140. How many ATM withdrawals per month are allowed to
‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit
Account’ holders according to a RBI notification on August 10, 2012?
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
(5) 6
Answer : 3
141. Recently who among the following Bollywood actress
has been appointed as UN Goodwill
Ambassador for UNAIDS?
(1) Priyanka Chopra
(2) Sushmita Sen
(3) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(4) Kareena Kapoor
(5) Vidya Balan
Answer : 3
142. The T. L. Shankar committee report deals with which
among the following area?
(1) Sugar
(2) Telecommunications
(3) Land reforms
(4) Railway safety
(5) Coal sector
Answer : 3
143. Who among the following was appointed as new
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) in August 2012?
(1) Poonam Kishore Saxena
(2) K.V. Chowdary
3) Sudha Sharma
(4) R. K. Tewari
(5) S.S. Rana
Answer : 1
144. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar laid the
foundation stone of the National
Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM) at ……… on October 7, 2012.
(1) Bhopal
(2) Nagpur
(3) Raipur
(4) Lucknow
(5) Kochi
Answer : 3
145. Which of the following built the Indian Coast
Guard’s ‘Samudra Paheredar’ commissioned in
July 2012?
(1) L&T Shipbuilding
(2) ABG Shipyard
(3) Mazagaon Dock
(4) Hindustan Shipyard
(5) Garden Reach
Shipbuilding
Answer : 2
146. Who among the following was crowned Miss World 2012
in the contest organised in August 2012?
(1) Esonica Veira
(2) Wen Xia Yu
(3) Sophie Moulds
(4) Jessica Kahawaty
(5) Malaika Mushandu
Answer : 2
147. Which of the following declared house sparrow as
its “State Bird” in August 2012?
(1) Goa
(2) Gujarat
(3) Odisha
(4) Delhi
(5) Haryana
Answer : 4
148. Which country’s parliament appointed Mohammed
Magarief as its president in August 2012?
(1) Ethiopia
(2) Algeria
(3) Libya
(4) Tunisia
(5) Morocco
Answer : 3
149. Which of the following has launched the
‘Sagarbandhu’ project to improve livelihood
opportunities of fishermen in Gujarat?
(1) ONGC
(2) Adani
(3) Tata Power
(4) Maruti Suzuki
(5) Pipavav Shipyard
Answer : 3
150. Which neighbouring country announced an end to more
than four decades of media censorship in
August 2012?
(1) Nepal
(2) Bhutan
(3) Myanmar
(4) Sri Lanka
(5) Bangladesh
Answer : 2
151. Where was the Global Nutrition Meet organised in
August 2012?
(1) Paris
(2) London
(3) Geneva
(4) New Delhi
(5) Beijing
Answer : 2
152. In which state’s capital was the Organisation to
Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)
launched in August 2012?
(1) Odisha
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Kerala
(4) Karnataka
(5) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : 5
153. With which country has India conducted the
INDRA-2012 joint counter-terrorism exercise in August 2012?
(1) Vietnam
(2) Mongolia
(3) France
(4) Russia
(5) Kazakhstan
Answer : 4
154. The government on August 24, 2012 decided to
increase its stake in ……… to 55.57 per cent
by converting optionally convertible debentures (OCD) into equity.
(1) NABARD
(2) SIDBI
(3) IFCI
(4) NHB
(5) IRTC
Answer : 3
155. A double decker train between Delhi and which of
the following destinations was launched on
August 24, 2012?
(1) Chandigarh
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bhopal
(4) Jaipur
(5) Pune
Answer : 4
156. India became the first country in the world to
introduce national standards for organic ………
with the launch of the “Indian Standards for Organic ……… on July 30, 2012”.
(1) Foods
(2) Farming
(3) Textiles
(4) Medicines
(5) Construction
Answer : 3
157. Who among the following is ranked No. 1 in the
‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ list
released by the Forbesmagazine in August 2012?
(1) Hillary Clinton
(2) Dilma Rousseff
(3) Michele Obama
(4) Angela Merkel
(5) Christine Lagarde
Answer : 4
158. In which of the following weight categories did
Mary Kom win a bronze medal in boxing
at the London Olympic Games in July-August 2012?
(1) 51 Kg Flyweight
(2) 56 Kg Bantamweight
(3) 60 Kg Lightweight
(4) 64 Kg Welterweight
(5) 75 Kg Middleweight
Answer : 1
159. Former RBI Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath was
appointed as Chairperson of which of the
following organisations on August 1, 2012?
(1) National Housing Bank
(2) National Securities
and Depositories Ltd
(3) Clearing Corporation
of India Ltd
(4) Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corpo- ration of India
(5) Bharatiya Reserve Bank
Note Mudran Private Ltd
Answer : 3
160. Lance Armstrong, who was in news recently, for facing
a life ban for doping, is well-known
for his association with which sport?
(1) Weightlifting
(2) Boxing
(3) Cycling
(4) Athletics
(5) Swimming
Answer : 3
