L.I.C. (ADO) Recruitment Exam., 2007 Solved Paper

L.I.C. (ADO) Recruitment Exam

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

(Held on 10-6-2007)

General Knowledge and Current Affairs (Held on 10-6-2007)

1. The punch line of the advertisement of which of the following organizations is ‘Jindagi ke Sath bhi Jindagi ke Bad bhi’ ?
(A) New India Assurance
(B) General Insurance Corporation
(C) ICICI Prudential
(D) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(E) None of these

2. The Central Office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI) is located in—
(A) Kolkata
(B) New Delhi
(C) Chennai
(D) Pune
(E) Mumbai

3. The Life Insurance Corporation of India has how many Zonal Offices in India ?
(A) Five
(B) Seven
(C) Ten
(D) Fifteen
(E) None of these

4. Which of the following schemes was launched by the LIC in December 2001 with the object to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses of their children ?
(A) Krishi Shramik Samajik Suraksha Yojana
(B) Janashree Bima Yojana
(C) Shiksha Sahayog Yojana
(D) Bhagyashree Child Welfare Bima Yojana
(E) None of these

5. If an organization wishes to venture into Insurance Business it has to obtain a licence first from which of the following ?
(A) Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
(B) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
(C) Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC)
(D) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
(E) None of these

6. Which of the following schemes launched in the year 2000 by the LIC replaced Social Security Group Insurance Scheme (SSIGS) and Rural Group Life Insurance Scheme (RGLIS) ?
(A) Janashree Bima Yojana
(B) Bhagyashree Child Welfare Bima Yojana
(C) Jan Arogya Bima Policy
(D) Raj Rajeshwari Mahila Kalyan Yojana
(E) None of these

7. How many maximum children from a family are covered for the benefits under the Shiksha Sahayog Yojana launched by the LIC ?
(A) One only
(B) Two only
(C) Three only
(D) One Girl child only
(E) None of these

8. Which of the following schemes was launched by the LIC to provide life insurance protection, periodical lumpsum survival benefit and pension to the agricultural workers in India ?
(A) Krishi Shramik Samajik Suraksha Yojana
(B) Janashree Bima Yojana
(C) Mahila Kalyan Yojana
(D) Sampurna Arogya Bima Policy
(E) None of these

9. On December 6th 2006, the President of India launched on exclusive health Insurance Scheme for Senior Citizens. Which of the following insurance companies has launched the scheme ?
(A) National Insurance Company
(B) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(C) ICICI Prudential
(D) HDFC Life
(E) None of these

10. Which of the following cities does not have one of the zonal offices of the Life Insurance Corporation of India ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) Hyderabad
(E) Jhansi

11. Which of the follwing is the Basic Life Insurance Plan of the Life Insurance Corporation of India ?
(A) Jeevan Tarang
(B) Jeevan Nidhi
(C) Jeevan Aadhar
(D) Jeevan Umang
(E) None of these

12. Anmol Jeevan is a ………of the LIC.
(A) Basic Life Insurance Plan
(B) Term Assurance Plan
(C) Children’s Plan
(D) Pension Plan
(E) None of these

13. As per present policy of the LIC, loans are granted on unencumbered policies upto what per cent of the surrender value ?
(A) 60%
(B) 70%
(C) 80%
(D) 90%
(E) None of these

14. Which of the following is a pension plan of the LIC ?
(A) Jeevan Adhar
(B) Jeevan Anand
(C) Jeevan Akshay
(D) Amulya Jeevan
(E) None of these

15. Which of the following Group Schemes of the LIC provides pension to employees on their retirement from service ?
(A) Group Term Insurance Schemes
(B) Group Insurance Scheme in Lieu of EDLI
(C) Group Gratuity Scheme
(D) Group Superannuation Scheme
(E) None of these

16. Which of the following is not a scheme of the LIC ?
(A) Jeevan Sangram
(B) Jeevan Saral
(C) Jeevan Aadhar
(D) Jeevan Pramukh
(E) None of these

17. Which of the following is a Term Assurance Plan of the LIC ?
(A) Jeevan Akshay
(B) Jeevan Aadhar
(C) Bima Nivesh
(D) Jeevan Nidhi
(E) None of these

18. Premium to LIC policies can be paid by which of the following modes ?
(a) Cash
(b) Cheque
(c) Electronic Clearing Services
(A) Only (a)
(B) Only (b)
(C) Only (c)
(D) Both (a) and (b)
(E) All (a), (b) and (c)

19. Customers of LIC can now get information about their policies by dialing which of the following telephone numbers in most of
the centres ?
(A) 101
(B) 135
(C) 136
(D) 1251
(E) None of these

20. LIC Policy holders do not get any Income Tax benefit under which of the following Sections of the Income Tax Act ?
(A) Section 80 C
(B) Section 68 A, B and C
(C) Section 80 CCC
(D) Section 80 CD
(E) None of these

21. Who amongst the following is not a Bharat Ratna Awardee ?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. V. V. Giri
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(E) None of these

22. A note given to the Prime Minister of India by which of the following says that India needs 1500 Universities to attain a gross enrolment ratio of at least 15 per cent by the year 2015 ?
(A) University Grants Commission
(B) National Knowledge Commission
(C) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(D) All India Council of Technical Education
(E) None of these

23. The Government of India has decided to sell its residual share in Maruti Udyog Ltd. (MUL) to private parties. What is the stake of the Govt. of India in MUL at present ? Around—
(A) 50%
(B) 39%
(C) 51%
(D) 11%
(E) 46%

24. Somalia was rocked by military operation by which of the following countries with a view to a nabbing some suspected terrorist groups present there ?
(A) USA
(B) Russia
(C) Iran
(D) Egypt
(E) None of these

25. President George Bush’s Iraq mission was severly criticized by his Democratic opponents mainly because—
(A) it took only Britain alongwith it and not other European countries
(B) the cost of the war was exorbitant
(C) enough time was not given to Saddam Hussain to prove his innocence
(D) UNO and Security Council were not taken into confidence before attack on Iraq
(E) None of these

26. The Head/Chief of which of the following World Organizations has expressed a desire to solve the issues of regional conflicts on a priority basis ?
(A) UN Security Council
(B) WTO
(C) World Bank
(D) UNO
(E) None of these

27. Which of the following countries has developed the fighter aircraft ‘Jian–10’ ?
(A) Iran
(B) France
(C) Russia
(D) China
(E) None of these

28. Recently a six party discussion regarding an important problem concerning North Korea was held in Beijing. This discussion failed. What was the issue over which this discussion was held ?
(A) Intense floods in North Korea
(B) Acute water crisis (problem) in North Korea
(C) Atomic programme of North Korea
(D) Global warming by which 30%–40% forests have been vanished in North Korea
(E) None of these

29. Which industrial group now owns the world famous corus steel ?
(A) Ambani
(B) Birla
(C) Tata
(D) Goyenka
(E) None of these

30. ‘A Call to Honour’ has been written by which of the following writers ?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Kalam
(B) Sri Jaswant Singh
(C) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(D) Smt. Sonia Gandhi
(E) None of these

31. In the terminology ‘FDI’ often used in the commercial world, its letter ‘I’ represents which of the following terms ?
(A) India
(B) Institute
(C) Investment
(D) Index
(E) Investigation

32. Which of the following books has been written by Jhumpa Lahiri ?
(A) The Namesake
(B) The Night Manager
(C) The Rape of the Lock
(D) The Red Carpet
(E) None of these

33. Which of the following Indian films was nominated for the Oscar Award 2007 ?
(A) Water
(B) Eklabya—The Royal Guard
(C) Nih Shabd
(D) Lage Raho Munna Bhai
(E) None of these

34. The Miss Earth Pageant 2006 in which Ms. Amrita Patki represented India, was held in which of the following cities ?
(A) Manila
(B) Paris
(C) Bijing
(D) New Delhi
(E) Sun City

35. The World record of maximum runs (1788 runs) and maximum test centuries (9 centuries) in calender year 2006 was created by ……… ?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Shane Warne
(C) Ricky Ponting
(D) Md. Usuf
(E) None of these

36. Who has become the second person of Indian origin to go into space after Kalpna Chawla ?
(A) Koneru Humpi
(B) Indira Nooyi
(C) Sunita Williams
(D) Sudha Murti
(E) None of these

37. In which of the following years will the 11th Five Year Plan of India begin ?
(A) 2007
(B) 2008
(C) 2009
(D) 2010
(E) None of these

38. Durand Line divides which of the following pair of countries ?
(A) China—Afganistan
(B) Afghanistan—Pakistan
(C) India—Pakistan
(D) India—Nepal
(E) Bangla Desh—India

39. With which of the following countries has India signed a nuclear deal recently ?
(A) China
(B) France
(C) Canada
(D) Pakistan
(E) USA

40. Which of the following committees has submitted its report regarding the condition of Muslims in India ?
(A) Dr. Rang Rajan Committee
(B) Shri U. K. Banerjee Committee
(C) Shri Rajendra Sachchar Committee
(D) Shri Oscar Fernandes Committee
(E) None of these

41. Which of the following is the name of one of the policies of LIC ?
(A) Jeevan Samay
(B) Jeevan Parinam
(C) Jeevan Tarang
(D) Jeevan Sangram
(E) None of these

42. The letter ‘S’ in the acronym SEZ, which has been in news in several newspapers recently, stands for which of the following terms ?
(A) Software
(B) Social
(C) Small
(D) Secured
(E) Special

43. Who amongst the following won the Booker Prize 2006 for her novel “The Inheritance of Loss” ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Anita Nair
(C) Anita Desai
(D) Indra Nooyi
(E) None of these

44. Zenedine Zidane was the captain of the Football team of which of the following countries in 2006 in FIFA cup matches ?
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Brazil
(D) England
(E) None of these

45. Mr. Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize 2006 for his contribution in the field of—
(A) Economics
(B) Medicine
(C) Physics
(D) Chemistry
(E) Peace

46. Shinzo Abe is the newly elected—
(A) Prime Minister of Singapore
(B) Prime Minister of South Korea
(C) President of South Korea
(D) President of North Korea
(E) Prime Minister of Japan

47. Who at present is the Defence Minister of India ?
(A) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
(B) Mr. A. K. Antony
(C) Mr. Kamal Nath
(D) Mr. P. R. Deshmukh
(E) None of these

48. Which of the following cups is associated with the game of Hockey ?
(A) Whiteman Cup
(B) Evert Cup
(C) Agha Khan Cup
(D) Hafed Open Cup
(E) None of these

49. ‘Chinnaswamy stadium’ is in—
(A) Chennai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bangalore
(E) Hyderabad

50. Which of the following terms is not associated with the game of cricket ?
(A) Googly
(B) Longleg
(C) Hook
(D) Smash
(E) Overdrive

51. Which of the following States/Union Territories is not benefited by the Cauvery Water verdict given by the tribunal recently ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Orissa
(D) Puducherry
(E) Tamil Nadu

52. Which of the following countries has developed ‘BrahMos Cruise Missile’ which was recently in news ?
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) USA
(D) Japan
(E) None of these

53. The Prime Minister of India recently launched Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF). What is the amount of the fund ? Approximately—
(A) Rs. 3,000 crore
(B) Rs. 3,500 crore
(C) Rs. 3,750 crore
(D) Rs. 4,750 crore
(E) Rs. 4,000 crore

54. Which of the following devices is used to attach a computer system with a telephone line so that computer can send and receive data from other computers ?
(A) Modem
(B) Mother board
(C) Key pad
(D) Mouse
(E) None of these

55. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of a tax levied in India ?
(A) ATM
(B) PAN
(C) GATE
(D) VAT
(E) None of these

56. The Office of the Salary Savings Schemes Division of Life Insurance Corporation of India is located in—
(A) Lucknow
(B) Bhopal
(C) Bangalore
(D) Jaipur
(E) Mumbai

57. Which award is given for the excellence in the field of cinematography ?
(A) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
(B) Arjuna Award
(C) Bhatnagar Award
(D) Param Vishishta Seva Padak
(E) None of these

58. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team who represented India in World Cup 2007 ?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Sourav Ganguly
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Irfan Pathan
(E) None of these

59. Who amongst the following presented the Budget of the Union Government of India for 2007-08 ?
(A) Dr. Man Mohan Singh
(B) Sri Lalu Prasad Yadav
(C) Shri Pranav Mukherjee
(D) Shri Arjun Singh
(E) None of these

60. Which of the following terms is associated with the game of Hockey ?
(A) Run out
(B) Short Corner
(C) Silly point
(D) Gred Holes
(E) Love

Answers
1. (D) 2. (E) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (E)
11. (E) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (E) 18. (E) 19. (D) 20. (B)
21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (E) 25. (E) 26. (D) 27. (D) 28. (C) 29. (C) 30. (B)
31. (C) 32. (A) 33. (E) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (E) 40. (C)
41. (C) 42. (E) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (E) 46. (E) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (E)
51. (C) 52. (E) 53. (C) 54. (A) 55. (D) 56. (E) 57. (A) 58. (E) 59. (E) 60. (B)