(A) Attorney General

(B) Secretary General Law Department

(C) Advocate General

(D) Solicitor General

Ans : (C)

2. The place for Amritsar was given by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to—

(A) Guru Amar Das

(B) Guru Hari Kishan

(C) Guru Ram Das

(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur

Ans : (C)

3. Which section of IPC is applicable in a case of death due to negligence ?

(A) 304 Part-I

(B) 304 Part-II

(C) 304 A

(D) 307

Ans : (C)

4. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched ?

(A) Sabarigiri Project —Gujarat

(B) Sharavathy Project —Karnataka

(C) Kundah Project —Tamil Nadu

(D) Balimela Project —Orissa

Ans : (A)

5. The Olympic Flame symbolises—

(A) Speed, perfection and strength

(B) Unity among various nations of the world

(C) Continuity between the ancient and modern games

(D) Sports as a means of securing harmony among the nations

Ans : (C)

6. Which of the following deals with economic offences ?

(A) TADA

(B) MISA

(C) NSA

(D) COFEPOSA

Ans : (D)

7. The earth rotates on its axis from—

(A) East to West

(B) West to East

(C) North to South

(D) South to North

Ans : (B)

8. A Cricket match is being telecasted live from Delhi. If the match commences at 10 a.m. at What time would viewers in London have to tune in their sets ?

(A) 10 a.m.

(B) 4·30 a.m.

(C) 4.30 p.m.

(D) 10 p.m.

Ans : (B)

9. ‘The United Kingdom’ consists of England and—

(A) Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

(B) Northern Ireland, Palma and Iceland

(C) Scotland, Wales and Faeroe Island

(D) Scotland, Sardinia and Wales

Ans : (A)

10. Which of the following is the publisher of ‘Employment News’ ?

(A) Indian Express Group

(B) Times of India Group

(C) Ministry of Human Resources Development

(D) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ans : (D)

11. The states of India having common border with Myanmar are—

(A) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalya

(C) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalya, Assam

(D) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh

Ans : (A)

12. In which of the following states ‘Koyana Hydro Electric Power Project’ is located ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Kerala

(D) Orissa

Ans : (B)

13. The scientist associated with the success of Green Revolution is—

(A) V. R. Rao

(B) J. C. Bose

(C) S. S. Bhatnagar

(D) Norman Borlaug

Ans : (D)

14. The largest coal deposit in India is in—

(A) Damodar Valley

(B) Satpura Valley

(C) Godavari Valley

(D) Brahmani Valley

Ans : (A)

15. National Highway-2 connects—

(A) Srinagar and Leh

(B) Varanasi and Kanyakumari

(C) Agra and Mumbai

(D) Delhi and Kolkata

Ans : (D)

16. The national centre for production of bio-fertilizers is at—

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Ghaziabad

(C) Nellore

(D) Dehradoon

Ans : (B)

17. Which of the following satellites helps to telecast T.V. Network Programmes all over the country ?

(A) APPLE

(B) Rohini

(C) Aryabhatta

(D) INSAT–1B

Ans : (D)

18. Which Sports Association of Indian lifted the ban from its players ‘foreign tours’ ?

(A) BCCI

(B) All India Tennis Federation

(C) Badminton Association of India

(D) All India Football Federation

Ans : (A)

19. In which state ‘Kanya Vidyadhan Yojana’ is operational ?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Haryana

Ans : (A)

20. With which country U.N.O. has an agreement for ‘Oil for food’ ?

(A) Kuwait

(B) Iran

(C) Iraq

(D) Venezuela

Ans : (C)

21. Where will World Cup Football, 2010 be played ?

(A) South Africa

(B) Mexico

(C) Brazil

(D) Canada

Ans : (A)

22. Who has declared as ‘Miss India World, 2007’ ?

(A) Puja Gupta

(B) Amrita Pathi

(C) Puja Chitgopekar

(D) Sarah Jane Dias

Ans : (D)

23. Electron was discovered by—

(A) Rutherford

(B) Bohr

(C) J. J. Thomson

(D) Ramsay

Ans : (C)

24. Which film won the Best Picture in the 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar Award) 2007 conferred in Feb. 2007 ?

(A) The Departed

(B) The Queen

(C) The Dream Girls

(D) The Last King of Scotland

Ans : (A)

25. In which country of the world, the largest Buddhist temple is located ?

(A) Japan

(B) Indonesia

(C) China

(D) India

Ans : (B)

2. Who among the following is placed fourth on the Forbes 2007 Midas
list including the top 100 tech dealmakers of the world ?
(A) Michael Moritz
(B) L. John Doerr
(C) Ram Shriram
(D) Arjun Gupta
Ans: C

3. The General Assembly of U. N. proclaimed 2008 as a year of—
(A) International Year of Language
(B) International Year of Dolphin
(C) International Year of Culture
(D) International Press Freedom Year
Ans: A

4. Who among the following won the UK reality T.V. show ‘Big
Brother’ ?
(A) Shilpa Shetty
(B) Ken Russell
(C) Jade Goody
(D) Dirk Benedict
Ans: A

5. Who is the present Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India ?
(A) Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
(B) Justice V. N. Khare
(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
(D) Justice Y. K. Sabharwal
Ans: C

6. Who among the following is the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir ?
(A) N. N. Vohra
(B) K. Shankaranarayan
(C) K. M. Seth
(D) Shyamal Dutta
Ans: A

7. The book ‘A View from the Outside (Why good economics works for
everyone) has been written by—
(A) Prof. Amartya Sen
(B) K. G. Joglekar
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Edmund S. Phelps
Ans: C

8. Which of the following satellites has been successfully launched on
22nd October, 2008 ?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) LAPAN-TUBSAT
(C) Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
(D) HAMSAT
Ans: A

9. India has signed an MoU for Petrochemical in May 2008 with which
among the following countries ?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Germany
(C) Iran
(D) China
Ans: C

10. Who among the following won the little of Business India’s
Business Man of the Year 2008 ?
(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Prithvi Raj Singh
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) Ajim Premji
Ans: B

11. The UN Deputy Secretary- General is—
(A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro
(B) Mark Malloch Brown
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Louise Frechette
Ans: A

12. According to the latest Supreme Court decision, Priests and Nuns
have been allowed to practise as—
(A) Doctors
(B) Advocates
(C) Scientists
(D) None of these
Ans: B

13. The novel ‘The Second Wife’ is the English translated version of
which among the following novels of Premchand ?
(A) Godan
(B) Karma Bhumi
(C) Nirmala
(D) Gaban
Ans: C

14. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for
2007 has been awarded to—
(A) Olafur Ragnar Grimson
(B) Gohchok Tong
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) Nelson Mandela
Ans: A

15. It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi’s birth day October 2 as
the International Nonviolence Day at—
(A) International Indology Conference
(B) Satyagraha Centenary Conference
(C) Congress Foundation Day Celebrations
(D) None of these
Ans: B

16. The 2008-09 Ranji Trophy has been won by—
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans: A

17. On which among the following film actresses was Kalpana Chawla
excellence award 2007 for women conferred ?
(A) Shilpa Shetty
(B) Nandita Das
(C) Sushmita Sen
(D) Konkana Sen
Ans: B

18. In May 2009, Shashi Tharoor becomes member of which of the
following—
(A) UNESCO
(B) ADB
(C) Lok Sabha, India
(D) None of these
Ans: C

19. The Raghvan Committee is related to looking into the issue of—
(A) Ragging and suggest means of prevention in educational
institutions
(B) Status of Muslim community in India
(C) Reservation of OBCs in admissions to higher educational
institutions
(D) None of these
Ans: A

20. The 7th Aero India show was held in—
(A) 2008, Bangaluru
(B) 2009, Bangaluru (Yelahanka)
(C) 2008, Delhi
(D) 2009, Delhi
Ans: B

21. The controversial movie ‘Black Friday’ is based on the—
(A) 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts
(B) Best Bakery Case
(C) Godhra Train Fire Conspiracy
(D) Fire at Meerut’s Victoria Park
Ans: A

22. ‘THEMIS’ is an acronym for—
(A) Time History of Events and Meteors in Space
(B) Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during
Substorms
(C) Thermal Interactions in Space
(D) None of these
Ans: B

23. The telecommunication network group Hutchison Essar has been taken
over by—
(A) Reliance Communications
(B) Verizon
(C) Vodafone
(D) Hinduja
Ans: C

24. Which among the following tennis players has been recently named
as a goodwill ambassador for the UN development agency, UNDP ?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Kim Clijsters
(C) Maxim Mirnyi
(D) Maria Sharapova
Ans: D

25. Which among the following tennis players won the 2008 U.S. Open
men’s title ?
(A) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(B) Lars Burgsmuller
(C) Roger Federer
(D) Feliciano Lopez
Ans: C

26. ‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless
households introduced by—
(A) National Insurance Co.
(B) Life Insurance Co.
(C) UTI
(D) ICICI Life Prudential Co.
Ans: B

27. Revenue Deficit as a per cent of GDP in Budget 2009-10 has been
estimated at—
(A) 2•6%
(B) 2•1%
(C) 2•0%
(D) 4•4%
Ans: D

28. Dada Sahib Phalke Ratna Award for 2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Adoor Gopalkrishnan
(C) Dev Anand
(D) B. R. Chopra
Ans: D

29. Fiscal deficit as a per cent of GDP in Budget 2009-10 has been
estimated at—
(A) 5•5%
(B) 2•9%
(C) 3•1%
(D) 4•5%
Ans:A

30. How many new Garib Rath Trains have been introduced in Railway
Budget 2008-09 ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 10
Ans: D

31. For senior citizens, income tax exemption slab in Budget 2008-09
has been raised from—
(A) Rs. 1•5 lakh to Rs. 1•75 lakh
(B) Rs. 1•75 lakh to Rs. 1•85 lakh
(C) Rs. 1•95 lakh to Rs. 2•25 lakh
(D) Rs. 1•95 lakh to Rs. 2•25 lakh
Ans: C

32. Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 will replace—
(A) MRTPC
(B) VAT
(C) Electricity Act, 2003
(D) Securities Contracts (Regulation) Bill, 2005
Ans: A

33. The theme for the 21st National Science Day 2007 was—
(A) More Water Drop by Drop
(B) More Crop per Drop
(C) 50 years of DNA and 25 years of IVF
(D) None of these
Ans: B

34. Bangladesh’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has launched
his political party named—
(A) Islamic Unity Front
(B) Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
(C) Nagorik Shakti (Citizens’ power)
(D) Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal
Ans: C

35. The book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ has been written by—
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) P. Chidambaram
(C) Zahid Hussain
(D) Scott Ritter
Ans: A

36. Which among the following movie was given the Best Picture Award
at 81st Oscar Awards- 2008 ?
(A) Slumdog Millionaire
(B) The Last King of Scotland
(C) The Queen
(D) Happy Feet
Ans: A

37. The Best Actor Award at the 54th National Filmfare Awards was
given to—
(A) Aamir Khan
(B) Soumitra Chatterjee
(C) Saif Ali Khan
(D) Abhishek Bachchan
Ans: B

38. The 75th Senior National Snooker Championship Men’s Title has been
won by—
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Rupesh Shah
(C) Alok Kumar
(D) Yasin Merchant
Ans: A

39. Which among the following statements regarding India’s BrahMos
Supersonic Cruise Missile test fired in March 2007 is incorrect ?
(A) It was test fired on February 4, 2007
(B) It is named after the river Brahmaputra and Mahanadi
(C) It is a two stage missile with a speed faster than that of sound
(D) It is jointly manufactured by DRDO, India and Russia’s NPO
Mashnistroyemia
Ans: B

40. ‘Ramadorai Sujatha’ who was recently in news is a—
(A) Writer
(B) Mathematician
(C) Historian
(D) Artist
Ans: B

41. Which among the following is the largest Power Station in India ?
(A) NTPC’s Vindhyachal Power Station
(B) NTPC’s Talcher Power Station
(C) BHEL, Haridwar
(D) None of these
Ans: A

42. The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 is which among the
following IPY ?
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 1st
Ans: C

43. The Governor of Goa is—
(A) Ibobi Singh
(B) S. S. Sidhu
(C) Prakash Singh Badal
(D) D. D. Lapang
Ans: B

44. Which among the following satellite has been successfully launched
in October 2008 by ISRO ?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) INSAT-4A
(C) INSAT-3E
(D) INSAT-4C
Ans: A

45. Who among the following has been nominated for the Jnanpith Award
for 2006 ?
(A) Ravindra Kelekar
(B) Satyavrat Shastri
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Rajendra Keshavlal Shah
Ans: C

46. The XIX Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held at Delhi in—
(A) October 2009
(B) October 2008
(C) October 2010
(D) November 2010
Ans: C

47. Which among the following countries hosted the world’s largest
tourism fair—International Tourism Bourse at Berlin ?
(A) India
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans: C

48. SAARC car rally began from which among the following countries ?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Pakistan
Ans: B

49. Which of the following is the pesent Prime Minister of Pakistan ?
(A) Yusuf Raza Gillani
(B) Justice Rana Bhagwandas
(C) Justice Nazim Siddiqui
(D) Justice Javaid Iqbal
Ans: A

50. The death of the cricket coach of which among the following
countries during the 2007 world cup has created a suspicion ?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
Ans:B

51. Who among the following has been awarded the highest Mexican
civilian award, the Aztec Eagle ?
(A) Lord Swaraj Paul
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Ratan Tata
Ans:B

52. Most powerful woman in the world according to the, 2008 published
Forbes Magazine list ?
(A) Angela Markel
(B) Condoleeza Rice
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Wu Yi
Ans:A

53. ‘Agile’ is—
(A) A mission to Mars
(B) India’s first foreign satellite to be launched from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, Sriharikota
(C) A mission to Saturn
(D) None of these
Ans:B

54. The present Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange—
(A) Jagdish Kapoor
(B) Justice S. D. Agarwala
(C) Justice Chittatosh Mookherjee
(D) Mr. Sudhir Narain
Ans:A

55. Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given by—
(A) Pt. Ravishankar University of Music
(B) Bhatkhande Music University
(C) Indira Kala Sangeet University
(D) Sangeet Natak Akademi
Ans:D

56. Morelia-Linares Chess Tournament, 2008 has been won by—
(A) Viswanathan Anand
(B) Vessily Ivanchuk
(C) Alexander Morozevich
(D) Levon Aronian
Ans:A

57. After merger, Tata-Corus has become the …… largest steel producer
in the World.
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 6th
Ans:C

58. ‘Pure Banking, Nothing Else’ is a slogan raised by—
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) SBI
(D) UTI Bank
Ans:C

59. ‘Smart Money’ is a term used for—
(A) Internet Banking
(B) Credit Card
(C) Cash with Bank
(D) Cash with Public
Ans:D

60. Which one of the following stands at first rank in the list of top
10 steel producers in the world ?
(A) Nippon Steels
(B) Tata-Corus
(C) Arcelor-Mittal
(D) Bao Steel
Ans:C

61. Which of the following country has decided not to print its king’s
photo on national currency ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Japan
(C) Denmark
(D) None of the above
Ans:A

62. Who is the present Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) ?
(A) Jyoti Krishna Dutt
(B) Kiran Mazumdar
(C) S. S. N. Moorthy
(D) Arun Balkrishnan
Ans:C

63. Rastogi Panel was set up by Finance Ministry to review issues
related with—
(A) Service tax
(B) Sales tax
(C) Income tax
(D) None of these
Ans:A

64. What is the title of the seventh book of Harry Potter Series ?
(A) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(B) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(C) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(D) None of these
Ans:B

65. ‘India : Issues in Development’ is a book written by—
(A) Judith Rodriguez
(B) Nilanjana S. Roy
(C) M. Guruswamy
(D) None of these
Ans:C

66. The book ‘Indomitable Spirit’ is written by—
(A) Tushar Gandhi
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Dilip Kumar
Ans:C

67. The former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad
on December 30, 2006. He was held guilty of—
(A) The Dujail killings
(B) The Kuwait invasion
(C) Killings of US troops
(D) None of these
Ans:A

68. Bhopal is being renamed to—
(A) Bhojpal
(B) Bhogpal
(C) Bhupal
(D) None of these
Ans:A

69. The second woman of Indian origin to go into space after (Kalpana
Chawla) is—
(A) Anoushah Ansari
(B) Sunita Williams
(C) Anita Williams
(D) None of them
Ans:B

70. The 35th National Games will be organized at—
(A) Imphal
(B) Chennai
(C) Kerala
(D) Pune
Ans:C

71. The Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2009 was held in—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Chandigarh
Ans:C

72. The PSLV-C12 was successfully launched into space from t h e
Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on 28 April, 2009. PSLV
stands for—
(A) Polar Space Light Vehicle
(B) Polar Space Launch Vehicle
(C) Polar Satellite Light Vehicle
(D) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Ans:D

73. ‘SAFMA’ is associated with—
(A) ASEAN
(B) G–8
(C) SAARC
(D) BIMSTEK
Ans:C

74. Guantanamo is—
(A) An atomic energy centre of North Korea
(B) A military prison of U.S.A.
(C) A satellite of China
(D) A new agency of Brazil
Ans:B

75. Jian-10 is—
(A) Japan’s news agency
(B) China’s home-made fighter aircraft
(C) South Korea’s anti-aircraft gun
(D) Japan’s Tsunami alert system
Ans:B

76. Who is the present Chairperson of the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) ?
(A) Justice Shivraj V. Patil
(B) Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao
(C) Justice S. Rajendra Babu
(D) P. C. Sharma
Ans:C

77. ‘France 24′ is—
(A) France’s Oil Company
(B) Commerce and Trade Union of France
(C) An Atomic Energy Centre of France
(D) France’s International News Channel
Ans:D

78. BrahMos Missile is a joint venture of—
(A) Russia and India
(B) China and India
(C) U.S.A. and India
(D) France and India
Ans:A

79. The APEC Summit 2008 was held in Nov. 2008 at—
(A) Peru
(B) Manila
(C) Seoul
(D) Hanoi
Ans:A

80. Mullaperiyar dam is a disputable issue between—
(A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu States
(B) Kerala and Karnataka States
(C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States
(D) None of these
Ans:A

81. CARTOSAT-2A is—
(A) A comet
(B) A tank of Indian army
(C) Earth observing satellite in a sunsynchronous orbit
(D) An army communication network
Ans:C

82. Margaret Chan was appointed as the Director General of—
(A) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(B) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
(C) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(D) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Ans:A

83. Which among the following countries has joined World Trade
Organisation as the 153rd member ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Cape Verde
(C) Singapore
(D) Iran
Ans:B

84. At present what is the percentage of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ?
(A) 5•50%
(B) 5•25%
(C) 5•0%
(D) 5•75%
Ans:C

85. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan, investment level
has been estimated to be—
(A) 20% of GDP
(B) 25% of GDP
(C) 30% of GDP
(D) 35% of GDP
Ans:D

86. How many companies from India found place in ‘Global-500′ list ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
Ans:C

87. For 2009, World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth at—
(A) below 7%
(B) 4%
(C) 8•5%
(D) 9•6%
Ans:B

88. Which of the following Indian company has been listed at the top
in Global-500 list ?
(A) ONGC
(B) Reliance Industries
(C) TCS
(D) Infosys Tech
Ans:A

89. “Beyond Scarcity : Power, Poverty and Global Water Crisis” is the
theme of—
(A) Human Development Report 2005
(B) Human Development Report 2006
(C) World Development Report 2005
(D) World Development Report 2006
Ans:B

90. Koneru Humpy is related with which among the following games?
(A) Chess
(B) Badminton
(C) Tennis
(D) Table Tennis
Ans:A

91. The film that won the Best Film Award at 39th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) is—
(A) Tulpan
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam
Ans:A

92. Report of the Sachar Committee is related with—
(A) Social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community
(B) Status of the Scheduled Castes in India
(C) Economic status of Backward Classes in India
(D) None of these
Ans:A

93. Who among the following has been named as Impact Person of the
year for 2007 by Impact Magazine?
(A) Vijay Malya
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans:A

94. Who among the following has been won the title of Miss India
Universe 2009?
(A) Amruta Patki
(B) Ekta Chaudhury
(C) Catherine Untalan
(D) Marianne Puglia
Ans:A

95. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—
(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami
Ans:B

96. Who among the following won gold medal in shooting at 15th Asian
Games?
(A) Jaspal Rana
(B) Liu Guohui
(C) Jakkrit Panichpatikum
(D) None of these
Ans:A

97. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for
the first time on a film personality. Who is that film personality?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand
Ans:B

98. World Golf Championship, 2007 has been won by—
(A) Henrik Stenson
(B) Tigerwoods
(C) Geoff Ogilvy
(D) David Toms
Ans:B

99. The ICC World Cup Cricket-2007 has been won by—
(A) Australia
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand
Ans:A

100. ‘Deep Fritz’ is—
(A) A technique of refrigeration
(B) A commercially available ches computer program
(C) A laptop computer
(D) A car launched by Hyundai
Ans:B

101. Sanskriti Award 2006 for Literature has been awarded to—
(A) Mitul Dutta
(B) Chandrakanta
(C) Vinda Karandikar
(D) Mridula Garg
Ans:A

102. The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2008 is—
(A) Hamid Karzai
(B) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
(C) Kofi Annan
(D) Mohamed El Baradei
Ans:D

103. Life imprisonment has been awarded to the former Union Minister
and Chief of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren for kidnapping
and murder of his secretary—
(A) Madhumita
(B) Shashinath Jha
(C) Nitish Katara
(D) None of these
Ans:B

104. International Children’s Peace Prize for 2008 has been awarded to
—
(A) Mayra Avellar
(B) Nkosi Johnson
(C) Vaclav Jirsa
(D) None of these
Ans:A

105. The newly formed 21st district of Haryana is—
(A) Mohali
(B) Palwal
(C) Mewat
(D) None of these
Ans:B

106. According to the Human Development Report 2006, India has
acquired 126th place in HDI ranking which is……than that of last year.
(A) Two ranks up
(B) One rank up
(C) Two ranks down
(D) One rank down
Ans:B

107. Which sector of the economy became the largest job recruiter in
2006-07?
(A) Private Sector Banks
(B) Garment Exports
(C) Broking Services
(D) Software IT Companies
Ans:D

108. ‘Sensitive sector’ as defined by RBI include(s)—
(A) Capital Market
(B) Real Estate
(C) Commodities
(D) All the above
Ans:D

109. At what place Indian economy stands in the world on the basis of
PPP rating ?
(A) Second
(B) Fourth
(C) Sixth
(D) Tenth
Ans:B

110. IRDA in India regulates—
(A) Banking business
(B) Insurance business
(C) Capital business
(D) Public issue of shares
Ans:B

111. Which Indian group of business houses has made a space in top 20
global firms in Forbes list of world’s most reputed companies?
(A) Tata Group
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Infosys
(D) Hero Honda Motors
Ans:A

112. In which fuel, the government has decided to mix ‘marker’ for
identifying adulteration ?
(A) Kerosene
(B) Diesel
(C) Petrol
(D) All of these
Ans:A

113. Who among the following has started a new enterprise named
‘blogevery where.com’ ?
(A) Ratan Tata
(B) Narayan Murti
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Sabeer Bhatia
Ans:D

114. Tata Steel has recently acquired which among the following steel
producer company ?
(A) Mittal Steel
(B) Corus
(C) Arcelor
(D) Nippon Steel
Ans:B

115. The fourth Asian Film Festival was held in—
(A) Pune
(B) Mumbai
(C) Nagpur
(D) Goa
Ans:A

116. Tshwane Declaration has been signed between—
(A) India and China
(B) India and South Africa
(C) India and Nepal
(D) India and Russia
Ans:B

117. The book ‘Falling Over Backwards’ is written by—
(A) Arun Shourie
(B) Ninan Koshi
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) R. K. Narayan
Ans:A

118. ‘Sakshat’ is—
(A) An educational website
(B) A missile
(C) An artificial satellite
(D) A railway project
Ans:A

119. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2007 has been awarded to—
(A) Archbishop Desmond Tutu
(B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Dalai Lama
(D) Shabana Azmi
Ans:A

120. The present Governor of Bihar is—
(A) G. K. Gandhi
(B) Buta Singh
(C) R. L. Bhatia
(D) None of these
Ans:C

121. ‘Sabse Pahale Pakistan’ is an Urdu translated version of which
among the following books?
(A) Pakistan Eye of the Storm
(B) In the Line of Fire
(C) Pakistan Today
(D) Passage to Pakistan
Ans:B

122. The 2008 C. K. Nayadu Life Time Achievement Award of the year has
been won by—
(A) Gundappa Vishwanath
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Mohinder Amarnath
(D) Madan Lal
Ans:A

123. ‘Rainbow’ is—
(A) An ice-cream
(B) Prasar Bharti’s FM Channel
(C) A suitcase
(D) A musical group
Ans:B

124. The 2007 ICC Women’s Cricketer of the year award has been won by—
(A) Lisa Sthalekar
(B) Claire Taylor
(C) Anju Banerjee
(D) Jhulan Goswami
Ans:D

125. ‘Garib Rath’ is—
(A) The first AC train for the poor
(B) A portal
(C) A project launched by Ministry of HRD
(D) A low price car
Ans:A

126. Which among the following countries has not been elected recently
as a non-permanent member of the Security Council?
(A) South Africa
(B) Italy
(C) Belgium
(D) Japan
Ans:D

127. Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football
Championship 2008?
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Spain
Ans:D

128. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by—
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) America
Ans:A

129. Which among the following national parks is celebrated its 70th
anniversary in 2006?
(A) Corbett National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Gir National Park
(D) Ghana Wildlife Sanctuary
Ans:A

130. Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports?
(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Chess
(D) Table Tennis
Ans:A

131. ‘GLONASS’ is—
(A) Global Navigational Satellite System
(B) Global Navigational Space System
(C) Geostationary Launch of Artificial Space System
(D) Global New Astronomical Space System
Ans:A

132. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security
with which among the following countries?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Germany
Ans:A

133. Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan has
been recently awarded to—
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) King Abdullah
(D) Khuswant Singh
Ans:A

134. 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—
(A) Osamu Shimomura
(B) Martin Chalfie
(C) Roger Y. Tsien
(D) All of these
Ans:D

135. ‘Miss Universe 2008′ is—
(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor
(B) Dayana Mendoza
(C) Sabrina Houssami
(D) Natasha Suri
Ans:B

136. The present Prime Minister of Japan is—
(A) Junichiro Koizumi
(B) Mori Yoshiro
(C) Taro Aso
(D) Hashimoto Ryutaro
Ans:C

137. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration- 2006 has been
awarded to—
(A) J. S. Bandukwalla
(B) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Acharya Mahaprajna
(D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
Ans:A

138. Which among the following has been reelected to the United
Nations Human Rights Committee for the fourth time ?
(A) Nisuke Ando
(B) Michael O’ Flaherty
(C) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(D) Ivan Shearer
Ans:C

139. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of
tolerance and nonviolence has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans:A

140. Who among the following is the winner of US Open 2008 women’s
single title ?
(A) Mary Pierce
(B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(D) Serena Williams
Ans:D

141. The present Foreign Secretary of India is—
(A) Romesh Bhandari
(B) Shyam Saran
(C) Shivshankar Menon
(D) Shashank
Ans:C

142. In China’s EAST fusion reactor, EAST stands for—
(A) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(B) Experimental Advanced Solar Tool
(C) Electronically Advanced Scientific Technology
(D) Experimental Artificial Sun Tokamak
Ans:A

143. “A Passage to Hope : Women and International Migration” is—
(A) A book written on the theme of upliftment of women
(B) The theme of the new released ‘State of World Population
Report-2006′ by UNFPA
(C) A documentary film on global migration of women
(D) A report on the status of women in the world
Ans:B

144. Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development
Board situated?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Bangalore
Ans:B

145. The book Guiding Souls : Dialogues on the purpose of life of
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has been translated into—
(A) Japanese
(B) Chinese
(C) German
(D) Portuguese
Ans:B

146. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans:A

147. Swasraya Bharat-2006 week was organised—
(A) In honour of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) In honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
(C) In honour of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(D) For the promotion of religious and cultural unity of India
Ans:A

148. Who among the following is the present High Commissioner of India
to Pakistan?
(A) Satyabrata Pal
(B) Shiv Shankar Menon
(C) Vijay K. Nambiar
(D) None of these
Ans:A

149. Who among the following is the World Chess Champion of 2007?
(A) Vishwanathan Anand
(B) Veselin Tapalov
(C) Viktor Kramnik
(D) Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Ans:A

150. Which among the following Indian is the first Vice-Chancellor of
Westminster University?
(A) Lord Swaraj Paul
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Subhramaniam Swami
(D) Sujatha Bose
Ans:A

151. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been honoured with a degree of
Doctor of Law by which among the following Universities ?
(A) Cambridge University
(B) Oxford University
(C) Westminster University
(D) Havard University
Ans:A

152. Nobel Prize for Peace-2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Martti Ahtisaari
(B) World Bank
(C) Urban Bank
(D) NABARD
Ans:A

153. Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea has been elected as the Secretary-
General of UN. He is the—
(A) Seventh Secretary-General
(B) Eighth Secretary-General
(C) Sixth Secretary-General
(D) Fifth Secretary-General
Ans:B

154. The books ‘Snow’ and ‘My Name is Red’ have been written by—
(A) Orhun Pamuk
(B) Harold Pinter
(C) J.M. Coetzee
(D) V.S. Naipaul
Ans:A

155. Which among the following match of the book and its year of
receiving the Man Booker Prize is incorrect ?
(A) The Sea-2005
(B) The Gathering-Anne Enright
(C) Vernon God Little-2002
(D) The Inheritance of Loss-2006
Ans:C

156. Which among the following Indian women is not included in the
Fortune magazine’s list of 50 most powerful business–women?
(A) Chanda Kochar, ICICI Bank
(B) Naina Lal Kidwai, HSBC India
(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon India
(D) Shehnaz Hussain, Shehnaz Hussain Herbals
Ans:D

157. Which among the following has become the first online District
Court in India ?
(A) Jodhpur District Court
(B) Ajmer District Court
(C) Jaipur District Court
(D) Jaisalmer District Court
Ans:A

158. G. M. Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology for the
year 2007 has been conferred upon—
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. K. Kasturirangan
(C) Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
(D) Dr. Y. S. Rajan
Ans:C

159. The winner of the 2008 US Open Tennis men’s singles title is—
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Roddick
(D) Novak Djokovic
Ans:A

160. Which among the following has been removed from the UNESCO’s list
of World Heritage sites in danger?
(A) Hampi
(B) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Kathmandu Valley
(D) Fort and Shalamar Gardens
Ans:A

161. The Sangeet Ratna Award has been instituted in memory of—
(A) Ustad Rashid Ahmed
(B) Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan
(C) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(D) Pt. Ravishankar
Ans:C

162. IBSA is—
(A) India Brazil—South Africa Trilateral Co-operation Forum
(B) India Brazil South Africa Agreement
(C) India Britain South America Agreement
(D) None of these
Ans:A

163. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 has been won by—
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(C) Anju Bobby George
(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ans:B

164. Where will the 15th NAM summit be held?
(A) Durban
(B) Egypt
(C) Cuba
(D) Cartagena
Ans:B

165. Which among the following has become the Third Tiger Reserve of
Assam?
(A) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Nameri National Park
(D) None of these
Ans:B

166. Who among the following is the most powerful women in the world
according to the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 most powerful women?
(A) Indra Nooyi
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Condoleeza Rice
Ans:C

167. The statue of which among the following literary luminaries has
been unveiled at Shanghai?
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bharavi
(D) Vishakha Dutta
Ans:A

168. Shijian–8 is—
(A) India’s newly created artificial satellite
(B) China’s seed-breeding satellite
(C) Japan’s seed-breeding satellite
(D) Russia’s remote sensing satellite
Ans:B

169. Who among the following has awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World
Press Freedom Award 2009?
(A) Maj Chidiac
(B) Raul Rivero
(C) Lasantha Wickrematunga
(D) Amira Hass
Ans:C

170. Which among the following tennis players has recently bid his
retirement?
(A) Andre Agassi
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Carlos Moya
(D) Andy Raddick
Ans:A

171. The new addition to the Commonwealth Games 2010 is—
(A) Shooting
(B) Hockey
(C) Wrestling
(D) Football
Ans:C

172. ‘Deoria to Dadri Nyaya Yatra’ was launched by—
(A) V. P. Singh and Raj Babbar
(B) Chandrashekhar
(C) Raj Babbar and Mulayam Singh
(D) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Ans:A

173. ‘Automotive Mission Plan 2006–2016′ aims to—
(A) Make India a global hub of automatic electronic devices
(B) Advance India in the field of technology
(C) Make India a global hub of automobiles and auto-components
(D) Advance India in the field of computers
Ans:C

174. Treat, Train, Retain Plan is—
(A) A plan aiming at development of Indian Railway
(B) A plan to retain the high status of Indian Railway
(C) A part of WHO’s work to promote universal access to HIV/AIDS
services
(D) A plan to launch several new trains in the next two years
Ans:C

175. The 8th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit/meeting
was held in—
(A) 2008
(B) 2009
(C) 2007
(D) 2010
Ans:A

Questions asked in various  Exams

1.Which of the following is the Punjabi
code for the illegal immigrants who go abroad
in a group on a visitor’s visa or a ‘sticker visa’
(take visa) and then simply vanish?

(a) Shikar
(b) Kabootar
(c) Tota
(d) Human Cargo

2.Universal receivers can receive blood
from:

(a) Group AB only
(b) Group O only
(c) Groups O, A, B, AB
(d) Groups A, AB
3.
Which female astronaut spent the max-
imum time in space?

(a) Lisa Norwak
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) None of these

4.13th Asian Archery Championship was
held in:

(a) Myanmar
(b) Singapore
(c) Taiwan
(d) Sri Lanka

5.Name the company having the punch-
line “Customer power wins again”.

(a) Apollo Tyres
(b) MRF Tyres
(c) Radlab Tyres
(d) JK Tyres

6.Name the country in which MTNL

(Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) has
won licences for operating cellular mobile, WLL
and International Long Distance (ILD) services.

(a) Kenya
(b) Nepal
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Mauritius

7.Which one of the following lenses
should be used to correct the defect of astig-
matism?

(a) Cylindrical lens
(b) Concave lens
(c) Convex lens
(d) Bifocal lens

8.Why is December 18 observed as
Minorities Rights Day?

(a) On this date in 1947 our Constituent
Assembly adopted the Articles 25 and
29 regarding the protection of minori-
ties

(b) On this date in 1992 the United Nations
adopted a declaration regarding the
protection of rights of minorities

(c) On this date in 1892, Abdul Kalam
Azad was born

(d) On this date in 1950 India gave the
assurance in the UN General Assembly
that it would protect the existence of
the national or ethnic, cultural, reli-
gious and linguistic identity of minori-
ties and encourage conditions for the
promotion of their identity

9.Which of the following projects has
been launched by the Ministry of Science and
Technology to protect India’s traditional
knowledge?

(a) Traditional Knowledge Bank
(b) Pride in Past
(c) Glorious India
(d) Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

10.The least populated State in India is:

(a) Goa
(b) Sikkim
(c) Manipur
(d) Madhya Pradesh

11.Which of the following Indian firms
has signed an agreement to acquire Australia-
based Expert Information Services Pvt. Ltd.
(Expert)?

(a) Sify
(b) Infosys
(c) TCS
(d) Wipro

12.A test tube baby means:

(a) a baby grown in a test tube
(b) embryo fertilized in uterus and devel-
oped in test tube
(c) embryo fertilized and developed in
uterus
(d) fertilization in vitro and then trans-
plantation in the uterus

13.What is ‘Teletext’?

(a) Flashing of telephone conversation on
TV screen
(b) Printing the text of the message on the
telex machine
(c) Connecting the local telephones with
outstation telephones without STD
codes
(d) Flashing of the text of news and
information on the TV screen

14.The causative agent of Tuberculosis is:

(a) Mycobacterium
(b) Aspergillus
(c) Rhabdovirus
(d) HIV

15.In which of the following States is
India’s largest producer of poultry products,
Venkateshwara Hatcheries group, situated?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka

16.Which of the following is correctly
matched?

Organisation   &  Headquarters

1. International Monetary Fund  i. Manila

2. Asian Development Bank    ii. Lyons (France)

3. INTERPOL          iii. Brussels

4. NATO             iv. Washington DC

(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv i ii

17.Which among the following is a mar-
tial dance?

(a) Kathakali
(b) Bamboo dance in Meghalaya
(c) Chhau of Mayurbhanj
(d) Bhangra of Punjab

18.8th March is observed as:

(a) International Day for Elderly People
(b) International Children’s Day
(c) International Women’s Day
(d) International Human Rights Day

19.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated
with:

(a) Mazzini
(b) Cavour
(c) Garibaldi
(d) Bismarck

20.Mica is fond in which one of the fol-
lowing pairs of rocks?

(a) Slate—Sandstone
(b) Schist—Gneiss
(c) Limestone—Sandstone
(d) Shale—Limestone

21.The Tenth Plan aimed to reduce the
poverty ratio by 2007 to:

(a) 10%
(b) 30%
(c) 20%
(d) 5%

22.Which of the following Hollywood art
directors, who won 11 Oscar awards, designed
the Oscar statuette in 1926?

(a) Peter Jackson
(b) Cedric Gibbons
(c) Sean Penn
(d) Tim Robbins

23.During the Non-Cooperation Move-
ment, which award did Gandhiji return?

(a) Right Honourable
(d) Rai Bahadur
(c) Hind Kesari
(d) Kaiser-e-Hind

24.Capital : Output Ratio of a commodity
measures:

(a) its per unit cost of production

(b) the amount of capital invested per unit
of output

(c) the ratio of capital depreciation to
quantity of output

(d) the ratio of working capital employed
to quantity of output

25.Bhagirathi, a collection of poems in
Sanskrit by renowned scholar Govind Chandra
Pande, has been chosen for the presti-
gious____for 2003:

(a) Shalaka Samman
(b) Vyas Samman
(c) Kalidas Samman
(d) Saraswati Samman

26.The International Court of Justice
holds its sessions at its headquarters in:

(a) Lake Success
(b) Amsterdam
(c) The Hague
(d) Paris

27.What percentage of solar radiation
directly reaches the earth?

(a) 47
(b) 27
(c) 20
(d) 15

28.What percentage of the earth’s surface
is covered under water?

(a) 51
(b) 60
(c) 71
(d) 75

29.The removal of soil at a rate faster
than its formation is:

(a) Soil erosion
(b) Accelerated erosion
(c) Lateral erosion
(d) None of the above

30.The length of the year is greatest on
the:

(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Pluto

31.The largest producer of sugar in the
world is:

(a) Brazil
(b) Indonesia
(c) Mexico
(d) Cuba

32.Which of the following cities is situat-
ed on the banks of River Tiber?

(a) Tokyo
(b) Rome
(c) Peking
(d) Berlin

33.The State in India with the largest
coastline is:

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra

34.Which is the most irrigated State in
India?

(a) UP
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar

35.Tin yielding State in India is:

(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Jharkhand

36.The Rihand Dam is constructed on
tributary of which river:

(a) Chambal
(b) Sone
(c) Murali
(d) Periyar

37.The weight of the cricket ball is
approximately:

(a) 3.6 oz
(b) 4.3 oz
(c) 5.5 oz
(d) 6.5 oz

38.‘Breast Stroke’ is a term associated
with:

(a) Swimming
(b) Boxing
(c) Football
(d) Kabaddi

39.National game of Canada is:

(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Ice Hockey
(d) Tennis

40.Name the first Arabic writer to be
awarded Nobel Prize for Literature:

(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Gen Gaddafi
(c) Yasser Arafat
(d) Naguib Mah Fouz

41.Who among the following was the first
recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award?

(a) Dhanraj Pillai
(b) Homi Matiwala
(c) Vishwanathan Anand
(d) Bahadur Prasad

42.The ‘Servants of India Society’ was
founded by:

(a) Annie Beasant
(b) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

43.Who defined democracy as a “Govern-
ment of the people, by the people and for the
people?”

(a) Ruskin
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Aristotle

44.The earliest of the holy books of the
Hindus is the:

(a) Gita
(b) Ramayana
(c) Mahabharata
(d) Vedas

45.Ashoka sent his son and daughter for
preaching of Buddhism to:

(a) Sumatra
(b) Cambodia
(c) Javadvipa
(d) Ceylon

46.The capital of Kanishka was:

(a) Taxila
(b) Multan
(c) Gandhara
(d) Purushapura

47.The famous financial advisor to Akbar
was:

(a) Todar Mall
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Raja of Jodhpur
(d) Bairam Khan

48.Who among the following was the first
of a series of hereditary Peshwas hailing from
the Bhatt family?

(a) Balaji Biswanath
(b) Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Sambhaji

49.Indian Air Force was established in
the year:

(a) 1932
(b) 1947
(c) 1857
(d) 1950

50.In which year Planning Commission
was set up?

(a) 1956
(b) 1950
(c) 1940
(d) 1947

ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a)
5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (d)
9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (d)
13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (a)
17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (b)
25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c)
29. (a) 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (b)
33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (b)
37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (d)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (d)
45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (a)
49. (a) 50. (b)

1.Koodiyattam is a:

(a) traditional dance of Kerala
(b) special food prepared in Thailand
(c) city of Tamil Nadu
(d) dress prepared in Goa

2.Where is the National Institute of Virology
situated?

(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune

3.Which of the following is wrongly matched?

(a) Hirakud : Mahanadi
(b) Nagarjuna Sagar : Cauvery
(c) Bhakra Nangal : Sutlej
(d) Pochamped : Godavari

4.When was the Planning Commission set up in
India?

(a) 1949
(b) 1950
(c) 1951
(d) 1952

5.Galileo was born in:

(a) Pisa
(b) Bethlehem
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Rome

6.What is the name of the capital of Peru?

(a) Oslo
(b) Abuja
(c) Lima
(d) Kigali

7.Which is called ‘Pearl of Orient’?

(a) Zanzibar
(b) Rome
(c) Norway
(d) Sri Lanka

8.What was the old name of ‘Taiwan’?

(a) Saigon
(b) Formosa
(c) Taipei
(d) Chile

9.Who is the author of the book Speed Post?

(a) Mulak Raj Anand (b) Shobha De
(c) Arundhati Roy (d) Khuswant Singh

10.‘Yen’ is the name of the currency of:
(a) Japan
(b) Italy
(c) Netherlands (d) Indonesia

11.Which combination of cities and industries
they are associated with, is wrong?

(a) Buenos Aires—Dairy Product
(b) Detroit—Ship Building
(c) Havana—Cigars
(d) Johannesberg—Gold Mines

12.For international payments, the Indian
currency is linked to:

(a) American Dollar
(b) British Sterling
(c) International Oil Price
(d) Gold Standard

13.GNP (Gross National Product) is the money
value of:

(a) final goods and services produced annually with
economy.

(b) annual service generation in the economy.
(c) tangible goods available in the economy.
(d) tangible goods produced annually in the economy.

14.Match the following:

1. Fertiliser            A. Basic industries
2. Petroleum             B. Strategic industries
3. Automobile            C. Critical industries
4. Arms and Ammunition   D. Goods based industries

(a) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 (b) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(c) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 (d) A-4, B-4, C-3, D-1

15.The main function of I.M.F. is to:

(a) finance investment loans to developing countries.
(b) act as a private sector lending arm of the World Bank.
(c) help to solve balance of payment problems of member countries.
(d) arrange international deposits from banks.

16.In which year was the new currency ‘Euro’
introduced?

(a) 1996 (b) 1997 (c) 1998 (d) 1999

17.Solar system was discovered by:

(a) Kepler
(b) Galileo
(c) Copernicus
(d) Eratosthenes

18.What is the name of the first woman space
tourist?

(a) Jullian Moore (b) Paula Radcliffe
(c) Namira Salim (d) Anousheh Ansari

19.What is the name of the writer of Indian origin
whose novel The Inheritance of Loss has bagged ‘Man
Booker Prize’?

(a) Vikram Seth (b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Salman Rushdie (d) Kiran Desai

20.Khagendra Thapamagur of Nepal is the world’s
smallest person. His height and weight respectively are:

(a) 20 inch and 4.5 kg
(b) 21 inch and 4.0 kg
(c) 22 inch and 4.0 kg
(d) 23 inch and 4.5 kg

21.In which year “Human Rights Resolution” was
adopted by the UN:

(a) 1945
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1948

22.Cholera bacillus was discovered by:

(a) Joseph Lister (b) Louis Pasteur
(c) Robert Koch (d) Ronald Ross

23.Which one of the following was an important
port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?

(a) Kalyan
(b) Tamralipti
(c) Sopara
(d) Baroch

24.With which game Serena Williams is associated?

(a) Football
(b) Hockey
(c) Swimming
(d) Tennis

25.In which South American country does one find the Atacama desert?

(a) Chile
(b) Peru
(c) Colombia
(d) Brazil

26.The first aircraft to fly around the world with out refuelling was:

(a) Challenger
(b) Colombia
(c) Discoverer
(d) Voyager

27.Which of the following plays the most impor-
tant role in the distribution of revenue between Centre
and the States?

(a) Planning Commission
(b) Finance Commission
(c) Inter-State Council
(d) National Development Council

28.Haemorrhage is caused by the deficiency of
Vitamin:

(a) A
(b) D
(c) E
(d) K

29.Which of the following represents the name of
the first missile boat built in India?

(a) Chitra
(b) Vibhuti
(c) Chakra
(d) Maitri

30.International women’s Day is celebrated every
year on:

(a) January 26
(b) March 8
(c) August 26
(d) December 8

ANSWERS

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) It is on Krishna river.
4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (d)
8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (b)
12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c)
16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (d)
20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (b)
24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (b)
28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (b)

1.The first metal to be used by man was:

(a) aluminium
(b) copper
(c) iron
(d) silver

2.The present base year for calculating wholesale
price index number is:

(a) 1993-94
(b) 1991-92
(c) 1961-62
(d) 1950-51

3.For respiration in deep sea, divers use mixture
of:

(a) Oxygen and helium
(b) Oxygen and hydrogen
(c) Oxygen and carbon dioxide
(d) Oxygen and nitrogen

4.Who committed the most daring murder of Sir
Curzen Wyllie in 1907 in a public meeting in London?

(a) B.N. Dutta
(b) M.L. Dhingra
(c) Sardar Ajit Singh
(d) S.C. Chatterjee

5.The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice
and:

(a) 12 Judges
(b) 15 Judges
(c) 20 Judges
(d 25 Judges

6.The International Day for Elimination of Racial
Discrimination is observed on:

(a) 20th February (b) 21st February
(c) 20th March
(d) 21st March

7.‘New Horizons’ spacecraft was launched by
NASA to study which of the following planet?

(a) Mars
(b) Pluto
(c) Jupiter
(d) Mercury

8.Which of the following statements are true about
‘2011 Cricket World Cup’?

A. India will host the 2011 World Cup Final.
B. The two semi-final of the mega event will be held
in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
C. The opening ceremony will be held in
Bangladesh.

D. UAE will host the matches which will be played
between India and Pakistan.
(a) only A, B and C
(b) only B, C and D
(c) only A, C and D
(d) only A and D

9.Which of the following trophies is related with
the game of ‘Football’?

(a) Mumbai Gold Cup
(b) Everest Cup
(c) Merdeka Cup
(d) V.C.C. Cup

10.On which date is Life Insurance Corporation of
India completed its 50 years?

(a) 5th July
(b) 3rd August
(c) 1st September
(d) 15th September

11.The minimum temperature at which a com-
bustible substance catches fire is called:

(a) fireless temperature
(b) ignition temperature
(c) static temperature
(d) optimum temperature

12.The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha
of the:

(a) Maratha Dynasty
(b) Chola Dynasty
(c) Ganga Dynasty
(d) Vijaynagar Empire

13.Rigveda Samhita denotes one-fourth of its
hymns to:

(a) Rudra
(b) Marut
(c) Agni
(d) Indra

14.Ahalyabai, the saintly queen of Maheshwar
(Central India) belonged to which dynasty?

(a) Scindhya dynasty
(b) Peshwa dynasty
(c) Holkar dynasty
(d) Rajput dynasty

15.Which one of the following is not a constitu-
tional body?

(a) Election Commission
(b) Union Public Service Commission
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Finance Commission

16.‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)‘ has
not yet been signed by:

(a) India
(b) China
(c) Canada
(d) United Kingdom

17.Jadugoda mines are famous for:

(a) iron ore
(b) mica deposits
(c) gold deposits
(d) uranium deposits

18.What is the Value Added Tax (VAT)?

(a) A single tax that replaces State Taxes like
surcharge, turnover tax, etc.
(b) A simple, transparent, easy to pay tax imposed
on consumers.
(c) A new initiative taken by the government to
increase the tax burden of high income groups.
(d) A new tax to be imposed on the producers of
capital goods.

19.What is the name of the World’s smallest
republic which has an area of 21 sq.km.?

(a) Vatican City (b) Palermo
(c) Namur
(d) Nauru

20.On Jan 10, 2007 India crossed another mile-
stone with the successful launch of PSLV-C7 which
injected into orbit for the first time four satellites, Car-
tosat-2, SRE-1, Lapan-Tubsat and Pehuensat-1. Which
one of them is an earth observation satellite?

(a) Cartosat-2
(b) SRE-1
(c) Lapan-Tubsat
(d) Pehuensat-1

21.Which bank has launched India’s first loan
disbursement card recently?
(a) SBI
(b) UTI
(c) IDBI
(d) ICICI

22.Who has been named “Businessman of the Year
for 2006” by Forbes Asia?

(a) Nandan Nilekani
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Vijay Mallya
(d) Azim Premji

23.Who is the 37th Chief Justice of India?

(a) Ram Jethmalani (d) Y.K. Sabharwal
(c) Bijibhai Patnaik (d) K.G. Balkrishnan

24.‘Diet’ is a joint session of the Parliament of
which nation?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Vietnam
(d) Germany

25.Who is the author of the book, Amitabh—The
Making of a Superstar?

(a) Tushar Raheja
(b) Vijay Singhvi
(c) Susmita Das Gupta
(d) Raj Kamal Jha

26.Ban-ki-Moon who took oath on 14th December
as U.N. Secretary General belonged to:

(a) South Africa
(b) South Korea
(c) Zimbabwe
(d) Yugoslavia

27.The first woman in the world to successfully do
a free fall para-jump over the South Pole from a height
of 12,000 feet in a minus 33 degree Celsius tempera-
ture, is:

(a) Sheetal Mahajan (b) Manisha Lamba
(c) Kangna Ranaut (d) Neha Ahuja

28.Paris is situated on the river:

(a) Danube
(b) Seine
(c) Tiber
(d) Avon

ANSWERS
1. (b)2. (a)3. (d)4. (b)5. (d)6. (d)
7. (b)8. (a)9. (c)10. (c)11. (b)
12. (c)13. (d)14. (c)15. (c)16. (a)
17. (d)18. (a)19. (d)20. (c)21. (d)
22. (a)23. (d)24. (b)25. (c)26. (b)
27. (a)28. (b)

122. Which is known as ‘Fortunate Island’ : Canary Island

123. Ferozepur is situated on the banks of the river : Sutlej, in Punjab

124. Veluthampi commited suicide at : Mannadi

125.The Atomic theory was introduced by : John Dalton

126. Who compiled the first Malayalam dictionary : Herman Gundert

127. Which is known as ‘Friendly Island’ : Tonga

128. Herman Gundert was from : Germany

129. Jabalpur is situated on the banks of the river : Narmada in Madya Pradesh

130. The four ages of traditional Hindu thoughts are : Krita, Treta, Dvapara, Kali

131. Herman Gundert lived and worked at : Illikunnu, Thalassery

132. Which is known as ‘Gateway of Tears’: Strait of Bab-el Mandeb

133. Ludhiana is situated on the banks of the river : Sutlej,in Punjab

134. Who made primary education compulsory in Travancore in 1817 : Rani Gauri Parvathi Bai

135. Ancient Dravidians living in central India and Rajastan : Bhils

136. First census conducted in Travancore was in : 1831

137. Which is known as ‘Garden of Italy’ : Sicily

138.Who conducted first census in Travancore in 1831 : Swathi Thirunal

139. Madhurai is situated on the banks of the river : Vaigi, in Tamil Nadu

140. ……… is the unit of the wave length of light : Angstrom

141. Who founded the first government hospital in Kerala : Swathi Thirunal

142. Which is known as ‘Great Whiteway’ : Broadway,New York.

143. First railway line in Kerala was opened on : March 12, 1861 between Beypore and Tirur

144. …… used iron of the first time in India : Aryans

145. Who is known as Pulayaraja : Ayyankali

146. Mysore is situated on the banks of the river : Kaveri,in Karnataka

147. Which is known as ‘Garden of England’ : Kent

148. Who called ayyankali as Pulayaraja : Gandhiji

149. Dutch settlers in South Africa : Boers

150. General hospital ,Thiruvanthapuram ,was established in 1864,during the reign of :

Ayilam Thirunal

92. Which is known as ‘Dark Continent’ : Africa

93. Temple entry proclamation was in :1936

94. Samadhi of Kishan Kanth is : Nigam Bodhghat

95. ‘Manusmrithi was translated into English by : William Jones

96. Lucknow is situated on the bank of the river : Gomati,in Uttar Pradesh

97. Name the battle which shattered the hope of the Dutch to establish their political power in India :

Battle of Kulachal

98. Which is known as Dairy of ‘Northern Europe’: Denmark

99. Land Revenue was introduced in Kochi in the year : 1761

100. Nasik is situated on the banks of the river : Godawari,in Maharastra

101. Animals of a particular region is called : Fauna

102. Which was the first book in Malayalam : Samkshepa Vedartham

103. Which is known as ‘Empire City’: New York

104. Samkshepa Vedartham was written by : Clement Piyanus Pathiri in 1772

105. …………. Is the unit of pressure : Pascal

106. Patna is situated on the banks of the river : Ganges ,in Bihar

107. The ‘Farook’ town was set up by : Tippu in 1788

108. Which is known as ‘Emerald Island’ : Ireland

109. The first Pazhassi Revolution was in :1797

110. Who transalated Arthasastra into English : Shyama Sastri

111. Malabar district became a provice of Madras Presidency in : 1800

112. Srinagar is situated on the banks of the river : Jhelum ,in Jammu and Kashmir

113. Which is known as eternal city : Rome

114. Srirangam agreement between Tippu and the british was in : 1792.

115. The people of England : Anglo Saxons

116. Rani Lakshmi Bai abolished slave trade in : 1812

117. Which is known as ‘Forbidden City’ Lhasa in Tibet

118. Alahabad is situated on banks of the river : Ganga-Yamuna

119. Who established the Chala Bazar in Thiruvanthapuram : Raja Kesavadas

120. ……… was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784: William Jones

32. Which is known as city of Dreaming Spires : Oxford

33. ……… is the ship in which Charles Darwin under took his study tour : Beagle

34.Samadhi of Dr.Ambedkar : Chithrabhoomi

35. Hardwar is situated on the banks of the river : Ganges in Uttaranchal

36. Leading producer of wheat : USA

37. On December 24 ,1525 Gama died at Fort Kochi and his body was buried in : St.Francis church

38. Which is known as ‘City of Eternal Springs’ : Quito in Ecauador

39. Samadhi of Indira Gandhi : Shakthistal

40. ……….  was the first Portuguese Viceroy in Kerala : De Almeida

41. The lengthiest classic episode in India : The Mahabharatha

42. Agra is situated on the banks of the river : Yamuna,in Uttar Pradesh

43. Samadhi of Zail Singh is : Ekthasthal

44. Which was the capital of Kulasekharas : Mahodayapuram

45. Which is known as ‘City of Popes’ : Rome

46. The emperor of Kulasekhara kingdom was known as : Perumal

47. Light Year is a unit of : distance

48. ……… is considered The Father of Malayalam language : Ezhuthachan

49. Samadhi of Charan Singh is : Kisanghat

50. Which is known as ‘City of Sky Scrappers’ : New York

51. Ahamedabad is situated on the banks of the river : Sabarmati,in Gujarat

52. The birth place of Ezhuthachan is : Thunchanparambu at Thirur

53. Which is known as ‘City of Magnificent Distances’ : Washington

54. Samadi of Rajiv Gandhi is : Veerbhoomi

55. Malayalam Research centre is at : Tirur

56. Who wrote Mahabharata : Ved Vyasa

57. Surat is situated on the banks of the river : Tapti,in Gujarat

58. Leading producer of Zinc : Mexico

59. Who wrote ‘Narayaneeyam’: Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri

60. Which is known as ‘City of Golden Gates’ : San Francisco

General Knowledge Question  Series 1

1. Parasuram is believed to be the incarnation of : Vishnu

2. Ayodhya is situated on the banks of the river :Sarayu in Uttar Pradesh

3. The two priests who played a major part during the Rig Vedic Period were : Vasi

4.Christianity was introduced in India by : St Thomas

5.Which is known as ‘Britain of the East’ : Japan

6.St.Thomas first came to Kerala in : A.D 52

7.Leading producer of turmeric is : India

8.Samadhi of mahathma Gandi is :Rajghat

9.Badhrinath is situated on the banks of river : Alakananda in Uttaranchal

10. Huang Tsang visited Kerala in: A.D.630

11.Which is known as ‘Britain of the South’ : New Zealand

12. Sankaracharya lived during the period of : Kulasekharas

13. Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river : Hoogly,in West Bengal

14. Name the Rig Vedic god who is called ‘Purandara’ or breaker of forts : Indra

15. The only Muslim kingdom in Kerala was : the Arrakal Kingdom

16. Which is known as ‘Battle field of Europe’ : Belgium

17. Name the Chineese traveller who visited Kerala in 1409 : Mahuven

18. Plants of a particular region is called : Flora

19. The Arabian merchant Silaiman visited Kerala in : A.D 851

20. Cuttack is situated on the banks of the river : Mahanadi,in Orissa

21. Which is known as city of ‘Arabian Nights’ : Baghdad

22. Which was the capital of Venad kingdom : Kollam

23………… acted as an inter mediatory between the gods and the people in the Vedic period : Agni

24. Delhi is situated on the banks of the river ; Yamuna

25. Beginning of Malayalam era : A.D 825

26. Which is known as ‘City of Cycles’ : Beijing

27. ……… one of the old regional festivals ,was held at Thirunavaya during the reign of Samoothiri of Kozhikode : Mamankom.

28. ‘Sathyameva Jayathae’ have been taken from : Mundaka Upanishath

29. Samadhi of Jevaharlal Nehru : Santhivan

30. Guwahati is situated on the banks of the river : Brahmaputra in Assam