This document contains details about a quiz, including that questions 1, 6, 11, 12, 16, 21, 23, 25 carry 3 marks each and allow for more than one answer. Other multiple choice questions carry 1 mark each. The remaining questions carry 2 marks each. The maximum marks for the quiz are 47. It then lists 25 questions that appear to be part of the quiz.

1. Quiz

2. Questions 1, 6, 11, 12, 16, 21, 23, 25 are more
than one answer type and carry 3 marks each.
Other multiple choice questions carry 1 mark
each.
Rest all carry 2 marks each.
Maximum marks 47.

3. 1) Which of the following is not a feature of the
Budget-2013?
a) 10% surcharge on incomes over Rs.1 crore.
b) Increase in sales tax on mobile phones whose
cost is more than Rs.2000.
c) Increase in excise duty on A/c restaurants.
d) Zero excise duty on branded apparels.

4. 2) Who among the following retired from his
papacy recently?
a) Johnson XIV
b) Benedict XVI
c) Johnson XVI
d) Benedict XIV

5. 3)Who is going to succeed Hugo Chavez as the
president of Venezuela?
a) Hameed Karzai.
b) Mohamed Nasheed.
c) Nicolas Maduro.
d) Daniel Mancini.

6. 4) Which among the following states presented
a zero deficit budget for 2013-14?
a) Haryana.
b) Punjab.
c) Uttarakhand.
d) Jammu and Kashmir.

7. 5) The Nobel laureate and Gandhi peace prize
winner who was in Kochi recently as a part of
his ‘Semester at Sea’ voyage is
a) Jimmy Carter.
b) Desmond Tutu.
c) Kofi Annan.
d) Muhammad Yunus.

8. 6)which of the following are going to be
partners with Tata sons in it’s new Airline JV?
a) Telestra Tradplce
b) Air Malaysia
c) Air Asia
d) Telenor

9. 7) A donkey travels the exact same distance
daily.
strangely 2 of his legs travels 40 kilometres
and the remaining two travels 41 kilometres.
Obviously 2 donkey legs cannot be a 1km
ahead of the other 2.
The donkey is perfectly normal. So how come
this be true ?

10. 8) Which Asian nation was the first to get a
World Bank loan?
a) India
b) China
c) Indonesia
d) Japan

11. 9) Which of the following is NOT a rating
agency?
a) FITCH
b) CRISIL
c) CRRI
d) ICRA

12. 10) Who is this?

13. 11) Which among the following is the cause of
recent tension between Italy and India?
a) Reneging of a promise regarding Extradition
of two persons.
b) Poaching activities of Italians in India.
c) Irregularities in a VVIP chopper deal.
d) Hate speech by an Italian envoy.

14. 12) Who among the following is at present the
Deputy Governor of R.B.I.?
a) K.C.Chakrabarthy
b) Urjit R.Patel.
c) Anand Sinha.
d) H.R.Khan

15. 13) Who is world’s oldest Marathon runner who
ended his career recently?
a) Balwant Singh.
b) Sukhdev Singh.
c) Fauja singh.
d) Ramdev Singh.

16. 14) Expand ICICI

17. 15) To which place is Tata’s Nano project
shifted?
a) Singur.
b) Sanand.
c) Sirpur.
d) Sripur.

18. 16) Which among the following allowed to
merge to form world’s biggest airline?
a) Malaysian Airways.
b) U.S. Airways.
c) Israel Airways.
d) American Airline.

19. 17) Who among the following is the U.S.
Secretary of State?
a) Francois Hollande.
b) Hillary Clinton.
c) John kerry.
d) Mitt Romney.

20. 18) Which is the world’s first smart phone
satellite and who recently put that into orbit?
a) SARAL, ISRO.
b) SPhS-1, NASA.
c) Nirbhay, ISRO.
d) STRaND-1, ISRO.

21. 19) Who is this?

22. 20) A 1-metre stick is broken into two pieces at
random. What is the length of the shorter
piece, on an average?

23. 21) Which of the following is true about much
touted “Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme”.
a) The person should have a minimum income
of Rs.10 lakhs.
b) Must have invested in equity at least for 5
years.
c) Must be investing in equity for the first time.
d) Must have an income less than Rs.10 lakh.

24. 22)

25. 23) Who among the following Indians won silver
medal in Asian Cycling Championship
recently?
a) T.Ramana.
b) Manorama Devi.
c) Deborah.
d) T.Ramani.

26. 24) Who among the following have been
appointed as Premier and President of Nepal
and China respectively?
a) Baburam Bhattarai, Le Kequiang.
b) Khil Raj Regmi, Le Kequiang.
c) Khil Raj Regmi, Xi Jinping.
d) Baburam Bhattarai, Xi jinping.

27. 25) Which of the following indicate the sports
person and his corresponding unlawful activity
correctly?
a) Lance Armstrong, Murder.
b) Oscar Pistorius, Murder.
c) Lance Armstrong, Doping.
d) Oscar Pistorius, Doping