transfer Protocol

Fairfax group head which brought blackberry? Prem Watsa

Gujar Mal Modi award winner 2013? Vinod Prakash Sharma

Bank which has headquarters in Bangalore? VijayaBank

Aadhaar Bill name? UIDAI bill

DAX 30 stock exchange of which country?  Germany

Who has directed the Bollywood film The Lunchbox? Ritesh Batra

According to 2011 census which state has highest Rural Population? Uttar Pradesh

Who is the present Chairman/Chairperson of SBI ? Arundhati Bhattacharya

Who  has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for 2013?Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod maestro

BRICS country name (B stands for which country)? Brazil

Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economywas written by?

Raghuram Rajan

Who among the following is the chairman of AADHAR? Nandan Nilekani

Hassan Rouhani is the president of? Iran

Where is the Head Quater of European Union? Brussels

When will General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) come into effect? 1-Apr-16

Which of the following movie nominated for Oscar best foreign film category award from India?

The Good Road

Full form of NOFHC?Non Operative Financial Holding Company

Graphic biography on whom was released by Amar Chitra Katha on National Sports Day?

Dhyan Chand

Sundarban is located in which state? West Bengal

Who is the First women chief information commissioner? Deepak Sandhu

India’s place in global competitive Index by WEF? 60

Maharashtra state launches ‘Manodhairya’ scheme for whom? Rape Victims

Name of scheme started by Himachal Pradesh under food security program from Sep 20, 2013?

Rajiv Gandhi Anna Yojna

Maximum limit in priority sector by public sector banks? 40%

Who among the following is chairman FMC (Forward Markets Commission)? Shri Ramesh Abhishek

Pullela Gopichand related to which game? Badminton

Which of the following is the population growth rate of India (2001-2011)? 17.64%

Bank Rate w.e.f 7 oct? 9%

Full form of MSF?Marginal Standing Facility

According to MSMED Act 2006, maximum limit in services is Rs 5 crore .what is minimum limit for medium enterprises?

Rs 2 Crore

Which of the following Bank open 15000th branches? State Bank of India

Capital of Italy? Rome

India ink double taxation avoidance pact (DTA) with which country recently? Morocco

Loan against gold weighing upto? 50 grams

Which rate is not decided by rbi? Base rate.

Function of SEBI?Capital Market Regulation

Which country has the highest foreign currency reserve? China

Questions Asked Answers

Which bank Head Quarters is not in Mumbai (Options: BOI, DENA BANK, Indian Bank)?

Indian Bank

World women Day 8th March

WHO Headquarter?  Geneva, Switzerland

Beirut is the capital of?  Lebanon

Full form of GAAR?General Anti Avoidance Rule

Name the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe

In Which stock exchange MIBOR is operating (BSE, NSE, etc)? NSE (MIBOR - Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate)

Full form of REER?Real Effective Exchange Rate

Gold jewel import tax? 15%

FII invests in Indian market through?(Participatory notes, treasury bill, Commercial papers)

Participatory Notes

World Trade Organization Head Quarters? Geneva

ATM without any bank’s specified label? White label ATM

CEO of Apple Company? Tim Cook

Bhaag Milga Bhaag bollywood movie actor? Fahran Aktar

Richest person in India according to Forbes? Mukesh Ambani

Ronjan Sodhi is related to which sport? Shooting

Govt approved disinvestment of 10% stake of which company recently? (ONGC, SBI, Indian oil corporation)

Indian oil corporation

RTGS limit? 2 lakhs

Grey Revolution is associated with? (Meat, Potato, Fertilizer, Petroleum) Fertilizer

Male/Female ratio according to 2011 census? 1000:933

Bringing out illegal money to visible? Money Laundring

Hassan Rouhani is the PM of? Iran

Who directed the Bollywood film Satyagraha? Prakash Jha

Reserve Bank of India hiked Repo Rate on Sept 20, 2013 by 25 basis point to 7.5%

The limit of Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) hiked to? Rs. 12 Lakh per year

ATM wrong deduction to be refunded within?  

Which of the following bank doesn’t have its head office in Kolkata? IOB

Which country become the 28th member of EU? Croatia

Committee on Gold KUB Rao committee

Which book is not written by Chetan Bhagat ”Two People”

The first Indian-origin Miss America 2013 Nina Davuluri

No. 1 Stock Exchange in the World NYSE (by market cap)

Which award given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram byBusiness Reformer Award

Balance Sheet indicates what?  

Infosys launches new version of banking solution named as ________? Finacle11

G20 summit 2013 held in? Russia

When RBI wants to absorb liquidity from market Increase CRR

Head of Committee on Gold KUB Rao

Name the  joint venture of Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines – Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

 

What do you understand by TLE in POS machineTerminal Line Encryption

MacMohan Line between which countries India and China

Who developed rupee symbol Udaya Kumar

CEO of  All-Women BankUsha Ananthasubramanian

Who is the Chief of Forward Markets Commission (FMC) Shri Ramesh Abhishek

Who is the first Indian pistol shooter to win a gold medal shooting competition in world championship

Rahi Sarnobat

Where has ONGC opened new gas based power plant recently? Tripura

Mandatory for companies to spend at least 2% of net profits on CSR

Full form of EASIEST?Electronic Accounting System in Excise and Service Tax

Full form of DHCP?Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

At a time what is maximum limit of Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)?

Rs 50, 000

The 78-year-old RBI history book released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

‘RBI History — Looking Back and Looking Ahead’

New Director General of CPRF Dilip Trivedi

Questions Asked Answers

Full form of SLR:Statutory Liquidity Ratio

Bank Rate on 20th September 2013: 9.50%

Which of the following is not a type of an asset? Loss

After how much time is an asset declared NPA? 90 days

Tagore Award 2013 for cultural harmony: Zubin Mehta

Father of mouse: Douglas Engelbart

28th Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbot

CCTV stands forClosed Circuit Television

28th Member of European Union Croatia

IMEI is related to Mobile

National Award for wholesome entertainment Vicky Donor

Who has never been a Member of Parliament Amitabh Bachchan

Limit of Micro enterprise as per MSMED Act,2006 25 lakhs

The ‘Lowland Writer’ author nominated for Man Booker award Jhumpa Lahiri

Credit information is collected and recorded by CIBIL

Which of the following can not be used as a proof of identification Electricity Bill

Fiscal Deficit target 4.80%

Microprocessor manufacturing company Intel

Tablet produced by Microsoft Surface

Raghuram Rajan’s recent monitory policy give more importance to? Inflation

Raj Bhasa Award given by RBI to? Punjab National Bank

Low housing Scheme- India signed USD 100 million agreement with World Bank

India’s official entry to the Oscars this year The Good Road

The winner of 2013 edition of the Asia cup hockey tournament held in Ipoh, Malaysia

South Korea

Jal Satyagraha, a protest in which people immerse themselves in the river, was recently staged in

Madhya Pradesh

India’s position in coffee production in 2012, according to the data released by International Coffee Organisation

seventh

International Day of Charity 5th Sep

Brand Ambassador for the tobacco control programme Rahul Dravid

International Day of Democracy 15th sep

The country that has developed world’s first zinc-enriched rice variety capable of fighting diarrhoea and pneumonia-induced childhood deaths and stunted growth

Bangladesh

International day of Peace 21st  Sep

New chairman of Intellectual property Appellate Tribunal KN Basha

Nobel laureate poet of Ireland who passed away recently Seamus Heaney

First man-made object to leave the solar system Voyager-1

The office that maintains the official crime data in India NCRB

The country that launched its low cost rocket name Epsilon recently Japan

The cyclist who became the planet’s fastest cyclist paddling his cycle to a record 133.78kmph speed

Sebastiaan Bowier

PAN card essential for how much money transaction Rs 50,000

BRICS initial Fund for setting Up capital USD 100 billion

INS SindhuRakshak Made by which country? Russia

Humming Bird Algorithm is made by which company? Google

Brach On Wheels initiative taken by which bank? ICICI Bank

Federal ChairmanJennet Yellen (Was Ben Bernanke)

Where is national institute of sports located Patiala

Who is Britain’s PM David Cameron

MNREGA guarantees how many days of work in rural area? 100 Days

Limit of Micro Enterprise as per MSME act 2006 25 lakh

Largest Producer of Gold China

Who is the new president of Pakistan? Mamnoon Hussain

Geeta Phogat is related to which game? Wrestling

Full form of IFSC?Indian Financial System Code

What is the current SLR? 23%

BTM stands for?Banking Through Mobile

Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan? Tshering Tobgay

Name the Bengali film Director who died recently? Rituporno Ghosh

Which program has been changed to new name “swarna jyanti rojgar yojna”?Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) and National urban livelihood mission

Banking Ombudsman issued by? RBI

Which country will be hosting the 2020 Olympic Games? Japan (Tokyo)

RBI is going to issue plastic note of ________ rupees. Rs 10

Among BSE and NIFTY which has been established first in India? BSE

Film and Television Institute of India is situated at? Pune

Name the chemical used in Syria attack?  Sarin Gas

Where is the head quarters of Bharathiya Mahila Bank, the first all women bank in India?

 New Delhi

Prime Minister’s key economic adviser C Rangarajan lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to ________ per cent?

5.30%

Current Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)? 9.5 per cent

Food security bill how much percent people benefited 67%

Who won Jnanpith award 2012? Ravuri Bhardwaj

NOKIA was recently acquired by? Microsoft

R.Chandrashekhar is the Chairman of? NASSCOM

Famous Bureaucrats – Government of IndiaNo Office Name

1 National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon

2 Cabinet Secretary of India Ajit Seth

3 Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha S. Bal Shekar

4 Attorney General of India Goolam Essaji Vahanvati

5 Comptroller and Auditor General of India Shashi Kant Sharma

6 Solicitor General of India Mohan Parasaran

7 Principal Scientific Adviser R. Chidambaram

8 CBDT Chairman Dr.Sudha sharma

9 Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Asoke Kumar Mukherji

10 Chairman, Railway Board Arunendra Kumar

11 Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh

12 Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami

13 Finance SecretaryRajiv Takru

Defence and security Officials of IndiaNo Office Name

1 Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh

2 Chief of Air StaffAir Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne

3 Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi

4 Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lieutenant General Anil Chait

5 Director General, Border Security Force Subhash Joshi

6 Director General, Central Reserve Police Force Dileep Trivedi

7 Director General,Central Industrial Security Force Rajiv

8 Director-General of Military Intelligence R. K. Loomba

9 Director, Central Bureau of Investigation Ranjit Sinha

10 Director, Intelligence Bureau Syed Asif Ibrahim

11 Director General, National Investigation Agency Sharad Kumar

12 Secretary (Research) Alok Joshi

13 Member (Investigation CBDT) KV Chaudhary

1 Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh

2 Speaker of the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar

3 Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha Kariya Munda

4 Majority Leader of the Lok Sabha Sushilkumar Shinde

5 Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj

6 Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Mohammad Hamid Ansari

7 Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien

8 Majority Leader of the Rajya Sabha Manmohan Singh

9 Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley

Tennis Grand Slam Winners 2013

2013 Australian Open WINNERS (14–27 January)

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA)

Women’s Doubles Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (Italy)

Mixed Doubles Jarmila Gajdošová / Matthew Ebden (Australia

2013 French Open WINNERS (26th May- 9th June)

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women’s Singles Serena Williams (USA)

Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA)

Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova /Elena Vesnina(Russia)

Mixed Doubles Lucie Hradecká/František Cermák (Czech Republic)

2013 Wimbledon Championships Winners (24 June – 7 July)

Men’s Singles Andy Murray (United Kingdom)

Women’s Singles  Marion Bartoli (France )

Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA)

Women’s Doubles Hsieh Su-wei (C.Taipei) & Peng Shuai(China)

Mixed Doubles Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Kristina (France)

   

2013 US Open (Going on)- (August 26 – September 9)

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women’s Singles Serena Williams (USA)

Men’s Doubles Leander Paes / Radek Štepánek

Women’s Doubles Andrea Hlavácková / Lucie Hradecká

Mixed Doubles Andrea Hlavácková / Max Mirnyi

Man Booker Prize for Fiction WinnersYear Author Title Genre(s) Nationality

1971 V. S. Naipaul In a Free State Short storyUnited Kingdom

Trinidad and Tobago

1975Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Heat and Dust Historical novelUnited Kingdom

Germany

1981 Salman RushdieMidnight’s Children

Magical realism United Kingdom

1997 Arundhati RoyThe God of Small Things

Novel India

2002 Yann Martel Life of PiFantasy and adventure novel

Canada

2006 Kiran DesaiThe Inheritance of Loss

Novel India

2007 Anne Enright The Gathering Novel Ireland

2008 Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Novel India

2009 Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall Historical novel United Kingdom

2010 Howard JacobsonThe Finkler Question

Comic novel United Kingdom

2011 Julian BarnesThe Sense of an Ending

Novel United Kingdom

2012 Hilary MantelBring Up the Bodies

Historical novel United Kingdom

2013 Eleanor Catton The Luminaries Historical novel New Zealand

Nobel Prize 2013 Winners list

Physiology or Medicine

James Rothman USAGroundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system

Randy Schekman USA

Thomas Suedhof USA

Physics

Peter Higgs UK Theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.

Francois Englert Belgium

Chemistry

Michael Levitt USADevelopment of multi scale models for complex chemical systems

Martin Karplus USA

Arieh Warshel USA

Peace

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

 Extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons

Literature Alice Munro Canada Master of the contemporary short story

Economics

Eugene Fama USAWork on creating a deeper knowledge of how market prices moveLars Peter Hansen USA

Robert Shiller USA

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2013Category Winner

Biological Science

1. Dr Sathees Chukkurumbal RaghavanDepartment of BiochemistryIndian Institute of Science (IISc) 

Chemcial Sciences2. Dr Yamuna KrishnanNational Centre for Biological Sciences(TIFR) UAS-GKVK

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences 

None

Engineering Sciences 

3. Dr Bikramjit BasuMaterials Research CentreIndian Institute of Science (IISc) 4. Dr Suman Chakraborty Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IITKgp)

Mathematical Sciences5. Dr Eknath Prabhakar GhateSchool of Mathematical SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

Medical Sciences 6. Dr Pushkar Sharma

National Institute of Immunology (NII) 

Physical Sciences

7. Dr Amol DigheDepartment of Theoretical PhysicsTata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)8. Dr Vijay Balakrishna ShenoyDepartment of PhysicsIndian Institute of Science (IISc)

Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science & Technology Winners

To acknowledge excellence in scientific research and development, the G.M. Modi Foundation has been instituted an annual award, the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovative Science & Technology. The recipients of the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science & Technology

2010Prof. Palle Rama Rao Metal Science & Technology

2011Prof. Asis Datta Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2012Prof. K.S. Valdiya Neotectonics & Environmental Geology

2013 Prof. A.K. Sood Physics

Magsaysay award 2013 WinnersWinner Name Country

Ernesto Domingo Philippines

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission)

Indonesia

Habiba Sarabi Afghanistan

Lahpai Seng Raw Myanmar

Shakti Samuha Nepal