CAT-23 for Bank PO and other public service exams

1. Over the next three years to set up infrastructure for implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Union human resources development (HRD) ministry has been allocated -
a) 2.31 lakh cr
b) 2.51 lakh cr
c) 3.21 lakh cr
d) 4 lakh cr

2. Which of the following is true?
a)  India inked a $1-billion loan agreement with Bangladesh, which is the biggest it has offered to a foreign country.
b) India-Bangladesh Sunderbans Ecosystem Forum has been launched for the conservation of the Sunderbans
c) Bangladesh has inked a 35-year power transmission deal with India for the import of 250 MW electricity
d) All are true

3. Tejaswini Sawant, who cliched gold medal, is related to which game -
a) Squash
b) Badminton
c) Shooting  
d) Wrestling

4. Under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for extending green revolution to the Eastern Region of the country comprising of Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern UP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal, Union Budget 2010 has allocated -
a) 400 Cr
b) 600 Cr
c) 800 Cr
d) 1100 Cr

5. Where will be International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) held?
a) Washington
b) Mexico
c) London
d) India

6. What is DoNER Ministry?
a) The Ministry of Development of North East Region
b) The Ministry of Development of North Eastren Railway
b) Department of Nuclear Energy Research
d) Department of Nuclear Energy Resources

7. Which of the following is not the name of cyclone?
a) Aila
b) Phyan
c) Laila
d) Phet
e) All are the names of cyclone

8. Who is the chairman of committee set up to examine the impact of mining in the Niyamgiri Hills on the local tribal community?
a)  N.C. Saxena
b) Suresh Tendulkar
c) Subir Gokarn
d) S.Y Quasishi

9. Sharath Kamal, a sportsperson, is related to which game -
a) Tennis
b) Shooting
c) Table Tennis
d) Badminton

10. Which of the following country has constituted the commission on “Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation”?
a) Sri Lanka
b) India
c) Russia
d) Isreal

11.  Who is the president of Colombia?
a) Juan Manuel Santos
b) Nicolas Sarkozy
c) Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
d) Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

12.  Which Indian sportsperson became the first Indian in air rifle shooting event to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics?
a) Gagan Narang
b) Abhinav Bhindra
c) Vijender Singh
d) None of these

13. Which of the following president is following  the social networking and microblogging service for his socialist revolution and encouraging the population to tweet him its concerns?
a) Hugo Chavez
b) Tarja Halonen
c) Mary McAleese
d) Omar Al Bashir

14. Deep Sengupta is related to which game -
a) Squash
b) Snooker
c) Badminton
d) Chess      

15. Recently Ground Zero mosque is in news. What is Ground Zero?
a) Site of World Trade Centre where 9/11 incident, major attcak on US soil, occured
b) There is controversy over the construction of an Islamic Centre near New York’s Ground Zero
c) Ground zero has been famous for sleeping volcano which created huge disaster in Europe
d) All are true
e) Only a and b is true