GENERAL AWARENESS

141. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram is a new initiative aimed at screening over crore children from 0 to 18 years for 4 Ds.

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

142. National Safe Motherhood Day was observed across India on———.

(1) 10 April 2013
(2) 11 April 2013
(3) 12 April 2013
(4) 13 April 2013
(5) 14 April 2013

143. Stephen Hales was the first to measure arterial blood pressure in——.

(1) 1533
(2) 1633
(3) 1733
(4) 1833
(5) 1933

144. President has appointed Justice and Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as Judges of the Supreme Court of India.

(1) Ponugoti Naveen Rao
(2) Arjan Kumar Sikri
(3) Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
(4) Akula Venkata Sesha Sai
(5) None of these

145. Feodor Lynenin—discovered how cholesterol is formed from human cells, investigated lipid metabolism in the body and enabled medical science to find ways of arresting abnormal growth of fat in blood.

(1) 1916
(2) 1962
(3) 1963
(4) 1964
(5) 1965

146. Who will acquire France based enterprise solutions provider Alti SA for 75 millioneuros?

(1) Infosys
(2) Wipro
(3) Tata Consultancy Services
(4) HCL
(5) None of these

147. Stethoscope was invented in

(1) 1419
(2) 1519
(3) 1169
(4) 1719
(5) 1819

148. Who won silver in the 50 kg boys’ category at Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 8 April 2013 in the world youth weightlifting championships 2013?

(1) Deepak Lather
(2) Ravi Kumar
(3) R. Venkat Rahul
(4) Jamjang Deru
(5) None of these

149. Today half a billion people i.e., ——of the world’s population are considered obese.

(1) 10%
(2) 12%
(3) 14%
(4) 16%
(5) 18%

150. Which country successfully test fired the nuclear capable Hatf-IV ballistic missile on 10 April 2013?

(1) Afghanistan
(2) Pakistan
(3) Iran
(4) North Korea
(5) None of these

151. The National Maritime Day is celebrated on of April every year since the year 1964.

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

152. Who was sworn-in as the new President of Kenya?

(1) Uhuru Kenyatta
(2) Raila Odinga
(3) Yoweri Museveni
(4) Jomo Kenyatta
(5) None of these

153. Indian shipping fleet constitute vessels of 10.3 million GT (15.3 million DWT) and the Indian flag is ranked 18th in the world.

(1) 1162
(2) 1262
(3) 1362
(4) 1462
(5) 1562

154. Which state decided to set up the first public health university in India?

(1) Odisha
(2) West Bengal
(3) Assam
(4) Mizoram
(5) None of these

155. National Maritime Day is commemorated to mark the sailing of the fist Indian flagged ship “S. Loyalty” which sailed from Mumbai on this date in the year —.

(1) 1919
(2) 1929
(3) 1939
(4) 1949
(5) 1959

156. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2013-14?

(1) N. Chandrasekaran
(2) R. Chandrasekaran
(3) Krishna kumar Natarjan
(4) B. Muthuramna
(5) None of these

157. India is blessed with over kms coastline and has a wide network of rivers in many parts of the country.

(1) 4500
(2) 5500
(3) 6500
(4) 7500
(5) 8500

158. Who won the Family Circle Cup 2013 ?

(1) Venus Williams
(2) Serena Williams
(3) Jelena Jankovic
(4) Maria Sharapova
(5) None of these

159. India is home to km of navigable inland water way, of which 36% of major rivers and 3% of canals are conducive to the movement of mechanized vessels.

(1) 10, 500
(2) 11, 500
(3) 12, 500
(4) 13, 500
(5) 14, 500

160. Who has appointed Indian golfer, Jeev Milkha Singh as its brand ambassador?

(1) Hyundai
(2) Honda
(3) Maruti Suzuki
(4) Volvo
(5) None of these

161. The Minister of Railways, Government of India Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurated the—— Meeting of Railways of South and South East Asian Countries.

(1) 7th
(2) 8th
(3) 9th
(4) 10th
(5) 11th

162. When is World Autism Awareness Day observed?

(1) 2 April
(2) 12April
(3) 22 April
(4) 25 April
(5) 27 April

163. The prestigious 60th National Film Awards for the year 2012 were announced at a joint Press Conference. The award for the best feature film has been conferred to———.

(1) Chittagong
(2) Dhag
(3) Paan Singh Tomar
(4) Vicky Donor
(5) Cancer Katha

164. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories?

(1) K. Anji Reddy
(2) G.V. Prasad
(3) Satish Reddy
(4) Dilip Shanghvi
(5) None of these

165. President, Pranab Mukherjee attended the —— Annual Convocation of University of Delhi and conferred medals to meritorious students on March 19,2013.

(1) 50th
(2) 60th
(3) 70th
(4) 80th
(5) 90th

166. Who took charge as Secretary, Department of Telecom?

(1) Kapil Sibal
(2) M. F. Farooqui
(3) Saurabh Chandra
(4) Krishna Narayanan
(5) None of these

167. National Mission on Libraries (NML) was constituted in May,—.

(1) 2008
(2) 2009
(3) 2010
(4) 2011
(5) 2012

168. Who won the ATP Miami Masters 2013?

(1) David Ferrer
(2) Roger Federer
(3) Andy Murray
(4) Rafael Nadal
(5) None of these

169. Union Minister for Mines, conferred the National Geoscience Awards-2011 to outstanding Geoscientists at a function organized by the Ministry of Mines. Who is Union Minister for Mines?

(1) Paban Singh Ghatowar
(2) Tariq Anwar
(3) Chandresh Kumari Katoch
(4) Dinsha J.Patel
(5) None of these

170. Who clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali 20-20 Championship title?

(1) Punjab
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Gujarat
(5) None of these

171. India would be the third largest aviation market by——.

(1) 2015
(2) 2020
(3) 2025
(4) 2030
(5) 2035

172. Who won the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2013?

(1) Australia
(2) India
(3) South Africa
(4) England
(5) None of these

173. Based on there commendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its meeting held on March 6, 2013, the Government has approved 6 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs.——- crore approximately.

(1) 332.77
(2) 42.77
(3) 532.77
(4) 632.77
(5) 732.77

174. Brazil and—— signed the currency swap agreement on 26 March 2013 in Durban, South Africa.

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

175. Who has been awarded as the most Efficient Maharatna in Manufacturing for the year 2012 by a leading Stock Magazine at the 4th DSIJ Award held in New Delhi?

(1) NTPC Limited
(2) BHEL
(3) SAIL
(4) ONGC Limited
(5) None of these

176. Consider the following statements:

A. India plans to launch its first navigational satellite in August.
B. The first satellite of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation will be launched by PSLV-C22.
C. IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system, designed to provide position accuracy of better than 10 metres over India.

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

177. Consider the following statements

A. Government has, recently, instituted national awards in the field of prevention of Alcoholism and Drag abuse and rehabilitation of its victims.
B. The Awards are open to all Indian Institutions, Organizations excluding Gram Panchayats.
C. 26th June, every year, has been declared as the “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”.

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

178. Consider the following statements!

A. CM J. Jayalalithaa has declared additional 15 cities as heritage cities to safeguard heritage places in Tamil Nadu, recently.
B. She has also announced that Rs. 1 crore will be given each to them to undertake development work.
C. The AIADMK government during its previous regimes had announced a total of 69 cities as “heritage cities”.

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

179. Consider the following statements:

A. P. Chidambaram presented National Tourism Awards for the year 2011 -12.
B. Andhra Pradesh has bagged the best state award for comprehensive development of tourism in the rest of India category of National Tourism Award 2011 -12.
C. The Best Heritage city award has gone to Warangal.
D. Amritsar Heritage Walk and Delhi Heritage Walk have been declared joint winner of the best Heritage Walk Award.

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

180. Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?

A. Dinsha J. Patel conferred the National Geosciences Awards-2011 to outstanding Geoscientists.
B. Dinsha J. Patel is the Union Minister for Science and Technology.
C. The awards are given for outstanding contribution in the fields of basic and applied geosciences.

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