1. The organisation that recently celebrated the silver jubilee year of its establishment is

a. G-8

b. G-20

c. ASEAN

d. SAARC

2. Agriculture accounts for   of overall employment in India.

a. 41%

b. 48%

c. 52%

d. 57%

3. Youth Festival 2011 will be organised in which city?

a. Udaipur

b. Goa

c. Hyderabad

d. Bhubaneshwar

4. When was Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) started?

a. January 1, 1989

b. March 15, 1989

c. April 1, 1989

d. None of the above

5. Forward Market Commissions independently regulate

a. Foreign exchange markets

b. Mutual funds

c. Commodity exchanges

d. Stock market

6. What percent of the Gross Domestic Product did agriculture account for in the year 2008-09?

a. 12.2

b. 13.5

c. 14.3

d. 15.7

7. The 17th ASEAN Summit was concluded on October 30, 2010 at which place?

a. Hanoi

b. Singapore

c. Manila

d. Kuala Lumpur

8. What is the total number of regional rural banks that are working in India?

a. 91

b. 96

c. 100

d. 102

9. Who coined the term ‘transformational leadership’?

a. Ronald G. Greenwood

b. John Jacob Bausch

c. Solomon Loeb

d. James MacGregor Burns

10. The scheme  , was launched on December 31, 2001 with the objective to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses

of their children.

a. Shiksha Mitra Yojana

b. Sarva Shiksha Yojana

c. Shiksha Sahayog Yojana

d. Shiksha Madad Yojana

11. OECD has estimated the Indian economy to grow by   in the current fiscal

a. 9.1%

b. 10.1%

c. 11.1%

d. 11.4%

12. What is the new bilateral trade target to be achieved by 2015 that has been agreed upon by India and China?

a. $60 billion

b. $66 billion

c. $71 billion

d. $75 billion

13. JWS Steel Ltd has entered into an agreement with Ispat Industries to buy stake worth

a. `2,150 crores

b. `2,153 crores

c. `2,157 crores

d. `2,159 crores

14. The worth of the order that was recently bagged by Lanco Infratech from an arm of Moser Baer Projects to execute a 1200-MW power

project is

a. `4,100 crores

b. `4,800 crores

c. `5,200 crores

d. `5,300 crores

15. Identify the woman who will join HPCL, a state owned oil company as its first ever woman director (marketing).

a. Sonali Gulati

b. Nishi Vasudeva

c. Sanghamitra Chaudhuri

d. None of the above

16. Malaysian automobile group DRB-Hicom will be investing more than   in Germany’s Volkswagen AG to assemble v ehicles for its regional

market.

a. $100 million

b. $200 million

c. $250 million

d. $300 million

ANSWERS

1. d. SAARC

2. c. 52%

3. a. Udaipur

4. c. April 1, 1989

5. c. Commodity exchanges

6. d. 15.7

7. a. Hanoi

8. b. 96

9. d. James MacGregor Burns

10. c. Shiksha Sahayog Yojana

11. a. 9.1%

12. b. $66 billion

13. c. `2,157 crores

14. a. `4,100 crores

15. b. Nishi Vasudeva

16. d. $300 million