gk practise paper 29

1. Who among the following is one of the recipients of the country’s second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan, for the year 2008?
a. T. K. Oommen
b. P. R. S. Oberoi
c. Sunita Williams
d. Ustad Asad Ali Khan
ANS. b

2. Who among the following Buddhist saints propounded the philosophy of Shunyavada?
a. Nagasena
b. Nagarjuna
c. Pushpadanta
d. Ashvaghosh
ANS. b

3. Which of the following universities have been ranked No. 1 by Times Higher Education Suppliment?
a. University of Oxford
b. University of Cambridge
c. Princeton University
d. Harvard University
ANS. d

4. Who among the following is the winner of the men’s single title of Australian Open 2008?
a. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga
b. Rafael Nadal
c. Roger Federer
d. Novak Djokovic
ANS. d

5. Which of the following has won the Women’s World Cup Golf?
a. South Korea
b. Denmark
c. The Philippines
d. South Africa
ANS. c

6. The PSLV C-10 launched a spy satellite named Tescar from Sriharikota on January 21, 2008. This satellite belongs to
a. Israel
b. Italy
c. Nigeria
d. Indonesia
ANS. a

7. Which of the following luxury trains of India have figured in the list of the world’s top 25 trains, prepared by the Society of International Railway Travellers?
I. Palace- on- Wheels
II. Toy Train
III. Deccan Odyssey
Select your answer from the choices given below:
a. I & II
b. II & III
c. I & III
d. All of the above
ANS. d

8. Dibang Pwer Project, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in January 2008, is going to be the biggest hydel power project in the country after completion. This project is located in
a. Sikkim
b. Manipur
c. Meghalaya
d. Arunachal Pradesh
ANS. d

9. The term ‘SDCS’stands for
a. State Data Centre Scheme
b. State Development Corporation System
c. Social Development Council of Seniors
d. Status of the Devolopment of Central Security
ANS. a

10. “A Shared Vision for the 21st Century” is a document of partnership & cooperation between India &
a. U. S. A.
b. Russia
c. China
d. African countries
ANS. c

11. The year long Golden Jubilee celebrations of which of the following public sector undertakings was inaugurated on February 3, 2008?
a. ONGC
b. SAIL
c. GAIL
d. NALCO
ANS. b


12. ISRO’s proposed space satellite project Aditya is going to be launched in 2012, with a view to studying
a. Moon
b. Mars
c. Sun
d. Saturn
ANS. c

13. Which of the following statements is not true about Nano, the world’s cheapest car unveiled by
Tata Motors on January 10, 2008?
a. It has a rear mounted , two-cylinder petrol engine.
b. It has been manufactured at Tata Motors’ plant at Singur
c. It has two variants initially, including one standard & one luxury model variant
d. The standard model of Nano costs Rs. 1 lakh while it’s deluxe model might be more costly.
ANS. c

14. As per the 205th Report of the Law Commission, the marriageable age for boys & bgirls has been suggested to be uniformly fixed at
a. 17
b. 18
c. 19
d. 20
ANS. b

15. The 15th Indian Cooperative Congress took place in January 2008 in
a. Bengaluru
b. Hyderabad
c. Kolkata
d. New Delhi
ANS. d

16. Which of the following ships has been acquired by Ministry of Earth Sciences, for the purpose of country’s underwater explorations?
a. Sagar Nidhi
b. Sagar Ratna
c. Sagar Sandhan
d. Sagar Prateek
ANS. a

17. The first cavern storage in the country, named LPG Cavern Storage of South Asia, is located in
a. Gopalpur
b. Kochi
c. Kottayam
d. Vishakhapatanam
ANS. d

18. The wax statue of a Bollywood star was unveiled in Madame Tussauds Museum in London on January 15, 2008. The name of the star is
a. Salman Khan
b. Sanjay Dutt
c. Amir Khan
d. Anil Kapoor
ANS. a

19. Who among the following businesswomen has become the first woman Chairperson of the US- India Bussiness Council (USIBC)?
a. Naina Lal Kidwani
b. Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw
c. Priya Paul
d. Indra Nooyi
ANS. d

20. Which of the following is not the State to be benefited by the Rs. 530-crore waiver of overdue interest on agricultural credit?
a. Karnataka
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Kerala
ANS. b

21. With which of the following countries India recently signed an MoA for cooperation in rail sector?
a. Japan
b. France
c. Russia
d. China
ANS. d

22. World’s first commercial air service to Antarctica has been started by
a. Denmark
b. USA
c. Australia
d. UK
ANS. c

23. Ashtadhyayi, the seminal ancient text on Sanskrit grammer, was composed by
a. Patanjali
b. Panini
c. Bharat Muni
d. Katyayana
ANS. b

24. Match the following:
List I List II
(Mughal Emperors) (Nicknames/Original Names)

I. Jahangir 1. Alamgir
II. Shah Jahan 2. Shekhu Baba
III. Aurangzeb 3. Muazzam
IV. Bahadur Shah 4. Khurram

Select your answer from the choices given below:
a. I -1, II- 2, III- 3, IV-4
b. I- 2, II- 4, III- 1, IV- 3
c. I- 3, II- 1, III- 4, IV- 2
d. I- 4, II- 3, III- 2, IV- 1
ANS. b

25. Who among the following cricketers has become the first batsman ever to make 16,000 runs in ODIs?
a. R. Ponting
b. J. Kallis
c. S. Ganguly
d. S. Tendulkar
ANS. d