gk practise paper 16

01. Peter Velappan is the President of Asian_________
Confederation
(1) Football (2) Volleyball
(3) Baseball (4) Athletics


02. Darkness before Dawnis a book on the growth of communal
consciousness in
India, has been authored by :
(1) Ajay Singh Yadav (2) Jafar Ahmed
(3) Mohsina Kidwai (4) Salman Khursheed


03. Who has intoduced channel NINE GOLD?
(1) Star TV
(2) Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India
(3) Doordarshan
(4) Zee Telefilms
1.(1) 2.(1) 3.(3) 4.(1) 5.(2) 6.(1) 7.(3)

04. Prabhu Chawla is the editor of which magazine?
(1) India Today (2) Outlook
(3) The Week (4) Frontline


05. Vinod Mehta is the chief editor of which of the folowing?
(1) India Today (2) Outlook
(3) The Week (4) Frontline


06. Which of the following is not a West Asian country?
(1) Algeria (2) Jordan
(3) Qatar (4) Yemen


07 Which Swiss city hosts the annual World Economic Forum
Meet?
(1) Zurich (2) Berne
(3) Davos (4) Geneva


08. Name the joint venture partner of Nestle whose stake in
Excelcia
Foods was bought out by the latter?
(1) Dabon (2) Dabur
(3) Britannia (4) Parrys'


09. What is Tehalka.com?
(1) Magazine (2) Website
(3) TV Channel (4) Investigation agency


10. Maharashtra has demanded the inclusion of Marathi
speaking
majority district of Belgaum since a long time. Currently Belgaum
is
in which state?
(1) Karnataka (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Orissa


11. In which field are Chameli Devi Jain awards given?
(1) Literature (2) Journalism
(3) Social Service (4) Family Planning

8.(2) 9.(2) 10.(1)
11.(2) 12.(3) 13.(2) 14.(1) 15.(1)

12. Who among the following cabinet ministers of Vajpayee
government
has authored the book, A Secular Agenda?
(1) George Fernandes (2) Arun Jaitley
(3) Arun Shourie (4) L K Advani


13. Whose autobiography is A Captain's Diary?
(1) Imran Khan (2) Alec Stewart
(3) Allan Border (4) Wasim Akram


14. What is a Kalashnikova?
(1) A machine gun (2) A Russian film
(3) An indoor sport (4) The Siberian Antelope


15. Of which organization is Dr Horst Koehler the President?
(1) IMF (2) European Central Bank
(3) World Bank (4) US Federal Reserve


16. The recommendations of the Eleventh Finance Commission
are for a
five year period starting from _
which year?
(1) April1, 2000 (2) April1, 2001
(3) April1, 2002 (4) April1, 2003


17. Who has written `A village by the sea'?
(1) Arundhuti Roy (2) Pran
(3) Anita desai (4) Khalil Gibran


18. Which famous statesman was imprisoned by a colonial
regime at
Robbins Island?
(1) Martin Luther King (2) Mahatma Gandhi
(3) Nelson Mandela (4) John Kennedy


19. What is the only oviparous mammal existing in the earth?
(1) The Blue Whale (2) white Sharks
(3) Duckbilled Platypus (4) The Giant Turtle


20. The Panumunjom border post divides which of the following
two
countries?
(1) Japan and China (2) North and South Korea
(3) South Korea and Japan (4) North Korea and China

16.(1) 17.(3) 18.(3) 19.(3) 20.(2)
21. (2) 22. (2) 23.(4) 24.(3) 25.(1)

21.Established in the year 1931, the Commonwealth of Nations
today has a membership of
(1) 87 Nations
(2) 53 Nations
(3) 69 Nations
(4) 92 Nations

22.The European Economic and Monetary Union is an integral
part of the
(1) Economic and Monetary Union
(2) European Union
(3) Not an integral part of any union
(4) None of these

23.The `Four Dragons' is a group of four small Asian countries
that have experienced unusually rapid economic development.
Two of these countries are Singapore and Hong Kong. The other
two are
(1) North Korea and Indonesia
(2) Indonesia and Japan
(3) Malaysia and Taiwan
(4) South Korea and Taiwan

24.Also known as the Paris Club, this Group of _____ includes
the wealthiest members of the IMF which provide most of the
money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee.
(1) Seven
(2) Eight
(3) Ten
(4) Fifteen

25.India is a member of
1. NATO
2. WTO
3. IAEA
4. NAFTA
(1) 2 and 3 (2) 1 and 4 (3) 1, 2 & 3 (4) 1, 2, 3 & 4

26.The primary aim of the Group of six is
(1) To coordinate the economic policies of the member nations
(2) To discuss matters of mutual interest on an informal basis
(3) To enhance regional stability
(4) To achieve nuclear disarmament

27.The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
was established in the year
(1) 1991
(2) 1945
(3) 1960
(4) 1982

28.Which of the following countries is not a member of the
SAARC?
(1) China
(2) Maldives
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Bhutan

29.The US is not a member of the
(1) UN Iraq – Kuwait Observation Mission
(2) UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
(3) UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(4) UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia

30.The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) has 31 members including one special
member. The special member is
(1) European Union
(2) Arab league
(3) Palestine
(4) Japan

Answer Key
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1.(1) 2.(1) 3.(3) 4.(1) 5.(2) 6.(1) 7.(3) 8.(2) 9.(2) 10.(1)
11.(2) 12.(3) 13.(2) 14.(1) 15.(1) 16.(1) 17.(3) 18.(3) 19.(3) 20.(2)
21. (2) 22. (2) 23.(4) 24.(3) 25.(1)
26. (4) 27. (3) 28.(1) 29.(2) 30.(1)