IIFT 2013 Question Paper

Narayan Murthy has received Padma Vibhushan. 

Before starting Infosys, Narayan  Murthy worked with Patni Computer Systems in Pune (Maharashtra).

Narayana Murthy wasn't appointed as Unique Identification Authority of India's chairman. Nandan Nilekani, another co-founder of Infosys was invited by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh to take charge as the Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), in the rank of Cabinet Minister.

Hence, option C is the correct answer. 

Ban Ki-Moon, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan are UN secretary whereas Pascal Lamy.
Hence, Pascal Lamy is the odd man out.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.

Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar won Olympics medal in Shooting whereas Sushil Kumar won the Olympics medal in Wrestling.
Thus, Sushil Kuma is the odd man out.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Chief Economic Advisor, GOI - 15th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (10 August 2012 - 4 September 2013)
Governor, RBI - 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (4 September 2013 - 4 September 2016)

At IMF, Dr. Raghuram Rajan has served as Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist. He didn't serve World Bank so far. 

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh - TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.

Makalu - 8,481 m

Kanchenjunga - 8,586 m

Godwin Austen - 8,611 m 

Lhotse - 8,516 m 

Hence, option C is the correct answer. 

The Din-e-Ilahi was a syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 CE, intending to merge some of the elements of the religions of his empire, and thereby reconcile the differences that divided his subjects. The elements were primarily drawn from Islam and Hinduism, but some others were also taken from Christianity, Jainism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund.

Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is a Brazilian diplomat and the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican diplomat with 35 years of experience in high level national and international policy and multilateral negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in July 2010. 

Jim Yong Kim, also known as Kim Yong, is a Korean-American physician and anthropologist serving as the 12th and current President of the World Bank since 2012.

Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

The appreciation of currency of a country depends on the following factors : 

• Net Inflow/Outflow of Money: The overall inflow and outflow of the money affect the value of a country’s currency. The more the inflow the better the value, the more the outflow the worst the value.
• Income Levels: When the incomes of the citizens increase, they tend to spend more that increases the demand for imported goods increasing the demand for foreign currencies contributing to an overall weakening of the local currency.
• Overseas Market: A country that has a trade surplus results in currency appreciation and the country that lacks or has lesser trade surplus tends to have a weaker value of its currency.

When a country exports more than it imports, high funds flow into the country and directly impact economic growth, consumer spending and domestic demand and value of domestic currency will increase. 

Hence, Option A is correct. 

Canada has the longest coastline - 202,080 km.