141. The National Programme for Control of Blindness in India was launched in——to reduce the incidence of blindness and build up eye care facilities in the country.

(1) 1972
(2) 1973
(3) 1974
(4) 1975
(5) 1976

142. in which year National Steel Policy (NSP) was announced ?

(1) November 2001
(2) November 2002
(3) November 2003
(4) November 2004
(5) November 2005

143. M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled “Dard-e-Dil Likhun Kab Tak” authored by———.

(1) Kamal Amrohvi
(2) Rukhsar Amrohvi
(3) Mazhar Kaleem
(4) Abdul Majid Bhatti
(5) Dr.Khalid Alvi
144. Who participated in the tenth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers’ meeting at Dhaka on 17-19 June, 2013 ?

(1) Nandan Nilekani
(2) Dr.Shashi Tharoor
(3) Krishna Tirath
(4) P.Lakshmi
(5) None of these

145. The Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has launched a new skill development scheme called Roshni for rural youth from — most critical left-wing extremism affected districts in the country.

(1) 20
(2) 21
(3) 22
(4) 23
(5) 24

146. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has extended the Special Package for Industrial Development of which state for a further period of 5 years?

(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Jammu & Kashmir
(4) West Bengal
(5) None of these

147. Who is Mr.U Myat Hein?

(1) Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Nepal
(2) Minister of Communications and Information Technology, China
(3) Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Bangladesh
(4) Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Pakistan
(5) Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Myanmar

148. Renowned——umpire K. T. Francis has passed away.

(1) South African
(2) Sri Lankan
(3) Australian
(4) Indian
(5) Pakistani

149. Who is Mr. Jon Fredrik Baksaas?

(1) President and CEO, Telenor Group
(2) President and CEO, Reliance Group
(3) President and CEO, Airtel Group
(4) President and CEO, Vodafone Group
(5) President and CEO, Tata Group

150. World’s oldest person Jiroemon Kimura has died at the age of——.

(1) 116
(2) 118
(3) 120
(4) 122
(5) 124

151. Who has been appointed as the Comptroller & Auditor General of India?

(1) V. K. Shunglu
(2) Vinod Rai
(3) V.N.Kaul
(4) Shashi Kant Sharma
(5) None of these

152. Who became the Youngest Indian to climb Everest at the age of 15 years?

(1) Raghav Joneja
(2) ArjunVajpai
(3) Ajay Sohal
(4) Prithvi Chahal
(5) Shubham Kaushik

153. Who is Mr. Alain Berset ?

(1) Minister of Health, Sweden
(2) Minister of Health, Switzerland
(3) Minister of Health, South Africa
(4) Minister of Health, Sudan
(5) None of these

154. Jiah Khan died on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai. Who was she?

(1) Playback Singer
(2) Actress
(3) Historian
(4) Scientist
(5) None of these

155. A treaty of friendship between India and Switzerland was signed as early as ———— soon after India’s independence.

(1) 1944
(2) 1945
(3) 1946
(4) 1947
(5) 1948

156. Who has been appointed the New Prime Minister of Palestine’?

(1) Dr. Kami Hamdallah
(2) Mahmoud Abbas
(3) Salaam Fayyad
(4) Kamal el-Sheikh
(5) None of these

157. NTPC has an installed capacity of——MW through 16 coal based, two solar renewable, 7 gas /liquid fuel and 7 Joint Venture power stations.

(1) 11,184
(2) 21,184
(3) 31,184
(4) 41,184
(5) 51,184

158. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme at Tumkur (Karnataka). With this, DBTL Scheme has become operational in how many districts of the country?

(1) 18
(2) 20
(3) 22
(4) 24
(5) 26
159. India and———signed three MoUs on buffalo meat, fisheries and Pharmaceuticals; and one agreement on feed and feed ingredients.

(1) Pakistan
(2) Nepal
(3) China
(4) Bhutan
(5) Bangladesh

160. Who has won the German Cup 2013?

(1) Stuttgart
(2) Borussia Dortmund
(3) Barcelona
(4) Bayern Munich
(5) None of these

161. The IAF training academy inducted basic trainer aircraft Pilatus, PC-7 MK-II, recently. It is has been built by

(1) Switzerland
(2) France
(3) China
(4) Iran
(5) Russia

162. Consider the following statements:

A. DBTL Scheme has become operational in 28 districts of the country.
B. The subsidy on LPG cylinders in the districts would be provided directly to consumers in their Aadhar linked bank accounts.
C. The scheme was launched in five districts as a pilot project.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both A and B
(3) Only B
(4) Both B and C
(5) A, B and C

163. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul took oath as the new Chief Justice of the _ High Court

(1) Rajasthan
(2) Punjab and Haryana
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra
(5) Tamil Nadu

164. Which of the following states became the first in the country to launch the country’s first tourist seaplane service?

(1) Karnataka
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Kerala
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(5) Goa

165. India and _ have agreed to exchange information to combat terrorism and curb criminal activities like human and drug trafficking

(1) Bangladesh
(2) Nepal
(3) Myanmar
(4) Mauritius
(5) Pakistan

166. Consider the following statements:

A. ISRO has established an endowed fellowship at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology.
B. The fellowship provides an excellent opportunity to one meritorious graduating student from the Aerospace Departement of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.
C. This fellowship is established in honor of Prof. Satish Dhawan.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only B
(4) Both A and B
(5) A, B and C

167. Consider the following statements:

A. PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated a renovated Shopping Complex in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, recently
B. The Shopping Complex includes Shakti Haat, an outlet where SHGs of Rashtrapati Bhavan will market their products.
C. This Kendriya Bhandar retail store at President’s Estate is the 94th outlet in Delhi and first in the President’s Estate.

Which of the above is/are FALSE?

(1) Only C
(2) Only B
(3) Both A and B
(4) Only A
(5) Both B and C

168. Which of the following is/are TRUE?

A. India and Singapore signed an agreement to extend the use of training and exercise facilities in India by the Singapore Army.
B. The period for which it has been extended is l0 years.
C. The agreement was signed by the Indian Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur and the Singaporean Permanent Secretary of Defence Chiang Chie Foo.
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Both A and C
(4) Only B
(5) Only C

169. Consider the following statements:

A. RailTel Corporation signed an MoU with IIT Ahmedabad for establishing RailTel IIT Roorkee Centre of Excellence in Telecom.
B. India got its 8th Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE) after this MoU was signed.
C. RailTel shall fund the TCOE through 100% budgetary support over 5 year period.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only B
(4) Both A and B
(5) A,B and C

170. Consider the following statements:

A. CCI and ACCC signed a MOU on Cooperation recently.
B. ACCC here stands for African Competition and Consumer Commission.
C. The MOU provides for sharing information on significant developments in competition policy and enforcement developments in the respective jurisdictions.
Which of the above is/are FALSE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Both A and B
(4) Only B
(5) Only C

171. Consider the following statements;

A. The Finance Ministry has approved payment of 8.5 per cent rate interest for 2012-13 on PF
B. It has been raised from 8.25 per cent in the previous fiscal.
C. The notification will enable EPFO to settle claims at 8.5 per cent for FY2012-13.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only C
(4) Both A and B
(5) A, B and C

172. Consider the following statements;

A. According to United States Department of Agriculture report, China is expected to become the largest rice importer this year.
B. China’s rice imports this year will surge to three million metric tones.
C. Earlier it was 2.34 million tones.
D. It would also make China outstrip Namibia to become the world’s largest rice importer.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) A, B, C
(3) Only B
(4) Both A and D
(5) B, C and D

173. Consider the following statements:

A. Air Asia India has appointed Mitru Chandilya as its Finance Head.
B. Earlierhe was the Head of the Asia-Pacific division of global search firm Egon Zehnder International.
C. Egon Zehnder International is a search firm focused on advisory leadership in Aviation, Travel and Hospitality, among other things.
Which of the above Is/are FALSE?
(1) Only C
(2) Both A and B
(3) Only A
(4) Both B and C
(5) Only B

174. Consider the following statements:

A. Moody’s said Indian economy is expected to pick up and grow in the range of 5.5-6.5 percentin2013.
B. The global rating agency also said that the country is straggling to boost investment and economic growth.
C. growth is projected to improve further to 6-7 percent in 2016.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both A and B
(3) Only B
(4) Both A and C
(5) A, B and C

175. Consider the following statements:

A. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to allow GAIL and RINL to undertake direct chartering of ships.
B. Earlier they used to go through the centralized chartering organization under the Ministry of Shipping and Road Transport, namely TRANSCHART.
C. Both the companies (mentioned in A) at present import around 14-19 million tonnes of coking coal annually.
Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only C
(4) Only B
(5) Both A and C

176. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

A. Oil tanker Pratibha Cauvery has been sold for Rs. l6 crore.
B. The High Court has recently confirmed the sale to the successful bidder Baltanas Shipping Limited in Charlestown.
C. It is the same oil tanker which has been entangled in litigations after it ran aground drowning six sailors in October last year.
(1) Only C
(2) Only B
(3) Both B and C
(4) Only A
(5) A, B and C

177. Consider the following statements:

A. Government has decided to allow “put” and “call” options in share purchase agreements.
B. The move will be made to permit listed companies to buy or sell equity at a predetermined price in future.
C. Under the Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, put and call options are treated as derivatives and are not permitted outside stock exchanges.
Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Both A and B
(4) Only B
(5) A, B and C

178. Consider the following statements:

A. The ADB and GOI have signed a USD 210 million loan agreement.
B. The agreement is for improving urban services, including water supply, in Jammu and Srinagar.
C. The loan would be for 25 years, and would include a grace period of five years.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Both B and C
(2) Only A
(3) Both A and B
(4) Only B
(5) Only C

179. Consider the following statements:

A. The Finance Ministry has implemented one-time amnesty scheme for service tax defaulters to pay their due without any penalty or late payment charges.
B. The name of the scheme is ‘Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme’.
C. The first-of-its-kind scheme was introduced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram while presenting budget for 2014-15.
Which of the above is/are FALSE?
(1) Only A
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only C
(4) Both A and B
(5) A, B and C

180. Consider the following statements:

A. Greek ship owners have recently signed contracts to buy 162 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies.
B. The shipping industry is one of the most important sectors for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
C. The orders accounted for more than 60 per cent of the recent global orders of Greek ship owners.

Which of the above is/are TRUE?
(1) Boths A and B
(2) Both B and C
(3) Only C
(4) Only B
(5) None of these