The Gk section was bit easy this year compared to the other sections of the paper.
The following questions were appeared in the exam conducted on 22 November at 10 am in India.
1.Negative inflation is also called
a. Disinflation
b. Deflation
c. Both
d. None of the above
2.The co founders of google are
a. Sergey Brin & Eric Schmdt
b. Larry Page & Eric Schmdt
c.Sergey Brin & Eric Schmdt
d. Shrieley tilghman &Eric Schmidt+
3. Which of the following public sector units does not fall in the category of 'Navaratna' PSUs
a. Steel Authority of India
b. Indian Oil Corporation
c. National Thermal Power Corporation
d. National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC)
4. India signed the Kyoto Protocol in the year
a. 2000
b. 1998
c. 2002
d. 1995
5. CDS which has been in news recently stands for
a. Collateral Default Swap
b. Credit Demand Swap
c. Credit Default Swap
d. Collateral Demand swap
6. who amongst the following was not nominated by the Government of India on the board of Satyam Computer Services
a. T N Manoharan
b. Ketan Parekh
c. Suryakant Balakrishnan Mainak
D. Kiran Karnik
7. In the financila year 2008-09, the top three investing countries in terms of FDI inflows were
a. USA, UK, Mauritisu
b. Mauritius, Singapore, USA
c. UK, Japan, Mauritius
d. Mauritius, USA, Japan
8. Which one of the following does not relate to the concept of carbon credits
a. For one tonne of carbon dioxide emission reduction a company recieves a carbon emission certificate which can be traded like any other commodity.
b. The carbon emission certificates are soled to companines in developed economies like power utilities
c. Carbon credit certificates are traded under UN-mandated international convention on climate change
d. Developing economies are allowed to offset some of their emissions from cars, factories and homes by funding clean energy projects in the developed ones.