81. Rings of which planet produce their own
rain that falls onto the planet and cause major impact on its atmosphere?
a) Mercury
b) Earth
c) Pluto
d) Saturn
Answer: (d) Saturn
82. Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust revealed that men having BRCA2 gene are more prone to __________ cancer. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Prostate cancer
b) Ovarian cancer
c) Breast cancer
d) Uterus cancer
Answer: (a) Prostate cancer
83. Scientists found very strong evidence that aerosols from burning fossil fuels were affecting growth of _______. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Reefs
b) Coral
c) Rainforests
d) Trees
Answer: (b) Coral
a) Mercury
b) Earth
c) Pluto
d) Saturn
Answer: (d) Saturn
82. Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust revealed that men having BRCA2 gene are more prone to __________ cancer. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Prostate cancer
b) Ovarian cancer
c) Breast cancer
d) Uterus cancer
Answer: (a) Prostate cancer
83. Scientists found very strong evidence that aerosols from burning fossil fuels were affecting growth of _______. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Reefs
b) Coral
c) Rainforests
d) Trees
Answer: (b) Coral
84.Honda
Motor Co on 11 April 2013 launched which one and only diesel sedan at a price
range of 4.99 lakh to 7.60 lakh rupees?
a) Alure
b) Attract
c) Amaze
d) Aspire
Answer: (c) Amaze
85. Supreme Court on 11 April 2013 restrained which service provider from providing 3G roaming services to new customers in non-licensed seven circles?
a) Vodafone
b) Bharti Airtel
c) Tata Indicom
d) Reliance Communication
Answer: (b) Bharti Airtel
86. Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT Company announced on 9 April 2013 that it signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of 100 percent equity shares in which IT services company in France?
a) Arkane Studios
b) Diptyque
c) Hutchinson SA
d) Alti SA
Answer: (d) Alti SA
87. Which two-wheeler company on 9 April 2013 announced that it will soon roll out the cheapest motorcycle of the world in India?
a) Yamaha
b) Bajaj
c) Honda
d) Hero Moto Corp
Answer: (a) Yamaha
88. BMW Motorrad on 8 April 2013 announced a deal to jointly develop Made in India Bikes in below 500 CC segment with which company?
a) Bajaj
b) Honda
c) TVS Motor Co. Ltd.
d) Hero Moto Corp
Answer: (c) TVS Motor Co. Ltd.
a) Alure
b) Attract
c) Amaze
d) Aspire
Answer: (c) Amaze
85. Supreme Court on 11 April 2013 restrained which service provider from providing 3G roaming services to new customers in non-licensed seven circles?
a) Vodafone
b) Bharti Airtel
c) Tata Indicom
d) Reliance Communication
Answer: (b) Bharti Airtel
86. Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT Company announced on 9 April 2013 that it signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of 100 percent equity shares in which IT services company in France?
a) Arkane Studios
b) Diptyque
c) Hutchinson SA
d) Alti SA
Answer: (d) Alti SA
87. Which two-wheeler company on 9 April 2013 announced that it will soon roll out the cheapest motorcycle of the world in India?
a) Yamaha
b) Bajaj
c) Honda
d) Hero Moto Corp
Answer: (a) Yamaha
88. BMW Motorrad on 8 April 2013 announced a deal to jointly develop Made in India Bikes in below 500 CC segment with which company?
a) Bajaj
b) Honda
c) TVS Motor Co. Ltd.
d) Hero Moto Corp
Answer: (c) TVS Motor Co. Ltd.
89.Treaty
on Legal and Judicial Cooperation Signed Between India and Azerbaijan. Which of
the following statements in context of the treaty are true?
I. The treaty between India and Azerbaijan in civil matters is a comprehensive agreement for reciprocal agreement with the foreign countries for different purposes such as service of summons, issuing Letters of Request, taking of evidence, execution of civil decrees as well as enforcement of arbitral awards.
II. According to the provisions of the treaty, requests for legal assistance will be made through the Central Authorities of the Contracting Parties. The Central Authority of the Contracting Party in India is Ministry of Law and Justice, while the same in Azerbaijan is Ministry of Justice.
III. The aim of the treaty is to provide benefit to the citizens of these two countries for seeking Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters in their respective countries, irrespective of income, class or gender bias. The treaty will allow opening of new ventures of cooperation between India and Azerbaijan.
IV. The treaty was also signed for joint army practices between the two countries
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements I, II and III are true
c) Statements I, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements I, II and III are true
90. Indian on 1 April 2013 started Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility for the Senior Citizens of Pakistan. Which of the following statement mentioned below about the VoA scheme are true?
I. The Pakistani Senior Citizens in the age group of 65+ years would be allowed to take the Visa at Attari/Wagah Check-Post.
II. The facility of providing the one time Visa for the citizens of both countries was decided following the guidelines of the Liberalised Visa Pact that was signed between the two nations in September 2013.
III. This is going to be a single entry Visa and will allow a Pakistani resident in India for a maximum period of 90 days.
IV. The Liberalised Visa Pact was signed for easing the cross0-border travel as part of a confidence building measure between the two countries.
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements I, II and III are true
c) Statements I, II and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements I, II and IV are true
91. Chinese officials on 7 April 2013 announced that sightseeing cruises to Sansha, the newest city of China located on the disputed Paracel Islands in South China Sea will begin later in April 2013. Which of the following statements in context of Sansha are true?
I. The Islands are called Paracels in China and Xisha everywhere else in the world. The Paracel Islands are disputed over sovereignty claims by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
II. The act to start the sightseeing cruises to Sansha will increase the dispute over sovereignty claims to disputed Paracel Islands.
III. Sansha is the newest Chinese city which was established in July 2012. Sansha was established for administering over 200 islands, reefs as well as sandbanks in South China Sea.
IV. The Government of Sansha is situated on Yongxing (Woody) Island in the Paracels.
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements II, III and IV are true
c) Statements I, II and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements II, III and IV are true
92. The German shipyard on 5 April 2013 launched Azzam, the world’s largest private yacht, overshadowing the previous record holder. Name the country and the Yacht that holded the name before Azzam?
a) Russian Eclipse
b) Saudi Arabian Prince Abdulaziz
c) Oman’s Al Said
d) Egypt’s El Horria
Answer: (a) Russian Eclipse
93. Iran announced on 9 April 2013 that it has begun production at two uranium mines. The announcement marked the National Nuclear Technology Day. Name the two Uranium mines.
a) Don Otto 1 and 2
b) Caetite 1 and 2
c) Beverley 1 and 2
d) Saghand 1 and 2
Answer: (d) Saghand 1 and 2
I. The treaty between India and Azerbaijan in civil matters is a comprehensive agreement for reciprocal agreement with the foreign countries for different purposes such as service of summons, issuing Letters of Request, taking of evidence, execution of civil decrees as well as enforcement of arbitral awards.
II. According to the provisions of the treaty, requests for legal assistance will be made through the Central Authorities of the Contracting Parties. The Central Authority of the Contracting Party in India is Ministry of Law and Justice, while the same in Azerbaijan is Ministry of Justice.
III. The aim of the treaty is to provide benefit to the citizens of these two countries for seeking Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters in their respective countries, irrespective of income, class or gender bias. The treaty will allow opening of new ventures of cooperation between India and Azerbaijan.
IV. The treaty was also signed for joint army practices between the two countries
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements I, II and III are true
c) Statements I, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements I, II and III are true
90. Indian on 1 April 2013 started Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility for the Senior Citizens of Pakistan. Which of the following statement mentioned below about the VoA scheme are true?
I. The Pakistani Senior Citizens in the age group of 65+ years would be allowed to take the Visa at Attari/Wagah Check-Post.
II. The facility of providing the one time Visa for the citizens of both countries was decided following the guidelines of the Liberalised Visa Pact that was signed between the two nations in September 2013.
III. This is going to be a single entry Visa and will allow a Pakistani resident in India for a maximum period of 90 days.
IV. The Liberalised Visa Pact was signed for easing the cross0-border travel as part of a confidence building measure between the two countries.
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements I, II and III are true
c) Statements I, II and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements I, II and IV are true
91. Chinese officials on 7 April 2013 announced that sightseeing cruises to Sansha, the newest city of China located on the disputed Paracel Islands in South China Sea will begin later in April 2013. Which of the following statements in context of Sansha are true?
I. The Islands are called Paracels in China and Xisha everywhere else in the world. The Paracel Islands are disputed over sovereignty claims by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
II. The act to start the sightseeing cruises to Sansha will increase the dispute over sovereignty claims to disputed Paracel Islands.
III. Sansha is the newest Chinese city which was established in July 2012. Sansha was established for administering over 200 islands, reefs as well as sandbanks in South China Sea.
IV. The Government of Sansha is situated on Yongxing (Woody) Island in the Paracels.
a) Statements I, and III are true
b) Statements II, III and IV are true
c) Statements I, II and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (b) Statements II, III and IV are true
92. The German shipyard on 5 April 2013 launched Azzam, the world’s largest private yacht, overshadowing the previous record holder. Name the country and the Yacht that holded the name before Azzam?
a) Russian Eclipse
b) Saudi Arabian Prince Abdulaziz
c) Oman’s Al Said
d) Egypt’s El Horria
Answer: (a) Russian Eclipse
93. Iran announced on 9 April 2013 that it has begun production at two uranium mines. The announcement marked the National Nuclear Technology Day. Name the two Uranium mines.
a) Don Otto 1 and 2
b) Caetite 1 and 2
c) Beverley 1 and 2
d) Saghand 1 and 2
Answer: (d) Saghand 1 and 2
94.The
Supreme Court of India rejected a patent plea for Cancer Drug Called Glivec.
Which of the statements related to the patent issue true?
I. The patent plea was filed by Novartis, the Swiss drug maker, to patent the updated version of cancer drug called Glivec
II. The plea was dismissed by the court on the basis that there was no inventiveness or novelty in the new version of the drug.
III. The Supreme Court ruled that the application for patent on beta-crystalline salt did not meet any inventiveness or novelty standard, therefore the company’s plea for patent was dismissed.
IV. Comptroller General of Patent and Design denied the patent on the grounds that only certain changes were made to its existing drugs under sections 3(d) and 3(b) of the Indian Patent Law.
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (d) All the four Statements are true
95. India Post in the last week of March 2013 decided to establish third Automated Mail Processing Centre in which city by April 2013.
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmadabad
d) Hyderabad
Answer: (d) Hyderabad
96. Survey of India (SOI) filed a complaint against Google on their activity of Mapathon 2013. Which of the following statements in context of the event and SOI’s claim true?
I. The Mapathon contest was conducted by Google in February-March 2013.
II. As per the compliant from Survey of India (SOI), the activity of Mapathon 2013 violated the National Map Policy and likely jeopardizes the national security interest. The participants of the contest, being unaware of the law of the land would have violated the law.
III. Preamble of the National Map Policy, 2005 states that, the responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country, which is the foundation of all spatial data vests with the Survey of India.
IV. Mapathon 2013 was a contest created by Google and Facebook in which it asked the Indian Citizens to map their neighbourhood and send the same to Google for being uploaded on the search engines. Rewards to the 1000 best entries were also announced by Google. The contest was conducted from 12 February to 25 March 2013.
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (a) Statements I, II and III are true
97. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) amended the Combination Regulations with a view to further simplify the filing requirements and bring about greater certainty in the application of the Act and the Regulations. Which of the following statements in relation to the regulations are true?
I. The Regulations now require a notice to be filed for acquisition of shares or voting rights of companies if the acquisition is less than five percent of the shares or voting rights of the company in a financial year, where the acquirer already holds more than twenty five percent but less than fifty percent of the shares or voting rights of the company.
II. In a step which would significantly reduce compliance requirements, the provision for giving notice is now dispensed for mergers/amalgamations involving two enterprises where one of the enterprises has more than fifty per cent (50%) shares or voting rights of the other enterprise. Similarly, the requirement of giving notice is also dispensed for merger or amalgamation of enterprises in which more than fifty per cent (50%) shares or voting rights in each of such enterprises are held by enterprise(s) within the same group.
III. To provide clarification on the nature of intra-group acquisitions for which notice has to be given, Item 8 of Schedule I is amended to state that the relaxation would not apply where the acquired enterprise is jointly controlled.
IV. To avoid repetition and to have one category of exemption for acquisition of certain current assets like stock-in-trade, raw materials etc., Item 5 and Item 9 of Schedule I are clubbed and provided as one category under Item
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (c) Statements II, III and IV are true
98. Bikram Singh, the Chief of Army Staff on 7 April 2013 announced that the Army had prepared a new scheme, under which an old-age home will be opened in every command. The Pilot project of the scheme on an experimental basis is being run by the Army at ______________?
a) Shimla
b) Delhi
c) Panchkula
d) Kolkata
Answer: (c) Panchkula
I. The patent plea was filed by Novartis, the Swiss drug maker, to patent the updated version of cancer drug called Glivec
II. The plea was dismissed by the court on the basis that there was no inventiveness or novelty in the new version of the drug.
III. The Supreme Court ruled that the application for patent on beta-crystalline salt did not meet any inventiveness or novelty standard, therefore the company’s plea for patent was dismissed.
IV. Comptroller General of Patent and Design denied the patent on the grounds that only certain changes were made to its existing drugs under sections 3(d) and 3(b) of the Indian Patent Law.
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (d) All the four Statements are true
95. India Post in the last week of March 2013 decided to establish third Automated Mail Processing Centre in which city by April 2013.
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmadabad
d) Hyderabad
Answer: (d) Hyderabad
96. Survey of India (SOI) filed a complaint against Google on their activity of Mapathon 2013. Which of the following statements in context of the event and SOI’s claim true?
I. The Mapathon contest was conducted by Google in February-March 2013.
II. As per the compliant from Survey of India (SOI), the activity of Mapathon 2013 violated the National Map Policy and likely jeopardizes the national security interest. The participants of the contest, being unaware of the law of the land would have violated the law.
III. Preamble of the National Map Policy, 2005 states that, the responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country, which is the foundation of all spatial data vests with the Survey of India.
IV. Mapathon 2013 was a contest created by Google and Facebook in which it asked the Indian Citizens to map their neighbourhood and send the same to Google for being uploaded on the search engines. Rewards to the 1000 best entries were also announced by Google. The contest was conducted from 12 February to 25 March 2013.
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (a) Statements I, II and III are true
97. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) amended the Combination Regulations with a view to further simplify the filing requirements and bring about greater certainty in the application of the Act and the Regulations. Which of the following statements in relation to the regulations are true?
I. The Regulations now require a notice to be filed for acquisition of shares or voting rights of companies if the acquisition is less than five percent of the shares or voting rights of the company in a financial year, where the acquirer already holds more than twenty five percent but less than fifty percent of the shares or voting rights of the company.
II. In a step which would significantly reduce compliance requirements, the provision for giving notice is now dispensed for mergers/amalgamations involving two enterprises where one of the enterprises has more than fifty per cent (50%) shares or voting rights of the other enterprise. Similarly, the requirement of giving notice is also dispensed for merger or amalgamation of enterprises in which more than fifty per cent (50%) shares or voting rights in each of such enterprises are held by enterprise(s) within the same group.
III. To provide clarification on the nature of intra-group acquisitions for which notice has to be given, Item 8 of Schedule I is amended to state that the relaxation would not apply where the acquired enterprise is jointly controlled.
IV. To avoid repetition and to have one category of exemption for acquisition of certain current assets like stock-in-trade, raw materials etc., Item 5 and Item 9 of Schedule I are clubbed and provided as one category under Item
a) Statements I, II and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements II, III and IV are true
d) All the four statements are true
Answer: (c) Statements II, III and IV are true
98. Bikram Singh, the Chief of Army Staff on 7 April 2013 announced that the Army had prepared a new scheme, under which an old-age home will be opened in every command. The Pilot project of the scheme on an experimental basis is being run by the Army at ______________?
a) Shimla
b) Delhi
c) Panchkula
d) Kolkata
Answer: (c) Panchkula
a) 3.5 Percent
b) 2 Percent
c) 2.5 Percent
d) 4 Percent
Answer: (c) 2.5 Percent
100. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) on 2 April 2013 approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for continuation of the Scheme for Special Infrastructure (SIS) during the 12th Plan period in which extremism affected states ?
a) Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
b) Right Wing Extremism
c) Centre wing Extremism
d) None of the Above
Answer: (a) Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
