Recently India's Foreign Minster S M Krishna inaugurated a new chancery building of the Indian embassy which country ?

(A)United States
(B)South Korea
(C)Japan

Recently while presenting the budget government said economic growth slowed to 6.7 percent in 2008/09 from year-earlier 9.0 percent. This is the slowest growth in last ____ ?

(A) 4 years
(B) 6 years
(C) 10 years

Recently Majuli, which is the world's largest river island was affected by a flood. In which state is it located ?

(A) Assam
(B) West Bengal
(C) Bihar

Which among the following was NOT a recommendation in the economic survey for the financial sector?

(A) Introduce/allow repo, derivatives in corporate debt
(B) Introduce exchange-traded derivatives such as interest rate swaps
(C) Reduce FDI limits for Banks

In the economic survey presented ahead of Budget , what fraction of foreign equity share in Insurance Business was recommended?

(A) 100 %
(B) 51 %
(C) 49 %

The finance ministry of India recently said in its annual economic survey that India needs to end controls on prices of petrol and diesel to curb fuel demand. What is India's India's rank in Asia in the oil consumption?

(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third

India's cabinet recently approved the proposal to sign a comprehensive economic partnership agreement CEPA comprising six pacts viz. trade in goods, trade facilitation and custom cooperation, trade in services and investment with which country ?

(A) United States
(B) Egypt
(C) South Korea

Admiral Gorshkov which was recently in news has been renamed as _______?

(A) INS Vikramaditya

(B) INS Arihant

(C) INS Vikrant

Who has recently assumed charge as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?

(A) Raghu Menon
(B) Jawahar Sircar
(C) V. Thulasidas
(D) Rahul Gandhi

Recently we read in the newspapers that scientists have discovered that Soay sheep of Scotland are on average 5 percent smaller than 25 years ago. Which among the following is the most probable reasons for this according to the scientists?

(A) Mutation
(B) Adaptation
(C) Climate Change