GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
Aurobindo Pharma
Wyeth Pharma
Strides Arcolab Pharma
Bristol Mayer Pharma
The European Commission (EC) on 26 June 2013 approved Inter Continental Exchange’s (ICE) proposed 8.2 billion dollars takeover of __________. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
NYSE-Euronext
ICE-Next
Nasdaq
BSE- Euronext
Name the Walmart India Head who resigned from the US retail giant on 26 June 2013.
Ramnik Narsey
Raj Jain
Rob Walton
Mike Duke
Which Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) got in-principal approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for establishing as well as operating White Label ATMs (WLAs) in the last week of June 2013?
USB Financial Corporation Ltd.
Mahindra& Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.
Escorts Finance Ltd.
Muthoot Finance
Rajasthan Royals was penalized with a fine amount of around 100 crore Rupees for violating the Forex laws in February 2013. Name the body that slapped the fine on the IPL team?
BCCI
Competition Commission of India
Enforcement Directorate
None of the above
Match the following PSUs with the status granted to them?
i. Coal India Limited a. Navratna
ii. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited b. Miniratna Category I
iii. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited c. Miniratna Category I
iv. RITES Limited d. Maharatana
i&d, ii&a, iii&b and iv&c
i&c, ii&a, iii&b and iv&d
i&d, ii&b, iii&a and iv&c
i&a, ii&d, iii&c and iv&c
Name the two PSUs, which were granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013?
ONGC and Gail
NTPC and BHEL
BHEL and GAIL
ONGC and NTPC
Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore Rupees by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds of excise duty evasion?
Cadbury India Ltd
Wrigley India
Lotte India
Perk India Ltd
Cebu Pacific
AirAsia
JetStar
Tiger Airways
The World Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months?
Punj Lloyd Group
Larsen & Toubro
Lanco Infratech Limited
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd
Which compost plant became first in India to receive carbon credits worth 25 lakh rupees from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
Okhla Compost Plant
ROTOPALA Composting Plant
Mumbai Compost Plant
Kanpur Composting Plant
According to the study conducted by University of Minnesota in the first week of March 2013, which species of Africa would decline to almost extinction over the period of coming 20-40 years if conservation
measures were not undertaken?
Wild Cat
Wild Lizard
Elephants
Wild Lion
Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world? This largest magnet would weigh 50000 tons.
CERN, Geneva
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
NASA, US
Neutrino Observatory, India
Which country ranked first on list of countries which distribute spam all over the world, according to new report of SophosLabs?
China
India
US
Spain
Researchers working on the accurate calculation of the distance of Milky Way to the nearest galaxy found the exact distance to our nearest galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). What is the exact distance?
163000 light years
175000 light years
183000 light years
150000 light years
Chief Ministers of all the states are ex-officio members of the
Finance Commission
National Development Council
Inter State Council
Planning Commission
When can a President use his discretion in appointing the Prime
Minister ?
In no circumstances
Only when the Lok Sabha has been dissolved
When no political oarty enjoys a clear majority in the Lok Sabha
In all circumstances
One feature distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the Vidhan Parishad is
Indirect election
Power of impeachment
Nomination of members
Tenure of membership
Who among the following enjoys the rank of a Cabinet Minister of the Indian Union?
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
Secretary to the Government of India
None of the above
If in a country there happens to be the office of monarchy as well as a Parliamentary form of government this monarch will be called
If in a country there happens to be the office of monarchy as well as a Parliamentary form of government this monarch will be called
Head of the State
Head of the Cabinet
Head of the government
Both Head of the government and State
A person who is not a member of Parliament can be appointed as a Minister by the President for a maximum period of ?
9 months
3 months
12 months
6 months
Who administers the oath of office to the President of India before he enters upon the office ?
Chief Justice
Speaker
Vice President
Prime Minister
The Union Council of Ministers consists of
Prime Minister
Cabinet Ministers and Chief Ministers of the States
Cabinet Ministers
Cabinet Ministers, Minister of State and Deputy Ministers
In case a President dies while in office, the vice President can act as President for a maximum period of
6 months
3 months
2 years
1 years
Who was the first Prime Minister of India ?
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Mahatma Gandhi
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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