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சில பயனுள்ள பொது அறிவு கேள்வி பதில்கள்:  1.  ஒரு தடவை கூட லோக்சபாவிற்கு செல்லாத இந்திய பிரதமர் யார்?  திரு. சரண்சிங்.  2.  உலக சுற்றுச்சூழல் தினம் எப்போது கடைபிடிக்கப்படுகிறது?  ஜூன் 5.  3.  மனித உடலில் வியர்க்காத பகுதி எது?  உதடு.  4.  ஒரு ஹெக்டார் என்பது எவ்வளவு ஏக்கர்?  கிட்டத்தட்ட 2.5  ஏக்கர்.  5.  வேர்க்கடலையின் அறிவியல் பெயர் என்ன?  அராக்கிஸ் ஹைபோஜியா.  6.  பஞ்ச தந்திர கதைகளை எழுதியவர் யார்?  விஷ்ணு சர்மா.  7.  வருடத்தின் ஒரே நாளில் 24 மணிநேரத்தில்  பகலும், இரவும் சரியாக  12  மணிநேரம் மட்டும் வருவது எந்த நாளில்?  மார்ச்சு 21.  8.  மனித தலையில் உள்ள மொத்த எலும்புகள் எத்தனை?  22 .  9.  ஈக்களின் சுவை உணர் உறுப்பு எது?  நாக்கு. 10. தமிழில் வெளிவந்த முதல் வரலாற்று நூல் எது?  மோகனாங்கி. 11. பாலில் உள்ளதை விட அதிக கால்சியம் உள்ள காய்கறி எது?  வெங்காயம். 12. கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் பாடல் எழுதிய கடைசி படம் எது?  மூன்றாம் பிறை. 13. தமிழில் முதல் நாவல் எழுதியவர் யார்?  தமிழில் முதல் நாவலை எழுதியவர் மாயூரம் வேதநாயகம் பிள்ளை. அவர் 1879ல் எழுதிய 'பிரதாப முதலியார் சரித்திரம்'தான் தமிழில் முதல் உரைநடை வடிவ நாவல். 14. நமது இந்திய நேரம் எந்த இடத்தினை அடிப்படையாய் வைத்து கணிக்கப்படுகிறது?  அலகாபாத்.

General Knowledge objective type Questions in Hindi...

General Knowledge objective type Questions in Hindi (सामान्य ज्ञान )

General Knowledge objective type Questions in Hindi (सामान्य ज्ञान )

1.राष्ट्रध्वज की लंबाई और चौड़ाई का अनुपात क्या है?
(A)2:1
(B)3:2
(C)4:3
(D)5:4
Ans: B
2.DVD का पूरा नाम क्या है?
(A)डिमांड व्हीडियो डिस्क (Demand Video Disc)
(B)डिजिटल व्होलेटिक डिस्क (Digital Volatile Disc)
(C)डिजिटल व्हायेबल डिस्क (Digitally Viable Disc)
(D)डिजिटल व्हर्सटाइल डिस्क (Digital Versatile Disc)
Ans: D
3.संसार की सबसे लंबी नदी कौन सी है?
(A)मिसीसिपी
(B)नील
(C)अमेजान
(D)गंगा
Ans: B
4.हमारा राष्ट्रीय चिह्न कहाँ से लिया गया है?
(A)साँची के स्तूप से
(B)सिन्धुघाटी में मिले अवशेष से
(C)सारनाथ में स्थित अशोक स्तम्भ से
(D)गया स्थित बौद्धविहार से
Ans: C
5.यदि राष्ट्रपति अपना त्यागपत्र देना चाहें तो वे अपना त्यागपत्र किन्हें देंगे?
(A)प्रधानमन्त्री
(B)स्पीकर
(C)उपराष्ट्रपति
(D)भारत के प्रमुख न्यायमूर्ति
Ans: C
6.अकबर का मकबरा कहाँ पर स्थित है?
(A)आगरा
(B)सिकंदरा
(C)फतेहपुर सीकरी
(D)दिल्ली
Ans: B
7.ग्राण्ड ट्रंक सड़क की योजना किसने बनाई थी?
(A)चन्द्रगुप्त
(B)शेरशाह सूरी
(C)अकबर
(D)लॉर्ड कर्जन
Ans: B
8.”दलाल स्ट्रीट” कहाँ स्थित है?
(A)मुम्बई
(B)दिल्ली
(C)लंदन
(D)न्यूयार्क
Ans: A
9.नासिक में किस नदी के किनारे कुम्भ मेला लगता है?
(A)गंगा
(B)सतलज
(C)महानदी
(D)गोदावरी
Ans: D
10.छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य की राजधानी क्या है?
(A)राँची
(B)भोपाल
(C)रायपुर
(D)देहरादून
Ans: C
11.”जवाहर सागर” बाँध किस नदी पर स्थित है?
(A)कृष्णा
(B)चम्बल
(C)बेतवा
(D)सतलज
Ans: B
12.भारत का कौन सा राज्य “चीनी का कटोरा” के नाम से जाना जाता है?
(A)उत्तरांचल
(B)उत्तर प्रदेश
(C)हिमाचल प्रदेश
(D)बिहार
Ans: B
13.भारत का सबसे बड़ा बन्दरगाह कौन सा है?
(A)मुम्बई
(B)कोलकाता
(C)विशाखापट्टनम
(D)कोच्चि
Ans: A
14.भौगोलिक दृष्टि से भारत की प्राचीनतम पर्वत श्रृंखला कौन सी है?
(A)हिमालय
(B)विन्ध्याचल
(C)अरावली
(D)सतपुड़ा
Ans: C
15.सिन्धु नदी का उदगम स्थल कहाँ है?
(A)डल झील
(B)मानसरोवर झील
(C)शेषनाग झील
(D)वुलर झील
Ans: B
16.निम्नलिखित में से कौन भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष कभी नहीं बने?
(A)गोपालकृष्ण गोखले
(B)सुभाषचन्द्र बोस
(C)बाल गंगाधर तिलक
(D)बदरुद्दीन तैयब जी
Ans: C
17.गांधी जी के “राजनैतिक गुरु” कौन थे?
(A)चितरंजन दास
(B)बाल गंगाधर तिलक
(C)रानाडे
(D)गोपालकृष्ण गोखले
Ans: D
18.भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस के प्रथम मुस्लिम अध्यक्ष कौन थे?
(A)बदरुद्दीन तैयब जी
(B)मौलाना अबुल कलाम आजाद
(C)एम.ए. अन्सारी
(D)रफी अहमद किदवई
Ans: A
19.राष्ट्रध्वज के अशोक चक्र में कितनी तीलियाँ होती हैं?
(A)20
(B)24
(C)28
(D)32
Ans: B
20.भारत रत्न पुरष्कार प्राप्त करने वाले प्रथम व्यक्ति कौन हैं?
(A)पं. जवाहर लाल नेहरु
(B)मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी
(C)चक्रवर्ती राजगोपालाचारी
(D)डॉक्टर सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन
Ans: D

India History of Independence

¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India

When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut, a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May, 1498, half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success.

The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure waters had finally paid off. and if ‘Christians and spices’ were his twin pretext at the outset, da Gama’s successive visits to India, first in 1500 to set up a ‘factory’ or a trading base, then in 1502 to wreak havoc on the port and Arab trading vessels alike, proved that Portugal and its prime sailor had other things on their mind as well.
The Portuguese were probably here to stay, and da Gama was to earn himself the distinction of Governor of all Portuguese possessions in India in the twilight of his life.

While da Gamma paved the way for the Portuguese to India, Dom Alphonso D’Albuquerque (1495-1515) chalked out and consolidated Portugal’s trade routes to India during the sixteenth century.


¤ Portuguese Emerged As New Ruler

Albuquerque was an imperial rather than a commercial emissary of Portugal. Harnessing strategic ports mainly in the Persian Gulf, along the west coast of India and beyond, overrode the need to garner support of the local rulers. This drove him to capture Goa on the west coast of India in 1510, Melaka (Malacca) on the Malay peninsula in 1511, Hormuz at the opening of the Persian Gulf in 1515, Bassein in 1534, Daman and Diu in 1535 and Colombo in 1597. The series of offensives proved that the Portuguese were the new rulers of the roost.

Their mercantile and imperial strategies were paralleled by a drive to convert the masses to Roman Catholic Christianity. Temples disappeared from the Goan landscape to be replaced with churches, monasteries and seminaries. As the Portuguese Viceroy in India, Albuquerque encouraged mixed marriages with the intent of procuring fresh recruits, especially in the form of offsprings, to serve the Portuguese project in India and elsewhere.

However, with the rise of military, political and maritime mights like the Dutch and the English, History forced the Portuguese in India into the wings.

Unable to cast its net much further than Goa after being united to Spain, Portugal’s focus of interest shifted from India to more lucrative lands.


¤ The Arrival of Dutch

The Dutch sailed their ships eastward for the first time in 1595. However, their first stop was not India but Jakarta in Indonesia where they lost no time in establishing their monopoly over the spice trade. India was significant only insofar as it constituted part of the great Asian trade route that the Dutch had developed and that cut through Ceylon and Cape Town.

Even though in 1602, when the Dutch East India Company was chartered, the Dutch harboured no military ambitions about India, around 1605, a fleet of thirty-eight ships dispatched by the Dutch East India Company inflicted a crushing defeat on Portuguese ships off Johore and the Dutch wrested the fortress at Ambiona from Portuguese control. The unstoppable Dutch then went on to seize secret Portuguese maps and oceanic charts detailing the trade routes with India. These were soon to serve as guides to the eastern waters.


¤ Arrival of English

The English entered the East Indies almost as the same time as the Dutch. However, the English were quick to realise that the Dutch were unwilling to share their turf in the East Indies with them. The tenacity with which the Dutch refused to relent on the East Indies forced the British to turn to India. Spices in India abounded in the south but the trade monopoly of the local rulers and other Europeans had to be broken.

The British East India Company was established by the Royal Charter in 1600, and in course of time, the Protestant Dutch and English would embark upon the common project of eroding Catholic Spain and Portugal’s trade monopoly in the Indian Ocean.

It is interesting to note, however, that although the Dutch had their ‘factories’ in Cochin, Nagapatam and even up in Agra, they did not give the idea of military expansion in India much thought. The spice trade was rewarding and they were quite content with just that.


¤ French Also Making Forays Into India

The Dutch and the English were not the only nations to take an interest in India in those days.The seventeenth century also saw the French making forays into India. While the success stories of the Dutch and the British East India Companies were a motivating factor, the reasons for setting up the French East India Company were not mercantile.

The initial wave brought along men of letters, explorers, adventurers, missionaries et al. Jean Baptiste Tavernier and François Bernier’s vivid accounts of the Mughal kingdom and beyond went a long way in moulding Europe’s impressions about this distant, exotic and opulent land.

The French set up their first trading post in 1666 at Surat. The Sultan of Golconda then allowed them to set up another trading post in Masulipatam on the Coromandel Coast in 1669. In 1670, the Sultan gave the French land in Pondicherry. In the next two decades, the French obtained trading concessions in Bengal and Chandernagore, and established a post at Mahe on the Malabar coast of southwest India.

But the French East India Company did not turn out to be as prosperous as the Dutch and the British East India Companies.
Meanwhile, the British had made some important moves.


¤ British Developed Strong Relations With Mughals

Sir Thomas Roe arrived at the Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court as the envoy of King James I of England, and stayed in India from 1614-1618. While William Hawkins had already initiated successful diplomatic relations with the Mughal court, Roe consolidated them further, gaining in the process not only friends in the Mughal court but also the Emperor’s permission to establish a British East India Company trading post at Surat. Roe’s diplomacy with the Mughals paid off so well that by 1618, the East India Company became their unspoken naval aide.

Henceforth the commercial rise of the British in India was meteoric. By 1661, Bombay was given to Charles II of England as dowry when he married Catherine of Braganza. Bombay was then dutifully passed on to the British East India Company. By 1708, around the dawn of the Modern Indian Era, the British found themselves quite comfortably placed in India, at least commercially.

and Aurangzeb’s exit from Indian History in 1707 and its aftermath were to eventually throw up the new keepers of India’s destiny – the British.


¤ The Decline of Mughal Court

The decline of the Mughal empire after Aurangzeb’s death was shockingly swift. (See Medieval Indian History). Power and glory bowed out to disarray and disgrace The state treasury ran dry. It was clearly an oft repeated moment in History when devoid of will, a dynasty lingered on, waiting to be saved or damned.


¤ The Advent of Nadir Shah

A series of disastrous invasions against Delhi finally broke its spirit. The first of these was led by the famous Persian king, Nadir Shah in 1739. At the time, the court in Delhi was fending off the Maratha offensive.
One of the finest ministers of the Mughal court , Nizam-ul-Mulk met Nadir when the latter arrived near Delhi and talked him out of his initial idea of sacking Delhi by offering him Rs 50,00,000. The matter would have been settled had not one of Nizam's rival generals at court convinced Nadir Shah that the latter was being short-changed. Delhi’s legendary wealth could not be relinquished for so paltry a sum.

Soon Nadir Shah marched over to Delhi in time to have a khutba read in his name. Unfortunately, it was around the same time that a rumour about Nadir Shah’s death spread in Delhi. Not only was this news greeted with jubilation by the inhabitants of Delhi, some of them went so far as to actually attack a few Iranian soldiers. No one could have forseen the consequences.

On March 11, 1739 an order was issued by Nadir Shah. Delhi witnessed yet another blood bath. Chandni Chowk, the fruit market, the Dariba bazaar and the buildings around the Jama Masjid were burnt to cinders. Each and every inhabitant of the area was killed in retaliation. People living around the area still point at the Khooni Darwaza (Gateway of Slaughter) in the old city and talk of the massacre as though it had taken place only the previous day. The royal treasury was sacked and its contents seized. When Nadir Shah left Delhi after 57 days, he also took along with him the fabulous Peacock Throne of the Mughals and the last remnants of the Mughal pride.

Lead by Ahmad Shah Abdali, an ex-general in Nadir Shah’s army, the Afghans were the next raiders of Delhi. Abdali led as many as seven invasions into India between 1748-1767.

In January 1757, Abdali captured Delhi. What followed was a carnage of the Nadir Shah vintage. After pillaging Delhi, the Afghans overran most of Northern India. It is said that after the sack of Mathura, Brindaban and Gokul, for `seven days the waters of the Jamuna flowed a blood-red colour.’

An outbreak of cholera in Abdali’s army forced him to withdraw, though not before making the Delhi court cough up around 120,000,000 rupees. He also demanded, and got Kashmir, Lahore, Sirhind and Multan. This, unfortunately, was not the last time that Abdali was to invade India.
and a retiring Delhi court would leave it to the Marathas to counter Abdali’s next invasion. Unable to resist the immense riches of Delhi, Abdali stormed the city again. On January 13, 1761, he took on the Maratha confederation, and humbled the Marathas in the third and final battle of Panipat, rooting out the possiblity of Maratha dominion over North India, at least for the next decade.

Abdali returned in 1764, driven once again by his lust not so much for power as for gold. His sixth invasion had the Sikhs, who had by then carved out a kingdom for themselves under the famous Maharaja Ranjit Singh, up in arms. The determined Sikhs, who never allowed the Marathas to establish themselves up north, now put up a stiff resistance. When Abdali invaded India for the last time in 1767, he met his comeuppance at the hands of the Sikhs who then took Lahore and Central Punjab. However the areas extending from Peshawar and beyond remained with Abdali.


¤ The Slow Rise of British

Against this troubled backdrop, the British rise to power was slow, but remarkably steady. Slow because the British had an uphill task to accomplish; first there were the French to deal with. The commercial rivalry amongst the British and the French had its roots in the prevailing political situation in Europe.
As long as the French carried on business in a small way in India, the British left them to themselves. But between 1720 and 1740, the French East India Company's trade with India recorded almost a ten-fold growth to measure upto half the volume of that the British East India Company at the time. The stakes were too high for either to ignore – especially since the British East India Company generated more than ten percent of England's revenue.


¤ The Rise of Carnatic War

This was the time when the War of Austrian Succession (1740-48) had broken out in Europe, following Fredrick the Great of Prussia's seizure of Silesia in 1740. The French and British found themselves in opposing camps in this war. Later, during the Seven Years War (1756-63), both were at loggerheads with each other once again, supporting rival camps. These two European wars were to have an immediate bearing on India’s political destiny.

Between 1746-48, the French and English finally came to blows in the first Carnatic War (1746-48) in the Deccan. Two more of these wars sealed the fate of the French East India Company in India.

The first Carnatic War was perhaps a fallout of the Austrian War of Succession. The fight was over Madras and though the French had captured it, it was given back to the English as part of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748. In the meanwhile the British and French had got their fleets upto the Indian mainland – an important development as the balance of power within the mainland was fast slanting in favour of the Europeans. and Dupleix, the French governor of the time, decided to turn the tide in France’s favour.

A shrewd and resourceful character with great diplomatic skills and a fine understanding of local politics, Dupleix was nevertheless difficult to work with because of his nervous temperament and inadequate military knowledge.

The opportunity Dupleix was waiting for came his way in 1748 when the Nawab of Arcot (in present Tamil Nadu) died leaving behind the question of succession unresolved. Dupleix succeeded in having a Nizam of his choice, Chanda Sahib enthroned. The new Nizam was supported by the old Nawab's grandson, Muzzafar Jung, and backed by French troops under the able command of de Bussy. The idea was to close in on Madras by surrounding it with French territory.

Everything would have gone off as planned but for Robert Clive who arrived in Madras as a clerk and proved himself to be a brilliant strategist. He laid the seige of Arcot in 1751 with a mere 210 men, turning Dupleix’s dream into a nightmare. Chanda Sahib was killed and a British nominee was placed on the throne of Arcot. Recalled to France in 1754, Dupleix retired in ignominy.

Dupleix was succeeded by Godeheu, who sued for peace with the British. Both the French and the British agreed not to interfere in India’s internal matters and went back to their old positions. The French also agreed to give up everything they had taken so far. Godeheu was denounced for having ‘signed the ruin of the country and the dishonour of the nation’, but the damage was done. The British had emerged much stronger after the second Carnatic War.

The third and final phase of this Anglo-French war for supremacy was precipitated by the Seven Years War in the shape of the third Carnatic War (1756-63). However, despite very fine French generals like de Bussy and Lally, the British inflicted a crushing defeat on the French who ended up losing practically everything they had in India.

The dream of the ‘dominion de l'empire de la France’ in India was over. and thanks to their naval supremacy, greater resources and steadier support from Europe, the British had emerged as the clear winners.


¤ British Rose To Power In India

Thereafter, the British steadily rose to power in India, at least till the Uprising of 1857.

The Uprising was a culmination of a number of factors. People were growing increasingly resentful of Britain’s political and cultural motives in India. But the mandatory use of Enfield Rifles, and cartridges greased with animal tallow – pig or cow – that were to be readied by mouth by practising Hindus and Muslims in the Sepoy Army of Indian troops, precipitated the event.

There is enough evidence to support the fact that the Uprising had been planned for months before the actual outbreak. However, revolutionaries failed to spread the word about it beyond Central India and Delhi, and the Uprising did not quite unfold as planned. Had it gone according to schedule, the Uprising would have broken out in many areas simultaneously and been difficult for the British to contain. However, as things turned out, trouble erupted sporadically in various places in May 1857 and there was little, if any, coordination between the outbreaks. For the British, quelling such a rebellion was hardly intimidating.


¤ The Revolt of 1857

Stories about the British and Indian confrontation in Delhi in 1857 abound. Tales of valour and bravery about both sides alternate with accounts of unimaginable horror and destruction.

The poet-Mughal in Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tatia Tope of Gwalior (Gwalior itself did not rebel, Tope was merely a general), the Rani of Jhansi too joined in the rebellion as they had their own interests to protect. None of them would actually have rebelled had the British not rethought the `compensation’ that these rulers were being paid in exchange for a share in the governance.

The people of Delhi, Lucknow, Gwalior and the rest of India, however, had nothing to gain, at least not personally. Their war was not for a private kingdom; they were fighting for freedom.

Scholars and historians who have revisited the event have tried to define the Uprising in terms that were at times limiting or expansive – a simple Mutiny, India’s first National War of Independence, a Princely plot, to name few. In any case, it would be difficult to package the event in a single neat definition.

Following the Uprising, the British Crown in Parliament formally took over the responsibility of ruling India from the British East India Company.

What was happening in the Indian society all this while was difficult to overlook. A cultural revolution had been taking place even before the Uprising of 1857. Sati was banned, the Arya Samaj was a new religious alternative, education for women was encouraged and a whole new breed of intellectuals – mostly from Bengal – were making their presence felt. This new breed of Indians was a power to reckon with.

After the Uprising, India was poised at the dawn of a new era of political awareness.


¤ Indian National Congress Came Into Being

In December 1885, despite the Governor General of India, Lord Dufferin’s reluctance to endorse the idea, Allan Octavian Hume formed the Indian National Union (which would soon be renamed Indian National Congress), alongwith seventy-two learned Indian delegates hailing from different parts of the country. The Indian National Congress’ first meeting took place in Bombay in 1885, and was presided over by W C Bonnerjee.

In its early phase, referred to as the phase of the Moderates (1885-1905), the Congress pledged loyalty to the British. The moderates were a class of elite erudite men who were into philosophy and intellectual discussions; the much more popular peoples’ leaders were to follow. One of the most prominent leaders, Dadabhai Naoroji, wrote extensively to highlight the drain of wealth from India to Britain.

The Congress was soon to enter a turbulent phase, and in 1907, during the session at Surat, there was an open split in the party. The moderates led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Pherozeshah Mehta and those that the British qualified as extremists headed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, parted ways. The Congress would regain its vitality only years later (1919-1934) under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.

In 1905, Lord Curzon’s brainchild, the partition of Bengal was implemented. The decision evoked sharp reactions from all quarters of India. The day on which the partition came into effect was observed as a day of mourning and fasting throughout Bengal. Rabindranath Tagore, the famous Nobel-laureate and writer, passionately spoke out against it. This was the time when the Swadeshi movement was first launched; Indians participated in auto-da-fés of foreign goods and turned to indigenously manufactured articles. Lots of young leaders from Bengal took up the task of educating people. On August 15, 1906, a National Council of Education was set up under the educationist Aurobindo Ghose.

The government came down heavily on the agitators, disrupting meetings, insulting leaders and beating up peaceful protestors. In 1907, Lala Lajpat Rai and Sardar Ajit Singh were deported from the Punjab. In 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested and sentenced to six years of prison. Aurobindo Ghose was arrested, prosecuted and although acquitted, he chose to retire to Pondicherry.

The agitation against the partition of Bengal (although the partition was revoked in 1911) ushered in the age of Indian nationalism. It was a question of time before this nationalistic fervour settled down to the more concrete issue of how India was to cast aside the British yoke.


¤ Indian National Movement Continues

While Great Britain was entangled in World War I, India's national movement, despite being at a nascent stage, continued to throw up surprises. In December 1915, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the first nationalist leader with a deep understanding of India’s grassroots, and a considerable following, voiced the idea of Home Rule (`swadeshi’, was a word the British were wary of). It was for the first time that someone had alluded to Home Rule being the goal of the Indian National Movement. On April 28, 1916, the Home Rule League was founded, with its headquarters in Poona (Pune). Tilak went on a whirlwind tour of the country, appealing to everybody to unite under the banner of Home Rule League. Annie Besant who subscribed to the cause herself assisted him in this task.

The implications of the Home Rule movement were clear to all now. The independence of India was the goal of the Indian national movement. But while the idea of independence was swiftly gaining ground, for the most part, the bougeoisie was still unsure about whether it needed to jump into the fray or hold itself at bay. Meanwhile the Crown rule decided to tighten the clamps. Laws were formulated to prevent agitations, undesirable elements were banned from entering India, propaganda came under government scrutiny – the British had reason to be nervous.


¤ Gandhiji

and then, as Jawaharlal Nehru would later say, Gandhi came.

He was not anyone's idea of a charismatic leader. Just a short, thin, shrivelled man, with what Sarojini Naidu called `Mickey Mouse ears’ and a twinkle in his eyes. He talked of ahimsa, or non-violence and ahimsa would finally disarm the British.

When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi finally returned to India from South Africa at the age of 46, his arrival was preceded by his formidable reputation as a political leader. Moments after having docked at Bombay, he was asked to lead the National Movement.

Gandhi, however, declined, opting to get to know India thoroughly. The first causes he chose to associate with were minor local affairs, and the nationalist leaders of the time did not know what to make of this almost too-mild, too-moral and too-impractical maverick.

During 1917-18, with revolutionary conspiracies being on the rise within the country, the British grew progressively uneasy. To counter these, Justice S A T Rowlatt proposed the Rowlatt Acts. Among other things, this act empowered the government with special wartime controls that included the right to try political cases without a jury, and gave the provincial governments along with the centre, the power to imprison without trial. Gandhi, in his typical style, said that the repressive Rowlatt Acts raised issues of trust and self-respect, and hence needed be met with a moral response in the form of a hartal, or a protest that entailed striking work on April 8, 1919.


¤ The Massacre At Jallianwala Bagh

The flashpoint came in Punjab. On April 12, 1919, General R E H Dyer who had taken over the troops in Punjab the day before, prohibited all meetings and gatherings. So when a group of unarmed people congregated at the Jallianwala Bagh, a walled park with only a single narrow entrance, on April 13, 1919 to celebrate the Sikh festival of Baisakhi. What followed was to blight the pages of Indian History and its peoples’ minds for a very long time to come. A peaceful congregation had been transformed into an unmitigated blood bath.

Later, during the court martial, General Dyer coldly observed that he had fired only 1600 rounds of ammunition on the crowd as that was all he had. He added that he would have fired more had he so deemed fit.

The brutality of the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre shocked the country. It also shook the moderates out of their stupour and brought Gandhi out in the open.

¤ Congress Launched Non-Cooperation Movement

In 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian National Congress launched the first movement of protest – the Non-Cooperation Movement. It involved surrendering all titles, honorary offices and nominated posts in local bodies. Government functions and darbars were to be boycotted. Parents were requested to withdraw their children from government schools and colleges. Indians stayed way from the British courts and army, and were to stand for elections to government and legislative bodies. Ahimsa or non-violence was to be observed strictly.

The magnitude of the Non Cooperation Movement amazed every political leader in India. Gandhi’s approach was not so meek after all. The idea appealed immensely to popular imagination and suddenly, in a single sweep, the Non-Cooperation Movement had touched every man on the street. People came out in droves to support Gandhi and his movement.

The government machinery did not actually break down, but came under visible strain. Unfortunately, at a time when the movement was showing signs of success, in Chauri Chaura, a mob of 3000 people killed 25 policemen and one officer. Similar incidents had taken place earlier on November 17, 1921, in Bombay and on January 13, 1922, in Madras. On February 7, Gandhi suspended the movement. He was arrested on March 13, 1922. Suddenly, the future of swaraj, or self-rule within a year seemed uncertain.

Gandhi came under fire from several quarters for disassociating himself from the Non-Cooperation Movement. The man of the masses took the masses along when he made his exit. and this was not to be the only time when differences of opinion cropped up in the Congress about Gandhi's actions. and each time, in the end, people invariably gave in to the Mahatma. Gandhi had won over the heart of an entire nation.

In 1927 the British government set up a committee headed by Sir John Simon to review the state of affairs in India. However, the committee that came to be known as the Simon Commission did not include even a single Indian. The Congress took umbrage to the omission.

At this time, young radicals like Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose were insisting on making total independence the goal of the Congress. At midnight, on December 31, 1929, Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the Tricolor on the banks of the river Ravi in Punjab and the Congress called for purna swaraj, or complete Independence. January 26, 1930, was declared as Independence Day. From February 14 to 16, 1930, the Congress Working Committee met at Gandhi's famous ashram in Sabarmati and requested him to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement ‘at a time and place of his choice.’

On February 27, the plan for the agitation was made public. The entire nation was in ferment. Everyone, including the British, was curious to see what the Mahatma would do next.

On March 12, 1930, accompanied by 78 colleagues of the Sabarmati Ashram, Mahatma Gandhi embarked on a 60-mile march to the sea coast of Dandi. He intended to defy the new salt taxes that the government had levied and that would directly impact each and every peasant. To begin with, the government thought it better to ignore the event. However, soon the entire country was abuzz with hartals, protests, agitations, processions. The rising tide of discontent had to be checked. Gandhi was arrested on May 5, 1930. Abbas Tyabji took the relay to lead the movement. When Tyabji was arrested, Sarojini Naidu, the nightingale of India, replaced him.

All over India, the mood was upbeat, the atmosphere tense and the people on the streets. Louis Fischer wrote about the Civil Disobedience: "The British beat the Indians with batons and rifle butts. The Indians neither cringed nor complained nor retreated. That made England powerless and India invincible."


¤ First Round Table Conference

When the first Round Table Conference was held in London from November 12, 1930 to January 19, 1931, not a single member of the Congress attended it. The British now appealed to the Congress to work with them. Lord Irwin also declared that Mahatma Gandhi and the other members of the Congress Working Committee would soon be freed to consider the matter ‘freely and fearlessly.’

The Mahatma and Lord Irwin finally met. The result was the Gandhi-Irwin pact. Amongst other things, the Civil Disobedience Movement was withdrawn under the pact, and a second Round Table Conference with Congress participation was agreed upon. This peace did not last long. Gandhi attended the Second Round Table conference in London in 1931 as the sole representative of the Congress. He demanded control of foreign affairs and defence, and the matter of minorities, with little help from Muhammad Ali Jinnah, His Highness the Aga Khan and Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, ended in a complete deadlock. Gandhi returned to India on December 28, 1931 empty-handed.

By May 1934, the Civil Disobedience Movement had been completely withdrawn.

During World War II, the Congress decided that India should co-operate with Britain on the understanding that complete independence would be granted to India after that. The British, however were unwilling to discuss the issue of independence during wartime. This had the members of the Congress wondering about the intentions of the government. Meanwhile, the divide between Jinnah's Muslim League and the Congress' aims and demands had grown sharper. In early 1940, Jinnah declared Pakistan as the goal of the League.

After the fall of France in 1940, Gandhi declared, "We do not seek independence out of Britain's ruin." The British reply to this was an offer to discuss an Indian constituent assembly, as well as Dominion status `after the war’. The offer was spurned. This resulted in yet status would be another deadlock not to be resolved till 1947.


¤ The Launching of Quit India movement

Gandhi with his usual innovative skill now had the country and Congress rallying behind him. The moment had arrived to launch the Quit India movement. The unnerving part was that the launch of another Civil Disobedience Movement could coincide with the Japanese advances from the far-east towards India. "After all," Gandhi said, "this is open rebellion." The country was willing to court risks for the freedom that was to be won.

The movement was launched on August 8, 1942 in Bombay. Gandhi declared: "I want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had. You may take it from me that I am not going to strike a bargain with the Viceroy for ministers and the like… Here is the mantra, a short one, that I give you… Do or die. We shall either free India or die in the attempt."

From 1942 onwards it was quite clear that the countdown to an independent India had begun.


¤ Arrival of Lord Mountbatten

In 1946, Lord Mountbatten arrived in Delhi amid a buzz of political activity. After World War II, the British seemed keen to wash their hands off India. For their part, the Indians were not loathe to such an idea.

However, there were too many emotional ties – the British and the Indians went too far back together for the British to just pack up and leave. Mountbatten was entrusted with the responsibility of transferring power to the Indians, safeguarding British interests and prestige for future interaction with independent India and Pakistan. and in the bargain, if Partition was inevitable, the nations would have to live with the realisation and the consequences


¤ Partition of India

It was one of the worst movements of people in recent history after that of the Jews in the World War II. A nation was dismembered. On August 15, 1947 – India kept her ‘tryst with destiny’. Midnight bore her the precious gift of freedom. Following an announcement on August 17, 1947 Pakistan became the other independent state.

Gandhi, the father of the nation, did not join in the celebrations that followed. He was elsewhere working in riot torn areas, praying for peace. For him independence was tinged with sadness and disappointment. He was ready to withdraw from active politics.

Accusations of siding with the Muslims and giving Pakistan away too easily, dogged Gandhi since the day the state of Pakistan was declared. On January 30, 1948, a Hindu fundamentalist called Nathu Ram Godse shot the Mahatma. India lost the man who, alongwith so many others, had taught it to dream of independence, and to throw a bridge between that dream and reality. and on August 15, 1947, Indians had walked across that bridge.

Matthew Hayden with the Mongoose Bat

File under "Sights I Never Expected to See": Matthew Hayden, post international retirement, clobbering bowlers all around an international stadium with what looked like a baby's brass rattle in those paws of his. Here's introducing Matt the Bat, now with a longer handle, aka the Mongoose bat.
For the uninitiated, the Mongoose is a something of a miniature version of a normal cricket bat, but it has two distinguishing features: the handle is as long as the blade and the splice, which normal bats have in the blade, is built into that handle to guarantee a clean hitting surface on the bat. Its USP - if you've been following events in the build-up to the IPL - is that it essentially allows a batsman to hit harder and further without changing the way he plays. On the basis of what Hayden achieved at the Feroz Shah Kotla today, the Mongoose suits Twenty20 to the T.
Its short, stocky frame - the base is reportedly five centimeters - allows for sweet timing and that was as evident as crystal. The first sign that Hayden, after two poor games, was roaring back in to form came in the second over when he slammed three boundaries in four balls.
The Mongoose made its debut in the second ball of the fourth over, after Hayden had already muscled some good shots with his normal blade. He's has always wielded the bat like a club, but here was Hayden with a big handle and small blade. To the naked eye, the Mongoose looked silly in his bear hands. In fact, at first it just didn't look right. Surely he would mishit one, inside-edge one onto his stumps, fail to reach out to a spinner, or be caught short of his crease while putting in a dive? None happened.
The first shot Hayden played with the Mongoose was a letdown. He went for an ugly heave and got a streaky single to the leg side. You can't time a cricket ball at pace with that toothpick, was the common assumption. Then Rajat Bhatia came in to the attack for some military medium stuff, only to feel the full effect of what Hayden and his buddy could do. Bhatia to Hayden was never going to be a key contest, but this was too one-sided. Hayden swept four to fine leg, slammed a straight six, tickled another off the pads for four, and slogged four to long-on. Bhatia was nonplussed.
Right, so this thing can do a bit, you started to think. But what about against spin, when the pace is taken off and the pitch plays a bit slow and low? The answer came all too soon, as Tillakaratne Dilshan was called on for some offspin in the eighth over. Hayden was back at his furious best: Dilshan tossed it up and the punishment was immediate - three sixes stung Delhi and sent the crowd into raptures. The second was a mishit but still soared into the stands. You marveled at the distance the ball travelled after it struck the blade of the bat.
The Mongoose didn't restrict Hayden in any way, as you might have expected it to. What it lacks in reach, it more than makes up for with effect. Length balls were swatted over the infield nonchalantly; those that hit the edges ran away to fine leg or third man; two balls that came off the toe end sped past extra cover; those that hit the sweet spot just disappeared. A low full toss from Dirk Nannes - and it's for this specific delivery and the yorker that the Mongoose could prove to be most crucial - was sent speeding past short fine leg.
The Mongoose didn't require Hayden to change his grip or style, but it did allow him to smack the ball harder and further. It was the perfect remedy for Hayden to strike form and Chennai to canter home. On the evidence of what we saw this evening, its power really is phenomenal.
Watching Hayden in full flow is one of the more delightful viewing experiences today, his brute force and style elevating him above many currently active hard-hitting batsmen in international cricket. But watching him with that little thing in his hands was something else. Cricket has traditionally been averse to change and innovation, but watching Hayden bludgeon both pace and spin around the park, you cannot help but wonder - will the Mongoose make its way onto the international scene?
In 1983, Tony Montana blasted through a door firing his automatic machine gun and screaming six words that went on to become part of cinema lore - "Say hello to my little friend!" Twenty-seven years later, a man who has already etched his name cricket's history with a pivotal role in how openers approached the game unveiled a small piece of willow that threatens to further revolutionize batting. Talk about creative mojo.

General Knowledge 2015

General Knowledge - PV101

Q1.	Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ? (A) Assam (B) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka Answer :
Q2.	Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Jai Prakash Narain (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya Answer :
Q3.	Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer :
Q4.	'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay Answer :
Q5.	Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ? (A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej Answer :
Q6.	Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? (A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow Answer :
Q7.	What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ? (A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohyet Answer :
Q8.	On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ? (A) France (B) Israel (C) Russia (D) Germany Answer :
Q9.	Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ? (A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany Answer :
Q10.	Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ? (A) Victoria (B) Queensland (C) Tasmania (D) New South Wales Answer :

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE EXAMS

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS
EXAMS
1. Recently who received the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
1) Angela Merkel of Germany
2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
3) Brigalia Bam of South Africa
4) Azim Premji of India
5) None of above

2. Loans to poor people by banks have many limitations including lack of security and high
operating cost. So to help them which type of finance system developed?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Micro Finance System
3) Money Laundering Schemes
4) Money tampering finance
5) Super vision Finance

3. The following statements are related to Micro Finance system. Locate the wrong option.
1) It provides micro credit having scope for small savings and remittance of funds
2) It based on the principle of livelihood creation
3) The livelihood mission means engaging in activities in a routine fashion to generate cash or
non-cash income
4) High volumes of low transactions done through this system
5) None

4. Who introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the form of the "Grameen
Bank"? He is the Nobel laureate known by many as the "father of microfinance systems''.
1) C.D.Deshmuck
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Sheik Hassena
5) Muzibaer Rehman

5. The beneficiaries of Micro finance business is?
1) Land less labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Hawkers
5) All of above

6. Salustiano Sanchez is the?
1) Highest goal maker in SAAF foot ball contest
2) First pilot of C-17 transport aircraft carrier
3) Japan prime minister visiting USA for Arms Reduction Talks
4) World oldest man recently died
5) None

7. The Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) differ from one another in terms of?
1) Product offering
2) Loan repayment structure
3) Product offerings
4) Legal structure
5) All of above

8. Indian Micro Finance Institutes (MFI) usually adopt the group-based lending models, which are
of two types, SHG model and JLG model. SHG means Self Help Group and JLG means?
1) Joint Liability Game
2) Josh Liability Group
3) Joint Loan Group
4) Joint Liability Group
5) None

9. To control high rate interest rates, coercive collections and illegal insurance practices by the
Micro Finance Institutes, Andhra Pradesh government passed Andhra Pradesh Microfinance
Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act in?
1) 2013
2) 2005
3) 2007
4) 2009
5) 2011

10. In the Not-For-profit Micro Finance Institutes, which among the following are included?
1) Societies
2) Public Trusts
3) Non-profit companies
4) All of above
5) None

11. One of the delivery channel for Micro Finance is SHG model. SHG means?
1) Soar Help Group
2) Sake Help Group
3) Self Hope Group
4) Store Help Group
5) Self Help Group

12. Co-operatives registered under state or National Acts and MACS come under Mutual benefit
MFIs. MACS means?
1) Moral-Aided Co-operative Societies
2) Mint-Aided Co-operative Societies
3) Mutually-Aided Co-operative Societies
4) Mutually-Aided Co-ordinate Societies
5) None

13. Non-banking financial companies, producer companies and LAB come under the category of
For-Profit -MFIs. LAB means?
1) Loan Area Banks
2) Legal Area Banks
3) Local Axis Banks
4) Local Area Banks
5) None

14. SKS Microfinance Ltd, the only listed micro lender in the country founded by?
1) Sudipa Sen
2) M.B.N.Rao
3) Kunal Ghosh
4) Vikram Akula
5) None

15. Who launched an 'India Microfinance Platform', a portal on microfinance activities across the
country, with the assistance of World bank funds on 28 June 2013?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) SIDBI
4) Exim Bank
5) NABARD

16. SIDBI related statements are given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) SIDBI means Small Industries Development Bank of India
2) It was established on April 2, 1990
3) It is the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of industry in
the small scale sector
4) Its head office is in Hyderabad
5) None

17. Chairman of SIDBI is?
1) S.K.Roy
2) T.C.A. Ranganathan
3) Sushil Muhnot
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Rahul Khullar

18. Which committee has recommended creation of a separate category of NBFCs operating in
the microfinance sector to be designated as NBFC-MFIs (Non-Banking Finance Company - Micro
Finance Institutes)?
1) C. Ranga Rajan
2) Chandra Sekhar
3) Y. H. Malegam
4) Tarapore
5) R.K. Sundaram

19. Recommendations of Malegam committee on Micro Finance Sector do not include ...
1) MFI should not charge more than 24 % of its disbursed loans.
2) Processing fee on the loan amount must not be more than 1%.
3) margin of interest to be not more than 20 percent.
4) MFIs should lend to an individual borrower only as a member of a JLG and should have the
responsibility of ensuring that the borrower is not a member of another JLG.
5) Bank advances to MFIs should continue to enjoy 'priority sector lending' status.

20. On 9 October 2013 RBI announced set up a Technical Committee under the chairman ship of
............ to examine the feasibility of encrypted SMS-based fund transfers.
1) Anand Sinha
2) Raghu Ram Rajan
3) Urjith Patel
4) Pandu Ranga
5) Sambamurthy

21. State Bank of India first woman Chair person is?
1) Shubhalakshmi Panse
2) Chanda Kocchar
3) Nainal Lal Kidwai
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) None

22. In order to invite more foreign exchange, the government of India intends to allow the banks to
offer ......... as declared on 30 September 2013.
1) overburdened bonds
2) roll chunk bonds
3) euro facilitation bonds
4) quasi-sovereign bonds
5) None

23. Which member of the world bank group launched the Indian rupee denominated bond, may
be the first step towards internationalization of the Indian currency?
1) IBRD
2) IDA
3) IFC
4) MIGA
5) IMF

24. On 3 October 2013, CCEA approved the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for
reforming .........
1) Primary education
2) Mid school education
3) Technical education
4) Distance education
5) Higher education

25. Details of current account deficit (CAD) given. Pick the wrong option.
1) CAD of first quarter of 2013-14 registered at 4.9 per cent of GDP.
2) High imports of gold and oil largely led to a worsening of the deficit.
3) 4.4 % CAD registered in the corresponding Q 1 of the previous financial year.
4) By 2014-15, CAD will be reduced to 3.0% as per the statement of FM in the Budget 2013-14.
5) None

26. On 17 September 2013, the Customs Duty on Articles of Jewellery and of Goldsmiths' or
Silversmiths' Wares revised from 10 % to ...
1) 36 %
2) 24 %
3) 20%
4) 18%
5) 15%

27. FIU has begun a probe into the transactions of investors and owners of crisis-ridden National
Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL). FIU means?
1) Financial Intelligence Unit
2) Financial Insurance Unit
3) First Intelligence Unit
4) Financial Inject Unit
5) None

28. National Spot Exchange Limited promoted by?
1) Rana Kapoor
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Raja Promod
4) Jignesh Sha
5) None

29. New class of Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) regulations given by SEBI on 5 Oct 2013. Locate
the wrong option.
1) KYC (Know Your Client) requirements and other registration procedures would be much
simpler for FPIs compared to current practices.
2) SEBI grants permanent registration to them compare to current practice of granting approvals
for one year or five years.
3) All existing FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) their Sub Accounts and QFI (Qualified Foreign
Investors) will be eventually merged into this new investor class to be known as FPIs.
4) FPI not allowed from USA.
5) FPIs would be allowed to invest across a host of the capital market segments, including in
shares, debentures, warrants, mutual funds, collective investment schemes, derivatives, treasury
bills and government securities.

30. Who is the Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
1) K.Subramanyam
2) D.Subba Rao
3) Ashok Chawla
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Yogesh Agarwal

31. Annual Plenary Meetings of IMF and World Bank on 11th and 12th October, 2013 held at
........
1) Washington D.C
2) Rome
3) London
4) Paris
5) Manila

32. 11th India-ASEAN summit began in .......
1) Brunei
2) Indonesia
3) Japan
4) Singapore
5) Philippines

33. Which Indian Batsman was appointed as the brand ambassador of Border Security Force?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Yuvraj Singh
3) Virat Kohli
4) V.V.S.Laxman
5) Sunil Gavaskar

34. Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 conferred on Alice Munro. She belongs to ........
1) Israel
2) Ireland
3) USA
4) Canada
5) UK

35. India and which country decided to observe year 2014 as the year of Friendly Exchanges?
1) Indonesia
2) Pakistan
3) France
4) China
5) Maldives

36. Which Chinese politician has been recently gets life sentence on graft charges?
1) Li Keqiang
2) Xi Jinping
3) Bo Xila
4) Zhang Dejiang
5) None

37. Which party got more seats in Northern Provincial Elections of Sri Lanka?
1) United Progressive Tamil Alliance (UPTA)
2) Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE)
3) Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
4) United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
5) None

38. Who is the chairman of National Integration Council?
1) Loksabha Speaker
2) Rajyasabha Deputy Chairman
3) Prime Minister
4) Supreme Court Chief Justice
5) None

ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-5, 4-3, 5-5, 6-4, 7-5, 8-4, 9-5, 10-4
11-5, 12-3, 13-4, 14-4, 15-3, 16-4, 17-3, 18-3, 19-3, 20-5
21-4, 22-4, 23-3, 24-5, 25-4, 26-5, 27-1, 28-4, 29-4, 30-3
31-1, 32-1, 33-3, 34-4, 35-4, 36-3, 37-3, 38-3


General Awareness With Reference To The Banking
Industry Practice Questions

1. U.K. Sinha, who was in the recent news, is the Chairman of
1) Planning Commission of India
2) Securities and Exchange Board of India
3) Competition Commission of India
4) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
5) Forwards Market Commission

2. Who among the following was recently appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India?
1) K.C. Chakrabarty
2) Urjit Patel
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Anand Sinha
5) H.R. Khan

3. Which of the following does not correctly describe NABARD?
1) It is an apex development bank
2) Its headquarters is based in New Delhi
3) It was established in 1982 by a special act by the parliament
4) It is active in developing financial inclusion policy
5) It is responsible for credit flow for elevation of agriculture & rural non farm sector

4. To which country does Muhammad Yunus, who developed the concepts of microcredit and
microfinance, belong?
1) Egypt
2) Pakistan
3) Indonesia
4) Afghanistan
5) Bangladesh

5. Which of the following does not correctly explain the market practice of Insider Trading?
1) It is the trading of a public company's stock.
2) It is the trading of bonds or stock options by individuals with access to non-public information
about the company.
3) Matters related to insider trading in India are dealt by Forward Market Commission.
4) Insider trading in India is governed by the Prohibition of Insider Trading regulations 1992.
5) None of these

6. Which of the following has the authority to appoint Banking Ombudsman in India?
1) SEBI
2) RBI
3) NABARD
4) CII
5) Ministry of Finance, Government of India

7. Union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram recently asked Public sector banks of India to set up
ATMs in all branches by
1) December 2013
2) January 2014
3) March 2014
4) October 2014
5) January 2015

8. Which of the following companies manufacture Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in India?
1) Bharat Electronics Limited
2) Electronics Corporation of India
3) Hindustan Machine Tools
4) Steel Authority of India Limited
5) Both 1 and 2

9. Which of the following, in the banking sector, measures the ability of a company to meet its
short term debt obligations?
1) Current ratio
2) Acid test ratio
3) Cash ratio
4) Working capital ratio
5) All of the above

10. The Reserve Bank of India recently barred from disbursing loans against gold coins weighing
more than
1) 10 grams
2) 25 grams
3) 50 grams
4) 100 grams
5) 122 grams

11. Who has authored the titled 'Half Life'?
1) Shelley Jackson
2) Vikram Seth
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Lisa Ray
5) Angelina Jolie

12. Which of the following is correct regarding the Securities Transaction Tax?
1) It is not applicable on off-market transactions
2) It is not applicable on commodity
3) It is not applicable on currency transactions
4) It was originally introduced in 2004
5) All of the above

13. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding FDI or FII stake in any company?
1) Less than 10% stake in a company is treated as FDI under international classification.
2) More than 10 percent stake in a company is treated as FII under international classification.
3) FDI entities have greater powers in terms of share transactions and voting rights in comparison
to FII.
4) FII are allowed to conduct private transaction, while FDIs are not.
5) All of the above

14. Every commercial bank in India have to maintain liquid assets such as precious metals (gold)
or other approved securities as reserves other than the cash. This is known as Statutory Liquidity
Ratio. What is present rate?
1) 40%
2) 32%
3) 25%
4) 23%
5) 18%

15. The government is giving a fresh push to its flagship rural employment scheme ahead of the
general elections, providing additional funds to four states. Which one is not among those
states?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) Odisha

16. What is the standard weight in which gold is quoted in the international market?
1) Ounce
2) Gram
3) Troy ounce
4) Grain
5) Pennyweight

17. Who heads the committee on Insurance Broking which was in news recently?
1) Abhihit Sen
2) Suresh Mathur
3) Anil Pradhan
4) Ketan Agarwal
5) Dinesh Avasthi

18. Mr. Anil Khatri filed a complaint with the Banking Ombudsman. However, he is not satisfied
with the decision of the Ombudsman. Whom can he approach now for the redressal of his
grievance?
1) Chief Justice of respective High Court
2) Banking Ombudsman Tribunal
3) Governor of Reserve Bank of India
4) Supreme Court of India
5) Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India

19. What is the name of a path-breaking initiative by the Government and the Indian Banks'
Association which promises to bring basic banking services to 73,000 unbanked villages with a
population of 2,000 and above?
1) Swabalamban
2) Chetna
3) Swabhimaan
4) Akanksha
5) Sugam - Sulabh

20. In which state of India is the Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project located?
1) Odisha
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) Gujarat

21. Which of the following categories does not come under Priority Sector Lending in India?
1) Education
2) Housing
3) Export credit
4) Health
5) Micro and Small Enterprises

22. What was the number of banking licence applicants before the Reserve Bank of India for
opening of new banks by 31 May 2013?
1) 15
2) 26
3) 33
4) 40
5) 44

23. As per a new circular by the Reserve Bank of India in July 2013, for High Risk Customers /
entities, Banks will now be required to update KYC data only once in
1) 1 month
2) 3 months
3) 6 months
4) 1 year
5) 2 years

24. To whom is the Pre-Shipment Finance given in India?
1) Aviation companies
2) Exporters
3) Stock Market Brokers
4) Importers
5) Individuals with CIBIL rank above 850

25. With which of the following countries in the Nifty Index associated?
1) Japan
2) USA
3) India
4) The Netherlands
5) Britain

26. The abbreviation RIDF stands for
1) Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
2) Rural Investment for Development of Farming
3) Rate in Diligent Firm
4) Rural India's Direct Fund
5) None of these

27. In which month of the year is Income Tax Return filed in India where the assesses is a
Company?
1) March
2) May
3) July
4) October
5) December

28. With which sport is Akshay B. Gaikwad associated?
1) Chess
2) Shooting
3) Billiards
4) Weightlifting
5) Archery

29. The 'Father of Mouse' died recently. Who was he?
1) Paul L. Morton
2) Douglas Engelbart
3) Eileen Clegg
4) Alan Kay
5) John R. Woodward

30. On which day is the World Consumer Rights Day celebrated across the world?
1) 14 January
2) 15 March
3) 8 April
4) 1 July
5) 5 August

31. The document which specifies the internal operations of a company is known as
1) Audit Report
2) Assessment Report
3) Article of Association
4) Operational Synopsis
5) Blueprint

32. With reference to the Swadhar Scheme, who among the following is/are not its beneficiaries?
1) Women victims of terrorist/ extremist violence
2) Widows deserted by their families
3) Women subject to domestic violence
4) Women survivors of natural disaster
5) Women with HIV/ AIDS deserted by their family

33. Which of the following companies has maximum sharedholding in the India Mortgage
Guarantee Corporation (IMGC)?
1) National Housing Bank
2) Genworth
3) Asian Development Bank
4) International Finance Corporation
5) World Bank

34. The Reserve Bank recently released the final guidelines for issuing of new banking licences.
As per these guidelines, foreign shareholding in the new bank for the first five years will be up to?
1) 16%
2) 33%
3) 49%
4) 51%
5) 64%

35. Which term is used to describe a situation where an inflation rate is high, the economic
growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high?
1) Recession
2) Depreciation
3) Stagflation
4) Depression
5) Running inflation

36. Which of the following is not correct regarding the Reverse Repo Rate?
1) It is the rate at which commercial banks borrow money from Reserve Bank of India.
2) It is a monetary policy instrument.
3) An increase in the reverse repo rate will decrease the money supply.
4) Both 2 and 3
5) None of these

37. Which measure is used by the Reserve Bank of India to buy or sell government bonds or
other securities in open market?
1) Rationing of Credit
2) Direct Action
3) Consumer Credit
4) Consumer Credit Regulation
5) Open Market Operations

38. Who among the following is the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation?
1) Ranjit Sinha
2) Amar Pratap Singh
3) U.S. Misra
4) R.K. Raghavan
5) P.C. Sharma

39. Who among the following is the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award
2013?
1) A.R. Rahman
2) D.R. Mehta
3) Amjad Ali Khan
4) Yash Chopra
5) Shiv Kumar Sharma

40. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of
America?
1) Treasury Secretary of the United States.
2) A member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank.
3) A former Governor on the board of the International Monetary Fund.
4) Anyone having expertise in the field of finance and social service.
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1-2, 2-3, 3-2, 4-5, 5-3, 6-2, 7-3, 8-5, 9-5, 10-3
11-1, 12-5, 13-3, 14-4, 15-3, 16-3, 17-2, 18-5, 19-3, 20-2
21-4, 22-2, 23-5, 24-2, 25-3, 26-1, 27-4, 28-4, 29-2, 30-2
31-3, 32-3, 33-1, 34-3, 35-3, 36-1, 37-5, 38-1, 39-3, 40-2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS
EXAMS

1. The 23rd ASEAN Summit was held in which of the following cities in October 2013?
1) Bali (Indonesia)
2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)

2. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in December 1988 by the
European Parliament. Who is the winner of the 2013 Sakharov Prize?
1) Nelson Mandela
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Anatoly Marchenko
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Taslima Nasrin

3. Which Bangladesh cricketer became the first player to score a century and take a hat-trick
in the same Test match in October 2013?
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shakib Al Hasan
3) Sohag Gazi
4) Abdur Razzak
5) None of these

4. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to OPCW?
1) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the
2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to stop chemical warfare.
2) It was established in 1997 with headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
3) It has 189 member states and currently involved in destroying Syria's stockpiles of
chemical weapons.
4) Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey is the present Director General of OPCW.
5) OPCW is an agency of the United Nations.

5. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to?
1) Eugene Fama (USA)
2) Lars Peter Hansen (USA)
3) Robert Shiller (USA)
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

6. Who is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature?
1) Ruth Ozeki (A Tale for the Time Being)
2) Jim Crace (Harvest)
3) Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
4) Colm Toibin (The Testament of Mary)
5) NoViolet Bulawayo (We Need New Names)

7. The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on October 14, 2013 by the International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). What is India's rank?
1) 118
2) 56
3) 37
4) 63
5) 78

8. The United Nations Organization declared which of the following days as the International
Day of the Girl Child?
1) October 10
2) October 11
3) October 12
4) October 14
5) October 15

9. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to?
1) Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel
2) Michael Levitt and Robert Shiller
3) James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Sudhof
4) Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
5) None of these

10. On October 9, 2013 US President Barack Obama nominated which of the following women
to be Chair of the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of USA?
1) Susan Rice
2) Sheryl Sandberg
3) Janet Yellen
4) Janet Napolitano
5) Melinda Gates

11. Laiki Bank was closed in 2013. It was the second largest banking group in?
1) Greece
2) Spain
3) Cyprus
4) Portugal
5) Italy

12. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is the
largest exporter of major conventional arms worldwide?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Germany
4) France
5) China

13. An elected government completed its five-year term for the first time in which of the
following countries in 2013?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Italy
4) Pakistan
5) Australia

14. Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne was given the 2013 Abel Prize. This Prize is given
by?
1) Belgium
2) USA
3) UK
4) Sweden
5) Norway

15. Which of the following books is not written by R.K. Narayan?
1) Swami and Friends
2) The Bachelor of Arts
3) The Guide
4) The Sword and the Sickle
5) Waiting for the Mahatma

16. Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located in Hisar district of?
1) Rajasthan
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh

17. India has entered into a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Liechtenstein.
This country is located in?
1) East Asia
2) West Asia
3) Europe
4) Africa
5) South America

18. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Africa: A partnership for
Development, Integration and Industrialization"?
1) G20
2) ASEAN
3) African Union
4) BRICS
5) None of these

19. Akshay Urja shops are set up by the Ministry of?
1) Commerce and Industry
2) Power
3) Science and Technology
4) New and Renewable Energy
5) Petroleum and Natural Gas

20. Shanti Prayas-2 is the name of a military exercise in?
1) India
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) Mauritius

21. Which of the following schemes is not an employment generation scheme?
1) Food for Work scheme
2) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
3) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program
4) Mid Day Meal scheme
5) MGNREGS

22. Which of the following dams is built across Narmada River?
1) Tehri Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Hirakud Dam
4) Mullaperiyar Dam
5) Sardar Sarovar Dam

23. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is the author of?
1) The End of Poverty
2) Small is Beautiful
3) Development as Freedom
4) Towards Hunger Free India
5) Argumentative Indian

24. When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a
healthy and active life, it is called?
1) Food Preservation
2) Food Production
3) Food Security
4) Food Distribution System
5) None of these

25. Which of the following is not included while calculating Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Life expectancy at birth
2) Per capita income
3) Literacy rate
4) Rate of migration to urban areas
5) Both 1 and 2

26. The scheme launched for the empowerment of adolescent girls in India is?
1) Prerna
2) Swabhiman
3) Sabla
4) SEWA
5) Kutir Jyothi

27. 'Key Resolve' is an annual joint military exercise between the United States and?
1) India 2) China
3) France 4) South Korea
5) United Kingdom

28. Which bank has launched an 'Incredible India Travel Card' in association with the Tourism
Ministry?
1) SBI
2) HDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Bank of Baroda

29. The Petroleum Ministry has appointed a Committee to prepare a roadmap for enhancing
domestic production of oil and gas so as to reduce the country's import dependency by 2030.
Who is its Chairman?
1) Y.V. Reddy
2) Vijay Kelkar
3) Bimal Jalan
4) D. Subba Rao
5) None of these

30. Who is the director of the award winning Hindi film 'Paan Singh Tomar'?
1) Irfan Khan
2) Anurag Basu
3) Sujay Ghosh
4) Tigmanshu Dhulia
5) Prakash Jha

31. Who won the men's singles title at the 2013 All-England Badminton Championship?
1) Chen Long
2) Lee Chong Wei
3) Zhengming Wang
4) Pengyu Du
5) None of these


32. Which of the following has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
1) Haryana
2) Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) Punjab
5) Rajasthan

33. The Government has constituted a committee of experts to prepare a blueprint for allwomen
bank. This panel was headed by?
1) M.D. Mallya
2) Jayshree Vyas
3) M.B.N. Rao
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) Usha Ananthasubramanian

34. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
1) Raghuvamsa
2) Meghaduta
3) Kumarasambhava
4) Vikramorvasiyam
5) Ramcharitmanas

35. Which of the following schemes was launched with the aim of increasing self-reliance and
autonomy of women by providing self employment?
1) STEP
2) IFAD
3) Aadhar
4) Aastha
5) None of these

ANSWERS
1.4 2.2 3.3 4.5 5.5 6.3 7.4 8.2 9.1 10.3
11.3 12.1 13.4 14.5 15.4 16.2 17.3 18.4 19.4 20.3
21.4 22.5 23.4 24.3 25.4 26.3 27.4 28.3 29.2 30.4
31.1 32.2 33.3 34.5 35.1

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. The foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) works under the?
1) RBI
2) Ministry of External affairs
3) Ministry of Finance
4) SBI
5) none

2. On 11 September 2013, RBI said the BSBDA account is also applicable to Foreign banks
as they are also Scheduled Banks. It provides zero balance accounts to poor people. What is
the expansion of BSBDA?
1) Basic Savings Bank Dual Account
2) Base Savings Bank Deposit Account
3) Basic Small Bank Deposit Account
4) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Application
5) Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

3. In which state the 15000th branch of SBI was opened `on 17 August 2013.
1) West Bengal
2) AP
3) Kerala
4) Tamilnadu
5) Haryana

4. The involvement of financial intermediary in aiding credit creation without regulatory
oversight is called ...
1) Virtual banking
2) Common banking
3) Unit banking
4) Shadow banking
5) Yes banking

5. On 23 August 2013, RBI sold 48 days CMB to meet the temporary cash flow mismatches
of the Government of India. CMB means ....?
1) Cash Money Bill
2) Call Management Bill
3) Cash Management Borrowing
4) Core Management Bill
5) Cash Management Bill

6. On 8 August 2013, RBI decla-red the ....... sale of government bonds to decrease the
liquidity of funds in the market?
1) monthly
2) yearly
3) bi-monthly
4)half yearly
5) weekly

7. As per the promise given to World Trade Organization earlier, India should allow how many
branches of foreign banks in India per year?
1) 12
2) 24
3) 45
4) 15
5) 20

8. Mr. Jagdish originally Indian Citizen goes to Singapore obtains citizenship of Singa-pore
and desires to settle there.
1) He is an NRI
2) He is PIO
3) He is not an NRI
4) both 1 & 2
5) None

9. Which of the following banks are planning to launch 'by-invitation-only' branches under
Kohinoor brand in 20 cities which will serve affluent customers?
1) ICICI bank
2) Axis bank
3) HDFC bank
4) SBI
5) IDBI bank

10. On 4 September 2013, Raghuram Rajan announced constitution of a panel to strengthen
monetary policy framework to be headed by ....
1) K.C.Chakravarthy
2) Anand Sinha
3) H.R.Khan
4) D.Subba Rao
5) Urjith Patel

11. Nachiket Mor appointed as the head to assess the approach to financial inclusion by ...
1) SEBI
2) GOI
3) WTO
4) RBI
5) World Bank

12. ...... heads the panel to take a close look at rising NPAs and suggest steps to improve the
recovery of bad debts as announced by RBI on 4 September 2013?
1) H.R.Khan
2) Anand Sinha
3) K.C.Chakrabarthy
4) Urjith Patel
5) Syamala Gopinath

13. An outside panel of experts to screen applications for new bank licenses will be headed by
?
1) Subba Rao
2) Kelkar
3) Bimal Jalan
4) Rangarajan
5) None

14. The aim of the differential rate of interest scheme is to provide concessional loans to?
1) public sector enterprices
2) pravite sector enterprices
3) weaker sections of society
4) all the above
5) none

15. The first stock exchange in India was established in?
1) Calcutta
2) Delhi
3) Bombay
4) Madras
5) Hyderabad

16. Government has decided to start "A set of missions" to address the needs of agriculture
development in 12th five year plan. These missions are
1) NFSM(National Food Security Mission) & NHM( National Horticulture Mission)
2) NMSA(National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
3) NMO (National Missions on Oil seeds & Oil palm)
4) NMAET(Mational Mission on Agriculture Extension & Technology)
5) All above

17. In which of the following countries, The G - 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting was held in July 2013?
1) USA
2) China
3) India
4) Germany
5) Russia

18. A method of paperless banking to augment environment conservation through paperless
banking transactions, which are also faster than conventional transactions is called .....?
1) Green Banking Channel
2) Red Banking Channel
3) White Banking Channel
4) Black Banking Channel
5) All of above

19. e-Gift card facility first time introduced by...
1) Andhra Bank
2) Kotak Mahendra Bank
3) Allahabad bank
4) UBI
5) Axis bank

20. PMEGP is a credit linked subsidy program to encourage micro enterprises which are
being implemented through ……….
1) KVIC
2) SIDBI
3) DRDA
4) All the above
5) none of the above

21. On 2 September 2013, which bank became the first bank to translate financial literacy
curriculum into Gujarati?
1) ICICI
2) SBI
3) Indian bank
4) UBI
5) Axis

22. RBI asked banks to link the disbursal of home loans to ...... on 3 September 2013, as it
advised the banks not to go for the upfront disbursal of loans.
1) value of Market loan
2) route map of construction place
3) stages of construction
4) HDFC rules of loan disbursal
5) None

23. To help mutual funds, how much fund borrowing window opened by the RBI recently?
1) Rs.15,000cr
2) Rs.1500cr
3) Rs.75,000cr
4) Rs.8000cr
5) Rs.25,000cr

24. RBI made an announcement on 14th August 2013 to cut down the amount of foreign
exchange an Indian may use to invest or spend abroad from the current annual limit of $ 200,000
to ......
1) $ 1,00,000
2) $ 55,000
3) $ 45,000
4) $ 1,75,000
5) $ 75,000

25. On 21 July 2013, RBI reduced realization period for exports to .....
1) 21 Months
2) 18 Months
3) 12 Months
4) 8 Months
5) 9 Months

26. On which of the following rates China Central Bank lifted the ban on 19 July 2013 to
motivate the economy to boost its growth ?

1) Deposit rates
2) Locker rates
3) Lending rates
4) Bank rate
5) None

27. On which day Indian rupee had shown the lowest value of 68.80 against dollar?
1) 20 August
2) 1 September
3) 11 August
4) 31 July
5) 28 August

28. The government had appointed Arundhati Bhattacharya as the Chairperson ?
1) Oriental bank of commerce
2) SBI
3) BOI
4) Allahabad bank
5) None

29. FEDAI means
1) Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India
2) It is a self regulating body of all authorized dealers in foreign exchange
3) It frames ground rules called "FEDAI Rules" for smooth conduct of all forex transactions
among member banks
4) It promotes the interest of authorized dealers and regulates their dealings with Public /
Brokers / RBI and all other bodies
5) All the above

30. Who is the present CMD of Bank of Baroda?
1) S.L.Bhansal
2) S.S Mundra
3) M.Narendra
4) Ajay Kumar
5) None

31. Head office of Corporation Bank is in ?
1) Pune
2) Hyderabad
3) Mangalore
4) Delhi
5) None

32 All foreign exchange activities (exchange control) in our country are regulated through the
following act
1) RBI Act
2) Foreign Exchange Manage ment Act (FEMA)
3) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act(FERA)
4) Foreign Trade (Development &Regulation) Act
5) Foreign Contribution & Regulation Act (FCRA)

33. PAN is required to be quoted, as per RBI's KYC guidelines if the amount of transaction in
cash is:
1) above Rs.50000
2) Rs.50000 or above
3) less than Rs.50000
4) Rs.10000 and above
5) none

34. "Good People to bank with" is the punch line of which bank?
1) Union Bank of India
2) IDBI
3) HSBC
4) DBS
5) Yes Bank

35. "World 's Local Bank" is the punch line of ?
1) Union Bank of India
2) IDBI
3) HSBC
4) DBS
5) Yes Bank

36. Which of the following is not an Indian bank?
1) Union Bank of India
2) Dena bank
3) DBS
4) SBI
5) UCO bank

37. 'Under micro credit, credit up to a maximum amount of Rs._____ can be allowed under
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priority sector:
1) Rs.10000
2) Rs.25000
3) Rs.50000
4) Rs.1 lac
5) Rs.2 lac

38. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT)?
1) Archana Bhargava
2) Sudha Sharma
3) Poonam Saxena
4) Chitra
5) None

39. India has raised the ceiling for Foreign Direct Investment in asset reconstruction
companies to?
1) 26%
2)74%
3) 52%
4) 100%
5) 50%

ANSWERS:
1.3 2.5 3.4 4.4 5.5 6.5 7.1 8.4 9.4 10.5
11.4 12.3 13.3 14.3 15.3 16.5 17.5 18.1 19.5 20.1
21.5 22.3 23.5 24.5 25.5 26.3 27.5 28.2 29.5 30.2
31.3 32.2 33.2 34.1 35.3 36.3 37.3 38.2 39.2