11 MAY 2015-- KUNDAN SIR GA

11 MAY 2015

Ques. : 1 During Jan to Apr, investments by FPIs totalled Rs 94,241 cr. Here, the term FPI stands for
1) Foreign Priority Investors
2) Foreign Portfolio Investors
3) Foreign Preferred Investors
4) Foreign Particular Investors
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Foreign Portfolio Investors

Ques. : 2 Members under 35 years of age of about 14 lakh households will be imparted skill development training by the govt under a new scheme. Name the project.
1) Livelihoods in Full Employment
2) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
4) Atal Prashikshan Yojana
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Livelihoods in Full Employment

Ques. : 3 As said by the Pentagon in its annual report, recently, China has significantly increased its defence budget and its official defence budget last year was $136.3 bn while that of India was
1) $38.2 bn
2) $33.4 bn
3) $47.6 bn
4) $76.3 bn
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) $38.2 bn

Ques. : 4 Typhoon Noul slammed into which of the following countries on 10 May triggering warnings of possible flash floods, landslides and storm surges?
1) Japan
2) Philippines
3) Malaysia
4) Canada
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Philippines

Ques. : 5 India and EU will resume dialogue on the free trade agreement (FTA) soon which is expected to double the bilateral trade between the two sides. The bilateral trade between EU and India currently stands at
1) 50 bn euros 2) 80 bn euros
3) 100 bn euros
4) 120 bn euros
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 100 bn euros

Ques. : 6 Which of the following is the only Indian company (ranked 7th) among the world's 10 biggest consumer financial services firms compiled by business magazine Forbes recently?
1) ICICI
2) SBI
3) PNB
4) HDFC
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) HDFC

Ques. : 7 The NOFN project aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by the end of 2016. In the term NOFN, letter ‘O’ denotes
1) Optical 2) Open
3) Object 4) Original
5) Onsite
Answer:- 1) Optical

Ques. : 8 A contingent of the Nine Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army marched in an international military parade in which of the following countries on 9 May?
1) France
2) Italy
3) Russia
4) Egypt
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Russia

Ques. : 9 A strategically important new naval base INS Sardar Patel was on 9 May commissioned in which of the following states?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Gujarat

Ques. : 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May initiated welfare projects worth about Rs 25,000 crore in which of the following Naxal hotbeds during his short visit?
1) Sukma
2) Latehar
3) Aurangabad
4) Guntur
5) Dantewada
Answer:- 5) Dantewada