gk practise paper 38

1. SEBI Chairman is

a) C B Bhave; b) Damodaran; c) O P bhatt; d) Uday Kotak

2. The Vice President of International Olympic Committee is

a) Jiang Xiaoyu; b) Gurilla Lindberg
c) Sun Weide; d) Arun Natarajan

3. Chief Election Commissioner of India is

a) N Gopalaswamy; b) T N Seshan; c) J N Lyngdoh: d) Narin Chawla

4. Which of the following institutions find a place in FORBES 2000 scroll?

a) Canara Bank; b) Bank of India
c) ICICI Bank; d) Vijaya Bank

5. Which of the following companies find a place in FORBES 2000 scroll?

a) ONGC; b) SAIL; c) TCS; d) All of these

6. The acronym NATO stands for
a) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation;
b) North American Trade Organisation
c) New Agreement of Trade Organisation
d) Novel Agreement of Trade Organisation

7. The acronym MCX stands for

a) Multi Currency Exchange of India;
b) Multi commodity Exchange of India
c) Movable Commodity Exchange of India
d) Major Cash Exchange of India



8. The acronym NSEL stands for

a) National Stock Exchange Ltd
b) National Securities Exchange of India ltd
c) National spot Exchange Ltd
d) National Services Exchange Ltd

9. The acronym SDRs refer to

a) Special Drawing Rights of IMF
b) Social Deposit Receipt
c) Savings Deposit Receipt
d) Special Deposit Receipt

10. Tata Motors acquired which of the two companies?

a) Jaguar and Land Rover
b) Jaguar and Reva
c) Jaguar and Maruthi
d) Jaguar and Suzuki

11. Chief Justice of India is

a) R C Lahoti
b) A R Anand
c) Sabharwal
d) K G Balakrishnan

12. The speaker of the Lok Sabha is

a) Dr Manmohan Singh
b) Somnath Chatterji
c) Sonia Gandhi
d) Sheila Dixit

13. India became a sovereign democratic republic on

a) 15th August 1947
b) 26th January 1950
c) 2nd October 1947
d) 1 May 1948

14. The Prime Minister of Pakisthan is

a) Yousuf Raza Gillani
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) Zardari Bhutto
d) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari





15. The basic income tax exemption limit for 2008-2009 (Previous Year) is

a) Rs 1,10,000
b) Rs 1,50,000
c) Rs 1,55,000
d) Rs 2,50,000

16. The President of India is

a) Pratibha Devisingh Patil
b) Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
c) Dr Manmohan Singh
d) Mr Somnath chatterji


17. Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

a) The President of India
b) The Chief Justice of India
c) The Vice President of India
d) The Prime Minister of India

18. Sub-Prime Crisis even penetrated strong countries like

a) Mexico
b) Argentina
c) Sudan
d) Hongkong

19. The Chairman of Knowledge Commission of India is

a) Sam Pitorda
b) Vinod Dhall
c) Radhakrishna
d) Srikrishna


20.Which State Government in India has sent the proposal to end 62 year old Pigeon Postal Services
a) UP; b) MP; c) Orissa; d) Kerala



21. Who is the Chairman of Economic Advisory Cuncil to the PM?

a) Bimal Jalan; b) Y V Reddy;
c) Dr C Rangarajan; d) M S Swaminathan







22. WTO was started in the year
a) 1947; b) 1985; c) 1995; d) 2005


23. SENSEX refers to
a) Sensitivity Index
b) Index compiled on the basis of stock prices of top 30 companies listed in
the Bombay Stock Exchange
c) Index of all stocks listed on the NSE
d) Index of Inflation of our country which is highly sensitive


24. UN Secretary General is
a) Ban-ki Moon; b) Sam Pitardo;
c) Kofi Annan; c) Hammarskjold


25. Taare Zameen Par—depicts difficulties faced by children affected by
a) Dislexia; b) Amnesia; c) Dementia; d) Paralysis




Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans
1 a 11 d 21 c
2 b 12 b 22 c
3 a 13 b 23 b
4 c 14 a 24 a
5 d 15 b 25 a
6 a 16 a
7 b 17 c
8 d 18 d
9 a 19 a
10 a 20 c

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