Wednesday 24 October 2012

Daily Dose -24.10.2012.



Q1. Which  comapny is penalized by the oil ministry of India for failing to meet gas output targets?
a) Indian oil corporation                b) Reliance Infrastructure
c) Reliance Industries Limited       d) Vedanta

Q2. Which of the following private sector bank rating was downgraded by Moody's ?
a) SBI and Indus Ind Bank                       b) ICICI and Axis Bank
c) Standard Chartered  and  AXIS  BANK      d) ABN Amro and HSBC

Q3. Which  social networking site launched its IPO in the market?
a) Facebook         b) Twitter
c) Orkut               d) Linked In

Q4. Myanmar opposition leaderAung San SuuKyi was after a long wait allowed to visit any nation.First of all she visited
a) Thailand                 b) Vietnam
c) India                d) China

Q5. Pakistan Successfully test-fired hatf III Missile .Another name of the missile is
a) Babar              b) Ghaznavi
c) Gouri               d) Shahin


Q6. Which ministry decided to set up three new committee to boost procurements and border infrastructure projects?
1) Defence Ministry       
      2) Railways Ministry
3) Commerce Ministry          4) Home Ministry

Q7. What is the name of unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly ?

1) Arvind Prakesh                2) Sukhdev Rajbhar
3) Mata Prasad Pandey        4) Syed Ahmed Bukhari

Q8. TheUnion Cabinet decided to retain the voting rights in the private sector banks at 10 percent and felt it could be raised progressively to

1) 26 percent   
                  2) 11 percent
3) 33 percent                     4) 42 percent

Q9. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing a new liberal visa regime with which of the following countries paving way for easing travel restrictions and increasing people-to-people exchange?

1) Afghanistan                    2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka                        4) Bangladesh

Q10. which of the following on April 2012 became the first state to ban all Gutka Products containing tobacco or nicotine under a new Law to govern food safety standards?

1) Delhi                              2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra                    4) Kerala
Q11. ‘Modernization of Indian Railways’ Agreement is signed by which two countries:
a) India and US                b) India and Belgium 
c) India and Afghanistan    d) India and China

Q12. Collaborative Academic Research Programme Agreement signed by which two countries:
a) U.S and United Kingdom  b) India and U.S
c) Israel and India             d) China and Germany

Q13. A Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint investment inked between which two countries:
a) Pakistan and Bahrain   b) Maldives and Singapore
c) India and Bahrain       d) India and South Korea

Q14.  Which of the Bangladesh fish variety plays a significant role in the economy and contributing in the growth of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a) Shrimp          b) Hilsa
c) Bau Mach      d) Tengra

Q15. Name human gene discovered recently by the scientists that influences how people respond to flu infections.
a) H1N1       b) ITFITM3
c) H5N1    d) Avian
Q16. India has signed a Civil nuclear deal with which country besides U.S and FRANCE:

1.    RUSSIA

2.    AUSTRALIA 

3.    GERMANY

4.    CANADA

Q17. The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence has been conferred on:


1.    Anarkali Honaryar

2.    Abu Awwad

3.    Both of above

4.    None of the above

Q18. Who was the head of the panel which recommended  direct transfer of subsidies on kerosene ,LPG and fertilizer?


1.   Y.B.REDDY

2.   NANDAN NILEKANI

3.   SHYAMLA GOPINATH

4.   C.RANGRAJAN

Q19. Where was the 7th meeting of G-20 heads of Government held in 2012?


1.    MEXICO

2.    CANADA

3.    PARIS

4.    FRANCE

Q20. Who won the112th U.S open golf tournament, which was played recently?


1.    TIGER WOODS

2.    WEBB SIMPSON

3.    GRAEME McDOWELL

4.    LUCAS GLOVER

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