CAT-12 for Bank exams

1. Caste census will be carried out along with census 2011 excercise. Last caste census was done in -
a) 1941
b) 1931
c) 1944
d) 1951

2. Mandel Commission was set up -
a) To determine the criteria for defining the socially and educationally backward classes
b) To increase the participation of private sector in infrastrcture
c) to determine the financial reforms regarding portfolio flows
d) None of these

3. Which is the first city to pass legislation which makes health warning labels mandatory on mobiles?
a) Tokyo
b) London
c) Switserland
d) San Francisco

4. What is the number of digits in the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition code (MICR) mentioned in the cheque?
a) 4
b) 12
c) 13
d) 9

5. Who is  Registrar General and Census Commissioner?
a) C. Chandramouli
b)  P. Chidambaram
c) Pratibha Devisingh Patil
d) Sonia Ghandi

6. Who is the author of book 'Development as Freedom'?
a) Amartya Sen
b) Vikas Swarup
c) Salma Rashidi
d) Gurcharn Das

7. Who has been elected as caretaker president of Kyrgyzstan?
a) Kurmanbek Bakiyev
b) Rosa Otunbayeva
c) Vladimer Putin
d) None of these

8. Bonn negotiations are in news. These are related to which subject -
a) Climate Change
b) Nuclear Energy
c) Khadi Industry
d) Greece Debt crisis

9. PAT is aa market based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in
 large industries. Recently it is in news. PAT stands for -
a) Perform, Acquire and Target Scheme
b) Perform Achieve and Trade Scheme
c) Produce, Achieve and Trade Scheme
d) Perform, Acquisition and Trade Scheme

10. There are how many national missions which form the core of  the National Action Plan on Climate Change(NAPCC)?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 2
d) 8

11.Confederation Cup is relate to which sport -
a) Cricket
b) Hockey
c) Football
d) Squash

12. Who won the Wimbledon championship 2010?
a) Andy Roddick
b) Pete Sampras
c) Roger Federer
d) Rafeal Nadal

13. Rajiv Awas Yojana aims at -
a) Financial inclusion
b) Infrastructure
c) Provding house to every Indian
d) making India slum free

14. In budget 2010-11, Rajiv Awas Yojana has been allocated -
a) 1200 cr
b) 1170 cr
c) 12000 cr
d) 1270 cr

14. Is NABARD a listed bank in market?
a) yes
b) no
c) will get listed in fiscal 2011
d) It has a market cap of more than 25000 cr

15. What is the currency of China?
a) Ruble
b) Rand
c)  yen
d) Yuan