CAT-13 for Banking Exams and Other Public Service Exams

1. The Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) , a poverty alleviation scheme, has been renamed as -
a) MNREGA
b) NRHM
c) NRLM
d) RSBY

2. Who is the Augusta Masters Tournament 2010?
a) Phil Mickelson
b) Lee Westwood
c) Tiger Woods
d) Ian Poulter

3. Who is the author of book 'Going Rogue'?
a) Orhan Pamuk
b) Meghnad Desai
c) Sarah Palin
d) William Dalrymple

4. Who is the new Chief Statistician of the country?
a)  TCA Anant    
b)  Pronab Sen
c) Kaushik Basu
d) None  of these

5. Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently declared an Indian river as 'National River'. The name of the river is
a) Brahmaputra
b) Mahanadi
c) Ganga
d) Kosi

6. Who won the World Cup Kabaddi tournament-2010?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) New Zealand

7. India may add around 55,000 MW of generation capacity against the targetted in the 11th plan period. What was targetted?
a) 58,000 MW
b) 68,000 MW
c) 70,000 MW
d) 62,000 MW

8. Match the following. Find the incorrect match.
a) Blue Revolution = Fish production
b) Green Revolution = Agriculture production
c) Grey Revolution = Fertilizer production
d) White Revolution = Milk production
e) All are true

9. Which of the following sportsperson is at No. 1 position in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Ricky Ponting
c) Virender Sehwag
d) Gautum Gambhir

10. Dola Banerjee, Deepika Kumari, Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, an Indian sports Persons, competes in -
a) Squash
b) Billiards
c) Boxing
d) Archery

11. Which of the following book is written by Amitav Ghosh?
a) The Hungry Tide
b) The Shadow Lines
c) Rendition of the 20th Century
d) All of the above

12. Who is the winner of Dan David Prize?
a) Amitav Ghosh
b) Gurcharn Das
c) Cheten Bhagat
d) Fatima Bhutto

13. which of the following is a literary award?
a)  Jnanpith Award
b) Vyas Samman
c) Man Booker Prize
d) All of the above

14. Which of the following country faced protests in parliament after the approval of a 25-year extension  to the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s base on port?
a) Kuwait
b) Plestine
c) Ukarine
d) Kazkhastan

15. Which hotel is the first to have earned carbon credits?
a) Taj Hotel
b) ITC Sonar
c) Parkview
d) None of these

16. Government lauched a project to create a biometric database of all criminals across the country. Which of following is it?
a) Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS)
b) Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
c) Crime Tracking Netword System (CTNS)
d) Criminal Fingerprint Network Identification (CFNI)

17. Which of the following is the winner of European Inventor Award 2010?
a) Sanjai Kohli
b) Amitav Ghosh
c) Surjit Pattar
d) Rajaratnam

18. Recently Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010 has been passed which has the raised the ceiling of gratuity for employee from 3.5 lac to -
a) 8 lac
b) 9 lac
c) 10 lac
d) 11 lac

19. Dr.K.N.Raj has died. He was -
a) Politician
b) Journalist
c) Economist
d) Writer

20. Which of the following is the Prime Minister of Thialand?
a) Thaksin Shinawatra
b) Anupong Paochinda
c)  Abhisit Vejjajiva
d) None of these