Ques. : 1   Which of the following has recently invited India to be a partner in its ballistic missile defence (BMD)programme?
1) The United States	2) European Union
3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	4) Russia
5) None of these	Ans.) 3

Ques. : 2   Dan Shechtman, who has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasi-crystal, belongs to:
1) US	2) Britain
3) Israel	4) Sweden
5) Germany	Ans.) 3

Ques. : 3   Name the Swedish poet who has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for his work “New Collected Poems”?
1) Phillip Roth	2) Bob Dylan
3) Cees Nooteboom	4) Tomas Transtromer
5) Ko Un	Ans.) 4

Ques. : 4   What is the name of the world’s cheapest tablet PC, costing just Rs 2,276, which has been produced by India and that would be available at around half this price to students as part of the government’s programme to expand education through IT?
1) Sudarshan	2) Aakash
3) Khoj	4) Saraswati
5) Laxmi	Ans.) 2

Ques. : 5   Rating of which of the following public sector bank has recently been downgraded by the Moody’s in view of the alarming rise in non-performing assets (NPA) levels of the bank?
1) Punjab National Bank	2) Bank of Baroda
3) Bank of Maharashtra	4) Central Bank of India
5) State Bank of India	Ans.) 5

Ques. : 6   Manjeet Singh, for whom the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the National Anti-Doping Appeal panel, seeking a life ban on him, is associated with:
1) Athletics	2) Hockey
3) Football	4) Boxing
5) Wrestling	Ans.) 4

Ques. : 7   What is Kala Patthar?
1) A land rover to be placed on India’s moon mission Chandrayan	2) The world’s highest webcam installed on Mt Everest
3) Huge uranium ores discovered recently in Andhra Pradesh	4) Milestones placed on the Golden Quadrilateral Highway
5) None of these	Ans.) 2

Ques. : 8   With which country India has signed a treaty to train that country’s security forces?
1) Iraq	2) South Sudan
3) Libya	4) Afghanistan
5) Syria	Ans.) 4

Ques. : 9   Which bank is in process of acquiring select assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in India for which it is in consultation of the banking regulator RBI?
1) ICICI	2) HSBC
3) HDFC	4) State Bank of India
5) Axis Bank	Ans.) 2

Ques. : 10   Which country has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits recently?
1) Denmark	2) Britain
3) Canada	4) France
5) Austria	Ans.) 1