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1 BANKING AWARENESS 1. Tata Steel Ltd. in April 2011 agreed to sell a stake in its unit Tata Refractories to Japan's Krosaki mareme Corp. (2) 41 per cent (3) 49 per cent (4) 51 per cent (5) 60 per cent 2. IT training company NUT Ltd. in April 2011 sold its entire stake in Neo Multimedia Ltd. to Earth Infrastructures for. (1) ` 30 crore (2) ` 32 crore (3) ` 35 crore (4)`38 crore (5) `41 crore 3. Domestic airlines passenger traffic expanded by in four years leading upto , according to data released by the aviation regulator. (1) 4 million (2) 6 million (3) 8 million (4) 9 million (5) 10 million 4. State Bank of India in April 2011 hired banks to help it borrow $300 million in a three year loan. (1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 9 (5) Hindustan Zinc Ltd. in April 2011 reported a jump in its net profit at ` crore for the quarter ended March (1) 40 per cent (2) per cent (3) 41 per cent (4) 42 per cent (5) per cent 6. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. in April 2011 announced to raise its spending by to expand capacity and develop new models. (1) 10 per cent (2) 19 per cent (3) 26 per cent (4) 30 per cent (5) 33 per cent 7. How much duty is imposed by the government on jute products in April 2011? (1) 5 per cent (2) 7 per cent (3) 9 per cent (4) 10 per cent (5) 12 per cent 8. Matrix Partners India in April 2011 announced an investment of in Maharana Infrastructure and Professional Services to higher education institutes in North India. (1) ` 10 crore (2) ` 35 crore (3) ` 50 crore (4) ` 60 crore (5) ` 75 crore 9. Global hospitality chain Intercontinental Hotels Group in April 2011 announced to invest in India over the next five years. (1) $30 million (2) $35 million (3) $ 40 million (4) $ 45 million (5) $ 50 million 10. State run National Aluminium Co. Ltd. in April 2011 raised aluminium prices by per tonne in the domestic market. (1) `1000 (2) ` 2000 (3) ` 3000 (4) ` 4000 (5) ^ The American chemicals major Huntsman Corp. in April 2011 took over Gujarat based. (1) Laffans Petrochemicals (2) Buffen Petro (3) Agro Chemical (4) Punj Lloyd 12. Total tax collection in India till March 2011 is expected to reach (1) `6 trillion (2) ` 6.72 trillion (3) ` 7 trillion (4)`7.92 trillion (5) `8.5 trillion 13. Mumbai home prices in 2011 so far have declined by from their 2010 peak as lower sales, higher land values and increased borrowing costs forced developers to.reduce prices. (1) 5 per cent (2) 10 per cent (3) 12 per cent (4) 15 per cent (5) 20 per cent 14. Car maker Ford India Pvt. Ltd. in April 2011 hiked the price of its small car Figo by in order to minimize the impact of rising commodity rates. (1) 1 per cent (2) 1.5 per cent (3) 2 per cent (4) 2.5 per cent (5) 3 per cent 15. London listed power producer Greenko Group in April 2011 announced to set up a 300 MW wind farm in entailing an investment of around $ 400 million. (1) Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Kamataka (4) Gujarat (5) Bihar 16. Data services and IT solutions provider Tulip Telecom Ltd. in April 2011 announced to offload its entire stake in the joint venture with Qualcomm Inc. (1) 5 per cent (2) 7 per cent (3) 10 per cent (4) 11 percent (5) 13 per cent 17. The diversified Aditya Birla Group in April 2011 acquired Domsjo for. (1) $ 430 million (2) $ 400 million (3) $ 375 million (4) $ 360 million (5) $ 340 million 18. Nasdaq listed online travel and expense management company Concur Technologies Inc. in April 2011 bought a minority stake in Cleartrip Travel Services Pvt. Ltd. for. (1) $ 50 million (2) $ 40 million (3) $ 30 million (4) $ 20 million (5) $ 10 million

2 19. Which bank in April 2011 completed the acquisition of erstwhile Memon Co-operative Bank Ltd? (1) BankofBaroda (2) Indian Bank (3) Union Bank (4) Canara Bank (5) Central Bank 20. Which bank in March 2011 unveiled its first Solar powered, Voice enabled Biometric Rural ATM in Ludhiyna? (1) Punjab National Bank (2) Union Bank of India (3) City Bank (4) BankofBaroda (5) Indian Bank 21. Oriental Bank of Commerce in March 2011 approved the preferential allotment of equity shares of to the government. (1) 1700 crore (2) ^ 1740 crore (3) ^ 1800 crore (4) 1825 crore (5) 1890 crore 22. Chemicals and fertilizers company Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd. in March 2011 announced to set up a technical ammonium nitrate plant in. (1) China (2) America (3) Brazil (4) Australia (5) Bangladesh 23. Indian's iron ore exports in February 2011 dropped by from a year ago. (1) 16 per cent (2) 16.7 per cent (3) 17.1 per cent (4) 17.8 per cent (5) 18.6 per cent 24. Wipro Technologies in April 2011 acquired the oil and gas IT practice of US-headquartered Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for. (1) $70 million (2) $ 100 million (3) $ 120 million (4) $ 150 million (5) $ 170 million 25. State owned oil furnis in April 2011 hiked jet fuel prices by the 12th increase in rates in a row since October (1) 1 per cent (2) 1.4 per cent (3) 2 per cent (4) 2.3 per cent (5) 3 per cent 26. Tata Steel Ltd. In April 2011 made the Tinplate Co. of India Ltd. its subsidiary by increasing its stake in the company by. (1) 14 per cent (2) 16 per cent (3) per cent (4) 17.9 per cent (5) 19.3 per cent 27. Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. in April 2011 signed contracts for the acquisition of two resale Supramax bulk carrier with. (1) China (2) Japan (3) America (4) South Korea (5) Indonesia 28. India, the world second largest wheat producer, in April 2011 increased the minimum price at which the government buys grain from farmers by (1) 2.0 per cent (2) 2.5 per cent (3) 3.0 per cent (4) 4.5 per cent (5) 5 per cent 29. Which bank in April 2011 withdrew its so called teaser home loans scheme, buckled by the pressure from Indian banking regulator? (1) Punjab National Bank (2) State Bank of India (3) Canara Bank (4) BankofBaroda (5) ICICI Bank 30. The Cabinet Committee in April 2011 approved for rolling out the e-district Mission Mode Project (MMP) in all the 640 districts within four years. (1) ^ 1000 crore (2) f 1250 crore (3) ^ 1663 crore (4) ^ 2000 crore (5) ^ 2250 crore 31. Net profit of private sector lender ING Vysya Bank in witnessed an increase of. (1) 16 per cent (2) 18 per cent (3) 24 per cent (4) 30 per cent (5) 32 per cent 32. Which company in April 2011 signed a licensing pact with Rio Tinto Pic to support technological and commercial development of the direct iron ore smelting process? (1) SAIL (2) Ispat Industries (3) Uttam Galva (4) Tata Steel (5) All of these 33. The International Finance Corp. in April 2011 gave out loan to India's Ganesa Wind Turbines to help build a wind turbine assembly facility? (1) ^40 crore (2) ^ 47 crore (3) ^ 60 crore (4) ^ 67 crore (5) 71 crore 34. Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. in April 2011 approved the proposal to make Prize Petroleum its subsidiary. (1) 20 per cent (2) 40 per cent (3) 60 per cent (4) 80 per cent (5) 100 per cent 35. Singapore based SingTel in April 2011 increased its stake in India's Bharti Airtel to with the purchase of shares worth about "5^ 93 crore. (1) 26 per cent (2) 26.9 per cent (3) 29 per cent (4) 30 per cent (5) per cent 36. The Central government co-promoted National Skill Development Corp. (NSDC) in April 2011 announced to provide loans to job skills. (1) ^ 16 crore (2) ^ crore (3) 17 crore (4) ^ 18 crore (5) ^F 18.4 crore 37. India's Taurean Manganese in April 2011 announced its plans to invest $ 150 million to build a manganese processing plant in (1) South Africa (2) Zambia (3) Denmark (4) Brazil (5) Canada

3 38. National Insurance Co. Ltd. in April 2011 declared that it has clocked a growth in its total premium income in (2) 31.7 per cent (3) 32 per cent (4) per cent (5) 34 per cent 39. Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd. in April 2011 acquired coal mine for $ 24 million in. (1) Indonesia (2) Zambia (3) Namibia (4) Kenya (5) Antarctica 40. Reliance Group company Reliance Power Ltd. in April 2011 won five hydropower projects on competitive bidding in with a combined installed capacity of 672 MW. (1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Kamataka (5) Kerala 41. Auto maker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. in April 2011 raised prices of its entire range of ve- (1) ` 7000 (2) ` 9000 (3) `11000 (4) ` (5) ` Global miner Rio Tinto in April 2011 won control over Riversdale Mining Ltd. with a offer. (1) $ 1 billion (2) $2 billion (3) $ 3 billion (4) $ 4 billion (5) $ 5 billion 43. Tata Steel Ltd.'s sales from its Indian operations rose by in the fiscal year to 6.41 mt. (1) 5 per cent (2) 4 per cent (3) 3 per cent (4) 2 per cent (5) 1 per cent 44. According to data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, telecom operators added mobile subscribers in February (1) 17 million (2) 19.5 million (3) 20.2 million (4) 23 million (5) 25.6 million 45. The Philippines port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. in April 2011 announced to open a new container terminal by January 2012 in (1) Kerala (2) Kamataka (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Punjab (5) Haryana 46. Credit offtake from Public and private banks grew by over in one year period ended 25 March, (1) 14 per cent (2) 16.7 per cent (3) 19 per cent (4) 21.5 per cent (5) 23 per cent 47. According to data by the Income Tax Department, income tax refunded in fiscal year to tax payers across the country. (1) ` (2) ` (3) ` (4) ` (5) ` The Reserve Bank of India in April 2011 has imposed penalty of each on two Gujarat based cooperative sector lenders for violations of various rules. (1) ` 1 lakh (2) ` 1.25 lakh (3) ` 1.5 lakh (4) ` 1.75 lakh (5) ` 2 lakh 49. Emami Ltd. in April 2011 acquired the exclusive India rights of a skin care technology from Mibelle Biochemistry of. (1) Switzerland (2) Denmark (3) Sweden (4) Australia (5) Italy 50. India's imports of coal from South Africa rose In the year ending March (1) 2 per cent (2) 4 per cent (3) 6 per cent (4) 8 per cent (5) 9 per cent 51. Bajaj Auto Ltd. in April 2011 reported a rise in sales in March (1) 12 per cent (2) 11 per cent (3) 10 per cent (4) 9 per cent (5) 8 per cent 52. State owned Central Bank of India in April 2011 reduced fixed deposit rates for term deposits with maturity of days by_. (1) 0.25 per cent (2) 0.5 per cent (3) 0.75 per cent (4) 1 per cent (5) 1.5 per cent 53. The Wyndham Hotel Group in April 2011 announced the signing of properties in India for its Ramada and Days Inn brands. (1) 10 (2) 8 (3) 7 (4) 5 (5) State owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. in April 2011 reported a increase in profit after tax to ` 6021 crore for the fiscal year (2) per cent (3) 36 per cent (4) per cent (5) per cent 55. Tata Motors Ltd. in March 2011 witnessed an increase of. in its global sales to units on robust demand for both commercial and passenger vehicles. (1) 5 per cent (2) 4 per cent (3) 3 per cent (4) 2 per cent (5) 1 per cent 56. The government in April 2011 notified export of (1) tonnes (2) tonnes (3) tonnes (4) tonnes (5) tonnes of sugar. 57. Nestle India Ltd. in April 2011 recommended a interim divident of per share for 2011 to its share holders. (1) ` 4 (2) ` 6 (3) ` 7 (4)` 8 (5) -` India's merchandise exports rose _ to $246 billion during the year (2) 32.4 per cent

4 (3) 34.6 per cent (4) 36 per cent (5) 37.5 per cent 59. India on March 29, 2011 approved foreign direct investment amounting to. (1) `6000 crore (2) ` 6800 crore (3) `7100 crore (4) ` 7300 crore (5) ` 7800 crore 60. Cost accountant s body Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) in March 2011 entered into an agreement with the department of to advise it on managing costs while carrying out its modernization plan. (1) Post (2) Railways (3) Income tax (4) All of these 61. India in March 2011 announced $ million in assistance for where a quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale killed 75 people. (1) China (2) Japan (3) Indonesia (4) Austria (5) Myanmar 62. The output of the six core infrastructure industries grew by in February 2011 supported by healthy expansion of various sectors. (1) 4 per cent (2) 4.9 per cent (3) 5.3 per cent (4) 6 per cent (5) 6.8 per cent 63. Financial Technologies India Ltd. in March 2011 refunded the excess amount of to IFCI Ltd. in connection with the MCX Stock Exchange Ltd. share sale deal. (1) `160 crore (2) ` 170 crore (3) ` 180 crore (4) ` 190 crore (5) ^ 200 crore 64. Essar Energy in March 2011 signed a pact with Shell UK Ltd. to acquire its oil refinery and associated assets at Stanlow for a consideration of. (1) $50 million (2) $ 100 million (3) $200 million (4) $ 300 million (5) $350 million 65. Tata Power Co. Ltd. in April 2011 won a contract worth more than from the Indian Air Force for modernisation of 30 airfields. (1) `500 crore (2) ` 600 crore (3) v 800 crore (4) `900 crore (5) `1000 crore 66. The ministry of corporate affairs in April 2011 relaxed norms relating to reporting employee salaries in a company's annual report. Now a company has to report to the government the names of employees who earn or more in a year. (1) ` 24 lakh (2) ` 40 lakh (3) ` 45 lakh (4) `51 lakh (5) ` 60 lakh 67. India in April 2011 imposed a three month ban on imports of food articles from the whole of (1) China (2) Japan (3) America (4) All of these 68. Who among the following is appointed as the Chairman of Microsoft India? (1) Bhaskar Pramanik (2) RaviAhuja (3) Prabhat Kumar (4) Anil Garg (5) Anuj Shukla 69. Anil Ambani led Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. in April 2011 announced its entry into the regional television space with the launch of Hindi entertainment channel. (1) BigB (2) Big Space (3) Big Magic (4) Big School (5) Big Village 70. Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. in March 2011 announced to invest around in a right issue by Tata Tele in which it owns a 26 per cent stake. (1) $ 110 million (2) $ 134 million (3) $ 160 million (4) $ 179 million (5) $ 190 million 71. The Securities and Exchange Board of India in April raised the limit for investment by foreign institutional investors in corporate bonds, issued by infrastructure companies from S 5 billion to. (1) $ 10 billion (2) $ 15 billion (3) $ 20 billion (4) $ 25 billion (5) $ 30 billion 72. Global staffing services firm Manpower Inc. in April 2011 acquired stake in Web Development Co. (1) 60 per cent (2) 64 per cent (3) 70 per cent (4) 74 per cent (5) 78 per cent 73. The Centre's fiscal deficit during April February 2011 worked out to be of the estimates, as per the data released in April (1) 70 per cent (2) 68.6 per cent (3) 65 per cent (4) 61.2 per cent (5) 57 per cent 74. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Apellate Tribunal in March 2011 stayed penalty imposed by the department of Telecommunication on Idea Cellular Ltd. (1) ` 10 crore (2) ` 20 crore (3) ` 30 crore (4) ` 40 crore (5) ` 50 crore 75. Swiss engineering group ABB in March 2011 clinched a order from the PowerGrid Corp. of India to deliver an ultra high voltage transmission system. (1) $400 million (2) $600 million (3) $ 70Q million (4) $ 800 million (5) $ 900 million 76. Which state in March 2011 announced to allot 1500 acres of land to world's largest steel maker Arcelor Mittal to setup a 6 million tonne steel Plant? (1) Kamataka (2) Bihar (3) Gujarat (4) West Bengal (5) Rajasthan 77. India's Tata Power Co. Ltd. in March 2011 entered into a partnership with Sunengy Pvt. Ltd.

5 for a pilot project, to build a lowcost solar powered plant that will float on water. The latter is a firm. (1) Australian (2) Argentinan (3) Canadian (4) Japanese (5) Chinese 78. An economic Survey of the state tabled in March 2011 declared as the most indebted state of India. (1) Bihar (2) Maharashtra (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Madhya Pradesh (5) Punjab 79. Jyothy Laboratories Ltd. in March 2011 acquired stake in Diamond Fabcare Pvt. Ltd. (1) 50 per cent (2) 54 per cent (3) 78 per cent (4) 93 per cent (5) 100 per cent 80. India's largest company by market value, Reliance Industries Ltd. in April 2011 recorded a year on year growth in ne1 profit for the quarter ended March (1) 10 per cent (2) per cent (3) per cent (4) 13 per cent (5) per cent 81. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd in April 2011 post a sequential rise in net profit for the fis cal fourth quarter. (1) 1 per cent (2) 2 per cent (3) 3 per cent (4) 4 per cent (5) 5 per cent ANSWERS 1. (4) 60 per cent 2. (2) f 32 crore 3. (5) 10 million 4.(5)10 5. (5)42.96 per cent 6. (5) 33 per cent 7. (4) 10 per cent 8. (3) ^ 50 crore 9. (1) $ 30 million 10. (5) ^ (1) Laffons Petrochemicals 12. (4) ^7.92 trillion 13. (5) 20 per cent 14. (1) 1 per cent 15. (3) Karnataka 16. (5) 13 per cent 17. (5) $ 340 million 18. (2) $ 40 million 19. (1) Bank of Baroda 20. (2) Union Bank of India 21. (2) 1740 crore 22. (4) Australia 23. (5) 18.6 per cent 24. (4)$ 150 million 25. (2) 1.4 per cent 26. (3) per cent 27. (1) China 28. (4)4.5 per cent 29. (2) State Bank oflndia 30. (3)^ 1663 crore 31. (5) 32 per cent 32. (4) Tata Steel 33. (5)^ 71 crore 34. (5) 100 per cent 35. (5) per cent 36. [5)x 18.4 crore 37. (2) Zambia 38. (4)32.32 per cent 39. (1) Indonesia 40. (3) Himachal Pradesh 41. (5)^ (4) $ 4 billion 43. (4) 2 per cent 44. (3) 20.2 million 45. (3) Tamil Nadu 46. (4)21.5 per cent 47. (5) ^ (1)^ 1 lakh 49. (1) Switzerland 50. (4)8 per cent 51. (1) 12 per cent 52. (4) 1 per cent 53. (3) (4) per cent 55. (5) 1 per cent 56. (5) tonnes 57. (5) T (5)37.5 per cent 59. (5) ^ 7800 crore 60. (1) Post 61. (5) Myanmar 62. (5) 6.8 per cent 63. (3)^ 180 crore 64. (5) $ 350 million 65. (5)^ 1000 crore 66. (5) ^ 60 lakh 67. (2) Japan 68. (1) Bhaskar Pramanik 69. (3) Big Magic 70. (4)$ 179 million 71. (4) $ 25 billion 72. (4) 74 per cent 73. (2) 68.6 per cent 74. (5) ^ 50 crore 75. (4) $ 800 million 76. (1) Karnataka 77. (1) Australia 78. (3) Uttar Pradesh 79. (5) 100 per cent 80. (5) per cent 81. (3) 3 per cent