General Knowledge Test Paper 12

Section – III :  General Awareness/Marketing/Computer

1.  The concept of economic planning, in India, is borrowed from which of the following countries?

  1. Former USSR
  2. United Kingdom
  3. United States of America
  4. Germany
  5. None of the above

2. What is hot money?

  1. Money which has tendency to migrate towards low-profit-oriented places.
  2. Money which has tendency to migrate towards high-profit-oriented places.
  3. Money which is reserved by the government to deal contingencies.
  4. Deposits of the government in the banks.
  5. None of the above

3. Which of the following personalities topped the list of FORBES 12th Annual List of 100 most powerful women released recently?

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Melinda Gates
  3. Mary Barra
  4. Hillary Clinton
  5. Christine Lagarde

4. Which of the following states has withdrawn the AFSPA in May 2015?

  1. Assam
  2. Manipur
  3. Tripura
  4. Mizoram
  5. Arunachal Pradesh

5. Which of the following is not a part of Bharat Nirman Yojana?

  1. Irrigation
  2. Housing
  3. Water supply
  4. Electrification
  5. Health services

6. John Nash who passed away recently was a celebrated personality. He won the Nobel Prize in 1994 in the field of….

  1. Literature
  2. Physics
  3. Peace
  4. Economics
  5. Medicine

7. The official data of estimation of National Income of India are issued by-

  1. Planning Commission of India
  2. Ministry of Finance of India
  3. National Sample Survey Office
  4. Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India
  5. Central Statistical Organization

8. Which of the following Indian banks was in the news recently as its first branch was opened in Shanghai in May 2015?

  1. HDFC Bank
  2. SBI Bank
  3. ICICI Bank
  4. Yes Bank
  5. Kotak Mahindra Bank

9. The Central government had set up MUDRA Bank to boost the growth of small scale businesses. Which of the following represents the full form of ‘R’ , in ‘MUDRA’?

  1. Regional
  2. Refinance
  3. Reconstruction
  4. Remittances
  5. None of these

10. Consider the following statements.
I. The decrease in the bank rate increases liquidity in the system and vice versa.
II. The Reserve Bank of India was founded in 1935.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. I
  2. II
  3. I and II
  4. II and III
  5. None of the above

Explanations

1. 1

2. 2

3. 1

4. 3

5. 5

6. 4

7. 5

8. 3

9. 3

10. 3