gk practise paper 11

1. Which of the following is the fastest growing city region in India ?
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Surat
(C) Mumbai
(D) Hyderabad
(E) Patna
Ans (B)

2.Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Gandhi:A Spiritual Journey" ?
(A) Mark Tully
(B) K.N.Raj
(C) Ramchandra Gandhi
(D) M.V.Kamath
(E) Indira Gandhi
Ans (D)

3. 60 per cent of commercial in India is comes from :
(A) Coal
(B) Wind
(C) Hydel
(D) Nuclear Project
(E) None of these
Ans (A)

4. What was the mascot for Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010 in Delhi ?
(A) Appu
(B) Shera
(C) Dhiru
(D) Bholu
(E) Fuwa
Ans (B)

5.The first Indian-American to be sworn in as the youngest governor of USA states of Louisiana is :
(A) Evon Pandey
(B) Sukhdeep Hayer
(C) Piyush Bobby Jindal
(D) Paramjeet singh
(E) None of these
Ans (C)

6. The regulatory body set up in India to regulate the capital market is called :
(A) DCA
(B) RBI
(C) SEBI
(D) MRTPC
(E) PHDCCI
Ans (C)

7. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in April 2008 ?
(A) N.K.Singh
(B) Prasanna Kumar Misra
(C) S.K.Kohli
(D) Uday Kotak
(E) Indra Nooyee
Ans (B)

8. Which of the fillowing has said that India will become third largest economy of the world after China and USA by 2025 ?
(A) Asian Development Bank
(B) World Bank
(C) United Nations
(D) Intenational Monetary Fund
(E) European Union
Ans (B)

9. The number of member countries in Nuclear Supplier Group is :
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) 28
(E) 30
Ans (A)

10. Which of the fillowing public sector enterprises has been awarded the Golden Peacock Natinal Award ?
(A) NTPC
(B) ONGC
(C) Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam
(D) BHEL
(E) GAIL
Ans (C)

11. Who has been awarded the 2007 Vyas Samman ?
(A) Rehman Rahi
(B) Mahashweta Devi
(C) Krishna Sobti
(D) Parmanand Srivastava
(E) B.N.Goswami
Ans (C)

12.Railway Budget 2008-09 has enhanced concession for senior citizen women enhanced to 50 per cent from the existing level of :
(A) 25%
(B) 20%
(C) 33%
(D) 30%
(E) 43%
Ans (D)

13. The supersonic cruise missile Brahmos is a joint product of India and
(A) Indonesia
(B) USA
(C) France
(D) Russia
(E) Isarael
Ans (D)

14. What awas the growth rate of agriculture and allied sector during 2007-08 ?
(A) 4.1%
(B) 2.4%
(C) 3.6%
(D) 2.6%
(E) 4.9%
Ans (D)

15. As per Economic Survey 2007-08 ,the trade deficit in 2006-07 widened to :
(A) 6.9 % of GDP
(B) 6.3 % of GDP
(C) 5.7 % OF GDP
(D) 4.8 % of GDP
(E) 9.3 % of GDP
Ans (A)

16. Which of the following Indian city is known as the "Space City" ?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bangalore
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Trivendrum
(E) Kolkata
Ans (C)

17. Which of the following is a public sector unit?
(A) TCS
(B) TISCO
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) BHEL
(E) None of these
Ans (D)

18. Govt. in its mid-term review 2007-08 estimated the percentage of people below the poverty line at :
(A) 25%
(B) 22%
(C) 20%
(D) 18%
(E) 15%
Ans (B)

19. The security and exchange board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through "P-notes".What is the full form of "P-notes"?
(A) Parmanent-Notes
(B) Participatory-Notes
(C) Purchase-Notes
(D) Private Notes
(E) None of these
Ans (B)

20. Prime minister economic advisory council has modified GDP growth rate for 2007-08 at -
(A) 9.2 per cent
(B) 9.1 per cent
(C) 9.0 per cent
(D) 8.9 per cent
(E) None of these
Ans (D)

21. Who is the author of the book "My country,My life"?
(A) Arun Shaurie
(B) Jaswant Singh
(C) Lal Krishna Advani
(D) Atal Bihari Vajpai
(E) Tarun Vijay
Ans (C)

22. Recently India has test fired Sagarika.It is a -
(A) Submarine -to-surface missile
(B) Surface -to-surface missile
(C) Surface -to-air-missile
(D) Air-to-surface missile
(E) None of these
Ans (A)

23. Who was recently elected as FICCI President ?
(A) Habil Khorakiwala
(B) Damodaran
(C) Rajiv Chandra Shekhar
(D) Somen Mitra
(E) P C Misra
Ans (C)

24. Which state cabinet on January 1,2008 gave permission to set up a maritime institute ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra
(E) West Bengal
Ans (B)

25. Which of the following is the most densely populated country in the world ?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Britain
(E) Australia
Ans (B)