CAT-25 for Banking exams and Other public service exams

1) New series of Wholesale Price Index is based on the recommendations of working group chaired by -
a) Subhir Gokarn
b) Abhijit Sen
c) Usha Thoart
c) D. Subbrao

2) Who is the chairperson of National Advisory Council?
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Ashok Chawla
c) Vijay Kelker
d) Sonia Gandhi

3) Direct Taxes Code Bill is proposed to be effective from -
a) April 1, 2010
b) April 1, 2011
c) April 1, 2012    
d) March 1, 2012

4) Which of the following person, who has died, was the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama?
a) D. Ramanaidu
b) Jefferson Thomas
c) Vinod Chopra
d) K.M.Mathew

5) Economy grew at what percentage in the first quarter of 2010-11?
a) 7.8%
b) 8.8%
c) 9.8%
d) 8.5%

6) Which of the following is true about GDP growth in first quarter?
a) The size of the economy is pegged at Rs.17.12 lakh crore in first quarter
b) GDP at constant prices is estimated by base 2004-05
c) Government expenditure, which was worrisome at -0.6%, was revised to 14.2%
d) Market price GDP growth whose initial estimate at 3.7 per cent for the first quarter of the year, was later corrected and upped it to 10%.
e) All are true

7) The newly set up National Innovation Council is headed by -
a) Sam Pitroda
b) Sonia Gandhi
c) Manmohan Singh
d) T C Anant

8) Who is the winner of US-open tennis tournament 2010?
a) Andy Murray
b) Roger Federer
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Novak Djokovic

9) Recently CCEA has approved computerisation of all post offices in country. What will the expenditure be incurred on this project?
a) 1877.20 crore
b) 1777.70 crore
c) 1500 crore
d) 900 crore

10) What length of national highways was constructed in 2009-10?
a) 5010 km
b) 5000 km
c) 4020 km
d) 6030 km

11) TRAI has suggested 10-digit numbers for both fixed line and mobile phones and the country should migrate to an integrated numbering scheme for telephone services by -
a) December 31, 2011    
b) December 31, 2012
c) December 31, 2014
d) March, 2011

12) What is the export target for 2010-11 in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2009-14 ?
a) $ 200 billion
b) $ 250 billion
c) $ 400 billion
d) $ 500 billion

13) Base year for wholesale price index has been changed from 1993-94 to -
a) 2004-05
b) 2001-02
c) 2003-04
d) 1995-96

14) New Wholesale price index will measure total of how many items?
a) 676
b) 436
c) 435
d) 536