141. Jayanthi Natarajan, presented this year’s “Young Environmentalist of the Year Award 2013” to Arundhati Srivastava, from New Delhi. Who is Jayanthi Natarajan?

(1) Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests
(2) Minister for Environment & Forests
(3) UN Resident Coordinator
(4) Member, Planning Commission
(5) None of these

142. Georges Moustaki died in the French Mediterranean city of Nice. Who was he?

(1) Singer
(2) Author
(3) Songwriter
(4) l and 3
(5) None of these

143. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Phase-I of redevelopment of Safdarjung Hospital with an estimated cost of Rs.——crore.

(1) 1, 332
(2) 2, 332
(3) 3, 332
(4) 4, 332
(5) 5, 332

144. Veteran playback singer T. M. Soundararajan passed away.

(1) Telugu
(2) Tamil
(3) Malayalam
(4) Marathi
(5) Bengali

145. President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University at———.

(1) Jabalpur
(2) Indore
(3) Gwalior
(4) Sheopur
(5) Bhopal

146. Dr. Vina Mazumdar died at the age of 86. Who was she?

(1) Academic
(2) Journalist
(3) Researcher
(4) 1 and 3
(5) None of these

147. Decade of——— has been declared as the decade of innovation.

(1) 2010-20
(2) 2020-30
(3) 2030-40
(4) 2040-50
(5) 2050-60

148. Well known — music director and playback singer Jetti Veera Raghavulu died.

(1) Telugu
(2) Tamil
(3) Malayalam
(4) Marathi
(5) Bengali

149. At the initiative of Ministry of Tourism under the aegis of Dr. K. Chiranjeevi, Archeological Survey of India has agreed to the proposal of ONGC for adopting — monuments under Campaign Clean India.

(1) 6
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 12
(5) 14

150. At the time of Independence in 1947, India had how many steel plants?

(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
(5) 6

151. Foreign Exchange Earnings from tourism increased by more than——in May 2013 over May 2012.

(1) 5 percent
(2) 6percent
(3) 7 percent
(4) 8percent
(5) 9 percent

152. According to the United Nation, by which year India will become the world’s most populous country?

(1) 2018
(2) 2028
(3) 2038
(4) 2048
(5) 2058

153. India continues to hold the 4th position in global crude steel production for the past 3 years.The Crude Steel production in India has grown by——in 2012.

(1) 1.3%
(2) 2.3%
(3) 3.3%
(4) 4.3%
(5) 5.3%

154. Who is the UN Secretary General?

(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(2) BanKi-moon
(3) Kofi Annan
(4) U Thant
(5) None of these

155. World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated on——-

(1) 11 June
(2) 12 June
(3) 13 June
(4) 14 June
(5) 15 June

156. Who have won the Men’s Doubles title of the French Open 2013?

(1) Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling
(2) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
(3) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
(4) Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek
(5) None of these

157. The Central Government has appointed Dr. Bijai Narain Mani and Dr. Gurjeet Singh as parttime Members of the — Law Commission of India.

(1) 10th
(2) 20th
(3) 30th
(4) 40th
(5) 50th

158. Who has won the Men’s Singles title of the French Open2013?

(1) Leander Paes
(2) Rafael Nadal
(3) Andy Murray
(4) Novak Djokovic
(5) None of these

159. The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the proposal for submitting guarantees sought by the AIFF from the Government of India for their bid to host the FIFA Under 17 World Cup Football Tournament in — in India.

(1) 2014
(2) 2015
(3) 2016
(4) 2017
(5) 2018

160. Who has won the Women’s Singles title of the French Open2013?

(1) Li Na
(2) Maria Sharapova
(3) Serena Williams
(4) Victoria Azarenka
(5) None of these

161. In Uttar Pradesh, about——- MW of grid interactive power generation capacity have been installed through renewable energy sources.

(1) 424
(2) 524
(3) 624
(4) 724
(5) 824

162. When is World No-Tobacco Day observed?

(1) 21st May
(2) 31st May
(3) 21st June
(4) 31st June
(5) None of these

163. The Union Cabinet approved classifying ——— as a ‘Classical Language’.

(1) Tamil
(2) Malayalam
(3) Telugu
(4) Marathi
(5) Bengali

164. Nearly how many people across the world die because of direct or indirect use of tobacco every year?

(1) 2 million
(2) 3 million
(3) 4 million
(4) 5 million
(5) 6 million

165. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the implementation of the project of 4-laning of the Dimapur-Kohima section of ——in the state of Nagaland.

(1) National Highway - 36
(2) National Highway - 37
(3) National Highway - 38
(4) National Highway - 39
(5) National Highway-40

166. Who is Bruno Aduordo Rodigies?

(1) Foreign Minister of Cuba
(2) Foreign Minister of Cambodia
(3) Foreign Minister of Chad
(4) Foreign Minister of Costa Rica
(5) None of these

167. About —— women die in India every year due to pregnancy related complications.

(1) 27, 000
(2) 37, 000
(3) 47, 000
(4) 57, 000
(5) 67,000

168. Which Company bagged a ` 1,100 crore contract from Department of Posts?

(1) Wipro
(2) Infosys
(3) HCL
(4) TCS
(5) None of these

169. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development?

(1) Shantha Sinha
(2) Kushal Singh
(3) Girija Vyas
(4) Mamta Sharma
(5) None of these

170. Who has been expelled by BJP Party from Primary Membership for Six Years?

(1) Ananth Kumar
(2) Nitin Gadkari
(3) Ranjit Sinha
(4) Ram Jethmalani
(5) None of these

171. Consider the following statements:

A. A Group of Ministers approved merging of 147 Centrally Sponsored Schemes into 70 across various sectors.
B. It is for efficient implementation and monitoring in the 12th Five Year Plan.
C. A Group of Ministers was headed by Agriculture Minister Pallam Raju.

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

172. Consider the following statements:

A. The government launched three Aadhaar-based services to authenticate beneficiaries before delivering services to them.
B. The services are authentication using the iris, one time pin received on registered mobile number and e-KYC.
C. Aadhaar Kendra permanent enrollment centres will also be established to facilitate enrollment of residents left out.

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

173. Union Minister Veerapa Moily was presented with a “Global Citizen Award” by a university for his role in transforming Bangalore as a global IT hub. Which university gave it to him?

(1) Europe Institute of Technology
(2) Australian Institute of Technology
(3) Asian Institute of Technology
(4) Indian Institute of Technology
(5) American Institute of Technology

174. Consider the following statements:

A. Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed Defence Secretary.
B. Shashikant Sharma has taken over as Comptroller and Auditor General.
C. Shashikant Sharma succeeded V. S. Sampath.
D. Defence Secretary will have a tenure of two years from the date of joining office.

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

175. The Centre has cleared a proposal to grant the famous Rajaji National Park the status of a tiger reserve. It is located in

(1) Rajasthan
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Uttarakhand
(5) Punjab

176. _____panchayats of J&K have been conferred awards by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj under the Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Initiative Scheme.

(1) Three
(2) Two
(3) Five
(4) Six
(5) Seven

177. Thanjavur airbase, recently inaugurated is going to be another strategically important airbase of the Indian Air Force. Who inaugurated it?

(1) Finance Minister P Chidambaram
(2) President Pranab Mukherjee
(3) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
(4) Defence Minister AK Antony
(5) Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde

178. Consider the following statements:

A. A short film based on the project affected people of Tarapur Atomic Power Station has won the ‘Yellow Oscar’ award.
B. The film won the award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil.
C. It could not be released in India due to certain objections raised by the Censor Board.

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

179. Consider the following statements:

A. Maharashtra has become the only state in the country to have achieved its target in the Saakshar Bharat’ scheme.
B. The state educated over 17.25 lakh adults under the scheme.
C. Saakshar Bharat’ is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development.

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

180. Consider the following statements:

A. India and Thailand signed the extradition treaty after 40 years of intense negotiations.
B. Both the countries agreed to pursue Infrastructure development corridors on the lines of India-Myanmar- Thailand highway project.
C. India and Thailand signed seven agreements.

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