1) The Reserve Bank set up a three- member
committee headed by whom to scrutinise applications for new bank licences in
Oct 2013?
(A) Arvind Mayaram
(B) Urijit Patel
(C) Bimal Jalan
(D) B. Sambamurthy
Ans. (C) Bimal Jalan
2) Which state Government launched Video
Chat in Prisons in July 2013?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Haryana
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (C) Himachal Pradesh
3) Who took over as the new Chairman and
Managing Director of Corporation Bank in Oct 2013?
(A) Ashok Reddy Nukala
(B) S.R. Bansal
(C) Rajendra Kumar Saraf
(D) Umesh Chand Asawa
Ans. (B) S.R. Bansal
4) Which Indian City become the first
city of North India where ATM facility will be available for people maintaining
accounts in co-operative banks recently?
(A) Allahabad
(B) Lukhnow
(C) Rampur
(D) Kanpur
Ans. (C) Rampur
5) Who has been awarded the Asian Business
Leaders Award 2013 for his “impressive business credentials” and service to
society by London-based Asia House in July 2013?
(A) Azim Premji
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Adi Godrej
(D) N R Narayana Murthy
Ans. (A) Azim Premji
6) India and _________ have launched
major co-operation in power sector with the launch of two projects – a 500 MW
grid and 1320 megawatt Maitri MW Thermal station in Oct 2013.
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar
Ans. (C) Bangladesh
7) Who was formally inducted into the prestigious
National Academy of Engineering in the US for his “outstanding contributions”
to industrial development in India and the world over as announced in Oct 2013?
(A) N R Narayana Mutrhy
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Adi Godrej
Ans. (B) Ratan Tata
8)The Supreme Court has proposed a
three-member panel headed by whom to examine and probe the IPL spot-fixing scandal
in Oct 2013?
(A) Arvind Mayaram
(B) Bimal Jalan
(C) Mukul Mudgal
(D) A.P. Shah
Ans. (C) Mukul Mudgal
9) The Supreme Court has directed Central
and the state governments to provide _________ jobs to the disabled persons in
Oct 2013.
(A) 3%
(B) 4%
(C) 5%
(D) 6%
Ans. (A) 3%
10) Which Indian Airport was renamed as
“Kempegowda” International Airport in July 2013?
(A) Mangalore
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Mysore
(D) Kochin
Ans. (B) Bengaluru
11) Who has been appointed as the Chairman
and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) by the Government
of Indian in Sep 2013?
(A) Satnam Singh
(B) BN Talukdar
(C) M.K. Goel
(D) Nishi Vasudeva
Ans. (C) M.K. Goel
12) Who has been selected to head Hindustan
Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) in August 2013 and with this she becomes the first
woman ever to head a Navranta PSU?
(A) Nishi Vasudeva
(B) Shubhalakshmi Panse
(C) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(D) Archana Bhargava
Ans. (A) Nishi Vasudeva
13) Who has been appointed as Chairman
& Managing Director of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) in
Oct 2013?
(A) S Varadarajan
(B) SB Nayar
(C) R K Singhon
(D) B Ashok
Ans. (B) SB Nayar
14) China and the _________ have
signed a currency swap agreement worth 350 bn yuan (USD 57 billion) in oct
2013.
(A) Bank of England
(B) European Central Bank
(C) Federal Reserve
(D) None of These
Ans. (B) European Central Bank
15) Who has been appointed as the next
Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment in Oct 2013?
(A) Jaimini Bhagwati
(B) Arunendra Kumar
(C) Ranjan Mathai
(D) Gauri Kumar
Ans. (D) Gauri Kumar
16) Japan-based Line Corporation, a provider
of instant messaging service, has roped in which Bollywood actress as its brand
ambassador for India in Oct 2013?
(A) Kareena Kapoor
(B) Katrina Kaif
(C) Deepika Padukone
(D) Parineeti Chopra
Ans. (B) Katrina Kaif
17) The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
has lowered the growth projection for India to _______ for financial year 2013-14
as announced in Oct 2013?
(A) 4.5%
(B) 5.6%
(C) 3.8%
(D) 4.2%
Ans.(C) 3.8%
18) Which Indian PSU Bank has entered into
a bancassurance tie-up with Apollo Munich Health Insurance (AMHI) in Oct 2013?
(A) Canara Bank
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) IDBI Bank
Ans. (A) Canara Bank
19) Which PSU bank has bagged the Golden
Peacock Award for excellence in corporate governance 2013 in Oct 2013?
(A) Punjab National Bank
(B) Canara Bank
(C) Dena Bank
(D) Bank of Baroda
Ans. (B) Canara Bank
\20) The Reserve Bank of India has
formed a technical committee to examine the feasibility of encrypted SMS-based
fund transfers in Oct 2013. Who will head the committee?
(A) Arvind Mayaram
(B) Urijit Patel
(C) Bimal Jalan
(D) B. Sambamurthy
Ans. (D) B. Sambamurthy
21) Which bank (the biggest US bank by
assets) said 15 Nov 2013, it has agreed to pay $4.5 billion to settle claims by
investors who lost money on mortgage-backed securities before the collapse of the
US housing market?
(A)JPMorgan Chase & Co
(B) Lehman Brothers
(C) Goldman Sachs
(D) Bank of America
Ans. (A) JPMorgan Chase & Co
22) President Pranab Mukherjee
released a postal stamp to commemorate which anniversary of The Times of India
in an elegant ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 14th Nov 2013?
(A) 50th
(B) 100th
(C) 150th
(D) 175th
Ans. (D) 175th
23) Headline inflation at a high
percent and rising food prices are definitely not a good sign for the economy.
October WPI inflation figure released on 14th November 2013 stands
at 8-month high What is WPI (Wholesale Price Index) for October 2013?
(A) 6.2 %
(B) 6.6 %
(C) 6.9 %
(D) 7 %
Ans. (D) 7 %
24) Global professional services firm
Ernst & Young has appointed whom as its new Global Chairman and CEO in July
2013?
(A) Gary Kenneth Toomey
(B) Mark Weinberger
(C) Joe Kaeser
(D) Etienne Benet
Ans. (B) Mark Weinberger
25) India has been ranked _______
among 142 countries in the Global Innovation Index 2013 published in July 2013?
(A) 61st
(B) 66th
(C) 68th
(D) 70th
Ans. (B) 66th
26) The Inter-ministerial body Telecom
Commission has approved to raise foreign direct investment limit in the telecom
sector from current 74% to _________ in July 2013.
(A) 95%
(B) 90%
(C) 100%
(D) 91%
Ans. (C) 100%
27) Which Indian state was declared as
the first Smoke-free state of the country in July 2013?
(A) Haryana
(B) Punjab
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
Ans. (C) Himachal Pradesh
28) Which country joined the European Union
as the 28th member of the Union in July 2013?
(A) Norway
(B) Latvia
(C) Croatia
(D) Turkey
Ans. (C) Croatia
29) Who has been appointed as Director
General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in July 2013?
(A) Sujata Singh
(B) Sunil Soni
(C) K K Paul
(D) Sharad Gupta
Ans. (B) Sunil Soni
30) Who has been appointed as Managing
Director of UTI Mutual Fund in July 2013?
(A) Leo Puri
(B) Deepak Parekh
(C) Rana Kapoor
(D) None of These
Ans. (A) Leo Puri
31) India’s core sector growth stood
at ___________ in August as published in Oct 2013)?
(A) 3.7%
(B) 3.1%
(C) 6.5%
(D) 2.3%
Ans. (A) 3.7%
32) Who took over charge as Chairman and
Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in Oct 2013?
(A) SB Nayar
(B) S Varadarajan
(C) R K Singhon
(D) B Ashok
Ans. (B) S Varadarajan
33) Which IT Services Company acquired
the Equinox Consulting, a financial services consulting firm based in France, in
Oct 2013?
(A) Cognizant
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) Wipro
Ans. (A) Cognizant
34) Which country has topped the
global chart of remittances with a whopping USD 71 billion in remittances in
2013?
(A) China
(B) Philippines
(C) Mexico
(D) India
Ans. (D) India
35) ECB has kept its benchmark
interest rate on hold at ________ in Oct 2013.
(A) 0.5%
(B) 0.25%
(C) 0.75%
(D) 1% Ans. (A) 0.5%
36) Who has been appointed chairman of
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional rural bank sponsored by Syndicate
Bank, in Oct 2013?
(A) Ashok Reddy Nukala
(B) S.R. Bansal
(C) Rajendra Kumar Saraf
(D) Umesh Chand Asawa
Ans. (A) Ashok Reddy Nukala
37) Which IT Company acquire ValueSource
NV, a subsidiary of Belgium-based integrated bank insurance group KBC, as part
of a five-year contract with the group in Oct 2013?
(A) Cognizant
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) Wipro
Ans. (A) Cognizant
38) India has been ranked at ______ position
out of 122 countries on global Human Capital Index published by the World
Economic Forum in Oct 2013.
(A) 78th
(B) 85th \
(C) 88th
(D) 66th
Ans. (A) 78th
39) Government of India has appointed
a four member committee headed by whom to clear the ambiguity between Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII) terms in Oct
2013?
(A) Bimal Jalan
(B) Mukul Mudgal
(C) Arvind Mayaram
(D) A.P. Shah
Ans. (C) Arvind Mayaram
40) The Government of India launched a
unique project to put 100 most important Indian heritage sites online in collaboration
with which IT/Internet giant in Oct 2013?
(A) Google
(B) Yahoo
(C) Microsoft
(D) Amazon
Ans.(A) Google
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